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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
[Correspondence of the Richmond Enquirer.]
From Washington City.
Washington, Jnn. 4, ’858.
Gen. Walker is still here lying upon his oars and
wutching the turn of events. He feels confident
that public opinion in the South will foice the 'Ad
ministration to remunerate him and rc-instate him
■ again at Punta Arenas with all his men and supplies,
llis statement of particulars shows that lie has
been deprived of one hundred and forty thousand dol
dars worth of property-cash valuation in Nicaragua,
by Captain Davis and Commodore Paulding. This
does not include consequential losses and expendi
tures. He claims indemnity to this amount and
also that he shall be returned with his men, and the
Nicaraguan flag hoisted and saluted. This will be
refused him by the Administration. The Cabinet
have a special meeting on the subject to-morrow,
and I venture to predict that an effort will be made
to excuse the action of Com. Paulding. Congress
will call for a report of the whole thing, and I
guess it will be difficult for Mr. Buchanan to defend
Commodore Paulding upon any grounds which will
stand the close scrutiny and criticism of congres
sional filibusters. It is rumored that a joint reso
lution will be offered in the House to-day tendering
to General Walker, as President of Nicaragua, the
privilege of the floors of the two Houses. This,
too, will be rejected as it would be a direct con
demnation of the Administration. Every body,
however, is looking out for something exciting to
day in regard to the fillibusters. Despatches from
Norfolk report that the one hundred and forty
men, on board the Saratoga, refuse to be landed
or discharged there. Many of them have no mon
ey, no clothes, no credit, and hundreds of miles
away from their homes. To discharge these men,
under such circumstances, in a cold clime, in mid
winter, would bo refined cruelty, and wholly inde
fensible ou the part of the Administration. Gen
eral Walker thinks to-day will develop something
which may determine his action, but he declares the
legal and physical inability of the Government to
prevent his return to his own country.
It seems to be understood among politicians
here that the Kansas farce is about being brought
to a close by a bill which will be introduced into
the Senate to-morrow or next day, by Mr. Pugh of
Ohio. This bill will provide for the immediate ad
mission of Kansas ns a State into the Union, under
the Lecompton Constitution. Thus far it satisfies
the demand, of Mr. Buchanan and his friends.—
Then it provides farther, that the first Legisla
ture after the complete organization of the State,
shall submit toa vote of the people of the State,
whether the slavery clause as proposed by the Le
compton Convention shall be added to the Consti
tution, of which, nt present it forms no part. The
bill provides also that the first or any subsequent
Legislature may submit to a vote of the people
whether they will call a Convention to alter or
amend the whole Convention. This seems to meet
fully the demands of Senator Douglas and his
friends, and the impression is that this bill will
meet general approval, and soon become a law; so
that by the 1 st June next, the Senators and Rep
resentatives from the State of Kansas, may be in
their seats here. Of course the bill wipes out the
elections held on the 21st December and to-day in
Kansas, and fixes a day for the election of State
officers. The objectionable parts of the Ordinance
(which is not a part of the Constitution) will also
be stricken out, and all the privih ges granted to
other States on their admission will be awarded to
Kansas Let us then hope that the end of this
imbroglio is at hand. RArniAXsocK.
of any violation of law, we would thus have prot
claimed our intentions t Is it the habit of offen
ders against public right, or of conspirators against
public justice, to herald their acts on the corners
of the streets and publish their wrong doings in the
market place?
IVLJLOOISr,
Tuesday Morning, Jan. 12, 1858.
Bibb County Flection.—This result
ed in the success of the whole Democratic
After long effort and much patient endurance, we j Ticket by an average majority of about 150.
probably tbreo to
four hundred short of the full vote of the coun-
at length sailed from Mobile from San Ju« n d e The vote was a small one
Nicaragua on the 1-ltli of November last. The
vessel in which wc sailed was regularly cleared by
the Collector of the Port, and a special Inspector )y— a result attributable, no doubt, to the in-
was sent abroad to examine the cargo and the pas- I <>ig mency 0 f [be day. There will, however, be
ffiedgedlfo"fl^Cofiector rcfSto 3 dear*the no difficulty in carrying Bibb county for the
Fashion with Capt. Fayssoux commanding on the | Democracy, whenever they will it in good ear-
ground that he was a citizen of the l nited States. Iles (. We append the figures—names of “A-
With a regular register and clearance we sup- . candidates iu italics
posed when once on the high seas we were beyond | mencan canaiaatcs in uaucs.
the possible interference ol any United States au
thority ; for even if we were admitted bcligerents
against a power with which the United States was
at peace, the owners of the neutral vessel had a
clear right to carry warlike persons as well as con
traband of war, subject only tq the risk of capture
by the enemy’s cruisers. We did not for a moment
imagine that naval office .
restrictions on American commerce in the absence
of Federal law and of Congressional authority.
Satisfied of the entire legality of their voyage,
they did not hesitate to enter the port of San Juan,
althougl —
harbor.
The Gen. then speaks of the insults offered him
and his men by the Commander of the Saratoga;
of Commodore Paulding’s outrageous conduct; of |
the capture of Castillo, by • Col. Anderson; and
other events already familiar to our readers. He
continues:
It would be supererogatory, sir, for me to
that the act of Copt. Paulding was without warrant
of law. Much, too, as wc felt the wrong, it was
not the act itself as much ns the manner in which
s
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Warrior
Rutland.
Total. |
•
gc
0
Sr
*<
Sheriff.
Brantley,
570
124
74
768
232
Hardy,
476
17
43
536
Tax Receiver.
Curry,
415
113
53
581
40
Johnson,
462
OO
57
541
Tax Collector,
Bone
471
96
68
634
94
Hafcr,
473
22
46
541
Cl’k. Sui-’r. Court.
Koss,
605
81
70
756
287
Clayton,
406
19
44
469
Cl’k. Inf’u. Court.
McManus,
531
115
70
716
148
Burnett,
501
20
47
568
Coroner.
Wright,
546
115
76
737
250
Coombs,
435
£0
33
'487
Countt Surveyor.
Wood,
803
122
107
1037
no op.
Tli'e Christian: Index.—This veteran
[Washington Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.]
Washington, Jan. 2, 1858.
Senator Douglas Preparing for the Fight—Kansas
and JIrr Admission—Commodore Pudding's
Acts, tbe.
