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[From the Southern Quarterly Review ]
The Character oi the Gentleman.
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And yet we know that the world abounds in
gentlemen. YY e meet them at corners of streets.
They fill the cars of railroads, and are as plenty
as blackberries at musters and barbecues, hotels
and watering places. In Europe they are created
by the word of a prince. They hand a king his
shirt or hold his towel while he dresses, and are
secure of the distinction, if they have the privi
lege of standing near the table at which he eats.
It would seem from this, that the popular ac
ceptations of the term differ widely from that of
our author, and it mav not be without amuse
ment to inquire what those acceptations are.
Having examined the refined standard of Dr.
Lieber, we may inquire what tiiose are by which
men ordinarily estimate others, and are estimat
ed themselves.
/The most popular standard of tiie character of
the gentleman, seems to be expressed in the old
couplet, which, with a large part of tiie world,
has lost no part of its authority :
‘■“When Adam delved, and Eve span,
Where was then the gentleman?”
It would seem from this pithy* question, that
delving is altogether at vatiance with the char
acter, no matter what may bo the virtues and
excellencies of the party. Milton tells us that
Adam was tiie “goodliest man of men since
born, his sons,” as Eve was “the fairest of Iter
daughters”—a mode of commendation, by the
way, which has subjected the poet to the charge
of committing a bull. Adam was pre-eminent
in personal beauty, in mental energy, in manly
grace and dignity. Angels were his companions,
and he engaged in colloquies divine with seraph
ic natures. Hut these advantages, according
to the popular estimate, are not decisive. Ex
emption from labor, from the spade, the symbol
of all labor, makes the great point of distinction.
It is the standard measure, the very spear of
Ithuriel, by which we may at once detect and
expose the counterfeit. Wo must look at a
man’s hands, and not at his heart or his head.
If his palm be hardened by work, he is exclud
ed from the class of gentlemen, whatever his
virtues may be. He is secure of admission, on
the other hand, if ho enjoys the gentlemanly
freedom from labor, though he may rival the
courtiers of Louis XV .or Charles 11., in every
kind of gentle nanl v excess. He must bo able
to live witho -i working, to consume without
producing, to enjoy will out acquiring. The
marks and |brands of labor, bodily or mental,
are a disqualification. The gentleman, then, is
one who can afford to do nothing, and who lias
nothing to do. As it follows, that to do nothing,
and to have nothing to do, renders a man incap
able of doing anything, it may be added, as the
crowning grace of the character, that the true
gentleman is tit for nothing.
This is so true that the mere suspicion of a
man’s retaining, as an incurable malady, the ca
pacity to do something, - o .stitutes an insur
mountable obstacle to his at.aining the true gen
tlemanly character. It is for this reason, solely,
that the architects of their own fortunes, as Lord
Bacon terms them, are not pe v rnitted to be free
of the corpora."on of gentlemen. They maybe
very highly esteemed, and regarded as useful
and worthy men, good citizens, estimable friends
virtuous, intelligent, accomplished, hut there is
still an objection. The having made their for
tunes by taeir own labor, mental or physical,
proves conclusively that they are tit for some
thing. It is in vain that the party shows, by the
abandonment of all employment, that lie posses
ses the genuine gentlemanly freedom from work;
he may s ‘ll work, iffjlie chooses, and therefore
he is not altogether and absolutely a brother of
the craft. He is a parvenu. It is only after
a generation or two, when the delving ability is
gone, that the claimant’s character is established
When the induration of the hand or intellect,
from mental or bodily labor, shall have passed
away, the descerdasit’s claims are appreciated
and universally ai nitted. In Europe, the oldest
and best established right to the position of the
gentleman is lost, if the possessor should en
gage in trade-in the ungentlemanly occupation
of earning his living. A stain on the escutcheon
is the consequence, and its delicate polish is not
easily regained. Sterne tells tiie story of a
French gentleman who had been compelled to
betake himself to business, and who, in resum
ing his station and sword, drops a tear on the
stain that had deformed its blade, and which
tho tear, unhappily, was unable to remove. It
will be seen, from all this, that tiie use ot the
old English verse, as a test ot character, is not
confined to the common people, but is tound
among the most refined and elevated portions
of society.
YVe can exhibit very little of the gentlemanly :
character, according to this estimate of it, in any
portions ot our country. Property is too Hue- !
tuating, and passes too easily from hand to huml
to furnish tho successive generations of idlers ;
necessary to make the grand distinctive quali
fication of the gentleman, easy, gracelul, and
natural. YVe are all parvenus, pretenders, or :
snobs, to use the current word ot the day. The i
few attempts made to attain to the character,
are feeble and clumsy, and therefore ridiculous.
Thev show the disposition, but not the ability, j
If we fail, however, it is our poverty, and not
our will, consents, and we are so tar worthy of
commendation. Under .happier circumstances,
we also may have our class of gentlemen, able
to do uothingand fit for nothing, wiio may hes- i
tow on our men of genius and learning the bene
fit and honor of their patronage and their din
ners.
From the Georgia Telegraph.
Mr. Grown, or the new Itecuit.
A FAHCE —IX ONE ACT.
YVe do not know that our readers will consider
the upostaey of Mr. Edwin If. Brown, worth a
notice in the Telegraph. But as the recent let
ter of this gentleman tias in various quarters ex
cited the question—who the devil is this Mi-
Brown ?—we have concluded to embalm him in
a paragraph. Mr. Brown, then is a lawyer,
living we believe in Sumter county ; though it
we happen to locate him incorrectly, our read
ers, we feel sure, will excuse Urn error,—for it is
hardly possible for 11s to lurnish minute biogia
phies of such candidates for otlice, as are never
known to tiie public till the papers announce
their defeat. YVe gather from this Mr. Brown’s
letter, that he at one time pretended to he a
Democrat—that he had no great objection to he
made a Democratic Judge—that he agreed to
abide by the nomination of a Convention—that
the Convention was so lost to patriotism as to
pass over the name of Mr. Brown—that Mr.
