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But, now llnit these “ feelers” hare been
I ,brown out by the great head of the “Constitu
[ rf„n»li«t«," we may expect to hear the whole
t plan divulged in a short time. We are to have
i High Protective Tariff, for one, if the “Unian”
■ party can force its Whig satellites into power—
-1 and perhaps, we shall have an intimation of the
I "fraud and abuses ’ in our paper system, and, of
■ roar**, there must needs be a National Pant,
lo correct them ! What say you. Union Demo-
Btrals, do you fancy these measures ? If so, re.
I main where you are; if not, come out from
imong them, for you will certainly find some
thing rotten in Denmark” ifyou calmly survev
jijtlie plan for the next canvass.
H’s expect nothing from the National Union
Party but a Northern Whig President.—Soctir
is* TfIIBUNK. 1
“Well, Mr. Tribune, should that be eo,would
tool be better for the South to have a “Nortli
trn W lug President who is sound and conserv*
Hive in principle, governed by no sectional
feelings or policy,but a true patriot, who would
look to the interests and rights of all sections,
ind deal out even handed justice to all, than by
(tempting to run in a Southern “Fire-eater” of
leilreme notions, end a narrowly contracted see
ttonaj policy, have him defeated by a Northern
Abolitionist ? But perhaps a Northern Aboli.
1 lioniat would suit the Tribune belter ; for with
lurli an one in the White House, something
might be done that would call forn dissolution
lof the Union. Say, Mr. Tribune, is this whut
IVOU sre after *" — American (GYiffin) Union
Well, Mr. Lnion, wc should like to know the
= Northern Whig that ie conservative upon this
■ question of slavery. You may, indeed, name
on* who is opposed to any further agitation
upon the subject, but when the time comes to
I use hi* influence and his Executive approval,
si will see what hi* opinions are in relation to
ihe all-engrossing question of Southern Rights
If the Editor likes a “narrowly contracted sec
tional policy” for the exclusive use of the North,
»« know many of his party who will disagree
. with him—if he disiikes a course of policy,
L Southern in its tendency, and purely defensire
lis designs, we are not at a loss upon which
ode to recognize hi in.
We do not desire a dissolution of the Union
to long as the Constitution of the Confederacy
ii considered and obeyed as the supreme law of
the lard, but when we are no longer able to
: maintain our rights in the Union, we advocate
i the first and strongest ofal* rights, the privilege
to get out of the Union.
Perhaps the Union will point to Mr. 1 ill mo nr.
ii “sound and conservative.” He may he so,
according to the principles which the Union
relishes, but we are not disposed to take blank
insertion* by hi* purlizati friends, in contra
distinction to the acts of his private and official
| life. Notwithstanding, we believe lie is as
“conservative" as the Union's especial favorite
lir the next Presidency, Mr. Clay. Either of
them would be ns potent an instrument in the
hands ofthe Free Soilers, is the Abolitionists
or the Union could wish for.
Should* t wondkk —The Griffin Union says
tuut • owing to the great crowd at Washington,
Congress being in session, and every boarding
house full of members or visiters, and the cun
lequent scarcity of accommodations for others, it
has been thought best to postpone the proposed
l nion Convention.” Very likely, it “A«j been
thoeght best to postpone this Convention, but
not for the vapory reason given above, but ra
ther because certain “leaders” would not agree
in such amalgamation, and because the people
have no faith in the movement.
The Game CoMMESCEn.— V Bill has been
introduced in the New York Legislature “to
prevent the removal of fren citizens from the
State, except for crime.” This is understood
to be an attempt at nullifying the Fugitive Law.
lit the I’ennsylvaoia Legislature, also, “n hill
lias already been introduced for the repeal of
the Fugitive Slave Law.'*
Killed bv a Neoro—Mr. Chester, City
Recorder of .Memphis, Tenn , was shot by a ne
gro on the 3d insl , and died in a few minutes.
The negro presented some free papers which
Mr. C. pronounced a forgery, and ns he turned
to speak to a bystander, the negro shot him
through the head with a double barrelled pistol.
The enraged populace immediately hung the
murderer on the nearest tree.
Forrest and Wii.i.i*.—These worthies have
hid another fracas in New York. Forrest met
Willis in Broadway, and called him an “infer
nal scoundrel, liar, and coward !” and again in
the evening he met him at the Theatre, and re
peated h s abuse. Mr. WiLtts thereupon pub
lished a card, insinuating that the desire of
the plaintiffs in the divorce case now pending,
that Mr. F. should keep out of the Penitentiary,
alone prevented Mr. VVtl.Lis from sending him j
there. Forrest replied by saying that no one
of his family had ever been e condemned felon,
which assertion Mr. Willis could not make.
