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®jre #mjm Sfstt. IRBDNUSDAT MIRMG FEBRUARY 27, 1856 Explanatory. In our issue of the 6th iust., we published a no tice of the arrest of a young man by the name of Chisholm, charged with robbing the Post Office.— We omitted to give credit to the paper from which the article was taken, and it appears as editorial in our paper. The article was copied from a Colum bus paper, and the robbery was committed in the Columbus Post Office, and notin Griffin. Mr. Kirkpatrick, Our Representative in the Legislatu re, will ac cept our thanks for a copy of the very able and el oquent speech of Mr. Stiles, of Chatham, on the subject of Common School Education, delivered in the House of Representatives, on the 29th day of January last, Drs. Clark & Emerson, Dental Surgeons, tender their services to a gener ous public, through the medium of the Press, as may be seen by reference to their Card, to be found in our paper. Well skilled in the theory and prac tice of their profession, those who engage their services, may expect good work, and reasonable prices, to suit the hardness of the times Superior Dentistry. Look at the Advertisement of Messrs. Cleve land & Sons, to be found iu another column. If you want work done in this line, you will find these gentlemen every way well qualified to execute it with neatness and dispatch. Specimens of their skill are abundant in this community, and their pri ces are very reasonable, which is not a very com mon thing with members of their profession. Try them, prove them, and then you'll know. Spiritualism. Rev. Thomas L. Harris, the great apostle of Mo dern Spiritualism, has been sojourning in onr city for a few days, during which time, he* has deliver ed a series of Lectures on the subject of his pecu liar faith, to large and attentive audiences. He ap pears, from his deportment, to be a gentleman, and a man of devoted piety. lie is denounced by ma ny as an enthusiast, a fanatic, or an insane man.— If he be really obnoxious to thes charges, there is doubtless method in his madness. lie appears to be remarkably familiar with history, both sacred and profane ; is a fluent speaker, and an eloquent orator. We are not prepared to subscribe to his views iu reference to the communication of the spi rits of the dead, with the living in the manner set forth by him. This doctrine, to us, is so novel and incomprehensible, that we must have strong de monstrative proof before we can give it our sanc tion. It is so much out of the ordinary train of belief in which we have been educated, that like Thomas of old, “we must thrust our hand into the wound, made by the Roman spear, and put our fingers on the prints of the nails,” before we can yield implicit faith in this strange doctrine.— Much, however, of his lectures,.met our cordial ap probation. His exposition of the evils and dan_ gers of sectarian bigotry, were exactly in accor dance with the opinion we have long entertained on this poiut. He inculcates the purest and strict est morality, and the highest degree of Christian piety. We have thus far been unable to discover the dangerous tendency of his system of theology. A number of our citizens have for years, been be lievers in this faith, and we have seen no change in them for the worse on account of having adopted it. They comprise some of the most respectable members of our community ; we have known them long before and since they embraced and if it has produced any visible change in their character and conduct as citizens, and Christians, it has been for the better. We therefore are not prepared to make war upon Mr. Harris, or his doc trines. We are neither his champion, advocate or apologist, except in this : we contend, and shall ever contend, for the freest tolcratiou to him, and to those who believe with him, in the full exer cise and expression of their opinions, until we dis cover in those opinions, something that is destruc five of the good of society. This principle, the principle of freedom of opinion and freedom of speech.-is secured and guaranteed to every Ameri can citizen’ by our glorious Constitution as long as kept within those bounds wherein the safety of our political institutions are not endangered and the moral sense of the community is not corrupt ed. If this doctrine of Spiritualism „be of God, the world cannot prevail against it ; if it be of men, it will come to nought.” We repeat, that we are not a follower or believer in Mr. Harris’ no tions of spiritual communications. But at the same time, we are not prepared to condemn it, be cause it is beyond our comprehension. If, howev er, light should shine upon our mind, and we should have satisfactory evidence of its truth, we shall embrace it, in the exercise of that glorious right secured to us by the Constitution and Laws of our free country. • • ♦ Magnanimous. Dr. Sciiven, the Senator from Chatham, was one of the majority Committee, who reported