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you 16ok for vigilant watchfulness. The dan
gers of a concentration of all power in the Gen
eral Government of a Confederacy so vast as
ours, are too obvious to he disregarded,
have a right, therefore, to expect your agents,
in every department, to regard strictly the limits
imposed upon them bv the Constitution of tne
United States. The great scheme of our con
stitutional liberty rests upon a proper distribu
tion of power between the State and federal au
thorities ; and experience has shown that the
harmony and happiness of our people must de
pend upon a just discrimination between the
separate rights and responsibilities of the States,
and your common rights and obligations under
tiie General Government. And here, in my
opinion, are the considerations which should
form the true basis of future concord in regard
to the questions which have most seriously dis
turbed public tranquility. If the Federal Gov
ernment will confine itself to the exercise ol
powers clearly granted by the Constitution, it
can hardly happen that its action upon any
question should endanger the institutions of the
Si.-.tes, or interfere with their right to manage
matters strictly domestic according to the will
of their own people.
In expressing briefly my views upon an im
portant subject, which has recently agitated the
nation to almost a fearful degree, I am moved
by no other impulse than a most earnest desire
for the perpetuation of that Union which has
made us what we are—showering upou us bles
sings, and conferring a power and influence
which our fathers could hardly’ have anticipated,
even with their most sanguine hopes directed to
n far off future. The sentiments I now an
nounce were not unknown before the expression
of the voice which called me here. My own
position upon this subject was clear and une
quivocal, upon the record of my words and my
acts, and it is only recurred to at this time be
cause silence might, perhaps, be miscon
structed. With the Union my best and dearest
earthly hopes tire entwined. Without it, what
are we, individually or collectively t M hat be
comes of the noblest field ever opened for the
advancement of our race, in religion, in gov
ernment, in the arts, and in all that dignifies and
adorns mankind ? From that radiant constel
lation, which both illumines our own way and
points out to struggling nations their course,
let but a single star be lost, and, if there be liot
utter darkness, tiie lustre ot the whole is dim
med. Do my countrymen need any assurance
that such a catastrophe is iv)t to overtake
them while possess the power to stay itlt i=
with me an earnest and vital belief that, as the
Union lias been the source, under Providence,
of our prosperity to this time, so it is the surest
pledge of a continuance ot the blessings >e
have enjoyed, and which we are sacredly bound
to transmit undiminislied to our children. The
field of calm and free discussion in our country
is open, and will always he so, but it never lias
been nor never can he traversed tor good in a
spirit of sectionalism and uncharitableness. —
The founders of the Republic dealt with tilings
as they were presented to them, in a spirit
of self-sacrificing patriotism, and as time
has proved, with a comprehensive wis
dom, which it will always be safe for us
to consult. Every measure tending to
strengthen the fraternal feelings of all the mem
bers of our Union has had my heartfelt appro
bation. To every theory of society or govern
ment, whether the offspring of feverish ambi
tion or of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dis
solve the bonds of law and affection which unite
us, I shall interpose a ready and stern resist
ance. I believe that involuntary servitude, as it
exists in different States of this confederacy, is
recognised by the Constitution. 1 believe that
it stands like any other admitted light, and that
the States where it exists are entitled to efficient
remedies to enforce the constitutional provis
ions. I hold that the laws of 1850, commonly
called the ‘‘Compromise measures,’’ are strictly
constitutional, and to be unhesitatingly carried
into effect. 1 believe that the constituted au
thorities of this Republic are bound to regard
the rights of the South in this respect as they
would view any other legal and constitutional
right, and that tiie laws to enforce them should
be respected and obeyed, not with a reluctance
encouraged by abstract opinions as to their
propriety in a different state ot society, hut
cheerfully and according to the decisions ot the
tribunal to which their exposition belongs.—
Such have been, mid are, my convictions, and
upon them l shall act. 1 fervently hope that the
question is at rest, and that no sectional, or am
bitious, or fanatical excitement may again
threaten the durability of our institutions, or
obscure the light of our prosperity.
But let not the foundation of our hope rest
upon man’s wisdom. It will not bo sufficient
that sectional prejudices find no place in the pub
lic deliberations. It wilil not tie suffieeient
that the rash counsels of human passion are re- ■
jet-ted. It must he felt that there is no national
security but in the nation’s humbled, acknowl
edged dependence upon God and bis overruling
Providence.
We have been carried in safety through a
perilous crisis. Wise counsels, like those which
gave us the Constitution, prevailed to uphold it.
Let the period be remembered as an admonition,
and not as an encouragement, in any section
of the Union, to make experiments where ex
periments are fraught with such fearful hazard.
Let it ho impressed upon all hearts that, beauti
ful as our fabric is, no earthly power or wisdom
could ever reunite its broken fabrics. Stand
ing as l do almost within view of the green
slopes of Monticello, and, as it were, within
reach of the tomb of Washington, with all the
cherished memories of the past gathering around
me, like so many eloquent voices of exhorta
tion from Heaven, 1 can express no better hope
for my country than that the kind Provi
dence which smiled upon our fathers may ena
ble their children to preserve the blessings they
have inherited.
The inaugural of President Pierce.
Tiie inaugural address of our new President is an
admirable paperin style and sentiment—it is digni
fied, well tempered, and breathes throughout a indy
patriotic spirit. The opening allusion t >the manner
in which lie was unexpectedly called to his exalted
station, and to his sense of its heavy responsibilities,
is in tine taste, and of adeeply touching character.—
In regard to our foreign policy, he adheres to old an
approved land-marks—cultivating peace with all na
tions, and yet re-affirming the principle that colon
zation of tins Continent by European powers is no l
to be permitted beyond existing jurisdiction—and,
in reference tu further acquisition of territory, hold
ing it no ground of evil foreboding, so far as may be
essential lor our own protection, or tor tiie preseiva
tion of the rights of commerce and tile peace of the
world, but yet repudiating all wrongful or dishonor
able means of expansion or aggrandizement On rn. *
tors of domestic policy, his views are highly judi
cious and comendable—and especially so in relation
to tiie army and navy, tiie princip.e on which he plac
es official appointments and removals ean scarcely,be
exeeptionaole’eveii to political adversaries. It is not
only however as Americans, but as Southerners also
that we are gratified Wilil tile inaugural. lis firm and
distinct recognition of Southern rights & institutions,
and of the constitutional obligations of pieserving
and enforcing them by existing laws, cannot fail to
have the happiest effect in rebuking that criminal
lanalicism which, would tear down the pillais of
our Republic, and in reviving that sentiment of fra
ternity and concord, w hich will ensure perpetuity
to i he Union.
