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TIMES & SEISTTHSTEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1858
TELEGRAPHIC.
Expressly for the Times & Sentinel.
Washington', April 35, 1853.
Tbe Kansas Conference Bill has passed both Houses cf
of Congress. The majority was nine in each branch.—
In the House the South was a unit with the exception of
Messrs Quitman of .Mississippi, and Bonham of South Ca
rolina. Both are strict State Rights Democrats and Le
ccrapton men, but regarded the bill as a concession to the
Republicans.
In the Senate, Bull and Crittenden from the South vo
ted against the ‘bill. Both anti-Lecompton Americans
who thought the South exacted too much in the Confer
ence Bill. Douglas opposed the bill with all his strength.
“Alas, poor Yorick!”
Our Neighbor’s nSquiut-Eycsl Sentinel ”
Our dim optics have been illuminated by a ray of light
from our worthy cotemporary’s sanctum, and we return
devout thanks that we now see as other men.
Our “squint eyes” did see an inconsistency in the Enqui
rer’s position on the Green Senate bill. In one breath, it
distinctly stated that the defeat of this bill, “presented
an emergency demanding prompt and undivided action by
the Southern States ol the Union for their own defence
and vindication.” In another, it emphatically asserts that
this Mil is a “surrender of the just rights ol our section,”
and “defeats the admission of a State with a constitution
maintaining slavery.” It was a quite natural process ol
reasoning then, to conclude that in either the defeat or the
passage of the bill the contingency spoken ol in the Geor
gia Platform would he met —namely, the defeat of the ad
mission of anew State on account of her constitution
maintaining slavery. But oar vision is now brightened.—
Here is the point. Our cotemporary says: “The Georgia
platform was designed to meet cases of Northern aggres
sion upon Southern rights, not a Southern surrender of
Constitutional equality in the Union.” This is plain. The
defeat of the Senate Green bill is a “Northern aggression”
—the Georgia Platform is repudiated—the whole South
should act promptly therefore in her “own delenco and
vindication”—the “Governors of the Southern States
ought to call conventions to meet the cmergenc .’.” This
is patriotic. The passage of the Green Senate bill, is a
“Southern surrender of our constitutional equality”—the
“rights of our section—and defeats tile admission ol a
State with a constitution maintaining slavery.” Query—
How is the defeat of the Green Senate bill, which in itselt
is a “surrender of our constitutiona! equality in tho Union’
and in its very provsiioW “defeats the admission of a State
with a constitution maintaining slavery” a Northern ag
gresiion, for which the South should act p romptlv in her
“own defence and vindication'’ and the “Governors of the
Southern States should call conventions to meet the
emergency?” What! aro we to fight for an odious
hill, which surrenders our rights, our constitutional equali
ty in the Union? Tocall a convention for tins “North
ern aggression upon southern rights” when our rights have
all been surrendered—when wc have nothing to fight for,
when we have nothing to defend or vindicate? Oor wor
thy cotemporaty has a good deal of chivalry to fight for
something which really does not exist, which has been
“surrendered,’’ which has been Melded up? What prov
ision in the Georgia Platform is repudiated by the defeat
of a hill which “surrenders her constitutional equality?”—
Is the 4th tesolution ignored, w hich says “wo will dissolve
the ties which bind us to.the Union, if Congress refuse the
admission ol a State on account of her Constitution tole
ratiug slavery,” by the defeat of the Green bill, which ol
itself, in tho language of the Enquirer, “defeats the ad
mission ol a State with a constitution maintaining slaver) ?”
So says our cotemporary.
Bat enough. Did we think as the Enquirer—were we
not “squint-eyed” and looked through a different medium
from it, we might perhaps eoun.-el the S icth to vindicate
her honor and her integrity by the calling of conventions
upoa the defeat of a bill, which robbed us of tho last ves
tige of our rights, which is unjust to our section, which
“surrenders our constitutional equality” and which “de
feats the admission of a State with a constitution main
taining slavery.”
One kind word. We are not rebuking the Enquirer for
taking high ground in favor of our rights, but lor its incon
sistencies. We will be with it and struggle together against
future aggressions, until we are as weak and powerless in
the hands of the north au Lsoeoon in the resistless foldsot
the serpents.
Kansas to be Admitted—New £2.-11*
We have a received a private dispatch from Washing
ton of this date, which assures os that Kansas will be ad
mitted into the Union to-morrow under the Lecompton
Constitution, by the House of Representatives—-only live
Southerners opposing its admission instead ots-ix os here
tofore. The Lecompton Constitution is not submitted
back to the people. Kansas is admitted with the Leconsp*
ton Constitution, which is declared republican, with the
condition precedent, that the ordnar.co adopted by the
Lecompton Convention bo submitted back to ihe people
with the changes proposed by Congress, which remove all
objections to its admission. The ordnance as proposed by
the Kansas Convention asserts, that “Kansas when admit
ted as a State will have an undoubted right to tax the
lands within her limits belonging to the United State?,
and proposes t > relinquish said asserted right if certain con
ditions set forth in said ordnance be accepted and agreed
on by Congress.” This ordnance is objected toby Con
gress and it proposes to admit Kansas, when its people
shall accept certain propositions in lieu ot the ordnance.—
These propositions are that certain sections of public lands
(cited in bill) be granted to Kansas for the use ot schools—
certain sections for a State University and for the seat of
Government—Salt spring? vis's sections contiguous be
granted for State use,not infringing upon individual rights
and that live per centum of the nett proceed? of the sale
of public lands to applied to public roads and internal im
provements- These preposition? must be accepted with
the proviso, that Kane;:.- shall not interfere with the right
of Congress to dispose of or make tides to bona tide pur
chasers of these l&od? or tax them, nor shall non-rosid. nt
proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
The ballots must be endorsed ‘‘proposition accepted” or
“proposition rejected.” It accepted, the President admits
Kansas by proclamation. It rejected, she remains out of
the Union until it is ascertained i-y the census that h r pop”
ulation equals or exceeds the ratio of representation re
quired fora member of Congress, (9d,0r0 inhabitants). —
This bill differs in this respect from the Critt*. nden. The
people vote lor or against ti e proposition by Congress
and not upon Constitution In the CriiteoL
den bill they vote “for the Constitution” or “against the
Constitution,” and are admitted with any Constitution they
may adopt immediately.
Practically, th ; s bill admits Kansas into the Union with a
proslavery Constitution, or keeps h r o.v to an mb. finite pe
riod of time before she will h j v population sufficient to
justify her application and beau • r a , free rS; ate.
Passage of the Kansas Eli!!.
We have heretofore alluded to the „ Conference bill be
fore Congress, which is a now law of the land, and
have published it for the benefit of our readers. We are
free to confess that we deeply regret, that the issue had not
been made upon the - naked question, stripped of all its
bandages, whether Kansas should be admitted a State un
der the Lecompton constitution, without further ceremony,
or wantonly rejected. We knew v. -ji, however, that not
withstanding cur advocacy of tk principles enunciated in
the Georgia Platform as the ultimatum of the South, and
our honest determination to stand upon its scattered frag
meats to a dissolution of the U there was a large par
ty ia Georgia prepared to shout “Union,” albeit the last
vestige of our rights should have departed, when success
perched on its banners.
