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THE ATLANT\ WEEKLY EXAMINER. ■W !E3 lEJ H. Y CIRCULATIONT O THE KJ -X- A AZE INT S XX, XQOOO COX>IE; S 3 • JOHN 11. STEELE, ) CHAS. L. BARBOUR. E(htOrS ' VOLUME (I. THE WEEKLY EXAMINER is Publhed every Fridaymorntng n the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOLLAR PL fl ANNUM, To be paid strictly in advice. ST No subscription tai on for less than s i months. RATE 3 OF ADV tIRTISING. Advertisements are insert I in the Weekly Examines at the following rates: Seventy-five conn per square (of 10 lines brevier) for the first insertions, and 37 J cents per square for each sub sequent insertion. 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Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months —for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of thre< months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to theie, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Rate? • Citations on letters of Adn i.listration Ac. $2 75 do do dismissory om Adminis tration, 50 Citation on dismissory from Guardianship, 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Negi cs, Notice to debtors and credi >rs. Sales of personal property,! i days, 1 square 1 50 Sales of land or negroes by ILxecutors, &c. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks, 2 50 For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00 Letters on business must be (post paid) to en title them to attention. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1856. The Philadelphia Nominations. The action of the Philadelphia Convention, in the adoption of its ignoring platform and the nomination of its candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, hove been subjects of no surprise to the Southern public, as from the elements making up that convention, nothing better was expected from it by cither of the political parties at the South. Os the platform, we will to day, have little to say—regarding the discussion of the iniquitous nomination as enough for our columns one day. In reflecting upon the nomination of Mr. Fill more and Mr. Donnelson. one fact should not be lost sight of; and that is. the evident inten tion of the convention to get up a triangular fight in the next campaign, without the hopeu" any good resulting from the entrance of another competitor between the contestant Democrats and Black Republicans. Between the two last, the issue is already made up, and they being the dominant parties in the Union, a third man on the track with their nominations has no earthly prospect of success, and can only sub tract from the strength of one or both the prin cipal candidates. The question naturally arises which of the two will be most deletcriously af fected? The answer follows as naturally as the question—the Democracy will be most injured, since every Soothe, n vote it loses, whether east for tho Philadelphia ticket or not, adds just so much to the Black Republican strength, while those lost fom lhat party, and going to the Philadelphia ticket, do not give a correspond ing strength to the Democracy; for, in the event of the election being thrown into the House of Representatives, (a consequence high ly probable from the running of a thin! man.) the strength of the two enemies of Democracy in that body will be too formidable for the party.- If the choice is left to the adherents of the Philadelphia Convention to throw their influence to the Democracy or the Black Re publicans, it is easy to guess, from the compo, neats of the convention, which way it will go. a id the Democracy and the South have little to hope from the decision. In the convention the South had no part, but the North and the free soilers had. They controlled its deliberation and ide its nominations,and if any body is to receive refit from its action, it will be the North and anti-s]»very men. The Black Republican par ty represents that section and those men, whi!< the National Democracy represent the South and the conservative and constitutional met of the entire country. Was the South united us one man upon the Democracy, we coulu crush out everything that menaced the consti tution, and laugh to scorn these Philadelphia THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. tricksters; but when we see Southern journals commending this nomination and proclaiming it acceptable to the South, we are disposed to regard the trick as likely to be successful, in some degree, in dividing the South, and in con- I sequence giving support to its enemies. It is I for this reason we warn the Southern people i against this new ticket. Whether our surmises | are correct or not, it is certain the ticket can do the South no good. The free-soil members of I the convention took good care to make the hook ! dangerous, though th y concealed it in bait so : tempting to Southern Know Nothings. It is 1 sheer folly to expect protection to the constitu- ■ tional rights of the South, from free-soilers, and i it must not be lost sight of that they made the ■ nomination. Truly may we exclaim can any j ‘good thing come out of such a Nazareth?” ■ Those who expect any compromises from them will be disappointed, and how any ticket ema nating from them can be recommended to the support of Southern men—and that too by Southern journals—is more than we can account for even in the inate hatred of those journals to Democracy and its policy. Last year the Philadelphia Convention of National Americans (Heaven save the mark) met and hatched up a wishy washy sort of a platform, the modicum of questionable southern sentiment in which, acted like an emetic, and ejected from the convention the free-soil mem bers. It was then satisfactorily shown that the remaining balance only represented a Southern American party. The North refused to sustain ts action and declared the whole proceeding not binding upon it. This year the tables are turned, and the South is ejected, neck and heels, by the abolition and free-soil character of the action. Now what will Southern know noth ings do—will they repudiate the action of the convention, which only represents the North or wi 1 the nomination meet, as the Chronicle & Sentinel is sure it will, a “ cordial reception throughout the South among the American Party?” Wc await the decision of our Amer ican friends, not desiring to prejudge their course, and sincerely hoping they will refuse to follow the Chronicle. The Albany Atlas & Argus. The recent consolidation of the two leading papers of Albany, N. Y., the Atlas and the Argus, is significant of more than a mere bu siness transaction, in which dollars and cents are the ruling considerations. It may be asked why we so particularly notice the union, when our readers have but little interest in either of