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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1858)
MACON, GA. Thursday, February 25.1858. ■'KANSAS IN CONGRESS.” The vexed question as to the adtni—mn of Kansas remains ia statu quo. The Northern mail failed to reach us yesterday, but it is pre sumed that'no actian lias yet been taken by Cimgres* on the snliject. Some of <*nr ex- ; changes eeatain a paragraph to the < :!’e<*t that the DetnodratfcSenawrsin <‘a icin', on Saturday last, determined that wkes the bill for the ad mission of Kansas was report'd to the Senate it should be taken up i>rid considered until fi nally disposed of; and according to the Wa-li jngton papers, there is no doubt that the Ter ritory will be admitted "within the next thre • weeks" despite of all the efforts to prolong the struggle. It is full time for this in itter to be definitely settled. The united South should take a decided stand on this vital is-ue. The argument is exhausted, and if the Lecompton constitution be rejected, U w ill behoove us to ■“• stand by our arms.” THE 6TEP.A The eelrbrate-l "New < trleansOpera Troupe.” it will be seen from the advertisement, have commenced tlieir emragenaent in our city. The Lessee. Mr. I). E. Alles', is entitled to the thanks of the community for introducing a treat so rich and rare. It is to lie hoped that the patronage bestowed upon "Ralston's Hall," daring their stay, will evince the fact that our citizens have a ta-te and appreciation for a higher order of public amusements than a Cir cus or Negro Show. The Prima Donna. Miss Rosalie Durand, has on a previous occasion, we believe, appeared before a Macon audience, and won golden opinions from all who were fortunate enough to hear her. The rest of the Company are strangers, hnt come well vouch ed for by the critics of Savannah and Charles ton. The Courier, a reliable paper in such matters, alludes to them as fellows : The Opera Tnoi i*x —Now that they have left os. we can speak without flattery, f'/i --h-ralded they entue amongst us, and. with the exception of the exquisite singer and actress. Mi's lio-alie Jinrand, uiskuoirn the} calm-. and Charleston made it- own unsolicited and jn-t appreciation of their tn *rit*. The houses were extraordinary, considering the many dis advantages they labor* i under—the greatest we would name were Thalberg's Concerts, Jockey Club Ball, and other private entertain rneuts, usually taking place at this season.— Had these Uot interfered, the andieuce would have been immense. The Priiiin liouna. Miss Rosalie Durand, has left behind b-r a ho< of admirers and friends, and will he ino.-t cordial ly greeted on her return. Miss Hodson, ia her truly difficult parts, gave entire satisfaction. To the Messrs. Lyster ail praise i- due as vo calists, actors and managers —ami we are cer tain they enjoy this reputation. \nd lastly, we offer our tribute of praise to Mr. A. lb iff, the able Musical Conductor and leader of the Orchestra. Under the eireiim-tmn-es in in which he wa- plac'd. any other person would have quailed. la • *!o- ng our fare Well to Miss Durand un i ■ . aklithe most ardent wishes tor their * * mid sue in Savannah, we indulge th, h ... of th • far .veil being a very brief one. AVERSION TO MATRIMOJY it ia stated by a traveler that many «f the young females of Greenland have sueli a deep rooted abhorrence to laatriiaouy, tkat when they are much importnned by suitors, aud are afraid of the ennp tlsory interference at' their parents. th<y elope into the woods and cut off their hair. It semi- the disgrace ati -n ljut on the Jo.** of this elegant oraa sent wf the hea I. is ao great in that island that it etH i tunlly se cures them from further importunity Ly scar ing away their lovers. Our use country women, however, cannot be charged w ith smli an odious violation of the tirt and most iinjx rious command issued by tie Almighty, in the twenty eighth verse of the first chapter efGen •sis. ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Last Tuesday, our friend of the Telegraph. without the slightest provocation, epmmitted various and divers assault* upon the King’s 1 English, setting nt detiam e the Saws wft/rthog r*pby with a degree of heroism aud daring truly inspiring to contemplate. He goes into “sztucfe*" over the Opera Troupe, and takes occasion to coin a new tertn,“€'«/rary," which ; he has to our knowledge once before tried to . pass off as a legitimate word. We remember, ' when we officiated iu the honorable capacity of pedagogue, it wa* our custom to chastise dull boys for bud spelling. But we editors are an independent set— we spell a* we please. | and the poor printer bears the whole blame for ■ making typographical errors. ' ATLANTA IN LUCK ." Yesterday oar old fogy., smauwlcat neighbor of the Jo ar nod V*»«»prr. actually cracked . a joke 1 Listen to him, and if you hare a laugh in you, prepare teenjoy it now: Among the benefits that were promised to . the people of Atlanta iu miiij of their papers if they would elect Mr. Glenn ns their Mayor, was, that the State Capitol would certainly be moved to that place. That was accomplished I and accordingly »u Friday last, Gov. Brown was seen going np there with the State House in hi* carpet bag. Alas for Milledgeville— w hat will tke people there have to do to get it j Lack? Kutffi witticisms are atrocious. Lawes are particularly requested not to read the new advertisement of Bostic k I <k Klin's "Head Quarters for Fashionable Dry Goods.'" Although they advertise to put their prices to suit the hardness of the times, yet such are th* attractions aud temptations of their "Spring Stock" that we are sorely afraid great damage anil loss will result therefrom to the pockets of husbands, fathers, and brothers, and all other specimen* of the ytuus homo, who have the "unfortunate felicity" of footing the bills of the fairer and weaker portion of humanity. **><■» COMMUNICATIONS We publish to-day a variety of communica tions on a variety of topics. The reader will ' please bear in mind that our correspondents ! express their own sentiments—not ours; and that we are far from endorsing every thing that •pfiear* in these columns. The paper is open I ’to discussion, both /WO and con, on all suitable 1 subjects. One of the leading objects of a news paper, as a « conceive, should be to give pub licity to the ideas of the people on questions in which the public are interested. f-ff" “Still Cheaper,” is the motto ot the Macon Mills—at least so says the Agent, Mr. Jambs A. Kmouj, iu the city paper*. ad rertiee’nont. ' A SYMPATHETIC GIRL A very sweet and charming young lady was L'vard to express her sentiments in the follow ing manner in r.