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News Summary.
Iilltisi from Kurope—Arrival of IhcAincri-
cn.—The America arrived at Halifax last Friday,
with Liverpool d >;es to the 27th ult.
The sales of cotton for the week have been 6.7,000
bales. .Speculators taking 4,500 and Exporters 0,500
The market opened with id a id. advance, and closed
at fl. decline on Middlings and |d. on the lower
qualities aa compared with the Peraia’s quotations.
The sales of Friday amount to 7,000 bales, of which
speculator* and exporters took 1,000 each. The
market closed quiet at the following
quotation.*.
Fair Orleans, 7jd.
Middling Orleans I 7 d.
Fair Mobile, 7(d.
Middling Mobile, 6|d.
Fair Uplands, 7jd.
Middling Upland*.... ...C 11-lcd.
The stock of Cotton on hand i< li >2,000, of which
200,000 bales are American.
llncansTcrrs, Ac—Breadstofls were dull ; previs
ions quiet.
Wheat closed with an advancing tendency but ir
regular prices; Western quoted 25*. to 26s «d. Corn
steady at 03s. 6d. to 31*. Rico quiet; Carolina quo
ted 23s. »d.
Vaval Storks.—Rosin was steady, at 4s. Sd. to 4s.
Id. for common, and 5* to 12s for raedinm. Turpen
tine dull, at 41s 6d to 49s.
Moxkt, Ac.—Consols quoted 971 to 07| for money,
07j to 97J for scconnt. The bnllion in the Hank ni
England had increased X779.000. Money was un
changed and abundant.
Manchester.—The advices from Manchester are
unfavorable; trade was inactive.
General IsTr.i.noKScr..—The action of the llrit-
ish Parliament is unimportant. The Government
bad introduced its India bill, the main features of
which are like Palmerston's, but the details are dif-
f erect
Peliaier’s appointment as French Ambassador to
England gives very general satisfaction.
A telegram from Madrid states that the Govern
ment bad introduced a project for abolishing Slavery
in the Spanish Territories.
Several changes had taken place in the English
diplomatic service, Crainptou goes to Russia.
Further by the America.
Sir Collin Campbell bad crossed the Ganges with
twenty regiments, and ons hundred and forty guns
anil mortars, and expected to make an attack on the
natives, on the 27th February.
A Russian camp of one hundred thousand men had
been formed in Poland. It is considered a manifes
tation against Austria.
Ihe Montenegrins have again been committing
sanguinary outrages in Austrian territory, and mncli
destruction of properly.
I'rom Washington.—Washington, April 8 —
In the Senate to-day Mr. Slidell delivered a long
speech on the resolution to present a medal to Com.
Panlilii.g. He condemned the course of Wnlker, and
also that of Paulding, but spoke iu terms of the abili
ty of Ilenningsen. In reference to Cuba, he said
that the Island, although anxious for annexation,
was unwilling to risk a civil war to accomplish it •
Dotting, therefor., could he done at present but ne.’
gotiate. But if Spain attempted despotism, with Sait*
Anna at ita head, on Mexico, the United States should
interfere to prevent it.
The House Deficiency bill was rejected by eight
majority. It will probably be reconsidered to-mor
row.
The House adhered to its amendment to the Kan
sas hill by its former majority.
A man named Beaancan, formerly of New Orleans
attempted to shoot the Secretary of the Interior to-
•***• S °™*» r y grappled with and threw him
on the floor, dislocating Beaancan’s shoulder It is
thought he was temporarily insane.
rT r I ? ,n ,' Vn ” ,,in "' On -0n Frid “y-** "» thought
Col. Benton was dying. The Sen.te wss not in ace
smn. The House reconsidered and passed the Ileli
eiency bill, and then adjourned to Monday.
From I tnli.—Late despatches state that Brig,
ham Young had notified Col. Johnson not to leave
Ills present position before the loth March, or his
army would be annihilated.
.A Fpr ** on Victory «■ Ml. Lonis.-rir. LoCla
April a — The returns ot the municipal election yes
ter.lay are not ail made, but enough is known to in
sure 1.he election of the entire free soil democratic
ticket, by an average majority of eOOto 1200.
Chalk for V. urts. A correspondent of the
heientinc American informs us that by rubbing chalk
frequently on wart*, they will disappear. In several
instances known to him in which this simple remedy
was tried, it proved auccessful. We have slightly
mo(stent A pearl-ash to remove warts by rubbing i-
upon them.
Drulh Off. 1j. Barbonr—This gentleman, late
one of the Editors ot the Atlanta Intelligencer,
expired at La Grange, of pulmonary consumption,
on the 7th instant. The Reporter of the 8th says
He has been lingering upon the verge of the grave
for many months, and his death has not been uaex
perted. Some time ago he connected himself willi
the Methodist church, and we have every reason to
believe that he died with a perfect reliance upon the
Christian religion.
The "l'tailed My a o<l of the Presbyterian
Church.»—A body of delegates from New School
Presnjterian Churches of the South, having seceded
from the N. S. General Assembly, on account of
n ;' , i i ' 8 I* vnr y action, commenced a session at Knox
ville, Tennessee, under the above style on the 1st
atant, for the purpose of devising some plan of or
ganisation. Last Wednesday a report and resolu
tion* were adopted, appointing a Committee to attend
the next Old School General Assembly at New Or
leans, with instructions to propose terms of Union
on the basis of a "Declaration of Principles " adop
ted by the Synod. This Committee are Rev. Dr.
Reid, of Virginia, and Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Ten
nessee, with Dr. Boyd, of Virginia, and -Mr. McClain
of Mississippi, aa alternates. Dr. Boyd wss appoin
ted to consult with the General Assembly from which
this Synod has withdrawn, and which meets at Chi
cago in May next, in reference to property in which
I lie Synod is interested.
Revival of Hu.».<■»».—The N. Y. Herald of
the .lb says:—Within the past few days business
has revived in a surprising manner. As soon as the
lakee open and the spring movement begins in the
West, we shall be as busy as ever, despite the late
hard times. We have never, for our part, published
so many advertisements as during some day* of the
past few weeks, Our receipts for advertising alone
have varied from a thousand to fifteen hundred dol
lars a day, and we have frequently been obliged to
make a present to our readers of an extra sheet in
order to give them the news. If this goes on, and
trade continue to revive a» it lias begun, we shall
ahortly be obliged to issue a triple and quadruple
sheet several times a week. •
Fritflilfnl nfrocily in Ilou.tou County. 1
We learn tlmt a dreadful crime was committed on
Mnj. Belvin’s plantation in Houston Co ,lmt Tuesday
afternoon,upon the person of Mrs. Bryant, the young
wif«ol Major Belvin'a overseer. >’.ie had r.-tired lif
ter dinner to tako a nap. and some time thereafter
the servants outside the bouse, hearing moans, en
tered her room and found her frightfully mutilated
about the head and shoulders by blows from an axe.
