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An Appeal to Cottoo Planters.
I.IVRRPOOI., December 29, 1849.
Gen. Dennis Dent — Tuscaloosa, Ala.
f Dear Sir : Asa Soul hern man placed near the
great commercial centre ot” the world, it is highly
; {Watifying to perceive the brightening prospect which
each succeeding day is disclosing in favor of the
• Cotton planter. From a state of over production we
have arrived at a period when we may safely calcu
late upon the large surplus stocks of Co/t<n hitherto
. held in Liverpool, by means of which manufacturers
and speculators were enabled to depress prices at
pleasure, being cleared off) and an active demand
arising for Wen imirli more than we are likely to
produce ; a state of profound peace all over the world ;
abundant and cheap money, cheap food in Europe,
and trade not only reviving, but active and profitable
in an almost unexampled degree. Under this as-
affairs, it is to me mortifying and discourag
ing to see the manner in which you are daily sacri
ficing your (fotton, which, under existing circum
stances, would this year have commanded 12J a. 15
cents as readily as 9 a. 11, hud you limited it in the
opening of the reason and shown a proper degree of
firmness.
In October last, ttponihe receipt here of the first
reliable news of the probability of a short crop in the
United States, cotton rose in a few days fullv 3 cents
per pound, say 13 cents for middling Orleans and
Mobile. This would Imve justified a further advance
it* your markets to 14 or 15 cents, under the then
existing condition, of the crops; and had planters
evinced their confidence in a short crop by demanding
and adhering To these prices for a few weeks, thov
would have been obtained ; for this market would
have gone up in consequence, and we should now
, have had Cotton brisk in this market at 74 a BJd.;
‘ hiij instead of this, planters tumbled their cotton into
the markets in such.quantities and evinced such ea
gerness to self, tfiat we wonder cotton declined ; it is
only astonishing that it-did not decline more than it
has, saynbout Jd. Manufacturers became distrust-
Tul of a deficient supply, for, gay they, if the crop is
actually as short as it i represented, planters rer
.. tainly would notbe’sr< stupid as to accept these pri
ces, particularly under the present favorable condi
tion of commercial affairs ; lienee they have carefully
kept out of the market, determined not to purchase
more than their immediate necessities required until
some more definite and reliable information is obtain
ed as to the probable amount of the crop. No one
here believes, however, that prices would decline
inu'cli, if any, from present rates, even should the
crop turn out 2,500,000 hales, for that would not he
enough, and should it fall short of 2.250,000 bales, as
1 atn very confident it will, there is no telling how
high com|)etition among speculators aud manufactu
. rers may carry it. J should not he surprised, in that
event, to see it reach even a shilling per lb before
next September. I would therefore say to you, limit
all eetton yet unsold to 15 cents immediately, and
•tick to it; a little stagnation may’ be caused by i r
fqr a few weeks, but rely upon it, you will obtain your
price in the end; and why not limit your cotton?
you do it with every thing el.-e you have for sale ;
cotton alone, the most important of them all, you
crowd into the market, and accept almost any thing
that buyers may feel inclined to oiler, and thus are
you yearly victimized that a horde of Manchester
manufacturers, New York and Liverpool speculators
inay become princes ; it is high time this should be
•topped, and planters learn to look upon their hard
‘earned produce as an article of real and intrinsic
value, and not as an incumbrance to be got rid of at
. any sacrifice. 1 flatter myself and congratulate you
on it, that all the 6, 7 and 8 cent cotton lias been sold
and will not hereafter be found in onr markets, cer
tainly not, if planters will only exercise a little pru
dence in not increasing their culture, remembering
that one acre at It) cents is better titan two at 5 cents,
and never be in a hurry to sell; this is the great and
important point, Planters will, I fear, he slow to
believe that if they were to keep their cotton at home
and not send it forward, that it would he hunted up
by buyers like California gold, yet-each is really the
fact, and if they could be induced to adopt this sys
tem generally, they might, sell their own cotton to
their entire satisfaction at their own doors. Such is
the present condition and prospects of the Cotton
trade.
Place no sort of reliance upon any new-fangled
•tory that may be got up to affect Cotton injuriously,
--last fall they put it down to nothing by the cry of
revolutions, wars, &c\ when the result has been pro
ven that fighting people wear out shirtsand breeches
faßter even than peaceable ones—neither threats to
■top, work short time, turn out of hands, spinning
fine, unremunerating prices, &c. &.C.; away with all
such stuff got up merely to put down cotton, such
expedients are getting too well understood aud have
become stale.
Recollect that you have no friends in the commer
cial world, therefore become friends to yourselves
and to each otberby protecting your own interests.
