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Util DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17.
Saluda MA\-uF<CTuai.vn Cum pan r.— I’he
Columbia South Carolinian says:—This Com
pany is now in efficient action, and has every
spindle in motion. Since January last the es
tablishment has been well managed, and the.
products nearly treb’pd. The profits of the
Company for six months ending on the Ist July,
were 5 per cent, while all the machinery was
not in use. The Company is entirely tree
from debt, and has lately ordered more machi
nery to Gil the building. It tnay fairly be con
sidered now .asunder a good organization, and
p-omhes to be a valuable investment.
Hon. VZm. C. Preston.—The Columbia (S.
C.) Chronicle says:—We are happy to have it
in our power to relieve the anxiety of the nu
merous friends ot this gentleman in reference
to his health. He returned to his residence in
this town on Monday last much improved,
though still weak from his recent severe attack
of congestive fever. His vision is also slightly
impaired, but his physician is sanguine that this
defect will be entirely removed as his general
health improves; which he confidently antici
pates under the salutary influence of onr pure
and healthy atmnsnl ere.
O"The total amount of British imports into
the five ports ot China, during the last year,
was $23,765,511, of which $15,923,132 went to
Canton. The annual average of imports into
China from Great Britain, ior six years pre
ceding the treaty ot Pekin, while the trade was
open, amounted to $11,205,270.
Jj* A letter from a gentleman to the Hon.
ILL. Ellsworth, Washington, says the ripe
seeds of the plant okra, much used in soup,
&.C., burned and used as coffee, cannot he dis
tinguished from it, even the best Java. The
seeds are sown an inch deep in drills, four feet
apart, in May, and cultivated like corn or peas.
It yields abundantly, and is very healthy. Mr.
E. has the seeds.
From, a late English paper.
What ‘«Mrs. Grundy Says” of Us.
Nationality. —ln the bickerings between
Great Britain and the United States, Jonathan
is not to have all (he absurdity to himself; pa
triotic individuals on this side ol the water are
bent upon showing that some Englishmen car.
be as absurd as any American. A verv en
lightened and philan hropic body, the Glasgow’
Emancipation Society, at their last meeting,
unanimously resolved “that it is the duty of the
friends of hbeny and equal rights in Great Bri
tain to combine, and on Christian, peaceable,
and bloodless means, seek the dissolution of
(he American Union, as the gigantic enemy ol
freedom and the rights of man.”
Here is a resolution which will, in America,
be manna to every Hunter’s lodge, every knet
us Sympathizers, every gang of Repealers,every
clamorer for the annexation of Canada—to all
in the Union who hunger for war with England,
if 4 Ift U r\e\l ft rV lx* r? Iftrr I*l 1 1 zv.s as 1,1 ........
1! Uie people ot England could adopt or act upon
this suggestion, they would violate the first <
principle of 'inUiuiniiotu'l ethics, and render a ;
srnlde pea^ppßßP 11 The plain Engthh ot •
j --.Ahe is the du:. ut Brhfefe t
peaceful” and “bloodless means,” is mere ver
biage; “revolutions are nut r ade with rose
water.** Something won.ethatfwar with Ame
rica is denounced in the resolution—the estab
lishment of a propaganda in this country, to dis
seminate among American citizens disaffection
and disloyalty to their own Government. Who
could blame a citizen of the Union for taking
fire on reading the resolution? Fancy a mis
sionary board established in the United States
to republicanize our own country !
Perhaps it is going toolarto claim this piece
of absurdity as ot domestic manufacture. The .
Emancipation Society, by unanimously adopt
ing, made it in one sense their own; but the ;
honor of framing and offering it U> the meeting I
is claimed by an American citizen! Mr. Hen
ry C. Wright, oi “ Philadelphia,” has established I
his title to the authorship, in a letter to the
Gtosgoaradmitting that it may be said ■>
he acts “the part of a tiaitor to his country,’*
- but adding, “my moral obligations are not I
bounded by lime or place.”
This unmeaning phrase has been little heard i
ot late years. It was very fashionable at the
co mmencement of lhe French Revolution; and !
in the event ot a rupture with the United States, i
the fallacy, if revived, might become the means
of unsettling the principles and destroying the
self-respect of many Englishmen domesticated
in the Union, but not denationalized. In one <
sense, “ moral obligations are not bounded by
time and place?* The generalized expression
of the duties a man owes to his neighbor in <
England will correctly express she duties a man
owes to his neighbor in any other country. But
though the expression may be generalized, the
actual obligations are specific—binding the in
, dividual to an individual or individuals. Gra
titude, benevolence, &c. are due, not the ab
stract idea of man or society, but to the personal
benefactor, to the brother, the townsman —the
individuals, in short, with whom men stand in
actual immediate connection —the individuals
upon whom juxtaposition in time and place en
ables them io act. Accident—in the eyes of
those who believe that all is accident in rhe
events of life—may in the first instance deter
mine the individuals with whom we arc to he
biought into contact, and to whom our services
are due; but the connection once formed cannot
without a violation of moral duty be shaken off
at pleasure. In other words, moral oblicaiions
are bounded by lime and space; there are indi
viduals who have preferable claims upon us.
The fallacy which represents professions ot
a vague and abstract benevolence as a compen
sation for neglect of family duties is easily seen
through. The universal philanthropist who
neglects his wife and children isa sl< tk-charac
ter with comedians and farce-writers: and the
man who sacrifices the ties of country to an ab
straction —call it philanthropy, liberty, or what
you will —isa character equally dangerous and
unsafe. Paul Jones, palliated under the pretext
of a love of liberty, his hostile landing and de
vastations in his native country. The traitor
Arnold doubtless alleged that a sense of re
awakened loyalty induced him to turn bis arms
against his countrymen. During the epheme
ral existence of the French Republic, Paris was
the rendezvous ot enthusiasts of all countries,
who renounced their country from devotion to
the “ rights of man.” They who have taken
the trouble to trace the careers of the self-dena
tionalized to a close,have not found one instance
in which true moral worth has long survived
forcible disruption of natural bonds. “ Be
nevolence,” “rights of man?’ and all such
phrases, are mere generalized expressions of
duties owed by individuals to individuals.
When the persons to whom they are due are
cast off. mere formulas ot words cannot become
substitutes for men of flesh and blood, anti af
ford an exercise for virtue. New ties may be
formed in a new land, but the most rigorous
discharge of duty to other fellow-beings cannot
make amends for the desertion of ’hose who had
claims upon a man by interchange ot sympa
thy and services from childhood upwards. And
when the new and old connections come to
1 stand to each other in hostile relations, every
act of service done to the newly-tanned allies is
a crime «• mimited against the others. The rene
gade feels that he has entangled himself among
conflicting duties—that he cannot act right to
wards one parly without doing wrong to another;
he has no principle l<> guide him, no confidence
in his own judgment and actions; | IP loses all
sell respect, and becomes reckless and untiubt
wnrthy.
A nation like the United States, th-’ popula
tion o! which is in s» large a t roportion com
posed of emigrants from foreign lands, is una
voidably ex pose<l to the demoralizing influences
of this hindering of the fii si natura* ties. Many
of its citizens are rather mere associates in bu
siness—men combined by a common interest
which may cease to-morrow as it began t» day—
than members of a nation. Their nationality is
worn lightly, as a thing to be cast aside should
accident driuethem to some other country. They
have no rooted attachments, no sense of endu
ring obligations to others; their character be
comes hard and egotistical, their respect for
public opinion weakened. Repudiation, and
the vulgar trickery diplomacy of the Union,
are owing in part to the growing influence ot
such characters. For this the nation is not to
I be blamed so much as pitied; It is the conse
quence of having become an independent stale
before its territory was so densely peopled that
the old settlers must stive the tone to public
> opinion. But for Britain, all of whose social
influences are lepugnant to this moral disease,
I to give it countenance, would be foolish as well
as criminal; and to sanction anti national pro
posals trout stray Americsn adventurers is to
countenance it. For British subjects even to
express approbation of Mr. Wright’s ex parte
charges against bis countrymen is unbecoming;
but to “combine” with him to revolutionize the
countty would be a violation of the comity of
nations.
From the Richmond Whig.
Another Letter from Southerner.
New York, Sept. 16th, 1845/
To the Editors of the Whig:— Gentlem n—lt
was my determination not to have annoyed you
or the public, with another letter Iroru litis eity,
but haveing been detained fora few days, from
circumstances beyond my control, in advancing
farther Eastward, 1 have concluded, sum c<t»,
to tire another gun from present head quarters.
I have so frequently stated that goods now, ate
much cheaper titan they were in the years ’39,
’4O, ’ll and ’42, u hen we had a /revenue Turij),
an I a national debt Irotn it of $40,000,000, a
meager and miserable commerce, with empty
ships at our harbors, sailors dtunk and carou
sing in the streets, blighted agriculture, ruined
manufactures, with penury, suffering and star
vation, staring all classes in the face, that I
must explain. The reason why all goods made
io this country are dearer mid t a tariff which
• freely admits foreign goods to compete wftfk
them is this: the poor in foreign countries, if
they get six cents per day tor their wotk think
them elves well off, 'and of course by such
means the rich ate made richer, and accumulate
all the money and all the power,) the manufac
turer can by such advantages soon close up all
our factories and wmk shops by underselling
them. This turns out ot employment in this
country four million five hundred thousand men.
voinen and children, who a-edireclly or indirect
ly dependent upon these factories tor support;
of course having no money or means ot get
ting it, they camml buy clothes, food or educate
tlieir chiklien. Many ot them openly told me
that during the years above mentioned, that if
they were able to have one meal per day for
their families they thought themselves well off
—a number of whom had never had a new eoat
or dress to their backs for lour long years.—
Would any ol these free trade devils submit to
Ibis for the sake of the unterrified democracy ?
