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The Shadow Police of New York. —The
following description of the “ shadows ” of the
New Y’ork police, as given by a gentleman
writing from that city on the 24th ult. to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, is very amusing:
Did your readers ever hear of that depart
ment of our city police called the shadow sys
tem? I suppose not, so I’ll explain it. The
chief of police has in his employ a number ot
trustworthy men, who are acquainted with all
the rogues, pickpockets and burglars in the
country, otforeign as well as domestic growth.
Their province is to watch every steamboat
and rail road arrival, and in case any ol those
gentry make their appearance they are to fol
low and dog them wherever they go, and to
report progress two or three times a day to
Mr. Matsell. One of the most skilful burglars
in the United States, who in his day has pick
ed any quantity of locks, but I believe has de
termined to sin no more in that way, arrived
here a few days ago from a neighboring city,
in company with his counsel, a highly respec
table and well known member of the bar. As
soon as they were espied by the shadows, they
were tracked wherever they went, and the
» limb of the law being looked upon as a ‘pal’ of
the burglar, was accordingly watched as close
as the other.
Soon after his arrival he got shaved—the
shadow followed him into the barber shop.
He went to see a friend—the shadow waited
outside. He walked about town for a mile or
so—the shadow was behind him. He went to
the theatre—the shadow was in the next seat
to him. He went to his hotel and read the pa
pers—the shadow was at his elbow reading
too. He registered his name at the hotel—
the shadow looked over his shoulder. He
went to bed—the shadow inquired the number
of his room.
In this way be was harrassed and dogged
for three days, at the end of which time he
thought be would call on the chief of police
in reference to the business ofhis client, and
lo! and behold the shadow was there too. As
soon as he made himself known, of course the
shadow was withdrawn, but Mr. Matsell told
him that he could tell him every thing which
he had done since he came to the city—what |
he hade aten, the description of wine he took I
—Mtt dinner—where he visited—in fine every
his movements from
BBMMnngtill night. The best of the joke is
that Mr. Matsell issued directions for his ar
*;f rest the next day, and he would have been
< brought a prisoner lo his office as sure as fate,
if he had not called there.
Such is the shadow police in New York.
Criminals dread it, and I am informed that they
have, ere this, kneeled to the chief of police
and begged of him to cease persecuting them
in that way, promising every thing. The re
sult of this system is that New York is too un
cnrnformhiertbr such people,—they manage to
give it a berth. It may be added that
after little explanation the legal gentleman and
the chief of police had a hearty laugh over the
matter. The reason the shadows are termed
such is because they will stick as close to a
suspicious character as his own shadow will.
Jn the town of West Bradford, (Pa.) there
ia art old Churchyard in which stands seven
tomb atones, aide by side, covering the re
mains of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston and his
six wives. They stand in order as follows:
Mrs. Betsey Thurston, died Nov. 25, 1790,
aged 34.
Mrs. Martha Thurston, died May 12,1799,
aged 32.
Mrs. Huldah Thurston, died Sept. 8,1801,
aged 24.
Mrs. Clarissa Thurston, died Nov. 14,1803,
aged 36. _
Mrs. Martha Thurston, died July 27, 1804,
aged 26.
Mrs. Mary Thurston, died March 3, 1808,
aged 27.
Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, died in Lansig
burg, (N. Y.) Oct. 21, 1811, aged $6.
This case hardly beats a more modern one
We know of, a little nearer home. A deacon
in one of our most prominent churches in thia
city, and bis amiable better-half, form a quere
instance in Marrimony. The deacon is the
fifth husband of the lady, while the lady is
the deacon’s fourth wife! Beat that, who can.
—Connecticut paper.
The Horrible Bachelor.—lt is indisputd'
ble, that withall the comforts a bachelor wish
es to think he enjoys, he is extremely unhappy.
Marry, sir! marry, and know, before you die,
what the words comfort, kindly feeling, and
economy mean. Be selfish and recluse no
longer but give your affection, and a portion of
your worldly means to one who will double
all your divide all your sorrows.—
" vvhite, and spotted, select anotfleel jjjjje
worthy thau four footed animals and creeping
things. Instead of yawning over a book as a
daily companion, smile rather on the faces of
a blooming and joyous family, as the only way
to make a place of rest and happiness. Fur
nish your family with easy chairs, sofas, and
settees—have a snug porch, and a stove in
the lobby, with a fine flue of heated air in the
main staircase to the top--have a roaring fire
in the parlor every morning before breakfast,
with all sorts of fire-screens, large and little
have a fiddle or cigars, to vary your occupa
tion—have all this and four times more, but
still so long as you want the wife, there is a
coldness, a formality, and a prim-dreariness in
the bachelor’s household, that disappears tn
the home of married love.
A Sagacious Sheet.—A farmer speaking
of the sagacity sometimes exhibited by sheep,
thus speaks of one he owned a few years since
I have known him, when my cattle have
broken into my neigbors’ field to drive them all
out and stand by the gap in the fence and keep
them all out. He would leave the sheep and
feed with the cattle in the summer. He was
a peace-maker: for he would not allow fight
inff among the cattle. He mastered all my
cattle, and if my neighbors’ cattle, camejr
my barn he would drive them bomcnffiik
amall boys would sometimes setojyfto rub
to ride, when he would contriwfof the shed,
them off—running closjjmtTbarn. He was
the fenee, or a copxrowded, or insulted, in
not to bo a friend of peace I have
aliv >iwnght many a duel.’
.MtiowjjZ*^—■ —— ■.—
Female Temper—We like to see a
of spirit and life; for a dull, supine,
woman is a poor affair indeed. And
re have no particular objection to seeing ‘the
/sparks flying occasionally,” when something
really stirring occurs. We like to see her
joyful and lively; aud if she has a little apice
of fun, we can put up with it very well j pay
we like it all the better. But a cross sour
temper we have no good opinion of, for a wo
man who never looks pleasant, but is always
fretting and scolding, will make an unhappy'
happy home for all within her house. And i
we had as lief undertake to live in a barrel off
vinegar in a thunder storm, as to live in the
house with such a woman. Solomon was
was right when he said, "It is better to live in
the corner of a house tnptbsn to dwell in ft
wide bouse with a brawling woman.'
