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A RHYME OF THE TIMES.
Inscribed to Senator w****n, of Massachusetts,
nr OR. HUSBURY.
“A t tutor ultra crepidam,”
“ Now joy! friends of Freedom,
Our victory’s complete I
We’re got tne Slave-Power
Down under our feet 1”
Said the Know-Nothing (fa)
Natick bell-wether—
May’t wear our yoke ever,
And my Shoe-leather.
11.
The battle is over—
The smoke’s cleared away—
To ruin of triumph
The victors are prey !
And long will he sigh, in
His turf-covered street,
Oh 1 would that my leather
Were ’neath the Slave’s feet!
Christmas, 1860.
Black Republican Sentiments.
“Harmony”—one of the - best newspa
per correspondents in the country, who
ever he may be, thus writes to the Mobile
Register:
The weather is intensely cold, and we
have in the city an unusual amount of
Buffering. Thousands of work people arer
discharged every week. Stewart & Cos.,
(the dry goods house) discharged 100
clerks last Saturday.
In Newark, over fifteen thousand peo
ple have been discharged, and the misery
in that city is very great. Real estate is
depreciating rapidly, in fact you cannot
get any sort of a price for it. This is all
wrong—all foolish, and is the result of
a pure panic. If every other State should
leave New York, it need not depreciate
property here, so vastly as it has already
done.
There is danger of riot here. The
feeling is smothered and kept down for
the moment But it will break out. The
first blood that will be shed in the un
doubtedly coming contest, will be at the
North. I think in Boston, where aboli
tionism was first born. There are large
societies ready to act in this city. If this
distress goes on, there will be an out
break, and such men as Beecher, Cheever
and that class will be murdered and their
places destroyed. The least thing will
set it on fire.
There will be trouble in the northern
cities before long. People will not qui
etly see other people die of starvation
without knowing and punishing the
cause.
One of our most responsible citizens,
publicly offered ten thousand dollars to
any man who would take Beecher to the
river and drown him, and a similar amount
for the life of Cheever.
I am paralyzed. I seo no hope—no
light. Deep darkness overhangs the fu
ture. The Southern people are in earnest,
and they are right. They ought to go
out of the Union, and. if they do, the
Black Republicans will be taught a terri
ble lesson. The sufferings of the masses
will be beyond the wildest of horrible
dreams. It cannot be otherwise. New
York City will be with the South. She
always has been. She cannot be seriously
injured in the end, commerce and navi
gation does not run easily in new chan
nels. It will be long years before New
York City can be seriously injured. The
blow that will fell her, will be internal
anarchy. Corruption will bring on that.
If the Southern States secede, I think this
city will play the role of Empire alone—
set up for herself. She will, if she does
so, revive the splendor of ancient Rome.
She will be the mistress of this continent.
She will get rid of her bad citizens by
keeping them off in her armies, and she
will have the bravest of soldiers. There
is but one step from liberty to anarchy,
and one more step to despotism. lam
clearly of opinion, after what I have seen,
that a despotism will suit us better than
any other form of government. We are
fond of show and parade. We are fond
of royalty. The imperial word “Empire”
suits us. We claim to be the “Empire
City,” “Empire State,” why not go the
“Empire of New York.”
The Federal officers here meet several
nights in every month. They are con
sulting eminent lawyers, and are advising
with each other in reference to a dissolu
tion of the Union. Mr. Schell, the Col
lector, has corresponded with Attorney
General Black. The latter has written
to the Collector, that if South Carolina
secedes, it is a virtual dissolution of the
Union, and that the Collector of the port
of New York and his Federal assistants
are relieved from all further accouta
bility, and have a right to collect and re
tain the revenues accruing here, and
keeping them until the Legislature ofNew
York, or the City authorities, attach the
same.
If a single State goes out of the Union,
Mr. Schell regards it as broken up, and
says “Lincoln is not President;” and’
neither he or any of the'Federal officials
will resign or surrender their power and
the public money to any, except to the
City Treasury
Mr. John B. B. Cisco, the sub treas
urer, takes the same view. He has sev
eral millions at his disposal. A large
portion is in bars of gold, valued at sl,-
000 each. These are being painted white,
so as not to attract attention in case of
being removed from the sub-treasury
vaults in case of a riot, or of Lincoln
claiming to be the President.
Mr. Buchanan approves of all the pro
ceedings. His nephew, and late private
secretary, Henry, attends all the
caucuses at the residences of the Collec
tor, Sub-Treasurer and other officials
who are in the conspiracy to prevent a
surrender of the Custom House and of
the public treasure to the Black Republi
cans next March. Os course all the peo
ple are anxious for the Southern States
to go out, in order to give them an ex
cuse for seizing upon the public treasure
at this point.
