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twlfflilu Constitutionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
Congress—Length of Session—Change in '
Meeting.
A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press, (an auti-Lecompton paper; states, in a re
cent letter, that the Committee of Congress, crea
ted by the adoption of the resolution of Mr. Harris, j
of Illinois, will make their report at an early day.
In relation to the adjournment of the present
session, the writer says: »
“ The few who thought, at the commencement t
of the present session, that it would terminate iu ,
May, have reluctantly given up this hope. The J
main appropriation bills, the Kansas question, the (
Utah question, eight Investigating Committees, the i
codification of the revenue laws, the Clayton-Bul g
wer controversy, the Paraguay difficulty, and many
other questions equally important and ’ which will
give rise to debate, have j'et to be disposed of in
either House. The six or seven hundred reports *
from the Court of Claims, which will be taken up,are '
excluded from the consideration, as there seems to (
be no disposition, on the part of the House at (
least, to give them any large amount of attention. .
It is hardly probable,'with these facts in view, that 1
Congress will adjourn sine die before August.
An effort will be made, I learn, to equalise the
length of the two sessions of Congress by provid- <
ing that they shall be opened in October, instead
ot on the first Monday of December, in each year. (
This has been tried, on occasions, unsuccessfully
fqr a dozen years past.
The Use of Sait as a Manure.
A portion of the proceedings of the American
Institute Farmers’ Club, we find in the New York
Tribune , of the 17th inst. We copy the following
from that paper.
At this time salt can be purchased in this as well
as in the Atlantic markets, at a very low price, and
our planting friends should at least regard the
opinion of one of the ablest and most successful
agriculturists in the Union, Professor Mapks, and
try the effect of salt upon the old pastures of the
country.
Salt upon Old Pastures — Solon Here
is another seeker after knowledge. He wants to
know if “sowing salt upon old pasture-lands in*-
creases the growth of grass, and whether salt sown
upon any dry lands increases the crops? Also,
how much weight of guano, from actual trial, is
necessary to sow per acre on fair latnis to insure a
good crop of corn, and whether it should be plow
ed under or sowed on plowed land and harrowed
in.** v,
JCln regard to the guano, my opinion is that it is
always most profitably used upon land sown with
small grain, thoroughly mixing from two hundred
to three hundred pounds per acre with the surface
soil, by the plow or harrow, and always sowing
grass or clover-seed with the grain. Turn this
crop of clover or grass under to manure the crop of
corn. If guano is to be applied to a corn crop di
rect, I would plow it in. as lam not an old salt,
I will leave that question for somebody else to an
swer, for the benefit of “A Young Connecticut
Farmer.”
Prof. Mopes. —An excess of salt upon land will
kill all vegetation for the first year, except aspara
gus, but the land will afterward be found very pro
ductive. In England salt is recognised by gov
ernment as a manure of such value that it passes
turnpikes toll free, and it is used by farmers at
high prices. Here it is used to be thrown away
by the pork-packers, aud I have bought it at four
cents a bushel, Balt upon old pastures will always
improve them. It may be used from five to fifteen
bushels per acre. It always does best upon luiftfc
that has been limed. I would use it five to ten
bushels per acre on old pasture. It is useful mall
cotopust. It is largely used upon cabbage gardens
fcf*t- tbls city. If J* u slack throe bushels ot lime
UPii solution o t one bushel of salt, it is the
thing ever used to decompose muck. It is
also excellent upon the roots of peach trees. Gu
ano is much more valuable when treated with a
carboy of sulphurous acid to a tun. It makes the
guano fine, so that all the lumps can be divided
and mixed with the soil. I prefer to mix guano
with super phosphate.
HT We see it announced that Mr. Joax Bukw
a prominent merchant in New York, hung
himself in that city, on the ISth inst.
The weather is reported in the neighbor
hood of Albany as very pleasant and spring-like.
The Patriot says “ many large planters will com
mence planting their corn crop next week.’’ -
IW The Savannah Georgian seems somewhat
solicitous about Prof. Charles DeGhath. We
fear the Professor is rather “ unremiting” in his
attentions to our cotemporary in Savannah.
j Jg~ Thomas Thomas, who was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged, at tbe last term of the
Superior Court of Lee county, for the murder of
Joseph S. Caoss, broke jail in Starkville lasi week.
One thousand dollars is offered for his apprehen
sion. So says tbe Albany Patriot.
&T A very neat breastpin has been left at our
office, and which was found near the Augusta Ho
tel laet night. The sets are rubies and pearls (or
at lean by gas-light appear so) und evidently be
longs to a very beautiful lady. It is now in our
editorial sanctum, awaiting a call from owner.
The Hermitage. —A bill has passed both House*
of the Tennessee legislature allowing further time
of two years for the General Government’s accept
ance of the Hermitage for the site of a military
school.
Madame Axxa Bishop is concerting in Chili,
and Madame Thierry doing the dancing.
The United States frigate St. Lawrence sailed
from Rio de Janeiro December 16th for the river
Plata, and the United States-steamer Merrimac left
the same day for Valparaiso.
A Submarine Tunnel. —It is proposed to con
nect Boston with East Boston by means of a sub
marine arch or tunnel under the channel, at a cost
of three hundred and fifteeen thousand one hun
dred and fifty dollars.
Hoop, Hurrah I— Two thousand girls, or a force
equivalent to that number, are employed in one
establishment in the city of New Yori:in manufac
turing hoops for the ladies. We are an expansive
people—enlarging daily.
