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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
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for further .time.
Widen vruxrant ed.
i t;.. 1 ... in Committee reported in fav. :• of th
fo.. i .v. .mats, viz : Ang. dchn.iab 349 OJ,
A. Ralston 399 oo, Mrs. McGregor i - J O'J, Ashe
Ayers 21 20.
Be port of tho Committee on Fire Department.—
AVe recommend that the sum of 3550, be appropri
ated for the purpose of furnishing the Hook Jc Lad
der Company with new Truck ami Equipment
that the Chief Engineer be authorised to have tho
same made or purchased as in his judgment is best
for the interest of tho City.
Mr. A, H. Wyche's petition to extend bis front
fence on n lino with otliers on same square, or in ac
cordance with an ordinance recently passed, receiv
ed and referred to tho Committee on street encroach
moots.
On motion Aid. Findlay,
ua men on mia. rummy.
Resolved, That ,ho applicants for office of Dcpo-
«y Marshal, make their applications in writing, and
that tho election of samo bo deferred until tins day
week. Passed.
On tnoliou Aid. Findlay,
Resolved, That the Telegraph Companies bo re
quired to oontinue their Wires along Third to tlie ni
ter.-rction of Pino 8treet, thence along Pino Street,
instead of using as at present Third, Second, Cherry
and Pine Streets, and that tho poles bo kept in an
upright position, without the aid of lateral supports
or braces, properly psinted and in line, within the
corporate limits of the City, and looated agreeable
to the approval of Couneil. Passed.
On motion Aid. Bloom,
R- -olved, That the Committee on Firo Depart
ment advertise tho present llook * Ladder Truck and
equipments, and the small Fire Engine tor sale.—
P<UM€<I.
Mr. Jonathan Collins’ petition to havo the ditch
in front of his house sewered, received and roforred
to the Street Committee.
Report of tho Delegates appointed by the Mayor
nil Couneil of Macon to tho Mu
and Connell of Macon to tho Macon and Warrenton
Railroad Couveation, assembled in Augusta, nmlor
a call of tlie Mayor of that City, April 21st, 18S7.—
Received and adopted.
REPORT
Of tU Delegates appointed by the Mayor and Coun-
eii of Miron to the Macon and Warrenton Kail toad.
Convention assembled in Augusta, under a call of
the Mayor of that city, April 21**, 1857.
To the flonorable Mayor and Conned of Macon .-
Tho undersigned, Delegates appointod by your
Honorable body, to represent the City of Maeon, in
the Convention which met in the city of Augusta,
on the 21st or April, 1857, have tho honor to submit
the following
REPORT:
The Convention met in pursusnee of the call made
by the Mayor of Augusta, and in addition to our own
number, we lound ample delegations in attendance
from Milledgoville, Hancock, Warren, Augusta, and
the Georgia Railroad Company, and a delegation
from Buffalo in the county of Jofforson.
Tho Convention having organized by the appoint
ment of the same officers who were chosen at tlio
previous meeting in January last, a Committee was
appointed to rtqiort, to an adjourned meeting at 3
o'clock, P. M., suitable matter for its consideration
and action.
In tho afternoon, the Committee submitted their
report, which was in substance as follows:
1st. Thst in tho opinion of the Convention, tho
most practicable plen for uniting the city of Macon
with Angntta, by railway, Is the construction of the
Koad, under the charter ot the Milledgeville Rail
road Company, and on the route of the .urvey made
by Col. Bonner, with such modifications as further
examination may render expedient and desirable.
2d. That the city of Charleston and the South
Carolina llairoail. In consideration of the benefit
which will resnlt to them from tho enterprise, be in
vited to contribute to its stock at least one-third of
the capital required lor the construction of the road,
the whole requisite capital, according to the estimate
of the Engineer, being 31,500,000.
3d. That onr-half of the remaining million, ought
to bo taken by Augusta and the Georgia Railroad,
and. tlie other half by the connties of Bibb, Jones,
Baldwin, Hancock and Warren.
A resolution was also appended, directing books
of subscription to be .opened forthwith at Macon,
Clinton, Milledgeville, Sparta, Warrenton and Au-
S ista. under the superintendence of gentlemen
ereln named; and a committee consisting of onr
fellow citizen, the Hon. A. H. Chappell, Col. Pottle
of Warren, and ex-Governor Schley, of Richmond,
was appointed to present the claims of the Georgia
Railroad Company; and another Committee, consist
ing of the Hon. John P. King, Cob H. II iV.mming
and James Gardner, Esq., was appointed to confer
with the Charleston and South Carolina Railroad in
terest.
It was also
Revolved, That tho Commissioners to open books,
report their subscriptions to the provisional Board
of Directors at Milledgoville by the 1st of July next,
and that that Board, then convene the stockholders
for the purpose of organization and action.
The report of the Committee was amended after
some discussion, by a resolution, recommending the
Board of Directors to call in nna-third of tho Stock
subscribed in the months of December or January
next; one-third, 13 months thereafter, and the re
maining third at the expiration of another 12 months,
5 per cent, being paid down at the time of subscri
bing.
Unis report, as amended, was then unanimously
adopted by the Convention.
Iu tho course of the morning session, the Conven
tion was addressed by the Hon. John P. King, Pres
ident of tho Georgia Railroad Company, who folly
endorsed the proposed enterprise, and pledged hu
influence in its behalf.
We beg leave to add, that wo fonnd the utmost
harmony and good feeling prevailing among tho
members of the Convention, who, without exception,
wero animated by a single desire to secure the
building of the Road, and a determination that no
time shall be lost by unnecessary delay.
So that it now only remains for the parties into
rested, to go to work in good earnest, and provide
the menus for the constrnction of the Rond.
We have the most flattering assurances that the
people of Charleston and Augusta, and the South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad Companies, all feel a
lively interest in the proposed work, and will not
hesitate to contribute their quota to carry it on—
The 'people along tho route have also assured ns
by their delegates, that they will readily respond.
Fortunately for Macon, she is not called upon to
take any new action. Her subscription of One
Hundred Thousand Dollar* was made by tho Mayor
and Council several years ago, mid it only remains
for her to itand up to her previous engagement, by
renewing the subscription in proper form.
In view of the magnitude of tlie interests which
our city has in tho completion of this great work, we
cannot doubt that sho will como up resolutely to her
duty, and hr-sift in the double object of constructing
this new outlet to tho ocean, and placing us directly
<>n tho lino of this groat thorougntare between th
North anti South.