against the Atlanta Bank. That report was laid on the table for the balance of the Session, by an over whelming majority. Next day a motion was made to reconsider the vote of the preceding day, on which motion, an exciting debate sprung up. In that debate, Dr. Scriven candidly and magnani mously acknowledged that he had been led into er ror by the want of a knowledge of ad the lacts of the case, and retracted so far as he could, the opin ion contained iu the majority report. Such can dor and magnanimity is worthy of all cammenda tion, and reflects great honor upon this able Sena tor. Dr. Scriven is reported to have said : “Sir, my views have, undergone much change since the Report of the Committee. I thought at first that I had good grounds for my opinion. It did appear to me, from the letters of the Solicitor General, that there had been a real bona fide viola tion of the charter. When I signed the Report, I had no evidence that there had been a payment of specie; but I have since read an affidavit, sworn to an 1 witnessed, that specie had been paid. I, there for. \ do.not agree in my former opinion, that the ch t ‘er should be forfeited. I deem it my duty to say! iis as an act of justice.” Charity. The Rev. C. W. Key, Pastor of the Methodist Church in this place, preached a sermon on this subject, on Sunday, the 17th inst., which accorded more fully with our views than anything we have heard from the pulpit in many years. He defined Charity, in a scriptural sense, to mean, not merely the giving of alms, as many suppose, but love, true, genuine, unalloyed love for our fellow man. This great principle of love, underlies the whole fabric of the Christian Religion. Without this ac five principle to govern and direct the professor of the Christian faith, all his external manifestations of piety, are “as sounding brass and a tinkling sym bol. Mr. K. in his discourse, dwelt at length up* on the fruits which grow out of this Ilcavcu-born principle, and the consequences resulting from a want of it. The former are manifested in acts of kindness, generosity and forbearance towards our fellow beings ; the latter, in those of enmity, slan der, vituperations, criminations and recriminations, envy, strife, aud social, political and religious dis cord. This discourse was quite opportune to the place and the occasion on which it was delivered. A politicul tornado has for several months past been sweeping over the country, prostrating, in its maddening course, the benevolent and religious in stitutions in our land, and producing moral and re ligious death in the community. No place within the range of our acquaintance, has suffered more from its effects than Griffin. We shall not stop to enquire who has been most to blame in bringing these evils upon our people. Such an investiga tion would only tend to open again the fountains of strife, and set the bitter waters to flowing afresh. Let the dark waves of oblivion roll over scenes of the past, aud cover them up forever, and let all unite in “the noble and glorious work” of rebuild ing the waste places of Zion. The principle so strongly and eloquently inculcated by Mr. K., in his sermon, if duly appreciated and properly culti vated, will be the most effectual remedy for the ac complishment of the desired object ; to bring to* get her the broken fragments of society, restore con fidence among its members and unite them together in the bonds of a loving fraternity. Could this principle of Love universally prevail, nine-tenths of the evils and calamities with which our race is cursed, would be removed. We should have no quarrels, no wars, no strife,no actions for slander, none of those petty annoyances which the tongue of the tat'er is constantly creating. Peace and Harmony would pervade all communities—benev olence would supplant avarice—the hand of Chari ty would hush the orphan’s cry, and the tongue of kindness would carry consolation to every widow ed heart. Every man would become a friend and benefactor to his neighbor, and benevolence be lost m universal philanthropy. We should be .glad it this sermon could be preached from every pulpit through all these lands, every sabbath for the next twelve months. It would inaugurate anew era in the history of Christendom, and be productive of more substantial good to society generally, than all the sermons which could be preached on creeds and confessions of faith, for the next half a century.