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POETRY.
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O.\iTHE DEATH OF A SISTER.
Tis hard indeed to have to part
With those we fondly lore ;
Hut 'tis a comfort to the heart,
To know they rest above.
, - ve sat and watched the evening sky
Where rose the silver bow;
i\ly bosom heaved, I knew not why,
And tears began to llow.
I've gazed upon the stary sky,
And thought of those 1 love,
And wished that I, like them, could die,
And rest with God above.
I've sat by night and watched the moon,
And thought of Elia dear,
With whom 1 played so oft at noon,
Arid wished that site was here.
Oft have I pressed her to my breast.
And raised my voice in prayer,
And prayed that iteaven might be her rest; j
That 1 could meet her there.
1 stood beside her dying foim,
And wished that tears cculd save ;
llut heaveu is her happy home—
Her rest is in the grave.
1 would have given thousands then,
llad I the world possessed,
To have a parting word from her
To soothe my troubled breast.
God, who is faithful, true and kind,
Works ail things by his will;
Hut yet it is the human mind
To grieve lor loved one’s still.
But On’C long year has passed away,
Another’s rolling by—
Perhaps before the end ol it
J, too, may fade and
MISCELLANEOUS.
First Marriage.
I The following amusing sketch of “born to
goon luck,” is said to be from the pen of the
lacetiYv ß Samuel Lover.
Lady C. was a beautiful woman, but Lady
(3 waa an extravagant woman. She was still
single, though rather past extreme youth.
Like most pretty females she had looked too
hi „ h and estimated her own loveliness too
dearly, and now she refused to believe that
she was not as charming as ever. So no won
der she remained unmarried. Lady G. had
,1.0:11 live thousand pounds in the world
she owed about forty thousand pounds; so,
wuh ail her wit and beauty, sho got into the
Fleet, and was likely to remain there. Now,
in the time I speak of, every lady had her
l iea d .tressed by a barber, and the barber was
,|' e h iT.dsomest barber in the city of London.
Hat l’mlaii was a great admiier ot the fair sex,
and were’s the wonder?-sure Pat was an
Irishman. It was one very fine morning,
•when Pliilan was dressing her captivating
head, that tier ladyship took it into her nund
M talk to him, and Pat was well pleased, tor
Lady C.’s teeth were the whitest, and her
smife the brightest in all the world.
"So you’re not married, Pat,” says she.
“Divil an inch, yer honor’s ladyship,” says
k e "‘And wouldn’t ye like to be married,
again asks she.
' " Would a duck swimr’
“Is there any one you’d prefer?”
“Maybe, madam,” says he,” you have never
heard of Kathleen O'Reilly, down beyant Don
er iiUi 5 Her father's cousin to O’Donaghoe,
•who’s own steward to Mr. Murphy, the under
agent to my Lord Kingstown; and—”
“Hush,” says she, ‘ sure I don t want to
know who she is. But would she have you,
it you uslkfcd her.*'**
“Aii, thin, I’d only wish I’d be altlier try
ing that some.”
• ‘And why don’t your”
“Sure I’m too poor,” and Philan heaVea a
prodigious s gh.
“Would you like to be rich.”
“Does a dog bark?”
“It I make you rich, will you do as I tell
your”
“Mille murthcr! yer honor, don t oe tantaliz
ing a poor boy."
“Indeed I’m not,” said Lady C. “So listen.
How would you like to marry me?”
“Ah, thin, tny lady, 1 believe the King of
Russia himself would be proud to do that
same, lave alone a poor divil like Pat Peilan.”
“Weil, Philan, if you’ll marry me to-mor
row, I’ll give you one thousand pounds.”
“Oh, whilaboo! whilaboo! sure I’m mad or
enchanted by the good people,” roared Pat,
dancing; round the room,
"Hut there are conditions,” says Lady C.—
“After the first day of our nuptials you must
never see me .again, r.or claim me for j our
W “Ydon’t like that," saps Pat, for he had
been ogling her ladyship moss desperately.
“Hut remenber Kathleen O Kelly. With
the money, I’ll give you, you may go and
marry her. ” , . . , .
“That’s thruc,” said he, “but thin the biga
my.” „ .
“I’ll never appear against you, says her
ladyship. “Only remember you must take
an oath never to call me your wife after to
morrow', and never to go telling all the story.
••Divil a word I’ll iver say .”
“Well, then,” says she, “there’sten pounds.
Go and buy a license, and leave the rest to
me;” and then she explained to him where he
was to go, and when he was to come, and all
that. .
Tne next day Pat was true to her appoint
ment, and found two gentlemen already with
her ladyship.
“Have you got the linens ■? said she.
“Here it is, my lady,” says he and he gave
it to her. She handed it to one of the gentle-
■men, who viewed it attentively. Then calling
in her two servants, she turned to the gen
tleman, who was reading: “Perform the cere
mony,” said she. And sure enough in ten
minutes Pat l’hilan was the husband, the legal
husband,of the lovely Lady C.
“That will do,” says she, to her new hus
band, as he gave her a hearty kiss; that 11 do.
Mow, sir, give me my marriage certificate.
The old gentleman did so, and bowing re
speutlully to the five pound note she gave
him, he retired with his clerK; for sure
enough, I forgot to tell jou that he was a
parson. , , ~
••Go and bring me the warden, says,my
lady to one of h r servants.
• •Yes, my lady, says she.and presently the
warden appeared. , , n
“ Will you be kind enough, says-Laav u.,
in a voice that would call a bird off a tree,“will
you bo good enough to send me a hackney
coach? I wish to leave this prison immedi
-1 “Your ladyship forgets, replied he, “that
you must pay forty thousand before I can let
you go.” .
“I am a married wOttfan. You can detain
my husband, but not me,” and she smiled at
Ph.lan, who began rather to dislike the ap
pearance of things.
“Pardon me, my lady, it is well known you
are single.”
“I iell you I am married.”
“Where’s your husband?”
“There, sir!” and she pointed to the aston
jailed barocr; “there he stands. Here is my
marriage certificate, which you can peruse at
your leisure. My servants y wider were wit
nesses of the ceremony. Mow detain me, sir,
one instant, at your peril.
The warden was dumfounded,andnowon<fer.
Poor Philan would have spoken, but neither
patty would let him. The lawyer below was
consulted. The result was evident. In half
an nour Lady 0. was free, and Pat Philan,
her legitimate husband, a prisoner for debt to
the amount of forty thousand pounds.
Well, sis, for some time Pat thought he
was in a dream, and the creditors thought
they were still worse. The following day
they held a meeting, .and finding they ha
been tricked, swore tin y7l detain poor iat
forever. But, as they well knew that he had
nothing, and would’t feel much shame in go
ing through the insolvent court, they made
the best of a bad bargain, and let him out.
Well you must know, about a week after
this, Paddy Philan was sitting by his little
tire, and thinking over the wonderful things
he had seen, when as sure as death, the post- j
man brought him a letter, the first he ia
ever received, which he took over to a fner.u
of his, one Ryan, a fruit seller, because you
see, he was no great hand at reading or writ
in-, to decipher it for him. It ran thus:
“Go down to Doneraille and marry Kath
leen O'Reilly. The instant the knot is tied
I fulfil my promise of msking you comforta
ble for life.—Rut as you value your life and
liberty, never breathe a syllable of what has
passed. Remember you are in »7 P°»“ “
you tell the story,-The money will be paid
£0 you directly you enclose me your mar
riage erlificate. I send you £SO tor present
expenses.’ 9 . , , *
Oh! happy Paddy! Didn’t he etwt ne*t ,
day for Cork,and didn’t he marry KathLeea
and touch a thousand pounds? By the powers e
did. And what is more, §he took a cottage,
which, perhaps you know, ie not a hundreu
miles from Bcuffln, in the county of Limerick,
and i’fax, he forgot his first wife, clesu and
entirely, and never told any one but him
self, under promise of secrecy, the story of his
.first marriage.
This Lsoonvenience of being Lionised. —
An exchange paper has the following on the
inconvenience of being lionized by one who
had suffered in that way.
