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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
SAM’JL B.iCRAFTON,
COUNTY PRINTER.
TERMS—For the paper in advance $150
not paid in advance, $2 00
Bank of St. Mary’s.
The Columbus Sentinel ef Friday last,
the 30th ult., has the following notice of
the suspension of the Bank, and specula
tions as to its probable ability to meet all its
engagements,
SMDERSVILLE, GEORGIA-
TUESDAY MAY 11, 1S52.
Something of a Storm.—On Monday
evening the 3d inst., we were visited by a
storm, which we learn has done much dam-
age throughout the county, such as has
been noticed in the communication of Judge
Taylor to be found in another column. It
was succeeded by several days of cool
weather, on Wednesday there was a slight
frost, since that time the weather has been
The Bank of St. Mary's.—A clap of ,
thunder from a clear sky could not have moderating, and up to vesterday we have
produced greater consternation tnan the
announcement, on Friday last, that the St
Mary’s Bank had suspended payments. The
public ear had become .callous to rumors
unfavorable to the institution, and the en
tire community had learned to repose un
shaken confidence in the financial ability of
the President of the Institution.
The causes which led to the suspension
have been laid before the public in a circu
lar from the hand ot Col. John G. Winter.
We see no reason to doubt in any particular
the accuracy of his statements, and feel
bound to give them full credence, until
some facts are developed which will dis
credit them. As yet we have heard of
none.
We are informed by reliable authority
that eighty thousand out of ninety thous
and dollars have been iiquated.
All bills under five dollars have been
promptly paid on presentation, and we are
informed that they will continue to be re
deemed,
We are further informed that Col. Win
ter is negotiating the sale of ninety thous
and dollars worth of private property, at
prices fixed upon it pefore the suspension,
ana offers to take St. Mary’s bills in pay
ment.
The liabilities of the bank are but little
over three hundred thousand dollars.
4 Col Winter’s property is estimated at o-
ver one million dollars ; and he hos pledg
ed it all in liq nidation of the liabilities of the
Bank.
These facts clearly indicate that there is
really no danger of ultimate loss ; if Col
Winter is entitled to integrity. And we
can see no reason to question his honor,
For ten years the community have relied
upon it and suffered no loss.
We have taken pains to ascertain the o
pinions of the business men of the city as
to the ultimate solvency of the institution
There is some diversity of opinion on the
subject but the prevailing one is that every
dollar will be ultimately redeemed.
lu the face of these facts the bills have
continued steadily to decline. On Satur
day they commanded ninety cents on the
dollar: on Monday they fell to seventy-five
cents; on Tuesday to sixty cents; and on
Wednesday to 50 cents. ‘
Having given this full statement of the
condition of the Bank, we leave our readers
to form their own conclusions. They would
do well to hold on to their small bills, and
if they are able, we incline to think they
will not suffer in the end if they refuse to
sacrifice the large ones. This is tne course
we intend to pursue. But every man ought
to act on his own judgment in snch cases.
The large bills are not now received for
goods in any of our stores for any consid
erable quantity of merchandise.
Grand Royal Arcli Chapter of Ga.,
The Grand- Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Georgia, held its Annual Comrnuni
cation in the City of Augusta, on Wednes
day and Thursday, 28th and 29th ult. Twen
ty four Chapters were represented. Only
four Chapters failed to make their returns.
T _ E. William T. Gould, G. H. P., pre
sided during the session assisted by M. E.,
Philip S. Schley, D. G. H. P.
From the eloquent and highly interest
ing address of the G. H. P., we learn that
the order is in a flourishing condition in
this State, and that peace and harmony
prevailed throughout this jurisdiction.
Three new charters were granted, making,
in all thirty-one Chapters, working under
the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of
Georgia.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing vear :
M. E.,' Win. T. Gould, G. H. P.
do., Philip T. Schley, D. G. H. P.
do., William LMitchel, G. R.
do., Archibald A. Gaulding, G. S.
