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From the Washington Union.
YnlcretUai—California Gold.
Extract of a letter from Thomas O.
Larkin,Esq., late Consul, and now Navy
Agent of ibe United States, to the Se
cretary of State, dated at Monterey,
November 16th, 1848.
** The digging and washing for gold
continues to increase on the Sacrameulo
placer, so far
persons engaged
the size and quantity o
was removed. The right kind of a
Chief Engineer, President and Direc
tors are controlling it to push any work
through which they undertake. Al
ready is. all the heavy work on the
Road under contract, and the remain
der will soon be let out, and the entire
line ready fur the Cars about the same
time. Then will the heart and Capital
of our chivalrous, but long sleeping
State, and ibe cities ot Savannah and
Charleston be “ linked together with
will be.
A recent number of the Journal dcs
Debats, at the close of & long article on
the late Presidential election in ibis
country, gives the views of the writer
in the following complimentary manner.
For the rest, never did a President
come mm power under happier aus
pices. North America enjoys a degree
as regards the number of! ^ks oP*'Iron, (we believe is nearly ,, Q f prosperity . higher than she has pos- 1
redin the business; and- ,l,ea P ,c l u ? ,ul, ® n ) Then will commence .essed since the year 1S3G, which ,8 .?
[uantity of the metal daily j an c **eusive interchange of Produce, I was followed by disastrous reaction.— j
Men and Politics.
We find jrry often of late, that the
preachers of the Gospel and other good
men, imagine themselves entirely too
sanctified to have any thing to do with
politics. Many of them will not go to
the polls or participate in political con
versations, or the deliberations of politi
cal assemblies; others will not even al- {
low their sentiments to be known out of
their immediate families. To all such,
we commend the perusal of the subjoin-'
ed paragraph. In a letter written in
1833, Lamartine thus beautifully and \
religiously explains his motives for en
tering political life:
sum-
ATHENS. GA. _
Thursday Homing, February 1,1849.
-In lb. Aural* C»a«il»uonate. of U«T.. rrov*^I....Tl.rO.u*.
we find the fidlowing: ! Tho following resolutions, introduced by jj r
*• We cordially congratulate the South that the Bj >c |{born, Chairman ot the House Committee oti
5 .“c™ "enU.n. lie nunt * >» ; •“« b "“ 1““^ '» «* Uwd, ot
purposes ot mi chief aud distraction.
ait. i.«k» ( «: „
uVpUcrf bv JuJjj. Berrien, who la. .bow. Iirni- ;
•elf on thi. * ““f, h “ r « ; I,
liable eUUeemun for .lie South. J' 'J™*! I '° „
coatinuc lo pro.-, himrelt llioronclilv Southern, nnd ,hcre mouuntoi
•like on* wed and unaeduced by Northern wniggerj, Hesolred, by
.... ^islature. We rejoice at the nnaniu.... UJII
hf u..'.I'. ,.:!!* ! exhibited. Let all the Southern States act in thi
spirit, aud all the North will very soon * e
far there arc divisions among ourselves 0
of ho
ingly to cabinet oliice under
This short English word, of]
t of the extraordinary coral
I Whig, injrefcm.ee l- thi* i
' ington. **■-
price of a blanket. One hundred dollars
a day for aevcrnl days in succession, was
nnd is considered a common remuncni-
tion for the lnl>or of a gold-digger, though
lew work over a month ut a time, as the
fatigue is very great. From July lo Oc-
taber one-half of the gold-hunters have
been afflicted, cither with the ague and
fever or the intermittent fevcr.and twen
ty days absence from the placer, dur-
it., T those mouths, is necessary to es-
ca c these diseases. There have not,
however, been many fatal cases. The
gold is now sold, from the smallest
of North Carolina. They refer to a
period in the history of both, of which
there are but few records, and of which
many of the incidents, though both
eventful and important are only pre
served in the traditions of their respec
tive localities. No where on the conti
nent was opposition to the exactions and
usurpations of the British Government
earlier commenced, or continued more
determinedly and systematically, than
in the colonics of North and South Car
olina.
** 90 Ratos SqRAitc, Uindon, Jnly 4, 1848.
Mu Jtnir Sir: I hold it of good augu
ry, that your letter of the 12tli of June,
‘ me by the Hermann, just iu
imaginary piece in size to pieces of one
pound in weight at 810 per troy ounce • Cached
lor all Ibe purposes of commerce i but: , illie ^ an ,-* ere d ,hi, morning,
those u ho arc under the necessity of y«»u may besure that I have spared
raising com to pay duties to the govern- no discover in the British Slate
menl, are obliged to accept from 810 to . K ,., cr odicc a copy of the Resolves of
v 11 |»er ounce. All the com iiiCulilor-• t i, c Committee of Mecklenburg; ami
nia is likely to be locked up in the cus-! wil |, c ,„ire success. A glance ut the
tom-house, as the last tarill of our Con- w il| show you that in those days
withdrawn from the
( will only weaken iu
ably-conducted i cd object.”
obtained. 1 hare bad in mv hands ter- M»nufaUorwan.l Merchandise,brtween Capital i, abundant in ibe United Simes. t=no« pobtical life; ... ... ......
cral piece, ofgold, about twenty-three '■», w «‘ “ d . lho South ; and then. I Europe, alarmed by revolutions, is “ w ben the Divine.Judge shall .urn-, Kr■**£>°*•" r .'SrS't'KL'S.
