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[ ? t W&t Cancflstev J?9 1^ 1^ \ TVT^tfTT\^" Turn la iti<> Pn1**?It* tiaiimi;' ?&?? ? ?*> -nrvcj, { \ > J * ' * " ' 1 ^ IV /"\. X^l 1^1 U i?l lti;? Willi ihi' u luulrin af ciirli din. . 1 i ' . 1 1 ' ' ; . i >amiln osj ^niititu .Wtuispapn?Dtaorta tu tat Ana, jriratta, titnatnt:, <?iinratinu. Ajntoltitrt, Sattrual Smnmntuitun, >urrign aua i.ainiit ilrsis, una i-,t jiaratis. VOLUME IX. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY D, 1860. N V M DEI! 13. | juemocrauc national Convention. Chaklbston, April 28. [The a lei noon and evening scsmou of Friday wm taken op in speeches by Mei>rs. liarkt-dale, ot Mi?aissi|>pi, and Yancey, of Alabama, in favor of lite ina jori'v report ; and bv Messrs. King, of Missouri, and i'ugli, of Oltio, in favor of - the report ft'llnnilted by lire minority.? Airem excitement and confusion prevailed. Saturday morning tlie business was re nuwed, and after much discussion and confusion a motion to recommit the whole matter to the Committee on resolutions finally prevailed and the committee in structed lo report same day at 4 o'clock, 1'. M ] SIXTH DAY AFTKUNOON 6USS10S. Tlie convention wits called lo order at 4-10 P. M. Mr. Avery, of North Carolina, from the Committee on Platform, said that a majority of the Coinmittoe were ru-uly to report, but the intnoiity wanted a few momenta. Before reading it, he would say they reflected the views of a majority of the States. The platform embodied Hoard's resolutions, and Bigler'a and Uoohrane'a, Resolved, Thr.t the p'atform adopted bv itie Democratic party at Cincinnati be ali'tre', ?i h the following explanatory resolutions : Fiist. That the government of a Ter rilory organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and. dnr i-ig its existence, a I citizens of (lie United States Iihvg an equal right to settle with their property in the Teni.orv without their lights eithor of peison ? r properly lieiiiL' ilestioved or iiooairi'il liv (V.ii'?ress. ionnl <>r Territorial le^iahitioti. Srcund, Tiinl il in (lie duty of ilie Fed i rsl fti \ eminent in hII it? <Je|>nrttnentn to protect M lieu neceeR irv tlie rylitu of per eon* and pr.'| ftrty in t! ?* territories, and wherever eln? iin constitut'ona! authority extends. Third, That when the ?e!lleri in n tor ritnrv hav tn^r >m adequate population form n Stat* ci nri tiilion, the riuhl i f aovi-r i^nlv i oino unci a, and, lei y eonatmimn ( it 1 .y MiJini.Heioii into tin* ( ion, they otiilul ell nil equal fooling with tire pen pie ot oilier S atea ; and tin? St ilv ilois oryan /.ml ouyhl lo he admitted into the Federal Un o:i, ?l,ollier it" constitution prohil.it* of :cjo^niro? the institution of ftjnverv. Fourth, That t lie Democrat I'nrty rire in tbVor of the ncquiaition of the h.l.md \?C Cut>:i. on Hiscti term* an ahull he hunor* ahlrtii i ur.it'lii'h nml just i< at the ii.'irlii'wt Itr ii'lii ntile inrnnnt\t Fifth. Thill Ihr imihi tmei.ts of Slulc I opi-ils'lires <o defeat the faithful execution of the fu^ilivc Slave l?aw. are hostile in rhurnrlrr, subversive of the Constitution, ami revolutionary in their effect. Sixth That the Uem? crncy of ll e Unili d StHh a recognize it as the imperative duly of this Government to protect tlie natiir.ili zed citizen in all hia rigid*, whether at home or in foreign lands, to the mine extent as ,i? native-horn citizens. Wheieas, one of the grertest litresaities of liie ape, in a political, commercial, postal, and military point of view, in a speedy communication between the Pacific mnl Atlantic coast*. Therefore, he it Hrsolitd, That the i>eiuoc;alti; parly do hereby pledge ttiemselvea to use every means in their power to secure the pa* nape of some bill to the Constitutional nu thoiity of Congress for the construction of a I'acitie Railroad, from trie Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, at the curliest practicable moment. Mr. Avery then explained Inn* Mr. Bayard's resolution had hecn amended M_" * I I ? ' -I - - . ii. mri r nun one or i?i> turilier rt' mark* to make to his Northern friend* lit* asked litem to (tare deit) that there ?u no such thing known a* popiilnrsov creignty in the Territories under the Constitution. The slaves of the &>uth are the defendants of those sold by the North o the South, ile asked it to Ue hurne in mind that the slaves of Mississippi ?nd Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky were settled from slates north of Mason and ^tiioii's tine. Mr. Samuels, of Iowa, from the mi uority, made the following report: I /{'Wird/l'iut we the Democracy of the Union, in Convention assembled, hereby d*. clare our affirmance of the resolutions unnu irnoiisly adopted