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Pho sPECTUs
1.-THE SOUTHERN PRESS,

Al asso .iation OF sixty three Members OF Congress
Senators and Representatives, have constitutes tne
usderssx,,cd Cummittce c superintead tue esta-
blishrscnt OF Southern Press at Washington CITY,
TO be devoted the exposition and defence On south
en Rirkts and institutionsLthe ASSASSINATION Of
course Of POLITICAL affairs generally without reference
to the old party lines OF Wing and Democrat Ar
engagements are in prog sss, promptly to ensure
the issue Of such paper under the title OF a
"rHH SOUTHERN PRESS" o
Tor the conduct Of which, suitable Eaitos have been
engaged, who will also receive the aid Of number
Of eminent and and able contributors.
There will be daily, d trilweekiy, and a weekly
issuethe latter to contain Substantially, the same
matter as the former, and intended t. reach those
points Of the country whose mail facilities limited
The paper will not be srctusiUesy pcliticAl--bat
will embrace lis broad shoot tho General News OF
the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and tele-
graph Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence,
Miscelianeous; and, in short, all those items Of
general interest the collected aggregate Of wh,ch
constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspa-
per Great care will be taken to give full and cor
rect Reports OF the Proceedings and Debates in both
Houses OF Congress, well a. the action OF the
local Legislatures on the Southern question.
A limited number only of Advertisements will be
received-the maia object being 10 Furnish large
amount of reading matter. 4 % ai.iss#l 80. }.-
The paper willbs printed on a sheet equal in size
to those Of the other sshngton papers, and the ma
teria viii be procured especially Tor the purpose.
1t confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers, and orwart
the names, with the amount subscribed, to som'
Southern Representative at Warrington, forthwith
rostmasters are authorised by law 10 remit sub
scriPtions Tree Of postage. ,g6itaBs 81 " b50l
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.scoHooIii1z rafc 7ffEsC ss1fis 3,
TAYLOR u MAURY, boekseIleps relr 9th
j street, have Tor exhibition csmPts1s enpy
OF this vasasbis and beautiful work, now publish
ing IN numbers. 70 be completed in twenty-five
paris subscriptions taken, and ihs work supplied,
March ~ TAYLOR q MAURY.
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OppOSc tTutH dtiu dCtudl " w
this, however, we too must open up avenues
to the public mind; we, too, must have an
organ through which we can appeal to the
world, and commune with each other The
wart Of such an organ, heretofore, has been
perhaps one Of the leading causes Of our pre-
sent condition. a asa sa s.ss
There is no paper at the Seat Of Govern
,ment through which we can hear or be heard
fairly and truly by the country. There is
paper here which makes the abolition of sla-
very its main and paramount end. There
are other papers here which make the main
tenance Of political parties their supreme and
controlling object, but none WHICH consider
the preservation Of sixteen hundred millions
Of property, the equality and liberty OF FOUR
teen or fifteen States, the protection of the
white man against African equality, as para
mount over, or even equal to, the mainten-
nance of some political organization which is
to secure President, who is an object OF
interest not because he will certainly rule, or
perhaps ruin the South, but chiefly for the
reason that he will possess and bestow Office
and spoils. The South has a peculiar posi-
ton, and her importantrights andiuterests
are objects of continual assault from the MAJ
Jority; and the party press, dependent as It
is upon that majority Tor its means Of living,
will always be found laboring to excuse tie
assailants, and to paralyze all efforts at resist
anre. How is il nowi The abolition party
can always be heard through its, press at
the Seat Of Government, but through what
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INTERESTING INCIDENT.

Everything that relales 10 Andrew Jack.
son, the hero of New Orleans. aud the
friend Of his country, is Of deep interest 10
The American people. And although the
incident we are about to relate is in itself
of no great interest, t becomes So to US
in consequence Of those connected with H..
At the Nashville Convention of August
JS46. we visited the Hermitage (ouly
twelve miles distanD in company with
Judge Dunglass. Of This STATE, and some
other of our fellow. .ci,izens. The Hers
milagc was crowded with people from
almost every Stale. who had been invited
lhilher by the venerable patriot ON the
day succeeding the Convention.
Governor Clay. of Alabama. was near
General Jackson, who was himself sitting
on the sofa in the hall Of his residence, aud
:as each person entered, Governor Clay
introduced him 10 the hero. as hepassed
aIcng. When Judge Douglass was thus
introduced, General Jackson raised his
still brillau, eyes, and sazed for a monieut
in The coun,enance of the judge still re.
laiuing his hand "Are you The Mr..