carau fine, weighing from one lo two I "I 1 “ yuereourse be or,-mated ■ ending there a part o( her own. Agri- “«>" “* «*> appear before oor conscience. J n 'TT ™’ b . ' i Se tt regre
poonda, and have it from good author!- “ h,ch w,l ‘ make ««“» feeling—one 'culture is esientfingund becoming more ! f the eml °* ° ar >>*><* l oaro< 7 here be-.the Ceor s ,. dele.-*.,on, for sundry pubhc *«- loTO , Mr . Sl , | * r ‘.--
ty that piece, have been found weigh- in ^nUtui-at, and one in action, bar-j perfect. Manufactures of all kinds low \ our modesty, our weakness -
ing sixteen pounds. Indeed, 1 h a v e . ring'be ultra Smut right doclrainesor ~
heard of one specimen that weighed | l ^ ,e ^ a * ,ne,l ° Stale.—Chattanooga Ga-
twenty-five pounds. There are many , :et,c ' t
men at the placer, who in June last had ; u» Ch.ri.-t.. jtrm,rr.
not one hundred dollars, now m iiosses- The XeekteaMn, Declaration of In-
ston of from five to twenty thousand > dependence
S”„d Wl ;mdiog , wi , , n blL b fod1r^i r The 'Vilmiogtoo Cbrooicl. give, the
fa^idbT ,n “ Je 11«»S 3 lo^Grcnl BritubI;
A common calico thirl, or even a silver ! , . . . ... r ., «» •
dollar, has been taken by an Indian for ! »“'hcotica.mg the prton.y of lha Mcck-
goltl, without regard to sire; and a: ivobarg Dccdarattot. of Independence,
half to one ounce ofgold—say S8 to *16 1 bei allusioi'S in the letter to the pro-
-i. now considemT the price of a shirt, ltcgolators have mtc-
whilerrcm.brccto.cn ounce, is the ]««/" ".^1'
io bcin
it beis>£
Senate nnd House of Represent-
of Florid* in General Assembl*
ronvenod. That, n« friends oltlie Union, we view
with most serious alarm tho course ofour Northern
brethren in rcUthm to the question of S!«verv—*
course which, marked by unkindness, wrong, m su | t
and injury, lias already, lo • most unfortunate ex
tent, weakened the bond* which unite them and u s -
which, if persisted in, in the same spirit, can only
ntelligcncc to* see, a conscience to de
cide, and you should have placed this
graiu of sand in one or the other.’*
gress is in force here iu regard lo the re
ceipt oi money.
** Could you know the value of the
California placer as 1 know it, you
would think you had been instrumental
in obtaining a most splendid purchase
lor our country to pul uo other construc
tion on the laic treaty.
** The placer is known to be two or
J.- three hundred miles long; and as dis-l
covcrics are constantly being made, it'
may prove 1,000 miles in length—in '
facti it is, not counting the intermediate
miles yet unexplored. From five lo ten
millions of gold must be our ex|»ort this
and next year. How many more years
this state of things will continue, I can
not say.
Extract of a letter from Tlios. A. 1*.
C. Jones, commander in chief, Pacific
Squadron, dated Bay of Monterey, Nov.
. 2, 1848. *
m . - For the present, and I fear for years
W to come, it will be impossible for the
w United Stales to maintain any naval or
^iMitery establishment in California;
as at present, no hope of reward nor
fear of punishment is sufficient to make
binding any contract Imiwccti man and
man upon the soil of California. To
send troops out here would be needless,
for they' would immediately desert.—
Among the deserters from the squadron
uro some of the best petty officers and
seamen,having but few months to serve,
nnd large balances due tliem, amount
ing in tho aggregate to over ten tAuiua*d
dollars. • • • • •
Disease, congestive and intermit
tent fever, is making great havoc
among the diggers, ns they are almost
destitute ol food ami raiment, and, for
(lie most part, without houses of any
kind to protect them from llie inclement
season now at band.
The commerce of this coast may be
said to be entirely cut ol! by desertion.
No sooner docs a merchant ship arrive
in any of the ports of California, than
the traflic oi that part of North Carolina
took a somberly direction, and people
iu Charleston, and sometimes even in
Savannah, knew what was going on in
* Charlotte Town’* before Governor
Martin. The first account of *• the ex-
tmon/imiry Hinder* by the people of C/uir-
latte Toicn, Mecklenburg county," was
sent over to England by Sir James
Wright, then Governor of Georgia, in a
letter of the 20tli of June, 177-3. The
newspaper thus transmitted is still pre
served, and is the number 4 ( JS of the
South Carolina Gazette and Country
Journal, Tuesday, June 13, 1775. I
read the Resolves, you may be sure,
with reverence, and immediately obtain
ed a ropy of them, thinking myself the
sole discoverer. I do not send you the
copy, as it is identically the same with
the pa [NT which you enclosed to me;
but I forward to you a transcript of the
entire letter of Sir James Wright. The
spaper seems to have reached him
after he had finished his despatch, (or
the paragraph relating to it is added in
his own handwriting, the former part of
the letter being written by a Secretary
Clerk.
