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Gallon and. Aatlrtetci' i,Ar;rrn11 Patriot, which is pubUshei at Hunt

Jv: tAJTin this State. t:ot off the followicg slander

IT." a Tbiitob. Late accounts fromash

callow UnJJeneaictA- r-

Tth.Mn nnmbW. the Patriot "vindicates

nl.nmm owDcUar'go by showing where

tfnti etnrVHL.'

i to be fatted br one vrho' Xt IS nil iiviioi iw

' pejasal bofors tiy make I. their' minds to con-det-

lucu

We notice that Cos-- . Jouxsox announced as one

.or the managers, of the Ball to heeiv.en in honor of

Mr. LiKcots'8 inauguration on the nlht'.of fyt tl

j?f ilarca. . j..

Will Tcnaca yatirr lfc 'Onlr ffte days noremsia of the prcseat Admi- n- not

SouScSabminaUon of Abraham LiacoMl e.

for the first Umo xn the lmtory of our

GoTcramcnt' rale wUl be initiated which owes wasits success to the exclusive votes of a party can

particular eection of the Union, and whichof ais avowedly hostile and insulting to the portion of

the Confederacy in which the destiny of Tennes-sean- a nis ca&t This party been fighting for pow and

er, under various names, for a quarter of a century.Under the plausible name of "Republican" it has theariengthsucceeded.'inthe face of the warnings and

protests of the South, in obtaining possession of tho

Federal Government and desecrating tue flag abacfloats over the Capital to its own unholy and fra--.

tricidal purposes. It will be the darkest day thatthe Union ever knew the gloomiest period in theannals of civil and well regulated liberty the most At

Dortentous to the clorv of the Confederacy.

But the fiat has cono forth. Lincoln was at leas

elected " according to the forms of the Constitution, the

as liis followers boast Happy would it bo lor mo

people if Its spirit had not been debased and tramthepled down in the consummation of tlie ioui

TW&Bwx.li.iaelPcted to await the usua ana io of

try th'Jexperiment of Black Republican rule, trust--. to. . i .i .t nf thn dominant

ing to tnc sooer secona iuuuuparty, vfuch is about to mase us

...ana uruuupower, jkshedTvith victorydesire offirevenee. We have tnsirusu.

confidence in its wisdom. "We have to4 .1 -- f

lo.Vo.i ?n ?n!n for any rauonaigrounui tu.mucuuu

m a returning sense of justice in tho Black Repub--

can party. Wo .have eeen no ui. i Vn--ih nnH lht South, that were

issues Derween iu.

at M iust or honorable, propof eu oy iuai y,.witnessed the OrtT,ft contrarr. we have aummaryre--

T . - . r r .1.j'ection of tho most moderate prpposiuons oi o.uiu- -

cm men, ay an o Ycryuuiiuiui;We have seen an army quartered at tnemital nDon a mere prctenco Of amditary chieftain,

shown to be destitute of evidenee to sustain it, by,a

committee of Congress. We have seen force bills,

voted for by tho dominant faction, for the purpose but

of making, war upon weeded states, ne ioheard declaration after declaration from the leaders of

of the dominant faction, that the revenue win De

polluted bv blockade, and the. forts retaken in the

st,to that have declared their- - independence of the

Federal Government, and have deliberately resumed

thepowershithertodelegated bythem. The question,

then, presents itself forcibly to the minds of tho

people of Tennessee, will they not set their faces, as

orrninQt tlllH WOOdV. &nU latai COUrulUi. v...... ,

....1 fK,1ntf. nil DOWer 1U UlC uaiiua lsmW 111U11 uiu.a i -

i,;Trflilnr.l fJovcrnment, deny the right of a people, the

in Tennessee bill ofso clearly declared tho

?x.t iton reform or abolish their form of

rwm..nt in suchmanner as they may think prop

er, and which must' eventually convert the Federal

T,nwPr into a central military despotum. fcven

Tennessee should ultimatelychoose her position in the

Confederacy of the North, it is her part, as a sister

in the southern galaxy; as one having a common in

stitution assailed by common foes, common sympa

thies and common associations in the past, to Doldy,

and firmly declare that this fratricidal war shall not

on without a manly and united resistance on me

nart of her citizens. This much is due to tho cause

nf P!irn. hnmanitv and fraternity. If Virginia,

m tho Border slavo States willItllULN.'U t.u

unite, hand in hand, in this declaration, they may

T,rPnrvonr countrvfrora one of tho mostdesola- -

ing fland bloody civil wars that ever disgraced

tlia annals of civilization. They may preserve

peace, restore the steady channels of business and

checkmate the bloody designs of the cocrcionists.

Let them sav that, in no shape and under no pre

tence, shall a war be inaugurated or force used with

tho secedins States. Let them declare that all cause

for disDuto shall bo removed by stUiny the forts.

arsenals and dock-yard- s in the eoeded States to the

authorities thereof, and that the independence of

these States shall be formally acknowledged, by Lon

gress, or a Convention of the States, as soon as itcan be done, and the question of peace or war will

hp KBttlod. The seceded States propose to pay to

the Federal Government a just compensation for

the nronerty of tho United States within their limits,

and they are not willing that frowning fortresses

and menacing redoubts snail ueiy xneir puwur nmthreaten their rights. They declare their readiness

any time to enter into negotiation to settle ac

counts fairly and justly with the Federal Govern-

ment, not only in respect to these fortresses, but

also to other public property and tije coin- -

mon debt. How much more humane, just,

wise and christlak would.,

it be for thei i i-- r

Border States of the boutn, assisted uy buck w

the Northern States as may agree on tho proposi

tion, to bring about such a settlement, than to deso

late the land by civil and fraternal war, and alter

the expenditure of the blood and treasure 01 tne

country and the destruction of all business interests,

to arrive at the same result in the end.

The sickening cant of same Black Republicans,

that it is necessary to demonstrate that wp a

Government, by coercing seceded States, should

never be listened to by proud and chivalrous Ten-

nessee. Jt is the samo brutal cry that inspired the

ministers of George the Third to make war upon

the Amerisan colonies and thu3 hold rebels in check.

At tho end of seven yearo' disastrous war, he was

compelled to acknowledge tna dependence ot

the" United States, and thus to have e.vtort- -

frora him what ho might have vol

untarily ! acknowledged . at first, and saved

tho British Parliament and people the humil-

iation of doing, under duress, what they might and

ought to luro done, of their own free will and

cord.Let Tennessee. Virginia, and tiiejr sister States ot

the Border, then take the high ground tlit there

shall be no coercion, no war, and that the indepen-

dence of the Confederate States of the South should

i . and thev will do a ser- -uv auct-un-j o -

. . ... . : ! .vieo to the crcat principles on wnicn Ameraau m.

dependence is baked, jind to peace and humanity,

that will cain tkem a renown unsurpassed by any

that their former achievements hajr.ojonforred upen

them.

Froblbition of Slavery In tho Territories,Wc clip the following from the Cincinnati Com

mtrcial :Tim. Southern newsnaners are in the habit of

nuoting largely from the Springfield (III.) Journal aslppt." Anvthinc nar- -

.:..in,w ..ltT--i- . to fire un the Southern heartIn the most exemplary manner. In a late leader t he

editor of the Journal says -- to proitui mo ouum mwlIrilpfinnri. constitutionnl rights, we are

and in their defense willwilling to go to any length,cheerfully yield up win irupcry uuu m, uuU.u

sucn necessity t.j. .i:c.Also " we are in lavor ui wiy tu.ui.tui ....JUo..: 1 .llir.rnt.c Wr nrp niso

r. r nr.r(imr the Constitution, maintain- -ln lil.Ui ui ow.w. r. - -

ing the Union and enforcing th6 laws, and we will

stand by Mr.Lincdln in the discharge of his duties.'Will our Southern exchanges give this an airing!

n. -- .: . or. nir.!n(r with crcat nieasure.. Hetie uitc t. " . 1. n T .TVlnTV

hivo vet to hoar ot any meuiuc.-- ui iuC u,miT,rtr whn has cxprasd himself as opposed topro- -

- r - . . , . .,teeting Uie South "in Uje eariy u,., Uu,u- -

tutional rights," or as opposed t,o vany uonorau.e

adjustment of existing national diHcnlti.es' The

insurmountable objection to the JjIxcolx party pthat they do not admit that thoso rights wmcn me

South claim as " clearly defined, constitutional" are

righu, and they differ ' most widely trom ua

as to what would be an 'honorable adjustment'Tlire is an irreconcilable conflict of opinion ho

tweentlicRlack Kepublican party and tlio fcouin

unon these two oints. The Chicago platform upon

oipptPil. and of which he

said a few days since In his Kfccwh at Pittsburghas all other sub

jects embodied in that platform, should nol U vdrftSfrffi)!- -

tual vctgzve Hit ptcyie to underilana wouia usvur yuticy vshen ice Xl?i;ieu Uicir voles.

