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THE ATLANT! WEEKLY EXAMINER. ■W JS KS KT. UIELCULi ATIONT OF THE; E3 3SC -A. IM[ I JXT ES El, 12000 COE»IE3feS! ,o«.i h. nuu. I CHAS. L. BARBOUR. J ‘ VOLUME 11. THE WEEKLXfcEXAMINER is Publhed every Fridaynorntng n the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOLLAR PC« ANNUM, To be paid strictly in w/t)< cc. tSF No subscription tai cn for less than s months. RATES OF ADV SRTISING. Advertisements are insert lin the Weekly Examiner at the following rates: Seventy-live cents per square (of 10 lines brevier) for the first insertions, and 87| cents per square for each sub sequent insertion. 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All Advertisements not specified as to time will bo published until forbid and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administra tors, Executors or Gurdians, are required by law to be held on the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court House in the County in which the property is situated. Notices of these sales must be given in a pub ic gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must bo given in ako manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an es tate mus' also bo published 40 days. Notice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guar dianship &c., must be published 30 days—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months —for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months —for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always bo continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Bate? • Citations on letters of Adn mistration &c. $2 15 do do dismissory om Adminis tration, 4 50 Citation on dismissory from Guardianship, 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Ncg> es, Notice to debtors and cred: us: 3 00 Sales of personal property, t i days, 1 square 1 50 Salos of land or negroes by Executors, &c. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks, For a man advertising his wife, (in advance.) 5 00 Letters on business must bo (post paid) to en title them to attention. 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 j imiOrnunffiffl ' ■ ■■ ■ 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. ”