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_ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27
Practical Results of a raise Philanthropy.
The 19ih century was distinguished-, during its first
quarter, by the advent of a class of meu known as
Philanthropists, who vainly imagined that it was possi
ble to reform and cure all the abases of government,
all the vices of social life, and all the intellectual, moral
and physical deformities and defects of humanity, by
act of Parliament. For fifty years this reforming pro
cess been in operation, and ‘ the result is before the
present generation in moustrous abortions and failures
in every quarter of the globe. It would be Interesting
and instructive to investigate tbe practical results of the
various reforms set on foot by file Howards, Clarksons
and Wilberforces, but our space compells us to restrict
our observations to one reform only—tho abolition of
slavery by England and Franeein their West India Pos
sessions. - ’
For thousands of years the negro race had vegitated
od the western coast of Africa, withoht advancing an
inoh in civilization, or adding the fiist idea to the gene
ral stock of knowledge, or affording the first example
of moral heroism, or even contributing the first article
to the commerce of tbe world by their industry, skill,
or enterprise. Cuffo lived and died, and left no sigh.
He was the same thriftless, improvident, stupid and
debased savage when America was discovered, that he
was during the reign of Pharaoh in Egypt, and was as
useless an incumbrance upon the ground as the wild
beasts of his native forests.
When -America was discovered there was a great
need of laborers, and the hardy pioneers who first
broke the slillaess of these western wilds with the noisy
tread of civilization, took the lazy Africans and com
pelled them to earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow. For long years the African slave trade was
not oDly tolerated, but encouraged and-participated in,
by Kings, Lords and Commons, and the whole world
began to feel tbe benefits of a system which made in
dustrious workers of a race of idle vagabonds, and the
class most benefited were the negroes themselves, who
began to improve as Boon as they commenced to work,
and have gradually advanced in civilization until they
are at this day confessedly a very useful portion of the
popnlation of the United States. By tbeir labor the
world is clothed and in part fed ; ships, freighted with
the products of their labor, furrow every Bea, and fac
tories, unexampled in splendor, employ millions of men
in its manufacture. Such is the history of slavery in
tho United States.
But this beneficent system fell under tbe ban of the
English and French Philanthropist, and because it did
not square with their notions of an abstract moral truth,
it was ruthlessly abolished, ami the ignorant and thrift
less slave was turned loose in the English and French
Anliilies to live.or die, to advance or retrograde as
chance might determine. Now let us note the prac
tical result of this insane and silly effort to make a free
man of a degraded savage.
“The first triumph of these theories,” we quote from
the New York Herald , “was witnessed in St. Domingo.
There a community, which in 1789 produced 145,000,-
000 pounds of sugar, 70,000,000 pounds of coffee, and
6,000,000 pounds of cotton, has been destroyed to the
industrial world, and its place has been filled only by
communities organized ou a similar social system. The
next triumph i3 exhibited in the West India colouies
of ail the Enropeau powers, except Spain. The change
in their social organization has reduced the production
of sugar in the English, French, Danish and Dutch
West Indies,since 1833, nearly one-half, precluding at
the same time any advance in tho culture of cotton.
Were these theories aud their attendant results to be
applied to the southern poition of the United Slates
and to the colonies of Spain, which still hold to the
system of involuntary negro labor, not only would they
be involved in social rum, but the shcck to industrial
England would be of the most disastrous magnitude.’.’
But tho degredation of the African race is not the
only, and perhaps not the least, evil of this wild phi
lanthropy.
Disappointed in the hope that the freed African would
oontinue to produce coffee, cotton and sugar, as under*
the old system, and even increase their contributions
to commerce, England and Franco have gone on a
cruise round the world, committing the most horrid
attrocities upon far distant and uneffendiug nations,
overturning governments, and setting up their own au
thority in their stead, for no other apparent purpose
than to find a soil, climate and labor with which they
cau successfully compete with sl.ive labor in the United
States in the production of our great staples; and even
consenting to enslave the coolies of Asia under the fie”
tion 6f an apprenticeship, which unfortunately, but sel
dom ever comes to an end, and is wanting in all the
humanities which temper African slavery, in the hope
of restoring the West Indies to their original fertility
and productiveness. Aud now that their long and ex
pensive experiment has ended in failure, the leading
minds of Great Britaiu have come to the conclusion
that without slave labor cotton cannot be produced
“with the certainty of purposa and regularity of result
neecssary for commercial purposes.’’
The London Times, the great organ of the merchants
and manufacturers, boldly announces, in commenting
upon Dr. Livingston’s discoveries, that “the one great
service which the world demands from the negro race is
the production of cotton and admitting that “the
white man seems unfitted- for labor under the peculiar
conditions of place and atmosphere requisite fur the cul
tivation of this necessary staple,” propounds the doubt
whether, even if were possible to transfer the scene ol its
production to Africa, “the negro will cultivate the soil
with the certainty of purpose and the regularity of result
necessary for commercial purposes.” It goes even fur
ther than this and asks “if the negro proprietor will not
employ tbe compulsory labor of slaves ?”
And this will be the end of the wild experiments
of a false philanthropy, except that the British pro
prietor instead of the “negro proprietor” “will employ
the compulsory labor of slaves,” if ever cotton is.
cultivated with any success in those favored regions of
Africa lately discovered and brought to the view of
European cupidity, by Dr. Livingston.
The humbug about the “abstract evil of slavery’’ will
soon come to an end. “Slavery in the abstract,” is
but the subjection of one mau to the will of another, for
the common good of both parties ; and the principle
of slavery is at the bottom of the relation between pa
rent and child, and, in a modified form, of that of hus
band and wife, aud is an element in all government,
and most rigidly enforced towards penitentiary convicts,
Innatics and idiots. There is no wrong, therefore, in
slavery in the abstract. If a man or race is incapable
of enjoying the privileges of freedom without injury to
himself and to society, ha is every where, aud iu all
countries, subjected to restraint and made to obey an
other, eithds in the form of master, or warden of a pen
itentiary, or superintendent of an Asylum, or wardeus
of the poor bouse.
Value of Crops per Acre.
Id the Report on the Finances, ISSS—C, is a state
ment exhibiting the number of acres employed in the
production of the different crops in the States and
Territories, their total product and value, together with
the product and value per acre, for the year 1850..
We append the last column in this table, value of crops
per acre, as an interesting piece of information to our
agricultural readers.
Hemp $38.04 ; Tobacco $20.9G ; Irish Potatoes
§26.30; Sweet do. $25.50 ; Rice $24.61 ; Sugar-$23.
71 ; Cotton $15.64 ; Orchards $15.45 ; Barley $12.99 :
Hay $10.62 1-2; Gardens $lO 56 ; Indian Corn $9.
55 ; Buckwheat §9 00 ; Rye §8.26 ; Wheat $8.21 ;
Peas and Beans $6.90 ; Oats $6.82 1-2 ; Flax $6.25 ;
Vineyards $1.77.