“It is a fine thing,” says N. in his ramb
ling, querulous way, “ to hurrah, and swing
hats, and run beside the carriage of some dis
tinguished personage, and crowd around to
catch his careless words, mark his bearing,
and shake his hand, so long as you can fall
back at pleasure, make way for others, and go
about your business ; but only think of the
poor fellow who can’t quit when he has had
enough of this—who must stand up to be
gazed at, though weary and travel-soiled, !
when he would gladly sit down unseen ; who \
must talk when he would be silent, and be vo- !
ted a fool if he don’t make a profound re- j
sponse to the remark that this is fine weath- 1
if ; who must sit up when he would gladly
be in bed ; who can’t take a step without hav
ing a hundred eager eyes upon him; who is
not suppossed to possess any of the infirmi
ties nor the requirements of our material be
ing ; who must make a speech w'hen he has
nothing in the world to say, and no topic start
ed that suggested any thing; who must sweet
ly smile because a lot of strangers are staring
at him, though one of them has just set an
iron heel heavily on his tenderest corn ; and
who can’t be allowed the simple indulgence of
staying at an inn, because somebody covets
the honor of entertaining him—“No,” observes
i Mr. Nokeson, waxing warm at the contein
| plation of his by-gone sufferings, “ it is a
1 burning shame that, in this age of signal and
increasing aversion to cruelty to animals, this
habit of Lionising is not abolished or miti
gated. For my own part, the temporary
agony I suffered, as a mere cub, has taught me
keenly to feel for any who may have been ex
hibited as full grown specimens of the Royal
Asiatic King of the jungle. Henceforth,
whoever is pleased to do so, may take me for
an ass, but wo to him who attempts to exhibit
me as a lion !”
{From the N. Y. Evening Post.)
Later from Jamaica.
By the politeness ot Captain Wilson, of the
Empire City, arrived yesterday, and of Cap
tain Windle, of the Cherokee, we are put m
possession ol Jamaica files to the 29th inst.
All eyes are turned to the culture of cot
ton. The following letter, received yesterday
by the Kmpiie City, reflects apparently the
sentiment of the whole island:
Kingston, Jamaica, August 29,1850.
“I write chiefly to give you the earliest in
formation about the cotton movement here.
We have had an important meeting this week,
at which the Chief Justice presided, for the
purpose of establishing a smail experimental
company fur the growth of cotton. On the
day of thfii meeting, we the delight of in
telligence from Manchester, in England, that
a company had been established there, for the
cultivation of cotton in this Island. We are
now becoming all much excited, and there
can be no doubt that before six months pass,
there will be exportation to England ot some
considerable amount. There are several hun
dred of acres now in cultivation, and it is ex
tending every day. The specimens already
forwarded are highly esteemed. Estates and
lands of ail kinds tit for cotton have been de
pressed exceedingly in value, but now they
must rise, and he may consider himself a for
tunate m-n who obtains possession of property
in here, at the present low prices. What a fine
opening this Island now presents to men of
delicate health in America, who arc dependent
for comfort and existence on a mild climate, to
| make it their place of general residence, and
there is held for enterprise and exer.ion. f hey
could easily do so without involving the aban
donment of their country, as the distance is
only six days of pleasant steam navigation.
“I pray you to caution those who feel in
terested about our Island, against the ,ear of
not being able to find labor lor their enter
prises. There is no difficulty in finding labor
at twenty* five cents a day. It is not very ef
fective, but then it is not very dear. Were
an / considerable number of your black and
! brown population to transport themselves to
j this place, how warm would be the welcome
lon every side. We greatly desire them, not
i so much as laborers, but as settlers. The land
! is cheap, fruitful, and varied in its produc
tions; and the markets aiford highly remunera
ting prices. Good American pork-breeders,
and butchers and curers, couiu make much
money lure. Pork sells in our markets at
from twelve to eighteen cents per pound. I
am hopeful that we may have many visitors
I this autumn from America and England, in
( -i. U rch of health and of a good and pleasant
field for agricultural enterprise.”
In connection with the foregoing letter,
we publish the following extract Rom an ar
ticle in the Trelacony, a Jamaica paper ot con
siderable influence. <
“ A few weeks ago we rode round a held o.
some thirty acres of cotton, in company with
two other gentlemen of this town, and the
gentleman in charge of the plantation stated
that the peasantry appeared to like the descrip
tion of labor required for its cultivation.
The plants looked healthy, and st may not
prove uninteresting to our readers if we give
an account .of its preparation and progress.
The field was ruinate land, with logwood
growing upon it. Eighteen acres were clean
ed, digged, an.l planted in two weeks, whicn
1 end.-.d on the 10th May last, lhe plant u.d
not make its appearance above ground un
til the sixth day tiffin being planted.
1 *• There was no rain until tile 26th May. and
the growth of the plant after the first shower
1 was rapid. Almost every seed took, four be-
in" planted in eacb bole. Hie cotton first
bloomed on the 25th June, the plants being
about nine inches high; the piece was thinned
in the latter end of June. The cotton was
' planted in rowt cf tiz feet apart, and the holes
dug twelve inches square, fiveieet apart from
; each other. The planting cf tfie remaining
twelve acres was finished on the 2§th June;
these, came up three days after being planted,
having had the advantage of a good shower
1 immediately after the seed had been put into
1 the eurth. The pods of the first plants were
1 formed on the Ist July, and by file 9th of the
same month were as large as egg*. We a.rp in
formed that the gentleman who had this plan
tation, intends having the cultivate n extend
ed to about one hundred acres; and from all
the information we have gathered on this im
portant question, vjc Anticipate the happiest
results.”
( From the Atlanta Intelligencer .)
Mechanics’ Mass Meeting. —The last Ame
rican Mechanic, published at Athens, Geor
gia, recommends tnc holding of a Mechanics’
Mass Meeting at Atlanta, on the Fourth of
July, 1851, to take appropriate measures for
advancing the interests of this large and im
portant class of population of our own and the
adjoining States. A writer in the same num
ber of the paper, suggests that “ the Me
chanics of Atlanta hold a meeting oil the sub
ject, and ascertain whether or not the sugges
tion (of a general Mass Meeting in July next)
will meet their approbation.” We doubt not
tha much good might be effected, not only
to the Mechanics’ themselves, but to the
whole State, by some concerted action on their
part, especially if efficient measures are adopt
ed, such ae will tend to secure the greatest
possible patronage to every branch of Me
chanical industry in our midst.
The editor of the Mechanic concludes an ar
ticle on this subject in tne following words :
“Every interest—every party —every whim,
have their mass meetings, to concert plans for j
combined effort, to infuse confidence and vigor
into their friends, and to show a bold front to j
their enemies. Why should not the men of j
labor meet in mass, to concentrate their power
and bring it to bear upon the proper point, to
strengthen the feeble knee, and lilt up the
hands that hang down. No better time than |
the Fourth of July; it must be a Second In- j
dependence day. No better place than Atlanta, j
What think ye
In the Wrong Pocket. — The present Whig
candidate for Governor in Ohio is engaged in
stumping it through the State. During a
speech of his at a certain place on the Reserve,
not long since, he proceeded to dh>C2nt upon
the extravagance of the age, the use 02 gpld
watches, fine clothes, and the like—declaring
himself to be one of the plain yeomanry—that
he never indulged in anything of that sort—
an old silver “bull’s eye,” that cost him but
ten dollars, was ail the watch he carried, and
it was plenty good enough for him; and, to
illustrate the fact, the Judge put fjis hand into
his pocket, and drew forth not a silver “bull’s
eye,”—but---a magnificent gold repeater! The
shouts of the crowd am better be imagined \
than described, while the woißd-be-Governor j
made a most precipitate retreat. TLersof is, j
the silver watch was carried for electioneering
purposes, and in the excitement of speech
making, whet he went to draw it forth, he
put his hand in the wrong pocket. — Wiscon
sin paper.
A Spec.— A youth from “way down East,” I
just landed from the coaster in which he had |
worked his passage to our city, dropped into a j
cheap victualing cellar and called tor a bowl i
of fish chowder. The savory dish was forth- ;
with set belore our hungry adventurer, who
dipped into it with a will. The strippling,how
ever, had not got half way through his mess, |
when, to his surprise, he fished up an ivory !
comb. “ Gracious golly,” whispered the j
young Kennebeeker to himself, “ well, if here j
ain’t a streak o’ luck, any how, to begin with; j
six ce»u» for a bowl o’ chowder an’ a tine
tooth comb—rej.! iv’ry, an’ wuthagood nine
-1 pence any body’s money—thrown in !” Our
thrifty, but not over squeamish youngster
pocketed the prize, finished his chowd«r, paid
six cents from his wallet —all in cents—and
then went on his way refreshed and rejoicing.
—Boston Post.
A Humbug.—The Weeling papers speak of
the woman representing herself as the mother
of the late .Sumner L. Fairfield, the poet,
and who is going about procuring subscribers
for an alleged new edition of his works, on
the ground that she has his children to sup
port? as a gross deceiver. The works are
never received, she tells different stories, and
they declare her an impostor.
