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TIMES & SEJS'THSTEX.
COLUMmGEORGIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1858,
What Shall lae Done!
For the past week our exchanges have teemed with ac
counts of the violations of our flag by British vessels. Nor
have there been wanting suggestions of the proper manner
in which we should seek a vindication of our honor
in this emergency. With the occasional exception of a
black republican scribbler, who would complacently en
dure any obstruction of our commerce, and any insult to
our flag, for the chance of catching a negro, the voice of
the country demands prompt and ‘adequate satisfaction. —
There are certain established formularies of diplomacy, of
course, which have to be observed, and which will neces
sarily delay the settlement, but from the known temper of
the administration upon the question involved in these out
rages, we are authorized to anticipate an exaction fully up
to the mark of justice. We have no doubt that to the lull
measure of our demand we shall receive indemnity for the
past. But security tor the future always desira
ble; aud to this end it is worthy of consideration by our
government, whether we may not better maintain our hon
or and preserve peace in future by promptly removing the
cause which can furnish the only possible pretext for are
petition of such insults. We do not desire to avoid the
responsibility ot asserting and maintaining the inviolabili
ty of our flag, but we think the suggestions of interest and
the duty of self-respect alike counsel us to this course. —
The ostensible purpose of the recent searches has been to
ascertain whether our vessels have not been engaged in
illegitimate commerce—the African slave trade. To sup
press this traffic, England, France and the United States
entered into a treaty to furnish a naval armament to cruise
around the coast of Africa. The two first mentioned
powers have practically nullified the treaty by adopting the
polioy of supplying labor to their West India dependencies
with African Apprentices (?) France, especially, has
openly embarked in the business, and with unblushing ef
frontery boldly justifies it in the face of the treaty. She
even issues orders to her men of war—to protect her citi
zens in the hypocritical work of hiring (?) the unsuspecting
natives. England, though more moderate in her demands
upon African labor, equally offends against the spirit oi
the treaty, by her wholesale importation of Coolies. There
can be no doubt that, if this practice had been in existence
or could have been anticipated at the formation ol the
treaty, it also would have been embraced in the proscrip
tion. Indeed, the humanitarian ideas, upon which alone
that instrument was based, apply with increased emphasis
and point to this traffic. By as much as the condition
of the Chinese at home?is superior, in point of comfort and
liberty, to the African, by so much is the inhumanity of
their translation and enslavement aggravated. Seeing }
therefore, that the provisions and spirit of the treaty are
both practically repudiated by f the other* parties to it, at
whose instance, chiefly, it was formed, a decent regard for
our own dignity and self respeet requires, that we demand
either its rigid enforcement or abrogation. It would be
simply foolish in us to expect England and France ,to em
brace, in good faith, the first term of the alternative. Hu
manity has cost them very dearly, and slavery must reim
burse them. They will, at least, require time |to complete
tho experiment, and, if successful, interest will perpetuate
it. The matter f advantage to us. to which we have
alluded, would not consist in reopening the slave trade.—
This we do not advocate. Our laws fin relation to this
subject need not be changed. But we could withdraw our
squadron from the African coast, and assign to it the duty
of protecting our commerce from molestation and our flag
from insult; or send it on another “expedition to the
stars;” or in search ot Sir John Franklin. Any disposi
tion of it would be more honorable and useful than the
part it is now playing in the disgusting larce on the coast
of Africa.
Take the Whole or None.
The Montgomery Confederation of the 27th contains
an article of considerable length, of which the object is to
show the superior value to the South of the Conference
over the Green Amendment Senate Bill. The Enquirer
of this morning quotes an extract from it for the benefit of
ourselves and those of our democratic brethren, who
thought with us, and refers to it as authority to prove tho
correctness of its own position at the time the Senate bill
was before the country, undergoing dissection. We have
no disposition to discourage the Enquirer in seeking demo
cratic endorsement of its opinions. Wo think it a move
in the right direction, but we are justified in objecting to
the use it makes of that reference. The extract referred to
contains two propositions, first—“ The Senate bill contain
ed the Green amendment, wherein it was suggested to the
people of the territories that they could at any and all
times, alter or amend the constitution,
express ordinance in the constitution prohibiting any al
teration in the terms slavery before 1864,” and secondly,
“The Conference bill leaves out this amendment altogeth
er, and accepts the constitution of Lecompton pure and
simple, a3 it came from the Kansas Convention which fra
med it.” Now we happen to differ from our able cotem
porary over the river, upon both of the above propositions.
