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SATURDAY, FEB. IQ.
The Yeas and Ways on the Harris Reso
lution in the House ol Representa
tives.
On the motion of Mr. Stephen's, of Georgia, to
refer the message of the President upon the Le
eompton Constitution, together with the pSpcrs
accompanying it, to the Committee on Territories,
the rotes were as follows:
Tan—Messrs. Abl, Anderson, Arnold, Atkins,
Arerv Barksdale, Bishop, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
Branch Bryan, Burnett, Burns, Caskie, Horace F.
Clark John B. Clark, Clay, Clemens, Clingman,
Cobb ’John Cochrane, Corning, James Craig, Bur
ton C&aige, Crawford, Carry, Davidson, Davis, of
Mississippi, Diinmick, Dowdell, Edmundson, El
liott Eustis. Faulkner, Florence, Garnett, Gartrell,
Gilli’s, Gilmer, Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch,
Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler,
Jackson. Jenkins, Jewett, George W. Jones, J.
Glancv Jones, Keitt, Kelly, Jacob M. Kunkel, La
mar, Landv, Letcher, Maclay, McQueen, Humphrey
Marshall, Mason, Maynard, Miles, Miller, MiUson,
Moore, Niblack, Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell,
Quitman. Ready, Reagan, Ricaud, Ruffin, Russell,
Sandidge, Savage, Scales, Scott, Searing, Seward,
Henry M. Shaw, Shorter, Sickles, Singleton, Sam’l.
A. Smith, William Smith, Stallworth, Stephens,
Stevenson, James A. Steward, Talbot, George
Taylor, Miles Taylor, Trippe, Dnderwood, Ward,
Warren, Watkins, White, Whitelev, Winslow,
Woodson, Wortendvke, Augustus R. Wright, John
V r . Wright, and Zollicoffer—ll3.
Aavs Messrs. Abbott, Adrian, Andrews, Ben
nett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton,
Butfiaton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Campbell,
Case, Chaffee, Chapman, Ezra Clark, Clawson,
Clark B. Cochrane, Cockerill, Colfax, Comins, Co
yode, Cox, Cragin, Curtis, Damrell, Davis of Mary
land. Davis of Indiana, DaTis of Massachusetts,
Davis of lowa, Dawes, Dean, Dcwart, Dick, Dodd,
Durfee, Edie, English, Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley
Foster, Giddmgs, Gilman, Gooch, Goodwin, Gran,
gqg, Groesbeck, Grow, Lawrence W. Hall, Robert
B. Hall, Harlan, Thomas L. Harris, Haskin, Hick
man, Hoard, Horton, Howard, Owen Jones, Kel
logg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, John C. Kunkel,
Lawrence, Leach, Leiter, Lovejoy, McKibbin, Sam
uel S. Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrill, Ed
ward Jov Morris, Isaac N. Moms, Freeman H.
Morse, Oliver A. Morse, Mott, Murray,Nichols,Olio,
Palmer, Parker, Pendleton, Pettit, Pike, Potter,
Pottle, Pumance, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts,
Royce, Aaroa Shaw, John Sherman, Judson W.
Sherman, Robert Smith, Spinner, Stanton, Wil
liam Stewart, Tappan, Thayer, Thompson, Tomp
kins, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Walton, Cad
walader C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel
Washburn, Wilson, and Wood—ll 4.
This motion, it will be observed, was lost by one
rote only, and would have prevailed if a eouthem
number, Henrt Winter Davis, of Maryland, the
American Representative of the city of Baltimore,
tor whom one of the American Representatives
from this State voted for the office of Speaker, had
BOt voted with the Black Republicans against it.
Mr. Stephens’ motion having been thus disposed
of, the amendment of the Hon. Thomas L. Harris,
of Illinois, to the resolution of Mr. Hughes, of In
diana, proposing to refer the message to a select
committee of thirteen, was then taken up. The
amendment originally introduced by Mr.
was withdrawn on Friday, the sth instant, and the
following, upon which the vote on Monday was
taken, was substituted in its place:
Seeolofd, That the message of the President, en
closing the Constitution framed at Lecompton, in
the Territory of Kansas, by a convention of dele
gates thereof, and the papers accompanying the
same, be referred to a select committee of fifteen,
to be appotnted by the Speaker, and that said com
mittee be instructed to enquire into all the facts
connected with the formation of said Constitution
and the laws under which the same was origina
ted, and into all such facts aud proceedings as have
transpired since the formation of said Constitution
haring relation to the question of the propriety of
the admission of said Territory into the Union
under said Constitution, and whether the same is
acceptable and satisfactory to a majority of the'
legal voters of Kansas, and that said committee
have power to send for persons and papers.
amendment was adopted by ’.be following
Feat— Messrs. Abbott'Adrian, Andrews, ften
uett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, ltUss, Bravton,
Buffinton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case,
Chaffee, Chapman, Ezra Clark, Clawson, Clark B.
Cochrane, Coekerill, Colfax, Comins, Corode, Cox,
Cragin, Curtis, Damrell, Davis of Maryland, Davis
of Indiana, Davis of Massachusetts, Davis of
lowa, Dawes, Dean, Dewart, Dick, Dodd, Dorfee,
Edie, English, Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley, Foster,
Giddings, Gilman, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger,
Groesbeck, Grow, Lawrence W. Hall, Robert B.
Hall, Harlan, Thomas L. Harris, Haskin, Hickman,
Hoard, Horton, Howard, Owen Jones, Kellogg,
Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, John C. Kunkell, Law
rence, Leach, Letter, Lovejoy, MoKibbin, Samuel
S. Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrill, Ed
ward Joy Morris, Isaac N. Morris, Freeman H.
