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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.'.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
WM . B . II Alt BISON.
The Test of True Friendship.
A SHORT AND TRUE STORV.
•‘The hand that whiped away the tear of want,
The heart that melted at another's wo,
Were his, and blessings followed him.’’
David Wentworth, had the kindest of
hearts. There was neither mete nor bound
to his benevolence, except inability. And
happy was any who had a tithe of the pray
ers that were offered up for the welfare
of my friend, by the unforluna'e and
wretched whom his hand relieved.
1 speak of prayers—for it was the only
reward he obtained ; 1 mean here—but l
forget,
David was paying bis attentions to an
excellent young lady of his native city.—
She was wealthy, beautiful ami accomplish
ed, and consequently had many suitors.
Among them were richer, and nobler, (in
attraction l mean ) and handsomer men
than David Wentworth ; but, n’importc,
there was a kind off atik-heartedness a
bout my friend that could not fail to bring
him somewhere near the heart of bis mis
tress. even if an emperor bad been his ri
val.
The young lady hit upon a project to
put the characters of her lovers to the test.
She saw a poor widow with a family in
distress, in one of her benevolent excur
sions, and the idea occured to her that it
would be a good opportunity to ascertain
what sort of stuff her lovers’ hearts were
made of. Letters were forthwith indited,
setting forth the good woman’s tale, and
forwarded to the different gentlemen in
the widow’s name, requesting an answer
and assistance.
The first reply was a lecture on idle
ness and begging, and concluded with the
information that the writer was not accus
tomed to give to those he did not know.—
This was from a 810.000 a year, ’flic
second advised her to apply to some of the
benevolent societies whose business it was
to relieve those who were truly in want.—
This was from one who had a great repu
tation for benevolence—who had taken a
leading part in several charitable associa
tions, and whose pharasaical liberality bad
been blazoned in the Gazette. The lady
thought that interested as he was in the
success of those institutions, he displayed
a very commendable reluctance about ta
king the business out of their hands. A
third, a goodhearted and generous kind of
a fellow, enclosed her a five dollar bill,
with his compliments. Several took no
notice of the poor woman’s petition. But
thete was another answer which the lady
read with far different feelings. It was
Uooid, from S6OO n year—and, need
not say like himself, kind and consoling.
It spoke of the writers's narrow means,
the rule he had adopted, unless persuaded
of the object, and concluded by requesting
an interview. “If,’ said he, “1 find my
self otherwise unable to afford the assis
tance you require, 1 trust l may be of
service in interesting others in your be
half.”
Nor was this mere profession. For it
was but a few weeks before the widow
found herself comfortably located, and en
gaged in a thriving business, commenced
by the recommendation and carried on by
theaid of my friend. Atid allthis was done
in genuine scripture style. There was no
sounding of trumpets—and the right hand
knew not the doings of the left. But the
lady was a silent observer of his conduct ;
and he received many a kind glance from
that quarter, of which he never suspected
the cause. She began to think that the
homage of a spirit like his was not to bo i
despised ; and she felt something very
much like a palpitation of the heait as she
questioned herself respecting his intentions
Such was the train of thought which
was one evening, as is of en the case, in
terrupted by a call from the person who
had been its cause. Hour after hour
passed by that night, and still David lin
gered. He could not tear himself away.
“She is a most facinating crea ure,”
thought he, ‘ and good as she is beautiful.
Can she ever be mine 1” and a cloud
came over his features and he sat for a
moment in silence.
“This suspense must he ended,” he at
length thought. He started as the clock
told eleven.
“You’ll certainly think me insufferably
tedious,” said he, with a faint smile, “hut
I have been so pleasantly engaged as to
take no note of time. And the sin of this
trespass on the rules of good breeding
must lie at your door. Besides, I have
lengthened this visit, he continued, after
a pause, “under the apprehension that, as
it has been the happiest, it might also be
the last it might ever he my goud fourtime
to enjoy with Miss FI.”
llie lady looked at him with some sur
prise.
Nay,” said he, “ the matter rests with
yourself. Will you forgive my presump
tion 1 1 know that others perhaps more
worthy of you, at least nobler and wealthi
er, and higher in the world’s esteem, are
striving fiw the honor of your hand. And
yet l cannot restrain myself from making
an avowal which though it may be futile,
is yet but a deserved compliment to your
worth.”
