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Thirlr-S«cond Oongress-ind Sos.ion.
Washington, Dec. 13,1852.
SENATE.
The Secretasy read a note from Hon. Mr. j
King, who is ill. requesting Mr. Atchison to oc
cupy the chair during the day, which was agreed
40 Mr. Bright moved to suspend the roles requir- ;
ing the Committee to be elected by ballot.
Mr. Hale said he supposed the Senator would
move a . -t of committees to be adopted. He
desired t know how and by whom that list was
rF MI Bi ight said that the political majority had
held a meeting in which a majority ot the com- |
nnttees were named. The list had been handed
to the Senator from Maryland, (Mr. Pearce) and
that gentlemen’s political inends had tilled up
the list. The Senator from New Hampshire
■was not named on any committee, because the
demo-rat« believed the Senator to be outside an)
healthy political organization. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hale said be was glad to be relieved trom
the duties of committees, and approved the
course. Last year he was on a committee, and
had. he hoped, discharged his duties. It now
appeared that party fidelity, not qualilication.was
the cause inducing to committees appointments.
His party was at present small, because it had
recently paid back to the Democrats the capital
it had borrowed in 1848. I'he Democratic par
ty was very large, and he thought before long it
would require an outside pressure to keep it from
breaking Its organ, the Union, called it swol
len. He thought swollen indicated disease, rath
er tbau healthy, robust growth.
The rules w-ere then suspended,and Mr.Bnght
proposer! his list of committees, being nearly the
same as last year.
Mr. Walker said he had served on the commit
tees on agriculture, revolutionary claims and con
tingent expenses. H’s State had no interest in
these subjects, but had in other important ones,
yet Wisconsin had never yet been represented
on any important committee. He asked to be
excused trom further service on these commit
tees. Excused.
After considerable debate the Senate proceed
ed to ballot to till the vacancies, when it was
found that no quorum had voted.
The ballot was resumed and again no quorum
voted. The Chair was then authorized to fill
the vacancies.
During these
resumed his seat
in the Senate. .. „
The Kentucky contested election case was then
resumed.and Mr. Underwood addressed the Sen
ate at some length in sunport oi Mr Dixons
right to the seat. He had not concluded when
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV ES.
Mr. Houston, chairman ot the Committee ot
Wavs and Means, reported two bills making mi
nor appropriations; w hich were read a first and
second time. .
Mr. Wilcox, of Mississippi, submitted a reso
lution, instructing the representatives of the U.
States at foreign courts, to secure for American
citizens, who at pres-r.t are. when abroad, com
pelled to submit to forms of worship, to which
they are opposed, the free exercise of religious
worship, which, after a lew words from Mr. Ste
phens. who considered it. an interference with
the duties of the Executive, and who was oppos
ed to the motion as a precedent; the resolution
was referred to the committee on Foreign Rela
tions. ~, ,
On motion of Mr. Houston, ot Alabama, the
House then resolved itself into a committee of
the whole, on the President's message.
Mr. Jones, of Pennsylvania, who had the
floor, expressed his surprise at the motion, which
had been made by the member from New York,
(Mr. Brooks.) in favor of a reduction of duties;
and who. he said, must be aware from the nature
of the House that any alteration ot the tariff
would be adverse to the protective system.
He went on to allude to the present state of
Europe, and the annexation to Sonora by France,
and gave it as his opinion that in twelve months
the United States would, have to contend with
the despotic powers ot Europe tor the mainten
ance of the Munroe doctrine, and consequently
that there would be sufficient employment for
any surplus revenue there might be in the trea
sure.
He gave at length his reason for being opposed
to the opening up of the tariff question during
the present session, and went on to state that he
would be prepared to increase the free list, and
to reduce the duties on imported manulactures
such as are not manu.ac>ured in the United
States—to a revenue standard sufficient to meet
the requirefhents of an economical administra
tion ot government, which he considered the de
mocratic platform. He was proceeding with
his remark.-, as to the consistency of Penxisyl
venia, when his hour expired.
Mr Johnson, of Ga , followed, and expressed
himself in favor of referring the tariff portion of I
the President’s message and of a reduction of
the tariff, aud if there was not sufficient time lor I
the commrtee to report finally, yet, inlorrnatioTi
might be obtained tor the proposes ot future le- I
gis’ation. He was in tavor of taxing luxuries j
when imported, in order that taxation might be
borne by property, and would remove a.l obsta
cles to internal communication.
Mr. Malouy, of 111., said he did not expect to
find any of the free democracy voting against
the motion of the member from New York, and
■was equally surprised that the proposition to re
duce the duties should have originated in that
quarter. He differed from the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, who was in lavor of such reduc
tion twelve months hence, if the exigencies of
the nation would permit it, to the lowest re
venue standard adequate for the economical ad
ministration of the government; as he is in la
vor of making the reduction now.
While be would go for a modification of the
tariff to reduce the surplus in the treasury, he
•would not, he said, vote for any radical change
in the revenue laws of the country, by which it
had advanced in a career of unparalled prosperi
ty Never, he said, was the farmer obtaining
for his produce as high a price as at prasent, or
was commerce more prosperous,or produce more
in demand at home and abroad, and never did
tie investment of capital yield higher returns,
than since the establishment of the tariff ol 1846.
He concluded by saying, that if the present
Congress should adhere to the tariff of 1846, with
the exception of such modifications as might be
required by the exigencies of the times, there
must be a reiteration of the verdict which the
country has recently rendered, in favor of a de
mocratic ascendancy.
The House resumed—
Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina, moved an addi
tion to the rule admitting reporters, so as to pre
vent any person from having a seat whojshall be
the agent for any claim pending before Con
gress ; and that the Speaker should append to his
permission such condition.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn., said, as the object of the
motion was to prevent members from being an
noyed and the business of the House interfered
with, he therefore moved to add, “ that not more
than one reporter should be allotted the same
seat.
Af’er a short discussiou, the resolution, as
amended, was adopted, and the House adjourned
till to-morrow.
Washington. Dec. 14, 1852.
SENATE.
A letter from Mr. King was read, frequesting
Mr. Atchison to preside for the day.
A large number of petitions were presented,
amongst them some thirty against the employ
ment of chaplains in the service of the United
States. . .
Mr. Davis presented several petitions praying
that the going into operation of the " Steamboat
Law.” passed at the last session, be delayed.
Mr. Mason introduced a bill amendatory of the
act making appropriations for the continuation
of the Mexican Ixiundary.
Mr. Brodhead gave notice of a bill changing
the bounty land law of the last session, so as to
give to all who served in the last war 160 acres
of land.
The President's message was taken up, and
on motion, the portions thereof relating to for
eign relations, commerce, naval affairs, military
Mr. Davis referred to that portion of the mes
sage announcing the death of Daniel Webster,
and pronounced an eloquent and feeling eulogy
upon his virtues and services. He offered the
customary resolutions of respect.
Mr. Butler, Mr. Cass, Mr. Seward and Mr.
Stockton, followed in most chaste and thrilling
offering* to his memory.
The resolutions were adopted, and the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Meade, of Virginia, made a powerful
speech egainst protection, who contended that
the reduction of duty on railroad iron would ben
efit every one; and which, he said. was exempt
from duty previous *o 1842. It would ever, he
said, benefit the iron masters, who could trans
port their productions more cheaply, owing to
the increase of railroads—thus multiplying the
demand.
He contended that if custom-houses were abol
ished throughout the world, it would be found
adequate to the support ot its inhabitant-, and
that protection benefitted the owner of machine
ry to a iaf greater extent than the laborer em
ployed in manufactories; hence, hesa d, render
ing the capitalists of the North and the sugar rai
sers of the South the millionaires of the country,
the former of whom did not require protection,
because labor would be turned to manufacturing
whenever the demand tor it by agriculture was
supplied.
He admitted that a surplus in the treasury
might lead to extravagant and unconstitutional
appropriations; and concluded by insisting that
the Government ought, from the surplus, to have
paid off the Mexican debt of six millions, upon
which it was paying interest; instead of purchas
ing up bonds at fifteen per cent; and by blaming
the democratic party for not passing a law com
pelling it to pay off the debt due Mexico.
Mr. Stanton of Ohio, wasojqiosed to the accu
mulation of a surplus in the Treasury, which
might be obviated by a pro rata reduction of du
ties on ail articles similar to those which could
be manulactured in the country, and by abolish
ing it on ail article* which do not come in com
petition with those manufactured here; he was
in favor of protection for the sake of protection,
and went for specific rather than ad valorem du
ties.
Mr. Millson followed, who said he viewed the
tariff of 1846 as an installment of what is de
manded by the spirit of the age ; and although he
did not consider the present the proper time for
the introduction of the resolution of Mr. Brooks
yet he would concede to Mr. Fillmore the ere 11
of attempting to destroy the protective policU
If it was not in accordance with the views of th e
President, he (Mr. M.) was willing that imme
diately after the reception of his protective mes
sage, Congress should determine to prostrate that
policy forever.