E., Rev. Caleb W. Key, G. C.
do., Wm. H. Maharrey, G. M.
do., Lemuel Dwelle, G. T.
do w William K. Kitchen, G. S.
do., James W. Meredith, G. Tyler.
The Grand Council of Royal and Selecft
Masters held their annual Convention at
the same time. There was a full attendance
of Subordinate Councils. The following
companions were elected officers for the en
suing year:
M. E. Benj. B. Russell G. T. ILL. M.
“ Jason Burr, G. ILL H T.
“ Phillip T. Schley. G. ILL. H. A.
E. Richard T. Turner, G. C. G.
“ Lemnel Dwelle, G. T.
“ Wm. K. Kitchen, G. R.
“ J. W. Meredith, G. S.
Some lover of the curious in literature
asserts that the word news was derived in
the following manner. On former times
it was common to see in the journals of the
day, the initio! letters of the cardinal points
of the compass, thus :
N
E——w ;
had fine growing seasons for crops, and if
“nothing intervenes,” a few days will show
a fine prospect in the “crapping way.”
Dedication.—Harris’ Church, situated
near Miller’s mills, will be dedicated on the
fifth Sabbath in this month. The Rev.
Wiley G. Parks, P. E. of this District, will
preach the Dedicatory Sermon. We advise
all who have an opportunity, to go and
hear him. Mr. Parks, to our liking, is
among the ablest ministers in the Methodist
Church, and is a man of inflexible piety.—
His occasional visits to this place in the dis
charge of his ministerial duties, has drawn
around him man y warm and devoted friends
Dentistry.—We refer the reader to the
card of Dr. Hollifield,and recommend him
to the attention of those who need the ser
vices of a Dentist, as an experienced and
skilful practitioner. We have seen much
of the Doctor’s work in this community,
and it has given general satisfaction. We
the other day, a set of upper t
which "he had prepared for a person, and
which were fastened to the roof of the
mouth by suction_and atmospheric’- pres
sure, they were as firm as if they had been
held by springs, and we were informed by
the wearer that they were much more plea
sant and comfortable. They were as nea^
as anything of the sort we have ever seen.
Dr. H. visits any of the adjoining coun
ties when requested by letter or otherwise*
The New Governor General of Cu
ba.—The Savannah Republican speaking of
this official, says: “General Canedo, who
has succeeded Concha (the latter called by
the islanders the Don Quixotte of incorrup
tibility,) is a man of about fifty, as we learn
from a gentleman who has seen him,—of
rather severe aspect, good feature, and very
elaborate courtliness of manners. He bows
graceously to every negro who takes off his
hat to him, and seems determined to be
popular. The Cubans do not appear to
have made up their minds whether or not
to like him. He, of course, will find it’dif-
ficult to please both Croles and Spaniards
who mortally hate each other, and he can
not well please foreigners, with the spong
ing and annoying system pursued towards
all visitors to the island.”
Vapor Baths Applied to Cattle.—A
letter from Vienna states that for the last
two years, an epidemic disease has decima
ted the horned cattle and brought ruin to
the breeders ; that the veterinary art was
powerless to arrest the. malady ; but a Dr.
Godleweske, a native of Gallicia, has re
cently claimed two premium of 75,000,
f. each offered by the Austrian and Russian
Governments, he having, it is said, discov
ered an invaluable remedy in the applica
tion of vapor baths.
Another Savannah Steamship.—The
keel of a third steamship, designed to run
between Savannah and New York, in con
nection with the Alabama and Florida, has
been laid in the ship yard of William H.
Webb. Her model and dimentions are
similar to those vessels, and she is to be
completed early in the fall.
BpKjsj
Gen. Cass at Home.—The Democratic
convention of Michigan have unanimously
recommended Gen, Cass for the Presidency.
The convention nominating him failed to
take any action in relation to the compro
mise. This is an indication that the Gener
al s friends will give the war crv, “see some
thing, say nothing.”
Senator Rhett Resigned.—This Sen
ator from the State of South Carolina, has
resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate, fhe
Charleston Courier says that it is reported
that the Gov. of that State has appointed
the Hon. J.T. Richardsone, to fill the va-
vancy.