*ardtoag<s»d young man who was, nnfeituuately. blessed with neither the I form and /'.dtxres <■ftan Adeuis. nor the wits of I u Solomon: "Nellie, said she, —in hvw own 'jnaint, soft way—l am almost Lio yonxg to taarry. but if Mr. Smith was to ci.nrt me. I Amt believe I conld reject him; tor nobody else win marry . him. and I feel oonrry far him.” Now that’s a goisl girt CITY COUNCIL. At the regular meeting of the City Fathers i«n the IGtli insL, Alderman Boiekullsv (tin worthy representative of Deimxrracy in a Know Nothing Council) offered the following preamble and Whereas, some person or jier-ons tmknoivti ‘ to this Conned has eau-ed. and are -till caii-ing the walls of the new City Hall to be torn down ami the brick- carried therefrom, be it Rriodceii. That the Committee on public property be requested and instruct, d to in quire into this matter aud tin I out by whose authority the wall-' were ordered down, the reason whip and what disposition are made of the brick, and report the same to next meeting | ofConnHl. Also Keooleed, That the same committee be an- I thorized and instructed to stop the party or parties - > engaged until Cuuueil take adieu in ; the premises. Passed. Let u» await the development*. WHAT DOES IT MEAN > Mr. N.vtiiax Weed requests u« to take out hi* advertisement of Prices Current for Hard ware. What does it mean 1 Doe- he think be will not be able to stand th* run” upon his store, if too many people find out how cheap lie sells bis goods? Don’t all rush nt once, gentlemen. THE MORMONS ’ Telegraphic Dispatches from St. Louis, on the i 2<)th inst., state that the mail from Sult Lake, ' I L’tali Territory, has arrived. The Indians on the route were quiet. Col. Johnson appeal ed to be fully posted in regard to the movements of the Mormons, who were preparing fur re sistance. The troops were in good spirits. FROM KANSAS. We have St. Louis dates to the 19th Feb. The Kansas correspondent of the Democrat (black republican newspaper) states that the Topeka Legislature re assembled on the loth ; inst. Concurrent resolutions were introduced setting forth that as the President advocates the passage, by Congress, of a bill for the admis sion of Kansas under the Lecompton constitn -1 tion, Gov. Robinson lie requested to corres , pond with the Governors of States friendly to the •‘jK'ople's” government, soliciting aid in case it .shall be necessary to resist such an en croachment. The election in Atchison eonnty, on the nth, to fill n vacancy in the Council occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Carr, resulted in the choice of Challiss, (democrat) over Wheeler (free soil) by 250 nnyority. • TILE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF BANKING. No. I. J-'b. Shi‘e Preu:— l am nware that much has been sai 1 and written upon the bank ques tion and the vet > meovage of our p itriotic Gov ernor, bnt t’loimptrt inc • of the - ihj vt de mands discussion, and every mnn that can ‘ wield a p 11, tliouli it lie a feeble one. should i writ .*, and thov.* that can, should talk. Gov. 1 Brown is right up.in principle as well as poli cy, on I the ure with him ; they will sustain him I > the bitter ell I if neir/'-.iry, but I they need information upon this mysterious j operation calle 1 "banking;" and I prop >*e to c intribiite my "mite" in unma king this hid den battery, and by travelling over the past history of ba'iks, show what they h-vvo done, and draw sin • e inelii-iiin-as to what the peo ple may Io >k for in the future. Bit th • par pose of my preseut comniunieation is general —the history will come at some future time. Bank-.and their op rations—the lie.aring the I principle has up >n the interests of the masses . —is the que-tion of the day. It is discussed , throughout the United States, it is discussed wherever bank bills hive male their appear ance, and the discussion will go on, until the pr >pte are dis.'iithralle I from bank power, and liberty, us pare ns it was before the banks ob tained absolute power, perches again upon the < people’s haulier. Who, Hint d ics not belong to the bank in fluence, is not proud of Govern >r Brown? lie has taken a noble stand in behalf of the people, and the people will stand by him. He has set the ball in motion that will roll on and contin ue in motion until the last remnant of" Caekier" and " President" appea led to tattered pieces I of paper, having printed upon them in tlaniing stereotype letters the oft violated promise to pay, shall lie driven from the laud and in its place the bard dollar that lias no promise to pay upon it, bnt is its own representative, val ' ued for its real north, not the flourishes upon its face. Gov. Brown oc.nipiei a m nt enviable posi tion ; to him, m i«t the honor be given of hav ing liken the leal in this second war of the banks against the people. No Governor in the United State- ha-had the firmness and the in depeii L uce to take the stand that he has taken, i They hnve.ivs faras tested, allot’ them, suecumb- * cd to bank inthienec and placed their signatures ' to bills legalizing bank suspensions; and our Governor -tands “the noblest Roman of them | all;” he stands side by side, in principle with the hero of New Orleans, and like that patriot and statesman, is now the mark at which scrib lers and bitter political opjHiiients are hurling their abuse and invective, and like General Jackson, Governor Broun will probably live to see bis enemies routed, and his policy fully sustained and triumphantly vindicated. No statesman of our day has been so abii-eil. traduced ami threatened n- was General Jack son, when he took ground against the United States Bank. Ruin, ruin, ruin, rung from one end of the country to the other; deputation after deputation arrived at the White House, with back-loads of petitions instructing him to ' cea«e warring against the thirty jite million monster, and give the bill renewing the char ter for fifteen years his signature; but be stood i firm as a mountain, unmoved and immovable : * with uuparalelled sagacity and penetration into the future, he looked beyond the cry " we can’t get along without the United States Bank.” an 1 rest.