No, they would steal and rob fust, as many of
them have already, the peoples’ money, ami
move to and fro in the land “unwhintot jus
tice.” To steal rob, counterfeit, murder and
w alk the streets with a filthv slut in open day,
has now become a sure passport to office.—
Oh my country, what wrongs are done in die
name of Democracy.
Besides the tour hundred and fifty millions
of capital which is employed in these factories
for the comm. n benefit ol all classes, and which
beipg useless, becomes a dead loss to the whole
country ; let ns see what the latmer loses Irotn
the tton employment ol the four millions five
handled thousand operatives. Allowing that '
each man, woman and child pays to the farmer i
at the tate of 40 cents per week, it will make in
a round sum which they pay them per year— '
$93,600,000, several million more than the '
Stales ot Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, '
North Carolina, South Carolina ami Georgia
produce per annum. This ot course reduces a '
farming population in lite country larger than
these States embrace, to beggaty and want, and
makes all their capita! a dead weight upon i
their ham's. f)l course they are in the same
situation with the operatives, unable to buy '
clothing, food or educate their ci ildren. This
state oi things then reduces near./ett millions of )
f/irmeis and operatives to beggary and want,
more than one half of the entire population of
the whole Union. Thi« being the case, the ,
agents of the foreign manufacturers having no
> ontpelilors, put what pt ice they please upon 1
their goods. Having, to please them, locked. '
up our own workshops ami butchered the farm- ‘
ers, we have no alternative left lint to buy Irotn 1
them. Os course none Inn the rich are able to
buy, toe should a poor man buy, he hits to pay
donlil that which he would have to pay to his
own votintiymen, or be clad in rags. There
m »gnt tie some mitigation ol Hus debasement
pf «»qr flag and country, and destruction ot life
find property, if the English would lotver their
tariff and permit our produce to ent-r their ports
princjp { e ot reciprocity but th is
r"t u se\ Th us ta ire n ing us worse
and worse, she will aiemand specie in refuin
for her manufactured goods, and drain the banks
of all their bullion, leaving ns nothing but rags
io do business with, —the banks, thus placed,
must cramp the merchants, which will fling
them upon their backs, and scatter wide-spread
disaster and ruin throughout the land, where
u system with system
Would bray hoi rible discord, and the maddening wheels
Os brazen fury rage.’’ w
But it these factories al home are projected,
a healthy competition springs up here, and
each may strive to sell the cheapest. The
specie is kept in the country and circulates
among our own people without danger to the
banks, but with salutary benefit to every man.
The tanner has a sure, safe and certain market
fur his produce. Every man can gel work and
qet paid for it too. There is not a single facto
ry in the East which can now spare a man.—
t hey are now on a regular hunt for operatives,
both male and female. It is those blessed re
sults of our tariff which wakes up the spirit ot
revenge in the minds of this cruel hoi de oi
politicians. Marty Southern gentlemen who
hive been here for men and machinery to pul
up factories in the South, have had to go home
without their complement of either. Numbers
are importing both men and machine!}’ horn
Europe. Thousands of Europeans, with their
capital, men and machinery, are now pouring
into the United Stales from the effects of our
tariff, and if we are left alone, the fanner, plant
er, merchant, manufacturer and operative, will
soon bring us all to a pitch of prosperity and
renown which was never accorded to any peo
ple before. But it the tariff is »o be reduced
and ten millions of all classes are io be turned
out of employment, and their capital become a
dead weight upon their hands, and deprived of
the means of subsistence, the foreign manufac
turers will have just as perfect a hold upon the
country as if their monarchs wielded the seep-
Ire of State at Washington. None but politi
cians, federal and' State office holders, and the
officers and lawyers ot courts, and the physi
cians who attend the sick, could have money.
Education among the people would be the last
thing thought of. This stale of things would
biing all the money and all the power of the
country into the Lands of politicians, making
the people dependent upon them for every
thing, and who would believe thpi, in
sion of this enormous pouer, they would nut
rule the people with a rod ot iron. No other
result could possibly happen, and this is what
these vile devils demand from us. Rather than
submit io such degradation, 1 would see every
rascal swinging from the yard arm.
That Free Trade, ora reduction of the Tariff',
would or could not increase the Shipping ot
the country, or advance the price of Colton—
but would depress both, is as clear as a man’s
nose upon his face. To break up our Manu
factures and injure us all at one blow, would
not increase the demand f.»r manufactures in
Europe without a corresponding demand for
consumption. The manufacturing oi the raw
Cotton would, therefore, be less, and the clus
tering of it into one market with an immense
surplus over what would be needed for con-*
sumption, would soon bring the price down to
a mere fraction, and of course break down every
Planter in the South. The planter who yells
tree trade at the bidding of these devils, is an
ass, for he is cutting his own throat, helping
the Abolitionists, destroying his own property,
and scattering arrows, brands, and death broad
cast over the South, and enslaving his children.
Our own Manufacturers pay him now 2 and 3
cts. per lb. more for his cotton than he can pos
sibly gel for it in Europe. Turn round and
look at matters like freemen, and act as though
you h?d some independence. Every man is
regarded innocent until he is proved guilty:
Show that the Tariff and Manufactures are op
pressing you—before you farther listen to these
English gold pocket lined heralds of detraction
and calumny on your own countrymen, and the
leading:and mon cherished policy < f Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Crawford. (Bay, Jack
son, and all the great men who nave adorned
your native land. Rather kick the vile foreign
heathen tribe from your presence as you would
so much filth from your feet. Look on that
Flag of yours, and see if von could suffer it to
float beneath any others’ foldsortrail in ihediist
at the ’eel of any foreign Monarch on this earth
—if you can, confound yon, you ought to be
hung. The Planter has a greater protection
in trie Tarift’ihan any other man, and the only
Tariff’ n hich he is the most interested in getting
ritl off is that which he pays to the politicians.
These devils will throw dtisi in y.rnr eyes all
your days, if you h l them alone. It would be
out of the power of the North to contend wiih
von—if yon commenced manufacturing. Who
hn- the raw materials and the labor so cheap?
\\ ho h ive such power over the trade, agricul
ture, commerce, and manufactures of the wmld
as nature has blest us with? Yes, lhe Manu
tactnring capital of Europe and lhe North would
soon be ours, and our ships would soon bear
our produce, on every ocean, sea, river, and
lake, filling our sunny land with plenty, smiling
laces, joyous hearts, happy and comfortable
homes—numerous and prosperous villages, and
towering cities to adorn our times and countty,
and proclaim our praise through Hie whole
earth. Make your politicians stand round.
The commerce ot the country will average
five hundred per cent, gtealer under the present
Tariff, lor tl e two last years—that is, irotn Sep
tember 1843. to September 1845, than i did from
September 1840 to September 1842. I challenge
the Merchants and Factors of any ol lite cities in
the Union tudisprove it, if they can. I am not
dealing in ambiguities or speculations,-but facts.
The domestic commerce has increased beyondall
measure. The Revenue has increased, and the
Ct edit ot the Government saved, as al I know; and
all well knowlikewise that we would have had
now no national debt on our hands, had not some
ol the Free Trade pirates robbed theGovernn.ent.
Goodsofall kinds are cheaper now than they
have been for ten years. I have heard ol and know
one who wrote io England that lhev did not
want such and such articles, for our Tariff had
enabled the Manufacturers here to make them
cheaper than they can be imported, and yet turn
round and manulacture a libellous tirade against
it, because it raised the price ot goods. What
little dogs so ne politicians are I Do you take !
Out ofall the lands occupied in the South now
for larming and planting, mme than one half
are useless to their owners. Nothing, they ap
pear to think, will grow but what will sell in
foreign land.-. Those who look alone tor cus
tomers in agriculture thousands ol miles off,
will find before they are aware, that they are
paying dear for their whistle. They’ll not get
their own price, but that which suits specula
tor. Now kt us ger at some facts. It is sup
posed there are twelve hundred millions invest
ed in negro property in the South—the value of
the land I don’t know; yet there is hardly a
.planter who, out of all liis crop,.can produce
much more than will buy bis vegetables, meats,
furniture, farming maierials, clothing, bats,
shoes, proven.ler, f."\, and these upon an inter
est of 12 months. He depends for all of these
likewise upon the North, ar.d has to wait one
year, by sending his own produce three or fi>nr
thousand miles off, before he can get bis pay.
A man must have immense profi s or he could
not live in this way. The amount of cotton,
wool, tobacco, rice, and sugar, raised in the
United States, as per last census, all except
wool being the growth of the South, amounts
only to $117,563,232 82: while the hav crop
alone, which is the growth of the Notth, in 1844,
amounted Io 17,715,000 tons; valuing each ton
at SB, it will be tqnal to One Hundred Millions
of Dollars nearly equal to the entire produce of
the South 1 Whv he humbugged any longer!
