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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1856.
The Circus.
By reference to our advertising column.:, it
will be seen that Ballard & Bailey’s celebrated
French Circus will exhibit, in our city on Tues
day and Wednesday, the 25th., and 26th. inst
We have before spoken of the superiority of
this Company over any other that Ims
us in some time, and would repeat our recom
mendation of it to the patrons of the ring.
“ Speerets of Just Men Made Perfect.”
We are in receipt of a “ Bottle of Superior
Brandy,” from Messrs. Smith & Ezzard, who
will accept our acknowledgements for the es
teemed attention. Not having the fear of the
Maine Law before our eyes, we have paid our
respects to the aforesaid bottle until it is be
yond our power to give a practical idea of the
rare excellence of what it once contained, to i
these who eye it longingly ; but we can testify |
to the quality with a clear conscience, and, ii|
our ability to judge, is disputed, we would relet '
all interested to Messrs. 8. & E., who will take
pleasure in substantiating our declaration I
Our City Court.
We have before us the act of the last Legis
lature organizing our City Court, which, from
the late hour of its receipt, we cannot lay be
fore our readers to day. M e will do so, how
ever, to-morrow. It provides for the election,
at au early day, of a Judge and Solicitor of the
Court, and k becomes our citizens to cast about
for gentlemen qualified for the positions. By
all means, let the choice be made without refe
rence to parties. It is high time some other |
considerations should influence the choice of our I
local officers, than.the fact of their political us •
suciutiou. There can be uo carthiy excuse for i
making the ciaction a matter of politics—the i
decisions of the Judge and his duties can not)
possibly aflect either parly, and to make th..
political opinions of the aspirant a test, is to]
pervert the highest and most reponsible position j
in our city government to an end inconsistent
with wisdom, and subversive of the moral inter-.
ests of the city. To reasonable men, it will be I
enough to know, that the responsibilities of the
itious command au equal respect with that
orded onr Superior Court, and they will]
agree that the choice of its officers should be'
made with reference, alone, to their qnalifiea-;
tious, aid not with a view to their ability to
secure the triumph of any party.
It is quite time the attention of the pocyl.
was directed to the subject, and we hope soou
to see the right hind of action taken in the
r«MKs.
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
Satan Reproves Sin.
No one would ever have believed it—indeed,
we couldn’t credit ourselves if we didn’t have
the record before us—but it is true, neverthe
less, that Jonse Hooper has “ took ”to sermon
izing. He’s the last man on earth (and we say
it with due respect) we would ever have picked
ont as a recipient of inspiration, but the days of
miracles havn't ceased yet—tho’ they are confi.
dently expected to, after this. Taking his de
linquent list as a text, he thus discourses that
particular class of his readers:
Turn your Ixjoks Inward '—There was nev
er better advice than this. Yes, turn your
looks within, and see if everything is right at
the central depot—your heart. You may be
free from what the world calls great crimes, but
are there not some little lurking sins, especially
of omission, which greatly wrong your neighbor
and load your own soul with additional sinkers
to carry you down to perdition ? There are
many such ; and we awfully fear—nay we posi
tively know—that some of them are upon the
Mail’s list of weekly subscribers I We shudder
to think that patrons of our’s may be damned
for paltry §2 50 or $5 —we deprecate such an
event so sincerely tiiat we would receipt the ac
counts without the money, if it would do any
good 1 flat it won’t 1 D— n would “ su
pervene ” all the same, without an actual, bona
tide payment of the cash I
Oh, ye 1 our weekly subscribers, whose sub
scription year has expired and a new one en
tered upon, one, two, three, six, nine months 1
and ye who have two years even on your devo
ted head ! —will you go to tophet, for a beggar
ly newspaper subscription?
Wk believi? you will! Wc may be wrong,
but “ them’s our sentiments 1”
If any—especially of our weekly subscribers
in and around the city—will square up before
this day week, we shall have hopes of such. If
not—wc have done our duty!
Let it no more be asked “ can any good thing
come out of. Nazareth?” Such eloquent ap
peals as this, and'such inspired denunciations of
an alarmingly (toeditors) “ popular sin,” should
strike conviction to the hearts of all offenders,
tho more particularly us it is the first effort of
the redoubtable Jouse. Were we not over
whelmed tetotnlly by tho unexpectedness of
the sermon, we might apply it to our own
subscribers, but we dare not commit the
sacrilege of appropriating his maiden effort to
our own use. It is earnestly hoped the Rev.
gentleman will favor editors generally with one
of the “ same sort,” but of more general appli
cation.
“Damning with Faint Praia.”
It will be found a source of much amusement
to glance at the comments of the opposition
press upon the recent nominations at Philadel
phia. Much is written of Fillmore, his views
upon national questions arc variously represen
ted, and his general character painted in so
many different colors that it is impossible to
trace any resemblance of the original in any of
the portraits. But Donelson, (poor Andy 1)
gets but small share of laudation. Everywhere
he is spoken of he, is represented as “the nephew
of bis uncle.”—“only this, and nothing more.’’
Tho ghost of his deceased uncle, if it walked the
earth just now, would be astonished at the rev
erence for his memory implied by the action of
the Philadelphia Convention, in their presuming
to elect a man to the Vice Presidency, solely
upon the ground of his accidental connection,
by the marriage of his aunt, with the great
departed hero. Wonder why the convention
didn’t select another of the family for the Presi
dency ? Look where you will, and the same ster
reotype phase of “nearly related to the immortal
Jackson ” meets the eye, and that too in col
umns once devoted to the vilest vituperation of
Jackson and his administration. Whether any
thing more can be said is a question we care
not to discuss. It is not our province to detract
from the small merits of the man. But, taking
the showing of his own friends as a correct es
timate of his abilities, we ask, in the name of
common sense, are we to sustain a man whose
only recommendation is his connection with
Jackson ? As yet we have heard nothing from
him or of him but this. Scarcely had the in
telligence of his nomination reached the remote
sections of his own State before, quick upon its
heels, comes n letter from him declaring his re
lationship with the great deceased, a letter as
indelicate as it was crafty. But why should we
support Donelson for Jackson's sake ? lias any
of the virtues of the genuine “ Old Hickory ”
been imparted to Andy Donelson? Nothing
of the sort seems to be claimed for him, and
yet we always see “ Andrew Jackson” before
we do Donelson. A great, borrowed, light set
before a greasy ” iwo-penny candle.
