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MISCELLANEOUS.
jFrotn the -V. Y. Commercial Adveritz.tr 7th inst.
Prom California
i Y THE EMPIRE CITY AND GEORGIA.— ONE MONTH
LATER.
The steamship Empire City, Capt. W ilson,
from Chagres via Jamaica, arrived at iter dock
this morning at about frail past ten o’clock.
S3he left New York on the 1i • h of April at 3
oVlock. P. M , anil arrived off Chagres early
in the morning of the 24th, having made the
_ -passage irt eight day* and a half from this citj’.
■jphe left Chagres at 10 o'clock, P. M.. of the
|r7t.h, arrived off Port Royal, Jamaica, at 12
o'clock aipht of the 29th, and left for New
York > •> o’clock, P. M.,on the 30th of April.
The Empire City on ther passage from Cha
gres, met with an accident to her machinery
by which it become necessary to dispense with
the i.ki; of one paddle wheel. Her arrival has
Teen seriously delayed by this accident.
We have San Francisco papers to the Ist,
Panama to the 19th, and Kingston, Ja., to the
29th April.
MY THE OEOItOIA.
Shortly after the arrival of the Empire City,
the steamer Georgia, Lieut. Porter, U. S. N.
hove in sight, and arrived at her wharf a little
niter noon.
A
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The Georgia is nine days from Chagres, via
Havana, and brings one hundred and forty-six
•passenger and the Pari fie mails, and $374,760
in gold.
The steam ship California arrived at Panama
on the 23d of April, with 223 passengers, and
two millions and a halt in gold dust.
The Georgia left at Chagres, in addition to
those mentioned under head ot the Empire
City, the steamers Alabama and Great West
ern. All the Southern passengers took pas
sage in the Alabama.
The Georgia brings all the passengers who
had not through tickets, with the exception
of a few who did not get down in time.
The steamship Sarah Sands and the propel
lar Carolina had left Panama lull of passen
oers and about three thousand still remained
-iijim the Isthmus, waiting their chances.
The rainy season had not yet set in, and
Chagres and Panama were still healthy.
Many robberies were daily 'taking [dace a’
Panama and on the Isthmus.
The Georgia has had a very quick passage.
Bhe sailed from Chagres on the 27th, and run
to Havana in three days und twelve hours.
Left Havana on the 3d and run to New York
in 3 days 20 hours, whole running time from
Chagres 7 days 3 hours.
Cudt.n-nia Rents. —'There had been a con
tin i; lion 01 ime weather, which was begin
ning to pioduce an effect upon the market,
which had been in rather a torpid state. Al
hoUgh there have been no transactions of
tote, still there s a disposition of evidently
more extended operations, which it is thought
will be more apparent after the sailing of the
eteamAnother matter of great importance
to the trade is tho decline of rates of interest,
the high rates h tretoforc maintained having
been one of the greatest obstacles in the way
oi’ operation.
Passengers by the Georgia report that gold
is more plentiful than ever, and that property
has somewhat fallen in prices. Provisions and
even luxuries are very abundnnt in San Fran
-01900,
The fst/isluture. —The day previous to the
sailing ot the California, the collector of the
customs in Sun Francisco was notified that
the money c dice tad for duties must lie paid
over to the State Government in accordance
with n resolution passed by the Legislature,
steps arc being taken to form ami independent
Government,. Commodore Jones it is said is
lahoul to take active measures to prevent it.
A luw has passed the legislature imposing a
tax of dollars a month on every foreigner
who works in the mines.
A fiifi ft as been introduced in she Assembly
to provide for the inspection of steamboats
at Mao Francisco. Also, a Hill to suppress
gambling.
*” Miotce/hnieotts. —The Ban Francisco Journal
of Commerce notices the arrival there ol the
schooner California, from an exploring expedi
tion to 'Trinity Bay. The buy was found in
latitude 4X4, and Trinity river emptying into
it. The party landed among tlie Indians,and
surveyed tins country around the mouth ot
the river. There was no enterance for any
vessel of size; and a boat could only enter at
.thigh water. The following incident of the
Voyage is record* 1
The California wan boarded n.i ihe i?Gth of
IMarah by nine men, who left the brig Cameo
on the 16th fifteen miles from land for the the
purpose of finding the river, the captain ot the
Ibrig promi-lug to come the next day and lake
ishem ort. They were almost in ti state ot
starvation, having just bought a jackass, t with
tthair blankets and everything else they could
•dispose of) and had Imt slaughtered hint
when the California hove in sight. Before
seeing the schooner they erased the coast
tor sixty miles, hut could not find even a boat
Ja arbor, t fie Cameo’s boat is now on board.
The election for county officers of Han
Francisco, was taking place when the steam
Ship California left on the first of April.
Henri Her?., the pianist, was jn San Fran*
ctfjeo, auh advertised one of his concerts at the
.'kiafcional Theatre on the 2d of Aprij. Tickets
dollars for the boxes and two dollars for
tthe pit.
The William and Elizabeth, Capt. Lurwell,
■vhic.li sailed from New Orleans on the 7th of
'February 1810 had not arrived at San Fran
cisco on the Ist of April last.
The SasJ Francisco Journal announces the
aliscovery ai*»r that p ace of what has the ap
pearance of a rush mine of coal, which prom
ises mi ample supply of that most important
material of fuel, both for domestic purposes,
find more especially of steam navigation.
Stockton is growing rapidly, and .business
brisk.
The new city of San Joaquin is increasing
megical speed, ’nnd will income during
the season, a town of great importance and
extensive trade.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
judiciary i'osnmittce to prepare and report at
ns early a day possible, a bill to prevent the
immigration of all persons, not citizens of the
"United States front any of the penal scttle-
Unerrts of Europe. A bill of that description
'was reported on the 29 til of March.
Election of Judges.—The loiiowing gen
tlemen have been elected judges ol the seve
ral jud cial districts :—l. O. S. \V etheiby ; 2.
3H. A. Tiffc; 8. John} Watson ; 4. Levi Parsons
d 5. Charles M. Creamer ; 6. James S. Tlipmas
"7. Hebert llopkins; 8. W. R. Turner; 9. W
fcScott Sherwood.
The salary of the office has been fixed by
the Legislature at .$7,n00 per annum.
Faun the Gold Regions.—The Pacific
■New* of the 26th of March has the following
information relat ve to alledged discoveries of
gold on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Neva
da :
Tin existtnoe of gold on the Eastern slope
of the Sierra Nevadi, although not seriously
questioned siuce its discovery on the numer
ous streams heading on the Western aide of
the chain, has never been authenticated iu a
form to leave the matter free from doubt! A
gentleman who has just arrived in the city
from the East byway of the Great Salt Lake
and Loss Angelos, informs us that the ques
tion t« settled.
in what quantities the gold exists he is una
ble say, as a want ofprovisitns precluded his
party from halting long enough to test the
richnrs i of the discovery. The metal was
found on the surface of rotten granite, and to
a certuiif depth intermingled w;,’.h it. forming
the bei of a stream then dry. IU locality is
about two hundred miles from Eos Anicius,
on the ol i Spanish trail be.wien that place
and Santa Fe, in the neighborhood of the Lit
tle Salt Lake. A party has Uft Los Angelos 1
Bor the spot, prepared to test the availability
«rs the new placer.
The Pacific News of March 30 says that
the travel towards the southern mines is in- j
treolng daily, and the pt'osji.i.cts in that re
gion, the coming reason, are mor* 1 flatter in |
thm last year. New placers are j
&s explorations are made, and the new towns
laid out as the population increases. Stock j
as said to he gmwihg rapidly, and business
becoming brisk as tiie tvogd# to the mines be
come passible.
From the Isikmus. Our Panfr#? papers
ere to the I9ih of April, but they contain .few
xter.is of interest.
Tha Star of the date named says that du
xingthe previous week twenty-seven hundred
said ninety one letters were mailed for the
.Atlantic States at the IT. S, Consulate office,
xnost of hem written by A mericans on their
•way to California. The mail which was to
Jeave the next day was by far the largest that
J;od ever been sent from Panama.
w. &• Wood, Esq., bearer of despatches
from the State Department, was to leave Pa
nama for San Francisco on the Ist of May ir.
Ihe-sli-.unship < begun.
(From the N. Y. Sun, 9th imt.)
F ni t her by the Steamer Niagara’
We received the following additional dis
patches last night.
The Niagara had a fair wind and very
smooth passage, and passed a great number
of vessels on the Banks, bound to the United
States. She sailed for New York with a fair
wind at S o’clock on Tuesday morning, and
will be due in New York on Thursday after
noon. She had 8!) through passengers.
Ireland. We learn that the recent appeal
of O’Connell in behalf of the Repeal move
ment had the effect to raise the rent last week
to £33.
England. —The organization of the Parlia
mentary Select Committee on the reduction of
official salaries, met with the warm approha
tiim of the reformers. The names of Cobden
and Bright appear in the list.
The subject of Agricultural distress has
again been before the House of Lords, hut
without leading to any new results.