An old negro woman and young negro girl about
the bouse were arrested and confessed to making
the assault while the unfortunate Isdy was asleep.
She was alive up to Saturday night, but «<• much in
jured asto render it douhtttal, even if life is spired,
whether she will ever regain the full use of her fac
ulties. The affair uaturi.lly created the most intense
excitement, and there was some disposition to exe
cute the perpetrators on the spot, hut they were final
ly committed to the jail in Perry to stand trial in
Houston Superior Court next week. The old wo
man, is, we understand, a negro of very bad char
acter.
.TIr. Krcrctt'n Oration* in Savannah and Au
gusta, drew rapturous plaudits from the press of
thoseeities. Ho spoke in Augusta, last Friday, and
the Constitutionalist of Sathrday, says:
We have not yet recovered from the spell which
was thrown around us by this mighty magician, in
whose mouth the language is a wand more potent
than that of Prosperu, and we will nut attempt to
convey to our renders the Impression which was
made upon us by his magnificent oration upon the
rith a declining tendency. Receipts 910
ket easier,
bales.
X.iv Or.!.! V". April 10.—Sal.» of Cotton 4.000
bales market quiet. Middling quoted atlljtoll}c.
MACON, C3hJ±.,
Tuesday Morning, April 13.
£>f. J‘ornloii's Lectures
Were very Largely attended during the past week.
The interest awakened by them has been fully sus
tained. and we anticipate tc-night. Monday, a crowd
ed house to witness the beautiful experiments ho
advertises.
.flail Robbery.—The Montgomery Confedera
tion statea that on Tuesday last wheu the car* going
up from this city were about a mile beyond Auburn,
the mail oar waa wrenched open and the Atlauta
pouched extracted and thrown on the side of the
road, where it was subsequently found rifled of its
contents.—It contained a large number of letters,
and from some of those which the rogues left on the
ground. It is supposed a pretty smart haul of money
waa made. Of course the robber left this point on
the cars, or got on them at some of the upper stations
lor the purpose of committing this robbery ,und doubt
less bad a confederate stationed at the place where
the pouch waa thrown out.”
The Jaffa <Outrngc—Tbo New Y'ork Observer
says that the perpetrators of the horrible outrage and
murder In the family of Mr. Dixson, at Java, in Syria,
have boon arrested and condemned to death. Four
teen murders have been perpetrated within twoyears
in the vicinity of Jaffa and Jerusalem, on persons of
dlflVrent nations, and no notice has been taken of
them by government. The American Consul in-
Gem raf in Egypt, Mr Da Leon, by his promptness
and energy, brought about the seizure of the perpe
trators.
»j r . Brnioii.—A despatch from Washington
says: “ Mr. Benton is still confined to his bed, but is
laboring earnestly on liis abridgement of the Debates
with a full a* use of the besetting perils. He “ays
that bo ha* two years of other work blocked out in
bis mind which he would like to complete, but sees
at pres, nt no prospect of it. His disease is’pro
nounced to be cancer in the bowels, and must prove
fatal. |£; *?* I || .&£
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career and character of tho Voter Patriot
Mr. Everett left Augusta on Saturday morning, for
Charleston, as wo suppose, on his way Northward
again. Sorry that we shall not hear him in Maoon.
Lntcit trout Unnsaa. Tho free soil Constitu
tional Convention was organized at Minneolaon tho
23d ult., by tho election of “ Jim Lane" as Presi
dent, and after a narrow escape from breaking up
in a general row. adjourned to Leavenworth.
The result of the convention, as it is announced
by telegraph, is the adoption of n remonstrance to
be forwarded to Washington, agr.inat the admission
of Kansas under tho Lecoinpton Constitution, of a
bill of rights, identical with that attached to tho To
peka Constitution, and of a State Constitution, which
is to bo submitted to n vote of the people, on the
third Tuesday in May, at which time, it is also pro
vided that the election for State Officers under it
shall be held. YVben this election takes place th e
people of Kanssa will have three Constitutions, and
three different sets nt State officers.! »
Tlic Koine Southerner tV-Adverliarr,—
which at the reader will recollect Buffered severely
by fire a few weeks ago, comes to us iu new type and
beautifully printed—a very Phoenix. Success to Mr.
Mason, the publisher.
Death of Ron. Thoum* El. Kenton.—Mr.
Beuton's career is closed. Ho died on Saturday Morn
ing, at half past seven o'clock, and his fuueral took
place Monday, the 12th. llis mighty energies fought
disease, pain and death to tbe last,- for up to within a
day or two of bis death he is represented os still pros
ecuting bis abridgement of Congressional debates.
Remarkable as lie was in intellectual endowments, in
industrious, untiring application the country lias nev
er produced his equal among its great men. He was
a man of giant mould in all his proportions, and
though of late years justly no favorite in this section,
thire are few, after alt, who will not regret to hear
that "Old Bullion ” is gone.'
Won’t “Wait for the Wagon.”—Minnesota
has passed a bill amending her Constitution, so that
the State executives may be qualified, and enter up
on the duties of their respective officers at a sped,
fled time, in the event of a longer delay on the part
of Congress to recognize Mincsseta as a Statu of the
Union. This amendment is to be submitted to the
people ou the second Monday iu April, 1858, provided
the State shall not be admitted prior to the time of
holding said election. The terms of office will com
mence 00 the 1st of May, nu.t continue until January
I860, except that of the auditor, who will continue
in office until 1961.
Arrival of thcSttcmucrluiJiau—Four days
I,afrr from Kuropr.—The Steamship Indian nr
rived »t Portland 5th iust.. from Liverpool ou the
24th. Cotlou sales tu three days 29,000 bates ; spec
ulators took 3,600 „nd exporters 1,069 bales. All
qualities had advanced from j n id., hut the new. by
the America checked the buoyancy in the market,
and it closed quiet and steady. On Wednesday af
ternoon, 24th, in Liverpool, tho cotton market had a
declining tendency j sales 7,0Cl>. ManchesUr nows
was favorable and market firmer but the sales effect
ed unimportant. Bread-stuffs hud a dediniug tenden
cy, hut quiet Provisions duli. Richardson ,V Spence's
circular reports w eather favorable for crops. Bread
stuffs quiet; Flour dull and declining at tid. Wheat
very dull with a decline from J's. a la’od. Corn of all
descriptions dull at 33s. 6,1. h 34s. Rice quiet ; Rosin
dull at 4s. 3d. Turpentine and Rice getting dull.
Consols 97 J for money and account. The U. S. fri
gate Niagara had reached Plymouth, England, on
23d ult. The Agamemnon was taking in the sub-At
Inntic Telegraph cable. Gen. Pellissier was to he
the French minister at the Court of London. The
blockade of Canton, China, was raised on the 10th of
February. The Americans and Russians had joined
in with the English and French iu the demands on
China. Cominisaiom r Y'eh was still .3 pi isoner of the
English at Hong Kong and bound for Calcutta. La
ter advices from ft. Thomas state that Gen. Santa
Anna had arrived there, but was bound tor Mexico
via Havana.
