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BY JAMES GARDNER, JR
AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 26.
The Yale College Affair.
In justice to Yale College and its Faculty, and
also to those of the Southern students there, who
indorse the views of a " Soutbenwr" (a member
ol the Junior Class from Mississippi,) we pub
lish his reply to Mr. Hamilton. There is a large
allowance ot liberality in the sentiments ot this
young Mississippian, in reference to Northern
opinions on slavery, and their modes of expres
sing them.
If all Southern students in Northern Colleges
viewed the matter as philosophically, there
would lie few angry collisions in these institu
tions growing out of this vexed question. But
we cannot give credit Jk* Northern students and
Professors for quite as much philosophy and for
bearance, and we are inclined to believe their
anti-slavery prejudices would not be the less
noisy or intrusive by reason of the resigned spirit
with which Southern students listened to them.
The state of things prevailing at dale has
made the same impressions on other Southern
men that it has on Mr. Hamilton, albeit some
of the facts put forth by him are controverted.
In proof of this, we quote the following edito
rial from the Macon Journal Y Afissrngrr :
j Apqi.iTioMrsM in Falk Caswas.—We hav#
known. u*m rrar oi. i pers. n <t experience, that
\ < »ii»_.l<«e f ege nas oeeti for ms..y years the hot j
* tied Abolitionism, and that influences were ex- ;
’ cried npon its Students w hich tended to create i
among them a public sentiment hostile to the
South, and to its institution of domestic slavery.
Th-re are not among the followers of Garrison, j
Fred. Doughs- ar.d Harriet Beechor Stowe, fan
atics upon the subject of slavery more unreason- ,
able, more ignorant, more uncompromising, and
more i.'.- .. g than that class of Northern Stu-
dents in Yale College, who. on account of their
natural dullness, and consequent dogmatism, aie
destined, by their parents, /br /Ac prp/essfon of |
JI. '. i.. 7. r.s young men are educated at the South
1..r Civil Engineers, 1 .ysicians and Lawyeis.
Their Academic career is a novitiate for the
priest-crafr. which over-rides an I controls a
large portion ol "tiie strong-minded women
men of New England, and
dosing, drcwti’i-g, a d purring through it. their ;
whole de;-.iitm-.it towards Southern students,
is a practical and systematic assertion of their
superiority. To the sneers of these men, and .
to their str.ctures upon t ie South, are Southern I
youths in Yale College continually exposed.
A College course in England, or on the conti- ;
nent. is q ; te as cheap and as profitable as at
Yale or Cambridge. Brown University, in
Rhixle Islaiid.-w.'s injured many years ago by
the published opinions of its President upon the ■
subject of slavery. Did he ever utter anything I
half so objectionable as that which is attributed
to President Wollsey and to Professor Thatch- ;
er in the extiacts from the letter o Mr. Ham
ilton. for writing which, he has been refused a
diploma from Yale.
We are gla 1 to know that there is piety and
philant:.'.-phy at the North, and among the stu
dents o: Yale, which is enlightened, and w Inch
is without anv of the cant ol religion, and that
there are always Northern men an ocg its stu- i
dents, who are tine illustrations ot everything ;
noble and generous. But public opinion in j
Connecticut, in New Haven, in the Faculty ol ■
\ i e • i among i"s students, is opposed to the '
South and to her institution of slavery, and the i
liberal patronage wb.cn Georgia Las given her,
s >uld he trai sferred to our own or to European
Montgomery and West Point Railroad. j
We ate pleased to learn by a letter from the ,
resident, Chalets T. Fuulaud, that the recent .
damage- by t. ■> freshet to the Montgomery and
West PoiiA Railroad, have been repaired—and \
tnat both the day ar.d night Passenger Trains j
are now running as usual.
The staging between this and the LaGrange :
Railroad is reduced to 13 miles.
The Boston Daily’ Advertiser, states that a
gentleman, whose name is withheld, has dona
ted to the Boston Athenaeum a large number of
books, unequalled in value by any previous gift
of books to the library since its foundation. The
works thus presented are all of a most costly and
splendid character, and include several which 1
are not to be found any iu olher public library in
A twin* » sat in PO I
4- ; volumes of the works of Piranesi, a very '
fixia copy‘of Champollion’s great work on Egyp
tian Antiquities, under the auspices of the
French Government, in lour folio volumes, I
Perking’s splendid volume on the Pyramids of i
Gizeh. and a copy of Gould’s Birds of Europe, a i
work which rivals in beauty and expense Au- ;
dubon'o Birds of America.
More Raia—Railroad Collision—Loss of Life.
The Columbus Times of the 19th inst., says: j
On Thursday night last the windows of Heaven I
were opened, and a great flood of rain fell in this |
section. The flume of the Eagle Factory was I
washed away and a portion of the wall of the ■
canal lately rebuilt was thrown down by the
violence of the waters.
- But the most melancholy accident occurred
on the Railroad which it has been our duty to
record since our connection witn the press. The
cars left the depot at 3 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, and had hardly gone 10 miles before the
trestle work across a ravine gave way, and pre- |
cipitated them into the depths below, ar.d des
troyed the lives of two esteemed citizens, and se- j
verely injured another. The engine passed over 1
the trestle work safely, but the weight of the I
tender crushed through it and dragged theengine
and car after it, causing the collision between ;
them which was so fatal.
‘■The engineer. .Mr. Charles D. Schoonmaker, I
and a fireman named Newton Gillmore, were
killed instantly. Mr. Benjamin Gray, another
fireman, had his leg and arm broken, and great j
apprehensions were at one time felt as to his I
recovery, but I. is physician assured us yesterday ;
morning that he was out of all danger.
“ We are informed that Mr. Schoonmaker was i
a very careful engineer, and that on the morn
ing in question be used the greatest precaution !
to prevent the possibility of accidents; and j
that when the accident did occur, there was no j
cause for fear. The cars had passed over much :
worse looking places with safety. No blame i
therefore will be attached to him. It was one |
of those unforeseen providences which human I
foresight could not guard against.
“ There were passengers in the cars: but none
oftheniwere dangerously injured. The seats
in the passenger cars were torn up and the car
otherwise damaged. All communication with
Savannah is now interupted, but we hope it
will be opened by our next issue/’
ft is expected, says the New York Journal of
Commerce, that Franconi’s great hippodrome
will go into operation on the first of May next
—the first thing of toe kind that has been intro
duced into the United States. Two hundred and
fifty horses will be daily employed, and there
will be about an equal number of artists and em
ployees The steamship Washington, to leave
Southampton the 30th inst., will bring seventy
persons connected with the hippodrome, among
whom are Franconi, and Mons, and Mad. Che
renie. who are distinguished in their line of busi
ness. at London and Paris,
The celebrated “ Car of Roses.” or “ Bacchus,”
will also soon arrive by the ship Sea Duck, from
Havre. Thirteen artists are on board the packet
ship Northumberland, with ostriches and ele
phants, and are daily expected to arrive at this
port.
The hippodrome is located on the Sth Av
enue, New York, at its junction with Broadway,
on the west side of Madison Square, and be
tween 23d and 21th streets. The ground has
for many years been occupied by the American
Institute, at the time of the annual Fair, for the
cattle show ; and the Madison Cottage, (one of
the old land marks) is being demolished, to clear
the ground. The Hippodrome is in the form of
a large amphitheatre, 350 by 200 feet, and will
seat from 12,000 to 13,000 persons. The sur
rounding wall and the seats are nearly comple
ted. The interior will be laid out, in the centre
as a garden, in four sections, with fountains,
flowers and shrubbery, and be covered by a dec
orated tent. The buildings are said to'be more
complete, capacious, and better arranged, than
any of the kind yet constructed.
The style of entertainment will be entirely
new in this country— quite a different thing from
the circus. The Roman car will figure conspic
uously with races by fernale charioteers, steeple
chases, “ flat races,” by female jockeys , ostriches
rode at the rate of twenty miles an hour: Arabs
in the desert, chased by Gonaves ; ostriches hunt
ted by Bedouins, stag hunts, &c., &c.
The Hippodrome and Crystal Palace will be
rival attractions.
