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SENATOR TOOTH’S SPEECH
AV THE
BALTDIO3F mass mtetikg.
Last week a grand mas* meeting was held
in Baltimore to give expression to the views
•>t the Democracy of that city on the Kansas |
question The great speech on the occasion
was delivered by lion. Robust Toombs, of
this State. Wo find in onr exchanges the fol- ■
lowing brief synopsis of his remarks :
The question before Congress, and w hich
was exciting •><> much attention out of door*.
'Was not a new one. For forty years it ha*
-occupied much attention, and for eleven years ■
nearly all trie attention, of the people of the
i luted -States. The principles the true men
North and >vatlq and elsewhere, have been
cotitelaling for tiirae forty year* are the prin
ciples of the reeolntions ottered here to-night. ;
The qne*tk>n now was whether the American t
Goiigress stioJi usurp the rights of the Terri-1
roric*. or the Territori's shall maiutaui .ttair
•ow Is.
He Leld'tLrrt Kansa- vboaiti be immediately
admitted into the Union. as u matter of policy!
and of justice. He would take notice in
what he intended to say of the objections to
this course, and among the objectors they
would recognize the old enemies ot the demo
cratic party under a new name. The Jeopard
could .’I 't i b irnr. i,-» -kin. and never <llll t *
enemies of popular government shield them- '
selves from the popular gaze. The American
Congress may admit new States in accordance ■
with the constitution— there is no dilfieulty ,
a! out the] iwer.
New States were admitted into the I nion
from 1788 to 1890, with constitutions snch as I
they *-. r p-0;...r to r.jah-. No man opp -ed
ordenied this j , ver. . : pt in the 11 athwart]
territory; but in al! the rest of the States I
brought in till I*Bo, nopnldie man or portion
of the people claimed that < 'ongres* had the !
power to control the people in making a con
stitution in any way they wanted, but in such
away as they wanted. There is no clause in
the constitution of the United States requir
ing aState to make a constitute 1. it wa* only
uaotaMry for them make u n publican form
of government. If they had no const tution
it was their own fm-Jnes*.
Jefferson had said that ti e old Feiferal par '
ty.Wespaifing of retaining powctjby lamest
means, sought tu v. riggietbemselver into pow
er by rai-inu sectional issues, mid that wa* the
very beginning of" this question, From .that
old federal party, every h log. republican mid
know nothing i* a lineal descendant. Missou
ri applied next f.r admission with n <*m-rtitii
tion recognizing slavery , and these repphlh-.in*
and.others said,, yon ■ hall rs.ti-.iine in. Not
because you Lave not a repuidk an government
—no; but Leouiisc it dies not suit the New
Emdend state*. A great contest arose from
one end of rl.e country to the other.
There was not a freesoilcr in Congress -
and lie knew *th'-in for thirteen years past
who car. .1 a dime for the black num: they
have carried on this hypocrisy in order to de
feat the democratic party. ]f he wanted part
ners now in the African slave trade he would
jus; a* soon go to these frccsviler* us any one
else: tiny even now have shares in such ex
peditions. They agreed to adpiit Missouri by
putting in a clause that there should be no
more slave State* north of 36.30; but did any
State in the Union agree to this condition
through tLeir Legislature, or was any public
meeting held to endorse it? Not one. —
They have resolvvd that there should be no
more slave States, and Rufus King gave the
reason when he said it was aquestiun of nolit
leal power. It was not the poor African*. Nei
th t party. North or South, wa* satisfied with
the arrangement. The democrat* have asked
them for the power they assumed, and the
principle of tbeiraction. an<l they said they bad
nano—they bad the majority .
Mr. Toonth* then proceeded to give a hi»-
t .ry of the admission of Texas. California,
ita'., down to the beginning of the Kansa* qnes
tion, the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill
and the intention of that a<-t. By repealing ,
the Missouri prohibition they only left the
people the same right they always bad over
slavery -to prohibit it or establish it, as the ■
people of a Territory saw proper The subse
quent transactions in Kansas were next review
ed in the most graphic manner, as well as the
contest which ha* resulted in Congress. He
(Mr. Toombs) had introduced a bill in Gon
grus* so as to enable the people to vote fairly ;
» it passed the Senate, went tothc'Hou* ■•, where
it received every democratic vote and was op
posed by every republican. They did not pass
the bill, but sent back t • the Semite Topeka—
cothing but Topeka.
Subsequently, iu electing delegates to the
convention in Kansas, the republicans stood
off and would not vote; they were something
like the people when Noah was building the
ark -they stood off and they did not believe
there would be a Hood, but there was. They ,
now tell us in Kansa*. if we do.'lit do ar they
want, they wiil take up arms—some twenty
five hundred vagabond* in relilliim.-ugainst the
twenty-five million of the people of these Uni
ted States!
Mr. Tooinls concluded by saying that the 1
pnidshnieut he intended to inflict on these re- .
Pel* was Io gjve them u free constitution and |
admit them into the I'nion. They Mfercd sueh
miscreants as they are to be admitted intoghe
Union, and they deu't. want to accqjit-it! He I
intended io get rid of this ipiestion as soon a*
(xissible —to let them settle the matter in their
own wav. Should the smoke of the incendia
ry curl over the top of every cabin in Kansas,
he would .make them frie ami get rid of the
.question.
JSSOM THE SAVAXNAH NEWS.]
THI BABK ADRIATIC HER ESCAPE FROM THE
FRENCH
It wiil be recollected tli.it the Adriatic ran
into the new French steamer Lyonnaise on the
2d of November, 185 G—and that the steamer
sunk two day.* afterward*. The Adriatic put
.into Gloucester, Mas*., to repair damage*.—
•She then sailed for this port, where she took
ill a cargo for La Ciotat. France, to which port
she at once jiroceeilcd, and discharged her car
go. She then took in a cargo tor Sicily and
v, a* regularly cleared at the Custom House,
but when about to sail, her paper* were taken
away from her, and action commenced against
her owners for dam.-qM*. The case was tried
in April before the Tribunal of Commerce, at
Marseilles, and decided in ftiv..r of the bark.— I
An appeal was taken to the Imperial Court at ,
Aix where it remained until late in the sue- I
ceeding I ieceniber.
In June the Court at Aix being nuable to
decide this matter—appointed a committee
consisting of three *ea caidaitis, to investigate
and report on it. They decided that the steam
er had violated a well known nautical ride, in
attempting to pas* the bark to the left instead
of to the right. They also decided that the
Adriatic's light was in proper position, of suffi
cient size, and set at least ten m'nintes before
the collision occurred.