That Chicago plal&rm emphatically announces:

"That the normal condition of jll the territory oftne united states is tti.it ot irecdomt f.'jat as ourllepublisaa fathers, when they had abolished si&vpryin all our National Territory, ordained that 'rio pet-so- n

fchall De deprived of lite, liberty, or property,without due processor law, U becomes our duly, lyItgls atlon, ichenever such legislqilon Is necessary, tomaintain thU provision cf the Constitution against allaUetniits to violate it f and we deny the authorityof Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or of anyiuuiiuua) uiti )iavcrv iji anTerritory of the United States.'1 '

Tho doctrine here promulgated is regarded by thereflecting men of the South as more fatal to our rightsin the present and our safety in the future than all theNorthern Liberty bills, underground railroads andJausBnowi rams. TJipy are comparatively limitei

in their effects. The prohibition ot slavery in theterritories is universal jn the ruin which it brings

upon all men and all interests at the South. We t

unaware that there are some Southern polit

cians who. having a hijhep regard for their ownpromotion than for tho ests of tha people they

sect to represent, point IcHhe very small numher

of slaves at present in tha territories, and attempt

to persuado their pcoplo that the right to carry

Uvery into the territories if a mere abstraction

imnrnrthv of a strucclc. "JVc- are not unaware

that these fake teachers have somo confiding fol

lowers even here in Tennessee. Nevertheless wc

have no hesitancy in sorting that the prohibition

of slavery in the territories, f.tfi confinement to its

present limits would not only bo wrong to tha slave

holder who desired to move there, an outrage uppa

the who desire to emigrate t'lerp

with their families, but ruinously calamitous to all

classes of our population that remained in the States.

Such a policy would lead perhaps to tho emancipa-- J

tion of the slavC population) certainly to the Affl I

eanlzation of thii whole Soutli, and thus strike down

onlr overv interest in the Southern'.Statesbutevery interest In the South which'isin any way de--

pendent upon tho products and prosperity ui- uicSouth. Tho slave population ot lecnmmiuu

3417. Thoso who advocate the B'.ack Ecpubli- -

policy of this day might have with some plausi-

bility insisted that there were so few slaves inrlhat

territory that there could oe r.o great narm

preventing, w 1 "", " w

those who would nave oeen unwilling to

make a struggle lor tue rigm. m carry mem intoterritory would havo in all probability insisted

Jliat tho right was a barren, worthless abstraction.The developments of time nave shown how utterlyfalse such reasoning wcnld have been. The slavepopulation of Tennessee y numbers over 287,

000. Suppose tuu siave population oi 'icnncsseeshould bo conuBed within the limits of the State.

its averago increase we should have within

thirty years, withfej the life time of thousands nowliving, COO.OOO slaves, "Within sixty years, within

life time of many now living, we should have1,200,000 slaves in Tennessee. Should this BlackRepublican policy be carried out what would be

condition of the people of theStatel Thosuper- -

abundance of slave labor would depreciate all kinds

labor and compel the laboring white manflee the country or work at pauper wages. Slave

labor becoming a worthless, indeed a burden to the. . ...... ...UtlUClf UCIUtU. CUiaUWI.MWMd u .4.

stead of the white laborer having to come in com

petition with well regulated slave labor, would havebidfor.work,against tho lazy, thieving free.negro

who could live and thrive at lea than starvationwanes for the white man. Tho "white renter would

find hundreds of free negroes underhidiing him forland, and would eventually drive out .the .entire

white population, and make Tennessee nothing moreUS3 tnan a'irce negro uoiuii. mauj ui uiu

Northern Stated have seen what would be the inev

itable Tcsult of such a superabundance of freenegro population andTiave wisely enacted laws pro-

hibiting the settlement of free negroes in .thoseStales. The few negroes'now in the North are so

few in comparison with the whites jthat they havelittle influence upon the wages or their social in

stitutions; but such would not bo the case: if instead

a few hundred or a few thousands, they had

hundreds of thousands .in their midst. TVe cannotpitend onr article to-da- It is the, doctrine ot.Sdmkbk and tha Slack Republican party of tho

United States, and of Lord BitonoffAii and tho Eng

lish Abolitionists that, if slavery be confined to itspresent limits, 'J it will die --like a pois--

J - rtrA in Jto rtwn llnlf.' 'Ffnn fern KftWuuuu tiu r " 1

that theie is no worse feature in T!lack)Kepubhcan--

than the 'determination to CroniDit slavery inTerritories.

Exciting lKtcllitfucc.iroai the BpecUl diptche8 to the Ciimnatl Enquirer.

WAsmxGTOX,'Saturd, February 23.

To iht Editor of the Enquirer: ",.

This morninc: shortly before sftf o'clock, Mr. Seward wended his way down to'f'.Willard's Hotel,where he remained almost solitatg'and alone in thehall in front of the'ofiice, to the grader of the fewpersons about at that hour, eviditly loeking forsome one to arrive by the train momentarily expected. When the train's passengers ;3or the house didarrive the mvsterv of Mr. Seward's so early appearance at the hotel was instancy cleared up, forthe tall figure of Abraham Lihpcijn was .seen conspicuous among them. He wasnci'-ampanle- by twofriends onlv Mr. HJ. Allen, r.t'lNew York, andMr. Lemmon.

Accompanied- - by Mr. Seward h. immediately retired to parlor No. C of the hous- - which, with thesuite of .apartments attached it, hqd beenouiefiv ennaced for him yexsrday,- - and prepared for his reception thif morning. Heleft Harnsburg at two "o'cioj: this morning,having kept his intention of thf coming straightthrouL'h and so soon to WashingtcSi entirely to him'self. His earlier arrival here tl an was generallyexDected. was. we have every reason to believe, theresult of advice sent him yesterday by telegraph,urging his presence in 'Washint&on at the earliestpossible moment, as being absolutely nciessary, ferthe success of his administration, 'n restoring peaceand harmony to the country, as unmistakably de-

monstrated bv the proceeeings 5n the Peace Congress on that day and the day before. So quietlydid he travel between Harrisburgiand this city, thatnone of the railroad officials knev he was on theirtrain. Thus, at eleven A. M. y they were pre-

paring to send the contemplated extra train over toBaltimore to bring him over to this nity this after-

noon, and were astonished on learning he was certainly hero.

As soon as Mr.Se ward left him, the President-elec- t

retired to rest, and up to one P. M. had received novisitors, though the halls of the hotel were crowdedfor hours bv eentlemen on the anxious-benche- s aboutoffice, &c, in prospectiveier vously pacing to and fro,and button-holin- g every man irom tne propnuiorsdown to the servants, likely possibly to know whenOld Abe would he ready to receive his so interestedfriends. At half-pa- nine Mr. Lincoln breakfastedin his sitting room- - Air. feewar-- again joined himshortly before eleven A. ii., and taKjng a carnage,they proceeded to the Executive mansion, to callquietly on President Buchanan, who was then inCabinet council, the Cibinet having been called tomeet y at half-pa- st nine.

Jlr. Uuchanan is Baia to nave Deen greauy sur-prised on having Mr. Lincoln's card so unexpectedlysent up to him. He received him and Mr. Sewardin his private parlor, where they had a social andasrrecable interview of fifteen minutes' duration, atthe termination of which Mr. Buchanan conductedhi3 o unexpected guests up stairs to his office room,and intrMjucs4 Mr. Lincoln to his constitutional ad-

visers, by all of whom he was cordially greeted.On retiring from that chamber, they mot Messr.Bigler and John Cochrane in the house, and Mr,Seward presented these gentleman to the Presidentelect. 1 rom the President s house tne twain aroveto see General Scott, with whom they remained forperhaps fifteen minutes in social intercourse. Theyreturned shortly Deioro twelve, ai., anu jir. jjuicuuijramj-diatel- retired to his chamber to rest, givingdirections tJiat he was not then prepared to receiveany of the numerous crocd of irimstly interestedfriends who had been waiting in the hotel hall forsome hours, in the hope of getting the earliest inter-view witli him.