Brown, like his illustious namesake, “would not
give it up so”—that he entered himself against
the field—that lie was soundly beaten—and that
he then with praisewonh alacrity went over to tiie
whigs whoabout this time are certain to sympath
ise with any body who has been defeated. Now
we arc not about to insinuate that Mr. Brown,
being chargrilled with disappointment, and stung
by defeat, has done a very foolish thing, 011
the contrary, when in addition to the above
facts, we remember that Sumter is decidedly
whig in its politics. Cod forbid that we should
be so unjust as to suppose Mr. Brown any thing
more than a most disinterested patriot, who has
selected a very unlucky time to give wav to his
feelings. Brown says that lie has thought
there was something wrong about the Demo
cratic party for a long time—he lias seen indi
cations of wildness about them which would
have shocked his grandmother—hut then the
amiable man did not fancy the name oi turn
coat, and held ou, hoping, no doubt, that the
party would finally listen to Brown, and “do
the thing that was light.” However, lie Ims
been disappointed. The party has at last com
mitted one of those terrible agrarian excesses,
which Brown has so long anticipated. The
Democrats of the south west have—yes, people
of Georgia, restrain your indignation, if you can
they have actually refused to make a Judge ol
Brown ! This was the one drop too much. Ed
win Brown rose in his wrath, threw off the shack
les of party, and in an excess of patriotic devo
tion—ratted to the Whigs ! %
Now, had Brown seen fit to desert quietly, we
should have had nothing to say, but since he
has chosen to stultify himself by a public letter
we have concluded to second ltis efforts in this
way.
No man could have written a letter so thor
oughly asinine, except with the desire ot being
laughed at; and as we have thus presented the
ludicrous spectacle to over three thousand sub
scribers, we have no doubt that Mr. Brown will
send us a letter of thanks by the very next mail.
el]crimes mu) Sentinel
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1853.,
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVAL OK Tll E ST U AMUR
AFR IC A .
ANOTHER DECLINE IN COTTON.
The steamer Africa lias arrived, bringing advices from
Liverpool up to the 2Gth uit.
The Bales for the week preceding the departure of
the steamer, amounted to 34,000 bales of cotton at 1-S
penny decline.
The Mails.
Wc have received no mails from the East since Thurs
day evening. If there is any deficiency of interest in
this issue, our kind readers yvill attribute it to this cause,
and not to a want of diligence on the pari of the Editors-
Mrs. Emma G. Host wick.
We are gratified to announce that this eminent Ameri
can vocalist will shortly visit our city, and favor us with
one of her superb concerts. Mrs. Bostwick lias won
a deservedly high rank as a singer ; and her late con
certs at New Orleans were quite as successful as Ole
Hull’s. We hope that the fact that she is a native
yvill not detract from her merits.
Kase’s Patent Pumps.
We have had one of these pumps placed in
our yard for the purpose of supplying our steam
engine with water, and take great pleasure in
bearing testimony to its excellence. Our well is
31 foot deep, and yet we can throw water easily
over the adjoining buildings. Our supply of water is
obtained with but little labor and in a very short time.
The cost of the pump erected by us was 45 dollars.
By reference to our advertising columns, our readers
Yvill see that Mr, McQueen is still in the city and will
at short notice and small expense furnish all who Yvish
them with these invaluable labor saving machines.
They combine the advantages of a fire engine with the
pumps.
The Kail Road.
We call the attention of the President and Directors
j of the Museogeo Rail Road to the communication of
our correspondent “More Anon,” in reference to
j the times of arrival and departure of the cars from
Columbus.
It certainly is a very great inconveniance to the
| public to be roused from their beds at 4 o’clock in the
j morning to take the cars at f>, when they could be al
j lowed to sleep till the sun is high in the heavens, and
j yet reach Ft. Valley in time to meet the ears from
j Oglethorpe. Our interest is confined to the time of ar
rival of the cars. The mail duo here at 5 o'clock can
not be got from the Post Office until 6 ; and the result
j is that yvg are compelled to go to press without oven
! a glance at it, or delay tho issue of our paper until all
j the mails are closed.
: If these inconveniences can be remedied we are sure
| the public spirited President of the Muscogee Road will see
I that it is done, even though it may incommode the stage
j contractors on tho route; and we hope he will give the
j subject immediate attention.
O* M e refer our readers to the communication of
Mr. 1). J. Barber, which we publish, with pleasure, in
another column. He explains his course in the late
meeting of the Pierce and King Club.
The Small Pox.
Our community has so far escaped from this loath
some disease ; but we fear that this impunity will pro
duce indifference, it is all round us, in Macon, in Ma
rion and in Taylor counties, Georgia, and in Russell
county, Ala. We are in danger daily of the infection,
by the successive stream of travel which pours through
our city. Yet wo have heard of the adoption of no effi
cient sanitary regulations to protect the community
against the contagion. We learn from tho City Physi
cian, Dr, Brooks, that he has been ordered by the
Council to keep constantly on hand a supply of vaccine
matter, and to vaccinate all persons who apply to him;
but that the applications are very few and far between.
We think more effective measures ought to be
adopted; and would suggest that a committee, consisting
of all the Medical Faculty in the city, be appointed, with
instructions to apportion the city amongst them ; and
that they visit every family and vaccinate every resi
dent in the city, who will submit to it, at the expense of
the corporation.
Tiie immediate danger, perhaps, would not justify so
energetic a measure, in the minds of very sanguine
persons, but if the disease should break out in our com
munity and destroy our trade as it has done in Ogle
thorpe, every person interested in the community would
regret that the precaution suggested had not been adop
ted.
In ease this proposition is not adopted, we urge all
persons to apply at once to their physicians, and have
all members of their families vaccinated. The Faculty
could do much towards the accomplishment of this de
sirable object by urging its importance upon the heads
of families in which they practice.
More Kaiu—Railroad Collision—Loss of Life.
On Thursday night last the windows of Heaven were
opened, and a great ilood of rain fell in this section. The
llume of the Eagle Factory was washed away and a
portion of the wall of the canal lately rebuilt was thrown
down by the violence of the waters.
But the most melancholy accident occurred on the
Railroad which it has been our duty to record since our
connection y\ ith the press. The cars left the depot at
5 o’clock yesterday morning, and had hardly gone 10 S
miles before the trestle work across a ravine gave way
and precipitated them into the depths below and destroy
ed the lives of two esteemed citizens, and severely in
jured another. The engine passed over the trestle
work safely, but the weight of the tender crushed
through it and dragged the engine and car after it,
causing the collision between them which was so fatal.
The engineer Mr. Charles D, Schoonmaker and a
fireman named Newton Gillmore were killed instant
ly. Mr, Benjamin Gray, another fireman, had his leg
and arm broken, and great apprehensions were at one
time felt as to his recovery, but his physician assured
us yesterday morning that lie was out of all danger.
We are informed that Mr. Schoonmaker was a very
careful engineer, and that on the morning in question
he used the greatest precaution to prevent the possi
bility of accidents; and that when the accident did oc
cur there was no cause foi fear. The cars had passed
over much worse looking places with safety. No blame
therefore will be attached to him. It was one of those
unforeseen providences which human foresight could not
guard against.
