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BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OFTIIF. UNITED STATES
Pub: 9
An ACT t.i provide for tlie organization e>f a regi
ment *f inontsted volunteers for the defence of
tlio frontier of Texas, and to authorize the Presi
dent to call into the. service of the United
States two additional regiments of volunteers.
Be it enacted by the Sena’e. anti House of Repre
sentatives of the United Staten of America in Con
gress assembled, That the President of the United
States he authorized to receive into the service of
the United States one regiment of Texas mounted
•volunteers, to he raised and organized by the
State of Texas for the defence and protection of
th" frontier thereof, to continue in service, from
the time that the whole r..-pinout shall be muster
ed into service, for the term of eighteen months,
unless sooner discharged by the President. Said
regiment shall be composed of one colonel, one
lieutduant-cslonel. one major, one adjutant with
the rank of first lieutenant, one quartermaster and
commissary with similar rank, one surgeon and
two assistant surgeons, one sergeant major, one
quartermaster and commissary serg-ant and ten
companies—each of which shall be composed of
one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieu
tenant. four sergeants,four eorpoAls, two buglers,
one farner. and seventy-four privates. Each of
said officers below the rank of major—non com
missioned officers, musicians, farrier, and privates:
shall furnish and keep himself supplied with a
good serviceable horse and horse equipments,
for the use and risk of which, in addition to the
pav and allowances herein provided, he shall re
ceive fertv cents a day while ill service with iiis
horse; and if any non-commissioned officer, musi
cian, farrier, or private shall, from carelessness or
neglect, injure or render his horse unfit for ser
vice. and shall fail to supply a services.hie horse
within the period of ten days from the loss, such
soldier shr.il, from such time, until lie shall fur
nish himself with a horse, he entitled only to the
pay of a private of infantry.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the offi
cers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, farrier,
and privates of said regiment, shaii. when mus
ter'd into the service of the United States, lie
subject to the rules and articles of war. They
shall be armed at the expense of the United
States, as the IV s'dent shall direct. They shall
'oe allowed the same pay, rations, and allowances
ir, kind, including clothing, and be subject to the
same rules and regulations as ate provided for the
regiments of cavalry now in the service, but no field
officer shall receive forage for a greater number of
horses than be may from time to time actually
have in service. No pay for allowances shall he
due until said regiment shall be received into the
service, but each officer and man shall then be
entitled to one -lay s pay and allowance for every
twenty miles lie may have been required to travel
from his residence to the place of muster.
See. 3. And be il further enacted. That, for the
purpose of quelling disturbances in the Teiritorv
of Utah, lor the ptoteclion of suppiy and emi
grant trains, and the suppression of Indian hos
tilities on the frontiers, tlie President of ihe United
States he, and he is hereby, authorized to call for
and accept the services of any number of volun
teers, not to exceed in all two regiments, of seven
hundred and forty privates each; the same,
or any portion thereof, to be organized into raonu-
ted regiments or infantry, as the President may
deem proper, to serve for the term of eighteen
mouths from the time of their being received into
service, unless sooner discharged by the President.
Said volunteers, if called for and received as
mounted men, shall he constituted in the same
manner as is provided in the first section of this
bill for tlie Texas regiment of mounted volunteers,
and shall receive the same pay and allowances,
shall be -object to the same rules and regulations
as are provided in this bill for said corps; and if
called fur. and if received as infantry, they shall
be placed on the same footing in every respect
with the infantry regiments now in the service,
shall receive tlie same pay and allowances, and
be governed by the same rules and regulations;
ana the said regiments, whether organized ns
mounted men or infantry, shall be subject to the
rules and articles of war.
Sec. 4. A ml be it further enacted. That the. vol
unteers piovided for by this act, shall uui be ac
cepted in bodies of less than on • regiment, whose
officers shall be appoint 'd in the manner prescrib
ed by law in the several Slates or Territories to
which said regiments shall respectively belong,
except the quartermasters and commissaries who
shaii be detailed from tln-ir respective depart
ments of ti.e regular army of the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That the pay
of said volunteers shall not lie due until received
into the service, but each officer and man shall
then be entitled to one day’s pay for every twenty
mil'-s he may have been “required to travel from
bis residence to the place of muster.
Approved 7 April 1858.
Pub 6.
A RESOLUTION <".atliorizi"g Lieutenant William
N. Jeffers to accept a sword of honor from her
Majesty the Queen of Spain.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Iti-pcrsenta-
tiri - of the United States of America in Cougress as
sembled, That the assent of Congress be, arid the
same is hereby given, to allow Lieutenant Wil
liam N. Jeffers of the Navy of the United S:at- s.
to accept a sword of honor presented to him
through the Department of Stale, by her majesty
the Queen of Spain “as an acknowledgement of
the very efficient assistance which he gave with
the vessel under his command to the Spanish
schooni r Cartagenera in the waters of the Parana”
on the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-
eighth cf October eigtheen ieuiidred and fifty-five.
Approved 7 April 1858.
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Pub i 0.
AX ACT to acquire certain lands needed for the
Washington Aqueduct, in the District of Col
umbia.
Whereas it is represented tliat the works of the
Washington Aqueduct, in the District oi Col
umbia, are delayed in consequence of the pro
prietors’ refusal, in some cases, toseli lands re
quired for its construction at reasonable prices,
and because in other cases, the title to the said
la id is is imperfect.or is vested in minors,or per
sons non compos mentis or in a femme covert,
or out of the District of Columbia; and where
as ir is necessary for ihe making of the said
aqueduct, reservoirs, dams, ponds, feeders, and
other works, that a provision should he made
for condemning a quantity of land for the pur
pose therefore—
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrp-
Teseiitat’res of the Unite d States of America in Con
gress assembled, That it shall and maybe lawiul
for the United States, ox its approved agent, to
agree with the owners of any land in the District
of Colombia, through which said aqueduct is in
tended to pass. Ibrthe purchase or use and occupa
tion thereof; and in case of disagreement, or in
case the owner thereof shall be -•> f mine covert,
underage, non compos, oi out of the District of
Columbia, on application to a judge of tlie circuit
court of said District, t e said judge shall issue
his warrant, under his hand, to the marshal of the
said District to summon a jury ot eighteen inhab
itants of said District not related to the parties,
nor in any manner interested to meet on Ihe land
to he valued, at a day to he expressed in the war
rant, not less than ten, nor more than twenty
days thereafter; notice of the time and place of
said meeting being first given to I lie owners of
such land or to their legal representatives in per
son if that be practicable, and, if not, by publica
tion in suin' 1 Washington city newspaper, daily
for two weeks, and the marshal, upon receiving
the said warrant, shall forthwith summon the said
jury, and, when met, shah administer ail oath or
atfirmatiou to every juryman who shall appear,
being not less than twelve in number that he will
faithfully, justly, and impartially value tlie land ;
and all damages tlie owner thereof shall sustain
by cutting the acqueduct through such land, or
the partial, or temporary appropriation, use, or oc
cupation, of such Laud,according to tin- best ol'Lis
skill and judgment; and that in such valuation
he will not spare any person for favor or affection,
nor any persou grieve mr malice, hatred, or ill will,
and the inquisition thereupon taken shall be sign
ed by the marshal and four-fifths of the said jury,
and returned by the maishal to the circuit court
for the District of Columbia, and unless good
cause be shown against the said inquisition, it
shall be affirmed by the czmii at it.s first term after
said return, and recorded.; but if, from any cause,
no inquisition shall he returned to sm it court
within one month after the commencement of tlie
non ensuing term, the said court, at its discretion,
as often u» inay be necessary, direct another in
quisition *o be taken, in the .manner above pre
scribed ; and upon every such valuation tlie jury
is hereby directed to describe and ascertain the
hound* of the land by them valued, and tlie qual
ity and duration of the interest aud estate in the
same required by the said United States for the
use of the aqueduct, and their valuation shaii be
conclusive on ail persons, arid shall be pai 1 for by
the said United States or its authorized agent to
the owner of the lend, or his, or her, or their legal
representative; aud^on payment thereof, tlie said
United States shall be seized of such .and ns of an
absolute estate in perpetuity, or with such less
quantity and duration of.inlerest or estate in the
saute, or subject to such partial or temporary ap
propriation, use, or occupation, as shall be requir
ed and desired, as aforesaid, as if conveyed by tlie
owner to the said l.’qited .States; and whenever,
in the construction of the said aqueduct, or any
of tue works thereof, reservoirs, datus, ponds,
feeders, tunnel*, aqueduct*, culverts, bridges, or
works ot a ay other description w-hatsoever appur
tenant thereto, it shall be necessary :o use earth,
timber, stone, oi gravel, or am, other material to
be found ou any of the lan,is adjacent or near
theieto, and the said United States or thei- agent
cannot procure the, tain- for the works aforesaid
by private contract of tlie proprietor or owner, or
in case the owner should he a femme covert or non
compos, or under age, or out of the district, tlie
same proceedings, in ail respects, shall be had as
in tlie case before mentioned cf the assessment
and condemnation of tlie lairds required for tlie
said aqueduct or tlie work appurtenant thereto:
Provided, That tlie work shall not be delayed
pending ony such proceeding in court, hut the
same shall be continued without obstruction
H ereby, after tlie inquisition shall be returned to
the court.
•SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall
aud may bo lawful for the United States or its
agent, in case of any dispute or difficulty arising
as to the ownership of the land, condemned, as
above, for the use of said aqueduct, or in case the
owner shonld be a '“mine covert, under age, non
compos, or out of 1..3 said District of Columbia,
and no person duly authorized to receive the same,
that the United States or its agent be authorized,
bv petitiou to the circuit court for the Distiict of
Columbia, and upon said court’s order, to deposit,
the money for which the said land was condemned
in tlie place directed by said court, and the certifi
cate of tlie proper officer of said deposit shall be
considered as a full payment for said land and
tin reby vest in the United States an absolute es-
\ite in perpetuity, or with such less quantity and
duration of interest in the same, as subject to
such partial or tempory or permanent, use or oc
cupation as shall b“ required and described as
aforesaid, if conveyed by the owner or owners of
said land.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duly of said circuit court to hear and de
termine to whom the said money does belong, .and
upon being satisfied as to whom tlie land did be
long to pass their decree directing tlie clerk of
said court to pay over *0 tlie owner the same mo
ney deposited as above, after deducting expenses.
The court is turther authorized to direct the inode
for trying the case, and tlie litigants have the
right of appeal, provided tlie appeal is taken with
in sixty days from the decree of said court.
Approved. 8 April. I-'*’-
pttiiii Uotitts.
P. K.
rj^IIERE IS XO MEDICINE at the present day I
_S a aloe tw» high a*
Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer.
I have used it in my family for years, iu every in
stance, it lias proved a sovereign remedy. I tested its
qualities to-day, on a severe burn, aud found it all that
could be desired.
A. D. MILNE, Editor of Messenger.
Rev. J. O. Stearns writes, I consider it the best rem
edy I ever knew for Dyspepsia.
Providence, R. I. July 7tli, 1S54.
M I'aflFBi P. Davis & Son*—Gents—Jiefbre I left Mer-
gui, both Karen* and Burman* had found out the value
of your Pain Killer, and I could readily have disposed
of a large quantity of it among then:. It seems par-
tieul v efficacious in cholera morbus, bowel complaints,
and other diseases to which the natives of Hannah,
from their unwholesome style of living, are peculiarly
exposed. It is a valuable antidote to the poison of
Centipedes, Scorpions, Hornets, aud tlu* like. I have
been twice stung by Scorpions, and in both cases eased
the most excruciating pain, and entirely prevented the
swelling by applying the Pain Killer. On our voyage
homeward from India, the Captain of the ship was
taken with vomiting and purging and other symptoms
of cholera. I gave him a good dose of Pain Killer
with the most immediate anil happy results. So entir e
was the releif that he assured me he would never
again go a voyage without your excellent medicine; if
he could possibly procare il.
Respectfully yours,
REV. J. BENJAMIN,
Date Missionary to Burmuh.
There is nothing as yet surpassed Perry Davis’ Veg
etable Pain Killer, which i-» the most valuable family
medicine now in use, for many internal and external
• complaints that flesh is heir to. To convince you of
the fuel, you have but to call at the drug store, where
you can get a bottle—from twenty-live cents to one
• dollar-—Tcnu. /Jrgnn.
As n menus of removing pajn from tlie body no med
icine has ever acquired a reputation .equal to Perry
Davis’ Pain Killer. Tlie sale of the articles has excell
ed ail belief. But it has real merit, and that is sufli-
cienf.-Xewj»onf arid CoyiugUm (Ky) Daily News. 17 4t j
For sale by Druggists nnd Grocer dealers gener-1
ally—Jolm B. M no re A. Go, Savannah: and llavi-
land, Chichester A Co., Augusta, Wholesale Agts.
LETTER FROJi \0itTH CAR OLIVE
Fayetteville, N. (_\, March'd, ISoO.
I Dr. Seth W. Fowle., Dear Sir,—For two years past
I have been more or less troubled with cough. During 1
j the past year, I was taken with a severe pain in the
| left side, accompanied by a very bad cough* undii rais-
! ngof bliKhl. probably a quarter more. In addition to
I this, I sweat profusely at night, which induced me to
| apply to a physician, but received no permanent bene-
] tit. 1 then pnK.*ured a bottle of Wistar’s Balsam of
. Wild Cherry, which seem *<! t»» have tlie desired effect.
I continued to use it, and my appetite, which find been
very poor, returned, and with it my strength was re-
I stored. After taking four bottles I was completely cur-
I ed, and have enjoyed good health liver since.
DAVID H BELL.
I The Editor of the North Carolinian, cheerfully tea-
I titles to his knowledge of the truth of Mr. Bell’s state-
• ment in regard to tlie cflicaey of the Balsam.
| None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
j wrapper. For sale by E. J. White, Milledge-
ville.
Counterfeiters, Beware!
j A reward has been off\ red for the detection of any
! person counterfeiting, imitating, or tlie vender of any
such counterfeit or imitu.u . t BCERHAVjE’S HOL-
I LAND BITTERS. The genuine highly concentrated
j Holla nd Bitters, is put up in hnlf pint Lotties only.
having the name of the proprietor. 11. Page, Jr., blown
in them, and the signature around the neck of each
ami even’ bottle.
Ti.is delightful fiTomn, so poplar as a remedy for
Fever and Ague, weakness of all kinds, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, He&cdacho, Costiveness and Piles, can be
obtained from any of our respectable druggists.
Sold by Grieve, & Clark, Milledgeville.
Hollmray 1 )c Pills—Cl ronic Dyspepsia Cured.—
Among the triumphs of this wonderful medicine over
caffirmed diseases of the stomach and epigastrium,
the following is iy>f the h ast remarkable. Edward
Stillman, aged 51. reridr>g at Hngarstown, Md., had
been for eleven years a stiff rer from indigestion and
its painful concomitants, llis appetite was irregular,
his frame emaciated, his kin of n livid, unhealthy hue,
and he had a constant feeling of constriction at the pit
of the stomach, as if a cord were being drawn tightly
around it. He was continually in a state of great
mental as well as bodily distress, and, to use his own
expression, “life had become irksome to him.” In the
month of December last he commenced taking Hollo
way’s Pills, Within three weeks thereafter all the
above symptoms had vanished. No relapse has
since occurred, and he is now as active as any man
of his veal's in all Maryland. For disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, the Pills arc the only relia
ble remedy in existence,
t#r BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY has been
gaining the confidence of the Dyspeptics, until it is now
pronounced by all who h ive used it, to be the remedy
long naught for but just found. Many have used it and
have been entirely curtd of that very distressing disease
Dy*pop*ia, all who are afflicted with that complaint
can have an opporunity of frying this remedy, by ap
plying to either of the Drug Stores in Milledgeville. 8t
EXTRACT OF BUCIIU.—Ilulmbokfr pure
and genuine extract of Bur! u, has been highly recom
mended by those who lmv«* used it and been perfectly
cured of the following complaints: diseases of the blad
der, kidneys, gravel, dropsev, weaknesses,-obstruct ions,
secret diseases, female complaints, Ate. This Buchu is
for sale by E. J. Whit- also by Jas-IIertt 8t
Klicumati»m—Is only cured permanently by
“Limit's Anti-Rheumatic Powders” as it is the only
remedy extant that attack the root of the disease; all
others being ointments, embrocations, &.C., are merely
palliatives.
