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MISCELLANEOUS.
re Charleston Men-tny.
Capital and Labor—The War.
We copy below the memorial of the working
me:, or Ne ■ York city to the Common Council,
part rar :i g I leir sufferings, and calling for relief,
n, torus "I desperation and angry threats. Heart
rending indeed, are the details of misery and
want, which for the last few months have been
eecunm .' mg upon this city, so grand and mag
nificent in its external, yet so overflowing with
the sorrows of its stricken children. The New-
York papers have teemed with accounts, from
which we turn sick and appalled. And now, in
the ttiemorial pnblisherl. if we may credit its
statements, there arc m New-York one hundred
and ninety-five thousand people, who daily led
the sharp agonies of extreme want—well nigh
of starve’ion itself! It is a spectacle not to be
lightly .-.'ked upon. That, in America, the
land of abundance, the hopeful asylum of the
European poor; that, at the North, where free
labor boasts its superiority over the reviled slave
of the South, and an immunity from all his al
leged dis and degradations—in New-York, the
city of opulence and pride, there is actually such
a state of things as here described, is well calcu
lated to awaken the saddest and gloomiest fore
bodings.
The problem of Northern Society is approach
ing its solution. It was all smooth, and fair,
and bright enough, so long as grim poverty laid
not its hand upon the laboring classes. Crvili- I
zation, in all its external forms of wealth and j
art, advanced with almost superhuman strides, i
and nothing rebuked their self-sufficient pride, |
or marred the vanity of their progress. But the '
war has come at last, which, if not now, must ,
sooner ot later test to its very foundations, the ,
stability of Northern institutions. Labor is '
starving by the side of capital. What will re- i
strain the strong and ruthless aim, and compel
the poor to die in peace ?
We can well imagine the feeling which the j
tone and language of this memorial must excite I
in the bosoms of New-York property holders
T..eral!—the hard and eager accumulations ol I
years of activity and enterprise—their stately |
aud superb mansions, their factories and hearth- .
stones, threatened with torch and destruction by ;
the hands of their own fellow- itizens Andi
with what anxious tremblings must they recall ■
the dread lesson, which ail history teaches of the ;
very remorseless fury of a mob crying tbr bread. '
Verily, the convulsions of the old world s-em ;
about to be re-enacted in the new. Mr. Keitt, I
in his recent bril.i.int speech, did not paint the j
picture too strongly.
At the South we have no such memorials to •
publish, no such sufferings to re.'ord. Labor,
performs, in plenty and peace, its appiopnate j
tasks. Capital thrives in secu ity. And it is 1
with feelings of the deepest gratitude that we i
can turn from the spec ac e now exhibited at the '
North, to look upon our own loved South, stea- i
dily marching onwards, free from the threat or j
danger of domestic convulsion.
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of I
New Kw k.
Memorial of the Central Committee of Asso- j
ciated Workingmen :
Your memorialists would respectfully repre- !
sent that they were appointed by the consolida- I
ted mass meeting ot workingmen, held at H< pe j
Chapel, Dec. 28, to take into consideration the |
state of destitution which at present exists in j
this city, among the laboring classes generally,;
and in behalf ol their distressed fellow citizens, I
to organize an efficient centralized action, I
whereby to realize present and permanent re- ;
lief.
Your memorialists have been directed to ur-I
gently impress upon your honorable body the |
importance of immediate action upon the me- j
moiial adopted at Hope Chapel, Jan. 9. And
in view ot the necessity of prompt and favora
ble action in this, as a pre-eminent utilitarian |
measure of relief your memorialist would res-.,1
Sectfully direct your attention to tilt following'
facts within their cognizance .
1. That there are now in this city, 60,000 able i
bodied men out ot employment.
2 That 50,000 women : accustomed to earn I
their own livelihood, and in many instances to
support families by their unaided efforts, are out |
o’ employment.
3. That ten thousand children accustomed to '
earn their own livelihood, and in many cases to '
aid materially, if r.ot altogether support depen
dent rela’.v: s, are out of employment.
4. That seventy-five thousand persons, wo
men and children, aged and infirm relatives
mostly' of respectable standing, are now chiefly, i
if not altogether, dependent upon the one bun- ;
dred and twenty thousand unemployed residents '
ot this city, thus forming an aggregate of one bun- I
dred and ninety-five thousand members of our !
common humanity, all of whom are thus for the ■
most part depri ZeJ of their daily bread.
5. That these, 195,000 peisons have now', in
the purchase of fond, chiefly, if not entirely, at
a ruinous*sacrifice, disposed of what available
means they had accumulated in more prosper
ous times, and we regret to say that the savings
bank robbers have not passed by the “poor man’s
lamb.”
6. That to supply these 195,000 persons with
essential food, at the present prices, at least ten
cents per day to each individual is required; the
aggregate of this is $19,500 per day, or 8136,500
per week.
7. That public duty and private benevolence
hav tt up to ’his time. b-en *<>tallv inadeq e »
supply the vital wants of the suffering work
ing classes ia th s city, and now deep murnrir
ings are heard all around the hearthstones of
proud, stern hearted men, -who would prefer
death to the crouching supplications of repulsed
beggary ; and your memorialists respectfully
and most earnestly now represent to your hon
orable baly, that their advice aud eu’reaty lor
patient waiting on the hoped- for favorable ac
tion of your honorable body, in view of the
passage of some measure ot extended relief
have been met in many quarters by deep, dee
pairing curses, and we regret to be compelled to
add, that confidence in the integrity of your
honorable body in the assumed intention of sup
plying efficient measures of immeejjate relief is
now largely impared ; and in view of this state
of feeling, we, as the central committee of the
working men of New York, will be directly
compelled, unless prompt relief is afforded, to
throw off all reqiorisibility as to the results now
looming, like the dense precursor of a hurricane
of death, over this unhappy city. We there
fore, do most earnestly and entreat;:.gly urge
the immediate passage of an appropriation for
the improvement of a public domain, or of some
equally ; vailable measure of relief for our des
pairing and starving fellow citizens.
