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Mr. Editor: I appeal to every enlightened, just
mind in Georgia, to read carefully the recent re
portsof Mr. Cuylerand Dr. Willis, to the stockhold
ers of their respective roads, and the essayj of “A
Director,” in your last week’s paper, on the sub
ject of the railroad between Augusta and Macon,
and say if they have ever read any thing more lu
dicrous to a sound reasoning mind, or more offen
sive to a just, liberal sentiment, unless we are pre
pared to concede that the present railroad corpora
iiont are the paramount public interest in Georgia,
and to be so considered hereafter in settling on
public wants and private privileges. They assume
that it will reduee the profits of the present rail
roads to the tune of several millions—over two or
three millions. Well, who bto get the benefit of
this reduction in freight and passage? I suppose
it will be the merchant, the farmer, and the me
chi,tic— serfs in Georgia, who are only enlightened
by demagogues.
The deluded builders of the Macon and Augusta
railroad are to get none of the profits of their labor
and investment; they are to be only the passive in
struments of reducing the burthens, estimated in
terest of several millions of capital, now imposed
on the merchants, the producers and consumers of
Georgia, now out of the pale of corporization. Let
the blind see the rujou'j. Is it trom fear or love?
Do, reader, lay down the map of Georgia and let
us see if the public interest does not require a
more direct road from Maeou to Augusta. These
two points, now the most important for mechanical
and commercial put suits South, and I think in the
nature of things destined to be the most important
inland centres of manufactures and commerce in
the United States, with all central and North
eastern Georgia, and all central and South-western
Georgia, and our contiguous position to the travel
and commerce of the adjoining States. That the
public interest requires that this immense and im
measurably growing business should be carried
round bv Waynesboro, Atlanta, or bv Madison,
and then to Gordon. Where docs “ A Director ”
live? Could tn “j mania run more rampant?
It that mind and morals, as well as matter,
have powers of procreation, and it is astonishing
what a horde of errors one error can hatch. Now,
I venture the assertion that the building of the
Macon and Augusta railroad will add more to the
profits of the Georgia railroad than it will take
from it. That it will add more in freight to the
Waynesboro’ road than it will take oft' in passen
ger; and that along the proposed line from the
Georgia railroad to Macon, instead of its being a
poor country, that there is now more wealth, the
elements of productive wealth, settled within ten
miles of the proposed route, than any road for the
same distance in the State of Georgia, and that
•he orphans and widows confided to the care of “ A
Director,” if his monopoly and his profits are sus
tained, (it is said to be twenty per cent.) will bo
more injured by dissipation than by want, and that
the Macon and Augusta road will be a good paying
road, if it is ever built, and well managed. W.
' j COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Editor: It is due to the other side, to take
some notice of a labored article in the Constitu
tionalist, signed “A Director” in opposition to the
Macon and Warrenton railroad, and in doing so
it is necessary to answer his argnments in the order
in which he has placed them.
First, is the road unnecessary ? One would sup
pose that the best argument of its necessity would
be because it is desired by a large number of people
living on the line of the road and at each terminus—
by the people of Augusta, Warrenton, Sparta and
Milledgeville, unanimously, and by the people of
Macon, With the exception of those who have an
adverse interest. The people of the several com
munities are accounted intelligent, as to their own
interest, and would hardly adyocate, much less be
ready to make a pecuniary adventure in a bootless
project. We would suppose, that the large and en
thusiastic meetings which have been held in the va
rious places, along the line of the road anil at
Aususta, were sulficicnt evidences of the interest
felt in it. It is true, that Macon has not vet acted,
and may not be represented in the Convention, but
she has sufficiently manifested her interest on two
former occasions, and besides, this convention is
called for the fmrpose of determining the route,
and this is the point in which they have P ost in
terest, and certainly BO right to dictate. A*io the
view taken of the large and powerful corporation,
the Georgia Railroad Company, we have only to
say, that when the prospect was first agitated,
three vears ago, the directors of that company,
were unanimous in recommending the stockholders
to subscribe four hundred thousand dollars, and
•nut recommendation was only defeated by the
opposition of the country stockholders, the same
class of men, bv the way, who, fifteen years ago
were clamorous to stop the road at Covington, and
make that its terminus. Besides, if we are not
misinformed, when the Atlanta ami Lagrange road
was projected, M r. J. Edgar Thompson, urged upon
•> e company the route now proposed, ns the best
means of crossing the State. It is clear then, that
t it is not necessary, many of the most clear
fettled and intelligent railroad business men in
the State are at fault.
lint savs your correspondent, it will be unprofit
able and this matter is more involved in obscuri
ty than the former. It is impossible to indicate
anything with certainty of the profits in railroads
in Georgia. A priori— when the Georgia Railroad
was first projected, Judge Clayton, in the enthusi
asm of his advocacy of the road, predicted for it %
•ravel that was supposed to be marvelous,although
:n point of fact, the travel was exceeded by ten
fold the amount predicted. The South "estern
Railroad is a case in point. Although in its in
ception literally one of the most wild of wild cat
schemes, its freights have been far beyond what
was anticipated, and its travel not exceeded by any
•oad in the State. We look around us on the roads
-* n Georgia, and find them all paying well and
handsomely, except, perhaps, the branches to Ath
ens and Washington, and the road from Gordon
to fcatonton. F.ven the Augusta and Savannah
road in spite of the competition of the river, report
a profit for the last year of seven per centum on
the investment. From this faetwe infer thnt roads
connecting directly leading commercial points
n Georgia, tciU pay. There is no contingency
about it, they have paid, do pay and and will pay.
If we were to go into the figures, we might show
•hat there passes, through Macon, more cotton
than through anv other point in the State—the
last year hardly 'falling short of three hundred
thousand bales, and that if a portion of this cot
ton finds its way to Charleston through Savannah,
from thirty to forty thousand bales, we are safe,
m infering, that double the quantity will go to Au
gusta and Charleston by a more direct route, and
Jus, with the local business of the road, will make
up a handsome traffic. As to the travel, we may
nfer that the local travel will be equal to any road
in the States as it traverses the most populous and
wealthy counties—and, for the through travel, it is
forty miles shorter than any route now in opera
tion between Montgomery and New York.