We are pleased to perceive that ihe principles
ami sentiments of the iuauguial are calling forth,
with very lew exceptions, the plaudits of our con
temporaries, without distinction of party. — Clar.
Courier.
OiT* A-ii old lady ouee said that her idea of it
great man was : “A mail who wqs keerfulof his
clothes, didn’t drink sperits, kin read the Bible
without spellin’ tho words, and kin eat a cold
dinner on wash day, to save tho u imineu folks
the trouble of cooking.”^
From the New York Herald.
IHE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
The Cabinet.
SECRETARY OE STATE —WILLIAM LARXED
MABCY.
New Yorkers, and politicians generally, are
familiar with the political life and career of this
gentleman. Although his experience as a mem
ber of a legislative body lias been very limited,
the various executive offices lie has held, and
the influence he has possessed, from his political
associations, have made him a man of mark
among the men of his times. Mr- Marcv is a
native of Sturbridge, Worcester county, Massa
chusetts, where he was born, December 12,
1786 ; consequently he is now in the 67th year
of his age. Having completed his accademic
course, he entered Brown Univesity, (Provi
dence, 11. 1.,) where he graduated in 1808. He
afterwards removed to Troy, in the State of
New York, where he studied and commenced
the practice of law, and soon took a prominent
part in politics as a democrat. During the war
with Great Britain, lie served as a volunteer in
the military defence of the State. In 1816 lie
was appointed Recorder of the city of Troy ;
but afterwards, taking part with Mr. Van Bu
ren in opposing tiie administration of Governor
De Witt Clinton, lie was removed from office
by the friends of that Governor, in 1818. When
the anti-Ciiiitoniaus came into power, Maicy
received from Governor Abates tho appointment
of Adjutant-General, in 1821, and removed to
Albany, where lie has since resided. On tiie
organization of that potent and secret associa
tion, called the “Albany Regency,” Mr. Mar
cy became one of the most trusty and confiden
tial members and advisers of it3 head, Martin
Van Buren. To his connection with “the Re
gency” Mr. Marcy doubtless owed most of the
good success which lias generally attended him
as a political leader. In 1823 lie received from
the Legislature the appointment of State Comp
troller, which office lie held for several years.
In 1829 he was appointed one of the Associate
Justices of tiie Supreme Court of the Stite;
but in 1831 he resigned that office, in conse
quence of being elected United States Senator.
He was in tiie Senate less than two years,
when lie resigned, being elected Governor of
New York, in 1832. He was twice re-elec
ted, viz., in 1834 and 1836; baton a fourth
nomination, in 1838, he shared in the defeat
of the democratic party, and William 11. Se
i ward was elected over him. After retiring
from the executive chair, Mr. Marcy principally
devoted his attention to his private hussiness,
until Mr. Polk became President, in 1845. He
was then offered and accepted the office of Sec
retary of War, and was considered through the
four years of his service one of the most influ
ential members of Mr. Polk’s cabinet. The du
ties of the War Department during the Mexican
war were arduous, and were discharged by Mr.
Marcy with energy and ability. On his retire
ment from tho cabinet, after the election of Tay
lor and Fillmore, Mr. Marcy exerted himself to
| heal the dissensions in the democratic party of
i his State. Although decidedly opposed to the
I free soil and Wilmot proviso movements of Van
Buren and others in the democratic party, Mr.
Marcy urged the union of the party as essential
to success, and therefore became separated from
many of his hunker friends. This feeling
against him operated so far as probably to pre
vent iiis nomination for President at the Dem
ocratic National Convention of 1852. With a
j large section of the democratic party in this
| State Mr. Marcy is not popular; but his ability
| as a writer, tactician, and statesman, is general
| ly admitted.
I SECRETARY OE THE TREASURY —JAEMS OtJTIIRIE,
Is a distinguished lawyer of Louisville, Ky. where
he has acquired great wealth and elevated stand
-1 ing in society. He lias grown up with the
! West, and is indentified in feeling and interest
with the prosperity of the Valley of the Mississ
ippi. He is known as a Union Democrat, and
unites to commanding talents and an intimate
acquaintance with the wants and resources of
the whole c >untry, manners tiie most urbane
and prepossessing. He is considered a promi
nent leader of the Kentucky democracy, and is
very popular with his party throughout the
Western States. He has not been a member
of Congress, but he has had experience as a
legislator in the Senate of Kentucky. He was
President of (lie State Convention which form
ed the new constitution of Kentucky in 1840.
His friends predict for him a popular career ns
a cabinet olficer and an able discharge of the
responsible duties of the treasury department.
He is about fifty years of age, of athletic form,
and very energetic habits. It should be added,
that in 1837 Mr. Guthrie was urged as a can
didate for Judge of the Supreme Court instead
of Judge Catron ; and on the death of Mr. Clay,
in 1852, he declined the offer of Governor Pow
ell to appoint him successor to Mr. Clay as
United States Senator.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR—ROBERT mV lEI.L AND,
At present Governor of Michigan, owes liis
selection as a member of the new cabinet to tiie
friendship and influence of General Cass. He
is a native of Pennsylvania, where he received
his education. Emigrating to Michigan, he
practised law at Monroe, in that State, from j
which district lie was elected to Congress for j
three consecutive terms (1843 to 1846.) He!
had previously distinguished himself as a mem
ber ot the State Constitutional Convention, and
of the Leislature of Michigan, in which latter
body he was chosen Speaker of the House, in
1843. Although a zealous supporter of General
Cass for the Presidency, he voted for the Wil
mot proviso, and made free-soil speeches in
Congress. He always voted for bills to improve
harbors and rivers. His talents are very respec
table, and lie is esteemed as a mail of integri
ty and energy. lie is forty-five years of age.
In November, 1851, he was elected Governor of
Michigan, and, under the new constitution, was
re-elected, in 1852, for a term of two years,
which will expire in January, 1855. In Con
gress he was Chairman cf the Committee on
Commerce, in 1846, and in 1848 he was on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
SECRETARY OF WAR JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Was horn in Kentucky, and > ernoved in early
life to Mississippi, from whence lie went to tiie
United States Military Academy, at West Point,
where he graduated in June, 1828. The same
year (in July) he was appointed second Lieu
tenant of Infantry, in the United States army,
and was made first lieutenant of dragoons, in
1833. The same year he received the appoint
ment of adjutant. In 1836 lie resigned his com
mission in the army, and retired to private life
in Mississippi. He married a daughter of Gen.
