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i greater than produced by ibe discov-
■ cry of steam or the magnetic telegraph.—
■ Germantown (Pa . 1 eleatapli.
roin what bus hitherto i c " ruu 'S 10 U|C fxliiuilion express, musical
do so the more readily ' instruments will occupy about 3,000 feet at
my sincoritv an I on ' tbo ids him t iotV. “Mo class of musical in-
•■ood will. It is the “trumentn,” says our contemporary, “will,
Jhvm the Char.'tslon Stcrcary.
To my Fellow CHitei us ul Suiitli
CiU’ollim.
1 take the liberty of addressing you,
through the newspapers, on a subject of a j ii? Orchestra of ai.i. Nations. Ae-
dilio.ent character from what has hitherto | r , ’ rd "'g to the Exhibition Express, musical
employed mo; and 1 do
as my life guaranties m
yiur part, personal goon win. n is me —- > — ......
first tune 1 have ever felt it my duty Uy ox-: « ‘•above, be unrepresented, > so that from
picss p ibiicly an opinion oti any matter of, ie urobungfiagiut organ to the Lilliputian
State poi.-v. Once, indeed, during lie ox- 1 « bistles, we shall have a collection ot
ti e ne excitement which prevailed in Charles-, 1,11 l, V" 'trimmry or Orpheus. I lie Jew will
t.m, 0,1 the subject of nullifying a l.nv of ™ w 'ublUe his harp, the Chinese his gong,
1'on-rcis, I met with the f’lcigv of ike City i J U ' (serenade.-) Ins banjo and hi*
npar, at the instance of some v'w.o.nble citi- i b ?"° s ' alul ‘\ lr - P “" ub '. vlll > of: course, send
zc.is, to coii.-.lder w bether there was anything ! h ,s drutn and I’nndean pipes 1bus w ill be
which we might possibly d., in our sacred j col!o “ lcd tbe lUnleni.U of an orchestra, cum-
ihartt.'lcr, to inouiote pence. Blit it result- ! ove M *|W™ <’f 'iHfrwnent m (lie
oil in nothing. We found muhing in unr pow- since not oven the iecotcl, bagpipe
or but our prayers for the people Ministers ! ) V|P bc excluded. I hero is no sense ul all
<,f rottflmi have little lo-do, at lifiY time, will. 111 showing mtiaicnl instruments unless the
mailer's of the .State, more than lo piav for sea-col hearing is appealed to; therefore
(lod's guidance and blessing on the people, j }heso n.usi, ol course be played, il any idea
Nevertheless, Ministers arc men; are bit I- •* e tff’ en of their merits. In older linn
zen.x; nod il may be expedient, mice in a ‘heir uspedjho po-t e,s may Le exhibited at
' . » 1 “IfC It will |.0 «n 'njo.isi. Ilinl mwdi clwiiilil
member. Ho aiose and said .' “Mr Speak
er : I have nothing to say in reply to the
gentleman who has just taken bis seal; it
always wrenches me dreadfully to kick
against nothing.”
Our reighbor of the Demncrnt should be
convinced by this time that the people of
Madison arc with Senators King mid Clemens
und Mr. Cobb for the Union, and are not
with Rhett, Yancey & Co. fur disutiion.
Huntsville Adc^ute.
THE COURIER.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 13, 1861.
J. KNOWLES, EDITOR.
“ Should Cungress at tint/ lime exhibit its
purpose to war upon our property, or withhold
our just constitutional rights, ice stand ready to
vindicate those, rights, in the Union as lung
us possible, and out of the Union when we are
necessary that each .should I left no other alternative."
i play a dilleient tui.o at ihcsamo time, which
will pioduce u concert very npprnprinlc lo li
; world's fair; but w bicli, wo are afraid, it will
• not he possible exactly to describe as the
! harmony of all nations.—Punch.
Dim. k pt-.s-r von Cuttings.— A New York
■respondent of the Horticulturist w rites ns
! follows:
lifetime of threescore years and more, fur a
Minister lo appear in bis charnclcr as a citi
zen, and not a ministe-. .Sutler me, il.en, for
this one time, to assert u v citizenship, and
commune with you. freely, ofi the state ol
public all',tirs. 1 tun it citizen ; n turn of a
citizen ; horn on the soil of South Carolina |
mil bing'nf'oi it lift'd l-ecn won, in part, by !
the sword of my (all.er.
