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.Special ftotires.
r r r. AlJUOST Dead.—8otne of the most
heartrending scene* daily take place in our great
cities. Amidst the most severe suffering and af
flictions of poverty and disease, there sometimes
appears a helping hand. On one of the coldest
nights of the bitter cold winter of 1855, a poor fel
low, who was nearly frozen to death, was picked
up out of Broadway, and taken to the Sixth Ward
Station-house. Poverty, not "Rum," had driven
him to the streets for shelter; becoming wearied
with hunger, and dispirited with his miseries, he,
unconsciously, fell to sleep, and had not his deso
late and dangerous situation been noticed by some
kind “passenger on the street,“a coroner’s ver
dict’ would have been, "Frozen to Death.’’ For
tunate, however, for the poor fellow, there was
some life in him. Radway’s Ready Relief was
applied, some poured down bis throat, and his
body rubbed vigorously with it. It soon brought
back the warm blood to his veins, and set it circu
lating healthfully. It refreshed and invigorated
him, and the poor frozen lump of disheartened
mortality, wa3 once more a live and healthy man.
For Chilblains, Frost Bites, Frozen Limbs, Rad-
way's Ready Relief is a sovereign remedy.
Dresden, Weakly co., Tenn., Dec. 31,1855.
I, Jeptha Gardinier, of the aboye place, do pub
lish, that for many years I have been afflicted with
Rheumatism, nod oa the evening of December
20th, 1855, while,walking in my yard, I fell with
great violence on the ice, bruising the knee pan
very badly. I further certify that on the above
day, Dr. John J. Benedict, a travelling agent of
Radway &. Co., arrived at this place, and hearing of
my heavy fall and the terrible complaint that af
flicted me, recommended me to apply Rad way's
Ready Relief, which I did, and in a very short
time the pain ceased, the swelling abated, and I
am now able to walk without the use of my cane,
free from pain. I have tried several other reme
dies, but found no relief. In case of extreme pain,
Radway’s Ready Relief is far preferable to all oth
er remedies; if any one doubts the truth of this
certificate, let them call on me at my residence, or
write to me at Dresden, Tenn., and I will give
them full information.
* JEPTHA GARDINIER.
For years Mr. Gardinier suffered the torturing
pains of Rheumatism; he was uuable to walk
without the help of a stick. On the 29th of De
cember, he first tried the R. R. Relief—ou the 31st
he could walk without any aid and free from pain.
Let all who are crippled or bed-ridden, think of
this.
Sold by druggists and merchants everywhere.
E. J. White, Ag’t, Milledgevilie, Ga. 30 2t
Another Case ok Fever and Agle Cured.
—A few days ago we recorded an astonishing cure
of Fever and Ague by the use of Dr. M'Lane’s
Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., Pitts
burgh, Pa. We have now another to mention,
viz: that of Mr. James Sharpe, of Madisonburgh,
who states that he had labored under a very severe
attack of Ague and Fever, and was soon restored
by the use of these Pills. Mr. Sharpe also ex
presses an opinion, founded on observation, that
the Liver Pills are the best for biilious complaints
ever offered in his section of country.
Although long known as a sovereign remedy for
chronic^ses of Hepatic derangement, or diseases
of the Liver, the proprietors, Fleming Bros., of
Dr. M’Lane’s Pills, were not prepared for the fre
quent, but gratifying evidences of its general util
ity and curative capacity. In this respect, this
invaluable medicine Las exceeded their most san-
j^iine expectations, and induced them to hope that
1t will be introduced into every family in the U.
States.
For sale by E. J. White, James Hertyand Wm.
L. White & Co., Milledgevilie
VW* Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr.
MI wane’s celebrated Liver Pills, manufactured by
Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are other
Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before the
E nblic. Dr. M’Lane’s genuine Liver Pills, aiso
is celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had at all
respectable Drug Stores. None genuine without the
signature of FLEMING BROS. [37] ^
Davis’ Pain Kili.er.
My Dear Sir.—I desire to state a few instances
of good resulting from the use of the Pain Killer.
The first case that I shall mention in w hich I per
formed a cure was that of a servant boy, who had
his right hand severely scalded by the falling of
boiling oil on it, was in a few days perfectly cured
by the application of a mixture of Cream and Pain
Killer, as directed in such cases. Then my girl
was cured of an obstinate Cough. Lastly, I shall
refer to myself—I took the medicine—not from any
confidence I had in it; on the contrary, I took it
with a great deal of fear—however, I must own
that it several times relieved me of cold in the
chest—and it cured me of a fever—of pain in the
knee—and un ulcer in the mouth. In addition to
the above, a case of cholera was brought to my
notice; a coachman was attacked with this dis
ease, and medicines kept for this complaint were
given to the man w ithout any effect, and, as the
last resort, when he was cold and speechless, the
Pain Killer was administered, which threw a
warmth into the system and revived h’s sinking
energy—in short, the man was restored.
R. W. CHILL, Calcutta, India.
Sold by W. L. White & Co., E. J. White, and
Jas Ilerty, Milledgevilie. 30 2t
Batchelor’s Hair Dye, warranted to dye
brown or black, so as to defy detection, without
the least injury to hair or skin. It is the admira
tion of the critical, the envy of imitators—never
fades. It is the perfection of the art, as it is the
original. Made and sold, or applied at the Wig
Factory 233 Broadway, New York. A steel plate
label with Wm. A. Batchelor is on each box of
genuine. All others are conterfeit. 30 4t
Sold by Bit the Druggists in Milledgevilie.
Wood's Hair Restorative.—Prof. Wood, the
renowned discoverer of the invaluable Hair Re
storative, still continues’to labor in behalf of the
afflicted. His medicines are universally admitted
by the American press to be far superior to all oth
ers for causing the hair on the head of the aged,
that has been silvered for many years, to grow
forth with as much vigor and luxuriance as when
blessed with the advantages of youth. There can
be no doubt that it is one of the greatest discove
ries in the medical world. It restores permanently
gray hair to its original color, and makes it assume
a beautiful silky texture, which has been very de
sirable in all ages of the world.—Cincinnati Daily
Sun, April 27, 1854. 28 4t
■ •
Dalley’s Magical Pain Extractor.—There
never has been a discovery made in Materia Medi-
ca, whereby pain can be so quickly allayed, and
where parts in a high state of iniiamation can be
so rapidly reduced to their natural state, nor where
wounds and sores can be so thoroughly and rapid
ly healed, and decayed parts restored without eith
er scar or defect, than with Dailey's Magical Pain
Extractor. .
In cuts, wounds, sprains and bruises—casuali-
ties to which children are constantly subject—the
action of.iLe genuine Dailey’s Pain Extractor, is
ever the* same! How much pam and suffering
may not thus he prevented ! Moreover, life itself is
often dependent upon having at hand the genuine
Dailey Extractor, and for particulars of which I
respectful’y refer to my printed pamphlets, for the
truth of qtbich I hold myself responsible.
No case of burns and scald, no matter how se
vere, has, ever yet, in any one instance, resisted
the all powerful, pain-subduing and healing quali
ties of the Dailey’s Pain Extractor.
No Pain Extractor is genuine unless the box has
upon it a Steel Plate Engraved Label with the sig
natures of C. V. Clickener Co., Proprietors, arid
Henry Dailey, Manufacturer. Price 25 cents per
box.
ry All orders should be addressed to C. V.
Clickener &. Co., 76 Barclay and 222 Greenwich
streets, New York.