Ont upon such deceptions. If the man bus
merit s let us hear them, and judge him by them,
not by qualities of another, which he has not
dared to assume. Great Americanism is that
which, if not directly, certainly, in effect, upholds
the right of succession to the Presidency I
W hat are onr Republican people coming to
when relationship, not even lineal, to great men,
is considered recommendation enough for their
support to the next highest office in the land ?
[COXMCXICATSD.]
Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1856.
Messrs. Editors : In answer to various let
ters received of late, about the day and terms
' upon which the Atlanta Company of Emigrants
for Kansas Territory, will leave this place, I
beg leave to state, that the company will leave
here on or about the 15th day of next month.
(April,) and that from all the information which
1 have obtained upon the subject, thirty dol
lars will be sufficient to defray the expenses of
I each emigrant from this place to Kansas, if
1 economy be observed. Under existing circum
’ stances, it is impossible to say whether we can
defray the expenses of a single emigrant or not;
I though possibly we may be. and, if we should,
the preference will be given to the most sober
! and industrious applicants. All who may be
able to raise the above mentioned sum, who are
I of genuine Southern sentiments, will be wel
! corned into the company, either here or at any
other place through which we may pass.
Batt. Jones.
; American Rifles for Russia.—lt is stated
' that a Russian agent was in Worcester, Mass.,
a few days since, and made a contract with a
I manufacturer there for several thousand rifles.
[ They are to be of the Sharp pattern, with some
improvements.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20.
City Court of Atlanta.
An Act to organize and establish a criminal
Court in the cities of Clumbus, Macon, At
lanta and Rome, and to define its jurisdiction.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Repsesentatives of the State of Geor
gia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of tho same. That
there shall be organized in the city of Colum
bus, a Court of Record, to be known as the
Criminal Court for the city of Columbus; which
court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with
the Superior Court, over all minor offences
comitted within the corporate limits of the city
of Columbus, and which do not subject the
offender or offenders to loss of life, limb or
member, or to confinement in the Penitentiary,
Sec .2. Be it further enactedj That an act to
amend the tenth section of the tenth division
of Penal Code of this State, approved 20th
February, 1854, be and the same is hereby
repealed, so far as the punishment by imprison
ment and labor in the Penitentiary for the
offences herein specified, is concerned, and the
said offences shall be punished by said court,
by fine and imprisonment in the county Jail,
or either, as is prescribed by the Statute of
force, previous to the passage of the above
recited act.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Judge
of said Court, shall be a resident of the city of
Columbus, eligible to vote for city officers, and
shall be elected by the citizens of said city, who
are by law qualified to vote for city officers,
which first election shall lie held, on the 3d Mon
day in April next, every four years thereafter,
on the same day, at the Court House in said
city, under the superintendence of three persons,
and the Justices of the Inferior Court, Justices
of the Peace, and Aidermen of said city shall
be quailifid to manage said election, and any
three of them are hereby required to hold said
election, and make a true return of the same, to
the Governor of tliis State, and the person re
ceiving the majority of the legal votes given in
shall be declared elected as Judge of said Court,
i. ho shall be sworn, in the same manner as the
Judges of the Superior Court, and commission
ed by tlie Governor, and shall hold his office
for the term of four yenrs, and until his succes
sor shall be elected’ qualified and commission
ed, and if no person shall receive a majority of
the votes given in at any of said election!, it
shall be the duty of said managers to advertise
another election, which shall be held within
fifteen days thereafter, in the manner aforsaid,
and the person receiving the highest number of
votes at said second election, shall be elected,
sworn and commissioned Judge of said Court
as aforsaid.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That there
shall be a State’s Attorney or Solicitor for said
Court, who shall be elected at the same time,
and in the same manner as the Judge of said
Court; he shall hold his office for the term of
four years, and uni il his successor shall be e
lected and qualified—he shall be commissioned
by the Goveronr, and shall be sworn faithfully
and impartially to discharge the duties of his
office, to the best of his skill and ability. His
duties shall be the same in the trial of cases in
said Court, as now devolve upon the Sol. Gen
eral in the trial of similar cases in the Superior
Court. He shall be entitled to the following
fees, to-wit : For every conviction for garni "g
or keeping a gaming house, contrary to ,aw.
the sum of forty dollars against each defendant.
For every conviction, for selling or furnish
ing a negro* or negrm with spirituous liquors,
or for trading with slaves contrary to law, or
for other offences relative to slaves, the sum of
twenty-five dollars against each defendant.
For every conviction for selling or retailing
spirits without license, or for selling spirits
without having taken the oath prescribed by
law, twenty dollars.