Morse, Oliver A. Morse, Mott, Murray, Niblack,
Nichols, Oltn, Palmer, Parker, Pettit, Pike, Potter,
Pottle, Purviance, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts,
Royce, Aaron Shaw, John Sherman, Judson W.
Sherman, Robert Smith, Spinner, Stanton, William
Stewart, Tappan, Thayer, Thompson, Tompkins,
Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Walton, Cadnalader
C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Wash
burn, W list in, and Wood—ll 4.
Hayt— Messrs. Ahl, Anderson, Arnold, Atkins
Avery, Barksdale, Bishop, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
Braneli, Brian, Burnett, Burns, Caskie, John B.
Clark, Clai, Clemens, Clingman, Cobb, John
Cochrane, Carning, James Craig, Burton Craige,
Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Davis of Mississippi,
Dimmick, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, Eustis,
Faulkner, Florence, Garnett, Garitell, Gillis,
Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill,
Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler, Jackson, Jen
kins, Jewett, George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones,
Keitt, Kelly, Jacob H. Kunkel, Lamar, Landy,
Letcher, Alaclay, McQueen, Humphre Marshall,
Mason, Maynard, Miles, Miller, Mitlson, Moore,
Pendleton, Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quit
man, Readv, Reagau, Ricaud, Ruffin, Russell, San
didge, Savage, scales, Scott, Searing, Seward,
Henry M. Shaw, Shorter, Sickles, Singleton, Sam
uel A. Smith, William Smith, Stalworui, Stephens,
Stephenson, James A. Stewart, Talbot, George
Taylor, Miles Taylor, Trippe, Underwood, Ward,
Warren, Watkins, White, Whitely, Winslow,
Woodson, Wortendyke, Augustus' R. Wright,
John V. Wright, and Zollieoffer—lll.
We have made a hurried analysis of this vote,
from which we gather the following facts:
Joan A. Gilmer, the American representative
from North Carolina, who appears to have been
present in the Hall, as his name is recorded among
the yeas on Mr. Stephens’ motion, did not vote
upon the proposition of Mr. Harris.
Henry Winter Davis, one of the American
representatives from Maryland, and Francis P.
Blair, the Black Republican representative from
fte district in Missouri, which embraces the city
of St. Louis, were the only members from slave
States who voted for the amendment of Mr. Har
ris.
Os the fifty four Democratic Representatives
from free States, twenty three voted with the Black
Republicans for the amendment—twenty eight
voted with the South against it, and three were
absent.
Os the fifteen Democrats in the Pennsylva
nia delegation, two were absent—eight voted
against the amendment and five for it. These five
were Messrs. Hickman, Chapman, Dewart, Mont
eoMßßT and Owen Jones.
The members absent or not voting, (Mr. Orr, of
South Carolina, being in the chair) were W. Reil
ly and P. Leiddt, of Pennsylvania, H. F. Clark,
of New York, 8. Carothers, of Missouri, and M.
L. Bonham, of South Carolina, Democrats; J. H.
On.uKR, of North Carolina and J. Morrison Harris,
of Maryland, Americana; and Erasmcs B. Matte
son, of New York, American and Black Republi
can.
I3T" The Southern Banner, in its issue of the
11th inst., publishes the communication of “Rich
mond” which appeared in our columns on the
2nd inst., with the following reference to it:
11 An article signed ‘ Richmond, ’ discussing the
bank veto, will be found on our first page. As the
matter involved is of more importance than any
question of domestic policy the people of Georgia
have been called upon to decide for many years,
we considet it right that our readers should re
eeive all the information within our reach, upon
both sides of the question.”
Young Booth at Concert llall.
Edwin Boom commenced a short engagement
at Concert Hall, on Wednesday evening—selecting
Hamiet as the character in which to make his first
appearance before an Augusta audience. He had
come among us heralded by'the press of many of
the principal cities of the Union and by common
report, as a young actor of brilliant promise, who
had inherited much of the histrionic talent of hie
distinguished father, and the announcement of his
appearance attracted to Concert Hall one of the
largest and most fashionable audiences, which has
rewarded the persevering efforts of Mr. Mahchant
to furnish theatrical entertainment for our citizens*
\ olumes of learned and labored criticism have
been written upon the character of Samlet, to elab
orate the conception of the great dramatist in
this subtly-drawn creation of his genius, without
reconciling the conflicting opinions which have
always existed upon the subject, and it is confes
sedly one of the most difficult among all the grand
roles of the drama.
Mr. Booth’s impersonation of this character,
whilst strictly conforming to a conception of it
which is many years older than he is, and there
fore without originality, was a fine piece of careful
and correct acting, in which he fully established
his right to all the extravagant encomiums which
have been pronounced upon him. Perhaps,
(though ordinarily free of this common vice in
young actors) he was occasionally too declamato
ry, as in the celebrated soliloquy in which the
Prince of Denmark speculates upon and weighs
the serious question, “To be or not to be”—but
we do not care to appear hypercritical, or to find
fault with anything where there was so much to
admire.
Mr. Booth is quite a young man, (only twenty
four years of age,) remarkably prepossessing in
personal apnearance, and besides great talents, we
might with more propriety say, genius for the pro
fession he has adopted, has all the physical requi
sites of voice, faoe, figure and character, necessary
to make a great actor. He is an actor of extraor'
dinary promise, and will attain the position of a
star of the first magnitude m the dramatic firma
nent, if he docs not go off into some erratic course,
but applies himself diligently to the duties of his
laborious profession, in which great excellence
never is reached without study aud persevering
effort.
Mr. Booth was generally well sustained by the
members of Mr. Marchant’s excellent stock com
pany. The cast of the play was in some respects
an unfortunate one. Mr. Chippendale, we may
mention byway of illustration, was altogether
unsuited and unequal to the role of rolonius.
