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Rule—General Casa. .
The democrat who believes that our cap"
didate for President has only to be announ
ced to be elected—that be will be carried
triumphantly in on the booming tide of
Democracy because a large majority of the
American voters are democrats—has under
rated the diflBcnlties in . the case. A ma
jority of the American people were demo
crats in 1848, as they were also in 1840.
Yet, gun-powder popularity, on the part of
the whig Generals, andgeneral unpopulari
ty on the part of the democratic candidates,
gave the victory in each case, to the former.
And bo will it be again, if the democrats
rely too much on the strength of their cause ;
and too little on the popularity of their can
didate. Gen. Scott can beat an unpopular
democrat, and it will be no holiday pastime
to beat him with the most popular. “Tippe
canoe” even with the drawback of “Tyler
too ” is typical of what military enthusiasm
will do among a military people to upset
the wisest calculations of astute politicians.
41 Buena Vista,” inscribed on party banners,
has given some faint foreshadowing of the
effect that “Chippewa,” “CerrpGordo,”
“Chepultepec,” ami “Mexico,” will produce
in 1852. These catch-words, associated as
they are, inseparably, with the military glo
ries of our country, are decidedly available
—particularly in the hands of a party that
understands the science of clap-trap and
humbug to perfection.
Now, the democrats must likewise look
carefully to availability. In doing so, they
will have to. come to the. conclusion that
Gen. Cass is not available. The lustrous
glories of his broken sword, and the halo of
military heroism that hovers around that
old hollow stump upon which that trenchent
blade was shivered, if it be not all an apoc
ryphal tale, did not avail against the im
mortal light that flashed from Buena Vista.
Even the truly splendid triumph of diplo
macy, unsurpassed in its intellectual vigor
and its successful boldness, the frustration
of the Quintuple.treaty, could not view with
the astutetm&recherche skill which guided
the Taylor correspondence, (the celebrated
.horse letter always excepted.)
IIow, then, can the defeated candidate of
1848, hope to wave a triumphant banner
over the.political field of 1852, with such a
hero for his antagonist as the brilliant and
magnificent General Scott? Even had Gen.
Cass the epistolary powers of Gov. Marcy
auperadded to his other gifts, they would
not avail against the racy author of the has
ty plate of soup letter.
Now, it would prolong this article unnec
essarily, were We to go into detail to show
that Gen. Casswas stronger in 1848, than
he is now. The fact is notorious. His
squatter sovereignty doctrine, and the du
plex construction of his Nicholson letter,
which involved lb its mysterious folds that
curious doctrine; and his remaining mum in
his seat, and thus refusing to vote upon the
fugitive-slave bill—have seriously damaged
his popularity in the South since 1848.
Should the Constitutional Union party in
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, run an
independent candidate, as it may do, Gen.
Cass would probably not carry either of
those three democratic Slates. There is not
one of those Southern States that he lost in
1848, that he has any better chance of get-
ting in 1852; while his chances for South
Carolina may be set down as just equal to
nothing at all. .
It is said that bis friends who may be jn
a bare majority in the Baltimore Conven
tion, will, in order to secure his nomination,
repudiate the two-thirds rule. Nothing
could be rhore suicidal—not for his pros
pects alone, btft for the democrtic party—
than such a procedure. It would burst the
party into fragments. That rule has become
time-honored. It is the common law of the
party. To abolish it would be an outrage
that would be fiercely and bitterly resented,
and those who would -feel outraged by it,
would take a stern delight in seeing the
candidate defeated for whose sake it was
done. It is very plain that the man who
does not sufficiently unite in himself the
elements of popularity to get the nominal
turn by a two-thirds vote, is not popular
enough to be elected. He cannot enlist the
sympathies and active efforts of the whole
party, and this is absolutely requisite to his
succcess. Gen. Cass got a two-thirds vote,
and yet failed in 1848. How could he
succeed in 1852, when more than one-third
of the party are unalterably resolved that
“it is d nomination not Jit to be made.
TPESDAY MAY 18, 1858.
=£==-- / Pub. Documents —The Hon. Joseph W
Jackson has our thanks for public docu
ments.
