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JOHN IL STEELE . Editor
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THU HSDAY, MAT 15, It-oG.
Astounding Profanity.
The Montrose Democrat says : “We recollect
a little over a year ago, that we heard Mr.
Wilmot make the following declaration :
“I am determined to arouse the people to
the importance of the slavery issue, and g t up
an organization through winch they can get
control of the government in ’56. And if 1
become satisfied that these efforts will fail, and
that these people will not assert their rights
then I'll be d 1 if I don’t join the party
that I think will send the country to h—ll the
quickest I”
Well, this is exceedingly rich! What a
“ determined” fellow this Wilniet is! First,
he is “ determined ” to arouse the people to the
importance of the slavery issue, by which con
trol of the government can be had in this bless
ed year of our Lord, 1856 ; and if his efforts
to efli'ct so important a result;hon’d fail, then
this desperate, “ diti rmmed ” fellow, is deter
mined to bed dis he don't join the party
that will send the country to b—ll the quickest.
What a desperate rascal! Wonder if he will
do as ho says ! It is now the month of May.
and he is hard at work with the Black Repub
licans; and if in November, he does not. suc
ceed in maki g the “people assert their rights."
then the country may look out for thunder, for
the redoubtable Wilmot will join a party tha*
will send it to h—ll, not by any slow process,
so that it may prepare for the great change in
its way below, but the quickest." Man. man.
are ye daft? Give us time to prepare, if ye
please 1 , for there is no telling what one may suf
fer by so sudden a change of temperature*, as
you w ould inflict upon the whole country, and
all out of mere spite.
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE COLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15. 1856.
“President Pierce’s Withdrawal”
Under the above head, on yesterday, we pub
lished an extract from the Washington city
“Sentinel,’' in which it was stated, upon "reli"
able authority,” that President Pierce would
withdraw his name from the contest for nomi
nation as a candidate for the Presidency, and
that his determination would be made “public"
within “sixty hours."
As intimated by us at the time, we had no
confidence in the rumor. We now see it em
phatically contradicted in the Washington Un
ion of the following day. That paper states
the rumor originated in a despatch sent from
Washington to New York, and was reproduced
in one of the Washington papers (the Sentinel);
and that it is part of a system of fraudulent
devices which are concocted, day by day, for
the purpose of operating prejudicially upon the
prospects of President Pierce. These devices
the Union further states, originate in Wash
ington ; are put forth through that convieu
ient vehicle of fabrications and falsehoods, the
New York Ikra'd,and are reproduced in such
journals as belong to the league which have un
dertaken at all hazards to prevent the public
mind from coming to a dispassionate and im
partial decision as to the democratic nomina
tion.
Now, what will onr friends of the “Sentinel,’
say to this? We told them, on yesterday, that
President Pierce had no idea of affording them
“relief” so soon. Were they gulled bythe“r«.
mor," or are they influenced by the motives to
which the Union refers? If in the latter
quandary, we trust that they will tack about,
and, from this time out, fight fair.—
Pr< s dent Pierce deserves no such treatment,
and although he is not our first choice, we would
scorn a resort to such trickery to defeat him in
the nomination. We demand for him, and for
“ Old Buck," and (he “ Little Giant," fair
play; in the name of the Anti Know Nothing
and Democratic party of the whole Union, we
demand it! No more tricks, Mr. Sentinel, no
more tricks! It is a “ small potato game ”we
dislike much to see attributed to a paper that
has so ably sustained the great cause of Civil
and Religious Liberty, and of the Constitution.
Mr. Fillmore I—How He is to be Run.
We believe it was the Savannah Republican
that first started the game in the South to run
Mr. Fillmore, as Millard Fillmore, for the
Presidency, and not as the Know Nothing
candidate for that office. In other words, to
unhitch him from the car of Know Nothingism;
to divest him of all the harness placed on his
shoulders by the “ Secret Order,” in the shape
of oaths to proscribe men because of their place
of birth or on account of their religion ; aud to
run him outside of his nomination because of
the odium which attaches itself to his party.