Sold by all Druggists and Medicine dealers
throughout the United States. 29 3m
A Perfumed Breath.—What lady or gentle
man would remain under the curse of a disagreea
ble breath when by using the “Balm of a Thous
and Flowers” as a dentriface would not only render
the breath sweet but ieave the teeth as white as
alabaster 7 Many persons do not know their
breath is bad, and the subject is so delicate their
friends will never mention it. Poor a single drop
"Hahn” on your tooth-brush and wash the teeth
year morning. A fifty cent bottle will last a
hv A ii^n«Vv a \.n 0m P* ex * on mav easily be acquired
wKL™ Kalm - of a Thousand Flowers ” It
skin, lr-avino- it of pim l" < ’ 8 an< f freckles from the
el, ^»ur 0n K two ; r a G, 0ft r “ ,eate >*ue. Wet a tow-
nig£t and morning thr<!e dr ° ps ’ nnd wash the face
sStSttt zirzz .*»*« »™.h
drops of “Balm of a ThouskSd Flo” tw .° or thre6
beard well, and it will ZT’atuniT?'1*? b , the
much faeiliteting the operation of
only fifty cents. Sold by all Druggists
of counterfeits. None gin,,;™ IVware
Our .Vary,
The Report of the Secretary of the Navy, after
stating the different services for which our fleets
have been put in commission, urges upon Con
gress some strong considerations for the enlarge
ment of this “right arm of the service.’ The
vastness of our commerce is alone a sufficient
reason for compliance with the moderate demand
of Mr. Dobbin. He solicits the building of nine
frigates, of equal capcity with the six recently
completed, besides twelve si oops-of-w a r, which
are to supply the places of those now unfit for
active duty* and those which must soon be re
called on the same account. But we think, upon
his.own conclusions and suggestions, the Secre
tary has not gone far enough. American com
merce, since it has assumed the first rank upon
the seas, has not been propotionately guaran
teed. The increase of risk is unatended by fresh
precautions. The great strides it has made in
the last ten years, outrunning our great rival,
England, do not seem sufficiently to have ex
plained the necessity for a larger protective ma
rine. With the small fleets we now employ, it is
scarcely possible that the immediate interests of
our traffic in remote portions of the globe can
have that prompt assistance they so often re
quire.
National dishonors inflicted through the wrongs
our merchants or their employees are compelled to
submit to, can only be prevented by the presence
of a power capable of attaching a penalty to their
perpetration. Emergencies arise where some such
authority is utterly invaluable. The recent
massacre at Panama had its most aggravating
feature in its impunity. If there had been an
American man of-war sailing in her bay, the hor
rid details cf such an affair would never have been
spread before an indignant people. What we
want and what we must have in our naval force is
ubiquity. We must he everywhere at the same
time; and paradoxical though it mayfseem, it is by
no means impossible to be so. Great Britain
shields her mercantile interests by an omnipresent
navy. Her system by every day demonstration is
not a whit larger than is actually required. With
an overflowing treasury nnd a largely decreased
national d>*bt cannot we afford to contribute more
than $12,418,023 a year to this important branch
of the national defense?
Our own humble convictions on the subject
are that Congress would acquire a larger share of
public respect and gratitude by extending its in
dulgence to this project than yelping after nig-
gers.
Let alone these considerations of positive ne
cessity, a look into the future with anything of
the prophetic spirit must teach ns that the watery I tion; of t7ie tariff of 1846, and a reduction of the
plains of the Atlantic are to be the great battle- j revenue from customs. It is assumed as a fact,
ground of constitutional liberty. The symptoms beyond question, that a tariffon imports is a tax,
From the Baltimore Sun.
Annual Report of Secretary of the Treasury.
The annual report of the Hon James Gathrie,
Secretary of the Treasury, is a volutnnious but
able and interesting document. It sets forth the
financial condition ol the country in a lucid and
satisfactory manner, and urges many important
changes in the tariff, &c., with much force and
ability.
After giving in detail the receipts in the Treasu
ry for the past fiscal year, and the expenditures
tor the same period, (the totals of which appeared
in the President's message,) he proceeds to show
that on the 30th of June next there will bean
estimated balance in the Treasury of $22,345,-
222 81.
The estimated receipts into the Treasury for the
fiscal year ending 3t)th June, 1858, are estimated
at $72,955,310 57, making with the balance on
hand, the sum of $95,300,533 38, while the ex
penditure are estimated at $72,3u4,82:W6.
The report next proceeds to a minute exposition
of the national debt, and shows, as was stated
yesterday, that during the present administra
tion it has been reduced from $71,879,937, to
the sum or$30,963,909, which amount could be
paid at once if it was due. In making tins re
duction, the sum of $40,916,027 has been paid for
the principal thereof, and $4,609,882, for pre
mium ou portions of it redeemed before maturity,
saving the sum of $14,606,441 by paying in ad
vance.
The actual receipts from customs into the
treasury for the first quarter of the fiscal year
1857, viz: the quarter ending the 30th of Sep
tember 1856, have been $21,925,431 36, being
$2,150,971 23 more than the corresponding quar
ter of the proceeding year. The same causes
that operated to increase the revenue from cus
toms during the last year may he expected to in
fluence in the same way the receipts of the suc
ceeding three quarters, hut. probably not to the
same extent
For the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1856. the
domestic and foreign merchandise exported
amounted to $826,864,918, and our imports
for the same time to $314,639,942, making
the exports $12,335,066 in exeess of the im
ports.
The report then proceeds to urge a reduction of
the tariff. We quote:
“The continued increase of oar population, and
of imports and exports, with that of our agricul
tural, manufacturing and mining wealth, and our
facilities for internal and external commerce, as
exhibited by the combined tables of this report,
encourage me, again, to recommend a modifica-
of this troth have been strongly developed during
the last administration. Upon our own shores
we are unconquerable. Like the eagle from his
eyrie on the beetling crag, we gaze across the
wide sea and catch tue first faint glimmer of free
dom’s watchfires, yet to light up with fatal glare
the thrones of Europe. We hear the mutterings
of the political firmament, though the lightnings
be drained and the thunders muffled; and the
hour will come when we shall be called upon to
give something more than a passive approbation.
The scene of that action—of that support—will
be upon the element which separates us from the
Old World,
We therefore urge our hopes that Congress
will be prevailed upon to give their utmost atten
tion to subject of such importance. Our wisest
men have been untiring in their zeal to impress
the public mind with the moment of these consid
erations, and thus bring them into favorable no
tice at Washington. We trust that the suggestions
of the Secretary of the Navy will meet the highest
approval of those functionaries who, by a popular
fiction, have ever in view the wealth, glory and
prosperity of the people.—N. Y. News.
To Southern Merchants.
caution to the h/blic.
The whole cchuKtj isfiomled wkh Counterfeit and Imita
tion Schnapps; The public should be careful to purchase
«»nl> th* genuine article, manufactured and imported by
Udolpho Wolfe, which his the name of the manufacturer
on tike Bottle, C ork und l.abel.
Fur sale by allthc respectable Grocers and Drutfgests,
Read the opinion of the New York Press.
UDOLPIIO V OLKE,W Beaver St., New York.
[From the New York Mercury.]
Fraudulent Imitation of Superior Commodities.
