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Volume XIV.
I'OLl MBi s, TIKSDAY, FKBRIABY 22, IV>9.
A Voice from the People
The sentiment) of the Southern pyess which
I has been evoked ny the patriotic .-pooch of Scnu-
I tor Iverson, approximates |*iuun Unity in on-
I dorsemtfttof bit view* ns closely ns it
|Me to export. In only few instance!!, objection
I has bean’made to oue or two pqsitiouei which Air.
I Iverson assumed, hut, even in these exceptional
I eases, a verdict ts approval of the tone and spirit
I of the spech has followed hard upon the declare
I t ion of dissent. In some sections of the country
I the enthusiasm has reached such a degree that the
I name of the Honorable Senator has Bern mseri
| bed upon the banner of the Southern forces in the
I next ensuing presidential contest. Soch demon
strations, to whatever result thoy may load, are
gratifying evdeneos of the fart that the voice of
party is not yet omnipotent in tho South—that
underlying all our party organization* and at
AUations there ia a substratum of patriotic Ibel
'*“*'** ***'•- ..v... -
growth of manly and patriotic responses.
But gratifying as is this accord of the South
ern press upon the principles nud policy proclaim
ed in the speech referred to, it is still mure en
couraging to see that the people are beginning to
move in the mutter, and are preparing to hold up
the hands and give force and emphasis to the
[ declarations of the defender and chumpiou of
i their rights. The last number of the Griffin Inde
pendent South contains a call f<r a meeting of tho
friends of the South, in that city, who approve
the sentiment* of Senator Iversons speech, to give
public expression to their approbation. We hope
this example will he imitated elsewhere in Geor
gia and throughout the Southern States. Ifii
have no other effect, it will convince the milk and
water Southern leaders ;?) that they are . far be
hind the people in the assertion mid maintenance
of theirrightfl, and that there ia such a thiug, at
the South, as a retributive public justice, before
the bar of which they must be aiiuiguod, and by
which an account of their stewardship will sooner
or later be demanded.
The late (fen. John A. Quitman
The feHowteg praiseworthy and touching inci
dent was related of this distinguished officer and
statesuiau by General Shields, on the occasion of
the announcement of bis death in tho Senate of
the l nited States. After speaking of the con
spicuous part which General Quitman took iu
“those brilliant exploit? that crowned a succes
sion of the glorious victories” in the Valley of
► Mexico, be said
• Mr. President, in referring to these exciting
scenes, there are memories of the past—strange
memories—that crowd upon my miudaml threat
en to overpower my feelings. How uun 1 ever
forget the noble friend who came to the poor,
shattered hut iu which I lay wounded, at C'erro
Gordo, to bid me, as he then supposed, a last fare
well . and who, taking my hand in his, said, — t
in accent! trembliug with emotion: “My dear
friend, if we never meet again in this life, 1 will 1
take good care that full justice shall bo done to
your reputation?” The man who did this had a t
soldier's heart* Or can I forget the night that |
followed the capture of the city of Mexico, when
the same kind friend, though exhausted ami worn
nut with the fatigues of the day,name once more
to tny liedside, when- I was suffering from a se
cond wound, and watched ovjr iny troubled sleep
with as much affectionate solicitude as if I had
been his own son ! Acts of kindness such as 1
these, T can never forget until my own heart fails
to beat; and, if l thought it neceSft&ry, I would t
make the * jl—l,*.. u;- ———.
Senate, which he made to me at Cerro Gordo :
that, to the best of tny ability, 1 would try to see
full justice done to his reputation. But no such
pledge is necessary. No American will ever be j
found to do injustice to the reputation of General (
Qi it man. No, sir: the State in which hetifeeps,
the country he loved and Served so well, history
and |H)terity will do full jnsiico to the memory of
one of America's bravest soldiers and noblest
sous.”
SOMETHING W 18k Altll SOMETHING POoI.ISH.
—Yesterday (says the Washington States of the
the 17th,) Congress did a very good thing iu for
bidding the incontinent propagation of territories
without people, and a very bad thing iu ap
propriating the public lands to the endowment of
agricultural academies. “We had hoped the grave j
objections of principle and policy, bo ably array- j
ed against thi- measure by Senator flav, would
prevail with a sufficient namber of Representa
tives to prevent its passage. No chance of its j
defeat now remains, except in the possible veto j
of the President. If he would perform a signal j
service for the country, ami reinstate himself in J
the affections of the South. Id him thunder his j
anathema against this most mischievous measure, j
WAHiuxrtToN-’s Bith-Pay—This day 157 year?
ago the great and good man George Washington
was born. It baa been a little over 58 years siune
his death. Let the 22d February be honored.
— • 1’ -
Phkscott.—Mr. Presoott’s mother onve showed
his room to the Rev. Mr. Frothingbarn, and said
ft; him : “This Is where William was shut up for
so many months iu utter darkness. In all that
trying season, when so much had to be endured,
and our hearts were ready to fail us for fear, I
never in a single instance groped my way across
the apartment to take my place at hi* side, that
he did not salute ine with some hearty expression
of good cheer. Notin a singlo instance. As if
we were the patients and it was his place to com
furt us.” No word of complaint throughout all
that dismal period, n gh of impatience or re
gret. He was not coot t even with the perfect
silence of an IB repining wiL But he must sing
in that imprisonment and n *bt. Was this not a
representative example ?
Tbb Last.— A novel proposition for tho con
struction of a Transatlantic Telegraph Cable is
made in the Observer, by Mr. Hydney K Morse,
tho senior editor of that paper, lie proposes to
“place, at proper intervals, along flic oceanic tele
graph line, air buoys, submerged to the depth of
ten or twenty fathoms from the surface, and held
that depth by cables attached to anchors on the
bottom; small buoys, at short intervals, to be
used as props for the telegraph wire, rendering it
easily accessible for renewal or repair j and large
buoys at long Intervals, to be made tho founda
tion of a platform or frame, from which pillars rui
ng above the tops of tho waves, will support their
telegraphic station-houses.” It is to be presum
ed, from the outline of his plan, that Mi. Morse
has never been to sea, and has a very ‘mill-pond’
idea of its aspects and conditions.
Thk Cooiii TH.UKrr. —-Tbo Havana corres
pondent of the N. 0. Delta, in noticing the arri
val of the French steamer Francois Ist, with SJ6
Coolies from Macao, says
“This cargo brings up the Coolie Introduction
to 30,620, delivered alive, and perished on the
way, by disease and anilides, 5,014- -all in
course of British philanthropy. In this year ma
ny contracts for Coolie service will expire, and
wc can hqgiu to calculate the proportion of mor
tality which pertains to this system of be
nevolence and labor.'* *
Mate and Free NMm.
With Oregon, thcfederal Union ©oasis** of thirty
three States, iu eighteen of which slavery is not
allowed. The relative positions of tho free
and slave States may be shown at a glance as
follows :
States. Senator?. representatives.
Free 18 36 147
Slave.... 15 30 00
3* 60 137
flff Coltmrtus Ifefeli flap.
CoßgrmslOMl
Washington, Feb. lib—ln the Senate to-day
several amendments to the Consular diplomatic
bill were discussed, and that body was still in
session at the time of closing this dispatch.
