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The llatiii! Conirovi !>y
Seems to increase in warmth and interest in N<"’
York and Brooklyn. The Sunday Morning News
has espoused the cause <1 Ins IJevereiice, and
publishes a long lefts'! - from Mr. Mathtt to his
wife, dated in Align it, I-547, shortly after a tern
porary separation, which resulted tmm emir
matrimonial squabble between them. It seems
she did not come up to his notions “Ia 11 m ‘th!
and obedient ” wile —me"., according to bis -lory,
was rather refractoiy whenever he attempted to
give her a Caudle lecture, or to enforce submis
sion to his authority, lienee a “kiini.y jm and
separation fora season ; but to pi. \o that he “as
still a loving husband, he condescends to “ rile to
her a lengthy epistle, and in the commencement
brings to her rccnHecth-n some evidences of the
ardent desire which she mamtested tor a muon
with him. At one of their interviews before
marriage, he says :
“On my knees—you kneeling also—l told
you, with tears in my eyes, the story ol my suffer
ings—pointed out all the causes of my separation
with my wife—warned yon, ngain and again, of
the tremendous responsibility you were about to
take upon you at your age —-bowed you the de
ference between our ages, and tluj almost utter
impossibility of so young a person being capable
of making a lit companion for me, and that it
was almost equally imptffc-ible, allowing that she
now loved me, of that love’s continuing. I told
you plainly how singular 1 was in my habits;
what 1 would expect from a wife —and every
thing, in a word, an honest man ought to Say, on
the eve of so serious a matter as marriage. 1
implored you, at your feet, interrupted by sobs,
to ponder the matter well —to search your heart
to the core, and not to deceive me at your peril—
declared, most distinctly, that to be unhappy the
second time would bo my death, and that it you
ever made me so, it would be better then to stab
me to the heart. I even went further—indeed,
perhaps, farther than any mortal man overwent
before with a lady—and before I gave myself to
you, I commissioned Mr. Green to sound you to
the very quick-—to proceed as I had done in the
matter, and to point out every thing clear, fair,
open and overboard. To him, first, you most
solemnly vowed that you loved me devotedly, dis
tractedly, and forever 1 and that nothing under
the heavens, on your part, should be left undone
to make me a happy man ; find, before 1 uttered
that word that seemed to make you happy, you
made similar, only more fervent votes to me, of
the same import, appealing to (• oil for your sin
cerity. And on these conditions, feeling I loved
you, and could, and would endeavor to make you
happy as niv wife, we became engaged. We
vve.ro married—and what lias followed? lias
Frank kept one of her vows? her solemn, her re
peatedly spoken, and sworn vows ? Far from it.”
lie then charges her with making visits in the
neighborhood, by herself; with not learning to
play, as she ought, on the piano ; with being
pouty, cross to him, and “unwilling to sacrifice
heroint pleasure for liis comfort careless, lazy,
abusing her clothes, tearing and ripping about
tho house ; insulting to others ; and, finally, her
conduct towards men was anything but becoming.
If Mrs. Maflitt was guilty of all these misde
meanors while her husband lived with her, it
proves that she was governed by no feelings of
affection nor principles of honor, and could hard
ly have died of grief on account of her husband’s
coldness and absence from home. Such an idea
is irreconcilable with an entire want of morality
and virtue. But the Rev. . Mr. Mallilt says she
had acted thus, and lie therefore leels it his duty
to name certain regulations for her future con
duct, which, it adopted, would lead to a reunion
of himself and “ ill - . Here they are—and wo j
hope all such young wives (ifthere are any) will 1
study them—for, being the production of a cler- !
gyman of high moral distinction, they must he ,
the quintessence o! all that is pure in principle,’
and their practical observance lead to the hap
piest degree of matrimonial felicity :
“And no" - , il you “'ill accede to the following
torms, not carelessly, Imt seriously—not to break
thorn the next moment- I will remain with you,
your loving, kind, and respectful husband till
death ; if not, we part forthwith.
“Aon will ask your mother’s and grandmoth
er's pardon for your disobedient and disrespectful
manner and conduct to them—promising never
to repeat it again while you live with me.—
2. You will promise never to address me in a i
cross or pettish manner again, when I am advi
sing you ; and, as you are very young, and not,
ns yet, acquainted with the manners of society,
you will be directed and counselled by me in all
those particulars, that will educate you to appear
among your compeers.
“Aon will promise to Irani, which you never
yet have done, to take care of your wardrobe,
mending and making, at least a part of every
day, and putting up carefully all the articles in
your room—learning to be tidy and neat in every
thing about you.
