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KOiiGIA TELEGRAPH.
Ifews Summary.
Death ofttn rigi d :’Iiiii»n r.—Th* death of the
venerable Rev. Labar Ainsworth of Jeffrey. N. H.‘
U reported. The evert took place on Wednesday,
the lTth lust. The deceased had been pastor of the
Congregational Church in Jeffrey seventy four yean.
Hl» age was one kindred yean, seven months any
tsmty-rigkt days.
Cheap Horae Fl«*b.-The Goliad (Texfs) Ex
preaa of the ISth Install saya, several fine droves of
horses have arrived at that place from Mexico, meet
ing no accidents, and 1 ho spring trade lias opened
briskly! about six hundred changed hands at from
•10 to 23. Of riding pouies we notice an unusual
number, and very fine oner, from 635 to 8100. No
sales of mules, but several fine droves have arrived,
held «t 643 to 630.
The Hnprrme Court.—Since the commence*
ment oftheprescnttenninAtlunta,alltho cases carri
ed np from the Cherokee Circuit have been disposed
of and on yesterday evening the Court had nearly
got through with those from the Bine ltidge Circuit.
A continuance of this sort of dispatch wilt complete
the labors of the Conrt daring next week. We shall
probably bo able in tomorrow's issue to present a
synopsis of the eases that have been determined this
week.—Atlanta Intelligences of tie SStk.
k*rnclirnl ChrietSanily.— The Young Men's
Christian Association at Pittsburg lias distributed
22,000 bushels of coal to the poor, without uny refer
ence In sect, class or nation. It supplied, in one day.
forty families with fuel to keep them comfoiti-ble a
month. Nearly 3,000 persons have been kept com
fortable during the whole winter through the effort of
this society This is practical Christianity.
Young Aiurricn.—Two couples were married
in Now Baltimore, Michigan, last week, under pecu
liar circumstances. Twin sisters married twin broth-
. ers, and the parties were each fourteen years old, and
their wedding day was the anniversary of the birth,
day of the brides?
Revival in New Y'ork.—Tho Post of last Mon
day says the revival in New York is daily extending.
In no less than fifteen churches in this city are noon
prayer-meetings held on peculiar days, not to apeak
of Burton’s old theatre, which is so crowded that ne
gotiations are pending to obtain some larger build
ing, like the Museum. In Brooklyn also increased
number of churches will be open for those who are
concerned on religions matters, and all the signs por
tend that the excitement has not reached its culmin
ation. Legislative prayer meetings nro held nt the
Court of Appeals daily in Albany, merchants and
lawyers have prayer-meeting, ladies have tiieir up
town prayer-meetings, and there is some talk of a
broker’s prayer-meeting at the Exchange, between
the First and Second Boards,
Certainly never was religions propagandism so
thoroughly carried out. Printed hymns, tracts, pla
card* everywhere remind the inattentive of their
duties. Girls and young men visit families by the
block, giving them tracts, urging them to repent, of
fering them free seats in the neighboring church, and
taking nn inventory or spiritual census of the number
prom yicvico.—Vera Cruz date* to.Jhe 2
stunt. have he-n iv ,!! . th- Tennessee. !
al battles bad been fought, which the Zoloaga Gov
ernment claims as triumphs—bat they did not amount
to much. Gen. Parrodi had retreated before 0--oli.
Pronnuciamcntoc-s are still the order of the day, bat
the new government seemed to be gaining ground.
Vera ( ruz is nnder martial law. Zoloaga’s forces
lure on the road there. A battle will probably be
fonght between (be capital and Vera Crux.
C. Zj. Barbour. for some years editor of
the Atlanta Intelligencer, is lying very low of con-
.sumption at his father-in-law’s, in Lagrange.
Gen. linnhell, for some time a patient in the
lunatic asylum at Hopkinsville, Ky., is recovering
bis mental and physical health.
Brlwiid on Ball.—It is stated that Mr. Wo!
cott, the refractory witness, has been released on two
thousand dollars bail by Judge Crawford, of Wash
ington City, and that he has returned to Boston.
Fire in Monticcllo.—We learn, saya the Bain-
bridgo Argns. from a gentlemen just from Monticel-
lo, Fla., that a destructive fire occurred in that place
a few days since, consuming nn entire block of buil-
dings in the business part of the town.
Couftrem.—Latest Rates.—On Friday the Sen
ate was not in session. In the House private bills
were considered, and Kansas affairs were discussed.
On Saturday the House refused to expel Matte-
on, and tkeu went into a Committee of the whole
on tho Kansas bill. t
Arrival of the Niagara—One YlVrh Later
front Liverpool.—The Niagara reached Halifax
last Friday, with Liverpool dates to the 13th instant.
Ibe sales of Cotton in that Market forthe week end
ing tiio Uth Inst., were 21,000 bales, and ail qualities
had declined id to j J., in consequence of the heavy
imports. On this amount sold speculators took 2500
and exporters 2,500. The quotations were for Fair
Uplands 7jd.; Fair Middling 7j. The sales of Fri
day were 3,000 bales and the Market closed dull.—
Manchester accouufs unfavorable—but little enquiry
for manufactured goods and prices feeble. No
change in the Money Market. Consols had improved
and were quoted nt 96} and 96j. Provisions and
Breadstuff's very dull.
The general intelligence is of very little interest.
Arrests of persons suspected of being implicated in
the conspiracy against the life of Napoleou, continue
to be mado throughout France. The appeal of Orsini
and his accomplices, has been refused. The House
of Commons of England met on tho 12th inst. D'ls-
raeli announced a satisfactory termination of the
misunderstanding between F ranee and England. An
attempt had been made at Chalons, but it was defeat
ed, to revive the.Republic in France. A serious riot
had occurred nt Dublin, between the Police and Col
lege Students, in which five of tbestudentshad been
dangerously wounded. A telegraphic dispatch re
ceived in London from Madrid, states tiiat Gen. Zu-
loaga seemed well disposed to settle the differences
with Spain. The removal ot Gen. Concha is contra
dicted. *
Domestic Cotton market*.—The Niagara’s ac
counts caused a decline of an eighth to a quarter in
all the Markets. Mobile on Saturday, Middling at 11c.
and Market closing firm, with sales of 2,000 bales.-
Snn Orleans, Saturday, sales 10,500 bales. Middlin
and condition of the households. 11 and It! Augusta, Saturday, business doneai
■Ion. Edward Rvercit.—Mr. Everett publishes 0,1 eighth to a quarter decline on prices before the
a card in Richmond stating that he is compelled to Niagara’s news. Rather an active demand
return home on account of unfavorable news from Savannah, Saturday, 421 bales sold at 11J to 121-...
his family (understood to be tho serious illness of his New York, Saturday, sales 1,500 bales, market irregu
MACON. Gk^.,
1'aesdn.y Morning, March. 30.
Ii(>u2ov:i! of the T<’Ioki’s«|*I» Olliec
To-morrow we purpose to commence the
work of migration to the new “Georgia Tele
graph Building,” which has been in course of
construction since Inst September, and is now
nearly completed. Although no light task to
remove and readjust all our machinery and
appliances, we expect to make our next issue
from the new quarters, and suffer compara
tively little interruption in the progress of
business. The Editor’s office will probably not
be transferred before Thursday.