In the House tho army bill was amouded. and
roportoddmok to the House for Anal action.
It is generally understood that an effort will bo
made in the Senate, early next week, to pass tho
A r iron a bill, and the impfißsiou prevails that
the effort may bo successful.
H vi.f-r.vsT Nine I*. Af. The Senate has pass
ed the consular diplomatic bill. Air. Siuunous
gave notice that ho would move its reounsidora
tion a l an early day.
Affairs at the National (Apltol.
Washington, Feb. lA.
The Pennsylvania democratic members met in
caucus to day to confer together in regard to the
tariff. They determined to cast their votes m
a uuu < n tho tariff question. They will usaev
on*t< apprepr^nVlon 1 ihill ¥tiev‘wl?f‘eoMlVhu'e
to vote against ft loon bill or re-issue of Treasury
notes until action is hadotr the tariff. Although
matters look blue enough, yet an impression pre
vails that, if tho subject can eotuc before the
House, a modification of the tariff is certain. Os
course it cun only be got at in violation of the
rnles; but a simple majority can overrule the
Speaker's decision and thus reach it.
The action of the House to-day in laving the
throe territorial bills on the table was brought
about by a combination of the republican's, anti-
Locomptou democrats nml Southern fire-eaters.
It would have been avoided if Mr. Stephens bad
permitted Mr. Raskin's amendment, by which in
fhfure all constitutions for admission as States
drawn up by territorial ‘conventions must first be
submitted to the people for ratification. It is sup
posed an effort will be made to get the bills taken
up in t he Senate.
. The Senate went into executive session, and re
ferred a number of appointments. They also
t<K>k Hp the treaty made with the Yankton Indi
an* and ratified it. An effort was made to take
up the New Granadian treaty, but it failed. The
nomination of. Mr. Potter, Collector of Toledo,
was then taken up, ami a very animated and ex
citing delta to took place, which was indulged in
by Mr. Pugh aud the republicans on ono side,
and General Houston and others in favor of his
confirmation. The vote ou continuing him whs
h tie—a number of democrats being absonl—sev
enteen for and se\ enteen against. A motion will
be mado to reconsider when they go into execu
tive session to-morrow.
Tho .Senate Finance Committee have restored
moat of tile amendments in the Legislative and
Executive Appropriation bill stricken out by tho
House. They restored tho Secretary's estimate
for the Assay Office at New York, making it. sev
enty thousand dollars. The House reduced it to
thirty thousand dollars.
The hotels are crowded with persons come on
ex prowly to attend the Napier ball. It looks
like inauguration times. .Y. )'. Herald.
Political News l) the Prince .Illicit.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Qnoen Victoria opened Parliament in person on
the 3d.
The speech ceiumcnced with congratulations ou
the state of the country, and ou tho progress
On foreign affairs it says :
-1 receive from all foreign Powers assurances
of friendly idlings. T cultivate conform the*.-
feelings, to maintain inviolate the faith of our pub
lie treaties, and contribute to, as fur as my influ
enoe can extend, the preservation of general
peace, are the objects of my unceasing solicit ude.”
The conclusion of the treaties in regard to the
Principalities, and one of commerce with Russia,
arc noticed, and the latter is referred to as an in
dication of the complete re-est ahlihmeut of friend- j
ship between the two countries.
The treaties with China and Japan an; mention
ed as promising groat commercial advantage*.
Batisf'sctiou is expressed at the abolition by
Franco of negro immigration on the Bust count of
Africa, and that the pending negotiations gi -
I promise of a total abandonment of the system,
j In respect to Mexico the speech says, the state
lof th*; Republic of Mexico, distracted by civil
i wars, has induced me to carry my forbearance to
j the utmost limit iu regard to the wrongs and in
| dignities to which British residents have been sub
jected at the hands of the two contending parties,
j They have at length been carried to such an ex
!r. lit'that 1 have been compelled hi give inatrue-
I lions to the commander of the naval forces in
j those seas to demand, and, it necessary, to en
force taperation.
Increased expenditure on the navy is asked, ou
account yf the universal introduction of steam
power into naval warfare.
The rest of the speech is devoted to local mat
ters. and amongst the measures promised are Par
liamentary reforms and q new bankruptcy law.
Addresses in response to the speech were agreed
to in both houses.
Karl Melville, in the House of Lords, and Lord
Palmerston in the 11 01100 of Gammons complained
„f the silence in regard to the threatening stale of
the Italiuu question and other matters of in
terest. •
Lord lerby and Mr. IMsraoli expressed their
confidence in the maintenance of peace.
Warlike rumors were oliil iu circulation, hut
nothing decisive was known.
FRANCE.
France coutitinued her warlike preparations.
It was rumored that the Duke de Malokoff
would soon return to Paris, and bo succeeded iu
London by the l>uke de Montebello.
Prince Napoleon and his bride had arrived in
Paris.
Tho Bourse fluctuated considerably, and de
clined nearly one per cent after the Queen’s
speech. The three per cents closed on the 3d
inst. at 67f. 40c. to ff7f. 53c.
SARDINIA.
The Sardinian government had decided upon a
loan.
It was reported that the King of Sardinia was
about to marry the stator of the Empress of Rus
sia, the widow’ef the Duke of Leutohenberg.
PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL.
The Brazilian malls had arrived at Lisbon,
bringing the news that the Brazillian government
had offered its mediation with Paraguay; that
tli* American cornu.under had accepted the offer,
and that the Brazilian aduiial had gone to Para
guny on the mission.
Coffee at Rio was unchnnged.
AUSTRALIA.
The Melbourne mails of the 18th of Tfeeomber,
had reashsd England, and gold valued at Jss#B,-
000 was ou its way there.
IntcrcMiau Items of Foreign News.
Nbw York, February 10.
The tenor of tho advices^brought by the Prince
Albert, renders it certain tliat Great lirttain will
grant a subsidy of one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sterling to the Galway steamers.
Mr. Henley, tho chief electrician of the cable,
has arrived, With.all his batteries aud instruments,
Jor this end of tho new cable line, and will soon
commence operations.
W khstks's Btatib. —BoWoblsbi are not pleas
ed with Powim’ statue of Webster,. recently re
ceived from Leghorn. The Tranteript says :
Before the bronsa statue of Webster, by Pow
ers, wan received, there *a* a desire to have it pla
ced in the most public and prominent position
that would be secured fur the purpose in Boston.
Sinew the lank figure has been seen by our eitir.cns
there is no objection to its being buriod from the
public eye in the United States Court House, or
any place raroly visited by citirens or stran
gers. _
i*ib-At the quarterly examination fourteen of
the new cadets failed to stand the fire of the ex
amination, and wore sent home from West
Point,
nih INl(|\ 0£ THE STATUS, AMI Tll K SOY KIE I6N T Y OF THE STATUS.
The French Immigrant Slave Crude Knflr*.
