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Daily Chronicle & Sentinel
BY W. S. JONES.
[From the Savannah Georgian .]
The Mormon*.
Having published, several days ago, the sub
stance of Judge Brocchus’ statement, in reference
to the Mormon difficulties, which agrees, in the
main with the statement in the St. Joseph Ga- :
zette, endorsed and adopted by the retiring Chief
Justice and Secretary of State, we content our
selves with taking from that document the fol
lowing startling piece of news:
The plurality wife system is in full vogue here.
Governor Young is said to have as many as 90
wives. He drove along the streets, a few days
since, with 16 of them in a long carriage—l 4of
them having each an infant at her bosom. It is
said that Heber C. Kimball, one of the Triune
Council, and the second person in the trinity, has
almost an equal number; among them, a mother
and her two daughters. Each man can have as
many wives as he can maintain; that is, after
the women have been picked and culled by the
head men. The Judges and Secretary of State
have had the honor of being introduced by His
Excellency, the Governor, to several of his wives;
and also by Heber C. Kimball to several of his.
The above, of course, speaks for itself. Here
is the indorsement of the document from which
we take it:
A CARD.
A communication appeared in the last number
of the St. Joseph’s Gazette, over the signature of
“Utah,” purporting to be “a letter from an intel
ligent and reliable gentleman” in Utah Territory,
and to give “a full and detailed history of the
treatment of the Government officers while at
Salt Lake.”
While the undersigned fully concur in the gen
eral accuracy of the statements contained in that
communication, so far as they have any proper
connection with the recent difficulties in that
Territory, they deem it due to themselves and
the public to state, (lest an erroneous inference
might be drawn from an inadvertent expression
used therein,) that the communication in ques
tion does not give “a full and detailed history”
of events at Salt Lake City, nor does it exhibit
all , or any considerable portion of the reasons
which, in the opinion of the undeisigned, render
a longer residence in the territory inconsistent
with their duty as citizens and officers of the U.
States.
L. G, Brandeeury, Chief Justice.
B. D. Harris, Sec’y Utah Territory.
St. Joseph’s, Nov. 13, 1851.
The St. Louis Republican, while it condemns
and denounces the immorality and misconduct of
the Mormons, deprecates the course taken by the
U. S. officers in abandoning their posts, and re
fuses to admit the sufficiency of any or all their
reasons.
Letter from Mr. Bemhisel.
United States Hotel., )
Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 1851. J
To the Editor * of the National Intelligencer.
Upon my arrival in this city I am met by
statements in circulation injurious to the charac
ter of my constituents, and of Governor Young,
of Utah Territory; and after a general inquiry,
which I have taken the liberty to extend to the
President, find them without other authority
than a letter which appeared in your columns,
stated to be from “A Judicial Officer,” and dated
Great Salt Lake City, Sept. 20, 1851.
The statements of this letter are essentially
incorrect. Its accusations are mainly based
upon aspersions alleged to have been cast upon
the memory of the late President Taylor by the
Governor, on the occasion of the celebration of
the anniversary of the 24th of July. At that
celebration your (supposed) letter-wi iter was not
present—not having arrived till some time after
the organization of the Territory. But I was
present and am able to inform you, upon my
own responsibility, that the Governor’s remarks
upon that occasion included no strictures what
ever upon General Taylor’s character or public
services, nor in fact, any allusion te him at all,
that I can remember. The celebration was
made the opportunity, as it has always been by
the patriotic people of Great Salt Lake City,
for repeatedly renewed expressions of their en
thusiastic attachment to their beloved country.
When I left Utah, nineteen days after the date
of the letter to which you gave publication, peace
and quiet prevailed everywhere, and unbroken
harmony and good feeling between the officers of
the Government and the people of the Territory.
The pacific character of our people, and the fra
ternal relations which they cultivate towards
each other, had indeed, as yet, left the courts
without an entry for their dockets; but Gover
nor Young had cheerfully acceeded to the request
of the Judges and a Secretary, to affix his name
to a petition to Congress, of which I am the
bearer, paying for an augmentation of the salaries
of the Territorial officers on account of the ex
pense of living under our California prices.
Under these circumstances, and in view of the
fact that no communications have been received
from Salt Lake since these charges were made,
or can be expected for some time to come, I ask
that you will be good enough to request a sus
pension of public opinion upon the charges to
which you have given circulation, until further
and more authentic intelligence is received from
Utah Territory.
I,have the honor to be,your most obedient ser
vant, John M. Bkrnuisel,
Delegate from Utah.
Incredible Punishment.— »“ A great book
is a great evil,” says an ancient writer; an axiom
which an unfortunate Russian author felt to his
•ost.
“Whilst I was at Moscow,” says a traveller, “a
quarto volume was published in favor of the liber
ties of the people; a singular subject, when we
consider the place where the book was printed.