-*xLet a woman wear sunshine on l»er coun
ten*7hw. and it will drive the dark clouds from
her husband’s face, and joy will thrill through
the hearts of her children. Let a woman's
word be soothing and kind, and every thing is
happy around her. Her influence will be
powerful. Others will catch her sweet tem
per, and all will strive to see who can be most
like her. Sweetness of temper in a woman
is more valuable thau gold, and more to be
prized than beauty. But may Heaven keep
us from an untamed shrew whose looks are
wormwood and whose words are gall! We
had rather take Daniel's place with the lions,
than think of living in gunshot of such a ter
magant. If women knew their power and
wished to exert it, they would always show
sweetness of temper, tor then they are irre
sistible.—Boston Olive Branch.
t)f ah's Friends.—Man has three friends in
this world—bow do they conduct him in the
hour of death, when God summons him before
his tribunal? Money,his best friend, leaves
him first, and goes not with him. His relations
and friends accompany him to the threshhold
of the grave, and then return to their homes.—
M'he third, which he often forgets during his
life, are his good works. They atone accom
panv him to the throne of the judge—they go
before—speak, and obtain mercy and pardon
tor him.
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VOLUME II-
Augusta, Georgia.
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Thursday Morning, Not. 15,1849.
UTln the notice of our correspondent of the
nominations for Judges which appeared in
our Tuesday’s paper the nomination of the
Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, for Judge of the Chero
kee Circuit, was accidentally omitted.
Frost.—The Mobile Advertiser of the 10th
inst., says, “Yesterday morning there was a
genuine old-fashioned white frost in this city
and vicinity. There was also a slight frost on
Thursday morning. The weether is *iU
clear, cool, and wholesome.”
In this section we have had a few white
frosts, barely severe enough lo affect potato
vines.
Health of Charleston.
The Mercury of yesterday says: “ The re
port of the Board of Health exhibits a most
gratifying improvement in the health of our
city. During the past week, it will be per
ceived, the entire number of deaths was but
10; of these, three were by Stranger’s Fever,
as we stated in our remarks on Monday, since
which, we understand, there have been no
new cases of the disease.”
IETNo mail last night beyond Charleston.
Temperance Address by Augus
tin S. Wingfield, Esq.
We are indebted to some one for a copy of
Mr. Wingfield’s Address before the State
Convention, held at Mariella, on the 28th of
June last.
We have read this beautiful and eloquent
temperance oration with no small degree of
pleasure. His arguments in favor of temper
ance, the tuotierulion and discretion with which
he puts forth its claims to public favor, and
his appeal to temperance men to adhere to
their sacred cause, encircled by love, purity
and fidelity, are exhibited in cbasto language
and glowing feeling, and with earnest but
praiseworthy enthusiasm.
We were led into a train of reflections by
the perusal of this fine address. Whatever
any may think of the practicability of success
in the temperapee p.apsp, it seems to us it is
entitled to the respect of al|. 'petpperance
men can have no mqlive of aetjon but the go.qd
of their fellow men and the amelioration of
their lot. Political intrigues and party poli
ties hayp no allotted place within the walls of
the te."°fo th which fltey Worship- Their field
of labor is a common arena upon which «*»J
men (of whatever sentiments, religious de
nominations, or party principles,) may flt Pet
and commune together for common good.
Thus constituted and impelled to action, how
their motives.
The prejudices which have existed against
temperance societies have worn away as time
has shown their utility. No one doubts, or
denies, that intemperance produces disease ;
destroys the mind; heightens and inflames the
passions; makes man murder his fellow; fills
the world with crime of every variety and hue;
takes from helpless children the bread that
would save them from hunger; the means that
would substitute comfortable clothing in the
place of rags, and intelligent education and
respectability, in the place of ignorance and
degradation. It blows pestilential breath
upon the Eden of domestic life, and blights its
peace as the lingering frosts of winter, falling
unon the bosont of early spring, withers its
flowers and spoils the face ol its beauty. It
mildews Hie prospects of the young with its
enervating and letheau waters, and hastens
the infirmities of age by takings^*#- *he props
upon which ith J i-*-’r-«®ed for worldly
• n-olaii*** -eve,ll >ig °> >ts existence.
ia no cessation to the destructive
of intemperance. Its insidious
operations are ever going on, blighting the
young, cutting off* the old, wielding the dag
ger of death, corrupting the fountains of vir
tue, spreading vice throughout the land, filling
our jails and lunatic asylums, our penitentia
ries and poor houses with the miserable vic
tims of crime and madness, degradation and
poverty. Its hoilisb influence has changed
and perverted all the affections and sensbiili
ties of the heart. We need not trace out the
course of murder from ifs incipiency to its con
summation—we need not dwell open the dream
—perturbed nights, and spectral fancies of the
inebriate —we need not delay the fancy of
the reader within the walls of a mad house,
that miniature of hell—sped not take him
to the gallows where thousands wait upon th; j
dying struggles of the murderer—we need not j
torture his feelings with th« sufferings of cbil- |
dren starving, poor and helpless—of tpotliprs ;
haggard from want and care, dispirited aud
Wwrtwy ■ -
These things exist, as true as that the leaves
of autumn fall. 'hen can we fail to res
pect the motives and objects of those who as
sociate for no purpose, whatever, but to remoss '
and prevent them ?
We remain in this life but a few transient
years at most, and are all snbjeet to the loss
of health, or friends, or fortune, or even to the
sudden and annihilating violence of instant
dispensations.
If our temperance friends ean turn any away
from the evils of intemperance, whatever we
may do, we can but rejoice to see our fellow
men, who have been led astray by its luring
power, illuminated with new hope, and re
deemed from its debasing thraldom.
| ITT Our fellow citizen, Dr. A. G. Mackey,
i has, we understand, says the Charleston Cour
i ier, received the appointment of United States .
Consul to Venice.
ETThe freight on cotton from Columbia to ,
Charleston is 81,50 per bale.
Fifteen Jewish couples were recently mar
ried in one day, at a country town near
Prague, in Bohemia.
California and Slavery.
