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length; '‘ar-J we met iu that pavilion in
which ihe murdered woman was found. —
Jealousy irad led her to follow me there.
She threatened to expose me :—more than
my life was in her power, and finding her
inexorable to my prayers, f snatched a
knife that lay on the table, and stabbed
her to the heart. The knife was maiked
with the name of tin * unfi .lunate (jran
dier, and, added to his being found on the
spot, went far on his trial lo condemn him.
But I repeat that lie was innocent, that he
was not present at the time, nor did he
even know by whom the deed was done—
though he must have*guessed,’ she added,
with a shudder. ‘Carduito save me from
suspicion, not even lo the priest who re
ceived his confession did he breathe my
name.’ She paused, and cast an anxious
look at her cofifessor.
‘Father Gerard,’ she asked, ‘are you
satisfied ?’
‘Daughter,’ said the priest, stretching
out his hand towards her, ‘depart in peace,
I absolve thee of thy sins!”
SCAN. MAG.
The following atrocious slander on the
New York aristocracy, appears in the Lon
don John Bull of the 15th ult. We don’t
believe a word of it,, although it does
somehow look a little like nature. But
the English get so many hard raps fbi
their bad manners from their continental
neighbors, that they ought to be allowed
to vent their revenge on somebody, and
the parvenus of all nations are legitimate
game. — Charleston Courier.
A Yankee Aristocrat in Paris. —Do you
tbiuk that, among your very numerous
readers, you have any one sufficiently
imaginative to be able to picture to him
self a Yankee aristocrat ? Tray cion’i
laugh—upon my word i am serious—can
ft reader imagine what sort of a ‘critter
Hue of the American aristocracy can be ?
i am aware that no such mutual is to be j
found in any menagerie, nor is it mention
ed in any work on natural history; but iL
exists nevertheless, and specimens of the ,
species may be found, occasionally, of all
? laces in the world, in the Parisian salons.
myself in the course of this present
winter, have met several. They might,
on a hasty glance, be taken lor ordinary
men; but when one examines them wfifi
attention, it is easy to perceive that their
lobks are wilder, their manners ruder,
their voices louder, their faces uglier, and
their dress more grotesque, than those of
civilized beings, who reside iu London
and Paris. They excite great Curiosity
in the salons dorcs of the "French e apitu.l,
and their sayings and pranks a tQ much
commented upon. An anecdote of one
of them, which is characteristic of the
whole species, may he worth relating for
the edification of such of your readers a.->
take pleasure in the study of natural his
tory. This mart —I call him a man, though
I am not sure he isn’t hull horse and half
alligator—this man is continually vaunt
ing himself as belonging to one of the
most ancient, most wealthy ami most
distinguished families of the United States
of America. He has admission to the
salon of a lady who belongs to a family
of great antiquity, who occupies a distin
guished position in the beau monde, and
who i« the wife of a Baron, holding an
eminent and important government odice.
It seems that he neglected to pay this lady
a visit, as Parisian custom enacts, on or
immediately’ after lejour dr Pan. On din
ing with the lady and her husband the
other day, some reference was made to
this breach of etiquette, and some allu
sion was laughingly ventured to the ab
sence of etrennes. ‘ Ob, Madame la P>a
ronne,' stammered out the New York aris-
locrat, ‘I didn’t know — raly—but ii‘ you
will accept that—!’ and alter fumbling
in his pocket for a moment, he offered die
lady —a napoleon. ‘ Monsieur !’ she ex
claimed in indignant astonishment. ‘Oh,
Madame, it is quite at your service ; take
it!’ The self-satisfied smile of the Yan
kee aristrxrat, and the insulted expression
of the lady’s face, threw the guests into a
fit of laughter; but it was not until the
hostess with a very stern and umnistake
able manner, cried, ‘Take up your money,
sir !’ that the Yankee could comprehend
that he had committed some gross gauch
erie, and even then he exclaimed in an
aside to a friend, ‘I wonder what on airth
them thar infernal critters are lading at!’