(Signed.) lax B Davis, Chairman.
G. Much Hedry. C. Lud wig Richter, Secreta
ries. And the different members of the con
vention.
The Foreign Mercenary Bill, passed by
the House of Parliament authorising the em
ployment of from 20.000 to 30,000 foreigners for
the Army, is regarded as evidence that the re
cruiting power of England is exhausted. Aus
tralia and emigration to America have carried
off nearly all the population out of which Eng
land used to recruit her armies. That this em
ployment of foreigners arises from an actual de
ficiency of fighting men, is shown by another
fact—the standard for the infantry has been re
duced to five fe it four inches. England cannot
supply her armies with native troops without
drawing from her industrial population, which
would not only cripple her resources, but injure
her manufacturing industry, so that she could
scarcely hope to compete successfully with na
tions not borne down by the burdens of a long
and disastrous war. This is why England wants
al! the German [towers to unite against Russia.
She feels her own inability alone to humble a
power like Russia, capable of bringing a million
of fighting men into the field. The act for the
employment of ti. ■ foreign troops provides
that they shall not be employed in the united
kin,-darn, except for the purpose rd being trained
and |,o j, red lor the army, and that not inon
than 10,000 shall be within the kingdom any
0f... t..-r,. -pyr/u. 6
“ Only a Teacher.”
As too splendidly dressed ladies stood in the
midst of a gay and fashionable assemblage; the
attention of one was suddenly arrested by the
appearance of a queenly beauty—such beauty as,
even in that, crowd of loveliness, caused the eye.
to pause in its wanderings, and rest its gaze in
delight on the intellectual brow that would well
adorn the crown of a queen. She was evidently
a stranger, tor she stood apart from the throng ot
chattering belles and beaux, and as her bright
eyes followed the moving panorama, one might
easily read in her pensive sadness, her heaving
breast and flushed cheek, that the gay crowd had
brought back to her memory, the loved scenes
I of a distant home, and with it, the forms of dear
' relatives—the kind faces of the friends of her
I happy’ childhood. The reverie she had fallen
i into even increased the interest ot her lovely
countenance, and formed a strange but not tin
i pleasing contrast to the gay merry laugh and
I giddy, thoughtless remarks of the happy girls
around her. The lady, whose attention bad
‘ been momentarily arrested, pointing to the pen
■ sive girl, who stood apart from the crowd, asked
of her fashionable companion, “Who is that ?”
I f'he latter, turning her eyes in the direction in
dicated, with an almost imperceptible shrug of
I her shoulders and the slightest possible sneer on
I her beautiful but haughty lip, carelessly replied,
i“Oh I only a Teacher.” The noble girl, from
; choice, i ot necessity, had left the comforts of an
' affluent home, with its thousand sweet assoria-
I tions, through a warm devotion to the most use
ful of all professions accessible to woman—a pro
fession which has for its special object and aim
the elevation and refinement of the sex; and
such was the kindly greeting she received from
a sister.
It is true, the most sacred and responsible of
ail duties is hers, the development of immortal
mind, but what of that, the doors ot fashionable
society must be slammed in her face, for she is
"only a teacher.” She may be eminently qual
ified to mould the plastic mind of a dear daugh
ter; but with the parent this shall profit her
nothing, for she is “only a teacher.” She may
be capable of imparting even her own gentle
manners and queenly grace to a sweet sister;
but what of that, she is “only a teacher.” She
may be possessed of wit, beauty and intelligence;
but even these shall not relieve her from the
odium which a false and hollow-hearted circle
would heap upon her, lor alas I “she is only a
teacher.” The dashing belle, with a heart as
unnatural as her false curls, will turn up her
pug-nose as she passes and simper., “only a teach
er.” The brainless dandy, the joint work of the
hatter, tailor and bootmaker, even while express
ing his admiration by his rude and insolent gaze,
will append to this note ot admiration,’he suf
fix,“only a teacher.” The whole fashionable
circle will catch the echo and contemptuously ex
claim, “why she is only a teacher.” Sordid
pappas and fortune-hunting mammas, will guard
the carroty-haired, lymphatic “hope of the fami
ly, by whispering in his ear, “she is only a ■
teacher.” .
But thank Heaven, there are many without
that self-styled fashionable circle, composed of
hollow-hearted belles, brainless dandies, sordid
papas, fortune hunting mamas, vinegar-faceibold
maids, and lymphatic “ hopes ot the family.”—
Yes. there is a world of generous spirits outside
of this exclusive circle, full of noble generosity,
rich intellect and ejalted merit, ready to pay its
tribute to worth wherever it is lound. Wit,
wisdom and beauty commands the (ealty ol
these loyal hearts, even when “only the teach
er,” is the embodiment. They have the discri
mination to see, and the feeling to appreciate j
that noble spirit which impels the gifted teacher, |
instead of fluttering the gay but erfly ot an hour, ■
amid the deceitful allurements and dissipations I
of the hails of fashion, to go forth into the world I
and leave her impress upon the tablet ol the im- ;
mortal mind. Ah! who is it that is to fashion :
the future lives ot our little sisters and daughters? I
“ Only the teacher.” Who is to impress the I
character of the future mothersol the r-pubJic ‘ i
“Only the teacher.” T)d whom do ‘.he . o f
the whole country’ turn as the guardians of our
most sabred trust—our most precious jewe’s ?