In this work, the iniquitous venality of the pub
lic functionaries and even the conduct of the
sovereign was scrutinized and censured with
great freedom. Such a book, and in such a coun
try, naturally attracted general notice, and the
offender was taken into custody. After being
tried in a summary way, his production was
termed to be a libel, and he was condemned to
eat his own words. The singularity of such a
sentence induced me to see it put into execution.
A scaffold was erected in one of the most public
streets in the city; the imperial prevost, the ma
gistrates, physicians, and the Czar attended; the
book was separated from the binding, the margin
cut off, and every leaf rolled up like a lottery
ticket when taken out of the wheel. The author
was then served with them leaf by leaf by the
provost, who put them into his mouth, to the no
small diversion of the spectators, and he was
obliged to swallow this unpalitable food, on pain
of the knout, in Russia more feared than death.
As soon as the medical gentlemen were of opinion
that he had reseived into his stomach, as much
at a time as was consistent with his safety, the
transgressor was sent back to prison,, and the
business was recumed the two following days.
After three very hearty but unpleasant meals, I
am convinced, by occular proof, that every leal of
the book was actually swallowed.”— Prisoners
Friend.
Black Noses. —A resolution has been intro
duced to the Kentucky Legislature, which pro
vides “that the keeper of the penitentiary shall
procure a suitable chemical dye, such as will
stain the cuticle or outer surface of the skin per
fectly black, so that it cannot be washed offj or
in any way be removed until time shall wear it
away, and nature furnish a new cuticle or sur
face; and that with this dye he shall have the
nose of each male convict painted thoroughly
black and renew the application as often as may
be necessary to keep it so,until within one month
of the expiration of his sentence, when it shall
be discontinued for the purpose of permitting
nature to restore the feature to its original hue,
✓ , . , ... .. _ . . „
‘
preparatory to the second advent of its owner
intothe world.” Pike, of the Kentucky Flag,
is in favor of the resolution with an amendment
that the sheriff of each county be required to
catch every delinquent newspaper subscriber in
his bailwick, and black his nose and keep it
blacked until he pays up.
[From the Charleston Courier .]
The American Prisoners in Spain. —We
have been politely handed by B. F. Deßow,
Esq., of this city, the subjoined letter, received
by him from our Minister at the Court of Mad
rid, which we publish for the information of such
as may have friends or relatives among the un
fortunate members of the Lopez expedition, who
have been transported to Spain:
Legation of United States, )
Madrid, Nov. 17, 1831. )
My Dear Sir: You may rest assured that no
proper effort will be wanting on my part to ob
tain the release of your brother-in-law, young
E. Q. Bell, who was seduced into the ill-lated
Lopez expedition.
The Government of the United States has al
sc requested me to intercede in his behalf. But
even without such request, it will be my great
est happiness to be in any degree instrumental
in restoring to his afflicted mother and family,
his country and friends, one who, though in an
evil moment led astray by older and more artful
men, seems possessed of so many generous and
redeeming qualities. I will endeavor to secure
the liberation of all the prisoners—which I think
would be best for Spain, and I know would be
most agreeable to the whole people of the United
States. They have already been punished
enough for their folly, and Spain has had ven
geance enough too. The unfortunate affairs at
New-Orleans and elsewhere in the United States,
in which Spain believes there has been great in
sult and outrage to her flag and injuries to her
subjects, resident in the United States, have much
complicated and added greatly to the difficulties
of the release of these prisoners. If all cannot
be soon discharged, I will then try for a few of
the most meritorious and unfortunate of them for
whose release my special intercession has been
asked; and I repeat to you that among them your
brother, and the son of a most distressed mother,
shall have a conspicuous place in my efforts.
Yesterday I received a letter from the Ameri
can Consul at Cadiz, informing me that the ves
sel, Primera de Guatemala, in which young Bell
is mentioned in the papers as having sailed, had
arrived at that port, after 66 days passage from
Havana; and it was uncertain when he wrote
where she would be ordered for quarantine,
whether to Vigo or Port Mahon, in the Mediter
ranean. I have taken all proper steps for com
municating with the prisoners; and as soon as I
know where they are destined, will forward the
letters to young Bell. I shall, too, do all in my
power to alleviate their hard fate, and would see
them in person but for the great distance of this
city from the coast—the difficulty of internal
communication in this Peninsula, and the con
viction that 1 can serve them better by remain
ing here where my pressing duties occupy all my
time.
Say to the disconsolate mother and family of
the unfortunate young man to be of good cheer
and hope, and believe me, dear sir,
Very truly, yours,
D. M. BARRINGER.
To B. F. Deßow, Esq., Charleston, S. C.
Fire. —Our citizens were aroused from their
slumbers at an early hour yesterday morning, by
the alarm of fire, which was found to proceed
from the three story brick building situated at
the South East corner of Wentworth and Meet
ing-sts., belonging to the estate of Mr. W. J.
