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THE ATLANT \ WEEKLY EXAMINER WHSEIK.Iji'Y CIRCULATION! OU - THE! EXAMINER, 18CKOO COPIED! JOHN 11. STEELE, 1 CHAS. L. BARBOUR. ( 1 VOLUME 11. THE WEEKLY EXAMINER is Publhed every Friday morning n the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOIXAJR PE fl ANNUM, To be paid strictly in adv, ce. No subscription lai cn for less than si months. RATES OF ADV tIRTISING. Advertisements are insert t in the Weekly 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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Citations for’letters of Administration, Guar dianship &c., must bo published 30 days—lor dis mission from Administration, monthly six months —for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. 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 boml has been given by tho de ceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to those, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at tho following Rate? ■ Citations on letters of Adn ..ustration &c. $2 1 5 do do dismissory om Adminis tration, Citation on dismissory from Guardianship, 3 Leave to sell LandorNcgi es, 4 J* Notice to debtors and crcdi >rs. Sales of personal property, t i days, 1 square 1 50 Sales of land or negroes by executors, &c. o 00 Estrays, two weeks, ~ For a man advertising his wife, (m advance.) 5 01 Letters on business must be (post paid) to en title them to attention. THURSDAY, !•’ EBkUARV, SB, 1866. A New Book. Messrs Long & Bro., Nassau, SI., New 7 ork have laid us under obligations for a copy of a new novel by that deservedly popular writer G. W. M. Reynolds, called “Vivian Bertram, or A Wife’s Honor,” a story of the same thrilling interest which characterizes the voluminous and extensively read writings of this indefatigable author. We hardly knew which to commend most, the astonishing labors of Mr. Reynolds, or the freshness and and brilliancy ot his world wide reputation and will be eagerly read by every one at all familiar with his style. The Business Men Os Savannah and Macon will be waited on by Mr. P. M. Sitton, our Book Keep r, who will afford those desiring to advertise in an interior paper the opportunity of doing so upon terms made agreeable to them. He will represent fairly and satisfactorily the extent of our circu lation in sections from which those cities derive a considerable and remunerative trade, and merchants and others will find him well ac quainted with the business of the north-west, he having been engaged for some time in busi ness in that section, and having also by his acquaintance and travel in NAtl.ern Georgia ami East became familiar with the points of interest to business men in those sec tions. Our friends will confer upon us au ob ligation which will be gratefully appreciated, by extending him such assi tancc in the prose cution of bis bu. incss as may be within their power and convenience. They will find hun a well informed, polished und reliable gentleman. Presidential Speculations. It is but natural that tl.e f riends of the mau y prominent and deserving men attached to the National Democratic party should feel an aux ous solicitude that the claims of their favorite, should receive a fair consideration from the approaching Cincinnati Convention, and the great number of names presented from difl’eront sections for the nominatiors to be made by that Convention would seem, to the outsider, calcu iat«l to embarrass its action. Such, however, will not be the case. It is generally understood ' believe, that the Delegates to the Conwu- ■ from all of the different States which will ne represented in it, are left free to act for i..< best interests of the party and the count: y. Our individual choices twe subject to the will of the majoritv. which from time immemorial has been held in veneration by the Democratic par ty, and there is no fear that the direction c 1 that will will be towards the best interestsof tl.e —MNamirv.agd tee constitution unimpaired, and its THE CHEAPEST PCLITICAL AHD NEWS PAPER IN THE SB3TH—A WEEKLY FIEESIOS COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. natics and traitors North and South. Some of our opposition cotemporaries sneer at what they term the want of unity in the Democratic par ty, when they see the efforts of the friends of the proposed candidates. “ The wish is father to the thought,” and, not to discuss the cyni cal disposition manifested by such sneers, it is like whistling against the wind, for there is nothing to apprehend for the harmony of the Convention. Since it is so universally under stood that upon the action of that co nvention and the ultimate success of the men and meas ures it promulgates, depends the permanency of this government, it comes badly from the mouth these editors to attempt to sow seeds of discord amongst its delegates; but opposition to De mocracy is so deeply rooted and in their natur e that to sneer it seems a part of that nature, a practice handed down from generation to gene ration until it has wholly occupied much soil which were bel ter appropriated to the growth of conservatism and patriotism. But let them rail on. Let George Law represent the views of all such men as speak lightly of Democracy, and the Cincinnati Convention. Let their traditional hatred to the name of Democracy drive them to the sacrifice of every Southern 'sentiment upon the “live oak 1 ’ altar, and let them complete their estrangement from the South and her honor by perfect ng their far advanced affiliation with Abolitionism and and its kindred fanaticisms un til they receive the amount of obloquy due their unfair and unnatural course. God save those men who would throw cold water upon the last hope of a constitutional union. Washington’s Birthday. The respect paid by the American people to their departed great, in the annual celebration of their birth days or tho jubilant observance of the anniversaries of the great events which marked their lives, is a standing rebuke to the proverbial ingratitude of Republics, and no na tion on earth so religiously observe those gala days as our own. The practice is commendable from numerous considerations, and each neglect of its observance is a step backward from our ad vanced position in morals and intelligence.