the journals, but a moment of reflection upon the history of the papers will furnish a satisfac tory solution to the natural interrogation. The Altany Atlas and the Argus were both Demo cratic papers and were regarded as the organs of the two divisions of the party in the State of New York—it is not our intention to allude to the unfortunate differences which split the party in that State, further than to sav. that for a long time, their healing seemed hope less. Each of these journals maintained firmly and with much ability, its position, and kept up a co. tinual war upon each other with a spirit and energy, which, had it been directed against the foes of Democracy, would have done effec tual service to the party. The position of the New York Democracy, as indicated by these belligerent journals, was, indeed, a matter of deep concern with the party all over the Union, and no matter which division is wrong in its platform of principles, or upon whi„h side our sympathies fall, it is a subject of congratulation that the leading organs of the divisions have laid down the hatchet, and stricken hands over the evident necessity for the unanimity of the party in the efforts that it is making to preserve the government and the constitutional rights of the States. As a harbinger of “ better days a coming” for the Democracy of New York, we hail this union of the organs of its divis ons. But, not only is this an auspicious omen for the Democracy of New York—it is indicative of the activity of the entire national party j u preparing for the momentous emergencies it must meet in the next presidential campaign. Everywhere wc hear of the reconciliation of the disaffected in the party, and the cementing of the broken links in the chain upon which sus pends the destinies of the country. The South is firm, and what little disaffection there existed at the North is rapidly being healed, giving in creased confidence in the entire sufficiency of the glorious old Democracy, for the trying task imposed upon it by the rottenness and corrup ts :n of all other organizations, which leave it the only defence for the Union against the as saults of its enemies. We subjoin the following extract from the Springfield Argus, giving a brief history of the consolidation : ” We have received the Albany Atlas and Argus, a consolidation of the old Albany Ar gus, and the Atlas, the former of which has been published for a period of forty-fore years, and the latter of fifteen years. Both have been democratic papers, at times advocating the views of difference sections cf the party, and at other times agreed in the support of a single ticket. Both have ranked among the ablest political papers in the country “ It is an auspicious omen, and a cause for congratulation among democrats, not only in but out of New York, that the democratic organs at the capital of that state, yielding to the prevailing sentiment in favor of the union and single action on the part of all professing democracy, have, by a mutual understanding! aud arrangement, consolidated their understan-1 ing and united in a common effort to maintain ■ ascendency < f democratic principles in the state aud nation.’’ Mr. Comstock, of the A r gns, having pur chased the interest of Mr. Johnson, his partner, and Mr. Cassidy, ot the Atlas, the interests of I Mr. san dyck in that paper, the two have been united uuder the name of the Atlas and Argus. Messrs Comstock & Cassidy, editors and proprietors, fhese two gentlemen justlv rank among the ablest political writers in the country,and their sheet may be looked to as a powerful and influential exponent of democrat ic principles. We trust its influence may be instrumental in re-uniting the divided democ racy ot New \ ork, and thus securing, beyond i peradventure, the triumph of the party in tae Union." ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1856. Slavery before the Supreme Court. We referred, some days ago, to the case be fore the Supreme Court of the United States, involving certain constitutional rights of slave holders. The correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Washington City, under date of February 18tb, gives the following statement of the case : “As public attention has in some degree been attracted to the case now before the Supreme Court of the United States, which partially in volves the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, a brief outline of the leading facts may prove acceptable and interesting. The case is docketed, Deed Scott, plaintiff, a man of color, brought ttie original suit in the Cir cuit for Missouri, to try his right to freedom, claiming to have been emancipated by his mas ter having taken him to reside in the State of Illinois, which act, it is declared by the Cons titution of that State, operated to liberate him from slavery. At the trial, the plaintiff read in evidence a statement of facts agreed to between the par ties as follows: In the year 1834, the plaintiff, Dred Scott, was a negro slave belonging to Dr. Emerson, who was a surgeon in the army of the United States. During the year 1834, Dr. Emerson took Scott from the State of Missouri to the military post at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, and held him there as a slave until the month of April or May, 1836, about two years. At the time last mentioned, Dr. Emerson removed Scott from the military post at Rock Island to the military post at Fort Smelling, situated on the west tank of the Mississippi river, in the Territory known as Upper Louisiana, acquired by the United States of France, and lying north of latitude 36’ 39’ north, and north of the State of Mis souri. Dr. Emerson held Scott in slavery, at Fort Snelling from the Spring of 1836, until the year 1838, two years more, and making four years during which he resideed on free soil. In the year 1835, Harriet—named in the second count of the plaintiff's declaration—was the negro slave of Major Taliaferro, who be longed to thearmy of the United States. Dur ing that year—lß35—Major Taliaferro took Harriet to Fort Snelling, a military post sit uated as before stated, and kept her there as a slave until the year 1836, and then sold and delivered her as a slave at Fort Snelling unto Dr. Emerson, already named. Dr. Emerson held Harriet in Slavery at Fort Snelling until the year 1838. In the year 1838. Dred Scott and Harrriet, at Fort Snelling, with the consent of Dr. Em erson, who then claimed to be their master and owner, intermarried and took each other for husband and wife. Eliza and Lizzy—named in the third count of the plaintiff's declaration —are the fruit of a marriage. Eliza is about fourteen years old, and was born on board the steamboat Gipsey, north of the north line of the State of Missouri, and upon the river