We think the Senate bill a better bill than he deems it, and
we have less partiality for the Conference bill than he ex
presses. But we will not quarrel about these differences.
Our own opinion upon both questions has been so often
and freely set forth in our columns, that we should not be
justified in again repeating it. But we insist that the En
quirer shall receive the whole testimony or none. It is a
rule of law that no man shall be allowed to discredit hi s
own witness. This our neighbor certainly does in accep
ting one proposition and rejecting the other. If he refers
to the opinion of the Confederation as authority upon one
point, he cannot object to the citation of the same author
ity upon another. Indeed he is bound to receive and credit
the response of the oracle. If, however, he awards it no
greater force than may be due to the individual opinion of
a solitary witness, this opens the door for the introduction
of countervailing testimony, and we need not indicate
our opinion of the result of the trial.
Resumption in Carolina.
We alluded, a few days since, (says the Charleston
Mercury,) to a meeting of the Presidents of the non-spe
cie paying Banks of this city, at which it was determined
not to resume specie payments previous to the first of July.
Since that time they have had full consultation with their
respective Boards .of Directors, and we are informed that
they haVe definitely determined to resume specie payments
in July next.
London Quarterly Review.
The April number of this valuable periodical is on our
table* Contents: Early Life of Johnson; Fictions of Bo
hemia ; Italian Tours and Tourists; The Progress of En’
glish Literature; Michael Angelo ; Public Speaking; Siege
of Lucknow; France and the State Ministry.
Mission to Belgium.— We learn from the Montgome
ry Advertiser that the Mission to Belgium, so long held in
abeyance by the President, has been at length conferred
upon Gen. E. Y- Fair,ol that city. It is an .honor which
could not have been more appropriately bestowed, and it
is only to be regretted that its acceptance will deprive
Montgomery of one of the most distinguished and univer
sally esteemed of her citizens.
May every good iortuoe attend the General in the dis
tant land
|SP*The Southern Georgian, announces that the Sou
thern Bank of Georgia, at Bainbridge, will resume specie
payments in a few days.
Savannah, May 27. — The news by the Isabel
announces that the British piratical steamship Stvx,
was at Key West on the 22d May.
From Washington.
Washington, May 27.—The execution of con
tracts to transport the California mails via the Te
huantepec route has been postponed.
The House to day passed the civil appropriation
and revenue bills.
The business transacted in the Senate was un
important.
Arrival of tlie Isabel.
Savannah, May 27, —The steamship Isabel arrived off
the bar this afternoon. She left Havana and Key West
on Tuesday the 25th inst.
Sugar was firm at Havana, and had advanced half real.
Molasses was scare and advancing.
Kansas Still Bleeding.
New York, May 27. —Dispatches from Kansas
state that a fight had occurred between the settlers
who were expelled from Lynn county by Mont
gomery and his gang, who fired upon them near
Fort Scott. Ten of the latter were killed.
A Reminiscence of Brigham Young.
“$lB 50. On the first day of April next for value
received, I promise to pay Milton Sheldon or bear
er, eighteen dollars and fifty cents with interest.- —
Ten dollars of it to be paid in good kitchen chairs
at fifty cents a piece well done off, painted and bot
tomed according to the usual mode of doing off such
chairs.”
“Blendon, N. Y., March 16th, 1830.”
“Brigham Young.”
