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TIE PROPOSED BANKRUPT Law.


The Committee on Judiciary in the Senate refused
to report aIr. TOXINS bill on the system Of bank
ruptey, and asked to be discharged from the further
consideration Of the subject. Mr.. TOOMBs was then
denied the opportunity to report his bill as The Opn-
ion Of minority Of the committee the chair deeid-
ing that thad been customary heretofore to receive
the 'sviews" Of a minority Of q committee, but
not in the form of report or bill.
Mr.. BEEJAMrN then, BY general consent, intro
duced the bill understood to be the same as that
presented to the committee by Mr.. TooNB's, which
was read by its title follows: ga bill to estab-
lish uniform Law on the subject Of bankruptcies
throughout the United States" The provisions Of
the bill are substantially as follows;
"Itis general bill, including individuals, cOrpo-
rations chartered banks, and any association Of
persons authorized to issue notes. bills, SC. 1t will
provide for voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy,
and will be retroactive The retroactive feature
will be guarded so to exclude all who, subsequent
to January last, or any other time, have made as.
signments. in contemplation of the passage Of q
bankrupt law which gave preference to one creditor
over another and the bankrupt in such cases shall
not receive discharge unless with the consent of q
majority of his creditors who have not been so pre-
ferred. The involuntary bankruptcy applies to cas-
ses where the debts exceed two thousand dollars,
aud the person declared bankrupt is entitled to
trial by jury-all transfers ofproperty Of any kind
for the purpose Of giving any creditor, endorser or
other person any preference priority over general
crelitors TO be null and void, and the parties 90
tanning them to be sued for such amount as assets
of the bankruptcy.
with regard to banks and other Issues Of paper
money, they are to come under the head of invol-
uutary bankrupts aud in addition to all the liabil-
tiles which attach to individuals, they may be
declared bankrupt for the nOnpayment for ten days
after demand Of any bill, note, or other liability !;
all the expenses of proceedings to be paid BY the
parties interested and under pretence to be paid
by the United States"
Mr. TooMBs becoming indignant that the Commit
tee on Judiciary would neither report his bill nor
allow him to report it from the minority, asked to
be excused from further service on the committee
No vote was taken on his request.
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~ The Cincinnati ConsmsTeial makes about as
grave charge as we have yet seen against the
prssent Democratic Administration. It is no less 9
novsl one aad reads as follows:
There is nothingin the conduct Of Mr.. Buchanan's
administration better calculated TO exemplify the
intense poverty Of spirit with which it seems to be
ervaded than the treatment which il sccords to the
negro.
There is 8 sort Of personal hatred Of oniggers, Z"
because they are niggers, to be found among white
people Of 8 low grade, with which the government
seems to have become innOoulsted, and which it sp
pears DESTROYS to discover occasions TO display II
Is probable that this is done with view to exhibit
its featy 10 the SOuth-its readiness TO conform its
policy not merely to Southern interests but to the
least respectable Of Southern preudioes; but what
ever may be the cause nothing can be more IN
worthy The character Of the government Of great
people than such practices.
The grounds Of complaint with the Commercial is
the refusal Of Secretary CAss to grant to free
negro in Massachusetts passport to travel on the
continent Of Europe. Secretary CAss' refusal
was based upon the ground that the law did not
authorize him to grant such passports to any but
citizens Of the United States and negroes not being
recognised as citizens by the Federal Constitution
consequently he could not grant the sable gentle
man Of Massachusetts the consideration asked for.
What must be the state Of social degradation with
man who would send negroes abroad to travel over
Europe as citizens and representatives Of our coun-
try, upon an equality with our white people! And
Tor this the administration is assailed with poverty
Of spirit" We like such assaults. They show the
true character and dignity Of party, holding it
up not only the guardian Of the constitution and
national liberty Of our people, but 8 barrier
against the Wild and reckless extremes into which
Ethiopian Missionaries and corrupt demagOgues would
carry them
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CLIFTON.

ON Tuesday, the 18th day Of May next at 10 o'clock A.
~ n, the premises Will SCI eleven lots Of ground in
Chiffon, continuing from 4 70 q acres
Clifton situated the Charlotte Turnpike, two miles
wes Of Nashville The ground elevated and command
ng and well adapted county residences market gar
dens, dairy farms, etc.
Lot No contains 10 acres and fronts on The turnpike
LO No. 10, is situated he OF Bass street and
h Il Avenue, and contains acres
Lot No. 10, at the Of m and Clifton Avenues
tains e. out s gerss
Lot No 90 at she corner Of Clifton Avenue and Morgan
Street. contains about 4 acres.
