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•Southern Female Education.
The North is right glad to acknowledge it,
and acknowledge it she will—the south is doing
some wonders in the way of improving girls.
For years past, the land that a great gulf stops
from reaching into the tropics, has been stretch
ing its arms towards another equator, and the
“imaginary great circle” is fast becoming more
than a line among the divisions of the social
sphere. In sugar and Howers it has long en
grossed, their respective tastes, and even aboli
tionism has generally done justice to it when
ever it has dreamed of magnolia grandiflora or
taken coffee. But it now brings out its chivalry
in anew panoply. The gallant knight looks
well, and we predict achievements that shall be
embroidered in cloth of gold.
It is really a most gratifying matter, ami calls
upon us to revise the former edition of our ideas.
Southern people, we protest, should let us know
what they are doing, so that we shall he posted
up when wo come to what is done. As it is,
they teach the practical meaning of Emerson,
that life is “a series of surprises.” They are get- 1
ting ahead of our statistics, and this is really tin- j
pardonable in an age that has volumes ofsfatis- |
tics, that are—that are not—and that are to be.;
So we go. But this is going forward ; this is
the mighty woman's movement; this is the mod
ern Adam, undertaking the generalship of the
young Eves, and preparing them to do fierce
battle on the thorns and thistles, that the para
disical mother, in an unlucky moment, spread
over the unknown continents. Southern women,
we rather apprehend, are more warmly appre
ciated than the sex in any other latitude, South
erners certainly think so. One thing is indispu
table—their liege lords are charmingly attentive j
to them. Nor is this strange. Southern civiliz
ation has always tended inwardly—toward the j
shaded rooms in summer, and the receiving fire- !
side in winter—and hence, woman is in her
glory. It is dangerous for Northern women to
go to the best sections of the South, as they
pretty generally terminate the trip in raptures.
The busy, out in the world, Northern husband ‘
thereby suffers. Soft words woo an extra bom
out of him ; thenceforth to keep on good terms,
and to be sure of good dinners, he has to humor
notions, or otherwise take the word “help-male'’
to himself.
But to tho facts. Passing by Maryland and
the ‘‘Old Dominion”—"a mother'’ herself—we
find that long ago Rip Van Winkle North Caro
lina waked up on the rights of girls, and immor
talized herself in Salem and other localities.—
Then South Carolina entered tho field, and the 1
Charleston, Colombia and other Female Schools j
made a vigorous sensation. Georgia has heat j
them both. Whether Whitfield’s genius for the j
Orphan House at Savannah or what else sowed ,
the seed, is not material ; but grand things have i
been effected. Not to mention other points,
Macon has a large Female College ; then Bishop
Elliott’s establishmnet; then Columbus; and be- !
yond all, a little village that remembers Lafay
ette and calls itself LaGrange, has immense in
stitutions, (considering the population,) and an
organic mania for the capture and training of j
the dear young ladies. And now in a paper be- i
fore us from Atlanta, arc the outlines of two j
new projects, a Female College at Covington,
with the names of Dawson, Cobh and Wayne \
connected with its Trustees, and another at ’
Cuiloden, to he called “Central Female Col
lege.’’ .
These establishments are liberally provided
with teachers, libraries, apparatus, and other ap- i
pliances, while their discipline is unsurpassed.— !
Alabama, for anew State, is ahead of all the I
South. Huntsville, Florence, Selma, Summer
field, Eutaw, Lowndesboro, Montgomery, Tus
kegee and sundry other places of Indian sound
or foreign euphony, are straining every nerve j
for four-story edifices, and girls in their teens, (ill
them. Mississippi has not repudiated this debt i
to young women, and she joins in the race, just’
as if she had a clear conscience, with good!
muscles to prove it. May the women redeem
her!
The sparse population of the planting Stales
has made it difficult for a general public school
system to he sustained : hut the wants are no
bly met, so far as practicable, by this immense !
movement. We give it a cordial cheer, and
thank the beneficent spirit of the day. Educa
ted women will, by-and-by, educate the world ;
and what newspapers, pulpits and Congresses
shall we have then ! V> hat poems and home- ,
realities ! The time has fairly arrived for peo
ple to have families, ami every bachelor
should he ignored. Let the boys look out, and
especially the young men at the colleges, for i
sisters will rend them uncurtained lectures, and
wives will make them blnsli for their bad>
Latin.
I From the Daily Register of the 12th iust ]
laimting ot the Vice President.
Yesterday morning, about 12 o’clock, the
steamer Junior, Capt. Armstrong, brought up
Vico President King ami his accompanying re
latives from the steamer Fulton, which remains
at her auchorage near Dog River Bar. They
were landed on Government street wharf,
where an immense assemblage of citizens had
gathered of vtitness the debarkation. Col.
King came forward, supported by two of llie
officers of the Fulton, and was conducted ton
carriage provided for the purpose. He appear
ed to be extitmely feeble and attenuated
though he bote his head erect, and his eyes
glanced around seemingly with a sad, though
pleased interest, to find himself once more on
the soil of his beloved Alanama—the Land of
Rest.
‘I litre vas a profound sensation jn the largo
crowd present, as they gazed upon the Ibrm of
the venerable statesman and patriot, thus en
feebled by the heavy hand of disease—thus
stricken by the arrows of sickness, in the midst
of the honors which the nation has so recently
bestowed upon him—and the sad countenances,
the uncovered brows, ami inut> decorum of all,
testified to the deep solicitude and sympathy
which universally prevailed. The sail specta
cle repressed the cordial and enthusiastic cheers
which would have otherwise greeted our illus
trious fellow-citizen upon his return to*thc em
porium of the State which has so iong cherish
ed him as her favorite sou.
During the progress of the Junibrupthe Ray, 1
with with the national Hag displayed at her
jaek-stafTthe State Artillery fired the Vice Presi- j
dent’s salute of seventeen guns.
Col. King, with his family, was immediately
conducted to the Battle House, where he now
has most pleasant and desirable rooms. It is,
we understand, his intention to remain some j
days in this city. Wo tru.-t that the fine woath- J
er now prevailing, may alleviate his disease, and
give him some slight increase of strength. For
some days before leaving Cuba, the influence
of the climate there was not so favorable, as
had been hoped, but his passage to this port did j
not increase his debility.
