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ocmpcnmcc (frtreader. penfield, geobgia. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25,1858. , —’ -- -- : j i Our acknowledgements arc due Hon. Joshua Hill for j • copies of the speeches of different members of Congress, j i upon important public issues. Valuable Books.. . < The especial attention of all our readers is invited to • ’ the long list of valuable books to be seen on our first j < page— the publications of the Southern Baptist Publish- j ‘ ing Society, at Charleston, S. C. The Adjourned Court. | I It will be remembered by the citizen* of the county, | i generally, that the adjourned term of Greene Superior j Court commences on Monday next, the 29th inst. The j unfinished business, it is thought, will consume the en- j tire week. Our County Jail well Occupied. There are, at this time, white and black, seven tenants j in the county prison—four whites and three blacks.’ ; Two of the negroes are to be executed on the 30th of | next month. __ . ‘•Something to Wear.” A fellow by the name of Hicks lodged with our wore thy countyman, the Rev. H. C. Peek, a few nights since, ■ and upon leaving the next morning, took with him a j suit of his landlords clothing. After getting some dis tance from the house, he “shucked” himself and; crawled into his extra suit, leaving his old ‘ duds’ on 1 the roadside. He was soon overtaken in his “ cheap j dry goods” and lodged in the county jail, where lie still lias the opportunity of stealing ‘ old clothes.’ hut his chances for running are rather slim. The North Georgia Times. This journal, published at Dalton, comes to us this week printed on beautiful paper, with new type, a very tastyiiending and with its dimensions vastly extended. It is now one of our largest and most handsome ex changes, and we hope the improvements which friend Taylor has made in his sheet will be sufficiently attrac tive to the public generally to bring him in four fold the outlay to which he has of course been subjected. He makes an appeal to the ladies and rests the success of his enterprise with them. That’s a good string to play on, brother Taylor, nnd if you can ever get it pro perly tuned, vour subscription list will swell out. Well done, ‘-Ut.” A little friend of ours in Grcenesboro’, who seems to have a horrid idea of recollecting in his “drowning” moments that he has not paid his Editor, gives us the following, which we appreciate very highly and com mend to the attention of some of our older customers: “ Greenf.sboho’, March 20th, 1858. Mr. Seals : I read the inclosed piece in a paper the other day and remembered that I had not sent in my subscription for i the present year. For fear you may begin to wish that I would bathe in j deep water, please find inclosed $2,00. ” An Editor, name and place not. given, refers to the fact that persons in a drowning condition vividly remem ber all the events of their past lives, and adds a sugges tion that some of his delinquent subscribers had better take to bathing in deep water. ‘Pliancy his phelinx.’ ” What did you add another dollar on for? I suppose that is for Miss Mollie. Respectfullv, J. W.’ N. alias LIT.” Now we would’nt have any of our delinquents to ‘ drown’ stiff dead, (for then they’d stop payment for good,) hut jest ecu about most drown , so they might “ viv idly’ think of all these things, and when they struck dry land may be they’d strike a bee-line for the Editor’s Sanctum and pay up. Is’nt that the “ pliancy,” Lit? Guess Jimmy is right about adding on the other Hollar ; that must be for “ Miss Mollie,” sure enough ; and as she used to be Lit’s sweetheart, he comes up like a man and ‘planks’ out the extra cash, without waiting until lit. “drowns in deepwater.” Well done, my hoy. The Mount Vernon Fund. The Richmond Dispatch says: “It appears that the ladies have already accumulated ’seventy-five thousand dollars, which they anticipate will soon be swelled to one hundred thousand dollars. Now couldn’t Mr. Washington, representative of the man who gave his living soul to his country without a dollar of reward, consent to take one hundred thousand dollars for the sepulchre? Everybody knows that Mount Vernon is only valuable as the tomb of Washington ; everybody knows that it was once offered for one hundred thousand dollars. Why insist upon double? Why make these delicate ladies toil so incessantly, pay so high for their disinterested patriotism! YVhy not be lenient in a bar gain with gentle and generous woman l Why not emu- j late her unselfish and chivnlric patriotism? Why not, j melted by the sight of her lofty devotion to the glory of ; tby ancestor, come back to the original terms, and take | a round hundred thousand for Mount Vernon?” Judge O’Neal 1. We fear, says the South Carolinian, that the injury j received the other day by this venerable and eminent ; gentleman was more serious than at first represented, j We understand that the car in which he was, was tossed , down a bank of fifteen or tweenty feet high, and was j turned over twice. The Judge’s head was a good deal ; cut in several places, but his severest injury is in the f neck and the left shoulder. He as yet is not able to rise ! from his bed without assistance, though no permanent | injury is apprehended from the accident; but the sever ity of it may be inferred from the fact that one of his indomitable spirit and dutiful energy in the discharge of public duty has consented to forego his attendance at Union, York and Lancaster Courts, but expects to fce ut that of Fairfield. Curious. Will. The will of Gov. Blachett, of Plymouth, Mass., proved in 1783, contains the following singular clause : “I desire my body to be kept so long as it may not be offensive, and that one of my toes and iingors may be cut off’, to secure a certainty of being dead. I further request my dear wife, that as she lias been troubled with otic old fool, she will not think of marrying a sec ond.” Tlie British Ministry. *. English affairs seem to be very much stirred up. The Palmerston Cabinet having been defeated in the House of Commons upon the “Church rate abolition hill,” and by Gibson’s amendment to the French conspiracy bill, have unanimously resigned, and anew cabinet lias been appointed—the E%rl of Derby filling the office of Pre inter. Lord Palmerston, whom wc had come to look upon as the very pillar almost of the English Govern ment, is laid aside in his old age, and the Southern Citi zen uses the following hard language, in regard to him: “IfLord Palmerston’s ministerial career hns indeed closed, that old man most ignominiously terminates a base career. He is the friend of Louis Napoleon. He it was who brought the Queen of England to visit that monster in his usurped empire, and in the capital which he had made to swim in the blood ot murdered women and children. He it was who made her kneel down and buckle the Blue Garter on the knee of one whose I neck deserves a halter. lie it was, who systematically cheated the “liberals” ertf"Sicily and Lombardy, by cn couraging their revolts, and then gave them up to their enemies. He was one of the two employers and pay masters (Lord Clarendon was the other) of the notori ous Birch, editor of a scandalous newspaper. In short, it is long since any man in Europe has ceased to believe word or oath of that Right Hon. Viscount. The trial of the conspirators against, the life of Napo leon resulted in their conviction. Orsini, Rudio and Pierri confessed thccrimowith which they werecharged, and were sentenced to suffer death. Gomez persisted in asseverating his innocence, but was sentenced to pe nal servitude for life.’ A large number of arrests had been made in Paris, and three Englishmen hud been ar rested in Genoa, charged with complicity with the as sassins. The following is a list of tho new Ministry: Mr L T?’ r i^ e f- by T Pr^ L eri Chancellor of the Eehequcr, Hem o W* h hOTd Sir F. Thesiger; Pres sS 1 J’ arl of Salisbury; Lord of the Seal, Earl Hardwick; Home Secretary, Spencer Wul pple; Foreign Secretary, Earl of Malmeshurv Colo T ir r AZi Bulwc r Lyttou ; War Department, Gen. Feel, Admiralty, Sir J. Pakington; Postmaster Lord Colchester; Board of Trade, Mr. Henley - Board of Control, Lord Ellcnborough; Public Works,’Lord John Manners; Attorney General Sir F. Kelley; Viceroy of Ireiand, EaH Eglmtoun; Irish Chancellor, Justice Blackburn; Chief Secretary, Lord Naas.” A Afterwards modified by substituting laird Stanley for Sir Bulwer Lytton, resigned. . ? The African Slave Trade. A revival of this trade is just now exciting the public ! attention to a considerable extent, and it is the opinion j of a large ma9s of the people that it will and ought to be re-opened. But we very seriously question the wisdom of such a policy, and entertain well-grounded doubts as to the national or southern gain which it is supposed will j accrue from it. The first important inquiry which pre sents itself to our mind is, will it benefit the South mor ally, intellectually, religiously or pecuniarily, to flood it with a race of ignorant, jabbering, lawless, heathen- ! ish Africans ? It needs no argument to show that noi- ‘ ther the morals, the religion nor the intelligence of any'! class, and more especially of the slaves wc now have . will be benefitted by such importations; on the con- j trary, we think their influence would tend to make more > corrupt our present slave population; and by adding to j their numbers, we increase their probabilities of success j in insurrectionary movements. Whois totenyhraw Afri- j cans the English language ? Who is to learn them law | and make them obedient to it ? In the event of an un- • limited importation “of these saVages into our country, i wc can foresee nothing but a universal, heart-rending system of scourging, and a perpetual warfare between j master and slave. It requires no extraordinary sagacity ; to see that our slaves are annually becoming more im- i pudent, consequential and rebellious, as is evinced in j the increased number of while men murdered by them; j and hence arises the imprudence of adding to their ranks | a race which has .been reared without law, order or the knowledge of a Supreme Ruler. Old specimensofthe ■ native African are now and then met with in different parts of the country, and we imagine that those who : have seen them and heard their ‘ outlandish gab’ are satisfied with that slight foretaste of what will be. the j condition of the South when it is stocked with such a set. Will a revival of this trade add to the general i wealth of the country? It is very doubtful; for the . • whole trade will be monopolized by capitalists, and the , ! result will be simply a system of trade between moneyed ; i men and speculators, thereby preventing slave labor from becoming very little, if any, cheaper than it is at present. Under the existing systems of agriculture in ■ the slave-holding States, the best soils are soon cx- ; hausted, and farmers, eager after making heavy crops’, immediately move their forces to new western lands; and it will not be otherwise until new systems of culti vation ore inaugurated, which will never be done so long as farmers are so short-sighted as to see in the fu ture only a few large incomes from their labors before the soil is exhausted. It is very evident that, if you in crease the labor expended upon land under such a sys tem, the effect will he to wear it out the sooner. We concur in the opinion of an able cotemporary, that the three millions of slaves which arc now owned by the South, together with their natural increase, is sufficient to satisfy the demands for involuntary labor, and we j would rejoice to know that Southerners were content with that very respectable number of negroes. Wc have an idea that native Africans are short-lived in our climate. A few years ago they were very numerous in parts ot the country, hut it seems that they have nearly all out; it is seldom that you sec or hoar of one ; and should it be true that they are short-lived in cotton growing regions, it is a strong argument against their rc-introduction, as it is probable that they would not survive long enough after being tamed and acclimated ! to pay the interest on the capital invested in them, j But under the existing Statutes, the trade is impossible ! and wc hope they may never he repealed; hence, the attempt j)f the, Louisiana Legislature to evade the laws by inaugurating a system of apprenticeship becomes a dead failure. By reference to the Acts of Congress of 1818, it will be seen that article six says: “ If any per son shall bring within the jurisdiction of the United Stales, in ami manner, any person of color from any foreign country or from sea, or shall hold, sell or other wise dispose of such person ot color so brought in as a slave, or to be held to service or labor, or in any wise aiding or abetting therein, lie shall, on conviction, for feit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars nor less than otic thousand dol lars, and shall suffer imprisonment for a term not ex ceeding seven nor less than three years.” The Act of the Jd March, 1807, fully provides for the seizure, ami condemnation of any vessel on which such importation shall have been made, and for the prosecution of the master of such vessel for high misdemeanor. Both acts are full, and cover the whole ground. Thus, it is clear that so long as the Statutes remain unchanged, the importntion of Africans is explicitly in hibited. The Jordan Monument.— Within the past week there has been erected in this city a magnificent monument to the memory of the late Col. Benj. S. Jordan, of this county. The column und base together arc thirty-seven feet high, and the former is surmounted by a bcautful figure representing Hope. The whole is the work of Mr. R. E. Lauuitz of New York, the same gentleman who erected the Pulaski Monument in Savannah.