Put down or destroy that cursed telegraph system
which is only used as an engine against you,—foster
and patronise domestic manufactures, railroads, and
.* qthef’internal improvements as a means of securing
and perpetuating your prosperity and independence
and no adverse furtime can materially injure you.—
God bless you ail and inay this reach you in time
and have its desired effect in doing you service.
In order to show you how matters are viewed
here and that 1 have not overdrawu this picture I
give you some extracts from highly respectable
British prints.—Extract Liverpool Albion, Dec.
22nd, 1849; “ Coming events cast their shadows be
fore them and tlie increasing faith in brighter pros
. pects is giving a buoyancy to commerce. The Bank
of England presents to our observation every thing
that is favorable in a munetarial point of view.”
“The sales of Cotton as made up yesterday amount
to 28,340 bales, of which speculators have taken
8,230, Exports 260 and Spinners 19,860 bales at
prices in favor of sellers. The continued indisposi
tion of Spinners to enter our market, as here inani
’ festejd is a’ point of questionable policy, lor they must
be fully aware that if their stocks are light they
have lost a most favorable opportunity of renewing
them ; now however, the case is different, for every
•day is tending to fix the impression in Liverpool that
•the present prices, milch iu advance as they are of
sthose ruling twelve months since, are not interfering
. -with, consumption to any material extent. The ap
pearance of the trade as purchasers in the market
will consequently increase the demands of holders.
In fact -the impression is daily gaining ground tliat
1850 will shew in the. aggregate a higher range of
prices than exists at present, on the ground that the
position of Manchester, tlve state of the money mar
ket and the probable crop of American Cotton are
equally favorable; tlie two first, will be at once ad
mitted; the Cotton crop alone requires proof. The
A B C of the question is this, what is the quantity re
quired to be produced by the present American crop
to meet our wants ? Has any one fixed the figure in
■hia own mind?—certainly not! We will take the
largest figure that is at present spoken of, namely
2, 500. 000 bales, and we ask the proof of its sufficiency
without reference to an advance in price!”
Extract from the Monthly Circular of Messrs Gib
eon, Ord &.Co M of Manchester, 22nd Dec., 1849.
“ The quantity of goods disposed of during the past
month has been to the extent to clear off nearly our
entire stock of all light fabrics, and as our home
trade houses are now operating heavily and must
continue to do so for a lengthened period, we cannot
hold out any expectation that prices will become
more favorable for tire buyer; but on the contrary
looking to the enormous demand that must arise from ‘
the prosperous state rf‘the country, and the progres
sive advarfee our manufacturers are making all over
the ivorkl, we are of opinion that a still higher range
will be established.”
Such is the secure and highly enviable position
not only of the planter but of all holders of cotton.
The business this week (with 10,000 bales to-dav
and a very firm market) amounts to 49.020 bales, of
which 17,130 are on speculation and 420 for Export
- —fair Mobile, 64d-, fair Orleans bid., middling to
middling fair 64d a 64’d, say 124 a 13 cents, being an
advance of |d a jd since last Friday, and fully $d a
|d since the advices per last Steamer the “Cambria,”
with a decided upward tendency in the market—let
Rs see if they will, telegraph this also as a decline, as
they did the accounts of the “ Caledonia ” at a decline
ol id when it was an advance of that amount.
’ A Southern’ Pt. ‘^okr.
Copy of the letter of the Rev. Theobald Ma
thew to Judge Lumpkik, of Georgia :
Richmond. V., 22d Dec., 1849.
Honored and Dear Sir: When you condescended
to address me an invitation to pay the illustrious
body over which you with so much dignity preside,
a visit for the promotion of tfie sacred cause of Tem
perance, I was not aware of the high rank as a judge
with which your country has honored you, otherwise
l should not have marked my letter private; but
have left it to your own prudence, to have acted as
seemed to you most conducive to the good of the
glorious cause, equally dear to us both. The sec
ond letter .which you kindly forwarded, I have never
seen, as on its reaching Boston, I was confin ed at
New York by a severe illness, and inv physician,
Dr. Frazer, and my secretary, deemed it not advisa
ble to speak to me on such an exciting subject.
I now, honored sir, presume to intrude a letter on
your well occupied time, in consequence of an in
sinuation thrown out, that I had uncourteously de
clined to reply to your letter, requiring an explana
tion of my opinions on an all important question.
Wlfatever errors 1 may have perpetrated, intentional
disrespect to any correspondent, however humble
his rank, is not amongst them, much less to a per
son vested with the high dignity of a judge. 1 find,
with regret, that my single-mindedness in the advo
cacy of the, to me, all-absorbing cause of Temper
ance, is not, in this great country, well understood.
In my own beloved country, though groaning under
the weight of the heaviest burthen of misery that
ever a nation bore, I endured even; species ol calum
ny, rather than ri-k tin* infliction of the slightest in
jury on the temperance rau-e, by advocating the re
peal of the Union between England aiui Ireland.