African Immigration to the South.— C3ills have
ibeea introduced in the legislatures of Mississippi
and Louisiana incorporating companies to procure
the voluntary immigration of Afecans convacting
to later for a term of years.
The total amount of specie in the Pennsylvania
banks is eight million one hundred snd seveety
three thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine
dollars, of which four million eight hxndred and
twenty-three thousand dollars is in Philadelphia,
one million three hundred and fifty thousand dol-
Jars in Pittsburg, and two million dollars in the
country banks.
A Heavy Loss.—The sugar-house on the Louisi
ana plantation of Col. Jacob Hollingsworth, of
Hagerstown, Md., was destroyed by fire a few
weeks ago' The Herald says there were several
hundred hogsheads of molasses and a large quan
tity of sugar stored in the building, all of which
was burnt. Tbe loss is estimated at upwards of
thirty thousand dollars, upon which, however,
there was an insurance of twenty-eight thousand
dollar?. »
j A fire occurred in New York on Wednes"
I day night, at No. 56 Maiden lane, and extended
through to No. 25 Liberty street. The de
stroyed the stocks of Wixdle & Co., Charles Ah
renfeldt, and Edward Hex. The loss is estima
ted at 1200,000.
The Gila Expedition. —The legislature of the
Tentory of New Mexico has adopted a preamble
and resolution complimentary to Col. B. L. E.
Bonneville, third United States infantry, and the
officers and men under him, for the successful
manner in which the late Gila expedition was pro
secuted against the various warlike Indian tribes.
Great Decline in Imports. —The whole value of
the importations at Boston, during the last week,
was two hundred and fifty-five thousand three hun
dred and seventy-one dollars. The amount in the
corresponding week last year, was two million
four thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.
Deceased. —Mr. Jacob Dubbs, one of the oldest
citizens of Harrisburg, Pa., died on Monday noon,
15th inst., aged about seventy years. He was
drum-major of the second regiment of Pennsylva
nia volunteers from that place, in the war of 1812,
under the command of Capt. Walker.
I
Mortality Among the Ministers.— Since the Ist
of January, of the present year, the New York
Herald has published obituary notices of the fol
lowing clergymen: \
Rev. Daniel Baker, at Austin, Texas.
Rev. Hugh Sneed McEloy, at Detroit, Mich. '
Rev. J. A. Lehmanowskv, at Clark county, Ind.
Rev. J. B. Carmichael, at Vernon, N. J.
Rev. Wm. Ramsey, at Philadelphia.
Rev. A. Harmon, at Savannah, Ga.
Rev. Holloway W. Hunt, in Mercer county, N. J.
Rev. Jacob Norton, at Billerica, Mass.
Rev. Beverly Waugh, at Baltimore.
Rev. John VV. Perkins, at Boston.
Rev. Lester Lewis, at Middletown, Conn.
Rev. Daniel Garrows, at Mystic, Conn.
Rev. Samuel Gilman, at Charleston, S. C.
Rev. John C. Welsh, at Providence, R. I.
Rev. John Knox, at New York.
From the Southern Christian Advocate.
Col. Wade Hampton.
We have received from a correspondent the fol
lowing excellent tribute to the worth of Col. Wade
Hampton, in one of the most responsible relations
that a man can hold to his fellow-men :
“ While many beautifully appropriate obituary
notices of this beloved and honored gentleman
have, since the short period of his demise, ap
peared in the public prints, yet we deem the full
measure of his praise has not been written, until
his character as a master has been, at least, in
some measure, portrayed. And although we can
at best, but touch upon this part of his character,
can but ta ; ntly exhibit the daily excellence of his
life in this responsible relation, still, that the high
example be not altogether lost, the noble lesson
not entirely unread by those to whom personally
or by character he was a stranger, we are induced
to say what we know, and testify what we have
seen in respect to this view* of the character of this
model of a southern planter, and noble Carolina
gentleman. And while we affirm, that, however
well and nobly tie performed all the duties of life,
yet, in that most difficult duty, to his servants, he
most excelled, we will be borne out, not only by
the public and his most immediate associates, but
by his attached, and now bereaved and sorrowing
servants themselves, who are even uow wailliag
his requiem long and loud, os his beloved remains
are borne from their sight forever. A noble pio*
neer, a munificent patron of our missions to the
negroes, by extensive and mighty example, he, in
a thousand instances, smoothed the path for the
disheartened, toil-worn missionary. A cheerful
smile, a hearty welcome, a generous sum, did the
preacher to his people always receive from him.
No mistake about his subscription ; others might
fail, might give grudgingly, or suntedly, but not
so this liberal-hearted man. May the blessings
of those ready to perish for the Gospel, supplied
through his means or influence, descend upon his
children to the latest generation.
“The Congaree Mission of the Church South, (S.
0. Conference) of which he wus the pioneer, to
which, since its existeuce, he has given energy
and vigor, would be itself his noble monument;
but the far South-west's teeming plantations of
immortal souls saved through his instrumentality,
shall, in the day of eternitv, we may trust, be his
crown of rejoicing. Col. flampton, the most ex
perienced, most practical, most successful of plan
ters, taking hold (in the way he did everything he
had at heart) of this great religious interest, gave
tone, gave authority, to the thing at ouce, and
thus opened new fields ot influence of untold ex
tent, to the gospel minister. Then, his humane
and considerate treatment of his poor dependants,
in such beautiful harmony with his care for their
immortal interests, held up to the most sordid and
obtuse a pattern which often captivated* or con
strained to imitation. To the hard mar., the
churl, the purse-proud, though cold, reserved, in
accessible —not so, to the humble slave, the tiller
of his field. His ear was ever open to his cry, and
oppression’s rule he was suffered net to fear or
feel. If the Bible view of this patriarchal relation
of master to servants, as exhibited by Col. Hamp
ton, wus more often given to the world, how dif
ferently would, in course of time, be looked upon
and commented on, this much maligned institu
tion of our southern States.