“ Aon will promise to give up your vain and
foolish manner ot dressing your head and skin,
Tiotyoui person, and whitening your lace and
neck like an actress rather than a lady; in a
word, you have sense enough to do better than
you do, and you can easily - learn to please me, if
you will. All l ask is a companionable lady,
tna! will -tody ihe duties ol a wife, and act up to
them., 1 his 1 . can do, it she so pleases to do it.
Finally, it F . loves her husband, he will now
l.ave a psoot of her affection, bv answering this
letter by Monday's stage. If she answers me
like a wife and a lady, her husband will come to
her arms, on Tuesday, please tied. But if it so
please her to rebel, Sir. Maflitt bids her an ever
lasting farewell! ”
Mel], Mrs. M. or somebody else did answer
■“ like a wife,” according to direction. Tint it’s
■our humble opinion that the “wife” was no other
than the same person who wrote the letter pur
porting to come from Mr. Muffin. The similari
ty of style is too striking to escape observation.
For instance, “so help me. Heaven,” occurs in 1
both the same number of times, which is itsci<
sufficient presumptive evidence that both are the
coinage cf one head. But this Mrs. Maffill re
plies :
“I wish, most fervently wish. I was the wo
man you desire : but I now know that l am not
the right sort of a woman for Mr. Muffin's wife.
But oh, I did not intend to deceive you, indeed I
did not, when I married you. I thought I c. old
make you happy; we did not know each other*
I did not know myself. It was mv firm dctcrmil
nation, so help me heaven, to endeavor to make
yon happy, and I put too much reliance upon my
°"H) strength : but 1 never intended to deceive
you ; no, never. Hod knows ray sincerity, when
ai the altar. I experienced a change of heart ‘
and, for a time, was very happy. I had no I
thoughts of marry Infeoii at tlial time, but “ lien 1
ibat was talked of, attending it, ;
made me forget my religion—made me lose iny
love of devetie.ii. which,Jjofore, sweet.
“ But i'.iii. 1 think 1 shnu!d£avc regained those
feelings, had 1 but have been with you, to coun
sel and iliiect me, for then my heart “as soften
ed ; but left to myself, as 1 then was, 1 lost all
love lor religion—a sort'of forgetfulness stole
over me iqa a the subject < I’ heaven, and grad- ;
u;illy I ceased to lead my Bible ; ceased—oh,
shall I say il—to love (Jed as I should.
“ But forgive me, my husband, again I say,
forgive me for paining you as I have done.”
A lie r reading these extracts, we have come
(lie conclusion that Mr. Maflitt never penned the I
letters—we think so, because it is not bis stylc4|fs
writing; and, moreover, is in the West at
present, and would hardly publish any such com
munications to clear up his character in N. York. 1
Here is a short specimen of his wiiting, taken
from the Camden (Ark.) paper of Nov. 8, 1848 :
“ llitv. I’kof. Maffitt will deliver a Lec
ture To-Morrow Evening. November 4th, in the
Methodist E. Church, at 7 o’clock, on the GLO
RY OF MECHANISM—the Mechanism* of
’ the Heavens and the Earth, of Man, Morals and
Eternity—the lMiuuix Bird of Immortality 1 ”
There is here a ‘comprehensive loftiness’ of
style, perfectly characteristic of Maflitt, but not
exhibited in ilie letters published. Hence our
opinion that this “Phoenix bird ” never penned
them.
C incinnati (.aid.
In this country there is one great abomina
j trim. It is milling the digestive organs of the
people and ought to be banished by statute....
He allude to grease —not ihe ancient republic
| which ruled the world with art and civilization
—but to tlie grease which presides over the
i kitchen-. It insinuates itself into every - thing
1 and is a nuisance not only Id all unadulterated
j tastes, but to the health of ihe entire people.—
;It ought, therefore, to be abolished. It makes
j one (as the Scientilie American says,) feel grea
’ sy just to think of the lard made in Cincinnati,
j Asa sample of its magnitude, we would state
j that one house last year tried out thirty thou
j sand bogs. To carry on this immense business,
i it lra seven large circular tanks of sufficient
! capacity to hold fifteen thousand gallons of each.