The lady did not swoon nor turn pale,
hut a Hush of gratification passed over
her face, and lighted her eyes for a mo
ment.
She frankly gave him her hand and
looked up archly in his face. “The friend
of the fatherless an and the widow,” she said
(David blushed) “cannot fail to make a
constant lover aud a kind husband.”
From Dcßow’s Commercial Review.
€ o T T «> N .
Relations between the Supply, Stork and j
Demand of Cotton—Consumption gains
upon Production—British and French 1
Cotton Trade for Ten Years.
We take the following from the able :
Foreign Circular of Messrs. Haywood & 1
McViccar :
Supppsing that the spinners at present I
hold the same quantity as at the close of
1848, the consumption of the kingdom
will he found to have increased in 1849, on
the whole, 81,500 bales weekly. This
consumpti< ti exceeds that of the previous
year by 7,000 bales weekly. Comment on
such facts would be superfluous. They
indicate so unequivocally a marked amend
ment in trade, and exhibits such energy
and resources iri the manufacturing pow
ers of this country, as must be most en
courageing to those who, looking to the
preceding depression, feared that our once
boasted superiority was about to cease
and our prosperity to decline, before the
difficulties with which we were threaten
ed, and the increased instability and inse
curity ofall that surrounded us.
The real stocks on hand as declared
authentically this day, are less in accor
dance than usual with the ordinary week
ly reports, but the opperations of the year
have been so unparalleled as to render ex
actitude a matter of great difficulty. The
difference does not, however, interfere
with our general reasoning, nor will its
bearing upon the future he looked upon
as important, especially if the estimates of
crop received this day by the packet of
the 19th instant, which are vety consider
ably below 2,300,000 hales, be found to he
near the truth. If the stock here be lar
ger than anticipated by 80,000 bales, it is
probable that the supply in the spinners’
bands is so much the less, so that whether
the cotton be here or in the interor, the
result must ultimately be the same.
Having tines referred to the past, it
seems not unnatural to cast a glance to
ward tne future, and to survey the pros
pect before us. And here the first object
which excites our regard is the extent of
supply. After the enormous error in ilie
e-tim ites of 1848-9, it may be deemed by
some to he almost absurd to place any re
liance in the now current predictions as to
1849-50, and yet it cannot he denied, that
there ate circumstances connected with
the late calculations, which may tend to
account An the fallacious estimate of the
one year, and also to justify the faith re
posed in more accurate assumptions for
the coming one. The growth of 1848-9
is by many, and with sufficient reason, as
serted not to have exceeded 2,500,000
bales, but from the low rates which were
current in the preceding year, it is almost
indisputable that 200,000 bales of the an
tecedent cioporemained in ihp interior,and
were thus added to, and computed in, the
growth of last year. At the present time,
the testimony is most unanimous, that no
old cotton remains on hand in the States,
so that, not doubting early decisive injury
to have been done to the crop, and still
assuming the growth to be 2,300,000 bales
would have as was at one time imagined,
perhaps proved near the truth. The frost
of April have never been denied. The
plowing up and planting of the land, ex
posed the crop to many casualties. Delu
ges of rain afterwards were said to have
caused the plant to run too much into sap,
! and succeeding drought caused the same
1 plant prematurely to shed its forms. Bull
worm, caterpillar and army-worm, are all
sta’ed to have been severely at work, and
: graning that something may be exagera
t' and, and that the unusual firmness of the
season referred to has remedied some of
! the evil, it is not surely in the nature of
! things that it has corrected all. Ifthen, a
crop ot 2,300,000 hales bo judged to be
the maximum, how is this to be distribu
ted ? '1 he United States require 520,000
bales. France and the Continent, w here
the stocks are moderate, 700,000 bales,
making 1,220,000 bales: so that there on
ly remains fur Great Britain, exclusive of
what may he received of the crop of ISSO
- bales.or 457,900 bales less
than have been taken of the crop oflS4B-9.
Are the augmented prices, it may be as
ked, which now arecurrent, a fair equiva
lent for such a dificiency ; or is the ad
vance already so great as to equalize the
consumption and supply, but by so redu
cing the one and by augmenting the other,
through increased imports from India and
elsewhere, as to compensate, at the pres
ent rates, for the curtailed production in
the States ? 1 bese are the inquiries
which arise. Tlio reply is at presentdiffi
cult. We may speculate upon the result,
but must wait for time to decide.
