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the Columbus Enquirer. Cobb’s Embargo. The interdict of volunteer passenger transit from Africa to the United State* by Secretary Cobb in his ruling upon the application of Lafitte & Cos , is anoth er strong instance of the entire control which northern politics and social econ omy have obtained in our Government. The learned and industrious Secretary takes a full month to review all the acts of Congress in reference to the slave trade and transportation (a labor entire ly gratuitous, for the opponents of the African Apprentice bill in the Louisiana Legislature had fully exhausted that re search last winter, without convincing the body that any law prohibited it,) Mid can find notning more nearly ap proaching a justification of his arbitrary ruling than the following : The first section of the act of 180* provide, “That from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hun dred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring i~to the United States or the Terretories thereof, from any for eign kingdom, place or country, any ne gro, mulatto, or person of color, with in tent to hold, sell or dispose of such ne gro, mulatto, or person of color, as a slave, or to be held to service or labor.” Messrs. Lafitte &i Cos., did not propose to do anything of the sort. They mere ly applied for a clearance to a vessel to bring free African passengers to this oountry, with no “intent” of the kind prohibited whatever. And after they had landed them in this country, the laws of the State in which they were de barked would have jurisdiction to pre vent any unlawful disposition of them. To say that, because the law of the States or of any particular State, forbid the importation of negroes for sale as slaves, therefore the United States , must forbid the clearance of a vessel to bring them to such a State at all, under the assumption that they are to be disposed of in violation of the State laws, is to bring the General Government in as a voluntaay and unbidden administrator of the laws of a State. Massachusetts prohibits the sale of spirituous liquors within her borders, except by & few li censed druggists under stringent regula tions. Does this state law of Massa chusetts authorize the General Govern ment to withhold a clearance to a Bos ton vessel chartered to sail for France and return with a cargo of brandies and wines for a Boston grocer ? Certainly not —the laws of the State of the vicin ago have sole jurisdiction over the gro cer and the disposition of his imported liquors, and the Federal Government has no authority to estop him upon the presumption that he intends to violate the laws of Massachusetts. And how long has it been since the Government at Washington became impressed with an anxious solicitude to preserve the State laws of South Carolina against infraction ? South Carolina has a stat ute forbidding free negro sailors to be landed from a northern vessel in her ports. Did anybody ever hear of the Federal Government aiding her to exe cute this law ? Was ever a Boston ship, with negro sailors on board, refused a clearance for Charleston because a law of South Carolina forbade such persons a landing in Charleston ? Who does not remember the imprisonment of some of Massachusetts’ free negro “citizens” in South Carolina, because they landed as sailors from a Boston vessel, and the fuss Massaahusetts kicked up there upon—the mission of Hoar, and incidents connected therewith ? And yet, who ever heard of the General Government restraining Massachusetts from sending such forbidden persons to South Caroli na ? And yet Secretary Cobb, unable to find any law of the United States, which authorizes him to forbid the land ing of free African passengers in a port of South Carolina, falls back upon a law of the State and conceives it his duty to guard against an infraction of that! — South Carolina ought to be duly thank ful to the Federal Government for its very tardy awakening to the propriety of enforcing her laws for her ! Admitting that, as a general rule it would be wrong for the Government to presume that a citizen intends to violate the laws when he avers that he has no auch design, the Secretary nevertheless assumes that in this case the facts fully warrant him in so doing, because every appearance indicates that the laws (na tional or local) may be violated by La fitte A Cos. Two or three years ago, dearly-beloved Massachusetts was busi ly engaged, by the agency of emigrant aid societies, bogus preachers, die., in organizing companies of lawless men to be sent to Kansas, arming them with Sharp's rifles, Colt’s revolvers, Ac. In this case, was not the purpose both ap parent and avowed to make a violent and illegal raid into Kansas for party purpo ®nd sectional propagandism ? Yet the Federal Government lifted not a finger to arrest these armed expeditions, although Kansas was peculiarly under its jurisdiction and care, and had no State laws or officers to defeat the machination of these abolition armed ruffians ! Here w ha\ e a striking example of the man ner in which our impartial Government declines to stop an abolition State in her proceedings, even when her purpose is both evident and confessed to violate the laws. The South must be restrained on bare suspicion; the North must not be interfered with, though the proof is clear! Lafitte A Cos., have as yet published no answer to the Secretary, and we are not advised of the particular African port for which thay wished a clearance, or of the landing in this country which they would have selected for their passengers. We do know from newspaper accounts, however, that the free negro African col ony of Liberia (a disgrace to Christen dom, and to the United States in partic ular,) is in a very unthrifty and disor ganized condition ; the negroes are en tirely too lazy to work for a decent living aod those of them who art ablt, hart slaves to work for them ; they are, as a nation, below the standard of some of the native tribes, and misery and indo lence are their general condition. Many of them, it is said, ardently desire to re turn to this country; and only a week or two ago two of them did return to Vir ginia, (probably in a Northern vessel, or without Secretary Cobb’s knowledge,) and applied to be taken back again into servitude, saying that they infinitely pre ferred slavery and plenty in lrginia to freedom and misery in Liberia. These were negroes who had been emancipated some years since and sent out to Liberia from Virginia. Not only these, but a number of other negro passengers have been brought by our