In order to elucidate these figures it is essential to
know bow much is the estimated product per acre, of
the crops valued. We therefore give these estimates,
also.
Hemp 634 lbs. ; Tobacco 499 3-8 lbs. ; Irish Pota
toes 65 3 4 bosh. ; Sweet Potatoes 51 bush. ; Rice
1,230 2-5 lbs.; Sugar 592 4-5 lb ; Cotton 195 1-5 lb ;
Orchards ; Barley 17 1-5 bush ; Hay 116
tons ; . Gardens
Buckwheat 51 bash ; Ryu 11 4-5 bush ; Wheat 9 1-8
bush ; Peas and Beans 9 15 bush ; Oats 19 1-2 bush ;
Flax 78 lbs ; Vineyards 3 1-2 qts.
Columbus Building and Loan Association.—Twenty
seventh installments: cash $2500; which sold as fol
lows: $3,000 at 40 per peat, and $12,00 at 39 pel
cent premium.
Revenue Statistics.
As considerable interest is now being felt on tho sub
ject of the revenue of the Federal Government, the
following statistics may not prove uninteresting. They
are sifted from the “Report on the Financea” for 1855
’56, and may be relied on :
Cost of Collecting the Revenue.—The aggregate
sum expended for construction, repairs, rent and pres*
trvafiop of Custom Houses, from June 30lh, 1825, to
30th June 1856, (31 years,) is $9,116,987 77; and
the aggregate coat and maintenance of revenue cutters
and other vessels for same service, is $7,970,045 68 ;
and all other expenses iocurred in the collection of
customs for same time, is $45,299,168 30 ; tbe two
latter sums making an aggregate of $55,969,213 98,
expended in the collection. The revenue collected from
customs, for the same time, is $1,023,116,676 55; and
taking the whole expenditure of $55,969,213 98, the
cost of collection has been less than 5 1-2 per sent.
It deserves to be noted that $4,738,968 17 were ex
pended on the Pacific coast, daring six years last pass
ed, owing to the high prices there, and the large sala
ries heretofore allowed, which has increased the cost of
collection. This extravagance, however, is necessarily
temporary.
During the last year, 1856, the gross amount of reve
nue collected from customs was $63,314,393 34; while
tho amount expended in construction, repairs, rent and
preservation of Coustcm Houses was $1,415,040 49 ;
in cost and maintenance of revenue .cutters and other
vessels, was $248,426 37 ; in other expenditure in the
collection of the customs, was $2,566,996 50 ; the two
latter sums making an aggregate of $2,815,422 87, or
a little or 4 1-2 per cent on.gross amount of revenue
collected from customs.
Number of Officers Employed in the Revenue
Service, South —Delaware, 8 at a cost of $3,757 93 ;
Marylaod, 133 at a cost*of $63,226 44; Virginia, 49
at a cost of $25,200 37 ; North Carolina, 38 at a cost
of $16,206 34; South Carolina, 49 at a cost of $22,
587 92; Georgia, 37 at a cost of $15,965 75; Ala
bama, 24 at a cost of $12,697 97 ; Mississippi, 3 at a
cost of $2,406 41 ; Florida, 32 at a cost of $18,423 24;
Louisiana, at a cost of 64,372 61 ; Texas, 19 at a
cost of $12,758 00 ; Kentucky, 1 at a cost of $1,003 95 ;
Tennessee, 3 at a cost of $4,065 00 ; Missouri, 11 at a
eosi of $7,087 22. Whole number of officers employ
ed by the Federal Government in the collection of
revenue in the 14 Southern States is 522, at a cost of
$268,759 35.
What Articles Pay the Revenue ?—Of the $63,-
314,393 37 collected from ousioms in 1856, the sum
of $47,168,850 05 was raised by duties on iron, steel,
silk, wool, hemp and flax, cotton, and manufactures
thereof, brandies, wines aud sugars, as follows :
Iron and Steel, and Manufactures thereof, $7,010,722 15
Manufactures of Wool, 8,835,366 40
Cotton 6,333,740 U 5
“ Silk 7,604,846 15
“ Flax 2,238,384 70
Hemp 50,746 00
Articles made ol wool, cotton, silk, flax
or hemp, not classified 2.745,683 10
Sugar 6,761,595 90
Wines 2,718,423 20
Brandies 2,859,342 00
Total $47,168,850 05
The Price ol Cotton as Affected by
Tariffs.
It is a favorite argument with the advocates of Direot
Taxation, that the price of cotton rises under a low,
and falls under a high Tariff. We do not question the
accuracy of this statement, but so many other things
affect the price of cotton—as amount of crop, condition
of the money market, demand for cotton manufactu
res, pease and war, et cetera —that it is a matter of im
possibility to appreciate the inflenea of tariffs upon it,
as we shall proceed to show.
In the Report on the Fioanees 1855—6, page H 4,
will be found a table, giving the quantity and value of
cotton exported annually from 1821 to 1856, molusive.
We quote the following interesting statistics from that
table :
Year. Pounds Cotton Exported. Price.
IS2I - . . 124,893,405 . . 16.2
1822 . . 144.675,095 . , 16.6
1823 . . 173,723,270 . . 11.8
1824 . . 142,369,663 . . 15.4
1825 . . 176,449,907 . . 20.9
1826 . . 204,535,415 . . 12.2
1827 . . 294.310,115 . . 10
IS2B . . 210,590,463 . . 10.7
1829 . . 204,837,15 G . . 10
18.50 . . 298,459,102 . . 9.9
1831 . . £76,079,784 . . 9.1
1832 . . 322,215,122 . . 9.8
1533 . . 324,698,604 . . 11.1
1834 . . 354,717,£07 . . 12.8
1835 . . 357,355,992 . . 16.8
1836 . . 423,631,307 . . 16 8
1837 . . 444,211,537 . . 14.2
1533 . . 595,952,297 . . 10.3
1839 , . 413,624,212 . . 14.8
1840 . . 743,941,061 . . 8.5
1841 . , 530,204,100 . . 10.2
1842 . . 584,717,017 . . 8.1
1843 . . 702.297,10 G . . 6.2
1844 . . 663,633,455 . . 8.1
1845 . . . 872,905,996 . . 5.92
1846 . . . 547,558,055 . . 7.81
1547 . . . 527,219,958 . . 10.34
1848 . . . 814,274,431 . . 7.61
1849 . . . 1,026,602,269 . . . 6.4
ISSO . . . 635,381,604 . . 11.3
1851 , . . 927,227,089 . . . 12.11
X. 552 . . . 1,093,230,639 . . 8.05
1853 . . 1,111,570,3T0 . . 9.85
1854 . . . 987,833,106 . . . 9.47
1855 . . 1,008,424,601 . . 8.74
1856 . . 1,351,431,701 . . . 9.49
Now, let it be noted, that in 1828, the Protective Ta
riff was passed, which was so odious as to bo called the
Bill of Abominations ; that in 1833, the Compromise
act was passed,-which reduced all duties down to 20 per
cent ; that in 1542, the Whig Protective Tariff was pass,
ed, which was'almost as odious as the bill of abomina
tions, and that in 1846, the Democratic Taaiff was pass
ed, which reduced all duties on protected goods to 30 per
cent., and under, and that the same is now in operation ;
and we think it will puzzle any one, to show that high
tariffs or low tariffs, produce any appreciable affect upon
the prioe of cotton. For instance ;—under the tariff of
1846, tho price of cotton varied from 6.4 c per pound to
12.11 c. per pound ; and under the tariff of 1842, the
price varied from 5 92c to B.lc ; and under the tariff of
1828 the price varied from 9.1 to 10.7 e. Again, under the
mostodious of tariffs, that of 1828, the price of cotton nev
er was lower than 9.1 c. per pound ; while under the most
liberal tariff, that of 1846, the price fell down as low as
6.40. per pound.