Lot No. 81 fronting Hill Avenue and Morgan Street
contains ! acres.
Lot No e, fronting on Hill Avenue and Morga Street
contains acres.
PartO lot No. s3 contains * acres and fronts on Nor.
gan street and Hill Avenue,
Lot A. fronts Clifton Avenue, contains 2l
surrounded By streets Of eIeeus coil, commanding
tine view Of the city and river excellent lOcaOR
2 country residence, market garden dairy farm
Lot No ~ contains 90 acres and fronts Clifton Ave
nue. AMI walker stress.
No IS and 80 each contain about nine acres and
irOnt Branch and Marun Streets.
The above sale is positive and without reserve.
TFRME-One fourth cashbalanee in g. p and IS months
for able In Bank, satisfactorily secured bearing in
terest, and a lien retained.
The omnibus VII DO on hand as usual.
Those DESTROYS examining premises before day Of
sale, will please call on
may5-td AZ. S. LlNDSLsK.
POSTP ONEMENT.
The above sale postponed uatH The 18Th inst, when it
vii positively lake place,
mayII-td A. V. S. LINDSL BY.
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PEREMPTORY SALE OF
Texas and Arkansas Lands,
at Auction.

200 Sections Arkansas Lands; 30 Sections Texas
Lands.
ON WEDNESDAY, the 18th DAY OF MAY, 1858, We
~ will sell, in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee at our
Auction Rooms, No. 262, Main street:
FOR CASH, UNTIL $780, 900 BE REALIZED.
The lands are Of chOisest selections IN both States
The lands In Arkansas lie in Mississippi county, and
unipjused BY the late high water NECESSITY CANNOT
STOr AT SACRI FICBS-the sale will be positive and alb
soue until one hundred thousand dollars realized.
All those who have Cash, OrWh0 can command No. I,
New Orleans acceptance will ind it their interest at
tend The best op rtuHity before offered for Ian
vestments In the South.
Full particulars given at our ONCE.
6. B. LOCKE & CO.,
Mayi2-dtw&wtds Auetionsers and Heal Estate Brokers'
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THE WAGES OF SIN Is DEATH-The New Or
leans Crescent Of the 18th ult records the following
melancholy case of sudden death:
Laura Williams, young and beautiful but frsil
was found dead in her bed Saturday night in the
house Of Eliza Holley She came from Baltimore
about eighteen months ago, and was quite belle
among the women Of her kind. Latterly she sought
in alchohOl the comfort which so often leads to
death: aud for a week prior to her death she had
INDUCED to an unusual extent. Late on Saturday
night she went to her room, there being nothing the
matter with her to any apparent extent, beyond
that Of slight intOxication. Shortly afterwards,
one Of the women went to her and found her dead
1t was believed that she had taken poison. The de-
ceased was twenty-three year of age, and native
of Baltimore, Among her effects were an old leg
horn bonnet aud purse, which she had cherished
as membranes Of her mother, and the woman in
the house, with that feeling which never deserts
woman, even IN her lowest slate, asked the coroner
that these relics of her former innocence might be
buried with her; request which was of course COM
piled with.
EVENING Hours FOR MECHANICs.-Whst have
evening hours done fer mechanics who had only ten
hours toll? Hearken to the following facts
One of the best editors the WsstmiHster ReUistO
could ever boast, and one Of the most brilliant Wri-
ers of the passing hour, was a cooper in Aberdeen
One of the editors of the London Daily Journal
A baker in Egin; perhaps the best reporter Of the
London Tines was weaver in Edinburg the editor
Of the Witness was stone mason One of the sblest
ministers in London, was blacksmith in Dundee
aud another was a matchmaker in Banf. The late
DR.. Milne, of China, was herd boy in Rhyme. The
principal of the London Missionary Society's Col
ege at Hong Kong was a ssddler in Hunty; and
me Of the best missionaries that ever went to India
vas tailor in Keith. The leading machinist on the
london and Birmingham Railway, with Zoo year,
vas mechanic in Glasgow and perhaps the very
1ehest iron founder in England was workman in
dOrap. Sir James Clark, her Msjesty's physician,
vas q druggist in Banf Joseph Hume was a sailor
rst, and then labOrer at the mortar and psstle in
IentrOse; Mr.. McGregOr, the member from Glasgow,
vas poor boy in ROss-shire. James Wilson, the /
member from Westbury, was ploughman in Had |
ngton, and Arthur Anderson, the member for Ork- !
icy, earned his bread by the sweat Of his brow in /
he Ultima Thule.