Now if this is not a most arrant piece of hum
buggery, then we will give up that Barnum
never did humbug the people—that his Joie!
Heath, aud his Mermaid were just what he
represented the flesh of one and the fish of the
other to lie, and that there was no guile in
him! Il is as utterly impossible to present
Millard Fillmore to the people of Georgia, as a
candidate for President of the United States,
and to root from their minds his connection
with Northern Know Nothings, as it would to
make them believe that Henry Clay was net a
whig, or that Andrew Jackson was not a de
mocrat. Why Millard Fillmore is now the
very embodiment of Know Nothingism. He
is the chief around whom Northern Know
Nothings are to rally, and Donelson is his lieu
tenant. Pray, in this now arrangement, what
is to become of the latter ? Is he to be drop
pi d by these self-styled “ conservative whigs ”
of Boston, and of Georgia ? We say of Bos
ton too, because although the Republican starts
the idea, South, yet the Boston Courier was in
advance of it. What, then, we repeat will
they do with Donelson ?
But this is not all. It is proposed to “drop
all platforms,” they being neither “evidences of
present opinions, nor of future bona fide inten
tions, but simple promises held to the ear, du
ring the struggle lor power, only to be “broken
to the hope when the end is attained.''
Doesnot Mr. Fillmore.we ask, stand upon
a platform—a party platform ; a platform of
principles ; the platform of the falsely styled
American party. lie does, aud every voter
in Georgia knows it. There is no mantle with
which he can be covered, that will hide the
deformity of his position from the people. He
has already accepted the nomination of the
Know Nothings, and as a Know Nothing will
his claims be discussed in every militia district
in our State. We know well that this will be
mortifying to many a good whig, but there is
no help for it. When Millard Fillmore, for
getful of the honors that had been heaped upon
him by the American people ; forgetful of the
high position which he bad occupied as the
Chief Magistrate cf this Union ; connected him
self with the “secret order.” he forfeited the es
teem aud confidence of every right thinking
Souther:; Whig; aud by no trick or device can
one io ten thousand of them be induced to sup
port him. As lor the specious device to which
we Lave referred, it will deceive nobody.
Atlanta Eire Company—No- 1.
We publish with great pleasure the proceed
ings of an interesting meeting held by this
company, at their Engine House on Monday
evening last.
The meeting was called in pursuance of a
resolution to that effect, for the purpose of
presenting to its energetic and popular chief
Mr. W. W. Baldwin, an elegant SILVER
HORN, as a testimonial of the respect and
regard which the Company entertained for
him.
We regret not being present on the occa
sion, having been confined to our room by sick
ness. We are advised, however, (hat all things
passed off handsomely, and much to the credit
of this, one of the finest organized Companies
of Firemen in the State.
Atlanta Fire Company .-No. 1.
At a regular meeting of the Atlanta fire Co.
No. 1, held at their Engine house on Monday
Evening sth inst., after the regular business
had been disposed of, W. Barnes, Chairman, of
a Committee,-who was appointed to prepare a
testimonial for their President, reported that
the Committee had attended to their duty, aud
were prepared for the presentation ; whereupon
Mr. S. Frankford,who had beersseiected for the
purpose, made the following
ADDRESS:
Mr. Baldwin, I am appointed (as incompe.
tent as I am) to extend the testimony of a Fire
man’s love to its President, for his valuable
services. I deeply appreciate the pleasurable
duty assigned me, and well do I remember
when first you come into our midst. It was a
sad and portentious time for our Company.—
Atlanta Fire Company No. 1, torn by factions
whose unnatural cavillings shook it to its cen
tre, and threatened its entire dissolution; its
members governed since its formation by len
ient and indulgent hands; had become slaves
to feelings engendered by such indulgence;
hence the gloomy state of affairs, until the bal
lot box by an overwhelming majority gave the
reins of government in your hands, aud placed
you in that seat, which you have held for the
last three years, and occupied o justly, and so
honorably. Sir, we never repented our choice.