Singular Cask of Fike.—The Boston Atlas
says, the following fact may be useful, not only
in guarding against a similar occurrence, but in
suggesting one among many causes of tire, which
are, undoubtedly, often wrongly attributed to
incendiarism. A few days since, a gentleman
in the vicinity of Boston observed that the tassel
to the shade of his chamber window was badly
burned, and in a manlier which gave no indica
tion of the cause. He failed in his enquiries,
and no person in the house could give him any
information. A morning or two after, the do
mestic who was attending to the room, ran
down in haste, exclaiming that the chamber
window was on fire. An examination explained
j the mystery. In front of the window, which
| looked easterly, stood a shaving glass affixed to a
moveable stand. A magnifying glass on the
back reflected the rays of the sun. bringing
them to a focus on the window ; and whenever
j they struck on wood they burned into it, char-
I ring the frame in many places. A piece of pa
: per placed against the window was set on fire,
I and, indeed, the heat was so intense that it in
! stantly burned whatever it touched. When
j first discovered the frame of the window was
I blazing.
i Had the fire extended, it is not probable that
; the origin of it would have been discovered, and
: it would have been placed among those incom-
I pr->*r„»iLJw enuscs which rnn flnJ nuother «otn
i tiou than wilful micuief.
' The Lars Trouble at Honduras.—By the i
: brig Helen Jane, from Truxillo, Honduras, Feb. 1
27th, which arrived at New Y'ork on Saturday i
; morning, we have the following account of the i
' trouble on the Mosquito Coast : t
About four months since the commandant at
Truxillo dispatched troops to Limas, on Romain
River, to put a stop to the cutting of mahogany c
by the English, they refusing to pay the duty (
enacted by Hondurat, on the ground that the ,
place belonged to the Mosquito King, which '
Honduras always denied. I
The English cutters were driven oft'—the d
English flag hauled down, and the Honduras e
troops permanently stationed there. The mis
sion ot the British steamer “Devastation,” at
Truxillo, was to demand the immediate with
drawal of the troops frm Limas, with the inti- a
mation that if the demand was not complied ”
w.th by 12 o’clock, the English commander j a
would proceed to remove them by force. He |f;
also stated that a claim for damages to English ’ f t
subjects, in consequence of their having been
driven oft, would be made. He likewise de
manded that English subjects should not hearaf- a
ter be iuterferred with. The commandant of
Truxillo complied with the demand under pro- 11
test, and the troops at Limas were removed— t (
The people ol Honduras, claim Limas as indis- ;
putably a part of Honduras, and deny the right
of the English to cut the valuable mahogany I a
without paying the usual duty. H
The Panama Echo learns from Captain Thom- j w
as. who arrived in the Nueva Granda, that the j
day before the steamer sailed an express arrived. |
overland, from the American exploring expedi- i
dition on the Amazon, that the explorers had i
reached a point on the liver, in nearly a direct i
line, some three hundred miles distant, but, by !
the circuitous route which the express was com- \ n
pelled to take, was about three hundred and j 0
seventy-five miles distent. There they had !
found a magnificent and most productive coun- :
try, with resources beyond previous conception. P
Cotton sheeting stood at 30 cents per yard: cos- I
fee and indigo at 2 cents, and all other products !
; at proportionate prices—cutlery, especially, be- j (
i ing very high. The imports are fully equal in ! j
i their rates to the exports.
I It seems by the statements of Captain H. and ’
j others, that the Yankee steamer will secure the ; I
■ bonus of SIO,OOO offered by the government for \ c
i the first steam vessel navigating the waters of i j
the Amazon into Bolivia, and also the entry of 1
her entire cargo duty free.
— |
The shock of an earthquake was felt at Water- | I
town, N. Y., early on the morning of the 12th I 1
inst. A considerable number of citizens, who a
. were awake at the time, describe the vibrations, a
: which were very distinct. The shock occurred e
at about 10 minutes past 2 o'clock. The first 1
I part ol the shock was severe, so nvuch so that
persons were aroused from sound sleep. Stoves s
; and crockery rattled. After these ceased, the c
■ rumbling sound continued at least a minute and t
a half, ending with a number of slight shocks and
j vibrations, and gradually ceasing. The contin- ,
j uation or duration of the whole shock and vibra- j
j tions was about two or two and a half minutes, t
I The hoiizon was covered with light, unbroken r
| clouds. Thermometer stood at 28, four degrees y
below freezing point. Very calm and no wind J
stirring at the time. v
French Fleet Ordef.f.d to Nicaragua.— c
It is stated that Louis Napoleon is about to send 0
a naval force to San Juan de Nicaragua to demand -
from the municipal authorities there satisfaction | n
for fines levied by them upon French subjects for a
their refusal to comply with some of the demands j e
of the authorities of that place The French
government, before deciding upon this course, j c
made a demand upon the British government, i t
but that government replied that it had no re- ! ( |
ponsibility in the case, for by the treaty with ' y
the United States it had relinquished all author- | j
I ity and dominion there. | }
A merchant, interested in the timber trade i “
' and who has a house in Oswego, informs the , *
\ New York Herald that the importation of Cana- ; 1
I dian timber into the New York market was ;
! much larger than was generally supposed, and ’
I was every year on the increase. The heaviest i f
| supplies are entered at Oswego, and during ca- I
! nal navigation, reach the city by the canal and : '
jt! e river. Large quantities of it are sold in bond : '
j for export for Australia and the British West In- ;
I dies, while it comes pretty strongly in compcti- | ,
! tion with Eastern lumber for shipment to Cali- i (
fornia, and for domestic use. The capital invest- >
ed in the trade is already very large, and under : t
j a reciprocity treaty of commerce it would be- ! <
, come very great.
' A Great Line now Filled Out.—The Leg-
I idature ofVirginia has, says the Knoxville Reg-
I ister, incorporated a company to construct a road ,
i from Lynchburg to the District of Columbia, by (
I means of which there will be a continuous and j (
' direct line of railway from Washington City 1 (
i through Virginia, to the Tennessee line. The ' (
j company will, we have been assured, complete j
! the road by the time the Virginia and Tennes- I
| see and the East Tennessee and Virginia roads >
I are finished, and then Washington City will be |
1 but a day’s journey from Knoxville, and the j
; great cities of the north but a few hours more i
distant.
;
j Cadet Appointment for Georgia.—We are j
‘ informed that Thomas J. Berry, son of A. J. (
1 Berry, Esq., of Newnan, has received from Mr. 1
. Fillmore, the appointment of Cadet at West
| Point, from the 4th Congressional District of
, Georgia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
| death of young Latham. Young Berry is now
j in Franklin College, but will repair immediate
| ly to West Point, where, we are induced to
i hope, he rnay receive the highest honors of that
i excellent institution.
! The number of persons actually enagaged in
j digging gold in California does not exceed 100,-
i 000. During the month of January just passed,
I the export of gold from California amounted to
$4,570,013, which gives a monthly yield of
$43.76 to each man engaged in mining.
The Lemon Slavic Case.—ln the House of |
Delegates of Virginia, on Thursday, the report!
of the special committee on the Lemon slave [
case was taken up and read, closing with a re- j
commendation of the following resolution, which j
was unanimously adopted, viz :
Rewlved, By the General Assembly, that the
Attorney General of this State be and is hereby
j directed to prosecute, before the Supreme Court
of New York, together with such other counsel
as the executive may think proper to associate
with him, the appeal which has been taken
from the recent decision of a Judge in that State,
by which Jonathan Lemon, a citizen of Vir
ginia, was deprived of his slaves.
The total value of the foreign exports from
Baltimore, for the week ending on Thursday, ,
was $175,492. The exports of breadstuff* for
the week comprises 12,607 barrels of flour, 2,095
barrels of corn meal, and 1,200 bushels of coin. '
The returns of the General Post Office, Eng
land, for the year 1852, give additional proof of
the efficacy of the system in eve
ry respect. In 1839 the number of letters was
76,000,000 ; in 1840, first year of the new system,
169,000,000 ;in 1845, the number reached 271,- >
500,000 ; in 1830 it wa5347,000,000 : and in 1852
it had increased to 379, "00, 000.
The New York Express commends an appara
tus recently invented by Professor Kidder, of
that city, which controlls the flow of gas at the
point of its most economical combustion, and
checks the waste caused by the pressure from
the Gas Works equal to thirty per eent, beyond
the amount required by the consumer, thus sa
ving the consumer annually like per centage.
The apparatus is self regulating and acts equally
on one or one thousand burners. It is in use at
the Express office, where its operation has been
equal to the anticipations of its inventor, and
equally satisfactory and economical to the edi
tors.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania has passed a
bill to allow land and building associations, in
corporated by the State, to purchase and hold
land in fee simple, either in their corporate ca
pacity or by trustee, and to sell the same, or any
part thereof, to their stockholders or others, in
fee simple. No association, however, is to hold
more than fifty acres of land.
The Clay Monument project in St. Louis,
Mo., is in quite a flourishing state. Some twen
ty or thirty lots have been tendered as donations
for a site, and the President of the association
subscribes SSOOO towards the monument, while
another gentleman offers to subscribe $350 an
nually for the next five years.