Taylor, and this lady died several years since.
In 1844, Mr. Davis was chosen one of the Presi
dential Electors for Mississippi, ami voted for
Polk and Dallas. The following year lie was
elected to Congress, and served one term as a
member of the House of Representatives, ex
cepting the time lie was absent in Mexico during
the war. In July, 1846, he was appointed colo
nel of the regiment of volunteer riflemen raised
in Mississippi, and distinguished himself particu
larly at Monterey and Buena Vista. President
Polk offered him tho appointment of Brigadier
General in the United States Army, in 1847,
but he declined the honor. The same year the
Legislature elected him United States Senator,
and he was placed on the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs, as chairman. He took an
active part in important debates, particularly in
advocating Southern rights, and liis talents
placed him in the front rank of the democratic
leaders. He opposed the Compromise Union
measures,which were supported by his colleague,
Mr. Foote, and, being nominated as the State
rights candidate for Governor, to run against
Foote he resigned his seat in the Senate in iB5l.
He was defeated at the gubernatorial election,
Foote being chosen by a majority of about one
thousand. He has since remained in private
life. In person Gen. Davis is of the middle
size, and his habits are active and energetic; his
age is about forty-five years, and he is consider
ed well qualified for the duties of the War De
partment.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY —JAMES C. DOBBIN,
Is a lawyer of Fayettville, and was elected a
member of the Twenty-ninth Congress, (1845
’47.) He was Speaker of the House of Com
mons at the late session of the Legislature of
North Carolina, and was the candidate of tho
democratic party for United States Senator;
but lus election was defeated by the intrigues of
Romulus M. Saunders, and a few other members
of the Legislature. This circumstance doubtless
commended him to the favor of General Pierce.
Mr. Dobbin was also a member of the National
Convention at Baltimore, and promptly second
ed the movement of the Virginia delegation in
favor of the nomination of General Pierce. Mr.
Dobbin is in the prime of life, and of very indus
trious habits, hi debate lie is distinguished for
eloquence, and his friends have every confidence
iu his ability to make a good successor of Gra
ham and Kennedy gi tho Department of tho
Navy.
POSTMASTER GENERAL—JAMES CAMPBELL.
This gentleman is at present Attorney Gen
eral of Pennsylvania, to which office lie was ap
pointed since the State election last fall. Hu
had previously been a lawyer of Philadelphia,
and one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in that city. In 1851, an attempt was
made to elevate him to the bench of the Supreme
Court of the State, the five judges of which are
elected by the people of the State by general
ticket. Judge Campbell being a Catholic, and
a special friend of James Buchanan, was defea
ted by the intrigues of General Cameron, late
United States Senator, and other enemies of
Buchanan , and the Protestant and Native
American feeling arrayed against him. Conse
quently, Judge Coulter, one of the whig candi
dates, waselected, with four democratic judges.
This circumstance, with the influence of Mr.
Buchanan, have combined to give Judge Camp
bell his present prominent position. He is a
good lawyer, and of active business habits, lie
is, we believe, tho youngest member of the new
cabinet, being about thirty-five yeais of age.
ATTORNEY GENERAL —CALEB CUSHING,
At present one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, and well known through
out the United States as a distinguished politi
cian and eminent scholar. Mr Cushing was
born in Salisbury, Essex comity, Massachusetts
in January, 1800, and consequently is now in
his fifty-fourth year. His father, belonging to
one of the most respectable of the old families of
Massachusetts, was extensively engaged in the
shipping business, by which he acquired a hand
some fortune. Caleb Cushing entered Harvard
College when very voting, and graduated in the
eighteenth year of his age. He commenced the
study of the law at Cambridge, and was appoint
ed tutor of matherns'ios , and natural philoso
phy in Harvard College, which place he held
ftr two years, and then removed to Newburv
portto engage in the practice of law. In iiis
profession he was very successful, and acquired
the reputation of a good lawyer. The political
career of Mr. Cushing commenced in 1825,
when he wasc hosen representative from New
buryport to the lower House of the Massachu
setts legislature. In 1826 lie was elected a
member of the State Senate. Both these pla
ces he filled with ability, and to the satisfaction
of his constituents. After this lie continued in
the practice of the law for two years, and in 18-
29 he went to Europe, on a tour of pleasure
and observation. After his return lie prepared
for tiie press and published iiis “Reminiscences
of Spain ” a work which added much to his
literary reputation. He also appeared as the
author of a “Historical and Political Review of
the Revolution in France,” in 1830. About the
same time he was a contributor to the North
American Review, writing mainly on historical
and legal subjects. Mr. Cushing was again
elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 18-
33 and 1834. He made several unsuccessful
runs for Congress, but was finally elected to re
present the North Essex District in 1835. His
Congressional career continued for four conse
cutive terms, or eight years, viz: from 1834 to
1843. Having commence public life as a friend
of John Quincy Adams, Mr. Cushing acted with
the whig party, both in the State Legislature
and in Congress, until the administration of’
John Tylor, when Mr. Cushing was one of the
ew whigs who ventured to sustain the course
of that President in abandoning his political
friends. The consequence to Mr. Cushing was
his separation from the whig party and even
tually his connection with the democratic party
for the last ten years. Asa member of Congress
he evinced decided ability, and kis speeches and
reports showed in the most favorable light his
statesmanlike qualifications. In 1843, President
Tyler nominated Mr. Cushing as one of his cabi
net, but the Senate refused to confirm the nom
ination, owing to iiis political course, and the
peculiar position of parties at the time. There
upon the President nominated him as Commis
sioner to China, and the Senate assented to the
appointment. He left the United States in tiie
summer of 1843, and proceeded to China, by
the Medietrranean and overland route. In 1844
he negotiated a treaty with the Chinese govern
ment, establishing, for the first time, diplomatic
relations between the two countries. He return
ed to the United States by way of Mexico, hav
ing accomplished the important business of bis
mission, and passed around the globe, within
the short period of a year. On his return home
Mr. Cushing made a visit to Minnesota Territory
as was supposed for the purpose of taking up
bis residence there. He, however, returned to
Newburyport in 1846,'and was again elected
to represent that town in the Legislature. In
that body he was the most prominent member
at the session of 1847, when the Mexican war
was at its height. He acted with the democrat
ic members in advocating the policy of that war
and for appropriating $20,000 for equipping
the Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers at
the expense ol the State. \\ hen his proposition
was defeated, Mr. Cushing advanced the money
from his own means, and the regiment was
made ready for service. He was chosen Colo
nel of the regiment, and accompanied it the Rio
Grande, in Mexico, in the spring of 1847, be
ing attached to the army under command of
General Taylor.