and duclnred as a platform of principles by the Democratic t'ooven lion at Cincinnati, in the yertr 1856, believtug th it Democratic principles are unchangeable hi their nature, w b*" applied to the same au'iject mates, and We n Oonirnend as the Only farther resolutions, the following : Inasmuch 114 differences of opinion exist in the Democratic parly m to the nw lure and extent of the powers of a Ter {itorial Legislature, and as to the pow?ra and duties of Congress, under the Con tiluiion of the United States, over the institution of slavery within the territories, 2. Rfiolvtil, That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Su preme Court of the United States on the questions of Constitutional Saw. 3. Rrtolt'd. That it is the duty of the United Stales tu sffi rd ample and complete protection to all iu citizens, whether at home or abroad, and whether native or for Ign. 4. Retolivd, Thai one of U# necessities of the ugf, in * military, commercial, mod postal poiril ot trl*w, in *pe.-dy copt to tunica tion between the Atlantic and l^aifific Mutts; and the Deruooralie party pledge auoh Con aliiutiooal tiovernment aid an will inatye the construction of a railroad to the I'aeifle coast, at lire earnest practicable period. 5. KriolvOJ^ Ttiet the Lh?nv?:ratfc |xir / 'f ' t f 1 .Aa. , ly K'u i? favor or llie acquition of tbo I > I a t u 1 of Cuba, on audi li'ius aa alin'.l le I honorable to ourftelves at.J j<i?t to S|?HMt. 6. Itcsolved, That 'iio enactment* of | Stale L. ^ hiHivr-* to <lcfeHt the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, are i*u*Liie ir character, subversive ol the ' ConatituiioL, kikJ revolutionary in lltcir ..?? XI r. S auiuela said the resolutions were the same hs reported l?v the gentlemen from Ohio \esterday, % iili tire exception i of the second resolution, for winch the | minority hud substituted the one conI tained in the piesenl report. Mr. Samuels spoke in favor of his re | port. The report of the nixj->ri y demands Congressional intervolition. The minoritv j eschews it. The minority reposed every I thing in the Supreme Court, ami pledges the pemocracy to nbxle its determination. ' It added to the Cincinnati platform what ] was deemed essential, The minority had j imbibed their lessees an popular soverI eigntv from such teachers as Cobb, IItin | ter. Bayard and oilier Gamaliels of the | Southern Democracy. They were not to blame, but their teachers. It is the conviction of the mi nority that they do right, ami they must decline to surrender it. Mr. Yancey had appealed to them to do so, for the sake of compromise. That was a beautiful I compromise to yield everything asked and have nothing conceded to them. The , majority report ca le I for ihe inter ! vention of the gr.yt minem in ail it* de I partmenis. Nun intervention entirely es ch--*ved. \\ hat is to I e the result of its j adoption ? It is to hand over one half ' the Democratic party into the power of i the Republicans ! God save u> from such j bondage Aie the Northern Democracy to have reprobation branded upon their Iiiowr, to | be driven to lite ? all. crushed to I he earth j and ground in the dost. As long as ihev J are endowed with their present moral I conviction it should never he done, lie | alluded to Mr Yancey, who said '.lie mis ) lake of the Northern Democracy in its ! treatment of ih s (pi est ton had decimated | their numbers Tins vv >? uut so. A party which had acquired great i power in the South, the Know Nothing I party, had caused the present co dition j of things in the No til. Mr. Sviliuels eloquently a! ii led to the ijallulil ti^ht ! ?li? N- fill-ill Democracy had alwavs | iiiadr '* ?r Icountrv. 11m pointed lo the l various distinguished j;-nt!etu-i\ on I lit* tl'Mir. I) "!>{ *, o! I"wn l'ujjli, of Oliio, i K chardsoti. of Illinois, Stuart, of M;clii j all of wlt- in f.-|| fi-liliiij* gallantly. cove>e>f wiili honorable < his. IWna the Soil!Ii to say lo them stand aside, we aro worthier than you. At the i present crisis w lien it <? in the po*?r of (the Northern Demo'ra< v to throttle Itlavk U-pnh'i. ani-in iinv! strange it, are ! they to have thtr't hand* fettered hy the j S.iotli I These fetter* V.'.1! hv' to Ui. We I1 Ih-iei cli you i:ot to impose therti upon us The NorthiTii Ih-iuocmev whiT? to take the lead in the coining t^ht. lo take , tlio burden of tlie ct litest. \\ ill the j South then iiilcpose dillicuHies lo Weak i en their forces hihI risk :l.e result ! Does { the South suppose that any attack wil1 1 he tnade upog tliern I \Vlien the John Drowii'a inarch upon , toil, they wll first have to in ?rcli over tli*? de.ul I c !i?