The Swaxtjij JJaj’ untie an.—Mr. C>’rjiish
has become connected with’ this old and Ttghly '
respectable paper as Assistant Editor. Mr. C
has been employed for several years in the Com
mercial Department of the New York Express,
and has been for some time employed as a com
mercial correspondent of the Republican.
On Monday last the weekly line of steamers,
of the U. S. Mail Steamship Co. commenced.
On that day the Illinois was to have taken her
departure from New-Y r ork, and will be followed
by the Crescent City on the 28th. The days of
departure will be the Sth, 13th, 20th and 25th of
each month.
The editor of the Brooklyn, N. Y. Advertiser
had the pleasure of seeing a few day’s since a
gold medal, weighing about a pound, and costing
about SI,BOO, which is to be presented to the
family of the late Mr. Webster. A number of
far similes, in bronze, are to be struck off.
A bill has been reported in the Virginia Sen
ate to tax male free colored persons $5 and fe
males $1 per year, to raise a fund to send them
to Africa.
The bill chartering the Alexandria, Loudoun
and Hampshire Rail Road Company, passed the
House of Delegates of Virginia on Wednesday,
with a State subscription of three-fifths of one
million two hundred thousand dollars, to be ex
pended east of the Shenandoah river. This bill
having previously passed the Senate is now a
law.
Contrracts, it is said, have lately been conclu
ded by Capt. Thos. Wright, with the Govern
ments of Central America, for the establishment
of steamers to carry their mails to and from
Panama, commencing at the port of Iztapan, in
Guatemala, and touching at all the intermediate
ports of Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Cos
ta Rica.
We have been politely favored for publication
(says the Charles'on Standard,) with the follow
ing telegraphic despatch dated
Montgomery, March 21,1853.
“ Let it be known that our road is so far com
pleted, that we open communication to-day, be- |
tween Montgomery and Wess Point, with our j
day train, and shall be enabled by Thursday, to ■
put on our night train again.
Chas. F. Pollard, President. i
I Sale of Daniel Webster’s Property.—The
' household furniture of the late Hon. Daniel
! Webster was disposed of on Tuesday by auction,
and brought very high prices. There was great
anxiety among those present to purchase, and
everything was readily sold. Many of the re
lics were bought in at over double their value.
Among other things 4u ordinary-li.vkjr.g rani -
seat chair was knocked down for sls, an old
common-looking clock brought $39, and other
things in proportion.
A Generous Offer. —It is said that Gen
Abner Curtis, a great shoe manufacturer of East
Abington, Mass , has issued proposals to some
twenty or thirty J’oung men in his manufactu
ring warehouse, that if they will, the current
year, be prudent, economical, and faithful in their i
duties—show’ a balance sheet of savings, indi- I
vidually, of one hundred and fifty dollars, and I
consummate marriage on or before the first day
of January next ensuing, then he will add, as a
New Year’s present, a house lot upon his do
main, and one hundred dollars for the purpose of
assisting in the erection of a cottage house, sev
erally, to his corps of assistants aforesaid.
We see it stated that the most lucrative of our
consulships is that at Panama, which is rated at
between thirty-five and one hundred thousand
dollars per annum. Havana is next,then Liver
pool, and afterwards in order comes Buenos
Ayres, Matanzas, Havre, Alexandria, and Hong j
Kong, or Canton. The commercial agency at
St. Thomas, Danish West India Islands, is said
to be w’orth from six to ten thousand dollars a |
[ year.
Bellville Factory.
We are informed that this Factory is now in ]
i full operation.
! The damage by the recent flood in the creek ;
| was to the dam onl}', amounting to about S6OO !
: The buildings were uninjured.
i A correspondent of the Savannah Cornier, j
writing from Troupville, Lowndes county, Ga., !
| confidently predicts that Southern and South- |
; western Georgia and Florida will, in less than j
ten years, send two hundred thousand bales of |
■ cotton over one or the other, or both of the pro- j
i jected roads, to the Atlantic.
New York Crystal Palace.—The New
York Journal of Commerce states that in con
sequence of the unfavorable state of the weath
er during the past month, and a temporary delay
j occasioned by a want of building, materials, the
| Crystal Pilace will not, probably, be ready for
I the reception of articles before the firstof June
j next.
We have been informed (says the Chaleston
! Courier, of the 24th inst) that the baggage car of
I the passenger train which left this city yesterday
j morning, when within three miles of Columbia
I took fire, and that nearly all the luggage con
' tained therein was destroyed. The passengers
i ultimately succeded in extinguishing the fire
Governor Manning, we understand, barely saved
a trunk oonfainiug valuable State papers.
[FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST & REPUBLIC.)
To James Hamilton.
Praise to thee, Hamilton, Fidelity’s son,
Praise which your high noble spirit hath won,
A spirit to spurn the priestcraft of schools—
That woull bias right minds and make them its
tools.
Ilonorsyou have lost, for the love of the Truth,
And principle leavens the soul of your youth ;
But honors you have won, and your fame is begun
By your wrongs to bo written on the face of the
sun.
I
j Yes, th"e genius of Yale is perverted at last,
! The die of her destiny is fearfully cast,
' Centennial glories now pale on her brow,
! Iler science is darkened by bigotry now.
j Right, right are your words, and rightfully spoken;
j For the links of this Union nro yet to bo broken,
When learning all hoary with the labors of ages,
Gives fiction approval by tho dogmas of sages.
Oh shame that “National Yale'' should depart,
From wisdom that templed her name in tho heart:
But memory now shall return to the spot,
And sadly brood over her history's blot.
Shades of the mighty dead, no more may ye wait,
Midst tho groves of your Yale dishonored ol late,
A!mu-Muter reveres not tho scroll of your names :
Como inspire the South with your patriot flumes.
Lot enterprise, fired by our wrongs at the North,
String her sinews again, her treasures pour forth,
And Southern hearts burn with a holier zeal,
And Southern hands build for their glory and weal.
Return to your land, thou patriot son '
And gird on tho armor of mind, Hamilton,
And place thy bravo breast in tho van »f your
State,
That, sooner or later must fight for its fide.
Yalensis.
IfyriuK, llu., March 11.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1853.
To the Editors of the Nciv Haven Palladium.
Yale College, Feb. 21th, 1853.
Otir little college world has been somewhat
agitated fra few days past by the appearance
in the Register of an article on the “Abolition
feeling” of the North—purporting to emanate
from the pen of a Southern Yalensian. The re
marks from the same source—in the Register
of the 23<l instant, were certainly not inappli
cable, or inappropriate to the present state
ot Northern feeling and policy towards their
Southern brethren. That there does not exist at
the North a mistaken view of Southern lite—
that Mrs. Stowe’s popular work has contribu
ted to this error. and has widened to a fright
ful extent the breach between the two extremi
ties of this Union—no one of sense and reflec
tion can have failed to observe. Nor can any
one deny that she has more firmly rivetted the
hand-cuffs of “ Uncle Tom.” She has, indeed,
effected in this country and throughout the civi
lized world, tl e spread of a romantic sentiment ot
freedom. She has created in the minds ot mil
lions, visions of many little Evas, acting out, in
Utopia, the part of that philanthropic and love
ly child ot fiction. Yet do the children of Ham
with their “soft and dark black eyes” dot the
cotton fields of the South, and will continue to
do so, until God. in his own good time sees fit to
dispose of them otherwise. But it is not to
speak of Abolition fanatics and Abolition books
that I have thus presumed to address you.
In the Register of the 24th instant there ap
pears an article to which we wish to call your
attention. .
It is not our intention to speak o! the politi
cal portion of that article, for in its general ten
or we agree with its author, but there is some
tbiug local in a part of that article which
; lerMh every iioieehenier 'in rt Eorthcrn Institu
tion.
The following reasons have induced us to re
ply to the remarks w ith reference to the politi
cal feeling of Yale College:
Ist. The appearance of the article iu public
print entitles it. or at least exposes it, to a reply,
and we are not endorsers of the views referred
to.
2ndly. If that article reaches Southern pa
rents—as it is avowedly intended to do—unless
answered it may be justly construed into an
unanimous Southern acquiescence in the com
plaints therein made.
3rdly. We do not regard the object of the
article as justified by the facts enumerated to
support it. It is not our business to defend the
Faculty of Y’ale College from the influence of
any publication to their detriment. It is pre
sumed that the dignity of the Faculty, their
known and reputed wisdom, the very’ places
they occupy, are sufficient responses to any ob
jections, collegiate, moral, or political, which
the alumni and under-graduates ol the College
mav adduce.