1 he following is a copy of a despatch address
ed by I’riuvc Napoleon, .Minister of Algeria uud
the colonies, to the Governor of the Island of Ro
union. It is dated Paris. January 6:—
Moxsirik , \ kknki r. On the reception
<d the present despatch you will adopt the most
stringent measures to forbid any engagement of
laborers either on the Eastern Const of Africa, or
Madagascar, or the Comoros, us well as the im
portation into Reunion of immigrants from those
places. <>r from St. Mario, Maynotte, and Nossi
He. I write in similar term* to Lieut. Col. Mor
rel. \ou will, when acknowledging the receipt
of tho present eomnmnicntiou, let me know the
number, tho particulars, tho amount, the date of
flic permission lor operations of engagements ol
that nature which might, with the assent ofymir
g"\ eminent, bo in course of execution at the‘time
this despatch will reach you, and which on those
ground* alone mny be allowed until their fulfil
ment to be unaffected by my decision. You will
give tnu an account of the measures you will have
adopted to assure the strict execution of my di
rection* in this respect.
NAPOLEON (JEROME.)
P. S. I you thq strict and
Mr. Fur>)(h
The following i 4 an extract from tlio Washing
ton” correspondence of the New York Journal
of Commerce of February 9th:
Mr. Forsyth has tendered his resignation as
Minister to Mexico, and,naturally enough, it is
asked whether u successor will be appointed. I
learn, as to this, that the President will not send
another minister to Mexico until the political con
dition of tho couutrv shall bo better nettled,
and until an opportunity occurs for the
opening of diplomatic intercourse, with
that country, on a practical and permanent basis.
This contingency may not occur in tho next
ten years, if over. The cause of Mr. Forsyth's
resignation was the delay of the President to re
open diplomatic relations with Mexico The
condition in which American interests in Mexi
co arc thus loft is deplorable. Our people there
have no protection for their persons and property,
and are exposed to and actually suffer the gross
est oppression and outrage from both of the fac
tions now contending for ascendancy in the gov
ernment. American commerce is extinguished,
and tbo Americans who remain in Mexico,though
fewer in number than either the English or French
or even Spanish and Italian, will be soon driven
entirely out of the country.
England, France, and Spain have their squad
rons off the Mexican ports, and cause the rights
of their respective subjects to bo respected, and
their wrongs to bo ndvessod, The Americans
alone appeal in vain t<* their own government for
protection. The public feeling in Mexico is iu
teiisoly hostile to this counlrv.“Even the Liberal
party, which might be conciliated by proper
means, have in fact censed to look for sympathy
or aid from tin* quarter. Seuor Mato, the En
voy from tho constitutional government, under
Juarez, having met with no encouragement from
this government in the objccts of his mission, is
now ordered to return home.
This stale of things is in strong contrast with
the pretensions ami professions of our govern
ment and politician!* in regard to Mexico. We
claim the Guts of Mexico as an American sen
umrv i /annum —in which our commerce and
navigation arc to predominate—and yet. we have
no commerce between the Gulf ports and those of
Mexico. There is nothing like a regular and
frequent communication between them. Again,
v lay id aim to a sort of reversionary interest in
tho territory, and tbe(natural and rich produc
tiveness of Mexico, ami we have lately set'll some
very ingenious essays from our most prominent
men. the objects of which were to prove that
Mexico was coming to us by a certain mysterious
destiny. Where are the signs of any such tenden
cy!’ Wc have leas intercourse with Mexico than
with Japan, and ouj interests arc more respected
by that government, and better cared for by our
own in that remote country, than in Mexico -our
immediate neighbor.
... Riwli'innn invn t.rnlv in biw oumjhmto
:<en cun now visit Mexico, on lawful husfnew,
without imininnotdanger to his person and proper
ty.” •• There is no adequate protection lor either,
ami in that respect our treaty with that republic
is almost a dead letter.” But matters have been
getting much worse since the date of that message.
Abundant cause, the President says, now undoubt
edly exists for a resort to hostilities against the
government still holding possession of the capi
tal. But, b*r various good reasons which he sug
gests, he recommends lor the present the establish
ment- of a temporary protectorate over the north
ern portions of t'hihuahuu and Sonora.
This is the only measure recommended, and
even if it would ho of any practical benefit, it is
one that Congress will not listen to or adopt. It
is not oven under serious consideration. Should
it be adopted and carried out, it. will be simply a
measure for war, without the necessary prepara
tions to render a war successful. Both of the
warring factious iu Mexico would resent the act
as one of open war, and the prospect of any ad
justment of difficulties between the two countries,
and the realization ofour boasted “destiny” would
lie rendered the more remote.
Mr Vorsyth did negotiate, eighteen months
ago, a serias of very excellent treaties with the
Mexican go\ornmeut. These treaties would hav e
settled all difficulties, and placed our commercial
relations on a most favorable basis, and gufirnii
teed the restoration and continuanoe of a good un
derstanding and friendly intercourse between the
people of the two countries, llad those engage
ment* been carried into effect, the constitutional
and liberal government of Mexico would have
been upheld. The treaties would have been as
fortunate for Mexico a* for the United States.
Even the present unfavorable state of things, it
ha* been hoped that onr Executive would afford
.* ,mc aid to the govern merit, which he recognize*
as tho constitutional government of Mexico,
against that which hp characterizes a* one of
arbitrary military usurpation, by the recognition
of the envoy of President Juarez. This very act
would give some moral aid to the Liberal party,
which eanuot be expected to prevail without some
help from this country. It is well known, too,
that Sr. Muta is empowered to enter into such
commercial, postal, and extradition, and other
treaties with this government as may be desirable
to us.
But this step is deferred indefinitely,* and the
Liberal party, cut oft from all exterior aid. whoth
er moral or material, tuust continue a long and
nearly hopefe:-* struggle with the power and
wealth of the Church. As to tne ultimate result
of the struggle, some of the Americans best ac
quainted with Mexico have indulged hope* of tha
success of the Liberal party. That the contest
will be long and desperate, there ta no doubt; hut
the most intelligent and influential men of that
party admitted to our minister, as Jam informed,
that the l.iluirai parly must in tho end succumb.
This result will la: all the worse, no doubt, for the
future relations between the I'nited States and
Mexico, if worse they can booomo.
Senator Hunter on the lari IT.
We take the following from a synopsis of the
proceedings of the Penatc, Monday last s
Mr. Hunter got the floor and spoke at consid
erable length iu opposition to Mr. Bigler’s Tariff
resolution. For his purt. ho said, be prefered re
taining the tariff of 1867, and wm- of opinion it
wirMid afford ample means to raise all the revenue
necessary for tike ex {ten so of government Provided
the government would act economically, as) it
shoulddo. and redutw its expenditures within
pro|*er bounds.
He thought there was entirely,too much extrav
agance at present in high places and in thoyari
riousdepartments. Too much ofthe public mon
ey was to accomplish sinister ends.-
if,, further (Contended that the Post Office Depart
ment should lie unde self sustaining, and not de
pendant upon appropriations from the public
treasury. He likewise argued strongly in favor of
adlvalorem duties, much prelerring this system to
that of specific duties.
Tlie tariff of 1857, he said, was notjdireetly upon
the revenue principles, but ho rotmtfbr it because
it was nearer his views than that of lijtfi, and un
der no circumstances could ho induced to support
a tariff bill.th-lt would afford specific protection
to one branch, of business or portion of the com
munity over another.
Latest I roin Ha)tl.
Sttw Yoiik, February 10.
