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from ' crs Jar Jfcy. Extracts from Commodore Perry’s Expe dition to Japaa* Basinets beimr over, there was now an *it» for an interchange of courtesies, and for a KE32dS2Sr , SSiSKM ?^ cation todelircr them. He accordingly sent the • telegraph apparatus and the diminutive r “- I * a fj a . shore, and the American sailors, aided by the Ja- were soon busy in putting them w mg ortier. In addition to these there ajaas* ssW«« *? f p° reeiain umbrellas and various specimens of S? wardroiie. There was one article which deserves mention, as it is a universal ac companiment of all presents; it consisted ol a bit of salt-fish, wrapped in sea-weed, and tied m an envelope of paper. , . ~ The presents having been duly arranged m the Treaty House at Yokohama, the Commodore and his officers were invited by the Japanese Commis sioners, on a certain day, to receive them. After the ceremony of the reception of the various gifts displayed on the occasion, the Commodore pre pared to depart, when Prfbce H&yasht said that there was one article, intended for the President, which had not vet been exhibited. The Commo dore and his officers were accordingly conducted to the beach, where one or two hundred sacks of rice were pointed out, piled up in readiness to be sent on board the ships. As such an immense supply of substantial food seemed to excite the wonderment of the Americans, who were natural ly aghast at the idea of conveying such a stock of Japanese rice to the remote distance of the White House—and, moreover, loading themselves with so much coal for Newcastle—the interpreter, Ye noske, remarked that it was always customary for the Japanese, when bestowing presents, to include a certain quantity of rice. While contemplating these substantial evidences of Japanese generosity, and puzzling themselves with all sorts of impossible contrivances for stor ing them away on their arrival at Washington, in Mr. Pierce’s quarters, and speculating upon the possible effects of a prolonged diet of rice upon the warlike characteristics of the President’s kitch- en cabinet, the .attention of the Commodore and hi* party was suddenly riveted upon a body of monstrous fellows who* came tramping down the beach like so many huge elephants. They were professional wrestlers, and formed part of the retinue of the Japanese princes, who keep them for their private amusement and for public entertainments. They were twenty-five in all, and were men enor mously tall in st'ature and immense in weight of flesh. * Their scant costume—which was merely a colored cloth about the loins, adorned with fringes, and emblazoned with the armorial bearings of the prince to whose service each belonged—revealed their gigantic proportions, in all the bloated fifll ness of fat and breadth of muscle. Tlieir proprie tors, the princes, seemed proud of them, and were careful to show their points to the greatest advan tage before the astonished spectators. Some two or three of the huge monsters were the most fa mous wrestlers in Japan, and ranked as the cham pion Tom Cribs and livers of the land. Koyanagi, the reputed bully of the capital, was one of these, and paraded himself with conscious pride of supe rior immensity and strength. He was brought es pecially to the Commodore, that he might examine his massive form. The Commissioners insisted that the monstrous fellow* should be minutely in spected, that the hardness of his well-rounded muscles should be felt, and that the fatness of his cushioned frame should be tested by the touch. The Commodore accordingly attempted to grasp his arm, which he fonnd as solid as it was huge, and then passed his hand over the enormous neck, which fell, in folds of massive flesh, like the dew lap of a prize-ox. As some surprise was naturally expressed at this wonderous exhibition of animal development, the monster himself gave a grunt, expressive of his flattered vanity. They were all so immense in flesh, that they ap peared to have lost their distinctive features, and seemed only twenty-five masses of fat. Their eyes were barely visible through a long perspec tive of socket, tne prominence of their noses was lost in the puffiness of their bloated cheeks, and their hea*ds were almost. directly set upon their bodies, with only folds of flesh where the neck and, chin are usually founj. Their great size, however, was more owing to the development of muscle tnan to the mere deposition of fat; for al though they were evidently well-fed, they were not less well exercised and capable of great feats of strength. As a preliminary exhibition of the > power of these men, the princes set them to re moving the sacks of rice to a convenient place on the shore for shipping. All the sacks weighed one hundred and twenty-five pounds a piece, and there Were only a couple of the wrestlers who did hot each carry two sacks at a time. They bore the sacks on tne right shoulder, lifting the first from the ground themselves and adjusting it, but ob taining aid for the raising of the second. One man carried a sack suspended by his teeth, and another, taking one in his arms, kept turning re peated somersaults as he held it, and apparently with as much ease as if his tons of fle9h had been only so much gossamer, and his load a feather. After this preliminary display, the Commission ers proposed that the Commodore and his party should retire to the Treaty House, where they would have an opportunity of seeing the wrestlers exhibit their professional feats. The wrestlers themselves were most carefully provided for, hav ing constantly about them a number of attendants, who were always at hand to supply them with fans, which they often required, ana to assist them in dressing and undressing. While at rest, they were ordinarily clothed in richly adorned robes of the usual Japanese fashion; but when exercising, they were stripped naked, with the exception of the cloth about the loins. After the performance with the sacks of rice, their servitors spread upon the huge frames of the wrestlers their rich gar ments, and led them up to the Treaty House. A circular space of some twelve feet in diameter had been inclosed within a ring, and the ground •acefully broken up and smoothed in front of the building; while in the portico divans covered with red cloth were arranged for the Japanese Commis sioners, the Commodore, his officers, and their va- rious attendants. The bands from the ships were also present, and enlivened the intervals during Jthe performance with occasional stirring tunes. 