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THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
manufacturing at the Sonib. 'vows before a magistrate with the ban-
Within a few years, a most, impor--iubed Lieutenant. At-first the nM man
tant enterprise has been developing raged, but so»mi was made acquainted
, itself, in the form of manufactories e*-» wiTht the metal of his.new son-in-law, a
* ' tablished at various points in theSoulh-j reconciliation look place, and in Old
era States. The enterprise began in j Tom, Fremont has not only had a friend,
Georgia some six years ago, and has. but an admirer ever since. His trgv-
spread to other Slates, and has already els, researches, scientific explorations,
become a fixed and profitable fact.—! and feats of valor and suffering ia the
. .The manufactories thus far, are from! far West, are events known to the
please nccepi our sincere ncknowlcdg- ^e working of cotton, the planters hav- ' world, and we may say without a par-
men is. It will lie read with interest all; j n ~ come lo the conclhsion that, with I allel. In 1844, during the admintstra-
over (be country, and especially by the . |be raw maler ial at band, and splendid tion of President Tyler, he was brevet-
From the Savannah Rcpnbli
Declaration of fudependeuce li
* Kavaunab i»» 1770.
We have received the subjoined let
ter and revolutionary document from" a
friend in Washington City, aq officer
i day, both the Lieutenancy
pimple of savannah, ihcoescendatils of waler prjyilcges,cheaplahor, and every ted, in _.
the patriots who figured on the occasion. faciliiy for fabricating it, they I and Captaincy. Iit 1S47, when the
The lellcr or our correspondent will ^ 3V asW ell save the cost of exporting : regimeui of mounted men was raised,
explain the document- their cotton to Lowell or Liverpool, the : he was appointed by the late President
W^HiKuTOK, D. r., March 15, 1850. expense of packing it, and the freight- . Pulk^ to the lieutenant-colonelcy ; but
Menn hditory.—I have lately been c an( | v:ir ; ou3 profits upon'"man ufac- { never joined bis regiment from his ser-
moch Mnwd m rna.t.ng over a file o C|11|ral r „ Cfived „ clla „ge.- viee in California ;.f
‘ T*e UunrmllwUlhgtucrr,' -"(Tinted ^ hai , e cmnc to tC( . j„ facI lh s at if l —. a
by ^Timothy Green,"in the year 1770. lhc ,- ra „ Ina , cri;1 | can sc . up half a
cpleic history o llie ( | oze „ i rat ] cs and agencies before it re
turns to them in cotton cloth, they had
■It* furnishes
Revolution during that period.! find cmt naI ,
It the enclosed under the head of •• Cor- bc „ er (| „ llie , nallllfilcluri: , 3 .hen.se! ves.
respondence," which I send you, think- , , ake lhem3tlvcs ,h e S pm6u „„ w
tag ilia I yon may (will, me) eons, ler .1 , b30(l)cd by m |,„ s . Bv manufactUri.."
o. sufficient. o..e,enr o. a memento «l ^ ,,f ey r urlhcr * ava the nlh er.
y?“ r J )a . f !5 r * wise refuse cotton, not worth ship-’
menl, hut equal to the manufacture of
all the coarse jeans, or Negro cloths con
sumed by the South, and all the ring
ed for shipment.
i only surprising that the cap-
of the planters
politics of UjedUan.
panics fired a general
this they proceeded in the following
procession to the Liberty Pole. The
, tliink-
« „ . may (with meV cons
of sufficient, interest
the past, to re-publish it
Yours respectfully, &c., W. B. \V.
Lieut. C. S. Navy.
The following is iltc document:
Sivaxjmh, ( in GrorgU) A uplift 10th, ITJfl.
**A Declaration being received from S'”S
the Honorable John Hancock, Esq., by . * l .... _ ,
which it appeared that the Continental ,,a * an ^ enterprse of the plant
Congress, in the mime, and by the hu. 1,ave \‘* n S hef,,rc been turned
tliority of their constituents, bad declar- home manufacture, not only, of what
ed that the United Colonies of North they consume themselves, but to sup-
America are. and of right ought to be, 1 1’^ other markets. There is no good
Free and Independent States, and n!>- reason whycoium cannot be wrought
solved from all allegiance to the British into every fabric of which n is suscep-
Crown, his Excellency the President, nble ns> cheaply in Georgia or Alabama,
and tlm Honorable the Council mcl in > Ma««clioseiis or Connecticut.—
the Council Chamber, and read the We believe it can tic manufactured at
Declaration. a cheaper rntc on the soil where it is
.* , . grown, even i! the foreign' manufactur-
They then proceeded to the square b markc , w „ al noex S pcn!e f„ r , ra „ 3
before the Assembly Huo.e and read b „ a|ion> elc-i because ' f , )r f a c,„ry pur .