Soon after his arrival in the Mexican terri
tory, he was appointed a Brigadier General in
tbe United S ales Army, and several regiments
ot volunteers were p aced under his command.
Hostilities having ceased on the northern line,
j General Cushing being anxious for more ac
tive service, was at his own request, transfer-
I red to the army of General Scott. It was not,
’ however, his tortune to be engaged in any of
i the brilliant actions of the war ; and alter
! various services, as a commander at San An-
I gel and other places, he returned home on the
restoration of peace. In 1547, while he was in
I Mexico, General Cushing was nominated by
i the democrats ofMassachusetts as their candi
j date for Governor. This movement was owing
j to the part he had taken in support of the war,
and was done without consultation with him.—
It doubtless greatly improved his position with
the democratic parly in the State and nation ;
and the increased, though, of course, unsuc
cessful vote given to him, compared with the
democratic vote of the previous year, was flat
tering to General Cushing,and his friends who
had urged the nomination In 1848, General
Cushing was a zealous laborer in behalf of
the election of General Cass, acting on all oc
casions with the Union democrats, and against
the free soil party. In 1850, he was for the
fifth time, elected a member of the Legislature
from Newburyport, and was active in that body
in opposing the coalition of the democrats with
the free soil party, which caused the election
of Charles Sumner to the United States Senate.
In ltsl, the office of Attorney General of Mas
sachusetts was offered to Gen. Cushing by Gov
Boutweil, but he declined the honor. The
Legislature of 1852 having created an addition
al Justice of the Supreme Court, Gen. Cushing
was appionted to the office in May. It is ad
mitted that he has performed the duties of his
seat on the bench with abilityand integrity, an<i
as a judge, he has acquired an enviably popu
larity. In person, Gen Cu-hing is tall and
slender, with dark complexion and pleasing
. address. His habits are of the active and in
dustrious character, and his friends have great
confidence that he will acquit himseif in the
duties of a cabinet officer with the same abil
j ity that he has shown in the various other pub
i lie station he has occupied,
Wi)t Wmxm avfo Sentinel
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1853.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Telegraphed Expressly for (he Times & Sentinel.
Mobile, March 12. \
The Crescent City lias arrived at New York, via
Havana. Vice-President King is said to he very ill.
New Orleans, March I*2. ,
There is very little enquiry for Cotton. Prices are
unchanged :-i:iee our last. Two thousand bales had 1
been sold up to 1 o’clock.
Mobile, March 12.
| The enquiries for cotton is slack, sales to-day amount
|to 1500 bales. Holders are very firm at our previous
J quotation.
Mobile, March 10.
New Orleans Market.
Yesterday the demand was active; sales amounted to
twelve thousand bales at firm prices. The market is
stifier to-day with fair demand. Sales to 1 o’clock
. 2010 bales,
Mobile Market.
Yesterday’s sales 10,000 bales : fair enquiry to-day,
and market firm. Sales to 1 o’clock 2,000 bales. We
quote Fair 10 a 10 I*4 ; Middling ! 1-2 a 9 3-4; Mid
dling Fair 9 a 9 1-1 ? Ordinary 8 a 8 1-4.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARItI VA !, OK TH E STEA ,M E R
15 A L TIC .
Mobile, March 8, 5 P. M.
The steamship Baltic has arrived with three days
later intelligence from Liverpool.
Cotton has declined one-eighth of a penny. Market
, dull.
The sales for three days amounted to 15,000 bales,
I which were bought mostly by the Trade.
I Fair Orleans G l-4d a G 3-Bd., Orleans 5 13-1 Gd.
j There have been imported into Liverpool since the
I sailing of the Cambria 4,000 bales.
The Havre market is dull. *
New Orleans, March 8*
T here has been some enquiry per cotton. Sales to
one o’clock, amounted to 10,000 bales. Middling
8 3-4 cents.
Mobile. March B—s P. M. j
Two thousand bales sold to-day. Middling Fair 9 1-4 |
to 10 cents; Good Middling 9a 9 1-2 cts.; Middling |
8 a 8 3-4 ; Ordinary 7 1-4 a 8 cents.
Hail Storm.
On Wednesday evening la>t, March 10th, a ter- i
rible bail storm swept over our city, and during the !
space of 10 minutes, did immense damage. Almost !
every house in the city was injured. The Warehouses !
of Mr. Rankin, Gunby, Daniel 6c Cos. and of H. S. |
Smith 6c Cos., were all partially blown down and unroof
ed Six or eight store houses about Rankin’s corner
had their front walls entirely prostrated. Many private
residences were partially unroofed. Almost every chim
ney in the city is down and our shade trees cumber the
streets with their fallen trunks and broken branches.
Taylor & Co.’s Gin Factory was unroofed and incalcu
lable injury done to a large number of Gins already
finished, and to the tools and machinery used in the
manufacture. It is reported that the bridge in Girard !
was blown down, and a waggon, driver and team pre- j
oipitated into the depths below.
No lives were lost in our city. j
It is useless to grieve over unavoidable calamity*.—
Industry and energy will repair it, and we are happy to
see that even before the storm had abated, many of
our energetic citizens were busily engaged in removing
the wreck and repairing the damage it had caused. —
The damage is immense, but in the confusion conse
quent upon so great a calamity, it is impossible to esti
mate it.
Losses by the Storm.
We have confined our enquiries to the business part j
of the city. Besides those - enumerated below, every
house in the city has suffered damage of from 5 to 50
dollars in fences, chimneys and glass; which will amount
in the aggregate to not less than $25,000.
Hardly a merchant in the city has escaped severe in
jury from leakage. We put down the injury to goods
at not less than $ 5,000.
Warehouses. —11. S. Smith & Cos *6OOO 00
Gunby, Daniel <fc Co* 3,000 00!