For every conviction for other offences the
the sum of five dollars, all which fees shall be
taxed against the defendant, and for which
execution shall issue, and may be levied upon
the property, both real and personal, of the
defendant, wherever the same may be found in
this State.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Mar
shal and Deputy Marshal of the city of Colum
bus, shall exercise the authority and perform
the duties of Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff in said
Court, and shall each be amenable directly to
the court for neglect of duty. The Clerk of the
City Council shall act as Clerk of said Court,
who may appoint a Deputy Clerk if he shall
see proper. The Marshals aud Clerk shall re
ceive the fees now authorized to be paid to
Sheriffs and Clerks in the Superior Court for
like services, which shall be taxed against the
defendants upon’conviction, and collected by
execution anil sale of defendants' property, as
herein before provided for in reference to Solic
itors fees.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Judge
of said Court, as soon as he is commissioned
and sworn and every two years thereafter, shall
cause the Clerk to make out a list of the citi
zens of said city, from the city tax books and
with the Marshal and Clerk, shall proceed to
designate the persons who shall be liable to serve
as Grand Jurors in said Court, whose names
written on separate pieces of paper shall be
slaced5 laced in Box No. 1, which shall be the Grand
ury Box, and shall also designate the persons
who shall lie liable to serve as Jurors for the
trial of causes in said court, whose names writ
ten ou separate pieces of paper, shall be plac.d
iu number two, which shall bo the Petit Jury
Box. which boxes shall be kept locked and
sealed up in the custody of said Clerk, and shall
not be opened except in the presence, or by au
thority of the Judge of said Court.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that all per
sons residing in said city, who are qualified to
vote for Mayor aud Aidermen of said city, shall
be liable and required to perform Jury duty in
said Court. It shall be the duty of the Judge
of said Court, as soon as convenient after Le is
commissioned and sworn, and at each term of
said Court thereafter, to draw grand and t:ial-
Jurors for the succeeding term of said Court.
No Grand Jury shall consist of less than twelve,
nor more than fifteen persons, but nine may find
a bill or make a preseutnien . There shall be
two trial Juries, of twelve men each. The
Judge of said Court shall draw from tlie Grand
Jury box not more than twenty-four names,
and’ from the Petit Jury box not exceeding
thirty-six names, which shall be immediately
entered by the Clerk on the minutes of said
Court; and it shall be the duty of tho Clerk to
attach a list of said names, so drawn, to a venire
facias, directed to the Marshal, who, by
himse f.'or the Deputy Marshal, shall notify
said Jurors, at least three days before the sit
ting of said Court, for which they are drawn,
to be sworn and serve as Grand and Petit Jurors:
and the Judge of said Court shall have the pow
er to hear and determine the excuse of defaulting!
Jurors, aud to inflict the fines and forfeitures i
now authorized by law, for delinquency in the:
performance of said duty.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that ia all tri
als for offences within the jurisdiction of said
Court, the Jury shall be taken from the two
pane's of Petit Jurors, as now required by law.
and the Jury selected shall te sworn to try the
cause, in the same manner as is now practiced
in the Superior Conn. Provided that the
Grand and Petit Jurors shall take the same
oaths as are uow required for Jurors in said
Superior Court And provided further, that
the Judge of said Court shall have the power
to order and have summoned tales Jurors to fill
cut the number required for Grand and Petit
Juror*.
I Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That all c”
11 fences committed in said city, within the juris
. diction of said Court, and which may be brought
. before any committing Magistrate, may be re -
1 turned to said Court for trial, and the bonds
. given by parties for heir appearance at said
r Court, shall be made payable to the Governor
t of the State of Georgia and his successors in
. office ; and upou default of appearance at the
» Court, at which the defendant is bound to ap
) pear, it shall be the duty of the prosecuting at
) torney to enter up a judgment ni si against the
; parties to said bond, for the amount theredf and
• costs, which caseshall be entered on the motion
> docket. And it shall be the duty of the Clerk
• to issue a scire facias, requiring the parties to
said bond, to show cause at the next term of
, said Court, why said judgment should not be
i made final; and if no good cause be shown, to !
i be judged of by the Court, judgment final shall !
• be entered up, upon the minutes of said Court,'
. again t the parties to said bond, who may have
, been served; provided, said scire facias shall
. be served on the parties to said bond, or either
of them, five days before the first day of the
’ term to which it is returnable, and all issues of
■ fact arising upon the same, may be tried by a
Jury in said Court, from which there may be
an appeal by either party to the Superior Court
of Muscogee county.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to have
a bench warrant issued in every case in which
a presentment or indictment has been found by
the Grand Jury of said Court, and the party
when anested shall give a bond and good secu
rity in a sum not less than five hundred dollars,
conditioned, for his appearance at the next term
of said Court to answer to said charge and to
abide the judgment of the Court therein. And
all bench warrants issued by said Court, sha,l
be directed to the marsaals and constables o f
the city of Columbus, and to all and singular
the Sheriffs of the State of Georgia, and shall I
be executed and returned in the same manner |
as bench warrants issued from the Superior
(lourts. And it shall be the duty of the prose- j
cuting officer of said Court to inquire into and I
present to the Court every neglect of the Mar- j
shal, Deputy Marshal, or other officers in the!
service of every writ, command, or order, or
process of said Court, who shall be fined in a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every such
default, in the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the
regular terms of said Court shall be held at the
Court House or Council Chamber in the city
of Columbus, on the third Mondays in Februa
ry, May, August and November of each year,
and the’ Judge of said Court shall have the
power to adjourn said Court and to hold ad
journed terms of said Court at such times as'
he may order and designate, of which the Clerks
shall give public notice. And the said Court ,
shall have full power and authority to inflict all .
fines and penalties attached by law to the com- 1
mission of offences within its jurisdiction; and (
shall conduct the proceedings and trials in said
Court as prescribed by law for the trial of like (
offences in the Superior Court. And all jail
fees and costs accruing by the detention of per- (
sons charged with ofiences and unablo to give (
security, or who may be imprisoned by the order j
or judgment of said court for the violation of f
law and all other costs, the payment of which I
now devolve upon the county, shall be paid out [ j
of the county funds.
Sec. 12 Be it further enacted, Thatall judg- j
ments in said Court, on account of fines and j
forfeitures shall be enforced by fieri facias,'
against the property both real and personal of i
the defendant, or by attachment, and all of I
said processes shall be directed to the Marshal ; c
of the City of Columbus, and to all and eingu- j i
lar the Sheriffs of the. State of Geor ia ; and I
all monies collected thereon, shall be paid into 1
the Treasury of the City of Columbus, and J
shall constitute a Fund, out of which shall be 1
paid the Bailiff’s fees for attending said Court, *
and insolvent costs a d fees wh ch may be due 1
to the prosecuting Solicitor, Marshals and Clerk I
of said Court. Provided, that the said fees 1
and costs, shall not in any case be a charge 1
against the City Treasury proper.
