Newspaper Page Text
C( u €ms\xt £totcJ
eoSgiX
WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 26, 1555
|@r*We tender our thanks to Mr. Toombs, of
the Senate, and Messrs Warner and Lumpkin, of
the U. S. H. of Rep., for valuable and interesting
public Documents.
V&. “PIKE” was received too late for our
present issue. It shall have a place in our next.
The Bear Woman.
This wonderful specimen of nature, as will be
seen from the advertisement in another column,
will be exhibited in this place on Friday and Sat
urday next, from 10 a. m. to 9 o’clock p. m. Let
all the curious go and see her. No doubt it will
be a quarter well spent. After we have seen her
we can speak more fully ofher merits.
TV. R. Phillips & Co’s Advertisement,
Os which we spoke last week, will be found in
our columns to-day. It speaks for itself, and we
commend it to the consideration of our readers as
confirming the remarks made by us in our last is
sue.
Messrs. A. B. Mnth wt & Cos.
Successors to Lathrop, Roberts & Cos., in this
issue of our paper, have respectfully tendered their
services to the community as venders of Family
Groceries and Provisions. If there is any estab-
lishment in the city more necessary than a Print
ing office, it is just such an one as that of Messrs.
A. B. Mathews & Cos. Next to the mind the ball/
must be fed and nourished; and while we are trying
to contribute to the mental comfort of the commu
nity, these gentlemen are engaged in the laudable
effort to minister to the physical well-being of their
fellow citizens. Give them a call.
New Advertisement.
Messrs. Brawner & Duffey, as will lie perceived
hy reforpnpp nnv tichig columns, nave suc
ceeded Mr Win. Fleming in the mercantile busi
ness in this city. One of the firm has recoin lv re
turned from New York, having purchased a full
new and fresh stock of goods. From a partial ex
amination of the articles they offer to the public,
we feel no hesitation in endorsing the genuineness
of their stock. Customers will find them to be
well skilled in the suaviter in modo, and need not
fear to enter their store. A polite reception and
kind treatment will be certain to greet them on all
occasions. Os one tiling they may rest assured,
and that is, of getting good weights and measures
on all occasions.
Superior Ink.
Messrs. Richards and Brother have politely com
plimented us with a bottle of Ink, from the manu
factory of Conger & Fields, New York. It is of I
a bluish color when first ’sed, but turns to a jet j
black. We commend this article to the use of all j
pensmen throughout the country. All that is no- j
cessary to make a man write all day without ta-,
king up his hand, is-call at Col. Phillips’ and get;
one of his Fountain Pens. We’ve tried ’em.
Bank, of Middle Georgia.
By reference to our advertising columns, our
readers will perceive that a Bank bearing the above
name, and chartered by the last Legislature, has
been organized in the City of Macon. The stock
holders are men (most of them.) well known in
Georgia as gentlemen of wealth, character, and a
high order of business talents. The gentleman
chosen to preside over the Institution, bus u well
earned reputation for his financial skill—the best
evidence of which is the wonderful success which
has generally attended all the enterprises in which
he has been engaged. The Bank will commence is
suing bills early in April next, and it is to be hop
ed that the people of Middle Georgia will sustain
a Bank in their own section of the State.
Railroad Accidents.
It has beccme of late, a source of serious appre
hension to contemplate the countless accidents,
both by “flood and field,” with which the eye is
greeted, on opening almost every paper from all
quarters of the country. The vast improvement
in the facilities for travelling, both 1 y land and
water, are lapidly approaching a point at which
it will be difficult to determine whether they are
really a curse or a blessing. We will not pretend
to account for this state of things; but the fact
stares the community in the face, and the evil ap-!
pears to be growing worse and worse* every year, j
We believe, as a general rule, that the dangers of
travel, if they do not increase in the same proper
tion that the speed is increased, are to a great ex
tent very nearly approximate to that point. Rail
road and Steamboat Companies are in some de
gree excusable for giving more attention to im
provement in the speed of their vehicles, than to
providing for the safety of those whom they under
take to carry. This is a fast age, and people must
travel fast. The saving of a day in travelling from
New Orleans to New York, would induce a ma
jority of the travelling public to risk their limbs if
not their lives, a hundred times on the route. —
This is all wrong; but common carriers must yield J
to public opinion in this particular, ex necessitate.
The Macon and Western Railroad forms an excep
tion to these general remarks. We believe fewer
serious accidents have happened on this Road, for
the lust ten years, than on any other of the same
length in the U. S. We attribute this mainly to
the superior skill exercised in the management of
this Road over any other, with which we are ac
quainted.
The Atlanta llanh.