During the cour.-c of the past year, the
change in the value of money is a phe
nomenon not to lie slightly passed over.
The quantity of specie in the bank of En
gland is now seventeen millions, and the
position cf the hank is stronger than at
any time since the passing of the act of
1844, the rate of the interest at that estab
lishment being now 2£ per cent. What
a contrast between this time and the month
of October, 1847, when the specie in the
bank coffers was reduced to eight millions,
and the rate of the interest there was
eight per cent., whilst out of the hank tiie
best paper was, until the government a
gteed to suspend the operation of the
law, hardly convertable at any rate of in
terest, however extravagant! All this
suggests new matter of argument, for
though it appears yet too early to sup
pose, that the ineieased supply of gold
front coun’ries recently opened to us, will
Ire to such an extent as to interfere with
the value of the precious metals,ami so in
crease the price of the commodities, yet
the idea is t o without many suppotters.
Ihe reduction of tho rate of interest has
not yet acted, it must be conceded, mate
rially upon the price of merchandise,
hardly anything hut consols having been
improved by it, and this has disappointed
the expecta ion of many who always fan
cy that an abundance of money is at once
displayed by a rise in the value of pro.
duce, and that cotton, as the most impor
tant of all articles, is the one ever rrn st
certain of enhancement. It was instantly
presunmed, that as interest fell cotton
must rise. But this is perhaps one of the
many errors of sanguine holders. The
abundance of money does not, immedi
ately, cause prices to rise, nor does its
cheapness alone induce parties to operate
unless there is some other cogent and
mote efficient stimulus. Although scar
city and dearness of money will check
speculation, and cause all articles to fall,
abundance and cheapness, on the other
hand, have not always the opposite effect.
The further rise in cotton, anticipated up
on the reduction of the interest by the
bank, has been hitherto prevented by o
tlier antagonist motives, the chief of
which has been the extent of the arrivals
into the ports of America, which now
reach GIB,OOO bales, againstGOO.lOO hales
at the same time last year, and which has
led to the belief before stated in a larger
crop than was at first announced. Hut
this fact of so called large rceipts, when
duly weighed, is not of the consequence
possibly which at first appears. Sales ma
king in the port at high prices, or, 100
per cent, dearer than last year, good toads,
high waters, the whole available labor of
planters employed by picking, and this
over a reduced surface f.om the came be
fore referred to, are assuredly sufficient
grounds to explain the receipts and
which looking to all the app.iances, are in
reality nut large, but on the conlraiy are
looked upon as affording additional testi
mony that the cotton was not there to pick,
as otherwise, under the existing induce
ments, it is submitted the receipts must
have been at least equal to those >/ IS4S,
instead of being, as they are, 131,000
bales less. The picking season, if it
have been prolonged by the finer veatlier,
has still been a short one, for it cimmenc
ed a month later than usual ; so that, tak
ing it from its begining to its cetsation it
will t e found to be below the average.—
The fields are now stated lube entirely
clear.
The great question to be reso'ved, is,
to what extent the consuming lations ot
the globe—the export of cottor fabrics to
all countries having exceeded, in eleven
months if 1549, not only those of the cor
responding period of last year, but also
those of 1847, and even of IS4G—are
stocked with manufactures, and how
far they would be compelled to purchase
at the advanc’d rates. For the export ot
goods, as we have witnessed, ate not a
complete criterion of the real consump
tion.
The year 1847 proved too pnlptjbly and
painfully, to be mis aken, that thete might
he such stocks of manuiactuied gjods ac
cumulated both at home and abnjad, du
ting a long per iod of low prices, ts under
the establishment of higher rater would
lead to a comparative suspension (jf trade,
and subsequently reduce the geneva! con
sumption of cotton to such a degree as,
lor a lime, to make even tin* prevailing es
timates of this crop sufficiently large f t
the wants of the community. It IS-17,
however, we had a momentary dearth of
the greatest intensity, and now, it may be
said, we have a momentary plettjnry.—
failures of the most unexpected kind
their dstroyed all confidence, and misery
had only just ceased to reign amongst the
people. To-day everything is tire inverse
ot this. Still the facts are always (refore
us, that high prices lead to low ones, and
that consumption, at certain rates, becomes
paralyzed, until very low prices again !
conduce to the resumption of working full
and increased time.