In -pite of this decission of seamen, the |
■Court derided that the Adriatb - owners were
liable for oue-hait the value of the steamer—al
leging thatflier light wft* too small, or in a bad
ixMition. or set too late.
Tlie case was decided on the 24tb of Decem
ber, and on the ISth of January a copy of the
iletision was served on Capt. Durham, with
notice that the bark would tie seized the next
dav for cmirt charges—amounting to about
-unless they were settled prior to that
time. As the Captain Juul n« idea of ettling .
the bill be tlnrtlght tlie next best thing for him i
to do, a a* to get away in the shortest possible '
lime. , . . 1
A* soon as i.e hud heard of the <leei-*ion
ot the eofirV--on the 24th of becemlwr—he I
*et about putting his ship in sailing order—lm ‘
s eioselv - allied, and had to work at night. |
-n-i at n. I tin:-.- a- be could t'-ade th a
ri tiie. i’tzv- OUS we... /.aim d fnan other
ships irieui !v t« in;r. and a crewiwaa s-lripped
■;.memim' •' ' ther*-r><* rate of them
aware the mu of tin- bark, until
llivV u trre out itl
it 4o\ !'*v4 -Hi li ' u ■ rn'tr. <•: ibv Vth yf |
* .Tannarr\'*t!ie Adriatic set sail and left her f
wharf.” Coining up to the guard ln.nt, which 1
. was stationed at a point necessary to be passed
—she was hailed ami her port-pnss asked for. ,
The captain expected this and was prepared
tor it. Having no such document in his po>- '
| iol.. lr.‘ foldrtlatw- sons piece in pap. :', 1
and, hnving given tliei nittionary work : “/*z<
neJ r/u ■lt,*' threw it over, hut in such a man
ner that it, I'cebbvrt dly tell into the water.- -
The offiiuvr inltlie bout supposing it to lie all ,
right, J<t .her paca and the long imprisoned j
Adriatic weut on her way rcjrdiihig.
She *hajF.d her course for Spezzia, a port in ,
Sardinia, where she expected to find her pa
1 |>efs and an American man-of-war. from w hom |
.-he might obtain nn anchor, and snch other
1 things as were needed. She found neitlic r )ia- ;
per* nor man-of-war, and the French luid tele
graphed to nil [mint* instructions to seize the
bark wherever die might be; and the authori- (
■ tie* nctnally sent a gun-boat out to watch her .
I the fit*t night after her arrival in port, with
. instruction* to fire on her it she attempted to
sail—orders to-eize her having been received
front Turin. ITien xtday urdtrswere given
not To mi lo«t her, hut to allow no commnni
cation with the shore —not even for the]
pnrpose of procuring provisions or water. In:
a day of two afterward*, however, the captain
was allowed to buy wliatevcr he could pay for.
Having procured what he wanted, and a favor-
■ able wind springing up he left Sptzzia niitno-
■ !e*ted, ami. after -topping at the Madera Is
lands, ami one or two other place*, reached our
port yesterday morning.
, Capt. Durham is a fine specimen of the A-
I merican sailor—intelligent, bold and dating—
and our French friends will have to resort to a
I more substantial diet than/roy»and rise alittle
earlier in the morning, laffore they can hope to ,
I get ahead of snch men.
The ca*c of the Adriatic is a remarkable
J one, without a pai illel in our mariitime his
tory, mid is likely to lacome a question of
grave importance lift ween the United States
and the French government. The matter ha*
already, we perceive, been brought before Con
gre**.
]c' car.-coxi r.Ncr or Tin: Byr.TtMoac *rx. j
Wasiiixotox. March IG. 11458.
I Th/ Ki'iifn Ah’ifrurUtn—Struggle for jimtrr
by a /'wtioo—Sehotor Ltovgla*' Aid und ;
<‘oH>f<rrt to the Iteiivlillriim— IIi» Rnyonni- ’
liility fur deluy.
When the fntnfo historian of the United '
State* (not Rev. George Bancroft) shall come
to the period at which the Kansas question was
agitated in Congress, and investigate the in
significant causes w hich led grave' Senators i
and pßgn.K ions members to risk the fate of the ;
I nion on a mere abstraction, devoid of any ,
1 practical value, hi will Je apt to agree with
; the old Swedish (Tmneellor Oxensterna. who |
invit'd hi* son to the Congres* of O-nabru< k.
i in these term*: “Come, my son. and see with
1 wluil little sense kite world i* governed.'’
The Kan.-a* sq inlible in Congre** i* one in
| w hich the people have little or no interest; it
| is a mere .struggle for pow er 011 the part of a
fie tion which Jias lieen defeated at the hist
I presidential election, and w hich, encouraged
by the defi ction of an ambitious leader, is now
making a last desperate effort to seize the reins j
of government.
WithoutJ.hu aid and comfort given to the
blank repilhlicnns by Senator Douglas, Kansas
would long ago have been admitted into the
I'nirni, M cshould now have peace, and Con
gre** would.have had time to give it* attention
to questions of importance to the prosperity
and welfare of the whole country. Senator
Douglas ami hi» cu-adjutor*. then fore, ure re ]
sponsible tor the delay ; it is they who must
' answer for keeping this tly-lfli*t.er on the sore ■
spot of national polities.
I The plan to reach the presidency through
the territorial committee is nevertheless 1111-
1 leasable a* the distiiiguisliuvl •‘'emitiir W illprnli- ■
' ably have dis overed by this time. Khlfras '
will he passed over hi* lead in the Semite, mid ■
: a concert of action exist* in the House which >
I render* the *i|C(es* of the bill no longer in the I
lea*t degree doubtful. The Southern member* i
who are supposed to hesitate will not bite off I
their nose* tu spite their flue*.
Week alter next we sluili have got rid of the
1 Kansas incubu*, with all its eteeterne. X.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THE ILLINOIS STATE
PRISON A DESPERATE CONFLICT.
Much excitement was caused in Alton. Illi- '
nois last Munday, by the revolt of n ilesperate |
, convict named Hall, from Chieugu. He de- I
I termilted to escape, mid watching Ids opior- 1
tunity, when only one of the guards, named
Crabb, was in the ball surrounding the cell*,
he kmwked him down mid dragged him into ,
. a cell.
Hall then fastened the door of the cell, and
1 drew a knife, deelnring that he would murder
1 .Mr. t 'rabb if any attempt was made to rescue
' him.