That excellent comedian persisted in represent
ing the learned and courtly Lord Chamberlain,
with his mouth full of aphorisms, as a vulgar
and ridiculous old fool, and succeeded in mur
dering him most barbarously, before Hamlet
minked him through the tapestry with his sword.
Mr. Booth played Richelieu last evening to a
crowded house. To-night he Rppears as logo,
(Mr. Dyott acting the Moor) and we anticipate for
him another full Bouse, and another success.
H?" The Washington Union of the 9th instant,
after stating the action of the Senate and House
upon the Leclfcipton Constitution on Monday last,
concludes as
“We may now anticipate earlv action br the
Senate committee, who will report a bill to" that
body admitmg the State into the Union, and pass
it, as soon as it cau be got through the delays of
debate. Thus it will go to the House, wholly un
trammelled, where we anticipate its passage be
yond a doubt”
We are disposed to believe with the Union, that
a Senate bill for the admission of Kansas under
the Lecomption Constitution will pass ibe House.
Gen. Calhocn, the President of the Leoomptou
convention, who is now in Washington, it is re
‘purtM, states tpnt sines Ms arrival La has
received IdTormatiou which settles the question of
the election on the 4th of January, in favor of the
Black Republican party. If this be so, the admis
sion of Kansas under the Conslitution she has
presented will be An empty triumph ta the South—
a real advantage to the North, and many northern
representatives thus far opposing it, convinced of
this, may vote for the bill which the Senate will
pass to admit her.
Austria and the Protestant Church,
The Liverpool Time* of January 2.3 d has the fol
lowing paragraph about the Emperor of Austria
and the Protestant Church. A perusal of it may
not be unprofitable in its results upon a certain
party in this country who have been so illiberal
towards the Catholics.
It may be as well to state that Austria contains
a population of about twenty six millions of Catho
lics, and of all other denominations including the
Jews, about ten millions:
The Emperor bas just given the Protestant
church aproofofhis intention to maintain its rights
as well as those of the church of Home. A few
days since the Minister for Public Instruction and
Ecclesiastical Atfairs informed the Consistories of
the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions (Lutheran
aud Calvanist) that his Majesty had given orders
to pay out of the coffers of the'State the sum of
seven thousand four hundred and seventv six flor
ins tor a piece of ground which is to serve as a cem
etery for the Protestants of Vienna. On the
11th a deputation waited on his Majesty, aud the
Superintendent and Consistorial Councillor Pauer
expressed to him the heartfelt thanks of the Pro
testant communities of Vienna for the pecuniary
assistance which had so graciously been accorded.
In reply, the Emperor observed that the Protes
tants should in future apply to him in person in
such matters : and he added' “ I am well pleased
to see the representatives of the Protestant com
munities assembled around me, and that it has
been in my power to uphold their rights.”
The Fight in the House.
Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, on Monday after
noon, immediately after the passage of the Harris
resolution in the House, made an explanation in
reference to the affair between him and Mr. Grow
of Pennsylvania, which is reported as follows in
the Glob e of the same evening:
Mr. Keitt, by unanimous consent of the House,
made a personal explanation. He assumed all re
rnsibihty for the violation of the dignity and
orum of the House on Saturday morning. He,
he said, was the aggressor, and he alone. He ex
pressed his profound regret for the occurrence.
Personal collisions, especially in a legislative
body, were reprehensible, if possibly avoidable.
He could not say whether or not a blow was di
rected at him. He was not conscious of having
received one. He wished to make to the House
whatever reparation he could, by this expression
of his regret for what had occurred.
Mr. Grow said that he had been taught in his
youth that tights among men were disgraceful.
His mature judgment had approved the teaching.
Vet the right of self-defense was dear to him.
On Saturday morning, for the first time in his
life, he was engaged in a personal encounter. He
expressed his regret at its occurrence, and ten
dered his apologies to the House.
The House then (at twenty minutes before three)
adjourned.
Jfr. Frerel^l
In reply to the invitation of a committee appoint
ed by the City Council of Macon, inviting him to
delivor his oration upon Washington, in that city,
Mr. Everett has written the following note:
Boston, 29th January, 1658.
Gentlemen : I have had the honor to receive your
letter of the 10th instant, enclosing a certified copy
of the resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen of
Macon, inviting me to repeat my oration on “ The
Character of Washington,” during my contempla
ted southern tour. It will afford me great pleasure
if engagements previously formed permit me to
comply with this request, by which 1 feel much
honored. ’
I remain, gentlemen, with the highest respect,
faithfully yours, Ed ward Everett.
We never yet knew a man disposed to scorn the
hnmble, who was not himself a fit object of scorn
to the humblest
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13?“ The New Orleans Tnu Delta, of the Bth
i nst., in noticing the sate of 'the Houma* jplanta
tion, near Doualdsonvilte, Louisiana, lately owned
by Col..Jons S. Preston, of Columbia, South Car
olina, states that the estate was purchased by Hn.
Jobs the widely known and popular
wholesale dry goods house of J. Burnside k ~
New Orleans. The property was sold for mil
lion of dollart. The Delta says:
“ Mr: Burnside, in anticipation of his retirement
from the great establishment of wbieh be has so
Ibng been the head and life, at the close .of tbe
next business rear, purchased this beautiful estate
for his future home, where he can retire to enjoy
independently, comfortably and satisfactorily the
princely fortune he has acquired in Louisiana by
his talents, integrity, intelligence, and the practice
of a generous liberality in the conduct of a widely
ramified and most responsible com mercial business.