By reference to the table, above given, it will be seen
that the size of the crop has more to do with the price
than the tariff. For instance :—the price of cotton fell
from 10.34 c. in 1847, when only 527,219,958 pounds
were produced, to 6.4 c. in 1849, when 1,026,602,269
pounds were produced :—and again rose to 11,3 c. in
1850, when only 627,145,141 pounds were produced ;
tho same tariff being in force during the three periods ;
aad compare also, the price in 1835,16.8 c., Bhcrtly after,
the Compromise act of 1833, was passed, and the price
iu IS4O, Bc., when important deductions in the rate of
duties had been made, under that act. In 1837, the pro
duction was only 387,358,992 pounds ; in 1840, it was
743,941,061.
There are valid and irrefutable arguments against high
as well as protective tariffs, but they cannot be found in
the tables of the prices of cotton. It is too important an
article of commerce, and is affected by too many and such
divers causes to feel the effects of vicious tariff legislation
in an appreciable manner.
Cold Weather.— Sunday, 13th inst., was the oold
est day of the season. During the whole day the wind
blew steadily from the North, and the ground was fro
zen from sun to sun. On the following night the
Mercury stood 8 deg, above zero, Fahrenheit. It ia
the general conviction that never since the oold Satur
day of 1535, has the weather been so oold in (his lati
tude. What is the Howard Association doing for the
i poor during these terrible days ?
The Alain Trunk and Brunswick Railroad
Negotiation.
It is known to most of our readers that the Presi
dent and Directors of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
or Main Trunk Railroad company, and the President
and Directors of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad
company, met in conference at Macon on tho 12th
January, for the purpose of negotiating a transfer of the
rights of the Brunswick company to their “location”
west of the initial ;>oint of beginning of the Main Trunk
road. The negotiation was adjourned to Savannah,
January 17th, and closed by tin.* adjournment of the
Brunswick company sine die ou the same day, when
the Boards of Directors of the two companies were, as
it seems from the correspondence published in the Sa
vannah Neais 20tb, on the point of coming to terms.
The initial point of the Main Trunk, cast, the line of
extension westward, the terms of the release by the
Brunswick and Florida company to the Atlantic and
Gulf company, and indeed every mooted question had
been agreed upon by tbe two Boards, except the time
of commencing and completing the work between the
initial point, and the Allapaba, when the Directon of
the Brunswick and Florida road suddenly adjourned
and put an end to the negotiation. Upon a thorough
review of the whole correspondence, we are forced to
the conclusion that the Brunswick company are deter
mined to defeat the Main Trunk Road at all hazzards,
and that their pretended negotiation was alt a sham.
It will remain for the next Legislature to consider
whether a company composed mainly of New Yorkers
shall be allowed to defeat a great State work which,
when completed, will add millions to the wealth and
greatly inorease the population of tbe State.
rFrom the Chronicle & Sentinel ]
Rumored Defalcation—Sinoular Correspondence.—
We find in the Columbus Sun, the following correspon
dence, which is rather a remarkable production, taken in
connection with the fact, that Mr. Patten is reported to be
a delimiter to a very large amount. Rumor variously es
timates the sum as high as two hundred thousand dollars
and upwards. What say the Savannah and Columbus pa
lters, have they no information on the subject ? The pub
lic would like to know whether Georgia has rivaled New
York in “ Schuylerism
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10, 1857.
To the President of the Marine Bank of Ga ,
Dear Sir—My private business demands so much of my
attention that I am compeiledjo tender the Bank my resig
nation as agent in this city. It will afford me much plea
sure to render any assistance in my power towards closing
up the business. Yours,
R.. Patten.
Agency Marine Bank, )
Columbus, Jan. 10, 1857. $
R. Patten, Esq :
Dear Sir—Your resignation as Agent of this Bank is
received and accented. We shall be happy to have your
aid in closing up the outstanding business of the agency.
We regret that circumstances render your resignation nec
essary. Respectfully,
W. P. Hunter, Cashier.
We copy the foregoing from the Chronicle <j- Sen
tinel, 21st inst. “Tbe Columbus papers” have this to
say : That they have yet to learn that the officers of
the Marine Bank have charged Richard Patten, Esq.,
with “Sehuylerism” or any other crime. It will be
time enough for newspapers, we think, to impeach pri
vate character when those most interested are prepar
ed to make and sustain the charge. Until then, a de
oent respeot for the courtesies of life should restrain the
press from a wanton aspersion of the character of a
man who for years has sustained ait unblemished repu
tation for every virtue which exoults human nature.
Mr. Patten may have failed, and probably has, but what
business man is beyond the reach of similar misfortune ?
In due time, the officers of the Marine Bank will, we
presume, make an exhibit of the condition of the Co
lumbus Agency. Until then we are content to keep
silent, and commend our coarse to the imitation of the
Chronicle ij- Sentinel and Savannah Republican.—
Whatever may be the result, we feel authorized to say for
Mr. P. that tbe last dollar he has in tho world will be
surrendered to meet his liabilities.
Strawberry War.
Mr. Peabody’s new seedling strawberry, “seven inch
es in circumference, of exquisite flavor, aud oapable of
being transported 1200 miles without souring,” has
excited tbe envy of the Cincinnati horticulturists, and
they are down upon our neighbor “like a thousand of
brick.” A writer in the Southern Cultivator for Janu
ary, under address of Cincinnati, Ohio, says t “Our
best strawberries require a spring cart to carry them
even in small baskets a mile or more to market;’’ and
therefore ooncludes that an article, like Mr. Peabody’s,
“that can be carried 1200 miles by a wagon, railroad
and steamboat without mashing,” “bears a character
more tht a a ispieious.” We believe Mr. Longwortlt,
of Cincii nat, Ohio, has a strawberry called “L:ng
worth’s piolifij,” which he has puffed into notoriety.
If they require “a spring cart to carry them even in
small baskc- s a mile or more to market,” we are not at
all surprised that he or his friends should envy Mr. Pea
body’s extrattdinary success in the strawberry culture,
and attempt to depreciate their value of bis haulbois.
