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TIMES & SENTINEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1858,
Reconstruction of parties—Who propose it?
Many of our American] cotemporaries, actuated by the
purest and most patriotic motives, advocate the reconstruc
tion of parties out of the present political organizations be
fore the country. They are honest and no doubt feel the
great necessity for a change. The American parly, which
came as the harbinger of correct principles, announcing lhe
opening dawn of a bright and glorious luture in our politi
cal history, has fallen far short of the anticipations of the
patriot and its rising sun has set in utter darkness and des
pair. No wonder then, that its followers should be mov
ing to and fro and are now seeking another ark to shelter
them from the storms of political adversity. Unwilling
from pride and prejudice to acknowledge the superior
workmanship of the Democratic vessel, they are ready to
build a temporary structure composed of material rotten
and old, arid of every shade in the forest. The passage of
the conference bill by Congress greatly interfered with the
coalition going on to accomplish this great work and the
organization of a (forty embracing the conservative Black
Republicans, anti-Lecomptonites, and South Americans as
constituent elements. The brilliant imagination of Prentice
had already pictured the democratic party defeated and
upon its ruins erected a conservative (?) party, a mere con
glomeration of incoherent local passions and partial inter
ests—incongruous elements incapable of remaining togeth
eras oil and water —and this was to be the great party for
the people ! The coalition however has failed and we are
spared the humiliatiouof hearing Southern men talk about
“conservative republicans” and vindicating the parity of
their motives. From present indications the democratic
party will still rule the country, notwithstanding the im
patience and restlessness of our cotemporaries of the Louis
ville Journal, Richmond Whig the Courier &. Enquirer ol
New York and other opposition journals. We do not
mean to say that the democratic party is faultless and that
we should blindly adore it like worshippers of the San, but
we do say that of all the political parties of the country it
is the most reliable and patriotic and if the Union is pre
served, it is to be the Mount Ararat upon which the ark of
the covenant will rest with safety—Other parties may form
and like the American party, the novelty may charm and
seduce the ambitions and unsuspecting into its folds,butthey
will not bear the test of time. The democratic party on the
contrary having a solid foundation is not swept away by
the rains and tempests of adversity or political revolutions.
It is vain then for our American cotempoiaries to advocate
the necessity of anew party. It has been their cry at the
end of nearly every campaign in which the democratic
party has proved victorious and their own hosts inglorious
ly defeated. It argues a lamentable want of principle in
the platform of their organization that it cannot survive a
defeat without the necessity of a reconstruction and the
prompt advocacy of a different policy. It is then that the
democratic party —the great barrier to their success, rises
before them, like the ghost of Banquo, in its awful propor
tions and the country demands the inauguration of anew
party.
As the necessity for anew dispensation depends upon the
success or defeat of the combined opposition to the democ
racy, we prefer that our old ship should glide the waters,
with the same masts and hull, which for years have stood
against the waves of abolitionism, fanaticism, whigiem,
Know-nothingism and every other ism. Let the Ameri
can party shake off its leprous skin, wo are content with
our present prosperous, healthy condition.
Senator Clay, of Alabama, on the Fishing
Bounties.
We have just received the speech of this gentleman, de
livered in the Senate on the 4th instant, on the bill intro
duced by him to repeal the Fishing Bounties, and regret
our inability, from want of space, to spread it in full be
fore our readers. The effort is highly creditable for the
industrious research its statistical information displays,
while the argument is worthy the fame, as a logician, of
its distinguished author. We collect therefrom the fol
lowing facts : Since the year 1792, when tho system was
adopted, the cod fisheries have received m round numbers
the sum of $12,000,0i)0. Os this amount the States of
Maine and Massachusetts have received $11,000,000. The
real object of the grant was compensation or reimburse
ment for the duty paid by fishermen upon salt. The ar
gument in favor of it was that, inasmuch as the fish, when
exported, would be exchanged for other commodities upon
which an import duty w ould be collected, il the original
salt duty were not refunded, the same article would, in ef
fect, be doubly taxed The sum thus refunded is called, in
parliamentary language, drawback. It is obvious, there
fore, that this can be justly claimed only when the article
is exported, and then in an amount p.nual to the aalt Hmu,
that when the duty is lowered the drawback should be di
minished, and nice versa. Such, however, is not the his
tory of our legislation. Up to 1830, there was observed
some correspondence between the drawback and duty;
but then was undisguisodly inaugurated, and ever since has
been continued, this iniquitous system of bounties. At
that time the salt duty was twenty cents on the bushel, but
during that year it was reduced to fifteen cents; in 1832
iO ten cents, and now it amounts to two cents per bushel.
In tho meantime, the drawback has remained stationary,
or been immaterially reduced. To the speech of Mr. day
is appended a table, carefully prepared, exhibiting for the
past ten years the annual excess ol bounty over drawback
for th. t period to be §300,000. This neat little sum is a
pure, unmixed gratuity overnment to the cod
fishermen. w ithout even a prospective.compensation to the
country save the possibility of employing them in our navy
in some future war between ourselves and England. No
other nation on the globe can command a naval force that
will render their employment either necessary or desirable.
Nearly halt a century has elapsed since such an event,
and should we be so fortunate as to escape a similar con
flict for twenty years, wo will have given in bounties t
this favored class, since 1830, live round sum ol $15,000-
000—more than one thousand dollars for each seaman.
The means are extravagantly disproportionate to the ob
ject. VV'e think there is a much cheaper way of cultivating
national bravery, and ensuring the efficiency of our naval
arm, especially when we consider that these seamen are
under no obligation to engage in such service. We hope
the bill of Mr. Clay will pass; but if defeated, we hope
the exclusiveness of the present system will surrender to a
more liberal policy, which will make every man who
catches a fish, kills a squirrel or runs a rabbit, an object of
especial favor to the government.
Re-Opening of tlie African Slave Trade.
This question was an all important topic in the late
Commercial Convention at Montgomery, and brought
forth the eloquence and research of the ablest men present.
William L Yancey,of Alabama,whose very name is a
tower ol strength, advocated the repeal of the law dis
criminating against the South, as violative of tho spirit of
the Constitution, wi hcut.discussing its expediency or pM
icy, and threw out many valuable hints and suggestions
to the South, “with a view of maintaining her integrity
and political equality in the Union, liis advocacy of the
repeal of the law prohibiting the African slave trade gave
the subject a prominence above all others proposed tor the
consideration of the Convention, although it should never
have occupied its time, from its utter impracticability and
dangerous tendency.
It brings into question at once the issue of dissolution,
which, wlfile we do not fear to approach, should never be
hazarded on so untenable an idea, and so unworthy that
chivalry and patriotism which characterizes the Southern
people. The Southern patriot views the subject of disso
lution of tne confederacy as a mere question of time, and
Ms noble instincts prompt him to oppose every side issue
which will hasten the period, pre erring to plant himsell
upon the great and immutable principles of right, and
leaving to posterity a vindication of his motives, when this
fair temple of our glory shall have been despoiled by tne
ruthless hand of a wild fanaticism. There are many ob
jections to the re-opening of foe African slave trade be
sides its impracticability as long as we are States of the
confederacy, which we will not discuss in this brief arti
cle- We simply design to say, that the subject was not
worthy ills attemion of so erudite a body as the recent
Commercial Convention, and should not bo introduced,
likeaTroj ‘n horse, into our councils to distract and di
vide us. This is a period when we should be united, asd
should present a bold front against the combined elements
ofabolitionis.n and apseudo-philamhropy at the North, and
drive back, like a mighty breast-work, the fierce tide of
fanaticism which beats against us and threatens our destruc
tion. Let ns cling to principles just and equitable, and
hold fast to the Constitution, mutilated as it is, so that
should Rome fall, v, r e will be innocent, and impartial his
tory will vindicate the purity of our motives and the jus
tiee of our cause.
