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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. . <