Af.cr nn absence of about five
my tinned dutits, in Tennessee, Mississippi, ; I have had great suceots iu propagating
Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia! I cannot plan's lately—especially the more tender \
express how puinfully it ims shocked me to kinds of green-house plants. As I think my
he told, on my return home, Il.at I lie great , good luck depends nut so much on the treat-1
Stale measures now on loot, look solely to incut as I lie material I use, I bog you to j
secession t¥om the United Stales, by ilfjs j 1 makb a note of il,” for the benefit of your
yUnic alone : that the Convention shortly lo -.readers.
ho lie'd is in order to this : and il.u! the only j" This material is brick dust—the refuse of
ipic turn to be upon theie is me of time: tlio kiln after [jnrning—or w bat may be made (
whether lo secede al once, or aw ait the issue I y taking soft bricks and pounding them up. j ( ,bscuro, we admit? but it is hardly sua- I s;,vo ll
of the Southern Congress, mul then bO'-edc. : Ktiough mny l-o Imu nt tiny lirick-ynrd lor a ... . . .. . j the Ni
, ° ’ , , ,• „ ■ ® •,* : i tlul tl imt i fi,ii b- ceptr.ilc of the interpretation our esteemed U,B
lo secede at once, or al ll iulure t.'iic, mcio till, e, to last a great while—hut I think I 1 / ... I
W. I 1 Wii.kins, Esq., is authorised to act
as Agent for this paper, lie will attend the
Superior Courts in most ol the duplies of
this Circuit, and wo hope our fiicnds will
avail themselves of this opportunity to sub
scribe.
03* The accounts of the old firm of the
“Eugle & Bulletin” are in the hands of Mr.
W. for immediuio settlement.
F. M. EddlI:man is authorised lo act ns
Ur Agent at Atlanta, On.
Explanatory.
It appears by Ibe communication ol
destiny of our beloved country. We sin
cerely trust that the present will be a year
of great spiritual prosperity and progress in
all branches of the visible Church of Christ.
Then, under the covert of our treo institu
tions, watered with dews of God’s blessing,
will our people dwell together in peace nnc
safety—“ our land shall yield its increase,
and God, even our God, shall bless us.” So
mote it be.
The Frospeot Before Us.
The present political uspect of this coun
try is rather novel and exciting. Old party
platforms, and names, and ties, are rapidly
disappearing before new nnd far-reaching im
pulses and motives. What VIr Jefferson pre
ferred “ lo tlm torpor of a despotic govern
ment,” wo have now in full measure, with
the prospect of continued nnd increased fer
mentations in the whole public mind, until
after the termination oftlie next Presidential
struggle. Happy wlll.it bo lor this, hope
ful will it prove to other nations of the earth,
il we, unharmed, shall triumphantly outride
tlie furious and conflicting storms which
now threaten us on every band.
Next to the Supremo Kulcr of the Uni
verse, in this hour of darkness nnd peril, wo
look to the “ Constitutional Union Party”
North and South, for safety. We hnvo no
confidence in the potency ot cither of the old
democratic or whig purty organizations--
they have fulfilled their respective missions
for weal or woo, nnd before the expiration of
Reader,’’ that our allusion last week lo the | nl ’ ol ber year, they will have passed into a
Doctors nnd Lawyers of Home, was n.iscon- I slatt of hopeless eolapse, from which all the
-stnicd. Our phraseology, may have been a j P olitical doctols of lhe land wil1 be u " abl ° ,0
save them. Indeed, they now only live at
North in name, whilst nt the South they
ido-.ih: must lie to sc.-ed'e from theoll.ei South- . the freslto: it is tlie t.ciier. Pur those plants
e:n Slates no Iras than ftom the Northern, inure difficult to root, such ns Daphnes,
It must Lee pulling of lie other Southern j Heaths, Cape Ja.-mincs, £;c., I fill shallow
Males in laul'.- a s irl of branding them as cpUiiigfpptS ciitrcly with brick-dust, ("except
(Jeti.'ienl i:i l-nii.-w ledge, or courage, or pntri- ah,mt nn inch a( the bottom; which is tilled
otis: - ,!, or tiff tl.e e together. They are iii- with coarse lulfips of brick, tb’sOQUre n good
voiced iu nil respects, ns we nic, touching I dniinage ) For plants that root more easily,
i lie injustice of the lute ucts of Congress. 1 I use half brick dust and half sandy loam.
