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tny heirJtnM ch?n sn.l juvenile cnntenanre
w «iN mv fav.tr, h«r the people gave me tar
tnt- ere’lif than I Ved. I*he chance
t»ti*>.nre*9 which li-'cur* tn tf.i* Cmirl*. came
th'r*tn.'iiit» upon me. I whs repea'cd'y cm-
ployed in "ther cause*, am! hy Saturday
when the O-iitit closed, ami I had
panl my bill at the Inn, I f.iund myself with
an hundred and fifty d-dlms in silver three
h imlieil (1 iIIhih in notes, am) a hnrse that
1 afterwards suid f<ir two hundred dollars
Hon.
Never did a miser gloat more an his pelf
and with m ire delight. I locked the door
of my mom, pi! d the money in a heap up
on ihe table, and walked around i'. sal wiih
mv elhovvs on the table, an I mv chin upon
my hands, and gazed upon it. Was 1 think
ing *»f ihe monev? No — I was thinking of
my little wife and home.
Another sleepless night ensued, and
what a night of golden fan ies and splendid
air-castles. As so m as minting dawned. I
was up mounted the It irm.ved horse with
which I had come to court on, and led the
other which I had received as a fee All
the way I was delighting myself with the
fhoiighrs of «urpiise I had in stote for my
lit le wile, for both of it*had expected no'h-
iog.but 'list I should spoil.| t t| ttie in >nev [
had borrowed, and -houhl leitirn in dept.
Our meeting wa* joyous, as yon my «U|i-
po«e; but I played the part of an Indian
hunter, who. when he returns from the
chase, never for a time speaks of his suc
cess. She had prepared a snug little rustic
meal for me. and. while it was getting read*
y, I seated myself at an old-fashioned desk
in one corner, and began to count over my
m meyand put it away. She came to me
before ■ had finished, and asked me who 1
had collected money fir.
For myself, to he sure, replied I, with
affected coolness; I made it at Court.
f»he looked me for a moment in the face
inoedoloti'ly. I tried to keep my coun
tenance ami play the Indian, hut it would
not do. My mu-cles began to twitch; my
feelings all at once gave way. I caught tier
in in my arms, laughed, cried, and danced I I will answer it:
From the Richmond Enquirer.
G HUS TO LOGY.
N. P. 7'aJhnuilge, on Spiritual
Rapping*.
VVe noticed a short lime Finer that N H- Ta.I-
madge. Esq . formerly a Senator from New York in
the U S. tSeuate. ha>l given himself "|> to the ‘-spir
lloal rappers,” and had published a letter ill the Na
tional Inlellisencrr. H-*Ii1ng forth his eXp*-riero'e and
arguing for the verdy of Ihe affair, lb- letter ex
cited, naturally enough much attention and ihe mat-
ter railed forth anotio-r letter from him. v.-liicii t- poti
lislied in the New York Triniuie. As it just now
happens that axe have not a gr-at press upon our
j columns, we pnhlt-h his letter to show what an ex-
j .Senator of the United States ha- to say on the spir-
J itoal business. ” Mere is l.is letter, and one of the
I rarest kettle n( fishtha'. has been served up lor the
public this many a day :
Baltimore. Tuesday. April 12. 1852.
Dear Madam : I seize a few leisure moments,
while detained here a-hurt time on business to give
you a more extended account ot the -‘Physical Alatt-
ile-iatlnns” to which I alluded to a former letter. In
this account. I shall confine inysell in tho-e which
, purport to cuute frat-t the spirt of John C. Cal-
i honn.
J f received numerous communications from him.
‘ from the commencement of my investigation ol tins
i subject down to the present tone. These cnminiini
] cations have been received through rapping medi-
1 inns, writing mediums, a id speakmg mediums.
| They are of the most extraordinary character In
style and sentiment, they would do hunoi to him in
Ins best dais on earth.
Alter iht arrival ol the Misses Fox in VVa-hiiiglon
ciry ill February last. ( call t! oil them hy appoint
ment, and at once, received a coinuiiiiii, alioit Iroin
Calhoun
I then wrote down and propounded mentally the
fullnwing question ;
‘ Can vo i do anything (meaning phy-fcal manifes-
talions j to e nfortn me in the truth of ih*-se revela-
i lions, and to remove from iny in rid the last shadow
j of nnlieiiefr
I To which I received the following answer;
“I will give you a Coin nnnicatioii on Monday, at
j 7 12 o'clock. Do not fail to be here. 1 will then
: give you an explanation,
j JOHN 0. CALHOUN.
| II is proper here to remark that all ihe contmuni-
cations referred to in this letter, were made hy Cal-
; honn after a call for the alphabet, and were rapped
; out. lette- by letter, and taken down hv me in the
I usual way. They were made in the presence of
; the Mi-ses Fox and their mother
I called on Monday at the It nr appointed, ami
j received die following communication:
j ‘‘My friend, the qu-siinii is often put to you,
‘What good can result from these manifestations?’
alvnit the nnitn like
tint r»tries forward,
money.”
a crazy man. Fmm
we never wanted fur
It is to draw mankind together in harmony and con
vince skeptics ol the {mmovtality o1 the 8*>nl
JOHN t;. CAI.HOUN ”
INTERESTING SIA riSTICS.
The fi»t| i wing very iuteiesiiiig statistics
Compiled I'mm art appendix to a repurl of
the Secretary of the Tien-u y to die United
States Senate, on ihe colonial and lake
Dale iff the United States, present at a
glance, a picture of our great resources:
Our average imports fm-n 18'2I tn 1826,
specie included, were $8 1.S7S 348; fr**m
ISIS to 1S52. iftey weie S'ISl 966579.
showing that they have more than doubled
in tinny vests. Out avptage imports fmm
1S21 'o 1823 wme $(39 439 7S5. and from
1848 t . 1852 8175 9 43 360. In 1821. the
(linage nf the Uul'eil Stales was ,-nly
1 298 958 tons, in 1852 i; wa* 4.138,441
t-*n*. shewing that it lias moie than trebled
in thirty yeats. Next to Great Britain we
have a larger tonnage than any nation in
the World, and in five years, at the pre-ent
rate of increase, we shall -sinpa-s Great
Di i'uin.
Tne valne of our annual products ex
ceeds three thousand millions of dollars, of
which only ab mi 817(1,00*1.1)00 are sent
abroad,leaving82 830.0 lO.O.lOtobeconsum
e.l at home and interchanged among the
States. At ieast 8600.000 000 i- thus inter
changed between the Suites of the Union.
The total debt of the several States in
1S51 w as 82 II .511.624. w hich was less by
some millions than it Iml been du iug the
previous ten years. Tne value of property
as-essed in the same States was S5 983.149,-
407. the te-jl vabre being, however. S10,-
OOS.157,779 — a pretty good sterility. we
think, for their debts, whether owing at
home or abroad.
The total population of the villages,
towns and cities iff the United States is
only 4 000 000, while the rural population,
‘‘the honest peasantry, their country'spi ide,’
is 19.263 000. The four cities of New-
Yoik, Boston. Philadelphia and Baltimore,
Contain pup u I it ton of 1 214 000. the am mnt
of whose real ami petsonal propeity is
8702 000.000 or S57S each. The propeity
of the rural population is S2.312.003,000 or
abuti 8120 each.
Fiom returns from the agricultural crops,
it appears that we rai*e annually 8143,000.-
000 in wheat, S39i.200.000 in Indian corn,
819 1.275.000 it: hay, -S70.S40 000 in oats,
S73 125 00(1 in Irish potatoes, and S129,-
000 000 in cotton, the whole crop being
SI 752,583.042.
The animals slaughtered are worth quite
as much as the Cotton, hi tt.giug some 8183,-
j This reminds me that in 1850. at Bridgeport, in
the presence of other mediums inning main queg-
: tinns put and att-wers reoened. were Pie following
i —the answer purporting to come from VV 1. Chau-
| ning.
Q— What tfo Spirits propose to accomplish by
] these new manifestation* 1
A—To unite mankind, audio convince skeptical
i minds of the immortality of ‘ the soul ”
The roincideitee in sentiment ol the answer of J.
C Ualhonti and VV K <'banning in regard to the
object of these manifestations is rentalkalile. and
woithv of particular notice The eonciiirencp of
two such great minds, whether in or nut ol the body
on a subject so engros-tiig. cannot tail to rmiiiuand
the attention of evety admirer of exalted intellect
anti moral purity
During the above communication of Calhoun,
the table moved occasionally, perhaps a foot, fiist
one way and then in the oilier Alter the commu
nication closed, we all moved back from the tattle,
from two to four feel—so ihal no one touched the table.
Suddenly the table moved from the position it occu
pied. some tlnee or lour feet—re.-ted a few moments
, —and then moved back to it. original position.
