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POLITICAL
h\om the Ueorgia Journal.
TUS GOVERNOR Ob' NSW YORK
i'iierc are mare iiwances than one, 11
whicit the South traduced, the shmUerct
Son til- has been treated w ith tlie basest 10
gratitude by those who have been the recip
ients, in former days, oi lier favours lavisii
ly bestowed upon itiein. How many au en
terprising young man reared in a more nor
litem clime, has been tempted to abandon
his home, the home ollns youth, audio mu
"sunny Soutn" to seek alter lame, lortuue,
Viul a name ! How many hare succeeded,
and are now enjoying the highest couti
tiduce of those among whom i.ioy have cast
luoir lots, the history of eacti .Southern
JSinte tells upon every page !
Uu the other hand, there are those whom
avarice, or steru necessity has driven Iron.
<heir hearth stone, and who, urged by the
Character of our people abroad, ti.ive sought
lor a home in the dou'h, to relieve then
necessities or to minister to their avarice.
The welcome extended to tnese, lacked'
thing,K of *vh at is characteristic ol our peo
ple. When called upou to labour in their
profession, tlie most generous recompense
repaid them in a degree lor ttie ser
vices they had rendered. In health, they
met with the most liberal eucouragi mem
to pursue the profession winch each one
)ia<i marked out lor himself. The lawyer
truidoui wauled lor a tee—the Ptiysictan, ifj
skilful, fora patient—the Teacher, for pu-i
pi Is, in sicknes, they were not deserted.
Tue Southern matron lias often watched li
ver the couch, upon which the ennei; ted
term of the northern youth lay stretched
under the lutlueoce 01 a score.ling lever,
produced by a Southern sun. Even now,
there are hundreds within the limits of
Georgia that acknowledge “north of the Fo
tOntic" as their uotue, upon wuomthe kmd-
Jy offices of our people are bestowed, and
tneir fortunes added unto. Can tney too
prove uugraieful ! We trust not.
Among moan of the latter class of recipi
ents of Souuioru hospitality m whom we
have spokeu, we are to name
the GOVERNOR oi the STATE of N K W
YURA—him, who now places tlie weapon
in tue hands of the abolitionist to strike tue
bjow aimed to destroy Soutnern Institutions
•and assail Southern Rights.
About twenty years ago, necessity drove
theuowauv. SE'.VARU mto'lte Stale oi
Ua. Humble Hen as were his pretentions,!
he sougut at the hands ofthe dispised, and.
now traduced s.ave lioid.r, the means ol
subsist.nice, tie offered his services as an'
instructor of youth’ and found employment
in tue adjoining county o. Putnam. The
most liberal patronage that a people, who
knew how to appreciate merit, could bestow,i
wrs oestowed upon tlie then unpretending
schoolmaster. The hospitalities oft. ic cit
izens of that county, were extended to the
stranger, and he knew 110 want, which was
in the power of the peotiie in orevent. E-,
trough was accumulated by him at the South
to pursue ins studies at the North, and he
bade a nasty adieu to ms eafly benefactors.
In ins more recent career he appears to
have forgotten those who administered to
his necessities in the hour of his need, j
This man is now the foe of the South. The j
doctrines which he advances in his reply to
the Governor ol’ Va„ are most dangerous to
our rights oi property, and to our very exts- j
tance. That he in his conscience believes
they are the fundamental doctrines of the !
constitution, we have never for a moment j
believed. They are advanced, only for the
purpose of promoting the cause of the fanat
ical abolitionist—to pander to prejudice and
ignorance and to promote itis own selfish
views. Os such a man we can only say
“Ephriamit joined to his idols," let him.
Mhna !”
The General Assembly of Virginia, or
Tuesday Inst, alter a protracted session ol
eleven hours and much speaking, succeeded
min king an election of Crvsernor. Thomas
W. Gilmer, the Spenser of the House, was
'Selected on the eighth ballot. We congratu
bite tlie Whig party on this auspisious re
suit—indeed, we may exteud the congratu
lation'o Hie whole people ol the istatt; for,
m Mr. Gilmer! they have obtained a Clue.
Magistrate ol high public and private worth,
and zealously devoted to the true and sub
1 tuntia! interests of the Commonwealth.—
Richmond I Ring.
Right oj Petition.— Resolutions hav*
just passed the Legislature of New York
almost unanimously, asserting the Right ol
.(Petition, aud censuring thv laic decision oi
((Congress upon that subject. Tits N. Yorm
.’Correspondent of the National Intelligencer!
says, mat the first Resolution passed Ayes
do. Noes 10, and others without a division,
j The Van Burcu men, of course, acted with;
tile Whigs on tins subject, and it was not 1
ju party question. “ I lie action here is quite
a significant sign of • lie times, it snows
what au important phalanx of Southern de
lenders the Northern men with Southern
principles ate, and just how mucu depen
dence the South cm put upon i.iem ; bui
no matter lor tins, though, as the South
loves to be duped uu tins subject, and is
completely duped by the whole, force of the
ex-itegeiicy ol the State.”— Jiut. Reg. j
TIIE BANK.
l'ite bills of this Institutiou, as is known
to oar readers, have been lor some t me past,'
in a depreciated state, eveu to a con ti Jerablyj
'greater extent than in >st of the uth-r s ,s
--ipended Banks. Whatever the reasons may
[have been for tins state of things, we are.
:happy to believe that tlie reasons do not
now exist. By information derived from
ithe best possible source, we understand that*
tins Institution lias only bills in circulation
to the amount of about two hundred and
jjseveufy thousand dollars. That to meet
this tue Bauii u.is of cash aud bills, fsvliicli
'only await the opening of tlie river to make
belter titan cash) to within some nine tlious
tad dollars ol its wliolc circulation. In ad
dition to this, tlie instalment recently ca'led
ilor has been paiad tu cash ; uot by running
notes in the Institution, hut a bona fide
payment in cash, to the Bank ol one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars more.
