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Brit I ill mill American sicmn
In kn n ? r like this. when .Hie real ri
contest* of nation* nro earned "n not *”
regiment, and frigate* a* by MIH •.'« Ill
the railway and the steamboat.—it i. canon* »ml
important In nolo the progress of different conn-
trie* in tboae practical nrt* and sciences which
more immediatoly promuto these friendly national
Contests. European alatrsmen have nil wntebed
with wonder, and not a few of them with alarm,
tho treniendou* acceaaion of power which the
rapid development of railways, telegraph* and
steam navigation in the Uni ted States hna given to
the people of North America :—an acceaaion of
political and material influence iu the oflaira of
tho world which seem* to stand til nlmo»t start
ling disproportion to the mere weight of the mat-
sea of population. The Brasil*, by natoro hr
richer than tho nntthern States in all tho raw ma
terial* of power, have no more voico in determin
ing Ilia direction of great historical events than a
petty German or Italian principality. Belgium,
covered with railways and dotted with manufac-
tariea, lias already morn active influence in Eu
rope than the once powerful and magnificent
kingdom of Spain Science multiplies tho re-
aonrcea of nations in nn extraordinary degree;
and older game* of ambition aro so far gone out
of modern fashion, that statesmen with tho troe
instinetsof the future about them care leas and
last about drilling regiment*, and more anti more
about promoting science. Tho trials of strength
In thi* noble contest lio at present chiefly between
the two great divisions of tho Anglo Snvnn race.
England by niMilar position; anil America by hev
geographical remoteness, stand tolerably free
from the wear of intellect and waste of materinl
means which are daily seen in the political strag
gles of continental Europe ; and they are, a* re.
cards earh other, therefore, on equal and fair
term* of competition. With the shuttle Englaud
might lie conquered.—even while her hearts of
oak defied the world. A French army on the
coast of Devonshire or Kent might prove n pass
ing evil,—lint a combination of natural and me
chanical advantages secured to tho workshops of
the United State* would bo utter nod irretrieva
ble ruin. Tbits fir, the shuttle of Manchester
beats the shuttle of T.owell; hitherto, the steam-
vessel of Liverpool has outeped that of New
York. But the forces aro ao nearly matched ns
to lend all tho charm of an uncertain issuo to tho
struggle. Especially is this the rase with the
ocean stoamers. In river, lake and coast, navi
gation, America lias long carried away the palm
of victory. The boats on the Rhine, the Elbe, Ihe
Cljdo, tho Tbsmes, and the Scheldt are not for a
moment to bo compared with the " floating pala
ces ” on tho Hudson, the Delaware anil tho Poto
mac, either for rnto of sailing or fur magnificence
of fitting up. Wo have been credibly told of
vessels steaming down the Mississippi at the rate
of twouty-five tniles an hour! But in ocean nav
igation, longer practice anil equnl enterprise still
keep ns slightly ahead of our energetic deicer.*
danl*. We aro proud of our rival—aa they aro
nrnud of our rivalry. To tho general reader at
home, hi* next to iVnposaihfe to convey nil ade
quate idea of the interest which the coutests be
tween the English and American Mail* excite in
Boston. New York and Philadelphia. Each ran
I* carefully noted and compared—-fours are exci
ted, hopes raised by every voyege-*-nnd half a
dozen hours in the length of a trip of three thou
sand miles is thought a considerable variation.
The struggle for mastery at this moment lies be*
(wren tbe English mail Asia and the American
tnsil Atlantic,—-and theracont voyage of the Aaia
Ova a the quickest ever yet performed. This pm-
Kage from N«w York to Liverpool waa mado in
10 day*. 4 boars and 5 niinutos,—being 4 hour*
and IS minutes less than the beat voyage east
ward mado by tho Atlantic. The New Ynikeri
are building still rnoro powerful vessels for this
line of service. Tbe prize ia n great one. The
fleetest vessels must carry nut letters, orders,
news, Government despatches,—and, has mg' the
prestige of scientific excellence and success, will
generally command a choice of the passenger
traffic. In this rivalry tho Americana possess n
grant advantage over us in bring less fettered in
their action by Gurrrnmnut jobbing and mo
nopoly.
MACON.
Tl i :sp A Y MOKXINC. FKH. 25. 1851.
"nr sEE OUTSIDE PAGES.
[ t? Messrs. Berrien, Mason, llhett, Yulee nod
Davisof the Senate, and Messrs. Venable, Cliug-
man, Meade, Orr, Colcock, MoWOlle and R. M.
Johuson of the Iloose of Representatives, will
accept oar thanks for Congressional documents.
Exhibition at Concert Hall.
This ball was crowded lost night, and we pre
dict will bo ao this evening. Those who have a
taste for tbe most beautiful praductionsofart. and
who would see the old world without the trooble
of crossing tho Atlantic, would do well to go early
to night,and secures good seat.—Com.
,Ha«*C)’* Gins,
To those of our friends who stand in need of
Cotton Gius, we would invite their attention to tbe
advertisemeut of Mr. Massey, to be found in
another column. These Gins are madobysitpo-
rior workmen, and ore said not to be inferior to
any ofTered in the State.
Tho Southern Tribune*
The Tribune of Saturday announces, that with
that number will coaso tho publication of that
paper in this city. The editors state that they
will shortly remove their office to Savannah,
where they design publishing a Daily Evening
Paper, to be eutitled The Savannah Evening
Diets. Mr. Harrison has done himself great
credit doring his connection with tha press in this
city, by his efficient and zealous advocacy of Con
stitutional equality and anuud State Rights prin
ciples. He has onr beat wishes for his prosperity
and surceas in the new and enlarged field opon
which be is about to enter, ia tho publication of
a Daily, Tri-Weekly, and woekly journal;
Dank of mirusmall.
The books of Subscription to this institution says
the Georgian of FriJny were opened on Wednes
day last, at an ear'y hour yesterday,$250.000*c-f tho
stock had been taken. The ebartersutborizes the
Bank to go into operation wit a capital of $200‘,-
000. which may be increased hereafter to #300,-
000. The bonks, were closed fas t evening; and a
meeting of the stockholders is announced to take
place on tbe 3d of March next, for the purpose of
electing a hoard of Directors. \7e congratulate
the Comtaissioneni on tli-ir success, and doubt
not the Bank will be tn managed, as whiTst ft ex-
’ tends th* facilities so mnch needed in every de
partment of buiainess, by an increase of banking
capital in our city, it will, at the same time, be
come a safe and profitable investment to the stock
holders,
The St. Charles.
AH the stock required to purchase the stock and
chtrter of tint old St. Claries Company, and to
erect a new building, says the Delta, has been
subscribed, and measures taken to effect the pur
pose. The estimated cost of rebuilding, is from
#'233,000* to #->80:000-. exclusive of dome anil col-
fotfa lo. The old lessees agree to take the new
Hotel ata rental of #30,030 per annum. Five di
rectors for tha new company are to be elected
this evening.
Standing Arntirs In Eurcpr.