But from recent developments he was satisfied
that the object was not to injure the protective
system. He proceeded to show that a reduction
in the raw material, even so a small extent,would
cause a much larger loss of revenue, and he was
not willing to purchase a triflng benefit at so
great an expense. He then entered into a polit
ical economy disquisition, as connected with the
trade and sommerce of the country, and argued
that abolishing protection would be to stimulate
competition abroad.
| Mr. Giddings, ot Ohio, said there was no party
i issue involved in the resolution ; that the tenden
cy of public opinion is everywhere opposed to
protection, and it was in vain to strive in favor
of its continuance. He then adveited to the
question of slavery, which seemed to be the sob
object of the speech ; at the conclusion of which
the committee rose without any decisive action
taking place wiih reference to the subject under
discussion.
Washington, Dec. 15,1852.
SENA I E.
Mr. Atchison presented a note from Mr. King,
requesting him to preside tor the day; which
was consented to.
The chair laid before the Senate a report trom
the Secretary of War, with u statement of the
number and classification ot clei ks in that depart
ment.
After petitions.
Mr. Mason, from the Committee of Foreign
Relations, reported a bill changing the proviso
in the appropriation bill ol last year, in the clause
relating to the continuation ot the .Mexican
boundary. The bill allows the expenditure of
so much of the appropriation as will be necessary
to complete the survey ot the Rio Grande, and to
[>ay present arrears.
The bill was taken up and passed.
Mr. Brodhead introduced a bill changing the
bounty land law. so as to allow all who were
engaged in the war of 1812, 160 acres ol land.
On motion ot Mr. Rusk, one thousand extra
copies of the report of the commissioner of In
dian affairs, in pamphlet form, were ordered for
the use of the department.
Mr. Badger submitted a resolution continuing
the clerk of the judicary committee, which was
laid over.
The Kentucky contested election case was
■ then takgn up. , . , ,
| ‘ ME Underwood resumed and concluded
Mr. Toucy followed, contending that Mr.
Merriwether’s appointment, according to the
constitution, extended to such time as the leg
islature shall fill the vacancy.
The subject was then postponed, and after a
short executive session, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, moved that debate on
the President's message close in committee of
the whole to-morrow at three o’clock
A message was received Irom the Senate, com
municating the resolutions of that body relative
to the death of Mr. Webster.
Mr. Davis, of Ma-s , read a short and beauti
ful eulogium on the departed statesman, and con
cluded by moving that the House sympathise
with the Senate in regret for his death, respect
for his memory and appreciation ol his worth;
that the members wear crape for thirty days, and
that the House adjourn.
Mr. Appleton, of Mass., seconded the motion
in an essay of considerable length and ability.
Mr. Preston, ot Ky., delivered a brilliant and
erudite speech, and who rose, as he said, in con
-1 elusion, that Kentucky might pour a handful of
earth upon the mound erected by a nation’s grat
itude to the illustrious dead.
Messrs. Seymour, of N. Y.; Chandler, of Pa.,
Stanly, of N. C., and Taylor, of Ohio, followed
with speeches replete with classic allusions and
beauty, and apt quotations from the poets ot Eng
land and antiquity, all tending to the same great
truth embodied in the language of the British
poet, quoted by Mr. Stanly, that
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty—all that wealth e'r gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour:
The path of glory leads but to the grave.”
The House then adjourned, pursuant to resolu
tion, at a quarter past two o’clock.
Washington, Dec. 16, 1852.
SENATE.
Mr. Atchison, at the request of Mr.lKing,again
took the chair.
Mr. Felch submitted a resolution, which was
referred to th- printing committee, directing that
1,000 copies of the report ot the Commissioners
of the land office be printed for the use oi the
land office.
Mr. Butler presented the memorial of the
chamber of commerce of Charleston, South Car
olina, praying appropriations for the removal ot
the bar in that harbor.
Mr. Shields submitted a resolution directing
the purchase, for the use of the Senate, of one
hundred copies ot Hunter’s Washington and
Georgetown Directory, at one dollar and a half
per copy; which was agreed to.
Mr. Shields introduced a joint resolution di
recting the President to cause to be prepared a
suitable sword, to be presented to the nearest
male representative ot the gallant Major Ring
gold. who fell in the battle Palo Alto. Referred to
the committee on military affairs.
Mr. Chase introduced a bill to cede to the
State ot Ohio the public lands unsold and unap
propriated, remaining in the State.
Mr. Gwin gave notice that on Monday he
would move to take up the bill to remit duties
on goods &c., destroyed by fire.
A resolution was adopted continuing the seve
ral committee clerks employed at the last ses
sion.
Mr. Bright presented the petition of R. S.Pat
terson and others praying permission to construct
a railroad from Twenty-seventh street west
along Pennsylvania avenue to the eastern branch,
thence to the Maryland side of the branch, and
by the river side to a point opposite Alexandria.
Referred to the District committee.
On motion of Mr. Hunter, two bills passed by
Congress, but signed by Mr. King at his lodgings,
instead of the Senate, were allowed to be carried
to the President ot the Uuited States for approval.
On motion of Mr. Clemens, the Senate took
up the joint resolution conferring the rank ol
Lieutenant General by Brevet upon Major Gen
eral Winfield Scott. And after some verbal
amendments, the subject was postponed till Mon
day next.
The Kentucky- contested election was taken
up.
Mr. Hale addressed the Senate in support of
Mr. Dixon’s right to the seat, and in reply to the
remarks made yesterday by Mr. Toucey. He
commented upon Mr. Toucey’s question ‘‘wheth
er a Senator could resign after death?” with
much pleasantry, provking considerable mirth.
Mr. Toucey briefly rejoined.
Mr. Brooke followed in support of Mr. Dixon’s
claim.
Messrs. Miller aud Davis continued the de
bate. and both agreed to Mr. Dixon’s right as
beyond a question.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Riddle, of Delaware, moved that the maps,
&c., accompanying the President’s message be
engraved, provided that the expense does not ex
ceed $475; apd gives as his reason, that the De
partments could not execute it in sufficient time;
which was agreed to.
i A motion by Mr. Haven, of New York, that
j the pubiic printer employ two clerks and a mes-
I senger, was, on motion of Mr. Carter, of Ohio,
: deferred for a week, after a short discussion.
I On motion of Mr. Houston, of Alabama, the
I House went into Committee ol the Whole on the
I state of the Un ion.
I The chairman, Mr. Stuart, stated that pursuant
j to the resolution of the House the debate on the
j message had ceased.
The amendment of Mr. Brooks having come
up in order, the committee divided upon Mr.
Jones’ amendment, that the committee report
by bill, preserving the ad valorem principle, and
reducing duties on exports so far as is consistent
with an economical administration of the gov
ernment.
Tellers having been appointed, there were 70
to 70 voting, and th echairman gave the casting
vote in the affirmative; but in consequence of
some irregularly there was another count, and
the amendment of Mr. Jones was then carried—
-84 yeas, 80 nays.
Mr. Hiiiyer, of Ga., moved an amendment to
the effect, that in the adjustment of the tariff,
the principle of protection ought to be abandon
ed, and that the committee consider the mes
sage, with referrence on the principle expressed.
He stated that his purpose was to elicit a vote of
the House on a great political question.
The principle of ad valorem having been af
firmed, he proposed to go one step further, and
ascertain if there was a majority in favor of the
principleof free trade, as far as is compatiblewith
revenue. He considered its adoption as due to
the civilized world, and as showing that protec
tion has been abandoned on the American con
tinent.
Mr. Houston, of Alabama, said he was oppos
ed to the amendment, and to the proceeding al
together.
Tellers having been appointed, there were 85
in favor of Mr. Hillyer’s amendment, and 41
against it.
Mr. How e, of Pa , moved an amendment that
the committee report a bill imposing specific du
ties whenever frauds on the revenue by under
valuation is suspected, and for the protection ol
the industrial interests of the country, which
was negatived without a division.
Mr. Carter, of Ohio, moved an amendment,
“with reference to free trade and direct taxa
tion;” which was carried.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Lockhart,
of Indiana, on a former day, was then put and
negatived; the object being to instruct the com
mittee to report a bill graduating and reducing
the duties to a revenue standard.
Anotbei substitute, nearly similar, was then
moved by Mr. Lockhart.
Mr. Brooks briefly repeated his arguments of a
former day; and contended that there would be
nosurplus after the democratic party came into
power, as the expenditures ol the goven<>efit_
will absorb all that may be in the I'reasury.
Mr. Sweetzer, of Ohio, said this was the first
time that the whig party had proposed to cut
down the expenses of the Government.
He was not alarmed as to any surplus that
might be in the treasury, nor would he sit still
and hear the Democratic party arraigned as to
the disposal of it by a future administration, and
it came with a bad grace from the Whigs to
charge that party with squandering the
public funds when they, the Whigs, had vo
ed for the most extravagant expenditures,
and the present executive had gone on expend-
ing sums, which were refused by the House, con
trary to law. .
