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Harris, TJ*....6.000.... 11.000.... 10 000
WiMyW,.lf]oo|.. ..8,000.... IVOik) Auoo
’ 44408 36600 172 000 i, 000
.-t FnaMlte above statistical basis. the road moat
W Mb exrrter of * Inrgn amount of produco and |
ir staple commodity. not only from tho counties
abora indicated. bat supcrudding a large amount
of freight front counties lying contiguous to the
!ineafn*4.wUii oonetuntly returning care, richly
freighted to sstpply the want* of a large and rap
idif MOIHiIII population; Imsidc* bringing to
fWr*mti4—Un eomnicrcc of the < .nlf, oral tiro-
JHf. lidld at New Orleans. the beet supplied,
•Ml <ib||Wo> in the wflrld
WTba city eC Cos M'ms i* already foreshadowed
M tk# Mint of dietrihution lor the commerce
%f tba Cass and thin road in reaching this
pefat,"|MdMi oeer no preoccupied territory, and
wfll Interfere, with Uta making and comings of
’ no firal ilno. Pulsing over a largo uud fertile
Mope of country, containing large and rich pop
•latino, it will oontent itaelf with tho earning*
aad emolument* derivable from it* own immediate
sphere of aotiun: ami dividing with oilier line*
es read toe ootnmerae ot the Gulf, it will not fail
M atowsS the consideration of the ropitulDt; — It
MN wot fail to yield a* profitable and remunera
ting reMTnt a* that of any mud now travensing
Tfe great innil must pass over this road. We
tig the great mail moat pom over this mud. be- \
anuee tbs role regulating tho transmission of the
MOil to awd from important ootmnrraiai point*, re
qairto the eoleotioo of the nearest and most eipo
ditioae line of route. It is u|*in this principle |
that Savannah, elnee the nmplctioh of the Ope
llha road, may reasonably elalni the transportation
For the Georgia Railroad to expect to retain the
■trviee, whiht it remains at *0 great a distance
frtan Colambu* 1* Utopian in TtieTSTrehTm Ind
to It U Witti everything due, for a* long as man
retains bis reason and properly considers rummer
ma, erusVuMjfrto lung, will he seek the nearest mar
ket ahd that by tba shortest root. The considers*
that of tinm sad expense. will ever exact from him j
• eewetsut adherence to this powerful and control-
The eity of Colombo*. ns well as the several
Mhtiilsa, (already designated.) lying on tho line
* tilts Contemplated mid. should be very active
fill promoting and securing, the consummation of
M*t%pri* to them, of vast import. The peo
ple, along the Une es the road, must not forget
that the Mobile and Girard railroad will soon be
eemptcled to Celzmsbus, for necessity, exacting
DWaityf istilm its speedy construction, hays
Ae Mail ” “ That in eonseqaaneo
and the want of transportation, there is no doubt.
Chess-hau bee*, and will be a dead loss, in that
dtp. es Ut least tivedoHars n hole, on thirty thou
aand bales es cotton-'’ And eupertthling to this
ttoaUfgenee, “ The Mobile Tribune estimates the
estire low for the tonson, on the whole cotton crop
lor the Stato. from the inability of planters to get
tiMt crop* to market at two inillious of dollars.’’
To meet then, this immense trade, that must be
earned by tide Owh JtW, the people of the do-
Mgnatod atmaCiss, should have their mud at Co
lsaabae ready to receive It. Wimld you hare |
SHfcr the ptedaothm* of your toil and labor <
jot have brought to your very doors, a
M varied o- rntnercc, then hastcu with u* to
e means which shall secure a result so de-
O St know that Culumhu* is required to
ijBSStoMIIirMMN road to tbs eachision of otb*
y jj|tiLst jtii tiritil hadhenee her destiny, and to each
emend the rrndy and helping hand
there is none other,
•’ ft, I: v. -Smrawdever Win he her
7N nf>t trt bf
~S' : ■ - ■ ‘ -
RStihFrMi )WraafMt S&pSmZm k two
Tlti futmatiaa hy Opelika, (aad her only mate > is
| CotmabM, by Opelilm, (aad her only mate,) is
, three hstndrid and miles, a di-tance in fa
cer es Myaanah and against A ago six of twenty-
Tim Anmr |§ Cm
lambus by Opelika, (the only mate.) is one hun
dred and eighty oae miles The proposed road
from Covington to Columbus, passing through the
, ooantiee of Newton, Heavy, hpalding. Pike, Meri
wether, Harris and Muscogee, will not exceed m
kuadivd mv/er. Chnrleetim. Augusta andCeriwg
toa, apprtmehing Columbus by this new mute,
save sack tlghlj-our milfr, distance -uficicnt to con.