Gayer, which was occupied by that gentleman
previous tp his death, for a series of years, as a
depot for carriages and other vehicles. The fire
spread with such rapidity, fed as it was by the
material that composed the stock, that before
assistance could be rendered, the whole interior
was one vast sheet of flame, which soon com
municated to the adjacent building to the East
on Wentworth street, occupied by Mr. Sloman,
and owned by the same estate. Our firemen
finding it impossible to save the corner building,
left it and its contents to their fate, and directed
their energies to the residence of Mr. Sloman,
and for a while a contest was waged for the mas
tery, between these noble fellows and the de
vouring element, which resulted in the success
of the former, and the property was saved, but
not till the piazzas to the west were very much
burnt, and the inner walls materially injured by
the large body of water thrown into the building.
The cornor building, and the Stock in trade,
were insured in the office of the Charleston In
surance and Trust Company, of our city—s6ooo
on the former, and S7OOO on the latter, which by
no means cover the loss sustained by this con
flagration. There was also S3OOO in the same of
fice on Mr. Sloman’s residence which will more
than repay the injury he sustained. Mr. S., we
learn, was fully covered by Insurance.
The family of the late Mr. Gayer, has on this
occasion sustained a very heavy pecuniary loss,
and coming at a time when it has but recently
met with severe domestic afflictions, has excited
the sympathies of our community in their be
half.
We have made diligent inquiries as to the
origin of this fire, which has involved a loss of
upwards of $20,000 to this family, but it is im
possible to say how it occurred.
We would take the present occasion to remark,
that in case of fire, tne Telegraph wires should
not be interfered with, except in case of abso
lute necessity. This means of communication
is highly important in case of calamity, and we
are at the present moment suffering from inter
ruption of telegraphic intelligence, on account of
the fire in Raleigh, where perhaps, the thought
less acts of some zealous and well intentioned
individual may have destroyed what they would
with a little reflection, have protected at any
hazard. —Charleston Courier , 20 th inst.
{Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .]
New-Orleans, Dec. 19,9.15 P. M.
6500 bales of Cotton were sold to-day at full
prices. The sales of the week comprise 45,000
bales. Good Middling was worth 7} cents.,
Whisky was quoted at 18 cents. Bacon sides
commanded Bi, and Shoulders 7£ cents. Corn
had advanced and brought 50 to 55 cents.
Telegraphic despatches nave beep received,
reporting that the Ohio river has been frozen
over, which has caused some excitement in the
produce market.
Columbia, Dec. 19, 9.45 P. M.
There was no change in the Cotton market.
The demand was brisk and general, and the out
side figures of yesterday were freely given. 884
bales were sold at from 6 to Si cents. *
Ireland. —We have read no item of foreign
new's during the year with more satisfaction than
the following from a late London paper;
“Letters from the west of Ireland are of a de
cidedly favorable tendency, as showing that, in
that quarter of the country a least, the people
are recovering|from the fearful effects of the three
years’ successive failure of the staple crop of food,
and the crushing poor rates, that, as a conse
quence, involved all classes of the community in
one general ruin. The abundance of this year’s
harvest has already effected much towards the
readjustment of the relations which had hereto
fore subsisted between the owner and occupier of
the soil. Rents, according to the authority of
these letters, were never more punctually or
cheerfully paid than they have been within the
last month in the ceunties of Sligo and Roscom
mon. The prices of cattle and live stock of all
kinds hare riot ruled so high for the last twenty
years; and the result is that the farmer is enabled
to meet all his engagements without trenching
on his grain crops, which can be thus held back
from market without any inconvenience, until a
later period may bring along with it the chance
of a rise in the prices of corn. Judging from the
tone of the Continental advices, it appears more
than probable that these speculations will ba lul
ly realized.”
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AUGUSTA, GA. |
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21.
UP" We received no papers last evening from
offices north of Charleston.
The Augait* Biidge.
This structure seems to be attracting no
inconsiderable attention, just now, in the Halls
of Legislation in the Several States of South
Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, who seem
to be quite disposed to thrust it also upon the
consideration of that of Georgia. Tennessee
and Alabama have contented themselves with
getting up memorials, but South Carolina
would even do more. The Hon. Win. D.
Porter from Charleston introduced into the
Senate the following preamble and reso
lution.
•
Whereas, Passengers and goods passing over
the Bridge across the Savannah River, between
the city of Augusta, in Georgia, and the town
of Hamburg in this State, are subjected to the
payment of tolls, said to be levied by authority
of the city of Augusta, and, whereas, a large
part of the said Bridge is within the territorial
limits and jurisdiction of this State, and the city
of Augusta has no charter for the same, under
any law of this State, and, whereas, it is highly
important and desirable, that so serious an ob
struction to the commerce and intercouse be
tween the people of the two States should be
removed, provided that object can be effected
consistently with the legal rights of the city of
Augusta and olheis, therefore,
Resolved , That the Governor be requested to
communicate with the Governor of Georgia on
the subject and to take such other suitable meas
ures as may lead to a full exposition and under
standing of the rights of all parties concerned,
and a frank and friendly settlement of the whole
matter.
