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(Ml eel *ln (L'onstiiutionulist.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2.
Commercial Bank of Brunswick.
The Savannah Jttpnttieai t, of SOth inst., says:
"The Commercial Bank of Brunswick closed doors
and wound up its existence on the 25th inst. We
learn that the notes of the bank will be redeemed
at the Bank of Savannah, and also by G. Fried
lander A Co , m Brunswick, the latter having
been appointed special nzents for that purpose.”
November Elections.
Elections will take plmte, during the first ten
days of November, in the States of New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Maryland, Delaware, and Louisiana—
in the last on the Ist of November; in Maryland
on the 3d ; in Wisconsin on the 4th ; in Delaware
on th£9th ; and in the other States mentioned on
the 2d. All of these States, at these elections, will
choose tbeir for the next Congress,
except Maryland and Louisiana, where Congres
sional elections will not be held untii text year.
The result in New York and Illinois-will be ex
pected with great interest, as it will probably de
termine the complexion of the House of Represen
tatives of the next Congress.
Hon. John Milledge.
A correspondent of the Athens Jiarwfr sug
gests that the Democratic party “ cannot make a
better step to sustain ,thtm selves in the general
opinion of the State, for tbeir courtesy, and for
their catholicity of feeling,” than to offer the posi
tion of Speaker of the House of Representatives to
Coi. John Miti-KiitiE, one of the American Repre
sentatives from this county, i/'Speaker Underwood
resigns it and Mr. Irwin, of Wilkes, does not
want it.
Enffer From Gov. Wise.
Gov. Wise, 6t Virginia, hrving been requested
to address the people of Illinois, during the pen
dency of the present exeitliig canvass in that State,
declines the invitation in a letter to the Chairman
of tiieDemocre.tic S'ttie Committee of Illinois,
which we p üblish in another column.
A- J. B. Flail’s Copying Press.
Dn our first page we leferred to ft patent recent
ly obtained by Edwin Platt and Jacob B. Platt,
for an improved copying press. The paragraph
states that these gentlemen are from Clarke coun
ty. Some of the papers sent on to Washington
for the patent were written out and certified to in
Clarke county, but Mr. Edwin- Platt resides in
Oglethorpe county, and Mr. J. B. Platt is a resi
dent of Augusta.
The jpfess is a very simple, neat and well de
signed portable apparatus fur copying letters.
It is taken to pieces and put together without
moving a screw, peg, or any article of confine
ment, It can be packed in a space about the sic
of that required (or an ordinary law book, and
being light, can be carried very readily in a carpet
bag with clothes or other light articles. In a few
words, it is just such a press as persona traveling
will find very convenient, ladies will be anxious
to have, and the public generally be anxious
to obtain.
• Fatal Affray at Thompson.
We learn that an affiuy took place at Thompson
on Thursday afternoon, between James Bert
and Levi Filbricut. The repost is, that Bckt,
after knocking down FuLawortT, jumped uponund
stamped him so severely, that he died in a Short
time. We give the statement as we received it;
and as Burt has been *rrested, the facts in relation
to the affray will be brought out on his trial. As
usual in such cases, the principals in this affray
were not practical temperance men.
Cevttriil Railroad.
The HuTiinnr.ti Republican of the 28tH inst.
sxy -: “Theveeancy in the office of Superintendent
•es" tlais road, caused by the death of the lamented
.AiiMEEsoN Fwdte, has been offered to Mr. George
Adams, nvw of the South-western road, and by
him accmited. We congratulate the Company
upon the *ditiori of so worthy and efficient a man
to theirnorps of officers ”
jgf Ur. J. Haywood Jones, of Limestone coun
ty, A!*-, has ahog on his plantation which weighs
1033 pounds. _
yy ’ Ttie British steam frigate Valorous, whioii
accompanied the Niagara in laying the Atlantic
teiwjraph wire, has been in New York harbor for
natfe than two months, and departed for Central
America, via Jamaica, on Wednesday last. Sir WM.
€tC.’E Ol sley, the recently appointed British Min
ister to Nicaragua and the other Central
States,' started in the Valorous to the scene of his
ministerial functions.
Itis very probable that ■within thirty days matters
•"will transpire in Central America which will give
-active employment to the diplomatic ttaff of
England and America. We sliall see.
r*r We publish this morniDg an article from
the Richmond South, tn reference to Dor-.LAS and
the Administration, to which we would invite the
attention of owr readers. The South, as this arti
cle indicates, has disapproved the coarse of Judge
Douglas upon 4he Kansas question in the last ses
sion of Congress, and has been classed among the
aoti-UotiGLAS Democratic organs of the South.
This fact will give additional weight to its severe
strictures, in the article which we copy, upon the
coarse which :bas been pursued towards Judge
Douglas, by the Administration, siace the ad
journment of Congress.
Clergymen Deceased. — The New Orleans Pic
ayune announces the death of the Roc. C. W.
W bit all, of the Episcopal church, at Biloxi, and
Past-Grand Buster of the Odd Fellows of Louisi
ana. Rev". La Mercies Du Vubsnay, a Catholic
priest, died es yellow fever in New Orleans on the
30th instant. _
A Good Mot e.—The Mayor of Portsmouth, Va.,
(has determined to put a stop to the habit of ewear
wSg’on the streets, for which indecency he has al
ready fio-d a great many pewoor, without respect
lo rank or condition.
itECßtnsu of Fopclation in Dnat ore. — The Dn-
Amquc iisui' sayz that by a recent census of that
«it7, made by the District Board o l Dirctors, co
der tke provision of theecbool law,ft appears the
total j».pul'atioo of Dubuque is six hundred usd
Sevan tf-eigi'it less then last year.