We think that the Governor has acted
wisely in declining, for the present, to
convene the Legislature. The only meas
ure which could at this time necessitate
an extra session, is the suspension of
specie payments by the banks where such
suspension is deemed advisable, and this
the Governor has accomplished without
the intervention of the Legislature, by
pledging the State to the legalization of
that suspension, whenever it is resolved
upon. The banks of Mobile have not
thought it necessary to avail themselves
of the Governor’s recommendation, but,
in common with the suspended banks,
have expressed their readiness to accom
modate the State with the loan which she
will need to perfect her independence,
and which the Governor provisionally
estimates at one million of dollars.—Mo
bile Register.
Grand Demonstration.
This city was jubilant last night on
secession of South Carolina. There was
a grand procession of Minute Men with
music, transparencies and banners. The
main street was lit up with bonfires.—
This office wa3 illuminated. The cannon
was fired and the bells were rung. The
Minute Men and a vast crowd of citizens
assembled before the Lanier House from
the balcony of which speeches were made
by I. R. Braham, R. A. Smith, Esq., C.
Anderson, Esq., Hon. P. Tracy, Jas. A.
Nitbet, and A. M. Speer of this city, and
Mr. Barbiere, of Memphis, Tenn. The
Minute Men are parading the streets
and great enthusiasm prevails while we
go to press. —Macon Tele, of Saturday.
Tbe Texas and New Orleans Rail
Road.
‘W e learn from the Houston Telegraph
that the Texas and New Orleans road is
being pushed forward with unabated zeal.
The contractors will cross the Trinity
bridge next week on the way to Houston,
from which point forty or fifty working
days will complete the Texas division,
from the Sabine to Hoaston. We may
accordingly look for a lessening of the
time between that point and New Orleans
by at least twelve hours during the pres
ent winter. —Commercial Bulletin.
The Palmetto and the Pelican.
We learn from the New Orleans Cres
cent that the bark Sea Breeze cleared
from that port for Prance with the Pal
metto and the Pelican flag flying at her
main and fore.
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Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.
Major Anderson's Order*—Our Del
egation, Ac., Ac.
Washington, Dec. 22. —Major Ander
son’s orders are to surrender to the con
stituted authorities of South Carolina—
but not to irresponsible parties—in case
the forts should be attacked. The re
maioing members of the South Carolina
Delegation paid to the President a visit
to-day, and took leave of him in the most
cordial and friendly manner.
On Monday Gen. McQueen will lead off
in the House, before the retiring of the
Delegation, in a speech announcing the
passage of the Ordinance of Secession by
the State of South Carolina, should the
Delegation in the meantime receive offi
cial notification from Governor Pickens
of the fact. It is a singular circumstance
that neither Mr. Boyce nor Mr. Bonham
had received any positive information of
the passage of the Ordinance of Secession
by the Convention of South Carolina till
late last night.
The Ordinance was telegraphed in full
to the President, who received it at seven
o’clock. The President promenaded
Pennsylvania Avenue this evening and
attracted the gaze of thousands, owing to
his position at this critical juncture of
affairs. A semi official editorial, pub
lished in Lincoln’s organ yesterday, (and
telegraphed here from Illinois,) says that
South Carolina cannot dissolve the Union.
It further says that she cannot get out of
the Union unless she conquers the Gov
ernment ; that Mr. Buchanan’s Adminis
tration may shrink from the emergency
now, but that Mr. Lincoln will perform
the duty in case South Carolina shall
commit an overt act.
Forged letters, purporting to be from
the hand of Mr. Buchanan, appeared in
different journals yesterday, but the
President repudiates them all. The Re
publicans, generally, denounce the resto
ration of the old compromise line to the
Pacific. On Monday, Senator Clarke,
(Republican,) has determined to press to
a vote the resolution calling for informa
tion in regard to the orders sent to Col.
Anderson.
Mr. Hamlin left for home to-day. He
will not return until the inauguration of
the President. The radical Republicans
are endeavoring to prevent a quorum in
Congress on Monday. The South Caro
lina delegation will not leave, in conse
quence of this move on the part of the
Republicans. Mr. Trescott bade fare
well to all the clerks in the State Depart
ment to-day. He leaves with the South
Carolina delegation.
Matters In New York.
New York, Dec. 28. —The effect of the
secession of South Carolina from this
Union has not been fully developed here.
It was expected that uneasiness and a
want of confidence would result. The
receipt of $5,000,000 from England does
not restrain the downward tendency in
the stock market.
The Commercial Advertiser says that
the news from the South will have a dis
astrous effect upon all other but Rail Road
Stocks. There are hopeful indications
here that there will be no collision be
tween the Federal Government and the
seceding States. It is hoped that there
will be no additional secessions.
Affairs in Baltimore.
Baltimore, Dec. 21 — The secession of
South Carolina was generally known
here yesterday afternoon. The papers
record it as an historic fact, without spe
cial comment. There have been no de
monstrations one way or the other. Very
many say they feel relieved, and hope
that the action of South Carolina will be
a wesson, which they will understand and
profit by.
Tlie Effects in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21. — The effect of
the Secession Ordinance was hardly felt
here. As an instance of the fact, we note
that Stocks are free, steady, and in de
mand. Money is slightly easier.
Special to the Charleston Mercnry.