There were passengers in the cars ; but none of them
were dangerously injured. The seats in the passenger
car were torn up and the car otherwise damaged. All
communication with Savannah is now interrupted, but
wc hope it will be opened by our next issue.
Liberal Legislation.
The Missouri Legislature lias made the following ap
propriations ; for the erection of a Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, $36,400 ; Lunatic Asylum, $57,000; Blind
Asylum, $20,000; to forward products to World’s
Fair,>s4,ooo ; to State Agricultural Fairs, $4,000 ; to
Geological Survey of the State (about) SIO,OOO.
Pierce Xr King Club*
We give our readers to-day the reply of the Pierce
and King Club and a good many oilier persons to the
statement of Messrs. Pitts, Ciierrv and Jones, in
reference to the meeting of the Till inst., and our edito
rial comments thereon.
There are several tilings about this document which
arc worthy of note. It is not signed by the President ‘
of the club. Why is Col. John Quin s name omitted
Did he too disapprove of the action of the meeting ?
I here are 65 names signed to the Reply. Not;
12 of them were present at the meeting referred to. j
and are therefore as incompetent to throw light upon j
it-< proceedings as yvc arc.
A great many questions are answered which nobody j
asked. We certainly never enquired into the history j
of the Pierce and King club. Tho public were quite ;
familiar with that. It did good service in the late can- j
vass, and so long as it confined itself to its legitimate j
duties it commanded the respect cf the party. But ;
when thirteen of its members, chose to pervert it, from j
its proper objects, and make it an engine to subserve j
private interests, it forfeited the confidence of the com- j
inanity.
We never objected to Michael N. Clarke as Post j
Master. If he was a soldier in 1812 and in 1536, we i
honor him for his patriotism. Certainly the Times and j
Sentinel office can appreciate his sacrifices. We do not j
see, however, that the fact that he has in the language j
of the reply, “been enabled to move in what so many !
deem “more genteel circles,” gives him ariv claims to j
office in a Republican Government where virtu,*, ca
pacity and patriotism are the only passports to distinc- I
lion.
The only objection we made to the proceedings ol j
the meeting was that the party were not informed of j
the objects of the meeting , This is the only .question, j
The objection is not met bv saying that public no- j
tiee was given of the meeting. Only the friends of one j
of the candidates were present. I low did that happen ?
Have Forsyth. Jones, Torrance, Ragan, no friends in ;
Columbus ? Why, 7-Sths of the town have signed the j
petitions of one or the other of these gentlemen, and |
yvc venture the assertion that if the notice referred to j
had been given and the object approved, instead of a
meeting of thirteen persons, the Court House could not
have held the Democratic host which would have as
sembled there. The party would have been represented
and not a clique.
There seems to be ns energetic a desire on the part
of some men to become the aristocracy of the “lower
ten” as there is on the part of others to be the aristoc
racy of the “upper t< n.”
Such men are always mak in in society.
This man is a “trace man ;” that one is a ‘‘silk stocking
man ;” if a man wears a dirty shirt he is inure respec
table in llieir eyes than one yylio wears a clean one; to
ride in a carriage is a mortal bin; Arc., fce. Now we
have no respect lor either “a hover ten aristocrat,” nor
J “an upper ten aristocrat.” They am neither of them
1 Republicans nor Democrats. The French Revolution
was prolific of such fellows ; but as soon as they got the
power, they assumed the airs and vices of the old arist
| ocraey and trampled on the rights and liberties of the
j people.
We find the names of a good many gentlemen to the
Reply who were never members of the Fierce and
| King club, and who have too much character to sanction
an underhand movement to overreach honorable com
petitors. We have found one of them who indignant
ly struck his name from the reply. There maybe
olhers whose names were obtained in the same way.
We think this manner of bolstering up a bad cause
even more roprehensnble than the Course of the meeting.
A Sul* Rejoinder.
In two short articles which appeared in oar
j as the true principles of taxation in a republican gov
i eminent, and very freely denounced the agrarian doc
trine that capital should bear the whole burthen of tax
ation. These articles have been made “a text for
commentary” by the Corner Stone. We have no
I earthly objection to this, but we must insist that the
j issue shall not be changed ; and that the position of
this paper shall not be even unintentiona’ly misrepre
! Rented, both of which was done in the last article of our
j neighbor on this interesting subject.
In a statement of the issue, tho Corner Stone says;
“The mechanics of New Orleans coin plained of a
; tax of tea dollars imposed upon them indiscriminately |
|as mechanics— hey did not complain that they were |
| taxed either in person or property as other citizens, but 1
j that they were taxed as mechanics. Our neighbor de- ]
I nouneed the whole proceedings in very strong terms.” !
| Now it is true that the Mechanics of Noyv Orleans j
j did complain that “they were taxed as mechanics,” but
j they did more. They asserted that a man without
I capital ought not to be taxed , and that this was a recog- ‘
i nized principle in every free State. This was denied j
jas false in theory and false in fact. And, by the way, j
! this is the real and only issue between us and the Cor
j tier Stone, Why does that paper dodge it, and give j
us instead a deluge of common place about poor men ?
Is the Editor of that interesting sheet about to take the !
stump in search of an office next summer ? We notice j
the same signs of some unknown gentleman who writes j
• for the Enquirer. We hope the poor man will get j
| his dues from one or the other of them.
| They will excuse us if yvo add that the wants of the
! poor, will sooner be relieved by kindly sympathy and
1 an open hand, than by all the long winded editorials
j either of them may write about their misfortunes.
! The Corner Stone is mistaken in saying that yvc j
j ‘‘denounced the ichole proceedings in very strong terms.” j
I We expressly reserved our judgment as to the amount j
j of the tax; and acknowledged our inability to decide j
! that point. Our denunciation was directed at the prin- i
i ciples contained in the Resolutions, already alluded to, j
I which wc pronounced “agrarian if not Fourieritish.”
| Nor did yvc justify the tax —we justified the principle |
j upon which yvc supposed it yvus levied—to wit, that
j every citizen should be taxed in proportion to his ability !
I to pay.