The six New England Stales have only in
square miles 62,000; while Virginia alone has
64,000: yet these six small States yield yearly
more agricultural, manufacturing and commer
cial wealth lhan the whole thirteen States ol the
South. The reason is obvious. All ofthe three
great branches ofthe national wealth are con
centrated together: they thus co-operate and
strengthen each other. Farmer, take your axe
in hand and go out and cut away one third of
the roots of that towering “old oak,” and you
wili in a lew years see it wither and die; you
may then eut that old friend down.
Ont of the cotton and tobacco shipped (tom
the United States, there is raised yearly from
it in Europe, by their tariffs, 873,000,000. This
is Free Trade with a vengeance! Jvngland
charges lor the admission ofthe following arti
cles into her ports, viz: Apples, ashes, bacon,
beef, beans, bark, butler, candles, candlewick,
casks, cheese, cider, clocks, corn, cotton, feath
ers, fish, flour, hams, hemp, hops, lard, lead,
molasses, oils, pork, rice, rosin, snuff, soap,
spirits, starch, sugar, staves, tallcW, tar, tobac
co, turpentine, twine, vinegar, wh“at and wool,
an average duty ot 289 per cjnt; while we only
charge her, under our present tariff, for all we
get from her, 32 per cent. This is paying at
the rate of #9 lor $1; and still onr politicians
arc not satisfied—hnl wreck and ruin to the
whole country is what they demand. Besides
this, England has sev:n hundred prohibitory ar
ticles! Now let them tool up this account and
tell us what they mean. Let us go a little far
ther and see what England has done for herself
by preaching tree trade for others and practicing
nrotection and prohibition for her own people.
It will be recollected that England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales, have not as many square
miles of territory as Virginia, and yet the value
ot her agricultural produce, as per returns to
Parliament in 1841, was Mree z/r«nsar»Z millions
of dollars! The returns of the census of the
Ut.ilcd States gives rhe value of the entire agri
cultural, manufacturing and commercial wealth,
at one ilmtisand six hundred and fbny millions,
forty thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dul
lajs, being one ihonsand five hundred and thir
ty.-five .millions nine hundred and forty-nine,
fess than the smiple value of English. s>cbtch,
Irish and Wetin agriculture. r ] he same re
turns value their horses, cattle, pigs, and sheep,
nt one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six
millions three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars—their manufactures at near four thousand
millions of dollars. This does not include her
commerce or the value of her other immense
property. England understands how to take
care of herself and wishes us to help her, and
we have men who are ready to sacrifice all to
her, and at the same time degrade our people,
sap their best l opes, and tarnish the flag of the
free. 1 must yield to a thousand other facts for
this lime and give them in future numbers, to
sive space and lhe patience of my readers. Mar
Heaven smile on our sunny land,and save her
from re roach. So farewell friends and ene
mies, if 1 have any, until we meet to talk again.
SOUTHERNER.
There are many admirers of Charles Lamb’s
writings who will ’hank us for republishing lhe
following little incident in his life. It is one of
those very rare stones which really “ improve
with age:”
Charles Lamb and iiis “ Dip.”—At one part
of his life Mr. Lamb was ordered to lhe sea
side lor lhe benefit, of bathing; but not possess
ing strength of nerve sufiivient to throw himself
into the water, he necessarily yielded his small
prison upto thediseretion of two men to“ plunge
him.” On lhe first morning, having prepared
fur immersion, he placed himself, not without
trepidation, between these huge creatures, mean
ing to give lhe previous instruction which his
pai tit ular case required, but from lhe very agi
tated stale he was in from terror of what he
might possibly‘‘suffer” from a “sea change,”
his unfortunate impediment of speech became
greater than usual, and this mfumity prevented
I.is directions being sufficiently prompt. Stand
ing, therefore, with a man al either elbow, he
began: ‘ I-I’m to be di-i-ipped.” The mtn
answered the instruction, with a ready, “Yes,
sii !” and in they soused him! As soon as he
rose and could regain a portion of his lost
breath, he stammered out as befote, “ I I-l-l’m
to be di-i-ipped.” Another hearty, “ Yes. sir!”
and down lie went the second time. Again he
rose: and th« n with a struggb? (to which they
were too much used on such occasions to heed,)
he made an effort for freedom, but not succced
ing, he articulated, as at first, “ l-t-l-l’in to be
di-i-ipped.” “ Yes, sir,” and to the bottom he
went again. When rising for the third time tu
the surface, he shouted out in desperate energy,
“O-o-only once!”
A Newspaper in a Family.—The mind-? of
active children are ever agog after something
on which their fancy may rest. This principle
of lhe human faculty never can be satisfied
short of enjoyment in something This, being
a self-evident position, lhe question fairly
arises, what is the best food for such minds?—
U we wish their faculties to remaim useless,
deprive children as much as possible of all
sources of information; teach (hem that all
polish, of what kind it may be is superfluous.
Then they will either be drones or vagabonds,
according as the bend of their inclination may
lead them. But, on the contrary, it you would
like to have the offspring of your charge both
active and useful, place such incentives before
them as would lead a tender and susceptible
mind into a train of useful thoughts, which
would so bias future conduct as to justify lhe
saving of the wise man that “ train up a child
in the wav he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it.”
Printing Telegraphs.—Professor House,
the ingenious electrician and inventor of ihe
magnetic printing telegraph, is making exten
sive arrangements to manufacture his printing
telegraphs and pul up wires for transmitting in
telligence to any part of the United States. II •
has just completed one of his magnetic tele
graphs (or a company in England, to be used
on one of the great thoroughfares of that coun
try. His telegraph perhaps will lake the place
in a very lew years, of ail lhe o d telegraphs
on lhe great routes of Europe now using the
variation of the needle as a mode of registering
the intelligence. In this of Professor House,
there are no needles, nor arbitrary signs to give
the intelligence transmitted, but a simple, yet
beautiful contrivance which prints off the intel
ligence as fast as a man can read off the letters
of the alphabet.—2V. Y. Post.
A Good One.—Soon after lhe war of IS!?,
an American vessel with a crew of green Yan
kees, moored at St. Catharine’s dockin London.
One of the Yankees pitched into a large ware
house, and the proprietor, presuming from his
appearance that he was a green one accosted
him:
“ Fr-fr-ri-ricnd, ca-can you t-t-tell m-m”
Here his stuttering stopped his speech; and his
book-keeper advanced to his assistance, saving:
“ lie was going to ask vou it you knew why
Balaam’s ass spoke.”
“Wall, I guess I du?” replied Jonathan • “ I
guess Balaam was a stuttering man and couldn’t
speak, so his ass spoke for him
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSD® MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1845.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18.
.1-
The Memphis Convention.
The importance of this convention to the
‘ Southern Atlantic States, has induced us to de
vote considerable space in our paper to-day, to
i give place to the circular of the General Exc
‘ cutive Committee, and the extracts from the
' proceedings of the Convention in July last, il
lustrating its character and objects. These are
I so full and explicit as to require no additional
effort on our part, explanatory ot the designs of
| that body, and we therefore content ourselves
with urging upon our citizens a consideration ot
the subject, and leave to their judgment the de
cision ofthe question, whether the}’ will be re
presented in the convention. Os the propriety of
sending delegates W'c entertain no doubt, and
we trust that those of onr citizens who are more
interested in the matter, will concur in the ne
cessity thereof. For, in the language ofthe Sa
vannah Republican, in reference to this con
vention,wetbink:—
“The Southern Atlantic Slams now have it
in their power, with a little extra effort, to place
themselves in a most enviable position. They
100, like the Western and Gulf States, have long
been put off with a miserable pittance from the
public treasury, while the Northern and Eastern
States have had their millions squandered upon
objects of comparative insignificance. There
has not been as much expended on the whole
Atlantic coast fnnn Savannah to Key West, as
is expended in a single year upon the b vs and
harbors of rhe lit.tr> Stale of Rhode islands
That, however, is not the great point which
ought now to be considered. Every eye should
at once be turned to the importance of a “ Rail
mad connection between the Mississippi and
the Southern Atlar tic Ports.” We trust that all
our merchants, business men and planters, will
give to this important subject the consideration
which it deserves.”
Tbnnkssf.b.—The Legislature of this State
met at Nashville on Monday the Gih inst., hut
was not organized until Wednesday the Bth
inst.; when the Senate succeeded on the
I3Bth ballot in electing a Speaker, Mr.
Watboson. This was caused by the de
mocrats, who itaving only a majority of
one, running Mr. Gardner, who was very ob
noxious to the Whigs, because he was a promi
nent actor in the Senate when that body, in
1841, refused to go into the election of a U. S.
Senator, and as the 12 Whigs voted every time
and Mr. Gardner would not vote for himself, he
could not obtain a majority of the vote, which
was necessary to an election. In this way mat
ters continued for near three days, when Mr.
Gardner withdrew, and an election was imme
diately made, and the Senate organized. In
the House, J. Buncu, Esq., was elected Speaker
on lite sixth ballot. As soon as the Senate had or
ganized the message of Gov. Jones was lead. It
isa plain, practical, statesman-like document, a
bounding in valuable suggestions and exclu
sively devoted to the consideration of queslions
of State policy. The subject of establishing a
system of common schools, which will extend
the benefits of education to all classes, forms a
prominent theme in the message, and is urged
upon the consideration of the legislature with
great earnestness and ability.