Billy Bowlegs.
This old veteran chief, with fifty warriors, passed New
Orleans some day3 since with Major Rector for his home
beyond Arkansas. The Florida war, which has cost the
government so mueb money for many years is now ended
and only Sam Jones and a few’ followers remain in the
everglade State, it is well that the Indians are removed
from Florida, but in contemplating it, the heart is moved
with sympathy for the gallant race that fought so long for
the graves of their ancestors. To struggle for a redress
of wrongs pnay be praiseworthy, but it is noble to die for
home— the lathi pf our fathers. Billy Bowlegs is gone,
*nd the history of his race will soon be forgotten.
Outrages M Oil? Flag
Wb are at loss to conceive what can be the object ol
Great Britain in persisting to exercise the right of visitation
and search upon American vessels on the high seas. That
such is the fact, doubt no longer remains. That it is done
by the authority or connivance ol her government we think
is established by the consideration, first, that she asserts
the right, and secondly, that it is perpetrated too olten and
in too many places widely distant, and always with perfect
impunity to be the result of disobedience of instructions or
of the caprice of a besotted and fool-hardy commander.—
Our venerable Secretary of State in a letter to the English
Minister, an extract from which we recently published,
strongly remonstrated against the application of ihis doc
trine to American vessels engage ein trade on the coast of
Africa, but notwithstanding this, our vessels arefired into,
overhauled and boarded by English steamers, within sight
of our c “Vt,under circumstances which will not allow a
suspicion of the legitimacy of their cargo. We are glad to
see that our people all over the country and especially in
the commercial circles are awakening to a sense oi these
outrages and clamoring for redress. Ol course, John Bull,
as is his custom, will disavow it and will bow his head and
scrape his foot and give sundry other indications of humili
ty aDd sorrow. But this kind of penance can hardly be
deemed satisfactory. Begging pardon does not always
heal the wound inflicted by insult. The officers in his
command who has recently committed these flagrant out
rages upon our commerce should he disgraced and driven
from their position, else we can hardly be satisfied that
there is sincerity in his sorrow. It this will not purchase
immunity from wrong and insolence we recommend a prac’
tical illustration of the moral inculcated in a very familiar
story. An old man, a little boy and an apple tree are the
most interesting characters. It is the duty of our govern
ment promptly to send forward and maintain all along the
entrance to lhe gulf, a force sufficient to protect our com
merce from molestation. That such will be the course of
the administration we have every confidence.
Tlie State Tax and Sontli Carolina Money.
We have seen it mooted by several of our exchanges,
whether or not the Tax Collectors of our State will be au
thorized by the Treasurer or Governor to receive tho mo
ney of the South Carolina suspended banks for taxes, we
do not think the matter at all doubtful, neither the Gover
nor or Treasurer have any control in the matter. These
South Carolina bank bills cannot he legally received into
the State Treasury. Previous to last November, Tax Col
lectors were not authorized to receive for taxes anything
but gold and silver, Central Bank bills and the notes ol
Specie paying banks ot this Stale. Consequently, when
our Banks suspended last fall, on account of the difficulties
of collecting the taxes in gold and silver,-Gov. Johnson
suspended the collection oi the taxes until the meeting of
the last legislature. That body passed an Act authorizing
the public dues to be paid in the bill ol such ol our Geor
gia suspended Bunks as were in good credit when the sus
pension took place. To guard the public interests still
further, the same act empowered the Governor to reject the
bills of any of these banks which he had good reason to
believe were Dot entirely solvent. By virtue of this author
ity, and because most of the public liabilities—interest on
the public debt &c—are necessarily paid out in Savannah
and Augusta, the Governor and Treasurer directed the Tax
Collectors to receive only such funds as were bankable in
Savannah and Augusta. We understand this was the usu
al direction given to Collectors, by the Treasurer, even be
fore the late suspension. This being the case, it is there
fore clear that not only bills of such South Carolina
Banks as are still in a state of suspension will not be receiv
ed for Taxes, but none of any character will bo receivod,
unless bankable in the above mentioned cities.
The Revival.
The interest that has been exhibited in our midst on the
all important subject of religion seems to be unabated,and
rather on the increase. The different churches are still
thronged with anxious souls inquiring after the truth.
Though this good work came out ol the Nazareth of
abolilionism, we will not gainsay it; for all the world
knows that Augean stench needs more than Herculean
power for its purification-
Certainly some spirit has moved upon the troubled wa
ters, for the demon of politics having ceased to torment,
in, in its wild and desperate race, has become so jaded
hat, verily, men seem to cry out to the Prince ol Peace to
come to their relief Sin, ignorance and the devil have
run rampant in the land long enough, and it is well that
ministers of the gospel are crying out, “To your tents, O,
Israel!” If this is hut the enlistment of soldiers for an
eternal warfare against the hosts of hell ; if it is but lhe
gathering together of the armies that are presently to be
sent abroad to “the four corners of the earth” to free it
from the domination of the wicked that disturb its peace ;
if it is but the beginning of the realization of that prayer,
“thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth;” iflhese, in
truth, be streams of “living waters” flowing so freely
me universal prayer for the emancipation ot the enslaved
world.
Rev. J". R. Craves.
We give place in onr columns to a communication from
an intelligent and worthy citizen of an adjoining County
in relation to the Rev. J. R. Graves.
We do not desire to be understood os taking part in the
controversy but publish the article by request and will fur
nish the name of our correspondent, il necessary. Our
columns are always open to our friends, when the com
munications are dignified and respectful.
Superior Court.
Judge Bell, oi the Coweta Circuit, will preside at the
Superior Court now in session : n this city, next week.—
Judge Worrill will preside at LaGrange, where many
cases in whieh Judge Bell was counsel before his elevation
to tho bench, will be tried.
tVevr Party— Savannah Republican,
The Richmond Whig in an article upon the re-con
struction of parties, urges its necessity upon the ground thata
union can be formed of all the “opposition elements against
the democracy in the next Presidential campaign.” ‘lhe
Savannah Republican jusily demurs to the suggestion of
the Whig and contends that a “new party organization
should set upon the intrinsic merits of its own principles
and not avowedly as the antagonist of any pre existing or
ganization.” In this connection we commend its views to
the presses of its own party, who cannot look beyond the
horizon of present passion and prejudice and behold the Ad
ministration in the beauty which an exalted love ol country
invests it.
The Republican says.