We have no accusations of ingratitude or im
propriety to urge against the gentleman’s views
—for as to the former, he knows better whether
he should be grateful to this institution, or not
and as to the latter, we are not competent to
instruct a person so well informed. But, I too,
sir, am a Southerner, and have a right to ex
press my views on this same subject. If State
lines and degrees ol latitude make the kind o!
men, 1 am geographically more Southern than
the gentleman himself. Indeed my poor sense
of duty and propriety has urged me, too, to make
publie the state ofthings existing at Yale Col
lege.
I am one ot those wn/brZnnirle Southerners—
yet connected with the institution, —yet draw
ing from her wells of wisdom, I hope, a daily por
tion. If I acquiesce in the gentleman’s views,
I present to my Southern friends and to my’ as
sociates at the North a singular instance of con
sistency and manliness. We publicly acquiesce
in the condemnation of the political views of the i
institution, and yet are not ashamed to be seen ■
still clinging to the advantages which it affords I j
Great independence 1 great chivalry this I The j
gentleman has the advantage of some of us in |
having taken out an honorable dismission from ;
these obnoxious influences ; and I think he has I
shown himself honorable and consistent in sol
doing, considering the views which he adopts, j
But if there are any who endorse his views and >
still enjoy the advantages of the institution, I
must say they exhibit a singular instance of ]
moral heroism, in enduring for the sake of the \
College what they deem political oppression.
We will now notice a few of the facts which I
the gentleman has arrayed before us to prove j
what Yale College has never claimed, viz : strict
nationality. He seems surprised “that reports
from several of the more prominent Colleges
and Universities ot New England, have been
published, purporting to give expression upon
the Fugitive Slave Law, and are invariably op
posed to it.” The gentleman certainly knows
that the faculties of New England Colleges
are almost without exception made up of New
England Clergy—that the clergv give tone to
tk- popular views.—moral, and to a srreat extent
political, in Nev.’ England. 1/ it
worthy of complaint, therefore, because New
England has looked for a decision with regard
to this law, also, to her clergy and best informed
men ? They may be wrong in mooting a point
settled by the Constitution and Supreme Court
of the United States; but if they are advocates
of a “ higher law,” we have but one redress, and
that is beyond any provisions in the Constitu
tion.
The gentleman must remember, too, that
New England has youth of her own to educate
at this institution. Their political views are
as important as ours. From whom does New
England expect the views of her sons to be
moulded if not trom the educated men of New
England? This, then, is not and does not pro
fess to be strictly a national institution. The
idea of her nationality has arisen from the na
tionality of her reputation, rather than any’ na
tionality of design. It is no more her interest
than her generosity, that has opened her doors
to Southern students.
It is to her courtesy that we have heard there
fore so little anti-sbavery sentiment, rather than
to an acquiescence in our views, that we are
indebted. It is to her courtesy only, that we
may look for equal respect in How do
we know but the wisdom and consciences, (er
roneous, perhaps, in our view,) ot her governors
have impelled them to express themselves now
more freely’ upon the subject of slave,y? They
may feel such obligations to New England youth,
as to call for such free expression. All these
views are obnoxious to us. But what is the
remedy? Must we. a little pilgrim band of
Southerners in search of knowledge, expect the
courtesy of Yale College to muzzle the expres
sion of opinion, upon questions upon which they
have as much right to be earnest and fanatical as
ourselves. The whole matter lies here. VV e
knew before we left the South that we were
coming to a Northern institution, an institution,
which, if it does not oppose slavery, certainly
cannot approve ol it. Our well-read parents
knew this. Now in the conrse of our educa
tion here, we have exercises in “ dispute-wri
ting.” Who selects the subjects? We do. —
Suppose a sectional question chosen, as is fre
quently the case, and nearly always with our
approbation. Well, we read before a Professor
or the President. It is his duty to decide; we
have forced him to decide upon a sectional ques
tion. He must give his arguments, he is a free
man. Have we all so suddenly forgotton whew
we are mooting such a question'? If we are not
too sensitive to debate a sectional question with
Northern men, ought we to be too sensitive to
hear a Northern decision ? Does courtesy re
tard the expression of pro-slavery sentiments in
our Southern States'? If Yale College was in
South Carolina, and Northerners were there
represented, would a decision upon a sectional
question be withheld on these grounds? I
think not. The gentleman lias also been hasty
in the sentence pronounced upon the President
and Law Professor, who, he says, selected as a
question for the prize debate in the society of
“ Brothers in Unity”—‘ Ought not the Fugitive
Slave Law be obeyed? The questions were
chosen from the whole number of questions de
bated for the last two terms—the one referred
to was political, and therefore more interesting,
in addition to the field for originality which it
offered. Abstract questions seem to have been
avoided in all the selections made. Certainly,
no one is in earnest who would accuse a man
of age and sense of carrying attachment to a po
litical dogma so ridiculously far as to force its
discussion upon a few Juniors; and if he did,
*he result must have sadly disappointed him, for
three out of the eighteen disputants supported the
negative. Surely, here is a most law-disobeying
faetjon I
I may even add—that at least two of the three
who supported the negative, did so, avow
edly with the purpose of striking the judges
with their oddity if they could not with their ar
guments.
Yale College, then, in our view, is not a na
tional institution ; its views are restricted ; court
esy can be the only barrier to a public and in
discriminate avowal of these views. # 1 h R
Southerner naturally inquires in what attitude
does Yale College stand to the South ? We con
ceive this to b** her position. Here is one ot the
first institutions of learning in the land—her
faculty are northern men—northern in education
and principle—they have political views ot their
own—the country knows them or can know
them, if they apply for such knowledge. South
erners, if you come here you come wittingly ;
human nature is the same here as elsewhere; il
you come here and draw forth our political
views, you shall have them ; il not, we will not
intrude them upon you; it you are influenced
(and we hope you will be) and shaken in VOUI
Southern doctrines, you are thus affected with
your eyes open. Ifyoudon t like our doctrines,
you can get an honorable dismission from our
teachings; we are not dependent on you, we
must have our inalienable rights of free thought
and free speech, even if we have to sacrifice
your small patronage.
These things are so. This is a Northern in
stitution, arid Southern parents, sensible rnen,
send their sons here as pupils in the Academic
department, not as politicians. Our very pres
ence in New England is u prima facie'” evidence
that we are not afraid of anti-slavery arguments
and influences, or have consented to run such a
risk for the sake of education.
I will notice briefly tho dissolution of Calli
ope, or the Southern Society, in consequence of
which dissolution “ we have been thrown out to
fight 01li■ h:IV in Weekly broils, or submissively
listi'n to the most hostile denunciations ag.iiust
the institutions under which we were born.”
’ society,
n lue tact ol the business, sir, is, the society had
e no reason lor existence. All our sectional feel-
- ing was in form rather than in reality. Like all
r objectless fabrics should do, she has finally done
honor to herself by frankly and in a Southern
l' manner, acknowledging that she could not stand.
r In fact, sections ' flourished more within than
t without the hall; there was once the “ accursed
- Mississippi faction” ami that, "Missouri faction”
tfc. “Our mutual friendship,” sir, was too often
■ ol a peculiar kind, so much so that reminiscen-
■ ces of the fate of Calliope always suggested to
• my mind the fate of the Kilkenny cats. Since
her dissolution, a majority ofj the Southerners,
■ have, I understan ;one to the other two socie
, ties. Ol course th y will hear opposite views
there advocated, afld so does the American at
I Oxford or Cambridge hear republican institu
tions abused, and monarchy landed to the skies.
Should this restrain American 'rom graduating
in England if they choose, or place English uni
versities under obligations to be courteous to the
dissenters’ Does the man who knows that he
> is in the right, banish himself or commit suicide
i because he meets with differences of opinion ?
■ This world is composed of the opposition, and I
i for one, would just as leave meet one phase of it
here, as elsewhere. Let us meet every oppo
nent ou his own ground—breathing his own at
mosphere,and wielding his own weapon. A
few sneers (which few of us have noticed) can
not long affect us, against right, the Supreme
Court and the Constitution. Before I leave the
subject o'. Calliope, I must say to the confidence
geni n.sity of the Faculty, provision was
m ils. Ain the erection ol ti-e new nans,
and that too, when there w«s no prospect ot our
raising a sum of money, which could justly en
title us to such provision. The failure to exist
in a corporate capacity until the completion of
of the halls is our crime, not theirs
Finally, sir, even should we admit that the
gentleman’s views were sound, and substantia
ted by proof, what is there so terrible after all
in this anti-slavery sentiment in Yale College’
We must judge of an evil by its effects. Now
if this anti-slavery sentiment continues to send
forth men so Southern, honorable and talented as
Mr. Calhoun and the gentleman himself, it is the
best school in the country for the education ol
secessionists’ sons.