struct three very respectable railroad*. Charleston
is noarcr t ‘olumbus by seventy-flve mile*. Au
{ gusta is nearer t'olumbus by sixty-one miles.
Thuv> n *t*ad of being behind .Savannah, twenty
one miles, in her approach to Columbus, she is in
advance of Savannah sixty-one miles, a considers- j
lion, to Augusta, of vital impirtance Covington
in her nppioncb to Columbus, by thin new Way, I
nctunlly ahsorlm distance itself, saving eighty-one j
miles, in a run of one hundred and eighty one 1
mile*.
In our estimate, wo boldly throw the glove, and
my. if here is error, detect it, rxpise it.
.’.ugusta will l<*>k in vuitt for a mom favorable ,
point than Covington, n* the starting pant id this
new enterprise. For if we preserve th- true
principle in Knginoering. that we must take tho
shortest practicable route, between any two speci
fied piints: if the character of tho country through
which this road will pasa, it* Capability an I fitnes*
to sustain u road, it* lieing tho nearest -an air
line-direction, lietween the piints mimed, should .
somewhat guide u* in a transition s<> grave and
teriiais: then I say. that Covington alone, is indi- .
ented ns the starting pant.
And this new enterprise will yet do more for :
the publiu interest it will summon into new and :
active life, the slumbering energies ol .v./e who
only sleep, beeauae. just now. it is their policy. 1
Did Savannah and tho Central liailroail in eighteen
hundred and fifty three, expend the sum of four
thousand dollars, on the survey of the \orth Ala
bama and Soot Ii Atlantic Ifnilroad- merely for the i
purpose of being a doing ? Did she merely sur
vey that potion of it between Griffin mil Ncwnnn. 1
to announce the ks r nr facts, that tins link of the
rptd would measure thirty-six miles and a fine- j
timi! Did slio never expect to respmd to the ;
claims and detnumls us the people of North-west- !
rrn Georgia and North Alabama f The merean
tile interest of Newnnn, the pniple of I'i.wet-i and i
Carrol are anxious for this connection : they wish ,
to indrutify their interest wifli Savannah, and in
a few more turnings of the s.mds in the vl.is* of
Time, the hour will have come. Ilut it is the
policy of Savannah, josl now. to slumber,— she is
nt Columbus.- she is tlieic alone in In r glorF.—
without a competitor. And whilst undisturbed,
she will remain an, in a state of indefinite repose |
Hut let thin new enterprise he commenced certify
to the world that //mi fine rood front Covington to ,
Columbus will lie built, and you will have aroused
the lion in his lair, and not only will the cnnnrc- |
tion be speedily made, between Griffin uud New j
nan, but Savannah will tnj> the/new rood nt Cov
ington, by the extension of the Fntouton Uailroad.
nod from the evmneetivm reap a glorious harvest.
And where is Charleston and Augusta ? Have
they abandoned all further competition for this
trade I Havo they, will they approach Columbus,
the point of distribution 1 la Charleston at Co
lumlmsf Does she stand on an etpiality with 1
Savannah nt this moment / Why Savannah is .
nearer Alabama's Capitol, than Charleston is to s
Columbus. Charleston cannot no easily break
company with her ancient rival, resign all. let go :
the Inst plank that would save her gallant bark,
and confess, no lunger ability to buffet the waves
of competition. Come, there is no time for and. lay,
a e must speak now. act now, or not at all; Colum
bus still stand* on the bank* of the < hattuhooohoo. !
tho Mubile and Girard Railroad will stum lie there, ;
—say, Charleston and Augusta will you bo tliore
too ?