— The patriotic feelings which animated tho great dead whose memory these festivals are intend ed to perpetuate, becomes stunted in its growth in the wild chase after gain which characterizes the age, unless we sometimes throw off the clog ging weights which hang round it, and cultivate it by reflection upon the great deeds of these men, whose memories are the proudest monuments of our nation's glory. We teach our youth to emulate their noble examples, and nothing impresses up on their minds the beauties of their characters so much as the respect we pay their memory by set ting apart one day each year to the celebration of their deeds. Our own patriotism is refreshed and invigorated ; the youth of the country are excited into a laudable enthusiam which more effectually incites them to follow in these great “ foot-prints on the sands of time,” and other na tions look on with envy and admiration of the characters whose memory we thus cherish, when wc scrupulously respect the time honored custom. But it is, unfortunately, too apparent that these customs of our ancestors arc becoming less and less respected every year, and it is seri ously apprehended that they will eventually be entirely neglected and abandoned by our peo ple. Washington’s birth day, the annual re turn of which was once the ruling subject of pleasurable anticipation and joyful preparation for weeks beforehand, is now, except in compar atively few instances, seldom thought of until it is past, or too late for preparation to cele brate. Why is this ? Certainly not because we have less regard than formerly for the great father of his country—to charge such ingrati tude upon a single individual would bring the blush of resentment at once to the cheek. But, while we cannot think the failure to observe his birth-day io a proper manner springs from any such want of respect, we cannot evade the con viction that such continued indifference must eventually entail upon posterity the sin wc so universally deprecate. 11' we forget to celebrate the virtues of the great hero and keep them prominently before the youth of the country, they and their posterity, in their turn, will es ’chcfr the custom until finally it shall be said of the nation that it has lost all reverence lor the past and its bright examples, und it will sink to u level with those who live not in tho past, but solely in the exciting present. It is not well for a people to lose sight of its history, whether like dangers to those through which it has passed are to be apprehended from the future or not. The mariner who loses his starting point can but poorly calculate his whereabouts, and if the influence and experi ence of the past, and its bright examples be for gotten, then indeed are our people a prey to that spirit of speculation and fanaticism, the de. velopmeat of which our past history alone checks. These reflections and forebodings arc nature] consequences of the seeming entire forgetfulness of ou ' citizens to prepare for the appproprlate celebration of the 22nd inst. So far as we can learn, the matter has not even been talked about, and instead of the festivities with which we are wont to observe the day, it blds fair to pass as every other day, in the dull round of business, without one indication of respect to mark it from the rest. It is too late now for preparation unless our young friends get up a party for the occasion, which we think might readily be done, and get together to evince that veneration fcr the immortal Washington, which their elders seem to have forgotten is dee his fame. We do hope the like neglect will not have to be again deplored in our city. Canadian Parliament, at its ap proaching sessions, will it is said, probably turn its attention to the following subjects:—The selection ot a permanent seat of government; the constitution of ths upper branch of the Parliament, denominated Legislative Council; the clergy: reserve commutation; the demand of the Roman Catholics for sectarian school, and representation according to the population ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1856. The Legislature of Georgia. Milledgeville, Monday, Feb. 81,185 G. House of Representatives. Mr. Terhune move to reconsider the bill pass ed on .Saturday, providing for the removal of the penitentiary. He wished to amend the bill sons to restrict the cost of removal and erection of the new buildings to the sum ($72,500) ap propriated in the bill. An appropriation, said Mr. T., had been made for the enlargement of the Lunatic Asylum, but the amount thus ap propriated has been expended by the commis sioners, and this Legislature had been obliged tj appropriate an additional sum, more than double the original appropriation, to complete the building. His object was to guard against such a recurrence as this. If this was not done the $72,500 would be sunk before the contem plated work was half effected, and the next Legislature would be compelled to make ad ditional appropriations. He did not believe that 872,500 would cover the expense of removal. The motion was snsported by Mr. Rumph of Wayne. He was opposed to removal. It re quired a large expenditure of money, and the success of the propos' d scheme was very prob lematical. He doubted whether the peniten tiary could ever be made topay at Stone Moun tain. It had always been a curse, a burthen to the State, an annual expense of thirty thous and dollars. He bel’eved that the best policy would be to pnt the present building in proper condition, to make all necessary improvements and to continue it at Milledgeville, Messrs. Smith of Union, and Fields opposed. The whole subject had been carefully considered by the committee. And from all light that could be thrown upon this question; it was their un animous opinion that the State would be largely benefitted by removal. The cost of removal and construction of the propored building had been made by a competent architect, and there was no probadility of its costing any more than the amount appropriated. If the gentle man from Floyd only wished to reconsider for the purpose of adding the amendment he pro posed, that could be done in the Senate just as well. Motions to reconsider occupied too much time, the session was rapidly drawing to a close and much important matter had yet to beaded upon. The motion to reconsider was lost. 78 nays to 33 ayes. FEDERAL RELATIONS. The comittee on the State of the Republic, to which were referred the resolutions of the State of Vermont, reported the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the State of Georgia will not consider any resolution emanating from the State of Vermont till she has learned to re gard her constitutional obligations to the State of Georgia, and the courtesy due to her sistee States; and that no law, ordinance, act or reso lution of the State be communicated to the State of Vermont till further ordered. The Governor is instructed to communicate this res olution to the Governor of Vermont, with a request that it be laid before the Legislature of said State. , BOUNDARY BETWEEN GEORGIA ASD S. CAROLINA. Some time since a resolution was introduced by Mr. Porter, of Effingham, instructing the committee on the State of the Republic to inquire whether the islands in the Savannah river belong to this State or to South Carolina. The committee reported a resolution, this morn ing, instructing the Governor to take such measures as he may deem proper to the adjus ment of this question. 