1 have read a great many papers re
lating to the Regulators ; ami I am hav
ing copies made «f a large number.—-
Your own State ought to have them all,
nnd the expense would be for the Stale
insignificant, if it does not send an Agent
on purpose. A few hundred dollars
would copy all you need fn
„ vill |
arc a<lv a ncing with giant steps. The i no i ke an excuse fur our inaction. It
probability of the higli prices of foorl in 1 ol "» » v “‘> 10 »W. »« “ere
England during the winter, determines ! ,mh, "S- we could do nothing, we were
the embarkation of a great deal of grain ■ “ ut “ s a g ra ' n «f sand. He will say to,
and flour at advantageous prices. Rail-' u ,f* * placed before you, in your day, I
road enterprises are multiplying nntl \ , e l . wo scales ot a beam, by which the
a railroad is beginning to be seriously ! destiny of the human race was weighed ;
talked of 1600 miles in length which ,n . t 1 be « ne wa * g"®* 1 * an< >. ,n *>»« other
will unite the valley of the Mississippi I ev, ‘* * oU wcre aul a S ra,n °f sand, no
lo the Pacific Ocean, and which with doubt, but who told you that the grain
the communications already existing, °‘* ai, d would not have caused the bal-
will permit one to traverse from one !? nc ®.. to ,ncI,ne 0,1 s “ ,e? . * ou ha . ve
part of the American continent lo the
other, at its greatest breadth. Happy
country, flourishing Republic ! Ilerc
are the fruits which are gathered when
the laws are respected and public mo
rals have sufficient authority to restrain,
within legal limits the turbulent and
factions minority and the violent chiefs
which exist in every country.**
Religion slightly Sprinkled with
Politics.
At the late Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, held in
Elizabeth City, N. C. v the Rev. Mr.
Rosser, toward tho close of a sermon
preached by him, in illustration of the
mighty achievements which pcrsccer-
ance had accomplished referred in his
usual eloquent style, to the gallant
Zachary Taylor leading his small, liut
Spartan Band, against the su[ierior
numbers of the Mexican forces; and
feeling that enthusiasm so becoming the
heart ol an Americau citizen* notwith
standing he was a democrat, he broke
the following language; “ I pray
God that be may lie elected" Here
the speaker paused, and looking over
the congregation he saw at a glance the
effect produced. The friends of the
old General seemed ready for a hearty
nraen, whilst bis opponents seemed aw
fully to fear it. He immediately add
ed—“ to eternal saltation by faitli and
good works.** At this point the preacher
took his seat, and immediately a rev
erend gentleman of the democratic par
ty struck up the old family hymn—
‘ Come on my partners in distress.’*—
The friends ol the old General lost their
gravity at the singular coincidence.
Frccnmxonry—Adiuissiou of Mem
ber*.
The following article, which is con
tributed to the •* Knoxville Tribune,*'
relates to a subject of vital importance
to the Brolherhmid, and should be read
and carefully reread by every member
of the Order. We cheerfully perforin
our duty in the premises, by giving it
the benefit of our circulation:
“The Masonic institution in its ori
gin, objects and principles, like all kin
dred buncvoleut societies, is good—ex
cellent. A great deal of apparent mys
tery bangs aronnd this Order, but it is
not so secret as most persons think.—
Every principle which is luoght in n
lodge—every moral inculcated—all the
by-laws by which the Order throughout
in pit* in every reqwet a
influences, which i*> his avc
Wonderful Sagacity of a Doff.
An officer of the army, accompanied
by his dog, left West Point on a visit
to the city Burlington, N. J., and
while there becoming sick, wrote to his
wife ahd family at West Point, in rela
tion to his indisposition. Shortly after
the reception of his letter, the family
were aroused by a whining, barking and
scratching at the door of the house, and
hen opened to ascertain the cause,
rushed the faithful dog. After being
caressed, and every attempt made to
quiet him, the dog in despair at not be
ing understood, seized a shawl in his
teeth, and placing his paws on the lady’s
shoulders, deposited there the shawl !
He then placed himself before her, fix
ing his gaze intently upon her to attract
her attention, seized her dress nnd hc-
gan to diag her to the door. Tho lady
then became alarmed and sent for a re
lative who cudoavored lo allay her fears
but she prevailed upon him to accom
pany her at once to her husband, nnd
arriving found him dangerously ill
Burlington. He is yet indisposed.
The distance travelled by the faithful
animal, and tliedifliculticsencountered,
render this account almost incredible,
especially as the boats cannot stop at
West Point on account of the ice. Any
one can easily satisfy further curiosity
relation to this remarkable case of
mal reasoning by visiting Burlington
where the owner of the animal is at prci
the world is governed—the general con-
v the State 1 sUUilion—the constitution and by-laws
Paper Odicc oii*nlf North Carolina top- of the Grand Lodges ot tbe different
ics. The Regulators are, on many ac-1 States, and the bylaws of subordinate
counts, important. Their complaints
were well founded, and were so ac
knowledged, though their oppressors
were only nominally punished. They
form the connecting link between resis
tance to the Stamp Act, and the move-'
ment of 1776; and they also played a
f lorious part in taking possession of the
lississippi valley, towards which they
were carried irresistibly by their love
all h^nds leavo b ^ r » in x^tno instances j t ,j independence. It is a mistake, if
cajftmn, cook, and all. 1 Ins state ol any have supposed, that the Regulators
things ** not confined to California uinne. werc cowed down by defeat at the AUe-
Orcgon is fast depopuUtiug; her inbib- mn|lCCi Likc ,| 1C mammoth, they shook
Hants pour into the gold diggings, and | lke holt from thoir brow and crossed the
foreign residents mid runaway sailors ( mountains.
from the Sandwich islands are arriving; | , ha || a | way8 be glad to hear from
by every vessel that approaches this
coast.