Sidney Smith being once asked Low Lord Broug
ham prepared himself for his Parliamentary cam
paign, replied that he was “eating raw meat, drink
ing oil of vitriol, and spending all bis spare time
with the tigers in the Zoological Gardens.” These
were terrible preparations; and it is hoped that
Judge Douglas will not imitate the example sot
him by Lord Brougham, and thus strike terror
into the Senate on Ins return to Washington. As
matters now stand, he has not yet a corporal’s guard
in either house to do bis bidding, and he must cith
er capitulate to the administration forces, or seek
“aid and comfort ” from the opposition.
The Lecompton constitution is expected here
every day; and no otiier legal act being submitted
to Congress, action will be bad on it without further
delay. . As things stand there will be no difficulty
in admitting Kansas, and no objection afterwards
to let the people of Kansas do what they please,
without troubling Congress or the Union. In six
months from the admission of Kansas as a State,
the free State men will have everything their own
way, and the actors in the farce will slink from the
stage when the audience shall have retired which
applauded them. There will be no more play in the
play, and no more tears for Hecuba and her dream
of fire and destruction. There is a majority of six
for admitting Kansas under the constitution, in
the Senate, and a working majority in the House
—that is certain.
Commodore Paulding, it seems, has acted eon
amort in bringing back Walkcr and his men. The
gallant Commodore, however, has set the world a
curious example in the way of treating “pirates
and murderers,” by inviting their leader into Lis
cabin and dismissing him afterwards on his parole
of honor. The old tar must have seen some sa
ving grace in his captive, or ho would not have thus
treated him as a prisoner of war. We have now
two great naval achievements to chronicle—the
bombardment of Greytown, and the capture of a
whole army—both accomplished without the loss of
a single man! Commodore Paulding approves of
the conduct of the officers and men under his com
mand in general terms; but he failed to indicate
■ by name those who were most gallant in the de
scent on shore, and consequently most entitled to
promotion. It has been observed that the shore
is the natural element of many of our naval officers;
and some, no doubt, will be indulged in their pre
dilection.
The President will, no doubt, carry out his Cen
tral American policy; and in pursuance of the new
treaty with Nicaragua, protect the transit across
tthc Isthmus by Uncle Sam’s troops, under the
stripes arid stars. The whole civilized world is in
terested in that policy of the President which will
substitute a fait accompli for the obscure interpre
tation of the Clayton Bulwcr treaty, and put an
end to English fillibusterism as well as our own.—
The two modern discouri—Walker and Walker
instead of being feasted as Castor and Pollux were
will thus revert to the normal condition of subluna
ry humanity, and we shall be able once more to
draw breath freely. Whatever storm there may
be among excited men in Washington, the most
perfect calm reigns in the White House. Experi
ence, after all, has its weight in statesmanship.
From the Augusta Dispatch.
den. Walker’s Letter to llic Presi
dent.
The Richmond South contains t letter from Gen.
Wm. Walker to President Buchanan, dated Wash
ington, Jan. 4th, which is too long for publication
entire in our columns.
The General alludes to his letter of the 15th of
June, relating to the manner in which he emigra
ted from Calfornia to Nicaragua, the events which
followed his presence in Central America, and the
unjust and illegal acts by which he was forced for
a time to abandon his adopted country. That let
ter contained facts which be defied ins enemies to
controvert, and he then hoped the administration
would take steps for the punishment of the griev
ous offences committed against him. In this he
had been disappointed, and is now compelled to
lodge a complaint against another nnd higher offi
cer of U. S. Navy.
He desires, in appealing as a supplicant for jus
tice, to remove erroneous impressions which have
been made, by corrupt and malignant persons. He
charges officers of the Navy with misrepresenting
and falsifying events, by irresponsible statements
through the press, and in official communications,
and thinks the President will bo induced by the
truth to acquit him of the grave charges brought
agaiust him in his Annual Message.
He denies, most unequivocally, that he has ever
been engaged at any time or in any manner with
any unlawful expedition against Nicaragua. He
repeats that be left San Francisco in May, 1855,
with the sanction and approvt.1 of the Federal offi
cers of the port, and the Captain of revenue cutter
sent his sailors to bend the sails which carried them
from California to Central America. The Govern
ment of the U. S. recognized and legalized the
immediate results of the emigration from Califor
nia, in the reception of Padre Vigil as Minister from
the Republic of Nicaragua. Not only was the first
expedition to Nicaragua entirely lawful in its ori
gin, but all its consequences were marked by a
strict adherence to law and justice. He has be;n
called a man “without faith and without money ,”
but in all his career he challenges the world ic pro
duce a single deviation from the great prin.-iple* of
public right and public justice.
Rut, says the General, an officer of the U. S.
Navy forced us to become exiles from Nicaragua;
and let me remind you of the fact that from the
moment we touched our natal soil we protested
against the illegality and injustice of the act, and
declared our intention to return to the land whence
we had been wrongfully brought.
* * * • • *
I‘-.i you suppose that if wo had been consdou
it was done, that cut us to the quick. We knew I sheet commenced its thirty-seventh volume last
that the act was in violation of the sacred charter I t , fVlB _• B
-the Constitution of the United States. We knew ’ enlar S ed l0 the E f e of the Telegraph-
that an authority higher than that of any Commo- I & new head and other now material ap-
dore—higher even than the President of the United pointments. The same editor controls its des-
S’SrSS.tSaSl.'SSViSSS rF «. w rit « 5 -u,.r r ghi J .