These receive the ‘entire carcase, with ihe cx
-1 cep! ion of the hams, and the mass is subjected
1 to steam process under a pressure of seventy
! pounds to the square inch, the effect of which
operation is lo reduce the whole to one consis
i tonce, and every bone to powder. The fat is
j drawn oil by cocks, and the residue), a mere
earthly substance, as far as made use of, is ta
-1 ken away for manure. Besides ihe hogs which
j reach this factory in entire carcasses, the great
mass of heads, ribs, back bones, tail pieces, feet
and other trimmings of tho hogs, cut up at dif
j (event pork houses, are subjected to the same
process, in order to extract every particle of
j grease. This concern alone will turn out this
j season three million six thousand pounds oflard,
I live sixths of which are No. 1. Nothing can
j surpass the (unity and beauty of this lard, which
is refined as well as made under steam proecss
! es. Six hundred hogs per day pass through
those tanks one day with another.
j OiT'T nn Si, am; Tkadh is as brisk as ever, nud
; some of llie nautical men recently examined by
the British committee on this subject, give the
opinion (Imt no amount of naval force will extir
l pate it. Some recommend that the captains of
j every - slaver taken shall be hung at the yard
arm. The trade is now be carried on along a
| region of about 800 miles of Ihe African coast;
: and Capt. Matson, afier visiting portions of the
j coast, going 70 miles into the interior, states lhat
1 the ma jority of the slaves exported were not cap-
I tured in wars expressly undertaken for that pur
pose ; that those wars very seldom or ever take
, place south of the equator, and that nearly one
half of these slaves were children or young per
| sons sold by their parents. Out of 1683 slaves
captured by him, 1033 were children, a very
1 great majority of whom were sold by their pa
rents! North of the Equator is the region of
tin* slave hunts or wars, undertaken for the pur
i pose of obtaining slaves for sale.
Serfs of Russia. —lt is generally known
lhat il a Russian noble buys an estate, be buys
the serfs with it. Dr. Baird, in a lecture in
New York, a fciv days ago, says : ‘lf the serfs
acquire wealth fliey still remain in bondage.—
j One of the nobles in Moscow has a serf who is
; richer than his master, but cannot purchase his
j freedom because the noble prides himself on
j the richest serf in Russia waiting at bis table.
Ihe present Emperor desires to liberate this
class but is opposed by some of the princes,’
A Pittsburg man recently offered a reward
for the recovery of a valuable note which he
1 had lost. The advertisement had scarcely got
i into circulation when he found the note in his
hat. A lady in Bnllato, the other day adver
tised for a husband, and in a short time receiv
ed applications from filly old bachelors—and in
, t' vo weeks thereafter, her marriage was an.
j nouncod in the papers ! An old maid in New
\ ork lately advertised ihe loss of a favorite cat,
and the same night the lost cat returned, with
about 150 other cats, and mustering beneath
her chamber window, gavc”a charming sere,
undo. These are but few of the fifteen liun
died thousand million advantages of advertis
j “fo’ -
A Aloijkst Leader.— The following is the
lea.ling article in the Western (Mo.) Frontier
, Journal, of the 11th u?t. It is short, but ex
pressive. and to the point. Such is not the
: case with all the •leaders:’
II anted- -.1// his Office. Some of the crumbs
■ of comfort—such as beef, pork, lard, potatoes,
meal, wood; in lact, most any tiling that will
i contribute to the support and comfort of a coun
try editor, liis wile, and —nothing else.
1 he .Marine and Eire Insurance Bank of the
State of Georgia, lias established an Agency
in Griffin, (.a., and appointed A. Fleming, Esq.
Agent.
Jlie Board ol Directors of the Planters’!
L ink ol tho State ol Georgia have declared a
dividend office percent, out of the profits of the
!’ ast * u mouths, payable on and after the 7th
inst.
A perfumer in New Fork advertises ‘the i- !
deiit.cal pom mado divine which blackened!
jibe Rex-. Mr. Ala (tit’s grey hair and whiskers
j out ing his courtship and marriage.’ j
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From the N. O. Crescent, Dec. J. !
A Visit lo Gen, Taylor.
Yesterday was the time appointed for the Ex
eeulivo- C. mmittee of the Central Hough and
Bendy Club lo call upon Gen. Taylor, and ac-!
cording!) - , at -4 o’clock in ihe afternoon, the
members “ailed upon him at the St. Charles
llolel. They were received by the General in
a p'ivatc | nil2i. and allhough their reception 1
was highly (barring, t here was not. tho slight, j
et osient-t.oiqßir formality on either side, it
bavin gV’-n uisHerstooil to be Gen. Taylor’s
they should, on Ihis occasion, be dis.
poised “iih, in order that he might meet the
g-ntfomen of ihe commillee as old friends.
