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THE WIRE-CRASS REPORTER.
IWQIABTILLE, GEOROIA.
wupkesday MOytyq, aphtl as, ie. j
OP-NOTICE is hereby given to our sdvsrtMsg
ftiSd.” thst thefr ABVBRTIBF.MENTB to bo j
Mr of iMortion.miut be bunded in by twelve o’clock
•Tory Tuesday.
OTTbo Wthf.-Gras* Keportkr it the Official
Organ for publishing the Sheriff*’ Stic* of I be enun- I
tlot of Telfolr, Itcrrien, Ware, C6l<iitt, an<l Thm
ant albor for publlthin? the Advertisements of the-,
Orttwriei 01 Clinch, Thoms* and Ware.
W B. BENNET, ESQ.
If a locum tenen* in authorized to do such
mi aet, it U with pleasure that we welcome
W. B. Bonnet, the Troupvilla Editor of the
Tbemasville Enterprise. Mr. Bonnet it a
gentleman of fine attainments, and if we are
sh judge of hia editorial* by bis conversation. 1
they will be to the point and piquant. Mr.
Bonnet in his salutatory to the readers of
the Enterprise “ blunders” in a very good
style if bia family have been unfortunate in
•akhtg “ bowi.”
a nrraxunira cabs fob slave hoi bees
A preliminary examination was held in
ear town on Thursday last before Wm. L.
Holland and Noah Paramore, Justices of the
Inferior Court, which must excite an interest
- in oar people in the qneatiohs involved in
tbe ease.
Dr. B. J. Broce, as the prockienj/imi, of
• *ego man by the name of Price, filed bis
affidavit that be believed that the said negro
u Price was a free man and held in slavery.
Bald affidavit aaas made under the act of A.
D. IMS.
’ After tbe affidavit, according to tbe pro
visions of said act, tbe owner of said slave,
C. S. Cox,and Price, the slave, were arrested
and brought into Court before tbe above
named Justices. The proof elicited aDd
which was argued upon by counsel for com
plainant aud the defendant woro about as
fellows:
It appears from tho papers certified to by
dia officer of Record in Annapolis. Maryland,
that a free man of color by tbe name of Giles .
Price, tried for stealing six hundred dollars,
add It being tbe second offence of which be
(dies Price) was guilty, it was ordered by
the Court that tbe said dies Price be sold j
into slavery tor tbe term of fitteon years,
and that be be removed beyond the limits of
fee S*at.\ iX
It further appears by the testimony of E,
0. Ponder, who sold Price to Cox, and who I
lit fact is the defendant in the case, that in
tbe year A. D.JLB37, E. G. Ponder was tra
ding on slaves ai\d that bis brother, James
Fonder, since deceased, also, was in tbe same
Busvaetw, and that Jntpes Ponder bought said
negro Price in BaltimWc and sold him to E.
G. Ponder in Alexandria, Virginia.
Justices Holland and'l’nramoro after the
argument decided to thc case over to
tbe Superior Court. \
in justice to Messrs Holland and I’ara
more, wo will state that thK idle rumors
afloat in the community as to the effect of
their decision is unjust to these gentlemen.—
Tbe questiou of tbe freedom of the slave
was not tbe question and they di.t not make
any decision in regard to tbe freedom of the
slave. They only thought as they wemun
skjlled in the law that the questions involved
had better be tried by a higher tribunal, and
that the proof adduced created a probability
that ths negro Price might be tho identical
Giles Price.
The case was argued *o the antlro antisfac
tlon of both parties, by Col. A. T. Mclntyre
who made the opening speech for the defend
ant, lie was (ullowed by llobt. S. Burch,
and Col. Jno. It. Alexander for the
plaintiff, and Judge A. 11. llanscll in con
cluaSon for the defendant.
the South ceatemplato the fallow
ing picture drawn for her especinl. benefit by
the New York Evening l*oat —oue of the
organs of Seward.
We hare a common destiny” in this great
stmggle, wc ought to be united in sentiment
In the prepsrntion that fanaticism will com
pel us to moke.
