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CASSVILLE, GEG.
THURSDAY MORNING,
JUNE 3, 1858.
Cwtonville.
In noticing this plnce in our issue of
May 20tb, we tnndVeiiinently foiled to
say anything of tbe Express, a neatly
executed and ably conducted weekly, of
that place, edited by 8. H. Smith, for
iner proprietor of this paper.
The oversight was not in'entional, as
our attention was first called to i; by an
article in tbe Express of last week. The
Express has more original matter than
the most of onr exchanges, and is al
ways a welcome visitor to our sanctum.
We know the county of Cass is well a-
gant weekly, will do well to send for
one, as specimen copies are sent bee of
charge by tbe publishers, Messrs. Dean
& Salter, No 335 Broadway, New York-
The subscription price is $2, and to
clubs of ten or more $1 50 per annum,
Each subscriber, besides getting the pa
per for a year, receives a present, which
is forwarded as-soon as his subscription
money is received. For further partic
ulars, see the Advertisement of tbe Gol
den Prize in another column.
NOTICE.
The Trustees of the Cherokee Baptist
College are requested to meet at the
College, on Friday 11th ins!., at 11 o’-(Smith'is receiving a liberal patronage,
Methodist Conference and Slavery.
I We copy from the Daily Christian Adro-
, , , . , i * . i ! cate of the 24tb inst., the action of the Gen-
b!e to support two papers, and .nstead , ^ CoBference on (he pw - IOOB d , y the
of working an injury to each otbei j General Rule of ihe Book of Discipline on
should beget a greater thirst of reading slavery.
among our people than ever before, and
make both offices more profitable than
when but one in tbe county.
We are glad to know that friend
-clock.
A full meeting is desired.
W. A. MERCER,
June 2d, 1858. Sec. B. of T.
I and is making his paper pay. The gem
j of wisdom from the immortal Franklin,
| “competition is the life of trade,” is tru-
j ly verified in our case. Many wiseacres
j thought that two papers could not sur-
Buraway Negro Returned.
Some two years since a citizen of our ,. rejn ^ ^ pre(Iicted an
-county had a negro man some 22 years j ^ ^ or |he olher Gur
of 8ge, to leave him for parts unknown,
since which time he has heard nothing
of him until a few weeks ago. On re
turning home, (having been absent a
•few days) imagine his surprise to find
his negro at home, fat and sleek. He
was offered a welcome reception and or
dered to the field, (without correction,
at the time) where his other hands were
at work. Going to the field some time
after, his master found him taking it
very leisurely under a shade, looking on
at the toils of his fellow bondsmen and
manifesting a disposition not to embark
in tho course of servitude any longer.—
: He was ordered to work, when he in
formed bis master that he did not re
turn to work for him, and would not
obey his commands, but uigeri that he
was a freeman; had been to Oliio. Indi
ana, tbe Canadas, &t\, and had oi l\
returned to purchase his freedom, and
wanted to know if one thousand dollars
would pay the damage ; whereupon his
insolence and defiauce to the commands
of his owner were curbed by the lash,
which was administered to him after a
•desperate struggle with tbe other ne
groes, who attempted to cateli and tie
’him, inflicting several wounds with a
knife on one of them. He is now in
jail at this place, where we saw him a
few days ago. He is a very intelligent
• mulatto, can read and write, and has
■been over a good deal cf the Noithern
:States and Canada; says that he will
not lemuin in bondage, but will get one
-thousand dollars, if they will let him
-out, so that he can go or send for it.
and pay for his freedom ; that he has
friends in Cincinnati who will advance
for him ; thinks he was a great fool in
• returning, and would not be caught it-
6uch a scrape again. We are free to
-confess that we are surprised, also, and
-can but believe that the devils in hu
man shape who have thus seduced him
away from his home and kind mastei
• to freedom, licentiousness and poverty,
■have an object in view in sending him
’•back. It may be as an emissary, to cor.
•nipt and seduce away other negroes in
• our midst, or instigate them to some
'liellisb woik of blood. A sharp lo-.k-
•out .should be kept by our authorities,
:and suspicious vagabonds from Ohio U
sproperlv dealt with if found in ou»
•midst.
experience has been exactly to the con
trary, and instead of a retrogade, our
paper is onward and upward.
We have no hesitancy in saying that
our books for the three months jnst end
mg. will show more business and foot
up a larger sum than has ever before
(>een realised in this office in the same
time.
Then success to the Express, and may
the experiment prove not only a profit
able investment, but a lasting good to
the Democratic party, and in all time
to come be a magic wand in the hand
of its Editor in bringing the sturdy yeo-
manrv of our rich rallies and mountain
fastnesses to do their whole duty in the
promotion of her principles at the ballot
box.
Again, in speaking of the number c f
schools in Cartersville, we should have
had it four, instead of two.
