The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865, February 07, 1859, Image 1
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W have on hand a largo variety of NEW JOB t TV PE and shall keep a cuiislaut supply of Plain ii Fane) Papers Cards, Our fiM-iliti,. fortiirttiuglifftUi,of work, - Milt. prompt].. 1 !., and •tw*|atoh, wiii make it jfreai ■ 1, to lb, Urt.l „t [air. aIMi in want of lOUTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRt ‘UI .AIDS, PAMI'HI.ETS, DKKDS, BONDS, DEC LA R A TK >N S, HANK CHECKS, HIEI.S OFEADINO, LETTER HEADS, RIEE HEADS. DRAV KEI KII-TS, HEA.NK NOTES, CATALOGUES, r LABELS, . WAVBILLH, I * lhanks of every flescrißtlnn, Sic. &c. ALHO. 8 ‘ ELMO AD BHi I IJIBO IT BLIN K $ Glfß XjH A €AJeX. This Defmrtmmit is under the management of Mr D. 8. PORTER. w'hoK* long experwio. and i acknowledged reputation a* a.Job Printei, .iro a p mitht-ieiit guarantee that all Work entrusted t<hw cre will be ejMM'Otisl with energy and faithiulntiw We have bow in uoltMeultou with the <:thee a I eonaplet* BOOK BINDERY, and bavin* vary rwcnUjr scewrel the service* of Mr. K. M. CLARK (late of PfcikAulphm. > in this braucb of oar biteinctM, we jl< <i*e uurstdvr-e to jjiva the moat |. rfeet aatiafaction r te tn,.nu faeture of all atyl# of Ledgers. Account Booths, Court R *cordA. Steamboat and Rail Road Blank B-oks, &c We intent! not to he outdone in the tdjlo and finish of our Work. In either .h;irtmeiif, etiuhHahment Heath, and that we may be able to □take our prico* anti*factory, we have adopted the CASH S VST KM. Jan. I. Ijy. K. KLLIH A CO. A C A HI), I NOW have on haiyl • |prv ion rs merit of VFIII- I f'I.KS --1 the finest mat. u:l and • Imi.. .im:,i.iifa< Imw ever bribe offeiwl hi thin market, <• rhrariiiK COACHES, BKRX.INB, CAI.EECIIF.S, Hoi k Cnleee ties, Itoi kuMui*, TOP AND NO TOP BOGOI^B, AIJM>, A HPI.KMIIf) STOCK OP New York Trotting Buggies, OP FAKRY KTYI I'l AM) DEHt JUJ’TION, w hu h I offer on better terms ihan ran be afforded elee wliere for ca*h or Approved erecfit. I um utnnit madiriK op wv and wonld tie obliged to all indebted b. not. •*r arrnnnt. to rs-iM at 4 settle either by ch*li or satisfactory renewal All who omit IfiM wHI find their claim* in the hands of an at torney for collection- H < MAKE N H. AH those nho do not Intend pa)in* without lieitii sued, aw notified that five |ier rent ill lie de ducted by calling at the'captain offic e mol settling forthwith 11. ♦ Mc KKB. t ‘nlambua. Janaary 31 wlf CARDS, PLAIN ffl Fancy Color* of any ni*, neatly Printed at the XJMEfi OFFICL. ilfflWiiilis Wcehln if mm+ ■— - * (mt WKIX, TriWDAV, FKBKI AIU I, iv.'t. Pavlik l(aIIroad Uefraird Turin. The Pm itie Railvoadd bill was defeated in tin* Senate of the Lulled State* on the 27th nit.—Ya ! rioi,s amendments were adopted which only clog ged the passnge of the bill a motion tostrike ouL all except the tiunl clause was adopted by the fol lowing vote. Ay /■ Messrs. Rates. Roll, Renin min, Rriglit. . < Zmerqii, i hoMimt, Clarke. L’lay. Cllugiiuui. Ctit tcudeii, Davis. Dixon. Doolittle. Purkr. . den, F iM>t, (Ireen. Hale, Hamlin. Hammond, lLwis '•d. Hunter, Iverson, Johnson (,>t Tennessee.) Kennedy. King. Mason. Pearce. Read. Rjee, S.- hastian. Shudd-.Siniuniis, Slidell, .Stuart, Thouip son. (Ol New Jersey.) Toombs, Ward—3B. .Nogs -Messrs. Alien. Bayard, Rigk-r. Bruder i*lc. Brown, ('handler, Douglas. I'iteh, I'ittpatrich. Foster, (iwfci. Marlmi.Jones,]*eck. Pugh. Seward. Trumbull, Wade, Wilson, Vule. -Jd. Thig vote was tantamount to a defeat of the bill. The bill as passed by a vote of 31 to 2tt Mr. (1 win regarded ns a farce. The title was amended fto aa tn rend “a lull to author;-... ~..j proposal tor the construell>m fa railroad from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean upon three sepu ate route#. The questhm of raising the tariff has been dis- 1 ctis-od in the comuiiitec of Wayk and Means Mes-r*. Letcher of Vu., Dowdell of Abu, and Crawford of tljv. sire opposed to a change iu tile tariff. The Committee have decided they will report tin lonn bill except with a revision of tlic tariff at laehcd. and have axial that amount at twenty -live millions, to fund the treasury notes and pay the interest thereon- -the loan tube payable at pleas ure alter two yoars aud Wfnre six. All |.Hrties am in a quandary about the tariff. It seems to be understood that tlic Republicans and Pennsylva nia ltetuoorots generally will support spe*itie du ties, But tin* majority of the DiWKocrnla ruAluw than do this wiH let the tariff stand asit is. even If they hare to I'ome to direct taxation t support the tk> vern meut. Such, ut least, i> the report of gentleman who have given close attention to the subject. There suit maybe (he passage of twenty-live million loan bill, anil uothihg more, for the relief of -Um (toveriimenjt vlurtng the next li#eal year. The It rim I) I Ira n Part) Imnlrinhiii That till* i• l*: i- current :it the North that the American Party South sympathise with the move ments of the Black liupunfean l*irty in opposi ■ lion to the Democracy cannot lor u luoiuciit be doubted. We are unable to trace the origin of such un opinion ami, we may say , rtf/retton upon the integrity ami soundness of the Amcricmi pat ty, uukvsit le from the avidity with which they seize and zeal with which they support every her esy calculated to weaken and destroy the Demo cratic party. Thu alliance North between tim llcpuhliofim* and American* is open and ahove hoard ami doubtless the latter have pledged the co operation of their Southern brethren in the eveut ! of an emergency. Hut wrecklesa as the American party may be having nothing tangible upon which they can gather tiieir fore. - we arc yet to Udicve for mere party eoiiwMcrntions they woyld aid. directly nr • indirectly, the election a Hiaek K*q**blfean to the J’residency. The future, hnwev cr. will reveal their policy. For thw present, wc consider it a stigma upon the char actor of the American party Smith to rusuutete that they will be disloyal totheir sit 1 tiou. The follow ini; from the Savannah Itrjrih 1 lii-nii is worthy of notice—especially oathat biur nalis noted for its extreme love of the Fnion which is the first tep towards a desertion of the Smith and submission to wro;ig. It says, “The leading member* of tin? Repub lican party, have, somehow, taken up the idea, that there are .Sou them men, who. forth’- sake .4’ opposing the Dcmoarutir party are willing to follow in their lend in the mVt Prt;sidiftey. Where the delusion came from, we are unable to say, hut ‘• there is nothing clearer, than it is a “reckoning without tl.eir tiost.” Sail ArrMent. Mr. Richard t'oicinan, overseer ff*r Mr. Duncan MclioiignJd. of ChattaliOoehee ('oiiqjty, lost his life Saturday, the 29th ult., by the oecidental dis charge of a gun in his bands. Ilotr True? ‘’‘Butter too few words from the woman we love, than too many : while she is silent, nature Is working for her ; while she talks, she is working for ber.