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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WfJDKESDAY MORNING-, NOV. 23, 1853
J.TOKiAL CORRESPONDENCE.]
M.lledqkville, Nov. 18, 1853.
Error Corrected. —In your tri-weekly of the 17tl*
3 grievous error has been committed and I hasten t<
correct it. You make me 6ay that, Mr. Clarke oi Ba
k e r, introduced a bill to give the election of U. Stan-
Stoator to the pople. lie did not do so. He intro
duced a bill to give the election of Judges of the Su
preme Court to the people. By section three, of tit
4tb article of the Constitution of the United States, it
is provided that “the S. nate of the U. States shall b
composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by
the Legislature thereof,” &c.
The Rights of Married Women. —Mr. Millet
of Richmond, introduced a bill yesterday into the Sen
ate to secure the lights of married women. The bil
will be ptinttd, and I will send you a copy. We re
gard the subject as oue of the greatest magnitude;
publio sentiment in Georgia is radically wrong on thie
subject. Notwithstanding >ur professions of regard
for woman, we treat her but too often as our inferior
Why should her property be sold to pay the debts ot
an improvident husband ? We will reserve what we
have further to say upon this subject until we are fur
furnished with Mr. Miller’s bill.
Mr. Anderson offered a resolution to appoint a com
mittee from the two Houses to examine the State Road.
Mr. Mostly introduced a bill to charter tiie Interiwi
Bank “ bt located at Griffin.
Ihe will or the People defeated. Mr. Sin
gleton uffe ed a resolution to postpone the election ot
United States Senator until the next session of the Leg
islature. Tbe resolution was taken up by a vote of 51
to 43.
Mr. Stephens of Hancock moved the previous ques
tion, but before his motion was seconded, Mr. Sturgis,
of Muscogee, moved to lay Mr. Singleton's resolution
upon the table for the present.
At this point in the proceedings a message was re
ceived from the House informing the Senate that they
were ready to receive them in their Hall for the pur
pose of proceeding with the election of a United States
Senator, the hour having arrived which was set apart
by resolution of the two Houses for that purpose.
Mr. Clark, of Baker, roue to a question of order
The hour having arrived which was set apart for the
ekction of a Senator, he moved that the Senate repair
to the House for that purpose. The President dt eid< and
that his motion was first in order. Mr. Ridley of Troup,
appealed from the dtcision of the chair, and the decis
ion was overruled by a vote of ayes 46, nays 48.
A discussion arose at this point in ths proceedings,
upon a question of order. Mr. Miller, Mr. Ridley,
and others, conttnding that the previous qmstion had
precedence over ah others ; and Mr. Sturgis and others,
insisting that his nictiou to lay on the table was a privi
lge question. During this discussion, Mr. Clarke
niov.d to proceed with the order of the day. which
was the election of a Senator of the United States
Toe chair decided ihat this motion was first in order,
but his dec sion was again vtrruled by a vote of ayes
45, nays 49.
The question •;* order was then determined by the
President to be the call for the previous question by ■
Mr. Stephens, and the call was sustained by a vote of j
8} es 50, nays 44. The main question was then put !
upon Mr. Singled n’s resolution and the Senate resolved •
to postpone the election of United Statts Senator until j
the next session, by a vote of ayes 49, nays 45, as fol
low-. :
Yf.as— Messrs. Adams, Bailey of Whitfield, Beall,B-<yd,
Brown of Baldwin, Bullard, Lruwjoid, Cruirder. Daw- ;
sun, Delnman o! Pulaski, Dixon ol Talbot, Drake. Dun- !
negan, ot Hall. Greshum, Griggs, Guyton, Huiburd,
Hall, Jackson, King, Knight, Laugbridge, Lame cth,
Love, Miller, Moon oJ Jack.-ou, Moore, McCun.ell,
McLeod Moireli, Newsom, Pratt, Peebles, Pius, Pojie,
Lid.ey, Koointon, Snfiold, Simmons, Singleton ol Lump
kin, /Stephens , /Stoi all, Surrenty, 7re mm ell, Turner,
Wiloer, Widiumson, Willingham, White.