Douglass, of Illinois. who delivered a
speech lass session, on the subject Of The
fine i.--- G,-..i"-. -.i'
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HEAVENS JUSTICE.
"a TALE OF HUNGARY.

{. :Car1iRY Yetsteehl, d horse dealer, on the
lhifd !i5ifAi after his departure from Vienna,
stopped spatquiel inn, situated 10 the su-
:burbs of ssmall yssa; He had never been
|iliere besfe. hut Suse was comfolta-
bile, anil Die appearance Of the people about
IN III fsspaGE: lie. Having first attended to
lis S5sse. he sat do~nto supper wilh
his fosi sand family. Dutius The meal,
ne was asked whence he came, and when
he had sad from Vienna. all present we're
anxious ii hear The news. The bost then
.inqiniired,f What business had carried him to
Vienna.4H He Told Them he had been there
10 sell s4nsof The bes. horses that ever
were, lapenl To that market. When he
heard thH The bost cas-, a glance al one Of
the men3f ,the family who seemed 10 be
his son, ahicIl the dealer scarcely observed
Then, l,utMhich he had reason 10 recall
afterwards! When supper was finished,
the faiissed traveller requested TO be
shown ,6his he'd. I;he host himself look
up a Iiyba aud conducted him across a lit.
tie yard d the back Of The house to de-
,achcd htilding. which contained two
rooms, tohrahly decent for Hungarian
hoteI.{ Iaihe inner of these rooms was
bed. aud3tcre the host left him 10 himself.
AS sihetdeaIer threw off his jacket and loo.
sened lhesirdle round his waist, where his
money wss deposited, he thought he nigh,
as well see whether it was all safe. Ac'
cordinglyhe drew out an old leather purse
that conlaned his gold. aid then tattered
parchmenl Ipocket hook, that contained The
Austrian tank notes, and finding that both
were quile right, he laid them under his
bolster. etlinguished The light. and threw
himself Cd The bed, thanking God and The
saints thai had carried him thus far home
warI in 5 lfety. He had no nIisgivins as
10 The chatcer of The people he had faI.
len anon Ssl to hinder his repose. and the
poor deap was very soon enjoying a pro.
found audhappy sleep.
He might have been in this slate of bea-
liude an buur Or TWO, when he was dis
,urbed hyh mise like that of an opening
wiAdow, ,nti hv 81 sudden rush of cool
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EXAMPLES EuR BOYS.

!. Governor Riiner, who was for sdrHe
time member Of the Legislature Of Penn
syvanis, and afterwards Governor of that
State, was once a bnpnd boy 20 IacoB
Myers, an independent farmer, who brought
him up. While he was Governor. there
was a celebration of the Fourth of July. at
which MIR. Myers gave the following toasrs-
JOSEPH RITNER-he was q sooa boy,
and has sill grown keGef; Everything he
did. he always did ,celt; he made good
.farmer, and good legislator; and he
makes vefy good Gorernor." Ah this
mans greatness was the result ofhis being
a good boy.
Roger sherman, in his public life. al
ways acted so strictly from his own cofi-
vicIlon Of what was right. that Fisher
Ames used to say. il he. happcned 10 be
out Of his seat in Congress, when il subject
was discussed, and came in when the
question was about to be taken, he always
IeIl safe in voting as Mr.. Shernaa did,
=" for he ai,oays votsd 'ighi." This. vas
Mr.. Sherman,s character everywhefe.-
But, five inquire how it came 10 be such,
We must go back 10 his early life.
Mr.. Sherman's character was l1fried
apun the principles Of the Bible. Aud
when he was all apprentice. instead 6f
Joining in the rude aud vulgar contersa-
ton. so common among the class TO Which
he then belonged, he would sill al his Work
with book before him, devoting every
moment to study that his eyes could he
spared from the occupation in which no
he was engaged. When he was TWEEN.
ty one years gf age. Ire made profession
Of religion. lie was as familiar with iheo-
logy as lie was with politics and law: He
read the Bible more that any other book.