-d Ids vision upon the safety, the quietude and the confidence inspired by the sub-Treasury. The cry of ruin, if you crush tlie United States Bank was hushed by the gentle, but efficient workings of the sub-Trea-ury, and the traducer* of Jackson for bis opposition to the bunk, did patriotic homage to the wisdom. timiue»s and sfatetnunuihip of tli* old hero. Sv it will be with Gov. Brown. He is abused beyond paraleU (except iu the case of General Jackson). Low. vulgar, and even profane lan- I gnage. disgrace* the editorials of some of the j leading journals, win n speaking of hi- bunk | I veto; bathe is a yeiny kirkory aud like old hickory w ill stand firm aud fast by the people, and the people will stand krm and fust by him. I In no instance can it he -Lown that the people have abandoned an executive officer, a hen the issue was between him an 1 the banks. They sustained General Jackson, they sustained John . . Tyler, and they will sustain Gov. Browu. The feeling to do without hanks and return . ’ t > fir-t principles, is more general and deep • wtr ltliau it Las been at any time since the d iy-of the United Slate* Bank. It pervades all classes —the day laborer, the lueclianic, the in r.ihunts, the farmer, the professional man. I and the limited capitalist—al! feel and acknow ledge the absolute neeeooity of a change ia ear circulating medium. Never before has it taken such a firm and unwavering hold, as is now manifested. Bank suspensions, and consequent 1 e nninereial revulsion- are so frequent, tliat no i observing man can close his eyes upon the dan ger that is upon us—and all see, if tin y do not acknowledge the fact that a change must take place. The haul.* suspended in IH3G, and did 1 not all resume until I*l2 or 1H43—(1 am not certain that I am entirely correct as to the j length of time that they remained in suspen sion, for I w as quite a young luan at that time, ■ but 1 do not think I am materially out of the » uy) supposing that 1 am correct, the banks held «p and redeemed their bills for the lony •finer »f fifteen yrnm. Taking a periml of twenty years, those that have not failed, burnt .'d up and given up the ghost, have been in i suspension one-fourth of the time, and most of that time, our Legislature has sustained the su-pensioii and legalized the fraud committed upon the people. I hope hereafter to show what an incredable amount bas been actually loot by broken banks in the la-1 twenty years. I’he aggregate will be startling, but few who j do not make these things their study would believe an approximate calculation. Bat I desire to call attention to the step of fered to the people as a relief from bank sus pensions, when complaining that the people cannot gel their money out of the banks—they are told to »ue the baulo upon their billn— as Gov. Brown justly remarks, hank bills are pe culiar contracts, and difficult to recover upon. Look into our Supreme Court reports, it you I doubt the truth of this. You will there find that Gov. Brown is right in what he says. You will find that a Bank hill is a //eeuliar \ contract, u rery peculiar indeed." You will i also find some curious mameuvers set forth in those re|sH'ts, on the part of bank men, and probably learn some tiling-alsmt npeeiefande and the way the banks raise the wind. 1 shall probably give some extracts from some of j these cases hereafter, as they exhibit facts in | bunking that could have been known only through the sifting prises- of a Court of Equity. , Is hanking, independent of the circulation it affords, a correct principle? 1 assert that it is not. It is a most unjust and unequal advau * lage given to the rich over the poor ; it isamo nopoly , and the spirit and genius of our gov ’ eminent is opposed to all nionopolies The ■ time was when this was the acknnw leilgwl dne- I trine of the Democratic party, North amlSoutli. i In about. 1834, there went out a voice from o| I Tammany H ill, that stifle*! tor years the de m.md for corporations. "Opposition to all monopolies'’ wa- in-crihed upon tin* democrat j ie banners, in letter- of gold, and to this in -criptinn all good and true democrat- bowed with political reverence. Therefore I say, let us come back to first principles. The concentration of capital tin der an act incorporating it as a bank, is a monop oly of the most dangerous character, it is a monopoly of the most unequal character, and • more thoroughly dangerous to the liberties of : the people, than all others tha* have existed, j It is a concentration of money in the handsof a ! few who, by uniting under an act of incorpora ‘ tion, cun use three dollars fin* one, that they lii-'ftn to have in their vaults, and often issue ten to oik* that they never did have—that is, I they go into operation, issue bills, discount notes, sell exchange, purchase cotton, enter Government lands, build fine banking Imuses, and subscrilie for Rail Road stock, without having a dollar in their vaults, or perhaps not one dollar of capital stock fairly and bona .ride paid in. After a w hile, with all this advantage over private capital, they suspend specie pay ments, and plainly tell yon, that they arc good if not compelled to pay their debts, but if cotn ' polled to meet their demands upon them, they must break, and if they break, they tell you they will carry down thousands of the people with them. 1 have been taught, that the sov ; creign power of this government, was vested in i the people, but from the way our bunks are managing, there appears to be "apower behind the throne, greater than the throne itself."