The Kansas bill lias been dec,evinced as a “humbug’*
by this party, and w hile many were no doubt honest and
are prepared to light with any party in vindication of the
honor ol their section and past pi !ges, a majority of their
best leaders, whose opinions we consulted, were prepared
to repudiate their own offspring, and did not contemplate
so foolish a thing as a da-: nation ot the confederacy for
a Iree State, no matter if they did sacrifice a great princi
ple. It is then perhaps best that a bill has passed Congress
which avoids the contigeucy spoken of in the Georgia
Platform, and we are not forced again into the humiliating
position of seeing the South relinquish her just aad Consti
tional rights under the mock cry of Union and peace.
The Conference Bill show's a spirit 6f conciliation by
the South as far as a decent regard for principle would ad
mit The bill recognizes in part the validity of the Le
compton Constitution, asserts that it is republican, and
Congress while receiving it, acknowledges its sufficiency
but rejects the unwarrantable terms of the ordinance
which accompanies the application for admission. This
ordinace laid claim t 023,592,163 acrea of the public do
main with aright to tax the remainder. Without touch
ing the Lecomption Constitution, this large number of
acres has been cut down by Congress to four millions*—
The stupendous gram asked by the ordinance is denied,
and Congress admits Kansas with her Lecompton Con
stitution, without purchasing her admission by a bonus so
magnificent. If Kansas renounces her preposterous claim
15 the government lands, she comes into the Union by a
proclamation of the President. If she persists in her de
mands, she is kept out in territorial tutelage until she has a
population sufficient lor one Representative in Congress—
viz: 93,000 inhabitants. The ballots are written “proposi
tion, by Congress accepted,” or “proposition by Congress
rejected.” There is little or no great modification ot the
principles embodied in the Senate hill set forth in tilts bill.
There are points however which we dislike in it.—
It differs in many respects from the Crittenden bill. It
does not reject Kansas from any defect in her constitu
tion; it asserts that it isrepublican, but solely because site
claims more ol the public domain than she is entitled to,
and makes an unreasonable and unjust demand. We have
every reason to believe that Kansas will accept the terms
of Congress, and come into the Union under the Lecotnp
ton Constitution. Her free-State men are anxious to have
her admitted, as they reap the her admission. They
care not a whit for the pro-slavery constitution under
which Kansas is to come into the Union, only so far as
party purposes are concerned, and when they perceive that
they are to be kept out of their fat offices, and Kansas to
remain a territory, unless they accept Lecompton,w* think
they will quickly sue for terms. The South reaps all the
benefits which accrue practically from the passaged this
bill. If Kansas is admitted within any reasonable portion
oftime.it must be with the pro slavery constitution. If
on the contrary, she rejects the terms of Congress, she re
mains a territory for many years, and our property in slaves
is protected in tho territory by the Dred Seott decision.
lienee the Black Republicans and Douglasiles oppose
the bill. Practically, then, we say, the South is winner by
this poiitical move, while she barely escapes the humilia
tion of aconcession ofprineiple, and the still deeper degra
dation of seeing her fair honor tarnished and her flag low
ered by abase surrender ol her rights and a violation ot
her plighted faith,should the contingency in the Georgia
Platform have been met and Leenmpton rejected.
We are satisfied from this protracted struggle over our
just and constitutional demands, that we will soon be in
the hands of a fanatical majority, who will treat our rights
as a plaything, ar.d who wfll soon have us as powerless to
legist as the little mouse in the Lion’s paw.
Hon. Josh Hill, of Georgia.
Tins gentleman was somewhat at a loss how to vote on
the Report ot the Conference Committee in the House. —
He was evidently in a fog, and fluttered in great uncer
tainty where he should light. To avoid the chance o
perching on a rotten limb, he propo-es an alternative that
evinces rather unusual caution. He desires to como home
and feel tho popular pulse. lie said, “by postponing tbe
question I will have time to reflect, and by staying in Geor
gia for lor a few weeks, I would have the sentiment of the
people of the State.” Not knowing how to act in a given
emergency, looks to us like anew ground of application
tor a furlough, Yet we think, under the circumstances, it
should have been granted. This Kansas question is anew
one, t?) and should not be hastily considered. Besides,we
are opposed, utterly opposed, to compelling a man to give
a vote, wken he knows not how to cast it; especially,when
he is ignorant how it will effect him at home. But, per.
haps .Mr. Hill’s constituents would have applied to him
language similar, t,. that once addressed by Mr. Burke to
the Bristol Electors. They might have said—“ Sir, we
elected you our representative, because we had confidence
iti your ability to understand and maintain our rights.—
You should not look to us for instructions. You should
comform to the instructions of truth and justice. A repre
sentative worthy of us ought to be a person of decision and
stability. We chose you, in your place, along with others,
to be a pillar of the State, and not a weather cock on the
top of the edifice, exalted lor yovtr levity and versatility,
and ol no use hut to indicate the shillings of every popu
lar gale-” To guard agiinst any future difficulty ou the
score oI ignorance, we would suggest to Mr. Hill to come
home and slay, and let the people of his district have it
representative who, it lie should not know the opinion of
his constituents upon a given question, may vet have an
opinion of his own,and will not be afraid to act upon it.
Come home, Mr. Hill!
Capt. James \. Ward, 3d lufaatry, IT. S. A.
—Fire Arms.
It will bo gratifying to the many friends of the Kalian,
officer whose name heads this article, to learn, that tho
Board of Commissioners appointed by the Secretary of
War to examine his improvement in fire-arms, have made
a favorable report on some of them and recommended
their adoption in tho army. The B >.itd appointed to ex
amine Mr. Ward's fire arms, consisted ol Lieut. Col. .1
E Johnson, Major Ball, Lieut. Col. May, Major .Macrae
and Capt. Whiteall. They first examined the arrange
ment for attaching tape primers to small arms, called
Ward’s Magazine Hammer. To test its working, forty
shots were fired. The hoard were satisfied that it was an
invention which would be of service to the army and re
ported that it was ‘a great improvement on any other me
thod known and recommend that it be applied to all the
small arms, except revolvers; and also recommend Waid’s
Cone Seat adopted with the Magazine Hammer.” The
other improvements presented by Capt. Ward were not re
eomm-'nded for the service by the Board. We regard the
hivoruble report ol such a Board as the one appointed to
examine tltes -improvements in (ire-arms as equivalent to
aa adoption, and we congratulate the’ army upon the in
veniion. The day will not be lar distant when our gal
lant Volunteer Corps will reap tho benefit of these im
provements, and their arms will he exchanged lor tho
modern and improved style—the invention of one who
was reared up in their midst—who bore a noble part in
Mexico,and who awaits, we trust, a bright future in the
army. Since writingthe above, we understand that Capt.
Ward has arrived in this city on a visit to his relatives.
The Crops.