“A gentleman, the administrator of the estate of
Milton Sheldon, mentioned in the body of the above
note, has kindly presented us the original of which
this is a copy, with the veritable signature, in a
legible round hand, of Brigham Young, the apos
tle of Mormondom, attached. We value the remi
niscence highly, partly for the autograph of Brig
ham Young, but more for the curious historical
value it possesses as showing the calibre ol the
man, his occupation before Mormonisrn had made
him great, and his status in rural society. Every
body knows that while all industry is commended
and appreciated in a farming community,the maker
and bottomer of kitchen chairs is always consider
ed as very low down in the social scale. We are
informed also that Brigham was a cunning manu
facturer of spinning wheels, while a brace of en
dorsements on the back of the note reveal that he
had other occupations, and was pretty much a Jack
of-all-trades.
Thus we find two endorsements, both bearing
date June 25th, 1830, just at a lazy time of the year,
when farmers do their putting things to rights as
follows:
“June 25th, 1830. Received on the within four
teen dollars and twenty-five cents in making picket
fence.”
“Received on the within two dollars and fifty ets.
in framing A. Park’s barn.”
The latter is evidently what is called a “turn,”
and indicates that Brigham, like Joseph of old, was
a carpenter as well as chair-bottom and spinning
wheel maker. In fact, his occupations were very
numerous, but be was best at a camp-meeting,
where no lack of industry could be charged upon
him. In singinghymns and exhorting he was able
to make up for all other deficiencies. The gentle
man to whom we are indebted for this note tells; us
that he went once to Brigham’s house to dun. It
was a cold raw, autumnal day. Swinging on the
gate he found a red-headed “young one,” bright
eyed and healthy. Going into the house he found
Mrs. Young with one of those peculiar, rusty old
black shawls wrapped around her, cowering ov<3r a
few coals upon the hearth. He stated his errand,
but was so touched with sympathy at Blrs. Young’s
reply that he went away, determined to mako no
further effort in the case. Said Blrs. Young’s reply
that he went away, determined to make no further
effort in the case. Said Blrs. Young, “Mr. A., this
little pile of coals is all the wood I have in the ho hse,
I have not a pint of meal or flour, and Brigham j] ia s
left me so for four or five days to go to a quarterly
meeting. I don’t suppose he will ever pay the
note.”
Such was Brigham Young in Anno Domini lfß3o.
—Buffalo Advertiser .
Appointments by the President.
By And with the consent of the Senate. —G eo.
W. Morgan, of Ohio, minister resident of the U. S.
in Portugal.
James M. Buchanan, of Maryland, minister res
ident of the U. S. in Denmark:
Thos. H. Dunn, of Mississippi, consul generaJ of
the U. S. at Havana.
Felix E. Foresti, of New York, consul of the U.
S. at Genoa.
Alex. Derbes, of La., consul of the U. S. at Mar
seilles.
Albert G. Blakey, of Mo., consul of the U, S. at
Talcahuano.
Rafael Preciat, of New iork, consul of the U.
S. at Campeachy.
Luther A. Hatfield, of New York, consul of the
U. S. at Bombay.
F. Cyrus, of New York, consul ol the U. S. at
Gottemburg.
Augustus Canfield, of New Jersey, consul of the
United States at Canada.- Washington Union , 23 d
inst.
Man over Niagara Falls. —We learn from
Conductor Wells that a man went over the Falls
of Niagara yesterday. He came from the Canada
side at Chippewa in a sail boat nearly to the Amer
ican shore, and was in the act of returning when
he went into the rapids. It was thought by
those who saw him from the shore, that he was
imprudent in his management of the boat, and de
pended upon his sail long after he should have ta
ken it down and resorted to his oars to save him
self. It is said the boat was actually in the rapids
before the sail was lowered, and then it was too
late. Who the man was is not known on the
American side. Boat and man were lost sight of
before thev reached the great fall.— Rochester
Union, May 20.
Warning to Boys.
The poor creature, Crockett, who is to be hung
shortly for his participation in the murder of old
Mr. Landrum near Atlanta, for the sum of fifty-jive
cents, was brought to this unfortunate end by hab
its of idleness and dissipation. Judge Bull, in pas
sing sentence upon him, conjured the young men
present to take warning. They cannot be too of
ten warned. Idleness is crime i In the parable
of the ten talents this doctrine is clearly developed.