This certainly reads exceedingly smooth, and
might very property be denominated a sort of
oily gammon production, the more especially
a* the Senator entirely omited, either ignorant
ly or intentionally, to state iu his preamble, the
fact, that the city of Augusta holds the South
Carolina end of the Bride under a deed from
that State which guarantees the land ‘-for th?
abutment of a toll bridge for ever,” in consider
ation of which the State received more than
fifty times its value for any other purpose what
ever.
That the Senator was moved by a siucere
desire to relieve the passengers, goods and pro
duce. passing over the Angusta Bridge, from
the payment of tolls, &c., and thereby promote
the interests of commerce and the people of the
interior, no one can doubt. It is, therefore,
passing strange, representing, as he does, the
City of Charleston, that it did not occur to him
to propose the relief of the same class from the
charge of Omnibus fare and drayage in that
eity, by extending the Charleston road to the
wharves. Very remarkable, indeed, and we
suppose may be accounted for on the same
principle as all the acts of modern philanthro
pists, who always prefer to seek objects from
Mr. Porter is certainly a very vigilant
Senato rin the removal of all obstructions to
commerce, except those which put money in the
pockets of his own constituents! He is indeed
a far seeing, if not a very selfish and sagacious
statesman.
If the Senator from Charleston has made
himself a party to the action of the Legislature
of South Carolina, in reference to the Bridge
for the last three years, we should imagine his
cheek must have been suffused with the blush of
shame, when he accompanied his preamble and
resolution with the following Bill:
A BILL
To provide for the grant of reciprocal privileges
to citizens of South Carolina and of'Georgia,
in relation to the building of Bridges over the
Savannah river.
Whereas, It is highly important to the inter
ests of the citizens of South Carolina and Geor
gia, that some common system of providing for
bridges and ferries over the Savannah river and
the passage of the same, should be adopted by
the two States, und that no obstacle should result
from the want of concert in their legislation on
this subject,
Sec. J. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representati' es now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same,
That any charter or franchise granted or to be
granted by the State of Georgia, for the purpose
of building and establishing bridges or ferries
over the Savannah river, shall have full effect
within the limits and jurisdiction of the Slute of
South Carolina, notwithstanding the rights of
the said State, to the same extent in all |respects
as if such charter or franchise had been granted
by the State of South Carolina: Provided, that
before this Act shall go into operation, the State
of Georgia do by law provide that equal efftct
be given in the State of Georgia to charters and
franchises granted by this State; and that after
this Act shall go into operation, the legal valLi
ty and effect of a charter granted by either of
the said States for the purposes aforesaid, shall
be subject to this limitation and restriction; that
no sucli charter from either State shall prevent
the other State from granting a charter for a
bridge or ferry over the Savannah river at any
place, however near the place where a bridge or
ferry is or may be established under a charter
from the State: And provided also, that nothing
herein contained shall be taken or held to abro
gate or impair the vested rights of any person
or persons whomsoever, so far as such rights
may be valid in law.
Sec. 2. That the Governor be, and he is here
by authorized to send an agent to the General
Assembly of Georgia, now iu session, to pro
mote the object herein set forth.
Congress.— We learn from a telegraphic dis
patch in the Richmond Times, that in the Uni
ted States Senate on Tuesday, after a brief de
bate, the resolution, offered by Mr. Shields, was
adopted and a committee, consisting of three
Senators, was appointed to wait on Gov. Kos
suth on his arrival in Washington and invite
him to the Senate Chamber.
A bill to establish a Mint in California was
then taken up and passed.
The resolution of Mr. Foote, relative to the
late compromise measuers, coming up for consid
eration, and Mr. Rhett being entitled to the floor,
that gentleman rose and concluded his argument
against the adoption of the resolution. He de
livered a learned and able speech on the subject,
in which he enumerated the grievances of the
South, and argued in favor of the Constitutional
right of Secession.
In the House of Representatives, the day was
devoted to miscellaneous business—the reception
of petitions and memorials, and the presentation
of resolutions, &c. Nothing of importance
transpired.
We see it stated that Judge Buchanan, at New-
Orleans, has decided that BTantz Mayer and Ben
jamin C. Howard, of Baltimore, and the Rev. R.
R. Gurley, of Washington, are entitled to the/?
respective share of commissions as executors ot
the McDonough estate. This will give to them
about SB,OOO each.
The Weather. —At Independence, Mo*, ou
the 15th inst. the mercury was 10 deg. below
zero, and on the 16th 12deg., and the Missouri
river blocked up with ice. At Boonville on the
same days it was 5 deg. and 8 deg. below—at
St. Louis several degrees below zero, and the
rver filled with floating ice.