We may not It Id purselyes wiser nor Letter I It is quite surprising how much more coi-
t ban they are, hut us equals only ; and they | tuinly and quickly cuttings of all sorts root iu
are hinny, while we ure, comparatively, few. ; bit :k dust than iu sand, or in loamy soil, in
And w hat in such circumstances, will be the | the common w ay. “Damping oil,’’ which
pioh.il.lc judgment of mankind, respecting . is so fatal to cuttings made in tlie ordinary
our action, should wo secede? ] way, ruiely happens when brick dust is used,
If I may place any reliance on w hill has and from the mass of fihro quickly thrown out
come under my observation, during my long from the bottom of the cuttings, I ntn enn-
jou.-ucy through five of the principal South- 1 vioccd that thcro is something more than the
urn Slates, il is not probable that a Southern texture of brick dust which causes the much
<k,ngreW, representing the .Southern people, greater i Igor and success of cuttings plan'cc!
can he had nt all; ncr, if it could be had, 1 in bilok dust, over those planted in the ffSffln-
tlinl il would do much, If anything, more j ary way.
than the Georgia Convention did. As lose-J Wo have licnidj foniniks tl.e editor, of
cession, I have no doubt that thicc-fourths | burnt day having been used f. r striking cut-
of the people would oppose it at tbo preent tings w itii great success, and the brick dust
time. The reason of this opposition, 1 have * proluibly’netsin a similar manner, i. c. nb-
uffdersluod to he, that they do not consider ) shilling a large supply of aiiunoniu from the
the acts of Congress to he a violation of tl.e j air, nnd giving it out as food lo tlie culling
Constitution, nnd, in their opinion, nothing ; while its dry and gritty 'oxtiire facilitates the
less should justify secession. 1 understand gramSliition of organizable mailer, and the
it to be the opinion of our pe'plo of South ! emission of now roots.
Carolina, that Congress has violated the
Constitution. Al most, then it is a mooted
correspondent has given it. In intimating
are even shorn of their sliibolelh. It is true
that the Lawyers and Doctors of our city j mB >< a " d measures nre still occasionally la-
were generally gentlemen of elegant leisure,! belled " bi S or democrat, from the force o
I old habits nod affinities, hut every day’s ob-
w 0 intended nothing more than n just tribute
to the prosperity and health of our interest
ing country.
Our correspondent must pardon us, hut il
would ho indelicate in us lo answer his en
quiry respecting the editors of liomo, nnd
their relation lo its prospects.
jrj-. We have been requested to “ blow tlie
Rome Plait frond sky-high’’ for its tardiness
in forwarding cotton. We must decline do
ing so until we have quielod the lawyers and
doctors a littlo. In Ibe meantime, we hope
nil dealcis in cotton will let patience have its
perfect work. The next advices may open
a brighter prospect.
- - . Autf.sian Wei.i.s.—Several fountains of
point, and not a settled fact; we entertaining i ff iea j beauty exist at I'onff du Lae, in D |s-
one view of it, while n majority of the wieo cousin. One, which excels any other in the
and virtuous of other Stales, greatly outnuui- j pinco, has recently been completed,
liering us, hold the opposite. Do w eowo
liicm nothing? Is it not even duo to our
It din
charges with almost irresistible force, forty-
live gallons of lira purest water per minute.
It was formed by boring to the depth of nine
ty fco’i eighty-two lout through clay, and
eight liirougli solid rock—and sinking a pipe
four inches in dlumeter, in I he aperture thus
made.
self-respect to review the matter ?—
Surely, we.should know that we are right,
lioypnd dispute, before we should proceed to
a llnttl act oftlie. niosl fearful import.
And ought we not to consider cqnsoquen- ■
re.-? .Patriotism demands not of us to run „
madly on to our country’s ruin; and scees- . „ F™ m >b« t® r B>a Cliizc.i.
.-ion, by our State nlono, must prove ruinous. ! A Br 11 *
What though uo hostile army might invade j Will those (ire-eaters, w lm w ore so anx-
our soil, the United Slates must and will ..p-| ious, Iall summer, to cut loose from tlie
pose us, Charles top will he shut out frnni Union m.d seek protection from the British
ibe real of the w orld, her commer
l.efnierehants leave her
front her very suburbs our ... „ ...... , ...
shall be carded to Suvannali and Augusta for ! ,bu Mfeption ot tlie bngitive slaves from
a market. Even now llie rivalry ol Savan- ; this city in Edinburgh) nnd the glorification
i nn soui uui imni union iii.u seen DioloctlQn limnllio uriiisn
eommerco perish, | Government, please rend, mark, and inward-
1 in i eepmr; w In e j | . ;|, 0 subjoined paragraph, touching
rr Hice nnd Cotton ” • 1 , ? 1 ’ °
, Removal-
e©-We are requested to say that the Of I he country
fice of Dns. Milleh & Word, Is now in the 1
“ Buena Vistu House,’’ opposite this ollico,
servntion tends to strengthen the conclusion
that the old national parties can never again
he rallied upon any conservative platform.