In referring your honor to the conversation 1 held
with Mr. Garrison, in the “ Adams House,” Boston,
I vainly thought my solemn declaration of being
firmly resolved not to interfere, in any, the slightest
degree.; with the institutions of this mighty Republic,
would have been amply sufficient to calm the anxie
ties of even the most sensitive American. I now,
dear and honored Judge, renew this declaration, and
I most respectfully urge that no man, who enjoys
himself freedom in this emphatically free country,
can require more from one, who has meekly come
amongst you to advocate the high and holy cause of
temperance, bearing in bis hand the pure and spotless
white banner, with the divine motto inscrilied.
“Glory to God on high, peace on earth to men.”
In the anxious hope that this candid explanation will
remove the suspicion of intentional disrespect, in
making my reply private, and my not having ans
wered your second favor, I have the honor to be,
dear Judge,
Y'our brother in temperance,
and devoted friend.
THEOBALD MATIIEW.
Hon. Judge Lchi'kin, Athens, Ga.
| THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL.
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2i, 1850.
Apology fob our Carrier.— Those of our
city patrons who have not been regularly served
j with the Sentinel, will please notify us, and the
difficulty will be remedied. Wo have anew
I carrier wlio has not yet learned the route per
! fectly.
OCT” Our advertising patrous will confer a fa
vor by sending in their favors on Wednesday'.
j OO” In answer to the repeated inquiries which
| have been made of us, we will state once for all,
the Sentinel is an independent establishment,
and was not purchased with the view of uierg
| ing it with any other paper.
To Our Exchanges. —Most of our exchan
ges still come directed to the “Muscogee Demo*
crat.” Those who do us the favor to continue
their visits will please direct hereafter to the
“Sentinel.”
Home Made. —The paper on which this is
sue of the Sentinel is printed is of the Rock Is
land manufacture, and will equal any from the
Northern Factories.
! Mr. Conrad Charles Reisingru, the
; distinguished violinist, who has performed with
Ole Bull throughout Europe, will give one of
; iiis grand concerts in this city on Friday even
ing next. Sec advertisement.
The I.entis’ Concert.
The lovers of “sweet sounds” in Columbus,
I ....
: had a rare treat last night, in the delightful con
cert of the I.eatis and their companions. It is
rare indeed that we have an opportunity oflis
toning to voices of such exquisite natural tone,
and perfect cultivation. The songs given by
M iss Brienti, and received with marked eviden
ces of appreciation, by the large and truly bril
liant auditory, were well adapted to the exhibi
tion of the peculiar power and richness of her
; voice. Mr. Man vers also captivated his hear
! ers by his full, powerful, and admirably modu
! latcd tones. Mohs. Leati received the warm.
[ • . ■~ - ;
‘ est applause, and the admirable manner in which
he sung “The Red, White and Blue,” gave the
most lively satisfaction. But it was in the songs
from “Somnambula” that the audience enjoyed
: its richest treat. Madame Leati is truly an ad
; mirablc artiste , and the breathless attention
with which the audience hung on her delicious
and admirably sustained notes, was more grati
; tying evidence of approval than any violent
manifestations of delight. Her voice cannot
! be better described, than by the term limpid, so
i free was it from all defect, and particularly from
| that cloudiness or hoarseness which frequently
| injures the effect of otherwise fine voices. Her
! acting, was like that of the gentlemen, very
good. To the credit of Columbus, the audi
encc was for once, worthy of the artistes and
the city.
Montgomery and Wetumfka Plank Road.
—The Advertiser says: “We learn that the
entire amount of stock in the Montgomery and ‘
Wetumpka Plank Road Company has been sub
scribed, and that the road will be put under im- j
mediate contract.” We have received a pamph- j
let Report of the preliminary survey of this j
Road by A. A. Dexter, the Engineer, for which ;
tho atlthor will please accept our thanks. From :
this Report it appears that this Road will be 94
miles long, extending from Montgomery to Tal
ladega Court House, and can be built at a cost
of $229,000, that is, about $2,300 per mile.
The whole, it is estimated, can be completed in
two years. We shall examine this Report more
in detail hereafter.
The Southern Enterprise is the name of
anew paper published in lieu of the Mirror, by
Charles B. Youngblood, at Fort Gaines, Ga.
The Enterprise is neutral in politics. Success
to its Editor.
§© D 7 S3l l El § § EHT 0 ffiO @L a
The Election ot Senators by the People. j
Hon. Jere Clemens, the new Senator from
Alabama, has early distinguished himself, in his
new theatre of action. His name has already
become intimately associated with several meas-;
ures of importance, but that which most publicly j
distinguishes him is the proposed amendment j
of the Constitution, giving to the people, the
election of U. S. Senators. Without any de
cided predisposition in favor of the Hon. Senator
with whom this measure originated, we confess
that we are pleased with his proposition. This
lis e.sentially an era of revolution. Change is
the order of the day, and upon the altar to inno
vation, which has been everywhere erected, ma
; ny time honored and time approved institutions
have been sacrificed. We are not sufficiently
conservative, however, to revere a usage, mere
ly because it possesses the charm of antiquity,
or to look with distrust upon all innovation, mere
ly because it is novel.