We perceive that some of our exchanges, both
north and south, are basing their advocacy of a
t ew party on a ground which can never receive
our endorsement or support. The idea that the
slavery question is to be regarded as settled in the
new movement, is entirely set aside by them, and
they talk of organising a party whose watchword
-hail be opposition to the recent course of the Ad
ministration. We do not share in that opposition,
nor shall we consent to make war on any such is
sue. It is known to those who have read the Re
publican diligently, that we have approved the
positions of Mr. Buchanan on nearly all the ques
tions that have arisen during his administration; it
is no; to be expected, and it need not be, that we
shouid prove false to our own convictions of what
.is best for the country, and declare war against the
same policy. The course of the Administration
has, for tho most part, been conservative and just,
and directly in opposition to the radicalism and de
structive tendency of the majority of its own party.
It has been, in many respects, after the Fillmore
model, and its fiercest opponentshave been found
in the Democratic ranks. \/iih, we presume, as
little love for Democracy as any man living, we
have given the course oi’ the President a cordial
approval, and we shall never oppose him so long
as he shall continue true to the constitution and to
the whole country. If it shall become necessary,
in order to get up anew party, to denounce what
is just, patriotic right, the work will have to be ac
complished withdut our aid.
Local Items.
Business is being quickly dispatched in the Superior
Court now in session, with a view to adjourning at a much
sooner period than heretofore. The Court generally sits
from six weeks to two months, and is a great tax, not only
upon the jurors, but the Judge and the bar. All cases
called are quickly disposed of; by postponement or contin
uance, if the parties are not immediately ready.
Do t. —The rain we had_a few nights since has allayed
the dust of our city, and we will for a few days at least
have a little respite from so boon a companion.
Business — There is not that stir and bustle about our
streets whieh indicate a brisk trade in the different depart
ments of the city as heretofore. Summer is fast approach
ing, and the denizens of the city are thinking about the
fresh air and pure water of our pleasant summer re orts.
The Revival.— lt still continues, without abatement in
interest or numbers.
New Advertisements
By reference to our adveriising columns it will be seen :
that Mr. Wm. Rankin has been succeeded by Messrs. Git- I
ringer & Springer in the grocery and provision business.
Persons wanting anything in their line of trade had better >
give them a call. ,
See also advertisement of Liver Invigorator prepared by I I
Dr. Sanford and sold by Dantorth & Nagel. t
White Sulphur springs.
It will bo seen, by reference to our adveriising columns
that this time-honored, fashionable summer resort is again
a candidate for public patronage. Mr. Marks has retired
from the business, and it has passed inio the control ot Mr.
Wm. O. Halloran, who promises to make every effort to
sustain and advance lhe already well deserved reputation
of this delightful retreat. Most of our readers can testily,
from personal experience, to the excellence ol its general
arrangements, the salubrity of its atmosphere, and the me
dicinal virtue of its waters. These render it especially at
tractive to the invalid, while the votary ol pleasure, and
the plodding man who, in the heat of summer, needs some
relaxation and freedom from the duties and cares of busi
ness, are assured that nothing shall he wanting to satisfy
their wants or minister to their gratification. To the latter
class it is recommended by its proximity to home. They
can enjoy the invigorating influence of a mountain atmos
phere, and the delights of gay society, and yet be within a
days ride of their place ol business. Let us all patronise
‘home institutions” this summer, and give Mr. Halloran a
call.
Pic-Nics.
These entertainments are growing quite fashionable with
our citizens. A large party left to-day, oa one of these
excursions, lor the residence of Mr. Charles A. Peabody.
We much regret our inability to attend. We understand
that the privileges of his new and princely mansion are ten
dered to the gay company. Reader, excuse our epicurean
proclivities. Just think of being turned loose on that straw
berry bed! Os pressing all day long, alternately with
tooth and foot, the luscious “hautboy!” But our mouth is
f-st growing liquid—so are our eyes. We were also kind
ly solicited and strongly tempted, on yesterday, to join a
small party whose destination was Dr. Richard Lockhart’s,
nearGuerryton, on the Mobile and Girard Railroad. In
deed, we started—got to the depot—when, just in time.it
occurred to us that our paper would be issued this evening.
Not having the power of Joshua to retard t 1 e march ol
time, or ol Gregory XIII. to change the calendar, we
were forced to return, with nothing left us but the invalua
ble privilege oi’ unavailing regret. Who does not pity an
editor ? f|
The New York Pulpit.
Messrs. Chaffin &. Johnson.have laid us under obliga
tions by the presentation of a work ot valuable sermons,
entitled “The New York Pulpit in the Revival of 1858.”
It contains twenty-five sermons delivered by distinguish
ed ministers during that exciting period-
Rust in Oats.
Avery general complaint is made by our planting friends
in this vicinity of a disease that has recently appeared in
the oats, and which promises seriously to affect the yield
of the growing crop. In appearance and effect it resem
bles the same disease in wheat, and has made itself known
this season lor the first lime within the recollection of our
oldest and most intelligent planters. The extent ot th e
malady we have not ascertained, but that it is quite gen
eral must be inferred from the fact of its existence in Ba
ker and Calhoun counties, and in our vicinity, in this State,
and in Russell and Macon counties, Alabama. Our infor
mation does not embrace other localities, but we doubt
not its prevalence elsewhere. The cause it is not easy io
comprehend,for it is seen in all descriptions of soil, and
alike in places which iiavo been visited with abundant
rains or have been afflicted wiih drought.
Crops in South ‘Western Georgia.
From an intelligent planter in South Western Georgia.
1 we learn that the crops in that seclion are exceedingly
prosperous, and in advance of crops of last year at this
season. The effects of the late frosts are scarcely visible,
and the prospects are favorable to a large and abundant
’ yield. Coin is from knee to breast high, and tho cotton
I has been chopped over onco. There is little wheat planted
worthy of mention. The farmers are in high spirits, in
j. anticipation of a large and flowing crop.
* Convicted.—John Cavanaugh was yesterday convicted
1 in the Superior Court of an assault with attempt to mur
der Peter Long, of this city. The jury were out only a
few minutes. Ingram & Russell, Jones & Jones, and So
’ licitor General tor prosecution, and Ramsey & Caruth
* ers, Thornton &. Turman, and Moise for defence.
) —.
Successor to Uncle Sam.
We would state for the benefit of the travelling public
’ that however much they may regret the absence of that
jovial and accommodating landlord, who bears the palri
} otic prtenomen, Uncle Sam, that he has left a worthy sue
t cessor at his post in Geneva. To those who are fleeiug
from the dust, heat and tough beefsteaks, as well as other
’ evils of city life, on their way to the Springs to snuff
’ tlie mountain breezes, we would advise you, one and all,
to call and partake of those country luxuries served up in
I n.f4’:lriS L can suggest. See advertisement of the propri
etor.
Mobile Tribune—Slave Trmle.
The Mobile Tribune, alluding to the queslion of re-open
, ing the African slave trade, discussed in the recent Com
mercial Convention, says, that Mr. Yancey’s argument in
s favor of it is answerable, and that “Mr. Pryor made a
‘ lame argument against it.”
We have no objection to the Tribune passing its opin
ions upon the merits ot Mr. Pryor’s able speech, but say
that every point it suggested should have been considered
by thespeakets, was dwelt upon by Sir- Pryor,'and more
ideas advanced besides.
We say this in great respect to the Tribune, who does
Mr. Pryor, according to our judgment, great injustice, as
well as subjects itself to an unfavorable criticism, in call
ing Mr. Pryor’s effort a “lame” one. Remember the beam
in thine own eye, Mr. ‘1 ribune.