Thackeray vj 'tm female ucciety. —Mr. Thack
eray is, by no means, a universal favorite
among ladies; yet no writer is more their cham
pion than lie. In one of the -Messrs. Appleton’s
late republications of his former works, occurs
the following passage:—“One of the great bene
fits a voting man may derive from women’s so
ciety is, that he is bound to be respectful to
them. The habit is of great good to your
moral man, depend on it. Our education makes
of us the most eminently selfish men in the
world. We fight for ourselves; we push for
ourselves; we cut the best slices out of the joint
at club-dinners for ourselves; we yawn for our
selves, and light our pipes and sue we won’t
go out; we prefer ourselves and our ease; and
the greatest good that comes to a mao from
woman's society is, that he has to think of
somebody beside himself—somebody to whom
he is bound to be constantly attentive and re
spectful. Certainly, I don’t want my dear Boh
to associate with those of the other sex whom
he doesn’t and can’t respect; that is worse than
billiards—worse than tavern brandy-and-water ;
j worse than smoking selfishness at home. But
I I vow I would lather see you turning over the
leaves of ?iliss Fiddlecotuhe’s music book all
night, than at billiards, or smoking, or brandy
nnd-water, or all three.”
Zimtz anil Svntmtl.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1853.
For Interesting Reading Matter see 4th Page.
BY TELEGRAPH.
EXPRESSLY FOR THE TIMES & SENTINEL,
j New-Orleans, April 12.—There is a fair demand
I for Cotton in our market to-day. Sales reached 2,000
| bales. Yesterday they reached 3,000. Middlings are
i selling at 10c.
New Orleans, April 14.
Up to one o’clock yesterday, eight thousand bales of
I cotlon were sold
To-day the demand is good. Middlings were selling ,
j at 10 cents : one thousand bales had been sold up to
1 o’clock.
Mobile, April 10.— Business is light though the de
mand is good. Sales to-day amounted to 1,500 bales.
Pi ices are firm at 9 3-4 for Middlings.
Vice-President King arrived at Mobile on Sunday,
!on the steamer Fulton, from Mutanza*. Hi* health is
j extremely low. lie is on his way home.
Mobile, April 14.
The demand for cotton is good. Sales to-day amount
to 2000 halos. Prices arc very hard ?
Vie*- President King, continues very feeble.
Gov. Cobb's Letter.
Wo publish to-day the letter of Governor Cobb de- j
fining his position, and cointnc-nd it to the attention of i
our readers. We are gratified to find that His Excel- |
lency cherishes a conciliatory spirit towards the Southern
Rights Democracy, is willing to forget the past, and j
co-operate cheerfully in the advancement of the prinei- j
pies which we hold in common. Much of our opposi
tion to him resulted from the mistaken opinion that be ;
sanctioned the wild ravings of tho Togalo Faction, j
which euu fiud no gentler epithet than “traitor” to do- i
eiguatc the members of the great majority of the re- :
organised Democracy. The letters of Messrs. Hull and ;
Jackson have fully satisfied us that these difiorgaiiisers
found neither a friend nor sympathiser iu Gov. Cobb,
and though we think lie did wroifg in keeping silence
curing the canvass, we comprehend llie motives which
governed him, and are not disposed to make this a
t ground of quarrel. It, therefore, Gov. Cobb can freely
: co-operate with the Southern Rights men of Georgia iu
; support of Gen. Pierce** administration, we will not shut
• the door against him. lie is in a position to do much for
the common cause in his district by putting down a faction
j which, to gratify, as it seems to us, personal hatred to
I particular individuals in the party, would gladly pulldown
I upon their own heads the pillars upon w Inch the tem
j pie rests; and we aio not without hope, flint an inti
| mate association with the pure and conservative states-
I men who are now at the head of the government will
i commend to his favorable nctiee the grout principles of
I State Rights and State remedies, upon which the party
in Georgia so unfortunately divided.
Wo will, we presume, be permitted in al! kindness to ;
j point out what we conceive to be one or two radical !
; errors in His Excellency’s review of the history of the j
: Democratic party ami of the present position of its chief, j
Gov. Cobb docs not assert positively, but intimates i
strongly, that the course of the Union party at the !
south was endorsed by the Baltimore convention. We
do not think so. When the convention met, the corn
| promise was pot an open question. It was the law of
i the land. All organised opposition to it had ceased in
the south. There were mobs at the north which occa
sionally resisted that part of it embraced in the Fugitive
slave law. In view of this opposition to the only re
maining feature which was open to violation, tho con
vention declared that it would “adhere to and abide by
the compromise,” thereby placing the seal of its disap
probation upon the treasonable practices of the abolition
ists, and giving a guarantee to the south of the future
enforcement of their rights, without expressing any
opinion as to the odious features of the corn promise which
were fixed facts, and had stirred up resistance at the
south. General Tierce in his Inaugural went beyond
the Baltimore Platform and declared tho compromise
“constitutional, ’’ a position not by any means universally
denied by the Southern Rights party, but did not sanction
it as * ’fair, liberal, and just;” and his mind was evi- |
dently directed to the Fugitive slave law, as the whole j
context clearly proves. He makes no allusion to any |
other feature of it but this, and in a preceding para- j
grapli he evidently intends to relieve the South from all
blame for the results of the agitation which grew out of j
it, and to fix it home upon the northern fanatics by as
sorting unequivocally that “if the federal government
will confine itself to the exercise of powers clear!)’ j
granted by the constitution, it can hardly happen thatfts
action upon any question should endanger the institu- j
tions cf the States, or interfere with their rights to man- j
age matters strictly domestic according to tho will of
their own people,” And in confirmation of this view, 1
wc proudly refer to the facts that Jefferson Davis is a j
leading member of Ins Cabinet, and that the most deli
cate mission in his gift was conferred upon Pierre Soule, *
and that none of the prominent leaders of the Uniou j
party at the south have received high office at his bauds, ,•
We are also compelled reluctantly to differ w ith his j
Exeelleccy as to tho doctrine of “Secession.” We can- 1
not regard it as an open question. It i. known that j
the Southern Rights Democracy insisted upon the adop- j
lion of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of the •
Baltimore convention 4 *in their plain meaning and im
port,” as a sine qua non of co-operation on their
part with the National Democracy. This was done, and
thereby the fullest aud most unequivocal sanction given
! to the proposition that in all conflicts with the federal
government —“the State fIkiII judge of tire mode and
I measure of redress and nullification is the rightful reme
dy**—the ever memorable words of the Kentucky Rc
; solutions. *!: is u”o, therefore, far Gov. Cobb to set up
in opposition to this plain declaration, the federal here
sies of the l’uoc’amation, which its author found it ne
cessary to explain, and tho great body of the party re
pudiated, al -ng w ith Father Ritchie.
We have not opened those subjects of controversy
! in any captious spirit, but to preserve the truth of his
. tory, and k-. k p before the people the cardinal principles
!of the Democratic Party, without which it would Ik* j
dead mass, without life or power, except to elevate its >
devotees to honors and office. The State Rights tie- j
ment we regard as its distinguishing characteristic. It [;
is the very corner stone of the edifice, upon which the \
whole superstructure of southern rights rests; and rath- •
er than remove it from the temple, we would gladly
j see the whole fabric totter to its overthrow*.