“ A brief notice of Col. Hampton’s character, as
a Christian master, we have thought due the read
ers of the Sjuthern Christian Advocate , to whom
his name has been so long known as associated
with our domestic mission.
“May his good name, in this connection espe
cially, be as ‘oiutment poured forth.’ M. M.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 13,1555.
From the Wilmington (X C.) Journal.
White Hall, Feb. 17th, 1858.
Messrs. Editors: An awful and heart-rending
scene is presented here this morning.
On last night, (Tuesday, the 16th inst.,) at 12
o’clock, the steamer Magnolia, Captain n,
while delivering passengers and freight at this
place, exploded her boilers, scattering wreck, ruin
and death around. 1 have only time to state a few
of the particulars.
Among the whites we have found:
Captain John Stedraan, killed.
Dr. MiLton Fellows, of Bladen, killed.
Thomas J. Tyson, of Cumberland, killed.
Jas. O. West, of Bladen, on the boat, not found.
Susan E..Larry, (or Leary,) formerly of Marion
C. H.. S. C., late of Norfolk. Va., on the boat, not
found.
A small boy named Andrew Bell, on the boat,
not found.
Xegroes. —Five dead bodies found.
It is thought that from five to ten others, white
and black, are lost.
Badly Hurt. —T. S. Lutterlob,arm broken, doing
well; Geo. Peaman, Wilmington, badly scalded
and otharwise injured;; Archibald Mcßae, son of
John Mcßae, of Harnett county, badly burned ; to
gether with aeveral othecs.
The boat is a total ruin. Parts of her hull, ma
chinery aad apparel cover the shore ifor two hun
dred yards around.
Harrison Driver, the male, after being blown
overboard into the river, swam to the i’at lying at
the landing, and was instantly active aad efficient
in rendering relief. Driver’&sonduct merits much
praise. The sufferers are being well attended to.
Those of the whites, not here named, who were
known to have been on the boat, are saved.
The most melancholy and pitiable sight, is pre
sented here. Frightful and horrible distorted
corpses lie scattered around.
New York, Feb. 17.—The United States frigate
Wabash, has arrived below, and is now at anchor
off’ the bar.
New York, Feb. 17.—8. F. Butler, a director in
the Middlesex Mills, has gone to Washington on
business connected with the tariff’ corruption in
vestigation.
An Independent Treasury System, similar to
that of the United States, is proposed and i
a bill is before the legislature an the safijeat. j J
AUGUSTA, GY., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1858.
From, the Washington Uniqn.
Inaugural Address of Gov, Weller, ol |
California.
The inaugural address of Gov. Weller, delivered
on the 9th of January last, is of moderate length,
and is devoted nriacipally to matters of a local in
terest. He deplores the disposition manifested by
a portion of the people in various sections of the
country to take the law into their own hands;
urges a readiness on the part of the community to
discharge the duties ofjurors, and that the purity
of the ballot-box be maintained; laments the fact
that men have sought office in California, not to
benefit the State, but from a sordid desire to make
money: and declares that the whole power of the
State snail be used to maintain # the supremacy of
the laws.
The Governor then dwells briefly upon the sub
ject of land-titles in California, the condition of
the finances of the State, the payment of the inter
est on its debt, the wagon roads across the country
now in course of construction by the general gov
ernment, and concludes with the expression of the
following patriotic sentiments:
Although geographically separated from our
sister States by uninhabited mountains and boister
ous seas, we feel none the less interest in main
taining that Union which has made the name of
an American honored and respected in every por
tion of the civilised world, and secured to us at
home a degree of freedom and prosperity unpar
alleled in tne history of man. Under that Consti
tution which spoke the Federal Government into
existence we have built up a mighty empire which
now attracts the wonder and admiration of Ihe
world. It is the bounden duty of every American
to brighten and strengthen, and extend that Union
and transmit it unimpaired to posterity. Different i
laws and different customs prerail in the respective j
States, and the only way to secure the peace and 1
tranquility of the Republic is for each to abstain
from intermeddling with the affairs of its neigh
bor. That fraternal feeling which ought to exist
amongst members of the same family requires
more than this.
We should avoid, as fir as possible, the discus
sion and agitation of questions calculated to im
pair the constitutional rights of others. An hon
est man will not agitate a question when the effect
of that agitation is to infringe upon the rights and
lessen the value of his neighbor’s property, but
leave him to the free aud undisturbed enjoyment
of it. The people of California, with great una
nimity, decided that slavery should not exist in this
State. No one denies our right so to decide, nor
do any of our sister States attempt to interfere with
this question. Other communities, in the exercise
of their sovereignty, have seen proper to tolerate
slavery. They have a right to enjoy their institu
tions without being disturbed by us. It is true,
the freedom of speech and of the press are guaran
tied by the Constitution ot the people; but is there
not a 'moral as well as a political obligation resting
upon us to exercise these privileges in such .a man
ner as not to invade or trespass upon the rights of
other States ?