- lion. Uisam Harneiv This gentleman spent the day in our city, on Tnursday last, en route to Washington Pity, from his home in Meriwether county. He appears in fine health and spirits, and returns to his post at Washington, to fight the enemies of the Demo cratic Party and of the country, whether they pre sent themselves in the form of Black Republicans, Anti-Nebraskaites or under the disguise of Know Nothingism, Courts in Butts and MeriwetS&er. The Legislature has passed an act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Butts coun ty, from the 2nd Monday in March and September, to the Ist Monday in June and December. Con sequently there will be no Court on the 2nd Mon day in March, next ensuing, in Butts county. Al so an act to change the time of holding the Supe rior Court of Meriwether county, from the 4th Monday in February and August, to the 3rd Mon day in those months, and the Court to continue two weeks, if necessary. This act does not take effect till the Ist of April next. Sound Northern Democrats. Below will be found the names of the sixteen Northern Democrats who voted for Gov. Aiken ; of South Carolina, for Speaker, in opposition to Banks, the Black Republican. We hope to be ex cused for omiting the names of the Northern Know Nothings who voted for the Southern candidate. Wc do so for the best of reasons —there was not one to be found. And was there not one righteous Lot to be found in this modern Sodom ? No, not one.’ The name of the sixteen Northern Demo crats, are Allen, of Illinois, Cndwalader, of Penn., English, of Indiana, Florence, of Penn., Fuller, of Maine, Hall, of lowa, Harris, of Illinois, Jones, of Penn., Kelly, of New York, Marshall, of Illinois, Miller, of Indiana, Peck, of Michigan, Yail, of New* Jersey, Wells, of Wiscon sin, Wheeler, of New York, and Williams, of New York. Mr. Richardson was denied the privilege of voting for Mr. Aiken, on account of having pair ed off with a Banks man, who had gone borne and did not return till after the final vote. Mr. Rich ardson declared publicly, at the time, his great de sire to vote for Aiken, but could not honorably do so on account of the arrangement above mentioned. Congress. Our news from Washington is, in a great mea sure, uninteresting. Congress, since the organiza tion of the House, has done nothing of general interest. The President, through Mr. Marcy, Sec retary of State, has authorized Gov. Shannon, of Kansas Territory, to call on the commanding Offi cers of the United States Troops, in that vicinity, for aid in sustaining the supremacy of the law, and maintaining good order among the people of that territory. Gen. Davis. Secretary of War,has issued his orders to those Officers, to hold their commands in readiness to respond 10 Gov. Shannon's calf should an emergency arise demanding it. This may prove effectual iu preventing outrage in that territory, but serious apprehensions are entertained by many in regard to the controversy now pending between the two contending parties in Kansas. — The political sky looks dark and lowering. For the first time in the history of our country, Abo litionism has control of one branch of the Nation al Legislature. This doubtless gives great encour agement to the enemies of the South to persevere in their efforts for our destruction. We can con ceive of but one remedy for the threatened evils now impending over our section of’ the country That remedy is, for the whole South to unite with the few sound Democrats at the North, and make common cause against a common enemy. Let the Black Republicans fight the Catholics and For eigners to their heart's content, (they give us little or no trouble at the South,) and let the Southern Know Nothings come in and heip the Democrats, fight for the rights of the South. Will our South American friends do this ? We shall see. Main Tru-k D. ail road. The Bi 1 lor Chartering this Road, was lost on ! its third reading in the House, and reconsidered. It was taken up on Thursday last, and being ‘ amended by a proviso, that no iron or superstruc ture should be put on the Road, until the Bruns wick or. Savannah and Gulf Railroad should be completed to the Eastern terminus of the Main Trunk Road, was passed by yeas 78, nays 50 It was further amended before its passage, by lipiiting the State’s subscription to 81,000,000. It will, no doubt, pass the Senate, and be a source of great joy to the people of Southern and South-Western Georgia. Sale of the State Hoad. We perceive that the Senate has passed a bill forthe sale of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.— We have been opposed to this measure in any form in which it might be presented, and the plan pro posed,is, in our opinion,highly objectionable in sev eral of its details. The bill provides that no indi vidual or corporation out of the State, shall be al lowed to purchase any of ihc slock. If there was any good reason why the Road i hould be sold.it was that something might be added to the actual capital of the State. Under this restriction, nothing is gained, because the means to be used for the pur chase of the Road, must be abstracted from other interests in our State, and those interests must therefore suffer. The Road, under the present plan, will probably fall into the hands of the Geor gia or Central Railroads, and thus defiat or.e of the grand objects for which it was built,to dispense its benefits to all the connecting lines of Railroads without distinction. Besides