— Recorder. To a. Liquor Seller. Thou man of blood! how dark mus} be, The soul and heart that dwell in thee! Can peace, in such a bosom dwell t . That bosom is itself a hell! When thou rccallcst all thy guilt, The streams of blood which thou hast spilt, And tears of deep and bitter wo, Which thou so oft. hast caused to flow. Dost thou not dread the fearful day, When vengeance shall thy deeds repay! The sleeping conscience yet shall wake, And thou, one day,shalt fear and quake ; For justice tho’ she tarry long, Will surely overtake the wrong; How bitter then will be thy meed, For thouehalt weep, and sigh, and bleed ! | P. H. B. Svtalt.ee, Ga. March 13, 18.38. I ‘ A Curious Advertisement. The following advertisement, which is found in Howe's Every Day Book, is more than a curiosity. YVe hear it in the sigli and groan of tens of thousands of despairing victims of the Liquor Traffic, to be “deliv ered from temptation:” “Whereas, the subscriber, through the pernicious habit of drinking, has greatly hurt himself in purse and person, and rendered himself odious to all his acquain tance, and finding there is no possibility of breaking off from the said practice but through the impossibility to find the liquor ; he therefore begs and prays that no per son will sell him for money or on trust, any spirituous liquors, as he will not in future pay it, but will prose cute any one for an action of damage against the tem poral and eternal interests of the public’s humble, seri ous and sober servani of James Chalmers. Witness, William Andrews. Nassau, June 28th, 170.3.” Way to the Work-house. Reeve was once accosted in the Kensington-road by ‘ an elderly female, with a small bottle of gin in her hand. ‘ “ Pray, sir, I beg your pardon—is this the way to the work-house?” John gave her a look of clerical dignity, j and pointing to ilie bottle, gravely said, “No mn’arn ; j but that is.” lloy* and Girl*. Speaking of the plan of seperatirig the sexes in school Mr. Stowe, the celebrated Glasgow teacher, says:— The separation hasbeenfound injurious. It is impossi hie to raise the girls as high, intellectually, without the boys as with them; and it is impossible to raise boys mor ally as high without girls. The girls morally elevate the hoys, and the boys intellectually elevate the girls.— But more than this, girls themselves arc morally ele vated by the presence of boys, mid the boys are intellec tually elevated by the presence of girls. Boys brought up with girls arc made more posit ively intellectual bv the softening influence af the female character. The Marietta JUvocalc of the lffill inst.,says : \Vc un derstand that Gov. Brown during his visit to Marietta the present week closed the purchase of the Georgia Military Institute, in compliance with an act passed by the last Legislature for that purpose. The transfer to the State, has not been made sooner owing to a dispu ted title to one of tho lots of land included in the prop erty. This having been settled at the present Court, there was no longer,an obstacle to the change of owner ship, and the Institute will bo henceforth under Stato management. It is now inaflourishingconditjon, num bering between one hundred and twenty-five, and one liundrjd and thirty Cadets and under Stato manage ment hns every prospect for increased success and ex tended usefulness. s * The Cabinet W eighed. The Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan, it appears from the the following, which we find among the items of an ex change, have been “ weighed in tho balance, und arc not found wanting” : “ The President’s Cabinet is a weighty one intellect ually and physically. Gen. Cass the Premier, weighs about two hundred pounds; Secretary Cobb, two hun dred and seventeen; Post Mastor General Brown one hundred and seventy-seven; Secretary Toucey one hundred and eighty-six; Secretary Thompson one hundred and forty-seven; while Gov. Floyd of Y T a., weighs only one hundred and seventy-nine. Ah! let Woman Speak. ! The distress and suffering entailed upon the female sex by intoxicating liquors has been eounded in the pub lic ear until it has become an insipid tale which is told without effect; but its truthfulness will never be im paired so long as the corrupting beverage is drank by ’ men. The laws of our country have erroneously wres -1 ted from women the privilege of proclaiming their op pressions in public, but we thank Heaven that they now ; and then brave popular sentiment nnd rmg their wrongs ! in the cars of those who should be their protectors. Ex ! Governor Briggs, of Massachusetts, relates a touching j and telling incident of an old woman addressing a large , audience with magic effect. He says: “In a thriving | borough of Pennsylvania, the inhabitants had assembled, j as was their usual custom, to decide what number, it j any, of licenses the town should petition from the j County Court, from whence they were issued. There I was a full attendance. One of the most respectable | Magistrates of the borough presided, and upon the plat ! form were seated, among others, the clergyman of the j village, one of his deacons and the physician. After the meeting had been called to order, one of the i most respectable citizens of the borough rose, and after : a short speech moved that the meeting petition for the i usual number of licenses. They had better license good ! men nnd Jet them sell. The proposition seemed to meet ! with almost universal favor. It was an excellent way ; to get along quietly, nnd one nnd then another in their ■ turn expressed their hope that such a course would bo adopted. The President was about to put the question to the j meeting, when an object rose in a distant part of the i building, and all eyes were instantly turned in that di | rection. It was an old woman, poorly clad, and whose j care-worn countenance was the painful index of no light ! suffering. And yet there was something in the flash of : the bright eye that told she had once been what she was | not.- She addressed the President, and said, with his | permission she wished to say a few words to the meet ing. She had come because she had heard that they were to decide the license question, t * You,’ said she, ‘all know who 1 am. YoU once ; knew me the mistress of one of the best estates in thebor ! ough. 1 once had a husband and five sons; and woman , never hrd a kinder husband—mother never had five bet | ter or more affectionate sons. But where are they now ? j Doctor, I ask where arc they now ? In yonder burying ground there are six graves filled by that husband and those five sons, and oh ! they arc all drunkard’s graves. ; Doctor, how came they to be drunkards ? You would come and drink with them, and you told them that tem perate drinking would do them good. And you too, Sir, addressing the clergyman, would come and drink with my husband, and my sons thought they might drink with safety, because they saw you drink. Dea con. you sold them rum which made them drunkards. You have now got my farm and all my property, and you got it all by runt. And now,’ she said, * I have done my errand. Igo hack to the poor-house, for that is my home. You, reverend Sir, you. Doctor, and you. Deacon, I shall never meet again, until I meet you at the bar of God, where you, too. will meet my ruined and lost husband and those five sons, who through your means und influence fill the drunkard graves.’ The old woman sat down. Perfect silence prevailed, ; until broken by the President, who rose to put the ques ! tion to the meeting—shall we petition the Court to issue • licenses to this borough the ensuing year? and 4hen one unbroken ‘ No!’ —which made the very walls re echo with the sound, told the result, of the old woman’s appeal.” In many portions of the country the women, seeing that their repeated appeals to the sterner sex arc un heeded and unnoticed, have taken up the club them selves and demolished the old enemy which cursed their homes. An exchange says: “Thirty women of Fred ericksburgh, Wayne county, Ohio, made the tour of that village last wock, and destroyed the liquor in the tavern and two grogshops. The leaders of the women were two who had suffered with drunken husbands.” Another exchange says: “ A petition signed by nineteen hundred and thirty-three ladies was presented to the Maine Legislature, a few days since, setting forth the immense amount of suffering growing out of the repeal of the law of’ss, and praying for the enactment of an efficient Prohibitory Law. Several smaller peti tions like this have been presented, showing that the ladies have an interest in this matter which should be respected. The wives, mothers and daughters are really the greatest sufferers in this rum business, and have a right to be heard, even in the halls of legislation. Progress of Temperance in the Slate*. VERMONT. At the Orange County Convention held at Chelsea, January 28th, the Rev. Mr. Wittemore, discussed the fol lowing resolution: Resolved, That this Convention is ready to take the broad temperance ground, that. Alcohol, tor every pur pose, ought to be forthwith banished from the world. The speaker argued very ably and earnestly in the affirmative, and was listened to with much interest. The Convention udopted the resolution. The following resolutions were also adopted Whereas, It is believed a great majority of the agents in our respective towns have far exceeded their duty in the sale of liquor under the stat ute, therefore Resolved, As the sense oft his Convention, the County Committc should charge the agents to sell for chemical purposes only to those well known as scientific and practical chemists, nor to mechanics, except to those whose business requires the article, and for medical purposes only in small doses, such as doctors adminis ter to their patients. SEW HAMPSHIRE. Plan of Action. —At the late State Convention in New Hampshire, the following plan of actioa was adopted: j Two classes of work seem now to demand the atten ; tion of the friends of Temperance in this state —both de | signed to distribute and make personal the labor now 1 needed. , The first class wc style the primary labor, to be done :in the neighborhoods, school districts and towns. The J main feature being the use of the Pledge constantly for ! signatures. Also, Temperance Conferences in towns and districts j in which the common people relate Experiences and i views; aiming at the creating, educating, and animat : ting a just public sentiment and feeling for the Suppres | sion of Intemperance. The second class we term the organic mode, viz : by local conventions or meetings, called from two or sev eral adjacent towns, systematically organized—the plan of meeting settled beforehand, and definite work pre pared, as far ns may bo. Out of these meetings wc should look for concerted I action in prosecution, and in direct attack upon abusers j ofthe Law. ! As few and as many towns uniting in these meetings I as can work efficiently ; the State Committee to appor ! tion these sectional meetings, as judged best—send a : plan of meeting with circulars to someone or more | tried friends of Temperance in the district, that ihev ; may call, or cause to be cnlled, the meetings. MASSACHUSETTS. I Petitioners have appeared before the Senate Judici ary Committee giving reasons why liquor cases arising in Boston should be tried in other counties. No im partial jury can be found in Boston. Shutting up Shop. —The Newburyport Herald says, the city marshal of Newburyport reports that five liquor sellers discontinued sales last week. There have been ; others notified by the police to follow the same track. We understand it to be the intention of the new city government to make clean work of the matter, and con iine the sale of spirituous liquors to one agent for the whole city. NEW JERSEY. Bishop Bayley, Catholic bishop, has issued an official manifesto against the vice of drunkeunesee, and against those dealers in alcoholic beverages who minister thereto. He suggests to his parochial clergy that each shall keep a list of the drunkards and also oi’ the liquor dealers connected with his church, and adds : “ 1 am determined to make use of the most severe : measures against all who are addicted to this scanda lous and destructive vice; and if they continue in the practice of it, they must do it as outcasts front the Catholic church, who have no right to the name of Catholic while they live, nor to Christian burial when they die.” • Wc hope the bishop will go farther, and propose at least n homily against moderate drinking, which is the parent of all the drunkenness. Let the bishop and his clergy set an example in this matter, nud who can tell the result. < J’tJtKSYLVANIA. In the Senate the following resolution, introduced by Mr. Gazzant, of the Assembly, was recently passed by an overwhelming majority. YVe have not heard of any action upon it in the Houses Resolved, That the Committee on Vico anti Immor ality be instructed to report a bill establishing the office of Inspector of Liquors for each county, or for districts composed of several counties; said bill to provide tor the compensation of said Inspectors out. ot the funds raised by licenses granted to wholesale and retail deal- j ers in liqors; and also providing for the confiscation i of all adulterated liquors offered for salc, and imposing . such other penalties for selling or offering for sale auul- | tcrated liquors, ns tho eoinmittco may deem proper. j Mr. Ramsey, of Philadelphia, ha 9 introduced inio the ; House of Representatives anew license bill, which with some modifications, will probably pass that body, j Amongst other changes it Hikes licensing power trom the Courts, and vests it in the County Coniipissioners. j The bill also compels persons taking out license to file a bond in the Quarter .Sessions Court fur SSOO, condi tioned for the preservation of ordor, und not for selling minors drink. Persons applying for license in Phila delphia and Pittsburg, who sell SIO,OOO worth per an. ! num, and upwards, to pay *2OO ; those from SSOOO to ! SIO,OOO, to pay $100; from $2500 to SSOOO, to pay SSO ; } those who sell S2OOO and under, to pay S3O. In the ■ country and boroughs, the latter class to pay $25 per : annum. MARYLA.NI). The Maryland State Temperance Society is one of j the oldest in the country, and has not lailed io hold reg ularly its