W. Rankin 1,000 00
Greenwood 6c Cos .500 00
Store Houses.—John Smith, No. — Broad St.. .25 00
A. Andersen, (owned by Rankin,). “ “ 200 00
I). Hudson, (owned by Besssel,) 141 “ 200 00
D. B.9Thompson, owned by P. Adams) 143 “ 225 00
Jas. Boulter; ** 145 “ 125 00 j
Mr. Morris, (owned by B. Wells) 147 “ 125 00
A. Schwartz, “ “ 149 “ 125 00 ;
John Code, “ “ 157 “ 25 00 j
A. Halle, “ “ 159 “ 30 00 \
T. J. Clem, “ T. J. Clem,) 161 “ 200 00!
J. A. McNeil, “ B. Wells,; IG3 “• 209 00,
Schwartz 6c Bro. “ “ 165 “ 225 00 |
F. Golden, “ ‘ 167 “ 225 00 |
W. Rankin, “ W. Rankin,) 169 “ 200 00
3 stores on Crawford st, (Wells,)
W. Degnan, Front 6c Crawford st.,
(Estate of P. Sullivan, dec’d.) 50 00 j
i Public Buildings.—Court House & Market, 200 00 !
Catholic Church and Houses, 100 00 I
Episcopal Church, 300 00
Gas Houses, &00 00
Corporation Buildings.—R R. Buildings, 5,000 00
Howard Factory, 1.000 00
Eagle Factory,.. 500 00 i
E. T. Taylor 6c Co.’s Gin Factoryt,. 250 00
Private Residences.—(E. Lentilhon, corner of
Broad and Bryan street®,
Mrs. Sarah Clark,
R. Hyslop,) 2,500 00 i
Shanty adjoining Greenwood 6c Cos, 100 00 ;
Barny Dolan, Front st, 150 00 I
E. Lentilhon, 3 tenements on Front st, 350 00 !
L B. Hill, 1,000 00
Oglethorpe I louse, 1,000 00
Dr. Ware’s residence occupied by Mrs. Brice, 500 00
Damage to Real Estate, 26,730 00
Whole amount of damage by the Storm, $61,730 00
*Thc old tin roof was worthless.
tThis is their own estimate.
Mr. Demerest’s Examination.
\Y e were one among a crowd of spectators who had
the pleasure of attending the examination of Mr. Deme
rest's Dancing School on Friday night last in Concert
Hall. The scholars gave evidence of the ability of
their instructor by the ease, elegance and precision with
which they performed all the fashionable dances.
The young ladies were dressed in costume; the
performances were varied and beautiful, and the whole
effect of the exhibition was more pleasing than we could
possibly have anticipated.
Air. Deinerest’s success as a teacher of this pleasing
art in this city has been complete. The Polka, Scott
iscltee, Cotillon, \\ altz, Highland Fling, Cracovieune,
and many other new and beautiful styles of dancing,
have been taugt by him to his classes in an incrcdi
| bly short space of time, and we take great pleasure in
j bearing this testimony to the capacity of a gentleman
1 whose private*?worth is equal to his professional skill.
A Short Notice ol “the Setting Sun.’
We confess that wo see not bung to admire in the de
ceased Administration. The glory ?of the compromise
belongs-to Henry Clay. Besides this we know ot no
act of the Administration which is likely to have any
important influence upon the destinies of the Republic.
Things have been allowed to take their course uninflu
enced in a great degree by the position <f the President.
The law of the land has been, in some eases, resisted,
and, in others, avoided in the Northern States, during
the last four years, and no effectual steps have been
taken to uphold its majesty. We are not prepared to
say how far this deplorable state of things is the result
of negligence on the part of the Executive. W hen a
whole people are engaged in trampling under foot the
law of the land, it is exceedingly difficult for the Exec
utive arm to enforce obedience. We think, however,
that if the Presidential chair had been filled by a
man with the iron nerve of Jackson, that the results
would have been different.
In respect to our foreign relations the course of the
Ltj Administration has been characterized ly a cau
tious timidity which has excited the indignation of a
large portion of the American people, and emboldened
the minions of foreign despotism in their reckless dis
regard of the rights and liberties of our c tizens,
| No one of the great measures of domestic policy
I which were recommended and insisted upon by the
: President in his annual messages have been adopted.
The tariff has not been raised ; ad valorem duties
j have not been abolished ; specified duties have not been
! imposed. The Democratic policy of Polk, in respect to
taxation, lias been strictly adhered to ; and if the reve
nue has increased beyond all precedent, so as to meet
fully the demand that is made upon it by the increase
! of our territory, and the Mexican war debts, the praise
! is due to Mr. Polk and the Democracy, and not to Mr.
j Fillmore and the party which placed him in power.
We will not more than allude to the fraud and cortup
i tion which is said to have become so common during
h s Administiation. We have 110 idea that the Presi
| dent participated in it or gave any countenance to it.
| He had the misfortune to have either corrupt or indif
i ferent offers under him, and probably lacked the
nerve to rebuke them.
No doubt Mr, Fillmore, is a clever man, and tried to
do the best he could under the heavy load of responsi
bilities which, so unexpectedly, fell upon his shoulders,
upon the decease of President Taylor. We forbear
therefore to dip our pen in gall, in our comments upon
his public acts, and on liis retirement from the high po
sition which was thrust upon him, by the act of God,
and not by the votes of his fellow citizens, we wish him
no greater evil than that he may never be called upon :
i to .shoulder burthens so very much too heavy for his 1
bone and muscle, as those which he has lately laid
down. We doubt -not but that lie had the softest slum
bers and the sweetest dreams of all the throng which
; were assembled in the capital? to witmss the august
i ceremonies of the Inauguration of the new President of
i this great people, on the night of the 4th March, lie
: had been President four years, and the Republic st.ll
j endured.
V few more Remarks upon the Inaugural.