Among the many dishonisties of the trade which the moral
sense ot the community is called upon to surpress, we
would particularly notice a most i*; ruinous and imamous
practice adopted by unscrupulous dealers of imitatins and
counterfeiting the exterior appearance and precautionary
labels of populpar drugs, medic amenta, and other articles ol
personal consumption', and thus by seizing upon the well
acquired reputation of an enterprising trader, palming oil
most destructive and worthless compounds, to the sore
tetri menl not only of the consumer, but lo the character of
the man who had expended thousands of dollars in bring
in? the genuine article into esteem and demand Tiiest
petty larceny theives are the pest of all honorable dealers J
and traders, and Hue trade is as much highway rot heir* as
the violent appropriation of their neighbor's purse; in/act,
they are beneath the burglar and highwayman indignity-
fur these hitter felons exhibit a bravery or reticles
haracter in anywise distinguishing the mercantile a
ho stabs in the dark. Ami ought thev not he lewarded
ith punishment commensurate w ith the cowardice ofthei
crime? We were led to these remarks by accidently observ
ing a spurious counterfeit of Udolpbu Wolfe’s £chiedam
Schnapps. The labels were imitated perfectly; with the
slight addition of a few letters to plead technical avoidance
ol the law against counterfeiting; the bottles were very
similiar, and every thing carefully prepared to impose upo
careless purchaser. Now is not the man who perpetrate
this fraud,a felon,a robber? Assuredly he is; for, ns M
Wolfe has expended large sums to bring his eenuine in
l>orted schnapps into popular demand, that demand may be
justly considered a part of bis capital in trade, and a fellow
stealing a part of his reputation is as mnch of a thiel as if he
had stolen a barrel of Ids schnapps in bulk And tu this
crime be adds a further oue ot defrauding the cornu.unity
by giving them a runious article for the money they Intend
ed to expend for a commodity in which they had confidence
And, further,every man in the fraud, Uy dealing spuiiout
articles is as much ol an offender as the principle wh<
planned the imposition. The remedy of Mr. Wolfe should
lie in his holdtne all concerned up to the contempt of the
community thus swindled by their operations, and uncon-
sionr-ly imposed upon by their noxious composition. We
trust that Mr Wo'.fe wii! obtain names, not only of the
roctors of these counterfeits, but of every man offering
them forsale.antl then publish them to the world; lor his
own reputation and the health of the community demand
that all partiesshouid be nailed to the pillory of popular
execration.
{From the New York Dispatch.]
An Infamous Business.
When an enterprising man strikes out a new business
the establishment of which he gives his industry, ti
talents and pecuniary means, can anything he moie con
temptible than to have another steal in, and, under •specious
pretexts, hold out to the public an inferior article: and
endeavor to obtain their patronage? Pray, what difference
is there so farasiiie honesty ol the thing is conerned, be
tween purloining the business by which a citizen hopes to
make his bread and stealing the bread itself? A com
inon thief, if lie takes without leave, however hungry, a
loaf ol bread from a baker's shop* is apprehended and con
demned to the penitentiary for daring in a surreptious
manner to appease his appetite; but put a respectable
looking coat on his back and a few dollars in his pocket,
and be may, with impunity, nay;even with (lie applause of
his fellows, by knavery, forgery or other infamous means
take the business of an honest man from linn, and go un
scathed of justice. All this is wrong. Some years s-ince a
gentleman of this city (Udolpho Wolfe) introduced to the
citizens of the United States a medicated article of gin.
which was highly approved by professional gentlemen as a
superior tonic and deobstruent, and the knowledge of
which he, by advertisement and otherwise, disseminated
throughout:ho country- So soon as tricksters, who pass
in the busines in the community as honest men, saw that
Mr. Wolfe was likely to have handsome rctunrs foj the lime
and money which he had expended, they set about forging
his labels and palming off upon the people detestable and.
poisonous compounds which they have the hardihood to
call “Schiedam schnapps.” In some instances they have
gone so far as »o put Wolfe’s name to their villainous
liquids, as the horde are growing bold in their rascalities,
it is time the public in town and country were put uj*on
their guard. Consumers should be shuie that they purchase
the genuine artit ie,nr else their health may be irreparably
injured by using the horrible stuff that unscrupulous men,
because the* cm buy it cheap, will offer as the genuine
article Pure SchiedamSchnadps can only be obtained at
the 3tores of respectable merchants and druggists. In town
and country and at the establishment of Udolpho Wolfe,
Nos. 18.20 and 22 Beaver Street in this city, where it is
gotten up exclusively. We think it a duty which Mr. Wolfe
owes to himself the commnnity to publish, by name, the
rascals who are thus attempting to defraud both liimand
those who would bt his ru-turners. He should not permit
in- modesty to hold Inin back from making so rigethous an
expose,
Agents in Savannah.—John B. Moore Sc Co.
A. A. Solomon Sc Co., A. Bunautl. M. I. Riley, IV.
IV. Goodrich, McMahon Sc Doyle, Webster Sc Palmes,
J. N. Connerat, Clagliorn Sc Cunningham, Holcomb
Johnson Sc Co. 24. 3 m.
NOTICE TO THE AFFLICTED!!
T HE increased demand for BLISS' Celebrated
DYSPEPTIC REMEDY, has induced me to
make arrangements, so that I can now fill all or
ders at the Wholesale Prices, to-wit: Single Pack
age $2, Six packages $10, Twelve packages $18.
In all cases I pre-pay postage. Orders solicited.
I hare also in store, afresh supply of Dr. Chess
man's valuabe Pills. JAS. HERTY.
Milledgevilie, Dec. 23, 1856.
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.—Although Scrofula is
generally inherited, yet it is possible for those bom
with a perfectly sound constitution to become
Scrofulous, from living upon improper diet, or ex
posing themselves to mephitic gasses, or malaria,
or from inactive digestion, all of which impair the
vitality of the blood, rendering it thickened and
inflamed, until eruptions break out upon the sur
face of the body. In this contingency nothing is ^ ___ _
so efficacious as Sands’ Sarsaparilla to purify the j tariff laws are arranged so as not to discriminate
blood, promote a healthy circulation, strengthen against them and in favor of other manufacturing
the functional organs of the stomach, and effect a j nations,
radical cure.
nd that the tax is paid by the consumer of tho
imports, and that is undeniable, that no tax
should be imposed or continued, not required for
an economical administration of the .govern
ment, allowing for the fullfillment of all its
duties present and prospective; and that the
collection of a greater revenue, is a wrong
against the people who pay the tax, and imparts
to the agents who administer the govern
ment. a tendency to undue power, waste and ex
travagance.
Many believe that tin: $6,000,000 or $7,000,000
annually expended out of the national treasury,
for carrying the mails and for printing books, Ac.,
has been caused by a redundant and overflowing
treasury, and the same cause has operated to
increase our expenditures upon other objects, and
upon some not called for by the present or future
exigency of die government, nor by the justice of
the claims provided for, whilst hut few if any, be
lieve there is any necessity for continuing to in
crease our expenditures with the continued in
crease of our revenue. The tables of imports and
exports for the last ten years exhibit a constant and
continued, although not an annual, increase of our
imports and our exports, and consequently, of our
revenue from customs. We should consider the
same causes that have operated to produce this in
crease for the past years will operate to continue
it in future years, and place still larger sums in the
national treasury. The productions of our plant
ing and provision States, as well as our mining
and manufacturing States, continue and will con
tinue to increase with the increased and increasing
foreign and domestic demand; commerce being
the exchange of the productions of one country or
nation for the productions of another, whether
made indirectly by sale and purchase for money,
or directly by barter, the conclusion is irrisisti-
tihle, that both our domestic and foreign commerce
have generally been of equvalents, and profitable
to all parties; and as they have increased, so
they will, under the same circumstances, con-,
tinna to increase aud justify a modification of
the tariff, aud a reduction of the revenue from cus
toms.