vessels from Liberia to the U. States among others, Roberts the Governor of the colony. Now, if Lafitte di Cos., wished to send a vessel to Liberia to bring back dissatisfied eman cipated negroes as passengers, what law of the United States can be cited, which forbids it ? Secretary Cobb has not been able to find 6uch a law, and therefore un dertakes the task of guarding against an infraction ofthe laws of South Carolina — not even knowing that the negro passen gers are to be landed in South Carolina! The laws of the United States, then, do not forbid the voluntary return of these negroes (or voluntary emigration by any ! negroes) to this country ; and after they shall have arrived here, is there any law ’ to prevent them from voluntarily engag -1 ing themselves for a term of service or labor, if they prefer that to a return to Africa ? None —State or National. The proposition that African negroes —especially those of Liberia—have no money wherewith to pay for their pas sage, is the most probable of all the Sec retary’s numerous assumptions ; but sure ly he need not trouble himself about that, unless he wishes to go into the spec ulation himself, and is, therefore, solici tous to know that it will pay. It is none of his business whether a merchant wishing a clearance for a vessel to a for eign port is sure to get pay for his pas sengers or freight or not; —that is the look out of the adventurer—not of a gov ernment that has to borrow money or is sue shinplasters every week to aid its $45,000,000 of yearly income to pay its $75,000,000 of annual expenditure.— Could not the Secretary of the Treasury more appropriately address himself to the state of the national finances. There being, then, no law of the United States prohibiting the bringing and land ing of free Africans into this country, and the Federal Government not being the rightful administrator of State laws —it being, moreover, a fact that negroes from Africa are often brought to the United States, and landed here, some of them returning to slavery—it follows that the Secretary’s ruling is unauthor ized, intermeddling and impartial. And it is equally clear that he has given every other excuse for his high handed act but the true one, that one is, that a portion of our Northern “natural allies” might be offended by a contrary course, and the Northern policy of systematic ag gression upon the institutions of the South might be thwarted, to the chagrin and party rebellion of Freesoilers in everything but the name. The policy of a Southern State admit ting free negroes from Africa into her ports, is not involved in this controversy. But the simple question is, shall a South ern State be as free to admit any persons whom she may choose, as a Northern State 1 And Howell Cobb, of Georgia, says no !— Columbus Enquirer. The Kies at the door. The clock struck ten, I seized my hat, And bade good-night to all, Except the lass I courted, who Came with me through the hall. i She stood within the portal, And I gazed upon her charms, And oh 1 I longed that moment To clasp her in my anna She gpok e about the moon and stars, How dear and bright they Bhone; I said I thought the crops would fail Unlest we had rain soon f Then I edged a Utile closer, Put my arms around her waist, And I gazed upon her ruby lips, I longed so much to taste. Said I, “My dearest Sally, I’ll never rest contented— -1: I leave to-night without a kiss I’ll surely grow demented!” Then up she turned her rosy mouth, And every thing was handy, Quick from her lips I seized a kiss— Oh! Yankee Itoodls Dandy! Then off for home I started, I could no longer stay, With a heart light and breeches thin, I whistled all the way. Hence learn thia truth, each bashful youth, Who seeks for wedded bliss, No lass will love until you move Her feelings with a kiss. Tomatoes. —A correspondent of the Gen esee farmer gives his mode of growing to matoes. Ee forwards his plants in a hot-bed or green house, and grows them in pots until thny are a foot or a foot and a half high, turning them out about the second week in May. He plants them three feet apart in rows. When planted he drives down a few stakes, six or eight feet apart, leaving them about four feet, high the whole length of the rows, and nailing a atrip of wood all along the tops, and tying one or two lower down the stakes, to make a trellis. The ground should be dug deep and made rich with ma nure. and a spoonful of guano mixed with the soil round each root. We quote: “When they have grown sufficiently long to tie to the trellis, I select two or three of the longest shoots and tie them losely to the trellis cutting away all other small laterals which may grow on the main branches. I let these main branches grow until they have come in flower and set the first bunch of fruit, then I pinch out the top, one joint above the fruit, leaving the leaf'entire. I then allow >t to go on again until it has flowered and set another bunch of fruit, when the top is pinched out one leaf above the bunch, the Mme as the first, and so on of all the rest, ta king care to cut all the laterals which may grow on the main branches down to the ax els of the leaves, as often as they are produ ced, but leaving the leaves entire. If any one will take tliis little extra trouble, he wil be amply repaid and absolutely astonished at the immense clusters of fine large tomat oes he will have. If planted in a favorable situation, they will ripen at least as early as these grown in any other way out of doors, and frequently three days or a week earlier Wh ripe they wi& ka| Wtgwr • the vines without decaying. The situation can hardly be too sunny. Deep, light, loamy soil suits them best.” OUR CORRESPONDENCE. U-etter from Texas.