It is sold, wholesale and retail by J. ft. Gibson,
Eafonton, Ga., aiul retailed by James fler»y, Milledge
ville. Ga. * 21 tf.
"(iood news for the afflicted, by Dyspep-
ia. l.ivrr (oiiiphilitl. or indigestion, Ac., Ac
. sure remedy can tie found by using tlie Sher-
y Mine Tonic Billers. These Litters give
ediate relief ir. any disordered state of tlie
lach, in eases of giddiness of the head, depres-
of spirits, loss of appetite, pain in tlie side |
hark, costiveness Ac., these Bitters wjjl t
relief at. once, to any or nH of them They /
or sale by all the Druggists in Milledgc- '/
Price—$1 per bottle, $3 per gallon/
1st.
made
2d.
eiaL
3d.
4th
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5th
6th
SIX REASONS WHY EVERYBODY USES
Lyon's j&athairon.
It is tlie cheapest preparation for the linir ever
It is pronounced by oil to lie tlie Most benefi-
It is the mo*t Agi eeatile 10 a*.
It i*ibe Ou:skp.bt and most can-furry prepnr
It iwbc most highly Perfumed.
It is tileonH artieh ;i,at never fails tv give En
tire Satisfaction,
The immense sale of tlie KATHAIRON—nearly
1,000,000 bottles per year—attest its excellence and
universal popularity.
Sold by ail respectable dealers, everywhere
for 25 cents per bottle.
HEATH. WY NOOOP k CO.,
Proprietors and Perfumers.
43 tf. 63, Liberty St., X.Y
From the Lt. Louis Commenciai'ist
If doe* not dye, but gives life, health and beatuy to
the decaying, falling; and dead, restoring, as if by
magic, that '.rhieh was supposed to lie irrecoverably
lost. Head* nearly bald aud others nearly white are
daily being changed, to their pristine beauty, and faces
covered with pimples, are rendered ns smooth as an in
fant's, and blushing as a rose, ull by tlie use of Prof.
Wood’s Hair Restorative.
Caution —Beware of worthies* imitations as several
are already in tlie marict t. called by different names —
Use none unless the words (Professor Wood’s Hair
Restorative, Depot St. Louis, Mo., and New York,) are
blown on the bottle. Sold l>y all Dmggists and Patent
I Medicine Dealers. Also by all Fancy undToilct good*
I dealers iu tlie United States and Canadas. 46 'it.
ocu bern L«r»L: s.fc, should Tirdc V. .tli South-
ern fitlcs.
Under this head the South Side Demo
crat makes a severe commentary on tlie
custom of country merchants running
North and purchasing goods of their
worst enemies. As our friends from tlie
country are purchasing their spring stocks
of goods; we would remind them of the in
terest and duty, as far as possible, to trade
as much as they can at home.
The South is aiming to build up a trade
of her own. She can never doit unless
her people are disposed to do full justice to
home enterprise. If all the strength which
has been unwisely given to Northern com
merce by Southern people bad been kept
at home, vve should see a very different
picture of Southern prosperity from that
with which we are every day taunted by
our enemies.
The wrong which our people have thus
done to themselves is due to many causes;
but the most prominent one ofallistliut
which it most shames ns to acknowledge:
we have been led to the North by the silly
idea so prevalent and so influential, that
things from a distance are better worth at
tention than things at home. Many peo
ple, almost unconsciously, have yielded to
it, until it lias been forced by their customers
upon the country merchants, to make trips
to Northern cities, and thus give a fictitious
reputation to their wares. There are even
instances within our knowledge where
merchants have gone through our cities,
though they returned to them to get their
entire stock of goods, merely to pander to
this feeling.
We appeal to our friends in the country
if they should not change this state of
things? It depends, at least, ou them to
control the trade of the home cities and
build it up. If they reflect a moment,
they must see that their tastes and their
wants will be best consulted by home en
ergies and enterprise, than by foreigners.
Tins facilities are as great as they are
abroad, and patriotism demands, if noth
ing more, that any preference should he
given to home. And we assure our read
ers that they will find in our own cities
enough to meet the exactions of the nicest
taste or tire strictest economy.
(Memphis Avalanche.
From tbe Cincinnati Gazette, March 31.
A Kentucky Heiress lints on Bay’s dailies and
Runs Away will) tier Lover,
A young girl between 17 and 18 years
of age, an orphan, was sent from Louisville,
or near that city to Cincinnatti, to he edu
cated at a hoarding school, and bail re
mained in the institution for some time.
Previous to leaving her former home how
ever, she had been wooed and won by a
plain young Kentuckian neither over-
stvlish in personal appearance or dress,
nor yet heavily laden with gold, stocks or
mortgages. The guardian of tlie young
lady, a prominent citizen of Louisville,
was opposed to the association and forbade,
not exactly the hands, for lie had no idea
matters would reach that climax, hut the
attentions of the young gentlemen, and
posted his ward oft'to her lessons at school.
But “where, there is a will, there is a
way,” is a remark which the young lovers
proved the truth of. 'Ihe Kentuckian
visited the city, and managed to obtain
communication with hisaftianced, who was
closely watched and guarded, and a plan
was finally arranged for an elopement. On
Monday afternoon the lover went to a
well known clothing establishment and
procured a full suit of hoy’s clothes, from
cap to hoots, and sent the bundle to the
lady’s house. Posting himself at a con
venient corner, he soon had the satisfac
tion of seeing her emerge from the building,
unattended, and disguised in her new suit.
Forthwith, through the aid offriends some
where, the hearts’ wishes were gratified,
and the two made one.
About 9 o’clock in the evening, two
3'ougn gentlemen inquired for rooms in the
Walnut Street House, and registering
their names as “E. W. and A. K. Dewey,
Dekalb, 111.,” were shown to a double-
bedded apartment, Mysterious circum
stances in the morning led to an inquiry by
Judge Sweeny, the landlord, when the fact
was exposed that Mr. “A. K. Dewey” was a
woman! An explanation followed, and
the. history of the affair was given about as
we have related it above, the gentleman
iving his own name, that of the lady and
uardian, and such references as satisfied
mine host that it was an “o’er true tale” of
love and elopement. What adds still
greater interest to the romantic runaway,
is the fact that the young lady is heir to a
large property in her own right said to he
at least 8100,01)0, as soon as she arrives at
al age. The happy couple left by the
liver yesterday, on a honey-moon trip, to
remain beyoud the reach of the guardian
until the heiress shall arrive at the age of
eighteen, of which period she lacks Jive or
six months.
Charles Lamh’s Warning.—-Charles
Lamb tells his sad experience as a warn
ing to young men, in the following lan
guage.
“The waters have gone over me. But
out of the black depths, could 1 be heard
1 would cry out to all those who have hut
set a foot in the perilous flood. Could the
youth to whom the flavor of his first wine
is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or
the entering upon some newly discovered
paradise, look into my desolation and he
made to understand what a dreary thing it
is when a in,in shall feel himself going
down a precipice with open ej’es and a
passive will—to see his destruction and
have no power to stop it, and yet feel it
all the way eminating from himself; to see
all godliness emptied out of him, and yet
not able to forget a time when it was other
wise; to hear about the piteous spectacle
of his own ruin; could he see my feverish
eye, feverish with the last night’s drink
ing, and feverishly looking for to-night’s
repetition of folly; could he but feel the
body of death out of which 1 cry, hour
ly with folder outcry, to he delivered—it
were enough to make him dash the spark
ling Leverage to the earth in all the pride
of its mantling temptation.”