Miss s sippi. Lizzy is about seven years old, and was born in the State of Missouri, at the military post called Jefferson Barracks. In the year 1838, Dr. Emerson removed Scott and Harriet, and their daughter Eliza, from Fort Snelling to the State of Missouri, where they have ever since resided. Before the commencement nf the suit, Dr Emerson sold and conveyed Scott, Harriet, Eliza and Lizzy to John F. A. Sanford, of New York, the pres ent defendant, as slaves, and he has ever since claimed to hold them as such. These were the material points in the evidence adduced before the Circuit Court in Missouri, and Ored Scott prayed the Court to instruct the Jury that, upon the facts agreed on by the parties, they ought to Bind for him. The Court refused to give this instruction, but instructed that the law was with the defendant, and thi Jury so found on all the issues presented. In this way the pending appeal has come before the Superior Coutt here. The court below decided against Scott cn two grounds—first, that by his return to Mis souri bis masteer's right, dormant while resid ing in Illinois, was revived; anS second, that the Constitution of Illinois was a penal law, which the Courts of other States were not bound to enforce. These grounds were also taken in the opinion of the Supreme Court ol Missouri, in a case which Scott brought agams' his former owner, Dr. Emerson, in which cause a majority of the bench overruled the doctrine previously and uniformly recognized in Mis souri, and generally elsewhere, hat the removal of a slave by bis master into a free State makes him tree forever. Judge Gamble, who deliver ed a dissenting opinion on that occasion, held the following language : In this State (Mis souri) it has been recognized from the begining of the Government as a correct position in law. that the master who takes his slave to reside in a State or Territory where slavery is prohibit ed, thereby emancipates his slave.” The plaintiff rests his right to freedom upon the benefits conferred by the Constitution ol Illinois upon him during two years’residence there, and subsequently, duiing his residence ol two years at Fort Snelling, upon the restriction in the restric ion in the act admitting Missouri as a State into the Union. Both of these pro hibitions are in the same words substantially, with only the difference in applicable between a State and Territory, and belli exclude slavery emphatically. The Distance of the Sun from the Earth Increasing.—The German journals have given some tables which prove that the distance be tween the earth and the sun is increasing an nually. and argue from it that th ■■ increasing humidity of our Summers and the loss of fertility by the earth are to be attributed sloely to this circumstance. No credit has heretofore been given to traditions of ancient Eyptians and Chinese, according to which these people for merly said the sun's disc was almost four times as large as we now see it, for they estimated the apparent diameter of the sun' as double of what it is seen in our day. If, however, we pay attention to the continual diminution ot the apparent diameter of the sun, according to the best observations of several centuries, we piust suppose that the ancien s were not mista ken in the estimates they have transmitted to us. In the course of six thousand years from the present time, they assume that the distance will be so great that only an eighth part 01 the warmth we now enjoy from the sun will be communicated to the earth, and it will then be covered with eternal ice, in the same manner as we now see the plains of the north, where the elephant formerly lived, and have neither Spring nor Autumn.— Port. Trans. What next?—The Philadelphia Inquirer says: Ixmgfellow's ‘Hiawatha,’ as read by Miss Darling on Wednesday evening last at Concert Hall, attracted a large an 1 brilliant audience. Miss D. appeared in Indian character, and re cited the poem with wonderful effect. At the close she was called for, and warmly compli mented. The effort throughout was fully suc cessful. and we learn with pleasure that the reading will be repeated on Thursday evening next. If the author of Hiawatha'had been present he would have been much gratified.— The fact that this much-abused production has been listened to with the closest attention by a highly-intellectual audience, and with evident delight, constitutes a complement of the meet eaviabte character." 1 GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. i Correspondence of'the Csnstitutionafist Senate. Milledgeville, Feb. 25th, 1856. The Senate almost unanimously refused to re consider the biH, lost Saturday, restricting Bank agencies. Mr. Rope stated that there were sixty Senate, and nearly two hundred House bills, requiring action in this body, and that the House had considered pretty near all their bills except those made the special order for differ ent days, and unless the Senate quickened up, and manifested more facility in despatching business, the House would be in the anomalous position of having nothing to do. He hoped that henceforth the Senate would repudiate and utterly cease this ridiculous custom of every morning reconsidering matter already digested and decided. BILLS ON THEIB PASSAGE. A House bill to compensate Dr. Head for services rendered during the prevalence of the small pox in Oglethorpe, with $1,500. Pass ed. ATLANTIC AND GULF BAIL BOAD. This bill was takeujip by sections. Section Ist incorporating the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road Company, was adopted without amend ment. This section provides who shjjl take stock, &c. The State is to subscribe $500,000 for 8600,000 subscribed by private individuals, or corporations, though not until the Brunswick and Florida, or Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroads shall have formed a connection with said Atlantic and Gulf Railroad ; and the sub scriptions of Georgia shall not exceed $1,000,- 000. The Capital stock may be increased to $5,000,000. Mr. Dunnagan, of Hall, offered an amend ment to this section, requiring stock to be paid for by specie, or bill?of good sound Banks in this State. Mr. Spaulding protested against the amend ment, asserting that there was no use for it. Mr. Wales arose and said that at first he had been opposed to the bill, but now he was in favor of it, and represented the wishes of his constituents. He alluded to Railroads as the medium of wealth, and development and pros perity to the country. He had seen our coun try when the red in vast pathless wood?, and when hjKmtemplated the wonder ful change, the miraculous magical transforma tions, he felt his heart throb and palpitate with joy and rapture. The sight would make the very hills clap their hands with joy. He was proud of