“Wo expect to have a clear Republican
majority in the House of Representatives of
the next Congress (the 86th ;) a Republican
President and Vice President, and Cabinet
for 1861, elected by the votes of every free
State, and a clear majority iu the Senate to,
at least in the 38th Congress (1863.) which
will make the working portion of the Gov- ;
eminent a unit. Suppose an act of Congress
should pass, calling a National Convention
Mo revise and amend the Constitution of the
United States.’ With half the determina
tion and none of the rascality employed by
the Administration to carry the Lecompton
antrage, the co-operation of a majority of the
State Legislatures might be secured, to ap
” fomt delegates to tho Convention, and the
Cmirention might proceed to ‘amend’ the
Constitution by abolishing the slave repre
sentation and the surrender of fugitive slaves,
altering tbe oppplutment to correspond, ami
remodelling the Supremo Court, so as to va
cate tbe bench at once, and require new
judges to be appointed, and then simply or
der the next succeeding election to be held
under the new schedule, the returns t<> lie
made and elections certified by the President
of the Convention.
“On the 4th of March, 1865, the Govern
ment would be peaoeably inaugurated on the
MW basis, ready for harmonious and resist
leas action in all its branches—legislative,ex
ecutive and judicial. And any minority oL
States would find themselves without reme
dy or deliverance. They would be within
the boundaries and occupying the territory
of the United Slates, and subject to all the
laws thereof, as at present. Other nations j
irould at once recognise the authority of
tji Government and its rights to tbe exer
cise of its own laws within its own boipids,
as heretofore. And n power on earth could
review or alter the result. 1 r "” 1
SODIHBBX CtUPtZBCIAL COMYENTION.
Below wilt be found tho names of gentle
men appointed by Mayor Holland to the ap
proaching Southern Commercial Convention,
and we'will publish a list of subjects which
tbe Hon. J. D. D. Deßow, the President ot
tbe last Convention baa thought fit to make
known as some of she subjects which will.
be discussed. IfUhe sound practical men I
of the South will take hold of these Conven
tions, much good may be effected. Tbe
: Convention ought to rule out by the action
of tho members if no other method is attain
’ able, politicant either in prosperity or those
i who are broken down, who are for making
j long winded speeches, for tbe double par
-1 pose of seeing themselves in tbe pnpers and
for consuming the time of the Convention,
j We hope to See our town represented as we
understand tbe railroads will only charge half
price. Tbe expenses will be light, the citi
tens of Montgomery are makiug every prep
-1 aration to receive thedelegates, and there
I will be present some of tbe first men of the
South,
Mr. Debow. President of tbe last Com
| menial Convention,at Knoxville, hassugges
’ ted the following topics for discussion at the
1 coining session,and invites delegates to come
i prepared to deliberate nod report upon them,
ami to suggest appropriate action :
1. The question of master and slave—in
volving the physical mid religious improve
ment of the slave ; the subject of slave laws
r and police; the reclamation of slave proper
ty takcu awny by fraud or force, and tbe
j modes of retaliatory legislation.
2. The question of the supplyjsf labor at
tbe South in its relation to tho production
and consumption of Southern commodities;
to the free black ; to the African fleet, and
the action of England and France in tbe in
troduction of Coolies and African Apprenti
ces.
3. The effect pf the tariff, hanking, boun
ty aud navigation system upon the Southend
the reciprocal interests of the planter aud tbe
merchant.
The development of. Southern agricultu
ral industry, a proper enlargement of the
manufacturing and commercial and internal
improvement systems and the subject of
ocean steumers and marts.
5. The resources and self-sustaining ca
pacities of the slaveholding States, aud the
establishment and independence of her liter
ary and education system.
6. The.political relation of the South un
der the l'\deral Constitution, and the foreign
policy to-be supported ; the maintenance and
. extension of her institutions within the lim
its of the Unroll nnd beyond them, and her
means of defence and security from aggress
ions, present mid prospective. 4,
■ ,vat! - sr*
Tho ftdlviwing named gentlemen 1 have
selected to represent the town of Tliomas
ville in the Southern Commercial Conven
tion, to he held in Montgomery, Alabama,
on the second Monday in May next. Those
gentlemen named, accepting the appoint
ment, will he furnished with credentials by
applying to
W. L. Hot. land, Mayor.
A. P. Wright, Dr. It. J. Bruce,
Charles J. Harris, Jno. M. Dyson,
E. L. Andeikbn, Jno. R. Alexander,
R. 11. Hardaway, ,J. 8. Merrill,
11. W. yharpe, W. McLendon,
Evans, C S. Rockwell,
E. Thompson, Milton Wilder,
Dr. W. H. Hall, T. B. Davies,
E. Remington, lUm. Peter E. Love,
E. L. Hines, Dr. D. S. Brandon,
Dmmld McLean, Samuel B. Spencer,
Dr. S. S. Adams, John Stephens,
W; A. Bowen, J. D. Edwards,
CoI.A.T Mclntyre, Bnnj. F. Hubert,
Col. W. J. Young, M. Branner,
Dr. Isnnc Mitchell, Jas. McLendon,
George Daniel,
April, 1858.