That a government needs tn be sustained by
cannon ami bayonets la proof conclusive that it ia
worthless and viohins. The only legitimate sup
port of any government is -tha might that slum
bers in a peasant’s arm.” When that.arm fail* to
be nerved by tbe spirit of patriotism, it i« not indi
cative of n degeneracy iu the people, but is an
evidence thnt government has ceased to be wor
thy of popular .upporl. So lung as a government
continue* to subserve the proper emTof all*govern
ment—the good' of ita .-abject*—to long may it
count upon- tho blond and treasure of the people
no tbo last drop and tho last cent. Thero is no
instance recorded in history whore the people
have refused to etandby a government in its hour
of need if that government was true to the interests
nf the masses. But the governments of Europe
are for tho exclusive advantage of a class and not
for tbo benefit of the people. Therefore they must
be sustained by immense standing armies; fur the
suppnrt of which the people are taxed to the last
farthing. Tho people toil and labor for the sup
port o> an abandoned and corrupt mercenary soli
dary, the puriiosoof whoso existence is in the op
pression of the people. Read the mutter rolls of
the armies of Europe and yon read tbo character
of its governments.
In Great Britain the army amounts to 1391623-
snldiars—peace establishment!
The navy i* composed-of 611- vessels of every
description* Jya
The army or Fiance amounts to 360 000 men ;
the navy to 123 vissels—peace establishment!
The army of Prussia amounts to 217,200 men—
peace establishment!
Tbe army of Austria amonnts to 500,009 men—
peace establishment !
The army of Itussin amounts to 1,000.000 of men
—peace establishment!—Petersburg Democrat.
Tile Sense of Ilelnsr Married.
[rmoKirn Fon a UDlii' r*os.]
Our old friend, Lon! Campbell, says that, in
Scotland, n man can scarcely tell whether he is
married or not. Ilow diflerenl l.s the case in this
happier part of tho kingdom! Here,, every mo
ment ol obosband's domestic life is n sensible
assurance of the fact, that lie is blest with a wife.
When becomes down in the morning—if he can
possibly have forgotten that fact—lie finds his
newspaper aired for him, his egg and toast ready,
his tea made, and his kettle simmering on tbe fire.
All these preparations for his comfort have been
made by her. And lltero she sits, ready eitber to
divert him with pleasant observations, or, if ho is
inclined to read, to busy herself with tho arrange-
ment* of the tnble, ami not only to remain silent
herself, bnt u!*o to keep the children, if thero aro
any, from diaturbiog him ton.
Should ho hnvo committed a slight imprudence
overnight, and have n headache in consequence,
she condole* with him, nud administers his soda-
water. When Im rises to go out, his boot-hooks
are at hand, so aro his boots, probably warmed ;
when he returns, the hest dinner tho house can
affurd awaits hint. If ho expresses n wish, be
finds that it lias been anticipated ; if he makes a
remark, it is nssMi’ed to. The stocking ho puts
on, has been darned or marked by her; every
change of linen remind. him that she sewnd on
the button*. Yes; well does the Englishman
know that ho is married, hy feeling, at overy
turn, the sweet pleasure of the conjugal tie.
Anecdote of Parson If.
Old Parson II , who presided oeern little
flock in one of the hack towns of the State of
fll——, w»;. without any exception, tho most
eccentric divine wo ever knew. His eccen
tricities were carried ns far in the pulpi; as out of
it. .An instilnco wo will relate:
Among his church members was one who inva
riably made a practice of leaving the church ere
the parses) was two-third* through his sermon.
This »•' practiced so Jong, that alter a while it
became a matter of c<Mme, nnd no one, save the
of it. And be at
melt a thing must,
hut V. said that at
arvicea at home.
brought him in
tavern, which hr
s a tale."
>me source that
tvas to obtain a
atop his leaving
Mr. Ritchie nud (he Printing:.
The Committee on Printing having made a Re
port in favor of re-imburaing Mr. Ritchie’s alleged
losses, by annulling his contract and fixing the
rates at which he should be paid, on motion of Mr.
Burt the Report was referred back to tfio Commit-
tie with instructions to inquire into, nnd ascertain
lie amonnt of Afr. Ritchie’s losses. This seems to
us tbe true course in the matter. If Mr. Ritchie
his really dealt in good faith by the Government*,-
for which wo are disposed to take his word, it
would seem hard that he ihonld he made a bank-
rapt by bis services iu behalf of Congress. Let
(hen his losses be ascertained and paid. Bnt to
pay him more than he has lost—not only to rescue
him from an unwise contract, but to make it n
source nf heavy gains, would be tn encourage fit
ture contractors to make similar engagements
and then urge similar claims. This would be ma
king a farce of the contract system.—Sav. Geor
gian.
New Jerset Senator.—Commodore Stockton
bis been nominated fur tba U. 8. Senate, by the-
democrats of tbe New Jersey Legislature, bnt the
Legislature on Friday failed to elect. There were
five votes for U. S. Senator, whhoat a choice be-
i tg effected. Mr. Stockton’s highest vote was 38;
Mr. Dayton's 38. Necessary to a choice 10. Ford
received 3, and Wm. Wright 2'. In the democratic
caucus, the name of John Rl Thompson, brother
in law of Mr. Stockton was withdrawn on monop
oly grounds- Mr. S. received Ihe nomiuatiou by
only l 1 majority. 4 democrats not attending.
The Successor of ,Tlr. Benton.*
We hern from the Baltimore Sun. that Henry
S. Geyer, Whig, lately elected United State Sena
tor from Missouri, to succeed Mr. Benton from the
fourth of March next, is a native of Frederick
Cunnty, Maryland, where be practiced law ontil
be removed to St. Louis, where be has since fol
lowed his profession, aud attained, by force of bis
high talents, a distinguished position among the
leading members of the bar. In tho organization
of his Cabinet, rrcsideut Fillmore invited-him to
a seat in it,bnt he declined to accept.
A- letter generally approbatory of the Compro
mise, in favor of the enforcement of the fugitive
slave law, aud denying the power of Congress to
abolish slavery in tbe District of Columbia, or ex
clude it from the territories, was written by Mr.
Gayer, and read before tbe Missouri Legislature
on the day ol hi* election. Mr. G’s. opinions ou
the subject of tbe right of iostraction also coma
outin tbe debate which immediately preceded and
led to bis election.
Another Break Down of the “Constitu
tional t T uiou l*urt)-.»
The Constitutional Union Celebration iu this
city on Saturday lust, like its unforluuate proto
type at Washington, turned out almost a failure
But yesterday, like Cu-sar, men looked to see it
cross the Rubicon of Empire iu Georgia at least;
to-day, like tbe Roman, it lies low, with scarcely a
mourner to weep over ita cold remains. Alter
all tho invitations sent out, and the drumming and
manccnverings of the managers, the whole thing
endedin nothing. We did notgo to hear the ad
dress of Col. Powers, tho orator of tbe day. but
understand the audience present, all told, did
not exceed seventy-fivo to one hundred persons.
Various aro the reasons assigned for tho pancity
of llio numbers at the Celebration on Saturday—
the chief of which, however, doubtless was the
difficulty of coaxing and cajoling Southern men
into a movement which they now under
stand to be an effort to galvanize tbe dead corpse
of Fillmore Wbiggery into life and being.