Pcbbijc Documents. —Hon. Vlfred Iverson Hon. C.
C. Clay and Hon. W. H. English will accept our thanks
for public favors.
General Percifer Smith died at Fort Leavenworth on
Sunday, the IGlh inst.
For the Times & Sentinel.
Ite v. J. K. Graves, Editor of the Tennessee
Baptist, nit Abolitionist.
Read the following extract from a letter from Dr. John
L. Waller, of Kentucky, to Dr. M. W. Phillips, of Mis
sissippi :
Some eight or ten years ago, just before Brother
Graves left Kentucky, he drove me in a buggy to
meet some appointments I had to till. lie had just
closed his school, was out of employment, and had
failed to get in as a teacher of the preparatory de
partment at Georgetown. He spoke to me freely
and unreservedly of his future course. He said
he could not conscientiously remain in a slave
State. That the state of morals was such, he
thought he could not stay and be silent
Also, read the following letter from Dr. Waller to Rev.
Mr. Tichenor, ol Montgomery, Ala.:
Louisville, Kentucky, j
September 3, 1858. £
Rev. I. T. Tichenor, Mongomery, Ala.:
My Dear Brother: —During the hot weather, I
have been almost ail the time wandering to and fro
in the earth, and hence until now did not see yours
of the Ist ult.
The article of Giaves, alluded to by you, does
not contain the whole truth. Fisher and Ford will
testify that I told Graves that in conversation with
me, he avowed his intention to leave Kentucky on
account of slavery—that he mentioned its many
evils, and severely animadverted upon them—that
I advised him to leave if such were his feelings—
and that he did leave. Thai he afterwards wrote
me a letter expressing a wish to return, and which
I did not answer on account of the conversation
mentioned. He denied none oi these tilings, and
ought to have mentioned them in his article.
It was in conversation, and not in the letter, I
told you that he expressed his intention to leave
Kentucky on account of slavery.
Suffice it to sav, you understood me correctly,
except on the point of the letter—a small matter—
especially since Graves has admitted the conver
sation, as I can prove by his own witnesses, Ford
and Fisher. I can readily conceive how you mis
took the matter about the letter.
Yours affectionately,
John L. Waller.
The foregoing letters of Dr. Waller, who, during life,
was one of the most pious and influential Baptist ministers
in Kentucky, would seern to fasten the charge of aboli
tionism upon the reverend gentleman whose name heads
this article. Those letters can be found in an ablo edito
rial of the South Western Baptist of tho 15th inst.
This man, J. R. Graves, has lately been playing fantas
tic tricks before the Southern people. He is pretty gener
ally known as the author of the Great Iron Wheel,and
the Little Iron Wheel . He is the same man whom one
ot the Ewings, ot Nashville, some years since assaulted
with a cane for publishing an article dofamatory of his
wife. He is the same man who was lately sued in one of
the Tennessee courts for libel by a Methodist minister, and
a judgment had against him for $7,500.* He has-lately
gained an unenviable reputation as the pretended author ol
a work published by him, entitled bufferings for lielig- j
ious Liberty. The work turns out to have been the pro- 1
duction ot Dr. Banvard, and was purloined by Graves. 1
His excuse is, that he found the production, without an au t
thor, in an old English magazine—a literary waif or es- t
inYt whieh he at once appropriated, without tho
forme vs lato.
lie is the same man who lately. In conjunction with
other Northern men, has sought to provide the Southern
Baptists with a Sunday School organization and provide
the books. Tho Southern Baptists having by this time
begun to open their eyes, did not swallow the project as
readily as In willed, and hence he makes a bold appeal to
hrjn—to “Southern Baptists to be true to those loho
have been true to them.**
Now, when it i3 certified that this conversation alluded
to by Dr. Waller took place about the time of the divi
sion of the Northern and Southern Baptist churches on
the slavery question, it will be seen at once how true Mr.
Graves has been to Southern Baptists ! In the hour of
our need, when every true hearted Baptist owed it to his
God, his country and his church, to stand firmly on South
ern ground, and battle in defence of his section, this ‘true*
man. J. L. Graves, was wending his way to the State of
Ohio, because he coaid not conscientiously live in a slave
State.
Mr. Graves was a Vermont schoolmaster at tho time
above mentioned, located in the State ot Kenteky. IBs
school was up,and he had failed to get employment in an
other place , therefore he had no pecuniary interest in lon
ger concealing his raal opinions. They were ot a charac
ter so hostile to our institutions that Dr-Waller advised
him to leave the State. He accordingly left and went
to Ohio.
Is this the first time the South has been betrayed by
Yankee schoolmasters? Seward and Trumbull, United
States Senators from the North, were once schoolmasters
in Georgia, and now the South has no more determined en
emies- Would that Mr, Graves had remained in Ohio.
But he did not. An opening offers in Mashville, and he
comes back, with all his antagonism to slavery, to fatten
on the produce of slave labor, and to gull a generous and
coufiding people.
Baptists of the South, beware! You have a traitor in
your camp. A BAPTIST LAYMAN,
*it 13 due to say that the libel was not written by Mr.
Graves, but by a correspondent of his paper. This would
excuse him, were it not that he allows his papar to be used
for such purposes nearly every week, and uses it himseit
in this way oftener than any one else It has in this regard
no better character than the Now York Herald-
For the Times & Sentinel,
A Word for a Baptist Layman,
Mr. Editor: —An article appeared in your last paper
over the signature oi “A Baptist Layman,” in which the
writer copied two tetters, written by lhe late Rev. John L.
Waller, of Kentucky, to prove that Rev. J. R. Graves, ed
itor of the Tennessee Baptist, is an abolitionist and a trai
tor. He also enters other grave charges against him. The
items he presents, 1 am aware, are taken mainly from a
recent editorial in the South Western Baptist, written by
Rev. Samuel Henderson,of Tuskegee, Ala. I will here
state that a bitter personal controversy has been going on
for several weeks between Mr. Graves and Mr. Hender
son, which I deplore ; and which I had hoped would be
confined to their own columns. It grieves me, therefore,
that “A Baptist Layman” should attempt to raise a preju
dice against one of the parties, au ong politicians, and oth
ers not directly interested in that controversy. My com
plaint against your correspondent is, that without provo
cation, he has done Dir. Graves great injustice in publish,
ing that article in the columns of a political paper, far
away from Dir G’s. residence, where he can have no op
portunity to defend himself, until irreparable injury shall
bare been sustained by him.
Mr. Graves is prepared. I understand, to meet the charges
, made against him by Mr. Henderson, and his defence will
doubtless appear in the Tennessee Baptist in a few days.—
I In that defence the grave charges made by yourcorrespon
, dent will doubtless bo noticed ; and Mr. G. will be able to
| remove a part, if not all, the force of the imputations against
, him. But whether he does or not, it seems to me that “A
Baptist Layman - ’ should have had the prudence to wait
until both sides were published. But how can Mr. G. or
[ any other man defend himself against such attacks as this
. writer has made upon hint? His article has already gone
i before the public, and prejudices are already formed against
Mr. G., which no defence can remove. Where is there a
-man living who is prepared to meet such a warfare as
this ?
lam no admirer of Mr. Graves. I have never approved
of his editorial course, nor endorsed his writings, further
. than in my honest judgment I deemed them to be correct in
t sentiment and in spirit. But he is a minister of the Gos
. pel, and is certainly entitled to a fair trial before the public.