Takinc the hint, the latter soon made themselveser.iTPp. and a auarter of an hour after his return tothe hotel its main lounging hall was actually emp-

tier than during the, current session of Congress.

It is not to be disguised that the Republicansaround, of the school, carriedtheir nojejthfs forenoon, aoout uuiarua, as 11 meysmelled a very decided mice in Mr. Lincoln's suddenappearance here.

Tho irrp.itoRt diversity of opinion exists as to tneprobable cause of Mr. Lincoln's hasty change ofprogramme. Some say that he was summoned bythe President, others that the Republicans wishedto have his views on the propositions hciore thepm fionrrosa but the most cenerai opinion expressed is, 4iat he had intimations of threatenedri.'antvlprlv nroceedinira in Baltimore.

. . f '- ri, .n,l nn-- a VnlUat Wiase la uvuruuaiu, t.i.i.j' v . fW "jri

lie ves.The question of the admission of..the delegate claim-

ing to represent Kansas in the peace Conferencewas sent to their Credeptial Committee yestcrdsy.after an excited debate. Thoeo who opposed the

were tho vcrv party who had invoked heavenand earth, as it were, to get .Kansas tp send represen-tntiv- p

tn the bodv. in the belief that they would actwitli the party. The Rcpresenta- -

iivn itpnt heincr for compromise, however, they oppose his admission. The friends of compromiseamong them complain bitterly that their opponentsare striving to defeat any final vote until too latefor Congress to act upon tue uonvenuou itwiii-nrnnJiiin- n.

Tho numerous nroDOsitions to amendbeing oflered Jay the minority seem to prove thatthey arc correct in attributing to tne jitter that tiesign

1 hear that Mr. Chase this morning offered a preposition, setting forth that it is inexpedient to proceed to the consideration of the grave matters

in th Lecrislaturc of lrainia until all the

States participate, and ample time has been afforded

for deliberation, concluding with a resolution thatHip Hnnvontion adiourn to the 4th Of April. An ex-

elfin's debate Is going on up a the present writing,arid it isbcireVc. IhaUf wil bo auopted. If U;t,.tp.i t nm Mtiafipd that it will be after tho with

drawal of some of the Southern members. To de-

fer the settlement until aftej- - Ljncoln-- s inaugurationis tlio detprmlnntjon of the Republicans, and I may

say the almost entirp upny Rf tWHiurH vvihw"'""era.

The plan adopted in the Conferenae is to talk everythino-- death. The rule that was agreed to onTi,,iav mntamnlatoJ iust fifteen minutes' sneak

ing on any point that might be proposed five fortho person introducing a proposition, five for replyby a member of the committee who reported theGuthrie plan, and five for a rejoinder; a vote was

then to bfl taken. But yesterday the rule was notobserved, anil ten minutes has been given to any

person whb desired t6 speak upon a motion, theoccasion has been improved, tilo.ro bejng nearly as

much disposition to speak as exists in Congress. Allhnnp ia fast "dying out of a successful issue of the

Tirown. of Georcia, has seized more

New Vork Vessels in rptal;at;op for the la e seizure

of arms in New York. He is determined to hoM

them until the munitions are delivered' up. ibeRepublican Governor of New York and his policewifl,in hp pourse of time, learn that there is an

limpirp Sato of tho Squfh we 1 as the iNorth.

Tho New York ?Wiw of y has a oouDlp-lestfe- d

"article on Mr- - Lincoln's Philadelphia speech,Lm it seems, it has received much comfort.i nnnr the followipff! "Let jt be read by ejeryhearth and pandered by ovary American, until theheart evon Sf cMHIio:od.haUqw...mtk 1U spirit,

realize that it to boand tli.i nation be brought to issaved by truth, not dlssimulauon-- by cherishing

liberty and viusticc, not trickling tothat the hour ofslavery and wrong. Thank God

trial has found the man who is to pilot us nobiy' '1 v.?.i'i p..ll 'I fir.BvKT.ivn.wrougu t uuuijii--. " t'y'-- ' tv t r-- ti

From BIlUorPBaltimoue. Saturday, Feb. 23

Tn the Editor of thr. Enmiirer : An intense exciteninnt huR fisistpfi llftrp nil Hnv. 'henauscof the slightof Mr, Lincoln, who. offended us by passjng throglour city eevpral hours in advance of b;3 time prpsviously announced. It is stated thaf he received adispatch from Washington tp come to that city immediatolv. and ho. with a few of his friends, accordingly, took a speecial train and came on to tllU city,arriving here in time to take tho early train fopWashington. He was to have arrived here at twoo'olock.

Various rumors are in circulation as to the causeof this change of the traveling programrno, but itj generally believed here that it was caused by theapprehension of trouble in passing through ourstpeetsV ap ft was given out thatjsome of the postnhnnrinita nprf.cns had trotteu upfthe plan of his reception, who would"i;aye certaiily been abused ifnot attacKea. u ver viu nu hh n"tv,7

An Immense crowd of tho rough element assembled ftt'j'W-'depo- t, notwi-tiatanuin- the dispatchespnmishj.i, announcing his passage Uirough to Wash-ington: t?nd. believing it was a plan to hoax'thm. itis 'well' Jbr the peace and honor of our city that itnas napeiiea.so. .

I do believe any indignity would have beenoffered to Mr. Lincoln, personally, but I am satisfiedthat hfcCommitteo of Reception would havo beenroughly handled. G. S. B.

j JDIsfedcration oi tbc States.rrc4 U Sonthirn literary Menenger,-rebrnr- 1881.

The beginning of the end is upon us. And alsothe end which was from tha beginning. The inevit Z

able and necessary consequence which, sooner or J

itn r-v. rA oov of the founders of our con-- 1

federswon telt and foreknew must overtake the f

union, ts now talcing place before our eyes in thedisfederation of the Republic. And though nothingcould be ir.oro natural than the results to which wehave a jtainsd, and are yet to attain in the immediatefuturcimui will still stand aghast in stupid wonderand aniazevient, asif a miracle were being wroughtin their jircsence. Nothing less than the force ofthe war. dent unpaid, the poverty of tha country,and thitfelt? weakness on account of the paucity ofinhabitants to repel foreign attack, ever could liaeoverccao the natural repulsion between the Nortnand tb' jSouth sufficiently to compel them in their 0 whdespitg to unite. The pressure, from these causes,beingj-?o- removed, the centrifug&l is stronger thantho centripetal tendency. The Union, therefore, hasnot ben much unlike the womb of the venerableRebecca, and for very much the aame reason thatcaused such uneasiness to the wife of the. PatriarchIsaac. l,And ths Lord said unto her two nationsare, in thy. womb and two manner'of people shall beseparated from thy bowels." And the very fact is,that JacoU and Esau are no bad examplars of thoNorth and? South in more than one particular.Jamestown was first founded; afterwards Plymouth.Virginia, weak and faint from the war, sold her impe-rial birth-nigh- t, North of the Ohio, for less than amess of pottage, viz: the satisfaction and good opin-ion of the ' North. And by tariffs, and bountieson fisheries, and alternate sections of the publicdomain and enormous Federal expenditures uponlocal interests, have they not cheated us 'out ofblessings-whic- of right and natural inheritancebelonged, tfl us?, And, though supplanted andcheated.'thfcr? remained also for Esau.Shall it noi yet be ours? "And Isaac, his father,answered and aaid unto him: Behold thy dwellingshall be'the fatness of the earth ana the dew of heav-en from.above,and by thy sword, shalt'thou liveand sh'alt .serve thy brother ; and' it shall come topass when thou shalt have dominion that thou shaltbreak his yoke' from off thy neck."

