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ilE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH,
"oo UNCI I, PROCEEDINGS.
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iSLACOTST, GA„
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 8, 1857.
Council Chi
Macon, (In., S' pi. inb
BWJOLAR MEETING.
Present*—A. II. Ail.uns, .Mayor,
AM. Kindi.iy, Bloom, Join.-ton, Ki! *, Klli- Bos-J
tick.
Absent—Aid. Winship, Flanders.
Tlie minutes ol tho last meeting were rc.nl, and
combined.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for tho week,
to date. #93 93.
Too Clerk of Market ieported fees for the week to
date, 918,00.
The Gu ard House Keeper reported fees for the
week to date, 73.
The Finance Committee reported in favor of the
following acoounts, via
John Jeffers 31.30, J. A. Halston 104.50, McCallio
A Jones 38.35.
Jas. A. HaMeali PMMm to allnr him to pet Iroty
Step* iu p!' ••••!' til.- w I,-n stairway rnnnii..- ;.>t •
second story of lii.s building ou Cotton Avenue, re
ceived and referred to thcBoramlttee on street en
croachments.
Aid. Illoom moved that the Clerk of Connell be
authorised to transfer E. E. Brown’s Incense to IV
\V. Wagnon for the balance of the year.
Which was carried.
On motion Aid. Bostick,
Resolved, That the meeting of Conneil be held
in the future at half-past 7 o'clock, 1*. M„ uutil oth
erwise ordered.
Which was carried.
On motion Aid. Bloom,
Democratic Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOS KM K. B It 0 W y.
FOR CONGRESS,
1*/ District—JAMES L. BKWARIk.
'Id
3,1
4th
3/A
6th
Tth
8/A
MARTIN J. CRAWFORD.
DAVID J. BAILEY.
L. J. GARTRELL.
A. R. WRIGIIT.
JAMES JACKSON.
LINTON STEPHENS.
A. II. STEPHENS.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
For Senator—NATHAN BASS.
For Representativea—JOHN J. GRESHAM,
ABNER LOCKETT.
The “Telegraph Building.”
A plenty of physical light—perfect vcntillation,
and great strength arc the indispensable requisites
in a tenement to be used for a printing office. An
amount of window glass rarely to be found in ordi
nary business houses, is necessary to get along
Resolved,"That the CUy Bell be rung at 9 o’clock, I all, and to work to the best advantage, a composi-
I\ M., on and after the 20th insU till otherwise or- tor’s room should have a light exposure on all sides.
^*Couu«nbcn'adjourned. * 11,0 S 66 * 1 difficulty, if not impossibility, of preen
R.C1 T RD, C. C. ring a proper building for the prosecution of this
business lias induced the Telegraph to provide for
Nciv JcrseysiiikiiigbcneatlitheSen. the erection of a building for the purpose, which
We do not wish to create alarm—because wc i' 0 !* wil1 bc completed in a few months—be
alarm in this instance is unnecessary—when I another substantial and useful iroprorement to the
wo state that there is evidence, seemingly a- City and enable us to labor with greater economy,
amounting to demonstration, that tho State of When we shall become settled in new quarters, it
New Jersey has been sinking slowly but grad- will be more seasonable to entertain the suggestions
uaUy, since some date in the past, not ascer- wbich havc bccn d ua for n muItipllca .
ta.ued-tl.at it is sinking at the present tine, tion of thc issuC8of tho Telegraph, cither to semi,
and will continue to smk, until tho whole . . _ ,, , ., f , , ’
State is again submerged—to reappear, we or . n " W ,. ^ ° ' ’ V ’ , ie " r S e expense o daily
may hope, after this baptismal immersion ns telegraphic news seems almost to preclude the con
part of a new creation. The proof is pretty 8 >dcratiou of a daily paper. It might be maintain-
conclusive that New Jersey lias been under cd for a while on an inadequate income, but, al'
thc water, not once merely, but several times; the world over, an enterprise which “don’t pay”
and when its marl beds, formed during one of is destined to flag. A daily to be of service to the
Uiesc immersions, have been used up in fructi- place, must be of service to its proprietor, or it
fymg its soil, another dip to refresh its ex- boan<1 Jn thcnature of th - t0 fai , orbccarc , MS .
hausted energies may not be undesirable.— , . , r , . ' , , “
The depression of the land is marked by the M? inducted and of advantage to nobody. Wo
inroads which the sea lias made within the I w ffit bowever * hold the different projects which have
memory of the living. Stumps of trees which 1)6611 8U SS cstcd under advisement—pledging our-
stood liigli and dry when the woodman’s axe 8e ' TCS t0 nothing except to a disposition to hazard
was applied to their trunks, are now within much as any one in thc effort to sustain a cred-
ocean’s embrace, and scarcely perceptible at itablc City Press.
low water. Rocks, which once were inland, ■
and beneath whose shade the venerable mat-1 llil*b Comity Convention,
ron, in her girlish days, sat and milked her The Convention of District Delegates for
father’s cows, now treacherously hide their the nomination of a Democratic Legislative
heads beneath old ocean’s aggressive waves. a— ibku .
Other evidences thc man of science finds; and f °" ^ county, met pursuant to ap-
it seems that what is true of New Jersey, in P 01ntmcnt » a * tac Court House m Macon, last
this respect is true also of Staten Island and Saturday, at 12 m. Dr. Edward L. Strohec
Long Island. They are believed to be sink- ker was chosen President of tho Convention
ing, too; and the day may be anticipated— and E. A. Wilcox, Esq., Secretary,
though none of us shall live to see it-when The following delegates appeared and took
no bathers shall resort to Coney Island, for no . 11
Coney Island will be there to receive them; 1,
and when Seguine’s Point and its bated Quar- _ "L, ^ r ‘ “ tro hecker, A. P. Powers, F.
antine structures shall have sunk out of sight *• Bloom, A- G. Bostick, E. A. Wilcox.
8avcoftheOmniscicnt. But ere that day comes, 519th.—S. C. Chambliss, G. A. Culverhousc,
many generations of men may have sunk— II. M. Buckner, W. R. Moscly, W. W. Rus
sunk into a long repose, awaiting the awaken- se ] #
ing sound of the last trumpet.—Sun. ... , .
e Joist.—R. Hutchins, E. Edwards, T. Bai
The IVcw Dome of the Cnpitol. ly. B. Parker, J. B. Artopc.
This splendid monument of American genius I 483d-—S. B. Hunter, Win. Johnston, Thos.
is to bo of cast iron and glass, 12-4 feet in King, Wm. Faston, S. Tucker
diameter at its columnar base, and rising a- .-180th.—L Avant, B. Barefield, H. Cowart,
bove the mam building to a height of ever 200 T „t,_ \e
feet; apex consisting of a magnificent lantern Jo J“ Bcnto “- M. M.nshew
17 feet in diameter, and 52 feet high, sur- /10th.—A. 1>. Adams, W. C. Wilson, Win
mounted by’a bronze statue of the Genius of I M. Riley, A. B. Ross, R. Findlay.