In pursuance of tbe order of the day, Washing
ton’s Farewell Address was read by Juba J. Gre
sham Esq. An address prepared for the occasion
was then pronounced by Col. Powers,but as we
were not present,we caouot attempt to give even an
outline of it. We will simply state however, as
confirmatory of what we have heretofore charged
the object of this mo-emeot to be, that among
other things, Col. Powort read Messrs. Buchanan,
Dallas, Cass and Ritchie out of the great ConatUu
tional Union Party. Ho said, they weresnperanu-
ated politicians, and should give piece to abler
and more active men. We have no doubt, nur
friend the Colonel will recieve few tbanks from
some of the managers of this party, for going
ofT half cocked in this way and hoisting their
colors, before annum hat been made; the possi
ble and impossible bad joiued bauds; Ebony and
Topaz bad blended into one, Clay and Fillmore,
and Foote Sc Co., svbo profess before tha people
to advocate the violent extreme poiuta of policy
and politics, had uuitail to wrest all power from
the opponeuts of the Compromise, aud to parrel
nut all ihe offices in tbe Government to their fol
lowers. But the discomfiture of the Constitu
tional Uuion party at this premature exposure,
may bo converted into good by tbo people. Every
intelligent man who keeps bis eyes open, can see
now what tho game ol that party ia. From what
we have beard ol the Colonel's address, his new
allies, Messrs. Clay, Webster, Fillmore & Co., will
have no difficulty in having him swallow those
monstrous doctrines of consolidation and Federal
ism. which all parliea at tbe South have always
heretofore beeu ready to repel at the cannon’s
month. He denied Ihe right of a State so secede
for any canse, and said, that should any State
venture upon this assertiun of her sovereignly, the
Federal Government should use force to drive her
back. We have not the space at our disposal to
refer more in detail to this singular speech, this
morning, but may do so hereafter when we have
room.
Out of the large number of guests invit-d to
tbo Celebration aud Dinner, from other Counties,
we understand only four nr five attended. If tbe
Uuion is to bo saved* by this party, we fear the
managers will have to take out writ* to apprehend
i'ko.ti tr.tsiinvro.T.
(CORRESPONDENCE Of Til E GEORGIA TELEGRAPH, j
The Slate of tho Public Trrnsury-Ttse
Old Federal Tricks-Clingmao-Toombs-
National Debt-Internal improvements”
Tarirf-l.ogrollintr-Tlie Smith, Ac.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.
We repeat, that the public debt, before long,
will amount to tho sum of one hundred millions
of dollars—one-third of this amount goes to Mex
ico and Texas iu the way of indemnity; or, tba
whole debt we may say, crew out of the -war
with Mexico, from which the South have derived
no benefit whatever; but in fact, disadvantage,
in the diabolical agitation of questions vital to
Southern existence. However, Southern money
is no barta the purchase of Northern advantage,
and slave labor, in its procuration, does not shock
Northern tensibilUien. or doUar-bililies much. The
estimates for the next fiscal year, for the support
of the General Government, are nearly fifty mil
lions of dollars; one third of which, at least, is
for the support of an army anJ a navy iu time ol
peace. As to (he other extravagancies, they
have been too often mentioned to justify repeti
tion.
If all the schemes for establishing new lines of
steamers—the Ebony included—but be success
ful at Ibis session, tbe Government would swamp*
or have to live on loifns, and we would have a
permanent •• uational debt.” which federal poli'i-
ciaus esteem “ a national blessing.” for they would
have a atonger pretence than now to pile up
the agony ” in the shape of increased duties on
imports, for ihe benefit of manufacturers, who, iu
return-for protection, have managed to coutrol tbe
votes of their white slaves, ao as to return to Con
grass Representatives and Senators who would
vote for all extravagant .schemes to take money
out of tho Treasury, ao that, by specifics, they
could but fill the pockets mo re particularly of the
pirds of the spiudle nml the loom.
When the Deficiency bill was under considers-
tioo, a desperate attempt was made to tack ou n
South Carolina.
Our friends of the Charleston Mercury, set dowu
the number of secessionists elected, at 127, out
of 169. the whole number of which the Conven
tion will consist. Speaking of the views of the
members elected, the same paper says: “We
have not yet got quite all tho returns of the election
for tho Convention, but the result can bo stated
with sufficient certainty. Tbe Convention consists
of 107 members—equal to both Houses or tho Leg
islature. Of these we think we nro quite safe In
saying 127 are, in the words of tho Intelligencer,
distinctly and unalterably for “SECESSION nnd
withdrawal of the State of south Carolina alone
from the Union I” or, if the Intelligencer is modest
and woold prefer theirdescriptiou by another hand,
—they are men who, as an old friend from tbe
couutry said to us yesterday, “have made up thei r
minds that tho Federal Government is a cursed
bad bargain, which it is high time to get rid of.”—
These men go for secession by the State alone, be
cause there can be no other secession than by the
States as individual sovereignties, and because tho
withdrawal from the Uuion will thus in every
stage of the act be under tho sanction of the su
preme authority, and give to secession the same
basis aud support of tho sovereign will expressed
in tho same form as the act by which South Caro
lina entered the Union.
A minority of the Convention consisting of, wo
think, less thatf forty are opposed to the speedy
action of tbe State by bcrself. But let not the in
telligencer imagine there are forty submissiouists
in the Convention. We ore certain there are nht
ten members who will uot unhesitatingly affirm
bulb of the following propositions: 1. That tho
State, as one of a confederacy of sovereigns, has
the clear right to secede; and, 2. that the action
aud position of tho Federal G jvernment a fiord am
pie justification for the exercise of that right.—
They think it politic to put off decisive action till
the other States, or some of them, get ready to
join us. We do not agree with them, but feel no
! inclination to treat their opinions with disrespect,
GREAT EXCn'EIlUXT IN BOSTON !
ARREST OF ANOTHER FUGITIVE SLAVE
A S I)
His Rescue 1m the Blob.
vliich the follow-
Penusylvania Coal and Iron bill, arranged to catch , ani1 8,il1 less to class them with the few who wor.
ship power at its great aud corrupt centre, and
believe that tbe Government can do uo wrong, be
cause it has forty millions a year to squander ou
its favorites. The minority in the Convention,
as a body, will not be opposed to the majority, but
only o little in the rear nf it, aud when the decision
is made, they will, with few exceptions, take tbeir
place with the foremost in its defence. Tho act of
the whole State, and her people will uuite in de
fending it “to the last extremity."
The Governor of Virginia and Southern
Bights.
The Richmond Suatltern Rights Association
have elected Gov. Floyd, of that Stlite, and honary
member, in accepting which ho sends them a long
letter nn the objects in view, the compelling the
North .to observe the pence in the matter of
slavery, by discrimination in lavor of Southern
manufactures nnd articl* s of trade on the part of
Southerners The Governor goes for direct South
ern trade with Europe, by lines of steamers from
the fugacious leaders who baro escaped from
“ service aud labor,” in this now movement. Af
ter this display on Saturday, we hope to see this
project of a fo -v scheming politicians receive no
countenance from meu professing to be Demo
crats at least. Those who will join it m is
be~ the mere vassals of Whig aspirant*, and be
rome to contemptible, ns to entitle themselves
only to the most subordinate offices fur tbeir votes
nnd tbeir shame.
lVngfs of Females.