We are surprised that there should be any difference
| of opinion between us and the Corner Stone upon this j
I subject. An income tax has ever been regarded as
one eminently favorable to the poor man; and in long- j
and the whole weight of the Government under Peel’s j
administration was scarcely great enough to retain this j
kind of tax on the statute book, so violent was the op
position of the aristocracy. As the Corner Stone gives j
assent to both the principles which lie at the foundation (
of this controversy, there is, of course, no necessity for j
its continuance. Our only object in alluding to the New j
Orleans meeting was to uproot the false principles j
which designing demagogues were attempting to sow j
in the minds of the mechanics, who, possibly, justly }
outraged at the excessive taxation imposed upon them, |
were giving attentive ears to the deceitful counsels of \
scoundrel politicians, who are ever watching the ebb and j
How of popular excitement in the hope of floating to j
honors and offices upon the tide.
Ca! • * #n22is u In tell igeace.
The murderers of Lt. Col. Craig were hanged in j
San Diego, California, on the last day iu January, in
the presence of nearly one hundred Indian Chiefs and j
head men, by Col. Magrudvr and the soldiers of his ;
command, in accordance with the decision of the court j
martial. They died bravely, but confessed the enormi- j
ty of their crime, and warned their associates not t<* j
follow their bad example.
The remains of Col. Craig arrived at San Diego on j
the Ist Feb. from the Desert, and were buried on the
vd by the side of the gallant officers who fell at San
Pasqucl.
The steamer Daniel Webster brings intelligence from
California up to the loth ult.
Miss Catherine Hays was giving concerts in Sacra
mento city.
The celebrated Miska Hauser was giving concerts in
San Francisco*
The Lemantour claim which has lately turned up.
covers several leagues of land within the limits of San
Francisco on which improvements arc already made to
the value of a million of dollars or more. The claim
dates back to IS i3 and rests upon n grant from Michel
toreno in consideration of moneys and supplies furnish
ed the Governor. It is said to be one of the best claims
ever urged before the commissioners.
Preliminary steps have been taken to build a plank
road from Auburn to Sacramento city. The cost will
be $400,000, and Placer county agrees to pay $: 00,000
of the expense.
The people of Nevada are discussing the preferability
of building a plank road to Marysville or Sacramento—
the cost of either road will be near half a million of
dollars.
The Courtier and Demagogue*
In a monarchy, a man who would be a demagogue
in a Republic, is a courtier—he dresses like the king,
talks like the king, walks like the king, thinks like the
king, prays like the king.
In a Republic, a man who would be a courtier in a
monarchy, is a demagogue—he dresses like the people,
talks like the people, thinks like the people, is of the
same politics with the people, belongs to the same
church and party of the people—that is, a majority of
the people. He has no respect, no charity, no sympa- ;
thy with the people who are in the minority. The peo- j
pleas individuals, he will cheat, curse, and maltreat — j
hence, he is never seen by the side of the dying—he j
nev r gives alms to the widow and orphan— they have
no votes, lt is only the majority of the people who
are honest, patriotic and virtuous.
God forbid that we should say anything that will cause
a leaf to wither in the chaplet that crowns the brow of
the friend of the people. We love and reverence such
men—Washington was the friend of the people. But
he was no demagogue. lie never did anything that j
would corrupt the people— he never traded in votes—
he never brutalized the unfortunate to rise to |ower on j
their ruin—he never excited one class of the people j
against another class because they were rich or educated, j
or rode in carriages. We fear ho would hardly have
been regarded as a man worthy to shake the hands of
“trace men”—he rode in a carriage with four horses
to the polls and voted, and went home again without
ever saying one word to a voter ou one side or the
other, lie was familiar with “bugle blasts,” but he
sounded them in the battle field, not at the polls. lie
thought every free man had as perfect a right as him
self, to think as he pleased, t vote as he pleased, to j
ride on horseback or iifcamages, or to walk on foot, if j
he pleased, and that no other man had any right to ;
force him to do otherwise. This is freedom—nothing i
else is ; and anv man who pursues a different course, is j
at heart a tyrant, and would be the tool of a tyrant if j
he could find a master to buy him. A man is no friend of
the people because lie frequents grog shops, and bru
talises himself and his admirers by swinish indulgence;
neither is he the friend of the poor man who talks most
against the rich. By their fruit ye shall know them.
The friend of the people is that man Yvho does most to
make them happy, virtuous and contented. The friend
ofthe poor man is lie who does most to relieve their
wants in proportion to their means. A good many of
the so called “friends of the people” are the most ar
rant hypocrites in the world. Like Alexander the cop
persmith, they cry out “great is Diana of the Ephesians,”
simply because they make shrines for her temple.
When they get off from home, they can’t see a poor
man ; and are perfectly miserable if they cannot lick the
boots of a rich man and eat the crumbs that fall from
his table. We heartily despise all such miserable pup
pies and feel contaminated by the touch of their hands.
Perhaps we might find specimens of this creature in our
own community if wc searched it carefully with a can
die, They are the worst enemies of the people, though
they profess to be their best friends.
Misrepresentation Corrected.
In our desire to find out the opinions of the coun- !
try upon the merits of Mr. Pierce’s Inaugural and the j
| Cabinet, we have turned over to the editorial comments ■
i of most of our exchanges, and among the rest to those I
of the Ligrange Reporter. Hero is a sample:
I “Mr. Marey was one of Mr. Van Buren's Cabinet, (
| and has long been an aspirant for the Presidency* He
| is, ho\v< ver, a man that has a good deal of political
j’ knowledge, and knew very well-in 1838 and ’3O howto
! make out his bill against Uncle Sam for re-seating his
’ “trotisaloons,” and other charges. His notions in sla
very Agree with those of Martin and John Van Daren.'’
\ It is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Marey never
■ was a member of Mr. Ya:i Buren’s Cabinet; and that
; he lias been conspicuous as an opponent of the Wilmot
Proviso. There may be some persons who take no
j other paper than the Reporter and rely upon it for
; political information. Would it not be well for these
| misrepresentations to be corrected in the next issue?
There is an error even as to the “patch.” Now York
| footed that bill.
Here is another sample
“Mr. Guthrie is a wealthy lawyer of Louisville, who i
Yvas once a Senator in Congress.”
This is a bran new piece of news which has escaped
the notice of every body but the Reporter. It. is gene
rally known that the office of Senator was tendered to
.Mr. Guthrie, and declined on the death of Mr. Clay.
] I ere is another sample : >
“Mr. Davis is known to be a rank Disunionist and [
favoring the Filibustering gentry. He went teeth and j
toe-nail against the compromise measures of* 1850—so I
much so that he resigned his seat on account of them,
to run as a disunion candidate in Mississippi, and was j
triumphantly defeated by Henry S. Foote to the tune of
about 1000 majority.”