Liberty, ltii feet in height. The foundation 1085th—Leroy Napier, II. J. Lamar, J. H.
of the dome is to bo the circular wall of the Brantley, P. Tracy, I*. Solomon,
rotundo, carried up 24 feet above its interior J ., ,, T . . ™ 1 ,
cornice, and surrounded above the roof of the 514th.—B. 1. Smith, B. Davis, D. Dcncth,
main building by an octagonal entablature and ^ - Wilborn, J. II. Brantley,
balcony. From cast iron brackets embedded 482d.—I. Woodson, W. Long, J. Hall, J.
in this circular wall are to raise a double row Chambliss, G. Wilder,
of hdlow cast iron columns to the height of 0 n motion of Peter Solomon, Esq., it was
27 feet. 1 ins colonnade is to be crowned by , 1 ,
i entablature of 7 feet. Above that a pelas- * hen that a raa J orlt > of thc wl,olc num *
trade, with fancy attic, 44 feet high, and con- ber shaU 1)0 necessary to an election; and on
tracting from 108 to t)5 feet in diameter; then motion of Judge S. B. Hunter, it was further
the cap of the dome, scmiclipsoidal, and 57 determined that the convention will ballot for
tcet in height, with ornamental windows at its representative candidates by ticket. For the
base. 1 lus is to surmounted by the lantern „
ami statue of Liberty. The dome is to bo a Se ” , ’ „
continuation of the rotundo and its whole in- Col. NATHAN BASS was then nominated
tcrior will be visible from thc floor of the ro- ( by acclamation,
tundo. Above cornice of the rotundo, on the lion. JOHN J. GIIESIIAM, and
interior of the foundation wall of the dome, I a hyft? p t n/’irrTT -r-
will appear a continuous belt of sculpture, 300 ^ ABNrJt I. LOCKETT, Esqr.
feet in length, representing the history of A- receiving on the 1st bnllot a very large mojon
merica. The dome is to bc ascended by spiral ty for the House, were also declared the unani-
stairs between its outer aud inner shell, or its mous choice of the Convention for Reprcsenta-
roofand veiling. 1 here will occur frequent I Hvc candidates. Messrs. Hunter, Solomon
n? d, , no 7 r ’L balC0 Th M ’ affording external and „ d H . j. Lainar were then .^pointed a com-
mtcrniil views. 1 he present state of the work ... , ,. e .... .
on this is the fitting of tho cast iron brackets m,Weo to not,f > tho candldated aud rcf l U68t
in tho foundation for thc reception of thc cast tbeir acceptance, and thc Convention then ad-
iron columns.— Washington Union. I journed sine die.
There can be no conflict of opinion about thc
The Greatest Steam Invention Yet. | Ticket nominated. It is one of the strongest in
The Baton Rouge Gazette, under tho above every respect ever brought out in this county—
heading, has the following i every man upon it un-exceptionablc and liold-
! 113 Y’l' as ,n ' on .lci ing a high place in the confidence and esteem of
an engine which can bc constructed, boiler , ° ° ‘ . . , . .
and all for about 850. Tho machine is so sim- tbc community. They will go in with flying
pie that wo might with propriety say it is colors, or we shall bc very much mistaken,
merely an escape pipe, taking up no more room. | Let every democrat take hold and help to pile
The steam is admitted into the centre of a
up a majority worthy of the Ticket. The con-
drum or cylinder, in which the shaft works;, .... •. . e , ,,
from this power is applied directly without m ention has done its part of the work nobly,
further friction. The other day we saw tho __
perfected model of the engine pumping water I Juoiroe,
about twenty feet and throwing it into a reser- We learn from Forsyth, that a very large
Toir at the brewery. This is the apparatus audience assembled to hear Senator Toombs
wanted for getting in a cheap manner one or last Wednesday. All parties who heard the
two horse-power to drive small machinery. I , ... c i
Mr. St. Martin has made application for letters S P CCC J’ r i e P rC8Cnt lt “ onc of ,umsual P° wer
patent, and when lie gets them, we think he I evcn )0r “‘ m '
lias a fn'r prospect ahead to realize something,
from the result of his genius. | Harris ( omity.
Tiic Democracy of Harris and adjoining
A Returning Penitent. I counties held arousing meeting on thc 1st in-
Our renders remember an advertisement of I B tant, and were addressed by Col. Ramsay,
n runaway that appeared in our columns some Hon. David J. Bailey, Judge Brown nnd Mr,
three years since, and excited some cbarac- Hilliard of Alabama. Our correspondent re-
t eristic comments from the New York Tri- prescnts it as a great “ clay of jubdee” to the
bone. No information was elicited by the IV.
advertisement concerning the fugitive, who democracy. Col. Ramsay presided at the
was a very intelligent and valuable servant, | meeting,
that had been well treated and regarded.
We have now before us, however, a letter I ChatlOlBl County,
written by thc servant referred to, who ad- We see by tho Georgian that a call for a
dresses a friend and relative, enclosing an ap- public meeting in Savannah to-day. to express
peal to Ins mistress, and begging permission tho .. int ention of flic Democratic party of
to return to servitude and safety. I _ „ „ , . r
Ho addresses earnest and emphatic unr- I Chatham to give Mr. Seward a hearty support
anccs of penitence and regret to bis‘dear mis-1 is signed by between onc and two hundred
tre.-s,’ and begs her to receive and permit tho
return of her ‘dear servant.’
The New York Tribune will notice, of|
course.—Charleston Courier.
A Westkiix chap gives his views of thc New
York women in this way: “Somewhars in eve
ry circumference of silk, velvet and cetry that
wriggles along Broadway, there’s allurs a wo
man, I sposc; but how much is gammon, tho I
mere spectator ken never know. A feller
marries a site, and finds when lie comes to the |
pint, that ho has nothin in his arms but a regu
lar anatomy. Ef men is gay dcscevcrs, wot’s I
to be sed of a female that dresses for a hund
red nnd forty, but hesent really as much fat
on her as would grease a griddle. All the I
aperient plumpness consisting of cotton and I Convention at MillcdgeviUc took no notice of
whalebone." | it, a nd no mention has been made of 1 it in
When Peter of Croton was engaged on a any public county meeting of the party. Gen
picture for thc royal palace, Ferdinand II. Bcthunc will bc justified in the exercise of
particularly admired the representation of a distrustful caution, till liis new allies put them-
weeping child. "Has vour majesty, said the , . . n ,, . . .. .
painter, “ a mind to see this child laugh I sclvcs on the record. The record itself docs
leading citizens of Savannah. We arc inform
ed that the party throughout the First Dis
trict will concentrate upon Mr. Seward with
something approaching very near to unanimity.