If you have a young friend who may
he in danger of acquiring an appetite for
strong drink, invite his attention to Charles
Lamb’s dreadful experience.
The Cost of Cotton.—The London Mercan
tile Gazette sajs that for several years past there
lias been a steady average increase in ihe cost of
cotton, which rose from-filiM,000 ia 1853 to $13),-
000,000 in 1856. Tlie total val-ue of the production
of thread, yarns and manufactured goods for the
year 1853 is set down at, $283,736,000, for 1856 at
$307,420,000, and for 1857 at $281,000,000, or,
deductin' that, cost on eotten, &c., the profits
upon tlie. manufacture in ay he taken for 1853 at
$l(rt,02< .000. (or J858 at 187,630,00q. and for
1856 at $150,16)1,000. It; other words, the in
crease in tlie cost price of cotton (the difference
between 6d , 6£d. aud 8d. per lb.), reduced tbe
prut its oi manufacture in Great Britain 1*4,291,-
000 in tlie year 1850, and $41,866,000 in tbe year
1857, as ‘ompared witli the year 1853.
These an' important results, if true. The cot
ton problem is one very difficult of solution.
There is, perhaps, no staple in which so many
human beinpsare directly or indirectly interested.
It may be said to affect the w orldly destinies of
thousands on both sides of the Atlantic If by
any terrible misfortune, there should he a failure
in tlie crop of tlie United States for a single year,
the calamity would be appailing.
Opening of the Connecticut Ricer.—Hartford.
April ‘J—Tlie Connecticut river ig fully open,
and the steameis Granite State. Capt. King, and
the City of Hartford, Capt. Mills, have commenced
running regularly between Hartford aud New
York, making all the landings ou the river be
tween Say brook and Hartford. Those boats are
unsuapassed for comfort, safety, and experienced
ofliceis by any steamers on the Sound route.
Tlie two negroes, Anderson and Richards, con
victed of the murder of two ladies, were hung in
the jail yard at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at twen
ty-five minutes before 12 o’clock on Friday mor
ning. They met their doom together.
From the Washington Union.
DEATH OF HU. BESTO.T.
Mr. Benton died at his residen ■ • iit this city
yesterday morning, after an illness of several days.
The event was not unexpected by his family, and
the country has been long prepared for the an
nouncement. Up to within a single day of hi*
demise, he eontinu d to labor at the great work
he had undertaken—tlie Condensed Congressional
Debates, which, we believe, he had nearly brought
to a close. His age was extreme—we believe
about seventy-five. As his life had been full of
honors, the award of his fellow-men ; so did lie
die full of years, the boon of Providence.
His disease was cancer in the bowels. He had
endured severe surgical treatment a few months
before iiis death, and obtained temporary relict.
His affliction returned upon him, however, in a
more aggravated form,aud resulted in a lingering
and painful death. His intellect remained unim
paired to the end, and lie made every arrangement
and preparation for his demise with Roman forti
tude.
Tlie President, hearing of the extreme illness
of his ancient compeer, called upon him on Fri
day evening. The dying statesman declared af
terwards his exceeding gratification at the visit.
The interview is said to have been protracted. Mr.
Benton is said to have expressed his extreme so
licitude for the condition of public affairs, aud a
painful sense of the imminent dangers which
threaten the country. He is said to have exhorted
tlie President to rely upon Divine support and
guidance, mid not upon that of men, who would
deceive him.
Mr. Benton was a native of North Carolina,
where he was reared. His r.ncestorg were among
the leaders of the revolution. Tlie family of
Harts, from which he descended on the maternal
asked for a little brandy and water, then said, j side, were among the early emigrants from North
“Tell him to be short.” He compiled with the I Carolina who settled iu Kentucky, under the name
wish, read 32d Psalm, and offered a short, fervent of the Transylvania colony, and who were sup-
prayer, then took leave ofhim who was about to I porters of Daniel Boon. It was through thiscir-
I e summoned to the presence of his God. The I eunistance thet Col. Benton was led to choose the
afflicted wife followed her friend to the door, weep- ! West for Iiis home when he had grown to manhood
ing sorrowfully, asked him to call again soon; he | and left the army. He established himself at
premised, but before iiis next visit Death had car- > Nashville, rather than iu Kentucky, where he im-
ried off Iiis victim to the eternal world! mediately rose to distinction at the bar. About
How many instructive lessons does such a dcatli j the year 1815, lie emigrated again, still westward,
teach! “He that endureth to the end shall be to St. Louis, Missouri. His senatorial life, which
saved,” says Jesus. “Cast nat away your coufi- lasted for the unprecedented period of thirty
dence,” says Paul, and, “We are made partakers I years, commenced iu 1821), when he was elected
of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence i by tlie legislature of Missouri, anterior to tire
steadfast unto tlie end. | formal admission of that State into the Union.—
“1 knew my duty but I did not do it,” said anotb- | His history since that event has been intimately
er young man, when about leaving the world. “I | interwoven with tliatof tlie country; and for 25
know all that, but have not done it,” he frequent- years constituted some of the must thrilling and il
ly said to those w ho repeated tlie declarations of | iustrious pages of the history of the democratic
tlie Gospel. ‘I have a sort of hope but not the l ight J Party.
hope; if I could but call Jesus mine. I could die j At tbe beginning of his senatorial career Col.
Warning to the Impenitent.
Consumption had been preying upon him for
nearly two years, but his ardent temperament en
abled him to follow his basin as till within a few
weeks oi his death. The morning of his life open
ed with bright skies, but the evening was hung
w.th dVrk clouds and dismal forebodings. Whou
a lad, he was diligent in his studies aud regular
in iiis sundy school. He united himself witli a
church, aud run well for a few years. When gold
was discovered in California, he, w ith mstiy other
young men, went hoping to secure a fortune.—
lie returned disappointed, aud what was fir worse
lie lost ail relish for the Gospel, and became at
length an open violator of the law of God. He pur
sued his calling with industry, yet lived without
God and without hope in the world. His com
panion in life a Christian woman, vainly sought
to bring him back to the paths of righteousness.
During his sickness which carried him to the
grave, she watched over him witli untiring atten
tion, aud prayed without ceasing for iiis salvation.
Many a faithful man of God visited him, read the
word, lifted up Christ crucified, repeated iiis gra
cious invitations, yet ail seemed iu vain. Salva
tion of the Lord; he will have mercy ou whom he
will have mercy. It is not of him that willeth,
nor ofhim that runneth but of God, who shevveth,
were truths who came home to those who sought
to bring him to Jesus. Tlie dying man listened to
all the truths and exhortations of these men, but
they appeared not to produce tlie least impression.
The day before he died one ot them sat by bis bed
side, bis wife weeping bitter tears, and saying,
‘If he were bat prepared to die, I could give him
up.”
He lay unite exhausted, without much apparent
concern auout his soul’s eternal interests. She
desired her friend to read and pray—the sick man
in peace; if I could but f*el my sins were forgiven
then I would be glad to die.” These and similar
expressions were uttered frequently by him who
knew his Master’s will hut did it not.
These sayings conveyed to his friends sad im
pressions'of the anguish of his soul, and the deep
darkness which surrounded him While enduring
a severe sickness four years before, he promised
most solemnly, if the Lord would but spare him
be would repent. God heard the prayers of his
people, the young man recovered hut returned to
folly; he lived on without repentance. When re
minded of his vows on the sick bed, lie exclaimed:
“There’s time enough yet. I’m as good as many
members of your churches.” Poor fellow! llow
he deceived his soul! Ho forgot him who said,
He that despiseth you, despiseth me; and be
that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.”
That fatal disease, consumption, reduced his
strength and for the last four months cf iite he w as
'confined at home.hoping even ugaingst hope that
he would recover.