"Poeia nasciiur non fit "wo are taught as axiom-

atic by the highest authority. So, also, bf nations.they are, not made; neither can they tje laid off

upon the map, by rule and compass, to suit thefancy, interest, or whim of any man or set of men.After all the .wars in Europe for tho last five hun-

dred years', the boundaries assumed in tho begin-ning of the natisnal lifehood are much tho same

Napoleon I. did not level the Pyrenees,neither could he. Spain and France exist now asthey did before Rome and Carthage. Nations, then,'are not' made, bnt'born ; born of identity of race,lansmaire. interest : born of similarity of climate.prdductiorijpurstiih born of congeniality

.of thought,.1 1. ...i. 1 - : 1 c :....

leenng, liamt, ihsiu, rungiuii , uuru ui. ircituca,leagues, constitutions ; born not of man, hut of na-

ture and of God. In nature similarity of substanceis the condition precedent to crystallization. A na-

tion is a natural crystal, and similarity, also, is thecondition and law of its being.

Judged by this criterion, how could, ' how canever the Northern and Southern people unify?What similarity, pray, was there, or will there everbe between Plymouth and Janustown, betweenBoston and Charleston, Raleigh and Rochester, Nash-ville and Detroit, Mil waukie, and Mobile.New Orleansand Chicago? What attraction could exist betweenPuritan.and Cavalier, between Rev. Cotton Matherand Capt. John Smith, between the Blue Laws of Con-

necticut and the perfect toleratun of Maryland ?

What congeniality is there between the productionsof the, Nortli and the South; between the ice of NewPond and' the rico of Bantee rWer; the enormousgranite monoliths of Quincy and tho saccharinejuiciness of the cane of Atehafalaya; between theJerome clock of Connecticut and the cotton bale ofAlabama? Whom, therefore. God and nature haveput asunder, man cannot join together.

But you triurophantlylpoint to theUnion,in refuta-tion, and say, "have they not been one for eightyyears; and why, therefore, cannot we agree to dif-

fer for eight hundred years, or eight thousand, forthat matter, if Dr. Cumming, cf London, will let theworld exist for that short period ?" "And why,"you ask, shall we not, as our Fathers did, live ia,peace, amity and good will I"

Yes, thoe were happy times the times of ourFathers. "Ve have occasionally heard tnem some-

what discoursed upon in our day. But when wentthere by an age, since the flooJ, that this was notso: was not Eden in the very beginnin ?

But let us not be misunderstood. Far be it fromus to sneer at, or appear to sneer at the noble raceof men, cofnpatriota of Washington. Better, moreenliuhtened patriots and statesmen, never existed.They did all that was possible for men to do to unify. ; I U i 1 .1 1

II1C puonic wiiusc iuuw)t;iiui:jiv;u iiiuii tmut aau djvrifice htd achieved. And the Union and the Constitution Vhi.:h they established, is the most gloriousmonument ;of man s wisdom ever erected. But

" There's a Divinity thst Jhapes our endiHcagh hew them how we will."

The gc vernment which they founded has served itspurpofi. In the very nature ot things it was tern-porary?and provisional. And this, also, our Fathersknew 1 ad telt must be so. The gestative period ispassed j the days of our glorious old mother, theUnion, vre fully accomplished; and the whole coun-try is i? the agonies and convulsions of delivery.Ere long, nature, if let alone, will have ended thestruggle; and the congratulatory remark will be ut-

tered by all " they are doing as well, nay. a greatdeal better than could havo been expected."

A brief historical resume may not be without useto keen from wringing our hands in impotent repinigns over-t&- e necessary, the inevitable, nay the de-

sirable results to which we are fast hastening, viz:the disfederation of the States, to the end that theymay refederate upon more solid and enduring basis.The end, then has been from the beginning;that is what we shall attempt to' demonstrate.

The struzsle for American Independence commenced at Jamestown and Plymouth. Independence,therefore, was also from the beginning. After onehundpedand fifty years, ceasejess progress., the Revolution begun at Jamestown was finally consummat-ed attheadioininz villaze of Yorktown.

When, then, did the Union begin I Un the Zlst dayof July, 1775, Dr. Franklin submitted to Congress aplan entitled "Article ot uonieueration ana per--

vdual Union of the Colonies." This formed the basis of the plan ot uoniederation reporieu Dy tnecommittee, of whom Mr. Dickinson was chairman, on the 12th of July, luG. And whendid disunion begin? tb? YeT first dpbatehad on the report of the committee on the 30thand 31st of the same July, whose fourth day willever be memorable for the Declaration thereonmade. Article sr. read as follows " All chargesof war and all other expenses that shall be incur-red for the common defence or general welfare andallowed by the United States,assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury wnicn snail Desupplied by the several colonies in proportion to thenumber of inhabitants of every age, sex and quaili- -

ty, except Indians not paying taxes, in each colony.;a true account oi wmcn, mnuuguuucu to "ivvinliabitants. shall be trierinually taken and transmitted to the Assembly ot the united states."

Mr snmiip i:hnsp. neippate irom .Ma

ryland, moved that the quotas should bepaid, not by the number of inhabitant's of everycondition, but by that 01 the twine innanuani3. xieinsisted, in support of his amendment, " there is nomore reason ion taxlritr the Southern States on thofarmer's 'head and on his playe's hpad. than theNorthern ones in their farmers' heads and the headsof their cattle. That the method proposed wouldtax the Southern States according to their numbersand tho-.- r wealth conjunctly ; while the Northernwould ho taxed on numbers only that negroes infact shii dd not he considered as members of theState wire than cattle, and that they have 'no moreinterest in it' " Mr. John Adam3, of Massachu-setts, iristed upon the plan as reported by theCommiU"c. and so also Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania,whoea.-l- : " If this amendment should take-- place,the Southern Colonies would have all the benefit dfslaves, whilst the Northern ones would bear thoburther. That slaves increase the profits of aState. Which tho Southern States mean to take toVherns.elyc : that they also increase the burthen ofaefdhce. which;' df courtie, would fall so muchheavier on the Northern" States j that styyes occupy the placo of irecraen and eat their tood. Dismissvour slaves and freemen will tako their places."It was wittily replied : "It has been objected thatnecroes c.it the food of freemen, and thoreforoshould bf taxed horses also eat the food of free-men, therefore they also should be taxed I" Mr.Banjar.iir JTarri&qn; nf Virginia, tljert cania forwardwith liis nohip'yomise, viz: ''that'tyo slaves shouldbe count" d as one freeman." And, in passing, letit be remarked, that every compromise hag beenproposed by the South ; never oneby the Xorlh. Wit-

ness the ( ne called tlie Missouri Compromise thePomproinis? of IS32 tha Compromise ot IV--

and now proposed adjustments of Botejer, ofVirginiaof Powell and Crittenden of Kyi And

noticeable fact is, that in all tho compromises,the South for peaoe has always yielded her rights andgivon up ah except her honor. Bat the day of com-

promises has finally passed "hitherto shalt thoucome and no further," is now tho motto of everytrue Southron. But let us look at the vote upon thefirst Con promise. It was rejected by the votes ofNew Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-

necticut, "ew York, New Jersey and Pennsylvaniasgnir. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North

CaUnsv$jut,b Carolina and Georgia. Ua thcap,unlike s'io politicians of who 'tell us they1''know mi; North j no' South, no East, no West," ourforefathers seem most distinctly- - to have knownbotblthe&orth and the South, and the fixed, immu-

table boundary' pf Masqn pixon seems to Jiajebeen ia wel ascertained and run out then as now.Then, as now, between the North, and the, South,there wa a great gulf fixed, and ever will be.

Such vM the antagonism between the State? thatf waj a J'GJF h.ofpre Oor.grf is could agree upca

any articAss qf confederation to be submitted to theStates; aiid so slowly and reluctantly were theyadopted, that.it was not until 1781 that Marylandfinally yielded her. objections and became a memberof the Confederation.

The next subject to which we shall call the read-

er's attention, as evidencing the inherent repulsionbetween tho Northern and Southern States, is theappointment of Washington as Cammander-in.-Cnic- f

of tho army: tl9 reason that led to that appoint-ment aside'frpm hii" abilities: and alsothe'intrigues gdtto'n up to displace him. The impar-

tial Botta,m his history, tells us why Congress did

not choose Gates or Putnam or Ward -- The colo-n- furnssnnhnsetts were reproached with a too

partial patriotism, showing themselves rqthcr m?n. i .1. .... A mo.innnj Tho nrnvinnpi.

suspicions;they would have seen wim exii mu tausc uiAmerica cpn'fided to the hands of an individual

miVht. nllnw himself to be influencedby certain looil prenojaesslona at a timei(5 whtab nil desire and interests ought to

be comni"0-- "effprt to displace Washington

for Gates was not begun by anattackuponthetora,inander-if- t Chief. The Jncvitabla and unfortunateaffUir of Tlcondaroga was seized upon to charge

that abl general and disinterested patriot, Gen.