Pastor’s iY People’s Journal.
The March number of this periodical will appear
this week, having been delayed somewhat upon
question of its future existence as affected by the
contemplated removal or its Macon Editor from
the city. We are sorry to see it announced that
this will be the lost number; but it is the 12th and
completes the volume and engagement of the Ed
itors with their readers. The Journal, during the
year, has displayed a great deal of ability, and was
fast establishing a reputation which would, under
other circumstances, liavo secured its permanence
and prosperity.
New Music.
We are indebted to Professor H. L. Schrein
er for copies of new music, composed by him
self, and dedicated to some of his pupils in
Macon and Vineville. These are Julia Scot
tish, dedicated to Miss Julia R. Collins.
Vineville Quickstep, dedicated to Mrs. Kell.
Misses Napier, McCarthy, Jewett, Monroe and
Masters Napier,
Dear Native Land, arranged for the Piano
Forte, and. dedicated to Miss Anna Nisbet.
We are pleased to see such evidences of zeal
ability and thrift upon the part of the Professor.
For sale at the Messfs. Virgin’s.
Prof. Loomis’ Valedictory.
A Valedictory, by Prof. Loomis, to the late Gra
duating Class'of the Reform Medical College, will
be found on the first page of to-dny’s Telegraph.—
It is an eloquent and well conceived production,
and both in style and sentiment does him much
honor.
We invite attention to Mrs. Damonr’s new
Stock of Millinery, advertised to-day.
Also, to the advertisements of Messrs Den
man & Waterman, Einstein, and Bostick &
Ivein, whose Stock are extraordinarily attrac
tive.
lar, Middling was unchanged, mixed lists declined
from 1 to J. The total decrease at all the ports, to
latest dates, is 195,000 bales.
St. narha,Tampn, Krr Went ami tVctrOr-
lean. .UniI—The P. O. Department is in corres
pondenco with contractors for carrying the mail from
Now Orleans to Key West, with a view to increase
the service from semi-monthly to tri-monthlry trips
wife), but ho will fnllfll, at a subsequent day, all bis
southern engagements.
Fire in Eliznbrth t’iljr.K. C.—A very destruc
tive fire occurred on the 22d. at Elizabeth City, N\
C. A large number of stores in the business part of
the town was burnt. Tho loss is said to be immense,
aud the fire the work of nn incendiary.
From the Yinh Army.—St. Locis, March 22
—'The Leavenworth Ledger says that an express had
arrived from Col. Johnson requesting supplies of am
munition, etc., and morn men to be sunt to him im
mediately.
Vandalism in Near York.—On Friday night
itut a mono was hurled nt the Statue of Washington
In the City Hall Park, New York, which knocked off
tho General's right arm. A sculptor was employed
the next day to restore the limb.
C’hinrar “ yinniliona ot War.”—The British
official despatshes of the Capture of Canton cata
logue tho military stores found In that city, ns fd*
lows: Four hundred and thirty guns, 300,000 pounds
of powder, 5,000 rockets, 2.000 blue lights, 3,000 stink
pots and six tons of bullets. Fifteen thousand pounds
of tlie powder were kept, and the rest destroyed.—
One a! these missiles is, fwe believe, peculiar the
’Celestials,’’ and is probably a very offensive weapon
^Indeed.
The Bninhridge Argaa, comes to us enlarged
tho size of the Telegraph, and is beautifully printed.
Tho editor says of it: “No higher compliment could
be bestowed upon tho ^Tessra. L. Johnson A Co., of
Philadelphia, than that the material with which the
Hainbridge Argus is printed, was manufactured by
them at their Foundry; for no one will admit that
any paper, in tho South or North, lias over surpassed
the Argus in typographical elegance and beauty!”
.Haiti Trunk Rail Road—The Thoinasville
Enterprise of Thursday says:—The Enginers engag
ed in surveying the route for this Railroad arrived in
ThomasviUe on Monday evening last. We now be
gin to feel that wo are, indeed, going to have a Rail
road from tho Atlantic coast. No donbt is entertain
ed of the fact by any one who has been posted up-
and to those who became sick of so much wind-work'
we aay, you shall jjpt bn cured by a snorting iron-
horse ride to the Atlantic.
New Orleans political Rowdyi«m—Judge
Slidell, of Louisans, a brother of tho distinguished
Senator Slidell, has beoomo hopeie.«slv deranged in
consequence of a blow from a cane inflicted by a ruf
fian at an election in New Orleans.
Wendell Hot 111 r« on Controversy.—‘ If you
attacked my opinions in print, would I reply ? Not I-
Do you think I don't understand what mv’friend, the
Professor.long sgo called tho hydrostatic paradox of
controversy ? Don’t know what that means T Well,
I’ll tell you. Yon know that if yon bed a bent tube,
one arm of which was the size of a pipe stem, and the
other big enough to hold the ocean, water would
stand at the same height in the other. Controversy
equalizes fools and *wi«e men in the same way,and the
fools know it.”
Ohio Chivalry.—Tho Cleaveland (Ohio) Plain-
dealer tells the following story :
Two fiery students at Oberlin College had a falling
out tlie other day. Lovely woman was of course the
c'.use. Having conscientious scruples against duel
ing. they resolved to adjust the difficulty by an np.
peal to the rode fistic, or as we think we have heard
it called, “the manly art of self-defence ” They ac
cordingly met with their seconds in a lonely cow pas
ture, about two miles from the College. They fought
nine rounds.—One of the parties was badly whipped,
and victory consequently perched upon tho banners
of the ether party. What makes the affair particu
larly racy is the fact that the lovely woman above al-
lnded to is a dashing mulatto.
Frsnt Chicago lo Liverpool.—According to
the Chicago Democrat,the attempt to establish direct
communication between Chicago and Liverpool. J>y
sailing vessels, has failed, Mr. Kershaw, the gentle,
man who spent most money in striving to accomplish
it,having given it np in despair,after losing large anma
ol money in it.
To br linage,;—We leant, says the Madison
Visitor, that the two negroes—John and his aecom-
plic-owho were tried last week at Grensboro’ for tho
murder of Jcsso S. Jones, have been sentenced by
Judge Hardeman to be hanged on Friday tho 3:.'th of
April next. v
Terrell Nuprrior Court.— This Court which
commenced its session in the beautiful town of Daw-
son. on Monday 15th instant, adjourned on Saturday
afternoon,ufior transacting a great deal of business.
Judge Kiddoo seems determined to bring up the dnk-
«*Ii in his Circuit, for ho holds Court day and night
Tlie case of the Stste. vs .John Sulivan, indicted for
Ibe murder of Andrew Gore, occupied the Court for
tw a days. The ease waa ably and elaborately con
ducted both for the State and $ho prisoner. The jn-
tetired about 3 o’clock I’. 31. on Friday, and after
al hours consultation returned with a verdict r f
11 ary manslaughter.” The judge sentenced him
to n o years labor in the Penitentiary.
rt n adjourned Term of said Conrt will beheld on
Third Monday in May next. *
Col. Johnson, the highly meritorions officer In
command of the Utah Expedition, was confirmed by
the Senate lust Wednesday, as Brigadier General by
brevet.