In the modification I have heretofore suggest
ed, the propriety of increasing our free list, by
admitting the raw material used in our manu
factures, to free entry, j>nd thereby giving to the
capital aud labor of our people, equal competi
tion with the capital and labor of those coun
tries, which have, for the benefit of their manu
factures, admitted the raw material without
duty, and have recommended the same articles to
be admitted free, that are admitted free by Great
Britian. This would reduce the revenue between
$7,000,000 and $8,000,000. I have also suggest
ed, that some articles ofgeneral consumption,such
as salt, should be added to the free list, and the
tariff, on some other imports, should he reduced
some $7,000,000 or $8,000.000. This upon the
imports of last year, would reduce the revenue to
about $50,000,000 from customs, which, with the
receipts from the public lands, is deemed all suf
ficient for the necessary requirements of the gov
ernment, the average expenditures of the last
five years, excluding the public debt and the $10-
000,000 paid under the the treaty with Mxico, hav
ing but little exceeded $48,000,000. If, in the
future years there should be increased demands
on the government, the revenue from customs
may be expected to increase, so as to meet them,
without the imposition of additional duties; but
if not, the propriety of taxation will then be
for the consideration of the constituted authori
ties.
Instead of a modification of the tariff and the
reduction of the revenue from customs, many per
sons suggest that we should repeal tariffs, all and
establish the same free trade with foreign nations
that exists between the States of the Union, par
ticularly those who deem the revenue now raised
from imports unjustly levied and extravagantly
and wastefully expended. They urge lhat the
only remedy applicable to existing evils?* the ex
periment of free trade with foreign natifMI and di
rect taxation on our people. I have considered
that foreign nations are not prepared for the same
free trade we enjoy with each other, and that we
cannot have reciprocal free trade without their
consent: and that until they agree to admit our
predictions free, it would not be expedient to nd-
mir theirs free and allow them to tax our labor,
when we do not tax theirs in return. I have con
sidered that free trade, if expedient, should be ap
proached gradually, and parri passu with the ad
vance to that end by foreign nations, and that the
modification and reduction of the revenue, as
proposed, would he a movement in the right direc
tion, which might be followed when experience
and the condition of our commerce with other na
tions should justify it, and have contemplated the
time when the productions of each State, in ex
change for the productions of the others, would
constitute an abundant supply for most of our
wants at cheaper rates than other nations could
afford them, and make a resort to other modes of
raising revenue a question of necessity; but that,
for many years to come, our national treasury
would be supplied from a tariff on imports, and
that in the modification and reduction now called
for, we should make it as equal and just as pos
sible to our own people, and take away the
discrimination now existing against us, principal
ly arising out of the legislation of other coun
tries, in contravention of the industry of our peo
ple.
Here the report gives the responses to
various resolutions of Congress calling for
information on the tariff and other kindred
subjects. Then follows a varity of satisfies in
relation to the production and importation of
wool, after which the report continues as fol
lows:
The climate of the United States is sncli that
manufactures of woo! are used winter and sum
mer in some of the States, and in the winter
months in all, and tho finer fabrics are used
in all. It is an article for clothing and other uses
that our climate and our habits do not permit
us to dispense with, and which onr people can
and will manufacture for themselves, if our
wools that we import for our manufactures, and
that the duty has no effect, and does not enhance
the price of wool that we prouucfi. In consequence
of which, we are undersold in our own markets in
both the finer and coarser fabrics, and that the repeal
of the tariffon low and the higher priced wools,
would not effect the price of the wool wo produce,
and would enable our manufacturers to use more
of onr wool, by judicious mixture with foreign
wool, and give them a fairer competition for
the home iparket, and induce the manufacture
of the finer fabrics in this country. There
j would be difficulty in the execution of such a
j tariff, because it would be the interest of the im-
| porter, to put the foreign value of his wool
above the fifty or below the twenty cents, to obtain
free entry.
It is believed these causes would render the tax
uncertain and unpopular, and make free trade in
wool more desirable and more beneficial to the
wool-grower as well as to the man’ll fact urer. In
Great Britain, the tax bn the foreign wool, when it
was as much as sixpence a pound, did not enhance
the price to the English woolgrower, although it
had been imposed and continued, as well to en
courage the growth of wool at home, as for revenue.
The English prices current and statistics show that
the price of wool ranged higher, the very first year
after the duty was repealed, than it had for years
before, and Las continued to range higher ever
since. It is confidently believed that such would
be the case in this country, if the duty on the Im
portation of wool was repealed, thereby* giv
ing our manufactures wool on the same terms
the foreign manufactures obtain theirs, viz;
by purchase in the open markets of world,
and that they would he encourage to increase
and extend their business, in order to enjoy
the benefit of theliome market for their goods,
the consequence of which would bo a constant
and greater home demaud, at higher and better
prices.
The ratio at which our population is increasing
will render necessary a continued increase in the
manufactures of wool required for consumption.—
The importance of a home supply of this useful
and indispensible article of clothing calls for the
most careful investigation ot the effects of our laws
and a prompt remedy for their repeal, wherever examine the position and advantages of the sever-
they shall be found prejudical to a constant and ! al Southern Atlantic ports, with a view to our At-
cheap supply* from the capital aud labor of our own j lantic terminus of the Pacific railroad, and the es-
RESOiitriOSS OF THE SOI THERA COMER UAL
tOMEVriOY.
PASSED AT ITS SESSION IN SAVANNAH,
DECEMBER, 1856.
Pacific Railroad.
Resulted, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, the Federal Government possesses no Consti
tutional power to construct a railroad to the Pacific
Ocean.
Revolted, That a railroad ought to be constructed
from the Mississippi river, by way of El Paso,
along or near the 32d degree of north latitude, to
the Pacific Ocean; that this road should consist of
separate and continuous sections ; that it should be
incorporated and constructed under the authority
of the State, and, so far as they can constitution
ally do so, by the Territorial Legislatures, and
that the means of construction should be derived
from individual, corporate and State contributions,
together with such aid as m.\v be obtained from
grants of the public domain, for petal and military
coutracts, and any other service which may be
lawfully rendered to the Federal Government by
said company.
Resolved, That it is hereby recommended to the
southern and south-westeiu railroad companies,
that in the event any section of the said road shall
remain incomplete, or without authority of con
struction by responsible parties, they shall obtain
an act of-incorporation, authorizing them or some
one or more of them, to undertake the construction
of such incomplete section; and this Convention
hereby invoke for the enterprise of the construc
tion of said railroad, or any section hereof, the aid
and approval of all true citizens of the South,
whether in private life or public station, for the
completion of a work upon which depends greatly
the permanency of the Union, and the defence, de
velopment and independence of the South.
Resolved, That this Convention re-adopt the res
olutions of its last session, recommending the
construction of a Pacific railroad upon the route
indicated in the first resolution, by means of the
southern States, corporations and people.
Resolved. That a committee of one from each
Southern State here represented, be appointed to
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When we first imposed a tax on foreign wool,
Great Britain and other manufacturing nations
taxed it also, and as high as we taxed it. We
discriminated in the tax upon the manufactures of
wool, imposing a higher tax upon the finer fabrics,
wherenpon Groat Britain and other manufactur
ing nations repealed their tax on wool, and secur
ed to their manufacturers the advantage of
obtaining the raw material free of duty. This
advantage over ns they will continnc to enjoy as
long as onr tax is continued. The reasons why
they admit wool free, are to be found in the
fact, that they manufacture more than they
produce, and it is necessary they should be able
to sell cheap, in order to enter advantageously
the markets of the world, and it may be, also,
to secure the market of the United States, to
the suppression of manufacturing in this coun
try.
W#also manufacture more wool than we pro
duce and consume more manufactures of wool
than we manufacture, and continue our tax on
wool. The duty on wool was imposed to promote
its introduction in the United States, and was ex
pected to enhance the price. It has failed to secure
the objeot for which it was impose. The produc
tion has not kept pace with our population and con
sumption of woolen manufactures, and although
the prices have been fair, they have not been such
as to make wool-growing as profitable a pursuit as
many others in the conntry. In the trial of ten
years under the tariff of 1846, there is no greater
production of wool, in proportion to the popula
tion, than there was prior to that time. It is said
we do not produce the inferior price wools, cost
ing twenty cents per pound, or less: nor the high
er priced wools, costing fifty cents or more tithe
pound, and that it is the lower and higher priced
people
In 1790 but little manufacturing was done in the
country as a distinct business. Nearly all that
was done was in private families, foi domestic use.