The present abuses of the University Sys
tem are about to be enquired into by a Royal
Commission. Lord John Russell refused to
extend the Commission to Ireland.
Mr. Labouches has been induced to with
draw his bill relative to the management of
the Merchant Marine, in consideration of the
violent opposition it met with from ship own
ers.
the Chancellor has twice postponed the re
duction before Parliament, of the new Stamp
duties hill, in which, in its first introduction,
the Ministers were so signally deaftaed. The
weakness of the present government appears
to be growing dailj' more apparent. Sir Rob
ert Peel is said to have, as stated by the last
steamer, waited upon the Queen, and imme
diately after, upon the Duke of Wellington.
The Times attaches no particular importance
upon the event. The Herald and other Lon
don papers, however, say it is rumored that
Lord John Russell would be raised to the
upper House, and thus make way for Sir
James Graham in the Cabinet, Also, that
I.ord Palmerston will be succeeded in the
Foreign Secretaryship by I.ord Clarendon, and
that Charles Wood will shortly vacate the of
fice of Chancellor.
Advices from Australia, state that the gov
ernment had put Smith O’Brien under some
petty restraint, for his refusal to accept a
“ ticket of leave.”
The matter has been brought before Parlia
ment, and an inquiry is to be instituted.
The new steamer Asia, of the Cunard Line,
arrived at Liverpool from the Clyde, on Fri
day. She is said to have made, at times, 14-i
tiiiies per hour. She will sail for Boston on
the 18th inst.
The Court of Queen’s Bench unanimously
refused to grant the Bishop of Exeter the rule
prayed for against the decision of the Ecclesi
a.tical Court in the Gorham case. The fiery
Prelate hat not indicated his next movement.
The crops throughout the United Kingdom
promises well.
France. — I’he Government Bill for giving
the Transportation law are trospective effect
has been defeated in the Assembly by a large
majority. The presumed object of the Gov
ernment was to obtain authority whereby
Barden, Blanqui, Raspail, and other danger
ous characters might be sent out of the coun
try. The defeat of the measure earned the
Minister ot the Interior to throw up his port
folio with reproaches upon the Assembly for
refusing to support him in what he called his
ardous and thankless attempts to maintain
public order, lie was subsequently prevail
ed upon to retain office.
200,000 francs have been voted for the cele
bration of the anniversary ol the Assembly
proclaiming the llepub ic.
In reference to the approaching election for
Paris, a correspondent of the London Chroni
cle says, “ the election is the only subject of
interests to the People of France at the present
moment. As far as the opinion of the elec
tors can be calculated upon, they are decided
ly in favor of Eugene Sue. The city appears
to be live-sixths on the Democratic candidate.
The moderates appear to be very sanguine in
the belief that Leelerc will be elected by a
arge majority.
As the election approaches, bnsinness on
the Brouse declines—. Vs. closed on 2;>th at 89,-
30.
On Monday and Tuesdey, the 22.1 and 23d,
the opposition journals were seized and all
news venders stalls destinyed and the news
men arrested by the police. On Wednesday,
the 24th, copies of the prescribed journals
were read aloud on the Boulevards, to great
bodies of people in defiance of the Police.—
Six companies of the National Guard have
been suspended for electing a Socialist Cap
tain.
ATe Deum was performed on the 20th, for
the Pope’s return to Rome, to which Court,
M. Reyncval has been appointed Plenipoten
tiary.
Count Zemouski, who took an active part in
the Hungarian War, has arrived in Paris.
The Assembly has voted 1.5,000 francs to the
survivors of the disaster tit Angiers and to the
families of the deceased.
Germvny.—lt. is said that Prussia is seek
ing an alliance with Denmark, and that she
has, with this object in view, availed herself
of an opportunity to withdrawn from the
Schleswig dispute. The Duchies having en
tered upon an independent negotiation for
peace, Prussia has left them to their own re
sources.
The Erfurt Parliament having completed
the revision of the consitution, it was expect
ed to be produced at the end of the month.
Rome. —Great precautions are saiil to be ta
ken to preserve the Pope from assassination.
No person is allowed to approach him except
by permission of Cardinal Alitiaelli. Letters
state that the Pope, since his return, lias
drawn up several decrees which have been
suppressed by the Cardinals. One account
states that hislloliness is little less than an Aus
trian prisoner. The first regiment of French
D agoona haye left Rome for France.
Spain. —The Preojdpnt of France is report
ed to have demanded the htjml of the fnfanta’s
sister.
Denmark. —Letters from Copenhagen of
the 18th state that the Danish Government,
acting under the advice of Russia, have refus
ed to accede to any of the demands of Schles
wig Holstein, and that Denmark will consent
to rio terras but unconditional submission.
Boznia. —The disturbances in Boznia were
not of a serious character.
Turkey and Austria. —Tin difficulties be
tween Austria and the Porte have been set
tled. The Porte has sent autograph letters to
the Queen of England and President of France,
in acknowledgement of thaip friendly aid in
the extradition question. Russian troops are
said to have commenced to evacuate the Danu
bian Provinces.
Greece. —The mission of Baron Gros from
the French Government has, it is said, proved
a failure. Admiral Parker still retains pos
session of the Greek vessels.
The difl’ituity with England appears as far
from settlement asevet,
London money market, April ati, p.
The money market is easier, but rates for dis
count arc unchanged. The bullion in the
Bank of Engi&«4 slightly decreased. Con
sols have fluctuated ve*y Rule, and closed on
Friday at96£.
American Securities. —The demand is una
bated. Massachusetts and Maryland, trade
bonds, United States ii's and Pennsylvania -s’s
bays advanced about i per cent.
F’RJsiWftS'"' —The rates remain without
change." A- lew ftw.dlber of pass, ngers are of
fering. "
Crown & Shipley’s Circular
Liverpool, April 26, 1860. — We have tore
port another large week’s business in cotton, a
j great proportion of which has been to the
trade. Notwithstanding the demand, prices
| have barely advanced J per pound, and even
j that mere particularly applies to middling
j qualitiesj fair and upland being quoted the
j same as last week, with the exception of fair
| uplands, which have advanced £ penny per
pound—The previous quotations of this des-
J eription having been considered by many too
j low,
The great falling off in the receipts at the
American poric, and the steadiness in the mar
ket, naa enabled spinners and manufacturers
to obtain better prices, and giyes them more
confidence in present rates; bur the relative
! dearnesi of American cotton has caused them
! again to turn titer attention to Brazil and
Surate—the sales of these Linds reaching
10.080 bales. The sales for the week are about
67,000 baits; of which speculators took 12,60 b,
and exporters 1,000.
The American descriptions ar id consists of
j 0,000 bales of Uplands at 6 a 7A; 6,000 Mobile
i and Alabama, at 6 a 0J; and 17,000 Orleans,
! at7J a 8j; amd JOO Sea Island, 9A a 16d. The
j official quotations are fair Orleans, 7.1; fair Mo
bile and Upland, 7; middling qualities, 6g,6ii,
a per pound. The total stock in .this port
is estimated at 649,000 bales, of which 856£90
are American, ogf-htst, a stock of, at this period
last year, 687,000, of whfch J?0O,OOO were Am
erican.
The latest advices from Havre represent {.he
cotton market to have become very lively
since ,the. inception of the Niagara’s news,
'file sales for f&e week are about 14,000 bales,
at an advance of qne/rane.
Indian corn.—Teere bus .been a bi tter iu
ouiry for England during the pan*. fpw days, at
an pd jfjmce of ls.tper quarter; yellow being 2fs.
a 28s. fid., and white mixed, 28s, per quarter.
Flour continues in limited demand without
change in prices, viz: Puihidelphia and Bal
timore, 225. 6d. a 23; Wester*. Canal, 18s, a
21s; Canada 245. and old sour, 2,15. f h,e h*iar
kets having been cleared of interior qualities
of wheat, the present quotations a r e 5s a 6s,
per 70 pounds. Indian meal I2s. 6d* per bar
re .
Slut at the New York Tabernacle
Gat riton Put Down by Rynders.
The American Anti-Slavery Society held
i its annual meeting at the Tabernacle, in New
York, on Tuesday, when the notorious Garti
son made one of his fanatical speeches, de
nouncing slavery, the church, temperance and
almost every thing else but rank abolitionism,
when the equally notorious Capt. Rynders in
terfered, and a scene of tumult and riot ol
the most disgraceful charactar ensued.
It appears that Garrison was denouncing
the Catholic Church, and said, “l'lie Romish
Church is a slaveholding Church. Its priests
are slaveholders, so are its laymen. The church
does not deem it a crime or a wrong to hold
slaves. The Catholic Church is a slavehold
ing Church.”
Rynders—Mr. Speaker will yon allow me
to ask, if there is no other Church that toler
ates slavery?
(Some confusion here ensued.)
Garrison —If my friend will wait a little I
will answer his question with great pleasure.
(Clapping and cheering in the galleries.)
