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MEXICO AND TEXAS NEWS.
J'r m the X O. P eatfitnt, 2'jM ull.
From Mexico.
By the arrival at this jx>rt this morning of the
brig John Williams, Capt. Gordxfred, wo have
received file* of i»pem from the city of Mexico
to the 18th, and Vera Crux to the 16tfi iust. Our
limited time will only permit ua to make a few
extract*.
bettor Ramirez, Minister of Foreign Relations,
baa presented a memorial to t'ongrese, netting
forth the reasons that induced him to conclude
an agreement with the bpaniah Minister for the
paymunt of the claims of the bpaniah creditors
of Mexico, which was deemed satisfactory
The Vera Crnx jiapcrs are tilled with reflec
tions upon the probable effect of the law pending
before Cougresa for the admission of foreign
flours inU> vera Cruz for the consumption of the
citizen*) of doty# lb 6 rncii.,ll.6. is to be
one imperiously demanded by the liccosaities of the
inhabitant*.
borne of the payers complain loudly of the im
portation and lubrication of adulterated drugs, and
call lor legislative interposition.
A proposition has been introduced into Con
gresa declaring the cultivation and manufacture
ot tobacco, now a Government monopoly, to he
tree over the whole republic after the expiration
ol the present contracts.
Twenty robbers bad been arrested in Durango
for plundering and ilevaatating the country in the
dress of Indians. The Universal calls lor their
prompt and severe pnnishmerit, ami says the
delays of the law sro the cause of more thun half
the triines committed in the Republic.
The Indians were still committing their rava
ges in Durango, and other frontier States, almost
without resistance on the part of the authorities.
The Government of Sau Louis I’otosi had re
commended the rich proprietor, of that State to
form a rifle coin|>aiiy, to be armed, mounted and
maintained by themselves.
The Zeinpoalteea, of Jalapa,says that on the 9th
inst. Juan C. Kecoliedo, at the head of some 7o
others, attacked the house of the Alcalde of
Oatepec, to obtain the arms contained therein,
aud afterwards took possession of the funds de
po-ited there from contributions anil tolls. This
Juan Keeolledo was one of those included in the
amnesty recently granted by the Legislature of
Vera Cruz u> all who took part in the revolution
ary movements the year previous. Troops left
Jalaps, in pursuit, the day after, and the National
Guurl were placed underarms.
The Siglo of the 3d inst. bus a long article upon
the present aspect of the Tehanntepcc question.
Tne editor says ull parties in Mexico desire to see
the great work or inter-oceanic communication
completed, but all fear that the nationality of
Mexico would be jeopardized by the recognition
of the Garry grant. New propositions have been
made which appear to present a favorable solu
tion of the difficulty. [This evidently refers to
the propositions of Col. Sloo, which, as we an
nounced yesterday, have been accepted by the
Chamber of Deputies.] The editor complains
that much knowledge upon this important sub
ject is hid beneath the veil of diplomacy; and
says that the rejection of the Tchauntc|iee treaty
by the Chamber of Deputies und re. -lit publica
tions will doubtless cause great irritation in the
Cubed States, und the American press will im
prove the opportunity to insult Mexico and her
Grvernment. Under these circti'n»tunce», and
in view of the grave results that may nri»e t:
the nation from this question, the editor thinks
further diplomatic reserve unnecessary, and calls
for the publication of all the documents connect
ed with ft, so that the people may know on whom
to place the blatne, if blame there be. After
• mentioning the formation of a treaty by Mr.
Letcher and Scuor Pedroza, its modification by
tne United Suites Government, aud its final re
jection by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies,
the editor says: “ Tne second (or modified) treaty
has been rejected by our Chamber of Deputies,
und Jin* step is not a proof of cither hail tui'h or
barbarism. It is a tiling that all treaties are sub
ject to which are concluded with countries in
which, by their political organization, transac
tions with foreign powers must be previously re
vised by the legislative body. Oiny a complete
reversal' of the principles of international right
could make the rejection of the treaty eaueus
IslU. Such an absurdity does not need refuta
tion.” The editor regrets that a party of Ameri
can engineers were permitted to survey the Isth
mus, and says that the project of Mr. Sloo, which
appeared to remove all difficulties, is w orthy of ex
amination. lie still fears, however, that it is
only another snare spread for Mexico, a strata
gem or trick played by those who have lost the
privilege—meaning the present company, vve
presume.
The Trait d'Union of the 12th inst. says that
the Chamber of Deputies, considering the Te
huantepec grant to Garay us abolished or annul
led, lias authorized the Government to take such
other measures as it may deem convenient or nc
lessarj lor the opening of travel over the Isthmus
of Tenauntepec.
On the sth May the Government officials pro
ceeded to seize at Vera Cruz iho effects of several
commercial houses, the English in preference,
which had refused, in consequence of the con
tinuance at Miitumoros of Gen. Avalos’s low tariff,
tosign bills for tlio payment of duties due under
the old and high tantf. On Iho 7ih inst. the Go
vernment communicated to the merchants of Vera
Crnx the Information that the tariff had been
raised to the old rates at Matarnoros. This quieted
the agitation at Vera Cruz in softie degree, but
farther trouble was experienced, and the Govern
ment is seriously embarrassed what measiiros to
adopt to relieve conmerco there from its presoul
perishing condition.
The Cokimitlee on Finance has reported to tho
Chamber of Doputica in favor of allowing tne inu
portutiou of foreign Clour for threo years, into Vera
Cruz, in such quantity us tho Government may
deem needed by tho wants ol the population, tim
duty being s;t per barrel.
hi answer to oertuin interrogations from the
OhiiinlMjr of Deputies, it appears that President
Arista and throe members of the Cabinet arc in fa
vor of l.voring the tariff on foreign importations,
and abolishing those duties which amount to a
prohibition of importation. One member of tha
Cabinet is opposed to these measures.
The Chamber of Deputies has persisted, bv a
majority of 4/i votes, in recommending the lower
ing of tho tariff by 10 per cent., and the abolition
of the prohibitory duties.
On the 19th ult., the American vessel John
Wesicy, from Now York, with ton passengers, was
loat on the roof of Cabozos, seven miles from Vera
Cruz. Tho passengers, officers and crow and part
of tho freight wero takon off by the Mexican
schooner Rosario.
Honor Sagiiocta has been olected President of the
Senate, and Honor Gamboa Vice President. Se
ller l anes lias been elected President o.‘ tho
Chamber of Deputies, und Seuor Unzmuu Vico
President.
Throe hundred Mexican soldiers have arrived in
the Slate of Sonora. More French and German
emigrants from San Francisco have reached Sonora,
where tliov propose establishing a colony. Some
four hundred more French were expeoted. Tho
people of Sonora troatod all who urrived with kind
ness.
The Minister of War has proposed a scries of
measures for the defence of the frontier States
aguinst the Indians, among which are the erecting
of new fortifications on the eastern frontier and
the formation of a now military colony in Chihua
hua. The coalition of the States for this purpose
j» producing a good etlect. Tho Legislature of
Ve*aCruz has given to the accumulating fund the
tliirn oart of the value of tho confiscation accruing
to the'bite for four years, and has also opened a
voluntary subscription. The .S’ipii hopes that the
other States w'll aid their brothers in tho struggle
for the salvation of civilization.
A report from the Minister of War tofongress
aavs that the Republic is threatened on all sides—
IV.',u, Tehuantepec ; from Lower California, which
j,,,. been invaded by a party of adventurers; from
S mom, whore an expedition is oxpoctcd from ad
venturers and savages; from Chifiiiahua, where a
regulation ** 0,1 " ,0 <,v ® °* breaking out, beaded
bvThe Governor; from Towniilipus, which is me
nacoil by adventurers who have again united on
the other side of the Rio Grande; from Yucatan,
where it will bo necessary to suspend tho opera
tions against the Indians for want of iunds; and
in tho interior, which is verging towards anarchy.
A pretty picture this.
IHm Mariano Maocdo. former Minister of Reta
il one, was examined before tho Senate, on the loth
i„,\, for arbitrary conduct towards Gen. Almonte,
then Senator—Maocdo being Minister of Relations
at tho ('tne. He was acquitted by u vote of 23 to
'*Scnor lloves, a member of Congress, has loaned
sHn,noil to the Government, without interest or
|r Newsh’ad been received at Merida from Gen. La
Vega. The last ibi'es from him were to tho 27th
ult., and it was saiil’ ho bad obtained some advanta
ges over the Indians, but his position at that time
win not Indicated. An U, 1 r * ll had been taken
prisoner in the villago of > ''h' l7 - “**" be declared
that Gen. La Vega laid recoil' 1 !"® I’®” 1 ’®” * Inobanja,
notwithstanding the obstinate r». 'stance ol some
negroes from Belize, who beaded the Indians. A
letter had been written from Tibosuco, pj'aorcdi
•ahle person, which said that the force: M v.’-n.
La Vega had not met with any calamity; that he
was iii possession of Chnn-Santn-Cruz. and liud
apprehended a soldier of the National Gourd, a
deserter from Ihoalar, who said that place was un
occupied, and that Gen. La Vega immediately
marched thither.
The British steamship, Th- von her last trip
from Vera Cruz, carried off $50.>,<562.b6) i in gold
and silver.
From tilt X. 0. Pirayvot. 'iml inst.
Important from tilt- Itlo (•ramie.
By the arrival at this port last evening of the
ate'a’ntahip Yacht, from Brazos Santiago, wo Have
receive ! date* from Brownsville to the 26th ult.
The tie ** <*f the moat exciting character.
The tla_' l ' ll ’ 18th ult, states that on the eve
ning of the 10th ult. a ping of about forty men,
consisting of Mexicans and Indians, attacked a
partv of seven Ai.' ,or 'oans, who were encamped
at a lake called Co nacuaa; five of those at the
camp are said to have been murdered, and all
their property taken into Mexico. Two of the
nieu, fortunately, were on .‘he margin of the lake
ahooUiur <jucka ut tho tini© t in
making their escape. Tliose robbers and mur
derers are slid to have crossed the river tome
Ibrtv miles abort Brownsville, on Friday, the
Tth nit., and a detachment of them openly tv
crossed it again soon utter perpetrating the mur
der, bearing with them tile right baud ot each
of their slaughtered victims, while the remainder
of the savages coolly cucamped on the grottnu
where the Massacre occurred, expecting no doubt
■♦" other feast of blood from those whom they
ow...ied absent from the eauip, and would probably
return unsuspicious of danger.
The imputation of the neighborhood was not
only too sparse for resistance, but iitYaid to ven
ture out to bnv the dead, alder the murderers
were gone. The flag contains a letter from
Warreu Adams, which save that it is understood
that these Mexicans and Indians were instructed
by the authorities in Mexico to kill and plunder
ail American citizens near the frontier, and that
acting, as thev did, under the instructions of the
aforesaid authorities, thev mutilated the bodice
of the murdered men, taking the right band of
each to testily that they were entitled to the re
ward of thirty or forty dollars ottered by Mex
ico tbr each American they murder on the fron
tier.
The Bio Bravo of thb 80th saya, that the steamer
Caiuauche was again fired into last week, and a
custom hou-e either residing at.Kio Gramie City,
Mr. lira-hoar, was dangerously wounded. His
little -on was also wounded ; end a lady pa.-seu
ger, Mrs. Uogvrs, the wife of the murdered man
spokeu of above, who was on her way up tc
join iter husband, very narrowly escaped a ainuliar
fate.
Tne following card, piiblisbed lotto Bio Bravo,
gives the particulars of the outrage: '
\V e, the undersigned jwssen. ers from Browns
vitte >oSt. Louis, t.linburg. and Bio Grande t'ltv,
•HI the siv-uodioat called tiiv i'amaneho, eonciniud
ed t.v C l t. K chard King, and plying on the ltio
Grande, 10 and from the American towns on said
riser, •■rW'.si'W*, do liereby state, that on Moudav,
Mui 1,1 * P° lnt known by the name of
U.uicli 0 baula Anna, on the Mexican shore, while
►aid boa.' was quietly and peaceably pursuing her
coursetiua.sid riverfront Brownsville,esaforesaid,
slew w 'fir Hi * n '° ,ru ™ t!l * Mexican shore, while
ver. near Uie es •»«, by a party of Mexicans, (the 1
exa t number not known ) who disvdiarged some ]
twelve sooia, two of which took effect ..u the per- ;
sous of Mr. W. Li. Bras hear and his sou, a toy of ,
some four jean, old, anJ ihe balance ol dnferem .
l “ l Mr. U i, , revenue bffl«? r . “
Bio Grande Citv.and was proceeding up ke river,
aeuompauied by Ins family ,«® K ’*“ mo 11,8 du ie *
of his office at that place. ’ _
We lurther state that there w*‘ »«' <*<»“> <Zln
vocation given by any of the posse hgers, ofliccr>, |
c r crew of said boat, to warrant the o. ,,tra #°. ]
wgutouly oommitted to a vessel bcloilgii
Lulled States, and running uptin a river t' 6 ® w j
both nations.
f. yamitleroy; E.C. Taylor; John I* ,Idmnnd
tata; A. V. Edmuudaon; John A. Kwing; <*• F.
gjaorge; A. B Brashear; Trinidad Flore*; Jatioh
Gchwam; Antonia Leal.