The Knocks:its aoain.—Mr. C , a daguer
rian artist in New York, was recently informed
by the spirit of his deceased mother, that it was
his imperative duty to take two pictures of Mr.
Kt'NnK;Ri.AND's daughters, who were the opera
tors upon the oe.caaion, one of the likenesses
to the presented to the ladies, the other to be
hung up in his room. The artist complied !
Another of the ‘•spirits” requested Mr. 8., who
was present, to pay the hackman for bringing :
Air. Sunderland and his two duuglitcrs to give j
the artist an opportunity ofcommunicating with !
the other world. Mr 8., however, having no
change with him, refused to pay the bill, unless
the “spirit” would tell him where to find the mo- j
ney, which it would net do. Mr. S. said he had |
no understanding with the “spirits”—not he ! I
O’ Messrs. Murdick &, Townsend are getting
Along very well on their portion of the Nash
ville & Chattanooga Rond We understand
that they have about 400 hands, and that their
estimate for last month was upwards of $4,000
This is pretty good considering the weather,
and the fact that they had to organize thci r
forces, and to clean off several of tho sections.—
r '^cf teneofa Gazette
T'fac Compromisers.
It is really amusing to see the efforts ofthe com.
, binalionisls to hold on to ths incongruous mass
oftnen that they have assembled under the invi
ting cognomen of the “Constitutional Union
i ar.y. Ot all the “billing and cooing” that
hus ever graced the facile Federalists, this is the
most energetic and life most desperate. After
marshalling up a hosyalinost ns numerous as the
army ofthe self-con fluent Xerxes, and drum hi iny
them into service, tfhe ranks are broken, and
captains, corporaly, and privates are deserting
The laurels of uftnry have scarcely hound “the
heads of the trmmphant,” before a general crash
is heard in llm vicinity of the ponderous “plat
form,” and Jp ! a “family quarrel" has upset the
beautiful fabric !
It is reUTted of Alexander the Great, that he
left his unprovided for, having been
brouglJnio an untimely end by his debauchery.
ImtWliately after this event, his general* and
lieutenants, not being able to settle upon a suc
cessor to the Macedonian monarch, fell to quar
relling and contending for the supremacy,—and
while thus engaged, the several provinces de
dared their independence of them all.
Just so, Alexander, of Georgia, having de
parted for Washington, without doing the re
quisite thinking for his mighty host of “Consti.
tutional Union” dominions, they have gotten
themselves into a “fine kettle of fish” at home.
Afraid to avow their purposes as to the admin
istration of the Government, they only reply
“lnion ! “Union ! ! ’ to all the interrogatories
presented by the people. This studied evasion
is well understood by the inquirers, and, like
sensible men. they are preparing to side with
the party whose principles are their recommen
dations— whose measures are their certificates
of acceptability.
The experience of the Albany Patriot is con
clusive in this regard, as to the designs of the
I artv. borne lime ago the Editor pro
pounded a very fair and liberal question to the
members of that organization, which was an.
swered (?) by the Journal t,-Messenger of this
city, in the following adroit style :
“Our cotemporary of the Albany Patriot wish
es to know what position the Constitutional
Union party of Georgia proposes to occupy in
regard to the tririfl and other old party- issues.—
Having conversed extensively with menofboih
the old parties, during the late Convention, we
are enabled to answer, tbat it is the fixed deter
(lunation of those who are engaged in the organ
ization in question, to strive for the preservation
and perpetuity of ihn Union, strictly upon Con
stitutional principles, and the principles recog
nized in ill s lute compromise.
In doing this, it is their purpose to forget all
old party distinctions and issues as far ns possi
ble. Should those issues, however, come up in
Congress, or elsewhere, they will lie adjusted in
a spirit of Compromise, and muiual concession
The result of this policy will he to divide the
whole country into three parties, viz: the Na
i nnl Union Parly—the Abolition Party, and
llie Disunion Parly. Whether the two latter
will have any other affinity for each other than
iheir mutual-efforts, to excite angry feelings and
promote ultimate dissolution remains to he seen ’*
To this ambiguous definition of principles,the
Patriot, in its i-sue of the ) Ith inst., is not at
all ri conciled, (ml wishes to know what is to he
included under the head of “Consti miumil'
principlas and sn\ s :
•‘from this answer, as well as from indira
lions in other quarters, we judge, that a Parly
or an association which was formed for a speci'
fie object, lo preserve the Union when ils disso.
lulion should he threatened—on which subject
there may be u perfect unanimity of print ipl,.
and purpose—is intended to bo used lor objects
which have no connection with ils original
purpose, and about which persons composing it
di eras widely as it is possible to conceive If
they in end to take part in the conduct of the
policy o ? the Government aside from toe speci.
sic object of their organization, and are to be
governed “strictly upon constitutional princi.
pics,” we claim to know what thev understand
as “constitutional,” with reference to that poli.
cy. Is it constitutional for Congress to make
appropriations for internal improvements which
arc not necessary to carry into eflect some grant
ed power? If tariffs or taxes are made unequal
for the purpose of protecting one or more classes
of industry, whilst others are not thus protected,
is that acting strict y upon cons.ituiiounl prin
ciples ?