In case any incredulous reader should be
inclined to think that a member even of
the ‘aristocracy’ of Yankee land could
have been so ignorant of tire commonest
usages of society as to offer a lady a piece
©t money, I beg to assure him that 1 have
it on unquestionable authority that such
was the undoubted fact; and in proof that
the man is what he represents himself to
be, a person of distinction in his own
country, I may mention that the Ameri
can Ambassador, Mr. King, having, us is
usual on such occasion, received permis
sion from Louis Philippe to invite a cer
tain number of bis countrymen to the ball
given bjr his Majesty last “evening, select
ed this very money-giving man as one of
tbe squad—a thing, it is almost needless
to say, lie would not have done, iiad lie
not really been one of the aristocracy of
the L nited rotates. Cul! \\ hat a queer
aristocracy that same must be !
Good music never tires me, nor sends
me to sleep. I always feel refreshed and
strengthened by it.— Coloredge.
| £GliCfl,TntAL.
•. : j. ; M7 'of wheat:" " r ;
AS TOServtf&m t sos t<> show, and eve- (
Lgy reflecting mind • will admit, that one
Thing,-if oi;e thing, most essential
Abugiicakmal ruojCrss, is thorough pu'.ver
• ifcitfpn, in otlfrr * :jds, complete tilth- —
'file deeper, and the more infinitely, the
' particles ui earth, which are to constitute
ihe.pnstunJi or feeding-ground of uie roots,
can ’ fee domminuted and separated from
Arach other, to admit air and water, art**" j
roller tha least obstruction or difficulty to
the roots, as they run and ramify in all
' directions, in search of food; so much the
] more sustenance will be gathered, and so
'much larger and more productive will be
| the grass or the plant. Hence the benefit
of deep ploughing—but under certain cir
cumstances, and with ordinary ploughs,
| that may be carried too lur. il the soil, as
it is called, or the surface, is much richer
j than the subsoil immediately below it, and
I be turned under ami buried by the latter,
leaving that poorer subsoil at the lop, as
the chief pasture lor the plant, the crop
I must be deteriorated; but if it tie all rich
lor poor alike, then, to the depth that it is
so, the farmer may drive in his plough
with advantage, because if it does no olti
jer good, deep r stirring will let in more
| water, and better guard against the effects
of drought. Under any and all circum
stances, however, the subsoiler must he a
valuable implement to the f armer, because
while it stirs the land to double the depth
' that it would otherwise be stirred, it leaves
the subsoil where it finds it. It loosens
1 without subverting it. Every farmer
should therefore have, and freely use, ae
! cording to his force, the subsoil plough.-
The impression exists, not perhaps to the
j extent that it did before tire public mind
1 itself was stirred up, as it has been, by
I our agricultural journals, that very shallow
1 ploughing, no matter how shallow, would
1 do lor wheat, and other small grain crops,
if not lor Indian corn and tobacco. Even
I now, very few people, probably, are aware
of the great depth to which the roots of
wheat, for example, will run down iu
search of support, if the consistence of the
'earth will permit. Evidence that they
will do so. ought at once to admonish us
; to offer every facility to their progress, in
! search of food, that is practicable—on the
I depth to which they will penetrate if un
! obstructed, we select tbe following re
i markable observations from an English
paper of recent date. The hints suggest
ed by it, will not be lost on the observant
! reader.
Hoots of Wheat. —l gratefully acknow
ledge the reply of‘J. C. CV to my query
on this subject. 1 was not aware that at
i tention had ever been publicly directed to
j the subject, and having this summer traced
l the roots of Wheat to a depth of upwards
of five feet, 1 was anxious to know whether
! agriculturists were aware of the fact. In
forming a kitchen garden I had occasion to
trench a Wheat-field and found that the
j soil was matted with fibres to the depth of
1 about 4 feet G, but stronger roots extend
ed below that depth and were traced from
-3 feet.to 5 feet G. The Wheat was a
dwarfish variety, Red: so that the roots
were, as ‘J. C. (_!•’ remarks, considerably
longer than the stems. In the last two
' months I have asked many not unscienti
fic farmers how deep Wheat roots! I
have not found one who could answer the
question, and I suspect if the Council of
the Agricultural Society vveie catechised,
few, if any, would know anything about it.