1 * f As soon as the spectators had taken their seats, Tiliijtthe naked wrestlers were brought out into the ring, . - and the whole number being divided into two op * * posing parties, tramped heavily backward and for ward, looking defiance at each other, but not en gaging in any contest, as their object was merely to parade their points, to give the beholders, as it were, an opportunity to form an estimate of tlieir comparative powers, and to make up their betting books. They soon retired behind some screens placed for the purpose, where ail, with the excep tion of two, were again clothed in full dress, and took their position on seats in front of the specta tors. The two who had been reserved out of the band, now, on the signal being given by the heralds, presented themselves. They came in, one after another, from behind the screens, and walked with slow and deliberate steps, as became such huge animals, into the centre of the ring. Here they ranged themselves, one against the other, at a dis tance of a few yards. They stood for a while eye ring each other with a wary look, as if both were watching a chance to catch* their antagonist oft’his guard. As the spectator looked on and beheld these overfed monsters, whose animal natures had been so carefully and ..successfully developed, and as he watched them, glaring witn brutal ferocity at each other, ready to exhibit the cruel instincts of a savage nature, it was easy for him to lose all sense of their being human creatures, and to per suade himself he was beholding a couple of brute beasts thirsting for one another’s blood. They were, in fact, like a pair of fierce bulls, whose nature they had not only acquired, but even their look and movements. As they continued to eye each other, they stamped the ground heavily, pawing, as it were, with impatience, and then stooping their huge bodies, they grasped handfuls es tne earth, and flung it witu *an angry toss over their backs, or rubbed it impatiently between their massive palms or under their stalwart shoulders. They now crouched down low, still keeping their eyes fixed upon one another and watching each movement, and in a moment they had both simul taneously heaved their massive frames in oppos ing force, body to body, with a shock that might have stunned an ox.' The equilibrium of their monstrous persons was hardly disturbed by their encounter, the effect of which was but barely visi ble in the auiver of the hanging flesh of their bo dies. As tney came together, they had flung their brawny arms about each other, and were now en twined in a desperate struggle, with all their strength, to throw their antagonist. Their great muscles rose with the distinct outline of the sculp tured form of a colossal. Hercules, their bloated . faces swelled up with gushes of red Wood, which seemed almost to burst through the slnn Slid tteir huge bodies palpitated with savage emotion is the ‘ Wtrugge continued. At last, cne of the an»agqnistß • fell with his immense weight upon the ground, i and being declared vanquished, he was assisted to his feet and conducted from the ring. The scene was now somewhat varied by a change in the kind of contest between the two succeeding wrestlers. The he-.«.Hs, as before, summoned the antagonists, and one haying taken his place fn the ring, he assumed an attitude of defense, with one leg m advance as if to steady himself, and-hi»bo : dv, with his head lowered, placed m position as if to receive an attack. Immediately after, in rushed the other, bellowing loudly like a bull, ana, mak- > ing at once for the man in the ring, dashed, with his head lowered and thrust forward, against his < opponent, who bore the shock with the steadiness of a rock, although the blood streamed down his , face from his bruised forehead, which had struck in the encounter. This manoeuvre was re peated again and again, one acting always as the opposing and the other as the resisting force, and 1 thus they kept up this brutal contest until their fereheads were besmeared with blood, and the : flesh of their breasts rose in great swollen tumors from the repeated blows. This disgusting exhibi tion did not terminate until the whole tweßty-five had successively, m pairs, displayed their immense powers and savage qualities. From the brutal performance of the wrestlers, the Americans turn ed with pride to the exhibition to which the Ja panese Commissioners were now in their turn in vited, of those triumphs of civilization —the tele graph and the railroad. 1 To celebrate the occasion of the signing of the treaty, invitations to dinner were exchanged between the Commodore and the Japanese Com missioners. The American feast was to come off first, and accordingly on the day appointed the Powhattan was made resplendent, with all her streamers flying, and all the spare bunting tastily hung in fanciful devices about the decks and shrouds. A large number of officers from the va rious ships, in full uniform, gathered to assist as hosts during the festival, and the mariners and sailors were dressed up and grouped in the most effective manner. As the Japanese parly was to be large and composed of different ranks, it was found necessary to spread two tables, one in the cabin for the High Commissioners, and another 1 on the quarter-deck, beneath the awning, for the minor officials and subordinates. The Japanese guests arrived in due time and in great numbers, 1 there being no less than seventy in all, and were ‘ received wuh salvos of artillery from the various 1 ships, and a cheerful burst of music from the bands. The five Commissioners were conducted to the cabin, where they were entertained by the Com modore and several of his supperior officers. Yenoske, the interpreter, was also allowed, by special favor, to eat and drink in the august pres ence of his superiors, but only at a side tabic, where, however, he snowed, though inferior in dignity, that he was at least equal, if not superi or, in appetite to his betters. The Commodore had not long intended to give this banquet provi ded a successful result to bis negotiations should justify such a conviviality, and had accordingly kept in reserve half a score of bullocks, a large supply of Shanghae fowls, and a flock of sheep or so, for the occasion. These, together with the or- j dinary cabin stores of pates, preserved game, vari- j ous delicacies, and the unlimited resources of the Commodore’s French cook, served to spread a feast that was not only substantial and abounding, but choice and appetizing. Wines, liqueurs, and other more potent drinkables, of course, abound ed, and were by no means the least appreciated by the guests. The sweetness of the maraschino found great favor with the tastes of the Commis sioners, while its strength did not seem to raise J any serious objection, although its effect was very perceptible. The