Know-nothings lontirect Taxation.
Mr. Elam, the American candidate for Con
gress in tho second district, 1ms declsred him
self for •• Free Trade and Direct Taxation,”
whereupon our friend of thc Comer Stone pro
poses to support him. It is announced in oth
er papers, that thc whole party in Georgia are
a unit in favor of the same doctrine. This is
an important fact and ought to bc placed clear
ly on thc record. Thc Knownothing State
And suiting the action to the word, the artist
merely depressed the corner of thc lips, and
thc Inner extremity of the eyebrows when the
little urchin seemed in danger of bursting his
sides with laughter, who a moment before
seemed breaking liis heart with weeping. If
this bc true in the world of living men, blight,
very slight are the cause that make or break
the happiness of lite. The touch of a brush can
dim heaven with u cloud, or brighten the pros
pects of the fair horizon.
not hold them a year, and it is feared this
unwritten declaration will effect still less.
Arrival of the Illinois.
The steamship Illinois from Aspinwall, arri
ved at New York on the 3d, with a million
and a half, to relieve for a while thc stringen
cies in New York. Thc main item of news by
her, is that the yellow fever is raging fearfully
iu different portions of South America.
Mr. Toombs in Macon.
Senator Toonib- /uni!.* a powerful Spcceli, at
Concert Hall in this City, last Thursday, and was
attentively listened to and warmly applauded l>y
an auditory far above the seating capacity of the
Hall. Col. A. M. Speer, on motion of Col. de
Graffenreid, presided and introduced thc speaker,
a man who had honored Georgia—whom Georgia
bad honored, and whom he hoped she would still
continue to honor. Col. Toombs, without circum
locution, addressed himself at once to the lire is
sue of the day—tho great principle of non-inter
vention—what is it—what its converse—Its posi
tion in respect to parties—in the Compromise bills
of’60—as recognized and vindicated in the Kansas
act—in thc Cincinnati Platform—in the inaugural
address—in the Drcd Scott decision—and in the
assent, concurrence and affirmation of tho whole
Democratic party of the Union. It is a momcn^
tons principle—rising in importance far above all
parties—all Presidents, and as involving fundamen
tal rights and civil equality, even life itself.’ The^
American Party were assailing Walker for a viola
tion of this principle in Kansas—he concurred with
them. They maintained that the Administration
in omitting to recall Walker became implicated in
his acts. Grautcd. They demanded how long wc
should wait before censuring thc Administration.
He was ready to do it now. To what extent ? He
must wait until lie heard from the Administration.
How long must we wait? Until the President ren
ders in his account to thc Grand Inquest of thc na
tion. He did not expect him to issue a special pro
clamation for thc satisfaction of Mr. Iliil and bis
friends. Of onc tiling they might rest assured—
that unless a most satisfactory explanation was
given, the voice of Georgia to the extent that it
was uttered by him in the'Senate should be onc of
unequivocal condemnation of thc appointment.
That looked like a remedy—but to vote for Mr.
Mill, because Walker had violated the non-inter
vention principle in Kansas was no remedy and no
suggestion of common sense.
The question now with the pcoplo of Georgia is,
with whom to entrust this great principle—with its
friends or with its foes? The American party, af
ter instructing their Senators in Congress to go for
this bill—after endorsing it in tlio Legislature,
with thc alien clause and all—after endorsing it in
State Council in Macon, waiving as to that partic
ular bill, their objections to thc alien feature—
abandoned thc bill a year after, and supported Mr.
Fillmore, who pronounced thc bill a Pandora’s box
of woes and mischiefs and declared that he “never
dreamed” thc Missouri line was to be disturbed by
the Compromise of 1850. They complained of
Walker’s foul play in Kansas, but last year they
were ready to support a man who was in favor of
total exclusion—whose principle in the matter was
an undivided half of common territory for thc
North, and a division of thc remainder. Mr. Fill
more was an honest, plain, sincere free soil man.
As soon as he landed from Europe he explained to
the Southern people his understanding of the Com
promise of 1850—he “never dreamed” that it su
perceded thc Missouri line. But the Kansas act had
embodied thc unanimous opinion of thc South in
that matter, by founding its own provision, upon
thc allegation that the Compromise of 185u was in
consistent with the Missouri restriction. It was
true, as alleged, that Mr. Fillmore did not propose
to disturb thc Kansas bill—and why ? because it
was impossible, duriug his term to oust thc Demo
cratic majority from thc Senate! lie would not, be
cause he could not. They proposed to elect a man
hostile to the non-intervention principle ami then
rely upon a Democratic Senate to restrain him
from mischief. This year, however, Georgia A-
mericanism drops thc masks of friendship and in
difference to thc bill and conics out in plain colors
its undisguised enemies. They hare “again and
gain warned” the country of thc dangerous prin
ciples of the hill—they see nothing to censure in
Walker’s course—uo departure from thc hill—tho
Cincinnati Platform or the Inaugural Address—
all hold onc voice. He had often been nccused of
slying bitter tilings of political adversaries, but no
man could say worse than they, in their own
resolutions about the enemies of the Kansas
bill had said of themselves. Thc speaker here
reviewed and commented upon their course in
reference to the bill with excoriating effect.—
lie concluded by touching briefly upon soiac of thc
blunders of Mr. Hill in his late puldishcd address,
and closed by an earnest appeal to his hearers to
stand by the great principle of non-intervention, by
standing with its friends instead of its enemies. The
meeting closed with three rousing cheers for Col.'
Toombs.
Of course wc havc aimed at nothing more in the
above than a mere general outline of Mr. Toomb’s
course of remark.
“ Tote Fair. ”
We find the followingin the Columbus Times
& Sentinel:
Hon. Robt. P. Trippe—Compensation Bill.
A writer in the Enquirer over the signature
of “Upson,” is evidently alarmed, lest the peo
ple of thc 3d District should condemn the A-
merican candidate for his vote in favor of the
Compensation bill during the last Congress.—
That vote increased the pay of the Members of
Congress to 840 per day during the short ses-
They will go in with flying 8i ? n -. T . lie hard fisted, industrious man of the
3d District, would do right well to receive that
much per month. Thc writer says Mr. Bailey
has committed himself to tho bill! This is a
Mr. Buchanan's Letter to H»c Sliarp
RIFLE CLERGY.
At lergth wo find this much talked of correspon
dence in vhe Washington Union of tho 3.1 instant.—
Wo will make no comment upon the arrogance of
these memorialists. It is in keeping with that of the
Throe Thousand Clergymen who undertook to over
awe Congress by a protest in the “name of Almighty
God” against the Kansas bill. It is in pursuance of
what seems to be a darling scheme with the Clergy
of this {school to domineer, in virtue of their sacred
calling, over the politics and parties of the country—
to carry their authority altogether boyond its legiti
mate sphere, and control matters of State through
the natural reverence of the people for religion and
its mini sters. It is fortunate they cannot back their
pretensions with fire, rack, and thumbscrew, or thoy
would take to them much quicker than to their
“prayers.”