Hospitality, justice, and friendship, are your
attributes. Your integrity has been unshaken,
and your friendship unselfish. These cardinal
virtues glittering with an undimmed lustre,
have made Caesar's words most applicable.—
“You came, yon saw, you conquered.” A g lance
at the past and the flourishing present, will fill
the hearts of all who study the welfare of our
Company with emotion, in which gratitude to
you, and joy for our prosperity arc chiefly
blended.
Aud now, sir, in behalf of the members of
the Atlanta Fire Company No. 1, accept this
Horn, for it is yours—yours through right,
yours through merit, yours through zeal, yours,
entirely yours, through years of the honorable
discharge of your duties as President of this
Company. Accept it, sir, appreciate and prize
it as the most precious of treasures, for it is a
token of the gratitude, friendship and esteem of
your friends. And in long, long years from
this, when time shall have silvered your hair, and
bowed your manly form to feeble age, and wlfbn
Death, that undesired, though unerring guest
shall s tun mon you to hat sleep—tqat last sleep
from which there is no wakening on earth.
“ and yon travel to that undiscovered country
from whose bourn no traveller returns," Ob.
then bequeath this Horn, teeming with a Fire
man’s love, as a rich legacy to your issue, and
jf they inherit their father's qualities, they will
proudly grasp the treasure beyond all price,
and keep it sacred and inviolable.
To which the President replied—
Gentlemen and Firemen, to know that my
efforts meet the approval of those with whom
I have been associated, is highly gratifying to
my feelings.
My success at the head of the Fire Company,
is mainly due to the officer* and members of
the Atlanta Fire Company who now p.esent
me with this token of their respect.
Yonr magnificent present will be treasured
as a visible symbol of your kind feelings, and
my associations with the Atlanta Fire Com
pany will ever be amongst the pleasantest re.
collections of my life.
Gentlemen, I can only say that you have my
heart felt thank; for this Demonstration of
your regard.
After spending a short time in a social way.
the meeting was adjourned.
W. BARNES, Chr’mn.
Oxs of the Mothers of '76.—Sarah Phil
brook, of Hardwick, Vt. a widow of a revo
lutionary soldier, and whose age is ninety-fonr
years, made aud sold last season, from two
cows, six hundred pounds of butter, besides
milk and butter for family use. The writer
saw twenty-two and a half pounds of beauti
ful butter that she had just made, in eight days
from the same two cows, being the first churn
ing o’ the season. Mrs. Philbrook never keeps
any hired girl; has no assistance about the
house, except what is rendered by her boy who
is not quite seven years old, and who does
not intend to marry while his mother is able to
do her work.
Death is abroad in the Land.
But yesterday, as it were, we were called up.
on to announce the death of the late George
M. Troup, than whom no man had secured
more of the love aud veneration of t lie people
of our State than be. And to-day we are sum
moned to the performance of a similar, mourn
ful duty. for another of Georgia’s distinguish
ed sons nas passed away, and at a period when
his friends and his State calculated lately on
his future influence.
Yes, William C. Dawson is dead 1 George
M. Troup is dead! Andrew J. Miller is
dead ! And, but a short time ago, John Mc
pherson Berrien preceded all these to the tomb!
Who can fail to be impressed with the truth,
that “death is abroad in the land 1”
Our relations with all of these deceased, were
for many, many years, intimate. We might fill
page after page with a history of their worth
and of their patriotism, and devotion to Geor
gia. But to abler hands we surrender the
task.
The last sad event, the death of Mr. Dawson.
is thus noticed by the Augusta C< nstitutional
ist & Republic. We present it to our readers
in lieu of comments of our own.
Death of William Crosby Daw
son.
The painful intelligence reached our city yes'
terday i f the death of the Hon. Wm. C. Daw
son, and produced a deep and universal feeling
of sorrow'. It occured at bis residence in
Greensboro, about three o’clock yesterdavmor
ning.