Highly Concentrated Meanness.—
The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel of Wed
nesday last says :—“The marriage publish
ed by us a few days since as having taken
place at Oxford, between J. J. Harris and
Sally Worrell, was a contemptible hoax.
“Language is wholly inadequate to con
vey even a faint conception of the utter
meanness of the debased and depraved
creature who could adopt such a course
either to revenge himself or to assail anoth
er.”
As we copied the notice from the Chron
icle & Sentinel, we publish above from same
paper and fully endorse its opinion of the
mean spirit that could concoct such a hoax.
St. Mary’s Bills.—All change bills
and bills under the denomination of $5 on
this bank will be redemed on presentation
at Columbus or Montgomery. Holders of
these bills should not suffer themselves
shaved too deep when they can by sending
them to a friend at either of those places ob
tain their value, dollar for dollar.
Fine Cotton.—The Charleston Mercury
of the 4th inst., says : “Messrs. f Walters
& Walker sold yesterday, ten bales of
Georgia Uplands at 12 cents. They were
from the plantation of Col. George Jesup,
Madison county Ga.
Making Newspapers.—A circular from
the First Assistant Post Master General,
decides that marking an advertisement in
a newspaper, sent by mail, does not subject
the package to letter postage.
Frost Bitten.—A Miss Frost, in Mas
sachusetts has recovered $365 of a gallant,
for a breach of promise. He courted her a
year and has to pay at the rate of a dollar
a day for it. It would have been cheap at
half the money.
A Revival in Congress.—It has been
suggested that a day be specially set apart
upon which Christians of every name
throughout the Union, will meet in their
respective places of worship and pray for
God’s blessing upon the two Houses of Con
gress now in session, that there may be an
outporing of his grace upon the hearts of
those who are legislating for the welfare of
their fellow-countrymen and mankind.
Christians, you should pray for a revival
in Congress.—Baptist Recorder
B3F If the editor of the Recorder ha*d
been as much about Washington as we
have, when Congress was in session, he
would as soon think of sending a Missiona
ry to Hell, to convert the Devil’s House
hold ! With but few exceptions, ‘Old Mas
ter’ has given over the Members of Congress
to hardness of heart—he has left them to
their idols, the eight dollars per day.—
Brownlow.
and a short time ago was flooded by a fresh
et in the Zuba river, but it flourishes not
withstanding.
As for the Aagricultural interest I think
California offers decided advantages. Grain
and vegetables are raised in the greatest
By Telegraph to the Charleston papers.
Baltimore, May 2, 9 A. M.
Later from Europe.
The U. S. mail steamship Pacific has ar
rived at New York from Liverpool, which
port she left on the-21st ult.
Cotton has advanced an eigth of a penny
, . ,, j in the Liverpool market. The sales during
abundance, and the climate is adraira ly j three business days succeeding the de-
adapted to their cultivation. But with all j parture of the Niagara comprised 39,000
the advantages which this country can offer, j bales, of which exporters and speculators
I think there is one thing wanting, which, j took 14,000; middling Orleans was quoted
ifit possessed,! should be willing to “write !g ^fsirUplaud at 5 l-4d, and middling
it” the loveliest place io the world, and , a( }vance of from sixpence to ninepence
what is that? Why, females! Yes, we was asked in Flour, but it was not conceded,
want females to give our society a tone and Wheat was steady. Corn a shade better,
caste, and I hope that all persons who are j Rice steady. Sugar active and advancing,
so fortunate as to emigrate here, in future,
5-8.
will be men of families, and will bring them
along with them. They will be attended
to here.
The Legislature is still in session, but not
doing much. There was a committee, ap
pointed to investigate the propriety of call
ing a convention to divide the State ; this
committee have reported favorably and a
convention is to be held in May next. I
think it is probable that the State will be
divided, for there are a great many South
ern men here, and they are all
Consols closed at from 99 1-2 a 99
Trade in Manchester was better.