It is stated by Noah’s Sunday Times that tho
sewing tvontan of New York city are in a most
pitiable and sad condition, working day and nigbt
without even making enough to buy bread.
We presotne the tame 6tato c f things exists iu
all 1I19 principal Northera cities; tbe attention of
their Communities being chiefly devotod to plausof
saving tho Union and contemplations of tbe fugi
tive slave law. But where it tbo New York
“Uuion Safety Committee,” Messrs. Ketcbum,
Wood nnd the rest of that immnculate crowd ot
charitable tricksters who have been compassing
Heaven and Earth to instruct the Southern people
in a knowledge of their social and political duties I
Can't llicsogentlemen ia addition to theirscheme
of enlightening tho South and saving the Union,
deviso a plan equally as cheap, for the relief of
the destitute poor at home f
Recognition ot lAbt-rlfl.
President Fillmore's Proclamation.
Tbe following ia a copy of the l’roctarnation of
I’reaidcut Fillmore, issued upou the aomplaiut of
Deputy Marshal Riley, ul Boston, against the mob
engaged in tbe rescue of the Fugitive slave. Shad
rick, iu that city, ou the 15th iust. This is a tel
egraphic report of the 1’niclaniation, but we have
reason to believe is very correct. In our opinion
it will amnuut to very little practically, beyoud tins
material it will fiirnis-i the Compromise Brest of
the South, for indulging iu vapory eulogiuins upou
the disposition, tardily manifested, of an Erie
County Abolitionist to enforce tho Fugitive Slave
Law. But the President's exertions, however
honestly pul forth-now, come too late. Tbe reader
uced not be told that hostility to tbe extension of
slavery, and hostility to tbe Fugitive Slave law,
are part aud' parcefof the same leeliug. Had not
Mr. Fillmore, and such a* Mr Fillmore given
cnuuteuauco heretofore, to the mischievous and
damnable doctrines- nf the Northern fanatics, the
mob on the 15th never would have dared to do as
they didaud the blame most lie apou the acces
sories befuro the fact, us well'as upon those who
perpetrated- this outrage-against the laws, in npeu
day light. Moreover r ltad the Marshal of Boston
been uuceriraooioualy removed after bis notorious
trifling iu tbe case or Ellen aud William Crafts,
and a reliable man put in bis place, this rescue
never would have beeu attempted. This, however,
was uot doue. nnd the President's conduct on that
occasion-was so silly and pusillanimous as to pro
voke, if it did not iucite the Aboliliunists ol Bos
ton,.to now and more daring outrages. The awk
ward position iu which Mr. Fillmore is placed by
litis last triumph of bis friends, iu Boston, is an
apt illustration of the old adage of evil recuiting
upon the head of its doers.
proclamation.
votes in auotlier direction; but tha protectionists
were defeated; and when they make another sim
ilar attempt, as they will, wo trust that they will
be alike unsuccessful. They cannot rely on
Southern votes, as they htvo iu times past.
Mr. Cliugman told them, on Saturday, that the
South got nothing by wliat was called tba “ Com
promise,” aud be would uot consent, nor would
North Carolina, to throw additional burdens ou
Ihe people for the beuefil of Northern manufac
tures. The argumeut for protection forty years
ago was, to make our country independent of
loreigu nations. Alter tbe lapse of so long a pe
riod. it was his opinion, that the manufactures
ought to lake care of themselves. Aud lie refer. I
red to the oft-repealed remarks of tbe Abolition- j
ists, of •• creating around Ihe slave Stales a cordon 'j
uf free States,” which, like fire, would burn out
tbo“ peculiar institution.” “You mightas well,”
lie said, “ attempt to dain the oceau.as toendearor
to fence iu slavery ; and when the Goveruinent
attempts to ilo so, there will ben volution! The | Baltimore, Norfolk, See., and says the proposed
Southern people had no superstitious reverence d>* cr > n, ' n * t '°n *® 0 * ure * n ^ peaceful means of ac-
for the Union; they were awakened to tbeir just | complishing the direct result. The following ex-
rights, and knew that “ the price or liberty U | ‘™ct indicates his general time;
eternal vigilance.” Like the traveller, who, after I “Show the capital that danger besets its path,
be experienced'in South America, the first shock 1 ? l,d il ft** »‘l »»* en-rgies to remove
r . . , ... ... , it owfty. And here lies the only certain hope fur
of an earthquake, they did uot believe that they : the redress of Southern wrong*. The capital of
stood on solid ground. Thei: eyes were opened * the Union is concentrated at the North. The South
to their true condition ; beuce they were resolved " r6 apparently weak, hut iu reality stroug. for the
to Stand up for every inch of their rights. of c » m ; ne r ce <>nhi*mighty republic rest, upon the
_ 1 . J ® product# or the South. Our cotton, rice, ftngnr &
course, I cau do no more than refer to this tobacco uphold and sustain tbe trade of America,
speech; nnd after perusing it,you may think i* Destroy these crops, and yov obliterate North-
of sufficient importance to transfer to your iuter- America from the commercial map of nations. Di-
verl them from the channels in which they now
ii ir”i . ' flow and you leave New York ami the North like
Mr. Toombs has spoken, in a voice of thunder, the bottom of the sea. which the waters have des-
tossing the River and Harbor bill into the air in 1 cried—dismal aud forsaken.”
fragments; against it every way, as a scheme un- ' . _T I ~ “
.. ? , ,. . A Gfcorsria made Piano,
eoustitutiouul, dishouest, aud in every aspect des-. „ , , . .
... * T 3Ve were equally surprised and pleased the
picable. This bill ha. been several day. under olher j ay , he Aaguf!a chronicle.) to receive
co.mderat.oi., and proposes ,o appropriate nearly iorital ; 0(1 wea rinno manufactured
two milltous or dollars for such internal improve
ments. The items are so put together, as to con.
ceutrute a majority of the House in it* favor. It
is a scheme of log-rolling, of finesse and chicane.
It is doubtful whether the Senate will have lime
The movement tn Boston, jf
ing is a brief telegraphic accoint, is the beginning
of tho attack which is to sweep the Fugitive
Slave Law from the Statute Book.
Southern men may continue to slumber iu “ vile,
dishonorable, calm submission,” and shout
themselves hoarse iu unmeauitg clamors of Union,
Uuion! but they had belter tvake up and look
6teadily and manfully at the danger which im
pends them, or very soon it will be too late.
Arrest of Auotlier Fuffitivo Slave—Riot
and Rescue of Ills Fugitive.
Bostois, Feh. 15, 1851 —Depoty Marshal Riley,
and assistants, arrested at Corn Hill Codec House,
to-day, one Fredrick Wilkins, a negro waiter, on
a warrant issued by the U. S, Commissioner, G- T.
Curtis, on a complaint that said Wilkins is a fugi
tive slave. He was taken wiih no Opposition, and
carried immediately to tha lluited States Court
room.
The news of the arrest spread rapidly, and the
Court room was speedily filled by a large crowd
of rather excited spectators. The examination,
however, went off quietly. Seth J. Thomas ap
peared for the climaut, and Messrs. Small, Elias
Grey, Corin':, and others for tbe defence.