-elh leve i* sparingly soluble in the words of men; therefore they .speak much of it; but one syllable of womwn’a sjieecli enn dissolve more of it than a niutiV heart yon hold.” Klnaarlal. | The Secretary of the Treasury, in a reoent dee unn hi sunt to the Mouse, -suggests an invitatiou ! from the Fulled States to the eoiuurergiul countries 1 ofKurope, to meet mi a representative body for consultation on a uniform currency, uniform -<ystcm of commercial statistics, being of tbuopin hm that this reform w-aild be favorably received, nml pr-.bahl v adopted by each of the countries so represented. Me says our own government occu pies a position, both political and commercial, which Would juarity it in taking the lead in the matter. Cheap Route. We ar Informed bt agenfhman, who traveller! with Mr. Gwyfer from New Orleans, that arrange incut? have been made for a quick jms-aga from that city to New Vork and that through tickets between the two oilies will be reduced to $29,00 i This iswlieftpimoiigh and nobody ought to epju pla in. |,ouvlaimi senator. An election was hud for Senator in Congress in ’ Louisiana a few .{ays since and resulted in the fence of 11 *n. J. P. benjamin, the present Sena tor. The race wa clone in the Democratic caucus . between Mr. Surulidge and Mr. Benjamin, the lat ter succeeding by three votes. Slab Hr til. St. Lorra, dan. 27. 1809. The •Wonstitiitiona.l aiiM-mliueut limiting the 8 fate dt l-l to #".0.099,990, passed the Mouse to ol ay, by a Tote lin’, to 18. The amendment Lad previously passed the Senate. Mon. J F Dowdcir The following letter front Mr. Dowdell ex plains itself, We feel sure that no ItopreSeutativu of the pcopla ever more fairly won or modestly ‘ and worthily wears the esteem of his uouHtilm-nts f hau he. // nbUitjf hna Merer been appreciated. • The country lose* a wtfli counsellor —an Indefatf | gable servant a laborious and able legislator,— Mis purity of life, and amiability of character, illumine his career. May he bo happy ! and the District find another Representative as faithful— able and influential! [Angara Siynal. New* from iurafan. New Oai.KAXM, Jan. 20. The schooner Brilliant, from t'ampeaeby, brings advices from Vucntntan to the I2tb inst. The libefrl party having triumphed, offer an amnesty to the Indians. Those not acoepting its terms are to lw shot or banished for teu years, 111 1 111 *• IHKST ATK S. A\IITIIKSIIY KUKIIi \T \ II FTIIENT ATK S. row rtirt T**K*. A Ikitutlful Kxirart “Every person’s l'wlings have a front door and a side door by which they mny he entered. The (font door is on the street. Some keiqi it always open: some keep it latched; sung locked; sotne hohed, with a chain that will lot.you peep in, but tint get in* ami some Hail it up. so that nothing eim pass its threshold. This front door lead# in to a passage, thence *0 the interior apartment*. The side door opens at otiec into tla* saured chambers. There is. almost always, at least otic key to thu* side door. This is curried for years hi a mother's hosoui. Fathers, brothers, sisters, and friends, often, but by no means so nniver sally have duplicates of it. The wedding ring Convey eii right to one; alas, ifnono- is given wilb rt! If nature or accident has put one of these keys into the hands of a jicrson who lias the tor turiug instinct,l can only eoleumly jwouoimce the words that Justice uitais ovar ite doomed victim The Lord hnvr mercy on tfonr wild ! It’ you UIO a lliau. von will ..LoKI.. —* •• •• voir head oh a qtrh stone m Alelhournc or Ban - Francisco; or if you are a-woman, quarrel and ‘ break your heart, or turn into a pale, jointed pet rifaction, that moves about as if it were alive, or play sonic real life tragedy or other. Be careful whom you give a side-door key: too many have them already.’’ (ongrfHHlonal AVasiiinuton. Jan. 20. Tn tin* House yesterday, the motion to reconsid er tin* Consiilar aml Itiplninatic bills, passed by a vole of U)1 to 9vS. AYasiiinuton, Jiui. 20. Nothing of general interest tranapireil in either branch of Congress to-day. vnatarlal Ocmocratlc ( aucus \V ARHINGTON, Jan. 2S). 11l relation to many suggesled alterations in tin* revenue laws, the Senatorial caucus have de clared Mint they regard it inexpedient to increase flic tariff, but on the contrary, suggest Ihut t!i! expenses of tins Oovernmaut ought to be reduced to meet the present revenue. The California fvrrlatitl Mall. St. Lot ik, Jan. 27, f859. The overland mail, with Sail Francisco diUes of the 2d inst.. has arrived here. No through passengers ctiQlG with It. Tnc ('ulifoywia Legislature is composed of 77 T,ecomptini democrats, 22 anti Lecompton demo crats. and 1 I republicans. Then* was over s.'<th*loo in the treasury at the close of Ihe year. Tin* Eioxidont’s message readied Elaeorville via. Salt Lake Jan. I. seventeen days from St. California and Oregon are to be connected by telegraph. The new Idria quieksiver mine, situated on the border **l Monterey ami Merced count iee, was be tug opened and worked with a good pro* j wet of sueecs#. * There was a large deficiency in the treasury of I Sun Vrgbeiseo. and it was feared that the duly I interest on the bonded debt would not he s'*" 1 - i fc’rtWot river accounts arc to Doc. 27. Tba w ! fclicr vvas moderate and the mining prospects fa j varable. * Arrival us the steamship i.nne**rt. Xtw Dim.bans, Jan. 29.—-The steamship Ten i nossec haa urrived, with Vew Cruz data* to the 2Jth iimt. The Spanish fleet had left Snerlfleioa for llav aim. Accounts Ks-oivwl from the city of Mexico to tli 19th inst.. report Iliad M irnnion wouhl nos ac cept the Presidency t nor would Ik- favor Robles, bin would aslhero to Zuioaga's plan. He was mmrhing upon the t'npitub nod bd ordered a forced loaned of sfiOtt,W(Ml at iSundahijara. inc lu ding foreigners, who paid it uuder threats of ex pulsion. It is stated that the French and Fnglisli Minis ter- tiad demanded front .fuurcz the immediate payment of claims due the subjects of their respoo tiv c governments ; and, in ci.se of iion-eninpliaucc, the\ would seize Vera Cruz and Tampico. The Liberals had taken Marat lan. The Massachusetts Anfl-Maverj Seclclj. liOMToN, Juu. 27, la. r i. The twenty seventh annul moating of the Vlas sadmseUs Anti Sluvery Society was hold in .Mer cantile Mall to ilay. jMussra. tjarrUon, Wendell Phillips, PilUbury, Reni-md. Wright and other vati-raus in the cans* were present and active as usual. The resolutions and speeches exhibited iMilnlU-i ing faith ill the final triumph of abolition ism, but indicated no new plans for huntoning the good time coining. Tlf I'otixulur mid IHpiumailr Bit—kvrlllng Ib-lnite -■M the slave Trade The co mm I Wee rejected the ponding amendment, which was to the effect that im money ahull be ex pend'd in support and for t ig* education of the re captured Africans. Mr t ‘r.iwfnrd.