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and f Editon.
JAMES M. SMYTHE, )
THE HEART 3 SOLILOQUY
T is even-tide—thou art not here ’
T wa« my wont to glad thuo at this hour
With h |ipy smiles, caresses dear,
And flowerets rate from nature's bow r.
Now tw'dight calms —thou art not here 1
Still, the petal'll ordor fills my grasp
My puny warhlor calls thee near,
And uffeetiun fain our hearts would clasp
Night drops her veil—thou art not hero
Pull many a si«h hath sped to thee
,Mv orisons aro fraught with fear,
For I'd have thy priceless soul set free '
Slumber now woes—thou art not here,
To soothe and stay ray anxious breast
Kegrtt doth ever now appear,
Where happiness reclined to rest.
Midnight lowers—thou art not here’
This flickering world is steep'd in sleep
Met'nouglit that dreams ray wind would oheer,
Hut it still will linger in love's deep.
And now 1 hear the day-spring knell—
Weary hours and cheerless thoughts anon ,
Jov hath paus'd, that sorrows may tell
The oft-dreaded truth, that thou art gone 1
How long shall it be thus, my friend ’
How long shall my yearning spirit grieve '
T is thine to give, and thou aunt blend
Our lives in Inns—all uurjoi/s retrieve,
[From the Baltimore Sun.]
Report of the Secretary of the Interior.
This document more extensive than the mes
sage, is before us, and we present a synoptical
sketch of its most im|iortant details. It opens
with a general outline of the duties of the office,
which indicates a pretty large field ol supervi
sion and accountability.
The estimate of appropriation* to the end of
the fiscal year, 1852. is as follows:
1*52. 1553.
Department proper 23,250 Wo 55.827 oo
Lrml service 8116.152 50 1,231,010 47
Indian affair* 2 441.472 00 1.:i4:t270 .".<1
Pension Office 2.024.720 ill 1,500,010 00
Consult 150,000 00
I niled State* Court* 502.747 00 072.053 18)
Ptildiv. DiiiMing* 1*1.275 no 418.501 71
Pauper Lunatic* In. non (HI 10.000 00
t*i ieultural Statistic, 0,500 (81 5i500 00
Penitentiary of tin* Iti drift of
Columbia 11,000 00 0.210 00
Meiiean lloundarr Survey.. 1(81.1100 U 0 Soo.ooo tat
Total* (7,133,022 47 15,095,328 01
The report states that the difference in the
two columns, originates in a vicious practice
which has prevailed tor some years passed of re
ducing the estimates at the commencement of
the season below the amount actually necessary,
with the view of afterwards applying tor addi
tional appropiiations in what is called adcficieu- |
cy hill.
The residue of tin* report consists of detailed
explanations of each class of the estimates in ]
the order in which they stand, from which we |
gathertlie subjoined information.
In the “department proper” a difference of
$7,377 30 results from the fact that at the expi
ration of Hie last fiscal year unextiended balances
of former appropriations remained, which brought
the estimates of the present year below the le
gitimate amount.
In the “ land service," an excess apjtears in
the e»’ mate for 185.'!, caused by tin* unexpectedly !
large amount required for serveys in California,
which, together with deficiencies in the estimate
lor the present year, swells the amount beyond I
the stmt properly chargeable to the Department, i
Leaving these out. the amount properly chargea- !
Lie to the next fiscal year will In* $822,0116 47
In the matter of‘ Indian Affairs” a difference I
ol about one million of dollars is referred to es-!
timates for delicienees included in those of the
present f.scal year; and the appiopriatiou ofun- j
expended balances to the financial demands of
the next.
In the “census" department a further sum ol
$150,000 is required.
The c.-err.** in the estimates under the head of I
“United states Courts” lbr the next fiscal year, 1
is caused by the demand lor California, New
Mexico and Utah.
The diminution of expenses apparent in the i
estimate toi the I'emleutiary ol the District, lbr
1803, is attributed to the increased productive
ness ol ihe institution arising Irom its better
management.
The difference in the estimates relating to the
Mexican Boundary Survey is merely an apparent
one. the exjienditmes for the present fiscal year
amounting to SIBO,OOO. and leaving only $120.. !
000 pio)M*rly chargeable to the next.