Always, when he went 10 CGngfess. he
would purchase copy Of tiie Bible
at the eomnanre'nhH'---f The session; 10
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inOuSW, -
most dreadful apwehcusou,, .
horrible US they were 50 sudden, now agI.
ratcd the traveller, whu, scarcely knowing
hat hc did. but utterly dsspairins of pre-.
serving his life, threw himself under the
bed llchad scarcely dune so, when the
hard breathing Of a mau was heard at the
open window. aud the next moment ro.
bust fellow dropped into The room, and stag
gerins acrpss it, srnped his way by the wall
To the bed. Fear had almost deprived the
horse dealer of his senses, but yet he per
ceived thai The intruder, whoever he might
be, was ,Irunh. There was, howevet,
slight comfort in This. for he might only
have swallowed wine tu make him the
more desperate, aud the traveller was con-
viueed lal he had heard the voices Of
other mcu without, who might climb into
the room 10 assist their brother villain in
case any resistance should be made. His
aslnnshmcut, however. was great and re-
viving when lie heard the fellow throw of
hi, iackelnn The lliur, and then toss him
sell upon rIIe bed under which he lay.
Terror. however, had taken too firm a
hold uf Yelshechi to he SHAKEN of al once
his ideas were too confused To permit
his imagining any other motive for such a
midnight intrusion on an uuarmed man
with property about him, save that of a
robbery and assassination, aud he lay
quiet whtre re>was until he heard The fell
low snoring with all the sonor0usness Of n
drunkard. Then, indeed, he would have
left his hiding place, and gone to rouse the
hos, aud people in the inn 10 get another
resting place instead of the bed of which
he had been dispossessed in so singular a
-mauNes ;;-tSn justas be came to This reso.
luton he'heard the door Of the outer room
opeH-slhen stealtfly Steps Cross it-lhen
the door Of The very room he was in softly
opened, and Two men, one Of whom was
the host of the inn and The Other his son.
appeared on its Threshold" Leave, the
Iight.where il is." whispered The host, " or
it may disturb him aud give us trouble"
"There is NO feut Of thai" said tile youn-
ger man, also in whisper-"we are two
10 ono; he has nothing but a little knife
0OU vi lII1ul-Ut 10 uCdu toiSOf WV hSo'
huw'hk suores !" "Do my bidding" said
the man s,ernIy; "would you have him
wake, aud rouse she neighborhood with his
streams!"
AS il, was, The horror stricken dealer
under the bed could scarcely suppress a
shrek, but he saw that the son left the
LIGHT in The outer room, aud then, pulling
the door partially after them, 10 screen the
rays of The lamp from the bed, he saw The
TWO nfurlfetefs glide TO the bed side, and
then beard rushing motion as Of arms
descending on the bed clothes. and a his.
sing, and then grating sound, that turned
his soul ,ick, for he knew ii came from
knives. OF daggers penetrating 10 the heart
or vlals of human being like himself,
and ouly few inches above his own body.
This was followed by one sudden and vio-
lent START Oh The bed, accompanied by a
moan. Then The bed, which was low
one. was bent BY an increase of weight.
caused Gy Que or both of the mufderefs
throwing themselves upon it, unlri IL
pressed pu the body Of the traveller. There
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would have gone on and taken a direct
vo,e Oh The bill of mutilation. lt5ia well
known that a, least six, add 1t;is:belieyed
eight or more, of.ahose WHO would have asa
voted against the bill, nnkirss7al least a
,majotilsSd Ia sagaissts IL voted asalas.
Col. lrbYss mellon. = Ehey wished lhe
debate con:intled; as .itEeyery moment shed
light and strength on the Bank. ]. ].
= I'now nloseNeis much long noiics;of
this snbjeci; titan ] intended. But $50
much IN all questions. depends on a right
understanding OF the beginning. that do
mt regret il since it is done.
Inmy next. proposeto show that Col.
Menminser has commilIcd great error
in saying that This war was begun in 1913,
by The friends oflhe Bank, under the lead
Of Gov. Johnson. will show twas be-
gun. at least len year earlier. by Col.
Memminser himself.
F. II. ELMORE. =
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was an awful silence for moment or two,
and then The host said :" He is finished
! have cut him ACROSS the lhroat-take the
money. saw him put il under his bolster "
"Ihave there il is," said the SOD "a
purse aud a pucket bnok."