“We that! always he ready to fofget all party
distinctions w hich do not result from a difference
in principle; but we can make no compromise
which involves a surrender of conscientious
conviction of duly. We can never subscribe to
the Federal policy of Mr. Fillmore, which is
now being advocated hv Mr. Clay, Mr Benton,
and other Federal Union men in Congress.—
If they are the exponents of the policy of the
National Union Party, we do not belong to it
Should the question of Union or Disunion arise,
we should again advocate measures for the pro.
tuctionofour rights in the Union under the
Constitution. As concerns the policy of the
Government wc are, what we have ever been,
a Democrat.”
Now, we should like to know what kind or
“compromise” could be made between tho prin.
ciplcs of Democracy and those of Whiggery ?
About such ns water and oil make when brought
into collision. They never can go hand in-hand
Freo Trade and a High Tariffaro two extremes
that cannot be made to meet, yet we are told
that the two Parlies will adopt their measures
in mutual concession —that is, if we understand
the term, as applied recently to the South,
Democrats are to give up all, and the Whigs to
take all. This policy will bo found of very
little use to the originators of it, for the scheme
is too thread bare to resist tho thrusts of such
piercing truths as have been and are aimed at it
by the free-thinkers among the people
U. S. Senat«>h».—The Hon. T. H. Benton
has been re.efeetod from Missouri; J. D Bright
from Indiana; R Brodhead from Pennsylvania
and Mt.Yclee will probably be re-elected from
i Florida, having received 29 votes ou tho last
' ballot a few dm * «
Tlie Country L*>l!
It we are to credit the patriotic assertions
the “Constitutional” trumpeters, the American
Republic is “a gone case.” They have told us
time and again that the only hope of the coun
try was in the formation of a “National Union
Party." Now, it appears no such Party r a n be
made, for the "knowing ones” at Washington
will nni permit the National Convention to be
held. The Georgia Delegates stand in a very
ludicrous position about this time ! We should
like to know what mill become Ut these self ap- ■
pointed guardians ot the public safety ? Tliev
must “acquiesce,’’ however, for resistance is not
found in their vocabulary.
It is a pity that the country should be ruined
in such a summary manner by the “patriots."—
Such a glorious combination of all parties and
creeds, should not have been suffered to ex
plodo from “spontaneous combustion.” But so
it is. The Whig Party is dead ; and the New
Party has miscarried. What next ?
Central Railroad.— The Savannah Repub
lican commenting upon the improved condition
and prospoets of this Road, adds : “If the Cen
tral Road produces such resuits in the section of
country between this place and Macon, and at
this point, what will be “ihe tale to be told,"
when the Waynesboro Road is completed to
Augusta—wh.-n the Milledgeville A. Enlonton
Branch is opened—when the connection is
formed at Macon—when the South-Western j
Rond is completed to the Chuttahochee—when
the branch to Columbus is finished—when the
Connection is made at Chattunnoogn and Dalton
with the Tennessee improvements—and when
the teeming valley of the .Mississippi and the
far West arc penetrated ? All these improve*
nienls are but arms reaching out in every direc
tion, gathering up the prodnets and wealth of
ihe lard and pouring them along the lines of
our railway-* into the lap of this ancient city.—
I hey give and receive wherever they go, con
ferring their benefits not merely upon this place
or that, hut upon every interest throughout the
country within the range of their influence.
It gives us pleasure to state in this connection
the citizens of Savannah have subseiihed upwards
often thousand dollars to the Milledgeville <&
Ealonton Railroad. This Road which connects
with the Gordon &. Milledgeville Road at the
latter place, penetrates the heart of the State,
and cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon
the business of the Central Road and of this city.
At a meeting of the Stockholders on the 6th
inst., 12,03*2 shares were represented. The
President of the Company, the Mayor, Messrs.