For my part, I am decidedly more pro-slavery
in my sentiments now, than when I entered
Yale College. I have seen the poverty and
wretchedness of free negroes at the North. 1
have compared them with their more fortunate
brethren at the South. I have seen the cheap
and humbug philanthrophy of Abolitionism try
ing to find a decent hiding place. In fine, I
have learned that every man who is opposed to
slavery, is not necessarily opposed to the South.
I do not think, sir, that the state of political
feeling in Yale College called for the remarks
published in the Register. Even ifthereis such
feeling, and that dangerous, or to say the least,
unpleasant, our redress seems to lie in a home
ward cWieeiion. The author of the article in
question, is one whose opinions I respect, both
an account of the general soundness of his views
and his “ Seniority,” and is the last man who
would intentionally hurt the feelings of any one,
or so farg-eneraZi'xe his view’s as to include those
who cannot endorse them. The country gen
erally, knows the standing of this College, and
knows the tenets of its Professors, and if they
wished to school their children in politics, they
would probably keep them at home. But we
must confess it will require many an unfavora
be “ dispute decision,” and many a lecture on
ti e “ origin of rights and the duties of States,”
ere the annual pilgrimage of Southern students
■ to this modern Athens of Science and Literature
i shall be staid.
A Southerner.
(From the Washington Union.]
I Official—Appointments by the President—By and
! with the advice and consent of tho Senate.
j Joseph Lane, of Indiana, to be governor of!
I the Territory of Oregon, in place ot John P.
j Gaines, removed.
Isaac I. Stevens, of Massachusetts, to be gov-
! ernorof the Territory of Washington.
I George L. Currey. of Oregon, to be secretary
I of the Territory of Oregon, in place of Edward
j Hamilton, removed.
j <L W. Nesmith, of Oregon, to be marshal of
the Territory ot Oregon, in place of Joseph L.
Meek, whose commission has expired.
Fernando J. Moreno, to be marshall of the
United States for the southern district of Florida,
in place of Walter C. Maloney, resigned.
Jesse B. Clemens, to be marshal of the Uni
ted States for the middle district of Tennessee,
in place of William M. Brown, removed.
Robert J. Chester, to be marshal of the Uni
ted States for the western district ofTennessee,
! Witto’Sterney of the 1 Uni
ted States for the district of Massachusetts, in
place o! George Lunt, resigned.
Thomas Evans, to be attorney of the United
States.for the district of South Carolina, in
place of J. L. Tettigru, resigned.
Thomas Hayne, to be attorney of the United
States for the district of Illinois, in place of Ar
chibald Williams, removed.
George E. Hand, to be attorney of the United
States tor the district of Michigan, in place of
Samuel Barstow, removed.
Benjamin F. Harding, of Oregon, to be attor
ney of the United States for the district of Ore
gon, in place of Amory Holbrook, removed.
Henry M. Bishop, to be assistant treasurer ot
the United States at Boston, in the State of
Massachusetts, in place of Franklin Haven, re
signed.
Sidney Webster, of New Hampshire, to be
secretary to the President to sign patents for
lands.
Robert B. Campbell, of Texas, to be commis
sioner for running the boundary line betw’een
the United States and the republic of Mexico,
under the fifth article of the treaty with that
republic concluded on the 2d February, 1848, in
place of John R. Bartlett, removed.
Theodore S. Fay. of New York, to be minis
ter resident of the United States in Switzerland.
John Randolph Clay, of Pennsylvania, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentia
ry of the United States to the republic of Peru
Samuel D. Heap, to be consul of the United
States for the city and kingdom of Tunis, in j
place of Joseph 11. Nicholson, removed.
[The above list of appointments, intended for
insertion in yesterday’s Union, were by acci
dent omitted.]
COLLECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS.
Nathaniel M. Towle, district of Saco, Maine,
vice Joseph T. Nye, whose commission has ex
pired.
S. B. Phinney, district of Barnstable, Massa
chusetts, vice Ebenezer Bacon, removed.
Win. F. Colcock, district ot Charleston South
Carolina, vice Wm. J. Grayson, removed.
Stephen Powers, district of Brazos de Santia
go, Texas, vice John S. Rhea, whose commis
sion will expire March 19, 1853.
Oliver S. Whitherby, district of San Diego, 1
California, vice Wm. C. Ferrel, removed.
Isaac B. Wall, district of Monterey, Califor
nia, vice Wm. H. Russell, resigned.
Burglary.—On Monday night last, some
person or persons, availing themselves of the I
darkness and the heavy rain, broke into the ;
branch bank of Savannah, in this city, with the
intentjto finger its funds. They entered by prying
open the front door, with chisels and a piece of
railroad bar-iron,and succeeded in gaining admit
tance into the Office. But their attempts to force
the safes were ineffectual, and after disarranging
and scattering the papers of the Bank, they left
with eight dollars, which they found in one of
the drawers, as a compensation for their trouble.
The Hard-ware Store of Messrs. Bray, Car
hart & Co., was also entered on the same night,
the door being forced in a similar way, and as is
presumed, by the same parties, but with no bet
ter sn«-“s«. as they only succeded in getting some
two dollars from the drawer, they were evident
ly after money alone, as no goods are missing at
Messrs. Bray & Co.’s Store.— Macon Journal
23d.
An extraordinary outrage was perpetrated at
Chambersburg, Clark county, Mo., not long
since. While the quarterly meeting of the
Methodist Church was in session at that place,
and when the congregation had been dismissed
after morning service, a man calling himself Dr.
Trabue, walked into the chinch, and seized the
Rev. C. H. Kelly roughly by the shoulder, say
ing, “you’re my prisoner—cross your hands'.”
The Rev. Mr. Dennis then interfered, and asked
Irabuewhat he meant by such conduct in the
house of God ? At this Trabue ordered his as
sistants to “ tie this man,” (meaning Kelly,| and
cried out, “I’m the Marshal of the State of Mis
souri at the same time presenting one of Colt’s
revolvers with the trigger sprung, he threatened
to shoot any one who should raise a hand to in
terfere.
Kelly’s friends gave way upon this declaration,
and to all attempts to obtain information of the
ground of such proceedings, he appealed to his
revolver, saying that the prisoner was a base ras
cal, irr. posing himself upon the community. Af
ter Kelly’s hands were tied, and his legs chained,
Trabue said, “This man has stolen a horse, and
I’ll take him to justice.” He was taken out of
the house, notwithstanding the remonstrances
of Mr. Dennis and his friends, placed upon a
■ horse, and secured by a chain being passed under
I the horse, and fastened on each toot with a hea
vy padlock.
Mr. Kelly was taken to the lowa Penitentia
ry, and presented to the keeper, who at once de
. dared that he was not the man sought for—one
, Charles 11. Kelly who had escaped from the pen
itentiary, anil that he bore no resemblance to
, him. He was of course discharged.
Maryland Coal Trade.—We learn from the
Cumberland Telegraph that the coal trade upon
> the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for the week
ending the 12th instant, has been greater than at
any time previous—34 boats having departed
’ with 3,724 5-20 tons of coal. During the same
1 week, there were transported over the Mt. Sav
age Railroad 4,683 tons, and over tho road of the
Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, 3,846 tons
of coal, making the transportation for the week
8,529 tons and since the Ist of January last, 53,-
> 303 tons.
Arrival of the Canada.
Halifax, March 18.
The Canada brings 95 passengers. The steam
er City of Glasgow sailed on the 2d inst. The
steamer Atlantic arrived out on the morning of
the 2d.
England.—Lord Palmerston stated in Parlia
ment that no application had been made for the
expulsion of foreign refugees from England, and
had such application been made, it would have
been firmly refused.
Lord Dudley Stuart called the attention of Par
liament to Turkish affairs. Lord John Russell
replied that Government had thought it necessa
ry to have a frank explanation with Austria, and
at the same time express the views of England
regarding Turkish independence. He had no
doubt the difficulty would bn adjusted by nego
tiation. At the same time he thought the refu
gees were bound in honor not to bring the coun
try into trouble by their imprudence.
Mazzini publishes a letter, taking the respon
sibility of the London Committee’s manifesto
and address to the Hungarians in Italy. The let
ter was written by Kossuth, at Mazzini’s request,
during Kossuth’s sojourn at Kutayah, and was
never afterwards retracted.
The Duchess of Sutherland has placed Stafford
House at the disposal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe,
the authoress of “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” in which
to give her receptions.
Government has refused to charter the London,
Liverpool, and American Steamship Company.
A ship has arrived from Melbourne, with near
ly $1,000,000 in gold.
Many shipwrecks occurred on the coast, in the
hurricane of the 26th ult.
France. —The Pope’s anival at Paris was
expected daily.