The Hew Mail Arrangement.
Several ofourbiother knights of the
quill in Upper Georgia are complaining
of the present mail schedule, and seem
anxious to know what the papers of Ma
rietta, Cassville, Calhoun and Ringgold
have to say about the matter. As far
as The Standard is concerned we think
the Superintendent lias done right—for
we are informed upon good authority
that the new arrangement is a saving to
the State of over one hundred dollars
per day. That being the case, the Su-
perintendont should receive praise in
stead of abuse. True, the mail from Au
gusta. Charleston, A<\, is now received
about nine h« nrs later than formerly,
but we can very easily put np with that
: nconvenience when we consider that by
ihe present schedule the State saves
some twenty-six hundred dollars per
month.
Cnt of the Utah Expedition.
The following is a list of all the contracts
and purefcases of supplies which have Urns
far bee* made in connection with the Uuh
expedition :
A M White * Go , 150 army wagons,
$141 each, Pittsburg; Beggs & Rowland.
5Q a rm; wagons, $141 each. Philadelphia';
Nell ft McAlwayoe, 50 army wagons, $140
each, Pittsburg; Philip Doan. 60 army
wagons, $135 each, Cincinnati; W. H. Tal
bott, 100 army wagons, $140 each, St. Loo
ts; R. B- Hartley & Co.. 100 sets of harness
far six-mole teaois, $49-20 per set, Pitts-
bmrg; J. W singleton ft Co., 1,500 caealry
Fort Leavenworth.
ghad for the Alabama River.
Many of onr readers are aware of tbe fact
that shad era not found in the waters that
empty into tbe Golf of Mexico, and all that
fod their way to the Chattahoochee and be
yond, are carried packed in ice. Why shad
are not round in the Golf, we ere unable to
say, and the question now is, will they live
if carried and put into the Gulf waters ?—
Mr. Gesoer, of our city, e gentleman who
has given tbe subject much study, and ekery
way qualified for the experiment. left here
on Wednesday last with about thirteen hun
dred young sba-1 taken from tbe Oconee riv
er, from an inch to two inches long. They
were put in a taDk holding about a thous-
horses, $15J • , and gallons of water, and will be supplied
On the 1st of March a contract was made
John Boll and Unde Sam.
To judge from the present signs of
the times, these two gentlemen will lie
at war before they know if. The Eng
lish commanders in the Gulf of Mexico
have been for the last three months o-
verliauling and searebirg American ves
sels, some twenty-five in number, under
the pretence of looking for “ woolly
heads”—supposing our vessels to be
slavers, and say that they have instruc-
rions from their Government to do so.
Uncle Sam has despatched special in
structions to the Home Squad ron, to
Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio.
The foul-mouthed, hypocritical and j „ to p tli«>»e piratical interferences, and
'black-hearted traitor, whose name heads • j lils 8 | go increased his force in those wa-
this article, was a few days since ousted | tors . aiM j jf J 0 lm Bull doesu’t back
from his seat in Congress, which lie s< -; down, we shall soon have the pleasure
■cured some 18 months ago hv fiaitdt:-j v f c h»6nk-ling a “brilliant naval engage-
lenlly and illegally having polled in his .
favor a large number of negro votes, ^.i /■
Vallardingham, his competitor, a Dein •
High Prices of Negroes.
I /
ocrat and liberal minded gentleman.y On Tuesday last, (sale day,) the ne-
contested his seat on the grounds that j groes la-longing to the estate of John
Campbell was not faiily elected by these j Russell, deceased, was sold to the high-
•negro votes. Congress so held if, and ! est bidder. One man about 20 years
vie find him thrown overboard, to seek 1 old, sold for $1,404. One 22 years old
what consolation he may from his mot- \ $1,300. Negro woman and twochildren
ley and fanatical consrit lien ts. j $1,450. Boy 6 years, over, $500. Girl
TLe great and eternal truth that ne-j 7 years old, over $800. Boy 12 years
groes are not and cannot. U-cdriie white j old $1000. Girl 13 years old 1,101.—
men, has been recognized by Congress, j The rest of the negroes sold for prices
and we hope will have » salutary effect; corresponding with the above. Terms
upon the miserable and deluded tlioii— 8 months with interest from date.
Tbe order of the dny bow earns wp: the
report of the committee appointed yesterday
to digest and arrange the chief merits of tbe
•eieril propositions that bad been submitted
to the Conference touching the General Rule
oa Slavery.
T O. Summers, chairman of that commit
tee, read tbe report, as follows:
Report of the Committee on expunging tbe
General Rul« forbidding tbe buying and
selling of men, women and children,, with
an intention to enslave them.