The agitation of the slavery question in the
northern States, whilst it has in no degree benefit
ed the African race, has engendered a feeling
which is now threatening ihe permanency of the
government. These States can never be kept to-
E’er by force. The tie of affection can alone
us.' Destroy this, and it requires no prophet
[ to foresee that disunion is inevitable. We must
' live together as frit <ds and as equals in all r
or we cannot live together at all. We cannot livql
1 as friends unless we cease slandering and abusing J
each other. We cannot be equals unless territory l
[ acquired by our common blood and common tre*-|
' sure is left free to emigrants lrom the respective |
States with their different species of property. |
_ When nStategovemment is organised, then slavery |
3 may be sanctioned or prohibited as the people m£y i
£ direct. If they have not intelligence
decide this question without the intervention of
* I Congress or any other power, republican inStitiv
B tions can no longer be sustained by Americans.
B May He, who controls the destinies of nations,
‘j preserve aud protect our national ship from the im
e pending storm which threatens its destruction.
; If tom the Washington Union , Feb. 18.
t Statement by General Calhoun*
* Washington Cmr, Feb. 17, 1858.
i To the Flitor of the Union:
3 Sin: I have already communicated to the Com
mittee on Territories in the Senate a full state
. ment of facts connected with the application of
) Kansas for admission into the Union as a State.
• I need not repeat those facts in this paper, as they
; will doubtless reach the public m a few days. It
f is with reluctance that I refer to matters pertain
, ing solely to the local politics of the Territory in
* which I live, and with which, to some extent, I
- have been connected ; but thtf various and contra
• dictory statements that have been made by un
» scrupulous and irresponsible letter writers to the
? public press, touching the discharge of rny official
l duties as President ot the constitutional conven
tion, make the duty imperative.
i Excitement, conflict, and great confusion, must
, necessarily attend the organization of government
p for a community brought together from all parts
l oftheworli, and actuated by different objects,
- motives, and prejudices. No Territory ever or
) ganised in the United States has suffered more
- from causes of this character than Kansas. The
* conflict about the shaping of our institutions, so
I constantly directed bv persons and parties outside
p of the Territory, has forced within its limits a class
i of population from every portion of the Union,
• most dissimilar in character and with the strongest
- predisposition to collision. That disorder and
i confusion, the violation of individual and public
• rights and duties, should result from such causes,
may be deplored, but could not be prevented,
i Good men have sought the peaceful remedy to
■ these controversies in the ballot-box. Rad men
i have been governed by no scruples as to public or
l private action. In the periodical addresses put
forth by the law and order or Democratic party of
• Kansas, every foreign influence has been repudi
ated, and every effort made to procure for Kansas
the quiet, peaceful settlement of all questions of
public policy by the fair and honest expression of
the popular will. To the fullest extent these re
commendations have not probably prevailed with
r their own party friends, who, in opposition to a
’ party knowing and respecting no law, may have
, been driven to the extremity of wrong and the
violation of public right and duty. Bpt it is not
’ my object to go into a full examination of thissub
, ject. My obiect now is to place myself right be
, tore the public on the subject of the election re
turns for members of the legislature in Leaven
worth county, the statements m reference to which
have been so conflicting and contradictory.
On the 13th of January, the day before I opened
the returns of the Kansas elections for and under
the Constitution, I was called upon by several gen- 1
J tlemen from Lawrence, headed oy JJoctor or Gover-1
t nor Robinson, and asked if I would be governed,
in determining the result of the election in Lea- '
venworth county, L y the sworn statement of one of i
’ the judges of election at the precinct known as the 1
“ Delaware Crossing.” I replied, no! That I
, could not, and would not, go behind the election !
' returns. It was then stated that the question was 1
f as to the legality of returns; and fraud was
’ charged, on what information I did not learn, upon 1
p the ground that ‘the returns sent to me were not ]
the true returns as approved and signed by the !
judges of election. To give the full opportunity «
of submiting testimony as to the legality of the
returns, I told the gentleman that, as the lelfisla- !
ture would have no duties to perform until "after ]
the decision of the question of admission, there i
t could be no necessity for the immediate issuance <
. of certificates of election in that or any other case, 1
' and that the difficulty u hich they suggested could, *
in the mean time, be fully investigated.
This statement I made the next day in the pre- 1
sence of the gentlemen wko were present at the
opening of the returns. I also authorised Gov.
Denver 1o state that if the judges of election would
furnish me, under oath, a statement that the re
turn made was false and fraudulent, 1 would treat
such statement as a corrected return, and be gov
erned by it in giving certificate? of election. I 1
knew nothing of the Dele ware returns, t
only that public rumor had given to the j ‘
ic party a majority at that precinct of som ® three ; *
or four hundred. I supposed the returns fron’i that | *
precinct were in my office, and was undece»’ vec M |
only when all the returns were opened and th>V ! 1
were not found. These returns wore of great im* 1 1
portance, a3 they determined not only the political t 1
1 complexion of Leavenworth county, but of both ! a
branches of the legislature. As they stood at the
opening of the returns, without the Delaware
Crossing vnte, the Republicans had a majority in
Leavenworth county, and, consequently, a majori
ty of both branches of the legislature. *
In order to ascertain the truth, I sent a messen
ger to that precinct to see the judges of election,
and learn the facts as to the charge of fraud in
the return*. In the meantime, the sealed returns
from that precinct were put into my hands by Mr.
Diefendorf, one of the commissioners for Leaven
worth county, and on the same day that the mes
senger returned from Delaware Crossing precinct.
I received the returns and the messengers report
at Weston, Missouri, on the 21st day of January.
