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MORNING NEWS.
BY JOHN Iff. COOPER.
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THOMPSON, EDITOR
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A Northern Man’s OriNioNs.—We find
(lie following sensible article on the great and
exciting question of the duy, the Slavery
question, m the Charleston Mercury ofWed-i
ncsdny last. We publish it not to enlighten or
furnish arguments to those who have no need
of either, hut that our renders may have the
views of it sensible, patriotic man of the North,
an n subject in which they have so deep an in
terest. Wienie aware that his reasoning will
not he honrff'or heeded by those to whom it
is addressed, hut thnt is no rcsson why he
should not huve a Southern hearing :
A few Question* to my Northern Brethren
—Maurers Editors: Being a native and resi
dent of the North, and only a traveller in
the Southern States. 1 feel privileged to inquire
of that portion of my fellow-citizens who are
so hitter in their enmity to the institution of
slavery, what is your object? To many of you
1 am Known as a writer of some candor and
truthfulness, though mostly confined to agricul
tural subjects, from which I would not now
deviate, only in the hope that whatever light 1
may he able to give, will add a mite to guide
us through the threatening darkness, that unless
soon dispelled, will ussuredly dissolve this, to
me, much loved Union of the States of my
native Innd.
■ First then: Is that your object 7 Do you
earnestly desire dissolution ? If so, why not
say so at once ? If that is not your ubjcct, what
is it ? What do you propose, in case you can
eifoct the abolition of slavery in all the States ?
Is it to beliclit the negro race, or is to wreck
vengeance upon those who hold them ? If it is
the former, L have only to give my opinion, af
ter n long mid careful investigation of the whole
subject, and inure extended travel, and better
opportunity to make observations than bus
probably fallen to any other Northern man,
thut no evil of so fearful import could full upon
the whole mass of the negroes of the South
this slay, ns to true them from the control of
their musters.
Take them as n whole, with very, very few
exceptions, ansi they are the best fed, best
clothed, best housesl, best provided for in sick
ness, infancy and old age, und lightest worked,
ufuuy of the laboring class in the world.
And more than that, they enjoy the greut ob
ject. end and aim of life, in o higher dc'gren than
you yourselves do, for they are more contented
cheerful and happy, and never repine or sigh for
liberty; and, in point of morality, nay, religion,
they excel any of the lower orders of uny coun
try ; and their masters, instead of being the mon
sters that yon deem them, ore us well beloved
by their slaves ns you are by your hirelings; aye!
« inoTO, by your childror..
I 1 could name hundreds of instunens, whore I
luive seen mnrlts of the strongest ties of ufTec-
tion, and where the deuth of the master or mis
tress would produce morn real distress among
the negroes than would the toss of any of their
own number. It is a solemn fact, that slavery ns
>1 is generally understood at the North, does not
exist at the South.
Nowhere have I ever seen any exorcise of that
wonton cruelly so often described. Whipping
or other punishment is like Tubul's account of
his pursuit of Shylnck's daughter: “I* often
come within hearing of her but never saw her”—
and so it is with cruelty to negroes. It is often
heard of at the North, but never seen at the
South.
I have often henred persons express the great'
e*t apprehension mid dread of the negroes, and
they could hardly believe me when 1 huve told
them with whut perfect fearlessness of all insur-
roctinuary movements I have travelled and dwelt
among them. Even now, nt this present writing,
l am upon a rico plantation, thirty miles from
Charleston, and isolated from neighbors, where
there are upwards of 200 slaves, and about half
u dozen whites, including women and children
occupying two houses, as open and free of ac
cess us a New England farm house, and as fret
from all fear of being disturbed by the negroes
ns the owner of thut farm house is of his own
children. No servunts in public or private lions'
es in any of the Free States are so trustworthy
or so kind anti respectful, ns these “poor miser
able sln.es.” And w y should they not be ? for
here a negro is treuted with kindness und rca
poet, hut ns a negro, und not elvuted to the level
of a white man.
How is it at the North ? There he is constant
ly told thut in everything but his color he is
equal to his “white brother,” but in nil their
« actions the said white brothers take care to
impress it upon the “man of color” thnt he is
not u white nun, and never will be treated ns
one. The consequence is he is discontented
anil unhappy, and sighing for freedom from his
degraded position in society ten times more
earnestly they slaves sigh for freedom in the
South.