Ibe J:.mpeivr nny- ii.ct, ii. o <.nnrinl manufac
tories will be worthily reprcwmled a; the r.ew
York Exhibition.
An unsuccessful attempt had been made to fire
the Toulon Arsenal.
Austria.—The Emperor bad not recov
ered from his wound, which is more serious
than was at first expected. The assassin had
been executed.
The worst feeling is felt at Vienna towards
England A mob had broken in the windows
of the British Ambassador’s house, and the citi
zens refuse all intercourse with Englishmen, be
cause England shelters Mazzini and Kossuth.
There is an unusual commotion in Hungary,
and many arrests have been made. More ar
rests have also been made at Milan Ail the
church bells are mute and guarded so that they
may uot be touched.
Poland. —The Austrian Loyds says that in
consequence of the unsettled state of affairs
Russia is taking great precautions to prevent an
outbreak in Poland.
Turkey.—The Constitutional states that the
mission sent by Russia to Constantinople is to
demand 9,000.000 ruples due Russia for her in
tervention in 1810, and to insist upon a settle
ment of the holy sepulchre affair.
The Montenegro war is ended.
It is reported that the Porte makes demands
of Austria, and it is not true that Turkey throws
herself on the protection of France and England.
It is generally believed that Austria had moder
ated her demands
It is understood that a Diplomatic Congress
will assemble at Paris in May, to adjust the dif
ficulty between Austria and Turkey.
The French Ambassador has obtained the
Porte’s promise of indemnity to the French loan
holders.
India and China.—The India mail had ar
rived at London with Shanghai dates to the 2d
of January. Silks had largely advanced, and
teas had also advanced in price.
The accounts of the insurrection in China are
meagre and unsatisfactory.
Vessels were wanted and imports were dull.
The Bombay dates are to the 18th of January.
Hides were advancing and were scarce. Rice
was depressed. Wheat met with a fair con
sumptivedemand at 1 a 2d. decline. Flour was
dull ats a9d decline.
Dates from Calcutta are to January 19th. The
export market was unchanged. Large ship
ments of rice and cotton had been made to Eng
land.
Cape of Good Hope.—Advices from Cape
town, of January 24th, confirm the previous re
port of a battle in which 500 Kaffirs and 40 Eng
lishmen were killed.
Australia. —Dates from Melbourne to De
cember 6th. had been received. The receipts of
gold were falling off. Provisions were declining.
The Markets.
Liverpool, March s.— Cotton has been dull all
the week, but the demand of the last two days
has been better, and priceshave nearly regained
last week’s point. Lower grades are l-16d. a
id. lower. Other qualities unchanged. Sales
to-day of 5,000 bales, the market closing tamely.
SECOND despatch.
England.—The screw steamship City of
Mnnehestc-r. <y ih<- City of Glasgow,)
sailed from Liverpool on the 2d for Philadelphia.
Lord Derby has presented a petition from
Canada, signed by’ the Canadian Presbyterians,
against disposing of the Clergy reserves, and one
from himself against the proposed spoliations.
The adjourned debate on the Maynooth Cath
olic College was resumed, and confined to Scho
field’s amendments to extend the enquiry to all
ecclesiastical grants. After a long discussion
the amendment was rejected.
The Queen held a levee on the 2d. Mr. In
gersoll attended, and presented Wm. 11. Pres
cott as Secretary of Legation.
Rev. John Jackson, of St. James’ Church,
London, has been appointed Bishop of Lincoln.
Dr. Overing, the African traveller, died in
September.
It is reported that Government has refused to
grant a charter to the London, Liverpool and
American Steamship Company.
Eight members of Parliament have been un
seated for bribery.
France.—Le Presse, Le Assemble and Le
Mode, three Paris papers, have received warn
ings.
A letter from Macao says that the French
Charge has protested against the persecution of
Christians there.
Austria.—Rumors, which are carefully con
tradicted, say that a mob had assailed the British
Ambassador at Vienna, and attacked the Embas
sy. The truth seems to be that they had broke
his windows.
Spain.—Gen. Rodil is dead, and was buried
with the usual honors.
Narvaez has appealed to his peers againt the
harshness.
Germany.—The customs conferences be
tween the governments of the South Germanic
were closed on the 22d ult., at Vienna.
Saxony and Hesse, with all the minor gov
ernments, have signified their adhesion to the
treaty just concluded between Austria and Prus
sia, and will assent to the renewal ol Zolverein
with Hanover included.
The Duke of Oldenburg, father of the Queen
of Greece, died suddenly on the 29th ult. He is
succeeded by his son Peter.
A new company has been established for !
steamers from Hamburg to Valparaiso.
Geroniers was put on trial on the 24th ult., for i
treason, at Manheim, for his introduction to the I
History ol the Nineteenth Century. He was i
found guilty and his sentence deferred.
Switzerland.—lt is stated that the agents !
of an American company have proposed to the !
government of Ticino to convey to America the
natives of that Canton who were expelled from
Lombardy.
Radetzky has somewhat diminished the rigors
blockade.
Loss of Life on the Railroad—On Sunday
morning, as the down mail train came within
four miles of Gordon, in turning a sharp curve,
the engineer discovered an object on the road,
about twenty yards ahead of the engine. He
immediately reversed the engine, and endeavor
ed to stop her progress, but without effect, and
when within a few yards of the object, it was
ascertained to be a negro man, who slightly
raised himself, when the engine passed over his
body, cutting it in two. As soon as the engine
could be stopped, those on board repaired to the
spot, and found the man dying. From the ne
groes in the vicinity of the accident, it was as
certained that the negro killed had been in a
state of intoxication, and had probably fallen I
asleep on the track.— Sav. News, 22d inst.
The “ Great Bore” at the Hoosac Moun
tain.—The Committee of the Massachusetts
Legislature to whom was referred the petition of
the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company,
asking for a loan of $2,000,000 to aid them
in tunneling the Hoosac Mountain, arrived here
this morning from Troy, where they tarried
over last night. The Committee, consisting of
seventeen members of the Senate and House,
left Boston on Tuesday morning last, and arrived
at the Mountain in the town of Florida, on
Wednesday, where they had opportunity ot wit
nessing the great boring machine operate upon
the solid rock. The weather was cold, and the
machinery was quite frosty, but notwithstand
ing, the mammoth instrument was put in mo
tion, and in the space of fifteen minutes bored
lour and one-eighth inches. Tho circle is twenty
four feet in diameter, and will admit a double
track. The machine was several times tested
and with like success. It has bored at the rate
of twenty-four inches per hour.
We learn from a gentleman who was present
when the machine worked that it gave the
greatest satisfaction in its operations. Every
person seemed to bo agreeably surprised. Scien
tific gentlemen who were present consider it
clearly demonstrated that the mountain can be
easily tunneled. The only question remaining
is a matter of dollars and cents.
Accident of the Tallahassee Stage.—The
following is an extract from a private letter, da
ted near Tallahassee, 18th March, 1853.
“ 1 learn to-day that a serious accident happen
ed to the stage and two passengers, yesterday near
Tallahassee. The horses became alarmed, ran
oft’, broke the stage, injured both passengers,
broke the arm of the driver, killed one of the
horses and crippled another badly It was pro
vidential that the only life Irtst was that of tho
poor animal.
We planters are closely engaged putting our
crops in the ground—much corn up, and some
I cotton.”
VOL. 32-NEW SERIES- -VOL- 8.- NO 8
jißisfellanfous.
Returning the U Jinplnn- nt.
Before railroads were constructed through the
State ol New York, affording facilities for travel,
the Erie canal was a great thoroughfare, and the
“packet boats” and the “line of boats” made a
fine business in the transportation of passengers.
The time we speak of was previous to the acces
sion of the present queen of England to the
throne, and, when “God save the King” was
the tune amongt the subjects of “majesty.”
Well, here we have got “Erie canal, railroads,
queen of England, and God save the king.” very
curiously mixed: but, kind reader, just hold on to
your patience, and we will try to get the kinks
out. so you will see the necessity of such a
confusion ; please to recollect, out of chaos was
formed the world, and out of this bit of confu
sion, you may get something to “pshaw” over
nothing else.
At the time we speak of, the fieople in Cana
da were fully as loyal as any of the subjects of
the British crown ever were, or at least
some of them were, and that answers the
purpose of our story. Now, we were then
acquainted with a certain Snyder, who v. as
master of a neat packet boat that plied between
Utica and Schnectady ; he was a gentleman,
was Captain Snyder—a real gentleman, with
the additional advantage of possessing a large
share of the blood of “brother Jonathan” in
his veins.
so happened, one winter, that Captain
Snyder had business at some place in Canada,
and it is possible that Kingston may have been
the place, but of that there is no particular need
of certainty.