We learn from many of our planting friends that the
young crops in this vicinity promise to be very tine This
is more particularly true of the grain crops. There never
was a more favorable Spring for wheat and oata,-(barring
the recent cold snaps,) and the seasons for planting and
bringing up the young corn, have been so propitious, that
the complaint of good stands, we believe, is universal.—
•Should no serious disaster intervene, we expect to furnish
ourselves, next fall, with meal at 50 cents per bushel. With
regard to the prospect lor cotton bags, we are not. so hope
id]. The young plant, thus lar, has certainly not done as
well as could be expected. Two slight frosts and success
ion of cold nights have visited it, and at this stage of its
existence, it is morbidly sensitive to cold. In some situa
tions, we learn that the stand lias been seriously injured by
the recent frosts, and we presume that, in Troup and Tat
hot, and other counties in that latitude, all that was up ha?
been destroyed. But we never despair (for our friends) of
making enough cotton. There is one consideration which
always counteracts or relieves any disposition to despond
ency on that account. What little is made can generally
l>e sold, and, other thing? being equal, the price bears an
‘averse ratio to the amount produced. But it is too early
to speculate upon the next cotton crop. Whatever we may
now say of it, within the next four months it will be sub
ject to the influence of a thousand causes which may veri
fy our calculations or knock them into an “everlasting
smash.”
Frost. —We received another visit last night from thi
hoary individual- The damage, as far as we can learn is
again inconsiderable. Though the air was colder than
on the night of the 23d, we think the frost was not more
severe, in consequence, wo presume, of the wind not get
ting to bed till very late. Should it be clear and calm and
cold enough to night, we may look out for a “swinger.”
Tennessee Crops. —So mildly and gently is the spring
opening upon us, that farmers and dealers in produce, are
anticipating the most abundant ciop every gathered. Very
little corn has yet been planted, as the early spring is in
advance of the plowman. Wheat has never at this season
been more luxuriant iu its growth, and it it shall escape
the rust, a? it is ripening, there wiil unquestionably be a
much larger crop than has ever before been gathered at one
harvest. The growing oat and grass crops also promise
the greatest abundance. In view of all this,there is a man
ifest tendency to decline ia the prices of breadstufls jand
provender for cattle. For some weaks past the heat of the
sun has been tempered by the genial showers of April,"and
every species of vegetation is advancing with an almost
unprecedented growth— Southern Citizen , Knoxville ,
Ten n.
Georgia True Grays.
This gallant and spirited young corps, commanded by
Capt. Julius A. Andrews,paraded our streets to-day in fine
aad handsome style. A Daguerreotype wastaken by the
artist Giles Williams, which was afterward contended for
in connection with two other prize?, at tarket practice
T ; first prize, a silver goblot, was borne off by private
J oseph Roper, the second, a daguerreotype, was won by
private Clayton Robinson, and the third, a plume, by Lieut
John Iverson. The average shots ran 3i- incites, Cinches
and 6£- inches. The corps accepted an invitation from
Me srs. Brooks 5$ Chapman to partake of sparkling and
flowing Soda Water. Success to thi* gallant young band
Fire Companies.
The fire Companies paraded to-day with engines decked
in wild flowers of Spring. Engine No. 1, James D. John
son, Foreman,- Assistant R Goetchius. No. 2. James
VernoyJ Foreman, Assistant, Riley Brown. No.
3 John D. Strupper, Foreman, Samuel Lawhorn Assist.
No. 4 Mr. Sullivan, Foreman. No. 5 Samuel Jaques,
Foreman. Who are not proud of our Fire Companies?
lev. N. M. Crawford has been elected President of the
above University. He was President many years ago and
the selection is well made.
The Purchase of Mount Vernon.
Tile Washington Union brings us intelligence that the
contract for the purchase oi this estate, or a portion of it
has at length been concluded between the Ladies of the
Mount'Vernon Association and.Mr. Washington. The
Association agrees to pay the insignificant sum of two
hundred thousand dollars for two hundred acres—one
thousand dollars per acre—including the mansion and lan
ding place, and the tomb of the immortal dead. Eighteen
thousand dollars an to be paid in cash, and the balance
in four bonds, payable in yearly installments. If this con
summation pleases the ladies we are content, notwithstan
ding it involves the gratification ol an unworthy cupidity
and niggardly avarice. We lreely applaud that overflow
ing gratitude which seeks, at any cost, to withdraw from
private possession, and dedicate to public aud patriotic
worship all of earthly that remains of the “father of his
country;” while we as cordially contemn the ineffable lit
tleness of him who would exact or consent to receive the
profit from a speculation on the bones of his benefactor.
Yo. ng’s Spirit of tlie South.
We have before U3 tbe first number of, Young’s Spirit of
the South and Central American, published at Nashville
Tenn. The Central American, heretofore published in
Central America, is merg'd into the Spirit. It is devoted
to the field sports, turf, ami the stage, and the advancement
of Southern enterprise, and support of Southern Institu
tions. “None but those friendly to the South will patron
ize it.” It is edited by Mr. Young and Madam F. Lswel
len Young, who were in Central America during Walk
er’s stay. Mr. Kumsey, the agent, is at the Perry House.
Southerners should patronize this paper.
Sad Accident.
Thomas J. McKinney, son of Mr. Jeremiah MeKenr.ey
of Harris eourity, Ga , was drowned in M ulberry Creek on
the 25th inst. He, with several other boys, wore attempt
ing to cross the Mulberry Creak at its mouth, in a canoe
and when about the middle of tho stream, their boat sunk
and he only was unable to reach the bank. He was about
thirteen years old.
IJiifou Piayer Meeting.
Tbe Union Prayer Meeting of the several Churches of
this city.is going on with uabated fervor and interest.—
The Presbyterian Church, where the services have been
conducted by Rev. Dr. Higgins, has been crowded for
several mornings past, and this morning, at the early hour
of eight o’clock, the Methodist Church was throngod with
a iarge and attentive Congregation. The prayersof God’s
people were asked in behalf of many by their friends today,
and from the deep’Jeeling manifested, we would not be
surprised if there was a great awakening on this subject
among tho worldly and irreligious class. Tho meetings
alternate in the different churches. Hour of meeting eight
o’clock—adjournment at nine.
Meetings every afternoon by the Young Men at 5 o’clock
over Temperance Hall.
jjnei at Hamburg.
We learn that a duel was fought at Hamburg, S. C.
yesterday, between two gentlemen of Montgomery, Ala.
—Mr. Blackmire and Mr. John Pollard. Shots were ex
changed and the affair was made up. Mr. Robinson was
the challenger, but hi? brother-in-law, Mr. Pollard, took
his place. Mr. Samuel Hardaway, (Mr. R.’s second) wo
understand, proposed to stand lor his principal.
Gov. Brown—A Delegate.*
Gov. Brown attended the recent B.ptist Convention at
Americua as a delegate from Milledgeville. He was made
Chairman of the Commitiee on Missions. Our printer en
tertains fears that he will veto all of them and suggests ,tha
the Convention pass them by “a two-third vote.
Messrs. Swan & Cos.
We published in a few issues past the remarks of the Sa
vannah IlcpMican and Sun in regald to the drawing of a
350,000 prize in Messrs. Swan & Cos’., Lotteries, in which
it was doubted whether that amount had been drawn. In
justice to Messrs. Swan & Cos., we publish the following.
From the Savannah Republican.
Swan’s Lottery.
Editor Republican: -“Having noticed the article
in your issue of the 21st, copied from the Colum
bus Sun, l request that you assert tho following
affidavit and oblige yours, respectfully,
J. J. llesler.
Savannah, Ga., April 23, 1858
I, the undersigned, agent in this city for Messrs.