I o a great concourse o peop e, cn 03Cg the natura i facilities of the cotton
the grenadier and light to fat. try coin- !. ro , villg Stnros.-.ee grentest. The South
‘ c - ’ has labored under a serious disadvan-
i not being able to turn its great
m'? staple into the market in both forms,
sl.al, on lorn-back.-with hi. .word raw findTahncated, fading thereby to
dravin—the Sec.nary, with the Dee!,,r-! d "‘" “ pmht on the rr
ation-Hi. Excellency the President- n,alem1 ’ £ reaos . e forccd 10 P?- v
Ihc Honorable the Council and gentle- grater profit on the manufactured 1
men attend,ng-lhen the light infantry , '"*>• . tha factor.e., so far a. eslab-
autl the rest of the tnililia of the town , ■" the South, have been entirely
and district of Savannah. At the Lib- wceeaalul. and their increase will be
erty Pole they were met by the Georgia proportionate to tl.e awakening of the
Battalion, who niter reading of die planters tn their true interests.
Declaration, discharged their field And there is another reason, than the
pieces, nntl fired in platoons. Upon Mi . . , . ..
till, they proceeded to the battery, at that wdl more and more stimulate the
the Trustee's gardens where the Dcela- Snath to factory enterprise The Eng-
ration was read for the last lime, and ' ,lsh Government end English factors,
the cannon of the battery discharged, are bending every energy to he cu-
Hi.Escellencv and Council. Col. Laeh- 1^0 nl cotton al Bombay and other
Inn McIntosh Ttml other gentlemen, with Knsl lmha provinces, both to render
the militia, dined under the cedar trees En 8!'*>< I"*-™ independent of Amen-
nml cheerfully drank In ,he United, co ‘ lon fields, aml to seenre cettoo
Free nod Independent Slates of Amur- »« lowcr P ncc3 -, ^ 5 " c , ccod ’ ond
tea. In the evening the town was ilia- ! lhc , c3 P' r ' uln, ‘ . o( I " dm -
minuted, and there was exl.ibited a very V s Charter, in 1S53, wdi open a field
solemn funeral procession, attended by , ? ra powerful Inal, the South will be
the grenadier and light infantry com- j tl ? ro " n “P on Ne ™ England for ,ts pr.n-
panies, and other militia with their, cl Pal cotton market. Having but on.
drums mnlHed.and fifes. A greater num-! cc , r ‘ nl . n cus,omer " 11 wdl b ,° forced !°
ber of people than ever appeared on f" !' 3 c " lln 1 n al r ' duccd ral «7' n
any occasion before in this provicc, ^ acl ,l nt tnercy of that
when George the Third was interred cuslomcr. Thnostabbshmenl of a v.g-
before the court house in the following orou. factory system by the South will
manner : make it independent of the market
.. r , m ,. . for the raw material. If it cannot sell
• For ns much ns George the Third lo ou , Kngland. or get good
of Great Britan., hall, most llagrantly , icc5 in New Engl " n j, U can fahrienle
viohiled his coronation oath and tram- j, nnd cnlcr thegeneralmarkel.il the
pled upon the Constitution of our conn- wor|d „ co , npc . d , nr ( nr lhe sa , e „f C al-
try.and the sacred rights of maokmd, . coeSj 8heelin g^ and sh i r!ings . G row-
we therefore commit Ins political es.s- ingl | le raw malerial, with cheap labor
tenee to the ground-corruption to cor- BI fd every facility lit hand for mnnufac-
ruptton -lyratiny to the grave-and op- turin h J may lhe vvhip in ils mvn
pression to elecnal infamy; 111 sure and u nd % od beyond inring profits, make
them. And the South shonld not con
fine ils manufactures to cotton, hut as
whence he was
home a prisoner by Gen. Kearney.
His collision with Kearney in Cali
fornia brought him before the poopli
new light. He was accused of diso
beying the commands of his superior,
ami technically was so convicted on tri
al by a Court-Martial,. demanded by
son removed se^Lteen. and refused to
appoint two. Mr. M onr 9 clDa ^ e se *
XI | removals, andjrefuscd tfr re-ap-
Tlie Position of General Tayloir.'.] point eight. John Quincy Adams re-
VVe have often bad occasion hereto-! moved four and refused eight more.—
fore to notice; the admi?al)le skill with i Counting the refusals as removals, as
which Gen; Taylor .selected his post-* ) they are in effect, we find that up lo
tion "with’ regard4o.:ihe^reat questions: Jdckson*s time there had been, in all,
of the day-rthe infinite perseverance r one hundred nd thirty-one removals,
with which he has maintained it in spite L must be reollected that party poli-
oC all overtures, threats .or promises— jtip have^nevers-nce run so high as they
and ihe triumpliant success which has I d ,d during a part ol that time, especial-1
vindicated his eutire conduct, front, the • fr°m 1797. to 1801. The policy ofi
beginning of these troubles to the point f country, then, upon this point, seem-1
at which they have now arrived. He,-ed to have been settled by the practice,
baslived to win ihe highest ol all possi- ’• of h>rty years, and no man, holding an 1
ble triumphs; so see the wisdom of his offiCe which was not strictly political, j
course justified by the event—to bear. l,ad an y right lo believe that he would j
all men acknowledge that he saw the [ he disturbed upon the advent of a new |
right path and pursued it—to extort; Administration,
from ihe unwilling lips* of bis most ma- la is state of
j suppose, mat ne naa not oniy noi nepi
him, nml although reprimanded -by the ; j,- ls intentions secret, but that he had
Presiilent, he was applauded by thej mu( ] e it his business to proclaim them.