I lieie is a combined frankness and modesty* in
whole manner, which at once
witilflhe esteem and affection of any with w hom
he may count in contact. After shaking hands
with of tho committee he ex
pressed regret that the people, in the ex
eicise ofiheir sovereign power, had not caused
thcii choice to devolve upon someone more
worthy and capable of fulfilling t| lc duties of the
high stalin’ which lie had been called, than
be felt himself lo he. The responsibilities of
the President of this great and glorious Repub.
lie„he knew immense, but at the same
time he would, to the best of his ability, serve
I hisVofmlry faithfully in his new capacity. He
, -spoke of iff- lau4 of liis having passed so great
a portion of liis life in the camp, and on the
frontier, in consequence of which ho had had
little opportunity - of mixing in political strife, or
becoming acquainted with political nfiiiirs. He
also alluded to the solicitude which he felt while
in Mexico, on hearing that ihe people had do
terinmed to nominate him for the Presidency.
He did not desire civil office, and had hoped
that someone more capable, and he knew sev.
: oral such, would be selected. A half hour was
i s | )p ut m social conversation, in the course of
which the General alluded to his late campaign
in Mexico, and the trying positions in which he
was several times placed. The committee then
look their leave, having derived much pleasure
from the interview.
From the South Carolinian.
Statements of a I’ottou Planter.
Ala. Editor : Iho question is frequently
asked, can we afford to raise cotton at five cents
per pound ? I answer that in South Carolina
we cannot—the thing is impossible. To prove
the truth of what I say, I submit, below a com
paritive statement of the income, expenses, and
loss for this year (1848) of what I conceive to
be a well conducted and economically managed
plantation in this .State. 1 will take occasion
to remark here that the land is inferior to none
in point of productivenss for cotton, and that the
yield per hand is tar above the average for the
whole State. On this place grain and provis
ion of all kinds has been raised in sufficient a
bundance to supply its wants, but nothing for
sale. Jhe negro clothing, too, lor winter use,
has also been manufactured for the place, but
not for the summer, for the simple reason that
it was thought more economical to buy at the
present low prices. I call tho attention of my
brother planters especially of South Carolina
and Georgia, to tho comparison ; and ask, in all
candor, if there is any thing extravagant in tlie
expense, and jf the income is not above the av
erage.
This place contains in rtniiut numbers 550 1
acres, part of which, only four years ago, cost
twenty-five dollars per acre, and has on it forty
negroes, twenty of whom areabio bodied field
hands, the rest aged and children, unable to
work out. Now, it we estimate the negroes at
three hundred dollars round, and the land at the
moderate sum of twelve dollars per acre, with
ihe stock and plantation utensils, the invest
ment will amount to at least 20,000, which sum,
at legal interest, would afford ihe nett income
of fourteen hundred dollars—a sum far groatcr
thuii is now yielded by cotton planting, as the
annexed comparison “ ill show.
Income for 1848.
, HnlcH of cotton raised, 120; weight, 350 cnch ;
*12,100 Ilia, at 5 cents per ll> $ JIOO
Hit ths of young negroes 2, at SIOO each 200 j
Whole income $-.MOO
Expenses and Loss for 1*43.
Wages for Overseer *3OO 00 1
Hlacksmiih’s uceo.mt, iron included ,35 00
j Medicine and medical attendance 30 00
B-tgeingt rope nijd twine for 120 halos cotton... 150 05
lilnukcts, 30 in number, at $1 12$ each 3;3 75
! Shoes 25 pairs, nt $1 25 per pair ;;| op
! Cotton Osnoburgs, 300 y ards at 3 cts. per vard, 24 00
Taxes. (State, poor nud bridge,) 5ay.,....!.... 30 00
Salt, G sacks, at $2 each K> 00 1
Nails, 100 lbs. at 5 cents per lb 5 00
Hoes, 1 dozen 4 50
I Sugar and coflee for sick, 75 lbs. at 10 cents per
pound 7 50
Annual wear nud tear of land, sny 5 per cent.
upon estimated value. (0,000).. 330 00
, Contingencies, such as restocking the place with
! nuiles, wear and ion lof wagons, 200 00
Cost of transporting 120 hales cotton to market,
at 75 rents per hale 90 00
Loss by death of old negro, say 100 00
Whole expenses arid loss for 1013 $1 383 00
I
j If this latter sum be deducted from the in
| come, we have a balance of $!)17 as clear pro. !
tit upon tin investment of §20.000, ora fraction
| over 4J percent. Out of this my own labor:
and trouble must be paid for, and a wife and |
; children supported, it, fbi these purposes, we j
allow - four hundred - t>i I seventeen dollars, the
income will be §SOO clear, or 21 per cent, on
j the investment. Verily wo have fallen upon i
prosperous times, and are engaged in a most
profitable business ! I would sooneFpick up
chips for a living, or even be an editor.
