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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-18

Republicans ..........,........ TIA
a's w
So'thern oppostion 81
Ao'u'... .............. 237
In full vote of the body it would therefore
require one hundred and nineteen to consti-
tutc majority. Can either Of the two great
parties calculate upon having such majority?
Certainly not, except in two contingencies
The one Is, that enough votes may be got from
one or both Of the two factions, the anti-Le-
comptonites and the Southern opposition, to
give prcpondcrance to either the democrats
or the republicans The other is that either
through negligence or design the House may
not be full on the opening Of the session, and
the republicans, who are well whipped in, may
thus have clear majority. Bd unless either of
these things occur we are sure to have most
exciting and protracted contest for the Speak
ership Of the next House, just as we had two
Congresses since, when Banks was elected
Speaker.
Now, as then, the plurality rule will be ten
aered as the only solution to the difficulty.
Under it it will not be necessary for any candi-
date to have an absolute majority of all the
votes cast, but simple plurality. With three
candidates in the field, that would inevitably
result now, as it did then. in the triumph of the
scrubEccns. There is nc igaeging That palpa
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
The sixth Congressional District.

The contest in The Sixth Congressional
District of Maryland. in which Mr.. HAGNER
is ;he Opposition. and Col. HUGHES the Dem
,ocratic candidate, has terminated in violent
personal collisions between these gentlemen.
The Annapolis Gazette, an American paper
favorable to Mr.. HAGNER, gives an account
of these collisions, from which we cOndcnse
the following statement:
At joint discussion ut LeOnardiown. Mr..
Hagnpr asked Col. Hughes if he was in favor
of rotation in Office-and whether ne had not
opposed the retention in office of Ii. G. S.
Key. Col III. refused to answer. the
ground that the questions were impertinent.
AT other places MIR. Hagner put the same
questions, and was met with the same
answer. At some place. the name of which
we do not remember, the same questions were
put, when Col. Ii. replied that he was in
favor Of rotation in Office in certain cases. and
that the President ought not to have been
influenced to retain Mr. Key by contempt
Nile clique Of politicians in ST. Mary's. At
tBryantOwn. and afterwards at LeOnardtOwn,
when Mr.. Hagner stated what Col. Hughes
had said on the occasions alluded TO. Col. Ii.
denied that he had so expressed himself
! At Piscataway. on Saturday last, Col.
Hughes pronounced Mr.. Hagner's report of
Fhe language used by him at the meeting III
Charles county IAN infamous lie" Mr. Hag-
hrr instantly struck him several blows in the
face. and kicked him several times in a GER
pain sensitive part of the person yclept "the
Feat of honor Here this difficulty ended.
Nr. Hagner heard nothing more of him or
From him. On Tuesday last at the Court
House, Mr.. Hagner conducted the discussion
in the most gentlemanlike manner. Each
speaker occupied the time allowed him by
the rules of the discussion, Col. Hughes hav-
ing the closing speech.
At the close of his remarks he asked per-
mission to make a per- Onal explanation
which was tacitly granted to him. He then
said that he had traced to Mr.. Hagncr GER
tain rumnrs in relation to an affair which be
thought had been settled. Then. turning to-
w"rds Mr.. Hagner. he put himselfin an atti-
tude la Bcnica Boy. and pronounced Mr.
Hagner "a damn, liar and scoun-."
But, before he could enunciate the last sylla
bic of his blackguard cpiihct, Mr.. Hagner
struck him several severe blows in the face
! Col. Hughes struck at Mr.. Hagner several
times, but did not hit him Here friends of
both parties interfcrrd, and Mr.. Hagner re-
tired, vocfrrously cheercd by nearly every
man in the as, embly, and Col. Hughes was
taken off by hi, friends.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
Especial Dispatches to the Cincinnati eazetse,l