The idea of a subdivision of the Legislative
branch of tho government into two separate
I houses, was a most fortunate one. The peculiar
structure of our government particularly de
manded such division. The equal representa
tion of the States in the Senate, is the great
! safeguard of the confederative element, which
i distinguishes this from all other governments. —
| This idea of Siate representation may be re-
I garded the paramount reason for tho constitu
-1 tioii of the Senate. Next in importance of the
causes in which the Senate originated, may be
considered the effectual check upon hasty and
inconsiderate legislation afforded by a division of
the Legislature into two distinct branches. The
S*nate is a smaller and an abler body than the
House, and is presumed to be freer from the ex
citement and confusion inseparable from a large
deliberative assembly. At any rate the delay
and reflection necessarily attending the passage
of any measure by both branches before it be
comes a’law, ensures a greater degree of pru
dence in the legislation of the country. These
are the only reasons of which we can conceive,
j which rendered necessary the division of Con-
I gress into a Senate and House of Representa
tives, and we see nothing in either of these,
j which should necessarily determine a difference
in the mode of electing, respectively, the mem
; hers of each. A Senate elected by the people
j of each State would just as effectually represent
the individual State sovereignties, as a Senate
| elected by the Legislatures, lor the Legislatures
of the States are ho more the States themselves,
than are the people composing the States ; and
again, a Senate elected by the people immedi
ately, will be composed of as much ability and
as much patriotism, as a Senate elected by the
intervention of the Legislatures.
We must therefore look to other reasons for an
j explanation of the method which was adopted,
; for the election of Senators. That explanation,
j we think, is furnished in the idea of the division
of the legislative body into the aristocratic and
j democratic branches, borrowed from the Eng
lish Constitution. The division of the English
Parliament into a House of Peers, and House of
Commons, was rendered necessary by the pe
j culiar genius of that government, and was de
| signed to afford a representation of the distinct
j castes into which the people of that country are
divided. Those differences of castes do not ex.
ist in this country, and therefore could properly
! form no element in a similar subdivision of our
Legislature. Such however was doubtless the
i ”
intention of those who framed our Constitution,
aud that idea was sought to be engrafted, in giv.
ing the election of Senators to the State Legisla
tures, a mode thought to be loss democratic than
liy referring it directly to the people. Cer
tainly there is nothing in the nature of the gov
ernment which naturally indicated this mode of
election, and we can imagine no other, than the
ground we have mentioned, upon which this fea
ture can be rationally explained.
Having thus briefly endeavored to show that
there is no good reason why the Senators should
he elected by the State Legislatures, we shall
now, with equal brevity, mention some reasons
why they should not thus be elected. And in the
first place, we remark, that it is more in accord
ance with the spirit of our institutions that they
should be elected by the people. Ours is a gov
ernment of the people, and as far as possible, all
the attributes of sovereignty should be exercised
by the people. It may be true that the Senate
was intended more for the representation of the
States than of the |>eop!e, but as before remark
ed, are the people of each Slate less the State
than is the Legislature which represents the
people ? Is the Legislature of Georgia any
more the State of Georgia than are the peo
pie, and is the Legislature better enabled to
choose a representative of her interests than the
sovereign people of Georgia themselves ? Then,
inasmuch as this is the case, and it is more con.
sonant with the spirit of our institutions, let the
election be at once referred to the people.
In the next place we believe that the choice 1
will generally fall upon better and abler men.— j
We do not intend any unmeaning flattery of the ;
people—(far be it from us to make any such dein- j
agoguical appeals to the dear people) — but we j
honestly believe that the people are better able
to make the selection of their officers, than any
body else is for them. This is so generally, be
cause they are more disinterested, less corrupted,!
less selfish in the selection. The wily politi. j
eian, cunning, ambitious and unscrupulous, may
by a system of log-rolling insinuate himself into
an election before the Legislature, but the game I
is much more difficult to be practiced upon the
people. And again, if these elections were before
the people at large, each partyjn bringing forward
its nominees, must presont men of extended repu.
tation for ability, men of generally recognized
qualification for the office. There are men in
the U. S. Senate to-day, who would never have
been there, had the people been the electors.—
The office would be the first in the gift of the
Stale, and the fisist men in the. State would as-1
pireto it. From that class alone the selection
would he made, and the mantle would gener
ally fall upon him who most deserved it.