The Spirit of the South and Capt. Abercrombie- j
The Spirit of the South announces the willingness of ;
tho Southern Rights Democracy of the District to sup . I
i port the gallant Captain Abercrombie for Oongre**, at •
the next flection. The Spirit says : ;
4i lt is fresh in the recollect fan of us all that when the l
Northern anti-compromise wing of the Whig party. 1
achieved in the National Convention, a signal triumph }
in the nomination of General Scott. Capt. Abercrombie |
v. as among the foremost in repudiating their action, and |
denouncing their nominee as unworthy of southern sup- j
jxirt, and that throughout the canvass he maintained ]
this ground in opposition to the entire Union press in this j
district, as well as of a large proportion of the voters to
whom he ow ed hi* election. It is an appropriate sequel j
to this manly and independent course that he now spurns. ‘
the dictation of that rotten clique of disappointed Scott
politicians wdio, seeking to ostracise him because of this- :
act of fidelity to his section, vainly hoped through thema
chinery of a convention to fasten upon the district a matt
of their own stripe—some less scrupulous politician by
trade far whom no abandonment of principle would be
too shameless nnd for whom even Seward ism itself has:
no terrors if its lurid glare serves but to light \h * way !
to the spoils of office. Foiled it this prime object, tho£ j
next endeavored to preserve at least an apparent ascen
dency by promising him a nomination, if he would but
thus recognize their supremacy and lend his name and
influence to their political schemes, but each new effort
has only served to render his rejection of their foul
j embrace, the more emphatic and decided.”
Brunswick, Georgia—lts Port and City.
This is the name of a pamphlet* “addressed to the
! commercial and business men of the United States and
• foreign countries, by the Board of directors, of the city
jof Brunswick.” it contains some interesting informa
tion about the location, pori, and prospects of the city,
but very little ns to the prospects of the Rail road t<‘
Pensacola. All that is said about this important mat
i ter is contained in this short paragraph: ’’The Road
j (from Brunswick to the Gulf .f Mexico, via Thonms
j ville, in Thomas county, Georgia, to the port of St.
Mark’s, in Florida; with a branch from the main line
i at Troupville, to Albany, on Flint river?) is now under
j contract, and the work is prosecuted under the most
experienced and energetic management. The com pa
; ny propose, at the earliest practicable moment, to extend
j it from Thomasvillo to Pensacola, in a direct line.”
1 They further state that the distance saved by the
I road, when it reaches Florida, to all the commerce of
i the States bordering on the Golf of Mexico, will exceed
| 1,000 miles for each passage to and from Europe, and
| the northern seaboard, and the insurance against sea
risks will be reduced one halt*. They further state,
that a bale of cotton weighing 500 lbs., can be convey
| ed from New Orleans to Liverpool via Brunswick for
$1 32 Ices than around the capes of Florida. The dis
tance from the northern commercial towns to Tehuan
tepec will also be shortened by ihit? route, about as
much as the distance to and from Europe. The di
rectors therefore hope that all western commerce will
pass through Brunswick on its way to the north and
Europe, and that trade and travel to Mexico and to
California, and the Pacific, will find this the shortest,
cheapest, and most expeditious route. If these san
guine expectations are realised, they will unquestion
ably give to Brunswick the full benefit of her natural
advantages, and place her in a position to become the
great commercial emporium of the South Quien
eabe ?
The city of Brunswick is situated on Tut tle river, (
an arm of the sea which passes between JekyJPs and
St. Simon’s Islands, and flows into the interior upwards
of 20 miles. The city i* only six miles from the sea. .
Tiie mean level of the city is 1 5 feet above high tide
water. The be6t anchorage nu.y bo found near the
bluff, upon which the city i h built, ranging along the ,
whole extent of the town, at from twenty to forty feet
water at low tide. The city is bounded on the north
by a high pine land, which runs gradually back
about twenty-five miles, until it reaches the sand hills
in Wayne county, at an elevation of ninety-two feet
above the tide water at Brunswick. It is further stated,
that the mean temperature of the city is 67 degree*.
The summer heats are tempered by cool breezes, reg
ularly setting in from the sol; and the diseases ascrib
ed to Homo parts of the low country of Georgia arc un
known there.
The neck of land which separates Brunswick from
the Altamaha river, is has than 12 miles wide, and a
canal connecting the two points is very near completion
it will ho finished this spring.
The directors anticipate that this canal will change
the whole course of trade on the Altamaha and its wa
ters, and bring the teeming wealth of the Oconee and
Ocinulgee rivers into Brunswick.
Much str ss is laid upon the lumber and turpentine trade,
and in confirmation of this view, it is stated in the circular ,
that the Island of Cuba consumes 40,000,000 feet of lum
ber per annum, in the single article of sugar boxes, which
is supplied from Maine. This trade, it is thought, the
port of Brunswick will in great part monopolise* The
pine lands of Georgia embrace one sixth of the entire
area of the State. Largo tracts of this country have been
explored by gentlemen from North Carolina. The
facilities for carrying on this business are said to be
without limit, and in view of the facilities offered by the
contemplated rail road, lands have increased 200 per
cent.
The directors conclude their circular with a veiy en
thusiastic description of the future prospects of Bruns
wick, and if half their anticipations arc realized, New
Orleans will be a mere village in comparison. We i
confess however that we look forward with pleasure
to the time w hen she will become the rival of Savan
nah. Her prospects at any rate are bright enough to
induce our capitalists to turn their attention in that di
rection.
Temperance Halt—An appeal to the Ladies.
We regret to learn that there is a debt hanging over
this property of about twcutv seven hundred dollars, and
that the Order is not able to pay it. The Hall, as is well
known, is o;>en to the public, and is the only room in the
city which can accommodate our population on festive oe
casions We arc informed that in case of a forfeiture of
the charter by the subordinate lodge, the building will
revert to the Grand Lodge of the State, and that in that
event, the Hall will probably be closed to the public. The
heavy debt hanging over the Lodge depret-ses its energies
and retards its prosperity, and may in the end, result in
its dissolution and the forfeiture of the Hall. It is, there
fore, a matter of public interest that the debt be paid. We
are informed that all aid from other quarters is despaired
of, and that the only hope of the order is from the gener
ous munificence of the community, which is proverbially
equal to all just demands upon it. It has been suggested
that if this subject were presented to the Indies of the
city, to whom the Sons of Temperance are the warmest
and best friends, that their ingenuity could devise some
expedient by which this burthen could be moved from the j
shoulders of the Lodge. We fully concur in this opinion. J
The approaching national anniversary will be a season of j
peculiar interest in our city, as w e anticipate a visit fr*m !
the military of several of our neighboring ei ties, and we ]
feel confident that a Fair for the benefit of the Lodge would
add much to the interest of the occasion and meet with the
approbation and patronage of the community. We make !
the suggestion merely for the consideration of the Ladies, i
and will be pleased to see it abandoned, and some other I
adopted which will more surely effect the object cont cm- j
plated, and will cheerfully cooperate with them in what* |
ever course they may think it advisable to pursue—satis- j
fied.as we are, that it will be tho right and proper one.
