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[From the National Intelligencer.]
POLITICS AND PENITENCE.
We do not know that we have ever
met With a more ingenuous and honest
confession of faults and errors than that
which is contained in a communication
to the New York Evening Post (an Ad
ministration journal) under the signature
of “Y'eto,” with the promising caption
’The causes of our recent defeat.” These
causes it needed no great sagacity to find
out; but it required more independence
than is usually allowed to politicians of a
certain school to declare them as frank
ly as Veto has done. We extract from
his essay, and hereto subjoin, the pas
sages which we thus refer to as indicat
ing a moral courage such as cannot well
belong cither to a dishonest politician or
a bad man. We claim t!ve admissions
contained in the italicised parts of these
extracts as strong corroborative evidence
of what we have ourselves heretofore stead
ily maintained, and for which we have
undergone the most reckless abuse and
contemptible calumnies from the Govern
ment press, and occasionally in part from
the very press which admits, with a very
gentle protest indeed, these confessions
of a member of “the Democratic party”
into its columns.
EXTRACTS FROM “VETO;” A COMMUNICATION
PC RUSH ED IN Til K K VC. NINO POST.
“To what do we owe our defeat?
“I desire in the outset to make a dis-i
tiuct declaration that I do not participate
in the cry of corruption and fraud that
has been raised.”
“We must look further and deeper for
the cause of our defeat. I confess that
my prevailing impression is to attribute
want of success, whether in individuals or
parties, to want of conduct, to some error
against which they might have guarded.
And in the present case 1 believe it will
not be difficult to trace the loss of many I
of our adherents to our own blunders.
The limits of these articles do not permit
a full and detailed statement of the whole
case, but it is easy in a few words to main
tain this position.
“Our errors, I believe, commenced
with the late Administration, and we
have to trace the gradual falling off of our
majorities far bad; in the days of l*resi
dent Jackson. This most assuredly is
said not to throw the blame on one now
deprived of power, but because it is just
to Mr. Van Huren to acquit him of mis
takes which he has not made. The pre
sent Chief Magistrate is a man of the most
acute sagacity, of the most calm and un
ruffled temper. The firmness of his con
duct commands respect and admiration,
and I have no doubt that had lie had the
control at an earlier day he would have
avoided the errors of his predecessor.
“The first cause, then, to which I be
lieve the disasters are to be ascribed is
the violence of the late Administration i
and the hostile position assumed and
maintained by many of its organs up to
the present time towards the commer
cial class. The President had great and
commanding virtues—they were too mark
ed not to be recognised—a strong sense
of justice, love of truth, and hatred of par
tiality or wrong. But he had also "rent
faults-, these faults were chiefly what arc
called of the minor class— -faults of tem
per-, but in his case they were of much
greater importance.
“The course pursued by him in regard
to the United States Bank was one found
ed upon goutid reason, and which must
ultimately command the respect ami as
sent of this country, but in the course of
the controversy lie permitted himself, by
the violence of the Opposition, to be be
trayed into a retaliation of the most last
ing injury to himself and to the democrat
ic cause. For this violence of temper,
caught up and echoed by servile followers
and blind imitators, created a belief in
the minds oT inanv that the (lovernment
was hostile to the commercial interests of
the country.
“W hat conviction could be more fatal i
to an Administration? A country com
mercial to its core, of which the commer
cial characteristics are most intimately
blended with nil the other pursuits, at once
took the alarm, and it was only surpris
ing that this cause did not sooner produce!
its effect.
“Another fundamental error of the Ad
ministration (though tliqs has been rather
one of the Government organs than of the
Government itself,) has been the violent l
and ultra language that it has used on the 1
subject of the circulating medium, and
which lias given rise to the widespread
belief that it desired to establish a compul
sory specie currency. This preposterous
idea has been readily caught up by the
Whig prints, and it has been rendered
plausible by the arsvrdities that have
been echoed and received about gold and
silver, as if, in a country like ours, paper,
as a medium of exchange, was not as ne
cessary as the air we breathe.