From tha documents offered by the claimant, it
appeared that the accused was the property n[
John Debree, Purser in the U. S. Nivy, of Virginia,
and that ha escaped in May, 1830. Tho deposi
tion was to the effect, that ihe claimant had seen
the prisoner iu Boston, and conversed with biin,
when the prisoner acknowleuged that be bad es
caped from Norfolk. The counsel for the defence
asked for a postponement in order to prepare tes
timony. This was granted, and Tuesday next, at
I 10 n. m. was assigned for the examination
The Deputy Marshal then ordered the room to
be cleared ofapectator.s. which wasgrndually done.
The prisoner remained iu the custody of a dozen
men, as, by a-law of the State, the jail cannot be
used to imprison fugitive slaves.
His counsel wishing to consult with him, they
were readily admitted to the room, to the number
of Imlf a dozen. They remained about an hour,
nnd in the meantime n large crowd of negroes
gathered upon the outside, blocking up the en
trance tn the court room; and as the door was
opened to let the last lawyer leave the room, the
mob from without suddenly lushed iu, seized, and
knocked down the officers ia keeping, nnd filled
the Court room. The prisoner himself was fright
ened at their demoniac appearance, and fled, with
a cry of murder, to tbe farther end of the room.
He was. however, secured by the mob, who
bad speedily silenced the opposition of the few
officers in the room, and taken in triumph down
the stairs, and into the street. The offi -era did
not attempt to follow, and with shouts of triumph
the mob hurried off with the fugitive, and were
last seen in the vicinity of Belknap street, where
negroes chiefly congregate.
While the mob was in the court room, the sword
of the Marshal, banging in the sheath over his desk,
was drawn hy one of them aud flourished over the
heads of the officers. It was afterwards found iu
tbestreet. The mob showed no weapons, though
a mi oilier of the negroes boasted of having revol
vers ill their possession. Otto negro, iu bis flight,
drnped bis knife.
Tliera were several white persons in the mol>.
but lliay did not nppearto act in the rescue. The
rescue, of course, caused great excitement through
out the city, as one of the ofthe most daringnot-
rages upon law and order ever enacted. It is
thought impossible to rearrest the fuaitive. ns his
friends have no doubt hurried him off ere this, to
■lieCanadian frontier. U. S. Marshal Dsvetisisab-
sent at Washington.
EUF” The “Journal of Commerce" concludes ,
discussion about the Galleries, and "Popping tij s
question, aa a new remedy for faintness •" a> ^
lows:
in Augusta—surprised tn learn that such an enter
prise was in progress, for we were not previously
aware of it, so quietly had it been kept; and pleas
eil to ascertain that through Ihe agency nfMessrs.
, 1 Schirmer & Wigand, tho enterprising, and snc-
to act upon it. There was a severe struggle ou r , r . it, ..... o
t . r , , . , ea “ i cessful manufactures ol Burr Mill Stones, the
Information has beeu received that sundry law
less persons of culor combined, confederated to
gether for the purpose or opposing by force tbe
execution nf the laws of the United States, did, at
Boston Massachusetts, ou the 15th of this mouth,
make violent assault un tbe marshal aud deputy
marshals of the United States fur the district of
Massachusetts, iu the Court House, aud did over
came said officers, aud did by force rescue from
tbeir custody a person arrested as a fugitive slave,
and then and there a prisoner lawfully boldeu by
said marshal and deputy marshals of tbo Uuited
Slates, and uther scandalous outrages did commit
in violntiun of law: Now, therefore, to the end that
tho authority of the laws may be maiutaiued, aud
those concerned in violating them, brought to im
mediate condign punishmeut, I have issued tbit
my proclamation, calling on all well diipoaod cit
izens to rally to the support of the laws nf this
country, and requiring and commanding all officers
civil and military, and all other persons, civil and
military, who shall he found svilliiu the vicinity of
the outrage, to be aiding or assisting by all meant
in their (lower iu quelling ibis aud other such
combinations, aud insuring the Marshals aud hit
deputies in recapturing tho above meutiond pris
oner; and I do especially direct that a prosecu
tion be commenced against all persons who have
made themselves aiders and abettors in or to tbit
flagrant offence; and I farther command that the
District Attorney of the Uuited States, and all olh
er persons coucerued iu the administration of the
this measure yesterday during ten hours.
The bill to reduce aud modify the rates or post
age, has not yet been considered in the Senate.
Mr. Bayly stated yesterday, that unless a differ
ent spirit was manifested by the House, the ap
propriation bills would fail, aud that there would
have to he an extra session.
You will see by the papers that recently the ne
groes of Boston rescued a fugitive uf their own
complcxiuu. That city is the “ Athens of Amer
ica !**
The Freucb Spoliation bill has not even been
referred to any Committee hy the House. An at
tempt will be made to lark this five million crea*
lure totlie tail of one of the General Appropria
tion bills!
Only two weeks of the session remains, within
which time bills for Ihe support of Ihe Govern
meat have to lie passed, iuvnlviug an expendi
ture of between forty-live and fifty millions of
dollars. There can be littlo or no consideration
of the items; and iu the last moments of Con
gress. disreputable amendments will be made hy
one branch, which must be swallowed hy the
olher, to save tho wheels of Government from
coming to a stand still. Such is the miserable
system of (not legislation) doing things in Con
gress ! Tho majority of the members lack tvis-
oni, er.d care only for themselves; aud. (hero-
fore, instead of endeavoring to become statesmen,
play the miserable political charlatan, to catch
votes enough to elevate them to seats which they
occupy, nut Jill.
There has been a grand noise in the Honse
manufacture of Pianos had beeu commenced
Imagine then our gratification, on arriving at the
np|ier tenement of “Quality Range,” at beiug
shown a seven octave instrument, which, for ex
ternal beauty nnd exquisite finish nf workmanship,
will compare favorably with tbe most elegant in
struments mode iu the best Factories at the North
Of its touo and power we do not feel competent
to express au opinion, though iu both it seem
ed very superior, aud iu that opinion a very
competent artist concurred. The maker, Mr.
Peter Brrnner. a very modest unassumingGerman,
w ho served his lime in Gernnny, and has worked
several years in some of the hest manufactures in
this country, has been in this city about six months,
and this is his first instrument, every part nf which
has been made hy him here, save the strings and
screws. It will be entirely completed in a few
days, when it will be placed nn exhibition nt the
Masonic Hall, nnd the public invited to call and
examiue it fur themselves.
about allowing Mr. Ritchie a bonus on tbe Cou-
5 ressional Printing,but tbe question has uot been
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The New York Commercial Advertiser, one of Ia * S or,h ". D ? 1 ,ted .'TV 1 !! r “ r egoing off
„r ,i._ r -i , , ... . endort, aud ail such as aided, abetted, und assist-
the organs of the free soil cabal which rules the e d them, or shall be found to have harbored or
Governmental present, commences a long article j concealed such fugitives contrary to law, to bo
in favor of recognizing “the Republic of Liberia ” immediately arrested and proceeded with accord-
.1 * ' I Jnat.iUiit VjI KMf Tltnn PtmiAUD
Recognition' or Linxiux.—It is tolerably evi-
dent thnt tho present Administration will bo np.
plied tn by tho Republic of Liberia for a forms! I
recognition nf its independence by lb* Govern- 1
mrui of the United States, and fur the mutual
jng to law. Signed, MILLIARD FILLMORE.