—No. 3. Dear Dr. Andrews: —ln speaking of the resources of Texas, it would not be fair to pass her minerals by in silence. Not much of the precious metals have as yet been found, but from the natural fea tures of the more northern portions, and from its geological formations, it is more than probable that it abounds in valuable minerals. Iron and copper, I learn, have been discov ered in several sections, and in considerable quantities. Coal, of a very excellent quality abounds in many places, and is bound to be come a source of great wealth to the State, as timber is scarce, and railroads are perme ating the country in every direction. I have already alluded to the vast amounts and al most universal distribution of marl and lime, which must become, indirectly, a source of inexhaustable wealth to the planter, (and it is agriculture that makes a nation great,) and no doubt but it will be exported abun dantly into less favored States. Texas, east of the Trinity, is heavily tim bered. Pine, of an excellent quality for sawing, and other valuable timber, abounds. West of Trinity, pine, or in fact any kind of timber suitable for building porposes, is de cidedly scarce. The Western portion is the best farming country, and the most pleasanb besides, it is the portion where stock is now, and can always be raised to advantage. It is destined, therefore, very soon to be set tled, and a large portion of the lumber for building must be brought from Eastern Tex as. This will cause our neighbors, whose lands are not quite so rich, to eke out of us a fine price for their lumber, and will make thai portion of the State equal to the Wes tern. Post-oak furnishes the western part of the State with rail-timber, &c. This part of the State also abounds in live oak, the finest I have no doubt upon this continent, which is destined to find its way to our navy yards, as soon as rail roads are completed through the interior. I have only alluded to a few of the re sources of Texas, and have not exaggerated any, while of many, much more might just ly be said, but to avoid prolixity, I pass on. to say a few words upon “her probable fu ture.” Here I am really at a loss for language to express my honest convictions. Just take & map of Texas, and pass your eyes along the coast and observe her bays, inlets, etc., and you cannot fail to be convinced that she is destined to rival any State in the Union, in point of commercial interest. Who could look at our country and see its fertility, and its adaptedness to agricultural interests, and not be convinced that Texas would not vie any of her older sisters, as a producing State. Who could enjoy, even for a short time, the pleasant, balmy breezes of her delightful cli mate. and look round at her fertility, her commercial advantages, and her facilities for stock raising, and not believe that a dense population would be invited here. Her a bundant fertility cannot fail the planter here; her delightful climate the rich pleasure seeker; her commercial advantages, the tradesman. Can Texas fail to be great? No ! her banner is already unfurled to the breeze, inscribed to honor, fame, and magnificence—her watch word is excelsior. This “lone star,” that in its infancy attracted the gaze of far off na tions, ere it had fairly ascended above the horizon, will as it reaches its zenith send forth a light of such attractive brilliancy, as to astonish every kingdom of this earth.— She cannot fail to be great; she has every element within herself necessary to make a nation great Her noble hospitality, her lib eral system of laws, her unbounded natural advantages, all are inducements that invite the enterprising and the good to settle here. No State produce* so many draught ani mals, while few, if any others, furnish so large an amount of edible animals, and at so small a cost; no other State is so well paid for raising them. But where, say you, is our market? I answer, at the pheiiphery of our State, nearly everywhere. Mexico makes constant demands; California must be supplied ; Utah makes her regular demands, and New Orleans draws upon her, anon; consequently the raiser obtains fine prices all the time. You are aware, that in the old Spates, planters are tied down, princi pally, to one thing —cotton—to raise money. It is not the way here. Every planter is to some extent a stock raiser, and if he fails to make cotton, he can sell a few cows and calves, or a few yoke of oxen, or a mule or two, or a few ponies, or he can drive a wag on a few months. In any of these ways he can raise money. If he has failed to raise corn he is at no sort of a loss ; his horses and oxen will live and do fine service, upon the grass, while his hogs will fatten upon acorns or pecans. Our butter and cheese finds a ready sale at fine prices, and costs nothing but the trouble of milking and man ufacturing—no one would think of milking a cow here that had to be fed. But, my dear sir, you will please to ac cept my invitation to call at Vercena Vale on your flying visit to California, when the Pacific road is completed, and I will amuse you to the best of my ability, and show you all our good things, and bad ones to, and we will drink together a goblet of the finest but ter-milk you ever saw. But then, Dr.-you must not tell in Georgia, what a fine country Texas is, how many advantages she possess es, how much corn and cotton per acre, our lands will produce, or every tight-fisted old curmudgeon will be pressing into Texas; — Say not s word about our delightful climate, our balmy breezes, our splendid fish and game, or every lazy invalid and epicure in the land, will be tempted right here. Never breathe to living mortal a hint of the exqui- site beauties of our flower-bespangled prairies, our richly-plumed and delightful singing birds, our clear evening skies, and sweet moon-light nights, or you will have every sickly lover, and simpering maiden, either ‘‘off to Texas,” or in hysterical paroxysms. Be sure that you do not intimate the fact that we have at least two bachelors for every maiden, and that girls must either marry or back out, almost as soon as they reach here j or every old despairing maid in Christendom will at once be off for a home and husband “in the West,” and our population will be multiplied so rapidly that the “range will break and we will have to move to grass.’’ I hope the ladies will not think that we ob ject to their coming to Texas; no, far from it We only hope that they will not press this way faster than Morgan & Cos., can trans port them across the Mexican Gulfj m their magnificent steamers. I have given the bright side; in my next look out for something very frightful. Very respectfully, yours, w W. A BBOWN. I Teibaoa Vato, Jn* 3d, ISM < From the Tuskegee (Ala.) Southern Baptist The Inevitable Dilemma. Mr. Graves declared, a short time since, that our “insinuation” contained an implied charge of abolitionism. We have proved our “insinuation.” We have proved that J. R. Graves, editor in chief of the Tennessee Baptist, avowed to the late Rev. John L. Waller, “his intention to leave Kentucky on account of slavery —that he mentioned its many evils, and severely animadverted on them—that he was advised to leave if such were his feelings —and that he did leave!” We have proved thaL when he desired to re turn South, he wrote to Dr. Waller in regard to the natter, and that Dr. W., refused to answer his letter on account of the previous conversation —i. e. he could not consciencionsly invite a man whom he knew to be