But your correspondent deprecates the compete
tion, that it will introduce into the hamvmious sis
terhood of railroads. If we do not mistake,
this competition was introduced when the Au
gusta and Savannah and Central railroads, in or
der to secure the contract for carrying the great
mail, offered to take the whole mail, including the
local through mail at twenty-five per cent, below
what they were willing to take the local mail in
order to secure the contract. But if there is not
evidence of competition there is no mistaking the
competition, now going on between the two lines,
in delivering freight at Columbus, at the same
freight on one line as on the other, although the
one is one hundred miles further, nor is there
any mistaking the keen competition which is now
getting up for the carriage of the through freight
from New York to Memphis and Nashville.
As regards the policy of an investment, on the
oart of the Georgia Railroad Company, I consider
this point premature, as the convention, which is
to meet in a few days, may decide upon a route
that will not touch the Georgia railroad. If how
ever, the Macon and Warrenton, or the Macon and
Bearing route should be determined upon, there
would be little difficulty in proving that the Geor
gia railroad would be greatly benefitted, inasmuch
„s she would gain a trade and travel that she could
not otherwise gain on a part of her road, and
would run the risk of losing nothing a3 long, be
fore the road could be finished, the route from
Knoxville and Abingdon will be in operation; and
this, with an advantage of one hundred and twenty
miles less distance and other superior attractions,
wiil'take all the through travel.
Other Side.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL
OF THE -ef'XG&u STEAMER
NIAGARA.
Three Days Later from Europe.
Halifax, April 9th.—The steamer Niagara has
arrived with Liverpool dates of the 2Sth ult.
Foreign Markets.
Cotton was unchanged, except inferior grades
declined %d. Sales of the week 43,000
bales, including 1,000 to speculators, and 3,000 to
exporters. Fair Orleans S%d.; Middling 7 13-lfid.i
Fair Upland 7 %d.; Middling 7 9-IGd. Stock 385,000
bales, including 277, 1 000 American. Flour dull at
Is. decline. Wheat declined 2d., and corn Gd. a
Is. Beef steady. Pork dill!. Bacon advanced Gd.
Rice buoyant. Coffee and sugar unchanged. Na
val stores steady. Money more stringent. Con
sols 93% a 93%.
Havre market unchanged.
Miscellaneous.
The Emperor of China has disapproved of the
conduct of Yes, Governor of Canton.
The English elections so far look favorable for
the Government.
A battle had occurred at Busbire between the
English and Persian cavalry, resulting m the de
feat of the latter.
SECOND DISPATCH.
It is reported that England is about to cede
I.ongwood House and N apoleon’s tomb, at St. llc
leua, to France.
Spuin contemplates laying a telegraph line from
Cuba to the United States.
The Ist Division of the Spanish Ueet, designed
to invade Mexico, was to sail on the 28th ult.
Naval Affairs.
Washington, April 9.— The sloop of German
tewn, the screw steamer Minnesota, and side
wheel steamer Mississippi, have been ordered to
be fitted out for service in the East India waters.
Commissioners ol Indian Affairs.
Washington, April 9. Hon. J. W. Denver,
former representation from California, has been
appointed Commissioner of Indian affairs.
Appointments.
Washington, April S. —Wm. B. Reid, of Phila
delphia, has beeu appointed Minister to China.
Injury to the Crops.
New Orleans, April B. —lt is feared that the re
cent cold weather has greatly injured the cotton
and sugar crops.
Large Fraud.
New Orleans, April B.—John Oxnard, an Ex
change dealer, has fled, havmgswindled merchants
iiere out of SIOO,OOO.
Mission to China.
Washington, April 11.— The lion. Wm. B. Reed,
of Philadelphia, has accepted the appointment of
Minister to China.
Charleston Mnrket.
Charleston, April 11.—Sales of cotton to-dav
one hundred and fifty bales, at prices ranging from
12;-j to 141* cents. Prices easier on lower grades.
Mobile Market.
Mobile, April 11.— Sales of cotton the past week
G,OOO bales. Receipts 4,000, against 8,000 bales
same time last year. Decrease in receipts 97,000
bales. Stock on hand 65,000 bales. Middling
13% cents.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, April 9.—Sales cotton to-day COO
bales, as all parties were waiting for steamer’s
news. The receipts were 919 bales. Flour anil
Corn have declined—Mixed Corn G 8 cents. Pork
dull—Mess $23. Lard, in tierces, 14 cents.
Freights arc stagnant. Exchange S%.
New Orleans, April 10. —Sales of cotton to-day
1500 bales, and receipts of the week 16,000 bales.
Stock 271,oo" bales. Decrease of receipts at this
port 131,000: and at all the ports 353,000.
New York Market.
New York, April 11.—The cotton market firm,
with sales of 1,000 bales. Flour firm—State $5 50
ass G". Wheat lower and quoted at $1 60. Corn
70 cents. Spirits of Turpentine 47%’. Rosin
buoyant. Rice dull and Freights heavy.
New York, April s. —Private letters have been
received in this city from Gen. Uenningsen, in his
own bandwriting, addressed to persons in this
eitv, dated Rivas, March 19th, confirming every
essential fact brought by the steamer Texas, in re
lation to the recent victory of Walker’s troops
over the Costa Ricans anti their allies. Gen. 11.
states that four hundred of the allies were killed
und about fifty of his own men.
The battle lasted ten hours, and was desperately
fought on both sides. It ended in the utter defeat
and route of the enemy. '
Gen. Uenningsen writes further that he is confi
dent that in a few weeks Walker will entirely clear
the country of the Costa Ricans, who are greatly
discomfitted and depressed by their defeat.
This intelligence was brought by express from
Rivas to San Juan del Snr to meet the Orizaba, by
which vessel it came via Panama to New York.
Several other letters and dispatches addressed to
persons in this city have been stolen or abstracted
during the passage, either on land or at sea. A
clue has been discovered as to the depredators,
and the police are on the track of the perpetrators.
Tiie news received via Wilmington was manu
factured in that city, and of course is totally un
true.
