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gy Hon. A. R. Wright will plerire ac-
i ccpt our thanks for recent favors.
jy Small Pot has made Its appear
ance in Clay and Early Counties in this
; States.
. OASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAYMOMIJTG,
APRIL 28, 1859.
Concert
Prof Guru and the Young Ladies of
Csissville Female College, will give a Con
cert in the College Chapel, on Thursday
night 58th of ApriL The proceeds to be
applied for increasing the Library of the
Mnemosynean Society. Admittance 50
cents. Tickets may be had at the Post! j^-j
Office.
jy The Washington Union newspa
per has passed into the hands of Mr. G.
i tV. Bowman, and will hereafter be called
The Constitution.
John Campbell, of Philadelphia,
has been sentenced to three years impris
onment in the Penitentiary, for robbing a
man of 9 cents.
5?" A young man by the name of
Martin, of Habersham county, has been
| sent to the .Penitentiary for thrte years
for stealing a pair of shoes.
£y Much young cotton, for miles
around Columbus,' has been killed by
frost. Farmers find it difficult to get seed
for replanting. Com was not injured.
Z-iT~ Mr. M. W. Riden, a native of this
State, is at Memphis, in a state of insani
ty'. He taught school in this place in
Attention, Democrats.
The Democrats of Cass—all of them —
are requested to meet at Cassvillc on the
1st Tuesday in May next, to appoint dele
gates to represent this county in the Con
gressional Convention which is to meet at j |>e I ^. noi ii nlrte a.
Calhoun on Wednesday, the 8th of June j
next; and also to appoint delegates to the j
Gubernatorial Convention to meet in Mil-!
ledgerillc on Wednesday' loth of June. !
Let there be a full turn-out.
MANY DEMOCRATS.
jy The Convention to nominate a
candidate to represent the 4th Congres
sional District in the next Congress of the
United States will be held in Newnan on
the 1st Tuesday in June next Col. Gar-
Xxpeaditarw af Urn
fictmiflpreifv
The idea is widely prevalent says the
Washington States—we entertained it our
selves—that the expenditures of the fed
eral government are increasing every year
to an alarming rate, and that they now
amount to nearly a hundred million of dol
lars per annum. The fact is far different
as we have ascertained on investigation,
and are prepared to prove. The expen
ditures of the government foil an immense
margin short of a hundred million, and
are rapidly decreasing, instead of increas
ing each year.
We shall make a statement of the facts
of the subject which will be very brief
and perfectly conclusive.
The payments of the treasury during
the fiscal year 1857-8, were larger than
during any preceding year of peace. These
pavments were ordered and appropriated
for by the Thirty-Fourth Congress, at the
session of 1856-7; the popular branch of
which was controlled by the Opposition,
and was presided over by a Blade Repub
lican Speaker.
The total payments out of the treasury
during the fiscal year 1857-8 (Report on
Finance for 1857-8, p. 30,) were $81,585,
667,76 ; of which 'aggregate the sura of
$9,684,536 97 was paid in redemption of
the public debt—leaving as paid on ac
count of expenditures, $71,901,129 79.—
This sum, however, does not represent the
expenditures of the year alone, _ but em
braces sundry items of deficiencies which
were appropriated by the Congress of
1857-8 to discharge debts incurred in
. preceding years. One of these items were
trell, the present member, will doubtless f 0J . defidwicies in printing of $341,189;—
' ' ’ 1 another was for deficiencies in the army
‘ for the year, in estimating its expenditure.
The reply to this, however, is that there
will be a like balance of appropriations re
maining unexpended on the 1st of July,
1889, of the appropriations for the years
1858-9, which, on the same principle,
ought to he deducted; and that it is,
therefore, safe to take account of either,—
and to let the one offset toe other.
We come now to the expenditures for
the year 1859-'GO, which will commence
on the 1st of July, next. These are ap
proximately indicated by the appropria
tions which have been made for the ser
vice of that year, augmented, as they will
be by such appropriations as the next
Congress will make for toe postal service,
the bill for which failed at the last ses
sion. An official statement of the appro
priations of the last session has just been
made by the clerk of the House Commit
tee of Ways and Means, as follows;
aftbotriatioxs 2d sbssios 35th congress.
Support Military Academy $179,588 00
Providing for liiriitning streets
across toe Mafl- 4,400 00
Expenses of. investigating commit-
tics House of Representatives 10,000 00
Regular Indian 1,797,868 40
Consular and diplomatic 1,047.745 00
Naval 10,687,163 55
To carry out treaty stipulations
with certain Indian tribes, snd
for other purposes 962,395 82
Legislature, ex utive ind judicial 6,940,986 63
Light-house 331,507 00
Sundry civil 9,169,002 27
Army, fortifications, arsenals,
roads and other public works 15,289,845 76
Expenses investigating commit
tees House of Representatives 10,000 00
Pension 852,900 00
lnjflfHsn Mmtisgis fallwy. On nxrtioo, the Report of the Committee!
Pursuant to previous call, the ritirens of j wxsrereW*? »nd unanimously adojdcd.—; ^ r „_
Spalding countv, without distinction of! farther ownma^toe meeting adjourn-. medical institutions of the country show
pSrtyTmet in the Court House, in Griffin, ] ed. Jnnx nnmfi ^ ‘ ‘ ’’ ““
Horrible.