an abolitionist back to the South. We have proved that Mr. Graves has “repeatedly denied that he ever had a scruple of conscience on the subject of slavery.” Now put these facts together and in what light do they present this man? Why thus— Mr. Graves is either guilty of a plain and palpable falsehood , or he is guilty of falsehood and is an ab olitionist today. If his mind has under gone a change he is guilty of falsehood, for he avers he “never had a scruple of conscience on the subject.” If his mind has undergone no change, he is both an abolitionist, and is guilty of falsehood, for we have proved, first, that he left Kentucky and went to Ohio because he could not remain in a slave State and be silent; and secondly, as above shown, that he never had, as he repeatedly de clared, a scruple of conscience on the sub ject of slavery ! ! If he is guilty of false hood upon so vital a question as this, he is not to be trusted ; much less if to this is added abolition sentiments. We wish to ask our readers a practi cal question : —Suppose a northern man, a school-master, should, in any town or neighborhood in Alabama, Georgia, Mis sissippi, or any other Southern State, a vow just the sentiments that J. R. Graves did to Dr. \Y aller, now how long would he be permitted to remain in such acom munity ? This is a fair practical test of the whole matter. And yet this moral incendiary lives amongst us, to shoot his poisoned arrows at the purest and best men we have in the South! But thank Heaven ! the eyes of our brethren are beginning to be opened all over our coun try. GEORGIA CITIZEN. L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor. MACON, JUNE 18, 1858- TERMS OF THIS PAPER. One Copy, per annum, invariably in advance $2.50 Five Copies, in advance SIO,OO This is a return to our old terms, and will apply to all new subscribers, as well as to old, who have not paid for the present volume. Our Agency Ended. —We decline, for the future, aettug os agent for Northern **!*- lications and Magazines, or becoming responsi - ble to subscribers for the regular delivery of tbe same. Either through carelessness of some of the publishers, or losses through the mail, there have been frequent failures to supply cash orders, and much complaint on the part of those for whom we have transacted business. We therefore relinquish the agency, where all the responsibility and loss fall upon us, without any profit for the risks incurred. Tomatoea. —On Wednesday our garden furnished us a mesa of ripe tomatoes, which puts ua again ahead of most folks in this latitude.— Tomatoes and green corn are not hard to take when properly served; are they, reader ? Godey’s Book Tor July.— This No. of Godey commences Yol. 57, and the 29th year of the continuous publication of the work, by the same proprietor, whom the Syracuse Journal denominates the “portly and big heart ed Godey.” The same Journal says that Mr. G., has “made more maidens and matrons hap py than any man now living, and if all the blessings that rosy lips have invoked in his be half; should be put on record, they would form a volume as big as a meeting house.” The No. before us oontains a fine original engraving from a picture by Rothermal, entitled “Worship in the Wilderness,” besides being otherwise pro fusely illustrated. Price $3. Address Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia. Peterson's Magazine —The July number of Peterson’s Ladies’ National Maga.. zine, reached ua several days since. Mrs. Steph ens’ new monthly has been merged into it, and Mrs. S. will hereafter devote herself entirely to the Ladies’ National. Price $2 per annum. Address Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Church Music.— The Messrs. Everett of Virginia, who visit Macon with the highest recommendations from Richmond and other cities of that State, as Professors of Sacred Mu sic and efficient and thorough teachers of vocal melody, are bow in this city, endeavoring to form classes in each of tho Churches for instruc tion in Congregational Music. For this purpose there will be a meeting this evening at the Lec ture Room of the Presbyterian Church, where all who desire, can have the opportunity of im provement in the Divine Art, under the most favorable auspices. Planters’ Convention.— The pro ceedings of this body not having been furnished to this office, and not having seen a copy, till a few hours before going to Preas, yesterday, we are utterly unable to make room for them to-day. From the exclusive manner in which the publication of these proceedings has been ordered, we presume the convention did not calculate for any other Journal than the “State Press” to be the organ of the body, or to pub lish any report of their doings. Otherwise, the Secretary should have been directed to furnish, simultaneously, to each press in Macon, a copy of the proceedings We suppose it is all right, however. So, drive ahead! Bargains Ottered —W. W. Parker & Cos., are now presenting rare inducements to the Ladies, to visit their extensive mart of Fashionable Dry Goods, and lay in their sup plies. They offer to sell their large spring and summer stock, at New York cost, and we have reason to know that the offer is a bona fide one, which will be verified to the letter, on applica tion at their counters. Let the Ladies put them to the test and see if there is any bogus in that ooncero. To all appearances, and we believe, in reality, the house is comp osed of some of the most solid men of Macon. ar Governor Harris, of Tennessee, offers a ! reward of SSOO for the arrest of Dr. N. Burton, lat* Secretary of State, and • defaulter to the amount of $99,000, Lectures on the French Revo lution. —Dr. T. D. Mathews, of South Caro lina, is now in our city, and proposes to give a brief series of Historical Lectures on the French Revolution of 1791-1794, embracing the life and times of Louis XVI, and Maria Antoinette, Danton and the Princess Lamballe, Marat and Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland and Robes pierre, together with the causes of the Revolu lution which brought the Royal family to the block and drenched France in human gore.— From the very flattering testimonials exhibited to us, by Dr. M, from the Professors of the Colleges at Greenville, S. C., and from the citi izens of other places that he has visited, we have no doubt that he is a gentleman of rare ability as a lecturer, and will be able to furnish our people with an intellectual entertainment of surpassing brilliancy of elocution. Dr. M’s second lecture will be pronounced this evening at Concert Hall, and we take pleasure in com mending him to the kind consideration of all who have a taste for historical literature, pre sented in the glowing language and rich thought of cultivated genius. Tickets for the courso, SI.OO. 17th June.