Sam. Swan & Cos., of Augusta, Ga., do hereby cer
tify that I was present in iny office April 6th, and
saw the cashier of Messrs. Swan & Cos., pay to a
gentleman of Ibis City the money due on his prize
ticket, Nos. 6, 19, 28, Class 357, which was drawn
in Augusta, Saturday, April 3d, and which combi
nation drew the capital prize of ,$50,000. And I
also certify that the gentleman purchased the tick
in my office, and that he requested his name should
not be made public.
J. J. llesler,
Agent, Savannah, Ga.,
Sworn to before me, R Wayne, Mayor-
Daily Prayer Meetings.
The Young Men's Christian Association still continue
j to hold their daily prayer meetings at 5 o’clock P.M.—
I Their room for meeting is over Temperance Hall—where
I all are invited to attend—male and female, of all denom
} inrlions.
We are also pleased to learn that several of thechurch
; es ol this city are uniting in holding daily prayer meetings
jat 8 o’clock A, M,- —to be held alternately at the different
i churches.
j Tilts union and harmony, accompanied with the neeesary
| zeal and fervency, cannot lad to he productive of the most
j happy results.
j Ky Ontonagon, the proposed narneibr the new State to
; he formed out ot portions of Michigan aud Wisconsin, is
pronounced Onton-aw-gon.
! %3F A correspondent of the Burlington Free Press, wri
’ ting from St. Charles, Illinois, says: *• Times are hard and
: dull. Produce is worth nothing; wheat 42c., corn 24c „
j oats 10c, butter 1:2e., eggs 5e., and every thing else in
: proportion.”
I ft?'The Montgomery Confederation saj’s:—Saturday
j morning trout was visible all about and around the city,and
i a few miles in the country the ground between the corn
j rows was white with it. Some damage was doubtless
done to the tender corn, cotton and garuen vegetables, but
not enough, we presume, to render re-planting necessary.
j C3“T!te following gentlemen have been appointed, from
I the county of Harris to attend the Southern Commercial
; Convention on the 10th of May, A. B. Seals J. C. Henry
j -*• M. .Mobley, M. Davidson, Wm. M. Bruce, W. A.’
j Farley,C. L. Dendy, T. J. Gutm.C. C. Citbbs.
; A Strong Metaphor. —The Memphis Avalanche
| commenting upon a letter recently published by Governor
Foote, employs the following characteristic expression.—
“He (Gov. Foote,) is so full of venom that he could be cut
u;> into small particles and rolled into snakes.”
Our venerable Secretary of State, Gen. Cass, in his able
letter to the British Minister in reference to the suppression
of the African slave trade remarks, in the following decided
manner upon the boarding and search of American by
British cruisers:
“Your lordship, while stating tln.t it is the habit
of vessels on the coast of Africa to hoist ihe Amer
ican flag as a protection against British cruisers,
remarks that‘this precaution does not protect the
slaver In in visit, but exonerates her from search.’
The ii stinclieii here taken betweiV) tho right of
search, between an entry for the purpose of ex
amining into the objects of a voyage, cannot be.
justly maintained upon any recognized principle of
the iaw of nations. To the former, Lord Palmer
ston, in his correspondence with the American
Minister at London, added that the vessel must be
navigated according to law.” To permit a foreign
officer to board the vessel of another Power, to as
sume command in her, to call for and examine her
papers, to pass judgment upon her character, to
decide the broad inquiry whether she is navigated
according to law, and to send her in, at pleasure,
fur trial, cannot be submitted to by any indepen
dent nation without injury and dishonor. The
United States deny the right of the cruisers of any
other Power whatever, for any purpose what
ever, to enter their vessels by force in time of
peace.”
Coagresional.
Washington, April 29. —In the Senate to-day a Com
mittee ol Conference on the Deflcieney bill was appointed
to act with a similar committee on the part of the House.
In the House, the very interesting questions involved in
th3 admission of Kansas into the Union, were discussed
during the entire session but no new phase of the question
presented itself Long speeches but no votes transpired.
Wealth of the United States.—The aggre
gate wealth of tiie United States amounts to $12,-
000,000,000, and the population i524,000,000 souls.
The wealth divided by the population, gives SSOO
to c-ach person, young and old, and counting five
persons to each family, it would give the hand
some little fortune of $2,500 to every family of the
Republic, not excluding the slaves.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, April, 24.
Yesterday, in both Houses ot Congress the Conference
Committee Report was submitted under an incessant vol
ley of small shot from Black Republicans, aggravated in
the House, by the impotent manoeuvres of a few Southern
Know Nothings. A bomb shell thrown among a squad ot
Chinese Jugglers could'not iiave produced more dismay
among the long tails, than the reading of the report caused
among the nigger-worshippers and a lew disconcerted
Americans. Messrs. Hill and Trippe were especially un
ruly under the bit, and kicked up awfully when they found
they must run or bolt. They were not, evidently, prepar
ed for the turn things had taken, and they asked for time.
Time! to think over a matter that has convulsed the nation
for three years—that has been discussed over and over, in
every village and precint in Georgia, and that is now pre
sented in such a shape as to preclude even a discussion on
the slavery question, and remove trom the Halls of Con
gress and national politics a subject so fruitful of strife
aud difficulty.
We must regard tho Report of the Conference Commit
tee virtually as presenting anew question for the future ae.
tioD ol Congress. The silly boast of the Black Republi
can leaders, that no more States, with slavery constitutions
shall be admitted, has been hurled back into their teeth,
shivered and blasted. At every stage of action, and t y
every vote so far given.it has been falsified and spit upon.
Kansas has been admitted, under the Lecompton Consti
tution, though other details could not bo accepted by the
South. Now,Kansas it is proposed to admit —with her
constitution just as it was framed at Lecompton—the
slavery clause of her constitution not even adverted to,
undisturbed and untouched—but as her ordinance accom
panying her constitution she asserts madmissable and un
usual claims oyer the public lands within her territories.—
Congress purposes ceitain modifications relating exclu
sively to this-land question, and it is but fair as well as in
dispensable that there should be two parties to every bar
gain, she is herself to say, in the usual manner, at the bal
lot box, whether she accedes to these modifications or not.