“With this is to be classed the hostility
to the small-tall law —a law which has un-,
doubtedly produced a great effect upon
the election of the State. But-1 believe'
it susceptible of proof that that law would
not have‘had this effect, if it had not been
conceived part and parcel, in a scheme to
banish paper money from circulation, and
tj fasten upon us an exclusive specie cur
rency.’' *
“I approach another system of meas
ures pursued by the Administration, which
I believe lias tended greatly to discredit it
in the popular mind, and that is, the ap
pointments to office— the systematized ad
option of partisanship as a basis of promo
tion. It is not to be disguised that this
originated with General Jackson. It was
unquestionably the greatest fault in his
character, that lee was too liable to be bias
sed by his personal attachments. A trait
that would be admirable in private life be
came dangerous in a public station.
I “He made it a rule to provide for his
friends, arid it was impossible for a man
in his situation to discriminate as to the
i motives of that friendship. The result
was, that the most sordid personal motives
1 were in many cases considered as but de
votion to the true interest of the country,
. and rewarded accordingly. It very short
; ly became a maxim to reward partisans by
i lucrative and honorable offices, and in an
ill-omened hour it was declared that ‘to
( the victors belong the spoils’— an adage
fraught with corruption and abuse to
AN EXTENT THAT Dl'l IES CALCULATION.”
! We have but little of interest to com
municate to our readers, in the way of
legislative news, for the past week. By
reference to our report of proceedings,
the reader will perceive, that most of the -
time of the past week has been occupied
by the actings and doings of both branches
on the Sub-Treasury Resolutions. IIow;
far the country will be benefitted by the.
action of the Legislature on this subject, 1
we will leave our readers to determine. 1
We are rather amused however at the po
sition of our political opponents in the
Legislature,' who, it will be remembered,
were so prompt to introduce resolutions
into both branches, on this subject. It
will be seen that the previous question has
been repeatedly called in this discussion,
which would bring up the first Resolutions
offered, for a vote, to wit: Mr. Echols’, of
the Senate, and Mr. Kelly’s, of the House.
But it would seem that the party are afraid
of their own handiwork, as it will be seen
the most of them vote against the test
question on their own Resolutions, which
would elicit the vote of the Legislature :
upon them, and end the discussion. The !
reader will find, for his edification or a
musement, quite an assortment of Sub and
anti-Sub-Treasury notions.
Jt cannot be expected that the slightest!
impression can bo made on the public!
mind, by any thing emanating from a body
so variant in their views of the same topic
—no matter which set off Resolutions
1 may finally pass. [Milledgeville Recorder, j
A River on Fire. — It can no longer be
doubted that the Alabamians are waking
up, as it will appear, by the following ar
ticle, that they have succeeded in suttinir
their principal river on fire:—
The Tombigby River on Fire. —While
Mr. J. M. Cooper was prosecuting the
removal of McGrow’s Shoals, after boring
teethe depth of 3*5 feet, bis auger sud
denly dropped and entirely disappeared.
In llie space of some several moments a
deep hollow sound was heard, resembling
the rumbling noise of distant thunder
from the chasm below, and at the same 1
instant gushed forth from the shaft thus
made, a clear, transparent, oleaginous
substance of liquid, which boils up very
similar to the effervescence of a boiling
pot; and which, owing to the slugishness
of the current, has gradually diffused it
self over the whole surface of the river, i
A quantity has been collected, and on
application of lire, it is found to burn
equal to the present sperm oil.
To gratify curiosity and make further
tests, lire has been applied to the oil on
the water, and the whole surface of t[ic
river is now burning, emitting a flame of
most beautiful appearance, about six inch
es high, and has already extended about
half way down to Fort Stoddard; the re
flection of which upon the horizon in the
night, presents a most sublime spectacle,
far surpassing in grandeur and beautv of
appearance the aurora borealis. —Mobile
Journal.
In England they are agitating the sub
ject of substituting iron steam ships for
Wood, the former being said to possess
many advantages over the latter. A letter
from Mr. William Wheelwright, who is
now in London, forming a Pacific steam
navigation company, published in the New
York Courier, says—They have one called
the Rainbow, running between London
and Antwerp, which has performed admi
rably in the worst weather. She measures ,
nearly (51)0 tons, IDS feet long, 25 feet
beam, her deck only is of wood; her iron
plates generally are three eighths in thick
ness; and she is divided l>v four bulk heads.
Her draft, when loaded 5 l- - ’ feet, and
her slight motion and steadiness has as
tonished every one.
