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■ , ' ■ — ! -«■!_!_ ■■' J ■' g ■ -k " uSH ttli I n Constittttiaiiallat. BY JAMES GARDNER. yg* Joseph 11. Morehouse, Esq., has been ap pointed Postmaster in Sjlvania, inScriven county, in the place of Mr. B. L. Prkscott, resigned. j{ r _ \f«, Rkbd, of the firm of Lacostr A Reed, was accidentally killed in Charleston on the 17th inst. Death op a U. S. Consol. —The Kingston, Ja maica, correspondent of the New York Herald , states that Col. Harrison, U. S. consul at that port, died there on Jhe 24th ult. His death was deeply regretted by all the inhabitants of the isl and. _ jgg” News items from the Columbus Sun, June 17th. Hon. Martin J. Crawford..— The Representa tive from this District, arrived home Tuesday evening. His appearance indicates the enjoyment of his usual good health. Po»t Uflke Change. —Thename of Pataula P. 0., in Randolph county, Georgia, has been changed by the Post Office Department to that of Linwood. Speculations about Crops. The editor of the Savannah Republican, says the writer of the annexed letter is a gentleman of experience and intelligence, and his views at all times worthy of serious consideration. We copy from the Republican of 10th inst: Columbus, Ga., June 16, 1858. Mr. Editor —Dear Sir: I notice in your daily isrue, a call for information respecting the pros pects of the growing crop, and therefore take oc casion to address you in reference to the same. In the last week or two, I have seen and conversed with planters from various sections of Georgia and Alabama, and am led to believe, that whilst the prospect in some few sections is good, in many others it is quite as poor as last year. It is uni versally conceded that the fields are clean of grass, and the stands good; this fact induces many per sons to regard the crop as fine. Why are they so clean *—is there less planted, cr have the planters worked harder than iu past years ? No, it is be cause the rust has desttoyed the grass as well as the oats, and is now making its dreaded appear ance in the cotton, blasting the fine anticipations that so lately cheered the planter, and caused him to rejoice at the prospect of a glorious harvest. Can anv one believe for a moment that the western crop will be as large as last year ? Many fields in this section will not be chopped out before the 15th July; add to this state of things, the many plan tations made entirely unproductive from former and present overflows, and answer the question. Can any one believe the crop will be greater than last year ? Is it not a notorious fact that the seasons which suit one section are ruinous to another? The rains that are required for the red, stiff lands of upper Georgia, are not at all suited to the gray and black lands of other sections. It may be, how ever, that the seasons this year have adapted themselves to everv latitude and complexion of land; this we doubt. When all the facts in regard to the growing crop are closely scanned and inves tigated in all their bearings, I cannot but think the prospect largely overrated, and fear we shall have the crop all over the country, in less than thirty days, entirely reversed. I hope and trust it may not be so, but my enquiries lead to that con clusion. A 1/iokek On. From the London Post t June 1. The British Aggressions. Although we are not disposed to admit without reserve tne apparently highly colored accounts which the New York paper# have recently puh rrli that oFthe CagTiari, awaits the of her Majesty’s present advisers. The subject has already occupied the attention of the American Senate, and we are informed by a despatch from Washington that the President has demanded explanations from England and Spain “in reference to the search and visitation of American vessels in the vicinity of Cuba and its harbors.” We are further informed “that specific orders have been sent to the United States Home squadron to stop the interference with American shipping from any quarter what soever,” and that three additional frigates have been actually despatched to give practical en forcement to the resolution of the Senate, pro testing against that which it describes as “ acts of British aggressi« nin the Gulf of Mexico.” No one, of coarse, imagines that British cruisers in these days exercise the right of visitation and search for mere motives of idle curiosity, or for the purpose of giving gratuitous offense to the peo ple of a friendly power. The object with which American merchantmen have lately been overhauled has been to ascertain whether they were eDgaged in lawful commerce or participating in that most abominable of all traf fics—the African slave trade—a traffic which is condemned by the positive law of the United States, as it is by the public law of the civilised world. It is well known that Cuba has long been the most lucrative centre of this most inhti -nian commerce, and that England tor more than half a century has made every endeavor, by block ading the coast of Africa, and by treaties with foreign powers—mutually conceding the right of searcn—effectingv to destroy the occupation and profits of the slave trader. Fur this purpose the British government has its tactics by placing cruisers around the island of Cuba, to intercept homeward and outward bound slavers. Now, it unfortunately happens that the men who engage in the slave trade are not very scrupulous in the use of artifices which they hope will screen their vessels from the examination of a foreign cruiser. A slaver, manned by the vilest scum that can be picked up in the Portuguese ports on the coast of Africa, will hoist, just as it suits its pur pose, the English, French, or the American flag ; and truth compels us to add that vessels of this kind have been sometimes owned and commanded by United States citizens. How, then, can it be possible to ascertain the nationality of any vessel sailing to or from a slave mart except by the exer cise of that right of visitation and search which, in reality, is as necessary a measure of high mar itime police as that rule of public law which de clares that pirates may be seized and punished wheresoever found ? In the three cases mentioned by our transatlan tic cotemporaries, United States merchantmen have been brought to, aud their papers have been ex amined bv British cruisers. In one of these the ball tired from the cruiser lodged in the mainmast of the American