'The resolution was adopted. ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD. The House next took up, as the special order of the day, the bill to incorporate the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company, for the building of a “main trunk” railway from the “intersection of the counties of Appling, Ware and Wayne, thence by the most practicable route to the western boundry of the State of Georgia, at any point between Fort Gaines, in the county of Clay, and the junction of the Flint and Chat tahoochee roads, in the county of Decatur." It was moved to take the bill up by sections, and the House went into committee of the whole—Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, in the Chair for that purpose. Section I—Which incorporates the compa ny and appoints commissioners, was amended by the addition of the following names as com missioners, viz: Charles Spalding, Charles J. Munerly, J. Hamilton, N. W. Collier, James McCrea. Sec. 2. —Adopted without amendment. Sec. 3.—Organizing the company after the subscription of one million of stock, and pre scribing the mode of procedure, was adopted, after filling up the blank, fixing the time foi the annual election of Directors, by inserting the second Monday in February. Sec. 4.—Prescribing the route of the road, applying the 15th section of the amended char ter of the Central Railroad to the decision of question, growing out of the right of way and damage,and conferring all the immunities, priv ileges and exemptions granted to said company upon the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, was amended by the insertion of the following after the word “ Wayne”—“ crossing the Satilla river at or near Walker’s Ferry, in the vicinity of Waresboro.” This settles more indefinitely the point from which the road is to start. Sec tion 4 was adopted without amendment. Sec. s.—Prescribing the conditions upon which the State shall subscribe and pay up in stallments on her stock, was amended by the following: “But no payment on the part of the State shall be made, until the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Company, a d the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, shall heve released any right with either of them have or claim to interfere with the location A said road, on acconnt of any privileges granted in the charters of either of them. Sec. tl.—Giving to the Savannah, Albany and Gulf, and the Brunswick and Florida Rail road Companies, the right to connect their tracks with the track of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road. was amended by giving the same right to all radroads in the State. “ Provided the stock holders thereof build said roads with their own money.” Col. Lawton offered the following additional section, which was adopted : •• That it shall be the duty of the President of said railroad com-1 pany to’ make returns, under oath, semi-annn-1 ally’ to the Governor of the State, containing a 1 full and accurate statement of tne pecuniary as- j fairs of the company, with a list of the subscri- j bers to stock, the amount subscribed and paid in by each, which return shall be placed on file i in the office of the Comptroller General." The following additional section, offered by < Mr. Harris, of Fulton, was also adopted : That | the produce of the State ot Georgia, deposited i at any depot within the State, shall have prece- i deuce’over through freight coming from any | other State, so iong as the State of Georgia re- i mains a stockholder in said road." Dr. Phillips and Mr. Pickett labored hard to attach their’projects, the North-Eastern and ! the Elijay Railroads, to this bill. The Dr. was loud in his condemnation of the policy of the I State taking stock in any internal improvement scheme. Bankruptcy, ruin dire and disastrous. ] a dishonored credit, a fair name sullied, would be the consequence, contended the Dr., of such a policy as this. Our State debt now was marly three millions. Were gentlemen willing to increase this! Would their constituents be willing to bear the burthen of taxation to meet it! He opined not. In fine be protested qgainit the whole bill, m aa odiow ducrimina tion between the people of Georgia- And yet, with this black seal of condemnation upon the bill, with this gloomy picture of financial dis tress, as the consequence of its passage, the Dr was willing to be a participator in these evil doings. He was not only ready and willing to be the recipient of the disgorged plunder, while the sharing was going on. but would be willing to sail under the black flag of the pirate, or rather, what the Buccaneers won in desperate, hazardous conflict on the high seas, lie would claim a share when the plunder was being distributed. The truth is those gentlemen want ed to “ log roll ” their roads into this bill, and because they failed to do this, so great was their chagrin, so uncontrolable their tempers that the inconsistency, indeed the absurdity of t-lieir positions, did not for a moment strike them. These flimsy objections to this measure were thoroughly refuted by Messrs. Jones and Thornton of Muscogee, and Lawton of Chatham They not only demonstrated the fallacy of such objections, but in lucid, incontrovertible argu ments, showed the necessity for the road, its ad vantage to the State as an investment, the splen did, rich agricultural country through which it would pass, the immense increase of commerce from a connection with the Gulf of Mexico, the urgent necessity of a speedy connection with that part of our coast, all were thoroughly ex amined and proven clearly as holy writ, that the road would be profitable, was needed, and that the State would be much benefited by its construction. But it was of little avail. The North-Eastern, Elijay and Cherokee, to some extent, interests were opposed to the bill unless they too could come under its provisions. The combination was strong, and much to the sur prise of the friends of a “ Main Trunk Rail way ” the bill was defeated upon the call of the ayes and nays. 1 suppose a motion to reconsider will be made in the morning, and prevail too I think. The friends of the bill were confident of success.