The messenger brought to me the following sworn
statements of the judges and clerks of the precinci
in question:
Territory of Kansas , (Jaunty of Leavenworth:
The undersigned judges and clerks of the elec
tion held for State officers and members of the
State Legislature, held at the precinct known as
Delaware Agency, on the fourth day of January,
A. D. 1859, do hereby certify that the returns made
by U 3 of said election were correct and gen
uine, and any statement made by any person as to
the vote of said precinct can onlj be determined,
as to ita truth or falsity, by a reference to said re
turn* made by us as managers and clerks of said
elMtiori'at raid precinct.
Isaac Monday, )
Theodore F. Garret. / Judges.
James C. Grinter. )
W. C. Wilson, I
James Findley, J Lierks.
Territet'y of Kansas, county of Johnson :
Before cs«, tiam’l. Balters, an aetiug justice Os
the peace in and for the county ana Territory
aforesaid, personally appeared Isaac Monday,
Theodore F. Garrett, James C. Grinter, Wm. C.
Wilson, and James Findlay, who, being sworn,
deposetb and saith that the foregoing statement is
true, to the j/est of their knowledge and belief.
Isaac Monday,
Theodore F. Garrett,
James C. Grinter, *f .
W. C. Wilson, V
James Findlay.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this eigh
teenth day of January, A. D. 1858.
'Samuel M. Salters, J. P.
Territory cf Kansas , County of Johnson:
Before me, Samuel Salters, personally appeared ,
Theodore F. Garrett, who, being sworn, says that j
on the 11th day of January he was arrested in
L-4iTehworth countv, under, as it was said, a war- t
rant, and taken to Lawrence, by an armed party of (
ten or eleven, and, while he was under arrest, a
proposition was made to him to make a new poll (
book, (by some one of the free-State party in Law
rence, and he thinks by a man named Ewing,) j
wlicb poll book should be made out so that Gen
eral Calhoun would receive it, which deponent, .
bfeiojf in durance, told him or them he supposed
would* be all right. Theodore F. Garrett.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the
eighteenth day of January, 1858.
Sambel M. Salters, J. P.
These depositions impressed my mind fully that
the returns’ placed that day in my hands were
true. I entertained no particle of doubt about the
result, when, in the presence of Colonel Starks
and others, I opened the returns and found a ma
j jority of three hundred and seventy-nine votes
[for the democratic party. I concluded, as a mat
ter of course, that the depositions of the judges
( fmd clerks were made with a full knowledge of the
HCODte-tfa of the returns, then for the first time in
fin/ pt pession. The returns, together with the de-
Vpositions of the judges and clerks, I sent to my
| office at Lecompton, by Mr. Brooks, one of the
l clerk in the Surveyor General’s office. lam m
forujL^4n«ik letter from Mr. Brooks, that he placed
" xhVrrai ?>votiat.ds of Gen. Maclean, the chief clerlr
jk» the‘Surveyor General’s office, oh the 27th day
of January. I at once said to my friends, a ;t»
others who approached me on the subject, that the
Democratic party had a majority in the legisle ure,
and authorised the publication of such a state
ment. I came to Washington with no particle of
doubt on iny mind as to the result. On the Satur
day night after my arrival in Washington, I called
to pay my respects to an old friend, Judge Doug
las, and before leaving be placed in my hands a
paper he had just received from Kansas. This
paper contained what purported to be the deposi
tions of the judges of election for the precinct of
Delaware Crossing; and in which the judges de
posed that there were but forty-three votes polled
at that precinct. I could not act, or form my opin
ion upon a newspaper publication; but I imme
diately informed my friends that if the statement
so made should prove true, they must inevitably
control my action. I have received and opened a
return from the Delaware Crossing precinct,
which gives to the Democratic party a majority of
three hundred and seventy-nine votes, and would
thus secure a majority to the Democratic legislative
ticket of Leavenworth county, and a majority on
joint ballot in the legislature, under the Constitu
tion. If the judges of election at that precinct
furnish to me, as I informed Gov. Denver before
leaving Kansas, a reliable and sworn statement
that but forty-three votes were polled there, 1
should make myself a party to the fraud if I de
clined to be governed by the oaths of the judges.
It is a question going to the legalityofthe returns.
Os that I may judge and determine. I shall do
so * and, in my determination, I shall be governed
by justice, and truth and the right. If it shall, as
it probably will, place the government of the State
of Kansas in the hands of my enemies, no one will
regret it more; but yet no one, not even a Black
Republican, could perform the duty with more of
the consciousness of right than I shall feel in the
honest discharge of my official duties. I have
written to Gov. Denver to procure the sworn state
ments of the judges of this controverted precinct,
and to have them taken under such circumstances
as will secure a free and unbiassed exhibition of
facts. By the sworn statements, so procured, I
shall be governed in giving the certificates of elec
tion to the members of the legislature from Lea
venworth county. J. Calhoun.
The Influence of a Smile. —Who can tell the
value of a smile 7 Itccsts the giver nothing, but is
beyond price to the erring and relenting, the sad and
cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It disarms mal
ice—subdues temper —turns hatred to love—re
venge to kindness, and paves the darkest path
with gems of sunlight. A smile on the brow be
trays a kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affection
ate brother, a dutiful son, a happy husband. It
adds a charm to beauty, it decorates the face of
the deformed, and mates lovely woman resemble
an angel of paradise.
