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Till: ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER. T7CT TIS TH tc T CIRCTJIj ATIOM OF* THE ESC COFIEfeS- JOHX H. STEELE > CHAS. L. BARBOUR. | VOLUME 11. THE WEEKLY EXAMINER is Published every Friday Morning in the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOLLAKPER ANNUM, To be paid strictly in advance. EF No nubucription taken for leu than six months. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements are inserted in the Wzkkly Examiner at the following rates: Seventy-five cents per square (of 10 lines brevier) for the first insertions, and 37 J cents per square for each sub sequent insertion. 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Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be .published monthly for four months—for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Rates: Citations on letters of Administration Ac. $2 75 do do dismlssory from Adminis tration, 4 60 Citation on dismissory from Guardianship, 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes, 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 Bales of personal property, ten days, 1 square 1 50 Bales of land or negroes by Executors, Ac. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks, 2 50 For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00 Letters on business must be (post paid) to en title them to attention. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1856. All Bight in Gwinnett. The Democracy of Gwinnett have elected their county ticket by a handsome majority ■over a well organized and active opposition With such leaders as head the Democratic ranks in Gwinnett, little need be feared from the ene my, whether he fights in open day, or taka the midnight trail. Mr. Collins the Comedian and Vocalist. Our Atlanta readers will remember with pleasure the rich treat afforded them last sum mer by a cancert given by this gentleman at Hayden's Hall and will be glad to learn that he has been playing an engagenient of some two weeks in Savannah with the mast flattering Mocess. We clip the following from a West ern exchange. “Confessedly, Mr. Collins has no rival on the stage, as the representative of an Irish gentleman, or the wild, dashing, “faugh a bal lah” boy, with expedients enough for raising the wind, in his rich wit and fancy, to set up in business half a score of Chancellors of the Exchequer. As a vocalist, Mr. Collins takes uA&h position, which is backed by no false auteveoent. He commenced his stage career we think, as an operatic singer; he was the ori ginal Paul Cliflbrd, in that opera, and prince in the Bronze Horse, wc knaw. and in the for mer created a furore, a Paul Clifford mania in London. His voice still retains the rich mel lowness, for which in olden times he was so justly celebrated.” Give ua a call, Collins, before you leave the State. We haven’t “beard of the Widow Ma lone” since we saw you; and scores of old friends often enquirer after the "Bonld Soger Boy.” The City Bank of Augusta has declar ed' a dividend of five per cent. _ Eclipses During 1856.—There wilt be two eclipses of the Sun, and two of the Moon, this year. A total eclipse of the Sun will take place on the &th of April, and ap annular eclipse on the 28th of September, both invisi ble here. There will he a partial eclipse of the Moon on the 20th of April. which will be visi b ble early in the morning, and., a similar eclipse on the 13th of October, also visible in the ev<*i- W- - KTn STKAKRRSHir.—Some of the members orthe House who have been voting for Hr. •tanKK arc not backward in expressing the pinion Shat he cannot be elected, and are anxious to\plt on some other candidate. Mr. Boyce, of Sohto Carolinfcwhom.Perccy Walk er wished to delVre uniting on him the conservative cHqieutA balongs to the Cal houn Southern wing\nd considers a dissolution of the Union iuevitabhx.regarding it as a mere question of time. X Washington, Jan. 4.— Col\raxton Bragg, of the 3d U. 8. Artillery, THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Letter of the Hon. D. R. Atchison, of Missouri, on the Affairs of Kansas. We embrace the earliest opportunity of pre senting to the people of Georgia and the South, a letter from the Hon. D. R. Atchison, on the subject of the affairs of Kansas, addressed to the Senior Editor of this paper. It is a letter we feel satisfied, will be read with intense in terest by every citizen of our State. The dis ' tinguished gentleman who has penned it, and : by whose permission it is published, has occu pied for & a quarter of a century at least, an emi’ uently high position among the statesmen of the Union; and, in the Senate of the United States, over which he presided with g 0 much satisfaction to that body, at a very recent pe riod, he fairly earned a reputation of which few can boast, as an able and influential Sena tor, and an ardent advocate of Southern Rights. Upon the statement of such a man, every Georgian can rely. To his appeal, every Geor gian should respond. He speaks of Kansas to the South, for the sake not only of those who are fighting its battles there, but for Missouri our sister, whose doom is certain in the event that Kansas is abOlitionized. Distant as Geor gia is from the scene of events referred to in this letter, in despite of rail roads and tele graphs, and of official information from Wash ington, our people up to this time required in formation upon which they could with confi dence rely upon all that referred to the disturb ances in Kansas. Newspaper reports were often vague, and what is worse, contradictory. The paid reporters of Northern “ Emigration Aid Societies,” and the paid slaves of the abolition ists, through the free-soil and abolition presses of the anti-slavery States, have so perverted the truth, misrepresented facts, and deceived the public mind, North and South, that our indignation here has been smothered when the wrongs perpetrated upon our brethren in Kan sas have reached us, accompanied, as they al ways have been, by a flat denial of the facts.