No time, however, should Ik? lost, and we hqie active
efforts will at once be made to relieve the Lodge from
debt, and secure the Hall to the use of the community.
Asa farther inducement, if any were necessary to in- j
creased activity in this good work, we are authorised to j
state, that the net income wf the Hall, which is over £4OO |
per anuutn, will, after the debt referred to is paid off, heap- ;
propi iatcu to charitable puposes ; and thus a permanent
fund be created to sustain iu part the Orphan Asylum
and other charitable institutions of the city.
The Southern Agricultural Convention.
This body was organized at Macon, Ga., at the last
Fair, and adjourned over to the Ist Moody in May
next, at which time it w ill again assemble in Mont
gomery, Alabama.
Many of the Southern Stales have appointed dele
gates, end it is confidently expected that the assemblage
will be unusually large, and that it will include among
its members most of the talent and worth of the agri
cultural classes of tho south. Gov. Cobb has not ap
pointed any delegates from Georgia, but recommends
each county in the State t*> send up its representatives.
We hope the suggestions of his Excellency will be acted
upon: but in ease this is not done, wc hope every agri
cultural society in the State will appoint delegates.
Ample preparations have been made hv the patriotic
citizens of Montgomery to entertain the convention ; and
the Executive Commit tee of tho society have spared no
pains to make this meeting peculiarly interesting and
beneficial to the community. Addresses will he deliv
ered upon subjects of most vital importance to the south
ern planter, by the ablest and most distinguished orators
iu tho south, and wc hope much will bo done to give
proper direction and tone to the southern mind.
The soutli occupies a peculiar position in respect
to the rest of mankind. Her staple productions
arc j>eeuliar j her labor is peculiar. It is, there
fore, of the last importance, that southern opinion
should be harmonised, and the whole energy of
our people be directed to preserve the one, and fos
ter the other. These are the primary objects of the
; convention, while it is proposed at the same time to j
| look after every other interest.
j The time for preparation is short, and if any thing j
is to be done by counties or societies, it must be done |
quickly.
Statistics of Crime.
We find much food for thought in the follow ing sta
tistics of crime among w hite and free colored persons in
the* several States of the Union. The contrast is any
thing but favorable to the African race, and gives no j
encouragement to the wild fancies of fanatics who sup- j
pose the negro is capable of attaining a position equal to j
that of the white man.
The fcllowing is the ratio of convicts received in i
Penitentiaries for 10 years ending 30th Sept. 1850 :
States. White population. Free Colored. |
Virginia Ito 23.003 Ito 3,001 )
Massachusetts.... 1 to 7,38’ 1 to 7*27
Maryland Ito 9,*285 1 to 1,432 ■
Pennsylvania Ito 11,408 1 to 2,158 |
New York tto 5,301. ...**** Ito 772 I
From these statistics it will be seen that in Virginia j
free negroes are nearly 8 tiling as vicious as w hite j
people, in Massachusetts about 10 times, in Maryland 7 |
times, in Pennsylvania 10 times, and in New York? j
times. Net- need the South blush at tills exhibition, j
In Virginia both whites and blacks are more moral by j
three times than they are in Massachusetts; and by j
four times than the people of New York. This is not j
the first instance, however, where the pour publican has j
been preferred to the canting hypocrite.
Second Congressional District.
Our suggestion to hold a convention early in June, at
Albany, Ga., to nominate a Congressman, has not been
responded to bv the Party. No time ought to be lost,
and we therefore urge it upon oar political friends, to
hold county meetings immediately, and appoint dele
gates.
It is thought by some of our friends that America*
would be a more suitable placo for the assembling of the j
convention. We have no preferences. Let the placo j (
bv seketed which is most convenient. The great point
to be attained is harmony. We would be* pleased to j
have the suggestions of our friends upon this subject.
There arc* several other gentlemen in the district, be
side those heretofore mentioned, who would make able j
representatives, and satisfy all parties. Among these is j
Martin J. Crawford, of this city, whose devotion to j 1
the South and the great conservative principles of the i 1
party has endeared him to the Democracy.
Where there arc so many persons whose qualifications i
are so prominent, there may be some difficulty in tuak- I
ing a choice; but w r e incline to the opinion that cither •;
of those suggested would be cordially supported by the •
people. They all possess tho requisite qualifications, en- !
tered warmly into the support of Pierce and King, and j
are identifitul iu interest and principle* with the people of I
the district.
1
W e hope our friends will speak out and give au earn- j
eat of their devotion to their principles by cordially sc* !
eonding this movement to rally the party to the polls at j
the next election.
Our Book ‘Fable.
Dcßow's Review for April. —A glance at this num
ber of the Review has satisfied us that it is fully equal to
it predecessors in the variety and interest of the subjects ,
discussed in its pages. The articles upon “Florida—its .
position, resources and destiny,” and “China in 1853,”
are of peculiar interest at the present moment, as connect
ed with the rapidly extending commerce of the country
along the shores of the Pacific. Wc arc pleased to learn
that the engagement* of the learned Editor at Washing
toil city, will not interfere with Jiis editorial labors ; and
that be will continue to steer the bark of his great and
successful enterprise along the track ho ha* so bravely en- i
tered upon.
Hunt's Merchants’ Magazine. —Tho number for April 1
is ou our table. It sustains the character of the work as a ‘
Commercial Journal, but presents very few attractions to
the general render. ,
Connecticut.—The result of the election held in
Connecticut, on Monday the 4th, is entirely Democratic. ,
For Governor, Thomas 11. Seymour.
“ Lieut. Governor, Charles 11. Pond. ;
“ Secretary of State, John P. C. Mather.
“ Comptroller, Rufus G. Pinney.
For Congress—lst District, James T. Pratt, of Ilart- i
ford Cos.; 2d district, Colin M. Ingersoll, New Haven \
Cos.; : and district, Nathan Belcher, New Ixmdon Cos.; ,
4tli district, Origen S. Seymour, Litchfield.
The Printers in New York city have struck for nn (
increase of pay, equivalent to about 18 percent.
