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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1850.
Parodi,
And StrakGsh have been giving Concerts in
Colam bus. To-night they are announced to
appear in Macon and at an early day will visit
onr city.
State Fair.
We were politely informed by a member of
tho Executive Committee of tho Southern Cent
ral Agricultural Association, that at a meeting
held by that committee in Milledgeville on
Monday last, it was decided to hold the next
Anual Fair in this city. It is hoped that our
citizens will not defer preparations for the oc
casion too long, but will be ready to extend
increased and mere comfortable accommada
tions to the crowd of visitors, which, it is an
ticipated, will be much larger than that of last
year.
Brown’s Hotel, Macon, Georgia.
We have before taken occasion to call attea
tion to the elegant and luxurious accommoda
tions afforded travellers at Brown's Hotel, Ma
con, Gesrgia, but having recently again expe
rienced the substantial enjoyments afforded by
its worthy proprietor, we cannot refrain from
repeating our admonition to travellers to give> i
him a call, aad enjoy their share of the com
forts, solid and fluid, he so liberally dispenses,
and at such moderate charges. His house is
located conveniently to the General Passenger
Dopot, and persons stopping in the city will
fiud reliable porters at the cars, with whom to
entrust their baggage, and by stepping across
the street they will find quarters, the like of'
which they have heretofore been strangers to i
in Macon.
—
Enoinkerino and Financiering.—ln an ;
investigation recently held by a committee of!
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Compa-1
ny, it was ascertained that one of the assistant
engineers, in certain instances, made his pay-roll;
at one sum, and paid some of his subordinates
a smaller and different sum. To what extent i
tbii has been practised is not kuown. The|
same engineer also proved to be a partner of
the contractors, and their work, iu measured
under his direction, exceeds the amount, as com- ;
uted by the present engineer, near 870.000 in
a whole sum of less than 3500.000.
lYf-X railroad is in process of construction
from Ferna.dins to Cedar Keys. Florida. There
are soar hundred men at work upon it and two
hundred more on their way out. The whole
distance is 130 miles. The cost of construction
we atimated at three millions dollars. The
BMW givw tb» right way.
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
Georgia and the Presidency.
It has become a question of general disquisi
tion in this State as to the claims Georgia has
before the next nominating national convention
for tho selection of a President or Vice-Presi
dent from our limits. We must say that just
now, we regret to see the subject agitated, and
that we unqualifiedly deprecate any attempt to
commit the delegates appointed by our party
to the Cincinnati Convention to any particular
man, comes he from Georgia or elsewhere. It
is enough that they shall require of that Con
vention, that it substantially embodies in the
platform it will promulgate, the position Geor
gia has assumed in respect to national politics.
That this reasonable request will be cheerfully
| granted we do not question, since there is noth
| ing in that position repugnant to the true Na
tional Democracy. But it is too early a day
to canvass the policy which should influence the
Convention in its selection of a candidate for
the Presidency. Tho situation of national af
fairs is too unsettled and precarious to make
them, now, a basis upon which to form a cor
rect judgment of that policy. Exigencies may
arise, and are, indeed, highly probable, which
will set at naught the wisest discrimination now
possible in such a choice, if they do not even
preclude the necessity of a cho'ce at all by that
Convention. Truly may it be aid we know
not what a day may bring forth. Before we
close this brief article, it may be that the elec
tric messenger shall bring us tidings from Wash
ington which shall altogether change the com
plexion of national affairs, and materially aftect
the relations of Georgia in the union. Shall
we, then, in view of these critical times, hamper
our delegates to the Convention with pledges
which may seriously disturb the harmony of the
Convention ? They are men in whose hands
all the interests of Georgia are safe, and men
too whose antecedents have excited the unbound
ed confidence of our people; and, while we do
not hesitate to say that our own choice is, un
der existing circumstances, one of Georgia’s
noblest sons, we are at the same time fully sat
isfied to leave the whole matter in the hands of
these discriminating gentlemen, without any in
structions from the friends of any man.
If we go into the Cincinnati Convention, we
have to ask for our State the unqualified recog
nition es that platform which has given us so
commanding a position at the South, and more
than that we should not think of requiring now.
It is worse than useless therefore to canvass
other claims. That it would be “ indelicate ”
to do so, if “the circumstances which surround
tho convention would authorize it, we are not
prepared to admit, for what we ask is no more
than what every Southern State demands, and
if it bo policy to make the selection of a candi
date—either President or Vice-President—
from the South, we cannot see why the claims
of Georgia should be set aside because she asks,
not for herself alone, but for the whole South,
such a recognition of her position. We use
only the mouth-piece of that demand, and, if
need be, every Southern State will reiterate it
in tones that shall enforce respect. If, then
our request is of so general a character, and so
equal in its advantages to every Southern State,
we cannot see why the mere fact of our being
the medium of its making should prejudice any
claims Georgia may have for supplying a can
didate for either of the offices, or how the urging
those claims would be, as our worthy cotempora
ry, the Constitutionalist, regards it, “indelicate,”
if circumstances authorize a Southern choice-
But when it is so uncertain whether such
will be the case, and while there is no possibili
ty, at this time, of correctly indicating the pol
icy of the Convention, iu this respect, we fully
agree with the editor that the Georgia delega
tion should go to Cinciunatti uninstructed in
this particular, and free to act as the exigencies
of the occasion may demand. When our peo
ple come to consider the matter, we think they
will regard such a position as the most discreet
Georgia can assume, and will consider the ef
forts of friends of any man to stir up a feeling
upon the question as unwise. In saying this,
we intend no reflection upon any who have
urged their preference upon the appointed del
egates, but merely intend, so far as lies in our
power, to restrain any thing like a general
expression of preferences which can only have
the effect to create a division itr the party—a
result we all would equally deplore.