- -The battle of Bun- J ker Hill Anniversary was duly celebra ted, on yesterday, by our Military, the Macon Volunteers, Floyd Rifles and Bibb Cavalry. No troops make a bet ter appearance, on parade, and no city, of the size of Macon, has more Military spirit and genuine patrotism than ours. We are especially proud of the fact that Bunker Hill has not been forgotten as one of the brightest spots in the revolu tionary history of our country, though it does happen to lie North of Mason’s and Dixon’s line. Prepare to Laugh !—The Young America Dramatic Association of Macon present a rich bill to-night, to wit, “Day alter the Wedding” and the “Swiss Swain.” Asa good laugh is bet ter than “blue mass” to promote diges tion, those who need physic had better try on the Thespians. See advertisement. Catoosa Springs. —This de lightful watering place, In upper Georgia is now open for the reception of guests. As Catoosa is the Saratoga of the South, a fashionable crowd will soon fill its sa loons. - Academy tor the Blind.— Preparations are in active progress in this city for the erection ofthe new State Institution for the Blind, for which a lib eral appropriation was made by the last Legislature. The Corner Stone of the edifice will be laid about the middle of July, under the auspices of the Masonic order, the particulars of which ceremo ny will be advertised in due time. Poets and Poetry of tbe South. —The N. Y. Leader speaks of a project of M. V. B. Moore, Esq., of East Tennessee, of pub lishing a collection of extracts from the works of Southern Poets, with Biographical notes, Ac., under the title of the “Poets and Poetry of the South.” Accompanying the notice, is a list of Southern Poets, in each of the Southern States, from whose writings these selections are to be made. From Georgia, Hon. R. M. Charlton, Hon. H. R. Jackson, and Rebecca Sonthal Ha grai (7) are alone deemed worthy of a place in the proposed work. This is sufficient for us to prove that M. Y. B. Moore, Esq, is not equal to the t*ir h i>.a undertaken. There are scores of peetical writers in Georgia, who should not bo omitted in a work of this character, and if Mr. Moore will properly inform himself, he will not report our State so meagre of the true poet ical fire and inspiration as the above list would represent it In fact, we could name several who, in our judgment, are as far superior to those mentioned as Milton or Byron are to the least of the tribe of newspaper Poetasters, whose ambition rises no higher than the jingling of a couplet with “dove” and “love,” “hearts” and “darts” or like unmitigated trash. Theoplillus Walton, a reply to Theodosia Ernest, by Rev. Wm. Harrison, of the Alabama Conference. This volume has been placed on our table by the Rev. J. W. Burke, agent for the Tract and Book association of the Methodist Conference of Georgia, located in this city. It is a controver sial work on the subject of Baptism, in reply to one of the same character, issued by the Baptist Denomination of the South, and for sale at the Baptist Depository in Macon. We have not read Theodosia Ernest, and it would not, therefore, be fair to pronounce a ver dict upon the comparative merits of the two books, or upon the ability with which the ques tion is discussed by the parties. “Theophiius Walton” is an able and interesting work, and if “Theodosia Ernest” is its equal iu these respects seine light must be shed on the subjects em braced in the discussion. Let both then be read and let “every one be persuaded in his own mind.” Whiskey Swill, again.— The Atlan ta American takes for granted that the “whis key swill” of the “Empire Distillery” is unlike the same article manufactured at New York, baoause of the “villanous compound of various drugs” of which the latter is made. How hap pens it, then, that at Chicago, Cincinnati, and other places, the same results invariably follow the use of whiskey swill ? It would appear that the residue of a whiskey distillery is invaria bly poisonous. The “Empire Distillery” may turn out a pure article. We do not pretend to question the fact alledged, that they do not use vicious drugs in their manufacture. But, we apprehend that the difficulty is inherent in the swill itself—not after it becomes “decomposed and putrid,” but as it comes fresh and warm from the “worm of the still.” This, at least, is the testimony of the Chemists and Medical men who have analysed the substance and wit nessed its deleterious effects upon animals.— Surely, a pure stream of swill cannot be expect ed to flow from an impure and poisonous source. The whiskey is itself a poison, and of course the swill is. Cows fed on these slops become diseased and putrid—hence the secretions from the udder must partake of the same character. And we would just as soon, if not a little soon er, recommend mothers to mix the whiskey, at once, with the water given to their children, than to tell them to feed their little ones on milk drawn from the lacteal fount of a swill-fed cow! In the former they may get the alcohol in a comparatively pure state, but in the latter it is mixed with a large per centum of animal corruption! We then u reiierate” that whiskey is a poison—that whiskey-swill is a greater poi son, and that the milk secretion from cows fed on whiskey slops is the greatest poison of all three 1 . Latest from Kali. By Telegraphic Dispatches to the Sa vannah papers of yesterday, we learn the important news that Brigham Young has received Governor Cum ming as the lawful Governor of Utah and that the Mormons, to the No. of 40,000, have left for Sonora or some other place South! Exchange Bank broke Augusta, June 15. —It is reported, heie that the exchange Bank of Griftin to broke, A Wist for Homebody to crack. — The N. York Journal of Commerce has the fol lowing paragraph concerning the “sweet smell ing gruel” called whiskey swill. Atlanta Amer ican please copy: Prof. Hedrick, of the Mayor’s office, has ana lyzed the mysterious compound into which some milk was transformed, as described in this paper a few days ago. He applied tests to detect the presence of sugar, starch, gum, chalk, and color ing matter, and ascertained that nothing of the kind was there. The ash, or salts of the milk, was found in considerable quantites, but as the milk had been boiled down, the presence of a large amount of this matter would naturally be expected. The microscopic examination was more