Warm Weather.*—For the last four or
five days the weather has been as warm as
we usually* have it at this season of the
year, the mercury standing most of the
time at about 90. Cotton begins to look
very well. The corn crop would look all
the better with a rain, which is begining to
be needed very much in all sections we hear
from.
Sold Out.—Telegraphic rumor says that
Maj Donelson has soldjout his interest in t the
Washington Union Press to his copartner
Gen. Armstrong. The change has occurred
for the purpose of promoting harmony in
the Democratic ranks. The Constitutiona
list thinks that Gen. Cass might do good
service to his party by pursuing the same
course.
Tqbacco Crop.—It is said that the To
bacco crop of this season in Kentucky will
be very light. The frosts and fly have near
ly destroyed the plant.
jkgr, Letters to a leading Banking
House intthe City of New York, report the
estimate of shipments from California on
the first of May at four millions of dollars.
Gold was never known to ar#ve* so freely
in San Francisco as at the present time.
Gen. Wool.—The Annapules Gazette
contains a communication, from some per
son of eminence in the Slate of Maryland,
recommending Gen. Wool for the Presi
dency. The recommendation of some par
tial friend is about as near, as the Gen’l will
ever get towards the office; a batch of such
‘suitable candidates” can be picked up
most anywhere, when the country is hard
run for an Executive.
/ST The Maine Liquor Law has been
passed by the Rhode Eland Legislature, it
goes into effect the 19th of July. The
Newport hotel keepers it is thought will
suffer somewhat from it.
A petition has been presented to
the General Conference of the M. E. Church
praying that the Conference will require
all Editors of Methodist newspapers to con
form to the bible orthography and not to
that of Noah Webster.
Arrest op an Abolitionist.—Cbas,
Perry, said to be a citizen of Vermont, has
been arrested at Jonesville, Va., charged
with advising several slaves to abscond.
New Law.—There is a bill before the
U. S. Senate which prohibits the prosecu
tion of claims against the Government, by
Executive officers or members of Congress
under penalty of $1,000 fine, or half years
imprisonment or both.
Post Office Operations.—The Post
Master General has established the follow
ing new Post Offices in this State :
Argyle, Decatur county, James E. Martin
P. M.; Steam Mill, Decatur co., S. M.
Dickinson, P. M.; Warwick, dooly co.,
James G. Brown, P. M.
The following offices have been discon
tinued : Gillinns, Baker co.; Pistol Creek,
Wilks co.; Johnson, Floyd co.; Mulberry
Grove, Harris county.
A Large Raft.—The largest raft ever
floated down the Ohio River, arrived at Cin
cinnati! on the 21st nit. It was 30 rods in
lenth, six rods wide, and contained 1,200,-
000 feet of boards.
The Fillmore Demonstration.
This affair, which came off in New York
City on the night ofthe 10th inst., is de
scribed as being a very large and enthusias
tic meeting. Dan’l Lord presided, with
250 Vice Presidents and 60 Secretaries.—
Marshal^ of Kentucky, and Gentry of Tenn.
seems to have been the principal speakers.
During the delivery of Mr. Gentry’s speech,
calls were made for an adjournment to the
street, where there was a large crowd who
could not obtain admittance into the house.
This was done, and Mr. G. finished his
speech there, and retired amid a good deal
of applause, in the course of which, some
one hurrahed for him as Vice President,
from which Mr. G. begged to be excused on
the ground of an excess of modesty.
The Tribune is out in a column and a
half, against the demonstration, and attempts
to shew, from Mr. Fillmore’s past Candida
cy in New York, that he is not the man for
the times, and that it is utterly impossible
for him to carry New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio or Virginia, and that one or more of
these large States must be obtained or he
cannot be elected—that Georgia will most
probably go against him, and he has not
much prospect in Florida, <fcc., &e. The
Tribune says that it expected nothing more
of James Brooks and men ofthat ilk, but
it is somewhat surprised that a whig,
national in his feeling as Mr. Gentry, should
be engaged in such sectional proceedings}
calculated to break .up the harmony of the
Whig party,
Several letters were received and read
from distinguished Senators, among them
the following from Judge Berrien, of this
State:
Washington. May 6th, i852
GentlemenI have received your letter
inviting me to be present, and to address
meeting which it is contemplated to hold
in your city on the 10th instant, “of the
friends of Millard Fillmore, for the purpose
of nominating that eminent statesman for
the Presidency,” and have to express my
sincere regret that I am unable to accept
the invftation with which you have honor
ed me. The pressure of domestic.affliction
rests to heavy upon me at this moment, to
permit me to comply with your wishes,
utterly unfits me for the task which you
propose for me.