Garrison resumed—The Episcopal Church
and the Presbyterian are likewise slave-breed
ers and man stealers. Tney were as deeply in
j the mud as the Papal Church was in the mire.
| Their ministers and congregations bought and
sold their fellow men. The churches were
the salt that lost its savor, and should there
fore be trodden under foot ofmen. The true
Church of Christ is anxious for the spread of
purity. But now, when the flood-gates of
corruption are open, where are the churches
of this country that are zealous for the Chris
tian cause? All alike found wanting. Pres
byterians, Baptists, Methodists must come out
of the church if they would advance the cause
of the Redeemer. They are hostile to peace.
They are disciples of war and blood. They
believe in the Army and Navy of the United
States to the prejudice of the arm of God.
I Men must leap over their ectarian barriers, if
they would promote the permanent cause of
peace. So, too, with the Temperance Re
form. It was a mockery and a show. It ac
complished no good, nor would it so long as its
advocates held alliance with the Church.
The Baptists, the Presbyterians, the Catho
lics all shut the door against him. They tell
him there is for him no hope. The churches
are incompetent to their work. They are
a standing satire on Christianity und humani
ty. His position was, redemption of the slave
at all and every hazard.
| [Mr. Garrison went on, here, at some length
to ridicule the ceremonies and rights of the
various religious societies, here and in Etig
i land, exciting bursts of laughter and approval
on one side, and an occasional burst of indig
nation on the other.]
He went on:—
Men went to church because they had cer
; tain selfish purposes to carry out ; when,
; therefore, this Pro-Slavery church arraigns
the friends of freedom, we must say to them,
you refuse to let the oppressed go tree, you
j are anti-Christian, unrighteous, profiigate.cor
i rupt. (Cheers.)
j These churches for a day were no more sa
j cred or holy than the boots or the shots that
we manufactured; observance of the Sabbath
again, was looked upon as a test of man's mo
rality. The Sabbath day was popular, but it
was a sarc sm. Here was a nation preaching
and praying every Sunday, while it kept near
ly one-sixth of the population in chains ready
for market. Never was the Saboath more ex
actly kept than in the days of Jesus. They
observed the rites and ceremonies, the fastings
] and prayers, while they, persecuting their di
vine master, were driven headlong to their
own destruction.—All our religious demon
strations used as test, “Do you believe in
Jesus.” This belief of Jesus is no test of good
ness, on the part of the person professii g it.
(Hissing and confusion.) The praises of Jesus
are sung and celebrated in Louisiana, Alaba
ma and South Carolina.
Rynders—Do you know that the slaves in
the south sing psalms, and say their prayers
without hindrance from their masters.
Garrison —Yes sir, they sing praises to Je
sus, but not to a slaveitoiding, slave selling,
and slave buying parson.
( Tremendous confusion, cheer
ing and screaming.)
Garrison resuming—-Look at your public
men, Zachary Taylor,a Christian, a God-ado
ing Christian, a slave seller, a slave owner, a
man buyer—(Cheers.)
Voices in the gallery—Yillian, you shall
not go on this way!
Here there was a simultaneous irruption
j from the side galleries, headed by Capt. Ryn
ders. Garrison was surrounded, menaced,
und for a while had to beat a retreat.
Rynders and others gesticulating and threat
ening— ‘You are a villain! a scoundrel! a foul
mouthed libeller of voui country!’
(Tremendous applause on the platform, now
| partly taken possession of by the ex-members
of the Kmpite Club. The rest of the house
j was drowned in an ocean of hisses.)
Cries of “put hint out!” “pitch him out of
the window!”
“Shame! shame! shame!” Call in the
j Police.
At this point some of the ladies, taking
j fright, were making a movement towards the
j door. The scene here beggars description.—
i Yelling and hooting, and shaking of fists, ac-
I companied with oaths, were heard and seen
| in ul! parts of the house.
To increase the co..fusion and excitement,
just at this moment, the Hutchison Family
commenced sinning in the galleries.
“IV Friends of Equality."
This drew the attention of the rioters to
wards that portion of the house, and a sho.it
of derision from below silenced the melody
above.
Rynder , in front of the platform (shaking
his list)—-“Fellow citizens, will you hear
me?”
Cries of “No,” “No.” “Go to n—ll.” A
scuffle in the neighborhood of the stand. La
dies all in confusion. “Put out the traitors.”
“Pitch them into he streets.” “Itynders,
you're a scoundre!.”
I 4n hid gentleman, whose name we under
stand to be Richard Tqwitsepd, here got up,
among the audience, and began to expostulate
with Rynders, hut the latter turned upon him
ferociously. But Mr. Townsend kept Ins
stand, sending hack the impressions and in
sinuations of the opposition, with a point and
pungency that elicited applause away from
the immediate neighborhood ot the platform.
Thus ajfiirs went on for fifteen or twenty
minutes. The Chief of Police and sundry
members of the City Council here entered the
Hall, and after a while peace was onc.e more
partially restored.
[Here a kind of compromise was agreed to
between t)>e contending parties—Rynders and
| the men on the platform, that Garrison should
be permitted to finish hi* speech, with Rye pro
viso that lie should not abuse the country nor
blaspheme religion.]
Garrison resumed—He had shown up what
was commonly understood, in these day-i, to
1 be the r.eligiou of Jesus; anti he had shown
j what kind ot i,,ei, ctßßcj themselves its disci
-1 pies. In this strain, he proceeded >yiih the
j rest of his remarks, in decidedly more ns*
j pectful terms than he had previously employ
! ed.
Here, again,, there were loud cries for
“Grant!”
Rynders, coming loi'wcrd —J?elloyv citizens,
| Mr. Grant desires to say a few words in reply
jto Win. L'oyd Garrison. We have patriots
here, who desire a hearing as will as traitors.
j Applause and hissing. Confusion on the
1 platfortp.. Harrison party giving way. Grant |
and R.ynqcrs' party coming forward.J
Giant—Pid'nt wish ta dipttfrl? thus meeting, j
Reason hail left this atmosphere. Rut be ask- j
i ed his friends to permit Mr. Furnßs, t f Rhilp- j
delphia, to speak first. He was not disposed
to aid in kicking up a row. Assent was then
given to Mr. Furniss, who then came forward
umid tolerable quiet, and spoke very temper
I ate’.y op the subject of Abolition and Aboli
; tionispr in
After a quarter' of $p h-ur'* father skir- j
i,aching, much menacing, but "no actual fight- .
ing, partial QT&Pt was reßtprpd, and,
Frederick Douglaao papje toy -vard to ail-
I dress the meeting, lie had just opened UR
j lips to say, “Fellow citizens,” when,
Rynders went up, and tapping him on the
shoulder, said: “Mr. Douglass, you can pro-
I ceed, sir, irgt if you blackgard the country, ,1
j shall knock you Mr, Matsell, the
1 Chief of Police, interposed, aim Rbjjglass
. proceeded to address the meeting. ,His speech j
was fi ! eiQniad oyer the wrongs of'the slave, j
in general, o'iul (he wa^pf''moral courage 1
oii ihp. part of the Northern people to ;et those |
wrongs right- i ' i
At frequent interval*, fmjyever, There was 1
much wrangling and contusion, hut nothing j
serious occurred. The indiscreet interfereppe
of Renders is severely censured, as it is just
the tning Garrison and his pat ty want to make
c ipitai of. The Express says the aboli
tionists will oe delighted ut it.
The meeting,finally adjourned,9# Wednesday
evening,, ft jvas held in the Society LU»»tyj,
corner of and second street, which
was densly crowded 1 say» Ri,c £l, York Sun)
with all classes, sexes, ages and colors, apd ha
lure Mr. Burley, the first speaker, had closed
>;iu remarks, the disorganize!* gathered in
great mice,in front of the rostrum, and with
their hiasc.x ami geo*,,.;a, prevented him from
proceeding. Wendell Philips ani4 W. Lloyd
Garrison then attempted to address the'audi
ence, hut were both pat down in the same
manner as were the others, who preceded
them. The excitement by )hj? time became
tremendous, and every conceivable part of the I
room was filled to its utmost capacity.
The Chief of F’olice, fearing an outbreak
would follow, despatched a messenger for She
riff Carnley, who was quickly at the scene of
disturbance and excitement. In the meantime
Isaac Hopper and several other abolitionists
applied to the Mayor for protection, and en
deavored to persuade him to issue an order
that would give the police power to eject the
noisy individuals, hut they were informed by
his honor that no such power was invested in
him, unless violence was resorted to, when
the authorities wou d at once appear and dis
perse the crowd. With this know ledge of the
Mayor’s power, they quietly returned ano
heard the following resolution, which was of
fered by Capt. Rymlers, and read by a young
man named Thomas Moore,
Resolved, That this meeting does not see suf
ficient reasons for interfering with the Domes
tic Institutions of the South, even if it were
constitutional, which it is not, and therefore
will not countenance a fanatic agitation,whose
aims and ends are the overthrow of the church
es. a reign ot anarchy, a division of interest,
the supremacy of an hypocritical atheism a
general amalgamation and a dissolution of the
Union; for these reasons this meeting recom
mends to these humanity-mongers the confi
ning of its investigations to the progress of de
gradation among the Negroes of the North,
and the increasing inequality and poverty of
the free whites and blacks of New York and
similar places, instead of dealing in scurrility,
blasphemy and vituperation.