Schuyle' . the (particular friend of Washington, thefather-iifla- of his special favorite and

I'll Hamilton, with being a traitor to hiscountryj?and when Gen. Schuyler, by liu weU con- -

sidered and well executed plans had so hedged iaBurgoyne that his furthet-progr- ets was impossibleand hi3 surrender at no distant day .certain and in,evitabkv Gen. Gates having been appointed in hisplace, stepped in and reaped where he had notsown, and got all the credit of what was justly dueto Washington aid Schuyler for the surrender atSaratoga. Botta says of Schuyler" Schuyler him-self, that able General and devoted patriot, whosolong services hai only buen repaid by long ingrati-tude, escaped nit the serpent-tongu- e of calumny.As the friend ot the Iew lorkcrs. he was no favo-rite with the inhabitants of New England, and the,latter were thoso who aspersed him with the mostbitterness. icn. ocnuyier himself, in 1777. wrote

uouyerneur --aorris the reason for his displace--ment Juy crime consists in not b?mw nNa-a- v..

"i''"'wi''J""'iI"es3ineycnangetneirsI hope I never shall be. Gen. Gates ia their idnl.because he is t their direction. Snarl-- ' TAfe. ofMorris, Vol. 1st, p. 143.

No sooner had Burgoyne's surrender taken placethan cabals were commenced, looking to the deposi-tion of Washington, with the avowed object of put-ting Gates in his place. In Congress and through-ou- t

the Northern States, the intrigues were carriedon. Let us again seo what Botta. says of the originof the animosity towards Washington: " It was,moreover, bslieved, at tha time, that the membersof Congress from Massachusetts, and particularlySamuel Adams, had never been able to brook thatthe supreme command of all the armies should havebeen conferred upon a Virginian to the exclusion ofuenerais oi meir province," &c Seo JSoUa, YoL 2d,p. 399. But the army would not hear of the project.Gen. Conway was in consequence challenged andshot in the mouth by Gen. Cadawallader, andSamuel Adams had to keep out of the way of thearray. See Botta, p. 40l. Nothing, however, woulddo but Gates mnst bo put in command of tho South-ern army, displacing' for him the able veteran DeKalb. Gates' thorough incompetency was shownat Camden, where ho suffered two thousand troopsto get his six thousand between two morasses, andmost signally defeat him De Kabl's commandstanding their ground till he fell pierced with elevenwounds.

The writer has now before him the most interesting and curious "Travels in Nprth America in thoyears 17S0-'81-'- 32, by the Marquis De Chastellux.The Marquis was a Jlajor-iiener- m the t rencharmy under the Count Do Rochambeau. There isno pleasanter book of to; sin and incident to be found.He shows that the antipathy between the Northernand Southern men in the army was such that spl- -cners anu omcerj irom tne two sections would notmess together. And also that tho same repugnanceexisted among the members of Congress. In givingparties at Philadelphia, the Marquis, at page 107,tells us the members of Congress "divide them-selves into two tats, and as we see, very geographi-cally; the line cf demarcation being from East toWest." Tho M..rquis' travels were published in17S7.S In a note co the above cited passage it is said:" There is greas probability of seeing this line ofdemarkation more distinctly marked by a separationot the federal L mon into two parts, at no very dis-tant day; but not on hostile or unfriendly terms.This was matter of frequent discussion d&ring mvstay at Philadelphia and seemed to be an opinionwhich was daily gaining ground. Indeed, it seemsto be a measure which, sooner or later, must takeplace, from the obvious difficulties attending themanagement and operations of a Uonfederocy ex-

tending from Florida to Nova Scotia; a country everyday increasing in population and branching outinto new states, buub a division must, in my opin-ion, give new force and energy to each part of it,and produce more union and activity in their coun-cils; nor do I see any bad consequences arising fromsuch an amicablo separation, except in the case ofa war exactly similar to the last; a case which Ibelieve every man will agree is "scarcely within theline of possibility. Local obstacles to a long con-

tinuance of the present state of things must aloneinfallibly produce it. They who.arcacquainted withAmerica will add many reasons. which it is unnecessary lor me to enumerate." cee Iravels of Mar-quis of O., p., 108.

it needs not that wc snealc ot the entire lauureof the Confederacy of its weakness, of its utterinability to enforce any law it might pas3.

defects were, that it acted on States only, withthe power of coercing obedient designedly withheld, and also in the want of an .Executive head andJudicial hands. It was a body without head, armsor legs; it. could neither stand nor walk, take norhold, command nor threaten; it could only lie uponits oacK in supine inanity, exciting the pity ot menus,the contempt and derision of enemies. That whichWas established in 1777 ns a "perpetual Union," wasnot suffered to drag out a feeble existence of morethan some ten or twelve years,

Yv e intend not to go into any detail in regard tothat series of compromises and concessions whichfinally enabled the Convention of libt to proposethe Constitution of the United States for adoptionand ratification by tae people of the various btates.By locking into the Debates of that most augustbody, with the greatest man that ever lived as itschairman, the reader will perceive that every provision almost, in the instrument agreed upon, fromthe beginning phrase, "Wc, the people of the UnitedStates," to the concluding article, "the ratificationof the conventions of mn.c btatcs shall be sumcientfor the establishment of this Constitution betweenthe Slates so ratifying the same," met with most determined opposition. Scarcely any important pro-vision that was not adopted by a bare majority, except the renditioi of fugitives from service, 'thiswas passed unanimously. It needs not that we askhow has it been kept?

We shall merely advert to a passage or two toshow that the di:liculties grew out of tho fixed determination, on the part of the Northern members,to azreeto nothiia that would not enable them tocontrol the Government for their own interests, andto keep the Sout'i forever in subjection, if possible,to the North. This, a single pasiage from a speechof Rufus kmc, delegate trom .Massachusetts, willabundantly prove. "He remarked that the fourEastern States, having 800,000 souK having one- -

third fewer representatives than the four SouthernStates, having not more than 700,000 souls, ratingthe blacks as five for three. The Eastern peoplewill advert to these circumstances and be dissatis-fied. He believei them to be very desirous of uniting with their Sonthern brethren, but did not thinkit prudent to rely so far on that disposition as tosubject them to any gros3 inequality. He was fullyconvinced that the question concerning a differenceof interests did nDt lie where it had hitherto, beendiscussed, between the great and small States, butbelKcenihe Scuihim and Eastern, t or this reason,ho had been ready to yield something, in the propor-tion of representatives for the security of theSouthern. But no principle would justify the givingthem a majority. ' jiaaison s utoaies, p. xuoi.

Listen, also, to the blunt avowal on the part of theNorth, that they had no wish to form the Union butfrom selfish sectional interests. Air. uornam.vheable delegate from Massachusetts says: "He desir-red it to bo remembered, that" the EasternStates had no motive to "a Union but a commercial oiie. They were able to protect themselves, They were not afraid of external danger,and did not need the aid of tho Southern States."Debates, v. 1397.

And that the covernment they had formed had so many elements of discordin it that it could not last ions as they themselvesfelt, we shall also cite another remark of "the plainspoken Mr. Gorham to prove. In speaking oftho fear that Co.ieress would become too numerous a body, he said "It is not to be supposed thatthe Government will last so long as to prpdnce this.effect. Can it he suonosed that this vast country,including the Wisterp Territory, willt one hundredand fifty ypars hence, remain one nation." Debates,

n.l 2G3.And how did sagacious, thoughtful members of

the Convention from th south regard, the newL'et us see. Ifo &u;lcr, of Sou.fh Caro-

lina, said "Ho considered the interests of theSouthern Stat"ssnd. of the Eastern, to be as difier-ent'as't-

interests of Russia and Turkey. Beingnotwithstanding, desirous of conciliating ths affections of the Eastern fatates, he ahuul'l vote againstrequiring two-thir- instead cf ft majority." SeeDebates, p. 1453.