For the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Kossuth*
“Coming events cast their shadows before. ’
The calm observer of passing events cannot
fail to perceive, in the bold assumptions of Louis
Kossuth, and the enthusiasm for his person, and
cause, manifested by our people, through the press
the N ational Congress, and the hurrahs of the
assembled auditories at New York, that we are
on the eve of anothet “Cuban Expedition,” or,
perhaps, yet worse, of being embroiled in an in
terminable and ruinous war with Europe.
I have just read his New York speech, and I
wonder not that peans are sung in his praise
when he pleads so noble a cause in terms so elo
quent. He, indeed, utters “thoughts that
breathe and words that burn,” jand having, as by
his own assertion, “come to our glorious shores”
to “gain our sympathy, our money and our men,”
it may not be amiss to keep an eye on the gen
tleman.
His late speech affords much food for medita
tion.
In his appeal for “Europe’s oppressed nations,”
he says:
“Less fortunate than you were, they will meet
no brother’s hand to help them in the approaching
giant struggle against the leagued despots of the
world.”
Os course he refers to the aid we received
from France. Let it be borne in mind that
Franee did not aid us for our cause, but in order
; to cripple England, and glut the accumulated
( hatred of centuries of warfare. We are at peace
with Russia; we have no revenge to gratify.
He professes to have come here with motives
very different from what we exepected. Our
government kindly offered to bring him and his
associates to this country, believing he and they
were desirous of immigrating to the ‘‘home of
the free,” but were too poor to defray the ex
pense in a style befitting one who had been the
leader in a great national movement. But now
he tells us, unless we will give blood and trea
sure illimitable to his cause, he has thanks
for the favor. Well, the fable of village
and the serpent ” has been exemplified before
now.
Again, he says, “your generous act of my lib
eration has raised the conviction throughout
the world, that this generous act of yours is but
the manifestation of your resolution to throw
your weight into the balance where the fate of
the European continent is to be weighed.”
How the mere fact of our “ generosity” in
sending the Mississippi to bring him and his
friends to a “ home in the west,” can be tortured
into a ‘ manifestation of our resolution” to be
come entangled in an endless European war,
is *• a huckleber y over my persimmon,” and
none but an enthusiast, as Louis Kossuth, could
have drawn such an inference.
Again, he says: “ I will conscientiously res
pect your laws, but within the limits of your
laws I will use every honest exertion to gain
your operative sympathy, and your financial ma
terial, and political aid for my country's freedom
and independence.”
Thus he flings down the gauntlet of defiance
to our government principle of “neutrality.”
He plaiuly expresses his determination to enlist,
by his eloquent appeals, the enthusiasm of our
people, and thereby compel “ aid and comfort”
from our government. A bolder, saucier asser
tion he could not well have uttered.
Again. “The frown of Mr. Hulsemann—the
anger of that sattelite of the Czar, called Fran
cis Joseph of Austria; and the immense danger
with which some European and American pa
pers threaten you, and by which, of course, you
must feel extremely terrified.” * * * “So I
confidently hope that the sovereign of this coun
try, the people, will care not a bit for it—if Mr.
Hulsemann takes to-morrow his pass-ports, bon
voyage to him.”
The insulting sneer at Mr. Hulsemann, is,
certainly, in bad taste. We have recognized
him as Austria’s Minister. Our guests should
at least be civil to our friends. The ad caplan
dum reference to our indifference to the anger
of European monarchs and presses, shows the
subtlety of the orator, he knows his auditory, and
will tickle their vanity till he attains his purpose
Again, “ every moment may bring a report of
events which may call me to hasten to my place
on the battle field, where the great, aud I hope
the last battle will be fought between Liberty and
Despotism.”
Well, his “prophetic soul” must see rather
further into “ the dim-rapt mystery of the fu
ture,” than common mortals can. “ The wish
is father to the thought,” and our wild enthusi
ast expects “ to build Rome in a day ”
The New York Tribune says: “ Kossuth ask s
simply that England and America shall unite in
affirming the policy that ‘ every nation shall have
the right to make and alter its own condition and
convenience,’ and that the two nations (England
and America) shall not only respect but cause to be
respected , this doctrine, so as to prevent Russia
from again marching her armies into Hungary.
It is true, that the actual power of our country
must stand behind its diplomacy in this, as in
other affairs; but, by assuming this position, he
holds that there would be no danger of our being
involved in war. Let it be once understood that
England and America agree in maintaining this
doctrine, and Russia would certainly respect it.”
It is a poor compliment to Russia, to suppose
she can be bluffed oft* by so manifest a brag game.
We are to “affirm’’ that Russia must not
“march her armies into Hungary,” and presto,
the Great Ba r rol's himself up for another
hybernation. Very likely.