Fortifications in Cnbn.—;Thu New York Eve
ning Post lias been informed, from a reliable source,
that for some time post, the Government of Spain has
been quietly but effectively engaged in improving
her defences on the Island of Cuba, probably iu an
ticipation of some combined effort to wrest the “ev
er faithful Island" from her possession. The latest
improvements in the an of war and military arms
are readily adopted.
Fillibuslrriaui.—We are informed that upon
the representation of the Mexican Minister that par
ties at the South are engaged in organizing unlawful
expeditions for the invasion of the Northern portion
of the Republic of Mexico—the movement being
directed against the Sierra Madre country—the
President has promptly caused instructions to be is
sued to prevent such expeditions from being organ
ized or fitted out within the limits of the United
States.—(Nat. Intelligencer.
I.ntc.t from Flail.—Utah dates to March 1st
have been received at St. Louis. Gen. Johnston had
at that time »n(efl active force of eighteen hundred
men and one thousand animals, in good condition,
together with a large force of volunteers, mainly
Advertisements, Ac.
Messrs. J. B. & W. A. Ross, our neighbors on
the opposito corner, offer as usunl, a very large and
comprehensive stock to meet their heavy whole
sale trade. Rumor hath it that tlic sales of this
firm do not fall much below half a million annually,
and their ware-house is probably the largest in the
State. A store of over 200 feet depth, and occu
pying two floors, is not often met with anywhere.
Messrs. W. \Y. Parker & Co., as dealers in fan-
cry Dry Goods, have such an established reputa
tion with the ladies that we will only point to their
announcement of new seasonable goods.
Mrs. Howland is ready with her Spring and
Summer stock of very attractive Millinery. Next
to the pretty face it was originally designed to
shade, what can be prettier than a pretty bonnet ?
Bkldex & Co., have fine styles of summer tiles
for juveniles, ns well as for persons ofmaturer de-
velopcment. Their ventillators we find to be vciy
light and comfortable.
R. P. McEvor, .is now located in his new quar
ters, Granite Block, Mulbery Street, and will re
ceive a visit from everybody, if only to admire his
beautiful store. A large stock of handsome Crock
ery neatly arranged, with all its gilding and paint
ing, makes a showy exhibition in itself; but Mr.
McEvoy has displayed great taste and liberality in
fitting out ids establishment. It is one of the most
attractive we have ever seen.
He has recently received n supply of those pa
tent Fluid Lamjis which consume the fluid by evap
oration simply, and produce 11 whiter and more
brilliant flame than is ordinarily procured from
gas. A few evening’s trial inclines us to very favor
able conclusions about this lamp. We find it fault
less in the way of illumination, and much to our
surprise less fatiguing A the eye than any other
light, unless it be that of pure sperm or wax. The
flame of the Kerosene burner, to say nothing
the disagreeable odor it emits, is exceedingly inju
rious to the sight. Let the eye rest on it a mo
ment, and all else, for awhile, is blackness; and an
hour or two of reading or writing by it will confuse
and confound vision for the rest of the evening.—
It is, however, the cheapest light for general illnmi-
uating purposes we know of. A six jet fluid burn
er, will consume a pint of fluid in about live hours,
and produce for that time as much light as an ordi
nary gaa burner witli pure eoal gas. The flame
nearly or quite as large, and a smaller proportion
of it blue. The reader can therefore form his own
estimate of its economy, bawd upon this estimate
and the price of the fluid.
Jackson Barnes.—We are pleased to note that
our friend Barnes, well known to the reader
one of the quandam proprieiors of the Telegraph,
has resumed his business of Book-Binding and
Blank Account Book Manufacturing, an art of
which he is a thorough master, and iu the pursuit
of which we wish him signal rucccss.
YVoon’s Gallkrt.—This is .is complete, well fur
nished and thoroughly appointed establishment of
the kind ns can be found almost anywhere. Every
convenience of parlor, drawing-room and easy
chair is furnished the visiter, and he will And among
the collection almost every style of Picture, from
quaint little old-fashioned daguerreotypes, to the
largest portraits, which arc produced with a life-like
accuracy by a union of the Photographic process and
Painter’s art. YYe were pleased to see at Wood’s
such evidences of skill, enterprise and prosperity.
E. Winsbip has replenished his lately bare
shelves with an abundant stoek of clothing adapted
to the season.
Titor. Fowler.—YVe again invite attention to
the Lectures of this distinguished Phrenologist,
whose reputation in that department of Science is
altogether unrivalled. We are pleased to see that
he has been highly successful in his Southern tour
this winter.
Tn* Fire Department, it will be seen, baa ap
pointed ita customary semi-annual parade for next
Thursday, when there will be a trial of strength
and capacity between the different companies, and
an award of Prizes. This is usually an excilin
day in Macon, and this time the interest will be
increased by a new competitor. Young America,
with her new equipment, will give No. 1 a hard
tug for the laurels, and No. 2 has been fixing up
with evident intention. The Fire Department is our
great "institution,” and we shall display onr bunt
ing from the now Telegraph Office for the first
time in due honor of the parade.
Itlrs. Sholi’s Concert,
Last Friday evening, was quite a successful affair.
A large and most intelligent auditory, gave very
decided demonstrations of appreciation to both
the artists,
Mrs. Sholl’s voice is one of remarkable sweetness
and power, and she has the material of a first rate
cantatrice. Mr. Vicweg is an accomplished musi
cian—a splendid performer, both upon the Piano
and Violin.
Early iu the Field.
If any reader of the Telegraph feels that when
at a seasonable hour, uu ample Julep is brought to
him compounded in Jaugstetter’s best style—tem
pered to an icy coolness—flavored with delicious
syrups—and, better still, with a handful of bright
red strawberries, ofJaugstetter’sown raising, gath 1
consisting of trappers and person*accompanying the i erc d as they glistened with the morning dew, and
trains. It is now the universal impression tlmt Gen- | noir lving in such beautiful contrast with the living
cral Johnston would not await reinforcements before
making the attack. Nothing farther laid been heard
of the Mormon preparations.
Judge Iioring.—We are glad to see that this
gentleman, recently removed his position of Judge
by Governor Banks, of Massachusetts, is appointed
as Sub-Treasurer at the port of Boston.
The Coming Summer.—It is said that the Earl
of Rosse, one of the first astronomers in Europe, has
told a gentleman in England that he anticipates one
of the most intensely hot summers this year that has
ever been known, and he advises farmers to bnild
sheds for their cattle, by way of protection against
the extreme heat.
Narrow Gicniir of n U. S. Vessel.—The U. S
store vessel Release, Lieutenant Parker command
ing, which left Boston, January 30, with stores for
the Mediterranean squadron, nrrived at Spezzla,
Mnrch 3. after a stormy passage, and a narrow es
cape from foundering. She was only saved by
throwing overboard her two guns of 3700 weight
each.