By the arrival of the Empire City at New
York, on the 11th inst., the news was brought
that the Convention for forming a State Con
stitution for the people of Ca'ifornia, had
unanimously agreed, that no slavery shall ever
be permitted in C'ult/brnir norfree negroes be
allowed to go there.
How the exclusion of the latter will please
the abolition members of Congress it would
not be difficult to guess. Bu that is a small
matter compared to the effect which the ex
clusion of slavery would have ttpfjj the SnniU-d
urn Sates. r-?
But we ask in the first place, will a man
be found in I’oeggass from the Southern States
voting for the admission of California ?■: a
State under such circumstance. Have they
the requisite population to form a State 1 Are
there over 20,000 American citizens in that
territory ? Are not t« o-thirds of its present
inhabitants Mexicans, Indians, mixed breeds
of all kinds, and foreigners ? Are they to be
allowed to decide upon the rights of the South ?
Is the Constitution to be violated, the laws
disregarded, and common justice outraged, to
admit California as a State merely to settle
the slavery question qnd that, too, when it
will forever setttle the South I
We ask the question: we put it to Southern
men. Is not the magnitude of the territory
an insuperable objection to its admission as a
single State ? California contains 400,000
square miles, enough to form nearly seven
States the sige of Georgia.
Was not provision made for dividing Texas
into several States f California contains over
a hundred thousand square miles of more ter
ritory than Texas. Will Southerners vote to
admit California as a State with the exclusion
of slavery, and the right to a future subdivi
sion into several other States ? Why this
haste? Is it for party or for country 1 Why
not let the question alone, and give the south
that chance in the ferrjtory to which she is en
titled ?
We care not what others may think or how
act, we shall raise onr feeble ?n<J warning
voice against this hasty, unjust, and lawless
movement,till it is vain longer to resist it.
We are not willing to see the south encir
cled with the political power of the free States,
aqd aqbiected to their mercy, when towering
oyer us frotp i|;j northern likes and the Pa
cific ocean.
We cannot countenance, much lesa invite
such inevitable destruction to our peculiar in-
Stijjj’ion. The rich nii::?“ °f California invite
us with our slaves sq go w or ' { them. But
the interests of the moment sink into insignifi
cance compared with the magnitude of the fu
ture danger, which rises like a warning colos-
"*of jlie sbutrf will "tnifie’'
ufUhe Nefionai House of and
ibe'Swfefe CbMlher iperqorable by their com
bined, united, and indignant opposition, to a
scheme so repulsive to justice, Southern rights,
Southern honor, and Southern security.
IP* We hope that all who wish to go to Cal
ifornia, and taka slaves with them, will go,
without the least fear, There is not the re.-
quisite number in California to entitle her to
admission as a state, and the south should vote
against the measure to a man. We should
not permit ourselves to be run over thus.
California is a great country for slavery. Let
ua contend for taking o»r slaves there to the
last.
Slaves in California.—The Philadelphia
Ledger says“ Notwithstanding the practical
difficulty which is said to exist in California
the introduction of slavery into that
territory, it appears to have an existence.—
The Alabama Journal says those who went
from that part of die Union, and who carried
negroes, have had no difficulty in keeping them
and it i* found that they adhere to their mas
ters there with greater geal and devotion than
elsewhere. Several have written back ex
pressing their regret that they did- not carry
with them hands from their plantation.
*A gentleman from Macon county, who took
out three good bands, has written back that he
hires them out at three hundred dollars per
mouth each, and has no difficulty in retaining
them. Every man there is so immersed in his
own absorbing pursuits, that he has no time or
inclination to interfere with the business of
others, or engage, even if so inclined, in aboli
tion movements.’
“she Journal further states that it is in con
templation by fitoiMhen; emigrants to go out in
companies of fifty to a hundred, so as to bff
able to protect their “property,” if it should be
endangered.
W« iSN 3 ?*; i n our paper this morning, an
article upon tbe .“Cow and iter uj<i)i;gement,”
for wliich we are indebted to the agricultural
department of the Muscogee Democrat. As
ww wrq fyft rppron.-ljiqq lbs qoft-'an qheu stock
of all kinds should be protected from ffie «Ud,
and tbe pelting* of tbe pitiless storm* of win
ter, as well a* that due care be timely taken
to have them well provided with suitable food,
we invite attention to this subject.
KTMr. J. B. Fuller, tbe ‘‘ (Uncle Foofoe,”
end Mr. John Huntley, the “ Max Harkaway”
of our boards, are now at the St. diaries The
atre, New Orleans.
tTThe brig Josephus, Capt. Pitcher, which
cleared at New Orleans on the 7th inst. for
Savannah, ba* the following, a* her cargo—
-421 bbl*, of whiskey, 300 coils rope, 75 boxes
candles, 17 bbls, oil, 29 do pork, 97 casks ba
con, 148 bags oats, and 2 boxes rndze. A por
tion of this cargo, we presume, is destined for
the Augusta market.
ITThe cotton market in Savannah, on
Tuesday, was rather quiet, although 1000 b.
were sold by one house. Middling fair cot
tons were quoted at lOf cents.
In Charleston, on the 13th, the market con
tinned depressed, and the sales were 1800 b.
at from 10 to IH. Fair and fully fair at from
I 11 to llf cents.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAWMQUjSJNG, NOVEMBER 20, 1849.
Georgia Legislature. a
We make the following abstract of proceeta
ings of the Legislature, on Saturday, from th|
report of the Savannah Republican :
In the House, Mr. Terrell, of Coweta, re|
ported a bill to amend an Act incorporate
the Atlanta and LaGrange Ra 1 Road Comp!,
ny, so as to allow it to be extended to the Afajj
bama line, at or near West Point,'ttmdjo con
nect with the Macon and Western Road al!
Atlanta. a
Mr. Morris, of Franklin: a bill to amend
the several Acts in relation to issuing GrtuaJa.
and Head Rights inlhis
the 25th December, 1851. WMMM
* Mr. Morris, of Franklin: a bill to change
the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh Senatorial
Districts, by throwing the counties of Elbert
and Oglethorpe and Madison and Franklin to
gther. This is a democratic movement and is
intended to secure two Senators to that party
from districts which now return two whigs.