There will, therefore, never bo held nnolher
nntionnl whig or democratic convention in
this country. There never should he. Chan
ges at the North, and indications nt the
South, declare too plainly, that the next
Presidential struggle will involve not a mere
question of political economy, hut a question
of political cxistejice—the continuance of the
Constitution and the Union. And this il is,
that lias caused Messis. Clay nnd Clemens,
Messrs. Foote and Dawson, Messrs. Cohli
and Stephens and oilier patriotic spirits
North and South, to lose sight of old caus
es of division and strife, nnd looking only to
rally fur its rescue
The prospect I lien is, that in lS02,n great
national convention will he held, composed
Masonry- I oftlie friends of the Constitution and the
A i cry nca*, amt toutofol culuum entitled. ; Union, from every portion of the country ;
“ The New Mnsonic Trestle Board,” has that they will select some safe man, ns their
been upon our tnble for several days, and standard hearer in the next presidential con-
should have been noticed in our last. To test, and bring to his support such a host of
those who disttc more “ light" and a more! patriotic spirits North mul South, as shall
perfect knowledge of the ancient and sub-1 bear him in triumph into the Presidential
lime science of Masonry, we can recommend | chair, and thus once more restore qu’ct to
this Volume. By culling upon our worthy j ibe Republic.
Post Master, and giving him tlio pocket sign
Revival in Montgomery Ala.---We learn
from the Montgomery Dai/y Journal, that a
series of religious meetings ora now holding
in the AL E, Church of thnt city by the
Rev. J. T. Head, L.' Rosser of Va., nnd oth
er ministers. The Journal predicts that great
and good results will flow from these moot
ings.
Who's Afrai ’•
Gentlemen—As a nominee for the State
Convention, and in answer to “ Many Citi
zens,” I beg 'enve to slate, tlltu if elected as
member of the Convention, I wlJJ, without
any res rvutiun whatever, vole for secession nt
all risks mulnt all hazards. Respectfully,
JAMES D. TREADWELL.
Jan. 20, 1851.
We would venture to refer our old friend
Treadwell, to the useful hints contained in
Bishop Capois’ le'.tor, particularly those
found in the last paragraph.
gfflUulluch, the robber of the Central Hull
Road Bank, Savnnnah, has been tried and
found guilty.
Death oe Hon. Horace Everett.—The
lion. Horace Everett died nt his residence,
Windsor, Vt., on Thursday last, nfior nil ill
ness of ten days, in the 73d year ot his age.
He was one of the oldest members of the
Vermont bar, and for fourteen consecutive
years represented tho district in which ho
resided in tlie Congress of the United States.
(f0- No news has yet been received of the .
Steamer Atlantic. We greatly tear this no- l,f tbo ,efu 8 0es wil1 sail <™‘" Liverpool for
hie ship, with all on board has perished.
ent : it is in the generous sensibility of heart
which prompts you, with such unequnled
disinterestedness and devotion, to consecrate
God’s gilts to the benefit of your fellow crea
tures. In respecting anG loving you, the
world is but rendering to purity of heart nnd
goodness, the homage extorted from even its
selfish wickedness. I tlinnk God, therefore,
for your preservation; for I would not have
the world lose your example. You will not,
l am sure, lie displeased with an old clergy
man for saying—cherish ns you have done,
the unaficeted humility, which adds fresh lus
tre to your extraordinary endowments, Ti
be good is boiler limn lo bo great.
Then, when nt lust death, by taking you,
shall prove that he is not blind only,but deaj
also, you will, 1 trust nnd believe, be trans
ferred to a world whore you mny learn new
songs from holy nngels.
Thnt Gud may bless nnd keop you safely,
dear and good Indy, is the prayer of
Your friend,
FRANCIS L. HAWKS.
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind.
(jtgn The Cunslnnlionplo correspondent of
one of the Paris papers writer that orders j'
have been given for Ihe speedy conveyance I
to Liverpool of about two huudied Hungari- I
an refugees, who have been resident nt H
Clmumla. The Turkish Government,/ it ■
seems, furnishes o vessel for (heir transporta- flj
tioii; and, with its usunl generosity, Ims pro- ’ttj
vided for their comfortable support during Eg
tlio voyngc; in addition lo which, a small Sr
sum of money has been disttibutod to each. JEj
It is supposed thnt nearly the whole number £
they can he promptly furnished.