But if the declaration of my opinion that
the continuance of this patriotict citi
zen in the official station which he now
holds, and the duties of which he has dis
charged with such eminent ability, fidelity,
and impartiality, would be conducive to the
welfare, and the appropriate meed awarded
by an enlightened and generous people, for
his patriotic services—if the assurance
my undoubting conviction that, as the nom
inee of the National Convention for the
Presidency, he would command the undi
vided vote of your political friends, and of a
respectable number of your democratic
brethren in the State in which I live—if the
expression of an earnest desire, felt and
cherished not merely as a Southern man, but
also as an American citizen, looking to the
welfare of this great Republic’ in all its va
ried interests—of an anxious wish that he
may be nominated aud elected to that high
office—if these sentiments may be in any
degree acceptable to the meeting, I offer
them to you as frankly as I entertain them
sincerely—and bidding you “God Speed”
in your patriotic purposes, I subscribe my
self,
Faithfully, your fellow-citizen,
J. Macphekson Berrien.
[transmitted for daily morning news.]
By Magnetic Telegraph.
Arrival of Use Canada.
Cotton Active! 1 '
New-York, May 12, P. M.
The British MailSteamer Canada arrived
at Halifax on Tuesday night, the 11th inst.,
with Liverpool dates to the 1st May. The
sales of Cotton for the week comprise 70,-
000 bales, of which speculators took 18A00,
and exporters 10,000 bales. The demand
was active from all purchasers.
The quotations are*—for Fair Orleans, five
and three quarters (5 8^4d); Middling, five
and one eighth (5 l-8d.); Upland Fair, five
and a quarter (5 l-4d.); Middling, four and
seven eights (4 7-8d.j; Mobile Middling,
five (5d.); Fair,, five and three eighths (5
3 8d.)
Sea Islands, Middling, thirteen and a
half (13 1-2(1.); Good to Fine, eighteen to
twenty-four (18 to 24d.)
A countryman applied to John Hogg,
Esq., to sell some green corn. “I don’t
want any,” said Hogg. “Well,” said the
countryman, “you’re the first hog I ever
w that didn’t want corn!”
Lawlessness at Richmond, Va.—A large
crowd congregated around the Executive
Mansion at Richmond on the 7th inst., and
offered various demonstrations of disrespect
and insult to Gov. Johnson in consequence
of his having commuted the punishment of
Hatchee the negro sentenced to be hung.
The Legislature has appointed a committee
to inquire into the facts concerning the dis-
gracefel affair.
She Could not be Deceived.—A re
respectable elderly lady recently received
telegraphic despatch, purporting to be from
her husband who was at Buffalo. She read
it carefully and returned it to the messen
ger, with the remark, that it could not be
from her “liege lord,” for it was not in his
hand writing ? No explanation could con
vince her of the mistake.
Large Beet.—A fine Beet was shown
us the other day from Dr. Haynes’ garden.
It measured twelve and half inches in cir
cumference. This beet is hard to beat.
J83F* Two children died recently in Sump
ter district, South Carolina in conseqnence
it is supposed, of chewing and swallowing
portions of the root of the common yellow
Jessemine vine.
We are sorry to learn, says the New
York Herald, that Secretary Webster was
greatly injured by being thrown from his
carriage yesterday, while on his way from
his residence to Plymouth. It is said that
for some minutes he was perfectly insensi
ble. His phvsicians deem it expedient that
he should be kept quiet for a few days, in
order that he may fully recover from the
effects of the jar, consequently he will be
unable to make a speech to the Bostonians,
as was expected, during the week. The
present Common Council of Boston have
removed the slight perpetrased upon Mr W.
by the former body, which refused to grant
him the use of Faneuil Hall. He has liter
ally lived down all opposition there, and
they are now exerting themselves to place
him in the Presidential chair.