Late news has been received from Hayti, which
announces that the revolution is subsiding, and
business is resuming its usual channels. Coffee
is arriving freely. Geffrard seems to be very gen
erally popular.
Tub Mobile /fr</i*t*r suggests the nomination
of Georgs M. Dallas, the preseut Minister to ling
land, m mat. President ofthe United Sutei.
VOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1859.
(OItMBIS, BKDVKMIU. FKKKI AIIV , IHJ#.
CaiHlun | KmlsninlH Mnliicn with (hr (,<>1(1 Kovrr
Tho following caution admirably Uliutrotoa tho
truth of the trlto proTorb that “all Is not gold
that glitter,.” Tt, application might bo made
with profit ti. all rtlo,B apirit, K ho ore turn
contented with their condition at homo, and whoeo
imagination., arc periwtually hoaet with tho proa
pool of extravagant rewarda in awnc diatant Held
■it entorpriae. They aeo only the bright aide of
Ihe remote picture, .imply from the fact that aue
ceaaea are alwaya and failnrea eeldoui reported.—
They read an account tliut aomo favorite of for
tunv lias suddenly grown fabulously rich, and
straightway, oonoludo that the capricious god- I
desa is waiting to award them a similar fate, for ‘
getting, tho while Ihe ruinjuf the thousnudluokless j
adventurer, win. have returned from them com !
fortless quest for the bug of gold that lies at the
base id the rainbow’* arch. Could the experi
ence bo written or ail those who have been imluc
pMtnfetltvk tihhtmc'm on, goth fwntk ot \:anmr
niaaml throughout the world, with what emphasis !
would it rebuke the folly, and how eloquently
would it plead to us to “let well enough alone:’’
“.Apropos of the Kansas “gold diggins,” let
mo give a few words of advice to your readers
who propose to go to the mines. In the first
place, l would earnestly recommend all of you
who are in business which yields a docent livoli
hood. b 6 matter what you may be, whether farm
ers, mechanics or merchants, to remain at home
and stick to your work ; but if you will go. do uot
sell your farms or your houses, and venture all
upon an uncertainty, in whiohjthe ohanoesundor
the most favorable circumstances, are ninety-nine
to one that you will lose, Retain what you have,
so that when you return a wiser, but not richer,
man. you will have some place to shelter tho heads
of your wife and little ones.
The gold fields of Kansas are still untried fields.
Persons now there have laid out town lots, and it
is to their interest to induce a large emigration.—
Merchants and business men along the frontier
towns have laid in large supplies of goods, and
hence tho glowing accounts of the vast wealth de
posited along tho Western slope of the Rocky
Mountains. I have met, however, a great many
men of intelligence who huvo been in that vicini
ty. and they assert that the existence of gold iu
such vast quantities as has been represented, is
extremely doubtful—at least it lias not yet been
discovered. That there is a large amount of gold
there is quite certain ; but it is spread over an ex
tended area, requiring a great deal of labor to ob
tain it. To laboring men- men who are aeons
turned to earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow the gold fields of Kansas may offer induce
ments sufficient for them to hazard thelosß of one
summer’s work in exploring them. Pike’s p 0 uk
and Cherry Creek are so near the frontier that
persons omi start from here in spring, spend a few
months in their vicinity, and return home in the
fall. It every thing is lost it will not amount to
much, and cun bo retrieved by industry and
economy.— Cor. N )’ Herald.
Southern ladles
A letter writer, in tho last number of the South
ern Citizen, thus speaks of the influence of South
ern ladies at the Federal Capital:
“Hut women also—it wounds my chivalrous
politeness to say it -are an engine ami organ of
dreadful than marble palaces. \ou Know how
reckless in all matters of money—how innoeentof
political economy —how insanely fond of marble
halls and all manner of gorgeous extravagance,
is that deugcroii* and designing sex. Southern
ladies reign supreme in Washington; if North
ern policy prevails in the Senate, Southern beau
ty queens it in the drawing-rooms; and its will is
to sway, not a district, but a hemisphere. One
of these imperial Washington Beauties desires to
feel that till*'whole unbounded eoutiueut iu hers,
she shrink* from the thought of anew Federal
Capital for tbe Southern States, at Tuskegoe,
Alabama. Insomuch that, besides all other dan
gors and malign inttuouucs, our liberties are. e*
posed toth.it same peril which overthrew Rerun
pr's lt'pul>lutt—
Elio vout regner: elle ost. belle—-
C'eti est fait de Iu Liberte !
It is ft form of political corruption and villany
for which I have more indulgence than any other ;
and there are women hero who might almost make
any man a National Democrat, or what is worse,
a fool.”
Outrage on the South tarollna Hnllmnd Narrow
Ksrape of Mr. Stephen Massett
On Saturday evening, as tho ears were passing
between BramhvUle and Augusta, and when
i about forty miles from this city, a ball passed
through the sorond car window, with a loud re
port, immediately iu front of Mr. Mussett s face,
and nearly striking Mr. Rice of Baltimore, who,
had he not been leaning back on the car, would
have been instantly killed. On the night before,
some miscreant perpetrated a similar outrage,
■ad Mr. John A. oeals, of Baltimore, narrowly
•scaped being killed, the hall touching the rim of
hi* hat. Barely the Huperintendant of the road
ought to investigate this matter and bring the
shameful and cowardly assassin to condign pun
ishment.—A y. ItiMfintrh.
The Last of the Seminole*.
Nbw Oblbanh, Feb. 21.- The steamer Mag !
nolia arrived, on yesterday, from Florida, with .
Maj. Rector, aud Reveuty-one Semimdes, bound j
Pi the Indian Territory West of the Arkansas.—
These Indians are tho last ofthe tribe, and all ap
pear in good health and spirits.
Another Waver Captured.
Norfolk, Vn., Feb. 21.—The hark Julie Dean,
Cunt. Borland, of Charleston, has arrived, in
charge of Lieutenant Braiue, of the sloop of
war Vincennes. The J ulia Dean was captured as
a slaver.
yfe#Tb” Missouri Republican rhapsodiz.es over
* youth who keeps a whisky shop in tit. Louis,
and who yet wood the muses. *lf tells us that the
young man compounds a whisky punch qnd a
sonnet with equal facility and taste, and draws
from the fact the affecting ‘moral, that “many ft
man with a hard countenance is possessed of a
soft heart, and ft had hat may sometimes cover
an iictivo brain.” Which proves that, ‘there is no
accounting for taste.’ even with the muses,
ficatfi of llullain, the Historian.
The mails from Europe bring the sad intelli
gence of the death of Mr. Dallam, the eminent
historian. Hu died on the 22nd January u’ the
advanced age of M years. His works are ; the
“The Constitutional History of England;” His
tory of Europe during the Middle Ages,” ami
an Introduction to tho Literary History of Eu
rope during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries. They are all works of com
mauding merit, and are sufficient to preserve his
name and fame to the latest gem-rath I.
Tmo title* (<■ the Qu*t Fanny Fern’’
having said “if one half ofthe girls knew the pre
vious life of the men they marry, tho list of old
maids would bo wonderfully increased,” the Bos
ton Post asks this question : “If the men knew,
Fanny, what their future lives were to be, woud’nt
it increase the list of old maids still further?”