Minnesa Ta Legislature.— TfceSt. P&.J Pioneer.
of the 2dtir inst., says toe next Legislators of Min
nesota will probably staid thuv. Senate—Demo
crats tweu«y-t-he, Republican* sixteen. House—
Demoorata thirty-eight, Repablicacs forty-two.
Democratic majority on joint ballot one,
A Oeobcya Gold Placer.— Week before last,
says the Dahlonega Signal, Os the 23rd, four per
goaK, with band mortars, at mine, made
two thousand three hundred and ninety peony- j
weights of gold is two davs and a half, from one j
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Indian Wars in Oregon.
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30.—A letter has been
received in this city from an officer of the army,in
which it is stated that there had been severe and
prolonged fighting in Oregon between the troops
and the Indians. The iudians are now clamorous
for peace, and it is believed the war is about over.
Central American Affairs. S
Washington, Oct. SO. —Private intelligence re
ceived here states that Geo. Lauar has succeeded
in geying suitable acknowledgments from Costa
Rica, in relation to vexed questions which have
been pending.
The steamers which were destined for Lake
Nicaragua have gone up the river unmolested.
The Kentucky and Indiana Imbroglio.
Louisville, Oct. 30.—The difficulty growing oaf
of the arrest of Horace Bell, at New Albany, Ind.,
has been amicably settled, by the assurance ou the
par: of the Bradenbergers that Bell could be re
leased on bail.
A General Rain.
Washington, Oct. 30.—1 t rained here all day
yesterday, and was either cloudy or rainy in all
places heard from.
New phase of Nicaragua Affairs.
Washington, Oct. 30.— Ybisari, In view of Gen.
Walker’s expedition, gives notice to all persons
landing in Nicaragua, to be provided with pass
ports. ,
Gen. Faez and Our Government.
Washington. Oct, 3b. —Gen. Paez hud a formal
interview with lift President and Secretary of
Slate on yesterday. As an evidence of the high
opinion in which he is held by our Government,
he will return to Venezuela in one of our national
vessels.
Market Reports.
Charleston, Oct. 30 —1 o’clock, P. M.—Udders
of Cotton this morning were anxious to sell at a
concession. The sales reached 2,T00 bales, at
prices ranging from 10% to 11%' cents."’
New York, Oct. 80.—The sale 3 of Cotton ou
yesterday were 1,200 bales, with a quiet market.
Sales of Flour 11,000 barrels; Southern $5 a $5
35. Wheat firm; sales 80,000 bushels; white
$1 43. Corn firm; sales 41,b00 bushels; mixed
71 cents. Coffee firm; 10,000 sacks sold; Java
brought 13% a 14 cents. Spirits of Turpentine
was firm at 52 a 53 cents. Rosin was steady,
with sales of 4,000 barrels. Rice was quiet.
From the -Veto J'/rA Swung Post, Ooi. *». ]
Horrible Tragedy in Thirtiethditreet—A ,
Whole Family Hulchered by a Sou. ]
One of the most bloody and horrible tragedies ]
which ever look place in this city, was enacted at j
217 West Thirtieth street, last night. Francis A.
Gouldy, a young man twenty years old, literally ,
butchered the family, undoubtedly killing his ,
fatheraud otic servant girl, inflicting injuries which
may prove fatal to his step-moiher, two brothers ,
atitjt <,gojper servant girlrat-.d crow tumble
crime with rell-murder.
The family consisted of Francis UoulJj, Jane
A., his second wife ; three sorts, Francis, a., the
homicide: Nathan, fourteen years o’.U; Charles
Wesley, live years old ; a daughter, Mary Eliza,
fifteen ; two small children, two and four years
old, and two servant girls, Elizabeth Carr, and Jo
annah Murphy.
It appears that the young man Frauds had con
tracted some habits which displeased his father.
He was out too late nights and wanted too much
money. His father refused to give him a night
kev, but would get up and let him in when he
cairie borne of nights, and, perhaps, rebuke him
for his unseasonable hours. It is staled, also, that
Frank, as he was called, yesterday took a bank
book from his father’s drawer, which the old gen
tleman pronounced no better than stealing.
Whatever the provocation or cause, Frank went
home about ten o'clock list nigbt. The family
bad Tewred, with the exception of the father, who
was -sitting in a front room on the second floor.
His wife was in bed i-r. the room adjoining in the
rear, and the two strati children were in a crib in
ihe room with their mother.
Mrs. Gouldy says that as Frank came in, she
was just retiring, and he said to her, “ Why,
mother, are you vp yet?” “ Yes, Frank,” was the
reply, “ I inn up yet.” He then passed into the
room where Mr. Gouldy was. and she beard some
unpleasant words pass between the two, and final
ly heard a heavy fall on the floor. She hud just
got into bedj and t.iought to herself, “Is it possi
ble trank has struck his lather?” and at that mo
ment Frank Tame into her room, partially raised
the netting from around the bed, and dealt her u
heavy blow on the head with a hatchet. She
screamed and sprang up, und he repeated the blow
twice, whvn she felt heavily to the floor, breaking
down the netting as she fell.
The murderer then passed through the hall bed
room where his two bruthers slept. They had
both gotten up, hearing the noise, and he struck
each a murderous blow on the bead with the same
hatchet he had used upon his father and mother.
He lett them both prostrate and covered with
blood, and passed on to the stairs and ascended to
the third floor.
The apartments on the third floor were occupied
by himself, his sister Mary and the two servants.
The servants had heard the noise and were in tbe
hall of the upper floor as he -went up stairs. He
immediately attacked them with the sume fatal
hatchet, prostrating each with a frightful blow
upon tbe head.