Then it again moved as far the other way. and re-
| turned to the place it started from One side of the.
j table was then raised and stood for a few moments
at an angle of about thirty-five degrees, and then
■ again restpd on the flour a- usual
| The table was a large, heavy, roundtable, at which
1 ten or a dozen persons might he seated at dinner
Durino a l these mrcem/ nt- no person touched the table
nor inis any one near it Af'er seeing ii raised in the
manner above ini ntiuned. I had the curiosity to test
its weight by raising it myself. I accordingly took
my seat by it—placed my hands under the leaf, and
• exerted as much force as l was capablo of in that
sitting posture and could not raise it a particle from
the floor. 1 then slnod up. in the best pos-ihle po
sition to exert the greatest force—look hold of the
leaf, and still could not raise ii with all ihe strength I
Could apply. I then requested the three la-lies to
take hold around the table, and trv altogether to lift
it. IVe lifted upon it until ihe leaf and top began
to crack and did not raise ii a particle IVe then de-
; sisled, fearing we should break the table. I then
asked. “Will the spirits permit me to raise ihe table?”
I took hold alone and raised it without difficulty.
After this the following conversation ensued:
Q—Can von raise the table entirely Iroiri the
floor A—Ves.
11—Will you raise me with it? A- Yes ; Get me
the -quaie table.
The square table was of cherry, with four legs—a
large -ize tea table. t was brought out and substi
tuted for the round one. the leaves being raised I
took my season the centre; th- three ladles sat at the
sides and end. their hands and arm- resting upon it
Tins, of Course, added to the weight to tie raised,
namely, my own weight and the weight and the
weight of the table. Two legs of the table were
then raised about six niche* from the floor, and then
the other two legs were raised In level nf the fir-t
so that the trha e table irns suspended in the. air. about
siz inches from the jloor While thus seated on it,
I could feel a gentle, vibratory motion as it floated
in the atmosphere. Alter being thus suspended in
the air for a fen moments, the table was gently let
do vii again to the floor
Some pretend to -ay. that these physical manifes
tation* are made by electricity. I should like to
know bv what law-ol electricity known to us. a ta
ble i-atone time riveted, as it were, to the floor,
against all the. force that could he exerted to raise it;
and at another time, raised entirely Irom the floor
Numerous rap* were then heard, heating time to
* Hul Columbia "which had been called for Soon
the sound* tiegan to recede, arid grew lamter and
fainter, till Ilk* ihe inu-iC of the guitar, they -fled
away in the distance The alphabet was then called
for. ai.d it was spelled out • Look.” I looked on the
■ irawer; and found the Libia open I took it up.
and carefully kept it open at ihe place as I louiid it
On bunging it t„ p « hgh., I lound it open at St.
John's gosp.'i—hapter II being on 'he tell sole, and
chapter 111 being on the right side I said, ’Do you
wish us to look at chapter ll?' An*— No — Do you
wi-h us to kn.k at chapter HI?’ A ns—Yes ’ And
i* w-as then said‘Bead.’ 1 commenced reading the
chapter and .significant an I emphatic raps weie giv
en a many verses; and at vers, a 8 11.13 34 most
rehemrnl raps were given. By looking at these
ver-es. y. II Will appreeiate ihe *iginfieai:cy and in
telligence oftlus emphatic -'emoti-tration, i hi* man
ifestation purported to Come Iron) Calhoun, who had
previously invited us three „eiilletiten to i e present
at a paiiii-nlarhour
In reflecting on die preceding manifestations, one
cannot loil marvel a' Ihe power by which they are
made, and tfic intelligence hv which that power is di
rected And ii would seem impos-itil* lor one t<>
doubt ihe so rce of that intelligence If. however,
doubt should remain on the mind *d any one ac
quainted with similar o Hiiife-taUnn*. that doubt tntlst
he entirely dispelled hy the account ol Ihe manilesia-
tinu which follows ;
I was present, hy Calhonn's appointment, with tire
Misses (,'ox arid their mother We w-re sealed at
' the table as heretofore, our hands and arms resting
! unit | w is directed to pul paper and pencil ill the
drawer I placed several sheet* pit unruled I* tier
paper, together with a wood pencil on it I soon
heard ihe sound of the pencil on the paper It was
then rapped out. --Get tile pencil and sharpen it
I looked under the table, hut did not see the pencil
At length j ttriiii«? it lying diagonally from me. three
or fnit* feel Irom the table The lead was broken
off within the wood. I sharpened it and again put
it in the drawer Again 1 heart! the sound ol the
pencil on the paper. On being directed in look at
the paper I discovered pencil marks on each -ide of
tlie outer sheet, but no witting. Then was recetv*
. ed tlie following corniiioriicatimi:
“The power i* not enough to write a sentence.
This will show you that 1 can write. It you meet
, on Friday, precisely at seven, I will write a short
* sentence,
JOHN O CALHOUN."
We met pursuant to appointment —took our sent*
at the table, our hand* and arms rest ins on it as us
ual. ! placed ih* 1 paper with my silver cased pencil
on the drawer, and -aid,
, “My friend, I wish the sentence t«» be in your
own hand writing, so that \o«r friends will icc«>g-
msp it.”
He replied -You will know the writing.*
He then said,
‘Have your minds on the spiiii of John C f al-
honn.’
[ *oon heard a rapid movement of the pencil on
the p:ip»*r and a ruffling of the pap» r. toaelh^r with
a movement nf lh u drawer. I was then direct-d to
look under the drawer. I looked, and found mv
pencil outside of the drawer, near mv feel, b t tound
the ptper on the drawer where I placed it Oa
rnMiig up the drawer I discovered the paper all tin
der it Th- sheets were a lntie deranged, and «*t&
ezatiiininc; | found on Ihe outside those words- /’m.
oiilh yon stHU*
I niter wards showed the •sentence* to fieri. James
Hamilton, burner Governor of Smith Carolina Gm*
Waddy Thompson, former Minister to Mexico,.
Geri Robert B Campbell, bite consul at Havana,
together wuh other intimate friends of Calhoun, and
aUo to one of his sons, all of whom aie aswellac-
qiiamted with his hand writing ag iheir own. and they
all pronounced it lobe a perfec'^rc sittuie ol the hand
writing nf john (J ' alhonn.
Gen Hamilton stated h fact in connection with this
writing, of great significance He says that Calhoun
was ia the habit of writing l’n»* for I am.* and that
he has our* emus letters from him where the abbre
viation is thus n>ed
Mrs fieri Macomb has stated the same fact to me.
She says her husband, the late Gen. Macomb, h is
shown to her Calhoun’s letters to him. where this
abbreviation *1*111* was used for I am.’and spoke of
it as a peculiarity of Calhoun.
flow significant, then, does this fact become! We
have not only the nitist unequivocal testimony to
the hand writing itself, but. lest any skeptic should
suggest the possibility of an intimation «»r a eiuinter-
feit this abbreviation, peculiar to himself amt known
only to fits niirst intimate friends, and which tin im
itator or counterfeiter could know. is introduced by
wav of putting such a suggestion to fl'glit forever.
This ‘sentence* is perfectly characteristic of Cal
houn. It cornains fits fers.-ness c.f style and conden
sation ol thought, (t is a text (rum which volumes
might be written. If proves
I . The immortality of the soul.
2. The power of spiritsto revisit tlie earth
3 Their ability to communicate w ith relatives and
-friends.
4 The identity of the spirit to all eternity.
How one’s soul expands al these sublime concep
tion-! flow resistless is this testtinotw of their truth!
How surprising that men can doubt, when this fl"orl
of living light is poured upon them by spirits wiwv.
in the language of Webster, ‘revel in the glory oi
the eternal light of God *
Very Ituly yours.
IV. p. tai.i.madge.
Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, Providence, R. I-
I States then in exigence, just being rescued from the I
embaras*.i!iHrii eonseqimm upon the revolution, and }
ohs* i ves th*» sparse population, and Hie few officers 1
then necessrry to Conduct the affairs of the general
adniini.-tra ion. what a contrast tin they not present
!»o 3*
STATISTICS OF CF1MK,
To Ills Excellency,
HOWELL COBB,
Governor. &C.
, , , i Another feature in the Statistics to which J have
vvuh l..« prnsent . i.lHlojne ul v,*..rous and .tl.leUr calM Vllllr Hltell ,i oll ,s ike proportion of fun-tyners
Coinmuii.) enith*. *re«| in till the res»>urresnt l allirH TW ......... r n..n ,* very
gr.al in all the tesv.urresoi raitire | accase ^ ,|,e natives. This pr«p»rtn.n is very
and ol man. with th« amaztii* ude ol emigration . , „r (discarding the minute
rolling from 'he old world tnto the t.evtc and Irom our , r , lclinIi; , 3 j!1 eVt , ry „ m offences.