this the Road is just arrived at a point, where it begins to pay a profit, and wc think it bad policy to dispose of property likely to become very valuable in a short time, many reasons might be urged against this measure, but want of space forbids that we should say more. We trust the bill will be defeated in the House of Represen t a t i ves. Bills Passed. The House of Representatives have passed a Bill giving to Judges of the Superior Courts, power to commute the puinshment for capital offences, lrorn death to imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary, should the Jury recommend the prisoner to the mercy of the Court. Yeas 72, Nays 25. The Senate have passed the following Bills : Bill to form anew county from Baker and Early, to be called “Miller,” in honor of Andrew J. Mil ler.— Passed. Bill to form anew county from Franklin, to be called “Cleveland,” in honor of an officer of the Revolution, who fell at the battle ol King’s Moun tain —Passed. Bill giving the owners of Livery Stables the same lien as is now granted Tavern Keepers— Passed. Bill authorizing heirs at law. to settle estates among themselves, when they become of age— Passed. Post Oalice Defalcations. The complaints-against the Post. Office depart merit for various causes, have become matters of ev ery day occurrence. In addition to frequent fail ures of the mails, this vehicle for the transmission of money, chec ks, Ac., has b come very unsafe and unreliable. We suggest to our liicnds and sub scribers, the indispcnsible precaution of havPiig ail letters containing remittances to ns, registered by the Post Master at the offices where they are mail ed There is a“s crew loose” in the Department somewhere between Griffin and Augusta, as letters from the North containing money, have been traced to Augusta, and never heard ol this side of that of fice. The same is true of valuable letters going hence for New York and elsewhere. It has been ascertained that several (and registered letters too) have never reached the Augusta Post Office. Too much money and time is lost —the latter in looking after the former—than can well be afforded, or is at all necessay, if the clerks and agents in the Post Offices did their duty. Some of our “ exchanges ,” too, are very irregular in their appearance, and oth ers never reach us at all ; yet we are positively as sured from the private statement of the editors, that the papers were duly and regularly mailed. Can Post Masters tell us what becomes of them ? Cu riosity, if no deeper motive, should solve this ques tion. Death of 3lrs. Caroline Eee Ilentz. The Savannah Georgian says : “Wc are pained to learn that this gifted Authoress, this amiable and accomplished lady, is no more ! She died of Pneu monia, at Talahassee, Fla., a few days since.” For tlie Empire State. Mr. Editor : Did you ever see or know the like? But this is a free country, and our Legislature most potent and sovereign, and Georgia the Empire Stats, South, therefore can do anything it likes, im perial and sovereign, in legislation. Just think of it, the present Legislature has chartered three more Female Colleges, as it has done before here and there and every where. Surely they intend that the daughters of Georgia shall all become learned Aspasias, teachers and lecturers, strong-minded wo men, defenders of woman’s rights, and none left to preside at home as the house-hold divinities. There are something now like twenty Female Colleges, not two-thirds of them supplied with the necessary appliances of such institutions. They have no philosophical apparat us or libraries for experiment al science, nothing more is taught in them than is taught in our log school houses, but they all charge College prices for tuition. This thing of Colleges has become truly a farce, almost as ridiculous as farces acted in theatres. Why not at once char ter all the Schools and Academies in town or coun try as Colleges, and lie done with it, and call com mon schools Academies, academies Colleges, and colleges Universities ? Then the thing would be done up brown ; confer degress for scholarship in common reading, writing, spelling and Arithmetic, including the A B C's, and ab, abs, and set on a bench. There should have been but one University established, as was at first intended by the State, all other institutions established by public- authori ty to come under its jurisdiction, and the text books and course of studies prescribed by it, and all under the general superintendence of the “Scna tus Academicus.” This body itself lias become a solemn biennial l'aree. As matters now stand, pri vate schools, with some exceptions, have become the most efficient in useful and practical education, education for the boys and girls of Georgia. The great and pre-eminent iut crest of public education will never be accomplished, till some men of com prehensive and inventive minds work out in the Legislature a practical system of common