From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
President Pierce and the South.
The unanswerable reputation of the charge
of the Northern Abolitionists that the policy
of the South has ever been of an aggressive
character towards their section of the Union, as
contained in the last message of President Pierce
to Congress, will be greeted with delight by
every patriot iu the land. While receiving the
i applause and thauks of all, whose opinions are
worth'attention.the President, on the other hand
will be assailed with all the vindictive, fury
and fiendish malice of the followers of Seward
Greely ACo., and will become a target where
at their poisoned arrows will lie hurled as fu
riously as were the darts of Xerxes, cohorts
vt the devoted Greeks when defending their
firesides and families from the invading Per-1
siau. It is our duty in this event—and none!
' can doubt its coming— to rally around and sus-'
■ tain our Chief Magistrate aud the measures of >
I his administration, and prove that we are not!
' ungrateful to those who defend and stand by ;
' our constitutional rights in defiance of the!
: howlings of fanaticism aud the storms of a !
! faction that is seeking and gloating in imagina-I
I tion on the time when their madness will dis
i solve the Union aud unleash the hounds of civil!
j war on the republic.
! Our President docs not handle the important;
■ questions at issue between the North and ‘
, South with the daintiness of an officer seeker,
, but with the bold manliness and straightout!
I honesty of a statesman and high public officer, j
j He does us no more than justice when he as-1
j serfs that, will have heretofore confined our at-
I tentiou to our own affairs, not presumiiug
to officiously intermeddle with the institution
; of the northern Stales, too many of the la'ter
are permanently organized into associations
i to inflict injury on our right? in property by
i wrongful acts, which would be cause of war'
i between foeign powers, and only fails to be
j such in our system because perpetrated under'
' cover of the Union.
I -X ■ » >
! i Railroad loan. —The citizens of Louisville
II have decided, by a majority of thirteen oaly, to
I loan 81,000,W0 to the Louisville and Nashville
IniirMd.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1856.
I Giddings Cornered and Exposed.
The following extracts from the Washington
Star recount the exposure of one of the most
disgraceful frauds ever attempted to be passed
off upon Congress or the country. The author
was caught in the very act of its perpetration.
If any body else than Joshua Giddings, lie
would never again have the assurance to raise
his head among honorable men :
Mr. Giddings, in the course of a speech,
charged on Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, and those
Democratic members of the present House who
were in Congress in 1849, that they, as the De
mocratic party of that day, bad distinctly en
dorsed the plurality rule as being a proper way
of settling the then pending controversy about
the Speakership, identical with that which now
postpones tiie organization of Congress. To
sustain this charge, he read from the Congres
sional Globe what he announced to be an ex
tract from a speech made by the Hon. F. P.
Stanton, of Tennessee, declaring that the plu
rality rule had been adopted in the Democratic
representative caucus.
Mr. Cobb, and others, (who were also iu the
House at that time.) appeared utterly dumb
founded by the statements in Mr. Stanton’s
speech as read by Mr. Giddings; because they
set forth things as facts, which they knew to be
notoriously untrue, and that Mr. Stanton him
self must have known to lie untrue. Denying
their truth, and giving the House a succinct
history of the action of that caucus upon the
plurality rule, in which he was substantiated by
Messrs. Millson, Orr, Edmonson, and Fuller of
Maine, Mr. Cobb was about to leave the ques
tion as one in which a probably overlooked er
ror in the report of Mr Stanton’s speech, had
afforded Mr. Giddings a plausible ground for
his charges. He bethought him. however, of
looking for himself at the record ; and found
that Mr. Giddings, in reading it, had falsified
it, deliberately and knowingly, to enable him
to substantiate an accusation that he must have
known to be infamously untrue. He had read,
to the House as a portion of the speech of Mr.
Stanton, what were, in truth, but interlocutory
and explanatory remarks of some reporter
which had no business whatever in the official
record of the proceedings of Congress.
The fraud attempted by Mr. Giddings which
was plain, clear, and undeniable, created great
indignation on the part of the Democrats, in
volving, as it did, a deliberate resort to such
poltroonery, as has rarely disgraced the history
of any legislative body, whatever. The force
of Mr. Cobb’s exposure of the disreputable
trick, caused the cars of nearly all the Republi
can members to tingle; not one of them, evi
dently, being disposed to justify or in any way
to seem to palliate it.
Tfae Grasping Policy of England.
The intelligent Washington correspondent
of the New York Journal of Commerce, (says
the Richmond Dispatch.) remarks that the pol
icy of England to grasp at naval stations every
where, to the prejudice ot the rights of otherna
tions, has never been more steadily and perti
naciously exemplified than in the last five years.
T'his is illustrated by her seizure of the Bay
Islands, which says the correspondent, she will
not relinquish, and by which she may threaten
and command the Gulf of Honduras and the
transit of the Isthmus, which will be greatly to
the detriment of the United States, and its com
merce upon the occurrence of a war, and will
give to Great Britain the key of thc gi’te of the
Pacific, and of ths commerce of the world.—
With Halifax, Jamaica, Bermuda, and the Bay
Islands in the West, aud Gibraltar, Malta and
the lonian Islands in the East, she will main
tain her navel assendency in both hemispheres.
Her war with Russsia is not a war for prinicples,
but to prevent Russia from becoming a great
naval and commercial power, aud it is for this
pupose that she endeavors to destroy every sea
coast town, whether fortified or unfortified, on
the Black Sea and the Baltic.
While she seeks to appropriate naval stations
to herself in every part of tho world, she syste
matically opposes every attempt of the United
States to strengthen its naval position. -We
enter into a negotiation,” says the correspondent,
“for a treaty in regard to the annexation of the
Sandwich Islands, and Great Britain protests.