! Eastern limn* down to the Pacific borders. Hod with lUllOM ^ hictl 1 have made, based upon a
I Hi.-thousand* am) tens of thousands or employee, in | .,atement which has been t-iodly prepared for tne
tlie service nf the government. holding with , h e directions of Maj. Z-icnry. the worthy
1 ^P" 0 ' 1 ,, ' ,h r e 1 '*>•■ Army and Navy, the,, offices Pfi - , K r ()f „ ur Pemtent.ary I find the ratio
I Wl " Pre '"eol of 'h« IJ'""" 1 ()f foreigners imprisoned there, to the number of
Uh.rever the visitor turns In* eye. he sees the signs C „ I1V1C1S " IJ8liv es of the Untied Slates, as something
; of national granriuer and gr**ntu**ss II at the I c*sf ^ ^
i tfft'-e Department, he i* startled hy the ma«nilude of , {ilkp occasion here (while alluding to this Peni-
, inat-hmey by winch the mat! arrangement, through , en , record) to sav that I hope Tn some st.bse-
; out our Wide domain, are lacilitated if at the'I reas- I p|1 j ootob.T to present the Statistical re-ttlts tn
ury Department, he will, for the Itrst time, get an Jj )e f or ,„ „f tables (similar to those which I have
! '<*•'» of '»'« i'outense expenditure ol money required "iti'my'firsV'’n'o.) derived from 'hi* State
nf tflH rPYt'IItlHS ; \' . a I .I...II -..C..-
iii the col ection anddishttrsem. nl of the revenues ’ ^o” ary. In the mean time. I shall refer
The Interior Department including Indian Allans , |q j{ ; (| (, |e O beervations I am making
upon
j of crimes ot« cmr»n*kfed by persons at a period of
; life “When the faculties are uios*t developed, and ihe
passions most strong tf
But let us fir*t compare the record as taken from
our Penitentiary with the Trench table, and we will
tifid w ith us. 19‘20 100 offenders urider 21 years ol
age, or about I in 5 In Prance we find 1 in 5. VVe
have with its. offenders between 21 atnl 30 years of
age 35 20*100. or nearly I to* 3 In France, we find
33-33 100 or 1 in 3 VViih us there are offenders be*
tween 30 and 40 years old 22 40 100 or something
more than I in 4 In France 25-100. or 1 in 4. VV iih
ns |2 100 are between 40 and 50 or nearly ) in 0. In
France. 12 50 100 or just | in 8
If with the French, and our tables, wf now com
pare the table (as above given) (or the Northern
Sta’es. we shall find a considerable difference in the
first proportion stated, that is to «av. of persons under
20 and 21 and this of course affects the ratio of the
next proporitmn. viz: the ages between 30 and 40 —
j in tlie American table, we find that ihe age taken is
, 20 years and in our Penitentiary and France, it is
! 21 v^ars By the first, we find, that offenders in the
living actors in these noble enterpri*e*—Uq on ren
dvr f e meed ol ptai* e which t* justly ,
treasure in our meniurh-s a grai*» u | recohecuo,, 0 r
those who have passed away. Above a,I. |„,
thankful!) acktrnwetdge our gratitude to that -\|
mighty Being, who lias crowned our efforts w„ t ,
sucres*, and strong in tlie assurance of Hi* protec
lion, ler ns press onward to the accomplishment of
the great enterprise which Vet awaits ns
(luce more, ruy friends, in tielKilt of those ! have
the honor to represent, I bid you welcome, one and
ah. to our city, fo our homes, ai.-dto our hearts.
HON SEABORN JONES’
kf.ply.
Tite fol,owing is the reply of the lion -eaborn
Jutes to the adrfrpss ol Judge Berrien welcomm*
the gu> sts to the city:— °
I >»•« intricate and itnporUnt coocents of the territories ; lb|> Sm!is1|(w w | llrh | have alreadv pub!i-hed
: tne public lands m the different States the judiciary ; . r||i ^ r ,, corl) | rolu „„ r Penitentiary shows tlie pro-
&c: and the War and Navy, with ail their extended | ot foreigners to be as 7 20 I W> in every hurt-
: and extending operations convey new conceptions , Jj rer j
j national glory to all who observe mem lor , a S(jrt „fdisturbing force to the conclusions
! the fir*i time The State Department Irom whom our d( , rivw| trolll , tl!s r , cord. I find—by the returns of
i fore,g„ affairs are regulated and controlled, is the ! ,, |e u„j, P ,| States census of 1850 for our State—
i modest department ul tlie government, and j tlla , ,1,*,* were reported 85 convictions tn the tear.
! unlike Ihe Post « Hfice himI Treasury buildings, has •
Mr chairman, and Gentlemen of the Committee and
oj the ( tty of Sacannah.
I pon me has devolved tlie welcome ri,„, ,,f fp
turning thanks for the people ol Colninhiis and f„ r
ail who ha.e united v* ith us fo partake of vonr ho-
i 6K of which were natives, and 19 ol foreigners, .vis
an air ol silent snlemmtv. as d conscious ol the im- . ,j )al Iin ,| |p | st ,,f Ju„ e 1850, there were in prison
porta tit interest entrii-ted to us charge ;14 na! j vt> - and 7 foreigners
i lie crowd having thinned "ti the new Secret.t- i This exhibits a wonderful disproportion of foreign-
w** fo natives taking into cm-ideratiou tlie relative
nunihprd of the popitiatsuti foreign and nalive; thu
ronv ictiori!> showing one foreigner fo about every
3 50*100 natives and the accusal ions 1 to about 5.
rie** are net'lio# them*elve« f**r ll»e future. Mr.
j Guthrie. Mr. Davis and Mr. rushing, have all e*-
j tabh«hed th»*in selves in reside net's *»f their own.
Judiie Cauifihell thinks of going to Georgetown,
i with his family, during lh»* summer, arid Secretary
McClelland is said to entertain a similar pur-
i pose.
Attempted ReTulutinn in llie city of Mexico!
JNVw t Irlnans May 25 —The steamer Texa*. Imrn
Vera Cruz, brings dates to die 20»h. and reports that !
on the IT«h a revolution broke oil! among the !\a* ;
tional Guards, in ronseqnence of an order from San* !
ta Anna to incorporate the National Guard wuh Ihe i
troops of the line The revolution lasted three da\s. !
during which business was entirely suspended, tin* |
regular troops having taken possession ol botii lorts, i
the riatif>nal streets and the city gates.
A britk firing was kept up during the whole time, •
hut finally ended on ihe 20th by the entrance of the
regular troops from Jalapa. who took 5U national
guards as prisoners CLiiet was subsequently
lured, and ahoul 50 national guards were killed and
many wound d
,\Vw Orleans. Mav 25—Dates from Mexico to the
I **Hi have been received bv the steamer 'Texas. 8ani i
Anna had issued many oiher arhnrarv decrees Leg
islative authority wa* everywhere suspended, and »li^
i-tiicp ot Government and Military I.’ommandant uni
ted m the same person A decree had been issued
for disarming al! private persons, and prohibiting
them to pos»e«s arms, powder or amutiitmtt «»| any
kind 'The 'Telegraph had been brought under ihe
control nt ihe (■nvernmetil.
t »ov Loinhardint h is been prom iterl to Gt neral ol
Divisoti
Santa Anna had ordered ihe r» mains of all the sol
diers who lell in the American war to he disinterred
a im plar:»d in suitable si pnichies lie had also or
dered the names ot Gem rds Va-qm z and L* no kil
led tn the war to he inserted on Hie tiauners ot die
army, and considered as protiinh d to Generals of Di
vi-ion as before death
A levee bad been held of all officers and soldiers
rinitiiaied in the ^inericm war. called the “L^vee of
the \l ntilated."’ at which a feeling address was made
by Santa Anna, who said the country never forgot
them
Sixnifficnnt nnrsfrom Mrx co [f will appear from
a telegraphic de-.pHtcM that Santa \nna is determin
ed tn suhmii die problem ot Mexican na'ior.ahty to an
abrupt solution. Aiutnated hy liostdity to ttie Pniied
States, he has revoked die amnesty towards those
M exiran citizen* who rendered a try service to the \-
inerican artnv. or submitted to the forces before
which tie himself was compelled to fly-
The organization of ihe army and of the national
guard, together w iff* the advance ol Governor Tri is
upon the Mesilla Valiev are verv significant, espe
cially in view of the reported disclaitm-r of our Minis
ter. and in disregard nl that clause of ihe treaty which
provides that formal efforts at conciliation shall pre
cede hostilities
• igh handed measures of Sonia Anna. — \ew Or
leans. May 24 —Intelligence has hern rereived from
adopting severe measures against all persons holding
what lie considers penurious opinions He has or
dered the arrest of ail who Served as gtleril'as to the
American army during ihe late war. and directed
them to bp tried hy court martial \ li.-t of the Mexi
can officers who surrender* d as prisoners of war to
General Scoti when die Capitol w is taken has been
published, and a decree issued degrading them in i record kept by me -hows 55 nan es of ihe rotate and
rank arid dismissing all •uch from civil employ uient
'The army is being organized auej increased
Prom the PeiinsvIvanian.