— Everybody, said it would pass And this, I’m inclined to think, threw its friends off their guard. They were sanguine of success and relying upon the merit of the measure, can vassed none at all, while their opponents were well drilled and ready for the attack. Senate. Upon the readirg of the journal thismorning Mr. Welborn moved to reconsider the acton of the Senate relating to the amendment of the 9th section of the bill incorporating , the Wes tern and Atlantic Railroad Company, which strikes out the the provision for excluding indi viduals or corporations north of Mason and Dix on’s line from purchasing stock. Mr. Welborn, made a short speech defending his position, Saturday, and reflecting upon the “passage at arms” that occurred between him self and the Senator upon Greene. Upon re ceiving information that he could not re-consider the section without re-considering the whole bill, ho withdrew Lis molten. The Senate agreed to House amendments, to the following bills, viz : A bill changing the time of holding courts in counties in the Patania and Middle Circuits. A bill pointing ont the mode by which or phans and widows can receive support from the estates of deceased husbands. A bill to change the county line between the counties of Coffee and Irwin. A bill to incorporate tho town of Bruns wick. BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. A bill to form a new circuit from the coun ties of Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Carroll, liar raison, Paulding and Polk, to be called the Tal lapoosa Circuit—amended by adding the coun ty of Floyd. Passed. SALE OF THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC BAIL ROAD. The Senate resumed the consideration of this bill. When adjourned on Saturday nine sec tions had been acted upon. The tenth which gives to the proposed company all the rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by the State, was adop.cd without amendment. Section 11 was stricken out and the following, offered by Judge Cone, was adopted in lieu thereof, viz: the office of the company shall be at Atlanta and the rates of freights shall be uniform and the same as the present. No discrimination shall be made in favor of an individual or cor poration, under forfeiture of five times the amount of produce discriminated.” The follow ing amendments were also adopted. “Shinld any director move from the State, he shall no longer be a director.” 2nd. Any person or body politic may sub scribe for the stock at the minimum price of seven millions of dollars. 3rd. Nothing in the bill shall be so constru ed as to authorize this company to hold stock in any other road unless by the consent of the j Legislature. , 4th. The stockholders shall pay the same tax , upon their stock as is paid upon real estate. sth. When a vacancy occurs among the di- . rectors, the Governor must appoint a director ' pro tem, till the meeting of the Legislature. 6 th. Suits may be instituted against the com 1 pany in any court of competent jurisdiction, and j service of process may be made upon any depot ' agent or at the depot office. ’ Mr. Buchanan of Coweta, made a powerful ■ speech in opposition to sale. In my judgment his arguments were unanswerable, and my only 1 regret is that 1 cannot report it in this. My ‘ next shall certainly contain it, for I think it ought to be published and distributed over the ’ State. The people should know what a curse ' this sxle would prove. The bill passed by ayes ’ 53. nav 46. gentle man in Petersburg, Va., ha ' kindly favored the Express of that city with : the following particular of a body tragedy that' occurred at Jerusalem, Southampton, on Friday ! : last, the Isth instant: “On the night previous to the perpetration ,' of the deed, at a party or ball given in Jeeu- | salum, Capt, George Newsom, a highly csteem i ed and respected citizen, and late the rep: esen tatives of his county in the tState Lcgislaure, gave some offence to a young lady, which a relative of hers, a young medical student, un der the instruction of Dr. Parker of that place I named Calhonn Barret, resented, by telling him I not to speak to her again, for if he did he (B) I ' would shoot him. Newsom being somewhat i intoxicated, afterwards asked the young lady to ; dance with him, upon which Barret shot at him the bad passing through some part of his-coat, i Newsom then left, and sent word to Barret that; I he must prepare to die, for he intended to shoot I him. j -On the next day Barret saw News, m com-1 i ing along the road in a buggy, with a d- »• e| | barrelled gun. a black man driving for him.— ; When N ewson perceived him, be raised the gun ' iasif to tire, but Barret Being also proved"d ’ | with a gun fired first, the contents striking N. somewhere about the breast, causing him to I fall forward over the spatterboard. B. then ' 1 advanced and discharged the second barrel into I rhe head of Newsom, killing him almost in-: j stantly. I “Young America,” a new comic paper, I illustrates the beauties of our jury system by a, • wood cut, representation of the scales of Jus tice, iu which one man at one end of the beam is shown as weighing down eleven at the other ■ i end, while with his thumb to his nasa organ be S II coolly informs them of his determination not to' I yield'to their opinion. TEie Indian War in Southern Oregon. The Crescent City Herald, of January 16tli says, that "about New Year’s day a small party of whites discovered a baud of Indians on Applegate Creek, some twenty-five or thirty miles from Jacksonville. t Pretending to be miners on a prospecting tour, they managed to remain ou the ereek, unsuspected by the Indians. until they could send word to the nearest settle ments. As soon a- information of their where abouts was received in the valley, about one hundred and fitly of the troops, aud many citi zen volunteers took up the line of march for Applegate outlie 2d of January, carrying one of the mountain howitzers along. When about two inilei>.£om Jacksonville, Mr. Martin An gel amT John Mel .aughlin pas cd ahead of a troop of thirty soldiers, and within a distance of only four hundred yards of them wcr shot at by’ the Indians. Mr. Angel’s horse took fright, and while cantering off the trail, the In dians succeeded, with several more shots, in killing'horse and rider, and then stripping them, taking Mr. Angel’s two revolvers and rille.