— But the communication which we this day lay before the publicnputs a quietus to all further imposition upoh the South. The political his tory of Kansas, sinep its settlement by white men, though brief, is clear. The design and strategy of the enemy of the South, the unprin cipled abolitionists, are placed before us, so that no one can longer be deceived as to the extent of our danger; while the struggle through which the pro-slavery men have passed, and the gallant bearing of the Missourians, contemptu ously termed by fanatics from the North, as border “Ruffians,” will excite the sympathies of every true hearted Georgian in their behalf. Accompanying the letter which wo publish, we received another from ttm samc gentleman, from which we make a few extracts. He says * * * * We are in a constant state of ex citement "here (Platte City). The border “Ruffians” have access to my room day and night. The very air is full of rumors. We wish to keep ourselves right before the world, and we are provoked and aggravated beyond sufferance. Our persons and property are not for a moment safe; and yet we are forbid by the respect we owe our friends elsewhere; by respect for the cause in which we are engaged ; to forbear. This state of things cannot last.— Yon are authorized to publish the whole or a part of what I have written; but if Georgia intends to do anything, or can do anything for us, let it be done speedily! Let your young men come forthwith to Missouri and Kansas! Let them come well armed, with money enough to support them for twelve months, and deter mined to see this thing out! One hundred true men will +»e an acquisition. The more, the bettesf. Ido not see how we are to avoid civil war. Come it will. Twelve months will not elapse before war, civil war, of the fiercest kind, will be upon us. We are arming and pre paring for it. Indeed we of the border counties are prepared. We must have the support of the South. We are fighting the battles of the South. Our institutions are at stake. You far Southern men are now out of the naive of the war, but if we fail, it will reach your own doors, perhaps your hearths. We want men armed men. We want money, not for ourselvcg but to support our friends who come from a distance. I have now in this house two gallant young men, from Charleston, South Carolina. They are citizens of Kansas, and will remain so until her destiny is fixed. Let your young men come on in squads as fast as they can be raised, well armed. We want none but true men. Yours truly, D. r. atchinson. P. S. I would not be astonished if this day laid the ground-work for a guerrilla war in Kansas. I have heard rumors of strife and battle at Leavenworth, seven miles from this place, but the ice is running ia the Missouri river, and I have nothing definite. I was a peace maker in the difficulty lately settled by Gov. Shannon. I councilled the -Ruffians,' to forbearaace, but I will never again counci] P« w D. R. A. Who can resist such aa appeal ? What citi zen, or State in the South, can turn a deaf ear to it, and withhold that material aid which our brethren iu Missouri and Kansas so much need J Where are our young and adventurous men ? Where are the old men with their slaves and their wealth? Surely, if in the past, we have been indifferent and laggard, the time has ar rived when the South should awake to its peril, tmd when Georgians should maintain tha repu tation for patriotism and fidelity to Southern Institutions bequeathed to them by their lathers. The -Empire State of the South" in all that is enterprising, must also be foremost in repelling of the enemies of the South ; and when she fails at the call of a sister State to extend a helping hand in a time of peril, such as now threatens Missouri we trust that the proud appellation she bears, wtft be heard of no more. Our Legislature will convene again on Mon day next We have every confidence It will respond to the recommendation of Governor ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1856. Johnson. We trust it will do more. In the mean time, we hope that there will be an up risingof the people, in every county and town in the State; and that while our young men will in hundreds respond to the call of Missouri and Kansas, the old and the wealthy will give that aid, which, if withheld, will keep from the place of strife many a dauntless spirit, brave heart, and strong arm. Affairs of Kansas! An Important Letter from the HON. D. R. ATCHISON. riATTF CITY, Missouri, 1 December 15,1855. j J. H. Steele, Esq,. Dear Sir: I have read, with intense interest, so much of GOVERNOR JOHNSON’S Message to the Georgia Legislature,'as refers to our “Federa] Relations.” The question of Slavery is the on ly one of vital importance at this time. Men who have the least interest in it are endeavor ing to regulate and control the whole subject. — Massachusetts, a State as far removed from the Institution of Slavery and slave-holders as any other in the Union, leads the van in the crusade; a State that has advanced as little money, and certainly shed less blood for the acquisition of Territory, cither slave or free, than any other, "leads in this war" against our Institutions. I have no disposition now to go farther into this matter, but my object is to interchange opin. ions with you, and to give a very brief history of parties in Kansas up to this time. I must, however, be permitted to say, that, in my opin’ ion, the recommendations of your Governor are wise, and, if acted on by the Legislature, will have a tendency, at least for a time, to check aggression on the part of the North. It will furnish some evidence that one Southern State is resolved to concede no farther. The Gover- nor recommends, first, that the Legislature shall provide for the call of a Convention, upon the happening of a certain contingency. What is that contingency ? If the Federal Government shall refuse Kansas or any other Territory pre senting itself for admission into the Union as a State because said Territory presents a Consti tution, similar, if not identical, with that of Georgia, that then in Convention, will take steps to protect herself and her Institutions; —in a word, cut her connection with the Union. If, however, Georgia shows a determination, a fixed purpose, to carry out the recommendations of the Governor, the contingencies will not arise. I expect to be a citizen of Kansas, and if Kansas presents herself legitimately, having all the qualifications for a State, and is rejected because her Constitution recognizes