Mary, bearing the struggle .and screams of tbe
servants, opened her door, end looking out, saw
the girls covered with blood, but did not reeuguise
ber brother. Believing it to be a burglar, she
locked her door and remained in her room. Had
she known it was her brother she would have
rushed out, in which case she would probably hare
been murdered.
Aftercommiting this series of atrocious crimes, it
is believed the homieideweut down stairs, pulled
off his boots and coat, and donned slippers and
morning gown, in which costume he returned to
b!3 room.
But Mary, meantime, had not been idle, fihe
laid raised her window and cried “murder !” And
officers Morehouse and Hall of the 20th Word
Police, who were standing on tbecornerof tbetdtb
avenue and 31st steeet, heard hor cries, her room
being in the rear of tbe bouse.
,r hey immediately went to the house, but the
dear was locked, which delayed tivjir entrance for
seme time; but they succeeded with some labor
in forcing the door.
2t is probable that Frank beard them and found
that he was detected. Be this as K may, before
they found him he took a three-sfeooter, which
was heavily loaded, and, placing tbe muzzle to his
head, fired. The bail entered above-the ngbt ear
ana passed out just over the left eve, causing iu
stactane us death.
The alarm having been given, the neighbors
rushed to the spot, and beheld a scene of blood
and horror too painful to d- scribe.
The father lav upon the floor entire! r uncon
scious, with hi* face and head bathed in blood
1° the flext room the mother bur helpless, and in
tbebs# bedroom the two boys were prostrate
and one of them senseless, and in the upper hail
the two servants lay, also covered with blood one
of them tewing ber arms in delirium; while' the
author of ihe appalling tragedy lay lifeless oo tbe
floor of his owntoem, still grassing the fatal om
tol in bis fight hand. !
Tbe two small children and Mary were the only
ones unharmed. As the affrighted
passed through /be room in which tbe crib ,
tbe little girl, two years old, sprung up and said’ t
pleasantly, “ I ans pot hurt.”
Tbe carpetaand farm - tire in every mr>u| through j I
which the murderer bpdpsesed.Twrpetffiasi'wtth J t
blood. , * ■ } j
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1858.
I)r. John G. Sewall, of 234 West Thirtieth street,
was called in, with some other physicians, whose
names we did not learn. He examined the wounds,:
and this morning kindly furnished our paper
with a verbal statement of the several cases, os
follows i
Mr. Gocldy, the father, was struck upon the left
side of his skull, in two places, the axe entering,
into the substance of the brain. A large piece of
bone, nearly as large as the paita of one s hand,
was detached by the surgeon, and with.it came
portions of the substance of the brain. The
wound was partially closed, a sufficient opening
being left for the passage of fluids. The case is
considered hopeless. The patient is wholly un
conscious, and in all probability cannot recover.
Mrs. Gonldy, the mother, who is eneknte, re
ceived three wounds upon the bead, two .of which
were scalp wounds, from one to two inches in
length. The third wound penetrated the sub
stance of the brain about two inches above the
right ear. Three small pieces of bone were re
moved, and the wounds closed. In addition to
these, she received two punctured blows upon her
right arm, causing severe ooutusioqs. The pa
tient complains of more pain from the wounds
upon her arm than from those on her bend. Hopes
arc entertained of her recovery, as she is compara
tively comfortable, but her condition is extremely
critical and her injuries very dangerous.
The boy Nathan received a blow on the right
side of the head, cutting up the ?«alp for three
iuchee, and detaching a large piece of the temporal
bone, with portions of the pariSAH bone, "--vern
pieces of which were removed, mis condition 1*
also extremely critical. Consciousness, however,
is nerfect, .
Charlie, the boy of five, received a blow about
an inch-and-a-half from tbe median line neßr the
vertex, which communicated with the substance
of the brain. The edges of the wound were,
brought together, and the condition of the patient
is cotnfot labio but dangerous.
The servants were taken to the Hospital imme
diately, in a carriage, where Joanna Murphy died
of her injuries this morning.
The girl. Elizabeth Carr, was dungeroualv
wounded, and probably cannot recover,
Indeed, the condition of all the yictims of this
unnatural crime is extremcl® critical, and it would
not be a matter of surprise if none of them should
recover.
Frank, the homicide, shot himself, the
a 11 entered about two inches above the right ear,
making a frightful wound, and fracturing the skull
in various directions. From the wounds the brains
Unwed freely and lodged on the floor, mingled
with chitted blood.
Mr. Gonldy is about fifty years of age. He is a
trustee ill the Methodist church, of which Rev. MY
Craw ford, the man who was shot at in his pulpit
by an insane man a week ago last Sunday even
ing, is pastor. lie was formerly a lumber mer
chant, and had retired from business with an am
ple fortune. He was esteemed by his church us
un exemplary Christian, and by all who knew him
as an upright and honorable citizen. His wife and
daughter, we believe, are members of the same
church.
Frank, the muiderer, was awakened by thfe re
vival last winter, and joined the chureli on proba
tion, or “on trial,” as il is more generally called.
But he soop apparently lost all interest in religion,
and returned to the habits which his father hoped
he had renounced forever. It is said his father
has urged him to attend family prayer in the even
ing, but that he has of late refused to do so.
About nine o'clock last night, Mr. Campb;-Vt,
who lives next door to the scene '„f ,ne Murder,
saw him at the corner of Thirtieth street and
Eighth avenue, apparently much excited, carrying
something jp-his hand wrapped in paper, ana
going I mrrltaly towards his home, lie believes
it to have been the hatchet.