We havo oror lieen the friends of wisely consul j
ered railway*, no farther speculation of their util
ity is now needed, they have become Hint fart*. ;
To the enlightened policy of the Legislature of :
eighteen hundred and forty-three, is the Cherokee
country iudebted for its rap'd growth and ail the !
developments, which have made Iter n great and |
prosperous pooplo. She even now clnitns to be
come the seat of Ktnpire. and her merchants no ;
lunger start upon a pilgrimage to repines their
exbeWMed stock, but with the lightning's speed,
command and realise the most distant supply.
The lagitiature us eighteen hundred and forty
he Iwdipaaticnt,—dared to sustain
that It Was sometimes wise, prmlcnt and even
philosophical to build a ruilnsvi ip tin sfoTitfi.
And with honest pride, the friend# of this policy
in the Legislatur* of eighteen hundred end forty*
three, may exolaim, qomum fur*f u >, •• y, ( ,,ru fart
firi”
Nor should Savannah or Columbus complain.
“UltotoTohy” w*s right when he tssid the world
largo Wougfi for u all. CWsu>*s need not
ColumbwW. |;
EaaATa.-4Va.ftMk wask stotod that MfTtiobin
•ew had beea imjfind tb* running away of bis
boras. Wsahoaid bar* said. Rev. Mr Boiui,
Prafemor io tho Marshall tkdfay of this city.
DxATTt or Hon. W*i.txa T. CoiaciTT.—The
Macon papers bring intelligence of the death of
Hon. Walter T. Colquitt, in that itity, on Monday
last, after a long and very painful illness.
Bead the Bdrertlxementi.
• We hope the reader will not overlook our ad- j
vertising eotumns this week. They may contain
information us importance to those who desire to
parchawd good* on advantageous terms. Our ud-1
vertissrs are men who do not - hide their lights
beneath a bushel '’ consequently it is unnecessary
for us to introduco them separately to the public.
They havo adopted the best plan for bringing
themselves and tbeir respective business into no
tice. and so long ns they continue to do so cannot
fail of success—at least they will always have the
good word of editors in their behalf, and that is
wortb something
Railroad Address.
j We this day publish the Address of the commit
tee appointed by the Uailroad Convention at this.
1 city, in March last to prepare a suitable exposition
i of the advantages likely to accrue from the build-’
j |ng of a Kailrond from Covington to Columbus —i
) The subject being utie of much (interest to the peo
’ pie of this section of the wo presume it is
} only necessary toe ill attention to the mtiele.
j which will be found to oymmond itself. The ad
dress would have ap|s urd before this hut for tho
absence from home of a prominent member us the
committee.
Mkrcer I'nivkhsitv—We arc in receipt of a
Catnlogue of the officers and Students of the ah >ve
; Institution for the colh'gicate year 18,'>4-55. which
1 represents It as in a prosperous condition. The
i entire, number of students in attendance nt t ‘is
i time is 114. The commencement exercises will ‘
j occur on the last Wednesday in July next.
••••—■—-
The Dutch have taken Holland!
j Or. in other words, the democracy ol Monroe ‘
j have •‘resnjved'’ themselves the perfection of ill i
that is wise, patriotic, consistent and virtuous.
; They nre, par excellence, the political saints of j
the age. the I'liarisces who pray God they me not :
. like other men Their tyro columns of p cample :
i and resolutions are charged with self-glorification j
of Democra y and iinseriipnloin dciinnciatioa of
■ Know Nothingism. We doiiht if there were as i
many por*ons nt the meeting in Forsyth as there
J were resolutions passed by it Hut it does- not
| mutter Democracy has captivated itself—the:
i Dutch have taken Holland I
Secret Agencies.