We know it has been urged by tho opponents of
tho Road, that it will divert from the Georgia Roads,
already b tilt, immense amounts of through freight
and travel, which it willbe unablo to retain in compe
tition with tho Virginia Valley Rond, which is now
ii. nr its completion ; hut it strikes us with irresisti
ble force, that if we are to tiud such a formidable
competitor in this Virginia Road, it becomes iudis-
p-nsable for Georgia interests, that wc should at
onco cut oil- all curves and angles, and make the
line of transit across tho Stato ns direct as possible.
Uy tiiis means, if tho parties along the routo will co
operate, we may withstand the competition ; other-
•wise, we cannot. And tbe great Northern and South
err. mail, with the throng of travelers that follows it.
•.rill find a new channel of conveyance outside of our
borders, and far removed from the whistle and
amokcof our Engines.
In this point ot view, then, onrenterprizo does not
oppose the interests of tho otlu-r roads. It only pro-
■ -> to nice, what their best friends admit, tboy are
bound to love.
Bat independent of these considerations, it is not
to bo supposed that Macon, with her central and
commanding position, her growing commerce, and
tho evidences of material power which she is daily
developing, will nlwavs remain pent up, with a sin
gle outlet to tho ocean, nml at the mercy of a single
Railroad Company. We are the friend# of Savannah
and the Central Railroad. Of this feet, we havo
given substantial evidence, ami in so doing, impov-
Srithod onr city for years. But wliilo wo thus can
didly avow our p irtinli:. for them, wo aro unwilling
to place i: on the ground of compulsion. Wo simply
desire commercial independence, and freedom from
those unjust ciscrimiuntinns in the schedules of
freight, ot wliioli our people have so long complained
nml which in our present position, are the more
uncalled for, because there is no point of greatness
■which we could attain, that would not reflect in n
cotre-p "ncling ratio upon the prosperity of the Cen
tral Railroad, and tho principal seaport of our own
State.
Wo had cherished the hope that tho lino of con-
net tlon between the Central Railroad and tho South
Carolina Road nt Branelivilie, which has been fre
quently suggested, and which, in many respects,
Would obviate the necessity for the road to Warren-
ton. would be taken up in good faith, and built; hut
finding no evidences of an intention to take thoin-
itiatit o in that enterprise, wo are forced to turn
to the Macon and Warrenton Road as our only hope.
And this work, your lleli gates take the liberty to
mv, nill, n tln-Ir judgment, soon he in the lull tide
of successful operation.
All of which is respectfully suhmited.
F. 8. BLOOM.
A. G. BOSTICK.
E. WIN*HU*.
J. II R WASHINGTON.
JAMES A. NISItKT.
L. N. WHITTLE.
AM Blc-.un off. red the following,
Re.-odved, Th a I tho thanks of tho City City Coun
cil of Mn.-on uri due, and are hereby tendered to
the Mayor and Corporate Authorities of the City of
Memphis, as well us lo tile hospitable citizens there
of, for the warm ami generous reception exten le.lto
the Maeon Delegation on the occasion of the late
Railroad Celebration, .
or >-t Memphis,
emphatically i
our thank
ntlre i
Hesc
ride f
vA 11 Dom-Llar the May
are particularly dto\ am:
. red, for tue unremitting am
ay exhibit.-1 by him during the
elegaiion in Memphis,
re have heard with plea are and
jbers of d.-l. gallon, ot the highly
loqucot address of our talented
O. A. Lochrane, when called up-
half of the City of Maeon. and
;;:m!ideation nt the manner
lit of our City in the
r regated on the Bank
in which lie maintained the
midst of tho vast assembly
°’'R.'-snlved/Vh at the delegation, with heart and soul,
tender their thauks and be.-t wishes to Mr. ami Mrs.
J Gntantaf Johnson, for their very kind treatment
to them. The opening of their hospitable doors to
us. showed that their hearts were In the nght p ace.
Res. IvcJ, That ..ur thanks are h " ob y ^
Isaac Scott Emi President of the Maeon * Wes
tern Railroad, for his liberality h
TVKcnrrr* tn tho Delegation on tno line of that uoau,
fwldcfTpasscanied us .11 through) both in going to
And return!##? front the odobfltion*
On motion Aid. Johnston,
Ill-solved, That the action of the Mayor and Coun
cil, on tho 16th iost., allowing J. Rntherlurd and 1L
II Washington to extend their front fences on New
... . oo.i nrlvilticro allowed bo
Street, bo reconsidered, and the privilege allowed bo
withdrawn.
Which was passed.
On motion Aid. Strohecker, . ,
Resolved, That tho salary of the City Judge be fix-
od nt 3500 for tho coming year.
Which was passed.
On motion Aid. Bloom, ,.
Resolved, That the Stroet Committee bo «uthor-
ized to pnrebaso two mules for the use of the City.
Which was lost by the following vote:
Yeas—Findlay. Bloom—2.
Nays—Johnston, Strohecker and Elfo—3
Council then •*‘>»™>£ IC IIARD cuw) <, c
From tho Knoxville Register.
Interesting to Blitter Consumers.
To Dn. Odic Ozone, It- P. S., &c-,
Prts'i Knoville Scientific Association.
Sir, In accordance with the flattering ap
pointment received at tho last meeting of the
learned body over which you so ably preside,
I have subjected to microscopic examination
ami chemical analysis the butter now general
ly used iu Knoxville.
On receiving from various quarters ot the
city specimens of the butter in use, it was evi
dent, to the naked eye, that they were lutmo-
icneous in quality. The slight shades of dif
ference perceptible were too insignificant to
justify a classification into different varieties—
to say nothing of species and genera. They
all appear iu irregular masses, of granulated
surface in some parte, and stalactitic structure
in others. A remarkable adhesive character
of this butter causes the surface next the plate
to assume the stalactitic form when the mass
is lifted therefrom by mechanical force, such
as muscular power applied through the instru
ment known familiarly as fcutfer-knife. This
adhesive power adds greatly to the nutritious val
ue of the butter, as it causes the whole mass to
*• stick to the ribs ” whenever it gets to them.
This singular butter exists in its.primitive state
in the form of irregular boulders of insignifi
cant size, and every variety of shape, resernb-
li n rr on a small scale the erratic boulders which
geologists find ic the warmer latitudes of this
continent, drifted long ago on ice-bergs from
beyond the frozen Arctic, in the “ dispersion
of drift.”
Ou bisecting one of these boulders, an irreg
ular laminated structure was plaiuly visible,
reminding me very forcibly of the contorted
laminm of gneiss, or rather the tortuosities in
mica slate referred to and illustrated in Hitch
cock’s Geology pp. S3 and S3; though someparte
seemed to be formed rather after the fashion
of debris of alluvial terraces and other forms
of alluvial stratification. One beautiful sped
men of this butter exhibited tho marble ap
pearnnee produced by the use of silicic acid in
London manufactories of Castile Soap. 1 heir
Lamimc were of various colors and thickness.