Latest from I’amea. By the arrival
of the steamboat Charleston, Hf.brard, 1
from Black Creek, we learn (says the St.
Augustine Herald of the 13th inst,) that i
unofficial information had been received
there, that about 120 or 130 Indians had
gone in at Tampa— to get fd!
Wild Fat was said to be in a swamp
with about 15 followers.
Sam Jones is yet alive, as intractable as
ever, and has a large hand of followers.
A Word and a Blow.— The Prince
Mctternich steamer lately arrived from
Trebizonde at Constantinople. Two ca
ses of plague having declared themselves!
on board, strict orders were given that!
the crew and passengers should undergo
a severe quarantine. Two Persians disre-i
garded this order, jumped overboard and
swam to shore; they were arrested and con- :
ducted before the Cadi. “Were you,” i
said that officer, “passengers on board the
Metternich steamer?” “ Yes.” “Did you
break the quarantine?” “Yes.” The Cadi'
made a sign, and the two heads were at his'
feet.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.)
Extras from the office of the Cleveland
(Ohio) Eagle and Intelligencer, contains
the following highly important intelligence
if true.
Office of the Eagle,)
Cleveland, (Ohio,) Dec. tj. jf
The following came endorsed on the!
Western way-bill from Sandusky. It may !
he true.
“Intelligence has just reached here that 1
the Patriots have crossed over and taken |
Malden. There was great slaughter on
both sides. The Patriots took 175 of the j
British regulars prisoners.”
Office of the Intelligener, ) j
Cleveland, (Ohio,) Dec. 0.. ) j
A gentleman who came in the West
ern stage confirms, in a measure, the above j
intelligence. Before leaving Toledo, in-1
formation had been received at that place, j
stating the Patriots had crossed over at |
the river St. Clair, and on Sunday light |
took possession of the Fort. The nirn-l
ingofsome of the houses was the signal
for the commencement of hostilities,when
the descent upon the town was made,
while a portion of the loyalists wee en
gaged in extinguishing the flames. Our
informant states there was great distruc- j
tion among the red coat negroes.”
Sore Throat. —As this is the season j
when many persons are afflicted with j
sore throat, it may prove advantageous to
some of our readers to state, that the dai
ly use of cold water, applied to tlienecß,
has been recommended as a security
against this troublesumc ailment. The!
following testimony on this subject is tak
en from one of the letters of Kir Walter
Scott, as published in Lockhart’s life:
“W hen 1 was subject a little to n sore
throat, I cured myself of that tendency by
sponging my throat, breast and shoulders,
every morning with the coldest water 1
could get.”
Post-Office. —lt will appear from the
President’s Message that the Post-Oflicc is,
again in danger of embarrassment in its
financial affairs—the gross receipts for the
year ending on the 30th of Jiuje, were,
•*1,202,1-15,00 —tiie expenditures >' l,(i' i O,- \
O(H,(K) —and there was a consequent de
ficiency of 8 U 7,0-23,()(). This no doubt
grew in part out of the experiment of an
express mail on the western route. That,
being discontinued, and an abandonment!
of some ordinary routes having taken place,
the revenue is said to he improving, and
will soon reach the point of the expendi
ture. 'Pile cash to the credit of the de
partment on the Ist inst., was if3l 4,OGv
00, and the revenue for the year ending on*
June 30, 1830, was 8H>1,540, greater than
the corresponding previous year. The
extent of the post roads is 134,580,202
miles; the number of post-offices is 12,503,
“and rapidly increasing.” The Postmas
ter General desires the further legislation
of Congress on the subject of transporting
the mails on railroads, which is fully set
forth in his report.—-[Poulson’s Daily’Ad
vertiser.
A more diabolical attempt to commit
a double murder has never perhaps been
recorded upon the annals of crime than i
was made by a wretched creature named
William Anderson, residing near George
town; who while under the exciting in
fluence of liquor, attempted to murder his
wife and mother, hut while drawing the
pistol from his pocket, for that avowed
purpose, it accidently discharged, the con
tents of which entered the abdomen of
the wretched man and caused instant death.
[Georgetown Adv.
Heavy Damages. —A man in Vermont,
for promising to marry a voting girl and
breaking his promise, has been made to
pay >22,000. Stockton t!c Stokes for in
juries done to a lady by the upsetting of
one of their coaches, have been made to
pay 87,130: and a planter in Natchez has
recently been made to pay 830,000 for
slander. Times are improving. We
shall have to re-graduate the scale of
prices for the various offences described
in the decalogue.