(Hdni) oftJa, offered an nmendmantru • hieing t he proposed seventy-five thousand dollars -to enable the President to carry out the law of 1819 —to forty-five thousand dollars. Me conten ded that tip- I’rtraident hud m> authority to con tract with ih- American (’olonizatien Society for the educa'iou ami support of the Africans of the Kcho. Mr. Stewnrf. (adm.i of Md.. said if it was nee eessary. in carrying out the act of 1819, to stipu late for their odaeutloif and support, no objection could fw* lundc to tin; contract entered into by the Provident. The North mode war on the President for enfm-’ fng the Fugitive Slave law, and if the , hwH'litit enforces the law for the suppreraion of the slave trade the Smith make war on him. He war opposed to thi* uttraism. Mr Moore, (ad in.; otAhi., ad in l Had there are precedent* for the Preaidiiut’a action, hut there was n <|Uation nf'ove that. It whs wbutfu-r this governineut should couneirt itself with the hein oil lie Colonization Soeiely, and bolster up that rotten concern in Liberia, which has proved a fail ur ami uu abortion Mr. Millson, (ndiu.) of Ta. expressed hissur prise at the si-indtivene** exhibited by gentlemen Wiio believe that to condemn the slave trade is to reproach shivery. Me did <f know what wife the Picnkleut could liavp done relativ e to the recap lured Africans. Mr. Cose (opp.; of Indiana, said he could not *w- how they emild eoMwlatuntly vote money to educate these Africans in Liberiu, when thccdu entioa of negroes in the slave Slate* ie made a • -riiimial ofleiieu. Talk abouVlhe horrors of the Middle I’aoswge ! lb- had i> ai an advertisement of a runaway, right inder our imnu dia'o view, who, it iras stated, could he identified bv hi* scar ed hand* and La< k, lienee, for the sake of eon sisteney, they should strike out the provision of the still now under coiishU ration. Mr. Kcitt, (adin.)of 8. t'., in rly to Mr. Mill- Sftn. said that Southern gentlemen had merely jn-otosiod agaiost this government, full psountetl on an anti slavery svntimunl, riding down the re rtrictions of law. The President liatl no right to make a contract for the support and maintenunan of the negroes of the Kciio. The charity of this ’ government lias Ixwm prostituted to uphoblittg the ColOnhtation society, which sprung up from a ■purious sentimentality in a single night, and which receives its sapport from old maids and di lapidated politicians, who colonise negroes,from a maudlin humanity. This ir what the President has done. Mr. Hun ham, (adm.j us S. L'., proposed and ad vocated an amendment eoufirining the appropria tion to the act of 1819, and tdrikiug out the words M and auy suhse|uont uet> now in force.” Mr. Seward, (udm.) of (la., looked on the laws for the prevention and supprctaioji of the slave trade us in violation of the constitution. Ho wanted Georgia and the other Southern States to •settle the matter themssU os. Mr. Barkbalo, (mint.) of Miss., endorsed Mr. Seward's remarks, but tegardsd thisdisuussiun os COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 185.0. out of place, was satisfied (hat the President, in lewi ruing the Ali iruns of the bark Echo had vio lated law. There was ini authority for (he con tract lie had made. Relieving, however, the President acted from patriotic motives, ho was not prepared to condemn him. I nder pn|H*r cir cumstances he should be prepared to take a pon !”V n tu l,u ‘ rc opening of the slave trade, and u. iklnvor. The safety of the North and South do luaqded efficient and faithful execution of the lilWs. The clause under coiitdderulion—an appropria to en ihlo the President to carry into effect the contract with the Colonization Society, Ac. was stricken out ; hut this does not finally dispose of the subject, which will he voted on iii the House. Senator Speech. Ofolliu#* of the /*••#, Wo give this very excellent document on tire in om paper to-day. It is entiixijy nuueeessary to c.muucal on it; there is not a true Southern liearl throughout the length and breadth of this State, but must beat responsive to the manly sentiments uitercd by Mr. Iverson in dofetue of his section. [(irijfin) JnUrpuidtul Soulfi, _ The Spouch of the Senator is worthy of the man. and lutd we space for it. would gladly publish it entire. As it is. we shall have to he content with a ft*w extracts to show its truly Southern tone and patriotism.— i (.I/ucom) Geo, t'iti'zrn, AYo trust that the speech of the (leorgiu Senator will be extensively circulated, and read, and that tli.* blow which hi* has struck will be followed up by other* of the same sort.- Kufmtla Hiiirit of th> South, ” ill sunn* congressional body he kind enough to send us a halt dozen copies <t Mr. Iverson’s late speech Mont. Mail. f fin coimlusion. we must acknowledge that, vve find no seutinumt expressed in this speech, that we do not cordially endorse, I.oirreneeeilir [(iu.) If Southern Senators and Representatives wil. only Home np to the ground laid ott by this floor gia Senator the South will very soon cither haven better time iu this 1 uioit, or go out of it. altoguLli cr. Kufuula (Ala.) /•.'.■press. W e refer imr readers (•> a .synopsis of it i Mr. I verson's Speech) hi another column taken from the Washington correspondence of the Coin tubes 77mi. lie is ono ot the truest friends that the South has m Congress, and his speeches invaria .bly abound in sound sei.se and good doctrine. .Vacua Slut ■ /Vc. Suffice it to say. that from a hasty* glance i re endorse the whole of it, and belie vu that he rofiucl* the setilinnnls of his constituency.- Lumpkin {Go.) /‘allodium. From another source, too, vve learn, that Mr. Iverson “spoke wjth great severity against Mr. Hammond's speech in South Carohnio last fall.” :md “it is expected that Mr. HuSuuoiid will re ply to him.” We hope so. and with our ootouipo rary, tlie Columbus Timm, “vve shall await with impalieiicc the reply of that Senator, ** and shall also like to hear from tin* “many Southern gen tit-men” who, tin- Philadelphia Knipikcr says, eondeinu .Mr. Iverson's speech. Grijfln timpirr State. This gentleman by his bold mid manly speech on the Pacific Railroad Rill, lias revived flic droop ing spirit of the South. ‘J'” such men us he (Senator Iverson) the South will turn in the hour f danger, for counsel and help. 7'esl-egs* 7/S/iwe rut. The warm patriotic Southern right:, doctrines I uttered by Sv.milar Iverson inert out hearty re sponse, und we hope they will be followed by every Sontlieni ineml..*rin Congress. U ire tiro** licpiH't) i ( Tfnniinariflr.) We tender our thankb to the Hop. A. Iverson, for a copy of Ids speech on tin- Pacific Unij|-oad bill, of which we spoke last week. F.vcry intense ly Southern seiitiniunt he uttered therein, we heartily endorse Kninhrhhff (teorf/inn. Ptirrhiiseof ( üba >lr. Toomli*. In tin- Seiia-ie on. the 2.';lh instant, upon thp ijiiestion of appropriating $.