Whig Delegates from N. Y. City—
New York City sends four Fillmore dele
gates and two Scott delegates to the Whig
Convention to meet at ^Baltimore. Mr.
Fillmore’s chances seem to be brightening
in that quarter.
Hail.—The Savannah Morning News of
Thursday last says : “Yesterday afternoon
about five o’clock, after a sultry day, we
were visited with a fall of hail such as
we have not experienced for many years
The hail storm was as novel as it was un
expected. For the space of several min
utes the hail continued to fell unaecorapied
by rain, resembling a shower of white su
gar-plumbs; with which the ground was al
most covered. The stones ranged from the
size of a little less than a musket ball to
that of the size of a pigeon’s egg. They
were of every conceivable shape, and some of
them as clear and smooth as crystal. We
saw one which measured an inch and a half
from point to point. Shortly after the rain
commenced falling, the hail ceased.*
The fall of hail was very heavy for sever
al minutes, and had m6re wind prevailed
at the time, much damage would have been
done to the windows in the city. As it
was, we fear that—if it extended for in the
country—the growing crops have been se
riously injured.”
We had none of it here, and no indica
tions of any thiDg of the sort being on
hand. It was warm enough with us on that
evening to have made something of the
kind desirable, thoagh we ate glad that we
did’nt get it. -
Emancipation of Slaves nt Louisiana.
—A law has passed the Louisiana Legisla
ture, and goes into effect in six months time
which prohibits the emancipation of slaves
in that State, except upon the express con
dition that they shall be sent outof the Uni
ted States within twelve months, and re
quiring the payment of $150, to be deposi
ted in the treasury for each slave, to be ap
plied in payment of passage to Africa, and
support after arrival. i 1 ' , . -'
Mrs. Goldschmidt gives a concert in N.
York this evening.
The Washington Monument — .Our
readers are aware that the Washington
monument is at a stand still for want of
funds. The editor of the Southern Sentinel
published at Plaquemine, parish of Iber
ville, La., has, we perceive proposed a plan
at once simple, appropriate and patriotic,
for obtaining the necessary means, viz
to provide a suitable box at the polls on
the election days of the present year, and
to have inscribed upon it in printed or
painted letters—
“ Washington Monument box.”
And immediately, underneath, the, lino ap
pealing as it were to the very heart of the
voter—
“One Dime to the Memory of Washington.’
This suggestion, we understand, was to
have been acted upon on Monday - last, in
the town of Plaquemine, on the occasion
for mayor and selectmen. We have not
heard the result, but imagine that many
dimes must have been deposited in the box
at the same time the votes were polled
as surely there are none, as the Sentinel
justly observes, so poor in patriotism and
in purse, as to refuse this small mite to tes
tify a nation’s gratitude, and evince a na
tion’s pride. *f
A person writing from San Francisco to
the Newport News, gives the following in
cident : “Two common-looking persons en
tered the hotel this morning, just from the
mines—a man and his wife. The male in
dividual looked, for all the world,
like a day laborer, and the female bore a
close resemblance to a scullion. She wore
coarse, vulgar brogans, and to her girdle
was attached a gold watch and chain valu
ed at least at two hundred dollars. The
husband left the hotel for half an bour, and
returned with a receipt for one hundred
and fifteen thousand doillars, the value of
the dust which he had just consigned for
transportation to New York. Tbis sum has
been gained by diggin; the husband dug
while the wife washed, assisted by her little
son, aged about ten years.”
Homestead Bill Passed.—In the House
of Representatives on the 13th inst., the
Homestead biU passed by a vote of 107 to
56. The bill gives 160 acres of land to
every actual settler after five years occu
pancy of the same.