The Geouqia Cadet, is published at At
lanta every Saturday morning, by Krneau
& Sons, nt $1 per year, in advance. It i«ia-
Worda of Truth and Soberness-
It affords us more than ordinary satisfac
tion to transfer to our columns from the
Charleston Mercury, an impressive and truly
patriotic letter from tlio pen of Bishop Ca-
thu vulture gives lo the lamb. Head the
following and judge : —
Great Britain Agitating the Reveal
liali is not to bo contemned, but lei our State
secede from the Union and Charleston must
he.onio a desolation.
Nor will the blight fall on Charleston only,
hut on all the .Slate; wbilaour taxes incrcas-
el -even-fold, and tlio heat ol the pre: out
agitation cop I lag oh', our very leaders, if they
shuuld prove too proud to ho found knock- ;
ipg at ihe.dopr of the Uujon for adn i-sion, ,
ahull join'The many thousands of our paver- ., ,. , . ,
tr-.urickeu people iu their flight from their dj our l’ugitive - lave Law.-—A lettei m
,u nod homes to more favored parts. Can liu3t0 " Liberator, dale. Edinburgh, Jan
patriotism demand the sacrifice ? Patriotism ’ ' onnouiicM.lhn lbL : ie W m. and
demand the st.cri.icc oftlie Flute ! No, rev- ' Ll.cn Craft. 1 he following is an extract :
' “tVo came to I'.clmburgh, and bud the
11 1,1 us then fellow-bittzoti.', review our |« l . on-Monday evening. It was a
gr.Uimt. If a Cot.ve.dion « 0 must have, lot •’!*« <»S ' l .’« E;E'E“g b .Emancipation So
ft ri.it he a Convince., hi b, s and h-.lf-made c .‘ c! -V, a < « h.vh W m. trait told to, the first
men, hut of the vvii c and '-o! Fr-minded -- ■ '."" B ‘''’""'.O'. ‘ ba of Ins escape
There is no I. ittlt to be fdflgfit for glory, bv ; b '“'' ' bl ' 1,ud ' ehC0 ''f? deeply m-
seces.,i.i„. lint a ."e„M! struggle with poVer.y I ’e.cste I ... ^ lj«*«0’,v ”»>' . a d a -
and high laxe , hard lime-? w.tHdut hope ol peeiaffy the part which related to i s- escape
improvement,- and great and sore humiliation. 1 rul1 1 ,d M :" 1 n . ,l f. nded “
And may Cud grant us deliverance. ! *>•"«.'»?» i vcmn b r at ‘ be % Hall wl,ere
WILLIAM CAPERS’, j our filend was again warmly giceled. W e
Charleston, Feb. C, 1801. \ ar ° ha j' e " n ' e #S ““ ,bo e fela '’°
I Bill, m ulnssgmv, on Monday evening next,
. at which Alexander Haslie Al. E, is to pro
file: Greatest Discovery of the Age. i s ; ( | p | |mvo in v it at ions front various parts
I litre lias justdieeu brought, to light the up- j 0 p t |, e cuuntrv to. Ining Cruft, and hold meet-
wliich the English Abolitionists intend ma
king of tlie affair against tlie late 1 Syr of Co:
gross on tlio subject. British protection to I ,, , , , . . ...
h J 1 Cuss lias had an interview ivilh the Cardin-
slnvory, indeed I 1 lie protection that England
would give lo lhe South would be tlmt which
tended as tlio organ of the Grand Section of veiis ef South Cnroliun. We trust that the
the Cadets of Temperance in Georgia, and ; voice of this venerable and distinguished
wo hope our young friends will liberally sus- minister of Christ, will he heeded, at least by
his brethren, for it utters words of wisdom
and tiutli, and that South Carolina will in
deed pause in her ruinous career, before it is
too late.
tail) it.
The American Chapel again Oven.—
The Evening Post publishes tho following
xlract dated Rome, December 23 : Mr.
plication of a power which is lo super
-cede entirely the pre. ent steam power of |
tho world! This anouiiceinenl may stagger ,
home, but i lip discover}, u hen it si-all lie di
vulged, wil) stagger them a thousand times
nine.