From various newspaper accounts, as well as
from private sources, we learn that the Atlanta
Bank is preparing to go into liquidation. The
circulation U nearly all redeemed, and the proprie
tors of the Institution propose to sell the unexpir
•d term of the Charter, and the Banking House in
the’ City of Atlanta. It has been erroneously
stated that the Interior Bank in ihis place, is tak
ing steps to pursue the same course. V\ o learn
from reliableauthority, that no such step is con
templated at present, but that the Bank will con
tinue, to do a regular business as heretofore, under
its present administration.
. 1 \
Mi*, i'i-liia.;s‘4“ , s E*ie latter.
* Some of the Fillmore and Doneteon Know Noth
ing Cresses appear to lie very sensitive upon the
subject of Mr. Fillmore's Erie Letter. The'ghost
of that unfortunate document, seems to be a thing
much dreaded by *lieni. The sentiments contained
therein, are at war with every sound principle in
Southern politics, and no doubt, the friends of that
gentleman in the South, would rejoice to see ti e
•lark billows of the ocean of oblivion roll over it;
and bury it forever from the view of the people oi
this country. But it must not be so. Times are
perilous at this particular juncture, and the record
of every man who seeks ‘he suffrages of the slave
holding people, must be closely scrutinized. Some
of the presses above alluded to, say Mr. Fillmore
has long since changed his views upon the subject
of s’uvery, and that lie hrs proven his conversion
both by word and deed. Show us the doeum nt
gentlemen. We should like to see it. It will re
quire but very little ink jflhd paper for Mr Fill
more to set the country right on this point. If he
repudiates the abominable doctrines of the Erie
letter, let him say so in so many words. We should
take no man upon trust in these trying times !
Mr. Fillmore may not accept the nomination ten
dered him by the Philadelphia Convention, l!
he does not, the Erie letter may sleep in the tomb
of the Capu’ets with its author. But if he con
cludes to run the race, the ghost of this celebrated
letter must haunt him through the whole contest.
War with I'nglaml.
Some of our cotemporaries appear to entertain
the opinion, that our relations with England are
assuming a character which justifies the apprehen
sion of a war lie) ween the two Nations. The con
struction of the Clayton & Bulwer Treaty, in ref
erence to the Central American States, and the
Enlistment question, are the grounds upon which
this apprehension rests. The tone of a portion oi
the British Press, seems to justify li e view which
some are inclined to take of this subject. ‘I lie lan
guage used by some ol these English Hotspurs, is
warlike in the extreme, and we d< übt not, that u
bloated, bankrupt aristocracy, who have nothing
to lose by a contest of this sort, would gladly see
a rupture between the two countries precipitated.
But the comiut rcial portion of that community,
who constitute the middle estate, own most of the
property, and bear most of the burdens of the Go
vernment. are gem rally favorable to peace. There
are also indications on our side of the water, that
a resort to arms would be agreeable. These Come
from some of theleadersof the Black Republican,
Abolition party. Their undying hatred to the
South. wnnlil h.Juco iluni to risk every thing, lor
the purpose of inflicting injury upon the slavehold
ing States. Some of the audacious conductors oi
the Brtish press, have already threatened.that in
case of war between the two count rits, arms would
la- placed in the hands of the slaves, to butcher tia
white population. This would be delightful sport
I to S •ward. Sumner, Trumbull, and other negn -
pliili.-ts of the Abolition fraternity. They know
too, that in ease of a conflict with England, the
producers of our great Southern staple, would be
the first to suffer Mr, Buchanan, on the other
hand, seems to entertain the opinion that all these
perplexing questions may lie set tied without resort
to arms. It is doubtless the interest of both Na
tions, to maintain pacific relations to each other.
The Richmond Enquirer thinks the Central Amer
ican question may be settled by the abrogation ot
I the Ciayttn Bulwer Treaty, and intimates that
: lien. Bierce will probal ly recommend this course.
1 The two Governments wot then be placed in statu
i yuo, and the whole matter be made the subject oi
| future negotiations. Should this take place, it is
; very much to be hoped that the two Governments
| will appoint men to negotiate better skilled in the
! English language than Messrs Clayton and Bulwer
appear to have been. Opposition in the United
States Senate to the Treaty was made by Mr.
Douglas at the time of its ratification, on account
of its ambiguity, and the opposition wfts with
drawn on the as uranee of Mr. Clayton, that the
| commissioners understood the stipulations, accord
ing to the American interpretation, which is now
denied by the British Govenum nt. The language
should have been so full and explicit, that it would
i not admit of but one construction, then the present
| difficulty would have been av tided. England has
I nothing to gain, and much to lose by a war with
ns. Having ‘or some time been engaged in an ex
pensive. profitless and limitless war with Russia
and being deeper involved in national batikrupcy
than ever,it strikes ns that she will belittle inclined
to rush into a war with us. if it can be avoided.—
We deprecate a war with England, and are in fa
vor of every honorable measure to prevent it, but
our motto is. ‘ if it must come, let it come.” “Mil
lions for defence, not one cent for tribute.”