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Gen. Marshall Killed.—Wc perceive from the ,
I Louisville (Kentucky) Times, of the 31st, that it was ,
General Thomas Marshall, of Lewis county, and not ,
the Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, that was killed in an j
affray with one of his tenants. General Marshall was
highly popular in the region of the State where he re
sided and was frequently elected to represent his eouu- !
ty in the State Legislature. He served hi* country in ]
the war of 1812, and was a Brigadier General in the
war with Mexico.
Ii
Burning of a Railroad.—The mail train ontheGcor- ‘
gia Railroad, due nt Augusta on Thursday morning, j ’
did not arrive till 4 1-2 o’clock, p. in., having been do- 1
tained by the burning of 150 feet of tho track near tho |
.Stone Mountain. The fire was communicated from
tho woods, which were burning in the vicinitv.
* i
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s steamer Ten- } *
nessee went ashore in n log while entering the harbor j
of San Francisco, on the Ist n!t. Her passengers, i
j freight, mails, and baggage were all landed in safety, ! 1
; but the ship herself will prove a to‘al W.
The steamship Independence, with over six* hundred
! passenger* on board, is also supposed to be lost, us *
| nothing had been heard from her at Panama since her 5
j departure from San Francisco. The steamer Sea Bird
! had been sent to look far her, but returned with no ti*
| dings.
!7- Twenty sample bags of notion grown on t!ie | 1
| estates of the Faelta of Egypt have just been reeeivei!
by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The sam- ‘
plus were grown under the superintendence of a young ‘
man sent from Manchester, by the Chamber, atul .*• !
hiuit great improvement iu cleaning and packing. 1
Tho stone contributed by Switzerland, inscribed ’
“The Free Swiss Confederation to the Memory us j 1
Washington,” was presented this noon at the City i I
: Hall, with approptiate ceremonies. It was thence ; I
| drawn by six horses, and escorted by the German Y.t- [ 1
j gers. the Marino Band and citizens, to Monument • I
place.
Georgia is a model state. She has 860 miles of rail- j I
road in operation. Her credit is of the highest order, ‘
her six per cent, bonds selling at tho highest premium, ; -
and she now gives notice of her readiness to pay the j
interest on her bonds for the next six months in ad- j
vanee. —Scientific American.
The treaty with Switzerland, now before the Senate, ’
contains an nrticle providing that the citizens of both ‘
countries may inherit real estate property left them by
the citizens of either.
The Democrats have carried Rhode Island, electing ,
their Governor and members of Congress.
Advices from lbmg Kong to the “dth of January
mention the arrrival there of Mr. Humphrey Marshall, |
United States Minister.
South-\\ estern Railroad. —Receipts of cotton in the i
month of March, 1,942 hales, of which 1,320 were for- j .
warded direct to Savannah, and 622 to the Macon Ware
houses. Total receipts by this road this season, 3,5,095
bales.
Baltimore, April 7—The lion. Pierre Soule, of j
Ixmisiana, has been nominated, and confirmed as Minis
ter to Spain.
Advices received by the steamship Arctic, state that <
Maxzioi is safe in London. (
The Wilkes county Railroad, it is believed, will be
finished by the 4th of July next.
Col. B. F. Hardeman, of Oglethorpe county, is re
commended for Judge of the Northern Circuit.
Whig meeting iu Tuskegee.
We refer our Alabama readers to an article from
i the Alabama Journal , in which they will find a notice
! of a whig meeting in Macon county, at which delegates
were appointed to a district convention, the object of
which is to nominate a candidate for Congress—not
withstanding the fact that Captain Abercrombie is
already in the field. This looks like we shall have
whig opposition to the Captain. We presume, howev
er that he will hardly regard it. The Journal , the
leading whig paper, announce* that ‘‘while matters re
j main in their present relations, there will be no effort
• on the part of the whig* of this (Montgomery) county
! to join in any convention for the nomination of a district
candidate,’* and the Spirit of the Souths a Southern
j Bights Democratic journal of great influence, has
j pledged the Southern Rights party to I k support. It
j will, we imagine, be very easy to whip out the disaf-
I footed squad in Macon county, even though they may
! be led by “a distinguished and most estimable citizen
! of that county,” who, it seems, has been quietly itching
| for Federal office for the two years last past.
The Southern School Journal.
Wc have received the April number of this excellent
| paper, and Dike great pleasure in commending it to the
i favorable notice of tin* community ; and especially to
i those persons who arc engaged iu teaching. It will
j prove an invaluable aid to them in their arduous labors.
! Published iu Columbus, Ga., and edited by Rev. Tlios.
| F. Scott, at one dollar per annum in advance.
The New York Coßectorship.
The Herald of the 9th inM., says: “According to
onr telegraphic ad\ ice* from Washington, his (Dickin
son’s) loiter of declination reached the President yester
day morning, and, forthwith, Greene C. Bronson, ex-
Chief Justice of our Court of Appeals, was nominated ;
and satisfactory evidence having been communicated to
the Senate that ho was among the very hardest of the
hard sheik, a firm believer in the justice of the Fugitive
Slave law, and a- aand against the free soilers, he was
straightway ratified rtent. eon.”
C abinet C hanges.
C 1 A pt’il 11.
The President lias recalled the Senate, part of whom
had left the city. The Sergeant at Arms had dsi patch
ed fin* them. They meet at 12 o’clock to-day. It is
rumored that there will be a re-organization of the Cabi
net. Mr. Marcy has resigned. Mr. Cushing takes the
office of Secretary of State. Mr. Do bin Attorney
Genual aud Mr. Stockton Secretary of leN.tvy.
Kev. John L. Sander*.
The friends of this gentleman, who has lately gone \
on n mission to California, will be pleased to learn that j
he has safely arrived at San Francisco. We have re- j
ceived several letters from him, in which he gives a j
very graphic description of his travels—extracts from !
which we will give in some future issue when our col- j
umtis are uot so numb crowded as at present.
('utton for Columbus. — We learn that Messrs, j
Wells it Durr, yesterday, received thirty hairs of cot- :
ton from Columbus, being the first ever received from j
that city. It is the beginning, however, of a trade j
which is destined to grow rapidly, and into great im- j
portanee. We learn from Mr. Reynolds, the President \
of the Southwestern Company, that the work is rapidly i
progressing on the Muscogee branch, and that the en- j
lire line to Columbus, will he completed in the course <*f I
four'or five weeks. If the next fall should be a dry one, |
this road will bring to Savannah, during the next year, j
fifty thousand bales of Cotton, which have heretofore
gone to the Gulf ports. We have also heard that it is
the intention to run the passenger trains through iu
twelve hours. Should this be cone, it will add greatly
to the trade and intercourse between the two sections.
We look to the completion of this road to Columbus, as a
matter of great public importance and sincerely hope
that the Southwestern road may soon be pushed for
ward through Stewart and Randolph, either to Eu
faula, or some other equally eligible point.— Savannah
Courier .