H has been made by un (-as cm man, who
I ns completed Ids models ; o.,eul li cli will
I v deposited nl Wasfifngh.li as Minn as pa
tent lights shall l.e seemed in tl e d tie.cut
r,.i,np<y*i I'nuniiies. Tho jnnehinery is en-
i lew per e. leji ; the j-iiwcb is a mol -- -
md. seam Inis no p'lftt in creatilfg
Ife. an^fceoiioniienl - file ll-.e jiHneii’
Will ,1 A.il.nt Itl.. 1. tvC (li ('Hill LA
m ll.e Fugitive Slave Law ; wide!
intend to accept as Liras 1 can. We expecl
Ihlen Crali Irmn Liverpool to-night. These
inn fugijives will find warm sympathisers
ainnng.the people of lids cqunlry. There is
u general haired here to llie Fugitive Slave
Dili;”
One of tlie si.
in Huntsville, was
als, on the subject of tlie American chapel,
which has resultod in its being permitted to
go on without molestation.”
Religious Items.
We learn by the Report of the Seeretury of
the Georgia Annual Conference of tho Me lt-
odist Church, that the number of white mem
bers within the bounds of said conference, is
•I0,2fll; colored, 17,399. Number of Local
Preachers 525—total no of members, 0-1,215.
Increase Inst year, 2,?7(r whiles, 552 colored,
and 5 Preachers. Total increase, 3,327.
The Conference recommend to the Con
gregations under its charge, the observance of
Prnd.nt.
We nre gratified to learn tlmt Ihe property
heretofore known as Drayton Island nt the
outlet of Lake George has been recently pur
chased by Dr. J. C. Calhoun ofS. C. son of
the lute lamented Calhoun. Ho has given
lo the place the beautiful name of Anzio'by
w hich name it will hereafter ho known. We
understand Dr. Calhoun intends immediately
to transfer his residence to Florida.— St.
Augustine Ancient Ci.y.
Dr. Calhoun is quite right in seceding from
South Carolina, befere she secedes from the
Union. Should the disunion agitation be
continued in that frantic State, thousands
more will follow his prudent example.
Baptists in Minnesota—The First Bap
tist Church nt Stilhvntor, wus constituted on
the 20th of November. This is the third
Baptist Church in Minnesotn, nil of which
hnvo pastors,and two of tho number, iu St.
Paul nnd St. Anthony, are now engaged in
erecting meeting houses They are under
the pntronngo of the Homo Missionary So
ciety.
For the Courier-
Mn. Editor.—In your paper of tlio Uih
nst , speaking of “ Rome and its prospects,”
you say :
“ Its population (with the exception of
some 20 or 30 very clever Doctors and Law-
years, who, wo nre happy to say, hnvo hut
little to do) is made up mostly of substantial
business man,” &e.
Will you he good enough to inform us
how many newspapers and editors you have,
and what relation they hear to “ Rome und
its prospects.” A READER.
The Land of Bread.--The quantity of
wheat which Ohio raised ill 1850, is sot down
by ihe Cincinnati Gazelle at thirty millions of
(/n/?(irs---nil amount sufficient to supply nol
only ail ilie wants of that Slate, hut leaving
n surplus of eighteen millions of bushels,
i Tho consumption ot eacn individual is nroui
six bushels annually. Ohio hns about two
millions of inhubi'ants, consepiently twelve
millions of bushels nre enough for the con
sumption of the State. Allowing the price
of 75 cents per bushel, nnd the overplus is
worth over thirteen millions of dollars. In
addition to this, tho corn raised is eounl to
one hundred bushels to each person in the
Slate. The surplus of these two articles is
equal in value to tw enty five millions of dol
lars. This shows what nn agricultural State
will) fertile laud, can do, when its litboij is
not diverted into unprofitable channels, or
interfered with by had government.
giqy.The London Times in speaking of the
American census, says, “ thnt from what hns
already appeared, tho returns w ill 1 exhibit
an instance of material nnd industrial devel
opment unparnllelled in the annals of nations,’
and concludes nn article on the subject, by
the direct assertion, that ten years hence, the
population of America will exceed that oftlie
British Isles.’
the United States.
Small Pox.—Tho manner in which two J|
of our city cotempornries noticed the repu- 9
ted appearance of small pox in our city, he- £l
ing calculated to throw some doubt upon its Y
existence hero, we look some pnins yester- K
day to ascertain for our own satisfaction nnd
all others interested, whether our first an- 5'
nouileenient In relation lo it was correct nr l
noi. We w ere infur.i ed by two of the most
experienced, nnd acknowledged to be among )
the most eminent of our city physicians, ^
Unit they hud, with oao other of our best j
practitioners, seen tl ree cases of genuine
small pox in the jn.l.—Mobile Ado
Smalm Bills.— I'he following remarks ,,f ,
the Millsdgeville Recorder will, wo think, ■
lie generally endorsed by the people of Geor-tt
gin.