We, -the undersigned, officer* on board ateam
frrlr famanchc. do hereby certify that the above
statement is correct ar.d trne in every particle.
R. King. Captain.
J. M. Warl, Mate.
Edward Downev, Clerk.
John Martin, Fiwt*
Chas. Neel. Engineer.
Joseph \V. Taylor, Engineer
On the evening of tne 14:h m»'-. Mr. 1 hillip
Rogers, a merchant of Rio Grande City, whno
standing behind bis counter, was stabood to the
heart a id killed by a Mexican, who bad, ostensi
bly, came in to purchase goods The object ot
the fella* rrs uo doubt, to rob the house, as i
\lr Ko 'ers not known to have au enemy in ;
the’ world. Another Mexican was utvpu watch
outside of the house, bat both succeeded In making
their escape to the cbapparul. They werediscoy- |
ered almost in the set, and one of the follows, in
oominir out of the bou*e-brushed gainst u gen
tleman who, hearing theory of Mr. haatilv
run to hi* aaristance. AJi effort* to discover and
arrest the assassin* have so far proved abortive.
As strange as it may seem abroad, says tbe
Eiii Bravo, this is the tenth murder which has
taken place within the last three weeks. For
the last two months the avenue has been three
killed |>er week. No mail's life is safe from these
Mexican assassins for a single hour. It has be
come a grave question, wbar is to be done in this
state of tilings ! If it should continue, thcro will
not be an American on tile river in six months.
Mr. G. N. (.'lark, whorecentiy arrived at Browns
ville, from New Orleans, was found dead iu old
Fort Brown, on the 13th inst., and it was evident
ironi shot and other wounds that he had been
murdered. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict
—“ that the deceased came to his death by shots
fired from a gun or pistol, by some person or per
sons unknown.”
From the X. O. Picayune, 2 d iiuf.
I.ater from Texas.
By the arrival of the steamer Louisiana, f'apt.
Lawless, we have received our tiles of Text*paper*.
Tfie Louisiana brings dates from Galveston to the
28tl) ult.
The accounts from the interior arc very favora
ble, a- to the present state and future prospects of
the corn and cotton crops. Refreshing rains appear
to have been fqlt ail over the country.
Uri the last trip of the stca stop Mexico from
Galveston to this port, she brought over a man
named Dabney, accused of murdering a person in
Alabama. The Brazos Delta .-.ty» that he was for
cibly wrested from tbe heads of the deputy sheriff
of Fort Bend county, und delivered, over to the
person who had gone from Alabama in pursuit of
bim.
Two white men named Charles M. Kingsbury
and Robert 11. Morrison, alias Harrison, were ar
rested in Houston county, recently, by a Mr. Ken
nedy, being charged with stealing two slaves, the
property of O. Davis, in Washiugton county. The
negroes were returned to their owner, aud the
thieves taken to prison.
A man named McFull, living on the Halado. near
San Antonio, was knocked down und robbed on
the evening of tho 12th ult., by two Mexicans.
The Huntsville Item states that Mr. Tousy, of
Cincinnati, is engaged in the construction of a plank
road through tho Trinity bottom. No less than
two hundred men are now employed in repairing
the road about the Ban Jacinto, and erecting new
bridges.
A Mrs. Slocum was tried at the late term of the
district court, at Bastrop, for the murder of u mau
named Forbus, and found not guilty. She had shot
Forbus on account of the ruin of her daughter.
The State Gazette says that a man by tic name
of Henry Brown, was taken up in Gilto«pie county,
and carried to Austin for trial, charged with steal
ing a negr-i woman, two horses,'a gun and side
saddle, from a gentleman residing in Hamilton’s
Valley. The negro and other property in his pos
session wero arrested. J. B. Costa, before whom
he was brought, declined trying trie accused for
the want of jurisdiction, the crime having been
committed in another county, aud on Monday
evening ho was put in jail, with a view of his I cing
conveyed to San Antonio for trial before Judge
Divine; but the Gazette says a minor wa- prevalent
next morning that he had broke out or jail und
hung himself! We fear this was a case of lynching.
Brown was a deserter from Fort Mason.
The people of both thecor|>oration und the county
of Victorio have voted almost urianin onsly to take
$.">0,000 each, of stock in the San Antonio uud Gulf
Railroad Company.
The Houston Beacon says n somewhat amusing
though rather serious affair occurred not long since
near Spring Creek, in the lower part of Grimes
county. Twovonug men from lowa, who had been
peddling about the country, and had realized some
S3OO or S4OO, were met by a wag who told them
that Iho country was infested tig numerous bands
of robbers, and they should be careful how they
exposed their cash. This excited their imagina
tions, and shortly after they met a respectable citi
zen, attired in Texan hunters’ costume, cap, red
flannel shirt, tin horn, rifle, Arc. lie inquired if
they had seen two young men with whom iie had
boon limiting, and by some mums had lost trace of.
On receiving an answer in the negative, he left
thorn. As soon as he got out of sight, the peddlers,
firmly convinced that he was chief of one of the
gangs of robbers, left the road and struck into the
woods. They had not gone far before they citmo
upon another rough-looking customer, one of the
companions of the hunter they had previously met.
Taking him for a robber, and 'tearing that lie would
shoot them if they attempted to retreat, they im
mediately drew their revolvers and commenced
firing ut. him. The hunter retreated, and endeavor
ed to explain, butthev would listen to nothing,und
kept shooting away." He, blew his horn for his
companion, who came up inst in time to hear a ball
whistle close by his ear. The hunters, finding re
monstrance useless, and being excellent shots,
brought the peddlers down the first fire. The
matter was then explained, and the hunters con
veyed them to u house where their wounds were
dressed.
The State Gazette learns by a private letter, dated
Belton, Bell coiintv. May 18th, that Dr. John W.
Coleman, late of Belton, was killed by lightning
on the 1 1th inst., while traveling near the residence
of James Arnlcr, Esq., of that county.
Mr. G. F. Bartlett, who has been connected with
the Boundary Commission, arrived at San Antonio
on the sth, twenty-two days from El Paso, lie re
ports no news in addition to that wo have already
had from that section.
The Democratic Review for April continues its
expositions of Cass and Buchanan democracy which
it styles the democracy of Fugydom. An 'exposi
tion oi the !h view'* own democracy might furnish
n view of progressive devclopemcnt worthy por
, Imps to he a counterpart of the democracy of ver
' bingo und corruption which it is fond of denounc
ing-
Ever since the successful imposture of the Kane
letter and tlie unblushing display of political -bun
’ ners in Pennsylvania bearing the emblazon of
Polk, Dallas and the Tariff of '42, the sterling
worth of principles has been at a frightful discount
in politics; and the most inordinate self-seeking,
too ignoble to merit the name of ambition for pnb
-1 lio servic, has pursued its aims by all those arts
1 and devices by whiclf intrigue" thrives and by
which the cupidity of men is made to minister to
1 the advancement ofgeneral factors pledged to dis
pense the otlieesand revenues of the Government
, m reward for unworthy services rendered. The
Democratic Review • may bo doing a good work in
| assailing tins system which lias grown into a state
of formidable consolidation, with engendered abu
ses which make republicanism almost a mockery;
yet as for the substitute it would iutro’duce in the
. place of this effete muss of political nuisance
we must crave the privilege of knowing some
thing more about it neforo commending it. We
would hesitate even to discard King Log, though
mouldy and sodden, if thereby the advent of King
Stork were to be made certain*
It is well enough, however, that this denuncia
tion of the Democratic political system and tactics
should come from those initiated in its mysteries
and affiliated within the household. It the expo
sure implies a betrayal, suppress on or connivance
might have aggravated worse evils—and ns for the
question of treachery the parties concerned must
settle it among themselves. The last number of
the Review thus lays open the secrets of democrat
ic strategy and matin cement:
“ But the worst etfcct of this fogvdom is, that
Without principles upon which to base its notions,
without progessivo ideas to popularize mid allure
support, it has necessarily been forced, that it
might effect its merely personal ends, to make use
of subterfuges, of corruption, and of schemes, in
utter antagonism to democracy, and disastrous to
the programs and character of our country. Fo.lt/-
tlom ha* been compelled to *ah*i*tfor year*on prom
i*e*, to pledge itself to this and that rival, to this
and that local demagogue; to take off i's hat to ;he
small wire-puller of the village, and dole out its
con lit ions! notes of the lip for ‘situations’ and
support. There is not a petty claqner or grocery
orator, or ward leader of Democratic influence, who
cannot produce from his breast-fob, carefully trea
sured up fertile coming day, which is never to
come, promises mid pledge*frmn one or other if the
oil fogies, and often from half ,i dozen rival* tie/e/h
--er. These imbeciles after a sories of defeats, 'buy
ing lived on political tick for nigh tweuty years,
are precisely in the condition of an idle but imag
inative huckster of other people’s wares, who lias
protested bills out in every direction, hills again
und again protested, which, iu the hope of deriv
ing at some future day some small income f r liim
(-ci f. he t* now perfectly tv Mini/ to renew again und
to htci fare to anu amount.
“ Jt would take four Democratic administrations
under the complete direction o' General Ouss to
enable him to puv tiro promises with which tor
Aear> he lias flooded the country and imposed up- ]
bn his fiicL’ds. Nor is lie w orse oif than the rest |
of tlie fogv family. That all, or even a decent com- j
position of the creditors, can be paid anything, is
hopeless. But yet all are on the hook, all are at
hisserviee, and ouch hopes ha is to be the fortu
nate wight wlio is to be Cass Postmaster of One-
House Corner, or Bitch. inspector of the port of
Shallow—reck. The game works. It docs more:
running in political debt lengthens the lease of the
pretender incumbent. The services rendered t u on
ly years back are the belter and more urgent he
oauee they were giv-n twenty years back. The i
lengthened trust proves continence and loyalty—
democratic loyalty to the person oi the debtor—and
tlie lengthened interest, especially if renewed by
other “ services,"’ increases the princ pal claim i t
tlie office-seeker. These country and city fogies
will tight now fortlie man they baekyd at such a j
time because—chivalrous feeling!—they gave.that I
original service long ago on* promise which has i
never been fulfilled. lmt winch may bo yet." |
The position in which these a -sailanis ot the old
respectabilities of the party may flud thcmsclvaa,
I in the oveut that Fifyaoiu succeeds in nominating
its candidate next week, may perhaps besiimewliat
embarassing. But we uni t conclude that they
have estimated the rials, counted the cost, and pro
] pared tlicir minds fhrtiie result, whatever it uuy
! Us ye to lie. Evidently the sword is drawn, ana
I iiom tiu manner in which its blows are dv-.lt, tve
should inrewtbo scabbard has been thrown away.
“Never can t.ge rec neilement grow where
, wound.* of deadly hat* Lave pieroeil so deep.” A
J prospective issue some yeas, h.ere-o may be the i
i end 111 view. I.C which time the organization. of j
Young America may be more thorough iu.fi better j
prepared to take the held, It should bo ts'ruo in ,
mind, however, that the vef-ran leaders ol to- j
gvdom are not without sagacity . lot that it might |
hi- a very easy uiauaenuro to take the ..tort ot t r
progressive champions, ami tore-tai tliein by h ;. t- 1
(v assuming to be more progressive than they
halt. A liter.
Coxxeike of New Yoee.—The Dry Goods
trade which, as I have before remarked, lias been
far from satisfactory tills spring, is becoming quite ;
dull with the approach of summer. Whit little
there is doing is chiefly for South America, v'aii- ;
furnia, the West Indies, the Canadi-s, und the
Nortlieru and Western States. T rtVsioiallocsv '
monthly returns show tile value of imports, die., |
iu May to have been as follows:
ls&9. ISM- 1632, |
Imports May t&SU.IM
T’i thrown upon nutrket,.3i,ftSs,C6o 1,1-1 ;
It will be seen that ti*e import* *iiow a feUinir« as
compared with the correbj.H!ttdiinr ot
vear, ot‘ £<V4.S4v*» and a.- w.th Mav,
is.v» f of *1,319,741. T t decline from lust vear i>
chietiv in wtrolens and si;k>. but from ti e previous j
ve*r tlie fiiliingui? in cottons, the receipts
beinif ii‘>s tbna bidftite atuotml then fiven. Xhfi :
imports aud amount thrown upon tke market since . ,
the- dn»t of January have been i*s f »iiows :
ISStt. ISM- j l
Import# since Jan 1.(35>,7£-5496 7*9 S>4,37*,SCI | j
Totxl thrown upon t
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wck emiiug last cteuiug ainoui.t to L 44 -y.,- i
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Gorgey an* Koasuth. *
Tnr. unqualified and equally universal denunci
ation of Goeget, the Hungarian General, by Koe
strmaud ilia followers, has imposed upon the for
mer the necessity of defending himself against
those attacks. He has, therefore, published a
work, recently issued from *he press of Berlin,
which purport* to be a full history of hia life, and
a vindication of his course in the Hungarian revo
lution . As this work is destined to excite no small
degree of interest, both in Europe and America,
the following notice of it by the European corres
pondent of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
may not prove uninteresting:
BEKtrx, Tuesday, Slav 4,1852.