Death of a Noted Duellist.—Pierre Gextin,
•an old citizen of New Ojrleans, died suddenly a
(ew days ago. The Picayune says:
Mr. Gentin was a native of the ancient city of
Geneva, and had devoted his early years to the
profession of arms. Since 1808 he resided in this
city, and during the war of 1814-15, served as a
volunteer under Gen. Jackson. Shortly after his
arrival here, he got into a difficulty about a game
of billiards which resulted in a duel.
When he and his opponent met, the latter, be
fore they had crossed swords, struck him a false
blow on his foot, which for the time being disa
bled him. His second then took up the gauntlet ;
on his behalf, and was slain. Two years after
wards Gentin and his former adversary met as
seconds at another duel, and after their principals 1
had decided their matter of dispute, another meet- i
ing was at once arranged between Gentin and tne
opposing second. This time the contest proceeded \
to a fatal issue, and Gentin came off conqueror. £
Since then he had been the hero of half a dozen j
hostile meetings; but from all of them he escaped
unwounded. *
£
Cincinnati, Feb. 20. —The Methodist Protestant j
Church, near the corner of Race street, was par
tially destroyed by fire last night %an explosion l
of the gas-pipe. Eight or ten persons were se- t
verely injured, two or three of whom are not ex
pected to live. (
St. Louis, Feb. 20.—Utah advices from Fort
Scott to January Ist. The troops were in good
spirits, waiting good weather and re-inforcements l
to make a decent on Salt Lake Citv. Johnson was t
well advised of the movements cf the Saints.
Cummings was performing Gubernatorial duties i
as far as able. The outward bound mails were i
making good progress, having met many Indians, 1
aj! friendly.
From the New York Journal of Commerce. 1
Additional by the Baltic. <
The Collins steamship Baltic, Cap. Comstock, ‘
from Liverpool, at about > P. M., on the 3d inst., i
arrived at quarantine about 10 o’clock last night. 1
The Cunard steamship Africa arrived out at 1
Liverpool, at 11.30 P. M., on Saturday, the 30th i
January. j
London Money Market. —The money market was j
most abundantly supplied, and continued to grow <
in ease. The rates for short loans were little more ;
than nominal, and some transactions had taken i
place in the discount market as low as per
cent. Messrs. James Cousens & Sons, tea mer
chants, had suspended payment. The failure was <
also announced of four or five houses in Dublin,
including that of Arthur McKenna k Sons, timber
merchants.
Gold continued to flow into the Bank ot Eng
. land, and the bullion reserve was expected soon to
• reach a point greater than ever before known,
j The funds were firm, and Consols closed on the
, 2d at 95%&95% for money and account, which
» was rather below the highest point reached during
- the day.
3 The'export of specie to the East by the mail of
t the 4th would be £219,000.
>- The Daily News thinks that gold will soon
d again be exported to the Continent.
American securities are reported quiet and
without alteration.
Great Britain. —The steamship Leviathan was
successfully floated in the Thames on Sunday, the
31st of January. Arrangements had been perfect
ed to complete tbe launch on the day previous, but
the prevalence of a heavy gale rendered a post
ponement imperative, and as Sunday proved most
auspicious, it was determined to proceed with the
operations rather than encounter the risks which
a further lengthened delay would have entailed.
The final floating of the great ship was effected
with perfect ease, and no accident of any kind oc
curred, although the river was literally covered
with boats full of people, and the timbers forming
the cradles, which had been kept down by the
weight of the vessel, ascended with great, force
some twenty or thirty feet above the surface of the
water. The scene was a brilliant one, and the en
thusiasm of the multitudes who witnessed the
launch was manifested in loud and continued
cheering.
The Leviathan was towed by four powerful tug
boats to her moorings, opposite Deptford, where
she will remain until her internal arrangements
are completed.
The Atlantic Telegrayh Company had issued a
call for the ordinary meeting ol the stockholders
on the 18th of Februarv, and in anticipation of this
meeting had published a full report of the position
of the company. The report states that it is pro
posed to raise a certain amount of new capital by
an issue of twenty pound shares, with which to
meet the charges of the seven hundred miles of
additional cable now in course of manufacture, und
to provide for contingencies. Great confidence is
expressed in the success of the attempt to lay the
cable next summer. The report concludes as fol-
“ From the first commencement of the company’s
proceedings it had been arranged that a certain
number of gentlemen in America should be select
ed to hold a position as honorary directors. Un
der the original Constitution there were no powers
to effect this object, but in the act obtained by the
company, duriug last session, a clause was insert
ed, giving the requisite authority, and it is there
fore intended to propose to the meeting on the 18th
February, the election of the following gentlemen,
ordinarily resident in America, as honorary direc
tors under the clause above referred to—viz.: “ In
the United States—The Hon. E. M. Archibald, 11.
M. Consul, New York; August Belmont, Peter
Cooper, Francis P. Corbin, Wilson G. Hunt, A.
Low, Matthew Morgan, Watts Sherman.
f In Canada—Hon. George E. Cartier, Hon. John
Ross, Hon. John Young.
In New Brunswick—Hen. J- hn Robertson.
The Prince and Princess Frederick William of
Prussia quitted England on the 2d inst. They pro
ceeded from London by railroad to Gravesend,
where they embarked in the roval yacht, under a
salute from Tilbury Fort and the squadron in at
tendance, and amidst enthusiastic cheers of the
assembled crowds. In the city of London, and all
along tbe route, there was a perfect ovation to the
young couple.