Philo Whith makes a treaty with Ecucador for
lease of the Gailipagos Islands, aud Great Brit
ain protests. Philo Shelton plants a flag
upon newly discovered guano islands, and Great
Britain protests. General Gazeneau makes a
treaty with the Dominican Government for the
privilege of establishing a coal depot, and Great
Britain again protests! She grasps at every
commanding insular position the world over, and
denies to the United States the right of using
or occupying one anywhere.' Sav. Jour. & Cour
The Wealth and Resources of
Southern Georgia.
At a meeting of the citizens of Randolph
county, held at Cuthbert, on the Bth inst., a
memorial, addressed to the Senate and House
of Representatives, was adopted, in which are
condensed in a very small compass some very
valuable statistics of the resources of Southern
Georgia.
There were, in 1550, in the 25 counties then
fronting the Southern belt of the State, 175,-
554 inhabitants, of whom 83,1 G 5 were slaves ;
1,014,998, of improved and 5,249,729 acres of
unimproved lands; the cash value of the farms
was estimated at 819,541,338 ; of la.m imple
ments and machinery at $1,190,025 ; of the live
stock at $5,569,647 ; of animals slaughtered in
one year $1,122,367 ; the produce of one year
ending June 1, 1850, in cotton, 94.481 bales,
in corn, 4.515,7q4 bushels, in rice, 37.676,327
pounds.
The astounding and startling fact, in this
memorial, is the number of acres of unimproved
land in this section of the State. This, and
this fact alone, has induced us heretofore, and
now, to advocate the policy of giving aid in the
construction of a Railroad in Southern Georgia.
The lands are generally rich, after leaving the
old counties around Savannah, and are capable
of sustaining a large and thriving population,
and are prevented from settlement alone by their
distance from market. It is goed economy to
expend a few millions of mi ney in opening them
up to settlement. The amount will be returned
to the treasury a hundred fold iu the shape of
taxes, long before the bonds, proposed to l« is
sued to advance the work, mature.
This argument holds good as to a great trunk
road through Southern Georgia, but does not
sustain the proposition to throw out collateral
branches, nor to dig down mountains in other
parts of the State to divert trade, nor to run
Railroads through chinquepiu thickets.— T/mcs
A Sentinel.
Extract from a business letter received
at this office.
Milledosvillk Hotel. I
Jan. 25. 1856. (
This splendid hotel came near being destroyed
by fire to-day. It originated between the ceil- i
ing, owing to one of the flues. It had made
considerable head-way before discovery, and
being very dificult to access, would not have
been subdued but for the opportune aid of Mr.
Doge, of New York, who stopping here, and
who came forward with his new -suction and
force pumps." and soon succeeded in throwing
the water where “it ought to go," which soon
brought the fire to terms.
This is one of the hotels where a man gets
attended to all over, from head to foot, and
from the drawing-room to the bed chamber.—
A gentleman will soon team here what itmeans
W baro Asm Brvtra «p.
The Cherokees donn like Aboli
tionists.
The straightforward way of the native sons
of the forest, in remedying an evil, u .■ n its
existence is ascertained, is worthy of imit ■ -o.
Tiie following act was lately passed by ' :
territorial legislature :
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF SLAVERY IN
THE CHEROKEE NATION.
•Whereas The Cherokee people are. and
I have been for many years, a slaveholding peo
' pie: aud whereas, the Constitution and Laws
lof the Cherokee Nation recognise the institu
; tion of slavery, introduced and taught by their
j preceptors, the whites; and whereas, some of
i the missionary churches now situate in'this Na
tion. have expelled some of onr Cherokee citi
' zens from the participation of church privileges,
be ause they refused to emancipate'their slaves,
and others have been threatened with expulsion;
and whereas the the Cherokee people, deeply
impressed with a feeling of gratitude towards
these same missionaries, for the countless and
manifold blssings they have bestowed upon
them, would not extend to them any civilties
unbecoming to Christian people, but would
rather as they value the stability of their local
institutions, indispensable to their prosperity
as a nation, extend to them the cordial hand of
friendship, consistent with their own national
in te i cats.
“Be it enacted by the National Council, That
the Cherokees have claimed for many years
past, and do claim at present, to be a slavehold
ing people, in a Christian-like spirit.
“Rc it further enacted, That the principal
Chief be, and is hereby, authorized to open a
communication with the different Boards of
Missions having stations in this Nation, touch
ing upon the institution of slavery as a church
principle, and report the said communication
to the next Council.
“Be it futher enacted, That it shall be un
lawful for any missionary to counsel or advise
any slave, any way whatever, to the detriment
of his owner ar owners, under a penalty of be
ing removed out of the limits of this Nation;
and it is hereby made the duty of the Solicitor
of each district to report all missionaries so
offending to the agent, who is hereby request
ed to place them beyond the limits of our Na
tion.
“Be it further enacted, That it shall not be
lawful for any citizen of this Nation to advise
or counsel any slave to the prejudice of his own
er or owiers, and any person so offending, upon
conviction before any of the District Courts,
shall be required to pay a fine of not less than
twenty-five, nor exceeding one hundred dollars,
at the discretion of the Court, for the benefit of
the injured person.
“Be it further enacted, That it-is hereby
made unlawful for the Superintendent of Pub
lic Schools to employ or continue as teacher, in
any Public School of this Nation, any person
kuown to be an Abolitionist, or whose influence
is opposed to the interest of the slaveholders.
“Be >t further enacted, That it shall not be
lawful for the National Treasurer to issue a
permit to any known Abolitionist.”
Russian Plan of Next Year's Campaign.