Rishop Soule. — We had the pleasure, this afternoon,
of meeting Bishop Soule, tho venerable patriarch of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the United
States. The old man is 72 years of age ; but his step
is vigorous and hi*form erect, lie locks as though lie [
would outstand many more days of travel. Ho re- |
marked, respecting his trip to California, that, in addi- 1
tion to the objects of his mission, he had another in
centive—having journeyed through every other state
in the Union, and the territories adjacent, he strongly
desired to see the whole of California. For half a cen
tury, this man has wielded no uncommon influence in
the Church organization by which lie is now venerated as
a patriarch. He is a powerful preacher—an effective de
fender of tho Church, at all points—and he bears the
unmistakable impression of the man on his massive
forehead. Panama Echo.
Mew Route to California. —A letter from Col. Miles,
3d Infantry, United States army, now in New Mexico,
makes known that anew pass has been discovered from
Albuquerque, seventy five miles from Santa Fe, N. Mexi
co, to San Francisco, California, a journey of twenty five
days for loaded wagons. He proposes that the troops open
the road and locate four posts on it. It is on the direct ‘•
fine from Fort Smith.
Early Vegetables. — In the New York markets, green
peas, from Savannah, are quoted at 62J cents tho half
peek, tomatoes at 38 cents per quart, and radishes at 9
to 10 cents per bushel.
Tiiirty-third Congress.—lt is a singular fact, that
the last five States which have elected members of the
new Congress, or from which v.e have last heard,
have elected democratic delegations entire. They are
California, New Soutli Carolina. Connec- ‘
ticut, and Rhode Island, d'he whole number of members
thus far elected to tho 33d Congress, i* 163, of whom
105 are democrats, 50 whigs, aud 3 abolitionists. The
members yet to be elected are 77. Ls they should be
of the same politic* as in the last Congress, the whole !
Dumncr of whig* in the House will he 77, abolitionists
3, democrats 151. Total 231. Democrat* to whig* 2
to 1 exactly.
French Naval Expedition.—'The French Govern
ment has sent a squadron of eight armed steam vessels,
carrying a land force of 500 men, against the inhabitants :
of one of the islands of the Archipelago of Bisagos, be
tween the Cape de Ycrd and Sierra Leona. The ex- I !
pedition was designed to take summary measures of re
prisal for the massacre by these islanders of the crew of |
ft French merchant vessel that hnpjH*ncd to fall into their
power.
We are not told what the character of tho reprisals
was, but the information “that they were complete, and
produced the roost salutary effect on the piratical tribes
in the Archipelago and along tho coast,” is very sug
gestive.
Washington, April 11. i
Soule's Resignation.— Senator Soule, of Louisiana, ! 1
handed in his resignation to-day, which was accepted, j
Buchanan was confirmed Minister to England. It is
understood he will accept.
Washington, April 13.
The Washington Union of this morning, says that
there never has been tho slightest foundation for tho
rumors afloat, in regard to dissensions in tho Cabinet.
The President has appointed G. R. S. Walden, E.*q.,
District Attorney for tho Northern District of Alabama,
and Archibald M. Campbell, Postmaster at Fayette
ville, N. C.
New York, April 12. j
Mr. Fillmore sick .—Ex-President Fillmore in sick at j
BuffftUi.
Appointments by the President, —Jacob R. Davis, jj
Editor of the Dahlouega Signal, ha* been? appointed j
Superintendent, aud John R. Field, Assayer, of the j
Dahlouega Mint.
New York Collector ship. —Bionson, to whom the |
office of Collector at New York was offered, upon the |
declension of Dickinson, refuses to accept vhe same.
Arkansas Railroad. —Memphis is moving in the j
great work of Internal Improvement. The citizens are j
about to decide by ballot upon subscribing s3so,oUt> to J
the Arkansas Central Railroad, which will connect j!
Little Rock with Memphis. fj
The seaaon.
The spring has been unusually backward. Corn
planting ha* been much retarded, and it ia very proba
ble that “stands” will be imperfect. Cotton planting
hardly commenced until the beginning of this week. It
is questionable, however, if this will not be advantage
ous in the end, as the cotton will grow* off freely, if the
weather continues favorable, and have sufficient time to
mature the crop before frost. For ten days past the
weather has been warm and the earth has been refresh
ed with occasional showers.
The Tehuantepec Treaty.
The Picayune has a dispatch, which was forwarded
from the city of Mexico to Vera Cruz, on the 22d nit.,
by the new telegraph line, announcing that “the Pleni
potentiaries, Conkling, Tornel. and Castillo Lanzas, sign
ed a treaty last evening at 9 o’clock, between tho Uni
ted States and Mexico, guaranteeing the neutral.ty and
protection of the Sloo transit way across Tehuantepec,
and the entire security of the capital invested therein.
It will bo ratified by the supreme executive power of
Mexico.”
The Mobile ami Ohio Bail Road.
It is confidently expected that eighty-eight miles of
this road will be finished and ready for use by Decem
ber. The lettings for gradation, masonry, Src., to the
northern line of Tennessee were to have been made on
the 13th iust., and it is believed by tho Mobile Tribune
that the whole line of tho road from Mobile to within
thirty miles of the mouth of the Ohio river is now tinder
contract —and soon expects to have the agreeable intel
ligence that the work of grading is> in progress on every
section of the road. The Tribune concludes an article
upon this subject with the following cheering paragraph:
“In all this, we see almost the consummation of our
great enterprise ; for all the great opposing obstacles have
been, one after the other, surmounted, and now we have
! the certainty of being in communication with the mouth of
the Ohio within three years at tho very farthest. Some
of the direct ora say that in less time the work will be com
pleted. We hope, nt all events, the determination will be
registered by the directors ns a fixed the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad shall be in operation in 1856, and as
much earlier ns possible.”
Rail Road Junctions.
Under this caption the Journal and Messenger con
cludes an article as follow*:
“In this connection, we would inquire if nothing is to he j
done to signalize the completion of the line of Railway be- j
tween Savannah and Columbus. The Museogee* and
Sou*lr* Western Ronds will bo connected, we understand,
by the Ist May. Will Savannah go to Columbus, or Col’
umhus to Savannah, or both come to fraternize at Macon,
or all stay at home ! We do not know.”
We are sure the citizens of Savannah and Macon will
! receive more than one shout, if they will honor us with
n visit on the first of May. We beg leave to remind
| the Mayor of what is expected of him on the occasion.
I But if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Ma
homet will go to the mountain. A trip to Savannah
would be exceedingly pleasant at that season of the year ; ]
■ and as compromises are the order of the day, we pro j
i pose that each city vitit tho other by turns, and that
: the nuptials of the Chattahoochee and the sea be cele
brated by three parties instead of one. What say our
cott uiporaries ?