brig, “close to the captain’s head!” These statements are probably exaggerated, but if they should turn out to be correct it is difficult to see’how the Cuban slave trade is to be suppressed, if even* vessel, whether coming from Boston or direct from the coast of Africa, is to hoist the stars and stripes in the face of the British cruisers, and sav “Search and visit me if you dare.” Upon this theory every pirate under American colors would escape punishment unless he happened to fall within the dutches of a vessel of his own country. In this state of things Mr. Secretary Cass h'a2 demanded “the discontinuance of the searching of American vessels,” and insists “ that any damages that may arise in the matter are ex pected co be compensated by Spain, or that she is to interpose with Great Britain.” From the sub stance of Gen. Cass’ despatch, it would appear that the nets complained of have been computed either within the territorial waters of Spain, or with the consent of the governmedt of her most Catholic Majesty. Should this be so, then we must rejoice that Spain has at length resolved to put an effectual stop to the slave trade in co-opera tion with the most powerful maritime power m the W °But*the difficulty which the British government will have to encounter arises from that foehng of rivalry, or rather from that feeling of jealousy, with which the people of the United States are too prone to regard the power of this country. American statesman, from the time of Jerterson down to that of Webster, has protested against any exercise of the right of search by foreign ships of war upon American vessels. Mr. Webster sata in 1842: “In every regularly documental Ameri can merchant vessel the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them.” The great American orator and states man was no doubt speaking of protection from im pressment ; but we may add, if the right of search is to be permitted for any purpose whatever, the declaration of the honorable gentleman, as well as the long continued policy of this country, mustgo for nothing, and be considered mere empty brava do. But the entertainment of such an impression in this country would be most incorrect. General Cass, at the time of the Ashburton treaty, wrote • an able pamplet against the right of search; and now, as Secretary of State for foreign affairs, he is not more likely than he was United .States Min ister to Paris to make a concession which would be inconsistent with that great doctrine of the equality and independence of nations upon the seas which America has always so strenuously us serted. We confess that we cannot see our way out of the difficulty. On the coast of Africa and along the middle passage no power appears to have strong objec tion to the exercise of the mutual right of visita tion and search ; but if you change the scene and go to the waters of the Mexican Gulf, or those of the northern Atlantic, the right—even for the meritorious and noble object of putting down a crime which, in reality, exceeds piracy—may be asserted in a manner calculated to give offense to a highly excitable and jealous people. If the gov ernment of the United States, with a view to the suppression of the slave trade, would maintain a sufficient naval force in the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Cuba, all just and proper measures to ascertain the nationality of vessels sailing un der the American flag might be enforced without the intervention of the cruisers of any foreign power. By the adoption of such a course General Cass would not only preserve his favorite doctrine in its integrity, but he would show to the world that the United States, in common with civilised Europe, were determined to put a stop to a trade which they themselves have declared to be “ irre concilable to the principles of humanity and jus tice,” and which the great powers assembled at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 described as “ the scourge which had so long desolated Africa, de graded Europe, and affiietad humanity.” From the London Telegraph, June 2. It is at all times difficult to determine the rights of nations at sea. They depend less upon actqal treaties than upon that general and indefinite code known as the law of nations, and great wars have frequently originated in a misconception of the privileges enjoyed by maritime powers under the undeclared jurisdiction of this authority. The rights thus acquired are partly natural, partly cus tomary ; and much depends upon the method by which they are enforced. A very painful ques tion, involving the interpretation of this universal international law, has arisen between Great Britain and the United States of America ; but in dealing with it we shall be careful not to prejudge the points at issue, or accept the allegations on either side in their entirety, since there is an obvious and unfortunate amount of bitterness on the part of the American merchantmen and British cruisers, between whom the controversy has taken place. In the absence of official information of a kind which has certainly not yet reached any one m this country, uolfss it be the discreet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, it would be rash to anticipate what complexion the dispute may assume, and all that is possible, or even desirable, at this stage, is to express a hope that, foreseeing as we must a diplomatic contention of a most unhappy charac ter, accompanied by free recriminations from the press in both countries, a spirit of mutual gen erosity and forbearance will be displayed. We want no American war upon our hands; we can afford to make no unworthy or unjust concessions; but, if we are to escape the one and the other al ternative, this matter must not be allowed to be come one of jealous or arrogant boastings. If U K* net exactly necessary that >v 1 gs It would be equally un ! wise to invoke upoliev of affronts and men ic**s, a&ngerous to the peace of the world, and condu cive to the interests and to the honor of neither nation. . .. It must be remembered that the complication is one of serious difficulty. Certain British cruisers are charged with having wantonly and violently stopped, challenged, fired into, boarded and search ed a number of United States merchant vessels, in the Central American waters and the Gulf of Mexi co, the complaints from the latter quarter being the most numerous and important, since