Mr. Riley, of Lumpkin : a bill to exenjr
ill free while inhabitants of this State from Hfe
payment of a capitation or poll tax. Also a
bill to provide for the safe custody of persons
conviuted of any capital offence, after being re
spited by the Governor.
Mr. Robinson, of Macon county : a bill to
amend an Act incorporating the Grand Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
the State of Georgia, and to provide for its re
moval from Savannah to Macon. Also, a
bill to incorporate the town of Oglethorpe in
the county of Macon. This place, which has
been recently laid out, and which belongs to
Mr. Cabaniss of Monroe, it is believed, will
become an important point on the completion
of the South Western Rail Road to Flint Ri
ver. It embraces the depot or terminus of the
road at the river.
Mr. McDougald, of Muscogee: a bill to
prohibit banking institutions in o.her States
from establishing agencies, fee. iu this State,
except under certain circumstances, and with
out complying with the law, as our local banks
are required to do. This bill is regarded with
favor by all whotq I have eeard speak of it.
As the law now stands, foreign banks have all
the privileges, without any of the burthens of
our State Banks.
Mr. Neily, of Pike—A bill to incorporate
the Griffin and West Point Plank Road.
Mr. Walker, of Richmond—A bill to exempt
from levy and sale certain property therein
mentioned —to wit: one negro, uiilcss he be a
mechanic qr head workman.
Mr. Tucker, of Stewart—A bill to perfect
service qf spire facias qn absent defendants in
case of dormant judgments,
Mr. Wiggins, ofTwiggs—A bill to alter the
mode of electing Messenger and D >or-Keeper
of the two Houses by giving to the Speaker
and the President of the Senate.
Mr. Gartrell, of Wilkes—A bill to alter,
amend, and explain the first section of an Act
passed'fiJrlhe’Telief ot po-securjtins, asseptea to
22d December, 1840. Also a bill to regulate
the admission of deeds in evidence in certain
cases.
In the Senate, Mr. Sanford reported " bl!!
regulate the mode of sueing the Bonds of Exo
culors, Administrators apdfj.USrdjftnft. 4' so a
bill to regulate the admission of evidence in
' Mr. Love—A till to limit the lien of
ments at law and to protect the title of innoetmiq
purchasers in certain cases.
Mr. Jas. B. Brqwfl—4 bill to fi ive the
election of Couqty Trcaspr‘ rs tq the people.
Also a bill to alter and amend the 6lh section
of the 3d Article of tl;e Constitution of the
State.
Mr. Cochran offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, to appoint a Special Committee
to enquire into the propriety of repealing all
laws in regard to the introduction of slaves
into thjs Stole.
Mr. Dubignon laid upon the table the memo
rial of A. Delaroacli, of Camden county, which
was referred to a Special Committee. This
memorial will probably produce some excite
ment when it comes up for discussion.
Mr. Nesbit, of Bibb—A bill to vest the
management and superintendence of the State
Rail Road in a [loard of Public Works, and to
define the power and the duties pi the same.
Mr. Hendrix, of Dade—A bill to repeal the
law now of force in this State in relation to
hte lien of judgments, so far as perishable pro
perty is concerned.
Afternoon Session in the Senate, Mr.
Chisolm, from Floyd and Chattooga, reported
a bill to authorise the Central Roil Road and
Banking Company, the Macon and Western
Company, aid the South-Western Company,
to unite their roads in one common depot at 01
near the city of Macon.
Jfr. Murphy submitted a resolution request
ing his Excellency the Governop to communi
cate to the Senate, at as early a day as possible,
whether the Military claims of the State of
Georgia upon the General Government, have
been settled, or what progress has been made
ip the game, end qhftt fie deerqs necessary to
be done therein.
In the House, Mr. Jenkins introduced an
importan' bill—to wit: a bill appropriating mo
ney for the improvement of the navigation of
the Coosa river between Rome, in Floyd coun
ty, and the boundary line between this State
qgpl Alabama, and to appoint commissioners
for that purpose. This river will constitute
at; lippoftant link in the great chain of inter
communication between she Atlantic and the
great valley of the Mississippi.
Jj"The following bill for abolishing impri
sonment for debt, was introduced by Mr. Fish,
of Bibb, of the 7th inst;
1 * *’ ' '
A BILL
( To be entitled an act to abolish imprisonment
t ,fe r ‘9 certain yasqa,-
I SfCT|o< Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate
j and House of Representatives of ths Stale of
i Georgia in General Assembly convened, and it
' is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
, That from and after the passage of this act,
no execution issued in an action founded on
I contract, express or implied, and no execu
-1 tion founded on actions of trespass, vi et armis,
1 or trespass on the case, shall be levied on the
body of the de(eudftr,i, except jn actions found
ed on misconduct, or neglect in any office or
professional employment; or in actions insti
tuted against a public officer, trustee, or any
I person actingin a fiduciary capacity, to recover
moneys collected or received by him.
Section 2nd. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all laws, and
; parts of laws militating against this act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Discovery of Inexhaustible Silver
Mises.—The Arkansas papers give accounts
i of the return of several exploring parties from
the Wichiu Mountains, which report the dis
! covery of silver mines this side of the Rocky
Mountains, and a gold placer on the Arkansas.
lOne party found inexhaustible quantities of
silver in a high prarie ridge.
f [By telegraph to Charleston Mercury.]
Bf.. New OkCeass,\Nov. 12.
I ! ®BjSjitamer Alabama arrived yesterday
■rqjKßMraa,with 112 passi tigers.
received of the recent
that Wui
cabiiiuaie ‘or Governor. is
l in the t.'on-
Democrats aqu
i! ‘ p Legi-uim.
? * 4 ''
!T the Democrats have triumph
ed. Quitman is elected Governor by‘a large
majority; and it is claimed that the democrat
ic candidates for Congress, in all the four Con
gressional Districts, are elected. This is a
democratic gain of one.
Th® Rhode Island Legislature despatched
its business promptly. It adjourned on Fri
day week, after a four days’ session, in which
four acts and sundry resolutions were passed.
A great amount of private business was trans
acted, and all in four days.