Progress of the-Western and Atlan
tic n«ii UmUL
Notwithstanding the very unlavnra-
i, nnd to he of use to you or your
State.
Wry truly vocr*. GEORGF. BANCROFT.
1>. L. Swxii, Clapel IIIll, N. C.
A handsome Yankee pedlar made
bio vrentlicr for the last month or two, j love to a young buxom widow in Penn-
we are pleased to witness and to learn sylvania. He accompanied* his declar-
that the enterprising Contractors on . ation with an allusion lo two iinpedi
tbe W. & A. Rail Road are pushing lor- j ments to their onion. “Name them, 1
ward tho work with an energy and ; said the widow. “The want of means
perseverance, that gives an earnest that j to set up a reftil store.” They parted
it will be completed by the next fall.— j and the widow sent the pedlar a cheque
By a gentleman just in from the Tun- j for ample means. When they met
nel, we arc informed that they have! again the pedlar had hired and slocked
penetrated the ridge on the South eirie : his store, and smiling, the fair one beg-
nbout 320 feet, and the North side about ged to know tlie other impediment. “I
200 feet. This considering the unfuvor- have another wife!” cried the notion
dealer.
able season, and the difficulty in ob-
laioing suitable bands ami getting un
der bead way, is pretty fair work.
" There remains nearly 900 feet to be
• tunnelled. The opening of good weath
er, and t lie more complete arrangements
for the work, will enable ibe Contrac
tors to push it forward more
and we are led to believe that
will be seen through it by tbe next In
dependence day, or in a few weeks a£>
ter. The Tunnel is tbe main obstacle
in the way of running tbe Cars to Chat
tanooga hy the 1st of October. On all
tb^ rest »»f tbe unfinished part of tbe
Road, tl.s work will be easily finished
in time.
This grand enterprise being fully
fi?“We clip the annexed roguishly-
wickrd paragraph from the N. i. Sun
day Dispatch. Oli! Mr. Borns!—
“ Several young gentlemen who were
preparing l«*r the ministry, in a Theo-
rapidlv, l°8* ca * xeminarv * n Massachusetts, have
daylight Parted for Cafifiirnta to wash gold.—
J ^ We hope when they get out there, they
will take tarns in preaching on Sundays.
lodges, are all printed, and are accessi
ble lo all persons who desire to read
them. All that is secret are the ceremo-
oft he Order, and tbe universal lan
guage by which Masons in every land
and country, of every language and
tongue, are enabled to recognise each
other.
•* The Masonic Order, is a benevo
lent society, goveaned by strict moral
laws. The universal language is inten
ded to enable Masons lo recognise each
other, and to present imposition
** Such being the object and charac
ter of the order,il is to be regretted that
so many unworthy raeo have been ad
mitted into iu It is difficult, almost
impossible, to keep bad men out of any
society. The Church of Christ has ve
ry many bad persons in it—manyJu
oases can be found—idolaters, slander
ers, and mischief-makers can lie found
in abundance. But wbo doubts religii
on ibis account 1 But I do not contend
ibat two-thirds of tbe bad members ol
any society, or the Church, could be
kept out by a strict adherence lo the
laws by which they are governed.
“ * No brother shall propose for ad
mission any person through private
friendship or partiality, who does not
possess tbe moral and social duties; or
a sound bead and good heart; and who
has'not an exemption from all those
qualities and vices which would bring
dishonor on tbe crafi.*
“ This regulation, which every Mason
knows he is morally bound to obey, is
(W* That old, popolir
sheet, the Savannah Republican, comes
an entirely new and very beautitnl dress. Mr. A. rally characterised the editorials ot' on
K. Moore having acquired an interest in the con- temporary, wo were pained to meet wi
it will be published hereafter under the firm ! If* union ot' all parties at the South
of J. L. Ewkc & Co. Mr. Locke is assisted in the j pose of resisting Northern enenmehnn
ial department by I*. W. Alexander, Esq.— rights is so much to be desired, ho*
May the Republican and its editors have a long of common sense, does the edit
and prosperous career.
further alienation, and in tbe inevitable
.solution of the Confederacy.
It, rot red. That the recently Acquired Territory
vitig been purchased by blood and treasure of
[licit her full proportion was contributed by the
mth, she and her son* are entitled equally, with
iv other portion of the Union, to the enjoyment of
e same; tins General Assembly, therefore,be-
iving that Congress possesses, uuder the Consti-
measure, adopting
,iu the i
tho Com
ed to la
inia, hereby deck
u willing to recoiriiizc as him
V the Federal C . —
that of the Legislature of Vir-
e it as their opinion, *- that, un-
ill tho people of this Stato
•ding, any enactment
which has for its object
in the accomplishm
It is hardly net
opinion with
that the
counsels’ of Stephens, 'I
tier* zeal of Mr. Calik
.is article ironi the Rep
15* We notice that several of our cotemporaries
-among others, the Savannah Republican, the
Federal Union, and tho Chronicle & Sentinel—are
urging the enforcement of the law fur preventing
in this State the sale of slaves brought from other
States. Tliis law, we learn, was enacted about
the time of thb great Southampton insurrection,
and was simply intended to prevent the importation
into the State of unruly and disafiectrd slaves.—.