A TBIP TO THE INITIAL FOIHT.
... “
—ln company with a number of gentlemen,
we yesterday made a trip over the Gulf
; Railroad to its present terminus on the Wes-
I tern bank of the Little Satilln River, about
; seventy miles from-Savannah. The station
!is called Zero,and it marks the “ initial point”
I mentioned in the Atlantic Sc. Gulf Railroad
| charter, for the junction of tho two roads and
; also the Brunswick & Florida Rond, should
the last mentioned ho extended that far.—
The truck is in excellent condition and tbe |
train passed over it with ns much case and |
rapidity as on any road which we have ever |
j traveled. Tho road has been opened and j
I the cars rnnniug to tins point for about n
j month, nnd its importance to the citizens of,
| Savannah nnd along the line is forcing itself;
; upon public attention.
| We cannot let tho occasion pass without
i referring to the untiring perseverance of Dr.
: Screven, management, and iu
i the face of formidable obstacles, it lias pro
gressed thus far.
Nor would \Be-fail to render due praise to
the able,energetic and faithful civil engineer,
Mr. Ilerriot, to whom the company and tbe
public are in great part indebted for the very
’ admirable manner in which this great work
nnd its appurtenances have been construct
ed. It is a moment of bis skill, of which
lie may well he proud.
This road being completed and in opera
tion, tho next great improvement to which
the energies of our people are to be directed
is the connecting or Main Trunk road which
is to open up the way from Savannah to :
tho Gulf. In view of the magnificent results
to be realised from the work, the people of j
Savannah nnd indeed of all Southern Geor- i
gia, should unitedly strive for its complfc- 1
lion at tiie eaijiest possible day. We sin-,
eerely truat that there may he no drawback
or hindrance to postpone the realization of
our hopes. —Savannak Republican.
THE. COMING 80MMEB.
It is said tlmt tbe Enrl of Rouse, one of
the first astronomers in Europe, has told a
gentleman in Enland ‘that lie anticipates one
of the most intensely hot summers this year
that has ever been known, and be advises
farmers to build sheds for their cattle, by
way of protection against the extreme beat)
— Sav. New*. j- * ,vl
What is more beautiful and poetical than
the cbiJds ides of ice, “ wator gone to sleep.” |
THE LATE GEN HAVELOCK.
Below onr readers will find an interesting
account of tbe late Gen. Havelock copied .
from tbe Richmond Dispatch. Tbe charac
ter of Gen. Havelock is so different from
what is expected in tho soldiery of our own
or other countries, that bis fame rises above
them all on account of the simple and trust
ing fajth he ever exhibited in the Savior of
mankind. ~ ?
How high pure religion elevates a man is
not to be calculated without an effort, it will
distinguish tbe prmce or peasant from
those around them who act differently. It
is said that one of England's proudest Gener
als under whom it whs Gen. Havelock’s du
ty to serve, bad such confidence in Have
lock and big men on account of their sobrie
ty and religious principles, that whenever
tho standard of the Lion lmd to be borne—
where the stoutest quailed—where hottest was
the fight and thickest rained the grape and
cannister —where every thing depended up
on the nerve of men- I —when at times it seem
ed A* if England had almost lost the pres
tige in battle she had won on a hundred fields,
that old General knew that one still was
left, and lie would raise himself and give
the command, “ Bring out Havelock and
his Christians.”
The-Rev. W. Brock.nf the BaptistChurcb,.