Nays— Mes.-rs. Beck. Boggesp, Brian,Camden,Cannon,
Chastain, Claik, Cochran Cone, Cos her, Dabney, Dean
Dickson ol Waiker, irane, Dunwoody, i chols, Gaston,
Gr. en, Grier, Gurry, Hale, Hill, Holmes, Jameson, Jones,
Lawrence, Lott, Lyons, May, Mosely, McGelne, Morris,
Mounger, Patterson, Baulk, Reynolds, Reddish, Stureis,
Strickland, Thomas, Watts, Walker of Crawford, Walker
of Jones, Wilcox, Whitwoith.
The Whig- are in italics and the Democrats in Roman, j
It may be propel to add, that Stell was in the chafe, j
Smith ol Coweta, sick ; Brown of Thomas, absent ; !
Dead wyler voted wiih the Whigs in the preliminary ;
questions, but was either absent or silent on the last
call. Anderson of Chatham, was present when the
question was first raised, but did not vote, and left be
fore the main question was put.
We have bet n thus particular, in order that the peo
ple may know and mark the men who have defeated the I
popular will, aud hold them to a strict accountability for
their action. We leave you to make an appropriate
commentary upon their conduct. It is suspected by j
some persona that Ilowell CoLb is at the bottom of this
movement. He left the city yesterday. We earnest
ly hope that such is not the case. We learn that he
urged his friends to abide by the nomination of the
party. He owes it to his own good favor to exi rt his j
utmost influence to bring his frit nds (if indeed they are j
bis frieii.ie) to a proper view of their party obligations, j
We do not know that any of the gentlemen wim voted
with the Whigs to defeat the will of the party so clear
ly ascertained by a vote of two-thirds of the members
of the Democratic caucus, were present and acting with
the party in their nominations. We have heard that
Mr Anderson of Chatham, has never co-operated with
the party, since it was ascertained that there was no j
chance for his election to the Presidency of the Senate ;
and it may be the case with the others ; if so, we can
not charge them with bad faith, but we certainly are ex
cusable if we call in question their Democracy. When
leisure oilers, we will ascertain the facts and post you
fully. I have just time to put this letter in the office
before it closes. L.
Millkdqeville, Nov. 19.
SENATE.
This body met in much better temper than was an
ticipated. The regular order of business was taken up
and gone through with, uithouiany allusion to the disa
greeable occurrences of yesteiday. Perhaps it wis
Considered best to give parties time to cool, in the hope
that the sober second thought of the factionists, who
have refused to submit to a joint resolution of the tw..
House, approved by the the Governor, and is a quai
law ot the land, will bring them to bow their rebellion
wills to the authority of the State of Georgia. The
j ‘int resolution of the two Houses is still in force, an
il is the opinion of mmy members, that the President
of the Senate would be justifiable in leaving bis sea
aid proceeding to the election of Senator at any tun
the House may intimate its willingness to receive the
Senate. The joint resolution to adjourn t! e General
Assembly sini die, at a certain time, and no matter
what one House may do, without the concurrence of
the other House, the session would close when the clock
struck the hour of adjournment. We are, therefore,
surprised that the W hig Senators, many of whom, arc
:nen of high moral and intellectual qualities, can con
sent to give the sanction of their names and vot l s to so
piipable a violation of a solem act of the two Houses
which nas been approved by the Governor, and has
herefore, upon the two Houses all the force of the
law.
New Bills.
Mr. Miller—a bill to regulate the practice in Equiiy
ii certain cases. The bill provides tor making legal
epresentatives parties in case of death of liteg:nts.
Mr. Guyton—a bill to improve the navigation of the
Altamaha, Oconee and Oemulgee rivers.
Mr. Boggs—a bill to attach Carroll to the Coweta
Circuit, and to fix the times of holding the courts in the
various counties composing it.