Now Manufacturing is a separate pursuit, and im
mense capital is employed in its various branches.
In 1840 the value of our manufacturers was return
ed in the census of that year $483,278,215, and
in 1850 Any were returned in the census of that
year a^^i1,055,595.899. The ratio of increase
makes our manufactures for 1855 $1,351,031,293.
In this result we recognize the fact that we
have become a great manufacturing people, and
the tables accompanying this report prove we
are likewise a great agricultural and commercial
peopie.
An impulse, in accordance with the national
sentiment, was given to manufacturing by the im
position of duties on imports in our first revenue
laws, and the impulse was increased from time to
time by the imposition of additional duties. At
first we manufactured the coaser and more bulky
articles, required by our population; gradually we
have extended our operations to a great varietyof
articles and to some requiring much skill in the
execution, and now our manufacturers are in pos-
sesson of the home market in a great variety of
articles. In 1790 onr planters raised no cotton for
exportation; now it is the great crop of our plant
ing States, and they furnish it as a raw material to
the manufacturing States as well as to foreign na
tions: and now we manufacture the coarser cotton
goods for the consumption of our entire popula
tion, and export near $7,000,000 annually to for
eign countries. Our manufacture of cotton in
1840 was $46,350,453; in 1850, $61,869,184, and
the same ratio of increased in 1855 would give $70,-
964,712.
The history of the rise and progress of our man-
ufacturies, as given in the tables of this report, to
gether with that of the growth of cotton and other
productions, is suggestive of all that is required to
extend our cotton manufacturies. to that of the
finer fabrics, and to the enlargement of the home
and foreign market, for our cotton and cottons,
and, indeed, for all branches of our manufacturing
aud agricultural productions. Allow the inciden
tal production of a revenue tariff’, and place our
manufacturers and productions upon the same ben
eficial footing, that foreign manufactures and pro
ducers enjoy, in our own and foreign countries, by-
taking off the duty we now impose on the raw ma
terial, and give them fair aud equal competition,
for the home and foreign market, and we may*
safely* leave all the rest to the skill and enterprise
of our people.
No material change is recommended in the
tariff upon iron or steri, and the manufac
tures thereof, but if continued at present rates,
it is not supposed the same amount of revenue will
continue to be derived from it, even should
the use of iron, as no doubt it will, be ex
tended to many other purposes, and be consum
ed in much greater quantities. We here quote the
report:
“The extended and increased consumption of
the manufacturers of silk induces large and increas
ing importations, whilst the growth of silk, when
compared with population, is on the decline, and
the home manufacture on the increase. The tax
an foreign manufacturers of silk from the genera
and extended use thereof, is considered expedient,!
aud as just and equal as can be imposed on any
importations, and peculiarly proper, taken in con
nection with our commerce with the countries,
from which we obtain our principal supplies. The
admission of raw silk, free of duty, would injure
no home interest, and might, in time, so increase
our manufacturers of the article, as to reduce for-
egn importations. The manufacture of glass, por
celain, stoneware, the mining of coal, and produc
tions of lead and copper, and the manufacture of
silk may he expected to be increased and
extended, so as to take possession of the
home market in less time than it has taken the
production and manufactures of cotton, to gain
their present prosperous possession of the home
market.”
The tonnage of the United States engaged in
the foreign and coasting trade on the 3dth June,
1855, was 340,349, less than shown by the state
ment on the 30th of June, 1855. This has arisen
in part from a stricter examination of the returns
of former years, and a correction, by* striking
out vessels formerly sold without the United
States, or lost by marine and other casualties.—
The sail and steam tonnage shows a regular
progressive increase. On this subject, the report
remarks:
“The use of steam tonnage in the commerce
between the United States and other American na
tions, and Great Britain, France, and other com
mercial nations may, and it is thought by some,
wili considerable reduce the sail tonnage used in
commerce, and that cheaper capital in Great Bri
tain will give to that nation an advantage over the
United States in steam tonnage and the carrying
trade of our own and other countries, and they at
tribute the reduction of our tonnage to that cause.
This may be so, for some extent, but no continued
reduction of our commercial tonnage is apprehen
ded; nor is it apprehended there is any just rea
son to suppose our enterprising ship-builders and
merchants will surrender the navigation of the
seas to Great Britain, and place, that nation in
possession of the carrying buisincss of the world;
yet the subject is one of interest, and calls for a
careful examination of our tonnage laws, and the
removal of all impediments to an equal and fair
competition for our foreign trade and the trade of
other nations.”
The reduction of the tariff as recommended in
the Secietary’s first report by an enlargement of
the freelist so as to admit some articles of con
sumption and the raw material used by our man
ufacturers, to free entry, and lessening the duty*
on other imports, is again strongly urged as the
best and surest mode of giving increased benefi
cial employment to our tonnage, and increased
beneficial markets for our manufacturers and other
products, and of cultivating amity and friendship
with our neighbors of Mexico, the West Indies,
Central and South America, &c., and also the
best mode of promoting our own prosperity
next after the mutual free trade wc enjoy with
each other.
The total gold and siver coinage of tho United
States Mint, from 1793 when the mint was estab
lished, the 30th of September, 1856, lias been
$549,341,914 14, and the entire import from 1820,
when the account was first kept has been $293,-
505,743, and the export $436,587,354—there being
no account of the imports and exports, prior to
1820.
j tablishment of a depot for domestic and foreign
trade, and report the same to the next session of
this Convention.
Railroads between the Southern Atlantic and Gulf
States.
Resolved, That tills Convention recognises tho
importance of the speedy* connection by Railroad
of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States, and as a
means of accomplishing this object, this Conven
tion recommends to the favorable consideration of
the respective Legislatures of Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, the importance
of an early completion of the Road from West
Point, Georgia, to the Mississippi River, by way
of Montgomery and Selma in Alabama, to the Mis
sissippi line, to connect with the Jackson and
Brandon road in Mississippi, and the Vicsburg &
Shreveport in Louisiana, and thence to connect
with the Southern Pacific Road, chartered by the
State of Texas.
Resolved, That this Convention regards inter-
oceanic communication across the Isthmus of Te-
hauntepec as important to Southern interests, and
that the enterprise undertaken at New Orleans,
by virtue of the contract with Mexico, mentioned
in the 8th article of the Gadsden treaty, deserves
encouragement.
Resolved further, That this Convention, in order
to encourage said enterprise, earnestly recommends
the Government of the United States to contract
with the Tehauntepec company, incorporated by
the State of Louisiana, and domiciled at New Or
leans, for the transportation of the United States
mail from New Orleans across the Isthmus of Te
hauntepec to San Francisco, on as favorable and
liberal terms as are now contained in existing con
tracts for the performance of similar services.
Lousisrille and Cumberland Gap Railroad.
Resolved, That in view* of the importance of con
necting at the earliest period the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay with those of the Ohio and Missis
sippi, it be urged upon the Legislature of Ken
tucky to complete the remaining link by construct
ing a railroad from the city of Louisville to the
Cumberland Gap, to meet the improvements of the
State of Virginia.
Mining and Manufactures.
Resolved, That whilst Agriculture is and proper
ly should be the predominent pursuit of the people
ot the States represented in this Convention, the
interests of the States would be very* greatly pro
moted by the employment of capital in other pur
suits. and especially in manufactures and mining;
that the abundance and cheapness of tho means of
subsistence, of fuel and water power, the tempera
tures of the climate, and other natural advantages
will, if properly improved, secure to these States a
virtual monopoly of manufacture as well as the
growth of cotton; that it is believed the present
cost of transporting this staple abroad will more
than cover the expense of manufacturing it at
home: and that, as an investment for security, for
certainty of result and uniformity of income, the
factory and the mine, when properly managed,
have no superior.