Daniel Webster, Secretary ofStato.
Death of ZUnj. Dnvrzac.
This gentleman died in New York on the loth
change of treaties ofpeace, friendship"ondco'in- j in,t * “ f,er aB illue * 4 of thirty-six hours. Ilo was
merce. Not
of our Wash!
we incline to think the application, will be favor ably
entertained by the present Admit,isf ration, subject to
•ertnin underatutiding on onu point to which we
all presently refer. There is just ground for
Ji. eselaiinrd :
“ Krothfr P!”
1*. on boin*» thus nddrr.
fszrd tOWnnU the pulpit.
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lid ch im.li svnti
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■ ^living clni!
i n this n.orni
landlord to
out. ’
* nnd me
nt nt the
i Parson
topped short and
pnrsoo, " there is
thslnnding the repeated assurance die friend and confidant of Gen. Jscksoo r and
gton correspondent to the contrary, * served with great distinction uuder that brave
hink the application vill be favorably . . .. . .... . ...
cheiitain. He has Hilled various public stations
with great credit, and was much beloved iu pri
vate life. IJo was a writer of great ability, a pow
erful orator, and a democrat of tho progreasive
school. He was recalled a few weeks eince from
tho Hague, where he was Charge de Afliiirs, and
returned home in time to dio on Ihe bfttOO of his
adoptod country.
1 riihde arran;
t*p your toddy hot |
I c
a rf the
such expectation,beyond the fact that the deputa
tion from the American Colonization Society weie
impressed, during tbeir interviews with tho Presi
dent and Secreiary of State, with the belief that
tho*e distinguished gentlemcu tccrefavorable to tuck
rt cognition, provided it could be so managed as to
be acceptable to the people and beneficial to tho
country. Wo aro willing to attach all due impor
tance to a diplomats proviso, but still there remain
grounds of expectation—tbe fact that the de
< • «• HI- lipliet: eouf.Jence in the good j a telegraph line from this city to Chatlanooea
ot ! intent of ihn Picsident and Secretary, and ourown J wu.uwuuuja
fcocretfiry, and ourown
conviction ih.it whatever diplomatic caution it
might be proper in them toemp
9
t it* The Telegraph wo nndurstand says the
Atlanta Intelligencer, that tho work of establishing
g sent up
put up as
:i;o '.ne. ,
Nets' York Dry tit,oils -Tlnrket.
Tho trade of tbe season is in fair action
large number of.South and Southwestern and other
out of town buyers, are here, making selections,
and tbe city jobbers are also buying; yet all very
carefully and measuredly, with a view tn esenpe
by thus limiting themselves tn an miaviodable de
mand, from the higher prices to which all descrip
tions of goods are tending, and which a very full
demand would hasten.
Bleached ami unbleached shirting* and sheetings
are in fair request, and at lull prifcee, but the great
nativity which prevailed in the two first months uf
1830 ia wanting this year. Drills are in fair demand,
both for export and home nse, at full aud buoyout
prices.
Osualmrg aro quiet, iu conseqnence of the high
price checking transactions and the stock of Scotch
goods offering at lower rates.. -
Denims are in high demand, at stoady prices.
Printing cloths are iu more limited request, yet a
fair bnsiuess is doing, while prices are tending up
wards.
Printing are very active ;ntid takes off readily
the new supplieaat full prices. Ginghams are iu
increasing request, aud the large supplies sell
briskly nf firm prices. Chambrays are scarce and
firm, with a good demand. Ticks are selling to a
large extent, and very firm in price. Tho stock is
moderate. Stripes are in good demand and stea
dy in price. Southern dealer* have been buying
freely at steady prices.
Cloths are improving. The lata nnction sales re
veal un advance. Low priced cloths, in blacks
and colors, are much wanted; the supply is beluw
tho demand, aud holders are firm. Satinets are
in good request, with a fair supply, and prices aro
very buoyant. Tweeds have advancoJ, nnd are
in demand. Cassimers, of fancy stylai, are selling
briskly nt very full prices, in some casesut an ad
vance ; blacks and plain styles aro selling, but not
so actively, though at firm prices.
Mouseline de lainesaro active, uud sell as readi
ly as the market is supplied, at full prices. Blan
kets have been in demand for California, nnd tho
stock is reduced. Tho sales ofimportid prints
and “'oghams have been exteusive this week, and
nt full Making prices, which aro buoynnt. Low
priced Belgium and Yorkshire cloths aro selling |
freely, an well as French draps d’ete, all to provide
for the Southern demand for summer clothing.
French fancy silks, and all millinery goods aro
activo at full prices. The assortment is very des-
irahle, but the importations nro yet less than the
active demand which the prosperity from last
Tlic I’ledcrr*.
The Richmond Examiner, which is by the way
one of the soundest und ublest conducted Journals
in the Uoiuu, thus sets of tbe political debauchees
of unreclaiinnble Southern apostates w ho have sign
ed the famous “Mutual Insurance Pledge” at
Washington. It is rare nnd racy, read i::—
What n pleasant mess ! They Invent least cook
ed tbeir dinners, -settled their hash.” anil their
cake is 1I0112I1.” Floe democrat* among thirty-
nine whig*! Five democrat* “ileuling d.imtiutioit
round” the democratic party, proclaiming n pro
scription ngainst the great mass of democratic citi
zens! They will not “support"—they! Alas, Mrs.
Partington! where now is the glory of your mop
and patterns? Cobh. Foote. Girin. Clemens, Rush
—Bottom. Flute, Quince. Snout. Starveling—
withdraw the light of tbeir countenance* from the
South; no democrat sliali ever be President again,
unless be Im* dreampt Ihrir Midsummer’* Night
Dream. Woe unto us! Which way shall we fly?
Who shall preserve us.from tlie wrath of Foote/
It is a matter of curious remark that among the
select circle whose mimes ornament these pages
very few are undoomed to the shades of privat •
life at the close of the present session Not one
Irom New England is re elected; only one from
New York;—while the large majority ofthe South
era subniissioiMsts will never lie heard of again,
save on Ihe roll which History will keep, an I
which she will bead with the name of Arnold.
This new J aco.hin Club was gotten up, sve un
derstand, ns a sort of “Mutual Insurance Com
pany" for shaky *iihnti**innis'a, and was pounced
upon by tha Presidential aspirant* at men in the
water catch at straws. Thu* did Clay get into it.—
Houston’s inline was also once upon the list But
when he found out the way the wind laid, ho broke
the‘'pledge” with the ease of an experienced
Iriuikaril Helms been lately signing every thing.
The world may laugh as it will at timidity, en( j
rail nt my hero as a country clown, but I nas tat
i the sensible girl, now many years a happy w jf r 9
woold not have exchanged tho purity and fr«sh'
ness of the heart this struggling to lay itself at hor"
feet, for all the ease of a hackneyed lover,
can discourse eloquently of a passion with tho flu
ency of one who baa nothing at stako.