Ex trn•• r<! t ttnry Trial.—Fifty four persona were
tried for murder last Wednesday, at the Darlington
C mt li ■. S. C„ and acquitt, l The accused, I ’d people to worship in, each room suitably
comprising many of the moat respectable citizens of jfini»h«d off and will scat about five hundred
the District, committed the manslaughter as a vigi-1 persons. Its cost was shout $7,700. It was
Ian, o coinmitb e,ln the net >-f:. u in.; a i. : — a dedicated n few Sabbaths since, and it is said a
miserable cross-road whiskey shop for negroes, I moderate voice can be distinctly beard tin - . c -
whi, U tb y had ,'. *. imiuid lo (ii rpuil ofits contents, out- the room,
1 i.- v.. ,, .i from the 11,ms'.', afti-r warning Eatonton is also favored with good male aud
tli- utvupan;- iruve, tu.d kilted two of them in j female schools, which are always the precur-
suit' dolenoo. | sors to thrift.
The Promise.
nr w. j, s.
The sun rose o’er the eastern hills.
With sunbeams clear ns mountain rills
The dew-drops glistened in tho sun.
The birds sang sweetly; every one
Chanted to him who lives above.
For all his mercy, truth and love.
The jas’mino opened to the sun.
And poured its fragrance out upon
The beauteous earth in Iter rich plume.
So lovely now in vernal bloom.
'Twas then I wandered forth with her
I love with nil my soul so dear.
We wandered forth, down in a dell.
Where violets grow with sweet blue hell;
And then we fit when wc had roved,
'Twas then I told tier that I loved;
'Twas then I sat close by herside,
And asked her if she’d be my bride.
Oh! happy wns I, happy then,
When she said “tes,” down in the glen.
Toothache,
AS FELT BY MISS E A.
Of all the woes from under heaven.
Of all the ills to mortals given,
Of all the aches by which we are riveti.
There is none to equal toothache.
Cholera, small pox, plague or fever.
In the warm or wintry weather.
At a time or nil together,
Can’t ache like the toothache.
Sleepless nights, aud days of anguish.
Face so swelled, I look outlandish.
Pain and sorrow do not languish.
All from this dreadluljtoothaehe.
Mustard plaster, composition,
Chloroform, third preparation.
Tansy poultice, same condition,
So awfnl is tlie toothache.
O, why don't all this physic ease me!
My sweet-heart calls and cannot seo.rae,
And this again, helps still to grieve me.
O curses on the toothache t
Coffee! no, I do not want it..
Cross indeed! I say confound it.
Who on earth, I ask, could help it.
With this cursed toothache.
O, will the Doctors ne’er discover
Something that will surely sever
Man and this foul curse forever,—
This infernal toothache?
Texas.
A letter to the Galveston News dated Corsi
cana, Navarro county, March 8th, says:
I find the farmers busy preparing their
ground for planting, and in some few places
they have planted their corn. This would
have been done not only at an earlier day, but
more extensively’, but for the scarcity of seed,
thereby causing a degree of caution not here
tofore observable in our State. The blighting
effect of the late frosts last year on early plant
ing, is the cause of this, superadded to the
want of grain.
The wheat in all this section is certainly very
promising, and tho preparations for oats, rye
and barley, greater than at any other season
that I recollect of. There will be in Lime,
stone. Freestone, Leon and Navarro, fully
one third more crops planted than hitherto.
The following frontier news is furnished by
the Austin Intelligencer, of the 10th inst.:
A gentleman directly from Captaiu Ford’s
Ranger enmp, above Pecan Bayou, informs ns
that the Rangers are in fine health and spirits
and “ eager for the fray.” No Indians had
been seen when tho gentlemen left, although
the woods were reported full by the settlers,
and several incursions had been made during
the two weeks preceding the arrival of the
Rangers. Capt. Conner's men hud to be must
ered out on the 1st of this month. They have-
been kept busy, and their horses are complete
ly exhausted.*
The Victoria Advocate says that nn agent
of a Mexican cotton factory is purchasing cot
ton in that place, to be sent to Mexico. He
has already shipped one hundred and fifty bales
to Corpus Christi from Victoria, when it is to
be taken to Monterey.
Eutouton.
Tho Southern Recorder contains the follow
ing notice of this pleasant town :
We were much pleased on a late visit to this
town in viewing some handsome improvements
in it. The most striking and commendable is
a handsome Methodist Church, judiciously and
tastefully’constructed by Mtsi-rs Broadfield and
Eunison. It is sixty-four by forty two, with a
basement for a Sabbath School and ibe color-
promise of Rich Entertainment.
DR. BOYNTON’S LECTURES.
We are happy to announce that an effort is now
being made to secure the services of Dr. Boystos
the celebrated Lecturer or. Geology, to deliver a
course of eight Lectures in Macon, commencing
with Monday of next week. If successful, wc can
promise with confidence, such an intellectual treat
to our citizens as they will rarely have the opportu
nity to enjoy. In all the leading cities of the U-
nion these Lectures hare been delivered upon the
special invitation of their most eminent citizens, to
crowded and enthusiastic auditories, and in most
cases repeated twice and even thrice at the earnest
solicitation of the hearers. They are splendidly
illustrated by paiutings prepared at great labor and
expense, and tlie enthusiasm and eloquence of the
Lecturer spell binds the bearer and carries him
captive into scientific inquiries and investigations,
which in other bands would be dry and tedious. If
th.* arrangements are perfected, Ralston’s Hall will
be engaged, and the price of tlie whole course of
Lectures put down so low as to interpose no bar to
any of our citizens. We append the following tes-
siiuonial of Mr. Fillmore in relation to these Lec
tures :
Buffalo, November 10th. 1856.
Having bad the pleaxureof listening to Dr. Boyn
ton’s Course of Lectures on Geology, recently de
livered in this city, and understanding that he in
tends going West with n view of repeating them, I
am happy tostate, forthe information of my friends
there, that his lectures here, though delivered during
the excitement of the political campaign, were iia
tened to by crowded audiences of onr most intelli
gent citizens of both sexes, with apparent delight
and satisfaction. Hi* manner of lecturing is much
more attractive for being ora’ instead of written, and
mot h more instructive to the popular mind by be
ing divested of all the technicalities of science, and
brought down in plain, familiar language to tlie com
prehension of all. The lectures derive additional in
terest from the splendid Paintings with which they
are illustrated, many* of which are not only beautiful
ns works of art, but very instructive in presenting
peculiar landscape views and geological formations
of the earth. I cannot doubt that his lectures, which
are delivered with that earnest enthusiasm peculiar
to one whose heart is in his subject, must be useful
wherever they are delivered, aud believing this, I
cheerfully commend them to tho patronage of my
friends. MILLAltD FILLMORE.
^SCjjepape
a paragraph
Rev. R. L. Breck.
papers throughout the State arc eirculatlbg
ih to tho effect that the Rev. R. J,. Breck
has actually dissolved his pastoral relations with
the Presbyterian Church in this city. They are
too fast as to the actual fact, and we hope, as to the
final result. On Sunday, the 21st, a communica
tion from the Pastor, contemplating a resignation
of his office, was read to the Church and Congre
gation, whereupon, by a very large majority, an
increase of salary was voted. Last Sunday a let
ter of resignation was read, which the Church and
Congregation, by a still larger majority, refused to
accept. It therefore remains to be seen whether
Mr. Breck will, in view of all the circumstances,
still adhere to his determination to resign.