Mr. Mosely—a bill to regulate the mode of suing
Railroad companies for killing livestock. The bill pro
vidm that the companies may be sued in the Justice
Court in the district, where the damage is done by
■lervice of notice upon any agent or employee of the
o impanies.
Mr. Brj-an—a bill for the sale of the uusurveyed por
tions of Okefenoeee Swamp on the Ist Tuesday in May
next.
Mr. Dean—a bill to lease Napiers old field, a part of
the commons in the eity of Maeon.
Mr. Sturgis—a bill to allow confessions of judgement
at any time.
Mr. Robinson, made a report from the joint com
nittee, on the Executive mansion, recommending the
ppropriation of 3000 dollars for its repair.
Mr. Huubard —a bill to incorporate Cedar Town.
Mr. Dawson —a bill to make Public Square an elec
tion precinct, in Greene county.
Brown, of Baldwin—a bill to give the election of
Clerk of council of Milledgeville, to the people, and to
elect Mayor and Ald men by general ticket.
Mr. Lambeth—a bill to change the time of holding
court in Floyd county.
Mr Echols —a bill to give Oidinaries power to re
move Administrators, Executors and Guardians in eer
tain eases, and to require new bonds.
Mr. Wilcox a bill to allow the Milledgeville Turn
pike and Railroad company, to extend the Road to the
Florida line, via Ilawkensville.
Bills Read 3d Time.
Mr. Mosely’s bill to add lands of certain persons in
Pike county. Lost on its passage, ayes 22, nays 68.
Mr. Mostly’* bill to charter Marshall College, was i
read 3d time and passed.
The bill to legalise the adjournment of Superior Court. ■
was read 3.4 time and passed ; so also was Mr. Miller’s j
to abolish Surveyorship in joint tenancy in personal
property.
Messages from the Governor.
Ist. Returnii g the bill, changing the time of hold- j
ir.g li.fi rior Courts of Spaulding county, with his sig
nature.
2d. Communicating a letter from Murk A. Cooper,
in w hieli he proposes to furnish Georgia with all the
iron she may need on the State Road and Penitentiary,
hi 3 i 2 c nts per pound <n certain conditions.
3d. Annouiuing die unljjnHtii.n of t£. A. NlAotj ol |
his office of Judge of the Supreme Court.
It- S. Smith, Esq.
We were much gratified to be among those of our
citizens, who on Monday last, assembled to pay
a parting tribute to the woith of one of our oldest, and
for many years, among the most influential of our
citizens. It having been understood for some time
p st. that H. S. Smith, li>q., had disposed of his inte
rests in our city, vvith the intention of removing to Mo-
Lie. a number of thus** who had long known him,
availed tin mselvrs of the opportunity of expressing in
some significant manner, their esteem for him as a
man, and their appreciation of his integiity and honor
in the capacity of one of our leading merchants, which
position, he has held for years, and in which he has
contributed greatly towards the prosperity and charac- i
ter of our city.
At eleven o’clock, a large number assembled at the i
Broad strict House, where Capt. Woodruff, the very I
accomplished propr'n tor, had prepared one of the most j
elegant repasts, to which we have ever been invited.—
The table which extended the whole length of the dining
hall, literally groaned beneath the varied delicacies
which had b> en so b unteously provided. John A. j
Jones. Esq., having briefly announced the object of as j
sembling, two massive and elegantly wrought silver pitch
ers were presented to the gu* st, accompanied with the |
following note of presentation, read by Mr. R. Patton : j
H. S. Smith, Esq. —
Dear Sir •’ The pleasure we feel in addressing you this
note is much alloyed by our regrets that your near depar- ;
ture from among us afibrds the oeeason. Happy to be
numhered among your iriende, we wish in some small de
gree to evince our high regard.
We all feel that we are loosing a friend, one who has
made our city respected by his residence in it. Mobile may
well be proud that you have determined to cast your lot
within her borders, and we feel assured that there, first
among her first, your name will be synonymous with In
tegrity and Honor.