N icaragna n Asia irs.
The * entral American States have formed an
alliance to drive Walker from bis position, in th
State of Nicaragua. We apprehend that with
the small force at nis command, and the scanty
supply of means at his disposal, he may not be
able to bold out long against a force so vast y bis
| superior in numbers. We admire the bold, daring
j and adventurous spirit which prompted him to rear
the standard of independence, in that wild region.
We cannot justify his pretensions upon any prin
ciple of international law, nor are w< the apologist
for any of the high handed and arbitrary mc&suics
that may have characterised his administration -
lb may be a bad man—pron pted to action bv
corrupt motives ; but. we doubt i ot that the pres
ent and future inhabitants of that country, would
in tlic end, be rather benefited than injured by hi.-
success. An indolent, ignorant, halt-civilized peo
pie, such as the natives of that couutry are, never
can establish and maintain a free government up
on a permanent basis, securing the blessings of civ
il liberty to ail its citizens, and commanding the
respect of the surrounding Nations lienee, the
dictates of progression would suggest the proprie
ty of a change, by the introduction of another
race, braver, more energetic, more intelligent, more
enterprising; than the present population. Wheth
er Walker’s success would result in thi-’, cannot
now be determined ; but we are inclined to ‘lu
opinion that such might be the result. He has
many brave, gallant fellows from our own country,
with him, their fate a.id their fortunes linked with
his, and they command our sympathies at least.
A Voice from Kansas.
In several of oir exchanges, we see an appeal
from the Kditor of the Kansas Pioneer, a pro-sla
very paper published in Kiekapoo City, Katisus
Territory, to the people of the slaueholdmg States,
for aid to sustain Ins enterprise. We trust this
appeal wili not be in vain, nor the voice from Kan
sas go unheeded- Those who ure lighting our bat
ties iu that frontier region, demand our sympathies,
and have strong claims on our friendly assistance.
Lome up, }e men of the South ! to the help of your
friends against the mighty hosts of AbouuudUom.J
Miridie i*roitn<i oaiiiuad.
We publish to day, a communication from the
Hamilton Organ, calling on the people of Harris
county to come forward and take proper steps to
uards commencing a system of measures for build
ing the Middle Ground Railroad... We are truly i
gratified to learn that in some counties on the lint*
of this contemplated work, a .feeling peryspies, a
portion of the community, favorable To active and.
energetic mca-urcs fur, put tiiig tljg fial lin motion,
which, we trust, may roll on to Hhe.speedy consu
mution of an enterprise of gugn(vast importance to
those living contigious to its location.
♦ • • - —--
Pay you*- Preachers.
Justice, decency and good policy require that
you see to it, that yovr Minister is comfortably
maintained, it you give your negro “short” fare,
iie will give you “snort work, l! voli give vour
cow pea-straw fodder, depend upon it. she will be a
pea-straw cow, and give you poa-strajv milk, and
-o on through the chapter. And if*you starve
\our ( lergyman, you whi get as good Sermons as
\on deserve, lor “poor pay, poor preach.” is the
rule A man who prepares two fair, well stud.ed
Seitnons a week, and dees the other necessary du
ties ol a Pastor, must have good health, a good
mind, a good education, and considerable energy.
And what heart has he to perform his arduous
work, if his family lack the necessaries of life, and
be is pul to his w its to obtain a bare existence.
1 hose Nations, and those Nations only, where
i be christmn religion prevails m ils purity, are in
telligent. prosperous, happy and'progressive. With
them, oniy do Scic ce and Arts tiutp£h, the mind
have free scope, and true liberty prevail. So in
communities, let the Atheist, Deist, or the free
tn inker of any grade, sav what they will, if a peo
ole arc destitute of tlie- ordinances, of religion, pub
bc morals w ill become bad, society low , and that
;o< ality will not be a pleasant place to live and
bring up a family in. There is nothing lovely in
an ungodly society, and a people will lie ungodly
” ithout preaching. Well regulated religious so- j
ratios, in our opinion, even raise the value of ic u ] j
estate.