From Washington
Washington, Dec. 21.—The South
Carolina members of the House have
held a perfect levee to day. On Monday
Gen. McQueen will merely announce to
the House the passage of the Ordinance
of Secession, and the whole South Caro
lina delegation will then withdraw in a
body. The Alabama and Mississippi
members held a consultation to day, upon
the propriety of withdrawing at the same
time; but they finally concluded to await
the action of their respective States.
Messrs. Boyce and Ashmore paid their
respects to-day to Ex-Secretary Cass.—
Those of the South Carolina members
who are here counsel the utmost pru
dence, and the avoidance of a collision,
until the cotton States have developed
their plans.
The Cabinet has been in session all
day.
The session of the Senate Select Com
mittee is said to have been a very inter
esting one. The Abolitionists definitely
announced that they had no terms to of
fer.
Senator Toombs spoke at length, charg
ing upon the North all the responsibility
of the disruption of the Government.
Davis, of Mississippi, was present, hav
ing consented to serve on the Committee.
The Committee did nothing, and adjourn
ed to Thursday.
Letters from Boston, to-night, report
the middle and lower classes of that sec
tion almost in a starving condition.
The Reward of Serving one’s Coun
try.
I think it is a matter of congratula
tion that the public has got rid of Secre
tary Cobb. That is a public blessing.—
No man has ever yet held that office who
has managed it so wretchedly. We will
let Georgia go out of the Union cheer
fully, and say “God bless and prosper
you, dear sister,” if she will only keep
Howell Cobb in her own borders. lie is
too great a load for even the Union to car
ry.
Caleb Cushing arrived in town last
night, and I am rejoiced to say no earth
quake was the immediate consequence. It
is said that he is on his way to Charles
ton, where he has purchased a house
and intends to establish a branch of the
commercial firm of Cushing, Brothers &
Cos., of Newburyport. lie is another
good riddance, and we shall all feel more
kindly to South Carolina for taking
Caleb.— N. Y. Cor. Mobile Register.
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Sow and Then.
Living was cheap enough in the olden
time. Socrates is supposed to have lived
upon an income of $75; but he lived
worse than a slave. His coat was shab
by, and he wore the same garment both
winter and summer; he went barefooted;
his chief food was bread and water; and
as he entered in no business to mend his
estate or income, it is not wonderful that
his wife scolded. Demosthenes, his sis
ter, and their mother, paid for their
board $lO5 a year, and provided the
house into the bargain.
The Reutalof Ireland.
The rental of Ireland has, within the
last twenty years, risen from ten million
to fifteen million pounds sterling, and the
revenue has rise nearly three millions
pounds sterling beyond what it was a
century ago. Within thirty years, the
foreign imports have risen from one mil
lion five hundred thousand to five mill
ion five hundred thousand pounds ster
ling.
The Methodist Conference, which re
cently closed its meeting at Columbia, S.
C., adopted resolutions expressive of
“their encouragement, their sympathies,
their affections, their intercessions, with
Heaven, in behalf” of the secession of
South Carolina from the Union ; and,
while deploring the necessity which ex
ists for a separation, “feel bound by hon
or and duty to move in harmony with the
South, in resisting northern domination.”
How the Counties Stand.
The Augusta Chronicle says in eighty
four counties of Georgia, included in a
list published on Tuesday—forty four
have nominated only co-operation tickets
“—fourteen only immediate secession tick
ets, and in twenty six there are two tick
et#.
Discussion at “Ifelsgle HllJ.’’
Eds. Suti: —The immediate State se
cessionists called a meeting at “Shingle
Hill,” on Saturday, and 00-operationists
were there also, in the midst of them,
“not to curse but to bless them.” ,
By 12 o’clock, a goodly number of peo
ple from the “surrounding country”
were on the ground. The meeting was
organized by calling Dr. A. J. Robison to
preside.
Col. Ingram alone appeared for the co
operationists, and himself and Colonel
Ramsey immediately and in the most
friendly manner arranged between them
selves for the discussion—lngram to lead
in a speech of one hour, Ramsey to
follow for the same time, with the privi
lege for each to reply for fifteen minutes.
Col. Ingram occupied his hour in an
argument addressed Bolely to the judg
ment of the audience. His aim seemed
to be to get them to reason and think, and
stated his positions so clearly and point
edly that no one could fail to understand
them, and enforced them in a way that
the audience cannot soon forget them.