No, Russian soldiers are many and cheap, her
internal resources are vast, and history does not
teach u* that she would hesitate to sacrifice
either in support of the principles recognized in
her governmeut. r I he campaign of 1812 has
shown how Russian soldiers can fight, and Rus
sian citizens endure. The greatest Captain tho
world has ever seen, aud the most magnificent
army ever arrayed, met their match at Borodino.
The Tribune says truly: “ The actual power '
of onr country must stand behind its diplomacy j
in this, as in other affairs." If we meddle in '
European politics, let us do it with our eyes
open. American blood and treasure must flow
like water.
Louis Kossuth I honor as a man, nnd as a
patriot. For the cause in which lm and his coun
try have suffered, no American can feel other
than the deepest sympathy lie is among us
with the avowed object of enlisting in his cause j
men and money. His “heart throbs at the idea
of seeing a gallant army of our patriotic militia.” |
en route for Europe, there to conquer what an
army of 20*>,000 Hungarians, backed by a popu- 1
lation of 14 000,000 of people could not resist.
What could be moro quixotic?
May our people ponder these things well
S. |
We learn from a private dispatch received in
this city from New-Orleans, that Bacon there, |
yesterday, was worth nine cents Molasses twen
ty-two cents, and Sugar was firm.— Charleston
Com i>r, 20 th inst.
Legislative Proceedings.
Milledgevillk, Dec. 18, 1851.
A resolution has been agreed to in the House,
and concurred in by the Senate, providing for the
appointment of a Joint Committee to examine
into the nature and amount of the business yet
to be transacted, and report whether, in their
judgment, it can be dispatched by the 30th inst
On motion of Mr. Bartow, the House went
into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Floyd in the
Chair, on the unfinished business of yesterday —
the bill for the government, &c., of the State
Road. The entire forenoon was spent in dis
cussing amendments, and had gone through with
the original bill, at one o’clock, when they rose,
and had leave to sit again. The House then ad-
journecr. ■»
The Senate has refused, by a vote of 23 to 12,
to re-*onsider its resolution to take a recess.
On Mr. Harman’s motion, the Senate also re
fused to re-«onsider an amendment adopted in
the bill passed on yesterday, appropriating the
unsurveyed parts of Okefenokee Swamp to the
Brunswick & Florida Railroad Company. Yeas
IS, nays 25.
The bill to prescribe conditions to the issuing
of marriage licenses, was lost. Yeas 17, nays
24. The leading provision is, that no marriage
license shall issue, unless the consent of the pa
rents, &c., of the female, shall have been ob
tained.
The bill to empower justices of the Inferior
Courts, to hire out free persons of color, as a
punishment for certain offences, was passed.
Three o’clock, P. M.
The House again went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Floyd in the Chair, on the unfinish
ed business of the forenoon.
Mr. Atkinson’s substitute was taken up, read
and amended. A motion was then made to
adopt the substitute in lieu of the original bill,
which was lost. On motion ot Mr. Sewa <, the
Committee rose and reported the bill to the
House, with amendments. The Speaker having
resumed the Chair, Mr. Chastain called for the
main question, which was to take up the Report
of the Committee of the Whole, as amended, to
agree thereto. Mr. Seward moved to adjourn,
and the Speaker announcing a doubt, upon the
sound, Mr. S. called for the yeas and nays,
which were, yeas 5, nays 91. The vote was
then taken on the call for the main question,
and carried by 69 to 36. An amendment, made
in Committee, that “ the Superintendent to be
appointed by the Governor, shall hold his office
till the Ist of January, 1854, and his successor
shall be elected by the General Assembly every
second year thereafter,” was agreed to by the
House. The report, thus amended and agreed
to, was put on its passage, and carried by yeas
87, nays 27.
The bill to provide means for repairing and
equipping the State Road, is the special order
for Monday next.
A bill was introduced to encourage the forma
tion of Volunteer Corps in every county in the
State.
The Military Committee reported a resolu
tion requesting our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress, to use their efforts in procur
ing the establishment of an Arsenal in Au
gusta.
The following bills were passed in the Senate :
To change the penalty for larceny irom the
house, where the value of the stolen article does
not exceed S2O, to imprisonment in the common
jail.
To require all who apply for Writs of Habeas
Corpus, to give notice to the prosecutor or his
attorney.
To require from administrators on the estates
of minors, bonds in double the amount of such
estates.
To amend the 7th sec. 2d art. of the Constitu
tion, conferring upon the Legislature the power
to commute to inferior punishments.
To incorporate a Southern Liberal Institute at
Griffin, in Spalding county.
Seven o’clock, P. M.