Seeing is believing. Wa have tasted Mr. Peabody’s
fruit aad pronounce it equal to any strawberry we have
ever seen. “For siza, beauty, flavor and luxuriance of
plant,” in the language of Dr. Fiiggins, ot this city,
“we have never seen a strawberry to compare with
Mr. Peabody’s Ilautbois seedling.” This whole com
munity can testify to the fact that Mr. p. furnishes our
market with bushels of fine strawberries during their
season from his plantation five miles front town. Fur
ther informatics; can be obtained from Macon and Sa
vannah, Ga., and front Montgomery, Ala., and also
from Thorburn, of New York, as to the success of Mr.
P. in the strawberry culture.
Right Rev. Thos. F. Scott. —The Bishop of Ore
gon, arrived in this oily on tbe 24th inst., and will re
main here a few days. We are glad to find him in good
health. We understand he will address his former
parishioners and friends, at the Episcopal Church, to
morrow (Wednesday) evening, on the prospects of Ore
gon and his present mission.
Price of Negroes. —Yonng fellows sold for SISOO
and women from eleven to thirteen hundred dollars, in
Montgomery, Ala., en the 19th inst. —half cash, bal
ance in one year.
Acknowledgments. —Hon. A. Iverson, Hon. Martin
J. Crawford, and Hon. J. A. Thomas, Assistant Sec
retary of State, United States, will accept our thanks
for valuable documents.
Railroad to Euvabla. —We learn from the Spirit
of the South, 20th inst., that Eufaula has raised the
amount required, $300,000, to secure the extension of
the South western Railroad to the east bank of the
Chattahoochee river opposite that ihriving town. •
Heaw Fall of Snow. —On the night of the 23d
inst., we were visited by a fall of snow 1 1-2 to 2 inches
deep. Young America is out in full feather, and no
good natured fellow can cross the streets without draw
ing their fire.
The Next United States Senate. —Within the last
week Dine Senators have been chosen to the Senate
of the United States from eight States, and before the
end of the present session of Congress nine more will
probably be chosen, to fill full or partially expired terms.
Os the nine just chosen, four are Democrats and five
Republicans. The probable political complexion of the
Senate on the 4th of March next, if all the vacancies
are filled as expected, will be as follows : Democrats
37 ; Republicans 20 ; Americans 5.
An Assault in Congress. —The notorious Lewis D.
Campbell, of Ohio, recently made an assault upon Mr.
Rust, of Arkansas, in the U. S. House, of Representa
tives. The interferenoe of Mr. A. K. Marshall, of
Iventuoky, prevented any damage from being done.
Fire in Tuskegee, Ate.—We learn from the Re
publican, that on the 2lst instant, a fire broke out in
the large Masonic Hall of Tuskegee, which burnt that
whole building, and a small house adjoining occupied
by Mr. Price as a law office and Mr. Seott as a tailor’s
shop. The Masonia building was of three stories, the
upper story a Masonio Lodge, the middle a Temperance
Hall, and the lower story occupied by Messrs. Clopton
<fc Ligon, Gachet & Menafee, and T. B. Nneholls, as
law offices. The books and furniture of the offices
were saved, but everything was consumed in the Tern
perauoe and Masonic halls. Whole loss estimated at
$7,950.
For the Times and Sentinel.
Cabinet Appointments—William L* Yancey,
Messrs. Editors:— The political and personal.friettds of
distinguished statesmen, in several States of the Union, are
pressing their claims to Cabinet appointments, with an im
portunity which surprises us. It is certain that some o
them must be disappointed, for there are more aspirants
thaa offices. We are very much gratified that Georgia has
p eterred no claim to ministerial honore. If the President
shall sec fit to call to his councils any one of our
many distinguished statesmen, the State will duly appre
ciate the compliment; but if he can find elsewhere worth
ier and abler advisers, very Tittle disappointment will be
experienced by the political .friends of our distinguished
statesmen, and still less by themselves. No Georgia states
man would feel particularly flattered by the bestowment
of any otlice in the gift of the Executive, but il their ser
vices are required by him, no one of them, we feel confi
dent, would decline the labors and responsibilities ol a
Cabinet Appointment. Ministerial offices belong emphat
ically to that class which a good citizen ought neither to
seek nor decline when tendered to him by the chief of his
party. They are at best but higher grades of Clerkship,
and, in our judgment, very far superior to a seat in Con
gross, in station, dignityjand usefulness. No man can fill
them with credit to himself or usefulness to the country,
who is not commited to the principles and ‘policy of the
chief under whom they are’accepted. President Jackson
was right—“thecabinet must be a unit” to be either harmo
nious or efficient, and this unity can only be secured by
leaving the President perfectly free in the .selection of his
own constitutional advisers. He is responsible to the
country for the prudence and wisdom with which they dis
charge their duties. All, therefore, that the party can de
mand of him is, that his appointees shall be capable, hon
est, and devoted to the Democratic construction of the
constitution.
Entertaining these views, we have been mortified at the
indiscreet zeal witit which parlizans of certain distinguish
ed statesmen have urged their claims to Cabinet appoint
ments. It is unjust to the President elect, and not compli
mentary to the gentlemen who are thus ’placed before the
country as suppliants at the footstool of Federal power for
honors aud spoils.
Take the case of William L. Yancey, of Alabama. His
fame as an orator an 1 statesman is coextensive with
the Union. Asa popular leader he has no equal in the
South. His private and political integrity are the prido
and boast of his political, as well as itis personal friends.
He would adorn Senatorial robes, A large portion of the
Southern Democracy regard him as their political leader
and guide; and alone, of all the present race of Southern
statesmen, worthy to fill the seat in the capitol made va
cant by the death of Calhoun. Any administration ought
to feel itself honored by bis acceptance of office under it,
and wo feel quite sure that his sanction would commend
any administrative measure to the .favorable consideration
of as large and as public spirited a portion of the Southern
people as that of any other statesman who has been men
tioned in connection (with Cabinet appointments. And
yet, the indiscreet zeal ol his friends in Alabama, is having
a tendency to produce the impression that he is a seeker of
Federal appointment! We hope they will temper their zeal
It would be a condescension in Mr. Yancey to accept any
portfolio in any Cabinet, and entirely beneath him to fill
the lower places to which he 13 assigned by Cabinet build
ers. His true mission is to lead Southern opinion and to
lean upon the bosom of the Southern ’people for support,
and also for position; and notwithstanding all the noise
that has been made about his appointment to a place in the
Cabinet, we very capitally doubt whether he would accept
any office from the President elect, il he were to lay the
whole of them at his feet. Like the old Earl of War
wick, heis a “King-maker,” and not the tool of Kings.—
With all our admiration of the man, and our inherited
friendship, we should regret to see him dwarfed into a
Cabinet Secretary. He has a higher and nobler destiny.
ABBEVILLE.
Washington Correspondent—Continued.
Sugar Statistics.
Washington, Jan. 13.