Had the controversy been confined, as it ought to have
, been, to the columns of the denominational papers, I would
J not haveinterfe seems to me to be so out of
r place for “A Baptist Layman” to attack a minister’s pri
vate character in the columns of a political paper, that 1
i deem this notice required now. j*. wim
. quencesof any wrongs he may have committed, but I claim
for him an impartial judgment. Let this be awarded, and
I shall be content.
I claim lor him. also,the right to be heard in his defence
. in your columns, as he has been assailed there.
J. M. WATT.
Columbus, Ga., May 22, 1858.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, May 18,1858.
Your readers will recollect that our able and energetic
Minister near the Mexican Government, after many urgent
applications to that end, obtained, last year,from the Com
onfort administration, an order for the release from prison
of J. M. Arrisa, brother-in law of the murdered Crabb.but
that the authorities of Sonora, where he is detained in cus
tody, refused to obey the order, and still detained this gal
lant American in the most degrading and loathsome bon
dage. Their unwillingness to liberate Arrisa arises Irom
the fact that he is the only surviving witness of the barbar
ous perfidy by which his gallant brother-in-law was de
coyed into Sonora and then basely butchered. The people
ot California, indignant that such inhuman barbarity should
be inflicted by a set of semi-civilized bandits, huddled to
gether in the village of Sonora, and subsisting on lhe fruits
of piracy and pillage, yet assuming to live under and rec
ognising the laws of the nominal government of Mexico,
have spoken through the legislature of that State, and their
voice has reached Washington, demanding that such steps
shall be taken as shall secure the unconditional and imme
diate release ol this maltreated countryman. The matter
has been officially breught to the notice ot the Senate by
Senator Gwinn, and the appropriate resolution adopted.—
Thus, our Minister, in his noble effort to see justice done to
his fellow-citizens in that distracted country, will soon find
himself seconded by the efficient aid of the government,
whose attention has thus been called to the subject.
Mr. Seward, of New York, has submitted a joint resolu
tion authorizing the Executive to notify the government o
Hanover of the termination of the 11th article of the treaty
with that government of June 10,1846. The object is to
take the initiative steps lor the abolition of the Stadt duties
now levied upon our vessels and cargoes at Brunschausen
on the river Elbe—on their passage up and down that river
to Hamburg. This is a most absurd and vexatious tribute
whieh remains irom old feudal restrictions, and has less to
sanction its continuance than the recently abolished Sound
Dues. In order that the motion of Mr. Seward to teimi
nale the 11th article may be understood, it is proper to say
that this article containsa clause providingthateitherparty
desiring to terminate the treaty after the expiration ot twelve
years (June 10,1858,) may do so after giving the other party
twelve months’notice of that intention. The governments
ol Europe, however, have already moved in this matter,
and i: is therefore highly probable that before June 10th
1859, the expiration of the twelve months notice, the Elbe
duties will bo abolished.
An order has just been issued by the Captain-General of
Cuba, authorizing the establishment of a telegraph between
that island and the United States. It is to pas3 via Key
West through Florida, and thence to connect with the
1 oadmg lines in the United States. There can be no objec
tion to this, as we can at all rimes control one end. The
Cuba Company is the house of Mora, Alfonsa &. Cice.
The absorbing topic here is tire outrage and insolent
right ol search to which our vessels are now systemati
cally subjected in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of
Cuba. A message from the President to the Senate is
looked tor to-day, but it is generally understood in well
informed circles, that the steam frigate Colorado, which
left Norfolk on the 13th instant, carried dispatches to the
Home Squadron to put an immediate and effectual stop to
such insolent outrage in future. In the meantime, expla
nations have been demanded of the British and Spanish
governments, and the latter has been specially advised that
if it cannot protect American vessels in its ports, in the isl
and of Cuba, our government will undertake the task itself,
and that right speedily. These outrages, which have been
frequent and insolent, will, it is thought, be explained away
on the ground that they were authorized by the late British
Ministry, but will be disapproved by the present. All
moonshine. Great Britain has never yet renounced her
pretended right of search. We have never admitted it.
Let ua have it out.
Yesterday, Mr. Harkney, the door keeper of the House
was summarily dismissed from office, by an overwhelm
ing vote, for malpractices. He was charged, among other
things, with reporting as executed, more work than was ac
tually done, and extorring from his employers a part of
their pay. A good precedent. Let us have them all.
There is a probability that the resolution fixing the ad- I
journment of Congress on the Ist Monday in June will bo
rescinded. Judge Wright, of your State, has visited Al
bany, on the part of the Committee on Tariff Frauds, io
take the testimony of Thurlow Weed, who could not at
tend from sickness. BRUTUS. ‘
WublPStoi Rwi.
Washis&Tos, May 14.—1n the Senate to-day, a
communication was received from the President
of the United States relative to the outrages on
Atnericah commerce by foreign cruisers.
A message was also received from the Navy De
partment, recommending the establishment of a
Naval Depot on tlie coast of Georgia.
Official advices from Tampico were laid before
the Senate, in which it is stated that Geo. Garza
had destroyed half a million dollars worth of
American property. Garza has promised Captain
Almy to behave better in future.
Gen. Robles says his government is indignant at
Garza’s acts, and promises to punish him when
the city is taken.
Washington, May 15.—The Treasury invites proposals
till the 14th of June, for the whole of the four millions of
Treasury Notes.
Well informed persons in this city intimate a possibility
of Congress continuing in session until existing differences
with England, Spain and New Grenada shall have been
definitely settled.
Washington, May 18.—There is a strong latent
feeling against the British outrages in lhe Gulf.—
In the Senate a resolution has been passed enquir
ing of the President whether further legislation is
necessary to enable him to protect the commerce of
the country. The Oregon State bill has passed the
Senate. A reselution adopted to promote the set
tlement of our difficulties with New Granada,Mexi
co and Central America.
In the House, Mr. Wright, of New Jersey was
elected Door Keeper.
Tlie Civil Approbation bill, which the Committee
of Ways and Means have reduced $1,406,000, was
discused.
[jg§p There is said to be little prospect of the pas
sage ofthe general bankrupt law during tile pres
en session of Congress.
Washington, May 19.
In the Senate to day the fishing bounty repeal
bill was passed by a vote of thirty to twenty
five.
The House adopted a resolution requesting tlie
President to communicate to Congress copies of
all documents relating to the transfer of the Sloo
grant.
The appropriation bill is up.
Mr. Boyce made an important report in favor of
the modification cf the tariff', in which he ignores
all protection.
The government asks Congress to authorize a
new loan of Si 5,000,000.
Judge Loring to-dav took his seat as one ofthe
Judges of the Court of Claims.
The President has communicated to the Senate
a message, in which he states that he has instruct
ed Mr. Dallas at the Court of St. James, to demand
the dismissal of the British officers who recently
outraged our flag on the Gulf; and also pecuniary
satisfaction, in case of loss. He also stated that lie
intends to hold Spain responsible for the outrages
permitted in her waters; and insists that prompt
measures shall be taken to prevent a recurrence of
such interferences.