successful—showing that the milk contain ed fibrous substances, as if the fluid had been strengthened with sheep’s brains, and it had the additional appearance of having been taken from a cow with a recently born calf. Our Merchant Princes. If we have none of such merchants in our midst, as yet, we bid fair to have several of them in a year or two more, provided they continue to sell as much merchandise as they have been doing for a few months past. Across the way from our sanctum , Messrs. Ross, Coleman A Ross, have been doing a business which is unparal lelled even in the “flush” times of years gone by. And the secret of their great success lies first in the fact that they have always a Repre sentative in New York who is ever on the watch to take advantage of the market and to profit by the necessities of the jobbers who are obliged, at times, to make great sacrifices of goods, to raise the neadful. Os course, therefore, Messrs. Ross, Coleman A Ross, can sell as cheap as the cheapest. Secondly, they are gentlemen of exquisite taste and great experience in their business, and know exactly how to purchase, when to purchase, and above all, what to pur chase, in order to meet the wants of the hun dreds of beautiful ladies who throng their mart of fashion from Monday morning till Saturday night. And they are polite and courteous, and keep a polite and courteous set of clerks and salesmen, with whom their customers find it a pleasure to trade, especially when they know they can always get the best of goods there, and the best bargains. Finally, as the preach ers say, we add a word of exhortation. “Don’t all go at once” to this establishment, for fear their fine fabrics will all vanish before you have a chance to see them 1 They have provided a gainst any such calamity by chartering the Ex press Lightning line, to keep their assortment fresh and complete, at least twice a week, and oftener if necessary I In the language of the Minstrel of Alabama, then, we say, “Take your time, Miss Lucy,” and you shall not be disap pointed. Columbus. —We were in Columbus, on Monday last, and found the place unusually dull in a business way, but in the midst of a religious awakening, the like of which was never known before. Churches crowded every day and night and nothing else hardly talked of but the revi val in progress. Over 300 additions, we learn, have been made to the various churches and the interest suffers no decrease. While there we saw the new military compa ny, the Greys, out on parade. The company is composed of youths from 14 to 18 years of age, and is commanded by Capt. Andrews.— Their appearance was very line and their evo lutions would have done credit to a veteran corps. We also had the pleasure of examining a new Cotton Gin recently invented by J. T. Brown, Esq., the foreman of the establishment of Clemons, Brown A Cos. This Gin is compos ed of two rollers and. two sets of saws one a bove the other, whereby a hundred saw gin can be compassed in the space usually taken up by one of 50 saws, and a saving of 25 per cent, is effected in the power, over a hundred saw gin of the old style, besides doing better work and requiring only one feeder. Mr. Brown has entered a caveat preparatory to taking out a patent for an improvement which is destined to supercede the old clumsy gins of 80 or 100 saws. The large planters who have seen it, are delighted with the invention. Iron Hoops and Tien. The use of Iron Hoops instead of Rope, for putting up Cotton into Bales, is becom ing quite common in the We9t, and some information, in regard thereto, may be of service to our planting friends in Georgia The cotton producer is interested in every-, thing that cheapens and facilitates the deliv ery of cotton in Liverpool. Hence it is claim ed for the Iron Hoops and Ties that they are better than rope in the following particu lars. Ist. One-fourth saving in insurance. 2d. Greater permanency and perfection of pack age. 3d. Greater weight in smaller com pass, and 4th, the substitution of iron for rope will reduce the price of bagging, ma terially. So much for the advantages of hoops. The chief objection arises from the supposition that the iron ho ops and ties will rust the cotton. But the following letter from Mr. Platt, agent for the Carver Gin Company, to Mr. Beattie, agent for Ingersoll s Hoop Lock, at Montgomery, Ala., will set that objection to rest Mr. Beattie says since the advent of iron ties into Montgomery, bale rope has de clined two cents per lb. The Ingersoll Lock and Hoops sell at 8 cents per pound or 64 cents per bale, while the rope is at 10 cents per lb. Mr. Pratt’ Letter. Exchange Hotel, ) Montgomery, Ala., May 31, 1858. ) J. Beattie, Jr.— Dear Sir : At your re quest that I would “ furnish you with writ ten of what I know in regard to the use of hoop iron as a tie for cotton bales"—made this day, verbally—and “ es pecially what effect the rust from hoops has upon the bales.’' —I have to say : That lam Agent for the Carver Cotton Oin Company —that my business, for the last fifteen years, has required my residence in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi—that I know, of my own knowledge, that Hon. John Per kins, of Somersett, Ashwood Landing, La., John Routh, St. Joseph, La., Francis and Surzette, of Natchez, Miss., have, for many years past, used hoop iron exclusively for tyiDg their cotton bales. Until the inven tion°of the “Homes & Churchill Tie.” they and hundreds of others now use ) these gentlemen used rivets for fasten ing’ the hoops. They, for the want of such convenience, had to employ powerful press es on their plantations, to compress their cotton; and now the use of such presses is spreading, notwithstanding the use of new devices for fastening obviates the difficulty at the New Orleans presses. Since the introduction of the “ McComb,” the “ Holmes & Churchill,” and other devi ces for fastening, the use of hoop3 is be coming general on the Mississippi river. Amongst others who use iron, I give you the names of E. B. Bennett and John Routh, Jr., of Ashwood, La., Jas. Hollingsworth and Jeff. Briscoe, of St. Joseph; Gabriel Shields, Natchez ; John Murdock, estate of Dr. Jenkins, Benj. Roach, Jas. Metoalf and Alex. Henderson, Natchez. I have beard the Hon. John Perkins say that he was the firs', to use iron hoops : that at first he thought it necessary to dip his hoops in tar to protect them from rust, but that many years he had used nothing on his hoops, and had never had a pound of cotton stained by rust . . , The Holmes <fc Churchill Tie is made by inserting iron buttons at one end and per forating holes with