In his last days ho sent for good men to read
Benton sat on the same committee (Military Affairs)
with Gen. Jackson, of which they were both in
dustrious and valuable members, Gen Jackson
being the chairman. Here was necessarily renew
ed that that intercourse which had in former years
in Tennessee been most friendly and intimate, but
which had received an unhappy interruption from
an occurrence which became historical. This se
cond intimacy and mutual confidence and reliance
continued thenceforward, as is well known, during
the whole of General Jackson’s eventful and con
spicuous public service, Tlie early alienation was
never alluded to between the two friends until
one or two evenings bdore Gen. Jackson’s final
departure from Washington for the Hermitage in
March, 1838, when a very solemn and affecting
conversation occurred, tlu- natute ot which we may
readily conjecture, but which of course has never
transpired.
Mr. Benton was a determined member of the op
position to Mr. Adam’s administration during its
whole term. He warmly supported Gen Jackson
for the Presidency, aud was one of the main pil-
and pray for him. One of these read, (2 Phil ) i lars of support to his two administrations. It is
“If there be any consolation in Christ,” he began I unnecessary to specify tlie particular occasions on
to weep, saying, “I know thertf is, but I can’t which he distinguished himself in his conspicuous
feel it. I know Christ is full of mercy, but I can-1 parliamentary service. The panic session, howev-
not feel it. 1 know that he is able to save but I j er, cannot be passed without a special notice. In
feel lost. I am a siufu’ man.” While his friend 11his Mr. Benton sustained, aided by a few power-
tried to console him with the word of the Gospel, | ful democratic debaters, among them our now Pres-
his tears flowed freely, Iiis heart was wrung with ident, the who e brunt ot the tremendous attack
grief Was it said ofhim, “Thou shalt see it with | by which Gen. Jackson’s administration was then
thine eyes, but shall not eat thereof ?” This dark-1 assailed with a fury and powerful array of taleut
ness and distress followed him to the end. If j and eloquence never before or since witnessed in
saved, it was so as bv fire! If lost how dreadful any legislative body. Iiis services then rendered
his doom!
Let every impenitent man remember, “God is
not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.” “He will render to every
man according to his works.” Wilt thou presume
on his mercy ! Durst thou provoke him to auger?
Is thy soul of no value in thy eyes? Did not its
redemption cost the precious blood of Christ?
Think on thy way.-! (fry for mercy! Seek pardon
in Christ! Provoke not his anger, lest he swear
iit his wrath thou shalt not enter his rest.
I’ntinirly end of the Coalition.
If we may believe reports from Washington, the
proverbial frailty of coalitions, is about to he
signally ill us t fated by the rupture of the auti-
Lecornpton confederacy.
In the first instance the most subtle arts of po
litical intrigue and personal address were employed
to perfect tbe combination, lt was only by an
elaborate effort that, the mutual repulsion of its
separate elements could be overcome. Giddings
shrunk from association with Douglas, and the
Catholic Republican was hardly yoked to the
slavedriving Know-Nothing.
Besides, there were things in the Crittenden
Montgomery Substitute which each party to the
j arrangement was obliged to swallow under pro
i test.
f Such being the chaotic tendency of the Coali-
I tion, it was obvious that a slight shock would dis-
j sipate it into atoms That shock has been in-
| dieted, and accordingly the Coalition is in process
i of rapid decomposition. The catastrophe occurred
! in the following manner:
I In Kansas a Convention is now sitting, and
: from its labors the Douglasites aud Black Repub
licans were anticipating great results. No tuattei
j if it was called by an illegal Legislature. No mat-
• ter though the act authorizing its session has been
pronounced null and void, by the Attorney Genera!
of the United States. It was enough tor the fol
lowers of Douglas if Kansas shonld present a
competing Constitution toCongress.be it ever so
unnatural, and ricketty an abortion. It sufficed
for Seward that Kansas was not to be admitted as
a slave State, and he was content if the Leeempton
instrument was rejected by Congress. Grit
deuden was only concerned to defeat the policy of
the Administration and impair the prestige of the
Democratic party.
In the midst ot these high hopes, while the mem
bers of fKo coalition are exulting over their recent
victory, intelligence comes that the spurious Con
vention in Kansas has bestowed the right oi
suffrage on foreigners and free negroes! Giddings
is in ecstacies, but the other parties to the compact
are disgusted beyond measure. Douglas cannot
endure an equality with Ethiopians, and Crit
tenden refuses the rights of Citizenship to aliens
And so, the coalition is about to be dissolved into
its original elements. To that end nothing is
necessary hut firmness ou the part of the Senate
and the Administration Let neither harken to a
whisper of compromise.—Richmond South.
lihciit.— A few years back, it was the popular
opinion that wheat was not a profitable crop in
Middle and West Tennessee. It was a great er
ror, and happily for the country it no longer ex
ists. Wheat is to be the great staple of Tennes
see. The people of Tennessee have heretofore
w’on the highest renown in vidiealing the rights
and honor of the eouutry upon the field of battle.
Our warriors are amongst the bravest of history
“But Peace hath its triumph, no less renowned
than War.” Our people now cultivate the Arts
of Peace. We send bread to less favored States.
From every section of the Commonwealth we
have the most favorable accounts. Thousands
and tens of thousands of broad acres are to-day “ar
rayed in green;” in a little more than a month the
yellow harvest will come, and the golden fields
will he ready for tlie sickle.
There will be full barns, smiling faces and hap
py hearts. Peace and plenty will abound. It 18
a favored land in which we live From the facts
before us, we estimate the coining crop, should no
misfortune happen between now and harvest, at
fifteen million bushels. We shall not be surpris
ed if it should yield even more.
We hope otir farmers will report to the Agricul
tural 8oci«?ties. Last year “Old Wilson” was
very far ahead of her sister counties; she raised
tiro hundred ami thirty three thousand bushels Mi-
Miun was next, raising one hundred and fifty-fi.ee
thousand bush’Is. Who will be foremost this year?
Let us have a generous but ardent competition ou
the subject.—A’usItciUe Union.
Frightful atrocity in Houston County,
We learn from the Macon Telegraph of the 13th
that a dreadtul crime was committed on Maj. Bel
to the democratic cause ranked him among the
first intellects and statesmen of tiis age, and have
placed Ids name among those of our first Ameri
can Statesm n.
His controversy with Mr, Clay, in the famous
veto debate in 1832, affords, perhaps, as striking a
‘specimen of his powers in thegladiation of debate
as any that could he selected. If either knight in
that celebrated encounter was borne worsted from
the ground it was certainly not the democratic
orator.
The measure upon which he won the largest de
gree of popular eclat was, however, that of the ex
punging resolution, a measure which he himself
conceived, and, without broaching the subject to
a human being moved in the Senate. It was on
the 17 th of January, 1837, at the close of the long
debate which had occurred on this famous resolve,
shortly before the vote was to be taken,*that Col.
Benton rose in his place, and—addressing himseif
to the chair, in the course ofa brief and emphatic
speech, referring hack to the scene w hich had been
enacted in the Senate Chamber three years before,
on the adoption of Mr. Clay’s memorable resolu
tion of condemnation upon Gen. Jackson for the
removal of the deposits, and to his own prophecy,
then fearlessly hazarded, that th t resolution
should be expunged by the people of the United
States from the jounal of the Senate—uttered the
well-known words, which are synonymes of bis
name, “Solitary and alone l set this ball in motion.'’
We believe that it was in 1851 that Mr. Benton
retired from the Senate. During tlie last dozen
years, though the mortal part has lingered amongst
the living, yet has the esteem of our generation
for him been chi flv retrospective, and been chiefly
concentrated in the iiistorical man as he was in the
pride of intellect aud in the prime of manhood.