Charles P. Crawford, Esq., has purchased
a half interest In the Sumter Republican, and
will hereafter he associated with Mr. Uancuck In
the editorial management of that paper.
foil Tin: TIMKH.
Messrs. Kditon; What will be the probable
rate of price of the cotton crop of 1859? This is
a question easier asked than answered. There
are events as propitious to a high market value
of this product as any other, and of course when
ever there arises a greater partial interruption of
its “status” it must share its fate with the rest, in
proportion to the extent of difficulty opposed. A
general war iu Europe is ono of these events
which would provu disastrous to high prices.
l-otton i* an article that belongs emphatically to
the “peaoo establishment,” it takes no delight in
war, no, uot oven in a rumor of war. A general
| failure of a provision crop is another event which
J would opperate adversely. Gotten requires still
; barus and full larders. Excessive banking.
i promoting general extravagance And wild specu
lation, is another. But we wilt suppose, if you
ploasc. all things occur propitiously ; let us look
into Its prospects, and see if we can fix upon any
thing reliable ns to prices for the crop of 1859.
i thousand bales, France must have seven hundred
thousand, Spain and tho continent, will require
ono million two huudrod thousand. Here we
have nu actual necessity for four milliou four
hundred thousand bales for Europe.
What amount will the United States re
quire y No one oonveraaut with tho cotton sta
tistics of this country will put it down at less
than eight hundred thousand bales. If we add
this to tho supply for Europe, we have a guild
total of demand of five milliou two hundred thous
and bales. Wo will suppose one million of bales
raised in India, Africa, Egypt, South America,
Ac., which will be over tho murk ; deduct this
from the amount required, say 5,290,909 bales,
and we havo 4.200,000 bales to be furnished by
(lie South. The question is, can we produce it ?
Hut some ono may ask, how do you kuuw that
England will wnut two and a half millions ? 1
answer, tho opening of the trude of China and
and Japan will make it her interest to have it. If
England eoubl. she would not let a bale of our
cotton be manufactured by any other nation than
herself, and as it is well known, that money inves
ted iu bur cotton manufactures pays the highest
dividend, it is but to be expected, tliut her fac
tors will manufacture all they can accomplish.
This same eoutroling fact (interest) will stimulate
France, Spain and tho continent, to manufacture
tho raw material to the utmost extent of their
power. Therapid increase of Cotton factories nil
over Europe in the last five years, would astonish
any one who is not fully “posted up.” It is far iu
advance of any other investment in tho arts, it is
hut reasonable to *ay, as it is found to pay there
better than any thing else, that whilst labor re
mains cheap, und cupital plenty, it is bound to go
ahead in a still greater ratio. Thus we see, (if
events are propitious) there will be a demand for
five million two hundred thousand bales to supply
the required wants of Europe and the United
States—to he raised in 1859. If we produce
it, it will all be needed, ami the article will
not decline below its present market value:
but if the crop of this year (1859,) proves a
short one, say .'1,000,000 bales or under, (a
tiling not at all impossible) there is no telling
where the price may find a limit. The cotton
crop of last year (1858) brings at. least two hun
dred millions of dollars into llie pockets of the
Southern planters, but f becoming one, if ns large,
will, iuall probability bring to them a great dial
mouse amount ot money n>Rium .......
tide of our productive industry in one year. Well
may we t remble lor our people, when wo think of
tho foolish and reckless extravagance, the wild
s|>eculatioii, the untold misery it will, in all
probability bring about. Tt has been well said
that none but the wise can bear adversity, but I
think there is more wisdom required to hour pros
perity. Well did our Saviour say, “it is easier
for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven,” and why ? Not but that a man maybe
rich and yet go to Heavan, but that it is a very
difficult thing to have, great riches, and at the same
time a heart pure and right, and acceptable with
God. Will the cotton reisers think of this and
bo forewarned by
KEN EX.
Hon. brrrard t lenten*.
The Washington States nays that the Hon.
Sherrurd Clemens has been nominated by the do
mocracry of his district for another term in the
House of Representatives. The convention was
called with any other view than tho promotion of
his interest; nevertheless ho received a unanimous
vote on the first ballot. This is a rare but not an
undeserved compliment.’
In this connection we are happy to .announce
Mr. Clemens’ rapid recovery from the wound of
which he has suffered so long and severely, lie
is so far restored to hi usual health as to be able
to return home, which he proposes to do iu a few
days. . •_
From the KuCaula Spirit of the South.
Hon. Alex H. Stephens.
The Augusta Conefitutiimttli •( aim ounces au
thoritatively, the purpose of this gentleman to
retire from public life at the close of the present
session of Congress. This purpose, says the Cun
etitntionaliet “has been formed deliberately, and
will not bo changed, and when ho quits the House,
it i* his purpose and his dcsiro to quit public life
forever, us there is uv office in the gift of
plc, which he would prefer to that which he now
holds.” The announcement will he received
throughout the country, with unaffected regret.—
For years Mr. Stephens has been tho acknowledged
leader of the House, in which he is now one of the
oldest members, having been elected first, we
think, seventeen years ago. Hi* reputation is
more extensive and more enviable than that of any
other man in the lower House,and his retirement
will bo regarded every where us a loss to our na
tional counsels. To the South especially, bis
withdrawal from public life at this time, will be
unwelcome news. We doubt however, whether
suuh a hi tin u* Mr. Stephens can long remain iu
retirement. We are on the eve of stirring events
iu the political future of the country, and if his
life should he spared many years, he is destined to
nharo the labors of strife in the public councils.
Farting fun non
Until the commencement of the present centu
ry, the process of casting cunnou was attended
with innumerable difficulties, and so little were
tho fundamental principles of the art understood,
that not one out of three of the shells east for
mortar service could ha admitted into the stores.
Owing, however, Us the improvements effected,
not only iu the mode of casting but in the quali
ty of the metal itself, the results are now reduced
to something like certainty. Guns ore usually
oast from metal, brought into the fluid state in a
reverberating furnace, and the mould* are formed
of loam or dry sand. Guns cast in loom do not
come from the mould with a surface so correct re
sembling that of the model as those cast in dry
sand , and iu order to render the surface correct,
and to remedy defects, it was always found ne
cessary to subject them to the process of turning.
In guns carefully cost in dry sand, the latter pro
cess may bo dispensed with ; the gun would then
be strengthened by the outer skin of metal, which,
being cooled more rapidly than the other parts,
is the hardest. This outer skin is also less liable
to rust than the surface laid ban- by turning. The
mould of a gun of dry sand, ut the same time
that it is more accurate, is also sooner made, and
dried, than a loam mould. From sxjmrintents
which have been made, it bus been ascertained that
that the additiou ol a small proportion of iruniii
to the alloy doubles the force of resistance. Brass
guns are subject to melt at the interior extremity
of the toaob-bols from the heat of rapid discharges,
aud the melted part* are driven out by tho ex
plosion, so as to render the touch-hole too wide.
To obviate this, a bush of copper is sometimes in
serted, and on Ibis bush the touch-hole is drilled.
The copper being less fusible than the brass, is
not liable to be melted by tho heat of tho dischar
gee— HWi. AWet
< ongrmdoiml
Washington, Feb. 24.