The official reports of the various
on Tuesday, April 5th, 1859.
On motion, John Dobbs, Esq., was call
ed to the Chair, and John D. Stewart re
quested to act as Secretary.
On motion, a committee of five was ap
pointed by the Chair to prepare matter for
JOHN DOBBS, Chairman.
Jons D. Stewart, Secretary.
iBfoSUmjInittMHtiataML
j that at their late sessions 878 young gen-
| tletncn were graduated.
Just think, how many pills will have to
be swallowed by our unfortunate fellow-
We perceive by the Bonham. (Fatmin : citizens, to affiwd business for these
countv, Texas,) Independent, that a pub- youngster*. We speak deferentially, when
«• a2— - ■ - — filar I.—U *9 — . . a 9 ' i$ ■ «4 ore Aatw AftiniAn tVvn4 4,,„
lie meeting was recently held there to take , we declare it it our opinion that too many
the action of the meeting. The committee ,' n to consideration certain developments ! young men are nowa-days diplotomizeti,
appointed consisted of A. G. Murray, J. , that have lately come to light in that sec- j either for the good of the public or the\
H. Starr, George Pro thro, Wn. Griffin tion, with reference to Abolition ism. It — *— : — tt " 1
" ' appears that there is a society of the
“ Methodist Episcopal Church North” in
| that section and that the upholder* and
members of it are inimical to slaveiy, and
Election for Judges of Inferior Court.
Wc give place this week to a com
munication, suggesting the name of Mr.
K. V. Johnson, of Kingston, as a suitable
candidate for Judge of the Inferior
.Court at the election to be held on the 7th
of May next. It is a difficult matter to ■
Sam Iloustou is a candidate for
| Governor of Texas. He runs as the inde
pendent or anti-Convcntion candidate, in
j opposition to Gov. Runnels, the nominee,
j It is thought that the “ dead monarch’s”
| chances for election are pretty fair, as
j Gov. Runnels and the Convention system
are not very popular in that State.
[communicated.]
Messiis. Editors : The voters of the
1 Gth District of Cass county present the
name of E. Y. Johnson, Esq., as a suita- j ernm ent f or that rear, but which helped
service, incurred during several preceding
years, amounting to $1,220,000, which
constituted an item in the deficiency bill
of 1857-8, generally known as the Utah
deficiency bill. A Urge portion of the ex
penditure of the Utah expedition was paid
during the year; to wit: about $3,855,-
259, which was an extraordinary and not
a regular expenditure.
Then there was the stipened paid to
Denmark for her release of the Sound
dues, amounting to $408,731. All these
and other simitar items make an aggregate
of seven or eight millions of dollars paid
in the year 1857-8, not properly charge
able to the ordinary expenditures of gov-
find men of the proper standard who will j 1))e can{ iidat C for Judge of the Inferior j to swell the actual payments out of the
have this office, but we are authorized to j Court at , he e | ect j on to be held on the 7th I treasury during the year to the sum of
say that Mr. Johnson will serve, if elect-1 ( ,f y[ a y nc *t_ KINGSTON. 1<U * “ ” “ *“ * ”* "**
cd. He is a gentleman of excellent busi- J
ness qualifications, has a clear head, is full | Democracy,
of public spirit, lias great energy of char- j ; Ve llavc refrained from taking part in
acter, and last, though not least, is a -ter- the discussion that has been going on in
ling Democrat; and should he be elected | the Press, upon the question, whether
wo feel satisfied he will make an accepta
ble officer.
Odd Fellows’ Celebration.
A portion of the members of Valley
$71,901,129, as wc have already stated.
: This explanation will account for the feet
i that the actual payments of the year were
larger than during any preceding year of
peace. Notwithstanding, however, that
they were thus swollen, it is plain that
the expenditures of the government du
ring that year were far short of the frb-
ulous sum of a hundred million, charged
Gov. Brown should be rc-nominatcd and
, re-elected for a second term; and wc have
| done so for two reasons—in the first place, { by the Black Republicans.
I Gov. Brown was no personal favorite of!
. Wc come now to the fiscal year of
I ours, and although entitled, according to 1858-9, the year in which wc now are,
the uniform usages of the party, to renom- ; an j which will expire on the 30th of June
Lodge, No. 48, I. 0. O. F., and a few vis-‘ ination. if he desired it, we felt no desire | next The appropriations for this vear
L ' were made by the Congress of 1857-8.—
We cannot yet tell what the actual pay
ments out of the treasury for the year will
be, but the appropriations made for it af
ford a safe approximation to the amount
The appropriations for the year, as stated
officially by the clerk of the House Com
mittee of Ways and Means and published
shortly after the dose of the session of
1857-8, are as follows:
Regular ArrROfRiATtONs tor tue Seri ice
or the tea* 1858-9.
iling brethren, celebrated the 40th Anni- j to try to influence public opinion in hfc
rersary of the permanent organization of
the Order in the United States, in this
place, on Tuesday last, 20th inst. Rain
commenced felling early in the morning,
and continued so until nearly 12 o'clock,
which prevented as full a turn-out of the
brethren of the order, and ttie public.
favor on the one hand, or interfere with
the usages of the party by opposing him
on the other. In the next place, we are
satisfied from indications daily developing
themselves that Gov. B. is the favorite of
the )>eopIe ; and it is our opinion that lit
tle or no opposition will be made to him
in the Convention. If there will be, we
are at a loss to know from what source H
was anticipated. The address of I*. G. 1 will come.