After considerable discussion as to points ol
order. Mr. Brook’s amendment, as amended, was
negatived without a division
Ah . Clingman, of North Carolina, then pro
posed to amend the original amendment by mo
ving a bill or amendment remitting the duties
on railroad iron, which had not already been
paid, and providing that in future it be imported
duty free.
Air. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, opposed the
amendment; and, before the question could be
put, the comm it tc rose and the House adjourned.
Washington, Dec. 17.
The Senate was not in session today.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A bill Irom the Senate was passed, authorising
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue registers
i and enrol foreign built vessels, which may have
I been shipwrecked, and upon which three-fourths
of the costs have been expended in repairs.
A hill making appropriations for the contin
gent of the Indian Department, was then read
a first and second time, and referred.
After which the House went into a commit
tee of the whole on private claims, and took up
! the calendar.
i'he bill for the relief of David Meyerle on
account ot water rotted hemp furnished the gov
ernment, was taken up. and after discussion it
was resolved that it be reported back to the
House, with a recommendation that it do not
P ass -
i A bill for the relief of the heirs ot Lieut. Bart
i lett, who served during the revolutionary war,
! was decided upon favorably, and the chairman
reported it with a recommendation (that it pass,
when the House resumed.
I A hill sent down from the Senate, an amend
ment of the act ot last session, authorizing the
expenditure ot the appropriations for the survey
of the Rio Grande* was taken up by the House
and passed: the object being to enable the sur
veyors to proceed with the survey so far as it
does not conflict with the act previously passed,
relative to the boundary in the direction of the
town of El Passo.
The House adjourned till Monday next.
From the N. O. Picayune, 14M inst.
Later from Mexico.
By the brig Tehuantepec we have received
files of papers from Mexico to the 29th ult., and
from Vera Cruz to the 3d inst.
The discussion of the Tehuantepec question
occupies a prominent placcro tbecolumns olUre
joi,UJinl>' ■>> .H ' 111 ' 1 "/ - • ro auopc tne
Tire Gl'aff'jbroi committees to whom the mat
i ter was referred, and have returned the whole
I matter to the Government again.
i New . propositions have appeared from Jonas
j P. Levy, which were not presented to the com-
I mission named to open the proposals, but the
i Chamber oi Deputies, after a warm discussion,
| recommend they shall not be considered by the
I Government. Mr. Levy threatens to protest.
Mr. Sloo’s agents have withdrawn his name
I from their propositions, and presented them in
I their own as a purely Mexican company.
Mr. Steven's name had also been withdrawn
from the propositions of Calderon, with the same
purpose.
The Government had favored the Belange
proposition. Much desire existed to know what
Mexicans were comprised in this company, but
no one knew. It seems, however, that evidence
was presended secretly to the Government, and
i it was also publicly asserted that it comprised
the Garray and Hargous claim. The Government
immediately abandoned the company and sus
tained the Guanajuato proposition. Belange
: came out next day in the Monitor denying this
I fact.
The propositions at the latest date seem to
■ stand in the following order: Ist. Guanajuato
: company preferred. 2d. Sloo’s foimer agents.
Calderon’s company in which Stevens was in-
■ terested. Belange and Garcia’s propositions are
! said to be ruined, and Levy’s not entertained.
The Universal says that it has letters from the
United States which affirm that the New Orleans
company has now a majority in the Senate of
the United States sufficient to secure a decision
: against Mexico, and to obtain within ninety days
i possession of the Isthmus with their ten leagues
of land.
The Siglo Diez y Nueve advises Mr. Sloo’s
I agents to leave his name in their propositions. It
•ays:
■Tn our opinion these gentlemen would do well
; to leave Mr. Sloo’s name in, now that it is final
\ ly ascertained where the New Orleans interest
: lies. Sloo’s company formed in New York
would be of great service to the Mexican nation
against the ruin and extermination that now
threatens it.”
It adds that the Isthmus can be opened only
by the Sloo company, or that of Guanajuato.
The news of the revolution contain little in
terest and nothing decisive.
Gen. Uraga has issued a proclamation to the
people of Jalisco, declaring that he will support
> the revolution.
Desertions from the Federal troops are daily
announced, and town after town adheres to the
; insurgents. Their troops continue to increase
in numbers.
Don. Ramon Archundia pronounced in Istupan,
State of Mexico, but was afterwards taken [iris-
oner.
A body of-100 insurgents had been organized
■ in Aguas Calientes by Don Jose Rincan Gal
i lardo.
Lopez Portillo has submitted to the revolution
j so far as the removal of Gen. Arista is concerned,
■and has recognised the authority of Gen. Unrga.
No further movements had taken place in So
nora; the Count Raousset had written to Gen.
Paredes that he was fighting only in his own de
fence, and desired an amicable arrangement.
The Government continued very short of funds.
An eff rt to raise $20,000 in the city of Mexico
had failed.
The carriage of Gen. Arista ran over and kill
ed a child in the streets.
The brig Mechunk is said to have been lost on
I the Coatzacoalcos bar.
I Western Hog Trade. —The Cincinneti Price
Current of the 7th inst., says :
The receipts of hogs for the past week were
! 71,069 head; previously reported 11,854; total
189,923. To same date last year, 159,816 ; to
[same date in 1850, 99,596. The receipts from
[ Kentucky to date, including those slaughtered in
: Covington, comprise 53,327 head, leaving about
| 19,000 to be received to make up the total num
. her from that State last year.
1 The Cincinnati Gazette of the Bth says :
Hogs have continued to arrive freely, those
; having contracts to fill being anxious to hurry
their stock forward with the least possible de-
I lay ; and we are now somewhat in advance of
i last year, as regards number, but the season is
[ expected to close much earlier than usual. The
market has continued to maintain a firm tone,
and prices are again in favor of sellers. The
j following are the quotations for the last two
weeks:
Nov. 30. Dec. 7.
Hogs per 100 lbs. net,56.25 aG 31 $6.35 a 6.40
In the value of hog products there has been
no variation since our last, with the exception
of Lard, which has receded J a |c. per lb.
The Madison Coßrier of the 6th furnishes the
following statement of the receipts of hogs at
North Madison, this year and last: —Total re
[ ceipts to Saturday night, 48,404. to correspond
ing date last year 3,502 ; gain this season, 24,-
[ 902.
I “ The weather is very unfavorable, and al
i though the pens are full, slaughtering has been
i suspended at all house except Godman’s and Ar
j reel’s on the hill, and the Mammoth Cave. We
hear of but few sales, at prices $6 a 6.10 ; 4000
[ hams from the block sold
[ The trade at Louisville up to Saturday night,
[ shown by the following statement, from the
■ Courier of Monday: Total number of slaught
] ered, 78,233; total number in pens, 34,900 ; to
tal, 113,133. Prices were quite firm at $6, with
but few sales, however, in consequence of
unfavorable weather.
The Louisville Courier of Tuesday says:—
Owing to the exceeding inclement and warm
weather there was nothing doing in hogs. Pri
ces were very firm, and holders demanding 6)
cents net, witn more hogs in the pens and
neighborhood than ever was known before. The
average weight of the hogs packed thus far this
season at three of the pork houses, show a fall
ing off of fully 10 per cent, as compared with
last year.
The Caloric Ship Ericsson.— Successful
Trial Trip to Baltimore — An experimental trial
of the calorie ship Ericsson, now lying at Wil
liamsburg, N. Y., took place on Wednesday, fire
having been applied to the furnaces for the first
time, and resulted in the triumphant success of
the experiment. At the start, the wheels made
three turns per minute, and shortly afterwards
reached five turns per minute, at which speed
she continued working for several hours, and
would be kept in motion the whole of Wednes
day night. This is much more than the most
ardent of the friends of the invention had reason
to expect. The Herald says :
As the experiment was made at the dock,
with the vessel made fast, the opposition of the
water was naturally much greater than if she
had been under way. Five turns, when station
ary, are said to be equal to eleven or twelve
when under way, producing from ten to eleven
miles per hour, a rate of speed very rarely ex
ceeded by first class steamships.
We are informed by a gentleman who was on
board that the machinery worked toadmiration,
the smoothness and regularity of its movements
being unsurpassed by even well-tried engines.
It is contemplated to keep the wheels in motion
for two or three days, to satisfy, by occular dem
onstration, the great cariosity in the minds of the
public regarding the matter, although it was not
contemplated to set her at work at present, as she
is far from being considered in a complete state.
We understand she will not be ready for her tri
al trip tor two or three weeks yet, it being deter
mined to have her in a perfectly complete state
when she leaves the harbor, when it is intended
to take her to Baltimore and probably to one or
two other cities, in order to give her a thorough
ly satisfactory trial before commencing her voy
age to Europe.
The French Fashions.—A Paris letter re
ceived by the last steamer says : “ All doubt up
■fflt the intention of in reference to
a revival of the fashions of the ErripTm isrlissix
pated. Two ladies, over-anxions to please his
Highness, attended a late reception at St Cloud,
in full costume of the year 1804. “ Ladies,”
said Louis Napoleon, “you are very handsome,
as you always are, but your dress is unbecoming
and extremely out of date. 1 should prefer
too see you in the fashions of the day.” The
ladies were dreadfully offended, but the sex in
general is delighted to have their fears quieted,
even at the expense of a little mortification ot
two of the sisterhood,”
[F/wi the for Baltimore Sun.]