Several ships have been ordered to cruise on the
coast of Cuba.
Vote on the Minnesota Bill.
The vote in the House of Representatives on
Tuesday last, upon the bill for tire admission of
Minnesota into the Union, was—yeas 157, nays
38 —as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Adrian, Andrews, Arnold, At
kins, Avery, Barksdale, Bet nett, Billinghiirst, Bliss, Boc
cock, Bowie, Boyce Bryan, Buffington, Burlingame, Bur
i neu, Burns, Campbell, Caruthers, Case,Chaffee, Caskie,
Chapman, Clark, of Missouri, Clay Cobb, John Coch
rane of New York, Cockerell, Colfax Comins, Covode,
Cragin, Craig of Missouri, Craiee of North Carolina,
Crawford, Curry, Curtis, Damreli, Davidson. Davis of
■ lndianna, Davis of Miss., Dewart, Dick, Dimmick Dow
, dell Edmundson, Elliot, English, Farnsworth, Faulker.
Florence, Foley, Gartrell.Gillis, Gilman, Guode, Good
! win,]Greenvvood, Gregg, Groesberk, Grow, Ilall of Mass.,
t Harlan, Harris of 111., Haskin, Hatch, Hickman, Hoard,
l Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Huyler. Jackson, Jenkins,
, Jewell, W Jones ot Tennessee, J. Glancy Jones of Pen
nsylvania, Owen Jones of Pennsylvania, Kellogg, Kelly,
Kilgore, Knapp, Landy, Lawrence, Leach, Leidy, Letcher,
I Lovejoy, Maclay, McQueen, Marshall of Illinois, Mason,
r Malle son, Miller, Millison, Moore, Morrill, Morris, of
Illinois, Morse of New York, Mott, Niblack, Nieholls,
Palmer, Parker, Pendleton, Petlit, Peyton,Phelps, Philips,
- Pure, Potter,Powell, Purviance,]Quitman,Reagan, Reiley,
Uitrhie, Russell, Sandidge, Savage, Scales, Scott. Shaw
; of Illinois, Shaw of North Carolina, Sickles, Singleton,
1 Smith of Illinois, Smilli of Tennessee, Spinner, Stephens,
Stevenson, Stewart of Maryland, Stewartof Pennsylvnia,
f Tappan, Taylor of New York, Taylor of Louisannn,
Thayer, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Walton, Washburn
L of Wisconsin, Washburn ot Illinois, Washburn of Maine
Watkins, White, Whiteley, Wilson, Winslow. Wood,
We-Tst.' U
i Nats—Messrs. Anderson, Bingham, Blair, Clark of
| Connecticut, Clawson, Davis of Maryland, Davis of lowa
Dean, Dodd, Edie, Eustis, Foster, Garnett. Giddings, Gil
mer, Granger, Harris ofMaryland, Hill, Horton, Kelsey,
3 Kunkel ol Pennsylvania, Marshall of Kentucky, May
nard, Morgan, Morris ol Pennsylvania, Morse oi’ Maine,
Olin, Ready, Ricand, Robbins, Ruffin, Sherman of Ohio,
Smilli of Virginia, Stanton,Trippe, Underwood, Woodson,
and Zullicoffer—3B.
The negative vote is explained by the fact that
the Constitution of Minnesota contains a provision
which gives the right of suffrage to aliens. The
: bill passed by the House is that which passed the
t Senate a few days ago. Under it tlie new State is
- entitled to two representatives in the House.
t af||i
Terrible Tornadoes in the West.
St. Louis, May 15.—A terrible tornado occurred on
Wednesday last. It blew the train off the Chicago and
Alton road, seriously injured many persons in the town of
Lexington, 111 , and prostrated halt the houses in several
neighboring towns, killing a number of persons.
Another Tornado occurred on Friday, between Bloom
ington and Springfield, by which many houses were de
molished.
Loss of a Mobile Vessel.
New York, May 18th—The ship Speed, from
Mobile for Quebeck, was wrecked forty miles east
of Halifax, on tite 15th. Her cargo, which was of
salt, was saved.
Banks Resumed.
St. IjOuis. May 15.—A1l of the suspended banks
resumed yesterday.
Railroad Accident.
Lafayette, (Ind.,) May 15.—A very serious
accident occured eighteen miles south of here, in
consequence of the bridge which crosses Potato
Creek giving way precipitating all the cars into the
creek. The engineer fireman and conductor were
killed ; the passengers escaped without serious
injury.
Foot Race.
Vikcsburg, May 15 —A Foot Race for one hun
dred and fifty yards, for SIOOO aside, between
Shultz, of Kentucky, andOslin.of this county, took
place to-day. It was won by Shultz, who distan
ced his, competitor five and a half feet. The time
made was 15 seconds. Four or five thousand
dollars changed hands.
Terrible Tornadoes—Loss of Life.
St. Louis, May 15. A violent tornado occured
on Thursday night in Illinois. The train on the
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad was blown
off the track, and several persons seriously in
jured. The towns of Lexington, Peora, Junction
and Tonawanda suffered severely, half of their buil
dings being prostrated. There'were many killed
at Tonawanda.
Yesterday another storm passed between Bloom
ington and Springfield, doing great damage. A
large number of houses at flikhart and Williams
ville weie demolished, and five lives were lost.
John Gardner’s Memorial.
St. Louis, May 15.— The Chamber of Commerce
bas indorsed John Gardner’s memorial now be
fore Congress, in favor of a mail service between
the United States, the West Indies, Brazil and the
Argentine Republic.
St. Louis, May 15.—Intelligence from Camp Scott to
the lOlhot April has reached Leavenworth. The Mor
mons were leaving Salt Lake City, and Gov. Cumming
had gone there, by instructions from the government.
T. C. Hindman, Esq., formerly of Mississippi,
has been nominated tor Congress in the. First Dis
trict ol Arkansas, to succeed Mr. Greenwood, the
present member.
ESP'” It is said that Judge Douglas, in inviting
Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, to the grand banquet
which he gave on Friday to the Medical Associa
tion, informed him that it was a medical caucus,
called to heal the ulcers o( the Democracy. “The
idea may be a good one,” said Mr. Lamar, “but
Judge, I would begin by amputating the diseased
limb.”
SSF” After asking your name in the State of
Arkansas, the natives are in the habit of saying
in a confidential tone—“ Well, now what wer yer
name before yer moved to these parts ?’’
The uuwsp* Matter* *! tfee Coaam*l eww.t*B,
From the fadt that so much of the time of the
Convention tu Montgomery was taken up in tiie
slave trade discussion, the Nicaragua affair had to
be dispatched quickly as follows :
On motion of Mr. Percy Walker, of Alaba.ma,
the Convention proceeded to the consideration cf
the following resolutions, reported irom the Com
mittee on Business, with the recommendation that
they be adopted by the Convention, viz :
Resolved, That we regard the establishment ol
the Americans in Nicaragua as a work of duty, no
less than of honor and of interest, on the part of
the Southern people and that this enterprise, tend
ing as it does to the increase of southern commerce
and southern power, is of paramount importance
to many other questions now before tiie American
people.
Resolved, That, as the southern States have,
under the Constitution, equality of commercial
rights and privileges with those of the north, the
federal government is faithless to its engagements
and oppressive in its operation, when it attempts
to suppress emigration to Central America from
the south, while it permits it from the north ; and
that we deem it just and lawful to condemn such
an assumption oi’ federal power, and perversion
of constitutional authority.