This is about the quickest legislation on re
cord; and shows that either very little has to
be done in this way in Rhode Island, or the
memberwelieve and act upon the principle
that he vflio best serves himself, best serves
his county; and, hence, the sphere of their
usefulness Is iu attending to their own private
or ibe cause of the short sessions in
Rhode Island may be, the indisposition of the
people t<s pay for long speeches. At all events,
it is a model Legislature.
No Rx|L at Rome. —The corres
pondent of the Daily News writes from Home:
“I hear tliat the cardinals have decided that
the railway to Naples is a useless scheme,
tending only to ipundaie Rome witi}
foreigners ; they have therefore definitively
suspended the works,and thus thrown thou
sands of people out of employment, now that
it is so much needed.”
We can scarcely credit the above, which
we copy from the foreign news items in the
New York Tribune. The revolutionary trou
bles in the Papal states may have caused a
suspension of operations on the rail road, but
the reported decision of thp Cardinals, that jtjs
a f‘use|eas scheme,” exhibits ton little knowl
edge of the advantages of rail way communica
tions, and an opinion unworthv of the times.
The World’s Mechanics’ Fair.—A lege
and highly Respectable meeting, presided over
by the Mayor, took place at the Egyptian Hall,
London, culthe jlch ult., relative to ifie propo
sed exhibition of industry of all nations in
that city duling the ensuing year. It is pro
posed to befield Park, in a building
purpose, a mile long, at an
expense Prizes are to be giyen
away m, a.d, It, tiie yaiiie of
(ggw ■ 1 : I.- : ■
bert Itos act as President
perintend tfiwßßßprise.
fbis will/be an occasion when Uncle Sam’s
offspring will be ably represented. And sha|l
not Georginvbe preparing to contend for the
prizes ? T»e jpechapical genius and enter
prise of ouißstate, we hope, will burnish up
their armourffor the exhibition at the ‘World’s
Mechanics’re ir ’
Camomile?—A few roots of this plant should
have a place in every garden. Not only are
its medical qualities highly valuable, but its
presence among vegetables is supposed to be
an rflgis of protection against many diseases
to which they are subject. It should be trans
planted into warm and rich soil, earlv in the
spring, and hs assisted, during |ts early deve
lopment, by copious manuring and frequent
pressure. When plants, late in the season,
exhibit symptoms of decay or general debility,
the planting of a squall font of camomile in
their vicinage is frequently the most speedy
efficacious remedy that can be applied. The
odor, or aroma, diffused by this plqnt, is also
known to be highly repellent to many kinds of
foreign insects, and its presence among
those species of plants and vegetables infested
by such enemies, will protect them more effec
tually than almost any other agent known, and
at comparatively small expense.
It was certainly the Intention of our autho
rities, in times past, to pay the utmost respect
to theabove theqry, by permitting the growth
of the wild camomile which is yearly increqft
ing on our cqmmons, ihe river bank, and in
some few of opr streets. We are gratified in
finding some excuse for permitting the growth
of this plant, for while it may be a “ repellant
to many kinds of foreign insects,” it is far
from being classed among the “ perfumes foal
come from orange groves.”
BaAuon Ascension.—A number of persons
were ia attendance, yesterday afternoon, at
MountjPleasant, to witness the ascension of
VictocVardall, the -Eronaut. The material
used for the inflation of his serial vessel, was
as wqunderstand of bad quality, and it was
impoulble to Inflate it to the extent of its ca
pacity. He had, however, advertised to make
an ascension, the announcement of which-had
-gattgfrgFa concourse nt pnr.ll— ,m>d M nm
unwiMfog to disappo nt them. Having explain
ed hi» difficulty, fie proceeded to rpake the
necessary arrangement, and a little after four
o’clock, the balloon, with the intrepid Aeron
aut, left terra firma. During its ascension, he
was suspended by the feet with his head down
and pe'formed many gymnastic exercises.—
Having reached a height of eome five hund
red fee:, be descended in the harbor, about
mid-wiy between Haddrell’s Point and Castle
Pinckney, and himself and balloon were secur
ed and brought to the city. We unjer-itarid
that it is his intention to make another ascen
sion, of which due notice will be given.—
Charleston Courier.
Another Olp Citizen Gone.—We are
called upon to record the death of another of
of our old and respected citizens. Basil Mea
lier, Esq-, for thirty years a resident of Mobile
departed this life at his residence in this c ty,
surrounded by his affectionate family and many
devoted friends, yesterday morning at the good
old age of threescore and ten years.
Mr. Mealier was a native of France, but,
when quite a young man, emigrated to this
country, and settled in Mobile we believe
about the year 1818, since which time he
has been a constant resident of our city and
one of our most respected, public spirited and
useful citizens. —Advertiser, 10th inst.
[Editorial Correspondence.]
Millebgf.ville, Nov. 12.
The bill introduced by Judge John A. Jones,
of Paulding, to repeal all laws inhibiting the
importation of slaves into Georgia, for sale,
was debated in the House on Saturday. Judge
Jones thought the law a dead-letter,
any bow, frmn the fact never has been
enforced, aifl that it ho doubt often forced men,
caught in the dilemma, of being bound to loose
or qswear recklessly, to commit- the crime of
Mr. McOoLignkt, #1 Mtrucogee, took
the ground that it would tend to encourage the
importation of slaves, if the present law was
repeajfd, and give us more power abroad, as
well as strength and respectability at home.
Col. Kennan, of Baldwin, regarded it as im
politic to entourage the importation of slaves
into Georgia from the border slate States, and
thought it more safe to compel them to hold
their own slave property. Mr. Howard asked
why did they bring their slaves here ? Was
it not because they bad no use for them there ?
And if so, would it not be dangerous to close
our doors against them, and tend to drive them
to emancipation ? He further held that the
present statute implied either that we had no
confidence in the slave property, or that we
had scruples of conscience on the subject.