Tii'.i* mutter* continued until noon, when .
Crabb made some effort to open the door, but
was immediately cut severely in the hand by
the convict. During the day the convict sta-
■ ted hi* terms of submission' to be n revolver
, loaded by himself, a full suit of citizen's dres*.
! sl(kt in .money, mid to be driven out of town
■ in a close carriage, accompanied by Crabb, to
such place as heshould designate; all of which
‘ were, of course, inmlmissahje. In the mean
time. however. Col. Buckmnster procured a
pardon from the Governor to lie used in his
discretion; but up to 12 o’efoek last night, no
information ot it had been given to the convict.
All day the guard* were on the watch to shoot
the scoundrel, but a* he had positively declared
1 he wonld kill Crabb it he was not instantly
■ killed himself, great care had to he taken, for
j tear he might put his threats into execution.
Crabb had no arm* whatever, the yard gminls
not being allowed to carry any, mid had noth
ing whatever to defend himself from an at
tack of the desperado.
The whole day mid evening vvastJien spent ;
in trying to shoot Hall mid at the same time
not hit Mr. Crabb, and finally, the next morn
ing, by a stratagem the dour of the cell wa* ■
got open and the warden cried to Crabb, the i
imprisoned guard, to fight for hi* life. He a<
eordingly sprang to tne opening of the door. !
and at length dragged himself through, but '
Hot before he was stabbed by the convict nine ,
times, seven times in the back, ami twice on :
the arm*. Whan the poor victim wa* dragged ■
1 out. the luinv h t barred the ihair again and re- ]
• fused to yield. He wa* then given a few min- |
! utes for reflection, and the rebel wa*. after
j much dodging and effort, to get out tlie reach ; '
' of the fire, shot by the warden. 1
The ball struck his skull jnst below the left
ear, and glancing aronnd, lodged under the 1
skull. He fell instantly and was dragged out
of the cell, and was thought to be dead, but
soon recovenxl mid talked a* sensibly a* any
man could nnder the circumstance*. After
the convict was taken out of the cell, hi* knife. |
about H inches long, with a double edge, wa*
i found in the cell, and on hi* person wa.* found
also another larger knife, with a blade 4 incite*
I long. 1—
—1
HAVE VIE AKY USE FOR FOREIGNERS IN KEN
TUCKY ’
The Plug Ugly orgiui ha* lieen fussing u good 1
deal of late about the importation into this 1
countrv of foreign criminal* and paupers. It I
claim* that it is one of the exclusive principle* 1
of its party, that criminal* and paupers shall 1
not la- brought here from Europe, though wo ’
haw not yet lieen able to hear of any party 1
■ that wa* in favor of such importation. The , 1
1 Democrat* were in favor of the arrival of eve- j '
ry one of these foreigners who was honest, and ' 1
’ imlustriou*, ami young, and healthy. The lit- I 1
I tie money they brought was nothing in com- ,
' parison with their habits of industry and econ- ,
; ohiv, and their boms and muscle. ThereJs 1
rumi in this city, and in this Mute. too. tor i
merit hc.ni *t and imln-trion* tiii-eizner*. If it
will com* miiong u* mid cultivate our t
land*, tliev will make us Hie richer thereby, f
and we shall soon see the advantage to our- ■ v
selves of throw ing iipeu the doors to them. *
t'o-tto'.
fEIZURE OF GEN WALKER AND HI3 FOLLOW
ERS
The following nre the Resolutions rvqiorted ;
by Mr. Qinmmm. from the committee on For
eign affairs of the Home of Representatives,
in reference to the seizure of Walker and his
follower*, by Commodore Paulding:
*■ Ileeol ftl. That inasmuch .ns the United
States e.m never consent that any f .reign pow
er shall I uve ti e right to enter .its territory
with a view of forcibly carrying off any per
son who igay be therein, so it becomes the
duty of the government to disown and dis< Inim .
all right on its part to enter for a similar pur
pose, the Territory of any foreign power or
Mate with which we arc on terms of amity ,
and friends’liip.
Rewired. That officers of the United States
have no right to use the fori fi nndcrllielr com 1
maud iu tlie territory ot any foreign State, nt j
the instance of, or for the benefit of snch State,
unless previously authorized by Congress,
Rewired. That inasmuch a* the view* of the
President, as made known in his message to
the two houses of Congress, are in accordance
with these principles, no action is necessary
on tlie part of Congress.
FROM HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
Leaving the bemli and the bar. we have
some reminiscence* of a Georgia constable
which are very refreshing:
lion-ton Comity, Georgia, "boasts of the po
litest man and the most efiu iunt constable in the
.'state. Captain Spike*, of tlie iG3l*t district.
M-, is well known, and so piipular that it i*
not improbable he would have been made
Governor, but hi* services in his present im
portant office could not lie readily dispensed
with. It would lie difficult to hold Court if
Captain Spike* was out ot the place, and one
of the Judge* of the Circuit, on his arrival at
Perry, always make* it a point to nsk if Cap
tain Spike* is on hand, for he say* if he is not,
he shall adjourn over. At the last Spring
Term of the Court, a newly-admitted member
of the bur made hi* ap|iearaiice ; mid a striking
appearance it was. ns Nature bad lavished upon
his ungainly shoulder* a head of flaming red
' hair, so brilliant and blazing ns to shine in
stantly on the eyes of al! around him. As he
attempted to pas* within tbo bar with the
; other lawyers. Captain Spike* presential hi*
Istaff ot office, and gently intimated that he
‘ could not come in, as the seats were reserved
; for the lawyer.*.
. " But Jam a lawyer."
“I should think not,” said Captain Spikes;
1 “the Court won't allow it, and I can not let
you iu. Sir,”
Gen. Warren, a well-known memlier of the
I bur. hearing the conversation, interposed, and
told the Captain that the young gentleman bad
1 been recently admitted, and was areal lawyer.
1 ” Well, 'taint possible—sartingly ’taint pos-
sible; but go in, Sir-go in. Sir—l give it up.
, You're tlie first red-beaded Imryer I ever seed 1"
Sm li an officer 11* Captain Spikes comes in
t ime, to la'an important branch of the govern
ment. and assumes the place of Court and jury
in certain case* that *-ein too plain to require
a more formal triaL
Twenty year* ago the County of Dooly, ad
joining Houston, lunl a hard population, not
i very scrupulous about the distinction of pro
perty, especially in the matter of pig* and
i hiekens, which tliey'would take wherever they
could find them. Jerry Burns had lieen arrest
ed for robbing a roost, and being brought up
to Court, where the justice w.i*. too slow to
-nit the summary notions of the constable.