Tlic I’tnh niillnililcs.—If is stated that tbo
President will appoint n commission to proceed to
Itah tor the purpose of inducing the Mormons to
yield obedience, by representing the determination
ofthe government to reduce them to submission, and
the uselessnens of opposition. Gov. Powell and Ma
jor McCulloch are spoken of as the commissioned.
I.iilcxt from ICnn.ns,—The Kansas Constitu
tional Convention schedule, aa reported,provides for
the submission of the constitution to the people 00
tho third Tuesday in May. All laws not repugnant
to tlie . 'institution are to remain intact. The hill of
rights is identical with the Topeka MU. A remou-
.trance to Congress against the Lecoinpton constitu
tion was read and ordered to be immediately for
warder! to Washington.
DoinvMie Markets.
New Y’oick, April 10.—Sal oe of cotton l,' 0 bales
—market steady. Flour dull, and all qualities slight
ly declined—sales 7,000 bUa- Wheat quiet. Corn
C1 ivy—sales 12,000 bu.-ln L; white ejidyt'nOW worth
5 Cents. Turpentine heavy, at 40c. Rosin Steady
quiet.
ACOCSTA, April 10.—S:.le« of Cotton -- 1 > bale.-- —
Prices very full.
New Orleans, April 9—Sales of Cotton to-day,
3, ,m hales; f..r til. " I- -d."' If. h-t* el til"
we, h 42,51,(1. liter OH-<•;.! thi- port 13,75 >. Deere,ere
at all the porta 127,000. Stock 399,00. Sterling Ex
change worth 106) to 107j.
Mobile, April 10.—Saleso! Cotton 600 bales—mar-
green of the fresh Mint—we say, if any of our
readers feel they could not well resist such
temptation, they will appreciate our cate; exactly.
YVe did'nt. It is too much—let nobody do it again.
Littcli’s Living: -Yge.
No. 1 of the enlarged series for the week ending
3d inst., lias been received. This is a sterling work,
designed to embody the best contents of the Bri
tish and American periodical press. The number
before us contains eighty large Octavo pages, em
bracing the iollowing as tlic loading articles;
New Books received this week,
Enlarged Scries ot the Living Age,
The Insanity of YViliiam Cowpcr,
Difficulties of Railway Engineering,
YY'hich ? or, Eddies round the Rectory,
The Mistress of St. John’s,
Dugaid Stewart’s Collected YVork?,
Poetical Works of YVilliiim Collins,
Princesses in captivity to Circassians,
Dravsoii’s Sporting Scenes anioug the Kaffirs,
Tlie New York Publishers to the Public.
. The work is too well known to require extended
notice. Published weekly at $6 per annum, by
Littdl, Iron & Co., Boston, Stanford anti Delisser,
687 Broadway, New York.
Death of lion. Joel Crawford*
Major Joel Crawford, of Early county, Georgia,
died at his rrridcncc, ou the 4th. No man in tlic
State enjoyed a wider or better reputation. Be
commenced his eareer aa a lawyer in Sparta, iu
1808—enlisted as a volunteer in the war of 1812—
was brevetted aid-de-camp to Gen. Floyd, and in
this capacity served throughout the struggle with
the Creeks. He was twice elected Representative
in Congress, under the general ticket system—be
held from Gov. Troup tlie appointment of Commis
sioner for scttliug tlie boundary lino between tlic
States of Georgia and Alabama, and was one of
the Board appointed for the survey and location
of the State Rail Road.
Southern Commercial convention
A list of Delegates to this Convention, under ap
pointment by the Governor, and the Address of
the Committee of the Convention, urging a gener
al attendance, will be found in the Telegraph of to
day. The appointments will hardly fail to inspire
general approbation and confidence. The dele
gates are nil men of mtelligence, reputation and
position, selected without party Lins, and present
ing, as we conceive, a fair embodiment ol publl
opinion in the State. Unless exception be taken
to the meeting of the Convention and to any rep
rc.-entatiou at all therein, tho course of the Govcr
nor in this matter must therefore be entirely satis
factory.
The Address ofthe Convention Committee also
meets our fullest approbation. It is most judicious
ly conceived and admirably expressed; and wc
hope will have its effect in assembling at Montgom
cry such a body of Southern Statesmen as shall be
clear and unmistakcablc exponent of Southern
opinion. Let us know where we stand, and upon
what and how far it is possible to concentrate the
Southern mind in the great work of self-defence
and self-preservation. True, the Convention is not
called as a political body, but in the existing state
of political questions, ita deliberations will undoubt
cdly take that shape, and afford some reliable indi
cation of public sentiment.
It is in tlie aspect alone, that we feel any inter
est in the Montgomery Convention. Experience
has shown, and all reason would lead us to conclude,
that nothing particularly valuable in the way of
building up Southern trade could be elaborated by
an assemblage called upon so definitive proposi
tions, and ranging day after day in loose and dis
cursive debate over the whole field of “matters and
things in general.” Successful schemes of trade
and profitable business operations are not to be de
vised and carried out in that way.
But were it possible for the Southern States to
concentrate heartily and unanimously upon some
defensive political policy, naturally suggested by
the present position of affairs, a great work would
be accomplished both for themselves and the coun
try. Intelligent men, who dread a dissolution of
the Federal Union as in itself a perilous experi
ment, or a kind of treason to tho cause of republi
canism and free government, and to the memory
of a patriotic ancestry by whose toils and blood the
government was established, ought to reflect upon
the manner in which such a catastrophe is likely to
occur. It will never oceur, we venture to predict,
as tlie result of a settled conclusion, or by tlie wil
ful and deliberate forcing of the one party by the
other to this mutually understood and clearly re
cognized extremity. It will probably come at last
like all family breaches, by surprise and in some
sort accidentally. Every day, week, month and
year brings an increasing alienation of feeling be
tween the two sections. Northern injustice, insult
and domination is rankling with every sun, deeper
and deeper in tlic .Southern breast. Almost every
feeling of national consanguinity between the two
sections is already gone, and in its place is arising
a sentiment of actual hostility. Thus it will con
tinue, until it shall find a head most probably on
the floor of Congress, on some comparatively tri
fling occasion, which shall devclopc tills feclin;
All force by actual collision—and, (it may he to
the astonishment of tlie actors themselves), show
that tho Union is already gone irrecoverably—gone
through an intensity of mutual hatred which ren
ders even its nauie intolerable!