The law is still on our statute book, but daily dis
regarded by everybody. It is urged—and we think
with a great deal of force—that tills act should
now be rigidly eufcrccd; becau:
Ut. That having r.ow a sufficient number of
slaves in the State, each one brought frt
tancc has a tendency to depreciate the value of that
species of property. Secondly, That the Stales of
Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky, having exhibit
ed strong symptoms of a disposition to abolish,
prositectivelv, the institution within their limits, bv. . . . . f ,
... _ , , , , .. * Southern caucus, mstcad of rash (
which means a urge surplus slave population • vv . . • l . tl
would be thrown into the other Southern States, i tt ‘ ® were iii ropes ir
while their influence in tho General Government! P°l‘ l ' c,an * *' on m'C gone on u
would b« muuri.lly wr.kcnrd, il L. now tbe mani- '""S''- I( ll,e V l " 1 ' 1 * J"
test interest ol the States more deeply interested in
the institution to abolish at once importations from
there—thus forcing them to continue slaveholders
and defenders of the institution.
And thirdly—Besides weakening very material
ly our influence in the General Government, it
would.expoee some ot the States which are now tree
from such annoyances and immense losses as have
been suffered and sustained by Maryland, Virginia
and Kentucky, to the teuder mercies of those prowl*
ing scoundrels, who, driven by the furious zeal of
wild fanaticism, have felt it to be their duty to
STEAL the poor slaves and carry them into worse
than Babylonish captivity among their brethren of
the ** free North.” (?) depriving their masters ol
their services and themselves of comfortable homes.
It is very evident, we think, that if some such
measure is not adopted, these States bordering on
the free States, as they do, and subject to continual
losses of their property, will, in a few years, follow
the example of their brethren of the North by sell-
o a.* the above, appu- ,j 10 prohibition of Slavery in any Territory South
i of the South, to aid , 0 j the line of the Missouri Compromise, holding it
t ob ect. 1 i to be the natural and independent right of the citizen
. . i ti.,, ,t;iq.r in i of each and every State of the Confederacy, to re
•cessary to si y . ‘ : i-iile with his projierty, of whatever desrriliion, iu
Constitutionalist ill regard to t re ; n|1 y 'territory acquired by the United sLtes, or
Messrs. Stephens and Toombs, believing j yielded by treaty with any foreign power.”\
have been actuated bv a sincere and pat- ! /ir-Wm/, That the Abolition of Sla
ire re benefit Urn Sm.lb •. «ud to «lmw Ib.t 1 I*’-"* 1 •>' foliimbi., : 1
the Boston U' j
Soil papers ol I
We bespeak lor
a careful perusa
truths contained i
some ot iu statein
“ MouekaTE a:
• that “ moderate >
j Southern caucus,
Union, the n
E. Holmes ol < harlest
copy mu
rabid Frc
nd ile»
»l P"
ot the South, by
to the protection of tli
of herself, and pTCserva
Herat red. That, knov
: granted hy the Constitution,
s. as a means of affecting the
• in the States, against which
•, should lie resisted on the part
,C the Un
party names, or po
litical divisions, on questions involving in their set-
deuieut aud consequences, the character, property,
uni lives ot those whom we represent, we are ready,
lieart and soul, with a united trout, to join Virginia,
the Caroiinas, and the other Southern States, iu
taking such measures lor the defence of our rights,
ttnl the preservation of ourselves, ami tliose whom
tre hold dear, as the highest wisdom of nil may,
whether through a Southern Convention or otlier-
nion when he took his ha
lie House, alter the passaj
lie got laughed at, to pay ft
: i^d
,, . . 1 mg all their slaves to their neighbors, and then
Thicks upon Bikds.- 1 hat .3 a s.n-1 , u ", lisliin „ the insUtulion> wll ich £ now becoming
gular b«rd they call “ 1 he Adjutant” ... j unpro(iuble to Uiem . for be it understood, that
India. He performs the duties o. n ' neither they nor their Northern neighbors would
scavenger, devouring offal and punish- aboIis!l it M long M Uiey couId ^ any Uling
mg tlte whole family of suakes. He ts . by ,,
huge, grave, long-beaked fellow, with j It * fitrikea ug| t | ier efore, ns being imperative-
i air rather •* Dominie fcampson-.sh , y thc dlUy of those more deeply interested to see
than military Some ol the English I & itt lhat lhey ah all not be suffered thus to
used to play Slid tricks with him. He ' shuttle off their surplus slaves upon us, which most,
mid gob ble u pi he largest bones of bee f, j if continued, eventually result in the abolition of the
institution in those States.
The above argument.*, are, we think, irresistible;
id it is high time that thc people of Georgia should
awake to the importance of a matter in which they
io deeply interested. Already has a Coi
been called in Kentucky lor revising the State
Constitution—one ol the proposed alterations being
the prospective abolition of Slavery.
or a four pound loaf; and when he had
finished his huge meal, he would mount
the highest pinnacle he could find, and
stand on one leg like a mutilated statue
while it digested. The soldiers used to!
clean out shank bfthe3 of mutton and
stuff them with gunpowder, connected
with a slow match, then throw them to
The Adjutant” who swallowed them
greedily, but while chuckling over his
savory morsel, it would explode and
blow him to atoms! Another trick
upon these birds was to tie two legs of
mutton together by a strong cord, leav
ing an interval of three or four yards,
and then toss the rich repast among
them ; which soon found its way into the
stomachs of two of the most active. As
long ns they kept together it was ail
very well, but as soon as the cord be
came lightened both became alarmed
and took wing, mul jally astonished at
the phenomenon, no doubt. A laugha
ble tugging match then ensued in the
air, each “Adjutant” striving to mount
higher than the other till at last they
attained a great elevntio i. When ut
length the weaker bird was forced to
disgorge his mutton, a new power came
into play—the force of gravity, and the
peudtilutn leg of the mutton, after some
ludicrous oscillations, brought the con
queror down to the earth u great deal
faster than he wished.—Knickerbocker.