The next subject in importance to the State
and the people, which commands the attention
ofthe Governor, is the winding up of the Bank
of Tennessee, which he recommends in very de
cided terms. The oilier matters treated ot in
the message aie so entirely local as not to inte
rest our readers, yet we cannot lorego the de
sire to make the folio wing extract from it, show
ing with what fidelity he has guarded the honor
and faith of the Stale, and his solicitude for
their preservation:
“A want of fidelity is doubtless one of the
greatest evil® that affects society ; its yt'iihejing
effects on the private relations of life and the
daily intercourse that must necessgrilv eyjst in
character. However gfreat the evils that result
to society from individual instances of infidelity
in meeting their engagements, still it bears a
very small proportion to the evil consequences
that flow from the disregard of lhe obligations
thal a Government has assumed, and to the
faithful execution of which, its honor isengaged.
As representatives, the first and perhaps the
highest doty you owe to virtne, to good govern
ment, to your constituents and posterity, is to
provide the means by which the faith and
credit of the Slate shall be preserved inviolare.
A government, whose escutcheons are stained
with dishonor, is not an object around which
the heart of patriotism clings with fondness and
affection. If a government would secure to it
self the strength whic': lies in the hearts and
confidence ol its citizens, it must present itself
in robes of honor, and not tn garments covered
with disgrace.
“ In makingthis mv last communication to
lhe Representatives of the People of Tennes
see, if 1 shall be instrumental in any degree
(however small) in presenting motives or in-ans
by which you may be induced to provide for the
permanent security and inviolability of the
honor of the Stale, J shall feel that I am abun
dantly rewarded forall the solicitude the subject
has excited. Since my official connection with
the State it has been mv constant care to guard
and protect its honor, and I am happy to know
it has passed through the four years of my
public service without a stain of dishonor;
all its engagements have been promptly and
faithfully redeemed. I sincerely hope that lhe
same good fortune may ever attend it. The
indebtedness of the State and the providing of
suitable and sufficient means lor its liquidation,
claim your attention."
Tennessee may well be proud of her Jones.
Though called from lhe plow to the Executive
Chair, he is an honor to the State and Nation,
and deserves lhe highest reward which a vir
tuous and intelligent people can bestow.
Tub Election Laws ol Georgia (says the
Columbus Times) require revision, and we
trust that some public spirited member of the
Legislature, will bring the subject before that
body with a view to affect lst, The election of
members ot Congress and the Legislature on
lhe same day anti year, instead of in alternate
years, and—2l, To compel every man to vote in
his proper militia district.
The first provision will save ns the excite
ment and corruption of one election in every
two years, end the second will prevent a vast
deal of fraudulent and double voting.
The Rivers.—The Mobile Advertiser of the
13th inst. says:—As we anticipated, the recent
heavy rains have extended into the interior, and
onr last advices from Montgomery represent a
rise at that place, on Friday morning last, of
i.gAZ feet, which of course renders them naviga
ble for lhe largest sized boats. We may, there
fore, look lor a speedy commencement of busi
ness on an extensive scale, as nothing but this
rise was wanting to accomplish so desirable a
consummation. Several boats have already ar
rived with full cargoesot cotton.
An Editor in the Legislature.—The Pica
yune takes tf.e following notice of our brother
Wahr, of the Sandersville Telescope, who has
been elected to represent Washington county
in the ensuing legislature:
“ A Georgia Editor fit for a u Georgia
Major!"— We see that the editor of lhe Sanders,
vilie (Ga.) Telescope is one of the whig can
didates lor representative in his county. It is
said that he attends camp-meetings, gall int< the
ladies to lhe ‘stand,’ gels up balls, makes po
litical speeches at barbecues, drinks 1 moccasin
whiskey,’and runs foot-races with his demo
cratic friends. He’ll do.”
So it seems that the intelligent voters of
Washington countythink "he’ll do," tor they
have elected him by a triumphant majority.
Most Destructive Freshet.—The late
rains raised the Congaree to a most fearful
height, and the destruction of'the crops ol corn,
cotton, &c. has been alarmingly great. We
learn- from one ol our most intelligent river
planters, that the water on the low grounds was
ten feet deep. He thinks that it has destroyed
at least one-half of lhe cotton on the river plan
tations below this place, and that one-third of
the corn was covered with water, from which it
must sustain great injury. The pea and
pumpkin crop is entirely lost. This freshet,
coming when it did, and superadded to the nu
merous calamities which have already befallen
os, iscettainlv a most disastrous visitation.—
S. C. Temp. Adv.
Mimptila C'ouvcntlou.
Tenn., Oct. 4. 1845.
Below, is that‘portion of the proceedings
which show the action of the Convention held
at this place on thC4ih and sthdays of July last.
It will be no action was had on
the various pfopsjKions submitted to the Con
vention, mber ihȣg> relertheni to the adjourn
ed Convention to meet here on the
12th of NovembetfSrext, and to refer to appro
priate oflhem as seemed ot
chief importance.*;
It is obvious tlijjtUhe results of the ensuing
Convention willdepend on the weight
of charac.eroflliSjengaging in it, the fullness
of the iepresentai}®' and attendance, and the
clear and strong demonstration in the proceed
ings, ofthe power^sourcesand necessities of
the Western people t and ot their resolute expec
tation the action of the Federal
GoverMent beticefwth on their interests.
Il is therefore essential, that thorough reports
be prepared on the •‘objects referred, which shall
collect anti collates abundance of pertinent
and impressive inl and be worthy and there
fore likely to attrac^heconsideration ol enlight
enctl and and that the delega
tions be all parts ot the West,
and ot the South,lMneeled with Western im
provements, an.f i|O s oi'solid ability, character
and public weig- .set
< -tl
juncture to attraet the attention of the Federal
Government to the Wes’ern and Southern inter
ests. Various convincing reasons not impor
tant to state, exist tor this opinion. Assuredly
it is time and just that the Western and South
ern people make known their sense of the ne
glect which their interests have suffered from
the Federal Government, and to insist that
henceforward they shall receive a fair propor
tion ol its disbursements as they have hitherto
borne its taxation.
Perhaps it tnay be proper to state, that the
past Convention carefully avoided any party as
pect connection, and lhat it is intended to ex
clude from the ensuing Convention, any pro
ceeding not acceptable to either ol the political
parties ofthe countty.
The gentlemen comprising the Committees,
are requested to prepare or to arrange with their
respective colleagues lor the preparation ofthe
reports severally confided io their charagc, and
to procure from any persons not embraced on
the committees, suitable reports or communica
tions for the use of the Convention.
Genilemen receiving this Circular are re
quested to attend the Convention, and to em
ploypropermeans to procure the appointment
and attendance of lhedelegales, and lo enlist the
interest and assistance of editors of newspapers,
and men ot ability and influence, and of the peo
ple generally in their.vicinities, to promote the
objects ofthe Convention.
Desiring to gather useful information, the
Executive Committee vill be pleased to receive
fro.n gentlemen by mail or otherwise, printed
documents or original communications upon
the subjects expected to be considered by the
Convention, especially documents showing the
action ofthe Federal Governmenton the Valley
ofthe Mississippi, the romparative national ex
pendituresand taxation east and west of the
Alleganies, the condition and progress of pub
lic works in the Valley, whether of individual,
state or national execution, and its products,
commerce, navigation, and resources and ne
cessities generally.
The infbrmati .n already, here, leads us to be
lieve lhat the Convention in November, will be
very large and imposing—and we earnestly re
quest its friends to make use of the efforts es
sential to enable it t|: tolfil the important objects
lor which it is k)iS i ‘emble.
x
J.’ J. FINLEY, ’
SETH WHEATLEY,
' E. W. M. KING,
J. FOWLKES,
gEWIS SHANKS,
General Executive Committee.
Edracl frm the journal of Ike proceedings of the
Sou!kern anil H’ sZent Convention at Memphis,
on Ike A'n awl idhitans of July last, showing Ike
action of the Convention.
On motion of Samuel W. Black, Esq., of
Pittsburg—
Whereas, by reason of the imperfect notice
given of this Convention, and of the inconve
nient season of'the year appointed for its meet
ing, many of the Western and Southern States
wishing io be represented in it have not been
able to send full delegations; and whereas it is
desirable that the representation shall be full
before its final action he bad on the important
subjects submitted to the Convention, therefore,
Resolved, That the report of the general com
mittee, and the resolutions accompanying the
same, or offered as amendments thereof, together
with all other reports and resolutions submitted
to this Convention, be referred to an adjourned
convention to meet at the city of Memphis, in
Tennessee, on Wednesday the 12lh ol Novem
ber next, an I that said reports and resolutions
be published with the proceedings of this Con
vention.
Resolved, That the Western and Southern
Statesand Western Pennsylvania and Virginia
be n to send delegates from each Con
gressional district to join with the members of
this Convention at its adjourned meeting.
On motion ol G. T. M. Davis, Esq., of llli
nois<-
Rrsolved, That upon all questions submitted
to the adjourned Convention, the several States
represented shall be entitled to vote according to
their respective federal representations in Con
gress, except the States of Pennsylvania and
Virginia, which shall vote according to the
proportions invited to send delegates.