It'does not appear that the servant who hurried
his talent was in the habit of committing crimes,
and yet he is called “wicked.” Why ? Because he
was lazy—idle— Athens Watchman.
The Bold British at Work. —An attempt was
made iti the harbor of Sagua la Grande to com
pel Capt. Bartlett, of the ship ClarendoD, bound
for New York with a cargo of sugar, to show his
papers and hflist his ensign, by an officer of the
same British cruiser. Capt, B. refused. The
steamer .fired several blank cartridges to intimidate
him, after which the commander of the steamer, ac
companied by 100 men, proceeded to the Clarendon.
Capt. B, refused to let any one board him except
the officer, who, after an exciting scene, left with
out accomplishing his purpose.
During the affair Capt. Bartlett was struck, but
the British officer denied any intention of so do
ing.
There is something peculiarly touching in the
subjoined article, which we find in - the local col
umns of the Union, relative to the recent death oi
Henry William Herbert:
IN BIEBIORIAM.
Frank Forrester is added to the list ot suicides!
There are two fearful tilings always hanging like
double Damoclean dangers over the heads of men
of genius : Suicide and Intemperance. If an un
devout astronomer is mad with the quiet lnsani y
of disbelief, an undevout author is very like y o
be afflicted with the rabies of passion, and a devout
one is by no means exempt from brain perils, as
the geologist of Cromarty has lately demolish ated.
Solitary smugglings of thought generate, mental
heats and fevers, whose mists grow so thick that
the vision of reason cannot penetrate to the seat of
the volitions, and they unchecked by rational gui
dance, p’.Sy over again the old mythological trage
dy of Phaeton. The perils of genius are very great
and numerous, and its moral short-comings ought
not to be harshly judged. The worlajknows noth
ing of the fear<lytension of some minds, which,
being relaxed,offers the machinery of the brain to
become disarranged, and its envied possessor to
walk in the midst of grinning fiends and rryocking
voices. A bad headache will change one’s na
ture ; and when every line is born of a jarring
nerve, what wonder that they who write much
sometimes sin much! lam not attempting to
justify suicide, but to acconnt for it: ordinarily it
is the most contemptible piece of cowardice a man
can be guilty of; but when, upon the roll of those
who recently have thus sought their discharge from
the battle of Tife, we findLaman Blanchard, Hugh
Miller, and Henry W. Herbert, to say nothing of
the long list of celebrities who have suffered the
same eclipse during the century, we must not si
lently and in midnight obscurity bury&them'ln the
cross roads [of contempt: though firerce storms
howled around them and ktempests dashed upon
the domes of their genius, it may be, that within
the tapers’ burned steadily, the measured chant
went solemnly up to the Highest, and, all undis
turbed by?the*outer turmoil, the soul bowed itself in
lowly homage. The excesses, even to suicide, of
those who live under theicontinuous pressure of
thought, should not be catalogued with crimes, but
classified with diseases. A student cuhivatingdys
pepsia is as much a crimnal as he who terminates
his existence by the shorter process of powder and
lead. A moral coroner’s inquest might properly
bring in a verdict of “Died for want of Play” in
many of these sad tragedies.
There is something very pitiable in the frequent
repetition ofgFrank Forrester’s last request “let me
rest,” “leave me alone.” It was that very desire
to be left alone which hurried him out of the world.
He was striving from himself, seeking
an outlet from the tangled and thorny perplexities
of his own confused and over-excited brain, feebly
groping in the darkness of his mental eclipse for
some guiding hand to lead him from that overwhel
ming and torturing consciousness of self. Bur
dened beyound endurance, stung out of measure,
his lastfyearning prayer is for oblivion; he would
leap into any iake whose waters could whelm and
hide him forever. Lethe’s stream murmured
musically to his weary senses; its dark tide prom
ised repose, and he hastened to strip off all mortal
encumbrances that he might lave his weary limbs
in the current from which mortals usually shrink.
Amidst the audible flow of the solemn river, dis
turbed by his hasty plunge, these words of his
fraught with a solemn appeal for chantabfe judge
ment, come very distinctly to our hearing, “For
what I have to account let me account
with God and not with man, who may uncertainly
perceive and distingush facts, but cannot perceive
causes or divine motive and intentions.” Res est
sacra miser.