After the reading of the above amusing doc
ument it was adopted by the friends of the pro
poser, the annti-Slavery men remaining silent.
Mr. Burley attempted to respond to the reso
tion, but was unable to be heard, and bowed
himself from the stand.
Three of the Hutchinsons here arose, and
sung a chartring and appropriate song, enti
tled “ Freedom,” but they could scarcely be
heard. A colored man, by the name of Van
Rensellaer attempted to speak. lie was, how
ever quickly silenced by the opposing party.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Garri
son aro?e and said that the proprietors of the
building had informed him that they were un
willing to trust their library and property in
the hands of the immense multitude that stood
before him, and also that he did not feel will
ing to stand in front of such an audience and
be, as it were, throwing “ pearls at swine.”—
[Groans, and shouts of “ put him out.” He
would therefore announce that the anniversa
ry would now adjourn, sine die.
From the Mother's Magazine,
Bethlehem-
Bethlehem is one of those places in sacred
history which c innot be mentioned without
exciting emotions (*t intense interest. Here
David was horn, and spec t his early years as
a faithful shepherd, until he finally arose to
be k ngover Isiael. Here also, Ruth is sup
posed to have lived, and furnished us the
foundation ol that beau iful and thrilling
narrative recorded in the Bible. But that
which gives it its pre-eminence over all other
places, is the fact of its being the birth-place
of our Saviour. “And thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou he little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out ntthee shall he
come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in
Israel, whose goings forth have been of old,
from everlasting,”
Bethlehem has been visited by many mod-
I ern travelers, who describe its first view as
J imposin , The following description, by Dr.
j E. D. (ffarke, will he read with interest.
! “After traveling about an hour after we left
j Jerusalem, we came in view of Bethlehem,
| and halted to enjoy the interesting sight.
The town appeared, covering the ridge of a
i hill, on the Southern side of a deep and ex
| tensive valley, and reaching from east to west;
\ the mos conspicuous object being the oton
; aatery, erected over the eave of the nativity,
j in the suburbs, and upon the eastern side.
! The battlements and walls of this building
j seem like those of a vast fortress. The Dead
| Sea below, upon our left, appeared so near to
us that we thought we could have rodethith
|erin a very short space of time, .-.till nearer;
stood a mountain upon its western shore, re
| seinbling in its form the cone of Vesuvius,
| near Naples, anu having also a crater tipon
| its top, which was plainly discernible. The
I distance, howevpr, is much greater than it sp
: pears 'o he, the magnitude of the objects be
held in this fine prospect causing them to ap
pear less remote nan they really are. Every-'
j thing about it was in the highest degree
I grand aud awful.
! Uetlileheiujks six miles from Jerusalem,
j That well feWvhich David longed when he
1 said, “Oh that one would give me drink of
i the water of the well ol Bethlehem, which is
jby the gate!” 2. Samuel xxiii. 15—is still
: said to remain, sending up its pure ami de
licous w; teis for the weary and thirsty trav
| eler.
But the gtories of Bethlehem have passed
away. The anxious mother, who fled with
her babe tnto Egypt, and alt the mothers,
whose hearts were made desolate tty the be
reavement of their little ones, have passed off
this cruel scene ofac'inn and suffering. Jesus,
the once crucified, now reigns King eternal
in heaven. Mary still adores her Lord, and
Oavifi tunes his golden harp in a still sweet
er song of praise.
(From the Mother’s Magazine.)
The Pride of Ancestry,
A short time since, a paragraph was migrat
ing from one paper to another, the purport of
which was. that, the "proud Duke” of Somer
set used to say, that he pitied Adam because
he had no ancestors.
Ihe idea was a novel one ; it never occured
to the ijiind of the writer, *hat it was possi
ble our first patents had any need of the
sympathy of their defendants. Made “very
good”—but “a iittle lower than the angels”
• placed in a beati ful garden, well watered by
j rivers; breathing ahalmv air: what more could
they need? In this fi. leu. which signifies
pleasure or delights, vgrew eyery tree that js
pleasant tp the sight, <pid good toy food.''
jfeie too, 4dam hail a companion with whptp
j he hpld swpet conyerse. 4 s if tliis was pot
I enough for map, (jod hiinsplf copdesepnfiffi.
from day to day, to hold communion vyith
him.—Could the happy pair he more highly
favored ? Did our great progenitor need sym
pathy ? We would not have thought it pos
sible. had not that pitiable nobleman sugges
ted thp idea. IVow yenly, we (Jo belive 4daip
wqs to bp pitied. N‘*t. howevpr, because his
birth was not dpdupefi from Joins entfirpned,
bu. because he \vas a stranger to filial love.
There is happiness, which to hijn was un
known. To ad that is contained in those en
dearing wpyfis, father, mother, brother, sister,
jhe was a total stranger, tyqt haying any
childhood, he knew not how good it was to
confide in a fond parent; to be moved by the
wise counsel of an aged father, or to be solac
ed by a tender mother. Some of the most
hallowed and devoted affections of the heart
were never his. Those family scenes and re
gulations so dear tq us; the family altar—the
going together to thp Jpjuse ot (.rod the plea-
I sant evening fireside, when the venerable
| sire takes down the Holy Word and instructs
| the family group - thou couldst not enter into
! the joys of these, our brightest and swee.est
reineipbrances. O, Adam ! thou art indeed
I to by pitjetlj iqr tp fliee was denied an early
| home.
The family !—what a holy compat.t-.-apon
■ stiiution organized by Deity; a union of hearts
I and interests. Oft-times the amily circle is
1 so sacred, that the entrance of a kind friend
i seems like intrusion. It is a little heaven be
i low. Whose silent intluences make home so
| Slyeet.go sapped ip place?—The mother. Her
i peculiar sphere fii'jp hpp o)yn hqusehold;she is
to make home happy, to draw around ij, jppfi
attractions, that no al urements from without j
will be preferred to their own sanctuary. 'The
mother is to secure the confidence of every !
child, and make it feel that she is its best
friend.—lf the mother realizes her duty, and
, btrives to do it, the child will soon feel that
there are mutual obligations.
‘‘Tiolis mothers have done more to people
heayenlfian any other claps o£ persons next to
thp ‘qf tjfi? l&os'peL’ 5 Such,
mothers are no more, tfieq wilf tfieif children
rise up and say, in the language of Oowper
“My boast is not, that I deduce my birth
Ci,.in loins enthron’d, and inlers ol the eaith;
Hut higher far my proud pretensions rise—
'{’lie son ol parents pass'd into the skies.”
Jtfß. CALBOitH a* * Master. — We know of
nothing ftiore 1 tuuflhinf thut tint depth of Mr.
Calhoun has called forth, 1 thaVi" the' following
extract, so simple, yet So eloquent, 'frdm the
Louisville Jriurnal. 1 i
•‘fiojp ,h “ if JCort Hill a
wujfpf woe'if ill go up, and rend t,he heavens
wfie» {lie Ifewp qf his death U therfc aiinoutic
ed, tor he w*a qftfie' mps f, afteiitlye a'ml
affectionate of masters, 'flpj.t \y ft id will'he
worth more to his reputation tirxl, any rittk'
gium that will be written orspoken by his a*'-
dent admirers and friends. Such ti ibute comet
unbidden from the lips, and is alt attestation of
goodness o* npprt which cannot be miaiaken.”
Appointments my the President.— By and
with' Me ai'li'i'cii ahd ' cbnieiit Os t/ie Statu*. Neil
HffiVit! bfTentiess6e,' to ‘be Envoy La- •
traord nary pftd’lrfiffjpler I 'Plenipbtentiary’• ot J
the United Htates to the (Jourf‘pf' JJj# Mates- j
ty the Emperor of all the Russia*,
Edward H. Wright, of New Jersey, to bn
Secretary of Legation of the United States
al the Court ot His Imperial Majesty ;he
Emperor of pil the Russias.
John 13- Diom r 4raH, of Georgia, to bs Con
sul of the United States for the porf of Athens,
in Greece.
Pleasant SApi.--A young man, of
eighteen or in a Universi
ty, took a walk our fiajsvith « Professor, who
was commonly caHedjfthe Bludent’s friend,
such was his kindness to the young •men
whom it was his ofiee to instruct.
While they wete now walking together, and
the Professor w«e seeking to lead the convet
satiou to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old
shoes lying in the pith, which they supposed
belonged to a poor-man who was at w ork in
a field close by, and nearly finished his day’s
work.
The young Student turned to the Professor
saying: “ Let us pUv the man a tiick : we
w ill hide his shoes and conceal ourselves be
hind those hushes, and watch to see his per
plexity w hen he ca>mot find them.”
“ My dear friend,” answered the Professor,
“we must never ,inuse ourselves at the ex
pense of the potif., But you are rich, and you
may give yourself ‘a much great pleasure by
means of this poifr mau. Pot a
each shoe, and then w r e will hide ourselves.”