In the >M)imto today the consular and diplo
matic bill was reconsidered and continued.
Mr. Mason ottered a substitute, in the form of
resolution, that Congress approves the policy of
the President's message, and tho ultimate ne
cessity of acquiring Cuba, but coniines itself to
the declaration that while the United Status is
prepared to receive Cuba, whenever Kpain is dis
posed to sell that Island, this country never will
occupy a neutral position, under any policy
which would sever Culm from Spaiu in favor of
any foreign power.
This resolution, offered by Mr. Mason, is be
lieved to embody the views of the President at
this time.
The Ctihau bill was discussed.
In tbe House the army bill was passed; und the
post office appropriation was discussed.
Texas.
in Texas iti 1859. it is confidently anticipated
that within the next three years, Houston will
enjoy railroad communications with New Orleans.
The population now reaches near six hundred
thousand, and it is estimated within three years,
it will bo fully one milliou. Tho Scu Island
cotton is being cultivated with considerable suc
cess near tlm coast. Uioo und Indigo are found
well adapted to the soil.
Kheep raising is fust becoming a leading inter
est of Western Texas, ami but a year or two can
ellipse before wool will become oue of the stuplu
products.
Mr Domicil's Successor.
Mr. Dowdell's retirement from Congress impo
ses upon the democratic purty in his district, tho
necessity of selecting another standard-bearer in
the approaching congressional campaign. A
communication in the Autauga Citixm, over the
signature of “Autauga,” suggests that a District
Convention bo held in the city of Montgomery
sometime early in May next, for the purpose of
nominating acandiduto for Congress, and suggests
the dames of Major Rolling Hall, of Autauga, and
Hon. N. Smith Graham, as worthy of the confi
dence of the party. —Hufuula Spirit of the South.
Kentucky.
Hon. .lamkm (1 i tiiiiii: volt I'liKSinKNT.—'This dis
tinguished gentleman’s claims for the nomination
for the Presidency by the Charleston Convention
are just now being urged strongly by his friends
in various portions of Kcntuckey. The Stan
dard, a Democratic paper published at Howling
Green, has hoisted his name to ihe head of its col
umns for the Presidency in ISfifi, and has a very
strong article presenting his claims for the nomi
nation.
PoMTlcAh.—The Ohio Republican State Con
tral Committee have fixed the Sth of June next
us the time for holding the State Convention.—
Tho Democratic Convention is held twelve days
earlier -on the 29th of May.
There is amovementon foot among the Repub
lican* in Pennsylvania to give an expression in
favor of Gen. Simon Cameron at the coming
State convention for the Presidency, and thus in
formally place him in the field, und al*o get a
united delegation in the uatioual convention from
that State in his favor.
Tu k Rtatk ok tiik Mexican Question. —
Frobubilitie* of American Intervention. —The
Mexican advices, to <luy, are satisfactory for the
bondholders. The overthrow of the Zuloaga Gov
eminent is confirmed, and instead of General
Miration having been elected to succeed him, os
was reported, there was every prospect that Jua
rez, the constitutional President, would be sum
moned from Vera Cruz to assume hi* rightful
will And menus to sustain las position, umf umi
whatever measures may Vie in contemplation lor
extending American sway over the republic, tho
process will, probably, be facilitated iu a quiet,
but nevertheless, rapid and irresistible manner. —
A* far as the existing party movements at
Washington eaji bo divined, it appears that Pres
ident Buchanan and his opponents are alike anx
ious to bring the Mexican difficulty to a speedy
solution, and to snatch from each other tho pos
oii-itit v of gaining whatever popularity might be
acquired by the achievement. As Mr..Buchanan
is in a minority in Congress, any Step* he Jinny
take are likely to be defeated or anticipated by
some more decided contrivance on the part of the
opposition; but wbou the session shall have closed
the foreign relations of tin* country will be oxelu
sivoly in bis hands, and the belief seems to be
that lie will then instantly carryout bis cherished
views. Tie adversaries of Mr. Buchanan, who
urge the bolder policy of establishing an entire
protectorate in place ol endeavoring to absorbltbe
country bit by bit, have alreudy admitted their
sense yf tho responsibilities to the foreign credi
tors of Mexico which that step would involve;
hut tlie assurances from Mr. Buchanan * friends
lmd hitherto been less positive than might have
been dusired.— London Time* City Article, Jan
uary 2tUh. _
Mii.kage OK Member* ok Cong anas. —In the
Senate yesterday, Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to
regulate the mileage of the members of the .Senuto
and House of Representatives.
This bill proposes the following scale: For
any distance less than one thousand miles fifteen
cents per mile; for any distance exceeding one
thousand, aud less than twenty-five hundred
miles, twenty-five cents per mile ; to be computed
from the nearest mall route from the pliu-e of resi
dence and paid a* now provided by law.— Wueh.
State* DBA.
Theatre.
Bv reference to the advertisement* we perceive,
Mr. Fleming has re-engaged these favorites of the
public, Mi. A Mr*. Floreuce. They played every
night last week to the most fashionable audiences
we ever saw in the iiall. Florence, as the Irish
man, i* a host in himself, bnt Mrs. Florence is in
i uituble in livr personation of differing characters,
one minute enrapturing you with her delightful
singing, and the next moment you are in estaciv*
with her exquisite dancing; to say nothing of
the correctness with which she speaks the differ
ent dialects suited to the various part* she a*
sullies. Wo think ourselves particularly form,
nate iu having so onterprizing u Manager as Mr
Fleming, who lias spared neither pains nor ex
pense to bring those delightful performer* to this
city. They stay is limited to this week, and
wo hope to soo the houses crowded as they de
serve. tiro. Tcleyraph.
A prolific. Mother - A woman died recently at
Caen, in Normandy, over whose grave a tomb
stone, bus been placed, with this inscription:
“Hero lies Gabrielle Mouilleron. She bud at her
death tli rue hundred and sixty seven children,
born in lawful wedlock. She wus married but
once.”
Hbo was the mother of Id children.
Grandmother es Ui children.
Great-grandmother of 228 children.
Great-great-grandmotlier of fi children.
31)7 children.
Umivbiihity ok tiik Booth.— I The Winchester
Home Journal give* a favorable account of the
progress of subscription* to the University of the
South. A letter from Bishop Polk, of that Htute
contains the following:
1, in connection with Bishop Elliot, have be
gun the work of raising the endowment fund for
th<- University of the South, and urc meeting
with the most decided, encouragement. In one
week overs7s,ooff was subscribed. The best of
feeling seems to prevail In behalf oftho Universi
ty, and its friends arc more confident than ever of
itS SUOCOSo. _
A NAIVK ConkbSsion. —A young lady this
“Kissmas,” somewhat surprised Bor partner by
expressing a decided aversion to mustache*. On
being pressed to give her reason for it, she at lirt
fenced off the question by declaring that a Indy
needs no reason for disliking thing*. On being
further questioned, she glanced silly at the mistle
toe, and then darting an arch look at her part
ner’s anxious face, ou which the most luxuriant
of mustache* bail been cultivated, she replied,
with charming n'aviete, “Well, l don't, mind tell
ing you. It is because they, oh, o tickle one!”
John R. Gidding* was presented
with a silver liquor case and a cane, by his ad
mirors, a short time since. The cane was very
appropriately, uado of ebony.