I have alreedy written my usual length, and have, there
fore, left myself but little space for the Sugar Statistics
promised in my last. I had designed to show, from the
general short crops of sugar in most of the sugar growing
countries of tho world, that there is but little prospect of
any diminution in prices for some time at least. I will con
tent myself by giving yonr readers a brief tabular statement
showing the quantity cf Sugar exported from Havana and
Matanzas to all countries during eleven months of 1856
compared with that for same period in 1855; the facts be
ing derived from an official document very recently pub
lished in Havana.
Comparative Statement,
Exhibiting the export of sugar from Havana and Matanzas
from January Ist, up to November 7th, in the years 1855
and 1856:
1855. 1856.
Boxes. Boxes.
United States 296,344 273,651
Great Britain 52,689 21,748
British Channel
Baltic Ports 3,298 21,492
Hamburg 48,969 36,544
Bremen 3,228 7,754
Holland 15,014 8,999
Belgium 36,923 16,765
France 157,748 74,488
Spain 243,148 187,738
Italy and Trieste 26,746 47,362
Other Ports 56,412 38,758
Total 1,233,445 995,840
The above statement shows a falling off of 237,605 boxes
in the exportation of 1856 as compared with that of 1855
and the diminution in the crop of the former year was in
about equal proportion.
At the date of the statement (Nov. 7th, 1856,) stocks in
Havana were reduced to 172,000 boxes, and not more than
30,000 boxes remained in the interior.
In the portsofGreat Britain, as well as in the other ports
of Europo, stocks of Sugar were, at the latest dates, nearly
the same as at the same date in 1855. The London Ga
zette average price of sugar in December, 1856, was 35a. 3Sd.
($8.47c ) per cent —at same date last season 48s. 81d. (sll.-
68i-e.) per cent. At the principal ports in the United King
dom of Great Britain, duty was paid in 1856 on 6,100,000
cwt., or 683,200,000 lbs. ©f sugar, and in 1855 on 6,600,000
cwt. In 1856, at the ports in the United States, duty was
paid 473,760,000 lbs.
Washington, Jan. 14.
Gen. Thomas F. Bowie, of Maryland, replied yesterday
to the speech of his colleague, H. W. Davis, recently de
livered in the House. At all times, and on every occasion,
eloquent and forcible, this distinguished Marylander has
fully redeemed his State from the odium of affiliation with
the Black Republicans which Davis has made it a point, it
would seem, to fasten upon it, from the first moment he
occuped afseat in the National Councils. Let Baltimore
redeem the pledge made in its behalf by Genera] Bowie,
and it may regain the confidence of its sister Southern
States, which it has justly forfeited by its equivocel position
during the past year. An unconditional repudiation of its
Black Republican representation and an honest avowal
before the country that he is “not the man they took him
for,’’ will be a condition precedent to this result. General
Bowie’s reply was more than this sensitive young gentle
man could stand, and he was observed shortly jailer, its
commencement to make tracks from the Hail.
Judge Iverson has achieved quite a triumph in the final
passage of the Naval Reform Bill. It is not precisely-as
he would like to have it, but it will accomplish all that
he could have desired. He stood by it faithfully and sus
tained it with untiring vigor. The vote was 159 for, and
50 against the bill. I enclose you, for reference, a copy as
it passed the House.
Hon. James Fowler Simmons has been elected United
States Senator from Rhode Island vice Hon. Charles 2’.
James, whose term expires on the third day of March
next. Mr. Simmons ha3 already served one term (from
1811 to 1847) in the Senate.
BRUTUS.
Washington, Jan. 15.
The Revolutionary Claims bill, is the question now
before the Senate, and several very able speeches have
been delivered, and will still be heard, on the general
merits of this subject. Senator Seward’s speech oov
ers the whole history of Revolutionary claims, and
whatever may be the opinion as to the New York
Senator’s views in reference to the bill under oonßidera
lion, all admit that the speech, itself, is of the highesi
historical merit. The truth is, Mr. Seward is the Ajax*
of the Black Republican forces, and all his parliaments
ry efforts, outside of his favorite topio, negro slavery,
arc stamped with the genuine marks of intellectual pre
eminence. There is ae much difference between Sow
ard and Hale, in this regard, as there is between Edwin
Forrest and Dan Rice.
Mr. Stephens’ recent speech is mado the subject of
some severo comments in the Washington Correspon
dence of the Richmond Enquirer. 1 must confess my
inability to perceive the justice or propriety of the crit
icism. Mr. Stephens is now with us and of us—a
member of the national Democratic party —without
any desite, and surely without any motive, to revive
exploded doctrines, or obsolete heresies, or mingle with
the pare principles of his present faith, the strange
phantasies of idolatrous worship. If I comprehend
his late elaborate and eloquent spoeoh—and I have read
it very carefully—its general principles are sound, and
its arguments conclusive. And when Southern pa
papers arraign Mr. Stephens for past opinions, they
should remember that the honesty and boldness with
which he repudiated them when he became convinced
of their dangerous tendency, is, of itself, the best evi
dence of the sincerity with which they were mentioned.
Mr. Stephens has done his oountry good service, and, 1
am sure, will oomiuue to enjoy tho entire confidence
of the national Democracy.
Mr. Toombs’ speech on tho Revolutionary Claims
bill, is highly commended by the press generally, for
its close logic and lucid illustration. 1 had not the
pleasure of being present at its delivory, but have been
told by a gentleman who heard it, that tho honorable
Senator’s able argument needed not the extraneous aid
of a little snappishness of manner, especially when
a remark was interposed by Mr. Iverson, not exactly
tallying with the speaker’s views ol the question. Mr.
Toentbs, however, ably sustained his side of the, debate,
with what effect remains to be seen.
It is now the general opinion that whoever may be
selected to succeed Mr. Marcy in tho State Department,
[Gen. Cass, or Howell Cobb] will invite Gait. Thomas
to coutinne in his prosent position of Assistant Secre
tary of State. The large experience of this distinguish
ed gentleman in the examination and discussion of
grave questions of international law, the admitted ability
with which he discharged the delicate and responsible
duties devolving upon him as agent and counsel of tho
United States in tho mixed commission of London,
his familiarity with the details of the general duties of
the Department—for which it is known he has exhibit
ed, during the eighteen months he has filled his pres
ent position, a peculiar adaptation, as well from his su
perior intellectual training, as from his fixed habits of
application and industry, will reuder his co-operation of
eminent servioe to the incoming Premier. Mr. Bu
chanan may, however, deem the abilities of Mr. Thom
as more beneficially employed in the servioe of his
country, abroad—such, at least, is the opinion of sever
al leading and informed democrats, from New York.—
Should this be so, our country will be represented by
a gentleman possessing the qualifications of mind and
temper which Richelieu believed indispensable to the
successful diplomatist. And Co], Mann, if he accepts,
will be invited back again to his old position. This
gentleman has devoted his best days to the service of
the goverement, in several diplomatic positions, and the
contingency adverted to would be hailed by the South
with universal satisfaction. More anon, on this sub
ject.