“Only the teacher.’’ Ou whom, next to Ire-i
own faithful ministers, in the last great day. sb ii. i
God himself look with approving smile? Why \
only the faithful teacher. Toil on. then, sis- ,
ters, cureless of the sneers ot the fashrot*.a!»'e ■
lew. A thousand warm hearts bid you God
.-peed, and the smiles of an approving conscience
shall be your sweetest reward.— iberdeen Ex
aminer.
Married and yet had no Wife—Two ’
Claimants for the same Lady—Rejection
of Both.—Not long since two gentlemen from I
a neighboring city came to Detroit, with the in- I
tention of marrying the same lady. Each was I
supported by his particular friends, and the pros
pects of either were very flattering. While one
of the gallants was seated in the back parlor,
‘in clover,’ enjoying the society of the affianced
and her father’s family, the rival was shown in
to the front parlor, and the affianced called to
greet him as her prospective lord. The unsus
pecting innocent in the back parlor waited im
patiently for the lady’s return, and. upon inquir
ing, found that she bad gone to Egner’s for re
freshments; and, much to his chargrin, with bis
rival. The couple were absent for some time,
long enough to call at the Rev. Mr ’s, and I
be made one blood and one flesh. The joke was
too good to be told, and on returning to the
house, the successful candidate bid his wife good
night, and returned to his hotel, saying that he
would come in the' morning, claim his Grid*, and
take her to his future home. Morning come and
the groom, ever faithful, presented himself at h'S
father-in-law’s house, where he was confronted
by the most intimate friend of his rival who
cooly informed him that the lady, his wife, bad
re-considered. Her parents refused to permit :
the husband to take his lawful wife, and the
wiie herself refused to acknowledge his authori
ty. The husband was petrified was married
ami yet had no wife—tried persuation in vain—
got road and went home wifeless. The rival
I was equally in a‘fix,’ and equally chagrined.
| Both returned to their homes, convinced that
I ‘you’re not always sure of your game when
i you’ve tried it.’ ” — Detroit Adv., sth.
Another Account—One Day'Later.—The
: Detroit Tribune of the 6(h says:
“An affair, causing any amount of scandal,
| has transpired this week in the city, and is still
I on the carpet in the circle specially invaded.—
I Two young gentlemen from Buffalo, one of them
I accepted, the other a former lover, both came to
i this city by the same train Tuesday—Accepted
, to claim the hand of his betrothed in marriage,
Rejected to prevent it if possible. The family
I were opposed to the match.’ After sundry
| manceuverings, Accepted, spirited his bride
| away from the castle of the old folks, and was
I duly joined in the bonds of matrimony. Ihe
| bride was then taken to her home, and the fact
I made known. Accepted, now turned into hus
! band, returning to his hotel meanwhile. Re
! jected with the whole family, raised such a storm
I about the young wife’s ears, that she was con-
I strained, perforce, to repent of her rash act, and
j now is at home refusing to go with her liege
j lord. Thus matters stand at present. Resort
I has been had to the limb of the law, with what
i result we shall see. Husband vows he’ll have
i his wife at any cost, and is confident she wants
i him. Altogether it is an unfortunate affair
j and brings persons more or less notoriety who
■ would much less prefer a less prominent posi
tion.
1 “P. S. Since writing the above we understand
' that matters are reconciled in true white and
: yellow covered literature style, and Rejected has
’ left for home on the cars.”
• Allot our readers have heard of “the Drop
{ Game,” as practiced in othercities. Yesterday
i morning, however, the old game was played oil
with variations, in the vicinity of our office, on
jan elderly gentleman, recently from Florida.
I He was accosted by a stranger who asked him
I whether he had lost his pocket book,; thinking
I he might have done so, he examined his pocket
j and produced it, whereupon an accomplice step
I ped up, snatched it from bis hand, and made off,
| leaving the Floridian minus SIOO. Neither ol
; the rogues, have as yet, to our knowledge, been
arrested. CAurfiston Courier.
[l’roni the Charleston Standard \
Bank Statement.
We publish to day the comparative view ol
the statements of Banks of this State, made to
the Comptroller General for the month ot De
cember, 1851. In this comparative view are
included all the Banks ot this State, (except, the
Bank of Camden, whose return was not made,
in consequence of the illness of the Cashier and
Teller.) and it presents, therefore, a fair exhibit
of our fiscal condition up to the commencement
of the present year. From this exhibit it v. ill
appear that the capital stocks of all the Banks,
exclusive of the one above mentioned, amount
to $13.734,578; bills in circulation, $6,862,414;
nett profits on hand, $1,390.586; balance due to
Banks in this State. $1,776.71 1; balance due to
Banks in other States, $1,698,365 ; all other mo
nies due which bear inteiest, $106,522; due
State Treasury for balance current fund, $40,956;
due State Treasury lor balance of sinking fund,
$1,142,128; due State Treasury for loan for re
building city, $1,721,321 ; cash deposited and all
other monies due, exclusive of bills in circula
tion, profits on hand, balances due other Banks,
and money bearing interest, $2,732,787 —making
a total ot liabilities to the extent ol $31,226,
377.
The resources of all the Banks exclusive, as
above stated, are as follows: Specie on hand,
$1,013,381; real estate. 5527.37 G; bills of other
banks in this State, $365 961; bills of batiks in
other States, $19.133; balances due from banks
in this State, $485,186; balances due from banks
in other States, $-102 375; notes discounted on
personal security, $10,713 626; loans secured by
pledges of their own stock, $420 977 : loans se- ,
cured by pledges of other stocky $1,158,037 ; do
mestic exchange, $8,226,727 ; fOreiga exchange,
$1,033,869; bonds, $1,200.235; money invested
in stock, $1,643,307; suspended debt and debt
in suit, $1 620,284; State Treasury, $93,266; |
branches and agencies, confined, however, to the
Bank of the State ot South-Carolir.a, the Bank
of Hamburg, and the Planters’ Bank of Fairfield.