A Specimen - of Ai dacity.—The Alessrs.
( atherwond, of Ffiiladelphia, received through
: the post office, on the 20th Oct., a letter cnelo. 1
‘ sing the eirtificates of loan, stock, and other !
valuable papers, stolen from their store on the j
; night of the 17th. The perpetrator of the vil
i limy stated that he was passing through the city
and being in want of funds, thought that it could
lie furnished by the .Messrs. C. as well, if not I
better, than others, and added that on his return
he would call and claim the reward offered for
: the stolen property.
Compliment to an American Artist.—
Air. John Ilanvard, with his panorama of the
Mississippi and .Missouri rivers, amoved at Liv.
j erpool in tho steamship Europa on the 7th ulti
mo. W'c have seen a letter dated Liverpool,
October 12, which says that (ho custom-house
authorities remitted the duties (JCI8) on his
I panorama, charging merely a nominal sum, one
penny per roll. This act of the authorities was
regarded in Liverpool ns a high compliment to
the artist and to his country.
I [Scientific American, 1
Important if tri e.— The Philadelphia cor
respondent of the New Y'ork Evening Post
gives the following paragraph :
‘A great discovery is alleged to have been
made of the Governor’s election in Schuylkill
county, in the returns as.made out ; some six
hundred votes cast lor Morris Longstrcth, were
placed to the credit, as the informant says, of
William F. Johnson, and if this error can he
corrected,mi opening the returns in the Leg.
Mature next January, Morris Lognstreth will
still be proclaimed Governor for three years
from that period.’
H asiiinc.to.m, Nov. 22.—1 t may not be gen
erally known that a committed of gentlemen of
this city have contracted for the construction of
a largo equestrian statue of Gen. Jackson, to
be placed in Lafayette Square. The statue is
to lie of bronze and made from camion captured
by the General. Wo were favored to-day with
a view of Ihe plaster cast of tho horse, by Clark
Mills, Esq., the talented sculptor. The horse
is rearing, stands upon its hind legs, which are
so placed us lo form tho centre of gravity. It
is ton feet high. The statue of'Peter the Great,
of Russia, is considered the greatest work of art
extant, but Air. Mills’ will excel, from the fact
that his horse stands alone, unsupported, except,
ing by its bind legs—w hereas that of Peter the
Grout i- fastened by its tail, in addition to its
logs. xlr. .Mills lias overcome the great diffi.
cully in his work, namely , the placing the horse
so as to stand unsupported, excepting by its own
gravity - , and the life and spirit he has infused in
to it. The weight of the whole statue will be
six tons, and liie cost exclusive of the bronze,
812,000. It is expected it. will be completed
in about a year. If Air. Mills succeeds as well
will] the bronze as he has so far with the plas
ler cast, lie will establish for himself an envia
ble name, as well as to add to the already hi-h
character of American sculptors.
jAcic / elegraphic Invention. —Charleston
and Mobile were communicating directly with
each other on Saturday last, bv menus of anew
instrument invented by .Mr. C. S. Bit.ki.ky.—
ihe I elegrapic offices at those two points, a
distance of 879 miles from each other, were
holding instantaneous communications with
each other without the aid of any intermediate
office. This invention of our friend Bulkley
is of incalculable value, and when employed on
tho whole line, as it eventually will be, New
) ork can talk to New Orleans direct, and in.
stantly.— Ala. Journal.
Dr at ii of Coi,. \V M . Poi.k. —Negro Ex
riiemcnl.— We find the following paragraph in
the Memphis Evening Herald, of the 24th ult.
We learn from (ho “Appeal” of yesterday,
lhat a gentleman arrived hero from Walnut
Bend, Arkansas, the residence of the late Col.
Wm. Polk, who gives information of tho decease
! , * lat g , ’iilcieu on the morning of Saturday
last, and that his negroes amounting to some
tliioo hundred, are in open rebellion. After
liis death, they broke into tho store-house, and
j freelyJielped themselves to its contents, consist
ing of clothing and groceries of various kinds.
Some efforts were made by Ihe few white per
sons around the premises to restrain them, but
these were of no avail. The negroes allege
that their master promised them if they served
, him faithfully during liis life-time, they should
j 1,0 ft-ee at his death, and expressed a determi-
I nation t.o free themselves. This is a sparsely
j settled neighborhood, there not being a eufli
cient number of whites within many miles to
\ I’" 1 them down : hence, we learn, that informa.
! lion of ihe condition of affairs has been convey,
j ed to our fellow.cilizen, Wardlaw H ward,
Esq., and lo Dr. Taylor, son-in-laws to the de
ceased, in order that the proper steps be taken
j to icstore quiet and subordination among them.
linpoi Unit Movement among the Chippewa In
i dians. — Ihe steamer Alondiana arrived at St.