{Correspondence of the Baltimore American.')
Thirty-first Congress—Flirt Session.
Washington, Sept. 11.
SENATE.
The bill to ..boiisn the slave trade in the
District of Columbia was taken up.
Mr. Seward’s substitute abolishing slavery
in the District, with compensation to owners,
I and with the pre-a»sent of legal voters, was
pending. Mr. Seward rose and said he would
i withdraw it, because it would embarrass the
j bill, the object of which was to abolish the
slave prisons. He would offer it another time.
Mr. Downs objected to the withdrawal if
i it was to be renewed, and it was not with
drawn.
Mr. Clay admitted that Congress had full
and complete power over the entire subject,
but it would be a gross violation of good faith
while slavery exists in Maryland and Virginia.
Mr. Seward spoke at some length in reply
to Messrs. Dayton and Winthrop, and argued
that the time had come for the abolition of
slavery here; and if not, when will the time
come.
Mr. Winthrop replied, and Mr. Foote spoke
|on the subject. Mr. Winthrop briefly spoke
against laws of a stringent character in rela
j tion to free negroes. In some States there
; were laws to take free negroes out of American
| vessels and sell them for slaves.
Mr. Ewing deprecated the discussion of an
amendment which no one wished to vote for.
Mr. Hale announced his determination to
vote for it, and read the resolutions of the
Legislature of New Hampshire, passed in 1846
and ’47. He held to the doctrines of instruc
tion to this extent, that he would obey in
structions if approved by his judgment and
conscience, and disobey them if he did not
approve them.
He said he agreed with the Legislature in
this matter. lie had offered the same propo
sition here several years ago, and got 7 votes
for it. He had read of a good deal of rejoic
ing at the compromise, and of the glory ac
quired by some great men by it. He, on the
other hand, wished to gain ail the odium he
: could by opposing these measures. He wish
ed now to get his full share of odium hv
voting for the abolition of slavery in this
District.
Mr. Foote spoke in reply to Winthrop
1 and Mr. Hale.
1 Mr. Butler replied to Mr. W.’s*emarks on
1 the object of laws of Southern States enslav
-1 ing free negroes. He denied the existence
laws. There was a municipal iaw in
' some of the Southern States preventing free
‘ negroes from landing and acting as ince;.di
[ aries.
1 Mr. Winthrop read a letter from Capt.
' liomlett, of Boston, replying to a statement !
: made by Colonel Jefferson Davis in the Sen
ate. Col. Davis stated that there had been |
’ but few eases of free colored men imprisoned j
at the South. Captain liomlett says that j
1 there has been 1,200 cases in New Orleans, j
300 in Savannah, 500 in Charleston, and 500 I
j in Cuba.
' Mr. Berrien said the statement was not true j
as to Savannah.
’ Mr. Jefferson Davis declared that his own j
‘ statement was made on good information; and !
' this statement of Capt. liomlett’s was evident- j
1 ly false,and it degraded the Senator who pro- ;
dueed it.
Mr. Winthrop said that he showed the let- i
’ ter the other day to the Senator in a kind j
i spirit. The Senator did not then consider I
himself degraded by reading and considering
" and commenting on the letter.
1 Mr. Davis did not expect that the gentle
man would pioduce it as testimony here.
1 Mr. Butler argued that Capt. liomlett’s
j story was untrue, on its face, as to Charleston.
: | He couid have released the men.
1 j Mr. Winthrop said that Ca itain liomlett
1 j was wrecked two days out. His colored mate
| and cook fell in with an abandoned Charles
i j tonyvcssel and carried her safety to port, and
| for their pains were taken out of the vessel
‘ ) and thrown into jail; that he (Capt. 11.) ap
! plied for their release and it was refused. He
1 | had lost his own ve sel and could not bring
1 | them away.
j Mr. Butler would answer for it, that any
j one iu Charleston would have taken out the
s i men, and he had no doubt they did, after their
1 I Captain had abandoned them.
[ j Mr. Downs declared that the statements as
I to New Orleans were untrue. There were
’ ; hundreds of free colored boatmen, who were
! never disturbed, and owned their boat?.
' | Mr. Winthrop congratulated the Senator
j from Louisiana up n galvanizing himself into
!|adt of oratory. Ho (M. W.) should not be
1 deterred from exposing the abuses under
’ Southern States by violence or insult, to which
i Senators might resor 1 when the facts pi ess
■ too hard against them. The Senate adjourn
ed.
1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
3 The House met at 11 o’clock—the journal
‘ of yesterday was read and approved.
1 The Speaker stated that the first business
" in order was the motion of the gentleman from
1 i NprthCarolina, (Mr. Venable,) to refer to the
1 I committee oi. elections the credentials of the
' i Representatives from the State of California;
I anil the amendment pending thereto, offered
i I by the gentleman irom Indiana, (Mr. Robin,
r j son,) that the said Representatives be sworn in.
• I The previous question having be- n moved, the
1 i question now was whether there be a second.
1 ! The question was put, and there was a se
-1 ! cond—ayes 84, noes 28; and the main ques
s tion was ordered,
s The question was then taken by yea 3 and
1 nays on the amendment of Mr. Robinson, and
? it was agreed to —yeas 109, nays 59, as follows:
; Yeas.—Messrs. Albertson, Alexander, Al
. i leu, Andrews, Baker, Bay, Beale, Bennett,
r Bissell, Booth, Bowlin, Bowu of la., lluel,
a Burrows, Butler of Fa., Butler of Ct., Cable,
e Caldwin, of N. C., Calvin, Carter, Campbell,
e Casey, Chandler, Cole, Corwin, Deberry,
- Dickey, Disney, Doty, Duncan, Dunham,
- Durkee, Elliot, Evans, of Ohio, Ewing, Fitch,
- Fowler, Freedley, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gid
-1 dings, Gilmore, Gorman. Gott, Grinned, Hall,
- Halloway, Hampton, H-rian, Hay, Hebard,
t Hibbard,' Hoagiand, Howe, Hunter, Jackson,
of N. Y., Julian, King of R. I, L ing of JJ. J.
John A. King, of N. York, Pre3ton King, of
at, Y'., Lelfler, Littlefield, Mann, of l J a., Mat
te*on JJeDonald. MeKissoek, McLanahan,
McLean, otEy. Meacham, Miller, Moore. Mor
ris. Nelson, Olds, f'eaclee. Pitman, Potter,
Putnam, Reed, Reynolds, ruc-narrison, Robin
son, Root, Saekett, Sawrelle, Soheast, Sofeer
merhorn, Schoolcraft, Shepperd, Silvester,
Stanton, of Tenti., Sprague, Stanton, of Ky.,
Stetson, Sweetser, Taylor, Thompson, of Pa.,
Tuck, Underhill, Walden, Waldo, Watkins,
Wentworth, White, Wildrick—lo9.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Ashe, Averett,
Baylv, Bowdon, Brooks, Brown of Miss., Burt,
Caldwell of liy., CUngman, Ccbb, Coloock,
Edtnundson, Featherston, Green, Hamilton,
Haralson, Harris, of Tenn„ Harris of Ala.,
Hilliard, Holladay, Holmes, Houston. Hub
bard Ingle, Jackson of Ga., Johnson 01 lenn ~ >
Johnson of Ivy., J ohnson ot Ark., Jones,
Kaufman, Kerr, La. Sere, Mann ot Mass., Mar- !
shall. MuClernandf McWillie, Meade, Millson,
Morse,Orr, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Ross, Rum- i
sey, Jr., Savage, Seddon, Stanly, Stevens of !
Pa., Thompson, of Miss., Toombs, Venable, j
Vinton, Wallace, Wellborn, Williams, Wood- j
ward—29. j
The amendment as amended was agreed to
without a division,
Mr. Bovd then introduced Mr. Geo. NV.
Wright and Mr. Edward Gilbert, the Repres
entatives for California, and the Speaker ad
ministered to them the usual oath to support
the Constitution of the U. S.
The Speaker announced that the next busi
ness in order was the report of the Select Com- j
mittee, made by the gentleman from Illinois, j
[Mr. Richardson,] from the Select Committee,
appointed to inquire whether Mr. Ewing, late
Secretary of the nterior, had not re-opened
and paid" certain accounts, and whether he had
not improperly paid interest on others, &c. Sic.
Mr. Brown, of Miss., ccuc!tided his remarks
in censure of the conduct of the Secretary of
the Interior.
The debate was continued by Messrs. Bay
ly, Brown, Richardson, Denham and Outlaw.