‘19,090,009 for the pur chaw of ('n bo. Mr. Toombs replied to the argil guiuont* of'Mr. Howard, and advocated the bill reported by the committee. No abnegation of Sanatoria! prm-irgutive was involved in (lie pas sage oil lie bill, which merely risked thirty mil lioug of dollars upon the success of the m gneia lions, leaving the Senate freato ratify or reject any treat;, that might b - funned. For himself, he thought Cuba •> ikio ilbll to tire roan try that he wh> willing to rim the risk for the purpose of pro curing the island. Me desired to raise no ijubs lions in advance luapceiiug the .status of the in habitants >d’Cuba, in ease it should be annexed to the l nioii. We could settle such questions among ourselves, and in negocinfing with foreign c< un- Iriesthe I’resident should not be einbMrrirssMl by our sectional quarrels. Me wanted the Coiigic.NN of the United States to declare to the world its policy with reference to ('uba. and as a free and itide pendent nation, he held that we had a right to of fer to pup-huMo (Juba, without asking leave of an usuipu’ of ten y ars’ standiug, whoae power hum • •uly sustained hy five hundred thousand troops. France und KngliUid had no Imainess to iuterfere at all in the transaction: und if Franco or Fng laud, or both combined, should interpose objec tions, ho w i- wilting to nutot.fhe Jeonsei|Uetweaol awswiiiig our independent nationality. (Til m whs not only politically-but commercially necessary to the liggraiultKcinanl of the repuhlii*. Wc now feet and clothe tin- world. Give us (In- tropia*, and wu should have all that was necessary to curry on a natural exchange bid ween the products of the Boui.li and the North, ft was the duty of the I wiled States to make the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and of the (Jtiiihhca.ii Sen a mare rluv sulk. After thr l.lrla. The Chicago I’ress says tlial a young lady now a sewing girl in that city, lias received a letter from an uuelc in New Vork, stating that herself and two uncles in New York had fallen equal hairs to the ennilorMible sum of £27,000,000 or about $ I J. r ,000,999, by the recent death of t?n iiin-le hi <al<uila, India, whore he had aceuniii- Ia ted hi* immense fortune in mercantile pursuits. The Petersburg Kxprcsr says that ninels n young men packed their trunk- and left for Chi cugofiythe next train after the mformation wa rrcr-lved, and forty-uhc otliers who could riot gel ready in time, sent telegraphic despatches to the young Indy to withhold her decision until the second Petersburg delegation Should arrive. We observed n large number of Augusta hoys crowding about the Carqliuu depot one day lasi week: but supposed they were drawn thitherhy the charms of a certain actress who was taking her departure. We mis* some fifteen r twenty young men about town, and whether they went off after the daughter ot Thespis or the Chicago heir ess, hits not yet transpired. Anyimlu Itenjiulf /i, ihtinhridgi. IfHNlur Count). Business here, say * thu 1 ivory inn i* more'activo than wo uver raw it. Storehouse* always crowil e<l: plenty of money in uirculatiou, and our Court house square every iiifinring filled wifli wagons, loaded with cotton. On Wednesday morning last we could scarcely make nu* way to the Decatur Mouse, so crowded wore the streets. Itu.-jituuecs ate being built In every direct ion. beside* several largu and *pHcious storehouses. The nuinhcr us strangers visiting this place is great: most of them are look ing after fends, und not a few <>f them ro becoming settlers iu tin* county. The lqiulutiuii ofDceulut has increased not less thim twenty five percent wlGiin the pu-t lew years-- South-we-teru Georgia has always been consular* ered sickly by the pcopfe of the middle uud upper purl of the Statu; but Uiuv were hover more mis taken. This portion of the State is the garden spot of Georgia, as regards salubrity of cTitniiU;, richness of soil, society, intelligence, uud last, but not least, the btinit.y of thu fair sox. CwniKfcxTioj* uv thk Lat/r.— W® published In onr issue of yesterday, a notice that Gov. Brown had appointed T. It. H. Cobb, and Rich ard ( lark, Ksqrs., to till (lie vacancies occasioned by (be resignations of Kx-Gov. Jolmsog niul Hon. Iverson L. Hafris, who were elected by the ls*t legislature to oodify the laws of Georgia. Wc learn from head quarter* that these gentlemen hare accepted the appointments. We feel no lies! ration In endorsing the action of the Governor in reference to these appoint Mini*, ‘/fetter could not hare been made. Some have questioned the right of thu Governor to fill tbese vacancies: to all such we would say. the (Constitution of the (State clothes the Governor with power to fill all vacancies occurring in offices held under the Hlate government, until the regular time for an HecGon come* on. Tha nnstltuti<oal power, thu* confer red on the Erfeetitivo, has been exercised by Gov. Brawn, and we conceive (ha* be bus done hi* duty properly and most judiciously.— Atlanta InttlH join er, Jan. 28. 101.1 MHIN, MKItXKMtAY. FFKItI AKV 2, IV*,lt. Fducailug Africans FAdtliig Debate It will Ik* rrtiieinlcfcd by our readers that some time sinco the Slaver Echo was seized oil the ooaat o| I'ubaWith a cargo of captured Africans aud was brought U> the port of Plmrlcstou, S. I'udar tho second section of the aef of fBl t it was made tlie duty of the President to return these Africans and deliver them to some ugcut hcyoml tho limits of the United States. The act reads as follow " Awe/ In it further enacted, That tin* President of the l nitod States he, and he is hereby, author i/ed to make such regulations and arrangeiiieiits us lie may deem expedient lor the sale-keeping, support and remain! beyond the limit* of tin l’n, ted Statm , of all such negroes, tnulgttoes, or pci sons .<f color, us may he so delivered and brought Within their jurisdiction, aud to appoint a proper person or persons residing upon tlic coast of AlYica us agent or agents for reeeivlyg thw negroes, Hmhutoos, or persons of color, deliv ortnl from • —• -v • i* *” “> ‘ae United States armed vessels.’’ In compliance with this authority Mr. Ruch anan sent the negroes to Liberia, making a eon tract with the Coloiiiz.ittion Society to receive tlu-m aud also to instruct them in the arts of civilized life. We quote lYoin the President's .Message that, portion which explains this contract. If'readsr-- follows : j Under these circumstances an agreement vva< entered into with the Colonization SoCiaiy on the 7th of September last, a copy of which is here with transmitted, under which the society engag ed, lor the consideration of $15,0011, to receive these Africans iu Liberia from the agent ut the United States, and furnish them during the parted of one year thereafter, with comfortable shelter, clothing, provisions, and medical attendance, and cause their children to receive schooling, and all, whether children or adults, to he in*hm ted in (he artn of civilised life, satiable to their eondi tinn.” lu the Consular and Diplomatic hill, a provision was engrafted authorizing the I'rcsident to list* the sum of $75.U08 tor tlic suppression of the slave trade; $30,000 of which vvns to pay the con tract of the I’rcsident with the Unionization ibici* ety to educate the returned Albicans for the peri od of one year. Southern men and especially the strict constructionist* were led tn inquire, if the appropriation of $30,000 did nut contemplate the execution of a power for which there was nosmu liou iu law. Hon. Mr. DOWDELL ot Ain., led off iu a speech of much force, and was I'ollnyvi •! by our immediate Representative Mr. (.'RAW FOltl), denying the authority <>t the Frcshleut to educate the Africans ami pronouncing it a Usiir putiou of power. We agree with Hicnl fully in tin'ir eon#tiuction of tin* above act. By refer cnee to it. it will Go seen that it empowers the President to utukuprovision lor the “sale keeping and support” of the captured negroes u thm tin limitm of the f nited Statm ami for flieir “remo val” bey aud-Mich limits. Tin rc is no authority ■>r shadow of authority lor him lo do anything more than to appoint an agent or agents to “rc reive” the negroes and after such appointment and delivery, the authority of the President cease#. Any other construction n| the act is forced and contrary t its spirit and tin very genius of our , tiovcriiinciit. What ! must the United States he converted in to a provision Store to “support” captured Af ricans after their return to their native soil'.’ Must it resolve itself into a Missionary Society to edu cate them in the “arts of civilized life” beyond the jurisdiction of the United States 't That too when the (lovernmunt Inis no power to odilnuto her own poor children or the negroes within her liin its at the public cxpuitOff? Must tlje Government continue t• • keep up the Colonization Society, which, after thirty year# experiment, demonstrates conclusively, that the negro is incapable ~f self government!’ Mast a sentimental abstraction or a pseudo philanthropy lu* a sufficient justification ■>f a usurpation of authority f But it is contend ed that the President only supports tin- Africans lor one year. We have no objection t>> the piti ful sum taken from the Treasury for this purpose, hut thu right to educate negroes for one year iin plies tin right to educate them for a thousand.- Tim lutif ndiHoua const met mu of the law by (he President is wimi is obnoxious to objection. The support of the Africans within the United Btah and the expense* inclined in sending them hack no one objects to, when the statute require# it.— But the right once yielded by the minority see lion, that the P reunion I or a majority in Congress can exercise authority not expressly granted in the Constitution or written in (be statoia hook* thru that minority has no guarantee against a de*pol iKin as ilaiigorous and Intolerable ns chi) be point ed out iu the realities of history or the wildest fie lions of pootry. That demon, a Republican ma jority, can then walk abroad clothed with the mantle and itriliwl se. ptre of power and the South will liavg no refuge from oppression, no hope for seuuri'y, hut in huuifdy kneeling and supplicating mercy. And cun*he expect model ation, justice and humanity from trie very spirit of abolitionism Y Theu, let tlie South (oppose .every exercise of umbdugated authority- ling dowdy the Constitu tion and the law, mid be prepared for the day should it come—when the usurpation of power may be a blow at her liberties- when mibur.wdon to wrong will not. consist with true dignity, and when sho may exclaim to her children iu the lan guageofthe Ghost of murdered Mantlet, when urg ing his sou to avenge tho soiled honor of his house j **lf you have n'ture in you bear it not.” Arret of an Alleged Maver. On Wednesday. Marshal Hynder- wired the American barque Antelope on suspicion that dje was'lestlned for a slave voyage. The suspicious cireii in stances attending tin- sui/.nro consisted in the fact that the vessel whs taking in extra sup plies, and that two of the crew of the shiver Mai dee, lately discharged, ho 4 engaged le sail iu hen When thu officers slopped the vessel near Mu a rant i lie, the Captain produced his papers, showing that the vessel hud huon regularly clear •! at the Custom House for one of tha West In- dian ports. There wore several featurescoiineeted with Ih< : suizuru to justify tho Marshal In dHnlning the! vessel, but It wa* pal|ahfe that the pn*of was no | suffi'iout to justify him In putting Ihc guvornmen 1 ton heavy oJtpensc, where titer*; win no posslbil- i ity of a eonvlotion. Tho vusoel was, therefore, al- j lowed to proceed or her voyage. A\ F. IJeminy ! /‘oat. Soaors. A gentleman eonnee.Uul with the Bonora Bur veying Kxpedition, under ('apt. B(nte, has arriv ed in Washington with disputelng for the /kale Department. Thu eomlitlbh of ffoimra is r pro sauted by him to be deplorable in thu extreme, from tlie prevailing dissensions, and tho people , are stated to be not only willing but anxious that the country shim Id bo occupied by the t'nind Htales. I’esehuira had failed in his attempt to raise more troops, though he was absent Mi #Hn ofoa, preparing to make his eootem|ff*ifel attack on Maz.iUlan. The people generally were ffcry much incensed against FcsChcira, ami at llerino silla they had liburate<l two eitizuns who hud been imprisoned by his order, and paraded thu streets, carrying them in triumph, with shout* es A Yhra los Americano* ! Dual It to Fe*ehdrti !** Halk Day.—There was a considerable crowd at the Market House yesterday toattend the sales of thu day. About seventy-live Houth Carolina ue groei were told hy the Stringier Brother*. Thu sabs were ea-di transactions and some of the nc P'Oes Were run up to high prices. Wo noticed the sale of a nogm man. w ife aud child- the latter on ly two yenrs old—for $2,760 00. Many Alabama • planters wore prerent. The day wa.x mild mid pleasant. Fort) Thousand Dollars Stolen from Adam*’ K\. privs. Adams’ Kxpre-’ Company was robbed on the 2Mh inst., of forty thousand dollars, in bills, most ly nf HVch and leu#, of the iltuik of Augusta ; Exchange Bank <d Columbia 8. I’.; Funner# and Exchange Rank ot Charleston; Bauli of Charleston: Hank of Commerce, riavuunuh ; Planters Hank of Fairfield; S. L. ; i’eoples’ Bunk o( Charleston, S. (\; Union Rank of Augusta ; •Murine Bank of Savaunuh, and bill# ol'the Bunk ol the ■State of ticorgiii. A reward of five thousand dollars is offered for (ongiTvvionei. In the Senate on Friday. 28th January, a peti tion was presented by .Mr. (.'handler, from ship owners and others, connected with the commerce of the iinrlUwcsloni lakes, asking an extension to those lakes of the system of meteorological ob servation# new used with such success on the ocean. 0 Mr. .Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, tu winch was referred the memorial of the agent of the American Timber Rinding Company, asking the appointment of a commission ol naval officers aud constructors to examine Blanchard’s patent mode of bending timber, submitted un ad verse rep rt; which vvu# agreed to. Ou motion by Air. Duv is. it was J{inolicd, That the Coimnittou on Finance lm instructed to inquire into tlie expediency ol truijs kCling troiu tlie true list to the schedule of dulia blc goods, such articles as w ill. 1 y being subjected to import duties eventually Llicicuse the ivu:uu. and serve t<* relieve tin* treasury of its present, embarrassments. The bills for the relief of Hiisnnnali Manic I'inckncy , sole heir of Captain Richard cdtttl rtck, and lor tho relief of Join. Hastiugs, UulliuLor ol the Fort bf Filt-burg, were severally eunoidurutl and iudetinilelv postponed. In tin- I louse of Representatives, on motion of Mr. Moi ‘c, of Maine, a resolution was adopted enlling upon the Rresuleiil lo i ■■iiiuiunii ule ueopy ol uli msinictjons given to the commander of mir African Squadron since the ‘rntitiiatioii of the treaty of 1812, called the Washington treaty, with a copy of tin regulations entered la to, for tho more full accomplishment of tiic object ol (In eighth arliele ol said treiUy ; ilia insirm-tion.