-s of the I feiimcriicy of ilif North (A|i|t!Htitt?.j Ho regarded tit s whole difference as an abstraction. He mIInded to the reitwil judicial election m Wi?coii*in, to show the de*?lion of the Northern Heniocracy to the gnaiantees of the Constitution. Even little Rhode Island lied been regenerated l?y this I,)""' ocracy. The contest in Connecticut, tinder the lend of tin* hero of Clmpuliepec. j had displayed the gallantry of the Heuio crate ?u it. j The motto was "to the breach,. dear I friends, once more " i Mr. Samuels said the majority plsti I form would ensure the election of :i 11 ark Republican President. which some gentlemen proclaim a cause for dtssolu lion. Will you uot, then, give us what ?*e ask, avert Ink issue, and sate the \Jtiion \le admitted the right of a State to judge for itself in a cave of last resort. Mr. Hut'er of Massachusetts presented the Cincinnati platform, pure and unde tiled, fiom the minority of the Committee, i He moved it as an amendment to the | amendment. j Mr. Huller assailed all the reports, and defended his own. He was to day, backed I by four more States ilian he had vester1 day. Minnesota. Indiana and New Jersey stood with Massachusetts today in favor of 1I10 Cincinnati platform. lie and liia colleague* ditleied vitally I with the majority, lie tir^ed the Name objection lie didyeaterday to the pledging an endorsement of all the decicinn* the ' Supreme Court may hereafter make. II<w*? asked to make conceaaion* to the I South. When he did make concession*, j he would do it openly, lie would not keep toe word of promise to the ear and ! Kl?tul/ t-L lA t la A ltol\a Wkan I. <e? a. .r?/?.wl..l " w 1 -m wy > ?? ?? im H'IIH'UV'1 ?itv vie** he ever held on the territorial question, he would not leave it to he ju diciallr defined. Mr. gutter punned hi* general line of I urgumeut of ^h* day before, with the ad dition thai he divided hi* attention and ! viaited a ahare of it OA iho report 01 Mr. Samuela. Mr. Steeena, of Oregon, wa* aaai/ncd the floor. lieing a Northern man, and a I member of the Committee, be deaired to , explain hi* poailion. ile ?u horn in Machnaetia, and now represented Ore gon. Hi* experience hart enabled him to W the operator of the Government the Iferritoriea. The Kanaaa Nebraska. Act 1 neither established or prohibited slavery ! in the Territories. And eo wiUt the me* j"fi!y report. II..- o! j.H i of (<o< eminent we* to protect person* ;?lit I prop-iti, Mill lie > i?, therefore, lit fnvur ' pit t-cling ?!ie r"jjl-lt ol t'.o South. Tliti arinv win i sent to lite Territories to t x'finl pioti-C lion, hough it was often but. iiitlilTerenlly j , extender!. , I In- resolutions ila not f-stuhiish slavery | in ilm toiiiiorv. Tbev inereW M?y the n^los of pr--p?-rtv shall l-e protected. In not thai rij^lit ? He wnuld Mty it? his , northern col-e ngne* that this majority i rei...rt tvo..l,l I. ?I .... : ' ' * " 1 - , w? lirrn IIIMIMII II ll*. r- J | rules, strangled Hercules strengthened. Mr Harrow, of Arkansas, was assigned llie flair. Mr. Claihnrne, of Missouri, said lie had , heen for four <l*yi? Irving to ir.ake tlie aripiaiutanee of this distinguished l'resi- J dent of the Convention. (Liugter) Mr. Ifurrow continued to enforce the \ 1 idea that the platform of the majority i | was already the platform, and warned ! the North not to destroy it. We had ! i nothing now to do but to proceed to hal I 5 lot. If they rejected the platform thev j would lie branded as a set of tire eaters i I and disorganized, too, (At this point i Mr. Ihirtur was so uittch applauded that | the reporter found it impossible to tioar . I him.) Mr. Matthews, of Mississippi, asked the ) gentleman to give way to a motion to ad | journ, and resume Ins remarks on Mon? j j day. (Cries ot no, no !) Mr Matthews said die discussion must | I go on, and could not he nnesied bv cites i of no, no. Several motions to adjourn were press | ' ed and lost. . >! r l, ltlrelK'P, Ot t.OllHIH'IM. l!U>Ved lIlHt 1 ill* Convention ai'jmirn sine die. Mr. hi?iif *nce's nnitioti ?*i withdrawn. Mr. JarUm'* motion to Ihv on :he la I'le who ilien taken, ntnl lo?l I v the fid; lowing vol<: Yews '20 1 '2; N n*. '2 "3 I '2 Mr. (iicen, ol Mmoved to ie , eonrdder the Vote, I v which Mr J.irlison*tt motion to Ihv i ii the talne lonl. Mr J.irkaon, of (ieoroiH, moved to re | 1'otfiltlil the H lid e hlilj-Vl. Mr II. Iv .lavkftoli. of (ieorgia, moved t to Inv (lie elitoe re|>. ft*. lliajorillea Mild j mmoriiieit, on ti.o tnlile, him! called lor m vote In Stale*. t he Cha.r ru'ed tha motion out of or dee. Mr .1 ilksoll Ilietl moved II receRt of two : ii'Mir*. ! Mr. Laurence, of L'uisiiin, moved a ; enl of 'lie 11 on so Moiioiiiv nitiiiiiieraLle were then made. , Dm Chair ordered the Serjeant m , Arm* to |?r? eerve order in ilia Convention. I The Clntir decided that Mr LuirenceV motion wa* not m order before the Vote j ' on llie |>revjoii? (juration was ordered. | .Mr Shwhi I r?ii<w>il Iris mutton to i? | ? < I or the vole I v which the previous I i|Ue*tioll W His M'CODiIhiI, Mild coll rl.ded j tliHi the Chair had erroneously ruled it out of onl?