In his reply, Mr. Buchanan, if any body could
have seriously doubted him, places himself rectus
in curia upon all the mooted points in this Kansas
affair. Note first, in regard to the preposterous alio,
gation that he ever favored Congressional prohibi
tion in principle: He declares it a mystery that the
converse of this .doctrine should evor have been
doubted. Note second in regard to the “ squaUet
sovereignty allegations.” When is a territory to de
cide the slavery question ? “ When the people—the
bona fide residents of such territory proceed to frame
a State Constitution.” Who are these “ people” as
to Kansas?” “Every bona fide inhabitant of the
territory who had resided therein three months pre
vious to the election.” In a word, Mr. Buchanan
not only sustains the territorial government in the
general, but he endorses in particular, as right and
proper in themselves, the restrictions and limitations
of the territorial laws upon suffrage. And in the
submission of the Constitution to the people, he
speaks of it as a thing of course, but he also speaks
of it os a thing pertaining to the Convention and to
be regulated by them..
To his Excellency Jamks Bucuanas.
President of the United States.
The iiNDEnsiGjiF.D, citizens of the United States,
and electors of tho Stale of Connecticut, respectfully
offer to your Excellency this their memorial : _
Tho fundamental principle of tho constitution of
the United States and of our political institutions is,
that the jteople shall moke their own laws and elect
their own rulers.
Wo see with grief, if not with astonishment, that
Gov. Walker, of Kansas, openly represents and pro
claims that the President of the United States is em
ploying through him an army, one purpose of which
Is to force the people of Kansas to obey laws not their
own, nor of the United States, but laws which it is
notorious, and established upon evidence, they never
made, and rulers they never elected.
Wo represent, therefore, that by the foregoing
your excellency is openly held up and proclaimed,
to the great derogation of our national character, as
violating in its most essential particular the sol
emn oath which the President has takeu to support
the Constitution of this Union.
We call attention further to the fact that yonr ex-
celluncy is, in like manner, held up to this nation,
to all mankind, and to. all posterity, iu the attitude
of “ keying war against [a portion of) the United
States" by employing arms iu Kansas to uphold a
body of men, and a code of enactments purporting
to he legislative, but which never had the election
nor sanction, nor consent, of the peoplo of the Ter
ritory.
Wc earnestly represent to your excellency that we
also havo takeu tho oath to obey tho constitution ;
and your excellency may be assured that wo shall
not refrain from the prayer that Almighty God will
make your administration an example of justice aud
beneficence, nnd with His terrible majesty protect
our people and our constitution.
Nath’l. W. Taylor, David Smith,
Theodore D. Woolsey, J. Hawes,
Henry Dutton, James F. Babcock,
Chas. L. English, G. A. Calhoun,
J. II. Brocliway E. K. Gilbert,
Eli W.'Blake, Leonard Bacon,
Eli Ives, H. C. Kingsley,
B. Silhran, Jr., B. Silliman,
Noah Porter, Edward C. Herrick,
Thomas A. Thacher, Chas. Ives,
J. A. Davenport, Wm. P. Eustis, Jr.,
Worthington Hooker, Alex. C. Twining,
Philos Blake, Josiah W. Gibbs,
E. K. Foster, Alfred Walker,
C. 8. Lyman, James Brewster,
John A. Biake, Stephen G. Hubbard,
Wm. 11. Russell, Hawley Olmstead,
A. N. Skinner, Seagrove Wm. Magill,
Horace Bushnell, Amos Townsend,
John Boyd, Timothy Dwight,
Charles Robinson, David M. Smith.
Henry Peck,
tions in their own way, subject only to the constitu
tion of tho United States.” As a natural eouse
quenoe. Congress has also prescribed by the same
act that when the Territory of Kansas shall be ad
mitted as <i State it “ shall lie received into tin Union
with or without slavery, as their constitution may
prescribe at tho time of their admission.”
Slavery existed at that period, and still exists in
Kansas, under the constitution of the United States.
This point has at last been finally decided by the
highest tribunal known to our laws. How it could
ever havo been seriously doubted is a mystery. If
a confederation of sovereign States acquire a new
Territory at the expense of their common blood and
treasure, surely one set of the partners can have uo
right to exclude tho other from its enjoyment by
prohibiting them from taking into it whatsoever is
recognised to be property by the common constitu
tion. But when tho people—the bona fule residents
of such Territory—proceed to frame u State constitu
tion, then it is their right to decide tho important
question for themselves, whether they will continue,
modify, or abolish slavery. To them, and to them
alone, does this question belong, free from all forei;
interference.
In theopinion ol the territorial legislature of Kan
sas, the time had arrived for entering the Union, and
they accordingly passed a law to elect delegates for
the purpose ci framing a State constitution. This
law was fair and just in its provisions. It conferred
the right of suffrage on “ every bona fide inhabitant
of the Territoryand, for the purpose of preventing
fraud, and the intrusion of citizens of near or distant
States, most properly confined this right to those
who had resided therein three months previous to
the election. Hero a fair opportunity was presented
for nil the qualified resident citizens of the Territory,
to whatever organization they might havo previous
ly belonged, to participate in tho election, and to
oxpress their opinions at the ballot-box on tho ques
tion of slavery. But numbers of lawless men still
continued to resist tho regular territorial govern
ment. They refused either to be registered or to vote
and the members of the convention were elected,
egally and properly, without their iutervention. The
convention will soon assemble to perform tho solemn
duty of framing a constitution for themselves aud
their posterity; and in the state of incipient rebellion
which stUl exists in Kansas, it is my imperative duty
to employ thq troops of the United States, should this
become necessary, in defending the convention
against violence whilst framing the constitution, and
in protecting the “ bona fide inhabitants” qualified
to vote under the provisions of this instrument in tho
free exercise of tho right of suffrage when it shall be
submitted to them for their approbation or rejection.
I have entire confidence in Gov. Walker that the
troops will not be employed except to resist actual
aggression or in the execution of the laws ; and this
not until the power of the civil magistrate shall prove
unavailing. Following the wise example of Mr.
Madison towards the Hartford Convention, illegal
and dangerous combinations, such as that of the To
peka convention, will not be disturbed unless thoy
shall attempt to perforin somo act which will brinj
them into actual collision with the constitution an
the laws. In that event, they shall he resisted and
f mt down by the whole power of the government.—
n performing this duty 1 shall have the approbation
of my own conscience, and, as I humbly trusl
my God.