Subsequent to Ibis, however, he was seen iu
Sbowler’s oyster saloon, No. 855 Eighth uveune,
where ho took refreshments, and conversed plea
sant iv. He was in company with a son of the
late t)r. Doane and Mr. Horn, a nephew of Mayor
Tiemann. He made an appointment while there
to meet an acquaintance to-day.
The hatchet which he used in the execution of
his murderous designs is dull, and has the ap
pearance of having been used for opening boxes.
The knife is an ugly weapon—a butcher’s knife—
with an inch and a half blade, six inches tong and
four-inch handle. It looks like a new weapon, and
has lately been made very sharp.
It is, of course, impossible to conceive any ade
quate motive for this wholesale and horrid butch
ery. Two theories Ifro presented; one, that he
killed hit fa; her for tha fancied injuries he had re
ceived at his hands, and, frenzied by the bloody
deed, killed all that came in his way. Another is
that he intended to leave no witnesses to his crime
and no heirs to bis father’s fortune; and, finding
that he had not succeeded either in destroying the
whole family or in concealing the evidences of his
guilt, killed himself as soon as he beard the
officers enter.
From the liichmornl Smith, OH. 25.
Judge Douglas and the Administration.
It is reported, without contradiction, that the
President has guillotined a number of Democratic
officials in Illinois, in partial execution of an avow
ed purpose to employ all the agency of the Feder
al Government for the defeat of Senator Doug4aa.
If this rumor be true, we apprehend the Admin
istration are pushing the principle of retaliation
beyond the sympathies of the State Rights Demo
cracy.
When Mr. Douglas so far lapsed from the line
of duty as to co-operate with the opposition in an
tagonism to the settled policy of the party, the Ad
ministration were bound to exert every effort to
overcome his resistance. Hence, in the crisis of
the Kansas controversy, southern Senators admin
istered a sharp rebuke to theii refractory associate.
For ourselves, we declared our disapprobation of
Mr. Douglas’ conduct in terms of at least sufficient
severity; and we believe the Democracy of the
Mouth unanimously sustained the Administration
in the attempt to subdue his insubordination. At
oue moment, bis position was so equivocal that
many persons apprehended his defection to the
Black Republican ranks. We were of the num
ber ; and it was because of tbe suspicion of bis
i good faith that we were reluctant to extend him
any indulgence.
. Tbe passage of the Conference bill was profclaim
ed a final settlement of tbe Kansas controversy,
i not only in tbe sense that It operated a baaish
. ment of the issue fr om tbe theatre of Federal pol
iiics, but in its more important effect as involving
a reconciliation of tbe feuds ivbicti had broken tbe
peace and the power i f the Democratic party.
With th : s promise the measure propitiated a great
many people who could not approve all its provi
sions. In this spirit it was accepted by tbe Demo
cracy of Virginia. We at once discarded tbe Kan
sas question as an “ extinct issue,” and proposed
a truce with the opponents of tbe Lecumpton Con
stitution.
If it be affirmed that Mr. Douglas first violated
the conditions of the armistice, we w ill not under
take to deny tbe accusuiion- When he returned
to his consituenu with an appeal for their support,
nothing was more natural than that he should at
tempt a justification of bis eourse. Nay, if in tbe
. excitement of a canvass in which quarier was
neither asked nor given, be was betrayed into u
• reflection upon bis adversaries, surely tbe indis
cretion is not without apology. On the other band,
, U was a point of honor with tbe «d»oc»»e» of the
Lecompton Constitution to repel his attacks and to
protest against tbe error of hie doctrine. The ad
herents of ihe administration, too, were clearly
justifiable in defending tbe Executive policy; and.
the cnlv mat'er of debate is, whether they have
notetrried the war upon Douglas to »n extreme
which is equally incompatible with sound princi
ple and mimical to the interests of tbe party.
In respect to the latier point of the ioquiry, we
presume there are not two opinions among tbe
Democracy. The result of tbe recent elec nuns in
the North attests the folly of tbe fend between
Judge Douglas and the Administration The un
certainty <7 the issue in Kcw York and Illinois
warrants aw apprehension that the iwihirluoate
controversy is still pregnant with disaster to the
Democracy. The apologist* of tbe Admiaisira
tion, however, may comeno that Mr. Douglas ahull
bear an equal proportion of blame fur the continu
ance at the sehiem
Jt *a possible that Mr. Buchanan had 'be appro
b*’vm of tbe parly up. o Ibis point 10 fii* coutro*
reray with Ir.ueeo-. Bui, whsn be resnlred !
B> employ she immense machinery of Iba Jjgpe»tf *e 1
patronage to crush a solitary individual, he ven
tured upon an experiment which could not fail to
shock the sensibilities of the public and to excite
tbs popular sympathies in behalf of his adversary.
In contemplating the inequality of tiie contest, the
merits of the cause were forgotten ; and the gen
erous impulses of tbe people were propitiated by
the heroic exertions of a gallant spirit struggling
against overwhelming odds.
But this may be thought a mere matter of expe
diency, which affects only the interests of the
Administration. In another and more important
aspect the indiscretion of the President will be
admitted to involve a dangerous usurpation on the
rights of the State.
The election of Senator is the highest exercise
of State sovereignty in its relation to the fed
eral government. It is an exertion of power
which attests its independence as a political com
munity ; and if it be coerced or corrupted in its
action, its integritv is attacked in its most vital
quarter. The function of Senator is of the high
est responsibility. In respect of the State he is
representative of its sovereignty, and the es
{.; ztal guardian of its rights and interests. In re
spect of the federal government he stands on an
equal elevation with the Executive. If the Presi
dent may veto his legislation, on the other hand
he may veto the a resident's treaties and appoint
ments! In theory, if not in fact, he is the impar
tial adviser of the Executive in its relations with
foreign nations, and tbe jealous opponent of its
encroachmants on the prerogatives of the States.