(01.1 Mills, TiII'HMI)AY, FKKKUAKY 24, 1859.
I iiltersii) of the South.
Opportunity for comment was denied us yes
terday upon the announcement in a letter from
Hishop Polk, that $75,999 bad been subscribed
in one week, as an endowment fund for the Uni
versity of tho South. We intended merely to con
gratulate the Church, under whose immediate
auspices tho work is undertaken, and tho South
to whose honor and advantage it must ultimately
aud surely contribute, upon the singular favor
which the enterprise has met in its inception.—
The object proposed is one which should commend
itself to the sympathy and autive support of the
whole Southern people. The want of such an in
stitution, tut is here intended to be established, the
South has long felt. The superior advantages
for imparting a thorough education, which the j
loug established and richly endowed Universities !
of the North possess over our Southern Colleges,
lias swelled the catalogues of tho former with the
into me umuaia.u uiiiin ui kuu liumui. x,>\. <->*•.-
lishincnt, iu the heart of the slave States, of a uni
versity upon l he magnificent scale proposed,will ar
rest this evil by removing all necessity or pretext 1
for its propagation. Its professorships will Ive tilled
with men distinguished for thoir virtue and learn- j
ing and who do not regard African slavery as u j
“moral, political and social evilnml while its,
alumni will go forth with cultivated intellects to !
work out the problem of life and impress tlieir i
thoughts upon the age, they will carry with them ‘
an intense feeling of veneration for the institutions
of their native land. Though it. will lie under the
control of oue religious denomination, we feel as
sured that it will be conducted in the most cath
olic spirit aud will thus justify its appeal for uid
to all creeds aud parties. It is eminently u South
ern work, and our earnest hope Is that it may have
an early completion aud a prosperous career.
Message from (Itr President
On the IBlb instant the I’residcut transmitted
a messuge to Congress asking that body to clothe J
the Executive with a general power to eiuptuy I
the land uud naval forces for the protection of the
persous and property of the citizens ofThe United
.Stated whenever and wherever they may be as- |
sailed. The propriety of the grant is based upon i
the necessity which exists for such protection ou I
tbe transit route m Central America, and tbe law- ;
lossuess to which the rights ol’ our citizens are a i
constant prey iu the Mexican, Central and South j
American States. In respect to the exercise ol 1
such a power, the Executive Government of tbe
United States differs from all others. With us [
Congress is the exclusive wur-makiug power. ;
and any authority from the I*resident for the j
commission 6f an act of hostility would be extra- I
constitutional, whatever might be the exigency
under which it was givou. The Executive Gov
ernments of England, France and other foreign
Powers, on the contrary, a* is stated by the Presi
dent, can redress the wrongs of their citizens, and
compel immediate justice f rom offending nations, j
While this difference exists we may expect to j
hold a subordinate position as a people, in that )’
portion of tbe world, whither all eyes are so anx
iously turned, and where tbe three Great Powers |
urcso eagerly striving to establish tbe foundations j
of future umpire. We trust Congress will act j
favorably upon the Message.
days wiiu Ut. ureeirac ttle uuw.v ... v
Wherever there is suffering to Us mitigated—in
the Poor House, the Hospital or the Asylum- ‘
there will the presence or thi* philanthropic lady
be observed. Bhe has beau iu every country iu
Europe, save one or two ; always traveling alone:
has made three or lour tours in the United State*,
and has done a* much for the cause of the sick, j
the attic toil and sufferiug, u any individual
alive. She is now visiting the Bouthorn States
for the third or fourth time, and goes in a few
days, to Montgomery, Ala., ivbere wo would
commend her to the kind courtesies ofour excel- ,
lent fricuds of the Mail and Advertieer.—Federal I
Union.
Syhui* fkom Akkk an Siuab Cans* —Dr. J. I
F. Edwards, of Choccoloeeo Valley, Florida, lias j
made this year from the Gniseaua or African tti j
gar cane, a beautiful, clear specimen of syrup, [
said to bo better than the Chinese; “of suoh *u- !
perior quality, indeed,” say* the Jacksonville j
Republican, “that five cents more in the gallon
bus been offered for it than the best New Orleau*
molasses.” Dr. E. made this year 14412 galious
oftuoiasses and 375 lbs. of sugur from the cane. >
Plum 250 to 300 gallon* juice were obtained from j
au acre of land, and five gallons from ripe cane i
produce one of syrup. The sane i* known to be
ri)Hi by breaking at the joints, f lay land proves j
‘oettorfor its growth than bottom laud.
To HE 111 so.—The Holly Springs Doinoerut
pays that Pleasant M. Mask, who has been on i
fined for the last four yours in the jail in that
place, for the murder of a young lady named ;
Smith, has received his final sentence, aud will
Imj hung ou the 4th March next.
Dkci.ine i* Cotton Hm km*tß.—At last, that j
deoliuc iu tho receipts of cotton at the Atlantic j
Gulf ports, so loug looked for and expected, ha*
commenced. For the week ending February 18, j
there was a falling off, in comparison with the
corresponding week of lost year, some 22,0041 j
bales, including all the porta. It is calculated
that the falling off'this week will be double that
of the last.
State Fair. —The Fair will be held in the j
city of Atlanta, says the .American, in October
next, commencing on the ,24th, aud ending on
Friday the 28th. Thus the arrangements are all ,
complete and most ample. The list is Überul
the officer* able, industrious, xoalous uud efficient
and the time appropriate. We hope, aud shall
expects to witnes, the most extensive exhibition
ever made in Georgia, and to witness the largest
crowd ever assembled at a luir ground iu the
tState. Our Atlanta neighbors have commenced
to agitate this subject in good time, and wo bops
the next Fair may, in accordance with their ex
pectations, prove an honor to Georgia.
UoNUitfcMß. The Connnitteo on Foreign Rela
tions yesterday reported to tho Senate a bill, to
pay Mr. Hquires, onr late Charge to Guatemala,
$4,600 for extra services. No vote was taken on
the bill. The Private Calendar was proceeded
with, and a lew private bills wore passed. An
important special Message was received from the
President, asking power to use the Army and
Navy to protect,the Transit Routes. The propo
sition was favored by Messrs ( llugman, benja
min and Douglas, and opposed by Messrs. Sew
ard and Fessenden, but without action, the Sen
ate adjourned.
iu the House, the Army Appropriation bill
coming up, Mr. Stanton’* amendment to strike
out the appropriation for the recruiting service,
was lost. Amendments to preserve the military
reservations from the trespasses ami cutting oft
Brevet pay, were rejected. A Committee of five
was appointed to Investigate charges made by a
correspondent of the New York press against a
member of the Committee on Amounts, after
which the House adjourned.—.Af Y Journal of
Comment, /W.lSsA*
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, )
JAMES W. WARKEN. S
Number 9
FOR THF TIftTKS.
Washington,’ Feb. 18th 1859
JW*. Kditmm: I arrived here yesterday, and
1 wr ße according to premiss. Visiting the House
of Representatives, which I* found in session. I
■ never witnessed so inuoh inattention, disorder
and want ofdignity. The speaker was discuss
! in K the question of retrenchment in public expen
ditures. and his voice was scarcely heard above
the conversation und noise iu the Hall. Five
minute speeches are only allowed, and at the end
ol that, tune, no less than twenty voiyes are heard
crying “Mr. .Speaker!” The truth is, it is the
must unwieldy body lever saw in session—the
•Southern Commercial Conventions not excepted.