000.000 per annum. One of tVie tnos? ti^e
ful of our crops—wine—is vet in U9 infans with more than two hundred pounds of weight up-
cv. West having made only a little over or, J {i , „ .. ,
Al a subsequent meeting. • alhonn directed me to
bring three bells and a guitar : I brought them ac
coidingly. The bel!s were of different sizes—the
: largest like a small sized dinner bell He directed
a drawer to be put under the -quare table I put
1 under a bureau drawer boMom side up. He direc
ted the bells to be placed on ihe. drawer The three
1 000.000 of gallons in 1S51, worth ab«»ut
8 >00 0«)0. but the culfivati • •ii is increa*iiiu,
aurl iii a few years will Be immense, es-
perially when Neiv-M»-x : cr) and California,
wliir-li are a.lmitably adap'ed to it, shall go
into 'he busitit's*.
No portion ,rf the trade of ihe Union has
gfowii more rapirily w^t' in a fe.w years
1 han that cormecied with ttie steam marine.
1 tie total number ofs eam ve-r-eU nt»w em
ployed <>n otir cua*i i* 625. with a tonnage
ol 212.500. and employing 11.770 men as
officeis ami crew. In the inteiior ihsnutn-
her of steam vessels is 765, wi-h a tonnage
of 204.725. anti employing 17 607 m *n.
Our win rip steam marine, therefore, a*
m milt* to 1 390 ves***ls. with a tonnage of
417.226, manned by 29.377 men. ami carry,
ing, besides freight, about 40.000 000 <>f
pas*engeis every year. In this vast travel,
only 75J lives wetc l<»*t in 1852 — far too
many, but not so many as some people, who
fancy every steamboat a powder house, are
prepared to expect.
The amount <>f money pair! into the
trea-ury ofthe United States, as duties on
foreign goods, in the year 1852, was at
New-York. 828.772 55S, at Philadelphia,
83.715,126; at Bost on, S6.250 5S8; and at
Baltimore. Si.063.530. It will be seen that
New. Yoik more then treblea all ihe other
cities.
There are 12.S0S miles of rail road in oper
ation in the United State*, and 12,612 in
progress—more than in all the rest of the
world.
From the Constitutionalist &. Republic.
SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT—TWO
MEN KILLED.
The Charleston cars, due yesterday af-
ternu(«n at three o’clock, did not arrive un
til nearly five- The cause ol the delay
we understand, occurred about 7 miles be
low Branchville. Some evil disposed per
son placed a rail or piece of scantling on
the track, just at the edge of high embank
ment, and nut being di*cove‘ed in time,
the engine and tender was thrown nfT the
track, killing the engineer and a fireman,
and aerioosly scalding another fireman.
The name of the engineer, we under-
L stand, W8i Winter, and of the fireman,
k Samuel Willis. The passenger car was
K thrown off, and there were but few pas-
SX it. w'no escaped with injury.
B was torn up about twenty yards,
nod the passenger* and baggage on the
SA d “ w, ‘ ln, P be transferred to the
tram
W :
ladies and myself were seated at the table, with our
i hands and arms resting on rt. Tire bell* rornroetrred
ringing a sort ol nlritne. Nnmeron* rap* w.-re made.
1 a* ii heating lime to a march The hell* continued
I in ring and to chime in with the beating nf time
■ The time of ihe march wa* slow and solemn It was
! beautiful and perfect. The most fastidious ear could
! lint detect any discrepancy in it.
| The rap* then ceased arid tire bells rang violently
for several urinates A hel! was then pressed on iny
foot, :ny ankle, anil my knee. Tins was al different
i time srepeated- Knocks were made most vehement y
: against the underside ofthe tattle—so that a large tui
I candlestick was by ever) blow, raised completely
i from the table by Ihe concussion.
I afterward examined underside nf the table.(which
| it will be recollected, wa* of cherry) and found in-
dentations in the wood, made hy the end of Ihe hell,
j which wa* lipped will) brass. Gould electricity '
: ran-e tln.se violent knocks with the handle of the
' bell, causing indentations and raising the candlestick
! Irntn the table at every blow? «1r was it done hv
| the same invisible power that riveted the table tu the
floor, and again raised it. with all the weight upon it, ;
] entirely above the floor?
i Here the ringing of Ihe hells ceased, and then I felt
; sensibly and distinctly the impression of a hand on J
i mv Too*., ankle and knee. These manifestations were i
! several limes repeated
I was then directed to pul the guitar on the draw-
er. We were all seated as before, with oor hands
and arm* resting on the table.
The guitar was touched softly and gently, and
gave forth sweet and delicious sound* like ihe ac
companiment to a beautiful and exquisite piece of,
music. If 'hen played a sort of symphony, in much !
louder and bolder tones. And. as n played these !
harmonious sounds, becoming soft, and sweet, and j
low, began to recede, and grew fainter and fainter
till they died away on the ear in the distance Then
they returned and grew lender and nearer, till they
were heard again to full and gushing volume as when
they commenced.
I am utterly incapable of giving any adequate idea
nf the beauty and harmony of this tnu*ic I have
heard the gnrtttr touched hy the most delicate and
scientific hand*, and heard from it. under such guid
ance. the most splendid performances But never
did I hear any that fastened upon Ihe very soul like
those prophetic strains drawn not hy an invisible hand
from the Spirit Wmld. While listening to it I was
ready to exclaim, in Ihe langitage of the Bard of
Avon'
“That strain again—it had a dying fall:
O. it came o’er my ear like the sweet south,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing 8‘id giving odor.”
After the music had ceased, the following cotnmit-
nicatinn was received:
• This is tu) hand that touches yon snd the guitar ’
••JOTIN'C. CAI.HOUN.”
At another time, the following physical manifea.
tation was made in tho presence of Gen. Hamilton.
Gen. Waddy Thompson of Sooth Carolina, and
myself:
We were directed to place Ihe Bible on a drawer
tinder the table. I placed it there, completely clos
•d. It was a email pocket Bible, with very firm print.
GLANCES AT WASHINGTON.
Have you ever seen the Cabinet, reader? There
i* a vagi deal of writing about die Catiimt: and hut
few who discuss its merits or deuierii*. It is nor a
verv formidable affair when iti tot! session, though,
a* thousand* are aware, it dees some very formida
ble dungs. Having over s'ayed an eirly reception
at die Fre-idem's a few mornings ago. 1 tumid,
before | was well aware of n, dial the Cabinet wasi
in session The gentlemen who compose i* sever*
iri Mouther, are ranged three on each side of a ptair>
talde in ihe room up-stairs where General Fierce re
ceives his visitors—with the Secretary ol State at
one end. and Ihe President at die head To Ihe
smith, spread out in the rich and luxuriant garniture
of Bprmg. are the lovely grounds ol die While
House- diu-clly in view tlie slowly increasing vot-
umn of Ihe Washington Monument; and. beyond all.
tlie broad and heauitlitl Potomac. On a lovely day
in May Ihii view t* inconceivable fine. It should in
spire the Counsellors ol the Executive to patriotic
action; for it is well calculated to arouse prom) and
elevated sentiments How simple arid plain is this
assemblage of men ! N« ostentation; no parade: no
formality They mingle in friendlv and cordial in
tercourse; they debate important questions of SMte
and national policy; they watch over our varied in
terests in every quarter of the globe; and after a k>ng
and laborious sea-inn. often of five hours, tin** re
turn ee.cli to hi* department to receive lin-fs of visi
tor*. to read i terminable arguments, anil to preserve,
if possible, the expected amount of i qusnmrtv
throughout id!. They ar ail working men; andaher
a nrettv close and somewhat familiar otiservai-ee of
die two moiitlis they have been in place. I leel tree
to add. as a mailer of justice to all concern* ii that
their selection vindicate* equally do* jiidgun nt and
the di-eiretion of tile President Judge Campbell
win* applause in all quarters, and hose » ho doubted
whether he wa* equal u> tlie position he ha* beet*
called o fill have been frank to admit that lie has
been one of the most agreeable prompt, anil success
ful public officers they have ever met I hea d one
of the most distinguished men in ihe Booih. yester
day. predicting dial Judge Campbell was destined to
be one of the most popular Postmaster Generals we
have ever had.