These later yeats of Mr. Benton’s eventful life
have been appropriately devoted to registering the
events of those in which his, intellect and his tame
were at their zenith. Iiis two great historical
works; the Thirty Years' Uicic and the Abridgment,
though they may not be exempt from defects and
blemishes, are valuable depositories of political
knowledge, and the former will popularize a peri
od of the history of our institutions that will exert
as great an influence upon the destiny of our
country as any of equal length through which it
has yet passed. *
It would be superfluous to dwell upon the char
acter ofa man whose name and history are as fa
miliar as household words among the American
people. Of gigantic intellect, strong physical con
stitution and imposing presence, of inflexible will,
undaunted courage, immense application, vast
erudition, capacious memory, direct manner of
thought, and nervous emphatic eloquence—-it was
impossible that he should have lived under insti
tutions like ours and failed to reach, and to figure
upon, the most conspicuous theatres of action —
impossible that he could hare failed to stamp the
impress of his genius indelibly upon otir public
policy. The history of no public man of our coun
try during the quarter of a century which interven
ed from 1820 to 1845 is more closely interwoven
wittithe history of our country than Mr. Benton’s.
In private life, in the circle of his own family,
Col. Benton possessed none of that sternness of
character and angularity of manner that distin
guished him iu public. Asa husband, he was ten
der anxious, thoughtful, and gentle to a degree
never exceeded; and this feature of character
alone would have been conclusive proof of a no
ble and exalted nature. He was as devoted, af
fectionate, and assiduous a father as husband, an
indefatigable tutor in his own household ; no less
proud of the results of his unremitting labors in
this domestic department of duty thau of his more
conspicuous labors on the public theatre.
Railroads In (hr I nked Hairs,
It is a happy conjunction of tlie circumstances
and influences that attend the march of progress
and civilization that railroads and locomotion by
steam should have been invented and lienee have
rapidly become an element of unexampled power
just at the time that our country is rising to the
eminence of one of the greatest nations of too
arih. According to the Railroad Record, ‘tho
United States has increased in wealth full a thou
sand million of dollars by railroads!” We do not
for a moment doubt the truth of this statement, and
will add that the augmented production of nation
al resources will he made more than doubly align-
mented in the same p-riod for the time to come.—
Let it be remembered that the Union is annually
gaining and settling new States and Territories.—
These will require railroads to carry the ever accu
mulative treasures of agriculture to the great
cities and ports of tie East, whence they will bo
shipped to the chief -nations of Europe. We are
rejoiced to see also that in several of the States
railroads have of late years paid fair and even
Look at the rapid multiplication
Thing* at Washington.
The correspondent of the Charleston Mercury,
at the Federal Capital, makes the following notes
of passing events;
‘Washington, April 9.
The wheels of Congress.whieh have been so long
clogged, to the utter ruin of thousands, made one
turn round to-day, and passed the deficiency bill
by a vote of 111 to 97. The Utah campaign will
now go ahead, and the large appropriation made
for the army, and the numerous contracts connec
ted therewith, will be distributed among thousands
of people of almost every trade.
The Hon. Geo. W. Jones, of Tenn., read a cotn-
muniction from Col. Thus. II. Benton, who is not
expected to live from hour to hour, stating that, iu
the event of his death, ne desired that Congress
would not adjourn, or take other notice of it
there was no law authorizing any such proceeding.
This is a queer freak in the venerable statesman,
who, notwithstanding his dislike to all pomp and
show, has been as vain a man as can be found
amoug the living. It was his habit, last Fall, to
ride out evenings on a beautiful black charger,
which lie sat with more grace and dignity than
Jackson is represented on Mill’s equestrian statue
on Lafaycttee Square.
All hope of carrying the Senate Lecorapton Bill
has passed away, aud there are prospects that the
Crittenden-Muntgomery amendment of the House
may finally be pushed through the Senate.
The Pacific Railroad is the next great question
before Congress. This will give another opportun
ity to bring ttp niggerdom on the Northern or South
ern line which will be discussed for adoption. The
extreme Southern line, by El Faso, was advocated
by Mr. Fierce, and is recommended by Mr. Bu-
chanan in his message, but not in express terms.
The committee, however, have recommended a
central route, and as compromises are the order of
the day. it will, no doubt, stand tlie best chance,
especially as the Northern men are advocating a
route from Lake Superior to Ftigot Sound. Hut
there is no question of the fact that tho route by
El Faso is not only the most practicable, but is the
only one that the trains can run ou during the
entire year. One thing is certain: the people of
Texas are determined to have this route, if they
have to make the road themseives.
Two great events came off] iu tho fashionable
world at Washington this week. The first was a
very distinguished and select private party at Mrs.
Judge Merrick's, on Wednesday evening last, and
the second was tin- grand fancy dress ball at Mrs
Senator Gwin’s last night. The party at Mrs.
Merrick’s was the most recherrhe and brilliant of
the season. There were but 2t)0 invitations, and
the creme de la creme of the society of Washing
ton was present. Mrs. Merrick was formerly the
celebrated Miss Mary Wickiiffe, of Kentucky,
daughter of Postmaster General Robert J. Wick-
lifl’e. There are three sisters—one Mrs. Joseph
Holt, wife of the Commissioner of Patents; aud
Sirs. Yulee, wife of the Florida Senator. These
ladies was brought up in the regime of the “old
school,” and are certainly tho most peerless wo
men for beauty, elegance and every accomplish
ment, including that of household affairs (so rare
to be found the.se days), that grace our Repub
lic.
South Carolina was well represented by the
beautiful Miss Hammond, daughter ot your Sen
ator, aud the charming Miss Fickons, daughter of
the Minister to Russia
Alabama was represented by Hon. Mrs. C. C.
Clay, Jr., so celebrated for her wit aud beauty,
and three bewitching young ladies, Miss Withers,
Miss Hilliard, and Miss Comas
Mississippi was nobly sustained by the queenly
Mrs. Senator Brown,so highly gifted with beauty
of person, as well as beauty of heart.
Tennessee might well have gloried in her noble
matron, Mrs. Secretary Brow n, and her captivating
daughter. Miss Saunders.
Kentucky rejoiced in tbe distinguished Mrs.
Senator Crittenden, and the charming and talented
Miss Teviss, and the brilliant and engaging Miss
Stevenson.
Maryland could not have crowned a more love
ly trio than Miss Merrick and the two Misses
Stewart, whose graces won all admiration.
Miss Lane w as morArilliant and charming than
ever, and seemed to enjoy the dance to the top of
of her bent.
There was a slight sprinkling of Senators and
Members—and of tlie Navy and Army, among
w hom w as the Turkish Commodore and General
Harney. In a word, it was the most charming
party of the season, aud the only one where there
has not been a smash and a crush generally.
The Fancy ball at Mrs. Gwin’s, is said to have
been the grandest affairofthe kind that ever came
off in Washington, and as "Jenkins,” of the Her
ald, will, no doubt, give you a full account of it,
I will save myself the failure of an attempt.
TYPHA.
Slates Hiring their own 'Time.—Considerable
complaint has been made to the city authorities re
cently, in regard to the conduct of slaves who are
permitted by their owners or agents to hire their
own time, rent houses, and otherwise act for them
selves. The practice ofallowing slaves these pri-
S'oreig'n Sews.
* a R l V A l
of (h<r
8TEAH-SHIP
AFRICA
New York, April 16,-The steam.shin tr •
arrived at this port to day with
Lnrope to baturday, the 3d inst ” ' lC °’ ^ rom
The political news is unimportant
The British five millions Indian Loan ha! K
taken at an average of 98. 1 be: »
Alerter from London states that George P ,
tic, 1 , h “i..i» cjx
bears are increased for the ’loss of the v„ .
steamer Canibia which is now a month overdue'^
Ihe relations between French and EnoNn i
the -source of much uneasness. on account ,,?
declfninj Sehad ^ iU bu< W wt
The Bank of Holland has reduced its r«r , .
terest to three and a half per cent ^ ° f m *
It was reported that tho Forte had reject,.,) ,, .
demand of J ranee to construct a ship canal acram
the Isthmus ot Suez. 1 * C,3SS
Commercial.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool, for the
amounted to 5(1,000 hales, of which soeci.Km '
took 6,500 and exporters 8,500. Inferi^X
bad declined during the week id. to |J , mhUi: *
qualities Jd. to 4 Fair qualities were unchained
Holders were offering freely, but not preS
sides. Ihe market closed dull, at tho follow-in.' ”
Rosin was steady at 4.f d to fid Spirits of Turn™
tme firm at 44s, Rice was heavy. ^
Quotations.