Louisville, April 4.—lntelligence has been re
received here of a startling tragedy which occur
red at Washington, in this State, yesterday. A
man named Baker, a resident of that town, arm
ed himself, and deliberately took the life of his
daughter, after which he placed the death-weapon
to his own breast and shot himself. No cause
has been assigned as yet for this dreadful tragedy.
Louisville, April 4.—Our community is much
excited in consequence of the discovery of a most
cruel murder, which appears to have been com
mitted on Thursday night. The name of the
person murdered is Mary Travers, a beautiful and
accomplished girl of only twenty-four years of
age, who had been married but about eight
months. Her husband, who is supposed to have
committed the horrid deed, was found lying be
side the dead body of his wife in bed. He bad at
tempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat,
but his injuries are not believed to be serious.
A Curiosity Shop.— Mr. Spikes proposes em
barking in the exhibition business. He will pay
handsomely for the following living curiosities :
A man who has become opulent by drinking bad
liquor at the corner groceries, and singing comic
songs in the streets late of nights.
A young man of “ literary taste” who does not
strongly opine that he could treble the circulation
of any paper by taking the editorial department
fully under his own exclusive charge.
Cincinnati, April G.—John Bushwell’s chan
dlery store at New Albany, Indiana, was burned
on Sunday morning witli several adjoining build
ings. Loss $40,000.
Washington, April G.—Mr. Stanton, .Secretary
ofState for the Territory of Kansas, left here this
afternoon for that territory.
A storm of rain, hail "and snow commenced
here this morning about 11 o’clock, continuing
until evening, when the weather became clear and
cold.
Harrisburg, April 6.—Senator Penrose, of Phil
adelphia, died here to-day, and both houses have
adjourned in consequence.
The Governor has appointed James M. Arm
strong, of Lycoming county, Supreme Judge, in
the place of Judge Black.
Bangor, Me., April 6.—The ice in the Penobscot
river passed this city to-day, and is said to have
gone clear below. The opening of navigation is
ten days earlier than last year.
St. Louis, April 7.—Wimer, the emancipation
candidate for mayor, has been elected by one thou
sand five hundred majority. Most of the other
candidates on the same ticket are also elected.
Washington, April 7.—lt is reported that Red
man Price will succeed Forsyth as Minister to
Mexico.
fCOMMITNICATED.J
Gen. Walker and His Enemies. 5
jfr. Editor: My attention has been directed to ]
an article recently originating in a newspaper at
Wilmington, N. C., professing to be a faithful nar
rative of reverses to which Gen. Walker and his <
army had succumbed, and to the later acknowl- K
edgement of that journal that the story was sini- 1
ply a fabrication which had subserved its intended
purpose of deception and amusement. To any .
one familiar with the localities mentioned, and •
the relative positions of the opposing armies, the !
impracticability of the pretended escape of the ‘
narrators, and faultless absurdity of the entire
fiction, would be the instantaneous and irrevoca- 1
ble conviction. A stranger, however, might rea- 1
sonablv be beguiled into erroneous conclusions by !
a statement so apparently redolent of authentic
auspices and plausible pretentions. Thereadiness
and even the avidity with which a portion of the
northern press paraded it in confirmation of their
hopes, is a sufficient proof of the potency of the
falsehood, and the injury it was calculated to ef
fect. The admission, that it was destitute of foun
dation, sufficiently insures the culpability of the
author, but the cool exultation with which he
traced the delusions it generated, exhibited a de
gree of heartlessness amounting to criminality.
Win. Walker is not a bandit but an educated,
accomplished, high sotiled, humane gentleman.
The men comprising his army* are neither pirates j
nor invaders, but principally young men of res- j
pectable connexions, of cultivated intellects, of ir- j
reproachable characters, daring courage and unim- 1
peachable patriotism. The North has contributed !
some noble and chivalrous spirits to the cause of ]
Nicaraguan independence, and the South with gen-1
crons enthusiasm has sent many of the proudest of \
her heroic sons. Some have fallen in the hal- j
lowed strife of liberty, and others are struggling :
with the ardor of hope, and the eagerness of ambi- |
tion. The father’s anxious gaze, the brother’s !
thrilling pride, the mother’s throbbing heart, the !
sister's fond but trembling thought, are concentra-j
ted with alternating hope and fear upon the issue
in which is involved the fame, the fortune and life I
of the cherished son and brother. With natural
eagerness they hasten to the accredited source of
inn Tin at ion, and the heart bounds with joy, or is
swollen with grief, as the sun shines or the cloud
hangs upon the destiny of the far oft* struggle. To
sport with the tenderness of human affection, and
exult at the agonies of bleeding hearts, may be
amusement to the savage hordes that for years
have deluged Central America in blood, but too
refined in cruelty for civilized enjoyment. The ac
tual destruction of the army of Walker would have
carried grief into many a bosom, and desolation to
many a hearth-stone, but the sorrow and the lone
liness would have been alleviated by the conscious
ness that honor survived the pulseless repose of
each heroic heart. But to lacerate more inhumanly
the grieving spirit, and bow the head with shame,
the imputation of ignominy is made the pretext of
. disaster, and an army of patriots and heroes de
, graded to the condition of a band of deserters.
This wanton reflection upon the chivalry of noble
men was as disgraceful as it was ill-timed and
ungenerous. The man who could deliberately in
vent such a calumny, torture so many hearts of
, friends and kindred" and call it pleasantry, is de
f plorably deficient in the lessons of religion and
morality.
If the unwise and scurrilous fiction of the Wil
mington newspaper, had been the only romance
published in relation to the condition of affairs
in Nicaragua, I should have left it to be reprobated
t by those alone whose sagacity was not equal to the
. ingenuity of the invention. Without recounting
the many grave and wilful misrepresentations,
systematically circulated through the columns of
many of the New York journals, I shall simply
: cite the contradiction by the Tribune of the recent
5 victories of Walker at Rivas and St. George.