In conclusion, then fruitful as former
years have been, in experience and in re
sults differing from anticipations, and open
as the past has ever been to vicissittde, yet
this year may perhaps be considered the
most remarkable on record. With an
American crop larger titan yet known,
even supposing vve are correct in stating
it to have been only 2,500,000 bales, it
has exceeded the average of the five pre
ceding years by nearly 400,000 bales.
Prices are uow higher than they were at
the end of 1847 by 1 j|d. per lb., when
the crop proved to be only 1,778,000ha1e5,
and higher hv 2\d. per pound than at this
date in 1848. The main causes of the sue
cessful issue of the present year, is found
in the reduced stocks in foreign markets
such a vacuum having been there created,
by the united transactions of 1847,as af er
wards necessitated large exports, and to
which the low quotatson of cotton,for many
months of this and the last year, greatly
contributed. The result has been much
aided by the re-establishment of order
throughout Europe, and the ovetlhrow of
revolutionary principles. Whilst anarchy
menaced every country, credit naturally
disappeared, and contraction, was the aim
ofeveay commercial man. It was only
as there seemed something like a re: urn
to sounder views, and when more rational
itleas had displaced wild and visionary
theories, that trade resumed its wonted ac
tivity, and ccnfidence revived. The les
son has been severe; it is to he hoped it
will not have been offered in vain.
Thus will tlie past long be referred
to by all as an epoch of the greatest inter
est ; but though, as a beacon,it may be de
sirable to keep in view the portentous
times of 1847-8, and the calamities which
ensued, yet it should not be forgotten, the
events-which then occurred wore so entire
ly out of the ord nary course of trade,
that vve ought to rely upon them too ex
cltisivoly as a legitimate guide for the fu
ture. In doing so, commercial energy
might become cramped by overcaution,
and opportunities allowed to escape which
lead to fortune. The commercial shock
of those periods were so exceptional, and
the low prices which then vere current
were so out >f ordinary calculations, that
they cannot reasonably be expected again
to recur. They were the result of extiin
sic, and not intrinsic cause, for whilst the
increase in the growth of cotton is suppos
ed to be only about three per cent annu
ally, the consumption is allowed to have
attained a much higher ratio. And hence
vve may reasonably infer, looking to the
consolidation of order on the continent,
and to the supply of cotton to be expect
ed, not only that the pesent quotations
for this article are moderate but that un
less we are grossly deceived in the esti
mates of the crop from the United States
and other countries, our present prices
ate based upon a firm and solid founda
tion, and that the coming year is, from the
general aspect of the commercial and po
litical world likely to he one of individ
ual and general prosperity.
From the Boston Mas.
The Voice of Massachusetts.
W e insert below the resolves concerning
slavery, which have been passed bv the
Legislature of this Commonwealth.—
Several weeks ago the series passed the
House of Representatives with only four
I dissenting voices,and they were ostensibly
[ given, because of some particular phrase
i °k*gy. The resolves were sent to the
; Senate, where they were debated and
; amended and passed* in their present form,
jby a vote of 30 to 4. On Saturday they
came to the House again, the amendments
of the Senate were concurred in, and the
resolves passed to be engrossed by a
UNANIMOUS VOTE. W’e are, there
fore, justified in proclaiming them the
“Voick of Massachusetts.’ Men ofall
parties voted f rthem.
Wheraas, The people of Massachusetts
acting under a solemn sense of duty, have
deliberately and repeatedly avowed their
purpose to resist the extension of slavery
into the national territories, or the admis
sion of new slave States into the Union,
and, for these ends, to apply, in every
radical mode, the principles ofthe or
dinance of 1787 ; also, seek ihe abolition
of slavery and the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia, aud the withdrawal of
the power and influence of die General
Government from the support of slavery,
so far as the same may be constitutiona ly
done ; and whereas, the important ques
tions now befote the country, make it de
sirable that these convictions should be re
affirmed : Therefore—
Resolved, That the people of Massachu
setts earnestly insist upon the application,
by Congress, ofthe ordinance of 1787,
with all possible sanctions and solemnities
of law, to the terri orial possessions ofthe
Union, in all paits of the continent, and
fir all coming time.