— AH unite in cimdemiiig the banks, bnt, say our * legislators I would vote to have them wound up and their charter- taken from them, but it j will ruin the people, and in this view of it, I I mdst rote to legalize the present -u-pen-ion, and consequent fraud upon the bill holders. . No.i I ask who are the sovereigns. Does the legislator, the representative and agent of the people vote upon this bank question, us he would vote, it he was not afraid that injury would result to the people—certainly not, then who are sovereign. The banks of course, for they w ield the power, they force the legislator ' to vote different from w hat he would, and of ' course are sovereign. The que-tion now conies up, is it the dctcr | mination of the people to submit to this inequali ty, this legalized fraud perpetrated upon them, or do they intend to throw it off? Ninety men out of every hundred iu Georgia will tell you, that they are opposed to the banks and want to get clear of them. \l ell, when will you take the stand, and hoir shall it be taken. I say take it noir, side by side with Governor Brow n, stand by him, and battle for his position and you battle for what you want, you do service against the lmnk«. But the cry is raised, it will uot du tu take this stand noir, at thispar , tieular time. This was the position assumed in favor of the re-charter of the United State- Bank. and many who really desired to get rid of that monster pow er, -aid wait, don’t strike ' now, but I call attention to a sentence in the veto messiige of General Jueksoti, that came * fully up to the question then, and applies most forcibly to the state of things now; he says— “ it has been urged as an argument in favor of re-chartering the present bank, that the calling , iu its loans will produce great embarrassment and distress. The time allowed to close its concerns is ample, and if it has been well man age I its pressure will be light, and heavy only in case its management has been bad. It therefore, it shall produce distrete the fault will be jae own; aud it would furnish areason against renewing a power w hich Las been so ; obviously abused. Jjut trill there tree be a time when this reason teill be pmeerful; to acknowledge its force, is to admit thatthe bank ought to be perpetual; and as a coma-q'.ience, the present stockholders, and those inheriting their rights ns be established a privileged order clothed both with gren» political power, and enjoying ininiense pecuniary advantages from their connexion with thegovemment"— WiU there ever Lu a time when the Llow can be given with less dainnge or inconvenience , to the people than now ? 1 un»w <*r it is doubt ful w hetlw r tlie people will ever be u> a con dition better suited to a complete and rad, id change than at present. It is a good time, and my opinion is that we must lay hold now r.nd mount the bill, or forever remain ut the bot tom. uader bank influence. Nothing can be truer, than the assertion, that if a bank has been w ell nr.raged, a depres sion in the money market, it matters hot how stringent it may be. w ill not »rri»«s/p effect tha bunk ami should but -lightly incomniode, and ■ distre-s the people. General Jackson said, iu the sentence quoted, that to say that distress would fall upon the people, if the bank was ' wound up. w a-to admit that the bank should be perpetual, and ns a eonseq’K*nee, the stock -1 holders ami their succe-sors hr a privileged order, il-c. There is where* the country stands now. and the question is in<le|K*t>denc<‘ and equality witliontsbank or a monied aristocracy, 1 a privileged order riding upon the -honkk-rs of , the great mas- of mankind—backed up and j sustained by the banking interest. But 1 have i spun out thin ceiuiuiuiieation longer than 1 in ! tended. With your permission 1 will continue this subject for n few weeks in the columns 1 of y our paper. Yours Respectfully, LOWNDES. {rmt THE STATE l-KKSS.j THE ENGLISH OPERA TROUPE. j Mr, Editor :— Allow me through the medi um of the columns of y our valuable paper, to | call the attention of your readers and the citi zens of Macon, to the highly tutefes^lig enter tainment offered them by the English Opera Troupe who commenced their engagement in this place on last evening. No Opera Troupe, American or Foreign, has met with -uch sig- . * nal and deserved -'ueess in their tour throiigh ' out the country a the one of which it is my pleasure to write. Uomposeil of highly re speetable gentlemen and ladies, thoroughly ac ' complislied in all the arts us their arduous pro fession, their efforts belli in acrio and Com ic roles have elicited the most unbounded ad miration, applause and patronage, from all the audiences before which they have performed. Miss R-oai.ik Di iiaS’ii, the prima donna of the Troupe, unites with a most pleasing fa<*e, form and carriage— n fne soprano voive, high ly-cultivated. and talent as an actress, net sur passed by any ludy upon the American stage. Miss Honsox, with a clrirm’ng fn<*e an 1 fig j tire, combines n wondedftil contralto voice so strong and ti.-xihle. as to allow her to sing all the tenor arias of the different operas with distinguished wccess. Mr. Lvhteh the /irlnia buMo, lias n remark ; ably line voice, ami i* one of the best actors It 1 Inis !><x*n our pleasure to meet. Mr. Tnr.vou. the admirable Tenor of the Troup eisthorougL 'ly scboole-l in both the acting an 1 singing of I his parts, and is Iteyoml doubt the bc.t En- I glish Tenor now upon the st *.ge. The other members of the Troupe, Mi— Kivu. Mr. WitAinox and Mr. Aumho. ari good-ingers. Mr. WiiahtoX. especially, who possesses a ! baritone voice, of wonderful richness, compass : and volume. The Troupe will pnxliire a few operas in your city and 1 hope, Mr. Editor, that they may receive from your people, such a patron age ns their combined merits deserve, and as ; w ill sustain the reputation of your people for taste and liberality. L. R. A. |FOB THE STATE rttF-Ss] Messrs Eds:— Who was it that proposed clo sing the Barber saloons on Sunday? Al mild there not be as mueh sense and propriety in th* City Council’s decreeing that you shall not i invite a friend to dine with you on the Sabbatli, I or that you shall not coinii your hair on the I Lord’s day ? The principle is the same, and . there is ns much reason in the one instance as !in the other. Last week a ease came under iny : ob -rvation wherea.young man was prevented ; from attending C'lmrch for the simple reason ’ that the liarber shops were closed by /air. and | bring unprovided with one of WElm's •■thin * blade, brass backed razor-" he was obliged to I stay at home "unshaven and unshorn." Ci i Bono. REFORM MEDICAL COLLEGE. The closing exercises of Reform Medical Col ' lege will take place next week. Col. <>. A. ' Locbranc will deliver u Lecture on the Reform System of Medicine, on Monday night, March Ist, in the College Hall. Tin* M . ting of the i Southern Reform Medical A--ociation will be I held at the -ame place o:i T i --diiy and Wed ; nesday. Ou Tuesday night Prof. Loomis will deliver the Animal Addrex* before the Assoei , ation. On Wednesday night- Addresses wiU be i delivered by members of the Faculty of the I Botanico-Medical College of Meiiiphis, Tenn. On Thursday, comnieneing at !