How They Dispose of Rogues in Delaware.—
At a recent court session at New Castle, jjthe fnl-
Vowing Hcntoiioctt woru p3,SSPfi upnn ntn\nct.S‘
Me Comuster; convicted of assault with
intent to commit rape, was brought into court, and
sentenced to pay a fine of $350, and on the 15th of
May stand in the pillory one hour and be whipped
with thirty lashes, and be imprisoned days,
afterwards to be sold to the highest bidder ’for the
term of fourteen years. Brison, Mannering and
Harman were also tried on the charge of stealing
three grain sacks from Joseph Fitzsimmons, living
near Newport. The jury found the prisoners guil
ty on both charges, and Brison and Mannering
were sentenced to receive ten lashes in each case;
to be imprisoned one month in each case, and to
wear a convict’s jacket for six months. Harmon
was sentenced to receive te/i lashes in each case,
and be sold in the State for a term of seven years
Liberia a Swindle.— The Farmville (Va.,)
Journal notices the return from Liberia of two
slaves who were emancipated by the late John
Watson, of Prince Edward county. The sunT of
four thousand dollars was left by Blr. Watson to
carry sixty of his slaves to that “Republic.” They
give a very discouraging account of the trip out and
their treatment after they arrived. The Journal
says :
“Before leaving the ship, the agent of the Colo
nization Society induced the emigrants to purchase
quantities of cheap calico, brass jewelry, cjpe., as
suring them that they would need such articles in
their new home, but on their arrival they found
they had been deceived and defrauded out of their
money. The provisions carried out for their sup
port for the first six rr oaths, were sold daily before
their eyes, and they were compelled to buy provis
ions every day, often of very inferior quality, and
insufficient in quantity. The agent employed by
the Society would -ell to the bakers, and the bakers
to the emigrants—their own provisions— at exor
bitant prices, the agent receivg part of their prof
its.”
On their arrival they only received a half acre of
land,instead of the five acres promised. They
found provisions at exorbitant prices, and a good
deal of bad treatment besides, from the authorities.
They allege that the President of the Colony, if
not engaged in the slave trade, connives at it. They
have returned to slavery, believing. “That free
dom to the negro in Africa is the greatest curse
that could possibly befall him; and that had the Li
berians the means of getting away, seven-eights of
them would gladly return to the United States, and
serve the hardest masters to be found in the South,
feeling that the condition of the slave here is far
preferable to that of the most favored of the inhab
itants of Liberia.”
General Assembly of the (iY. S.) Presbyterian
Church. —Chicago, May 21.—The General Assem
bly of the (N. S. Presbyterian Church'(North) met
here yesterday. One hundred and sixty delegates
in attendance. Rev Mr. Thompson, of Buffalo
was elected Moderator.
A commanication was received from the Pres
bytery at Harmony, Ky., announcing its with
drawal from the Assembly on account of the slave
ry question.
After the transaction of the usuaUbusiness, the
Assembly adjourned.
Literature among the Celestials.—The Em
peror of China does not appreciate costly presents
from “outside barbarians.” The magnificently
bound copies ol Audubon's Birds of America, and
Wilke’s Exploring Expedition, which our govern
ment sent him, have been found recently in the
hands ol Canton book-pedlars, who were offering
them for sale at a mere trifle. Did they ever reach
him ?
The Largest Mill in the World. —Rich-
mond can coast of having within its limits the larg
est mill in the world. The erection ot the mill was
regularly commenced in the year 1854. The su
perstructure rests on a solid foundation of granite,
the base of which is seventeen nnd a half fpet thick
The width tapers to a thickness ot six leet at the
top course of granite. The average thickness of
the brick walls, forming the first four stories above
Canal-street, is three feet two inches. The great
mill is 12 stories in height, fronts ninety-six feet on
Canal-street, and is one hundred and sixty-five
feet deep. The height of the front wall is 121 feet,
to the top course of bricks. Including the obser
vatory the total height is 135 feet. The rear wall,
embracing a part of the granite foundation, is 147
feet high Each floor contains about 15,560 su
perficial feet; including the two floors in the roof,
the total would be about 155,000 square feet—or
rather more than throe and a half acres. Altogeth
gr, the available space within the walls of this
building is about 200,000 square feet. We have
no positive information as to the cost of this im
mense structure, but presume that the sum will
not fall short of $130,000. Several months will
yet elapse before the machinery will be ready to
be put into operation. —Richmond (Fa.,) Whig.