Sec. 13 Be it further enacted, That Sub- i ' (
pcenas issuing from said Court shall be bin- j ‘
ding upon all witnesses, upon whom they may c
be served throughout this state, and upon the 1
non-attendance of any witness proved to have }
been served with Subpoena, as now required 1
by law, the prosecuting attorney, shall, upon ‘
motion, enter up a judgment ni si, for the sum •“
of Fifty Dollars against said defaulting wit- ’
ucss, upon which judgment ni si, the Clerk 1
shall issue a scire facias requiring said default- 8
ing witness to appear at the next term of the 1
Court, and show cause, why said judgment ni si 1
should not be made final, and the cause shown, 1
if any, shall be judged of by the Court and ex
ecution issue accordingly, as hereinbefore pro
vided, and the said Court shall also have the 1
power to enforce the attcndcnce of delinquent
witnesses, and to punish them for a contempt 1
es the order or process of said Court by attach- v
ment against the body of said witness.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, that the sal
ary ot the Judge of said Court, shall be such a a
sum as may be determined upon by the City 0
Council of Columbus payable quarterly by the
Treasury of the City of Columbus, out of the \ -
City Treasury, but the City Council shall not i c
be liable for insolvent fees and costs, except so | 1
far as the from fines, forfeiture ,
Jtc. paid into the Treasury shall extend.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That tie ■ v
said Court shall have the power to set aside a
its judgements and grant new trials upon suf- 1
ficieut legal cause, and the errors in law in r
said Court, shall be corrected by the Superior 8
Court oY Muscogee county, by certiorari. In 11
the petition for certiorari, the rulings ot' said c
Court shall be fully set out in the nature of a 1
Bill of Exceptions, and shall be presented to 1
the Judge of said Court, within ten days after 1
tho adjornment of the Court, and if found con
sistent with the facts and rulings in the trial c
of said case, shall be so certified by the Judge l;
of said Court, which certificate shall operate
as a supersedeas in the judgment of said Court :
until the final judgment of the Superior or Su- ]
preme Court, upon the assignment of errors in ‘
said Bill of Exceptions specified, and the same *
shall be certified back to said Court, to which 8
said final judgment shall be made the judgment 1
of said Court. i .
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, that u Court, ’
shall be established in the city of Macon, to be !;
known uud called the City Court of Macon, 1
' with the like powers, rights, duties, obligations '
and regulations as applied to said Coart in the i
city of Columbus. And the Court shall be I
held either at the Court House, or Council i t
Hall of saidjeity of Macon, or such,other place'
within the corporate limits of said city, as the ; ’
Council may select.
I The Central Georgian, of the 7th inst.. says:.
, “We were visited with a storm of rain on Fri-' j
day night last, which lasted twenty-four hours,
during which 3.99 inches of rain fell. The; ‘
water courses have been very high, and we are
informed that the brid .e over the Ogeechee.
; at Rock Mills, was swept away.
, Still has a “Pile."—lt is stated, that after •
, all that has been said about Barnum's bank- .
] ruptcy, tho “Prince of Showmen,” has over
I one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, secured
i in such a manner that none of his creditors
I can touch a copper of it. Who knows but •
| that his -bankruptcy” is merely his last specu-■
i lation, and a very succraiul one at that.
The Platform of the Democracy
of Virginia.
f i The Democratic Republicans of Virginia, in
Convention assembled, following the time hon
ored usage in declaring the principles which
1 i bind them together ns u party, do.
1. Resolve, That the true relations between
1 the States an I the Federal Government, and the
: j true rules for the construction of the Constitu
■■tioD. are correctly se. forth in the resolutions
’; and report of 1798 and ’99, of the General As
•. sembly of Virginia ; and the doctrines therein
'.' expounded are hereby adopted and re-affirmed.
2. Resolved, That Congress has no power to
j appropriate, directly or indirectly, the proceeds
i of the sales of the public lauds, or to grant, di
j rectly, the public lands to the purposes of in-
I ternal improvement.
t 3. Resolved, That specific duties, taxing, as i
they do, the low-priced necessaries of the poor I
j as heavily as the costly luxuries of the rich, are'
unequal, unjust, and odious; that duties designed
for protection, foster one branch of industry and
cherish one section of the country at the ex
pense of others, and are utterly inconsistent
with justice and sound policy and Democratic
principles ; and that we are opposed to any in
crease of the duties on imports, especially on
articles of general and necessary consumption,
such as iron, coal, sugar, salt and coarse cot
tons.
4. Resolved, That the Federal Government
ought to adhere in its foreign policy to the
maxims inculcated by the Father of bis country,
and by the Father of Democracy.
5. Resolved, That we reaffirm the resolutions
of the Baltimore Convention of 1851, as far as
applicable to the present condition of the coun
try.
6. Resolved, That the vote of the State in
the Cincinnati Convention ought to be given
for such candidates as will command the great-
; est strength in the Democratic party throughout
I the Union, and whose principles are known to
I conform most strictly to the cardinal tenets of
| the Democratic Republican faith.
| 7. Resolved, That the Convention feel that
j they could not more emphatically express their
condemnation of the obnoxious tenets and prac
tices of the Know Nothing party, than was
done by tiie Democracy of Virginia at the polls,
cn the 24th day of May, 1855.
7. Resolved,’That we approve of the ac'
known as the Kansas-Nebraska act repealing
as it did, the Missouri restriction, which wa;
unjust to the South, and in conflict with tin
Constitution and the equality of the States.
9. Resolved, That this Convention approve;
fully, and endorses cordially, the principle con
tained in the aforesaid act, which secures to the
citizens of a territory, in applying for admission
into the Union as a State, the right to establish
their own form of government, with such pow
er', limitations and restrictions as they may
think proper, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States, which requires the form
of government to be Republican.