! Louis on the 13th inst. from the Upper Alissis
-1 sippi, wilh a delegation twelve Chippewa lu
! dians, six of whom are chief's, and from the
Lake Superior country. The Republican says:
‘This delegation, under the care of Major J.
B. Alariell, of Sault St. Marie, are on their
way to Washington, for the purpose of interce
ding with the President foi the purpose of se
eming either by grant or purchase, a portion
of the lauds sold to the Government some time
since, and thus to retain possession of their vil
lages. They desire to permanently settle, build
houses, cultivate the soil, and become setiled
j industrious citizens of tbo'United States, instead
; of roaming hunters of tho forest.
‘W lien they reach W ashington, they will
have traveled nearly three thousand miles.—
Their travelling expenses will be no trifle,
which they design raising by exhibitions being
j thoroughly acquainted with the principal dances
! of many tribes.’
The Gold hunting mania in California still
: continues, and vessels that arrive on the coast
I stand but a poor chance of getting back again,
as ihe crews immediately desert, and coasters
; are compelled to give as high as #IOO per
month for men. All the ships at San Francis,
jeo have stripped and laid up. The captain of
the Isaac Walton, writing to the owners in
New.York, says : ‘A sailor will be up at tho
mines for two months, work on his own account
ami come down with from two three thousand
dollars, and those, that go in parties do much bet
! ter.
00” A quarrel took place in Washington
county, Ga. a week or so since, between Jas.
Morris and Benj. S. Brantlv, in which the lat.
ter struck the former a severe blow on the
head with a heavy bludgeon. Morris, howev
er walked two miles home, but was soon seized
with oppression of the brain, and died before
morning. Another result of liquor.
Gov. Chapman, lias appointed lion. Benj.
I - itzpati iek, of South Alabama, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Senator Lew
is.
l'he Synod of Georgia, in closing their
sessions—
Resolved, That we return our thanks to the Pastor
and Brethren of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
this city for the use of their Lecture Room, and for
their kindness in preparing it for the comfort and
convenience of the Synod.
Resolved, That we return our thanks to the Breth
ren of other Churches, and to the community gen
erally. for their kindness and Christian hospitality
extended to the Members of the Synod during their
stay among them.
Resolved, That these Resolutions be published in <
the city Gazettes.
Columbus, Nov. 27,1818.
The contract for completing the East Icn
nessee and Georgia Railroad to Knoxville, has
Keen concluded between Duff Green and other
northern men, ami the directors ot the sail! road.
The road is to he completed and equipped to
Knoxville for 81,200,000. A large number of
hands are to be put upon the road forthwith.
MUSCOGEE BEMOCMtT
BY L. F. W. ANDREWS.
As little government os pastille; that little emanating
from and controlled bg the People, nnd unijorm
in its application to alt.”
Columbus, Thursday, Urc. ?, 18 SS.
cr We expected a Telegraphic Despatch this
morning, from the East, but were disappointed.
Cotton Market.— The receipts this week have
been heavy, and a brisk business doing. Prices this
morning are about the same as last week, ranging
from 4 to 4{ ; principal sales. 4J to li.
A Political Dilemma.
Notwithstanding the people, by their free and
unencumbered suffrages, have determined that
Gen. Taylor shall be President of the United
States for the next four years, yet no man was I
ever elected to fill any office, of whom so many
opposite hopes,wore entertained. It will rcquWe
a degree of political acumen to guide the ship of
State safely amid so many shea's, that no states
man living possesses, or could possess, when we
consider the elements which have been united to
elect Gen. T. Should he veto the Wilinot Pro
viso, as we sincerely trust he will, he must ne
cessarily call down the “avengeful wrath” of his
Northern constituents, who have given him their
undecided support under the supposition that he
is in favor of that Proviso. Should he, however,
approve of the Proviso, those who are allied with
him in intercut, and who look to him to kill, at
once, the hydra-headed monster that threatens
ruin to the institutions of the South, would con
demn him as a Traitor of so deep a dye that even
Judas Iscariot would be a relief in comparison.
How then shall Gen. Taylor act, to avoid the
obloquy of at least one half of his constituents?