.1 nnr Patent Rifle, lltn/L >/'.< ] Inter
Proof Rifle. — We have seen a Rifle in
vented by Mr. Hay ley of Portland. (Me:)
which when loaded, admits of 15 distinct
discharges. The loading takes place in
the breech of the gun, through a cylindrical
conducting tube, passing into a receiving
chamber, and in the tube are 10 sliding
chambers loaded with powder and ball.— |
In the receiving chambers the lock acts
upon the sliding chambers, striking!
through, with the greatest precision and j
perfect safety. The lock is of a very!
simple construction on the guard of the
gun, more simple, and not more cumber
some than in a common gun. The rifle
we have seen is a beautiful one; and though
i*ot much versed in these matters, yet we
feel at liberty to say that whoever wants
to do killing by the platoon, or gunning
by the flock, cannot find, at least as we
think, any instrument so wonderfully a
dapied to their purpose.—[.Y V. Express.
Common School Ai.maxac.—A copy of
this work has been received. We like
the plan of it much, and cordially commend
it to the public. It is full of facts relating
to common school education. Front a
multitude of interesting items, we select
the following table:—[X. J. Sentinel.
No. of children in the United States, be
tween 4 and 1G years of age, 3,.'>00,000
No. not using the means of ed
ucation, GOO,OOO
No. of common schools, 80,000
No. of teachers therein, 95,000
Sum annually expended, 815.000,000:
! The Dead Sea. —Mr. Stephens, the
late American traveller in the Holy Land,
has an interesting chapter on the Dead
Sea. He saw the flocks of birds floating
on and flying over the water uninjured,
j The water is clear and transparent, but
of a dreadful taste and smell. Masses of
I bitumen are found on the shore, suppos
ed to have been thrown up from the bot
! tom. From his own experience, he re
' marks, he can almost corroborate the
! most extravagant accounts of the ancients
respecting the density of the water. —It
was difficult to keep the body under the
j water in bathing, and he believes lie could
| have lain, mid slept without sinking his
head. On coming out, his skin was cov
ered with a thick glutinous substance,
and bis face incrusted with salt.
Mr. Stephens was very anxious to navi
gate the lake, and thinks that the ruins of
the cities of the plain might be discover
ed, especially as the water preserves in
stead of destroying the substance it cov
ers. The only persons that are known
to have sailed upon it are Mr. Castigan,
an Irish traveller, and his boatman, who
spent eight days in coasting it a few years
since, but the observations were lost, in
[consequence of the death of Castigan, im
mediately upon his return. Mr. Stephens
| saw the man who accompanied him, and
.gives his story of the voyage, with a rude
j draft of their course.
On leaving it, Mr. Stephens says, “It
was nearly dark when we reached the top
of the mountain, and I sat down for a
moment to take a last look at the Dead
Sea. From this distance its aspect fully
justified its name. It was calm, motion
less, and seemingly dead; there was no
wave or ripple on its surface, nor was it
hurrying on, like other waters, to pay its
tribute to the ocean; the mountains around
it were also dead; no trees or shrubs, not
[a blade of grass grew on the naked sides
[and as in the-days of Moses, ‘brimstone
and salt, it is not sown, nor bearetli, nor
[any grass groweth thereon.’ [Sunday
School Journal.
Singular Duel. —The following novel
I species of duel took place in Paris, in
May, 1808. M. dc Grandpree and M. le
Pique, having quarrelled about Mademoi
selle Tirevit, a celebrated dancer at the
Academic, who was the mistress of the
former, but had been discovered in an in
trigue with the latter, a challenge ensued.