Porter, Fat, Anderson, Screven, Wadlt
and Reynolds were appointed a Committee to
consider the condition of the Muscogte Compa
ny—the cost and time of construction of 21
miles of the Muscogee road from Fort Vallley to
a point 50 miles east of Columbus, and the best
plan ofruisiug the funds necessary for building
-aid 21 miles. It was alto resolved to considrr
ofadding $1,000,000 to the Capital stock of the
Company to meet the outlay required for en
largement of Depots, the crossing of the Oeinul
gee river, re-laying the upper part of lire road
And that it was finally resolved, that
these matters he referred to u special meeting of
he stockholders, which is called fur the first
Wednesday in March next.”
The Girard Railroad \V« have received
the Report of a Preliminary Survey for the
Girard Railroad. Tho Survey was executed by
a parly of Engineers, who commenced their la
bors at Girard, Ala., opposite Columbin, Gn.,on
the 12th of April and reached the waters of Mo
bite ay on the 23d of July last, a distance of
237 miles. As this Road is destined to f. rm an
important link on the great line from the North
to 'New Orleans, passing through this city, we
give a few extracts from the Report, which will
be read witli interest.
“Under existing arrangements, a traveller
leaving Mobile on Sunday,rt 5 o'clock* P M..
re .'lies Augusta, G i., on the fnllowing'*Friday,
at 3 A M. Upon the completion of the Railroad
between Montgomery and Atlanta, lie would be
able to reach Augusta on Thursday at 6 A. M.,
and that is the best lie can ever hope to do on
t le upper route, unless, ns very few do and ran,
he consents to he jolted through 160 miles of
staging from Stockton to Mon ginnery. Whc.
the upper route is completed, then it vvill j
consume three davs and a half, in making
the journey from Mobile to Augusta. By the
Girard Railroad and connecting routes now in
course of construction, the same journey can be
performed in one day and a half, which shows
h difference in favor of the lower route of two
entire days, n difference which cannot bo dimin
ished unless the Railroad from Montgomery to
West Point should make a connection with the
Girard Railroad, and even in that event the
lower line, from the directness of its course,
must retain great advantage in time and distance i
over the circuitous route in Georgia, by which
the mail is now conveyed. Mai sand passen. j
gers from Mobile, destined for New York, by
taking a steamer at Savannah, can be conveyed i
through in four days, upon the completion of
your Road and its Eastern connections—a speed
that will distance and defy all competition
The construction of a Branch Road thirty
miles in length, will connect your Road with tho
two great lines to Nashville and Lynchburg ; |
thus at once opening a Railroad communication
between Mobile and the Great West. This is
a connection now designed lo he accomplished
by a Herculean enterprise involving the con- j
struction of 500 miles of Railroad at an expense i
of $5,000,000.
Our route passes within forty miles of Pensa- !
cola, the great Naval Depot of the South. From
this part, also,an improvement is projected at
great cost; the full benefits of which will be!
realized to its movers by a connection with our
Road requiring but forty miles of Railroad con- ;
struction. * * * * • * j
Estimate of Annual Receipts.
50,000 through Passongcrs, at $7 00, $350,000
21,000 wav do. at 3 30, 70,000
Mail, ’ 50,000 !
75,01 K) bales Cotton, at $1 25, 03,750
Merchandise and Groceries, 200,000
Lumber and Miscellaneous Products, 20,000
Gross Receipts, $783,750
Expenses 40 per cent on Receipts, 313,500
Net profits, $170,230
Equal to sixteen percent, on the Capital Stock.
Ti ttl cost of Road cnmplote, $2,931,816 66,
averago cost per mile of Road and outfit, $11,966
7.1.”
Returned.—Tho female slato whe escaped
front Mr. Toombs some time fines, has volunta
rily returned to lisr master at Washington ci»y
ffcW*York Legislature.
“1 lie Legislature of New-York met at Alba,
ny.onthe Till instant. The Senate was called
to order by Lieut. Gov. Church, und ihe liuuse
was organized by eluding .Mr. U. J. Raymond
Speaker Air. Raymond is known us one of thu
editors ot the New Vork Courier 4- Enquirer,
a nd as tlie author of alxiluioti resolution* p.issod
at tlie 1 1st .session ol tbe New York Legislature.”
1 lie N Y. Express, commenting 011 iho Gov
ernor s message says: “On the subject ot the
Compromise liill we think the .Message is a In
lie uiulMguou*. The Governor, however, doe*
not believe that slavery will ever go into tlie
new territory of New- Mexico or l tali. That
Slavery ought not to be extended over t ree
1 crrtlory, t.ie Governor tells ns, was always u
strong conviction with the people of tbe North
ern dlules. And that Il ls so, at this duy ,is no
reason, he thinks, why other Slates should be
uiiended. As to a dissolution of tlie Union,
Gov. Hunt gays, a great mid powerful Stale like
New Vork, has nothing to fear. ISlie can main
tain ber power and prosperity in any emergen
cy. Nevertheless, lie looks upon such a slep
ms one pregnant wilh the dnesl calamity that
could happen to mankind. Objectiiuiable as
may be tlie Fugitive Slave Law, 10 many of us,
the Governor say*, it is nevertheless tlie para
mount law of die land, and mum ho enforced.—
The dissatisfaction which this Bill has created
in some parts ot the Northern Stutes, is also en
larged upon. Uni the people are reminded vvlial
were -the peculiar circuinstuntea, under which
the act was passed, atid are, therefore, urged lu
discharge ihe duties, in the way that law.loving
citizens should.