Such, it seems to us, is the way in which the Union
will be dissolved, if dissolved at all. It will not
come by “calculation” or by “pre-determination.’,
The* non-slaveholding States will certainly never
‘calculate” in that way. The YVcstem States would
never agree to give their river outlets to the sea into
tho hands of a foreign power; and tho Northern sea’
board States would never coolly bargain away and
forfeit Southern trade. Either w ill do us justice
rather than coolly permit and suffer these inconve
niences. Disunion will coiue, if at all, as tlic inevi
table fruition of an uncompromising hatred, rank
ling and_ deepening through years of insult and
wrong, itself thercsultofa belief that it can be safety
indicted—of that contempt for,' and undervaluation
ofthe South which is so sedulously cultivated and
encouraged by tlic Northern frcc-soil politicians.—
The best preventive of war is said to be a thorough
preparation for it. A thoroughly united and de
fensive attitude would secure us from aggression
The Union will be safe when the North feds it in
danger, and practically they will be its most effec
tivc ( focs, who shout the loudest for it. That inde
pendence of thought and action—that noble devo
tion to principle, which secured it, must alone pre
serve it, or it will sink into universal contempt and
execration as the mere instrument of an unscrupu
lous and unconstitutional despotism. In consulting
her own self-preservation, the South will most ef
fectually consult the preservation of the‘Federal
Union.
“A Printing Bureau.”
YVe see by the YVashington correspondence that
Congress is about to do, in our judgment, i
unwise thing in establishing a "Printing Bureau.’
For example, the Herald correspondent says
"I learn that the Select Committee ofthe House
on Printing intend to report a bill for the establish
ment of a Printing Bureau. The hill, I think you
will find will be in accordance with tlie ideas and
view- t-xpivs.-fd from time to time in the Ili-r:ild.
Printing, binding, engraving, all Congressional re
ports and debates—in fact everything that is now
done outside, by contra, t or otherwise—is to be car
ried on and accomplished by the Bureau thus es
tablished. There is to be a Superintendent, a Com
missioner of Binding, Ac.’’
It is a strangely conceived idea, at war with ev
ery result of experience in every department ot
the Government, that anything in the way of sa
ving and economy is to be effected by these Bu
reaus or nay multiplication of such officials. Y\ e
believe that euquiry would establish the fact that
every public service effected through them is done
loosely and wastefully, and there is no more neces
sity for a Printing Bureau, than for a Blacksmith-
ing, Carpentering, Bricklaying, or Tailoring Bu
reau. There is no mechanical service required by
the Government which can be more easily confined
within the limits of a just economy, either as to
amount or price, than this one of printing; and a
Committee of both Houses, with plenary power,
would serve every purpose, ami serve it better than
this Printing Bureau, which, as a permanent estab
lishment, would be more accessible to corrupt in
fluences than a Congressional Committee. The
multiplication of officials is a disorder of the times,
which needs abatement—but so far from abate
ment—this project will call for a thousand more
government employees and officials. It will waste
money—open the flood-gates of abuse and corrup
tion, and finally have to be abandoned at great loss.
Good Practical Sense.
The practical good sense of Gov. Brown, as
wc learn by the Federal Union, was worthily
displayed a few days ago, in re-mailing to the
Gov. of Maine a bundle of fagots, in the shape
of abolition resolutions passed by the Legisla
ture of Maine and inelosed to his Excellency
by, the Governor of that State, with the re
quest to lay them before the Legislature of
Georgia. Gov. Brown very quietly returned
them from whence they came, without note or
comment, and this is what we hope he will do
with every thing of the kind which comes from
the non-slaveholding States. The object of
snch missives is simply to-inflict a taunt and
stir up bad feelings and excitement; and it
should be met and foiled by a course of quiet
contempt! To transmit such stuff to the Leg
islature with the comment it deserves, might
have done, when something like sisterly amen
ity from the non-slaveholding States was the
rule and not the exception ; but it is of no use
now. YY r e may safely assume that every North
ern State Legislature has let off its annual
blast of of defiant abolitionism without any of
ficial information from the Governor on the
subject; and he will consult economy and dig
nity by quietly sending them back or lighting
his cigar with them, as is most convenient.
Should any of those States, have anything
kind, friendly or respectful to communicate,
the Governor will doubtless surprise the State
by giving it to the Legislature.
“Who Would a Thunk it!”
AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.
There are sunny spots in what the illustri
ous Pogram calls ‘ the nutral sile of private
life,” in the genial warmth of which the haughti
est and sternest spirits unbend and melt and
fuse in heartfelt sympathy. One of these is
indicated in the little narrative below, from the
New Y'ork Express, which describes a most
affecting interview between Jolm J. Critten
den, Humphrey Marshall and Joshua Gid
dings!!! The stern and bitter fanaticism of
Giddings— his unrelenting hostility to the
South and to Southern men, dissolves at once
into the melting mood as he encounters these
distinguished coadjutors in the Kansas contro
versy.
But why should Giddings confine his friend
ly co-operative grip and genial sympathy to
Messrs. Crittenden and Marshall ? Mr. Crit
tenden’s speech is published and commended in
the Southern (Milledgcvillc) Recorder, and is
copied in whole or in part and complimented
by most of the Georgia American prints. If
that made this illustrious tri "so united” in
warm tears, true patriotism and gushing sym
pathy are there not many more in the same
hoi}’ communion ? In a word—if Giddings is
non- "following” Crittenden, most of our Geor
gia American presses arc doing no less and are
in the same crowd. Let them reflect u pon the
natural suggestions of this "interesting inci
dent !”
The Express, in its Washington correspon
dence. has the following interesting incident
“On Saturday last, while the discussion upon
the Kansas question was in progress, and while
all parties in the House were more intent upon
arrangements for the final struggle than upon
the arguments of speakers, and while all were
in doubt as to what might be the ultimate
course of Mr. Giddings and his confreres, the
Hon. Mr. Crittenden came into the ball, and,
near the door, was joined by the Hon. H. Mar
shall. But a moment was permitted them for
communication, when Mr Giddings went for
ward and taking Mr Crittendon warmly by
the hand with a recognition of Mr Marshall at
the same time, he said : ’Who could have be
lieved this of me, that I should be found with
you, following you? But while I have spent
a long life in fighting against enemies, and am
ready still to fight them, I have never fought
and cannot now fight, against my friends. 1
remember well the occasion when, the ban of
exclusion having been passed upon me in this
House, I had taken my hat and was about leav- 000 whites and 8.000 free blacks. jsTmi'* 8 ’'
ing, I met you, Mr. 'Crittenden, with Henry groes, (slaves) employed in field labors Tu
Clay at the door, and that you each gave me, * l ’“ c ” ’ ’’ ■ ’
in that moment of trial, the warm hand of sym
pathy and friendship. I do not forget, for the
great end’s sake, strange as it inay seem to
some, and censured as I may be by many, in
memory of the past, I am with you, I go with
you.’ A gush of the warm tears of a true pa
triotism here came forth from the three so uni
ted, and the fate of Lecomptou in the House
was so sealed past redemption.”
Georgia Baptist State Convention
This body will convene at Americas, Georgia,
on Friday, the 23d inst.
Reese’s Manual.
A Manual far Ordinaries, Executors, Administrators
and Guardians in tbe State of Georgia, embracing
the Constitutional and Statute Law of the State,
familiar principles of the Common Law, Decisions
of the Supreme Court, and a greit variety of
Forms. By William M. Reese, of Washington,
Georgia. Philadelphia: T.JcJ. W. Johnson A Co.