> Notwithstanding, minute details of the battles
r have been received from actual participants in the
5 engagements, the Tribune has succeeded in finding
a live Nicaraguan, a runaway from the ranks of
Cabanas, who knows nothing of the reported successes
of Walker , and the sagacious conclusion of that
1 astute journal discredits the reliability of such un
s looked for events. On the one hand, is the ofli
j cial report and private correspondence of General
Henningsen, and on the other, the lack of imform
v ation on the part of an escaped Nicaraguan enemy,
* and in the adjustment of the weight of testimony,
the Tribune ventures the deliberate opinion, that
j his advices are too authentic for contradiction or
disbelief. There is a species of grave facetious
* ness'about the Tribune that wins upon mv admi
* ration. The Tribune , however,
mington man, will never c< MifegO' *
of inventing a boat,' 'although TW ejfravj4r'
WTllCtl ms C?m«l«nlu.i umiatMMJ, -Jt*. ff”. Uni
the possession of an inimitable capacity for lofty
’ and dignified humor. The humorous* simplicity
’ which recently characterized his financial trans
-1 action with Matheson, and subjected him to such
1 unworthy suspicions, has only been excelled by
the humorous gravity with which indisputable fact
is discountenanced, and the most impossible con
jectures asserted and maintained. Fearing from
1 the known disinclination of the Tribune , to retract
1 an error or confess a falsehood, knowing the too
* generous reliability of southern people upon the
’ authority of northern papers, even when most op
* posed to their interests, and believing that the un
* scrupulous Tribune, will not imitate the Wilming
. ton example of confession, I have assumed to dis-
I abuse the vagrant conviction of his seriousness,
and to assure the timid that he too, is only play
’ ing “Bottom, the Joiner.”
I Examples of unfairness and malignity like these,
are but the common occurrences by which the ene
■ mies of freedom, in Nicaragua, are seeking to place
* a limit to southern institutions. Systematic en
’ deavors are unremittingly prosecuted to effect that
end, and no rumor, however fabulous, or falsehood
1 open and shameful, is too gross or malignant for
' their employment. There is a determined and or
. ganized opposition to Walker in New York, and
> from that circle of heartless speculators—barterers
1 of American blood for filthy gold— emanate the
wicked scandals, the absurd conflicts of intelli
, gence, and the numberless]calumnies w hich have
retarded the destiny of Nicaragua, and deluged its
■ soil with unnecessary blood. The recent conflicts
■ of Walker, in justifying the hopes and predictions
of his friends, have given a most disastrous blow
. to the delusive convictions of his enemies, and in
. their struggle of despair they will pause at no ab
surdity, and shrink from no expedient. But their
. triumph of malignity is at an end. Their worst
1 machinations have proved fruitless, and all that
they may accomplish hereafter will be as impotent
> for evil as all they have hitherto attempted. The
star of Walker is in the ascendant, and as sure as
God reigns, his triumph will be perfected—the free
destiny of Nicaragua established—the institutions
of the South extended—and the lofty patriotism
which accomplished these results proudly and
triumphantly vindicated. E. J. C. Kewen.
Augusta, Ga., April 10, 1857.
More Traces of Sir John* Franklin’s Party.
Capt. Sherard Osborne has forwarded to the edi
tor of the Times the following extract as a letter
dated Red River Settlement, Hudson Bay Territo
ry, December 6th:
“ I received a letter from Roderick, by the last
mail, and expresses a wish that I should write to
you by the first opportunity, and state more par
ticularly about the report we heard last summer
about somes tracesof whites being seen in the North.
I have just returned from , who was at Nor
way House last July, and saw the man who broguht
down an express to Sir George Simpson from Mr.
Anderson, in Mc Kenzie’s River, (district,) stating
that Indians had brought over reports to one of the
trading points in that quarter, that Indians had
seen two or more encampments of whites on an
islands on some point where Anderson and Stew
art turned back, (in 1855,) and that one of the en
campments particularly was quite fresh, supposed
to have been abandoned a day or two before the
Indians saw it, and from the traces thought there
might have been about ten or twelve men. I could
not hear of the exact locality further than that An
derson and Stewart were within a very short dis
tance of the place where the traces were seen. I
hope you have heard more particularly about the
report.”— St. Paul {Minnesota) Pioneer of March 21.
Aid and Comfort for Mexico.—The New York
correspondent of the National Intelligencer says:
“It is understood that representatives of both
the Spanish and Mexican Governments are now
actively engaged in this city in raising munitions
of war, &c., to aid them in their threatened en
counter. Rumor also says that the enlistment of
men for the Mexican service is in progress, but
principally at New* Orleans, where to ail appear
ance there is more laxity in the enforcement of the
neutrality laws than in these parts.”
Louisville, April 7.— The weather continues
cold.
The Hon. Thomas E. Harris, of Illinois, is
strongly urged for the Speakership of the next
House of Representatives.
23T*The Hon. Frederick Stanton, Secretary
of the Territory of Kansas, who left Washington
on the afternoon of the 6th inst. is expected to
reach Locompton to-morrow.
J3?~The Temperance Crusader says- that the
41 advocates of a nomination (for Governor, on the
Temperance ticket), for the next canvass, are ten
to one less now than in 1855.”
The Charleston Courier's cotton statement ?
on 10th instant, makes the decrease in cotton at
all the ports, compared with last year, 318,461
bales.
The Baiubridge Argus of the sth inst., an
nounces the death of Mr. Andrew V. Keen, of 1
Decatur county—a very worthy and highly es- ‘
teemed gentleman.
23?" The late severe cold weather caused no
greater damage to the fruit crop of Decatur coun
ty* says the Bainbricige Argus , than the nipping of
a few of the tenderest and most exposed orange ]
trees.
£5?" A year ago nearly all the city and town
elections throughout the country were carried tri- ’
mnphantly by the Know Nothing party; but this
j spring the Democrats are very generally revising 1
the former order of affairs. 1
i £5?” A few days ago, Gov. Cobb received a lct
j ter upon business connected with the Treasury De
j part men t of the United States, with the follow!
, ing superscription:
“ You night E I) Stats Treser .”
j 83FT:Col. E. J. C. Kkwen, Commissioner of the
Republic of Nicaragua, will address the citizens of
I this place, on Nicaraguan affairs, at the City Hall,
j on Tuesday evening, the 14th inst., as heretofore
announced.
j The Circuit Court of the District of Colum
bia made a decision on the 6th inst., sustaining the
right of Building Associations to charge more than
the legal rate of interest on ground, and declaring
that their loans to members were not usurious .