The committee appointed to report a pre
ambie and resolutions in regard to the ex-
punction of the rnle on the General Roles
forbidding ..the buying and selling of men
women and children, with an intention to
enslave them,’’ beg leave to report the fol
lowing as tbe result of their deliberations
Whereas, Tbe role on tbe General Rules
of the Methodist Episcopal Cbnrcb, South
forbidding ••the buying and selling of men
women and children, with an intention to
enslave them,” is ambiguous in its phrase
ology, and liable to be construed as antngo
nistic to tbe institution of slavery in regard
to which the church has no right to meddle,
except in enforcing the duties of masters and
servants, as set forth in tbe Holy Scriptures
—and whereas, a strong desire for Ihe ex-
punctioD of said rule has been expressed in
nearly all parts of onr ecclesiastical connec
tion ; therefore,
Resolved, By tbe delegates of tbe Anna
al Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
ehnrch, South, in General Conference assem
bled. that the rote forbidding »the buying
and selling of men, women and children,
with the intention to enslave them,” be ex
punged from tbe General Roles of the Me
thodist Episcopal church. South.
Resolved, That in adopting tbe foregoing
resolution this Conference expresses no opin
ion in regard to the African slave trade, to
which tbe rule in question haa been «.nn
derstood” to refer.
Resolved, That the Bishops or others pre
siding in tbe Annual Conferences, be and
are hereby instructed to lay tbe foregoing
resolutions before each of the Anuual Con
ferenees in their next ensuing sessions, for
their concurrent action.
Resolved, That tbe President of each An
nual Conference shall be required, as soon
as possible after the adjournment of tbe
Conference, to report to the Book Editor tbe
vote on tbe resolution to expunge tbe rale
in question ; and when tbe Book Editor shall
have received returns from tbe Annual Con
ference voting on tbe said resolution he shall
lay the information before one of tbe Bish
ops; and if it shall be found that there is a
concurrence of three-fourtbs of all the mem
bers of the Annual Conferences present, and
voting on tbe resolution in favor of the ex
punging of the rule, the Bishop shall direct
tbe Book RJitor to expunge it accordingly.
Resolved, That if any Annual Conference
or Conferences refuse or negleet to vote on
the aforesaid resolntion, tbe members of such
Conference or Conferences shall not be coun
ted for or against Ihe expunging of the rale.
Resolved, That the publication of tbe fore
going preamble and resolutions in the chnrch
papers shall be considered s sufficient noti
fication of tbe action of this Conference in
the premises
Resolved, That tbe Bishops are respectful
ly requested te set forth in the Pastoral Ad
dress tbs platform occupied by tbe Metbo
diet Episcopal Church, Sooth, on tbe rela
tion of masters and servants, agreeably to
tbe principles contained in the foregoing
preamble and resolution.
will). Ihe Pacific Railroad Company for the
exclusive transportation, by railroad and
steamboat, of all the troops and military
supplies, except such as may be transported
in government steamers from St. Lonis to
Fort Leavenworth, or each other point or
points on the Missouri river os may be se
lected for temporary depots. The company
is to be paid for the transportation of officers
and troops to Fort Leavenworth at the rate
of $I2'per each officer and $6 for each en
listed man, laundress, or officer's servant
A.contract was also made with Messrs.
Rnssell. Majors ft Waddell for the transpor
tation of all military supplies required in
Utah, or at the posts on the route te Utah,
at rates ranging fiom f4 to $1 35 per 100
lbs., according to time and distance.
The following contracts and purchases
have been made in tbe Subsistence Depart
ment :
On the 23d of February a contract was
nadewith R. L. Arniislead and John W.
R»id-for furnishing beet cattle, as follows:
At Fort Leavenworth, 250 head by the
25th of April, $6 per 100 pounds, nett
weight.
At Fort Kearney, 500 head by 20th May,
$7 per 100 pounds.
At Fort Ltrani’e, 750 head by lath June,
$8 per 100 pounds.
At Salt Lake City, 1,500 head by 15:li
August, at $10 50 per hundred pounds This
contract was made without public notice,
but has been recinded at the request of the
contractors, who cannot fulfil it at the' pri
ces named.
In March a contract was entered into by
Russell, Majors & Waddell tor furnishing
beef cattle, (oxen from the trains,) as fol
lows:
At Great Salt Lake City, or vicinity 3,-
50Q head, between 1st October, 1858 and
January, 1860, at$7 50 per hundred pounds
This contract was made without public no
tee.
Purchase of Commissary'\ Stores made
al St. Louts. Mo —5.478 bushels white na
vy beans, $! 85 per bushel; 1 200 bushels
fine 8s It, at 40 cents per bushel; sperm can
dles, no quantity named, 24 cents per pound:
extra No 1 soap, no quantity named, at 5
1-2 cents per pound; 34.000 gallons clarified
eider vinegar, at 4 3 4 cents per gallon ;—
525,000 pounds refined white sugar, at 91-2
cents per pound ; 84,000 pounds of r : ce, at
4 3 4 cents per pound ; 1.088 000 pounds
baton sides, at 10 cents per pound; 10.000
s<cks, 100 pounds each, extra fl»ur, at 83.-
25 per sack.