Dwyer’s Elocution.
Mrs. Dwyer, the widow of perhaps the most em
inent elocutionist that wc have ever had in this
country, is in this city for a short time, for t'nc pur
pose of selling copies of a small volume on elocu
tion, published by her husband just before his death.
The work is tho sole legacy lie was able to bequeath
her, and onr citizens will be bestowing a deserved
tribute upon departed worth, as well as obtaining
a very interesting book, by patronizing the Indy in
her ctdls. Several gentlemen in this city were pu
pils of Mr. Dwyer, who will ever remember him
with feelings of pleasure and gratitude.
The New Orleans Picayune, some months ago,
used the following language, which wc willingly
copy: “Mr. Dwyer was a graduate of Trinity Col
lege, Dublin. To the taste and manners of a gen
tleman, ho added great cultivation and intelligence,
and he was the best reader we ever heard. His
widow, in offering bis work for sale, is pursuing
her only means oi'livelihood, and wo sincerely trust
she ntay be os successful in our city as she has been
in others.—[Daily Wisconsin.
Mrs. D. is now in this city, procuring subscribers
for the work, which seems to have the patronage
of the most eminent men in the nation.
Snrrcnder of Hill; Bow-Lesn.—Tlie Madi
son Messenger has reliable information that Billy
Bow-Legs “tins surrendered bis sword, and is now at
Tampa with his whole party, waiting the consum
mation of arrangements now being made, to be trans
ferred to the West. It is said tlieold gentleman was
in a shockingly ragged, and dirty condition, when
he presented himself at Tampa.”
Southern Opposition to the Kansas
BILL.
We are glad to see 1 he manliness and candor
with which this is condemned by the Savannah
Republican. The New Orleans Crescent, too,
another “American” paper, publishes the fol
lowing, which we find embodied in an article
by the Times &. Sentinel, of Saturday:
“I must speak boldly and say, that the re
sult of this breach must prove most disastrous,
if not fatal, to the future existence of the A-
Passage of the Kansas bill In the
SENATE.
We were advised early last week, by telegraph,
of the passage of the Kansas bill in the Senate, on
Tuesday, by a majority of ttight. Among the
“amendments” specified as mado to the bill, tlie on
ly one of interest is the following, adopted, on mo
tion of Senator Green, of Missouri, by the votes of
all the Senators who sustained the bill, except Messrs
Iverson and Henderson, who did not vote:—
“ And that nothing in this act shall be construed
to abridge or infringe any right of the people assert-
»t „„ * tnit- I Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Ark., Johnson, of without pay and without the privilege of going out
. . m , • IU UUHU^U VI HIIIIUqV HIM v* —v ~ -
mencan party. The question ot slavery is so ed ; n t ] le constitution of Kansasatalltimestoalter,
vital at tho South, that no equivocal position I i-eform, or abolish their form of government in such
with regard to it will be for a moment tolera- manner as they may think proper—Congress here-
tcd. Making every allowance for the honest by disclaiming any authority to intervene or dc-
difierence of opinions in regard to the Kansas I clare the construction, of the constitution of any
issue, it will never do for a Southerner to be State, except to see that it be republican in form,
found voting with the Black Republicans. It and not in conflict with the constitution of the lm-
inafters not how pure the motives may be which „‘ ta „ tes ' , „ ,. . , . .
induce men to handle pitch-defilement inevit- The first clause of tins amendment asserts only a
ably/ollows. If the six gentlemen whose names j truism, and the latter is a disclaimer very proper
have been mentioned, continue to vote as they to be put on record, in view of what Black Repub-
have done during the past two days, the fall Hcanism proposes as a condition-precedent to the
of the American party at the South—it has no I admission of new States.
existence elsewhere—is sealed. The disgrace u poa t ]j 0 passage of the bill, Senator Iverson
of their association will be inerasably impress- I state( j t jj at i, e should sustain it with a diminished
ed upon the whole party , its prestige wt c ; nteregt s ; nce t j,e adoption of the amendment in
lost, and its very existence blotted out. ,. ucstioili and the late prodainati on of Mr. Calhoun,
With these exceptions, towever, we a ' e ® President of the Lecompton Constitution. Mr. Iver-
far looked in vain in the Southern American J son no t recognize the right of the people of
press for any straight forward exposition of its Kansas t0 c h an ge their Constitution in any other
opinions, except in antagonism to the bill. The I m0( j e than that provided in tbe instrument, and
mass are silent or winking at and apologizing Calhoun’s proclamation threw the government of
for a course of co-operation by Southern mem- I Kansas in the hands of tlie abolitionists. Senator
hereof Congress with the deadly enemies of sec- Houston said he should vote for the bill in accor
tional equality, the systematic and untiring foes dance with the views of the Legislature of Texas'
of anything and everything looking to a fair Senator Pugh stated that he should.be com-
and constitutional administration of the nation- ? ellcd ^ctantly to go against it in obedience to
- , . r . I instructions from the legislature of Ohio. (We arc
al government! Aye* many o lem can in i c gorr y 8ee thj g young and talented Senator so soon
long homilies and sbqrp witicisms over N orth- a )flJne (]uck ) f he vote wag the n taken, as follows
era Democratic “defection and treachery, YEAS.-.Messrs.Allen,Bayard,Benjamin,Biggs,
when they are not only unable to produce so Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch, Fitzpat-
much as one Northern member to help the bill, | Green,, Gwin, ^mondJIendeiiojq Houston,
but still worse
comes from their own ranks in the South!— I Polk, Sebastlon, Slidell, Thompson of Ky., Tliomp-
Tbat is poor justice and poorer wit. If we son of N. J., Toombs, Wright, and Yulee—S!3.
.. 5 . , ' _„i i,o* r - NAYS—Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Chandler, Clark,
throw outofacconnt the immediate moral beftr ColIame ^ Crit£enden> DisoUi Doo i ittiC) Doug i aS)
ings of this conflict upon the naked question of Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Fisher, Hale, Hamlin,
the admission of Kansas, in respect to which it Harlan, King, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Stuart,
t n-iiAinni. fflTHtJnkm Sumner, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson—25.
is a simple proposition, whetner fanaticism ABSENT OR NOT VOTING.—Messrs. Bates,
shall be permitted to scout at, defy andover-rtde Cameron, Davis and Keid.”
all lawful authority of the Federal Government There was a marked demonstration cf applause
and come off ntanphaat-if wc .hrow .hi, out ££$£&£$CaSrf "" C ‘' ™
of the scale, and regard this controversy in its
truer light, as a struggle between the conserv- Kansas—The Fort Scott Outrage—
ative and national, and aggressive and sectional LETTER FROM B. F. BRANTLY, Esq.
forces of the country, how can any intelligent I ^ e ^ ie following account of the Fort
and patriotic press stand aloof a listless spec- Scott outrage in a letter from B. F. Brantly,
tator and much more, how can it find apology I Esq., late a highly respected. Citizen, of this
' 8 r negative encouragement to a treachery or County, to the Constitutionalist:
lent. r 1 i. k- Fort Scott, X. T., March 12tb, 1858.