Resolved, That in the matter of railroad con
struction and equipment, it is the duty of all com
panies at the South to encourage such locomotive
and machine works as may be established among
The report goes on to discus^fc| subject of
the export of gold and silvenBSrrency and
hanking, small notes and specie, the sub-
treasury and commercial transactions, aud a
variety of other topics of more or less interest, for
which we regret v.*e have no space this morn
ing. The whole report occupies forty-six octavo
pages.
Holloway's Fills have been placed by the
common consent of mankind, at the head of in
ternal remedies. To say that in warm climates
they save thousands upon thousands of persons
annually from falling a sacrifice to dyspepsia, dys
entery, "diarrhea, constipation, liver complaint,
general debility, remittent fever, etc., is simply to
relate a fact attested by clouds of witnesses. No
sufferer from scrobutic affections has ever failed to
experience relief from them, and they are guaran
tied to cure chronic diseases of the internal organs,
which have previously baffled the skill of tho most
successful practitioners.
——♦ —
A State IVithout Taxes.—The State of Texas is
in a most enviable condition in regard ta her finan
ces. She is the envy of the country. Her Comp
troller, in a recent raport, presents the following
flattering picture of her condition. The State is
out of debt, with a surplus of over a million of
dollars in the Treasury—a permanent 5 percent.
School Fund of ten million of dollars—an unap
propriated public domain, estimated at one hun
dred millions of acres, which if judiciously used,
would subserve all the purposes of internal im
provements required by the State, and a tax light
er than is imposed on any other people, and which
is adequate to all the wants ot the Government.
The aggregate amount of taxable property is
very near $150,000,000, being an increase of $22,-
500,000 over the previous year.
Whereas, The demand for onr great staple
must be increased by lessening the cost of its fab
rication and the avoidance of unnecessary trans
portation of the material of the fabric; and where
as. there is on and near our cotton plantations the
most abundant power in unvarying and inexhausti
ble seams of bituminous coal, in districts where
the climate is peculiarly favorable to the operations
of manufacturing, and where the supp ies of food
for operatives are and must continue to be cheap
and certain, and where, consequently, our cotton
could be changed into its most valuable forms with
extraordinary facility, and where capital and labor
would be attracted and would be within the
sphere of our influence, if the facts were fully un
derstood at home and abroad, therefore be it
Resolred, That appropriate measures should he
taken, if not by the general government, at least
by the Legislatures of the cotton planting States,
to obtain and publish all the facts that will throw
light on the relative advantages of southern and
western localities for carrying on this branch of
manufactures, and showing where all the elements
that enter into the cotton fabric would be brought
and combined with the vast expenditure of capital
and labor.
Whereas, A patent having been lately granted
by the government to a* citizen of Mobile, for a
processor combination of machinery, by means of
which, by a continuous process, cotton may be
converted into marketable van, involving but
small expense and calling intt^requisition the sur
plus labor of the field, therefore it is suggested by
this Convention that this subject should receive
the earnest consideration of the planting interest,
as one calculated largely to increase its wealth.
Foundries, See.
Resolved, That the establishment of foundries
and works for the casting of cannon and the man
ufacture of arms should be recommended to the at
tention of the several Southern States.
Boat and Ship-Building.
Whereas, The primary object of this Conven
tion is to encourage and promote Southern wealth
and development, which will bring strength and
practical home improvement ill its train, therefore
be it
Resolved, That in order to encourage ship and
boat building, &c., objects of indispensable im
provement to real southern independence and
home sustaining efforts, the State and municipal
aid and encouragement should be given to such
home-built vessels.
Agricultural and Mechanical Fairs.
Resolred, That it be recommended to the several
local and State agricultural and mechanical asso
ciations to provide for occasional fairs at points
which shall be accessible to all, and that the State
Legislatures be recommended to make appropria
tions in aid of such object.
Detective Police, See.
Resolved, That a select committee of three be
appointed to eottsider and report to the next meet
ing of this Convention, for its consideration, a
system of detective police in the Southern States,
supported by planters and slaveholders; also, a
system of finance, and the propriety.of incorpora
ting a planter’s union.
Naral Schools.
Whereas, It is the opinion of this Convention
that to give stability and importance to our South
ern commerce, we should open a direct foreign
trade, not with one country alone, but with every
conntry whose products can be advantageously
exchanged for ours, to accomplish which it is an
indispensible preliminary that we increase and di
versify our maritime interests by inducing and
training our people t to embark "in that pursuit,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, it is essential to the success of any effort on
the part of the South to establish commercial inde
pendence, that schools for tho rearing and educa
tion of seamen should be established in each of
the Southern States.
Resolred, That this Convention should memori
alize the Legislatures of the different Southern
States, to establish and sustain institutions where
should he received and educated apprentices for
the marine service.
Text Books for Schools and Colleges.
The Committee on Business, to which had been
referred several communications on the subject of
text books for Southern Schools and Colleges, re
commended a retuni to the system of Eton and
Oxford, upon which was based the education of
the speakers aud writers of the South, at the be
ginning of this centnry, aud the adoption of the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That Profs. Blensoe, McGuffey, of Va.,
and Brest. Smith of Randolph and Macon College,
of Va., Hon. George E. Badger and D. L. Swain,
of N. C., Right Rev. Bishop Elliott and J. Hamil
ton Couper of Ga., Prof. John LeConte, Rev. J.
II. Thornwell, Rev. J. W. Miles, and Rev. Dr. Cur
tis, of S. AK Brest. Talinage, of Ga., Dr. Lacy, of
N. C., A^Bel Smith of Texas, Prest. Longstreet
of Miss.,vl. Garland, of Ala., Charles Cayarre of
Lou., Dr. Richard Fuller, of Md., and Dr. Alonso
Church, of Ga., be requested by this Convention
to take this matter under their auspices, and select
and prepare such a series of books in every de
partment of study, from the earliest primer to the
highest grade of literature and science, as shall
seem to them best qualified to elevate and purify
the education of the South.
Resolved, That the encouragement of the South
ern public is due and should be given to those
publishers of school-books among us who have al
ready issued or have in course of publication, se
ries of school-books adapted to the wants of our
youth.
Periodicals and Literature.
Resolred, That if the habit of subscribing to
Northern journals be adhered to by onr people, it
becomes them at least to encourage such only as
prove themselves conservative in their character,
and in no respect allied with the enemies of our
rights and institutions.
Resolved, That it is the duty of tho Southern
people to give earnest encouragement to the sev
eral literary and industrial periodical now estab
lished in their midst, and to withdraw their sup
port from such as are published in the Southern
States, and are inimical to Sonthern rights.
Southern Institutions of Learning.
Resolred, That this Convention looks with pecu
liar gratification upon the prosperous condition of
the several State institutions and the praiseworthy
exertions of the different Christian denominations
in the cause of education within the States here re
presented, and hereby tender to them its grateful
recognition of their momentous work, and the re
markable success which has crowned their toils.
Resolred, That this Convention earnestly re
commends to all parents and guardians, within
these States, to consider well, that to neglect the
claims of their own seminaries and colleges, and
patronize and enrich those of remote States, is
fraught with peril to our sacred interests, perpetu
ating onr dependence on those who do not under
stand and cannot appreciate our necessities and
responsibilities, and at the same time fixing a last
ing reproach upon our own institutions, teachers
and people.
Chesapeake and Milford Haven Steam Line.