Macou: for sale by J. M. Boardman.
The necessity for and convenience of such a
work as the foregoiug is tooapparent for comment.
It gives in a compact and connected form infor
mation indispensable almost to every citizen of the
State, and which is accessible otherwise only at tlie
inconvenience and expense of legal counsel or of
laborious search through a multitude of Statutes.—
The author has done an important public service in
this work, and wc hope will be well rewarded for
ids labor.
A BUDGET.
Y\'e have received from Dick lit Fitzgerald, Pub
lishers, 18 Ann Street, New York, the following:
The Magician’s Own Book, or tlie YY’hoIe Art of
Conjuring; being a complete handbook of jMiJgfl
magic, containing over 1000 Optical, Chemical,
Magnetical, and .Magical experiments, Ac., Ac., il
lustrated by 50U wood cuts.
This book contains, as is stated, ait the feats of
magic performed by Anderson, and every other
juggler of reputation, illustrated and explained:
besides numerous little tricks and experiments re
quiring little or no apparatus, and constituting a
fruitful source ol amusement to the social circle.—
’rice $1.
The Y’oudjj House-wife’s Book: or how to eko out
a small income.
A pretty pamphlet of recipes in thirty pages.
Ilow to detect adulteration in our daily drink and
food.
Another pamphlet of thirty pages, and very use
ful too, it would be, if there were a chance of ob
taining tbc pure tiling.
Mind your Stops! Punctuation made plain and
composition simplified.
There is nothing more needed than a brief, clev-
and intelligent treatise upon punctuation. YY'c
hope to find this one of such a character.
Chesterfield’s Art of Composition, simplified; being
a guide to friendly, affectionate, polite and busi
ness correspondence.
This is a now edition of an old work, useful, n c
suppose, to those who like to "write by the book.”
Prince Charles, or tlie Y’oung Pretend sr, by J. F.
.-smith. Esq,, author of Harold Tracy, Ac.
A historical novel, with a plot founded in a very
familiar and stirring passage of English History.
The foregoing arc all for sale at the Messrs. Rich
ard’s Bookstore in Macon.
OKiciliorpc University.
A Catalogue of this In.-titution has just been re
ceived, which places the number of Students in nil
classes at N—a slim exhibit in this particular, for
the l Diversity of Georgia. Tbc pamphlet is neatly
printed, by Mr. T. s. Reynolds. Something, we
hardly know what, is needed to redeem the for-
tune> ol Franklin College. It should do better or
nothing.
The Fate of the Kansas Bill.
X” of the Baltimore .Sun, speaks very con-
ntly of the passage of the Kansas Bill in
pite of the recent breakdown in the House.
He says:—
As I observed in my published letter ol Saturday,
th coalition has culminated. It cannot and will not
stick together. The black republicans have made
the worst record for themselves, and the democrats
need not b« afraid to meet them on the stump. Not
only will Lecoinpton pats dean, but the democrats
and national men who vote for it will be able to sus
tain their positions triumphantly at homo.
Krd-: 8 will pans ; thu league will be dispersed,
and the President will be sustained. 1 hose who laugh
last, laugh be:-t.
The Kansas bill is now in a benutilul position, and
will become dear to every national man from the
very dangers with which It whs beset, and the odds
and ends of all factions who opposed it. The demo
cratic party will be purified.
Summer Temperature of the South.
To correct a very common misapprehension that
the Summer temperature of the South is necessarw
ly higher than that of the North, wc copy the fol
lowing paragraph from a Letter of Sargeou-Geaer-
al L:*vson, recently addressed to Semttor Yulcc,
respecting the climate of Florida. This letter cm
bodies niauy interesting facts and observations—
the result of personal experience and accurate
thermowctric records kept for a series ol yean. Its
statements, therefore, may be relied on. YY’e have
room, however, for the followingparagfiph only:
For example, the winter at Fort Snclling,^Iir
ncsota Territory, is 48 degrees colder than at Fort
Brooke; but the summer, at Fort Brooke, is only
about 8 degrees warmer. The mean Annual tem
pemture of Augusta, Georgia, is nearly 8 degrees,
and that of Fort Gibson, Arkansas, upwards of 10
degrees lower than at Tampa, yet iu both these
places tlic mean summer temperature ishigherthon
ut Fort Brooke. In the summer season the mer
cury rises higher in every other part of t-be United
State, and even in Canada, than it does along the
coast of Florida. This is shown by meteorological
statistics on file in this bureau. At Portland, Me.,
and on the coast of New England the thermometer
attains an average height in summer of 04 degrees
F., and in winter descends to 7 degrees, having an
annual range of 101 degrees. At Fort Mifflin, near
Philadelphia, the thermometer has an annual range
of 87 degrees, rising to 94 degrees F. in summer,
and falling 8 degrees in winter. At Fori Moultrie,
Charleston harbor, the average range is 70 degrees,
being in summer 90 degrees, and in winter 20 de
grees. At Fort Pierce, (or Capron,) Indian River,
Florida, the range is 59 degrees, its average maxi
mum being 94 degrees and the minimum 35 de
grees. At Fort Brooke tlie annual range is 58 de
grees, having a summer maximum of 92 degrees,
and a winter minimum of 34 degrees; while at Key
YY'est the average annual range is only 35 degrees,
being for summer 89 degrees, and 54 degrees for
winter. If we were to extend our comparison by
including the stations of the interior of the United
States remote from the influences of the sea-breezes,
tho difference would be still more apparent. This
point will be illustrated sufficiently by comparing
the temperature of Florida, as above given, with
that of portions of Texas lying w ithin the same pa
rallels of latitude. At Fort Brown, near l he mouth
of tlie Rio Grande, where tlie summer heats are
much modified by the strong coast-breeze, the
mean annual range is 07 degrees, or from 95 de
grees in summer to 28 degrees in winter. In the
interior of Texas, tlie range is very great, the sum
mer heats rising to a mean of 112 degrees in the
valley of the Rio Grande at Laredo, (Fort McIn
tosh,) and to 103 degrees at the posts on the up
per plains. It falls to a mean of 20 degrees in
winter in the Rio Grande valley, and to 10 degrees
on the plains, making the range near 92 degrees in
each case. At Fort Smith, Arkansas, the range is
108 degrees, having the- summer temperature of
103 degrees and the winter temperature of 5 do-
grt'M.”
Receipts from the State Road.