. . , orn the army, he; ’piial he had, moreover, made this pro-
scorned to be reinstated, but be recoin-; clarnatiou, not in a mere conversational,
mcnced explorations in California by a . careless style, but in a manner calcu-
route, with * Kit Carson,’ his h*- fated to produce the impression that he
inous old guide, at their head. Ten of meanl l0 operate upon the fears nfCon-
his men he lost in the mountains by be- : gress—meanl to make himself, what
ing imbedded in snow, and litcrnllyr , ii Je OonstitMlion never designed the Ex-
•tarving and freezing lo death. With jeculive slwuld be,felt, in the legislation
lie remnant he reached San Francisco, ; c f ihe country. Suppose his words had
and has been spending the summer in , employed to bully and overawe
the mines. In the mean lime a com- Congress in the discharge of its’ consii-
from the
lignant enemies, the sullen confession
that he was right and they wrong.
Let us suppose, as we have bad more
than one occasion to do of late—-that
Gen. Taylor had departed from the Mon-
— example in this instance. I^et us
that he had not only not kept
S'.CtnMUM.
following communication—coming «• it
does from a gentleman distinguished alike for
learning, talents and patriotism- one who, while
Jealous of the rights of the South, is equally anx
ious to preserve the Union ol these States—fully
compensates for the ill-natured remarks called
forth in various quarters by the article to which lie
alludes:
'*• For I lie - Southern WM*."
——, , March 25, I8S0.
Having been a constant reader of the *• South
ern Whig” for tlie last twenty years, permit me to
say, that I hare rarely, if ever, seen an article in
that paper, with which I was better pleased, than
the Editorial of the 14th inst., on the subject of
the Southern Convention. You place the matter
in its true light, when you say, that the object of
the Convention is li an effort to sate the Union,
‘ and, in the end, to strengthen the bonds of politi
cal brotherhood.” Who can doubt the correctness
of the opinion, which you affirm to be general in
; the South, “ that if the policy of the North shall
| be persisted in, ire shall be forced into a dissolution
of the Union"!
“ To avert this—to save the South from the fear-
i- -. • - , , . | me ensuing opnne itnuuiuis •— ; iul alternative—should now be the object of all
livecn 1)15 partizans and those of Mr. j theCoanIici of cl „ kr , Wslton. Gwinnett, J.ck- U*| men end re.1 patriots .along u».» Who know.
Adams when there had been no pro- j son> Hal | Lumpkin, Habersham and j not, that the direct tendency, and the croired 06-
scription and no cause for retaliation ; Franklin, for the purpose of collecting all dues, \ j ecl Q f t |, e aggressions of the North on the con-**
when there was nothing on earth to : cither for sub6Criptiont advertis i nc or j 0 b work, j stitutionahrights of the South are the ultimate and
the ceed but revenge—-by J and hope to find all indebted ready to discharge the j certain overthrow of slavery* throughout the en-
confedcracy ? And if an aim so diabolical
merely iu its inevitable results, but still more
ATHENS, SEOPGIA:
Thursday Morning, April II, IS50.
things Jackson came
among the office-holders. The massa
cre which he instituted, is without a pa- ;
rollel in the history of political cruelty, j
At a time when the office* of the coun- j ()m oflbe ; etor> 0 , lhi . paper will ..tend |
try were nearly equally distributed be- j , heenMin ,. s * ri * g Tenn oflh . Su p e ri„ r Court
eep of the guillotine,' same pramptfg .
pilatcil upward of fifteen hun- cr All .ccounu due this office si,
deed men ! The theory of the Govern- i 1846j , vi n be pat ln euit immediately, i
ment became changed in the twinkling at this opportunity.
mission reaches him superceding* Col.
Weller as a boundary commissioner j | ]av
under the late treaty with Mexico.— ,hav_
This he declines, arid the next xve hear j interference
ifhio) he is elected a United Slates Sen
der from the new State of California.
Mr. Fremont is hardly a- medium
ize, spare and light, with dark hair and
eyes. His temperament is nervous, hU
countenance highly intellectual and
pleasant, and his manners agreeable.
Keep Your Promises.
have offen been shocked at
the reckless disregard which many per
sons manifest for the fulfilment of their
promises. They arc ever ready to make
engagements for the future, but when
the time arrives for their fulfilment, they
seem to have forgotten them entirely, or
at least, to treat them as though they
involved no obligation whatever.—
Such conduct is highly injurious in its
influence on society, inasmuch as it ne
cessarily tends to destroy that confi
dence of man in titan, which is so essen
tial to the happiness of the community.
It is especially detrimental to the inter
ests of the individual himselt who is
__ illy of it, as he thereby forfeits the
confidence and respect of his fellows.