- giveii to him on (lie const of Africa by the British Uovvhunsiil a also, the nmuc ot eiwh *hiver, or suspected stuvcr, taken by the Ameri< au pquai loii, giving the iMimhur and names ol tin- vessuD sent I * the l nited Stan s for < *ndcii.nation, the number condcinneo, thu date of their rapture and jjondi lunation, A e. Mr. Roiihani, of South Carol inn, from the Military Cominitiee. reported hilbrju) L]iu relief of Brevet Licuiwiniril Colonel Mrrliu Burke and Cu]vt4iiii Cluiilip Winder, of tin* I. 8. Aiiny ; lor the ivliutoi David (i. Bn; null, nod to rein mi to the Stale of Texas the money advanced by lu r for thw support of certain volunteer troops ■ ailed into service by (< tieral l’or#ifcV I*‘. Smith mid the tiovvriior o| said State lor the protect ton of said Stale from the incursions of the Indians, and they wen* severally read twice and committed. Mr. iVndli ton, of Ohio, from the nunc com mittee, reported a hill for the relief of the Mis sionary S icty of the M< rlndist Episcopal (Jlimcii. and it was. read twice and eoiumittud. V Frcr-Trndr I’r.ipositlon iroiu Mr. I ran lord zViuoiig the proposition del.iiied yesturduy iu the Cuuuuittec ol Ways und Meat.?, with a view to the realism lino-of •)> adequate income, wil# a #ng— gv#tioii from Mr. Crawford to the effect,—that the ‘fr amiry Note hill of last session l ooiitinued m force for two years ; and if it he then ascerluiiied tlmt the preset it tariff’ will not y'iehl a sufficient revenue for the support of the government, that the -y—tom of direct taxation he substituted for the existing ‘import arrangement. This movement contemplate# a j-eduetiou id’ tlic expenditure.# to a level with the income, and the ultimate inaugura tion (and a permanent system of free-trade. We utidi relaud the proposition was postponed until Friday. .Mr. CniWlord deserves credit for tho zuuJ with which hn opposed the scheme# of the protection i#ts in thu commit foe. We believe lie Ini# sug gestud the wise# l aud tllo#t eticotuul expedient tor the occasion, und vve trust lie will persist in its advocacy. Wathinyton State*. It m. WltUitmK. s.imfortl. Wu have heretofore unlit toned the accession of this gentlemsH to tlic editorial corps- The Rich mond /■inquirer thus speaks ; “The above extract from the Cyhffflhii# (da.) “ Time*” will awskon much Interest in the odßo rial circles of thu South. Such ail accession t#r our faattrnky eunnot. fail to wield un important iiiilitonce toward i l. vating the standiti il of edito rial luqitireinaiit. Mr. Satnford’.- political arti cles have not nuftcquenfly enriched tin* coltitnn# of the •• Enuuii- r.” We would kuow tint “crank ■ and his whip “ among a thousand, and, speaking knowingly, we and > n.t hesitate tn recognise bun us tin* very best pot life al e-#avf#tin the Union. Those of our render# who desire to pur#ue the eoiiol.iti,- ti->mi I lesson, of States Rights !>• uioiriey, eon uot liiil t<> find tin in e\p.am led With a rare ahility and impressed with all the Interest ofi nthushistie gm nils, in tin cdi oriul column# of the u Si;/nut.” Holding Hack Co'lon. fit another port ol to-day’s paper we publish tin article from the Columbus Titova, commenting irjam soma suggest ions of a eon espoinfeni of the t'fi iilestmi fhniriti, up.>n the policy of holding liook cotton to liiicliaiHie it* price. We concur with the 7V/u*<i,that the policy i J not n sound one. Wu voidure the assertion, that the planter who make- it a rule to sell his cotton as soon as it is git.ticfl, for a siieenssiuu of yours, will realise a belter profit than the one wlio holds it buck with thu exp. ciution of get ting a higher price than his iieighlMi> Now anti then It may occur that the latter policy will prove successful, but in tU*- long run, we think the experience of planters will sun tain our usaerllull that the curlier cotton is sold us ter it. i- giniitfd the more remunerative it will be to the producer. We also concur with the 7Vw-- in if* suggestions about varying <-rqN. It is time that (Jeorgia planters were making effort to render thraistilve* more independent of other .States for grain, hogs, and stock generally. The profits of our auttsui ei-oparu, mainly oolisuiueii iu the pur chase of niuh-.-. hor>cs, hogs, bacon, wheat, eoru, 4co.,rtieprodnet of Tennessee, Kciifucky, and otij western Slates, This if*nil wrong, and the sooner our planters provide against stu b inovil the son* - er they will tie prosperotis and {jidepemhlit. l/r./H,, 1.i.1.,,r, , Smith. Hi iik in Mohtus. The Hums Centermry Festival lit tlu- Parker II >naw, in Hosiuti, <>u Tucs dav, says the N, 1- Titu'-s, ap|iuars to have ex eoeded all others in the number of dHtingitisked literary gntU hini who took part in it, a* Well as in tiio brillmm yot the poems, songs, speeches ami sentiment* which were given on the occasion. There wcrttsphOehea from Itnlpli Waldo Kiin-rson, George Hilliard, N. P. Willis, the lion Mr. 11 o w <•, o( Nova Sciitj.i, Lord Kadftock, and Josiah (dujiu y. Sr.: and pocim by .Junius lliissull, who recited both a serious and huuieroiis poem, .1, G. W lift I i<*r. Holme*, and ah original song by'B. P. Siiillalwr. It is rare t.ho4 so brilliant ah assent blag*-” of genius has Ikmjii witneMM-d on either fldu of the Atlantic. Tint’- wa* him.llsur f'etlivul at the jievoro Jlouse, at which were* many distin guislied fiersous. At m arly evury town in New F.ngland lie re were similar gatherings, and the day seems to have been generally commemorated from two mitt of the Mtilon to the oilier, Tiib Hu.ht Portion. The loading nminber* of the Uup'frblioun party f tlie Nnrtfi have, Some how, taken up nil idea that there urn southern men who, for tlie sake of opposing thu Democratic p.*rfy, ar< willing to follow iu thuir Ie id ia the next president election. Where thudeuxioncaaia ffom vye irre itnahl# to any, hut there Is nothing clearer than that it is a “ reckoning without their host.” VVe are pleased to see that Mr. Humphrey Mar shall, Kit America n Hcpre so nioii v from Kuril ucky, lias takeiioeeusion to, disabuse the minds of the iU-publieans of so egregious mi error. He an Noyueud cmphaUeally in the House, a few days ago : “ There inn l/e no nmilition htitieavii the puli tirimna of that whooi ami thr in, tehn think ua / do.’ Mr. Marshall is correct. Tho idea that a nominee of thu Republican party--lei hi ui he who he ruaY-~-can ever receive the support of one voter in n hundred in any southern State, is simply pre- I*.sternii*. If they have any idea to the contra ry, tlie ntltii who proclaim* it writoa htuiMif down an uM.S—umtnnuh tftpubllcun. (Dl l MIM S, TMIKBOAY, Ki.RI Altl 3, lhr Tarih tluention in i'nngittnk The action of the Deiiiuerutie Senatorial euu cus upon the subject ol tho Tariff, huhi iu Wash ington on the 2fflh ult., wo presume will ru ceirc the approbation of every Southern nut* der. Simm the South—bueiiuso sliu ia, almost exclusively, an agriuuitural peoplo—must, under the operation ot any tariff’ that has over been de vised, boar largely beyond her just proportion of the expenses of tho Rov eminent, any means hv which those burdens may ho diminished must in ure. in a corresponding ratio to her advantage.