Tbe following supplies have been ordered
to be purchased at New York :
41.000 rations ..mixed vegetables.” to be
sent to Fort Leavenworth, for tbe troops on
the march to Utah ; 35,000 rations ..mixed
vegetables” and 6,000 rations ..desicated
potatoes” to be sent to Fort Kearny, for
troops on march to Utah; 44.000 rations
mixed vegetables’' and 18,000 rations >.de-
siea'ed potatoes” to be sent to Fort Laramie,
for troops on march to Utah. The mixed
and desicated vegetab'es will cost about
one cent per ration — Stales
itb fresh water as needed from the rail
road tanks on the route.
Since the above was pnt in type, Mr. Ges.
ner bas returned borne, and has fur
nished ns with the following interesting
facts relative to his expetiments: Mr. G.
asceitained that the mean temperature of
the Oconee river was sixty eight degrees
Farenbeit, and that it was necessary that
the water in the tank should be the same
temperature for the well-being of tlie fish.
Upon his arrival at Gordon, lie found Irorn
ihe heated entrapped air, caught from the
motion of the cars, and also the exposure of
the tank to the air and sun, that the water
grew warmer, and that the thermometer
rose to seventy-eight degrees, being ten de
grees higher than the water from which
they were originally taken. This tempera
ture caused the fish to grow sickly aud rise
to the surface; to counteract which, it be
came necessary to use ic-e to reduce the wa
ter to its proper temperature, which was
found to succeed admirably and to restore
the fish to their wonted vitality. Some seven
or eight hundred pounds of ice was thus
used before Mr G. arrived at Montgomery,
Ala.
We also learned anothet interesting fact,
which was. that the Gulf stream which rises
in the southern portion of the Gulf of Mexi
co, is of a mean temperatnre from eighty to
ninety degrees, which temperatnre is suffi
cient to kill any shad, as Mr. G. tried the
experiment and killed several of his. We
think we can now account for the fact why
the true white shad is not found in the Gulf
of Mexico, and hence in tbe waters that
empty into it; fur it is known that the Gulf
Stream flows between the Capes of Florida
and Cuba. However, as the waters of the
Gulf bordering upon tbe States receive the
waters of a large number of rivers rising in
the western slopes of onr mountainous re
gions, also the waters of the great Mississ
ippi, the water in tbe northern part of the
Gulf is doubtless influenced by the waters
of those rivers, and that the shad put into
the Alabama will live and propagate. The
experiment is nevertheless interesting, and
a full report of it ty Mr. G.—of several
failures and tbe present success—will be
found in tbe Cotton Planter and Soil of
the South, published at Montgomery, Ala
bama — Southern Recorder. May 25
command of tbe Arctic, and her outfit will
be poshed forward with deepateh. On Mon
day three gnu were mounted upon her;—
two thirty-two ponaders, and the other an
eighteen ponnder swivel She m provision
ed for three months, and earriea a crew of
forty men, including a guard of marine* —*
Her outfit will be completed and she will,
sail probably to-day
Latest Outrage of a British Cruiser—
Further Particulars.
It was stated yesterday that tbe ship Clar
endon, Captain Bartlett, of New York, had
boarded in the harbor of Sagna la Grande
by an officer from tbe British steamer Box
zard, when an altercation occurred between
him and tbe captain of theClarenden, which
at one time threatened serious conseqnences
to tbe former. Tbe account ie furnished by
Captain Nicholls, of the bark John Howe,
who obtained it from Captain Bartlett, and
is in substance as follows:
The steamer ran in ns near as was deemed
prudent, and then fired several guns, (blank
sliots.) which Captain Bartlett understood,
of course, to be a request for him to show
his colors. He paid no attention, however
to the demand
A Lady Debtor.
The piquant Paris Correspondent of tl*.
Boston Traveller tells a good story in bis
last letter about a fair lender of fashion in
that gay metropolis who has failed !—.not
owing ronntoa makers, and milliners, and
gaiter-bootmakers, but indebted in the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars ! IVjr » 0 .
man ! How she most have suffered t»f 0!e
she told this ts her lmsbnnd; for debt i 8 a
In a shorl time, be saw two j gou].crushing secret. Wbat a pity that
boats lowered away, and manned each by ; Warden Thornley could not introduce such
fifteen men, with any quantity of small j a punishment into bis penitentiary house as
arms, when he (Captain B ) took his ensign j this woman suffered before she confessed
and laid it on the cabin table. Soon after j how far she had gone astray! If lie could
sinew,” with s promise to be home at nine.