and protects Slavery, then as a citizen of Kansas, I will con tend that Kansas is a State, sovereign and inde pendent, out of the Union. When Kansas was opened up for settlement, by white men, people from all the States rushed into, and settled in it, each carrying with him his wife and children, his goods and chattels, and his peculiar opinions on all subjects. I think I can safely say that a large majority of the people above described, were from slav States, and particularly, from Missouri. There was another class of emigrants to Kansas, and a very large class too, men sent at the expense and under the auspices of certain “Emigran aid Societies,” for the express and avowed purpose of seizing upon the Territory, and by their votes to exclude Slavery and Slave-hold ers. Many of them were rash enough to avow their purpose, in the event of failure at the bal lot box, to drive them by force of arms inde. the Territory 1 The first trial of strength be. tween the abolitionists and Pro-Slavery men, came off in November 1854. It resulted in the election of Gen. Whitfield, the Pro-Slavery candidate, by an overwhelming majority. In March last, an election was held for members of the Territorial Legislature, with the same result. The Legislature met and adjoarned after enacting a code of laws for the govern, ment of the Territory. The Kansas code will compare well with the beet codes of any of the States. The abolitionists repudiate the Legis lature, and declare it to be their intention to resist the execution of the laws. On the other hand, Governor Shannon declares it to be his purpose to execute the laws. In this be will be sustained by a very large portion of the cit zens of Kansas. In the month of October last, an election was again held for a delegate to Congress—the time and manner of conducting the election being fixed and regulated by law, Whitfield was re-elected almost without oppo sition. The abolitionists, with ex-Governor Reeder at their head, agreed upon a subsequent day for an election, which was held, and Reeder received all the votes given. This election was held without law, and in defiance of all law. The whole proceedings was treated by the people of Kansas with the contempt it de served. The abolitionists, without consulting the people of Kansas, have also held a conven tion to from a Constitution for a State govern ment, and did form such a Constitution, and will present it to Congrese ut the next session, and ask admission into the Union as a State. This is a brief history of parties and politics in Kansas. I have not leisure to go into details now, but it would interest you to know and understand the tactics, maneuvers, and strate gy of the respective parties in Kansas. Kansas and Missouri have the same latitude, climate, and soil, and should have the same in stitutions. The peace and prosperity of both depend on it Kansas must have slave institu tions, or Missouri must have free institutions— hence tlie interest the border “ Ruffians' take in Kansas affairs. A large number of the cit izens of Kansas have gone there, or rather have been sent there, for the express purpose of abc litionizing it, and ultimately Missouri. This has not heretofore been the case with the Terri tories of the United States. lowa has aboli tionists within her borders; so has Dlinois ; un principled abolitionists and negro thieves; yet they are few in number. The great mass of the people in those States are honest and law abiding men.—Not so with the class of set tlers above described in Kansas. Hundreds of them have come, or rather were sent from the North and East, for no other purpose but to vote at the elections, and return home. This was understood by the border Missourians, and they resolved to counteract it, and it was done- The border “ Ruffians,” I assert and believe, have shown a mere amiable, Christian, and for bearing spirit, than any other body of men would have shown under similar circumstances. Battalions of men came on from the North, with 'the open and avowed purpose of excluding slave-holders from Kansas. Not only that, but pamphlets were written, newspapers argued and preachers preaehed that to abolitionize Kansas was to drive slavery from Missouri.— In this they were right. To do the one, is to do the other. Under these circumstances, what does it become us to do ? What we have done, has been done in self-defence. What we shall hereafter do, time alone will show. We are preparing for the worst. If the settlement of Kansas bad been left to he laws which govern emigration, it would have been a slave territory, as certainly as Mis. souri is a slave State. But inasmuch as those laws have been violated and perverted by the force of money, and a powerful organization in the North and East, it becomes the South “to be up and doing,” and to send in a population to counteract the North. This can be done with a little exertion. Thus far a few coun ties in Western Missouri have successfully en countered and defeated this powerful organiza tion. Let Georgia set the example! What is to be done should be done quickly. This course on the part of the South, will save Kan sas to the South : save bloodshed, civil war, and, perhaps, a dissolution of the Union itself. Your obedient servant, D. R. ATCHISON. Democratic Meeting in Fulton. In pursuance of previous notice, a respecta table portion of the Democracy of Fulton coun ty assembled at the City Hall, in Atlanta, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Dem ocratic State Convention to be held in Milledge ville on the 15th inst. On motion, B. F. Bomar was called to the Chair, and T. N. Cox appointed Secretary. The business of the meeting having been stated, on motion, a committee of three was appointed by the Chair, to report the names of suitable delegates to the State Convention and other business for the consideration of the meeting, The committee appointed were W. B. Rug gles, David Mayer, and W. C. Moore, who, h g retired for consultation, returned and reported the names of the following gentlemen for delegates : Cal. L. J. Gartrell, T. C. How ard, R. J. Cowart, John H. Steele and W. T. i Beall, which report was unanimously adopted by the meeting. The following resolutions were offered by the committe, and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the