Our friend, Captain Snyder, had not been long
in tee pinv, u- r„..„.i LinnselC attracted
in the cirectfon of a military band, v. 1.0 u
discoursing some excellent music. He had not
long been listening to the music, before the band
struck up the tone favorite to British ears,
“God save the King.” Everybody were “hats
oft’” on the instant, except Captain Snyder, who
thought the air not suitable for ears easily fros
ted.
An English officer in uniform, noticing that
our Yankee friend kept his head covered, ap
proached him with characteristic English cour
tesy, and slapping him on h's cheek, not very I
lightly, with the flat of his sword, asked
“ D you, don’t you know enough to take
off your hat when you hear God save the King
played ?”
Os course, as Captain Snyder was “ in the
boat,” and must either “ fish or cut bait,” ,he
very calmly removed bis hat, and uttered an
apology for his rudeness in keeping bis hat on, on
such an occasion. He eyed the gentlemanly
and loyal officer in a manner, that gave assur
ance that he would know him if he met him af
terwards.
*******
A couple of years later, Captain Snyder had a
fine load of passengers, as he started one morn
ing from Utica, and to add to the interest, a fine
band of music was to accompany them through
the trip. Captain Snyder recognized amongst
the passengers, the same English officer who ba I
administered such a courteous admonition to him
on hearing ‘‘God save the King.”
The boat was soon under way, and was
sweeping gracefully under a tight tow-rope,
“down the valley of Mohawk, along the raging
canawl.” The music was called out, and the
tunes were rattled out in capital style, veiy
much to the gratification of the English gentle
man, who. at length, made bold to request the
band toplay “ God save the King.” The tune
was plaved, and reverently admired by the En
glish officer, uncovered. He thanked the gentle
men of the band, and replaced the beaver, when
the tune was concluded.
Now was Captain Snyder’s time to return the
compliment, and he called lor “ Yankee Doodle.”
.the first strain of which was played in a lively
manner, when Captain Snyder stepped up to
the English gentleman, and giving him an aston
ishing blow on the cheek, roared out—
“ D you. don’t you know enough to take
off your hat when you hear Yankee Doodle play
ed ?”
Mr. officer was very highly incensed, and in
a very stormy mariner, demanded an explana
tion for the abuse he had received.
Said Captain Snyder:—“Do you recollect
striking me on the face and saying, ‘ D you,
don’t you know enough to take off your hat
when,you hear God save the King played?”
The recollection struck him more forci
bly than the blow he had just received, and he
replied : “Captain Snyder'l acknowledge my
self to have been justly treated, and, at the same
time, I insist that I have a right to apologize in
this matter, and sincerely beg your pardon,” and
turning to the spectators, added—
" Gentlemen, it is my treat. — Yankee Blade.
I From the Boston Post.]
XUaU JLiro inßosJcp.
'LITEItAKY BREAKFAST Ol’ A FAMILY OF omSIICT
MOVING IX A SELECT CIRCLE, RESIDING IN A
SELECT SQUARE.
Clever Daughter—’Decidedly I esteem Mr.
Thackeray the fort esprit of his time: strongly
resembling Bussy’ de Rabutin, but with a more
introspective cast. He reminds one constantly of
the subtle companion of Faust ; no moral ob
liloquity without its palliative ; no human
weakness without a claim to a tender extenua
tion. We learn to love the vice, but hate the
sinner—l would say’, hate the sinner and love
the vice—vice-verse.
Sentimental Daughter— l’m sure I wish I had
been born in Queen Anne’s day, when all the
gentlemen were so enthusiastic, and wore red
cloaks and green stockings. They seem to I
have had such a ceaseloss flow of spirits—
Perl Son— Well, they didn’t have anything I '
else. i ,
Gruff Papa— A pack of d—d scamps as ever | .
scaped hanging. If I’d had any idea of such ;
characters being raked up at a lecture in Boston, (
no son or daughter of mine should have set foot ,
in the hall, “ifthey grew up ever'so ignorant.” ,
Clever Girl— But, dear papa, genius is ever ec- ,
centric; cannot be cabin’d, cribb’d, confined to
ordinary limits. Their “noble range” will
burst out, and like the Pythian priestess, they i .
are borne away by the afflatus of the tripod.— ,
Byron had his faults, but— ; ,
Silly Mamma to Gruff Papa— l’m sure, rn;,' ,
love, Mr. Thackeray has made a decidedly fa- j
vorable impression on our most fashionable peo- j
pie; which could not have happened if these au- j
thors really were to blame in their behavior. If :
it was the fashion to be “ gay,” and to be carried '
about in chairs, it was not their fault, butthat!
of their rulers. If they could have heard that I
Phi Beta oration, where Robert Burns was des- I
cribed rolling in a gutter, and Byron and Gurty !
and Voltaire were so exposed to the reprobation j
ofall virtuous minds, they would have felt j
that “ ignorance and stupidity arc the great safe- 1
guards of society”—that talented people, with- I
out principle, cannot be invited into our houses, j
They invariably hang about the supper-room I
and disgrace themselves, till the waiters lose all |
patience.
Pert Son.— All men go for is the grub, and |
who cares for the niggers ?
Gruff Papa.— Girls, if I catch one of you bring- j
ing home any such riff raff as these fellows fora I
son-in-law, I’ll kick him out over the Tremont !
Road, and in again over the Mill Dam. And il I
writers can’t be lectured about without more j
drink than ink coming to light, more swords |
than quills, and more swearing than poetry, j
why—it’s time to let ’em drop.
Fossil Grandmother, (timidly)—Mr. Thack
eray ought to be spoken to—dispassionately.
French Fashions.—Among the novelties de
scribed by the millinery correspondents of the
press, we note one that we think must be quite
taking ; a straight fur pelerine, called a Zephyr,
or Sevigne. A fur Zephyr I Forty inches long,
and eight wide, tapering oft’ in two tails, like a
fork. Then comes the joyeux avenement cloak ;
velvet, straight in front, and rounded behind, and
covered entirely with three rows of guipure lace,
ten inches deep. The second row forms a kind
of a sleeve, the armhole opening under it, the
lace thus falling over the hand; the two rows
of the lace end, one at the shoulders, the other
extending down the side to the edge of the man
lie; a row of guipure galloon, sprinkled with jet,
heads the lace.
I Gentlemen in Paris, says the chronicle we
have been drawing on, do not any more wear
stiff, high cravats. The most fashionable are not
more than an inch and a half wide; some of the
very young gentlemen turn down the shirt col
lar over the cravat, thus leaving the throat ex
posed. In most cases, when a white cravat is
worn, the shirt collar does not appear; although
the wrist-band of the shirt is sufficiently wide
to fall over the hand.
The toilette of the new Empress is described
in glowing terms, by the fashion-mongers, as
superb, and as being particularly “ well adapted
to the style of her extraordinary beauty.” She
created quite a buzz of admiration, it seems, one
evening, on entering the royal box at the Opera,
thus attired :
“ Her robe was of ruby-colored velvet, con
trasting with the dazzling whiteness of her skin;
the corsage low and decoiated with diamonds ol
great brilliancy ; a riviere of diamonds encircled
her throat. Iter light auburn hair was drawn off
the lorehead ala Medicis tastefull}’ arranged with
flowers, bows of ribbons and diamonds.”
A First Class Hotel.—A Northern gentle
man travelling in our State, iu writing to ns
from Augusta, says of the United States Hotel
of that city : “Mr. Spear is making thorough re
pairs in this Hotel, and putting it in complete
condition. The rooms are fitted up with en
tirely new furniture of good style and quality.
The tables are also supplied with new furni
ture throughout, and with an abundance to grati
fy the palate, and make the inner man comforta
ble. The establishment is already in high favor
with the citizens of this place. Many leading
merchants and others are now regular borders,
and its rapid growth in the estimation of the
travelling public, far exceeds the highest expec
tations of its gentlemanly proprietor.”— Sav.
Morning Bars, 22d.
Dkmaraua.—Late advices state that a ship
had arrived at Georgetown with two hundred
and sixty-two Chinese coolies. Forty-three
others died on board during the. voyage, said to
have been caused by smoking opium previous to
embarking.
Beware of KidApfers.— We have reason
to believe that there are now, and for some time
past have been, in the city several evil disposed
individuals, whose object it is to kidnap as many
of the negro population as possible. As yet,
however, their efforts have met, we are gratified
to lea’n, with but little success—the only case
which we have heard of is that of a negro boy
of about 13 years of age, who disappeared some
time in September last, and no traces of his.
whereabouts have since been discovered. But,
although this is the only instance of their success,
that has come to our knolwedge, yet we learn
that many attempts have been made and failed.