In the third place, by giving the election of
Senators to the people, the*Legislaturc would be
freed from its greatest inducement to corruption. :
There is no question that in the nomination of:
candidates for the State Legislature, in a great
majority of cases, the chief qualification of the
nominee is his susceptibility to being used as
a tool by those who look to the Legislature for
office. Men are chosen in this way as our
law makers, not because they are thought to bo.
qualified to discharge that duty, but because they
can be available as cats’ paws in the elections j
coming before the Legislature. Who doubts
this ? It is most lamentably true, and unless j
these elections are taken from our State Legis- ‘
latures, they will soon degenerate into mere
marts of political merchandise where the high
est bidder may carry off the prize he prefers.—
We desi re to see the Legislatures stripped of ev
ery thing but the law making power. Then we
may hope to see their Halls filled with men who
may do themselves credit and their country some
service.
Northern Sentiment on the Slavery Question.
We extract the following from the recent
.message of Gov. Briggs to the Massachusetts
Legislature. It is a culm and dispassionate
statement of the view which the North takes of
this question. The last sentence is particularly
worthy of notice. “If the oilier free States con
cur with her (Massachusetts) in this resolution,
the thing will be done, and consequences left to
thriA.se!ces.” This pretended indifference to a
threatened dissolution of the Union is ail sham,
and the boldness with which the announcement
| is made is the result not of any real indifference
on the subject, but because the North does not
, credit the declarations of the South as to what
will be the consequences of continued aggres
■ sion on her rights. It is indeed a most humilia
ting reflection that the South has so long slum
i be red over her interests, that when she has fi
nally been aroused to a consciousness of their
invasion, her warnings should be scorned as
bragadocio, and her honest indignation laughed
| at. In the Halls of Cougrcss and from the
press, the South is invariably taunted for her
pretended zeal in the defence of her rights, and
| when in spite of her devotion to the Union she
is driven to estimate its value, she is only met
! with scorn, and her protestations treated with do
| rision. The North may be sincere when she
pronounces the Union to be indissoluble, and the
i South is not less true than the other section of
I the Union, to its honor and integrity, but as cer
| tainly as effect follows cause, the Union must be
dissolved if the rights of the South are not re
garded. Massachusetts may be prepared to in
sist upon the Proviso, even after she is persua
ded that the wreck of the Union will be the con
| sequence ; but we do not believe it, and we will
i not believe it, till her Representatives in Con
gress have sealed their sincerity by voting its
adoption, with their eyes open to inevitable'dis
solution as the result.
“The people of the slavcholding States deny the right
of the general government to keep slavery out of its ter
| ritories. In their popular meetings, legislative halls, aud
| by the mouths of their representatives in Congress, Rome
; of the States declare in distinct terms, that an act of
j Congress forbidding the introduction of slavery in the ter
ritories of the United States will be followed by a disso
| lution of the Union.
“On the other hand, the people of the free States, in the
same mode of manifesting public opinion, have made
j known their intention of opposing calmly, deliberately,
but firmly, the farther extension of slavery.
“On tiie other side, is the institution of slavery, which
deprives man of Ins inalienable rights, effaces from him
the image of his 3/aker, aud degrades him to the condi
tion of a thing—a chattel.
“Entertaining no doubt of the constitutional power of
Congress to exclude slavery from its own territories, a*d
believing that such exclusion is demanded by the highest
principles of morality and justice, she never can consent
to its extension over one foot of territory where it now is
not. If the other free States concur with her in this res
olution, the thing will be done, and consequences left to
themselves.’’
The Cotton Planting Interest.
The article in a preceding column on this sub
ject, has been handed to us for publication, and
we bespeak for it the careful consideration of ev
er)’ cotton planter. It presents a statement of
the causes which have hitherto chained the
price of our staple production to the ruinous rates
of five and six cents, and suggests a remedy for
this state of things ; a remedy, so simple in its
operation, so easy in its application, that it
would seem strange if it were not adopted. We
do not question, but that if the planters had
evinced a proper degree of firmness in holding
j their crops at the beginning of the season, and
j had seconded the upward tendency of the mar
[het by a decided rise in their demands, that cot.
j ton would have been selling in this market to
j day, as readily at 15, as it does now at 11 cents.
| No investment of the money arising from the
; sales of a crop, will pay so handsome an inter
! est, as a proper degree of firmness in withhold.
! ing it from the market. The products of the
! cotton manufacture, are the necessaries, not the
j luxuries of life. Cotton yarns and cotton fab
j rics must be consumed, whether money is plen-
J ty or scarce ; whether the world is at peace or
!at war. True the amount of this consumption is
. largely dependent upon these circumstances, but
■ with a crop of only 2,250,000 bales, which is
; now the highest estimate of the crop of 1849,
and with an unprecedented short supply of old
cottons on hand, the potatoc rot, a short grain
crop, short time, or even European revolutions,
can not reduce the demand below the supply, i
even iftlio article commanded 15 cents. Why,
then, should not the cotton planter reap the ben
efits of it ? The fault is his own if he does not. !