Some of them appeared of a dull, hog's lard,
whitish color, shading off gradually into a sort
of ashen grey, perhaps succeeded suddenly by
a streak of brilliant yellow; and this last suc
ceeded perhaps by a stratum of a rich loam
color.
The undersigned next adressed himself with
uncommon ardor, to the Paleontology of this
singular butter; and here the microscope play
ed an important part. The microscope was a
simple instrument, formed by closing up the
left hand in the form of a short tube, and im
agining that it contained a lens. By the aid
of this powerful instrument, a great many fos
sil remains were instantly revealed to sight.
The first noted were of the entomological class
Aptera, genus Pediculus, and of the species so
beautifully alluded to by the poet Bums, ou
observing one on a lady’s bonnet at church.
The fossilized bodies of thcsclittlc animals were
so perfect that they seemed almost ready to
crawl; and their larvet existed also quite a-
MAOQH, &A.,
1857.
Tuesday Morning, IVIay li*
Particular Notice.
spondents should Lo particular to
Correspondent' bo jnirticuiar 10 direct
full "Georgia Telegraph.” Persons writing to tl
“Magnetic Telegraph” in Maeon, should no write.
In this way, only, will the letters designed for the
cspectivc offices, go directly to their place of des
tination.
£p- The Spring Term of Bibb Superio
Court, commenced it's session yesterday.
Judge A. P. Powers, presiding.
Public Documents.
We have been, during the recent session of Con
gress, under frequent obligations to the courtesy
and attention of the whole Georgia delegation,
well ns many members from other States, for time
ly supplies of interesting public documents and
speeches. To Senator Iverson, however, we owe
injustice, a special and particular mention of his
remarkable courtesy in this regard to tho Telegraph
Office.
Retirement of Mr. Stephens
The Democracy of Columbia county, at their
recent meeting, appointed a committee to wait
upon Hon. A. II. Stephens and “urge him f‘
forego his purpose of retiring from public life
If he entertains any such purpose, we join
with our friend of the Columbus Times & Sen
tinel in protesting against it. That paper just
ly says “He is now the acknowledged Demo
cratic leader of the House of Representatives,
and lias it in his power to do more real effec
tive service than ever before. It therefore
seems to us that it would be criminal in Mr.
Stephens to retire, at this time, form the pub
lie service. Tho next four years, will prove
to be, in our judgment, tho most momentous
in our annals. The grfeat and decisive battle
between tho sectional fanaticism of the North
and the principles of Constitutional govern
ment, is now raging. The issue of the strug
gle is by no means certain. The country
needs “the wisest counsels of our wisest and
best men.” It is no time for tried statesmen
to quit the field. All personal interests and
preferences should be sacrificed to the public
good.”
bundantl
Arachnu
One mammoth fossil of the class
was also exhumed, assigning to that
stratum of the butter au origin datiug back iuto
the remote Liitsic or Olitic period, long before
the creation of man. Some mutilated remains
of the Musca (or common house-fly,) were also
discoverable. Many remains of the order
Hymnoptera of the pismire family, were seen,
so justly alluded to by Solomon, in the famous
assage, “Go to the ant thou sluggard, &c.”
Vegetable remains were also detccthcd, such
as bite of broomstraw, and a fragment of pen-
ieulus, a compound substance known familiar
ly as dish-rag.
The only analysis my imperfect chemicals
and crucibled enabled me to give to this re
markable butter was attended with the follow
ing result
Adeps Suillus (Hog’s lard) 57.23
Butyrum verum (real butter) 17.77
Organic animal rcainins, 8.45
“ vegetable “ 5.55
Vegetable mould, - 0.16
AJ1 other sorts of dirt, 4.84
100.—
In my next paper, I will treat at length on
the startling effect produced on the olcfactories
by this everlasting butter, and its still more
noticeable impression on the coats of the stom
ach and its bold and independent resistance
to the gastric juices. Also, something will be
said in favor ot its obvious economy in hotels
and boarding-houses.
And when the undersigned receivs his im-
roved chemical apparatus now en-route for
Knoxville, forwarded to the undersigned by
his friend tho eminent Dr. Faraday of England
for the express purpose of analyzing this re
nowned butter, a better analysis of said but
ter shall be made, and the scientific world shall
know the result.
Most Respectfully,
Paracelsus Paraffine,
M. D. LL. D., P. K. S. A,
Arrival of tlio Steamer Indian.
Four Days Later from Europe.
Quebec, May 4.—The steamer Indian has
arrived with Liverpool dates of April 22ud.
Cotton was dull, and quotations barely main
tained. Sales of three days 18,000 bales, in
cluding 4,500 to speculators and exporters.
Flour quiet. Wheat advanced 2d., and corn
tid.; Rosin 4s. 9d.; Spirits Turpentine 4s. Gd.
Money tighter—Consols 93.
The English House of Commons is thus
classified: Palmerstonians 2G5; Derbyitcs
227; Reformers 110; Liberals 530.
England has rejected the Central American
treaty.
France has adopted the English system of
transporting criminals.
The Spanish and Mexican difficulty wore a
pacific aspect.
Great Flood in Mobile.
The passengers by tho St. Nicholas, at
Montgomery on Monday, report the largest
fall of rain iu Mobile last Thursday, ever
known to man. So great was the fall that the
water accumulated in tlie streets to the depth
of three or four feet. It commenced about 12
o’clock. Several persons arc said to have been
drowned in attempting to cross the bridges,
which were nil afloat. The wntcr is said to
have went through roofs like a sieve. There
s no wind prevailing at the time.—Colum
bus Sun of the Oth instunt.
Those who have used the Oxygenated Bit
ters for Dyspepsia, attest the superior efficacy
of this medicine. Its health-restoring quali
ties not being subjected to any reaction from
stimulants, is the secret ol" its great success,
Self-Capping Fire-Arms.
The Savannah papers mention, in terms of high
comuicndation, a patented invention of a new hum
mer to a percussion lock, which may bo applied to
any kind of a fire-arm, gun or pistol; without any
alteration of the lock, so as to fire off 40 or 50
charges by each barrel, without wasting time with
tlie ordinary process of “capping” after each shot’
It is the invention of Dr. M. J. Gallagher, lately
a resident of Macon, but now living in Savannah
We hope it may be I rofitable to the Doctor as
well as va'uable in itself.
Democratic Victory iu Philadel-
phia.