Such being the case, I think you would
i confer ft benefit on formers generally, if
j you would embody the contents of ‘J. C.
CV. information in your Leading Article
and make it known that the average depth
to which Wheat roots is 5 feet; which
would I suspect, be a stronger argument
in favor of draining and subsoil-ploughing,
and other novel operations of agriculture,
than any other which can be urged; and
j will, in all probability, astonish, even to
incredulity, 19 out of 20 of our readers;,
not to say out of a 100. J. It.
From (tie Mobile Register.
FLORIDA TOBACCO.
We have conversed with an intelligent
i gentleman who spent sometime in what'
is termed the tobacco region of Florida.
He gives a glowing account of the fer
tility of the soil and the mild and salu
brious climate. This region is well a
dapted lo the cultivation of‘Cuba tobacco’
and Sea Island cotton of a medium quality 7 .
The success to the Pioneer cultivators of
the former, has been such as to cause—
to use an expressive backwoods phrase—
a perfect rush from the old settled coun
ties of Georgia. And as a consequence,
the favored region is fast filling up with
an indtfSttious population—so rapidly in
deed, that ‘ improvements’ which a few
months ago could have been bought for!
$4 to SSOO, now command SIOOO.
The region which lias been found con
genial to the tobacco plant, is not of great
extent. It lies in parts of Leon and
Gadsden counties, and is termed * ham
mock land..’ The soil is a black loose,
sandy loam, from ten to twelve inches
deep, icslingon slid compact clay. The
tobacco raised there is represented as a
very fair article, approximating in quali- I
ty and flavor to the famed Yuelta de A
bajo of Cuba. The general yield is a- i
bout Sto 1200 lbs. per acre. .Some has 1
been exported to Europe, but the princi
pal part sold in Apalachicola, where it
meets ready sale at prices ranging from
20 to 75 cents per lb. in the leaf. The
wide range of prices isowing lo the fact
that many of the cultivators hail no pre
vious experience in the business. Tliej
cotton produced there, the yield of which
is a bale to the acre, has been sold in the
same market at from 12 to IS cents per
pound.
Those who have made thc'experimenl
found that other soils, though in close con
tiguity, would not produce the simon pure.
But it is believed that in other portions of
! Florida the ‘ humrnock’-soil can be found ;
and if so to any extent, we may look for
the tide of emigration to be turned, tor a
while at least, in the direction of the pe
ninsula. In its progress it may push set
tlements into the terra incognita of, that
balmy region ; and the result may be in a
lew years, extensive fields ot the soothing
narcotic—the waving sugar cane —the
golden orange, Ac., Ac., where now na
ture reigns undisturbed.
PO L.iT IC AL .
From the Washington Globe.
ENGLAND REQUIRING FRANCE TO
AID IN KEEPING TEXAS OUT OF
THE UNION.
The National Intelligencer of this morn
ing thus quotes from our article on this
subject:
“France is called to account by Great
Britain on a charge of perfidy in violating
an engagement to assist her ally, England,
Ho mu mtain the status quo in Texas' —ttiat is,
to control if le governments of Texas and
the United Slates, which propose a union,
and keep them asunder,” Ac.
The Intelligencer then adds this com
ment :
“When the reader takes into considera
tion that, so far from being in the counsels
of the British government, the Times
newspaper is a systematic opposition to
the administration of that government, he
will be able to appreciate as well the mo
tive as the accuracy of the statement of the
Times, which is entitled to no more res
pect or confidence than those contradicto
ry, and often wholly groundless, rumors
of purpose of our own administration, past
or future, which sometimes may be found
in the newspapers.”
