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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN Iff. COOPER. W THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMSS HAIM PAPER $4 00 | TKI-WREKLY $3 00 All Now Advertisement* appear in both paper*. 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.