IT A friend, in a letter received thc other day,
advises us to ** take strong ground on the slavery
question!” Well, now, we think he lias either
failed to read our paper or takes a very different
view of “ strong ground ’ from what
had thought, and still think, that our humble sheet,
both during tbe canvass and since its termination,
had took as “ strong ground,’’ (though doubtless,
it has failed to advocate it so ably) in tavor of the
rights and interests of the people of the South,
any other paper in the State. It is true, we h
not, perhaps, displayed as much Quixottirm on this j that
itself thc t
righting the
Gentleman.
ubject as some others have; but il a Arm, (
slant, though moderate, advocacy of our rights, i
be considered taking - strong ground,” then
friend will surely accord to us the credit of having' scheming compromise!
done so long ago. sion) no doubt tells his
It is true, that since the election we have not, ] that, Taylor once in:
perhaps, exhibited as much zeal in tbe cause as we trouble. The South
did during Uie campaign—not that we are less ' will have thc sppt itilifl
sensibly impressed with its justice, but because we ' cal with the Icgislativ
feel that the election of Taylor has secured our and let the new admin
rights for the next four years at least; and furtlier,! We will take care thi
kuowing that every true son of the South, of what- ’ the present session; il
I ever party, is ready to meet the awful crisis when : curs enough to answer
| it does come—if come it must—as Southern men, | that no harm is done.
; jealous of their rights, should meet it, we think it' This reasoning ojierati
' a work of super errgation to stir up an unneces- ' Of coarse the Drnnxra
sary excitement at this time among our people.—
Gott’s resoln
indignation,
posited his hat on its usual peg, and took his seat
again. Suppose that the entire delegation from
every Southern State should return home,—what
alarming consequence would ensue ? The people
of tbe South would probably go to work and send a
better class of men to take their places, and hiss the
malcontents into oblivion. So the country would
be the gainer by the process. The idea that these
blusterers cau succeed iu breaking the Union, is
preposterous. They may commit treason,and get
hung, a few of them, but the Union would stand,
and the people would sav, “ All Rightf”
“But **moderate counsels” have prevailed.—
Clayton has heat Cuilioun ; Stephens has bluffed
off Hangman Finite. The Whig section of the |
caucus were u moderate,” and thc Whig new spa- j
pers glorify them. They say, “ Now the Union is j
safe—what glorious fellows thosc-Southern Whigs |
They make some people think th»t their J
concernment Is for the Union of the States aud that;
their ejaculations of thankfulness arc on account of'
its wonderful escape from Southdm breakers.—
Nonsense ; they only rejoice that the union if the
Taylor jtarly is likely to he preserved ; the dissolu
tion of their grasp upon the spoils of office, is what
they feared. That grasp they think cannot now
be loosened.
“ The Taylor party is to l*c concentrated. Thi*
can only be done by a yielding on the juirl <f the.
Northern Taylor member*. It i* evident enough
that the Southern branch of the i*trtij has obtained
comflele control. At an early period of the session,
the members, fresh from their free soil constituents,
gave several encouraging votes. But forthwith,
the danger ot disunion—of tho party—was seei
and effectual measures werc taken for concilialiu
the offended South. Thc word went forth, through
“ Independent,” of tho North American, and the
editor of the Boston Atlas, that Gott’s resolution
must be repealed, and Giddings must be left to vote
for his own propositions, and Gott for his. The
result we all know. U|iou a vote to clinch the
resolution, three Massachusetts Taylorifc* voted
with the South, and not a Tayloritc editor iu the
_ State dares to wag his pen against them tor theii
j treachery. What do these things portend ! Why,
Taylor administration it about to take
It,*,died. That a copy of these resolutions be
transmiued lo the Governor of earl, ot the slave
States with a request that they be laid before tho
Virginia too, lia*ipokra!
The Legislature of Virginia passed, by a
whelming majority, thc other day, a preamble !
scries of resolutions of the right stamp. Two of
the resolutions arc subjoined .
Re*,dml That we regard tho passage of a law by
the Congress of the United States ubolishing slavery
or the slave trade iu the District of Coluuibia, as a
direct attack upon the institutions of thc Southern
States, to be resisted at every hazard.
Rrfdred, That in the event of the passage by
n any law
f. Col II
Califnr
ia, the
j tradi
Of tlli:
the District
Commonwealth
c thc Legisla-
i inode aud measure of redress
Exritei
i of Coi
jure! South. So ra
led. Mr. Clayton,
i* his hill of the last sc
ugurati
will ha
, thc
vill 1:
stralini
the Union. :
rs, and a triumph of slavery at th
The word 1 gentleman* is evidently l(} J s „ tc , not , c „ io „,
no mark nOafaHh or Malum. •}.«. , giaaiono f a! ,.e.Uonhere,doI.cmeffect„
; ire nn gentleman, sain a waller in a . , r t j iat |.,. v were j 0 however,
tavern to a person who gave him three- h„e eo <]„„*, U„. I.ke North a„d South Ciroli,,., , ...
pence. Threepence more would have Vir s i„i, .„,i Flood., resolutions on this .object lW ‘°”v°T,
constituted the gentleman ■■■ the eye, of worlh „, 0 etanicter ot our noble sul0 w01lU TT““" *» J™'" 1 ™ u .