This sad event will cause the most sorrow
ful emotions, not only in the community in
which this di tinguisbed gentleman lived—not
only throughout the State of Georgia, of which
he was a favorite and much honored gon, but
in every part of the Union ; for he was exten
sively known and general! beloved.
Mr. Dawson filled many posts of respnnsi
bslity and distinction during his long ami hon
orable career in the public service of his State
and country. In early life he was a member
of the Legislature, and for ten years Clerk of
the House of representatives. He was. subse
quently, under the general ticket sys'em elec
ted, several times, member of Consrress, where
he served with credit and distinction. He al
so, for a short period, filled the office of Jndqe
of the Superior Court, and was Senah/r mJJoa
grtSs for six years prior to March, 1855. At
Washington City he was a universal favorite.
He was much admired for his courtliness of
manners and amenity of temper. When about
to retire at the close of bis Senator: ! term, he
was presented with a service of plate, as a to
k n of the esteem of his many friends and ad
mirers in the Federal City.
M r. Dawson served the people of Georgia long
and faithfully in the public counsels. In mut
ters of private business for his constituents, re
quiring vigilant attention and patient labor, he
was ever their efficient representative. In mat
ters of high public import, he was ever at his
post, ready to give to the subject in hand his
best energies and most patriotic efforts. But
it is not as the advocate or the statesman, the
loss of Mr. Dawson will be most deeply felt
and mourned by his fellow citizen?. It is as
the kind and amiable gentleman—the warm 1
hearted, hospitable and generous friend—the 1
benevolent and sympathising man, with a hand
“ open as the day to melting charity,” that he |
will be most feelingly remembered. The death
of such a man is a public calamity. There
can be no division of sentiment—no distinction
of classes or parties—in doing honor to his
memory.
We compile from the Historical Collections
of Georgia, the following:
The Hon. W. C. Dawson was born in Greene
county, Ga., and bis academic course was first
taken under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Cum
mins. and afterwards at the county academy in
Greensborough. At an early age he entered
Franklin College, and was graduated in 1816.
Upon leaving College, he immediately com
menced the study of law in the office of the Hon.
Thos. W. Cobb, at Lexington ; anu at the ex
piration of a year he entered the Law School
at Lichfield, Conn., under the c .roof Judges
Reeves and Gould. After taking a full course
of lecture', he returned to Greenesborough, was
admitted to the bar, aud in a short time ranked
very high in his profession.
In 1821, he was elected Clerk of the House
of Representatives of the State Legislature:
and it is proof of his fidelity as an officer, and
his amiable character as a man, that through
frequent changes of party supremacy, he fiiltd
that office for ten or eleven consecutive years.
In 1828, he was appointed by the Legislature
to compile the statutes of Gerogia, which duty
he performed to the satisfaction of the General
Assembly and the legal profession. In 1854.
he was appointed by Gov. Crawford to fill a
vacancy on the bench of the Ocmulgee Circuit.
In 1834-'5, he represented Greene county in
the State Senate. In 1836. he was elected to
Congress, and re-elected in 1838 aud in 1840.
The Creek aud Seminole Indians in Florida
and on the line of Georgia, becoming hostile in
1836, Judge Dawson raised a company of vol
unteers, to the command of which he was elec
t:*d, and, under the authority of the State
Government, took the field. Gen. Scott, who
had at tuat time taken the conduct of the
Florida war, gave him a separate command
and detailed him upon a special service, which
he performed to the satisfaction of that gallant
soldier.
In the winter of 1847, he was elected to the
United States Senate, aud at the close of bis
term retired to private life.
Mrs. Clayton.—We learn from good au
thority, that Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton, late of
this city.—who was charged with having cans,
ed the death of a negro girl by cruel punish
ment, and fled to avoid an arrest, —was recently
sent from Mobile to insane asylum in Kentucky
the unfortunate woman having become a raving
■MUM-
' Democratic Meeting in Clinch County.