principles of the Democ racy throughout the country are so well known that we deem it unnecessary to reiterate them in this meeting. We content ourselves with the expression of our full and entire approbation of the resolutions adopted by the party in the Convention held in Milledgeville in June and November last. Resolved, That the sound, eonversative and patriotic’viewsexpressed by.the President of the United Sates in his last Message to Congress give renewed assurances of the most satisfactory character to the whole people of the South that in the hands of Franklin Pierce every right of the Southern States is respected. Resolved, That in the present Governor of Georgia the Democracy have a worthy safe and able champion, and the whole State a true and faithful Chief Magistrate. Resolved, That we fully approve the course pursued by the Democratic representatives in Congrezs in reference to the election of Speaker and we hope they will stand to their position forever, rather than be driven from it by any device of Know Nothingism, Free-Soilism, Abolitionism or Black Republicanism. Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Intelligencer and Ezumt'n er of this city. On motion the meeting adjourned. B. F. BOMAR, Chairman. T. N. Cox, Secretary. Arrest of Fugitive Slaves in Fred erick County. The Frederick Examiner has tie following item: Six slaves, four men and two women, fugi tives from Virginia, having with them two spring wagons and four horses, came to Hoodjs mill, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near the dividing line between Frederick and Car roll counties, on Christmas day. After feeding their animals, one of them told a Mr. Dixon, whence they came ; believing them to be fugi tives, he spread the alarm and some eight or ten persons gathered around to arrest them; but the negroes, drawing revolvers and bowie knives, kept their assailants at bay, until five of the party succeeded in escaping in one of the wagons, and as the last one jumped on a horse to flee, he was fired at, the load taking effect in the small of the back. The prisoner says he belongs to Charles W. Simpson. Esq.. of Fauquier county. Va., and ran away with the others on the proceeding evening. A Max Mirdered. —This evening, al>out half past three o'clock, a man by the name of James Brady was struck, it is supposed by a barkeeper, at the bar opposite the post office, and lived but a few minutes. Brady was a painter by trade, from New York, where he has a family. The deceased had been drinking, although we could obtain but little information about the aflair— Aug. Can. Abolition Allies.—lt is alleged, during the late difficulties iu Kansas, a large number of Shawnee and Delaware Indians expressed their willingness to join in the fight under the ban ner of the Free Statesmen. The Lawrence correspondent of the New York Times, writing under data of December 2d. says their hod men and braves had arrived in that town, “with the blood of war yet numinf io their veins." Curious Property of Water Dives ted of Air. In a lecture recently delivered before the Roy al Cornwall Polytechnic Society by Robert Hunt, F. R. S., attention was directed to some remarkable points in connection with the action of heat on water that contained no air, stating that, arising from this circumstance, as well as from the spherical condition of the steam gener ated, we have two very active and predisposing causes of boiler explosions. Water we know in three conditions —as a fluid, as steam, and as ice—or as solid, liquid, and aeriform. Water is frozen by the loss of heat necessary to maintain its fluid stats; ice formed during agitation con tains no air bubbles ; but under ordinary cir cumstances (os Wenham Lake ice) the upper portion is filled with air bubbles in straight lines, as if, in endeavoring to make their escape they became entangled ameng the crystals. It is a remarkable fact, that water in the process of congelation has the power of rejecting every thing; consequently, all the air the .water con tains is expressed.” If we get water that con tains no air, and prevent the access of air to it, it will not boil at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. In this state we see the temperature increasing to 230,240, or 250 degrees, and advancing between 270 and 280 degrees. About these points the whole mass will explode with the violence of gunpowder. This condition of water is not un. frequently found formed in steam boilers, and that during the process of ebullition, the steam currier off with it the air, the water in the boil er containing very little remnant of air itself. It often happens that a steam-boiler explosion occurs after a rest of the engine, and when the men return, the feed-water being applied to the water, explosion takes place. Professor Donne has found that if we take water of this peculiar character, bringing it up to 230 de grees, and place a single drop of ordinary wa ter into.it, the whole will boil with extreme vio lence. Supposing that ordinary water contains ne air, and the feed-water is turned on, the en tire qnantity will then burst into explosive ebullition. We shall probably find, therefore, in connection with boiler explosions, that to the absence of air may be attributed many bailer explosions so frequently happening, which oth erwise cannot possibly be accounted for. It may be further stated, that if we take a glass of water and add any poison—say corrosive subli mate, or a strong acid, or even an ardent spirit —and then freeze the water agitated during the process, we shall find the ice gets tasteless, col orless, and inert, and that the poison, the acid, or the spirit, will be gathered into an intense drop in the centre of the ice, and all the body will be perfectly pure. To a knowledge of this fact may be attributed the practice of the Rus sian nobles, who, when they desired to have more ardent and intoxicating drink than usual, plunged their bottles of wine or spirits into their frozen rivers, until the contents became solidified, and then drank the ardent drop which remained within the centre of the glass.