Constitution. Wc felt, too, that the august and I nnbued m his distinctive denominational pnn-
raost potent sovereign—the people of the United I cipJes and opinions, and warmly enlisted in
States—would render justice for the injuries sus- their dc f C nce. His trumpet gives forth no un-
tamed. But far more grievous than the surrender I . . ,
—far more galling than to sec our own flag lower-1 certain sound; and in his general management
ed on our own soil—was it to be told that we were I of the paper he evinces a commendable tact
there to the dishonor of the United States. There and en The Index more0 ver, is tbefor
were men on that sandy beach, Mr. President, r , ,
who had carried your flag aloft amidst the thickest I tunatc possessor of a wide spread constituency
of the foe, and one had been promoted by a pre- I warmly enlisted in its well being. Its circle of
them had led your soldiers across the continent, ^S 11 countries. Its present circulation, we
and always in the path of duty and of honor.— I presume, is exceeded by no newspaper in
For such men to be told that they disgraced the Georgia) alld is weckly increasing.
country they once had served so nobly and so I ° _ °
well was a pang sharper than that of death, and Thc Pastor > s * People’s Journal,
might have wrung a tear from men harder and * .
more callous than he who inflicted the irreparable I Thc January number of this periodical is
injury. out to-day. Contents:—A Sermon; Other
I need not tell you that I was unable to antici- B tist Sentiments ; Duties of a Church Mem
pate thc act of Capt. Paulding. Military necessi-1 1 T ’ _ ,
ty required me to hold Punta Arenas, and thc idea »cr; Jesus Wept; Mrs. Freemap, the Mar-
never entered my mind, that an American officer, tyred Missionary ; First Grief; Too much
professing to execute the law, would so far forget Prca ching; Church Government—Presbyteri-
his duty as to infringe, not only well established “ . .
international law, but, also, the requirements of |&l? Com. of Domestic Missions of Hopc-
that instrument with which are involved thc best wel Presbytery, to the Ministers, Elders and
hopes of mankind—the Constitution of the United1 Churches; Rev. Richard Hooker. Editori-
States. Even could I have foreseen the action of , .. * « ■ »• *• . . .. .
Capt. Paulding, military reasons would have pre- a ^ 8, Notices of Publications; Ecclesiastical
vented me from leaving thc Point. But it was Record—together with much selected matter,
impossible to imagine that so violent a step— I jf the Presbyterian denomination in Georgia
marked as it was in its details by conduct worthy of I , . >, . 0 . .
soldiers in the sack of a town-would have lien and . th ? neighboring States would examine this
taken by an officer of the U. S. Navy. periodical, they would see that it ought to be
But permit me to conclude by adding that in all I liberally sustained. It is conducted with much
events and under all circumstances there are dutic3 I
and responsibilities from which I and the officers auult y
and men I represent will not, dare not, shrink.— I f)r. Massey’s Advertisements.
No extreme of illegal interference—no amount of I ... * . . . ,
hard words and unjust epithets, can deter us from J ” e are requested to invite particular atten-
following the path which is before us. Thc func- nion of thc afflicted to Dr. Massey’s advertise-
tionaries of the Government may exhaust upon ments to-dav.
me the expletives of the language—they may in-1 * *
suit the public conscience and degrade their own Lobbying—Congressional Corrup
characters by applying to ns all the epithets their TION
morbid imaginations suggest; but conscious of Th Boston paper8 8 ' that> in tLe course
the right and justice of our cause, we shall not re- c B , V, -
lax our efforts nor be driven into violation of the I of an examination of the Books of a recently
law. As long as there is a Central American exil- I suspended firm in that city, an entry was found
ed from Ins native land and deprived of bis pro- f ] $80,000 expended by the head of
perty anu civil rights, for the services he rendered I J w ” *
us, in evil as well as good report, so long shall our I the boose as the agent of certain inanufactur-
time and our energies be devoted to work of their I ing corporations, in “ procuring the passage
restoration. As long as the bones of our cornpan- f thenew tariff bill through the last Con-
ions in arms, murdered under a barbarous decree °
of the Costa Rican Governmepfc- lwbleaching and gress.” Of this sum §8000 were expended '
unburied on thc hillsides of Nicaragua, so long I New York, probably among certain of the ho-
sballour brains contrive and our v hands labor for , , „ P „„„„„ , r ,
the justice which one day we will surely obtain. l 7 brotherhood of the press there. The re-
Permit your officers, if you can, he concludes, to mainder seems to have been disbursed in
be hoped, directly
Congress, but as lobby
with scorn and contempt, if you choose, the de-1 fees—pay of regular agents, men and women
mands for justice which we humbly and deferen-1 0 f more talents and audacity than honesty and
tially place at your feet—we will not be cast down , - , ,
ordismayed. We fight for the rights of our race, S ood conscience, who find a regular and higli-
wliieh have been denied us by an ungrateful and ly remunerative occupation in warping public
degraded aristocracy. We strive to retain unsul-1 legislation to private advantage. The system
lied the device some of our ancestors have borne I P . ,. • , ... .... „ «•
on many a licld-“None shall wound us with ini- of lobbying has grown up within a few years
punity.” And so long as our faith in right endures I to a permanent and profitable profession ; and
good—our confidence in thc God of our fathers I this item of $80,000 fees from one client in a
remains unshaken-so long shall we use all just ; , ia well calculated to open the eyes
and proper means to regain what has been wrong- i . J
fully wrested from us. I of the country to the magnitude or the cor
rupting influences surrounding the Congress
Important from Kansas. I of the United States. It is certain that shrewd
Fight between the U. S. Troops and the Free Northern capitalists are not going to pay such
State men.—Bloody Work expected.—Great SU ms without an equivalent. They must be
excitement in the lcmlory. I weB satisfied that the influence does actually
St. Louis, Jan. 4. I ex j g j and j s worth the purchase, before they
The Democrat (Black Republican) says that b it at theso rates; and lobby men must
passengers from Kansas make the following A „
report 1 On Friday, the 25th ult., news reach- b c able to show results before they can have
Leavenworth of an engagement between the I the face to make such demands,
troops under Lane, at Sugar Mount, and thc I The general loss of confidence in the integ
U. S. Dragoons. The officers ordered Lane rit of Congres8> aa a body-the current uni-
to surrender, which he refused to do, when I J , .
the dragoons charged, but were repulsed with versal doubt of . the 8mcent y aad carucst P a '
the loss of three men. The dragoons retired, | triotism of public men is undoubtedly one o
K&nsas vote on the Lecompton
CONSTITUTION.
Up\ 'ards of 7000 votes are said to have been
polled iu favor of the Lecompton Constitution !
And this must be .i clear majority of the vo
ters in that Territory. The despatch also
states that Mr. Calhoun, the President of the
Lecompton Convention, to whom the votes
were returnable, had determined not to “open
the ballot boxes” until after the election on the
5th. It will be recollected that, in defiance of
Stanton’s veto, the special session of the Kan
sas Legislature lie had called, provided for
another submission of the Lecompton with the
Topeka Constitution ou the 5th instant, enact
ing that whichever Constitution should receive
a majority should he submitted to Congress.