10. Resolved, That while this Convention
disclaims any knowledge of the preference of the
Democracy of this State among the distinguish
ed gentlemen who may be presented for the
Cincinnati nomination, they have no hesitation
in declaring their cordial approval of the cardi
nal measures, and tho bold and able State pa
pers of President Pierce, by which the funda
mental principles of the Democratic faith have
been illustrated.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Care of China and Glass.
The most important thing to do is to “season”
! either glass or China to sudden change of tem
perature, so that it will remain sound after ex
posure to sudden heat and cold. Now, this is
best done by placing the article in cold water,
which must gradually be brought to the boil
ing point, and then allowed to cool very slowly
taking a whole day or more to do it. The com
moner the materials the more care in this res
pect is required. The very best glass and Chi
na is always well seasoned, “annealed.” as tlie
manufacturers say, before it is sold. Il the
wares are properly seasoned in this way. they
may be “washed up” in boiling water without
fear of fracture, except in frosty weather, when,
even with b'-st annealed wares, care must be
taken not to place them suddenly in too hot
water. All China that has any gilding upon
it, must on no account be rubbed with a cloth
of any kind, but merely rinsed, first iu hot. and
afterwards in cold water, and then left to drain
till dry. If the gilding is very dull and requires
polishing, it may uow aud then bo rubbed with
a soft wash leather aud a dry whiting; but.
remember, this operation must not be repeated
more tnau once a year, otherwise the gold will
most certainly be. rubbed off, and the China
spoilt. When the pla'cs, &c., are put away in
the China closet, a piece < f paper should be
placed between each to prevent scratches.—
Wh mever they ‘clatter,” the glaze painting
is sustaining some injury, as the bottom of all
ware has its particles of sand adhering to it,
picked up from the oven where it was glazed.
The China closet should be in a dry situation
as a damp closet will soon tarnish the gilding
of the best crockery.
In a common dinner service it is a great evil
to make the plates “too hot,” as it invariably
cracks the glaze on he surface, if not the plate
itself.: We all know the result—it corn' s apart:
“nobody broke it,” “it was cracked before,”
or cracked a long time ago. The fact i», that
when the glaze is injured, every time the things
are washed the water goes to the interior, swells
the pours clay, and makes the whole fabrick
rotten. In this condition they will absorb
crease, aud being made too hot again, the grease
makes the dishes brown and discolored. If an
old, ill-used dish be made very hot indeed, a
teaspoonful of fat will be s.eu to exude from
the minute fissures upon its surface- The lat
ter remarks apply more to common wares.
In a general way, warm water and a soft
cloth is all that is required to keep glass iu a
good condition; but water bottles and the
decanters, in order to keep them bright, must
be riused out with a Tittle muria.ie acid, w hich
is the only substance which will remove the
fur which collects in them: and t acid is lar
better than ashes, sand, or shot; fcr the ashes
aud sand scratches the glass, aud il any shot is |
left iu by accident, the lead is poisonous. ;
Richly cut glass must be cleansed and pol-;
ished wiih a brush lil.eila'e, occasionally rut* j
bed with chalk .by : ’-‘i’ at. 1
briliancy are preserved.— London Paper
Tlie Georgia Penitentiary.
The Augusta Constitutionalist mentions a!
report that Gov. Johnson has vetoed the bill!
providing for a lease of the Penitentiary. As
the same bill provided first for a lease, and in
tlie event that could not be procured, forthe 1
removal of the institution t« the Stone Moun-I
tain, the effect of the veto will be to retain the I
Penitentiary a- Milledgeville, under State man
agement, until the next meeting of lhe Leg.sla-'
tare.— Col. Su.’i.
SSar* The Know Nothing Convention, in
Philadelphia, quarrelled over the platform and
; the nominations—“We claim the platform and •
; tbe Presidential Candida's.” says the North,!
. • and we vield to the Southall of Donelson, and
, whatever moon-sbi c can lie manufactured out
| of Fillmore." So theSou-l.ern m--ufo rsseceded
i when the platform was adopted, and the,
' Northern, cnes withdrew when they felt -atis-
I fied .hat Fillmore would be nomin_‘?d. Ini
| this way, both sections are to be bamboozled, j
i [From tho Savannah Georgian.,
Use of Torture in Indian- How Hie
;1 1 Ungiish Government Collects
. i its Rents and Taxes.
i Recent official inveotigatioiis have elicited
some dartling d velopments in reference to the
1 i ails tt’.-orted to by the immediate representa
' i fives o ' the British Government in the Madras
I residency, to enforce the collection of its rev
i eimes m India. The lands in the Madras Prcs
’ idency, as we learn from a statement before us,
i. is held by tn? government as landlord, on terms
. agreeu upon by each tenant, without immediate
> agency, lhe collection of the rent is wholly
i in the hands of the government, and is conduc
ed exclusively by its officers, and the responsi
bility is solely with it. The collectors and sub
colleetors are often Europeans, sometimes ua
i ■ lives. The testimony of these and of the cler
' ?. v men, physicians, magistrates and army offi
■, cers, shows the terrible nature of the methods I
employed to extort the miserable pittance of
revenue from the wretched peasantry. In a
report w.ueh seeks to palliate the grosser atroc
ity of the case, it is suggested that the native
collectors “ give precedence to their own illicit
demands, and having collected these, employ
the machinery of torture to extort the govern
ment dues from the exhausted people Wc
quote from the Edinburg Review’;
Ihe tortures which the Commissioners find
to have been employed, are of various kindsand
of different degrees of severity. Some of them
me so light as to amount to little more than a
menace. Some of them are so light as to cause
not only extreme present pain, but permanent
injuries mutilation, and even not unfrequently,
death. Some of them exhibit an amount of
diabolical ingenuity on the part of the torturer,
and a degree of moral abasement and degrade
tion in the victim, of which our western minds
can hardly form a conception ; some, in fine,
are loathsome and indecent, and at the same
time so excruciating, that, although they are
set down nakedly in the Report, we must ab
stain from any specific allusion to their nature.