So much for tho decorum of this branch of tho
j General Assembly. In other respects, my obser
vation cortvinccH me, that it is such us the country
I has a right to expect. The subject of retrench
ment is now being discussed. I am rejoiced to
see that our immediate Representative is looked
it. They havo reduced tlm expenditures some
j /our million* (an itcm)nnd the House, so far, has
| sustained them in their reconunemlations. The
hill, proposed by Mr. Crawford in the House, re
| dueing the salary of officers to the sums rospec
| rively paid them prior to the year 1859—which is
i to operate until the iucoma of tlm government is
! adequate to the expenditures- will reduce the
i expropriations soine/bur Million* more. This is
j desirable. The discussion in the Henate yester
day was confined principally to tho speech of Mr.
Chandler, of Michigan, iu opposition to the acqui
sition us Cuba by purchase. The whole Black
Republican party will arraign themselves against
the acquisition of Cuba in any shape or form.—
The opposition they make to it upon this or that
puiut is a mere subterfuge. They will not vote for
the possession of Cuba or any other territory that
may suit the “foot-murks of slavery.” Command
ing, as Cuba will, the trade between the Atlantic
and Pacific—tributary to the commerce of the
Gull and the Mississippi, now amounting to two
hundred millions of dollars, ami necessary in too
many points of View to he considered in this short
communication ; yet, the ltepubticana persist in
their opposition to it with the seal of a religious
conviction. The opinion is, however, that a bill
will pass the Keinitc in some shape for n purchase,
aud mots pass the House.
The tariff will, I think, be modified in some
manner during the present session. The Penn
sylvania Democrats do uot moot the Committe-j
appoint.>d by the caucus of Democrats.
11 is probable that there will be another Mnt
teson ease iu tbe House. The charge, they say,
can be suHiuiue l against a member for bribery.—
in another letter 1 will write more in detail con
cerning the subject matter under discussion in tho
two branches of Congress. Let this suffice for
the present.-
RAMBLER.
Tub Dav. —To-day is the anniversary of tbe
bjrin of the Father of his Country. Our ever
patriotic corps, Tht Mo >tyomery Trip Blues, cel
ebrate ihe day by a sulute at sun rise-this morn
ing, a parade at 2 o'clock, p. in., under their
new Captain, T. Lomax, and a splendid enter
tainment at Estelle nml Concert Halls in the even
ing. il ls needless to ssy that tbe day will bo
properly honored under these auspices.— Mont.
Confederation.
the object ..I mo
sitv of adopting such measures as* may most line
ly induce a closer commercial relationship between
this city und the South than has heretofore exist
ed. The utilitity of such action is apparent to
every one at this time. Facilities of transporta
tion with the interior of the South arc now suffi
ciently adequate—the productions and manufac
tures of one section arc demanded by the require
ments of the other--the institutions of tbe two
an* identical, and all that seems necessary to es
tablish a mutually beneficial and extensive con
! nexion in the way of trade is the adjustment of
1 financial exchanges and the expression of a dis
position on the part of each to outer into such a
relationship. Tho action of the Chamber of Com
merce to-day w ill doubtless go fhr to bring about
ho desirable a consummation on our part. That
body represents fully the commercial interest of
St. Louis aud the authority of its proceeding*
will be found sufficiently expressive of the feelings
ami view* of tin- entire community.— St. Louie
j litpublican, [2th “i*t.
tu (Gnu Anxious tor onr Trade
From an article in the New York Day Book wc
extract the following:
It is-wcll known that the utter prostration of
business in the western State* bu* turned the gen
eral attention of N. York merchants to the sooth.
There never was a time wheu such prodigious ef
fort* were being made to secure southern custom
a* now. Innumerable pamphlet*, circulars, and
so-called ‘‘mercantile advertisers,” have been sent
all over the south, to every merchant wlmse name
could be procured. The south is known to lm
rich. Ilcr real and unfailing staple, cotton,
rules llie world of commerce and business, and
she i* more aide at Ibis moment to buy, and pay
for what she buys, Ibuuany or ull other portion*
of the country. Her productions, her climate, and
her admirable labor system, all combine to effect
this. It is. however, worthy of note, that the
Abolition houses of this city, who have been for
years trying to break down production at tho
south, and destroy her wealth, are just now very
anxious to get southern trade. Finding that to
rely upoirthc west was to loan upon a broken
rood, they have ail at once become great friends
1 of tho south, and arc resorting to the most con
temptible hypocrisy and the meanest of dodges to
get the trade away from the real and true south
ern houses iu New York. ♦
Tiik Laugh Cottox Pi. ax this.—A few days
i since a paragraph was published, giving soma
1 account of the cotton crop of Col. Bond of Geor
g!a, which amounted last year to 2100 bales, and
was the largest sent to market by any planter in
that State. A Vidalia correspondent of the Free
Trader (Natchaf) contrasts the Planters of Miss
issippi and Louisiana with the Georgia celebrity
. as follows:
There are n half n dozen planters In Concordia
parish Louisiana, as also many more iu Missis
sippi,that mako.a fur higher murk than this. Not
to make a tiling invidious, the names of A. V. Da
vis, Esq.,of Concordia parish, who makes all hi*
cotton there, chalks up several hundred bales
above the Georgia Planter: so does L. It. Marshal
Esq., 11l the Elate of Louisiana, raising in that
State alone, more than three thousand five humi
liates; sols John Kouth, Esq., of Hard Times full
as much if not more; so dill Frederick Blanton,
Esq., but a few week* deceased, raise twenty
, eight hundred bales the present year—all in Con
! cordia parish- -and even more than this figure in
IMss—all in Louisiana; and there arc numerous
other* that come up, or nearly so, to the Georgia
highest knot. For iustauoe, L. R. Marshall, res-
I iilenee Natchez. planter in three Stale*, Louisi
nua, Mississippi and Arkansas,is more tlifin a four
thousand bale producer; so is Dr. Stephen Dun
can more than a three thousand bale grower iu
! the State of Mississippi, la-sides being au opulent
I jdttnter of Louisiana —more than four thousand
: bales in all. . . .
The great estates of the two princely planters
of this region, the late Samuel Davis and Frnn
-1 cl* Biirget. I! q*.. always produoed from three to
t five thousand bales each until their death* divi
-1 ded the estate* among the heirs.- A. o.l‘uayuue
Abomzhinu Hi.avkitv iiy Mechanicai. For
, e*.--A papor was recently presented to the New
York Ethnological Hocioty on “slavery,'’by a Mr.
Ewbank, wboss ideus are novel if not amusing.—
He proposes to overcome “slavery” by mechani
cal forcos, which wo confess, is proof, at all events,
that Mr. Kwbunft is true to his profession. Ho
thinks by tho “application of inanimate forces to
raining mid reaping staple pßoduote of tropical
and semi-tropical regions,” that the labor of ne
groes may be made unprofitable. Most sapient
Ewbank 1