Resulted, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, there is no truism in political economy which
addresses itself more forcibly to the favorable con
sideration of the slaveholding States at the pres
ent time, than that by agriculture we live, and by
commerce we thrive.
Resolved, That the projected weekly ferry line
of iron steamships of 20,000 tons, between the
Chesapeake Bay and Milford Haveo, as originated
in the pamphlet letter of A. Dudley Mann, promi
ses to ameliorate the commercial and strengthen
the political condition of the South, and therefore
it commends itself to the immediate and favorable
consideration of Southern citizens.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, from calculations that may be deemed relia
ble, such steam ferry lines would have the capacity
to carry annually a larger amount of the staple
products of the South, and consequently of mer-
chandze generally, than 300 sailing sailing ships
of 100 tons each.
Resolved. That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, the steam ferry line, when established, will
effect an entire revolution in the traffic of the
world, in which the slaveholding States will be the
principal beneficiaries, and that it will carry, at
no distant day, the mails, the passengers, the gold
and silver, and the less ponderous articles of mer
chandize from Australia, China, the East Indies,
Japan, the South and Central American States,
Mexico, the West Indies and California, to Great
Britain, France, Germany and other European
countries, thus affording lucrative employment to
the railroads and increasing value thereby to the
property of the South.
Resolved, That in the event of a war between
the United States and any foreign power, it is pro
bable that the steam ferry line would be one of
the strongest arms of the national defence, nnd
that each vessel in such line, contrasted with the
most powerful steamer now afloat, would, on ac
count of her strength and speed, be as a giant
among dwarfs.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, this stupendous southern enterprise is pecu
liarly deserving of aid to the extent which it is
asked of every southern citizen who can conven
iently afford to render such aid, the scheme pre
cluding any individual from subscribing for two
shares of the stock until all southerners shall have
had an opportunity of subscribing for one share.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, every exertion which honor and interest can
excite, ought to be resolutely made by citizens of
the slaveholding States, to extricate themselves
from commercial dependence upon other sections
of the Union; and they should do their own car
rying trade, their own buying and their own sell
ing, and thus save to themselves the hundred mil
lions of dollars which they annually bestow of
their substance on States which probably manifest
an inclination to deprive them of their very means
of existence.
Steam Communication with South America.
Whereas, a proposition has been presented to
the Congress of the United States, by Messrs.
Robert M. Stratton, Samuel L. Mitchell, Wm. M.
Webb, and Thomas Rainey, representing the
North and South American Steamship Company,
whose stock is owned in the city of Savannah and
the city of New York, for a small and reasonable
appropriation for transporting the mails from the
Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi valley to
and from the West India Islands. Brazil, the Re
publics of La Plata and other countries in South
America; and whereas, the line would prove par
tially beneficial to tho commerce and prosperity of
the South, by making Savannah the last city
touched by the steamers before proceeding to the
West Indies, and the first touched on their return
to the United States; and whereas, this is the first
mail Hue that has proposed opening direct trade
and reliable communication with the rich aud ex
panding fields of commerce embraced in the West
indies, Brazil, the Republic of La Plata, tho Ant
azon nnd the Orinoco, and of Venezuela and New
Grenada, therefore
Resolved, That this Convention respectfully and
earnestly recommends this subject to the favorable
consideration of Congress.
Equal Rights of the States in the Territories.
Resolved, That the security and honor of the
South demand that she should maintain her equal
rights in the Territories of the United States, and
she ought to resist at every cost any attempt, wher
ever made, to exclude her from these Territories.
Resolved, That the unprecedented effort now
being made by the Northern people, through the
instrumentality of emigrant aid societies, to force
a hostile population into the Territory of Kansas,
affords a sturtUng evidence of the determination of
our enemies to efl'ect by indirect, but most effective
means, the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso, to wall
up the South within her present limits, and pre
vent the admission of any slaveholding State into
the Union.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, counter-emigration from the South is the
most practicable, peaceful and effectual means of
frustrating this free-soil scheme, and that the Con
volition most earnestly recommend to the people of
the Southern States to organize plans promotive of
Southern emigration to Kansas, and by every law
ful means within their power, to assist flic settle
ment of Southern men therein.
Southern Defence.
Resolved, That it should be enquired by the
Representatives of Southern States in Congress,
whether their respective States, nnd the South as
a whole, have received the full quota of arms dis
tributable under acts of Congress; and also,
whether there is placed within their limits, in the
arsenals of the United States, tlu-ir full proportion
of all the arms of every kind, and all the muni
tions of war, camp and other equipage of the Uni
ted States,"wherewith troops of all kinds may be
equipped on emergency; and if either be found
uot to be the cast*, then they should urge such im
mediate action or distribution as may be needed to
place the South in that respect upon a footing of
equality.
Resolved, That enquiry ought to be instituted
by Congress into the most efficient means, at the
present day, for the defence of coasts and harbors
against attacks by steam and other ships of war,
aud in regard to the size of vessels and guns that
tnav be most efficiently used in such defence; and
that the. Senators and Representatives from the
Southern States, should insist upon all the impor
tant ports and harbors of these States on the sea
board and gulf being supplied, and kept supplied,
with the most improved means and armament for
prompt and efficient defence.
Central America.
Resolved, That the sympathies of this Conven
tion are with the efforts being made to introduce
civilization in the States of Central America, and
to develop these rich nnd productive regions by the
introduction of slave labor.
Southern Statistics.
Resolved, That the President of this Conven
tion appoint a committee of five in each of the
slaveholding States, to report to the next annual
Convention, of said States, all the valuable statis
tical information in regard to their manufacturing
facilities and mineral resources, especially the dis
position of coal, iron, slate, marble, copper and
limestone.
Corresponding Committee.
Resolved, That the chair appoint a committee
of three from each of the States here represented,
for the purpose of bringing the resolutions and re
commendations which have passed this Conven
tion, and which require the action of several State
Legislatures to give them practical force, properly
before the notice said bodies.
The Next Convention.
A resoltffion was adopted, authorizing the Presi
dent of the Convention to appoint a Committee to
prepare a call for the next Convention, and an ad
dress to the people of the South, which was adopted.
Swan of Tenn., Cochran of Ala., Bomware of Va.,
and King of S. C., as the members of that Com
mittee.
A Novel Speculation.—The Washington corre
spondent of tne Philadelphia Inquirer states that
some adventurous individuals hava purchased
of the proprietor of Mount Vernon all the trees
and shrubbery left on the estate, at a cost, of twen
ty thousand dollars, andjthat the same parties have
erected a large building near the railroad depot in
Washington, at a cost of $10,000 more. This
large outlay is to be reimbursed by the manufac
ture and sale of Washington or Mount Vernon
canes.
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Letter frea the Han. Hebert Toombs ta h>
Commrrrl.il Convention.
Washington, Ca.. Dec. 6,1856
Gentlemen: I duly received yourpolito i n •’
tion to attend the Southern Convention w bjgj. 1 'V 1 '
meet in Savannah on the 8th inst.,and it Wag W ‘ d
earnest wish and purpose to be present but I
find I shall be disappointed. The thought wp"!!
gave birth to these Conventions, was to <]■ !•
some plan by which the South could sccnrcT* 8
just share of our foreign commerce, which is ii ■
ly supported by her industry. This end
accomplished—it is necessary to the wealth <i
prosperity, the strength, and therefore, th e
of the slaveholding States. It can he eari!-, Sl|
ilv, and constitutionally accomplished. It' ( .
be done by voluntary commercial associations'^
will not be done through the General Gov t rime
but it can be done, and must be done, by law p'j’
eral legislation has been one of the important -
gencies which hitherto has driven foreign C o
inerce away from our ports; State legislation ° m "
bring it back, and nothing else can, as lore-a,
Union exists. The power of the State Gorernm ■ t
to tax without limit, all items of material « e-cl'i
within berjurisdiction, is clear, unquestioned an 1
unquestionable. The Federal Courts have 0
pressly and repeatedly affirmed it. A State cam
under the Federal Constitution, lay duties on j,, 1
ports, hut she can tax all imported commodities of
fered for salt* within her limits. Not only cv.