Wliv then would you abolish—not slavery, ns
you view it,for if. notis here—but the condition
things that enables u few whites to superintend
and manage a large number of negroes, and cause
to labor and provide for their own comfort-
i support, in a far better manner then they
► ^ Ail do if freed from thnt superintendence and
nill, iWmrnt of a superior mind?
AbiilRL it y ou cannot. Clmnge it you may
but only l7l
**01 it in a worse form. The rico
swamps of rawb Carolina, and the Sugar field
of Louisiana, uvlthe Kroad acres of cotton
all the Southern »ot''s, thnt never have been
cultivated by any hut vgro laborers, never will
bo;and there, as long nk'^cso lands continue t*
he cultivated, the negro w,'| n s | HVe to t h,
white owner, cull him by wt,^ name you will
and never trill his condition b. than
is note.
Why then will you continue to ngir ( ,„,} ic
joct, unless you are determined to <lisse V( , t bn
Union? Vou have culled, and are daily cqjj„ e
as good me as never lived, by ull the vjjts nnt^^
t hat the copiousness and billingsgate of the Eng
lisb language can furnish, merely bocuusu
calls the negro slave, instead of “brother." until
you have ponded their highborn spirits to the Inst
point of forltearance; nnd unless you cease the ir
ritation thnt you huve se long persevered in, the
days of this Union are numbered. “A house di-
*ided against itself cannot stand."
I write to yon in the spirit of brotherly
kindness, to beg of you to pause and reflect.
I have no interest to prompt mo to advocate
the pause of the South, but I know her people
well; and more noble spns of America do not
breathe ; node that possess all the attribute*
of good men, than do n large majority of those
that you denounce ns “inhuman monster^”
“tramcer* in human flesh and blood,” nnd “un
worthy to associate with freemen,” because
they continue peaceably to exorcise the right
thnt your ancestors accorded to them, and to
cultivate the land, thnt their insalubrious cli
mato will not allow them to cultivate them
selves, by slave labor.
Pause nnd reflect. I know tltese people
well. 1'know that their patience is nearly ex
hausted. If the people of the North desire
to perpetuate this Union, they must cense to
irritate the 8outh without cause or reason, nnd
l£awn down tho disorganising demagogues
and Abolitionists at home.
Be assured thnt. I urn a friend of my coun
try—the whole country—one and inseparable.
Solon Robinson.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18. 1850.
Great Bhitain—Supply or Cotton.—The
following singular but thoughtful passage, oc
curs in the lust Britsh book upon the United
States.
"As regards the supply of Cotton,” snvs Mac-
kuy, “we are ns much at the mercy of America
ns if wo were starving, nnd to her alone we
looked for food. She need not withhold her
wheut; America could starve us by withhold
ing her Cotton. True, it is us much her in
terest as ours :o act differently ; and so long as
it. continues so, no difficulty will be experienc
ed. But. a combination of circumstances may
be supposed, in which America, at little cost to
herself, might strike us an irrecoverable blow;
u crisis might arrive, when, by momehtarily crip
pling our industry, she might push in and de
prive us of tho markets of the world. And
who, should the opportunity arise, will guaran
tee her forbearance ? Fill England with their
provisions—let her harbors bo choked and her
granaries bursting with their stores ; what a
spectacle would she present on n stoppage of
one yeur’s supply of Cotton ! It would do more
to prostrate her in the dusr. than all the arma
ments which America uud Europe, combined,
could burl ngnbist her. Wlint a tremendous
power id this in the hands of a rival.”
(Mackay's Western World.)
And yet’this tremendous power is altogether
dependent upon the continuance n f an institu
tion, which receives tho fiercest denunciations
from a large portion of professing patriots
Electric Light.—Some three or four months
ago we saw some experiments in producing
electric light, performed by Mr. Ebon C. Jayne,
son of Dr. Juyne in third street, above Cites-
nut, which at the time appenred to he a very
successful result of application to this subject
esterday evening we nguin had tho pleasure
if seeing some further experiments, which
showed a considerable improvement, and
which produced a light of the most intense
nature, so bright ns to render it almost ns im-
possiblo to look at. directly, as at the rays of
the sun. The gns-light was burning in the
room, but the electric light was so much stron
ger us to give a perfectly black shadow upon
the wall of tho pipe which held tho gas light
This beautiful light wus produced by an electric
battery of nearly fifty cups, acting upon char
coal points. There seems no obstacle to every
man producing his own light in this manner.