Tlie Pennsylvanian comes to us exultant over
complete democratic victory in tlie recent Charter
Election in Philadelphia. It says:
The completeness of the Democratic victory, on
Tuesday, will be fully seen by tlie returns. The
plurality of our city candidates is from 9,000 to
10,000, uud os the Black Republicans have polled
but a little over 4,000 votes, tlie clear majority of
tho nominees upon our city ticket is at least 5,U00.
AU the Democratic candidates for Select Council
are elected, with a single exception. In the Com
mon Council, there is u Democratic majority of fif
ty-one, or sixty-eight Democratic to seventeen op
position. It is quite evident that Drod Scott lias
few friends in Philadelphia, and that the followers
of “ Sam,” though stUI numerous, are rapidly di-
minisliing.
Mr. David Wilmot,
Of proviso notoriety, is the Black Republican
nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania. The char
acter of the man and the contest may be fitly de
termined, as the Washington Union suggests, from
tlie fact that although Pennsylvania contains two
million whites and a few thousand free negroes, he has
not a word in his letter of acceptance of over a col
umn’s length for anything or any body except tlie
negroes. Wc hope David Wilmot wiU get a “set
tler” this time. ♦
Decatur County.
The last Bninbridgc Argus states that the Grand
Jury of Decatur con: ty have unaniraous’y recom
mended an application to the next Legislature for
the privilege of making n county subscription of
$200,000 to any railroad that wUl run toBoinbridge.
Failures in Boston.—The N. Y. Herald, of
Wednesday says: “Several extensive failures oc
curred at Boston yesterday, in tlie dry goods busi
ness. The total amount, it is said, wiU exceed a
million dollars.”
Judge Powers.
Judge Abner P. Powers, of the Macon Cir
cuit, as we notice in the Albany Patriot, has
determined to retire from the Bench.—Consti
lutionalist
Indiana.
The reader is aware that the last Indiana
black republican Legislature, among their sins
of omission, neglected to make any provision
for the maintenance of any of the charitable
Institutions and Asylums belonging to the
State, the consequence of which has been their
suspension and a good of deal distress anil pub
lic inconvenience. Thegallant Willard, having
been importuned to call them together again,re
plies in a manifesto that he will not do so, except
the members of the Legislature will give him
assurance that they will discharge their duties!
Right! But he should have bond and securi
ty. A black republican Legislature is not to
be trusted. In spite of their “assurances”
they might be legislating and appropriating
for “bleeding Kansas,” even if all the Insane,
Deaf and Dumb and Orphans, were starved
out and scattered abroad.
Hon. Ilcinry S. Foote.
The last newspaper dates from California
bring a long letter from Ex Senator Foote ad
dressed “to tlie American party of California,”
in which, after reviewing at length the present
posture of political affairs, ho comes to this
wise conclusion:
Such arc my deliberate views; and I have,
therefore, no hesitation in declaring that I can
see no propriety in attempting to keep up the
distinctive organization of the American party
cither iu California or elsewhere. At any rate,
whatever may be tho action of others, 1 shall
myself yield to Mr. Buchanan and bis admin
istration as hearty and true a support as it
would havo been possible for me to accord to
them had I ever so actively participated iu ele
vating them to the high official places which
they hold.
•• LH IIS Alone 1
Leave Events to their Natural Course."
Th-s has bee: tho whole bunion of tho Southern
cry ever >iuo.- tin - llopuliiio was formed. I We ask
nothing but an j... .1 in the Confederacy—
equal in respect to rights of person and property,
(without which wo should he unworthy the name
of freemen,) ami with which alone we are content
to stand or fall on the merits of our own social and
industrial organization and economy. The North
claims that wo arc felo dose in both; that African
slavery is a fa'nl blight upon every interest—is ru
inous morally, politically, pecuniarily—lias already
placed us in n hopeless sectional minority, and is
fast working out its natural results of premature
emasculation, decrepitude and decay. Very well!
if so, we ask no sympathy or commiseration—we
accept and we arc willing to suffer these conse
quences. We shall solicit no federal interposition,
no Congressional appropriations to save us from
the fruition of our own social system, whatever that
may be. We ask only to be left uninterrupted to
work out our own destiny.
But how is tiic demand met ? With the same
breath that taunts us with social, moral and intel
lectual, numerical and pecuniary inferiority—witli
the same voice which boasts of greater and grow
ing sectional might, the North has been from the
very origin of the government persistent and clam
orous to pervert the Constitution and government
of the common country into an instrument of sec
tional oppression. No fair legislation has ever yet
satisfied the majority of the non-sIavclioldingStates.
From first to last they have demanded restrictions,
exclusions, Wilmot Provisoes, and every other con
ceivable device of sectional ingenuity to bring the
power of a common federal government to bear
against a system, and a people already, as they
claim, on the high road to ruin. They point to
our dilapidated fences, worn out fields, sluggish
and unenterprising communities, broken down and
impoverished fortunes, and after making themselves
merry with the picture, they turn round and demand
Congressional interference, the interposition of tlie
General Government by statute to restrain “free
Kansas” from choosing so suicidal a career for her
self. They run a sectional candidate for the Pres
idency, and peril the existence of the Government
because she refuses to exclude the South by stat
ute from that territory. Yea, some of them are
ready for a formal dissolution on account of this re
fusal, and the rest form vast associations and invest
their millions to pack a Kansas jury against the
South! In the same moment they taunt us with
our imbecility, and whine over the “encroachments
and aggressions of the Slave Power!”
We ask only to be let alone under equal laws and
equal rights, and this is all we ever demanded.—
All tlie “pro-slavery aggressions” except to the
most consummate sectional bigotry, have been
nothing but acts of simple self-defence against
Northern trespass—nothing but a refusal on the
part of the South to permit a common Government
to be perverted and prostitnted to her injury
And now comes Kansas to determine for herself,
under the authority of the Constitution and laws,
whether or not she will inaugurate the “ ruinous
Southern system ! The arrangements for the trial
and determination are unimpeachable by any fair-
minded mnn. The qualification of voters ere legal
ly prescribed—poll lists are provided for, and they
to be made public and subject to correction before
the election is held. Every arrangement is made
for security against fraud and violence at the polls
and for correct and impartial returns of the result.
It is impossible, upon anything like a carrying out
of these legal provisions, that Kansas should be
surprised and betrayed into any verdict not the
judgment ofa clear majority of her people.