On motion of Henry G. Smith, of Tennessee—
Resolved, That a coffimittee of seven persons
be appointed to prepare and publish an address
to the people of Western States, setting forth
the objects and importance of the November
Convention, and to concert and adopt such
other measures as may promote lhe assembling
- and objects ol such Convention, and to superin
tend the publication of the proceedings of the
present Convention.
Resolved, That the committees of five or more
persons each be appointed by this Convention,
composed ofitsonn members, or other suitable
gentlemen, to investigate and report upon to the
November Convention, the several objects pro
per for its action —to wit:
Upon the Military and Naval resources and
defences of lhe West and South.
On the Improvement of the Western Rivers.
On the Improveownf of lhe Ohio River.
On lhe connection of the Illinois River, with
the Lakes bv a ship canal.
On the Western Armory.
On the Military Road from Memphis through
Arkansas to lhe Frontier.
On lhe Forts and defences ofthe Western In
dian Frontier.
On Western Mails.
On Marine Hospitals on the Western Wa
ters.
On levying and reclaiming lhe public low
lands of the Mississippi and other large West
ern Rivers.
On the Rail Road Connection between the
South Atlantic Stales and lhe Mississippi
River.
On the Agriculture of lhe South.
On Manufactures in the South.
Resolved, That this Convention by appoint
ing commiuees on agriculture and manufactu
ring at the Sooth, does not thereby intend to ex
press or imply that the federal government
rloes or does not possess power over these sub
jects—nor any 'hing more, by such committees,
thar. to elicit information and action useful to
the cotton growing states; and it is ordered that
the President of this convention be authorizeo
loenlarge any ofthe s;>ecial committees direct
ed by the foregoing resolutions.
On motion of Le Roy Pope, Jr., Esq.
Resolved, That a committee of correspon-
I <ler.cn be appointed, o hose duly shall be to
i communicate with citizens of the Western and
| Southern States friendly to the objects of the
Convention, to be held in November next, and
I to urge the importance of full delegations to
| said convention.
General Executive Committee, &c.—H. G.
Smi'h, E. J. Shields. J. J. Finley, S. Wh-atly,
i E. W. M. King, J. Fowlke.s and L. Shanks,
j Committee ol Correspondence.—L Pope. J.
H. MeMahou, J. J. Finley. E. M. Yerger,
Thus. J. Tnrlev, J. P. Trezevant, D. Morrison
and L. C. Trezevant.
Committee on the Military and Naval re
sources and necessities ol the West and South.
—S. W. Black, J. H. Foster, Pittsburgh ; I.
P. Begs, Cinn.; A. Douglass, Ill.; Jas,
Guthrie, Louisville; W. L. Williams, St.
Lonis; O. C. Coinstock, Michigan; A. Pike,
Ark.; J. A. Quitman and Roger Barton, Miss.;
Hon. W. Barrow, La.; C. C. Clay, Ala.;
Willo. Williams, Nashville; Sam Houston,
Texas.
On motion, Gen. E. P. Gaines was added.
Committee on Improvement of the Western
Rivers.—A. B. Chambers and W. M. Shrieve,
St. Louis; Capt. Pennvweight, Ohio; A Bin
gaman, Nalches; E. Hickman and W. W.
Hart, Tenn.; C. Ashlev, Aik.; P. Minor and
J. W. Breedlove, La ; G. W. Martin, Tenn.;
Capt. Shallcross and S. Kiley, Ky.; Shadrack
Penn, Jr., and Judge Bowlin, Mo.; William
Shanks, Indiana,
Committee on the Improvement of the Ohio
River.—T. J. Bigham and Josiah King, Pitts
burgh ; Judge Hall and Mr. Barnes, Cinn.; G.
W. Thompson, Wheeling; L. Shrieve and C.
M. Strader, Louisville; S. Paxton, N. Ala.;
Robert Triplett, Henderson; S. M. Barnes,
Kv.
Committee on the Connection of the Western
Rivers with the Lakes, by a Ship Canal.—W.
Walters, I. Butterfield, N. H. Judd, W. B.
Ogden and Jacob Fry-
On motion, Lieut. Maury was added.
Committee on the Western Armory.—G. T.
W. Davis, Thomas Morris, A. G. Caldwell,
Henry Eddy, J. A- McLernard, Joseph Wat
kins, A. B. Bradford and E M. Yerger.
Committee on the Military road through
Arkansas, from the Mississippi river to the
Western frontier.—D. H. Bingham, S. Borland,
A. H. Sevier, Wm. Strong, Win. Fergnson, A.
Fowler, W. C. Dunlap, Wardlow Howard, E.
Banks and Jos. Wright.
Committee on the Forts and Defences of the
western Indian frontier.—A G. Mayers, John
Rodgers, Elias Rector, S. L. Oliver, G. Ake,
Jrsenh Bennett and S. Macklin.
Committee on Western tviaits.—M. r;. V.’tli
chester, J. M. Weimer, G. Crawford, R Stan
ton, H. B. B. Hale, B. Williams, C. McKihbin,
L. H. Mosbv, H. D. Coleman, W. Wren, A.
G. Penn, J. Fickland. L. P. Cheatham.
Committee on Western Marine H- snitals.—
Drs. Cartwright, Natchez; Stone, N. O ; Bal
four, Vicksburg; W. Christian, Memphis; H.
Lane, St. Louis; D. Drake, Louisville; L. C.
Rives, Cin; W. Irwin, Pittsburg; Houston,
Wheeling.
Committee on the levying and reclaiming the
public low lands on the borders of the large
western rivers.—D. Craighead, H. H. Means,
John Marlin, Ten.; Thos. Craighead, P. G.
Rives, T. Farerly, 13. Johnson, T. M. Collins
and J. M. Fletcher, Ark; Dr. Worthington,
H. L. Douglas', A.G. McNutt and C. Percy,
Miss,; Major Riland, Mo.; G. H. Profit, la.;
Governor Fori, III.; D. Hatch, John Hardin,
W. H. Gaines, E. H. Fletcher, W. D. Fergu
son.
Committee on the Railroad connection be
tween Charleston, S. C.. and the Mississippi
river. —R. Tope, W. B. Morris, N Anderson,
J. J. Potts and Dr. Davis, Tenn : Col. Gadsden
and C. Boyce, S. C ; Joseph H. Lumpkin and
Joel Crawford, Ga.; W. P. Mangum, N.C.; N.
Davis, R. Fearn, Col. Lane and Mr. Brown,
Engineer, Ala ; J. Thompson, J. W. Lumpkin
and Joseph Chalorers, Miss.; W. S. Brown,
Rome, Ga : J. E. Holmes, S. C.; L. Pope, D.
Morrison, Tenn.
Committee on the Agriculture of the South.—
J. Pope, E. W. Kenny, G. L. Holmes, L. P.
Williamson, Austin Miller and Dr. T. M.
Watters, Tenn.; James Ruffin, C. Thomas,
Doct. Nutt, W. M. Turnbull and C. Tarplev,
Miss.; Benj.Sherrod, Ala ; D. Terril,Ga.; Col.
McKiver S. C.; Judge Roan. Ark.; G. 11.
Wyatr, La., James Johnson, N. C.
Committeeon Manufacturing in the South.—
W. Armour, D. Park, J. Farrington, E. H.
Porter, Pitser Miller and A. Allison, Tenn;
Wm. Gregg and J. Is. Holmes, S. C.; F. J.
Black. Ga ; J. Grayham, N. C.; H. R. Hill,
La.; P. W. Lucas, Miss.; B. W. Lowe, Ala.;
W. E. Woodruff, Ark.
LEWIS SHANKS, President.
N. WxTKINS, )
J. H. McMahon, / Secretaries.
F. S. Latham, J
Rail Road to Nashville.
In his message to lhe Legislature of Tennes
see, Gov. Jones refers to the contemplated exten
sion of the Georgia road to Nashville, in the
following terms:
“Os the importance of a well regulated sys
tem of Internal improvements, I entertain no
doubt. That suc h a system would afford great
facilities to the enterprise and industry ot lhe
counrry, developing its resources and stimula
ting its energies, is certainly true. No one es
timates its benefits more highly than I do, and
( pp.rjne more than 1 would, to see
the policy ofthe State. Gladly would 1 con
tribute bv all proper means to its establishment
That such works are greatly needed in many
portions of the State, no one will doubt. In lhe
eastern division, from its insulated position, and
the very imperfect and uncertain navigation of
its streams, such facilities would be cl great
value and utility. But great as these benefits
are conceded to be, their importance does not in
my judgment justify a resort to that most de
structive financial policy, of raising means by
an extension of the credit ol the Stale in the
issuance of its bonds. The bo’ ds that have
already’ been issued have been sold at adisconnt
ot from twenty to fifty per cent, and yet lhe
State is bound to redeem them at their
nominal or par value. This objection to a
further issue of the bonds of the State, is a tor
i'idable one, yet there are others ot far greater
magnitude. Any policy that contemplates an
enlargement ofthe debts ol lhe Slate at the pre
sent time, I should consider of dang-rous ten
dency. In the name ol justice anti honor let
ns isstle no mom bonds, let us create no more
debts, until we have either paid those we owe,
or made some certain provision fir them as
they come to maturity, fl inequality in the
distribution of lhe means already vested in these
works exist, between lhe different divisions of
the State, it injustice has been done, correct the
error bv all the honorable means at your com
mand; if needs be, correct it by a resort to the
Treasury of the State, to any means that you
have—but in the name ofthe honor ofthe State.
issue no more Ronds. To create debts without
possessing or providing some certain means lor
their redemption, is to trifle with the credit of
the State; it is to sport with its honor. There
are varions improvements of great importance,
and in the commencement and completion of
which the State h;s a deep interest. Os this
number I might specify the contemplated exten
sion ofthe Georgia Railroad, from its present
terminus at Chattanooga on the Tennessee
river, to some point on lhe Cumberland. Os
lhe advantages lobe afforded to our citizens by
this enierprize, f need not speak; it would open
a communication between lhe West and our
Southern Atlantic ports, the value and impor
tance of which can scarcely be estimated. And
if this improvement offers sufficient inducement
for an investment of individual capital, I can
not rtooht the propriety of authorising its con
struction, provided lhe Stale is not requited to
take any part ofthe stock.”