His word accordingly is not relied up
on, ami he is obliged to suffer all the
unhappy consequences. This sinful
and injurious habit is one of the most
inexcusable of which any one can be
guilt}*. In 99 cases out of a hundred,
there is no absolute necessity whatever
for any one to break his word. No one
should ever make a promise unless he ' Tfo/uwoiM/ JPAiV
; tutional duty! How different then^ would
been ins situation! He would
had no choice of compromise, or
3.calm the rage of faction
left.him. Irretrievably committed as a
partizan lo one side of the question, he
would be regarded as an enemy by the
other. He would have been without
influence, and vyithout the power to me
diate between .the parties, even when
he saw the door open widest for media
tion. He would have been precisely in
the predicament of President Polk, af
ter he had taken the irretraceable step
of declaring that a mooted question v
settled—that our title. 4o the whole
Oregon was clear and unquestionable.
He would have been obliged, like that
great man, to ask Congress to help him
down from the position into which b
had climbed, pretty much like.Andrev
Fairservtce, without the power cither to
advance or recede.
Gen. Taylor, fortunately, did precise
ly ns the senior Editor of the Union ad
vised Mr. Monroe to do, with regard u
the Missouri controversy.- He told nr
man his determination; lie let not his
right hand know what his left intended
to do. Neither abuse, mena<
wheedling have been able to extort
any thing from him. He and the
try are now reaping the reward of this
wise conduct, in the unembarrassed po
sition in which ho stands, ready to turn
every thing to the public good. The
very Washington Union is forced
that he was right.
Was there ever such a triumph?—
nd for the first
accounted criminal to hold a set of opin-
as different from those of the domi-
mt parly.
The Locofocns would gladly forget
these things, if they could; it pains
them, especially, to remeniber the ex
ultation with which the Enquirer here,
nd the Telegraph at Washington, re-
eived the account of each fresh execu
tion. Bui the public has not forgotten,
and will not forget it. After these men,
ruthless
stood bctvve- «... •j----* — i j
their ambition, have been gorged with wishes of
the public plunder for twenty years,
what right have they to complain that j
certain hope that lie will never obtain
resurrection to rule again over these
Unileii State, ol .yro. rica ; bat, my id , y a3 possibte esla |,l iih them (or
frtenil, ami fcllow-citizens, let u, not lie * era J , Y . Sm.
•orry, as men without hope, for ii-, 5 * 1 1 t|i
RANTS that thus depart—rather let us John C. Fremont,
remember America is free and indepen-; rr,. ,
dent, that sho is, and will be, with the' ..a:., hrilli*mi aucrias in lir#. ;r tZ
vi • '• e .1 *i «i, P ,nt attain brilliant success in -life, it he
bleistng of the Almighty, GREAT onile s good comluet with talents, energy
t oflbe earth. Let t t,A;„
among tl.e nation, ui me earm. „rt , bnVits of study, is proved by the
tht. encoornge us m well doing, to fight carecr , Col . Frc f llont , „ ho , al ,f lirl
V?!'” a , nd P!,‘ v !l r e^ >"f Wive, six filld3 bitn, elf Senator cleet from Cal-
a .. ifornia. It is commonly said by those
5 * ,,s . who know nothing of the events of bis
**y life, that Fremont owes his success to
• lhe influence of Col. Benton, bis fatlier-
; ti-law. But, on the contrary, Fremont
and children, fur til! that
dear unto us. May God give
blessinjj, and let all the neoph
AMEN.”
looks well into the circumstances be
fore hand, and lias every reason to be-, The Real Anchors of the Mischief,
lieve that it will be in his power lo fulfil; Gov. Quitman, of Mississippi,
his promise. And whenever a promise the following language in his late
has once been made it should be his sage in relation to the admission of Ca-
fixed determination to keep it; and lifornia as a Stale :
with a particular reference lo this his: “ Should this measure be
subsequent conduct should be shaped, mated, we may expect to see, link by
Were this course to be faithfully pursu-; link, a chain of States encircl
cd, not only would the serious evils re- . south-western border, who, if w they
suiting from a disregard to one’s word should imbibe the hostile spirit display-
be avoided, but also the confidence of ed in the resolutions and acts of some
those around speedily gained and enjoy- 1 of the northern Stales, would become
cd, and a character thereby eventually : more dangerous to our prosperity and
estabiished that will be of more value ! repose than foreign States.’’
than * ermine, gold, or princely dia- j The Governor seems just to have dis-
detris.’ covered this danger. He and his De-
—. mocratic co-laborers were unable to
perceive this danger, at a time when it
, , - ^ „ . . - might have been avoided. They w
relates the following : wilfully blind. We say this, been
*7 ha Y c ; c ; ,urs f e ; stood on Mars ithe Whigpre3S D f the South proclau..-
Hill, and thought of St. Paul. AnEn-! et | t ^j 3 t i an g er before the termination
o --- — of the Mexican war—long before the
ratification of the Mexican Treaty—
lutcrestluff Tlieory.