The two most common forms of torture, ap
pear to be the Kittee (in Teloogoo called Chee
rata.) and the Auundal, which in the same lan
guage is called Gingeri.
Ihe kitte corresponds with the thumbscrew |
of the European torturer. It is a wooden in
strument somewhat like a lemon-squeezer, be- ,
tween the plates ot which the hands, lhe thielis,
(in women also the breasts,) the ears, and other ]
more sensitive parts rs the body are squeezed
to the last point of endurance, often to fainting, '•
and even to permanent disablement. In many 1
places the kittee has been superceded by the
more simple plan of violently suppressing the ,
hands under a flat board, on which a heavy
pressure is laid, sometimes even by the peons *
standing upon it ; or of compelling the sufferer r
to interlace his fingers, and delivering him over i
to the iron gripe of the peons or (policemen.) s
who sometimes rub their hands with sand, in a
order to give them a firmer gripe. In other
cases the fingers are bent back, till the pain
becomes unendurable. |
The antindal is a more purely eastern tor
ture. It consists in tying the victim in a stoop
ing or other painful and unnatural position,
generally with the head forcibly bent down 'to
the fret, by a rope or cloth passed round the
neck and under the toes. The posture, howev
er, is varied at the caprice of the executioner.
Som time the poor wretch is made to stand on
one leg, the other being forcibly tied up to his
neck. Sometimes the arms and legs are curi
ously interlaced, and the frame, thus violently
distorted, is kept bound up so hours, in a con
dition little short of dislocation. Sometimes a
heavy stone is laid upon the back, while thus
bent; and it often happens that the peous amuse
themselves by sitting astride upon the unhappy
sufferers who is under anundal. More than one
of the witnesses depose to the infliction of this
torture under the fierce Ind au sun, upon a
number of de aulters placed together in rows,
for two, three, four, and even six hours; and
thus in the immediate vicinity of the cutcherry,
or revenue office, and in the presence of the
tabsildar, or native collector, and oft the assem
bled villagers.
Occasionally a man is held aloft from the
ground by the ears, by the hair, and even by
lhe moustache; and the latter torture, in some
instances, is applied so savagely as to tear away
the moustache by the roots. Sometimes a sort
of bastinado is inflicted, sometimes violent blows
cn the skin, the ankles, the elbowsp'or other
highly sensitive points. Prolong immersion in
the water tanks or the river; forcible compres-.
sion of the arms, the thighs, and even the body,
by tying a coil of coir rope ound them, and
then applying cold water so as to cause it to
contract and sink into the flesh ; burning it
with hot iron ; hanging heavy stones round the
neck ; the stocks ; tying two or more individu
als together by the hair, so that every move
ment is attended with pain; placing a necklace
of bones or other disgusting or degrading mate
rials round the neck. These are a few of the
minor inflictions devised by these masters A the
oriental school of tortures. If we add to these
a few of the practices like those used at home
by amateurs of the turf or the ring, for the pur
pose of “ reducing flesh ”; such as starvation,
prolonged deprivation of sleep, compulsory dri
ving up and down under a broiling sun ; forcing
the unhappy wretches to run long distances,
their hards being tied to the axle of a bandy,
or country carriage,—we think the catalogue of
tortures w 11 be admitted to be tolerably com
plete.
Will it be credited, for example, that it is
not uncommon to apply to the most sensitive
parts - f the body (enclosed in a cloth orcccea
nut shell, or other similar receptacle) n biting
insect or reptile, such as the poollah, or carpen
ter beetle, and to leave it to gnaw the flesh of
the miserable sufferer ? That by a further re
finement of cruelty, meant to combine both pain
and humiliation, the defaulters are sometimes
tied by their hair to the tail of a donkey or
buffalo? That they arc occasionally hung up
with the head downwards ? And that it is an
ordinary practice to put pepper or powdered
chillies into the eyes or the nostrils, and to ap
ply these and similar irritating drugs in other
ways too revolting to be even hinted at ?
Tlie English are fond of harping on the faults
of other nations; but with what a terrible sev- i
erity of retort, well says the Albany Argus. I
commenting on the above, might not the worst I
governed people in Christendom, point them to
this woefnl and degrading chapter in their own !
history—this present living shame!
The question of land tenures in India, has j
itself apart from all its incidents of oppression,
been a'matter of great complaint. The laud
revenue is the principal source of income to the
East India Company; and out of £26.000 000
of all kinds of taxes, £15.000:000 are derived
from tiiis source. To collect this, the govern
ment acted as landlords to the whole territory,
“placing a money rent upon every field within
the vast dominions.” This system introduced
the agency of the State “to an extent that had i
Ino parallel in the history of the world.” Dis-;
1 tracts of 7.000 square miles, and in some ins-!
; tances of 13 000 sque c miles, were placed un-1
der si le collector, v,. ha few English assist
ants, w .-j “made tours throug i the districts, I
ascertaining, or attempting to ascertain, how ,
much land each individual cultivator intended s
to bring into cultivation, and watching and!
checking the produce of the soil under every I
variety of season, and of climate.”
Such a thing as private property in land was I
unknown. The rate of assessment was so high 1
as to drive the people from them., and to have 1
l them waste. One third of the best laud was
1 1 thus laid waste. In South Arcot only one-
I fiftieth was cultivated. If the tenants attempt-
• j cd any improvement, such as sinking wells.
■ planting orchards, &c., the assessment was in-
I! creased. The Madras district, cn the line of th*
i railroad, was a desert. Not. one-tenth of the
• j ancient water works were kept in repair. “The
; native population of India,” said Mr. Blackett,
• iii the House of Commons, “had been reduced
■ to almost a state of beggary under this state of
, things;” and ho called upon the House to con
i Sider the immense power which could be exer
: ciscd by a Collector and his assistants upon a
population of 80 or 100,000 —a vast proportion
of whom were trembling upon the verge which
separated destitution from absolute starvation.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Savannah Georgian, of March 2d,s?ys :
“As for Mr. Fillmore, he signalized his ad
ministration by pardoning two negro thieves,
Drayton and Sears, who had formed and con
summated a deep laideonspiracy to carry off a
number of slaves from tlie District of Colum
bia, and who were actually found on board of
the vessel with them, making down the river
to sea as fast as they could. How, with the
knowledge of this fact, and the utter ignorance
of Mr. Flhnore's views on the great question
of the day—the principle of tho Kansas Ne
braska bill—southern men could vote for his
nomination for the Presidency, I cannot see.