President Calhoun's determination to delay a
canvass of the vote is doubtless a precaution
ary measure against fraud in making up re
turns of this free soil election, and we take it
for granted his arrangements are ample for the
verification of his own returns. Next week
we hope to know what the freesoilers have
done, or say they have done.
This unexpected vote i3, as a matter of
course, changed by the free soilers to the ac
count of Missouri, but correspondents allege
that it is due, in great part, to the general pop
ular disgust with the high-handed and turbu
lent course of the Topekaites, which has driven
the better class of their own men from them,
who see, what every patriotic and sensible man
cannot fail to discern, that the course of peace
and safety lies in the shortest road to State
Government. So soon as this controversy be
comes what it should be—?. mere question of
a Constitution for Kansas, it will be settled at
once and peaceably. But from the very be
ginning of the quarrel the Topekaites have
been mere tools and strikers of Seward, Gree
ley & Co., and have carried on their machina
tions solely with a view to effect upon the for
tunes of black republicanism in this country.
That Kansas should make a government of
her own and bc quiet under it is the last thing
they desire.
Admit her as a State of the Union, and their
game is at an end. There would then be no
Federal tools of the Slave Power” to hold re
sponsible. She would have to settle her own
quarrels beyond the possibility of Federal in
terference or responsibility, and might make
unmake the “slavery clause” without
thought or care from them. That moment
by the admission of Kansas this question be
comes divested of its sectional character, the
whole of this controversy is hushed, and Kan
sas will be allowed to mature and perfect her
own political system just as she pleases.
This is the design of the administration—
this is’the desire of all patriotic men every
where. No man can be found so simple as to
believe a Constitution can be maintained in
force for any material length of time, or to ef
fect any valuable purposes, which outrages the
popular will. Such a supposition is an absur
dity, and for all important practical ends there'
fore, this opposition to the Lecompton Consti
tution is a mere strife of words. The country
will see in the issue strangely made by Sena
tor Douglas with the President, at best, but
the sacrifice of substance to form. If his ex
ceptions to the Lecompton Constitution be
well taken, the quickest remedy would be to
admit Kansas at once as a State and then
her authority would be plenary over the whole
subject matter, and she could right her own
wrongs at her own option.
This large vote in favor of the Lecompton
Constitution is, however, auspicious of speedy
deliverance, and we look forward with hope
and confidence to a final settlement of the
vexed question.
Houston County.
Every Democratic candidate is elected in
this once stronghold of Americanism. We
give below returns furnished early last week
by an attentive friend in that county:
Mr. Editor :—Below you have the result
of yesterday’s election. Knownothiug stock
is below par—suffering, you see, like other bo
gus institutions from the financial pressure:
Democratic Ticket. | K. N. Ticket.
For Clerk Superior Court.
W. H. Miller, 553 | Jno. T. Cooper, 386
Clerk Inferior Court.
John H. King, 508 | E. M. Hulsey, 429
Sheriff.
J. M. Halstead, 506 | Jno. S. Hose, 429
Tax Collector.
Thos. J. Baskin, 491 | D. B. Bateman, 448
Receiver. •
Jas. K. Shine, 503 | Edw’d. Penick, 424
Surveyor.
Jno. Laidler, 507 | R. C. Bryan, 426
Coroner.
A. T. Ingalls, 505 | David G. Jones, 420
and sent to Gov. Denver for rc-inforccments.
The Governor ordered three more companies
to the scat of war. It is expected that bloody
work would result.
As soon as news of the engagement was re-
the worst signs of tho times.
Preaching; in the Baptist Church
Wo are requested to say that Rev. Dr,
. , , , . . Teasdalk, of Washington City, who has been
ceived, the pcop>e commenced organ.z.ng, and hi in thc B tist Churchin this Cit
were preparing to assist Lane. It was thought I F fa * * . ^
Lane would receive 2500 additional men be- 8mcc Sunday with great ability, will to-night
fore the arrival of the U. S. troops. Intense
rxcitement prevailed, and the people of Law
rence were preparing to take the field.
Mr. Calhoun, President of thc late Conven
tion, has fled from the Territory.
Later accounts state the whole of the fore
going to be a mere flight of Free Soil fancy.—
There is no truth in it.
deliver a Sermon particularly addressed to
Young Ladies ; also, to-morrow night a Ser
| mon addressed to Young Men.
Thc 8th January
Was observed in Macon by tho usuoi pa
rade in thc morning of the military—Volun
teers, Capt. Smith; Rifles, Capt. Hardeman
A Murderer Escaped.—The Brunswick I Bibb Calvary, Capt. Bass—all in full nuin
Herald of the 6th inst. says: bers and “high feather.” In thc afternoon
“On the night of the 2d inst., C. C. Moore, I the Fire Companies paraded and made a fine
charged with thc murder of J. R. Wood, in appearance.
May last, and M. Hornsby who was engaged * | Bf •„
in the affray at Honeygall, escaped from thc . j 1 . J* ., J’ .
jail in this city. The building has no enclo- published yarn of the identical 8th, which
sure and the door was secured by a padlock wc heard from the lips of one who was present
on the ontside. Such fastening was but a bur- and a participant, as Captain U. S. Infantry,
lesque—an invitation to outside friends to pre- ; n tke Battle which has made the day memo-
pare at leisure for the departure of the in- „ He stood at the right of hb comp
mates. It would bc better to put the prison- , . , , ... ... J
era on their parole of honor than hold out such * bc breastwork watching with equal interest
irresistible temptation to depart as soon as —in front tho British column which was advan-
tlicy become disgusted with their landlord.— cing with tremendous shouts and as rapidly as
\V hose wise forethought was it that devised s lj my 8od would permit—in thc rear, a motley
that astening ? collection of volunteers loading and discharg
The Area of UrAn'-Itmay be a matter I ia 5 tlieir wea P 0113 witb , a redd «f eagerness
of some interest to our readers to know some-1 an( l enthusiasm which threatened the safety of
thing of thc comparative extent of that Terri- his company quite as much as that of the com'
tory of the United States, whose chief officer I ia() a foe. Among these, he espied a flatboat
dred and sixty thousand, one hundred and sev-1 —coatless ai.d weaponless “is arms folded-
enty square miles. To engineers, and a few the bread brim of his slouched rrat thrown back
others, this will give n just idea of its vast ex- ia front, a perfect picture of defiant repose,
tent, but the majority, of people will form a I gazing at the advancing column of the enemy.