Japanese dignataries, with the exception of Haynshi-no-Kami, who ale and drank sparingly, proved themselves excellent trencher men ana “lair drinkers.” The jovial Mimi-Saki was soon lost to all sense of Japanese reserve, and passed rapidly, under the combined influence of Champagne, maraschino, and Monongahela whis ky, through all the gradations of bacchanalian delight, until he reached the stage of maudlin af fection, which he demonstrated rather inconveni ently by embracing his host, and very seriously damaging a new pair of gotden epaulets. The party on deck, which was much larger and more miscellaneous in rank and character, in the mean time, had become very uproarious, after having made way with unlimited supplies of solid food and numberless bowls of punch. Nor were the Japanese satisfied with what they so copiously and indiscriminately appropriated to their present appetite, but loaded tlieir persons with provisions for the future. The Japanese have a practice of carrying away with them por tion# of the feast where they liave been guests, and whenever the Americans were entertained by them, they were expected to do likewise. Each Japanese carries in a pocket within the breast of his robe, a supply of paper for the various pur poses or a pocket handercliief—for he has no oth er—bf taking notes, aDd of wrapping up the rem nants of a feast. To the dinner succeeded an Ethi opian entertainment, got up by the sailors and negro minstrelsy proved its catholicity of interest by being received by the Japanese with the same “unbounded applause” as in Broadway. A few days subsequently the Commodore and his officers were invited to a return feast by the Japanese Commissioners. The banquet was spread in the Treaty House, in the principal hall of which were arranged narrow benches covered with red crape. The tables were the same as the benches, and were raised to a convenient height for eating by a square laoquered stand placed be fore each guest. The guests having taken their seats, in accordance with their rank, the Commo dore and his suite being conducted to the dais where the Commissioners presided as hosts, and the other Americans being arranged along the ta bles in the lower apartment, the feast, after some preliminary compliments, began. A number of servitors at once thronged in,bearing upon lacquer ed trays several earthen cups. These contained a thick soup, which was accompanied by a supply of soy, or some other condiment. Soup succeeded soup,* and soup followed soup which seem ed to be the staple article of the entertainment. There was bat little difference of taste distinguisha ble by an American palate in these various dishes, and most of them seemed to have fresh fish as a chief constituent, large portions of which floated in the thick liquid. Between the services of soup, various sweetened confections and an abundant supply of gingerbread and other cakes were hand ed around, while the silver vessels which contain ed the national drink of sakee—a kind of whisky distilled from nee—were kept diligently replen ished. The sakee cups are mere thimbles in ca pacity, like those of Loo-Choo. but the Japanese nave acquired by practice such a facility in filling and emptying them, that they evident l y lose noth ing for want of larger goblets. Toasts and healths were passed and the whole assemblage soon be came happy and friendly. At the end of the din ner, a dish containing a boiled craw-fish, a piece of fried eel, and a square-shaped, jelly-like pud ■ ding, was served to each guest, with tne explana -5 tiou that he was to carry those articles with him, ■ or that they would be sent after him, as in fact was l done. The Japanese dinner, however, had left no ■ such agreeable impressions upon the Americans that they cared to nave any memorials to perpetu > ate its taste or memory. Japanese diet seemed > particularly meagre in comparison with American r fare, and soup, however desirable in its proper 1 place, was found to be but a poor substitute for a ' round of beef or a haunch of mutton. The Prince 7 Tous-Sima, who had the character of being, - like Talevrand, not only an expert diplomatist but -a finished gourmand, had brought all the resour ces of his own kitchen, under the immediate su • perintendence of his far-famed cook, to bear upon 1 the dinner, and yet the result was by no means j satisfactory to a vigorous nautical appetite. 7 The Japanese are naturally social, and freely f mingle in friendly intercourse with each other. 1 Woman, too, participates in the enjoyments of so • ciety with no more restriction than with us. Evc d uing parties are common to both sexes, where, as in the United States, the friendly cup of is i handed round, and the company is enlivened by i the usual gossip and amusements, such as music j and card playing. It is the jealous watchfulness , of the government alone which prevents the peo i r>le from the exercise of their natural companiona s ole dipositioh in a friendly communion with for r eigners. Polygamy does not prevail in Japan as r in other Oriental countries, and the natural effect . is a high appreciation of the female sex, and a p reverence lor the domestic virtues. Little was i seen of the women; but the Commodore, on one . occasion, had an opportunity of making the ac . quaintance of a circle of Japanese ladies, a visit to t w’hom is pleasantly described in the narrative pub • fished by the Government—a work from which we • have condensed several descriptions for this article. ****** The Commodore and his officers were con • ducted to the house of the mayor or chief uiag . istrate of the town. This dignitary, with great • cordiality, met and welcomed them to the hospi , talities of his establishment. The interior was. quite unpretending, consisting of a large room, spread with soft mats, lighted with oiled-paper windows, hung with ruaely-executed cartoons, and funushed with the usual red-colored benches. The wife and sister of the town official were pre sent, crouched on their knees in one comer o*' the apartment, and smiled a timid welcome to visit ors. These women were bare-footed and bare legged, and were dressed very nearly alike, in dark colored with much dPthe undress look of night-gowns, secured by a broad band passing round the waist. Their figures were fat and dumpy, or, at any rate, appeared so in their ungraceful drapery; Dut their faces were not wanting in expression, for which they were very much indebted to their eye 9, which were black as well as their hair, that was fastened up at the top of the head like that of the men, although not shaved in front. As their “ruby” lips parted of smiling graciously, they displayed a row in black teeth set' in 'horribly* corroded