schools, in which the rich and the poor shall be placed on the same foundation, and enjoy equal literary ad vantages in the useful and necessary departments of education. Other Mates have su- ceeded in this measure, and why cannot our beautiful Georgia ? But 1 know all this is “Old Fogyism,” which, if it have no other virtue, is conservative. O. D. F. Al’l OINTMENT BY T. E Go\ EKNOR. —JalllCS H. Hall, of Meriwether has been appointed Aid De Camp, by bus Excellency, Gov. Johnson, with the rank of Colonel. Death of a Meber of the Legislature. Mi\ Cuniungham, one of the Representatives of FoivytU | couuty, died in Milledgeville, a lew dliys since. His re j mains were taken charge of by a joint Committee ot both Housgs, anil conveyed to his residence for interment. For the Empire State. Middle Ground Hail iioad. Mr. Editor. —i notice in your issue of the 20th instant the announcement oi the passage of the bill incorporating the Middle Ground Kail ltoad, providing for the construction of a lioad from Covington via McDonough, Griffin,Greeuviim, Mid Hamilton, to Columbus Ga. The advantages in prospect resulting *V> the respective Counties through which the road is to pass, are too obvious to need demonstroicn. There lias been no for mer project affording the same facilities to the parties interested as the one under consideration, it is adapted to every conceivable purpose con nected with liail-lioad facilities. Whnst it opens a communication to the Atlantic Forts for the transportation of the Staple, it also places them in direct communication with New Orleans for their Grocery supplies. The utility ol the road being conceded, how is it to be built? Are the citizens of the counties interested, as sagacious, and enterprising as others, who have secured • similar advantages? If so, then a speedy construction of the Middle Ground Rail-Road is no longer problematical. There is no section of the State better able to build a road than the counties here interested. As an incipient stop, I would sug gest the propriety of a convention at Griffin, represented by all the counties concerned, at an early day to be fixed by a meeting of the citizens of Spalding. ’ MERIWETHER. From the Daily San. A Letter on Kansas. We are indebted to a gantlcman of this city for permission to copy the following letter addressed to him by a former eilizen of a Southern State, now residing on the borders of Kansas We regard it as the most definite and satisfactory description of tlie lands of that territory, their character and pre sent facilities for settlement, that we have seen ; and the tone of the letter indicates that the politi cal speculations of the writer are backed by shrewd observation and sound judgment. The letter is dated Lexington, Fayette county. Mo., ) January 21, 1856- ) In reference to the lands in Kansas, T can speak from personal observation of those lying south of Kansas River, and by report of those north. I consider that what is known as the Shawnee Re serve, as by far the best portion that is to settle south of Kansas River. This Reserve commences at. the month of said river, and runs up it 30 miles', thence south 24 miles, containing about 480,000 acres, of which 200.000 is reserved for the Indians, to be selected by them adjoining their present lo cations, so soon as the survey of the same shall be returned. The rest will be open for white settle merits. Those surveys are now in progress, and it is thought will be completed by June. These lands are very desirable, are dry. beautifully undu lating. and there is plenty of building rock and clear wafer. Along up the Kansas Rirer there is a belt of timber some 4 miles wide. In this tim ber, the Indians will mostly select their lands, with a view of selling timber to the whites. The rest is mostly prairie of very fine quality It is proposed to settle 1 all of this part of the country with pro slavery men, and there is now an organization for that purpose, the members of which lav,’ md ci ted their claims in a definite manner. There is plenty j r et left. On the north of Kansas River, the country is fine anywhere for a distance from the Missouri Ri ver, and I should suppose that anywhere at a dis tance of not over 20 or 30 miles from tlie last nam ed river would be desirable, when unoccupied land could not be found ; but this portion il tolerably well settled already. There is a tract of country some 18 miles from Lawrence, called Hickory Point, that is represented to be highly desirable. It is settled with a mixture of pro-slavery men and I Abolitionists, the latter outnumber the former.