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Marriage and obituary notice* mart bn ad
tompanied with th# name* of pereoo# •!*
It?ii Wo boro onrorol which wo coooot
until ;ho rule own plied wkh.
A TLA* TIC AHD OULI lfilt<M>.
Wo wefe informed t few fcy* dw by a
lotto? (row n friend. that the onjliOOdW
sroeaed tf>* AUpebo a few mil** bek>w Okr-
Wr'a bridge, on the onrvey of th* boo of tin#
We learned yerterday, that the corps.
Here at Tronprille, and that tboy wou
nrobablv roach this town in a very few day*.
We are happy to learn thoae thing*, and
know"no good reason why there .hoold be
any cessation npott tlii* great work until It ie
completed.
We invite onr op-country friend* who may
be tired of cultivating worn ont laud* to
mi ad look at our country.
Wo can furnith them with good land*,
Mid will be happy to welcoae them a* fellow
ait icon* among n*. _
COXGXIM-
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They are having warm and interesting
times now In th* National council*, *nd it
mould t*ko • man who had nothing else to
and and an active wind to keep up with them.
1„ Senate there ha* been a regular paa-
MgHt arm* between Senator* Bell k,
*on of Tennowee. It *erm* that Mr. Bel
opposed tfto paaaflgo of the KJt*f*t Dill end
declared that if the sentiipeut* of the peo
ple of Teunceaee riiould diffei from bia own,
that he would not be seen in lii* aeat a day
after he had knowledge of the fact. There
fcave been three election* in that State since
•hen, and the Democrats have carried the
State every time by increased majorities.
The lari session of the Legislature of Ten
•assce have reminded Senator Bell of hi*
psosnlae, and passed resolutions requesting
Who to resign. Tlicso resolution# were trans
mitted to tlio U. 8. Senate, and mo
tion to print, Mr. 801 l made a speech refut
ing th comply, and animadverting pretty
heavily oil the authors of the resolijtions.—
Hi* colleague who is a Democrat, replied,
defending the legislature and sustaining the
aaaoluiions. This reply was extremely se
vere.
Mr. Bell rejoined, and being beyoud doubt
an able man, made on able and plausible
ifcech. Senator Johnson sur-rrjoiuod and
Xtorally used him up. We are tempted to
give extracts from this speech,but they would
extend this article too much, so we ioibear.
In the How th*rn U great excitement upon
the question of the admission of Kansas with
the Lecompton ©onstitutioß Many able
•peaches hare beeu made on both sides, and
doubtless there are many more yet to come.
Some of those already delivered nee mild
and argumentative, the majority howev
er are declamntory and full of paseion. •
Some of the free-soilers sa) that if Kansas
is admitted with tie Lecompton Constitution
that the Republicans in Kansas will resist
■d bring on civil war.
Bone of the Bout hern members declare
that if she be not admitted with the Cooati
tution wtoe* kb* now presents, the South
wI dissolve tiie Union. Now in onr opin
ion tbia dreadful result will not occur in ei
tber evenjp ‘
■ It is true that the fourth reaolntion of the
Georgia Platform declares among other
things, that Georgia will, rend the liee which
bind her to the Union provided Congress
should reject e Territory applying for ad
ulation as a State because her constitution
tolerated slavery, and it is equally true that,
if Kansas should be rejected with the Le
eompton Constitution, it will be becauee of
the slavery clause contained iu it, y**t the
seel opposition is ep covered up by pretexts
o| varmofl kinds, that the warriors who fram
ed the Georgia platform can have plenty of
axoaaee for not girding on their armor. Ihe
little band of patriotic southern-rights men.
who were crushed down and trodden under
foot in eighteen hundred and fifty# ®°*
M g lady o* a party take the initiative, for
the reason that when they bad a better occa
sion to announce their principle# and a better
Country to contend for, they were ssssailed
on all bands at home, as ire eaters, dieeo
ioniste and traitors. cl . ’
So that if Kenees should be rejected, we
any deliberately that in or jadgineet, there
wifi be no serious difficulties brought about
h/ the South. If she sTiontt be admitted
With the Constitution which slm tendeax.