<• 1-2 o’clock, A. M., the C.iiimieneement service- will beheld in Com kkt Hau.. Degrees will be conferred, and addresses delivered by representatives of the Cln-s. and by niemliers of the Facility. A band of Music is engaged, aud the young la dies of the Wesleyan Female College will lie in attendance. The citizens generally, ami es pecially the ladies, arc invited to utleud. J-t*~The liiuhmov Coiititi: pours out the vialsofits wrath upon tliat infamous<sheet. The New York Herald, in a Concentrated de coction of vinegar ami gall, as follows: Thi- scurrilous and unscrupulous journal has made a gross, vulgar, and unprovoked attack! 1 on one of the editors of the t om irr, so utterly I at war with propriety and decency. a« to re quire no other notice than an expression of un mitigated contempt for the author, w hose no torious venality, destitutiuu of moral lense, and insensibility to shame, hue* long since caused him to lie put to the social ban. and to be tabooed by the pres* of New York, where he is generally regarded as a moral leper, whose touch is i>olhitiun. and w huae disease is so deeply that not "Abana and Pharpbar, rivers of Damascus," nor Jordon and "all the w aters of Israel,” can wash him clean. Amen. Every word true and richly deserv ed. —Ena. State Pkess- f-?-/'’ Hon. James L. Seward will please ac cept our thanks for public documents. [COMMUXICATEI*.] The latext news in the financial world i« to the effect that quarters (25 cent pieces) are •elTiog in New York for 12 and 13 cents each. This is apiece of intelligence which Bankert will mdcntaad and act upon. Verb. tat. I QUILP. ADJOOTtITMEhT OF CAAWFORO SUPERIOR COURT. By reading the notice in uur advertising col nmxu, parties interested will see that Crawford Superior ipburt has been adjourned until the 2nd Monday in March. The Supreme Court , still being in session, and tl>e I locket of this Circuit, not being disposed <#f, Attorneys find 1 that it will he impossible to attend Crawford Court during the next week. J-p* Tur. following paragraph is dipped from an editorial in a late number of the Rich i inond South : “To the greasy psalm-singer of the North : i the truckling Yankee: the stupid, unpolished, I uncouth Ohioan; to the mongrel population of New York; to the hetvrogvneous mass ot the North-west; to the German, the Dutchman; i to whatever person, from whatever dime—to ail save the great, the gifted, the only pure representative of the great Anglo-Saxon family ' of the South, the whole territory of the Union ! b free, is open; but to us and our institutions I forever, it is to be and remain a terra incognita I—a paradise where we d ire not tread—a parn ■ disc denied to the great Southern family—hut , to be tilled up aid polluted with the human vermin, the toads, the unclean Least", fr<»m all 1 parts of the habitable globe but that where ' man approaches nearest to the form of his Ma i ker.” PLANTERS’ CONVENTION Macon. Feb. 16th, 1858. A highly respectable and intelligent number 1 of Planter." from the adjoining counties con vened. in this city, to-day, and organized by appointing Grn. B. 11. Rutherford, Chairman, and requesting Gen. J. W. Armstrong to act as Secretary. The Convention, after a free interchange of sentiments as to the objects and importance of the Cotton Planters’ Association of the State of Georgia, unanimously adopted the following Constitution : t’ONSTHT TToN. The undersigned, Cotton Planters of the State of Georgia, in order to promote their com mon interest, agree to adopt and sustain the following Articles of Constitution, to-wit: ARTICLE I. Section 1. This Convention shall be styled and I known as u the Cotton Planters’Convention of the State of Georgia.” Section 2. N«» person sb di be a member of this Convention, but those whose chief employ i meat a id means of money making, is Cotton Planting. No question or suljoct, not con nected with the interest of Cotton Planting, shall ever be entertained by, or discussed be , fore this Convention. Ser. 4. Each county represent* d in the Con vention. shall be entitled to three votes. Str. 5. The Convention "hail bold its annual "cssioiis in the fit} ol Macon, on the 2d lilu"- day of June. mile."." U shall determine to meet ' at some other place in the State of Georgia. .Srr. f». The measure" adopted and recom mended by the Convention, shall only be ad visory and suggestive, by no means compulso ry. ARTICLE If. .scr. I. There "hall be a President and two Vice Presidents, who shall be elected rt each annual meeting. and shah hold their offices and perform the duties tlierct'f. Ulit i t’aetr sUcccs miis arc inducted into oflice. Str. 2. The President shall preside at all the meet.ng" of the Convention. preserve order, di rect discussions and enforce the rules adopted for tiiogovernment and control of the Comen tum. He "hall at the annual and other meet mgs of thv Convention submit "iich views U" he may entertain, touching any of the interest" of the Convention. He "hall, unless the Convention otherw iso direct, appoint ail landing and special committees. He may take part in such dvlmtes as vngige the attention of the Convention. And the President shall perform all other du ties, that may from time l<» lime he prescribed by the Convention. 3. Ike Vice President" shall be designa ted xfnnd. In the absence of the President the first Vice President shall preside, ami in the absence oI the first, the second \ ice ! President shall preside. The Vice President ' presiding, shall perform all the duties devolved ' upon the J’rc"idciit, by this Constitution or otherwise. Sec. 4. In case of the absence of the Presi dent and both Vice Presidents, a Chairman may preside, but his duties shall extend no fur ther than l he present exigencies of the Conven tion may require. Sec. 5. The officers of the Convention may he re-elected. Sec. fi. All elections ordered by the Conven tion, shall be by ballot, unless otherwise or dered. ARTICLE HI. Ser. 1. There shall be Standing Committees formed on the following subject": I. On Fi nance; 2. On Newspapers and Publications; 3. On Agriculture: 4. (h MGcellaiieous Mat ters; 5. On Hircrt Trade. And such other i Standing Committee" ns the Convention may trum time to time organize n«id direct. 