Gen. Cass in Delaware.—At the Del
aware Democratic Convention, Cass dele
gates were appointed to the National Demo
cratic Convention, they receiving 301, and
the Douglass delegates only 34 votes.
gWAdvices from Bahia to the 3d ult..
states that the yellow fever was prevailing
there with great fatality.
CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN
New York, May 7, 1852.
Mr. Editor:—The weather is delightful
here, just now—a little too warm, if any
thing, but not to be found fault with, after
the tedious winter and spring weather that
we have endured for so many mouths. The
earth on the outskirts of the city begins to
show signs of vegetable life, and early fruits
from the Southern markets have air
appeared on the tables of our best hotels.
I had a fine basket of strawberries given me,
yesterday, which, I am sure, must have last
ed well, or the y oung lady to whom I sent
them woald not have said so. Strawber
ries always make me think of cream, and
from cream to milk the transition is quite
natural ; and talking of milk reminds me
of a Connecticut Yankee, who has come on
here with anew invention that he calls
‘‘milk-tester,” for which be is about to ap
ply for a patent. This genious claims that
le can tell, by the aid of his machine, the
precise quality of water with which milk
las been diluted. I am inclined to think,
however, that he will find it very hard to
get ahead of our milk venders, most of
whom are also Yankees.
What droll fellows those Frenchmen are!
How very silly we all were, in this country,
to imagine that anything favorable to re
publicanism would grow out of the revolu
tion of ’48. The great difficulty with us is
that we judge of other nations by ourselves
—a fault equally common to individuals and
to large congregations of persons, and a
fault that is as mischievous in its results as
any other I can think of. We are all leni
ent towards persons whose crimes or vices
are those to which we ourselves are prone,
but we are severe in our denunciations of
vices to the commission of which we hap
pen to have no natural tendency. So it is
with virtues. We are apt to admire in oth
ers those qualities but we pride ourselves
on also possessing.
Now, bur people have been predicting,
all along since ’48, successes, revolutions,
the overthrow of monarchy in Europe, &c.,
&c., until within a month or so back, when
they began to cool down a little, on finding
how coolly the JTrench submitted to the
coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon. Americans
saw plainly what they would do under such
and such circumstances, and imagined that
Europeans would, as a. matter of course, do
the same. But they were disappointed, and
the consequences of their disappointment
will be fetal to those who disappointed
them. * I think it would be very difficult to
get us, as a people, after this bogus revolu
tion in France, to put any confidence in a
future attempt, or to aid it in any way.—
The French character is below par in this
city. Many of the violent republicans of a
year back are now defenders of the policy
of Louis Napoleon; and the French daily
news-paper published here, the Courier de
Etats Unis, has just been sold for oue half of
what was paid for it a short time ago. Its
subscription list has been felling off for
some time, because it opposes the coup d,etat
ofthe Prince-President.
The groat religious anniversaries com
mence in this city on Sunday next. Crowds
will flq#k to this modern Mecca; and our
country friends will be enabled to kill two
birds with one stone, by attending the re
ligious festivals, and learning the latest fash
ions, at the same time. The watch-stuffers
and mock-auction shops will. then glean
rich harvests; and our people, generally,
will make money out of the sojourners.
The arrival in this city of $2,400,000
from San Francisco, via Aspinwall, Navy
Bay, in the Crescent City t the quick trip
made, the glowing accounts of the passen
gers, and the rapid progress of the Panama
Railroad have stirred up many of our young
people and made them think about going
to palifornia. Perhaps, the fine weather
has also had something to do with raising
their spirits. It is expected that the U. S.
Mail steamship Company will reduce the
fare from here to San Francisco, some thirty
per cent. -Should they do so, the rush for
tickets will be greater than ever, and the
company will no doubt make money by the
reduction. They have just declared a divi
dend to stockholders of ten per cent, and it
is this, perhaps, that makes them feel so lib
eral.
The tide of emigration has again com
menced, and during the past five days, the
arrivals have been numerous. Since Sat
urday, there have arrived at this port 6,83
passengers. The total number of immi
grants that have already landed, this year,
wbieb is yet only four months old, is 71,-
631.