QqI. Mason, of Virginia, said "If the governmentis to be lasting, it must oe lounded in tno commenceand anections of tha people, and must be so construed as to obtain these. The majority will be governedby their interest. The Southern States are in theminority iv. both Houses. Is it to ba expected that theywill deliver themselves, bound, hand and foot, to theEastern States, and enable them to exclaim in thewords of Cromwell, on a certain occasion 'theLord hath delivered them into our lianas''-5- j5ef.same page as about,

Tho Oonstitutisn ihus forced, was submitted totho 'State Convention: and. meeting with violentopposition, it 'was ratified by bare majorities in each,Had Washington not been alive, and by tacit consent understood to be the person who would be tnefirst President, and thereby inaugurate the experiment of the new government, we may very confidently say no State would have acceded to the Un,--.

loq. Jiu.t all had the most mpUoit ccnn,dence inaspirtcn, and wepe wyhngta let him try the ex-

periment that 'all felt must, in the end, prove a fail' ure. And so, by the vote of the whole Electoral

College, he was" named first President. But thatWashington felt that the Union was destined to beshort-lived- , is most patbotmaliy evident from hisFarewell Address, "Is there a doubt," he asks,"whether a common government can embrace solargo a sphere? Let experience solve it. To listento mere speculation in such a case, were criminal.We are authorized to hope that a proper organization ot the whole, with the auxiliary agency ot governments for the respective subdivisions, will anorda happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth afair and full experiment."

That we are essentially two peoples did not escapehim, nor did his unerring, almost prescient judgment fail to discern and point out the roc1 upon,which the Ufllon Avas destined, to he wrecked. " Incontemplating," he connues., "the- causes whichinay' duturb' 6ar "Union, it occurs as a matter ofserious concern, tnat any ground snoum nave uoealurnisiied lor cnaracterizing parties uy gcograpni-ca- l

discriminations Northern and Southern," &c,Northern and Southern yes, that i3 iust it. AndlikeBanquo-- ghost, it Ul P,ot down at any bidding.

(COXCIXOEP

Tlie "Ifo Coaventloii,Yesterday was the day appointed for tho meet

ing of the Tennessee State Convention, provided thepeople had ratified the call ofHfc'e General Assem

bly. There were several members, gleet to the "No

Cnnrrintion"in tin oitv. all Union-savers- , togetherwith, other distinguished gentlemen, supposed to be-

long to the same party, who are well fitted, by edu-

cation and. experience for. secretaries, doorkeepers&c. Convention" did not assemble at tlio Capitol,

as we learn after careful inquiry. If there was anyassemblage, reporters vycra not admitted, and wecannot give the proceedings. Wo presume, hew-eve- r,

they will leak out, in some way. The Wash.,

ington conference essayed secrecy and has sueoced-yerywe- ll

up tojthis date. Bu.ttha result willpome out, oven if the debates are forever

concealed from an anxious constituency. We pre-

sume, 'as "politicians" havo nothing to do with .the.

Union movement, that the people will, in the end,

he admitted into full fellowship with thecaucus.

About eighty recruits for the South Carolinaarmy, from this State, passed through Augusta,Ga.. onthe23dhist.

DEOISI0KS OP THK STJl'KEME C6VKT.- V OFFICIAL.

Dcciaieas of . tlio SnprcraoKCeHrJ elHthn

temoer Tsraai isco.Brown ti. tTc tier and Toit ,

This was an action of assumpsit to recover thesum of two hu ldred doll .rs, placed by the plaintiffin the hands of Yost the following' circum-stances :

A coaversati n took place between Brown andWelker in reg.n.rd tc the purchase, by Brown of aneirro man owned by Welker. The parties disagreed

the value ot tne siave. iirown toas to agreed pay- . . . . -- . .

SlzUU lor tne Slave proviueu hb were as -- iiKeiy" asa certain slave belonging to him, and if not as like-ly, the stipulated price was to be abated accordingto the difference. The parties agreedStegall's on a certain day, and selected Kincaid andYost, to determine the controverted matter of factbetween them whether Welker's slave was as likely as the slave of Brown, and if not, "how muchless likely ho was? and the deduction to be made onaccount of the dlflerence, Irom tne sum oi sizuu,and Brown wrs to tako the slave at the reducedprice. It was further asreed that each party shouldmake a deposit of S200 in money in the hands ofiost, which in the event of cither party tailed toexecute the contract, was to be forfeited by him,and paid over to the Other by the stake holder.

lho parties, together with the appointed referees,met at the time and place fixed upon. Kincaid, oneot tne reterees, was ex&mined on the trial, andstated,that "n conferring with. Yost, it was mutu-ally agreed by them that they would not decide thematter referred to them, but would decline to do so,and recommend the parties to settle it themselves.Mr. Ycst remarking to witness that tlie agreementwas made in a sort of christmas frolic, when bothparties bad been drinking, lost and witness declined to make the valuation, and never did make it."Un cro3s examination Kincaid stated " that he.wasdisinclined to act in the matter because Brown hadinformed him cn the way, that he would not standto it because Welker had deceived him in his repre-sentatis-

as to tho character of the negro, and hheard Uruwn refuse to g into it sevaral times wheatho parties me? at, Stegall's."

The proof slows that J.rown demanded the $200from Yost and also from Welker. and both refused'to pay back the money. It was also proved thatabout a week lifter the meeting at Stegall's Brownrequested Well r to pay him tha $200, or else tolet him have tho slave at the price of S1200, butWelker retused to do either. On the part of thodefendant it was- proved oy the witness Stegall, that,"after the referees declined to decide the matter,Welker severa' times ten ercd his negro to Brown,who refused to take him, and said he did not intendto take him."

Upon this state of facts was the plaintiff entitledto recoTer bach the deposit?

it is clear that the cone-ac- t was not complete until the matter of difference between the partiesshould be settled by Kincaid and YosI, who must beregarded as arbitrators empowered to make anaward, upon a parol submission, and whose award- -would have been conclusive upon the parties unlessimpeached for causes sufficient to invalidate anaward.

The disputed fact as to tho relative value of thetwo slaves was to be det rmined by the referees;thi3 was an important term of the agreementanduntil this was done, no obligttory contract couldexist.

The ascertainment of the value in the stipulatedmode was an act necessarily precedent to the completion ot the contract; consequently, if the arbitra-tors of their own accord, declined to act, or makean award, the agreement was thereby put an end to,and the parties respectively were entitled to recoverback the deposit from Yost. For the forfeiture of,the deposit could only result from the refusal ofeither party to abide by the agreement after itshould have been completed by the act of the arbitrators hxing the value, or possibly irom the voluntary act of either party in revoking the authority ofthe arbitrators, and del eating thereby the comple-tion of the contract.

The error of the charge lies in the assumptionthat tho mere expression of a determination on thepart of Jirown, not to stand to the agreement put anend to the contract, or was equivalent to a revocation ot the authority of the arbitraters, such wasnot tho legal effect.

Brown had positively committed himself to thedecision of the arbitrators, and. could not escapefrom the conclusive effect of their decision if fairlymade.

True, he might have revoked tho authority beforeit was executed by the arbitrators, that is beforethey acted undent, iiut if this were not done,neither the power nor tha duty of the arbitratorsto maka an awi.rd could be affected in any way bythe declarations of tirown that he would not abidehis agreement. Not having revoked his authorityhe had no power over them to prevent their executions ot it, ana such declarations were simply nugatory.

The award, if fairly nruie. would have been .instas operative ar.d binding on .Brown as if no suchdeclarations had been mi.de. From the statementof Kincaid, there was no revocation of tho authority of the arbitrators, "he conclusion from thestatem jnt of the witness necessarily is, that the arbitrators, actiuj; upon their own views of what wasmost proper under all tht circumstances, mutuallydetermined not to cxecut tho power conferred upon them, and declined doing so, and of this determination the parcss were informed. This at once putan end to tlio executory acrecment of the parties.which depended for its legal operation upon the further act ot tt- - arbitrat rs, by which the value ofthe slave was t , be hxed. And this failing, each party was instantly entitled to have Jns depositrefunded. in this view the stase-holde- r wrongfully paidover the moy, and both he and the partyreceiving it, with knowieuge of the tacts, are liabletorefu.idit. Ine disinclination of lhe arbitratorsto act. no matter from what cause, is unimportant.Such a consideration .would not of itself have affect-ed the validity of their tward, if an award hadbeen made. It would have been sufficient that theyin lact did execute the pocr, however reluctantly,if nothing more could have, been said against theaward.