— j At this place the settlements are numerous, and I j have just been informed that the Abolitionists wish j generally to leave it, end are offering to sell their improvements very low, say half at what they held them six months ago. As to the security of negro property, that will depend upon the aid we get from Southern States. Thus far it is secure ; and I only express the opin ion I have on several occasions heard expressed by intelligent men, to wit: that 500 or 1000 at most pro-slavery men, who would move to Kansas with their slaves, would settle the matter beyond ques tion in the future. There are a great many slaves already there ; and.whenever these Abolitionists are brought into actual contact with slavery as it is, if it does not convert them, it so far modifies their opinions as to render them harm’ess. The views of many, however, are entirely changed, and they now desire to own our negroes. There is another class of persons in Kansas from the free States, who have gone there for the express pur pose of settling where slave property was recog nized, in order that they might purchase. They say that white labor in the free States west is so unreliable that a farmer cannot depend on it, to secure his crops. I have no doubt but that, with moderate aid from the Southern States, Kansas can be made thoroughly pro-slavery. To the attainment of this, the whole South in common with ns, is prompted to action by every motive that can influ ence human conduct. In my judgment, should the disparity in the United States Senate in the num ber of Senators from the slaveholding and free States be much further increased, disunion or civil war will be the inevitable result, unles-’ more tem perate councils should prevail at the North —a con tingency more to be hoped for than expected. Should your friends come, I should be pleased if they would call upon me here, and I will give them all the aid in my power. Throughout all western Missouri, they will be received with a warm wel come. F- A. lv. The ‘ Masonic Grip.” —At \lte festival of the Provincial rand Lodge, at Glasgow, A. Alison mentioned that during the assault o the ttedau, a small party of soldiers led up to one ot the guns placed a recess were received by ft body of Russians, and the English officei wa- about ta be bayoneted, when, clmneing to catch the hand ol the Rusian officer, he had presence of mud enough to give him a masonic grip. The Rusian in a mono nt strut k- up tin bayonet of his soldier, led his newly found brother to the rear, and treated him with all the kindness of a mason ! [From the Savannah Georgian.] HOU6E. Mille gevili.e, Tuesday, Feb. 19. Upon the reading of the Journal, Mr Jones of Muscogee moved to reconsider th act on of the House upon the Atlantic and Gulf rail road bill. \ essrs Jones, Harris of Fulton, Lawton, Smith, of Union, Wood of Fannin, and Ter hune, supported the motion; and Messrs Phil lips. Cannon and Pickett opposed. The bill was reconsidered on a vote of ayes 74, nays 53, and referred back to the joint committee. State aid in any shape will not, I think, be extended to any single project. A combina tion of entcrests nmy succeed, but even this is doubtful The small, but firm and unpur chasuble squad, chiefly old line democrats, who swear by ‘old Hickory,’ who are opposed to the State taki g any part in internal im provement, is growing larger and stronger They are becoming tired of the contiim.il squabble among l> e frit nds of State aid, : ml take courage from the repeated failure of ucli bib. However a combiuath'n may sue eed, and it is the only form in which aid can be had. BILLS OX THEIR PASSAG 1 -'. Bill f r the relelief ofW II Clark of Cam den county. Passed Bill providing for the payment of the dele gates sent by authority of the State to the Nashville Convention i:i 1850 Passed Bill repeal'll g ?<> mucin f the law in refer ence to ‘change biil.S as requires the Judges of the Superior Courts to give the act of Dec lOtli 1041 in special charges to the grand ju ry. Pass and. Bill aulhoiizmg the Governor and Comp troller General to correct mist: kis < f Receiv ers or Collectors of taxes or of any tax j aver, whereby more money is pad into the Treasury than the law requires, to refund the same, and for other purposes. Passed FEDERAL RELATIONS. The committee on the State of the Repub | lie reported to day a lull autkori/.ii g the Gov j ernor to call a Cos., volition of the pe- pie up- n I the happct.ii'gof ;ny <4 the < cut m (ne : cs | enumerate 1 in the eolckroft'dToi rth r< sol- t on’ ! ofthe Geirciu Pintfoim. ICO <• > ics of the re i port- and bill were ordered to be printed. A i similar bill was also iutrocl.cecl in the Senate SEN A TE. Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh, moved the re | consideration ofthe bill providing for ihe sale iof the Western and Atlantic 11 ilroud. He j and cl so fi r -!.c | r.r ose of n plying f-. the argu j meats of the gentleman [.Mr. L'uc!i:um:i] from ; Coweta | At iho close of ids very able speech yestcr | day against the bill. hr. Ftidmuan threw j down the gv.mulct to the friends and advocates !of sale. -Bat whet Ft t’ ey were willing and | able to reply could n<4 be seen yesterday, for I one of then staves* called the “picvh us ques ! t'iOn,’ thus cutting off all fur her debate. | ‘I his I tuk to l-c n (boiled comp! incut to ] Mr. Bud am i upon hi- s; ec> h. A few more j of sue!: trunch'-on blows,ami the wide selu me j would be seal tcrod to the Winds. Taev fV-lr j tin's, fin re was a decided veakmss in their •knees, and they stopped the Coming disaster to : their !. pe.