“The Houmas estate has a frontage of thirty-fire
acres on the Mississippi river, contains twelve
thousand acres of the finest quality of cultirable
land, and possesses a working force of fire hun
dred and fifty slaves, most of them “native here
and to the manor born,” and is, without excep
tion, take it all in all, the finest property possessed
by any single proprietor in America; just such an
estate as a bachelor in the prime of life, with con
stitution unharmed, faculties in perfection, which
is the fortunate position of our friend Mr. Burn
side, its possessor, snould pine to possess, for the
enjoyment of the otium cum dijnitate in the me
ridian of life. We wish Mr. Burnside many years
of health and happiness on his new purchase, and
commend his example to all the merchants who
make fortunes here, of retaining them among us.”
Charlotte Cushman is playing in Ne# Or
leans.
s3?* Among the Passed Midshipmen rteently
promoted to be Masters in the U. S. Na?y, we
notice the name of jEnbas Armstroso, of Macon,
Georgia.
[3T Bancroft, the historian, heads a call for a
meeting of “citizens of New York who ar»Wfposed
to forcing upon the people of Kansas a Constitution
which they have rejected, and who desire to save
the national Democratic party from complicity in
the frauds by which the Lecompton Constitution
is sustained.”
LrT" The Charleston standard of Saturday
morning, announces the death of Mr. B. R. Get
singer, which took place in that city on the morn
ing previous. The Standard says: “ Sometime
ago he sustained iojuries from a fall through a
trap-door, and it is supposed that these hastened
his death, which occurred yesterday morning. He
was for many years foreman of the Courier office,
and more recently a member of the firmsjf Jams*,
Williams k Gitsinger.”
J 3?" The rain, in total disregard of our grumb
ling paragraph of yesterday morning, continued to
fall during the night of Friday and th* hiost of
yesterday. It was none es your rollicking rains,
on a big bender with a Nor’wester, or on a jolly
lark with a hail companion, but one of those mug
gish visitations that leaves one in doubt whether
it is really unfavorable enough to stay at home or
too damp to go out. w
The weather towards night exhibited some dis
position to be agreeable, and we trust, after a good
night’s rest, nature will wear a cheerful sunny
face on Valentine's day.
It appears that a former manager of the
Savannah and Augusta theatres, Mr. \V. H. Crisp,
has not been fortunate in his managerial efforts in
New Orleans. The Varieties Theatre, which has
more recently been known as Crisp’s Gaiety, is of
fered for rent. The advertisement says:
“ In consequence of the failure of the late man
agement to conduct the business of this theatre
satisfactorily, to pay the stipulated rent, and to
comply witli other terms of the lease, the directors
of the Varieties Association have closed the thea
tre.”
Mr. his card to the that
“ the season Ska been a rhost diaSwr-aa and un
afecarrO !n i m iJ —
He says he ham not failed, but under tn* advice of
his friends he concluded it was best to close the
Gaiety. He is still the manager of the Memphis
and Nashville theatres, and is said to be doing a
smashing business in those cities,
Mr. Crisp's attentions to some of his former
friends in this section continues of an “ unremit
ting ” character.
I ff" The Greenville (S. C.) Patriot <f Moun
taineer, of the 11th inst., contains the valedictory
of the Hon. B. F. Perrt, who for seven years has
been the editor of that paper. He states that the
duties C.f *>is profession demand all his time and
attention, and it is on this account that he retireai
from a position which he b»8 filled with distin
guished ability.
We find the following shaft
tion in the Savannah Morning Xetce, of the 13th
inst.
Hancock Cofntt, Feb. 10.
For several weeks past cetton hu been selling
in Augusta at nearly the same prices it brings iu
Savannah. It is understood that last week prices
were equal or within a fraction at both places--
eleven cents for Fair. From this point there is a
difference of a half a cent per poundagalnst Savan
nah in the freight and charges, as compared from
actual sales from both places, consequentlv the
tendency of wagon loads of cotton is in the direc
tion of the Georgia railroad. ’ p.
Adams’ Express Company.— We are under obli
gations to Adams’ Express Company. If it is man
aged elsewhere—and we presume R is—as well as
Maroonev and “Jake ” conduct it here, its popu
larity is easily accounted for. It is the only certain
thing that we know of. We can count on italwaye,
and it very frequently “ puts us through ” when no
other power could. Its courtesies to the press are
constant and valuable.— Montgomery Mail.
We find the above in the Montgomery (Ala.)
Mail, and say “ ditto to Mr. Burke.” Our brother
Hooper is a man of judgment as well as wit.
Oharluton Courier.
We gladly endorse the favorable opinion ex
pressed by our cotemporaries of the Mail and
Cburier, as to the promptness, reliability, and
courtesy of the Adams’ Express Company. Long
may they wave.
The Mount Vernon Fund.— The city of Mobile,
under the auspices of that most xealous of ladies,
Madame Le Verte, is being aroused in behalf of
the purchase of Mount Vernon. A grand celebra
tion of the 22d is designed for that object Miss
Davenport, the famous English tragic actress, de
siring to contribute to the Mount Vernon Fund,
has tendered a benefit to the -tagies, whilst the
manager has responded to the*olfer, by placing his
theatre at the service of Madame Le Verte for the
occasion.
tSUThe Washington Star, of the 10th inst.,
after giving its opinion that the defeat of the Le
compton Constitution in Congress, would be fol
lowed by disunion measures on the part of the
legislature of every southern State, thus reters to
the position and probable influence of the Gov
ernor of Virginia:
‘‘The individual opposition of Gov. Wise to the
acceptance us the Lecompton Constitution would
be no barrier whatever to the action of the Vir
ginia legislature in the premises; or if the legal
existence of that body be then terminated, of
another which would be at once chosen by the
people to act in the premises. There is not a
single member of the .present legislature of Vir
ginia, of either party, who sympathises with the
position of Governor Wise— not oue; nor is there
a single member of any other State legislature
South of the Potomac who stuads with him—
Gov. Wise. He is entirely isolated and alone at the
South, as those at the North who have property,
the value of which will be destroyed in the de
struction of the confederacy, may find out to their
sorrow, when too late.”