Captain Spikes assumed the duty of lay ing
down tbo law to the jury, telling them if they
1 didn't find Jerry guilty, he should take him
into hi* own hand*. I'he jury left the matter
with Spikes, who proceeded to sentence him
forthwith:
*• You done it, yon know yon did : mid now
you may have your choice to goto jail six
month* or take twenty -five lashes."
Jerry chose the latter; and, niter going
through the course of sprouts, he said he
i would'nt have mindid it much it they had
trimmed flic hickories siiiiHith, but the *tnbs
' had stuck in his back, and he was afraid it
would make it svue. But Capiaiu Spike*
1 warned him that the next time he was caught
he should have the lashes anil the six mohth*
to boot.
While we are in Georgia let n* hear from
Morgan County, in which John Sturge* live*.
■ who i* said by some to be even more polite
■ than Captain Spike*. We have heard before
: of a gentleman w bo wa* passing a sitting hen.
I ami said, “ Don't rise, madam;'' but Mr. Stur
ges had never heard ot this gentleman, and the
other day he came to the trough with hi* horse,
and found a hen in it on her ne*t. He bowed
' to the hen. and said, very politely, “Don'tdis
turb yourself, imulatn : J in not going to flns
trate.no how. madam; lay on—lay on—l'll
take another trough I” And touching his hat,
he bowed himself out of the presence of the
1 fair fowl.
CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS.
The number of Roman Catholic bishoprics
inclusive of 12 patriarchate* i -S3O. Os these
62<t are in Europe—27s in Italy alone which,
estimating tiie population at 25.0WI.tfHH i* 1
diocese to every H 1.134 inhabitants, while the
proportion in Frame is 1 to 41H.000. The
bishopries are divided among the various Ital
ian .‘states a* follow*: Sardinia, 41. Lombardy
20. I’arnni 4. Moilenn 5. Tuscany. 21, the State*
of the Church 7°. the two Sicilies 114:—tbe
States of the Church, with a population of
:I,OOG,UUO, having nearly a* many bishopric*
a* France, which, w ith a population of over
3li,<loo,onil. has but 79. Belgium has 7 bish
oprics; Holland 4: Portugal with the Azores
and Maderia. 20: Spain, with the Baleric Is
' lands. 55: Great Britain. 44. of which 80 are
in Ireland. Austria, exclusive of its Italian
I province*, (which are enumerated al,ove) 02.
■ of which 24. are in Hungary; Switzerland 5;
Germany, 24; of which 8 are in Prussia, the
great i'rotestant p wer of the continent: Po
land 15: Russia in Europe, 10; Turkey in Eu
rope. Greece, and the lonian Islands, 20. Tlie
tiumber ot bishoprics in Asia is 65; in Africa.
11, in America. 124. of which there are 70 in
North America. 11 in Central, and 43 in South
America: and in (iceanica, 10. Os the 12
patriarchate* 3 are in Europe; 7 in Asia: 1 in
Africa, and 1 in America (Spanish Went India.)
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Tin' following legal decision, given in a Phil
adelphia Court, will be interesting to those
owning or leasing real estate:
Grove vs. lllghe*.—This was an action
tried before Judge Strong, at Nisi I’rius. the
facts of which are these: —Wm. Hughes hail
leased to D, P. Grove for seven years the prem
ises, 102 North Eighth street, at the annual
rent of S4,GOU. These premises were burnt in
about one y ear from th • commencement ot rhe
lease. They were insured, and the policy was
held by the landlord, who drew the insurance
money, and did uot rebuild. The- tenant did
rebuild, and having paid his rent, brought this
action to recover the amount expended by him
in building. Judge Strong held that in case
of a lease containing no express convenant on
the part of tire landlord to rebuild; that the
fact of Lis receiving insurance create*! no obli
gation torebnild; that the rent was not sus
pended by the destruction of the premises, but
tire tenant must continue to pay it: and that
*inee the lease provided that at it* expimtion
tlie tenant should surrender it “ in good order,
reasonatile wear and tear excepted," it was
questionable whether the tenant himself was ;
not at nil event* bound tu rebuild. The Jndgi
therefore directed a nousuit.
It is reported that in Mr. Calhoun’* state- 1
inent, submitted to the Select Kansas Commit
tee of tlie House, referring to the January elec
tion for meiuliers of the Legislature, he says,
that 705. i free State vote* were east, of w hich
G3l, vveroiileg.il, while the legal Democratic
vote wa* Us*l. tin;* giving a nominal pre
slavery majority, according to this te*t. of
MACON, GA.
Thursday, March 25,1858.
KANSAS FOREVER:
Still the old story, nothing accomplished in
Congre** on the Kansas question. Every day
the telegraph tells the same tale; for tnore
than three months it has drawn its weary
j length along; time after time lias lieen set
. apart for final action; and yet the conclusion
| appears to lie us distant as ever. Nothing can
, lie gained by discussing this interminable ques
' tion any further. No new light can be shed
upon it; mid a direct vote should be taken at
once.
This unfortunate Territory knocks fur ad- •
mission a* a State, and admittance is denied
her for the sole reason that her Constitution !
recognize- the ownership of negroes. Now
slavery should not be discussed in Congress
i any more than other specie.* of property—it
should never enter the national Councils. The
'abolition agitators make capital out of it, and
protrai t the vote on the Lecompton coDstitu
, tntion merely to keep up the excitement. A
few day* may probably decide whether Kansas
is to Lu rejueted or admitted. If she is admit-
I ' ted. quiet will be restored and the merit will lie
due in a great measure to those Northern Dem
ocrat* vv ho have Resisted the apperfls of passion,
prejudice and interest, mid ittood niaiifully by
the Constitution of their-coimtry. If. howev
' : er, she is rejected, the tultlnuatum of the Geor
gia platform will Lc forced upon us.
When Don.la* and Hi* compatriots desert
i n* nt the North —when sm h Know- Nothings
. as < Ki riRMiKX, of Kentucky, Beu, of Tennes
see. and Davis, of Maryland, prove traitors at
tin-South— when such new spapersas the Journ
■ al <f M<nm»ger palliate the treason and assert
1 1 that these men have been actuated by pure
and patriotic motives—when the Columbus
EiiO’iirer (et id oniwr i/chhk) denounce states
t I men like Senator Toombs as political par
> ricides because forsooth they are too Southern
in their feelings—when these thing* come to
j puss, we despair of the Southern States ever
preparing for resistance, but are reluctantly
comjielled to believe that they are ready to en
dure every degree of wrong and degredation,
! shouting forever Hosanna to the Union.