Mr. Buohanan is expected early next month.
BRUTUS.
“Seward’s ability makes his treason to the Constitution
the more damnable. Besides, he onoe lived in Georgia,
and cannot but know that there is no truth in the slan
ders us the Abolitionists.— [Eds. T. & S.]
Candidate for Governor.
The North Georgia Times commenting upon somo
remarks of ours about the oaodidate of the Democratic
party for next Governor, says :
We admire the spirit of our cotemporary of the Times.
The gentlemen above named are all worthy of the highest
confidence, and any one of them would do credit to the
State as its chief magistrate. But in expressing our prefer
ence for Cherokee’s favorite son, we do more than express
an individual preference for one of our own section of the
State. We express a sentiment that is common among
the democracy of Cherokee. The reasons for urgiug the
name of the Hon. John H. Lumpkin, before the nomina
ting convention, are most obvious and conclusive. The
Cherokee counties cast over one-filth of the intire demo
cratic vote es the State, and it is upon them that the de
mocracy have always relied; and when united, the party
has always triumphed. Whatever may be said of the pop
ularity of the other gentlemen, we know that Judge Lump
kin can more effectually unite tho Cherokee democracy,
and we confidently believe the democracy of the State,
than any ntaa that can be selected. He is in every way
qualified forthe duties of the station, and is a man in whom
all cia-sea would have the utmost confidence.
We would not urge Judge Lumpkin’s claim to the get
ting up strife between sections, but the democracy of
Cherokee, never having presented a candidate for Gover
nor, feel that they may claim something on this score from
their brethren of the middle and lower portions of the State,
in behalf ol their candidate.
Religion North and South.
The following striking appeal to the Christian charity
and sober sense of the clergy of the Northern Methodist
Church, forms a part of a letter from the editor of the
Nashville Christian Advocate to Bishop Morris, of Ohio :
“ Will you, reverend sir, interpose ? Will you and
your colleagues throw oil upon the troubled waters, and
strive to cairn and quiet the prejudices of such of your
preachers and people as are warring against the interests
of the Church of Christ ? They know not whereof they
affirm. They do not kuow the condition of the South ;
they are unacquainted with the elements of Southern
society. Thousands of the citizens of the North are mis
led by designing meu, who ealer to their passions and
prejudices. They judge slavery by the representations of
irresponsible writers, who caricature southern institutions
and slander Southern Christians. Will they he persuaded
to let us alone ? We are doing a great work. We
preach Christ, and not politics. We are looking after
the sheep in the wilderness, not as wolves, to scatter, tear
and slay, but as shepherds, to feed aud provide for the
flock of Christ. You have full enough to employ all your
men and your means in instructing the horde of igno
rant and infidel men who throng yonr cities, skirt your
prairies, dwell upon your sea and lake shores, build your
railroads, digyonr ditches, and servo as menials in the
houses and on the farms of yonr wealthy citizens.
“What is yonr Church doing for tbe free blacks at the
North ? Sir, I was surprised when I looked at the sta
tistics of your Cincinnati conference. The returns show
that you have in the bounds of that conference 98 color
ed members I My dear sir, how in my thousands of
colored persons live in your great Queen City, to say
nothing'of the country around ?—and with all the sym
pathy of your preachers and people for the black men,
you have less than 100 members in your whole confer’
ence. Compare Cincinnati with the city of Charleston
a city with perhaps a population not one-third so great
as yours—and there yon will find a colored Membership
in the Methodist church,„f not less than 5,000 ! In the
South Carolina confer nee alone, there are not less than
45,000 colored people in communion with the church !
Weil may I ask, Who cares for the souls of the negro l
Ah, sir, it is easy to say, Be yo warm, and be ye fed ;
hut the good Samaritan ministers to the wants of the
suffering. Say to your brethren, ‘Let them alone ; they
are following the example of Jesus and the instructions
of the inspired Apostles. Let them alone! and go and
preach the Gospel to your own poor,’ ”
A Perpetual Governor.— lt seems that owing to the
blundering of the last Legislature of Mississippi, that State
has a perpetual Governor. The Natchez Free Trader of
Tuesday last, says:
“In his late message to the Legislature on this subiect
which we publish *this morning, Governor Mcßae savs
that he is Governor tor life. We should have no objection
to his being Governor ot Mississippi for many years to
come; but the organic law of the State provides that the
Governor shall be elected every two years. But it seems
that the botch;wcrk of the legislature of 1354,in submitting
changes to the Constitution, having managed to make the
term of governorship perpetual,and no one can tell when
the offic|al term of the Judges and members of the Lems
lature will expire. The whole affair is in mud, and “for
ourself we can’t see who is to decide the point in ques-
Conviction of a Fraudulent Banker.— C. Maitland
James has been convicted at Chicago of being concern
ed in fraudulent banking, and sentenced to the Stato
Prison for ten years. The faots of the ease are given
in the Chioago Press of the 10th inst., from which it
appears that it was proved on trial that the bills issued
by this concern, purporting to be issued by the “Ameri.
can Exchange Bank of Georgetown, D. C.,” were
fraudulent, there being no such institution, nor has
snch ever existed.
What the French Say.- The French editors are
beginning to open their eyes to the fact that the United
States are wielding no little influence abroad. They
think we are a great Christian power, whose affairs can
not any longer be separated from those of Europe; thal
we possess the position, the condition of possessing
great military means by land and sea, and that we
have vital interests in common with those of Europe.
Death of * Clergyman. -The Rev. Charles S Walk
liid ‘ Carol ' na _ Con! 'eronee, Spartanburg Circuit
died in Spartanburg S. C., on Sonday last. He was ,
irother of R. D. Walker, Esq , of Savannah, and has nu-
Uon'iu S Ceor'’m aniJ acquamtauce3 ia Methodist oonnec-
Illness of Mr. Biddings.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Mr. Giddings, of Ohio,
while speaking in the House this morning, fell to tin
floor aud was taken up in an insensible coddition. —
The attack was a.similar one to that which he expe
t ienced during the previous session.
No business of importance was transacted to-day, iu
either branch of Congress.
Minnesota Legislature.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—The Legislature of Minnesota
met on the 7th. John B. Brisiin was elected president
of the council. The House was not organized at the
latest dates.
Ihe Pennsylvania Senatorial (Election.
Harrisburg, San. 14—A protest against the election
of Hon. Simon Cameron to the United States Senate
was offered in both houses of the Legislature 10-day.
It was postponed in the Senate, but in the House a
motion to record it failed—no quorum vuliug on tht
question.
New Jersey Legislature.
Trenton, Jan. 13.—The Legislature of New Jersey
organized to day. A. R. Spee, Democrat, of Middle
sex, was chosen president of the Senate, and Mr
Chamberlin, Democrat, ol Hunterdon, Secretary. An
drew Dutcher, Democrat, of Morris, was elected Spea
ker of the House, aud Win. Dorman, of Gloucester,
Clerk.