It is enough for tho determination ef the case.that tho arbitrators, in the exercise of their ownjudgment for reasons satisfactory to thera declined to execu:e the autrDrity; or to determine thematter referred to their decision. This was in legaleffect aa end of the who'e agreement, and entitledthe parties to be placed in statu quo. Upon tbcfacts a presented to this record we think the judg-ment is erroneous.

Judgment reversed. McKixxet.A true copy. Teste: W. E. Caswexl, Clerk.

We have seen a letter from.Hon.J. P. Bcniamin.'to a gentleman in this city, announcing his intentionto depart from the established rule of his life sofar as to prosecute for libel some one or more ofthe more prominent of those who havo given publicity to the infamous calumny in reference to his'conduct at Yale College years ago. He was study-ing for his profession at New Orlerns at the time atwhich he was said to have been piteously appealinga;ainst exposure of the peccadilloes laid at hiadoor. Zoutsult Courier, Jib. 25.

The renovjned, 'Fakir of Siva." now Rot. J. S

Haskell, U preaching at Washington, Iowa.

FOR PADUCAI1TAND CAIRO,nrVIE rgu!ar St. Louis, MeoalxU tnd touijitlla

ter, will depart for the above ac 1 intermediate landlasa. THIS DAT, the -- ta iDst ,at 11 oVlock. A M. for freightOf pasure apply cn board or to

A. Ij. SAYIS, AgSQl.

for Cincinnati.TnB one j&senger steatcsr, Ida Slay,

Jlaste- -, will leave for the abore andail Intermediate ports This Par, tke IClh Inst, at 2,o'clock.lur treijhtorpassaje apply to

?a. HAJirtTOS,feKG- -lt ii. ii. HAKItlSOX, Agents.

B11A.1 A PI 13 SHOUTS.Itasfcs. For sale lcr by

feUM-- tt 45 College street,, near Broad.

LATCH.bbls. No.larticli tor ia)eby

0. K. LUNIfUU lil'.U.,febSfr.it. 43 Colles street, neat Broad.

33omoviIIo cto 0o- -received a fresh and well selected lot erfjTAVE

BHCGS,''IfHDICJNESj -

PAIMS, '

OILS, &c.,'Trllrii they are offartn? at rcasonble prices. ',

A Iarre lot of pare Older Vinegar. For sale byDEMOVILLE ft CO.,, ,

febSG-- tf Union and Americas Balldin's.

Well ivatir fresh from Louisville, for sal byARTESIAN DEMOVILLE & CO.

feb26-- tf

ARROWS Lexington Mustard, for aate brfetflS tf

Hair Tonic, for s a: byBESIOVILLE'3 DEMO VILLK i; GO.

ftbK-- lf

HAY.fT) f y. BALKS Prime Timothj, in atr and sale byAH yjr u.&Lvauauu.,

feb2G-- tt 4? Collego street, near Bread..

ipcci,al. Sale of JScady-mad- c Clotii- -jiig to Close t onsigHHient.

BKVJ. F. SHIELDS & CO.THTILL sell this mornlnr at 10 o'clock, for cash, tie entit8V stock of Ready-mad- e Clothing now In store, consisting

of flnecleth rrock Coats, OtaryOfer Costs, an aisortment aCloth and Cas&lmere Pants wlt-- i a line of Velret,Cassimeraaciotn vests.

Those fcavinr eaih to male, would do well to aisend.aswe have express Ustrnctlocs to close the stock ajl we are da- -

terxinea to ooey o.aers.UENJ. P' SniKLTB & CO.

P. S. Will be aide! an Invoice oi Stfy Coods. Sslepotlttreand with-- reserve. JT B. tu,

feb2G-- lt

Jewelry Versus Panic!

100,000 1YOBT2I OF JEWELRYX3D

YOUIt CIIOI"CK I' O II ONE D OLLAS.

Rb!iToneneda stereon Colleie street near Union. InSi,7ir,. IT. me bulldine . where we will for a short Use

o(I:r fr sale the remnants of stocks of several large .JewelryManufacturers, wte hare recently fsileam me jsast. xne gooasveremidafor ths retail trade, snd are sew and fashionable.Not wlshiog to sacrifice them at auction we have adopted a sewplan, iu: We arrange tne gooes in 101s, aca ten a cnoice lor

OitE DOLLAR.Every one has an equal chace:. The business Is done honor

ably and honestly No lottery or misrepresentations. Allgoods warranted as represented.

Call early atTiu. 21 College Street, near Union,

Sewaneo Uousa BaUdiac.febS5f6l-d- 3t t J .

.Jf

, mm tJiiiviilllAAA

board nr to "- srwwum unl nfet3-S- t H-- TTiBrsnr

A. HAMILTON, Agent.VIKGIFUa. FREIGHT 2,IXS !

rnsocan eatks iromBoston. Itew --v. .. . .

Raitimbro

NASHVILLE AND ALL STATIONSSTEVENSON ON THE NASHVILLE i

CHATTANOOGA,EAILItOADtt:.

VIA

Norfolk, VirgiRla.Troai 1st Class. 31 Class. UClais th disssBoston, 91 CJ 91 33 SI 20 f

New York. 1 65 1 3S 1 30 1 00Philadelphia, 1C3 1 3 ISO 1 OSBoston, 1 52 134 I It

freight on Cotton from Vashville to BsHlmore.Panalelphls,New York, or Boston 84 31 per bale of 500 pounds.

The raids In Interest are ranninr Express freight Tnln,making the schedule time between terminal polnts.ahout lereas ' 'days.

AnT lnfonnatlonrfroectlnr the line or IU operations, wlllbefurnished on application .betas mads to either of tha ander.'signed.

B C JACKSON.Snp't East Tenn. tc. Ga. B. K., Athens Tenn. '

21 a xniiriia.,Snp't E ItTt RR. Greenville, Tenn,

H GILL,Sup'tYa & T B, B,Lynthhnxg, Ta.

II D BIRD,f ap't South fude K B, Petersburg, Ta.

W MAHONE.President &c. Petersburg tliK J, Norfolk, Ta.

fet23-- tf

Seed, Oats, Wheat and. Karley.BUSHELS Eeed Oats.1500 00 - Spring Wheat,

2 to " Spring Barley.Just reeelred and for sale by

ARMSTBONO A: CO.,ieValv Ho. 3 Market street.

PURIFIED COAL OIC.the best articles ot burning Oil erer efftred for saleQNBef city. A large supply on hand and for sale by

STBKTCn 4c FORBES,febO tf Cor. of College and Union streets.

' V1CTOBIA PI PLANT.PIME lot of the roeU, tn good condition for plaitlsg. Tar

sale at btkcxuu a: roan ss,febZS tf Cor. of College and UnIB streets.

justice.A LL those baring claims ajralait ths estate of Peter 7. Gray,f deceased, are hereby Bottled to appearand II the samewith the Clerk of the County Ceurtof Stewart county, on orbefore theSOthitay of Slay, 1601, In order that the same maybeliquidated and discharged in accordance with, the acta ef theLegislature of the guto et Tennessee rtlatlro to lasolrtnt es-

tates. . This 15th day of Tebinary, 1SGI.W. C. BRADFORD,

fetS3-w- lt Administrator.

JAMES LOW,& CO.. Nos. 208 and 210 West Sid olxthStrest,

Between. Mala and market Streota,,LOUISVILLE, --- KESrCCKY,

Hare recelsed and for sale: :

fi CASES Hope Bleached Cottons,OVF S3 do Trousdale de do

25 eases Semper Idea do25 - 2-- do do -'

100 " New Stable, Taney Prints,5 Pennsylvania Twills,3 " XlaOroTe deJ " New York Jeans,

600 pieces Bice Jeans, assorted grades,400 " Brown do do f ."'

15 eases Blue Plantation Twttlr C.50 bales Bl Ticking,50 " Q Jilt Lining,SS " lleary London Plaid,5 " asssrttd French Percats, solid colon,?

Sdl " Crepe i 'Bspagne, '30CO dos Chadwiek's assorted spool Cotton,

2t grsss Taney Belts assorted,5 cases Cotton Table Diaper.