We request your acceptance of these Pitchers—trusting
that their polished surface may never reflect any but scenes
of happiness—and that when years have rolled away, they
may serve to recall the memory of friends, who will never
consent that others shall resume the place they now hold.
Wishing you every future prosperity, we are very truly,
Your friends.
R. Patton, Jno.E. Davis, H. T- Hall,
T. W. Tallnian, W. A. Bedell, W. C. Gray,
Jno. A. Deßlois, P. J. Semmes, F. G. Wilkins,
S. T. Grimes, Jno. D. Carter, R. B. Murdock,
G. W, Winter, H. H.Epping, John A. Jones.
! After the reading, Mr. Smith, responded in a brief,
but earnest speech, which spoke from the heart the
appreciation of this testimonial of regard by old and
cherished friends. This was followed by speeches and
sentiments from Col. Seaborn Jones, R. J. Moses, Esq .
Hon. Mark A. Cooper. Col. 11. L. Benning, John E
Davis, E*q ,J. A. Jones, Eq , Cupt. P. J. Semmes,
Messrs. Patton, Deblois, A.C. Fiewellen, Mayor Morton.
Dr. Boswell. R. Murdock and others—t amest and warm
friends of Mr. Smith, all evincing in the sincerest terms
tlnir appr edition of the wah of an honest mm, and the
gr> at loss, which as a community, and as personal friends
they were about to experience For two h< ur< did senti
ment follow sentiment and speech upon speech, pledging
mi many a foaming bumper, long life and happiness to
their old and tried fri< nd. We wtre loath to say fare
well, but the sad word was at last pronounced, and all
It that Co!u nbuß was loosing one of her best, her
ageut, aud strongest friends.
We would be pleased to give a full r* p >.■ t <•;
peeclus an. 1 toasts, but it were almost impossible, \
des it was but a gathering of friends to bid adieu i
heir own unostentatious manner, tia cherished friers
ml public benefactor.
We cot gratulate Mobile upon lur acquisition—wi
p progress and enterprise, will be united anolii
■one h< r already eminent merchants, who will stoi
.mug the foremost in all that may pertain to her con
iv le’ tl. moral and eial advancerm-nt.
lUaditiue Lever*.
We are pleased to learn, through a private letter t<
a friend in our city from this justly distingtrshed lad\
of her safe return, after a most delightful and brilliant
tour in Europe. No lady from our country has evei
received such marked attention from the highest am
noblest f the Old World. And this we are pleased
to know, has been rendered for the private worth and
accomplishments of our countrywoman. No boisterous
nor clamorous ostentation greeted her the guest o!
semi mobs or national enemies, but the best, the noblest,
the learned, offered their tribute of respect for the privat
virtue and graces which adorn and elevate the femal
character. We copy with great pleasure, the following
notice of her arrival at home, from the Mobile Register
f the 14 inst.
“Our accomplished Mrs. Levert has returned from hei
tour in Europe, greatly impioved in appearance and more
iu love with the world, and what is good within it, than
ever. Her tour has been a triumphal progress, not in the
pageant, and glitter that accompany only titled
but in the homage by all so freely paid to the halo of gen
tleness and trine charity that begirts her.
Every where has she been honored —no, not honored but,
requited for some kindness shown, some sweet praise given,
or some encouraging word spoke in the time ol need, and
with a gentleness that robbed favor ofall painful obligation,
and left the receiver nothing but a grateful memory. The
gifted artist, not less than the ennobled traveller, has ever
found in her, and in her house,a genial spirit and an Arab
welcome. These, returning to their distant climes, have
told her kindness, and all who heard seem to have shared
in the obligation, lor lequiting favors have been poured on
her by those she never saw before.