Me should be wauling in candor, if we did
not express the regret we leel at tbe manner 111
winch the Governor lias referrrd to the measures
us a whole, and the controversies which have
grown out of them. There is a natural joy felt
ut the admission of California us a free isiulo,
and the organization of .New Mexico und Uiuh
as practically free territories, und in u manner
which will prevent “ihe introduction ofslav ery
but when the Southern view of tlie question is
slated, the Governor hulls and hesuute*. Ho
does nut condemn in direct terms, but in the in
direct manner of calling attention to the dissat
isfablion excited in many portions of the Coun
try. He appeals to the Gibson casein Fhtladil.
phia, and condescends to cite the gross abuse of
a law (as if the best laws were not abused) with
out citing one of the mitigating circumstances
attending the case referred to if it was neces
sary to refer to this case at all, it seems to us it
might have been mentioned that Gibsnu was nut
only returned a freeman, but that steps were
taken by order of the Judge, subsequent to Gib
son’s sentence to make sure that, il not a slave
the claimant should not be put in possession of
tlie person thus wrongfully claimed. Nor is
anything said ul’tlic statutory provisions in ilia
Southern States, to protect the liberties of all
(non against whom fraudulent claims may exist.
“Nor do we like the sectional manner in
which the Governor arraigns 11 portion of the
South. Mr. Hunt sees with “profound surprise
and regret, that any portion of the people of tliu
Southern Stales’’ are dissatisfied wilh the terms
ot settlement filially agreed upon by Congress.
Wherefore, since he himself is satisfied only
wi.li these measures in which the North is gain
er, or of which we may say they are neutralized,
as in the Texas Boundary Bill, while the only
Southern measure is discussed in a manner
which shows an obvious enmity to its provisions?
There are opinions prevalent at the 80nth with
which we have no sort of sympathy, and which,
il attempted to be put in practice, we should op
pose as long as we could speak or had the. pow
er of resistance; but is it tbe fair nnd manly
eotirse for the Chief Magistrate of a great com
monwealth like this, at a moment of sectional
irritations like (lie prrginl, with the North infi
nitely the gainer in the settlement of vexed
question* of public policy, either to take sides
against the only measure gained bv the South,
or to speak of Southern men alone, as “finding
an occasion for the continuance of si rtioruil
jealolisy,’ ’ or “a supposed necessity for nurturing
the spirit of disunion?” If we ofthe North
were all pure men; if there was no fanaticism
in our midst, no spirit of discord or disunion, no
hostility to Ihe laws of the land,or the Constitu
tion ofthe country, no a’tempt made to degrade
our brethren of the Sooth, no false prejudice* or
had passions here, wc might speak in something
ot complaint; but vve can see wrong for a wrong,
and outrage for an outrage in the North for all
that has been done at the South, and il is blind*
ness not to see it, and bigotry or something
worse not 'O confess it.’
Aloscmknt to Calhoun—The Governor o
South Carolina, in a message to the I*egislature,
recommended that a monument to the memory
of John C. Calhoun be built by the State —one
worthy of hi* exulted reputation and of the en.
during gratitude of tho people. He sugges's
that the 4 acre* in front of the State House be pur
chased at a fair valuation, that a monument to re
ceive his remain* he erected in the centre, and
that the grounds be afterwards planted with
shrubery and converted into a public walk. M’e
hope that the recommendation may be carried
out.
Important Dkcimox.—'Flic Washington U
nion give* the following brief outlines of the
point* determined by a recent decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
“It was n case instituted in ouo nf the Ken*
lucky Courts, at Louisville, to recover the value
of three slaves, alleged to have been taken
away by a steamboat from the owner, living in
Kentucky. The two points of defence noticed
by thqCottrt, (Mr. Chief Justice Taney deliver
ed rhe opinion,) as we caught them from the
reading of it were—l, that the ordinance of
1787, establishing a Government for the North*
U'estern Territory, so far prohibited the exist*
cnee of slavery ns to furnish s’defence in the
case; and 2, that if these negroes were slaves
before, their owner hail, in faet, liberated them
voluntarily into Ohio (o perform as musicians,
and could not sue for their recovery, or for their
value.