The President is working hard upon San
Juan, Chinese and Mexican affairs. He is at
the State Department every day, giving per-
sonal attention TO the preparation of dispatch
es on these points.
The decapitation If Faran rifles the Douglas
men very much and is calculated to widen
the breach in the Democratic party. Those
who earnestly desire its success in 1860, dep
recate these extreme measures.
The detection of John Cochran TO Douglas
ism has vexed the President very much, as
he bad lavished on him many favors and re-
garded him a staunch adhrrent.
In consequence of the recent disturbances
ut Brownsville, Texas. the Secretary of War
has ordered the immediate reOccupation of
Fort Brown by two companies OF artillery.
The accounts received from that region show
a deplorable state of things.
The San Juan question is serious if not
threatening. The proFerbial obstinacy of
John Bull may overcome the obvious consid-
erations OF interest aud induce him to insist
upon demands which our Government cannot
recognize The instructions to Gen. Scott,
however, are mild and temperate, and it is to
be hoped that the question will be considered
by both parties in the same spirit.
The organization of the House is becoming
to excite attention in view of the changes OF
the programme likely to he produced ny re-
cent events. 1t is argued that no Southern
man can now with safety 10 himself vote for
a Republican. and that the latter party can
only look TO the anti-Lecompton Democrats
for aid. The following names of the various
parties have their pretentiOns as leading men,
and may turn up as candidates for the Speak
ership: John Hickman. Thomas b. Florence,
Vim. Millward. james Fl. Campbell. John
Covode, and Galusha A. Grow, of Penn. /;
c. W. Pennington, of \. j.; Thomas III. BO-
cock and Henry 4. Emmondson. of Va. John
S. Sherman and Benjamin Stanton. of Ohio !;
Emerson Etheridgc. of Tenn; William H..
English OF Ind. John s, Phelps and Samuel
Caruthers, of Mo-; and Albert Rust, of Ark.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
Card from Hon. Thomas Ewing.

The scrap of history in your paper of
to-day, supposed to be from the pen of Dan'l
S. Dickinson is a scrap of fiction. The Incl
dent in form and manner as there stated,
could not have occurred without my know
ledge, and knowing, could not have failed
to remember it and il it had occurred as
stated, it could not have come to the know
ledge of Mr.. Dickinson without the aid of
ciairvoyance. 1t could be known in its de-
tails only to members of the Cabinet, and
Mr. Dickinson was an ultra Opposition Sena-
tor, not in the confidence of the Admin ira
ton or its members. The yOung man named
may have been an applicant for the situation
of cadet. 10y Presidential designation. and
his application may have failed, as hundreds
equally meritorious failed; but ii could not
have been rejected under circumstances of ill.,
dignity to Mr.. Clay, or such as could give
him cause of offense, without creating a de-
cided sensation in the Cabinet. and an un-
gracious act towards him would have been
entirely at variance with the habits and feel
ings of Gen. Taylor As proof of this, he
had just extended to him high mark of con
fidence by the appointment. at his request and
on his recommendation alone. OF his son, j.
b. Clay, as Charge to Portugal. The breach
which afterward took place arose from other
causes, in which Gen. Taylor was no farther
the aggressor than in adopting and maintain
ing an opinion of bis own, differing from that
OF Mr. Clay on the Compromise measures of
1849-'50. T. EWING.
Editors of the Cincinnati Commerciql.
Lancaster, o., Oct. Fl, 1859.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURES.
SENATE.
MosDAY. Oct. 81, 1859.

MosDAY, Oct 81, 1859.
Mr. PAYNE arose to Announce to the Senate
the death of the Hon. James G. Jones, and
delivered beautiful aud eloquent eulogy
upon his past life and public servic g. He
gave brief review of his political life from
the time he first entered the arena of politics,
as a member Of the Tennessee Legislature
from Wilson county, up 10 the time of his re-
moval to Memphis. He alluded TO the bril-
liant achievements of the deceased states
man. as State Elector in 1870 and the bril-
liant compaigns of 1871 and 1S43, when his
party selected him az their standard bearer,
in both of which campaigns he was elected to
the chief executive Office of the State of Ten
nessee. Mr.. Payne stated, that since his re-
tirement from pnnlIc life. Gov. Jones had
earnestly assistded in the development of the
resources of that section OF the State where
he dwelt up to the time of his death, in the
advancement of the city OF Memphis, in the
construction of important railroads and the
erection of public schools. for the education
of the children of his native State. Mr..
Payne concluded his remarks with a motion
that the Senate adjourn TO o'clock to-mOr-
row morning as mark OF respect.
Mr.. Stokes arose and stated. that il was due
from him perhaps az Senator from the coun-
ty which Gov. Jones first represented in the
State Legislature 10 say "a few words in secon-
ding the motion of the member from Shelby.
He also paid graceful tribute to the men,
DRY of the distinguished dead, and dwelt upon
his public service in days gone by in touch
ing and eloquent eulogium. He concluded
by cordially seconding the motion OF Mr..
Payne, of Shelby, and
The Senate then adjourned to 9 o'clock to-
morrow.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01