Being both men of elevated minds, they
agreed to fight in balloons, and in order
to give the time for their preparations, it
was determined that the duel should take
place one month after the receipt of the
challenge. Accordingly, on the 3d of
May, 1808, the parties met in the place
Louis XV., adjoining the Tuileries, where
their respective balloons were ready to
receive them. Each, attended by a sec
ond, ascended his car, loaded with blun
derbusses, as pistols could not he expect
ed to be efficient in their probable situa
tions. A great multitude attended, hear
' iug the balloons, but little dreaming of
their purpose ; the Parisians merely look
ed tor the novelty of a balloon race. At
D o’clock the cords were cut, and the
balloons ascended majestically amidst the
shouts of the spectators. The wind was
moderate, blowing from the N. N. XV.,
and they kept, as far as could be judged,
about SO yards from each other. When
they had mounted to the height of 000
yards, M. le Pique fired his piece ineffec
tually ; almost immediately after, the fire
was returned by M. Grandpree, and pene
trated his adversary’s balloon ; the conse
quence of which was its rapid descent,
and M. le Pique and his second were both
dashed to pieces on a housetop over
which their balloon fell. The victorious
Grandpree then mounted aloft in the
grandest style, and descended safe with
his second, about seven leagues from the
spot of ascension.
Statistics ok Hair Powder. llair
Powder was introduced by ballad singers, l
at the fair of St. German, in the year 1014.
In the beginning of the reign of George
the First only two ladies wore powder in
their hair, and they were pointed out for
their singularity. At the coronation of
George the Second there were only two
hair dressers in London. In the year 1795,
it was calculated that there were in the
kingdom of Great Britain 50,000 hair
dressers! Supposing each of them to use
one pound of flour in a day, this, upon an
average would amount to 18,250,000
pounds in one year, which would make
5,314,380 quatern loves, which at only
ninepcnce each, amounts to 1,246,421/,
British money. This statement does
not take m the quantity of flour used by
the soldier, or that which is consumed by
those who dress their own hair. Were a
foreigner to write a volume of travels, he
might describe the English as a people
who wear threepenny loves on their heads !
by way of ornament.
Indian Method of Courtship. — Mr.!
Catlin, in one of his recent lectures at the 1
Odeon, exhibited a Winnebago courting
flute, which he said was used by the In
dian lover in wooing the dark eyed maid
of the wilderness. For hours he had heard
the simple sounds of this courting flute,
and he lias seen the patient lovers sitting
under a tree by the bank of a river, or in
front of a lodge and never has he heard
a word exchanged between these seem-!
itigly happy pair. Many marriages take
place solely by the charms of this flute, as
he knows it to be a fact that a single word
was never spoken by cither party during
the whole period from courtship to mar
riage
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
senate!
Dec. 14th—This morning, the sub-treasury
resolutions were taken up, and, after much
debate, a motion was made for the previous
question, which was rejected, yeas 28, navs
53; but this result had the effect to postpone
the consideration of the subject to another day.
The bill to amend the charter of the Geor
gia Insurance and Trust Company, was pass
ed, yeas 44, nays 34. By this bill the capital
of the institution is increased one million; but
the banking powers inserted in the original
bill were withdraw n by the member who in
troduced the bill.
The committee of the House to whom had
been referred the Galphin claim, so long be
fore Congress and the State of Georgia, have
made a report, to which a bill was appended,
authorizing the Governor to issue to the legal
representatives of George Galphin, state cer
tificates for the sum of £9791 153. sd. sterling
money, to be paid annually in ten years, with
interest on the same at the rate of six per
cent, per annum, from the 7th day of Decem
ber, 1794.
15th—The Senate has been occupied all
day upon the sub-treasury resolutions. The
speakers were numerous, many substitutes and
amendments were offered, and finally the ques
tion was taken on Mr. Echols’ resolutions and
decided by yeas 39, nays 40.
j Yesterday afternoon, a bill was issued au
thorizing the removal of the principal office of
the Insurance Bank of Columbus, to Macon,
instead of Savannah, as provided in the bill
introduced, but struck out, and Macon in
serted.
17th—This morning, nothing was done, ex
cept discussing the motion made by Mr. Gor
don, to reconsider the vote of Saturday, on the
resolutions of Mr. Echols. The motion to re
! consider was carried, yeas 45, nays 42.
18th This morning the bill to prevent
trespasses on real estates, and to punish the
same as a penal offence, which has occupied
much of the time of the Senate for several
j days, was lost, yeas 38, nays 50.
The bill for the construction of a rail-road
from Floyd County to the Western and At
lantic rail-road, was laid on the table for the
[ remainder of the session.
HOUSE.
Dec. 14th A motion was carried, yeas
118, nays 31, to reconsider the bill, rejected,
yesterday, authorizing the issue and sale of
state scrips, for the purpose of completing the
Western and Atlantic Rail-road.