‘‘Behind the Times.”— lt is stated that the
South-western Bank at Wytheville, Va , has just
suspended specie payment. This i» a new bank,
which went into operation only a few mouths ago
— ■
wstaall Notes in New Jersey.
•M bill is now before the New Jersey legislature
which provides for the suppression of the issue of
Cue dollar notes after the Ist of July next; of two
■ dollar Dotes after tho Ist of January next, and of
all notes under the denomination of five dollars
after July Ist, 185 ft.
There is much said in faror of suppressing the
circulation of small bills in Georgia, as well as
in New Jersey and other States. While a portion
of the press of our State, yielding perhaps to the
mneient clamor against bank bills, seem disposed
to favor the policy of suppressing small notes, it
appears to us that those publishers have not ma
turely considered the effect of such a policy on
their lira business interests. We desire now to
osll their special attention to this matter.
The subscription price to a large majority of the
weekly papers in this State, is two dollars per
year, and a considerable portion of the amounts
received for advertising, range from one to five
dollars. At least such is our experience.
A very large amount of the monies received by
publishers for subscriptions and advertisements,
reach them through the mails, from all sections of
the Union. We receive small bills of the Georgia
and Carolina banks, from the States of Texas, Mis
souri, Arkansas, and from the northern, eastern,
and the most distant States, as well as from the
several counties and districts in our own and
neighboring States, and we fine! the circulation of
small bank bills m the various sections of the coun
try affords great facilities to those who desire
to transmit small sums of money to us, and it also
materially benefits our business.
Bank bills of small value, from one to five dollar
notes, can readily be sent by mail, and the odd
cents be added in postage stamps, and enclosed in
the same letter. Monies cannow be sent, and are
daily sent, to publishers in this way.
The convemencesof making payments to publish
ers, by the employment of small bills, applies with
equal force to every person and every interest in
the community. We have made the application of
the policy to publishers, because we have noticed
a disposition on the part es some of our cotempo
raries to favor the suppression of small bills.
Every interest in the State will be affected by the
withdrawal of small notes from circulation, to the
full extent of the dependence of those interests
upon the transmission of small sums for work, for
merchandise, for subscriptions, and for the thou
sands of purposes for which monies in small values
are transmitted by the mails.
We trust our brethren of the press will not long
er encourage a policy that must result so disas
trously to their own, as well as to so many other
business interests.
Hermann, Cox A Co.
This well known and extensive firm, having
houses in London and Liverpool, and agents in this
country, and largely engaged in the cotton trade,
was compelled sometime since to suspend busi
ness. A meeting of the creditors took place at
Liverpool on tbe 21st Os January, when the assets
of the concern showed eleven shillings in the
pound, and they decided that a dividend of ten
shillings could be relied upon.
£3?" Gov. Brown has appointed Hon. E. W.
Chastain, of Fannin, Attorney for the State road.
Tile St. Louis penvtcrnt states that the sus
pended banks of that city are contemplating a re
sumption of specie payments ou the first of March.
The decrease in importations at New York,
since the Ist of January is over thirteen plillion
dollars.
T-yf The Russian Government has decided, as
we see stated, that postage stamps should be
adopted at the commencement of the present year,
but only for the interior of the Empire.
- iy The Cansville Standard, of the 11th inst.,
"saysT n We learn with writ*, aimt the saw mill
belonging to Mr. D.'F. Bishop, of this c»unty, was
burned on .Saturday last—a large quantity of lum
ber near the mill was burned also.”
tsr The New York .Evening Fust of the Sth
instant states that the shipments of specie from
this country since the Ist of January amount to
eight million six hundred and fifty-three thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty
four cents.
War Between Brazil and Paraquat. —Advices
from Buenos Ayres to the 2d of December state
that the Brazilians were preparing for war in the
of the impending negotiations with the Para
guay government failing. Twelve or fourteen gun
boats from England and France are expected in
the Brazils in April, and an army of twelve thou
sand troops is to be collected to invade Paraguay
The Paraguans have three hundred guns in posi
tion on different points of the river. From Monte
video we hear of the death ot Oribe. The social
and political aspect of affairs at Buenos Ayres were
improving.
Liquor Law in Ouio. —Propositions have been
presen'ed in both houses of the Ohio legislature
to submit to the people the question of amending
the Constitution so as to return to the old system
of licensing the traffic in liquors. The article of
restriction in the Constitution has been a dead fail
ure. Public sentiment does not sustain prosecu
tions under it, and its operation is not uniform
throughout the State. Little grog shops have
sprung up at nearly every corner and cross road,
and the traffic is liberally conducted m every sec
tion, notwithstanding the vigilance of the moral
part of the community, who would expunge it if
possible.
British Railway Revenues. —Some very curious
and valuable tables have recently been published
in England by Mr. Racket. According to these,
it appears that the revenue of the railways of the
United in 1857, was no less than
twenty-four million pounds. The capital of these
lines is about three hundred million pounds. The
railway profits for last year must have been
about thisteen million pounds, or about four
per cent of the total capital; but from a con
siderable portion of the three hundred million
pounds capital being in loans and preference shares
aj a rate of interest averaging more than the
percentage of profits, the average dividend is
aboat three and a half per centum per annum.