g 1t is proposed 10 increase the salaries
Of the Secretary of State and Treasurer. The
proposition is one which should commend it.
self to the favorable consideration OF the Leg
islature. The salaries of those officers are
too small. They might have been large
enough many years ago, when they were fix
ed, but the prices of living, rents, servant
hire, &c, in this city, have increased to such
an extent they are scarcely enough now, with
the strictest economy. to defray necessary ex-
penses. There is no probability of decrease
in those expenses; but as the city expands
they are liable to increase still farther. To
secure the services of competent men, who
will reflect credit upon the Stale, and to re-
tain them, their salaries ought to be rcmuner-
alive. No State can better afford to be liberal,
in this respect, than Tennessee, and we trust
the Legislature will properly investigate the
matter. and place the salaries in question at
such figures as shall seem right.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
@-Democrats of the South are trying in

E8- Democrats of the South are trying in
advance to prevent the organization. of the
federal House of Representatives by cOali-
ton of Republican and Southern Opposition
members. They say such thing would be
disgraceful to Southern members. At the
same time they would gladly have Southern
Opposition members unite with them and
Douglas democrats to effect an organization.
Now, we would like to know if such a cOali-
tion as that would not lie equally disgrace
full to Southern Opposition members. I'VE
don't include Southern democratic members
for. of course, no coalition could he disgrace
full to htm!1 Have we not been told that
the doctrines of DOUGLAS are but ''short
cut to all the ends of Repnblicanism," and lis
not thatworse than Repnblicanism, and the
supporters of the DOUGLAS doctrines, worse
than Republicans? How. then can demo-
Gratis have the face to ask Southern Opposi-
ton members TO unite with DOUGLAS demo-
crats7
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
Fred. Douglas Supposed 10 he I'm Cam
ada--U. y. Officers I'm Pursuit.

II is understood thai U. S. Attorney Ould
of Washington, and other federal officers.
were here yesterday; aad il is supposed they
came hIther for the purpose of arresting
Fred. Douglas. for his alleged participation
in the organized 'cheme against the slave
holding States, OF which the Harper's Ferry
insurrection was hut one Of the appointed
results. such being the prevailing impress
sion. we have taken little pains to inquire
whether Fred. Is likely To he caught; or
whether he bias placed himself beyond the
jurisdiction OF the officers supposed to be- in
quest of him We are told that he is safe
or in other words, that he is already outside
of The United States. THIS information may
be true and IL may not he But il Is likely to
bc true sLaee il l. 80 easy a matter TO go from
Rochester to Canada. either by Buffalo OF
Niagara or other routes. However, We do
not pretend to be accurately posted; aud We
would not have the L. ;. Officers rely upon
our information - implicitly as to modify
their operations ia the leasl.-Roehsster Dem-
ocrat, 0d. 90.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01

CoRREcTIoN.--In our summary Of the pro-
ceedngs of the Legislature yesterday. we re-
ferred to bill introduced by Mr.. STOKES
into the Senate, prohibiting change Of
venue in criminal cases without the consent
of the Defendant, as radical change in the
general laws" This il error. Such was the
law until few years ago. when it was
altered so as to admit Of change Of venue
into an adjoining Judicial Circuit. under
certain circumstances. This. Mr.. STOKES re-
CARDS as violation of that provision in the
Bill of Rights which says THAT in prose
cutions by Indictment or presentment, the
accused hath q right to a speedy public
trial, by an imperial jury Of the county or d''-
tricf in which the crime shall have been COM
mitted." His object, therefore, in offering
the bill, is to make the law conform to the
constitutional rights of persons prosecuted
for crimes.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
from the Memphis Bulletin.
De.tb or GOV. yone.. -

