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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.