“'Pile Court below decided in favor nf the
plaintiff, and the Supreme Court sustained the
derision. The court held that the ordinance of
1787 was repented by tbe adoption of the feder
al constitution, and ceased to be of force from
that event, so far ns it was changed thereby;
and, further, it held that the question of slavery,
nnd the rights respectively ofthe owner and the
slaves, was probably cognizable by the State
court of Kentucky, under Iter laws, and that i!
would not review or disturb its decision. Three
of the judges, as vve stated, dissented, bn* only
on the ground that the ordinance of 1787 was
not repealed by the adoption nf the constitution
*0 absolutely as the Chief Justice in his opinion
had declared. On the subject of slavery and tho
regulation thereof, none of them expressed any
dissatisfaction with the view* ofthe majority of
the court. Tbe opinion itself is a Very clear,
concise and able examination of the subject* in
volved, and will probably give general satifac
tinn to the bar and the country.
The length of the counters the
display of the titiclofi at the World’s
Fair itl London, will he abrtut seven miles
Exports or Cotton.—A statement of the
Exports of Cotton from the United States for s
number of Tear*, with the average price per IS.
Years. Pounds Value. As price per ib
!**>. 124,8! *3,405 $20,157,484 10 tend*
1822, 144,675,095 24,035,058 16 6 "
, 1823, 172,723,270 2),445,520 11.8 “
1824, 142,369,663 21,947,401 15.4 “
1825, 17ti,449,907 36,846,649 20 9 “
1826, 204,535,413 25,025,214 12 2 ••
1827, 294,310,115 29,359,545 10 “
1828, 210,590,463 22,487,229 10.7 »*
1829, 264,837,186 26,574,311 10 »
1830, 298,450,102 29,674,883 9 9 ••
1831, 276,079,784 25,289,492 9 1 "
It*32, 322,215,19*2 31,724,682 9 3 “
1033, 324,698.604 36.191,105 11 1 ••
1831, 384,717,907 49,448,402 12 8 “
1335, 387,353,992 64,964,302 16.8 “
1836, •• 23,631,307 71,284.025 16 8 «
1837, 444,211,537 63,240,102 ’J 4 2 “
1838 , 595,952,267 61,556,811 10.3 “
1839, 413 624,212 61,238,983 14.8 «
1840, 743,941,061 63,870,307 8 5 “
1841, 530,204,100 54,330,341 10 2 “
1842, 584,817,017 47,593.464 8 1 “
1843, 792,297,1(6 48,119,806 6 2 "
1844 , 663,633,455 54,063,501 8.1 “
1845, 872,905,996 51,739,643 592 “
1846, 547,558,055 42,767,341 7.8| ••
1947, 527,219,953 53,415,848 1034 “
1848, 814,274,431 61,998,294 7 6 “
1849, 1,036,602,269 66,396,967 6 4 »
1860, 635,381,604 71,984,616 11.3 ••
Anti-Fcg itiv k Slave-Law Convention.—
The so-called “Anti-Fugitive Slave-Law Stale
.Mass Convention" assembled 111 the < itv Hull
in Syracuse, N. Y., on the 7th inst. The num
ber in attendance is said to have been large.—
Dr. Lyman Clary, of Syracuse, was appointed
President,and Fredric Douglas, Gerrit Smith und
Win. L. Chaplin figure ns among the priticiptt l
actors. The members consisted ofbolli sexes
On the second day, Clias. A.Wheab n, from the
Committee on Finance, submitted a report relat
ing wholly to the bail of Wm. L. Chaplin. His
hail at Washington was $6,000; $19,900 in Md ;
and costs of court, counsel fees, Arc., $3,000
$28,000 in all. TIIO Washington bail was fur
nished by three men. $5,000 had been raised
by subscription—s6,ooo advanced in New York
city, In be raised there A gentleman in West,
ern New York, had raised on bank paper pay:u
ble the last of Feb , $'.,000 Two individuals
in Western New York had raised SIOOO on the
same terms. Ono individual had paid in cash
$5,000. The report recommends that a series
of weekly meeting* he held at prominent points
'll tlie Slate for the purpose of defending Chap
lin against a requisition of tlie Governor of Mu.
ryland.
Before the close ofthe meeting, a contribution
was taken up in sums of from $1 to SSO, amount
ing to about SSOO.
I itr a 1. 1 Rip.—The fine new steamship Ala*
barn* (male and likeness of the Florida, of Iho
New York and Savannah line) made a shoit
trial trip yesterday, and worked to the satisfac
tion of those who were there to see. She ran
down nearly to light-ship off Sandy Hook—
There was a select parly of gentlemen and In
dies on board, who enjoyed themselves excel
lently- A beautiful collation w t*provided,and
the work of deglutition was enlivened by sever
al appropriate toasts and speeches. The Alaba
ma will take ber place in the lino immediately.