Wm. A. Rogers, was one of his happiest * It is such considerations as these that
efforts': we consider it unnecessary to give
even an outline of this speech, as a copy
of it has been solicited for publication.—
After the Address, the members of the
Order, their wives, and a few invited guests,
proceeded to the Lodge Room, where they
partook of an excellent dinner, prepared
for the occasion. Everything passed off
pleasantly, nothing occurring to mar the
good feeling everywhere prevalent As it
was stjietly a temperance dinner, wc have
no ca4e to record of any person getting
ihnt in the neck.
Flare-up at the Georgia Military
Academy.
j has influenced us to withhold from the
putdic any remarks upon the subject.—
Wc did take occasion to say, soon after
our connection with this paper, that if
Gov. Brown was the nominee, we would
support him; we still stick to what we
then said.
Since that time, in various sections of
the State, county meetings have been held
—and with but one exception—hare gone
for Gov. B’s nomination with unpreceden
ted unanimity.
With these indications before us, we
think the sooner true democrats cease
their opposition to him, the better it will
be for the harmony and peace of the par-
ty.
We concede to every democrat that may
oppose Gov. Brown, or who may prefer
,;any other of our distinguished leaders
The Griffin Independent South of the , over j,j ni the right to canvass in fevor of
21st inst learns that twenty-one students j their views with perfect freedom; and if
have recently been expelled from this In- 1 the majority of the democratic party,
fm v > w* - * »-* »■«* i ssurs ssfsss swats
for disoliedience of orders in overstaj ing ■ delegates in Convention, we will cordially
the time of their leave of absence from the ; support the nominee, be he who he may.
Institution. That paper adds: “Wc know j Hiere can be no objection to any denio-
«*»*?•>•■*• *•*•«**H2JE5S5?’ “ <i0 ”
know that it is absolutely necessary to i There are. however, another class of op-
maintnin _strict discipline in a military , pononts to Gov. B., with whom we have
school, and that were the same latitude j no sympathy—and against the wiles of [
allowed students there, that is allowed in 1 v ^® m w ®J r ? u ^ «Aionish all democrats :
~ „ si , j * • . : to be on their guard.
Colleges generally, wc would not give two } , t those % ho indulge fo personal
snaps Of the finger for their military train-, abuse of Gov. B., and who manifest a de-
ing. Men must learn to obev. before they ! sire to defeat him in the Convention if
can be qualified to govern.” ' ' ! thc /. «» out of * *" d j n oppositiem
9 ■ | to him as the nominee of the democratic
The April number of thc South ! P* rt y. * nd if that U P®°
Countryman has been received. This ; ,he '“ b ? h,S ... .
.... The signs in thc political boriion strong-
joumal is entitled to a more liberal pat- j , y j n) i ic!ltc that there are persons who pro-
ronqge than it is now receiving. Every j fess to be democrats, from principle, who
farmer should have two or three ngricul- j would go into any movement or support
lurid journals. All those wishing to sub- j ? n - v I >ers ? 1 ! whm "“J bo brought forward
x , t . . in opposition to Gov. B.; such persons
henbe lit a well-conducted agrxuUural! are lloct ived in the fr devotion to principle,
mont1)ly will be well pleased with thc and they are attempting to deceive oth-
South Countryman. Pi bli h< d by V, H. ; ers by professing to cherish principles,
Hunt, Marietta, Ga.; terms—one dollar! when they are not willing to make any
. sacrifice of feeling in order to sustain
per annum, m advanca. Rev. C. The dcmo£acy is strong andal-
Pension $769,500 00
Indian, regnlar 1,368,104 49
Do enppteniental 959,957 36
Do deficiency *39,595 00
Consular and diplomatic 912,120 00
Military Academy 182,804 00
Naval 14,508,354 23
Sundry civil . _ 5,557,148 07
Legislative, exu’tive and judicial 6,134,092 61
Army * 17,145,806 46
Mail steamer 960,750 Oo
Post OfBce . 3,500,000 00
Collecting revenue from imports '
permanent, additional 1,150,000 00
To which add:
Treasury notes 1858 $20,000 00
Manufacture of
arms 1858 360,000 00
Expenses Inves
tigating com. 1858 35,000 00
Treaty with Den
mark 1858 408,731 44
Deficiency in
printing, Ac 1858 341,189 58
Deficiency for
the vear 1858 9,794,209 89
Deaf, Dumb and
blind, D. C. 1858 3,000 00
Expense investi
gating eom. 1856 13,000 00
Clerks in Oregon
to Register
and Receiver 1858 7.000 00
Running Texas
boundary line 1858 80,000 00
Incident KTXhe
loan of $20,000 00
$<1,123,804 21
An act to provide for the payment of
the claims of thc State of Maine for ex
penses incurred by that State in organ
izing a regiment of volunteers for the
Mexican war.