'Shewing as we would suppose nearly the
latter amount of cash means over and above
its circulation. We say noth tig olds assets,
its notes and otiter property, tHe further se
curity of its entire solvency ; we only speak;
oi its cash means to meet its circulation, and
.surely vv itu such a showing, there is no
proper reason why these bills should be de |
' predated below those of any other sound
but suspended Bans in tlie .Slate. Henry
U. Lamar lias been placed at the head of
kite institution, wno is widely known as a!
Jman of'high integrity as well as capacity J
land a sufficient guarantee mat tins Bank
will do its duty' to the public, as laithfully
as any othci institution, and with these facts,
we believe mat tnese bills will be no ■ongee
depreciated to the injury of trade, and the:
mierests ol the people— Southern Recorder.'
FROM FLORIDA.
By the arrival at Charleston on the 19th,
ot the steamer Southerner from St. Augus
tine, the editors ol the Courier have been
favored with tlie following slip:
Office of the Sews, )
St. Acgusti.nk, Sunday, Feb.l6th. $
Made Carrier Murdered. —The Northern
'mail carrier, left yesterday, at 2 o’clock,
with the mail for Jacksonville. The mail
'which was due the same evening at 6 o'clock
.by the Pablo road, not arriving, created some
ffears for its safety. A wagon having been
i seen by a geulleinan on tire r oj d dts.
miles from town, without horses, atid it
hems st ewed about the toad, hdhim
.ah was not right, and he hit the
and came into town by a piivute 3
10 at ti,gh. the City Conucii g
.g"aiit Ceieopoly, aud nine men,
the wagon, audio make all nesess.uv of W
[jva'.ions. A small parly of active aud Oh'
(mined young men followed, in order ( .
sist aud a nsctriam the conditions of 11°
This niormng, at 7 o’clock, the dead f S< '
1)4*1 the J.icksonvi.le mail canier was bin ?i
iu-one ball had passed through ti,
| bre„st. The enemy stripped him ut f “
coat and vest, carried oft tue mail bap \
| horses, util cut and delated the carriruT
At 4 u'elock this afternoon, the body
j.Joseph Garcia was brought ut be hailbecei?
ed two balls. He was louud iu the l’aln.e
to Scrub, entirely stripped, and but a sum
portion ol the Great Northern .Mail due h,-
(evening, scattered about. The horses ue’t
jcanied off. Both ol these innitiers occur
(ed witliiu tlie distance of a low ruilr-s i‘ ■
one 7 and l ,ie oilier 14, aud much time ua i
not In.vc elapsed between them.
A Party ol dragoons went out this tn urß .
ing in pursuit, aud are now on the trai'
which is in a south west direction, j'j.j.
corp-trai on are entitled to great credit, | ur
then prompt investigation of tiie rumor, a ,
“ell a* •"’ergt. Cereopoiy, for.lbs itunieJm*
activity in pursuit, on receiving orders.
St Auousn.Mt.Feb. lj.
From ike South. --The steamer Win. (j»».
ton, Capi. Poinsett, arrived here on siiiKiay
last Irom southern post. We Icarutlui tiie
troops are well at the various posts, iu-
Jiaos h . -e shown themselves ut ludian Riv.
r.niil Fort Lauderdale, but escaped.
Lieut. M’Laoghlin, iu U. S. sclir Flirt,
has gout: (j Havana tot blood nun lids. Be
in'ends operating by lignt canoes built j B
tSoutn Carolina, m tt e Pai-iiai-okee ; and
the dogs w ill be available iu scenting uionj
tb“ tsriautls which are said to hem the gras*
water.
1 \a- Table-Key will be in the depot for
operations by Lieut. McLaughlin, and will
bt garrisoned by Lieut. Sloan's Company
ol Mat incs.
i’iie t.'. S. \V r ave, Lieut. Rogers, which
left Bus ponton the 2lsf lilt., on a cruise
.Soutii, had iter inaitiinast carried away c’ose
to tiie dclk in e squall oft* Kev Btseajce.
She ran down to ludiuii Key, to be refitted.
The ?uu thcrn Frontier.— Jt is not '..end
ally known, (says the N. Y. Star,) tioit
others lo ve liceo transmitted by tin liritis!,
Govermueiil to tiie authorities in Upperai.i
.Lower Canada and Nova Scotia, to place tbs
whole line in an immediate state of dtlenci:
and forulications and r< doubts will be ertt
.ted front Mackanaw to Pass, tnquoddy. XI.-
|principal poiiits, we have no tloubi, will be
on the coast of Lake Erie a ul Ont. rc ; ri
tin: S' t. umii e and the N. E. Botii.i.'att.
It is already said that extensive barracks a,-
tin progress of ert ction opposite lirtmi:;
that Fort Madden is to he repaired; two
steam frigates built at Chippewa; at,d»tli<r
,w oi ks of importance in the provinces ol No
{Brunswick.
Fro n the Cor. if the Aupvsta Can!..
Nnv VotiK, Fkb. 14—J P. M.
This week has not been distinguisbed by
any event ol' great importance. Ibe tab.
(about mismanagement in the Manhattan
IBank has beeu brought to a close by a ri
*port from a committee of the dilectors,
'which blames nobody in jiarticular aid
{{does not estimate the loss at any thinglor
niidable. The bank lias evidently use!
(much too large a proportion of its means 11
(loans on stocks and other securities payable
IJon demand. They will hereafter coniine
jjthetuselves more to the regular business oi
.Jdiscotiqting merchants notes.
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