But this docs not satisfy the Northern freesoil
prints, although they boast a majority of even nine
tenths in favor of making Kansas a non-slaveholdin
State ; they want other guarantees. They have
been recently trying to cflcct au arrangement with
Secretary Stanton, outside the provisions of law,
for a particular partizan composition of election in
spectors, tie., and having failed in this, they pro'
posed to invalidate or weaken the moral force of
the result by staying away from the polls and re
ducing it to an ex parte decision. Here, as in all
else, nothing fair, nothing equal, suits their case.—
They are either conscious that their majority boasts
are untruthful, or else as a pro-slavery decision by
mere minority would practically amount to noth
ing, and be easily reversed at any subsequent pc
riod, they count upon taking something in the
Northern States by the motion of allowing “free
Kansas” to be carried pro-slavery for a time, until
they shall have their game played out in other
quarters, and they think it expedient to reverse
the decision. Artifice, management, tactics, hum
bug, unequal and unconstitutional legislation, any
thing and every thing but a fair and impartial con
test with an “ imbecile foe,” or against an institu
tion ready, as they say, to drop to pieces of its own
corruption.
And how is it at the South about Kansas?—
Here, too, wc have small game hunters who are
popping away about “lost Kansas,” and Democratic
tactics,” when they know, if they know anything,
that the Democracy stands just os Georgia stands
by Convention of her people, willing to rest this
question in Kansas and every other Territory upon
the will of the People as lawfully expressed. Geor
gia declared that she wished to legislate slavery
neither into nor out of any Territory, but to leave
the People thereof free to determine the question
for themselves. This is the position of Georgia—
of the Democratic party—of reason and common
sense—for he must he little better titan a simple
ton who supposes that if a Territory were coerced
into slavcholding by outside pressure against the
will of her people, she could be long held to it after
becoming a sovereign State. The South would
not only not gain strength, but lose it, by States al
lied to her in similarity of institution, without
identity of feeling and purpose, ncnce the recent
little emancipation emeute in St. Louis is now pro
nounced by the anti-slavery organs as the only
bright spot in the political horizon, and is eagerly
caught at to revive their drooping spirits and un
natural projects. No ally, not such by choice as
well as necessity, is to be relied on.
Let the South stand firm, moderate and unag-
gressive—plumb the line, but go not beyond it.—
Nature is fighting our battles, as well as reason,
humanity and religion. The .commercial world is
fast being driven to the conclusion that Cotton, os
great staple, must forever remain the exclusive
product of the great belt or the North American
Continent, now the Territory of the Southern
States! With this fact, let tho abolition world
squirm and rave m it may, we have them under
bonds which they dare not forfeit.
A. Cure for Love.—A young mulatto, in Dan
bury, Conn., paid his devoir to a white girl, was
favored in his suit, whereupon some young men took
the fellow into a lane, and basted the dusky and
ambitious Romeo until his tender passion was quite
subdued.—K. Y. Jfetes.
Very good and defensible on sound, general
principles; but why will people who make sucli a
fuss about the Dred Scott decision, and contend
trenuously for the social, intellectual nud po
litical equality of tlio negro, balk nt their own doe-
is the moment Sambo takes them at their
word? It is a cruel deception—a deluding with
false pretences.
Jolinnv, one bright evening, was standing
by the window gazing at the moon and stars,
and after looking at them some time very in-
ently, he turned and said to his mother, who
was sitting by him :—“Mamma, what are those
bright little tilings in the sky. Arc they the
moon's little babies /"
Liberia.
Tlie story of “Jeff - ’ upon our first page
suggestive. Time was when we regarded the
project of the Colonization Society as in itself
Frcsiietsin Virginia.
Richmond May G.—There is a great freshet
in James river. The lower wharves, streets,
and houses arc submerged, and the low grounds
are fast overflowing. Much damage is appre
hended to the crops on the river. There has
been no such freshet since 1847.
At Lynchburg the water bad risen 17 feet, but
now falling. Pcrcival’s island is overflowed,
and tho tressel work of the Southside railroad
there swept away, impeding the passenger
trains.
Senator Simmer in Paris.
Mr. Walsh, the Paris correspondent of the
ew York Journal of Commerce, in his letter
of April Gth, says:
Senator Sumner has been in this capital a fort-
‘_lit or more. I have seen him only once,
and then he was passing with a quick stride
on the ltuo do Rivoli. English gentleman who
have been seated near him at the Galignani
Reading Room, mention to me that they were
struck by his stature and athletic frame; they
could discover no traces of ill health. We
ay anticipate a complete recovery. No
rench notice of his presence has yet appeared
my knowledge. There is au attempt to get
up au American dinner for him, which we may
presume will fail; the less eclat and dif
fusion for our domestic dissensions, the better.
Sumner has left Ins card at the hotel of the
Minister, Mr. Mason ; the latter caused his
card to be left at the lodgings of the Senator.
This, I believe, is all that has passed between
them.
one of the most meritorious and feasible which
could claim the sympathies of a benevolent
people, and we looked forward to the day
when Africa might be in rapid process of civ
ilization and christianizing by Missionaries of
her own race sent hero in the order of Provi
deuce to be fitted for the work under tuition
and training of tlie whites. Longer experi
ence, closer observation and niaturer reflec
tion, however, have satisfied us that the whole
idea was founded upon a false estimate of the
capacities of the negro race, and that they
can really enjoy none of tlie blessings of civili
zation when removed from the management,
supervision and influence of the whites. They
will sink again into barbarism as naturally
and inevitably as water finds its own level.
Look at the illustration now furnished in Ja
maica. With every incentive to industry and
progress they are every day becoming sav
ages and taking to tbe bush!
We have other accounts at second hand and
believed to be entirely worthy of credit, con
firmatory of “Jeff’s” idea of Liberia—accounts
which satisfy us that, as an experiment, it will
fail of its main design. White men will have
to manage and maintain the Republic, or it
will cotne to naught, so soon as their supervi
sion is withdrawn. If, then, it is tobe merely
a place of deportation for free negroes, it is
not the best ormost convenient or most healthy.
Our sober conviction is that the negro is in
his average most comfortable and prosperous
condition as a slave in the Southern States;
and every argument to bo drawn from vital
statistics, shows this to be a sound opinion.—
Some few, of a superior grade of intelligence,
may better that condition in competition with
white labor in non-slaveholding countries, but
the same statistics and the known degredation
of tlie race in the non-slaveholding States,
shows that these are rare exceptions. The
world may be challenged and will be challen
ged in vain to show four millions of laborers of
such inferior capacity, in a condition of com
fort and prosperity at all comparable with
that of our slaves. It is a wonder to behold,
and to consider it.
Resting then upon tiiis conviction, that the
emancipation of the blacks is of no benefit, but
an injury to them, we are disposed to discour
age the whole colonization idea, and the prac
tice of emancipation it suggests and leads to, as
ill-advised and in conflict with sound views of
policy and duty to the negro race.
Dallas CTaremion Tieaiy.