— All extravagance, whether by individuals or gov erumcnls, ia to he deprecated, because its invvitu h|c sequence is embarraMinnt and distress. Es pecially, in thu case of the government, is it to he and. iilniud and * ** support sueh extrav aganec. Both upon general principle#, t bore fore, and because of tho bench cent effect which thuir application will oxurt up on the industrial pursuits and energies of the | South, do we applaud th resolution ul'the Deni j oeratie Senators to resist any increase of the ex is ting tariff, and to coniine, us far as they may, the : cxpondilurcH of tho government to its iiiuoma. The pretext upon which the protectionist# now urge uiuodiliculiou of the tariff is consistout with the plan of operation and tho system of iogiu which they have employed lor tho last forty years. * Thuir fundamental dogma is, that the prosperity of the country in synonymous with their ovvp.— llovv the latter way he achieved, is a question which they regard with philosophic unconcern.— ” hat it the whole mercantile, mechanic and ag rieultural population of the country have to eon tribute lor their support! Is not the husineas ot • tyauufactuiiiig an usseuUal brunch of industry with every independent nation f fan a fieople prosper wlilrli depends for its elothlng, iron Ac., upon the uncertain returns of its commerce with a lorcigu power? It we were to goto war with any groat uoinm. reiftl nation, vvlmt could we hope t<> do with n naked mid unvvcaponedsoliliery ? What cmiitutu would peal its warning thunders along our coast, if our own lay buried in the bowel# of • >lir mountain# ? By tho battery ol ueb questions j and by the delu-ive cry id “pudeetiou to Atnen ■an indiistn” tlu* Nortlu*rn manufacturer has, 1 at iutu vals. from the hugiuniug lom and bis vvuy lo | lavoi ju tin fougii sol tho Union. Au allow- i mice of his chum i a novoreign cure for every comuiuroial ill. If by long indulged hat>ii of extravagance atiU a system of reel*leas dealing there sjiould. result auy great degree of financial cMiharriis.-mciit, “protection” is the only thread the Fate* have loft by which a return topmsperity ■ UL be M:curd. Sin It. ijidisputably, were the causes of the rev ulsion of IKO7—U rev ulsion which , -plead desolation over the fields ol Northern ili dnairy and threw its shallow, for h linn*, against j l the liori/.oh ol Southern enterprise. Under its op | cration oar foreign import trade wus eat off one hall, and, during 186H* the Northern manufactu rer enjoyed a comparative monopoly of the home market. Yet, iu the sublimity nf impudence be now stuudsat the door ot Emigres# mol complains ■■f the ruinous competition of the foreign maniilac turer and asks to be relieved therefrom by tlie imposition of a higher duty. He insist#, more over, that suuh a course will secure an adeqate revenue to ttie goveruiileiiU His theory einhraoes two prupusitiou# which l.adly agree, iu logic. If by the adoption of a higher rate of.<lufy. the im portations he diminished (which is its necessury effect,! *he revenue will hardly he increased, ami if the im|>nrtations, lie not diminished, the foreign roni/i’ txtion can hardly L ■ reduced. These arc a spet iuiun of the absurdities so which the protee lionists are driven in order to avoid an admission of tho real object nd effect of their policy, to-wit: it truusbr of money from the pocket of the consum er to that, of the manufacturer. Birt thu absurdity of the protective theory was exposed long ago. Tt had it* advocates iu this country in the early years ot our commercial his tory, ami was. for a time, sustained by prevalent, bill mistaken views of political economy. When the principles of tunt science dame to he investiga ted and well understood, the voice of the people proclaimed the Iniquity of ‘'protection* und de clared iu favor of the doctrine of free trade t’nl liuun, McDuffie and other Intellectual giant* of the nation in the era of nullification ripped off the robber's brindle hide and exposed hi* deformity and injustice. Their speeches stand now in their original, colossal grandeur—everlasting monu ment* to mark the burial apot of this victim of rheir wrath. At this day the almost universal sentiment in the (South is in favor of unruNlricte.il commerce, A tariff for runtime has been siibuii. ted to, but tho , progressive intelligence of her people will j*ou demand ttm-lber surrender to tin claim* us truth ! uud require this last letter upon her industry to be mrieken ofl. Ah pointing to this uud wc re cagniretlie propaition of our imni'-diate rupre seniative. Hon. Martin .I. Crawford, made a few day* ago in the Oumiulttee of Way* and .Mean*. That proportion was to continue in force for two year*, the Treasury Note bill of last *ueiou; and if. at tlie end of that time, it shall appear tLat thu t xisting tarifl’ will not yield a reveimv Nuffiei’ ut for the support of the government, that thu tariff ar raiigcKiotit give place to the system of direct taxation. m • mi - - The Wanderer. ('apt. Currie filed his answer to the libel of the WANUhHKH. on Saturday, at Savannah, cluimiug her Us hi” own, and resisting the ground us the li bel. The l uited Status district Attorney moved tluil the claim be dismissed, and a day i* to be upppinted for tlm argument, says the /{.puht i Hon. J. A Tucker Nuprctnc Court Tbu dratb of Hot). John A. Tucker was an noum-cd at the present session of tlm Supreme Court at Macon. A Committee cousiolii.g of Judge J. L. Harry, Judge VV. C. I’crkiiis und Col. Arthur Hood were appointed, who prepared Hre pork Nutt ing forth the virtue* of the deceased. Judge Lumpkin m .-ponded on beliait thu Court, tie said; “ Tho great and eminently pious Dr. Robert 1 llalb of Ktigiaud, in a fit of insanity, rushed i from from hi* lad into (he open air. it waswin rr. iitu! there wu* deep suow <>u the ground. Hr siumldcd and tell, und the sudden shock on his halt naked body restored hitu to rouse u>u*iit>**. Me knelt down on thu snow, and looking unto Mcuv.-n,exalaiiiMMl, “Lord, what is man •’* fl .w ’ O idly did thu dealdi of our friend recall this in cident to my meollection. Brethren c*t tho Har— I cannot enlarge on this <>(M..isioii. I dcelarc unaffectedly that my feel ing* will not allow It. flic image of John A. Tucker him rarely lawn absent from my mind since the sail iiiluJUgciiuw us his untiurdy death stunned hy ears. Wo will eb<rndi in our imuoit soul* the nicino i v of his noble stature -his groat and gifimi in tull*M-l- - his large und loving heart—his ingenious f dispoHllK.ii Ids guilolvHS nature- -his strong and j sincere dStotiuii to his friend*, whom hep* verka- Irayed- his tirhauity to (hr Court, to the Bar, und to ail —his if nick opprubeusioi), his souud judg- j niout, his fertile fam y, hi* ready alortition, his uuuiy social qualitu-a, whiuh eudvarmi him to every body—his sympathy with lilm raca. which i umdo him the popular lavorile that ho was. Os these the grave eauuot rob us. Mow touching. HMdcr ami tlirilhug, won hi* valodiutory address to the State Seiialu, of whiah Im was H MieinlHii. the last night of its session. Hut hi* tongue Is 1 palsied in death ! Varily oar days upon earth are ( H shallow ! Passing nway—m written on all things earthly. Would that 1 could whisper h word of eopsola tiou Ui those who were thu last object* of hi* dy ing thoughts! Prayerfully we commend ibgin to PEYTON H. COLftUITf, ( JAMEB W. WAEEEN. \ £<tltors - Number 6 I,k I'TKK, w, loarn with plcx.irc. Dm. Wu,.K. MmM'. ~|u abUl hl| u ” U “ > 81,1 TwO* I.UJ, publi.bd iu ,h M..t- K"iery Advortin r, r„ i„ |„ uu i|„.,„j lllHl re _ puhli.liM iu II vlllume ur puiujibli-t. II i, H mu ,<lr * l ‘ ioh *’ ".V will -burlly dmuil lb,. lui.tiuu „| ,v,r, „„u ; am , tbu, L . luUH . „ kHU t ihu nihJivL-.Vbiir*., u I 9.11.til Ml I'litd 111! ,T!