He admitted the wrongs the South had
endured to the fullest extent—that the
Northern mind was deeply diseased and
prejudiced against our institutions—that
in all probability the only remedy was
a separation of the slave from the free
States—but was willing to allow the
Union men a fair chance to secure our
rights in the Union by an amendment to
the Constitution or otherwise. He in
sisted upon a consultation with the
Southern States—if they failed of redress
in the Union, then the entire slave States
might secede together—failing in that,
the cotton States might co operate in
seceding—failing in that, any one State
could at last fall back on her own sover
eignty and go alone, as South Carolina
had done—that South Carolina had aright
to go alone, and the slave States should
see to it that she should be allowed to
“go in peace" —that the act of South Car
olina was rash and precipitate, and want
ing in courtesy and respect towards her
sister States —but the experiment of seces
sion would be tested by South Carolina,
and her younger sister, Georgia, could
afford to wait a little and see how her
self-willed elder sistsr would fare in her
lone journey. He stated distinctly that
if honored with a seat in the Convention he
would never vote for a final dissolution of
the Convention till there was such a settlement
had, either in the Union or out of it, as would
be satisfactory to a majority of the people of
Georgia —that all the Conventions should
be kept open till a final settlement—that
for the Union to continue, there must be
a radical change in Northern sentiment —that
the repeal of all their Personal Liberty
Bills under a panic would not weigh one
feather with him—Black Republican
politicians might repeal their obnoxious
bills and their people remain the same as
now. No, said he, there must be a deeper
change, a deeper repentance than that!
It must be a change in the minds of the people.
He would not leave it to the politicians ;
the people must speak; the “new guaran
ties,” to be satisfactory, must be ratified
by the Northern people.
So, on the other hand, he would not
leave it with Southern politicians or Con
gressmen to settle this question. The
people here must rise up and settle this ques
tion for themselves.
These points and many others were
enforced upon the minds of the audience
till the expiration of the hour, and so
clearly were all his points stated, that no
one of the audience could misunderstand
them though he should try ever so hard.
Colonel llamsey followed in an hour’s
speech. He spoke in his usual impetuous
strain, and eloquently. He urged them
to move quickly—to secede immediately
and join South Carolina—his aim seeming
to be to fire them up and keep them from
thinking.
We were pleased to see that the dis
cussion was conducted between Messrs.
Ingram and Ramsey in the most friendly
and courteous manner, and we were re
joiced to see it thus.
During the speech of Colonel Ramsey
there was great enthusiasm among the
audience— especially among those who were
from Columbus; and those who were in
Columbus on the previous night.
Capt. P. 11. Colquitt also addressed the
audience in his usual spirited style.
As something may be said about a
division at the close of the meeting, it may
not bo amiss to say that after the co
operationists had generally retired from
the ground for consultation, those who
remained were pretty unanimous for im
me-di-ate se-ces-sion—and especially those
who went from Columbus.
We aire satisfied with the demonstration
at Shingle Hill. A LOOKER ON.
’ Tlie City of Alazatlan.
Mazatlan is a beautiful city of 10,000
inhabitants, located at the entrance of
the Gulf of California. The bouses are
nearly all one story, few indeed being of
two. I'bey are built of Mexican brick,
with very thick walls, and are generally
of a brilliant white, a few being cream
color. The roofs are of tiles, the floors
of briok, the windows large and protec
ted by iron bars—a few having glass shut
ters on the inside. .The streets are very
narrow; but very clean, and paved. The
widest streets are not much wider than
requirefl for two carts to pass each other;
the middle size barely wide enough, and
the narrow ones only wide enough for
one to travel in. The city, as a whole,
is the cleanest and neatest one I have
ever be£n in, and the inhabitants are as
neat and cleanly in proportion. The
outside; doors of the houses are very
strong and heavy, with locks, bolts and
barricades for fastenings. This is to
protect the inhabitants in time of revolu
tion. Each bouse occupies a square,
being built along the four sides, and a
large court-yard in the centre, full of
shrubbery, orange, lime and cocoanut
trees, giving a very pleasing appearance.
The public square is small, all paved
over, the principal promenade being
around it, and on the inside of its walls,
with seats on each side, and orange and
lime trees at very short intervals be
tween them. The harbor is small and
difficult of access, on account of a bar
across itjs mouth ; large vessels cannot get
in. The inhabitants are very civil to
strangers, and quiet in their demeanor.
Death of Old Sterling.
“Sterling,” a slave, and quite a noto
rious “cullud pursonage”—a great mili
tary character —for years connected with
the Baldwin Blues in the capacity of fifer
and drummer—died on Thursday last and
was buried on Friday with due military
honors, by the Baldwin Blues.
Here Was a sight for the Sumners and
Greeleys of the North. The remains of
a slave followed to the grave by a military
company in uniform, and the usual mili
tary salute fired over his remains ! What
a sight for those miserable philanthro
pists at the North, who have so much love
for the negro in the South, and so little
for the suffering starving poor whites at
their very door. —Federal Union , 25/A.
Rhode Island to lleconte an Inde-
pendent Nation.
The Nejwport Advertiser of Wednesday,
after fervently hoping that the Union will
not be dissolved, attributes the decline of
Rhode Island maritime interests to the
operation of the Union into which she so
tardily entered. In case of a dissolution,
and the formation of a confederacy from
which New England shall be excluded,
the Advertiser trusts that the common
wealth founded by Roger Williams will
prefer original sovereignty to a confed
eration with Massachusetts fanaticism.
The magnificence of Newport harbor
leads the Advertiser to refer to the histo
ry of Hamburg, Bremen, etc., as encour
aging “a separate political organization
that would command the respect of the
world.”