Georgia as she is now, bat when he thought of what she might be, he became rap turous. There was no predicting, no foretelling the brightness of her future glory. Every Slate in the Union would be proud to claim connec tion with her, the West, the North, and the South, would join in one long loud shout pro claiming her greatness. He esteemed his friend from Hall, and considered him one of the sound est of Senators, but still he could not vote for the amendment. Mr. Welborn thought it was right to throw guards and restrictions around enterprises of this kind. He was opposed to the whole work, however, and contended that no pioject of this kind could be as well superintended and executed under State Supervision as under the direction of private individuals. The interest on sl,- 000,000, would be $60,000 and the taxes would be increased to raise the amount. He intended to vote against the bill for these rea sons. Mr. Dunnagan, of Hall, said the gentlemen were entirely losing sight of the amendment, and discussing the merits of the bill. Mr. Long, of Glynn, stated that a large por tion of his constituents were opposed to this bill, and in he was acting contra ry to the wishes of his people. But he felt it his duty to look to the interest of the State, and not to the interests of one locality. And con sidering this a State measure of great importance, he felt it his duty to vote for it. He was en tirely friendly towards Savannah, &c. Dr. Landrum stated that, unless this proviso were adopted, he would vote against the bill.— The ame: dment was lost. Each section was successively taken up, and unremitting efforts made to amend each one, but they all were lost by a vote of between 25 and 30 ayes, to 50 or 60 nays, thus showing the defenders and enemies of the bill remained unchanged during the whole contest. The bill finally passed unamen ded, unaltered and unadded to by a vote of 55 ayes to 26 nays. Dr. Screven may be considered as the leader of the defence. He exert® himself most unceas ingly. There was very little speaking upon the bill, most of the time being taken up in reading amendments and taking ayes and nays upon them. When the report of the committee was finished, the “previous question” was called, cut ting off all debate, and the same thing was done when the bill was put and carried. The bill has achieved an easy and a silent conquest, and its friends may pride themselves upon their quiet success. All that is now needed is the signature of the Governor. When the ayes and nays were called, several gentlemen arose and explained their votes. Mr. Landrum voted in the affirmative, and made the following explan ation : He said that it might appear strange to those who were aware of the decided opposition man ifested by himself to the original Brunswick bill, that he should take position for the one be fore the Senate. The original bill involved the principle of direct taxation of the people, for the purpose of building railroads. This 1 have not yet. nor never will consent to. I believe it would be violative of principles of justice, and an outrage on the rights of my constituency.— The present bill, in my judgment, does not in volve this principle. It proposes to assist the people of lower Georgia, with the proceeds of the Western and Atlantic railroad. But it may be asked, what difference does it make with the people, whether the people of lower Georgia be assisted by direct taxation or out of the pro ceeds of the Western and Atlantic road ? As a mere question of dollars and cents, there may be no difference ; but the principles of the two bills are as different as right from wrong, or justice from injustice. The people of lower Georgia are stockholders in the State road; they arc not stockholders in the private property of constituency. They have been taxed since the'first shovel of dirt was headed in the embankment of this road up to the present moment, to defray the expenses of its construction and equipage, for which they have not received one dollar iu return. They never have been taxed for the private advantage of my constituency. Then, it is but sheer justice that some advantage should accrue to this isolated community, be cause of such extraordinary taxation. The only possible way for this to be accomplished is, to assist them with the proceeds of their own taxes, which have been deposited in the Wes tern and Atlantic road. Besides, a bill has passed the Senate, and I am informed will pass tha House, to sell the State road. If this is done. I had rather a portion of that fund should be invested in the Atlantic and Gulf road, than for it to remain in the treasury to be squandered by those who suck at the public pap. A bill to allow Administrators, Executors Guardians residing out of the State to control stock in the State, Jcc. Passed. A bill to alter the liability < f those who may be enraged in a Judiciary character. Passed.’ A b.li declaring who shall be competent wit nesses. Passed. I A bill appropriating SI,OOO for fixing the * State House, and providing for leaving the ; question of reconstruction or removal to he people. I Mr. Brown, of Baldwin, offered a substitute, I appropriating $7,500 for reparing the Capitol. I He made a short speech in favor of his measure. I In 1803, the Capitol had been permanently lo c ted at Milledgeville, at a time when the country North of it was one wild forest, where the Indian roamed; and this particular locality had been selected with the intention of having the seal of Government in the center of the j State. The citizens of Milledgeville had always I been induced to believe that the Capitol would remain fiere, and had endeavored to do every thing asked of them for the convenience of the legislators. They bad been requested to build, first, a railroad, they had done so; then a hotel, that had been done; and it was not right to keep them in a state of suspense ab ut the value of their property. The question had been submitted once to the people, and threc-fonrths of them had voted for non-rcmoval, and it was the duty of three-forths of the Senators to respond to the wishes of their con stituents. Mr. Pope said that if they did appropriate money for the reparing of this building, he was in favor of appropriating a sufficiently libe .al sum to efieet their object, and he moved to strike out $7,500, and insert $16,000. For many years the question of removal had been agitated, and he considered this an excellent opportunity to silence all agitation of removal. Time and again had the people of Milledgeville been excited, and laboring under appreliension of a serious depreciation in the value of their property, by the removal of the Capitol. It had been let'rto the people for their ultimate decision, and they had decided most decisively