An act to amend an act entitled “ An act
authorizing repayment for land errone
ously sold by the United States.”
An act giving the assent of Congress to a j
law of the Missouri Legislature for the
applications of the reserved two per ct.
land fund of the State.
An act to carry into effect the convention
between the United States and China,
concluded on the 8th of November, 1858,
at Shanghai,
Sundry civil—interest on moneys advanc
ed by Gov. Douglas.
Army—2d section—repayment to the
State of Texas for moneys advanced in
calling out troops by Gen. Persifer F.
Smith, in 1854.
If we add $875,169 for the “ indefinite”
appropriations cited in the statement to
the ascertained appropriations of $41,123,-
854, we shall have the appropriations for
the years 1859-60, exclusive of what we
shall be required for toe postal service,
$42,000,000. Thc postal bill which was
lost at the close of the session, contained
appropriations amounting to within a frac
tion of $20,000,000, of which the amount
that would have been drawn out of the
treasury would have been about $12,000,-
000.
The postal revenue collected by the
postmaster docs not go into the treasury
or into the treasury estimates. Twelve
millions will probably be the sum appro
priated out of the treasury for the deficien
cies and for the regular postal service of
the year, by Congress, when it meets in
the Hill. If we add this twelve millions
to the forty-two already ascertained, we
shall have for thc gross expenditures of
the fiscal year 1859-’GO, the sum of $54,-
000,000.
The recapitulation of what we have thus
elaborately explained, gives the Mowing
comparative result:
Expenditures of 1857-58 appropriated by
an opposition House $71,901,129
Expenditures of 1858-’59 56,974,226
Expenditures of 1859-’GO 54,000,000
Thus have wc succeeded in demonstra
ting the felsity of the two propositions in
dustriously asserted by the Opposition, to
wit: that the government approximate a
hundred millions a year, and are increas
ing at an alarming rate. Both all lega
tions are absurdly false.
and Charles L. Dupree.
The Committee, after a short absence,,
made the fallowing Report:
The Constitution of Georgia requires
that a census or enumeration of the inhab
itants of the State shall be taken once in
seven years; and that the Legislature of
the State shall, at the next session after
each enumeration, so apportion the repre
sentation of the State in the Legislature
among the several counties that each coun
ty shall have one Senator and at least one
Representative, and the thirty-seven coun
ties having the largest representative pop
ulation have an additional representative.
When our Constitution was formed, it
was not contemplated that our State would
be cut up into so many counties as have
been found necessary to meet the wishes
of the people. The vast increase of the
number of counties has so augmented the
number in our Legislative tails, that a
speedy, or even a wise disposition of the
business of legislation is rendered almost
impossible; and the large accumulation of
members, and the slow progress of busi
ness entail upon our people heavy burdens
in the way of taxes, which would not be
necessary if the number of our Legislators
were reduced down to a working body of
men.
There are three considerations, either of
which calls loudly for reform:
First—Economy.
Second—Equality.
Third—An improvement in the charac
ter of our Legislature.
Each session of our Legislature, as now
constituted, costs the people but little, if
any, less than $100,000 ; and sometimes
over that sum. With such a reduction as
we desire, a session need not cost exceed
ing $50,000.
Equality in representation is a desirable
object in all representative governments ;
but under our present plan, a county of
small extent of territory and barely three
bundled voters, (as is the case with many
of our counties,) has as much power in ei-
spirit of the resolutions, they must leave
the country, or make preparations to do
so within sixty days. A Vigilance Com
mittee was appointed to see that the reso
lutions were complied with, and in case of
non-compliance, to enforce them by Lynch
law. What couree was adopted by the
Conference is not stated.
The meeting of the citizens of Bonham
opposed to the Conference appear to have
been conducted with moderation, while a
firm determination was evinced to protect
toeimehrcs from the influences referred to.
The first resolution deplored the necessity
which impelled them to adopt this course
of action.
We are greatly surprised to learn that
ther house as a county of double the ter- j an anti-slavery annual Conference exists
avow their design of extirpating it It ap
pears further that there are several minis
ters and a Conference of them, which at
the time of the indignation meeting was
in session at Timljer Creek. A Commit
tee of fifty was appointed to wait on the
Conference and warn the members not to
prosecute further-toe business of the Con
ference. It is stated that Bishop Jaynes
presided. The Committee waited on the
Conference, and S. A. Roberts read the
proceedings of the meeting to the Bishop
and ministers. The Committee and those
who went with them, some two hundred,
were altogether courteous to the Confer
ence. ' Two annual Conferences it seems,
have been held, and at the late one reso-; tickets.—[Augusta Chronicle.
lutions in opposition to slavery were of- j
fered. ! Luxber tor the Holy Land!—Com-
The Committee reported to a subsequent j inercc makes curious changes and places-
meeting at Bonham, and resolutions were ! products of the earth in strange places.-
adopted to the effect that the upholders of I —^ e have a schooner, the Forest Belle,
the Society must cease to propagate anti-1 Captain Percival, now loading with Ium-
slavery doctrines either publicly or pri-1 te 1, * n our port and destined for Beirout,.
vately, that all Bishops and ministers of j one of the sea ports of Syria, in Asia.—
that or any other similar Society must; Who would have supposed that in thc
immediately leave and never return ; and j’ course of human events the pine forests
that if any members cannot act up to the j of Georgia, would contribute lumber to
credit of the profession. We hope to see
the day when a higher standard of medi
cal education will be required of physi-
cians than at present obtain* ia onr coun
try.