The British mail steamship Europa ar
rived at Liverpool on the 19th ult., and the
U. S. mail steamship Washington at South
ampton on the 18th—all well on board.
Baltimore, May 2 9.30 P. M.
The steamship Crescent City arrived at
New-York to-day with the California mails
of the 5th ult two millions worth of gold on
freight, and six hundred thousand in the
hands of passengers. The floods in Califor
nia had entirely subsided. Business was
improving, and the yield from- the mines
in favor of was immense.
a division, and some of the Northern men
are also in favor of it. There is some ex
citement on the subject in the Southern
portion of the State
divided.
Robberies are common. There are great
many convicts in tne country and they all
will steal. We had quite an excitement in
this place a few days ago about one who
had stolen goods from the house of a mer
chant. He was taken by the officers and
gave bail for his appearance next morning ;
this was found out by the citizens, and,
concluding that bail ought not to have been
taken, they took him into their own hands,
appointed a committee of twenty-five men
to try him for his life
Additional by the Pacific.
New-York, Ma 3,
The Liverpool Cotton market on Wed
nesday (the day of the Pacific's departure,)
They say it shall be ; opened firmly. A motion had been carried
' in Parliament for an investigation of the af
fairs of the East India Company. The a-
mendment to the Passenger Act is yet un
der consideration, and Sir J. Pakington an
nounced the determination of Ministry to
communicate with the United States Gov
ernment upon the subject
The Presidential Question.
A Washingington letter in the Baltimore
Sun says: ' ’
All that is now certain is that General
Scott can only be nominated by Southern
influences, and by the co-operation of South
ern Senators and Southern members. If
the South will stand back and coolly see
Fillmore and Webster cut to pieces by the
Northern abolitionists and free-soilers
though Fillmore and Webster stood by the
South in the hour of need, then Scott will
be assuredly nominated; but the South, not
the North, will be answerable for the nom
ination.
It is a poor shift for some of the South
ern gentlemen to say “Gen. Scott ig as good
a Compromiser as Fillmore or Webster.”
They surely do not think Wm. H. Seward as
good a compromiser as Fillmore and Web
ster; nor can they ever that the men with
whom Seward would fill all the important
federal offices, (at least in the Northern
States,) would be as good compromisers as
Messrs. Fillmore and Webster. If Gen.
Scott then was ever so good a compromise
man, he could not prevent the Free-Soilera
at the North from lording it over the Union
men, and thus to give a new impuse to fa
naticism, which sooner or later must en
danger the constitutional rights ofthe South
ern States. It is not the single man—the
monarch—that gives tone and character to
an administration—his cabinet and the fed
eral office holders generally have more to
do with it than himself.
Besides, if General Scott be nominated
without a platform, free scope will be given
to all the prominet Free-Soilers and Aboli
tionists in the North to run for Congress,
and for members and Senators of the State
Legislatures; and the legislative branch of
the Government being thus opened to the
agitators and factionists, is there any South-
Th' JU C T UV f ern man who ventures > in bis sober senses,
Exchequer had decided' that Mr. Solomons, ! know
the Jew-j-wa&uoteutitied to a seat in Par- ^ at ® enera ® cott isalhnarht on the Com.
liaraent.
In France the protest of the Orleans fam
ily against the confiscation of their property,
was brought up in Court. The President
denies the jurisdiction of the Court. Judo-e-
ment was deferred. The Budget shows a
they kept him a j deficiency of forty millions of francs,
few hours in custody, however, and gave; Spain.—The remaining prisoners ofthe
him up to the officers. I think they did j Bcpez expedition were daily expected at
wrong as Gen. Lynch is the thing for Cali ,k L
fornia. I must close as business calls my
attention. I will send you the steamer
edition of one of our papers prepared for
this mail, which I hope will be interesting
to you.
I remain youis truly,
P. C. HYMAN.
[CORRESPENDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
Gibraltar, on their way home.
Charles Henry from Charleston
Liverpool on the 19th.