I thank you for the assurance that you will “
refrain from tho prayer that Almighty God will make
my administration an example of justico and benefi
cence.” You can greatly assist me in arriving at
tliis blessed consummation by exerting your influ
ence in allaying the existing sectional excitement on
tho subject of slavery, which has been productive of
much evil and no good, and which, if it could suc
ceed iu attaining its object, would ruin the slaye as
well as his master. This would be a work of genuine
philanthropy. Every day of my life I feel how in
adequate 1 am to perform the duties of my high sta
tion without tho continued support of Divine Provi
dence; yet, placing my trust in Him, and in Him
alone, I entertain a good hope that lie will enable
me to do equal justice to all portions of the Union,
and thus render me an humble instrument in restor
ing peace and harmony among the people of the
several Stalss. ,
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
I Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor, D. D., Rev. Theodore
I). Woolsey, D. D..LL. D., Hon. Henry Dutton, Rev.
David Smith, D. D., l£ev. J. Hawes, D. D., and
others.
Fire in Aincricus.
great error. We are authorized to correct it.
Mr. Bailey is not committed infavor of tlicbill.
Now the Telegraph did not propose to say
anything about this bill, until thc opposition
should charge it to thc account of the “ extrav
agance of a Democratic administration” which
they arc certain to do one of these days. But
it is not right to permit these misrepresentations
of Col Bailey. If Mr. Trippe is dissatisfied
with his own vote—or his friends and constit
uents complain, let him do works meet for rc
pentance, and not attempt thc poor shuffle of
asserting that his opponent might, could or
would have done thc same thing. Col. Bailey’s
Congressional history will show that he has
never sought to make thc position of Repre
sentative in Congress a source of large pecu
niary profit. On the contrary, if it does not
show that he has actually refused compensa
tion for time during a Congressional session,
which he was unable to devote to public busi
ness wc have, been misled [in thc matter by
those who professed to know. Col. Bailey
never approved this bill, and if the later and
better conclusions of Col. Trippe and bis friends
arc also against it, let them say so, and not re
sort to the poor and futile excuse that others
might have erred as far as themselves.
Presidential Appointments.
While we have no fault to find with the Presi
dential Appointments which arc being made,
and believe they will generally meet the ap
probation of the country—wc would suggest
that “ the Empire State of South” and partic
ularly this section of it seems to be strangely
overlooked. Surely this State and section is
entitled on all legitmatc and recognised
grounds to a distributive share of thc public
patronage, and we rely upon tho adminstration
to recognise her claims.
Latest News.
Thc Savannah Republican states that if Hill
was “only a Democrat” he would carry thc
State by 20,000 majority. If so Judge Brown,
being a Democrat, ought to carry thc State by
30,000.
IVcw Cotton.
360 bales New Cotton had been received in New
Orleans up to the 4th inst., and forty bales were
eoid on thatday at 15 j to 16c.
Missouri Oilicial Vote.
Full official returns give Stewart, thc Democratic
candidate for Governor, 47,975 votes, and elect
him by 031 majority over Rollins, Emancipationist.
Washington City, August 15, 1857.
Gentlemen :—On my recent return to this city,
after a fortnight’s absence, your memorial, without
date, was placed in my hands, through the agency
of Mr. Horatio King, of the Post Office Department,
to whom it had been intrusted. From the distin
guished source whence it proceeds, as well as its pe
culiar character, 1 have deemed it proper to depart
from my general rule iu such cases, and to give ft au
answer.'
You first assert that “the fundamental principle of
the constitution of the United States and of our po
litical iustitullous is mat me »i.«n .....o their
own laws and elect their own rulers.” You then ex
press your grief and astonishment that I should have
violated this principle, and, through Gov. Walker,
have employed an army, “one purpose of which is
to force the people of Kansas to obey laws not their own,
nor of the United Stales, but laws which it is notori
ous, and established upon evidence, they never
made, and rulers they never elected.” Aud. as a
corollary from the foregoing, yon represent that 1
am “openly held up and proclaimed, to the great de
rogation of our national character, as violating iu its
most essential particular the solemn oath which the
President has taken to support the Constitution of the
Union."
These are heavy charges proceeding from gentle
men of your high character, and, if well founded
ought to consign my name to infamy. Rut in pro
portion to theii gravity, common justice, to say noth
ing of Christian charity, required that before making
them you should have clearly ascertained that they
were well lounded. If not, they will rebound with
withering condemnation upon their authors. Have
yon pertormed this preliminary duty towards the
man who, however unworthy, is the Chief Magistrate
of your country ? If so. either you or I are laboring
under a strange delusion, should this prove to be
your case, it will present a memorable example of
the truth that political prejudice is blind even to tho
existence of the plainest and most palpable historical
facts. To these facts let us refer.
When I entered upon tho duties of the presidential
office, on the 4th of March last, wiiat was the condi
tion of Kansas 1 This territory had been organized
under the act of Congress of 30lh May, 1S44, and the
government iu all its branches was in full operation.
A governor, secretary of the Territory, chief justice,
two associate justices, a marshal, and district attor
ney had been appointed by my predecessor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and were
all engaged in discharging their respective duties.—
A code of laws had been enacted by the territorial
legislature; and the judiciary were employed in ex
pounding aud carrying these laws into effect. It is
quite true that a controversy had previously arisen
respecting the validity of the election ol members
of tho territorial legislature and of the ltiA’8 passed
by them; hut at the time I entered upon my official
duties, Congress had recognised this legislature in
different forms nud by different enactments. The
delegate elected to the House of Representatives,
under a territorial law, had just completed his term
of service on the day previous to my inauguration.—
Ju fact, I found the government of Kansas as well
established ns that of any other territory. Under
these circumstances, what was my duty t Was it
not to sustain this government ?—to protect it from
the violence of lawless mei b who were determined
either to rule or ruin?—to prevent it from being
overturned by force ?—in the lauguago of the con
stitution, to •• take care that the laws be faithfully
executed ?” It was for this purpose, and this alone,
that I ordered a military forco to Kansas, to act as a
posse comilatns in aidingthe civil magistrate to carry
the laws into execution.
Tho condition of the Territory nt the time, which
1 need not portray, rendered this precaution abso
lutely necessary. In this statu of affairs, would I not
have been justly condemned had I left the marshal
and other officers of n like character imputent to ex
ecute tho process and judgments of courts of justico
established by Congress, or by the territorial legisla
ture under its express authority, and thus have suf
fered the government itself to become an cbject of
contempt in tho eyes of the people ? Aud yot this is
what you designate ns forcing “the people of Kansas
to obey laws uot their own, nor of the United dtates;”
and for doing which you have denounced mo as hav
ing violated my solemn oath. 1 ask, wlint else could
1 have done, or ought I to havo done ? Would you
have desired that I should abandon the territorial
government, sanctioned as it had been by Congress,
to illegal violence, and thus renew the scenes of civil
war and bloodshed which every patriot in the coun
try had deplored ! This would, indeed, have been
to violate my oath of office, and to fix a damning blot
on the character of my administration.