Ex-Governor JAMES c. JONES departed
this life yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at
his residence near this city. The event
though it had been anticipated for days, and
our community was prepared for the shock.
fell heavily upon it. JAMES G. JONES
was born in Wilson county, in this State on
the 7th day of June, 1909. He was married
in the twentieth year of his age to Miss
SARAH w. MUNFoED, of Danville, Kentucky.
In 1889 he was elected TO the Legislature
from Wilson county. aud in 1910 was placed
on the HARRISON electoral ticket. In lS4l
and in lS43, be was elected Governor OF this
State. He canvassed the State for CLAY in
1874. and for TAYLOR in IS4S. The Legisla-
ture of 1872 elected him to the Senate of
the United States, where he served full
term OF six years. During the year 1889
and So he held the Office of President Of
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, hav
ing. in 1918, began the work OF collecting
stock for the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad. One of his chief auxieties during
his last illness, was connected with the con-
struction of the Memphis and st. Louis, the
Memphis and Ell Paso. and Pacific Railroads.
1t is unnecessary for us to inform our read
ers who Gov. JONES was. His fame is as
wide as the nation, and his reputation as
broad as the Union. In whatever position
the fortune of his lie placed him-whether
upon the stump, in those hand-tO-hand COM
bats in which the weakest is always borne
to the earth-or whether in the Senate of
the United States--or whether as an advo-
cate. before the people, of great works of
physical or social improvement-Or whether
in private life-be was always a marked
man. He was never, in any capacity, an or
binary character. Nature had so constructed
his frame, that no man could look upon him
and not feel that his business was with the
higher attributes of humanity. As man of
the people, he has scarcely had superior.
The State of Tennessee. his fond mother,
will lament his dccease, and fling her rarest
flowers upon his grave. Our own commnni-
ty, perhaps, will realize his loss most sensi-
bly,, for he has been its friend in every enter
prise that looked to its prosperity. When
the disease that wasted his life and bore him
to the dust fell upon him. his great energies
were all enlisted in enterprises looking to
the advancement of our city. No heavier
blow could have descended upon us, for
there is no one who can fill his place,
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
'.The Sea of Upturned Faces.

This poetical description of a vast crowd,
as seen from the speakers stand, is generally
attributed to Webster. 1t belongs to Corwin
we heard bin utter it in 1910. He was
fond of remarking a resemblance in the look
of the crowd to the sea, and no man has had
finer opportunities. The many people melted
into one mass 10y the strange Influences pecu-
liar to a crowd. and the mesmeric power OF
the orator. would sway to and fro, and surge
up before him as "a sea in storm. Cor
wins tavOrite poet is Burns, his principal
reading the Bible. Webster was devoted 10
Milton. He thought him the poet of orators.
and his character of Satan one of the sub
FINEST conceptions in the world of poetry,
What an imagination our orator had. How
near he came to being a poet!-Mac-a-Cheek
Press.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
The Last NapoIeOnic Idea.

Ever since the peace OF Villafranca, man
kind have been wondering and watching to
see what would be the next extraordinary
thing the French Emperor would do. Some
said an invasion Oh England would be the
next idea" others, that it would he some
imperial experiment on our ''sick man."
Mexico. Both and all are wrong. The new
idea" it seems. IS born or about to be born;
but it has reference neither to q" England nor
Mexico" Sardinia. it is delicately limited.
will be called upon to pay the expenses of
the late war with Austria! Brilliant thought
that? First. in "a fit of counterfeit chivalry
aud pretended disintercstedness, to draw the
sw ord against the House of Hapsburgh and
to declare, with flourish in the face of all
Ecrnpe, that Italy must be free from the
Alps to the Adriatic;" then to put the
sword back into its sheath. with that pro-
mise only half accomplished; and now, to
come forward with bill OF expenses for lit
tie Sardinia to foot! The French indemnity
for the war. so far Sardinia is concerned
should have been taken out in glory and
not in lucre. The gratitude which the Amer
lean people have Tor the French government
that aided them to achieve their indeprn-
dcnce OF Great Britain, il may be. would not
he so enduring and heartfelt as it is. il Louis
XVI. had notified the Continental Congress,
that they must hand over "the costs"
II is sometimes said, External vigilance is
the price of liberty" but the price which
Sardinia will have to pay for it is some mil
lions of francs, which, by the way, its eN-
chequer, just now, cannot very we'll afford.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
slavery Agitation.