The ship
arrived at
New-York, May 3.
The sales of Cotton to-day were 2,500
bales: Upland Middling, 8 1-2. Rice: sales
promise? No monarchist could go further
in his faith in a single man than to say that,
provided he is the right sort of person, it
does not matter what his ministers or Con
gress are made of. The platform establish
ed for Whigs or Democrats not only serves
the purposes of the Presidential election,
but also the election ot members and Sena
tors, and that is quite as important, and
even more so, in our republican self govern
ment, than the election of the chief execu-
tive.
The Slavery Question in California.—
The Charleston Courier, 24th inst., says:—
We are under obligations to a friend in Cal-
of 200 tierces at 3.52. Flour is active, with iifornia fo . r Legislative documents of that
an advancing tendency. Wheat and* Corn j ® ta \ e » w Hich he has from time to time been
unchanged.
Delegates to Baltimore.—A delegate
to the Baltimore convention from this State
bas requested the delegation to meet aij ia . plenty of gold in the quartz, the dif
[CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
Marysville, Cal., March 26, 1852.
Friend Grafton :—I had the pleasure a
few days since, of receiving a copy of your
journal from a friend in this country, and it
reminded me so forcibly of my former home
(Sandersville,) that I concluded to drop you
a few lines, thinking that they might be
sufficiently interesting to find a place in
your columns.
I shall not attempt to give you a minute
description of the country, but a few facts
in relation to things as they exist. In the
first place, let me refer to the mining in
terest, as that is more interesting to the
people of the Atlantic States than anything
else, and is generally the cause of all the
excitement. The mines are probablv not
sogoodasthey were supposed to be two
years ago, but there is yet gold in them,
and a plenty of it too. Two years ago it
was supposed by a great many persons that
a man could go to the mines, and in a few
months, make as much money as he wished,
and this was sometimes the case, but very
seldom. There are a great many men in
this State who have been in the mines for
the last two years, worked hard, and now
have nothing. Now it requires a man that
has energy and determination, and is will
ing to invest capital, if necessary, to make
a heavy fortune in the mines; there are a
few of a different class, who make money,
but they are so few that it is hardly worth
while to speak of them. It is believed that
the quartz mining will be verv good this
year, butl doubt it; at least I think that
the machinery must be somewhat different
from that in use, before it can be made very
profitable. I have no doubt but that there
Laurens County, May 2, 1852. At nnnn , Washington, May 3.
« ex j •, rp, . „ At noon today, .Mr. Clay was sinking
Mr. Editor .-—There is a Comet or some i rapidly, and it is believed he can live but a
singular luminary, cutting strange capers few days. President Fillmore visited him
in the Western horizon. It is almost di- to 'day. His friends have been sent for.
rectlv in the track of Venus, the evening 4 Mr ' An , drews , a Representative from
star a„d under ,t It, the Comet, ts «st-j l„ lhe House to-days, the French Spolia-
ble from dark until twenty minutes after | tion bill from the Senate was taken up, and
eight. It has very much the appearance of! a motion to put it on its third reading was
a star that appeared in the South about
three years since. The strange capers al
luded to above, are its movings, horizontal
ly and perpendicularly and its blazing out
so as to be plainly visible, then retiring
from the view.
I have ,taken the liberty of addressing
you these few lines, as none of the papers
that I have seen, contain any notice of it,
and I think it very probable that it has es
caped observation.
Yours Respectfully,
OBSERVER.
postponed.
Mr. Stephens on Party Conven
tions.
We take the following-striking, from the
recent speech of Mr. Stephens, of this State.
He is denouncing the refusal of the Whig
1 members of Congress, to take their position of tbese tn '° courses,
I V. A. A * fr 1 1 • • . ^ til n./\A 1*1-. AX
kind enough to forward us. Amongst oth-.
ers received yesterday, we find a copv of the
bill entitled an Act recommending to the
electors to vote for or against calling a Con
vention, to revise ana change the entire
Constitution of California, it passed the
House by a vote of 51 to 7, and was sent to
the Senate on the 3d of March. A major
ity, we learn, of the Assembly is pro-Slave-
ry, and yesterday we were favored with the
perusal of a letter from one of onr own cit
izens now in California, who states therein
that be thinks the effort bow being made to
render California a Slave State will prove
successful, and that in the event of a failure
it will be endeavored to make the Southern
portion, at all events, Slave.