Receipts of Cotton.
New Orleans, Jan. 10. —The receipts of cotton the
present season at all tho ports reach one million six hun
dred and fifty thousand bales, which is an increase over
the receipts of any previous year, excepting the last.
The shipments to England from this port the past week
were 13,000 bak-s.
Massachusetts Senator.
Boston, Sin. 14.—1n the Senate the vote for Uni
ted States Senator was taken, and resulted in the un
animous ohoioe of lion. Chas. Summer. Every mem
ber of the Senate was in his seat, and tho vote was,
therefore, a full one, Mr. S. was chosen on the part
of the House last week.
Black Republican aad Know Nothing Fusion.
The telegraph brings us the unwelcome intelligence
of the defeat of the Democratic nominee for U. S. Se
nator, OJ. Forney, before the Pennsylvania Legislature,
and the election of Simon Cameron, the Fusion candi.
date. We regret thedoleatof Col. Forney, as a loss to
the Democratic party, aud a disappointment to the Pres
ident elect. We regret it because he would have been a
strong pillar of support tp the administration of Mr. Bu
chanan, and an industrious and useful member of the
Senate. We regret it because it is the defeat of a party
of constitutional principles in a Slate which has made, in
the late Presidential contest, a gallant and successful
struggle to rid itself of tbe dominion of anti-slavery
demagogues and anti slavery fanatics. The Democratic
party ol the whole country will regret it as the defeat of
a faithful and talented leader. The successful candidate
of this foul coalition, Simon Cameron, is a renegade Dem
ocrat, who is in every respect, the inferior of his defeat
ed rival -.-Constitutionalist, 15 th.
Delaware Senators.
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 14.—James Bayard and M.
W. Bates were nominated at Dover, last night, lor U.
S. Senators, the former for the long term. The vdle
stood 16 to 8, The election is fixed for this afternoon.
Missouri Senatorial Election.
St. Louis, Jan. 13.—Tbe Legislature yesterday, on
joint ballot, elected Jas. S. Green, (Dem.,) to the U. S.
Senate for the short lerni. The vote stood, Green 89 ;
Benton 34 , Kcnnett 32.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Milwaukie, Jan. 10 —A train of cars on the Mil
waukie and La Crosse Railroad was thrown from the
track ou Monday, by the heavy accumulation of ice on
the rails. One car was demolished and three persons
killed.
Heavy Forgery.
Loston, Jan. 14,—The name of Daniel Despin has
been forged to a large amount. Thirty thousand dol
lars of his forged paper has been found among the as
sets of the defunct “Canton Bank,” at China, Maine,
now in possession of the Boston Bauk. No farther
particulars are known.
Severe Storm Raging Northward.
Augusta, Jan. 20.— A tremendously severe sleet
storm has been raging North aud also at Wilmington
on Monday. No train has come from Weldon, N. C.,
since then. Tho telegraphic wires are also down and
we cannot learn the full causes of the detensioa. Every
body here speaks of the sadden eoverity of the weath
er all over the country.
Garland Acquitted
New Orleans, Jan. 17.—Garland, the defaulting
City Treasurer, has had his trial and was acquitted.’
Elections.
Cokeskury,S. C.—The following gentlemen were elect
ed Intendant and Wardens of Cokesbury,S. C.,at an elec
tion held on the 10th instant:
Intendant. —Rev. Joel Townsend.
Wardens —Rev. 11. W. Ledbetter, Rev. G. H.
Round, Rev. W. Wightmau, Rev. W. C. Power.
Nicaraguan Meeting.
New Orleans, Jan. 20.—A large meeting of the
sympathisers with Walker is being held to-night,-
There is great enthusiasm.
Mexican Robberies and Rebellions.
New Orleans, Jan. 20.—Late news from Mexico
ooutains accounts of numerous mail robberies and ru
mors of rebellions. Gadson (Gadsden ?) was robbed
on his way to Vera Crtjz. The last American mail
for the City of Mexico was also robbed.
o"Tbe depot buildings, machine shops, etc., of the
Georgia Central Company in Savannah, covers 37 acres
of ground, and cost $400,000.
‘1 lie Augusta & Savannah Railroad last year paid
$1,025 90 for stock killed on the line on their road.
Lectures iu Charleston.
William Gilmore Sims will deliver a course of lec
tures in Charleston, 3. C., during the last days of
January, at the earnest solicitations of many of the
leading citizens of that city, who say “that in extending
this invitation to you, wo are governed not simply by
the instruction and delight anticipated from any course
of leotures you would be pleased to prepare, but also
from a strong desire, to give some feeble token of our
high admiration and esteem, of one, who as an author, has
both vindicated and illustrated his State, alike by’ the
creations of his genius and the extent and depth of his
researches ; one of whom we are equally proud as man,
patriot and writer. We would acknowledge the deb
if we cannot pay it.”
Marino Losses and Disasters*
Boston, Jan. 20.—The ship Cerissa, from Calcutta
was wrecked upon the beach at Cohasset, and the
malo and three seamen drowned.
The barque A, G. Cochrane, from Apalachicola, went
ashore on Race Point, bat the crew were saved. The
schr. Bonetta is ashore at the same place. Two of her
erew were frozen to death.
Hie brig Geneva, from Georgetown, S. C., is a total
loss, having gone ashore near Seituate. Four of her
seamen were drowned. Several other disasters have
occurred, and many vessels have drifted to sea.
More Snow Storms North and South.
Augusta, Jan. 22.— Sleet yesterday followed by se
vere cold. The Savannah river is filled with masses
of floating ice.
A despatch from Petersburg to-day states that there
were r,o mails or communication since Sunday The
lines ar e down. Terrible storms, snow, sleet, Intense
cold. It was snowing at Petersburg last night and to-
Terrible Riot at Albion, N. K._Albion N v t
16 —A terrible riot is now going ion j n Main ‘<4. a L ”
tween a party of Americans and a parly of Iri-h V ■**’
and other weapons are being freely used 1 Knives
It appears thal this is pay dav for the ’I, i.u < k
the canal. They went in crowd -to ln Jh J l ? borer °”
drinking all dav, and this evenin f c
W safe
five. Amoncans 80 that they n O T
Washington Items —The Congressional Bribery Case, &c
Washington, Jpn. 21.—The Houseofßepresenla
iveft to day passed a r solution causing the arrest of
Mr. Simonton, the correspondent of the New York
Times. lie made a speech if! his own -defence upon
tbe charge of contempt in refusing ts answer certain
questions pat by the Gittnmiuee of Investigation.—
Another resolution was parsed holding him in elo;e cus
tody duiing the present session ot Congress.
Washington, Jan. 22.—1 he Senate has passed the
Sub-Marine Telegraph bill.
The travel, w hich has been interrupted by the snow
storms, has been tesumed to-day between this city and
New York.
Crew Picked Up.