Res deed. That the people of Massachu
setts cherish the Union with unabated at
tachment ; that they will support the Con
stitution ; that appreciating the inestima
ble benefits flowing from it, they believe
it better for all parties and sections, with
reference to existing evils, to wait and
work patiently under and through the con
stitution, than to destroy it; and they have
no doubt that they hold these sentiments
in common with overwhelming majorities
ofthe people of these United States ; but
any event they will follow their principles,
deterred by no threats of disunion, and no
fear of consequenses.
Resolved, That the integrity and per
manence of American power on the Paci
fic Ocean the ineiease of our institutions,
the cause of human freedom on this con
tinent, require the immediate admission
| of California into this Union, with In r pres
ent Constitution, without reference to any
other question or measure whatever.
Resolved, That the sentiments of the
people of Massachusetts as expressed in
their legal enactments, remain unchanged;
and, inasmuch as the legislation necessary
to give effect to the clause of Constitution
relating to this subject, is within the ex
elusive jurisdiction of Congress, we hold
it to be the duty of that body to pass such
laws only, in regard thereto, as will be
sustained by the public sentiments ofthe
free States, where such laws are to be en
forced, and which shall especially secure
to all persons, whose surrender may be
claimed, as having escaped from labor and
service in other States, the right of having
the validity of such claim determined by a
jury in the State where such claim is made.
Resolved, That the people of Massachu
setts in the maintainance of these, their
well known and invincible principles ex
pect that all their officers and Kepresenta
tives will adhere to them at all times, on
all occasions, and under all circumstances.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov
ernor be requested to transmit a copy of
tlieso Resolutions to each of tho Senators
and Represtatives of Massachusetts in the
Congress ofthe United States.
Upon these Resolutions Massachusetts
plants herself. Site asks for nothing but
justice, not for which she has not a cleat
constitutional right. The sentiments of
the resolutions are deeply graven in the
hearts of our people who venerate the
Constitution, and whose love for the Union
and the independence of these States, is as
strong and pure now as it was on the birth
day of tho Republic.
O’ Ono tho greatest advantages of n news
paper in a family ofchildren isennstnnt stimulus
which the fad and statements it contains, gives
to the aeqiiisition of historical, scientific, and
geographical, knowledge. Who, then, is a fa
ther will he so penurious, not to say unnatural
as to refuse the tender objects of his affections
and responsibility, such an important aid to their
advancement ?
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington May 3.
Mr. Clay is in fine spirits and there can
not he a doubt that be has succeeded in
uniting the Committee of Thirteen, or
a large majority of them, in favor of his
plan of compromise. Only three of the
Committee were absent at the meeting
held a week ago—Messrs. Berrien, Ma
son and Dickinson, and it is believed that
each of them would co-operate in the plan
now agreed upon. It is supposed that,
on the 7th of May, the Cammittee will re
port, and that, by the first of June, the
Senate will pass at least a portion of the
bill. The first bill will be the bill to ad
mit California , to establish tiie territorial
governments of Utah and Deseret; and
to leduce and fix the boundaries of
Texas, upon proper compensation. The
other bills will require but little time, viz:
the fugitive slave bill, and the bill prevent
ing the introduction of slaves into this
District for sale.
As to the House, they will contend for
a month, over the first bill and very prob
ably send it back to the Senate with a
mendments, and then, after a conference,
make a merit of necessity, and yeiid to
the Senate.
The position of the administration,in re
gard to this subject has of late, been the
subject of much comment. The Admin
istration plan, or as Mr. Calhoun called
it, “the Executive proviso,” was offered in
the California message of the 21st Janu
ary ; at that time, the Wihnot Proviso had
not been given, up by the North, and it
was a question whetherthe Northern mem
bers would relinquish it. The President’s
plan was, therefore, a compromise, and in
tended to evade the Wi mot proviso.—
The progress of opinion in Congress and
among the people has been such as to ret:
der practicible an entire adjustment of the
questions ; to which, of course, the ad
ministration will readily consent.