Further Foreign News.
The mail last evening brought the full ac
counts from Liverpool to December Ist, by.
steamer Arctic, at New York : W
England.—lt is at present intended to ad
journ Parliament on the 10th inst., for a recess
of nine weeks, to the middle of February. Un
certainty still prevails as to the day on which
Mr. D’lsraeli will make his financial statement.
The address oU’the Ladies of England,” con
vened by the Duchess of Sutherland, for the
purpose of addressing a memorial to the ladies of
the United States, calling on them to use their
influence tor the abolition ot negro slavery—ac
knowledges the share Britain had in the intro
duction ot slavery into Irer colonies, deplores the
interdiction of religious instru: tion to the slavesj
and suggests, as the means of abolishing thef
institution, that the ladies of America, “as rjM
ters as wives, and as mothers, raise their voir®*
to their fellow-citizens; and their prayers tq
God, for the removal of this affliction irom thd
Christian world” . 11
It transpired, however, that a
to be collected as an auxiliary to thir end. It
may be interesting to know that among tliola
dies present,or signified their concurrence ”8*
the meeting, were the Duchesses Bedlord, Xr
„,.[[. Dowager of Beaufort; Viscountess.^ of
Derby, Carlisle, Shaftesbury; Viscouinesses Pal
merston, Melbourne, Mesdames Charles Dick
ens Allred Tennyson. Mary Howitt. MuCnu
ley, Rowland Hill, with otbeDMffJesser «,r»-
tion. An office is opened at No. 13 Clinoi<Fst.,
Bond-st., London, and :he whole machinejr of
the movement set in operation. 1
On Saturday, the 27th, expired after a litter
ing illness oi more than a year s durekn.
Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace, “sole
the house and heart” of the poet Byron. Bier
age was 37, the same as her illustrious tat..*
of company at the CounUs ol
Derby’s late “reception,” are the names f
American Minister and Miss Wilcox. ,
An arrival from Tenerille mentions thaf the
dispute on some points of official etiquattrfcon
tinued between the recently appointed banish
Governor and the Consuls of America, yntafh
and other nations. . r L,,
A notice posted in the bulletin office jf the
Bank of England states that the
American Eagles, French tweirty-<ane|heces;
and Dutch ten-guilder pieces, at 70s. TgjMer
ounce. The selling price for eagles was»fe V i.
ously 765. SJd. per ounce. ,
Franci:.—The receipts
h er
the receipts for the corresponding
previous year.
The official vote of the Empire has no! reach
ed us. It is noticed that in the South tigs, par
tizans of Legitimacy have shown themselves
strongest. The policy was to abstain from
voting, and it is found that in Marseillet, Jis
mes, Toulon, and some smaller towns, the Jons
and abilenteors together exceed the number of
affirmatives, while at Lille, Lyons, and adjoin
ing places, the Republican vote was stronger
than was expected. Elsewhere, however,the
vote was almost unanimous for the Emperor,
On Ist December the whole of the CarpsLe
gislalif were to proceed to St. Cloud to make
known the result to the Emperor
program for the 2d, when the Empire is to be
formally proclaimed, was that Napoleon will
come to the Tuileries, where he will be received
by the three great bodies of State. It is expect
ed that on his way to the Palace he will proceed
to the Church of Notre Dame, where a Te Deum
will be celebrated. At the Tuileries the great
bodies of State will swear allegiance to the Em
peror, who will then be formally proclaimed by
the name and title of “ Napoleon ill, parla grace
de Dieu. et par la volonte du people, Empenur des
Francais.’’ Nothing is now said of the title ot
“ Koi d'-Algeris." The civil list ot the Emperor,
it is estimated, will be about thirty millions of
francs, every thing included.
Sicily.—Four shocks of earthquakes were
experienced on the Sth and 9th of November.
The eruption of zEtna continues, and a new
crater had opened, from which a stream of lava
was flowing in the direction of Zafferano. 1 wo
earthquake shocks in Sagor, Styria, on the 16tn
and 17th. .
The whole population, hearted by their priests,
turned out and encamped in the open fields.
Portugal.—Mr. Drummond, the Brazilian
Minister, has fallen into disgrace for having put
forth a statement respecting the bad quality ol
the expoits of salted meat. The Portuguese
Government resolved to suspend operations with
him as a Minister. •
At the latest dates, the U. S. brig of war Dol-
. phin was in the Tagus.
I Italy.—The Pope has resolved to send an
■ apostolic delegation to the Haytien government.
[ Tne Pope has received a letter from the king
of Siam, promising that there sliall be no further
i prosecution of the Christians.
[ Germany.—Preparations are making by sev
i eral hundred persons in Hamburg fur emigration
I to the United States, their destination being the
I Mormo« City, at Salt Lake.
Hungary.—Two very violent siiocksofearth
quake had been experienced in the north part of
Hungary, on the 15th ot October, causing con
i siderable damage.
[ Turkey.—lntelligence from Damascus, to the
4th of November, states that the Turkish cam
pa’gn against the insurgents in Central Swia
, had totally failed. ~
Switzerland. —An order of the State of Tic
ino, dated 19th ult suppressed the order of
I aching in the canton. . y,,
1- ore.- I’he overland mail from
reached Trieste on the 261 b N ovem ifirreol i
intelligence ol the capture of Prome, with but
slight resistance, and the announcement that the
formal annexation of Pegu to BritishTtidia was
about to take place.
Admiral Austin had died of cholera. The
troops were healthy.
The British loss in taking Prome amounted
to one man killed and six wounded. Five thou
sand Burmese troops were still strongly posted
about six miles from Prome.
Financial and Commercial.—We have Man
chester files to the day of the sailing of the Arc
tic. The upward turn in the Liverpool Cotton
market had given a better tone to the Goods and
Yarns market. The speculations of the circu
lars, papers, and private letters from this side on
the Cotton supply were watched and quoted
with usual interest. The free demand for Flour
and Grain continues, and both are quoted higher
at Liverpool.
] Front the Columbus Times.]
Judgment Confessed.
The Athens Banner wastes ink, paper and
time, when it argues to prove that the Demo
cratic party of Georgia holds to the right of a
sovereign State to become the ultimate arbiter
of its own political destiny and to secede from
the Union, when in the language of Jefferson, it
becomes a greater calamity to remain in than to
retire from the Union. We confess judgment,
and its two columns argument of the 9th is res
adjudicata.
We must be pardoned for making the follow
ing extract from the Banner’s editorial—sot“
while it flatters us hugely—far beyond our de
serts, it contains a valuable lesson and admission.
Fas est ab hosts doceri-'it is good to be taught by
one’s enemy:”
•‘Among numerous instances which could lie
adduced not only in Georgia, but in other South
ern States, we may allude to the editorials which
continually appear in the Columbus (Ga.) limes,
edited by John Forsyth, Jr., a son of the illustri
ous statesman who figured in the days of Gene
ral Jackson in opposition to the doctrines now
maintained by his descendant. In addition to
the ancestral prestige of the editor of the Colum
bus Times, we mast refer to his high rank in the
scale of intellect —to his long training in politi
cal affairs—to the conspicuous part wbj*
in the late sectional movements at
the compromise question—to his conduct and
confidential intercourse with the Southern mem
bers of Congress, who agree with him, during the
last session of Congress, and, finally, to the very
general approbation bestowed upon his ] olitical
articles by his friends, both in the State and
out of it ; as evidence that he is regaled by
his party as a correct exponent of their IJiews
and opinions.” 1 . '
Passing by the compliments,which are IJy in
teresting to us personally, the kernel of thi I'nut to
the great body of political friends witjwhom
we are associated, is, that our doctrines irt ap
proved by our political friends, both in <p..d cst of
our S'ate, ontl 'hst-autr "•■'trhxan aisJaMtMl
turns of the State Rights Democratic creed
“We thank thee, Jew, for that word.”, 1 jf this
betrue, and we verily believe it.to be sf ijf only
of the Southern Rights party proper, NWof an
overwhelming majority of the ReputsKns of
the South, then the Athens Banner with <snon
resistance, submission and Federal doctrwu.'s is
an outsider to the Republican party, and a chars
the record ot the Republican faith. This is the
very point at which we have been striving to
arrive. We have contended that the State Rights
Democratic party has always, and in all pl; ices,
maintained the right to secede as a cardina I te
net ol political orthodoxy—that, if that ten it is
stricken from its faith, the partition wall |hat
separates it from Centralism, Consolidationism,
and Federalism is broken down atone bio-#,land
a triumph has been won that .would almosM re
animate the ashes that sleep in the tomllof
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton. Ifhe
Banner persists in misstating the South Car Ana
issue of 1832. The right of secession was W
the question then—it was nullification, or tjhe
right of a State at one and the same time to re
main in the Union, and dely and nullify a jfty
of the Union. So lar from it,the great a?gu
ment of the anti-Nullifiers of that day and the
one which Nullification found it most difficult
to answer, was, that secession was the true remedy,
while Nullification was a logical absurdity aaijja
solecism. None of the Union men of the Re
publican party of that day denied the right of
secession. Thev only contended that the occa
sion did not justify the use of it, and that the
aggressive taxation by Congress was remediable
through the forms of the constitution. It is not
ingenuous, therefore, to confound the two issues,
and it is too late in the day to beat down this
great reserved right of the States with stale and
hacknied cries of prejudice against South Caro
lina. But, exclaims the Banner,with pious horror,
this “new doctrine” is maintained even “in the
name of Gen. Pierce himself!” Well, we could
not adjure a better name—we could not call on
.any man to testify in behalf of the true faith,
vXqlßMWkJ>rli' ! v<i from all his antecedent#,
would the line so deeply and
legibly drawn by that faith. Not
long since, in reply to our qui’Hion,whether the
“Banner” subscribed to a strong Rights '
resolution, adopted by the Democraeyof JeifliMi
rnond, Virginia, that paper replied, “Oh yes, Mr. I
Times, we belong to the Virginia school ol De- I
mocracy, but not to the Calhoun wing of it." Does
the Banner know that Gen. Pierce, while in the i
public councils, was known and recognised as a I
firreat friend and political admirer of Mr Calhoun?