— Mr. Henry H. Hutchins, our informant, learned that on the same morning, JZr. Hili was out hunting with his son, when the latter was killed by the Indians, and it. is thought this was done by the same scout which killed Angel.” Lute in the afternoon of the sth, the howitzer was got ready, fired, and the shot fell directly upon one of the cabins, killing three Indians. Several more shots were fired before night, but without effect. Daring the night, the Indians judging discretion to be the better part of valor, broke through the guards and escaped. We learn with great regret, that in this untoward affair, Dr. Wm. Myers was killed, and several others wounded. The disappointment of the public in hearing of the inglorious i sue of th s movement is the more acutely fit, as from the previous successes at Butte Creek it was confidently expected that the troops at len ;th had concluded to go at it with a will. The escape of the Indians remains to many inexplicable. Five weeks earlier, from four to five hundred troops withdrew from be fore one hundred and fifty Indians at the “ Big Meadows,” now thirty-three Indians elude the vigilance of eight times their number of whites. We arc too remote from the scene of action to judge correctly of the merits of the case, but this much we might infer from the past—that it takes a long time to whip two hundred hos tile Indians. Movement of the U. S. Troops.—On Wednesday last the brig Nonsuch, from Hum bolt Bay, arrived off our harbor, and landed fif ty soldiers under command of Capt. Jones, for merly stationed at Humbolt and on the Kla math. The brig had also ammunition and pro visions on board, but finding the sea too rough to discharge them, she stood off, and has conse quently to call .again. We arc informed t'.at Lieut. Garber, with thirty men of Capt. Jones’ Company, is now stationed at Witchipeck, on the Klamath. "The Puget Sound Courier of December 21st says: Wc are informed that the Indians have com menced the work of destruction in this vicinity, by burning the house and smithshop of a Ger maft, situated on what is known as Puyallup plains; his bouse »?s situated about six miles from this place and not me,re than a mile from other houses occupied by other families. Tliis is doubtless but the beginning of their work which will no doubt be followed upon every opportunity. The heavy timber which skirts the prairie to the eastward is peculiarly favora ble to predatory incursions by these miscreants, aud we shall not be surprised to hear of the burning of all the houses in this portion of the prairie. The Puget Sound Courier of the 4th of Jan. says: On the night of the 28th of December, a number of Indians were seen about the Fort, and one of them is supposed to have been shot in the act of levelling his musket at one of the sentries. Ile was immediately picked up and carried off by the others, and when at a safe distance one of them returned the fire. The garrison immediately turned out, but did not succeed in capturing any of the red-skins.— Blood was said to have been seen n short dis tance off, telling the effect of the ball discharged from the sentry’s musket. Prospects of a Treaty.—Wc have heard from some quarters, whether justly founded or not, talk that the Indians in this vieinily were ready to make peace with the whites; and fur ther, that there has been on the part of some o the officials an effort to bring about a “t Ik’ with them. We have a copy of the message of Governor Mason of Washington Territory. It is occu pied principally with the details of the Indian difficulties in that territory The remarks in reference to the gold mines we copy : During the past summer, rumors of discover ies of gold fields near Fort Colville, induced many enterprising and energet'c citizens of the territory to visit that region. Many have re turned on account of the war. and the impossi bility of obtaining provisions there, during the winter. Although the extent of the gold bear ing district is not known, yetthe fact is certain, that those who w’orked the bars and prospected the country near Fort Colville, found gold in sufficient quantities to pay for working.— Wherever the more experienced miners dug, cither upon the bars or upon the hill sides, gold was found, and even with the rude mode of working with pans, an average of 810 per day has been made, and those who are : till at the min.'s report profitable employment. I have no doubt that with improved machines and better preparations for working to advantage, these gold mines will prove amply remunerative to many citizens who may go there whenever the state of the country will permit communication betw.cn the Columbia river and Puget Sound settlements and the gold-bearing region. The War in Kansas.—G.n. Stringfellow’ i g still “slashing round” in Kansas. lie has just issued a notice, in which he says: “It seems now’ to be certain that we shall nave to give the abcMtionists at least one good thrashing before political matter* can be settled jin this territory. To do so we must have arms; 'we have the men. I propose to raise funds to ■ furnish Colt’s revolvers and ether arms for : those who are without them. I propose to do .-o without taxing any one but myself. I will I sei! some shares of town stock ia the territory i and bind to invest all the money in the above ■ articles, which shall be loaned to such soldiers jas are unable to purchase them, ar.d shall re ' main for such use fur the space of one or two I years. The arms to be used by the volunteers.! i and militia of Atchison county, when in ser- ; ■ vice.” ' rgre. Os the forty-nine Greenfield ladies who ' ga c as many gentlemen a sleighride last week.' and a supper in Deerfield, sixteen were single.' ; and thirty-three were married—an 1 of the thir- j ty-three only ten invited their husbands: the ' quotient twenty-three found more agreeable 'companions. Such are leap year amust.