“Do tell me,” said n city visitor to her on ona
occasion, “if tbo report waa true, lhat your hus
band fainted away when making his declaration ”
“Yes,” she replied, With quite .1 smile, “I heliev B
I must confirm tbe story, nod I have afancy," ,|, B
added thoughtfully, '•that timidity in a lover 1* j a
general a sign of innocence; ami I cannot hein
thinking that when a man is fluent atlovemakiai'
either his heart is not in it or he has bad too muck
experience iu the art."
1^- The value of Dry Goods imported into Nstr
York,"during the month of January past, was #17,
358.108, beiug more by some two millions of do'l.
lars than the corresponding month laslyear. T!* B
Atlantic had a cargo valued at over $600,000
which, in tbo regular course of events, would have
passed through the custom house in the month af
J inuary. This would have made the total im-
ports full up to $18,000 000.
Miami of the Cornish Mines.—Some of
tho mines aro truly grand undertakings. Tho con
solidated mines, the largest of the Cornish group,
employ upwards, of 3.000 persons. One of ik B '
engines pump water from the direct depth uf j.
COO feet, the weight of the pnmpiug apparatus a*
lone being upwards of 500 ton*; the pumping-rofl
is 1740 feet long, and it raise* 2,000.000. gnlloi*sof
water a week from a depth five times the height
of St. Paul’s! These are indeed wonders to’ mar
vel nt! The consolidated and uuited mines, both,
belonging to one company, have stited to havens-
ed the following vast quantities of material in ■
year. Coals 15 270 tons candle*. 132.144lhs: gtm.
p lwder 82,000; leather atrapa.&c. 13.493 lbs;pick
and shovel handles, 16.698 dozens. Sir Charles
Lemon lias estimated that in the whole of tha
Cornish mine*. £13,000 worth of gunpowder is
used annually; that the timber employed in tha
underground works equals the growth of Ho
square miles of Norwegian forest, and that 37,.
000.000 tuns of water ure raised annually from tho
mines. [ The Land Wc Live In.
A Monet Crisis.—There has been a pamphlet
recently published from the pen of the Hon. Sam
uel D. Ingham, formerly Secretary ofthe Treasury
tinder General Jackson, in which he predicts a
crisis in onr monetary system, arising from the
change of relative vnlues ns between gold and
silver. Mr. Ingham recommends the coinage ofa
iintited amount of small silver coins lighter than
thoso now in nse, which would protect them from
exportation and their use in tho arts, and likewi-s
prevent the evil of the circulation of small depre
ciated foreign coins and sraoll paper money.
Motheus and DAUGftTKn*.—Mothers make a
great mistake when,in their intercourse with tbeir
daughters, they treat love nnd marriage as prc.
hibited subjects. It is quite certain girls do think
of both; and if they speak their thoughts to an aff
ectionate mother who does not slight the feelings
by cold, worldly teachings, or jealous regret at
the thought of another becoming dearer tbsn her.
self, there is mnch lees fear of mistakes and misery
than when young henrts have made imprudent
confidences, cr leed on themselves in silence and
solitude. So says a contemporary, who talks at
III High be knew.
Immigration fir 18-30.—The total number of
passengers lantled at thi* port during the last year
as shown by the atiiiuul report of the Commission
ers of Emigration, was 232.768. Of these, 19.972
were citizen*, and -213.796 alien*. The whole
numb rr of .-ilieH* subject to bonds or eommut--
lions, wns 7,902 less than during the preceding
year—a decrease attributed to the dimiuhtinlim
migration from Germany, equnl to about one fifth
—the German immigration in 1850 In-ins 45.339
against 53 700 in Hie year 1818. Tlie immizra-
tiun from Ireland exceeded by 21,274 the wbnla
number arriving from oilier eouiHrie*.
-V K, Journ. Com.
Population of the Stat •».
Tho following list exhibits the order in
w hich Ihe several States ntand in po'ntof popuis-
ti u. according to ilia present ceusnt:
1. Now York.
2. Pennsylvania,
3. Ohio,
4. Virginia,
5 [iidiuun.
0 Teuuesfee,
7. Kentucky,
8 .M.i*sacbusetls,
9. Georgia.
10. North Carolina,
11. Illinois.
12. Alubniii.i,
13. .Missouri,
14. South Carolina,
15. M line.
17 Maryl.nl,
13 Louisian's,
19. New Jer.-ry,
20. .Michigan,
21 Connecticut,
22. New Hampshire,
23. Verut uii,
24 Wisconsin.
25. Atkattsas,
26. Texas,
27- Iowa,
28. California.
29. Rhode Island,
30. Delaware,
31. Florida.
and joining every party, in hopes that he may at j 16. Mississippi,
(«»•.light upon the one that will ride him into the j
L?" Inconsequence ofthe resignation of Gov
While House. Thus he was gotten as dry nurse
to that still-born Imhe. the Union pnrty,—which '
it* also dropped like a hot potatne immediately i
afterwards. Several others signed it from sheer ,
folly an imbecile stupidity. In this'clnss, we place I
the uuli.ippy little rush light over whom the State
of Mississippi has lately clapped its extinguisher;
also, the delectable Jererni.'ih Clemen*. But where
shall we set down the hapless Cobb? He is 110
fool. We did not know that lie needed nn iusu" *
ranee. What conceivable motive euliced hi* paws
into thl* steel-trap? What must be Ins sensations
ar.i! reflections ill this pillory of political “poordev-
ils?” The fact that his conduct Ims been wicked
in itself, and treasonable to his party, will give him
little pain. But his misery will he punishment
enough when he reflects what a fool—fool .'—fool!
he has made of himself in the presence of the 1 ho ihe richest
whole country. He lias declared war against the
party who gave him his Speakership—invokes or
ganization against all democrats who do not sub
scribe to n compromise constitution,—and find*
himself in a minority offive. He joins Clay md
Foote—Antony and Lepidus—for a proscription of
the South—aud goes back to Southern constituency
fora seat iu Congress. Judean, tbon hast thrown
away a pesrl! A year ago Cobb commanded the
chessboard; to-day his cbauce iu the gatno will be
overstated by 0
The Ralancc of Trade,
Making full allowance forany bias upon tho free
trade_qnestion, the London Morning Herald be
lieves ibat putting stock and shares out of tbe cal
culation, the commercial batauco isat present con
siderably against England, ns the imports from
France are generally in advance of the value of
the exports, and, from the high prices of cotton,
the trade between England and the United States
is in n similar situation—“that the rate of exchange
with tbe model republic dors not so clearly indi
cate the fact as iu tbecase of France, is, we believe,
exclusively owing to the large amnuut of American
State Stock held in England, the remittance of
the dividends on which supports the rate of ex.
change above the trade level. The utility of this
mode of adjustment is, however, more than ques
tiouable, as it iuvolvrs n bona fide transferor British
capital to foster every dtscriplion of improvement
among our trans-atlautic brethren, at the expense,
ultimately, of onr manufacturing population.”
Rail Roads on flic Kills.