Success or Southern Manufacturing Estab
lishments.—Mr. J. L. Rogers, iu a comamnica*
lion to the National American , says: “That in
Georgia, the Roswell Company has been very suc
cessful, paying regularly from ten to fourteen per
cent, dividends, and extending their works. There
are a number of establishments in North Alabama
and Western Tennessee that have been paying
large profits from the manufacture of various
kinds of plaids, checks, tickings, etc., which com
mands in the markets where they sell, a higher
price than those from any other factory. All their
operatives are negroes, owned by the company.
Their establishment is now worth some four hun
dred thousand dollars. Martin, Weakly & Co.,
near Florence, Alabama, have succeeded equally as
well. They commenced about ten years ago with
one smull factory; in a few years they built a
second, larger than the first, and during the past
summer have completed a third and very exten
sive one.”
FrßE. —About 3 o'clock yesterday morning, our
citizens were aroused by the alarm of fire, which
proved to be the smoke-house and some out-houses
belonging to our townsman. Mason Harwell, in the
suburbs of the city.
/mery (Ala.) Confederation, Feb. 9.
Why is au omnibus strap like a conscience ? Be
cause it is au inward check to the outward
Letters from Cotton Planters.
The following letters, from intelligent and ex
perienced planters, we received yesterday, in re
sponse to our enquiries about the cotton crop, the
probable quantity raised last year, and the quanti
ty on hand, and the probable increase of land that
will be planted in cotton the ensuing spring:
Dailey's Nursery, near McDonough,)
t* llenr 3 r County, Ga., Feb. 10, 1858. f
Mr.
and a-half miles of where 1 now reside, for the
last thirtv-three years. Nine of my neighbors
made m the aggregate in 1856, one hundrwi and
thirty-four bales ot cotton, and had sold, before
January ninety bales, leaving on hand forty-four
bales. The same tarms made in 1857, one hundred
and sixty-four bales. Sold before January, twentv
eigut bales; on hand in January, one hundred and
eighteen bales; sold since January, fifty-six bales •
on band to-dav, sixty-two hales. Less cotton hai
been sold m this county, up to January, than any
year since I came to the county. I thin*k m the crop
of 1856 and 1837 m this county there is not much
difference. I think this year there will be more
cotton planted in this county than has been for
any year for some time. Crops of wheat were the
best that have been for the last twenty vears. Corn
very good. A good many persons have corn
enough to last two years, so they say.
Jasper County. Ga., Feb. 4th, 1858.
Mr. Editor— Dear Sir: You request your plant
ing friends to give you a true statement to certain
questions propounded with regard to the last cot
ton crop, and the prospect for a future crop.
Ist. I am of the opinion that the last cotton crop
was at least one-fourth less than was made on the
same number of acres of land last year, ’SB, and
the crop of ’SB was about three-fourths of an aver
age crop.
2nd. The planters of Jasper county have sold
about one-half of their last year’s crop; lam of
the opiuion that the planters have on hand now,
at least one-half of their last crop.
3rd. At the first opening of the season, last fall,
the planters did sell cotton more freely than usual,
owing to the high prices, but these sales were lim
ited to small lots, owing to the lateness of the open
iug of cotton generally. Ido not think, however,
that the amount sold up to this time is as large as
usual, and there is not more than one-half the cot
ton in the hands of planters that there was at this
rime last year; the old crop was on hand at that
time, as well as a part of the new— old and
new were sold before the crop of’s7 came in—con
sequently, the farmers of this county have only on
hand the crop, or part of the crop, es last year,’ 57.
sth. I am of the opinion that the amount of land
that will be planted this year, will be about one
fourth larger than last year, and for the following
reasons: Ist. At the commencement of last crop,
corn was very scarce, and the farmers were driven
by sheer necessity to plant more of their land in
corn last year than usual; owing to the late spring
and frost in April, large quantities of land that was
planted in cotton was re-planted in corn. The
crop of '57, was, per acre, at least one-fourth fall
ing off from the crop of ’56. M v second reason for
planting a large crop this year is, the farmers are
of the opinion now that the next crop will com
mand a high price, and they are all more or less
in debt; cotton being the crop to command ready
money, they will again forget the scarcitv of ’57,
and pitch into a heavy cotton crop. 3rd. Last year
they did not have corn sufficient to feed their
stock in cultivating a large cotton crop, which is
indeed a very essential element in making a large
crop ; while at present the county is blest with a
plenty of corn. The grain crop is uot as as it
was last year. The planters have held their lands in
order that they might plant them in cotton as they
cin make more money per acre with cotton than
wheat. If cotton continues to bring a high price
there will be a very heavy crop planted, and in
’59 we may look out for another scarce and hard
year, for certain it is, we cannot in this county
make a heavy crop of both cotton and corn. If the
season is ever so favorable, our lands are too
poor.
Advance in Sperm Oil. —The New Bedford
Standard learns that three hundred barrels of
sperm oil have been sold within a few days at a
price over one dollar and fifteen cents per gallon;
understood to be about one dollar and twenty
cents.
The National Monument in Independence
Square.
The Baltimore Sun % in urging this subject upon
the attention of the Maryland legislature, thus re
fers & the project wileh origipMSfl with the Orty
Council of Philadelphia, to erect hV contributions
of the original thirteen States of the Union, a monu
ment in Independence Square m that city, to com
memorate the declaration of eur independence:
There is a most beautiful idea embodied in this
monument—the sons of the sires of 76 uniting in
one grand undertaking to pay, at this late day, the
debt of gratitude due to the illustrious men of the
revolution, whose bold and daring acts in the dark
days of 76 secured the liberty we now enjoy, and
made us the freest and happiest people on the face
of the earth. This project is confined to the old
thirteen States, and very properly so. Already
nine of the thirteen States have adopted the bill,
Georgia being the first to respond. The bill
passed one branch of our legislature last session,
but an adjournment took place before it was
« eached in the other brauch. We hope some pa
triotic member will take hold of the bill at once
£nd secure its passage. Maryland stood shoulder
to shudder with her sister States in the perilous
days of the reTohition, and she cannot desert them
in this movemeut to pei'pe*°*te the events of that
period. ’Tis proposed loCfect ».monument on In
dependence Square, in the citjr of Philadelphia.