slot at the other end ot the hoop, to suit them. The McComb you know. These are considered the best, among others, in use in the Southwest. As you copsider my opinion of value, from the fact of my having seen so many others, I have to say, that I believe from the slight examination I have made, that the Ingersoll Lock, which you now have is su perior, in many particulars, to any I have gppn ’ Respectfully, ’ WILLIAM F. PRATT, Agent & Carver Company. Modern Spiritualism. No. I. In Reply to the “ Index.” We enter upon the task assigned us, of replying to the assaults of the late Editor of the “Index” upon “Modern Spiritualism,” with great diffidence in our ability to do that justice to the subject, which its impor tance demands. This distrust of ourself does not, however, arise from any supposed strength in the arguments presented against the new Philosophy, or any weakness in the arguments which its friends have offered in its favor, but simply from the fact, that we have not yet arrived at that point in our investigations ofthe subject, which will jus tify us to speak, personally , our own estab lished convictions of its truth. We are still an humble enquirer into the hidden myste ries of the spiritual theory. We are still on the threshold of the Temple, and only a no vitiate in its outer courts. It would there fore, be presumptuous in us to volunteer as the advocate and defender of the manifesta tion, from the implied intimation that we have encompassed the whole subject involv ed. and thoroughly understand the why and the wherefore of its teachings. This we disclaim, at the outset, lest we should be justly chargeable with the “ shame and folly” of answering a matter before we hear o r comprehend it On the contrary, we shall rely, chiefly, upon the labors and experience of others, for the defence which we shall make, without assuming any credit for the work done save what is due to the compiler of facts and the collator of principles, and their appliciation to the case in hand. And all this, at the instance of many conscient : ous and devout persons, whose devotion to spir itualism has evoked the scorn of bigots and the ridicule of scoffers and unbelievers. The Editor of the “ Index” is not very slow in the use of epithets against spiritual ism and its believers. In his first article of May 26, he calls it an “ exhibition of human •folly,” a ‘‘pernicious delusion,” “shallow non sense” of “infatuated persons, Ac., and though he admits the existence of the phenomena, he thinks they may all be attributed to “mag netic influence or electrical excitexent.” At any rate, he is sure they “do not ema nate from the spirits of the dead,” for the reasons given. Let us examine these reasons and see if they will stand the light of reason: “ Ist. Such comunications through such channels do not comport with human ideas of spiritual dignity.” It is not reasonable says Mr. Walker, that beings of the spirit world and an advanced state of existence should “ come down from their lofty spheres into a hotel saloon or some tallow lighted chamber to entertain a circle of spiritualists,” Ac. To this we answer in the language of Paul, “There is nothing unclean of itself; but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.” And God said to Peter, when he protested against the command to eat of such “ common and un clean things” as were, in vision, let down to him in a sheet, “ what God hath cleansed that call not thou common or unclean.’ Be sides, the Editor must recollect that the Al mighty did not think it undignified to aHow his son to be born in a horse-stable or man ger, and to undergo all the “lowness, un couthness and vulgarity” of infantile human ity. Why not object, then Mr. Walker, to such undignified manifestations of God's wisdom ! You can do it with equal pro priety. Again, “ look at mans generation, birth, nutrition, excrementition, medication and dissolution.” “ Are not all these undig nified demonstrations ?”- If so, Mr. Walter will perceive that he has a quarrel to settle, first, with the Crea tor, for making man so undignified an ani mal, before this reason can have much force against table tipping, &c. To the spiritual ist however the latter appears as natural and proper—merely the A. B. C. of the science and useful to attract the attention of the world to the developments which they in dicate and foreshadow. “ 2d. These “ spiritual manifestations” do not add to our present stock of ideas nor increase our knowledge.” This is a mere assertion unsupported by the fact 9of the case. Doubtless, in the lan guage of another, “ Our allwise and benig nant Father in Heaven has left no essential TYuth or righteousness dependent on the mere pretension or wwcorroborated testi mony either of departed or undeparted spir its.” “ Nevertheless, fundamental truths, and duties may be re-affirmed, clarified from error, philosophically elaborated and power fully commended to the embrace of mankind, by fresh spiritual communications.” In proof of this, it is stated that many confirm ed Deists and Atheists, who have become so, through the conflicting opinions of Christian sects as to what the Bible teaches of the resurrection, miracles, Ac., have been con verted to the belief of Christianity, through the manifestations of spiritualism. “ 3d. These manifestations do not improve private or public morals.” The Editor of the Index says, under this head, “ Did ever any one come out of those circles a better man, than when he went in? Were his profanity, debauchery or intem perance abandoned by these influences? “ Never.” Now we have no reply to make to such assaults against the morality and character of spiritualists. We know of none who are profane, debauched or intem perate. Therefore we cannot answer a question so manifestly dictated by a spirit of self-iighteou3ness. But this we can say, that we have known persons come away from these circles with their hearts warmed with divine love and their souls spiritually elevated and inspired with new purposes o: devotion to religious duty. We also know that the greatest scoffers of spiritualism are to be found in that class alluded to—the profane and the ungodly, who hold it in al most as much abhorrence as Bro. Walker himself! “ 4th This Harmonial Philosophy tends to mental be counted by hundreds. To this we reply, if spiritualism makes hundreds crazy, it is news to the spiritualists themselves. ‘Such cases may occur, occa sionally, but if so, it is only one of the many causes which produce derangement. Other religious creeds are liable, in a thousand fold degree, to the same objection, as the records