Tha Student dij so, and placed him
self with the Professor behind the bushes by,
through which they could*, watch the Labor
er. and see whatever wondft aud joy he might
express. ,
The poor man soon finished his work, and
came across the £eld to-the path, where he
had left his coat «nd shoes % While he put
on the coat he slipped onevfoot into one of
his shoes, but feeling something hard, he
stopped down and found the dollar. Aston
ishment and seen upon his
countenance ; IfegazeiWpon the dollar, turn
ed it around sti-l looked again and again then
he looked arcutid on all sides, but could see
no one. Now l,e put the money in his pock
et and to pue*t>muhe other shoe ;
but how great was his astonishment when he
found in the other a dollar! His feelings over
came him ; he fell upon his knees, looked tip
to Haven, and -utered aloud a fervent thanks
gining.in whiehfhe spoke of his wife, siek and
helpless. anAuis children without bread,
whom bounty from some un
known nancrVpld save from perishing.
The youth (Mod there deeply affected, and
tears filled hifl^yes.
“Nowy tirva Prossor, “are you not
much better pleased than if you had played
your iutendeditrick.”
“O. dearest sir,” answered the youth,
“ you have taught me lesson now that 1 will
never lorget. I feel now the truth of the
words which I never before understood : ‘ It
is better to give than to receive.’ ”
We should never approach the poor hut
with the wish to do do them good.
Circumstantial Evidence. —At the Suriey
Sessions, which concluded on Saturday after
noon, Mr. Churnock, who was engaged to de
fend a prisoner (the evidence lor the prosecu
tion entirely resting on circumstantial evi
dence,) said, such evidence was ala ways dan
gerous to conviction, and cited tire following
remarkable case, which the learned counsel
said was not generally known. Ou the Nor
thern Circuit, a few years ago, a respectable
farmer was indicted tor the w ilful mutder of
his niece, to whom he was left executor and
guardian. A serious qurrel took place between
the uncle and his ward, and the former was
heard to say that his niece would never live to
enjoy the property, although she wanted hut a
short period of becoming of age. Shortly after
this declaration and quarre , the niece was
suddenly missed, and no one knew what had
become of her. Ri.incurs were quickly spread
to the disadvantage ot the former, until it was
at length publicly reported he had murdered
his niece for the sake of possessing himself ol
her property, and that he had concealed the
body. On his being apprehended on a charge
of murder, various spots of blood were found
on his cloths, those being the garments he was
in the habit of wearing. Appearances went
so much against the prisoner, that he was com
mitted for trial. At the assizes, application
was made to the judge to postpone the case,
on the ground that public indignation was so
generally excited against the prisoner, that he
could not safely go to trial, uml an affidavit
was put in, that, if time was granted, there
was no doubt that the niece would be produc
ed in Court, and that the prisoner was entire
ly innocent of the murder. The application
was successful, and in the interim the most
s'renuous exertions were made on liehalt of
the prisoner and his triends to find the niece,
but all to no purpose, and the search proved
fruitless. The period of the as-i/.cs at length
came round, and being unable to produce the
niece, the prisoner, to save his b fe, resorted to
a deception, the fatal step of which procured
his condemnation and execution, within forty
eight hours after trial. A young lady was
produced in Court exaet'y resembling the sup
posed murdered female; her height, age com
plexioir, hair and voice, were so similar, that
many persons in Court, who were acquainted
with the niece, were satisfied that she .vas the
same, allosome witnesses actually swore to
the identity. An intimation, however, was
lit* veil for the prosecution, that
the Court was not the niece of the
prisoner, but the resemblance was perfect. By
the most skillnl cross examination by t :e
counsel for the prosecuti 11, the artifice was at
length detected, and the jury without hedtu
lion, pronounced the fatal verdict of guilty.
His lordship, in passing the sentence of death,
said, it was impossible the jury could nave
come to any other conclusion, and sentenced
the unfortunate man to be executed on the
following Monday. 011 the scutfold, with his
last breath, the unhappy convict declared his
innocence, but the clergyman rebuked him tor
his hardihood, and the crowd of spectators
who had witnessed the execution, were also
satisfied he died a guilty man. Within two
years gfter the execution, the niece actually
made her appearances, and claimed the pro
perty to which she was entitled. It appeared
that on the day after the unfortunate quarrel,
the niece eloped from her uncle's house with
a stranger to whom she had recently become
attached, and had never been heard ot until
her sudden and unexpected appearance, and
that she had only by accident heard of her
uncle's execution.
Mutual Protection is Mutcar. Life As
surance.—ls, as the philosopher Locke oh
servts, “the great and chief end of men’s
existing together in a commonwealth, is the
mutual protection of their lives, liberties and
estates,” then the origin atpl progress of those
arts and institutions designed lor carrying out
that end, hardly fail to afford,interesting mat
ter for inquiry to the members of every civiliz
i pd pomipunity.
When the first faint light of civilization
broke through the gloom in which barbarism
had shrouded mankind—when thp great
doctr ne was first proniulga'ed, that mun was
dependent upon the good offieps of his kind
for sqccess in his enterprise, and tfiat only in
pnipn there is strength —it was men that the
first evidence of the better spirit which was
to regulate human affairs, was shown in the
offensive and defensive leagues of that period:
entered into gs they wpre for the simple pur
) pse of resisting the encroachments of their
rudpr neighbors.
Although the common welfare of nations
was at that time made a study by the wisest
and the best of men, their lahors lt d only to a
partial development of the great principles of
Association ; and we need hardly examine
our own more perfect system, to convince
ourselves that the new provisions for mutual
safety which were then hailed with acclama
tion, are qt phis flay inefficient, and inade
quate to the wants of a tqqrp enlightened age.
Still we should modestly congratulate our
selves on our immeasurable superiority in
these respects, since all our tpaturer plans are
the offspring of the concentrated intellect of
ages, and tip confessedly seveter studies of
thoge great minds whose operation.? have gov
erued the politics pf millions, and changed
the destinies of nations.
None of their schemes can be regarded as
possessing higher claims to our esteem, than
those by which large bodies were prevailed
upon to become willing contributors to a
common fund, out of which the losses of the
less fortupate W e f e IP fiP repaired, or the
miseries of jdiejr families wpye to he alleviated,,
and it will be seen at a glance, that Mutual
Life Assurance, embodying in its best anil
highest form the principles of Assoc ; ation, is
emphatically a progressive science.
[Johnston's Exam.
The National Intelligencer and the New
York Courier and Enquirer are at loggerheads
fio to tjie ptoprieiy of tleneral Taylor’s con
duct towards t|je whjg'mefpLeri; of Congress.
The Courier contends .fiat thp President
should consult the whig members of Congress,
and not hold himself aloof from them, as he
does ; while the Intelligencer says that the
desire ol the whig members to consult the ad ■
minis'ration is confined almost exclusively to
consultations with regard to the bestowal of
office, end thus justifies the “powers that be”
b^ 1 assailing the ••representatives of the peo
ple,” lor whom Gen. Taylor promised to en
tertain so much inspect. The Courier says :
“Let the President, us the official head and
representative of the whig party of the Union 1 ,
go aiming - Hid constituents, ns thoy are rep
resddted in CohgreW' And advise'ant} consult
with them'. The New York 'iomhiaj lias
filled a:1 t rror ' en, ' la ** TayVor'is not
the head afTW *en»k jjayky,' or di anything
else-- not even of his own cabinet. Vie ha*,
po mind of his own, nod no one regards his !
opinions, if, indeed, he has any. He has
delegated his powers, and his duties and
obligations, to an irresponsible cabal, and .
ttintcabai - not Uyneral Taylor—is the “of- |
ficial Mead” of thk’ whig prrty, in dsfjanre; we I
Qelipv*, rtf th’e Wishes<if the batter portion on
that PS*t/.' weak Ai.nl Corrupt pody
should oansult the wishes pf us
as represented In Congress, there is but tittle
doubt that it would be promptly advised to
retire from public life at once and forever.
£t has reason, therefore, not to advise with
the whig party in Congress, but we have yet
to learn that it rejects ihe friendly counsels
of the demagogue* and fartioni.- | s who have
brought the present iliHiculties upon ns. uml
who seek to imperil the nation in order to
carry out their selfish and corrupt purposes.
Why. then, should I lie National lutelli
ligencer or the New-York Courier dispute
about the n tinner in which the President
should exercise his powers, whether with or
without consultation with memheis of Con
gress? They are disputing about a shadow.
I here is no power in the nominal head of the
Executive worth the contest. The reai power
is not there. It is in the ministerial ,-abal
which suirounds turn. It is in those who ad
vise, and overrule, and control him, he they
in the cabinet or out of it. It is, as the clas
sical Senator from Missouri ha,s it, a dispute
about goat's wool,— Washington Cnion,
flour Trade—Chili aud California
The following letter, from an intelligent
source, will commend itself to the attention of
shippers of breadstuff* t > California :
[Corrtspeudence es the JYortA American 4 U S Gazette.]
VxLfAKAiao, March 6th, 1850.
To the Editors of the North American % 11. .S’.