Mr. Milson then obtained the floor but yielded
to a motion to adjourn,
(From the Washington Union, 13 th hist.)
The fugitive Slave Sill Passed the House
-Mr Seward’s Amendment in tho Senate
voted down
Mr. Seward’s amendment to the District
slave bill was rejected in the Senate yesterday
by a vote- of 45 to 5; and then this bill was
temporarily laid upen the table,
In the House of Representatives, the bll
for securing ths restriction of fugitive slaves
was passed by the triumphant majority of 34.
It passed the House without any amendment.
It is stringent in its provisions; and we trust
it will be calculated, in a great degree, to se
cure the rights of southern proprietors, under
the guarantees of the constitution.
( Reported for the Baltimore San.)
Washington, Sept. 13, 1850.
SENATE.
A private bill was passed, and a" message
was then received from the House communi
cating the proceedings on the death of Mr.
Nes, a representative from Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sturgean passed a eulogy cn the de
ceased, and offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted :
Resolved, That the Senate has received with
j deep sensibility the message from the House
i of Representative*; announcing the death of
1 the lion. Henry Nes, a representative from
Pennsylvania.
Resoleed, That in token of respset for the
memory of the deceased, the Senate will wear
the usual badge of mourning thirty days.
Resolved, That as a further mark of respect
to the memory of the deceased, the Senate do j
now adjourn. 'L’he Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. T. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, rose and
%
] announced to the House the decease of the
I Hon. Henry Nes, late rtpresentative i'roW. the
i 15th Congressional Hist ot Penn., who ex
pired at his residence on the evening Qf the
10th inst., after a long and painful illness.—
-Vlr. S. 6aid that there were few men who had
such enviable popularity as that which Dr.
Nes possessed among his immediate cousStu
ency, and that there was no one who hud pos
sessed more liable qualities of head and heart;
that he had lived honored among his lWf bjr
ous friends, and died, leaving not a snfg-ie
enemy. He concluded by moving the usual
resolutions, to testify tne respect of the House
for the memory of the deceased. The reso
lutions were unanimously adopted, and the
House then adjourned. •
► *
{From the N. O. Picayune, 11 th inst.)
From Texas _JV •
By the arrival last evening of the steamship
Galveston we have received papers trom Gal
veston city to the 7th inst. *
The News of the 6th learns that in addition
to the bills to which we have before alluded,
there is also a joint resolution before the Le
gislature, requiring the Governor to demand
of the General Government the removal ot ail
Indians from beyond the limits of Texas’; and
also another designating a line of posts on the
frontiers of Texas. Also, a bill making m ap
propriation for the per diem pay and mileage
of the members— amount, 5,000.
The News also learns verbally that the bill
authorizing the Governor to raise troops, Ac.,
for the suppression of the rebellion in'Santa
Fe, had passed both branches of the Legisla
ture.
It was also understood that the Legislature
had adjourned, but of this nothing was known
with certainty. ,
At a meeting recently held in San Antonio,
among other resolutions, the following were
passed:
llesolted, That the people of this country are
devotedly attached to the Union and the con
stitution of the United States, and that they
wiil defend both with their blood and treasure
when necessary and proper.
Resolved, That Texas has a just an 4
title, to the whole of the country claim&Jr-vith
-1 in Her boundaries; but with a view of enabling
the Government of the United States to re
move beyond her limits, and for the ptipose
of enabling Texas to pay her just debts, and
■ to restore harmony to the Union, in
favor of selling to the Government
biates all that.part of her
tire 33® of north latitude, and W?3t
! ot west longitude, for ten millions v*t .Aylars,
1 proposed by a resolution which recently pass
| ed the Senate of the United States.
(Floin the iV. O. Crescent.) ***
Commerce of N. Orleans for the Year 1849.
The Bulletin and the Price Current have
published their Annual Statements jii the
business of theyear. We avail ourselves of
their valuable labors, and present the follow
ing table of the most important articles!
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES!
Quantity—lb. Value.
1816 547,500,000 $12,800,000
1847 527,200,000 53,400,000
1848 814,300,000 62.000.000
1849 1,026,600,000 66 400,000
Consumption. -The crop of 1848-49 was
2,728,596 bales —consumed in
Bales, I Bales.
G. Britain.. 1,537.901 | United States—
France 368.259 i North, p0rt5,.*18,772
N. Europe.. 385,458 Western States
Ocher ports. 156 226 { (estimated)... 80,000
Crop of 1849-’SO. —Probable estimate, 2,-
080,000. Receipts at New Orleans 836,000
b.,lcs. In this are included receipts iron Mo
bile end by sea. The receipts proper gyc 809,-
973 bales, showing a decrease of 281,000.
Exports from New Orleans.
(}. Britain.. .391,119 I Foreign rorts.llo,ll6
Fiance 117,413 | Coastwise., 3,592
Decrease in entire crop estimated at 046,-
000 bales.
These figures slightly vary from those of
our own commercial report. But we have
preferred to use these, as the slight variance
shows the general correctness of ail the esli
i mates. As they say of a close horse rate, one
| blanket would cover all.
Receipts of New Crop in New Orleans
j Sep. 1. 1050. .baits 67 | Sep. 1,1016 bates 110
1849.. 540 j 104'.... 6.816
1« 18 2.864 j 1014.... 5,720
1017.. 1,089 [ *Short Crop.
SUGAR.
I Crop of Hh s. | Crop of Hluls.
i 1810-41 87.000 | 1015-16 -187.000
| 1041-12 90,000 | 1816-47 150,000
S 10 12.15 140,000 | 1847-48 2 40.0 0
134.5-11 100.0 0j J 840-49 220,00 U
1, 41-15 200,09'J | 1849-50 247,923
Number of productive Sugar-houses in
1849, 1455; in 1850, 1516 Probable leas
by crevasses iu the crop of 1849, IS.OOOhhds;
in 1850, 20,000 hhd-\
MOLASSES :
Estimated crop of 1849-50.12,000,000 gallons.
TOBACCO:
Receipts at N. Oilcan, 1845—’50.61,050 hhds.
flour: 4.
1849-50 I3bs. 1843-’49 Bbs. j
Reoipts 590,000 Receipts.... 1,022,500 j
Exports 200,u00 Export*,..
WHEAT!
I 1819-,.so—Receipts bushels—l2s,ooo,ooo
j 1348 540,000,000
cjrn:
! 1549-,so—Receipts bush. £.750,000
Exports .1,135.000
! 1848-,49 —Receipts f,000.000
Exports ‘.600/100
New-York Money Market. —The Journal
of Commerce of Monday evening say^
There is an active demand for money, and
the banks have confined themselves to a mod
erate business at legal rates. A large portion
of the negotiations are transferred to the street.
s*oßl of the paper thus discounted, «a» taken
at a range from 9 to 12 per cent, tor which
there is a good inquiry from capitalists.
The stock market has decidedly improved;
a considerable business was done in U. S. 6’s
of ’67 at 116, and although they closed at
1153 , there were none offering at that price.
Erie income went tip, and there was an active
inquiry also for Erie and Reading Railroad
stock,
Exchange is steady at thu rates noticed on
Saturday; Sterling 10 a 10R Francs i 23? a
5 183 for the range; Amsterdam 4!l_a 403:
Hamburg 35g a 355; Bremen 79j a 79}. The
demand is not very urgent and but li, tie has
oecn sold for Wednesday’s steamer; the high
er retas of i/itircst crowding business into the
la.t days.
The Chops. —Passing through the &nt re
length of this (Montgomery) count t ur.d a
portion of Downdes, and having taken some
pains to inquire into the quality of crops in
ii+ege counties, as well as those of Autaug',
Coosa, Macon and Dallas, we think we are en
abled to form an estimate of their probable
yield, compared with last year, approximating
to something like correctness. We leal pret
ty confident thst the yield of the six coun
ties mentioned above wid not materially vary,
if at all, from that of last year. Three weeks
a"o. the prairie planters were under the im
pression that their ctops would be much
; larger than last year ; but the wind and inces
; iar.t rain for a week thereafter, blasted these
calculation;.. The plant took a. fresh start to
! grow after the rain, sum consequently threw
oif every form and bloom, and evetl Pittsdl
bolls. Never have we witnessed inch a
change in a crop; and we have no: seen a
prairie farmer who does not reduce his esti
mute at lease gne-faurth, since the 25,h of
August, and many of them to a third and a
half. The dry weather before this ti«i° had
materially injured the sandy land
that between ti f e two, wet and dry, we know j
not, nor hear not, of- good crop in he
county. —Montgomery AdretUser, 1 'lth its/ .