51.539,993; bonds under law for rebuilding
Charleston, $241,126; interest and expenses ot
State loan, $8 826,000; money invested in every
other wav than is specified in the foregoing pai
ticulars, $512,634 —making a grand total ot re
sources to the like extent of $31,226,377. ,
This exhibit shows a decrease in the total li
abilities of Banks within the last month, to the
extent of about $280,000. But as in this are
not included the liabilities of the Bank of Cam
den, amounting in llie last return to $793321,
the total liabilities may be supposed to have in
creased, therefore, to the extent qf about $500,-
000. Bi’is in circulation have been diminished,
making allowance lor those of the Bank ot Cam
den, to 'he extent of about $150,000. Specie on
hand, allowances above stated, has been dimin
ished about $142 000. Notes discounted on per
sonal security, have been diminished to the ex
tent of about $120,000. There has been an in
crease of loans on bonds to the extent of about
$30,000, and the suspended debt has been in
creased about $251,000. «
This statemen', it will be remembered, is
made up to the 30th of November, 1854, and
though ex iibiting a very sound condition ot
monetary aflaiis, we are inclined to think that
changes for the better have since occurred, and
that the statement tor the eurrent-menth will be
even more encourzging Since that lime, sterl- >
ing exchange has ranged from 6| to 7 per cent ,
premium, and our City Banks ha,ye been draw- |
ing on New Yoik at par. The inference, there- i
fore, is that the next will show a cousiderhbfe
increase of specie.
In this connection it might not be improper
to notice certain changes which have occurred
in the amount of bullion held by the Bank oj
England at different periods olour commercial
history. In March, 1832, it amounted to £5,-
317.090 In December of that year it bad in
creased to £10.22 ’1)00. Fi'ix, His poiv.t '.
steadily receded until January, jS r .'. when it
amounted to only £3 831,000, y n y ’jt
which the payment Ot specie was i ■
u: on the comir.ercia v.orhf, the I eii'o:. iiii'”’’:
B -.iik again rose bj’ ti e winterof 1852 and 1853, i
<> the enormous sum of about £21,000,000; but I
the war in Europe oce.ic. in.:, and imrrn risi' ex- [
penditures becoming nn- !-<i;y to the tianspm- j
’■l'.iou and supportof arAiies ami supplies to the ;
East, it again receded, anti!, on the 9ih of Sen- I
tember, 1851 it had reached, the surn of £l3. I
321.000. Since that time, however, there would '
seem to have been a reaction, and on the 18’b of j
November the sum reported was £l3 194 000, '
and on the 9th of December the sum reported I
was £14,005,000. It is extremely probable I
that, the war in the East continuing, the bullion
in the Bank of England may not continue to in
crease. It is probible, in fact, that it may even
be reduced to a point below that to which it has
yet receded, but the sums which we have sta
ted, veiy far transcend the sums which pre-ex
isted the commercial crisis of 1837, and we are
encouraged in tb 1 hope, therefore, that, while a
stryigvncy in money matters may contiuue for a
long time, yet there is not the indication of an
unsoundness in our commercial system, nearly
so radical as that which marked the period to
which we have referred, and that struggling for
a short time longer, we will attain to condition
of safe and substantial progress.
Money Market, Friday Evening, Jan. 12.
Money is easier, and the ratesof interest are
lower. How long this improvement may con
tinue, it is not for us to say, hut there can be no
question but what the banks, having a basis of
sls 0 0 000 of gold, find themselves in a condi
tion to expand, and are more liberal in their dis
counts. Prime endorsed business paper is now
more current at 10 per cent., and first class single
signatures are selling at 12 a 15. The offerings
at the banks are still large, but are composed, to
an undesirable extent, of second class paper.
Foreign Exchange is still tr active, but drawers
are firmer in their pretensions, owing to the in
creased supply of'eapi al, which they hope will
bring out larger sums for remittance. Bills on
London 107 a 1072, while somebankers ask IOS.
The Stock market openerl nt a very decided
improvement with more speculative fever thru
has been witnessed for some time; much of the
time at the first Board was spent in discussing
the settlement of the Parker Vein sales. At the
Second Board the buoyancy was well maintain
ed.
We regret to announce that the drafts of Messrs.
Page & Bacon, bankers, of St. Louis, were pro-
I tested to-day, to the amou .t of SBO,OOO. Their
I agents, Messrs. Duncan, Sherman & Co., of this
city, not being provided with fun Is to meet
them, declined to advance the money except
upon satisfactory security The first and prime
cause of the embarrassment was the undertaking
by Mr. Bacon, of the St. Louis house, to construct
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, connecting
Cincinnati with St. Louis. The funds of the
house to the amount of about $1,250,000, are
locked up in that enterprise, and will therefore
be useless for a long time to come. The im
mediate cause of their stoppage is undoubtedly
the failure of Belcher & Brother, of St. Louis,
who owed Page & Bacon an amount variously
stated at from $375,000 to $550,000. The San
Francisco house, Page, Bacon & Co., (which
must not be confounded with the firm whose
drafts are now under protest.) are reputed to be
very wealthy, and always have on hand, at San
Francisco, a large amount of available means.
Mr. Page, finding the position of the St. Louis
house somewhat precarious, went out to Srn
Francisco to obtain advances from thence for its
support. It is yet too soon by one or two steamers,
to hear from him. Mr. Bacon who resides here,
| had no doubt of his ability to meet all demands
until Mr. Page could remit specie to aid hitf>;
but the failure of Belch'i & Brother precipitated
the crisis, and by drawing down the deposits at
the banking house in St. Louis, induced larger
drafls on Messrs. Duncan, Sh uman & Co., than
the securities deposited with! hem would covet.