The Cotton Crops in North Mississippi.—
The Holly Springs Herald learns from many of the
wealthiest farmers, that the prospects for a cotton
crop were never more discouraging than at pres
ent. Verbal accounts from a friend who has re
cently traveled over that region, confirm the state
ment.
We received yesterday morning, says the New
York Herald of the 23d, copies of the New Orleans
Crescent of Monday last, which were a little over
five days in reaching us. This is the quickest
time ever made between -New Orleans and New
York, and is thirty-six hours in advance of the
mails. The papers were brought to this city by
Wm. M. Wadley, Esq., General Superintendent of
the New Orleans, Jackson and great Northern
Railroad Company, over which road lie came.
Can Actors and Musicians be Cristians ?
Bishop Eastburn has declined to confirm “Honest
Tom Conner,” because he leads an orchestra in
the Boston Theater. Bishop Kip, of California, has
just administered the rite of confirmation upon
Mrs. Julia Dean Ilayne, the well-known actress ;
and Fanny Kemble Butler is a regular communi
cant of the Episcopal church.
The following is too good to be lost, espe
cially as we findjit in a Boston paper rather inclined
to abolitionism:
Trusting in Providence. —One of those stiff
necked puritanical missionaries, who sometimes
wander away “down South” and take sly chances
of endeavoring to enlighten the benighted darkies
of that, region, was riding along one Sunday mor
ning in the neighborhood of a wealthy planter’s ne
gro quarters, when to his horror, he spied Cujo
hoeing a small potato patch. Stopping his horse at
the fence, he addressed him thus:
“My poor, unfortunate colored brother, is it pos
sible yourcruel master compels you to labor on
the Lord’s holy day?”
“Oh, no, massa stranger, my tnassa’s good man;
he gib nigger far chance, gib him garden fur his
self. Dis all mine !” looking with impor
tance upon his property.
“Worse'and worse!” exclaimed the other, rolling
up his eyes. “The ignorance of Egyptian bondage!
Has he never taught you the sinfulness of working
on the Sathath ?”
“Well, yon see, massa stranger, I nebber know
’fore ’twas sin fur nigger to hoe his own ’taters
Sunday,” said Cujo, scratching his head.
“A great sin, my colored brother ; how can you
oxpoot tlio Lord to bices you, if you break his com
mandments ?”
“What niggor gmina in. jo fui taters, den ?” ask
ed Cujo, somewhat puzzled.
“Trust to Providence, my unfortunate friend.”
“Dar! dar! you done make mistake dat time,
massa stranger. Dat Providence is de laziest nig
ger on dis plantation ; he don’t nebber hoe his own
’tater. Yah ! yah ! yah! Providence, eh ?”
The missionary rode ofFin disgust, the more
promptly, perhaps, that just then he spied some
gentleman coming down the road.
ftW 3 A case came up in Boston, last week, be
fore Judge Metcalf, On the petition of Hugh Col
lins, for the possession of his daughter a child of
four years of age. The petitioner’s wife died some
four years since, and he placed the child, then but
a week old, with the respondent to board, at $1,50
per week. There is now due S6O for board, and
the respondent claims to hold the child until the
bill was paid. The Judge held no such right ex
isted.
A Taste foii Prisons.—A man was recently re
ceived into the Mass., State Prison, who has been
an inmate of prisons almost continually since the
last war with .England— lßl2 — l3. The longest
period of late that he has enjoyed his freedom tvas
fifteen months.
A Printer’s Toast.— Woman—the fairest work
of creation—the edition being extensive, let no man
be without a copy.