YVe are gratified to find the following fu the Fed
eral Uniou of last Friday:
‘YY’c learn that tho debts due by tlie Road so far
as discovered, have been paid by Dr.. Lewis, the
present energetic and faithful Superintendent, and
that from this time forward be will be able to make
monthly payments of the nett earnings of the Road
into the Treasury. Oil YY'cdnesday last, Col. Trippe,
the State Treasurer, received from the Treasurer of
the Road, §20,000. YYe are informed that the Su
perintendent has purchased new iron for some four
or five miles of tlic Road, and is having it laid down,
and the track thoroughly repaired, wherever re
pairs are needed. Gov. Brown’s order is that the
Road bo kept in first rate condition. If the Super
intendent can do this, and keep the Road out of
debt, and can pay regularly some §15,000 or §20,-
000 per month of clear cash into the Treasury, the
people will begin to appreciate both the value of
the Road and the value of the services of such a
Superintendent. Should no great casualty hap
pen to the Road, such as injury from floods or tlie
burning of bridges, we have no doubt wc shall be
able to announce to onr readers monthly payments
in future.
“YY'iili such men as Dr. Lewis, Dr. Phillips, and
Col. May at die head ofits affairs, the people have
sufficient guarantee tlint proper economy will be
used, and every dollar made by the Road faithfully
aceouuted for.”
The Atlunta Intelligencer, remarking upon this
paragraph, expresses a confident opinion that with
ordinary crops and in the absence of casualties by
flood and fire to the Road, twenty-five thousand
dollars will hereafter be paid in monthly to the
State Treasury, by the Superintendent ofthe Road.
Southern Commercial Convention
The following gentlemen have been appoint
ed by Governor Brown, to represent the State
in tbe Southern Commercial Convention, which
is to assemble in Montgomery Alabama, on the
Second Monday in May next.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
Wilson Lumpkin, Janies Gardner,
Geo. R. Gilmer, B. II. Hill,
YVm. Schley, B. C. Yancy,
Geo. YV. Crawford, Francis H. Cone,
Herschel V. Johnson, Linton Stephens,
-Hiram YVarner, E. A. Xisbet,
Hines Holt, Mark A. Cooper,
Thomas YV. Thomas, David J. Bailey,
Charles J. Jenkins, A. H. Chappel,
YVm. H. Stiles, Joel Crawford.
1st conoressionai, district.
Augustin H. Hausell Thomas
Peter Cone. Bulloch
E. J. Blaeksheare -—Laurens
Charles Spaulding ..McIntosh
J. Hamilton Couper Glynn
F. S. Bartow Chatham
James P. Scriven “
G. P. Harrison “
Jolm \Y r . Anderson — **
A. R. Lamar “
2d congressional district.
William Dougherty Muscogee
T. Lomax — “
James N. Bethune.“
John A. Jones, jr “
John A. Tucker ‘Stewart
Richard II. Clarke Dougherty
L. M. Felton .Macon
A. H. Colquitt Baker
Willis A. Hawkins Sumter
YVm. M. Brown Marion
3d congressional district.
YVashington Poe Bibb
O. A. Lochrane “
YVm. K. DeGrafienried “
Peter YV. Alexander Upson
D. P. Hill Harris
C. Peeples Monroe
A. F. Owen Talbot
Geo. R. Hunter Crawford
John D. YVatkins Houston
A. R. Moore Spalding
4th congressional district.
Hon. Edward Y. Hill Troupe
L. H. Featherstone Heard
A. J. Boggess Carroll
B. H. Overby Fulton
John. YV. Duncan “
Robert J. Cowart “
John O. Gartrell Cobb
YVm. C. Daniel DeKalb
YVm. T. Harris Merriwether
Hugh Buchanan Coweta
5th congressional district.
John II. Lumpkin Floyd
H. Y r . M. Miller "
S. Fouche "
Jolm A. Jones Polk
YVm. T. YVofford Cass
Lindsay Johnson •*
Joseph Pickett Gilmer
G. J. Fain Gordon
C. B. YY’elborn. YVhitfield
Elisha Dyer YY’alker
Gtii congressional district.
Cnba-Her Condition-Ucso... ^
POLITICAL OPINIO “ ® 0UrC ^”
From Russell’s Magazine fur th*
month, we copy the conclusion of * CUrr '
entitled “Trip to Cuba,” in the *
which will be found to embody vcrvTi' '
ing facts and reflections : ' ‘ lnt< r ‘ '•
If we consider the actual condition off
as she now presents her.,elf to our oh-’ ‘
wc will find her under the wor-t f '”***,
eminent—an unchecked despotism 0051 ° f
by deputy—enjoying an extraordtW'?***
ot prosperity. I suppose none wifi L ^
hardy enough to deny tbe fact of ho ° f ° qil(!
wealth, centering chiefly with the
and commercial classes—and th,,.
suit of inheritance—not comingV rO m 0t ,llc *■
ancestry-as happens in most WantHe,^
rope—but recent, and the result
industry exerted within the last tw CCCss ^l
generations. I desire to impress nn°.i! r ‘S
of the reader this fact—that the nr • ***
question, in spite as we have said ofa"'- 5 is
crable government, in which thenron,, r>
ders are unrepresented, and are iuh' ’ *’-*•
kinds of misgovernment and exaction 1,0111
spring from some most sufficient and n u ,r ' Jit
ing cause—since it endures so much a*ns
withstanding, sustains itself, at a' • 0ot ‘
attained by any other country of th,P!. mt , “ a ’
If we consider the Geographical J? 4
Cuba—placed as she is between the On*
the Carribbean sea, and stretching aaJ
seven hundred miles just within the no!!? rlj
limits of the tropics—and reflect on tho,
ble aud indispensable productions th.irU*’
to this belt of latitude—and then on l] 00 ’
logical magnificence and the extra,
fertility of her soil—we begin to com D r
what the elements are that go to tbe fn- * •
of her unrivaled wealth? The main 11
then, are climate, and fertility 0 f soiL**^?
when wc look around the Archipella^ • •
lands, in the same belt of latitude, and° t'* m
but it may be, of not so exceedingly rich
as that of the island in question-—w e s .L» soi '
none equalling her or approaching her i n fiu<l
perity—and wherefore? we must by en Pros '
and reflection endeavor to arrive at ^
tion of this problem. “esola-
Here is the fine island of Hispaniol ,
is her condition ? Let us refer to the 1
ties, (Commercial Reports published b 0ri '
ernment,) to decide this question. r n tl
1790, while she yet remained a colony ofr**
she exported 70 million pounds of »hit Me
93 miHions ot brown, 66 millions of
coffee, 0 millions of pounds of cott™ i
together with indigo and other orodn.-t’/. >
820,000 dollars! St. Domingo themh.t I’
000 whites and 8.000 free black*
From the Savannah Republican.
A new Ruler for Mexico.
New Orleans. April 10.—An arrival from Y’era
Cruz announces tho triumph of General Oscollo, in
Mexico. It was rumored that ho would he called to
the Presidency. Oscollo was tho General in com
mand of Zuolaga's forces.
LATER.
Gen Oscollo Inis overthrown theJuarez government.
Juarez and his whole cabinet have been captured,
but will bo allowed to leave the country. Oscollo
was. at last accounts, marching upon the city of
Mexico.
Tampico waa besieged by Garha.
Sumner J. Smith..
Towns
Kob’t. McMillan.