anniversary. On thesth of February it heldits ; twenty-ninth, the llonoroble Alexander Randallpresid i ing. The Report was read by the Rev. Mr. Cross, Corresponding Secretary. For twenty-seven years, ‘ the meeting had been held in the hall of the House of i Delegates. “The Society had succeeded in establish | ing as a settled truth thnf the Legislature have power | to abolish the traffic in intoxicating liquors, if the good iof the State required it. They have also made the im pression upon the Legislature that it is not a more ques tion of revenue, but a dreadful sore upon the body po litic; that they are in duty bound to use such remedies as will cure it; that no wise body will license lor a rev enue a business which is only productive of disease, poverty, and crime ; that on this principle, they might i license felony, or authorize a madman to go abroad in ! the community with a knife or gun, risking the life of every citizen he met, or permit men to sell diseased or poisonous meat. ILLINOIS. The principle action of the State Convention held at Bloomington on the 13th January, was in the adoption of the following resolution : “ Believing that the Temperance Reform will only gain a general success through the agency of a stringent prohibitory law, we, the members of the Illinois State Temperance Alliance in convention at Bloomington as sembled, do recommend the following plan of action to the people of this State: It being evident that a Prohibitory Law for the whole State cannot for many years be secured, and feeling it to be undesirable, as it will prove unsuccessful, to at tempt enforcement of such law against the wishes of a majority of the people in any section of the State, we respectfully recommend to the people to ask of the next Legislature the passage of a Prohibitory Law, wise in its provisions and severe in its penalties, to be sub mitted to the vote of the people in the several counties for their endorsement or rejection at the ballot box. — That in whatever counties the majority of the voters shall endorse the law, there it shall be in full force and validity. This vote to be taken annually at the Spring election, giving the several counties a chance to come into or go out of the ‘arrangement,’ according to the peculiar will.” MIBSOTOI. During the week, January 18th.. several mass meet ings were held at Newark, at which speeches were made and resolutions passed in reference to dram sell ; ing and dram drinking. A committee of seven were ap pointed at one of the meetings to call upon the liquor sellers of our village and request them to stop the un | righteous traffic in our midst. The committee thusap , pointed attended to their duty, and reported that all cn j gaged in the liquor traffic would dispose of their stock ; of liquors within thirty days, and agreed neither to sell nor give away any more in Newark. On Friday even ing of the week, at a tremendous gathering of the mas ! ses. a resolution was offered by Dr. John L. Taylor, ; and seconded by the crowd, that we purchase all the i rot-gut and blue-ruin whiskey from the liquor dealers i in Newark and destroy it, instead of having it sent else -1 where to make drunk in other communities: which res olution passed by acclamation, and forthwith the ball ’ was detin motion, money raised by the crowd, the whiskey purchased, (five barrels,) rolled out into the public square, heads knocked in, and set fire to and burnt up. (By flic by it was hard to burn, as there was rather too much water or too little spirit, we don't know which.) This resolution was opposed by but one lin the crowd, and he one of the liquor-dealers. On j Saturday night in mass meeting the following resolu : tion was offered, adopted, and signed by almost the | entire meeting s Resolved, By this Maes meeting g&gtpblcd, That \yc | the citizens of Newark, Fabius township, and the stir? I rounding country, hereby pledge to each other out lives, j our fortunes, and our sacred honors, that wc will not | permit a liquor establishment to be located again in New. j ark. ! Signed by near two hundred person.-—all good and : true. We have suffered much by the liquor traffic amongst j us for the last year, and the people arc determined to submit to it no longer, line or no low. They will fight i for t-hoir right in'this particular. ltcgistrring I,oiler*.. The registration of a letter under the plan at present in use in our post offices, besides involving trouble and expense, is simply an advertisement to all those through whose hands the letter passes, that it contains money or some other valuable enclosure. The conse quence is that a larger proportion of registered letter? miscarry than of those which arc not distinguished from the rest as containing money or something else of value. The system is confessedly a failure, as it is— an annoy ance to post masters—an expense to those who are com pelled to send money through the mail —and increases the risk which they incur. A correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, in the following letter, suggests in lieu of it the system of postmaster’s drafts, which is now in operation in England, The letter has attracted our attention, because the same suggestion was made to us by one of our subscribers a few days ago, as something which if carried out, would not only obviate the necessity of sending money by mail, but do away with one of the strongest objections iq the prohibition of change bills.— Constitutionalist. Union Ciu’rcii, Jefferson Cor, Miss.. • January 20th, 1858. i I have been so unfortunate as to lose about twenty dollars (S2O) during the past year, being money sent at different times to different editors and book merchants at the North. It seems to me that it would be the best thing the administration or could do for edi tors and newspaper subscribers,lf they would authorise postmasters to receive and receipt tor such monies to a small amount and issue their draft on postmasters at the office of the payee, the Gen. P. O. itself becoming responsible for such monies. You may be assured, sirs, that such an arrangement would very much benefit the editors and their patrons. I know by experience, and I have the corroborating experience of multitudes, that editors’ bills arc often lett unpaid because there is no safe of sure method of paying them. Os course, you can readily see how seriously it would advance the in terest of the worthy, hardworking, badly paid fraternity of the press, to have such.a law'passed. That such a law might be abused by many faithless, dishonest post masters, especially in large towns and cities, is of course true. “ . But might not the same consideration otdanger, & c., urged here, be urged in case of all government officials, where much money is to be handled ? I think so. Be sides, l believe postjnasters are generally appointed on the petition of their neighbors, friends and acquain tances, Now', can we sttpppge that a neighborhood would unite in petitioning the General Postmaster to ap point a notoriously unreliable or even suspicious man as the postmaster of their neighborhood ? 