it is stated that the commander of the British war steamer Styx had announced that the orders of his Govern ment were to examine the papers and cargo of all ships proceeding up or down the GuIT. Now,this collision between our public marine and that of the North American Republic is one in every sense to be regretted, since the circumstances themselves are embarrassing, and it does not appear that any decision can immediately be arrived at without compromising, in an injurious degree, one ot the great powers concerned. We cannot abandon the right of search in reference to America without abandoning it as regards the rest of the world: we cannot recall our Gulf cruisers without establish ing an African squadron ; we cannot suppress our ocean police without again licensing, practically, if not avowedly, the slave traffic, which has been the curse of one mighty continent and the reproach of another. But, at the same time, if it be really essential, in order to maintain this principle, that American ships should be treated as we are led to believe by the reports in tire trans- Atlantic journals, we may be assured that we must give way or fight, for our prerogative; since, if there be a nation upon earth inclined to suffer the inconvenience of such n system, it is not the hardy, proud and poiv- j erlul race which, in the New Word, speaks our language and inherits our independence. The Supreme Court of the United States has laid down, in a memorable judgment, that the slave trade ia opposed to the law of nature and of nations, and America has eutcred into treaties with Great Britain for the suppression of this in famous barter, so tar as the sea is concerned. We have a right, then, to capture and confiscate every slaver, and even to punish the captains and crew; but how far and ia what shape is that right to be asserted ? Does it authorise us in visiting a principle port of Cuba, boarding twelve American vessels, inspecting their papers, ransacking their holds and guaging their water barrels? Does it qualify our captains to tire into American ships in the Gulf of Mexico, so as to endanger life and property, and to be guilty of insulting and domineering behavior ? These questions we ask without condeming any one in anticipation of the evidence. The statements are before us and they must be sifted. The British public has no interest whatever in countenancing acts of outrage, or even excess of zeal, on the part of its naval officers, in the strict performance of their duty they will meet with every support; but there is a very clear diiier ence between the courtesy of a gentleman and the swagger of a pirate, and if the conduct of certain English commanders has been such as the Ameri can papers allege, they mav, although in the literal .execution of their orders, have deserved the severest reprehension. We send out our cruisers to prevent the traffic in slaves, but we do not send them out to established a nautical reign of terror in the Gulf of Mexico. We trust that the most ample and impartial in vestigation will be made into the whole of this affair, which is not one to be explained away by a few words of official ambiguity. In reply to the ques tion put by Mr. Lindsay last night on this impor tant subject, Mr. S. Fitzgerald, it will be observed, orf%e part of Mr. Walpole, denied that the gov ernment had received any official information from Washington, assigning as a reason fur the frequent exercise of the right of search by British cruisers, that it was the constant practice of sla vers to hoist American colors. For this manoeuvre it would be rather difficult to find a remedy, though our trans-Atlantic friends could doubtless well dispense with so questionable a compliment. Mr. Fitzgerald further intimated that orders have been sent out to the commanders of our cruisers, •onveying instructions to actjwith greater caution as regards vessels, under the circumstances which had been made the subject of complaint. As usual, however, he left us m the dark as to the precise nature of these instructions, and we are not in a position to judge how far they are calcu lated to answer their professed object, a The difference, we say, is unfortunate in every r/iapect. The honor of this country, and the con duct of her officers, hate beeen called in question, but this is not all. With regretable precipitancy, a number of the American journalists have rush TJGrTJSTA., GA„ WE?DJSrES!D.AY, JXIINrE 23, 1858. . ed into print with magniloquent denunciations, doing their worst to provoke the popular hostility against Great Britain. It would be easy to excite a similar feeling on this side of the Atlantic; but all rational men will desire to witness a speedy and amicable solution of the embarrassments which have arisen. If it be true, however, that eight weeks ago our government received an inti mation from General Cass that the proceedings complained of would no longer be permited, the country will look to Lord Malmesbury for an ex planation of the fresh and rigorous orders stated to have been transmitted to the Gulf sinct> that period. We have been thrown into a perplexity, to say the least, and the best means of eluding it is not by blind audacity. Os course, if any can merchantman were so ill advised as to come across one of our cruisers with shotted guns, she would merely put America in the wrong, damage ber moral position, and draw down upon herself; something beyond an official inspection; but we can scarcely believe that the United States cap tains will act with so much rashness, ignorance and barbarity. The only course for them to pur sue is to appeal to “'their government for protec tion, and not to rest while their grievances, if grievances they be, remain unredressed. To take the law into their own dispensation would, be to afford a clear diplomatic advantage to Great Britain. What are termed, however, the “public ships,”? or the men-of-war of the United States, stand m a different category. Should the Cabinet at Wash ington, conceiving that the British cruisers in the Gulf and on the Cuban coast were straining theif privileges, order the commodore on the Mexicaa station to protect American shipping vi et armie , the result might be that a war would break out in the western hemisphere altogether without the connivance and beyond the control of our states men. We might hear of a Navanno in the At? lantic, and the whole world would have