On The Velocity of the Galvanic Cus- i
bent. —An article of great scientific isterest j
| and value will be found on the first page to- I
I nay. It relates to the velocity of the galvanic
I current through the telegraph wires, and was
delivered before the Scientific Association at
; their recent meeting at New Haven, by Mr.
B. A Gould, Jr., of Cambridge. It is known ;
(to all scientific men, doubtless, that the ex- 1
i perimeuts made in England and France to de
j tertmne th,e rapidity of the galvanic current
through telegraphic wires have produced
results greatly at variance with those fiereto
: fore made in this country. Prof. Whetstone
of England, making the velocity over copper
wire to be not loss man 288,000 in ■»
second, some French experimenters making
the velocity oyer copper wire fihout 110,000
miles in a second, and oyer iron wire ?hout
(2,000 miles a second, while Prof. \y piker, of
the Coast (survey, made the velocity ovei
iron wire to be from 16,000 to 19,000 miles
per second. The object of Air, Gould’s in
vestigations, the results of which aie com
municated in this p3per,gojto settle the ques
tion, “What is the real velocity of the gal
vanic current?” His conclusion is that it is
not less than 12,006 miles in a second, and
not more than 20,000a second.— JS-change Pa
-1 per.
The Louisville Tragedy.—lt has bean sta- i
ted by telegraph that a young girl, “Lizzy
Sinkhorn,” was shot in a brothel at Louisville,
Ky., on the 28th ult., by John Fig, who af
terwards killed himself. The Louisville pa
pers say that the died of her wounds on the
following day at the hpme of her pprents,
whom she had deserted. The Courier gives
the following particulars;
“There were some affecting incident* con- i
nected with this affair. The girl, wtase re
td name we learn is Spikewell, had folned a
strong attachment for the man Fig, who
sought to murder her. J T e had pers laded
here to forsake her companions u,.d Ji'-e en
; tirely with him, and, in spite of the mos; bru
: tal treatment on his part, she remained with
him, and shared her ill-gotten gains with him.
i On the day previous to the attempted mar-
der, he had beaten and bruised her in such a
manner that she was compelled to fly from
him and seek shelter in the house of Mr«.
Reniro, where she had formely resided. He
watched the house from the back yard until
he saw her enter a room in the basement —
he followed her into the room, and without
a word, sought to place the muzzle of a pistol
against her breast in the region of her heart.
She sought to avoid his aim by shrinking be- j
hind the furniture of the room, and begged
him not to shoot her. He persisted in his hel
lish purpose, however, and immediately af
terwards shot himself. She did not u'ter one
word of complaint against him while in the
hou.-e, and when they spoke of moving her,
she requested that she might be permitted to
see the body. After embracing the inani
mate form, and gazing fondly on 'he features
fora few minutes, she simply ejaculated “poor
John !” and turned away, far “more in sor
row then in anger.” What an unutterable
fund of affection jjwas conveyed in those sim
ple words, “poor John.”
The Crops-
The Caterpillar. —The N. O. Crescent, of
the 10th inst. says : “ There can be no longer
a doubt that this worm has commenced its
ravages in Western Louisiana and Eastern
Texas. We hear of it at Rapides, Claiborne,
St. Landry', in this State, and Jasper and Har
rison counties, Texas. It has made its ap
pearance so late, however, that it canuot ut
terly destroy the crops, though it will do
much injury.
The Cotton Crops in Mississippi.— During
our rides through this county while engaged
in taking the census, says the editor of the
Fort Gibson Herald, in his paper of the 6tli
ir.st.', we have had better opportunities than
usual, for observing the growing crop, and as
lar as our slight knowledge of this important
branch of agriculture would admit, of form
ing an opinion as to t:e probable result. We
have never known cotton to suffer so much
from drought as during the weeks which pre
ceded our receSSrains. In many fields it had
entirely lost its usual green appearance, and
turned a sickly yellow. In mmy spots the
stunted cotton seemed to have scarce vigor
enough to put forth blooms, and in others, tlie
boll worm had commenced its ravages. Da
ring the last week the intense heat was fol
lowed by heavy rains, and they by weather
qold enough for the latter part of October. —
What* the result of this changes will ko/iwe
cannot yet determine, but it is the general 1
conviction that is cannot result in any' good, i
The rains have come too late to be of any be- \
nelit, as a growth of the plant is now to be
dreaded, for the reason that the period is near
ly past when blooms, thus formed, wiil ma
ture. The probability too, is that the change
of weather will fearfully increase the ravages
of the boll worm.
The editor of the Rodney Gazette ot the
stli inst, observes:
“ While in Fayette last Monday, we con
versed with a number of cotton planters, resi
dents'of different portions of the county of Jef
ferson, on the prospect of the growing cotton
crop. The opinion of a majority of them was,
that the present crop of this county will
faii considerably short i f that of last year.”
Oil the subject of the crop 3 in Mississippi,
a correspondent of our own, at CenteviUe,
Amite county, in that State, writes us under
dale of September Ist, as follows:
*• I see you have frequently noticed in your
paper the condition ot the growing crop, and
prospect it presents to the fanner, and hare
concluded to say a word or two to you rela
live to the ravages of the boll worm in this
section. The destructive insect has been
more severe on the small bolls and forms, for
some three weeks past, than I have known
for years. Notwithstanding the heavy fains,
h ;. es, for a time, were indulged of an ordina
ry yield,but they are no .v completely blasted.”
—A. O. Delta.
The Chocs.—The crops throughout this
part of Georgia and neighboring Alabama, are
very unpromising. The conclusion to which
our blind is irresistibly driven, from all we
have heard, is that if the cotton crop turns
out two thirds of the average, it must be
visited by good seasons through the ballance
of the faii. The recent storm was very vio
lent in the counties of Merriwether, J'roup,
Harris, Heard, &e., and did a great deal of
injury. It is said by old farmers to be a re
markable fact, and one having intimate bear
ing upon the final yield ot the crop), that since
then, for the la»t two weeks, very few new
forms have been pro iuced, and very few
white blossome have been seen in the fields.
The corn crop is not as total a failure as
has been expected. It is true that much of
it was levelled with the ground by the wind;
but we think if farmers will be diligent, and
gather it early, vetv little of what is made
will be lost, and there will be enough to sup
ply the wants of the country.— Lagrange {Ga)
i Reporter, 1 3th inst.
The Ckom.—The Houston (Texas) T'ele
'graph of the 28ih ult. says the weather, for
several weeks has been favorable for cotton
picking, and the planters were improving it
to the best advantage. A few samples of new
cotton had been brought to Houston, and the
staple is uncommonly line.
The Concordia Intelligencer of the 7th inst.
says:
We do not need to say that last week's rain
has been of great service to the late planted
cotton and corn. There can be no doubt but
many places have been severely injured by the
long protracted drought. Yet the late rain,
too late to redeem and restore some fields of
cotton and eo n prematurely ripened, has made
a great change, and that for the better, in the
appearance of many others; and ve need not
say it must make a difference in counting bar
rels of corn or Dales of cotton whenever the
crop is gathered.
The farmers in this vicinity, says the Minden
Herald, seem to entertain tears that the cotton
crop will yet bo much injured by worms. A
certain species of fly, said to be the forerun
ner of the cotton-eating caterpillar, has made
its appearance.
{From the Aberdeen Independent, Aug. 26.)
The Crops.—The prospect in this county
is for a.i average crop, at least, much greater
than it was last vr-ar. We hear of the boil
worm, but it Is not generally feared, unless a
spell of hot weather commences, which will
start them to work. It the wet will stay
j away ten days, we consider the crop beyond
j danger. We heard of one planter who had
| started his hands to picking and destroying
' the worms, and that he had destroyed many
thousand of them.
From other pares of the cotton region, we
hear gloo ny news. In Madison county, in
this State, the account is very discouraging.
It is equally so from other regions. We cal
culate there will he a larcer crop made than
taat cf last season; but it will be a short crop
at all events.
{From the Planters’ Banner, Sept. 5.)
The Sugar Crop.—During tlie past few
days we have conversed with several planters,
respecting tho growing crop of Cane, and the
general impression seems ,<> be, that the yield
throughout the parish will be far short of an
average crop. Ou some plantations the Cane
looks well, yet the usual substance is not in
it when tested. This is attributed to the ex-
dry and warm weather we lisve
had, and ve fe-»• iije late rain has come too
l*te to be of material service.
{From the Vicksburg Whig, Sept. 5.)
The Worm. —We learn that the worm has
appeared in great numbers on several planta
tions in this county, where such a visitor was
icast expected, until within a few days past.