The anti American press has made a desperate
! onslaught, upon the .•ncrri pol ey of the Know
; Nothings, assailing it with rant and Io stain as n
new eleinent in the political tactics of this coun
try. This is entirely a mistake All important
political movements in the fnited States, have had
their inception in seereet/. Front the convention
I which drafted the Dcclar >tion of Independ'-nee to
the one which nominated Franklin Pierce, there
, Ims been brought to tho aid of party more or less
j secret influence. Those political editors who in- J
I si-t so strenuously upon the evil of secrecy in
j Know Nothingism. rmrtoo familiar with the-lmek-J
! room and alley caucus system practiced by them
selves and friends, to seriously entertain the pre
judice against secrecy, which it is their policy to
stir up just now. Will they be kind enough to:
fell their readers how it happened that two men. j
Imrdly known beyond the limits of their own
States were foisted upon the pe pie of the entire j
; I'nion ns candidates for the Presidency ? Will
; they pretend to say that there were no secret plots j
. or midnight caucuses brought in aid of James K
i Folk sand Franklin ITerce s nominations ‘ They ;
j know—every intelligent person knows.—t Amt can-1
eus nominations are. of necessity, the offspring of j
tf'rrii; and until some plan shall be adopted |
through which the people may have a direct voice
in choosing the men for whom they desire to vote.!
; they must content tliem-elves with being mere j
! insti llments in the hands of secret town and city i
juntos Secrecy, then, if an evil, maybe traced
i politically to that system which gives to the few
j the pouer of choosing for the many, and fetters
with the chains of party despotism, freedom of j
: thought nnd freedom of choice. \\ hetlier Ivnou :
i Nothings arc thus restrained to the extent of other
party ui gnnixatioiis wo leave those who are funtil j
! iar with the internnl workings of the order to j
[judge. f*ur own impression is. that every man ‘
identified with the American party Ims a direct!
j voice in the selection of its candidates, and a di I
rect instrumentality in their elect on.
Hut we contend that secrecy of itself is not an
evil, though it may be. and Ims been perverted to :
evil purposes by bad men and designing dema j
gogues. Without secret ugencics. neither this nor j
any other government upon the face ol the earth >
could stand twelvemonths. There is no depart-j
nmt of government, political, judicial, comrncr- j
eiul or industrial, but what has its secrets The
secrets of the Unmd Jury room, involving citizen
interests in life, liberty and property, nre respected.
Tlic Senate Chamber has its secrets ; the Prcsi-1
deni and bis advisors, servants ol the people, arc
not expected to oomwunicato all that transpires!
Mwto tirnm, to the public. They nre even sup- J
[jttfd Awi tbs government trensmy with a secret
||MHMMBatiMHnMnEA|toFw* e,n *‘xp.ri,.-i,i t.
hpifrpttoriiJkti# s^t4tbbav>- jao right to
<| MWaffatolbretgn’courts have
j tlftnr secret ntitoMtinnV. wnd secret pnr|
f or “* Klcn ’
BggaWHSg:!-
icos.memlsdl of • United Irishmen.’!
1 w>s>- memliers arc bound by solemn oldigolions
to secrecy and to the accomplishment of certain ’
[ political purpose*, is fornndable in numbers ,
tbrosghoot the United Stotou- Those editor# who
amail the secrecy of Know Nothingism have .never
condemned she society of *• United Irishmen. ’
Why is this ♦ Is there nwre danger to he nppre- J
bended frem a secret American organisation,
who*e platform of principles is open to public in
spection than from an Irish one. Or are the na
tive population less to be trusted than the foreign |
born f If gentlemen can get their consent to tol-
I eratc a secret political organization of foreign
I born citizens, who are sworn to use their power
land influence to revolutionize governments with ;
i which this country is on terms of peace and amity. |
I certainly it is not too much to expect of them a cha
ritable construction of the purposes of native A me- j
rienns, whose interests being identified with those
of the country of their birth, may justly be sup-;
posed to design nothing that could prejudice them
Nor are these licry opponents of Know Nothing,
secrets, over scrupulous in their tolerance of secret
expeditions against the possessions of Spain, a
friendly power. There is n secret order of Fili
busters against* whom the denouncers of Know
Nothingism have uttered no dispraise.
In view of all these facts, we are led to the con
iclisi on that this bug-bear cry of ‘ secrecy ’’ is
simply a part of the elap-trap machinery by which :
j the nnti-Anicricar\ press hope to gull the verdant j
I portion of their readers. To demagogues and ,
corrupt politicians alone, nre the secrets of the j
American party formidable, for upon them will lie ■
visited the condemnation of. an indignant and
outrajed public, when American rule shall have j
once more attained that ascendency which the
selfishness and sin of party has been for years
bartering away nt the shrine of foreign influence.