- by thee ilof ihe ‘previous qtus | tioad thus stifling discussion Mossis Buehnn;-n, Dab ey, McMillan and I ilborn advocated n commit ration, and Mes srs. P( epics and March man opposed. The ! motion was lost. Ayes 44 nays 55. E11.1.S ON TIIHI! PASSAGE. B 11 to form anew c unty from Lowndes, Irwin and’Crawford. Passed. Bid to form anew count\ from Thomas and j Low ndes Paso (1. Bill to i; co porato the ‘Bank of Hamilton,’ [at Hamilton in Harris county. P ssed. Bill to define more effectually the duty of |Br gadier Generals of the Millitia of the j State. Passed. B II incorporating the Apalachicola Mining | Company. Pissed 1 Bill defining the liabilities of the Railroad Compai ics of the State. Lost. Bill to facilitate the collection of certain debts Passed Bill forming anew county from Early and Randolph. Passed. Bill authorizing suit in the same action with the principal or maker to lie brought against the endoiscv or promisn y note- and other paper negotiable at a y chartered ba k for collection. Passed. KANSAS. Letter from Hon. \Y. W. Boyce. House of Representatives, Felvuary 7, 1856. My Dear Sir : I received your letter in which you ask my opinion in reference to Sou tin rn immigration to Kansas. The pres sure of business dt.es not permit me, at this time, to go into tiie subject very extensively. It is impossible to exaggeiat tlie importance of Kansas to the South. If we lose Kansas, we louse Missouri, being freesoil to the bor ders of Arkansas and Tcnnssee, and will have to struggle for the Indian Country behind Arkansas. Kansas is emphatically the key to the future, and if we would command the future, we must command Kansas. From the best information I can get upon the subject, I am satisfied the current is set tling against us in Kansas, and that it will certainly be lost to us, unless the South puts forth all her energies. ‘1 o acquire Ivau.-as, it will not do to rely on a mere Southern sentiment, inducing ardent men to go there through devotion to their section. You must combine the idea with another, the bettering of their condition, in other words, making money. The North understands this great idea perfectly, hence their Emigrant Aid Societies, which combine fanaticism and money making. If we intend to struggle for Kan sas, wo must likewise combine these ideas, we must form joint stock companies, for the pur pose of colonizing Kansas from the r-outli. The money thus raised will be expended in aiding colonists to get to Kansas at theehepest rates, and buying land there. The si ares should lie put at a small price, so that tin entire Sou h may go into tlie matter. Thus all may Southeinize Kansas and make money at the same time, for the lands which can be bought at $1,25 per acre, wifi in a lew \ears se 1 from $5 to $26 per u< re, I have noi inne to do m re than to indicate the course which should be pursued by the South. I rdently hope that the entire South may be thoroughly aroused upon this great ques tion of empire I shall lie very willing to contrbute to the extent of my abilities in promoting this move meat I am very glad inde and to see that the pub lic mind in our State -eems to be arousing its If to the importance of the i sue, one far more important, to my mind, than who may be the next Ptesident Yours, sincerely, W, W. BOYCE. M. W W Herbert. Congressional. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. Tiie Speaker announced the following com mittees. in pursuance of a raesolution passed some time ago authorising him to appoint the standing comini'tees of the House : Committee of Elections. —Messrs. Wash, burn, of Maine, Stephens, Watson, Spinner, Oliver, of Missouri. Hickmali, Colfax, Smith, of Uabarna, and Bingham. Committee of Ways and Means.—Messrs. Campbell, of Ohio, llov ard, Cobb, of Georgia, Jones, [excused by request from serving] of ronm-ssee, D v,s, of Maryland, Sage, Phelps, Campbell, of Pcnnsi Ivanin, arid DeWitt. Committee of Claims- Messrs. Ghidings, Letcher, Bishop, Jones, of Pennsylvania, • bin", of Indium. Kuowlton, Taylor, Gilbert and Marshall, of Illinois Committee on Commerce.—Messrs Wash bm n, Oi !]no s, U une, Million, .McQueen, !V""> Emu t- 1 '!. Felton, Commies. and Kristis. Commit ft e■ .. Pel v ic Lands.—Messrs. Bea ne t, of N W V- I k, Harlan, Bobb of Alabama, Uim.iei, Cullen, W abridge, Brenton, Maxwell, and ‘l’m rit gt-m. C> uimi’.He on Post Office and Post Rhods. --Messrs. Mace, Norton, Fiagler, Barclay, Day, Powell, Walker, Mood, and Herbert. Committee on the District if Columbia.— Messrs. Mcacham, Dodd, (inode, Cumback, Dick, Harris, es Maryland, Bennett, of Mis sissippi, i rafton, and Bell. C-. intuit tec on the Judiciary’—Messrs. Simmons, 11. Marshall of Kentucky, Barbour, Ca.