Another motion was carried also, yeas 91,
nays 70, to reconsider the bill passed yester
day, to repeal 2d and 3d sections of an act ap
propriating the sum of S6OOO annually, to the
University of Georgia.
The House adopted a resolution, yeas 80,
nays 75, allowing to the attorneys of the claim
of Peter Trezevant, the privilege to appear at
the bar of the House, and be heard upon that
claim, when the bill reported upon the subject
is taken up for its third reading.
15th—The House has been occupied all
day in debate upon the sub-treasury resolu
tions. Mr. Howard’s preamble and resolu*
tions wore finally carried, yeas 89, nays 08.
Yesterday morning, it was agreed to recon
sider the vote of the day before, on a resolu
tion to admit within the bar of the House, the
attorneys for the claim of Peter Trezevant.
17th—Tiiis morning the bill to make land
and the proceeds thereof subject to the pay
! ment of particular debts, in preference to any
[ others, was passed.
The bill to appropriate money for the politi
cal year 1839, was taken up. In this bill the
| sum of $20,000 is appropriated as a printing
day for the payment of the members. The
bill was again referred to the Joint Standing
Committee on Finance.
The bill to provide for the indigent deaf
and dumb of this State, and to appropriate
money therefor, was passed.
The bill to appropriate money for internal
improvement, in the counties of this State
where money for that purpose has not hereto
fore been expended, was lost.
The bill to compel the owners of planta
tions and slaves in this State, to pay taxes for
the same in the counties where the same may
be situated, and to alter the oath of persons!
giving in their taxable property, was lost,
yeas 79, nays 82.
18th—Yesterday afternoon, the bill to ap
propriate an additional sum of money to de- j
fray the expenses of the agent of the State, j
now in London, in procuring a copy of the 1
colonial records of Georgia, was lost, yeas
79, nays 80. This morning, however, a mo
tion of reconsideration prevailed, by yeas 93,
nays 70.
This morning a bill was passed to alter and
amend tiie road laws, so far as to compel the
Georgia Rail-road, and other rail-road compa
nies, to keep in repair the public roads, when j
crossed by rail-roads.
[From the Baltimore American.]
The Cotton Crop.— The annexed state
ment respecting the product of the forthcom
ing crop of cotton is copied from the New Or
leans Bulletin of the 3d inst. The statement,
' h be seen, gives the number of bales esti
i mated to be raised in each district, and also
the cause assigned for deficiencies, compared
with the yield of last year. The editors say
that they have been at considerable pains to
i obtain authentic information on the subject
and that the sources from which it has been
derived “are the reports of planters generally,
who are mostly men of more than common
shrewdness, and having opportunities of form
ing a more correct opinion than it is possible
others can enjoy. It is but fair, however, to
add that these accounts are cenfirmed substan
tially by persons who have lately travelled
through the cotton districts, and who, from
long connection with the trade in this article
are qualified to give an opinion.”
In Virginia and North Carolina, the com
plaints are a late spring, “long drought, and
consequent want of nourishment to the farms,
with early frost. Estimated crop, at the most
liberal calculation, bales 30,000
In South Carolina and Georgia there
has not been the usual stimulus to
extend cultivation, and the same com
plaints as above have prevailed, from
sea-board to mountain, the bolls prov
ing few and subject to disease hereto
fore unknown. Crop confidently stat
ed not to exceed. 450,000
In Florida, the unsettled state of the
country, arising from the Indian war,
combined with the scarcity of provi
sions, has prevented the increased cul
tivation of cotton, and though some of
the causes which have been so fatal
| to the crop in other States have been
felt there, they assumed a mild form
and have not been very detrimental to
| the crop. We shall not be very far
from the truth in estimating it at 90,000
In South Alabama, though there has
been a greatly extended cultivation,
yet the yield in proportion to the labor
expended lias been very short, and will
be somewhat below last year’s—prob
ably not far from 275,000
In the lower Valley of the Missis
sippi the spring was unparalleled late,
[and the drought so great that the
j ground could not be brought into a
fit state for planting until the season
was far advanced. These obstacles
to seasonable planting, produced a
j weak and unhealthy plant, which
j never obtained a “good stand,” and
[ was subject to the disease above men
tioned. The crop, therefore, cannot
be safely estimated above 500,000
Tennessee and Alabama being rath
er beyond the latitudinal limit for the
successful cultivation of the gossvpium
suffered more severely from the early
frost than the more Southern States,
and as the land planted in this region
was much less than formerly, owing
to the miserably low returns of last
year, the crop cannot be put down at
more than 50,000
Total numbes of bales for the season
’3B & 1,395,000.