“Justice,” says the writer, “demands one
Situated as we now
1 on a great question of public policy, on the ! are ’ ^ ie w C0|th a °d inexhaustible resources
plea that the decision of that questiou prop- California are open to all the world ex-
rvwl rr „ J X- x 1 * TV • 1 . • 1 / * PO Ft • ViMlMiAHn A - * a. 1
erly belonged to their Presidential Conven
tion. Says Mr. Stephens:
This, sir, I consider not only progress
backwards and downwards, but progress in
a direction exceedingly dangerous to the pu
rity, integrity, and stabilty of representitive
government, if it be continued.
[correspondence of central Georgian.] It is the submision of the will, the judge-
Washington County, May 6, 1852. : m ent and action of theRepresentative upon-
Mr. S. B. Grafton :—I take the occa- i th . e m ? St im P ortant of ail public trusts com-
sion to address you, giving you an account “ ltted t0 !\ ,S ?T ge ’ the dictation of an
nf a A, ao Ae. i / / 1 , irresponsible body of people, unknown to
ot adieadful tornado which passed over the laws and Constitution of the country,
this section on Monday last, the 3d inst. The members of this House, and the mem-
The storm arose just about dusk. I hap-! ^ ers Senate, chosen and selected in
pened to be out and heard a considerable P ur ®“ aGce organic law of the land
. „ , i are tne men to whom the people Dronpr
Do'se like the rearing of thunder, and at: have intrusted the coneideration^nd se&
the same time saw a very black cloud in raent of all questions pertaining to the Leg-
In a few moments every I islative department of their Government.
the
same
the North-west,
thing became very dark, the lightning be- In th< r se si [> tbe people, by their Con
gan to play in vivid flashes, the wind blow- * noliPvTh JML® sa,d * hafc ^ ue ® tions i of public
imr more «n } P°l ,c y s hall be considered and settled. We
Wh, e; nothlQ g are tfa e men who are responsible to the
could be heard for a few moments but a people for our acts; and here is the place
cept the Southern States. Any man with
capital ean invest it in any way he may
deem best, and reap a rich return for his
toil; bnt we of the Sontb, because our cap
ital is invested in slaves, alone of all tie
world are deprived of a right, not a privilege,
which we should first have enjoyed. Had
it not been for the Southern volunteers,
California might still have remained in the
hands of the slothful and retrograding Mex
ican, or else in the grasp ofthe unrelenting
Englishman.”
continual roar in th5elements, rain and hail
falling a part of the time. When day
dawned the next morning we were able to
where principles should be settled.
Waat will be the character of an Ameri
can Congress when its members and Sena
tors shall disfranchise themselves, abnegate
.u i ... as
discover .he wo* of a few ndoutee; fences | won!
prostrate, trees blown up and houses un-; the self-confessed, self-acknowledged, and
roofed. Mv own plantation looks more 8eI f degrading instruments of party, regis
Disunion ofthe Whig Party.—Anoth
er event of great importance has occurred
to mark the progress of this Union towards
that disastrous destiny to which k has been
rapidly tending for seventeen years. The
Whig party has been dissolved by the shive
ry question. Many ofthe churches had divi
ded heretofore, and the Democrat party was
divided in 1850, on this question. But the
We w,l5 g P art y was considered one of the
strongest bounds of union—for it had long
been the most indulgent to Northern ag
gression. And at the present time it had a
briliant military chieftain for a Presidential
candidate, and fifty milions of money to dis
burse annually in case of success. It is ob
vious, therfore that a division could not:have
S
These letters WeVe intended to indicate
that the paper contained intelligence from
the four quarters of the globe. But they
finally came to assume the form of the
word news from which term newspapers is
derived.