1. All matters financial, shall be referred to the Committee on Finances. unless otherwise ordered by the Convention. 2. All matters connected with Newspapers and Publications, shall be referred to the Com mittee on Newspapers and publication", unless otherwise ordered by the Convention. 3. All matters on Agricultural subjects shall be referred to the Committee on Agriculture, ; unless otherwise ordered by the Convention. ARTICLE IV. Ser. 1. No provision of this Constitution "hall be altered or abolished. but at a regular meet ing of the Convention, and by a vote of two thirds of the members present. The Convention, then proceeded to adopt Rules for the government of this Association. On motion of Mr. J. (’. West, of Houston county, the following resolution" were adopt ed : ; Ravdced. That the Cotton Plante." of the several cotton growing counties of the State of Georgia. are hereby urged to procure Without delay, the formation of county association", and declare such county ftssocialioiis. auxilia ries of the State Convent ion. And such Coun ty Associations arc hereby authorized and re quested to provide for the representation of their Associations in and at all the meetings of i the State Convention. ( 2. Retnired., That, notwithstanding any cot- ton growing county may have no county or ganization, yet such counties may send repre sentatives to the State Convention. 3. Ruolccd. That any person qualified to be come a member of this Convention may do so, by addressing the President tv that efitvt. On motion of Ooh N. Ba"", of Bibb county, the following resolution wa" adopted : Rewired, That the duties required of the President and Secretary, by the Constitution, devolve upon the (. hairmun and Secretary, at the Regular Meeting in June next. Col. Howell Cobb submitted the following resolution which was adopted : Remdced, That the Chairman and Secretary of this meeting be requested to prepare for and have published, such portion of the proceedings as they may deem necessary and proper. And that all other newspapers friendly to this move ment be re<|nested to publish the same. On motion, the Convention adjourned to meet on tlie secoad Monday in June next, in thia citv. ’ B. 11. RUTHERFORD, Cbainuan. Jah. W. Armstrong. Ser'v. CONGRESS. Dxßow's JTeeF/y Pre», published in Wash- I ington city, gives the following synopsis of the Congressional proceedings during the past week: Mondav. —Senator Houston, presented the joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking for action at the present session of Con | gre>s. in the impeachment case of Judge Wat rous. Mr. Wil-ou submitted resolutions, call ing for the instructions given by the President . ! to our Minister at Brazil. Mr. Seward gave notice that he would 1 to morrow, or on some early day thereafter, ask ' I leave to introduce a bill to revrganir.v the Su preme Court of the United States ami the Cir- j cuit Courts of the United State", so that the i «-everal States shall be represented by judges j in said court* more nearly on the basis of their federal population, while the administration of justice shall be made more speedy and efficient. Mr. Benjamin asked and obtained leu.e to introduce a bill further to provide for the safe ty of passengers on steam vessels; w hich was | read twice and referred to the Committee on ' Commerce. A resolution in the House appropriating |:’.5.0h0 to defray the expenses of the Investi- I gating Committees, was, after some debate, 1 passed. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, offered the | following, which received but 10 votes, (Black I Republicans.) Resolved, Ac., That the President of the United States l»e requested to negotiate through I the Department of State with respective gov i ernments pus."essing or claiming the Canadas. . Nova Scotia, ami other portions of North America, Cuba, and other i lands adjacent there to, with a view to annexing the same to the United States on terms compatible with the peace and honor of the nations negotiating: Providvil. however. That in the event of any annexation, nu portion of the territory shall be admitted as a State into the Union until there bet herein h sufficient population to becn i tided to one member of the HoU"v of Repre- I seutatives, n<»r until the bonu fide rc.ddciits of , the same, being citizens of the Un’.tcd States ' by treaty stipulations or otherwise, shall have 1 had a fair opportunity of voting upon their i constitution, and regulating their domestic in ' "titutions in their own way. and subject only i to the Constitution of the United State". ( The answer of the w itness, Walcott, being . deemed iii"Ufiicivirt, he was by a vote of 133 to 45, ordered to l»e incarcerated in the jail of the I District of Columbia, until be shall be ready to j answer to ;J! the q'ic't «»n> propoiinde I, by the I House, and w hich "hall be legal ami proper. Ti E"i>AY. —The following was submitted by Gen. I!oii"ton. of Texas, Whereas, the events connected w itb th • nu merous efforts of the |»eople <»f Mexico ami of i Central America on this Continent, to C"tabli"li and maintain order and g-wsl government, since their separation from the mother country. ! have so far rc"’iltcd in failure and consequent ! anarchy, and demonstrated to the world the t inability of said people to eiicct an object alike so desirable and so indispeiisaUc to their wel fare and prosperity: Therefore, Resolved. That tl.e Csimmittce mi Foreign ’ Relations be in."tructed to inquire into and re I port to the Senate upon the expedivm y of the j Government of the United Mate." declaring and maintaining an eificient protectorate over the States ot Mexico. Nicaragua. C(»"ta Rica, Gmi ' tcmnla. Honduras and San Salvador, in sncfi i form and to such au extent a> "hall be neccssa ! ry to secure tv the p <»p'e < f >aid Stales the blessings of good and "table republican govern m-nt. I The Committee’." report, making an appro priation to <lefray the rxpcii-00l Meheined Pa I "ha, the Sultan s Emi">:uy to this country, was ‘ adopted in the Senate, as was al"o the