A correspondent, writing from Athens,
glish clergyman now here,
I ioned a theory quite newt ^ - - - -■ lauutmiuu u; me Mexican xreaty—
the altar spoken of by St. Paul ‘ To the J an(1 pre dicted, as with a pencil of light,
Unknown God. Heathen Fnlyiheism lhe very dangers an ,l diffieahies winch
was frjcndly to all religions not them-; j, ave followed the acquisition of \hi
selves intolerant, and the different | lemt . t and which are now shakin
Imathen nations adopted mid erected j , ||is Un j tin to its very centre. They
pointed the Democracy to the inevita
ble results. The Whigs foretold the
model School System. ...
m. . r .... • , , >* indebted Tor this very patronage iir
• The State of W wonsm Im* the no- , jis own $ler | in meri;s .» an< , ^
West basis-tor a school fund of any nn willingly, and only when justice
Slate of equal means, in the Union, compelled him toil, that Benton be
lt consists ol a domain of 2,2.1 square C atne the friend of the voting officer —
miles, embracing 1.500 townships, one Thls wjll he ieci { from the fid lowing in-
K|.mre mth> rath, best.lvs 761 square lrre3 ,;„ g „,rrative of Fremont’s life,
utile seettons, grwn by Congress on the „hlch we fiml in the Clevclaatl 1‘lain-
admission ol ihc Slate into the Union, j 9 ca ^ r#
making in nil 1600,000 nt res, whk-b is Fre ,; olll was born in South Carolina,
®.,i. 70 r r 8' v "’? a ru, ' d in 1614. and graduated m the Chnrles-
of *3,462,000. I,, addition to thtfc nil Coll , ge . a In .33 ke lva3 appoinled
properly that may necrae ,0 tho State | ,, y Mr . Va „ Bureo a -Lieutenant in the
by escheat or forfeiture, and the money a ^, ny , and an a „„ c I K to ,hc Corps of
IE!*?”*} fo £, bo "' are '? be 1 . adda ' 1 “> Topographical Engineers. His husi-
Ibof-am). The Constitution ol the Stale • ne3s ® c ' a lled ' him ,0 Washington,
reqatrcsthateach township shaH ra.se lwbrre he bee.*, acquainted with
forthe support of jatinmon schools niu lhe seconJ daug |„erol Hon. Thus. H.
- annual las ol no, lessAhno 1 hair the Bteu.trin 1841. Tonog, vivacious and
■mount received from the fund. j nmbilious, ibis stripling in epaulettes,
The estimated a mount of distribution] had the termerity to nsk the yoriri<*la-
iu 1851 is set down at 8105,000,.and dy’s hand in marriage—notwiHistand-
there heitig, about 100,000children, will, ing lie knew those much higher in au-
give one dollar fiir each scholar. Tcarh-; thority had solicited the same in vain,
ers* Institutes have been established in | Miss Benton most readily consented, as
evcr y county in the State save one.— far os she was concerncd^but intimated
There ore 25 organized counties.and 31G that she bad a Father who lad . rnani-
•toefps, m which there are 1,430 school j tested some 'degree of interest in Iter
districts, ami in 60 towns not reported, ! welfare^ nnd might want to be consulted
■g.^g.sor«cneher s iVmalesS15-93 i l,n the proposal -HUdM.httr S' ca ' er “P on ■**
' , females *0 92. The valuation bf the-educated Ihr a Prince was not eofn-to c* ^? 3 ' da t' S ’ ^?T®r n,,rs ’
-Ochool-house* U^75 8iQ7-n.,mKi.P At ntlt g 0>n g*t° I Statesmen. Philosophers, Ministers,
T2^Lr-^!_«r 7 ?’_ 9 L 2 a Fremont was for-(Teachers. Men of the* Future.aH are
altars to each other’s god:
known in Athens, that the Jews wor
shipped a God, but nothing more was
known, for the Jews were forbidden to
name Jehovah to strangers j and there-,
lore (says the theory) the Athenians,
not to be wanting in respect to the God
of the Jews—k>f whom they knew noth
ing—-erected the altar * To the Unknown
God*—in reality, Jehovah ; and. hence
St. Paul knowing this, uses the peculi
ar language.: declaring to the Athenians
that particular God whom they * ignor
antly worshipped.’ You may have
heard of this before, but I. never did.”
A. Word lo Boys.
The “ Learned Blacksmith” says:—
Boys, did you’ever think of this great
world, with alf its wealth and woe, with
alljls mines and mountains, oceans,
seas and rivers, with-all its shipping,
steamboats, railroads and magnetic tel
egraphs, with all its millions of darkly
grouping men and' all the science and
progress of ages, will* soon lie .given
over to the boys of the present age,
boys like you, assembled in your school
rooms; or playing without them, on both
sides of the Atlantic. Believe me, and
94,-and of incorporated academies 2.-^-j.His daughter, too* took that occasion ‘ i
AII.hU U tho ih.ri.ms beginning „fa show te?Jte?«. arid as •OldTW had ,IWCt,Ve
' Etnle U'lncll Uvmilv VPfirs .*100 wns n : a!nrtL*:ln iIsa *'d...i - «i . •
wilderness, almost unbroken.—New- \ she was bound to suck
fart Sun,
she was bon ml to stick to her young 'asks a charily boy if be bad ever b
lover against all the world.. .The next, baptised, “ No-sir,” was the reply,* 4
O* We have been requested to c*H attention to
the advertin'ment of J. M. Stevens & Co., to be
found in our columns. It will be seen that they
are about opening a new house in this place, and
we are assured that it is their intention to sell great
bargains.