Half past nine, Mrs. P. uneasy ; ten pogj!
lively enraged, and rehearses to herself » B
address for Psppergrass’a especial edification,
filled with cutting reproaches; eleven vag n «
uneasiness, accompanied by an indefinite
fear that ••something most have happened -
half-past eleven, nervous apprehension-
tsars take the place of withering glances;
twelve o’clock, unendurable suspense, ifehe
only knew tbe worst; one o'clock, is com.
pletely worked op, has the •■conniption ”
and is about going off the handle, when Pep.
pergrass arrives; throws herself into his
arms, overjoyed to see him, as she •• was Sfl
afraid some accident must have happened t«
him.”
Action on the Slavery Question—Un
animity of the Conference- Bishop
Pierce’s Speech.
The General Conference has passed, with
remarkable unanimity,the substitute for the j ~ BaUimore Sun May 28
Alabaira resolutions, thus wiping out from
the boats arrived alongside, and tbe com
mander of the steamer in person came on
board when Captain B. received him polite
ly, but protested against the proceedings,
nnd would not allow any of the men to come
on board, threatering to shoot the first that
attempted it. Captain R and tbe British
commander then proceeded to the cabin,
when be (the commander of tbe steamer,)
commanded him to hoist his ensign. He re
plied, .-There it lies upon tlie table, and if
your commission is worth enough, hoist it
yourself.”
Tbe British officer, pistol in hand, com
menced pacing ihe cabin, saying that he
would seize the vessel and take her to the
port of New York, to which Capt B. replied
that was exactly what lie wanted him to do ;
when, whether by intent or accident, Capt
B was struck on the breast by Ihe band
which held the pistol. Capt B. then pre
sented his pistol and said: -.Sir, keep your
hands off me, or I will shoot yon.” The of
ficer replied : «.I did not lay my hands on
yon,” when Uapt. B rejoined—••Yon did.
sir. ’ Tbe officer inquired if tbe sugar on
bourd bc-longed to Capt B., when be replied:
I never owned a hogshead of sugar in my
life.” The same question was asked in re
gard to the launches, (boats for conveying
the sugar from tbe shore on board.) and the
same reply given. Tlie officer, completely
cowed, proceeded on deck, and, after reach
ing tbe deck, in a perfect rage bellowed
forth ..Lower away the gangway ladder,”
when Capt. B. quietly said—.-Sir, did you
order that ladder to be lowered, or did you
request it to be lowered ?” when the officer
said : ..Will you please have it lowered
Capt. B then gave orders for it to he done,
and the Britisher departed without having
accomplished his purpose.
Capt Nicholls, whose vessel was also
boarded nnd searched, is of opinion that the
British officer was intoxicated at the time —
Tbe following table shows the vote on the
above resolutions:
Conference. Concurring. Not Concurring.
Holston,
78
4
Texas,
72
0
Virginia,
116
0
Florida,
69
0
Missouri,
1
47
South Carolina,
94
0
Memphis,
64
12
Mississippi,
79
7
Lonisville,
14
15
Georgia.
135
0
Kentucky,
18
43
St. Louis,
17
42
Louisiana,
48
0
Tennessee,
15
87
W. Virginia,
22
12
Alabama,
115
0
East Texas,
53
0
Arkansas.
17
15
Wacbita*
28
6
sands who swarm 'in every Not (hern
State, and would pull d->wn this ihe
•fairest fabric of human greatness to es
tablish a lie, and secure what can never
ibe recognized by the South cr an intel
ligent North—viz : the equality of ne
groes with white men.
This sale does not’ look like the citi
zens of our county were much afraid of
the inroads of northern fanaticism^,
A Fine Story.
Those of ocr readers who lore to
j read a Number One-Love Story will l e
pleased with the one to be found on the
A Paper all the way from China. ,, t ^ lhis week V paper, entitled,
Through the politeness of Mr. G. S.|„ Canght njs 0wn Xrap .«
Barnsley, near Kingston, Ga., we have!
received the “Chinn Mail,” a newspa
per published at Ilong Kong, China,
bearing date of 11th March, 1858. It
is printed in the English language, and
». a very neat paper. Terms—Fifteen
Dollars per annum! . There k but little
news in thk number of tbe Mail.
These of oar citizens wbo. whish to
**-* peper all the way from Hong
f£oog can do so by calling at this office.
' Latest accounts fiom Uub represent
tbe Mormons ns becoming leas obstrep
erous.
The Proprietors of the N. York
I'luatrated Golden Prize announce that
in their Use of May 22d will appear
the first chapters of a historical tale of
the south-west, entitled—Sarah De
Vaughan, n true story of the times of
Aaron Burr, by Mias Ell* Sputhwotth.