—A letter from Moscow of the 20th ult., says:
—The grand council of generals lately convok
ed at St. Petersburg, under the personal presi
dency of the Emperor, have settled the prin
ciples on which the forthcoming campaign
shall be carried on. St Petersburg and Moscow
are to be fortified, and, together witli Warsaw,
will form the three first class fortresses of the
empire. Gen. Todtleben has arrived here, and,
not withstanding the extreme rigor of the weath
er—the frost having set in here with all the
proverbial vio'ence of a Russian winter—may
be seen every day. accompanied by his staff of
engineers, all wraped in bears skins, surveying
the ground and fixing the poles ‘o designate the
line of circumvallation, which will be commen
ced on the breaking up of the frost.
Besides this, other fixed principles of strate
gy have been agreed on for the prosecution of
the war, though it must be confessed that as it
is so essentially a defensive war on the part of
the Russians, all these plans may be complete
ly upset, or at all events greatly modified, by
any change in the system of attack on the part
of the Western Powers. It is fully expected
in Russia that next year the princip I seat of
the war will be transferred to the north, and
the greatest exertions are making for an effi
cient defence. For the safety of Cronstadt and
Helsingfors no fears are entertained, as the ex
perience of the last two years has shown that
the enemy are not able to inflict much damage:
nor is it feared that even if the fleets are in
creased by 200 steam gunboats they could take
either of these strongholds unless with the co
operation of a unmesous and well-appointed
army on shore. The system of tactics resolved
on by the great council of war may be summed
up as follows : The fortification of St. Pe
tersburg, Moscow, Kiew, Warsaw, and Nich
olaieff - seccndly, the concertration of few but
imposing armies ; and thirdly, the abandon
ment of all the minor places, soLiebau, Riga,
and even Odessa, will be deprived of regular
garrisons, aud left to the fate and the tender
mercy of the enemy.
The cold is so severe that several sentinels
have been found frozen to death in their sentry
boxes, although they are relieved every half
hour.
Tte Invasion of Dominica by the Fmpe
ror SofLOUtH’E.—Letters from Hayti for some
time past have referred to the great prepara
tions made by Soulouque, the black Emperor
of Hayti, for the conquest of Dominica, the
Spanish part of tho island, which has been the
darling project of his life. Several times has
he been foiled in this undertaking, the last time
by the intervention of the English and French,
but now he believes he has collected an army
of sufficient magnitude to overwhelm it. The ;
statement made several weeks since, that the;
French had interfered and caused Soulouqre
to back out of his undertaking, is incorrect, i
though they may ultimately step between the
contending parties. The rumor among the
Haytiens is, that this time the English aud
French will not interfere. A letter received
in this city from Cape Haytien. December 20,
says.
-Times are dull, owing to the march, which j
it seems the Emperor is prosecuting with vigor
and, from all 1 can gather, with strong pros
pects of success this time. The people are un- 1
der thorough subjection and render him passive
obedience, at least, iu everything. The troops,
I am told, are better disciplined and better
clothed and fed than at any other time since
the Revolution. Popular opinion is in favor!
of success this time, and I should not be very,
much surprised at it. lam sorry for the poor
Spaniards, as they will have a hard fate, 1
if the Haytiens get the upper hand of them." I
We have also some account from the Domi
nicans. A letter received in this city from
Port-a-Platte, Dec. 15, says that on that day,
the alarm of the approach of the Haytiens
had been sounded, and in consequence business
was suspended. There were rumors at Port
a-Platte that there had been already a slight
collission on the frontier, iu which a small num
ber of Haytiens were taken prisoners by the
Demin icons.— Boston Traveller.
The last grand jury in Columbus, for
Muscogee county, recommend that the law ex
empting firemen and members of military com
i paniee from jury duty in that county b« repeal
isd.
Yay es getting a Maw out of Office.
“An Example of the nianr? r in which Au tra
proceeds, when bent on pruning down -uperllu
ous learning, canin under my own observation,
at the college of Nagy Enned. in Ilungarkiu
Transylvania. One of theablest men in Hung
ary, and one of the soundest jurists of the Euro
pean continent, Charles Sass, was there profess
or of natural law. I have listened with di light
ed attention while, with an elegance of diction
and a breadth of appreciation which Burkina
qui might have envied, he expounded the prin-
of his scieuce. The ofiect of such a
course was to arouse young nu n to futher study,
and to sentiments of patriotic usefulness. This
conld not be t< lerated, and the Austrian Gov
ernor of Transylvania duly made bis report
thereupon to Vienna.
“The matter came before Prince Metternich
himself, who, finding it difficult to reconcile the
theory of natural law with his own practice of
Austrian law, decided to punish Sass, by de
priving him of his professorship.
Here arose a difficulty, however. In any
other province of Austria the professor would,
without any Other ceremony, be turned out to
starve, but the statutes of the college preven
ted removal without proper cause, and the Diet
of Hungary being then in session—being then
in existence—would have insisted on the main
tainanee of the statutes. The ingenuity of
Metternich found away of circumventing the
difficulty. The professor could not be removed,
but he might, by superior decree, be named
to another professorship. The course was clear
—the appointment to lecture on natural law
was revoked, and Charles Sass, the accomplish
ed jurist, was made professor of botany, Know
ing, as he himself said, as much of botany as
the difference between cabbage and cauliflow
er, lie found himself thus suddenly called on to
explain tiie minutest details of the classification
of plants. The enlightened and paternal gov
ernment of Austria hoped to find him unpre
pared, and so gain a pretext for his removal.
Knowing this, be bent himself, with admirable
energy to his new duties, and in six weeks was
ready with his botanical course.”