Since the above vv as put in type, a telegraph
ic dispatch informs us that the Senate on the
night of the 23d. "amid n large assemblage of
the excited," pa*-ed the Kansas bill, with
1 amendments, by a majority of eight. Io tri-
I 1 umjdw lt has yet to pass the House.
TO THE CITY FATHERS.
■ j “7’Zi4r*l (Sovernment i" that erhivk gorrrne letwt.”
’ 1 We have a few words to say to the “City
Fathers” in tlie most dutiful, filial and reapei-t
--, fnl manner, and hope that they will be-received
vv ith paternal kindness mid consideration.
'! In tlie first jda'-e we protest .-igaimit Alder
; man Anderson'* ordinance with wgim.lXo car
i
ryiug deadly weapon*, m t that «<■ by any
. means approve ot the practice, bit vve look
' ' upon the law :> n.-ele*.*. especially since tlie
i Mate statutes me sufficiently rigonm* <m tlie
subject. We object to sueli laws io tot-i, re
| guiding them a* all encroachment mpon indi
• vidiinl rights, and believhig tiint every citizen
should l>e allowed to carry defensive weapons
will never lie may see lit t» do so. Th'.' ordi
. ! nance appear* to be 'mqjerfectly drawn ap us
lit fails to specify weapons. In
fact such Jaws are Im , -sill ily dead letters. If
1 the weapon is *<-<■« then there is no conceal inent;
' i and if it is not seen, of course there can be no
I | conviction.
Another thing to which we enter a demur
rer is the publication of the City Criminal
Docket. With some characters this is a mat
i ter of no importance—they rather like the no
. toricty of having their names in print; but
with others the mortification amounts to a
! , double punishment. Fine and imprison a man,
] . and then try to blast his character i Really,
Mes-rs. Aldermen, that is most too hard.
With regard to allowing tlie City Yfarslials
extra pay for feeding their horses, we have
■ I merely to say that it is contrary to all prece-
dent either to increase or diminish the pay of
ian official during his term of service. We
make this passing remark w ithout being at all
interested as to whether the Marshals get the
| allowance or not. Perhaps they deserve it—
perhaps they don't, it i* nothing to us one
way or the other.
ST. PATRICK S DAY.
On the night of the 17th inst. our Irish
friends laid a glorious time in jiouring out liba
tion* to their patriin .Saint. Speeches were
made, songs sung, sentiments proposed, and
all vvas hilarity and mirth until the small hours
of morning. Step* were taken for re-organ
izing the old Hiberniau Association, which has
our best, washes for its prosperity. M e regret
1 that we vv ere enable to procure in timefor pub-
I Hcaiiou the «iet of regular toasts offered by Col.
0. A. Lochbane. The following lias been
handed tn by Mr. P. Fitzgerald :
"The green hills of Ireland, where the Sham
rock grows through the snow, where the smile
of hospitality greets the wanderer and the
stranger—may they" soon be cleared of the
footprint* of tyrr.-my, and may the sun of free
dom slieil the rays of peace and plenty on their
perpetual verdure."
HOW WONDERFUL!
The Editor of the Journal db Memetnger pro
nounces it a wry strange coincidence that the
Sparta Gcoiglau of tlie 17th, contains “simi
lar sentiment*" on the African Slave Trade to
those expres-ed in the former paper of the
same date.
"Going to Ipswich? why I'nigoingtherc too
—ble-s my soul what a remarkable coinci
dence!”
Tbe readers of Piekwick will see the point.
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAIL ROAD.
M e are glad to learn from the Thomasville
' Reporter that the work on this road goes brave
; )y on. The Engineer* have crossed the Allapa
' ha below Carter's bridge on the survey of the
| line, and were expected to reach Thomasville
;iu a few days. The Re/nfrter invites all plan
i ters who arc tired of cultivating worn-out httids
' to go down and settle the fertile fields of
| Southern Georgia. It is good advice—much
; better than emigrating to the West. The
Main Trunk Road is the most important enter
prise in the Mate.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION
The Black Republicans have carriod the I
State by over 5000 majority. In the Senate i
and House of Representatives there arc about '
three Republican* to one Democrat.
CITY COUNCIL.
The City Council held its regular meeting )
on the 19th in*t„ all tlie members being prw
cut except Al<l. De Loache.
A report wvn* adopted, (providing for the
i building of at least six Cisterns rttpoiifts where i
water is most needed, the locations to bo fixed
upon after consultation with the Chief Engineer i
!of the Fire Dei>rtitim-nt. Other Cisterns to be I
i built as soon as the means of the city willjusti-
I 't-
Alderman Anderson offered an Ordinance,
which was passed, relative to carrying deadly
weajions in the corporate limit*, the punish
ment for a white jier-ou is a fine not less than
fifty mr more than one hundred dollars, or im
prisonment not exceeding one month, or both j
fine and impri*unmeut at the discretion of the
' Mayor; and any slave guilty ot such offence i* j
j to be whipped and imprisoned, the whipping |
; uot to exceed seventy-five lashes, and tlie im
prisonment not to exceed thirty days.
A resolution was offered to allow each Mar- ,
i slud seventy-five dollars extra for feeding his ;
i horse, which wa* amended so as to allow the '
Street Overseer to keep his horse at the City's ■
Stable free of charge—nil of which was post
| poned till next meeting.
It wa* ordered that the tree-boxes through- 1
, out the citv be whitewashed. John Ruther-
* I ford Esq., was refused permission to move out ■
. • his fence on New and Poplar Streets.
e J. L. Sharp'* petition for building certain
. steps in front of his house was referred to the
Committee on street Encroachments; ami Mar
r tin Hall's petition for building a wooden shed
in front of his store was laid over until the
. next meeting of Council.
j Tbe Bridge Keeper reported tolls for the
t : week. SB2 Ob; Clerk of market reported fees
s | for the week. $4.40 ; Guard-house keeper re-
; ported fee* for tbe week. 75 cents.
t , The Finance Committee reported in favor of
John 1.. Jones’ aceonnt, $37 25, and Mrs.
t : Towns' $25 <>o.