of your Luuatic Asylums abundantly prove and demonstrate. For example, see the fol lowing summary of the Report, for 1856, of the “Indiana Hospital for the insane,'’ Table No. 9. in relation to the religious pro fession of the patients, as follows: Metho dists 227, Presbyterians 77, Baptists 90, Caropbellite Baptists 69, Quakers 46, Catho lics 69, Lutherans 27, Episcopalians 15, Re formers 11, United Brethren 18, Universal ists 7- Not one spiritualist in the whole crowd! “ sth. This spiritual agency furnishes op portunities for deception and fraud.” A Bank in Chicago was under spiritual diraotteo Md broke) ▲ medium at the North beguiled a relative out 0 f J and never paid back the money! I So says Bro. Walker ? If the , ( . . be so, we should judge there were * e many banks under spiritual influ,.! over the country. And if all who Zh v loDg to the same class, their “nam e , gion,” an exceeding great army. 13 “6th. Another proof that all these m. testations do not proceed from the s; ’ the dead, w their enmity Z * iers of the Gospel,” (except Universal! jv* ’stersas Bro. Walker says, subse^^ Now there are two false statements b this last reason. It is not characteristic 1 these manifestations that they are all * posed to Ministers of the Gospel, and 7 part were, it could be accounted for 0 admitted principle that there are evil ZZ as good spirits in the spirit-world, and*’ evil may hate ministers there as well a= h until they progress beyond the first dI v And 2d. so far from Universalists ben* * cepted in this hatred, we have a docuL before us from the pen of a J denounces spiritualism as “ atrocious f 0 ’ ery,” an “ impious farce,” a “ blaspheme &c., Ac. This document appeared i n ‘ Gospel Banner” of Augusta Maine. 1 fact is, that thousands of all classes of Z gionists have embraced the new philosophy and it promises fair to make sad havoc Z the worm-eaten creeds and commandment of Sectarians, while its teachings inculcat the purest morality, the highest faith - Christianity, and the most consoling hopj to mankind. Thus endeth tbe first lesson. Amen! You can-1 come it.—A fellow cal - ing himself Dr. S. H. Burns, of New York sands us a two square advertisement to be inserted four times for one dollar—said dol lar to be sent to us, on receipt of a copy of our paper having the advertisement insert ed therein. “ Thank you, for nothing,” Dr, Burns, but we cannot accept your proper, tion. You will have to send us $4, in&j. vance before we can publish your card. Cheating Incle Samuel. The present Post Office law taxes letter postage, we believe, in all circulars, secs through the mail, in a clandestine manner, or enclosed in a newspaper. Hence we were not a little surprised, the other day, at re ceiving a copy of the “Way of Life,” pur porting to be “a Weekly Christian paper,’ published in New York, enclosing a long printed Prospectus and the following short “ supplement- Office of the Way of Life. (Confide.vtul., Mr. Editor —Dear Sir : Should you feel disposed to insert the accompanying Circu lar in your paper, or extract from it, we will gladly place you upon our exchange list, on receiving a copy of your paper containing said advertisement. Please notice us if you can do so consist ently with your interests. The magnitude of the enterprise demands the attention o! all throughout our land. Yours Respectfully, EDGAR A HERRIES. New York, June 12, 1858. Notwithstanding the “confidential” c this circular, we give it to the public, an stand ready to testify against Edgar A Her ries for swindling Uncle Samuel, whenevei the Post Office Department may think prop er to summon us, for the purpose. Nic< commentary this transaction upon the hon esty of the puplishers of a profesedly Chris tian newspaper! Where is Mayor Tie man n ? Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OFTHE Halifax, June 15. —The British and North Amercan royal mail steamship Europa, Capt. John Leitch has arrived, with Liverpool dates to Saturday, Jnne 6th. Commercial. Liverpool Cotton Markel- —The sales of cotton for the week reached 49,000 bales of which speculators took 2,000 and exporters 3,500 bales. The market opened at a decline of 4<3, but the Van derbilt’s news caused a partial recovery, and the market closed with a decline of l-16d. to on the lower grades. The following are the authorized quo* tations : Fair Orleans 7fd. Middling Orleans 7 l-16d. Fair Mobile 7 8-Bd. Middling Mobile 6 15-I6d. Fair Uplands 7 5-16d. Middling Uplands 6|d. The sales on Friday were 10,000 bales without change in prices. State of Trade. —Manchester advices were more favorable, as prices were fir mer, and holders demanding an advance. Havre Cotton ‘ Market. — Prices have slightly declined and Orleans tree onh naire is quoted at 104 francs. London Money Market. — The rates for money are unchanged, but consols are reported lower—97f a 97£. Liverpool Breads tuffs Market. —Bread- stuffs are very dull and exhibit a declin ing tendency. General Xem. The Atlantic telegraphic cable fleet had returned from their experiments in deep water, and the electricians were well satisfied with the working of the apparat us employed, and the general success of their experiments. It was announced that the fleet would leave on the 9th June, for the purpose of laying the cable per manently in the ocean. In the House of Commons the govern ment has formerly announced that if the alledged outrages on American vessels are well founded, immediate explanations will be made to the government of the United States. The house ofR.AWsoN <t Son, London, India merchants, have suspended. Their liabilities are seven hundred thousand pounds sterling, but their assets are re garded abundant to meet all their liabil ities. Nothing later from India had been re ceived. The News from the Continent is unin teresting. The stock of cotton in Liverpool at the end of the week ending June 3d was 662,000 bales, of w T hich 570,000 were American. Circulars report the flour trade very dull at a decline of 6d. to Is. heat dull, declining, and 6d. lower. Rice hea vy. Rosin steady, and fine quoted from 13s. to 16s. Spirits of Turpentine stea dy at 48s. Latest from Liverpool. — Saturday af ternoon. —The Cotton market is steady, Holders are offering their stocks freely, but show no disposition to press sales. Latest from London, by Telegraph.— Consols quoted at 97$ for money. Havre Market. —Sales of Cotton for the week 3,500 bales, and all qualities slightly declined. Adjouinnieut of tlie Senate. Washington, June 16. — The Senate to-day passed the British Aggression res olutions, unanimously, and then adjourn* ed tint die,