The income of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society is- half a millioir dollars per annum."
and 29th inst. The Macon Telegraph and
Savannah Georgian, concur in the sugges
tion.
Reward fok the Invention of Gun-
Cotton.—A prize of 40,000 florins (about
£3,340) has been awarded by the Military
Commission of the Germanic Confederation
to the Professors Bottger, at Frankfort, and
Schonbein, at Basle, as a reward for the in-
tion ofgun cotton.
State Bank.—A Porter has been un-
ammously re-slected President of this insti-
tutiou.
As for the mercantile business, I think
that this country is not surpassed; there is
no country in the world where cities and
towns have sprung up and grown so fast as
in this; and some of the la r gest fortunes
have been made by those engaged m the
mercantile business; and these towns and
their trade are still prospering. This place
is among the .nost prospeious in California.
It has a population of about six thousand,
and I believe that there is more business
done here than in any other place of its
size in the world. It has had some severe
backsets, however, having once been burnt
like a wreck of ruin than anything else. I
learn that the whole neighborhood has been
injured more or less, but from what I have
been able to see or learn, my neighbor Thos.
B. Smith, and myself were in the worst
streak that I have heard of. I have heard
of no lives being lost, but two of my ne
groes escaped most miraculously.
Yours Respectfully,
E. D. TAYLOR.
Telegraphed for the Savannah Republican.
Charleston, May 6.
Cotton.—Sales here to-day 1,500 bales.
Sales of the week 11,200 bales, at 6 1-2 a
9 1 8c. The advance during the week has
been from 3-8 to 5-8. Middling fair 9 1.8
a 9 1-4. Receipts ofthe week 8,380 bales*
stock exclusive of that on shipboard, 31 801
Upland and 594 Sea Island. ’
We learn fcom a private dispatch received
in this.city via Maeoa, that the Europa 1ms _ w
during the week ending 24th ult.
of the week 70,000 bales.
Sales
tering the edicts of an unknown, irresponsi
ble oligarchy—instead of being the Rep
resentatives of a free people? Snch men, in
mv opinion, will be fit subjects—the self-
abased slaves of any master who may have
a use for such miscreants—such as any
usurping Cromwell or Louis Napoleon
would not hesitate a moment to drive from
the halls of legislation to prisons and dun-
ge6ns. Sir, what can be more humiliating
than for an American Representative to sub
mit his will, to bow his neck, to give up his
own sentiments, to announce hisown qualifi-
cation for the office he holds, and say that
an outside body, unknown to the law,’ and
without any regular authority either from
the people orthe Constitution, shall make
the politics, shall fix the policy, shall set-
tie the questions of constitutional Jaw and
right; by which he and his constituents are
to be governed? If this is to be the future
progress of this country, might not we as
well adjourn at once—disband both houses
of Congress, and give up the Government
ofthe country to the projectors of Baltimore
If this is to be your pro
gress, it requires but a short sight to‘see
your ultimate destiny.
occured, until every effort to preserve unity
had been made and failed.
One of the most carious characteristics of
the event, is that it occurred on a point of
order. But the greatest revolutions have
begun in a manner equally trivial in appear
ance. The French Revolution of 1847 be
gun by prohibiting big dinner parties, and
the actual conflict was commenced by an
accidental shot. So on this occasion, the
Compromise, which it was fondly hoped
would save the Union, was itself lost on a
point of order. The death of Achilles-by an
arrow in the heel, or that of Alexander the
Great by an extra toddy, was glorious com
pared to the ignominious stab infiieted on
the Compromise, with a point of order, by
Senator Mangum, chairman of the cauoas. —
Southern press.
The author of the Multiplicatin Table—
We met a gentleman in a book store the
other evening, searching-for the origin of
the multiplication, table. Who of our rea -
ders could have told him its. aurhor? It wa s
invented by Pythagoras, the Grecian philos -
ther, 539 years before Christ, and is thus
2391 years old. It has done great service
in the world, in the study of mathematics
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