In reply to this, we have to say that the
London Times is the most accredited news
paper source of diplomatic intelligence
known to Europe, ft incurs immense ex
pense in employing agents in every capital
to obtain knowledge of every movement
of the different governments, and is almost
as much relied upon as if it were a univer
sal official. It is this character, which it is
careful to preserve, which gives it so much
importance over the whole continent.—
But it will be found that the statement
does not depend on the testimony of the
London Times. The Havre Journal speaks
of it as a matter “now beyond doubt." The
reader will scan the passages we have
marked in italics:
“ France , the United Stales, and Texas. —
Whatever be the result, as far as con
cerns the United States, the annexation of
l'exus to the American Union may be re
garded as a settled matter. The consent
of Texas is not less certain; and if no fo
reign influence interferes to the contrary,
hopes are entertained of securing the as
sent of Mexico. Here, however, begins
the doubtful. In case of refusal, if the
United States had nothing but the resist
ance of Mexico, to coinbat, the struggle
would be clearly too unequal to be for a
moment doubtful. The Mexican govern
ment itself, in spite of its boastings, would
not attempt it, if it found itself abandoned
to its own strength. Its attitude, then,
will entirely depend upon the support it
may find from other sources.
“It is here the question becomes Euro
pean. For there is but one of the powers
of Europe placed in a position to sustain
Mexico in a war with the United States;
and of these powers, only one has any in
terest on die question. England is that
power.
“England, without doubt, sees with the
greatest aversion, the progressive aggran
disement of the American Union—and the
treaty which would give her Texas and its
coasts, and permanently establish her on
the Gulf of Mexico, is surely not made to
please her. It is to he supposed, then,
that England has made every effort, com
patible with iter present political exigen
cies, to prevent the success of this treaty.
Hitherto, those efibrts have not been open;
their avowal would be equivalent to a de
. claration of war with the United .States,
and the sacrifices made by England, to
avoid that contingency, are notorious.—
But there is no doubt that she has brought
into play secret resources of her policy, to
secure her aim, without provoking the dan
ger she dreads.
“Among the means to which she has re
sorted is an intervention of the European
powers; and the advantage accruing to her,
should she succeed in this project, is ad
mitted. Could she but induce one or two
of these powers to enter into her views, it
would become a common cause, and Eng
land would attain her particular design,
without incurring alone the consequences
of a collision with the United States.
“This project of a European intervention
in the Texas question has really existed,
and has formed the subject of an overture >
to France, on the part of England. It is
not yet forgotten, that some time ago the
report was rife that France had intimated
to die United States its opposition to an-!
nexation. We did not believe a word of j
it; and, although the cordial understand- j
ing had accustomed us to strange things,
such a 6tep passed the hounds ol possi-1
bility.”
J '
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT U. S.
CASE OF MR. DORR.
In answer to many inquiries in relation
to the present situation of Mr. Dorr, and
of his appeal to the Supreme Court, we
learn that his counsel (Mr. Hallett, of Bos
ton) has succeeded in obtaining a writ of
error from the Supreme Court, directed to
the supreme court of Rhode Island, re
quiring the record in the case to he sent
up for examination by this court. The
writ and citation have issued, upon the re
turn of which fiom the authorities of
Rhode Island, Mr. Dorr’s counsel will
move for an entry and (tearing at this term
of die court, if practicable, on the ground
of its being a question affecting personal
liberty. The court, it is understood, will
continue in session until about the 10th of
March. Some delay has arisen in the re
turn of the record and service from Rhode j
Island, which prevents the motion being
brought forward. The writ of error in
; Governor Dorr’s case involves mainly the
question of State treason —whether the act
jof levying war against a State of this
! Union, (of which alleged offence Governor
Dorr was convicted,) and attempting by
| stlch war to deprive the existing authori
i ties of the power to send senators and re-,
presentatives to Congress, as well as sub
verting the State government, is not eni
j braced in thedffence of levying war against
the United States, and not punishable in
Ia State court.
Another case, Luther vs. Borden, is now
I pending for argument in the United States j
Supreme Court, brought up by writ of er
j ror from the United States circuit court of
! Rhode Island, upon an agreed statement
(between the parties, which raises the di-
Irect issue of the validity of the people’s
constitution, adopted by a majority of the
j whole people, without the consent of the
|legislature, in ‘the absence of all provi
ision by law or in the charter of Rhode
Island, to call a convention, or to alter
the form of government, except by con
sent of the King of Great Britain. This
will test, so far as this court goes, the
vital question of the sovereignty of the
people in their great reserved right to al-
I ter, abolish, or reform a frame of govern
linent without the consent of their rulers.