I most cheerfully admit that the necessity for send
ing a military force to Kansas to aid in the execu
tion of the civil law reflects n» credit upon tho char
acter of our country. But let the blame fall upon
the heads of the guilty. Whence did this necessity
arise ? A portion of the people of Kansas, unwilling
to trust to the ballot-box—the certain American
remedy for the redress of all grievances—undertook
to create an independent government for themselves.
Had this attempt proved successful, it would, of
course, have subverted the existing government,
prescribed and recognised by Congress, nnd substi
tuted a revolutionary government iu ita stead. This
was a usurpation of tho samo character as it would
be for a portion of the people of Connecticut to un
dertake to establish a separate government within
its chartered limits for tho purpose of redressing any
E ’evance, real or imaginary, of which they might
ve complained against the legitimate State gov
ernment. Sir ‘ ’ • ■ -- | j
would destro;
versal am
1 ought to specify more particularly a condition of
afiairs, which I have embraced only in general terms,
requiring the presence of a military force in Kansas.
The Congress of the United States liad most wisely
declared it to be “the true intent and meaning of this
act (the act organizing the Territory) not to legislate
slavery iuto any Territory or State, nor to exclude
it therefrom, but to leave tha poople thereof perfect
ly free to form and regulate their domestic institu-
uipiniueu against ine legitimate State gov-
. Such a principle, if carried into execution,
estroy all lawful authority and produce uni-
narehy.
An Extra of the Americus Republican announces
t'mt the attempt at incendiarism there were at last
successful. Shaw’s house was again fired about .1
o’clock, last Sunday morning, and consumed. Me-
Bain’s hotel was saved with great difficulty and se
vere scorching. Thc office of the Planters’ B»nk
Agency, the store houses of S. S. Kendrick, F. Yog-
elsgang, J. P. Griffin, B. Greenwold, Wm. L. John
son, and the Cotton Ware nouse of Messrs. John
son & Evans were destroyed. The Republican es
timated thc loss at about §50,000—of which a con-
sideral portion is covered by insurance. We copy
from the Extra, the following tribute to thc person
al effort displayed in combatting thc flames:—
Discrimination and praise for well directed effort,
in the progress of a public calamity, is ever invid
ious, yet wc cannot refrain from noticing thc stren
uous exertion of our fellow-citizens, Messrs. Rich
ard Brown, Thorton Wheatley, Robert Bisell and
J. C. Spencer, who maintained their posts until ut
ter exhaustion compelled a cessation of their labors.
Not the least of those deserving credit, was the old
aud n^ll t.i.J •!’ It..... .».1 A mpri.»io. in
the fires that have heretofore tried the stoutest—
we mean that man of men—“Old Lit,” a negro,
but one who bears under his black and wrinkled
skin as stout a soul and as true a heart as beats.
He took bis stand upon the roof of Col. McBain’s
Hotel and when his efforts had stayed thc element
there, he occupied the post of honor and danger on
the roof of Col. Battle’s Livery Stable, and envel
oped in a wet blanket, while every gust of seething
flame scorched and singed his honorable wool, he
succeeded iu saving that building and consequently
the City!! Let due honor be paid to him!
More of Gov. Walker.
We publish a strange and disgraceful record of
Walker to-day, in Gen. Gadsberry’s Le tter. If the
testimony betrue (and wc sec no reason for doubt
ing,) it discloses a shameless duplicityand at the same
time a strange recklessness of concealment. His
verbal apology to Gadsbcrry is worthy of a man
drunk or demented. In this connection wc quote
a paragraph going the rounds which originally ap
peared m tbc Washington correspondence of the
Columbia (S. C.) Times, and hope it may bc true.
Thc best friends of thc Administration in thc South
arc getting restless :
We learn by reliable letters just received from
Washington City, that Walker's late official corres
pondence and defence, received by the Cabinet,
lias created as much animated conversation in thc
Government secret Councils at Washington as in
thc public prints nnd meetings throughout thc coun
try; wc also learn that Walker will be recalled and
“ dism issed as he did not act according to the spe
cial and emphatic instructions either of President
Buchanan or the Cabinet, but diametrically oppo
site." Our correspondent states that Walker did
receive “certain and unmistakable intimations that
almost amounted to positive orders,” as to the
course that he should pursue on his arrival in Kan
sas, and his general proceedings ami Actions in thc
Territory; and these orders, too, wore endorsed
by some of Mr. Buchanan’s most 'able advisers'
outside of the Cabinet. “Men of the South and
large Slave holders.
Saratoga Springs, Aug. 31st, 1857.
Dear Ttisgraph—Did you ever hear Park Ben
jamin’.' lecture on “Matrimony?” St. Nicholas Hall
was honored last Friday evening by a large mul at
tentive audience, to hear the distinguished lectu
rer on so interesting a subject. Thc ladies were
out—en masse—of course. Mr. B.—like all sensi
ble men—thinks married life the best protector of
virtue and social happiness; though disapproving
of “ill-assorted matrimonial alliance'.” He thinks
there should always be sincere affection in select
ing a partner for life, urging discrimination nnd
judgment, but condemning matches for money
making or policy. He advised single men not to
be seduced by simpering Misses—knowing nothing
about household affairs—and “strong minded wo
men”—who appropriate, at least, onc garment of
the husband’s wardrobe, to the neglect of their
own. “Cacleb in search of a wife” was cautioned
not to seek beauty or money alone, thougli object
to neither when accompanied with good breeding,
good education and good sense. Qp the other
hand, ladies were counselled to beware of fops,
fortune hunters and fools, and such a picture of
the genus-dandy was drawn—it brought down thc
house most effectually, nc contrasted thc glory of
Napoleon with the happiness of Josephine, while
possessing thc French throne, and the love of each
other, with his decline, after his divorce, and marri
age with the Austrian Princess, in language most
beautiful and expressive. About a week since, he
lectured ou “Fashion,” in which his left handed hits
were well directed, and exposed the folliesof world
ly little men and women, to a fraction. His lec
tures arc replete with good advice, apt remark,
and truth telling satire. Yesterday “all the world
and his wife” were here, to see “Fire Co. No. 28,”
from New York, with their “masheen, Pacific."
Dodsworth’s world renowned comet band “did the
music.” Concert at the St. Nicholas Saturday
night, crowded house, et cetera, usual puffing, et
cetera, “dem foync, sail,” ct cetera. They were
received by “Excelsior Co., No. 3.” Drinking,
toasting, speechifying was the order of the day. I
hear it reported they all took a dreadful cold, but
found a perfect cure of deafness by the use of a 25
cents box of Madame Durno’s catarrh snuff, which
is also a certain cure for pain in thc eyes and sore
head. Goupil and Co. are exhibiting their well
known beautiful painting, “Florindc,” by “Winter
halter.” You remember the reputation of “M.