How TO Cool WATER.-If it is desired to cool
7ater for drinking in warm weather, and ice cannot
q obtained for this purpose, let it be kept in an
nglazed esrthenWare pitcher, Wrspt around with
NO three folds Of coarse cotton cloth kept con-
family vet. The theory Of cooling water in this
hammer is the absorption Of heat from it, by the
vRporation Of the moisture in the cotton cloth
expansion produces cold, compression heat.-Ez-
saHgs
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Auction Sale
OF
GROCERIES!!
IT. s. French and Son.
Auction Sale

ON TUESDAY, May 18th, we win offer for ale In front
" Of warehouse CLARK street, at 10 o'clock the fol-
lowing articles, Of which desire close with
out reserve, viz:
30 hhds Sugar, from fair tol5O doz Painted Buckets
prime; 500 resms Wrapping Paper,
100 bags n o. and Baltimore 25 bbs Domestic Brandy;
Coffee; 25 bbls. Holland Gin;
1000 kegs Nails choice brands so Dbs Julius Smiths Old
500 boxes star Candles, full Reser-e Whisky;
weight; 90 cases Matches;
2000 bbls. Whisky, vaTiOusl00 boxes Corn Starch;
braAds; 100 % Wheaton starch;
100 boxes Tobacco; 100 " CherOOs g4rs;
1000 sacks course and ane SaltI5O - TalOW tauIl3
10000 Cigars, assd brands 50 " Backing, large and
$50 dOZ. BTOOms; small.
$50 boxes Fine Brandy
With other articles 10 the grocery line too 20
mention. mayI2 H. S. FRENCH & SON.
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The BUFFALO HUET.-The head quarters Of the
great buffalo hunt, in which Mohammed Pasha, and
Congressman and diplomatists are TO take part
July, will be established at Breckenridge, at the
head Of steam navigation on the Red River Of the
north From this point for full five hundred miles
the Red River of the north, navigabe for heavy draft
steamers rolls down of the richest valleys in the
world. Through this country roam the buffalo and
elk, the hunting of which is noble sport The eK j..
petition Will leave St. Cloud on the Mississippi
river about the middle Of July, and proceed directly
to Breckinridge; and George F. Boot, of Minnesota,
offers to convey all editors throughout the Union,
who desire to accompany the expedition, from St.
Cloud to the hunting grounds and back 70 St Cloud,
free Of expense. Proper vouchers will be required,
TO avoid imposition.
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EppersOn Springs.
Macon County. Tennessee.

THIS highly rsputed and well known watering place viii
De opened and ready for he reception OF visitors and
invads by May As regards the high character
medical quAl ties Of lie many uEers CONNECT Is
necessary suffice to say. that the of the have
diseases, the treatment Of which
fOed the most eminent physicians There IS prac-
tcing physician residing IN Springs VII will be always
in attendance should his professional services be required
Our table will be we'll supplied win the best the country
also be we'll attended We have abundance Of good
pare Ice stored away the benefit and comfort Of
friends and visitors. Charges t).Wit Transient b0arders
s. IS 81 90 per day 81 90 per week; Children
under years Of and servants ha prices Horses so
FVfces a reasonable chaTg5 viii be made. Back
will leave the Springs every mOrni1g at O'Clock, 10
regularly through The seas0n) meet the Nashville and
Louisville stage a the Rock 1O1se
VM. A. DBBOW & BRO.
mayII-tO July IS Propdetors.
P S-RepuOIican Banner, Louisville Democrat, Galaiin
xamner Lebanon Herald and Memphis ppsal, will please
CODY two months their tdWeeBly Issues. and
bills to prOpTietOrs at Rock House.
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was raised in the western country; 1 have seen
q good deal Of the wilderness aud know something
about hunting. 1 pretty well up to all sorts Of
traps in the forest. Many is the time that have
run the warmth" into his hole in a hollow tree, OF
in the ground; and when got him freed, we call
it in the West, I could always tell whether it was
fur or hair that l was after. could tell what the
animal was by the signs Now, when the Black Re-
pubicans set this last trap and invited to come
into it, said to myself, Deg to be excused. had
no objection to side along up near enough to look
into the entrance to it and what the signs were
but that was as far as l would 60.