Resolved, That we consider the Americans of
Nicaragua as having been twice most grievously
wronged by the federal government, first by the
act of Commander Davis at San Juan del Surand
Rivas, and recently by the utterly illegal and dis
graceful conduct of Commodore Paulding at Pun
ta Arenas; and that we believe that the people of
the southern States entirely repudiate these wrongs
to their former countrymen, but also regard them
as indirect insults to themselves; and we accord
ingly warn the federal government that a further
persistence in such acts will render the government
odious to the people of the Slates and contempti
ble to foreign nations.
These resolutions were adopted, as follows:
Yeas—Virginia 15, South Carolina 8, Alabama
9, Georgia 10, Mississippi 7, Louisiana 6, Tennes
see 12, Texas 4, and Florida 6—77.
Nays—o.
Indemnity from Mexico. The Pennsylvania
Inquirer says :
We have a rutnor"that a demand is about to be
made upon Mexico for an indemnity for certain
private claims preferred by a citizen of the United
States, with an offer to assume tlie indeptebness and
pay several millions more, provided Mexico will
cede to us anotner portion of her territory. Alas !
for our neighbors. They are in a sad condition
indeed. Convulsed at home, and threatened from
abroad, with a treasury utterly exhausted, it is not
a matter of much surprise, that the government is
constantly changing. The only wonder is that the
various States have contrived to hold together so
long. But the days ofthe Republic are evidently
numbered. A few years lienee and tlie dismem
. berment will be fully effected.
Exports of Cotton—Crop Prospects —New Or
leans, May il.—The exports of cotton from this
port to Great Brittain during tho pa.-t week reach
ed 24,000 bales, and to Harve 5,500 bales From
Mobile tlie exports during the week to Great Brittain
were only 1,000.
The estimates for the present crop are running
fully up to three million bales again, in consequence
ofthe receipts continuing larger than had been
anticipated. They are now within a few hundred
bales of being as large as at the same period last
year.andnextweek.it is believed, an increase
will be shown.
As far as reliable advices have been received the
growing crop is not considered to have been ma
terially injured by the crevasses that have been re
ported.
Ten Men Killed and Fifteen Wounded.—
A letter from Toulon of the 22d ult., mentions a
disastrous accident which took place the previous
day, off the islands of Myeres, on board the ship
of-the-line Suffren, which has been fitted up as a
school for naval artillerymen. While the men
were firing at a target, a cannon burst, and the ex
plosion unfortunately caused a number of victims.
There was ten men killed and fifteen wounded.
A Day Too Late. —On Saturday night las
twenty four hours after the adjournment of the
Methodist Protestant General Conference, the dele
gate from Oregon reached Lynchburg, Va., to at
tand its session. He had been on the way ever
rvu. i = , 4Vom the remote region he rep
resented.
Balloon Ascension. —Mr. Leonard, yesterday
afternoon, could not quite fill his balloon, and five
thousand spectators were disappointed, for the bal
loon only rose above the twenty foot wall, and bare
ly clearing the intervening buildings, came down
one hundred and fifty yards off, in Commerce
street. *
This morning, however, the balloon was fully
inflated, and brought to Court Square, and at half
past nine o’clock, Mr. L. bade a vast collection ol
people adieu, and started on his upward flight.—
The air was at nearly a dead calm, and the sun
shining brightly—not a speck of cloud to be seen.
The Aeronaut and his balloon were wafted for a
few minutes in a westerly direction, and then veer
ed to the South—still going up! up! up! In
about twenty minutes, from the apparently dimin
ished size of the balloon, It was supposed to be
about two miles high. It had assumed the appa
rent size of an inflated bladder, and of course not
even a speck could be seen of the car in which
Mr. Leonard was standing. At eleven o’clock, A.
M., a mere speck far to the South-east indicated
the presence of the serial voyager, and fifteen min
utes later, not a vestige of the balloon was to be
seen. —Montgomery Mail, May 13.
Death by Fire.—We are pained to learn that
Mrs. John W. Dupree, of Sumter county, was
burned to death on Friday last. Her dress caught
fire, and before any assistance could be rendered,
she was so severely burned as to survive but
twenty-four hours.
This is another instance of the fatal consequen
ces of wearing hoops, unless with great caution
and circumspection. As much as we admire them,
We prefer to see them abandoned, rather than they
should cause such a sacrifice of human life.
(Americus South Western News.
The Settlement of the Kansas Question.
The Washington Star of Wednesday last says:—
“We have private advices, direct and very late
from Kansas, satisfying us of the correctness of
the opinion we have taken more than one occasion
to express, that the people of Kansas will accept
the settlement of their case offered to them by Con
gress, the efforts of the enemies of the Democracy
to the contrary, notwithstanding.”
Adams Express.— Commendable Promptness. —■
The Charleston Evening News, of the 14th inst.,
says: “We learn that ‘the sum of ten thousand
dollars was paid this morning by the Adams’ Ex
press Company, to the party, Drake <f-Moses, of
tbs city, which was stolen while m transit from
Charleston to Columbus, Georgia, for which pay
ment we have seen the receipt. This prompt re
imbursement of a loss incurred under the circum
stances stated, imparts additional confidence as re
gards the punctuality and ability ofthe company in
redeeming their obligations.”
We find in our exchanges the following anec
dote about the conventions lately held at Spring
field, Illinois. It is too good to he lost: A tall,
stout Buchanan delegate* from this city, who, we
presume, was taken along more for show than for
use in its deliberations, as one who knew some of
the tactics that might be called for, was accosted
by a small delegate just arrixed from one of the
Southern counties, in the vestibule of the Capitol,
the small one asking : “Delegate, sir?” “Which
wing do you belong to?’, “Wing? why we’re
the whole bird !” The interrogator moved on
without further question.
Getting Out of a duel.— Morris R. Regan, a
State officer of Texas, according to his carik pub
lished the Austin papers last month, armed himself
with a revolver, and insulted George W. Paschal,
editor of the Austin Intelligencer, in the?street, the’
latter being at the time unarmed. Paschal sent a
challenge. Reagan declined to fight a duel, be
cause it would deprive him of his office according
to the constitution, but invited Paschal to meet him
at the Post Office, during business hours, armed
with a navy revolver. Paschal refused, on the
ground that a rencounter at such a place, at the
hour named, might place in jeopardy the lives, not
only of disinterested men, but also of women and
children. He offered, however, to meet Mr. Rea
gan op the race track, at sunrise, prepared to pitch
in. Mr Reagan thought that would look a little
like a duel, and therefore, he concluded to back
out.
T&lJfMt legislature,
We learn that the Supreme Couth at Its |§|-
session in Miledgeviile, settled the ConatltutSonnl i
question as to the right of the present members of
the Georgia Legislature, taking their seats as le
gal Senators and Representatives, in the approach,
ing session to be held the present year. It was
decided that old members would be entitled to
their seats; and that no election would be held fo r
Senators or Representatives, except in cases where
they had been cut oft - into new counties, made at
the last session- In all such instances, elections
must be held in both counties. In the old county
to supply vacancies thus created ; and in the new
one, to an entire new delegation.— Atlanta Intel,
ligencer.