GEN. QUITMAN's’aBMY BILL.
s The following are the general provisions of
- the Army bill that passed the House Friday
'■ last, by a vote of, yen* 124. nays 73:
II j The bill authorize.* tlie President to ns-eive
O ■ into the service one regiment of Texas Moilnt
r ed Volunteers, for the defence of the frontier
I thereof, and for the purpose of quelling the
■ : disturbances in Utah, for the protection of the
’ I supply and emigrant trains and the snppres
i, sion of Indian hostilities on tbe northern and
north-western frontiers; the President is au
thorized to accept the services of any number
i. of volunteers, not to exceed four regiment*,
e the same or irny portion thereof, to be organ-
. ized into mounted regiments or infantry, as
’’ the President may deem proper.
li i The volunteer* are not to be accepted in
i- bodies of less than one regiment, whose offi
cer* shall be appointed in the manner prescri
bed by law in the several States and Territo
ries. to which said regiments shall respectively
belong.
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.
Al l’ll ST.V. March 19.—At a meeting of the
” Presidents of the bank* of this city yesterday,
. they agreed to resume specie payment on the
■- tir*t of June, provided the Carolina ami Savnn
.. | nah Banks resumed then.
v 1 The Savannah Republican state* that the
j. Bank* of that city were anxious to resume on
e the Ist Muy, if the Augusta Bank* (indepen
e deiitly of tho*e of Smith < arolimi) would co
. , operate with them. The same paper intimates
. that its Bank* will be ready to resume with
I, those of Augusta on the Ist of June, if the lat-
* ter "are in earnest."
THE IMPORTATION OF IEEE NEGROES.
lor sum • year* pa*t (*ays the New Oileai:*
11 Ro!',tin} comjibiiut* have been made in this
State of the increase of free i.egroes. They
’ have lieen justly deemed an undesirable elas*
" of person* to have in a slave-holding State.—
In enaseqiience of these eoniplaints and of this
undesirableness, past Legisbitures have felt
called upon to pa*.* *uch laws as would gradu
ally rid us of the evil referred to. l-'ree ne
groes from other States were forbidden under
I severe penalties from coining here with iLe in-
II tuntion to remain ; and finally, last year, a
law was passed prohibiting (absolutely any
’ further emancipation. Thie law has been, so
far as we know, generally acquiesced in by the
s people of,the fitaXa. M o have not heard a sol
c itary word ui far t from any quarter against it_
'■ Under tins ►•&He of thing*, and witli the ap
‘ ■ prevail ®f the efforts heretofore made to rid the
1 State offrec negroes manifested by the peo
ple. the public will view with surprise, if not
L indignation, an attempt mi the part of a ma
jority of the House of Representatives com
e pletely to reverse this safe-policy and to flood
' the State witli free negroes I It would scarce
ly have been believed when the Legislatureas
-1 Humbled that half a dozen votes could be <>b-
- tained in cither house for so strange and mis
n chievous a proposition. Yet it seems that the
I proposition actually passed by a vote of forty
S to twenty-one 1 By what authority do these
- people act? Did the people elect them to
s change the settled Jioliey of tbe State, and to
t inaugurate the dangerous measure of flooding
'- Lonisana with free negroes? Have the people
I. called upon them to do any thing of this
n kind? Have they expressed any dissatisfac
tion with the line of legislation which lias been
- adopted upon this subject ?
c The bill as imnounced by telegraph autlior
e izes the importation of twenty-five hundred
c free negroes in a batch; that is, it authorizes
' somebody to assist free negrott to enter this
r I State in violation of existing laws ! But these
\free negroes nre to be indentured for a period
.of fifteen years. What is to become of them,
’■ I then! Are they to be left to wander about
0 the State, so many wrecks of Jminanity, to die
'• of starvation or to be driven away to the in
i' hospitable North there to linger out a wretch
e cd existence amid cold iu»d want? Or are they
to be sent back to Africa? If so, at whose ex
-0 pense I and what provision is to be made to
- secure the faithful performance of the contract
to send them back ’ Or. oijce here, ami the
- fifteen years having expired, are they to be
seized. for being in the State in eontrarentivn
e oj the lau» and sold into slavery / These are
. questions the people of the State will be likely
. | to require to be answered before giving their
e I assent to a measure well calculated to create
e ' excitement among our sen ile population and
. ] to demoralize it by the introduction of a foreign
s I savage and heathen elenn-nt,
Cadets.—The following persons have been
appointed cadets at tlie United States Military
Academy at West Point, to fill vacancies from
the ’several Congressional Districts of this
State. J. B. Johnson. 2: J. S. Blount, 3;
jJ. A. Alexander, 4; E. C. Arnold, 6; J. A.
■ : West, 7.
3 j
: jH*"See Mrs. Dc-sau's advertiscmejits in
to-day'* paper.
LEE COURT HOUSE BURNT
A subscriber at Adam* Station furnishes n«
with tlie following particulars of the burning
of the Court House in Starkville :
The Court House in Starkville was destroy
ed by fire last Thursday night, with all the pa
jier*. rei-ond*. &e., belonging to the county:.
The lo** falls very heavy on tlie Clerk of the
Superior Court and Ordinary of the county.
The building was fired ut every door, (four in
number) so that it was impossible to enter the |
House after the fire was discovered.
A. J. B.
FOR -THF'LADIES TO SKIP.
Mr.Edtior:— Permit me through the col
umn* of your interesting journal—a paper
which the ladies all read—to say just one
word alwint Messrs. Bostick &• Keix. Their
Rola-a-tjuilles and Dclilas are really lovely
1 and recherche, their laces are of the richest de
■ scriptiun, and their l/reu Good* of r.l! kinds ‘
i are certainly the most lieautiful that can be ■
' teen this side of New York. Everything that
we ladies want can he found in their Laud
j some Store; and then to be waited on by such
i nice gentlemen—it is absolutely charming—at (
I least, so savs FANNY FLIRT.
” - .
GOOD PENS.
M'e have tried M. Jacob’s Amalgam Pens,
j and find that they sustain what the advertise- j
| ment say s of them.
Twiggs County Superior Court is in Session
tins week, Judge Lamar presiding. There
. is agiaid deal of business to be disposed of. in- |
eluding several old Will and Bank cases. The '
people of Twiggs have our thanks for the gen- 1
erous support which they continue to give to i
the State. Pre»».
j-4 ‘ Parties interested will bear in mind that
; the Superior Court of Macon Comity com
mences its Session next Monday.
CHARLES LAMB 3 WARNING.