follow j ing in regard to the contested election case, j from Indiana. And the re.Mdutioii was pa""ed I in the following form: Resolved, That in the case of tl.e contested i election <»f the Hon. <»ra’iam N. Fitch and die , Hon. Jc""c D. Bright. Scnat »r< returned a nd * a hnittvd to their "cat-- from the State of Indi ana. the "ilt ng member", and ail persons pro- 1 testing against their election, or any of them, i by themselves, or their agent" <»r attorneys, be . permitted to take t< »timm>y on the allegations jof the protestants ami the sitting members * touching all matters «>f fa< t therein contained, j before any judge of the Diarict Court of the i nited State", or any judge of the Supreme or , Circuit Courts of the state of Iml’.uia, by tir>t giving ten d.iy * imlice of the time and place of ' Mich proceeding in "ome public gazette printed | at Indhuiapoli": Provided. That the proofs to ‘ be taken shall l»c returned to the Senat • of the : United State" within ninety dr.y> from tin pas- I sage of thi" resolution: And provid'd, 'I hat * :i »testimony shall be taken under this resohi , tion in relation to the qualification, or return ot any member of the Indiana Legi"latiire. A debate on the Maryland eiv t on case, took place in the lloine as Roprcsvntat;vvs. Wei>xesi»av - Senator Hou-ton’s proposition with regard to a Mexican protectorate, became the subject of comment and was characterized by Mr. Wilsrni a- "very ext; a-r linaryMr. Mason thought the resolution"offered an indig nity to indej>ei;d?!it State" and at the "nine time looked to the most entangling al.iaiuo. Mr. Hale submitted that Cann ia ami t ie ctlier British provinces mi jit I • im la led. Mr. Toombs thought the"C i ’< ntral Amt: ie;m States were w -rse than the Emperor of Russia de scribed Turkey a" being—they ware all sick men. He hoped the resolution would be adopt ed. lor the time for action wa> not distant, and now was the time to consider the subject. Mr. Houston said be had always denounced lillibnstering. and had not changed his view s i upon that subject; but it wa." notorious that tor the last quarter of a century those Central ! American States had been making muses to ’ establish a government similar to our own. which had always failed. This proportion was not introduced with a view to extend our i dominions, but with a view to improve the i condition of our weak neighbor." by aH’ording them protection. This was a subject which I he drvmeil worthy of the consideration of the j committee, and he did not presume t<» antici pate what they might deem thu pnqx r course ,to pursue in reference to it. It was a matter j ot the more importance, also, since, otlior po\v- I er" were looking with a wistful eye to these ! territories: and it might be essential to our self protection to take some step" to prevent ; tliese feeble governments from falling a prey Ito fu! -st a rapacity and aggression. The subject 1 was laid on the table. hi the House, Mr. Lovejoy, of HL, made a most extraordinary speech, alleging among ! other thing* *■ the conflict was between t I <lom and slavery—l>etwrcn the prin<*ipk**of lib erty and despotism. The great mistake had | l>evn in identifying the South with slavery and 1 slnvcholding, and it arose from the fact that a ' small das" in the South imagined that they were the South. If they and their institu tion were to be annihilated there would still be a South. It the slaves and their masters were swallowed up together the non->lave holders of the South would be greatly bene titted: there would still boa South regenrra <*d an<i jubilant. The true heroic men of the South had now a golden opportunity. The first revolution found its h ader in tlx? South, and the revolution of to-day. having passed its Bunker Hill, now ask ed the South for a leader to take them to the Sarotoga and the Yorktown of 1860. Hh<l they the man f Southern men could boj»e for noglory, only a bad eminence in serving slave ry and’ty rrany. They (the Republicans) would guaranty and protect to the fullest extent the rights of the S uth and the Southern people; lhey only combatted tl>e wrong and evil" of slavery. Slavery had no constitutional rights save that of being let alone, while it skulked w ithin the States, and no mural rights any where outside of the |>enal fires that are never quenched.” (We publish the foregoing paragrtq»h merely ms a specimen of the nob sense and impudence of the Abolitionists.—Edh. State Press.] TiuitsDAY. —In the Senate, majority and mi nority reports, in relation to the admission of Kansas into the Union, under the Lecompton Constitution, were submitted by Messrs Green, Douglas, and Collamar. The majority report c<»ncludes, when a constitution of a newly formed State, created out of our own territory, i" presented to Congress for admission into the Union, it is no part of the duty or privelege of Congress either to approve or disapprove the constitution itself, and its various provisions, or any of them, but simply, to see whether it be the legal constitution of the new State, whether it be Republican in form, whether the boundaries proposed be admissible, and w hether the number of inhabitants is snllicient ioju"tify independent State organization. The Army bill was then discussed at consid erable length. In the House the discussion of Kansas affairs , occupied the greater portion <4 the <hiy. * Frni'AY.—ln the House, Mr. Wolcott, the witness in the alleged corruption case, was granted further time, in w Inch to prepare bts answer. In the Maryland emitested election, a minority’and majority report were presented, ; but action iqum them was fiostponecL Mr. Fenton., of New York, made a motion < f inquiry, wlivtlter the Executive had not ii"vd improper means to intinence the action of member", w hicli after a ahort discussion was laid on the table, by a vote ot 108 to 88. Ad verse deci "ions <4 the Court of Claims in a number of cases were concurrud in. There w as no session wn Saturday. [EKOM THE AVGISTA DLSI'ATt 11.] LATENT FOKEMriA ZWEWS. BY TELEGRAPH. New York. Feb. 21.—The British and North American Royal Mail Steamer Ajrica, (. apt. N. Shannon, has arrived w ith Liverpool dates to Saturday uftei nuon. Feb. tttb. (■ciivral InteHigence. New" from the continent is unimportant.