[ Philadelphia Ledger
A Word about Gardening.—No one can
be truly said to live who has not a garden
None but thoso who have enjoyed it can ap
preciate the satisfaction—the luxury—of sit
ing down to a table spread with the fruits of
one's own planting and culture. A bunch of
radishes—a few heads of lettuce—taken from
the garden of a summer’s morning for break
fast; ora mess of green peas or sweet corn, is
quite a different nfliiir from market in a dying
condition, to he put nwuy in the cellar for use
And n plate of strawberries lose none of there
peculiar flavor by passing directly from the bor
der to the cream, without being jolted about in
basket, until they hnve lost form nnd comeliness
And yet, how many in the smaller cities and
villages of our couutry, possessing every fa
cility for n good garden, cither through in
dolence or ignorance arc deprived of this
source of comfort! And how many farmers,
with enough land lying waste to furnish them
with most of the luxuries of life, are content to
plod on in the even tenor of their way, never
raising their tastes above the “pork and beans”
of their fathers!
Manufactures in Georgia. Georgia
Wrapping Paper.—The Wrapping Paper
manufactured nt the Rock Island Factory, Co
lumbus, Gu., it is said, will compare favora
bly with any in the markot.
This is one of the measures of domestic
economy which will add no small amount to
the aggregate of State wealth which must in
evitably result from the manufacturing enter
prise which has of late characterized our peo
ple, and which has ulreudy given a now impe
tus to every department of business.
Tlio advancement which Georgia hns made
within tho three years past in the manufactur
ing of her own staple, has produced quite a
sensation in tho manufacturing States of the
East, which is not a little increased by tho
daily devclopemcnt of our resources and the
energy of our people ,by the introduction and
successful prosecution of new enterprises. The
people of Lynn, Mass.,arc shaking in theirshoes
nt tho fact that Georgia has undertaken the
manufacture of her own hrogans, and that she
has at Atlanta a shoe manufactory that is al
ready beginning to compete successfully with
them for the supply of our own market with
negro shoes. But what will they say at tho
North when they learn that the people of
Georgia have como down, not only to saving
their rags, but actually to manufacturing their
own paper. Why, they will think.—whatever
they muy say—thut after a century we have
learnt whut all tho world knew before—that
‘a penny saved is a penny earned,” nnd we
will hear no more frem them about our lack of
enterprise, energy, and industry.
But these are only the beginnings of tho
greut things which Georgia is destined to ac
complish. Sho is fairly on the road to pros
perity. The eyes of her people are opened to
her true interests as well as to her superior re
sources and advantages; and it will not he their
fault if the State of Georgia does not rnnk
among tho first in the Union, even before un-
other score of years has rolled round.
From Indian River.—The U. S. (iron
steamer) propeller Ashland, Capt. Flanders,
arrived here yostorday morning, from Indian
River. She reports nothing new from the In
dians. The U. S. troops have all removed to
tho interior. The Ashland came in to have
her boilers repaired, and procure stores, &c.
She is 260 tons burthen, three years old, was
built in Philadelphia, and is a neat and hand
some vessel.
Eastern Litigation.—The Great Cow Case.
■Tho case of James A Maynard vs. Cum
mings Litchfield, is another exemplification of
the results of appealing to the law. In this case
the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, to whom
he entrusted tfcow worth $100 or more, had by
negligence, improper food, or some other cause,
allow ed|her to die. Of course, in such a case
all the cow knowledge of the Commonwealth
was in requisition, and the matter was so mysti
fied that, two or three juries were totally unable
to agree upon a verdict. At lasta jury had been
found who, after considering and sleeping cn the
mailer for twenty-six hours, agreed to give the
plaintiff one dollar damages, each party paying
his own cost, which it is said, will amount to
$1000 or more.—Boston Traveller.
Art of Preserving Beauty.—A new work
has appeared in France, entitled “Medicine d.u
Visage," by a celebrated medical author, M
Dobay, which gives the most detailed and in
valuable directions for the preservation nnd
improvement of the beauty of the face. It is
■pronounced by critics to be most ingenius,
practical and effective. Each feature is treat
ed iu a separate chapter—distinct specifics and
treatment laid down for the nose, the lips, the
chin, the complexion, forehead, eyebrows,
smile, expression, ecf. ect. Thechaims exer
cisable by the face are philosophically anaiyz'
ed, and the liabilities to age nnd damage pro
vided ngainst, in nil their various approaches
It is an encyclopedia of the art of loveliness;
and since by the criicl'and narrowinglaws of civ
ilized society, a lady may have numerous beau
ties, and, yet, pass for plain, unless this twen
tieth portion of her person chances to be the
loenlit.y where her beauty lies. It is all inv
portnntthat there should be some art for coun
teracting this social injustice. With the pres
ent promise of progression in this art, it is
thought beauty will soon become stationary,
X'ld that the portion of age which is addressed
tf vhc eye, will be as attractive as in youth.