We have feared that the hopes of planters
would meet with some such reverse ; and, as
mi»fo?:tunes never come single, perhaps those
! who are looking for good picking late in the
J season, had as well commence preparing their
; foititudo for an early frost,
i
{From the Savannah Republican, 13 . th t*uf]
From ILvvana.—We are indebted to the
Editors of the Faro Industrial for a file of
their papers extending from the 19th ult., to
! the 3rd instinclusive.and for the Havana Mer-
I cunfile Report ot the 24th and 3ist ult.
We do not find much news in these papers
; worth transferring to our columns,
j There was a terrible gale at that part of the
! i ß i an d beyond Matanza,,, on the nights of the
i 21st and 22d ult., which did great injury and
j involved many families in serious losses.
* This gale has been felt at all points of the
! Island as far as heard from. In Havana the
| HAioroeter began to fall at ih o’clock in the
I afternoon of the gusts of wind recall
atternoon. ; *0.1.4. In the night the
jed tnv hurricane 01 1,1 * trees
j rain descended iu torrents. NunuTOUS trees
I were thrown down in different parts of the
city. . ~ . ,
The Monplaisirs now 111 Mexico have mape
an engagement to appeal - in Havana
We observe some marching and counter
marching of troops in the island, probably
changes of posts for purposes of health.
The Faro containg ihe history of the Stenm
! ship Savannah, of this port, the first one that
crossed the Atlantic.
Advices at Havana from Trinidad, an
nounce the formation there of a battalion of
1 six companies of volunteers.
{Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sui.)
Naval Orders—Vessels Fitting Out—Humored
Cuba Invasion, Ac.,
Washinoioh, Sept. 1£ —Qrders have been
issued to several Navy Varu, to luave certain
vessels of war fitted out and ready for &e£
upon the shortest notice.
.At our Yard, the work ou the Vixtn and
vVjter Witch, will bo vigorously prosecuted.
It.is supposed that these instructions have
reference to recent rumors of another expedi
tion to Cuba. B.
Look out for Negro Thieves. —Mr. R. 11.
Raines, living near Lott's Fost Office, has
furnished us with the following information
respecting a white man by the name of Samu
el Eldridge. We cheerfully publish it for the
benefit of the public. —Edgeville Advertiser.
Lott’s P. 0., Sept. 10, 1850.
For several days past, tlitre has been a man
who calls himself Bisel, and s nnetimes Ed-
I wards, but whose correct name is known to
be Samuel Eldridge, lurking about in the
neighborhood of Spann's Church, on the
Ridge Road leading to Columbia, endeavoring
to persuade off such negroes as he could find j
dissatisfied with their owners. It is thought
that he belongs to a:i organized band cf Rob
bers, extending through the Southern States.
Said Eldridge is about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches
high, of ruddy complexion, black whiskers,
dark hair, rather good looking, about 28 or
30 years of age. He also was quite well
dressed; had on a black cloth sack coat and
white pants, and a pair of saddle-bags across
his arm.
On being suspected he put off in a brisk
trot from Turner Watson’s, on Monday the
9th inst., about 12 o’clock, A. M. He was
followed by a party of men with track dogs,
i but owing to the length of the titne he was
gone and night coming on he made his escape.
It is supposed he will make for Augusta or
Columbia. It is certain he is from Alabama,
and left there for stealing money. He has
swindled one of our citizens, out of SIOO, by
making false representations about his Trunk,
Baggage, &c., in Charleston.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Sept. 15.
New York Market. —The transactions in Cot
ton yesterday reached 1200 bales at very full
prices. Fair Upland is worth 14. J, and Fair
Orleans 14jc., and Middling 13i and 13J. —
Tise week’s sales amounted to 15,000 bales.—
About 500 tierces ot Rice have been sold this
week at $3&. The Flour market is in a droop- j
ing condition. Mess Pork is quoted at sloi. j
Sterling Exchange commands 101, Coffee is j
improving in value.
Political. —The Hunkers and Barnburners of j
New York, have fraternized, and have nomi- j
nated Horatio Seymour, for Governor, Sand
lord E. Church, for Lieut. Governor, and John ;
C. Mather, Canal Commissioner.
The Slave Trade Bill was under discussion i
in the Senate yesterday.
Jenny Lind’s Second Concert was more |
numerously attended than the first.
Steam Ship Sout/wrlß//oKtm vate telegraphic
i dispatch announces that the stf-ara ship Soutli -*k
| erner, Capt. Berry, having completed her le- j
! pairg, left New York on Sunday morning last,
j at 9 o’clock.
The Mails Again.—The mail failed last
j evening beyond Charleston, making the thir
: teenth failure tor the first thirteen days of this
\ month. South of Ne-.v York. By enquiry at
! the office, our obliging Post Master info, ms i
us, that there has baen one hundred and one
failures this side of New York since first !
January Instate the present tin e,thus'averaging
nearly a failure every other day, or half the
time.
1 Last year, the failures for the same time
j were forty-jive; and the year before, forty four.
| If a single failure occurs between the cities
' of .lie North,an agoutis straightway dispstch
\ied by the Department to enquire into the
cause and prevent its recurrence, but to the
i hundred and one failures of the South no at- 1
j tention seems to be paid. But, if we are to
become vassals—serfs to the North, perhaps !
| the sooner we get used to these things the !
; better. Maybe a day of reckoning will come. ,
’ —Montgomery Advertiser, 14 th inst.
Thunder.—The season has been distin- :
guished beyond any we recollect, for the nun:- !
’ ber of violent freaks and irolics of the celestial I
. fluid in the house of mundane folks. Scarcely !
a rain has occurred all Summer that we have j
| not had occasion to report a hole piekad ir.
somebody’s roof hy the lightning. Finally we j
had a touch of it ourselves. Sitting quietly j
’ at dinner on Saturday, at Sullivan’s Island,
there came, without any warning of wind or !
’ rain or notifiable darkness, an explosion har
der and more deafening than the heaviest ar
' tilery, followed by a sensation as if the roof
of the house had lighted on our head. The
lightning had struck the house, passed down,
J- then crossed the room horizontally right over
the dining table and cut its way like a cannon
shot through the wall. The gentleman who
sat near us was looking up at the moment and
saw a ball of tiro as large, he says, as his head.
, | cress the room. The effects of the stroke were
; visible all over the house —glass and china
' smashed —the fire place heaped with the spoils
’ | of the chimney—walls cracked, &e. hut no
‘ ; person was injured. —Charleston Mercury, ICt/t
J i hist.
' The Weather, Health, &c. —The h-t
’ weather of July and August has been suc
' ceeded, soon after this month came in. by '
! quite autumnal weather. Latterly, we have j
had a few copious rains, which have been fol
lowed by cool nights . T’lie general health hi
the town is good, as the bills of mortality
1 published yesterday abundantly prove. There
• have been some eases of fever of very short
duration, arising, no doubt, as is customary,
; from the sudden transition from heat to cold.
We have heard of some cases analogous to
what is termed “ broken-bone fever,” but in
| these cases the “broken, hones' seem to be
1 rapidly and easily adjusted and set up—
-1 ! thanks, probably, in part ;o the skill of our
1 j physicians.
5 The trade of the season just past has been
followed, almost without intermission, by
1 that of the next succeeding one. Already
! country traders are in town making up their
3 assortments, and for some days our dry goods,
grocery, shoe, clothing, and other establish
’ ments, have not been idle. Never before were
' so many goods shipped from the North to Sa- j
vannah. Every thing coming has been full,
1 and numerous extra vessels have been called
1 into requisit : on. Merchandise is now passing
■ through town by all our channels of commu
j nic.ttion to places strangely remote, and all
' I appearances indicate a prosperous trade.
! Recent rains have interfered somewhat
with the rice harvest, but the weather is now j
, most propitious, and appears quite settled. — j
Savannah Republican, 13 th inst.
The Y’s and V\”s.—“ Villiam, I vant my I
j vig.”
“ Vich vig. sir r
“ Vy, my vite vig, in the vig-box, vich I
vore last Vednesday vas a veek, ven I vent to
the vidow Vuddle’s vedding."
“ I am wery much wexed at your wulgar
pronunciation, Mr. Walentine. You should
say, wig not vig. But if you are going a
i visiting you had better take your welwet cap
I that you had on the last meeting of the wes
try."
“ Vise, you arc always vorrying me vith
your criticisms on my vords. I’m not going
a wisiting, as you have it; but lam going to
! take a valk along the varves around Vashing
! ton Square, and perhaps I shall go as far as
j the Vater Yorks.”