They abo announce, to appear ia their
ieaue of May 29th, the first chapters of
another new tale, entitled Nobody's
Child—by . the well-known anther, par tba§fte never oreads
Chasten UufdetL Any of onr randan fiwi ii'a time, tar
who hare not seen a copy of this ele- bents "•
Pacific—no action.
KanSaa Mission—no action. "
Indian Mission—no action.
Whole number of votes concurring. 1160 ;
being 60 votes over tbe constitutional ma
jority*
How IttoiviDOai. Mew abe Bolted ahd
Screwed to the Commitimtt —When
your own child comes ia front of the street,
and has learned to swear from the bad boys
congregated there, it is n very different
thing to yon. from vhot it was when yon
heard the profanity of those beys ss yon
passed them. Now it takes beM of yoa, and
makes yon feel that yon am n stockholder
ia tbe public morality. Children make men
better citizens Of wbat nee would an ea-
eogiae be to a sbip if it were lying loose in
the hull! It meat be faetened to it with
belts and serews. before it can propel the
New, a childless man is jnst liks a
A man mast be ballad to. the
community before he earn begin in work tor
screws aud bolts as children
There ip a local editor out Wast an
; nut his
Liberia a Swindle.
The Farmville (Ya.l Journal actices the
return Irom Liberia of two slave* wbo were
emancipated by tbe late Jobn Watson, r.l
Prince Edwrrd county. Tbe sum of lonr
thousand dollars was left by Mr Watson to
carry six of bis slaves to that ..Republic *'
They give a very discouraging account of
the trip ont and their treatment alter they
arrived. The Journal says :
••Before leaving the ship, the agent of the
Colonization Society induced the emigrants
to purchase quantities of cheap calico, brass
jewelry, &c . assuring them that they wonid
need such articles in their new home, bat
on their arriral they found they had been
deceived and defrauded out of their money
Tbe provisions carried out for their support
for the first six months, were sold daily be.
fore their eyes, and they ware compelled to
buy provisions every day. often of rery in.
ferior quality, and insufficient in quantity.
The agent employed by the society would
self to the bakers, and the bakers to the
emigrants--their own provisions—at exor
bitant prices, the a^ent receiving part of the
profits
On tbeir arrival they only received a half
acre of land, instead of the five acres prom
isefi They found provisions at exo: bit ant
prices, and a good deal of bad treatment be
sides. from the authorities. They allege that
the President of the Colony, if not engaged
in tbe stare trade, connives at it. Tbey
bave returned to slavery, believing ..That
freedom to the negro in Africa is the great
est corse that couid possibly bsfatl him;—
and that had tbe Liberians the means of
getting away, seven-eighths of them would
gladly return to Ihe United States, and
serve the hardest masters to be found in the
Sooth, feeling that the condition of the slave
here is far preferable to that of tbe most
favored of the inhabitants of Liberia.”
From Washington.
Washiwgtom, May 28 —la tbe Seaate
to day the committee on foreign relations
jUade a strong report, accompanied with re
solutions, against the recent outrages com.
milted by Engliah war veseels is the Golf
The committee folly endorse the Executive
measure* which have been tf ken to stop
4a tho {loose the postal, army and ocean
mail appropriations were passed.
AW The Rom* Southerner saya that tbe
Ben ft R Wright haa racneeded in get
ting tbs committee on poet offices to report
in flavor of an appropriation of five thousand
anch l-dollsT* to ereat a peat offie* building ia
Barns x Outs acxs —^TwrntyAre Amer-
tknn on*. Jean prk are knows to,hare base auWjae-
tadt-dbHbs peat far or atg rucks,-ti sfilsek
cr visitation by tbeffirniab rmiasra-
the bo»k of Discipline all reference to the
subject of buying and selling slaves. Ac
cording to the Constitotional law of he
church, three-fourths of tbe annual Confer
ences must concur in this aetion, bnt there
cannot be a question as to the result. Tbe
rote stood — Ayes 140, noes 8—absent 3.
After the vote Bishop Pierce made a few
remarks of a most impressive character. He
said:
Mr. President, I desire to make a remark,
calculated, perhaps, te allay the feeling of
the body ia relstior ts the action jnst had
The design of the Alabama conference in
originating that resolntion, and of the Au
nnal Conferences wbieh hare supported it,
is misapprehended by some. The whole
philosophy of the proceeding seems to be
fonnded on tlie fact that it is not in the
province of tbe Ctinreh to decide any ques
lion with reference to African slavery The
Sooth Chnrch maintains that siarety is not
a subject of ecclesiastical legislation. The
single object wis, that while we declaimed
the right of legislation upon that subject,
we wished to-vnnke the Discipline conform
to that profession. The Conference, by its
action this morning, has not parted with its
authority, or the authority of the Chnrch,
over its members, in at.y respect. Every
member of the Church claims to be a loyal
citixen. We declare here that African sla
very is a purely civil institution ; and there
is no reason lor alarm about losing church
control If we turn to the 23d Article of
Religion, we shall find there that the Church
retains its proper authority over its mom
berg with reference to the subject. We
therefore, by this act. simply maintain our
orig : nal Kjsition—that of having nothing
to do with the subject of slavery more than
any other civil matter over which the laws
of the country are extended. 1 beg tbe
bretliern therefore to be easy There is no
thing here to warrant any construction look,
ing towards a repeal of the laws of tbe Uni.