Now it is well known that John A. Quitman was the
candidate of the Southern Rights Party, and that when
it was ascertained that the election of Foote was certain
upon the issues made by them, that Quitman came
down the issues were abandoned, and Jefferson Da
vis was run as the candidate of the Democratic Party.
Os course the a Editor of the Reporter believes
all that he has written above, and misrepresents unin
tentionally. If he had been better informed he
Yvould have been restrained by respect for the intelli
gence of his readers from such gross blunders as to j
facts. We desire to throw no imputation upon his ;
honesty. Will lie pardon us if yvc* beg him, for the ;
credit of the craft, to post himself in his facts, before j
he ventures such bravo comments upon subjects so fa- ‘
miliar to the whole reading public?
Periodical Literature—llippolytus and his age.
W c have not had space lately to notice Periodical j
literature. We will atone for this neglect in part in this j
The Ddinburg Review.—Of all the British Reviews j
yvo think this the best. It is free from the intolerant |
bigotry and conservative narrowness of the London j
Quarterly ou the one hand, and of the fanatical de- j
struotivencss of the Westminister on the other. Tiie j
January number contains several articles of general i
interest—to wit, Brunsens, Ilippolytns and his age, Saul !
of Tarsus, Hungarian Revolutions, <&c.
Wo have time only to notice “llippolytus and his !
ags,”
In 1812, M. Yjllemain, at that time Minister of j
Public Instruction, sent Mynoides Mynas, at the public j
expense, to search among the Monasteries of Greece, I
for such inedited classical, or other interesting works i
ns lie could obtain.
This mission was attended with considerable success. J
Among the rest of the manuscripts thus obtained was
a Volume, which fur some time was supposed to be a j
production of Oregon, the most learned and philosophi- j
cal among all the early writers of the Christian church, j
It is now ascertained to be an authentic work of much j
interest apd importance by a Christian writer of the first
quarter of the third century, named llippolytus. This
father of the church was Bishop of Pprtus, the then
new harbor of the Tiber, opposite to Ostia. There
is a statue of him in the Vatican Library, found in the
year 1551 in the ancient cemetery near Rome, described,
about tiie year 400, by Prndentius as the place of bu
rial of llippolytus. lie is represented sitting on the
episcopal chair or cathedra, and the Paschal cycle in
scribed on the chair is a Western Roman one.
That llippolytus wrote such a work as the one just
discovered is established by Euseins, Jerome and Pho
tius. Tiie proof upon this point is very conclusive, but
is too long for our columns.
Who then is llippolytus ? lie was a disciple of Ire
naeus, who was a disciple of Polycarp, who was a disl
ciple of John. The title of the work is “Against al
the Heresies and the learned comments of Bunsen, as
well us the work itself, will be read with great interest
by the Christian public.
Ole Hull.
It is stated in the True Delta that Ole Bull’s four
concerts in New Orleans, netted over ten thousand
dollars, and were the most successful ever given in that
city except Jenny Linds.
Sale of Lots in Savannah.
At a late sale of the city lots in Crawford, Troup,
Calhoun, Wesley and Forsyth wards, in the city of Sa
vannah, prices ranged $725 to $3750. The lowest
price paid for a lot in Forsyth ward was SISOO. Thir
ty-four lots were sold for $58,525, which were apprais
ed at $41,770. We are gratified to observe the con
fidence of the public in the future prosperity of our
principal sea port which this sale indicates.
Appointments ly the President —Washington
Rumors.
Mr. Peter G. Washington lias received the appoint
ment of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in place ot
Mr. Dodge.
Mr. Charles 11. Peaslee has been appointed Collec
tor at Boston. He is a hard shell hunker and personal
friend of Mr. Pierce. He reluctantly, it is said, accep
ted the office. Virginia, it is said ,is putting on her
claims to two full foreign missions—Chili for Meade and
France for Wise.
It is concetded hat Mr. Buchanan will go to England,
and Dickinson to Russia.
General Pierce, it is said, is not at all satisfied with
the position taken by the members of Congress who
are holding caucuses, farming out the patronage of the
whole country, and presenting him with appointments
cut and dried, to save him the trouble of exercising his
own judgment, and he is not going to submit to it.
The N! Y. Herald gives a list of ninety New Yor
kers who are seekers of Federal office ; and who are
uoyv. or have been, or may soon be, awaiting at the cap
ital the moving of the waters.
The Soil of the South.
The March number of this valuable Agricultural and
Horticultural periodical has been for some time on
oar table ; but we have had no roOni to notice it here
tofore. The failure of the mails gives us a favorable
opportunity of bringing this periodical to the notice of
our readers. The most striking feature in this work
is that it is filled almost entirely with original articles
from the pens of Southern Agriculturists and Horticul
turist, who are practically engaged in the culture ot
the soil of the South. All the contributors seem
studiously to avoid the jargon of a learned nomenclature,
preferring to enlighten their readers with plain statements
j of facts, rather than confound them with a vain show
of learning.
The Soil of the South has reached the third number
of the third volume of its existence and may now be
regarded as a fixed fact in the history of Southern Ag
riculture. Its power to do good is only circumscribed by
the extent of its circulation, and we hope our readers
will pardon us if we recommend to every one ot them
who works a farm or cultivates a garden and plants a
tree or flower to patronise the work; it will prove to you
an invaluable companion. The following large and in
teresting table of contents will show that our praise is
Yvorthily bestoYved :
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Page.
Bernese Cattle, 451
How to Stop Gullies, 45*2
Bermuda Grass, 453
Cotton Culture, 4;>l
Prize Crushing Mill, 455
Scarlet Fever—Treatment, 455
Premium List of the Meriwether Ag. Society,... 456
AGRICULTURAL EDITORIAL.
Work for the Month, 460
Corn Planting, 460
Preparations lor Cotton Planting, 460
Manuring in the Hill or Drill, 461
Potatoes, 461
The Ground Pea, 461
The Annual Address, 461
j Errata in the February No 461
j Enquiries about the Scraper, 462
The Southern Agriculturist, .. 462
j Our New Volume, 462
SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
j Letter from George F. Pie.ce • 458
Premium Essay on the Treatment of Slaves,.... 158
| The Proposed Agricultural Convention of the
Slave-holding States, 450
HORTICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Insects Prejudicial to Fruits, by Iverson L. Harris, 461
Culture of the Pear Tree, by J. D. L., 465
Black Spanish Grape, bv Wm. DeForest Hollv . 467
Plants of .Muscogee and Russell, by H. M. Neisler, 468
HORTICULTURAL EDITORIAL.