A meeting of the bond and stockholders of'the
Erie railroad had been held in London, to hear ex
planations from the President, Mr. Moran. He
staled their difficulties to have arisen from an in
adequate capital and an enormous and misman
aged floating debt, but considered there was a
clear possibility of surmounting them, and obtain
ing a fair remuneration to the shareholders for their
outlay. A motion, authorising the creation of a
fifth mortgage of five million dollars was carried,
after a division.
General Ashburnbam, who was appointed to
command the British force* in China, but was
transferred to India, had suddenly returned to Eng
land without leave, because, as is said, only a com
mand in the Punjub was suggested to him, which
did not answer his expectation.
The Morning Advertiser reiterates the rumor that
Mr. Vernon Smith is to be raised" to a Peerage.
An investigation at Liverpool into certain scan
dalous charges brought against the Rev. Mr. Gent,
a Curate in Dr. McNeile’s church, and which at
tracted great attention, had ended in the complete
vindication of Mr. Gent’s character, and so elated
were the people at the result that they carried Mr.
Gent in triumph to the Court, and dragged him in
a carriage through the streets, while those who
gave evidence against him barely escaped “lynch
law”*from the mob.
A frightful colliery explosion had occurred at a
pit near Ashton-under-line. About one hundred
men were iu the pit at the time, und it was feared
that many of them were killed. At latest dates
about forty had been taken out alive, some more
or less injured, and two dead.
A large reform meeting was held at Birmingham
on the 2d, and resolutions were adopted declaring
that no measures of reform would be completed
without household suffrage and the ballot. Char
tists amendments for universal suffrage were de
feated by laFge majorities.
Trance. —The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, under date January 29, writes as follows:
“A very numerous andhighly respectable meet
ing of Americans was held this afternoon in the
Hotel du Louvre, to express their sentiments on
the recent atrocious attempt to assassinate the Em
peror of the French. The Hon. John Wethered, a
member of the United States Congress, was called
to the chair, and in a few observations he explain
ed the object of the meeting. Mr. Pillo, of Louisi
ana, then proposed, and Mr. Prescott, of Boston,
seconded, the following resolution:
“ Whereas, Bv the Constitution of the United
States the conduct of our relations with foreign
governments is confided to the President of the
United States, we, as citizens of the United States
now assembled, disclaim all inclination or purpose
to interfere with the Executive of our country in
the discharge of its duties.
“ And whereas, While temporarily sojourning in
Paris, an attempt has been made to assassinate
their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the
French, and that by means which necessarily en
dangered tbe lives' of many of both sexes and of
all ages, against whom the murderers could have
had no cause of ill will.
“And whereas Americans regard with horror :
the crime of assasination and such diabolical at
tempts to commit it:
“ Resolved , That we have heard with detesta- ,
tion of the attempt made on the 14th inst., to de- ,
stroy the lives of the reigning Emperor and Em
press of the French. ,
" Resolved, That we express our congratulations \
at the escape, which, under Providence, has been ,
accorded to their Majesties from the terrible dan
ger to which they were exposed. ]
“ Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting
be requested to communicate these resolutions, so i
that they may be made known to their Majesties.”
These resolutions having been put, were adopt- ,
ed unanimously, and the chairman signed them.
The meeting then broke up.
It is said that five great directors of police are to
be created. Each director generaUs to be under
the orders of the Minister of the Interior.
The list of the marshals to have command of the
new military division, received by the Niagara,
was incorrect. According to the most reliable au
thority the commanders will be marshals Baraguay
D'Hilliers, Canrobert, Bosquet, Magnan and Cas-
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tellane, while Pelissier will have supreme control
over all, with the title of marshal general.
Paris correspondent of the London Times
reports that the improvement which was beginning
to be observed in the general trade of the country,
had been checked by the rumors in" regard to the
restrictive measures proposed by the government,
and the violent language employed in the military
addresses to the Emperor. Wheat and flour had
declined in price in almost all the markets of
France. Brandies were dull, and quotations fall
ing.
An engineer named Duterte is have in
vented an apparatus w-hich is destined to effect a
complete revolution in the construction of locomo
tives, and to save fifty per cent, in the amount of
combustibles at present consumed.
The project for a submarine tunnel between
France and England had been submited to an offi
cial commission named by the Minister of Public
Work*.
Letters from Paris mention the failure of Mr,
James Odier, one of the oldest and most respecta
ble of the banking firms of that city. The liabili
ties were estimated at two hundred thousand
pounds sterling. Hopes were entertained of a re
sumption.
A steady improvement in the Lyons silk market
is reported, under the influence of orders for the
European springtrade.
The London Times is requested by Gen. Chan
i garnier to state that, as the decree which exiled
! several French Generals has not been repealed, it
■ is not his intention at present to return to France,
t In Paris, on the Ist, the project of a new law was
• read in the legislative chambers, empowering the
t Executive to remove from Paris all persons who
may attempt to disturb public tranquility. A bill
> was also submitted for the Constitution of a Coun
■ cil of Regency. The Empress is to be Regent, of
I right; she failing, two French Princes m the order
■ of progeniture. The members of the Council of
I Regency to be, the two French Princes in their
: own right, Cardinal Moilot, Marshal Pelissier,
> Count Persigoy, M. Fould, and the Presidents of
the Senate, the Corps Legislatif, and the Council
of State.