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Alabama Hllltla.
There are now seventy companies, be
longing to the volunteer corps of the
State, created by the last Legislature.—
No company is admitted without having
forty-four men on its roll, which would
make three thousand and eighty men,
but some of the companies have as many
as eighty men* Making the ’ average at
fifty men in each company, the corpse
now numbers three thousand five hun
dred men.
Them Ere Lege.
A son of the Granite State went down
to the city of Memphis to seek his for
tune. He found, instead, a diarrhoea,
which gradually saps life in a chronic
form.
> It was with tbi3 that poor Jim Bagley
was picked up. And, month after month
it tugged until at length he was but the
outline of his former self, a perfect skele
ton.
A worthy minister saw the poor fel
low, and seeing that the king of terrors
had spotted him, determined to call on
him and offer spiritual consolation. He
broached the important subject somewhat
thus:
“My dear Mr. Bagley, in view of your
relations with this life, how do you feel?”
“D and sick!” was the prompt re
ply.
“Don’t swear, my poor friend,” said
the parson, “and let me ask you if you
ever think of your latter end?”
“Lord !” said Bagley, “I han’t thought
of anything else more’n three months.”
“Not, I’m afraid, in the right wily,
Mr. Bagley. I beg you pause and re
fleet. It is time you began to wrestle
with the Lord !”
The sick man leoked down at his miser
able poker legs, extended before him, and
with an expression of amazement in his
countenance exclaimed—
“Rastle with the Lord ! what, with
them ere legs ?” pointing to his own, —
“Why parson, he’d flip me into h—l the
very first pass.”
The parson gave him up as hardened
sinner.
Defences of Charleston Harbor.
The defences of Charleston harbor con
sist of Fort Moultrie, which is at the en
trance, Fort Sumpter, about half-way be
tween the Bar and the City, and Castle
Pinckney, which is a round Fort, quite
near the city. All these Forts are so
placed as completely to command the
channel, so that any vessel going up to
Charleston, must come under the close
fire of their guns.
Fort Moultrie is a powerful water bat
tery and completely commands the entry
to the harbor. Like most works simply
intended for defense against attacks by
water, it is comparatively weak on the
land side. It is now being strengthened
on that side.
Fort Sumpter is a formidable work,
built on piles in the middle of the har
bor, and on the very edge of the ship
channel. It can mount 145 guns. Some
very heavy guns are now being mounted.
It is really one of the strongest works of
the kind in the country. Fully manned
and armed, it would be capable of de
fence against a large force.
Castle Pinckney is comparatively a
small work. It commands the city com
pletely, however. We believe that there
are not more than 75 artillery men at
Fort Moultrie, while Castle Pinckney
and Fort Sumpter are wholly without
garrisons. Fort Sumpter would com
mand Fort Moultrio, we think, and in
the event of the first being taken, it ap
pears to us that the latter would be un
tenable.
Proclamation of tlie Governor of
South Carolina.
Executive Department, I
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 24, 18G0. /
Whereas, the good people of this State,
in convention assembled, by an Ordi
nance, unanimously adopted and ratified,
on the 20th of December, in the year of
our Lord 1860, repealed an ordinance of
the people of this State, adopted on the
23d of May, in the year of our Lord 1788,
and have thereby dissolved the Union be
tween the State of South Carolina and
other States, under the name of the Uni
ted States of America:
I, therefore, as Governor and Comman
der in Chief, in and over the State of
South Carolina, by virtue of authority iD
me vested, do hereby proclaim to the
world that this State is, as she has a
right to be, a separate, sovereign, free
and independent State; and,as such, has
a right to levy war, conclude peace, ne
gotiate treaties, leagues or covenants,
and to do all acts whatsoever that right
fully appertain to a free and independent
State. F. W. PICKENS.
Tlie Fashionable “Rage” of Paris.
The sprightly Parisian correspondent
of the Boston Evening Traveller comrnu
nicates the following:
The great rage now among the fine la
dies is to have a negro lad, a sort of page,
about them, to carry their fan, to hold
their parasol. The uglier the negro is
the higher are his wages. It is nothing
but an old fashion revived, in a great
many of the ancient pictures of high life,
in the Louvre gallery, belles are repre
sented with a “Black-a-Moor,” by their
side ; and the christening of these Pagans
seems in those days to have afforded
something like an assembly or festival to
his mistress’ acquaintances. Lord Ches
terfield in one of his letters records that
he treated his friends with the christen
ing of a “Black-a-Moor,” and says “he
renounced his likeness, (you know this
phrase—black as the and 1,) with great
devotion, to the infinite edification of a
very numerous audience of both sexes.”
Good for Laurie,
We read, in a late New York paper,
that a Sunday or two ago, the ltev. Mr.