“Experience has fou id”/says the Reror 'M
der) “that tho public convenience would liejlR
generally promoted by legislative permission^!
to tlio Bmks to issue n larger percentage oftffi
mall Hills, under the ileo.miinntion of five JX
dollars. Po le-i evide.ice ol this, besides,
the i -ta il mc.i ive.iieneefor change (low ex
perienced, will he nt once piece ved by the 9
community by looking nt the (uttered,' mu-qm
•dated dirty one mid" two dollar hills they I
nre now compelled to pocket for the ivmitta
ot Irene.- in sullicicnt nliurulniice for the ne-fX
essilios oflrade.”
understand, pio.-nils quite extensively among' *
the peiplo, t hut Congress lias pnssed a law,. 1
reducing llie value of the old Quarter Did-//
ars, to 20 cents, mid this impression has
been aided upon in not a lew irstmices, to,
the injury ot parlies holding them. It is-a j
mistake. .Congress has not pnssed such a
law. The e was n hill to that effect intro-
uuciiig Inst Ki-si,m, hut il did not become
law. — MilledyeviUe ll reorder.
A Sti-.ono Game—A man named Henry 1
N. Watson, alias John IL Woodbury, nlins
Governor Door, bus just been arrested at,
Boston and convoyed lo New York on
cl.nrgeof swindling n Mr. Baker, in ihe citjr-C
uf Mexico, out of ii gold watch und other valu
ables. The New York Yribuhe describ
game that lilts chevalier mid some of his (
federates were in the habit of playing it) d
city of New York, w hich is amusing and in^
nlruelivc. The Tribune says:
“Watson, alias Woodbury, alias 'Gqv^JH
nor Dour,’ who is now in the Toombs,.: was., ;
one of a guiig of petty gamblers und robbers .;
who hang about tho lower order of gambling .
houses, lie was also a hack-driver, nnd as
Mississippi paper, in eulogizing the ; sucb " t,s notorious for his swindling Irjcks
disunionists says, “ the everlasting destiny
of the South hangs upon such men ns Quit- j , It . 0I) p e j. 8i w |, u „; g ht[y congregated nt uliou
man, Davis, and others.” If this ho true, jn Reade street. Hero they hold n moc
chillies in the Florence (Ala.) Gazette, how
appropriately may vve exclaim in ihe language
of Dr. Walts :
“ Grcnt God I on vvhat a slender tine: d,
Hung overlasting things I”
•Several eases of the small pox, it is
vav
ry, Ala.
iiiimti
I
Dei
&
d t!
large crowd wi
. I'ill wus issued
ing sl\ Iu—tlie Dell w:
open; straggler uficr
I the people would not
tlie 1st. Friday in May next, as a day of, , , AI ,
J ' said, have occurred in the jail at Montgomc-
fasting, humiliation nnd prayer, and tlio 1st 1
Friday in September next, ns a day ot thanks
giving and praise. Godey’s Lady’s Book.—We have receiv-
By a letter from Bishop Capers, recently j || 1(! March number of this very popular
published in the Southern Christian Advo-j Monthly. Itstableofconlentsis unusually
calo, we learn that tlie llolston Conferpnce | r ; c |, an g varied; its numerous embellish-
stnlions SO preachers, and has a white mem-1 inonts, superb. Our fair readers, of course,
bership ol 35,882; colored members 3,0*12, wl iq ( )c interested in the one Is* on the list.
IT.) Indians. llie 1 euncssee Conference '|'|, ere is probably nn periodica] in this coun
stations 131 preachers; has a white member- j r y t which has uniformly sustained a higher
ship of 35,980, nnd 7,343 colored, ihe Mem-1 reputation than the Lady’s Book.
phis Conference stations 107 preachers, has
■iHost meetings ever held ! 20,518 while, and 7,055 colored members. The Scientific American, is the name
snivelled in llie court | The Mississippi Conference stiitions 08 „f , )ne 0 f t|, e neatest nnd most uselul week-
liite nnd 7,801 col- ; ]; es tlmt comes upon our exchange table. It
ousiana Conference ; s devoted to scientific, mechanical nnd other
Rl.cttiic club. j stations dO preacjiers, and has 4,S.15 white, improvements. Euch number contnins sev-
lousc on Monday lust. It w as culled by the preachers; hns 13,209 wh
)eiiiiici nl, whose editor, fn-sli from Yancey , , „ -pi,„
» Co., nl Montgomery,ns their tugleinan de-; .