The advantages and disadvantages of such a
phenox^non inay form njpleasant tea-table topic
for the *v!udcd readers of The Home Jour
nal.
- Alleged Robbery.—On Sunday morning
last, while Mr. Timothy Mullins was passing
down Bryan street, between Barnard and
Whitaker streets, in company with three per
sons, named Charles Gochen, Ezekiel Caters,
and William Collins, he was seized, as ho al
leges, by two of the party, who held his arms
while the other cut tho guard of Ills watch
and extracted it from his pocket. They also
robbed him of other property. The parties
were arrested yesterday afternoon by officers
Conncl, Maxwell, and Sheftall, and were ex
amined before Justices Russell and Hart, who,
not finding sufficient testimony to authorize a
committal, released the prisoners from cus
tody.
The Steam Ship Ohio.—This mail steamer,
which left Now York on Saturday afternoon last,
and was to have landed end received her mails
at Charleston on Tuesday, was not seen by tho
steamer sent out to meet her.'KTlie Courier
says:—“The weather has not been so unfavor
able as to pi event her from touching off the Bar,
nnd we must await further information as to the
cause uf her not fulfilling her contract."
Profit* or Plank Roads.—The Utica and
Bridgewater road, 20 miles Uhig, and cost
$40,000, pay* 25 per cent, regularly. The
Boonville road pays 22 per cent. The Water-
town road pays 35 per cent. The I urea and
Johnson rood, 4 miles long, und costing $8,000,
pays regularly, 50 per cent.—Delhi Gas.
The ubove is hut one of numerous testimo
nials that meet us on every hand in favor of
the great utility of plank roads.
Some four years since, while traveling in
Canada, we passed over a plank rood whichcon-
ducted the travel round the rapids of the St.
Lawrence. It was the first road of tho kind
we had seen, and we were nt once struck with
its excellent adaption to the purposes of travel.
Wo thought then, and reflection has since
strengthened our conviction, thut ‘.li plank
road was peculiarly adapted to tho »> .them
States, where “heavy’sand” is so commonly en
countered in our ordinary roads, and where
the face of the country is so level ns to require
very little grading and embankment in their
construction.
If plank roads can be made profitable in the
broken country of the North nnd West, ns is
shown by tho above statement, they certainly
could be mude much more so with us, where
tho original cost, as a general thing, could not
be more than half so great.
We see that in the Northern and Western
States they are becoming in very general use,and
we are glad to notice that they are growing rap
idly in favor in Georgia. In the upper dis
tricts of the State wo observe quite a move
ment in their favor, and several companies are
organized for the construction of Plunk Roads,
from important points, lending to our Rnilroads-
In one instance, in Columbus, we see thnt it is
proposed to change a projected rail road to n
plank road.
There can bo no doubt that in many in'
Btanccs the interests of the people would be
promoted by such a substitution. Wherever
the business and travel is not sufficient • to
authorize the construction of a railroad, a plank
road would be not only practicable, but profit
able. In planting districts, they would serve for
the conveyance of tho crops to tho market,
and would recommend tbemsolves by the fact
that they would enable the planter to employ
bis own teams, and to regulate his trips to
suit hisown convenience. Were such roads
made to leud to our great rail road lines, they
would become valuable auxiliaries to them,
and contribute largely to augment their profits
by concentrating tho business upon them. In
deed wo doubt if it would not bo sound policy
for our railroad corporations to favor, and even
to aid in the construction of plank roads, as
feeders to their own roads. For the purposes of
travel they are vastly superior, and in our sec
tion would be much cheaper than tho Macad
amised or any other kind of roud that could
possibly be introduced.
[Correi-pumlenen of tho Morning N«w«.j
Washington, Jan. 12, 1850.
The Senate is too deeply interested in ikp.
discussion of the great question which divides
the North from (lie South, to consider, as vet
the subject of the nominations before them.
Nearly all of them hnve been seat in, and uro
referred to the Committees. The President,,
und indeed the Cabinet, are indifferent to the
fate of many of them. They would be glad
to have the use of the patronage over again
for personal, party, and public considerations.
There was never an administration that
enjoy.