The following bills were passed in the House:
To appropriate $5,000 for improving the navi
gation of the Coosa River. Messrs. Price, Fel
ton, and Bartow, advocated the passage of this
' bill. Mr. Felton, in a clear and strictly prac
tical manner, demonstrated the advantages that
would enure to the State, by making the appro
priation. Among others, he alluded to the
wealth of the valleys of North Alabama. This,
he said, was worth contending for—that it must
go to Mobile, Savannah or Augusta—grant the
aid asked, and its direction is at once determin
ed—it must pass up the Coose river at Rome,
and thence to Savannah or Augusta. The re
marks of these gentlemen, without doubt, pro
cured the passage of the bill, as its fate seemed to
be sealed on sounding the House. The bill pass
ed by yeas 66, nays 29.
To compensate the owners of unenclosed
lands through which the Justices of the Inferior
Courts may order new’ roads to be opened.
The bill to amend the Divorce laws, so as to
allow both parties to re-marry, was opposed by
Mr. Thurmond, and others, and supported by
Messrs. Tift, Seward, and a few others. It was
lost by a majority of 25 votes to 87.
The “ Doctor’s bill ” w’as tinkered on a little
this evening, and postponed for the present. It
is already, by amendment, strung out to an in
ordinate length, and by the time it shall have
been physicked to repletion, its longitude will have
to be determined by a tape-string.
Agricultural Ir struct Inn.
We de/ire to call attention of the Georgia
Legislature to the following article from the
I “ Working Farmer.’’ It speaks for itself, is cer
; tainly suggestive, and We would rejoice to see
I something done in the “ Empire State” of the
South.
Legislative Assistance necessary for the Dissemina
tion of Agricultural Instruction.
The time is arriving when many of the State
: Legislatures commence their anuuul sessions,
and as in past years, different plans will be dis
cussed for the attainment of this desirable object,
j The establishment of Agricultural Colleges,
Schools, Experimental Farms, &c.. although, in
the opinion of many, extremely desirable, are
too expensive to meet with general favor, while
: the mere endowment of Agricultural Societies
alone, proves insufficient to bring about the de
| sired results. The holding of public fairs by
■ these sooieties has produced, and is prnduciug,
most beneficial results, by offering premium* for
competition, and thus causing grentor exertions
on the part of growers to produce crops of su
perior Kinds—but the tneuns by which these
j crops may be economically produced, is not
made known in a dependable manner and
through dependable sources.
The Agricultural Press is doing much to dis
seminate knowledge, but the whole corps Edito
rial cannot be expected to be either practical or
theoretical, and therefore a part only of our agri
cultural papers can be considered as truly useful,
while the less valuable portions will continue to
circulate through the exertions of agents acting
only with business motives.
The larger states will doubtless form Bureaus
of Agriculture, embracing all, or many of the
filans proposed, while the smaller states will fol
ow the example of Maryland,so far as effective,
and with such improvements as her experience
has shown to be necessary.
The best and most economical plan yet pro
posed, is that reported by the Committee on Ag
riculture of the Legislature of New Jersey, and
if carried out as recommended in the bill, will
doubtless result in advancing the best interests of
thejstate. This bill proposes the appointment of
a State Agicullurist, whose duties are—
-Ist. To deliver a course of Lectures on Agri
culture, in each county each year, commencing
with the county towns, and changing the place
of lecturing under the advisement of the Legis
lative representatives from the couuties.
2d. To make an Annual Report to the Legis
lature embracing all the known improvements
in Agriculture, Horticulture, &c M embracing an
account of all the improved crops of the state,
and the means by which they have been pro
duced, so as to enable others to avail of the cur
rent improvements of the year. This report to
be published by the Legislature, aud gratuitous
ly distributed among the farmers
Such a report w'ould be a text book to farmers,
and the facts there set forth would refer to crop
raised sufficiently near them to insure an exam
ination in cases of doubt or distrust.
3d. The State Agriculturist is required to as
sist in the formation of County Agricultural So
cieties where none exist, and to keep them sup
plied with the current improvements of the time
—to do which, he is required to correspond with
the Agricultural Societies of other states, so as
to keep himself fully posted up in all improve
ments.
The Lectures to be delivered by this officer
are to be free to all citizens, and cannot but be
the cause of rendering local improvements the
common property of all.
Conversational Meetings on Agriculture could
be established in every township, and from ex
perience this plan has been found to be of great A
usefulness, Without such an officer, however,
the establishment of Conversational Meetings
on Agriculture, Farmer- Clubs, and even Coun
ty Societies, are neglected from year to year.
Such an officer could, and doubtless would,
induce one or more farmers in each county to
raise the standard crops of that county in the
most approved manner, and thus a practical in
stance could be given, by which the applications
of improved manures, modes ol culture, Ac.,
would be made known to the many, while the
plans proposed by theorists would be fairly and
fully tested. Indeed, the traveling of such an
i officer, if judiciously selected, would infuse a
spi it of inquiry and improvement, which would
add materially to the income of the state.