23F* Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, will probably
be ousted from his seat in the next House of Rep
resentatives. The time allowed by the statute
regulating the taking of testimony in contested
elections has expired, and Mr. Vallandigiiam, the
contestant, is undoubtedly ahead of him.
23?” Among the members of the Medical Socie
ty of the State of Georgia, in attendance at its re
cent session 111 this city, was Dr. J. G. Howard, of
Savannah.
In our report of tlie first day’s proceedings of the
Society, his name appeared by mistake m the list
1 of delegates from Atlanta.
23?* The Democratic party of Clark county,
meet in Athens, on Saturday, the 19th inst., to ap
ppint delegates to the District and Gubernatorial
Convention.
The Democracy of Gordon county have selected
the first Tuesday in May as the day to appoint de
legates to the Gubernatorial Convention.
13?” We received yesterday afternoon, (by the
way of Charleston,) the first number of the Daily
Georgia Citizen. Dr. Andrews proposes to try the
experiment of a Daily, in Macon, for a short time,
and if sufficient encouragement is extended to the
enterprise, to continue its publication. Terms fifty
cents per month.
£3?” The Legislature of New York have passed
the Trinity Church bill, which provides that half
•the Wardens and Vestrymen shall be chosen by
Trinity Church, and half by delegates elected by
the Vestry of the several Protestant Episcopal
Churches, other than those belonging to Trinity
Church j also, provides that a sum shall be set off
for the use of Trinity Church, and partitions tljp
remainder of the funds; fdso *
V- and Kfstl-Jvof | andjfc
9 chooM the Rector, &c. ' -* *-
jgg* The jury in the case of the Rev. Mr. Kol
lock of Roston, (one of the three thousand New
England clergymen who signed the protest against
the Kansas-Nebraska Bill,) who has been indicted
and tried for adultery, was discharged on the 6th
instant, being unable to agree upon a verdict.
Eight of the jurors were for an acquittal, and four
for a conviction. Upon the evidence, there can be
no question of the reveremlgentlemen’s guilt. Dur
ing the last Presidential canvass, he “ stumped”
Maine for Fremont. _
•pff" Hon. G. A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, the
Bluck Republican chairman of the Committee on
Territories, of the last House of Representatives,
will address the Alumni, and the Hon. Anson
Burlingame, of Massachusetts, infamously notori
ous for his connection with the Sumner-Brooks af
fair, will address the Literary Societies of Am
herst College, at its next commencement. Rev.
Isaac Parks a political preacher and stump orator
for 0. B. Matterson, one of the Black Republican
members of the last House of Representatives
convicted of corruption, has been elected by the
Black Republican majority of the New York Leg
islature, one of the Regents of the State Universi
ty. Literary honors crowd upon the anti-slavery
fanatics.
The New York Keening Post, of the 7th
inst., gives the following as the reasons which have
influenced, and which, in its opinion, justify the
free State men of Kansas, in the policy which they
have adopted, of refusing to participate in the
election of delegates to the Constitutional Con
vention, provided for by the Legislature of the
Territory:
1. That the organic act does not authorize the
territorial legislative powers, even when legiti
mately convened, to pass any enabling act to
change the government of the Territory.
2. That the convention and census act of this
irregular assembly at Lecompton, is partizan in its
character, clearlv contemplates fraud, against the
recurrence of which it oilers inadequate security;
while it deprives the Executive of the Territory of
the power to prevent or remedy such fraud, leaves
the control of the census and election in thb hands
of pretended officers, not chosen by the people of
Kansas, who are of violent characters, and hostile
to the best interests of the Territory.
S. That said act purports to disfranchise certain
Una fide settlers of Kansas, who have filed tlieir
declarations of intention to become citizens, and
are recognized as voters by the organic l act.
4. That there is no provision in said convention
and census act for submitting the Constitution
which may be framed by the proposed constitu
tional convention to the people.
The reply to the first two of these Reasons is that
they are not authorized or sustained bv the facts.
The conclusive, unanswerable reply to all of them
is, that if the free State men, as they assert, have
an overwhelming majority of the Una fide settlers
of the Territory, they may, by participating in
the election, control it—control the Convention and
make Kansas a free State. Refusing to do this,
they admit their weakness, or their willingness to
precipitate a revolution, with all the horrors of a
civil war, upon the Territory.
A Bold Experiment.—The editor of the Woon
socket Patriot makes merry over the mistake of
an old Shanghai hen of his, that has been “sit
ting" five weeks upon two round stones and a piece
of brick! “Her anxiety,” quoth he, “is no great
er than ours to know what she will hatch. If it
proves a brick yard, that hen is not for sale.”
George B. Webster, formerly a merchant in
Augusta, Ga , died last week in Buffalo, N. Y.,
where he has resided many years.
.4 Parody.
Tell me, ye winged wind?.
That round my pathway roar,
Do you not know some spot
Where women fret no more ?
Some lone and pleasant dell.
Some ** holler " in the ground.
Where babies never yell.
And cradles are not found ?
The loud wind blew the snow into my face.
And snickered as it answered—•• Nary place.”
Tell me, thou misty deep.
Whose billows round me play,
Knows’t thou some favored spot,
Some island for away.
Where weary man may find
A place to smoke in peace,
Where crinoline is not.
And hoops are out of place ?
The loud winds, sounding a perpetual shout,
Stop for a while and spluttered **Yeou git eout!”
And thou, serenest moon.
That with such holy face,
Dot look upon the girls.
Who with their beaux embrace,
Tell me. in all thy round.
Hast thou not seen some spot
Where muslin is not found
And calico is not ?
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe.
And a voice sweet, but sad, responded *Toh I”
Tell me, my secret soul—
< >h! tell me, Hope and Faith,
I- there no resting place
From women, girl? and death ?
Is there no happy spot
Where bachelors are blessed,
Where females never go.
And man may dwell in peace ?
Faith, Hope and Truth—best boons to mortals given—
Waved their blight wands, and answered, Yes, in Heaven!
The Evil of Stock Speculations.—The N. Y.
Journal of Commerce says:
“ Some recent developments in the city have led
many stockholders of railroad and other corpora
tions to question the propriety of vesting the man
agement of iheir property in the hands of those
whojare actively engaged in stock speculations.