This is eminently right and proper. It was on this
sacred spot that the Declaration first saw the light,
of day, and it is the only spot for a great national
project, such as is contemplated. Independence
Square is the property of the city of Philadelphia :
and with great liberality, under a movement made
by A. G. Waterman, (a Virginian, we believe),
she, by ordinance, has given each of the old thir
teen States an interest in it, in common with her
self, for the purpose proposed. We hope in a few
days to be able to state that the bill has passed
both the Maryland and Virginia legislatures.
The bill, we learn, has just been defeated in the
legislature of Virginia.
Now and Then.— ln 1850 California applied for
admission into the Union. It was insisted—and
correctly, no doubt—that her application was ir
regular ; that her Constitution was not adopted by
a majority of all her citizens; and that she was
forced into the Union by the interference of the
then President of the United States. Mr. Thomas
L. Harris, of Illinois, warmly advocated her ad
mission. Addressing the House upon the subject,
he said:
"Mr. Chairman: lam for the admission of Cal
ifornia as a State into this Union—California as
she is, with her Constitution and proposed bound
aries. I wish her to be admitted now ; I wish no
remanding— a thing that never was done at all, and
never ought to be done, in such a case as this. * *
It is objected to the admission of California, that
the President has improperly interfered in its or
ganization, ana that without his interference
through a certain gentleman, late a member of this
House, she never would have applied for admission
in the manner she has, and witn such & Constitu
tion as she has presented.”
Kansas is now asking admission into the Union.
She comes to us with a Constitution republican in
its character, framed by a convention legally as
sembled for that purpose, and ratified by a major
ity of the people for whom it was framed. Mr.
Harris opposes this Constitution, and resists the
admission of Kansas under it. He thinks her Con
stitution ought to be remanded—" a thing,” ac
cording to his notions in 1850, “thatuever was done
at all, and never ought to be done in such a case.”
We leave to Mr. Harris the task of reconciling
his past with his present position on this subject.
Washington Union, Feb. 10.
On one occasion, during Burr’s old age, when
his kind, but low-spirited landlady, had met with
an affliction? she said t» him : “Oh! Colonel, how
shall I get through this?”
“ Live thioughit, my dear!” was his emphatic
reply.
Siill complaining, she said, “This will kill me,
Colonel, I know 1 cannot survive tftib.”
•Well,” said he, "die, then Madame. We must
all die ; but bless me, die game.”
The. story suggests the ruling characteristic of
the conspirator. He commit'ed, it is true,
grave sms, but he never whined over the penalty.
He faced the consequence* without flinching, and
disdained to apologise or express a contrition
which he did not feel. Even during his four years
of pitiable exile in Europe, his only regret in con
templating his povertv,arises from his inability to
see his daughter and her little child, and to pur
chase the beautiful gifts which he desired to lav
ish upon them on his return. In a word, Burr liv
ed and died as he advised his only landlady to
live and die—game.
From the Amthem Firmer, lUhinel.
Murder in While County*-Election of
County Officers.
Through the kindness of Capt. W. H. Dorsey of
this place, we learn the particulars of a moat
horrible murder committed on the night of tha ,
Ist mat. r in the new county of White, which, our
readers will recollect, was laid off by the last leg
islature from the counties of Lumpkin and Hab
ersham. The parties were Ben Hensley and Jack
Winters. It seems that, some time since, Hensley
had accused Winters of stealing corn, and that
Winters, to revenge himself, had gone to Hens
ley’s house while he (Hensley) was absent, and
after drawing a large knife, had threatened to kill
every member of Hensley’s family if they did not
leave the place. For this, Hensley had a peace
warrant issued, and placed in the hands of an of
ficer. Up to the Ist inst., however, it had not
been served. On that day the election for county
officers was held at Mt. Yonah, and both parties
were present. They both were drinking, and dur
ing the course of the day had some angry words.
Hensley went home late in the evening, and
about dark, Winters rode up to his (Hensley’s)
bouse, and invited him to come out and drink
with him. Hensley refused, and to a similar invi
tation, his wife and daughter replied in the same
manner. Winters then became very abusive and 9
Erofane, and Hensley walked out to him. When
e got within reach of Winters, the women saw
Winters strike him over the head with what they
supposed was a bottle, but which proved after
wards to be a decanter. Being greatlv fright
ened, they ran off to the nearest neighbbors,
and the alarm being given, a party were soon
• n iPT™ 1 murderer. He was found
m bed in his own house, about half a mile
trom the scene of the murder, and was im
mediately arrested. The Coroner of Habersham
county was notified, and an inquest was held, re
sulting in the commitment of Winters to the jail
at Clarksville. The head of the murdered man
was awfully mangled—the skull being cutfentirely
through in several places, one side of it crushed in
and his jawbone broken. One arm was also brok
en. A bloody axe and stake pulled from the fence
were found near the body, ana the supposition is,
that they were also used in the work of death.
The following is a complete list of the county
officers elected on the Ist inst.: Clerk Superior
Court, William M. Sumpter; Clerk Inferior Court,
William Kitnsey; Ordinary, Wilks T. Leonard;
Judges Inferior Court, Cary Cox, W. B. Shelton,
A. Dorsey, E. P. Williams, John Trammell; Sher
iff, Isaac Bowen ; Tax Receiver, William Burk ;
Tax Collector, Champion Ferguson ; Treasurer,
T C. Beall: Surveyor, Vincent Sears; Coroner,
W. A. England. A majority of these, we
a~e Democrats. Tt must have been a “ free sight 4
though, for there were forty-eeven candidates for
the fourteen offices to be filled.