Some whig and union presses have been very loud
in their commendation of the views of the President
i upon the compromise. We ourselves find no fault
with them. The compromise was satisfactory to a very
large majority of the Southern people. We could not
expect a Yankee to take higher ground in defense of
i our lights than we ourselves stand upon. If we had
j demanded more, General Pierce would have insisted
j upon more, as is very clearly indicated in that portion of
j the address in which lu boldly insists upon the old
! Republican doctrine, that “if the Federal Government
j will confine itself to the exercise of powers clearly
; granted by the constitution, it ean hardly happen that
i its action upon any question should endanger the in
j stitutions of the States, or interfere with their rights to
! manage matters entirely dom.stic, according to the will
j of their own people;” and still more strongly in the i
; preceding sentences in which the true basis of future ;
j concord is stated to lie, not in submission to aggression, 1
! but in a wise and “just discrimination between the
rights and responsibilities of the States, and your com
-1 mon rights and obligat ions under the General Govern-
I ment.” By all which it is clearly indicated that in the
opinion of the President the discord which has disturb
j ed the quiet of the republic for several years past has
j resulted from the interference of the General Govern
i ment with the domestic institutions of the South. **
Nor do we find fault with the glowing eulogium pro
nounced by the President upou the Union. lie means
a Constitutional Union in which a “just discrimination” ,
13 made between the rights of and the rights j
of the Federal Government. For the preservation of
such a Union the Southern Rights movement was
made; and to that movement wo attribute all that is
good and wholesome in the compromise—and to it alone
we arc indebted for the refusal of Congress to apply the :
Wilmot Proviso to all the Territories of the United
j States, after every Northern State but one had insisted
j upon such action.
I We cannot commend too highly the bold and manly
position of the President upou the questions involved in
: the Monroe doctrine. “The rights, security and re
pose of this confederacy, reject the idea of interference
or colonization on this side of the ocean by any foreign
power beyond present jurisdiction as utterly inadmissi
ble.”
If this is merely bombast, it is contemptible. If it is
the settled policy of the administration, it is the most
momentous declaration in the address. It gives “form
| and pressure’’ to one of the ghosts of American politics,
! and indicates that the contest for supremacy between
i the United States and Europe, in the new world, is now
at hand. We abide the issue without faltering, in the
confident assurance that we arc now entering in good
earnest upon our destiny. Providence has placed the
Anglo-Saxon Race on the continent for the development
of great principles. It is destined to extend from pole
to pole, and to carry with it our pure religion, and our
glorious liberties. No obstacle can arrest our progress;
and if the bloated despotisms of Europe shall attempt
it, on their head be the consequences.
Perhaps it may escape the notice of some of our read
ers, that the President emphatically condemns the doc
trines of Kossuth on Intervention. European wars and
tumults, “whilst confined to the nations which gave
them existence, and within their legitimate jurisdiction,
cannot affect us, except ns they appeal to our sympathies
in the cause of human freedom and universal advance
ment,” is the position of the new administration. This,
we believe, is the universal conviction and sentiment of
the South.
There arc many other positions taken in the address
which we would be pleased to notice and commend,
but as they are palpable on the face of the address, we
will not fatigue our readers with further comment upon
a document which all of them will read with interest.
We cannot help from adding that there is a warmth,
a cordiality, a boldness, a directness, a republican sim
plicity in the Inaugural which touches our hearts, and
commands our confidence. We doubt not our readers
will experience the same feelings on its perusal.
A Post Master Elected.
\\ e publish to-day the proceedings of the Pierce
and King club at a meeting held in this city on the 7th
inst. They resulted in the change of the name of the
club, and the election of Michael N. Clarke as Post
Muster for this city. It seems that Messrs. Forsyth,
Jones, Torrance and Clarke were all nominated for
the office and were voted for in the meeting, but wheth
er with their knowledge or consent or the knowledge
and consent of their friends, the proceedings do not in
form us. Neither are we ad vised as to the number of per
sons who attended the meeting. All this is important
to be known, before much force will attach to the ac
tion of the meeting, and we hope some gentleman fa
miliar with the facts, will communicate them to the
public.
We fully recognize the right of the people to desig
nate a suitable person to fill the office of Post Master,
and have looked with favor upon the action of the peo
ple in some sections of the country where regular elec
tions have been held for this purple. Indeed we see
no impropriety in such an expression of opinion in a
meeting of the party, but then public notice ought to
be given not only of the meeting, but of the specific ob
jects to be attended to at it. We are not advised that j
all this was done at this meeting. The subject is an j
important one, as the interests of several highly re- ■
speetabie gentlemen are involved in it, and indeed of !
the public generally, and we make these suggestions
not because of any objection to the nominee, but for
the purpose of eliciting “the truth, the whole truth, and i
nothing but tho truth.”
President Pierce’s Inaugural.
We hoped to be able to give our readers to-day the
Inaugural Address in full, hut the slow, lumbering
ears have not yet reached us from Washington. We
have giveu ji synopsis, from the Mercury , which is
very meager, hut reliable. One or two points are
worthy of special notice, and will gain the President
troops of friends in the South, though they may lose
him quite as many at the North.
He emphatically endorses the fugitive slave law and
says it should he respected and obeyed , not with a re
luctance, encouraged by abstract opinion* , as to its
propriety in a different state of society, but chcr fully,
and according to the decisions of the tribunals to
which its exposition b longs.
There is in this sentence 110 mawkish sentimentality
about the moral evils of slavery in the abstract, but a
down right assertion of constitutional rights and duties
characteristic of the whole course of the President from
his first entrance into political life.
On the subject of extension of Territory, the Pr esi
dent holds the following language.
“The policy of the Administration, will not be con
trolled by timid forebodings of evil from tbe expansion
of our territory. It is not to be disguised tint the ac
quisition of certain possessions, not within the jurisdic
tion of the United States, arc important, if not essen
tial for the preservation of our commercial rights, and
the peace of the world. Should they, however, be ob
tained, it will be in no grasping spirit, but in a man
ner consistent with the strictest National Faith.”
The contrast between this language and the fearful
forebodings of Mr. Fillmore is very striking. Mr.
Pierce is not afraid of slavery or slave territory. He is
willing to increase both, if the interests of the Republic
demand it.
We will defer further comment until our next issue,
when we hope to give the Inaugural in full. The signs
so far indicate that we are to have a bold, economical,
and Republican Administration, under whose broad ae
gis the rights of all sections of the country will be se
cure.
Mr. James Hamilton—-Yale College—Aboli
t ion ism.