Formerly, the victims of such a policy were mostly
the eager speculators. It was easy for the execu
tive officer or financial manager of a company to
give such coloring to the affairs as to convey the
impression that it was not doing as well as usual,
so that the market value of the stock would mater
ially decline, while he, in the meantime, would take
advantage of the depression to buy largely; then,
the policy would be reversed; exaggerated reports
or statements circulated, the market rises, and the
officer sells out again at a large profit. This was
regarded as reprehensible, but it did not so inti
mately affect the bona'fide stockholder, except as he
might desire to borrow money on bis shares. There
is reason.l however, to fear that the speculators
sometimes control the policy of the company whose
interest they are bound to* protect, without much
regard to anything but the money j they cun make
out of it for themselves.”
Important Verdict to Railroad Companies.
We learn that at the April Term of the Superior
Court of Taylor county, now in session, a case of
public interest has been tried involving the liabili
ty of railroads for damages, in negligently killing
a passenger. In December, 1855, Uriah Paulk, a
worthy citizen of Alabama, was killed by a collis
ion between two passenger trains upon the South
western railroad, near Flint river, in Taylor coun
ty. An action for damages under the Act of 1559,
was brought against the Company by the legal
representatives of Mr. Paulk, and the trial at
common law came off this week and resulted in a
verdict for the Plaintiff of $20,000 damages. We
learn the Defendant has taken an appeal to a spe
cial jury. C. J. Williams, Stubbs & Hill, Wal
lace k Grice, for Plaintiff; Poe A Greer, for De
fendant.—Columbus Enquirer , April 9.
llow to Select Mo users.— Messrs. Editors: I
have tried poisoning rats, but find they soon be
come very careful wnat they eat; and 1 have found
that a good cat is the most* effectual remedy. As
is the case generally, there i 3 only one or two mou
sers in a litter. I will give a rule which I received
from a young German, and which I have seen tried
enough to know that ik is good, if it is acat story.
A poor cat is about as bad as rats. The German's
i rule was, when the kittens were old enough to be
, playful, to catch a mouse, and holding ‘it by the
tail, give the kittens a chance to play with it; some
1 would grab at it eagerly while others would be en
, tirelv indifferent. The former he would save, and
► in this way I have known several who have never
r failed to obtain good cats. It is very simple, but
may be of use to some. Aikji.es.
Country Gerdleman i March 26.
• The “Beechers.”—The “Beecher family” ia
f among the most numerous and talented of this
f country. An exchange paper gives the following
j details:
1 Lyman Beecher, D. I)., (now S 3 years old,) is th<
father of eleven children, ten of whom are living
V Taking them in order of their ages the family con
tb® following persons]: Miss Catherine E
p of Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Wm. Henri
unTO. wier,Reading, Mass.;Rev. Edw. Beecher, Gales
Mary F. Perkins, of Hartford, inov
Europe); Rev. Geoi'geßeecher
lute of Chiiiicothe, Ohio, who died in 1544; Mrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe, now in Paris,France; Rev,
■■ H. VV. Beecher; Rev. Charles Beecher, of Andover
v Mrs. Isabella H. Hooker, of Hartford ; Rev. Thom
l as K. Beecher of Elmira, N. Y.; and Rev. Jame:
I C. Beecher, seamen’s chaplain at Canton, Chinu.
1 Whitewash for Outhoilues and Fences.—As
• the season of the year when considerable white
• washing is performed is near at hand, the follow
ing receipt is given by a western exchange for
mixing the composition*: Take a clean barrel that
will hold water; put into it half a bushel of quick
lime, ami slack it by pouring over it boiling water
sufficient to cover it four or five inches deep, and
stirring it until quite slaked; dissolve in water
and add two pounds of sulphate of zinc and one of
common salt, which will cause the whitewash to
harden on the woodwork in a few davs; add suffi
cient water to biihg it to the consistency of thick
whitewash. ' «►
To make the above wash of a pleasant cream
color, add three pounds yellow ochre.
For fawn color, add* four pounds umber, one
pound Indian red, and one pound lampblack.
For grey or stone color, add four pounds raw
umber and two pounds lampblack.
The color may be put on with a common white
wash brush, and will be found much more durable
than common whitewash.— Exchange.
Hocus Pocus—How to get a Fine White House
out of an empty Whisky Barrel.—Put the barrel
in a secure place, near a spring of good water, on
the road to the grog shop. When you want a dram
take the price of it m your hand and start to the
grog shop—go as far as the spring, drop the mon
ey through the bunghole, take a good drink of wa
ter and return home. Repeat this operation till
the barrel is full, knock out the head, and you have
the price of a splendid brick building. Fact.
Adams’ Express.—This institution continues to
do a big business, and are now operating daily
with Memphis. We are under many obligations
to Col. Plant, of Augusta, and to Mr. McCormick,
Agent, at this place, for eastern and western pa
pers in advance of the mails. Mac is a very prompt
and correct business man, and withal, the cleverest
man anywhere, and should he be up for Congress
or President, he’ll get this vote, sure.
Chattanooga Advertiser , April 9.
A Sensible Father.—The Sunday Atlas says
that a gentleman of great wealth in New York, but
who has never cared to mingle much in fashionable
society, recently settled fifteen thousand dollars a
year on a daughter who had married to his satis
faction. In speaking on the subject to a friend the
other day, he remarked he was willing to do the
same by his other daughters on one condition:
that they married respectable, upright and indus
trious young men. He did not care how poor they
were, if they were only of this description, and
their characters would laear investigation.
Boston, April 6.—The result m the case of the
Rev. Mr. Kalloch "will probably be reached to
morrow. To-day Richard H. Dana, Esq., senior
counsel for the defense, addressed the jury nearly
three hours and a half. Mr. Morse then followed
on the other side until the hour of adjournment.
He will conclude his argument to-morrow, when
the case will go to the jury. Mr. Kalloch, his
wife and several personal friends were present
during the speeches of the counsel.
A lar<*e woollen mill and dye-house in North
Adams, Mass., were destroyed *by fire on Thurs
day night. Loss SIOO,OOO. Insured for $90,000.
A severe gale has been blowing here this after
noon and evening, accompanied with a drenching
rain storm.