The Senate has passed a bill to increase
the rank and file of the Army, arid
encourage enlistments. They have al.s.i
passed the Joint Resolutions fr m the
House, to put on government footing of
disciplinee, See., the expedition tube sent
by Mr. Grinnel. of New York, to the Arc
tic seas, in search of Sir Jchn Frenklin
A number of officers and seamen of the
U. S. Na.\y have volunteered for this haz
ardous enterptise. There issome ground
yet for hope that the lost navigators may
be found and relieved. The qauntities of
ice floating down from the Arctic seas in
dicate a milder season and more open
naviga'ion. The veteran Sir James Ross
does not consider the search hopeless.
The new U. S. steamer Saranac, of sis
teen hundred tons, is put under command
of Capt. Tatnall, arid is about to sail for
the China seas, touching at California.
An increased force is to ho kept in those
seas, for the protection of our commerce
and relief of our ship-wrecked seamen.
The Seriate completed its weekly lab a
yesterday, and adjourned over to Monday,
the Sth, by which time we expect the’
absent Sentors to their seats. The Coin
promise Committee have now, by a vote
of eight members out of the number pro
sent, settled every question of difficulty;
and upon a full meeting the vote will be
taken upon the boundary to be proposed
by T exas, and the compensation thereof—
it is probable alsotbata declaratory pron
osition will be reported by the Committee,
to the effect that the stipulations with
’lexas, in the annexation artie'es, shall be
respected ; but, as Mr.Webster said in his
speech, no resolutions can render those
stipulations more binding.
Mr. Webster’s Boston speech is much
commended here, and it is certainly one
of his most excellent efforts. The words,
“I take no step backwards,” will long he
reimembesed and cited as the Webster
motto.
The Committee of the Senate, upon the
fracas between Messrr. Benton and Foote
held a meeting this morning, and com
menced the examination of witnesses.—
It was determined to summon William
C. Jones, Esq., the son-in-law of Mr.
Benton, and who had left the city for
Nevv-York, whence ho was to sail to
California.
The Committee will probably report a
full statement ofthe difficulty.
The Galphin Committee are still pur
suing their investigations. Mr. Reverdy
Johnson and Mr. Meredith have testified
that, while acting on the claim, they did
not know that Mr. Crawford was interest
ed in it in any way.
it is officially stated that a correspon
dence has been held with the British gov
ernment, on the subject of the free navi
gation ofthe St. Lawrence, and that British
government is willing to concede it, and
also of the Canal to to the United States,
as soon as the Canada Reciprocity Bill
shall pass. That Bill will pass Congress,
and in terms cot responding with the acts
ofthe Canadian Legislature, which has al
ready passed.
The Coinage Bill, which passed during
the last week, remedies the defects of the
present system, by authorizing the direc
tors oftlie mint to pay out specie for gold
dust and bars deposited. Heretofore, de
positors have had to wait six'y days for
their money.
The Army and Navy appropriation bills,
for the next fiscal year, have been repor
ted in the House. For the Army six mil
lions arc asked, and for the Navy sixteeen
millions.
Mr. Seward has declared, recently,
that he and his friends, the opponents of
Mr. Clay’s compromise, will beat the
breath out of its body in the Senate, and
leave it to the South to give it the coup de
grace. Mr. Seward must invoke the “high
er now,” for he has shown no strength in
his own arm.
MACON, G A •
»A'I'URI)AY AFTERNOON, MAY 717~
o=“Southbon” came too late for this impres
sion, but shall have a place in the next.
[EJ’We are indebted to the Hon. J.\V Jackson
for a copy of the able speech of Mr. Hunter of
of Va., delivered in the Senate on the 25th of
March last, on the consideration of the Message
of the President transmitting the Constitution of
California.
(EJ’Tlie Columbus Times has appeared Tri-
Weekly, and the Southern Sentinel is to be pub
lished daily as soon as sufficient patronage is
obtained. Doth of these papers are very able
defenders of the rights of the South, and we
heartily wish them abundant success. If they
are not liberally sustained it will not be because
they do not deserve to be.
EpMr. Cobh, of Ala., will introduce abill in
Congress next month to allow land warrants to
issue to all the soldiers of the wars who have no (
heretofore been provided with bounties.—We
see by the bill that its provisions extend onlj to
those who served six months, and upwards—
whilst those who enlisted for three months and
served out the time honorably, (as was the case
in the Seminole war in 1835-'6,) get nothing.