The harp string must impunge the air it moves in nearly
forty times in succession, ’ere it produces the slightest per
ceptab.'e sound. Not so the touch of kindness, which, like
the electric pulse, is felt by all, and felt at once. In the re
gal court of England her genuine goodness proved a potent
of nobility, and made her the equal ol the greatest! while
even the peasantry and laborers of France and Italy—the
garcon of Paris, the gondolier of Venice, and the boatman
of Como, charmed by her converse in their native tongues
felt all their service but a labor 0 f love. Gentle kindness
alone was the sped that thus opened alike the gates of Pal
aces, and the hearts of all to her. It irradiated her wherev
er she went ; and all and every thing she met brightened
and smiled at her'approach. On the peaks of the Alps, or
in the e ty drawing room, on the glaciers of Mont Blanc,
or the canals of Venice, she found, or made warm friends.
Friends, who heartily endeavored in these varied and re
mote places to requite some kindness, or attention they had
met with or heat dos in Mobile. In Italy a polished stran
ger called on the hour of her arrival, tendering every kind
ness shown to another. Each receptacle of art, each ob
ject of interest, was at once thrown open to her in return
for some trifling favor done for a brother artist in her own
tar oft and happy country.
As tiie vital blood within us, circulating through the sys
tem even to the extremities, returns strengthened and in
creased, to enrich the heart from which it sprung, so has
our gentle friend come back among us. Happier in her
self, happier in her knowledge of the world, and rendering
nappy home still more gladsome by the brilliant memories
she brought back to adorn it.
The belle of mere beauty bears many a heart ache foi
each petty conquest, but not such is the tiiumph that has
attended the virtues of the heart and the accomplishments
of mind, in the case of Mrs. Levert.
She has looked on every object—animate or inanimate—
with bright and hopeful eyes, undimmed by doubt, or cloud
within. To her, and such as iter, the world is no dreary
void, no dark repulsion globe, but a poi.shed mirror that
shows nothing but what is blight and loveable when they
look on it.
An Attempt to
Four negroes, belonging to Col. Joseph A. L. Lee,
of this county, attempted to murder Mrs. Lee a few
days since, in the absence of her husband. They had
been administering a slow poison, bHt finding this inef
fectal, they went to lur room at night and had nearly
succeeded in smothering her, when she had presence
of mind to arouse her little son by pinching him, whose
outcry alarmed some faithful servants, who came to
her rescue just in time to save her from a brutal death.
The negroes have confessed their crime and are now
in jail, awaiting their trial. They do not impute their
evil designs to any unkind treatment on the part of their
mistress.
Thanksgiving. —To-morrow is the day set apart by
the Governor, as a day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
to Almighty God for his favor and protection to our
beloved State during the past year. Seventeen States
will to-morrow officially proclaim their thanks and
gratitude to the great Ruler of the Universe— let the
people too, show that reverence and respect for the oc
casion which becomes a Christian and enlightened com
munity. We hope our citizens will respect the day
by closing their places of business. Divine services
will be held in all the churches of our city.
Exhibition of Dissolving Views at Temperance
Ilall.
We are pleased to announce, that Mr. Price is in
our city, and will give to-nigh one, and probably the
the only one, of his most attractive exhibitions, com
prising magnificent views of natural scenery, noted
places, &c., fee. We learn from the Alabama papers,
that these exhibitions have attracted large numbers,
and all speak in the highest terms of their merit. For
particulars, see hand bills.
ITWe refer our readeis to the advertisement of G.
D. Metcalf & Go., New Orleans, Commission Mer
chants. 11. B. Stone, a member of the firm, is so well
known in this vicinity as a faithful, prompt and active
business man, that we can scarcely hope to advance the
interests of the firm by adding our recommendation to
ltis well earned reputation.
O” We are informed by a friend that Mr. Robert A.
Hardaway will leave this place to day with a party to
locat- ihe line ot the Railroad fiom Greenville to Mo
bite. Mr. George S. Runey is organizing anotl er
corps to locate the line from Union Springs to Green
vil e. Tiie work will be plaoed under contract as soon
as the surreys are made.