Planters, look well to your interests therefore,
and it your return for your labor does not equal
your expectations, pocket the disappointment,
and say nothing more about a combination of
spinners.
The Linden Fkee Press. —We have receiv
ed the first number of a paper of this name pub
lished at Linden, Marengo County, Ala., Mr.
Spencer Adams, Editor. The “Free Press”
claims to be independent* Jt may be, but it
smells rather Whiggish.
Correspondence of the Southern Sentinel.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Jan. 21, 1850.
On Thursday the Senate took up the Con
gressional District Bill, and after a few hours
discussion passed it, as published, by a vote of
22 to 20—four members absent ; two, I believe,
of each party. On Friday both branches took
! up the Senatorial Bill, there being one in each
house, and after a very animated discussion, in
which most of the leaders participated, the Bill
was passed late in the evening. In the Senate
21 to 18, and in the House by some G or 7 votes.
On Saturday, motions were made in both bran
| dies to reconsider, and argued at length and de
cided after 4 o’clock in the Senate, and after
| candles were lighted in the House- In both
Houses against reconsideration. It passed in
I the House after candle light the evening belorc. \
A large portion ol’Thursdny, Friday, and Sutur
day, the House was occupied in discussing the
Eufaula Bridge Bill, which was lost by a small
; vote. I did not hear tlio Bill read, but learn
that it was on certain conditions to make the
bridge free. A part of Friday and Saturday
was taken up in discussing the Free Negro Bill,
which was rejected on Friday by a decided nia
j jority, but reconsidered on Saturday, to enable
! the friends of the Bill to amend it, so as to make
jit more acceptable to the majority. It is uncer
| tain as to the fate of the Senatorial and Congres
sioual Bills, as parties are pretty equally balanc
ed, and a few democrats opposed to them, A
! few cases of sickness or absence may decide it.
Mr. Sanford of the Senate, is said to be danger
| ously ill. Mr. Cochran is sick at home. No
: amendments were made to either Bill. The
; Senatorial Bill will, in all probability, become a
i law; the Congressional Bill I consider more
doubtful.
j A communication was received from the Gov.
ernor a few days sinee, conveying a proposition
| from Governor Brown of Florida, to settle the
j boundary question. You will see it, I presume,
in the papers of to-morrow, I think the propo
| sition will be acceded to. So certain am I of
| the justice of our claim, that I would be willing
| to let the Floridians select the umpire, provided
i lie was a man of good character. Our claim is
for a little over one million of acres, mostly very
! poor.
j I understand that the Senate’s resolutions,
! censuring Mr. Thomas Butler King, come up in
i that body to-day. They will probably pass in
some shape. As yet, I can make no calcula
tion as to the probable length of the session.
Yours, &c. T.
0C?” The Macon Telegraph, of the Bth in
| stant, says, “Negro fellows, (common field
i hands,) sold in Florida at public sale, for over
! SIOOO. One sold for SIOBO. This is higher
; than negroes have sold for a number of years.”
j At a sale near this city, last week, negroes
j sold for $llOO and SI2OO. One negro fellow
I sold for $1260. Mules sold $l5O and $l7O.
Field hands hire for $175.
Slavery in the Territories.
Gen. Houston is the author of the following
resolution introduced into the Senate on the
14th in si. We wjll not vouch for the correct
ness of any interpretation that may be placed
upon it ; for it is either by design, most corn
j pletely ambiguous, or from inability to improve it,
j most perfectly crank-sided. With this preface
| by way of apology for any error we may make
| in commenting upon it, we denounce its import,
;as exceedingly unfriendly to the South. We
I confess that wo have no confidence in Gen.
Houston, and look with distrust upon all that
j originates with him. It w ill lie perceived by the
j wording of this resolution, that Congress is de
; nied the power to interfere with slavery “in the
; States, Territories, or District, where, by mu
nicipal law’ it now’ exists, or to establish it in
i any State or Territory where it does not exist,”
j but there is a most significant silence as to the
power of Congress to prohibit its introduction in
|to the Territories. Not one word on this sub- !
i ject, but ihe irresistible inference is, that that
power is admitted.
The resolution goes on to assert the altogeth- j
! er untenable position, that “the people of the ;
j ‘Territories have the same inherent right of self- j
government as the people of the States,” and
! concludes with the assertion that if the people of
the Territories, lying South of the parallel of 30
deg. 30 min. of North latitude, extending to the
Pacific ocean, shall, in the exercise ol that in
herent power, establish or prohibit negro slave- j
ry, that such establishment or prohibition of ne
gro slavery, in the formation of their Slate gov.
ernments, shall be deemed no objection to their
admission as State or States into the Union.”