The counsel on both sides have been in
I attendance to argue this important ques
tion. Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, as se
nior counsel, is associated with Mr. llal
llett in both of the above causes. Mr.
j Whipple, of Rhode Island, appears tor
j the State.
Mr. Rives made a three hour’s speech
lon Saturday 7, dead shot against Annexa
tion, pleading constitutional scruples, Ac.
; —and said, moreover, as our Corres
pondent writes, that it was improper to
j pass the measure at this time in any
i shape, when so large a portion of the
North are (h'cidi: lly and utterly hostile to
it—Mr. Clay’s Abolition notion over
! again! And yet tlris is the man, oppos
jed to the great interests of the South and
iof the Union, whom the Whigs male a
desperate effort on Friday last to foist
I upon Old Virginia for six years to come.
Richmond Rnq.
FOREIGN.
i LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
BARBADOES.
D li.STRUCT! VB CoX FLAG RAT ION.--By
the arrival at this port yesterday, of the
| Br. ship Brittania, Captain Smith, from
I Bridgetown, Barbadoes, we have receiv
ed a tile of the Barbadoes (j folic A Olii
jeial Gazette, to the lOthinst. The Globe
|of the 6th inst. is filled with an account
of a most disastrous fire which occurred
iat Bridgetown, on the night ot the 31
j and morning of the 4th inst. That paper
Isays: “A fourth of the stone-built por
ttion of our city is in ruins! Hundreds
{of the inhabitants are without homes,
iclothes, or furniture; and thousands upon
I thousands of pounds sterling worth of
property lias been destroyed in various
, ways, or totally consumed by the devour
, ing element!!”
The Globe then gives a list of about
Two Hundred Houses burned, and a
statement of the losses incurred by the
jire, amounting in the aggregate to about
Two Millions ot Dollars!
The Globe of the same afternoon adds:
“ All business in the city is still quite
' suspended, the stores closed, and every
{one’s thoughts engrossed by the late over
whelming calamity. The master and
{passengers of the Maid ot Erin, which
| arrived here next morning from Grenada,
describe the appearance of the contlagra
tion as seen by them fifty miles at sea, to
have exhibited a spectacle of fearful sub
limity, bat to us on shore it was one of un-
I mitigated horror and awe, as we could
| only view it in detail, and amid the dis
i tractions of wailing ami lamentation—the
cracking and roaring of the flames—the
falling in of the roofs —the cries ot the
{ working parties to each other —the occa
sional deafening explosions of gunpow
der, as the houses were blown down by
j the Artillery—and Worst, and most revolt
ing of all, the hellish shoutings and hur
dlings of the dregs of the populace re
joicing at the progress of the work of des
truction and desolation.”
; The Globe then gives the following re
{ marks in regard to the conduct of the free
I negroes on the occasion, which is indeed
| a striking commentary upon the practical
| working of Abolitionism in the British
Dominions :
“ We would willingly stop here did not
stern truth compel us to notice in the
strongest terms of indignant censure, the
almost general disgraceful conduct of the
lower classes of the assembled black male
population; their manifestations of de- 1
light were hideous and demoniac ; they ;
would render no useful assistance in bring- j
ing water to the engines or aiding in their j
working; but it was high sport to them to ,
break into every bouse as the flames
caught it, dash out shutters and windows
which they could, if necessary, have
easily opened, and thence fling into the
street every heavy article of furniture,
even to tables and pianoes—utterly reck
less whether they fell or not on the heads
of those who were passing under on their
lawful and benevolent pursuits; and al
ter this public and wanton destruction of,
property they descended—staggering un- !
tier the weight of valuable property which
the authorities were generally too busily
engaged to detain; and thus immensei
loss has been snperadded to the already!
sufficiently heavy sorrow of the homeless,
and the outcast.”