as in short, a Calhoun man? Does it know,
•that he is of the Woodbury school of staunch and
i undeviating Democrats, as distin-
guished from expetuliency and majority Democrats'
f For our own part, we have no idea that Gen
eral Pierce has any sympathy for, or ccngemali
<ty with, those doctrines ol absolute passivaness,
which make the General Government every
thing, and the States, nothing—which set up the
creature over the crealor —the agent over the
principal, the servant over the master. Anil we
appeal to his future administration ol the Govern
ment to decide whether we are right. But what
a champion have we here in the “Georgia I’lat
lorm,” disarming the State and emasculating its
sons, against the time, when all itssworn defend
ers are pledged to resistance, disruption and war?
Why, sir- were you only feigning when you told
the people of Georgia to acquiesce in tuiscom
promise and the next time we will fight? Were
you.deceiving the people ? Then bow are they to
resist, when the time comes, if you strike down
the arms of the Sovereign State, and |>re-judge
as Traitors every one of her loyal sons when he
attempts to strike in the spirit of the disruption
Resolution? Why, Mr. Banner you are not only
not a good States Rights Democrat, but you fall
below the standard of a sound “Georgia Platform
ist.” You may be consistent, else fail to lead and
control the public mind of any party or any peo
ple. If you kick the “Georgia Platform” from
beneath your feet, then, indeed, are you at sea
on the wide waste of the Federal waters.
Hancock Premium Cotton.
We last week stated the fact that to Dr.
Whitten had been awarded a Silver Cup for the
best long staple Upland Cotton exhibited at the
late Fair, Charleston, S. C.
On further enquiry we find that this Cotton
referred to was not a single bale, but a speci
men of his entire crop, having no better pre
paration than hands can give in an ordinary
season in the ratio of twenty-six or twenty
seven hundred pounds ginned Cotton to the
hand. That this cotton was of superior quality
may be inferred from the fact that of ninety
six bales already sold he has received 12J —13
and 121 cents per pound. The cotton was
ginned with one of Mr. Ogilby’s plain Saw
Gins, which he has used for the last six or eight
years. Dr. W. attributes the superiority of the
cotton alone to the seed and the pains he has
taken for several years past in improving the
seed he designed to plant.
The original seed was presented to the Han
cock Agricultural Society by Dr. Phillips. A
had sulUen-’iit, ul
’qmtnt his whole crop. He has planted his whole I
crop trom this seed for the last three years,
and that there has been a gradual improve
ment in the staple may be seen from samples
that have been kept each year of his crop.—
The plant, we understand, is a beautiful one, as
prolific as any kind kuow’n, hardy and early to
mature. The peculiarity of this cotton we
think may be mainly attributable to the pains
the Dr. takes in annually selecting his seed cot
ton from the most perfect stocks and bolls—a
plan which we think all planters would do well
to adopt. It is only the loss of labor of pick
ing out two bales of Cotton in a season.
Dr. W. is also entitled to the credit of having
not only improved his cotton but his land also.
Land that he bought originally at less than two
dollars per acre, if we mistake not, is now seen
to yield above the average produce of planta
tions in general. This should stimulate others
to do likewise.— Southern Recorder.
Telegraphed to the Baltimore Sun.
Arrival of the Steamer Africa.
Nnw-York. Dec. 17.
The steamer Africa, with Liverpool dates of
Dec. 4th, reached her wharfa little past 3 o’clock
this afternoon. She brings 47 passengers.
England—The new steamer Andes, of the
Cunard line, will leave Liverpool on the Bth for
New York, and will probably anticipate the
mail via Southampton.
The Chancellor of the exchequer laid his bud
get before the House of Commons on Friday.—
He recommends a gradual reduction of the tea [
duty to Is, no change in the sugar duties, a re
duction of one half on the hop duty, the exemp
tion of industrial incomes from taxation, and a
property and income tax, to extend to Ireland.
He also recommends the increase and extension
of the house tax, &c. The increased estimate ,
for the army and navy is .-£600,000. The sur- [
plus of the year is estimated at .£ 1,400,000. The ■
land service and artillery, and also the marine |
service are to be increased.
Lord Clanricarde gave notice in the House of
Lords on the 2d, of a bill fully endorsing free
trade. Lord Derby acquiesced, and ottered a
resolution fully endorsing the House resolution
on the same question.
The second report of the commissioners of the
World’s Fair has been published, by which it
appears that they have purchased the Gorehouse
estate, at Hyde Park for .£60,000, and 48 acres
adjoining for £153,000.
The contract for the ship canal across the Isth
mus of Darien had been signed at London by
Messrs. Fox, Henderson and others. It is to be
[ 30 feet deep at low tide and 110 feet broad, with
| locks 400 feet from metre to metre. It will be
I equal to the trade of the world.
i The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce has is
i sued a report in favor of a decimal currency. A
Birmingham house had received orders to coin
400 tons of copper into coinage.
Lord Frankfort had been sentenced to 12
months’imprisonment in the house of correct
ion for a libel on Lord Henry Lennox.
j 11. Ratio, Johnstone, a member of Parlimont
,-.y-..i Pi-iitpiury. IMS been belt! to Dart for a bru-
WRI assault, in the street, on Benj. Oliveira, a
I member from Pontelrect.
| France.—The yeas in favor of the Empire
| sum up 8.000,000. 'l'he result was laid before
I the Em|>eror at Saint Cloud on the Ist, in a
speech by E. Billault, to which the Emperor re
plied as fellows; “ I take from this day, with the
crown, the title of Napolen the Third, because
the logic ol the people has already given it to me
by its acclamations, and because the Senate pro
posed it legally, and the whole nation has rati
fied it.” After some further remarks, he con
cluded with these words: “ Receive here my
oath that I will spare nothing to secure the pros
perity of my country, and that while maintain
ing peace, I will make no consessions as to that
which concerns the honor and dignity of France.”
" The Perfect ot the Seine proclaimed the Em
pire at the Hotel de Ville, on the 2d. amid dea
fening cries of “Viva la Emperenr.” Napoleon
made a triumphant entry into Paris on the
same day, at 1 o’clock, amid universal acclama
tions.
The Empire was to be proclaimed in all the
departments on the following Sunday.
Emperor Napoleon has signed a decree par
doningall persons guilty ofoffences of the press,
and has also pardoned 219 political convicts.
Generals de St. Arnaud. Magnin and De Cas
tellan, have been appointed Marshals of France.
The Russian. Ambassador had just returned
from St. Petersburg with an autograph letter
from the Czar to Napoleon.
Jerome Bonaparte will undoubtedly be ap
pointed King of Algeria.
Gen. Rydinski, an eminent Pole, has forwar
eed an address to the Emperor saying that the
Poles would march under his banner should
France renew hei wars.
The Minister of the Interior had refused to
authorise new banking companies of Rothschild
and others.
Advices from Algeria state that Gen. Yuzaf
had attacked a body of insurgents at Elkeig and
put them to flight, killing 200.
There is nothing importrnt from other parts of
the continent.
India.—Commercial advices from Bombay to
Nov. 2d, and Calcutta to Nov. 6tb,were general
ly favorable.
Markets..
Liverpool, Dec. 4.—After the sailing of the Arc
• tic on Wednesday, speculators continued to ope
rate in the cotton market, and prices closed firm.
—Sales ofthe three days 22,000 bales, of which
speculators took 8,000 bales. Sales of the week
48,000 bales. Stock 412,000 bales. The quota
tions are —Fair Orleans, 6|d.; middling, 53d.,
fair Mobile, 6Jd.; middling 5 11-16 d.; fair Up
lands, 6d.; middling. 5Jd.