It is hoped that all young men who are giv
-1 en to intoxicating habit* will read the follow-
■ ing warning of Ciiaui.es Lamb. Letthein lis
ten to the words of this gifted, yet dissipated
■ poet, and be induced by his sad experience to
pause in their irlld career before it is too late
; to reform:
“The writers have gone over me. But out
of the black depth*, could I be beard, 1 would
i cry out to all those w ho have but set a foot in
, the perilous flood. Could the youth to whom
i tlie flavor of hi* first wine is delicious as the >
opening scenes ot life, or the entering upon :
some newly discovered paradise, look into my
desolation and la- made to understand what a
dreary thing it is when a man shall teel him
self going down a precipice with open eyes
ami a passive will—to see his destruction anil
have no power to stop it, and yet feel it all the
way emanating from himself; to see all godli
ness emptied out of him. and yet not able to
forget a time when it was otherwise; to bear
about the piteous spectacle of his own ruin:
. could he see my fevered eye. feverish with the
. last night's drinking, anil feverishly looking for
to-night's repetition of the tolly ; could he but
feel the body of the death out of which J t ry
hourly, with fei'Uler outcry. to be delivered—it
i were enough to make him ibish the sparkling
, beverage to the earth in all tbe priue of it*
j mantling temptation."
If you have a .voting friend who may la- in
danger of acquiring un aiqa-tite for strong
, drink, invite his attention to Charles Lamb.*
dreadful experie:. -.-.
MISCELLANY.
Groix-i* Mliz.'-.'.irj J.xsrrrvTE.—The Mariet
ta Advocate of the IStli i::*t_ says:
M ecudiwstand tlwt Gov. Brown during Lis
vi*it IO Marietta the present week eloseillae
piireha*'-of the Georgia Military I i*:itute, in
compliaiw e with an act ]ias* d by t ie last Leg
islature for that purpose. The transfer to the
State, ha* not been uiaile sooner owing to a
disputed title to ou» of the lots ig’iand included
in the projaM-ty. J'liis having been .-Milled at
the present Court there was no longer all ob
. stacle to tbe change of ownership, ami the In
f stitiUe will be heucefortii under State manage
ment. It i* now in a riourisiiing condition,
I numliering lietw een one hundred and twenty
five, and one hundred and thirty cadets, and
under Statu management ha* every prospect
! tor increased success and extended usefulness.
M’ii.i. Gf.x. Cass Resign?—The report orig
inating with the Detroit (Mich.) Advertiser,
that Gen.Cass-woiild. probably, withdraw from
Mr. Bucliniian's Cabinet, having been contra
dicted, tbe Advertiser repeat* its statement.
Cilding that it gave currency to the matter
“ upon no idle rumor." The reason assigned
is that tbe General ha* doubt* a* to the wisdom ot
the President's party policy on the
question; and the Advertiser intimate* that it
tin* policy is rigidly carried out ”in a party
sense," General Ca*s will not be a consenting
party to it.
Si mitei: Si i'F.icioi: Corin-.—During the late
j term of Sumpter Miperior Court, three person*
i were convii ted of felony—Abner Conner, for
1 negr*> stealing, S. V. Ivey, for forgery, and
John Avery, for assault with intent to murder.
Tw o of these have been sentenced to the Pen
itentiary, Ivey fora term of eight years and
Conner of six years. Oneor moreof the cases
will probably go to the Supreme Court.
No Fuee Negbo IxTßotirmox.—A despatch
from Baton Rouge to the N. <'. Picayune,
states that the bill for the introduction of free
i negroes from Africa, to lie apprenticed for fif
teen years, was indefinitely j>o*tponeil in the
Senate, on the lath instant, by a majority of
two.
The New British Ministry.—lt is stated
that Mr. Dallas, our Ministei to London, in hi*
despatches to our government, expresses the
opinion that the new ministry of England will
be more favorable and conciliatory to the Uni
ted State* than the old one. He is also of
' opinion that it will not, according to present
appearances, remain long in power.
Coolies for the South.—The M'ashington
correpondent of the Richmond South says.that
a movement is already afoot to import nnd
■ place mi the soil of the South, a stated number
of Chinese coolie*. A large amount ot'South-
i eru capital, says the writer, will lie enlisted in
| its favor, in the event of Gen. Cass giving hi*
i opinion i which ha* lieen asked for by a gentle
: man of Georgia.) in favor ot the constitution
: ality and rectitude of the enterprise.
■ Deadly M'eapons.—A bill has been intro
duced lately into the Pennsylvania Legislature
having tor its object the suppression ot the car
rying of omcealed weapon:—knuckles, slung
siiots, etc. The most important feature in the
bill consists In its giving power to the courts,
in case of conviction of aggravated iL**aults by
means of the use of these weapons, to sentence
the offenders to the penitentiary.
Capital Pixi*iimext Abolioiikp in I.or
isiajta, —In tire New Orleans Picayune of the
3d, we see a law abolishing capital punishment
entirely, Tbe penalty for wilful murder, rape,
poisoumg with intent to kill, shall, on eonvie
tion theruof suffer imprisonment at hard la
bor for life. The fourth section enacts, that,
if any person lying in wait, or in the jierpe-1
tration, or attempt to perpetratrate any arson, |
] rajie, robbery or burglary , shall shoot, >tab, or
, thrust any person with a dangerous weajion
! witli intent to commit the crime of murder,
he shall, on conviction thereof suffer impris-
I oninent at hard labor for lite.
■
CLIPPINGS.
Defeat of the Alofst Vebxox Associa
tion.' —By a vote of two to one. the Mount
Vernon Association was yesterday defeated in
the House of Dehpate*. Nobody spoke but
the patron of the measure. Its opponents
maintained acontemi'tnoussilcnce. For mouths
every expedient of personal influence has been
brought to bear in it*flavor, and yet of 87 mem
bers only 29 could he peinmidcil to support it.
The thing was too preposterous for serious
consideration.— Richmond South.
M'hat Raiijioads have I>one.—According
to the estimate "tbe United States hasincrea*-
ed in wealth full a thousand millions of dol
lars by railroads!” They have certainly con
tributed more to tbe prosperity of the country
than they have proved remunerative to their
owners. M ithout railroad* we could never
Juivc been the wide republic that
we have grown: with them we eon enlarge
our territories still further. It is a fortunate
: i onjuui tion of event* that the locomotive and
I the magnetic telegraph, two of the most po
-1 tential cmitrivances for annihilating space,
' should spring into existence just as a new re
public was extending its power over a conti
! nent.