delusion,on their side of the house, which threat- EJJtor comtUuiionalistYou have no doubt seen
ens to give the victory to the foes of every right tho telegraphic dispatchgoing the round of the papers
„„d interest wc bcld'in ec»»o„ a. .Msec, of SSlBfe'&Ka^’JaSSSSSE
the South ! Now is the time for them to speak dents have already forwarded their lying budget of
out. A long train of consequences hangs upon
the events of the next few days or weeks, and I bloodshed which they receive from Kansas,
we will venture to assert that a responsibility
for an abolition triumph on this question—di- tti., was issued about two weeks ago to the people of
Immwllits nr remote will Kansas ; it stated that the Missourians had gathered
rector indirect—immediate or at p ort Scott in huge numbers, that they were mur-
not, in the future, be coveted by any Southern deriug, robbing and driving off free Stute men, and
commiting various other outrages. The paper called
party or public roan. | f or assistance to drive out the invaders. ’Hie whole
zr., n c n . Bill in tho BT„„cp document was a fabrication, but it had the effect de-
liaus.ts asm jii me Mouse’ I sired-several companies ot Abolitionists from Ossaw-
It is announced that Mr. Stephens will move to attomie marched on the Osage, about fifteen miles
«*• W x» s— K»~ * n— SSg&Si. tSSfiSZf&SgSSTSt
Thursday, and call the previous question upon that doned the idea of attacking this place. But they were
motion. This arrangement is said to be acquiesced I * u R*® field, aud of course must do something. On
. , .. .1 Sunday morning, 28th ot February, they surrounded
ia by all parties. A lest struggle will then arise I bouse of Van Zumalt, a quiet citizen, living on
on a motion to refer the bill to the Committee on I the Osage. He was awakened just before day by
TcrHKwta, erf .held ,hc frt.nd, of th, bill M te^S^’tfS'.hfbih’d^'b'iit’hf
in carrying the motion to refer, the opposition will opened it a Sharpe's rifle waa levelled against him
bring forward a substitute to the Senate bilk It is
supposed the opposition will coalesce upon Mr. Crit- blood alono with his wife and children,
tenden’s substitute, submitted in tho Senate, which I They then proceeded to tho house of Jas. Farris,
provides for admitting Kansas upon the condition ^lo^ofl^U^s “Th^s^pS^olS
that tbe Lecompton Constitution shall be first re- man of nearly everything he possessed, except his
ferred back to a vote of tbe people in a manner I negroes, who hid in the bushes. The house ol Page
.i_i.il a ,... , . r . . ^ I was also robbed. A company of U. S. Dragoons,
prescribed by the bill, and if approved by them, u „d e r Capt. George T. Anderson, started after them!
Kansas shall be considered a State in the Union I lie gave them a hoi chase, but succeeded in arresting
without any further legislation whatever. II’not
approved, the people are to be authorized to form dragoons left the Osage, the outlaws robbed the house
a constitution to suit themselves, through the agency I of Al r. Sprat t, our former representative. The Messrs,
of. convention .0 bo rf.d to- .bn. |>o,po>, ; 2’S,“^?5K'th’?S«S 8»2£
If these anticipations arc well founded, it is pos- paign. One of the companies was led by the Rev.
sible, but hardly probable that the grand and de- I Mr. Stewart.a freedom lovingpreacherof the North,
... , . , ...... I And why this blood and desolation, these ruined
cisive battle may even this week come off m the homes and blighted hopes? Because these men dare
House! It will be a close fight—uncomfortably stand up tor the rights and privileges that you peace-
close; closertlian .0 hed id,, of; for *
man couli have anticipated tins suicidal defection I occasions proclaimed their willingness to be govern-
of some of the South American members upon | ed by law. But such occurences as thatnamed above
From Washington.
Washington correspondence of the Telegraph.
Washington City, Mead ay, March 22,1S58.
Leciurr on Washington and his Portraits.
The venerable Rembrant Benle. of Philadelphia, de
livered a lecture here on heturday night, at the
Smithsonian Institute, tinder the auspices of tho “Na
tional Convention of Artists,” on “Washington and
his Portraits.” It was a repetition of the lecture
lately delivered before the Historical Society of New
York, and consequently its principal novelties have
already taken the run of the Press. It was a great
treat to look upon a man who had looked with an
artistic eye upon Washington, and hear a man talk
who had familiarly talked with the illustrious Paler'
Palria. He proved conclusively to tho audience,
by his own candid and modest statements, and the
epistolary testimony of distinguished cotemporaries
and acquaintances of Washington, both social and
artistic, as well as kindred, that his own last portrait
of the great man, on exhibition before the audience
in interesting contrast with several others, was the
best one extant. This portrait is a kiud of an agree
able compromise between the Houdon and the Stuart
portraits, lacking the stiff neckedness of the former,
and the unnat ural fullness of mouth and the spruce-
ness of the latter. It is the portrait on the sight of
which one of tho artists’ old-time visitors exclaimed,
“There, that is the Washington that I knew !” and on
tbe sight of which, in contrast with the others, the
audience seemed to mentally and applaudingly ejac
ulate, “There,that is the Washingtonthaltccreadof /’’
Tlie venerable artist lecturer stated that he had paint
ed seventy copies of this portrait with his own hand,
Aborigines of the Capital.—Not the least in
teresting feature of life in the Metropolis at the pre
sent time, is the large number of Western Indians
here on business with the Government. As they
mingle familiarly with Caucasian gallantry and beau,
ty, on the fashionable promenades, their savage mien
and barbarian costumes, contrast strangely with the
elegant carriage and artistic toilettes of civilization
and refinement. The other day, a portion of the
Sioux delegation, now here, desiringtoseehow“bad
men” are treated by their white brethren, were con
ducted to the United States Penitentiary, and shown
the prisoners at work* When told that the prison-
rs were kept withintbe walls hard at work for years
servoir to the Narv v.
er principal establishments ir.
building of high service rtse
tbe distributing re;
. mJua t,ton r;>.
ervnir in g...,,. .
and supply of cement, sand, brick • " "
other materials. ' ' “ .
American Grape Vines.—M r -
who was last Fall dispatched
Bureau of the Patent Cfiice to make V c ‘ 6|
Western Arkansas, a part of the IndU' t £ lt ' c " u
and the Northern part of Texas, for t) ■Y Wr ‘ :t *Jl
obtaining information respecting o.®o'
grape vines of that region, and making 1 **•«:
of the same, has returned, and brought-^
cuttings of numerous varieties of th*.*'^
found by him. These cuttings have bee- S '~ '
proper hands here for sprouting, Wlth
their future distribution in snch a w
most likely to ensure their prqpagajfo^ ** 1*
WasH1.VGTO».(', t .