Just as I 8m sending off my letters by this
week's steamer, I have received from mv booksel
ler a book which will be read throughout the
world with great interest. It is no less a book than
Gorgey’s vindication of his conduct during the
Hungarian war. There is no deny ing that there
have been books enough written on the events in
Hungary, daring the years 1848 and ’49, but, as
vet, we have had uo work from one who stood as
liigh in authority as Gorgey; and, moreover, the
taint which in public opinion attaches to tbe name
of Gorgey, as a traitor to his country, renders his
book of double interest. It is in two very iarge
sized handsome volumes, containing together be
tween seven aud eight hundred pages. Os course,
1 hr >c not had time to read it, but I have looked it
through somewhat carefully, and will give you, in
a disconnected manner, some of the most impor
tant of the statements, reminding yon that 1 in
tend to express no opinion as to wfiether Gorgey
is successful in tho vindication of his conduct, but
only to present his side of the matter as fully as
the few minutes I have to spare will allow me.
The Preface opens as follows:
“ The resistance of Hungary to Austria and Rus
sia was closed. Kossuth and Szemere saved them
selves, with their followers, upon neutral territory,
as did the Poles. I refused to fly, and the majori
ty of the unhappy combatants in favor of Hunga
ry followed my example. Whereupon I was am
nestied, and temporarily banished to Orintbia;
but the decision as to my fate and that of my eoio-
J. anions remained, nevertheless, in the hands of
iaron Havnau.”
He then goes on to observe that the remarkable
inconsistency between the grace which was shown
him, and the executions of others, who were, at
the most, no more guilty than lie, led many to sup
pose that lie had some influence with the Austrian
General, and to request him to exert it in their fa
vor. But Gorgey nod no influence, and his pride
forbade him to pray for mercy for himself or oth
ers, so long as Haynau remained the unlimited
master of life and death. At a somewhat later
period, circumstances induced him to think that
Haynan’s power was then limited, and he was on
the point of sending a petition to the Emperor,
when he heard that the latter intended to make a
journey to Corinthia, in May, 1850, aud he deter
mined to seek a personal audience, but this was
denied him, and he was referred to the Minister,
Von Bach, through whom lie presented a petition
to the Emperor, a copy of which, as well as the ac
companying letter to the Minister, are given in the
preface.
The petition urges that, when lie laid down his
arms, lie did it begging for mercy to his compa
nions und the people of Hungary, willing himself
to atone for whot had happened; that lie refused
to fly because he was determined to share the fate
of his companions, who had done nothing to merit
a harder lot than his own. The laying down of
the arms was determined upon iu a Council at
which he (Gorgey) was not present, and he only
undertook to carry out this determination;
nevertheless, he was amnestied, while a por
tion of the Counci' must atone for their con
duct with their ives, aud others with their
fortunes and freedom. He (Gorgey) was the
chief uctive instrument of opposition to Austria,
and yet, lie was pardoned, while others under him
were executed. In vain did he seek to reconcile
these inconsistencies, nnd was tortured with the
idea that the surrender of Vilazos was considered
ns his work, for which service be alone waaamnes
tied. But this was not the case, and he therefore
begs for others the same favor which was shown to
him, promising as the reward of such an net of
grueothe prayers of thousands in favor of “Francis
Joseph the Generous.” Four or five weeks later,
many of Gorgoy’s officers, who were in the same
Condition as tic, wore, in fact, pardoned, and this
gave occasion for a letter of thanks from Gorgey to
the Minister Von Bach, in which lie takes occasion
to urge at sonic length that consistency requires
that tiie pardon should be still further extended to
other officers arid soldiers. The preface then closes
with tlie remark that the very small number of
documents contained in the book, arises from the
fact that tlie author never expected to survive the
termination of the Revolution.
As for the body of tlie work, it is a complete ac
count of the author’s life, his feelings, his convic
tions and liis intentions, from tlie time of liis en
tranee into the army us a Captain, to the events
which immediately billowed his surrender. As a
matter of course,'tlie events more immediately
connected with tlie latter act are those most par
ticularly treated of, and it ia impossible to present
those briefly, and, at tiio same time todo justice to
them. As a general e araetcristic of tlie book, 1
limy say that the autiior claims to have itetc-d
throughout the war from motives of the most dis
interested patriotism, entirely apart from any
feelings of personal interest, and he mentions a
consultation where, from motives of tiio general
good, lie dissuaded from various promotions iu
widen ho would have been included. Os Kossuth,
during the early part of the war, lie speaks favor
ably, as a man and Governor; but thinks lie often
erred because he was not a soldier, and did not
properly estimate the condition and state of effi
ciency of the army. Bern, lie saw but little, but he
did not impress him favorably, being too much t>f
an adventurer. He favored Kossuth’s elevation to
tlie Dictatorship, hoping by liis personal influence to
infuse into him more correct ideas of military mat
ters, but was soon obliged to protest against va
rious measures, especially against the want of fore
sight and consideration with which officers were
promoted; among whom was his (Gorgey’s) owu
brother, who, from some unknown cause,Was pro
moted with great rapidity.
Soon he became so disgusted that lie thought
seriously of laying down liis commaud, but con
siderations of the general good convinced him that
lie ought not to do so, and he then lakes occasion to
show that be never sought the Dictatorship for tlie
simple reason that he was convinced it was “an
impossibility” and “an absurdity.” With refer
ence to the transfer of the government to Debrec
zin in January, 1849, Gorgey formally accuses Kos
suth of cowardice, “fear for his skill,” which led
him to adopt contradictory and inconsiderate mea
sures. In the latter part of January, tlie author
received a proposition, nominally from Windi
schgratz, that he should betray the Hungarian
army and secure to himself pardon and a provis
ion for life, which, however he unhesitatingly re
pulsed. Deuibinski’s appointment as commander
in chief excited great discontent in Gorgey’s army,
which the latter though feeling himself personally
injured, put an end to by a proclamation, but oil
their first interview, the former acted very much
like a madman, and soon showed his incompeteney
tor the office, for he was irresolute and wauting iii
foresight. Kossuth’s prepossession for tlie Poles
was the cause of much misfortune to Hungary, lead
ing him to desire to transform “the Hungarian
constitutional army” [I translato very literally]
into a “Polo-Hungarian revolutionary army.” in
order “that ‘Octoviamis’-Kossuth could untrou
bled, play the triumvirate en miniature with ‘An
tonins’ Bern nnd ‘Lcpidus’ Dembinski.” Kossuth
was too obstinate iu earning out his personal
views, and wus desirous of being himself tlie ac
tive Conimander-in-ohiof of the army. Tlie dec
laration of tlie total independence of Hungary,
from Austrian rule injured the eunse oftlie coun
try irrctrivcablv, by exciting great opposition in
tiio army and elsewhere, ami putting those who
were in the right before, in the wrong now. Gor
ge// tea* oppoeed to this measure from the vert/begin
ning, and alter it was suddenly acomplished, lie
endeavored, iu consultation with friends, to find
■tome, way of repealing it, but the only available ono
was a ‘'coup d'etat, and from that liis friends, if not
Gorgey, himself shrank back.
He then determined to attempt to effect this repeal in
directly, and, as preliminary to tliis, to bring about
the recall from their commands of Bern, rerezel
and Dembinski. After Russian intervention be
came certain, Gorgey looked upon the cause as
nearly hopeless, but demanded that Kossuth, and
the whole government should attach themselves to
the Army, and share its fate. This was agreed to
in word, but not carried out in fact. This done,
the Russian troops were to bo left to themsevies
for a time, and the Austrians vigorously attacked.
At tliis point tlie account becomes detailed,and the
disagreement between Gorgey and Kossuth breaks
out more openly. On June iirtth the former notified
the latter that hr fought fur the people, not for' the
me it composing the Government or, in other words
lie declared that his unconditional obedience ceased
from that time. Kossuth is here accused of inca
pacity to appreciate what the nation dosired, or of
incapacity to sacrifice liis porsonul interests in be
half of that object. He audadl others, should have
shared the fate of Hungary; amt rushed forward
against tlie Austrians, determined to die in de
fence of their country, instead of seeking to keep
open away of retreat into Turkey. On July 20th,
two Russian officers appear with proposals for a
truce preparatory to treating for surrender, but
Gorgey suspects them of only seeking to gain time
end no result followed. Gorgey felt at once that
the presence of thefo officers would cause him to
lie accused of treachery to his country, as Kossuth's
personal enmity would laud him to seize upon this
id a good opportunity to calumniate him; but to
avoid tliis, a- much as possible, lie determined to
lay open to liis officers the whole of the trauaction,
widen lie did.
On July 24, Gorgey received a formal invitation
to surrender, to which he replied witli a refusal.
On Aug. 10. Gorgey aud Kossuth had their last in
terviews, when the former declared that in ease a
report of victory gained by the Hungarians at Tem-
I esvar should not be true, he was determined to lay
down his arms. At tliis time he was in Kossuth’s
power, and had the latter been desirous of prevent
ing him from earning out liis retention, lie had
only to detain him ; but on the contrary he let
| him depart, and soon sent a message to him that
j dispatches showed the report to be iu reality tin
| true, thereby putting him i Gorgey) in possession
of information which lie (Kossuth ) knew would
lead him to lay down his arms. On August 11,
Kossuth and the Government resigned in Gor
gey's favor, and the former departed, carrying
with him tiie insignia of the Government." At
this point the author asserts that Kossuth bad con
tributed as fiufas possible to tiio surrender of the
Army, that lie had written, or caused to be written,
us early as Angcst 9, a letter to the Russian Gen
eral iu w hich he offered to the Emperor of Russia
the Crown of Hungary, but this seems not to have
been transmitted.
i'rom this point to the close, tlie hook is occu
pied with tlie details of the surrender, which the
author declares wu necessary, and acknowledged
, to be so even by Kossuth, was made from motives
i of humanity, and without any personal sfipula
j tions on his'part and the subsequent act of trace
■ of w inch he was tho object, was totally unexpected
to him.
I have thus hurriedly epitomized some portions
I of this interesting work, ’imperfectly, of course;
i but 1 have endeavored to show the general “drift”
; of tic. agtliors’s defence. It is but justice to hitn
! that this book stiogld be read, even though the
general interest in the events of the Hungarian
j war ha* subsided : aud whatever may be the opin
! ion of the reader as to the guilt or innocence of ;
Gorgey. he cannot fail to gain much information ]
1 from the w ork. Beta. I
!
From the Xu r Y-rk Time* of Saturday, j
Escape of Tito*. V. Measlier—His Arrival in this ;
«Tv.
Thomas Francis Meagher arrived on Thursday in !
this City after a harraasing and protracted voyage j
■ from tin* British J’enal Settlement of Van Dieman's j
. lured, liis friend* will be pleased to hear that be !
isiugood health, though£teec»s*rily fatigued after j
the hardships lie underwent, and requiring conse- ]
■ quently «few days'repose. " • j
Mr. Meagher m <ie his escape ahent the first of >
Dcceutlior, and proceeded indirectly to the coast of i
; South America, and through tU interior to Cha- j
| gres. From Chagres he came to this city in ss*;l- ■
' ing vessel, arriving here on Wednesday evening,
i though ! e did not come ashore until on" Thursday ;
afternoon.
Mr. M. is about 29 years of age, is very corpa- j
lent, and his i xposure to a Southern sun give* him .
a dark swarthy appearance. He states that when
lie escaped, ilia mllow prisoners, O'Br.en and ;
Mitchell, were in good health. Mrs. Meagher was j
unable to accompany him iu ids eight. He de- ;
Wires to make any statement as to the mean* by j
which he was eu*i<«i.d to eifeet his escape, as it j
would probable cempn*ui.'-c those who assL.ed !
ini*. *
We understand that Mr. M. is in the enjoyment •
of exceiicut licaim, and that the travelling through I
South America Ire* tenemi to invigorate rather
tluii, to fatigue him. He has vakgre informed,
nbutwAitt Uwo-ns to enable him
Ilia father is estunaEcii to be worth Ail b qOOvb aud
there are hut three children—cne the distin
guislutd exile who has just rescued our shores,
another wLs. L a captain iu die Pape-’* Guard at
Rome, and a third is a barrister in tlie dtv ofDnb
lia. The father is a member of the British Parlia
ment, and i* also Chairman of the Waterford and
Limerick Railway Company.