• From the Washington States.
Arizona.
We make the following extracts from a letter
received by a distinguished Senator from a gentle
man who has just completed a trip through Arizo
na. The writer is a prominent citizen of Califor
nia, who has represented one of the northern coun
ties in the State legislature. Our readers will no
tice that this letter confirms the most favorable
accounts of this newly acquired region, which is
now attracting so large a share of public atten
tion :
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 24, 1855.
Dear Sir \ I arrived here lasi night, directly
from El Paso, and I am happy to* ay that I am de
lighted with mv trip through the 41 Purchase.” I
was at Fort Yuma, Arizona Mines, Tucson, Cola
bozas, and Bopori, j n a ]i twenty-five days;
at Messilla, on the Rio Grande, five clays. In a
word, ’tis a great grazing country. The valleys of
the Rio Sau Pedro and Rio Minnefres cannot be
surpassed in beauty and extent, and from Fort
Yuma to the Rio Grande is the best natural road
in the world.
I became acquainted with nearly all the Ameri
can inhabitants in the Territory, most of whom are
from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. They
are principally engaged in mining for silver, cop
per, and lead, in which the western portion of the
Territory abounds. I have been to a great many
mines; nave seen silver, copper, and lead taken out
almost pure. There are pieces of natural iron
lying in the plaza, at Tueson, that will weigh over
a ton each, taken from the surface of a neighboring
mountain. All that these enterprising people
want, to insure success, is protection ; and they ore
delighted with the prospect of a Territorial organ
ization. Your sincere friend,
lleney P. Swektland.
V- From the Baltimore Sun, Fdu Id. t
A<hiiu»«uubv tin' Indian* *<
The Queen Mothe#of Oude clii-d at f*arfs on the
24th ult.
The Belgian government has no intention of al
tering the laws in respect to foreign refugees, but
will content itself with prosecuting the newspapers
before mentioued.
Sir James Outram was at Alumbagh withAur
thousand men. Sir Campbell was going to Fat
tehpore. The insurgents were assembled at Ketah
in great force, and, it was said, hud dethroned the
Rajah. The Azmighur frontier was threatened,
and Gen. Grant was marching there.
The advance io cotton was in consequence of the
Americau advices per the Niagara, and the con
tinued ease in the money market. Middling Or
leans is quoted at 7, Mobile at 8%, and Uplands at
8 13-16. The market closed firm.
The animation in the cotton market at Liver
pool does not extend to Manchester, and the man
ufacturers and spinners complain of their inability
to obtain the prices which the enhanced value of
cotton demands.
In the London money market there is scarcely
any demand, although money is offered at three
per cent, on choice paper. Foreign stocks are fiat
Dank shares are firm. The Bank of England pur
cuutffl only one hundred arid forty thousand
pounds sterling of gold on Tuesday, and the total
butliou now in its vaults is believed to exceed fif
teen million pounds sterling. Consols, after offi
cial hours on Tuesday, further declined, closing at
i)4% a #5.
At Paris, on Tuesday, there was an increasing
improvement in the general commerce of France.
The Austrian government has forwarded dis
patches to Paris and London, which express a de
sire to adopt a conciliatory policy with regard to
the navigation of the Danube.
No day has yet been fixed for the trial of Pierri
and his accomplices, who are supposed to have
been connected with the plot against the Emperor
Napoleon’s life.
It is proposed to divide France into four military
departments, and establish depots of arms, Ac., so
that should the Emperor be takeu away, France
will have at hand materials for maintaining order.
The London Morning Post, in an editorial ar
ticle, insists that something should be done by
England to show that it has no sympathy with
those execrable miscreants —the Nena Sahibs of
revolutionary Europe—who, in the security which
England affords, have plotted and coiibpired against
the life of the Emperor of the French*.
It is alleged, on the authority of a letter, that
Russian agents have been creating a ferment in
the Sclavonic provinces of Turkey, by circulating
documents relative to the projected ’ abolition of
serfdom in Russia.
Fresh disturbances have broken ont in Bosnia,
and the Porte has dispatched thither a large body
of troops.
The Ottoman government has published a plan
of the ministry for the withdrawal of paper money,
by means of an issue of three hundred and twelve
millions francs of sehims, guaranteed by the pro*
duce of custom duties and direct taxes.
Belgium. —Letters from Ghent announce that the
government had refused to change the laws in re
ference to political refugees.
Italy. —No further revolutionary attempts at Aa
cond nave taken place.
India and China.— Additional dispatches, pub
lished in the English journals, announce an anti
cipated engagement with'the rebels at Alumbagh,
and that Gen. Outram was preparing for defense.
An immense number of rebels were concentrating
at Bithoor.
The intelligence from China is entirely devoid
of striking features. The course of the French
fleet in reference to the'anticipated attack on Can
ton is unknown. It is believed that the Chinese
authorities will wject the British ultimatum, in
which event fearful slaughters is apprehended. j
The new ministry already meets with considera
ble opposition.
Commercial and Financial. —The Havre cotton
market had advanced, with a more general de
mand.
The bullion in the Bank of France was steadily
increasing.
No failures of importance bad occurred in any
direction.
Evils in the journey of life are like the bills /
which alarm the travellers upon their road; they*
both appear great at a distance, but when we ap
proach them, we find they are far less insurmoun
table than we had imagined them. vjj
A bashful printer refused a situation in a prin- m*
ting office where femules were employed, saying ;
that he never “set up with a girl in his life.”