Thursday, March 25th, is« I
la the Senate, the Pacific Railroad H’n'i ’
gain been postponed for tho consid m)! ' hls ‘
Minnessota Bill, which is now under r . ° a of ^
It is thought that this bill will soon
by passage, as no important national
enter into the discussion. : j
In the House, the Kansas Bill is now* b
before tho body, aud it is expected tn- „ r •'
here that it will give rise to one of the'l„
most angry discussions that have ever
the National Legislature. r ***p:-i : *
The Territory of Arizona is fast .
to political and general notice bero. H» r
have already begun to prooose plans for i,
.mzation. The climate and soil ofa ^ I
rticularly of Messilla Valiev, tra JA?**
adapted to the culture of the grap e
The President has issued his - > '• .
sales of public lands in Kansas, to take ol
Land Offices at Kickapoo and LeemJm
the fifth and nineteenth day of Jolv non , ■ ?
in all 2,912,134 acres. ^^’5
such an issue 1 But we still believe Lecompton,
common sense, law, order, 'the constitution, the
administration, and the conservative voice of the
nation will triumph. So mote it be.
will soon bring down on these assassins and plunder-
era the arm of the avenger.
Mr. Znraolt, the wounded man, is now in town.
He is recovering. With such men as he is, the treat
ment he has received can never be forgotten. You
will hear of him.
It is thought here that our Constitution will he re
ceived by Congress. Ifitis.it will be resisted by
^ Twiggs Superior Court |
Was in session last week, Hon. Henry G. La-1
n “K ... r> n a- ■ t v e l- I Gov. Denver has issued a proclamation agamst
mar presiding, «. K. DeGraffenreid, Esq., fcolicitor I Ls,,,, and his militia. Ho urges all good citizens to
General, pro tem., Lewis Solomon, Esq., Foreman I have nothing to do with it. If ever a man deserved
.(• t„_,, I thegaliows it is Lane; but if his party get the power
of the Grand Jury. he will be elected to the Senate. What a noble and
The Hunter Will and the Bank of Columbus ca-1 dignified Senator he will make!
ses were continued. The latter case has been on
the Docket since 1834.
The Court was engaged from Wednesday until |
Saturday morning, in the trial of criminal causes.-
Andrew ,T. Smith was tried for an assault with in-1
tent to murder one Wilson Galloway, and acquit-1
ted,—W. K. DeGraffenried, Solicitor General, Thos.
P. Stubbs and J. J. Lowry, for the State; Crocker I
& Crocker, John A. Shine, Clifford Anderson, and ]
I. L. Harris, for the Defense.
Respectfully,
B. F. B.
a variety of gutterai exclamations, their opinions of
the severity of the punishment; and they were ap
parently impressed with horror on seeing an unruly
convict confined in a dark, narrow cell. This seem
ed to the red men the most lrightful punishment that
could be inflicted; aud such it would undonbtedly
be to the wild and free nations of the forest.
Reception of the Ttirltish High Admiral.
The interview between the President and tho Turkish
High Admiral, on Friday last, was quite brief, but of
an interesting character.—The only persons present
were the President, his private Secretary, the Secre
tary of State, the Admiral and his suit, J. Hosford
Smith, Hon. J. M. Cross and E. H. Carmick, Esq., of
New York. Tho visitors were received by the Pres
ident at two o’clock, having first been formally intro
duced to tho Secretary of State. The President said
that it gave him great pleasure to offer the hand of
friendship and hospitality to such a distinguished of
ficer of the Ottoman Empire. Ho assured him of a
kind and friendly greeting from all free Americans,
Wherever he aud his suite might go.—He spoke of
the friendly relations existing between the two gov
ernments, anddid not doubt but that this interchange
of courtesies would go far to strengthen them. The
Admiral, in reply, expressed his gratitude for the
kind feeling and honor manifested towards himself
and his traveling companions by the Chief of so
great a nation. He had been directed, he said, by
his Imperial Master, to be guided by the advice and
direction of the President, and he desired to offer a
souvenir in testimony of the high regard entertained
for him by his Imperial Master.
Ulciropolitiou Amusements.—Besides the so
cial receptions in high life, the usual Smithsonian
Lectures, the proceedings of the “National Conven
tion of Artists,” and the regular Theatre, (to say
nothing about the political and gladiatorial arena on
Capitol Hill,) we have here this week, the Camp
bell Ministrels, and two Shakspearean Readers,
gentleman and a lady, the latter being Miss Lizzie
Petit, the Virginian Authoress.
Munrinc Praj-cr Meeting*.—In furtherance of
the religious excitement which now seems to be pre
vailing thoroughout the country, there are several
daily Sunrise Prayer Meetings in operation among
tho churches here. We have not heard of any of the
members being affected yet.
Tlicrc Is Considerable Excitement here to
day, among ail classes, and both sexes, in antiepation
of the night session that is expected to come off
in the Senate to-night, on the Lecompton question.
Police Uniforms are to come into vogue here
this week.
t2TA scrap of political history is revived by a
writer in the Richmond Whig. In 1808, .Tames
Madison, the author of the celebrated Resolutions
and Report of 1798-’99, the text book of the Se
cessionists, was elected President of the United
States. On the 8th day of December of that year,
tho electors of Virginia, at the head of whom was
Spencer Roane, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court, and u leader of the State Rights party, met
in Richmond to cast the vote of the State. They
dined together at the old Swan Tavern, and, as
usual, drank toasts and made speeches. Among
the regular toasts prepared for the occasion and
drunk with approbation by the company was the
following: “The Union of the States: Tlie ma
jority must govern, if is treason to recede /”
Dr. Banting says that hot bread never di
gests. It tumbles about the stomach until it
be::ns to ferment, and is eventually passed
out, uniiigcstcil, as an unwelcome tenant.—
Think ot this, ye Sally Dun and hot-buttered
roll caters.' Hot bread is a first-rate dyspepsia
j producer.
The Southern Georgia Wntcluuan.
LOWNDES COUNTY.
Wc hare the first number of the Southern Geor
gia Watchman, recently removed from Tliomns-
ville to Troupville, by Col. De Lyon, its enterpri
sing Editor. It is an excellent paper, and we copy
from its leading article, the following very inter
esting statistics of Lowndes county:—
“Favored and generally fertile as is the entire re-
On J riday morning the trial of V llson Galloway K i on extending from the Chattahoochee to tho Oke-
lor assault with intent to murder on Andrew J. j fonokee, there is no division of it which in resources,
Smith was commenced, and concluded on Saturday £StStaTS “Embracing aTarea were bothqnito faultlesg
morning, at 4 o’clock, when the Jury brought in a I thirty-seven miles in length, by forty-four in width, '
verdict of Guilty. The State was represented by ‘ her < 5 « scarcely an acre on this broad surface una-
^ « .w r. .. . « , T - yt dp.pteU to i emuneraUve cultivation.