There must be no vacillation on his part, no in
termediate course ; tor the hopes and anticipa
tions of both parts of the Union are so strong
that he will favor their view of the dangerous
question, that au intermediate course will disgust
| both factions. “ Ant Cwsar ant nihil.” Wil
’ mot proviso or no Wilmot proviso ; that is the
! question at issue. And Gen. T. mint take one
! horn of the dilemma. To suppose, then, that he
1 can favor both views, is to suppose a contradic
| tion. Yet the supporters of both these views of
! this political question have united, strange as it
may appear, to elect him to fill the office ofChief
‘Magistrate! An oil and water union, which,
although a temporary amalgamation may have
| been effected, will yet resolve itself into its
’ original* elements.
We have mentioned this question merely ns
nn example ; hut there arc others of great im
port, upon one side of which Taylor must battle’ ;
nnd whatever side he may take, the wrath “full
and strong,” of the supporters of the opposite
view, will descend on his bead. To marshal his
allies, of such different discipline and character, ,
will be a task more difficult than an extrication
from any of the dilemmas which have marked his
J i
eventful career as a General.
A Hint to the Democracy of Georgia.—lt is
said to be one of the “fixed facts” of the late elec
tion, that in Marshfield and three other towns of
Massachusetts, where .Daniel Webster delivered his
most powerful speeches, the vote of the Whigs lias
fallen off considerably, and there his opponents have
made their largest, gains. Would it not be well for
the Democracy of Georgia to hire Webster to deliver
whig speeches through the State, just prior to the
I next election ? Georgia must be “ redeemed.”
Consolatory i on Southern Whigs. —lt is
said that the Vice President elect, as soon as he
saw the returns from the South were sufficient to
i elect him, exultingly exclaimed, “These Southern
Whigs are noble fellows, indeed !” He was
taken by surprise at such an unlocked for result.
The Philadelphia North American, however, ex
plains what all this transport ot joy means.—
Hear him :
i “The election ot Taylor and Fillmore has
placed the entire slavery question at the will of
the free States. No wonder Mr. Fillmore de
clares that ‘ the Southern whigs are noble fel
lows ’ —‘true,noble and high-minded associates.’
j He might have seen in their action, as well as
|in the event ot the election—in their frank wil
lingness to support him w ith a casting vote, and
Gen. Taylor without a veto—the evidence that
there was ‘an end to all ideas of disunion.”’
Will the M higs ot the South give their sanc
tion to have the “entire slavery question” dispos
ed ot at the “will” of the free States, as intimated
by this organ of whiggery ? We guess, not
Appropos, of this North American paper, didn’t
some of the Whig representatives in Congress
from Georgia once recommend it to the support
of their constituency? We guess they did !
Abolition Propagandists. —We find the
following notice ot Ex-Governor Slade’s opera
tions in the New York Express. The people
of the slaveholding states should be on their
guard against these Abolition missionaries.—
X. O. Courier.
“The origin and objects of the ‘Hoard of Na
tional Popular Education,’ of which Gov. Slade
ot Middlebury, is the Corresponding Secretary
and General Agent, is to explore the West, for
the raising up of Schools and making arrange
ments for the reception and competent support
ot female teachers; while it receives applications
for supplies, invites such teachers from the East,
and collects companies of them,semi-annually at
Ilartlord, Conn., where it carries them through
a six weeks special training—a sort of Teach
ers Institute—and thence under proper escort,
sends them to the places provided. The Board
sent out 110 teachers in two years, mostly
from New England.”
Me seo nothing like abolitionism in this, un
less it is tho abolition of the slavery of Bachelor. ‘
ism ; for it is suid these nnltec school-marms I
have an oyo on getting at least one pupil pretty
well advuiiccd in years!
OCT A great many papers are busy just now,
in manufacturing Gen. Taylor’s Cabinet for him.
Some of them have Mr. Webster’s name at the
head—some at the foot of the list. We protest
against this placing Cass men in old Whitey’s
Cabinet—for if the country has been “ ruined ”
under Polk’s administration, let’s redeem it by
keeping out of office all those who voted for his
successor. If this is followed, Mr. Webster can’t
have a place among Taylor’s counsellors, for,
the South Boston Gazette says :
“ Just a* w e expected, although we forgot to ‘ an
nounce ’ it last week, Daniel Webster voted for
Gass. We saw the ballot deposited and therefore
know whereof we affirm.”
Pitii.aukLi*nia. —During the recent election,
there weie different counties and Slates that
were claimed by both pa: ties as “banner” coun
ties and States. Politics aside, we are of the
opinion that the Quaker city can claim the “ban
ner” of banners, on the score of having the larg
est number of votes in proportion to its popula.
tion. Just read the following statement, mado
by an intelligent gentleman of that city ;
“The whole number of taxable persons in that city
I and county, is a little over 4ft,000 —of which, at
i least, 2000 are women and aliens, who cannot vote
leaving at the outside, only 47,600 entitled to vote.