The Governor had at once convened i
the House of Assembly for the purpose of
taking into consideration the subject, ?md;
of affording relief to the sufferers. It was
also recommended that a collection be j
made in every Church and Chapel in aid
of the funds for the relief of the sutlcrers
from the fire, on Sun Jay, the 16th Febru- j
ary. Ilis Excellency had also appointed
a Committee of Relief, and the spare
wards of the Lunatic Asylum had been
thrown open for shelter, as also the spare
wards of the Central Police station.
A public meeting of the citizens was
held on the day following the fire, at which
His Excellency the GovernoV presided,
and resolutions passed, takioar immediate
measures to uflord relief to the sufferers.
News from Jchcboc. —The Barbadoes
Globe of the 10th inst. says: The barque
Laidmaus arrived here from Icheboe on
Monday last without one pound of Guano
—neither was ber Captain able to obtain
any of that Manure, although he searched
Mercury Island, and a considerable por
tion of the coast and other places without
success—it having been taken away by
the numbers of vessels which had visited
there previous to his arrival. Captain
Walker reports that there was on a calcu
lation about 26,000 tons of Guano at Iche
boe—which would be taken away by a
fourth of the vessels he left there. This
statement can be relied on.
Santa. Anna in Mexico. —A gentleman
just from the city of Mexico informs us,
that it is impossible, for those who have
not witnessed, to conceive the full rneas- i
ure of indignity which is now heaped upon t
the head of the tyrant. Santa Mnna him
self says that the treatment he received in
Texas, while a prisoner, was infinitely
more humane than that he experiences at j
the hands of his own countrymen. The
long pent-up wrath of the Mexicans now
finds vent in a thousand different ways.
Every portrait, every statue, everying, in
short, that might keep alive a remem
brance of the tyrant, has been incited,
mutilated and destroyed ; his name is in
troduced in ribald songs, and sung at eve
ry corner; caricatures arc hawked about
showing him in every conceivable odious
light ; rude jests and obscene pasquinades
are let off at his expense, and his past acts i
are coupled with everything infamous.'
But a few weeks since and tins same po
pulace dared not breathe his name save in j
praise.— Picayune.
Settled at last. — W e stated on Friday, j
that by a verdict of a jury at Petersburg!
last week, the will of 1821 of John Ran- j
dolpli ofTloinoko had been established,'
and all the codocils set aside. We inti
mated, at the same time, that exceptions
might be taken, an ! the case might be
hung up in Court still longer. But we
are gratified to hear that the controversy
has been finally compromised to the satis*
faction of all parties and to the following
effect: The negroes about 380 in num
ber, are liberated, and will receive 30,-
000 dollars an 1 their wages for ihis year.
It is probable, that tracts of lands will be
purchased iri Texas, on which they will
be settled. The remainder of the estate
will be divided into five parts, of which
two-fifths will go to St. George Randolph,j
a nephew of full blood, and after his
death, to be shared equally between the j
relations on the maternal and paternal
sides ; one fifth to H. St. George Tucker,
Esq.; one-fifth to Judge Beverley Tucker,
and the remaining one-fifth to the children
of Judge Coulter, and Mr. Bryan of
Gloucester, who is, specially exempted
from accounting for rents and profits.
Another Invention. —Col. Reed of Bos
ton, has hit upon an invention, which, if
successful, is likely to be a formidable
competitor to Mr. Morse’s magnetic tele
graph. Its purpose is to transmit letters
or packages any distance with the rapid
ity of lightning. The Boston Post says:
“ The. process by which this is accom- j
plished is very simple, consisting merely
of an air-chest. When the chest is sulli
cientlv charged with air, the letter or
package is placed in the feeder, and it is
immediately discharged through the pipe,
with great velocity and perfect safety. ;
Col. Reed, the inventor, is of opinion that
an outlay of 860,000 would ensure the
transmission of letters and packages be- |
tween Boston and New York with perfect
safety, in the space of half an hour.”