gums. The married women of Japan enjoy the exclusive privilege of dyeing their teeth, which is done with a mixture of urine, filings of iron, and sakee, termed ohagur or camri. This compound, as might be naturally inferred from its composition, is neither pleasantly per fumed 'nor very wholesome. It is so corrosive that, on applving it to the teeth, it is necessary to protect the more delicate structure of the gums and lips, for the mere touch of the odious stuff to the flesh burns it at once into a purple, gangrenous spot. In spite of the utmost care the gums become tainted, and lose their ruddy color and vitality. We should think that the practice was hardly conductive to connubial felicity, and it would be naturally inferred that all the kiss ing must be expended in the ecstacy of court ship. This compensation, however, is occasion ally lost to the prospective bridegroom, for it is not uncommon for some of the young ladies to inaugurate the *habit of blacking the teeth upon the poping of the question. The effects of this disgusting habit are more apparent from an other practice, which prevails with the Japanese as with our would-be civilized dames—that of painting the lips with rogue. The ruddy glow of the mouth brings out m greater contrast the blackness of the gums and teeth. Disastrous Fire in Nashville—Loss About $300,000. Au Extra fromMue of the Nashville Patrl ,.f t brings us the destructive fire on the fol- Ik n< / ing between two clock. Jffe origi nated in the Nashville Inn, above the oven in the kitchen, and had so fab progress**! when discovered and the alarm given, no human efforts could have arrested it. A very strong wind which was blowing from the North, drove the flames rapidly thrugh the house, the inmates barely having time to make their escape, and iu a few moments the whole building was in a blaze. The atmosphere was filled with floating flakes of fire, which were driven over the square and over the southern portion of the city down to Broad street. Large masses of these flakes fell upon the roof of the court house, and it was not long be fore that building was spouting up coluMNw fierce flame, contributing its thousands to the Mf ri&d sparks which poured over the city like a show er cf tire from heaven. I Before the Court House was more than iQtr i burnt the large warehouses on the corner of Mart ket street and the square, and on Market street, belonging to H. & 13. Douglas, and occupied by Hugh Douglas, also took tire, and in Succession the stores of 11. G. Scovil, druggist, Strickler & Ellis, and Gardner, Shepherd & Co., on the square, shared the same fate, the lofty brick wall Os Mor gan A Co.’s store checking the. further progress of | the fire in that direction. Mr. Douglas lost nearly all of the large stock of dry goods, Ac., he had in store, but we arc pleased to state that his books and papers, of half a million iu value, were all saved. The buildings he occupied were owned jointly by himself ana his brother 15. Douglas. The 'division wall of Evans 4 Co.’s beautiful store east of the Inn, put a stop to the march of the flames on that side. We make cur summary of the total losses as follows: Douglas A Co • • • 076,000 Court House Gardner, Shepherd A Co 10,WO Strickler, Ellis A Co 5,000 H. Ewing .••••• ».*» W. R. Eiliston °.ooo H. G. Scovil *5,000 Eiliston A Evans, (Inn.) -• • 10,000 S. J. Carter U‘,ooo Guests at the Inn 0,000 Hollins A Co • Evans ACo * • 1,500 $285,000 According to the best information we have been able to obtain, the following are the losses of the various Insurance offices: ' ' ' Phil*. Offices, Douglas A Co SBO,OOO New York 10 >™9 Memphis JJMES /Etna, Hartford 10,000 do. do. other losses 10,000 Tenn. Eire and Marine, Nashville P • 25,000 Commercial, Nashville 18,500 United Firemen’s, Nashville v 10,500 Protection 2,000 Total • .$171,000 War with England. The following sensible article is from the Lon don Daily Telegraph: “Those who are disposed to attach but little value to the preservation of peace with the United States, should carefully examine the Blue Book which has recently appeared. They will there find the value of the exports to foreign countries, in the year 1854, of the products of the United Kingdom, was as follows: • To Russia £ 54,301 Sweden and Norway 736,808 Prussia '... 798,434 Hanse Towns .7,413,715 Holland 4,573,034 Belgium .1,408,932 France 3,17 6,290 Portugal 1,370,603 Spain .1,270,464 Cuba and other Spanish Islands T. 1,088,150 Egypt 1,253,353 Brazil 2,891,840 Buenos Ayres 1,207,125 Chili 1,421,055 Peru 949,880 China, (exclusive of Hongkong) 582,0011 United States of America 21,127,831 Total £51,277,054 Thus we are furnished with a result which should \ always be prominent in the public eye of every . patriotic Briton, that the United States consume ' £21,127,031 of the industrial products of these isles, while the other foreign countries designated, . take only £30,159,503. The declared value of raw cotton imported into . the United Kingdom in 1344 was £20,173,893. The declared value of the cotton goods exported dnr , iug the same year, including cotton twist, was > £31,745,851. No one is so ignorant as not to know i where and in what manner this cotton was produe . ed, upon which, after supplying ourselves and. our 1 Colonies with the manufactures proceeding from j it, we are enabled to furnish the rest of the world r with a surplus to the amount of £11,570,484. t \Ve are hapyy to perceive that the Times has 2 ceased to rail against America since we undertook 7 to expose its absurdities. \V e shall expect (to see [ it, ere long, advocating with ourselves the true . British policy of an entire abstinence froift inter . ference, directly or indirectly, in the affairs of our a trans-Atlantic kindred. 8 Steamboat Burnt—Georgians Lost! Mr. B. H. Clark, formerly of Troup county, Ga., writes us from Alexandria, La., (April 5,) that a f fracas occurred on board the steamboat Bellfair, ■ about three miles above the junction of the Red " and Mississippi rivers, between the Irish boat ' hands and the deck passengers. The captain im -8 mediately commanded the peace, and order was 9 restored until the boat reached the Mississippi, 1 when the tight again commenced, resulting in bloody work on both sides. During the fracas, or 9 shortly thereafter, the boat took fire and was de stroyed, making a loss of $14,000 for the owners to ‘ bear. Among the deck passengers lost—either in ' the flames or by drowning—the following from 9 this State are named: J. B. Taylor, of Macon ‘ county, Ga.; N. G. Rise, of Pike county, Ga.; John 9 C. Mathews, of Randolph county, Ga.; John G. 9 Hoge, of Upson county, Ga., and'B. M. Johns, of ; Pike county, Ala. —OoluinJiiis Enquirer. i Turning the Tables Really.