If she does, she becomes ipso facto a State under the Le
compton constitution. If she does not, she cannot be re
ceived under any constitution. Were this anew question
is there a man South who would dare to take a stand
against it? Certainly r,o Georgian would be likely to do
so, unless for factious or covert purposes of his own, he
were madly to count and indiscreetly to provoke the very
contingencies which the Georgia Platform is as honest in
deprecating as it is firm and stern in providing against
should it occur. Why Messrs. Hill and Trippe should
desire a postponement and delay, when now every mo
ment’s time granted is a concession to the fell spirit of
Black Republicanism, would be unaccountable to one not
posted in regard to the powerless condition of Know No
thingism in Georgia. That the former gentleman, espe
pecially, should kick up a fuss with Col. Gartrell, for the
morning papers state that the Speaker ordered the Ser
geant-at-Arms to conduct Mr. Hill to his seat —is not so
easily explained, and can only be accounted for on the
supposition that his usually good temper was unhinged by
the the annoying supplications of H. Winter Davis and a
few others to aid them in their humiliating and irrevocable
doom. He was perplexed and worried, else ho would
have paused awhile before provoking a fisticuff,on the floor
of Congress, with the stoutly built and highly mettled rep
resentative ofthe Atlanta District. But, notwithstanding
yesterday’s exhibition, it strikes me that both Mr. Hill and
Mr. Trippe will view the matter to-day in a different
light,and place themselves square on the platform of the
national democracy, and thus show that so loDg as the in
terests of the South and the honor of Georgia remain un -
touched and unsullied—her representatives in Congress
will not place her in the unenviable position of provoking
a contingency from tho mere wantoness of bravery which
she lias solemnly avowed to the world she deprecates and
would regret. There is no man in Georgia or out of it
who would cling to her platform with more life blood de
votion and die upon its shivered fragments with more loy
al fidelity than your humble correspondent; but the age
lor fighting wind mills has gone by, and there are but few
Cervantes now—a days, to immortalize a spurious and run
mad chivalry. In Georgia, at least, there are no enchan
ted Kingdoms. The men of 1850 were sober, practical pa
triots—and when the emergency shall actually arise, if it
ever does, their words will become deeds, and their vow
will be fulfilled. The dark lantern party wouid be rather
doubtful guide-; certainly there is nothing in their ante
cedents to commend their counsel. Gen. Quitman of
Miss.,Messrs. Shorter and Stallworth of Ala., and Gen-
Borham ol S. C., felt some reluctance .in giving their sup
port to the measure before the House—viz: the Conference
Report. Should Messrs. liiil and Trippe come right, the
question will be closed, as the motion to postpone is still
pending.
If the bill granting pensions to the soldiers of the War
of 1812, &c., comes up on Monday, the vote will beta
ken in three hours. That measure will probably pass the
House.
BRUTUS.
Washington, April 26,1858.
I thought 1 could announce, in this letter, the final vote
on the Kansas Conference Committee Report. The House
has just adjourned (five o’clock P. M.) but, although
the decisive vote is put off a little longer, the result
is r.o longer doubtful. The contest to-day present,
jed two different stand points—the friends of the meas
ure, headed by Mr Stephens, insisted upon Wednesday next
I as the day on which the vote should he takeu, and the op.’
| ponents, including the whole army of Black Republicans
urging a postponement until the 2d Monday in May. Mr.’
i Hill was absent—nrrbably has gone home—and Mr. Stan
| ton ot Ohio urgea, at great length the propriety of mem
! bers going home and consulting with the people, and thus
gathering their wishes in regard to public measures. Mr
j Seward ofGa., followed in a caustic and telling speech
j denouncing this new mode of legislating and branding it
] as betraying a degree ol moral cowardice unworthy the
] Representive character—some of Mr. Seward’s hits were
so severe that, he was called to order two or three times.
He told the truth, however, even if not laid down in Jef
fersons’ manual. The question was, after a long struggle
got at, and the postponement to Wednesday was carried
by three majority. Thus, if no unexpected change takes
place, the matter may be considered as settled and finally
disposed of.
Mr. J. G. Jones of Pa., offered a resolution providing for
evening sessions,commencing at 7o’eicck to-morrow even
ing. Pending the fourth or filth vote on this motion, the
House adjourned. To-morrow, doubtless, it will be car
ried. The evening sessions will be confined to speech-ma
king.
I went over to the Senate when the House adjourned and
found tha Biaek Republicans fighting off the vote on Kan
sas by repealed calls for the yeas and nays. The question
wiil be settled there, however, this evening or to-morrow.
The Deficiency Bill from the Senate wasalso taken up,
and twe of the Senate amendments were not concurred in
the third amendment, requiring reports to be made to Con
gress from the Quarter Masters Bureau of all new contracts
aud if Congress is not in session, then at the commence
ment of the ensuing session, was agreed to—this will of
cotme, lead to another conference committee between the
two Houses.
There is a powerful rush of Yankee lobbiershere to de
feat the repeal of the Fishing Bounties which the Southern
members, under the leadership ofC. C.Clay Jr., ebaiman
of the Senate Committee on Commerce are determined to
effect this session if possible. This is a Northern swindle
of which 1 shall speak again.
BRUTUS.
Washington, April 28, 1858.
At no period during the whole have
the enemies of the National democracy and the profession
al revilers of the South been more industrious, more reck
less, or moie alarmed than since Mr. English submitted the
the Conference report. Night and day— every hour and
every minute, have they toiled and laboted—by caucus. By
personal importunities and by lelgraph to avert the doom
which, to-day, over hangs their future hopes, and which
today’s proceedings may irrevocally fix. The conference
report is so fair and simple—so just and so well fortified by
precedent—so decisive however, and final that there is no
room for a dodge, arid still less for evasion. The Ordi
nance accompanying the Constitution formed at Leeomp
ton proposes to reserve to the now State the right to tax
the Public lands, lying within its jurisdiction. This is unj
usual and unprecedented. The Conference Committe pro
ses to the new state to surrender this right and accept in
lieu thereof, the same quantity of public lands usually gran
ted to new States for educational and ocher purposes. This
proposition is refered back to the people of the territory
for their aceeptence. The Constitution which they sub
mit is found to bo repnblican in its form, and as snch, the
Report accepts it as within the requirements of the Consti
tution. If the people refuse to accept the proposition of
Congress to release their right to tax the public lauds, then
there is an end of the matter now and hereafter until satis
factory evidence can be shown that they have the requisite
population to apply for admission as a State.
I gave your readers, in my last some idea of the struggle
on Monday. It was on the part of Know-noihi ngs—for
suspiciously enough, the Black Republicaus, with the ex -
ception of Stanton of Ohio—loft the whole matter in the
hands of this faction a—paroxism ot desperation. Trippe
and a few others, with as good a grace as they could mus
ter, but with a patriotism none the less commendable be
cause of its involuntary attributes, voted with our friends
throughout the whole struggle. But for the final effort of to
day every man is nerved to the utmost tension. If we suc
ceed, Kansas if admitted under the Lecompton Constitu
tion—naked—unchanged as it came from the hands ol the
Convention ; if we do not, the question will bo postponed
agreeably to Mr Hills’ motion to the 2d Thurday in May.
This is the form in which the question will come up this
morning ; but, if the postponement is carried, the final re
sult may bo easily predicted. The bill however will pass
by Bor 9 majority. Yon transfer to your issue ol the 24th
a paragraph from the Savannah Republican stating that
the health of Mr. Stephens has been such as to compel him
to suspend his Congressional duties. This is not correct.
His health has been delicate during the whole session—and
his labors in the House and in the Committee rooms
would tax the physical endurance of six constitutions, if
they were all concentrated in one frame—but he has not
as yet been absent one moment from -his seat when any
important movement was on hand, or any important vote
was to be given. On Mooday, for instance, he stood the
combined assaults of the allied forces, parried their shafts
and thwarted their schemes until the question was disposed
of. His strength seems to rise with the emergency ofthe
occasion, though it is evident, his physical powers must
receive a shock from these frequent and fiere recounters.—
Mr Stephens comes up more fully than any man I ever
knew—not even excepting the great Irish orator Sheill—
to Horace’s laudatory description of his patron “Magnum
ingenium parvo sub corpore latet.” Sueh is Alexander
U. Stephens. The presence of such a man in the national
councils, in the present conditioned’ parties is a public bles
sing, for which the nation should be grateful to an over
ruling Providence.