Fair Orleans
Middling Orleans ' r,jV
Fair Mobile
Middling Mobile ' , .!j'
Fair Uplands *' ~ .’
Middling do j
The accounts from Manchester are
-Tres Ordinaire cotton
Manchester.
unfavorable
Harrc Market.
quoted at 192f.
Sonthcrn Opposition to the Admission of Kansas.
We have already expressed our regret at the
ppositionof Messrs. Crittenden and Bell, to the
admission of Kansas. If the members of the
American party in the House, who have h id, dur
ing this Kansas irnbroglia, such a fine opportunity
for signalizing the devotion to the Constitution
and the just rights of the South, do no better than
their distinguished colleagues of the Senate it
is time to let the party “slide.” We can neither
sympathize politically, nor affiliate with any o ui
or set of men who unite with apostate and Free-
soil Democrats and Black Republicans, to make
war upon a measure vital to the peace of the coun
try and the rights of the South. ' '
We clip the billowing from the Washington cor
respondent of the New Orleans Crescent, an
American paper, and endorse it, as our own. Read
it:
‘I must speak boldly,and say that the result of this
breach must prove most disastrous, if not fatal, to
the future existence of the American paity. The
question of slavery is so vital to the South that no
equivocal position with regard to it will be fur a
moment tolerated. Making every allowance for
the honestdifferencc of opinions in regard to the
Kansas issue, it will never do for a Southerner to
be found voting with the Black Republicans. It
matters not how pure the motives may be which
induce men to handle pitch—defilement inevitably
follows. If the six gentlemen whose names have
been mentioned continue to vote asthey have done
during the past two days, tho fall of the American
party at the South—it has no existence elsewhere
—is sealed. The disgrace cf their association will
be iuerasably impressed upon tbe whole party; its
prestige will be lost, aud its very existence blotted
out.”
Florida Sentinel (Know Xothing).
Editorial Change.—The Enquirer of yesterday
contains the gracefully written valedictory of its
late editor, Col. Gustavus A. Miller, who has for
the last twelve months conducted the editorial
department of that paper with signal ability and
effect. We part with Colonel Miller with regret,
and wish him much happiness and plenty of fat
fees in the vocation to which he has again turned
his exclusive attention. He is succeeded by Mr.
John H. Martin, whose graceful pen has before
been wielded for the edification of the readers of
the Enquirer, and in defense of the principles it
advocates We welcome him back to the tripod
with pleasure, and wish him much success, per
sonally and pecuniarily, in his enterprise.
Tlie Franklin Statue.—The panels in the Frank
lin Statue, which stands in front of the Boston
vileges is altogether wrong, and is creating much I i , . , , , , .
mischief among our slave population. We are ™ C0 “P ] ' e .‘ e '% and ^' lced In , ‘I 10
glad to learn that it is the determination of our i , fl ^ fro,lt ?'f. S ^signed by
City Marshal to correct at once these dangerous and plough and represents t rankltn m his print
corrupting abuses bv the rigid enforcement of the th ® “F .°PP oslt0
ordinance prescribing the rules that must govern P?"?.’ d r. 61 g' le . d b - v f th,! ? rtl3t ’ l !' aiik “ n
cases where slaves^are permitted to hire their '^t i.ngs from the cloud; the one in the
.. - r,’i ,* i] ... ,r.i, eastern panel, modelled bv Ball, the signing ot the
own time, ihe Inflowing sections oi the cityordi- I , , -* ,
.... - h , i ,, 1 Declaration of Independence, and the one in tho
nance relating to free negros and slaves covers the , , 1 , . , . : .
, .. r , ” , Western pannel, also modelled bv Ball, the signing
cases to which we have reference, and we com-1 , w l
mend the law to tlie attention of all those inter
ested. The law is sufficient for the proper regu
lation of this whole matter, and we hope to see
it strictly enforced by tbe proper authorities:
•See. IU. No slave shall rent, buy, lease, occupy,
or sleep in any house, outhouse, er enclosure, un
less the same be the property, and in the immedi
ate actual possession of his or her owner, master,
or employer, while so occupied by the slave; pro-
rtded that if said slave be a married man, he may
lodge on the same premises with his wife, his or
her owner or master consenting thereto.
Sec. 11. No slave shall be permitted to hireffiis
or her own time, or to act as a free person of color,
and the owner, master, or agent, permitting any
slave so to do. shall be fiud a« for other violations
of this ordinance, and the slave shall also be pun
ished as hereafter direct* d.
Sec. 12 lt shall not be lawful for any person in
this city to let, lease, or rent any house, tenements,
or room, or land, to any slave, with or without the
consent ot the owner of said slave.
Sec. 13. It shall not be lawful for any person to
aid any slave in tbe evasion of this ordinance, by
standing or pretending to stand as his security,
agent or master, or in any other manner to aid in
evading the same.
We would state, in this connection, that the
practic of giving slaves passes, without specify-
j ing whore they are permitted to go, is unlawful,
i and will hereafter subject the servants carrying
such papers to confinement in the station house,
and their owners to a fine. The pass must be in
the form prescribed by the statute laws of Ten
nessee. The City Marshal will furnish the form
to all who are not acquainted with it.
Memphis Bulletin.
Corrcsponduicr of the Baltimore Sun.—WASHING
TON, April 12.—The administration has the fullest
assurance that the Senate Kansas bill will pass the
House, hut cares little about the time of its pas
sage. The Crittenden or Montgomery amend
ment cannot pass, nor will any bill like it pass
during the continuance of the present administra
tion.
The question now is simply shall Kansas be ad
mitted under the Lecorapton constitution, or shall
she wait until she has a sufficient population to en
title her to become a State? There is no possible
contingency to revive “bleeding Kansas;” but. Kan
sas can be prevented from bleeding Congress, the
treasury and the public lands. The President, lmv
ing done his duty; will not allow a handful of ruf-
of the treaty of peace with Great Britain.
Pslyograpliy—A new branch of art—has just
acquired greatdevelopment. It consists simply in
cutting out sheets of black paper in such a way
as to make it into a picture—figures or landscapes
—which has all the finish of an engraving by the
best masters. It appears that psylography is a
German discovery, its Columbus being Herr
Schmidt, who, armed with a pair of scissors and
a sheet of paper, is able to reproduce the most
complicated landscape; great improvements have
been introduced by M. Muratiri, an Italian, who
has just arrived in Paris from Ravenna, whoso
scissors are far more skillful, according to compe
tent judges, than the brush and pencil of many a
limner.
The Baltimore American learns that the agents
of the British Government have recently reached
that city for the purpose of purchasing thr -e
million feet of ship timber, which will be cut from
the mountainous region of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road, and shipped to some part of that
government. Operations are to commence at an
early day.
I shall advise “Teb” to rub himself slightly, all
over, with soap (in a dry state, or nearly so), be
fore going to bed. Lastyear, iu Italy, I was much
troubled by the disagreeable insects, till I tried
the above as an experiment. TIiis simple remedy
freed me entirely from their visitations, and I can
recommend it to your correspondent, as I dare say
the fleas in Ireland have the same dislike to Soap
as those in Italy.—W. G. L.
If “Teb” will place a quantity of the aromatic
called “gale” or wild myrtle about his bed. he will
not be troubled by auv of the little anthropopha
gi” he complains of. Let him use tho fresh young
shoots and leaves.—Grenade.
Having, while “roughing it” in many outland
ish places, in pursuit of my favorite amusement,
angling, been tormented by the attacks of these
bloodtnirety gentry, fleas, I have generally includ
ed among necessaries a bottle of very strong solu
tion of camphor in spirit* of wine, and have found
a littie sprinkled ou my night-dress efficacious in
dispersing them. The only objection would he
the strong scent; which, however, to most per
sons, is not disagreeable.—SENIOR Angler.