—a 11 ii mi li
i ihe iiio>t
hand : and -1,405 colored members. The Alabama
Conference stations IIS preachers, und has
.So
le and
iiiSji entitm, Dial two libs ul coni will lc
Bakakntty to drive the largest slop of : l.e i.m „ ;l< coucl.cd
uround the world.
jll’e are. not at liberty, now, to divulge
4)iis wonderful discovery; hut we _
nil tliegi (latest confidence, that a rec | eveil ,|, e , u ; n l0 participating in’a Klietl- j regular work in these six Conferences is five
tniy Vvill elu|se before a total |l( , ^ail.ei ing .Sun.e licentu seven, wc under- | huiidiedmjid fifty. The membership 152,-
fil take place tlirougl out the , s , a „d, « eie iu at eiidunce. A Chairman of: or. 7 whites and 45,630 colored,
sislejn. J.ulccil j ,j ie Sl j U;l d was uppniutedf Resolutions iidop-
led Speeches made by Messrs. J. W, Clay,
yjj'Democrat,) and J. N. Drake, .)ydi '
h>isl style.
‘ ' to’iiink
tl.edonrs were 03 whiles, and 15,484 colored members.
They prefer-! '>' bc whole numher of preachers in the
We believo that all the Conferences of the
_ Church, Soiilb, have
end engravings representing the various im
provements in ngriculluinl implements, ma
chines, &c. Published by Munn & Co., New
York, nt $2 per annum.
Criminal-
I rInckly Bishop, convicted of murder nt
the late session of the Bibb Superior Court
ha^-been seiitensed to be hung on the 28th
t.mbnth __
nt
Horridle Affaiii.—A gentleman lecently
from Holmes county, Mississippi, hns detail
ed lo us the particulars of a dreadful scene,
which occurred a few days since near Lex
ington in that county. An engagement had
existed fur some time between a Mr. Tate
and Miss Shepperd, in the Harlan Creek dis
trict, in tlmt county, to which, however, the
lather of tlie young lady refused his consent.
The young couple lind agreed to run away
for the purpose of getting married, and for
that porpote were to start ftom a w edding
parly held in the neighborhood. We have
not heard what intervened to excite the
young man’s passions. He met the young
lady ns arranged at the party, and asked her
publicly w hether she was ready to fulfil her
promise and go with him, nnd on her declin
ing, he drew a pistol, shot her dead in llie
room, and attempted lo destroy himself, but
in this was frustrated, and is now in Lexing
ton jail on tlm '.diurgeof murder.—N. O. Pic.
Da Hawks and Miss Lind-—'I he follow
ing graceful letter was addressed by Ihe em
inent divine Dr. Hawks, from New York, to
court, and so completely wus tho deception!
that those who were arraigned leioreit nMWJ
cr suspected its legality. Watson und hir j
associates would arrest countrymen in |
streets, or on the docks, for some ullegd \
Inlion of law, take them to their court, I
them, and with nn admonition discha
them. On one occasion a man thus nrresti
was rather indecorous in his manners,
w as fined fifty dollars for contempt of court
and actually paid it. All money thus pf
laincJ was divided among the parties coi
posing the court, who, in their turn, drops
the most of it at tho faro-banks and kin
places.”
It is said that Judge Hnydenfelt,^
nent candidate for the U. S. SenaS
California,tosuccced Col. Fremont,isl
ly in favor of making California a slav
and makes no concealment of his vie
Ditor ms IIankeiioiiiep.—J
some oclobfity ntnl an nc.trrss wnsl
luntilely placed lately in l’hilndelfl
The mmingcr apologized to the-
but llie Indy insisted upon Temn
the singe nnd pluying nut the pnrt
mg lo llienndieiire to kmiw. vvhetn
ping one's hnndkcr’.hid was aoj
of not belonging to the temper
tv,” The circ.umsmneo has mid
Miss Lind, in Havanna, congratulating her phrase lo tho language, n .
on her escape Iroin her perilous voyage by
sea to Charleston : Jf
New York, Jan. 2, 1851.
Dear and Good Lady—l hope you have
not forgotten a clergyman who wus introduc
ed to you by Mr. Cromwell, nnd who now
writes you this note. Ypu hnvo been ex
posed to great danger nt sea, and 1 canno
express ^ “ “ J " r?
r commits the imprny
ing inehrintod—lie only,”
chief.”
Ecukxtii icitv. - AiiijB
Aulnirn, New York,
in Own.xro Lake,.