On Saturday last, we understood, a mulatto boy,
aged about 17, was stopped by a well dressed
white man, in Calhoun-strcet near St. Philip
street, who offered to take him, if he would go
on board his vessel, “to a country where he
would be free” (to starve) “and well treated”
(with drudgery and contempt). The boy, how
ever, knew better than to quit a home with
which he was well satisfied, for parts unknown ;
whereupon the white man attempted to drag
him by the collar, but the boy threatening to
call for assistance —released him.
On Tuesday evening a white woman stopped,
in King-street, a negro girl about 6 years of age,
and endeavored, by promises, to induce her to
accompany her into the country. Young as she
was, however, the girl was not to be tempted,
and the woman endeavored to drag her towards
her wagon ; but the girl made good use of her
lungs, and brought, by her screams a gentleman
to her assistance, who compelled the woman, by
threats of taking her to the guard house, to re
lease the girl. We regret the gentleman did
not, as if was. take the woman to the guard
house, ar.d have her punished according to law.
The Police, however, we learn are on the look
out, and some of the parties engaged in this ne
doubtless, be detected.—
Charleston Courier, 241 n .a-t.
Increase of Insanity. —The superintendent
of the lunatic asvlum at Utica, New York, says
that insanity is fearfully on the increase in this
State. We learn that from Monday, the 21st
ult., until Friday the 25th ult, (five days,) sev
enteen new patients were admitted into this in
stitution—the greatest number ever before ad
mitted in so brief a space of time. There is no
! doubt but this increase is owing, in a great
j measure,to the unhealthy state of excitement
caused by the “spiritual” humbugs of the day.
This mental disturbance reaches people of all
classes ; for in all classes there are to be found
those unfortunate beings in whom the nervous
predominatesover and tyranically rules the tem
peraments, and renders them susceptible to the
peculiar and fascinating influences of such mar
vellous demonstrations as, it is alleged, are pro
duced by “spiritual mediums,” and people more
highly charged with electro-magnetism than
| common sense.— Albany Register.
! A Thwe Test or Affection.—A middle
aged single man was dangerously ill at St. Omar.
He threatened to disinherit any nephew or niece
that persisted in attending on him—of course,
they could not disobey these very strict injunc
tions of a dying man ; but, Josephine would not
deseit the perverse sufferer—he might disinherit
her if he liked. He died ; and it was then dis
covered that he had proved disinterested, and he
left her all his property—valued at eighty thou
sand frances.
The use or Bad Debts.—An editor in Ar
kansas was lately shot in an affray. Luckily
the ball came against a bundle of unpaid aceounts
in his pocket. Even gunpowder could not get
through unpaid newspaper bills, and the editor
saved his life by the delinquency of his subscri
bers. Surely it is an ill-wind that blows nobo
dy any good.— Exchange.
Singular Circumstance.—Two or three
weeks ago, a respectable married woman, resid
ing in the eastern end of this county, gave birth
to twin children, which addition increased the
little responsibilities of the household to nine.—
Some five or six nights after the event, the hus
band, who occupied a bed in the same room,
was awakened by her, when she complained
bitterly of her hard lot in having such a large
household to care for. The busband soothed her
as well as he could, and then fell asleep. In
about an hour he awoke, and found that his
wife had left her bed. Immediate search was
made in and around the house, but the woman
was not to be found. The alarmed man, fearing
that in her weak condition, she must perish
before she could go far, summoned his neighbors
to aid in searching for her. The party soon dis
covered foot- piints in the snow, and they follow
ed the track to a creek, where she had crossed
and re-crossed the stream three times, in water
to the depth of three feet. From there they
tracked her along the creek, through fields and
woods, for a distance of nearly three miles, and
at length found her sitting in a fence corner,
with a piece of rope and a nail in her hand.—
When intervogated to ’net motives for leavvng
her home, she declared it waS her intention to
commit suicide. It was then suggested that she
was laboring under aberration of mind, which
she undoubtedly was, but this she stoutly de
nied. The strange part of this occurrence is,
that the woman, after walking barefooted, and
with nothing on her but thin cotton night
clothes, a distance of three oijfour miles, through
snow, slush and cold water, and that, too, only
six days after giving birth to two children, is
now as well as ever she was in her life. This
may appear strange, especially to medical men,
nevertheless it is true.— Hollidaysburg (Pa.)
Standard.
A Cure and Preventative or the Potato
Rot.—Mr. H. Penoyer, of Union county, 111.,
gives the following as a certain cure and pre
ventive of the potato rot, as well as being pro
ductive of an increase, and an improvement in
the quantity of the crop:
“ Take ene peck of fine salt and mix it thor
oughly with half a bushel of Nova Scotia Plaster
or Gypsum, (the plaster is the best) and imme
diately after hoeing the potatoes-the second time,
or just as the young potatoe begins to set, sprin
kle on the main vines, next to the ground a ta
ble spoon full of the above mixture to each hill,
and be sure to get it on the main vines, as it is
found that the rot proceeds from a sting of an in
sect in the vine, and the mixture coming in con
tact with the vine, kills the effect of it, before it
reaches the potato.”
New York City Expenses.—The method of
auditing and sifting the accounts of city expen
ditures, by a comptroller, enables the people of
New York to see directly how their money is
spent. The New York Times gives a variety of
items, extracted from the comptroller’s report,
which, although but a small part of the detail of
city expenses, presents a frightful array of ex
travagant, useless, and we should say illegal ex
penditure of the public money. Among the
items of the latter class are the following :
Celebration of Washington’s Birth Day,
j 51.335 ; cakes for Mayor’s office, Jan. 1,186 ;
i celebration of 4th of July, 4,195 ; Dinner to’
Gen. Paez, 50 ; expenses of Committee to Wash
i ington in relation to Mint, 1,150 ; funeral of
! Henry Clay, 15,841 ; reception of Kossuth, 11,-
! 252; do. do. officers of Dutch Frigate, 1,840; do.
! do. T. F. Meagher, 2,125 ; Refreshments for
i Philadelphia Firemen, ;duneral expenses of
' D. Webster, 6,447; refreshments for Comrnis-
I sioners of Excise, 11,355 ; Gloves on several
j occasions, for members of Common Council,
I 241 ; Books for Members, 832 ; sundries for
j members, 1,955. Total, $58,114.
And there are other lesser amounts for simi
lar purposes.
A Monkey Pickpocket.—One of the mon
keys at Barnum’s Museum in New York, adroit
ly absrracted a gentleman’s pocket-book last
Tuesday while looking at the animals, and was
detected very comfortably seated in the midst,
of a close examination of the money contained
in the prize. He had actually taken every bank
note but one, and that one the keeper asserted
the monkey had restored to the pocket-book,
because it was on the Delaware Bridge Compa
ny—an exploded institution.
Virginia Coal Lands —lt is said that a con
tract is about being entered into between Aspin
wall and other rich capitalists of New York, who
own large quantities of coal land in Hampshire
county, Va., and the Manassas Gap Railroad
Company, for the transportation of six hundred
thousand tons of coal annually, over the road
from Strasburg to Alexandria. Mr. Aspinwall
and his associates propose building, on their own
account, a railroad, which will cost about two
millions of dollars, from Strasburg to their coal
fields
Gems.
Time for Reflection. —When the multitude
applaud you. seriously ask what evil you have
done; when they censure you. what good.
Illustrations.—God’s children are like stars,
that shine brightest in the darkest night; like
gold, that is brighter for the furnace ; like in
cense, that becomes fragiant by burning ; like
the camomile plant, that grows fastest when
trampled on. , . ~
Temptations.—Satan’s fiercest temptations
■ are usually directed against the most gracious
hearts ; he is too crafty a private to attack an
empty vessel. . ~
Tur. devil’s property.— Ihe sinner is the
levil’s mill, always grinding ; and Satan is care
y ever to keep the hopper full.
Pkofanknkss. —Most sinners seem to serve
the devil for pay ; but profane swearers are a
sort of volunteers, who get nothing for their
pains.
The THINGS THAT MAKE DEATH TERRIBLE.
When Garrick with great self-gratulation show
ed Johnson his fine house, gardens and paint
ings, expecting some flattering compliment, the
only reply was, “Ab, David, David, these are
the things that make death terrible.”
Tut; difference.—Wisdom prepare* for the
worst, but folly leaves the worst lor the day
when it comes. , , .
A HxrocmTK.—A hypocrite neither is whan
he seems, nor seems what he is. He is hated I )y
• the world for seeming a Christian, and by you
for not being one. On earth he is the P lc * :u J’ e
ot a saint, but in eternity the paint shall all be
washed ofl*, and he shall appear at the Judgment
in his own colors and deformity.— New England
Puritan,