And what of the Territories lying North of the
parallel of 30 deg. 30 min. ? If the people of that
portion of the Territories should, in the exer
cise of their inherent sovereignty, incorporate
slavery in their State governments, the inference
is, that such an establishment should form an
objection in their application for admission in
to the Union. Kxpressio itnius , excltisio altcrius.
This is Gen. Houston's mode of settling the
difficulty ; the English of which is to blind the
South to a complete surrender of her rights, and
to propitiate the North by the concession of all
she demands. A fig, say we, for all such friends.
Whereas, the Congress of the United States, possess
ing only a delegated authority, have no power over the
subject of negro slavery within the limits of the United
.States, either to prohibit or inteiferc with it in the States,
Territories, or District, where, by municipal law, it now
exists, or to establish it in an)’ State -or Territory where ;
it does not exist; but, as an assurance and guaranty to j
promoto harmony, quiet apprehension, aud remove sec- ■
tional prejudice, which by possibility might impair or j
weaken love aud devotion to the Union in any part of the !
country, it is hereby
Resolved, That as poople in territories have tho same
inherent right of self-government as the people in the
States; that if, in the exercise of such inherent rights
the people in the newly acquired Territories, by the an- ;
nexation of Texas, and the acquisition of California and j
New Mexico, south of the parallel of 30 deg. and 30 min.
of north latitude, extending to the Pacific ocean, shall es
tablish negro slavery or prohibit it; that such establish- i
ment or prohibition of negro slavery, in tho formation of j
their State governments, shall be deemed no objection
to their admission as State or States into th'e Union, in
accordance with the constitution of tho United States. *
i Tuf. Southern Cultivator. —We have re
ceived the January number of this excellent ag
ricultural monthly, and commend it to the atten
j tion of the farming public. It is edited by Dr.
Dan’l M. Lee, one of the ablest agricultural
i writers in the country. Published at Augusta,
! Ga., for $1 in advance.
Mr. Chambers: In answer to your enquiry eoncera
! ing the existence of Small Pox in tho city, I have to state
that on Saturday night last, a cate of the Varioloiddis
i case arrived here by steamboat from New Orleans. The
; most effectual measures Were immediately taken to con
j fine this case without the sphere of infection, and lam
| free to say, that no reasonable fear need exist as ts its
spreading among us. The case here is of a very mild
character, and no other has been heard of by roc.
Yours, respectfully,
J. F. BOZEMAN, City Physician.
Col ulubiie, J nonary - I, liibO.
Cotton Market*
i Columbus, Jan. 24.—Receipts quite light this*
week, and prices to-day are not quit* as full aa
in the early part of the week. Telegiaphic ac
! counts from New York, show a decline of \ to
I Cts. in that market.
We quote to-day, 10.$ to lljj cents.
Telegraphed for the Savannah Georgian.
New York, Sunday, Jan, 20,
The cotton market was duller yesterday. Good
Middling Uplands is quoted at 12j to 13 cents . Fair
13} to 13|. Orleans Fair 14 J. Sales of the week
* 32,000 hales, being the largest known. Sales of
Rice during the week, 000 casks, at 2$ to 3J. Rio
j Coffee is selling at 13 cents, and is advancing.
CiiAßLirranj Jan’y-31.
The Market— Tuesday Morning.
COTTON. —Owing to tho inclemency *f th* wtmtfc
! Pr during tho whole ol yesterday, buyers were prevented
I from coming out, and the Upland market in eonsquene
remained nearly at a perfect stand, only 53 hale* hav
• ing been taken at from 12 a 13 canti-
Savnnnah Market, Jannnry 22.
i Cotton. —The market was quiet yesterday without
any change in prices. Sales 1,101 bales at 11J to 12|
per lb.
Stations of the Preachers of the Georgia
Animal Conference.
.Marietta. January 15th, 1850.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT.—J. Lewis, P. K.
Savannah —Wesley Chapel, Jus. L. Evans, An*
drew Chapel, Chas. A. Fulwood.
j Chatham —To he supplied.
Springfield—W. D. Bussey.
Scrivcn—A. J. Orr.
Seriven Miss.—L. J. Davie*.
Waynesboro—J. Jones, Thus. F. Proree.
Burke Miss.—A. J. Reynold*.
Louisville—l). Blalock.
Jefferson Miss.—A. ATereft.
i Augusta—J. G. Pierce ; color’d charge, J. B,
Smith.
Columbia—J. W. Knight
I.incolnton—John S. Dunn,
j W ashington—• W. 11. Evans, W. R. I’ •-
Warrenton—F. F. Reynolds, J, 11. C,.sac’
i Sparta—Richard Lane.
Hancock Miss.—A. IL Smith.