reason to deplore the procrastinatioss of diplomacy. Let us repeat, then, that a delicate and perilous con troversy has been awakened—that our cruisers are chargea with violence and illegality—that the American mind is taking fire—-and that it is the duty of Parliament anxiously to watch the policy of the government. In the name and interests civilization let this matter be settled without ap peals to Vattel or Grotius, to Dutch jurists* and Spanish quibblers, to constructive conventions and distorted analogies. What, for thAsakeof the comity of nations, do we owe to America in her own neighboring waters? What is fair and right between the United States and Great Britaiq? What can be arranged upon terms of mutual re spect and confidence? War against aggressors but peace, in the spirit of peace, with our natural allies, brethren and friends. From the Baltimore Sun* Special Session of the U. S. Senate. Washington, June 16. Shortly after the meeting of the Senate the galleries were or dered to be cleared, the thirty-eight Sena tors present having unanimously votea to go into secret session. When the doors were opened, Mr. M*son to take up the British aggression resolutions, which was .vfcas 32, nays 3. The resolutions are tw follows: Resolved* (as the judgment of the Senate,) That American vessels on the high seas, in time of peace, bearing the American flag, remain under the jurisdiction of the country to which they be long ; und, therefore, any visitation, molestation, or detention of such vessels by force, or by the exhibition of fores, on tfce part of a foreign pow er, is in derogation of the soverefgnty of the Uni ted States. Resolved , That the present and repeafod tions of this by M**M%*pi wt-befrin g»ng»-rrfTm MJylSrTjaßi H Gulf of Mexico, and the adjacent teas, bynring into, interrupting, and otherwise forcibly detain ing them on their voyage, requires, in the judg ment of the Senate, such unequivocal and final disposition of the subject by the governments of Great Britain and the United States, touching the rights involved, as shall satisfy the just demands of this government and preclude hereafter the oc currence of like aggressions. Resolved, That the Senate fully approves the ac tion of the Executive in sending a naval force into the infested seas with orders “ to protect all ves sels of the United States on the high seas from search or detention by the vessels of war of any other nation.” And it is the opiniqp of the Sen ate that, if it becomes necessary, such additional legislation should be supplied in aid of the Ex ecutive power, as will make such protection effec tual. Mr. Mason said he had refrained from debating these resolutions, notwithstanding they were of an important character. The resolutions were then passed unanimously, and Mr. Mason asked that this fact be entered on the journal. The committee appointed to wait on the Presi dent having reported that he had no further com munication to make, the Senate then adjourned this extraordinary session. From Fwter's Spirit of toe Time*. A Drink from a Private Uottle. Dear Spirit: A few months ago, F spent some time ut a tavern in the southern part of Pennsyl vania, which was kept by one of the jolliest, be'st natured landlords I ever came across; in fact, from the number of good things he said and did, one would imagine that he did nothing but read the Spirit— although I am sorry to say, that 1 nev er saw a copy of that entertaining paper while in bis house. *He was especially devoted to practi cal jokes, and he played them off with such tact, that the individuals "he sold were very often the only ones who were unconscious of it. One dav, when several thirsty individuals were moistening their clay at the bar, a stranger enter ed, beckoned Thompson aside, and; in a confiden tial whisper, disclosed to him the fact that “he wanted some of his heat whisky. I kefp a store myself,” he added, “ and keep some whisky that can’t be beat, and when I go anywhere else, 1 want to get a good article.’* Thompson replied that “he would give him soriiething extra by-and-by,” looking in a signifi cant manner at the crowd around the bar—as much as to say, that it wouldn’t do to bring out good liquor before them. The stranger took the hiut, and seated himself until they left, that they might not feel offended at Thompson’s partiality. When they had gone, Thompson winked at us, and produced a bottle, the contents of which, be used to assert, “would burn holes in woolen and and kill at forty rods,” and, handing it to his cus tomer, told him in an impressive mariner to “try that.” The stranger took the bottle, poured about “three fingers” into a glass, held it up to the light, smelt of it, and finally swallowed it at a gasp, lie hastily poured a little water after it to help it on its way, and laying down a “sip,” re marked with tears of satisfaction in his eyes: “Well, thaar , that is good whisky— fame kind,"as i keep in my store l Don’t get that kind of stuff everywhere!” “That’s a fact,” said Thompson, seriously, “in fact, it don't pay to sell that whisky except 'to per sons that can appreciate it!" Rob. Scene ox the Ohio.—Our boat stop peck to wood. On the shore, amongst a crowd, was a remarkably stupid looking fellow, with his hands in his pock ets, and his under lip hanging down. A dandy, ripe for a scrape, tipped nods and winks all about, saying: “Now I’ll have some fun. I’ll frighten the green horn.” He jumped ashore with a drawn bowie knife, and brandishing it in the face of the “green ’un”—“Now I’ll punish you; I have been looking for you a week ?*’ The fellow stared stu pidly at the'assailant. He evidently had not sense enough to be scared—but as the bowie knife came near to his face, one of his huge fists suddenly va cated his pocket, and fell hard and heavy between the dandy’s eves, and the pour fellow was floun dering in the Ohio! Greeny jumped on board ror boat, put his hands in his pockets, and looked around—“ May be,”, said he, “there’s somebody else here that’s been looking for me a week *” St. Louis, June 18.