New Jersey has advantages not enjoyed as an
agricultural state by any other. She has inex
haustible deposits of organic matter in her mea
dows suitable for manures—her green sands of
Monmouth, when properly prepared and used,
quite doubles the produce, while the more re
cently discovered locality of phosphate of lime
would enable her farmers to surpass those i f any
other state. This phosphate of lime is now be
ing shipped in large quantities to England, and
here sold to farmers for $25 per ton, before the
farmers of the neighborhood in which it is
found have commenced to use it. Feldspar
containing potash as plentifully as the green sand
marls, has been discovered within the last three
months, and in a divided or pulerulent state, so
as not to need grinding before rse, while the
waste materials of New York and Philadelphia,
so adjaceut to New Jersey, are scarcely used by
her farmers, although obtainable at small cost.
No state has better markets and with less ex
pense of transportation, than New Jersey, and
the increasing demand for export by means of
sea steamers making short voyages, promises a
rich harvest for the fruitgrowers. Our readers
are aware that we have lectured in tinny of the
towns of New Jersey on Agriculture, and we
have the testimony of many farmers who attend
ed our lectures, that the increased crops arising
from the adoption of our recommendations, are
many times more valuable than would be the
cost of such an organization for many years.
The subject only requires fair investigation to
ensure the adoption of the plan proposed.
Massachusetts will doubtless adopt a still more
extended system of operation, or her farmers
will not long wait the action of the Legislature,
before using energetic measures to make their
wishe« known to them. The season of fairs in
New York and Massachusetts, was one of joy
ous enthusiasm, and the public men of those
and other states were at these fairs. Many oth
er states are active in the good cause, and we
hope the press will join with one accord in
keeping alive the consideration of this all-im
port subject.
Coimnrrrinl.
fit jWiiflnrtic €flfj|ru}ilt.
- Charleston, Dec. 20, P. M.
Cotton —The market is quiet but prices un„
changed. The sales reach 250 bales at prices
ranging from 7£ to 81 cents.
Augusta Market, Dec. 20—P. M.
COTTON. —The market, to-day has been quiet, ami
the sales to a limited extent, and if any thing in favor
of buyers. Wo have, however, no quotable change to
notice in prices.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 19. Cotton. —The sales yester
day amounted to 1,076 bales. Particulars as follows/4
at 7f. 27 at 7i, 115 at 7J. 41 at 7j.12 at 7 13-10 at
7|. 146 at 8,21 Sat B{, 217 at Sj. and 25S at Sj cents.
Prices the same as the day previous.
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 17.—The River has been rail
ing for several days, and is now iu low boating order.
The mail line steamers run with regularity, and bring
up partial freights of Cotton. About 1,500 bales have
come up during the week. No new arrivals of Flat-boats
from above, consequently there is beginning to be felt a
little scarcity of some artielos. Corn indicates a slight
advanco—we quote it at 50 a 55c. Forwarding mer
cliants are unable to (ill orders from below with dis
patch, as the receipts are yet small.
Hogs are passing down the road almost daily- V"
hear of small sales at 0 cents nett—6 aOf would be t
fair quotation. All articles of country produce ingoud
demand. The supplies of Groceries and Dry Goods sro
large, and ample for the winter trade. ,
SAVANNAH EXPORTS, DEC.Io.
Per ship Medallion, for New Y0rk—1,997 bates t'ptaud
and 24 do. Sea Island Cotton, and 45 bids. Turpentine.
Per ship Adrian, fpr New York—2 09S bates Cottou.
Per barque Harvest, for New York —9©‘j bales Cotton
100 casks Rico, and 88 bids, llosin.
Per schr. Mary F. I«uttovloh, for Baltimore —180 bales
Cotton, 220 SHcks Salt, 182 Dry Hides, and 53 sacks
Feathers.
MADISON, Dee. 20.— Cotton. —There has been a good
demand this week, at prices varying from 7f to 7Jo.
ROME. Dee. 18.— Cotton.— We quote prices the pres
ent woe k at fro in 5 to 7fc.
SDijijiinfl Jntrlliflrntf.
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SAVANNAH, Doe. 19—Air. steamer Tennessee. lUlm. 1
Augusta. „ ,
Cleared, ships Medallion, Mustard, New York, Ann
an, Scott, do.; liarque Harvest, Nichols, do.; sc hr. J
F. Lutterloh, Souters, Baltimore. .
Went to Rea, barque Waltham, Houdlette, uc >
brig Mechanic, Cox, New Orleans; sclir. Cataract, t >
New York.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 20— Arr. schr. Gaxelte.
Philadelphia. „
• Cleared barques Harriot »Y Martha, Ellems, Havan»>
Velocity, Ryder, Boston; brig Argus, Kean, Mstanis
Went to sea, ship Julia Howard, Rulkley, New York-
Pilot boat Victor, Andrews, Key West; ssbr.
Watts, Baltimore.