I Lis may be considered a cold, irreligious view j
ot the subject Be ii so; w ale viewing the mat
tel’ in a mere worldly aspect ; and we say as a mat
ter of advantage in this world, good ’preaching is
good policy. Jti many parts of the Christian
world, the compensation for the services’of the Pul
pit, are secured and enforced by law. We think \
that is not const mint to our sense of what belongs :
to religious liberty. \\ e are against all compel-■
sion. \ cry well, shall we prove that we like reli-1
.- , 'i<>iis freidom so well, that we wiliTuWeho refi
gioti ? Shall we show to the world, that’ aJ'ree j
people who spend thousands annually for Schools, :
are too selfish to support the of the
Bospel ? That we begrudge and withhold our
share for the support of the Clergy', and let reli
gion .anguish and dwindle away underti voluntary
system ? Shall we prove toother Nat ions, that
men will not support (Jod s w’orship unless com
pilied to do so ? That we are niggardly in the aid
oi truth ? He hope Spalding county will answer
these questions right. In all our principal cities,
great attention is paid to these things,‘and we
trust ever wiil be.
Get us all do our duty manful’}’. Set down and
examine the matter, and see what we ought to do,
as our share, and do i*.. TV e know men well to do
in the world, having good farms, or a good tr..de or
profession, who think if they pay five tWtars, or
even three or two dollars ii year, tiny ‘are pretty
liberal ! indeed, weome heard a man sas lie liked
the Methodist l> st because he could get off with
•a quarter” at each quarterly meeting, and we
‘■card of one other putting in a 5 cent piece at a
contribution ! Gracious ! if every body were like
these, we would turn Sadducees 1 What is the
use of a resurrection of such little souls ? Every
man should feel it his duty to support society, and
perform his share manfully, as a part of the busi
ness of life. What is the world good for, unless 1
we li .ve things in decency and in order '! The sup
port of the Clergy should not depend upon casual
clef,
Rdcfos’ial DiflicuUy.
Quite a bitter personal controversy lias for
some time, been kept up between the Editors of
the Montgomery (Ala.) Mari, onthc one side, atjd
the Editor of the Advert ser, oiitlfe olhf‘i\ ’-Criin
itiation has been followed by recrimination, and it
i. to be apprehended that pow er and hall’,-or iron ,
and steel must end the controversy. We hope not
however Imt tiust that prudent friends will inter
pose and the difficulty be adjusted without the
effusion of blood.
Acts of the legislature.
We conclude to-day the publication us the list
o“ such acts, passed by the last Legislature, as are
of a public and general nature. The whole num
ber. both local and general, amount to a fin If the
head be so tnassiv**, what are we to expect of t.h
body ?
By Telegraph for the Savannah Republican.
Good News from Kansas.
(Vumbia, March 18.— Advices from Kansas
state that the Free State Officers w’tre about be
ing arrested by the federal authorities.
(These men should be tried and hung for high
treason, and we hope the President will not stop
short of the extremities of the law in such cases
mad* and provided. It is the only, and we believe
effectual, way of putting a stop to abolition vil
lainy. It is a great pity there is not some way of
getting a rope around the neck of Horace Greelcv,
who lias done more to incite these disturbance*
than any man in America.— Eds. Republican.)
We dip the above from the Savannah Republi
can of the 19th inst. We have never seen any
thing in that journal half so much in accordance
with our ow n views and feelings as the above-
Hang them! yes, lmng them upon a gallows as
that, upon which Hainan of old was suspended !
That Reeder and his party have committed treason
can be no doubt, and they deserve, every one of
(hem, a traitor's doom. Kansas is a good hemp
growing country, and every mother’s son of these
traitorous abolitionists should be made to try the
experiment of pulling this staple commodity, and
standing oiTnotuing. We are no great . advocate
lor hanging. Asa general rale, we believe the
worst thing that can be done with a man is. to
lmng him ; but as regards the KaasUs-übolition-
ists, we think the rule should bo r reversed. Ami
we furthermore believe, that the process should
not be confined within the limits of ICiUs'as,. but
should be extended to their aiders and abetters of
other States. It is a great pity, as the Bep.ddi
ean says, “that there is not some way of getting a
rope around the neck of Horace Greeley.” and not
only Horace, bjit Hale, (biddings, and a’ host ot
others of the “same faith and order ” A few hang
ings several years ago, would have, done .much to
wards checking the arrogance and prev< nting flit
mischiefs ot a wild and reckless fanaticism which
j, ia uow endeavoring to run riot oyUj^jktuutry
Ate*?’ i iic {frillleliiail or bone, who >;• .•
or curried oft without leave or license, from Iho
ollice, a few days since, a small Ratta.i walkin’
stick, had ‘ better be alter fetching it buck,’ or w,
might be compelled to tell who he is. and how i •
got hold of it. Now, don't be afraid —deliver tin
property and all will be well. If you can't fan
the music, slip it under the dxr.