has published a brief, but interesting hiogra- <
phy of this distinguished soldier. No new
facts are given in connection with his well’
known military career, hut his domestic and
religions character is set forth in an interes
ting manner. Something of the man’s love
of his family and devotion to Ills duty mny
b seen in the fact that, when, in 1849, after
an absence of twenty-seven years, twenty
three of which had passed over him ns a sub
altern, ho returned, broken down, to his na
tive land, lie set out again for India in tw'o
years afterwards, separating himself f-orn
the wife arul children,who were all his earth- :
ly joy,-that lie might be able to ensure his
children an education, the means of which
ho could only procure by active service in
in India. Says Ilia biographer:
The letters he wrote on his way out prove
that this separation tried him to ttie centre of,
his being. Un no other subject does lie speak
so strougly. A letter addressed to his wife j
two years later may be appropriately intro
duce here as exhibiting Ilavelock in bis do
mestic relation, lie lias-written the day be
fore, but remembering it is his wife’s birth
day, he says:
It appears to me like a dream, so quickly
have the twenty four years passed away
silica we became man ami wife. I may not
—who can suy l —live to see another of your
birthdays, so now I will record h-ow great
have been your deservihgs in upholding me
-in my many trials. But, above nil, witL be
registered in heaven the cave you have taken
to train our five remaining ehildfen up for
the blessings of eterrrity. * • * “May
God guide you perpetually, and lead you
into.all holiness and truth. If lam spared
to. return to yon, may our joint prayers ob
tain a blessing on those we love. On earth
may you and I meet in peace, and in heaven
in endless satisfaction.
Returned to India, Havelock resumed his
old habits of usefulness. At the same .time
he was exceedingly anxious to place his fam
ily in Letter circumstances. Id a letter ad*
dresse& to hvs wife its 1‘856, he writes: •* 1
hold to my purpose as strongly as ever, I
trust, of drawjng on the Bank of Faith ; but
have leai lit in iny old age that there is an
other establishment too much before neglec
ted—the Bank of Prudence ’■ Great was
his,joy, wliuipiu May, 1854, lie was itlfovro-
ed that lie was appointed Quartennaster-
Gerieral to the army, arid in December, of
the same year, when ho became Adjutant-
General to her Majesty's forces. After a sep
aration of nearly seven years, it was arrang
ed that some time, in 1857 Mrs. Havelock
should rejoin her husband at Bombay, with
one or two of his"children, and great was
their common joy. But just as expectation
was at its height came the declaration of war
with Persia. At Sir James Outram’s recom
mendation. General Alison offered him a di
_yisional command in’ the Persian expedition ;
and for the children’s sake he dare not re
fuse. Thus all plans for a’ meeting were
postponed. It mix written that Havelock
should never sec his wife and children more. 1
In his religious character, General Have-!
lock was not° demonstrative, hut, from h’s
schoolboy days, in the terse nnd expressive j
language of his biographer, “feared Rod !
what was right.” A brother officer .
speaks of him when lie. first knew him in
1824, when he was only eight and twenty:
“That which formed the highest glory in his
whole career was his sterling Christian con
sistency. Ho was not a, man to parade his
opinions or feelings, or to make any striking
display, unless called for by some aet or
word of others, when no one could he more 1
firm in the avowal of his sentiments., and his
calm, impressive manner Always told with
effect.”
Another writes:
“ lie invariably secured two hours in ~the
morning for rending the sciiptures and pri
, vate prayer. 1/ the uiarclt began at six, he
rose at tour; if at four, lie rose at two.” —
liven when ho was n subaltern, and through
1 his. whole life, ho gave one tenth of bis in
come to objects of Christian benevolence.—
lie was never ashamed nor afraid, in his un
ostentatious, Imt manly way, to assemble his
soldiers and thank God for great deliveran- .
ecs, or to pray for the continued protection
|of Divine Providence. II” steadily instruc-1
| ted bis men in the duties of religion, not os
tentatiously, nor in a canting and pretentious
spirit, but calmly, systematically and seri
ously, as a father would his children. He
spared no pains to hold them back from eX
| cesses. “ There is no such .soldier in the |
world as the English soldier,” he was accus- j
turned to say, ‘• if ho can be kept from ,
drink.” The conduct of his command in |
the field, never surpassed in the annals of
human courngo and ; endurance, bears testi
mony to the.influence of the man not less
than tho excellence of the soldier.
H s biographer thus refers to the closing
scene of this heroic life :
in the iuterval between bis junction with
Inglis at Lucjftrow and the effectual relief of
that Colin Campbell,Havelock's
health given away. The doctor *
i aaw what was taking place, bot there was
no remedy. His vigilance and energy were
I wanted day and night for women and ’ckil-
dren. When the mighty task was perform
ed the strong man gave away. Tbe repose
of tlm Alumbagh revealed the ravages which
had been made in hia constitution. His own
satisfaction waiMntense ; and on all. sides he ‘
received the most pleasing marks of attention. J
How he valued the lienors conferred on him
in England, with tbe first only of which he
lived to became acquainted, appears from the
lust letter he wrote to his wife ; “ The papers
announce my elevation to the commander-
I whip of the-Bath for my first three- battles.—.