The Death of a Revolutionist. — The
Paris correspondent of the Boston Atlas
says that a rag collector died lately in the j
faubourg St. Martin, who was named La |
Lanternc, having officiated in the first re
volution, ns one of the executioners who
used to hang suspected persons to the
nearest lamp cord. He was President of
a Jacobin Club, and saved the life a no- ;
bleman and his wife, on condition of re- ;
ceiving their daughter'or his bride. The
girl consented, but after she had saved
the lives of her parents, obtained the li
beration of a former lover, who was also in
prison, and eloped with him. The husband
followed and brough them back,and behea
ded them himself. He has of late years
been very poor, and yet always refused
assistance, and rarely spoke—if any one
by chance addressed him, he looked dag
gers at them, but did not reply'. Most of
his gains were spent for drink, and he
was found dead in his garret, on a heap
of straw, covered with a tattered blanket-
We have not all the strong mind to re
sist the dejection that comes with revers
es. The altered carriage of a friend proves
him worthless as a friend and the natures
of some men will see nothing more than
his baseness—but will feel themselves
rise upon the slight—become rather ex
alted than depressed. Such are rare in
stances. The run - of mankind sink with
their fortunes. The wound of a knife
would be preferable to many of these,
especially the more virtuous, to the a
verted glance of a former acquaintance.
It is extraordinary it should be so; but it is:
and one may, without libelling human
nature, ask the question, whether the ma
jority of men would not rather be called
“bad” than “poor?”
Quandary.— A baker with both arms in
dough up to his elbows, and a Ilea in the
leg of his trowsers.
THE REPUBLIC.
»AMI EL. St. STRONG, l.tunr, ' "
.VACO.X, MAIU li 5, 184*.
COTTON.
Macon, March sth, 1545.
Since the receipt of the accounts by U.
S. Packet Ship Roscius, and Steamer
Hibernia, our market has been rather
more augmented than in the week previous,
and prices have advanced a shade, upon
the faith of these accounts. Sales have
been freely made from Waggons, and
Ware Houses, at an advance of from £ a
f, above our last quotations. We quote
to-day extremes, 34 a s£, principal sales
5. Below we subjoin a brief remark of
the New York, New Orleans, and Mobile
markets:
New Orleans, Feb. 24th.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 18th inst. 11,191
bales, cleared in the same time 20,099 bales, mak
ing a red uc I inn in s;ock of 8908 bales, and leaving
on hand, inclusive ot all on shipboard not cleared
on the 21st instant, a stock ot 137,141 bales.
In our review ol'last Wednesday rn irning we re
marked that the transactions in Cotion on the day
previous had been quite limited, and that the ten
dency o!' prices was rather in favor of the buyer,
though not to an extent requiring any change in
quotations. Since then the market has continued
to maintain a rather quiet character, thoinrh not
withstanding Ihe apparent want of briskness in
Lite demand, the sales have been to a very fair ex
tent. The transactions of Wednesday amounted
to fully 48U0 bales on Thursday to 5600 and yes
terday to 4800 bales. During Wednesday and
Thursday there was some irregularity as to prices
buyers occasionally obtaining a reduction of an
eight of a cent, but yesterday the market appeared
to stiffen ait lie, and we do not tlierylore, find it
necessary to alter our previous quota lions lor any
description. Altogether, the market seems to be
in a pretty healthy condition, as there is no dispo
sition inauiicstcd on the part of holders to press
sales, and the amount of Colton tillering is small
for the season. Buyers for England and the
North have again been the principal operators,
though the business has been participated in by
shippers to almost every quarter. The sales of the
week amount to 27,600 hales.
JYew Orleans Classification. — Louisiana and
Mississippi—lnferior J 12 a 4 18; ordinary 4
38 a 1 3 4; middling aa 0 3-4: good middling
5 3-8 a a 1-2; middling fair 5 3-4 a 6 ; fair 6 1-4
a 6 1-2 ; good lair 7 a 7 1-2 ; good and line 7 3-4.
Jlf iBILE, Ftb. 21th.
Colton. —Arrived since our last 57,784 hales,
and exported in I lie same lime 29,205 bales, leav
ing, on hand ship hoard not cleared u stock of 176,*
200 hales, against 117,055 at the same period last
season.
Since our LA report the market continues favor
able to buyers, although they maintain not suf
ficiently so to dr.nv them into large speculations.
The decline in prices since Jtfonday last has been
about l-8c |>er ib as nearly as we can ascertain.