.lie waiter, .ml (os threepence may Tl.fo,however,beiog|
have been wahheld through poverty.— iropr . cli „ b fo. ore Governor «l,odd c»ll .0
• What sort o a person, snid an md^! eitta M „ ionJ ^ |e w | .on-siorer,
Vldual lo his landlady, * is that who nc-1 on Ulis ,, objecti w ^ „ n ,„ ,
cupies your back parlor?—‘He is a. Before elosioe oor remork* we «i.l. lo repe.t
said time and again, and vhich cannot
veils own way. It
', and that is idi-mi-
• Be quiet, friends*
fix the whole allair.
no liarm shall be done at
re cannot find mercenary
mr purposes, Folk will see
Fatience—Ik* moderate.—
upon Uie Taylor section.
g, not for a dissolution of
be admitted as a Stato during
ess, says the Charleston Cou
rier, but it must be udinittcd that her rich mineral
products have produced t state of excitement thc
like of u hieli thc memory of ninn does not compass,
among our usually quiet delving population. The
Almighty Dollar fever is at its height in every sec
tion of the country, and California will doubtless be
more speedily populated than any land ever has beeu
previously.
Wo give below some items of the movements
making in that direction.
The sixth vessel, the Jane Parker, was to havo
sailed Iroin Baltimore on Wednesday for the gold"
region. Witli thc 75 passengers she takes, there
have now about IToiuall gone in vessels from that
port, exclusive of officers and crews. All these
vessels went to San Francisco, except the schooner
Sovereign, which went to Vera Cruz, with 4ti pas
sengers to go overland.
A New York letter of Monday evening says:—
“ The last news from California has turned the fe
ver into a delirium. The public pulse runs riot
’ I under the excitement, and the public tongue dis
’ • coorselh to the public ear ol nothing but gold.—■
% I During a stroll along the wharves yesterday, I
' | counted sixteen vcssels-labelled “ Upper Califor-
0 J n >**” Most of them were new ships and brigs,
j ranking A I, or in that neighborhood. From the
i establishment in which I board, thirteen have de-
j j parted for the promised land within seven weeks,
p j “nd nine arc going early next month.”
Another New York letter says: '*Thing* are
very buoyant io-day under the new it.fusion of Cal-
ifornia. The fever, which had materially abated,
is again gaining strength, and new recruits are
hourly added to the lietof victims. We have now
about eighty vessels up lor California. The spirit
ot speculation engendered by this state of things is
beginning to break out in real estate, which is
changing hands freely at improving prices.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, ot Tuesday, notes the
departure from that city of the Mason, for Chagres,
and says : “This makes the fifth vessel which has
departed from this port for California Tbe ship*
Mason, and brig Baltimore, sail during thc present
week—the former for San Francisco and- tlic latter
for Tampico, the passengers taking Uie overland
route through Mexico.”
A cargo of China goods realized $206j000 in one
week at San Francisco.
A distinguished chemist in New York, is- said to
have lately assayed live different pared* of Cali-
gold, one of which proved to be pure gold r
jiposed to be worth §80,000,
ueral totally different frurrv
but the other foe
er-reach the North,
i ijuile as much In be
gold, and of no sort of value.
The Christian Advocate of the llUi k»t., says
.ud Demo-1 that a joint stock company of loo is now forming
illy hostile | i„ Uiis city, to consist of members of Uie Methodist
* to Episcopal Church. About 40 have already agreed
ifcrul
tailor by trade,* said she, • but very 1 w j ial w
much the gentleman.* This meant that
iSSSSSiZ r ok, T*
Why. then, i, il not .dhered In ?! larl - v - | . rh “ 5 , ,t ,ecms ‘ hal ,' h , e "f orJ ,s
Vrol, this regulation i.wiS bn reen
the profane swearer, tbe drunkard, the. •
lion or trade of thc individual. There
gumtlefo liK cfehanrbce, :ito iVbcrtinr] is "" ,laubl l r hal "f, a11 'T® “ ' ? 8 “ e
ibe blunderer, la.Ueror roUcbief-maker ■ caai e ‘ ,t,on <*»w*lhwg when wc bear
or nny one-who doe, not po,re„ tbi “ la ,na " h fL°3 i » pMkroan.* fn
moral 7 ,a.1 mcial dulie,.* bn.'no bu.ine,. "' aa »* ~ “! a Jf
be repeated too if ten, but should be constantly borne :
in mind by the whole American peoplc—llad it not
been for Mr. Polk's Mexican war, our glorious
Union tcould not be noto threatened with a dissolu
tion through the instrumentality rf the Wilmot Pro-
ad ha
pArx*8,6:c.,ix New York.—The Independent,
paper in New York ha* a statement of all thepapers, v f fa j),.
have been put dim
tox, Metcalf, ax
!y the same object
COXT1SVAXCE OF SLAVERY, ARE MORE TO BE
FEARED. It is the Union <f the Taylor party.