—The Sait Lake mail says, that seventy .Mormon families arrived at Camp Scott claiming protection, which was given. There are but two hundred and fifty head of beef cattle within fifteen miles of Camp Scott. The army have been living on eigbt ounces of flour, and balsa pound of beef per day. Monsieur Belly and the Nicaraguan Transit Route. a .The following item of news, in reference to Cen- j; tral American affairs, is brought by the Europa: t M The Paris correspondent of the London Timet c a copy of the convention concluded between 1 the government of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the one part, and Felix Belly, acting on behalf of lieliand k Co., of Pans, on the other, relative to t the concession of an inter-oceanic canal by the river San Juan and lake Nicaragua. The docu- 1 meat is dated May Ist. The company are to com- 1 nience work in two years and complete it in six, t and the channel of the canal is to admit two of j the largest ships to pass abreast. It is to be en tirely under French direction, and the French gov ernment is to have the exclusive privilege of keep- j mg two ships of war on the water of the route ttproughout the whole period occupied in the con- ' Bion of the canal. The duration of the con- f n is ninety-nine years from the opening of i nal, and the line is to be open to air flags at i ei rate uniform toll. The Times pronounces eheme impracticable, the capital being esti- 1 at ten to fifteen millions sterling. Append ihe above convention is a declaration signed the President of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1 setting forth the sufferings they have endured i from the fillibusters, and the risks they still run j from fresh invasions known to be in preparation, and in reality under the patronage or the United States government, and appealing to the great powers of Europe to sustain them m their inde pendence, and not leave the coasts of Central 1 America at the mercy of the marauders, but en- < force the observance of the public law.” , Senator Douglas. . b In the Senate on Tuesday, preceding the consid eration of the resolutions in relation to the recent outrage , the following discussion, pro- ( |roked bv Mr. Douglas, took place in reference to ( the politics of Illinois r ] | Mr. Douglas, of 111., did not propose to go into i r, this question of British outrages. He should vote ■for the resolutions. The object of his rising was to ] notice a telegraphic dispatch giving an acoount of j : -the proceedings of what was termed an AdminiS- ( ■j Sration State Convention, in Springfield, in which ( % Jus public course was condemned. He proceeded B *|o show that this was not a convention of the De- Saoctacy of Illinois, and said that the two persons Dominated for State officers are not and never have been recognised as consistent Democrats. The frxuff Democratic convention was that held in April last, and instead of being abused, he had been en ; dorsed by it. What was this Administration con tention ? There wa| a man in Illinois who holds an office, traveling over the State, claiming that he was authorised by the Administration to denounce every man as a traitor to the party who does not s approve the I.ecompton Constitution. This man, with a few bolters from the genuine convention, . where they were voted down by twenty to one, got np the recent squad. The federal office holders were threatened with removal bv the postmaster at Chicago if they failed to attend. Their object is to divide the Democracy of Illinois and denounce him, (Mr. Douglas). He never yet had been de nounced by a regular convention. The bogus i gathering was got up by Dr. Charles Lieb, agent ' for the Post Office Department in Illinois. All knew that his history is this: When Jim Lane and ill his gang were driven from Kansas in 18fG, Lieb led to Illinois. Pretending to be a confidential k Sriend of Mr. Buchanan, this Lieb was the chief J. Officer of the Society of Danites, and took the hor nd oaths required, to break up the Democratic party, under tiie penalty of being reviled by men, . ' fro wned on fibrils, scorned by angels, and for- I f said that what the ; Senator bad asserted was the last thing which ■ would have occurred to any man’s imagination. . He bad before heard this allegation against Dr. I Lieb, and cailed his attention to it. Dr. Lieb sol r emnlv denied ever having belonged to such an as sociation, and said the use of his name was with out any authority. He was not in Kansas at the date of its organization. Mr. Douglas replied, this compelled him to make a contrary statement. The first time he ever saw' Lieb was in ISSG, when he admitted he was the man. The fact was susceptible of proof by hun dreds of people in Kansas, and be has admitted it hundreds of times. It was only an evidence of the vileness of the man’s character if he denies that he was the chief officer of the Danites in Kan sas under Jim Lane. This fact was brought to the attention of the Postmaster General before Lieb was appointed, but the Postmaster General said he promised Lieb he should have the office before he | knew it. The freesoil party in Illinois had no | hope of success in the elections’except by destroy- ' i mg the Democracy, and an alliance was formed j between them and Lieb and his bolters. I Mr. Broderick, of California, wished to know : whether the administration recognised Lieb? Mr. Douglas replied, he did not say that the ad ministration gave him authority. The infamy of his acts is too gross to induce the belief that the President or his Cabinet officers could have given him such authority ; yet he did say that if it was not disavowed after the facts were known, they would become as responsible as if they had given the authority. Mr. Broderick expressed his delight at the re marks of Mr. Douglas. Mr. Trumbull, of 111., had no disposition to in terfere with the factions of the so-called Democrat ic party. He would not have risen had not his colleague Said the freesoil party have no hope of suo#*s except by ihe alliance with Lieb and com pany. If his colleague was laboring under such a misapprehension, ne would disabuse his mind. The Republican party intend to beat both Lieb and the Democratic party, together or separately. There is no alliance between them and this man Lieb and his associates. The Republicans will oppose the Lecompton Constitution, and all other Constitutions lik• it, and would be happy to unite with bis colleague to do it. This Lieb had been active against the Republicans, and he might be obnoxious to the charges against him for aught he (Trumbull) knew. The Springfield convention had denounced the Republicans in the most abu sive and gross language, and falsified their princi ples. They are no allies of the Republicans. I