Garden Work for March, 470
The Fruit Orchard, 470
The Flower Garden, 470
The Nursery, 471
Vegetable Portraits of Character, 471
Gleanings of Horticultural Travel, 471
Mammoth Fruits and Vegetables, 472
Southern Agricultural Association, 472
To Correspondents, 472
Acknowledgments, 473
Erratum, 473
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
The Principles ol Manuring Crops, 449
Poultry Raising, 450
Broom Corn,, 451
! A Small Horse, 451
The Proper Period to Apply Liquid Manure,..*. 462
Cultivation of the Osier Willow, 463
The Acacia Deal hat a—Hardy in France, 473
Introduction of New Plants, 475
The Bourbon Rose, 475
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
I Vinegar from Beets, 475
! To Preserve Apples, 475
| Butter Making, 476
Frozen Potatoes, 476
i To Cure Hams, 47G
Sweet Potato Pone, 476
To Make Nice Je11y...... 476
Light Bread, 477
Soda Biscuit 477
Walnuts a Family Medicine, 477
Potato Rot, 477
How to Preserve Pumpkins, 477
The School Journal.
We have received the March number of this excel
lent periodical, and like its predecessor, it is filled with
good things. Every parent who has children to educate
ought to, every teacher Yvho is worthy of the high
trust reposed in him will have, if opportunity offers, a
i copy, of this Yvork. The following is the table of con
\ tents for this number :
| Importance of Education,.. page 33
Common School Education, “ 34
} Education of the Heart, “ 35
| Look Up, “ 36
How to Finish a Daughter, “ 36
j Education and Temperance, “ 37
j Means of General Education, “ 37
Primary Instruction, “ 39
County Associations “ 43
Letter from Mr. Scruggs, “ 43
; Our Exchanges—The Press, “ 44
Teachers’ Associations, “ 45
Influence of a Newspaper, “ 47
! Our readers will see that many of the subjects dis
-1 cussed are of vital importance to the well-being of
j community , and we assure them that they are wisely
’ handled by the accomplished Editor, Rev. Thos. F.
! Scott, whose public spirit and genial philanthropy en
| title him to the liberal support of a generous public.
Published monthly at Columbus, Georgia, and Edited
! by Rev. Tiios. F. Scott, at SIOO per annum.
lion. Itobt. .McClelland—“Give the Devil his i
Due.”
We published a sketch of the life of this Cabinet of
ficer from the Herald , in our last issue, in which he
was charged with being a Wilmot Proviso man. There
is no question, we presume, but that he did vote for the
Wilmot Proviso up to the time the compromise mea
sures were offered in the Senate, and that since then,
lie has given those measures a steady and consistent
support. The following is the proof:
In 1850 lie presided as president of a Suite Democrat
ic Convention, at Jackson, at which the following resolu
tion was unanimously adopted;
Resolved, That this Convention tender to the people
of the United States, an expression of earnest congratula
tion on the passage by Congress, and their approval by
the I'resident of the United States, of the series of mea
sures by which California has been received into the fami
ly of States, territorial governmentsj.*stablished for New
Mexico, Utah,aud the boundary line of Texas adjusted.
That we hail the adoption of these measures, alikejustand
equitable to all, by which the country has been restored
to harmony, as a triumph of wisdom over sectional strife
in our common country.
Immediately after the nomination of General Pierce for
President, Mr. McClelland was, as before stated, renomi
nated lor Governor, and his name placed at the head of a
ticket, adopted at the State Convention, which alsoadop
ted the following, among other resolutions :
Resolved, That in the division of public sentiment
among the States of the Union, and the temporary es>*
traugement of members ot the same brotherhood, we
recognize a national calamity, demanding forbearance and
a patriotic and self-sacrificing spirit, which, discharg
ing its first duties to the constitution as of first necessity
shall seek by proper means to allay excitement, and to’
bring back that unity of sentiment and harmonious action
which once characterized the States of the Republic.
Resolved , That the recent measures of compromise,
embracing a settlement of the distracting questions which
have disturbed, and almost interrupted the business of
Congress, seriously threatening the integrity of the Union
itself, were demanded by a fair consideration of the con
stitutional rights of the various members of the confede
racy.
Resolved , That the Democracy of Michigan pander
ing to isms, rejecting all alliances with sectional factions,
having in view the irrepealable claims of each State in
the Union, and yielding only to the demands of the con*
stitution, declare emphatically, that the compromise mea
sures stand justified in the eyes of every well-wisher of his
country, and should be sustained and executed in all
their parts faithfully, fully and impartially.
With such resolutions and sustaining such political
views, Governor McClelland accepted his nomination,
and traversed the greater part ol the Stan*. licm*. r
he made his appearance before tiie people, lie was hail and
with acclamation. He boldly proclaimed himself a com
promise man, and, as such, was elected by the largest ma
jority ever given in Michigan.
The Fruits oi'Abolition.
The effects of emancipation, if it ever is accomplish
ed iu this country, are foreshadowed in Jamaica, where,
however, they are, as yet, but partially developed. The
following facts are full of instruction, and ought to be
treasured in the memory of every southern man.
“Sugar estates totally abandoned, 128; sugar estates
partially abandoned, 71; coffee properties totally abandon
ed, 96; coffee properties partially alwndoned, 66; “pens”
totally abandoned, 30; “pens” partially abandoned, 22;
total number of acres of cultivated land thus abandoned,
391,187 ; assessed annual value on the Ist day of Janua
ry, 1848, £98,439 19s. 6d.; assessed annual value on
the 28th of March, 1852, £53,221 19s. 61.; average
amount of taxes paid annually for lour years prior to the
Ist of January, 1848, £13,715 8 Is. 6d.; amount of taxes
assessed for 1852, £72ls 11. 7d.”
And these thousands of acres of land fertile beyond
our conceptions, have been abandoned during the
last four years in the face of the most strenuous
endeavors on the part of the British Government to
favor their cultivation, simply because the freed negro
is too lazy to work. And what has become of the
sturdy laborers who once occupied them ? They have
congregated in masses about the larger cities of the island,
and have buried their strength and virtue in the sinks
of vice and corruption, ard either starve in their degra
dation or drag out a loathed life by stealing, robbery
and prostitution.
UOM M UMCATIONS.
Meeting of the Pierce and King Club.
ELECTION OF POST MASTER.
To the Editor of the Times and Sentinel :
In your paper of Friday, and again on the 12th inst.,
you have editorial notices which seem to question the
propriety of the meeting of the Club held on the 7th
inst., and its action. As you ask for further light upon
the subject, we give it to you, although we will be al
lowed to deem that your position as a public journalist,
and as a Democratic Editor, should keep you informed,
by your oyvh exertions, of the wuricings of the party.