“Bazel” says: “Our only objection to the work
is that there are too many gilt edge and fancy
bound copies in the market.”
A Quaker having sold a fine looking but blind
horse, asked the*purchaser, “Well,'my friend, dost
thou see any fault in him ?”
“No,” was the answer.
“Neither will he see any in thee/’said old broad
brim.
Booth the tragedian had his nose broken some
years since. A lady once said to him, “I like your
acting, but I cannot get over your nose.” No won
der, replied he, “the bridge is gone.”
BSP” A young man named William Cornell was
killed in Louisville one day this week by the ac
cidental discharge of a pistol in the pocket of a
companion.
Woman the morning star of infancy; the day
star of manhood ; the evening star of age. Bless
such stars; may we bask in their influence until
we are sky-high.
Weather Wisdom.— Dutchman. Goot mornen,
Patrick, how you tux ?
Irishman, Goot mornin, t’ye, John think ye will
we get iny rain ?
Dutchman, I links not; we never has much rain
in ferry try times.
Irishman, An ye re right there; and thin, when
ever it get in the way o’rainin not a bit of dry
weather will we get as long as the wet spell howlds
OD.
Prentice says: ‘A Cincinnati paper says, that
‘rogues find no quarter there.’ Probably that’s so.
They might searcli half the pockets in the place,
and find no. quarter.’
Delay Not.— There is a knock which will be
the last knock; a call, and after that, you will
hear no more knocks or calls, .but an eternal
silence as to any overture of mercy or grace.—
Fldvel , ‘ : * 1 -* -- 1 ,
From the Southern Recorder.
Shad for the Alabama River.
Many of our readers are not aware of the fac
that shad are not found in the waters that emptv
into the Gulf of Mexico, and all that find their
way to the Chattahoochee and beyond, are carried
packed in ice. Why shad are not lound in the
Gulf we are notable to say, and the question now
is, will they live it carried and put into the Gulf
waters? Mr. Gesner of our city, a gentleman who
has given the subject much study, and every wav
qualified for the experiment, left here on Wednes
daylast with about thirteen hundred young shad
taken from the Oconee river, from an inch to two
inches long. They were put in a tank holding
about one thousand gallons of water, and will be
supplied with fresh water as needed from the rail
roaa tanks on the route.
Since the above was put in ~tvpe, Mr. Gesner
has returned home, and has furnished us with the
following very interesting tacts relativo to his ex
periments.
Mr. G. ascertained that the mean temperature
of the Oconee river was sixty eight degrees Faren
heit, and that it was necess? y that the water in
the tank should be of the same temperature for
the well being ot the fish. Upon his arrival at
Gordon, he found from the influence of the heated
entrapped air, caught from the motion of the cars,
and also the exposure of the tank to the air and
sun, that the water ‘grew warmer, and that the
thermometer rose seventy-eighty degrees, bein°-
ten degrees higher than ‘the water ‘ from which
they were originally taken. This temperature
caused the fish to grow sickly and rise to the sur
face; to counteract which, it became necessary to
use ice to reduce the water to its proper tempera
ture, which was lound to succeed admirably and to
restore to the fish their wonted vitality.Some seven
or eight hundred pounds of ice was thus used be
fore Mr. G. arrived at Montgomery, Ala.
We also learned another interesting fact, which
was,that the Gulf stream which rises to the southern
portion of the Gulf of Mexico, is of the mean tem
peratute from eighty to ninety which tem
perature is sufficient to kill any shad, as Mr.G.
tried the experiment and killed’several of his.—
We think we can now account for the fact why the
true white shad is not found in the Gulf of Mexi
co, and hence the waters that empty into it; for
it is known that the Gulf Stream flows be
tween the Capes of Florida and Cuba. However,
as the waters of the Gulf bordering upon the States
receive the waters of a large number of rivers ris
ing in the western slopes of our mountainous re
gions, also the waters of the great Mississippi, the
water in the northern part ot the Gulf is doubtless
influenced by the waters of those rivers, and that
the shad put into the Alabama river will live and
propagate. The experiment is nevertheless inter
esting, and a full report of it by Mr. G,—of several
failures and the present success—will be found in
the Cotton Planter and Soil of the South, pub
lished at Montgomery, Ala.