Gazette :--I deem it a duty that I owe to my
country to serve her in any manner in which
I can render myself useful, during my resi
dence abroad, in communicating information
that may in any wise affect her interests.
An arrangement having Keen effected, with
in a few days past, hpiwepn the millers at Chi
li and a company of responsible and highly
lespectahle merchants of this city, ami Sail
Francisco, for the supply of the California
market with Hour, and which might very seri
ously affect the interests of my countrymen
who may be shipping tlour to that market, I
deem it proper, through your very valuable
paper, to place before them the following facts
and reflections.
'1 he production of wheat in C-hili is very
great, and this present year much larger than
usual, for the reason that the demand for Chi
li flour in California, at the commencement of
the past year, with a prospect of its continued
and rapid increase, and thus furnis.iing a
certain market, induced the agriculturists
the country to ap rropriate to the
cultivation of wheat much more of their land
thanjeretofore, when the demand was limit-
coast. _ The harvest that his just '
been secured (I am infoflued) has
ed the husbandman, the crop being very
lhe price ot wheat is, therefore, comparative
ly low, 25 to 314 cents per bushel in the ir te
rior on the delivery at the mills. I obtained
from a gentleman of high character, who is
perfectly conversant w ith the subject, the fol
lowing information : At “ Concepcion’ and
vicinity, there are ten first rate merchant Hour
mills, the machinery tor which was obtained
in the United States, and, with the exception !
of two, are owned and managed by Americans !
and Englishmen. The average monthly pro- j
duct of these mills is about 30.000 bills, of su- j
perfine flour for export, which, in quality, is |
regarded as being equal to the best flour man- i
ufactured in 'lie United .States. Between
“ Concepcion” and “Santiago” there are two
good mills, which manufacture for export
some 4000 tosooo bins, per month ; aiulatthe
Capital, “ Santiago,” there are five or six es
tablishments of considerable exti lit engaged
in ma ufacturing for export, which, together,
produce from 18,000 to 20,000 bids, monthly ; !
besides which there are a large niimbe of
small mi lis engaged in manufactui ing for home |
consumption. Thus it appears that there are
produced in Chili some 50,000 to 55,000 bbls. j
ot superfine Hour tor export, monthly, all of i
which must find markets in the Pacific—the |
principal being California. The great fiuctua- i
lions that have so frequently occurred in that I
market, during the past year, the price of flour j
varying from less than tlie* cost of placing it i
there 11 S3O, S4O and even SSO per bid., have 1
induced tin* millers to enter into the arrange
ment allui eil to above, by which they (the
millers') bind themselves to supply to this j
company the entire product of their mills, at
the price of $4,44 per bbl., delivered in the ;
warehouse for shipment.
The company have a large and commodious !
warehouse at San Francisco, at which thev
are bound to keep a regular and constant sup- .
ply of flour, adequate, at all limes, to meet the
demand, and to dispose of the same at a mod- ]
erate profit, thus securing to the cili/.ens of 1
California a supply of the staff of life at a very j
tow price. lhe consumption of that market i
is estimated by these gentlemen to be not less I
than 25,000 bbls. per month at present, calcu
lating an increase oi. say 5000 bids, monthly.
I consider it important that the above tads \
should t,e generally known throughout i tie U. j
States of America, that persons who may be j
induced (by the recent, extravagant price of j
Hour) to ship to California can do so muter- j
stand ingfg.
The first shipment of ri Mir, under the above j
arrangement, will take place 1 1 am informed)
within two weeks, and thereafter regularly, j
commencing with 26,000 bids, per month. j
The extent of wheat-growing estates in this .
country far exceeds any thing 1 had ever con- !
ceivcd. One estate alone, near Santiago, pro
duces 80,000 bushels annually ; tin, 40 and '
50,000 are not unusual among those who are j
engaged largely in the cultivation and this ;
by irrigati >n, as there is no rain during two- 1
thirds of the year. California must in time ;
(and the soon r the (letter) become a line j
wheat-growing country. The climate and 1
soil are similar to Chili, though, until 1 he gold I
is exhausted, cultivating the soil will he too i
slow a business. It is fortunate lor the gold
diggers that Chili could supply them, other
wise they must have already suffered a famine.
The flour exported from the United States, in
e T the very long veyage round
Cape Horn' and crossing the line twice, has, l
believe, with very little exception, been unfit
for use, and was thrown overboard in the Bay
of San Francise.n. This should he au addi
tional inducement for the rapid prosecution to
completion of the Panama Railroad, or the
speedy opening of some route, by which Ame
lican flour can he supplied to Galitomiu. To
the United States properly belong (lie supply
ing of that market -and, via rail road from
Chagres to Panama, and steam propellers on
the Pacific, it can he done- -which l hope to
see accomplished within two years.
I have the honor to remap! your oh’t serv't, j
WM. U. MO BEHEAD,
Late U. S. Consul at this port.
The Bank ofthf. State of Georgia. — We
have been furnished with a pamphlet contain
ing a full estimate of the business of this In
xtitution for the last six months, being the
report made to his Excellency, the Governor,
in pursuance of the requirements of the law
passed' at the last session of the Legislature.
The report gives a favorable account of the
condition of the Bank. We publish the
statement of the Cashier, l. ly. T’eft, Esq,,
made to the Directors, which is a short sy
nopsis from the several tables which accom
pany the report.
“ The following table will exhibit the net
profits of t ip Hank at such semi-annual set
tlement since the last general meeting of
Stockholders, on the 22th April, 1846, viz :
April. 18(6 $00,530 21
(ictober. 1846 44,209 10
4pril, 1847 81.706 62
Qctober, 1847. 51,645 03
April, 1848 62,962 72
October, 1848 56,024 29
April, 1849 78,670 83
October, 1849 65,070 25
$500,819 9fi
Average •••••• 62 fiO’2 49
By which it will he seen that tfie average
profits for each six months is $62,602 49.
I’he Lands and Heal Estate yet unsold stand
charged upon the Hooks at Macon, as follows:
Lands in Alabama 7,366 95
»• “ Mississippi..,, 14,4(4 3Q
Ijeal Estate in Mac0n40,287 69
$62,199 03
Probable loss may be est’d. at 5,000 00
“ _ “ “ 10,000 00
“ “ “ 30,000 00
Pro table ultimate loss $45,000 00
The estimated qain to the Hank, by the ioss
j of olfi notes issued since 1816, and which may
| never be presented to the Hank for redemp
\ tion, may he fairly considered, | should sup
pose, amply sutlicient to meet this deprecia
! tion or estimated loss on Lands and Ileal Es
tate.”— Savannah Georgian, 7th inst.
At an election held at' the Hanking House
for eight Directors, on the part of the indivi
dual Stockholders for the Hank of the State
of Georgia, oti Monday the 6th i.;st., to serve
for the ensuing twelve months, tl;e ful lowing
gentlemen were re-elected ,
A. Porter, C. P. Richardson,
R. Hutchison, W. T. Williams,
Noble A. Hardee, Benjamin Snider,
H. U. Wood, J. Washburn
John Boston, Esq., being the Director on
the part of the State.
And at a meeting of the Board ot Directors,
yesterday, Anthony Porter, Esq., was duly
re-elected President of said Board.— Sava,mah
Georgian, B ih inst,
Georgia Bituminous Coat.— We are in
fnrinefi that an inexhaustible bed of Bitumi
nous coal exists jn \yalfier coqnty, just be
yon.l the funnel, and' ye s y near the Rail
road.-- 4{‘:7“sttj Const,t,,t,cjiiali.t.
The coal beq spoken‘gl j n Jfi t « para
graph, t» within a tew miles of this place’' and
is very rich. Another bed of coal has recent
ly been discovered in our eountv, some eight
orten miles west of Rmggold. The coal taken
fioia this last mentioned bed, has been pro
tnnim.e.j fi y competent judges to he of a first
xate quality. \J 3 have eitatuincd this coal and
have seen its t«tedy » n d axe satisfied that it
teas good 6? any of the Northern ariicle.
Ihese beds are said to be inexhaustible. We
have not ascertained who are the owners of
this vatu .ble property.— Ri'iggald Republican,
B ih tnst.
Ti>i> ty-iiial Uuu(i>vihi i'iinl Sgaaiuti'
Washington, May 8, 1 8'0.
SEN A LIS.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, presented the re- j
solutions of the Legislature oi the State of Miti- |
sissippi, on the subject of slavery, of Northern j
ugrressinn, and in deleuce of the proceedings I
at the primary meetings and at the r»tate t’on- |
vetilion, ill respect to the call tor a Southern \
Cotiv-ntioti. He read at length from the pro j
ceetluigs oi the primary meetings amt trout trie
address of itie Slate Convent ion, to show the
causes which induced I tie people of that Stale
to believe a Southern Convention was neces
sary. At was not for the purpose ot promoting
disunion, hut to promote a faithful adherence
to the guaranties ot the Constitution. And all
the many charges that this Convention was
called from motives of disunion were either
maliciously false, or uttered in ignorance ot
the truth. He detailed the many and va
nous subjects ot the resolutions, and of the
address, all breathing devotion and attachment
to the Union as contemplated by the Consti
tution, and compared those proceedings w ith
those of the town meetings arid Conventions
held by Free Hoilers in New England and in
the West, where the violation of the ('(insti
tution and disunion were openly advocated.
