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R. ELLIS fit CO., Proprietors. 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