“A singular event in connection with the
nomination of Mr. Fillmore, is the adhesion of
a prominent member of the Republican party
to the American ticket. At the Fillmore anil
Donelson ratification meeting, held in this city
on Friday night, Mr. L.>wis 1). Campbell was
one of the speakers. He spoke from tho same
■fund with southern Americans. He is Mr.
Banks’ leader in the House, being .chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means, and is
noted as the man who advised his constituents
to trample the Fugitive Slave Law under foot.
Events are thickening upou us to satisfy us of
the eutire sympathy between Abolitonisui and
Know Nothingism.
“I learn that Mr. Albert Pike, of Arkansas,
is opposed to the whole action of the Conven
tion, and will not support its nominees. He
looks upon the abrogation of the twelvth sec
tion, and the adoption of the District of Colum
bia platform, as n concession to the North
prejudicial to the South. This is its effect upon
the Southern Know Nothing members, as they
are quite mum as to what they propose to do
in the premises.”
The Explosion of Steamboat Sarah.—The
Fort Adams (Miss.) Item, of Saturday hisj.has
the following letter from Mr. Thomas J/. Mor
ris, dated “Trinity, La., Feb. 22,” giving an ac
count of the explosion of the boilers "of the
steamboat Sarah, Capt. Sterling, at that, place
already briefly noticed :
Our village has been a scene of death and
suffering since yesterday, ou account of the
blowing up of the steamer Sarah as she was
about backin ont. from the sawmill to go up
L ttle River after pine wood. Tie boilers bur
sted, making a complete wreck of the entir
boat; picces'of the boilers were thrown hundreds
o, feet into the air and fell in the streets ne-ir
Capt J. M. Phillip's bouse. The iron chert
was thrown out of the office up on lhe bank
near I ront street. The hull, cabin, and the
whole boat was blown to pieces and sunk Cnpt
E. Sterling, of Covington, La., was in the pilot
house at the wheel nt the time, and has not vet
been found ; he was of course killed.
Capt. J. T. Cooksey was staiidi g on the
bownear the forecastle and was thrown some
thirty feet into the water near the bank On
examining him after he was taken out, we'found
his right leg mashed to pieces nt the | OWKI . p al . t
of tlie knee, and then broke again at about h.ilf
way from the knee to the ankle, besides having
a very severe gash in the same leg near the body.
I o day his physicians, Drs. Groves and Map
were satisfied there was no chance for his recov
ery m that situation, and decided us their lust
hope of saving his life to amputate his leg above
the knee joint, which they did this afternoon.—
lhe operation was performed in a very short
tune, lhe captain bore it with aniazino- f rti
tuae; but after it was all over and tho °artcrv
taken up, he took a spasm and died in a few
minutes. I-dwm Hughes, his step son, was also
considerably burned, and had of hit arms brok
en, but it is confidently hoped that he will be
up aud about in a short time. No other on •
-was ser.ously hurt.
,rn 7 Vir ««a.—The House
of Delegates, yesterday, had under considera
tion one 01 the series of measures rr ported from
the joint committee on tbc subject of slavery,
and retaliation against the North. The bill
proposed sundry amendments to the Code—
among them a provision to render null and void
hereafter any emancipation of a slave by a las'
will and testament. A proposition to strike
out his feature of the bill was made, and elici
ted considerable disscussion. Those who favor
cd the proposition contended that such a pro
position as that contained in the bill was unjust
unnecessary and,moreover, infringed an inalien'
able right of every citizen. Those on the other
side denied the inherency of the right to eman
cipate a slave, and contended that public poli
cy demanded of the Legislature the inter
position of every constitutional farrier to the
further increase of the free negro population.
Gov. b loyd introduced a view of the subject
which is entitled to consideration, fie reeom
mends the deportation of emancipated slaves
into the Northern States, until the white popu
lation there becomes so surfeited with an ex
uberance of negroes that it will be impelled to
practical} solve lhe problem, among th'in
selyes, whether the negro race is inferior to the
white or not. In the South the question has
been decided long since, and he is desirous of
affording an opportunity to the fantics of the
North **to de.ermine not only whether negroes
arc the ccpia’s ol themselves, but of citizens ol
the Southern portion of the confederacy.” The
motion to strike out the prohibitory clause of
the bill did not prevail— Richmond Whig.
”An Eye to Harmonious Ac
tion."
Horace Ureely. writing from Washington,
6th Marell, says:
There is a movement on foot looking to a
full consultation of the Anti-Nebraska .Mem
bers of both Houses in the Representatives
Hall on Tuesday evening next. The object is
a comparison of views with an eye to harmo
nious action in the next Presidential Cau
cus.
The above is just such •■amovement’as every
person knew would be made, and as most per
sons know has already been made. It showed
itself in the election of Collum, for Clerk—it
wasevinedin Philadelphia—it is manifest n
the nomination of Fillmore and Donelson
The Black Republican, Campbell, ofOhio, w a .
most cordially received and applauded at the
late ratification Know Nothing meeting in
Washington. The needle points steadily to the
North, no matter how the political Know
Nothing box is turned.— Augusta Con.
£67* Governor Chase, of Ohio, savs that
Senator Toombs’ speech, at Boston, deserves
to be studied, because it is a clear and able
statement of the doctrines of the party with
which the Republicans will have to contend
during the next Presidential campaign.
WM. KA if PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 32.