-r before. I 'Vhe Chair attirmed his previous Ueci- { sioti. Mr Seward appealed fiom the decision ! of li e Cloor. hu: withdrew it, Milimiriiiir ihnt he ha<l made it inerelv to i^aoi time He did not think tlie Convention whs > in a coin I ti i' ii to vote. Mr li 1 i J ickson moved to adjourn. Mr iiuiiei worth, of New York, made an inuadilde motion. l'he Chair sai<l ihe question in ' Shall the tiiain question he now put." Mi. Jackson moved ajra.n to lay the whole Mihj-et "li (lie table. Uere orcat confusion ensued. Mr. Hijjlcr made a yreat elfort to in| -luce the Convention to voU oa ike main j { question, and adjourn. The Cli nr said it was f>liv aioally ini? | possible lor him to eiu?aoe in a contest j witli six hundred de'e^a'.es, each trying ' to see which can clamor the most, lie j would, if litis disorder contn ued, he com ! ' pelteJ, out of respect to the Convention j i and himself, to leave thu chair. (Ap i ' pUuse ) Mr. Samuels, of Iowa, appealed to the j | Convention to listen to a proposition of i VI. II... .... . I i?*i i uuiiirr, ui i IIH. Mr. 11unter, of Louisiana, pnipodflil lo I complete the previous question mill ad | jotirii, ami route Mniu'tty to vote Mr. Jackson asked if debate would be ! rut off The Chair. Yes. Mr. Jackson. Then I move to lay it | | ou the table. Mr Cochrane, of New York, raised the I point that it whs not in order. Mr. Walker, of Louisiana, desired to ! hear the Hon Caleb Cashing oil the plat ' form. K'-r that purpose he moved an ad journinenl that we may all come here Monday morning. The Chair. The** motion*, are out of ' order. Mr Jackson moved to fay the whole subject on the table. Mr. Mihrin of Florida called on the South to order the mam question. They i ought not to dodge. (App'au*e.) The Notlh West had met them in tair and manly argument and we of the Kouih should now be willing to bave tbe vole, V 'PI' J Mr. J'ii'k?ou of Georgia Again at) ' dressed il:e Chair. The President. I cannot appreciate the proptletv of tlie gentleman from Georgia being constantly < n liia feet. (Applause) Tlie plication is, "Shall the main question be put." Mr. Jackson then called for a vote by State* and the main question ?u ordered by a vote of about ft to 1. Hon John Cocbraue of New York moved that the Convention do now adj.urn. l'lie n ?||. j i) C. A'.k'O* of Tennessee vvjut elvyi W?le a vj^geetroti v?bro be *:?h cubed to order l>y Mr. Spiiiolii of S Ni'w V"tk. ^ Mr. \V nitelv nr.tJgeMed that Mr. S|ii ' no!:t ul New \ ork tnke li>8 seal, tied not J In; constant l\ under the nose ol the i'resi ( dent. Mr. Slua't, of Michigan, moved to re consider tlie vote by which the main j question was ordered, and to lav that | < iiioiioti on (lie iaide Ctnrifd. Mr. Snout then moved hii adjourn a inent. (Jutrit'll, and the Convent-oii :?ci- r' joitrued at a quailer past 10 o'clock. hi i d SEVENTH DAY. I fi Tlie Cmivcuiioii came to order at 10.' :t 15. A M. I lie Chair alluded to the tendency to disoider on Siturday night, wl.ioh lie wh* compelled to check, lie, however, ir. doing ho, meant no offence to any of tin* gentlemen of the Convention. ei A vote hv Slates was then taken on the amendment j?f Mr. liutler, of Mas I Hailuisetth, viz : the Cincinnati Ihatforin Stairs. Yeas. .\ays ' Maine 3 5 j?" New Hampshire 0 5 w Yerinnnt 0 5 ' Vl Massachusetts 8 5 i A Kinide Inland, 0 4 h Connecticut 24 34 Jo New York.^ 0 35 j New Jemey 5 -J i t| I'ernsflv ania Hij I04 Delaware 3 0 ( " Mar, land 54 24 M, Virginia 124 24 Ninth Carolina .It) 0 ti South Carolina 0 8 , m (i oi gia 10 0 . H Florida 0 3 H, A abatna 0 9 ! l.ouUian.t 0 6 Mi*ais-ippi 0 7 V Texas II 4 11 Arkansas 0 4 M M i-sou i i 44 44 ' Tei'lteasee It 1 In Keniueky 9 3 n '. 0 23 ' > Indiana 0 13 ' f Illinois 0 11 Michigan , <> 6 ' j4 Wisconsin , () 5 I.'Wii U 4 I' Minnesota 1 ) 'J} i'ulil"ruM 0 4 il (>rvyon 3 0 1 11 ivb 198 j:; Mr. Seward, of Georgia, protested a t. jainsi ilo* i tiirui itive vote t>l i|i.?t Stale i M Tin* ijie^tion ** as llirii oil lli? tniWll* j t. till* reported l>y Mr. S iinuel fioin a tin 1 ,, lioriiy. e Mr It lit i* r "f M issarbuselt* called for n a diviaion ol tin- question. | || Mr. lNntiip*, ol IViin^vlvniiiii, mill a | | iiiotioii lo ?nrike out anil insert, wiih Midi ; | visib'e. I I, Tit* Chair sustained the point. j J. Tli* resolution* of Mr. Samuel* being 1 n abotll to bu toted upon, j v Mr ltuller, of Massachusetts, moved i ,. io lay til** whole subject mi i b?; table and j i< IHiKVeiJ In ballot fur 1 'resident. j j| (iuV. WillS'lili, o( AIh., Contended ll : > I J, tn In* out older. lit* iiHil \ i?