. K. PeGraffenreid, Solicitor General, I. L. liar- I Containing a larger proportion of first quality
ris, Clifford Anderson, Crocker & Crocker, and I hammock than either Thomas or Decatur, the exten-
T A h . C t;, IA riAfnndArl I tensive and level pine lands of Lowndes equal the
John A. Slunc. The prisoner uas ably defended I very best in tho State, demonstrating the eminent
by Thos. P. Stubbs and J. J. Lowry. | adaptability of the county to tho support of a numer-
Wc have obtained the following list of Lawyers ous population, and prefiguring her future promi-
2? , . „• nence among tho powerful and wealthy counties ot
attending the Court: \\ llliam Dougherty, limes Georgia. In addition to these substantial elements
Hall, Columbus, Samuel Hall, Oglethorpe, A. H. of prosperity, she possesses a generous soil adapted
T - tr_ . AiiiifwifrovJiio Wm S to overy description of culture. Blackseed cotton
Kenan, Iverson L. Harris, Milledgeville, U m. b. and cane f rice> maij!ei or . ts and wheat> lnaturo
Rockwell, Savannah, N. A. Carswell, Irwinton, J. I throughout the county in equal perfectioa, while ex-
. Lowry, Hawkinsville, George Jordan, Long- penment has proved that the finest fruit may be
a J a J i rv *1 rt £ grown everywhere. .Many of the farmers make
street, Clifford Anderson, Sximuel T. Bailey, Carle- I jheirown bacon, and they might easily miso horses
ton B. Cole, W. K. DeGraffenrcid, Rob’t. Lanier, and mules sufficient to supply ail the demands of the
O. A. Cochn.no, IV. T. M»c, U Kbb.,, W. SSS^U.’SSSgSSSS: 5K3&S
Poe, A. P. Powers, John Rutherford, A. M. Speer, j sheep, the time not being remote when hides aud
Thos. P. Stubbs, L. N. Whittle, Bibb. wool will constitute prominent^rticles of export.
ixr l * * t i r The magnificent forests of Lowndes—and during
c hear that Judge Lamar lias rc-introduced j our residence of fifteen years in this country of tho
the practice of the better days of tho Republic, and Southern border, we have seen nowhere anything
goes through with a criminal cause when once com- iToVe^an
menced. I Pond) teem with the choicest fish.
In the trial of Smith and Galloway, the Court The crowning glory of tho county, however, is a
~ “» «« l»« a VM, .„d Fri- rj'S’KrSp
dav nights. sultry in summer and milder during the winter
The return to March Court was very light, and montbs than w portion ofMiddloor Upper Georgia.
, ,. , , r , In 10oO, (eight years ago,) Lowndes county con
unless something be done to stir up Law, our friends ta i PC d 5,845 white inhabitants, and 2,484 slaves. Tho
of the legal profession will not pay expenses in real estate in the county at that peiiod was valued at
Twiggs I 8790,000, the personal estate at $1,390,276.”
On Saturday morning, Judge Lamar sentenced . CIji| . iqui Koutc to the Pacific.
Wilson Galloway to five years service in tlie Pcm- • %
tentiary. A motion for a new trial was made, but | Abotit tnulway. between tho 1 anama and
refused, and we understand the case goes to the Waugua Transtts is found the shor , healthy
_ _ and desirable, but as yet almost unknown
Supreme Court Chiriqm Transit. This route to the Pacific is
Tlie United Slates and Russia. I now traversed, saya the Wahington States, by
We have mauy times pointed to tho dostinv I a tnulc road irom sea to sea, \ery little talked
of tbe United States and Russia,and have fore'- about, it is more used by tbe native contra-
told the day when they will bo the two most bandists than foreign tourists, but of rare and
powerful nations in the world. The idea is romantic beauty* nevertheless, ibe negio
travelling; we noticctbat Lord Stanley, the traders irom Jamaica pronounco the name
new colonial minister under Lord Derby, said Cherry Key, and it is not lar from the couect
in ins speech to his constituents that “un- I Castilian sound of the word, and "ltd boat
. Washington, City, >
Tuesday, March 23d, 1858. y
Tlie National Convention of Artists, now
in session here, at the Smithsonian Institute, is not
very numerously attended, professionally, there be
ing only about twenty delegates in attendance from
a distance. However, they are treating the Wash
ington public to a series of interesting art icctures.
Mr. Brownlee Brown of New York, lectures to-day,
and the Rev. Dr. Bellows, this evening—and the
venerable Rembrandt Peale, by general request, is
to repeat his lecture on ” Washington and his Por
traits,” to-morrow evening.
It the Senate Session last night, both tlie gal
leries and the floor were packed with Metropolitan
beauty, interspersed with sach beaus as were fortu
nate enough to become inextricably ensconced, in
crinoline. Many ladies and gentlemen had to return
home, unable to gain admittance. It has been sug
gested that these attractive night sessions of the
Senate be held in the new Hall ot tha House of Ro
presentatives. But, of course, such an ligration would
be inconsistent with the dignity and gravity of any
legislative body, much more of the Senate of the
United States.
The Proceedings of tho Criminal Court here
are now suspended, waiting for tho confirmation of
a Marshall and an Attorney for the District.
An Italian named G. Gajani is now deliveringa
a coarse of Lectures here, under the anspices of the
Smithsonian Institute, on Roman Antiqaities, Ac.
Jliss Lizzie Petit, the accomplished Virginia
authoress, read “Much Ado About Nothing” here last
night, to a select and appreciative audience. Her
conception of tho text and her dramatic execution
The Georgetown College, founded in 1785,
and raised by Congress to the rank of a University
in 1815, now has, in all its departments, 311 students.
The Medical department was opened in may, 1851,
in this city, and has now from 35 to 40 members.
A Jlacimioth Pear from Oregon, weighing four
pounds, has been received’ per Adams’ Express, at
the Patent Office here, suggesting the horticultural
adaptation and progress of that occidental territory.
A Disappointed Office ricckcr,—A man hail
ing from the Bay State was sent to the work-house
here the other day, as a vagrant. He stated that he
liad been promised tho Mission to England, and that
he had been up to the White.House to aee the Presi but wTnTto wo"rklmmediateiy aed rc^;;
dent on thosubject, hut tae “thick headed door- lL _i_ _:_u. who
keeper would’nt let him in.”
Washington Citt, >
Wednesday, March 24th, 1858. j
Tltc President’, liecepliau last evening, was
Garden Sccds.-It inayn 0 tb 0gea(wll . -
to your Agricultural readers that any 0 f.] 1
have any particular kind, oreven *a‘a; sn .. emcn i
such seeds as are on hand in the Patent >
sent them by mail free, by addressin-i;,. n ; 1 : '
eioner of that Office.
A Considerable number of Students f~
University of Virginia are now ia the 1{« ?*
the exercises of that Institution being
pended on account of the prevalence of the™ 6 ”'.
Fever there. '
Tfac Potomac Fisheries, princip^- - ,
and Herring, are now getting into full oper .,i ‘ T
the Reason on the lower shores. 3 r
In a liccinrc on the Vatican* of Rom. ,
Smithsonian Institute the other dvenin- it " "
ted that duriDg all the civil transmutations
which Italy has passed since the mSS
her history, tha Vatican hiUhas ever bee n S" ' :
to religious uses, whether possessed h» i-,
Roman', Vandal or Christian. 7
A New Weekly Paper, to be cslled Hie g,. v
ington J2gis is about to be started here “
Tbe Editor of the “Slates” (uim is
hereto boa fighting man,) intimates to,Ur,!**
pondents of the New York Herald, one of»w£
says has insinuated that he seldom bis Jouradin •
Douglas party, for fifty thousand dolls™, the
bo “prudent in them not to make aay unjust in*.'-,
atious against the “states,” or its conductor in theh
tare.” eu
Scrions Epidemic at the University
OF VIRGINIA.