—There was a - grand “row” lately at a lecture in Paris. Police : agents in plain clothes were present; they made a . mark with chalk on the backs of the most uproari ous of the students so that they might be known and arrested when they left the nail; (he stiv ■ dents detected the manoeuvre, and slyly chalked i the police agents, when the officers left the place, ■ the Sergens de Ville arrested them, lodged them i in prise*, and kept them there for a day and a , night. From, the Baltimore bun. Congressional* THIRTY-rOURTB CONGRESS —FIRST SESSION. 'Washington, April U,— Senate.— Mr. Harlan presented an affidavit front Col. Lano on the sub ject of the Kansas memorial, presented the other day by Mr. Cass, which the Senate refused to re- C< Mr! Harlan said that respect for the Senate re quired him to explain why he should present the second time a memorial from the members oftao provisional legislature of Kansas. He alluded to the charge made on Thursday that ttie paper, with the signatures, were all in the same hand writing, aud which was the reason of its . being calk'd an impudent forgery. To his mind it was the same thing if his name was attached to a paper by his authority in the hand writing of another, as it he had written it himself. Again, if the paper was a copy of the originaFmemorial, the establishment of that fact wonld be proof of its authenticity. ne thought it would be a little strange to argue against the authenticity of the Bible, because we were unable to lay our hands on the original parch ments, as they came from the hands of the pa triarchs, prophets and apostles,, although those parchments have been copied millions of times, and translated into various languages, there were but a few who doubted the genuineness of the Bible on that account. Mr. Harlan proceeded to tell who James H. Lane is. The first fact about him was that he was a Democrat, not by conversion, for he seemed to have been conceivgdtand brought forth a Demo crat. His father>mos lame, was thrice speaiter of the Indiana lMuse of Representatives, on the Democratic side, a member of Congress, and u wheel horse cf General Jackson s administration. Mr. Harlan proceeded to trace the career of Col. Lane from his appointment as Postmaster under Van Bureu, down to the present tune. He stated his services in the Mexican war, and alluded to his having been a Democratic elector for Pierce and K At'one o’clock the chair called up the special Mr.’Douglas moved to postpone the considera tion of the special order, bo as to let Mr. Harlan finish his remarks. When he could obtain the floor he intended to object to the reception of the papers presented by Mr. H., and stated that he was prepared so show conclusively that the other petition was a forgery, to ail intents and pui- Weller wanted to know when the Pacific railroad bill wonld come up. Three weeks ago i t had been inpde the special order for to-day, and it it was laid over until to-morrow it would interfere with the Senator from Alabama, I Mr. Clay), who had the floor on the Kansas question. Mr Douglas urged that this subiect ought to be disposed of without delay, and his motion being &S Mr d Harlan proceeded with his remarks, in the course of which he alluded to Mr Butler,as being familiar with the names of Hector, Pnam and Nestor, the heroes of the Trojan war, but said lie seemed to be more ignorant of the heroes who had fought the battles of his own country. Mr. Butler said that he lmd sometimes illustra ted his remarks bv allusion to the Iliad, and ho d-d not know but iliat the exploits of the bottle of Buena Vista would be set to verse, and be styled SiinidJ. ; Laughter.] He nsked pardon of the Senator from lowa for using the word “gremnun in his remarks; for lie said he knew about as much of Latin as Mr. Harlan did of English. [Laugh ter. 1 Mr. Douglas stated the reasons why he objected to the reception of the document that tiie Senate had once rejected it, and which it was now at tempted to re-introduce here. As to the Democ racy of Col. Lane he hud nothing, to say now that he had fallen from grace. So were Francis P. Blair and Andrew J. Donelson Democrats once but nobody would regard them 11s such now when one of them wasj a leader of the Black Republi cans, and the oilier was flic Know Nothing candi date for Vice President. He called the document a forgery because it had been materially changed since its reputed signers saw it. Mr. Wade replied to what he termed the pet tifogging arguments of Mr. Douglas. Mr. Pugh said that if the General Assembly of Kansas should adopt the report of the committee of supervision, and send as prepared by them to the Senate, properly signed anil authenticated, it would then be time enough to receive it. Mr. Hale said that Col. Lane had been accused of fraud or forgery, and his character assailed by various Senators. What did Mr. I-ane dot He went home and prepared a statement explaining anti vindicating his character, and praying that his former memorial be received. The question was; shall a man who is accused be heard in his own defense ? If the explanation should be deem ed satisfactory, then the- Senate could decide lqinn granting his prayer and receiving his memorial, which had been rejected. Mr. Wilson said that Mr. Douglas had indulged ill partizan catch-words unworthy of the Senate. The term Black Republicans had been applied to the friends of freedom. But between this and that of border ruffian Democrats the former were ready to take issue before the country. It was under the malign influence of Daniel Atchmson, a border ruffian, that secret societies were organized in Mis souri to plant slavery- in Kansas. The Senator from Illinois said lie would beat us down, but lie can subdue us never! He shall have a majority of members here and in the other House, and a mail at the other end of Pennsylvania avenue at the head of tile government of the oouuiry, conducting it on true Democratic principles. [Laughter.] No doubt of it. Mr. Douglas replied, explaining that he had used the word “subdue” as applicable to the traitors and rebels in Kansas. He had used the word “black” to designate the Republicans, because everv clause in tueir platform relates to the negro question; and as a substitute for defunct National Republicans, what more appropriate? Those principles are sectional and not avowed in the slave States. Mr. Wilson—interrupting—said he addressed a large meeting in a Citv Hall in Delaware, on Sat urday, and laid down the doctrines of the Repub lican partv freely and plainly, which were general ly assented to there. The Republicans claim that their principles are national, and they will