*l? l???l llitr | ;t d* vision of tli?* chair adverse to bis views. | nil h similar point Saturday. Hut lie in s sfed now It at tt e operation ot the jite* j vions ij .I'Stinii must be carried out. Mr (inmi, of Alabama, contended ! f ilmt as the Convention bad ordered a ^ p!;*i tni in to be adopted before a liOlliitia lion vtas iii tile, it San necessaiy it should lie done. I Mr. Under said bis proposition was j simply to lav on the table. Aber lliat was deierniliieil be proposed to make the i nomination. He bad been troll) Koine ] Ion if enough. j * Mr. Chrk, of Missouri, continued the | |( ?! s nssi. n. | Mr. (finings, of Marylai d. desired to ; reply to Mr. Ciaik, but leave was not ac ' Corded liim. Mr. Butler withdrew his motion. Mr (linings renewed it. Mr. Cixkpe', of Alabama, who had sec | ornled ilie moiion, said he was mistaken, 'die didn't second dial man down yonder." j t Mr. Gillings did not like to be address ' ( ed as "tbal iimu," b's name was (lilting*, I a representative limn Maryland, llu I . should like to know (lie gentleman's i ^ name who called bun "ll at man." ' , ' air. cooper. i meant no personal (lis revjiecl, but niv nuins is Tom Cooper, of ^ A!h. (Applause.) Mr. (iiitings. As flie gentleman mount no disrespect, I hope lie w ill Coine (Sow n to my rvoiu ami take h drink. (Laugh y **r.) , i I lie Chair again decided tlie question y to he indivisible at tins stage. l ite qnesiit n whs then taken on tlie ' niinorily resolutions of Mr. Samuels hh h s ibstitute for that of tlie 11>?j>?rit_v, and { coned by tlie following vo;e : j Slatet. Yeit. Say* I Mnine ft New Hampshire 5 0 I j Vermont 6 0 v Mn?*nchtiset la 1 6 j Khode Isbmd .4 0 Cot:neei|Cnl fl y , j1 New York . ............. 35 0 I New Jersey & 'J I'ennayIvunia I'i 15 ! r Delaware 0 3 j / Maryland. 31 41 I, Virginia I 14 . North Carolina 0 It) j Mouth Carolina 0 ft if (ieoryia 0. 10. I ' Florida 0 3 j AlHD'inlll I) y < l/4>Diri.tiiH 0 6 I t O 7 I TV**? 0 4 , Ark?na?a 0 4 Mimniiiri 4 5 * TmnfiuM 1 11 1 Kr Mucky 9^ Ohio i!3 0 ? ln<1iHiia 13 0 , t lliuivw.oi II 0 1 | ticnigtin 6 0 VUeonsin 6 0 nwa 4 () lineeaota 4 0 Is 'ulil'Tiiia 0 4 i 11 >r<-yuii 0 3 M ? ? I o 165 133 [The resolutions in the minority Plati ! c nill were then taken up separately and \ * tippled, witl> tlie exception of tlie second | solution and its preamble, which were rit ken mil?the de'egations from Flori- j <i a, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, re I u ning to vote, or to take any further pait i H( i the business of the Convention.] j ^ An English View of the Impending 0 Crisis. J t< An English editor enlightens his read' | t? rs 11 |>on tlit! subject ol American htlans P i tlie following strain : 81 The boastful li -public, so much *aun-|g id by vainglorious Yankees, seems to ' b on the brink ol a precipice, from c< liicli leireal will be disgrace and ad I M slice desiruction. The very w isest of <>, ineiicaii statesmen? lhinner. the Small j w rolbers, Aaron, ami ollieis?are wran |, mg in ilie House of Parliament in the 1 a itiumbia District, over a little volume j tiled ll;?! "Iriipeiulii g Ciises,' written l?v j !: octoroon named lie fer, in which the i ulbor proves that unless tlie States otilh ol ihe Stale of New Orleans agree > abolish negrj s avery, the North will I jpplv iItem wiili no more shoe pegs, 8 nd uiter financial rum will be tlie con | I' qnenre. The meiiibers of l'ariiaiiieiit j ^ lio ipiarrel ??ter this singular hook, lie I H at ?tli tlie Americ.n characie'tstns in j v ieir savage abuse ol each Other, anil I ' inetimes the* even come to blows? | lie lion. (Ji.aiies Summer, one of their i '' niiiher, was recently fired upon hv a | I' ian named Hooks, ami just before tin* j ^ k-ia sft'ied 't w a- lepoiteil tliat a me n '* er named Asking was detected in the el of t hi owing away a heavy rifle, which i r' e hurl pre* ioualy managed to carry in a j oi ket made expressly for it. | ** Thongn tve have no particular faith in I H l.e stability of what the Aniericaus call '' ; - - - 1 ' ... wui.iiinu niai iii?i ions, we ?te sur I" i to see mir onions working their own j l' mil wnli tut! mlwok! ol political in' j l' inpniihi.iiy. A* lice born Kiiolishineii, j ^ i ii n re !ioniill 'o s\ it.pat hize wnti i he h i j * ilii'il Ahn itim.iMs ot iIn* No tin-in S:Hies ; f OeorgiH, NanliviHe, Harper's V'ljjitiia. 