A letter, received in this city trom the I'm-
versity of Virginia, dated March I8fh, state
that a very serious and fatal epidemic,’some
what similar to typhoid fever,has been prevail-
ing fearfully at that institution for some weeks
past. Quite a number of the students havta;
ready died and many are stili sick. Great slim
prevails amongst tho3e remaining. A special
meeting of the Board of Visitors was ay
some days ago to consider the subject, anA if
possible, adopt measures to counteract ibe epi
demic. It was agreed to vacate rooms ia whits
the disease originated, but it soon appeared is,
other apartmeuts, there being three new csss
shortly afterwards. The students becomir,:
still more excited, presented a petition toils
Board requesting a suspension of the lectuw
which £*as not complied with.
For a week past they have been Ieaviagrap-
idly, some for their homes, others taking q
their abodes elsewhere, and out of 6JJ, wif
were in the University at the commencK. at,
there are only 300 left. Meetings sre Ma
nightly to consider the matter, and addition!
measures are being taken by remaining sit-
dents to procure a suspension of lectarea,wind,
if not granted soon, it is believed the institol*
may be finally deserted until healthfelnesii
again restored.
At last accounts the executive commifebi
called another meeting of the Board, anditw?
believed some definite action wouid he taka
in order to render satisfaction and safety f
those in the University.
Several students who had contracted thefsw
and left for other quarters, died before being
able to reach home. This is a seriens nun*
and should he carefully investigated.—[Slid-
more Patriot, 20th inst.
Importation of Free Negroes.
We are glad to learn from the New Orlem
papers that the Legislature has had the
sense to reject the bill which has been for k-i
time pending before the Legislature of tW
State, for the importation of twenty-five i=*
dred Africans to work on the cottonandsc:"
plantations. That such a proposition
ever be seriously entertained by a body or s
intelligent^.ica as the Legislature of iSt»2»
snppos 'djtSf be, is past our comprehend 1 ’
Had theI^Kuiecec Jed it would haveesa^
a curec upoirthe. State which years wosoi r*
haveenabled her to refcve herselffro®- "®“ |
the imported Africans are at best a trilimg
as apprentices they would be much more • I
and during their apprenticeship they '"y-'
have'been but very little service to thetramp r 1 .
ere. When their apprenticeship war oat :
would have been turned loose as free ne? ;
and being to lazy to work aud not too « a -
to steal, they would have been a conti •
source of annoyance*to the people, " e . ,
enough free negroes at the South airway^
we are getting heartily sick aud fireu o J
we already have, and are opposed to *nj
every scheme which is calculated to ®
the nuifibcr.—Columbus Sun.
Jtul.ge Loiin^ Bctnoval.
The address for the removal pf
ing, passed (the event has been a rL "'.m
ticed) the Massachusetts Senate,by* T \
to 14. It had already been pushed tor. ,
theHouse, and of course, withontgrea “
ty. The address required the Goffi!
alone has the power, to remove fbe J
Mr. Banks was doubtless very&i to^w
the invitation. Certainly, he had » . ,,
conseientiousseraples which trouble
of their sight the poor gentleman w '® ^
for so ‘long a time an eye-sore mt
the followers of Gartson and 1 uru _ j
L,ri„g i,
men consider the harbors at either end of this
route second to none in those seas. If their
| experience and opinions are worth anything,
this neglected pathway to tlie Pacific deserves
1 the careful and immediate attention of onr
Government. They computejthe distance at
j only seventy miles trom harbor to harbor, and
tiie depression or opening through the tnoun-
I tain range is so favorable that a good stage
less some unforeseen events take place, Ameri
ca and Russia will, one hundred years lienee,
perhaps even fifty vc.trs hence, be numerical -
J ly the most powerful empires on the globe.”
The moral that Lord Stanley draw* is that
France and England should remain united in
order to withstand these two growing Powers.
We sincerely hope the alliance may last fifty
or a hundred years ; but Lord Stanley him- I
self must admit that it don’t look like'it just road could be constructed and putin ruunir.g C oc
now.—[X. Y. Herald. | order in a single season, l bui
that business.
very numerously attended by the representative tal- reminded that the sun \°[ Ui 'jg 5 * 04 th so^
ent and beauty of the nation, and of foreign courts, sisting^tobe go\crne_ ^ f„ m nns Arif-
Tho levees of the old Bachelor Pretident and his
young maiden neice seem to be quite as popular ns
tlioto of preceding occupants of tho Whit® House.
Dr. IIcJIowm’ Erctsarc at tho Smithsonian In
stitute, last evening, was on the subject of Educa
tion. He advocated tho Universality of Education,
both in regard to time and locality. He did not be
lieve in an Education being exclusively ancient or
modern, European or American, Northern or South
ern, but liberal and universal, combining the expe
rience, progress, and improvement of all ages, and
all nations. In regard to tbe “Young American”
idea, that tho study of tho dead languages was use
less. ho said, that they being the channels through
which all ancient history, knowledge, and experi
ence came down to us, and tho roots from which
sprang the most of the modern languages, the study
of them was indispensable to the accomplished mo
dern scholnr.
The WuKliiugton Aqueduct*—It may not bo
uninteresting to your readers, particularly contrac-
laws of the country in the famoas ■
Bums rendition c ? se, rntbc^tb ^
tlie unlawful auct violent
mob.
A Graplfic Picture*
The following from one of tb , e
pers, furnishes a brief but tru ’f S ji. jjaria-
of the attack upon the city s
the brief pauses, everything" 3 * or soiin-'
in the city—no shouting, or «*«“** t0 i»
of confusions; not a human « on »ni, l,J '
seen either on the city side
it seemed as if the stem for®
Angel was crouching over thii ^
py city, awing his victims t [
shells were whirling through ‘
marked by the fizzing of their he Y si
ling like stars daring the«r w™ 510 ^ ,n •
last arrived at their deahnabon^^ ,
lash and nn explosion which old 1 ^ I
uutuivtwuuf, kV juut VWUltuo , * ItriflM 0* U *
tors among them, for us to limply state that on and i teiy and fearrally these » . ells r’ :
—ti.« * —:i .—a;i \r »i— t x*u ~e (jo tllClT WOik> SOIBC 01 l , vl s ^
even to Gough’s Fort, and
found there the following <‘3>*.
too, seemed to be hissing n, e
tion, and the eliptical shell - ol ’ .i ] ,, v ;
ships caused no little astonishment^,
red through the air with a ri0U ,p. e ’
after tlia 10;h of April, until r.oon of the 11th of May,
proposals will ho received for the completion, either
in whole or part, of tha Washington Acq'ieduet, ac
cording to plans and specifications to be kept on ex
hibition nt tho office of the work in this city. 1 !l °
work to be let comprises: The completion of the
dam across tho Potomac at tho great falls; building
of gate houses ; completion ofmasonry bridges and
waste wiers; building of distributing reservoir;
ompletion of conduit ; furnishing cast iron pipe ;
building of two iron pipe bridges; laying pipes from
The:
of an im nense humming tup- jinst •
one replete with awe, and re 1 j e
been the sufferings ot . tt)e E'. [ rU lerf-
made to answer for tke sins ol