— The English Parliament assembled vn the 4th , February. Lotd Palmer." ton gave notice of his intention to bring forward a bill in regard to conspiracies, ami to meet the refugee question. He stated that he had received a dispatch from the French Guverumcnt. calling his auteiitiun, but that he had not responded to it. Roebuck spoke in better terms of the Empe ror Napoleon and French ofiieinls generally, but was promptly rebuked by Lord Palmerston. French Coi>"id" are not hereaiter to grant purports to British subjects. Jerome Bonaparte has been invested with a right to a "cat in the French Council of State, and w ill presale in the absence of the Emperur. I The proposed change in the government of India sei Hi" to be attracting general attention. Lord Palmerston has given notice of a bill to lake the con troll of India out of the bauds us the East India Directors. Spain has granted amne>tics to all her Co lonial subject", in consequence of the birth us a Prince. THREE DAYS LA 1 EK FROM fc! ROPE. The Steamer Anglo Saxon has arrived with Liwr|MM»l date" to February an advance in Cotti,u of l-Bd. Sale." for three, day" 27J’00 bale". Speculators taking and Exporters 2.00 U, Market eloacd firm. (’.»n>ol" aJightlv declined., - New York, Feb. 23d. Sales 3,000 bales. Market firm. ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN THE HOUSE. We had hoped th it the bout between K«:tt and Grow wa* the first, and would be the last, for the sc"sion; but a correspondent of the Norfolk Argil" chronicles another w hicli is «1- b gvd to have happened but a few hours be fore. It i" next to impossible to get the truth from these anonymous letter-writers at tl.e <; pitai and wuoidy give it for what it is worth, with the "ingle remark that we Lave n<» sym p- thy tor the c r iven creature who would r.l --; low 1 ’msclf ••kicked” in a public assembly' w ithout offering the show of Asistanee. and 1 quite a" liulefor the blackguard aggressor who abusv- the popular confidence and insults pub l : c opinion and the dignity of the nation, by making the Representative Hall a bear garden I f. r pugili-tic "ports. The a riter in the Argus . say s: Whenever a call of the House is ordered, the door." are locked io prevent those that are a - from coming in in the meantime and an swering to their names. Mr. Wright, of Tci.- n sse . and Nr. Elliott, of Kentucky, after at - sw vriug lo their naims had <»cca"i«»n to leave the ball a few moments, and x»u retnrnhig beck oned to ,»neof the officers of the H"U"e through the gla."" do<>r t<> admit them, w ho wrt"p'<»- cvc'fing t.» unbar the door, when Potter, «f Wi-eonsin, told him not to admit them. The ofiir. r being a subordinate, and not understand ing the rule*. nmiiscd liimsilfLy mockingly aid dcri"i\<ly laughing nt the sit!ia*i<»n of Me "is. LI- tt am! Wright. In the mer.ntfrne Elliot procure ! a l»ri< k bat. and holding it np to the view ol the officer, told him if he did u<»t ui - bar the door be would smash it ami his head 100. This frightened the officer, who ran and bro ig’t the principal doorkvi per to the scent o: action, expl lining mcanwhde tl.e circinm "taiicc" of the cas<*. The principal doorkeept acknowledged the right «»f Elliott ami WrigF to adn.i tnnev and unbarred the door. Whei upon Mr. Wright made a very brisk appliA tion of bi" ped.d extremity to the pcrsoi*'f Potter, !< r Li" imi rdcut interference, he future*\;tl rou . leader l received hi" cha.«w inent in humility ami meekness, until Wight, after kicking him to hi" heart’s ed t»go to his seat. Potter then ran hj httud in hi" bo."om a if todraw a weapon, i right remark’*! —‘’Do you have the impudnee to feign drawing a weapon on me f” Pofcr mol ded a""cnt. Whereupon Wright rcvrnvd to the former application us his fool Li the meantime two of Potter's allies c« ne to hi* rescue and attempted to interfere. Elliott im mediately seized both of them, holing one itt each band as w ith the grip us a vir. *nd called to Wright to k-t the d— d rascute friends see him kicked well since they rbs*-* t*> interfere, Wright with two Mich spectatv'S to stimulate him. returned to tin attack wih renewed vfg ! or and oriiy »b "i-.ed when thrugh exhaust Tun i hr could kick ne lunger; a*d then left the •• kicked future tender” to th condolence of hi* «q>eciatur allies. THE BACON NARKET. There i" inoch r. citenrnt in the Bacon mar ket. and for the last wet 4 price* have gone up at a rate, in M»nie of theWestern markets, that "urpa.""<‘" our comprehension, in view of the large excels of hogs slaughtered this sexsen over last, in the priiripal packing cities. We ran account for it or no other hypothesis than that speculators hive combiwd to run up I price" in order to /rente a pame at the South, and thus get off euough of their b*cofl. while price" arc up. to pay fur the lo ses they know they must sii"t:Mi. by reason of the large sup plies that are on hand, if the summer catches them with it. In almost all the large packing town" the this, year has been from twenty-five to thirty-ibree per cent, as report ed upon the most reliable authority, while onh in a few of the smaller towns has there ; bee* any falling off at all. From the best data we have upon tl>e subject, ami we have |*iid a great deal of attention to the pork market, we believe that then- has been an average increase in the number ofliogs shirghtered in the coun try this season, as compared with last, of at ' least twenty ]>er cent, while the increase in weight will not be far short us thirty per cent. In addition to this, there has been more meat saved by the farmers in the country through out the south than for years before, hence the consumption will not be so great from that source as heretofore, and there are large num bers who consumed meat last year who will be compelled to do without it entirely this year, or consume a great deal than last year, for the want us the means to buy with. This spur in the market is therefore destined to be short-lived, and those of our merchants who think ami act to the contrary w ill find that they have been sold much easier than they will find it to sell their bacon. If tl>ey would act wisely, they should not buy more bacon than enough to supply pressing demands, for if prices rae governed by the supply and de mand, baron is bound to be cheaper the pres ent year than it has been for several years pre vious,— Columb** Nvti.