advo cate them in every section of the Union. Mr. Douglas replied that lie trusted wherever avowed they will oe as boldly avowed in the South as in the North. As to the increase of Black Re publican members of Congress, it was accom plished by fusion. The Democratic Presidential candidate’ will take issue with that of the Black Republicans of every branch of the latter’s princi ples, and will boldly go before the country on the Nebraska and Kansas act, and the important doc trines it involves. He refuted what he termed Abolition libels and foul slanders on him, in vented for partisan and malicious purposes, owing to his course on the Nebraska and Kansas hill- Mr. Wilson, alluding to Mr. Douglas’ remarks about amalgamation, said thecharge usually comes from men with the odor of amalgamation on themselves. | Laughter.j He [Mr. Wilson] knew no reason why a man, because feeble, should be degraded by unjust and unequal laws. He did not disown tlie'name of Abolitionism. John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Jay, Hamilton, Franklin, and the men who framed the Constitu te,n aud carried us through tire fire and blood of the revolution were Abolitionists. The Republi can party opposes slavery every where, but lie would rather die in his place than interfere wilh it in the States. The people of Kansas were not re bels, but were law-abiding. He thought Mr. Douglas had a hard road to-travel, and would re alize that those for whom he fought cannot afford to be generous; and would find to be true the re mark of a once eminent politician: “ Gratitude is a lively sense of favors to come.” Mr.'Steuart deprecated the discussion of the delicate and exciting question of slavery here by those whose openly avowed object is to grasp the reins of power. It has been seized with the avidi ty that hungry hounds rush upon a carcass. It grieved him to see urgent business of the country neglected for such unworthy purposes. He thought the remark of Mr. Wilson, that “ the South can not be kicked out of the Union,” should have been reserved for some other place or occasion. Mr. Wilson explained—l said that men who threaten to dissolve the Union cannot be kicked out. I did not use the word South, but I think we shall have no trouble. At the instance of Mr. Steuart, the motion to receive Mr. Lane’s petition was then tabled. Y'eas—Messrs. Allen, Benjamin, Briggs, Bigler, Bright Brown, Bntler, Cass, Clayton, Dodge, Douglas, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Hunter, Iverson, James, Jones of lowa, Jones of Tennessee, Pugh, Reid, Rusk, Sebastian, Slidell, Steuart, Toombs, Toucev, Weller, Wriglit, Yulee— 2S. Nays—Messrs. Collamer, Durkee, Foot, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Seward, Sumner,Trumbull, Wade and Wilson—ll. Adjourned. House or Representative?.— The committee on elections was discharged from the further con sideration of the memorial of Mr. Faber, cobtest ing the seat of Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana. Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, asked leave to submit, a resolution closing the present session on the 14th of July. of Maine, said that this was j iatendc&lP smother the Kansas investigation. The House* retused to suspend the rules to re ceive the resolution—yea* 85, nays 57; not two thirds. * * | Mr. Ball asked, but did not obtain leave to of fer a resolution directing the committee on the 1 judiciary to inquire into the propriety of the en- J actmcnt of a law to prohibit, under appropriate - penalties, polygamy in the territories of tne Uni- j ted States. * .| 1 The House refused to suspend the rules—yeas i BG, nays 50, not two-thirds. The House resolved itself into a committee of | the whole on the state of the Union, and resum ed the ''ousidcration of the Senate’s amendments , - to the deficiency appropriation bill. That appro- j priating SBOO,OOO for continuing the Washington I acqneduct was discussed, but not disposed of j when the committee rose, and the muse ad- < journed. Forty Lipan Indians Killed. The San Autonio Texan t of the Sd inst., publish- j ■ es instructions from General Vidanrri to the Mexi can commanders on the Rio Grande frontier, to j . take strenuous measures against the Lipan Indians j ! in Mexico to drive them into submission before \ new difficulties arise with the State of Texas, and also a communication from Gen. Vidanrri to Lieut. ' Col. Ruggles, commanding officer at Fort McTn tosh, Texas, covering the instructions, and express ing the hope that the friendly dispositisn evinced . by Mexico will not be misunderstood by our Gov ernment. The Te.rdn publishes a letter dated Laredo, March 25, which says : I know to a certainty that Col. Juan Zuazua ( has left Lampazos with about one hundred and eighty men, by the orders of V'daurri, to pursue the party of the Lipan tribe who had some time since established -themselves between the Rio Grande aud the Salado, committing numberless depredations on both banks of the river. i It is said that the whole force will amount to about four hundred men, who will concentrate in the town of Rosas to begin a campaign of exter mination against the Lipans. The Texan has also the annexed important m- | j telligence: , . _ Bv favor of Mr. J. B. Riche, a merchant of ban Fernando, just arrived in our city, we learn that the Mexican Col. Zuazua with> force of four bun- • dred men, has surprised, at the break of day, a Lipan camp, and taKcn prisoners the whole party, amounting to about one hundred and sixty persons, of every sex and age. On his way to Monterey, the men having evinced some disposition to muti ny, forty of them were shot on the snot. It is assured that Vidanrri has ordered that the prisoners shall be kept in th£ fortress at Perote and in the castle of San Juan de Ulna. The civil aud military authority on the frontier of the Rio Bravo, have ordered out all the men able to mpunt on horseback, wUtch the passes, and thus effect the extermination of the remains of the Lipan tribe. This intelligence is gratifying, as giving evi dence of a disposition on the part of the Mexican authorities to do whatever they, can to avoid diffi cutties with us, growing out of Indian incursions from their Territory on the peaceable settlers of the Texan frontier.—A r . o.l‘L\, April 13. Responsibility.