{From the N. Q. Picayune, nth inst.)
From Mexico.— By the arrival yesterday of
j the schooner Bonita, from Vera Cruz, we
I have received files of papers from the city of
! Mexico to the 19th ult.. being ten days later
i than our previous news.
We learn from the Monitor Republicano,
, | that the extraordin ry session of Congress |
| had at last been opened, and it appeared that i
’ the Conservative party had a majority, which, |
i the Monitor says, is in a minority in the na
-1 | tion. That paper is very severe on two or j
! three Puros, who, it says, have deserted their :
I principles an I j fined the Conservatives.
\ j * News from Tabasco has been received to
1 j the effect that the insurgent Francisco Bel
j tran, who caused so many murders and perpe
| trated so many outrages m the Department of
! Picualco, was completely defeated on the 14th
i ult. He lost the greater part of his muni
; tions. lie fled, but was pursued, captured
j and shot. The Legislature of Tabasco pas-ed
1 a law prohibiting the inhabitants from har
i boring any of the insurgents.
' \ Gen. Nicolas Mendoza has been removed ;
1 I from the Commantiancy General of Coahuiia. j
Jose Maria Vazquez, supposed to he the ;
i murderer of the physician Dcloze Varela, was |
arrested at Lagos.
It is announced that the resignation of Don
‘ j Luis de la Rosa, Minister to the United States,
j has not been accepted, but leave ot absence
! has been granted to him until he can re eatab
! liah. his health.
Twelve thousand dollars has been raised in
! Oajaca to provide against the ravages of the
1 cholera.
At the primary elections in Puebla, the
1 liberal party triumphed. The same was the
1 case in Toluca.
'J’ke Indians have been perpetrating more
outrages in the State of Durango,
i | a Lienor Cuevas wrote a long article on
Cuban affairs, in which he otvs that the Cu-
I buns have no right to be free, the Nfoui.cr
I comes down on Mr- Cuevas, and gives the
j Spanish Government a blowing up.
’ A. friend of ours told us the other evening
I that he hail lately encountered a curious speci
i men of a Yankee Picture-Exhibitor in a town
1 - of the far’ West. Among hi:; collection was
i a picture of “Daniel in the den off.ions, anc.
one of his minute illustrations to his audience
; struck him as very unique.”
“You see,*’ said he, “when you look at
l' that itfhov iu she red cloak, which is Daniel, j
! that lie don’t care a brass fa, thin’ for the lion, j
| and by lookin’ d?*t you’ll perceive that the !
1 ' lion don’t care a tinker’s u n f or him! j
1 | ' Tjie last idea never struck us before as a j
l very remarkable tie triracle '
The Department of the Interior has at last
| | been filled by the appointment of Hon. A. H.
Stuart, of Virginia, who has neceptod.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. j
2lnqusta, <fi>eov<jta.
WEDNESDAY J&CKN2WG, SBPT. 18.
Ths Condition and Prospects of tho
South, and her proper Policy.
It is not in the power of language to ex
aggerate tho importance of the events which
have lately transpired at Washington. It is
a task for the liveliest imagination to depict
the full consequences, immediate and remote,
of the recent action of Congress, upon the
feelings, the interett3 and the destinies of
the Confederated States of the American
Union. The great measures of Federal ini
quity and usurpation boldly foreshadowed by
Mr. Clay, in his famous Resolutions, intro
duced at the opening of the session, and sup
ported by arguments, the speciousness of
which did not blind a single intelligent
Southern man. as to their utter destructive
ness to Southern rights, interests and honor,
iiave now been carried out. They have tri
umphed in Congress by decisive votes. And
what is worthy oi note and comment is, they
have triumphed by the aid of Southern votes
and influences. Measures, which, when first
suggested, even the plausibility, the elo
quence and the great personal influence of
Ur. Clay, could not clothe in garbs sufficient
ly enticing to win the slightest favor among
the Southern people—measures which, though
many weary months of toilsome intrigue and
trickery were expended upon them, failed in
the complex form in which they were offered
as the Omnibus Scheme, have at last triumphed
in the struggle.
The rights of the South are prostrate at
the fee; of Anti-Slavery. Tho crowning act
-of fraud and usurpation—an act “conceived
: in sin and brought forth in iniquity,” tub
[ Aoxission of California, if tamely sub
| mined to, seals forever the doom of
: the South. It perpetually consigns her 1
j to political inferiority in the Union, and j
1 makes her future destiny just what the anti- !
I slavery majority in Congress may graciously
1 assign to her. The two Senators from this |
new free-soil State, most unrighteously pre- j
cipitated into the Confederacy, gives forever) 1
to anti-slavery the preponderating power.—
Al.cady the House was anti-slavery to the '
care. Now the conservative Senate, the \
hitherto forlorn hope of the South, numbers i
u majority of free-soilers.
An emergency has now arrived sufficiently
important for the sovereign people of Georgia
to interpo-c for their own protection. It may
be to institute new guards for their future se
curity. The subjects for the deliberation of :
the Convention of the people of Georgia .tie
of high and grave import. Tho prospects o.
the slaveholding States, for the future, are
gloomy and alarming. The perpetual minor
ity o which they are doomed in this Coined- ,
etacy, is d übly appalling when viewed in
connection with the uniform, determined
spirit of hostility to slavery which the auti
siuvery States have exhibited, and tlie sure
tendouev, if not the avowed purpose, of their |
p ilicy to destroy the institution.
The future holds out to the Southern man j
a dismal prospect of hopeless struggles, on
: the part of the doomed South, while she
j remains in the Union, against the numerous,
! powerful and constantly increasing free-soil
I States.
The fi it has gone forth. There shall be no
i more territorial extension of Slavery. No
more slaveholding States shall be admitted
into the Union. On the other hand Anti-
Slavery has not prescribed to itself any limit
w hatever to the number ot new Free-Soil
States to be incorporated into the Union. —
Miuesota, Nebraska, and Oregon of the old
territories, and California, Utah and New
| Mexico of the new, will he but a portion of
j - lie already too formidable list. In the midst j
of his powerful array of free-soil State.-, in
what a helpless and deeenden conditiont will
the Southern States be?
lint anti-slavery will not be content sim
ply with s lengthening itself by such now
accessions to the confederacy. Tartly by
stealing, and decoying the slaves from tho
) border States of Maryland, Virginia, and
{ Kentucky—partly by so legislating as to di
minish the value of slave labor there,and to add ;
to the iuducetneu's for those States to emanci
pate their slaves, or to sell them to slave- i
holders farther South, shiv y will gradually ;
recede from Mason fc Dixon’s line, and slave
holding Stales be converted into Free Soil
States.
The appropriation of ten millions of dol
lars to purchase territory from slaveholding
Texas to add to non-slaveholding New Mexi
co, on the pretext of settling u boundary,
demonstrates the strong interest felt to curtail ,
the area of slavery. Had New Mexico bec-n a
slaveholding State, or territory, who is so j
simple as to believe that this purchase would ;
have found such zealous advocacy among j
Northern statesmen? Verily, free soil has)
played n. strong, audacious, and successful '
game ! Ic has helped itself to all the immense
domain acquired by the common blood and j
treasure, and out of the common treasury
trikes enough money to buy an immense tract .
!of slaveholding territory. What will sate its
j voracious appetite? How much will fill its
greedy maw ?
But these things have n >t been done with
out the open aid of Southern votes, and the
secret aid of .-southern influences. The re- 1
cords of Congress show the melancholy fait
that Southern men have been voting upon the j ,
side of the encroaching power, and helping
to weaken their own section. Ingenuity has
not been wanting in specious arguments to (
justify such votes.
Sophistry has plied its utmost art to reeon- ■ '
cile Southern opinions to measures it dared
not openly defend, blit which it secretly fa- ,
vo red.
The personal ambitions of men in reference
to Federal offices, and to national popularity, :
have done the South irreparable injury. Pres
ident-making his been a taste unwisely in- '
dulgcd in by our people, to a degree that has ; '
led them into some capital errors. It has di- '
vided them into two parties, each taking con
flicting views of Southern rights, and ot the |
proper course to maintain them. It has 1
caused Southern politicians to make conces- 1
sions to the Northern politicians for the sake
of party harmony. It has caused Southern >
whigs to concede to Northern whigs, and 1
Southern democrats to Northern democrats.
The South was the loser all the time. The 1
fruits are now before us.