State in the Union, but even every municipal cor"
poration, authorized to do so, by State legislator
has exorcised this power from the foundation of
this Government to this day. It is at this mome ; t
exercised by some of the States greatly to our di s .
advantage. Take, for example, a bale of woollen
cloth, imported from England into Now York
there purchased by a Georgia merchant, and sold
here to one of cur citizens. This bale of goods
pays the Federal Treasury thirty percent, ad va
lorem, then it pays a State tax to the treasury 0 f
New York: then it pays this year, one and fare* -
eigiit percent, to the municipal treasury of the city
of New York; then it comes to Georgia and pav s f,
our State Teasury one-tenth of otto per cent; tlm--
besides the burthens imposed on it by the Federal
Government and the State Government of.\,. w .
York, even the city government levies nearly four,
teen times as much out of it as we do iuJ3eorgia—
These taxes are, of course, incorporated into the
price, and become a part of the price, and are paid
by the Georgia consumer. It is the duty of onr
Legislature to see to it, that our people shall par-
no taxes except those levied by the authority of
the General Government, or that of our own State.
It is notour duty to pay the expenses of the muni,
cipal governments of New York or Boston, audit
will be our fault and our folly if we continue to do
it. Direct importations will cure this evil as to
foreign commodities; a like remedy will cure it a,
to domestic products. Let us first secure direct
trade. This can be done, by imposing a .State tax of
—per cent ad valorem upon all goods, wares and
merchandise offered for sale within the State, other
than those which shall be imported from foreign
countries. Two objects should govern in filiin-
the blank: 1st, It should be high enough to prevent
all indirect importation of foreign merchandise —
2d, It should lie high enough to raise sufficient
revenue for all the wants of the State, without im.
posing upon the people any capitation or other di
rect tax whatever. If five percent tax was impos-
ed upon all such merchandise, it is not probable
that the importers of foreign merchandise intend
ed for our consumption would land them at any
other ports than our own, at the cost of fifty thou
sand dollars in every million imported; and if thev
dial, some other wiser people would import similar
commodities directly, and undersell them, and thus
drive them out of the markets. But if we should he
mistaken in the proper amount of taxation to effect
this shject, we should raise the tax until itdidae-
compiish it. The power is unlimited—the object is
invaluable. The second object is scarcely less im
portant than the first. The most striking differ
ence between the legislation of the State and Fed
eral Government is to be seen in the parsimony of
the one and the profuseness of the other. The trea
sury of tile Federal Government is usually over
flowing, and nobody complains of it. Congress em
ploys three-fourths of its time in divising means tu
got rid of its redundant revenue. Salaries are high,
and of late are almost annually increased, and an
niter disregard of economy marks our entire Fed
eral legislation. On the other hand, the State trea
suries are generally empty, the Slates burthened
with oppressive debts, which some of them have
been repudiated rather than impose the necessary
burthens by direct taxation, to pay them. State of
ficers arc poorly, even meanly paid, and conse
quently the federal government is fast drawing in
to its services the ablest and best men ot the coun
try, to the great detriment of the interests of the
Suites. The people are constantly crying out fur
lavish expenditure, and even for taxation by the
general government, and as constantly and more
vociferously crying out against both by the State
governments. Yet they pay all the taxes to both
governments! The State expenditures is generally
equal and just, and for the benefit of all the tax pay-
■ the expenditure of the genc.al government,
|he contrary, is generally unequal, unjust, and
the benefit of a few only of the tax payers. The
people ot Georgia pay less than four hundred thou
sand dollars to their State treasury, and that is
paid reluctantly and grudgingly. Assuming that
their payment to the federal treasury is only in c-
qttal proportion to their numbers, they pay into it
the sum of above three millions of dollars annually;
yet they are content! The secret of this singular in
consistency is to be found in tho mode of levying
the taxes—and in that alone. The federal govern
ment levies its taxes indirectly. This is just what
I propose to do. Levy our taxes on consumption:
it can be more easily paid; we shall then fill our
treasury to the extent of our wants, protect our
selves against the unjust legislation of our sister
States, bring direct trade to our ports, give profita
ble employments to onr capital and labor, educate
our people, develope all our resources, and build np
great, powerful and prosperous commonwealths,
able to protect the people from all dangers from
within nnd from without. I do not propose to go
into the details of the proposed legislation—the
wisdom of our State legislature will readily perfect
them. We already levy a portion of our revenue
in this manner; I propose to levy it all. It needs no
custom houses. Lay the tax on all commodities ex
cept those imported from abroad; the State can ea
sily provide for stamping and certifying the ex
empted goods; this evidence must be shown by lie
seller, or the whole stock is taxed. I would ex
empt the merchandise brought to our ports for con
sumption in other States. The drawback system of
the general government furnishes a well tried plsn
for effecting that object. Whatever other exemp
tions policy, or the interests of some of our sister
States may demand, I submit to the Convention,
and the wisdom of the Representatives of the peo
ple. I am, very respectfully, your ob’t. serv t.
R. TOOMBS.
Messrs. Edward C. Anderson, Mayor, and others,
Savannah, Ga.
Conversation.—He that would please m
company must be attentive to what style
is most proper. The scholastic should
never be used, but in a select company of
learned men. The didactic should seldom
be used, and then only by judicious and
aged persons or those who are eminent for
wisdom. No style is more extensively ac
ceptable than the narrative, because it
does not carry an air of superiority over
the rest of the company, and therefore is
most likely to please them; for this purpose
we should store our memory with short
anecdotes and entertaining pieces of history.
Almost everyone listens with eagerness to
extemporary history*. Vanity often co
operates with curiosity, for he that is a
hearer In one place wishes to qualify him
self to be a principal speaker in some in
ferior company, and therefore more atten
tion is given to narrations than anything
else in conversation. It is true, indeed,
that sallies of wit and quick replies arc
very pleasing in conversation, but they
frequently tend to raise envy in some of the
company; but the narrative way neither
raises this nor any other evil passion, but
keeps all the company nearly upon an
equality*, and, if judiciously managed, will
entertain and improve them all.—John.
A Persevering Man.—We find the fol
lowing wonderful story in onr last budget
of news from California. The Swede i*
certainly a man not shaken by trifles, and
his case is almost as had a one as that cf
the Ohio fellow, who, being snake-bitten,
had a quart of whiskey administered t rt
him, and was found tho next day indus
triously beating about barefooted among
the weeds and briars, in the hope of g 4 ' 1 '
ting another Lite and another quart o
liqnor!
A man named Wirsen, who has recent)
been exhibiting a number of rattle-snake 1
in various parts of the State and w ho fam ••
ed he had acquired a power over them
which would prevent them from biting km*.
was severely bitten by one of them up pa
the finger, at Sacramento, a few days since.
He immediately drank four bottles o
iu me jicupic ui iuc ouuiu, wiucn was adopted. ~ — j #
The President announced Messrs. DeBowofL*., brandy, and went to bed in a state oi .
nr— r * i. ® r *r_ p er £ EiC tion. He is still in a critical conditi^
his whole aim being terribly inflamed "
He thinks he will recover, and say he
satisfied that the snake did not intend to
bite him, and that if he recovers, he sl‘ a ‘*
continue his experiments and exhibition'
While confined to his bed he has a young
rattle-snake with him all the time.
The Senate of South Carolian has la*'
on the table the report of the Commit 14 ' 1
on re-opeoiog the slave trade.