ted States in regard to the African slave
trade. There is no occasion tor sensitive
ness, nor for any legislation on the subject
anywhere c se. No harm has been done to
anybody to day We have only set ourselves
right on a vexed question ; and we may safe,
ly defy all the efforts of our enemies. North
and South, to damage the Church for taking
a eiear position upon this subject
Virginia Democrat.
The Gunboat System.
The Philadelphia Ledger, in referring to
tbe demand for a fleet of fifty screw gun
boats, says:
,. The cost of building them will be seven
and a half millions of dollars, as is estima
ted, and they wonid be of infinitely more
service than the eight sleam-frigates which
cost over a million each The fifty gun boats
would each be commanded by a lieutenant
or passed midshipman —by the yoong, gal
lant, zealous, and active ufficers of our na
vy, who are now left to rot in idleness.
«• If we had such a fleet of gun boats,
there would arise no question between us
and England as to the enforcement of our
laws and treaty stipnlstions concerning tbe
suppression of the slave trade. We would
ourselves capture every American Slarer,
or slaver using the American flag, in the
ports or on the coast of Cuba.”
The New York Journal of Commerce says :
•• What the United States most of all
needs now, is a fleet of steam gun boats,
with which to occupy and command the
Golf of Mexico, the Caribbean sea, and
both coasts of the two Americas
.. We have no more occasion for large
steam-frigates to be parading at or in the
ports of Europe, than we have for armies of
half a million, like Prussia, Austria, and
France.
»* Again, if, instead of onr useless and ex
pensive monster frigates we bad a number
of steam gun-vessels, of great speed and
light draught, we wonid be able ourselves
to whip onr own pirates, or thoee wbo abuse
onr flag by making it a cover for piracy.
doom his hardened criminals to that egres
sion of the heart, that fever of the l.rain,
burdened with a secret which must be dis
closed, and whose punishment she could not
foresee, pressing day after dny, receiving
night after night the caresses of these lips
soon to utter such angry words and such bit
ter reproaches—the fatai secret quivering
on this tongue, and still postponed for ihe
day's idle prattle. Look yon! The ancients
pierced Promentheus' character badly; they
should have given him no ravenous vulture,
bnt an upbraiding conscience, would they
have condemned him to the 9upremest tor
ture in the arsenal of punishment.
A PABISIENtVE CONFESSING HER DEBTS.
•* Madame de was at the fancy ball
given by M Walewski, nnd all the newspa
pers rang with her praises, she s-.ts so gay,
so careless, so full of repartee, nnd so much
en train. So the world judges, ever taking
the mask for the heart! She did Dot go to
that ball for pleasure—she went there on
business. •> I hare set myself open a dice.”
She went there determined to single out the
Emperor from among all tbe masks, to con
fide to him her desperate condition, to crave
his aid ! Judge from this resolve how high
the fever raged which consumed her brain!
She saw a mask, knew it w:,s the e: peror,
coq'iettishly enticed him in a corner, and
told him the story ot her wretchedness, with
out omitting a single pang The mask
heard her story, and treating it as a farce
of masquerade, gaily referred to the Ara
bian Tales, ns even M. de Rothschild him
self could not afford her relief. She almost
forgot herself so far as to scream with ngi>.
“7
Lively Times at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard—Naval Preparation! for the
British Cruisers.
Onr worthy President, James Buchanan,
the Jackson of the era. (Says the N. Y. Day
Bock,) has promptly given his fos and the
enemy of the Union a positive declaration of
his iutention to ooiapel the British Govern
ment to make full and fair reparation for
tbe outrageous insult given the flag of the
fra* and brave His orders have h4gn receiv.
ed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, through tbe
Navy Department at Washington, to fit out
lha United States propeller Arctic, tne Uni.
ted States frigate Sabine, and the United
8utee raise Savannah, as xpeedrly as potai-
bis, for the purpose of reinforcing tbs horns
squadron. Commander Hartatein having
volunteered to go to tbs Gulf of Mexico and
protect, at all haxards. the American com
merce from the aggressions of British crair-
cfn, has vary property been appointed ts tfc*
Orders to the Home Squadron. — The
Washington (May 17) correspondent of the
New Yovk Herald says that,on receipt of the
news of British outrages on our vessels, or
a were sent to Norfolk to detain tbe U- S.