Taking Away their Eights.
A great deal is said by the opponents of tiie
American party about taking away the rights of
loreigners. Now we should like to know of what
essential t ight it is proposed to deprive them. I n
i der our constitution and laws they are and ever
| must be entitled to the privilege of protection in
! life liberty, and property the three essential ele
i nients to happiness, which if permitted them in
| their native homes. Would, in all probability pte
| vent tlicir emigration to this country They come
j here to enjoy the blessings they are denied at home
! ami should he oontent to submit to the political
i rule of a people who ask from them n thing in ex
j oi.tinge for the superior privileges granted, hut a
[concession of the right of native Americans todie-
I tate and control their own politicil institutions. If
i they object to this, they are ungrateful, and man
ifest a desire to control, rather than profit by the
liberal policy of our government. If it is esteemed
a hardship for them to submit to Amkkican rule,
how much greater would be the hardship for Amcr
; icons to submit to Tilelit rule f In truth, tile
1 American party is actuated by that great national
instinct which prompts the policy of all gov’ern
; moots tortile through native instrumentalities. —
When you destroy that inborn principle of sell
love in the great American heart which approbates
native over foreign horn rulers, you sap the foun
dation of our free institutions, and convert patriot
ism into :r mere scramble for power and spoils.—
[ The safety and prosperity of this country inquires
the supervising genius of American intellect and
, the fostering ease of American patriotism They
! require no iota of detraction from the rights of
f foreigners, but they insist upon retaining intact
| the birthrightofs-Americans.
“A Fearful Oath.”
Such is the caption given by the anti Anicri
, can press to what purports to he an oath ndminis
i tored by the Know Nothings. As tile gentlemen
I appear to be afflicted with a morbid appetite for
the horrible, we have concluded to give them the
I following • fearful oath” of a secret society against
which the Know Nothings intend to war. and in
defense of which the policy of tho anti-American
1 press* is enlisted. Here is the Jesuitsoixth, which
is indeed “fearful.” nay damnable, when conipar
\ed with that which Democratic editors have her
! aided to the public with so much evprcssioii of
holy horror. Let them publish it. and then tell
their readers that the American party will never
1 be found sustaining the cause of Popery and Jesu
| itiem to the detriment of republican interests.—
Tell them that Protestant Americans will never
consent to lie governed by a party which panders
: to corrupt priestly influence, nor recognise as en
1 titled to p -litioal oqnalit people so lost to honor!
|as to swear that they will ‘•assume any religion
heretical, lor the propa ution of the mother (Catli
j olio) church interests.” The oath below is taken
j frotu the speech in Congress of Hon. Mr. Smith of
| Alabama: ‘
“L A. Is.. nowin the presence of Almighty God,
I the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael, the
; Arclmngle. the blessed St. John the llnptist, the
jholv Apostles St PeterandSt Paul, and the saints
; anil sacred hosts of Heaven, and you my ghostly
| father, do declare, tr m mv heart, without mental
j reservation, th t (Pope Gregory, or the present in
j cumbent) is Christ's Vicnr. and is the true and
| only bead of the Universal Church throughout the
j vorld ; that by xirtueof the keys an I of binding
i and loosing, given to his Holiness by Jesus Christ,
;be tiutli power to depose heretical Kings, Princes.
States. Common and Governments, ail be
>ng illegal without his sacred confirmation, and
that they niiiy be safely destroyed ; therefore, to
the utmost of iuy power, I will defend this doctrine
and his ilolincss's rights and customs, against all
usurpers, and ail heretioul or Protestant authority
whatsoever, especi illy the new pretended author
ity and church of England and all adherents, in
regard that they be usurped and heretical, oppos
ing the sacred Mother Cfutreh of Rome.
Stitt ;j° n *’ *’ r
[ ft* MlMfttSfc jftijh ‘ amm 4i(fn]^x
uftßtoHte’wikiof o? nck|f
gome a t “tiwtoriug,”
1 AY clear n from the Rome Cotmtt£th*Uhe* op
ponents of the American Party in that regfito, W*
; going among the people administering a
OXI.IOITIOK ngninst joining the Know >othing#.