„. -iltm. „f lI, L . .M„„. fc, w ,j U ,„ >n _ ~„w ? Wh iirvu i”ii,l ,be Slate Trru.ur.v Tl.irl,-„no ; ,U “’ Mr ". ‘■•■'l !ir...'fu.l „r tb.. w„rk I>m " 1 f " r tho Tbits far they have Im-cii right. Q VBr of bonds and coupons, which Ooustim* the lauded debt Os the Rond, hove Yuen paid off during the mouth, to meet which a fund hail been reserved by the Treasurer of the Road. We also learn that Dr. Lewis expects to InMp tho Road and machin ery in cxcelleiit repair, and pay into the State Treasury ail average of at least $1,0(10 per day •luring tlic year IBSt.—7Y<AW Union. Chesapeake Bay Mirumer Burnt. BaUtimowh Jan. .’Ml.—The favorite and well known -Heinner North Carolina was burnt lo the w .nor # edge on Friday night, on the passage from Baltimore i„ Norfolk. A clergyiiinn by the name ol t ustis, and the colored steward, perished. I he steamer wu insured for eighty thousand dol lar#. Wakhinuton. Jan. 28. Tho public avowal of Mr. Dowdell uot to be a candidate for re election, is a source of profound regret to his numerous friends hurt*. Mr. Dow dell is very popular in the body of which he i# a member. No man is more highly esteemed, per 'Oiially. III! is a moral, high-toned, dignified gun tie man. warm-hearted friend, and an honest aml a IhiillfbJ representative. f n the discharge ol his public duties, he lias been true to the in terest ami honor of hi# constituents. He has - rved l,i.- people well, and in bis retirement, 1 am or** he will carry with him iheir grateful wishes j I-, bis vvclfure and happiness.— Mont. Coufedtra } ft on. ( allloinla t opubulou Mcallh Ac , Tho (’aliforiiiu State Register tor 1851) lurnish ■ H th following fig it res ns the population of thi S.alt* Am. riinns. 21i5.3|5; French. 15,000; KnglLMi. 2.000. Irish. 10,000; Hcrmaus, 10,000; j McxH-an#, l.i.ooo; various. 15,000. Chinese. 38.- j “00; negroes, 2.000; Indians. 66,000—Total, ! 538,000. i I he newspaper press of California, according :to th. smme authority, consist#of ninety journal# | -daily. .-uii-weokly, weekly and monthly—of I'liich number thirty-four are published in Ban | Franvhmu. There arc nine daily pupers publish 'd in this city, including two in thu French lan -uage, one in Herman, and one in Spanish. In . tin interior seven papers are published daily. 1 lie M.-sessed value of real and personal proper j ty iu Califoruiu. is $14.5,000.000. There are m.w thirty-two public libraries in thi# State, eotitwining over sixty-five thousand vol < mues. j ( ul. Fremont, last week, paid $4,506 into tho • ■utility treasury of Mariposa, being the amount of | liis taxes for 1858. The taxes assessed on his j property for the years 1856 and 1857 are yet un ■ paid. Ilrxiro— Interesting Nrwt, The government puluco at Guadalajara was de ( stroyud on the ltfth by the explosion of the mag azine, just after Mi ram on felt it for the capital.— from ion to 299 person* were killed, and terrible consternation caused thereby. The liberal* have taken Mazatlan. ( itstuano had fallen back on Yuulepee. Uliluum and Caroimdo, with .1.999 uien. were be fore Zacatecas, and Mint limn had sent 909 uieu to it* assistance, but it was thought the gurrison would Imj obliged to *urreader. Mirauiou declared vehemently against the Ro bles Plan, previous to his (Miramob’s) election to the Presidency, but has beou silent since that event. H“bfe* whs still presiding, und was liseked by the capitalists, uud oil frieudly terms with Mira moii. It is said that if Miramou declares for Zuloitga, Robles wil’ joiu the liberals. The >1 Milan icaileniin A eorrespoudent ot the (.'oJumbia (i mini inn claim- for Gu. McDuffie the honor of the first proposition for the establishment, of Statu Mili tary Schools, und quote* from hi* Messages of fund DiJO. Thu eorrespoudent also re marks : At the College Commencement, IS.'ltt, Gov. .McDuffie, as President iui , y f thu Hoard of Trustees, took occasion, at the ru qtiest us the Trustees, to address the students on t bis -übjeet. Those who were present will never for get his address in that occasion, lie urged the im portance ..f combining military and civil odtiua imu- and lie relied with thrilling effect those liuusfruiu I tic p.*et Cauipbell: “And Loehiul untainted by flight or by chains, W bile the kindling of life in hi* bosom re main*. Bhail v ictor exult or in death he laid low With his buck to the plain and his feet to tha l*a, And leaving no blot or reproach to hia name, Look proudly to heaven from hi* death-bod of fame.” I there)*c repeat, that to George McDuffie this ■ credit is due. j Nkw Hank Bili. The Hunk of Charleston i j9Bl issued a hill of $509 from anew plute, | which is considered a very excellent spet inieii of ■ hunk note utigruving. Jn the centre above is a palmetto tree, with a view of n harbour, shipping, Ac,, in tho back ground. On either side of this, uud on the upper ’ margin, is the designation JIM), white and pure, on M black tinted grounds, with another shading of rodddirfh hue. At either end of the plate, and central to the end, Hie ovals with portrait*. On the right is printed u admirable mid expressive likeness ot Henry W. Conner, K*q., uud on the I left, With equal aceiiracy, is the portrait of Henry l Gourd in, L*q. Over either oval is a cluster of leaves'uud branches, iu which the cotton plant is -on jmuoiis. and beneath is a sheaf of rice. At I either end “f the promissory formula, and partly covered by the words, is the designation of value again, in the shape of a I). in light red, with sha ding Hrouiid uud within of deeper red. The date * January li, |KJW, letters ZZ, and imprint “American Hank Note Company." —Uhm l*atn i Courier. BKNMFtTTO thk Mr. Vkrwqm Frwn.—'With his accustomed liberality, says the Mouiphi* Arm [ /iinche, the manager *f the Gaiety Thoatre has tendered the Use of the Theatre for a benefit to the Mount Vernon fund, as will lie s.en by the following characteristic fetter from Mr. Oisp: MKM Pint; Jan. 2fl, 1860. To Mvamra. John H. M‘ < ‘htnuhan, and other*, Grnti.kmki, —Yonr favor of the Id Inst, is be fore toe. It will afti.nl me much pleasure to place the Gaiety at your dfepoMl for the purpose of a benefit to G o “Mount Vernon Find Associa tion.''after first deducting the dead expenses of the Theatre fur the night, to wit: one hundred and , sixty dollars. I would respectfully name Friday , owning, February 4th, as the occasion for said benefit. Hoping this may meet with your views, I am years with much respect, fr. If. Crisp, per M. W. Canning,