Titos of your readers who have never seen Gov
ernor Mafcy. have only to imagine a man of targe
frame and pleasing countenance, a deliberate walk
anil laughing eye. when not overworn wuh the rare*
ofoffice Hi* history is familiar to all. and hi* emi
nent abilities asastatesman, te-ted during a lifetime
spent in the public service, is nowhere questioned,
tie is cautious, studious and sagacious; and he
works with zeHI and energy in the department of
State Mr Guthrie tho Secretary of the Treasury,
like Mr. Marcy. is above-the ordinary size—a fine
specimen id’a frank and hospitable Kentuckian Ho
has a c ear penetrating eye: is a good listener; a
faithful public officer; the open enemy ot all extrava
gaiiop. and die vt-ilent sentinel over the peoples
money Jefferson Davis is already well known to
the country as a statesman. Yon can see him occa
sionally. passing from the War Department to tho
President’s His broad brimmed hat. his erect, sol
dier walk. his piercing eye. hii<J his quiet manners
indicating a man nf gr-at energy and *»f thought
Mr. Dnbin, of the Navy Department, in a gentle
man of slight and graceful figure, universally esteem
ed hy fho*e who know him. end rapidly growing in
the regard of all with whom he has intercourse.
Mr .Vf’Clellind of the Interior Department, is a
little taller than Judge Gamphell, with a pleasing arrd
dignified address quick m hts movements, and hon
esf. manly and straight forward in his official conduct.
I4e brings to the Cabinet the same puritv of motive,
directness of purpose, and devotedne** to the pahlirr
good, which gave him so high a reputation during his
service in Congress Of Caleb Cushing, who is so
widely known I need only say that he is here, as he
fn** been every where else, five same studious intel
lectual. inquiring scholar—the same patient investi
gator of great principles of Government—the *aine
upright and irreproachahlegentlefiian. He is a man
of rare cultivation, and he daily adds new value to
hi* already extensive resources.
Tne rapid increase of otir population—the won-
derful advances of our people tu every department
of enterprise and art—and the growth of the Ameri
can Republic—infev'be partially realized by an exam
ination, however cursory, of the operations of die
government, as disclosed in tlie vareois departments
at Washington. A citizen who visits the Nnfional
1 apitol for the first time, is astonished to see how
vast a machine the Federal government has become.
If he goes back to the records of the times of Wash-
i®fton and Jefferson, snd sees the few and feeble
Several new decrees hate been p iblished; among
them oi.p disarming all private citizen* and prohitti
ting anv one holding iii his possession arm- powder or
munitions of any kind, and one to bring the telegraph
under the direction of the government. The su
prenie orders are not usually published until they
have been put in execution
The fly le used hy G
his decress i* as follow:.
••Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Renernerito of, ^ ranee, c* as 23 to 100
the country. General of Division, Cavalier of the * ™ 1 1
Great Cro** ofthe Royal and Di-tiuguished Spanish
< )i dt r of Carlo* Ilf. and President nt ihe Republic.”
Gen Almonte had recovered his health, and would
soon go to Washington, where he Ins been appoint
ed Minister.
The Mesilla Valley question was etilj causing
mneb fielmgin Mexico When Hie Sup*-ems Gov
ernment first, heard of it a note was s- nt hv the
Minister of Foreign A (furs to Judge Conk’ing in
forming him of the la«*ts of Hie case in ord»*r that he
might lay them before hi- own Government, and
suggested that fie slum Id write to Gov Lane of
fering at the same time to send his loiter through by
express Judge Conkling accordingly wrote to Gov.
Lane, telling him of the enormous respons bilitv h»*
had assumed, and requesting him to suspend all ac
tions 'Pne Mexican Government has approved the
course nf Gov. Trias and sent him home reinforce*
merits. Don Nicolas Prieto had arrived in Mexico
from Chihuahua. »n order to pi .ce the whole affair
before the Government.
Gov Trias has published a long reply to the com-
missjnners appointed by th“ State to look into the
affair. The roinmistioners claim that the hue should
he twenty two miles north o» ihe line agreed upon by
Mr. Bartlett Th»* Mexican papers published a state
ment that Gen. Pierce had appointed a new corn*
mUsioner. Gen Campbell and h id removed Gov.
Lane iii consequence ol ltd- affair.
'I’lie Government has addressed a ministerial circu
lar to the Governors of the different States, rerntn
mending the formation of a pnhre to discover the
Mexicans who dare pretend that ihe nation would he
benefited hy annexation to ihe (Jotted Stans. They i
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
21 and 3(1
39 and 40
40 and 50
50 and 60
60 ami 70
do
do
do
do
do
do 3 >.20.
do 22.40.
do 12 00.
do (>.40.
do 4 H>.
100 00
I> appears hy the record referred to, that ol tlie a-
hove that there are 13.40 who are between
... . i . r .. . , , « , | of Hand 21 or nearly 20 year* of age, and only 5 8(1
will !>*• tried before h I own Martial, and suffer the ; vvfio rt re under .8 ° J
penalty it (Feted upon
A lahle is furnished by Beaumont and De'Pocque-
ville. at p p 281 282 of iheir work heretofore cued
ly me. showing the age** of offenders in the States of
New York. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and Connec
ticut. as follows;
Prisoners le*s than 20 years old
Ho between 20 and.31?
do do 30amf40
do do 40 and 50
do do : 0 and 60
The re-t are above 6*1 years old
A Htnilar table i*s furn«fieo bv the«e wr.ters shovv-
I in 10 or 10 00.
I in 2 or 50 00.
I in 5 or 29.0(1.
I m 9 or ll 11.
I in 25 or 4 00.
Convicts less than 21 years of age I in 5 or 20 00
do
do
do
do
do
between
do
do
do
21 and 30
30 and 40
4** and 50
50 and 60
60 and 70
I it. 3 or 33 33
J in 4 or 25 00
I in 8 or |2 50
I in 18 or 5 56
I i. 46 or 2 !7
The number above 70. they say is something: but
so small as to make record li^ele***.
In Chamber’s ‘Information (or the People ” I find
the following table compiled for England in the year
1838.
WONDERFUL \NII EXTRAORDINARY euKK
of Rheumatism of twenty )ears standing.
Never in mv life have I Ii *d s«* much plea-ure in
doing anv thing as in giving this certificate to the
world, and I hope it mav he the cause of thousands
of my fell *w-creitures being relieved Irom that
dreadful disease rheumatism. My wife has been al
dieted with it for twenty years mosi ofthe time suf
fering excruciating pains in evety part of tier hodv —
Having no appetite whatever, she was reduced i » al
most a skeleton 5*o violent were the pains that she nig the ages of offenders in Fiance as follows;
seldom could sleep without taking large dn**es of opi
um. Every joint was -wollen very much and her kt ces,
hands and neck covered wuh large lumps Sue
could do no kind of work, the sinews and muscles
being so hard and contracted H at her limbs were
drawn together, so lhai she was obliged to he in bed
constantly In this condition she bad been for twen
ty years. without ever getting any relief from every
thing she used, un'il she commenced tlie u*e of H G
FARRELL'S Arabian Liniment, the firs! bottle of
which produced a great change. She has now used
five bottles, and the swellings have nearly all gum*
down; pain has entirely left tier. *he sleeps well and
soundly; is more fieshy than ever she was in her life;
lias an excellent appetite, and spins and sews all day.
By (lie use nt a few bottles more she must be as well
as ever she w a If any one doubts Him wonderful
cure, he has only to call at mv residence near Peoria,
and learn the circumstances from my wife’s own lips,
! or he can fur’her enquire of any of my neighbors.
Samuel Flson
j II. G. Farrell s Arabian Lin.ment is also an excel
lent remedy for paUy. sprains, bruises, cramps, chil
blains burns, pains, toothache, sere eyes <&c . and in
horses or canle is the best remedy in ihe world where
an external application is require^.
Look out fir Counterfeits! —The public are caution
ed against another counterfeit, which has lately made
its appearance, called VV B Farrell’s Arabian Lini
ment. the most dangerous ol all the counterfeits be
cause having the name of Farrell, many will buy
it in good faith without the knowledge that a coun
terfeit exists and they will uerhaps only discover
their error when the spurious mixture has wrought
its evil effects The genuine article is manufactured
only by H G Farrell, sole mventor and proprietor.