A mecting«of the Anti-Know Nothing and
Democratic party was held in Clinch county,
on the 17th ult., at which John Nichols, Esq ,
presided as Chairman, and C. Joyce, Esq., act
ed as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was to appoint
delegates to the Convention which is to assem
ble at Milledgeville on the -Ith of July next.
The following gentlemen were appointed—
Judge Rastingcr.T. W. Newton, R. A. Ben
net, J. P. Prescott, R. G. Stephens, J. L
Minton, and Col. W. M. Nichols.
On motion of Col. Nichols, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That the Democratic and anti-
Know Nothing Party of Clinch county, fully
and cordially endorse the administration of our
present National Chief Magistrate, Franklin
Pierce; aud it is our firm conviction that he
has discharged his constitutional duties with
unflinching zeal.
Resolved, That Franklin Pierce, is our
choice for the Presidency, and Herschel V.
Johnson, Georgia's able and patriotic Execu
tive. is our choice for the Vice Presidency.
Resolved, That we earnestly desire to do
honor to that “Spartan Band” who fearlessly
threw themselves into the ‘'Straights” of our
national well being, in the election for Speaker,
and boldly stemmed the tide of Black Republi
canism, which bid fair to submerge the last
vestige of America’s proud laurels, in that 11 ell
generated, factious, miasmatic, cess pool.
Resolved, That we i.eartily approve the ap
pointment of Hon. A. E. Cochran, Judge, and
W. 11. Dasher, Solicitor General of the Bruns
wick Circuit. We feel proud of the courteous,
dignified, and able Jurist, his Excellency select
ed to preside over our Courts.
Interesting Letter from Jenny
Lind—Her Sympathy for Bar
num.
“ A friend in need, &c.”
We have been favored with the persual of
a letter from Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, to a
lady in this city.says a Philadelphia paper, of
which the following is an extract :
I had been apprised, some time previous,
of his difficulties with the Company, [Jerome
Clock,] but had not tfie lea -t idea he was sp
deeply involved. Now that the crash lias come
and ruin and poverty stare him in the face. I
feel that h. has all my sympathies. Yes, Ido
most deeply sympathize with him. I know the
hardly believe hiux ta be
utterly ruined. This is to be expected, as he
[BarnnmJ had the reputation of being a smart,
shrewd, and intelligent business man, the truth
cf which I can myself bear witness to. Mr.
Barnum had other qualities, of which the
American people knew little or nothing ; his
nature was the very acme of generosity, aud
thousands of untold and unheard of generous
deeds will fully atone for any errors of judg
ment he may have, and doubtless has commit -
ted. You know, my dear friend, those gifts I
and charity concerts, which I was made to par
ticipate in, not that it did not meet with my
most cordial approval, yet they all sprung from
Mr. Barnum, which, although he was shrewd
enough to know would return again’tenfold.jyet
his soul was in the act, nor would he listen to
my remonstrances that he, too, should share in
whatever credit might have been attached to
them. I know, also, that he was continually
importuned by needy persons for assistance, and
I positively assure you, as I believe to be the
case, that none every left him unsuccessful,
who was in the least deserving. I think, how
ever, that his genius and talent will not long
permit him to remain in impoverished obscu
rity. His dete-mined will, will soon arouse him
to action, and in a short space of time he will
have surmounted the difficulties that now sur
round and oppress him, and which would have
paralyzed the energies of an ordinary man.
“I will not dwell longer upon this subject.—
It is, indeed, painful for me to contemplate. 1
believe a good man should never fall, nor shall
he [Barnum] do so, for the want of a friend.—
His pride will not permit him to write to me
under the circumstances—mine compels me to
write to him. He, nor his, shall never know
want while 1 have it in my power, (which,
owing to the goodness of Heaven, I have now)
to keep it away. But let ns hope that things
are not as bud as represented, and that the next
steamer will bring more agreeable tidings.
This in confidence.
Affectionately, your friend,
Jenny Lind.