— Scien. American. The Great Seal of the United States. At a late annual meeting of the New York Historical Society, held on the 2d inst., Mr. Benj. J. Lossing read a very interesting paper on the “Great Seal of U. S.” The reader pre faced his remarks by an interesting account of the history of seals and armorial bearing in Europe and in Great Britain down to the pres ent time. Prior to the Revolution, the seals of the Colonies were supplied by the mother country. In the Summer of 1776. the Continential Con gress appointed Dr. Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to prepare a design for a seal of tho United States of America. The views of the three upon the subject were con tained in a letter written by John Adams to his wife. The subject was more extensively treated of by Mr. Jefferson in a letter and a drawing, in which he adapted some of Dr. Franklin's views, of the escutcheon proposed by Jefferson, was shown to the society. Their plans were sever adopted—more important business probably being before the Congress to prevent action upon the subject. The mat ter was again taken up in 1780, when it was refered to another commitee, which made two reports. In 1782 the subject was referred to Charles Thompson, the Secretary of Congress who called to his assistance a Mr. Barton, who on the 20th of June, 1782, submited a device which was adopted and has been used ever since. Mr. Lossing said that it was doubtful whether the idea of the device submitted by Barton was original with him, as a letter writ ten by Thomas Barrett, an eminent antiquarian of Manchester, England, in 1818, states that Sir John Prestewitch informed him that he had originally suggested the device to an Amer ican Minister in England. The Minister was John Adams, who was then there and who was a member of the commitee origiaally ap pointed by the Express on the subject. A motion of thanks was voted to Mr. Los sing for his interesting paper, and a copy of the same was requested for publication. Another National Insult. Capt. Atkins of ship Liberty, at this port from New Orleans, reports, Dee. 20—Calm, with fresh breeze from E. N. E., with fine weather, at 3 P. M., saw a brig bearing about cast of us, running before the wind under two top sails; 3.30 P. M., tacking to the north. Ship Westmorelaed tacked about the same time, about two miles to windward of us. The brig before mentioned hoisted the Spanish flag and hauled to under the ship to the windward. I set my ensign and kept it flying about ten minutes and then hauled it down. The ship to windward outsailing the'brig, she again kept before the wind and ran down on my weather quarter, hut my ship outsailing him he kept off and gave us a gun. I then backed my mizzen topsail and again set my flag. He made sail after me, by which time he was in my wake.— He kept after us about half an hour and get ting to leeward hailed us and told us we could go on-; hauled down his flag and kept before the wind. I had my ensign flying al! the time he was after ns. XVhen he told ns we might go, I asked him why he had insulted the Amer ican flag, but received no answer. The brig was pierced for guns and had two quarter boats, both painted white. Loss op an Elephant.—The steamship Rob ert Swan, which arrived yesterday from Balti more, experienced heavy gales on the passage and was compelled to put into Norfolk to refit. She left Norfolk on Friday, and again en countered a gale which continued up to Satur day evening. She had on board four or five elephants belonging to the Menagerie of Rob inson A Eldred, which were very greatly distressed by the rough weather, and the roll ing of the ship; and one of them, a celebrated animal, known as Montezuma, on Saturday became very violent and ungovernable, and about midnight fell overboaJd when thirty miles from land,and was lost. He was valaed at $4,000, and we believe, was insured.-C'/rarZej ton Mercury. ~W est Point and LaFayette.—The citizens of LaFayette, Ala., have recently been making a demonstration in favor of the extension of the Atlanta & LaGrange Railroad to their town, with a view probably, to its future extension to Talladega or the Tennessee river. They sub | scribed the amount required by their charter, 850,000. and elected a strong and energetic Board of Directors. Kansas Affairs--Conclusion of the War.—All over for the Present. Platte City, Mo., Dec. 15,1855. My Dear Courier, —The war is over, a i bloodless victory has been gained, and law and i order once more reign triumphant in Kansas. ; The crisis which threatened to terminate so se i riously has been averted, and for a season at • least we may expect peace and quiet. It may ; not be uninteresting to you to hear the details r of the way in which this was effected, and I i shall endeavor to give them to you correctly. i In obedience to the call of Gov. Shannon, i 1,300 men took the field. Os these not more - than one-fourth were from the Territory, its - sparse population not furnishing, in addition to r the rebels, a larger force without leaving the t country unprotected. The rest were the famous 3 ‘ Border Ruffians,” the hardy, gallant frontiers t men of Missouri. This horde of barbarians, as 3 the Abolition press represents them to be, are - the respectable, substantial farmers of the coun- - try and their sons—all men of property and - standing, under leaders as well informed and , able as any in the Union—peaceful, law-abiding i citizens where the law is able to protect them > in their rights—men spirited enough to pro i tect themselves, when it is not. They came in 5 little squads armed and mounted at their own f expense, and nearly all brought even their own . provisions. One mounted party rode 125 miles 1 in two days for fear of being too late. There i was also a small company of 20 Wyaadotte - Indians who volunteered. Two camps were formed, one at Lecompton, about eight miles i above Lawrence, of 400 men. with two six i pounders, under Major General Richardson: I the other on Wakarusa Creek, the same dls- • tance below, 900 men, with four guns of the ; same-calibre, under Brigadier General Strick ■ ler. All the troops were enlisted in the service • of the Territory and under the command of the • field-officers appointed by the Legislature. The i company officers were chosen by the volunteers from their own number. Strict discipline was i enforced, guard regularly kept, and scouting , parties sent out. All travellers suspected of i being in