A New Goverxoß for Kansas.—M'e learn
’ from a perfectly reliable source, says the Pitte
' burg Dispatch, that Francis McKee of Crooks
■ town. Fayette county, has received the offer of
; the Governorship of Kansas, but that it is not
I probable he will accept. Mr. McKee has hith
erto been strong anti-Lecompton, but is an ar
lii-nt friend and devoted admirer of Mr. Bu
chanan.
The Ti re in M'asiungton.—March 18, the
Turkish visitor* were formally received by the
I’resident who tendered to them the hospitali
ties of tlie country. Tlie admiral replied by
saying that he had been directed by his impe
! rial master-to be guided by the advice nnd di
rection of the President, mid to iHl'er a souve
nir in testimony of the high regard entertain
ed by the Sultan for the President. The Pres
ident thin invited his visitors to dinner on
next M’ednesday. There were but few persons
' present, including Secretary Cass, .1. Horsford
Smith, lion. J. M. Cross, Edward IL Ciruiick
and the President's private seeretary.
A StBSTtTCTE for the Kansas Bill.—Mr.
Gilmer, of North Carolina, ha* given notice to
the House of Representative*, of a sllbstituta
for tlie Kansas bill, which proposes to admit
the Territory into the Union without recogni
zing or mentioning any Constitution whatever,
except to declare that in thus admitting said Ter
ritory the act shall not "be so constructed as U»
recognize or reject, or to determine tlie validi
ty of uny Constitution which has been present
ed to Congre-s: the true intent and meaning
of tlfi art being to leave tbe people of Kansas
: perfectly tree to form and regulate their domes
tic institution* and affairs in their own way,
subject only to the Constitution of the United
States.”
Ai it.o! eiati: Na-Vek.—Mr. Jas. L. Robin
son, of our county. Jias lately received seven
Negro Dogs, which lie lias named respectively
Douglas, (from hi* *:ze.) Beecher, M ade, M'eed,
Hale, Lune and Stow e. M'e think he has hon
ored the abolitionist* rather too much.—ila
riana (Fla.) Patriot.
It i* to be presumed the dogs lusve good
constitutions, otherwise they will not l>e able to
survive their names.— 'iaraunah Xewt.
Merel*. Exi*T.--Tlie North Georgia Times
say s !.< re are t hoiisand* of men in Georgia who
live whin i;t taking a newspaper." Such peo
ple do not Lri. tliey merely exist. There may
I . a -park of life iu their *y stein, but it is use
l.-s* to tbei.isvivi * iizml to ;dl others.
Virginia I.ei.isi ati-i:k. —The Honse Im*
jrts-ed a bill n>ii!:i:.g p >r* >us engaged in a duel
i .ei gi!,. to offi' The billtonid iu the pur
> ■ of Mount Vernon was rejected by tlie
House— :mt passed, as bus beeu st. Bed.
A bill has passed tbe Senate of < 'bio proltib
i'.'.iigtlw intirmarringe of first enUsins. Tlie
Ci: imcit: Gazette -ay* Hint |>ublic sentiment
i. in favor of tbe meiu-un .
jeS' ’’ Th" Harrison Flag, published at Mar
shall Texa-. I..isat the hva !,of it- columns the
i: iav ***' .Viliinrd Fillmore for President in
1«5(!L
FOHEIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Fr. tu the Savannah New*. 1
New York. March 20.—The British nnd
North America Royal Mail steamship Arabia,
Capt. J. Stone, lias arrived with Liverpool
a< counts to Satunlay. March 6.
General New*.
It is generally lieli> veil that tbe members of
the Derby Cabinet will be re-eieeted to Porliti
nieitt without opposition.
Ibe condemned Freni b conspirators have
not yet been executed. N unwrous arrest* con
tinue to be made tlironghout France. Gen.
t iiaagarnivr refuses to return to France at
present.
I l.e Danish ministerial crisis has lieen set
tleil. and the meinlier* of the Cabinet w ho had
resigned on account of the attitude of I leiimurk
in tbe dispute with tbe Germanic Diet, have
withdrawn their resignation*.
An earthquake has laid Corinth in ruins, al
though the loss of life was small. [Corinth is
an old city in (Ireece. and more regarded for
it* ancient arehitei tore, niomnneiit*, and rela
tions, than for its present importance.]
A destructive fire had occurred in Constan
| tinople, by which about three hundred houses
■ were destroyed.
Commercial.
Liverpool, March 6.—The sales of Cotton for
the week ending the 4th inst.. were 38.000
bale*, of w hich speculators took 4.000 and ex
porters 1.8t.i0 bales, leaving 80,500 bales for
the trade. The business of the week resulted
in an advance of l-Bd.. in consequenee of the
light stock* offering. This advance was re
ported by the arrival of the Xorth American
at Portland, which brought Liverpool dates to
Wednesday, the 3d of March, nnd the qnota
tivus were lor :
Fair < i; leans 8 l-Bd.
Middling Orhans 7 7-Bd.
Fair Mobile Bd.
Middling Mobile 73-4 d.
Fair Uplands 715-10 d.
Middling Upland* 711-16 d.
The stock of cotton in Liverpool is 181,000
bales, of which 82,(Hit > are Ameriean. and the
lowest quantity of stock known in Uverpool
for the past twenty years at this time.
i'he sale.* on Friday were 5,000 Imle*. nnd
the market closed quiet, quotations being
: barely maintained.
On .'Saturday, up to noon, the sales were
' 5,000 bale*, the market closing with a declining
tendency, and the loss of tile 1-8 advance pre
i viiaisly reported.
Manchbstkb Tbadk.—The business in the
manufacturing districts contiuuisi favorable,
and the trade were demanding an advance in
prices.
London Money Market.— No change is re
ported in money. Consols are quoted at 95 5-8
a 95 8-4.
II ivi.s Market. March 4.—The sales of the
week reach 20,000 bales. Tre* Ordinaire I<H
franca.
I.ivehi-00l General Market.—Bn-adstuffe
dull. Corn closed with an advancing tenden
cy. and all qualities had slightly improved.
Sugar closed bouyaut. Rice firm and advanc
ing, but the lower qualities exhibit the greater
improvement. Rosin firm nt 4s. sd. to 4s, 6d.
Turpentine closed firm at 425. a 435,
In .Sandersville last week Green Mar
tin was convicted of the murder of a negro
boy—himself and son having whipped him five
' hours. The sou made his escape and has not
yet been arrested. The principal witnesses
against the prisoner were his three daughters
aged 16.19 and 21. An effort is on foot to ob
tain a new trial
Which we hope will fail. En*. State Pres*.