Richardson & Bro. quote breadstuff’s active
with large speculative operations. Wheat had
advanced 1 a 2d. since the Arctic left, and flour
lOd. A parcel of Baltimore flour 285.; Philadel
phia and Ohio was held at 285.; Western Canal
275. 6d. Corn in moderate request at 6d. a Is.
advance.
WWMwhiw u-iyr, wheat had advanced 1 a 2d., and
corn Is. a Is. 6d., which had checked business.
Demistown & Co. quote breadstuff's active—
flour 6d. to Is. higher than Makin’s or Richard
son’s circulars, viz: Baltimore 28s 6d; Ohio 295.
Yellow corn 325; white 345.
London Markets.— The Funds have declined,
owing to the aspect of French affairs and the
proposed increase in the army and navy. Con
sols for money and account closed at 1005 a 101.
American stocks were in active demand, at full
prices. U. S. 6’s, bonds, ’6B, 110 J a 111; Penna.
s’s,’B2, 95; Ohio 6’s, ’75. 107 J a 108 J; Maryland
s’s, 98 a 99; Kentucky 6’s. ’6B, 99J a 100}.
Havre, Dec. I.—-Cotton firmer at If advance.
Sales of the week, 3,600 bales. Orleans tres
ordinaire, 92 a 931.
There were rumors afloat in the city yesterday
that an accident had occurred to the Congaree
Bridge on the South Carolina Railroad, and that
several passengers in the cars had been precipi
tated into the river. On enquiry, howeve, we
found that rumor as usual had widely gone as
tray as to facts, and that the real state of the case
that the draw ol the Wateree Bridge gave way
on Saturday morning, whilst an engine was pas
sing over it. The tender was thrown off, hut
tne engine came over safely. Noone was injur
ed, and the damage, we are informed, is so tri
lling that little inconvenience will be suffered,
as steps have already been taken to have the ne
cessary repairs commenced.— Char. Courier, t2oh.
inst.
Important from Mexico.—lt will be remem
bered that at the last dates from Tampico that
city daily expected an attack from the revolu
tionist force ofthe State of Tamaulipas, which
had just overthrown the Government party at
Victoria.
By the arrivnl yesterday of the Mexican brig
Hercules from Vera Cruz, via Tecaluta, leaving
the latter place on the4th inst., we learn that on
the 2d inst. the city of Tampico pronounced
against the present Supreme Government. No
details were given, as the couriers bringing the
news passed through Teculata at full speed.—
N. O. Picayune, lAth inst.
Shaking Hands.—An exchange says that a
■recent duel near Vicksburg the parties discharged
Itheir pistols without effect; whereupon, one of
Hfie seconds|iriterfercd, and proposed that the com
imfants should shake hands. To this the other
econd objected as unnecessary : for their hands
lave been shaking this half hour.
| From the N. (). Picayune, IDth ms/.|
Further from Toxas.
We find some additional intelligence in the
Texas papers received yesterday.
Wm. 11. Cushney, founder of the Austin State
Gazette, died on the 21th ult., at Independence,
Washington county. The Gazette says :
In his death the city and State lose a valuable
citizen ; the grave never closed over the bosom
of a man whose fiailties were few and fainter,
and whose virtues were brighter and more en
nobling.
The Bu letin says that the trade of Indianola
continues remarkably brisk, and is rapidly in
creasing.
Nacogdoches, the Chronicle says, is steadily
and permanently increasing. A number of fine
new buildings are in progress.
The Democratic Electors for President and
Vice President met in Austin on the Ist inst.,
and cast the electoral vote for Pierce and King.
A letter from Austin says that the popular vote
ot the State is about three to one in favor of the
Democratic party.
Col. Mat Ward, ofCass county, is proposed as
the Democratic candidate lor Governor. The
Star State Patriot is out in favor ot the Hou. W.
B. Ochiltree as the Whig candidate for that of
fice.
The following joint resolution was passed at
the last session of the Texan Legislature, but the
Galveston News supposes, from the nature of its
provisions, nothing has been effected under it:
Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas,
That the Governor be authorized to conduct ne
gotiations with the Executive authority of the
United States concerning an Indian territory in
the northern part of the State for the use of the
Indians who were of the State according to its
present limits at the date of annexation, and also
concerning other bounds for some small tribes;
and that in such negotiations the following par
ticulars be observed : 1. The sovereignty, domain
and contracts of the State shall be respected.
2. Private rights shall he regarded, so that if in
terfered with, just compensation shall be made
therefor. 3. The terms that may be stipulated
shall be subject to ratification or rejection by the
Legislature.
Approved, February 10, 1852.
The News, in publishing the joint resolution,
remarks:
The Governor will probably communicate to
the extra session of the Legislature what action
he has taken in the matter, but it is thought that
nothing short of absolute sovereignty over the
territory set apart for the Indians will euuable
the General Government to take such steps as
‘ .....
a proposition the United States to parcbMe
a further portion of our northern territory is look
ed for.
■ One great objection to a temporary occupation
of a tract of country beyond a defined line by
Indians, is the recompense which owners of land
in such territory might claim.
The News says that a gentleman who has had
much experience, both as a Ranger in the ser
vice of Texas and as an officer in the United
States on the Texan frontier, writes as follows
from the Rio Grande in reference to the Ranger
service:
The advantage of having, and the necessity of
keeping in service three companies of Rangers,
or rather in mustering in two more companies
and forming a battailion, cannot be urged too
much on the present Congress. The enlarged
frontier of our country very much needs this ad
ditional force. It is not that the Ranger is so
much superior as a soldier that he is therefore
more serviceable, but it is because that the Ran
gers in days gone by have been more fortunate
in conflicts with the savages and Mexicans than
the regular troops, and have impressed them
with a degree of terror which they do not feel
for any other troops. The very dread of the
Rangers deters the Indians from their usual dep
redations. The three companies of Rangers now
mustered into service have given quiet to this
whole frontier. Some forty large ranches and
farms which had been deserted have been alrea
dy resettled and put under better improvement
than before. If they are continued in the service
I am confident that in three years from this
time this whole country will be settled up with
a good population of agriculturalists.
The News endorses the writers statements
and expresses its belief that it is the universal
wish of the citizens on the frontier that the
three companies ot Rangers should be retained.
From thf. Rio Grande.—From the ever in
teresting correspondence of the Corpus Christi
Nueces Valley we extract the following sum
mary of affairs on the Rio Grande. The letter
isdated at Brownsville on the 25th ult.:
Since my last nothing of a definite nature has
occurred among our neighbors, and the country
seems to continue in a very unsettled state. On
the 19th. an officer from Barave’s quarters, near
Victoria, arrived at Matamoros, bringing a de
tailed account of the military operations in and
about that place. It would appear thatthe regu
lars on the Bth and 9th had partial engagements,
and on the 11th they made a formal attack, and
were repulsed. It was then determined to
make a general assault on Victoria, on the 13th
on which day they succeeded in penetrating in
to the place, but the guards drove them back,
and the result was that Barave and his regulars
were defeated, losing his artillery &c. Cardenas,
the Governor, accompanied by some five mem
bers of the Legislature, have retired into parts
unknown. On the same day, the 19th, Avalos
received an express irom his lieutenant at Cam
argo, communicating the intelligence that Car
vajal, the filibuster chieftain, crossed over into
Mexico on the 17th, but says nothin"; as to the
ninnber qr of his forces.
Knowing ones assert that the people of Monte
rey have called him to place himself at the head
of the revolutionary movement they have initia
ted against the unjust tneausres of the General
Government, and the tendency of which is evi
dently to ruin the trade and commerce of this
frontier. The movement seems to be a popular
one, and one in which all the local authorities
sided with the people. Jauregin the command
ing general of that State had no alternative but
to shut himself up in the citadel with some for
ty of his regulars in order to save himself. This
fortification, as left by the Americans after the
war, is certainly the best fortress from the Sier
ra Madre to the Gulf of Mexico.
On the 20th, at night, Carvajal was reported
to be within fifteen or twenty miles of Matamo
ros, and the great excitement caused thereby
must have been amusing to those knowing bet
ter. Guards were mounted, patrols out, all the
troops in their quarters; but it was all fuss aud
feathers, and the only result was that some of
our more daring and enterprising smugglers suc
ceeded in crossing over some small packages of
prohibited goods, contrary to the provisions of
the statute in such cases made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity of the State.
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.—
We are gratified at the prospect of an early com
pletion of the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
road to this point. Most of the line from Lou
don to Knoxville is, we learn already under con
tract; and the energy with which the work is
prosecuted insures its speedy consummation. But
a few months will have elapsed ere we are star
tled by the unearthly scream of the steam whis
tle. The “iron horse” the fire-breathing mon
ster of classic fiction wrought into reality by the
wonder-working hand of modern improvement,
harnessed to the car of commerce, will be career
ing through our midst, waking up the energies
os our people and breathing the spirit of new life
into every department of business. Even now,
while the echoes of its rumbling wheels are but
faintly heard in the distance, the heart of the
community throbs quicker and stronger and bus
iness moves with a brisker tread.