communication with the town were • arrested and brought in. If, upon examination, the suspicions appeared well-founded, they were detained. In this way some important captures were made. One Samuel Clarke Pomeroy, the landlord of the hotel in Kansas City, and an agent of the Emigrant Aid Society, was taken by the pickets on Wednesday. He gave his name as Samuel Clarke, a Baptist preacher, but was identified, and upon being searched, treasonable correspondence, a commission to raise troops for this affair in lowa, and the means to pay their expenses (said to be about $40,000 in checks on Northern banks,) were found upon his person. He was the chief pris oner, but there were three others in confinement with him at Wakarusa, and some six or seven at Lecompton. The force in Lawrence was variously estima ted. The intercepted correspondence stated it 1000 men, but it did not exceed 400. They had one howitzer and 200 Sharp’s rifles, but were all well armed. On Friday and Saturday they threw up a breast-work, 5 feet high, and 6 feet broad at the base, with a trench 6 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Busy preparations seemed to be in progress for the fight, and the men were drilled constantly. Gen. Lane and Col. Robertson had the honor of being their lead ers. On Thursday, Gov. Shannon reached the Wakarusa camp, and proceeded to Lawrence to lay his terms before the rebels. These were to allo w the Sheriff to execute all process then in their bands, or which might hereafter be is sued. The Governor’s course was not approved by the men, and they distrusted the negotiations. Their opinion was that they ought to have been marched up to Lawrence, the terms dictated and a half-hour allowed the insurgents to make up their minds. Still the terms were such that they could not but feel that they would effect all that could be gained by a battle, and they were willing to leave it to the proper authori ties to settle. On Saturday the Governor called a council of the captains to meet at Franklin, a pretty little prairie town about two miles from camp on the Lawrence road. Lane and Robertson were present and the debate was protracted till late in the evening. Os course it was secret and nothing was known of the matter in dis pute until its adjournment. At a little after noon an order came for the removal of the prisoners to head-quarters, (the house of Blue Jacket, a Delaware Indian,) and shortly after the artillery were ordered to strike tents and be ready for service at a moment's notice. It had been the impression that the assault would, be made at night, and this latter order produced some excitement. But the afternoon wore'bn, nothing farther was done, and at last the men became impatient. The captains had been ab sent all day, their not returning at noon, as had been expected, seemed to indicate a fail ure to agree upon the terms—the weather was inclement—sleet and snow had fallen the night before, it was very cold and the season of the year left but little to hope, much time had al ready been wasted—the Abolitionists had tak en advantage of the delay, to strengthen their position, and every moment increased their means of resistance, while on our side nothing could be gained by procastinatiou. At this time some of the more turbulent proposed to the men to take matters into their own hands, elect new officers and storm the town; but they met with little or no countenance. The Bor der Ruffians are brave men, but not lawless, and they would listen to no such insubordina tion. At 4 o'clock an order was promulgated in the usual manner for the troops to be ready for action in two hours, and the whole appear ance of things was changed—every man's face beamed with pleasure—every hand grasped its rifle—the greatest alacrity prevailed, and all were ready for parade. But, poor fellows, they were doomed together to disappointment It turned out to be a hoax, and gloomy and dis satisfied they threw themselves down by the fires and awaited the return of the Governor and his counsel. At 8 o’clock they arrived, with the news that peace had been concluded on the terms proposed,excepting the last, which had been waived on the representation of Lane and Robertson that the arms were private property. Here again was a disappointment. This was not what was expected. They had been led to anticipate a full surrender—such a complete submission as would degrade the en emy, and now the terms upon which they laid most stress, had been argued away. Rut they submitted, and some that night and others the next morning, returned peaceably to their homes. Thus the great Kansas war ended. How long peace will last seems somewhat doubtful. It is generally believed that another outbreak will take place before spring; though some think that the overwhelming force brought out on this occasion has overawed the abolitionsts and will prevent any future demonstration on their part. If so, great praise will be due to Gov. Shannon. He will deserve the credit of having settled amicably a quarrel which must have terminated in bloodshed. In this proclamation he took the ground that an officer had merely been resisted in the dis charge of his duty—not that an insurrection had taken place, as the fact was. And in his subsequent course, be treated the people of Lawrence not as rebels, but as citizens guilty of only a misdemeanor. He has acted the part of a hwMDS and cautious jnan, and kept him- self and the pro-slavery party within the limits of what was lawful and just—but it may be doubted whether he acted wisely. He has ob tained the execution of the law in the present ‘ instance, and a promise of good conduct in the 1 future. But wnat guaranty has he that the promise will be fulfilled ? The honor of a set : of fanatics, nothing else. Had he not ignored the exis tencc of an insurrection, he,would have been able to insist ' upon a surrender of all their arms and maai ■ tions of war, which, occupying the poaitioa that he had assumed, he could do. Had they been ; delivered up, it would have put it out of the ’ power of the Abolitionist* to make auctie ’ stand for one time, and peace w ave been ’ insured during that period at least, and at the ’ same time the humiliation would have been complete, and the utter folly of their attempt ' manifest. As it is, the matter seems to have been settled by a compromise, and this is the " view which no doubt many will take of it However, let whatever may happen, the Govem ! or has treated them in this instance with much 1 consideration for their feelings. All the morti ’ fication has been spared them that was possible 1 under the circumstances. If they trespass again, let them take the consequences. 