“Hr «-*■ -* *;«,7*
New York, New Jersey- Delaware, Maryland, here unarmed ?” “Why, Captain, said he
Kentucky and Tennessee. Or, to compare it of the flat-boat, “the fact is I’ve got no gun,
with European countries, it is equal in extent and so I reckoned I’d jest come down and ef
to Great Britain and Ireland, Switzerland, any body was killed, I’d get his gun and take
Prussia, and Denmark, with the Islands of a hand ia the scrimmage!” “Talk of Minio
Guernsey, Jersey, and Mon, end thc Ionian
Islands added.
Large Fortuse.-A lady in Rahway, N. J.,
it is stated, has recently succeeded, after sev
eral fruitless attempts, m establishing her ti
tle to a large amount of real estate iu Dny ton,
Ohio. It is said to cover all the central part
of that town, and it is rumored that the amount
ie about two million dollars.
rifles,” says the Captain, “after the action, I
was detailed to assist in picking out the woun
ded upon that field of blood, and I could de
monstrate from the position of the dead and
the character of their wounds, that in several
cases, a single ounce rifle hall from oue of those
heavy western rifles, must have killed four,
and five men, discharged as it was directly
in front and penetrating the close column of
thc foe.
Spaulding' County Election.
For Sheriff.—Wiley Patrick, D. 381. }Y.
G. Dewberry, A. 402.
Clerk Superior Court.—J. H. Logan, T).
378. B. W. Ferrill, A. 405.
Clerk Inferior Court.—Thos. E. Hicks, D.
398. James Vaughn, A. 382.
Tax Collector.—Richard Lawrence, D. 360.
P. Burdett, A. 405.
Tax Receiver.—SamuerHammond, D. 427.
County Treasurer.—J. S. Jones, D. 388.
A. Merritt, A. 376.
County Surveyor.—Joseph Buntyn, D. 383.
Andrews, A. 370.
Coroner.—John Statham, D. 365. Jona
than Parish, A. 335.
Gen. Walker and Com. Paulding.
What Gen. Walker could accomplish or how
accomplish it, in his second mission to Nicara
gua, no man has yet undertaken to say. His
plans were unfathomable by the ken of ordina
ry mortals, and his summary departure from
our shores with a feeble band, poorly armed
and worse provided, was generally looked up
on as so inexplicable upon any sound views
connected with his supposed objects of con
quest, that the newspapers ascribed it to jeal
ousy of Ilenningsen who had been designated
to a command of which Gen. Walker sought
to deprive him by precipitating the expedition
before it was half ready. Most ingenious
speculations were set on foot to harmoiiiz
this movement of Walker with any supposed
plan of operations in which success might be
possible, but no plausible hypothesis could
be discovered. The American public was
completely puzzled. Henuingsen and others
supposed to be in the secret, it i3 said, were
confident, but no man could imagine a ground
of confidence. It looked to every body like
mere desperation.
While things are in this fix—Walker with
his little band on a hostile shore—no effective
movements for reinforcements going on here
—afeeble chance to ship if raised, or to land
them if shipped—destruction apparently inev
itable, Com. Paulding stepped in and by
positive breach of international law—an
“ armed invasion of the territory of a neigh
boring power with which our government held
relations of peace and amity,” he has, to all
human appearances, saved Walker, and, like
enough insured his ultimate success. At all
events, if the storm raised at homo about this
unwarrantable interference has half as much
depth as surface, he will resume operations
with means and appliances he never could have
been able to command but for this act. Should
cur government, as is rumored, acquire juris
diction over the Isthmus territory under an
ticipated treaty, this natural result may possi
bly be forestalled ; but otherwise we look up
on it as a thing certain. And who should re
gret it 7 What greater material blessing could
be conferred upon those people and the world
than an occupation of that country by a race
able to make it of some service to the inhabi
tants and humanity. Com. Paulding charges
Walker with “ violence” and “ plunder,” while
both, with perpetual strife and murder in boot
less civil wars, have ever been and ever will b
the lasting heritage of those people until th la
conic under domination of a better race. So
far as they are co-icerued it will be Heaven’:
mercy to over-run their country and give them
stable government—just laws—commerce—
the mechanic arts—au improved agriculture
and all the other thousand and oue appliances
of civilization. Whai mawkish “pliilanthro
phy”—what impracticable nonsense which
would represent them iu any probable event as
suffering victims of pira: ical American fUiibus
ters. The only victimization, so far as they
are concerned, is to leave them as they stand—
a debased, ignorant, b’sottted, comfortless
race, to be killed up at irregular and frequent
intervals in the quarrels and strifes of their
unworthy leaders.
Now, on the other hand, we would have our
government to maintain a respectable foreign
policy squared upon the common law of civili
zed nations, as it has ever ban practically re
garded and enforced. What that has been is
easy enough seen. No European Power has
ever permitted itself to pile u s paper barriers
against the natural progress of arts and arms
in savage and semi-barbarous countries. They
reserve such solemn affairs as n osquito treaties
for the American continent and as a check
against American progress. Let us look at
matter as well as form—at substance more than
sound. The time is coming when from Mexi
co Southward, the whole territory must inevi
tably fall into Anglo Saxon possession—inevi
tably by the same natural laws which have
shaped the destiny of nations since tho world
began. Without sanctioning fillibusterism,
therefore, we would not attempt to dam up
the Mississippi with rushes, or stop the natural
progress of the world by piling up Indian
treaties or strained enforcement of neutrality
laws.
(From tbo Savannah Republican.)
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Africa.
Lucknow Relieved.
Muscogee County Election
■ Sheriff.—F. M. Brooks,” A. 1033. H. B
Watt, 225.
Clerk Superior Court.—A. S. Rutherford,*
A. 777. A. II. Cooper, D. 427.
Clerk Inferior Court.—A. P. Jones.* No
opposition.
Tax Collector.—Thomas Chaffin,* A. 907
J. Cook, D. 338.
Tax Receiver.—J. B. Hicks,* D. 573. I
T. Brooks, A. 550. Noah Gordy, A. 127.
Treasurer.—E. Birdsong,* A. 827. J. T,
Walker, A. 377.