1 ATHENS DISTRICT.—W. J. Park.,?. E.
j Athens—Eustace Spear; color’d charge, J. L.
Pierce.
Lexington—ll. P. Pitcliford.
Oglethorpe Miss.—W. 11. C. Cone.
Watkinsviile—J. I). Adams, W. B. Harrison.
Factory Miss.—E. L. Stephens.
Elberton—W. A. Florence.
Carnesville—ll. Crawford.
Greensboro.—J. C. Simmons, Sr.. T. R. Stewart.
.Madison Sta.—C. VV. Key; Circuit, A. Kay.
Kingston Miss.— To be supplied.
Covington--M. 11. llebbard, C. Thomas,
j Monroe—A. Gray.
Emory College—G. F. Pierce, A. Means, O. L.
! Smith, VV’m. J. Sassnrtt, J. M. Bunnell.
1 Joseph EclioU, Prof. Madison College.
! GAINESVILLE DIST.—J. P. Turner, P. E.
Gainesville—ll. 11. Parks.
! Clarksville—Win. B. Moss, T. S. Harwell.
Dahlonega—George Bright, J. R. Littlejohn.
Clayton Miss.—'To be supplied.
Canton—W. J. Cotter.
Murphy Miss.—VV. 11. Thomas.
! State Line Miss.—J. M. Austin.
Blairsville Miss.—M. A. Clotitz.
j Ellijay Miss.—Jas. Q,uilli*n, T. Bell.
Lawrenceville—Jno. VV. B. Allen.
I MARIETTA DIST.—A. T. Mans, P. E.
I Marietta Station—VV'. G. Parks ‘ Circuit, S. J.
Bellah, It. J. Harwell.
Cassvilie—J. 11. Ewing.
Rome Station—J. Knowles. Circuit, J. E. Csok,
J. M. Dickey.
j Ootlicaioga—J. L. Gibson,
j Spring Place—John Strictland.
j Dade Mission—Smith Q.uillian,
j LaFayette—VV. P. Graham,
i Summerville—VV. M. Fambrough.
Van Wert Mission—F. Bird.
Lagrange district—j. b. Payne, p. e.
LaGrange—M. IL White.
Greenville—Jno. VV. Yarborough, J. E. SentelJ.
Troup—J. W. Tally, R. Stripling.
Zebnlon—M. Bellah, VV. B. McCann.
1 Grifiin—J. VV. Hinton.
McDonough—A. Dorman.
Jackson—C. Trtissel.
j Atlanta ;S. 11. Cooper.
I Decatur; N. Smith, A. Noese, sup.
| Newnan; VV. D. Matthews, Win. E. Lucy.
Franklin ; J. B. C. Quiilian.
Carrollton Mission; Tims. 11. Whitby.
Fayetteville; J. Simmons.
MACON DISTRICT—J. W. Glenn, P. E.
Macon; VV. R. Branham. Colored Mission, W.
A. Simmons.
Vincvilfe; J. M. Marshall.
Milledgevitle ; 11. VV. Bigham.
; Eatonton ; VV. P. Arnold.
Clinton; Charles R Jewitt
Monticello; Isaac Boring
Forsyth ; J P Duncan
Culloden; S M Smith
Fort Valley ; J II Smith
Perry : J II Caldwell
Fort Valley Mission ; Thomas C Coleman
Oakmulgee Mission; II A Smith
Wesleyan Female College ; W II Ellison, E II
M ye rs
COLUMBUS DISTRICT; S Anthony, P E
Columbus, Lovick Pierce, Joseph S Kej. Color
ed charge, to he supplied
Ta limit on Station; J P Dickinson. Circuit, K
VV Reynolds
Thomaston; McC Peurifoy
Hamilton; J W Twitty
Muscogee; D Kelsey
Lumpkin; VV M Crumley
Stewart; J T Turner
. Cuthbert and Fort Gaines ; A C Bruner, J C Sim
rnons, jr.
Starkesville; Thomas II Jordan
Marion ; Y F Tignor
Lanier; CL Hays
Americas ; J B VVardlaw
Chattahoochee Mission ; VV Brooks
Collingsworth Institute; J B Jackson
JEFFERSONVILLE DIST; F I) Lowrky, P E
Jeffersonville circuit; A Wright, R A Connor
Irwinton, VV F Norman
Sandersviile, M C Smith
Vienna circuit; J T Smith
Tellair; John M Bright
Reidsville ; A J Deavora
llinesyille ; D J Myrick
Dublin Mission; to be supplied
Emanuel Mission ; A Gordon
J T Talley, J W Farmer, M C Turrentine, left
without appointment, at their request. Jesse VV
Carroll, without appointment, on account of family
affliction. R Renean, Sunday School Agent. J Bo
ring, supt. of California Mission, and A AJ
Missionary to California.
The next Conference will be held at Savanuah.