The laborers of this city commenced a
strike, yesterbay, for higher wages. They
now get $1, and some of them $1 12-12 cts.,
a day. They demand $1 25 cts., which,
Heaven knows, is little enough for them, in
a place like this, where rents and all sorts
of provisions are so high. Nearly every
article necessary to a iamily’s living has
gone up in price! during the past year, from
20 to 50 per cent. It is but- just, that the
pay of laboring men should be correspond
ingly advanced.
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt’s approaching
concerts don’t cause as much excitement as
the New York daily papers would lead peo
ple to suppose. Enormously high prices,
coupled with the fact that she is now not
mademoiselle, but madarne, have cooled
down our enthusiasm. Oue or.two fiddlers
aud a pianist are not sufficient aid for a first
class concert, even with Jenny as the prin
cipal attraction.
Lola Montez gives some delightful petits
soupers ; but her visitors are for the most
part brainless, moneyless, loafers. Of course
ladies don’t visit her, and married gentle
men who do, don’t take particular pains to
tell their wives of it. Lola has turned the
heads of most of the men connected with
the city papers, not with her large eyes, and
bewitching smiles, but by making them
“smile.” They say that she always keeps
on hand a superior article of pale brandy,
and that such a woman ought to be sup
ported. Very sensible men, these city
editors.
A novel scene came off, yesterday, in the
office of theU. S. Commissioner. A couple
of John Bulls, the master and first mate of
a British ship, were brought up on a charge
of resisting a process. One of the seamen,
having been discharged by the Captain,
brought an action for the payment of his
wages. The writ wa3 given to a deputy-
marshal, who went ou board with it; but
the Captain was not on board, and the
mate refused to receive it. The marshal,
however, placed it on the mate’s shoulder,
and said he would have to take charge of
the ship, which should not leave the warf
until the claim was settled.
About two hours afterward, the Captain
came on board and went to his cabin, whence,
shortly after, he rushed out with the mate,
and exclaimed: ‘‘Overboard with him !
What business has he on my ship?” The
officer pulled out a revolver, and cooly said
that, if he laid hands on him, he would in
stantly blow his brains out. The Captain
drew back. The officer then again showed
him the process, but he saw that he did not
care for it, that he paid no attentiou to the
laws of the United States, and that, if the
officer did not quit the vessel, he would
forcibly eject him. The Captain then went
back to his cabin, and tiie officer went on
to tiro pier, where he remained all night.
In the morning, a steamer came along
side the ship, with a pilot, and towed the
vessel into the stream, where she anchored,
preparatory to going to sea. But the officer
collected a strong posse of assistants, took
a steamboat, boarded the ship, arrested the
Captain and mate, and brought the vessel
back. The Captain was held to bail in the
sum of $500, and the mate in $250.
The attendance at places of public amuse
ment is beginning to be slim. The Broad
way Theatre, however, with Miss Cashman
in around of characters, is drawing full
houses. Wood’s ministrels are j ,
money fast, on an excellent burlesque of
Yours Truly,
PULASKL
of the State of Georgia.
At a meeting of Stockholders in the Bank
ofthe State of Georgia, in Savannah, on
Wednesday, the 28th of April, 1852 in
pursuance of an advertisement to that effect
the President of the Board of Directors of
the Bank (Major A. Porter) read to tiro
Stockholders an address, showing the con
dition ofthe Bank and branches on the 3d
of Apriljfepm which it appeared that the
net promlrof the Institution for six months
from 3d Oct., 1851, to 3d ApriL had been
$95,163,97,^118110 $6.34 per share, that
a dividend. (No. 63) of$4 per share had
just been declared, ($60,000,) and that the
balance of profits (35,163,97) bad been
earned to Cr. of Surplus Fand, making the
fund now $122,199.83. He akostated that
when the stockholders last assembfeff on the
.m °f I® 50 » riiey adjourned over
JV" ; Wednesday, 28th of April, and among:
© jprovvvQiu^s men sdopted was sl Jtcso
lution, directing the Board of directors to
apply at the next session ofthe Legislature
following that meeting for a renewal of the
Charter of the Bank, for a period of twenty
or twenty-five years from the expiration of
the then existing Charter, say from 16 th
1855. Application was accordingly made
to the last legislature of Georgia, and the
Charter was renewed and extended until
til the 16th of December, 1880, by an act
passed for that purpose on the 25th of No
vember 1851.