The house has occupied a very high position in
the mercantile world, and Mr. Bacon has many
warm personal friends in tbit city, where he is
well known and universal!'. ' spected. It was
supposed yesterday that, th<-r» would be no diffi
culty in arranging lor the r.e- sary funds to car
ry the house through, and Vlessrs. D.,5.& Co., of
ered to advance all that was necessary , if bs-
curi’y were provided Last evening an arrange
ment was made for SIOO,OOO, but to day advices
ol drafts for $150,000 showed ’bat. the sum pro
vided would be’.io small to meet the exigency,
and farther negotiations falling through,the drafts
were protested at three o’clock this atternoon.
The liabilities of the house cannot be as large as
generally supposed. The sums due depositors at
St. Louis amount to about S7OO 000, and all the
remaining debts are not probably half as much
more. The assets are probably locked up where
they are not available, but it is thought must be
abundant in the end to pay all claims and leave
a handsome surplus. The California bouse have
provided to meet all of their drafts, and if as rich
as generally supposed, must have a large surplus
of ready means beyond ail the demands which
can be made upon them From all which is
now known of their affairs, it the remittances
from San Francisco, now expected, and which
their friends are confident have been sent, had
come to hand by the last steamer, the St. Louis
house would have continued payment, and fully
maintained theircredit. Messrs. Duncan, Sher
man & Co . have been blamed by some of the
friends of Page & Bacon, for not making the ne
cessary advances, eVen without security, but we
think no prudent banker could censure their
course. They offered to furnish the means upon
the personal security of the friends most urgent
to sustain P. & 8., but refused to furnish the
money upon any assurance other than the writ
ten document. We cannot see that this failure
need produce any considerable excitement here.
It has been anticipated by many ever since the
failure of Belcher & Brother, and will not, as far
as we know, embarrass any one this side of St.
Louis. Holders of the drafts by Page, Bacon &
Co., ot San Francisco, may be assured that they
will be promptly met at maturity.—A T . Y. Jour.
Com.
Temperature of Cities in Temperate La
titudes. —The average temperature of Boston
during a period of twenty-six years has been es
timated at 49 degrees Fahrenheit. That of
Quebec during a series of years has been com
puted at 40 degrees ; that of Montreal, 44 ; New
York, 52: Philadelphia, 52; Baltimore, 54.
That of Norfolk is as high as 59; Charleston,
66; Savannah, 67; New-Orleans, 67. Key
West. Florida, is probably the warmest [.'ace i'
the United States, the average temperature there
throughout she year being 77J ; and San Diego
comes next, with a temperature of 72. The
climate in San Francisco is a little warmer than
that of Baltimore, the mean height of the ther
mometer in that city the year round being 56
degrees.
Catina, in Sicily, is one of the warmest pla
e-ts in Europe, and although five degrees north
of Savannah, is equal to it in warmth and plea
santness of climate. The temperature of the
atmosphere at Paris throughout the year ap
proximates to that of New-York, although it is
situated five degrees further northward. Na
ples and Rome are strikingly like Phiiailclphia
and Cincinnati, and the people o! London, which
is nine degrees further north than Boston, expe
rience the same degrees of cold an-l heat as their
brethren in the city of notions. The sojourner
in St Petersburg must possess'a sufficient quan
tity ol bodily heat to enable him to resist an
average temperature—the same as at Montreal
—the year round, and the average height of the
thermometer at Constantinople throughout the
year is'4B—being the same as that ol Norfolk,
Va. The temperature ot the Crimea does not
vary much from that of Constantinople, so that
the rigor of the climate will present no insur
mountable obstacles to the wintering of troops
there, although the cold rain storms will be tar
from pleasant. During the coldest month of or
dinary years the thermometer at Constantinople
averages 50 degrees, which is thirteen more than
in Boston.
If the climate in the vicinity of Jetpsalem
. ii days of old as delightful as at the present
time, the Jews certainly had reasrp to think it
a favored country. For now, so fat as the fen>-
Ipera’uie is concerned, it occupies an inteimedi
■/e rank between Noifolk and Charle-ton. Trie
p-’ratim- ot the climate ot the city i t ?»an
d’.saki, in Ja;<hn,‘ is very similar tp that of the
holy ci’y,— Boston Journal.
A Wonderful Cow.—The Editors o’ the
Ameiican Amic'dlim r bar e occasionally l.iul a
paragraph which scorned io convey the idea ’.h it
the accountsot the Oaks cow o! Danvers, .Ma.- 1 ;
were not correct. But in its last number it
come’out with a cow story, that puts that ol j
the Oaks cow a great way behind it. It is the'
statement in regard to a cow. exhibited at the
la’e National Cattie Show at Springfield.
It was exhibited by John W. Brock, ol High
land county,'Ohio, mainly of the "Patton stock’ ’
socalted, with a dash of sbort-hern blood in her
veins. She is seven years old. Certificates were
shown by her owner that she had given, for days
together, on grass pasture,eig/ity eig/it pounds of
milk per day and that tioenty-six pounds o! her
milk made a pound of butter 1
The yield, calling the milk nine pounds to the
gallon, would be equal to thirty-nine and one
ninth quarts a day, making twenty-three and
two-third pounds of butter per week. This same
cow had also given, on the same authority, for a
few consecutive days, four pounds of milk every
hour, it being regularly milked from her four
times per day.
This made the yield still greater, equal to
ninety-six pounds of milk or lorty-two and two
thirds quarts per day.