Stnoking Chimneys.—The Scientific Amer
ican suites on i dxijle authority, that if at two
feet above the thiuai u f your chimney you en
large the opening to dvojje the size fo- n fur
ther spuce of two feet, f»*, n cany up the rest
as at first, your chimney win never smoke.
The Ohio.—The steamcrWm. Gaston, Capt.
Hcbbard, returned yesterday, having failed to
ct mmunicate with this steamer, although she
waited below 40 hours. The Ohio, liow-
r, touched and placed her passengers
for this city on board ihe Pilot boat Sa
vannah, which vessel arrived early yesterday
afternoon.
Wheeler’s Southern Monthly Maga
zine of Literature and Art.—We have re
ceived the January number of this exceedingly
beautiful and well conducted periodical, which
we mostunhesitatingly^rocommend to the fa
vorable regard of our 'readers. Tho South
ern monthly, is supplied with choice produc
tions from the pens of some of our ablest
southern writers, and is, besides being hand
somely illustrated, printed on good paper, and
in the bast style of typography. The number
before us, being the first of tho new volume
for 1850, contains a boautiful steel engraving,
entitled “The Commom Loss,” in itself, wortli
more than the price of the number,
The Southern Monthly is edtted by Chas.
L. Wheeler, Esq., and published by Liddkn
& Wheeler, Athens, Ga., at the low price of
$1 per annum n advance. E. J. Purse and
W. T. Williams, Savannah Publishers.
Dr. Webster in Jail.—The Boston Post
learns lhat Dr. Webster hns made frequent com-
plaints to Mr. Andrews, the jailor, that the oc
cupants of tho cells in his immediate vicinity aro
in the habit of shouting out to him nt nights, ut
tering all sorts of unkind epithets, such as,
“You’re the man thut cut up Dr. I’arkmnn,”
“You’re a murderer,” “You’re a blood-thirsty
scoundrel," &c. Mr. Andrews had no other
knowledge of this matter except what ho heard
from Dr. Webster. Hq one night placed two
men in the passage way-thnt leads to the cells,
where they remained until morning, but heard
no unusual or unpleasant noises. The day fol
lowing this the Doctor repeated his complnint to
Mr. Andrews, saying that “last night the same
outrages had been repeated." Mr. Andrews
knowing this not to he true, of course concludes
that the Doctoi’s imagination is so wrought up
on or that his dreams are of such an unpleasant
character, as to produce, ir. some degree, mental
aberration. Dr. Webster i.as lost much of the
buoyancy of spirit that sustained him when he
first became an inmate of the jail.
The New-Orleans Delta stntos that it has re
ceived an anonymous letter, dated Washington,
Texas, in which the writer declares that Dr.
Webster is innocent, acknowledging himself
to be the murderer of Dr. Parkman. Tho ed
itors state that the letter is regularly post-mark
ed, and signed “Oronoko,” is written on course
paper and in an illiterate style, and expresses
the opinion that it is no hoax. Tho writer states
that he is on his way to California.
We must confess that it requires a greater
amount of credulity than we possess, to enablo
us to put any faith in so rediculous and improb
able a story. We agree with the editors of the
Charleston Courier, that if it could be taken at
all into the chain of circumstantial evidence, it
would operate against Dr. Webster rather than
in his favor.
ed more patronage, or has fewer friends.
The Southern Democrats, generally, are be
coming less opposed to Gen. Taylor than they
were, being now convinced that he will veto
the Wilmot Proviso. They are the less dis
posed, for thnt reason, to throw any obstacles
in his difficult path. But, on the other hand .
I find that tho Northern Democrats and a large
portion of tho Northern Whigs, are very bitter
in their hostility to him.
I do not think the Wilmot Proviso, which has
already been brought before the House, and
which will be urged in the form of instructions
to‘the Committee on Territories in that body,,
will pass the Sennto at this session. Many 0 f
tho Northern Senators repel the attempts of
the Froe Soilers to dictate to them their course
on this subject. But they may be dragooned
into it. It is now said that Mr. Benton will
vote ngainst the Proviso. Mr. Clay will re
sist it. But such men ns Gov. Seward have a
direct interest in pressing the question upon
Gen. Taylor. Gov. Seward is looking to the
Presidency himself, nnd he expects to reach it
through tho Free Soil track. He will force the
question upon Gen. Tnylor, believing that, if
he vetoes the Proviso, it will defeat his re-
election, and that he, Gov. Seward, will bo
the Free Soil candidate for tho Presidency in
1852. It is somewhat singular that Gov. Se
ward should, under these circumstances, ap
pear in the capacity of leader and champion
of the administration in the Senate. There
is, however, one good reason for it. The more
prominent Whig Senators, Mr. Webster, Mr.