Hartford, April 7.—Sufficient returns have been
received to insure the election of Alexander Hal
ley, Republican, as Governor, by a small majority
over Samuel Ingham, Democrat. Also the balance
of the State ticket, as follows: Lieut. Governor,
Alfred Burnham; Secretary, O. 11. Pratt: Treasu
rer, F. Wildmau; and Com*ptroller, J. G. Lamb.
The congressional delegation stands as follows:
First district, Ezra Clark. Republican; Second do.,
Samuel Arnold, Democrat; Third do., Sydney
Dean, Republican; Fourth do., William Bishop,
Democrat. Clark and Dean are members of the
present House. The result shows a gam of two
Democratic members of Congress.
From the A'ew Haven ReqUter, ( Jjem .,) April 7.
Connecticut Election.
The Democracy of New Haven, town and conn
tv, performed a splendid day’s work on Monday!
The masses were out in their strength, and over
threw the combined forces of intolerance and fa
naticism, with stunning effect. Nobly did the
Democracy toil, nobly have thev triumphed. The
Second Congressional District 'elects Samuel Ar
nold, over Mr. Woodruff', by a majority of about
four hundred. The official returns may vary but
cannot change the result. This is a great victory,
as complimentary to the good sense of the people,
as it will be gratifying to patriotic men all over the
Union. New England is not wholly darkened by
fanatical blindness. There will be at least one
voice from her borders, that will unflinchingly sus
tain the Constitution as it is, and the rights of the
States.
It is almost impossible to give with accuracy the
result of the election. The returns are scattering,
and yet of the most gratifying character. The
Democratic gains are large, both in members ol
the Legislature, and the popular vote.
We learn that a few days since a bale of cotton
was sold at the “ champion price” of twenty cents
per pound, weighing five hundred and six pounds.
This bale of cotton was growrf by Mr. James (J.
Randle ou “Cotton Garden,” Monroe county, Miss.,
from the common seed of the country, its high
value resulting from careful handling and skilful
management. —Aberdeen {Miss.) Evening News.
~ COMMERCIAL.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
xv , ...» 1856-7. 1555-6.
New Orleans. April 3 1,854.517 1,456,07*
Mobile, April 3 457,614 551,273
Apalachicola, April 3 72,024 87,625
Newport and St. Marks April 1... 37,071 82,991
Texas, March 28 67,604 68,47*
Charleston, April 4 841.014 418.399
Savannah, April 2 295.545 337,718
North Carolina, March 18 18,848 11,719
Virginia, March 1 10,876 7,58*
2,058,113 *2,909,848 *
2;«58,113
Decrease in receipts 811,7-3*
In former statements, the reported receipts at Newport and
St. Mark.-? was different from, that given above, and hence the
decrease Is less than previously stated.
SAVANNAH. April 10.—C’oMon.—Arrived since the 24
u!i.. 4,929 bales Upland and 425 hales Sea Island. The exports
f< r tin same period amount to 4,164 bales Upland, ami 2-38
hales Sea Island—leaving ou hand and on shipboard notclear
ed. a stock of 33.051 hales Upland and 3,653 do. Sea Island,
against 48,860 hales Upland and 2.950 bales Sea Island at the
same time last year.
W- present the following quotations as the rtillng prices paid
Ordinary toOooi Ordinary 12 @l2*
Low Middling 13 @lß*
Middling 13*@18*
Strict Middling @l3*
Good Middling 13K&14
Middling Fair @l4*
Corn.— There has be*, u some umveiuent in Com, but ihe
mark- t Is depressed. The stock is heavy. Wc quote BtXiß*
ants in lots, anil 95 cents at retail.
Buv<> /.—The stock has Ren increased. Sides are quoted *
cent, higher than last week. Hums 13@15: Clear Sides 13.Y@
14: Ribbed Sines —@ln*; Shoulders-@ll*.
Hid e/*.—Flint I'.* cents; Dry Salted 16* cents, and Green
. Salted at 10 cents It.
| CHAR LEST* >N, April 10.— Cotton.— The market for several
' days past has been quiet, ami buyers have occasionally bought
on’easier terms. The receipts since our last reach 0500 bales,
, and the <ales In the same time 4,195 bales. We quote Inferior
, —: Ordinary to Good Ordinary 12@13*; Low to Strict Mid
dling ls*<g! 1; Good Middling 14*; and Middling Fair and
■ Fair 14*c.
7..yt.—The extremes have ranged from 3* to 4*; but the
bulk of the transactions were made within the range of s!%(<s
s4* TP hundred.
Oirn. —The receipts comprise 8,500 bushels North Carolina,
which have been sold at 75 @76 ants bushel. The receipts
, by railroad are suspended for the present. This description is
1 dull at 67* cents, sacks included. Western moves off very
• slowly at 87*6» !"V‘., which also includes the sack.
i Oats.— Some 2,000 bushels held over from the previous week,
1 Lave been sold at 470. r' bushel.
» Flour.—The market, for some days, has been in a languid
-1 and drooping condition. Baltimore and Western move heavily
i at *7 V barrel.
■ Bacon.— Rather a large supply of Sides and Shoulders have
1 been thrown upon the market by recent arrivals, which has de
. pressed It very much, and the transactions show a decided re
, duction on tie.* opening prices, variously estimated from *to *
cent on tlic latter, and a greater reduction lias been submitted
i to on the former. We quote, at the close of the week, 12*@13
e cents for Sides; 19*@ 11c. for Shoulders; and from 10to 15c.
a , for Hams.
L i Lar i. —We have no transactions to report, and quote coun
• ! try descriptions, whicli constitutes the stock, nominally at 14*
\ "/15c. in barrels, 15@15*c. in half bbls. anu kegs, and from IS
r ! to 16e. in cars.
1 Sugars.-rThla article has attracted some attention this
it week, and upwards of 250 hhds. Muscovado, good “Grocery*
quality, have changed hands at prices ranging from 10 to 10*C.
Some 25 hhds. of the Delta brand have also been sold, but at a
large advance on these prices.