1000 dos Linen Tapes assorted, ; v15 grcss India Rubber Tine Combe,

ICO Stella Shawls. feb31--tf

I OF 14

7H01VESAL,E OJsX .

inwoAre now receiving their

STOCK OF

CopsisOng nfia 'largo anl'Tafiea assortment of

1 :

HEAySTAPLES,'

. ;? "'rv...-- ; rrri:' . . -suon-A- S

PRINTS, ' . -- v?si i. r, - , .. . r"

DOMESTICS, , .

'!a4'. i-- ' '

LAWNS,

JACOWETS.. . "'fZ-..... -- v-.-.

'TEAMS, 'fc

" .

FLANNEL!.--, '

i PAST S3TJFFS,

VARIETIES CEXLUALLT, &c, Ac, Ac,' ' ''

And I n short comprising such variety of assortment, aad ia such

quantities aijustlfy usfully In saying that In

HEAVY, BEStRATiSLE, STAPLES49 '

JAXD - ' ..."

Medium Cost Srcss Goods, wo bave, neveroiler c'd.a ,.' .; I ,.

SUP ER IOR STOCK.

TXt yt'iH sell them to our old Friends and Customers on the usual Terras r '

ANP, TOCA3H BCTEH3

We will oiler ucu Inducement as willCommand tbelr Trade;

1KBY MORGAN & CO.

Clear Sides.CLEAR SIDES just received and for sale by5000 JA3 Mclaughlin t co.

feb!4-- tf

X,urd, tnrd.OSK HALF BARRELS LARD. 40 kegs Choice Lard for2fif Taoily use, Just received and for sale ly

!0U-t- r JAS McLAUGULIN tCO

Soiled Corn iTlcal.BAOSiSteam dried Belled Corn Heal, put op- In SO100 lb ban. Jast received and for isle by

tsbl4-- tf jas McLaughlin t co- -

Hams, Hams.TV Dl r CHOICE HAMS, JastrecelvedandforsalebyU U ll JASlicL VUaULIN h. CO.

Icblt-t- f

Election Notice.f the Nashville Osa Light Cempany will

THE of Directors at tts oflice oftheir mi collection seven. . .. . u. . .1. Itne company, on xnursaay iaui juaicu.

JA8.1I. KKNDTICH,ftbS-t- d Secretary.

Clover Seed.BBL3 Clover Seed, fox sale by2.5 JAMES H LACQIILIN t CO.

feb5-- tf

APPI.ES, FI.Os7R'&e,--rf f BBLS Apples,

U Choice .Extra Tamily Tlour,10 da Onions

J.-- da Clover Seed.Received per Lebanon. Tor, sale by .

. . W.WATIS& CO.,(9jH-- t ... . Ka aSrsadw

mmmm

33r "VT booIs.

FBEDBISA BKEaEl's Wow Bo J

'TRANSLATED BT IfASTTIOWm,

-

And Pahllshed la sJranea of Its Publics inln Zoglaad,

printed frem. Uary Ilovitt's own Xinitscrlpt, which 1

pcrchased from her by the Ameriaa Publish-

ers at a large cost--

ifeih-th-e OI World

oa,

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v- -- a awiueriaaa and It

Bj F REDIlIKA JJREHETI,

Anther ofJ.'Hemes tn the New tForliV" "Neighbors," ui--teai aiixp,4 Jiucr aca uaajhter, et.

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fa- -

NEW?YEARS' STOHIES FOE lj

BT OHARLE3DICIEJIS.

sf , . ,It' j 4

....ts 'A Message, from tlie ?ca,"l

ASD THE .

Uncomiacrcial. Traveler,

BT CHABL53 D1CS3N3.

' 1 Just received, by '

' F. HAGAX&CO.Iit. CcIlejastl

. -

fiaP TravelsIN

EUROPE,

; . EGTl'T, and tno

., . . . HOLY LA."

. . Twttvx jownris Torsi

During which ha saw many Wonderful Things cad a vul I

TUN!

BT A.. R. TTIGGS.

1 TOL. KaewTor tat by

F. IXAGAN & CO.,

febS0-t- r 41 College atr

ITIiUct Seed.ff rv Eaeks MUIet Seed, for tale br33 JAMSS HLACaiILIN i

ieb5-- tf

1861. 181

Hew Spring Goods.

DOUGLAS & CODEALERS AT WH0LB3ALS, IN

Foreign and Domestic Dry G

CLOTIIKVc, CARPETS,BOOTS SHOES,

HATS, BONNETS

Ho. 53 Public Square,NASHVILLE, : t : it TSNNJ

E are receivlDg lew aai haafiome addltlensto oaand win seeBaavea eemtiets asaonmens 01

present stack Is better than we ever saw la Nash fill 1

arv.Our prices an unlf eras aad an Jns! as tew as any Hod

when will din sell 1 Uks euanHKts.We ha-r- adopted earrect bank Mils, culled CASII

date er saieo the basis er all transactions, allowing uicount oa large bills ar Goods.

febl7-- m r D0TJGLA3

Holiday Sales of Clotning"Vif7K have a large stock f Clothing, which wa will

W prvraxe aaie, at nr.ces u neei mo sun.decS-t- f BBNJ. T. SHIELDS i

Notice.m TT tl.tHMaISWmUaN4Mr.t M StftlMm

lag or the Ctty BuIMIagaailLeaaAascIatlonofNb .held at tn a of the Srotectlep Tnswance Cos

NOTICE TO SIXIPPEnS.Gcnair. Taaam- Oml

NuhvlIIe andlMcatur Koaawill receive Trelfthts for all points on the HempWBCharleston, Mobile, and Ohio, and Mississippi... nj T anJ hrvst .Miffl withfintri.'.u V .... -

General AlLouisville Courier, Dsaoerxt and Journal, Cindnnaj

memal and uaseuv copy oa vi.leblla

PIANO TUNING ASB KEPAIRINtjr f. K1BBEZ will henceforth make NashvlUe hi

Y. nent resuence,and will tune rinnos, or.ad Tfelodcona by theyearorslnEle tanist . andcaoften as required, since he will spend at least one week 1

month In the city aad vicinity, ut win visit reguiitowns In slid! IS, West.and Saatxinaessee, and. Northsnd Mlstissiimi Ordersleft.t Benson tCo.'s MusicBent's Piano Booms, en Church slrtet. Csmmrslcadmail will be promptly attended ba prll d,tw

tllad News for the Unfortunate 1

THE L05O SOUGHT TOR

Discovered at IiAsf.'l

CHEROKEE KEMEDYlAn nnfalllne Speclllc lor all Blseasj

tlio firinarr Organs, and a GeneraAltoratiTO and Blood Purlller.J

TUTS "REMEDY" CURES WHEN ALLPREPARATIONS FAIL.

It Is entirely unlike every ether medicine prescribedjrail Diseases, as it contains ne mineral postoa' r 'drugs being prepared frem roots, barks and leaves, ianf & nle&s&nt ind dellelons Sttsb.

It is " aature's own remedy'' for Gonorrhoea. (C?

kns. fBTkiln In Tnilm.1 far Iht. --nnnlllntitlS lavalnlAs a general alterative and blood poilfler. Is has ne eq

does net fail t cure scrofula, secondary srphi".swelllags, mereurial and all emsUve aass, eariamore speedily and permaaently than aJ 'c"",etae known. It dees taia by purlfytar,afbleod 1 Causing It U flow In ail Its ertgteal .P",thus removing from the system all Impwhich have induced disease. .... fl-T- w.

In all eld cues of Gonorrhoea aad 6H1baaedical .kill, It Is tspecUHr "ffl.TtaUiminever falls, and recent one It "tTeh"few doses positively remoru " seaUlsj

P Interftr. with any eUJoea not effect the breath or

business. , .v. --edldos.It requres so assuu...--- - conntiH.roon- -l

Dttfc 119 CTCt KUift -t

mtls. onyenereUWldircctloearr" nV, gSlar mm an, dreg ,

the United .States.,. . . . M,bottIe. or three bottlesIt Is sold T"T' dns'sad dealers In me! ldaes. thrcl

the United Stales, aad

BtEKWI?l's

St.LOUI HI330URI.

Hsndennott, B rrry Je Benw!ia.a--i b, aU ..edrngglstjwhere- -

bigH PKICS E8K NEGROES. .t. - vilkf MvVt nrtai finr S Iftslv Tdttl

ISiSS TUUM can 1

"??' ...V! v,n1 20 Neiroes .'or the sWacoa of tlell

lglrLt.ofaUage.wenMsao- -