on no removal. It was contend.d the vote had not been general. Reverse their decision, and then ask the gentlemen who press this point whether they would then have acknowledged it was not a general vote. The peop’e had ex pressed their willingness to appropriate money to repair this building, and it was their duty to do so. The building was in a shamefully decaying and dilapidated condition, and Geor gia should be ashamed to let it remain so when she possessed the means of repairing. But what is to be gained by removing the Capitol ? Increased taxation! A more central point could not be found, it was perfectly accessible, and there was not a single argument for remo val. The House bll was a ridiculous farce; the idea of appropriating only SI,OOO for re pairing, and keeping the building in a state of preservation until the question of removal could be referred to, and decided by the people. He also wished to add an additional section for an appropriation to the Executive Alansion. It was six years since any money had been given to the Mansion, and it needed even more than the appropriation proposed. It was their duty to take eare of the public property, and not let it go to ruin for want of care, in the expecta tion that some day the capitol would be re moved. Mr. Calhoun, of Fulton, did not call in ques tion the power of the Legislature to move the Canitol. He did not consider the last vote as indicative of the wishes of the people. They had understood that with a very small expendi ture the present Capitol might be so repaired as to last for years, while removal would be attended with heavy expense. Since then, the facts had baked out that, to repair the Capitol in a suitable manner, nothing less than $150.- 000 would be commensurate with dilapidation. Refer the matter back to the people with these new additional facts, and they would most like ly reverse their last decision. He said that there was a growing dissatisfaction with Mill edgeville in the minds of the people, and he did not believe $200,000 would be able to keep tbe scat of government, here. Whatever was their d ‘cisio , however, he would pledge himself to abide by it. Mr. B-own—Sir, the gentleman's predecessor was the first one to propose leaving the ques tion to the people, and lie also declared his in- . tention of recognizing their decision, and now the gentleman is the first one to rise up and , propose the people’s adjudicating the question a second time. I would also state that a com- , petent person has decided, after necessary ex- ' amination, that the building can be well re- ! paired with $7,500, and 1 hope the gentleman from Wilkes will withdraw that part of his , •amendment inserting $16,000 in the place of > $7,500. Mr. Pope consented to withdraw. Mr. Murphy, of DcKalo, supported the sub stitute, because it would be a saving to the State to appropriate that amount, and the peo ple having decided the question, they should be bound bj it, and again it was injuring the peo ple of Milledgeville to continually agitate this question. Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, stated that two years ago he had voted for removal to Macon, and stil desired the same thing, but he consid ered it incumbent upon himself to be governed by the people upon this matter, and they had decided. He considered it also an imperative duty to protect public property. Besides, re moval could only be accomplished by large heavy expense, which Georgia was not in a sit uation to bear nt present ; she having just ap propriated a mi lion of dollars to a railroad. Mr. Wingfield informed the Senate that the expense of repairing the Executive mansion had been estimated by the Committee appointed for that purpose, at $15,000; and he thought that the appropriation there should be increased. The amendment of Mr. Pope was finally adopted, and the substitute of Mr. Brown, and the bill passed. A bill to regulate the suits in the Supreme Court. Passed. A bill to appoint a new Commissioner for the Greene and Pulaski Monument Lottery. Lost. A bill to allow the taking of testimony of practicing physicians by interrogatories. Lost. House. Dr. Philips introduced a bih to compel the payment of the taxes heretofore imposed upon the agencies of foreign Banks. SENATE BILLS ON THEIR FAS AGE. A bill to amend the charter of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, amended, to trans fer of shares of stock of Georgia Rail- road Company, owned by the Benevolent Soci ety to the Samaritan S iciety. Passed. A bill to amend the first section of the third article of the Constitution, prescribing the du ties and powc.s of the Judiciary. Ayes 34, nays 58. A bill to amend the charter of the town of LaGrange, by extending its limits, Ac. Passed. A bill to appropriate money for the building of a road from Dahlonega to Morganton and Blairsville, over the Blue Ridge. Ayes 29. nay- 56. A bill for the payment of Poor School teach ers for the years 1853-’54 and '55. Passed. A bill to incorporate the Athens Gas Light Company. Passed. A bill to make valid all land warrants Issued by two or more Justices of the Inferior Courts and Justices of the Peace. Amended so as not to apply to cases now in litigation. Passed. A b H limiting the time in which suits mav be brought, and limiting the time for finding indictments, and of prosecuting the same.— Passed. A bill to confer upon Justices of .he Inferior Court, the same criminal jurisdiction that is now exercised by J ustices of the Peace. Ayes 48, nays 29. ' I A bill to amend the oath taken by members of the Legislature, when being qualified to take their seats, leaving out the words “ canvassing” and “ treating.” Ayes 76, nays 8. A bill to incorporate a Company to build a railroad from the town of LaGrange to Oxford, Ala. Amended by extending the provision to the Greenville Branch Railroad, and to incor porate a company to build a road from George town to any point on the South Western or Atlantic and Gulf railroads. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Dawson, of Greene, which was agreed to and transmit ted forthwith to the Senate and agreed to there requiring the Governor to transmit the pay-roll to Washington city, in order to have the veter ans of 1812 pensioned. A bill to regulate the testimony of Attor neys. Lost. A bill to prevent deer hunting in Clinch, Bryan, Berrien, Richmond and Worth, by non residents. Ayes 60, nays 37. A bill to amend the fifteenth section of the fourteenth division of the Penal Code. Passed. This amendment is that when two or more persons are necessary to the prepetration of a certain crime, one of them may be taken up and tried. Dove-Tailing.