Mr. Douglas replied, the hope was that Lieb would take off enough Democrats to elect a Re publican legislature. This threat—“ we’ll beat vou at all hazards” —reminded him of Andrew , Kennedy, of Indiana, who was asked how he, a ; Democrat, was elected in-a district giving four j thousand whig votes? Andy replied: “ I beat j four of the ablest whigs, and could have beaten lour more if they had run against me; the district , was divided into four parties, and I could have * beaten them if they had been divided into eight.” (Laughter.; Mr. Douglas said his colleague knew € well the hope was to get Lieb to take off members from thn Democratic party, and thus insure a free- 1 soil victory, and elect John Wentworth to Mr. Douglass’ place in the Senate. Who W ent- v worth is the history of the House of Representa- c tives will show. Mr. Douglas, charged the al- g fiance, and said he could prove it if he could make Sena* o.n witnesses. .... T , t< Mr. Bayard, of Del., said whether Lieb is a Dan- c ite or not, it was not important for the country to e know, in connection with the pending resolutions. r He regretted exceedingly that Mr. Douglas had Q interposed the politics of Illinois, unless the Sena- tor thought they were more important than sub- g jects connected with aggressions from a foreign v power. _ k Supreme Court. ® Savaxxah, Friday, June IS, 1858. , Peter Poullet and wife, plaintiffs in error, vs. Jacob Johnson, et al defendants in error. The “ court to day delivered its opinion in this case, which waa argued on Monday last. The case in- volved the right to a lot of land in the city of An- , gusta. The exceptions to the decision of the court below were numerous. - The court sustained the decision of the court be- low. , . w Gonld and Snead appeared for the plaintiffs m -in error * Miller and Jackson, contra.* t Savannah Republican , June 19. The Commissioners for the erection of the Ethan e Alien Monument have published a statement de- C nying that Abe bones of Allen were found in the o grave yard at Burlington. It is still unknown p where they lie buried, o The President has been indisposed since the s adjournment of Congress, and was bled by his 0 physicians on Tuesday evening. The Star, of ® the 17th inst., announces that he was so far re- t covered as to be able to transact business on that e day, as usual. _ c The President and cashier of theManufiic- \\ Hirers’ Bank of Macon, in the affidavit appended * to the semi-annual statement of the condition of J that institution which they publish, swear that ; they hare fully complied with the provisions of < the act of 1857. Eg” The directors of the Main Trnnk road have determined to locate that road on the line J which, in the surveys for a route, has been known J as the southern line. It will run about three 1 miles to the South of Troupville, crossing the i Withlacooche near Mineral Springs, and terminate j at Thomasville. On the first inst., it became unlawful to pass, or attempt to pass, other than Kentucky bank bills ! in that State of less denomination than five dol- , lars. The penalty is not less than twice, nor more than five times the amount of the bill so passed. Rumored Breaking up or the Cabinet.— A ru mor has been in circulation in Washington for a , day or two past, to the effect that the cabinet was 1 about to be broken up—that Secretary Cobb was to t give place to Senator Pearce, of Maryland, in the j Treasury Department, and that Secretary Flotd . would retire from the War Department, growing i out of a personal difficulty between Secretaries Cobb and Flotd. The Union thus notices these rumors, without, however, denying the probabili ty of their retirement: “Although the present cabinet is 1 probably the most harmonious one that has erer existed in the history of the government, the public is every now and then edified by some cunningly devisett fable of dissensions, jealousies, and alienations among its members. \Ve believe the latest rumor of the sort refers to the Secretaries of the Treasury and of War. It proclaims, first, an alienation between these two gentlemen; and, second, an actual resig nation by both of their respective positions! The first part of the allegation obtained currency by having received, by some accident, an interroga tory and incredulous mention in the columns of the New York Herald. The other part, we sup pose, grew out of the first, and was bandied about the Capitol yesterday morning for a few hours. “We stated, some time ago, that the President entertained entire and implicit confidence in each and every member of his cabinet; we can add now, in response to this new class of rumors which 1 have had a more recent invention, that the utmost good feeling exists between all the members of 1 the cabinet; and if any two of them are on terms ‘ more cordial than the rest, they happen to be the ‘ very gentlemen whom this latest ana freshest ru * mor announces to be at dagger’s draw! From the Atlanta InUliiget,ctr. June 19. 1 Execution of Kudford J. Crockett! !**■ I From Eight to Ten Thousand Spectu * tors Present. ‘ To-day, about one o’clock, P. M., Radford J. Crockett, the unfortunate young man whose life c and character has been the suMfct of so much comment in this community tor the past two months, suffered the extreme petmßy' of the law. In addition to the singular interest &r. I e such exhibitions always excite in the human mind, a other causes combined to make this an extraordi ■ nary occasion, aud brought together a much larger assemblage of spectators than would have been present under other circumstances. The high respectability and piety of young * Crockett’s parents—his association and connection ? with a notorious clan of thieves and assassins; and above all, his free and unreserved confession of all this, as well as of the murder of Landrurn, united to create a deep sensation in the community, and to invest his case with a degree of interest more intense than perhaps was ever before manifested . in Georgia, on any similar occasion. The criminal was taken from the jail, by Mr. Sheriff Love, and Deputy Sheriff Green, about twelve o’clock, M., and placed in a private car nage. Rev. Mr. Key, Pastor of one of the Metho dist Churches in the city, and Dr. E. N. Calhoun, rode in the carriage with the officers and prisoner. The ancient custom of conveying the criminal from jail to the gallows in an open wagon or cart, and