1 I have fought nine more since then. Love
to the children. Ido not after all see my
elevation in the Gazette ; but Sir Colin ad
dresses me as Sir Henry Havelock.” This
was written on the 19th of November. On
the 22d his disease (dysentery) assumed a
malignant form. Hia bodily sufferings were
uot severe, hut strength was fast failing. On
the 23d Sir James Outrain called to see his
old comrade, and heard him say, “ For more
than forty ywars I have so mind my life that
when death catne I might face it without j
| fear.” The next attended by his faithful el
dest son, himself a wounded man, the noble
warrior died.
He died, but his example lives! An ex
ample of Christian heroism such ns the world j’
rarely sees! An example of true,. unpre- j
tendidg virtue and valor of the loftiest kind ! j
An example of the genuine, the noble, the:
great, iu a canting, selfish, and degenerate,
, age. ‘
Written fur the Wire-Gran Kc.wrter. 1
Mill Town, Brrkikn Cos., Ga. )
April 23d, 1858. )
Mr. Editors The members of the i
Missionary Baptist Church at this place have
lately erected a commodious building fur the
worship of God. It was dedicated to the
Most High, on Friday the 16tb, by Rev.
Caswell Howell, a large congregation at ten-,
ding. A protracted meeting then comtnenc
odunder Hie superintendence of Rev. Caswell ,
Huwill nnd Rev. Thomas Simmons, which
was kept up for six days, until the 21st inst., |
when it closed. The daily and evening j
meetings were well attended by large audi
ences, and resulted in the conversion of thir
teen persons. The Church admitted also
three members by letter, making in all ail in
crease of sixteen members to the church.
• It lias been deemed advisable to hold
meetings every night for the present, as there
are many yet Wdio are seeking the way to
; everlasting lifd. May the Almighty speed
them in their good intention.
,1. J. W. Wiksr.
GHOSTLY.
I
One of the gentlemen of our town not
10112 since was returning Ironic from some of j
his peregrinations around our city. lie is I
ovr.itakeiiby a hc-avy roio. and the external j
appearance of tilings indicate a storm—clos-1
es his wet umbrella and takes refuge in an
old out-house—hopes theieby that he will
escape .the threatening storm. Another rea
son that pra mjited him to this course is fro 111
the fear tlmt he would take a cold through the;
head, as he has not any liair on “the place
where tin? wool ought to grow.” After stan
ding there for some minutes, .about ten feet
from the door another one “of the “sons of
creation” being caught in the storm takes
shelter just inside the door. Gentleman no.
1 thinks he will leave, and on account of the
wet condition of his umbrella, it comes open
with a cii-11 am—-right at the hack of gentle
man no. 2. Gentleman no. 2 thinks that the
evil spirits are ready to -seize him—rushes
furiously into the street, calling on Provi
dence to protect him as he has done nothing
wrong—comes to the conclusion that Provi-
; donee does not intend lo interfere in the. mat
iter, commences to measure Broad Street at;
j the rate of 2 40—passes the Livery .Stable,
I the remark is made having his flag out—“ gi !
\ lang cotton goods” is folly of the impression j
that the spirit is about to reach him, increas-!
es his measurement —lakes one of the china j
trees in the face—the bark flies—next mor
ning suspicions individual ejfhnitues the tree,
comet* to the conclusion that said tree was
i struck by lightning. rb.s.
! —i
WESTEBN So ATLANTIC BAILBOAD—*2O,OOO
PAID INTO THE TBEASUEY.
We learn that the debts due bv the Rond
:so far as discovered have*,been paid by Dr.!
■ Lewis, the present energetic and faithful 811- 1
porintendent, and that from this time forward
| iio will be able to make monthly payments of
the nett earnings of the Road into the Treasu
ry. On Wodnsdny last, Gal. Trippe, the State
Treasurer, received from the Treasurer of the
Road 820,000 in cash. We are informed j
i that, the Superintendent., has purchased new j
iron for some four or five miles of the road,
and is having it laid down, and the track tlinr
oughly repared wherever repairs are needed. !
Gov. Brown’s order is that the Road be kept
in firstrate
can do this, and keep the Road out of debt j
and cjin pay regularly some 15 or 820,000
per month of clear cash into the Treasury, ,
the people will begin to appreciate both the J
! value of the Road, and the value of the ser
-1 vices of such a Superintendent. Should no ‘
great casuality happen to the’Road, such as}
injury from floods or the burning of bridges, j
we hove no doubt we shall he aide to an- |
noucq to our readers monthly payments iu
tu til re.