John Forsyth.
In the Senate of the United States on the 21st
inst., a bill was reported by Mr. Polk of Missouri,
from the Committee on foreign relations, for the
relief of the legal representatives of John For
syth. It provides for the payment to the legal re
presentatives of the late John Forsyth of two thou
sand one hundred and forty dollars, in full of a
balance due him on account of his salary as Minis
ter to Spain, from 18th February, 1819 to (he 3d
March, 1823.
Mr. Iverson asked leave to explain the matter
to the Senate, as he was a party in interest, being
one of the heirs of John Forsyth. He said.
“In the settlement of Mr. Forsyth’s accounts as
Minister to Spain, the accounting officer charged
him with what was called gain of exchange on
drafts drawn from Madrid on London. That was
usual at that time. It was charged up against all
foreign ministers, under similar circumstances
until Mr. Webster was head of the State Depart
ment, in 18-13, and then Gen. Cass, being Minister
to France, protested against it as an illegal charge
and Mr. Webster decided that it was an illegal
charge, and instructed the Fifth Auditor to refund
to Mr. Cass the sum that had been charged against
him, amounting to something over four thousand
dollars. Under that decision of Mr. Webster re-
peated afterwards, every minister has refunded
back the amount lo9t on his account except Mr.
Everett of Massachusetts, and Mr. Forsyth, of
Georgia. The only reason why it has
not been refunded to Mr. Forsyth has been
simply because be died in 1841, before the decision
of Mr. Webster was made, and his heirs knew
nothing whatever about this case until the last
year. While I was here last summer,my attention
was drawn to it by a gentleman who has been a
clerk in one of the departments, and I'made appli
cation to the State Department to refund this
amount to Mr. Forsyth’s heirs according t.o lormer
decisions. There are twenty, perhaps thirty cases
where it has been done. The Secretary declined
to refund the money, in consequence of the ac
counts having beeh settled so far back that he did
not wish to open them, and said I had better refer
the case to Congress.
“Mr. Polk—The Senater from Georgia has not
stated the case as strongly in favor of Mr. Forsyth
as the facts justify.
“Several Senators—he has stated it strongly
enough.
“The bill was reported to the Senate without
amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading, read the third time and passed.
‘•Mr. Iversoi —I should like to insert an amend
ment, with the consent of the Senator who repor
ted the bill, directing the money to be paid to the
heirs instead of the legal representatives. The
estate of Mr. I* orsyth has long since been closed
up.
“Mr. Polk—Are not the heirs the legal represen
tatives?
“Mr. Iverson—Yes; but the Department might
construe it as going to the administrator.
“Mr. Polk—l think the proper word is used.
“Mr. Iverson—Let it go.”
Two literary ladies were lately whnesses in a
trial. Oae of them, upon hearing the usual ques
tions asked, “What is your name ? and how old
are you?” turned to her companion and said, “I
do not liKe to tell my age; not that I have any ob
jection to its being known; but I don’t want it pub
lished in all the newspapers.” “Well,” said the
witty Mrs. S., “I will tell you how you can avoid
it. You have heard the objections to all heresay
evidence; tell them you don’t remember when you
were born, and all you know of it is by hearsay.”
The ruse took, and the question was not pressed.
How Individual Men are Bolted and Screw
ed to the Community. —When your own child
comes in from the street, and has learned to swear
from the bad boys congregated there, is a very dif
ferent thing to you, from what it was when you
heard the profanity of those boys as you passed
them. Now it takes hold of you, and makes you
feel that you are a stockholder in the public moral
ity. Children make men better citizens. Of what
use would an engine be to a ship if it were lying
loose in the hull? it must be fastened to it with
bolts and screws, before it can propel the vessel.—
Now, a childless man is just like a loose engine.—
A man must be bolted and screwed to the commu
nity before he can begin to work for liis advance
ment ; and there are no such screws and bolts as
children.