President Pierce’s Message on England.
Some of the English press are very much ex
eicised in spirit because President Pierce devotes
so small a portion of his message to the European
war, and so much of it to the condition of his
own country. The London Weekly Times, says:
war is being waged between freedom and despo
tism, the chosen representative of a great and free
nation like the United States addresses his peo
ple at length upon the subject, but scrupulously
avoids a word which may be construed to ex
press a sympathy with the cause of freedom. To
this has it come, that the country of Washington
has less courage, less generosity, than a poor lit
tle province like Piedmont. Both are neutral;
yet the Sardinian statesmen express their sympa
thy with the good old cause without evincing
tremor or even hesitation.” The London Chroni
cle says:—“We do not look for formal expres
sions of sympathy in documentssuch as that on
which we are commenting; hut we must confess
that our estimate of the American character will
be materially lowered if there be not. before long,
some satisfactory repudiation of the Russianising
tone adopted by a portion of the press; and there
fore, it may be supposed by a portion of the pubj
lie. Fraternization between democracy and ab
solutism is unnatural and discreditable, and in
this instance we may venture to conjecture that
it will be but short-lived.”
The English* journals, remarks the Philadel
phia Ledger, appear to believe religiously that
those who are not with them are against them.
They do not seem to understand that as impar
tial judges in a quarrel in which the United
States have but little political interest, we will
be better able to judge of its merits, by looking
at it with our own eyes, and not through their
spectacles. The government which fraternises
with Austria, should not have too much to say
about discreditable alliances with absolutism
The United States have no alliances to make,
and no sympathies as a government, to express
lor either of the belligerents. Its business is to
preserve a strict and lair neutrality between both.
Fire in St. Thomas Parish.—We learn that
Mr. George Thompson’s residence in St. Thom
as’ Parish, was on Sunday morning last, entire
ly consumed with all its contents by fire. Mr.
Thompson had left for the city early on the same
morning, at which every thing was perfectly
safe. There is no doubt, however, the fire was ac
cidental, and originated probably from a spark,
issuing from a crack in the chimney, as the
flames-’were first discovered on the roof. We re
gret to learn, there was no insurance on the pro
perty. — Ch. Cour., 17lh init.
Death of a Veteran Printer —Mr. James
M. Roche, the oldest practical printer in Dela
ware died at Wilmington, on Thursday, aged 74
years. He worked at his case almost constantly
up to the time of bis decease.
[ Erom the S :vannah Republican. 1
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Minutes of Points, duciued nr the Supreme
Court of Georgia, at Savannah, January
Term, 1855.
No. i.
M. Lauders, Pits. in Error 1
vs. > From Richmond Co.
John Davison, Defdt. )
Justices of the Inferior Court are not authoris
ed to sit as a land court, under the Head-right
Acts,and a warrant issued bv them is void.
A. J. lie T. W. Miller lor Piss. in Error. Wal
ton for Defdt.
No. 2 was withdrawn from the docket.
No. 3.
C. E. Taylor, Plff. in Error j
vs. > From Washington.
H Buchan, et. al.. Defdt. )
When property, levied on and claimed, and the
claim case pending m Court, is by agreement
sold by the sheriff under a rule of Court on twelve
months credit, and the claim case is referred to
arbitrators who award one half the fund to the
claimant, and the other half to the execution
creditors; and afterwards certain execution credi
tors, who were not parties to the agreement and
submission, are desirous to subject the whole
fund in the sheriff’s hands to their fifas, and file
a Bill in Equity for that object; held, that the
Bill should make all the other execution creditors
as well as the claimant, parties thereto; and that
the complainants should renounce all lien on the
property sold, and should pray that an issue may
be made up to try the right of property between
the claimant, and the defendant in execution;
therefore, h<ld, that a Bill wanting these requi
sites, cannot be maintained.
L. Stephens for Piss. in Error. Scblej’ & Rock
well for Defdt.
N o. 4.
D. Harris,Adr., Piss. in Error I
vs. / From Washington
W. Smith, Exr, Defendant)
A Testator bequeaths certain real and persona!
property to his grandson, and adds the following:
“Provided nevertheless, if my said grandson
should die, leaving no lawful heirs, then, in that
case it is my will that all of said property revert
back to my estate, and to be devided equally,
share and share alike, between the lawful chil
dren of my son J. C. F.”
Held, That this is a good limitation; and that '
the grandson takes a lee, subject to Executory
Devise in favor of the children of J. C. F.
I/c.'d also, That in the construction of wills, in
reference to the Statute De Donis, the Courts ot
this State are not bound by the rules ot the En
glish Courts, but should rather be guided by the
spiritet our own institutions and laws.
Bailey & Schley, for Piss, in Error. Rockwell
tor Defdt.
No. 5.
C. A. L. Lamar, Piff'. in Error)
t., X- vs \ c From Chatham.
I hejNew York & savannah {
Sf..wNavigation Co, Defdt.]
When a common carrier has issued printed
rates of freight for various enumerated articles,
and adds a general rate for articles not specific!,
of so much per measurement, in boxes ; held,
that the carrier is not bou.id for cotton samples
in a box. (which are not among the enumeiated
articles) at the general rate; but he is entitled
to a reasonable compensation, to be evidenced by
custom or otherwise, and judged ot by the jury.
Lloyd & Owens for Piss in Error. Law &
Bartow sot Defendant.
No. 6.
J. J. Bra dwell,Ord’ry forthe use&c.Plff. ) From
vs. ? Li-
Mary Spencer, Administratrix, Defdt. ) berty
A reference of a case pending in Court, to ar
ll.itrators, by rule ol Coint, under the Judiciary
! Act, does not deprive the Court of jurisdiction ot
I this case; although the arbitrators have made
■ mu’ returned their award after the time limited
in the rule of reference, yet il judgment is entered
on that awaid, it is prima facie a legal and valid
judgment, the presumption of law being’hat ir
regularity was cured in some way before the
Court permitted the judemeut to be entered.