Thus speaks the editor of the Madison
Visitor, himself a doctor. If thc mem
bers of the fraternity are becoming alarm^
ed for the low standard of medical
tion, how should the people feel,' upon
whom they are Manwed to experiment ?—
The editor speaks truly when he speaks
of a higher standard of Medical Education-
in the country. Indeed it seems dwindled
into a mere money-making business gen
erally, among the Professors, and there is
a regular and constant contest between
the various institutions to see which can
secure the greatest number of students,
without reference to any other qualifies--
tions than their ability to pay for their
5,000 00
.10,976,180 91
Howard. Kingston, Ga., Editor.
i them.
most omnipotent at tlie South, and will
remain so, if we are true to ourselves, our
The Ladies’ American Magazine. | TOuntTy our p,rty.
for May, has been received. This Number!
contains a large quantity of .excellent rend
But powerful as it is, it is not strong
enough to withstand the assaults of pre-
ing matter, suited to the tastes of nearly : *_ cn,led who are^ comfortably
. „ _ ■ , , • housed within the democratic fold.
Ml (tomes of reader*. Published month-) fratkerner A Adrertieer.
^ 'tn^feartYoik, by Henry White, No. 7
Beckman street Terms—$2 per annum. |
Indiana.—This State largely settled ly
., people from the slave States, who carried
ST We invite the attention of our ! with them their prejudices in fevor of the
readers to toe Card of Mess. Salmons, Ma- > peculiar institution” notwithstanding,
thews A Ca Those visiting Atlanta for j tbeir ” duded
^ m .u . ... 1 from its prottts at borne has been the most
the purpose «f supplying thc wants of the, of any of the flee States in gir-
outef Man, should give this firm a call be | j ng expression to the northern sentiment
fere staking their purchases. They may ; But it is progressing. Indianapolis, the
Mr upon getting nev Goods, and on good i capital of the &tate, has jwaeutiy elected
’republican municipal officers by an in
creased majority ; La&yette, which has
hitherto been democxatic, at its city elec
tion last week, gave a republican majori-
ity, and the township elections through
out the State generally, show republican
Estimate
Other
$64,434,364 18
Iber appropriations, Mb
printed and indefinite, ii
aing nil private bills
bill* not
incln-
8,565,685 87
$68,000,000 00
This statement shows toe gross appro
priations made at toe session of 1856-9;
and includes not only those designed for
the service of the year 1858-9, but also
certain deficiencies then existing, and
which were paid out of the treasury be
tween the passage of the Deficiency hills
and the be*' “
; of toe fiscal vear 1858-
Iaportant from Jamaica—Insurrction
of the Blaeke
The Gonrrier dee State Unie has a pri
vate correspondence from Kingston, Jamai
ca dated March 23, from which we translate
the following :
Encouraged by the acts of their neigh
bors, the Hay tiens, onr blacks appear also
disposed to attempt a revolution. In the
parish of Westmoreland has recently been
imposed a new tax, to which the negro
population are not willing to submit. Some
of the disaffected raised the standard of
revolt and entered toe little village of Sa
vannah, where they destroyed some prop
erty. The police having arrested four or
five of the ring leaders, their partisans, far
from being discouraged, continued their
wink of destruction, menacing with fire
the city hall if the prisoners were not re
leased. Informed of these frets. Governor
Darling has despatched against the revrt-
ters, a body of five hundred men under
the command of Col. Whitfield.
As these troops were marching towards
toe place of embarkment, they met a long
fide of carts, upon which were perched a
number of blacks, attracted thither by toe
sound of toe drums and trumpets. These
people blocked up the passage from the
soldiers, and the Colonel ordered them to
retire. His order producing no effect, it
was necessary to unsheathe the weapons,
and toe swera of CoL Whitfield, which
ritory and 1000 voters, unless the larger
county shall happen to fell within the 37
counties having the largest representative
population, which it can hardly do with
less than 1200 voters. Such unequal rep
resentation is not democratic.
But not the least important, is the im
provement of the character of our legisla
tion. We boast of being thc “Empire State
of the South,” and yet our legislation is
becoming a by-word and reproach; and
we often hear men in speaking of disor
derly assemblies, compare them to a Geor
gia Legislature. Many bills of importance
to the people that are presented for action,
foil for thc want of time to reach them be
fore the hour of adjournment arrives; and
many that are carried through the forms
of legislation by a system of log-rolling
are no credit to the body that passed
them.
No one who will consider but a moment
can doubt that all this is owing to the
large number in our Legislative Halls.—
Fewer men would do more business, do it
better, and in a much shorter time.