1 thiak not. Again: it w'oiild be only the interior towns and neigh borhoods that have not the convenience of banks from which to obtain drafts, that would be specially benefitted by such an act; and in such places there would not likely be enough money going through the hands of Postmasters at any one time to tempt a man to do wrong about it. I hope you will feel enough interest in this matter to induce you to urge its utility and impor tance zealously through your valuable and influedtial ’ journal. Please pardon this forwardness on the part clone who is an entire stranger to you. and nttribytte all I have said, to my earnest desire to see (his additional public convenience added to our mail facilities, W, Ts. R. tf&'On the !>th of this month, the Hon. Charles ; Faulkner of Virginia, made a speech on tho Army ln ; crease Bill, in which we are sure lie utters the senti ment of every good citizen ; it has dieted, from every quarter, the warmest commendations. In the course of his remarks, as reported in the followingparagrnpits, he takes occasion to comment upon an article of a sou thern newspaper, which advocated the pojjey of sending j to Utah a body of volunteers, who would go there “in, | spired by religious repugnances of the abominations of Mormonism.” Wc may remark we arc indebted to a j correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist for the facts just stated, and the extract following: “Sir, too much lias been urged in this country in fa. vor of this expedition ns a movement against t lie religion of the jnjople of Utah, I trust there is to be no religious war stimulated from these halls of legislation. We have nothing to do with the religion of Mint -people, re pugnant and degrading as it may be. We have no li* cease in the Constitution to ‘let loose the dogs of war’ — to hunt down any set of people lor their religion, no matter how abliorent it may be. lie who goes to Utah, whether as volunteer or regular, with the intent and purpose of making war upon that people because of their religion, will, if lie shed blood on such a mission, have commuted murder in the eye of the Constitution. Therein but one duty which devolves upon this govern ment. It is to maintain tho supremacy of our authority iu that territory. For all the rest, wc arc to trust to the mild influences of Christianity ; wc must trust to the benignant influences of our glorious form of free gov* ornnmu under which, a a Jeflcraon has said, error may be tolerated with reason left free to combat it. “ No man will go further than I will in the perform ance of the proper duty which devolves upon us. I as sert our full dominion over the territories. I will go all proper lengths to put down the Mormon rebellion. I will crush it in every form, so far as it has arrayed itself in opposition to the authority of this government. But I would do it. by the regular, established, cool and unim passioned judicial, and. if need be, military energies of j the country,” The Charleston Courier a ays: “Many exchan ges arc repeating and extending the call for the Mont gomery meeting of the “Southern Commercial Conven tion,” as the first Monday in May, instead of the second Monday, which is’tlie day fixed at Knoxville, \V. Heard of Wilkes county, has been ap pointed aid to his Excellency, Joseth E. with rauH yf Cylopcl. , V Mr. Toombs in Baltimore. Th* Baltimore of the 13th inst. contains the pro ceedings ot the meeting held in that city on Friday evening, the 12th inst. at Temperance Temple, to sus- ! tain the Kansas policy of the administration, at which S Senator Toombs was the principal speaker. The Svn furnishes the following synopsis of his remarks: .Mr. Toombs thanked the meeting for their kindly I greeting, and gave his hearty assent to the principles I embodied in the resolutions. The question before Con gress, and which was exciting so much attention out of doors, was not anew one. For forty years it has occu pied much attention, and for eleven years nearly all the attention of the people of the United States. The prin ciples the true men North and Southland everywhere, have been contending for these fortv years arc the prin ciples of the resolutions offered here to-night. The question now was, whether the American Congress shall usurp the rights of the Territories, or the Terri tories shall maintain their own. He held that Kansas should be immediately admitted into the Union, as a matter of policy and ofjustice. He would take notice in what he intended to say of the ob jections to this course, and among the objectors they would recognise the old enemies of the Democratic party under anew name. The leopard could not change his skin, and never can the enemies of popular government shield themselves from the popular gaze. The Amer ican Congress may admit new States in accordance with the Constitution—there is no difficulty about the power. New States were admitted into the Union from 1788 to 1820, with Constitutions .such as they saw proper to make. No man opposed or denied this power, except in the North-west Territory ; but in all the rest ot the j States brought in, till 1820, no public man or portion of j the people claimed that Congress had the power to con- i trol the people in making a Constitution in any way they ! wanted, but in such a way as they wanted. There is j no clause in the Constitution of the United Staterequir- > ing a State to make a Constitution —it was only neces- : sary for them to have a republican form of government. If they had no Constitution it was their own business. Jefferson had said that the old federal party, despair ing of retaining power bv honest means, sought to wrig gle themselves into power by raising sectional issues, j and that was the very beginning of this question. From ; that old federal party, every Whig, Republican and j Know Nothing is a lineal descendant. Missouri applied ! next for admission with a Constitution recognising sla very, and these Republicans and others said—You shall j not come in. Not because you have not a republican gov ernment—no; but because it did not suit the New En- j gland States. A great contest arose from one end of the country to the? other. There was not a Freesoiler in Congress—and he : knew them for thirteen years past —who eared a dime I for the black man ; they have carried on this hypocrisy j in order to defeat the Democratic party. If he wanted j partners now in the African slave trade, he would just j as soon go to these Frecsoilcrs as anyone else; they even now have shares in such expeditions. They agreed 1 to admit Missouri by putting in a clause that there should be no more slave States North of 3C° 30', but did ! any State in the Union agree to this condition through j their legislature, or was any public meeting held to on- > dorse it ? Not one. They have resolved that there i should be no more slave States, and Rufus King gave i the reason when he said it was n question of political I power. It was not the poor African’s. Neither party, i North or South, was satisfied with the