Ttiese proceedings were permitted to pass
without rebuke, while those of the people of
Mississippi, wnich were simply in detence of
their constitutional rights, were denounced as
incipient disunion, lie commented upon the
proceedings of Northern Slates and Conven
tions, and attributed to them all the alarm and
anxiety experienced at the Sou’h. He hoped
that wiser councils would prevail, and that
none of the offensive and unjust measures of
oppression would be passed by Congress. The
majority might triumph, but their triumph
would find an united South prepared to sub
mit to no oppression. The majority might
triumph, but their shout of victory would be
checked, before it was half uttered, by the
voice coming from the South: "Wo, wo, to
the riders who trample them down.”
The resolutions were read, and ordered to
be printed.
ItKCoKT Os THE SKI,EOT COMMITTHK OF Tit IKIT.EX.
Mr. Clay, tvom the Select Committee of Thir
teen, to whom were referred various resolu
tions relating to California, to other portions
of the territory recently acquired by tne U.
States from the republic ot Mexico, and to
conni c .ed with the institution
of slavery, the following
iu’.i'oht:
Tile Committee entered on the discharge of
their duties with a deep sense of their great
importance, and with earnest and anxious so
licitude to arrive at -. uch conclusions as might
he satisfactory t.. the Senate and to the coun
try. Most of the matters referred have been
not only subjected to extensive and serious
public discussion throughout the country, hut
to a debate in the Senate itself, singular tor
its elaborateness audits duration; mi that a
full exposition of all those motives and views
which, on the several subjects confided to the
Committee, have determined toe conclusions
at which they have arrived, seems quite un
necessary. They will, therefore, restrict them
selves to i lew general observations, and to
some reflections which grow out of those .nib
jeet*.
Out of our recent territorial acquisitions,
and in connection with the institution of sla
very, questions most grave have sprung, which,
greatly dividing and agitating the people of
the L . tHales, have Ihieatencd to disturb the
harmony, il not to endanger the safety of the
Union. I'he committee believe it to be highly
desirable and necessary speedily to adjust ail
(hose quest ions, in a spirit of concord and in
a manner to produce, ii practicable, general
satisfaction. They iliiuk it would be unwise
to leave any of them open and uns tiled, to
fester the public mind, and to prolong, if
not aggravate the ex isting agitation. It has
been their object, therefore, in this report, to
make-such proposals and reeooinieu.hu ions as
would accomplish a general adjustment of all
Ihese questions.
Among the subjects re'erred to the Com
mitiee, which command their first attention,
are the resolutions offend to the Senate bv
the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Bell, ity a
provision in the resolution of Congress Annex
tug IVxus to the U. States, it is d.-dared that
"new Stales ol convenient si. e, not cxeei dine
four in number, in addi.ion to .said State of
t exas, and having Milfieient popula ion, may
hereafter, by the consent of said State, be form
ed out Ol the tetiitoiy there if, which shall lie
riilltlnl to Uihntmoit under the provisions t the
Federal Constitution; and such Stales as may
be formed out. ol ilui portion of said tern ory
lying south ol .'Hi deg. Mo min. north latitude,
eommonlv known as ihe Missouri cornpiomi.se
line, .t/iiill .il- admit ed into the Union, with or
Without, slavery, as the people of each State
asking admission may de ire.
I'lie cotiimi lean- unainni nisi v of opinion,
that whenever one or more States, tunned out
of the Territory ol f'exas, not exceeding tour,
having sullic.ient populati it, wi b the consent,
of Texas, may apply to be a limited into tl.*-
Union, they are entitled to Midi admission,
beyond all d-mot, upon the eh-ai.unambiguous,
and absolute te. ms of the solemn compact eon •
tailed in Ihe resolution ol annexuion adopt
ed by Congress and assented lo I>\ Tex ts. Hut,
whilst the eoimnitlee conceive that the right, of
lldluissioii into ihe Union of any new Slates
carved out of the I’errilory ol ley is, not ex
cel ding the utimber specified, and under the
eoudilniiis stated, cannot be justly controvert
ed, the commit tee do not tlonk that the for
ination of any such new States should now
originate with Congress. The initiative, in
conformity with the Usage which has hereto
fore prevailed, should be taken by a portion
of lie people or l exas themselves, desirous of
constituting a m-w State, -\ ith the consent of
Texas. And ill Ihe loi illation of such new
States, it will be i'ii the people composing it
to decide for themselves whether they wall
admit or will ex linte slavery. And however
they may decide that purely municipal ques
tion, Congress is bound to acquiesce, and to
tulnll in good laith the stipulations of the com
pact. with Texas. The committee are aware
that it has been contended that the resolution
of Congress untie,ing lex is was unconstitu
tional. At a former epoch of our country's
history, they were those i atol Mr. Jefferson,
under whose auspices the treaty of Louisiana
was concluded, xas among them) who he lie v
ed that the State formed out of Louisianacoul I
not be received info the Union without an
amendment ol the ('onstitulion. Hut the States
of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and lows,
have been ail. nevertheless, admitted, Aqd
who would now think of opposing the ad mi i
sinn of Minnesota, Ore, on, o,- other new States
formed out of the ancient province of Louisi
ana, upon the gouml of an alleged original de
fect of constitutional powei? In grave, nation
al transactions, while yet in their earlier or
incipient stage-, differences may well exist; but
when once they have tieon decided by a con
stitutional majority, and are consummated, or
are in a process of consummation, there can lie
no. other safe and prudent alternative than to
respect the decision already vetiib.red, and i i
acquiesce in it. J'jiiterlainilij;- these views, a
majority ol >he committee do not think it nc-
cess ary or proper to recommend. at this time,
or prospect vety, any new State or States to he
formed (ml of the Territory of Texas. .Should
any such State tie hereafter (ormcd, and pie-
er with 04' without the establishment ot'sla
very, it cannot be doubted that Congress will.
Under a lull sense of honor, ot good faith, and
of all the high obligations aiising out of the
: com pud with Texas, deei !e, just as it will de
| eide under the influence ot similar eonsidera-
I tiops in regard to new States tormed of or out
j of New Mexico and Utah, with or without
| the institution of slavery, according to the
j constitutions and judgment of the people who
I compose them, as to \vhaf may by best to pro
| mote their happiness.
In considering the question of the admission
! of California as a State into the Union, a ma
jority of the committee conce.ive that any iv-
I regu'arity by which that State was organised
without the previous authority of an’aet of
j Congress, ought to he overlooked, in consider;!-
| tion of the omission by Congress to establish
; any Territorial government for the people of
j California, and the consequent necessity which
I they were undey to. create a government ior
I themselves host adapted to their own wants,
1 here are various instances, prior to the case
| of California, of the admission of new States
'“to the Union without any previous n'Uliori
j nation hy Congress. The sole condition re
j <( wired by the Constitution of the U. States
| iti respect to thy admission of a new State is
| tha-. us Constitution shall lie republican in
j for in. California presents such a constitution;
j and there is no doubt of her having a greater
I population than that, which, according to the
i practice ot the government, has been he.e.o-
I fore deemed sumcient to receive a new State
j into tiie Union.
In regard to the proposed boundaries of t'al
-1 tornia, the Committee would tiave been glad
U tltere existed more full and accurate Geo
graphical knowledge of the Territory which
those boundaries ineliple. ’phere is veasqn to
j believe that, large as they are, they embrace
no very disproportionate quantity' of land
adapted to cultivation. And it is known (hat
they contain extensive ranges of mountains,
deserts of sand, and much unproductive sbjl.
U might liaye ),een, p«qpaps' better to have
arsigneef to California more Unpied front o.(
the I’aeiUc but eyen if there had been
serveij 0,1 t,l « ahme qf that ocean a portion of
the boundary which \i p,r gqr .gher
State or States, it is not very certain that an :
accessible interior ui sufficient extent could !
have been given to them to render an ap j
proach to the ocean through their own limits j
ot any very gieat imp irtanoe.
A majority, of the committep think that
there art! many and urgant e.-.ncuiiing consid
erations in> favor of admitting CXhtoynia with
the proposed boundaries, and of securing- to
her at this time the benehts of a State gov
ernment. If, hereafter, upon an increase of
population, a more thorough exploration of
her territory, and an ascertainment of the
relations which may nrir.o between ihe people
occupying its various pails, it should he
found conducive to their convenience and
happiness to form a new State out of fVe
tornia, we have every reason to believe, irom
past experience, that the question ot as ad
mission will he tuuly considered and iusilv
decided.