I have not thought much on this subject—
not enough lo have arrived al any definite con
clusions. But let us examine the views al
ready advanced above. If the present law is
a dead-letter, why is it so ? It can't be the
fault of the law, but those who administer it in
the courts of the land, ff the law is too se
vere, modify it. There is a maxim winch
says "• there js more virtue in the certainty
than the severity qf punishment,” and it is
doubtless true. Men that are corrupt enough
to perjure themselves ought to have every pos
sible opportunity that can be given them to do
it. The oftener they do it the more the
chances will be increased to catch them at it,
and the punishment of such vagabond scoun
drels ought IQ taste sweet even to the lips of
mercy. We do not think that repealing the
present law would ever make any difference
in our political rigldq. \yhen men want
slaves poqr they go tq other Stqtes and pur
chase them- They would hardly purchase
them at their own doors if they did not want
them ; neither can we agree that because Vir
ginia and Kentucky send their slaves here
that it is auy evidenoe at all that they cannot
use them th’ere. jt is better evidence that they
will biing more money here than they will
there, and that is the true and no doubt the
only cause that controls nine-tenths of the sales
made. And fqr tfip lj[e pt p.s vyq esnnot see
how the metease of slaves in those States can
heart loves a large pile of money better than
a small one—and if that revolution bus to be
waited for, emancipation never will take place.
Factories will spring up, and a thousand other
means of emnloyment will be discovered, by
which slave property vlli continue forever
profitable in those States.
We are not prepared to vindicate the pre
sent laty. Vy’e have ’undertaken tp answer
such reasons as we have heard for its repeal,
that we] think not sufficient. d.
[By Telpgrqpii to Charleston Pourier. |
Baltimore, Nov. 11, 9 P. M-
Further »y the Camrhia—The follow
ing quotations are given you, in addition to
those previously forwarded. Fair Upland and
Mobile Cotton
phia Flour 23 to 245.; white Cqrn «8 to a9 ;
Yellow, 27 to ‘JB|.
Havre dates to* the 23d, say that a panic
took place in that market during the week, and
eottoii declined five francs, but afterward ral
lied, and the decline from the highest point it
had attained, was but 2 j to 3 francs.
Abbot Lawrence, our Minister to the Brit
ish Government, has had aq audience of the
(|ueen at VYiqduur Castle, and presented his
credentials.
A fresh excitement has taken place at Rome.
Venice, it is said, will not again be a free port.
The Moniteur has been seized by the French
authorities, for publishing letters from Louis
Blanc and Qthera.
British Consols quoted at American
stocks remain unchanged. New Loan is
quoted at 105 L
There is no other intelligence of the slight
est importance to forward you,
New Orleans, Nov. 11, 9 A. M.
Yesterday eleven hundred bales of Cotton
were sold, at unchanged prices. Middling
quoted at 10A i good middling
How Many Miles a Printer’s Hand
Travels.—The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser says:
Although a printer may be sitting all day,
yet in his own way he is a great traveller, or
' ftt least' his hand u, as we shaft prove. A
good pr liter will set 8000 ems a day, or about
i 24,00 > totters. The distance travelled over
I by h a hand will average about one foot per
1 let: r, going to the boxes in which ife-v are
| co: ained, and course returning, making
1 two feat every letter he sets. This would
■ m ke a distance each day ot 48,000 feet, or a
, h tie more than 9 miles; anfi [p |hc course of
I the year, leaving out the Sundays, that mem
hfertiNVwteafeuwt sow mites. ■•"*“
. To this the Brooklyn Star adds :
If the above calculation fie correct, which
I we do not doubt, 3000 miles is but half the ac
-1 tual distance travelled by the printer’s hand
I during the year, as the same distance has to be
j gone over in distributing 8000 ems as in net
ting them I (every compo»uor distributing his
own type,) consequently the distance is just
doubled, making it 6000 instead of 3000.
Mrs. Mary George, the insane woman who
escaped from the almshouse in Sanbornton,
(N- H.) was found, after twenty-three days’
absence, covered up in the hay in the barn,
where it is supposed she had been all that
time without food, except, perhaps, a few ap
ples. She had a razor in her pocket.
The Paris papers state that there are in the
1 pity 63f02b widows, and in the environs
! 10,437; and that there are amongst them 427
! humpbacked, 311 one-eyed, and some scores
I blind,
Humility.—Of all tree-, I observe that God
! hath chosen the vine, alow plant that creeps
' upon the helpful wall; of all fowls the mild and
, gentle dove. When God appeared to Moses
it was not in the lofty cedar, nor in the sturdy
oak, nor Ihe spreading palm, but in a bush.—
, As if he would by these objections, check tbe
arrogance of man. Nothing procured! love
I like humility; nothing hate like pride,
NUMBER 47.
(D’The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Evening News, under date of sth
inst. says:
“ On and after the first day of January next
the stockholders of every monied institution
i in this State will be liable, in his individual
character, to the public, for the redemption of
their notes in circulation. This is a provision
which was inserted in our new constitution.
The Bank of Commerce of this city has de
termitied to withdraw all their circulating
notes in *nd I have no doubt
that the exfcrtfpfe tHat fr»Ntnutlbn will be
followed by others. It is a little remarkable,
however, that the Mauhattan Batik which has
not issued any notes for a number of years, is
preparing plates for the purpose of doing so
when that provision shall have come into effect
and operation.”
Reverence for Age.—How beautiful it is
to see the young reverence old age! We |
never see a little boy bowing respectfully to !
an aged man in the street but we feel sure he ;
is .1 good boy. “ Reverence is always due to ,
aged people. Good nature and a proper edit- !
cation, say to the young—Reverence old ago. i
Grey hairs are a crown of glory, when found ;
in the way ot righteousness. The promptings '
of our kindly nature teach us to respect the '
aged, to rise up before the hoary head. The i
eye, the furrowed brow and temples thinly
ciad—who would not respect, reverence, and '
love them.”
, Santa Fe County, Texas.—The people of '
Texas are worried by the strange conduct of '
one of the counties in the State—Santa Fe. !
Santa Fe, though a large and populous county, !
sent in no returns st the Presidential election |
of 1848. Nor was Santa Fe more tractable
in the last election of Governor for the State
of Texas. Report says that in the Guberna
torial election they not only failed to send in |
their returns, but that they actually failed to I
vote. What sort of people must they be in
Santa Fe county, Texas, when .hey thus fail |
to exercise the best and dearest rights of the 1
freeman? The sovereign Texas '
should ask the Supreme Court of the United
States fora rule on Santa Fe county to show
cause why she does not attend to her duties
and vote when T>Ws votes.—N. O. Crescent.