There is a pertinacity in the spirit of fanaticism which
alarms us. No threat can terrify it ;no concession can
appease it: no cousequeuces can deter it; no diffi
culties can arrest its efforts; it works by day; it works
by night; it gives itself no rest in summer’s heat or
winter’s cold ; it creeps into the pulpit and thunders its
anathemas at tho South ; it occupies the Professor’s
chair and instils its poison into the mind of youth ; it
I fills all the channels of literature —in poesy it sings of
\ the oppression of the slave ; in history it defames the
master: the novel, the magazine, the newspaper are its
ministers ; it clothes itself inthe ermine of the judge ;
it steals the robes of the senator ; it plots in the cabinet
of the minister; its voice is heard in the car,the steam-boat
i* and the stage-coach ; in the bar room, in the marts of
commerce and around the social hearthstone. The
I war it wages is one of extermination. The fight thick
ens, but where is the opposing host to meet its extend
ing line of battle ? Since our connection with the press,
we have kept a steady eye upon its scheming policy,
and, like Ezekil’s watchman, have blown the trumpet
at every new phase of'danger. Our task is not yet
done. Anew battery is opened, upon us in the classic
i shades of Yale College, hallowed by the presence of
’ Calhoun and by thousands of the brightest intellects and
1 noblest hearts in all the South.
We should have been ignorant of this new enemy
were it not for the bold and fearless independence and
burning patriotism of our young townsman, Mr. James
Hamilton, late a student in Yale College, whose bril
liant letter, exposing the bold deception, we find in
the New Haven Register , and gladly transfer in full
to our columns this morning. It is alike creditable to
his head and heart, and entitles him to a warm place in
the affections of the Southern people.
We have steadily discountenanced the practice of
! sending southern youth to Northern Universities. We
j dreaded the influence of Northern sentiment upon their
; susceptible minds. We hardly supposed, however, that
the reverend Professors of Harvard and Yale, would de
scend from their high position and wallow in the sewers
of abolition fanaticism, and endorse the foul slanders
which are heaped upon our heads by authors as reck
less as Mrs. Stowe. We had too much respect for their
characters to harbor so much as a suspicion that they
. would endeavor to bring the laws of the land into dis
repute, and countenance disaffection to the Union.
Such, however, is the late practice of the President and
some of the Professors of Yale College.
These facts will we earnestly hope be sufficient in
j future to deter Southern men from educating their ehil
( dren at the North ; and induce all who have sons now
iu Northern Colleges to bring them home immediately.
The South must resolve upon her own defense, or
consent to become a desolation. The ebb in the tide of
political abolition has been followed by a flood in that
of social abolitionism—which is by far the most dan
gerous of the two. The light magazine and the pa
thetic novel will be greedily read by thousands who would
turn away witfi disgust from the coarseness of Hale or
the pomposity of Seward and Sumner.
The first step in this great contest is to entrust the
education of our children to reliable men. A healthy
public sentiment at home is a matter of the last impor
tance to the South, and this is the surest method tose
eu:e it.
The Post Master Again.
We publish to-day, the statement of Messrs. Pitts,
Cherry and Jones in relation to the late meeting of the
Pierce and King Club, which resulted in the election
of Michael N. Clarke as Post Master for this city.
It seems from the statement that thirteen persons, in
cluding among them some of the officers of the Pierce
and King Club, met at the Court House on the 7th Inst.,
under a general notice of a Club meeting, and very
summarily disposed of tho Post Office and also of the
claims of several very worthy candidates for the appoint
ment, by nominating them and voting them down with
almost entire unanimity—that these gentlemen thus
summarily disposed of had no notice of the objects of
the meeting, and that all who did attend, except
the three who refused to vote and signed this cer
tificate were the friends of Mr. Clarke, . From all
which can gather that the meeting was nothing
more then a caucus of the friends of a particular
candidate; and is entitled to no more weight than
if they had privately, met in the office of Mr. Clark
and signed a certificate in his favor.
Fair play is a jewel, and every worthy member of the
party is entitled to it from the hands of his party friends,
on all occasions, and especially in the distribution of “tho
spoils of war” after a battle in which all fought equally
well. So far as we are at present advised, we can but
regard the action of a small portion of the Pierce and
King Club at its late meeting, as an attempt to foist a
man in office by indirection, and, if this is the ease, it
will meet with the contempt of every honest man.
We hope the gentlemen who composed the meeting
will be able to throw some light upon this matter, which
will relieve it from objection, and until we hear from
them, we will forbear further observations upon this
subject.
New Music.
“my OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD NIGHT.”
This is a plaintive Ethiopian Melody by tbe author of
Old Folks at Home,” and is said to be quite as popu
lar at the North as that famous song. Its success at the
South is problematical, as there is a slight leaning to
wards abolitionism in tho poetry.
The Fascination Polka.-—This is the title of a
beautiful polka well adapted for the drawing room
composed by Maurice Strakosch, and performed by him
at all his concerts.
Firth, Pond & Cos., New York, publishers, and
for sale by Whittelsey 6c Cos.
Removal of the Wrecks.
M e yesterday received the following telegraphic dis
patch from the lion. R. M Charlton. The amend
ment ought not. we think, to be placed uponHhe doubtful
list in the House of Representatives.—SalalnaA Paper
Washington, March 2, 1853.
ihe Senate, on my motion, has inserted in the Naval
j Appropriation Bill, the amount of $50,000’ for the re
j moval of the \\ reeks in our River. Its fate in the ‘
j House is very doubtful.
ROBERT M. CHARLTON.”
Railroad Meetings continue to bo held in Florida.
| We ob9erve notices for meetings in Tallahassee and
j Quincy, and in various parts of the State evidence is
given of a strong feeling in behalf of railway enterprises
Kailrcaif— Lumpkin—-Americas—Albany—
Savannah anti Brunswick.
It seems to be a settled point, that the South-Western
Road is to be extended from Oglethorpe to \mericus;
and the Georgia Courier , in remarking upon the fact,
encourages the people of Stewart county, to extend it
still further (thirty-six miles) to Lumpkin.
There are some things connected wtih this subject,
which are not so far in the future as to cast no shadows
before. We say then, that sooner or later,"and we think
within a few years, there will be a Rail Road from
Brunswick to Colmnbus. as we!! as from the former to
Pensacola. The first will pass through Albany and
Lumpkin. We give the proof in a few words. Bruns
wick is by far, and in evt-rjr respect, a better location
for a commercial seaport-town than Savannah is. Her
harbor U amply large, and deep enough for vessels of
the largest class. She is healthy at all seasons. The
Railroad connecting her with Columbus, will be free
trom curves, that will materially increase its length or
retard the speed of travel upon it. Its actual length will
be about filly miles less than that of the Railroad be
tween Savannah and Columbus: and lastly, when the
Brunswick Road shall have reached Albany, its Stock
holders, as well as the owners of laud along the line,
and of lots in the city, will see, too plainly, the advan
tages she will have over Savannah, by contesting the
field with her in Columbus. Columbus, too, will sec
the vast advantage to her of having another (and we
think) better bidder for her trade, than Savannah will
be—better by far at least than Savannah will be without
formidable competition. By this Road, Brunswick will
be connected with the State Road, and theieby with the
Mississippi \ alley, and by the Opelika and Chunnenug
gee Roads, with the lieait of Alabama.