Law & Bartow tor Piss. io Error. Ward &
O wens tor Dealt.
No. 7.
T. G. Piioleau, Piss. in Error, i
S.W.R.R Bank, (S. C ) Deft. c “ atbHm ’
1. In South Carolina, bonds are negotiable by
blank indorsement, not under seal, and such an
indorsement operates as an assignment of the
bonds to bearer
2. A power of Attorney to. execute such an
indoisement,need not be undersea’.
3. A release of such bond by the payer, after
it has been so assigned, is void.
Ward & Owens for Piss. in Error. Law &
Bartow for Defdt.
No. 8.
J. Burkhalter Piff'. in error}
vs. !• From Tattnall.
W. H. Edwards, Dfdt. *
1. If a party leaving title to property, and
with knowledge of the facts encourages another
to buy that property from a third party, and does
not disclose his own title; he shall be estopped
from afterwards asserting his title against such
purchaser; and if he alleges ignorance of his
own title, the onus is on him to make it so ap
pear.
2. A Sheriff’s Deed, though the fi. fa. on
which it is founded be not produced, is yet ad
missable as color of title to support a plea ot the
Statue of Limitations.
3. Though cutting timber o uninclosed land
be not of itself adverse possession ; yet it it can
be shown that the other party knew, that the
party cutting timber was doing so under a claim
to the land—the cutting may be, as against such
party, taken as adverse possession.
4. Although land cannot properly be twice
granted by the State, yet the second grant may
be good for many purposes— ex gr, to support ad
verse possession.
Gaulden for Piff'. in Error. D’Lyon &
Schley for Defdt.
No. 9.
H. Ricks, Piss. in Error. I
vs. > From Bryan.
The State. )
1. When one, suspecting an individual of buy
ing stolen goods, sends a negro to that person
with cotton to sell, w ithout a written permis
sion, and watches the proceedings, in order to
detect the party—held that this is no justification
of the Defendant, on an Indictment for buying
the cotton from the slave without written per
mission.
2. It is not necessary in such an Indictment
to allege who was the owner of the cotton.
3. It is error for the Court, in charging the
Jury, to say, “you assume great responsibility in
deciding the law differently from the Court,
while, although the Court may be wrong, you
cannot be wrong if you take the law from the
Court.
4. A case will not be sent back tor a new trial
on account of a misdirection of the Court, if the
Defendant was not injunct thereby, when no
new trial has been moved for in the Court be
low.
Gaulden for Piss in Error. Solicitor General
Long and Ward & Owens, for Defdt.
No. 10.
Geo. Pettingal, Piss. in Errror, 4
vs. > From Chatham.
I Ed. Noland, Defendant. )
Under the Act of 1837, to confer the same
special and extraordinary jurisdiction upon Jus
tices of the Peace in the city of Savannah, as to
claims under thirty dollars, that is conferred by
the Act of 1831 on the Court of Common Pleas
and Mayor’s Court, exceptions to the judgment
of the Justice must be taken at the time it is
delivered, as prescribed in the Act of 1831.
Law & Baitow for Piff’ in Error. She!tall for
Defdt.
No. 11.
A. 11. H. Dawson, Assg., Piss. 1
vs. [ From Richmond.
F. I. Figueiro, Defendant. )
When one executes a deed of assignment to
a trustee, purpoting in its terms to be for the
equal benefit of all his creditors, but annexes
thereto a list purporting to be of all bis creditors
which list is referred to in the deed,and in which
the name of one creditor is omitted, held that
under the laws ot this State the deed is void, as
against tt at creditor.
Andrew II H. Dawson for Piss. in Error G.
I. & W. Schley for Defdt.
No. 12.
J. C. Dudley et al., Pliff. i
vs. [■ From Effingham.
A. Q. Porter, Defdt. )
A deed conveying property to M. D. for her
life, and to the heirs other body, if any she
should have by W. I. D. forever; and adding
“but if the said M D. die without a bodily heir
by him, the said W. I. D., then the said negro
and increase shall revert to my estate and be
equallv divided among my heirs, share and share
al ke ;” Held to be a good limitation to M. D
for lite, then in fee to her children by W. I. D.
and if none, then to the heirs of the donor.
Gaulden for Piss. in Error. Law & Bartow
and Ward & Owens forDefdt.
Death of Cart. Samuel Philbrick.—We
are this morning called upon to announce tliikle
cease of another of our old and highly respected
citizens, Capt. Samuel Philbrick, who died at
his residence, on Pulaski square, atari early hour
on Saturday, evening, in the sixty-third year of
his age.
During the past season of epidemic and death
in our city, Mr. Philbrick remained at his post
of duty, faithful to every claim upon his sympa
thy and assistance. He passed through unscath
ed. hut alter the fever had ceased to be epidemic,
he became prostrated under its influence. Re
ceiving skilful medical treatment, he soon so far
recovered as to be able to attend to business.—
Within the past week, however, he again be
came prostrate under weakness and general de
bility, and notwithstanding the utmost exertion
,of medical skill and the kindest devotions of
family and friends, he could obtain no relief, un
til finally his earthly existence terminated at an
early hour last evening. He leaves a wife and
three daughters, whose grief will be sincerely
shared by a large circle of friends and acquain
tances.