The Baltimore Convention.
As every thing pertaining to this body is looked
to with interest, we copvthe fallowing article from
the Baltimore American of Tuesday, the day on
which the Cqprenlion assembled :
The Democratic National Convention. —The
session of this great political council which begins
to-day in this city has drawn together a large oan
coureetif strangers from all parts of the country.
The importance of the occasion seems to be sensi
tively appreciated among the politicians, and no
doubt a high state of excitement will accompany
every step ofthe Convention's doings.
It isaltogcther out of the question to form any
definite cocci osion as to the individual who is to be
the chosen one of the Convention. The uncer
tain operation of the two-thirds rule baffles all
conjecture, and the recollection of Mr. Polk’s
nomination in 1844 comes np like a warning me
mento to dash the hopes of the most confident |
among the prominent competitors. The interest i
of the scene is very mnch heightened by the fact i
that to several of the most distinguished aspirants
the chance now offered for the Presidency is the
iast and only one. Gen. Cass and Mr. Buchanan
must take their final venture. The future promi
ses no other opportunity to either of them. The
pursuit of a fife time now draws to a crisis for
these gentlemen, with the certainty that both can
not be gratified while both may be doomed to
disappointment.
Gen. Cass has had some experience in the alter
nations of hopes and fears incident to the tantaliz
ing career of a political nominee, k must be ac
knowledged to his credit that he bore himself be
comingly under the disasters which befel him in
1848, showing on that occasion a degree of philo
sophical composure worthy of ail commendation.
It was to him an unexpected reverse. The proba
bilities of a nomination now are counted upon by
his friends with a good deal of confidence, and it
seems to be generally admitted that he will lead all
the candidates on the first ballot. But the chances
are critical, and it may happen that the exhibition
of his strength at the beginning may have the
effect of concentrating the opposition of all his
rivals.
Messrs. Buchanan, Douglas and Houston are
not without devoted friends. They are men of
ability. Recently the name of Mr. Senator Rusk
lias been used quite freely in connection with the
nomination—the absence of political prejudices
and disputes i» his case constituting a negative
recommendation. Not that Mr. Rusk is deficient
in positive merits—for he holds a very respectable
position in the national councils. Mr. Marcy has
some strength, but it will be made available most
probably for some one else to whom he will be
come an auxiliary. He has not capital enough to
do business on Ins own account.
Wo tender to the gentlemen of the Convention a
cordin', welcome to our city, and hope that they
will find the period of their stay here pleasant to
them in all respects. When they shall have suc
ceeded in selecting a candidate for the Presidency
we shall do the best we can to have him defeated,
and shall think that in bo laboring we shall deserve
I well of the Republic. But in the meantime our
j hearty good wisiies are for our visitorsof whatever
I political complexion.
The Hall —ltb Arrangements, <fcc.
The arrangements of the Marvland Institute for
the meeting of the Convention have been comple
ted, and are such as to do credit to Mr. A. R. Blake
ney and others of the Committee, under whose di
rection they have been effected. The general scope
of these arrmpements has been already sufficient
ly noticed in the American. Over the’entire plat
form which is provided tor the accommodation of
the members ofthe Convention hus been suspend
ed a canopy, formed of the national bunting, with
the stars of the Republic tastefully disposed at
either end. •
A raised platform has been placed at the upper
end of the main platform for the officers of* the
Convention, and immediately around these will be
placed the desks of the reporters—of whom from
forty to fifty will probably be in attendance—a
pregnant indication of the’ eagerness with which
all it telligence of the movements of the Conven
tion will be chronicled for the benefit of the pub-
I lie at large. Immediately adjoining the platform a
Sortion of the half has been fenced off and provi
ed with settees for the accommodation of the iu
! vited guests. A number of youthp liave been se
j lected to act as paces, and one will be specially al
lotted to eaeli delegation, and designated by wear
ing a badge witli the name of the State on it. The
delegates and others having tickets of admission to
the fioor of the Convention will obtain entrance at
the Second street door of the hall. The main en
trance on Baltimore street will be for the use of the
public; the galleries being reserved for ladies, and
gentlemen accompanied by ladies.
The great body ofthe delegates have aireadyar
rived and the Convention will no doubt be full at
its opening. The delegates themselves, however,
form but a very uruall portion of the strangers
whom the oceasiotrlias attracted to the city, and
the evidences of a large temporary accession of po
pulation are visible on every side. The hotels are
overflowing with guests and their expansive quali
ties put to the severest test, private boarding hous
es are al o well filled, whilst large numbers arc tile
guests of those who hove hospitably opened tlicir
houses for their reception. In the streets strange
faces are met at every step, and the general aspect
of things is one of stirring hustle, animation, and
earnest expectancy. Those of the delegates whom
we have encountered appear to enjoy their visit,
and do not scent so overburdened with anxiety ns
to the result of their deliberations as to prevent
those pleasurable emotions to be gathered from a
change of scene and the forming of new associa
tions. They are everywhere received as the wel
come guests of the citv, whom all without refer
ence to party predilections are glad to see among
us, and whose stay all have an earnest wish to ren
der agreeable und pleasant.
It is officially announced that the Convention
will be called to order by the Chairman of the De
mocratic National Committee at twelve o'clock, M.,
to day, when the nomination of a Chairman for
organization will be called for.
It is generally understood that, the Hon. Cave
Johnson, of Tennessee, and the Hon. John Davis,
of Indiana, wiil be the two principal candidates for
the Chair of the Convention, and that ono or the
other will in all probability be selected. Some of
the States will lie very largely represented, inde
pendently of their regular delegates. Tho friends
of Mr. Buchanan, from Pennsylvania especially,
liave rallied in large numbers—some four or five
hundred having come on from Lancaster and Chea
ter counties. They have established their head
quarters at Carroll Hall during the continuance of
tne Convention, and last night entertained thore a
numerous assemblage of their friends, of the Vir
ginia and other delegations. Thore were also gath
erings of tho friends of the other candidates held
at different places last evoning, and the programme
of operations earnestly discussed and arranged.
n “Worship the Lord.”—Mr. Clat The fol
lowing extract is taken from a sermon of the Rev.
t _ Theodore Clapp, of Now Orleans, on Worship,
.. wliich we find in the Picayune :
The mail lately brought us the melancholy in
y telligence that the lion. Henry Clay is about to
[, sink into the grave. The last winter of his reßi-
I, donee hero, in the family of Dr. Mercer, in a pri
v vate interview, 1 had the pleasure of listening to
A liis sentiments on the most interesting of all sub
s jects, religion. He said, “I believe in the truth of
_ Christianity, though 1 am not certain of having
, experienced that change of heart which divines
1 call tlio new birth. But I trust in God und Jesus,
j and hope for immortality. I have not for years
. retired at night without prayer for the blessing of
_ Heaven ; and that, in His infinite mercy, ho would
, be pleased to prepare me for tho joys of another
j and better world. 1 have tried tlio world and
_ fouad its emptiness. It cannot fill and satisfy tho
. human mind. My dear sir, how utterly ditconto
late should we bo without something better beyond
’ the gravel” Instructive spectacle 1 Here is a
, man prosperous and powerful, great in genius and
} achievements, whom tho whole nation had fairly
idolized for nearly half a century—whose name
. had floated across oceans and reached the utmost
, boundaries of the civilized world—who solemnly
l assures us that all terrestial glories to him appear*
5 cd less than nothing in comparison with a hope in
t the mercy which Jesus Christ has revealed.
Ilowsud and mournful is the condition of those
who have no God to worship! They drag a heavy
' and galling chain—a chain that becomes more cruel
and oppressive every moment. The friei de and
companions of early years are gone. They can
expect nothing further from earth. Affliction lays
• a chastening hand upon them; disappointment,
1 like a freezing damp, settles upon their spirits, in
’ taking a retros pect they look back upon nothing
’ but a desert—a confused, disorderly, discordant
' assemblage of things alike vain and mysterious—a
1 mass of mere rubbish—the rubbish of vile cares,
wearying and unsatistying trifles. Tho prospects
before them are dark as the tombs to which they
; are hastening. May God have mercy on them and
on ns all. Ido not feci superior to any of my fel
low-sinners. I cannot utter from the pulpit the
language of scorn, contempt, denunciation or re
proach. But allow mo to ask is there this side the
, grave a more melancholy spectacle than that of one
who has nothing to worship but the frail and cor
ruptible things of cartli I All be knows, loves and
clings to is crumbling around him. There is no
onlwurd prop on which lie can lean ; no object in
the wide circumference of his thoughts worthy ot
his heart's love; no asylum to which he can be
take himself in trouble, disaster, sickness or
death. lie is a lone wanderer on a bleak and aw
ful waste, expecting every moment to sink down
and be lost forever in the gulf of anuihilation.
Let ns then inure ourselves to the habit of re
ligions worship. If visited with prosperity it can
make that prosperity more dear. To the truly
pious person, a piece of bread, or a cup of cold
water, received as coming from the Infinite Giver,
communicates more happiness than an ungodly
person can derive from all the riches of earth. lit
the temptations and ecufliets of life, it will give us
strength totiseabove the mean, the sordid,'sinful
and unworthy. I have seen one die atnid the gay
dreams, the bright hopes and anticipations which
glittered in tlio fancied future of youth, bloom
and beauty. I have beheld him, as be bid a final
flu','well to earth, with all its splendors and attrac
tions ; to friends of unsurpassed kindness, to a
home where were concentrated all the delights of
wealth, intelligence, moral and religious refine
ment, looking with a smile of calm resignation on
the appalling messenger, with no tremor in his
frame, with no distrust or dismav in his scul. He
had learned through life to worship, and therefore
knew how to die—his life had been a scene of
pure, uninterrupted devotion, and had nerved his
mind with the energies of an unfaltering trust in
God, so that he was enabled to descend to his
tomb, “like oue who wraps tho drapery of his
couch around him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams reposing on that Saviour who has con
quered death and all our enemies, and lets in
| upon us the partial effulgence of that spirit land
I where dwell the blest, the immaculate ana the im
j mortal.
! Death of Dr. Samuel* ott. —The New London
i Chronicle records tlio death of the venerable Dr.
i Samuel Nott, on the 28th mst., at his residence in
Franklin, Conn. He was in his 89th year. About
a week before his decease, his gown caught fire
while sitting alone in his room, and before it was
extinguished, his hand was badly burned. The
injury and excitement conseqnent’npou the acci
dent. probably hastened his death. Dr. Nott had
been settled in the parish more than seventy wears,
acd was probably the oldest pastor of a parish in
New England, or perhaps in the United States.
Our contemporary, the Windham County Tele
graph. writes that Dr. Nott has for many years been
an object of attention, as the oldest clergyman in
the State. As a man he was much beloved for liis
social qualities, bis uprightness, manliness of de-
Sirtraent, diligence, perseverance and benevolence. ,
e was an elder brother of Eliphalett Nott, Presi
i dent of Union College, and gave him all his early 1
education. 1
He leaves behind him descendants to the fonrth ,
generation. The funeral services were numerously
attended on Friday, 2>tb, by his own people anil
those within a circle of twenty miles in diameter. 1
The disburse on the occasion was delivered i
by Dr. McEwen, of New London. Dr. Nott has (
not officiated since his 94th year, as pastor, the ,
duties of that office having been performed by a
i colleague. <
D.csoEßors Got xjgßi'Ea.—Vesterday one of onr 1
I city brokers brought in for inspection a new conn- <
j tcrleit bank note, which has get into circulation. ,
It is on the Louisiana State Bank, for twenty (
| dollars. The one we saw is letter A, dated Jan
j nary 3’L 18.x 1 , but doubtlass there are vthars of dis- 1
terer.t ffi’ters and dates. It is incomparably the «
| best executed counterfeit we ever saw, in engray- j
I ing. filling up, and signatures. The most practi
j red eye cannot discover an v marked discrepancy
; between the counterfeit ani tkf crigica!. and to
I our eyes it appeared as though botn note* mast t
i have been struck from the same plate. It was, .
! however, pointed oat to ns that the counterfeit is
not so icing *!’" genuine nftte by nearly a fonrth *
of an inch, ana ttiat mere »» a sensible difference ,
in the large letters twenty which cross the lower j
Dart of the note, a sort or water mark in the P a p* r - j '
In uis get nine note they arc shaded pretty deetd- i j
edly :in the counterfeit they are plain, without {
shading. It is altogether a very aangcrosa coup- (
terfei:. and we aJ c ise all persons to be wary in ,
taking Louisiana State bill* of that denomination. ,
M c
The literary person, says the Boston/Vwt,whom c
we mentioned as having eloped from Syracuse t
with his wile's sister, is said to be Will lam U. f
Burleigh, temperance lecturer, poet, and anti- ■
»lavery orator. J
WEEKX.I
Cjpnwlf & jimtinei.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9,1852.