—The richest specimen (says the Arkansas True Democrat,) we have ever seen of political dove-tailing, is that executed by the abolitionists and the northern and south ern know-nothings in their ballotings for Speak er. They dove-tail into one another singularly well. The abolitionists and northern know nothings vote for Banks, the abolitionist. Mr. Pennington also votes for Mr. Banks. Mr. Fuller votes for Mr. Pennington, and the south ern know-nothings vote for Mr. Fuller. Thus they dove-tail beautifully—Banks dove-tails into the abolitionists—Pennington dove-tails in Banks—Fuller dove-lails in Pennington, and the sputhern know-nothings dovetail in Fuller. As a specimen of the art of dove-tailing, this is all very pretty. But we submit, it is too complicated—it is going too far arourd to do an easy thing. Let southern know-nothings dove-tail, at once, into Mr. Banks, and elect him Speaker of the House, and the thing is done. Let them do that, and the country will think none the less of the southern know-noth ings. This round about dove-tailing business, is only “ whipping the devil around the stump.” [Wash. Union. Shakespeabe on Modern Bonnets.—lt has often been said that Shakespeare touched upon and exhausted every subject—that he praised everything worthy of praise, and ridicule every thing deserving of ridicule—but until now we never supposed he had held up the present style o 'ladies’ bonnets to public derision or raillery. It was Punch who first pointed out the fact, in the wag's “ Illustrations of Shakespeare,” a wood-cut helping out the ridicule of the thing. The scene rendered is from “The Taming of the Shrew,” Act IV, Scene 3, and Petruchio is scornfully holding up to the gaze of the scowl ing and scolding Catharine one of those little oddities formed bonnets. The point of the di alogue lies in the following, and it is pointed enough : Pftrucbio—“Why ’tis a cockle, or a walnut A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap; (shell, Away with it come let me have a bigger.” Katharine—“l'll have no bigger ; this doth fit And gentlewomen wear,” &c. [the tine, [■Seitz. Republican. Maryino the Wrong Nigger.—Soon after it was known that Leidesdorffe’s property in this city was immensely valuable, a well known gentleman then living here, but since dead, left town in a great hurry and was absent some moths when he returned, to the great wonder ment of his acquaintances, who were entirely in the dark as to where be had been, or what he bad been in pursuit of. After a while it leaked out that be had been to the We.t Indies lookin j up Leidesdorffe’s heirs, and finding, as was said, a female that he believed was the real Simon Pure heir of the vast estate, he without ceremony poded the question, was ac cepted, and married forthwith, congratulating himself that Capt. Fulsom and all other claim ants would have to stand aside, while be, the great nabob of California, would be without a rival in the Golden State. After the marriage, in preparing the necessary documents and get ting testimony to substantiate the claims of his lady fair, he found to his astonishment that be nad made a small mistake, and that in fact he “married the wrong nigger.” [San Francisco Bulletin. Theatrical Blunders. —They are having 5 a run of very bad luck at the Broadway Thea ‘ tre. Night before last a horse leaping a chasm 5 of twelve feet width, as is required in the spec table of "Hern the Hunter,” did bis duty, but ’ but found no bridge to fetch him up properly, • and so tumbled over, rolling bis rider under him. ’ i Last night matters were still worse. The cur. i tain was down very often where dropping the curtain was not desirable, Aune Boleyn’s grand entry upon the stage was arrested by the crashing of the platform over which her chariot and six horses were to pass—two of the horses dropping into a celler. In the tilting scene, a ' splendid horse, rode by Sylvestre, came full tilt to the footlights, and, not meeting the ex pected cheek iron his opponent, pitched over ' them and fell upon the sharp iron spikes of the ' i railing that separated the parquet from the • orchestra. The poor brute was raised in great agony and borne off behind the scenes. The ’ rider was not seriously injured, nor any of the audience, though some of those in the parquet were terribly frightened. Other accidents were ‘ not wanting; some of them, however, rather contributed to than detracted from the little ■ amusement of the evening.— New York Times j cf yesterday. A Mystery of crime.—We copy the follow ing from the Albany Atlas and Argus: ’ “Edward IL Ruloff,a physician, was convic -11 ted in Tompkins county, ten years ago, of the ! abduction of his wile end child. They had ' disappeared, and no clue was ever found of i their disappearance. Every one believed be -' murdered his victims, but be was convinced only of the abduction. He was offered pardon ■ I if he would reveal the mystery of his guilt, but he has refused to speak! He has awaited 1 for the prison doors to open and iet him free, -: after long and unhappy years. It is said that a largeestate has fallen to him lin Europe. But. just as his term expires, he is t i again arrested, and is again to be tried for the 1 abduction of his child. The conviction of his r guilt and of its atrocity has not diminished iu i the neighborhood where he and bis victims lived. .i The sheriff of Tompkins arrested him on a bench warrant as soon as be was di charged. • At is believed that the crime of murder can this time be brought home to him.” Robbing the U. S. Mail.—The Chicago •Journal says : “ Two b ys were brought in from Rock and by the U./ited States deputy Mar shal yesterday, charged with robbing the United States mail at that place. One is but twelve, and the other but nine years of age.” E-Jj-An editor describing a lecture to the i fair sex, exclaims with enthusiasm, “ Threei ‘ thousand ladies hanging on the lips of one | ' , man This is rather too much of a very good, 1 hing. . What the General Government is to <lo in Kansas. • A portion of the press in the northern cities, affected by a morbid and vicious sentiment up on Kansas affairs, is using its influence to pro ■ voke armed resistance against the authority of ' the United States in that disturbed Territory. It insists upon civil war as the proper resort, and only effective vindication of t’ e wrongs it alleges the free-soil party has sustained. The proclamation of the President is treated with studied con’empt, mid he is charged with a fear ful responsibility if he attempts to execute the purpose it implies. Thus we have the language of insolent rebellion uttered here upon the At lantic coast against the constitutional executive authority of the nation, and a virtual declare tion of war, in behalf of the free-Slate party ol Kansas, put forth flippantly, but with aflected consequence, in the columns of our daily jour nals. It is a shame that men occupying posi tions of influence and respectability in the com munity shou’d be so culpably indifferent to the peace and welfare of society.” Among the other irrelevant matters, it is gravely asked if the President will dare author ize Gov. Shannon to enforce, by civil or milita ry power, certain acts of the legislature of Kan sas practically stringent upon the subject of slavery. These acts declare the printing, pub lishing, &c., any book, pampb’et, &c„ contain ing statements, arguments, opinions,documents, &c., calculated to produce a disorderly, danger ous, or rebellious disaffection among the slaves, u felony, and provide a penalty. It is gruvely asked whether Uncle Toni’s Cabin, the writings of Dr. Channing, Longfellow, Bryant, and Cooper are not of such a character, and wheth er the sheriff shall make a haul of all men in whose possession are found such publications.