- i meats. Mr. Ha talcs-- The Committees. When Mr. Banks was declared Speaker, a verdict in favor of Abolition was recorded by the House of Bepresentatives. The first acts of his administration were naturally anticipated with much interest, and it was predicted by many that his course would be one of political moderation. We had no such hopes. We re garded Mr. Banks as the chosen instrument of anti-slavery, and felt that his acts would be colored with its nt most intensity. Rut we were scarcely prepared to find our convictions so fully realized, as the character of the Commit tees recently appointed makes manifest. The Washington Union, in its comments upon the subject, uses the following language : When the Know Nothings of the Northern States threw themselves i. to the arms of aboli tionism, and contributed all the requisite votes to place in the popular branch of Congress a majority of men to act against the Democratic party, the idea of an organization to control the politics and 1 lie interests of the whole Union, which organization should be confounded to a minority of the people of that Union, though a majority of the free States, was boldly avowed. The success of this first movement of north ern fanaticism, combined as it was with that extended secret order, (which, strange to say, ■ till maintains its existence in the South, even with this fact before the public eye.) however alarming as a symptom of the extremity to which abolition hatred aud frenzy might be carried, was generally regarded as the result ol impulse rather than of calculation. It will be remembered, however, that in the columns ol the Washington Union we took early occasion to signify that the beginning of such a move ment threatened serious results to the national tranquillity. The Albany speech of Mr. Sew ard, delivered in October of 1855, invoking the grand army of abolitionism in the free States to the conflict, proved that this sectional pro ject was a well deliberated scheme, and that it would be carried forward at every hazard.— The election of Mr. Banks ns Speaker of the House by an exclusive Northern vote was tie next development. Wc are now called upon to behold the third, though not the last, scene of the drama. Wc allude to the standing com mittees of the House of Representatives of the United Slates, yesterday announced by Speak er Banks. Never, within the exprience of the American people, has such an exhibition as this been made. Never before has any man dared to desecrate the chair occupied by Muhlenburg, Ma con. Clay, mid other patriots, by exercising the power he holds under the constitution—that constitution which acknowledges and protects the rights of all—that constitution which ex tends alike over tho North and the South—to insult the people of the South by a proclama tion which implies that these people are not en titled to share the common blessings of the Un ion with their (ellow-citizens of other States. Northern men have occupied that chair be fore, but they have never misused the power conferred upon them to degrade and to outrage any portion of the people of the United States. But what oth rs would have spurned with loath iug, Mr. Banks undertakes with deliberate com placency. Look at the list of Standing Com mittees of the House, published in another por tion of this morning’s Union, and there find the justification for such language. Ol’all the prom inent committees, the people of the South, in habiting fifteen States, have hot been honored without a single chairman. Mr. Banks selects, as the heads of those committees to which are to be confided questions immediately material to the people of the South—questions involving not merely their interests and their rights, but directly connected with considerations of life itself-—the most offensive and the most reckless fanatics of the free States ; the very worst of those who, speaking of the people of the South proposes to “give their roofs to the flames and flesh to the eagles.” At the head of the Committee on Territories we find Mr. Grow, of Penn., the successor of Wilmot, and far surpassing him in malignant antagonism of the equality of the States. The next on the list is Mr. Washburn, of Maine, as chairman of the Committee on Elec- j tions. This gentleman’s ultra violence on the subject of slavery has made him notorious. To the lion. Lewis D. Campbell, the most dange rous enemy of the rights of the States, because,, the most popular and apparently fair of all his party, is entrusted the important chairmanship I of the Committee of Ways and Means. As I chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, Mr. Simmons, of New York, is announced.— The chairmanship of the Committee on Public Lands has been conferred upon Mr. Bennett, of the same State. The Committee on Foreign Affairs has been placed in charge of Mr. Pe i nington, of New Jersey, who supported Mr. Banks so steadily during the long und trying contest for Speaker. Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio, is chairman of the Committee of Claims; Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia; Mr. Washburnc, of Illinois, chairman of the Com mittee o” Commerce; Committee of Indian Affairs, Mr. Pringle, of New York, chairman; i Committee of Naval Allairs, Mr. Benson, of Maine, chairman; aud on the Committee of Patents, Mr. Morgan, of New York, chair man. Every one of these men is the avowed and unscrupulous adversary of the rights of the States, and especially of the rights of the South 1 It will be perceived that no Southern man has been appointed chairman of a single im portant committee, if wc except the selection ol’Gen. Quitman on the Military Committee. -The rcpi csentative ofthc strongest anti-slavery district in the United States” could pay no higher compliment to the Democratic party than by this ostracism of its tried champions ; but it will be seen that no favor has been ex tended even to those Southern men who agree with Mr. Banks in regard to secret oaths and obligations. Wc look in vain for a recogni tion of the talents of Humphcry Marshall, of Ky., or of Percy Walker, of Alabama. The whole scope and design of Mr. Seward—that of consolidating all abolitionism North against a minority South—is supserviently assisted by- Mr. Banks iiTtlio exclusion of the Representa tives of the South from leading positions on leading committees. That Mr. Banks should adopt the novel and monstrous policy we have exposed, and then that l.e should complacently look forward to be peacefully sustained in the administration of his high duties —that he who starts with this declaration of war upon the rights and the fran chises of others, should look to be sustained by them in return —that he who prated, and hypo critically prated, of a desire to be impartial and just with the Representatives ol the American people, should dure to follow this pions fraud with the display of malignity and fanaticism which lias disgraced his first formal step in the Speaker's chair —almost passes comprehension. Two grave charges lie at the door of Mr. | Banks, both fastened upon him by irrefragable evidence we allude to the declaration in which he fancied a contingency where he would be willin. to let this gio. 1 ous Union “ slide ;” and to that other revolting doctrine in which he submitted the cpiestion of the absorption of