For the Empire State,
• ~ - •” Betl Bugs.
Mr. Kditor : As tins i*> the season of the year,
to prevent the increase, and for .the destruction <>!
these troublesome night creepers which interfere so
much with man’s restorer, “balmy sleep,” I will
give you, for the benefit of your readers, what lias
proven to be an i> falilde remedy. Take as many
Chinajberries (and this is the time to gather them)
as will fill a common pot ; pour on them as much
water as will cover the berries, and boil down the
water to about a half gallon ; strain out the her
ries from the water, and add about a quart of lard
ami simmer it over hot coals until the water evap
orates, leaving the substance of the berries in the
lard, then bottle up for use. Scald your bedsteads
well, and with a soft brush or rag put the oil on
those places where these troublesome customers
hide themselves, and they w ill immediately retire
The above remedy for these unprofitable board
ers, was given to me by one of the best housekeep
ers in Georgia, who has tried it. and she
me she never detected one on a bedstead she applied
the oil to. This was a discovery of her own, and
sire certainly leserves the thanks of mankind.—
Might, not the apothecaries do a good business to
prepare and keep it for sale ? * * *
For the Empire State.
Attention 1 oung 31m of Griffin.
Listen L my woids “uuribus f/r/ec(is. v is
not your count y beckoning to you to prepar
for war? idr you not the* British Lion
growling and .John Bull bellowing? See y< u
not the red blazing star of abolition sm fling
ing .ts htriti i ght across ‘ o rland from t!‘”
cold Not lit to the far Wot ? derive you
not tha< your tie. res s right your property,
your imlependeti e, \om homes, \ our lire sides
are menaced witn desol ton by ti e dog
of civil sirvilc and internecine war?—
\\ as ington’s maxim was, “In time of \ eace,
1r | r. for war ” He n v. r spoke a foolish
tiling. As long as we have peace, let us • e
a.ways ready to c< fend it Don Qi ixotetru
iysaid, “peace vv .s the end oi war.” Let us
defend it at all cost,with our hearts blood, Ot r
i ves, our ul . The ap t*y of the p opl< of the
South is most astou sliing, s e< ping on a vn ea
no ! Do ye, young men, by action a ltd ener
gy’s ow something and th rent, in fervent patri
otism and devotion to your country. ‘lhitik
not your existence was given to you only to
handle the scissors and yard stick. Thr u as j
you ought, os the cause < f your country, learn
to handle the weapo : s of war, the swoid, the
musket, i lie sharp rifle and fuimiuatiug bomb
aid cannon. Tins ,s ititiily ad every j atr'ot’s
duty. Bight away form yourselves i ,to m li- j
tarv compan.es aim study the art of w; r in
every mode of sci vice, yon will never regr t
it, if you d<>. Look at your mot ers. sis
ters and sweet-hearts Who would not de
fend them ? ‘They depend up- n our bravery
for j roiectiOu Women adm r the swo and and
the epaulet, and the men that wear them, not
vainly bn instill- lively, because when in (.lose
c<*. t ct with them, they f. el a sen-e of safety,
being onscious of their weakness Mid need of
defence lie sword and bay < in t. the rile
and cannon are more ellieu at than a thousand
tongues and Speeches in Cm gres> T or. ii
i-ali talk and nocid r; but with ill se, it is,
libeity or death, so Patri k II• u y said, and |
< u Rev< lutio pr ved it.
Y-.ong men min i what I sav. Shoulder arm ,
wheel in o.i e. st ad. ,he ii.-, up, -ye front,
and-i.s die Dutch capta n said, 1 ok 1 ke men,
lo k like th Tivel, joo t iik - me,quick, march.
D F. j
A bil to be entitlcdan act *o altirand change
th line between the counties of Spalding and |
P.ke and io add a part of the county of P.ke ■
io the couiry of S; aiding.
Sec. Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate and \
House of. Representatives of the Mate of
Georgia in Gen ral A sembiy met, and it is j
lieu by enacn-d y the authority of rhe same, !
hat from nrj after the jassage of this act, :
the iuc between the counties of Pike and
Spalding shall be so altered as u run as fol
lows: to wit:
From where the present line strikes Fli-tj
River, to run dow said River to the mouth;
of Line ‘ reek, tin nee j Lii Creek \o tin*
line of Faye te < own y, so as to include in
: S aiding c untv all hat par tof l\ke county
: sitila ed and lying West and North West -f
F int Hiv r.