Coroner.—J. B. Wright,* A. 649. Wm. Li
on, D. 516.
County Surveyor.—J. D. Lamar,* A. 755.
A. Grant, 308.
County Administrator.—J. G. Bcthunc, no
opposition. Those marked thus * are elected.
Decatur County Election.
At the election on Monday, for County Offi
cers for Decatur county, the following gentle
men were elected: „
Clerk—Luke Mann.
Sheriff—W. W. Harrell.
Tax Receiver—M. H. Cloud.
County Treasurer—John Daffin.
Coroner—C. G. Hartisfield.
County Surveyor—R. G- Chcsnut.
Stewart. County Election.
The entire Democratic ticket, except one, is
elected by majorities ranging from 3 to 48
votes.
Sheriff—Poindexter Cherry.
Clerk Sup. Court—E. F. Kirksey,
Clerk of Inf. Court—W.^H. Turner.
Tax Receiver—Thomas Senn.
Tax Collector—Henry Anderson.
Treasurer—Esloy Sharpe.
Surveyor—W- H. McCrary.
Coroner—W. Pcrkius.
U. S. Senator from Kentucky.—Louis
ville, Ky., Jan 6.—Gov. Powell has been elec
ted U. S. Senator from this State.
New York, Jan. 10—The British Steam
ship Africa arrived to-day, with dates from
Liverpool to the 26th ult. Her news is inter
esting.
The stock on hand was 395,000 bales, of
which 190,000 were American. Friday and
Saturday were holidays and no business done.
QUOTATIONS :
Fair Orleans .6|d.
Fair Mobile 6jd.
Middling Mobile 5Jd.
Fair Uplands 6jd.
Middling Uplands. 5Jd.
Consols were quoted at 93i to 93i for ac
count. 9
Money was easier, and the Bank of Eng
land had reduced its rate of discount to 8 per
cent.
Markets.
The sales of Cotton in Liverpool, for the
week, amounted to 40,000 bales, of which
peculators took 10,000 and exporters 4,000.
The market advanced jd. a 3d. early in the
week, and closed at l improvement. Thc sales •
of Thursday amounted to 8,000 bales, of which
2,000 were taken by speculators and 1000 by
exporters. The market closed active, with an
advancing tendency.
Wheat was quiet. Corn, provisions, flour
and rosin were dull. Turpentine steady.
London.—Barings’ circular quotes Sugar
buoyant, with [sixpence to a shilling advance.
Coffee heavy. Breadstuffs dull. American
securities generally unchanged.
General Intelligence.
There had been no more failures in Eng
land of consequence. A better feeling pre
vailed under the bank reduction, but the mar
ket aud exchange were closed during the two
days of holiday.
It was reported that France aud England
were trying to settle the difficulty between
America and Spain, relative to the frigate
Ferolina.
The Bank of Prussia had reduced her rate
of discount to 6i per cent., but no regular
markets had been received since the depar
ture cf the Atlantic.
There was a great falling off of British ex
ports in the month of November.
Lucknow bad been relieved after very se
vere fighting. The insurgents were defeated
in various battles, in one of which Sir Colin
Campbell was slightly wounded. All alarms
at the outports aud garrison had ceased. Re
inforcements were pouring into India. Twenty-
four of the Royal family of Delhi had been
executed.
A reduction of the army of France had been
decided on.
The Washington Union on “ Thc
ADMINISTRATION.' GEN. WALKER AND
COMMODORE PAULDING.”
Without entertaining the question whether
the Washington Union is or is not, as affirmed
and denied, an authoritative exponent of the
administration, it will be a matter of interest
to know its views in reference to the recent
summary course of Com. Paulding in Central
America. We copy, therefore, from that paper
of the third, omitting a long quotation from
the President’s late Annual Message with which
the Union introduces his article as explanato
ry of the opinions of the President upon Fili
bustering Expeditions in general:
From the Washington Union of Jan. 3d.
The message represents the administration
as seeking, successfully, by treaty stipulations
and amicable, honorable, and legitimate means,
to obtain aud secure rights of transit, com
merce, and peaceful enterprise, for our peo
ple, in several portions of tho isthmus. One
treaty of tne sort is already in existence, with
New Granada. If newspaper rumor is to be
credited, another is in progress, if it has not been
already consummated, with the government of
■Nicaraugua, in regard to the very transit
route of which Walker was preparing to take
possession. In all probability, still other ef
forts in the same direction are in progress or
contemplation; so that our citizens are not
only likely to be protected from loss or vio
lence in prosecuting their lawful commerce
along the transit routes of Central America,
but the routes themselves are likely to be con
secrated and preserved to thc commerce of all
nations and the benefit of the world. It is
quite clear, we think,- that the breaking up of
the Walker expedition was the very result
contemplated by the previous instructions of
the government, however much the mode and
manner of the interruption may have been in
conflict with either Capt. Paulding’s instruc
tions or with the strict rules of international
law. It is not probable that these instructions
contemplated the landing of the forces of the
United States upon the soil of Nicaragua; but
it is not probable, either, that the government
of Nicaragua will complain of the aggression.
It is not our pupose now to inquire into this
part of the transaction, or to consider what
course the administration may think it right
to pursue towards Captain Paulding, with
reference to the security of our own govern
ment against unauthorized acts on the part
our officers abroad. These subjects will be
appropriately dealt with, we have no doubt,
in due time, and with a just regard to all the
circumstances of the case. Our purpose now
is more especially to point out to our readers
that nothing whatever has occurred which
ought to change the views of the President or
the policy of tha administration, as they are
explained and enforced in the preceding ex
tract from the annual message. The country
will still recognise and appreciate thc grievous
injury which lawless expeditions, like that of
Walker, must tend to inflict upon all our na
tional interests, commercial and political, in
Central America, and the popular judgment
will, doubtless, also determine for itself what
substantial advantage may iuure to our na
tional character aud lawful objects in that
quarter from Captain Paulding’s recent act.
That officer acknowledges that he assumed a
grave .responsibility iu taking the step he did;
and throws himself upon the administration,
Congress, and the country for his justification.
It is a bold and frank appeal, and will be met,
we have no doubt, in a proper spirit.