1 11 tv.. in tinor i-tl' r 8 o fiee the neuron | " ruin bondage. home of the i;reate>t j lien now Iss iiiu iii America tire Macks. ? j v lie famous J ones Brown was a iiegm, ' lierelore, the (inventor of liarpet's Kerry i I mug Iii tit. Horace (Jreeiey, tne fain it I 1 niriiHllst, Is negro ; ilieir jrreat sertsa- i on preacher, 11 tinry Wood Boeeher, is I1 liuI to lie a quadroon. Yet desire sin-It '' vitiences ot the African's natural eqttali 11 v widi Ilio whites, in intellect, as we.I in 11 i evert iIiiiio e;se, (lie Southern inetn lc rfc I'arhninerit letl on by a Mr. Sip}", ! 1 re threatening to dissolve ihe Auierictn | 11 oion, if il ry are in.I allowed to hold I '' licir slaves in New York. I > The May n nrdier of the fCnickcrb<>ck j r Murjaziue lias the following extinct, j . out h Ian.otis Union speech, reported by < (| '. lludiert Underwood : I hiring the exciting campaign of 185-, ! . -i I i....i- u .. i ' . .. .. J., l_r.ll 111 r II ' |JIMIllClilII m;llH* H j i!??? ion apeech at t^nincy. A'ter lie , n >its dirutigli nli*l le!ore die crowd had b er-Qil, a man who I* d I iiu-e'.f'XVte ; l' 1/ctresuul M. 1)., was called for. lie t ?.<s I'I.mI uj on the platform, no "eleva- I t*ti'' tbal lie could riot stand wi'hout hold iio on to something. He said : "tieutleiiieu ami ladies you're talkin' i f tliaitolvin' the Union ; you can't do it \ * T you g*i to you can't do it !? ' V har's dial are llsg a wavin* on thar, i ' ailed the Star Spantr'ed Manner ; how ' e a,guin' to divhle that, ha ? Are yea j g*iin to give the siaia to the Norl and I ' lie stripe* to the Soul ? No Sir'ree ; the { lung can't he did. [Cheers.] "And thar'a that good old toon that he band's a.playin' out thar, called V an j eo Doodle ; how ye a gom' to divide ! hnt, eh ? Are ye agoin to give the V an t j ;ee t> the Noif and the Doodle to the ' 1 iouf I I sav boldly, the thing can't be C lid ! [Cheera ] I o "And tliar's that stream of aster a j" union' down tbar, called the 'Father u 1 t .Voiters'; how are ve a goin' to divide ^ hat ? Are ye a goin* to dam it up with 1 r >1 ?t?on and Ihxun's line! I say you | i ati't do liiat tiling ! YVal, you can't ! j u Cheers ] \ h 'And (liar's t)< rail road layin* out ! | liar ; Imw ye a goia' to divide that, eli ? i i i>e you goin' to tie it up with Mason and ' t hxoii'a line ? Vou can't do it ! [Cheer* ] * ' And tliar's all the fa*t houses stand <j ii* round here ; how are ye a-goin' to di- I ide tlieni } old howie* ! Are ve a goin' J e o run'em North, and fun \im South, j <! ii d run 'em East, and run 'etn West ?? j i Cheers ] I j And ilnu's all the handsom wiinmen > >und here; how are ye u goin' to divide r hem I Are r..u in ?i. j ? " * '<> i 1 men 10 ilie Norf, mid llie young one* to c lie Suuf? Went, you don'; I If you , r ?o to thunder you cen't do it ! (Irn l n?ti?e cheering ) ? 'And liter's nil the feathered tribe and t >lhor bird'* h dt in' nhout he-e, end the ! c thickens end egg's nente, and the yaller 1 t eys, and the black-leys ; how you goin' t o divide them, eh I Are you goin' to 1 five the pullets to the Norf end the Cooks i o the South." (Tremendous cheering ) j Our reporter could heer no more, for < he roere of laughter which ensued, a* i he "Doctor" cwvtxl to cud teii frotu the >1 delfortu. I j California KossOur exchanges have been lilleJ for nine lime with ivpoils of the growing se of the "California Moss"' for lircwiig "east, &e., kik! in main instances repoiis f fatal results l ave reached us. A frieml R'ui subscriber in 'his oitv,?T5 losino a rejiort of some of these instances . riI!<? 11." . I herewith send you the enclosed para raphs, Mini as this article is becoming relly genera* !y ns?d in this city, \nu in: \ u much good by giving it mi in- erlioii iii nr widely circulated journal ; an J as Tine..one ?f nur Chemists might hue to nalyz* the article, 1 send a portion i.( U be Ht your disposal. The article enclosed is rather lor.g f- r ur space at command, but we give plaeo ? the warning c.f our correspondent, ami ;nder ottr thanks for the samble he lots j lesented, which, alter being examined y our friends at the Courier office (or une days, will be submitted to inv stiallot). Since penning the above we have ?Jis- | ivereil the following letter fioin 1'iofes- j >r John Barbv, which we give with great j mfidence, from our knowledge of the i riter, who is an accredileil natural ?t of igh antliority, and is now widely known I * the discover and sole manufacturer <>f j iarhv's l'rophylactic, one of ilie best 1 ecitic preparations of tbe day. We quote from the Montgomery (Ala.) advertiser: t'at.iFoitNia Beer.?Mil. Editor : ? eeing an article g >ing the rounds of tbe apets in regard to tbe character of the >alilornia Beer, as it is sometimes called | ml believing/ a inisappi fchonsioll it pre | aletlt in regard IO II, 1 hetld you the foi- ' iwiug facts ; T i .? -- ? -> ' i ..t niriini mm jir"'?iures me icniu'H. ; ttiitti in tin* s?fi;tfii?'