1 To-day the Constitution adopted by the To -1 peda Convention is to be submitted to the pe o 1 pie. This is the famous Cohvention which 3 nullified the acta passed by the Legislature. ’ The free States men in other parts of the Ter ! ritory declare that they do not consider them -8 selves bound by the action of the Lawrence 3 people, and as they alone will attend the polls, c I suppose they wifi have a large majority in fa -5 vor of the Constitution. SQUATTER. P. S.—l am told by an eye-witness who has 5 iW (A P- M.) arrived from Leavenworth, that ' the bain?‘ting there was stopped by the pro ! slavery men, u’ pagers put to flight,and one ; of the clerks, who to any box, beaten, but no serious ini tu. ’ one. I The Kansas Treaty of Peace. W ueabas, There is a misunderstanding be ■ tween the people of Kansas, or a portion of them, and the Governor thereof, arising out of the rescue near Hickory Point, of a citizen under arrest, and some other matters: And Whereas, A strong apprehension ex ists that said misunderstanding may lead to civil strife and bloodshed: And Whereas, It is desired by both Gov ernor Shannon and the citizens of Lawrence and vicinity, to avert a calamity so disastrous to the interests of the Territory and the Union ; and to place all parties in a correct position before the world, now, therefore, it is agreed by the said Governor Shannon, and the under signed, citizens of said Territory, in Lawrence now assembled, that the matter now in dispute be settled as follows, to wit: We, the said citizens of said Territory, pro test that the said rescue was made without our knowledge or consent; but that if any of the citizens of the town of Lawrence have engaged in said rescue, we pledge ourselves to aid in the execution of any legal process against them. That we have no knowledge of the previous, present or prospective existence of any organ ization in said Territory for the resistance of not design to resist the legal service of any criminal process therein; but pledge ourselves to aid in the execution of the laws, when called upon by the proper authority in the town or vicinity of Lawrence. And that we will use our influence in procuring order therein; and we declare that we are now, as we ever have been, ready at any time to aid the Gov ernor in securing a posse for the execution of such process. Provided that any person thus arrested in Lawrence or vicinity, while a proper force shalljemain in that territory, shall be duly ex amined before a United States district Judge of said territory, in said town, and admitted to bail. Anti provided further, that all citizens arrested without legal process by said Sheriff’s posse, shall be set at liberty. And provided further, that Governor Shannon agrees to use his influence, to secure to the citizens of Kan sas territory, remuneration for any damages suffered or unlawful depredations, 'if any have been committed by the Sheriff’s posse, in Dug las county. And further, Governor Shannon states that he has not called upon persons resi dent of any other State to aid in the execution of the laws, and that such as are here in the ter ritory are here of their own choice, and that he does not consider that he has any authority or legal power so to do; nor will he exercise any such power. And that he will not call on any ' ‘citizens of any other State who may be here.— 1 That we wish it understood that we do not ex press aay opinion as to the validity of the en actments of the Territorial Legislature. (Signed) Wilson Shannon, ' C. Robinson, J. H. Lane. From the West Point Beacon, Jan. 5. Senator Douglas. The health of this distinguished gentleman which, for a long time, has been so feeble as to occasion great anxiety on the part of his friends and countrymen everywhere, we rejoice to learn by the fallowing letter, addressed to a gentle man lately in our midst, is improving, and that he hopes to be able in a few weeks to resume his seat in the Senate of the United States : Terre Haute, Ind., Bee. 18. Mv Dear Sir:—Your kind letter of Sep tember has followed me from place to place, during my canvass, and at last overtook me on my sick bed in this place. It would have af forded me very great pleasure to have attended the meeting, proposed to be had at Atlanta, if I could have spared the time from my labors in the Northwest. I certainly rejoice as well as yourself at your glorious triumph in Georgia. A triumph equal - ly decided and brilliant awaits us at the Presi dential election, if we are true to ourselves and our principles. We must make no compromise with the enemy—no concession to the allied isms—no coalitions with factions, bnt fight and crush all of the enemies of State Rights and Constitutional liberty, under whatever banner they may rally. My health is improving, and I hope to be able to proceed to Washington in a few weeks. Very respectfully, 8. A. DOUGLAS. Thos. D. Harris, Esq. “The Elephant”—Gratis. Curious students of great facts in anmal life and persons generally desirous of “seeing the elephant,” can be accommodated gratis. The steamer Thomas Swan, which arrived yester day from Philadelphia, had, as portion of her live cargo, fourelephants, destined for a South ern menagerie. During the severe weather of Saturday, one of the elephants was lost overboard in the rolling of the vessel; the others are doing as as well as could be expected, and will, perhaps bring their trunks on shore this day—provided the said taunks pass muster at the hands of our officers of customs.—Charleston Courier. A good anecdote is told of one of the Chippewa Indians now at the North. He was asked why Indians did not copy the dress of our people. He replied; “Me thinks we started your fashions; your men now wear blanket* as we do, and your women paint their facta a ud wear feathen!” WM. KA r PROPRIETOR NUMBER 23. The Clayton Bulwer Treaty. As it is a matter of much interest at this time to know precisely what were the terms of the Clayton Bulwer treaty, we publish below those articles which refer particularly to the Central American question: Article 1. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither ths one nor the other will ever obtain the said ship canal; agreeing that neither will svsr erect or maintain any fortifications com manding the same or in' the vicinity thereof; or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Cen tral America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or coloaizing Nicara gua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising diminion over the same; nor will the United States or Great Britain take ad vantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in reguard to commerce or nav igation through the said canal, which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other. Art. 2. Vessels of the United States or Great Britain, traversing the said canal, shall in case of war between the contracting parties be exempted from blcokade, detention, or cap ture, by either of the belligerents; and this pro vision shall extend to such a distance from the two ends of said canal as it may hcieafter be found expedient to establish. Art. 8. The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only de sired, in entering into this Convention, to ac -><ish a particular object, but also to cstab comp. -«.l principle they hereby agree to hsh a genet- ‘•*otion by treaty stipulation extend their prou. ■•»munication whether to any other practical co-. isthmus which by canal or railway, across the - gg™ connects North and South America, a-■» cially to the inter-oceanic communication, shoum the same prove to be practical, whether by canal or railway, which arc now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Pa nama. In granting however, their joint pro tection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owing the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of os just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms, shall also be on tike terms to the citizens and subjects of every other State which is willing to grant thereto such protection as the United states and Great Britain engage to afford. ' Funeral of Judos Berrien.—Thesolcmni ties yesterday, designed as the last sad rites of ‘ friendship and Christian duty to our late distin . guished citizen, Judge Berrien, were worthy of | the illustrious dead and of those who assemb i led to do honor to his memory. It was a fit , recognition of departed worth; no gorgeous display as heartless as glittering, but the af fectionate and sincere homage of those that , loved him. According to previous announcement, the . funeral services were celebrate! at Christ Church, of which the decased was for many years a communicant, at 3 o’clock. P. M. The weather was most unpropitious, yet long before the hour appointed for the services, a large number of citizens of all classes had collected Church, and on the streets and in the square in front of it, to testify their respects for the private worth and public services of the departed. The Georgia Hussars, of whom he was the first commander, were brought into line in front of the Church, and received the corps upon its arrival, in charge of a committee of citizens, with a funeral dirge from their band. The body was enclosed in an elegant metalic coffin, highly polished and colored in imitation of rosewood. It was received at the door of the Church by the Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott, Bishop of Georgia and pastor of Christ Church —by the surviving Warden and Vestrymen of the Church, (the deceased being senior War den,) and the Wardensand Vestryman of St. John’s Church. It was theu borne down the aisle, and placed in front of the chancel, where it remained during the solemn services that followed. These were conducted by Bishop Elliott, in a most solemn and affecting man ner, according to the forms oi the Episcopal Church. The services being over, the body was re turned to the hearse, and thence, escorted by the Hussars, was followed to Laurel Grove Cemetery by one of the largest and most im posing processions every witnessed in this city. Arrived at the place of sepulture, the body was lowered to its last resting place, and the burial services read by Bishop Elliott. The Hussars thea fired a salute over the grave and in a few moments the manly form, which we have so lang loved to gaze upon, was hid forever beneath the colds of the valley. Thus has passed away Georgia's greatest son—a profound statesman, an unrivalled jurist, a finished orator, au accomplished gentleman, and an humble Christian. To his children and Lis countrymen he has left an invaluable legacy in his own spotless and illustrious example.— Republican. Washington Items. Washington, Jan. 3.—Senate.—The finan cial report of the Secretary of tho Treasury was received. Mr. Mason moved that ten thousand copies be printed by the printer to the Senate of the last Congress. A discussion ensued as to the power of the Senate to take such action since it would, (as was contended on one side,) be a violation or evasion of the law of the lost session relative to the public printers. The resolution, how ever, was adopted. House. —Mr. Mace offered a resolution that the acting Door-keeper of this House be reques ted to lock all the doors leading to this hall instanter; and keep them securely fastened till a Speaker bo elected, unless opened for the ad mission of absent members. (Laughter.) Mr. Mace said that they bad ecclesiastical precedent for this in the election of a Pope (Laughter) to succeed Clement IV, in 1668. The cardinals had been, for nearly three years, unable to agree on the choice of a successor, and were on the point of breaking up, when the magistrates of Rome, by advice of St. Benja min, shut the gates of the city, and locked up the cardinals till they agreed. On motion of Mr. Boyce, the resolution was tabled, and the House again proceeded to vote; Banks 102 ; Richardson 73; Fuller 33; Pen nington 6 ; Scattering 5; necessary to a choice no. A Vztran Dead.—Boswell Graham, a Rev olutionary soldier, died at Batavia, N. Y. on Christmas Eve, in the 95th year of his age.— His warrant for 160 acres of bounty l*nd> ar rived the day of his death.