Winterhalter” as the painter at the Courts of Eng
land and France. Certainly a most Magnificent
specimen of tho fine arts.
“Forthwith each one of the maiden there.
Unbinds thc long sweep of her waving hair,
And it playfully floats on the sportive air;
But the loveliest tresses, as all conclude,
Are those of “Florindc,” they are golden hued.”
Saratoga boasts of fast men, faster women, and
fastest boys. The city is full of burglars, thieves
and pick-pockets, from the grey beaded villain
steeped in infamy and crime to thc beardless youth
of sixteen. Dancing saloons-and liquor shops are
in full blast from dawn, till dewy eve, and dawn
again. The police recently made a descent on thc
house of one Joseph Prince, a descendant of the
Queen of Sheba, who dwelt in the !nnd of Ethiopia,
where they found a nest of darkies gambling. So
you see the votaries of the roulette, faro table,
checks and card box, arc not confined to thc whites
alone, but Caesar comes in for his share of repub
lican patronage. Amusements of every descrip
tion prevail, from “Dan Rice’s great show,” down
to the little dark-skinned Italian organ grinder,
with his grinning monkey, back of Congress Hall.
“Rubber dubber goes the drum,
Training day has surely come,
Scour your muskets, wash your faces,
On with epaulets and graces,”
for two military companies, from Utica and Alba
ny are at Camp Mc-quade, where wc hear the spir
it stirring fife and rolling drum. They are young
men, well drilled by efficient officers, and present
a fine appearance on parade.
“Ma, who is that dressed in leather,
With a cat’s tail for his feather ?
Child, you should not prattle so,
Tis your sister Peggy’s beau.”
The United States is literally crammed with the
upper ten of universal Yankecdom, and a slight
sprinkling of cockney English. Aristocracy of
birth, intellect and codfish aristocracy are fully
represen tea. ainrtt.. v-_„ no~.wt„w..-. and
Prince John the hopeful, are here indulging their
Dutch proclivities for high life above stairs. Sev
eral half-fledged Lords of Queen Victoria’s realm
are producing a great sensation among thc ladies
by their mock heroic affectations of “par excel
lence” John Bull, Esq. Look at that old fellow
from Brooklyn, as he comes limping down to the
spring for his morning- dram. Highiy seasoned
dinners and sparkling Champagne have clinched
Mr. Gout to his organs locomotive. A shindy
shandy chip of block No. one, follows at a respec
table distance, whose looks and actions indicate
any thing but respect for the “Old Governor.” In
the wake of her young mistress, follows Bridget,
the Irish girl, looking as if she received more kicks
than coppers. The old gentleman hires a cottage
nt the States, pays thc moderate sum of six hun
dred dollars thc season, does not take his meals at
the hotel table, for fear his family will associate
with gamblers, pickpockets, or doubtful characters
generally. Maj. , of Charleston,' with his
lor tlie Macon TeW,,|
Clishu .-—Please
i “. 1Ve the f n
relegrapt;!,.^ J
Emancipation in tlie West Indies.
The London Times has the following com
ments on thc effects of emancipation iu thc
West India Islands :
“Tho worthy men who extinguished slavery,
and ruined our West India possessions, are
very touchy, very obstinate, very incontro
vcrtiblc on that tender point. It is not our
business to deny them much justice and truth
on their side, or to stand up for thc planters,
who took up a line which repelled all reason
able advocacy. But, confessedly, taking that
grand summary view of the question which
we cannot help taking after a quarter of a
century, the process was a failure; it destroy
ed an immense property, ruined thousands of
good families, degraded the negroes still lower
than they were, and after all increased the
mass of slavery in less scrupulous hands.—
After many attempts at indirect discourage
ment, we have been obliged at last to recog
nise anil admit persistent slave owners to an
equal rank in our commerce. Every body
who comes fresh into thc question, uncompro-
mised and unbiased, admits tho failure, and
asks why wc did not attempt the gradual or
spontaneous emancipation, if it was, indeed,
utterly impossible to improve the practice of
slavery into something more like that we read
of in sacred as well as classical antiquity.—
The more these questions arc asked, and tho
more these doubts abound, tho more positive
are the men of the past that they did right in
their days, and that they caunot bo improved
in our days.”
Aud yet the London Times not long ago
argued in favor of doing in Cuba what has
been attended with such disastrous results as
those which tho Times points out for thc Eng
lish West India possessions.
Iowa State Democratic Conven-
TION.
Chicago, Aug. 27.—The Democratic State
Convention, held at Iowa city yesterday, nom-
inaed B. M. Samuels for Governor, and Col.
Gillespie for Lieutenant Governor.
handsome daughters, are rare portraits of South
Carolina chivalry and beauty. I know by tlie cut
of his coat that he is a staunch, State rights, anti
distribution Democrat. The garment itself actual
ly smells as though its owner would not be content
with chips and whetstones for Railroad bonds at
par. Analyze a Democrat, no matter where, and,
politically, he is the same sensible, honest, consti
tution loving man, “at peace with all the world and
the rest of mankind,” except tlie Abolitionists.
Maj. Clisby—Black Republicanism is still rampant
in thc North, but it is certainly on thc wane. Like
its twin sister, “Hindooism,” it is doomed to fall be
fore the sober, second thought of the people. In
Vermont even, ridden as it is, with bigotry and in
tolerant faction, thc God of Israel will not always
pcrmit'unrighteousness to prevail. The Augean
tobies must be cleansed. Demagogues have mount
ed every hobby, from Maine Liquor laws to bleed
ing Kansas—and the devil knows what will bc
next. I wish it were possible for me to tell you
onc-half of the evil effects of thc intemperato and
fanatical liquor laws, that prevail in some of thc
New England States. Iu some future letter, I will
endeavor to give you n synopsis of its practical
operations, effects upon the morality of thc citi
zens, &c. But *tls time honest folks were abed, so
good-bye until my next. Yours, Ac.,
MACK.