Kat her Sharp.
Lake shore train from Buffalo stops at a
way station. Enter a raw looking long legged
Yankee, and finds all the cam chuck full:
Yankee to Conductor—Say, you, what i’the]
name of Wetherfield onionr am I gwitie to do?
Can’t get a seat nohow.
Conductor—Hang yourself upon a nail.
Yankee—l II be hanged if I do.
Conductor—Well you night as well get
used to hangging first as last.
Yankee —Sure enough, cos I might be call
ed on to hang you some day.
Conductor—Well, I cave, and am willing
to drop the subject, aud you’ll stand treat at
the next station.
Yankee—Wall, I'm agreed, serin’ as hon
it's a purely knotty question.
Conductor—Why, you are as sharp as a
meat axe. Hain’t been eatinz razors lately,
have you?
Yankee—Wall, not ezictly. L’ut yu see
the train I come deoun ou cum into a pile of
grindstuns!
This was too much. Conductor vamosed
with his lantern.
Fop. K ansas.—The Charleston Courier says ;
Thirteen young men, from Georgetown, under
the lead of Mr. J. R. S. Alllston, left this city
in the afternoon train of yesterday for Kansas.
They were to be joined at Branchville, by a
party from Williamsburg and another from
arion, bringing the number of the entire par
ty cp to 32.
The U. S. aud Great Britain.
The events now occurring in Central Ameri
ca, can hardly fail to bring the pending contro
versy between Great Britain and the U. 8.
growing out of the Jlayton and Bulwer Treaty
to a speedy issue. The English Cabinet with
out the slightest excuse for its breach of neu
trality, has openly espoused the cause of Costa
Rica' (the aggressive party.) against Nicara
gua, who is doing nothing more than defending
her invaded soil. The only conceivable ex
planation of this British interference is to bi
found in the fact that among those who are
fighting the battles of Nicaragua is h consid
i erable number of Americans (I'rotn the U. B.)
who have sought aud obtained a home in that
country. No excuse whatever is furnished by
the action of our government.
So anxious has it been to give to Great Brit
ain, no ground of complaint by its policy to
wards the ruling authorities of Nicaragua, that
it has violated all the precedents in its history
by resolutely refusing to recognize the Admin
istration under whose authori y Walker is act
ing—through the only government possessing
the shadow of power, either de jure or de facto.
in tuat country.
But the English government having taken
sides with the Costa Ricans, there would now
seem to be no alternative for ours but prompt
action in behalf of Nicaragua—unless the Ad
ministration is preparid to suireuder the whole
of Central America to the influence of British
policy.
Arrests for Negro Stealing.
| A young man by the name of Larkin R
Parker has been arrested nt Atlanta and
brought to this city and committed to jail, un
der the follow.ng circum tances: He brought
a negro mm to Columbus from M ilkinson
county two or three weeks since, and sold him
here, on the 17th of April, to Dr, Bozeman—
giving as bis own name William Scott. The
negro was mis.-ing within a few days thereafter,
and Dr. Bozeman advertised for him in the
newspapers. Receiving an intimation from
Atlanta that a negro answering the description
was in that place in the possession of a man
calling Ills name W. C. Jackson, lie telegraph
ed the Marshal to arrest them, and proceeded
thither and found the slave and the same man
from whom he purchased him, in jail. A man
from Wilkinson county by the name of Spann
was also there seeking the arrest of Parker on
a charge which he intended to bring again:”
him. In the meantime, Mr. Ihomas IL Par
ker, the father of Larkin R. Parker, hearing
of the arrest, started for Atlanta, but did not
reach thereuntil a'ter Dr. B. had started with
ifie prisoners on Ins return to this city. The
old gentleman then came on, accompanied by
? pann, to Columbus. At Opelika they met
with one John G. Smi h, who resides in Wilk
inson county, and whom old Mr. Parker left al
home when he started for Atlanta, and suppos
ing him in some way connected with the stea
ling, by the use of a little artifice Spann in
duced him to come on to Columbus. On his
arrival here. Smith was arrested at the instance
of Thomas H. Parker, who charges him with
having influenced and aided his son in running
off from him not only the negro in question,
but another one previously, selling them and
dividing the proceeds. It is thought that
Smith, when met at Opelika, was fleeing the
country to avoid the charge of complicity with
young Parker, and there are suspicions that he
is engaged with others in an extensive scheme
for running off and selling negroes. He has
been sent back to Wilkinson county for exam
ination and commitment. Young Parker has
been committed to the jail in this city, having
waived a formal examination.— Columbus Sun,
May 2.