Anti-Renters Sentenced.—Edward O’-
Conner and John Van Steenbttrg, Anti-Rent
ers, convicted at Delhi, Delaware; countv, N.
Y. of the murder ol Sheriff Steele, have been
sentenced to be hanged on the 29th of next
month. Daniel W. Squires, .Moses Earle,
Zera Preston and Daniel Northrop, charged
with participation in the murder of Steele, have
been sentenced to imprisonment in the peniten
tiary for life. Thirteen others, who pleaded
guilty ot manslaughter, in the first, second,
third and fourth degrees, were sentenced to the
penitentiary for varions terms, ranging from
two to ten years.
Debt of Tennessee.—Gov. Jones, in his
message to the Legislature of Tennessee, says
the debt of that Slate is $3,370,416 6G.
Latest from the Mormon Country.—Gov.
Ford, ot Illinois, has issued a third proclama
tion, warning all persons from lowa or .Mis
souri from coming into Illinois to take part in
the civil war between lhe Mormons and anti-
Mormons. He says that it taken tn any act if
war or mischief, they will be chastised in a most
summary manner; and if thev escape beyond
the limits of lhe State, they will be demanded
to be surrendered to the authorities of Hancock
countv, that thev mav be tried lor their crimes
and punished according t<> law. Some of the
citizens of Clay county, Missouri, have held a
meeting since lhe proclamation, at which they
resolved: .
“That although Gov. 4orl, of Illinois, has
thought proper to address a proclamation to the
citizens ot Missouri ami lowa, warning us to
take no nart in the quarrel pending in Hancock
coun'v. we shall, nevertheless, act as freemen,
possessing hearts that can sympathise with their
fellow men when wrong'd, and bands that can
assist them when called on in maintaining their
rights.”— Baltimore Sun.
Census County.-The following
are (he returns of the census oi our county ano
town, which have just been completed and po
litely furnished ns by Wm. Green, E=q :
Total white population ;»
“ slaves
Free persons of color ‘
Total population 10.5' 8
The population ot this countv in IMO, was
7,539 -showing an increase id2,9~9—Marietta
I Helicon.
004.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20.
RntHOtUTtcN oft- Mn. Pub.—We regret lo
learn that the Hon. Washington Poe has re
signed his seat as a member of Congress from
tlie third Congressional District of Georgia.
The Twenty-ninth Conckess, it is now
certain, says the National Intelligencer, will be
in both branches of the general complexion ol
the Administration by a large majority. Va
cancies in the Senate are lo be filled by New
Hampshire, Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi,
and Tennessee, and their are of
the same party. So lhat the full Senate will
comprise twenty-four Whigs and thirty Demo
crats —making six majority. There are eight
vacancies in the House, viz: four from Mis
sissippi, one fiom Florida, and one (to fill va
cancies) from each of the States of Louisiana,
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. There
is no doubt of the election of lour Democrats in
Mississippi, (as the choice is by general ticket,)
one in Louisiana, and one in Florida. Leaving
New Hampshire and Massachusetts out, (and
they do not seem likely to elect,) the House
will 'contain, according to the tables in the
Journal of Commerce, 138 Democrats, 78
Whigs, 6 Natives—total 222. Majority over
Whigs and Nalivess4. Showing a Whig gain
of four members, and a Democratic loss of ten,
compared with the old Congress, lohen elected.
Sundry were, subsequently
ly in favor of tbe Whigs. Os the members 'of
the last House who voted against Mr. McKay’s
bill lo rednee the Tariff of 1842, forty-five are
re-elected: and c! those who voted lor it, filly
seven.
What will They Do t
The Democrats are already speculating (says
the Macon Messenger,) on the use they will
make of the power which their majority in the
Senate gives them. It has been said by those
who profess to speak oracularly, but perhaps
rather hastily, that they would prevent the elec
tion of a United States Senator, by refusing to_
go into joint ballotting. This would be an ul
tima ratio, to which it would be imprudent (or
them lo resort. It would at least be a dangerous
experiment; and that their party, should they at
tempt it. would be visited at a future day with
the proper retribution, there can be no donbt.
One thing is certain, (for it is openly avowed in
the highways,) they will use every possible ef
fort to prevent the election of'Mr. Berrien. This
gentleman is particularly odious to them. In
the Senate be has acquired a fame which the
most covetous aspirant lor distinction might
envy; his reputation as a lawyer, a statesman
and an orator, is co-extensive with the country;
he is Georgia’s most gifted son, worthy of any
office at her disposal, and capable of shedding
lustre and dignity upon any office he may hold
For this pre-eminence the Democrats hate Mr.
Berrien witha perfect hatred. “Give us any
body, bnt Berrien,” they say: and wedont know
but for this very reason we should be for giving
them Be rien, before any one else. It is a very
good criterion by which to judge a party man,
the estimate formed of him by his opponents;
and the rancor bordering upon malignancy, with
which the Democrats are pursuing Mr. Berrien,
is to us a recommendation. It furnishes pre
sumptive evidence of his inflexible adherence
to his principles. But whether Mr. Berrien will
be a candidate for re-election, or whether he will
be the choice of the Whig party, is, we pre
sume, as yet undetermined. Our opponents
are flattering themselves upon the prospect of a
rupture in the Whig ranks when this election
comes on. They will themselves be, to as great
an extent as practicable, the fomentorsof mis
chief; and when they fail, as they inevitably
will, they cherish the hope that we will fall out
among ourselves. But they will be disappointed.
A' Wnig Setlßlbr win be efeueo, .-iro wnetnei
he be Berrien, Dougherty or Dawson, he will
be the choice of the party. We anticipate no
trouble c.n this score, and it our opponents do,
they are “reckoning without their host.”
Old Laurens.
There has been a great deal of curiosity eli
cited hereabouts, says the Macon Alessenger, to
know the vote of Laurens county.—A good
friend of ours, and a sterling Whig, meets us
every morning with the salutation —“ Have you
got lhe vote of Laurens?’ Elbert, Greene, Jef
ferson, Troop, Taliaferro, Harris and such like
counties are his special favorites. Upon the
principle, that " where virtue is, those are most
virtuous,” he has a yearning to the people ol
those counties, and is patticularly solicitous
that they should maintain their integrity. In
these changing times, and when changelings
are so rife, he wants to know whether they re
main steadfast in the faith. It isa comfort to
hear his remarks, when looking over the returns
—his eulogistic comments on the counties
which have gained and his bitter denunciations
of those which have lost— it is truly relreshing.
To hear him speak of Newton and Walton, of
Clark and Jackson, of Macon and Houston, is
enough to reconcile one to the disappointment
he feels at such outrageous defection. We for
get or merge the defection of these Whig coun
ties into our admiration of the loyalty which
educes such strong denunciations ofaposlacy.
To such men, and we have a host of them, it
will be gratifying intelligence, that Laurens
continues as true as steel. Her fidelity was
strongly tested in the Harrison campaign, but
she came out of that contest unscathed. Al our
great Convention we procured a banner for her
delegation, and by theirspecial instructions, this
motto was emblazoned upon its white and am
ple neht—'Laurens submits to no dictation.
It was an heraldic emblem worthy ofthe hon
est, true, and faithful Whigs of Laurens, and of
most significant import. Troup lived in lha
cottnly, and his honored name had been used in
this part ofthe Stale dtiringthe exciting canvass
for the purpose of alluring Whigs front their
allegiance. Whatever effect the magic of a
name might have had elsewhere, it was info
tent in Laurens,—not a Whig yielded to the
power of lhe enchanter ;— lhe wand was broken,
and the name and character of Troup could not
control a single vote. The same unyielding
steadfastness still characterizes her people. She
still remains impervious to all "dictation.”
George M. Troup, jr., a worthy son ot his wor
thy sire, was a candidate for the Senate, and in
Laurens got hut 16 votes! Everyone that ap
preciates loyalty and political integrity, must
admire the constancy and faithfulness of noble
old Laurens. She is a model county for the
Whigs of Georgia to be proud of, and emulate.
Singular Phenomenon oh Lake Ontario.
—On Saturday last a most extraordinary oc
currence was noticed in the lake at this place.
Shortly before noon some gentlemen walking
upon the wharf, happening to cast their eyes
upon the water between the piers were struck
with the very unusual appearance ot a strong
current tide, ns if it were setting direcily out to
sea. It seemed as if the whole Lake was
going bodily away. In a few minutes nearly a
third part ot the inner harbor, with a correspond
ing portion ofthe shore on either side, vias left
entirely bare, when suddenlj' the tide turned and
canie as rapidly back again, fillingthe harbour,
at least two feet higher than it was before.—
ThL extraordina-j’ action of the Lake was
continued at regular intervals ot every eight or
ten minutes till after dark,—the highest tide
noticed being a little before six o’clock in the
evening, when the water rose several inches
higher than it was last spring, and just two
feet and an inch above its presentlevel.