A dispatch from Paris, of the 2d inst., says:
“There is no doubt that the Emperor will modify
some of the most stringent clauses of the repres
sion bill. The papers discovered by the English
police at Pierri s house, at Birmingham, are now
in the hands of the authorities in Paris, but it is
not known whether they have led to any further
disclosures. Orsini and Pierri confess all that is
imputed to them. Their murderous designs, it
appears, were not confined to the Emperor; other
sovereigns were to be included m the assassina
tion, and especially the Pope, the King of Naples,
and the King of Sardinia.”
Latest—Faris, Tuesday. —The Monitevr pub
lishes letters patent nominating the Empress Re
gent in case of any calamity befalling the Empe
ror before the Prince Imperial attains his majority.
The repressive measure which has been proposed
to the corps legislatif is a project de loi, and it
• consists of certain additions to several of the arti
cles penal codes—article second, punishes
» with imprisonment from one month to two years,
l even- individual who, with the object of disturb
- ing the public peace or of exciting natred and con
- tempt against the government of the Emperor,
s shall have practiced any intrigues, or carried on
e any correspondence either within this country, or
- abroad. 3. Every individual, who, without being
- authorised, shall have manufactured, sold ordistri
li buted: Firstly, destructive machines, acting by
i, explosion, or otfierwise: Secondly, fulminating
s- powder, of whatever description, shall be punish
n ed with imprisonment from six months to five
l. years, and a fine of fifty to three thousand francs,
sr "Article seven declares as follows: Any individual
L may be interne in France, or Algeria, or expelled,
who was condemned, expelled, interne or trans
it ported in May or June, ls4H, in June, 1849, or in
December, 1851, and who may jgain have been
pointed out by important circumstances, as dan
»f gerons to public safety.
»- j Holland. —The Bank of Holland had reduced its
1, rate of discount.from five to four-ufld-a-half per
a cent.
t- Hanover. —M. Chas. llostmann, a Hanoverian
e banker, bad failed, and committed suicide.
1 Sweden. —The new Swedish railway loan of
e about one million two hundred thousand pouuds
sterling, had been taken by several of the Banks of
) Credit Mobelier in Germany, in a four-and-a-half
• per cent, stock, at a price between ninety and nine-
I ty-one.
Italy. —A rumor was current that the assassina
tion of the King of Piedmont formed a part of the
• programme which included the death of the Em
peror Napoleon.
The National Bank of Turin had reduced its
rate of discount from seven to six per cent.
India. —The Bombay mail of January 9th had
arrived in England, but the news adds nothing of
• importance to the telegraphic accounts brought
i out by the Niagara.
The correspondent of the Daily Hews, however,
• asserts that the news from the Punjaub is unfavor
i able. The Sikhs were not safe, and the Affgbans
threaten on the northern frontier,
t Australia. —The Australian mail, with dates
from Melbourne to Dec. loth, had reached Eng
. land, but the nett's was anticipated by telegraph—
t as per Niagara’s advices. Trade throughout the
. country was very dull, being confined to merely
» actual requirements.
Actors and Actresses.
From the period immediately preceeding the
Shakspearian epoch down to our own time, reh
j gious excommunication and social ban have rested
on the (theatrical) profession.
a The profession of the stage is perhaps the most
laborious of all crafts, requiring almost unceasing
A mental and physical effort. The duties of an actor
g comprise a study of new parts, and recovery of old
e onpspbccupying, on an average, from two to four
hours a day; an attendance at rehearsal m the
n morniDg, occupying about two hours a day; and a
~ performance each evening, occupying in winter
| tour and in summer about three hours.
> The salaries of actors vary considerably; they
may, however, be set down as averaging: In
France, from twenty to two hundred francs a
month ; in England, from four to twenty pounds a
u month ; and in the United States from fifty to one
: hundred and fifty dollars a month. Actors who
have some acknowledged excellence, or peculiar
e individuality, or are especially attractive, are call-
II ed stars, and earn generally from four hundred to
l * twenty-five hundred dollars a month.
*} Actors and actresses, as the records of the stage
a attest, are proverbially long lived, and free from
f“ bodily infirmity. Performances are seldom changed
‘ by illness of the performers. In many theatres a
season has passed without a single alteration, even
of a part, from illness. This healthiness is doubt
less owing to their necessarily active life, and reg
-1 ular exei cise, not only of the limbs, but also of
s the internal organs of the throat and lungs, there
-3 by fortifying the weakest portion of the human
' system. *Wnen not addicted to intemperance, to
1 which the exciting character of the life inclines
too many of the male portion of the profession.
| many actors have reached the veiy longest period
of the duration of human life. Os all classes, they
are freest from crime. This is owing mainly to
, the constant occupation of mind, time and bocy
in their pursuit; but it may in some degree also
be attributable to their softness of feeling and sym
pathy of character. They are charitable almost
to recklessness.— New American Cyclopaedia.
Agricultural Truth.—The followinjg state
ments will be found correct as to the soils under
cultivation:
1. All lands on which clover or the grasses are
grown, must either have lime in them naturally, or
that mineral must be artificially applied in the form
of stone, lime, or marl.
2. All permanent improvement of lands must
look to lime as its basis.
8. Lands which have been|longj in culture will
be benefited by the application of phosphate of
lime, and it is unimportant whether deficiency be
supplied in the form of bone dust, guauo, native
phosphate of lime, compost of flesh, ashes, or oys
ter shell lime, or marl, if the land need lime alone.
4. No lands can be preserved in a high state of
fertility, unless clover and the grasses are cultiv r
ted in the course of rotation.
New York, Feb. 20.—Capt. Jas. We' ’
on the Baltic, Captain Comstock h
St. Petersburg to treat with th»
ment for the purchase of th'-