[ From the Chambe;*’ Tribune. 3
A Touch at the Touchy.
I have heard a great deal in my time, through
book and pulpit, of offensive people—that is peo
ple, who, being of a rude or malicious disposi
tion, frequently give offence to their neighbors
md friends. It strikes me that the remarks
thrown out upon such persons are in a great
measure uncalled for and useless, for it so hap
pens that I scarcely ever meet with an offensive
person. I believe there was such a class of peo
ple once, as there once were plesiosauri and an
oplotheria ; but if such a class are to be found
in the present world at all, it must be in a grade
of society lam a little acquainted with. In my
social sphere, the oppo-ite error of an excessive
complaisance is considerably more conspic
uous.
if writers and preachers, however were to di
rect a little of their thunder against offence
taking people they would, I apprehend, be doing
useful service. This is a class which has, 1
suspect, been increasing in numbers and sensi
tiveness, precisely as the offence giving class
has been diminishing—a discord with its co
relative which is only apparent, seeing that the
peculiar property 7 of this portion of the human
race is always to be the most affected by the
least cogent causes. In the days when there
was a generai roughness and want of mutual
respect, there was! suppose hardly such a thing
as taking offence at all. If there was rudeness
on the one side, there was good humor or thick
skinnedness on the other ; and so sulking and
firing up were both of them hardly known. It
was only when we ail became such nice ladies
and gentlemen, as scarcely ever to utter a word
out of joint, or fail in one of the formalities of
society, that we began to be so much pestered
with intimations that great offence had been ta
ken at us for something which we had said or
done, or something which we had faded to say
or do.
In the beds of roses on which most of these
people pass their days, a crumpled leaf is enough
to give pain. Bow to them in the street with
little less than your usual flexure, fail to go up
and converse with them in a crowded evening
party, and they go home full of resentment at
the slight you have put upon them. Pass them
over in the invitations you give out for a dinner
or soiree where they would wish to be, and they
begin to speak of you as a heartless person who
forgets old friends. To be unmoved at one of
their jokes, to give a wry look at the crying of
one of their children, to fail to speak with suf
ficient warmth of their piano playing, or their
last novel or poem, is enough to discompose
them effectually at the moment, and throw a
cloud over their behaviour towards you for a long
time to come, if not forever. Much worse is it
if they should have heard a report of some half
jocular remark you had made upon them, not
quite respectful in its tendency. Then, without
affording you any opportunity of explanation
or apology, they seal a vow of eternal resent
merit against you, or, what is quite as bad, with
draw into a cold abstraction which is vain for
you to try to penetrate.
Confirmed offence takers are so exceedingly
disagreeable as acquaintances, that few care
much for their society, or feel any great con
cern when they give symptoms of having taken
umbrage. We pass them over as unfortunates,
and quickly cease to think of them. It is chiefly
in circles of relationship they become seriously
annoying, for then they cannot be so readily
dismissed from consideration. ‘The mischief
they do in such circles by their exigeant tempers
their reclamations against imaginary ill usage, |
and their raising cabals and tactions against
every one who fails to please them, is enormous. j
How often do we find that a couise of consist- ‘
ent kindness, persevered in for years by one per- •
sou in a family circle towards another will be- j
come blank in recollection the moment some !
trivial word or look has been taken amiss. It
is amiss. It is from such causes the greater
number of family quarrels spring. Bystanders ‘
usually affect impartiality in such cases as being
totally unable to say which party is in the wrong.
I have no difficulty whatever in the case. Only !
tell me which party first complained of an of- I
fence, and I will tell you with whom in all pro- j
bability, the mischief originated.