— It is asked if Northern men who go to Kansas are to burn up their libraries be ore they de part. And much more frivolous stuff of the same sort is put before the public by men and journals from which we looked for better things at such a time as this. It is needless to say that these arc forced and violent constructions of the executive authority of the United States. The general government has no alternative but to sustain the constituted and recognized authority arising out of the act of Congress. The Territorial government of Kansas has been duly reported to the President, and authenticated by the act of the governor appointed under the law of the United States. All that the President has to do is to sustain that authority, not to enforce its laws. If the laws made by the legislature are obnoxious to the people, they can repeal them by the same means by which they wore enacted. The pow er of the United States W I be present in the Territory to protect the ■kabitnnts in the fu ture against invasion adl outrage, and thus they may quietly redress ti e grievances of which they complain. Whatever wrong has been done may be easily put to right—but right cun only be firmly and securely established in , the right way. The effort is also apparent in the quarter to which we allude to array the Congress of the United States against the President in this matter. It is urged that Congress should re cognize the free State legislature, (so called,) and admit Kansas as a State into the Union upon the action of this illegally-constituted body. To urge this is to encourage disorder and strife here between Ibe respective branches of our national government, and to inaugurate a conflict of power, the end of which may be ■ dimly foreseen through scenes of turbulence and degradation which every good citizen should , as earnestly deprecate as he would remorsely de : plore. , It is but the part of fanaticism and the sng i gestion i f impotent rage to make false issues ; before the people as agair.st the supreme power • of constitutional government. The leniency ol > our system tolerates wrong even of this uppa- i rently dangerous character; but only witli the i conscious effect of developing the right. It ( follows, therefore, always and inevitably, that those who indulge their passions and pr< judices | thus unwisely become the certain victims in the end, and alone suffer the consequences of their folly. 1 A Knowing Horse.—“E. M.,” of Belcher town, writes to the Amherst Express about a very intelligent horse, of which lie is the owner. I’he following incident, among others, illustrates the matter.- “One day last week he was driven a few miles out of town, and on li is return, sometime in the afternoon, was fed with meal and cut feed as usual, but for his supper he had nothing but dry hay, which did not agree very well with his sense of right, after traveling twenty miles with a load, through snow drifts. However, he kept his thoughts to himself till we were all out ol the way for the night; then, sundering his rope in some way, he passed through the cow stable, cross the barn floor and the carrage room to the granary, at the further end of the burn, some forty feet, where he had often seen us get the meal for him; hs there found two bags of meal, standing by the bin tied up tight, buttlie top one being two heavy for his purpo e, he threw it aside, and after examining the other bag, which weighed between fifty and sixty pounds, he took it in his teeth and carried ii about twenty feet, to a clean spot on the barn floor. Finding it difficult to untie it, be cut a hole in the side and shook out about a peck of meal, and ate what he wished; and seeing the cow (the only companion he lias these long winter nights) looking with a lunging eye at his pile of meal, he took up the bag again, and carried it about ten feet further to her manger, and shook out some more meal for her. They were found in the morning feasting together.” w Colored Military Company. Robert Morris, J. \V. Clark, and other colored citizens of Boston, have petitioned the Legislature ol Massachusetts fur a special enactment author!- izing them to organize as an independent mili tary company, on the model of volunteer com panies of the commonwealth. The petitioners are already organized as a private military as sociation, and are the proprietors of a hand some stand of arms.—Buflalo Express. tn Massachuselts, foreigners were not con’ sidered worthy of being trusted with fire arms, when organized into military companies—bu free negroes were. The inference follows, that free negroes will favor the designs of the Abol itionists and foreigners will not. ‘ Acts speak stronger than words.” The Coolest Cass yet.—We learn from a private resource that on Wednesday of last week a Duel was fought by a Wiley Jones and Wm. Bane, relatives, near Dallas in Paulding county. We know not the cause of the difficulty. Our information states that they fought with rifles and that at the first shot a part of Jones’left ear was cut off. The parties not bring satisfied they re-loaded and fired, a part of Jones’ right ear-lock beingcut oil by the ball ofhis antagonist. They were still not satisfied, —loaded aga n aud fired, Bane’s ball passing through Jones’hut just above his head. Jones then made at bis antagonist with his rifle and attempted to knock him down with it but Banc got the advantage, knocked him down and heat his brains out, and fled unhurt. Jones died immediately and up to the latest accounts Bane bad not been arres ted. We cannot vouch for the above facts but suppose them to be substantially true.— Pome Courier. WM. KAZ PROPRIETOR NUMBER 30. College—City Authorities and Lexington Telegraph. M c notice in the last number of the Lexing ton telegraph, the following announcement: “ Great Excitement in Columbia I—The Military Ordered Out! .'