The signs did not suit me. 1 saw neither fur nor
hair, but any quantity Of IDOOI and then there was
an Odor not at all agreeable to my alfaetOries.-
Laughter. It reminded me Of the home Of an an
imal need not mention to you. laughter 1
caught glimpse Of a figure within very much in
the semblanoe Of Horace Greeley. It was long,
lean, lank cadaverous, White-liyered, and hollow
hearted. Applause 1 knew that was no place
for me. and that never could become q member Of
the Republican household.
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PLAGARIsM-The Richmond Wing places in par
slel columns, extracts from the letter Of Gov. Wise
on Know NOthingism, in 1854, and from Lectures
on the Dramatic Literature of the age Of Elizabeth,
by VIM. Hazlitt" The language is almost precisely
the same through several long sentences This pla-
giarsm is the more surprising since Gov. Wise Ger
tainly has no occasion to pier other mems language
or thoughts, having, as every one knows, very
liberal aow Of both, in his own right.
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LIFE IN MADEBIA-SCARCITT OF MAD EZRA WINE
IL ITS NATIVE IsLASD.-The Rev. Henry Wood, a
chaplain of the United States navy, accompanied
General Pierce in the P0rEattaa to MADEIRA, from
which place he has written a number Of in testing
letters an extract from of which give below.
awe left Madeira with good deal of regret, in
deed with something Of melancholy, and that for
various reasons Fuuchal is a neat and picturesque
city, and Madeira a charming island in climate
fruits and scenery.
"Nor should forget J. H March, Esq, our noble
hearted consul who kept free table at his elegant
house. a mills or two out Of the city, and an open
house in the city whose spacious and Well-furnished
rooms were at the service Of any Of our company
who choose 10 occupy them, whether by day or by
night, by the week or the month. I never saw
such princely living elegant without luXuriousness
and most ample without lntemperance and sensual.
ism He takes no care of his table he knows nothing
about it l he sits down TO 1t, he has forty
or City servants st his three distinct establishments,
the head men Of whom not only do his bidding, but
do everything he needs without his bidding or even
his knowledge; and we're a dozen Of strangers TO
appear at dinner without notice, their presence
would occasion no inconvenience and all TO be done
would be for them to sit up to The table
Mr. March has resided on the island for about
thirty years, believe and been large wine mer-
chant and wine producer, in which business he has
accumulated an ample fortune. In ether times as
he told me, above $4,000 pipes were made annually
on the island; but the last few years, since the aP
pearanCe Of the yiue disease, only few pipes, and
the last year not above five, he positively knew
and vet Madeira wine is abundant both in the United
States and elsewhere. Think Of this ye Wine-b bib
bers and sinners! Where is it made, Of what is 1t
made?
u ought to add that Mr.. March, though he has
the most perfect knowledge Of wines, and some Of
the most delicate quslite5 Of wines Of which he has
Hats hae IN uf va
Lutte abstinence never raising the glass TO his lips
while he allows his guests to act their own pleas
ure"
1t is contemplated to establish line Of steamers
between this port and Genoa if the purpose should
be carried out, Madeira will be most delightful
halfway stopping place, where one can "lay by
during the winter months.
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On INT LN9LAN3 Nh I0IN1 Lo0os
JTTB will offer for sale In front Of our store the following
W articles and we invite the attention Of the retail mer
chants in the city and county, this sale intend
sell in lots 10 suit purchasers, viz:
200 bags prime Rio Coffee;
50 hhds sugar, 100 bbls Orange Val. Whisky.
10 bbls powdered Sugar. 25 - Old Bourbon do
20 crushed do 2j - Rye do
so bbls 40 asses. IS Smith Reserve do
so boxes Raisins, 10 casks Porter,
2j &" Cove OYSTER, TO Ale,
90 chests Tea, 25 baskets Champaign Wine
Is bbls PeCans, 2i boxes do Cider,
S tierceo Hice, 100 bbls Vinegar,
500 kegs Nails. IS nests painted Tubs
100 boxes Glassware, 100 dog DO Buckets
) Matches, IS 81 Wash Boards,
50 N. G caps, 50 boxes Goldfish,
$50 resms Wrapping Paper, TO Herrings,
50 kits Mackerel, 100 bbls Green Apples,
so 4 bbls do 500 boxes Star Candies.
100 bbls DO 25 cases Gidines.
With many other articles 10 tn e Grocery linef
mayI2, 1858. CARTER, MCKAY & co.
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RAINS, BROWN.
RAINS & BROWN,
Druggists and Prescriptionists,

druggists anu EE6ScIlpGlOu1sGsJ
No. 10, South side Public Square,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
A COMPLETE assOrtme Of English and American
"A Chemicals pure and unaduterGed Drugs, fresh and
genuine Extracts select powders, etc. always hand,
ElaVOrinE Extracts, esC.