Off.uid^rs under 12 years nlj
1 58
do
between 12 and 16
9 92
do
do
17 and 21
29 13
do
do
2*2 and 30
31 21
do
do
31 and 40
14 75
do
do
41 and 59
7.02
do
do
51 and 60
3 00
above
CO
1 58
Not ascertained
1 78
ion on
ho British Almanac for 4345. 1 find a similar
>r 1*43 a«* follow**
Offendersa«pd under 15 year*
5 7
do
b tween 15 and 20
22 7
do
do
20 and 25
21 3
do
do
25 and 30
14 9
do
do
3ll and 40
16 4
do
do
40 and 50
8 1
do
do
50 and 60
3.5
do
above
60
1 9
Not ascertained
2.5
100.0
- - A comparison of these statistics, coming as they do
and wholesale druggist. No 17 Main street. Peoria, from such different communities ol man. ami at dif.
Illinois, to whom «|| application* for Agoncics must ferem periods of time is not a littla useful Such
he addressed. Be sure you get it 1 with the letters II comparison serves very forcibly to show, the approx-
G before r arrells. thus—II. G. FAR * ELL 8 and jmatiou to accuracy of result, and consequent relia*
ms s.gnatureon the wrapper, all others are counter- bilny of such statistical tables. By it. we find what
'I hese returns, however, seem to be incomplete,
and derived fr«*m a portion ofthe Gonnties onl); and
should tint, therefore, probably be taken into the
ar count.
Let u** then take the very lowest ratio, exhibited
viz: ih it shown hy the record from our Penteiiliary.
where we have 7 29 100 foreigners born out ofthe
Union in every 190 convictions, or *J out of ihe whole
i number. 125: and roiwnler the subject with refer-
I ence to that proportion.
■ Bv the United .States census returns for our State.
! I find that in 1850 the foreign population or
! number ol our inhabitants horn out ofthe United
| States wa*5907 Since that lime, this population
| has very much increased 1 find hy ih • Sextons re-
: port lor the city of Augusta, during the past year.
’ that the de.ths and burials of foreigners in the city
have considerably more than doubled since 1850;
j and this population has proh.ibiv therefore more
than doubled in this place since lint year
The intelligent officer at present occupied in tak
ing the city census lias s iti-fied me by other (acts
which he has (nought to my attention, that ihi< pop
ulation has more than doubled in Augusta since that
date This is also true, no doubt ol other cues in ihe
State. The increase, however, very much con
fined to the towns and is slight elsewhere.
On ihe whole | think that I shall not he far from
the truth m assuming that the number of such per-
j sons in our 8tate a? present, i- very nearly 19 990.
j Now according to the census returns th»* free
| white population, of our State in |r59 was 521,438
I From tins, let us deduct tne number of the foreign-
j e»s al the tune, viz: 5997. and we have in round
! numbers a native vvrute population of5l5 099 From
! among these 515.HIM) natives then, come the |!6 na-
I live convicts in the Peimentiary. while from the
i 19 990 foreigners come the 9 convicts, horn out ul
' Hie I billed Stales
This ii will lie preceived gives one conviction of an
native to every 4956 of ihe native population, and
one conviction of a foreigner *o eveiv fill of the
foreign population, or 4 ofthe latter to one of the
funner, faking uHo consideration ihe relative pro
portion * I ihe population foreign and native In
this estimate, it will he seen, we hav*- not taken into
ihe account, the increase of the native white popu
lation since 1859.
1 have not tune to d-veil upon the practical reflec
tion-. to which tho-e results give ri-e. but must lor
the present leave them wiih the reader.
Before taking leave of this «uhj» ct. however. I de
sire lo remark trial Beaumont and lleTocqueville iu
thmr Systeme. Ptnit*ntwire. &c . show that at the
time when they wrote m the S'afes of Mas-achit-
-*etts. Connecticut. New York. Pennsylvania, and
Maryland, the number nt persons born nut of the
United St ates, hi the State prisons of these Slates,
was as |4 :n every • *>0 imprisoned. yB^nnnonl et
DeTorqueci le Systeme Pentteutiaie and Par. Ed.
1836. Vol 2 P 390.) a result very similar to that
StitH* mentiuned, i:nrh*r 2fl years old. are as 1 in 10. I piralily. ami fur ihe kind and crdral weleoine t.f r|
ami between '20 and :)0 a* 1 in 'J; whilst with ns. and cuizeus nf Savannah, and tn yourself fur i|„, a '*
in France, offenders under 'Jl are as I in 5. and he j fell and affecliuirate manner iri \vhie!i ii has been T”"
tween'Jl ami 30. as 4 in 3 j dered. A more pleasant and gratifying duly could
In cnrnnieriiiup nn this difference a* between Iht : nut hare been assigned, and in iheir name It J
French, and the American tables which they exhibit, I you our sincere thank*. ’ 1
Beauinunt and De Toequeyille at p 302. 2 *ol of! With a noble and spacinys harbor, yon hare well
their work. says, that “it w Ihe displacing nf a year, j said that fur a lung time vour city has been isolated
winch causes the difference observable; a difference | and separated from the fertile hack country, which
only apparent ” ! was to supply her commercial wealth and proaper-
If this ire so. there is indeed a very surprising rn. I iry. and Ihe only means of communication was by
incidence m these results. Even if they be wrung in r "slow coaches’ for passenger*, and stril slower was-
this; still there remain mar y striking featares of siuii- j oris fur the transportation of produce Well dn w' B
. i,,ritv I remember, sir. when Savannah and Augusts were
| When ve bring tire Enghsll tables (above given; j supplied hy a weekly mail on horseback, nr ihe sul
into comparison with the other* a remarkable differ- j ky.and we also remember whpn to supersede them
! puce i* observable, to the advantage of the French | by Ihe four horse stages three times a week, fire Btate
I and nnr own people. | of Georgia gave In Callrev rV Bnstin the exclusive
We find from one of lire above tables taken from privilege for twenty years of running those roaches
! English authority that out nf every 100 offenders, at the enormous speed of sixty miles a d ry .-'a-
there are 4‘) 63 100: or about I to every 'J.J. under 21 I vannah was impatient al these restraints on her pros-
; years of age Of these I 5B 100 were under l'» years, peril y, and aroused from her deep sleep by the sinill
am) 0 0'J-I00 or nearly I in 10, between I'J and l(i— whistle o! the steam engine running from Charles-
i W’iih its there are about I in5 only under 21; 5.80 100 ton to Hamburg, sire put fbrth her energies, and,
1 or about 1 in 20, between 15 and IS; at d none under gnideuhv her lamented Gordon, commenced ihe
Id years old I Central Railroad. His loss was supplied bv the
We have heard miir.li about the number of“jnven- ability, the energy and industry ofthe present Pres-
iie delinquents.” in E> gland; but a comparison of idem, my old friend. Air Gnvler. I'mier Ins ans-
| their criminal statistics with other countries exhibits pices, that road has been fitii-lied. her resource* have
I this in so prominent a manner, as to sadden and been properly applied her finances placed upon the
shock one—as to excite rhp wondering thought of most desirable footing and ihe stock ol tlie Company
; how it i* possible, that a hard thinking, practical, nil* nt a higher premium than any to the Stare; and while
impassioned people like the English, in tlie face ol the th>* stock taken up the city has been largely increas-
| stubborn it'id alarming **videi»ce winch this and nth- ed, ihe value ol die real properly of her citizens has
er feariires of their criminal statistics | such as the been doubled. Did I say doubled? Yes sir I be.
large riiiiiih-r of awfully hrit'al male offenders. Ihe lieve I shonlil not he wrong were I in sax trebled or
j great proportion of femile criminal*, the deep de- quadrupled. Colombo* and V.iCoii have endeavor-
poivity ami fiendish crnellv of some of them] ex- ed to second these efforts in extending that road, and
1 hihit. as to the degree and extent of their national yon have only spoken the simple troth in the proud
immorality and depravity, even as compared with boast that you saw he morning sun raising his broad
Roman Catholic France, and slave holding America, disc from the Atlantic wave, that you travelled wnh
i should yet allow themselves. In shut 'heir e\ e* in ex- his fiery courses throughout the extent of otir .State
lai-ie* of Uncle Tooiinitudes.” to their miserable *«- and raw his golden beams tremhling at ihe gates of
eial condemn to ‘ibauk God that they are not as
other men.” or even as the poor laveholder. In warn
thus,* unhappy slaveholders, as dues one of iheir
greatest men. Earl Carlisle in nis prefare lo L’ocle
Tom's Cahill riot lo lay the inirtinri to their souls,
that the common run of inechaoics amt laborers ill
England ate on a level of suffering and degradation
wuh dm slave on a rice swamp in Carolina, or at a
sugar crop lime to Louisiana &c ”
t Imp would think, ihal instead of wasting their en
ergies in sympathy for people who are so much less
immoral, brolal and depraved than themselves and
leaving such lo d.-al with ih* ir national ills as limy
the West, beyond tlie rapid Chattahoochee.