A majority of the committee, therefore, re
commend to the Senate the passage .d the bill
reported hy ihe Committee on Territories for
tlie admission of California as a State into tha
Union. To prevent misconception, ihe com
rniitee. also recommend that the amendment
reported hy the same committee to the bill
tie ad 'pled, so as to leave iucontestihle the
right of the United States to ihe public do
main and other public property in California,
Whilst a majority of the committee believe
it to he necessary and proper, under actual
circumstances, to admit California, they think
it quite us necessary and proper to establish
governments for the residue of the Te.uitory
derived from Mexico, and to bring it within
I ihe pale of the Federal authorin' Ihe re
moteness of that territory from ihe seat of
j the General Government; the dispersed state
of its population; the variety ot races -pure
and mixed—of whish it consists; the ignor
| ance of some of ihe races of our 1 ws, lan.
I guage and habits; the exposure to inroads
j and wars of savage tribes; and the solemn
| stipulations of the treaty hy which we sc
j quired dominion over them, impose upon tha
United States the imperative obligation us ex
j tending to them protection, and of providing
[ tor them governments and laws suited to
j their condition. Congress will tail in tha
performance of a high duty it it does not
give or attempt to give, to them the benefit
ot such protection, government and laws.
They are not now, and for a long time to
come may not he, prepared tor State govern
ments. The Territorial form, for the present,
is best suited to their condition. A bill has
i been reported hy the Committee on Territo
ries, dividing all the Territory acquired from
‘ Mexico not comprehended within the limits
lot California into two Territories, under the
names of New Mexico and Utah,* and propos
ing for each a Territorial government.
The committee recommend to the Senate
tlie establishment of those Territorial govern
menu. ; and in order more ceitainly to ,-cuie
that desirable object, they also recommend
that the bill tor their establishment be in.m
porated in the bill tor the admission of Cali
fornia, and that, united together, they both
he passed.
The combination of the two measures in the
same hill is objected to on various grounds, it
is said that they are incongruous, and have no
necessary connection with each other. A ma
jority of the committee think otherwise. Tha
object of both measuris is the establishment
ill governments suited to the conditions, re
spectively, of the proposed n w Slate and cf
| the new Territories. Prior to their transfer
to the United States, they both formed a pail
j of Mtxico, Where they stood 111 equal let*
j lions to the government of that republic.
Tney were both ceded to tlie United Siatei
hy the same treaty. And in the same article
1 ot that treaty, the United Stat,a aolemnlv
| engaged to protect and govern both, t 'em
j inou ui their ougin, common in their aliena
i lion from one foreign government to another,
| common in their wains of gm 4 government,
and conterminous in some ot then hounds-
ries, and alike in many parto-nUrs .1 phvstcul
condition, they have nearly every thing in
common in the relations in which they stand
10 the rest of this Union. There is, then, a
general fitness and propriety m extending the
parental care of government to both in com
mon, If California, by a sudden and extra
oidmary augmentation of population, has ad
vanned so tapidly as t *> mature lon for .'date
government, that furnishes no reason why the
I less fortunate belli lories of New Mexico and
L tali should he abandoned and leu uiigov
erned by the United States, or should be dis
connected with California, wloeh, although
she has organised I'm- herselt a .State -uvcin
••lent, must be legally and constitutionally ir.-
garded as a lenitory until she is actual!)
admitted as a State in the Union.
It is further objected, that by combining
the two measures in the s.inn bid, inembei s
who may lie willing to vote for one and un
willing to vote for the other would be placed
in an embarrassing condition. They would
lie constrained, it is uiged, to take or to re
jeet both. On theotliei hand, tin re aie other
meuilicis who would be willing to vote to-,
both united, but would feel llieiu.-elieon*
■ traim-d !<> vola against tin- l. dd'inia bill
11 it aloud alone. Kaeh parly finds in tha
bill which il favors something which com
mends it to acceptance, and in the other
something which it disapproves. Ihe true
ground, therefore, of the o' jeetion to the
union ol the inea.snre.-i is not am want ol at
tirvity between them, but because id the f'avov
or ilistavor with which they are respect,» r '\
regarded, In this conilict t>l opinion, it sre.na
to a majority of the committee lliul a spirit oj
mutual concession enjoins that the two nisas
inis should lie coiiueeted togefliei ; the effect
ol whu'ii wol! he, that neither opinion wilt
exclusively triumph, and that both mat find
in sin h an amicable arrangement enough or
good lo leenuede them to tlie acceptance ot
the cfinihineit measure. And such a course oj
legislation is not at all unusual. i-Vw laws
liave ever passed ill which there were not
parts to willCli exception was lal,ell. if i, oi
exptdu lit, il not iiupructieable, to »<.paiate
these pulls, and mu body them in distinct
bills, so as to accommodate the diversity of
opinion which may exist. The Uanatitutinn.
of the United Staled contained In it a great va
nety of provisions, to some ot which ~,-iioui
objection was made hi the conventi -whi.-ii
ioinie.t ,i by different member.-t ot ,p,ai body :
and when it was submitted to t’.,t, istincati.'-n
oi ttu- States, some ot ihem fir jecte.l l.> soint
pans, arid others to some ;,tht r pans ot if,a
same instrument. Had. tli.se various pans
and provisions been sepaintely a, led on in
the eotivoniion, or sepalatelx submitted to the
penplr- of the United States, ,i is by it., meai s
certain that the t'onstitoiion iseit w< uideyvi
have been adopted or rutin.' i. i ti.-- v,i.a
did not like particular piovt i ns I , m
pensation in oilier parts of a. v. i in *.i
cases of constitutions and laws, win u cti,.-r
is presented as a whole, Ihe question t" is .e
--cub'd is, whether tbe good which it contain.;
is not of greater amount, an.l d.,.-s not nc-u
traii/.e any tiling exceptionable m it And
as nothing human is perfect, f,.v ihe sake of
that harmony so desirable m sueh a c-ntede
raev as this, we must be reconciled to secure
as much as vie can ..i what ">• wish, and be
consoled by the rejection that what we do no;
exactly like is a friendly concession, and a/tv:.-
able to those who, being uniu-.l with us in a
common destiny, it is desirable should always
live with us in peace and concord.
A majority of the committee have, there*
lore, been lod to the reeoinmendaiion t., ii
1 Senate that the two me.isiiu s t>j unite t
The hill for establishing the two Territories
it will he observed, omits the Wi’niot l'r..vr-o,
on the one hand, and, on theothei, i.mV,.-, a.»
provision for the introduction of .davem into
j any part of the new Territori,;. That r. T . •
Visu has been tin- fruitful source .>1 distrariio >
and agitation. If it were adopted and applied
to any Territory, it would cease to have any
obligatory force as soon as sueh Territory
were admitted as a State into the l mom
'There was never any occasion lor it, to accom
plish the professed object with which it was
01 iginal’.y offered. This has been clearly .ifg
monstrated hy the current of events. I'.d,
tornia, of all the recent territorial ucqiiisiiuiiis
from Mexico, was that in which, if anv where
within them, the introduction of slavery w
most likely to take place; and the c.mstiiu
, tion of California, hy the nuaiiiimiiw vote , i
1 her convention, has expressly interdicted it.
i * here is the highest degree of probability that
; Utah and New Mexico will, when they come
to be admitted as States, follow the example.
I lie proviso is, as to ~11 these regi ns in coin
•non, a mere abstraction. Why should it be
any longer insisted on? Totally destitute as
it is, of any practical import, it has, neveith.-
less, had the pernicious effect to excite sciiotm,
d not alarming, consequences. It is hi;.n
, time that '.ho wounds which it has inflicted
should lie healed up ami closed ; and tbst to
avoid, in all future time, the agitations which
must be produced by the cm diet of opinion
on tht l slavery qu slum, ex, tifijr ~s inis ni
siitution .Joe*; in s.nu u tip- States and pro
hibited as it is in others, llie true principle
which ought to regulate the action ot Con ,01
in t liming teriitnr.ai government;, lor each
newly mquired domain is to rtfr.mi from ail
I legislation on the ant jert in the territory n.
qmred, so long as it mta'.iv »h ) f, niteriai toiin
of government -leaving it to the people ot
sueh Territory, when they have attained t. a
condition which entitles tlieei to admission ti t
a Stale, to decide l.<r tl.ems- res the qm'Mi.nt
of the allowance or pn 1 *. ton ot domestic
slavery. The committee believe that they ex
press tne anxious desire ot an immense majori
ty of the people of the U. Mates, when they
de-late that it, is high trine that good feelings,
harmony, and fraternal sediments should be
again revived, and that the Government should
he able oqc,, more to proceed ill Its gieat op.ei -
felons to promote the happiness mid prospeii
ly of the country un iisuirhed hy this disuse -
ting cause.
As fin California, far ham fueling her sen
athility affected hy her being associated with
other kindred measures - she ought to rejoice
fifth he highly gratified that, in entering into
tha Union, she may have contributed to ths
tranquility and happiness of the great family
of Mates, .if which it is to be hoped, she may
one day lie a distinguished member.
The committee beg leave next to report orv
the subject of the Northern and Western
boundary of Texas. On that question a great
divereity of opinion has prevailed. According
to on& view of it. the Western limit of Texas
was the Nueces : according to ' another, it ex
tended to the Rio urrand, and stretching froiq