Lemon, Rose, Vanilla, Pine Apple Strawberry, Celery, Al
mOnd Raspberry Peach and Orange extracts Tor haVOrng
Best Bermuda Arrow Root, lsingass, Cloves Nutmegs,
Cinnamon, sJc.,a RAINS * BROWNS.
$4,000 Papers Fresh Garden Seeds.
WE in receipt of the extensive Stock Of
w Garden Seeds, embracing many and valuable
Vahetes brought this market They all of the
Of 1857 and from following OF well known
reputation:
d. Lambeth g. Sons, Philadelphia.
Tho American Seed Garden, WtheTs6eld, &c.
Rsleys FTedOuia New York.
Shaker Gardens, South Union. Kentucky.
Descriptive Catalogues from the above hOuses ready for
gratuIOUs distribution. Call and get one.
In addition The aboveWe have large supply Of the most
usual varieties BY the pound and Beans and Peas by the
bushel.
1000 Paper Flower Seeds
Just received Om the celebrated house OfJohnson Rob
bins & Co.. two Thousand Of Flower Seeds. Iho lovers
OF Flowers have larger and better assortment nom
which make their selection Seeds than they have here
tOfoFe had in this city. RAINS & BROWN,
No. 10 South side Public Square,
Ian IA Opposite the Market House.
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SALE OF VALUABLE
Real and Personal Property.

HNHE undersigned " i'll sen on the premises, south s.ar.
n ket street, opposite tne Military College the FIRST
SATURDAY N JUNB, being the 5ih, the very vauabls
House and Lot which the late Fred JOnte lived at The
lure mis- DEATH fronting Market and Tunnin
back half way 10 College street. Also lot fronting 2
feet on tie Lebanon uTuke being O No. II in the plan OF
the University lots.
Also VII be sold the time and pllce the personal
properly said JOnes Esate CONSISTING in part Of
cesnt Cracker Machine and all the fXtuFee uInura,
&c, ssaFy carry the Btker and COnfectOnar
5usnes-WO bread wagons and Mules buggy, t"geth.
with stock OF groceries, cOnectOnary show shop
furniture, &C.
This is especially fne opening for Bakers and Confec
Oners, siiis old and well sgand and he Only
mat portion Of The ely. We viii sell the property
either In whole In part, a. private sale, IL not
fore The whole will be offered 20 the highest bidder the
9Th June Terms made known the day OF sale
PErkR BILIOD.
A. HATCHER,
maV5-dtd EVecufOrs 2, JontB decd.
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Mr.. ENGLISH AND THE BLACK REPUBu-
CANs-A GOOD THING.

Several Of our Black Republican exchanges are
furious, rampant, gOne-mad over q speech made by
Mr. English the author Of the Conference bill, the
serenaders who visited him on the way Of their re-
oicing, the night after the passage Of the Conference
bill The dictionary Of epithets had been exhausted
to End words strong and fitting enough to express
their ehOleric indignation. We don't blame them
much. It was searching speech well calculated to
touch their raw. Here is a sample Of it:
There we're those who knew so little of me as for
time to suppose that had some affinity with the
Black Republican party but never we're men more
mistaken. They deceived themselves, and without
my giving them the slightest occasion for it. was
born in the good old Democratic faith it was the
party Of my father before me- and never have I on
any occasion departed from it Cheers The
truth is elloW-eitizens the Black Republicans de-
ceved themselves. They dug pit for others to fall
into, and, unfortunately for them fell into it them
selves. They may have supposed they were going
10 catch me, well as some others. They ought to
have remembered the old story their grandmothers
told them when they took fancy to catch particu
lar bird, that if they could only sprinkle little salt
its tail they would be to get it. and how de-
lighted they were until the truth daWned upon their
infantile minds that the trouble was to get near
enough to sprinkle the salt on Great laughter and
applause They have been laboring under a SINH
lar delusion recently The truth is, they have got
into bad fix, and are a long ways of from water.
Laughter.
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~ The attention Of parties wishing to pur-
chase land in Arkansas or Texas is directed to the
advertisement o. Messrs. G. B. LOCKE Co., Of
Memphis in tO-days paper. Tie lands they pro-
pose selling are said to be remarkably fine, and well
adapted to agricultural purposes. As bargains viii
undoubtedly be sold in these lands capitalists and
parties desiring to locate in either Of the States
named. win certainly consult their interest BY at
tending the sale.