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“In conclusion, let me now ask of you a tew more
questions: What is it that you desire ? Is it not
that cotton may be high, and that cotton goods
shall be cheaply furnished to the world, so that
consumption may be large ? Such certainly is the
case. What then is it that the Manchester manu
facturer de.-ires I Is it not that cotton may be low,
and cotton goods high ? Unquestionably it is so.
Are not then the objects you have in view directly
the opposite of those of the Manchester man, and
is it probable that you and he can be' benefited by
the same course ot policy ? It seems to me quite
impossible that you should. Look now at the tacts.
He opposes protection in Germany, and yet under
protection you have had your market increased in
fifteen years from 40 to 140 millions of pounds.—
He opposes protection in Russia, and yet under
protection you have had yonr market increased
fifty per cent in four years. He opposes protection
here, and yet under protection you had your mar
ket doubled in five years. He advocates'free trade
in Ireland, Turkey, and Portugal, where you have
seen your market diminish from year to year. He
insists on what he calls free trade with India, by
aid of which you have seen the cotton trade of that
county forced to England, there to swell the
quantity seeking a market, with correspondent
diminution of price. He advocates here, that
which in Manchester phraseology is called free
trade—the system which tends to limit you to one
market in which to sell your cotton and buy your
cloth—and yet under that system consumption
declines from year to year. He desires that you
should send him much cotton that he may have it
low. You pray for frosts and drought that he may
bo compelled to pay high prices for it. He seek’s
to promote the cultivation of eotton in Liberia
and Southern Africa, and you desire that there it
may not be cultivated. He seeks to substitute flax
for cotton, and you desire that he may not succeed.
There is thus a direct opposition in regard to the
objects everywhere to be accomplished, and in tho
mea-ures everywhere to be pursued for the accom
plishment of those objects, and yet the mass of
your fellow-planters look to those very men, whose
interests are so opposed to their ow n, for instruc
tion as to how they are to defeat them and benefit
themselves, and they rejoice when Manchester
acknowledges the benefit she has received ut tho
hands of Mr. Walker, m dretroying the competition
for the purchaee of cotton, for that is the direct
effect of the tariff of 1843.”
The above extract (all that we have seen) of a
letter from H. C. Carey, of Burlington, N. J., to a
Cotton Planter of Tennessee, accords so fully with
the views frequently expressed in these columns,
of the necessity of protection to American labor
and capital, with a view to the early and full de
velopment of all the great resources of the cotton
growing States, by bringing into closo proximity
the producer and consumer, and the consequent
diversifying of our labor, that wo desire to com
mend it to the scrutinizing investigation of the
intelligent and reflecting of all parties, and especi
ally to the consideration of those who feel a deep
and lively interest in the progress and prosperity
of the country. For to such men, wo feel that we
may address ourselves with the full assurance that
their earnest patriotism, will prompt to the calm
and dispassionate consideration of a subject of such
vital importance to our race and section—and if
possible, free from the influence of political pre
possessions or prejudices.
We regard the present as a most appropriate
and opportune time for the discussion of those,
particular measures, having for their object the
melioration of the condition of our race, and the
general prosperity and elevation of the whole
people, by the development of our physical and
industrial resources—because parties are now, at
the South especially, and to a considerable extent
throughout the country, in a sort of fused mass.
Hence, contemplative and sagacious men may de
sire to take obseryations, that they may the more
prudently define tho line of their future course.
It may bo reasonably expected, therefore, that they
will emerge from it profited—aye, wiser and better
men.
j They have seen and felt the effects of tho folly
f. of making a great national, industrial question, a
purely political one, to be draggled in the dirt and
mire of party contests. In such a wrangle, they
feel assured, for they have seen it, that prejudice
, is too apt to sway the judgment of men, when
reason alone should control and direct them in
" that path to which patriotism and enlightened
. statesmanship point.
Our theory for the remedy of the evils, of which
* th ■ whole country complains, is not only simple
j. bnt eminently practical. Its base and superstruc
r turc are the bringing together*in close proximity,
i that they may perform neighborhood offices, the
; producers of our great staple and its manufactu
[• rers, who nescessarily become consumers of our
1 broadstuffs and provisions. By this means the
' expense of a double transportation, that of the
, raw material and the manufactured article, is en
tirely avoided. (This single item would add
1 greatly to the annual increase of our wealth, and
[ yet now it is all showered upon others.) This sys
• tem at once identifies the interests of the producer
i and the manufacturer, and they no longer com
plain of an imaginary antagonism. That system
of legislation which protects the labor and capital
of the one, equally fosters the industry of the
other. Hence, with their interests thus identified,
indeed,almost amalgamated, (for the success of one
contributes to the prosperity of the other,) each
are dependent upon, and part and parcel of the
system, and of each other. There must necessari
ly be more harmony of feeling and greater concert
of effort, which, when the energies of a people are
properly directed, cannot fail to advance their pro
gress in wealth, cultivation and refinement.
We have spoken of tho necessity of protection
to American labor and capital. That is essential
Wo moan, of course, such moderato protection as
will secure a fair and just competition with foreign
fabrics, and at the same time secure to our own
people the benefits of the home market. It is,
however, an important, nay essential, requisite of
such legislation that it be permanent—certainly
not fluctuating from one extreme of the scale to
the other, for such a system would bo prolific of
the most disastrous consequences.
That it is equally the duty of the government to
protect the labor of the citizen against a ruinous
foreign competition, as his person and property
against assault and destruction, we regard a pro
position that cannot by any argument be success
fully controverted. Apart from its duty to pro
tect and sustain those who uphold and maintain
it, such a policy is most clearly dictated by tho
publio interests. For without such protection, the
development of our resources would be a work of
centuries, and the contest of the weak against the
strong most disastrous. We therefore want “pro
tection for the sake of protection” and the fruit#
it will bring, in the shape of a well matured, legi
timate prosperity; a more enlightened, thorough
and universal system of education; and the eleva
tion, cultivation and refinement that always ac
company success among all classes.
“ We are a party that support principles not
men, and it matters not who our candidates may
be, so they are true to the old and tried principles
of the Democratic party, that have so long pro
tected and advanced our glorious Union, we will
cheerfully support them.”— Knoxville Plehian.
It cannot be possible that our Tennessee con
temporary, from which wo clip the above extract,
hopes or expects to make any intelligent man in
America, believe that the Democratic party are in
fluenced by any common principle, other than the
love of the spoils. If so, we would thank him to
inform us which is the true Democratic party—
the Protective Tariffitca, or the Anti-Protective
Tariffitea ? The Internal Improvementites by the
General Government, or the Antis ! The Seces
sionists, or the Anti-Secessionists ? For we con
fess we have never been able to determine which
was the gennine, unadulterated Democracy. That
they are united upon the great principle of the
Spoils, we believe is universally conceded ; and,
Mr. Calhoun, who from his long association with
them, is thought to have had ample opportunities
for forming a correct judgment, and to have been (
very capable of arriving at just conclusions, dc- 1
dared that they “were held together by the cohe
sive power of the public plunder.” Certain it is, ]
that the maintenance of no political prindple in j
common, binds them together. And the most re- <
markable thing connected with the “ principles” of '
the different sections i*i that whatever they j
oppose is “ Federalism.” Hence in the vernacular f
of the Southern wings, the Northern and *
Northwest wings are rank Federalists, be- ]
cause of their advocacy of a Protective Ta- )
riff and Internal Improvement by the General $
Government. Verily, the “ principle »” of the de- g
mocracy, like a piece of eum elastic, may be adapt- ,
ed to any purpose or emergency, unless it be the
negation of the spoils. To that it cannot be i ?
stretched, if its future shall be indicated by its past j 1
historv. 1 u
Correction. —The Haniiburg E*.ystorx denies ®
that the report of the Treasurer, to the last L«gU
lsture of that State, shows a deialaation of “three J
millions of doßan” among the officers of Pennsvl- •
vania, and adds: y
By adding the several amounts contained in the I
Treasurer’s report alluded to, they come to about J
$297,000, rnnmng through a period of near half a \
century, and during a time when the receipts and j V
disbursements ft the treasury nave exceeded ! J
$200,000,000. As these dedications amount to less j J
than one-sixth of ppe per cent* of the money ban- i I
died dqriqg their occurrence, they certainly reflect ; C
discredit uppn {he Style or upon its receiving and j f
no disbursing office;*. (t would be difficult to (
find in any country or in any age where such vast I
tutus of public money have been handled with 1
juore hca«7 c; with Jess lo*».”
Fine Fruit.
We ha-’e been presented by a friend who recent
ly visited the premises, with some very superior
ripe apples from the orchard of our townsman
James L. Coleman, Esq., whoso.well kno n assi
duity and attention to Fruit culture for several
years past has lesulted in tho production of one of
the fine it orchards in the country, not less for the
great variety of choice grafted fruit and judicious
and careful selections embraced, than the large
number of trees in lull bearing ahd bending under
the weight of a bountiful harvest.
These fine apples remind us that we have omit
ed to notice an experiment of Mr. Coleman’s in
sending Aprieots to the New York market. In
company with a small box designed as a present to
a friend, he sent a box for sale. They were pack
ed in eotton and being sent by railroad and steam
ers, arrived in pretty good condition, and were
sold to one of th* largest fruit dealers in the city
for eighteen cents apiece.
He was assured by his friend that they would
bring that price for some weeks to come, until they
are in season in that climate. This and other teste
which Southern Gardeners and Horticultnriste are
making of the ad vantages of the New York mar
ket for early vegetables and fruits, should certainly
prompt to greater exertions to supply those mar
kets.
The Baltimore .^nninallon.
The announcement Saturday afternoon that
General Franklin Fierce had been nominated by
the Baltimore Convention, as the Democratic can
didate for President, not only surprised but disap
pointed everybody—of all parties and classes.
The manifestations of disappointment among
the Democrats, was indeed striking and promi
nent. Some, a few, it is true, affected to smile and
to express the opinion that it was a very good
nomination, but it was evident their apparent sa
tisfaction was almost entirely feigned, while others
did not pretend to conceal their feeling of deep
disappointment, from which they could not even
for a moment rally.
Profound Logic.— The last Journal <k Messen
ger contains the following extraordinary spccimon
of profound logic:
“We contend that onr friends who stand aloof
from the Baltimore Convention, and without ap-
S roving of the action of those who go there, yet
o nothing themselves, indirectly uid the efforts
of those who are attempting to commit the Union
Party of Georgia M tne support of the Democratic
nominee.”
This, we frankly confess, is the first intimation
j we havo had that we were aiding the efforts ofthe
“supplemental.-,'’ who assembled at Millcdgevilie
and appointed delegates to the Democratic Con
vention. If this be sound logic, we aro in a most
pitiable condition, for we occupy tho same relation
to the movement in Georgia to send delegates to
the Whig Convention, and are, therefore, aiding
the efforts of those who favor the measure. It is,
indeed, an anomalous position to be opposed to
two measures and yet aiding both. We thank
the Journal est Messenger for the information.
Congress.
It is related by Bacon, says the National Intelli
gencer of Monday, 81st May, that once, during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth of England, when Par
liament had sat long, and the House of Commons
especially had done in effect nothing, the Speaker
of that body coming one day to the Queen, she
said to him, “ Now Mr. Speaker, what has passed
in yonr House?” To which the Speaker replied,
“ If it please your Majesty, seven weeks.”
If our Sovereign (tho People) of the United States
could be supposed bodily to address the same
question to Mr. Speaker Boyd, of our House ot
Representatives, what much more satisfiictory re
ply than this could the Speaker make, substituting
six months tor seven weeks t ,
h Yes, this very day completes the sixth month o
*t the Session, and to-morrow begins the seventh.-
,r And yet, though Congress has been in session so
six months, the Message of the President, trans
n mitted to Congress on the second day of the Ses
y sion, crowded ns it is with recommendations o
measures of tho highest import to the interests am
i- welfare of the People of the United States and thei
e Government, has not yet received, in tho House o
>* Representatives, tho respect of a special conside
P ration: nor to this day, from the first week of thi
y session, (except on two occasions, as we think,) ha
e it been in order for any member of the House o
it Representatives, without “general consent” or i
n formal “ suspension of the rnlos ” for rcgulatinf
h the order of proceedings, to introduce to tho notiu
if of the House any original or independent propo
i- sition ! To do the members of the House justice
thero is a disposition on the part of most of then
e to discharge the duties tor which they were sen
e- hither by their constituents, which would havi
e produced valuable fruit, had not their action beet
e paralyzed, not only by the Rules, hut by the incu
e bus of tho Presidential topic, which seems to havi
d found its way into almost every question, fron
it that of the mere Printing for Congress up to tha
it of the gratuitous distribution of all the Lands o
i. the United States, and thus converting the public
i- domain from being an inexhanstible source of ro
e venue to a field of boundless speculation. Ever
!. in the week before last, set apart beforehand to the
y consideration of business of tho Territories of tht
r United States, for tho first three days tho Presi
dential Election ., instead of tho wants and wishes
y of tho People of the Territories, which were the
a order of the day, became the subject of contention,
i though the three latter days of the week (whioh
)■ might be termed a lucid interval) wero profitably
c and usefully employed upon the proper business
a of the House.
l During the last week, under the influence of a
i new and salatary change of the Rules, a few' re
ports from committees have been received, and
the number which, as wo learn, are in readiness to
1 be presented, when an opportunity is afforded,
o proves that the committees of the House, acting in
- their lesser circles, liavo been far from remiss in
their duties.