In the mean time, we hope that those of our
countrymen who direct their attention to the
foreign policy of the United States, will not
forget that this policy can neither be wise nor
succssful unless it is in conformity with justice
and right, and in harmony with the establish
ed principles of international law. The same
law of nations which exists for other countries
exists also for our own, and, until we are pre
pared to submit to aggressions ourselves, wc
ought not to encourage aggressions upon
others.
We can well understand the regret which
exists in many portions of the Union that the
resources of Central America have not been
more fully developed, and that the transit
routes which connect the two oceans should
be subject to so many difficulties and inter
ruptions; but this development is uot to be
secured by the continuance of illegal expedi
tions against governments with whom we are
at peace, aud the safety of the transit routes
is not to accomplished by making them the
scenes of violence and the prizes of successful
war. The peaceful policy of the President,
as defined in hi3 message to Congress, besides
being the only policy ou this subject which is
consistent with the just rights of our neigh
bors, is the only policy, we verily believe, un
der which any thing valuable can be accom
plished on this continent for American inter
csts. We may fairly appeal, therefore, to
every good citizen to give it his cordial sup
port ; and we may do so the more earnestly
at this time when the condition of affairs in
Kansas and Utah reminds us daily of the great
value of legal restraints, and the great danger
of weakening any of those bonds by which
alone cither individuals or nations can live in
peace and harmony together. We give no
undue place in our esteem to these restraints
but what nation or State or society can exist
without them ? Neither do we under-estimate
that spirit of progress which is so often invok
ed by the apologists for Walker. . But we re
member tha: the mission of our republic is to
teaeh the great lesson of self-government, and
that this lesson is hardly to be taught by those
whose conduct is opposed to law and in con
flict with justice. • *Our great, our high duty”
(it has been'well said) “is to show, in our own
example, that the spirit of free government is
a spirit of power; that its benignity is as
great as its strength; that its efficiency to
secure individual rights, social relations, and
moral order, is equal to the irresistible force
with which it prostrates principalities and
powers.” Does any man believe that this les
son can bo taught by Walker and his follow
year will average a hun<J-r-,i
a rate of taxation which itl J” 1
a national S
. ^"“ acrha s
sign which is a pity, jf |, e !hn ,!
Ca.-siu ina Tm 1 ,._ Th ..
Thaokaray 82000 forfhe
in this country his talc of'-ThJ- 0f 'W
vance sheets furnished bv h;! r Rin ‘ v -i"'C
made complaint that the Nc-wV u°"
ed upon them by copyi„ sfllf ,„ °^ k ^
almost simultaneously. Xhe -r ‘““1*
had made its own arrang->hents in r 5 2
proceed with them. The L ° a4o *»»i J
canght him nicely. By mat;?^
alterations fromthe 1 **
were carefully copied byth»T,n "
aay. they have proved that thc TriT ^ r
don copy, but copies f rom their
mits petty larceney, as well.. repril >t
on the tru*h. • a ae rious
Firo in Atlanta.—Five rtn
sumed in Atlanta. Thefire
4th, at 10 o’clock. The baUdiL “° a V
Decatur street, from Nos. l to 5; V* 1 W
was about 85000 insurance ou the'a ^
New Counties.—The following arc tbe
names of the new counties organized by the
recent Legislature:
Mitchell laid out from Baker.
Dawson, “ “ “ Lumpkin and Gilmer.
Milton, “ “ “ Cherokee, Forsyth, Cobb.
Glascock, “ “ •* Warren.
Schley, “ “ “ Marion and Sumter.
Pierce, “ “ “ Appling and Ware.
White, “ “ “ Habersham.
Wilcox, “ •• “ Irwin, Pulaski, Dooiy.
Cobb Comity Election.
Only about 1300 votes were polled in this
county at thc election on Monday last. There
was no opposition to any on the regular Demo
cratic ticket, except Sheriff. For this office
the vote stood J. Anderson 827—B. S. John
son 441; Anderson’s majority 386.
For Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit, Hon.
George D. Rice received 935 votes, no oppo
sition.
Thomas County Election.
The following is tho result of the election
held in this county, on Monday last:
Sheriff, W. F. Sanford, (Dom..)—Clerk S.
and I. Courts, A. Dekle—Tax Collector, M.
McRca—Receiver Tax Returns, E. L. Ander
son,—Coroner, Wm. McClammy,—County
Surveyor, P. Brown,—Public Administrator,
J. C. Browning,—County Treasurer, J. G.
Pittman.
From Washington.
Washington Jan. 10.—The Union of this
morning lia3 a leader favoring the acquisition
of Central America, but by honorable war
fare or colonization. It is believed to have
been authorized by the Administration.
Every one, of course, remembers that Lord
Raglan, according to The Times and its cor
respondents, was “never to be seen.” We
will give a little anecdote upon this point,
vouching for its authenticity. An officer of
rank was one day conversing near the hospital
with a brother officer, with whom Mr. Russell
had most intimate relations, and-from whom
was generally believed in turn he received cer
tain “inspirations.” Well, this officer, we will
call B, complained to A that he (B) never saw
Lord Raglan. “If he would only show his face
here occasionally, and not stick in his hut. It’s
really disgraceful; I’ve been here three months
and have never seen him,” remarked B.—
“Well, that’s very often. By the way. who
is that old fellow coming up there V pointing
to a man, shabbily dressed, coining up the
hill. “I don’t know,” said B, “ he is always
here poking iu about thc hospitals. I have a
good mind to ask him who lie is.” My dear
fellow,” said A, “don’t, for that is—Lord Rag
lan !”
Gen tamar.-Gen. Mirab
leave New lork last Wedaesdav
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, bytLA^J
wall. He has special instruction
the late proceeding of Gcu. Vaikf!
ing in that quarter. OtauM
Georgia Kail Boad 8tocll . 1]
ninety-one, in Augusta on the sth
Homicide in Wilkinson -Th A*‘‘4
SSgscJS'sstiSia
viHe, Wilkinson county, ia ulr .'h r- ta '
twickwasshotby M, Alien,
Savannah Rcpuhi; can __ w T
publican, of the 7th, that Mr J p S C b J 6sJ
sed of his interest in that paper toA?^
ner, Mr. Sims. Mr. Sneed still, ho A
editorial supervison of tho Republic. ’
Arrival of the Atlantic.-.^”; '
Lawt.—The Collins Steamer Atlami. J
pool dries to tbe 22d ul t „ reached W 4 4
•Hh. Cotton has advancedindJSN
to a halt penny “a large speculative N
mg,” the market closing finn and , c J^ 1
nrdson & Jpencer’s circular, with A"’ 1 ^
tendency." The Liverpool sales of .Jf® 5
days were 23,000 bales. The account/?'