We Ion have endeavored tn perform llm same
feat. a,nl flittered ourselves ihal we would he able
to travel the sa im distance in ifm slum or a shinier
period. We tailed; hut we ought not to complain,
lor Imw could Columbus expect to equal Savannah?
Savannah i* in ihe pride anil vigor ot her strength
ai.d Columbus but the mis- in her teens.’ But’
while she grows with her growth, and strengthen^
with her strength, -he will *iil| .| MVe to emulate tho
glorious example *ei before hei.
And. pet mil ni" to say. sir. she was only preven
ted from succeeding hy the most trifling ’ accident.
best can they would, bring all their resources to hear Tlie cow catcher of the engine was pul ra'ther lower
, upon the elorm of those monstrous social evils in than g.-neraliy used on the road; and von know sir
Iheir owo sysltm—which in the voices ol the weak thu where country road* cross the rail-road scant-
and the helpless are crying to Heaven for redress— |,ng are placed on either side and between ihe rails
would give all tint thev can spare of what Lord Car- and. although Ihe locomotive passed up safely the
lisle calls the warmth of sympathy and ajdor of htl- evening before, in descending t|,e Ctiiv catcher
mainly” to stay the bloody hands nf their starving struck against one «f dm scantling, and instead uf
I and brolal cniiiinun run” nf adult male criminals— driving it before, it was nuforinnatelv thrown directly
and especially to hold them up from injuries to across the track and the engine baggage car ai d one
I helpless women and infants—to save from famine, ofthe passenger cars thrown off the track and much
and cruelty, crime and its ron^equeuc^f* the uiisera- injured.
Me little pauper children who swarm throughout the And. sir. it was a merciful inter position, that not
Kingdom; and to turn hack nr a wav from an ♦*arlh-
ly hell of want, and crime, and degradation the broad
and deep stream of mother?* and wives, sister* and
daughter-* which has been so long pouring into that
dread abysm, in England.
Very Respect folly,
Your Excellency’^ nbd’t serv’f
F. STARNES.
fhp city of Mexico to the 9ih mst Santa Anna ts • which the record (runt this di-urict as presented by
*hows. viz: 13 in every 190 imprisonments,
i find also (tom the same source, and same p ge
ihat m the Stated referred to the number of persons
natives ofthe ^tate in which t:*cy were tried, bi the
State Pri'*ons were as 53 in every KM) nf ail offences,
and the number of persons natives oi oiher States of
the United States were as 33 iu every 100; while the
THE RAIL ROAD FESTIVAL!
HON J. M. BERRIEN’S ADDRESS
Mv Friend-*—The very pleasant task of greeting
your idwnt tu our city h ts been assigned to me-
32 natives of other Stales in every 190 iried—a result
very nearly coincident
I At din s i me pla e th^we writers compare the num-
1 ber ol foreigners tried in France in proportion to ria-
j lives wsth what is shown (as anove) as true ol the
; United cHafes and say, that
The No of Foreigners in France, lo the total ac-
I cu-ed is as 3 to 199
j flic No. of accused from horn in (lie Department
Sant-i Anna at llie head of : wh, ; re ,r T IHd is lo "t* "hole, a* 72 tn HID
i I he Nn nf accused born nut ol the Department,
and with a vivid recollection nf the generous hospital-
j itv 11nch welcomed us on oor recent visit to Colum
bus,and of that too whirh cheered ii* on our return.
| is we paused fora moment at nor sislercilv of Ma
j cun. no one can more highly appreciate this privil
. ege.
one person, of that large * umber. injured But,
s r although we were prevent* d hy ihi* accident from
boasting that wc had traversed die Slate from wc*t
lo east from the rising to the setting sun. yet we
may almost say with Joshua nf old. that the sun
Stoo l still, and that we saw him rising as we left
Columbus, and was still rising on nnr advent to Sa.
vannah
General Bernard has properly pointed out theenm.
meri-ial advantages nf Savannah and Savannah has
made great and *ncces-litl exertions to avail herself
of them all Our beloved State, -the Empire Slate
ol tlo* South.’ has been penetrated hv railroads in
all directions having Savannah as die focus or start
ing point She has nearly penetrated to Augusta in
the East, and will receive a rich reward in the great
business from that city. A road wii.’i Ihe Atlantic
porn as it* eastern terminus has been continued
through the centre of the State, piercing the moun
tains, and leaving its western end on a tributary of
Phis Table shows many more natives licensed of
crime, much fewer foreigners and r.nn-ideraldv few
er person* burn til other sections of the same coun
try than with ns
Messiear* Beall men' cl De Tocquevilie think, that
this rrsnit is owing to the fact, that the population lit
France is • infinitely more sedentary ” than with 119.
Theie can he nn doubt, that this in part a con ills lor
the difference; hut whilst it does ihi* 11 also illustrates
in part the difference in the moral condition nf tlie
t*n cnniilries, especially when we take in connection
with it. tlie r> flection, that the record which I have
presented and bv winch we in ike this cu.ppanson.
exhibits few or none nt those revolting crimes which
appear so piiiuiiuetitly in the criminal calender of the
F reuch.
Another very Interesting feature ol these statistics
is the Comparative ages ol person* commuting crime*.
I till tables show, that in till* Jii-liet >1 Oi-triet 3 -lo-100
are hel Ween the ages ol 15 anil'JO 4(i. 15 100 between
ihe ages of 20 and 30 2-~< 85-100 between 30 and 40.
7 (id 100 between 40 and 50, and 13 46-100 between
50 and 00.
The record from our Penitentiary furnishes the fol
lowing Table:
Convicts between I5and2!.in every 100 19*20.
... the name then, and in behalfof the citizen* of the mighty Mississippi And the road to Columbus
Sai tiinah I welcome von to this ancient city ol Ogle- opened to Saiannah the rich production* of
lliorpe—to the home of your coadjutors in ‘he glori- Wes.ern Georgia. Bnt while she has done so much,
I ous enterprise, whose happy consummation we have permit mp. sir. tu differ from you iu the proposition
! assembled to common) irate die ^ r, k l' a * been broken ’
That home is endeared to us by a thousand reeol- South VVeatern Georgia is calling loudly for vonr
| lections. Our fullers dwelled here. They have ald * Florida is also raising her hands in supplication,
j rested from t heir labors—but you see before yon, And Alabama, like Macedonia of old is urgently
| some ofthe desceiilantsof the early settlers of this nil- entreating you to come over and help her And
dens of Ihe col *ny of Georgia— and vet inure of those *^ ev "’iff P'*"f into your lap a rich reward for all the
| whose ancestors endured the privations incident to a a i d b slowed,
residence here in the infancy ol the State. * * IP " n *. "hpn loud complaints were made
Von are standing within bow-shot of the spot, against Savannah for the la ge subscriptions she made
where one hundred and twenty years since, a small
and feeble hand of Britons landed on these shores, in
quest of a home—where the patriotic tlglelhorpe. a
•nldier statesman, and philanthropist held high con
verse with I nmachiei and the Micops and 'he leading
warriors of the contiginns Indian tribes, se* king ihe
the acq'ii-itioii of territory hv peaceful means, and
to build tier roads Her ruin was predicted Now the
most skeptical have been silenced. The stock is suffi
cient pay all the debt she contracted lor it. besides llie
increased value of property i n the city And none can
he found so foolish as to believe that any investment she
might moke in judiciously extending her lines of com
munication would not tie profitably employed I
You mentioned, sir, that you hiid rode in the first car
where, in tracing the lin.-s of Savannah, be laid the drawn by horses over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
foundations of our noble State Above 11*. at a short flint was the first Road 1 ever saw. and nut three ile-
ilisianee a body of -raitzlmrgers. driven by religions cades have past since there too, 1 first saw the Iron
perseou'inn from their native land, were afterwards Dorse with his burning lungs—his flaming nostrls and
posted—and southward, on the banks of the Abaina- , i n ' ld , w , l,np ** , |d his mighty power. In a
ha. a hand of g ilia til II ighlander*.forming the advance
guard id dtp t'nlnnv. stood ready to breast the first
shock of Spanish aggression
Snrh wa* ttie humble origin .*fthe t’olonv. which
in this nnr day. ha* acquired the title of “The Em
pire State ofthe South ” and thus the b ith of citv is
coeval with it Its scanty inhabitants shared largely
conversation I heard about that lime. I jearned dial the
resistance of die atmosphere and tlie friction of the rails
was more than overcome hv the accelerated velocity,
and t hat the velocity would he increased in an equal ra!