Sec 2 i And he it enacted I y the aut'.ori
ty afore . id,that all cases now pending in
ine (on t of Pk • county wh ther Civii or
C-initial, in winch, if a civil rase, the defend
ant resides in the terri o:y alor aid, or in
wh ch the crime, if a criinii 1 case was com
mitted in said territory, >ha I lie trans irr and
to the cor espon ling Courts in the county of
Sj> lding.
Sec. yd. Ami be it enacted by the authori
ty afore-aid that all laws and puns of laws
mi li ating again t this act, be ami the same
are her by rep aled.
Magnanimous.
We clip the following from the Bain bridge Ar
gus. The example is worthy of imitation by a!
common carries. We wish (’apt. McAlister laid
control of ell the Kail Roads and .Steamboats in
the world, we do.
“ Captain W. J. McAuster. —On Saturday
last that noble little Steamboat. ‘Laura,’ ou her
downward trip from Albany, brought the remain
der o! the Standard Office furniture and material.
Being iufonned of the fact we went down to the
landing, expecting to return with, at least, twenty
iive dollars less in our purse—that being the sum
we supposed the freight would amount to. We
went to the Cierk to pay our bili, and asked him
wlmt we owed :
“Nothing—Capt. McAlister charges you noth
mg.”
Nothing!—that’s strange, we thought—there
must be some mistake. We did not know what to
make of it. and went to the boat where yve found
Capt. McAlister himself.
“Why is it,’’ said we, ’‘that you exempt us from
the usual freight /”
“Why,” he replied, “this section of country is
needing a press very much, and I could not charge
anything for bringing the material here. Perhaps
■vhen you get out your paper 1 will get to read it
sometimes.”
What is the strr ugest of all—and can we find
any body credulous enough to believe us ?—lie did
not ask whether we were a Democrat, a Whig or
a Know Nothing!
We hope this act of generosity will he renteut
bored bv the friends of the Argus, and remember
ed too to reward it with a corresponding liberal
ity.” , -
A pungent Debate —Judge Douglas
against tle A uli-Nebiaskaitts.
In the Senate on Friday: or. Johnson, [deni.] !
of Ark., reported in favor of printing thirty-one]
thousand copies of tht 1 majority and niinorty re-;
ports of the ‘l’erritorial Committee on Kansas af- •
fairs—being five hundred copies for each member.
— Sav. Georgian.
Mr. Trunibuil.of HI. in the absence of Mr Dou''as
opposed the motion: he thought the minority re
port presented the slavery question in a masterly
-haulier, its position* being unanswerable : but it
was not written as a reply to the
majority report, and he was unwilling to send out.
with the endorsement of the Senate, a document
containing so many unwarrantable assumptions,
‘rroneous deductions aid inconsistencies.
Mr Wade, [negro worshiper] of Ohio, asked
Mr. Trumbull to yield the floor for adjournment
Mr. Douglas, now in his seat —I hope not ; the
courtesies of the Senate have been taki u udvan
t ig r e of. on account of my km wn absence, to make
■ui assault on me.
Mr. Trumbull No sir ; 1 knew not whether you
were present or absent when 1 was commenting on
the report. I did not intro uce the subject, nor
did 1 know it would come up to-day.
Mr. Douglas—My colleague dares to say,in face
<>f the fact, that he did not know I was absent, lie
acted with unfairness in attacking the report when
I was detained from the Senate by ii] health. I
wou-d ask him within what reasonable time his
speech wid be printed?
Air. Trumbull—l think it will be published by
Monday.
Mr. Douglas —If I can ask a postponement of
the question till Monday. 1 will reply to Mr. Trum
bull's speech on Tuesday.
Mr. Seward—Take your own time.
Mr. Douglas [quickly] I understand that game,
•■take your own time.’’ The Senator from Massa-
chusetts took his own time to write and circulate
a libel on me w hen the Nebraska bill was report
ed. 1 understood my colleague to say he came
here- as a democrat. That will be news to the de
mocracy of illiuiois, arid is a libel on the derr-ocra.
cy of that iState.
Mr. Crittendc , [K. N ] of Kentucky, interpos
ed, saying the debate had transcended the rules oi
decorum. The Senator had charged a libel on
Mr. Trumbull. [Sensation ]
Mr. Dougias—l should have been better satisfi
ed if the Senator from Kentucky had, when black
repub icaus denounced us in course terms, rebuked
them for want of courtesy.
Mr. Oittertden —To what do you allude?
Air. Douglas—When they made coarse and vul
gar partisan assaults upon the democratic side of
the Senate.
Mr. Crittenden—lt was no m<>re my business,
than that of others to call Senators to order for
personalities. This is not the place for vitupera
tion. Such matters should be settled elsewhere.