-kic, Galloway, Harris, of Alabama, Leake, Wakemaii, aid Tuppnn. Commit ice on Revolutionary Claims.— Messrs. Ritchie, Murray, Smith, of Virginia, English, Fuller of Maine, Aden, Clawson, Crugin, and Finrie. Committee on Publ'c Expend,:tures.—Messrs De.m. ( ovode, Kelly, Mott, Pearce, Vail, Ellin*, Waldron, and Branch. JCmt Committee on Printing.- Messrs Nichols (. ragin, and Fiagler. < ommdtee on Private Land Chums —Mes srs. Fortir, Ilorion <f Ohio, Tnoringtori, Etheridge, Bowie, Sudidge. Herbert, Robin son, and H’ rit u, < f New Yoik. (4 nn mi tt co on Mnntifac'urcs—Messrs. 1 Clink* l of Curnertieuf, Knight, Crawford, Bliss, Dm fee, lv 1 wards, Dowdell, Campbell, of Kcutm ky, ami !Rea ud-. C mmiitee on Agriculture.— M essrs. Hol lowly, Be.ad.y, Grow, Bel, Campbell of Ohio, Morgan, >;• Li *i, Cullen, and McUallen. Commiitee on Hulun adairs. Messrs. Pringle, Orr, Billnghurst, Greenwood, ‘.either, il ‘ll • f Mussaci.iGctis, Todd, Can. tilers, anil ilei bin t. Committee on Ton\U Ties—Messrs. Grow,. Goldings, Pnrvinoce, il ee.ai dson, Houston, Granger, Zoliee-fier, Merrill and Perry. Comm Pit on Kev< lutionary Pensions.— .Messrs. Broom, A [Light Fdmuudson, Miller, | <-f New \oi k. Miller, < f Indiana, Craigep j K i epn, \\ ( odruff, ami Hail, of lowa. Commit t< c on li.vt.Lu Pensions —-Messrs. Andrew Oliver, of New York, 1 ike, Florence, j Fnvage, Welsh, Talbot. Dickson, Lumpkin ! and U l 1 ‘ms. J CVr mitt; e e-n Roads and Canals. — Messrs, j kiii'x i I tignston. Rnflm. Scot i. Peck, Moore, l.ia: ksd.-l , Bi adsliaw and Rust. C< mmiitcc on ivibtry Affairs—Messrs. Quitman, Alison, ■‘•ajip, Faulkner, William?,’ Stanton, Denver, Buffington, and Washburn, of G iscoiisin. Committee on Militia.—Messrs. Ku kel, Wiiituey, Harrison, Idoffnian,-Foster Parker. Watkins, of Mississijtpi and Hall, of Massachusetts- Committee on Naval Affairs.—Messrs. Benson, Slramilinn, Boceek, Haven, Winslow, cieward, Davis, of .Massachusetts, Boyce and M ill ward Committee on Foreign Affairs.---Messrs. Pfiimog(Oii,*Bay y, tll gman, Aiken, Fuller <4 Pennsylvania, Matte on, Shenririn, Burling ame, and i i.iirston Committee on Patents --Messrs. Morgtwiy Ciiaffee, miih. o! ‘I ciiiiessee, Puitie, and Eddy, Committee on PiibHc. Buildings and Grounds. --Mcsm-s Bali, Todd, i linear. Keitt at>l Robi tS Committee on Revisal arid Unfinished Busities'.— Messrs Sabin, Kuowlton. Warner, Cl at k, of New Y tk and Slower. Committee on Accounts. Messrs. Thurston, t aowaiader, Nichols, Buffington and Carlile Committee on Mileage—Messrs. Nueed, Brew k’ Kelsi y, Evans, and Wood worth. Joint < on.m ttee on the Library.—Messrs. Aiken, Tyson, and Betlit. Committee on Enrolled Bills.— Messrs. Pike a;i<i Davidson Committee on Expenditures of the State Department.--Mtssrs Brooks, Smith, of 1 en ilessee, Parker, King, and Damrtll. Committee on Expend tures in the Treasury Dipartm nt.—Messrs W aldron, Wells, Alex ander K. Marshal of Kentucky, Kitlwell, and Clawson. Committee on Expenditures in the War Depaitmei t.— Messrs. Cragin, Talk, Jewett, Rivers, and Covode. Committee on E.igraving - Messrs Kelsey, Damn'll, and Wiight of Tennessee Committee on Exjienditurcs in the Navy Department—Messrs. Harris of Illinois, Wheeler, V\ asliburu of Wisconsin, Underwood, and \\ l ight of I ciiiiessee. Committee < n Expenditures in the Post Office Department Messrs. Petit, Cox, Wil liams, Burnett, aid Ready. Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.- M essrs. Me M ullen, McCarty, Stewart Swope, and Trijipe Return of Governor Sliaunon to Kan sas—lnstructions from the War De (iat tmenf. 5\ ashington, Feb. IC.--Gov. Shannon will leave here this afternoon, direct for St'. Louis, thence to proceed to Kansas. lie will immediately remove his office from Shawnee Mission to Lecompton.the centre of the prevailing difficulties. Orders will be issued from the War Department this afternoon, and possibly be conveyed to Col Sumner by Gov. Shannon. No doubt they will be in accordance with the President's views expressed in his special Kansas Message and recent Proclamation, with the design firmly to enforce them. There are 800 troops at Fort Leavenworth, and 400 at Fort Ri- lev, to be called out, if circumstances demand. aiturc of Gov. f?.unman for Kansas. Washington, Feb, 16, 1856. As I informed you yesterday, Gov. Shannon left this afternoon tor Kansas, lie will travel night and day until he reaches Shawnee Mission. The President desired lain to arrive there before the free State Legislature assembles at Topeka, on the 4th of March nextr. He'has full power, 1 under stand, to arrest the members ofthe Legislature, as its meeting is decimal, by powers that be, an overt act, mid-as such deserving of severe punishment. If he carries out his instructions, it is thought by ;gentlemen now here who are residents ot Kansas, that there will be a collision between the federal authorities and the free State men. — Jtoi/y Svvai\? nah News.