In contemplation of the Constitution he is invested
with the awful responsibility and the ma|estic
dignity of bis Roman prototype.
With this Conception of the Senatorial function
and character, w 6 may appreciate the enormity of
the usurpation involved in un attempt of the fed
eral Executive to dictate the selection of Senator.
If the effort be successful, the State is impaired in
the -essential point of its sovereignty, and deprived
of the main pillar of its independence. Every
obstacle to the aggrandisement of federal power
Is swept away, and the States have become help
•w* dependencies of th“ vesirs! government.
No wonder, therefore, that the State Rights Be- |
mocracv of the South have heard with surprise
apprehension that Mr. Buchanan is employ
ing ftio patronage of the Federal Government to
daterjnine the election of Senator in Illinois Nor
is their repugnance to the policy mitigated by an
imposing recital of Mr. Douglas’ delinquencies. If
htjwpre worse even than his enemies represent, his
punishment would not compensate the violation
of un essential principle. Mr. Buchanan may
only intend the public good, but some usurper
nrtiy avail himsclt of the pretext ami the precedent
to Compasß his ambitious projects. There may bo
those who will applaud the intervention in the
particular case before us; but have they any
guarantee that Iheir own Slate will not be made
to choose a Senator at the dictation of the Federal
Executive? If we permit Illinois to be subjuga
ted, what security have we for the indepeutence
of other Commonwealth* ? The next attempt may
be made upon Virginia, and then her people will
appreciate un aggression which impresses them
feebly by distant example.
We have recorded an emphatic protc.il again* 1 .
Judge Douglas’ theory of tarritor.j sovereignty!
We would not discharge our dmy to the Staffs
Rights Democ.aey if we '.,egU*ct.d to remonstrate
against the no leas innovations of his
adversaries.
The Vice-President for Douglas.
MU. SKKCKINKIDGx’s I.KTTKK.
VsKSsiLLta, Kv., Oct. 4, 1858.
Dear Sir: I received this morning your letters
of 28th and'2Bth ult., written aschairiuuii tf.s
the dhstmocmtic state committee ofsTMttrowg
one from Mr. V. Uickox, who informs me that he j
is a member of the same committee. M v absence
from home will account for tbe delay of this uu
swer.
In these letters it is said that I am reported to
have expressed a desire that Mr. Douglas shall de
feat Mr. Lincoln in their contest lnr a seat in the
Senate of the United States, und a willingness to
visit Illinois and make public speeches in aid ol
such result; and if these reports am true, lam
invited to deliver addresses at certain points in
the Stnte.
The rumor of my readiness to visit Illinois and
address the people iu the present cuuvuss is with
out foundation. I do not propose to leave Ken
tucky for the purpose of mingling in the political
discussions in other Hiates. The two or three
speeches which 1 delivered recently in this State
rested on peculiar grounds, which I need not now
discuss.
The other rumor to which you refer i« true. I
have often, in conversation, expressed tbe wish
that Mr. Douglas may succeed ov<r his Republican
competitor. But it is due to candor to say, that j
tills preference is not founded on his course at the
lute seseioD of Congress, and would not exist if I
supposed it would he construed usuu indorsement j
of the attitude which he then chose to assume to
wards his party, or of all the positions lie has ta
ken in the present canvass. It is uot accessary to
enlarge on these things. I will only add, that my
prefereuce rests mainly on these considerations :
that the Kansas question is practioally ended—
that Mr. Douglas, in recent speeches, has explicit
ly declared his adherence to the regular Demo
cratic party orgunixation—that he seems to be the
candidate of tbe Illinois Democracy, and the most
formidable opponent lin.tbat State of the Republi
can party, and that on more than one occasion
during his public life he has defended the Union
ot tbe States and the rights of the States with fidel
ity, courage and great ability.
‘1 have not desired to say anything upon this or
any other subject about which a difference umy be
supposed to exist iu our political family, but I did
not feel at liberty to decline an answer to the cour
, teous letter of your committee.
With cordial wishes for the harmony of tbe Illi
nois Democracy, and the hope that your great and
: growing State, which has never yet given a sec
tional vote, may continue true to our constitution
al Union, I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
1 John C. Brkokinkiduk.
1 Hob. John Moors, Chairman of the Committee.
From the Louierille (Ky. ) Courier, Oct. 17.
- Farther About the Bell Affair— An Exjie
, dition Against Brandenburg.
The arrest of Horace Bell continues to excite
• greut feeling in New Albany. It forms the entire
: subject of town talk. Happily, the first passionate
' outburst of the populace has been soppres-ed, and
there is an indication of calmer counsels pre- I
railing.
On Monday night, a party of one himdred and |
twenty-five seized the ferry boat Adelaide, und
proceeded to Brandenburg. They were well
equipped for a hostile campaign, each man being
armed with a revolver, bowie knife and gun A
six pounder, also, formed part of the armament of
tbe expedition. It was expected that a pat ty of
two hundred men would unite with the Albanians
at some point in Harrison county. We presume
that these men reached Br ndenburg yesterday,
where there was not much excitement prevailing,
though on Monday there was to be seen about the
town an onuxual number of *hot gun*. Major '
Isaac P. Smith and John B. Carmen, with maov '
other gentlemen of respectability, accompanied '
the ferry boat expedition.