Important to Postmasters. —Our attention
has been called to the fact that some postmas
ters are in the habit of sending back to the
mailing office letters reaching them for delivery
because they were not prepaid by stamps, but
by money. This is wrong, and arises from a mis
apprehension of the law. In no case, inde d.
should a letter, after it has reached the office of
delivery, be returned for postage, much less
should it be returned because the postage was
not paid by stamps. It is the general duty of
postmasters to see that letters are prepaid by
stamps, but when (having been prepaid in
cash, either through ignorance oft lie law, or
inadvertence, or want of stamps on the part of
mailing postmaster) they reach their destination
it is the duty of the postmaster to deliver
them the same as though prepaid by stamps.—
It will necessarily happen, in the introduction
of the stamp-prepay-ment system, that supplies
of stamps will fail to reach some of the small
and remote offic.s at the proper time, and it |
would be doing violence to the citizens of those ;
localities to return, and thus delay their cor-1
respcmdence, because of a circumstance so unn- i
voidable. Entertaining this view of the sub-,
ject, the department lais instructed postmasters |
not having stamps, to forward letters as hereto- ■
fore when prepaid by money. If an unpaid J
letter, from any cause, gets into tiie mail ami ■
reaches its destination, it should b< deli I
on payment of postage at prepaid ra'e-
Anti-Nebraska democrats.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the New A ork
Herald informs us that about of the
democratic members of the present Congress
are Anti-Nebraska— nearly hall _ the whol?
number. If this be so, what claims have tho
democracy to be considered a national party
more than any other'?
the Savannah (Ga.) Republican, from which
we take the above extract, is a know-nothing 1
journal, and deals in wanton falsehoods like |
the above for lhe purpose of supplying inuteri- ; 1
alto the southern allies of the abolition-know-; '
nothings. The democrats to whom allusion is: '
made in this extract do not lhem.-elves h--ilate: i
to say that they have on identity with the I
democratic party: and when they do. the d- mo : i
cratic parly say so for them by holding them i
all as its enemies. They were elected to Con-1
gress over known national democrats, and elec
ted, too, upon know-nothing and auti-Nebraska >
sentiments. They have no more claims to be
called democrats here than Garnett Andrews, | '
Simpson Fouche, James Johnson, and other;'
renegades from the democratic party in Gcor-, 1
gia, have to be considered democrats there.— ;
IFash. Union.
What the Kars Capitulation Gives the ■
Russians. —The capitu'ation of Kars appears
to be a very great advantage gained by Russia i
which counterbalances in a great measure the I'
losses in the Crimea. By the possession of this: ,
commanding position, Russia has control of the !
great highway by which the trade of Western ’
Europe finds itc way overland from Trebizoud
to Persia and the countries of Central Asia '
which lies beyond it. Russia was begining to I
suffer from the stopage of her commerse, and
the consequent drying up of the supplies requir
ed to enable her to carry on the war. Th- cap- !
fare of Kara enables her to stop tin ■;■ .• nt ol
European commerce through Turkey to Central, '
Asia, aud compel the steamer to flow across h-r; '
own territories; thus partially neutralizing the . ,
pressure her own trade was beginning t“ feel.:
and enabling her to protect the war. Persia I
itself is placed in a condition of mercantile de- >
pendency upon Russia, which, with her evident
leaning in the same diretion, it is believed will i
induce her to pick a quarrel with Turkey for'
the purpo-e of extending her dominion.
Interesting from Rome.- We gather the
following from a letter in Newark (N.J.) Ad 1
vertiser, dated Rome. Dec. 22:
The venerable widow of Louis Philipp - who I
has been seriously ill at her cl nnin wintei
residence in the' neighborhood of Genoa, is. I
am happy to say, convalescent. Iler son.-.
Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Au: a ■.
; have, in consequence, set out cu a visit • ■> Eng
land, via Germany.
I Mr. Fillmore, who is accompanied by Dr.
I Foote, of Buffalo, formerly Minister to Ans’ra
! still lingers at Florence, but is expected to
reach this city next week. Among the Amer
j ican winter residents iu the country, I notice
I the name of the senior editor and proprietor of
the New York Herald. The
I come freezing cold, most of the steam' iu the I
Peninsular are clothed with i:-. ; nd t;;e bills
i are e cry where covered with snow. It is coi:-
! fe.-sedlv the severest winter, thus far. <'xp r-r'":c
--id in Italy in twenty years. j
! Reysard and the Locomotive. —A fox, on
Monday last, who had been chased, to to the ,
I track of the Richmond and Petersburg Bail
' road as the train came whizzing along R- r.-
ard kept his courage up for some time, but the
I engineer, to have a li” ■■ son, spread the ihrut
f Ite valve and pitc' d niter him with a will.
I It was “pull Dick.. -.’l devil,” for some minutes,
I but the locomotive gained on him. an I poor
I Bernard was brushi ig the 5.,-.••.v off the c; w
s catcher with his tail, when, fortunately for;
I'him, a cow pit suddenly offered him safety, and .
down he dipped into it, and remained till the I
traja passed'vve I
Mr- Toombs in Boston.
1 .ij i uni's on Slavery.—The ninth lecture of
this course was delivered at the Termont Tem
ple last evening by Hon. Robert. Toombs, of
Georgia, on the subject of “The Consistency
of African Slavery with the Constitution of
the United States, and with Republican In
stitutions; and the Effects of the American
Revolution upon the African Race.” The
theme was one affording an extensive field for
ihe exercise of thought and argument, and the
distinguished southern senator evidently felt
that his ideas rested upon a firm and solid basis
of truth, reason and judment.
At 7 1-2 o’clock Mr. Toombs appeared up
on the stage, accompainied by several distingu
ished gentleman of this city, and was introduc
ed to the audience by the chairman, Dr. Howe.
As the lecturer rose, expressions of disapproba
tion were mingled with the applause which
greeted him. He was about to speak when
i hisses were again heard. But havingat length
obtained au opportunity of speaking, Mr.
Tombs stated in the most pleasant and affable
manner that “as to marks of disapprobation, of
of course every free man had a right to express
his own sentiments,” but he would beg of his
“countrymen to hear before they struck.”