Mr. Douglas—l do not regard the Senator as
good authority in Illinois polities. 1 was speak
| ing of events of which I am better capable of judg
ing than be.
After further co'oquv, the Chair decided that
Air. Douglas’ remark was not personal.
Mr Douglas—So far as I am advised, and as I
believe, niv colleague was the candidate of a miser
able sect of Abolitionists and Know Nothings
i Hiieh are one and the same thing,
j Mr. Crittenden—l wish the Senator to under
stand that I co-operate with the American party,
and standing here as a gentleman and a Senator,
and claiming ail the respect due to my honesty as
a freeman. 1 repel with scorn ev ry imputation
-of that kind, as intended to embrace tm- and mv
j political associates.
[ Mr. Douglas explained- 1 spoke of what Know
Notbingism is in Illinois, and said it might be
otherwise in the South. Every Kie>w Nothing
■ lodge in Illinois has adopted an abolition creed:
and that is the miserable faction which has sent
|my colleague here. The Senator from Kentucky
misunderstood me, else he would not have conceiv
ed my remark as personal to him.
| Air. Crittenden—File gentleman did not make
the qua ifications he now does
Mr. Douglas—Every gentleman must have un
derstood'me as making a distinction. 1 said noth
ing about Southern Know Nothings.
■ Mr'. Trumbull—l shail not permit such remarks
as those from my colleague to pass unanswered.
1 shall suffer no man here or elsewhere to state of
mo things which are absolutely and totally unfound
ed. 11 he means to say that J am, or ever have
been, a Know Nothing, or connected with any se
cret political organization, the charge is basely—
| I will not violate the rules of the Senate, but say
j untrue. He proceeded to speak of the polities of i
• Illinois, saying she was and had always been a
Democratic State. In the Eighth Congressional
I District, which gave Pierce nearly 5,000 majority,
| he [Trumbull] was elected a member of the Mouse |
by more than *2,600 majority. Me ran as tire anti-1
Nebraska candidate, flow did his colleague know
that he received every Know Nothing and Aboli
tion vote? Me [Mr. Trumbuli] did not know it.
Mr. Douglas—My colleague said the reason why
he did not accept at Salem my proposition to re
sign our seats last year to te.-t, by re election, 1
whether lie or J represented Illinois, was, that I
Governor Mattison would appoint me and another |
Democrat to fill the vacancies. I tell him I will !
sign a resignation now, to take effect at the next
meeting of the Legislature.
Mr. Brown, [Deni.] of Miss.—That’s right.
Mr. Douglas-- I’ll give him till Monday morning
to think of it.
Mr. Weller. [Deni.] of California—That’s bet
ter.
Mr. Douglas—l said my colleauge received eve
ry Abo ition ami Know Nothing vote in the Leg
islature. He dare not deny tha statement. Why
equivocate ?
After some further remarks.
Mr. Douglas said that his colleauge had become
a chief of the Black Republicans.
Mr. Trumbull—l ask my colleague to explain.
Mr. Douglas—Was not the gentleman voted for
by Abolitionists ami Know Nothing from all parts
of the .‘■Mate ?
Mr. Trumbull—l tell him no to his teeth. 1
never was a candidate of the Abolition or K now
Nothing party. 1 have been voted for by mem
bers of the American party, and it was so with the
gentleman, but that I was their candidate is not
true.
The colloquy was continued further, when Mr.
Sumner replied to the remarks of Mr Doug'as. that
!m |Sumner] had obtained a weeks delav of the
Nebraska bill in order to circulate a libel on him
[Douglas.] Mr. Sumner said that ir was untrue—
that he had united with other members of the Sen
ate in sending an address to the people of the Uni
ted States, expressing tho true character of the,
bill, and predicting many of tho evils which Lave
siuco eusued. i
Mr. Douglas said that both Messrs. Chase and
Sumner, on the occasion referred to, came to his
seat and asked him to postpone the Nebraska bill
I one week, in order to give them time to examine
; it. He did so—but the day after he discovered,*
they had written an exposition of that measure, and
scattered it broadcast. It was the false statement
that they hud not had time to examine the bill of
which he [Douglas] complained. That address at
tributed to him a base purpose* self- aggrandize- ‘
incut, and not a proper sense of public duty. Th*
8( nator from Massachusetts did not consider that
libelious—oh no. This might accord with hi**'’
ideas of a gentleman and a Senator. ’ •• *
Air. Sumner— l shall enter into no-contest her*-
or elsewhere, as to the character of a gentleman.
This Senate shall decide whether the Senator from
Illinois is the proper judgeol the matter. It ia nol
true that I went to the Senator's seat to make th*
request to which he alludes.