-We ] ea rn that ffreet excitement exists t< day in consequence ol the arrest of a College student by one of the --I ty Marshals. Ihe students commenced this morning, and severely beat Mr. Bnrdell, of the pohcc who is lying dangerously ill ofhis wounds, ihe Mayor called out the military, as an attack was anticipated from the College students again this afternoon. “ Our informant states that so intense was the excitement, business was almost suspended.” To which the Columbia New Era replies : “Me have often observed that men, under the influence of fear, were sure to have the organ of marvellousness wonderfully developed ; and this was, doubtless, the case with the Tele graph's informant. “ We also think that a failure to notice the transaction and record what really took place, is also injurious to all concerned, because lhe facts are sure to be exaggerated the further lhe news get from the point where the occurrences happened. To the best of our information then, we will state what happened in Columbia, on the occasion above alluded to, premising, how ever, that all the stores were open, mid whoever wanted to buy, had no difficult, in obtaining what they wanted. On Monday night 1 st, three students of the South Carolina College came in front of the guard house. One of them called out the name of Mr. Burdell, one cf < ur police officers. Mr. B. came out, whereupon the Student struck the Marshal a severe blow, for t hat cause we know not, doubtless there was a cause. Mr. Burdell was not slow in re turning it, and so the fight commenced. lie also carried the assailant, after the fight, into the guard house, and being badly hurt, a doctor was sent for to see him. “ In the mean time, the other two Students had carried the news to the College of what had happened, when a pretty general onslaught upon the Guard House by nil the students was made, and their comrade conveyed therefrom. This was done at the expense of smashing in the window lights mid breaking small things up generally. Thus ended Monday night. On Tuesday morning, the students not feeling sat isfied that they were even with Mr. Burdell, t wo or three of them made another attack upon him. In this fight, Mr. Burdell was roughly handled, and so were two or three of the students. The Students now assembled in mass, many of them armed. The Mayor ordered out the Military Companies to preserve or ’er, and after some two hours, the students, at the solicitation of Dr. Thornwell, Col. Wni. C. Preston, and some otl er of our citizens, retired to the Col'ege, since which time quiet has prevailed. We learn that on Thursday, by order of the Governor, the arms of the State which were in possession of the College Cadets, were taken from the Col lege grounds. As we remarncd above, an oc currence of this kind should, tn our judgment, be noticed, and a true history of the transaction given, for the express purpose of p’eventing exaggerated and hurtful rumors, sure to arise by the press preserving a profound silence.” Slavery in Massachusetts. It is related of Mrs. Mary Dean, a market woman of Boston, who recently died at the age of ninety years, that she recollected that, at periods previous to the revolution, she iaw loads of negro children carted about for sale. When she spoke of this circumstance, she generally added that the first wheeled carriage she ever saw was loaded with suih slave children ; that according to her understanding on this subject, when a cargo of slaves arrived in Boston there was sometimes u number of children among them from five to twelve years old, and, us such children were not so much wanted in Boston as adults, they were carried out and disposed of at Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, &c., at the best terms the venders could make.—lnvestigator. The Authors.—Less than twenty-five years after the landing of the Puritans, their colony passed the fugitive slave law. This is a very important fact. Pitkin’s Civil and Political history of the United States, vol. 1, pages 50 and 51, in allu ding to the articles of government formed for the Plymouth confederacy, says: “ It was also very wise! / provided in the ar ticle, that RUNAWAY SERVANTS and fugitives from justice, should be returned to THE COLONIES WHERE THEY BELONGED, OB FROM WHICH THEY HAD FLI D.” Thus the North was the author of the fugi tive slave law—kept slaves so long as it was profitable—and engaged in the slave trade un til the government prohibited it. We h.,ve but little reason to reproach the South, whose cli mate and productions actually require negro labor in some form.— Keene Repub. Fire on Board of the Ship Telegraph.— Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out on board of the fine clipper ship Telegraph, lying at Tybee; sixteen miles below the city. Intelligence of the fact was sent to the city at an ear'y hour to procure the assistance of the firemen. Accordingly the Washington and Young America fire companies, with their res pective engines, went down to the ship on board the steamer Lemar aid lighter Levant. The fire originated in the forward part of the vessel in ti e neighborhood of the foremast, and before the ship was scuttled (which was ultimately done) had burned from the main hatch clear forward. The mainmast was cut away and the foremast burnt. The Telegraph was loaded with flour princi. pally, aud was bound for Australia. It will be remembered that she put into this port soma weeks ago in distress, being then on her way to Australia from New Orleans. After having undergone thorough repairsjshe was agaiti’loadcd to meet with a still more serious disaster. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is sup posed, however to have been the work of uu in cendiary.—Snr. Journal. Luck vs. Talent.—lt often seems to be luck rather than talent, that gives to people position. Seven years ago, Myron IL Clark kept a one horse hardware store. In 1849, Myron IL Clark was a Depu y Sheriff. In 1850, Myron H. Clark was one of the marshals for taking the census of a certain village. In 1853, Myron 11. Clark was elected Senator. Myron H. Clark is now Governor of New York. Whether he will go still higher remains to be seen. If lie should, it would only show that a man's posi tion in this world depends less upon bis deserts than upon surrounding circumstances. Think that of Myron 11. Clark, and never say die.— The man who will be President in 1870, is now probably, peddling India rubber rat trips.— Again we say, never despair ? Com. Adver A Chance for Doctors. The following advertisement appears in a Paris journal: “ The parents of a young lady, aged 21, handsome, and well educated, and possessing 4300 francs per annum, but affected by St. I Vitus’ dance, offer to unite her to a doctor from 40 to 45 vears old, who will pay her incessant attention."