Habersham
Asburv Hull
Clark
Y\ r nt. L. Mitchell
•>
Jolm Billups
“
YVm. A. Lewis
Forsyth
James P. Simmons.
.... .Gwinnett
Samuel Knox
..Franklin
\\ r . Boyd
Lumpkin
S. Ried
Union
7tii congressional district.
Augustus Reese Morgan
Geo. R. Jessup “
Pcrmetus Reynolds Xewtou
Miller Grieve, Sr Baldwin
S. N. Boughton "
R. M. Ortne, Sr
David \Y r . Lewis Hancock
John YY r . Barney Jasper
Robert R.Slttppey Twiggs
Junius YY’inglield Putnam
8tu congressional district.
Isaiah T. Irwin YY’ilkes
John Mitledgc Richmond
James T. Nesbit. — “
YV. Gibson "
Thomas Barret. “
A. J. Lawson Burke
A. R. Y\ r right Jefferson
E. H. Pottle.. YY'arrcu
Robert Hester Elbert
Dr. Willis Willingham Oglethorpe
The Leviathan.—A London letter writer
says "I have just returned from a visit to the
Leviathan, .‘she is moored directly opposite
where she was built. There is no machinery in
beryet; jnfactsheisaskeleton. From inquiries
on board I could not learn when she would be
finished. I do not think it possible together,
ready for sea before August, and to have her
ready by that time will require night and day
labor incessantly. There are very few men
at work on her now.”
came the frenzy of the Revolutioiwu
were liberated, and the island
from the possession of France .'—Now b
result of the free dominion; tre*( l u'ntp e V‘'
the public documents: "Sugar, indigo andt
bacco, have disappeared from the list of
ports; of cotton but a trifle i, now prodnai"
“Mahogany, and coffee, gathered 1 tom the rill
coffee trees, the remnants ol French domhT
tion, are now their main reliance.” "The t'
ta 1 value of their present exports having^
from 20o millions of francs, to three million,
five hundred thousand francs!’» And what is
the condition of Jamaica ? Her exports, which
once amounted, under a different politr, wU
her soil was cultivated by slaves instead of ap.
prentices, to $ , are now reduced to the
pitiful amount of some four hundred thousand
dollars a year, (a sum which the crops of two
Cuban sugar planters will over balance) while
her imports exceed one million three hundred
thousand dollars and show a balance of tndf
against her of more than 600,000 dollars anne
ally.
The peculiar source of the prosperity of Cn
ha then, is her possession of slave labor. §bt
owns six hundred thousand slaves. It is this
element which she has, and which the oibrn
want; and by all logical sequence, you must
ascribe her unquestionable superiority to thii
cause. It is as clear as proof can mate it! tat
this matters nothing to the Abolitionist! H?
won’t believe the proofs, more than this, k
won’t read them .' He don’t wish for the trati,
and he won’t find it. It would only serve to
destroy his self-esteem, which he cherishes
even more than another man. It would kt
show him what an ass he was, and whit iso
he had made his idols.
It is slave labor then. It is tbe possen'oi
of these six hundred thousand African slave-.
which is the peculiar source of her prosperity.
They are employed in the production ofrapr,
molasses, aguardients, coffee, tobacco, fruits,
indian corn, potatoes and cotton, whenever tie
price justifies the culture; butif cotton is not
now produced, the neglect comes from economic
and not from climatic reasons, it is simply be
cause this article of culture is now less remu
nerating than tbe others.
In the third volume of Commercial Reports,
printed by order of the Senate, page !•& «
lave “the computed value of the production
of Cuba in 1855,” amounting to a total of
900,000—a sum almost incredible when consi
dered in reference to the laboring force produc
ing- it. Of all the agricultural products whiJ>
go to compose this immense amount, tbe rag#
is the most important. In tbe table >wa
which we quote, the sugar is set downata val
uation of $36,000,000; Molasses, $2,WO,Oft
Tobacco, cigars, cigaritos, &c., $32,000,000:
Fruits, $2,000,000; Coffee, rum, boney.
minerals, &c., 5,500,000;—Tqfal. SS7M 1 -'
000. Now the number of slaves to whose k-
bor this amount is credited, if the Cuban au
thorities are to be believed, is bnt_4J6.li0u.
but relying on the information derived
the Cuban planters themselves, I have assum
ed the actual number to be 600,000- 0®
Mutant of 177,900,000 produced by ttefi |
seems almost fabulous. Tbe actuul eipo rli ( ;
the year were thirty-two millions, and are su 1-
ficiently startling, leaving an immense au 111 ’- 1,
for domestic consumption, and app r °P n:ltl ®
in ways I cannot undertake to eipla> n -
tlie Report of the Secretary of the Tre»ur
just published,' her exports to America •
amounted, the last year, to forty-live m 10 5
of dollars. ^
YVhere in the world besides, can “| er
shown a like result from the sameapp‘ kJi
of labor.
And here some cavilling dissentient wil -’J
in the remark, "African labor, say J 0U ■. •
should that be slave labor? Why. n ®’...
him free, and let him work and receive 1)15 ''' r
as other laborers do, in temperate c “®V.j
YYTiy thou lineal descendant! thou und
progeny ofthe beast bestrode by Balaam,^.
talkcst without the inspiration of thy P = , ,
tor; docs Jamaica, does St. Domirgo c
nothing intelligible to you ? ^ L
learn something? Know then, all .A**®*'!
bor iu tropical climates is compulsory
The negro will not labor unless made
and happy is he who has a master to ^
his wants, while he exacts hip service,
strains him for his own good in cases w jj
seldom exerts self restraint, as is bu ■ ^
known. But my purpose is not to argu .
ers with tbe blind—(they think mems . (
ways the best judges.) I simply was
to this peculiar labor, as the origin 0 a.
ban wealth. This ntiue diffuses lt3 .°f e , of
out every section, and to every m# j t
the island. Generated as we have .^ vfl -
brings wealth to the proprietors, P a , v3 j] t ), e
seers, clerks, engineers ar.d carpeu.e »> ^
men of white blood directly concerns Re
culture and mauufacture, PV s P 10 nr »tof»
tors, salesmen, merchants, shtpow® 3 . ^ ^
keepers, who vend the articles them- .
those brought back in exchange i> ir ' ■
tic products. The monies wfficn „,]*
every where, which enliven andv . .
channels of commerce, are derived ^
one sufficing source—African sla“‘_
These valuable agricultural P rot “’’ t: ” j-j :■
to tlie mother country, purchase m r f|t
in return, and come tc the Cub; n C3Q ^ o; b«f
lighter duty than the production^ 1
countries. This preference even u gpji
monopoly, is a source of prosperity fft ;.
The revenues raised from tins source-
as the greater oues raised trom f0, J - 0 jtto
modities, and the internal taxes, a
the coffers of the State, to an an’
of from twenty-five to thirty mill 101 ' ’
remitted to Spain to pamper roya *
to pay the salaries of government