Few countries have been mere munificently
endowed than East Tennessee. Possessing a
large aggregate of the most productive soil, and
natural motive power almost unrivalled, she
has also imbedded in her mountains vast and un
told mineral riches. She lacks but one thing,
to stimulate and elicit her vast productive capa
bilities and develope her mighty resources, and
that is being furnished by her system of Rail
roads constructed and in contemplation. The
mountain walls built round her by the hand of
nature as barriers apparently impregnable to
commerce with the out-door world have been
battered down by the all-accomplished genius of
modern enterprise, and, roused by the stirring
note of the steam car she is hastening to take
that position among the producing sections of the
world to which her rich natural endowmens so
eminently entitle her. The resulting commer
cial facilities, will stimulate her home productive
energies, aiid invite capitaChSteMml enterprise ’
from abroad, to aid in the richly remunerating
work of developing the vast resources of her
mountains and valleys. All things portend to
East Tennessee a future of productive and cotn
meicial prosperity. The right spirit animates
her people, and will ere long manifest itself in
substantial results, to the gratification and profit
of her industrious and enterprising population.—
There are other internal improvement projects
which, in due time, will comand our attention.—
Knoxville Statesman.
Spiritual Subsistence.—A merchant in
Boston writing to a lady in this city, who is a
firm believer in Spirit Ruppings, informs her
that lie has recently been on an excursion to the
spirit land. He brings the intelligence that
Daniel Webster is in the third heaven, though
he does not state anything in relation to the na
ture of his emplyment there. He also says that
Prof. Webster, the murderer of Dr. Parkman, is
in the first heaven, keeping tavern, and that
Dr Parkman is boarding out his bill with him !
Emanuel Swedenborg, it is said, lived a long
time on a cup of cold water and a cracker a day,
and enthusistic believers in spiritual manifesta
tions contend now that any person can see and
converse with spiiits if they will reduce them
selves to such spare diet The desire of persons
for good living almost precludes the idea of ex
pecting that such examples of self-denial will be
numerous. But if persons can live on such a
small allowance of food in this world, the sub
ject considering the high [n ice of provisions, is
certainly worthy ot careful investigation. If
man, by spiritualizing his nature, cun live so
economically here, how much more so can be in
the “ world to come ?” Even if it takes a cup
of cold water and a cracker per day t here—lor
the minimum hereoughtto be about the maxi
mum there—it is certainly u pleasing considera
tion. Dr. Parkman’s bill against Prof. Webster
will last some time, unless ciackers and Croton
are, unfortunately for the Dr., very dear in that
locality. This whole subject of spiritual diet
must be very interesting to boarding house
keepers and butchers.— N. K Day Bmdc.
North Carolina Legislature.—A bill lias
been introduced in the North Carolina Legisla
ture providing, for the appropriation of $3,501),-
000 for purposes of internal improvement—
s2,ooo,ooo to be applied to the extension of the
North Carolina Railroad to some point in Ten
nessee—the money is to be raised on loan, paya
ble in thirty years.
\rcr>TA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 22.
Q7" Subscribors writing to request their pa
pers changed to another Post-office, will please
be particular to state the office to which the
paper is now sent.
TO THOSE WHO OWE US.
As we have heavy engagements to meet in
December and January next, we appeal to those
indebted to this office for subscriptions and ad
vertising, to remit without delay. Tt ey should
bear in mind that “large streams from little
fountains flow,” and it is only from these small
contributions from our patrons we can look to
sustain a business requiring many thousands of
dollars annually.
Uy” Remilances by mail areal our risk.
St. Marys’ Money.
The bills of the Bank of St. Marys, and the
change bills of John G. Winter, are still taken
at this office at par in the payment of dues.
The Railroads of Georgia.
Under this head the Savannah Republican
indulges in some speculations worthy of atten
tion, and makes a suggestion as to what it
behooves our Legislature to do in regard to fu
ture improvements, which we propose to notice.
We publish the article to which we refei.
We do not concur with the Editors of the
Republican, that the South-western counties,
which are among the most wealthy and produc
tive in the State, have any stronger claims upon
the treasury than •
1 i Ac Atlantic Railroad was no| built
WK -btni+o was a State "work, for
the benefit of the whole State, and constructed
through a region then new and mostly unculti
vated, and manifestly inadequate to the gigantic
task of placing our State in connection with the
waters of the great Mississippi Valley. It was
located and built as a common stem which every
part of the State might reach, and participate in
the great trade it opened to us, on about equal
terms. Savannah and Macon, with commenda
ble energy, reached it by individual enterprize.
Augusta and Central Georgia have done the
same thing by the same means. The Western
or Chattahoochee counties are strong enough to
connect themselves with it in the same way.
Every part of the State has been taxed to
build the Road ; yet, no part of it below Atlanta
would have been profited thereby, if the people,
by their private enterprise and means, had not
placed themselves in connection with it. The
people of the South-West cannot complain of
any hardship, if to avail themselves of this im
provement, they are left to do as other sections
have done. They have the means, and if they
do not choose to appropriate them in that way,
it is because they can make them more profitable
in some other business.
If a connection with the Atlantic seaboard by
Railroad, is the most important desideratum to
the South-West, as we conceive it is, there is no
necessity for State interference to accomplish it;
for a Railroad is already begun, the Brunswick
Railroad, which aims by private enterprise alone,
to accomplish this result. That it will be ac
complished we see no reason to doubt, and do
not doubt, though the Savannah Republican has
done its utmost to discredit the enterprize. That
it would pay, and pay well-, if accomplished, the
RcpvMican has been constrained to admit. If,
therefore, the State is to make an investment in,
or even lends its credit to, any more Railroads,
we see as much reason why it should appropriate
the one million and a half ot dollars to the
Brunswick Road, which is not a problematical
enterprize, as to one from Savannah to the junc
tion of the Flint and Chattahoochee, which for
alight that yet appears, is problematical. If the
suggested Savannah and Mount Vernon Road
can be built without State aid, so much the bet
ter for Savannah and the South-West. If it
eannot, at least a junction can be made, if de
sirable, with the Brunswick Road, by a Rail
road from Savannah of about eighty miles, and
thus Savannah, Brunswick, and the South-West,
be brought in connection, and that too, without
If a desirable investment of this character is
sought for, for the State, we can suggest one
that will not cost more than one-third the sum.
There are many considerations to recommend it.
It is a Road from Milledgeville to Warrenton.
This would indeed" make the surface of Geor
gia a grand cross of iron-way,” and "with the
Roads now progressing, make the improvements
of Georgia as nearly “ perfect ” as those of any
State in the Union. They are now very far
from “ absolute perfection,” While the most pop
ulous parts of the State have to stage it, or travel
two hundred or two hundred and fifty miles to
reach the Capitol after approaching in forty or
fifty miles ot it. Such a Road would furnish the
shortest and most direct route through the State
to the vast tide of travel incessantly pouring
through it from the Northern and the South-
Western States. In view of the great trade and
travel which that route would attract, it would
not be a bad investment, while the convenience
to a large number of the people would be con
siderable. The seat of Government would then
be near the centre of the most complete net
work of Railroad improvements any where to
be found. It could then be approached by all
our citizens with more equal facility.
Being thus directly connected with the East
ern portion ot the State, and with States North
of us, the public property of the State at Mil
ledgeville would be enhanced in value, the Pen
itentiary stand some chance of being a source of
revenue, and Milledgeville of becoming a flour
ishing inland city.
We do not here proclaim ourself as the advo
cate per se of this suggested improvement, but
as submitting it for consideration in comparison
with any other which may be urged upon the
good will of our Legislature.
The suggestion of the Republican, that the
Wilkes county Railroad should be extended to
the Savannah River in Elbert county, we think,
is not marked by its usual sagacious regard for
the interests of Savannah. The extension to
the Savannah River in Elbeit county, if ever
achieved, would be inevitably followed by a
branch road from Abbeville C. H., about twenty
miles, to the opposite point on the river. This
would place that and other connecting portions
ol Georgia in a new line of communication with
the net work of Carolina Railroads, and give to
Charleston additional advantages over Savan
nah. We do not anticipate, however, that this
«jv«sa
Boundary Line between Georgia and South
Carolina.
The Savannah Courier contains a long and
well argued communication from Gov. Cobb to
Gov. Means on the above subject. It is in re
ply to a communication to Gov. Means from
Col. Hayne, Attorney General of South Caro
lina, and forwarded by the former to Gov. Cobb.
It is a question involving the jurisdiction of the
State of Georgia over the Savannah river. Gov.