We have heard (hat a similar policy h** been
adopted in ti,is section of the State. Wonder if
the oath is as “fearful” as that which these men
ascribe to the Know Nothings, and whether if they
think it so v>:kv wrong to swear one way, it is
right to sweir tho other ! Is it better to obligate :
ourself, us was done of old. to sacrifice “life, liber
ty and sacred honor. “in lifti n'e of American in
terests, or to swear to them and those
who openly advocate the cause of our county J
Patriotic Sentiment*.
The following is the closing portion of a very
able speech in tho Inst Congress, by Hon. Mr.
Smith of Alabama :
Mr Chairman, I would not exclude the foreign
er from these shores; hut I want the privilege of
picking the class that comes. Ido not want the
vermin-covered convicts of the European conti
nent Ido not want the crime-hardened felons of
the European prisons Ido not want those exiled
traitors, who call themselves patriots, whose oaths
of allegiance to their own kings have already been
broken —for who can expect faith from the faith
less. or truth front the perjured ! Ido not want the
propagandist, who eontes to interpret the Constitu
tion of the United States for us and for our chil
dren and to prate in unmeaning jargon about the
policy of Washington. I do not want those swarms
iof paupers, with pestilence in their skins and
famine in their throats, to consume the bread of
the native poor. Charity begins at home—chart*
!ty forbids the coming ot those groaning, limping
vampires.
From the Southern liecordcr.
Power of the Spoils.
The course of a portion of the democratic press
of the country, strikingly illustrates the potency
of the spoils policy upon private judgment and tic
tion. I’rof ssing to be the friends of Cuban acqui
sition, by sale or seizure, and, that too without
i delav, tney nevertheless glorify the temporising
1 and vascillating policy of the Administration up
on this subject. Docs the. President and Cabinet
at Washington bluster and bully ; the air is
vocal with laudations ! Is the Ostend programme
- precipitately deserted : with lifted caps and loud
huzzas, the Administration is still glorified. In
proof of this, read the tjje following extract from
’ the last Federal Union :
••That old tyrant, Concha, has thrown a dozen
insults into the very teeth of our Government, any
one of which, had England or France been the
, author, a war would have followed the act.”
And yet tiie Administration, backed byadetno
eratie t (ingress, lias waged no war upon Spain,
and the Federal Union and its fillihustering eoad
: jutnrs, have waged no war upon Gen. Pierce. On
the contrary, with this glaring recreancy toofficial
duty fully in view, in not chastising Spain for
throwing her “insults into the very teeth of our
Government,” the Federal Union says, in the same
artieie:
••We arc convinced that President Pierce will
do nothing to compromise the honor or rights ol
this country.’’
Was there over presented a more mortifying i
: spectacle of political sycophancy, ami abject snh- !
sorvienoy to party, than is nmv exhibited bv a I
majority of tint donioerntic editors of the South'! j
The course of the Washington Sentinel, a spir- |
ited democratic paper. i- in refreshing contrast j
with that of its more obsequious anil time-serving i
; coadjutors. That paper utters in the very ear of j
the ulmiuistr.ition, the following indignant lan- ,
gunge:
••The whole foreign policy of the Administration |
is tam • beyond endurance Ity torn union of ex |
, hausted diplomacy .nd inexhaustible duplicity, it I
has attempted to strike’ down its own strategic j
nni'hiucry. our three most distinguished represen- j
tatives abroad. .lames I’uehnnua. Julia \ Me—*o. ;
i and Pierre Soute'are placed under the ban of Ad- i
• ministration displeasure for doing precisely what j
‘..the Administration instructed fTtein to do: and j
’ yet their confidential comni'iimcations to the Dc |
! partment v.ere published to the world, to the in- j
i finite detriment us any future negotiations with j
I Spain for the acquisition of Cub t.