Iio with the power I then thought, and that opinion
has lieen confirmed, that it w il! not he difficult to run
ion miles in an hour with ns much safety as twenty
miles, h is only necessary to have the railway pe r ti*ct-
in the perils of our revolutionary conflict — moistening |y level, and the curves perfectly corn ct and there will
withtlieirbloodthesoilwhic.il they defended IVe be no increased danger. For if they run off wh°n run-
*f»:i!l n !««•* pre-ji’utly lo ihf* uimnuiipnl **rt*ci»»d to the nt rig at 30 miles an hour, they will h#» killed, a»»d they
• • • — ra 1 . j _ - l- r.. 11 -11- . can only be killed at the increased velocity They now
iiiFinorv of the illustrious Polattder, who fell giillaut
lv doing buttle in their n iinr
I turn 10 matters more immediately connected with
die occasion of our a^enthla're
With all the advnnt £»*s of h» j r position, on the
bank* of this noble fiver, which affords ;«t once an
outlet to the ocean and communication by steamboat
navifr itiou with v trmm portion* of tlie State; Sa
vannah was for a series of year*, comparatively isola
ted The -slow roaches" which you have wjwelv
dmviriled. and the shll slower road waggons, «ff»rd«»d
In our friends in tlie inteiior the only means oftrans-
piirDihon to S 4vannah for themselves arid their pro
ditce But fh^ snirii o f ihe a«£e impatient of such re
straints. at length aroused us to exertion and you
have now broken the last link «'f chain which honed
us’to them and separated on from us Our fe|.
IjwciiiZMis ol t/oluinbnswill now enjoy th»* lruif*» of
their «rlt»ri..u** enterprise. At >our hospitable hkldiu^
rim sixty miles tlie hour, and I have little doubt, if mv
life IS -exo-sx.l C. 1 1- . .. .... 7
pared for as Ion* a period, that I shall see or hear
the 100 miles have been accomplished.
A 011 have said, sjr. that from the approx ima‘ion crea
ted hy railroad romnumieatiori. Savannah. Miron, !4 nd
Columbus can no longer he called thiee riliet, Imt are
united into on , w ith Columbus (or its western, M icon
its centre, and Savannah for its eastern ward Allow
we th n to uc2'*st, when their inereased population
shall draw them closer tog *iher, so ihat we can lake ilm
\oles. that we elect Mr. VVaiiley, yoiira'de superinten*
ilenr, the Mayor of ihe great city. .YJy a-’quaimanca
with him h is n.»ih«'en long, hut from lh » nkill. activity
and ene g\ h** displayed in r«t»airing i».p acrid *nl which
befell 11s,a more - fli -ieut o(fi«*er could n »r be found.
With you, sir, we would join in era* »ful ncknow!*
edgements to th*» Giver of every good and ierfect ?ifi,for
the t*t>cces8 with wiih which he li;w rr»wn-*d our ef
forts It ha* hern truly said, “man proposes bin God
disposes." Without (»is aid we can do nothing—fan in
we j.iurocyed with Hiesun. from the shores of the our rightful understandings, we may look with a firm
Atlantic to the (l inks of the sentlv fl'-winjv stream reliance <mi him lor sncc^ sa.
which washes the base of your beautiful rity—and.tnit Again, air, permit me for myself and those I repre-
‘or ihe casualty which del tved your progress \ on *° tender lo the people of (mvannah our thanks for
would avail Ul .lu.rtvr time, have spanned the whole *^'°!^!!JITT'?"**11'!-'° ‘!^
breadth of nnr noble State from it* Western to its
they have been received in the vtm» spirit in which
they have been offered and with grateful hearts. F‘»r
mys-K,allow me too*k ihe pardon of tlie* meeting for
the t:me I have detained them, nud to lhank them for
their kind patient at lent ion.
I Ka«tern border, iu coming in ns.
1 This is not the moment to speak in detail ofthe
m tgmficenr prospect Huh opened to our view. In-
deed. tny friends, the most vivid imagination would
1 he powerless to delineate it The broad Atlantic h is
now become your own great highway to the market
ol the world To us. it ha- opened a valuable pnr-
lion of our own State. To you. and n*. it gives e(J ^ontpiit.d by a b»mi of music, lo et.ioy the
rich access to the rich productions or our sister State* poo H cheer provided for them.
’• ‘ J * 1 l,, '‘ « re! ‘' '•"•rotigiifare The f(1 |, llillg are th „ rP g„| ar . toasts:
The Dixser — \t l*»ur oVInck a procssinn wa*
formed by nnr gucM*. the Uommiitee of .Arrange-
tneiits and many other of our citizens and proceed-
iyiug eolith and west of us
is now complete. Columbus guard** its western, and
! The Occasion—It brings to remembrance the
I Savannah its eastern portals, while at an intermedi- .
alt; position on the line. Macon et.joy* the full benefit 'T',’'''' ,PS " V!|1 Lhaltahoochee. Mav the nnit.n
j ofeastern and western transit 'I bev are no longer '* '•* a *' , -s now, a* th.iii e complete a* the iron hands
now three, t-ities separaledby distance, tedious and , ' vl,,ch ,,,nd _s*"vamu»h tn Macon and Colmobns
The t ity of Colnmhns—Throned no the banks
painful to overcome, hut rather, one great city of
which Savannah constitutes the eastern. Macon the of Ihe lovely t hatlmioochee—decked Ity artwiililav-
0 ,.. _ , .... , . an English writer calls ‘wonderfully uniform results
Sold by E. J. WHITE. Milleogeville. Ga . and by as to age.” ju-t where character, fmhits. str'iclure of
reguhtrlv authottzed agents throughout the U. States- society. «fcc. tnav he supposed to operate least in-
. Price i» and 50 cents, and $1 per b.iltle. i flueuce;»ttd just such variations elsewhere as serve to
• ,n ®. vpr - T " nrf f a certain extent. 10 illustrate the difference in the
in the United States. <11 which one is not already es- !
tablished Address H. G. Farrell as above, accom
panied with good reference as to character, responsi
bility, &c. 53
character, habits and condition of the people.
VV e observe at a glance, in these tables, how true
Hit. as Sir II. L. Bulwer somewhere says, that such
i statistics everywhere show, (hat the greatest nntnber
ceti’ral and Golnuibiiti the we'teao makd
General Bernard a distinguished Engineer in the
si’tvice of the United States, wlide engaged in recon-
noiterittg our Vluntic border, with a > lew lo the
establisliutent ofa line of defence, msnv year* since,
expressed the opinion that Georgia or-cupied enrtt-
mercially. the stote r dative posittoo t*. the Sta'es ly
ing South and West of it* as did New Yoik to those
Stales whose produce found iis way to a foreign
markei through her great seaport We are not going
tojproveihe accuracy of thal'opinimr. hut if General
Bernard were wiih it* nnw. he would look far be
yond ihe limits which then bounded Ills vsioii. He
would extend hi* view to this great Ocean which
now conslilutee the western boundary of the United
States, claiming access for us to i's exhaustiesa
treasure*—for our own and the efforts nf oor sister
State*, will put ns in connection with the great
Pacific Railways, whatever may be the point of its
departure.
Even in this progressive age. it is difficult to real
ize the rapidity of otir progress But a few brief
years have flitted by—a small part of that “inexora
ble” term, which we endeavored, in our recent in
terview at Columbus, to render somewhat more
yielding, has passed away, since I rode in the first
rail car, moved by horse power, on the Baltimore
and Ohio rail road—and yet, more recently, in •
hand car impelled by negroes, on the first ten utiles
ofthe road between Charleston and Hamburg—and
now. the map of onr rail roads ia almost coextensive
with that of ibe Union.
Let ns tbeo rejoice, end be thankful To the
i*it spoils won fmni subjected nature—adorned with
all the graces ot a generous and lofty civilization
VVe have beheld this picture and its image is stamped
upon our heart*
3. The City of Moron—The central point ofGeor-
gta—she must always have powercomincnsttrate wttb
her position.
4. Augusta —One of the earliest ofOglethorp’s se
lection* as a point of defence, she has ever proved
herself the strong-hold of intelligence, public spirit
and private enterprise.
5. Major John H Howard.—The name of How
ard ha* been heretofore distinguished in the annals of
Arts, of Arms, of Science and Philanthropy. The
gratitude of hi* couutrvmen await* him who b*-ars it
now. for t.is patriotic, enlightened and zealous exer
tions in the eauae of internal Improvement.
fi Educations—A union of all interests—even of
Church and State—to promote a cause so essential
to the happiness ofthe people
7 7he Railroad System.—The best treatise o»
political economy ever published: it teaches how we
can best save time and money, annihilate space; and
enhance the value of property and of labor. A speedy
union of Ihe Atlantic and the Gulf.
8. Free Commerce, dree Consciences and Free
Presses.—Three great polities) unities, sll centering
io one beautiful system. I sit (ioHBXSKt*
» The Judiciary ofthe United Stales-— Maxshatt
and dlory have shed upon it immortal lost re. it t»
the arbiter between Sovereigns, and should bo Ihe
I