Now this is un ust. We do not say that those
who served three months should get as much
as those who served twelve— but wo do say that
every one who served out the time of his enlist
ment honorably, should have at least eighty acres
of land as a bounty—and we doubt not our Re.
presentatives will see that they are allowed it.
Religious. —The Annual Convention of the
Baptists of the State of Georgia, will assemble
at Marietta on Friday next.
The Floridian & Journal of the 4th inst. states
that at a protracted meeting just closed, an addi
tion offorty-five persons had been made to the
Methodist Church at Tallahassee, and some fifty
conversions had taken place.
’1 lie Rev. D. Cairns, late Rec # oroftlie Episco
pal Church at Columbus, Ga., died in that city
a few days since.
[fix’A trip through the Tunnel was to have
been made on the cars on Thursday last.
[Jj’Corn is selling at Chattanooga at GO cents
per bushel, and very little in market.
DTJ’ We learn from the Charleston Courier that
Mr. Clay made a Report from the Committee
of Thirteen of the Senate, on the Compromise
question # on the Bth instant. There was much
opposition on the part of Southern members to
the boundaries claimed by the State of California.
The result of the Compromise is doubtful.
Accidents —Two brick walls fell in New
York last week, u h'cli killed fifteen laborers and
injured several others.
The steamers Dispatch and Commerce came
in collision, upon Lake Erie, on Monday last.
The latter sunk. By this accident there were
twenty-four British privates, one officer, and
eleven passengers drowned.
The steamer Anthony Wayne hurst her boiler
opposite Vermillion, Erie county, Renn., on the
28th ult , and about ft rty lives were lost.
The suspension bridge at Angers,on the Basse
.Maine in France, gave way recently, and one
hundred and fifty soldiers were drowned.
Latest from Europe. —The Niagara has ar
rived Iningino- Liverpool dates to the 27th ult.,
showing another advance of Jd. on the middling
ami fail-qualities of Upland Cotton. The Com
mittee’s quotations are as follows: fair Orleans
7£d.; fair Upland and Mobile 7d.; middling
qualities GJ, Gs.6lj to 6J. Sea Islands 9£ to 16.
The weeks sales amount to 57,000 b’s, of which
speculators took 15,000, and the trade also bought
largely. Browk & Shipley’s circular agrees
with the above, and st ites that the mavket pre
sents a very favorable aspect. It says that high
prices for Cotton arc now anticipated. The pre
sent advance lias been mostly on Upland Tlio
total stock at Liverpool atnonts to 549,000 bales,
of which 359,000 are American.
The advices from the manufacturing district!
continue promising.
Among the items of foreign inteliigsß £e
brought by the Canada, the most interesting are
commercially, the advance in cotton,and politic
ally, the return of the Pope to Rome, and the
shameful surrender of the Hungarian Heroes
They have, all, including the noble Kossuth,
been sentenced to death.
The Niagara's news has had no effect on the
Northern markets )et.
Another Invention.—The New Or!ean»
Crescent states that Dr J. 11. Johnson, of that
city, has recently invented a ‘Fire-proofßope,
for steamboat tillers and marine steamers ; and
in fact for all purposes, where the action of f> re
would prove an active power in destroying the
agents of machinery. So far at least, as the usc
fulness of hemp, manilla, or other fibrous sub
stances arc concerned. Arrangements will he
made to introduce the manufactured article into
general use, not only for our steamers and sal
vessels, but for the U. S Marine.
This discovery is not the effect of accident, hut
like Davy’s lamp, is the result of a series of ct
periments conducted on the most scientific p rln
ciplcs, and wc hope tho inventor may reapurif
reward for this outlay of industry and knowledg®
The Weather —For a week past, fires h»' e
been quito comfortable, and the totnp er ' l * a
resembling rather that of fall than spring
must check the growth ofthe crops m»t er ' a J
if continued much longer. Tlio wheat cr
however, uro quito promising throughout
country.
Cotton Manufactures.— lion. Nathan • f
pleton, in a letter to the Secretory of the
sury, relative on the cotton manufacturing
cats in the United States, estimates the * n
product of all tlio miills at 250,00 b
and the the consumption o f cotton at
hales-100,000 bales of which are con^ ate ,
South of the Potomac and in the ' Vc9,B "’‘
The value of this amount of cotton, * *
ufacturcd, ho estimates at ,SG7,->QO, • i