Southern whigs were to gain !n» the South
by the aid of Northern whigs in the elec- , c
lion of Zachary Taylor and Mil e.rd Fill- t
more, an equal share of California and s
) New Mexico. The Clayton Compromise Bill 1
i was not good enough for the South in the \
; eyes of Southern whigs. A whig adminis- t
tration would securi something much better. 1
In the eyes of Southern democrats, in the I
election of General Cass and General Butler, s
non-intervention would triumph, under which t
Southern men, with their slaves, could freely 1
go and people the lerti'e valleys and golden j b
mountains of our new possessions, in num
bers sufficient to create new slaveholding
; States. llow now stands tho account ? Tho 1
i Southern whigs got Ta \ ion amj Fillmore, i
! and the Southern democrats have got a choice e
| specimen of non-intervention. They have t
also got Mr. Howell Cobb for Speaker of the t
House. But have either got with these 11
: vvhut wf.s promised the South ? The whigs |
I go t a Southern Tre.idont, whose territorial ' l
; policy was so entirely anti-Southern that it j
| had not a Corporal’s guard tor its support from j r
the Potomac to the llio Grande, ihev now, ;
, by the death of that functionary, have a j
Northern President, who has just affixed his j
j signature to uius Wi*mi. cm-summ: tea grand
i anti-slavery fraud by which the South is
- fleeced and swindled out of every loot ot tho
j acquired territory.
'|’he Southern democrats did not get Gen.
| Ca»s, their'Northern President, nor any part of ‘
i California; but they wonderful acqui
| Miion ! non-intervention, with a Northern in- I
terpreUtion, applied to New Mexico and Utah, c
They get cheated out of California by a set of i r
free soil squatters, who vote the country to t
themselves, and expressly exclude the slave
holder by a Constitution a few of them man
ufacture in a burlisque Convention. But
they get territorial governments for New
Mexico and Utah, with non-intervention —that
is to say, governments which afford no guar
antee to the slaveholder that he can hold his
slaves there : but on the contrary, with every
assurance that if he committed tho folly of
carrying slaves there, he would find neither
law, nor public opinion there to protect his
right of property. It is non-intervention post
poned till it has not even the shadow oi prac
tical value to the Southern man. it comes
to him after there has been practical interven
tion of the most unwarrantable kind, sanc
tioned by the Executive, and confirmed by
Congress, which forever excludes him from
California, and will, by like process, forever
exclude him from all other govrnment terri
tory.
The reflections suggested by tho present
altitude of affairs, and the fuiure prospects of
the South, bring us to the following conclu
sions.
First. Tne great and increasing pawi r,
wealth, population, and resources, of the non
slaveholding portion of this vast Confederated
Republic, in which the slaveholding S ates are,
and will be, aa long as they remain members
of it, h helpless minority, against whose pecu
liar institution the majority has a settled hos
tility, instead of being a source of pride and of
gratification, should be a source of anxiety,
of dread, and ot tho mast appalling appre
hensions, to the Southern people.
Second. That any further increase in the
already alarmingly gniat number of non
) slaveholding States of this Confederacy, and
i of the consequent increase ot auti-slovi-rv
i members of Congress, vvi’li like antagonistic
! feelings to the institution of slavery, must
j add to these just apprehensions of the South
| ern people.
Third. That the weakness of the Southern
States in the Federal councils, by which
measures destructive to their rights as slave
holding States and (Jo-equals with the an'.-
slavery States, is not only the result of num 1 -
ical inferiority, but of divisions among the x-
in reference to the national panics.
Fourth. That the true qf£he Southern
people is to cut loose from all party alliances
with national parties, and to unite together
as one party, to resist the common enemy.
Fifth. That the true policy for the South
ern States is, for them so to direct their en
ergies, their resources, and pursuits, -s to
make themselves wholly independent of the
non-slaveholding .States, and that our Str.o
Legislatures should so shape their legislatU.il
as to ((feet tills great object.
Sixth. That Southern policy should b> di
rected to prepare the sl&vcholding Suites for
the contingency that will be forced upon her
by the continued encroachments of the anti
slavery majority, ol having to sustain their
rights by a separate Conk leracv of slave
holding States.
National Parties.
The U'ushitiylot t Union makes the follo'ving
comments upon the result of the recent elec
tions in Missouri, in which the ihmoc.uts lost
their long established ascendency hv reason of
their division between Bentonites and anti-
Bcntonites :
“Thus it would appear that. Missouri semis
four whlgs to the next Congress, and one
Benton man iti the person <■! Mr. Fhelps.
Such is the effect of discord in Tl-i<• democratic
party, and such will probably be the effect in
some of the Southern States, where our party
may be divided in a similar manner, or are
not, sufficiently organize i for competition with
the whig party, unless in re forbearance, and
moderation, and discretion, should bo infused
into us rank:. More purblind extremists,
who are crying out. for a dissolu i m of the
two great lif.tional parlies, in order to con
centrate their whole force upon the slavery
question, are preparing lor a startling defeat
of our party. They are its worst and most
suspicious enemies. If this sectional cry be
kept up, seme of the dem >crats may p; are
to lose their districts. We throw out the
suggestion for the benefit ol the parties con
cerned.”
We do net expect “ some of the Southern
States" will distress themselve- very mu< h
in future withjriflAuusUnii ns to ihe lvi ittyc
chances of or li.iiurrarij in its party
sense, to or tliat Congressional
District in future. Looking to the recent ac
tion of Congress, it would puzzle a Southern
; mm to tell what benefit the South has ob
! tallied troin either party organization—from
the whig or the democratic.
The democratic party has a majority in
each branch < f Congress at this time. What
benefit has the South derived from this fact ?
Let the late outrages perpetrated upon the
| South in the passage ol Clay’s Omnibus bills
> answer.
Yet, who will assert that if the Wnig party
hid ha>l a majority in each branch, the
result would have been any better *'o the
South.* We do not believe titer.■ is an intel
ligent whig in the South that will say it.
This cry of party, party, 'party, ha bun
boozled the South long enough. Thu demo
crats of the Soutii have believed, and hon i!y
so until recently, that the rights and honor ol
the South would bo sate in the hands of the
great national democratic party. The Whigs
of the South, no doubt, with equal honesty,
have, until lately, believed they would be safe
in the hands of the national whig party. The
recent action of Congress awakens them all
to a sense of their common delusion.
As to other issues, not sectional —-not con
nected with the great slavery qnestim, ttie
Southern whiga and democrats are not very
wide apart. There is no radical nntagonLm
of opinion to divide them on national politics.
On the old issues of Banks and Protective Ta
riffs,the people of the Smith are not wide .apart.
The politicians, party leaders, much divided,
have tried to widen the breach all they could,
but ir. vain. The p-ople of the South have al
ways been oppose 1 to both National Banks
and Protective Taiitfs. They are essentially
State Rights people, and consequently op
posed to all lstitu linsrian censtructi >ns of
the Constitution. Tney hold con net demo
cratic doctrine on a/i the old party issues.
They cannot be invoked to divide and dis
tract and paralyze the South again. There
is hut one great issue now for toe South. 1:
is Resistance orSubmission to Anti slavery.
The great cause of Southern Rights is to
be upheld at all hazards, no matter whether
democrats or whigs lose seats in Congress
thereby'. In compar son with that great
cause, the triumphs of uuMonal democratic,
or national whig parties, siuk in:o contempt.
Cuhap Postag u.—A letter from a member
of Congress to his friends in Ohio says, tliat
the cheap postage reform will succeed the pre
sent session, but that the rates will not be as
low as the advocates of the measure desire.
We agree with the Philadelphia Ledger that
they ought not to be so low as to throw' the
Post-office Department as a charge upon the
Treasury. Open the door once to the Trea
sury in this quarter, and there will be no end
to the accumulation of the expenses of the
Department. It works much snugger and
better, left to support itself.
Rlelanchoiy-
We regret to learn that a difficulty occurred
in Forsyth on the 13th inst., between the
editor of the Bee and Mr. Pinkard, Clerk of
the Superior Court of Monroe county, in which
the latter was shot, and died in a few mo
ments. We did not learn the origin of this
rad affair, but understand the parties had a
previous difficulty.
The Democrats ot Philadelphia have nomi
nated Mr. T. B. Florence, as a candidate tor
Congress from the First Congressional Dis
trict.
The Washington Republic states that let
ters have been received at the Coast Survey
Office from Lieut. Wm. McArthuy, comman
ding surveying schooner Ewing, dated July
17, 1850, mouth of Columbia river. Officers
and crew all well.
The anniversary of the birth-dav of General
La Fayette was celebrated in New York,
on Friday last, by the La Fayette Guards, a
military company of that city, composed en
tirely of Frenchmen.