Velshcchi was then relieved from the
weight which had pressed him almost to
suffocaliou; aud the essassins, who seemed
to ,remble as they went, ran out OF the,
room. took up The light and eisaPPeared
altosetrlef ffonT the apartment. Nosooner
were they fairly gone than the poor dealer
crawfed from under lhe he'd. rook one des-
perale leap, and escaped through the win
dow by which he had seen enter Ihe .un.
fortunate wretch. who had evidently been
murdered in his stead. He rau with all
his Eorrii story and miraculous escape to
the nigh-walch. The night watch con>
Quoted him TO the bursu.master, who was
soon aroused from mis- sleep, and acqnainl.
ed him with all that had happened. In
less Than half an hour from The time Of his
escape from il, The horse-dealer5 was again
al the murierous inn with The magistrate
and a strong furce Of horror-sriken inhabI-
lants and the nigh,-wa,ch, who had all
run thiiher in ihe greatest silence. In the
house all seemed sill as death; but rs The
party went round to the stables they heard
a noise; cauIouing The rest to surround
the inn and the oulhouses, the magistrate,
with The traveller anrl some half dozen
armed men. ran TO he Stable door; This
they opened, and found within tho host
and his son digging grave.
The first figure thai met the eyes Of The
mnrderers was that of the traveller. Tho
effect of this Oh their guilty souls was loo
much TO be borne; they sfffieked! and
threw themselves on The ground and lho'
they were Immediately seized by bard
gripping hands Of real flesh and blood, and
heard the voices ofthe magistrate and their
friends and neighbors, denounciuS them as
murlersrs, it was some minutes ere they
could believe that the figure Of the travel:
Ter that stood among them tas 0Iher than
n spirit. |, was The harder william, the
father, who, on the Strangers voice con.
tinuins in convei salipn with the magistrate,
first gained sufficient command over him
se m raise foce -F-~.-- --r..L------.h lie
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no. z.

Yrerched criminals were executed a few
Weeks AFTER the commission Of The crime.
They hal confessed every rAiiig. and res
'ored to VetsEiechi tie guIl and The paper
money they had concealed, and which had
led them to do deed so nuch more 2atrG.
cious than even they had anticipated.
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maker and Christian. And, as was The
boy, SO was ihe man. Ifyou would be
good man. you mGst be good boy. If
you would be wise man, you must he
sIudious boy. If you would have an ex-
celIcnt character. II must be- formed afer
The model deIineated in the Holy Bible,
The basis mus be change Of heart. The
supersruc,ure mus' be laid upon the pin.
cipIes of Gods word.
hD1ERTisrNG.-Il seems TO He setting
down into an established principle that
a business man will be successful irj pro.
porIOn to the extent of liis advertising in
respectable newspapers of wide cifela-
lion. But in advertising, discrimination
and judgment are Repaired; as wei as in
olhcr matters. There is no such thing as
overshud,ing the mark by ADVERTISING too
muck; and procuring u larger amount of
business than one ls able to attend to. and
then advertising proves To be AN annoyance
Instead Of a blessing. This singular fact
is we'll illustrated by the following dia-
Iosue which took place in ,his ciiy.
StsNE-Counling Room Of Tie Boston
JuurnaL-Enisr a Customer. iGho adj
dresses Clerk in a state Of Excitement.
Cuslomer-Do vou reEoisti, sir, that
ordered rHy advertisement Into your paper
about a week ago?
Clefk-Yes, sir; very well.
Cuslomer-(emp mphaficaiy.)-With df-
- a..
only
Clerk-well. sir, your directions were
complied with. If you examine the file
before you, you will find i, iuserled ''lhrea'
times inside" scGorllnS 10 order.
Customer-(mlcb sfcited,-Ik know that.
II ,Uls inserted three times, and if you had
stopped il then, al would have been we'll.
But it was inserted contrary to my oriers
every day to the present time.
Clerk-Nh. indeed /! inspecting The file. }
You are right. sir. 1t was continued
through mistak in the printing Office.
But fsoOthinglyJ there is NJ harm done.
You need NOT gel in passion. or course
we shall Charge onIy Fuf three insertions.
Customer, (sarogety)-Bu,I will get III
a passion, sir, if L like, | dom, mind ;he
chaige-it is not Of that complain. But
great harm has heen done. The tuipabIo
neglect of your printer has been The cause
of a degree of annoyance and vexa,on
that may cost me my life. Ever since the
advertisement has appeared, my slore has
heeu crowded with customers. aud lin n
loud voice they are increasing every day
so that have had to double rhe num-
her Of my clerks. and 10 do no more than
double duty myself. ! have 10 time even
10 take a comio> table rneal-ah l am so
latigued viii my work through The day
and evening ,ha, ! cannot get wink of
sleep at nights, and (raisin;g his mice) [
am determined not 10 stand il any longer.
II you don't lake that advertisement out
Of tho Journal (nrthwilh. snail go crazy,
or shall iaIc 10 summon lie police tu
keep out the 2row,i, and you Shall pay the
doctor aud foot The bIl.--(Eli. !" rG"e|
-Boslon Journal.