The evainita.rtoo of tbe officers of the ferry,
charged with being accessory to the abduction of
Bell, was not bad yesterday, the case bavtng been
sent before tbe grand jury, which is in session. It
is tliegeneral opinion in New Albany that no one
connected with the lei ry was privy to tbe arrest ‘
ol Bell, and onlv aided in bringing him across the ‘
river when threatened. Tbe grand jury of Flovd (
county, we understand, yes'erdsv indicted John
Rogers, Sylvester Desbon, Jerrv sod Tom Anile,
and Joe Swpiney as tbe kidnappers of Horace .
Beil. Tbe next step in the case will be ar qu.si
non from Governor Willard upon Governor More
bead for these men. If arrested, they will have
to be tried for felony in New Albany. It is said
that some of them ere already heartily dirgusied
with there action is r tie matt. r.
Horace Kelt Aea* token from Brandenburg on I
Sunday afternoon, to some safe and secluded I
place in Meade c-unry, where he still be io tbe I
custody of ibe Sheriff’ Th* citizens of Draedeqborg I
promptly paid tbe reward of five hnno-ed dollata i
i offered for Ibe arresi nt Bel l. The oflf.-ere wM> j
! a-sdc the arrest :b Jtew Alfessy seM their *>“'• I
1 (for two bundled dot tyr», I
i>om t&* IT r <uhi»gton Union.
Letter from Governor Wise.
r, ... Richmond, (Va.) October 13, 1858.
lttirSir: I cannot, express to yon the emotions
or my bosom, excited by vonr appeal to me for aid
m the warm contest which your noble Democracy
is waging with abolitionism. Every impulse
prompts me torush to yoor side. Your position is
I a grand one and m some respects unexampled. In
(the taco of doubt and distrust attemped to be
| thrown upon your Democracy and its gallant lead
| er by the pretext of pretenders that yon were giv-
I wgatd and comfort to the arch euemy of onr coun
try s peace and safetv and our party integrity I
see you standing alone, isolated by a tyrannical
proscription, which would, alike foolishly and
wickedly, lop off one of the most vigorous' limbs
ol natioual Democracy—the limb of glorious Illi
nois ! I see you, m spite of this imputatiou,
lirmlv fronting the foe, and battling to maintain
conservative nationality against embittered and
implacable sectionalism ; constitutional rights,
operating proprio vionro, and every way against ali
unequal and unjust Federal or Territorial legisla
tion.
The right of the people to govern themselves
against all force or fraud;
The right of tbe sovereign people to look at the
“returns” and behind’the “ returns” of all their
representative bodies, agents, trustees, or ser
vants;
Tbe responsibility of all governors, representa
tives, trustees, ageuts, und servants to tbeir prim ]
cipals, the people, who are “ the governed” and
tbe source of uil political power;
Utter opposition to the detestable doctrine of
the absolutism of conventions to prescribe and
proclaim fundamental forms of government, at
their will, without submission to the sovereign
people—a doctrine fit only for slaves, and claimed
only by legitimists and despots of the Old World ;
Powers of any sort not expressly delegated to
any man or body of men are expressly “reserved
to tbe jieupip
No oltolvU or dictatorial authority in represen
tative bodies;
The representative principle as claiming sub
mission und obedience to the will of the consti
tuents ;
The sovereignty of the organised people, su
preme above all mere tepieseutauve bodies, con
ventions or legislatures, to decide, vote upon, and
determine what shall be their supreme law ;
Justice and equality between BtltM and their
cilizeus, und between voters to elect their ugeots
and representatives, and to rattfy or reject any
proposed system of government;
Submission to the Constitution and laws of the
Federal Union, and strict observance of all the
rights of ths States and their citizens, but resist
ance to the dictation or bribes of Congress or sm
other power to yield the inalienable right of self
government;
Protection in the Territories and every whereto
all rights ot person* and of property, in accordance
with tits rights of the States, and with the Consti
tution ar.u lawß of the Union ;
F;,uity and uniformity in the mode of admiring
new States into the Uuhm, making the same rules
uud ratios to apply to all alike ;
The rejection of all compromises, conditions, or
terms which would discriminate between forms of
republican Constitutions, admiting one with one
number of population and requiring three times
that number for Another torm equally republican;
The great law of settlement of tbe public do- »
main of the Uuited Suites, free, equal, and just, i
never to bo “ temporised” or “ localised” by tem- <
porai yor partial expedients, but to be adjusted by I
jagnmneut, uniform, and universal rules of right
these and the like principles, I
i de-m them to lie tbe aim of the struggle of the
I derided Democracy in this signal contest! and so
understanding them, I glory in their declaration
and defense. I would sacrifice much und go far to
uphold your arms in this battle. I would most
gladly visit your people, address them, and invoke
mem to stand fast by the standard of their faith
and freedom, and never to let go the truths for
which thev contend, for they are vital and cardi
nal and essential, ami can never be yielded with
out yielding liberty itself. But, sir, f am like ji
tied'man, bound to roy duties here; and if any
office would allow me to loave it, ! could uot de
part from the bedside of illness in my family
which would probably recall me before I could resell i
Illinois; and my own slate ot health admonishes i
tno that I ought not to undertake a campaign as l
arduous as that yon propose. I know what the <
labors of the slump are, and am not yet done suf
fering bodily from mv efforts for Democracy in I
1858. For these reasons, 1 cannot obey your call; i
but, permit me to add. tight on ! tight on ! light t
ou ! Never yield but in death or victory! And, I
oli I (hat I was unbound, and conld do more than
look ou, throbbing with every pulse of your glnri- i
ous sliuggle—with Its every blow and breath— i
cheered with its hopes, anil chafed by its doubts, i
You ligvc tny prayers, uud 1 am yours, truly, i
Unsay A. iVis*. '
Hon. John Mookh, Chairman, Ac.