sitting on his coffin, was departed from in this instance. Neither was the prisoner dressed in his grave clothes, before leaving the jail, as is usual, but wore his customary clothing—a black suit. As early as yesterday afternoon, visitors from the surrounding towns and country begau to ar rive in the city, bv the different trains, in order to be present and eye-witnesses of the solemn and awful ceremonies which have to-day been enacted in our midst. At an early hour this morning, the crowd began to gather in the neighborhood of the jail, and long before the hour of twelve o’clock had arrived, an immense multitude, numbering by thousands, had collected together in the imme diate vicinity of the prison, and in all the streets leading from it. So crowded were,the grounds, that it was with some difficulty the sheriff' and his at , tendants could make their way through the mass of human beings, in order to reach the entrance gate of the jail enclosures. The place of execution was about a half mile from the prison, near the McDonough road, just outside the city limits. And one of the strangest coinci dences” that we have ever noticed, occurred in con nection with the place necessarily selected for the execution. It will be remembered by every one who has read Crockett’s confession, that he says the first time he ever saw Landrum in his life, that he (knows of, was on the day of the murder, aud that he) saw him first, near Arch Brown’s grocery, on the McDonough road, near Atlanta. And strange to say, within one huDdred and fifty yards, or less, of this spot, was the place selected for the execution. And we understand the Sheriff could not get any other suitable place within one mile of the jail. Singular, indeed, that the mur derer should be hanged so near the spot where he met his victim for tne first time; and equally strange that the Sheriff should Bud it utterly im possible, (in consequence of objections by land owners,) to get any other proper place, within the limits prescribed by law. But our purpose in this article is merely to give a brief outline of what was said and done in con nection with the hanging of poor young Crockett. All that is curious and interesting in his short and eventful life, has already been published in < pamphlet form, and read by most of onr readers, i The crowd around the jail patiently awaited the 1 arrival of the Sheriff and his attendants, and ( when they emerged from tlfe prison with the 1 criminal in full view of the crowd, a thrill or sen- 1 sation seemed to pervade the entire multitude, 1 which we cannot describe, and are utterly unable < to understand. It could clearly be seen by a close observer, and appeared to be a simultaneous expression of ease, after a season of the most ter- 1 rible suspense. The carriage containing the priso- i ner proceeded up to McDonough street, and out I that street to the place of execution, at a slow ' speed, accompanied by a handsomely uniformed > volunteer company, armed with burnished mus- i kets, as a gnard. The military company number- i ed forty-fwn men. The carriage and military es- i cort was followed to the gallows by a large num- i ber of men, women, and children, of all ages, • sizes and color—a few in buggies and other vehi- i cles, but mostly on foot. 1 ,At the place of execution, a large number of cu- 1 rious spectators had also collected, at an early hour in the morning, and having taken all she : most advantageous positions in view of the gallows, were awaiting the arrival of the prisoner. When the procession from the jail joined and mingled with those at the place of execution, considerable disorder and confusion prevailed for afew minutes, caused by the great anxiety of all to secure posi tions from which they could see the dreadful trag edy which was about to be enacted before them. Order, however, was soon restored, and the pris oner and his attendants ascended the scaffold, pi*, pared for the occasion. The criminal appeared to be cool and collected—not the slightest agitation ■■ LL=g=S.| VOL. 37-aSTO. 26. seemed to disturb his nerves. He occupied a seat on the platform, while Rev. C. W. Key addressed a few remarks to the v«ißt assemblage. Mr. Key said ill at he entertained strong confidence, from the prisoner’s own profession, and from the best evidences that he bad been able to gather, as one of his spiritual advisers, that he had made his peace with God, and was prepared to meet his fate. That he had seen him daily for a week past, and that the prisoner had assured him that he died without aught in his heart against any man, even those who had done him the most injury. That he had assurance that God had forgiven him for the crime which he had no intention to commit, a few minutes.before he did the fatal deed ; and that he had sincerely repented of this and all others. He further stated, that he had confidence to be lieve, from the peculiarity of the case, taking all the circumstances into the account, that the pro fession of his faith in Christ was a genuine one. That his parting words to his wife, and the calm ness of his parting mind under the circumstances, gave him increased assurance. He then begged the earnest supplications of the assembly inTiis behalf, that God would graciously .receive him, with a few other remarks of like character, when earnest prayer was made for him. After which, the sheriff caused the prisoner to rise to his feet, and to step on the fatal plank under the gallows, when the shroud, cap, and rope, were adjusted. All things being ready, a trigger was touched, the plank on which he stood suddenly dropped, and Radford J. Crocket was launched into eternity. As before remarked, the unfortunate young roan deported himself throughout the solemn scene, like a man and a Christian. Exhibiting not the slightest agitation, his countenance appeared to be' unusually serene and pleasant. The body was al lowed to remain suspended, for the space of about thirty minutes, when it was taken down, placed in a metalic coffin, and delivered to his relatives, who will convey it to the residence of his parents, in Haralson county. We understood that his affec tionate and devoted wife asserted her right of hav ing it under her special charge, and would ac company it in person to the home of the family, in Haralson. She has remained in the cell with him nearly all the time since his incar ceration, sustaining and comforting him by the