From the Southern Whig.
“Stop that Ball!”—We perceive that
some of our Northern brethren at the Press
qre either wofqlly mistaken themselves or at
tempting to deceive their readers iq relation to
the late contest in this State. Respectable pa
pers, of both parties, have gravely informed
their readers that the slavery question was the
main issue involved in the contest—the Demo
crats claiming the election of Towns atl 8.0
anti-slaverv triumph, »pd the Whig* attribut
ing the defeat of Hill to the fact, as they say,
that lie would not commit himself against the
Wilmot Proviso. Now, these gentlemen
ought to know better than this. Gov. Towns
openly proclaimed his hostility tq the abomin
able Proviso; while Hill only declined answer
ing the committee from which the interroga
tories emanated, because qs wo apprehend, lie
regarded jt sheer Impudence on their part to
"riff 1 ST(«K” 1 ,S■ camn-'tt ue uito every rise
knew he was thoroughly sound.
Our Northern friends need not “lay the flat
tering unction to their souls” that there is any
considerable division among the people of
Georgia on this question. When the issue is
fairly made, the whole people of all parlies, will
be found standing up boldly in defen.ee Os their
rights. It is true that q few of the leaders
have exhibited throng symptoms of recreancy
on this question ; but there is a rod in pickle
for them. Let not their Free Soil friends at
the North suppose that because they have not
beep utterly prostrated by an indignant people,
they will not be called to account. Mark it:
(hero ia a fearful “day of reckoning” ahead,
and it will shortly overtake some of them.
A North Carolina editor, noticing the result
of the recent electinn ill tliia Stale, says;
“Towns, Loco, lias beaten his competitor
about 3UO votes, and drank 300 gallons more
whiskey than Hill, and we believe thia was
the principal issue involved in the contest.”
Now, ‘'old Hip” is much near the truth than
those editors who attribute the result of the
late contest to the influence of the Proviso,
either one way or the other. We repeat, the
whole people are sound ot) this question, and
the recusant leaders will yet be forced to “walk
the plank!”
Getting his kame Uf.—‘l say, Mister
Highflyer, won’t you let a feller go up with
you in that ’ere balloon V
'I could not accomodate you, my dear
friend.’
‘Well, then, be kind enough to take my
card along ; for I’m determined to get my
name up, somehow or other.’
The True Philosophy of Life.—Ed
mund Burke was a philosopher, as well as a
man of genius, and the following admonition
to his fretful friend Barry the Painter, is wor
thy of being stamped on every youthful mind:
Writing to Burry at Rome he thus gives the
results of bis own experience :
“That you have just subjects of indignation
always, and of anger often, 1 do noways doubt;
who can live in the world without some trial
of his patience ? But believe me, my dear
Barry, that the arms with which the ill dispo
sitions of the world are to be combatted, and
the qualities by which it is to be reconciled to
us and we reconciled to it, are moderation, gen
tleness, a little indulgence to others, and u great
deal of distrust of ourselves: which are not
qualities of a mean spirit, as some may possibly
think them, but virtues of a great and noble
-fond, and such as dignify our nature as much
tfeoy io ropmrn and. kut*u>u.; fox
nothing tali be so unworthy of a well compos
ed »aul as to puss away life in bickerings and
litigations, in snarling and cuffing with every
one about ns. Again and again, my dear Bar
ry, we must be at peace with our spei’iHS, if
not for their sakes yet very much for our
own.”
We copy the foilowing advertisement from
the Washington Union of Saturday, for the
benefit of those who are afflicted with the dis
ease spoken of:
Cure for the Dropsy. -The following
recipe for the cure of the dropsy has been al
ready published; but in order that it may be
kept before the public, and especially for the
benefit of the poor, it has been thought best by
one who has experienced its excellence, to give
it additional circulation:
Recife.—Take a six quart jug of old hard
cider, put therein a pint of mustard seed, one
double handfnl of parsely roots, one double
handful of lignnmvitaj shavings, and one dou
ble handful of horse radish roots. Let them
simmer together over a slow fire 48 hours,
when it will be tit for awe. Take a tea-cup
full of this liquor three times a day.—Virgi
nia Advertiser, 1778.
It is hoped that this valuable recipe will he
extensively circulated, and its vntues made
known to all afflicted with the dropsy, and that
the nett spapers gr-ueraily will copy it.
EFfkcts of Whitk-amion Rattlesnakes.
—We find the folfoA'intf curious account of
the ff.'cls < f the boughs of the wlnie-anh tip
on riiiri«’4nake», iti an exchnnge paper, but uro
.njiil.lc io fix on its author or locality :[ —N.O.
Picayune.
f-oine time in the month of August, I went
with Mr. T. Kirtland and Dr.C. Hutton, then
residing at Portland, to the Mahoning for the
purpo-e of shooting deer, at a place wber
they « "re in the habit of coming to the river
to f.-ed on the mo»s attached to the stone* in
ahoal water. We took our watch station on
an elevated part of the bank, fifteen or twenty
yards from the edge of the waler. About an
hour after we Lad commenced our watch, in
stead of a deer we discovered a rattlesnaka,
which, as it appeared, had left its den in the
rocks beneath us, and was advancing acrons a
smooth, narrow sand beach toward* the water.
Itoccurrvd to me that an opportunity now of
fered to try the virtues of the white-ash leaves.
Requesting the gentlemen lo keep, in my ab
sence, a watch over out object, I went imute-
in search of the leaves, and on a piece
of low ground, thirty or forty rods hack from
ihc river, ! soon found, and by the aid* of my
bunting knife, procured a small white-ash
sapling, eight or ten feet in length, and with
these wands returned to the scene of action.
In order io cut off a retreat to his den, I ap
proached the snuke in his rear.
As soon as I came within seven or eight feet
of him, he quickly threw bis body into a coil,
elevated his head eight or ten inches, and
brandishing his tongue, gave note of prepara
tion for combat. I first presented the whitc
ash, placing the leaves upon his body. He in
stantly dropped bis head to the ground, unfold
ed his coil, rolled over upon his back, writhed
and twisted his whole body io every form bnt
that of a coil, andTopeared to be in anguish.