Tho time has passed when ouly the valleys and
the plains,—tho moderately undulating and tbe
(lead level countries could enjoy the advantages
of Rail Road enterpriso. An invention of a Rail
Road Engine has been tested,—an invention which
is the result of several years trial and investigation,
by J. S. French, of Old Point Hotel, Virgiuia,—
that has tbe power to ovcrcoitie an ascent in the
road of two hundred feet to tho mile. A letter
from Richmond tu the Baltimore Sun, thus speaks
of tho experiment:
“Tlie road upon which tho experiments were
made is about half a milo iu ieugth, at an elevation
nf two hundred feet to the mile; tho end* of the 1 .. - . , —
sills are cut ofTereu with the string pieces—a rail I w * ,,el ? “ e bad asserted in the Church. "Theso
six inches wide and J Inches thick is placed upon flu* 561 ' 0113 are asked in South Carolina, hut in a
tho string piece, extending outward Q.I inches, 10118 ,llat indicates no distrust of the good faith of
I*rni»e which is not I’rnisc.
The submission papers of Ihe South and the
Abolitiou journals of the North, from tho greatest
to the least, have vied with each oiber iu eulo-
giums on the letter of Bishop Capers, of South
Carolina, published in that State just before tbe
late election for delegates to Ihe Convention.
Speakiug of this letter, the Mercury of the 18lh
insl., makes tbe following just comments ;
“At home the writer is recognised ns 11 South
Carnlinjan, identified with his native State, iu nil
Ilia feelings, and the comments on his advice are
altogether respectful in tdfte, though the advice
itself is considered bad. It is asked why. on an
issue of principle, a high minded man should ad
dress himself exslnsively to the fears or the peo
ple ? It is also asked why. after Bishop Capers
nud advised und aided a dissolution of tbe Uuion
in the Methodist Church, on this very grouud of
encroachment and unjast interference with the
rights of slaveholders, ho fee's impelled to oppose
the assertion of the same principles in politics
ernur Q lilinin, Ihe flag. I. Gudin, The President
ofthe Sate Senate, has assumed the office nfGuv-
ernur uf Mississippi, and eutered upon its duties.
His torrn hmvover as Sou itor expires iu Novem
ber next, and unless the Son ilo is in the mesi •
tint i called together to elect a President, the Ex-
e -ulive office will devolve upou the Hon. J. Mc
Rae, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Tins would certainly be n singular state of affairs,
ns Mississippi would thus have three different
Governors iu one year.
lip* Tito late King of Holland was thought to
man in Europe. At his death he
left £ 12,030.030 He accumulated this immense
sura by means of trade; in fact be was a trader, &
used to employ the meu-of- war to briug home car
goes of colonist produce for him: and as the freight
c >st him nothing, of course he could undersell tho
merchants which cansed great discontent.
Eloquent Tribute.—Parke Godwin, speaking
of the fame of Audubon, the great American orni-
tl o'ogisi, and gifted son ol the South, uses the fol
lowing appropi into and beautiful language: ‘‘From
over/hill-top, an 1 every deep shady grove, the
birds, those “living blossoms of tho air,” will sing
his name. Tho little wren will pipe it in her rat
lin hymn about our houses! the oriole carol it from
tho s’ender grasses ofthe meadows; the turtle
dove roll it through the secret forests; the many-
voiced mocking bird pour it along the evening *i r ;
md the imperial eagle, the bird ot Washington,
as he aits in his craggy home, far up the hloe
m inntaiua, will scream it to the tempests ami the
thus affording an under surface, against which
’sir of wheels ton inches iu diameter are pressed
jy n lever. There wheels are suspended from
the axles of the driving w heels of the engine, and
adhesion in any quaulilv may bo obtained at
will. These wheels are capable or being turned
up, when coining to crossings or meetiug an ob
struction. thus converting the ongie to an ordinary
oue instantly. Tho pressure of theso wheels a-
aiusttho undersurlace ofthe extended rail doei
not impede the progressive motion of the engine; j p *5*5, r * ph:
the venerable clergyman. We cannot say
much for his reception out of the State. His let
ter is copied and praised by that portion only of
(he Southern press which seeks all occasions for
accusing aud deriding South Ca roliua. As it goes
North it gathers the same discriminating commen
dation. The National Intelligencer caouot refuse
itself “ tlie pleasure of laying it before its rea
ders.” The New York Evening Post, Van Boren’s
organ, concludes its praises with the following
The Congressional Printing.—The whole
Bishop Capers Humber of documents ordered to be bound, from
the commencement of tho prescut Congress lotiit
dale—that is including the whole of the last l° n D
session,and the expired portiou ofthe present, in
cluding also, all that has been done, nnd all that
remains to bo done—amounts together to—Homo,
235,0t)0 volumes, Senate, 60,000 volumes. Total
325,000 volumes.
progressing finely. The po^ts are bein
their good faith from this city, and the wires will he
■ socn o* the peel* tan he dts’. l .'tcd a’
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year’s baainess presents for French-goods. Plain
style*, a* well as black silk*, aro in raoderato re
quest. The supply is abundant, and the demand
is more measured to moderate watt?#. V Y Even
mg Pont, lilh iust. .
for on a heavy load being placed behind, so as to
make the wheel slip, tho pressure beiug made, the
engine moved off very easily with a load which
she was unable to draw by her own adhesion to
the rail. Again, tho wheels of tho passenger car
were all locked, nnd tho rail huviug beeu previous
ly greased, tho engine dragged tbo whole up nn
inclination of two hundred feet to the mile at tlie
rate of twenty miles an hour. Tho advantages
of this great invention are: Tha ascension°ol
higher geodes than are now deemed practicable;
an inability to get oil" the track; and a totul securi
ty againsicollisious. &c., for the engine aud carflho
latter heavily loaded.) in ascending or descending
were repeatedly stopped, while moving at a speed
of twenty miles an hour, in a since not exceeding
I, . feet.
Death of General Bem.—The loreign corre**
pondent ol tho New York Commercial Advertitsb
id his last letter, says :
"Your readers will remember that a year and a
half ago I meutioned an explanation which haw
been given regarding thercckless daring of Gener
al Bem, to the effeet that, many years since, ■ 8
moment of alleged spontnneous clairvoyance,
had become impressed with the conviction that the
year of his death would be 1830, and that be would
escape all perils to that time. He had 6een di*'
tiuctly, ns he conceived, a tomb with hisown name*
and the date of 1859 as its inscription. The JOth
rational purlum ol the citizens of South Carolina " I8 ,! - 1 nM "? mii'cd, those wb» r **
ouroimu. i p,,. tl 0 Blory woll | ( ] tave (, e cn apt to note
1 been receivsd
We copy his address below, which can hard
ly fail of having great effect. His demand for 11
convention of sober and wise men, instead of
boys, nnd meu half-made, is signi ficant enough. .
If tho convention should be composed of the ma
terials against which he remonstrates we uiay nat '
urally look for a counter-organization of the more
Slavery in .Maryland.
Tho Maryland Convention for forming a new
Constitution, has adopted unanimously, an article
that tho legislature shall not pass any law to abol
ish or change tlie relation of master and slave as it
now exists in that State. The committee has been
in session three months, and this is tbe first article
that has been adopted. ... •
it only as n failure, bat advices have beeu reeetva
lilts morning from Turin, which nnnouncs that ih»
> taken place at Aleppo, *nd
ed in the Turkish faith, * n “
with military honors. The day ot bis
decrease is not mentioned, but, as the date of m®
advices from Turin is the 4th of January, it ®°**
have been at least a fortnight or three weeks be
fore that time.”
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that the General di
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