X. Y Tribune.
The Alabama arrived in Savannah on the J4tli
inst , and leaves to-day for New York.
Steamer Elkton Burned.—We regret to
announce that the steamer Elkton, built and
owned in this county, and recently put in the
trade, was entirely consumed by fire, while tied
up at the Suck, on Tuesday night last. So rapid
did the flumes spread, that it was with difficulty
the passengers nnd crew escaped. All the
freight, including 168 bales of cotton, and all
the books and papers of the boat were lost.—
We understand the Elkton was not insured, 1 or
was there any insurance on the cotton, Ac. It
was out of Elk river. Tim loss of the Elkton
will be severely felt by its owners, who nniiei
paled a good harvest of business this season.—
Chattel nnooga Gazette
A Good One— Epes Sargent, of the Boston
Transcript, tells a good stories under the head
of “Dealings with the dead.” One of these
numbers ho devotes to fortune hunting, and a
ni'.rigst other illustrations gives the case of a Mr
Mewing. He was conning a young iady of some
attractions, and something of a fortune into the
bargain. After a liberal arrangement had been
made for young lady by her father, Mr. Mewir.s,
having taken a particular fancy to a lit
tle brown mare, demanded that it should be
thrown into a positive refusal, the match was
broken off. After a couple of years, tlie parlies
accidentally met nt n country ball—Mr. Mewins
wusqnite willing to renew tlie engagement—th e
lady appeared not to have the slightest rocollec.
tionufhim. “Surely you have not forgotten
me," said he. “What name, sir?” she inquired.
“Mewins,” hercplieil : “I had the honor of
paying my addresses to you, nboul two years
ago " “1 remember a person of that name,'
she rejoined, “who paid hi* addresses to my
father's brown mare."
[dE? 3 Creditors never annoy a man
long as he is getting up in the world. A
man of wealth pays his butcher once a year
Let had luck overtake him, and his meat
hill comes in every morning as regain! as
breaklast and hungry children.
IjpJenny Lind was a personal friend of
the lute Bishop of Norwich. Aftet his death,
in accordance with the custom of Iter own
country, she sent a chaplet of ivy to be
placed on his grave, as “her tears.”
A gentle heart is like ripe fiuit,
which bends ut low. that it is at the merry
of every one who chooses to r-iuck it.
while the harder fruit keeps out of t ench
[FOR THE SOVTHS‘I* TRiac *»]
Messrs. Editors seed yon a ropy ot tli«
most popular song iti mV Taiffude »l-«>nt lhls
tiir.r, trusting that you will look upon it ns itna
ofth. decided HITS AT THE TIMES.
fturiril of ihe Whiff Parly.
Not a drum was heard, rota funrral note,
A* it* corse to the graveyard we hnrrted J
Not * scribbler discharged hi* farew ell shot,
\ O'er the plain where otir Party was buried.
1 We buried it dukty, a* dear? «,f night,
The sods with our II amilcak turning.
By the struggling moonbeam's misty light.
And tlm lantern* dimly burning.
No useles* bist’ry nn« laid on its breast.
Nor In sheet nor in >llrnitd »t> wound it,
I But it lay like a hobby taking itsrea*,
With its tattered coat around it.
i Few and short were the prayers vve said*
And vve spoke not a wnrrtnf sorrow,
B it we trrstilv roVeri-d the face of Hi* dead,
And we eagerly thought of tlie morrow.
M’e thnnght a* we hollowed it* narrtiw In-d,
In that pleasant and hope-giving hour,
Thai “Union” would break the Republican bead,
And carry us straight into power.
Lightly they'll talk ofthe name that is gone,
I And o'er il* cold nslte* upbraid it,
j But little we II reck, if they let il sleep nn
In the grave where it* follies have laid it.
But half of ourjoyf.il task was done,
M lien Aleck told the hour for retiring
And vve heard by the dimer random gun
That the foe tear suddenly firing
Swiftly and gladly we laid i’ down.
From the field of defeat fit-ili ami gorv ;
Mo rnrvnd nota litre, vve rai-urd not a stonr,
But left it—rniriir* its glotv* *
MACON MARKET, JfaN. I*7
COTTON—Our market is rather heavy and
price* have umlurwi ivt no great change since
our last. M'cquotn 12 a 114 cents.
M ■ 1* L I At Ii It V .