and the Black Republican* o#Kansas should
m proper to resist and thereby ***•*
MU armnst the Government, they will be, as
ft*
wind. The country is sick and tired of this
Kuuas agitation and it wonld be a relief te
have it fettled in almost * n 7
” jamtuir
In looking over * lot* ken* of Jb* Ditty
Globe, ear eye fall upon a speed of Joeb
” ,u MSN,
Os curkoky. W# shall net attempt te give
our reader* anything like a full synopai* of
I tbo speech, bit only propose to giro *om*
print* in order Ibot they may underriand tbo
pOMtiOBI of tbo Abolitions. Hr. GKddingt]
that akvery ia contrary to the law
of God, and that therefor*, *ll *l*vebold*r*
are Infidels. He begin/ by repeating tb*
oommoodment “ Thou ahelt net kill,” end
argaea that alavery, and the powers incident
■ H to it at* necessarily violative of this com*
*■ mandment. Hear him :
•* In ear akveholding eemmnnitiea enact
ments have been passed, and are now *ep- i
ported, profeseief to authorise masters to 1
murder tlxh alave#.'’ . . .. ,L...
i, The old ttet
Bet hoar him farther on this subject:
• But tbie power of tb* master over the
life of th# skv# constitutes the vita! ele
ment of the institution, without wlilch ala
very eonld not exist. It ia exercised wliere
ever slavery ia maintained. Every master
exercises the privilege of driving Ida slave,
in richness or in health, just so severely as
he thinks will best subserve hi* own interest*.
It I* on this principle that slaveholder* open
ly declare it profitable to work their alavr*
uo bird is to produce tho death of the whole
gang on an average of (ive year* upon su
gar plantations, and of seven upon cotton
plantations j and to supply their place* by
other victims imported from the slave breed
ing State* From official document*, It ia
estimated that thirty thousand human vic
tims are thus sacrificed annually wilbiu the
United State# and Territories.
In the slave State* it is n<*t uncommon to
see advertisement* in the public paper* offer
ing a bounty for the head ol a particular
slave, who has absconded from hi* master.” j
The old fanatic makes other scriptural ar
guments just about as true a* the one on the
point just mentioned, and’ tben turn* bi* ba% |
teries npon the President and Supreme Obit A
for maintaining our rights under the Oonati
tution. Os the President he thus apenka:
u Tiits ayatem of murder is eocoureged
by the present Executive, and by all who
support his Administration. ‘I bey insist
that the people of a State or Territory may
rightfully enact laws giving to one man
power over the life of bis feilow-tnen who
have - committed nc offense : tlmt popular
sovereignty if not limited by God s higher
law j that It extends with propriety over the
life, the liberty, end the happiness of a por
tion of the human family ! that the whites
may, with impunity, subject the colored pen
pie of a State or Territory to degrading ser
vitude, close up the windows of their soul*.
viliiur, tnw- “ , ,
shut out knowledge from their understand
ing, hold them i* ignorance, end murder
them if they assert the right which find he*.
given them.” !
Bat hear the old Skunk in regard to the
Supreme Court. j
The Supreme Court was selected as the
instrument for officially avowing this and e
guiaed infidelity. That tribunal was favor-,
ably constituted for such a purpose ; a ma
jority of its member* were slaveholders.—
Other member* had been appointed to 01.
. Ia . * * L,.m uniform
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fice apparently on account ot tliuir uqitorm ,
sorvility to the alave power ; and every cir- j
cumstance combined to render it tire appro-
priate iaatrumeut for performing this work.
The time, too, waa a matter of importance.
No sooner bad the Thirty-Fourth Uongraea;
adjourned, than a majority of that tribunal,
in violation of its own declared rule*.digress
ed from the qnestiou before them, to utter its
denial of those doctries of the republican
fathers. • . . ,
But this decision, opposed as it is to ;
self-evident truths of our Declaration of In- j
dependence, to the letter and spirit of tbp j
Constitution, to the intelligence and
science of the American people, is emphati- 1
cally repudiated by them. Ihe vanity and,
arrogance exhibited by e majority of thaj
court in charging Hancock and Adams and i
Jefferson and Franklin, and their illustrious
compeers, with proclaiming doctrine* which
they did st intend to express, and of fail
ing to utter their principles which they ta
tend to avow, bae called forth from tire pop
ular mind indignant pity for tbe court, rather
titan doubts as to the intelligence and Chris
tianity of those eevans who foundod our in
stitution*.