South-west Pass, Jan. 16.—The crew of the sleep
Trustee, of Camden, New Jersey, were picked np 160
milts at sea, in a most destitute condition by the ship
Loo Choo, and brought to this pl-.ee.
The British Minister.
New York, Jan. 22. It is said that Sir Charles
Napier is spoken of as tbe next British Minister to the
United States.
Fire in Savannah.
Wo are pained to learn that the re-id,?nce et Judge
Fleming at Walthousviflc, was consumed hv fire on Sun
day night last. Everything in the .house, furniture, cloth
ing, &c., was lost, besides a large portion of the Law Li
brary ot the Judge. The family were compelled to make a
hurried escape from the flames, and as the night was in
clement and they not sufficiently Jfiroteeted h>* clothing,
their sufferings were great.
This loss falls heavily upon Judge Fl- mittg, and he has
our sincere sympathy in his distress.— Savannah Georgian
Jan. 22.
A”gueta and Savannah Railroad.
By the sixth Annual Report of the President and Direc
tors of Augusta and Savannah Railroad, and front an in
vestigation of the report, it appears that the affairs of the
company are iu a more thriving and prosperous condition
than was generally supposed. The total earnings forthe
year ending 31st December, were $125,343 70, and the to
tal expenses $54,958 96; leaving as net earaingss7o,3B4 74.
‘l’he last year was the first of the’ independent existence of
the road, and the statements exhibit a balance in its favor
equal to seventy per cent, on tbe original cost of the road.
The trains have been ruu throughout .the year with great
regularity and exemption tr im accident. No aecident in
volving the loss of fife or iimb ; to passenger or employee
lias occurred.
Severo £now Storm.
New- York, Jan. 20.—A severo show storm prevail
ed here on Sunday and Monday, unprecedented iu its ex
tent. The cold, Is intense. No trains on the Railroads
have arrived or left the city for three days, aud every thing
is buried in snow.
Educational Journal. —YVm. F. Perry, Esq., the
State Superintendent, has commenced the publication
of a monthly Journal at Montgomery, Ala.,devoted to the
interests of education. It is puoiished at the low price
of $l t a year, aud will be a valuable auxiliary to tile
cause.
Hon. Louis MoLane, Gen. Jackson’s Secretary of
War, is passing some weeks in New York city, stop
ping at the New York Hotel. He looks as hearty as
he was twenty-five years ago.
The New Rethesda — Montcale Springs. —We learn
that this celebrated Watering Place—24 miles from
Knoxville, Tenn.—has passed into the hands of Watt,
Lanier & Cos., of this city, who contemplate the most
complete arrangements for the entertainment of visit
ors, the next season. The outlay for the Springs and
in various preparations is immense, but we believe
that the crowds which are hereafter to throng Mont
vale, will also be immense. And every season will
double it.— Mont. Mail. Hist.
Montpeilier, Vi., Jan. Fs.—The lion. Samuel
Premiss, Judge of the United States District Court of
Vermont, and for many years United States Senator,
died at h;s residence here this afternoon.
The Wheat Crop. —The Blue Ridge (Va.) Repub
lican says, that the wheat in that region has had no
covering of snow daring the'winter, and regrets to
hear that it is suffering from -bitter, freezing weather.
Death of Young Langdon. —Among the items of
interest brought by the steamship Texas, is that of the
death of yonng Henry Clay Langdon, son ofC. C.
Langdon of the Mobile Advertiser, lie died at Grana
da, of cholera, very suddenly.
Main Trunk and Brunswick Road Company. We
are gratified to announce that there is still a stroug
probability of an arrangement being effected between
these companies.
It has been suggested that the matter be referred by
the Directors to the Presidents of the two Roads with
authority to not. Mr. Wells, of the Brunswisk, is
now abseut to btain the consent of his board. lie
will return in about a week, and as we are reliably in
formed, the difterei:. sin opinion are very immaterial
between himself and Dr. Screven, we are led to antici
pate a speedy and satisfactory adjustment of them.—Sa
vannah Georgian. 21st.
tioic Freights. — Yesterday afternoon we were in
formed that, since the “ through ’’ an angement made
by Cox, Lrainard & Cos., they are actually bringing
Sugar from Orleans to Montgomery, at $3,50 the hogs
head, and Molasses at $1 per barrel. Large quanti
ties of freight are coming this way for Northern
Georgia, and even for Columbus.— Mont. Mail, 20 th.
Arkansas Survey.— ln the Arkansas Senate the
initiative step has been taken for making a geological
survey of the State, with a view to the development of
its mineral resources. *
Elections in Harris County , Ga. Messrs. D. C.
Hunt, S. MeCants, Benj. Williams, 11. 11. Spence,
and G. W. Epps, were elected Judges of the Interior
Court without opposition. L. L. Pierce, Tax Collec
tor. J. M. Moon, Tax Receiver.
Next Governor.— A writer in the Columbus Times .j-
Sentinel, urges the claims of James Garduer, Esq., as
successor to Gov. Johnson. On the soore both of ca
pacity and ‘’labors more abundant,” in the cause of De
mocracy, Mr. Gardner, we think, has precedence over
several gentlemen of his party, who aspire to thal noini
nation.—Journal ij* Messenger.
The London Athenajum announces the discovery cf
a hurried Greek City in the Levant. The Gordon
steam frigate had been sent out with the necessary
apparatus for excavations.
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Fit st Trip of the St. Marys. —The new iron steam-*
er St. Marys, Cap* Freeborn, returned from her first
Hip up the St. Johns river yesterday evening. She
took full freight out, with between one hundred and fif
ty and two hundred passengers. On her return she
brought 441 bales of Sea Blond cotton together with a
large list of passengers.
Happening to be of the number on board, to and
from Jacksonville, we take pleasure in saying that the
performance of the new steamer fully justifies the very
high anticipations of her friends. She rode out the
storm of last Sunday nobly, crossing the St. John’s bar
amid a wind which few would desire a second time to
encounter, at that place. Fortunately blowing, off
land, the danger was less than it otherwise would have
been. The steamer was welcomed to Darien, St Ma
rys and -Jacksonville, by the peal of cannon, to which
were added at Darien the mingled sounds of drum and
file—all gratifying as indication of kind feeling towards
•he new comer-I, er officers, and agents—Aten. Geor
gian.
Gen. Mercer of Virginia - We had the pleasure
this morning, sa ys the Savannah Georgian, 23 d. of
welcoming into our office. Gen. Charles F. Mercer, one
of the few surviving Virginia statesmen, who rose to
distinction during the first quarter of the present oen
fury. He served nf the Congress which, in 1820 pass
ed the Missouri Compromise Bill. Manv yt , lrs ’ , sleN
he was a resident of Florida, then became engaged in
the service of Te^s; and haring within a tew months
past returned from Europe, is „ <>w on , lis to T;l! .
lahnssee, there to spend the remainder of the winter.
He ,s looking remarkably well for a gentlemen of hie
years.
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