The only sale of any consequence was the re-sale
; s of a lot of 80 hhds. from store at 46c. per gallon, less the dis
count f**r cash, which shows an advance from the lowest .-ales
l! * of s@6c. per gallon.
jr '
ATLANTA. April B—Bacon.—Hog round 12*cents; Hams
12 <fi 13: Bi.< ulders 11*5 12; Middlings 13® 14. Finn, with good
ie demand, and fair supply.
,r Corn. —7b@Bo cents bushel; fair stock—good demand.
=’ Neal.— 6o@9o cents—good stock.
Flour. —Good stock at $-3 7-y-.fl 00 for Superfine; $4 00®
E. 25 for Family.
. v Lard —Firm, at 15 cents for common, and IS for Wood Jt
* y Co.’s Family.
s “ P* —Bt/*ck very light; selling at 5-5 cents, sacks included.
i\v Whisky.— Heavy stock, and dull at Ss@4o cents ft gallon lot
r common sorts.
COLUMBUS. April 9.— Cotton.— The sales visterday were
v. confined to 68 bales at last prices, showing no change. Receipt*
r . of the day 21 bales.
, MOBILE, April 6.— Cotton. —There were several large lot*
offered today, but no buyers, although It is reported that 1,990
bales were sold. Most of the brokers rcpoit sales as nominal.
Middling IS*®—c.
s NEWNAN. April 7.— Cotton.— >Cotton selling in this market
!* yesterday at 11*'@
.. NEWNAN, April 10.— Cotton. —Cotton was selling at 12*
@lO cents for Middling Fair to Fair. Demand good and mar
‘ ket active.
» COLUMBUS. April 10.— Cotton. —The sales continue light,
j and ranje from 10 to 13*c. for extremes. We quote Middling
’ CHATTANOOGA, April 9.—Since our last report ‘ e
weather has been in quite an unsettled state—rain, winds, warm
' days and freezing nights have been on the tapis. The state oi
■ the market stands pretty much as we left It last week—Bacon
■ ruling, and the great item of Interest, with the trading commu
nity. The price has been steadily on the advance. We quote
Bacon.—We hear of a sale of 30,000 lbs.—more or or less—at
1 12* cents. Stocks light—supply unequal to demand. Hums
retailing at 13*@14 cents.
Lord.— Very little in market—retailing at 14* cents.
Floor. —Unchanged from last week—*3 40 V* sack a nominal
quotation—know of no sales upon which to base a reliable
. market quotation—retailing for family use—a good article—at
*1 00.
Corn.—Quotable from 6? to 75 cents—small sales at the latter
• figures, w e notice several shipments to markets below.
» Butter. —ln great demand at 25 cents.
' AW—Fair supplies—worth 8(5.10 cents.
Whisky. —City brand 2S@3O cents.
2 SAVANNAH, April 10. 5 p. m— Cotton.—' The cotton mar-
I ket remains unchanged. We report sales to-dav of 212 bale&
at the following particulars, viz: 101 at 18*: 12 at 13* ;71 at
i 13 V; 35 at 14; and 20 bales at 14 3.10 cents.
‘ MOBILE, April 6.— Colton.— No sales to report to-day. The
market is nominal.
‘ NEW YORK, April 9.— Flour. —The market to-day wa*
l unsettled, with sales of 8,000 bbls. at a decline of 5 cents on
State, and an advance sf 5 cents on Ohio—#-5 50@$5 65 for com
mon to good State, and mixed to good standard brands of
Southern $6 00G#6 80; Ohio *5 90@*6 30.
Wheat —The market Is firmer; sales of 9,500 bushels at
, #1 Cl cents for white Southern.
Corn.— The market has declined, with sales at 63 cents for
mixed.
I Pork. —The market was firmer, with sales at $23 Co@#23 10
for mess.
Beef.— The market closed quiet, and sales at slG@sl6 25 for
repacked Chicago.
Lard. —The market was firmer, with sales of bbls. at 14*
cents.
Whisky. —The market closed tinner, and sides of bbls. at 2*
cents for Ohio.
GRIFFIN, April 7.— Cotton .—But little offering; prices
firm. We quote 10(313* cents.
COLUMBUS, April B.— Cotton. —The stock is Cast disap
pearing. Sales yesterday were 113 bales, and the receipts l-« 5
bales. The market has undergone no change for several days.
roiton Statement—Eufaula, April 5.
1857. 1856.
Received last week 58 bales. 77 bales.
previously 17,609 “ 21,00-3 44
17.667 2LOBO
The Cotton market is steady, with small sales, at price*
ranging from 12 to 13* cents.
ABERDEEN, Miss., April 2.— Cotton.— The quotations are
for Ordinary ll&ll* ; Middling 12<212*; and Good Middling
12* cents.
COTTON STATEMENT.
1857. 1356.
Stock on hand Sep. 1, ’66.. .107—On hand Sep. 1, ’55... v .. *,245
Rec’d past week... 115 475
Rec’d prev’sly.... .24,276-24,391 27,404-37,5. 9
Total 24,408—T0tal in *56 35,124
Sh’pd past week,
Sh’pd prev’sly 28,609-23,609 33,629-83,629
Stock on hand SS9—Do in’so. L 495
Cotton Bales. _ . . -
The following is the average weight and measure perbaJe or
the different kto* of cu,»o to
Mobile •«» '!*■ 3a feet per b»le.
. New Orleans M
; - s »
East Indian -og „ IS .. ..
li is Z iinl’ii'«eiVtljat'si'ii({uiariy Vuoiigli, the East Indian tales
tatter oreSed id p;u ked than Uldted States eottw.
l7our cotton entPld ta pressed and packed as well as thc East
Indian, It would make a vast dlfferenco to our freight ng ships
vj w Orleans bale of «S pounds would oecnpy but about
10 cubic feet. Instead of *2 feet. Can any of our readers lnfor.r
us why the East Indian cotton is so much better compressed
Here appears to be a chance for Yankee ingenuity to make 4.
fortune In improvements in the mode of packing.
Wc understand that one cargo of Mobile cotton this year
averaged 515 pounds per bale, and a cargo from Apaiacmco.a
523 pounds per bale. A ship would take from New Orleans
300 more bales than from Apalachicola, but would have some
sixty thousand pounds less weight in her cargo. Charleston (&.
r.) cotton is now much better pressed and packed than hemto
fora.—Bouton Journo, 1 .,