We find the following in an English
paper:
“A good joke is told of Hon. Rufus Choate,
a popular American orator and lawyer. He
had been invited by a committee of some pub
lic institution to lecture before it; but, from
his reply, the committee were unable to deci
pher whether he had accepted the invitation or
not 1”
Not to pause to inquire “ what is fame ?” a
question suggested by the phrase “ a popular
American orator and lawyer,” we would re
mark that the “good joke” here is, that alien
the committe submitted the “reply” itself to
Mr. Choate, he could notread it himself, as he
had forgotten whether his answer was in the
negative or affirmative to the particular invita
tion.
Two captains in the French army had
a duel at Grenoble on the Olli ult. Distance
twenty paces, to advance five and fire. Their
revenge was complete; both were killed on the
spot.
Mountains of Silver. —A letter in the New
York Sun, purporting to give an account of
a recent' exploration in the Masilla Valley
says :
“We have seen and examined the “ Silver
Mountains of Arizona," on the line of 32 degs
They are but a short fifteen miles south of Gray's :
line for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and I 1
assure yon that for miles ogether the richest
on s—richer and more abundant by fur tlian
those of Potosi—lie heaped up. and pil' d hills
upon hills, as if Nature bail there p urul out
her treasure in one grand overwheming mass.
I have se n the best mines in Mexico, but noil -
iug can compare with the Silver Mountains.’ ’
Cay- I'lie college Judge Douglas has endow
ed at Chicago is to be called at Douglas Uni
versity, and Rev. J. C. Burroug! s is to be tin
first president. Law and medicine are to be
taught with the other sciences, and a theologi
cal school is to be attached, in which students
will be fitted for the Baptist ministry.
Exchange Bank of Georgia. -Books of sub
scription to the stock o.'the above batik, were
I opened in Griffin on Thursday, aud the whole
amount (200,000) taken by citizens of that
place. The bank will go info operation in time
for the fi*U bugfoew.
T. BURKE, PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 40.
Conga visional.
XV asitinoton. May 2.—Senate.—A message
was received from the President of the United
States transmitting a report of the Secretary
of State witli documents in relation to the
settlement of the controversy with regard to
the Lobos Islands ; also, a message from the
same, transmitting a letter from the Post Mas
ter General and the correspondence in relation
to the mail transportation between the Atlantic
and Pacific possessions, in which the President
commends the subject to the early considera
tion of Congress.
Mr. Benj min addressed the Senate on the
Kansas question. He said that for the third
time within the short history of our Republic
had its internal peace been imperi led, and each
time the disturbing element had been the same,
fn 1820, when it was endeavored to admit Maine
into the Union and exclude Missouri, for the
purpose of securing harmony, the Missouri
Compromise was agreed to; but that did not
answer lite desired object. Scarcely had it
passed, when it was broken by nearly every
\V estern State ; it was scorned, derided and
repudiated. When, in 1850. the South pro
posed its extension to the Territory acquired
from Mexico, that proposition was contemptu
ously njeted. When, in 1854, it was finally
agiecd to r peal its terms that which for more
than a quarter of a century had ceased to have
any active ctlect, that was made use of ns a
ground for vituperation towards the South—
She was accused of violating hcrplighted faith,
with very much the same regard for truth that
has recently been observed here in the menda
cious tales in regard to the aflairs of Kansas.