Railroad to Lexington.
A meeting has been held in Oglethorpe county, Gi.,
for the purpose of constructing a Rail Road three miles
l<*ng from the Lexington Depot to the town of Lexing
ton.
Still Later news from Washington.
Washington, April 10.
The United States Senate, on Saturday, confirmed
all the nominations which had been sent in. The Presi
dent notified the Senate, that he had no further busi
ness of importance to communicate to them. The body
then passed a resolution to adjourn on Monday (to-day).
The appointments abroad have been deferred until
the next session. The office-seekers are therefore dis
appointed. The city lias again resumed its wonted
quiet.
Arrival of Col. King at Mobile. <
Mobile, April 11.
The steamer Fulton has arrived at this port, from
Mntanzas, with Col. Wm.R. King, on board- He is in j
a very low state, and is on his way home. j i
Mobile, April J3.—Col. King’s health continues! \
to fail. j ’
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Public Reform League. >
This is the name of an association lately formed in
Mobile, of which Daniel Chandler is President, and j
George G. Henry is Secretary, the objects of which ■
aie to abolish the Retail Traffic. Over one hundred
members joined it on the night of its organization, among
whom are many of tho leading men of Mobile.
Penwtcoltt.
The sailors belonging to one of the war vessels in the
harbor, lately commuted some disorder in the city, i
which arrayed the citizens against them. In the con- 1
flict which ensued, Mr. Sierra, the Mayor, killed one 1
of the sailors and was himself seriously injured.
Piper and a negro boy Simon, who had been recently |
confined in jail for burglary, made their escape a few t
nights since, and are supposed to have gone to Mobile. ■
j
Miniature Portraits.
We are indebted to Mr. D’Enszliny for a beautifully \
painted and strikingly accurate miniature portrait, oh i
ivory, of ourself. Wc take great pleasure in commend- *
ing him as an accomplished Artist, to our community. *
Strawberries. J
We received from a fair young friend a mess of ; J
Strawberries on the -Sth inst. Mr. Peabody must look j t
out, or his pupils will excel him in his favorite pursuit. Ii
Just iii Time. j *
Mr. Peabody will accept our thanks for very j !
fine Strawberries. In one week we hope to mix saucer* !
full of them with ice cream at I. G. STRurrEn’s. j <
Southern Mutual Insurance Company. j t
Wc are pleased to learn that tho losses of this com- : !
panv will not exceed ten thousand dollars by the great ! t
fire in Charleston. j
The Steamship Philadelphia, from Aspinwall, with = *
17. S. mails and 131 passengers, has arrived at New ! (
Orleans. She reports that tho steamship Illinois left | j
Aspinwall on the Ist inst., for New York, with 600 ! i
passengers and $2,500,000 in gold dust. The steam- j t
ship Independence, with 600 passengers, for Panama, j 1
not having been heard from for thirty-two days, is sup- i J
posed to have foundered at sea. j ,
The following among other appointments by the ‘
President were officially announced, in Washington, ou ; ,
the sth inst. : j (
G. G. Davenport, Chief Justice of New Mexico. ‘
Kt-rby Benedict, Associate Judge of New Mexico. *
Charles E. Ramsay, Marshal of New Mexico,
I. C. Haines, Postmaster at Bangor, Maine.
John Elvis Warren, Secretary of Legation to Ccn- ‘
tral America.
The citizens of Nashville and Davidson county,
Tenn., have voted by a large majority to subscribe one |
million of dollars stock to the following projected rail
roads, and in the following amounts, to he paid in i
county bonds, viz: Northwestern Railroad $300,000, ‘
Tennessee and Alabama $200,000, Edgefield and lvcn- ‘
tucky $200,000. j
The Next Governor. —A correspondent of the Sa- \
vnnnah Georgian warmly urges the name of Judge ‘
E. Starnes, of Augusta, as a suitable candidate far Gov
ernor. The Georgians correspondent pays the Judge \
some very high, yet deserved compliment*.— Central * ;
! Georgian .
Supreme Court Judge. —John A. Campbell, Esq.,
! has taken the oath of office before Commissioner Owen,
; and is now Associate Judge of tho United States Su-
I premc Court,
| Cotton from Columbus. —We learn, say* the Savan
\ nah Republican 14th inst., that the first lot of cotton—36
* ball l *—ever received iu this city, by railroad from Colum-
I hus, arrived on Tuesday evening tost,consigned to Messrs,
j Wells & Durr. It is expected -that the receipts from
; that quarter, the next season, will reach a high figure.
John D. Field, jr., has been appointed nssayer of the
II branch mint nt Dhnlonega, Georgia, in place of M. F.
Stephenson, removed.
The Virginia Legislature has passed an apportionment
l bill giving the Whigs only the Accon a? district.
Important Irom Mexico,
New Orleans, April 13.
A messenger has arrived here, bearing the Tehuan
tepec (Sloo) Treaty, which was signed on the 20th alt.,
and ratified on the 28th.
Later Irom Mexico.
SANTA ANNA ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Advices have been received here from Mexico to the
19th ult., from which we learn that General Santa Anna
has been elected President of Mexico.
Later Irom Vera Cruz.
New Orleans, April 13.—Intelligence Ir-s just been
received from Vera Cruz, announcing the return of
Santa Anna. His reception was not cordial, and he
left immediately far his hacienda, near Jalapa.
Alabama Democracy. —Tho party waters are be
ginning to move. On the 29th nit., the democrats of
“Old Clarke” met and appointed delegates to attend a
meeting, which is to be held at Montgomery, on the lit
Monday of next month, to nominate a candidate for Gov
ernor.
The dclegatts appointed to attend the State conven
tion were also empowered to attend the District Con
vention to nominate a candidate far Congress.
The democrats of Marengo have held a convention
for similar purposes. They have expressed a preference
for Bragg for Congress.
The License Petition. —This petition, which was
proposed by the Atlanta Convention, is in circulation in
this county. We notice that it is receiving the name
of almost every voter living in the village ; but few to
whom it has been presented, have declined signing.
Among the petitioners we see the names of the only
two Retailers in the village. This speaks well for them,
and shows that they are not afraid to test their busi
ness by public opinion.— Ccn. Georgian.
—
Judge Stark. —We perceive by the last Jeffersonian
that Judge Stark offers his namo for re-election to the
Judgeship of the Flint Circuit. He does uot wait for
a party nomination, as he has known no party in the
oietrihution of justice, and in expounding the (aw.
Judge (Sunk has given great satisfaction to the people
ot liis district, and wc doubt not they will, by a large
majority, re-elect him—such, at least, would be but
justice to his merits.— Fed. Union.