Mr. Philbrick was a native of New Hampshire,
but removed to Georgia in 1819, and for thirty
five years has been closely indentifred with her
commercial and planting interests. He was a
man of energy, of independence in thought and
action, but governed by those rules .and princi
ples which alike distinguish the enterprising
citizen and honest man. In his business and
social intercourse he was trank, in his friendshi)s
steadfast, and ever a true though unostentatious
friend to the poor.
To those whose hearts are so sorely stricken
by this dispensation of an All-wise Providence,
will be offered sympathies created by the sad ex
perience of the past year. But how glorious is
the thought.
“ That though the Earth will pass
Like a wild dream away, tbe very HcaVcne
Be rolled together as a scroll. lie,
Beneath whoso feet the sun and stars are dust,
Hath said man shall never die. Those great
And awful words of the Omnipotent
Are caught up and re-echoed to the sou!
By Revelation and all the world of Nature."’
The funeral of Cap). Philbrick took place
yesterday, at twelve o’clock, frrm his residence,
and was attended by the Masonic fraternity, of
which he was a worthy and highly esteemed
member. His remains were also accompanied to
their last resting pl ice by a large number of 001
citizens.— Savannah News, Xslh inst.
Theatrical.—Miss Logan was received last
night by an overwhelming audience—Perhaps
a larger number of persons never before greeted
her in the Savannah Theatre. When she ap
peared on the stage, the applause was long and
loud, and was followed by a silence that would
allow a whisper to penetrate the ear from the
most distant point within the edifice. Evadne
was personated in a manner, fu’.’y sustaining her
reputation and more than meeting the anticipa
tions o’’ every one present. She was supported
very ably by Mr. Crisp, Mr. Morton and Mr.
Palmer. As a tragedienne, Miss Logan is worthy
of the very high estimation in which she is held
on our boards, and we bespeak for her a brilliant)
■•a=on: her talent commands it, and herpopu
l -ri'v in our midst will insure it. At the close
of the piece she responded to ft call before th;
cur'i'.iii, and amid a showerof made ■’e
lew appropriate remarks, which were received
in breathless silence, and succeeded by enthusias
tic applause.— Sai'anna’i Journal, >Gth inst.
Tay Your Bills—an Incentive.— Some years
ago, a farmer in Frederick county, Md., owed a
neighbor of his SSO, and as soon as he could
realize the sum he promptly paid it over. The
morning he called to pay it, his friend appeared
to be very thankful, remarking that he was also
in debt to another person who needed the money,
and he would at once take it to him. This re
mark started a train of though in the mind ot
the first person, who said to himself—why here
is SIOO paid with SSO. I will at once follow up
this matter and see where it will end. He thee,
followed up the payments of debts by this one
note 0k5.50, until he traced it to the large amount
of $3,750! when it got out of his reach.
Now here is the moral: A owes B a bill, which,
if he pays promptly, will be paid by B toC,and
so on through the whole alphabet, and it will be
surprising to every one, what a small amount is
necessary to pay off hundreds of thousands by
keeping the “eagles on the wing.” Now, when
the money market is so tight and the banks are
unable to discount all the paper offered, let per
sons begin to pay their bills, and by doing this
they, themselves, will be paid back in turn. It
is a machine which feeds itself, and propels by
its own offal, and execution of great exploits. Aa
a word to the wise is ever sufficient, we think
it only necessary to give this hint to our business
men, who will be able, at once, to see the vast "
amount of good the payment of even a small bill
will accomplish in the community.— Baltimore
Patriot.
How Gov. Clark and Compt. Cook came to
an Understanding.—Comptroller Cook.—Gov
ernor, I understand Judge Cady has resigned bis
office as Judge of the 21 district; can’t you give
the office to my friend, Mr. Backus, of Sarato-
He’s A No. 1.
• • •. r C.—Well, I’ll sse about it. By the
way Mr. Co ntroller, I’ve a son who has ataste
lor office. Can’t you give him a Clerkship till
something better turns up? I understand the
desk formerly occupie 1 by Mr. Stafford is va
cant. Suppose you give my son that?
Comtroller C.—Very sorrow, Governor, but
I’ve promised that to Mr. Munson, a young gen
tleman from St. Lawrence, who is here on my
invitation to take possession.
Governor C.—Very well, I should like to get
a place for my son—but, (placing bis right digi
tai on his nose, and closing his left eye,) come
to think of it, I have premised the Judgeship to
Mr. McM of Johnstown.
Comptroller Cook— (Laying his left digital on
his nose, and closing his right eye.) Yon den’S'—"'
say so! I shouldn’t wonder if Mr. Munson
should go back to St. Lawrence, minus the
Clerkship.
Governor C.— (With his finger still on hie
nose,) and his eye closed.) I shouldn’t wonder
if Mr. McM should remain at the bar.
Comptroller C.—Ha! Ha!
Governor C.—Ho ! Ho!
Finale—Mr. Backus is Judge and the Govern
or’s son is a clerk in the Comptroller’s office.
A Soldier Silenced.—The Salut Public, of
Lyons, relates the followingfact, which it points
out to the attention of physiologists: “An officer
of the French army, whom General de Martitri
prey had sent to make a reconnoisance in the
neighborhood of Sevastopol, was knocked down,
not by’ a cannon-ball itself, but by tbe wind of it
as it parsed close to him. The commotion pro
duced was so intense that tbe tongue of the offi
cer instantly contracted, so that he could not
either put it out of his mouth or articulate a
word. Ha' ing obtained leave of absence, he re
turned to Marseilles, where he underwent treat
ment by means of electricity. Alter the firsii
few shocks the tongue began to move with more
facility, but without his being able to speak. Oa
the twelfth day he wa-subjected to an unusually
violent shock, which produced tbe desired effect,
and in a few minutes after the patient recovered
bis speech. He is now fully recovered, and eg,-
pecta to return to bis post in a few days.”