North and South, in nrp^art of Slarery, which is
hr hsikcil for. That jarty is to take the place
parly, as the friend and ally ofth
the Association.
./ Cal■ j The New York Tree Sun rey» tbit a tcr.l will
15 Ta, ‘ i h * i ‘* 1,1 a lu,|f ‘foy* wholly (reigUleil wiUi buildings
,r |' f" 3 boW. and all neeewary fornilure aud provis-
■y aouw ; iun8 . There are in all eleven buildings, capable .1
rLL.u-- accommodating over iwo hundred peracNM, and Ibe
UT! ” I r " r “' tare “ «* tl " rjuality. Tbe hotel ie lobe
'bediveclionol W. H. 1-nrker,wbowiUreake
geutleinanly landlord.
pauy is now forming in New Y ork for tbe T
„ J- moral ami metal dune,,' bn, no busmes, _ ... —V -: ... “ j*-*- a, th.jrUml and all,,
Fourteen perecnl, of I heir treasures in a j| aOT0 ; c Lodge. Tire members a0 :' dsnodier have noibiug io eat, magsunes, 4c, puUished in ibatcity, with their; sa,uh; and UBERTY [Abol.tioni.nl MUST
dwuldbc laid up where ^rnoiht and are forbidden eren pnpotia-such a man llc also '* a °t a genlleman. ] aggregaic circulation. There nm is daily papers, I Rl x Y ui'ON THE FREE DEMOCRATIC
weekly,68 weekly, it monthly papers and MASSES OF THE NORTH AND WEST.
runt will not corrupt.nnd where thieves
will not break io and tlenl. The bal
ance may be ernt lo tbe mini.'
. _ A machine i, said lo have been
carried out according to the design or vruied in Tennessee, by which a plan
ter can pick two thousand pounds of
yrupnsngsuch
ibf membership.
“Il is to be hoped that Masons will.
Sir Richard Arhcright.-hi travelling i^^* ^ 1 ; “We bo,, that the Nor,.,
I ,u TV ° ... * ,a S » of 168 publicatioo*. They laiue year- warneJ ag!til| ... ...
in future, adhere more strictly to this down the Derwent to Dorbyshire, you | a S* loUl ‘ of J 6 ®
regulation, which U as binding aa any pass a splendid mansion, the residence I f 6 .u.
one. can be*
people will lie
•« r «• g. •, . -- takes stock to tbe amount of 8189,000 for the fame and fortune. His mansion r
S H, ? n W f T C SJl* do l nfi lhc ! bonding of tbe Railroad between Atlanta and U a * hii » employment b.nd rlesccnded to bis j SudJji
work of twemy bands. Tbewodssopcr- G son, deceased, leaving to his children 1
lhc original prelectors, il will remain to
be seen if Tennessee does not fulfil
her promise and extend the line to
Nashvillc-~am) it will be done. Tbe
Nashville nnd Chattanooga Rail Road , .
will hr* completed in three year, from bolls, after thelowerTuwe already Gern aTsEIL’".*
lhe lime the lirst shovel full ofdirtoo it [picked by bands. i JiSVrtbth?H^ ^b^HjdnJ bi U
pass a splendid mansion, the residence ■ '/*’ ““•“'“"’3 emiion' of ilm Sooih. Hi. JnnjcHms. Ui u.
; ol Sir Richard Arkwright, and near to ' ncTlhTT “ f TTreJ! 1 »l»“ nor gnwd ngniret Slneery, hi whale;
h... it .be faemo, in Which he acquired his
” r,mn nn.l lJ..,„„ II. .. ...„n I Tl * ls J *' , y t»P«* •»« “ «ggw««e weekly
ot 711-00,or 39^l8dW) yewly. Tbe six
purpose of opening a new route to the Pacific __
n Juan river and Lake Nicaragua. It is said:
that;
few thousand dollars will make tho San Juan % ^
igable to the Lake, through which steam,
to Leon, a small town within ten.
ic coast. Over this ten miles «
in he easily made, and tho
e 500 miles nearer than by
'• | shape it appears
miles of tli
plank ro«d or can
route then will be
Chagres and Panai
Alai
«Wi is by bone power, and tbe
; Grunge. son, deceased, leaving
.. .- . •• . *'. . ~ _ _ uu estate of some ^7,000,000 sterling,
chine is designed logutberii) tbe upper i BMefit-rtbevaeby^ Gem Cure... 7q „ al lo nrarIy *35,000,000, amassed
in the maaufacturc of collou—Sctcark
Daffy Adc.
papers circulate weekly 4-J.tOO copica.
; Slavic; is Rextcckx—According to report of the
the Second Auditor, there are uow but 182,470
slaves iu Keutecky—ami the increase in'the* nuin-
down at 2^)21.—
Diorn:kcoTim.—The attention of rack of
reader* a* »L-h to procure likenesses of themselvc
their iii* ads k directed to tbe card of Mr. Wood, who' Tlie Frankfort Conunonwcalth thiuki- the number
comes highly recommended at anartLt and gentleman will exceed that.
pen, ink aud li
S300.
n California, writing to bis friends
s that his letter, including paper,
i spent tu writing, cost him aboatj
Mr. Franklin Bliss, of Westfield. Ms. re q/rntly
took the lives of three mammoth hogs, the entire
weight of which was J.5U3 pounds, averaging 521
pi.uttds C4ch They were Tffly 22 tenths oldj.
and all from llip same littyr.