I shall not argoe the abaurdity of this de
cision. Its falsehood is as self-evident as the
truths which it denies.”
Wiio cu wonder that thero is a wild, in
corrigible fanaticism prevailing among tbe
people of the North and West, when their
representatives make, publiali and scatter all
over the country eueh apeechcs as this I
This high-er-law-isra stops at notliing in
order tofoecomplith its destructive ends. 1 he
Constitution, the President, the Supreme
Court, and every'thing that stands in the
way is to bo kieked aside as unholy and
unclean.
- How this matter ia to ultimately end, God
only knows. _______ ~
BEKAKKAILZ CIHCUM6TAHCE.
- A prominent citiaeu received this intelli
gence by letter from his wife, now residing
in New York State. On the night of the
terrible destruction of, the Pacific Hotel, a
little brother of Henry Rochester, living at
home with bis parents, Hear Avon, in New
York, woke up seine time after midnight with
screaming and tear*, saying that tkr hotel in
St. Louie wae on hrt, and hie brother Hen
py %cat burning to diath. So intense was
his alarm snd horror, tlmt it was with con
siderable difficulty he could be quieted. On
tbe following day at noon, the parent* receiv
ed a teUwrahic “dispatch from the city, con
firming the little boy’s dream in every par
ticular.— St. Louie Democrat, March id.
cocoa CHOU.
The Paris Pay* publishes account* from
Cochin China and Tonqnin to lfith Novem
ber. The pereecotion of Christians continu
ed with unparalleled violence. The country
i was alto In a stata of tbe greatest confusion.
Banda of robbers from Chiua were plunder
ing tbe southern provinces.
Mo. Ewtob :—By tb* request of aaveral
of my fsllow-cittaena, to *ke * report of *y
several experiment*. I wiH take this oppor
tunity to acquit in/eolf of th*t &o*f-
Liit spring I obtained fro® tb® br® of
Mr. Bichard Peters, of Calhoun, Gordon Cos.,
Ob, B small package of tb* UMnes*JOfr
eane seed, raised by him from a aißeU parcel
received from the Patent office, deecribed in
th* Agricritnrel Report of 18114 uuder th*
bead of Sorgbo-Suere. *1 prepared a plat
of ground oa an eastern slope of old, sandy,
worn-out land .in each e manner, and with as
much mknure as would probably have'made
it yield, with average aaasoee. about fifteen
bushel* of corn per aero. On th# IBth of
March I planted on* hrif of rey aeed in 4
feat drill*. 18 inches in the drill, own# 3 or 4
•eed in each hill* manuring k very roughly
la the hill with common rtabk dung. It waa
soon np looking finely, notwilhatandieg the
th* severe, cold, lute spring. After getting
some 3 or 4 inches high it wa* bK down with
frost, and I began to think 1 might give it up
hut it aooo mad* it* appearance again looking
bed end yellow, from the effiscU of cold, but
soon grew off again finely.
I then', on the lfith of April, planted the
remainder of my seed, thus competing one
half acre planted. After it came np. end
grew up about knee high and was looking
finely, sending out its beautiful shoots or
| suckers from the root*, my cowe got into the
field and down the last stalk of it, not
kaving a solitary sprig of it but wliat was
•at off close to the ground, thus making a
clean sweep of it. I immediately turned in
and worked out the stubbles left, and was
surprised to find it, in less than ten days
itime, putting out new shoots, and growing off
mow vigorously than at first, looking green
and luxuriant in its hasty growth, dec. It
i was ail ploughed and hoed oft Oh enough to
keep the grass and weeds down ; and about
the 25th of June, begun to head—the heat
had then been unusually intern** for two or
three weeks, and the drought about that time
was very destructive. Ido not think this
I half acre would have yielded five bushels of
1 corn had it been planted in com. Having
intended to ascertain whether it would make
•yrup, l had a rude mill put up with two
’ pine wood rollers. Finding by the 20th of
1 July the most advanced head* had passod
the milky stage, I concluded to work np a
’ part of it, but waa dreadfully put back again,
. from th* great quantity of rain that fell in
i that month, and failed to get-to work at it
until the 15th of August. During this time
it rained every day, and my cane, which was
IgehoralTy very high and rank, was blown
down and very much broken up. Indeed
I the severe weather had raised the sap to such
1 a height that it hardly seemed worth my
wliilo to make an experiment with it; but
-being urged into it I had 300 cane cut and
I passed them twice through the mill—yield
of juice 38 quarts. I theu cut 200 average
cane, and passed them three times through
the tnHl—yield of juice 50 quarts, of a green
ish clear color, having a very sweet, flinty
taste. I then cut 100 cane pnased them
through twice—yield of juice 21J quarts —
passed the same 100 through again—yield
29 quarts, which was proof that much of the
juice yot remained in the stalks; for, after
j uivw v .