— For the punctual discharge of private obligations, and for the due transaction of public business ami fulfillment of public trust?, there is a too prevalent opinion that pecuniary re sponsibility is the one thing needful. So long as a borrower is supposed to be possessed of property from which the debt may be collected in the last resort, or so long as a man occupying an important office shall give bonds for the right discharge of his duties, people arc disposed to extend their in quiries no further. Character, and that alone, should be the founda tion of credit, whether private or public. A man should be trusted for his honesty and fidelity, not for his money. No man should be allowed to be come the incumbent of a responsible office, where much of public property is intrusted to his keep ing, merely because he can procure the requisite security. The man in whose hands it would be unsafe to trust a half a million of public funds without security, is equally unsafe with it; where there is a disposition to be dishonest means an always found by the scoundrel functionary to save his friends and yet rob the public. When assistants are employed by merchants, brokers and bankers, the defense of the employers in their integrity is seldom based upon any securi ty other than their own honesty. To base confi dence on bonds and pecuniary securities, degrades fidelity to a mere consideration of interest, which will, of itself, in the end, produce the bad result that was sought to be avoided. There are men in evttv community whose first and constant aim is tdfbe strictly, scrupulously and conscientiously houfcst in all their dealings, who would as soon thin* of throwing themselves into the Mississippi as of appropriating to them selves anything but what belongs to them. The temptation of a hundred thousand dollars to such men is no more than that of a dollar. Their in tegrity forms a part of their nature—it has grown with their growth and strengthened with their strength—you cannot separate it from them. It is often connected with an exactness in lesser pe cuniary matters which tends to render it odious to the unthinking, but of this despised parsimony honesty is the foundation. Such men are careful how they risk rashly their means of discharging their duties to their creditors or to society. They are seldom speculators, seldom brilliant finan ciers, but their word is as good as their bond, and their bond is as good as gold. It is the duty of society to select their public servants from men of this class; it is high time that honesty should be the first requisite to public trust and public employment. There would be less difficulty in finding this attribute were a due value set upon it and public attention turned to it with a proper spirit. The right material for pub lic employment is abundant enough, but it is gen erally accompanied with a modesty which renders it necessary to find it out and call it out. The men of integrity are the truly great men in ever}’ State, but this greatness is from its own nature entirely unostentatious, aud even remains in obscurity. jY. O. Courier. United Living Children.—On the 4th of April, 1855, one of the rarest cases of double formation occurred in St. Petersburg Foundling Hospital— namely, two girls growing together by the skulls, which still live, and so far, appear to be in good health. Os all the cases of this kind hitherto known, (of which there are seven), the union of the two individuals was never that kind to bring the face of one child directly opposite the face of the other. These twins are so united that if the middle line of the face of one child be prolonged from the nose, this would strike upon the ear of the other. Through the mobility of the necks the two children really lie in a straight line, one girl lying on the back, the other on the side, aud they ! thus sleep. The face of oue child is quite symme trical as far as the forehead, and it is the first in . the formation of the skull that the want of symtne , try appears. In the face of the other, the right half is much shortened, and the eye of this side opens less than the other. The two children pos sess a perfectly independent existence from each ’ other as relates to sleeping, want of food, &c. The ’ one sleeps qttieflv, while the other takes nourish ments or looks about. Common sensibility does , not appear to exist, since in cases of this kind the brains and nerves of each individual are preserved ; distinct. Not so always with the blocu vessels. Once one child screaming loud awoke its sister. The face of the screaming child became suffused aud reddened deeply, while the other was still ! asleep. Then the Face of the other began to red ! den and s well, and it was only after this that it opened its eyes. The features of the two children, , especially tbe one whose face is not shortened, are very pleasing. _ An Enormous Blast.—The English papers give ’ the details of a monster blast which was let off a few weeks since at the new harbor works at Holy head. It is said it required the labor of six men in its formation for ten months, and a charge of six tons and a half of powder to explode it. The quantity of stone loosened by the blast was calcu latcd at sixty thousand tons. FEMALE TEACHER WANTED. OWING to a family affliction, our Teacher is compelled to leave us. We are desirous of supplying her place by the first of April. The School is prosperous and promises to improve. Apply to F. S. JOHNSON, 1 T ,, or A. KINGMAN, i trustees. Clinton, Ga., March '2oth, 1856. c 3 mh29 FOR SALE^ •fl AAA ACRES of LAND, lying JL "W in Jefferson county, on the waters of Big Creek, adjoining lands of A.X Ilambo, John A. Jordan and Col. John McKinney. There are on the place a Dwelling, Negro Houses, ■ Giu House and other out buildings, all in good re pair. Refer to Henry D. Greenwood, Jon A. Bothwell, and also Henry 'Saxon, on the premises, who will i show the Land. ctf ocl4 BY WHYTE & CO. Executrix* On the first TUESDAY in MAY next*before the- Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, wilk , be sold, under an order from the Ordinary of Rich mond county, four Negroes—Rosannab, Sar^i, Rachel and Amelia. Sold as the property o. the late Robert F. Foe, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms cash. mh2l ctd ELIZA 11.I 1 . POE, Esecutnx. BY LOUIS D. DESAUSURE. Farm. Tannery, and Saw Mill in Ualertkan Court-* ty> Georgia. For sale, a well settled FARM, in Habersham County, Georgia, about three miles from the vil lage of Clarksville, and eight miles from the Tal— lulali Falls, containing about 310 acres, about pne- - half of which is cleared and improved, and is good provision land. On the placets a complete Tanning establishment, the machinery of which is - worked by ample water power. Bark is abundant in the neighborhood. Adjoining the Tannery is a - Saw Mill, which is in successful operation,, with a good business. There is also a good .or chard on the premises. The greater portion ot. the tract is under fence. —ALSO— A TRACT OF LAND, near the above, contain ing about 250 acres, which is well