Tho following important dispatch wn^ n or
yesterday:
Dispatch tn tho X. Y. Daily News.
Washington, Monday May 4, l*"
Tlio rumors of the rejection by Gre.it Britain
of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, are confirmed by
the reception of a letter from Mr. Dallas himself t
the President. Lord Napier is shortly expected
to communicate the fact officially to our Govern
ment, when the subject will he considered by tli
Cabinet. Both tbe Administration and Lord Na
pier were at first inclined to believe the treat
would be ratified by England, but the recent dt
bates in Parliament, and more especially the late
elections, bad changed their opinions.
Tho rejection of this treaty by Great Britnii:
opens anew the whole vexed Central American
difficulty, and exposes this country to just that
hazard of collision with England which the British
ministry is trilling to incur, rather than relinquish
jllacou A Warrenton
The following i; the pltli 0 f ■*
Tlie Old JLine Whigs.
We glean the following from the Washing
ton Union of last Thursday :
A telegraphic despatch from Memphis, Ten
nessee, dated the 5th, says:
“ William T. Avoir, old-lino whig, was nominated
to represent the 10th district in Congress, by the
democratic convention which assembled to-day at
Somerville, Tennessee.
At a meeting of the democrats of Lewis coun
ty, Kentucky, held at Clarksburg last week,
the following, among other resolutions, was
adopted :
“ Resolved, That wo acknowledge tho services of
the old-line wbigs, who rose superior to party tram
mels, and aided us in the election of Buchanan and
Breckinridge over black republicanism and knoiv-
nothingism, for their services, and acknowledge them
as brothers and co-workers in the preservation of tbe
Union and the national constitution.’’
The Cecil (Maryland) Democrat, speaking
of the patriotic services of the old-line whigs
during the late presidential campaign, holds
the following language:
“The democratic party feels grateful to its whig
coadjutors for their timely and generous relief in tho
a foothold and nucleus for controlling power
Central America ! That is the whole story in
few words. We may judge, each for himself, of
the degree of tenacity with which a ministry flush
ed and inflamed by a great popular victory overall
opposition, and with no particular good will towards
the American States, will hold on to a darling pro
jeet to check the commercial and territorial pro
gress of a rival power, nnd make herself gate
keeper to the traffic of the world. For ourself,
we are ready to take this result of a long, and on
her part, tortuous negotiation, in due notice that
she means to push her pretences in Centra! Amer
ica to any extremity short of actual hostilities, and
even to that ulterior resort, if public opinion could
be brought to sustain her—an almost impossible
condition, however. On the other hand, no man
can reasonably believe that the American govern
ment and people arc going to permit any sort
of English domination iu Central America.—
So fir as the Administration is concerned, wc have
enough recorded, both of President Buchanan,
while American Minister to England in treaty up.
on this subject, and of Secretary Cass, to leave us
in no doubt about them. For the people, wc may
assert with equal confidence, that if they are wil
ling by treaty with any European power to divest
themselves of all possession and influence in any
part of the American continent, it is not for the
benefit of any European power they will do it.
Abolishing; the Decalogue.
The following told by a Scotch paper upon a can
didate in tlie recent election for the House of Com
mons, rivals any thing which has ever been told
upon candidates “out South” or “out West:”
“ A fortnight ago a sporting gentleman, perfect
ly at home in the mysteries of the turf, but whose
study of theology had not been quite so exemplary,
took a fancy to becoming a legislator. He accord
ingly started for a well known district of burghs in
Scotland. In the course of his canvass he was
sorely puzzled by a variety of questions from his
constituents. One day a question was put which
perplexed him more than any that had preceded it.
The question was, ‘ What is your opinion of the
Decalogue?’ He was confounded for the moment,
but turned to a friend behind, and whispered in his
ear, ‘What does that mean?’ ‘I rather think,’
replied the candidate’s friend, whose acquaintance
with divinity was on a par with his own, ‘ I rather
think it means flogging in the army.’ The candi
date’s darkness being thus happily enlightened, im
mediately turned round to the elector, and, with an
emphasis" not to he described, said, ‘I entirely dis
approve of the Decalogue, and I will never rest till
I see it abolished.’
lion. F. II. Cone.
We are glad to see the name of this gentle
man as a participant in the proceedings of the
Democratic meeting in Greene, to send dele
gates to the Gubernatorial Convention.
gloom and peril of the last campaign against an un
righteous combination of fanatical sectionalism dis-
nnionism, nnd false Americanism; and it will attest
gratitude by a generous confidence and cordiality
which knows no distinction between whigs and dem
ocrats who stood shoulder to shoulder in tho late
memorable contest, battling for the maintenance of
tho Union and the constitution. Let the bond of
union be strengthened between them. They have
but one faith in reference to the great leading issues
of the times; why should they be separated. Olden
prejudices have been buried in tbe tomb of the past;
let them be forgotten; and henceforth, with one faith
and one purpose—the good of our common country
—let them cling togethor until their common enemy
be placed beneath their feet.’’
The Great Steamship
Is, we sec by extracts from late English papers,
to be launched next July. The Manchester Guar
dian says of her:
“ An iron hull of the burden of 23,00 tons, nearly
700 feet long and 60 high, will meet his eye—tlie
hull of Mr. Scott Russell’s Great Eastern steamship.
Wc must givo a few more figures, for every figure
is a monster and worth looking at separately. One
is a figure of 30,000—the number of tbe iron plates
which compose the enormous erection, each weigh
ing the third of a tun, and each fastened by 100
rivets. The ship will accommodate 4,000 passen
gers, 800 of whom are first class. On an emer
gency she could carry 10,000 troops. She will
contain 10 boilers and 100 furnaces. The cylinder
of every engine will be six feet in diameter, and
will weigh five times as much as the great bell of
St. Paul’s. The screw propeller will be 24 feet in
diameter, and the diameter of tho paddle wheels
will be 56 feet, or considerably larger than the cir
cus at Astley’s. The principal suit of saloons will
be 400 feet in length, and a promenade round the
deck will afford a walk of more than a quarter of a
mile. This monster ship will combine steam power
in both shapes, screw and paddle, with sailing pow-
She will carry 11,000 tons of coal; she will be
lighted by gas made on board, and the electric
light will flicker like St. Elmo’s fire at night from her
masthead. She will spread 6,500 yards of canvas,
and her speed is computed at fifteen knots, or eigh
teen miles an hour—a rate which will perform the
voyage to India, by the Cape and to Australia, in
little more than a month.”
Arrival of tl&c Steamship Europa
IIalifat, May G.
The Royal Mail Steamship Europa, Capt
Alex. Ryrie, has arrived at this port with Liv-
orpool dates to the 25th ultimo.