Mr. Douglas repeated that Mr. Sumner, whil*-
preteu.hng he .wanted time to read the Nebraska
bib; had prevously franked a grossly libellous
pamphlet on that subject.
Air. Sumner said the address was predicated on
the first bill and not on the last.
Air. Douglas remarked that the reasons assigned
by Mr. Sunnier lor the postponement of the N*?
braska bill, were not true in fact. . ■
Mr. Johnson's motion was then adopted, audth*
Senate adjourned to Monday. ; :
**port of Finance Committee.
The Finance Commitfe in the disc-hare of th*
last, but not least important part of their duties
now ask leave t<> present to the Boju.se thair estf
mates of Receipts and Disbursements at the Treas
ury during the financial years 18'>6 and 1857.
RE CIS IP i S FOR 185 C.
Front General Tax, 3375,000 00
•• Banks. 23,000 00
“ Bad Roads, 6.000 00
“ Miscel aneous Sources, 5,000 00
“ Western Jk Atlantic Railroad, 180.000 00
Baance in Treasury on 20th Oct. 1855
not subject to drafts 45,000 00
Aggregate receipts, f G 34.000 00
MSiJUi: SEVENTH FOR 1856.
Expenses of Legislature for 60 days. 890.00 00
Givi! Establishment, 54,000 00
Contingent Fund, 15.000 00
Deaf an! Dumb Asylum, 8,000 00’
Academy for th* Blind, 2.500 00:
Support of the Penitentiary, 2,500 00 :
Military Fund, 1,000 00’
Military .Store Keeper, 400 00 1
Military Institute, 2,000 00
Lunatic Asylum. 22,000 00
Inspector and Chaplain Penitentiary, 650 00
Printing Fun !. 18.000 00
Interest on Public Debt. 165,000 00
8381,050 00
Which deducted from receipts, leave*
in Trcsury on 20th Oct., 1856, 3252.950 00
Assuming it to be the intention of the
Legislature to make liberal appro
priations for charitable and useful
purposes, we notice them ns follows:
Appropriation for Lunatic Asylum, 855,000 00
For re-building, Ac., Penitentiary, 15,000 00
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 3,500 00-
Military Institute, 12,500 00
Salary of two Professors in Franklin
College, 5,000 00-
‘To Terrell Professorship in Franklin
College, 600 000-
891,600 00 ;
Which being deducted, leaves a bal
of 8161,350 00
RECEIPTS FOB 1857.
From G> neral Tax. $350,000 00
‘* Ranks, 23,000 00-
“ Miscellaneous Sources, 5,000 00
“ Rail Roads, 6,000 00:
- Western & Atlantic Rail Road. 284,000 00
3668,000 00
DISBURSEMENTS.
B‘ume as in 1856, deducting expense*
of Legislature, 8291,050 00’
Appropriation for Lunatic Asylum, 55,000 00
Re-building Penitentiary, 50.000 00
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, . 3,500 00
Military Institute, 12,500 00
Franklin College, 5,600 00
9417,650 00
Showing a bnladce in the Treasury on
the 20th of Oct., 1857, of 9250,350 00*
Election of President by the House.
The probability that the next election of E’resi
: dent will be decided by the Mouse of Represent®*
lives, renders the following article from the New’
\ ork Herald, lull ol interest In such an event,,
there is not the remotest probability of the succcm
ol the Brick Republican candidate, whoever he
may be, unless the Representatives from California
and Illinois prove faithless :
( minting the members who sustained Ranks bli
the highest vote as sure to support the Black Re
publican candidate for the Presidency, that party
w ill have 13 States, viz :
Indiana, Maine, .Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut. New York,.
Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wis
consin.
‘Hie Democracy, judged by the same rule, by
‘.hose voting for Richardson, will have 12 States
viz:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Gcor
gia. Illinois, Louisiana. Mississippi, North Caroli
na, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia.
low a is equally divided, and radically, upon De
mocratic and Black Republican lines.
Then we have the following States in which th-
Know Nothings, (who, with hardly an exception,,
voted against Banks,) controlled either absolutely
or holding the balance of power by the Ameri -
can Representatives in Congress :
Kentucky. Tennessee, Maryland. Missouri, Del*
awaie. .
Allow ing that the vote of the last can be con
trolled by the Black Republicans, they are still
short of the power to elect their President—and i
that power is lodged with the National American.
Representatives tr* in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mary
am and issouri—four slave States.
False lb-port.
The Savannah Journal says, Gov. Wis poi* :
t.vely denies ever saying that Mi\ Fillmore’a ad?
m.lustration was \\ asiiiugtou like, or. using any
I words to that etiect. . <