The lecturer then proceeded to discuss the
points cm bi need in the subject which lie. was
to submit to the attention of the audience,
and stated that the ground he took and the
opinions which he should express were those
which claimed their origin trom an unbridled
conscience. He claimed that the slave held his
natural and normal condition, and that it was
neither wise or proper to interfere with it—
there being no clause or proposition in the con
stitution ot the United States to restrict, re
strain or impair slavery. The constitution had
been framed by great and good men, to whose
natures the feelings of sectionalism and ouei
deaism were entirely foreign, aud the institu
tion of slavery was by them sts a majority recog
nized. There had been in our early history as
strong feelings against slavery in the sout rne
as in the northern states, and’ the speaker alh
luded to the influence which Massachuttess i
had exercised in increasing it at that time.
We did not. Mr. T. continued,create slavery,
we do not know who did. Go back to the an
cient race of Egyptians-the blacks were their
slaves. You find him a slave in other countries,
and especially in his own, where his cruel mas
t :■ is as savage and ignorant as himself. Soon
fter the discovery of America tho policy of
the world, with pope of Rome at it. head,
sanctioned the importation of slaves. Their
course, where they have depended upon their
own government, has been characterised by
revolutions, or rather burlesque revolutions,
and their history has been one of turmoil and
confusion.
According to the theory of those who be
lieve in the eqnality of races, we have only to
review the histor of the black in the northern
states, where he is allowed to enjoy equal privil
ieges. For seventy years the benefits of its
institutions have been placed within his reach
aud what is the result.
What progress has he made in a social o
intellectual point of view? Under the institur
tions of the south the interests of the slave,
is promoted iu a greater degree than it is in any
clime throughout tin known world.
Mr. Toomb s lecture was listened to with
evident interest. His desire throughout was
evidently to define slavery as he saw it, with
every feeling of respect for the opinions and
sympathies of his listeners, whos heartseon this
subject he felt did not beat in unison with his.
In the course of his lectur he remarked. “Stan
ding before my countrymen, I shall shun no
question aud wear no mask.” We think we
could pay no higher compliment to the man
than to say that this remark is characteristic
of his nature.— From the Boston Post.
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 24.—1 n the Senate to
day, the letter of Lord John Russel, while Prime
Minister of England, in which Great Britain
denied the intention of assuming any Sover
eignty over Central America, was presented
by Mr Clayton. The honorable Senator de
noaced the tortuous diplomacy of the present
Premier of England, Lord Palmerston, as
monstrous and disgraceful. Gen. Cass was
too unwell to speak. The Hon. James M.
Mason, of Virginia, said that the interests and
honor of liiseountry demanded that England
should be held to a strict performance of he
Treaty stipulations. The Hon W. H. Seward
considered that there should be no unnecessary
delay iu the settlement of this important con
troversy, and moved that it should be made the
specialorder for Monday next.
House.—ln the House to-day, Mr. Fuller
withdrew his name as a candidate for Speaker.
The resolution of Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, re
questing all the candidates to withdraw their
names, was laid on the table by a majority of
one. A ballot for Speaker followed. Which re
suited in no choice. Mr. Banks received 96,
but 102 was necessary to secure an elec
tion.
Further by the Baltic.
Advices had been received in London from
Montevideo, announcing a revolution which
occurred on the 25th November. The city,
for four days, presented a sad scene of carnage
and distruetion; one hundred were killed, and
a much larger number were wounded. Ord r
was not resorted until the 29th, when Munoz
mid his revolutionary party embarked for Bue
nos Ayres iu steamers, in conformity to the de
mands’of the diplomatic agents residing in
Montevideo. Foreigners maintained strict neu
trality.
Intelligence from St. Petersburg to the 3d
January, state that the War Council bad con
cluded to change the Russian tactics tor the
approaching Spring compaign. and that impor
n; ■ i lieen effected. Orders
ha 1 b- > u sent from Head Quarters, which indi
cate t. " intention to abandon to Crimea ;a part
of the troops having been ordered to reinforce
Monruviiff. aud othees are to join the grand
nrmv >■!' the Centre, at Kiel, on the Btli Jan-
Trade bi’tween the lower Baltic ports and
those of Russia, is carried on with great activi
tv. Au American ship bod arrived at Morriel.
and was loading witn hemp yarn.
Rai ages of Wolves in lowa.—The Keok
uk Dailv Host, of the 11th inst, for some time
Tia'st. the wolves have been extremely dangerous
in Pottawattamie county. About three weeks
a“-o t man was returnin': from a prayer meet
in?. aecompanaied by his two daughters, one
land tl'.'i other 23 years of age. They were
:? r‘,l'-g the same horse, when sudeuly a pack
ailed them, and, being
unable to escape bj- flight, they attempted to
dfe d t'.i- "v But the ferocious brutes
attack d t! e li Tse. rendering him unmanag-a
•u’e The o: Est daughter was partly thrown I
a: d parly C' ecetl to the ground, amljinstanlly
devoured, 'i i father aud his other daughter
man K'-l to escape. Several n gbbors were
mustered, who repaired to the t, but found
nothin'’ but one of the girl’s shoes and a few
remnants of her clothing. A boy, aged 13,
left his father's bouse to get some water at a
sprin", about half a mile distant. Not returu-
I ing, search was made for him, when the pail
! was found near the spring, also some maks of
j blood aud a look or twoot hair.
Lord John Russel’s Letter.
j The fallowing is the letter of Lord John Rus
-Bell, to which reference is made iu the Senate’s
proceedings of the 24th iust. It was commu
nicated by the President in compliance with a
resolution of the Senate.
Lord John Russell to Mr. Crampton.
London, Jan. 19 1853.