Oglesby's Colton Gins.
Te take pleasure in calling the attention of the
.public, and especially those interested, to tho ad
“ vertisement of G. T. Oglesby, announcing his
ability to fill all his engagements and supply all
j orders for Gins, notwitl standing the recent de
stroction of his Factory, the frame of which had
just been reared and partly covered.
That adversity tries a man as well as tests the
sincerity of friends, is a truth which all experience
teaches. And wo are gratified to learn that tho re
-1 cent misfortune of Mr. Oglesby has afforded an
opportunity to the mechanics (carpenters) of this
! city for the display of that sympathy for their fel
’ low-man, which not only ennobles them, but makes
! him feel that “adversity has its sweets.” We
chronicle, therefore, with extreme pleasure, the
generous offer which, wc learn, the carpenters of
the city have made, to promptly rebuild his Fac
" tory. It is such acts as this, which link man to his
! brother and bind him as with hooks of steel, to
those whose noble bcartß prompt to such high
souled generosity.
While on the subject of Mr. O. and his Gins, it
may not be out of place to introduce to the consid
eration of tho Cotton Planters the following notice,
from the Albany, Geo., Patriot , of the test made
of his new and improved Gin, patented some few
years ago by Saroeant, to whioh Mr. O. has added
some improvements, and is authorized by the Pa
tentee to manufacture them in Augusta:
great improvement in cotton gins.
We witnessed with great satisfaction, on Wed
nesday last, at the Gin House of Mr. Charles E.
Mallory, two and a half miles below our citv, the
oxiiibition of Oglesby’s new Surfaced-Toothed Cyl
inder Gin. We were told that it is the first exhi
bition, in Georgia, of this recently discovered prin
ciple for ginning cotton. It is the opinion, we be
liovc, of the large majority, if not all, of the oldest
and most experienced planters in this neighbor
hood, who have seen it in operation, that it is a
discovery destined to entirely supercede, and do
away with, the old Whitney or saw gin, new so
universally in use.
Its construction is similar to the saw gin in eve
rything except tho saws—the place of which is sup
plied by a large steel cylinder, filled with short,
small teeth, set in an angle of about forty-five de
grees from the surface of the cylinder, m the di
rection to which the cylinder turns, and above it
a cast iron fluted roler, about half its size, wliicli
turns in the same direction with the cylinder. The
gin is fed in tho same manner that tho sa.r gin is;
and the cylinder and fluted roller turn in the same
direction with the saws in the saw gin. Tile seed
cotton, when thrown into the gin, is caught up by
the teeth on the cylinder and carried through be
tween the cylinder and the roler—the cylinder
carrying the cotton through to the brush and the
roler beating the seed back over the cylinder.
The cotton by this gin is separated from the
seed, so as to leave the lint in its natural state
without being cut and napped; and anv person
who has ever been in the habit of handling cotton,
can tell the difference from cotton ginned as here
tot'ore, by the feeling alone —cotton ginned on this
gin feels much more soft and silky, its fibre is not
tom and broken, as it it after it has passed through
a saw gin; and the difference in the appearance
is much greater—this gin leaves the cotton much
whiter ani cleaner than the common saw gin docs.
The great superiority of this gin consisis in the
feet, that it makes a much superior article of cot
ton—a difference of at least from one to two cents
a pound ; and is so simple in its construction, that
it requires but little care to keep it in order. It
gins as fast and needs no more power than a saw
gin.
We predict for Mr. G. T. Oglesby, great success,
—fame and fortune.
We are indebted to an enterprising gentleman
of our city, who aided Mr. Oglesby in carrying out
and bringing into perfection this invention, for
the honor of the first trial and exhibition in Ba
ker.
We append the following statement, made by
gentlemen who have witnessed the performance of
the Gin:
Bakes County, June 8,1852.
We the undersigned, having witnessed the per
formance of the “Oglesby Surfaced-Toothed Cvl
inuer Gin,” (invented by Mr. Garrett T. Oglesby,
of Georgia,) lately exhibited at the Gin House of
Mr. Charles E. Maliorv ; in this county, are fully
sati-fled of its superiority to the saw Gin, and un
hesitatingly recommend it to the planters of the
Southern country. The advantages in this Gin,
sre, that it draws the lint from the seed in its per
fect state without cutting or injuring the staple and
leaving less trash and dirt in the cotton, and less
lint remaining on the seed than from any other
gin which we have ever witnessed.
T e whole appearance of tho cotton which we
saw ginned on this gin, is farsuperiorto that which
*mf? ve . ev ? r ? cen from any other gin.
This gin is also very simple in its construction,
and so far as we are now able to judge, we believe
11 *£9 e niore durable than the saw gin.
This very great improvement in the cotton gin ,
made tv Mr. Oglesby, is sufficient to guarantee to *
film the patronage and high consideration of all
cotton planters throughout the Southern country,
who will be so vastly beaefitted by this wonderful 1
improvement, *
R. F. Lyon, Baker Co. ,
2 ’ Co. Jus. S. Miller, « ‘
B. U. Dickinson, “ T. C. Spicer, « <
T. Jeff. Johnston, “ Adam Brinson. “ ,
“ Jos. J. Beverly, “ .
J. C. Brooks, “ H. M. Rawin' « 1
Wm.H. Robert, “ A- M. Ready ’ * «
Pan! E. Tarver, “ Eoc.t. Cochran, “ <
J- C ; Degraffenried, “ Henrv Horn, “ <
A. Y. Hampton, “ T. G. Goodwin, “
David A, Won, “ J. Clavton Davis, “
Geo. W. Collier, “ W T . M. Ilowkins, « 1
C. E. Mallory. “ XV. H. Owens, « i
C- W. Horn, “ Tbps. H. Moughon, Lee. '
B. R. bmith, u Thos. Scrntchin#. 44
Joh? Barksdale, “ S. L. McLendon, “ 1
A. Punt, “ !
Georgia Delegations at Baltimore.
As some curiosity has been manifiestod to as
certain the exact position of tho two delegations
from Georgia to the Baltimore Convention, about
which there had boen contradictory Telegraphic
reports, we extract the following acooant of tho
action ofthe Convention on the subject from tho
National Intelligencer's report of tlic proceedings:
Before proceeding to vote, the Convention took
up and disposed of a report ofthe Committee on
Credentials, presented at the evening session of
Wednesday, in which the Convention i- informed:
That all the States in the Union uro represented
therein, by Delegates duly elected, with the excep
tion of South Carolina, from which there is no re
presentation.
There were two entire conflicting delegations
from the State of Georgia : one representing the
State Rights party, and claiming tho fight to re
present tne State in the Convention on the ground
that it more fully represented the Democracy of
the State than any other existing organization ; and
the other representing that portion of the Demo
crats of Georgia belonging to tho Union party, who
claimed seats on the ground that they represented
a large portion of tho Democrats of the Stuto.
After duly hearing and considering the claims
set forth by the advocates of each delegation, the
committee decided to reconnnoud to the adoption
of the Convention tho following resolutions :
Resolved, That tho Democratic delegation from
Georgia represented by .Mr. Cohen, (State Rights,)
consisting of t wenty-one members, are the repre
sentatives of Georgia, and are therefore admitted
to their seats.
Rejoiced, That tho delegation represented by
Mr. Jackson, seventeen in number, are Demo
crate in principle, and reflect tho sentiment of a
portion of the Democracy of Georgia, and that
they be admitted to scats in tho Convention, and
that said delegations, thus united, east the vote of
the State.
Call tob tub Backing tour Friends ?—The
Charleston Mercury of yesterday thus disposes the
nominations:
The Democratic Candidates. —lt will be seen by
our telegraphic news that tho Democratic Conven
tion, after an intestiue struggle of long and painful
duration, havo at length succeeded in reconciling
conflicting claims, by pitching all the established
candidates out of the window, and adopting a
man whose name had been barely whispered be
forehand. Gen. Pierce, of New Hampshire, will
be recalled by those who have good memories, ?s
formerly representing his State, witli much credit,
in tho U. S. Senate, where be was very popular anil
considered a man ot promise. He left the position,
we believe, voluntarily. Subsequently lie Was one
of Mr. Polk’s generals in the Mexican" war, where
he did good service, though his exploits were never
considered Beriouslv to endanger the reputation of
Julius Cicsar and’the Duke of Wellington. In
politics he belongs to that respectable portion of
the Democracy of Now Hampshire, which lias
never made terms witli the Freesoilcrs and Aboli
tionists, and he is, wo suppose, in all respects, us
food a man for tho South as any of those whom he
as superseded.
Mr. King, the candidate for Vice-President,
needs no comment. In tact, he would not bear
much, being formed of that flimsy, tinsclly sort of
stuff, that is intended rather to be admired than
handled. He is a good man but not good for much.
For tho rest, the Convention, it appears, has
shouldered tho Compromise bodily—a load which
we wish them joy.
If this is not “damning with faint praise,” we
should like to see what would be so considered.—
The Mercury is doubtless preparing itself for a very
zealous and earnest support of tho ticket. In 1848,
it was much less sparing with its fliugs at General
Cass, until after Mr. Calhoun visited Charleston.
Yot, strange as it may seem, it suddonly changed
its tone and became, if not one of his greatest ad
mirers, certainly one of bis warmest advocates.
New Books.
We have before noticed the “ Appleton’s Popu
lar Library of the best Authors,” embracing evo
ry variety of Literature, in uniform, neat and con
cise volumes. The last of those is “ The Ingolds
hy Legends ; or, Mirth and Marvels," by the Kev.
Richard 11. Barham, of which the Now York Timet
speaks thus:
“As an instance of the art of versification car
ried to the higheast pitch of excellence; of oven
rhythm; 9C rhyming run mad; tho Legends are
without rival in the language. Tho writer sub
stituted ingenuity for genius. A wonderful facil
ity in the use of language, a ready inentiveness of
terms, are bis characteristic talents. Sense or mor
al, his stories have none. They are all of a kind:
populous with ghost, goblin, and elf, and folk
dealing with them in a disgusting way. And yot
without possessing more than ordinary humor,
wit a d interest, they are highly amusing, and will
always have renders. The trick and jingle of the
versification supply the absence of better qualities.”
The work may bo had of Geo. A. Oatis&Co.
ie “ The Wigwam and the Cabin; nr, Talcs of the
Bg South, by W. Gilmore Simms, First and Second
f Series.
“ Recollections of a Southern Matron ,” by Caroline
8 Gilman.
'& These three very neat volumes, in cheap paper
c ® binding, form numbers 2, 8 and 4, of Walker,
Richards & Go’s “Series if Popular Southern
e > Boots.”
m The Wigwam and the Cabin'aro a series of tales
xi from the pen of the polished author of the “ Ye
,T® masse,” whioh have heretofore appeared in the
in periodicals of the day, and are now just published
A" in book form. They combine some of tha finest
, e conceptions of tho distinguished author, and will
m be sought after with avidity by the lovers of fic
tion.
The “Recollections of a Southern Matron” by
Mrs. Gilman, has been so extensively read, and so
universally appreciated wherever road, as to need
in no commendation. We rejoice to see it repro
-16 duced in so neat and cheap a form, and hop* it
16 may shed ;ts virtuous influence upon evory hnuse
hold. They may all he had of J. A. Carrie A Co..
!B and Geo. A. Ooates A Co.
6
i, “ Waverly Novels.” Abbotsford Edition. Lip
j, piucot, Grambo & Co, Philadelphia.
y The admirers of Sir Walter Scott, and who is
8 not i tho public and all lovers of Fiction, will feel
greatly obliged to the publishers for the re-publi
a cation of the Waverly Novels, in the very hand
some style in which these are produced. Itisfrom
d tho last English edition, embracing the author’s
o latest corrections and notes, is printed on fine
white paper and new type, aud is altogether the
a handsomest edition we have seen of tho work,
which will bo completed in twelvo volumos, or
twenty-four parts, each part containing a novel
complete.
® Tho creations of Sir Walter Scott’s prolific
mind in tho world of fl(|ion, like tho productions
8 of SriAKspEAßEjhavo becoinestandard works, andno
1 gentleman’s library is considered complete without
them. Ind cd, the works of no writer of romance,
of ancient or modern times, have been so univer
sally admired and approved.
® Part 1, which contains “ Waverly,” complete,
0 may lie had of T. Richards <fc Son.
“The Life of Rodekt Emmett,” bv John W.
i Burke.