Satisfied *trial thus made. by
the white-ash* -The rattlesnake immediately
righted, and placeu himself in the samejmeua
eilHf atijtudv u» bHfi.ro denoribed. 1 now pre-’
rented him the sugar-maple. He lanced in a
moment, striking hi* bead into a tuft of leaves,
“with all the malice of the under fiend*,” and
the next moment coiled and lanced again,
darting his whole length at each effort with the
swiftness of an arrow.
After repeating this several times, I again
changed his fare, and presented him with the
white-ash. He immediately doused his peak,
stretching himself on his back in the same
manner as at the first application. It was then
proposed to try what effect might be produced
upon bis temper and courage by a little flog
ging with the white-ash. This was adminis
tered. But instead of arousing him to resent
ment, it served only to increase his troubles.
As the flogging grew more severe, the snake
frequently struck his head into the sand as far
as he could thrust it, seeming desirous to bore
his way into the earth, and rid himself of hia
unwelcome visitors.
Being now convinced that the experiment
was a satisfactory one, and fairly conducted on
both sides, thought it unnecessary to take his
life after he had contributed so much to grati
fy our curiosity, and so we took our leave of
the rattlesnake, with feelings as friendly at
least as those with which we commenced our
acquaintance with him, and left him to return
at leisure to his den.
From the Muscogee Democrat.
The Cow and her Management.—The
season has now arrived when the green her
bage and the succulent leaves of the range,
are about to give out, and the farmer must
cast about hitn, to find some means to winter
his stock, and more especially his milch cows.
How many cows that new look fat and sleek,
will, between this and spring, leave their bones
in some mirey branch for the want of strength
to get out? How many farmers, aye, wealthy
farmers, will between this and spring, be with
out that almost necessary luxury, sweet milk?
How few have been provident enough to pro
vide a root crop sufficient for their stock, or
even their milch cows? “My cows have plen
ty of shucks, and still 1 can’t get any milk,”
says many a farmer. Well, how many do yon
I milk? “Why, some ten, fifteen or twenty.”
Well yeur twenty cows, fed on dry shucks,
will not give you as much good milk as two,
fed on rutabagas, sweet potatoes, or carrots.
Why, what do you suppose there is in dry
shucks, to make milk? About the same that ■
there is in brown wrapping paper. They will
answer a very good purpose for ordinary stock
merely to fill out and distend the stomach; but
when they are fed to milch cows they should
be treated as follows: Have a cask or barrel,
and commence with a layer of shucks. Now
sprinkle a little salt, and meal, oy bran t now
every four or five layers, poqr boiling water
on, and so goon, until the barrel is quite full.
Fermentation soon takes place, and cows will —■
eat them with avidity. With a reasonable
portion of roots, one cow thus fed will give
more and richer milk, than ten that are suffer
ed to run at large and are fed at night on
shucks. Why is it that the Northern cow is
so much superior to ours? It is simply be
cause they are cared for; they are housed, fed,
curried and combed, with the same care that
we bestow upon our blooded horses. And
why shall we not do the same? Is the cow
less valuable to us than the horse, and shall
the animal that we draw sustenance from for
our children, and luxuries for ourselves, be left
exposed to the frost and rains ot winter, and to
tbe scanty dried herbage of the range, whilst
our horses are well housed and well fed? Hu
manity forbids it, common sense forbids it, and
our own self interest forbids it. If we would
have the cow minister to our necessities and
our luxuries, we must feed her and house her;
and there is no outlay that will return to us so
speedily, and for the health and comfort of our
families, so profitably. Most farmers attempt
to raise too many cows. They do well in sum
mer, and when the milk maid returns from the
cow pen, laden with the rich milk, they little
heed how much the quantity will be curtailed
in winter, or how much those same cows may
suffer from the pinching cold am! from anenip
ity stomaach. Keep fewer Cows and keep
1 them better, and you will benefit yourself,
your family, and your cattle.
' Origin of Literary Degrees.—The prac
tice of conferring honors of literary institu
tions on individuals of distinguished erudition,
i commenced in the twelfth century, when the
Emperor Lotharie, having found in Italy u copy
! of the Roman law, ordained that it should be
publicly expounded in the schools; andrthat
he might give encouragement to the study, he
further ordered that die public professors of
this law should be digfofiefi will: the title of
Doctors. The first person created a Doctor
after this ordinance of the Emperor was Bul
gatious Hugoil mis, who was greatly distin
guished for bis learning and literary * labor.—
Not long afterward, the practice of creating
doctors was borrowed fiom the lawyers by di
vines also; ih their schools publicly taught di
vinity, and conferred degrees'on those Who
' had made great proficiency in that science:—-
The plan of conferring degrees jn divinity was
first adopted in the Universities of Bologne,
Oxford, and Paris. (See Mather’s Magnolia
Christi Americana, B. IV. p. J 34.) It is re
markable that the celebrated Dr. Samuel
, Wfisn Jiq ktid become eminent in 111- ' _T
' erature, could not obtain the degrees
Os Arts from Trinity College, Dublin, though
powerful interest was made in his behalf for
this purposeby Mr. Pope, Lord Gower, and
others. Instances of the failure of similar
applications, made in favor ot characters still
more distinguished than Johnson then was, are
also on record. So cautious and reserved
were literary institutions, a little more than half
a century ago, in bestowing their honors!
[Miller’s Life of John Rogers.
1 Consular Appointments —A private let
ter from Washington, received in Pliiladel-
I phia, states that Tench Tilghman, Esq., of
I Me., has been appointed Cousal to Turks Is-
land; Mr. Corwin, of Cincinnati, to Panama;
l T. M. Rodney, of Delaware, to Matanzos;
■ Daniel Leßoy, of New York, brother in law
:of Gov. Fish, to Genoa; Horace Smith of
■ Schuykill county, Penn., to Portugal.
Marriage of Mr. Winthrop—Hon. Ro
bert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the last House
of Renresentatives, and member elect from
the Boston District to the next Congress, way
married on Tuesday last to Mrs. Lnnrn Derbv
Welle*. The ceremony was performed at
Boston by the Rev. Dr. Peabody.
There are two English words which contain
all the vowels, and io their order, viz: abatem
iously and facetiously.