Witb such men as Dr. Lewis, Dr. Phillips
and Col. May at the head of affairs, the
people- have sufficient guaranty that proper,
economy will he used and every dollar made
by the Road faithfully accounted for.— -Fed.
Union. „
MABBIAGE OF SENATOB TOOMBS’ DADGHTEB,
The local editor of the Washington Btates
thus notices the marriage of the accomplish
ed daughter of Senator Toombs, of Georgia,
wnich occurred in the federal metiopolis last
Tuesday evening:
Last evening there was a brilliant display
ot exotics, in wreaths and boquets, (fashion
ed by the New York banquet man,) at the
residence of Senstor Toombs, in F street,
where bis accomplished daughter was given
in marriage to Mr. Dußose, of Memphis,
Term., and bride-cake was enjoyed by a se
lect party of the elite. On Saturday the
“ reception ” is to take place.
“■"i'i - “|
From the Washington Union! April 11. 1
DEATH or MB. BENTON.
Mr- Benton died at bis residence in this
city yesterday morning, after an illness of
several days. Tbe event was not unexpec
ted by his family, and the country has been
Jon” prepared for the announcement. Up
to a single day of his demise, he continued
to laborat the great work he had underta
ken—the Condensed Congressional Debates,
which we believe he had nearly brought to
a close. His age was extreme —we believe
about aeveuty-five. As bis life bas been full
of honors,the award of his fellow-men, so
did he die full of years, the boon of Provi-
His disease was cancer in the bowols. He
had endured severe surgical treatment a few
months before his death, and obtained tem
porary relief, llis affliction returned upon
him, however iu a more aggravated form,and
resulted in a lingering and painful death.
His intellect remained unimpaired to the end,
and he made every arrangement and prepa
ration-for his demise with Roman fortitude.
The President, hearing of the extreme ill
ness of his ancient compeer, called upon him
on Friday evening. The dying statesman
| declared afterwards his exceeding gratifica
tion at the visit. The interview is said to
| have been protracted. Mr. Benton is said to
1 have expressed his extreme solicitude, for the
condition of public affairs,and^ a painful sense
j of the imminent dangers which .threaten the
fxpuntry. He is said to have exhorted the |
President to rely upon Divine support nnd
J guidance, and not upon that of ui.on, who ;
would deceive him.
......... -
Mr. Benton was a native of North Caroli-!
na, where ho wns reared. His ancestors were
among the leaders of the revolution. Tho
family of Units, from which fie deceived
on the maternal side, were among the early
j emigrants from North Carolina who settled
in Kentucky, under the name of the Tran
sylvania colony, and who were supporters of j*
Daniel Boone. It was through this circutn
- stance that Col. Benton was led to choose the
West for his home when lie had grown to
manhood and left the army. He established
himself at Nashville,rather than in Kentucky,
where he immediately rose to distinction at
the bar. About the year ISIS, lie emigrated
again, still westward, to St. Louis, Missouri,
llis senatorial life, which lasted for the un
precedented period of thirty years, com
menced in 1820, whei ho was elected by the
legislature of Missouri, anterior to the formal
admission of the State into the Union, llis
history since that event has been intimately
interwoven with that us the country; and
I for tweuty-five years constituted some of the j
! most thritting and illustrious pages of the his
] tory of the Democratic party.
At the beginning of his senatorial career
Col. Benton sat on the same committee (Mil
,l itary Affairs) wirli Gen. Jackson, of which
j they were both industrious and valuable
members, Gen. Jackson being the chairman.
; Here whs necessarily renewed that inter
course which lmd in former years in Tennes
see been ri>o>t friendly and intimate, hut
which had received an unhappy interruption
from an occurrence’ which became historical. (
; This second intimacy and mutual confidence]
and reliance continued thenceforward, as is
well known, during the‘whole of Gen. Jack
son’s eventful, aud conspicuous public service.
1 The early alienation was never alluded to
between the two friends until one or two
evenings"before Gen. Jackson’s final depart-,
’ lire fibni Washington for the Hermitage in
; March. 1838. when a very, solemn and affec
ting conversation occurred, .the nature of
which we may readily conjecture, but which
: of course has never transpired.