IbrokTAtvr Decisions in Ttssessxi;.—Tbe Su
preme Court, now iu session, has just decided, in
the case of Cate v*. the State, that the use in yqhli*
of a single oath is tin indictable offence.
Iu the c ise of the State vs. the Planter*’ bank,
which was a bill filed in the Chancery Court at
Athens to declare the charter of the Plante: a’ bank
forfeited for a suspension of specie payment, and to
ahich bill tha counsel of the hank demurred, on
the ground that the bill"could not he filed against
the branch bank at Athens, and which demurrer
the Chancellor sustained, the Supreme Court af
firmed the decision of the Chancellor and dismiss
ed the hill, though without prejudice to the right
of the State to institute other proceedings to de
. clare the charter of the bank forfeited.
I Iu the case of a bet upon tbe Presidential elec
. tlon, consisting of nine sereral h .zards, but all to
. be taken together, the Court decided but one
indictment would lie, us it was but one transac
tion.
In tiie case of Day vs. the Stale, ft was decided
that it is no excuse in law for drawing a bowie
knife, lhaf it was drawn to be used in self-defense;
that tbo act of 1537-8 meant to totally abolish tbe
use of this weajion for any purpose, and that it is,
therefore, a felony to draw a bowie knife upon
another, to awe or intimidate him, so as to prevent
him from making an attack.
The case of John Good and other Commisatonere
of the Common School, Ac., of Polk county, vs,
I the Tennessee Mining Company—the Court held
that the Slate of Tennessee and itsOommoo School
Commissioner* were simnly trustees of the lands
set apart by the set of Congress for educational
purposes; tnat tbe sale of the lands, and lease of
tbein by the Common School Commissioner*, were, ■
therefore, unauthorised and void. This case in
volves a valuable copper mine in Polk county, said
to be worth from three hundred thousand to HVe
hundred thousand dollars. All this valuable pro
perty is to be restored by this decision to the use .
of common school*. —Southern Citizen.
Tichkjcal Wohos.—ln reading, we frequently t
come uernsa words with which we are uoacquamt- I
ed, and which are necessary to give us a full idea
of the subject. To obviate this difficulty, we give t
a definition of some of tbe more common words: I
A firkin of batter.sß lbs. | A truss of bay. .58 lbs. c
A sack of coats 2z i ibs. i A bash w> bus. i
A truss of straw.lb*. 1 A kilderkin.. .-..18 gal. «
A stave of bemp. .82 Ibe. I A barre1........85 gal
A sack of flour. .280 Iba. I A hogshead.. ..JI4 gal. «
A qu ntal ...*.. .!(X) Iba. I A puncheon.. ..84 gal. s
A niggot of steel. 12n Iba. j t
English prices current often speak of tbe price p
of wheat per quarter. To reduce this to barrels, ti
multiply the price by seven and divide by twelve, a
sod it will give the price, at the same rate, by the u
barrel. Thus: If wheat is quoted at fifty-aix shij- t
lings a quarter, multiply tilty-six by seven and di- c
vide by iwelve, and it gives the price -thirty.two v
hillings and eight peace a barrel Ohio Farmer. *
A Mmoinisr MiNtsTKa Shot.—Tbe Rev. P. E.
Green, the murtabw in charge of the Warren coun- I
ty eirouit. Mis-., w»« shot at Montslbon, on Tuesday I
morions, the £Riti lost., by a man named Fisher, t
Fistier 100- fled. Tbe Vwksborg Whig says the t
aeuse ol tile shooting was, that Fisher’s wife bad 1
joined ilo> otoireh lately ; and Ftsber, meeting Mr.
fi, . bused bin* terribly, and finally mills* ual *
pistol arnJ shot bun. — Exchange. t !
VOL. 37-NO. 45. ~
The Senatorial Contest iu Illinois.
The Illinois correspondent of the £eening Pott,
in speculating upon the result of the contest in
that State between Lincoln and Douglas, says:
Os the Senators who hold over i thirteen in cam
ber), live are Republicans and eight Democrats;
seven of these eight are said to be for Douglas and
one for breeze, or some other Buchanan man;
though it is believed that the entire eight will vote
for Douglas, should their votes be necessary to de
feat Lincoln. We have twelve new Senators to
eUct, and the Republicans must get eight of these
to iusurc a majority in that body. Os the Senators
to be elected we feel pretty sure of seven, and I
shall not be much surprised if we elect nine. But
’•’* possible we tnav have to put up with seven.
Should we carry the Rouse by a decided majority,
which we feel certain of doing, and the Democrats
should have the Senate, thev witl undoubtedly re
fuse to go into joint ballot for the election of a
Senator; and also refuse to pass anv apportion
ment bill increasing the chances of the Republi
cans in the legislature of ISBO. So that you may
see that not only the present but the future success
of the Republican party In this State, depends
much upon our being able to carry the eighth
Senator on the second day of November noxt. In
tht'dieition of the Democratic parti/, / think at
leatt eeten-eighthe, tale the Mutt through, are with.
Dtmglae. In a few, a very few counties, the friends
of Uuchanau may have a majority, but the great
muss are with Douglas. Indent, / do not believe
•the Buriutnan men can elect a Angle member of the
legietature.