passing them throogli three times, I could
ring out the juico with my hands, ao ineffi
cient was my mill. 1 then took 100 quarts
of juice and after four hours boiling obtained
29 quarts of choice syrup. Beveral of my
neighbors were present and will certify that
the syrup was of a better quality than the
best New Orleans syrup we get, dtc. The
next day 1 repeated the experiment with 40
pints of juice; I obtained, after four hours
boiling, 9 pints of rntber. better syrup of a
clear honey color, dee.
In these boilings I used nothing as a clarifi
er. Ths whole process was carried through a
large pot, and tbat very unsuitable from its
deptb. These selected cane grew in tbe best
spots in the patch. They were an inch to
an inch and a half iu diameter, and general
ly about 7 feet long after cutting off the
heads and a part of tbe stem.
I have tried cattle and horse* and they
eat the fodder and seed greedily, and pigs
tbe waste. I did not attempt to make sugar
but candidly believe that sugar can be made
from it, beginning to cut tbe cane as soon as
the head is fully developed and the top seed
beginning to turn black. It may be seenred
for a month before it will ripen. I find tbat
it is richest in saccharine matter when in that
stage. The proper time for planting is about
tbe last of April, or earlier if warm enough.
When well cultivated and in good toil, tbe
plants attain from 10 to 12 feet and produce
fodder from the root to the top. I bclieTe a
heavier weight of nutricious feed for all kiuds
of cattle can be proenred from it in a given
■pace of ground than from any other plant,
and I tfiink R will prove of great benefit to
every section of country where it is intro
duced, not only ** a green feed during the
hot month*, but for dry feed during the win
ter, if cut add dried In the summer, dec. Al
though in this part of the country I look up
on this plant aa of great valuh as a forage
crop,' yet, possibly it may be cultivated for
v iL ve now stated tbe chief particulars of i
my experiment. Every farmer is compe
tent to draw his own opinions and conclu
sions. A single experiment eenaaially one
in agriculture—i* randy conclusive. I muy
err myself, and might cause others to err,
were 1 to express with any emphame the
opinions I at present entertain of tbe value
or this recently introduced plant.
r - Respectfully,
Jambs Ambus.
Mill Creek Plantation, Colquit Co- Gs.
mam or omu ***** j
- Matthew Calbraith Ferry,
brother of tfcet heroic Perry who.e n.me i.
inmeoorablv #ooeeted with the victory am
LakSjMe ha the wer of 1812, died t h“
rn^^Tr — i„ this city et 2 o’clock on the mor
ning of the 4th of March. Hi. life he been
• period of continued toil in the .eryiee of
hi eoonty. from hi. entry into the N.v, m
1809 as > midshipmen, up to the time ot hi*
d 'Attire of the State of RhodeJ{® ,
wee hot* et South Kingeton “ ,7 J*’
made hUfirat cruise in the Khoober Rebr
and at the age of eighteen ww lranaferred
to the frigate United State., and after fire
month* duty returned to the Prestdant, co
manded by the gallnnt Decatur, with whom
be aerved for eight month*- . ,
In 181 ft be wae promoted to the rank ot
Lieutenant, and .tenoned for two year* a
the Brooklyn Nary Yard. It will be wen
that bia novitiate wa pawed amid tne ,
eluding teenea of that war which gave tne
finishing blow to Britiah oppression on onr
water*. Tutored among auch stirring events,
hi. whole after life retained the martial cul
ture which they afforded.and developed those
qualities of a commander which subsequent- j
ly attained for him tfie first honor, of the
American Nary. .