1 . Mr. Benton was a deteiniitred inemher of
the opposition to Mr. Adams’ administration
■ during his whole term. He warmly supper-;
, ted Gen. Jackson for the Presidency, and
was one of the main pillars of support tp his
two administrations. It. is unnecessary to
specify the particular occasions on which lie
distinguished himself in his conspicuous par
liamentary service. The panic session how
ever, cannot lie passed wit bout.a speeinrl no
tice. In this Mr. Benton sustained, aided
by a few powerful Democratic debaters,
among them our now President, the whole
brunt of she tremendous attack by which’
Gen. Jackson’s administration was then as
sailed with a fury and powerfui array of- tal
ent and eloquence never before or sincewit
nessed in any legislative body. Ills services,
then rendered to. the Dqpiocratx canse rank
ed him among the first intellects and states
men of his age, and have placed his tiame
among those of our first American states
men. ” „ v .
His controversy with Mr. Clay, in the fa
mous retmdehote in 1852, affords, perhaps,
as striking a specimen ,of his powers in the
gladiatiou of debate as any that could be se
selected. If eitlysr knight in that celebrated
encounter was borne worsted from the ground?
it was certainly not the Democratic orator.
The measure upon which he won the lar
gest degree of popular eclat was, however,
that ot the expunging resolution, a measure
which lie hiiuselt conceived, and. without,
broaching the subject to a human being,mov
ed in the senate. It was on the 17th of Jau-’
nary, 1837, at tho close, of the long debate
which had occhired orV this famous resolve,
shortly before the vote was to be taken, that
Col. Benton rose in bis place, and—address
ing himself to the chair, in the course of a
brief and emphatic speech, refering back to
the scene which had been enacted in the
Senate chamber three years before, on the
adoption of Mr. Clay’s memorable resolution
of condemnation upon Gen. Jackson for the
removal of the- deposits, and to his own
prophesy, tlien fearlessly hazarded, that that
resolution should be cxjritngeTk by the people
of the United States from the journal of the
Senate—uttered the wnil-known words,which
are the synonytnes of his name, “ Solitary
A\u ALONK I SF.T THIS BALL IN MOTION.”
We believe that it was in 1S51„ that Mr.
Benton retired from the Senate. During the
last dozen years, though the mortal part has
lingered amongst the living, yet has the es
teem of our generation for him been chiefly
retrospective, and been chiefly concentrated
in the historical man as he was in the pride
of and in the prime of manhood.
1 bese latter years of Mr. Benton’s event
ful life have been apprnpriatefy devoted to
registering the events of those in which his
intellect and hisrome were at their zenith
His two great historical works, the Thirty
Years’ View and the Abridgment, though
they may not be exempt from detects and
blemishes, are valuable depositories of polit
ical knowledge, and the former will popular
ize a period of the history of our institutions
that will exert a* great an influence np r on
the destiny of our country as any of equal
length through which it has yet passed.
It would be superfluous to dwell upon tire
character of a man whose name and history
•re as familiar as household words among the
American people. Os gigantic intellect,
strong physical constitntion and imposing
‘presence, of inflexible will, undaunted cour
age, immense application, vast erudition, ca
pacious memory, direct manner of thought,
Rnd nervons emphatic eloquence—it was im.
possible that he should have lived under in
stitutions like oars and failed to reach, and to
figure upon, the most conspicuous theatres of
action —impossible that be could have failed
to stamp the impress of his genius indelibly
upon our public policy. The history of n(>
public man of our countiy during the quarter
of a century which intervened from 1820 to
1845 is more closely interwoven with tbe hi*,
tory of our country than Mr. Benton’s.
In private life, in the circle of his own
family. Col. Benton possessed none of that
sternness of character nnd angularity of
manner that distinguished him- in public, a*
a husband, he was tender, anxious, thonght
ful, and gentle to a degree never exceededp
and this feature of character alone wooll
have been conclusive proof of a noble and
r exalted nature. lie was ns devoted, nffec
tiounte, and assiduous a father as husband,
an indefatigable tutor in his own household;
no less proud of the results of his urremit
ting labors in this domestic department ot du
ty than es )iiß 4i more conspicuous labors ou
| the public theatre.
THE CASE OF THE BOEDEN.