1 be policy of seeking for other compromises
than those contained in the Constitution, was a
mistaken policy on the part of the South, and
be (Mr. 11.) thanked Heaven that the South at
length become aware of its mistake. She had
no longer any compromises to offer or accept.—
She would adhere to the Constitution, and if
its provisions should be violated to her injury,
tie n she would calmly and resolutely withdraw
from a compact, all the ol ligations of which
she is expected scrupulously to fulfill, and from
all the benefits of which she is ignominiously
repulsed. He argued t at the Constitution
might be as plainly violated by the abuse of
the powers expressly conceded in it, as by the
usurpation of powers not therein contained.—
He contended that the crusade against slave
ry on the part of the North was merely a
struggle for power. A principal motive of the
North to sustain the negro or Black Republi
can cause, was nn ignorance of facts.
1 hey had been so m sled by a continuous
perversion of the truth as to induce them al
most to hnte-thc white man of the .South, and
love the black man in preference. The
graphic narrations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was
preferred to history and official statistics.
In conclusion, he said,the Whig party was
dissolved, because a common cement was
wanting; and he said that whether right or
wrong the bare suggestion that the Senator
from New York (Mr Seward.) was in favor
of General Scott for the Presidency, was fatal
to his success. The opposition of the Senator
would have secured many Southern votes for
General Scott which he failed to receive.
Mr. Cass asked and obtained permission to
address the Senate, on Thursday next, in de
fence of ‘squatter sovereignty,” which had
been assailed by Mr. Brown.
Mr. Seward replied to Mr. Benjamin’s allu
sions to his political course.
Mr. Halo, alluding to what he said, were
grossly personal attacks upon him in Mr. Clay’s
recent speech, remarked that he had but one
word to submit in reply; That it will take
some king besides malignity to redeem imbecil
ity Irom contempt!
Mr. Clay sprung to his feet, greatly excited
saying: I defy the Senator’s malice as much as
1 contemn his baseness. No man shall assail
my rights or those of my constituents, and
shirk his responsibility by skulking behind u
pica of non-combatancy. If he had lieen ani
mated by those heroic feelings which he pro
fesses. he would not come upon this floor, ami,
under the protection of its rules, seek immuni—
ity for his insolence. J know he is pleased by
this attention. There are those of his class
who, like the London Attorney, Mark Middle,
in the play, are ambitious of a kick. [Sensa
tion.]
lie concluded by remarking that he had
nothing more to say to that Senator, having
twice declined his acquaintance; and he asked
pardon of the Senate for consuming so much
time about a Senator who soils the carpet upon
which he treads.
Mr. Hale replied that he had never sought
an introduction to him but once, and that was
on professional business for the benefit of a ci
tizen of Alabama.
Mr. Clay rejoined. He did not think his
reputation for veracity would suffer by conflict
with one who had repeatedly eaten his own
words.
Mr. Hale a rephed that if he did eat his own
words, he would have a more palatable meal
than the Senator from Alabama, if he should
undertake to cat his. (Laughter.)
Adjourned to monday.
liocsi:.—Mr Ritchie presented the memo
rial ot Judge Irvin, of Pennsylvania, in response
to the charges of the Pittsburg bar, against bis
official conduct, and asking an investigation.—
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
’I he private calendar was then taken up,
and thirteen private bi.ls were pas ed.
'1 he Committee of Conference on tire part of
the House, on the disagreeing amendme ts of
the Deficiency bill, being unable to agree, a new
Committee was ordered to be appointed, and
the House adjourned until Monday.
" The New York hardshell state commit
mittee and d.legates to the national convention
met at Syracuse on Tuesday—andon motion
of Gen. Ward, the delegates adjourned to meet
at the Burnett House in Cincinnati on Satur
day, May 31, to be ready to demand admission
or rejection in the national convention on the
2d of June.
A few days since a little son of Mr.
Bower, was drowned in Memphis, Tenussee, by
failing into the immersion pool of the Bap
church.