To bim as mnch aa any one, the Colo
niaation Bociety are indebted- for the selec
tion of tbe Liberian settlement, whither he
waa Mnt with Com. Robert F. Stockton and;
others in the ahipCyane. He served in this
vessel until 1821, from whence he was order- j
ed to the command of the schooner Shark,in
which he visited the colony of the Mesura
do. and afterward (he Weat Indies in search
of pirates. In 1824 he wa. with Com. Rodg
ers, on board the liip-of-line North Carolina,
dining her whole cruise, lie was promoted
to the rank of Commander, and in 1830 le-
turned to Boston, where he was engaged in
the recruiting service.
In the eorvette Concord, he wa* appoint- 1
ed to convey the eccentric Virginian, John
Randolph, our Russian Minister, to St. Pe
tersburg. and during the next three years
chiefly passed hit time in the Mediterranean
sea. ”T . 1
On his return to the United States in
1833, he was again stationed at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard as Superintendent of the Gun-,
nery Practice, and was here indefatigablo in
his efforts to perfect our Naval organization.
To him we are indebted for many of the
useful'improveroents in the present system.
Advanced to the post of Captain in 1837, he
was transferred to the steamer Fulton, and
for nearly e year, cruised on the eastern
coast of the United States. j
In 1838 he was dispatched to Europe for j
the purpose of investigating the dockyards
and light-houses, on which subjects lie pre
pared a valuable report. After serving for
three years in the African squadron engaged
in suppressing the slave trade, he was in
1846 ordered to New York, where he super
intended tor some time, the construction ot
Government docks and steamers.
Upon the breaking Out of the Mexican
War, aajecood in Command to Commodore
Conner, he sailed for the Gulf of Mexico. —
Here, in 1847, lie was appointed chief offi-;
cer of the Home Squadron, and history re- 1
cords no more brilliant nnval achievement |
than the bombardment of Vera Cruz, which
was conducted under his management. But i
tbe last was the crowning act of his whole j
career. On the 24th of March, 1852,- he
sailed from the United on a mission,
whose successful consummation will hand
down the name of Com. Perry with abiding
honors to a distant posterity. We allude to 4
the Japan Expedition, which terminated so
creditably by the treaty entered into between’
that Empire and our Government, signed on ,
the 3l*t of March, 1864. I
Com. Perry liad closed his official life with
this negotiation and returned to New York,
where he resided until an attack of the gout
finished bis course on earth on the 4th of
this month. A widow and six children re
main to mourn.their loss, which a sympathis
ing country and an adorning age alike de
plore. .
The funeral service will be performed to
day at 5 o’clock, at St. Mark’s Church.
We would refer to another column for the
arrangements madri by the military authori
ties of the city to join in the solemnities of
the occasion.— N. Y. Newt.
FUHCHABE OF SONORA.
A Californian no|w in New York, who has
visited Washington! City, writes as follows :
There are parties of influence from Cali
fornia and Arazoni* now nt Washington, ur
ging the pnrchaae by our Government of the
State of Sonora, Mexico, and there is no
doubt that the Administration will buy it.—
Negotiations are ndw nrogi easing with that
view. 1 know that Mexico has proposed to
sell, for that country is of no nse to her, it
being overrun by the Apache and other In
dians, who are a terror to the inhabitants;
and however the troubles now existing in
that distracted Republic may terminate, the
Government, if any be established at nil,
will reed and must have money. Ihe par
ties urging this matter want Guaymns as a
port of entry, for without it Arazonin and
the adjacent country will be of comparative
ly little value. They expect to. get as far
down as the 28th parallel, taking in a part of
Sinaloa. ‘ 7
RESIGNATION OF JUDGES - . ..
: Several of the Judges of our Sujferior
Courts—Judge Hardeman of our circuit
among the number—having resigned to enti
tle themselves to the increased salary under
tho provision of the last law, Gov. Brown
has reappointed them. Some of our ex
changes have criticised tho action of froth
parties, and we think unjnstly. Gov. Brown
is, we think, free from censure, for how could
ha honestly do otherwise than re-appoint
those the people had elected / We also thiuk
the Judges are certainly entitled to the in
creased pay, aud those who complain, forget
that their term of service commenced after
the salary of Judges had been increased, but
being.commissioned prior, they were cut off
from the benefits of the act, and there is no
Other way by w hich they Can entitle them
selves to just compensation for their services.