MRS. DAMOIJR informs the I.ndic*
ff’.-jsv of Macon and vicinity, that her Shock in
1 3riZL tlm above line 1* complete for Fall
) Fashion, with the •••nst desirable Goods. - A*
! these Goods have been mostly purchased in Puri*
for this place, they will bo sold cheaper than
I ordinary. I.adie* would do well to take a good
I look at them and compare them with other Goods
before purchasing etsewbure. The Stuck of
1 SILK and ST RAM’ BONNETS, RIBBONS’,
1 FLOWERS. FEATHERS, EMBROIDERIES,
j ftIANTII.LES and DRESS SILK,is worth any
one's trouble to examine (hi.roughly.
net 12 -40
WASHINGTON IIA PL.
M AI ON, GA.
I JS.r-..1L I*. S- ROGERS respectfully informs
the public that lie has now tlm sole
; ell urge oft his old established and well
known HOTEL, which ha* recently pndr.rgnnM
thorough repair, and that lie will spare no pains
for the accommodation of those who may give
; him a call. Every department ofthe Hull will
i be under his personal supervision, and every rx
- criion will he made to keep up Ilia Establishment
to the cxiteme point of neatness, comfort anil
good cheer. F.. 8. ROGERS.
j ope 1 ' 21 —ts
LANirjt noi f «E,
MA COX, GA.
a.. 1 The Proprietors are pleased tn nn'*
nntincc to their old FrTcntlsitiidthrPuh*
«.t£jSfift.lie generally, that this NEW HOTEL
is now open for the reception of company.
Having had it erected and fitted up at great
expense, on the most liberal, elegant iiihJ,exten
sive scale, they confidently expect n generous
patronage. fcT. LAMER A SON.
jun« 8 22—ts
ITI AIII ETTA HOTEL
* Tlie subscribers take this method of
|*5 informing the'Travelling Public, that
.I——sL.tlieir House is now ready for the recep
tion of all who tuny favor them vv iih their patron*
"»c Their House has now ntofe than forty
Rooms, large end conveniently arranged, and
well ventilated.
They arc also prepared nt their Livery Stables,
with good Riding Horses, Buggies nnd Carriages,
so that those who wish pleasure, and those nn
business, can be accommodated at a moment’*
w anting.
Thankful for pfist patronage, they hope ff»
merit arid share a good portion of that which i*
yet to come; nnd particular attention shall L«
given to see that “none go away dissatisfied.”
JOHN F. ARNOLD, ' ) _
GEORGE S OGLESBY, 5 1 ro P r,etor *-
Marietta, Ga , May 25, JflfiO. 20—tv 1 *
DR. CAttY COX,
# ...s Informs the Public that he is prepared
|Fi7*|o for the reception of perrons snfii-iirg
ziEffe J.w illi chronic discuses, at his Hater Cure
or Electro Hydropathic Establishment, near
Marietta, Cobb county, Ga His Baflrs arc sit
uated near the principal Buildings. The scene
in the immediate vicinity is picturesque, being
near Kennesaw Mountain The scenery, pore
water, the great elevation above the level of tint
ocean, (being 450 feet ahove even t he Tennrsst «
line on the Western arid Atlantic Railroad,) tlm
| convenience of access hv Railroad, the refined
and intellectual society, nnd pure kttnnrnhefF,'
I have all most admirably conspired to render the
| location suitable for an establishment of the
i kind.
! The Proprietor deems it nr< die-e to snv snv
thing relative to the curative powers rtf either
Water or Electricity, as the ernerat mam ofthe
| people in this country have attained 11 know ledge
iof their great value ir. removing disease. He
flatters himself that be is able with pure Water
j and Electricity, lb remove any diameter nr des-
I cripliun of disease that could, under other treat
. ment or circumstance*, possibly ne removed—
together with a numerous host, that nil other
remedies nmol necessarily fail tn remote
The expenses per day, for a Patient at hi*
1 Establishment, will he for Board, use of Electric
Shocks aftd Batlis, with TV it let Rath*. Medical
! advice and attention, with ordinary attention of
; Servants,sl 50 ; which includes all necessary
| expenses,except washing an outfit for the sweat
ing process, bandaging, Ac.—payable weekly m
advance.
For further pnfttrhlars.post paid ciurnttinicn*
j tions will meet with prompt attention ifsddreff.
cd to Dr. CARY COX, Marietta, Cobb eo., Ga.
, july 20 28—ts
! OOTATOEB —59 bbls. Mercer and Planting
I JL Potatoes, in fine order ; JO Hampers Eng
lish Potatoes. For sale bv
jsn II GKO. T. ROGERS
4LE AND CfDEK.—I ” bids, bream Ale ,
•-T3L 29 bbls Champaign Cider. Just received
and for sale bv GLO. T. ROGERS.