If you analyze the character of a confirmed j
offence taker, you will almost always find an !
inordinate self love at the bottom of it. Such j
persons never get the attentions and considera- ;
tions thay think their due. They deem all around |
them, to be iu a conspiracy to use them ill, when j
they themselves are more truly in a conspiracy !
to torment society. The source of their infirm
ity is revealed by a converse fact—namely,
their extraordinary liability to think favorably
of all who will pay them court, not even excep
ting the most silly and the most worthless. It
is equally demonstrated by another attendant
circumstance, that they instinctively shrink from
the friendship of all kinds of honest and many
people. In short, offence takers, in general are
about the most contemptible people one meets
with, as unfortunately they are also not far from
beitiL! the most mischievous.
With the best feeling towards unfortunate
and reduced people generally, and also towards
those who are struggling upwards, but have not
yet mounted very high, 1 am painfully sensible of
there being a difficulty in keeping on good terms
with them, in consequence of their great prone
ness to taking offence where none is meant. It
requires a very nice diplomacy to get comforta
bly along with people who feel their fortunes to
be below their merits and their pretensions.
Wilh easy, well off friends you take some iittle
liberty: you may call or not as you choose ;
you may indulge in jocular chat, partly at then
expense, sure that they will take it all in good
humor. But there can be no such freedom with
poor friends ; there we can have no safety but
in the rigor of etiquette, under whose deadly
shade all social enjoyment fades and perishes.
It is a sad consideration ; hut we all daily feel
how fortune determines our associations and
our friendsrips, and it is easy to see that this
sensitiveness of the inferior towards the superi
is one grand cause why it is so. One wearies
ot constant explanations for doing away with
unintentional offence ; we, in time shrink with
apprehension from persons whom we fear by
every trivial word to throw into a paroxysm of
resentment. The society of our peers becomes
more convenient, and we at length are content
to leave our unfortunate old friends to their ow„
reflections.
There is such a thing, of course, ns occasion,
al offence taking by worthy people, simply un .
der mistaken views of what is due to them, or
of what has been done towards tl.em. { would
speak of this with forbearance, as an error into
which the most amiable humanity may fall ; hut
I must also take leave to warn all mv friends
against it, as a very grievous and dangerous one
which they may well take some pains to avoid.
Many a well meaning person mi sthave had oc
casion to regret that he once gave way to a
feeling of offence, and spoke and acted about it
a way that magnified a trifle into a serious evil
A regret of this kind may last a life time, though
the original offence was but the feeling of a
moment. Let such facts put us on our ouard
against everything like undue irritability or sen
sitivenes, or at least against giving way to re
sentment, until we have been fully assumed that
offence was really meant, and find that an oppor
tunity for repentance has been neglected by the
offender. And even then let the sense of irrita
tation be restrained within the narrowest limits
possible.
Mr. Soule’a presentation to the Queen of Spain—Eis
Speech and Her Reply.
Ou the evening of the 22d, Mr. Soule, Minister
of the United States to Spain, was admitted to
an audience with the Queen. The Queen was
attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
the officers of the Palace. After being ushered
in with the usual ceren. des, Mr. Soule handed
to the Queen the president’s letter, accrediting
him as Envoy to the Spanish Court, and then
addressed her as follows, in the English lan
guage :
MR. SOULE’S SPEECH
“Madam: —In delivering the letter which ac
credits me as Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America, to the Court of your Majesty, 1 can
not dispense with expressing the satisfaction I
experience in having only to give the most
friendly assurance to your Royal person, and
to the people confided to your direction and
solicitude.
The respected Chief who presides at litis mo
j ment over the destinies of America, anxiously
I desires that the best understanding should char
acterize the relations of his Government with
that of your M ajesty, and it would be to me a
gratification, as it is a duty, to cultivate and de
velop every event calculated to render more in
timate the ties of interest which exist between
Spain and the United States, and to strengthen
the bonds which unite the two powers, i offer,
Madam, to your Majesty my sincere wishes for
i the welfare of your royal person and augu.-t
; family. May the reign of your Majesty be
I fortunate and fruitful iu events, destined to ren
| der your people happy and prosperous.’’