We shall be very much mistaken ifin Janu
ary next, each re-appointment is not ratified
by the people. The twenty per cent, deduc
ted some year* ago, ought never to have
been permitted, and w# are glad the last leg
islature restored it, and we feel it but right
that all the Judges should now be permitted
to ei\joy it, — Souther* Recorder March 2d.
no Tißburf hall wa-irue LA ® r WMKT
.as®®? W*
*Tof those who originated It, • nd ** t *
so, .bh >*
Hall w**^ a nd ! d ‘!‘‘t first
Hall wa* crowaeu 10 w r # # *
the Aerlißg. Democracy. Many our j
cititens, m ? rcl^" t, H *n d _^ r ”’ r eseiice here
* present In the Old Hall.wh P qjj
were seldom if ever observed before—ui
Line Henry Cloy Whigs— opposed here o
: ft ‘rrE.'JTS:
President s pmn ior
of Kansas,and sustaining ,b ®.
in its efforts made to secure this most desired
I object. It was . noble gathering of the;
honest voters of the eity, who are sick and,
tired of the policy and demagogue.*... ot 1 H o
! Knusa* screed, ers-of thwo des.re to
see that Territory admitted at the earliest
moment as a Stale, when ebe can hove the
privilege of managing her own affairs in he
own way. - . I
The meeting last night gave cxpreMion to ;
the true s*ntin.nt* of * ,c , J" 1 *
of the State, and it is well calculated to
strengthen the hand, of the Presulen and (
greatly aid in the accomplishment of the ob
ject so necessary for the peace ot the coon
, try and perpetuity and stihngtb of the Dem
! ocratic party. ,
! The speeches made on this occasion were
iof the brightest order, and the enthusiasm
with which they were received shower, plain
ly enough that they were convincing as well
as eloquent. —iV. Y. News.
the mobmons and TEEIJt next mighation
OH WHAT ISLAND THEY WILL SETTLE 1
According to recent information the Mor
-1 mons desire to emigrate rn masse to the 1 stand
ot'Papua. This movement was proposed to
their delegate at Washington last summer;
he did not favor the idea at the tune, but is
now disposed to recomend to his constituents
a peaceful settlement on a great island, rich ;
I in the spontaneous productions of nature, and j
.where they could enjoy that isolation from I
“gentile” influence which they desire. Ihe .
Dutch did at one time lay claim to a portion
comprising the northwest peninsulas and a
coninriftiiig > L . m j
p.iftion ot the southwest coast as tar as J4U ,
degrees east longitude, and commenced a set- j
demerit in 1828 on the south side of tbe pen-1
insula, separating Geelvink’s bay from Mo
lucca sea, which however they speedily a an- 1
duned on account of the expense of keeping j
i%p an establishment where no compensating j
1 trade could be established with a sparse bnr
bariain population, and they have not since
made any further attempt to settle on the is
land’ nor has any other European power.—
Papua or New Guinea, is 1,400 miles in
| | e „gth. It has an area ol 260,000 square
1 miles, 0110 third larger than Utah, and about
the dimensions of New Mexico. It occupies •
a central position in tbe Australian'. Malay- j
sin, and Polynesian ‘islands- Its geology
partakes r,f both rhe pltUonic tiird sedimciita
ry, and volcanic formation of Maylasin, It.-
i vegetation is exceedingly luxuriant; tho for
-1 est trees observed from the coast ofGeelvink
| bay-run up to 180 and 200 feet and many
wo,e of excellent quality for ship building \
\ and other economical uses
The highest estimate of population of parts
1 known is about two to the square mile.—,
i There are many satisfactory reason to ac
| couiit For tife rieiglect of tiris'island by Euro-
pean Governments and adventurers, and to
poiApf frut as an admirable field for settle
[iienflty a large body of civilized agricultural |
1 people, l’apua did not seem to offer the
| pepper, cloves iind other products which tem
! ted the cupidity and stimulated the enter
prise of Europeans in the Indian Archipelogo;
but having a rich soil, being well waterd and
timbered, and having no possers— unless we
consider a few roiserables avages, without po
litical and hnrdly any social organization, and
haying no idea of property in land, aa such
—it offers a fine field and unrestricted scope
for the development of the energies of the
iudußtrions population of Utah— who by the
way, would be in a region surrounded by in
stitutions congenial with their own—and we
should, by I heir going’ be pleasantly relieved
of a perplexing nnd threatening question.
f Cor. New York Herald.— ,
THE ADMINISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NEW YORE.