Shortly after the return of Mr. Morton, the delegate
to the Baltimore Convention,„a meeting was called iu
Columbus, and a Fierce and King Club established for
the county. It was at a time when but little harmony
existed between tho tYvo wings of the democracy of this
section, and the club was formed to accomplish that de
sirable object. For a meeting or two it struggled on
with but few members, a smaller number even than at
tended its dissolution, and formed the Democratic As
sociation for Muscogee. But that number consisted, as
the meeting the other night was composed, of the “trace
men ” of the party, not. of those who on an election
day, ride in their carriage to the polls to deposit their
voles, but of that energetic number who marshal the
j clans, who select the ammunition, and are upon the
field with the earliest blast of the bugle, leaving it only
when victory is perched upon our banner, or obeying
the recall note, which takes them defeated but not dis
heartened from the conflict, and prepared to enter
upon the strife of to-morrow. Butin a short time its
members swelled, until as the election approached and
victory was anticipated, but few could be found but
who were ambitious of membership, even the timid and
the time serving gladly gathering to the fold.
The results of the club proved the perfect establish
ment of harmony in the party, and a democratic majori
ty of sweeping numbers, if you ask why the club met
on tho 7th inst., yvc tell you that by its constitution, it
was to be dissolved after the inauguration, and it should
have been the pride of every member, that this disso
lution should be formal. Do you ask why the Demo
cratic Association was formed ? We tell you it was to
preserve the safety of the party in view of an election
for Governor, a member of Congress, .Judge of the Su
perior Court, Ac., which a few short moons will herald.
The meeting was an open and public one; notice of
Yvliieh had been given in your widely extended Tri-
Weekly, and Hand Bills announcing it, printed by your
“Steam Press ” But it seems the crime has been
eommhted of selecting a man who served iu the war
of 1812, and again in 1836, as a suitable candidate for a
public office, who went to laying brick to support an in
teresting family after his return, and who but within a
foYv years, have been enabled to move in what so many
deem “more genteel circles .” And your jury of three
men, but one of whom, however, was recognized as
supporting our candidates, say that Mr. R. C. Forsyth,
W. E. Jones and Mansfield Torrance were nominated
by an individual known to be unfriendly to the claims
of these gentlemen ; probably they were, but if so, it
was because no friendly voice was lifted in their favor,
and they were not present to represent their own inter
ests, having forestalled every action, and gone as sup
pliants in person to the Capitol, for that office to which
we recommend Mr. Clarke.
But, Mr. Editor, it is useless to multiply words. We
who have formed this Association, have done so with
the best intentions, and solely for the benefit of the
party. Neither of us are, or shall yvo be, seekers for
office either from the County,tate or Federal Govern
ment; we will have no share in the “flesh pots.” The
banner of the Association will not be furled. We
invito all good men and true to its standard ; hut if
there are those who oppose our action, while they still
desire to act with the party, we say to them, that there
is ample field for all our exertions in the contests be
fore us. Form your own Associations , if you do not
choose to rally to ours ; the county is large enough
and there is doubtless material for more than one.
John Durken, S Hoffman,
Malcolm Persons, John E Ryckely,
Jesse Goodwin, F Burrus,
Wm Moulton, John Kelly,
11. S. Duffee, Chas G Bize,
Edward Finn, B Thomas,
E. Holand, J Croshaw,
Wm H. Booth, John Bowen,
J N Sherden, Fed Wilhelm,
John Whiteside, M McCahey,
E. C. Bandy, T A Edgar
Hugh Dolan, John McCarty,
John Ligon, M J Westmoreland,
W. Horwitz, Jas McCartio.
F. M. Brooks, *
John N. Tilly, J T Thompson,
Thomas Harrison, J F Miller
P Biehler, L Miller,
G W Jones, F M Lawrence,
Jacob Parker, G Robinett,
James Cook, John II Hood,
John Sealy, C L Newberry,
G S Faison, Thos o Shepherd,
Pryor Dozier, I) Wallbhom,
II J Williams, Owen McArtle,
Hiram Fuller, A Hal lee,
H J Devon, J Boulter,
A C Morton, J Schwed,
T Markham, F Rumrri,
J B Hicks, W Casuar,
J .T Burrus, G Fisher,
W E Sandeford, H M B Harris,
M Terobe, R W Coleman,
* Alax. J. Robison, came into our office and
sMuck his name off of this paper, and stated that M.
N. Clarke represented that it was only a petition in
his favor for Post Master ; that he never read it and
was not informed of its true character; and further
more, that he had signed the petitions of all other ap
plicants for the Post Office who had applied to him*
TENNENT LOMAX.
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
The Muscogee Railroad.
On and after the 15th inst., the passenger train
will leave Columbus at 5 A. M. and arrive at 5 P. M.”
Why are we so imposed upon ? Why not leave at 7
A. M., or at 6 the soonest 1 We would have full time
then to get to Fort Valley by 1 1-2 o’clock, P. M.,at
Yvliieh hour the train from Oglethorpe is due. Even if
the cars left Columbus at 7 A. M. they could reach But
ler at 10 o’clock A. M. and Fort Valley by 1 1-2 P. M.
with ease. Why then start at 5 A, M.* before break
fast. Is it true, as has been suggested, that it is done
for the benefit or conveuieneejof the stage contractors,
so that they may send the passengers from Butler at
8 1-2 A, M. to Flint River, and bring back the Macon
passengers in the same stage to Bailer ?
The South-Western ears leave Macon at 6 1-2 A. M.
and can get to the river, 36 miles, by 9 o’clock, A. M.
If stages were there to bring passengers from tho river
as soon as they arrive, they could reach this place by
2 o’clock P. M. instead of 5 P. M.
Mo:t k Anon.
TOR THE TIMES &. SENTINEL.
Washington, D. C., March 10th, 1853.