I Their fi lelity to their instructions was made the ;
i cause of their attempted immolation! We say i
these things with regret —hut we cona'der that j
: lunger silence would lie reprehensible. Wi en we j
, see such trickery played upon three of the most
distinguished men in bur party —men whom the
country have honored with almost every prmni
nent position in their gift, we cannot suppress >ur j
indignation. For the past few dty we have;
; heard a mysterous ham of something that was to |
I lie done, and at once, by the \d ministration j
some awakening to the true spirit of its position.;
j and the position of the country upon these suh !
jects. It is to whet its almost blunted purpose
‘j that we have spoken to-day ‘■
j Ex-f tiivefnor Smith of Virginia gave utterance i
| at Fredericksburg. Virginia, a few day. ago, to
i tlio followingsensible opinions, w hich we present
j to the consideration of our readers in the South:
| “The origin of Know Nothings is a struggle
: lor bread—a frightful Slid angry question to tin
1 north. At the South it is a political question of
j high importance. The nor: h has 55 more rep
i present at ives than the South already. The nat
ural increase of the South is one-third greater
than that of the North, because there ate greater,
checks on the population there, lurt the artificial
element of forcigtiism brings 500,000 wjio set
tle annually in the free States, with
against slavery, making 50 representatives, in 10
years to swell the opposition U$ the South. To
stop this enormous disproportion, which is your
| policy ? What is the frightful prospect before
1 us? The effect of Know N othingisrn is to turn
back the tide of immigration, and our hiyhe.it
j duty to the South is iodixcouruye immigration.
! I deprecate it as a yreat calamity.”
I Mr. Jefferson uttered the same opinion in ref
; crence to the impolicy of encouraging immigra
tion. Governor Smith is thus hacked by high
authority in advancing these sentiments. “ If Jef
ferson were now living, we suppose the Rich
mond hierchy would cx-coiiiimiiiicalc him. with
Gov. Smith, bn the charge of “heresy!” What
would become of George Washington, who was
even opposed to having foreigners in the army of
the Revolution ? lie too would be a.tnong the
“traitors ! ’ \V hat degeneracy !— American Or
gun.
*••*
Removal or J. F. Polk, Esq.—The removal
gfrfc F. Polk. Esq , from a clerkship in the
Treasury department, is officially announced in
the Union of Tuesday last, Mr. Polk was first ap-
Pn4f?ed J>y Gen. Jackson, in the yhar 1831. and
I Ml the confidence of eeding
ipministrafllfcHe HlUpTlieen a
‘Democrat. A lße%#fbrtly or efficient clerk
has not probably filled a dealt in any deptirUtwint
of thegovemment since gp..organifcgion. H*
Jf moreover a man of learning, a. ainperc Ohrit
ifad an^oeoinpUshed
frwiypd m
- ARtttVAL or THE AFRICA.
l VT ? . ♦
York May 4.
The tT. & Mail Steamship Atlantic, Collin,
Line h ua-arrived. Shawviled from Li vs* poof tfi,
the 23d cit, and consequently bring* nine day,
later intelligence than tbe Aftica, whose adsi
oes were to the 14tli ult., The intelligence j,
of the greatest importance. The Fence Confer
ence litis been broken ofl. Sebastopol has been
i bombarded since the 9th, but without result. It
is reported that England has given consent that
Louis NxjKjieon take command of tiie Critneau
army.
LIVERPOOL COTTO* MARKET.
Liverpool, April 23.—Cotton tifeaily and un
changed, but buyer* demand a redaction &de#
of nine days amount to 70,00 Q bain*. Spetoia*
tors took 10.000, Exporters 9,000. *
The market cl jsed on Monday the 23d steady.
Bbeadstlxfs. — Flour is easier. Canal flour
is quoted at 89 to 41s. Ohio at 42 to 435, per
barrel. White Wheat is qnoted at 11s. fid. to
12s. 2d. per bushel. White Com 42* to 42 Od per
quarter. Yellow Coro at 43s to 43 9d.
political inteluorsce.
The Pence Conference of Vienna has been bro
ken off. The Russian plenipotentiaries rejected
the Allies’ demand.
Sebastopol has been bombarded since the 9th
of April, but with no result.
The British loan of sixteen millions was taken
by the Rostlichilds in hundred pound consols at
14 shillings G pence, in shape of auuiiy termina
ble in 30years. An increase of tax on taeomes,
spirits, tea, roff-e. and stamps is proposed
The Emperor Napolean and Empress Eugenie
spent the last week in England as expected.