On Monday last, four young men of this place—
Messrs. Wm. A. Morrison, Wat. L. Lampkin, Silas
Reynolds and Pendleton E. Bedell—left on the cars
| with the intention ol embarking on the steam-
destroying Others who ! Ship at New York, which leaves that city on Sat-
ihem and the objects of I urday morning, bound for San Francisco. The good
entire community accompany them.
Rhode hi
3 them ?—Rich-
creaiion of - free . Slate after free Slate
from this territory,until the South
would be surrounded by 44 a cordon of
free States,” as threatened .by^Democra
tic members of Congress from the
North. They showed clearly that we
were about adding territory enough for
at least fifteen new Slates, which, from
the nature of things, must and would
be free, and they implored those in
power not to acquire this territory, un
less the South could have 44 some guar
anty against this certain result.” Their
voice, of warning was unheeded. The
Democracy must have “ indemnity for
tbe-pasl and security for the'future” in
Mexican-terriiory; and Jn order to make
thc.indemriity and security ample, Mr.
Polk concluded to take a slictir sufficient
ly large to cost' the government fifteen
millions of dollars, over and above the
“ indemnity for the past and security
for tbe future.”'
. ‘ Bui, gentlemen Democrats, our skirts
are clean in this matter^ 1 \Vhritev
dire results may follow, the Whigs as a
party are not responsible. They can
say .with truth, while pointing to thri be-
Geu- Taylor's Wisdom.
We published, the other day, and
publish again, the account of an inter-
with Gem Taylort in which he
\va3 reported lo have said, that while
5 prepared ti> support the Union
according to his sworn ditty, yet that
Uniou which it was necessary to main
tain by force, was scarcely worth hav-
ng.
There is much wisdom in this single
ipeech of this plain, strong minded old
nan. Brethren who once fall out, are
too apt never to be thoroughly recon-
iled. The old wound rankles still, in
spite of all attempts to cure it up.
ith these States, once destroy
the kiud feelings which keep them to
gether—once plant suspicions and dis
cord in their place—once proceed to
he overt act, and all is over. There
:an be no more peace—no more
harmony—no more good will. To sep
arate then, as soon as possible, would
be nothing more than wisdom ; for ve
rily such a Union would not be worth
having.
Washington was aware of this, when
he told his countrymen lo beware of
sectional divisions. The miserable
demagogues, who are doing all they
aflame sectional jealousies for
their own party ends, are aware of it
too. They are like the thief who would
fire a splendid temple, in order to steal
a silver spoon.
It is love—kindness—brotherly feel
ing, that we should all cultivate. It
is this that makes the Union pleasant,
and not only that, bjt lasting. Strip it
of this, and it is odious. The parlies to
it would not consent to live under it
for a day.—Richmond JVhig.
Old ZacU Ploughing.
The Washington correspondent of the
Charleston New* says: “Yesterday, a
large number ot persons assembled on
the public grounds near the Smithsoni
an Insiitute, for the purpose of witness
ing atrial of Reynold’s' self sharpening
patent Plough. Among them was old
Zach, who, not content with being a
spectator, rolled up his pantaloons near
ly to the knees, took bold of the plough
and guided it for a considerable dis
tance. The farmers, a considerable
number of whom were on the ground,
prodigiously pleased at the
play of practical skill by the President.
I wonder whether Prince Albert, with
all bis professed zeal for the working
classes, would have soiled his royal fin
gers, and turned up his royal 4 tights
on such an occasion ?”
The election, for State officers, members of the
Legislature, &c., was held on Wednesday. Hen
ry B. Anthony, (Whig,) editor of the Provideuce
Journal, is re-elected Governor by a majority con-
iderably larger than that of last year. The Leg-
slature will be strongly Whig, thus securing the
electon of a Whig to the United States Senate foi
rm, commencing on the 4th of March next,
when the time of Hon. A. C. Greene, (Whig) will
The new Senate will not contain more than four
five Whigs,out of* toUl of twenty-one
rs. The House will also be Democratii
ioice of Governor by the people.
It is scarcely necessary to inform our readers that
the above result was brought about by means of
coalition between the Locofocoa, Free Soilers an
Free Negroes (Oh! most worthy trio!) ol that j
State. And yet, in the face of these facts, Demo
cratic papers at the South still continue firm in the
assertion that the South can look with safety to the
Democracy of the North!! Let the public indig
nation tall upon and wither those who would mis
lead the people in regard to their vital interests.
Democracy mud Proscription.
Mr. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, recently
delivered in the United States Senate an able
speech in defence of the policy of the Administra
tion in the matter of removals from office. We
have not seen a lull report of the speech, but it is
represented by the letter-writers at Washington
as a most powerful and unanswerable defence
of Gen. Taylor's course. It was called forth dur-
mg the debate on Bradbury’s resolutions. It will
be seen by the following statistics, gathered by the
New York Herald from Mr. Smith’s speech, that
made Democracy “ suffer in the flesh” by re
ference to the documents, which exhibited the
most ruthless proscription for opinion’s sake by
that very same Democracy which is now whining t |, mk9 , ierSe lf
and blubbering over the fate of the few hundreds of
iffice-holders who have been removed by the pre-
ent Administration. The only fault the Admin
istration has committed is in retaining so many
Locofocos in office who ought to have had their
walking papers” long ago—and we trust many
f them may receive them yet.