The Adams hxpress C 0.—510,035 Paiq.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of the 1 Gth inst.
says :
“Our columns have contained an advertisement
for several days past, offering a reward of two
thousand five hundred dollars for the recover; ot
a package containing ten thousand dollars in bills
of tlie Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Charl-s,
ton, S. C., which was stolen from the Adams Ex
press Company whilst in transit from Atlanta, Ga
to Montgomery, Ala.
“This package was delivered to the Agent ofthe
Adams Express Company in Charleston,’ on the
14th of April, bv Messrs. Drake &, Moses, to be
carried to Columbus, Ga., there to be delivered to
Messrs. Hall, Moses & Cos., and was lost eu route
to that place, on the 25th uit., as we have
stated.
“We refer to the loss of this package to state
that its value was promptly paid by the Express
Company as soon as a messenger with tlie neces
sary funds could reach Charleston from this place,
after it was thought proper by tiie officers of the
company to make public the fact of the loss. We
have seen the receipt of Messrs. Drake & Moses
to the company, daied on Friday last, for ten thou
sand dollars—the amount contained in the lest
package — and thirty-five dollars, the interest upon
that amount from tlie 24th of April to the 14th of
May. The prompt payment of this large amount
of money,-upon a loss incurred byfthem in the cour
of their business, reflects great credit upon the com
pany, as it shows that they have the ability ai.J
the will to meet all the obligations which as com
mon carriers they assume.
Congressional Wit.
During tiie proceedings of the House of R,-pre
sentatives yesterday in Committee of the Who
on the prvate calendar, the committee found itsef
without a quorum, and accordingly rose. J n ( | le
House, upon a motion to adjourn, it was ascertain
ed that the House was without a quorum. Ti
roll having; been called, the names ofthe absent,--
1 were called for excuses. Upon reaching thenar
of Mr. Burroughs, of New York, Mr. Morgan.
■ colleague, said “lie had married a wife and co.;
not come.” Mr Hoard, another colleague, a? so;:,
as he could be heard, moved that the gentleumn
■ be excused, as lie was absent on urgent bnsinest:
i which motion was received with roars of laughter.
• which the Speaker joined, and several member*
i suggested that it was “pressing business” that de
i tained the honorable gentleman. Mr. Lcither. c:
Ohio, stated that lie had paired off; to 'which Mr
; Florance responded by saying that he had paired
! off with a woman. Mr. Leiter rejoined that he be
i lieved it to be a “proper pair.” It is needless to
[ add that the gentleman was excused.— Union.
Newspaper Change.
We learn from the Washington Stales that—
Messrs. O. J. Wise and Nathaniel Tyler are as
sociate editors and proprietors of the Richmond
Enquirer, Mr. Wise was foimaly Secretary of
the American Legation at Paris, and is understood
to have been writing, incognito, for the Kay -r.
for some time past He is a son of the Governor.
Mr. Tyler is a son of Judge Tyler of Prince W. •
iams, and has been connected heretofore with ide
Warrenton Flag. Both are gentlemen of talent
The proprietors anuoutice that they will soon en
large the paper, and bring it out in anew
dress.
The Kansas Bill.— The New Orleans E;\
(Opposition.) in the course of an article on jhe
Conference Bill, thus presents it in its sectiot ja ) a5 .
pect:
“What the Soutli gains is positive and substan
tial. Tlie Constitution of Lecompton is not to 1
submitted. This is an important cone ession. 1
Kansas enter the Union during the present Con
gress, she must come in as a slave State, under the
Lecompton Constitution. This is a still greater
triumph. The principle of non-intervention is not
violated, for Congress does not presume to compe
the people of Kansas to vote for the acceptance or
rejection of s Constitution already ratified by then:,
but simply submits to them a law’ regu anno- the
donation ot the public lands within the State'’asa
substitute for certain unjust and sweeping preten
sions to proprietorship put forth by her Conetim
tional Convention.”
Tlie Mobile Tribune, (State Rights,) in refer
ring to the question, says :
“We think that that “ordinance” was really a
very grave objection to the Lecompton Constitu
tion. Consider it! —23,592,160 acres—wor’h, at
tne minimum Government price, 529.490.20 i—
given away at one stroke. There seems to be no
doubt that this new bill of the Conference Com
mittee, will become a law So that we in the South
must contemplate th e finale of it from that stand
point. We are satisfied that it will be general
acceptable to the South. One good thing will be
the result ot it; it will take the subject from Con
gress. Every rational man will be pleased will
that.” ‘
The Brunswick Naval Depot The Wash
ington Union says ol the communication e. the
Secretary of the Navy, in reference to the estab
lishment of a naval depot at Brunswick, Ga., ami
which, as has teen reported by telegraph, was laid
before the Senate on Friday last:
“The Secretary relates in detail the steps which
have been taken by the department in relation the
matter, and says there is no money in the treasure
which can be applied to that work without divert
ing it from other indispensable objects; and that
falling within that class of public works authorized
by Congress which have not been commenced, it
is not deemed expedient or proper to commence
it during the present condition of the treasure.'’
£riF &, l he estimates for the three regiments ot
volunteers, two thousand six hundred men, with
five hundred and twentv-two others, are: for quar
termaster’s supplies, §2,477,000 ; for subsistence,
§344,000; pay of officers and volunteers, §1,017.-
000; arms and appropriate equipments, exclusive
of horse equipments, $166,785; total, §4,489,547.
Killed by Lightning. —The Car’hage Herald
says that a young ladv, Miss Wilkinson, was kdied
by lightening in that county a few days ago. She
was sitting near the fire-place, and the lightening
ran down the chimney, struck her on the cheek,
then ran down to her feet, tearing her dressing
and hurling her shoes from her feet. The shock
killed her; she never moved afterwards, but ex
pired iti an erect position.
A Woman’s Right which ought not to be
Questioned.— Among tho important question;
which have been debated by the Scientific Con
vention in Baltimore is one, whether women gen
erally shall be eligible to membership of their body
But this is a right which has already been con
ceded by the admission of Maria Mitchell the \s
stronomer of Nautucket, and Mrs. Morris, the
Geologist. Women have a right to be admitted to
Scientific [Congresses by virture of their attain
ments, just as men have. It is not a question ot
gallantry, nor ot courtesy, nor expediency. The
object ot such associations is the promotion ot
science, and who evar can be rendered servicea
ble tor the accomplishment of that ocject, has a
righ tto membership without respect to sex or con
dition. It would not read well in history, that Mrs
Summerville, for example, had been excluded from
a Scientific Convention because she was a woman.
A. Y. Times.
The apothecaries of some of our neighboring
cities are advertising anew perfumery, called “Kiss
me-quick.” Only imagine a pretty girl walking
up to the counter and briefly saving to the clerk,
“kiss-me-quick!”
Remarkable.— The following Sew trite compli
ments anpear among the last out:
The Georgia Banks, ex necsssitate rei, must
play second fiddle to tho Banks of Charleston.—
t nar. Courier.
Bah ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ali.— Amnista Chronicle
& Sentinel.
How sheepish !A 7 . Y. Times.
Which, the Courier, Sentiuel or the Banks ?
News.
Either ; you pay your money and take your
choice.—Sou Georgian.