It is reported, but! is doubtful, that England
Ims consented that Napolean take command of
the Crimean army.
The Peace Conference was broken off on the
12th session.
There are strong indications that Austria will
refuse to aet against Russia.
Lord John Russel and M. Drouyn de I’lluys
the British and French Representatives had left
Vienna.
The bombardment of Sebastopol commenced
with iiDO guns on the Dili of April and continu
ed to the 15!It. It is believed that an assault is
not practicable, hut the attempt to storm the
town will probably be made.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Brown A Shipley’s circular of the 21st uft.
a lair demand and mote steadiness for
the two days prev'ons. The sales on Friday and
! Saturday amounted to 20,000 hales, including
13,000 to the trade.
Flour had declined Is, wheat 3d. Corn was
in demand and had advanced Gd. Provisions
were more active and firmer. Bacon had advanc
ed Gd.
!. n itTHEti FROM THE WAR.
The hopes that Austria would act against Rus
sia were at an end for the piesent.
A dispatch front Gelt. Cunrobert, says that on
tin- tit -t and second days of the bombardment
the tire of the Allies was superior to that of the
; Russians. The wotks of the latter were damag
ed, and the French got possession of a position
• of great importance.
t iortschakoff, <>n the other hand, says that mat
ters at Sebastopol tire favorable to the boseiged.
Freni tiie London Herald. April 2t>.
Napoleon going to the Primer.
i Should the negotiations pending at Vi. tit a,
| fail to procure an honorable peace, the Emperor
;of the PtvTTc!t will proceed forthwith to.tlie Cri
| titea tosupciintend or command the military op
erations there. The Express will accompany
I Xapolcnn 111.
| The En.pi ror, lord Palmerston, Sir Joint Bur
i goyne and oilier ilittiinguished parlies necessary
|to such a eonference, Imd confidential cottmiu
j nicati"ii< at Windsor last week.
I I •onhtlcss the natural reluctance of the French
to tc[>rescnt the Imperial autl.o sty in
i the. absence of I lie Emperor must retuhr tlwni
] anxious to retain It is. presence and respotisflafity
;in T nnice at the present time, and it uiiglit lie
utgvd by th. ni that the interest of Eurojte may
i le more involved by the absence of Louis Napv>-
; lean trom latropo than even by tbe CoMtpara
tive contproiitisu with Russia; but the Empe
ror thitiks citltelwise !
i I itni ui.i: tv ihe British Cabinet.— Tim Ix>v
d“ii Morning Advertiser of the 23d April hat*
tin- follow ing editorial jeir.igrapl: ;
“It would la- diflicuit to decide whether the
state of affairs in she Crimea or whether tire j*,-
matter* in Ihe Cabinet Is-, at this
moment, most largely fratiglil with daugets to
the country. A sense of pulJic duty a ltd that
alou • —com pells us to say, that laird Palmerston
i- not the teal Prime Minister of these realm*,
lb- is so nominally, hut one not in the Cabinet
influencing the mind of an aged minister, ou
whom circumstances have conferred considera
ble is the real Premier. We are in
possession of facts connected with this matter,
hut these it would not be prudent to publish.
Suffice it to say, that the situation in Downing
street, as well as in the East, w perilous jn the
extreme. It is for the |>eople to say beXF-fentg
they are tamely and ingloriously tv submit to a
state of affairs alike disgraceful and disastrous.”
ytt ■
Most Melancholy F"xnt.— We have to re”
cord a most melancholy event, tiie death by
drowning of Edmond Lutnieke, r bright and
beautiful boy of fifteen years, nephew of lir. Ed
win Miller, of this eity, and for some time a
member of his family. The lad had been miss
ing since Saturday morning about ten o’clock,
and though dilligent search waa made that
evening and all next day, and no tfipto* of him
were found. Yesterday morning hi* lifeleM body
was accidently discovered j (to- tototij about
halfway between the saw mill sntiAtobroad
‘’ri.lg-. A.'em ling to the evtdanoa before the cor
oner. the cheek
;to the fit
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