steam frigate Colorado, but she bad sailed
The various collectors of oustoms have been
ordered to report fo- tbwitb all oases which
may come to their knowledge, of any search
es made by British cruisers of American res.
sels. The President, it is said will use
promptly and efficiently the authority be
possesses to vindicate the national honor —
The New York Herald calls, and the whole
country will second it, for th6 immediate
passage of a joint resolution by both Houses,
authorizing tbe President to send out at
once the Home Squadron, with orders to cap
ture and bring into tbe port of Washington,
District of Columbia, as prise of war, her
British Majesty's steamer Styx, and any
and every other of her British Majesty's
steamers that may hare fired into or boarded
and searched any American vessel at sea
or in any port; and call upon Mr. Buchan
an, tbe moment Congress shall have passed
these joint resolutions, to send ont th* Home
8quadron, tinder the command of the rough
est tad readiest Commodore in tbe Navy,
with instructions to carry ont these resolo,
tiona sf Congress, or to sink in th* attempt.
Richmond Dispatch.
Hum to Married Men.—Peppergraas
says that if be stays oat late at night, and
wishes to avoid scolding or a certain lecture
from Mrs, P., be generally waits ont ts th*
••we ssm* hour* eyont the twall," when th*
anger of his better half subsides into feus
of his person*! sqfety. Hs goes sat «oa bn*
.. Tbe voice of the masker showed her
'twns not the emperor ! It was ll.cn iro late
to see tbe Emperor, and she res lived to tell
her husband The first burst of tbe conju
gal storm was of tropical violence But, *
the husband loved his wife with ardent af
fection. and pitied her for the.long nights of
angu sh she lay tossing in fever while lie
slept in her bosetn. he somewhat rclent-d,
and is now paying her debts. I dare say,
when he be has liquidated them all. he will
rec-il) her from the convent whither she h»s
retire]. It seems that, in her lore ((••_ .-I or,
she became sixteeD thousand dollars in debt
to the dry goods shops. Ihe jewelers, and
theinanlua-m.-ikers- that she b-enme alarm
ed at this sura, and embarked in siock gamb
ling to save herself. Loss followed loss, un
til she fonnd herself owing $120,000.'’
A Novel Enterprise.
We notice a telegraphic dispatch in ihe
Montgomery Advertiser, of the 20ih nit., in
wbieh it is stated that Mr Gesoer. of Mil-
tedgeville. had jnst passed through Macon
with fourteen hundred young Shad, and
wonid reach .Montgomery on tlie 20th.
The Atlanta Intelligencer thus notices
Mr. Gesner s arrival ia that city. :
.. A rare and novel cargo of freight ar
rived here oa Wednesday last, t>; the Macon
& Western Railroad, rn route for the Ala
bama river. It consisted of a large wooden
tank, holding one or two thousand gallons
of water, located in an open ear, in which
was placed some six or seven thousand yoong
shad fish The large family were alive, and
seemed lo be doing well We understand
they were taken in branches n- nr the Oc
mulgee and Oconee river*, ia the vimaity of
Macon and Miliedgeville, and belong to a
company of gentlemen in Alabama, who de
sign patting them in the Alabama river,
and other streams in that State, where na
ture seems to have omitted to place the si-
mon pore white shad.
The cargo that passed here, are rery di
minutive specimens of the ebsd tribe, rang
ing from aboot a quarter of an <nch, np to
three inches in length—tbe larger ones be
ing thin, and so transparent, that one could
easily see through them.
We learned from tbe man in charge, that
tbe company has a pond, thioogh which a
fresh water stream passes, somewhere in the
neighborhood of Montgomery, in which tbe
little fish are to be kept until largo enough
to take care of themselves. Or, rather, un
til they are old enough to have some idea of
instinctive law of self-preservation, other*
wise they would probably all be destroyed
by tbe large fish in the rivers.
This ie an interesting experiment, and wt
hope it may prove entirely snooeesful.
Bichard Boe Fwud fit JffiA*
While sitting in Ihe KSJ
rien county last week, we weri very'n>. -
surprised to bear the worthy Sheriff call
lustily from the front door, <• Richard Roe!
Richard Roe! Richard Roe!” Immediately
a smile wee seen upon the countenance of
the attorneys present, that plainly told they
thought some waggish lawyer had been play
ing off a hoax on th* accommodating Sheriff.
Tbs attorneys, however, were green them
selves this time, for it turned ont to be that
there was * bona fide citisen ot Berrien
bearing tbe familiar name of Richard Roe.
In the present instance, however, be was
called as a witness, and not as a party to a
suit. Whether the Berrien Richard is in
say wsy related to the famous Richard that
has his name conspicuous on tbs coart re
cords of every county is tbs State, w* did
not learn. If hi* disposition if **7 "J*