Laurie had occasion to exchange pulpits
with the Rev. E. 11. Chapin, the celebra
ted Universalist preacher. Many mem
bers of Mr. Chapin’s congregation have
an idea that nobody else can preach a
sermon as well as their pastor, and when
they enter their church and find a stran
ger occupying his place, they are apt to
turn and go out. So it happened on this
occasion that not a few persons departed
and others were on the point of doing so,
when Mr. L. arose, hymn book in hand,
and gravely remarked: “All those who
came here to worship E. H. Chapin will
have an opportunity to retire, and those
who came to worship the Everlasting
God will please unite in singing the fol
lowing hymn.”
Rev. H. W. Beecher, of the Indepen
dent, in indulging in a philanthropic
howl at the Irish emigrants in this coun
try, indulges in a coarse fling at McMas
ter of the New York Freeman’s Journal.
Mr. McMaster thus replies : It is news
that American freedom, as distinguished
from European, means equality for ne
groes with the white man. Let us,
however, remark to the writer in the In
dependent, that he must be a very late
importation from “ Down East,” or he
would have been aware that our grand
father was fighting for American liberty
against the tories and Indians beyond the
Alleghanies, at the time that his grand
father was driving cattle through New
England to sell to the British on Long
Island Sound. That accounts in part for
political differences between their grand
sons.
Heart-Rending Occurrence.
The Memphis Argus states that an old
lady, residing in the family of Mr. John
King, in the vicinity of Jackson street, a
few days since, procured some medicine
for rheumatism, and placed it on a table
in her room. Last Tuesday evening a
little daughter of Mr. King, aged about
three years, entered the room in the ab
sence of the old lady, and seeing the vial
of medicine on the table in reach, seized
and drank the greater portion of its con
tents. The little girl was discovered
shortly aferward in spasms, and although
medical aid was at once summoned, death
alone, which occurred on the 19th, re
lieved the little sufferer of its miseries.
A Gloomy Prospect.
Hundreds of industrious mechanics
have been deprived of employment by the
financial pressure, and at the close of the
year, there will be a greater number of
idle men in this city than has ever been
known before. Many of them have fam
ilies to support; and to such the prospect
of passing through the winter months,
and encountering the rigors of the sea
son, is dreary, indeed.— Rich. Whig.
♦
The people of England are complaining
more and more of the weight of taxes.
The burden has become almost intolera
ble. When we consider that the war in
China has cost fifty millions of dollars,
we need not be surprised at the tremend
ous pressure of taxation upon the people
of the three kingdoms.
Eds. Sun : I do not think the proper
name has been given our secession ticket;
you ought to print it, The People’s Ticket
for Secession, and to call the other The
Aristocratic Ticket for Submission, and I
will tell you why :
A call was made for a general meeting
of all (without distinction of old parties)
who were in favor of secession. At this
meeting about 300 people attended, and
went into a regular balloting for the
nominees, and Benning, Ramsey and |
Rutherford selected. This was chosen !
by the people. Another meeting was
called of all in favor of co-operation. At j
this meeting the leaders objected to go j
into a ballot. A motion made for that
purpose was voted down. Every thing
was ready cut and dried. A committee
was appointed by the chair to draw up
resolutions and suggest nominees. They
retired, remained long enough to get a
drink, and returned with a series of reso
lutions, neither of which could have been
drawn up in four times the time they
were out. A vote was taken and they
were adopted. Then the vote was taken
on the nominees by the committee, and
they were accepted; and the people be
lieved they had really participated in the
selection of their nominees. Very far
from it. Every thing was previously ar
ranged by the leaders before the meeting.
Col. Lee was to be chairman —I*. Ingram,
Esq. was to draw the resolutions, and
Col. Holt, N. Howard and P. Ingram
were to be nominated, and the mass of
the meeting had little to do with the
nomination, except the edicts, the few
leaders, had framed. And were those
nominees in favor of co operation or
secession ? By no means. According to
the speech of Holt in the Senate just
made, there was not yet sufficient cause
for secession. Howard never pretended
to be for it—and old Mr. Clark found out
from Ingram’s speech, made at the meet
ing, he was not for secession at all.
They were all for submission. Now is it
not plain this ticket was made by the
f ew __tho best, or those who considered
themselves the best— The Aristos.
Sleep.
Dr. Cornell, of Philadelphia, contrib
utes to the November number of the Ed
ucator an article on sleep, from which we
make the following brief extracts :
No one who wishes to accomplish great
things should deny himself the advanta
ges of sleep or exercise. Any student
will accomplish more, year by year, if he
allow himseif seven or eight hours of
sleep, and three or four for meals and
amusements, than if he labors at his
books, or with his pen, ten or twelve
hours a day.
It is true that some few persons are
able to perform much mental labor, and
to study late at night and yet sleep well.
Some require but little sleep. But such
individuals are very rare. General
Pichegru informed Sir Gilbert Blane that
during a whole year’s campaign, he did
not sleep more than one hour iu twenty
four. Sleep seemed to be at the com
mand of Napoleon, as he could sleep and
awake apparently at will.