Sir :—ln treating of the affairs of the Mos
quito, I must, in the first place, refer you to a
despatch of Lord Malmesbury of the IGth July
1852, upon this subject.
It is evident that since Great Britain first
assumed the protection and defence of the Mos
' quito Indians, the position of all parties lias
I changed:
Ist. Spain, instead of exercising absolute
I sovereignity over Central America and pro
j hipiting all commerce on the coasts under her
sway, has entirely lost her dominion over the
i continent, from Cape Horn to Florida.
2d. The Mosquito Indians, instead of gov
erning their own tribe according to their own
customs, furnish a name and title to Europeans
and Americans, who carry on trade at Grey
town and along the coast of Mosquito accor
ding to the usages of civilized nations.
3d. Great Britian, instead of having an in
terest in the defence of the Mosquito Indians
for the sake of rescuing part of the territory of
Central America from Spanish control and
obtaining an authority for her commerce, has
other interest in Mosquito than that which is
derived from an honorable regard for her old
connection with the Indian nation of Mosqui
to.
Her Majesty's Government has for several
years endeavored to su.t her engagements to
the altered circumstances of the case, but every
proposal that has been made with this view had
' encountered some insuperable obstacle. The
I contentions in Central America between Niear-
I agua, Costo Rica, and Honduras, the absence
es any authority with which any permanent
I agreement could be made, unfounded jealousies
I of Great Britain, and various other circumstan-
I cos have prevented a settlement of this vexa
tious question.
In conformity with the opinions stated in
Lord Malmesbury’s despatch of July IGth, to
which I have already referred you, I have to
state that the Committee of Government of
Greytown are in fact the real power that ex
ercises authority in that part of Central Ameri
ca. To her Majesty’s Government it would be
a matter of indifference whether that authority
was exercised in the name of Greytown itself;
but it is desirable that what is apparent should
be made to conform as far as possible with what
is real. What is apparent is that the King of
Mosquito exescises sovereignty over Greytown,
what is real is that he had no authority there
whatever, but that a committee of Europeans
and Americans carry on the Government at
that port.
What her Majesty's Government, therefore,
would consider a good and final arrangement
would be. •
Ist. That Greytown should be a free and
independent port, connected with Mosquito by
such relations of friendship and alliance as may
be agreed upon.
2d. That indemnification or advantages equi
valent to those laid down in the project of con
vention of the 30th of April, 1852, shall be as
sured to Mosquito in return for its withdraw]
from its present position in regard to Greytown.
3d. That Great Britain and the' United
States, without guaranteeing Greytown, should
be ready to act in concert to defend the inde
pendence of the free city or port of Greytown
from whatever quarter it mig t be attacked.
What is essential and of .immediate impor
tance is, that the authorities of Grey town should
be ready to assume either unqualified indepen
dence, with an engagement to defend Musquito,
or a qualified independence, owing allegiance
and support to Musquito.
For this purpose, some person qualified to
treat should proceed at once to Greytown.—
Whether a naval officer of her Majesty or a
civil one would be the litter person to bo en
trusted with this mission, ! must leave you to
decide. It would be desirable, if the Govern
ment of the United States should concur in
these views, that a new convention, in the place
of the unaccepted project of agreement of April,
1852, should be proposed and concluded, and
that a person similarly qualified should be sent
by this Government at the same time and for
the same object.
I have only further to say that the indemnity
to Musquito’ might possibly not be made iu
money, but in greater security for a certain
fixed territory within which the free port of
Greytown, assisted by her Majesty’s ships of
war, might manage to defend the Musquito
nation.
The Governor-General of Canada anil the
authorities in other of her Majesty’s North
American possessions have made from time to
time agreements somewhat similar. The Pres
ident of the United States has frequently made
conventions with Indians to the like effect.
The peculiarity of this case is, that certain
neighboring States deny altogether the indepen
dence of Musquito, and the Musquito nation
are liable every day to new incursions upon their
territory. We can make no complete provision
against this danger. Our policy is to do all
that honor and humanity require in behalf of
the Musquito nation ; but wc intend to adhere
strictly to the treaty of Washington of the 19th
April, 1850, and not to assume any sovereignty,
either direct or indirect, in Central America.
J. RUSSELL.
Memorandum in Mr. Everett's handwriting.
—r. Crampton authorized me to communi
cate this to Congress in any way I thought
proper.
Later from the Sentinole war.
The Tampa Peninsular of the 19th inst., at
iand yecterday. con ains the following para
giaphs concerning the Indian war in South
Florida:—
The news from Fort Myers is very indefinite.
Scouting parties have returned without dis
covering Indians or recent signs—having ac
complished nothing but the destruction of sev
eral encampments and all the livestock (Indian
property) they met with.
We understand that the blockhouses burnt
by the Indians will be rebuilt, as well as sever
al others at impor ant posts—three at Fort
M.fers. Also, extensive stable accommodations
to be erected at Fort Myers.
The volunteers at Fort Meade are regularly
performing scouting duty and other important
services. They are eager to engage the enemy
and await impatiently authority to march into
his territory.
The volunteer companies are organized on
the Manatee river, under Capts. Gates and
Addison.
——-• ■
®sy-A learned physician has extracted a
powerful tonic from sausages containing the
original bark. He very properly calls it “The
Sulphate of Canine.”
Deep Snow.—A great quantity of snow has
recently fa’len in the western part of New
York. It is thought to average, throughout
the States, from two to soar feet. In Chautau
que county the snow is said to be three feet on
a level, and in Lewis county about four and a
alffeet.
WM. KA Z PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 26.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
Washington, Thursday night, Jan. 24.
The House is not yet organized, contrary to the
expectations of many—expectatiurm, however,
which rested on a slender basis. -Mr. Orr has’
taken Mr. Richardson’s place, without any per
ceptible advantage not possessed by Mr. Rich
son.