the races to a suggested test. We are now enabled ito see that neither of these were the impulsive outbreaks even of Abolition enthusiasm, but that they were the well-conned conceptions of his heart and his brain. That a man should be willing to let this Union slide, who thus, for the first tune in American memory, coolly proceeds to ignore and to insul fifteen sovereign States of this Union, and who, without blenching, ex ercises powers conferred upon him tinder the laws, not merely to encourage a cruel interfer ence in the affairs of others, but to fetter and to paralyze those who are thus interfered with —we can well believe that such a man is will ing to let tho Union slide. And, also, when the same man appoints, at the head of the most important commit tees in the House, demagogues who have grown gray in obscene obloquy of the people and the institutions of the South, it is easy to conceive how fully he believes in the doctrine of the absorption of Ihe races, accord ing to the scientific and philosophic sense pre sented by him in a late speech in the House of Representatives. Such is the brief view of the first step in the proposed administration of the Federal Gov ernment by (lie sectional party of W. 11. Sew ard. We shall have more to say of it hereafter. A closer inspection reveals still more. Next to Mr. Grow, on the Committee on the Territo ries, is Jo hua R. Giddings, of Ohio; and, be sides these, four others of the same stripe, against two from the South, and Mr. Richardson,of Il linois. So, too, the Committee on Elections contains six members from the North, and but three from the South. The Committeof Ways and Means, five from the South. The Commit tee on Claims, seven from Ihe North, and two from the South. The Committee on Commerce five from, the North, and four from the South- The Committee on Manufactures, five from the ' North, and four from the South. Tims on every Committee, before whom questions direct ly involving the lights and inter sts of the South —taxation, protection to Northern manufac tures claims, commerce, and, more than all, the fate of the Territorias, and of Kansas—Abolition ism has not‘only secured the Cha'rmnn, but the j Committee. Well docs the Union declare it to | be a distinct “step in the proposed adininistra- j tion of the Federal Government by the section-1 al party of William H. Seward.” ' Arrival of the California Mails. IMPORTANT FROM THE FEJEE ISLANDS. The steamer St. Louis arrived at New York from Aspinwall, with the California mails, on Thursday last. The New York Times thus sums up the news from the Isthmus and South Pacific: From Panama we learn that a revolution in that State was threatened, and trouble, in don sequence, apprehended. A riot bad taken place in Aspinwall between the natives and the Ja maicans. The timely interference of thcauthor ities, however, prevented any serious mischief. The S nth Pacific news is not important. In cendiarism had been at work in Valparaiso.— Peru was, as usual, in an unsettled condition, and a revolution against Castillo was anticipa ted. Our extracts from Australian papers fur nish some interesting news, together with the latest commercial intelligence. BURNING OF FIVE FEJEE TOWNS BY THE U. S. SHIP JOHN ADAMS. We take the following from the Panama Star and Herald, of Feb. sth : The U. S. sloop of war John Adams, E. B. Bontwell commander, arrived at this port early on Sunday morning, (Feb. 3d.) from the Fejee Islands, via Valparaiso. The following interesting particulars have reached us : The U. S. ship John Adams left this port in July last, bound to the Fejee islands, to inquire into, and seek reparation for, many cruellies committed by the natives inhabiting those is lands, and to demand indemnity for the plunder of several American ships trading and fishing in the Fejeean Archipelago. Tne obstinate and refractory nature of these savages demanding the exercise, of vigorous and harsh measures, tho commander of Ihe John Adams deemed it expedient to teach them their obligations to the human race, and did so in a manner that made some impression upon them, an l which, it is to be hoped, they will long re member. During the cruisimr oi the John Ad ams in tho Fejee group of islands, live sharp engagements took place between her crew and the cannibals of Polynesia, in which American valor was always victorious. Five of their largest towns were burnt, and all the houses therein reduced to ashes. We learn that an important treaty has been ratified between Commander Boutwell ai.d Tui Vite, or Thokambau, the King of Fejee, on behalf of the American government, the par ticulars of which have not transpired. The visit of this ship to the Fejre islands has resulted in re-establishing order and restoring the confidence of American citizens residing there. We also find the following paragraph in the Valparaiso Mercery of December 30th : The American covcrette John Adams came in on the 21st, forty-fonr days from the Fejee islands. She was here in February last. She returns from a visit of punishment to the Fe jeans, on account of depredations committed by them on whaleships and their crews wrecked on their coasts. It is hoped the severity of the lesson inny be effective to restrain the propensi ties of these cannibals for the future. The Panama Star says : We regret to learn that some of the officers and men of the John Adams are obliged to re turn to the United States in bad health, owing we presume, to the hardships they had to un dergo whilst at the Fejee islands. The John Adams is likely to remain in port for some weeks. Subjoined is a list of officers of the United States ship John Adamas: E. B. Boutwell commander; D. R. Lambert, first lieutenant anti executive officer; J. R. Eg gleston, second lieutenant; F. 11. Baker, third lieutenant; E. 11. Oakley, fourth lieutenant; T. R. Potter, surgeon; Henry Myers purser; L. T. Cbatard, captain’s clerk ; Wm. M. Ma honey, sailmaker ; W. S. Hatch, gunner; and G. IL Leach, boatswain. 4» ♦- >■ » . . - Slavery at the South.—A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper, who is evidently deeply imbued with abolitionism, has lately visited New Orleans. lie describes quite pleasantly the features of Southern scenery, and is incon tinently led into the following admission in re gard to Southern slavery: “After getting below Vicksburg our passengers began to leave us, and on the last day there were many inter esting scenes, as the planters, with their families and servants, landed at their several homes on the river bank. The steamboat bell rings, and and by the time the boat has swung around and fastened to the shore twenty or thirty ne groes—men, women and children—come run ning down the bank to. meet ‘massa’ and ‘mis tress.’ Bidding farewell to their friends for two weeks' acquaintance on the beat, they fol low their trunks and boxes to the landing where evary slave takes them by the hand and welcomes them home, seemingly with as much affection as they would a father and- a moth er.” General Hornsby, the second in com mand in Walker's army in Nicaragua, is in Washington city. wm. kaz pnorniLTon NUMBER 29. Further by the Cnnada. i Boston, Feb. 19.—The steamer Canada has arrived from Halifax. A firm at Halifax had i received a dispatch, dated Liverpool, Jan. 28th, j stating that the steamer Pacific was safe. The i report, however, was doubtful. It was rumored that Turkey would mediate j between Persia and England. In the House of Lords, Lord Derby regret . ted that the Queen’s speech did not contain a [ conciliatory paragraph upon the enlistment sub ; ject. Lord Clarendon explained that the dis- • . Acuity would probably soon be settled arnica I hly. and that no slight to the United States I was meant by tbe omission. I In India, the English were about to seize on | the Kingdom of Guide, allowing the King a ! pension of $500,000. Arrival of the Cahawbn. N ew 7 ork, Feo. 19.—The steamer Cahaw .ba has arrived with Havana dates of the I3tb. Markets unchanged. No Tidings of the Pacific. Halifax, Feb. 19.—The propeller Artie, sent in search of the Pacific, arrived here yester day, but brought no tidings of that steamer. Congressional. Washington, Feb. 18 -Iu the Senate, to day, a message was received from the Presi i dent, relative to Kansas, enclosing corrcspon- I deuce with the Territorial officials, and inclu ding the letter of instructions to Col. Sumner, .to be in readiness with troops, to respond to Gov. Shannon’s requisition. In the House, resolutions wore passed calling on the President to transmit the laws passed by the Assembly of Kansas, together with all the Executive proceedings, and the correspon dence with the Governor ol the Territory. A bill was introduced re-establishing the boundaries of Kansas, und prohibiting slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, which was referred to the Committee on Territories. A bill was also introduced to enable the people of Oregon to form a State Government. Confirmation. Washington, Feb. 19.—The Senate to-day confirmed Shannon ns Governor of Kansqs. New York Market. New York, Feb. 19.—Cotton is firm—sales of 2,000 bales. Flour lower—Ohio $8.12, Southern $9.12. Corn 78c. Red Wheat $1.82. Rice 5 l-4c. Efforts to Prevent Emigration to the United States.—A correspondent gives us the following information in reference to the efforts which are bein§ made in Europe to di vert tlio tide of emigration from the United States to Australia, Chili and so on : “ I have already advised you that strong ef forts were being made to turn the tido of emi gration from tho United States, mid ant sorry to say, that wherever I have been, 1 have wit nessed tho effects of these movements. The short crop in the United Stales in 1854 was published all over this country, and a knowl edge of the distresses of the season was general among the laboring classes. It may seem st range that those win know so well about, matters in the United States in 1854, should know so lit tle of the present condition of the country. But parties have not been idle in order to direct emigration to Australia, to Chili, and to other places. “ Misrepresentations have beet! made, and every possible means resorted to, for the pur pose of adding to the baneful effects of Ameri can know-nothingism, which latter, in itselfi was likely to keep from our shores a vasj amount of capital and productive labor. 1 have been assured that one of the misrepresen tations that commanded full belief among ’the poorer classes in many prrts of this country is, that the crop of 1855 in the United States was equally as bad as that of 1851 ; that there ex ists a great deficiency, much suffering, and the like ; that the boast by the Americans of full crops and freedom from distress hud been put forward in order to put in motion again tho current of emigration to the United States; and the ignorant countrymen here have been cautioned against placing reliance in such inter ested reports.” Treason in Ohio. Wc first had Gov. Chase’s inaugural. Wc next had Mr. Kelly’s murderous speech in tho senate, which made the üboltionists declare that “that went further than weever thought of going.” We, thirdly, had Gov. Chase’s war message. Then followid Mr. Todd's resolution to raise “five regiments” for war purposes. And now follows a memorial from Colum biana county, as the legitimate fruits of this in tensifying of public sentiment, to Desolve the Union! On this proposition for a dissolution of the States, pretty much all the time of the house was taken up on the 3th inst. As much as this extraordinary memorial may startle the people of Ohio, who have been slumbering in supposed security, never dream ing that the madmen were preparing for this last coup d clat, to argne with men politiculy deranged is a waste ot breath; the huir of the dog must cure the bite. Political derangement is like any other derangement, und if the luna tic is not tied with thongs, he has got to strug gle on until exhausted. When u man guilty of the traitorous speech made by Senator Wade at Portland, Maine, last summer, is seriously talked of for still fur ther promotion, what may wc not expect? These Columbiana traitors to their government arc not a whit behind Wade himself, who holds the important position of senator of this Slate at Washington. The memorial from Columbiana county was referred to the committee ou federal relation, •62 to 47. B®»An act has passed the Rhodp Island Legislature, repcalirg that portion of the mar riage act so long existing in that State, which requires the publication of notice of intended marriage in religious meetings. So the flutter ing hearts of the timid and bashful will hereaf ter be free from a serious annoyance, Miss Jones may keep her secret till the deed be done, and so be spared the commentaries of the op position party. Mr. Smith will not be the butt of his friends about bis approaching execution. Mr. Brown will not be talked at for invitations, and Mi« Bluebonnet will not be lectured upon the folly of her choice. meanest man in the world lives in West Troy, In helping him out of the river once a man tore the collar of his coat. The next day bo sued him for assault and battay