arrangement, j The Democrats have asked them for the power they as- j sutned,sand the principle of their action, and they said they had none—they had the majority. Mr. Toombs then proceeded to give a history of the j admission of Texas, California, Ac. down to the begin- : ’ting Qf the Kansas question, the passage of the Kansas. Nebraska bill, and the intention of that act, Bv repeal ing the Missouri prohibition they only left the people the same right they always had over slavery—to prohibit it or establish it, as the people of a Territory saw proper. The subsequent transactions itt Kansas “were next re viewed in the most graphic manner, as well as the con test which has resulted in Congress. He (Mr. Toombs) hud int roduccd a bill in Congress so as to enable the people j to vpto fairly; it passed the Senate, \yont to the House, 1 where It received every Democratic vote, and was op. posed by every Republican. They did not pass the bill, but sent back to the Senate, Topeka—nothing but To peka. Subsequently, in electing delegates to the convention in Kansas, the Republicans stood off and would not vote; they were something like the |>eople when Noah was building the ark—they stood off, and they did not be- ! lieve there would be a flood, but there was. They now i tell ps in Kansas if we don’t do as they want, they will | take up arms—some twenty.flve hundred vagabonds in rebellion against the twenty,five million of the people of these United States! Mr. Toontbs concluded, by saying that the punish ment lie intended to inflict on these rebels was to give them a free Constitution and admit them into the Union. They offered, such miscreants as they arc, to be ad mitted into the Union, and they don’t want to accept it. He intended to get rid of this question as soon as possi ble—to let them settle the matter in their own way. Should the smoke of the incendiary curl over the top of every cubjn in Kansas, lie would make them free and get rid of the question. Mr, Toombs retired amid loud applause, j To the Memory of Miss Isabella If. Bcazety late of Tal iaferro, Ga. There lies beneath a little mound, Cold in her native earth, A much loved one by all around. Who knew her sterling worth! During brief years of trials past, Site qcted wpll her part, And for her virtues may lie class’d, With the upright in heart, * As daughter, friend and Christian too, Her memory is blest, i And with a better world iu view, Site calmly sunk to rest. And she whose body now lies cold, Beneath the turfsite trod, Lived in the faith that Christians held. And died in pence with God. Rest then, dear, gentle, happy soul Beyond the silent tomb, ! .And while eternal ages roll, In brighter beauty bloom, [Cammunicated.] Jlr. Editor : Thinking that you would probably like to hear from this “ region ’’ of the country, I embrace a few leisure moments, to pen you a line or two. Monday, the Bth inst., was very inclement towards its close. The congealed tears of Heaven fell thick and fast—investing houses, trees, fences and fields in one magnificent bridal robe, while the wind sent forth a mer ry carol of gladness over the beautiful scene. Pedestri ans might be seen hurrying to and fro, and blinded by the falling snow-flake suddenly coming into collision with some other pedestrians, whose footsteps were turned toward a different direction. Nothwithstanding the “ dampness ’’ of the streets, the ardor of the “ Odd Fellows” was not “damped,” for “ Washington and Miller Lodges, I. O. O. F.,” united in celebrating the introduction of their order in this city. .The speaker's stand was beautifully decorated with banners and ap propriate symbols of their order. One banner bad the following noble motto inscribed upon it : RELIEVE THE DISTRESSED. VISIT TIIE SICK. PROTECT THE WIDOW. RPUCATE THE ORPHANS, Bcv. J. E. R verson delivered before them one of his j characterisiic speeches, upon the principles and aims of ; Odd Fellowship, and enchained a numerous auditory j who had assembled at Masonic Hall, for upwards of an { hour. ‘Pile Young .Men's Christian Association, an organi- ; nation recently started in our midst, commenced on j Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, in the Presbyterian j Lecture Room, the first one of their daily prayer meet- j itigs. It was very well attended, and the attendance j at the subsequent ones was very large, averaging about j 100. Here can be seen I lie physician, the banker, the merchant, the lawyer—all classes and conditions uni ting in ottering up petitions to the throne ofgrace. The i ladies turn out in large numbers, and seem interested j in those prayer meeting. It has often been a source of ■ wonder to some, why so many more females united with the church than males. But should wc wonder at J it, when we recollect woman’s loving and affectionate disposition! “Not she with trait’rous kiss our Souviour stung; j Not she denied him with unholy tongue; , s'Ac. when apostles shrank, could dangers brave, Last at the cross, and earliest to the grave.” j Oh! U is a soul-cheering sight to sec thecrowd rush ing: every evening to the place where prayer is made. 1 verily believe that wc are on the eve of a glorious revi val in this city. The interest increases with each meet ing. and a marked change is going on in onr midst. On Sunday night, 14th instant, Rov. J. S. Lamar dc livered, at the Christian Church, a lecture before the Young Men's Christiun Association. Ilis theme was “ Mental and Spiritual Improvement,” and well and ably vas the subject treated. It was a beautiful, chas tened and eloquent production.. The meetings will be continued during this week. It is rumored that a Temperance Society, formed on the plan oi the Washingtonians, comprising some ofour most wealthy and influential citizens as members, will soon he organized. Success to them. . The Dispatch, of irtth instant, claims Augusta ns be ing a temperance town. If Augusta is a temperance town, 1 am truly sorry for those that are cursed with in temperance. The Dispatch has not seen the “elephant” yet. lam now eugagetTin preparing some facts rela- five to life in this city, which will completely dispel the hulluoinatlon of tho editor of the Dispatch, regarding temperance, even though his brain .may be “logged with “lager,” Avgusta, March 15fA, 1858. foreign NEWS. General News. bt l ieve <! the members of the Derby cabinet will be re-elected to Parliament without oppo&i bJneiwufed nned Frßn ° b conspira,or * haT <’ <*ot j FraS Cr ° US “ rrwtf Con,inu< ’ t 0 t* made throughout scr?t en ?h a ane n K i o t L r rc - u - e3 *? \ cUlxn to France at pre and •■fcmenVbS:tf ?£ ‘Slrttf’"” *”| W ’ A destructive fire had occurred in Constant mooli* hv j which about three hundred houses were destroyed.’, Kxeitement in Congress, i Washington, March 15.