Clay, anil Mr. Mangum, aro not on political
terms with tho administration. Mr. Clay has
dined with the President, and is gracious
enough to him, personally, but will not under
take the labor of defending ins administration,
or promoting its success. What Mr. Clny will
do will be for his own fame, as a conciliator
and compromiser, and he will address his best
efforts to the promotion of union and har
mony.
The report given yesterday of Mr. Amos E.
Wood’s declaration against the South, has been
corrected. The true version, os corrected by
Mr. Wood, and is found in the G.obe report,
is ns follows: “I am extxomely gratified thut
the Southern Democrats have shown their true
principles and position in the result of the Inst
ballot, (for Clerk.) I feel relieved; and a
dissolution of all political connection between
the Northern and Southern Democracy ought
to tuke place.”
Mr. Wood no doubt represents tho “trao
principles and position” of a large portion of
the Northern Democraey in these sentiments.
Every hour we are verging towards a more sec
tional division of parties.
Milledgeville and Gordon Rail Road.—
Tho Millegeville Recorder says that tho Cen
tral Railroad Company, lias offered to tako
stock in this road to the amount necessary to
lay the iron, the whole to be finished by tho
first of January next. It is also stated that
there is now about twelve miles graded; and that
the remaining five, one mile or more will hard
ly require grading at all, it is so near the gen
eral level—leaving about four miles to bo grad
ed. ^^ v
The Warehousing System.—The following
statement, said to have been obtained from of
ficial documents, is furnished by a Washington
correspondent of the New-York Express, so
far as the port of Ncw-York is concerned:
Expense on account of Public Warehouses at
the port of New-York, for the year ending
June 30, 1849. v ‘ t
Amount paid Curtis & Ruggles for reni of ware
houses at Atlantic Docks, $67,358 33
Asa Fitch do, in Broadway,
for do., 39,795 Oft
Nathaniel Pearce for cellarage, 4,420 Oft
Whole sum paid for rents, $111,573 33
Thomas Jeremiah for carta
ges, 6,222 88
D. Gardner do. 1,400 00
California and the proposed New Ter
ritories.—Mr. Foote’s Bill for the organiza
tion of the new territories makes the following
geographical division of the newly acquired
domain:
North of 36 30. Southof3S30. Total.
Sq. mile.
Sq. mile.
California, -
125,000
50,000
175.000
Deseret, - -
175,000
50,000
225,000
New Mexico,
30,000
40,000
70,000
Jacinto, - -
100,000
100,000
330,000
240,000
570,000
Charles H. Rice, Esq., one of the Secre
taries of the Executive Department, died at
his residence in Milledgeville, on Sunday eve
ning last, of Typhoid fever, after an illness of
about ten days.
The Tobacco warehouse of H. T. Beau
mont, inClarkcsville, Tenuessec, together with
a dwelling adjoining, was'totally consumed by
fire on the night of the 31st December. Tho
entire lots is estimated at between $20,900 ami
$25,000. No insurance.
7,622 88
$1500
1000
1000
900
800
1500
1800
405
390
365
The territory proposed for Jacinto includes
the disputed territory between tho State of
Texas and the Republic of Mexico, on that
barren country lying West of the Nueces, and
East of the Rio del Norte. This disputed
country contains 100,000 square miles, or
about one-fourth of the wholo territory of the
State. The entire region lies South of the
points 36 deg. 30 min., and connects the ter
ritory of New Mexico with that of Texas, as
Deseret connects New Mexico with Cali
fornia.
Whole amounts for cartages,
PARTIES EMPLOYED-
Store keeper per annum,
14 ass stant do.
8 Clerks,
1 do. “
9 do.
Register, &c,, per. an., “
Superintendent,
34 Laborers, “
4 do. “
2 do. “
14 Night Watchmen, nt $1,50 per diem.
Whole amount expended as for
vouchers rendered, - - $191,759 27
Amount received by Government,
for Storage, &c. 6,175 37
Balance, - - $105,584 40
Additional conmpensation of In
spectors employed as assistant
store keepers, but paid as in
spectors, .... 38,850 00
Balanco of expenses over re
ceipts, - - - $138,434 40
Dividend.—The Cotton Manufacturing Co.
of Milledgeville has declureil a dividend of
10 per cent, on its operatitions for the pre
vious six months, payable 1st proximo.