M. Guizot, Minister of France under
Louis Phillippe, was a good sleeper. A
late writer observed that his facility for
going to sleep after extreme excitement
and mental exertion was prodigious, and
it was fortunate for him that he was so
constituted, otherwise his health would
materially have suffered. A minister in
France ought not to be a nervous man ;
it is fatal to him if he is. After the most
boisterous and tumultous sittings, at the
chamber, after being baited by the oppo
sition in the most savage manner—there
is no milder expression for their-exces
sive violence—he arrives home, throws
himself upon a couch, and sinks immedi
ately into a profound sleep, from which
he is undisturbed till midnight, when
proofs of the Moniteur are brought to
him for inspection.
The most frequent and immediate cause
of insanity, and one of the most impor
tant to guard against , is the want of sleep.
Indeed, so rarely do we see a recent case
of insanity that it is not preceded by want
of sleep, that it is regarded as almost a
sure precursor'of mental derangement.
Notwithstanding strong hereditary pre
disposition, ill-health, loss of kindred or
property, insanity rarely results, unless
the exciting causes are such as to produce
a loss of sleep. A mother loses her only
child; the merchant his fortune ; the poli
tician, the scholar, the enthusiast, may
have their minds powerfully excited and
disturbed; yet, if they sleep well, they
will not become insane. No advice is so
good, therefore, to those who have recov
ered from an attack, or to those who are
in delicate health, as that of securing, by
all means, sound, regular and refreshing
sleep.
Items of news from the Montgomery
Advertiser of Saturday:
An Interesting Episode. —We under
stand that on Thursday last, the minis
ters in attendance upon the Alabama Con
ference of the M. E. Church, South,
through Rev. Dr. Summers, presented
Rev. Thomas W. Dorman, with au ele
gant service of silver, as a slight testimo
nial of their appreciation of his zeal and
fidelity in the discharge of his duties, for
a number of years past, as Secretary of
the Conference. The speech of Dr. Sum
mers is represented to us as having been
exceedingly chaste and classical, whilst
the response of Dr. Dorman was equally
as creditable in a literary point of view.
It was a distinguished mark of respect
and admiration for which the recipient
doubtless felt deeply sensible, and he will
long keep in vivid remembrance the
kindness of the donors, all of whom give
evidence of being alike noble in head and
heart.
The Salute Yesterday.— One hun
dred guns were fired by a squad of the
“Blues,” on Capitol hill, at 12 o’clock
yesterday, in honor of the secession of
South Carolina. The greatest enthusiasm
prevails hereabouts, and the gallant Pal
mettos are applauded on every hand for
their heroism in dissolving their con
nection with the government—a govern
ment which will not accord equal and
exact justice to each and every sovereign
State.
Pocket Picked.— We learn that a gen
tleman by the name of Fowler, had his
pocket picked in the vicinity of the Mar
ket House, on Thursday night last, losing
by the operation $165.
Steam Fire XSnglnea.
The utility of steam fire engines was
never better tested than during the late
scarcity of water in New York. At each
of the large fires which occurred within
that period—one in Maiden Lane and
the other in Greenwich street —a wide
spread conflagration would undoubtedly
have ensued but for the powerful aid of
these engines, which did the principal
work in forcing water up from the rivers
to the burning stores. The staunchest
friends and admirers of hand engines were
obliged to admit the great superiority of
engines worked by steam on those occa
sions, as also at several great fires in the
coldest part of last winter.—iY. 0. Com.
Bulletin.
Abolition Felicitations.
Geo. Thompson writes from London,
congratulating Mr. Garrison upon the
triumph just achieved, : Lincoln’s elec
tion. He says: “You have to reach
forth to the things that are before, press
ing towards the object you had in view
when ■starting—the utter extermination
of slavery wherever it may exist.”
Case of Conscience.
The President of one of our city banks
received this day, through the Postoffice,
a package containing S3OO, with this
memorandum; “This S3OO (with inter
est) taken from teller’s cash three years
ago.”— Boston Traveller , loth.
Population of the United States.
A Washington despatch says that as
near as can be ascertained, the total pop
ulation of the States and Territories is
31,000,000 ; therefore the ratio of repre
sentation in the House of Representatives
will be about 133,000.
Washington News.
Washington, Deo. 23. —1n the Senate
committee, yesterday, the Republicans
asked for more time, before they voted on
the resolutions before them. Toomba
refused to grant the request, and every
proposition was voted down. Toombs
and Crittenden were the only two that
voted for Crittenden’s resolutions. This
attitude of the Republicans had a most
depressing effect on the whole commu
nity.
There is a report current that the Ad
ministration had received a dispatch from
Charleston, to the effect that a revenue
cutter had arrived in that neighborhood,
and unless orders were given for her im
mediate withdrawal, South Carolina
would seize and take the forts.
Caleb Cushing returned yesterday. —
His report was considered important
enough for an immediate Cabinet consul
tation.
The Hon Millege L. Bonham left for
home to-day. The Hon. John McQueen
leaves to morrow, and the Hon. W. W.
Boyce leaves early next week.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The llou. Mr.
Morris, of Illinois, will offer a resolution
of inquiry, in relation to the defalcation
in the office of the Interior. Also what
truth in the rumors on the street, of a
very large amount of the missiDg money,
or stock missing, from the war Depart
ment.