BRUTUS.
P. S, 5 o’clock P, M.—Four speeches were mace to day
by the opposition when the previous question was called. —
Mr. Stephens, preiering to take the vote to-morrow,moved
an adjournment. The whole opposition force taking this
motion as an evidence of fear on the part of Mr. Stephens
furiously opposed it. Humphrey Marshall vociferously
calling for the vote on the previous question. The ayes
and nays were taken on the motion of.Mr Stephens and the
House adjourned ayes 107 nayes 105. This would havo
been the result, perhaps, on the final vote. We will have
it to-morrow. The Senate is still in Session discussing the
merits of the Report.
Washington News
Washington, April 23.—1n the Senate to-day a mes
sage was read from tho President in answer to an enquiry
in relation to the slave and Cooiie Trade and French ap
prenticeship system. The message was referred.
The deficiency bill was discussed.
The report of the Kansas Conference committee was
presentodjand >s still under debate.
In the House, by a vote of 108 to 105, the action on the
report of the Kansas Conference committee was postponed
until the second Monday in May. A motion to reconsider
this vote is pending,,and a spirited contest is anticipated to
morrow.
Congress Not in Session.
Washington, May I.—Neither branch of Con
gress was in session to-day.
Forces in and for Utah.
The following is said to be a correct statement
ofthe forces in Utah, and under orders for that
Territory;
“Three batteries of light artillery ; one battery of
heavy artillery; one regiment (ten companies) foot
artillery; one company sappers and miners; one
ordnance company ; one regiment of cavalry , one
regiment of dragoons; one regiment of infantry.—
Making a total of seventy-six companies or about
6,000 men.”
Freshet in Mississippi.
The Sunny South, published at Aberdeen, Mis
sissippi, in its issue of Thursday ’22d, ultimo
says :
On Monday night last, the heavens vvereopened,
and the country round about completely deluged.
The, oldest man” saw something new on Tuesday.
Matubba creek, flowing into the river, half a ntile
above the city, was never known to contain so
much water. The waters rose so rapidly, that by
morning, many persons living on the opposite side
of the* creek, were surrounded. Assistance was
immediately rendered, and all were saved. Sev
eral persons came near being lost in the attempt
to rescue the sufferers. Too much praise cannot
be awarded Messrs. Baity, Perrie, Truland and
O Hal'oran, for their daring upon the occasion.
The river rose sixteen feet in twelve hours; and
at the present writing, continues to rise. It has
already attained the highest water mark of the
season. There has probably been much loss of
property, and some of life.
This morning (Thursday) tbe river is within
eighteen inches of the highest water mark, and still
rising at the rate of an inch an hour. The proba
bility is it will reach tbe highest point. The lower
part of the city is completely snbmerged, and ma
ny have forsaken theii dwellings and business lion
ses. Such a raie was never known from one
night’s rain. The destruction to stock has been
immense.
The Maine Resolutions.
We find the following in the Baton Rouge Ad
vocate of the 21st:
At the late session of our Legislature, Governor
Wickliffe sent in to the Senate a series of insulting
resolutions which had been forwarded by the Gov
ernor of Maine as the sense ofthe Legislature of
that State on the subject of slavery. Tbe Senate
very properly refused to take any notice of them,
or even to allow a notice of their having been re
ceived to go upon their journals.—ln returning
them to their original source, Governor Wikliffe
addresses the following sensible and dignified let
ter to the Governor of Maine. Its brevity is only
excelled by its great taste:
“Executive Office, )
Batok Rouge, La., April 17, 1858. (
“To his Excellency, the Governor of Maine :
“Sir—The resolutions adopted by the Legisla
ture of tbe State of Maine on tbe 15th of April,
1857, and by yon forwarded to rap, have, at your
request, been laid before the Senate of Louisiana—
and due consideration having been had thereon, 1
have been requested by that body to return them
to you.
“Louisiana recognizes the constitution of the
United States, as expounded by tbe highest judicial
tribunals of the nation, to bs the supreme law of
the land, and ranks obedience thereto as among the
most solemn of the obligations which she has as
sumed upon herself as a member ofthe confedera
cy. .These resolutions are essentially aggressive
and revolutionary in their tendency and aim, and
seek the subversion of a compact which Louisiana
has plighted her faith to support. Addressed, as
they are to her, she cannot, therefore, but regard
them as solicitations to treasonable disloyalty on
her part, and as such, she not only deems her
self justified in repelling them, but feels that her
honor would be deeply wounded were she to give
them a place in her archieves.
“With due consideration, your obedient servant,
Robt. C. Wickliffe.”
What a Railroad will Do.
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad is 204
miles in length, and coast about $7,000,000. In
1850, the taxable value of the land in the counties
through which it passes, as taken from the census,
was $28,942,047 —and in 1856 the State assess
ment makes it $53,917,229 ! or an increase in six
years of $20,365,558. This sudden increase is
alone the result ofan internal improvement, which
lias cost only $7,000,000.
Revival in La-Grange.
We have had religious services in this placo for
over five weeks, both day and night, and it still
continues with much iuterest. The great remarka
ble feature of the revival here is'the coolness,
calmness and considerate manner with which it has
been attended. There seems to be no excitement
whatever. It is nothing more or less than the
gentle spirit of religion and conviction moving with
earnestness and power upon the hearts of the peo
ple. Many unlooked-for conversions have taken
place, and many who were thought to be beyond
the influence of religion have been brought to a
full sense of their condition, and now rejoice to
know that their Redeemer liveth. Every body in
our community seems to be more or less concern
ed, and the result will be, we trust, that they may
yet be brought to a full knowledge and conviction
of their need of religion.
There has been, we suppose, about one hundred
conversions during the Revival, if not more, and
the mourners atthe altar are very numerous. We
have never yet witnessed such scenes as have
transpired at the churches in this place; nor have
we heard any one among the many of the old men
in our community say that they have ever seen
such a manifestation of deep and solemn interest
taken by the people of every class, in the progress
of a revival. In the churches we find but the
fewest number who go there merely out of idle
curiosity.
It is very affecting to see men, who, it seems,
have almost given themselves over to “hardness
of heart and reprobacy of mind,” moved upon by
the spirit of God, so much as to ask, in a public
manner, an interest in the prayers of the members
of the churcli; and when they have made up their
minds, coolly, calmly and determinedly, without
the least excitement, to give up sin and all its al
lurements and endeavor to be Christians hereafter,
it is joyful to hear them praise their God for his
goodness and kindnesss towards them.
Such has been the character of the revival in
this place throughout. It has not been a revival
iti any particular church, but truly an awakening
among the people, in which Christians of every
denomination have joined most heartily and fer
vently in promoting it. Our ministers have labor
ed with a zca! and earnestness in the work un
known to any save the truly Christian heart; nor
have they labored alone, but the laity have shown
tho earnestness of their souls in the matter.
[Lagrange Reporter April -2i)lh.]
Revival at Athens.
Tho Athens (Ga.,) Banner states that since the
commencement of the religious revival in that place
160 persons have attached themselves to the church
—BS to the Methodist, 45 to the Presbyterian, and
30 to the Baptist Church. The meeting were be
ing continued on the 29th.
From the Tampa Peninsular, April 18th.
Tlie Latest Indian News.