But to Mr. Smith statistics. The Herald says :
“Traveling down the history of the abuse heap
ed upon the Administration, Mr. Smith came to
question of proscription, as practically
applied, and gave a series of tables- of Whigs and
Democrats, and the dollars and cents paid to them,
to show that the Administration has only been
aiming at equalizing the loaves and fishes; the
minuteness with which he gave the details, estab
lishes the fact that the Cabinet have supplied him
with the figures.
44 State Department, March 4, 1849: Twenty-
two Democrats, three Whigs—since changed to
fifteen Whigs and eleven Democrats.
Salary of fifteen Whigs, 813,990
Salary of eleven Democrats. 12,940
1, if possible, in the appalling means by which it
sarily be accomplished—if such an
merely obvious, but avowed—»nd if
the fanatics, who are prosecuting this infernal
crusade against the rights, the peace, the property,
and even the very lives of the South, have in a
few years so multiplied, that they can already con
trol the action of Congress—should any time be
lost in making a last and powerful effort to rave
the Union,by convincing our Xertbern brethren that^».
we arc in earnest, and that the paramount law of
self-preservation forbids that wc should tamely sub
mit to farther aggression ? When the issue is
fairly made, it is believed by yourself, nnd multi
tudes besides, that 44 the conservative public opin
ion of the North will at once demand » fair settle
ment ol the question.” Should we, however, be
disappointed in tiiis reasonable expectation, so
much the more necessary would it become for us
44 to know the worst, and to provide for it.” Nothing
has contributed so much to strengthen fanaticism
at the North, as the vain opinion, that the South
will in no event resist Congressional action. So
long as this sentiment prevails, the policy of (he
North will inevitably be persisted in; and, if per
sisted in, will inevitably destroy the Union. He,
therefore, should be branded as a moral traitor,
who encourages the North (by holding up the
44 blue lights” of false hope, and by misrepresent
ing the designs of Southern patriots,) to persist in
that course, which must inevitably dissolve the
political bands that hold in fraternal union, this
glorious Confederacy of States united.
With reference to this delusive hope, you re
mark, very properly—“The Southern Convention
can and will clear up all misapprehension on these
points ; and being an embodiment of the enlight
ened public sentiment of the South, if any thing
under heaven will convince our brethren at the
North, that we are in earnest, it must. Then, why
should any Southern man oppose it 7” Yes, truly ;
there’s the rub. Why should any Southern man
1 oppose it 7 44 It will unite the people of the South
n one common brotherhood in defence of their
common interests ; and after having made this last
ittempt to save the Union, on this fearful question,
they can say to their Northern brethren, 44 If yon
dissolve it, the sin be upon your beads V' Again, I
ask— 44 Why oppose it 7” If any thing can rave
the Union, this can save it. And if the Union can
not be saved, and the North have so determined,
unless the South will submit to ceaseless aggres
sions, tending directly and avowedly to the over
throw of slavery, and to the rc-enactment of the
horrors of St. Domingo—the sooner that truth is
known, and that issue formed, the better for the
whole country. It is no part of true wisdom, to
close our eyes against approaching and imminent
danger. The prudent man sees the evil afar off,
and provides accordingly. The simple pass on, and
are punished. Let us not imitate the bird, that
fe if she can only hide her head
o see her danger.
A CONSTANT READER,
rat year, in one of our sister States,
;ns of tlic fanatics were distinctly
as no longer
* During the |
i in the slave
tr to abolitioi
e Free States, callingup-
If Kentucky breaks up her syst
Commonwealth to its foundations.—
ned in by impassable barriers on tho
ith no new territory on winch it could
surplus, and with the present tier of
e States arrayed on the side of freedom,
ild have a limit to its existence as well iu to its ex-
,ion. How long would it be, before the people of
States, in which it would then exist, with all its
dark and fearf ul features greatly aggravated, would
"" “ 1 ‘ * ” t for relief C Com-
marshal Key’s Death Scene.
The vengeance of the allied powers
demanded some victims; and intrepid
Ncy v who had well nigh put the crown
again on Bonaparte’s head at Waterloo,
wastoUeoneofthem. Condemned lobe
shot, he was led to the garden of Luxem
bourg, on the morning ofthe 7th Decem
ber, and placed io front of a file ol sol
diers, drawn up to kill him. One of the
officers stepped up to bandage his eyes,
but he repulsed him, saying, “Are you
ignorant that for twenty-five years I
have been accustomed to face both ball
and bullet ?” He then -lifted bis bat
above his head, and, with the same
calm voice that had steadied his .col
umns so frequently in the rrtar and tu-
ulrqfftattlfy said, 4 * I declare, before
Whig surplus, v : 8 J >050
44 Navy Department, when Geo. Taylor came
into power:
34 Democrats, iggregale salary, §42,400
15 Whigs, 44 17,000
Democratic surplus, $25,300
44 Since changed to 25 Whigs, and 23 Den.
crats, with a balance of pay in (avor of Whigs, of
§1,700.