The administration has been cordially en
dorsed in Pennsylvania. The action of the
Legislature, and the primary meetings of the
people, arc evidence of the truth of this state
ment. Pennsylvania wiH not exchange a
leader like Buchanan, for one like Forney
The one has been tried, and never found wan
ting—always true to the constitution and the
national Democracy. The other deserted
bis priciples and his party, when it became
necessary to make a sacrifice of personal as
pirations.- Couiitryvis, and has ever been, first
in the heart of Mr. Buchanan; while Forney
has made himself paramount to every other
consideration. W e look upon Pennsylvania
as the keystone of tjie arch of Union.—
When she foils, the fabric most totter to the
earth. „
It is also gratifying to see the great State
of Now York coming up to the work in |
new spirit. The anti Lecompton meeting in
tho city of N. York was a signal failure. On
the other hand, we see that a call for a Mass
Meeting in that city, to sustain the Presi
dent's policy in reflV.reuce to Kansas, was to
be held ou last, Thursday, and the call had
been signed by several thousand of the best i
men in the city. Lbt us be thankful for’
these hopeful sigus of “better days.”— Fed.
Union. ‘
FIENDISH DEPAVITY
■o t< ‘
We learn, from a passenger, that when the
morning train from Macon was about enter
ing upon the trestle of the Ogeechee Swamp
about one o'clock a, m., yesterday, some
fiend incarnate discharged a gun into the win
dow of the passenger car. Two slugs enter
ed near the bend of a passenger and passing
immeditely in front of his face, and bnt a
few inches distnnt, went out at the opposite
window, quite as near to the head of anoth
er passenger on that side. The circumstance
of course produced a great excitement among
the passengers.
This is the third attempt of the kind that
has been made within a few weeks, and it is
difficult, to account for so wanton an act of de
pravity, worthy only of the Thugs of India
—SacunnaA Republican.
■toll Jltbs, T
We learn that timold of Director,
was nUßnimonsiy re-MocM on Monday, Bti w
v :_. I is F. Hand*‘President; 11. Brie,
tfl. Lathrop, J. W. Lathrop, W. 5.
O’DriseoW. J. L. Villalonga, and J. Wash
burn .-Gwryiw
watt. between eob tallet ahb hawem*.
There is a daily mail from Fort galley to
Haw kins ville and vice vena. \ “ T
mOK WASHINGTON —COLONEL BUMNEE TO H
coiner mabtialed -jt
Washington, March U*urt-Msr
tial has been ordered to assemble at Carlisle
barracks on tho 10th hist., to try Col. Bu m .
1 ncr, under the 25th article of war, for hav
ing challenged Gen. Harney. Gen. Jessup,
Gen. Wool, and Gen. Smith, are among tho*
who have been appointed to compose tha
Court. . ‘ w- -V**
Later from Utah. -
The Hon. Mr. Uocktdny, U. S. District
Attorney for Utah, has arrived in this city
1 from the Territory j and be states that Col
Johnson will advance to Salt Lake by tba
Ist of May next, if the animals for which
Capt. Marcy has been despatched arrive.
Troops from Kansas to Utah.
Washington, March 5.—A1l the troop*
now in Kansas, except three companies, Lav*
been ordered to march for Utah immediately,
■opposed Moidsrs in Lsaisvill*.
Lutrisvll.i.K, March 5. Two barrels,each
containing * human body, were found in the
river, opposite this city, last evening. Thera
is no doubt that they are those of victims oi
foul murders.
j It is understood that Gen. Harney is to be
’ sent to the Pacific to take charge of all tha*
military division of tho United States. I*
is now believed, say s the Washington States,
that the principal movements against the
Mormons will be made from Walla-Wall*
and some eastern part of California.
j -V- THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
Richmond, Ya.. March 7, 1858.
The Legislature las* night veted a gold
medal to the widow of Commander Hern
don, and then adjourned sine die.