We understand the same occurrence was
noticed at other places on lhe Lake, and hear
that at Port Hope lhe efiect was so great that
the Princess Royal could not get into the harbor
at all, running hard agr und when more than
her length outside the'entrance to the piers
The cause of so extraordinary a phenomenon
is at present a matter of various conjecture, but
lhe general opinion seems to be that it could
only have been produced by a violent earth
quake in some part ot the continent, which we
shall probably soon hear of. -Cobtmrg Whig.
LATEST FROM ENOLAN
Arrival or THF
STEAMER GREAT BRITAIN.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
Great failure of the crops in England, and con
tinent/.I Europe —Cotton market stationary—
Money market remains easy.
Through the politenessofthe Agents of Har
den A. Co.’s Express we were favored with
Extras of tbe Buston Atlas and Mail of yester
day, from which we glean the following:
Atlas Oitice, Tuesday, )
October 14th, 1845—11 o’clock, A. M.)
We have just received by special express
from our attentive correspondent at Holmes’
Hole, connected with Col. Hatch’s New Bed
ford Express, the intelligence that the British
Steamship Great Britain arrived al Holmes'
Hole, alone o’clock yesterday, with the loss of
her foremast. It will be recollected that she
was reported, in our paper of this morning, as
having been seen at 7 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, with signs of distress flying, and firing
signal guns, within two miles of the shore, to
the southward of Long Point Light.
Tbe Great Britain left Liverpool on the 27th
ult. She has experienced verv heavy galesol
wind lor the last ten days, and had run short of
coal. The schooner David Collin, ot New
Bedtord, happened to be in Holmes’ Hole, Itom
Philadelphia, with a cargo of coal, and, at dark,
last evening was alons-side the Great Britain,
supplying her with coal.
Our messenger, who brought the intelligence
lo COT. Hatch’s Express, has brotfgih nsaWopv
ot Wilmer & Smith’s European Times, and a
list ofthe passengets by the Great Britain.
If she arrives at New York this day, tbe
Great Britain will have been seventeen days
on her passage from Liverpool.
The Crops.
In relation to the crops the Liverpool Euro
pean Times says:—
At the sailing ofthe last packet, we stated
that the wet weather, after an interval of nearly
three weeks, had returned, and that the out
standing crops which it was believed were small
in quantity, would sufier seriously by the
change. The accounts front the northern part
ot the kingdom speak despumlingly of tbe in
jurious eflects ofthe change; and it now ap
pears that the progress made in culling and
housing the produce ol the fieldsduting the con
tinuance of warmth and sunshine was not so
great as had been anticipated. The price of
grain is rising rapidly, as a glance at our mar
ket returns will show. Even at the present mo
ment there is a good deal of outstanding pro
duce in the field. The fine weather has again
returned, but the season is too iar advanced to
permit the sun to have much power, and no
doubt can exist, tliat the husbandman who did
not “take lime by the forelock,” when the op
portunity offered, will suffer severely by bis
indolence. With the rise ol the markets, fears
respecting the coming winter begin to prevail.
The failure of the Potaloe crop is almost
general, and to meet the deficiency which that
calamity has occasioned, large quantities of
riceand bond grain have been taken out ofbond
fortranshipinent toFrance, Holland, and Bel
gium. Noth withstanding the lacl of the mar
kets rising, the averages are descending, owing
to the large quantities ol inferior Grain, the
produce ot the present harvest, which have been
thrown upon tbe markets. But in the teeth of
the unpromising appearances which are abroad,
the rage lor speculation in every description
of Railway investment still continues, without
any signs of abatement. To such an extent is
the mania carried, that Government, it is said,
contemplates interfering, by an announcement
through the Gazette, that no more schemes will
be provisionallv registered, as the number
which are already before the public are more
than Parliament can set through tn the next
session.
Now that circumstances render it painfully
apparent, lhat supplies of food must be had from
some quarter, all eyes are turned across the At
lantic, and fears prevail lhat the late orders
which have been sent to Canada will miss the
season, and arrive after the navigation of the St.
Lawrence has been closed by the ice. Much
will, of course, depend upon the time when the
frost sets in; and. if the weather is favorable,
there is little doubt that handsome fortunes will
be made by those who have speculated largely
in “bread-stuffs.” Whatever quantities may
come from the United States, will also find a
ready sale, either in this cour try or on the con
. it/—.. : . tThc-Ax-cr from. 1.1.. Uuit--f*-
represent the season as having Deen favorable
for the grain crops. An opportunity row exists,
which rarely occurs, of sending produce of that
description to Europe, with the certainly of find
ing a ready and a rising market. It is deeply to
be regretted that, instead ot an uncertain and un
stable traffic, the nature ol our corn laws pre
vents the demand from being regular and uni
form. But such a desideratum is on the eve ol
accomplishment.
The Neapolitan tariff is considered somewhat
ot a boon to commerce. The trade ot the Uni
ted States, it is said, will suffer by the new regu
lations, as the supply ol colonial produce was
almost entirely thrown into their hands, on ac
count ol the li mnties given by the Government
to their own flag on all importations from trans
atlantic ports, and lhe abolition of these bounties
will divertthe traffic intootberchannels. Such,
at least, is the current rumor.
Prospects of the Crops.
The reports received from the Northern pans
of the kingdom speak in a very desponding tone
of the probable effects of lhe extremely wet and
boisterous weather expel ienced during the week
on that poition of the crops still outstanding.
That injury to an extent difficult to he remedied
at this advanced period of the year has been
done, is greatly to be feared; and, unless we
have an immediate return ol dty weather, the
consequences may be serious.
Even if the northern harvest had been got in
well, the yield of Wheat could scarcely have
been expected to prove an average, and, under
existing circumstances, the deficiency in quality,
it not in quantity, is likely to be much greater
than was calculated on.
Notwithstanding the fine weather experienced
three consecutive weeks, there is still a great
quantity of grain abr< ad South of'the River
Humber, whilst further North much is yet
uncut. Ofthetotal produceol the United King
dom probably two-thirds may have been saved;
but it is needless to remark, that the manner in
which the other third may be secured must
greatly influence the whole.
Our previous estimates of lhe probable result
of the harvest have therefore, we fear, been too
favorable; and we now apprehend that, besides
the already admitted deficiency in Wheat and
Potatoes, the crops of Barley and Oats, as well
as those of Beans and Peas, may prove inferior
to what we were induced to hope.
As threshing is proceeded with, lhe com
plaints ol Wheat certainly increase; nordothe
accounts of lhe quality improve. The loss in
weight alone is a serious consideration ; sup
posing the same to be 3 lbs. per bushel on the en
tire quantity grown—which isa moderate com
putation—and taking lhe whole produce ol
Wheat of the United Kingdom in an average
yAr, at 20,000,000 qrs., this item alone would
make a difference of a million ol quarters.
The increasingly unfavorable reports relative
to the potato crop have also had their weight;
and the trade has assumed a decidedly firm
tone.
Whether any immediate advance ol impor
tance will occur in lhe value of wheal will pro
bably depend, in a great measure, on the wea
ther; bur, however auspicious the latter may
hecosse, we feel tolerably sure that the price of
bread-stufts must, later in the year, rise materi
ally.
Not only is the crop short in thiscountrv, but
lhe harvest has been defective over the greater
part of continental Europe. In tlolland and
Belgium lhe fact is so well ascertained that lhe
Government of the former country has deemed
it prudent to reduce rhe duties on grain to the
minimum point, while all restrictions on the
import of corn, into Belgium, have been re
moved for a given period.
Already numerous orders have been recerved
from Rotterdam, Antwerp, &c., and the mode
rate stocks of bonded corn are likely to be short
ly reduced into a very narrow compass, if not
exhausted, by shipments to countries from
whence, in ordinary years, we are in the habit
of drawing some portion ot our foreign sup
plies.
„Sln the Baltic ports, Great Britain must expect
to be outbid by the Dutch and Belgians; and in
the Black Sea, wheat has lately been brought
up to supply Italy, where the crops are stated to
have yielded indifferently.
ft seems, thetefore, rhat, unless prices advance
materially in this country, we arc not likely to
draw any quantity of wheat from abroad.—
Mark Lane Express.
Produce.—The produce market continues <-c
--tive. For rice, owing to the causes already as
signed, there was much inquiry, al greatly im
proved prices. The stack was gening low in
consequence of the large demand lor export.
The B. P. sugar market was rattier drill,
and lhe recent high prices ha<t given away a
little.
Missing Packet Ship England.
Great iniere-t has been excited In England
since the departure of the Cambria, in conse
quence ol a bottle having been picked up, on
the 16th Sept., at sea, four miles south east of
VOL.IX.--NO. 43.
Douklrm Head, containing a piece of paper, on
which was written, in pencil, an intimation
that the vessel was then in lat. 45 10, ion. 98 7;
that she had lost her quarter boats; that there
was 10 leel waler in her bold, and no vessel tn
sight. As the greatest possible interest must
attach lo every thing relating to this il 1 fated ship,
we give a verbatim copy of this document:--
Packet Ship England,
From Liverpool, December 11th, 1814.