-The Senate was in session all last night. During the session on altercation took place between .Senators Green, of Missouri, and Cam eron,of Pennsylvania. The causes whieh led to the al ; tercation were satisfactorily explained to-day. The i Kansas discussion was again resumed in the Senate to | day, and it is now reported that the debate will end i early next week. In the House to-day there were an immense number j of bills, resolutions, petitions, &c.,introduced;and some | by States and Territories. Among the latter, was one. ! from Utah, in which it was stated that the Mormons | will maintain their rights in spite of earth and hell. Senators Dong las and Davis. The la est intelligence with reference to these two : gentlemen, which includes the 14th. of the present . month is, that Mr. Douglas has been confined to his house by severe sickness, but he will resume his place in the Senate during the present week. He pronounce# the reports as to his intention to resign his seat utterly without foundation, and assures his triends that he in i ‘ p nds to figlu the battle in which he is now engaged to | 1 he end. He will not be driven from his position by the threats or frowns of power, nor moved from the pur poses to which his life has been devoted, by induce ments proffered lront any quarter. He says that with him it is a matter of principle, which he will maintaiu at all hazards. Last week s receipts into the treasury amounted to five hundred and five thousand dollars, exclusive of two hundred thousand dollars in treasury notes. The drafts draw n amounted to nine hundred and seven do!* I lars. There is no perceptible improvement in the physical condition of Senator Davis. A partial loss of eyesight I is feared by his friends. Billy Bowlegs Coming to Terms.— The Savannah I Morning News, of the 18th inst., says: “A gentlemen just returned from Florida, tells us that Billy Bowlegs came into camp at Port Meade, last week, and agreed to leave With his entire tribe, “lock, stock, and barrel,” for the West, on the terms proposed by the government. He left Forte Meade for the purpose of collecting up hie people and making arrangements for a speedv de | parturc. i “Our informant tells us that an immediate ending of all difficulties betwen the whites and Indians is now confidently looked for in Florida, the latter having made up their minds that the government con force them to go sooner or later.” mmmmm “ The bloom or blight of all men’s happiness.’’ In Campbell county, Ga. on Sunday morning the tilt x-rJn't’ by Kev r 8 -Allen, Mr. BENNETT W BON- N ER of Henry county, to Miss FRANCES E BAUGHN ot the former place. instant, by Rev J E H Seymour, Rev T U Ba l ,,if ‘ t church, Atlanta, and Miss L i UIA L .55 L-Air E. u wi*r h ? T ! h Jo S,aa , t ;. h > Rrv S G Daniel, WILLIAM I H WILLIAM* to Miss SUSAN W WILSON-all of Savannah. • °'V'be. f'ehrunry, in Madison, by Rev A T Spald ing, JOHN R TOWNS to Miss MARY TOWNS. , infant’ by Rev L R L Jennings, WM LO\ ING to Miss CAROLINE AARON, all ot Clarke. When coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah I wlffther strays tlie immortal mind ! It cannot die—it cannot stay, But leaves its darkened dost behind. - ’ Died, at her residence at Mount Zion, Hancock co. on the sth February, 1858, Mrs. FRANCES NEEL consort of John H. Neel, and eldest daughter of Warren Andrews, Esq. of Greene county. ‘ Mrs. Neel, while with her parents, was an example for children—an interesting associate—as the friends of her youth will testify. She seemed, at all times after she attained the age of maturity to regard sacred things with that reverence which becomes humanity, and In November, 1854, she joined the Baptist church at Smyrna, in Greene county, fier short connection w ith the church, it may be truly said, was consistent with the character of a Christian. “ Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.” The companion, parents and numerous friends of Mrs. Neel arc lett to mourn their own loss, not hers, for we all believe she is happy now. A friend, • <i-i> “ But I have learned to call them blest . In childhood’s early morn, who die.” Died, in Atlanta, March 13th, MARY WILLIAM SPENCER, only child of Dr. Thomas S. and .Airs. Ju lia L. Powell, aged four years and six months. But a few weeks since the parents of this little girl left our village to make their home among strangers. It is true they were leaving behind many warmed kindred hearts ; but their all was centered in this their only child, a pale and drooping lilly though she was ; yet, she was the idol around which their heart-strings clung. But the “ death-angel” breathed upon the fra gile flower—she drooped and passed away just as the roses of spring were shedding abroad their sweet per fume, and the childless parents weep in vain for the lit tle one, whose grave even they may not visit at eve ning's soft, twilight hour, there to mingle their tears over the sod that covers their child. They could not lay that little form in a stranger home, but among kin dred dust the scones that were most familiar to this little child. They dug its grave—a tinv grave—under the aged oaks that adorn onr grave-yard, and there thev laid her “softly down to rest.” Sleep on, little Mary Will—the bud lies withered but it shall bloom a<raiii and you, vc sorrowing parents, who mourn in sadness now, your night ot grief will pass away; your child awaits you over the river—bow in submission. “ This cup of bitterness win pas# away. He chastencth in his love— Let not your heart rebel. God gave—he took— He will restore—he doeth alt things well.” Sparta, 1858. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT,I March Term, 1858. j nPIIERE will be an ADJOURNED TERM of the Superior Court for the C'ountv of Greene, com mcncmg on the FIFTH MONDAY IN MARCH inst. U‘ 1C 2"*h) ot which all parties concerned are hereby no tified. By order of His Honor, ROBERT V. HARDEMAN, Judge. V incext Sanfoko, Clerk. March Ift subscriber is now opening JL a nice stock of Spring and Summer Goods, to which the attention of the citizens of Pcnfield and vicinity is respectlully invited. The styles of the sea son nre unusually handsome and priecs very reasonable. An early call will be highly appreciated. Pcnfield, March 25th Wm. B. SEALS. CRANBERRIES AND CURRANTS. ; A Nlarch 2.1 • J. M. BOWLES. ORA N(UES AND LEMONS. March 25 J. M. BOWLES. IF you want an article superior to Potash for making Soap, buy the CONCENTRATED LEY. March 25 J. M. BOWLES. PPLES! APPLES! March 25 J, 31. BOWLES. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—WiII be sold before the court-house door in Grccnesboro’, Ga. on the first Tuesday in May next, between the usual hours of sale, a negro woman named Queen, about sixty years of ngc. Sold by virtue of an order of the Court ot Ordinary of said county, as the property of Harriett L. Grimes, deceased, for the benefit of the heire and cred itors of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale. March2.l.lßsß ISAAC A.WILLIAMS, Adm’r. XTOTICE. —The copartnership heretofore exist l-N i„g between THOMAS MILLER AND JAMES ,H. HALL, under the style of MILLER & HALL, by mutual consent, has been this day dissolved. The notes and accounts due the firm are in the hands of F. C. Ful ler, Esq. for adjustment. Greenesboro’, March 20th, 1858. THOMAS MILLER. March 25-3 t. JAMES H. HALL.