(l w.iii-r, tliHt is mj> !it??l to it, is die same h? pure, ordiuary east. Ij nder 'lie microscope it appears xsctly Iik?* yeast. The ceils are ntenli a', in appearance, in veast cells and ar t -ihged in series like them. l?v analysis ey \ ifitl llie same |iroiliic'.?, liny act xactlv like ordinary tt i veast ^eas', s in well known, generates yeast, when I lie nitrogeriised material* are present for I 8 production. 'I ho California veast does lie suine. It water sweetened with pu:e J rvsta ? of sugar he alone applied to the i-hsi it will not only cease to grow, but ii|! diminish and disappear. The nitrouejiized nigte'iictit* in t'no nio- ] ssses, that CHina from the juice of the | injur cane, aft'.rdsthe material for lis oniitnieil increase, and ordinary yeast nil do 'he same. It is euitniiott veas', lehher more nor less. Wtf are to d that arson* have been killeil |?y the use of Ins yeast in hread ami beer, and the y oast has heen found in the viscera ht lost mortem examination " This may e possible, l?ut it is exceedingly improh Ice Veast is a changing substance, ainl is the change that gices it its power to oil vert sugar into alcohol and catbonie eid, which is fermentation in heer mak ig or btead raising. . In the hread the eat destroys the veast. In the l?ecr the i east is in the bottom, and constitute* -> j urt ol the beer itself, and should not le rank. We have hoard r.f several wko have ten verc much nleased with il.e use oi lie Ca if.rnia yeast. as it in called, luit otn the article!* in the papers alluded to, ave thrown it aside. VVe think there is o good cause for such a course. It per. mis have taken the yeast into the ays fID, and have been injured by it, there liould he no wonder, as common yeast, re do not imagine, would he a healthy rticle of diet, hut there is no call for such course, in employing it in any of its u?e d applications. Yeast cells taken into healthy stomach would undergo iinme late change; and furthermore, their at* ion as yeast cells would nroduce no fatal ' suits, or any chemical effects they are nowti to produce. Facts are wanted to rove the injurious action of this material. Very respectfully, J 1>AKUY. East Ala., Male College, Auburn, April 2, I860. What the Mormons Believe. llieir faith is expounded hy their High ,riest and lender, they hold that the 'liurch ol the ' Latter 1 >.?v Saints," is the uily titie that has or pretends to have, a priesthood directly commissioned with he Son of G ?d hiiU Saviour of mankind ' iVitliout this I In-v believe ti.ere CM) he 10 I rue Christianity; heme, like the K> n anist9?Hiid the Churchman? 'hey re ;ard hI! other* a* sciiiemntic, heretical. Hid out of the way of salvation." Thcv rofes* t?o hold the doctrines of ChristianIv, as revealed in the Old and New Tes amenta?also in the liook of Mormon, rhicb. they assert leaches the same earliual truths, and those onlv. They he leva in three persons in the Godhead ? qaal, hut not identical; in a pt-soiial levil; in eternal punishment, and in miner sion as essential, and they do not iraclice infant baptism. The Salmath hey regard as a divioe!v ap| o nied day >f rest; and slavery as a divine inslilu ion, and not to be abolished until the :t?rse pronounced'on Ham shall have been envoved from his descendants. While bev do not confess to make i? obligatory >n their oonvena to remove to Salt Lake, I?cy believe in such h "gtwheting together >( God's people" ns (he Bible foretells, ind that Utah is the place, and now ir he time appointed for ite consumption Sach member is required to pav one tenth >f nil be produces or esrn* to the Church; mrt of it being devoted to building places worship; part to helping the poor and needy cohverte on their way to tins connirv ; and the largest portion to the support of the pour ninung the Saints. No bishop, e:i!cr, deacon, or oilier c'liirolt ofli-i-r, lltey recedes aitv eon uuisa t-ou !->r I.i-s otlbmil sen ices, unci) having Ins pi. per culling by which he earns the bread u! hio family. Though ldr'gharn ,)i',lVd<.rs to be worth $-'250,000, not one rent ot it, he says, was evei paid to Imu for jiiijr ecclesiastical service. 1 hey *!; ? r?l their practice of polvgaruy us 'lie \ i i of Cod, and interpret 1'iul's requirenie .t in regard to a bishop's being the husbind nl one wfe to ilint ho should hate at least one. Kiigh n. him* sclr, h: s liheen, and knows nf no one w! o lias more. Sriiiu of those res.ltd to h-in, he sh\s, ale olu ladies, whom lie rcgaids as mothers rather ili.ni nm-r, and wlieiil ho lias taken Lome to cherish and supp >rt Mr. Greeley, in ref-rrii g to the degradation of woman, which is 'In- inevitable concomitant of polygamy, nates thai, in lio case did he hear a Mormon relcr to his wife (or wives.) or m any wav indicate the existence ol sii?