A proclamation from the Governor was
i immediately rend convening an extra sess
ion. The Governor intends that tbe Logi*-
1 Jator shall remain in session till the business
; is completed.
! Savannah, March 11— Cotton. —2351
! I,ales sold to day at the following pniticnlars :
60 at 101, 50 at 10$, 10 at 10|, 38 at 11$,
74 at 11 j, 171 at iU, 186 at llg, 821 at
11?, 42 at 11 1.3-16, 147 at 11$, 148 at 12,
375 at 12$, 24 at 12 3-16, 29 at 12$ and 10
bales Jethro at 12jc.— Georgian.
BURNING OF THE STEAMER EUZA BATTLE.
FOBTT iIVES LOST —TWELVE HUNDRED BALK!
COTTON LOST.
. V*’ JB*-
YVeliavc nTrendy chroiiklcd by telegraph
this terrible calamity on the ftigU-e. Riveo—
the destruction by fire of the steamer Eliza
Battle— and a frightful losafof-life on March
Ist. The-Mobile"Register says: •
j It -necured about 2” o’clock on Monday
i morning, about three quarters of a mile above
Kemp’s landing, when the Battle. *ith some
1 50 or 60 passengers and 1200 nr 1300 bales
i cotton on board, took fire and was complete-
ly consumed.
As far as ascertained, thirty-three live*
were lost, consisting of the crew nnd passtn
j gers (about one half each,) aud all the cotton
except 15 or 20 bales.
The fire had its origin among the coM- n
bales on the after deck* under the cabin and a
.strong notth wind (almost a gale,) soon spread
it to all parts of the boat, and the passengers
were compelled to sock safety for their lives
by retreating in their night clot lies.
The boat was headed for the shore, but tlie
river being high and out of its hanks and tho
wheel ropes burned, a landing could not ho
effected.
She was, however, driven among the trees,
jvhere she lodged until the engines ceased to
work, (the intensity of the heat driving tha
engineers from their posts} when the passen
gera wero enabled tocffeci.au escape by cling
ing to the limbs and branches of trees, and
upon bales of cotton thrown overboard.
All of the books and papers of the boat
were lost, and, with the exception of one or
two carpet bags, every particle of baggage
also. ” .. .• {
The Battle belonged to Messrs. Cox Brain
ard 6c Cos., and was not insured. What the
amount of is loss it is impossible to ascertain.
The following ia a list of those ascertained
to have been lost:
Mrs. B. Cromwell and child, frozen, Sum
ter county. ■
M s. H. G. Turner and child, frozen, Wash
ington county.
Mr. W. T. Smith, frozen, Green county.
Mr. Caradine, frozen, Chickasaw county.
Mr. Willis, frozen,Chickasaw Cos.
Mr. Augustus Jones, frozen, Colnmbns,
Miss.
Mr. Martin, frozen, Kentucky.,
Mr. John Powell, barkeeper, frozen, Eli§§ o _
Battle. ‘ ‘
Dr. S. W. Clanton, frozen, Warsaw. Ala.
Negro man belonging to Mr. B. L. Turner
frozen. -
Negro man, “Jackson,” harbor, frozen, Eli*
za Battle.
cook,"frozen, Eliza Battle.
t.Nancy, chambermaid, belonging to S. ©•
Stone, master of the Eliza Battle, frozen.
I Robert boy, belonging to Col. T*
| Buford. ‘
Gkrk.cabin boy, belonging to Judge R-
C. Toruey.
Jim, cabin boy, belonging to Jno Foster.
fWhite boy, (3d cook) netne unknown.
Sam, deck baud belonging to J .A. Mooring
Petdr, •• “
tjack “ “ “ “
(Bill “ “ “ R. G. McMahon.
Allen, “ “ “ John Bowen.
Ben, “ “ “ llan Raine.
tßev. Mr. Newman—frozen —from Louis
ville Ky. .
tM. A. Calloway—never seen—Gainsvn**
! A, *‘ ! ‘
tTtaree white deck hands—never seen.
?. Kirkland—died after getting aahoro—
I Green Cos., Ala.
’ Mrs. Cromwell and her child. died from,
cold, in her husband’s arms, in a tree.
! IDr. 8. H. Jones—never seen—Green Cos.,
! Ala.
tßodies found., ,