* The eventful history of this distinguished son
-of the Emerald Isle, has been a fruitful theme
* for the Historian, Biographer, and Essayist
: and so long as a true Irish heart pulsates each new
3 contributor will be read with avidity. In the work
f before us the author does not assume the produc
* tion of any thing new, but simply to liavo compi led
* and condensed this from a variety of sources.
> It is for sale by J. A. Carrie A Co.
i
La Grange and Columbus Alnll.
t The extension of the La Grange and West Point
* Railroad, affords facilities for tho rapid transporta
, tion of the Northern mail to Columbus, not cu
i joyed by an* other route ; and we therefore desire
- to call the attention of the Department to the nc
l cessity of ordering a daily mail from La Grange
to Columbus, and forwarding the mail by that
route, for the following very sufficient reasons :
There is already a line of stages running daily
between La Grange and Columbus, carrying a
tri-weekly mail, by which passengers every day,
and mail matter every other day, reach Columbus
twelve hours in advance of the mail as now car
ried via Barnesville. To make tills route daily,
the department has only to order the present con
tractor to transport the mails daily, and pay an ade
quate compensation therefor, which will secure to
the citizen# of Columbus their mail matter twelve
hours in advance of the present route.
As to the duty of the department in the prem
ises, if the facts are admitted, and we presume no
one will gainsay them, there will not be two opin
ions. It has the power, and should exercise it
promptly.
Central Railroad. —TliO Savannah papers con
tain the following exhibit of the business of the
Central Railroad for the six months ending 81st
May, compared with tho corresponding period of
last year. This certainly presents a most gratify
ing picture, and affords an earnest of the future
success of that Road and all the interests connected
with it, fully equalling the most sanguine antic! •
pat ions of its friends: .
1951. 1P52 Incrsise
Through freight,.*274,lsl 99 £51,927 98 77 776 Oil
Way freight 88,086 78 92,861 82 4274 54
trough passage,. 32,204 49 35,561 94 3,857 45
Way passage 26,956 06 88,260 64 llSs4 68
U. ... Mail 10,400 00 10,800 00 6,400 00
1431,719 22 534,911 88 103,102 <>6
Profitable Kailroad Stock. —The Utica and
Schenectady Kailroad Company have probably done
the moat profitable business of any railroad com
pany in the world. This road, seventy-eight miles
in length, was constructed and put in operation
for a million and a half of dollars. The total re
reipts in about fourteen years have been $6,856,-
043. Expenditures for the same period, $2,218,204
—reimbursing the whole cost of the road and
yielding a clear net profit as $2,718,204, or over
eighteen and a half percent, per nr,num.
Hetwood’s Gutta Percha Pens.— This is the
name gives is an excellent pen we are now using.
They seem to be, says the Kome Courier, a pen that
will last a long time, and prove highly useful to
those who have much writing to do, and may be
used on all kinds of paper. One great merit at
tached .o them by those who have tried them
thoroughly, is tbit they will not corrode. We
copy the following paragraph, in reference to the
pen, fTom the Norfolk (Va.) Beacon:
“This is the name of a new pen just introduced
into our city by the agci>7 iiom the manufactory.
They arc a composition of Gutta Percha and metal,
are durable, and will not corrode. Thoae who
have used them think them superior to any other
pen, and they are commended as not required to
be wiped after being used. The Gutta Purcha and
metal are imported, and the pens are now manufac
tured in this country. The agent has met with
good success.—
]
Exectsictjt Extraordixart.— “During the r-'At ;
week,” «ays the Edgefield Advertiser of Thursday, ,
“we have been visited with an enormous quantity ,
of rain, accompanied by severe lightning &c. In ]
one instance, three point* were stricken by the j
samp peerage of electricity. These points were at in- ,
tervals oi two hundred yards in a direct lint- Mrs. ,
Addison's dwelling-house (one of the points) was
considerably injured at oneoi (he corners. A shop (
on Mrs. premises was the second point (
and by thuMfeolt we regret to state that a negro wo- |
man belonging to Mrs B. was killed—a young lady
in the same room was very considerably shocked.
The third point was a tre? in Gen. Bonham’s yard, I
and here, also a negro was knocked down, but qot 1
wolfed. -
A Judge Turned Constable. —lt will bo recol
loctcd that n short time since tho stearaor Fanny,
from New Orleans to San Francisco, with a large
number of passengers, into Savannah, when
she was condemned and seized as unscaworthy
and for a violation of the navigation laws. Tho
passengers had of course becu swindled out of a
large amount of money for their passage, and some
of them, to savo themselves, had the steamer's
stores attached. They were advertised for sale,
and on the day of sale, a portion of the passengers,
some of them females, who saw destitution sta
ring them in the face whenever the ship’s stores
should bo removed, sucoesstblly resisted the efforts
of the Sheriff to get possession of the stores for
the purpose of exposing them to sale. This oo
curcd on Tuesday. Tho following article from
the Republican of Thursday, details tho events of
Wednesday, in which Judgo Jackson resolved
himself iuto aconstabio and urrestod the leaders:
Arrest or the King-leaders on the Fanny—A
Courageous Act. —The illegal proceedings on board
tho steamer Fanny, Tuesday, having uttraoted the
attention of the reflecting portion of the communi
ty, it became evident that prompt and decisive
steps should be takon to enforce tlio law and vin
dicate the character of the city. The open and
effectual resistance of the. law by n parcel of un
breochcd Californians, in a community distinguish
ed for order atld soberness, was an outrage not to
ho tolerated. Consequently, Judgo Jackson, of
tho Sv'ierior Court of tho Eastern Circuit, accom
panied by Lieut. Col. Lawton, the Commanding
Officer of the Savannah Independent Volunteer
Battalion, visited the steamer at an early hour
yesterday morning. Judge Jackson informed the
passengers that tiiey had been guilty of a grave
offence in resisting t lie law. The stores of the
steamer had been legally attached and advertised
far sale, and ho told them in plain terms that the
law must and should tie enforced. It m: ttered not
how unjustly they had been treated by the owner
and officers'of tho vessel, nor how much claim
they hud to tho sympathy of the community, tho
process of the court had to be executed and the
stores removed. In answer to an inquiry, wheth
er he would pledge himself that some satisfactory
urrangemont should he made for furnishing pro
visions to the passengers, he said ho hud no
pledgee to make and that tho law admittod of no
compromise. The community was distinguished
for its liberality ; but he was not there to make
them anv promises ; lie came simply to warn them
tliut tho law should be put in force and that imme
diately.
It was understood that the passengers would
offer no further opposition to the officers, and
Judge Jackson and Col. Lawton left. Subse
quently, Judge Jackson returned to the steamer
with Sheriff' Devanny. There was considerable
excitement on board when ho arrived, the passen
gers threatening that the stores should not be re
moved. Many of them gathered about him, ges
ticulating and*swearing as if they intended to oiler
him personal violence. It was no time for parley
ing ; so Judge Jackson boldly seized the ring-load
er by the collar, tolling him ho was his prisoner,
and forcibly dragged him ashore. The J udge once
more retuvnod to tho ship, and with his own hands
arrested threo others and took them one by one
ashore. Finding they had a man to deni with, the
remaining passengers became wonderfully quiet in
a very short time, ilad Judge Jackson yielded
an inch in tho outset, it is believed the leaders
would have thrown him overboard.
The officers afterwards wentaboard and removed
tile stores of tho steamer without opposition. The
porsous arrested were subsequently committed to
jail.
The conduct of Judge Jackson throughout this
affair, reflects upon him the very highest credit.
Too much honor cannot be accorded him for thus
stepping forward and setting an example to officers
of the inannerin which tho law should he enforced.
It is hoped they will protit by his courageous ex
ample, and hereafter when the law is resisted, that
it will not be necessary to invoke the aid of the
poser commitalii.i, nor for the Judge to descend
from the Bench to perform their functions.
Escape of Meaoher.—'The New York Express
contains the following account of the manner in
which Meagheu affected his escape. To ns it
seems a very improbable story, and as Mkaoheb
is said to havo declined making auy statement as
to the manner of his escape, for four of couipromit
iug those who aided him, we think it entilled to
very little credence. We, however, give it for
what it is worth :
“ It may be recollected that shortly after the
arrival of the Irish exiles in Van Kieman’s laud,
a proposition was made them by the government
onicials there to tho oll'ect "that if they gave their
parole of honor that they would not make auy
uttempt to escape they would ho permitted to
move at will in circles that would be* alloted to
each.” Os this proposition all tho exiles availed
themselves except Samith O'Brien. Mr. Meagher’s
ticket of leave ran tlms: “I undertake not to es
cupe from tho colony as long os 1 hold the ticket
of leave.” Everything being in readiness for
' carrying out his plans, early in February Mr.
Meagher sent his “parole of honor” to the Magis
trate with the promiso that ho would consider
himself bound by it two hours after its delivory
and no longer. On receiving it tho magistrate
guvo immediate orders to tho constable in Both
well (where Mr. Meagher resided) to arrest him
without deluy. This the Constable refused to do,
stating that ho was himself an Irishman and would!
do nothing to hinder Meagher’s escape. This
placed the magistrate in a position somewhat un
pleasant as there was not another officer within
twenty-four miles. He however mounted'horse
and proceeded to the nearest point for the pur
pose of bringing back an officer to take chargo of
Mr. Meagher, who wailed for his return until the
time promised hud expired, after which he took
horse and proceeded in an opposite direction, in
which course he is said to have traveled us last as
his horse could carry him, for over one hundred
miles, or to the point where his frionds had anoth
er conveyance m waiting. After reaching Per
nambuco, he is said to have been taken on board
the brig Acorn on tho 23d of April, and by her
brought to this port.
Tauiff Movements at Washington. —The Wash
ington correspondent of tho Philadelphia Public
Ledger, says that, at a cauor.s, consisting oftlio iron
masters of Pennsylvania, headed by ex-Governor
Porter, and all tho Buchanan mombers from Penn
sylvania, but one, sundry propositions were offered
and agreed to for carrying all tho land bills now
before Congress, and substituting home valuations
for tho present system of levying duties. This
would increase the present tariff by about 25 per
cont.; that is, it would add 10 per cent, to 80 per
cent, ad valorem, and increase taxation by about
twelve millions of dollars per annum. As a oon
scqucDce of this agreement, tho Missouri Railroad
Bill, it is said, passed. One of tho New England
members, a Democrat, who bad received notice to |
attend tho caucus, spurned tho proposition with
indignation. •
Ont Railroad.—Tho Federal Union of Tuesday
the Ist inst,, says: “On Thursday last the Ir Jn
horse paid his first visit to our city, in company
with a couple of Freight Cars. On Friday tho
Passenger Train crossed tho Bridge—so the Gor
don and Millcdgeville Road may now be considered
completed. Tho bridge is built ! n a substantial
manner, reflecting great credit upon the Architect,
Mr. Dcmercst.
The Eatonton Branch is progressing finely, the
chief obstruction being tho Bridge over Little
River. Wc hope to sec this Road carried on, at
least, to tho Georgia Road. It will in that event
afford the travelling public from tho North and
West the greatest convenience, and facilitate the
business and trade of Middle Georgia with their
Beaport city. Such an enterprise, so easily accom
plished, we hope will uttract the attention of cur
Savannah friends, and enlist their aid in its con
struction.
Wo have now two daily lines of stages connect
ing this place witli the Goorgia road at Greens
boro and Warrenton.”
Ciioleba on the Fab W esi Piiauies.'—The emi
grants on the overland route to California, have the
fearful disease of cholera to contend with, inaddi
tion to the ordinary difficulties of the movement.
The St. Louis Republican of tho 23d inst., soys:
“ We learn from a gentleman who came down on
the Claru yesterday morning, that the cholera has
been raging to some extent among the emigrants
on tho plains, causing considerable of a panic
among the trains. Our informant, who is one of a
number who started for California, some time since,
but returned in consequence of ill health, says that
there was quite an excitement among the immi
grants, in oousoquence of tho death of a great
number of persons among them from cholera;
muny of them were deserting their trains, and
turning their steps homeward.
Holliday’s train, which left St. Joseph a few days
before our informant did, had lost some seven or
eight persons, and it was rumored that the detach
ment of U. S. troops under command of Maior
Stein, cn route for New Mexico, hud suffered some
loss previous to renching Grasshopper Creek
There were yet a few emigrants remaining at St'
Joseph, preparing to. start for the plains, not many
of them it is supposed will be deterred from at
tempting the trip by discouraging reports daily
received from the advuucfi trains. 1
There was much less sickness at St. Joseph than !
during the past week, but now and then a case of '
cholera was heard of. Business was becoming !
q»de dull again. !t is to be hoped that these !
alarming reports from tiie plains are much exag
prorated, as such reports almost invariably prove to j
Mr. Hay, lecturer on Chemistry at Portsmouth
Dockyard, has been engaged at Woolwich instruct
ing the (our bombardiers of the Boyal Marine Ar
tillery attached to the Expedition under the
command of Sir Edward Belcher, V. 8., in the
mode of adjusting the plates, covering and attach
ing the copper w ires, and manipulating the nol
phuricacid used in galvanic batteries, it in
tended t#take to the Arctic regions a number of
tubes charged with twenty pounds of gunpowder
each, to be used in bursting the 100 in order to
force a passage up Wellington Channel with the
steamers of the Expedition. The cases will be dis
charged by the electric fluid from a galvanic bat
tery, the parties operating being at a safe distance
on the vessels, as long coils of wire wiii bo
supplied covered with gutta percha.