most ardent affection. Most nobly nas she exhib ited and sustained the peculiar characteristic of her sex during the trying ordeal through which they have botn just passed. The prisoner was baptised by immersion on Wednesday last, in the jail. A large bathing tub of water was used for the purpose. His wife ami one of his sisters, accompanied by another female relative, visited him at the jail, on yesterday, and : we learn from the Rev. Mr. Key who was present, . that the separation was one of the most affecting t scenes that the imagination could possibly pic ture. t There could not have been less than from eight i to ten thousand human beings present at the gal -1 lows. Many persons put down the number much i higher, but we have heard none estimate the crowd t by any lower figures than those We have men .f tioned. s There were many interesting and curious inci e dents which occurred during the memorable day, i- that might be noticed, but we prefer dropping the curtain oveiSjje whole scene for the present. We learn that the enterprising publisher of the : confession and life of young Crockett, has in press, „ a new edition of the pamphlet, and that it will be . out and ready for delivery, by the 2oth of Jure, when every body can read this curious and inter- I. esting history for themselves. h -Hr. liltflcm’s Baby, o That first bab/was a great institution. As r. sooo 'as into this “ bffeathijig world,” as y the late W. Shakspjeafe HIS It, r. ill! l s in our bouse. Everything was subsferrient him. i- He was the balunce whegl that regulated every r tiling. lie regulated the temperature, he regula ii ted the food, he regulated the servants, he regula ted me. For the first six months of that precious £ existence he had me up on an average six times at i night. “Mr. Blifkins,” says my wife, “ bring that i light here, do; the baby looks strangely; I’m so | afraid it will have a fit !*' Os course the lamp was | brought, and of course the baby lay suckling his fist like a little white bear, as he was. “Mr. i Blifkins,” said my wife, “ I think I feel a draught of air; I wish you would get up and see if the window is not open a little, because the baby might get sick.” Nothing was the matter with the window, as I knew very well. “ Mr. B1 if kins,” says my wife, just as I was going to sleep again, " that lamp, as you have placed it, shines directly in baby’s eyes —strange that you hare no more consideration.” I arranged the light and went to bed again. Just as I was dropping to sleep again, “ Mr. Blif kins,” said ray wife, “ did you think to buy that broma , to-dav for the baby?” “My dear,” said I, “ will you do me the injustice to believe that I could overlook a matter so essential to the comfort of that inestimable?” She apologised so very haud lotnely, but made her anxiety the scape-goat. I ) forgave her, and wit out saying a word more to 1 her 1 addressed myself to sleep. “ Mr. Blifkins,” I said my wife, shading me, “ you must not snore • ■ so. you will wake the baby.” “ Jest so; jest so,” i said I, half a sleep, thinking I was Solon Shin gle, “ Mr. Blifkins,’' said my wife, “ will yon ; get up and hand me the warm gruel from the ! nurse lamp for babv?—the dear child! if ft i wasn’t lor his mother I dou’t know what he would do. How cun you sleep so, Mr. Blifkins?” “1 . ’suspect, my dear,” said I, “ that it is because I am i tired.” “ Oh, it’s very well for you men to talk . about being tired,” said my wife; “I don’t know what you would say if you had to toil and drudge like a poor woman with a baby.” I tried to soothe . her by telling her she had no patience at all, and . got up for the posset. Having aided in answering . the babv’s requirements, 1 stepped into bed again i with the hope of sleeping. “ Mr. Blifkins,” said . she in a louder key. I said nothing. “Oh, dear!” \ said that estimable woman, i» great apparent an guish, “ how can a man, who has arrived at the honor of a live baby of his own, sleep, when he | don’t know that the dear creature will live tilt morning!” I remained silent, aud, after a while, deeming that Mrs. Blifkins had gone to sleep, I stretched my limbs for repose. How long 1 slept I don’t know, but I was awak ened by a furious job in the forehead by some sharp instrument. I started up, and Mrs. Blif kins was sitting up in the bed adjusting some por tion of the baby's dress. She had, in a state of semi-somnqJence* mistaken my head for the pillow, which she customarily used for a nocturnal pin cushion. F protested against such treatment in somewhat round terms, pointing to several perfo rations in my forehead. She told me I should williugly bear such trifling things for the sake of the baby. I insisted upon it that I didn’t think my duty as a parent to that young immortal re quired the surrender of my forehead as a pincush ion. This was one of the many nights passed in this way. The truth was, that baby was what every other man’s first baby is, an autocrat—abso lute and unlimited. Such was the story of Blif kins, as he related it to us, the other day. It is a little exaggerated picture of almost every man’s experience. Tub Great Storm.—Our exchanges fregn the New England States have accounts of a tremen dous storm of rain which fell in that section of the country from Friday or Saturday of last to Monday and Tuesday of the present 'week. The violent storm which was experienced in this city on Friday and Saturday seems to have been very extensive. The Baltimore papers speak of it as the most destructive flood which has visited that city in twenty-one years. Bridges have been swept away by scores all over the middle States, the creeks and rivers ars swollen to an unwonted height, and the crops have sustained some damage from the heavy winds which prevailed. The loss along the Delaware will not prove very heavy—that along the Schuylkill will. Six and three-quarter feet of water were pouring over the dam at Fairmount, near Philadelphia, a few hours after the height of the storm. The floods at the West have been very destructive of life and prop erty. The crevasses have rarely been so numer ous and never more destructive since 1844. The rain has been of the greatest benefit to the country, however, and if we may rely upou the prophecies of the weather-wise, effectually puts out” of the question all fear of a drought in the summer months and all doubt a grand harvest in them!. —Journal of Comrnerte, -sane 10.