-h a being. HrigIihiii Young is descuhed as a "portly, fr-iiik. good iiatnru-l, rather tii'ck-sel man <?f tiflv li>e, seeming toeijoy life, ami be in no particular hurry < > get to heaven, llis associates are plain men, evidently born and reared to a Itfe of 'ahor, and looking as little iike crafty hvpocrites or swindlers ms any body of men i ever met. Mori of them are in comfortable c;rcnnastances, altough generally poor men when lliev eiil' rae.-d Mormonism.? 111. Greelv, in New York Chronicle. Fernando Wood?Fernando Wood, the Major of New York, in a recent speech to the cartmen of that city, described as follows the means of Ids sue cess in life : Ii lias bvun one of '.lie seerel? of my little fin cess in life t tihi I have never ( aid "1 cannot." [ \pplau-e 1 I have always ?aid "I wou.il." (\\ 001;?) I have done u it I could ; and it 1 did nut I Iiad ihe satisfaction of knowing ilia: 1 had exhausted e>ery energy of my life and being io S k'u'i'd. J ne highest i-iisiiion is as open to yn? as u is in any oilier man. The wealthiest men in (lit* city worcniUe.lt poorer than any ol those sitting wnhin the sound ol my voice. There is no men iil-re, who, a! toe age of twenty ? !! , w as more poor, more olwcuro. than the humble individual standing I efoie vnu. I do not rjiftt i ill it.is manner heeanse I assume. to he ant thing ; I io I have lieon a wolkieg loan, ..I.d t ll iVe O il lied III) liv1 ing in ilte City n| New \ -,?ik hy these | hands. 1 am not ashamed lo s.iv it.? Let < very man lelv opu !.in.self. Do ; tn-t lean upon olio is. \Va k nor..ad unI <h r llie great canopy ? I heaven, and fi el that within \ourselves is ai! that the Al hlglilv \ ollehsaft A to all V <-f Ills ehild'en. Y..II ll'uVn hi- ? - - > _ - . . . , vm-jjl, )<i|IIK, HIM I HII \ ?'U ; want i* determination, vigor and iudcinit! able pefSl \ tTHUCe. There is now in a feiii" le lunatic a.?vi()in nt ll-?iiitiii*rsi)iitii a bull of \qimiin beauty, ?lio was driven m . I Viv la* il.l* vii? 1 d*-111 \ Started i V her maul. T1 >e I lady's name is il , nil.) she resided vinli lier husband, Mi. il . ii weal; 111 y siinre broker, at a spiel.did mansion in Cavendish square. One evening, alimit six weeks ago, slie strolled tu the dusk into lier husband's library to pro. ! eiire a I ouk. 1 lie lady's maid saw Iter ; enter the apartment, and in ii ere trolic j concealed hetselt behind the curtains ho I longing to the window, until her mistress had placed her hand upon the work she | came in seaich of, when she suddenly ' sprang upon her with a loud shout. The I idv was so astounded bv the shock that, she was struck almost senseless. l)ele* (iiiiii ? iiMieu, continued madness followed which lots ever since continued without j abatement, to a decree dangerous to all who come near her. Her propensities are tier CO and vicious ; she tries to bite 1 at all who approach her, and H is inure than probable she will n \or recover her reason.? L<>udon Court Journal. n j A Wokdto llisiiANDe.? lias anfbody ever wntien upon the responsibility which rests upon a husband wnh regard to big education of his wile ? Of course wo know what y on wii' rav* about her being supposed to nave 'tinished her educaiioti*" tielore marriage, and all that ; and \ et you and we know that she begins as new an education w ith him as if she had never seen the alphabet. His views, his leuiings, his ideas, are they nothing to her, if she .oves him I Years alter, wh<*n I they w ho kue\v her as a girl' come to la k with the illation, do they not find her husband reflected in every lenience, , enber for good or evil ? Of course the more strongly a woman loves, tho more completely t? her own indentity absnreed 111 lli*f lilldliulnl'a '\ I-.- - 1 1 r.. i mi m n pom; a nu ll is too iiiiitli neglected by married nun.? A good husband is almost certain to have a good wile ; and if she be 'not so good as lie could wnb' at tbe commence* iitenl of their life, he can soon educate her u|> to the ptoper mark. And on the other hand, he can so ?d>oaie her down hs to tender hie home a purgatory, and perhaps to bring upon himself and his family tbe greatest agony aiiu keenest pangs of disgrace which a husband or | cbildien can feel?Spirit of the Aye. The T.oo Cabin,?Milhurn, in 'TenYears ol Preacher Life,1 say a ; 'I confess to a grateful iove of log cabins, and am touch inclined to the belief that their bumble roofs have sheltered a greater 1 amount of health, content, happiness, and virtue, than aoy other style of domestic architecture.