An improved Telegraph battery, invented by Mr
Beid, telegraph engineer hi London, has been tried
at Dover and Celias. Two of the sub-marine wires
were connected with the instruments, and put in
circuit with the batteries. A commendable im
provement is made in the weight and bulk of these
batteries ; the new style being four inches long, by
one and a hwf inches deep, and weighing one
pound Sve ounces. Tbo old common battery used
on the lines is thirty six inches long, 7% inches
wide, 8X inches deep and weighs 61 lbs. In the
experiments of Mr. Keid, the operators at either
terminus introduced into the mouth correspond
ing pieces of zinc and silver, three-fourtha of an
inch square. An increase in size produced an im
provement of the signals. Th& communications
were made rapidly and with correctness; the secret
process is not divulged.
Finn Psoor Buildings.— The. Journal of Com
merce, by a valuable editorial article on this sub
ject, has, says the N. Y. Minor, aroused public
attention somewhat, and so rendered and impor
tant servioe. IS is stated that in the Insurer’s
Building, at the corner of Wall and William-sts.,
id addition to iron beams, supporting every floor,
there are entire floors of iron extending from outer
wall to outer wall, through which no wood strips
pass, and over which a body of non-conducting
cement Is placed, rendering it impossible for fire to '
ascend above or descend below any floor in the
building. _
New Post Orricss. —The following new Offloes
have been established in Georgia: Neal Dow,
Cobb Co., M. L. Rnff, P. M., Fairfield, PatnaraCo.,
A- C. Philips, V- Ms
ITKMfI.
“Tho fingers of the deaf and dumb,” aaya Prof.
Knoadson, tho teacher of drawing in the N. V.
Asylum, “are oonßidorably longer than those of
people in goneral.” He attributes this peculiarity
to the constant uie of their finger in communicating
with each other. For a similar reason, tho fingers
of violinist frequently attain nn extraordinary
length. Tho secofld finger on Faganiuia’ left hand
is said to have boon igich longer than either
of its neighbors ; andthoso who are so fortunate
as to onjoy the acquaintance of Ole Bull are aware
that he has a whole hand as well os a whole heart.
(Dancers, by the way, should bo longer, in toe-toe,
than any other people.”
The Mineral Point (Wisconsin) Trifiune of the
6th ult. says, considerable excitement has been
manifested intbat villago by the discovery of some
small pieces. of golds valuod at from two to flvo
dollars each, and aleud of the samo material.
Tho Pacific Kailroad Company, on the 19th lilt.,
mado sale of $60,000 of the Missouri Stuto Six per
cent. Bands, to a firm in St. Louis at $lO6, (five
per cent, above par.)
The Now Hampshire Legislature meets to-day.
Al'.S. Senator it to bo olected for six years from
the 4th of March next, in place of Mr. Hale.
Plague.—Dr. Bmnßtead of Boston, says tho N.
T. Tribune, writes from Gibraltar that there has
been no plaguo in Madeira, and that it is not to be
feared.
# The Atlantic Steamers.—A statement relative
to the business of tho Collins’ and Cunard lines
of ocean steamers, shows that during tho yenr t
1851, there were carried by the former line, 4,169
passengers, and by the lattor 4,118. Tho average
length of tho Western passages performed by the
Collins’ lino was 10 days, 21 hours and 10 minutes;
of tho Cunard, 11 days, 4 hours and 13 minutes.
The amount of Custom House duties paid by the
former, was $2,122,537.66; by the lattor, $2,829,-
001.31.
Brass Bedsteads. —Tho latest English advices state
that there is a great demand for brass bedsteads of
I almost overy description of make. At Birming-
I ham they had on hand large orders for this branch
j of brass founder)'. Tho brass bodsteads have, in-
I deed, within tho last two years, but moro especial
j ly since tho great exhibition, bocomo a very impor
tant item of export by Birmingham merchants,
and appear to bo eagerly sought for in tho North
and South Amorican markets.
Rum and Crime.— These Siamese twins, says Hie
New York Tribune of Monday, figure largely in our
City Items to-day. Ono woman mauled to death
by a drunken husband; one man stabbed and an
other’s skull broke by two drunkon sailors; several
men and boys wounded in n row at a rum-shop
last night; a man’s head hacked upon with a piels
ax by a rowdy, a legitimate child of the grog-shop;
three or four mon found drownod, probably drank
when they fell into the river—those are the ehief
developments of the “accustomed and innocent
beverages of tho people,” which the last Legisla
ture were eo tonder of. It will be otherwise era
long.
A Cheap Power Press.— Tho Worcester (Mass.)
Transcript is now printed on a now power press,
ofsimplc and ingenious construction, lately invent
ed in that city by Dr. Hawes, one of tho most com
petent practical mechanics. It prints 2000 an hour,
is propelled by ono man, and cost about S6OO. It
takes but ono person to feed it, delivers tho papers
itself, and docs not occupy as ranch room ns an er
ditiary press.
Tns “Weakeb Sex.”— ln onr country within
the past two or three years, the greatest literary,,
dramatic and musical triumphs have been achiev
ed by women I Alice Carey, Grace Greenwood,
Miss Fennimoro Cooper, Miss Mclntosh and now
Miss Chocsebro, lmvc gained in literature imper
ishable honors at homo and in Groat Britain. Mrs.
Mowatt, Miss Cushman and Miss Davonpnrt, in
tho walks of tho female dramatic, nro far boforo
any male actors that we possess. And witness
tho triumphs of Jenny Lind, Katie Hayes and
Anna Bishop, in music. Was there over a more
porsevering radical (not excepting Gobbort) than is
Mrs. Swissholm, of Pittsburgh ? or a moro perse
vering litigant tbnn Mrs. Gaines ? Womcft the
weaker sox ? Egad, tho men must bethink theta
of the dospisod tortoise, who won the race while
the swilVfooted hare took her forty winks.
MOORE.
Apropos of tho death of “ Erin's bard,” a correspor
of the New York Express gives the following stanzas wrU .
| be says, many years ago-and, he hints, b: y ’ La dy
“ Moore! tho’ round thy laurcll’d head
No splendid ray can shine,
Sava that which Heaven’s own light nil* • s h ed
O’er euch a brow as thine,— flnea
Yet, when you die,
Genius shall grieve upon thy tomb
Freedom lament thy mortal doom,’
And fresh in Erin’s fond heart bloorr
The verdure of thy memoi *
Thy dirge shall be the lover’s sigh 9 '
Thy monument the myrtle tree **
While widow’d nature, weepinir Ji-».
Shall close her poet’s obuequ.
The river men ofPittaburgh propose to tho river
men ofthe entire West and 8 o uth to unit, tin pro
curing a block or blocks, wit' fl Hllitab , o , ri tions
thereon, together with a i^ itod Bubscri ti t 0
a.dm the constitution oft* e Natior(d Monumont
to W ashington.
The Jersey city Common O ounoUl havinf-bal
loted for a President two bun dred height times,
without effecting a. choice, ’ javo unanim * iu ly ro -
SIC”* '«*»-• The division vw.s
1 • ’ and Democrats, fer there is a
clearmajontyofth , f bllt betwce , Mail t*
law and anti-Maly e | aw
’ sa 'd to he the greatest lb t
— .. r ,. **•, embarked in the steam ship Herman n
i May ■26th, and may bo expected i n
>■*» aof a few days, fibo is accompanied by a
y° jng. ’.msso named Rovere, and a tenor name- i
jan Giovanni, both said to be superior singers.-
Her intention is to give concerts, and probably to
appear in opera before hePreturn.
Robert Swan, of Cumberland, Md., who was re
cently on trial at that place, for the murder of VVr a,
has been admitted to boil in the sum of
20,000. This is said to bo the largest bail ever re
quired in Maryland.
The U. 8. steam ship Mississippi left her ancho
rage at the Lazaretto, Baltimore, on Monday, and
proceeded doVn tho boy under steam, on her way
to Now York. •
Mr. Lnunitz of New York, is to construct the. v>u
laski Monument at Savannah of the finest ir.arble
and bus contracted to comblete it in two yr , ar9 .
The export of tea from China shows an increase
of 1,800,000 lbs., compared with lost ye- „■. 0 f jj
tho decrease is equal to about 8000 bob , !S . ’
The Hon. John A. Wilcox, of Mi* isslppi, was
m r W6ek nt Wa » hin S‘°n, t* the daughter
ofMaj Donelson, late editor of tly , Washington
Union. °
A person born on the bflth e s February when
arrived at the age of fit V(!ttrs wUL bave BCe „ .
his or her sixteenth bi rth-day.
At the Grand Military frte at Park. on the 10th
nit., it is said that of that large army ol'Bo,ooo mem
under arms in a hot. sun, and oftlio BG’O,OOO or 400,-
000 spectators, not a single numw to bo seen l u
the shyhUst decree iutoxieated.
Tlicbmtouk.ithe sense ofthe people at the
I residential election, as to the sale of ardent «• nir
lts in Maryland has wo poroeivo pas god the Horn e of
Delegates of that State ayes 48, m,y ß 7. Tho bill
now ever, has been unfavorably reported on in the
•lonate. ,
j Specie from Mexico—Tlio St. Lonis pape rs my
that between three-quarters and one mil 1 Jon of
in specie have been received in th’ , t city
Irorn New Mexico this scaso o, nearly every dollar
of which has been or would be laid out foi goods
there. 6
Directors ofthe La Grange Ban-..-At meet
ing of the stockholders of the L-, Grawf ißank,
held on the 27th ult, the following Kcllllca e „ wcro
elected Directors:
Hugh A. Haralson, William Keid, B. It. Atnoss,
Jessco McLendon. O. A. B- ,n, Samuel Cu rtright,
William Wagnor.
" ! Ate reeent meeting of tho Now York Historical
Society Mr. Frederick D 0 Pcyster reo d a paper
b on the Progress and Destiny of the Uni tod States,
- "i.". k * le 6ta, *d Uir, opinion that the population
_ of this country in IV oi wouid be one liu ndred and
t ! two wjnions.
s | The repovt of the Board of Edueat'ion of tho
- j city of New York, shows that there are 218 schools
- j under i.ts jurisdiction, having 40, 0f, 5 aeliolars.
; The whole number of children taught du’intr 1851
f was 116,600, and the whole expenditure fo r the
r j year amounted to $309,016.61. * 1
, ; From the Louisville Journal.
, j the STRANOEH’B O'JI vs. i
No chlsell’d tablet rears Its head 1
Above his lonely place of r«ft • ’
The genius of the wild hath son’ ad
A mantle o’er the StrangePa '.roast
Br 'sht, lovely llowers above it spring
Beside It leaps a silvery was e K ’
A J l ?jn ove droo P" her tr.,r ,b]| n -
And trills sweet music o’ar that grave.
' The wild rose scents the aw, -,| en t air
Forget-me-nots are bloom! no near •’
The willow bends as if in pr ~y* r ’
For one who slumbers lon e |y here
When the first star .jf even ing p",?'
Is glassed upon the dim blue wave
I lUt to hear the night wini i a wall ’
A requiem o’er the Sira, a( ,er'« Grant.
a _____ Ci.es.
Mastodon Cotton. A lot of thirty bales of Mas
todon Cotton, the produce of the plantation of G
K. McCalea, of AUbovilleDia Wet, South Carolina’
was sold yesterday by G. W.aex £e & SoN.atlSti
cents per pound.
The steamship Palmrtto"huvring been thorough It
repaired, will resume, we understand, her rem.l Z
trips between Baltimore and Charleston, on Satn -
day next. 11 "
A large amount of counterfeit money has .
| put in circulation recently in Ciueinnatf T? *
counterfeits are dangerous, beingon geuubiHnU. *“
but with forgedsignatures. The notes . “
Bunk of tho State of South Carolina I " M >
State Bank, and Bank of Kentucky. ’ I ‘ OU “ V - ‘
. sns > -»
‘‘Mackintosh,” and had a wreath of 1 11 ■ “
flowers; her swain waa in snow-£h<£? U ' P /i , * “
umbrella. An immense fire occupied? ’ w , ltl 1a “
the May-pole, and the line— p “ ' *te plat eof
“Come, gentle BpriDg, etberial mildness
“ ch ° irof *
“2
Plates of soup” ’formed ths refr “hmente * mj
be i i fot
MF««o 0 , to o n )y ,^ a VJ*?5'«vSS"