A dispatch has been received from New
York saying that the whole amount of the
missing stock is in the Bank of the Re
public, that institution having advanced
three hundred thousand dollars on it. It
is corrently reported that warrants have
been issued against the firm of Russel,
Major, & Cos., for receiving the stock.
South Carolina State Convention.
Colombia, Dec. 24.—The convention
was principally engaged to-day in per
fecting the “Address to the people of the
Southern States, and the causes which
have led to the separation of South Car
olina from the American Union.”
Gov. Perry, of invited to
a seat on the floor.
An ordinance was offered, granting
authority to the courts of South Carolina
to have jurisdiction over cases of admi
ralty. The maritime ordinance was ap
propriately referred.
Many able speeches were delivered to
day.
To-night the convention is in secret
session, and the rumor is, that it is en
gaged in matters concerning the postal,
custom house, and light house affairs of
the State.
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 24— Senate. —In the
Senate, to day, Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, of
sered a resolution reepmmending that all
the States apply to Congress for an order,
calling a convention to amend the Con
stitution.
Mr. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, offered a
bill to prevent the invasion of one State
by another.
Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, proposed sun
dry amendments to the Constitution, all
of which were referred to the committee
of thirteen.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, submitted a
resolution, amending the Constitution so
as to admit slaves as property in all Fed
eral relations.
The Kansas bill was debated.
The Senate then adjourned until
Thursday.
State Bonds Abstracted.
Washington, Dec. 23.—State Bonds
amountihg to eight hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, have been abstracted
from the Indian Trust Fund, by Mr.
Bailey, the Clerk in charge. Bailey in
formed the Secretary of the Interior him
self, and it is supposed that the transac
tion was without criminal intent, and
was for the benefit of third parties.—
Bailey was formerly from South Caroli
na.
New York, Deo. 24.—A man by the
name of ltussell was arfested here to-day,
as a party implicated in the late abstrac
tion of stocks from the Department of
the Interoior.
Tlte Senate National Committee.
Washington, Del. 24.—The Senate
committee of thirteen was in sessiou to
day. The Black Republicans submitted
their ultimatum, viz : They will recom
mend to their State Legislatures to adopt
Constitutional provisions that slavery
shall not be abolished by Congress.
Baltimore News.
Baltimore, Dec. 22.—There were one
hundred guns fired in honor of the seces
sion of South Carolina, and there will be
a meeting to-night to urge the Governor
to call a special session of the Legisla
ture.
Kleetion in Mobile.
Mobile, Dec. 24.—The secession ticket
was elected here to day, by one thousand
majority.
Eds. Sun : I notice that the City Coun
cil, at their meeting on the 24th instant,
adopted the following resolution:
That it is the sense of this board, and
we learn from statements made by the late
board, that it is their understanding
that no more of the City Bonds axe to be
turned over to the Opelika and Talladega
Rail Road Company, until said Road bed
is ready for the laying down of the iron
rail, and that the remaining $65,000 be
reserved specially for the purchase of
Iron for said Road.
I must confess to some surprise at the
statement made in the above resolution.
They are certainly wrong in their con
clusions that the late Board intended to
restrict the issue and use of the City
Bonds to the purchase of Iron. On the
contrary there was but one gentleman
(Aid. Quin) who insisted on that restric
tion, and if the Board will consult him
he will fully sustain what I say. The
only restriction laid on the issue by the
late Council was, that the proceeds of the
Board should be applied to the construc
tion of the said Road commencing at Ope
lika.
This question was thoroughly canvass]
ed at the time, and it was generally con
ceded, that the objection making the
subscription was to have the Road built,
and it matters but little to us whether our
money was spent for Iron, grading or
superstructure, so that the Road was
built.
If the present Council wanted informa
tion, it could readily have been obtained
in an authentic form, by consulting the
recorded proceedings of Council in regard
to this transaction, at the time the sub
scription was made. Whatever that was.
is binding on the present Board, and
cannot be altered, amended or changed
by understandings at variance with the
original contract.
I have noticed this matter not that I
wish to urge the city to issue the Bonds,
but simply to set the matter right, by
stating the facts in the case.
MERCHANT.
Rhode Island.
Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, in an
swer to a letter inquiring into the truth
of a statement made in the New York
Herald, that he would refuse to recom
mend the repeal of the Personal Liberty
bill of that State, has made the following
explicit and patriotic response:
The Governor of Rhode Island goes
heart and hand for the repeal of the so
called Personal Liberty bills of bis State,
though they were unconstitutional only
in spirit. The Legislature, which meets
in January, will, without hesitation, re
peal them, not from fear or cowardice,
but from a brave determination, in face
of threats and sneers to live up to the
Constitution and all its guarantees, the
better to testify their love for the Union,
and the firmer to exact allegiance to it
from all others.
William Sprague.
The lower house of the Nebraska Leg
islature have passed a bill to prohibit
slavery in that territory, with but two
dissenting votes. The bill has passed
the council.
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