To this address the Queow replied as follows:
queen’ is ‘Ella’s KErLV.
j “Monsieur the M&L' Mer: I heard with
I satisfaction the asset you have given .he i
| me relative to the sentimants ol the
President of the United Sta es> an “ :et '* 1 * eas “
ure in assuring 3011 that they a,eil °f sur /
Iby those which animate me for H s p erS( n and
! for your country. Those new q'es',~al•
I ways grateful to me, com luce me ntt ie ami
i more of the interest which Spain as well as the
United States have to preserve and draw’ closer
their former relations. In me your Excellency
will find the best dispositions, and in my Govern
ment the sincerest co-operation, for the accom
plishment of so important and so desirable an
object.”
Great Storm and Loss of Life. —New Ha
ven, Conn., Nov. 14th.—The storm through this
State yesterday 7 was exceeding severe. The
railroad track east of this place was washed
away, detaining the train from Boston with the
mails and passengers by the steamer America.
At Birmingham four lives were lost by the flood.
Neither the Boston nor New Yoik mails have
arrived this morning. At Windsor the road was
badly damaged and rendered impassible.
Louisiana Election —The success of the dunocraey
in Louisiana is complete. They have elected the entire
State ticket, a large majority in the Legislature, and three
out of four members of Congress. The election of a
United States Senator devolves upm the Legislature at
its next session. Mr. Slidell wiil probably be elected.
Wisconsin Election.— A Milwaukee despatch of the
11thsays that the annexed ticket for State officers .is be
lieved to be elected entire. 4he gentlemen composing
it are all democrats. The Legislature is also democratic :
Governor W in. A. Barstow 5 Lieut. Governor, Jas.
Lris ; State Treasurer, Edward Jansen ; Secretary of
State, Alexander Grey; Attorney General, George B.
Smith ; Bank Comptroller, Wm. Dennis ; State Prison
Commissioner. A. W. Starks.
MARI’ tKD,
At the Catholic Church in this city, on Sunday Evening',
the 20th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Gillespie, Col. John Quin
to Mrs. Mary Ann Bostick, all of this place.
DIED,
At his residence in Wynnton.on Thursday morning 10th
inst., Maj. Thomas M. Nelson, in the 72d year ol his age.
Mej. Nelson was a native of Virginia,and during most uJ
his life a resident of that State. During the last war with
Great Britain, he bore a commission in thearmy, ar.d for Ins
hde tty and gallantry, especially in the actions at La Cole’s
jVliii and Chateaugay, he received the thanks of the Legis
lature ol his native State and a beautiful sword as a testi
monial ol his bravery.
Stio.tly after the war, he was fleeted as a member of
Congress horn hi? native district, and was continued a Rep
resentative until he voluntarily re igned.
But although he di.-chargea with scrupulous honor and
naelityjevery public trust confided to his hand-, yet he al
ways pieterred the quiet of domestic and social life in which
he was an example of hospitality and kindness, justice and
generosity sel orn equalled. It is not proper to intrude into
the sanctuary of his home, or to speak ol tho.-e qualit.e- of
heait and mind which drew around him the intei se devo
tion and unmeasured affection of that circle ; but every one
who associated with him felt the impress of his waiui and
gentlemanly spirit.
Nor was he less remarkable for his characteristic- as a
Christian. Conscientious and devout in ail hisdntie ,as a
membei of the Church, as a Parochial officer, or a delegate
ii convention, he has left a bright example to bis breth en
who feel deeply the bereavement v hich tbev have sustain
ed in his death. And in this sense of bereavement the whole
community sympathises.
But he has been gathered to his fathers full of years and
of honors “in the comfort of area on-ble, re'igh usai and
ftoly hope ; in tne confidence of a on tain faith ; in favor
with God and in charity with the world.”
EdT The Richmond papers will plea-e copy.
WANTED,
At Clayton, Barbour County Alabama
A GOOD TANNER to taka charge of a yar o 0 Vats.—
Non3 but a sober and indua.rio u man need apply 10 the
place. TOMPKINS & CO WEN.
CLyton, Ala., Nov 22-w4t