This is a question in which all thc peo
ple of the State of all parties arc deeply
interested. Hence we do not desire to
make a party question of it; but call upon
all to lend a helping hand. And if any
party in any county shall disregard it, and
put in nomination any man for thc next
legislature who opposes reduction, we shall
rejoice to sec the opposite party make the
point upon them and defeat them—believ
ing that proper redaction is of more im
portance to the people and the State than
thc temporary success of any party.
W r e are not wedded to any particular
plan of reduction, and shall consequently
be satisfied with any plan which secures
equality in representation, and reduces the
number low enough to secure wise and
economical legislation. But to give our
fellow-citizens of other parts of the State
an idea as to what we desire, we will sug
gest, That the theory of our government
shall be preserved, which is, that the Sen
ate shall represent territory and the House
shall represent population.
That the State lie laid off into twenty
Senatorial Districts, as nearly of equal size
in respect of territory as can be done with
out dividing any county.
This will give us a Legislature of fifty
in Texas.
rebuild upon the ruins of Baalbek, to
modernise the ancient city of Damascus,
both of which are in thc vicinity of Beir
out, or to frame anew thc domes and pal
aces of thc Holy City ! Yet time, in its
wonderful revolutions, has made it a liv
ing reality, and in future days thc Geor
gian who shall make his pilgrimage to that
distant land, can mingle the associations
of own home with the sacred memories of
a soil that was trod by the Savior of Man
kind.
The cargo of the Forest BcUc is the first
that has been shipped in tiiat trade and
we trust that the success of the experi
ment may be such as to encourage addi
tional and more heavy exportations.—Sa
vannah Republican.
Tiie Mississippi.—Thc amount of dam
age done by the late flood of the Mississip
pi River is alarming. The Cincinnati Com
mercial of the 18th inst., says :
“The flood is as high and destructive as
that of last year, which was so desolating
in its effects. The reports from the ‘coast’
are that the levee is broken in many pla
ces, r.nil a great number of plantations un
der water. Many places that escaped last
year arc now suffering. The system of
Mississippi levees seems wholly inadequate
to the resistance of the vast volume of wa
ter they are constructed to confine. It Ls
apparent that the bed of the Mississippi is
rising, at the. very time that hundreds of
plantations are under water, and millions
of dollars worth of property destroyed, a
great fleet is detained at tiie mouth of tiie
river because there is not sufficiency of
water to enable them to get over thc liars.
This state of affairs commands the most
serious consideration of the planters and
merchants of the South-West.”
prevail.
_ , . The real war ia not between France,
members—enough, it seems to us, to se- Austr ia and Sardidia, but between the
9 on the first of July, 1858. The state- .... .....
ment embraces two Deficiency bills. Oat 1 probaMy had not seen the light since the
of the appropriated $341,189 for printing battle of Waterloo, fell upon toe shoulders
appropriated $341,189 for printing
which was paid immediately after the pas
sage of the bill, and is included in the
seventy-one million of dollars we have
shown to have been actually paid out of
the treasury in the fiscal year 1857-8.—
The other Deficiency bill appropriated
$9,904,209; of which amount, we have
ascertained, by inquiry at the treasury,
that the sura of $7,275,858 9$ was paid
during the fiscal year 1867-8, and formed
a part of the seventy-one millions of dol
lars paid oat in that year. The payment
under the treaty with Denmark was atoo
made in 1837-8. In order, therefore, to
ascertain the approximate expenffitnrvaof
toe fiscal year 1858-9, wa most deduct
from the groat appropriations of tire sess
ion of 1857-8, as stated above, throe sums,
vix:
Pavawnt to Deeamik $406,761
Prlatiag (ktcicMf, paid *41,19*
Paid oa the taa aiiUtoa Pairancy
bill daring the fiscal year 1857-8 7,175,85*
£|r Godey’s Lady’s Book, for May,
bps been received. Throe are 56 engra-
xiqg*.jn tom number—16 full-length fig-
ume effatowns together with its usual
bmsuat af choice reading matter. Terms—
Aunt. Address L. A. Godey,
i&ealtout to, Philadelphia.
Bark ff winutot a Euturn Teir.
SovAwraa, April 21—Mr. Charter La-
mac, and a party of gentlemen sailed U-
fegrinitheidmwKr Wantorro fag Hnvaan,
pn a pkaanre axct.nioa. Jp ~ ’
TaaPasaiaEXTftmuwBkujcosk.—A
special corrmpoodaa* of the N. Y. Tribune $59,974,2$$.
leans that “the Pmkhnt anticipates the
necessity of amkiagwar an Nicaragua,—
and that the rctunmmPlwagaay llaet will
be ordered to the Chrabaaa sea. A boat
the San Juan wiD probably
toe
$\8®,774
For these items have all been once
counted in the seventy-one millions of ac
tual payments out of the treasury daring
the mod year of 1857-8. Detract this
$8,025,774 from the $68,000,000 appro
priated at the session of 1857-8, and we
have as the expenditures of the govern
ment during the years 1858-8 the sum of
It ia maintained by the QppaMtioa,
however, that tome was a halaaro of un
expended appropriations on the lrtof Jw
hr, 185$, af twelve «r aixteen aMPions,
which was liable to be expended dmiim
the fiscal year 1868-9; aril tferilB
Miki to bi ilM to fkj Iiniiowfctio—
of more than one of the poor wretches.