44 War Department proper; 4th March, 1849: 26
Whigs, 21 Democrats, 8 Neutrals. Since chang
ed to 30 Whigs, 19 Democrats and 7 Neutrals.—
One Neutral had to go.
TABLE or CLERKS IN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
Dem. Whig. Dem. Whig.
State Department, 22 3 It 15
Navy 44 34 15 25 23-1 will
entucky breaks uy
iplc will liftvc a pow
-holding States. E
ould i
M influence in the oth-
awarc, Maryland, and
selves of slavery; and
;inia, that would shake
Northern
Otf- We regret to learn that the Hon. Tho«. C.
Hackett is at this time very low with consurap-
:ion, at Savannah, whither be arrived from Wash
ington City, last week. >,
ICT A shocking and.fatal occurrence took place
an Saturday night last, says the Marietta. Helicon
of the 5th inst., about eight miles from Powder
Springs. Mr. Smith, the bailiff in an attempt to
arrest a Mr. Austin, {who fiad before been under
arrest in this place, but had made bis escape,)
proceeded to his house with an armed posse, and
demanded admittance. Austin refused, saying he
was roughly treated when he was previously taken,
and if they attempted to enter his house he would
shoot them. Mr. Smith, handing his pistol to
another man, opened tho door, when Aastin fired
and shot him in the right side. Austin win its*
mediately shot by one ot the posse and died almost
instantly. Smith is still living, but it is feared ho
Wal
Interior 1
Treasury, 1
Post Office 1
21 26
93 34
19 30
58
Shorter Route to California.—A corres
pondent of the New York Herald, writing from
Uon de Nicaragua, under date ofthe ltth ultimo,
says:—
294 !. *' 1 met Mr - White t agent of tliecam! company,
. Madi-; Still he was i
ginning of the eml, "you tewut utf m • {foi’ jfficTman "rtwt l’neyw'tetravod ' “ N*i«*W <mr in kw «Ttl» Democratic par- .j “ Grenada, i> few d,yi jgp. He hu examined
did it r—Mobile AJcortUer. - - i£w l„ > *»• 51 Before, ere. 320. Democrat, tamed out, i f" '‘-mediate transit,aod Bn,!, tral
: ■ . my errantry. May my death Tender: 126 . A ppom, meols in Post 0IScel 5sl6 m ;i... r u~i.—.
Jocksora Proscrin.loo V ,Vo la France Ifjfetten L.A 3.2Z4; resign,Uouu, a,682; amt reign,.
... 5 Pro “ ri Pl ,0 “ - turned to the soldiers, and striking his! tio ., „ mov , b
W# 6od IteLrroaiM Soiidf, imtad bud or liis heart,' gave the order.) .. M rSmit!, continued bis.nmmmj op ortho
"t 80 Trt -hole held ofappointmenu in theFoet Office, dr.
of Post office reroovalsby Jackson ,n charge: followed, and the- bravest ofthe ] frannor,. the Home Department, the diplomatic
one J e jjr at four liundrdd-and ntneiy-j jrravs. .sank.to rise.no more. He who! corps, consol, and no forth; fma. which it «p.
? n . e * Toe enlirq nunjb^r. removed J bad foughtJite hundred battles lor. France, ! pears that they have wll been well attended in ” ---? —
JIarch l829, '" 4lh -f* March 1 nottow against her, tvas shot as a trait-!«eon.nl.beingsppniafod,sad 27df .fof jhZl T ^. C °T^< 3 '9->TdWWMWfr
1830, he says araounted ,tp ogre tteo | or! As I looked oa the spot where he j mnlic corps, all told Bet it appear, that a dam- sea mseliag of Southern
fifteen hundred ! ! Duripg Washing-,' fell, Icould not hot sigh over his fate. I ber of these appointments weret-nde to fill n k Ungres* held at Washington, on the
too s time there were len-removalstfrom.] Trite, he broke his oath ofallegiauce—'b. derahl residnations and esolraiio’n, oi' * »fall recognition ol the
office!. Daring Jote,^'Adtuns^ter «- » dM otters, Carried away by their at- Md propriety diu*, C*.,,-
movnls, and thi'e*fefusals4orc-|p.poiot. tacbmcnito Napoleon, aud theenlhusi-; ' - Of the navy Rirents suuencded om^jj. B J u o n .* n d auapprova! of itsmoetingat the timeand
Mr. Jefferson /removed, fifty-eight, and a*m that hailed his approach .to Paris. Svetmore—eine - —J; 00 * -**?
miles of kud travel. Th^jwssage caff bo made
from sea to sea in 36 hours; and it is raid one
week of time wi:J be saved to the steamers—two
days on tbe. Atlantic and lour oh the Pacific. It
so—and there is no douM'of the fact—the rohte to
California will be shortened not less than eight
days.” • . * .; '
Pa^ia: ^ Wetraore—emee turned S* by great
l amount of #186,000.’’ .”&?**-&**\ °* .ml bat frur
Southern Senators absent.
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