Long. 987. Lat. 45 10-
(reverse.)
. Lost quarter boatlo feet water in the bold.
No vessel in sight.
We are enabled to exhibit :his interesting
Paper and Boule lo the American public,
at the office of the European Tinies, 7 Wall-st.,
New York, by application to our Mr. Charles
K. Wilmer. Liverpool, 2Gth Sept. 1845.
W ilmer & Smith.
Just before onr paoerwent to press, Capt.
Cropper of the packet shin ‘ New York,’ call
ed at our office lo see the above. Captain Crop
per observing a cork in tbe bottle, drew it with
a string, and found it had been previously ex
tracted with a cork screw, and slated, as bis
opinion, that that circumstance was strong
evidence of its authenticity. Captain Cropper
says that he has no doubt ol the bottle and
contents having been thrown from the packet
ship “ England.”
’The longitude is evidently wrong ; and we leave it.
for the nwner* and otheis interested lo judge whether
that longitude was really penned by some person on
bosrd, who might not be conversant with such rnat-
MiscellaneouPa
The Great Britain has 105 passengers, a •
mong whom is Leopold de Myer, the distin
guished pianist.
The new American Minister.— We understand
that Hon. Louis M’Lane is progressing most
favorably iu his ; new position at tbe jjpnrt ol
the honorable gentleman’s mission. '
The Irish Collegiate Bill is again being revi
ved in al) the intensity »ttd virulence ol discus,
sion, bv a protest, on the pan ol the Irish Catho
lic Bishops and Archbishops, against the mea
sure. It appears that seventeen of these eccle
siastics are against, and nine in favor of the hill.
The continental news is without nyuch inte
rest. The King of Saxony had opened the Di
et, in a speech which reflects his anxiety re
specting the recent occurrences connected with
the religions movement. The Prussian Gov
ernment views the Abbe Ronge with the same
suspicion as before; and he was prevented from
sleeping in Mannheim, when he passed through
it. TheQucen and the Queen-Motherhavear
rived at Madrid; and,although the capitol was
quiet, fears ot an outbreak existed. Switzer
land is like a smothered volcano; an explosion
mav be looked for.
The accounts from Berlin state that a treaty
ot commerce is on the eve ot c< nipleiion be
tween the Zollverein and Austria. An En
glish journal, alluding to this subject, says :
"The Zollverein concludes treaties with all
countries, in all parts of the world; but just
when the treaties are on the point ol ratification
something is sure to occur to prevent their com
pletion. This was the case, more or less, with
Holland, with Belgium, and more particularly
with the United States.
Iron.
The Iron trade continued brisk, owing to the
requirements of the new undertakings, and
Railway Bars were consequently much sought
alter. From the same Roller Plates,
used in the constrnction of iron shipping, were
improving in value. Pig Iron was also selling
at good prices, and the make of the metal was
greater at present lhan it was ever known.
Liverpool, Sept. 26.—Present quotations ate
for Scotch pigs in Glasgow, £1 10s per ton, in
Liverpool, £4 15s to £5; common bars£B l r >«;
hoops £10i0s; sheets £ll 15s: rods £9 10s,
best refined £ll 10s; rails £ll 10s, all in Liv
erpool.
Freights al Liverpool.— Freights to the United
States remain without alteration, except lor
metals, and passengers are coining forward
more freely lor the last week or ten days. The
freights for New York packets, sav—Copper,
12s. 6d ; pig iron, Bs. to 10s; bar iron, 10s.
Markets
Since the Cambria left there has been bill
little change in the money market. The supply
is as large as ever, and the rale of interest fur
the best bills 2} to 2} per cent. The English
funds have been very dull, and in the last day
or two have manifested a tendency to decline.
In Railway shares speculation continues as
rile as ever. A rumor that Government is
about to interfere to cheek the mania, has been
current in the market lor some days past—but
upon what foundation it rests we could not
learn.
Market, Sept. _
market, and pt ices are folly 4s hicber wiihin the
week. Bacon is in good demand at Is advance.
Lard is also 2s Io 3s higher, and scarce. There
is a steady demand for American beef at full
prices. The cheese per Great Britain, sold at
an advance of fully 5s per cwt.
Ijmdon Corn Market, Sept. 26.—Wheal is
firm at Monday’s prices, but our millers are
mostly in want of new wheal; and as the
weather is fine, and factors ask lull prices lor
old and lor foreign Wheat, not much business
has been done. We may quote English Wheat
at 60s. to 70s. and foreign in bond from 40s. to
54’. Barley is firm, without much business
doing.
Liverpool Corn Market, Sept. 26.—Quota
tions—Wheat, per 70 Ihs—Canadian, red, Bs3d
aßs 6d; white 8s 9d a9s3d ; United States, red,
8s 6d aßs 9.1. Indian Corn, per 480 lbs 35s a
38; in bond, 25s a 27«. Flour, per 196 lbs—
Canadian, sweet, 33s 6d a 34s 6d; United States,
sweet, 35 a 34«; in bond, 26 a 27 5 ; do. and Ca
nadian sour, 31 a 325; inbond, United States,
21 a 235.
State ol Trade In the Manufacturing Dis
tricts.
The various accounts received from lhe
Manufacturing Districts since the sailing <4
the Cambria are encouraging and satisfactory.
At Leeds there has been an improved business
done in the warehouses. There is a very brisk
demand for piece goods at the Halifax market,
ami prices ate considers I a shade higher; lor
Orleans and Merinos there is a most excellent
demand.
Goods sell verv rapidly in the llmb’erslield
market, —stocks, both at that place and Leeds,
continue light. From Bradford, the accounts
received state that Yarns were in moderate de
mand, without alteration in price.
Unfavorable reports of the Lace and Net
trades have reached us, which form lhe only ex
ception to lhe statement which we bavealteadv
made as to the satisfaetoty stale ol trade
throughout England. The demand for Yarn
continues to be exceedingly .active, particularly
for the lower numbers, both of niulri and water
twist, for which higher prices are paid this
week. The goods market without change.
Cotton Markets.
I JVERPnOT.. Hep! 2fi.
Cofrwn—Th* (,’oiton rn;uke» itas b»»n dull through
out the week, with the slightert perceptible decline in
price*. The quotation* can »>car<ely be raid to have
changed, hut there hid been more inclination to meet
buyer*, and i(mb common and middling denctiptipna
were freely offered. The declared price* for lhe week,
by the Committee of Broker*, for lair Colton wa* :
Bowed 4ft, Mobile 4{, Orleans,
I.IVBRPOOL, Hept. 26.
Colt on— There i* no alteration whatever io notice in
the price nf Cotton this week. The demand, which
ha* been moderate only, ha* been fairly met by holders
but there her. been no pieneing to sell. 6500 American
have been taken rm speculation, nod 4<M) American,
200 Pernams and 200 Egyptian for export. IGOEgyp.
tian. 300 Bartondoe*, and ROO Madras are declared for
auction on Friday next. The tolal number of tales
during the week amount to 26,400 bales. Another ie>
pori say*, a general dullness has pervaded Hie market
during lhe week, the trade having purchased sparingly,
arul speculators only tn a moderate extent : neverthe
less. price* do not perceptibly give way. though tn
»ome instances rather lower rales kava been act-epted.
Speculators have in ken 6,500 Americans, and exporter*
4<X) Ameiican, 200 Pernam*, and 2(M»Hurat. Advertised
fnr auction on Friday next. 160 Egyptian. .100 Bar ba*
does, and 800 Madras. Total number of sale*,
balpS ' Havre, Sept. 23.
Cotton- Since the receipt of lhe advices from the
United State*, by the Hibernia steamer, m Tuesday
Inst, our nun ket relapsed into a dull stale, specula
tors have entirely withdrawn from the field, and ab
though the account* from the manufadui mg district*
are upon the whole of a satisfactory tenor, lhe de
mand from tlie trade ha* been on a most restricted
scale.
A lecturer on chemistry once asserted that it
had been ascertained by actual experiment that
snow contained a considerable decree of heat.
An Irishman present remarked that be thought
it would be a blessed discovery for (lie poor, it
they could only find out how many snowballs it
would take io boil a tea keltle!
Travtlling is now exceedingly cheap from
lhe city of New York to all points north and
The fare to Boston is now 51,75 to $2, 230
miles; to Albany 12$ h’so cents, I|H mile-,
wi’.hottl Lerlhs ; to Pi evidence 50 lo 75 cenfs,
180 miles, wiililerths; io Norwich and New
London sl, 130 miles, with berths; k. New
Haven 50 cis to SI, 80 miles ; to New Biuns
wick 25 cents, 45 miles.
Life a Jouknky.—Consider heaven ns your
home: yourself as on a journey to it ; the afflic
tion you meet with as a course of discipline Io
prepare you for it; and the treasures y<m may
possess as given lodelray your expenses on lhe
way, and to enable you Io do something for
those who do not enjoy your blessings.
Lllerocles says this : “ When we am in a run
dilion lu overthrow fals< hood an I etior, ve
ought nol to do it with vel emence, hoi in*nli
ingly, and with an air of coniempt; I ui lo lay
open the truth, and with answers lull ol m id
ness ro refute ihe falsehood.”