For the Mac
Mr. Clisby
piece a place in the
Savannah News. It speaks foti ,
me add a little, by way of ca ] i D
tion of Southern men to the \ ? •
which they are sunk by the sorts*;
of buying up Southern leaders
ofiice. This man Whitfield
crative federal office, in the
which he is enabled to know
himself and friends, the best land
the Territory, and it is important t ^
speculators that Kansas eomein a f ^
so as to cut it up in small f :;rir ' frtt ^
small Free Soilers, from Germ?-- 0
England. And who are these «
ocrats,” with whom Hr. Whitfielj
dares to threaten, to denounce ziid
few brave patriots, who cannot be l*”*
frightened from their love ofthe So i 1 <
are thc same who lately nominalJtc ^
som for Delegate to Congress,
Governor of Michigan, uttered in J’ 0 ’
to the Legislature, as vile Abolition
as ever came from Gardner of If
Whitfield is sure of his mstru^f'
will gladly serve his purpose, in *
the friends of the South. ^
But what unheard of andadty hj T
two “satraps” of the Government! jn-
and Walker, lecturing, nay, threat^ ,
bers of a convention, with which the- l
connection nor control over,—to co
to prostitute their conscience, and 1 ^
mother, the South. If Mr. B u
not instantly remove both WalkeTZn ^
field, I shall say with Judge Thom ,
worse than Arnold,” for Arnold, aft. i
ed Traitor, never pretended to be Jt
man ! and I say further, that if Scufi "
quietly submit to this, they are worth ?**
negroes marry their children andLj
them on juries. They will merit ^ **
the contempt of mankind.
JOHN HAMPDa
Later from Kansas.
Thc Richmond South publishes tho.
ing extract from a letter addressed tot?
itor of that paper by a member of tk
tutional Convention of Kansas: 6
“The following is a specimen of hot L
money received from Washington t
made use of to effect the ruin of L-
\Y bitfield said to me in converseti - tr
are you men going to do with the conrit
I replied I had one vote and one voice,
should be used most strenuously to r-,,
pro-slavery Constitution and send
Washington—no reference whatever. &
joined—If you do not consent to refer it,!
call a meeting of the National Democw '
nounce you, andmemoralize(Wresi»-
receive your work. It matters nets'-;!
lowed; but this will show you what ii 1
efforts are Loing used at Washingtc
trol the Convention. Gov. Walker
daily for me, and after four hours, of
est talking ho ever had in his life k j
convince me either of the truthfok
pediency of bis reasons for snbmittir l o
idea to what he is pleased to call t) ■
The articles in your paper are point'
strong, and we acknowledge the great
it has done the cause in Kansas by in L
the true Southern men, independent ofp]
with hope and success. Lei meted ,
as a member of the Constitutional Coa e
a member of the last Legislature, <*■ •/ J
committee that reported the present I »>•]
ic platform upon which we act, and ain't
bly a member of all the political cocv J
held in Kansas, that the members of theft]
stitutional Convention are all right. !fl I
to select from the whole South,Ido»ita
that I could improve upon them. IU»
versed with most of them; they arestru;
opposed to reference, and you may be i
that whatever we do will be done direct^
effect the all-important making of Kia
Southern State—Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Will
or Mr. Anybody else to the coutmj.
can neither be intimidated by £ear orai
by favor. Gov. Walker is in a nk
plight; he is backing down very
were the opportunity presented, wotlj,
down altogether. He is treated with m3
by the black Republicans, and tospW
tent he has lost thc confidence of oor ai
This letter is very much in corrb
and support of the statements whickL
from Gen. Atchison and others known. |
liable Southern men
Richmond (IV. S.) Presbyterian Con-
VENTION.
This body adjourned last Wednesday. Re
solutions adopted during thc session decide
upon the following:
A withdrawal from thc New School General
Assembly ; an affirmation of the principle that
thc subject of slavery caunot bc discussed in
thc highest judicatory of thc churches ; the
calling of a Convention, to meet at Knoxville,
Tenn., on thc first Thursday in April, to form
a new School Synod of the United States, and
the appointment by’ that Sy-nod of a committee
to conter with the Old School upon a union
with that body.
Curiosity Satislicd.
Tbc Florence correspondent of thc London
Morning Post tells this good story : “There is
a story of an Imperial Highness waltzing thrice
iu the same evening with an English lady at
the court of Berlin. She naturally felt, and
frankly expressed herself, highly flattered by
the compliment. *1 did uot intend it as a com-
pliment,’ was the answer. 1 Then,’ said the
lady, somewhat rebuffed, ‘your highness must
be very fond of dancing,’ ‘I detest dancing,’
was the still unsatisfactory response. Unde
terred by her ill success, our fair country wo
man still prosecuted her inquiries. * What,
then, may I ask, can be your Imperial High
ness’ motive for dancing ?’ ‘Madam,’ was the
exalted personage’s reply, 1 1 dance to per
spire !’ ”
Klacou and Brunswick Rai
MEETING IN HOrSTOX
A portion of the citizens of Houses M
ble to a construction of a Railroad?: |
to Brunswick, to be located on the
of the Ocmulgee river, met in the Coca i
to-day according to adjournment.
The chairman moving, the meeting
cd to order; the reports of the <
the several committees appointed by tkl
meeting, were called for, when the c
from the committee of correspondena ^
letter from the Hon. Arthur E.Coehni:
ident of the company, in reply to a c
cation addressed to him by order of Us 1
ing. Judge Cochran’s letter elicited t
dresses from General Warren, CoLElM
Ryan, of Ilawkinsville, Mr. Lowry d i
iug'ville. and several other l ut.
Mr. Lowry of Pulaski was invited as - 3 j
tho delegates from the county of I
address the meeting as to the views
men ts of our friends in the county tf I
favorable to tha enterprise. Mr.
ing pledged the county of Pulaski ts *
aland hearty co-opcfation with the pe^j
Houston to secure the road on the wes.
the river, on motijn it was .
Resolved, That a conditional snbxjfl
list be drawn up by the Secretary
mitted to the meeting for their
Thc caption of said subscription W
drawn up and read by the Score' h
a — - j: ; ,1 omendniClft ■*'
tint
I
ter some discussion and .amendment
by the meeting. On motion it was
Resolved, by the meeting, tbs
Powers, Esq., be requested to act*?*-j
point incut, to take charge of the la ^ j
cit subscriptions thereto, aid ( hst * ■
for his services in the premises, ,
cd to report at the next regular w
On motion the chair appoints
Rogers, Dempsey Brown, Madison
M. II. Bunn and Isaac Holmes, «
from this meeting to a Railroad oecti-r
held in Ilawkinsville the 2d Toesdsy’,
It was then resolved, that the ]
this meeting be published in the >
Brunswick papers.
Mr. Powers having invited tbost
disposed to subscribe, to come for*-*
desk and enter their names
nine thousand dollars was promptly ^
ed, although the meeting was a
and several of the wealthiest
nent favorers of the enterprise wc^
was then on motion,
Resolved. That this mectin,,
the 1st Tuesday in the next »>•
eliwabbe-v®)
Sep* 1 c
Geo. H. Powers, See’ry.
“Six feet in his boots!’
Partington. “ What will the ^
this world come to. I wonder -, ^
might just as well tell me that
six heads iu his hat!”
How does a pitcher of
man throwing his wife over a or r ,
One is water iu the pitcher,
i* pitch her in the water.