! ‘
t •Senator Chapman. —The most furious man in Wash
ington—always excepting Mr. Senator John Pettit,
who flies into a momentary rage every time a flv alights
on his nose—is Mr. Chapman, of Indiana, the “crow.
Chapman, crow,” man. Something between him and
the administration has gone wrong, and it is ail groxet,
Chapman, growl, with him at the present writing.
[Delta.
The Legislature of Wisconsin have created anew
county ill that State, from St. Croix, which has been
! called Pierce emmy, in honor of the Pnsident.
An Oasis in the Desert.
The abolition disease is at the north, and must bo
cured, if cured at all, by the application of the knife by
a northern surgeon. We hail, therefore, every mani
festation of conservative sentiment in that quarter, as
“an Oasis in a desert.” The following article from tho
Detroit (Michigan) Free Press is as refreshing as a great
rock in a thirsty land, and gives promise of a healthier
public sentiment in future at the north. The Editor
very properly charges disunion sentiments and purposes
upon tho abolitionists who apply the fuel to the flame at
the south. This opinion is very forcibly sustained and
endorsed by President Pierce in his Inaugural. The
southern people have ever shown a commendable zeal
for the Union, and have in no ease manifested a repug
nance to it except when over dosed with the quack
medicines of abolitionists nnd manufacturers. There is,
therefore, no necessity for union homilies or farewell
addresses here. They are the proper remedies for
northern disease, and the Union quacks at the south
would find a much wider field for their practice if they
would emigrate to the north where the disunion dis
ease is epidemic. Here is the article :
[From the Detroit Free Press.]
A SCRAr OF HISTORY.
The history of tlle rise of slavery in the CTnit.d Stat-s
makes the people of the north equally with the people of
the south responsible for its existence. When the federal
compact was formed there was not a free state on the con
tinent. Each and every one of tile original thirteen held
slaves. Thus, slaveholding was one of the integral and
primary conditions of our confederation ; and was recog
nised by the constitution itself. Yet with this mark of
fallibility our country has grown in beamy, and grown as
no government ever grew before, until it is non- the won
der nnd the hope of the Chrisitan world.
We are led to these reflections by perusing an article In
the New York Democrat, having tor its put pose to do jus
tice to tho south. The people of the north do not remem
ber, when they assault the institutions of the south, that
the greatest sacrifices necessary to the formation of the
Union were made by the southern States. The revolu
tion had left the confederacy largely in debt, and when
the Union was finally established, there was no way of
meeting the first expenses of its new being. Virginia
responded to a call for aid, by the magnanimous cession
of her immense domain beyond the Ohio. The provisions
lor the settlement of this territory, and for tile survey mid
sale of the public lands, for the national relief, naturailv
included a temporary government for its term of minority,
and prospective arrangements for its final place in the
family of States ; and they were made in the broadest
spirit of liberty. Slavery was not then an element of sec
tional jealousy, and a common desire to limit its influence
actuated all the members of the Federal Union. It was
therefore decided, by universal consent, that it should not
be permitted to enter the future States norili of the Ohio ;
although for the protection of the slaveholders of other
States, it was expressly stipulated that fugitive slaves could
be reclaimed from the non-slaveholding States. Os all
tiie representatives present when this act passed Congress,
one only Mr. V ates, of New \ ork—voted against it:
and it became a law and precedent in tho land.
■Such aro some of the historical laets which exhibit South
ern philanthropy aud Southern statesmanship inavery
ditferent light from that iu which they have been held up
in the political harangues of fanatics ■ and it has now be.
ecune a vital question with tiie more sober and patriotic
citizo nsof tho north whether there shall not be a deter
mined and effectual resistance to the restless spirit of insult
and irritation which would open again the exasperating
issues that so long threatened the peace of the country.
The great national democratic party will wisely and firmly
abide by the constitution and the compromises. In its
pulley ot administrative justice, it knows no sectional divi
sions, only as they are [tarts of the common country, each
entitled to equal consideration and respect. The original
condition on which each State united in the federative
compact was, that tliei o should be no invasion of its popu
lar rights, or interference with the sovereign control of its
institutions. These, indeed, are well defined pledges of
the constitution ; and any persistent departure from its
principles would be a violation of good faith, and would
surely lead to disrupture.
e give [dace to these remarks, in view of an unmis
takable movement in the north to revive tlieold anti-slave
ry agitation. I'he demon of disunion has not been thor
oughly throttled. She is gathering her forces foranotber
onslaught upon |teaee and good order, and it behooves Un
democratic party to sound the alarm, meet the attack, and
beat back the motley crew who are following the black
banner of fanaticism.
More oi the Lola Montes
The New Orleans Crescent give the following parti
culars of the recent difficulty in the Varieties between
the pugnacious Countess and Mr. Rowe:
“It appears that Lola on the night in question, presum
ing in the privileges of the buskhie<l craft, as well as on
the blazonry of her distinguished title a$ Countess of
Lands Celt, had insinuated herself behind the scenes of live
theatre. Ir was at the moment that Miss Duee Barre
was daneing. Lola, not satisfied with seeing the dance
wished also to take a peep at the audience, and to tluit .-nd
ventured beyond the side-wings so as to place herself in
full view of a portion of the spectators in the boxes. Here
she commenced telegraphing some of the kid-glove beaux
in the boxes, and flourishing a bouquet , in a manner cals
dilated to draw the attention of many of the idlers there
about. Mr. Rowe, the prompter, (a gentleman well known
here f.. y more than a quarter of* century, and respected
alike far his conduct and for his age) exptetulatea with
Lola far this strange conduct, assuring her that it w*?s
likely to create confusion, etc., and requested her to dtsi-t.
This the fugacious Loll disregarded, and flying into a
towering passion, abused Mr. Rowe worse than a pick
pooxol. Uowo tried to quiet her, but it was no go! Her
blood was up and there she stood, uncorking the phials of
her inextinguishable wrath and pouring out jxissiou like
“A beau: iiul embodied storm.”
A m&ntonl ln't have been quieter than Rowe was, if he
had taken chloroform. He suffered iutUlt u}K>n injury,
and when she smote him on the right cheek (metaphysi
cally speaking) he turned to her the left also. Soon after
.vas enacted the kicking business first above referred to,
aud tiU'ti it was that the shrieks of Lola t rought to ht*r
rescue her agent, the young man ot twenty-five, first men
tioned, who choked Mr. Rowe, the oidI*of 1 *of man seteotv.
About this stage of affairs, a large crowd having col
lected around, attracted by the uusnal scene and by the
nn melodious haranguing ofthe pugnacious Lola—whose
language at the time savored of any kind but that pre
scribed iu the ritany—the fair w,‘Trios escaped from the
clutches of the police and went home to her downy pillow’
to repose—perhaps to sleep.”