The Albany Patriot of the 2slh inst.,
refering to State aid to railroads as one of the
subjects which will engage the attention of the
Legislature at its approaching session, says :
“ The roud from Macon to Warrenton is not less
important. The State by all moans should land
its aid in the construction of this great link, a link
Which would connect an almost unbroken chain
from New York to New Orleans. We need a
direct outlet to the Charleston port, and an oppo
sition , lice i> the Central road for already the
burthen* of the latter aro felt by the people, and
our merchants are daily complaining of the delay
in forwarding their goods and merchandise from
the depot at. Suvanttah, We are informed by
muiv, that goods have been received at the
fiaranituh depot brought by vessels, and the same •
vessels have returned to New York, re-loaded, re
turned to Savannah, ai'd found its former cargo
remaining at the depot. Such delays are intolera
ble and overbearing, anil we can oijer for them no
reasonable excuse. With such a state of things,
we enn but regard an opposition line a* absolutely
imperative. The increasing trade and the pro
gress of tho times demand it, und ns our citizens
of .sputh-Wcsteru Ceorgia arc directi'- interested
in (his measure, we trust they will matte an active
and energetio defeuse for aid in Us construction.
There are other road* of merit wo could hero
apeak of, but the whole matter will no rtmrot b|>
properly brought before the Legislature and fairef
discussed.”
Manifesto Against Fillit»ufcter«-.lmpor
tunt .Notice from the Nicaragua Mlulster.
LEGATION or NtCAUAOI'A, I
Ilnooxi.TN, Oct. 27, 18.08. j
The Republic of Nicaragua being threatened by
a new invasion of ttllibueters, who are endeavor
ing to enter that country under the disguise of
colonists. and under other pertext*, the public arc
hereby informed that all person-, whatever may
be their nationality, going t<> sni.i Republic, to any
port or place within It* territory, wiUbe anbjeot to
the following regulation*:—
1. AH persona, whatever may be their nationali
ty, arriving at any port or place of aaid Republic,
will be obliged, before entering of landing, to pre
sent themselves to file local publie authority, with
u passport signed as follows f If going from any of
the Kpaniah-.vtuerican States, by the Minister or
Secretary of Foreign Relation*! it going from the
United States of America, or from uny other
countries, by the Minister Plenipotentiary, Miuis
| ter Resident, or Charge d 'A It wires; and in dstiault
of these, by thb Consul (feneral of Nicaragua, in
such countries respectfully.
2. l'as-engers going for the purpose of passing
through, without stopping longer iban may be
absolutely neeessarv to make the transit fro in one
oceuu to the other, and embarking immediately
for California or any other foreign port, arc ex
empl from the obligation of presenting passports.
8. Persons atteniptlog.to enter the country or to
lurid therein without a passport, in ths cases in
which it is required, will be stopped, and shall bm
compelled to leturn by the eapie conveyance that
took them to the country.
4. Persons arriving for the purpose of passing
through to foreign countries, and who may un
necessarily stop or Isrry in the Republic, shall b»
considered as suspected individuals, and shall be
subjected to such measure* us the laws of the
country have established or rr.ey hereafter estab
lish for'the -preservn’ion of the public peace, ex
cepting, however, cases of sickness or otherphyal
cal im|M>#stbility.
5. All persons arriving at any place uv the Re
public in any ships or vessols-'not belonging to
the company having the right of transit, or who
mav attempt to enler the country, being in either
case more than ten in number; and who shall not
immediately proceed on (lieir way to a foreign
country, shall by these facts alone be subjected,
ss suspected individuals, to (he measures now ex
. isting and which may hereafter be adopted for the
preservation of the public peace, excepting, how
ever, the caso of sickness or othep physical im
possibility.,
' 8, All persons not passing through to foreign
countries shall immediately ou landing declare 6e
' fore the local public authority what business (if
any) takes them to ihe Republic, or what art,
’ trade or profession (if any ) they intend to carry
' on therein, and also the place in which they re
spectively intend to reside.
7. The public authority before which the bearer
of the passport shall first present himself shall sub
scribe the same aDd write at the foot thereof, "The
bearer goes to inserting the name of the
place mentioned"by the bearer, who shall presejtt
himself with bis passport, certified as aforcsafd,
before the public authority of the place in which
he may have decided to reside • and the two afore
said public authorities shall immediately give no
tice to the Minister or Secretary of Foreign Rela
tions that sueh person has »ppeared as required.
8. The Consular Agent at San Juan Norte and
the Commandant of the port of San Juan del Bur
shall insert in a book, to be respectively kept by
them for that pnrpose, the names of the persons
arriving with passports by every ship or vessel at
each ot said ports respectively, getting forth the
places to which they are going, and shall also im
mediately give to the Minister of Foreign Relations
notice or fell persons who have landed from the
ship or vesaei.
8. All foreigners attempting to enter the Repub
lic without a passport m the cases iawhiehßis
required, shall be considered as suspected individ
uals, and may he compelled to leave the Territory
of tho Republic by the same place and in the same .
ship or vessel in which they arrive:
In. dtiip* or vessels arriving with passengers at
Kan Juan del Norte, or at any other ports of the
Republic, shall receive on board the agent or offi
cer that may be appointed bv the govyrnmenajpjr
tiie purpose « eniorctng the'faithful pertormtUKSt
of these regulations.
11. Pbe public safety of the Republic requiring,
under present circumstances, that all tts ports
shall not be opened for the transit of passengers
to California and other foreign places, nor for the
purpose of receiving colonists or emigrants, such
transit and the introduction of colonists or emi
grants can only take place by the ports of San Joan
del Norte and Han Juan Del Sur, until new regula
tions or orders are made on the subject; and such
colonists or emigrants shall not be allowed to take
With them arms of any kind that may be used in
war. . A. J. Ob Vkisarbi.
Loouvinu, Kt„ Oct. 27. —The foil returns from
Kansas of the jate election for members of the
legislature are received, with the exception of one
district. The Legislature stands: House—Demo
crate thirty-nine, Republicans forty. Senate —
Democrats Ureoty-onepJterpnbKcans fifteen.
An Ssgit-hsss’s Lnsch - A slice of ’a”,
I heggs, and a quart of hale.