This is a serious deficiency, but it will be a
difficult matter to know that we are in error
to any considerable extent. We have no in
terests to serve hut those of truth in making
this statement, and arc perfectly indifferent
I what may be the motives ascribed to us by in
terested persons.
We will now proceed to consider the ques
tion, what will be required to supply the de
mand for the season of 1838—9. First and
foremost, as the most important, comes Great
Britain. The accounts up to our latest dates
| from England are unpromising, but still the
best authorities agree in estimating the con
sumption in Great Britain and on the conti
nent of Europe at fully 1,350,000 bales; and
allow ing an increased consumption to Ameri
ca of ten per cent, over last year—which is
certainly not too much, as it is well known
that her spinning and manufacturing estab
lishments are now in much more active ope
rations than last year—we have for her de
mand 271,000 bales, which added to the above,
give for the whole consumption of 1838 and
’39, 1,021,000 bales.
Now, if we allow that the stock in Europe
at the present time is 170,000 hales more than
is desirable and proper to maintain healthy
prices, we have only 1,520,000 bales.
We have been thus particular, because we
wish to make the course planters ought to pur
sve at this time as plain and obvious as possi
ble; and it can no longer be doubted, that it
will be to their advantage to withhold their
crops from market as long as possible, wheth
er sold here or shipped to European ports.
On this latter subject, viz: as the most ad
vantageous method of selling their crops here,
by factors, or in Europe, we offer no opinion,
but leave the planters to decide this matter for
themselves, as eventually they would do,what
ever advice might be given them.
The State of Pennsylvania is now reap
ing the certain and hitter fruits of its long
support of Jacksonism —a term destined
to besynonimous, in our American tongue,
with contempt of law and order, with ruf
fian violence, and unrestrained indulgence
of the fierce and vindictive passions.
In this country, and in all parts of it,
Opinion, public Opinion, is the great ele
ment of strength to our institutions.—
When that opinion shall once become so
perverted, that all settled precedents, all
peaceful resorts, are set at naught and
overturned by the self-will of the multitude,
or an.y considerable portion of them, there
is an end for the time being of the authori
ty of law, and, of course, of that liberty
which alone deserves the name—liberty
founded upon and secured by law.
To this condition matters seem to us to
have arrived at Harrisburg. A ruffian
mob overawes the Legislature, fills the
galleries, and even the seats of members:
and menaces, with guesture and language,
such of the members as coincide not with,
or yeald not to, its audacious and lawless
dictation.
We express not now any opinion, as to
whether the return presented by the Sec
retaries of the commonwealth, concerning
the result of the election in Philadelphia
County, was, or was not, a proper return,
or that which should have entitled the
gentlemen named in it, to their seats—
hut, we have no doubts in declaring it to
bo the settled practice of all legislative
bodies, that these returns should, in the
first instance, have been received, leaving
it to the House, when organized, to con
firm or reject them.
Against th«bs we conceive, well set
tled practice, HW Van Buren portion of
\ the Legislature revolted, encouraged and
\ protected by a band of bravos, as is con
fidently alleged, from Philadelphia; an.d
the result, as has already been stated in
this paper, was the virtual proclamation of
1 martial law, by the Governor of the Com
monwealth, and the calling in of an arm
ed force, in order to protect the Legisla
ture in the exercise of its delegated au
thority!
Spectacle of shame and humiliation for
the whole nation! precedent of fearful ex
ample and import for republican liberty!
Yet such are the legitimate fruits, and
predicted results, of Jacksonism. —[New-
York American.
Married. —The eloquent Ogden Hoff
man, who recently won a seat in Congress,
as one of the representatives of New York
has since made a second and far richer
conquest. He has won the heart of Miss
Virginia Southard, daughter of the Hon.
Samuel L. Southard. Happy man! A
seat in Congress and a pretty wife ! $8 a
day, and married ! Who’ll lend us a ra
zor?—[X. O. Sun