The n. Y. Times. one OF the leading Re-
publican organs in 1856, says now of slavery
agitation and agitators:
We have been suffering the extremists of
one and other party to go on trading for
wears in the fiercest of internecine passions
As composedly "a if no mischief could ever
come OF such light matters 10 so great a ma
tiGn ours.
Mad John Brown has done the State this
service at least, that he has dashed this false
and foolish confidence to pieces. II IRE are
NOT really The bitdet people that eUer e1lsted and
judicidliy SET apart for destruction. ought not1
10 BEGIN 10 that the most important political ,cork
ace haze 10 do is 20 combine people va tie re-
solve 10 pla thu, tremendous social question Of Sd
Uery out OF the reach Of partisan dgitatiOnS. Ii is
a madness, TO which the madness of John
Brown was statesman-like good sense, tn tri-
fe any longer in caucuses and conventions
with issues so full of the very lilies blood of
one great section of the Coniederacy.
So is is madness to continue to consiruc'
party platforms VI on slavery issues; and the
American people ought TO hold to a strict
accountability those who engage in such
work hereafter. The Northern politician
agitates against the institution, not because
he regards it really as all evil, bat to bnlld
up party; the Southern politician agitates
in favor of the support OF Southern rights.
with no better object. And thus, for the sake
ofparty demagogues the North and the South
have been arrayed against each other in sec
tional hostility, the bonds of fraternal az
lection loosened, fanaticism engendered, and
a thousand dangers created, which might
otherwise never have existed. How long
will the honest masses, whose dearest inter
ests are jeoparded, permit this state OF things
to continue! The solution OF the problem
of the slavery question rests with them. I'm
less they do their duty, we shall never get
nd of agitation until the country becomes a
sea Of blood-if then.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01
@- A correspondent of wilkes spiri,

| rs- A correspondent of Wilkes Spirit Of
PIE Times, writing from Kalamazoo OF Flora
Temple, just after her fastest trot ever made,
bays: m
| saw her few moments after the trot-
st out OF harness as she stood there
| 1vered all over with blankets and glory,
breathing so quietly and costly. she fixed her
large and intelligent eyes on my admiring
gaze winkrd knowingly, and said to me. as
plainly as human eyes could do il: =. My dear
Major, saw You were waiting In make a
good report uf me 10 Wilkes. and you see
that | have gone and done it - Said
= Flora. my dear. have you done your best?'
but she only winkcd trife more roguishly
and answered by nsigh.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01

~ In a speech made at Lexington. Ga.
last summer, Mr.. TooMBs condemned the
vote of Gen. QuITMAN, of Miss. Ard Hon
M L. BoNHAN, of South Carolina. against the
English Bill and remarked that he could
draw safer political leaders and instructors of
the people from any Grand Jury ofOgl"thorpe
county. In letter to the Chestnut Dinner
Committee Mr.. BoNHkM comments upon the
remarks OF Mr.. TooMBs in manner at once
dignifird and severe. His exposition of the
political Inconsistencies of the Georgian is
admirable Mr.. TooNBs ought TO keep it as a
mirror in which he may see himself as
others see him." Mr.. BoNHAM closes his
letter as follows:
/ shall not initiate the Senator, in vindicat-
ing nv vote against the English bill, on the
ground that the Senator does not command
my. respect as leader. But | will here as
sure him that his estimation of myself il not
higher than mine of him. The Grand Jurors
of Oglethorpe, doubt not. possess the aver
age intelligence of their class elsewhere in
our country, though the Georgia Senator
must place ii quite low for political leader
ship. from his using il "a diSpars ging stan
dard of the fitness OF Gen. Quiiman and my
self for that distinction. Some of them. |
suppose. would represent the country with
credit, aud would he no ignohle Leaders and
instructors of the people. They would. per-
haps, be none the worse that they have not
been so long in Washington az hims'l IT, Now
the Senator offers the chances of drawing,
fJr our counterpart. the best men la the bnx.
with the hazard of drawing he most indf-
ferent. i will be more liberal To him; he
may take the box and pick out, il he eau. the
u ime of one more un-aie and less fitted than
himself to advise the South ia her present
need.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-01

= EaS> The election for Congressman in the
Petersburg district, Va, has resulted in the
choice of ROGER A. Pryor. He was opposed
by democrat, who comedies with Gov
WIsE in his views relative to the enactment
by Congress OF laws to protect slavery in the
Territories, and his election may. therefore,
be regarded as Il triumph of the conservative
portion of his party. 1t is good sign from
the " Old Dominion" Mr.. Pryor is young
gentleman of high order of ability. and
will take high rank in the House of Repre-
kentniiYns