Now if we were citizens of Lumpkin, we should come
to this conclusion : “We will exert every muscle to
form a connection with Brunswick. All the means we
have to share, shall go into the project. It will secure
to us a better outlet to the Atlantic, and ut the same
time, will connect us with the up counties of Georgia,
and even with the Valley of the Mississippi—with Sa
vannah and Augusta, via Columbus, by a route but lit
tle greater in length than by Amerieus and Ogltehorpe ;
and lastly, it will compel Savannah to build without our
aid , the thirty-six miles between Amerieus and Lump
kin, or relinquish all hope of commercial intercourse
with us. She will build the road. We therefore got
three roads by moving in the direction of Brunswick—
first, the Brunswi k—second, the road to Columbus,
and third, the road to Amerieus.
The advantage which would result to Columbus from
a direct Railroad connecting with Brunswick, would be
many and important, and are too obvious to require
discussion. * *
The Girard Rail Road.
At a meeting of the stockholders held in Girard on
the 7th inst., Messrs. James E. Gacliet, Wiley Williams,
Robert S. Hardaway, Anderson Abercrombie, Arnold
Seals, Homer Blackmon and Thomas IT. Dawson, were
elected Directors of the company.
The Board of Directors re-elected Robert S. Harda
way President, and Walton B. Harris Secretary.
Mr. George Runey will be retained as chief Engineer
and Robert A. Hardaway as an assistant.
The report of the President represents lie* road as
being in a very prosperous condition, and he entertains
no doubt of its completion to Colbert, 22 miles from
Girard, by next December.
This road is of vital importance to Columbus and to
the extensive country through which it passes. Its
progress hitherto has been slow, owing to a scarcity ot
means. Public confidence however is increasing, and
the whistle of the first car upon the track will ensure
its speedy completion to Union Springs.
When it reaches that point, the interest of Columbus
will of course measurably decrease, as she will then be
the depot ot the trade of the rich prairies which lie
east of the Alabama river, and without competition.
Mobile will then doubtless feel the necessity of com
pleting the track to her broad bay, unless she can con
sent to give up to Columbus, Pensacola-and Savannah
the immense trade of all that portion of Alabama and
F'lorida which lies between Montgomery and the Gulf
ot Afexico on this side ot tho Alabama river. In this
day of Rail road enterprise, a city which stands still
will find her trade and commerce absorbed by her more
thrifty neighbors. Savannah and Brunswick are both
building roads from the sea coast to Pensacola, the
avowed object of which is to turn the Pacific trade in
to their harbors. This rivalry is not to be despised.—
Mobile may save herself by prompt and cordial co
operation with Columbus in the speedy completion of
the Girard road, hut it she neglect the goldeu moment
now offered, and allow a rival city to be built up at
Pensacola, the consequenoe may prove ruinous to her
best interests. Can we find no response to this appeal
from the press of Mobile ?
Burglary.
W e understand that a party of Burglars entered the
Rook Store of J. \V. Feabk, on the night of the
9th inst., and abstracted about SIOO worth of Gold
Pencils, a quantity of knives and a small amount of
money.
The same party attempted to enter the Jewelry Storo
of Foster and Purple, but were frightened off before they
had accomplished their designs. They left one of their
tools in Mr. Pease’s Store, and a lot of them at Foster
and Purple’s.
E. T. Taylor & Co.’s Gin Factory.
We are very much gratified to learn that we were
misinformed as to the extent of the injury done to this
extensive establishment. Dr. Taylor informs us that
two hundred and fifty dollars will cover the damage,
and that they will be able to meet all their engagements
for gins.
Our information was derived from one of the work
men whom we met on Broad street, ill the midst of the
storm.
South Carolina Congressional Flection.
Messrs. McQueen, Aiken, Orr. and Coleoek, aro re
elected without opposition.
Til the second District, the returns indicate, beyond a
doubt, the election of Col. P. S. Brooks.
From the sixth District, the returns, so far, are too
incomplete to determine the result.
Dr. CiiAS. Byrne, editor of the Jacksonville News
died suddenly of apoplexy, at sea, on board the steamer
Carolina, on the Ist inst. I[ o was on hi* way from
Jacksonville to Charleston at the time.
Tho Corporation of Chattanooga have subscribed
SIOO,OOO to the Will’s Valley Railroad.
Rumors of another Expedition for the Invasion
of Cuba.—A New York paper mentions a rumor, for
which it does not vouch, that another expedition is beino
organized in New Orleans, with the design of
the Island of Cuba. A Colonel of the lute Hungarian
army is to have command cf the expedition, which al
ready, it is said, numbers a force of fifteen hundred men
from Cincinnati and elsewhere.
Fj In the Senate on Tuesday a motion by Mr Ml
son to repeal all duties on Railroad iron was rejected by
a vote of 19 yeas to 36 nays.
Spirit of the South.— J. M. Buford, Esq has
become associated with Mr. Bullock in the Editorial de
partment of this able and well conducted paper.
Thomas 11. Callaway has been re-elected President
of tho East Tennasee and Georgia Railroad Company.
The Whigs of the Ashland Dial, in Kentucky, have
nominated the lion. James llarlatt for Congress.
Heavy Failure iu Boston.
Baltimore, March' 7.-Joseph C. Bales, a hardware
dealer lit Boston, lias failed to the extent of $300,000,
The Boston t olleetorship.
Baltimore, March 7.-Th Collector oTßortou resigned
his office on Monday.
Rail Road Collision.
Baltimore, March O.—A collision has occurred on the
Pennsylvania Rail Road, whereby ten immigrants have
been killed.
Enter from Mexico.
Mew Orleans, March 8.
Dates from Vera Cruz to the 21st u!t. have been re
eeived. It is stated that a Mexican cutter hud sailed for
Havana for the purpose of bringing back Santa Anna
to that country.