Lord Elgin lias sailed for China, as the Min
ister Plenipotentiary to that Empire.
The Prussian and Swiss Envoys have accept
ed the Neufcbatel positions.
An association is forming in Manchester,
England, for the promotion of the growth of
Cotton over the world, and particularly in the
British Colonics.
The Chinese have risen in Borneo and mur-
derec the Europeans. They were subsequent
ly defeated by the English troops and 2000
killed.
The troops for Cuba were to leave Cadiz,
Spain, at the end of last month (April.)
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Cotton was
slightly lower. The lower grades had declin
ed from 4 a id., and Middlings 1-1G., per lb.
The sales for the week comprises 44,000 bales,
of which 1,800 were for speculation and 4,000
bales for export, leaving 38,200 bales of all
descriptions to the trade. Prices were irreg
ular and holders were pressing sales. Fair
Orleans was quoted at 84d., Middling Orleans
at 7 Il-16d., Fair Uplands at 7Jd., and Mid
dling Uplands at 7}d., per lb. The stock
port comprises 575,000 bales of which 420,000
bales were American. The market closed dull
A Quaker Woman’s Logic.—The follow
ing is an extract from a Quaker woman’s ser
mon :
There arc three things I very much won
der at. The first is, that children should be
so foolish as to throw up stones, clubs and
brick bats into fruit trees to knock down fruit;
if they would let it alone, it would fall itself.
Second is, that men should be so foolish, and
even so wicked, as to go to war, and kill each
other; if let alone they would die themselves.
And the third and last thing winch 1 wonder
at is, that men should be so unwise as to go
after the young women; if they would stay at
home the youug women would come after
them."
John M . Dyson, Esq., 1ms withdrawn from the
Thomasville Enterprise, leaving Mr. Bryan sole
editor and proprietor.
New York Cotton market.
On Friday Cotton was heavy aud sales 1800
bales at a decline of an eighth. Middling Up
lands quoted at 135. On Saturday, market in
same condition with sales of 1400 bales.
Cotton Decrease.—The decrease in re
ceipts at all points to latest dates is 475,000
bales.
Tlie Baltimore & Ohio Bail Road
Strike, has terminated with the result of one
killed and several wounded. The difficulties
have been compromised aud the strikers have
most of them resumed work.
‘Macon,’ published in the c
of-the 7th. instant:
There passes through Mnoon (
'■Hired thou,
■HUch as is
Savannah, about tlirc
of cotton, three fourths
ceived in Charleston, nnd
by the time of the completion 0 7e‘' ! ‘ Lt
Mildred thousand bales
w c do i
%rc will F 5(
\t m • P®88 m trHQgii *1 •
Macon. There is no interior to ;
South which can come up to these fi ° 111 '
there is now-no other destination - I
ton but Savannah; and there is
nel through which the return ”“°; herc W
received, but through Savannah In
tance from .Macon to Savannah is obb L ^1
y-threo miles: from xf. ° e ■■■»*«I
Personal Intelligence.
The non. A. H. Stephens passed through this
city yesterday afternoon for his residence in Craw-
fordville.
Hon. N. G. Foster arrived here in the afternoon
train on the Georgia railroad.
The Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasu
ry of the United States, passed through our city
last evening en route for Washington City.—Con
stitutionalist of the 10th.
The Savannah Republican of yesterday says:—
“ Wc learn from a reliable source, that the Rev.
John Barry, of this city, lias declined the appoint
ment of Bishop of Georgia, recently tendered to
him by ‘ His Holiness, Pope Pius IX.’ ”
Washington s Dignity.
The visitors at Mt. Vernon, many of whom
have recorded their impressions, included a
singular variety of characters, from the courtier
of Versailles to the farmer of New England, from
the English officer to the Italian artist; and it
is remarkable that, various as are the terms
in which they describe the illustrious host, a
perfect identity in the portraits is obvious.
They all correspond with the description of
Chief Justice Marshall:
“His exterior created in the beholder the idea
of strength united with manly gracefulness.
His person and whole deportment exhibited an
unaffected and indescribable dignity mingled
with haughtiness, of which all approached him
were sensible; and the attachment of those
who possessed his friendship and enjoyed his
intimacy was ardent but always respectful.
His temper was humane, benevolent and con
ciliatory ; but there war quickness in his sen
sibility to anything apparently offensive, which
experience had taught him to correct.”
An illustration of the last named trait is af
forded iu an incident related by the late Gouv-
erneur Morris, who was distinguished by an
uncommon share of Was hington’s confidence
and affection :
‘At a convival party to which Washington
was invited, his remarkable traits were the sub
ject of earnest discussion, among the company,
and it was insisted that no one, however inti
mate, would darc’to take a liberty with him.
In a foolish moment of elation Gouvcrneur
Morris accepted a bet that he would try the
experiment. Accordingly, just before dinner
was announced, as the guests stood in a groud
by the fire, he induced a somewhat lively’ chat,
and in the midst of it, apparently from a casual
impulse, clapped Washington familiarv on the
shoulder. The latter turned and gave him
such a look of mild and dignified, yet grieved
surprise, that even tho self-possession of Ins
friend deserted him. lie shrank from that
gaze of astonishment at his forgetfulness of re
spect, and the mirth of the company was in
stantly awed into silence.”
It is curious, with this anecdote fresh in the
mind, to the eulogy delivered by Morris to re
cur after the death of Washington: “You have
all felt the reverence he inspired; it was such
that tocominand seemed to him butjhe exercise
of an ordinary function, while others felt that
a duty to obey (anterior to the injunctions of
civil ordinances or the compulsion of a military
code) was imposed by the high behests of na
ture.