Chester were favorable, llonev
quoted at 93) to 13) ' r - f-a
No general news of any import^ v
from India. The East India ,
notified of the intention of the Govern-,,A
minate theirjurisdictio.n in that qu W( ,
quake in Naples has destroyed a A
property in that city, hut no lives. ~ c
Gen. Nicaragua Wnllxrr h,h ,AL- rJ
ter to tha President iu vindication of ^ :
his late expedition—demanding reparation'^'
daring thathe will not relax his efforts rail?
regain what has been wrested from him. ' * !
Central Rail Rond.-The following,-*],
were elected 011 the 5th inst President aalbi,.
of the Central Rail Road and Banking "
the ensuing year:
R. R. Cuyler, President; J. W.
drew Low, Thomas Purse, W.CrsbtreaJ.ty
J. B. GaUie. W. R. Fleming, P, G. Dsn,i)j.r
1 Importation*.—The Journal of Ota—.
lishes a statement by which it appeaathit iki
imports of dry goods at New York for the tos^
are 890,534,429—being 82,328,764 less tin ’
year 1856, bat 825,560,067 mere than for ia
89,691,193 more than the total for 1854.
T.cconspton Constitution iu Con;
Herald correspondence of tho 2d ssjs therrk-
taiuly a majority ol six in the Senate tnd»» s
majority in the House in favor of admitdngin
at once, under the Lecompton Constitution,
Defence of Filibailerism.—Sen Eg
sen has addressed a long commnniatioitoia
Toombs I:: defence of Filibnstorism-vhia,
gards as right or wrong according to the da
stances and character of the people co:
enduring it. He charges the progress of hi
in civilization and refinement, fromthetimei
in Canaan down to reclamation of Amdahl
vage domination, to the credit of FElibnsta-ij
Senator Pagh’s Rill—In accords
previous notice Senator Pugh of Jhioiitrudi
to tha Senate, on the 4th, his widelyuuk
for the “Pacification of Kansas."
It provides for the admission oflumLuij
Lecompton Constitution ; and, at tie aarj
nuls two of the principal points of tint ic
These points are tho Slavery clsuse andtiei
prohibiting auy changes iu tho Conaixii
til 1864. The Slavery clause Jfr. Pugh p-jf*
submit to a popular vote of the new State mi
of April next; aud ho would also Jure C ,j
guarantee to the peoplo the light locked
this Lecompton Constitution wheneverthe;*
notwithstanding its own express protissil
contrary.
The bill, it will ho seen, looks to s«np
between the posi f ion of the AdminisSiwm
of Mr. Douglas, built is said that itwElMiku
able to the latter. It is certainly Ebsai a
with the Kansas Free Soilers, which laajn
to add yet another opportunity tovnicsjik,
ry, to the number which they have h:rK.'."
tumeliously neglected.
A Dead Pine.—The editor of theIV"
Reporter (Judge Love) in a recent ItUerh*-'
des, says:
We were riding in a buggy with J frie:-
of this county, some three miles tbissa*-’'
ville, when he suddenly stopped.
'Do you see that tree i” he asked.
Yes.” “Well that is the tree agdas
McDaniel was killed some time ago, - '•
happen,” we inquired. “He wasdriyi-t^-
here, and there was a blind ox on this side >e- : .
He pulled heavily on the reins to keep <--
and the reins broke—110 fell against that. -
was caught by the wheel aud crushed
deed that was truly horrible."Yes, b-
the poor man’s beard is sticking to the ry- -
tree now,” “Is it possible!”
the strangest part of it—you see .
dead?” “Yes.” “Do yon see anyb-"-'
it?” “No.” Well sir, that pme.
dentoccured, was as green aud .1
in fka fminst llnf immoflllfpIV lUCf 1
in the forest. But immediately after
died.”—What caused this treo to die •
Walker’* JL«»*c».—Gen.
pecuniary loss in the two seizures bj
Paulding at one hundred and forty thons*
The Filibusters arrived at Norfolk iu u*
refused to go ashore unless put off by
that they were penniless and had no w ^
They demanded to he returned to
correspondent of the Enquirer who
board the ship, pronounces them, un {r * ^
spection, “a hard looking set. They wc-c.^,
turned loose and wandered aSoat No-- 1 “
of great destitution.
Amending the Ui»cipliac.— *
Conference at Brandon, by T0 * e “
ven, concurred in the resolution of *
ferei.es, striking out the rule
selling men, women aud children, ^
The French lu the Slave Tra* ■
that the British Government have rev
despatches from the South cosstt' ^j,
that the French have gone intotie w ,
ly and without qualification, tbe n.
is forbidden to verify the colors 0
whether legal trader or not. ,fi*
Fulling Off.—The deficit cf rei ^
at all the shipping ports, as comp
stated to amount to forty milUoni ’ g, J
Dry Time*.—In the wholo of' ^4
from Brazos to El Paso, theVea ^
ly failed for the last two years, »
drought. The people, in consequc
a severe pecuniary pinch. ^
Inquiry into the— |iW
In the House, on tho 4th, resolutions*
by Mr. CUngman, from the tom.® . iaf >
and passed with amenJaien ‘ s ’. h . s( ,ijai2'’ ;f
from the President in relation to tn ^
or and his followers and tho ti aia "
dition In the United States. into 4“
Utah.—Bills have been intro . 0 fU:4
abolishing the Tarritori*!yintM®^
to punish the practice of 1 ol) g DBr pjsei-
of the United States and for otbe P *
Death of Alia*
tinguished Authoress, died in ^
sey, on the 2d inst., at tho age 0 - -
Why (he Knnlu Ucta ‘ a ’ d ‘Z c ai vV 1
cret and subterranean reason 3 . .yii* ,
York Banks resumed specif : ":
ry. The last brough t to lig*^ ^ ^^
New York Courier and Enqtnttf-’^2?
combination, which would nav 1,
ble to get any measure
through tho
rn from forfeiting theft -
a million and t hal ‘ of
qiCOIll
savo them
bribe of
Fnvhiounblc rails tj