Solouqoe, who lived near by, beheld
these exploits from bis window. Far from
grieving over the strokes under which the
negroes suffered, he contemplated the scene
with evident delight. “Ah!” cried be,—
“ the whites at last begin to understand
bow negroes must be treated; sweet words
srenot fortliem; they need blows and
knocks.”
Opposition Party.
Mr. Bolts, toe great American-Whig
orator, and leader of tiie opposition party
in Yimuia, is willing to associate with
anybody to beat the Democracy. Yea, ha
Would take upw brother darky, and cany
him to the polls to get his vote—all ITO
1 “
“It has not been racy long ago since a
gentleman aamBwhat prominent m the
ranks of Deaaa every, whom I met on the
street said to me, ‘MrBotta, I have a ques
tion to propound to yon, if yon have aa
objection.’ Certainly not, air. T want to
know,’ said ha. *if yon am in fever of a
coalition with the Black feopublican party
in the election of 1860 F My good friend,
said L I don’t wish yon to min main stand
me; I wish to my that if there was a State
in this Union composed of free negroro,
and'toe Constitution gave them the right
to vote, I would be much ohtmed to tiMm
tt»help me to elect our party. [Taughtw
prH» Baltimore Sun inlfanm its
rmdroa that tome fe such information in
thitrity fifi kfivw no dauht of a deep hud
sehrorofer writing a iwrintion in Qaba.
cure to the peoplu all the benefits of wise
and judicious legislation. It will make the
Senatorial and Representative Districts so
large as, to avoid sll county strifes and
jealousies, and it will cause the Senatorial
and Representative Districts to so inter
lock as to prevent and avoid the influence
of all cliques and cables in the election of
members.
This reduction will require an alteration
of our State Constitution, and as that can
only be done by a vote of two-thirds of
each branch of the Legislature at two suc
cessive sessions, or by a State Convention,
we desire the adoption of the most speedy
method, and earnestly request the next
Legislature to postpone the making an ap
portionment of representation tinder tne
census to be taken this year, and call a
convention to make the reduction. And
as there Ls danger that too many members
in a convention may not act with dispatch
and harmony, we suggest that the con
vention be composed of five delegates to
be elected by the people from each of our
Congressional Districts as now laid off and
defined. Therefore,
1. Resolved, That a reduction in the
number of our Senators and Representa
tives in our State Legislature is demanded
as a measure of economy, to secure equal
ity, and to ensure spredy, wise and effi
cient legislation.
1 Resolved, That a State Convention
aught to be called by our next Legislature
to alter our State Constitution so as to ef
fect a proper reduction.
8. Nbun^ That onr feUow-eitiaens of
all partiap io every county in the State, be
anti they are hereby earnestly requested
to have an eye to reduction in making
their nominations for the next Legislature,
and that no one be put in nomination who
ia not openly and decidedly in fevor of re
duction and the call of a convention far
that nurpooe.
4. Resolved, That we deem it proper to
make toia request tons early in the season,
so as to price the matter before all in ad
vance of any nominations, that none may
hs taken by surprise tty having the ques
tion of reduction sprung upon them after
their nominations are made.
&. Resolved, That all the papers of this
State he and they are hereby earnestly re
quested to publish the proceedings of the
—toting; so that the question of reduction
may he lrid before every tax-paver and
/ •: . .. Z
Here War Hew*.
The telegraph advices per the steamship
Arabia furnish another supply of war news,
“armies moving,” and all that sort of thing,
to enable speculators to depress the price
of cotton. The news, this time, comes from
Liverpool; and if it was not almost cert-iin
that there is really no danger of a general
continental war (and nothing less could
affect the price of cotton,) we should place
some reliability in thc well founded truth
of the dispatch. As things are at present,
we care but little about these war reports.
In the House of Lords of England, on
the 28th of March, as we find reported in
Wilmer & Smith’s Liverpool Times, of the
2d of April, the Earl of Clarendon drew
attention to the state of the continent, and
asked for information respecting the miss
ion of Lord Cowley. Lord Malmesbury
replied that the British Ambassador had
no specific instruction on this occasion
from Her Majesty’s government; that he
simply went to Vienna, with thc entire
assent of Napoleon, to ascertain on what
conditions the court of Vienna would con
sent to advance towards the solution of
the present difficulties. On his return to
Paris, with proposals upon which Austria,
would be willing to come to an agreement,
he found that during his absence Russia
had suggested the Congress of the fire
great powers, by which all difficulties
might be settled on the 18th of the pres
ent month. England agreed conditionally,
and the Earl of Clarendon was glad to say
that although not definitely settled, the
meeting of Congress was placed beyond all
reasonable doubt. As Austria and Sardin
ia had each given a formal promise to ab
stain from all acts of aggression during
discussions of the Peace Congress, all com
plications were in a fair way of being set
tled.