[H. T. Tuckerman in North American Review.
and ninety-three miles; from Marl.
leston, by the route proposed, aW, #C ^
dred and sixty miles. We think it"
sible that, with an entire union of tlL^P*
at Augusta, the city of Charleston ^ ^
one-half the cotton transported thron t ? t!
in spite of a few miles disadvantage i Ja- 1 ‘
She is now competing successful),-
ness of Columbus, with three tirne- ^
odds in distances against her. fiat ’f 8 ^
her cotton receipts from Macon at 'i*
dred thousand bales, is it not an 0 l,t2 e ^
attaining ?— one-fourth of the cotter' *'''!
ccivcd in Charleston, in addition to
sent receipts. We are sure that
below the actual figures, when w e »
consideration the fact, that when Chi ^
comes directly and fairly intocomneti.; ^
Savannah, for cotton and other nrodn ^
Atlanta, she gets nine-tenths, byreaimf’ 115
superiority in capital and other busk !? 1 *
ties. Tins is obvious from the fact that V*® 1
nab sends to Charleston from thirty,;'
thousand bales annually, or did wh P n &
made daily trips. In spite, then, of*^
miles difference in distance, and ailed 3
posing circumstances, we think that w 1 »
exaggerate in saying that Charleston'Jk^
cctve, at least, one hundred thousand W 1 *
cession on the completion of the m.. 6,
Warrenton Railroad; and if we refta* 06 *
an amount of business and cauitnl ^
dred thousand bales set in ni 0t j“ B ' k ®-
readily realize what advantages will iLj .**
city of Charleston, from an end?
brings about such a result. 1 ' n *
Im the outward bound business of
all descriptions, destined for the interior
leston has a great advantage over
You have but to look over the list of Jr"~
and departures reported in the daily otaOH*
each city, to be convinced of the great 8
ence there is in the shipping of each
the cheapness of freight is just in proporti..
the number of vessels coming into wtt 1
large portion of the goods destined foYvui
and Southern Georgia, which now comesZ
the way of Savannah, will be drawn by
Charleston, on account of the facilities afiori
ed. The advantages of this trade in
and drayage can be readily appreciated. '
But Charleston is a large wholesale nar
both of dry goods and groceries; and here u‘
a large country to supply, almost entirelyaei
By far the richest portion of Georgia lies
and West of Macon, aud hitherto Charlesta
has not supplied a package of goods for tlh
country; and this is more remarkable,^
cause this country is settled up in a 7
measure, by South Carolinians with their».
verbial veneration for Charleston.
The simple reason is, there has been da#
an impassable barrier between them, frotafc
want of this seventy-two miles of Railroad;-
which we are speaking. And now yon ii
agree with us, is it not wonderful that th
road has not been built before, and built b
Charleston aud her interest. So large is it
interest in the road, that it ought to justify 1
call upon her for three-fourths of the capiai
necessary to build it. But we do not asm
The meeting held at Augusta the 21st situ
resolved to divide the capital stock of fifta
hundred thousand dollars into three era
shares. The South Carolina Railroads
Charleston to take one share of five hnafe
thousand dollars; the Georgia Railroad 3
Augusta five hundred thousand; and a
counties and towns along the line of the Ex
five hundred thousand more. What f.t»
tion of the five hundred thousand dollars
ed by South Carolina, will be borne by tt
Charleston and Hamburg Railroad, wedoa
know. But the city of Charleston will a
surely stand back for the palty sum she u
be called upon to subscribe, and from »h
she is to reap so many advantages.
MACOX.
EmiRi-ation Southward.
Opinions of George Peabody Ac Basiknr
Mr. George Peabody, the eminent Amelia
banker, whose visit to this country has ba
the subject of frequent uewspaper commei-
botli in consequence of the reception he kf
met with, and the generosity he has dispte
in. the endowment of several admirable iift
tutiou in return—is reported, since the «*
pletion of his tour in the Southern and Wk
era States, to have expressed some opisi'c
which, from such a source, and relatingas thr
do to subjects which he perfectly underslni
are entitled to considerable attention.
This gentleman finds the United States in
condition of general prosperity of which It
had no adequate conception; bat as a wh»
he considers the Southern States as occu;
the most solid and permanent position of
all. The great staple, cotton, makes the wk!
world forever tributary to them. This is kc-
thing which at present they alone prod*
in such quantities as adequately to supply 4-
looms of Europe aud our own country, «*
without which we might almost say the woa
would go naked. In the Northern States»
industrial pursuits of men are liable to p*
commercial changes. The form aud the-
acter of manufactured articles, the coarse *
trade, the demand for shipping, and the p®
of flour, are all matters of frequent and op
gcrous fluctuation; but cotton, under the-?
pulse of an increasing demand, aud_tbecw?
ness of its machinery formed novelties, is aw
sis on which its producers may solidly*® 1 *
feuringly repose.—N. Y. Herald.
Free Trade and Direct Taxati>' !
Judge John A. Jones, of Cherokee G*«
is agitating this subject among thepeop ; :
the Northern portion of the State. h e "
dressed the people twice during the tero
the Court in Polk county last week, ® .
said to be making an impression
sovereigns in that quarter, He says tW
rect taxation” will be followed by “free «*
the great desideratum of the southern p--
of the Republic; that by its adoption we w-
occupy an offensive position, which he d. ■
is tlie true policy of tiie South, thatu--
workings, a hush up would be g' vcn
agitation of the slavery question, he**"
would touch the ttoekcl nerve of the sg----
lie bases his advocacy of Free Trade -
inequality between the two sections- 13 '
amount of taxes paid by each respecti' c .\
assuming that fully two-thirds of tbe * ^
the support of the Federal Governinc u! ■ *
by the South. . , n
‘ free trade” partjr
for Governor at '
He says the
run a candidat
election. So it would appear there’s in 3,
African Exodus.—The Petersburg
A Strange Use of Bracelets.
The Countess of C'ustigloue made aseusation
at one of Emperor Napoleon’s recent levees, by
appearing with her robe looped up at tbe sides,
so as to expose her symmetrical limbs almost
to the knees, and displaying the neatly turned
ankles, which were clasped with magnificent
bracelets. The rope or corsage were of cloth
or silver, the latter perfectly tight and consider-
ibly decollette, with extremely short sleeves,
and no ornaments or trimming whatever hut
a large diamond heart, the former displaying
:iu under skirt, looped up atone side. On the
head five diamond hearts were held together by
an arrow transpiercing them, and a flowing
veil completed the costume. It seems as
though the free and easy days of the Napoleonic
dynasty were returning.
Express says: Our citizens are beg'-
observe the unusual number of slave 3 ^
constantly passing through Petersburg* 1 , .
wav South; and to tlie minds of .■
suit appears inevitable that itwilluce®^
work of ten or twenty years to cF ;ir -
completely of that part of her pop“* ‘ a#
company of one hundred passed tm :
Saturday.
racf*
Tiic Michigan Dcmocrfl
The vote east at the rect at j lieu} “ :
Michigan, exhibits the Democratic ■■' j . I
Presidential election. Th-.- Den;
«nd i* ■
ed in every county, excepting tour, ■
their loss is hut 583, while in twentv-w -
their gain 1
8,5,7. Nett gains in
Other counties,
counties, 7,toil. uurcr oiuu—, r
of which are not yet published, will, 11 ' . |
the Detroit Free Press, incToase : '
signs of Black Republican decay ’"j " , y ‘
Michigan as they are in Ohio, in
growing State of Iowa, and iu on* . ...
where the Democrats surprised the y
electing half the Congressional Del-'i' 1 '-'"