Cobb, after covering the whole ground by re
viewing the history of the question, rests the
claim of Georgia upon the following propositions
with which he concludes his letter:
1 conclude, therefore, that the claim of Geor
gia to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Savannah
river is not as u groundless’’ as it has been sup
posed to be. It rests as 1 have shown —
First, Upon the plain and explicit language
of the charter of 1732, as it is found in every book
in which it is given in extenso;
Secondly, Upon the undisputed and undisturb
ed enjoyment and exercise of the right lor a great
number of years;
Thirdly. Upon the uniform and unvarying
construction placed upon the various terms oi
expression used to define her boundary line;
Fourthly, Upon the acquiescense ot South
Carolina in the assertion and exercise ot this
rij’ht. as shown by her long silence and virtual
assent to the acts of Congress referred to;
Fifthly, By all the circumstances connected
with the early history, and the action ol the two
States, in reference to kindred questions, grow
ing out of and dependent tor their settlement up
on the construction of the same instrument,
which originates this one.
Upon a careful review of the subject I enter
tain the hope that your Excellency will be sa
tiiied that the claim ol Georgia is well founded,
and that her “ long undisturbed possession should
not now be questioned.”
In reference to the rightsand privileges,claim
ed by the city of Augusta as owner oi the bridge
at that place, 1 must, regard them as questions
more properly appertaining to the Judicial De
partment. At any rate I do not see that any
good can result from an Executive discussion on
that point. If'it is contemplated to lacilitate
the intercouse between the citizens of the two
States at Augusta, by making the bridge free, it
becomes a Question for Legislative considera-
tion, and will, by this notice ot it, be brought to
the attention of the next General Assembly.
I concur most fully in the views presented by
Col. Hayne, for encouraging the freest commer
cial intercouse between the citizens of South
Carolina ano Georgia. Whatever may be the
opinions of the majority of our citizens on that
subject, 1 am prepared to give my cordial co
operation to any and every movement, which
has for its object the extension of the principles
of free trade, whether applied to the intercourse
of the citizens of neighboring States, or extend
ed to the world at large. The fewer the restric
tions placed upon commerce the better for the
country; and the priciple is right, whether li
mited to small communities or extended.to the
commercial intercourse of the world.
How far the General Assembly of this State
will be disposed to go in granting the unlimited
rreht of building bridges across the Savannah
liver, I am not prepared to say. The effect
which the building of such bridges might have
upon the navigation of the river, would have
much weight in determing their policy in this
respect—and my information on that point is
not sufficient to justify the expression of any
opinion on the subject.
Allow me, in conclusion, to express rny °'Y n
desire, as well as that of our citizens, that the
future relations between South Carolina and
Georgia, shall be of that kind and fraternal char
acter which should ever mark the intercourse of
two States, so identified in feeling and interest.
In conformity with the suggestion ot Col.
Hayne’s letter, I shall lay this correspondence
before the General Assembly of this State at its
next regular session.
1 have tire honor to be your Excellency s ob. t
serv't. Howell Cobb.
Look out for Them.
We find the following in the Charleston Coo
rier of yesterday, to which we would call the
attention of our police, and citizens generally.—
Should these gentlemen undertake their vocation
in this city, we hope they will meet with a
speedy lock up, and instead of being sent to com
mit further depredations on our neghbors, that
they will find a resting place and useful employ
ment at Milledgeville for four years.
“A day or two since a country gentleman vis
iting this city, had the pocket book game suc
cessfully played off upon him by a couple of
Northern sharpers, who on pretence of counting
out the revvard he. Droi>o"«d t» eive
pocket book they pretended to have found, walk
ed off with his, containing some seventy or eigh
ty dollars. Officers Schouboe and Jowitt werfe
promptly on»their trail, and succeeding in arrest
ing them, but the gentleman having left the
city, no one appeared against them and they were
discharged on their promise to leave Charleston
forthwith.! Hearing that another similar attempt
had been made, Officers Schouboe and Jowitt
again arrested them, and safely despatched them
from the city, in Thursday evening’s cars. Their
names are Riley alias Vanderbeck, and Brown.
The former, a red whiskered and mustached in
dividual. hails from Philadelphia, and the latter,
who rejoices in black whiskers and mustaches,
from Baltimore. Both dress in the latest style
of fashion, and wear jewelry in profusion. They
are said to be very plausible in their manners,
and notorious pocket-book droppers and thimble
riggers. We would caution our Augusta friends
against these suspicious characters, and advise
them to a walking ticket as soon as
possible, if already introduced
themselves to the officers of the
law in that city.”
Finances of Pennsylvania.—Wclea^B^ ll
the annual report of the Auditor
Pennsylvania, that the receipts into the State
Treasury during the year ending on the 30th
ult., amounted to $7,716,552, which is increased
by previous balances on hand to $8,580,123. Os
this sum $321,000 is unavailable. The expend
itures during the year, amounted to $6,876,480
leaving on hand $1,382,611.
Extra vagench.—During the’past week, balls
and parties were given in New-York, at which
diamonds and emeralds were worn worth $30,-
000, on the person. Thousand dollar dresses
were not uncommon. Dinner parties are spoken
of, where ladies appear in cloaks embroided with
pearls.
Rev. Dr. Ives, the Protestant Episcopal Bish
op of North-Caiolina, who is on a visit to Eu
rope, is reported in the last number of the Tablet
to have become a Catholic. The Tablet says he
has gone on a visit to Rome,] but while in Lon
don had an interview with the Cardinal Arch
bishop.
Methodist Colleges.—There are eight col
leges under the supervision of the Methodist
Church, with property and funds to the amount
of $193,063. The oldest of them atMiddletown,
was founded in 1830. There are 40 academies
and seminaries. In 29 of these there 4,936 stu
dents —an average of 173 each.
The Magnetic Telegraph.—The growing
use of this important discovery in facilitating
business is most suprising to those unacquainted
with its operations. A few days ago it was an
nounced that five hundred messages had been
sent over one line in a single day. This number
was so large as to induce inquiry at one of the
offices in Philadelphia, and it was ascertained
that on Wednesday, of this week, there were
transmitted over the wires of the Morse line of
the Washington and New York Magnetic Tel
egraphic Company, one thousand two hundred
and thirty-four messages. Telegraphing is now
as completely identified with the conveyance of
intelligence from one city to another and from
one extreme of the Union to another, as is steam
with navigation and locomotion.
New Postal Arrangements.—The New
York Herald says: An arrangement has just
been entered into, between the government of
Nova Scotia and the Postmaster General of the
United States, similar to that with Canada, by
which letters not exceeding half an ounce may
be transmitted between the two countries at ten
cents each, and other letters in proportion; and
from Nova Scotia to Havana, through the Uni
ted Statea, also, to Chagres and Panama; the
Nova Scotia Post Office to account to that of the
United States at two cents the single letter to
Havana, and twenty cents the single letter to
Chagres and Panama, and ten cents for newspa
pers in either case; or ‘ closed mails” may be
sent between Nova Scotia and Chagres or Pa
nama, via the United States, at fifty cents per
ounce for letters, and two cents for newspapers—
the postage on such “ closed mails” to be ac
counted for quarterly to the Post Office of this
country. Postage on newspapers, pamphlets,
and concealed circulars, and all other printed
matter, must be pre-paid to the line in either
country.
Lanier House.—We learn from the Macon
Citizen, that Mr. Sterling Lanier & Son will
soon retire from the management of the Lanier
House, having disposed of their interest in it ta
Alexander Scott and William Dibble, Esqs.
Serious Report.—A Washington despatch to
the New York Times, under date of Wednesday,
says:—Hon. W. R. King will probably never
live to be Vice President. There is a studiouus
concealment of his true situation, but his lungs
are far gone with disease: hisjough is
HUI’ 1 H'“"Tiiili aeuate,
sion to-day, considered his case, and action will
be taken to-morrow, on motion of Mr. Bright
to enable him to sign bills at his room, instead
of in the presence of the Senate. It is not
thought he wi 11 ever resume his seat.”
Mr. Everett, Secretary of State, is now in
his 59th year. He graduated at Harvard Uni
versity, (with the first honors of his class) in 1811
at a little past the age of 17, and on the day he
was 21, he was inaugurated as “Professor of
Greek Literature” in the University.
General Pierce has written to the Mayor of
Baltimore that he will be in that place, for a few
hours only, about the middle of February ; con
sequently, he cannot conveniently accept the
proffered hospitalities of its citizens.
The Crops.—The Shreveport La. South
Western, of the Bth inst., says that the books of
the different warehouses of that town show that
near 39,000 bales of cotton (exclusive of 800
bales from Jefferson) have arrived at that port
since the Ist of September last. It also has the.
following paragraph about the weather:
“ We had quite a hail storm Mor.day evening,
which was succeeded by a heavy rain, and
closed during the night with a gale of wind. 11
the inclement weather continues much longer,
it will entail inevitable ruin on our planters.
Live Hogs.—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
says, there is no business in Ohio that is more
rapidly increasing than the exporting of live
hogs. It is not more than five years since the
first commencement was made of sending fat
live hogs to an eastern market, and now it is al
most the only method of disposing of surplus
pork. The facilities for cheap and rapid trans
portation by the network of railroad terminating
at the eastern cities, have contributed, to bring
about this result.
Gold in Vermont.—Professor Hubbard, of
Darmouth College writes to a friend in New
York, that he has in his possession several specie
mens of gold found in Bridgewater, Vermont,