Although such sentiments or language re ports that large numbers are returning,
were employed in the English Parliament, j an( ] that half those there arc discontented,
on the 28th of March, and by one of Eng-1 jn j would come back if they had any
land’s ablest statesmen, war rumors are j wa y 0 f coming. The other German says
again set afloat. We cannot believe that; that the mines are rich, and that gold can
there is any foundation for them, at this j he found in any place, and in quantities
time, other than in the desire to attempt; sufficient to pay a man with merely a pick
to buy cotton at lower prices than now , nd p, n froo, $ 2j to $5 per day steadily,
with the prospect of striking “leads,”
from which fifteen to twenty dollars per
day have been taken. He says that very
few are dissatisfied, except those who arc
too indolent to work. He reports that
I English’s sons, who also left this city for
j the mines last fall, are on their way back,
bringing with them over one thousand dol
lars in gold, which they dug with merely
a pick and pan. He thinks they will be
in by the early part of next week.”
Both Sides of the Pike’s Fe^k Ques
tion.
The Weekly Kansas Champion speaks
of the gold mines thus :
“ During the past week wc have had
several arrivals and letters lrom thc gold
regions, and as many conflicting reports
as to thc richness of thc mines. On Mon
day last two Germans, who formed a part
of the German company that left this city
for the mines last fall, arrived in Atchi
son. One of them says the mines are a
humbug, and that no one can make
enough to pay him for his labor. He says
that with hard work a man can make from
seventy-five to one dollar and fifty cents
per day, but that provisions and all
the necessaries of life arc exorbitantly
high, and the small sum made by digging
will not meet his current expenses. He
manufacturing interests of Europe and the
cotton interests of the South. There is no
doubt as to the result—Cotton will be
King.—Avgueta Conetitutionaliet.
Dreadful Hamate af Three Hundred
and Thirty Hen.
The New York Courier dee Etate Unie
contains an account of the loss of the ship
St Paul, of Havre, and the destruction of
three hundred and thirty men—part ot \
Northern Methodists. Expelled from
Texas.—The Texas papers give partial-
- . . lars of the proceedings of several meetings
them sailors, and the rest of them Chinese i recently held in Fannin county, for the
emigrants by the savages of the Louist- j purpose of taking measures to expel the
* (tt'oup pf islands in the South Pa- ! members of the Methodist church North;
cific between the parallels of ten and elev
en degrees, Sooth latitude, and one bun-
whoarc accused of being abolitionists. At
one meeting a committee of fifty was ap-
dred and fifty-one and one hundred and | poj nU *} to 6 W ait on Bishop Jayne with a
t ^ r ?^ E ?M° ng, i U<fe ’ - ! warning. They performed their duty on
Tl> e St. Paul, Capt Pinard, waa a fine s Sunday, while the bishop was engaged
ship of six hundred and twenty tans, be- j the morning service of the church. It
longing to the house of Y. Maraion A Co., j
of Havre, and was making a vcyage from
was also resolved that the Methodist church
North could not be tolerated in Texas,
China to Australia. On the night of the' aw } that it must be put down if neeessary.
11th of September hat, she was wrecked A committee was appointed to draft other
on the reef at the extremity of the Island | resolutions, to be acted upon at an ad-
of Adda, of the Ixmisiades. All on board joumed meeting.
were saved, and camped on the island.—; *
The natives, who were at first friendty, rf | General War in Europe Prosable—
terwards attacked them. The captain and j The special Washington despatch of the X.
eleven men and a cabin boy escaped;
but it is believed that seven men, inclu
ding tiie second officer, apt massacred.
The captain, with bh twelve eompan-
fena, sailed in a‘boat for Australia, land
ing near Cape Flattery. On the 5th of
October the boat was seised by seme na
tive Australians; the captain and crew
were made prisoners; all suBered, four
died, and the captain, with eight men con
trived to got on board a little English ves
sel, by which they wore taken to Fat de
Prance, all having suffered terribly, and
teat everything they had.
Y. Herald of Saturday, says:
i The State Department is in receipt of
| letters, brought by the last European steaaa-
or, from our Ministers in England, Franco
and Austria. The indications, write Messrs.
D*ll«« and Mason, are anything but peace-
ftiL The impression is universal among
loading men, that a general European war
will sooner or later convulse the entire
of Europe; that the Peace Con
gress which is to assemble may postpone,
but cannot prevent it Our Minister to
Madrid is pleased with the reception which
be received, and speaks of thc Spanish su
it was afterwards ascertained that of j tooritios, and of those with whom he has
the three hundred and thirty persons left associated since hi* arrival in high term*.
on the Louisiades, ooly one Chinaman, es
caped, all the rest having been massacred
by the natives, with inconceivable barber
“J-
We have heretofore noted the measures
to expel from Texas the Methodists who
were secured of Abolitionism- We ob
serve that even Bishop Jaynes, while en
gaged in clerical services, was warned to
inn; mil the resolution before noted,
thst the Northern Methodist Chun* could
net he tolerated in Texas was pessed.
Notice.
All persons having demands against the
! Cherokee Baptist College, gre requested to
report them to the undersigned at once,
that a comet statement of the financial
condition of said College may be forwar
ded to toe Cherokee Baptist Convention,
which convenes at Dalton, Saturday be
fore the third Sabbath in May next.
T. M. COMPTON. Treasurer,
April *6, 1859. C. B. C.