Dear Sir.: —Being detained here yesterday waiting
for a friend, I went to hear Young America on the Clay
ton and BuUver treaty. He was pretty hard on Clay
ton. Clayton had spoken on Tuesday and Wednesday
in his defence. Not hearing him, I could not so fully
understand Douglas, but one thing I understood very
well—that he was in favor of the Monroe doctrine, as
understood by those who ale determined to keep all
we have and get all we can, and utterly opposed to anv
colonization on this continent by any European power,
and last of all, by England. Mr. D. is a clever debater,
but I do not think him a very great man, nor do I be
lieve in the Monroe doctrine as construed by him, I
would fight Sea Rugs’ battle sooner than see the British
acquire Cuba or Yucatan, but if the Governments
of South America or the Esquimau j choose to per
mit Europeans to colonize their territory, it is no busi
ness of ours. I do not believe I have a right to say
to a man owning lands near me, that he shall sell to no
one but me, for fear some other purchaser’s hogs or
cattle might some day get in my field. I think it is
going sufficiently far to say, no European power shall
acquire Cuba or Yucatan, or that portion of Central
\ tnerica that we have to pass through to get to Cali
fornia, There is no State in the Union whose laws
would pievent a mail from buying a tract of land lying
between two tracts owned by someone else. Wo are,
however, a great people to provide for contingencies.
Although there is not the remotest probability of our
wanting to send troops or arms and munitions across
front the Mississippi to California for the next 50 years,
it is urged that we shall build a Rail road across to
California for that purpose. The advocates of the mea
sure say that the government is bound to protect its
people, and it can only be done by Rail roads. It is
truly fortunate for the dear people, that Kail roads were
invented, otherwise they would have been without pro
tection, except by them and calorie tiets ; very few are
found bold enough to ask for money , for these utopian
schemes, hut they ask for, (and generally obtain,) as
: much land as will raise the money. They will not
j give away money, hut give its equivalent. This is
drawing a distinction between twcedle dee and tweedle
dum—the sound is a little different. To hear some of
these new light expounders of the constitution, yon
would think they had been educated in a college of
Jesuits, where they were taught that the end sanctifies
the means.
Some of them are very ingenious ; others again re
mind me of the old Dutchman who was opening his
barn very early one morning, and being asked by some
one passing by, if he was letting in the light, said, “No,
I ish letting the tarkness out.”
There are occasionally southern w higs enough acting
j with the body ol the democrats to stop some of these cra
zy schemes, but not often. The body of the whigs and
tiie north-western democrats are loose constructionists.
When land or appropriation hills are up, they are most
ly general welfare politicians.
The limitations of the constitution are never in the way
of this class, Y\ lien they cannot lend the constitution
they break it. Tlte great and fundamental principle
of government shou’d be “protect all , help none.”
The correct interpretation of the constitution is easily
arrived at, by reading the history of the country under
tho old articles of confederation and the journals of tiie
convention that formed the constitution. We find
there what were tiie defects of the confederation auc
the remedies proposed. It was simply to give the Federa
Government more power to manage our external re
lations. What would Franklin have thought of a man
who in tile convention s.'ould have proposed to give
Congress power to appropriate millions for the support
of Lunatic Asylums, as if every State could not lake
care cf her own luunatics; yet 1 have seen a proposition to
give ten millions of acres of the public domain for this
purpose. As we increase in wealth and numbers, we
decrease in honesty, and republican simplicity, and the
constitution is scarcely worth the parchment on which
it is written.
There is still a crowd oi patriotic people here, oflering
their servi :es to the President to enable him to carry
ou tiie government. If lie finds any difficulty iu pro
curing persons to accept, office f believe I would accept
a foreign mission, provided it was not to England. At
any other court I should have to have an interpreter, and
I would take special care to have one that was capable of
playing minister himself, whilst I stood by and looked
wise. I have been a fortnight, and we have no
two days alike j no boarding school girl #r watering
place belie was ever so fickle as the climate here. I leave
fin tiie bunny South to-night; our Senators expect to
leave also. Health and happiness attend you ‘ is the
prayer of
Tustenuggee,
FOR THE TIMES ifc SENTINEL.
Columbus Geo., March 14th, 1853.
Messrs. Editors:— A communication in your paper
of Saturday evening signed by Messrs. Pitts, Cher
ry and Jones, does me great injustice. lam the ‘-in
dividual” who announced the names of Messrs. R. C.
hoRSYTit, \\ . E. Jones and M- Torrence as applicants
for the 1 ost Office, I did so because no person appeared
to take any interest in their behalf; and the meeting
had determined to go into an election.
I voted for Mr. Jones, preforing him to any of the
ushers in nomination. 1 have no unkind or unfriendly
feelings toward the other gentlemen aud have been
heretofore upon terms of intimacy with them. True,
j l had no authority to announce their Harness but, (and
lso stated to the meeting) I thought it an act justice
j to them, to do so.
1 have thought proper to say this much, that your rea
ders at home and abroad may see and understand my true
position ; and hope they will not censure mo for doing in
act ot justice to absent brother democrats, by whoso
side I fought in the late canvass, under the banner of
Pierce and King.
Respeetfuelly yours &c.
D. J. BARBER.
The New Vork Aldermen.
Alderman Sturtevant has been imprisoned in the city
l-iisou for 15 days and lined $250 and costs $lO2. All
‘he other Aldermen were fined $250 aud oosts 101 51
! except Dougherty, who voted against the resolution, and
Smith, who confessed his error and apologized to the
Court. These cases originated in a contempt of an or
der of Court in relation to the Broadway railway.
The Savannah Republican.
Mr. Cornish lias become connected with this old and high
!y respectable paper as Assistant Editor. Mr. C. has been
employed for several years in tbo Commercial Depart
ment of the New Vork Express, and has been for some
time employed as a commercial correspondent of the
Republican.
n w Orleans, March 11, ] Accounts re
c -dved from Fon Arbuckle, situated on the head wa
ters of Red River state thatan attack had been tnadc
on that fort by the Camunche Indians.
Paine, the spiritual bankerat Chicago, has been
liberated, and bis bank, it is stated, is redeeming its
notes.
Santa Anna at Vep.a Cruz—The brig Roller
son, Capt Crewell, which arrived at Mobile on Tues
day. 7t h in seven days from Vera Cruz, reports that
in leaving that harbor, she met an English steamer
going in, with Santa Anna on board, and living his
colors at her foremast.
New Post Offices—Tito following new Post
Offices have been established in Georgia t-Ches
nut Gap, Gilmer Cos„ Reace J. McClure, P. M. :
Montezuma, Macon Cos., Ellis W. Jenkins, P. M,:
1 icrceville. Gilmer Cos., Jeptba Patterson, P, M. ;
Farmhouse, Cherokee Cos„ Ishatn Teasley, P, M. ;
Box Spring, Talbot Cos., B. J. King, P. M, ; Proc
tor’s Store, Monroe Cos., 1). F. Ponder, P. M.
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.
Springfield, March 9,1853.
The Republican has returns from 312 towns, of
the Convention election. They foot up as follows:
Whigs 159 Opposition 249
Independent 6 No choice 19
There are now only nine towns to be heard
from.