Cheering; Intelligence—The Indians all about to
remove 1 Vest !
By the arrival of Col. Rector, yesterday evening
we have gratifying assurances of the complete
success of his negotiations with the hostile Setni
noles.
Coi.R. is sanguine that all the hostiles will as
sent to the conditions of a peaceable removal, and
be ready to embark, for the West on the It t proxi
mo. A large number of them are now sojourning
at the encampment of the Delegation; government
teams are sent out for others and their baggage.
Six or eight members of the Delegation, togeth
er with Billy Bowleg’s Lieutenant, are now in this
place. They intend visiting the Isfapoga country
to hunt a party of 14 warriors, of Sam Jone’sband
They will be accompanied by several volunteer
Captains, who are well acquainted with that sec
tion.
Sam Jones, himself, is unwilling to leave Flori
da, but his objections will not influence his follow -
ers to persist in resisting Government. He says he
has but few (lays to live—he wishes to die in tlie
land of his nativity. We presume he will be for
ced to terms—either to go West, or tetnain ir-re
under the special charge of Uncle Sam.
Disastrous Fire.
We are sorrow to say that the large Fgrniture
Factory, on Cherry Street, belonging to B. F. Ross,
Esq., and carried on, we think, by Ross & Mell,
was totally destroyed by fire this morning, (26th.)
The fire was discovered about two o’clock, in the
2d story of the building, and had made too great
progress before the engines reached the spot, to be
arrested. The destruction was nearly total—very
little either of stock or tools and machinery being
saved, and the whole, as we regret to hear, unin
sured. What is siill worse, there can be little o’oubt
it was the work of an incendiary. There had been
no fire in the building since Wednesday, as we
have been told. It was a three story brick edifice,
with an excellent steam [-engine—large amount of
tools and machinery,stock aud material. —Macon
Telegraph.
Steamboats Burnt and Lives Lost.
St. Louis, April 23.—The steamer Ocean Spray
in a race with the Hannibal City, took fire to-day,
and was burnt to the waters edge. Nine lives were
lost, including two ladies and two cildren unknown.
The steamer Star of the West caught fire from the
flames of the Ocean Spray, and was also destroy
ed.
Methodist Conference and Anti-Slavery.
New York, April 23.—The Methodist Confer
ence to-day, passed a series of anti-slavery resolu
tions, by a vote ol 51 to 35.
To he Hung.
Radford Crockett, elsewhere noted as confessing
to a participation in the murder of Samuel Land
rum, near Atlanta, on the Bth inslant, was on Sat
urday last sentenced to be hung on the iSth June
next. The Intelligeucer says:
About nine o’clock, Judge Bull entered the room,
and Court having been duly opened, the prisoner
was brought in and took his seat, with his father
by hi3 side immediately in front of the Bench. The
poor young man—for lie does not seem more than
21-appearod terribly affected by his miserable sit
uation. lie wept most ofthe time during gthe de
livery of the sentence, and his frame seemed over
come with tlie internal agony that was withiug it.
The New York Methodist Anti - Slavery Resolu
tions.—The-New York Methodist Conference, as
stated by teiagrnph, has adopted a series of anti
slavery resolutions. The Conference includes New
York and Connecticut, and the action is, therefore
not very surprising. Rev. Drs. Heman Bang and
Nathan Bangs made a violent opposition to them,
and one of them offered a substitute ; but the sub
stitute was laid on the table by a vote of 51 to 35,
and the resolutions, as reported by the Committee,
were adopted without alteration. They commit the
Conference :
First. —To renewed resistance to slavery, as an
institution, deeming it “contrary to the golden rule
of God, contrary totherights of mankind, and con
trary to the principles of the American Revolu
tion.”
Second. —The education of all church members
up to the highest standard opposition to it, by’
means of the press and the pul pit.
Third. —To the promotion ot emancipation, and
“special” opposition to the schemes of tho slave
power.
Methodist Publication House. —Tlie Methodists
are about to open, in the city of New Orleans, a
large Book depot for their Nashville publications.
The establishment at Nashville has already pub
lished large editions of more than four hundred
works, requiring an outlay of over $450,000. —
These works are published in a style of typography
that will compare favorably with the best work of
publishing houses at the North. New Orleans of
fers a finepoint for the distribution of these works
throughout the entire South, and tlie ability of the
Methodists alone to set on foot a publication house
of such resources, and capable of * supplying such
a field, is a source of hearty congratulation to the
friends of'Southern progress.
It is to be hoped that a movement will be made
toward establishing a Southern School Book Pub
lication House, by some organization—since private
enterprise is likely to accomplish very little m that
direction. Cannot our approaching Commercial
Convention set on foot a stock company for such a
purpose I — Augusta Dispatch.
Searching American Vessels. —The captain of
the steamer Black Warrior at. New- York from Hav.
ana, makes the following report :—Eighteen Brit
ish gun-boats are stationed around the Island on
coast survey, stealing niggers and w antonly detain
ing and insulting American vessels by compelling
them to heave to and submit to search, on the pre
text that they are in the slave trade.”
Sentence of Death. —At the last term of the Cir
cuit Court of Richmond County, Va., Judge Cole
man sentenced a free negro to be hung for a rape
committed on the body of a white woman, followed
by a most shocking murder. Her groans attracted
a neighbor, who heard from her dying lips the
name of the perpetrator. As murder will out, snow
fell the same night, and he was tracked by the hall
soloing on one of his shoes.
The Yellow Fever at Rio Janeiro. —The foljfcv
ing is an extract of a private letter, dated Rio Ja
neiro, February 2d:
“The fever takes the sailors off very fast. There
are vessels in the harbor with no one on board,
some having died, while the rest are in the hos
pital. There is a small steamer which runs across
the Bay once every day, with the sick. When a
man is sick on board a vessel, the flag is sot in the
main, and the steamer cornea along and takes him
out. It is a sad sight to see from thirty to forty
vessels with their flags thus displayed. There are
about three hundred sick men in the hospital taken
from the shipping in the port.”
Destructive Fire in Cincinnati. —A block of
buildings in Cincinnati,owned by Mr. Longworth, &.
occupied as a coffeehouse, feed store, furniture and
other establishments, was destroyed by fire on the
mght of the 13th. Loss $35,000, with a partial
insurance. By this disasters large number of poor
tamilies were rendered houseless. A fireman was
fatally injured by falling from the roof.
|y The great flood has entireljqsubmurged
ihe town of Jacksonport, Ark., and the inhabitants
use skiffs to go from house to house. This is a
very good but inconvenient imitation of'tiaveling
in Venice.
Homicide. —From a letter received by Tho?. .1.
Mcßain, Esq., oi this towij, we learn that James
Mcßain was murdered by a man named YVrn. A.
Alford in Jasper, Hamilton county, Florida, on
the 10th inst. The circumstances as detailed ty
the correspondert areas follows: James Mcßain
was in a store house somewhat, intoxicated, and
proposed to throw out of the house a piece
of iron, tlie owner objecting, lilt* proprietor of
tbe store sent after Alford who it appears was
the marshal ofthe town. He came down ami ar
te? ted Mcßain, Mcßain struck him with 1 is fj-t i
whereupon, Alfird drew a Bowieknile and with
one stroke cut his heart half in two. The corn
pondent states that tiie people of the town justifV
the act, but that the people of the country cof
demn it.— Thomasville Rep.