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AMERICAN EXPEDITION in SEARCff Of
STR JouN FRANKLrN.-We learn from
The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American. that H.
brrai aud praise-worlhy proposition has
heen submitted 10 Tie Secretary Of the
Navy, through Moses II. Grinne!l, Esq,
Of New York, to equid and furnish two
suitable vessels for Tie prosecution Of The
search after Sir John Franklin, upon The
condition that the Government will lead
its countenancc Of the noble enterprise,
by appointing naval officers to eontluct
the exploration. The correspondent says:
''fhe suggestion is received with favor,
and | hope TO be able to announce, al al
early day. that it has been fully sanctioned
by the President aud the Cabinet. A
number of accomplished and gallant young
officers, are ready TO volunteer or 70 ac-
cept orders IN this hazardous service, and
from the alacrity and spirit which is un-
ders,ood TO have been exhibited already,
The expedition is likely 10 he oIlicered with
The picked men of The service, Lieutenant,
Lynch has been favorably mentioned in
connection With The command"
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1t is said girl in PiusieId, Mass. was
struck dumb by the firing Of cannon.
Since then it is said that number of
married men have invited the artillery
companies to como aud discharge pieces
on their premises.
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To 20 on, al lie end nl lhe udY, 10 tlouse
tagged ouI The answer was, il must 90
on. Mr.. Memmineer said 'rhere hal
been speeches cuough-lhe subject was
exhausrcd-it was time 10 bring the debate
TO close"
II was then. o1ahe spur Of the moment.
that Col. Irby, provoked by the whule
course that he had hcen pursued. consum-
ed in this refusal lo,aaj juurn tie debate, said
that he took The Chairman at hls word,
that there had bpcn discussion enough,
and moved for The indefinite postpone
menl Of The whole subject When his
own principles were thus turned on him
self. Mr.. Memmiqser was loud in his CON.
pIuiuts of discourlesy in culliig him otl
from the reply. lie was answered that
The discnur,psv was to Col Irhy and The
friends Of he Bank; but, il he aud his
friends would consent to adjnurn over the
debate uu,il the mex, day, for Colonel
lrby, HE motion Of p"sipouemeut would
be Withdrawn. This was refused, and
The House, G. TO 60, SUSTAINED Cob lrby's
mntiuli.
So far as Mr.. Memmingcris con ncerncd,
Wha, cause Of complain has lie in This
!!.e only fell iu'o The pit he had dug for his
opponents. His own tactics were turn.
ed upon himself IN every Stage ollhcse
proceedings, The friends of The Bank had
fell the superintendent pressure OF power
and management, OH hen. In ire message
Of the Governor, in lis FIRST proposed re-
ference to Chairman aud COMMITTEE
hostile to the Bank, in the manner in which
reference to The Committee from the
seven Congressional Districts, was defeat
ed by -s4llsliI q. ar4asrea- BY Nh. Mcmnlia:
ger, aud accepted by Mr.. Scabibok, the
Governors representative. by which Mr..
Reed was put aside, and Mr.. MPnminger
made Chairman, in the selection made of
members Of the CoInm!iee, NJ tarly oil
from one si,tc Of the State. andyhe ad.
versaries of the Bank--in The unusual pro.
ccrdings OF that C"mmilIce, heir i'll
omend haste TO adupI bill prepared be-
rure hand j., Charleston, a bald naked
HiN, to muliIate and destroy ALL of the
Bank but lis name; in the withhold ing all
report Of facts or views explanatory of The
measures; in The almost equal! bald
speech of the Chairman, hali dislosins
his views in opening the debate; az last
", ia the sudden, unexpected and dscolu-
teous refusal to ADJOURN the debalelo the
next day. the friends Of the Bank say aud
felt that the tolls were around them. That
equal and even handed justice hid not
been dealt to them. II is renlarkafe that
under such circumstances. they sh,uld at
last rise up, and.hy one act of indignant
resistance, tear TO pieces The GINNING
meshes thrown over them? Tha they
should turn up"n the dexterons leider OF
their adversaries, his own tactics and ap.
ply to himself the rule he had proclaimed
for Col. hby? aud ought he 10 complain,
who having sown the wind reap' Gack tho
whrlwiud? He only got what he pre-
pared for Others. and was rcatedexacIly
as he treated Col. lrby.
So far as my judgment may henlIow.
ed an opinion on the policy of the course
taken, i. is now exactly what il aswhen
| heard Of it in my sick bed, vlz; that 1t