As a cure for fleas, wash the body oil going to
bed with strong camphor-water, to make which
take tincture of myrrh, 3 oz.; camphor, 1 oz ; dis
solve. Put a quarter of tho above into a quart of
fians in Kansas, and their coadjutors here, to ob-1 rain-water, shake well before using, and you will
struct the great measures of his administration, or _i.„4 n t o n
to set the country by tbe ears. Negroes and freshly
sleep undisturbed.—G. J. S. C.
To Load a Gun properly.—The followin
; the
vin’s plantation in Houston Co., last Tuesday [ {T*'°n >d< ud- .
-z i i.;„.., ni.: I of the iron highways. In 1844 there were but
4,611 miles in the entire country, but low there
are 24, 195 miles, without about 3,000 miles iu ad
dition that are yet unfinished. So that iu thirteen
afternoon, the 0th inst., upon the person of Mrs
Bryant, the young wife ofMajor Belviu’s over-1
seer. She had retired after dinner to take a nap, |
and some time thereafter the jsei vants outside the
house, hearing moans, entered her room and found
her frightfully mutilated about the head and shoul
ders by blows from a axe. An old negro woman
and young negro gil l about the house were arres
ted and confessed to making the assault while the
unfortunate lady was asleep. She was alive up
years twenty thousand miles have been built —
They promise not only to unite us by iron links
as one family, but also to promote agriculture,
commerce, manufactures, population, and the rapid
circulation, combined with an extensive and gen
eral diffusion of that vital prineiple. of all indus-
to Saturday night, but sTraueh injured « to J try and enterprise-money.-XashriUc Gazettes
der it doubtful, even if life is spared, whether she I —«»*—
will ever regain the full use of her faculties. The j Fleas.—Your correspondent “Teb,” complains
affair naturally created the most intense excite- that lie. is frequently troubled with fleas in Ireland,
luent, and there was some disposition to execute I wonld recommend him to use the apparatus de-
the perpetrators on the spot, but they were finally I scribed in Murray’s “Hand-Book for the East.” If
committed to the jail in Ferry to stand trial in I he will not take this trouble, let him have the sides
Houston Superior Court next week. The old and bottom ot~his sheets sewed closely together, so
woman, is, we understand, a negro of very bad : as to form a sack. In this case, if troubled with
character. fleas, he can (using a light, of course,) drive them
into a corner, and there immolate them.—II. B.
-4a Unfounded Story.—The enemies of the
Senate's LiiH to admit Kansas into the Union, arc Col. Benton's Family.—The family of Col. Bon-
circulatiug a story saying that the President eoun- ton consist'd, at his death, of four daughters, his
sels that the Senate should accept the House excellent wife having preceeded him a few years
amendment. There is no truth whatever in this j to the “silent land.” Of these, but two were
rumor. On the contrary, we are assured by present at bis death - Mrs. Casey Jones, who re-
various gentlemen who have conversed with him sided with him in Washington, and Mrs. Jacob, of
on the subject, that he freely advises that if the i Kentucky, who arrived two days previous to his
combined opposition in the House choose to take | dentil. Mrs. Fremount left with her husband for
the responsibility of keeping open the Kansas j California about a mon'h ago, not apprehending
question.it is the duty of the friends of its pro- any serious issue to her father’s indisposition,
posed immediate settlement, to let them rest under | The remaining daughter is Madam Boileau, who
the entire responsibility for their course. I is now at Calcutta and the wife of the I reuchCon-
ITasliington Star. ' sul-Oeneral.
imported red republicans from Europe may vote
for ' ew Kansas constitutions to please seceding de
mocrats and know-nothings, but this will not
change the condition of Kansasfft will merely
show the country to what extent principles may be
sacrificed by party men to serve the purposes uf I f oa( j however, the gan will scatter in all directions,
taction. , To correct this, reduce the quantity of powd* r
There is not a shadow of truth in the rumor that ...... - r
a change is contemplated in the Cabinet. Ctti bonol
The Fresideut is satisfied wiih the Cabinet, and the
Cabinet are satisfied with him.
The President is now engaged in giving anew
and important direction to his foreign policy, and
in selecting the principal instruments through
which his views are to he eorried into practice.
Kansas never was more than a tempest in a teapot,
and is even now dying out in Congress. New and
important issues will soon be presented to the coun
try, and with tlw admission of Kansas under the
Lecorapton constitution, the curtain will drop on a
ridiculous farce, to rise on a play in which the
I whole country will feel the deepest interest. The
time for small politicians to strut upon the stage is
past and gone. X.
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Bcmfits of Advertising — Ihe Columbus En
quirer, of Tuesdav, publishes the following:
Morricd.—April 7lh, Mr, William H. Carter, of
Talbotton, ami Miss Virginia Clements, ofTaylor
county, Ga.
This marriage was brought about through the
instrumentality of a late advertisement in the
Enquirer.—Eds.
Mr. C has thus got a lovely, wife all from adver
tising that ho wauted a partner for life and describ
ing the kind of a woman that would suit hint.
A correspondence was thus commenced, and the
result id before the reader. May Mr. Carter and his
bride ever have reason to bless the day when he
resolved to try the virtues of Printer’s Ink.
Death of Dr. Lamar,—A despatch received by
a friend in this oity. yesterday, informs us of the
death of Dr. Thou. R. Lamar, a distinguished phy
sician of Macon. The deceased was a Christian
gentlemen, much beloved aud esteemed by all
who knew him. He was a brother of the Hon.
Mirabeau B. Lamar, our present Minister tu Cen
tral America.— Georgta.
Watt Crop in T-nnessee.—-The Nashville Union
& American, iu its issue of the 10th, estimates tho
growing wheat crop of Tennessee, if no accidcut
happens to it before harvest, at fifteen million bush
els.
rule to be observed:—Try it repeatedly with
charges consisting of equal bulks of powder and
shot, till you come to a quantity with which the
gun will not recoil, or but slightly This will
give you the proper quantity of shot. With this
until you find tliat tho shot carried as close as
you desire. A gun loaded thus will never hurst.
To make it carry farther use shot of a larger size.
No gun should be fired more than tueuty times
without being wiped out. When in the field, >t
will bo much safer to carry the piece always at
half-cut k. '
S. Sutherland Gun-maker, Richmond, A a.
The low parts of Montreal are flooded by the riso
in the St. Lawrence, to the depth of from two to
four fret. Point St. Charles, the Grand Trunk
railway depot and workshops, and the houses in
the vicinity can only be approached in boats: ana
the water nearly reaches the window sills of tnativ
of the houses. A portion of the Grand Trunk
railway track has been swept away, and passen-
geis for the West, and from the West hither, hare
had to take or leave the train at the Tanneries.
Diudoini; tiie Mississippi.—The people of St
Paul, Minesota have recently voted to raise a loan
of $100,000 to complete the bridge now iu course
of construction across the Mississippi at that plate-
The estimated cost is $140,000, and the structun-
is to be completed during the coming summer.
Expenses of the city of Boston —The appropria
tions for municipal purposes in Boston for 1
present year amount to $2, iJ6,300. Ihe
fug are* some of the items: Fire department, in
cluding telegraphic fire-alarm system, •
internal health department, fl25,00J)’. hghh -
streets. $146,000; overseers of poor, public msti
lions. $150,000; schools, $337,700; btate tax,
$200,000! sewers and drains, $30,000; salar .
$50,000.
To Cun. ihe Bats.—When your horee hujbe
Bots, first give him some sago tea. Be" 3 ”
irtof milk, and sweeten with m ^
Half an hour after drench your horse flU
in a quart of milk, aud sweeten with 0
Half an hour after drench your ho ® . 0 f a u
ounce vials of laudanum; in three ff'iajV d
hour after, drench with three fout hs uf a |H» g>
of salts, and your horse will be well in k ni , lk0
or as soon as the salts operate. The tea wi
the bots let lose, the andannm wall putthe
sleep, and the salts will cause them to pa-
your horse. I warrant the cure on a fan trial