!3f"We learn that t. young man, calling hims. jf
Wilcox, a student in ihe school of the Rev. J. \Y.
Reid, at Philomath, died a few days since, and
upon his death bed, confessed that he h;d hcvn
misrepresentidg his real name, because he said he
had committed a murder in Lctii.-iana, and Lad
lied from home. He had been sent to Georgia, y
his parents, with money and instructions -,j bas.
him sent to a good school. lie requested Mr. and
to write to bis friends in Louisiana and toil them
of his death.— Temperance Crusader.
Population of New York. A correspond*-!;? of
the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer a sky :
Can it be true that a census of the population f
the Island of New York, recently, carefit -.* th v .
ougbly made by the City Inspector’s Depart met •
in which every house has been faithful,*y investi a !
ted, discloses a:i aggregate of imm ; .Vd ti. „ .
sand ? I! it be a correct report, the census oi 1
must have been a dei tsion. What t j ie
limit to New York, if these figures true ?
Augusta, April 24 —We have hr , rd from the
who come in by the cars, that early this mor:.i: : *
there was a heavy frost up the country.
Last night there was a hail storm, and a glirh’
frost. It is very cool now at 10 P. M.
The Sister.—There is something love;;* j n the
name, and its utterance rarely fails to call un t
warm affections of the gentle heart r ;\ *
that circle around it are all quiet, L -autiful at.,-!
pure. Passion has has no place with its
tions. The hopes and fears of ! :'• •, th
emotions, powerful enough to iLlg.t and extii’
guish life itseifi find no
tho star, the talisman of the heart, the rii,n,, ■
above-all price, bright and blazing in the noonday
sun; a sister the gem of milder Sight, calm r - foe
mellow moon, and set in a coronet of pearl-.
Bank Resumption is May.—We understand :i .•
the banks in this city will resume specie jmyme:.;-
oti the Ist day of May. There has been i. ; diffi
culty, we believe, tor some months pt ?t, h: ■ ,:,*a’ -
ing specie for all the necessary wants of bill!
ers, although the banks were formally in a-.
suspension.
The resumption will cause a depreciation in the
bills of South Carolina and other batik?, v .
may be in circulation in this section, u...
those banks provide means for a liquidation
specie.
What the effect will be cf this resumption k.
Augusta, while ihe banks of South Carclii , re:..
suspended, may be ascertained after a while.- ;.
Const., 22 d inst.
Rich, Decidedly.—The Boston con spend,. r ,r
the New York Tribune, in apologizing for tin
weak set who now represent Massachusetts in Con
gress says:
“In spite of al! that has been said to their ds
paragement, the people seem tolerably weii so . -
tied with them. They are always cn hand (o vote
and generally vote right. Some of them g.-t aii • -
mystified, last year, on tlie Minnesota bid: G -
Banks apologised for them afterward, and the peo
ple overlooked their blunder. So long as w Lav
a shrewd and able man like Wilson in the S. n r.
to take a general survey of the field, there is but
little risk in sending weaker men to the house. I
is, in my opinion a great advantage to a .
have for their representatives men who cannot r n
sonably look for any higher deration.”
A people probably never experienced to sueh a
degree such “a great advantage” as do now the
people of Massachusetts. Let us all he duly thank
ful,—[Boston Post.
Removal of Seat of Government.—A bill has
been reported upon favorably by a committee of
the Legislature for the removal ofthe seat of Gov
ernment of Pennsylvania from Harrisburg to Phil
adelphia. It provides for the removal, in Decem
ber next ot all the State offices to the city, auu
the next, Legislature, and al! succeeding ones to
meet there. The public grounds, State capifoi.
aud all the State buildings are transferred in fee
simple to the borough ol Harrisburg, and it can
sell, or transfer them as they see fit, provided such
sale, transfer, or use, does not interfere with tin
original grant of John Harris. The city of Phila
delphia is to make temporary provision for the ac
commodation of the public officers and for tlie
Legislature. It is also to erect a suitable ca pilot
etc.; and the buildings and grounds thus given are
to remain the property ot the State, until the Capi
tol shall Le removed to some other p unt.
Slaves —The Anderson Gazette reports the
sale of a lot of 31 negroes, in Anderson District at
an average of $733.22.
In Orangeburg, on last sale day, thirteen negroes
were “b ! d off” at an averagesof $750. In the lot
were several infants, and two oid and infirm per
sons. One woman and two children brought
$1,660.
Baptists. — It is stated that within the last 22
years the Baptists iu the United States have made
a clear gain of 6.565 churches, 4,224 min sters,
and 593,639 members, being an annual increase o:
335 churches, 192 ministers, and 26,529 members.
The increase for the last ten years has been much
greater in the Southern than in the Northern States
—the greatest increase having been In Virginia,
Alabama and Missour.
2®” According to the True Del’: a duel was
to have taken place on the 19th instant at New
Orleans, the weapons agreed upon being doubk
banelfd shot guns loaded with “blue whistlers,”
and the distance lorty paces.
The Cold Spell.— The unseasonable spell of
cold weather, which has visited us for several davs
past, resulted, on Tuesday night and yesterday
morning, in a heavy white frost in the'city, and
black frost on the plantations on both Coopl: ami
Ashley Rivers. On Monday there was both smnv
and sleet in the middle and upper districts of the
State. We learn disastrous accounts of the city;
but we are glad to say that vegetation is uninjured
on the farms, on Charleston Neck. V.’e hope that
the peach crop iu thiscountry was too Jar advanced
to have suffered serious injury, but we are- not
without apprehensions on this score.- —Charleston
Courier.
The United States Frigate Susquehanna.—
Surgeon Nineon Pinkney-, United States navy,
makes the following suggestions in relation to tins
ship:
It is all important that the malaria with which
the hold ot that vessel is impregnated should be
removed as speedily as possible. No disinfecting
agent, or any means, as yet discovered, will ac
complish this end. The only sensible mode which
suggests itself to my mind is to freeze it out. Let
the government order some eight hundred tons of
ice from Boston, and to it add twelve tons of salt,
stowed he hold with this and close the hatches!
Exhaust the air by the application of pumps. In
ten days after the ice has been put on board the
effect of the experiment could be tested bv order
ing a draft of seme twenty men on board. It is
an experiment well worth trying, and to govern
ment would involve a cost of less than S2OOO.
Feeding Horses. — A correspondent of the Fair
mont True Virginian says :
“The tow ing of boats on the Erie canal is done
in part by horses that are taken along with the
boats, and partly by towing companies who keep
their horses at stations about “twelve miles apart
along the whole length of the canal. There are
three ot’ these towing companies, aud they employ
about 1,400 horses. They have found, after great
experience, that the most economical and best feed
for their horses is a mixture composed of equal
parts, by measure, of corn meal and mill (bran or
shorts weighing about twenty pounds to the bushel)
mixed up wet with cut hay, aud they accordingly
feed this altogether.”
S3?”A wag tolls of a boarding-house keeper
whose tea was so weak that it could’nt get up the
spout of the tea-pot.
Lv/'A Dutchman being called upon for a toast said:—
“Here ish to the heroes who fit, pleed and tied at the battle
of Punker Hill—of whom lam one,” Drank standing.