The recent vote being more than 53.000, it follow*
i that at least six thousand illegal ballots w ere cast.—
The democratic vote is no larger than usual.”
We leave our Whig friends to solve tho niys
i ,e O'*
Gkn. Taylor at New Orleans.-— The in
habitants of the Creole City have been paying
great respect to the old Chieftain for the last week,
by firing salutes, parading troops, and inviting
him to theatres, &c. &c. Hut the most inter
esting ceremony, according to the Delta, seems
to have been his visit io one of the Female High
Schools there. A young lady, the daughter of a
democrat, welcomed him in a very neat and ap
propriate speech, to which the General replied
“with much fervor of feeling.” There was au
admirable suggestion made by the young speak
er, which we hope may yet be carried into suc
cessful operation ; that, during the reign of Gen.
Taylor, “at least one bureau may he estaldislied
at the seat of government for the cause of Kiln
cation.”
After some further ceremonies, one of the lit.
tie girls presented the General w ith a boquet,
for which he kissed her; after which one of the
older ones kissed his hand, and he “gallantly
put his arm around her waist, and kissed her
lips, saying, ‘Oil, then, let it be a kiss in earn,
est !’ ” They then opened a volley of kisses, by
platoons, upon the old man’s war-worn feature* ;
but, true to his first principles, he “never surren
dered. ’ The editor of tho Delta offered to take
“a few of the same sort,” but there was not “one
more left” for him. Poor fellow !
(£r The Legislatures of South and North Car.
olinas, ami Florida, have already convened— tho
former electing Democratic speakers—the latter
Whig, of course. The message of Got. John
soil, of S. C., says that the “ordinary revenues of
the State are in such a condition ns to render it
necessary to increase the public burthens.”—
This is hard—particularly at the presenttime;
cotton bringing only 4or 5 cents. He also de
precates the existence of the State Hank, but
thinks it cannot lie wound up at present ( without
serious injury to its creditors. It never can Ho
wound up w ithout injury to somebody—and this,
will ever form a strong argument fin- the perpe
tuity of such an institution. He thinks the State
College “a matter of pride,” and at the same time
gives a gloomy account of the success of Free
Schools in that State. He concludes hi* mes
sage by recommending a “Southern Conven
tion ” in reference to the slavery question.
Tun Irish Exiles. —The N. Y. Tribune of
I the 21st has a leader extending a warm welcome
to the Irish patriots who have been forced by late
events in their country to adopt this for their
| home. We copy a good portion of this article :
William 11. Mitchell, brother to the beloved
Irish martyr, leaves our city to-morrow for tho
West. He has despaired of the liberty of Ire.
land tor the present, and has therefore resolved
!to become a citizen of this country. That noble
1 spirit of independence which he inherits with
I his brother, makes him rely upon himself alone
1 for his support in life, lie intends, therefore, to
1 goto Wisconsin; to purchase for himself a piece
of land in the neighborhood of Sheboygan,and to
become a tiller of the soil and a citizen of that
young State. Though very young—being scarce,
ly twenty years of age—yet he is a man of large
experience, maturity of intellect, integrity of
character and independence of spirit, which will,
we trust, carry him to the highest station of re
spect and honor among his fellow men. Wher
ever he may choose to live he will be an orna.
’ ment and an advantage to society.
Mr. McClenahan, former editor of the Lime
rick Reporter, has also arrived in this country,
’ and comes highly recommended by Mr. Duffy,
’ one of the patriots now in Newgate Prison, and
who was formerly editor of the Dublin Nation.
Mr. McC., by the failure of the Irish revolution,
has been cast upon the world, without means *r
occupation for the support of his wife and chil
dren.
Curiosity Punished We have heard much
of the Paul Pry-ism of females, hut never heard
of any being punished so effectually, as is re.
corded of the lady in the following paragraph,
i from the N. Y. True Sun :
“ The only female Tree Mason we ever heard
of, was the Hon. Miss St. Leger, who, having
been detected in the act of overlooking the pro
ceedings ot a lodge in her father’s house, was
forced to take the degrees. She used afterwards
to walk in the Masonic processions, and her por
trait is to he seen in almost every lodire in Ire
’ land.”
We are gratified at being able to state (says
j tho Washington Union of the Ist.,) that the dif
ficulties which have heretofore existed between
the Post office Department and the Railroad and
j Steamboat companies between Washington city
and Richmond, and which have prevented for
! the past year tho conveyance of the mails on
that route, have been adjusted satisfactorily to
j both parties; and that that important service
will he resumed on the 4th instant.