The sales for the week have been 17,500 hales,
and the transactions which have been legitimate,
fairly divided between English and Domestic
buyers. The market has borne up with consider
ahe lirmttiss, considering the adverse iorittei c.es
which have existed this week—heavy receipts,
limited sales, an advance in ft eights and dee.me in
exchange.
Toe demand has been heaviest for good mid -
dlntg.:, with some request for the finer descriptions.
A lew small lots superior quality sold as high as 7
cents. The stock unsold is heavy bevot.d prect*
dent, affording great scope for the execution of or
ders.
Liverpool Classification.
Inferior - - -3 1-2 a 4
Ordinary, - - 4 1-4 a—
Middling, - 5 a—
-Middling far, - - 5 1-2 a—*
Fair, 6 a—
Exchange. —Since our last the supply of domes*
tic hills have increased and tales l ave declined,
the market being lather heavy the greater part ul
toe week at our quotations. In foreign the rates
are Itare'y sustained. The Bank rates are lor ster
ling bills a l-o j„» r cent premium, and New Vork
60 days 2 per cent discount, checking on New York
at par ami on New Orleans at 1-4 prent. State
Banks notes have declined, present tate 5 1-2 a 6
per cent dis., with a limited enquiry.
Bills on England b 1-4 a 8 12
“ Fiance 5,30 a
“ N. York at 60 days 1 1-2 a 2 dis.
Sight 1-8 a 2 8 “
New Orleans par a 1-4 prent.
State bank notes 5 1-2 a 6 “ .
Freights.—Since our last a fair degree o( activi*
tv has prevailed, and rates have advanced I-lOilt
of a penny in British and l-32d in American Ibr
Liverpool, and l-2ccoastwi.se. The “transactions
have been quite numerous and the market has al
iened down to our present rates. Lwerjstol
1 7 3 ’d; Havre 1 316 c. New York 916 a5-Sc.
New Orleans, Feb. 26.
There Was a little more activity in the Cotton
market yesterday, and prices were somewhat fir*
mer. The sales reached 1600 hales Upland and
Florida. We quote ordinary to good ordinary 5 a
5 3-8 cents per pound ; middling to good middling
5 1-2 a 5 3-4, middling litir to lair 5 7-8 a 6 1-4.
fully fair 6 3 4 a 6 1-2, good lair 6 5 8 a 6 3-4
reels per pound. .Mobile and New Orleans, or
dinary to good ordinary 5 a 5 1-2 cents per poiim';
middling to good middling 5 5-8 a 6 3-8, middling
lair to lair 6 3-4 a 7, fully lair 7 5-3 a 7 3-4, gnu
fair 7 3 4 a 8 els. per pound.
FOURTH OF MARCH- . ,
The ‘invisible and noiseless foot of tin)l
- brought us to the close ol one admin
istration and the commencement of an
other. With yesterday, the administra
tion of John Tyler expired and that ot
James K. Polk commenced. 'I be e\ en »
and measures connected with the lormei
are fresh in the recollections of the peop c
and have become part ol the pu is J
history of the country. And whatev
difference of opinion there may be in
minds of men tor the moment, as , t 0 ,
success or policy ot President J
administration in that calm hour vvi
sooner or later always comes urn e
chastening and tempering hand ot Jim .
when the voice of both party rant
praise, and the last faint whisper o P .
Seal or personal enmity or
should have ceased, lull and amP‘ L J
will be done to the administration -
Tyler. It is ,0 Aat imparfal a.varde»
not to tbe fleeting popularity o lke
ment which is as often attam > gt or
sacriiice of principle as b X^ n - g,. ests of
steady devotion to the tr “® T patriotic
one’s country, that the r t tL elevated
should always look. It was rjg!lt
patriotism and the consciou- j ns pires.
which an honest mind a Ty
ibat sustained and nerved 1 cil
ler throughout the trying a ra , e
reer now just closed, j,; s ad
virtue so strikingly displayedt
ministration of public j people 1°
cause the benisons ot ao r t i, e trail' ;
follow him in his retirem a drniD'
quil walks of private life. 1"