[FROM THE AUGUSTA CBO. A SEN.. 6TH JNST.J
Georgians.—Bounty Lands.
The following Letter from tiro Hon. Wm.
C. Dawson to the Editor, showing that a
certain class of soldiers in Georgia, those
engaged in removing the Cherokee Indiana
iu 1837 and ’38 are entitled to Bounty
Lands under the aet of March 1852—will
be read with peculiar interest by those in
terested:
Washington Cierr, May 1,185-2.
Sir: By the Aet of Congress ’passed the
2 2d of March, 1852, tiro soldiers called out
by State authority, and subsequent to June,
1812, paid by the United States^ are enti
tled to Bounty Lands.
The soldiers (in Georgia) engaged! h the
removal of the Cherokee Indians- 183 %
and ’38 are entitled, and it has been so de
cided by tiro proper authority. Yon will
please give tbis information, which will serve
as a reply to the nummerous letters I have
received, and oblige many of your readers.
Very respectfully,
Wm. C. Dawson..
Colored Seamen—South Carolina.—
Mr. Mathew, tbe British Consul at Charles
ton, So. Ca., is determined to test tbe vet-
lidity and efficacy of tbe law of that State,
which requires the imprisonment of color
ed seamen, by bringing the question di
rectly before ttie Courts of tbe State, as ap
pears by tbe following notice of tbe Stand
ard :
We have now to call the attention ofthe
public to tbe fact, that tbe practical issue
las been made, by which the validity ofthe
laws in regard to colored seamen arriving
in our port, is to be submitted to the Judi
cial Tribunals of the country.. For our
selves, we have no fears for the credit of
the State in such a controversy. The right
if the State to control, by her own legisla-
t on, the wholesubject-matter, can we think
oy a full discussion, be established upon a.
basis which, in the South at least, will
bever hereafter be questioned. If there be
defect in the details of the regulations en
acted, the consideration of them is no w pre
cluded, when the issue presented is the right-
ofthe State to act at all in the premises.
The writ of habeas corpus was applied
betfore Judge Withers during the term of
the court which has just closed, by the
British Consul, through his counsel, Mr.
Petigru, in behalf of oue Manuel Pereira, a
colored sailor, who chiims to be a Portu
guese subject, articled to service on board
an English brig, driven into this port by
stress of weather, the said Manuel Pereira
being then in jail, under the provisions of
the Act of the Legislature of this State
din 1835, amendatory ofthe previ
ous act on. this subject. Judge Withers, in
compliance with the requirements of the
Act of 1844, refused the writ of habeas
Corpus, and notice of appeal has been given.
Thus, is the issue upon us.
A Good Reason.—A country pedagogue
had two pupils, to one of whom he was
partial and to the other very severe. One
morning it happened that these two boys
were late, and were called out to ac
count for it.
“You must have herd the bell, boys;
why did you not come.*”
“Please, sir,” said the favorite. “I was a
dreamin’ that I was goin’ to Californay,
and I thought the school bell was the steam
boat bell as I were goin’ in”
“Very well, sir,” said the master’ glad
of a pretext to excuse his favorite; “and now
sir (turning to the other,) what have you
to say?”
“Please, sir—please, sir,” said the puz
zled boy, “/—j was waitin' to see Tom
of'”
It was the same boy who, being asked
the next day if bis father was a chrisrian,
answered, “Wo, sir he's a Rutckmaa.”
A traveler stopped at a tavern, and was
much taken with the landlady, a neat,
pretty and agreeable quakeress. When a-
bout to depart, he declared he could not go
without a kiss. The pretty quakeress
blushed, as she replied with great circum
spection, “Friend, thee must not do so im
prudent a thing.” “By heavens, I will !’*
claimed the traveler. “Well, as thee has
be *be cause of thy break-
rog , t tnee mast not- mk* §