ARRIVAL, OF THE
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LATER FROM EUROPE-
The steamer Arabia has arrived with Liver
pool dates of tha Ist.
Liverpool Market.
Cotton opened active, but closed quietly at
steady rates. Sales of the week 60,000 bales.
Breadstuff? lower.
A quantity of cabin wreck was seen in iat.
40°3(5 sig., lon. 49 deg. 40 sig., on February
7th, which may possibly have belonged to the
Pacific.
The Peace Conferences were processing fa
vorably.
Consols closed at 91 1-8 a 91 1-4.
. [From tho St, Louie Dcmocat, Fob. 23]
Highly Jnaportasit from Kansas.
Hostilities Renewed—United Slater Troops En
gaged—Gen. Robinson Resolves to take the
Oath of Office —Appeal from Kansas Mer
chants.
La whence, K. T. Feb. 14.—Yesterday about
noon a messenger arrived in this city from Eas
tm, with information from lhe Free State set
tlers in that vicinity, that the Kickapoo Ran
gers acre making preparations to commence
hostilities again in that quarter; threatening to
reveng Cooks death by murdering lhe friends
oi the murdered Brown, &c. The Free State
men were getting ready, determined to sell their
li'es as dearly as possible, acting only ou the
delensivc. Assistance from Lawrence requir-
'lhe commanding officers here dispatched a
messenger to t c post oi danger, witli orders to
get the facts, and to return immediately.
'ownrds evening a small detachment of
mounted men, under command of Col. Diekey,
left for the expected point of attack.
This afternoon, an express camo in with a
letter from Col. Dickey, stating that he had met
the messtnger who was on his way to Lawrence,
and reported that the fighting had commenced
t-.t Eastin, that his company should proceed at
once to the assistance of their friends, and re
quested that more men mid munitions of war
be sent on as soon as possible.
Soon after the letter was received, a company
of nr unted men, commanded by Major Grover,
k it. this city to join Dickey’s forces at Eastin.
They intended to travel all night, getting there
to morrow morning./
■ So we fear the war has again commenced.
; What the final result will be, time will show.
> It is currently reported here that Cui. Sum
ner, commander at Fort Leavenworth, has
received orders from the President to the troops
i unde? his command, to suppress insurrections,
and to stop invasions in this Territory.
Tlie cx-Judgo ■ Elmore, who represents flic
Pro Slavery sentiment, was in this city a few
days since, trying to induce the State officers
mid members elect of the legislature, not to
take the oath of office when the wheels of a
State govermne it are put in motion. The
Judge informed tho members elect, that ns soon
as they took the oath they were guilty of trea
son, &c.
He held a long talk with Gen. Robinson,
Gov. elect, advising him not to take the oath,
&c. The General repli d by saying. “I shall
at the proper time, take tlie oath of office as
prescribed by tlie Constitution, and shall doit
even if I know that 1 shall be hanged lor it the
next hour.” If that be treason, he added, ho
should be ready and willing to be arrested and
tried on such a charge.
Anecdote of Hie lion. R. 11. Mor
ris.
lu a recent publication is given tho remarks
of tlie late Judge Morris, formerly Postmaster
of this city, at a supper given by tlie clerk in
the post office, on his retirement from tlie office
of Postmaster in May, 1849. In the course of
the evening, volunteer toasts having been called
for, M r. Morris said ;
“Gentlemen, please fill your glasses lor a toast.
As I intend to toast a man you may not know,
I deem it necessary, before mentioning his name,
to tell you what sort of a man he is.
‘He rises at 4 o’clock in the morning and
works assiduously during the day, until 9 o’clock
in the eveniijg—goes wearied to bed, to rso
again at 4 o'clock, and again to work assiduous
ly-
'lf the gentlemen of the Press—and there are
some among us—incorrectly direct their news
papers for subscribers, it-is the fault of the
man I intend to toast, if the papers do not
reach those to whom they should have been ad
dressed.
“If a publishing clerk omits to address a news
paper to a subscriber, it is tlie fault of the man
1 intend to toast, that the subscriber does not
p et his paper.
•If :l man writes a letter and s als if, it is
the fault of the num I will toast, if the letter
docs not reach the person for whom it was in
tended.
‘lf au officer of a bank addresses a letter to
Boston instead of New Orleans, it is tlie fault
of the man I shall presently toast, if the letter
is not received ut New Orleans.
‘ If a merchant's clerk puls a letter in his
overcoat, aud leaves that coat at his boarding
house, witli the letter in his pocket, the mau 1
will toast is to blame because the letter has not
reached its destination.
‘lf a merchant shuts up a letter he has writ
ten between the leaves of his ledger, and locks
that ledger in his safe, the mau 1 will toast has
caused the non-reception of that letter.
‘lf a poor debtor has no money to pay his
dunning creditors, and writes a letter that he
incloses fifty dolllars, but incloses no money,
having none to inclose, the man I will toast has
stolen the money.
‘lf a good, warm-hearted, true friend,receives
a letter from a dear (?) but poor friend, asking
the loan of live dollars, aud, desiring to be con
sidered a good, warm hearted, true friend, und
at the some time to save his five dollars,’ writes
a b-tter, saying ‘dear friend, I inclose you the
five dollars,’ but only wafers into the letter a
; mall corner of the bill—the man I will toast
has stolen the five dolla's out of the letter, und
in pulling it out, tore the bill.
‘lf a rad bridge is torn down, or the draw
left opeu, aud the locomotive is not able to jump
the gap, but drops into the river with tlie mail,
the man I will toast has caused the failure of
the mail.
•This, gentlemen, is the stranger to you, whom
I will toust. I give you gentlemen—A Post
Office Clerk.”
IKJu The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post says :
“Lord Clarendon having refused to communi
cate to Parliament the correspondence, our
Government has assumed the office of enlight
p'liing them, und, 1 urn Informed, that a copy
sos iliepamphlet containing it was transmitted
, by Saturday's steamer to each member of the
House of Lords and Commons. ”