Three things arc pretty clearly indicated I
first, the free soilers cannot unite cn Mr. Banks;
second, there are others of their party, any one
of whom they could elect, if Mr Banks were
withdrawn ; third, Mr. Banks will not be with
drawn.
Many of that party who see and feel that
this is the true state of things acknowledged
themselves beaten, and look to the decadance
of their party as a certain future event. To
night, indeed, they are exceedingly chop-fallen.
They feel that their most disastrous hour is the
I very hour of promised triumph. Their action
to-day, with reference to the President’s Mes
sage on Kansas affairs, was singularly impolitic
and foolish. Had they permitted the reception
of the Message, it might not have been read;
but unjustly and unreasonably opposing its re
ception, they were defeated, and tuen it was ea
sy to defeat them on the question of reading.
I have only heard this message read by ths
clerk. It appears to.me to be a very calm and
elaborate review of the whole Kansas question,
which could have waited awhile, had not the
President been desirous of testing his ability to
communicate with the country through Con
gress.
The House had been very orderly and
business like prior to the arrival of the
message; but as soon as the President’s
private secretary, Mr. Sideny Webster,
appeared in the main aisle of the Hall,
Mr. Campbell of Ohio who had been
put on the alert, spring to his feet and
protested against receiveing the document.
Mr. Craige, of North Carolina, the tallest
man in the House, took the lead in the
tumult. He took position in front of tho
clerk’s desk, and very near to it. Here he
vociferated an octave above the hundred
voices that were shouting “order!” —his
form swayed to and fro; amidst the crowd
of friends and opponents who surrounded
him. In the midst of the scene, and when
it raged wildest, Mr. Paine, of North Car
olina placed himself by tho side of Mr.
Craige, and in the name of God and his
country, denounced tho discreditable pro
ceedings.
At this point Mr. Stephens of Georgia,
who can always command tho attention of
the House, arose and moved the recep
tion of the Message. Mr. Campbell imme
diately withdrew bis protest to permit the
application of this test, and so it decided.
During the vote on the proposition to
lay on the table Mr Stphen’s motion to
receive the Message Mr. A. K. Marshall;
of Ky , did an adroit thing. The mes
sage had not been presented by Mr. Web
ster, and the House had no information
formally as to who sent it, nor what it was
When Mr. Marshall’s name was called
he took the package from the hand of Mr.
Webster, and asked if he was desired to
vote on a motion to lay on the table a mo
tion to receive from the President through
the hands of his secretary, ‘his message.
The clerk responded ”ycs-” and he
voted no.
Mr. Clayton spoke on the difference be
tween England and the United States
with respect to the Central America ques
tion, and I think successfully impeached
the fair dealing of the British goverment
in tho premises. But of this in my next.
The following appointments have been
made by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate:
“O. Jennings Wise, of Virginia, to be sec
retary of the legation of the United states at
Paris, in place of Don Piatt resigned.
“Edward G. W. Butler, jr., of Louisiana, to
be secretary of the ligation of the United
States at Berlin, in place of 0. Jennings
Wise, transferred to Paris.
“John N. Garesche, of Delaware, to be consul
of the United States at the port of Matanzas
Island of Cuba, in place of Edward worrell,
removed.
“Robert 11. Seese, of New York, to be con
sul, of the United States at the port of Spez
zia, in Sardinia.
“Jonathan S. Jenkins, of California, to be
consul of the United States at Apia, Naviga
tor’s Islands.
“George V. Brown, of New York, to be
consul of the United states at Tangier, Moroc
co, in place of Samuel P. Collins, deceased.
Some on Hoops.—The Scbuyler County Amer
cau Buget is “some” «n hoop yarns. For in
stance. he telle of an accommodating young
beau in Havana who recently called “to take a
young lady out for a sleigh ride. When the
lady was seated, the young man discovered that
his fair companion with her surrounding ap
purtenances entirly filled the cutter, and not
being willing to go afoot himself, he gallantly
mounted the nag, and both parties rode on
their way rejoicing. More recently (says this
truth loving editor,) a lady was walking along
South Street, Havana, when one of the hoops,
the ends of which had uot been strongly secured
together, suddenly broke loose and flying back
with great force, tore completely through tM
outer garments and struck a small boy who
was standing on the side walk about twenty
feet from the lady. Tho small boy was taken,
home senseless, and it is leare 1, will not recover
The hoop is already to-covered.
An Indian Shroud of Gold.^—Hon. Tho
mas Ewbank, ex-Commissioner of Patents,
communicates to the National Intelligencer
some interesting information in regard to re
cent discoveries in the excavat on of Peruvian
tumuli. The information was received by Mr.
Ewbank from W. W. Evans, engineer of the
Africa and Tacua railroad in Peru. Mr. Evan
sta‘es that in making excavations for for
railroad at Arica, hundreds of graves are de
molished, in which are numerous Indian relics.
The excavations are seventy feet deep, and the
soil is loose sand. Among other interesting
relics, an Indian was started out of his resting
place rolled up in a shroud o! go d. Before Mr.
Evans had knowledge of ttys incident, the work
men had cut up this magnificent winding-sheet
and divided it among themselves. With some
difficult he obtained a fragment, and despatched
it to Mr. Ewbank. Mr. Evans notices us a
remarkable fact, that in hundreds of Indian
skulls which he has examined, not one has a
decayed tooth. Mr. Ewbank thiuks the weight
of the entire shroud must have been eight or
nine pounds, and had it been preserved would
have been the finest specimen of sheet gold tlia
we have ever heard of since the times of tht
Spanish conquest.
The Cholera in Austria.—From the Ist
of May up to the 10th of November, 549,099
persons had the cholera in the Austria empire
288,029 recovered, 230,861 died asd 20,208
were still under medical treatment