We are informed that the collector of tips
port, John Boston, Esq., lias called on Cap
tain Brightmnn, of the steamer N. B. Borden,
in reffereuce to ail alledged outrage on the
American Flag by the British steam-sloop of
war “Styx;” an accout of which we gave
some ten days ago. From the commendable
jealousy of the present Administration of
lights and honor of American citizens, and
of the American flag, it is strongly suspected
that enquiry emeimtcd from head quarters,
at Washington. The case to us appears suf
ficiently flagrant to call for a thorough exam
ination and we hope “ho effort will be spared
to stop the annoyances so frequently practic
ed of late upon peaceable American traders
by British ships of war, upon groundless sus
picions that they were slavers. At the time
Opt. BrigMman was overhauled, lie wts
loaded very deep nlul had molassek on deck,
looking like any thing else but a slaver.—
Since then wo have heard of two or three
other vessels being boarded, and we think it
time such unwarranted proceedings should
he stopped. The unlimited discretion now
“exercised by the British flag is wholly inad
missible, and gratified to see that tho
attention of the Government has been at
tracted’to the subject. — &'<£, Republican.
FATAL KENC3NIBE —TERaSjjf-FIGHT WITH
PISTOLS AND BOWIE KKI7E3.
-On Saturday evening otic*of the bloodiest
and most desperate encounters ever recorded
in the annals of Kentucky, took place in
Springfield, Washington county, between
Ben, Palmer .and W, Mack Booker. ‘1 ho
funnel was instantly, killed, and the. latter-is
not ex pected to sui vivo his wounds. I'here
had been some ill feeling between the two,
arising from the election of Hooker to the
command of a company that bad been raised
in that county to go to L tali.
The particulars of the desperate affray aro
these: The parties met in a bar- room ot a tav
ern in Bpingtield, and an altercation instant
ly ensue I, one or the oilier first using his
fists. Each then drew a revolver and fifed
four shots apiece in in nil succession,-three of
Palmer’s -hitting Booker, one in his.left hand
a second in his leg, and .1 third in his left
bxest. The first shot fired by. Booker struck
Palmer in the. groin, penetrating ‘he bladder
—a mortal wound. - lie was also wounded
in the leg. After exhausting his shots, Pal
mer hurled his pistol with all his strength
against Booker, who, thinking himself mor
tally wounded, seized the other with his left
hand by tbe coat collar, and throwing away
his pistol drew a howie knife and stabbed the
unfortunate Palmer nine times in , the breast
and body. The latter fell dead in his tracks,
his body streaming blood at every pore.— ~
Booker may possibly survive his wounds,
though ’tis thought tbe shot in the breast will
prove fatal.
Booker is the son of Judge Paul Booker,
for many years a district- Judge in the State.
Palmer is the son of the linn. R. C. Palmer,
ex-senator-from Washington county, and a
grand son of the late Ben. llardiirof Bards
town-—Louisville (Ky.,) Courirr, April 5/A.
NO DOUBT OF IT.
Ssd. ___
The Boston Post declares that the editor
who threatened to write two columns a week
about Kansas, unless his delinquent subscri
bers paid up,says that every one has squared
up his account, and three hundred and sev
enty paid for one year in advance.
NOBTH CABOLINA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Charlotte Democrat publishes an ex
tra, containing the proceedings of the Demo
cratic Convention which assembled at that
place on the 14tli ihsf. Upon a call of the
conrttics, 477 delegates nnswered to their
names. General 0. M. Avery was elected
President.'mid upon the first ballot, Judge
John XV. Ellis, of Salisbury, was nominated
as a candidate for Governor. Several very
spirited and strong Southern speeches wero
mndo by gentlemen from all sections of the
State. The speeches iffte stronger than tho
resolutions passed, of which the following
was the most explicit:
“ Rrxolved, That we cordially npprovo of
the Administration of James Buchanan, be
lieving it to be marked by ability, impartiali
ty, and devotion to the constitutional rights
of all Sections of the country;.and more es
pecially do we endorse hi* position in favor of
the immediate admission of Kansas w’ith tHfo
Lecompton Constitution; and regard -that
measure as essential to the quiet of the coun
try, and nn act of simple justice, tho rejec
tion of which can only be viewed as a blow
aimod at the equality of tho States of tba
Union. ”
.Aleck Grehn, the brother of Gen. Tom
Green, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Tex
as was arguing a case in Austin, gome tima
since, before Justice A , who, “clothed
with a little brief authority,” felt the impor*
tance of his position. Green quoted decis
ion after decision of the Supremo Court in
defence of his position. The judgment of
the Justice was, ‘ .It is the opinion of thi*
Const that the supreme Conrt erred.”- Gal
veston Cii.il ion.