timbered with oak and pine, for supply of Tannery and Saw Mill.. With the Farm will be sold, if desired, the Pro visions, Stock, Farming Utensils, Furniture, &c. For further particulars, apply as above, in» Charleston, or to J. VAN BUREN, Esq. ap9 WactjelS Clarksville, Ga. TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. Georgia and Florida R. R. Co., ) Albany, Ga., April 7th, 185 G. f PROPOSALS will be received until the Ist day of MAY, 1856, to complete the Georgia mid Florida Railroad between Americas and Al— ! banv, by the first day of January next, or at a time not later than July Ist, 1857, viz: Ist. To furnish Stringers 6 by 9 of sawed heart pine, and to lay the track 12 miles southward from the junction with the South-Western Railroad at Americus, by the fir»t day of October, 185 G. 2d. To finish the Grading not under contract — furnish Cross-ties, Stringers, Wood Culverts, Ma sonry, 100 feet of Truss, and 500 feet of Trestle Bridging, and lay the Track to Albany, about 23 miles, by the first day of January next, dr at, a time not later than July 1,1557. Bids will be considered for Cash for Bonds ct ‘ the Company; and for Stock, or for ptoportions pi j either. Profile and Specifications iqay-be seen at the office. liy order of the Board of Directors. % NELSON TIFT, President. • j F. O. Welch, Scc’y.' dItlAC‘2 apll ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD coMtany. WTOTICE is hereby given that Books of Sv.fc il scription to the Capital Stock of the Atlantic } and Gulf Railroad, will oe opened on MONDAY, the 12th of MAY next, and remain open for three months thereafter, at the following places aud un der the superintendence of the following named Commissioners, to-wH t At Milledgeville—Messrs. Nisbet, Bailey, and. Howard. At Macon—Messrs. Bond and Nisbet. At Atlanta—Messrs. Calhoun aud Hamilton. At Coiumbus—Messrs. Jones and Howard. At Albany—Messrs. Lawton and Collier. At Bainbridge—Mr. Munnerlyn. At Newton—Messrs. Colquitt and Lawton. At Fort Gaines—Messrs. MeCrea and Crawford At Blakely—Messrs. Crawford and MeCrea. At Morgan—Messrs. Collier, Crawford and'Col' quitt. At Troupville—Mr. Knight. At Wares boro’—Messrs. Knight and Stafford. At Magnolia—Mr. Atkinson. At Thomasville—Messrs. Young and Ponder. At Brunswick—Messrs. Couper end Spalding. At Isabella—Messrs. Lawton and Collier. At Augusta—Messrs. Jenkins and Milledge. At Savannah.—Messrs. Screven, Hodgson ar.d Anderson, and that they be also authorized to ob tain subscription from the counties of Appling, Coffee, Telfair and Irwin. And that Messrs. Collier, MeCrea, Lawton and Crawford.be authorized to obtain subscriptions in. Randolph and Lee counties. Bv authority of the Commissioners. JOHN W. DUNCAN, Secretary cf the Board. Milledgeville, April 8, ISs<s. * c 4 ap9 ~THE BANK OF ATHENS. " T ~ THE undersigned Commissioners will open a Book for subscriptions to the Capital Stock of the Bank of Athens, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of April, and on THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the Ist, 2d and 3d days of Mav, 1853,. in the town of Athens, at the store of John I. Hug gins, between the hours of nine in the morning, and one in the afternoon, on each of said days. The subscribers to said stock must be citizens of Georgia. Subscriptions can be made by Agent or Attorney, duly authorized. No money will be re quired to be paid at the time of subscription, but it will be left to be regulated by the Directors. As soon as the stock is taken, the Commissioners will convene the Stockholders for the purpose of organ ization, by giving ten days notice in the papers of Athens, according to the Charter. WM. L. MITCHELL, 5 JOHN BILLUPS, STEVENS THOMAS, [ r. nracWa JOHN H. NEWTON, Corns ners. JAMES S. ENGLAND, ] } PETER A. SUMMEY, J aps c 3 NOTICE TO BUILDERS. PROPOSALS will be received by the under signed, until Tuesday the Gth day of May next, 12 o’clock, M., for building a Brick Court House, two stories high, G 2 by Go feet, in the town of Sandersvilie, Washington county, Georgia, ac cording to plans and specifications which may be examined at the office of A. P. Wetter, Architect, in Savannah, until the 14th day of April, and at the office of the Clerk of the Inferior Court ot Washington county, from the 15th day of April until the Gth day of May, at 9 o’clock, A*. M. Bids will be received for the Brick and Stone M jonry,. Carpentry and Joinery, Tin and Copper Woi k, and Plastering, separately;galso, for the whole building complete, in all its parts. The Court will reserve the right to determine between bidders, without reference to price. Payments to be made quarter Iv, upon estimates of the Architect, in Bonds cf tlie county, bearing 7 per cent, interest, and pay able on the 2<»th December in each of the years 1856-’57 and ’SB, reserving 20 per cent, until the building is completed, for the faithful performance of the work, the work to be under the immediate* supervise of A. P. Wetter, Architect. SAMUEL ROBISON, J. I. C. BRYANT O’QUIN.J.I.C. JAMES R, TAYLOR, J. I. C. ap‘2 c 3 ~~ TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. Engineer’s Office Blue Ridge Railroad, ) Anderson, So. Ca., March 25tli 185 G. j SEALED PROPOSALS will berecived at' this office until 12 M. on Thursday, may 15th,. 185 G, for the construction of ONE TU'NNEL, five thousand eight hundred and eighty feet in length. ONE TUN NEL,]t wo thousand feet—ONE TUNNEL, nineteen hundred and fifty feet, and TWO, four hundred feet each. Also, lor the masonary of the piers and abutments of TEN BRIDGES, compris ing about twelve thousand cubic yards. Also, for about four thousand feet of Tressel Works, includ ing the Timber and driving the Piles. The Company reserve the righv to reject any pro posals and require bidders to givt satisfactory se curity for the faithful execution, according to con tract, of the work they may undertake. Plans and specifications may be seen, and the time for completing, and all other information ob tained, at the office of the Engineer, on and after the sth May. WALTER GWYNN, Chief Engineer B. R. R. R. in S. C. ap2 ct> SCHOOL. 77 THE Exercises of the Academy located .in Richmond county, near Tooinbs P. 0., will' be opened, under the direction of Mr. LEWIS D. PALMER, on the second Monday in FEBRUARY. The country is remarkable for health, and freedom from temptation. The English Branches, with the Latin and Greek Languages, will be taught for the term —comprising twenty-two weeks—at the fol lowing rates: Primary Branches $lO 00 Common English Branc hes. 14 OCT Language and Higher English 18 00 Board may be had in good families, at eight do!-' lars per month. JAMES PALMER, > T . jan3o cZm A. M. ALLEN. j Tmtees -