On the business ol the "Pension Office" the
most interesting statements refer to Hu* claims
unilei the bounty land law of 28th Sept. 1850.
Since tin* passage of that law the number of ap
plieants has reached 150,000 on the Ist of Nov
I Sol.
By great application, anil perseverance, of this
number. 70.000 had been examined, and 51,000
carried into warrant; 22,000 have been rejected
or suspended lor further consideration. The
number ol warrants now issued daily exceeds
400. It is alleged to have been the invariable '
rule of the office to act on the cases iu the order
ol their i rcsentutioii. In all cases in which com
plaint has been made of a departure from this
rule, they have proved to originate in suspen
sions lor some delect or informality.
flie following suggestions of amendments and
modifications of existing laws are made:
Fu st I'hat the benefits of the pension laws he
confined to those who rendered the military ser
vice, and to the widows and minor children of
such as arc dead.
So ■oad That more efficient provisions be
adopted to prevent frauds under the various pen- ,
sions laws, and more especially under those re
lating to invalids.
Out ol 2.11 applications for invalid pensions '
Irom two of the Western Slates, on investigation,
only til were found to be just, the residue were
fraudulent.
J bird, i hat warrants for bounty lauds under
tin* act of 2Sth September, ISSO, be made as
signable Most ol the holders ol these claims are
peisons lar advanced in life, or widows or or- '
phans who have not the means of locating them
to advantage, and can therefore only make them
available by sale.
Fourth. The enactment of a law making it a
felony to forge, utter, or publish as genuine, any
lorged laud vvairant or other evidence of claim
against the l . States for laud, or any endorse
ment or assignment thereof.
The passage of a general law on the subject of
forgery, provision for the appointment of an as
sistant commissioner of pensions; and a law re
gulating the compensation of clerks in this de
partment are recommended.
The disiwsal of the public lauds embraces a
very active and prosperous condition of affiiirs.
The quantity of land sold during the last fiscal
year was 1,846,847 49-100 acres; for which the
sum of $2,570,947 45 was received. The quauti
ty sold during the first quarter of the present
fiscal year was 473,140 65-100 acres, producing
$601,691. The quantity sold during the corres
ponding quarter of the last fiscal year was
266,879 66-100 acres, the proceeds of which
amounted to $319,876 60; thus showing a con
siderable increase in the sales of the present over
those o! the last fiscal year.
Suggestions with respect to the mineral lands
ol California express the opinion that the wisest
policy is not to interfere with the present prac
tice.
The ieyiort on the general state of Indian al
fairs is in some respects quite interesting. It
states that the progress of civilization is in many
instances apparent, and that the tribes in New
\ork, had the country west of Arkansas, are
living under gov eminent* established by them
selves.
Treaties have been effected ir. various quarter:,
by which the Indian title has been extinguished,
and large tracts of country Las thus come into the
indi.-puted possession ol the government The
report reviews the circumstances attending In
dian depredations, and shows the cause of them,
as frequently originating in the spread of our set
tlements, by which the Indians have been forced
into the occupancy ot land stertile and destitute
of either corn or game This engenders vindi
cative feelings, and the worst consequences en
sure. Some excellent suggestions are made as to
the best mode of dealing with them, so as to in
duce domestic habits and civilization.
Ihe subject ot Judicial expense is discussed
with a good pratical purjiose. The irregularity
ol practice, and the inequality of lees arising
from different constructions of the same provi
sions is brought to the attention of Congress and
a system of'uniformity urged. And further, it is
suggested, that the Attorney General l>e made
the head of the department of justice, and his
duty he to seal and countersign all commissions
lor judges, marshals and attorneys, and to exer
cise the supervisory and appellate control over
all accounts connected with the expenses of the
judiciary, which is now exercised by this depart
ment.
Some remarks of rio general interest are made
in relation to Public Buildings, the improve
j meiil.s and renovation thereof and the extension
* ol the Capitol, which is steadily progressing,
i The census returns not having been all receiv
ed, no report could be made. Arrangements are
in progress lbr the publication of the details in
the most perspicuous and accurate manner. The
returns of Maryland have been selected fm pub
lication. both with a view of enabling Congress
to foini ajust estimate ot the character of the
work, ami as a specimen of style in which it
ought to be published. It is also designed, if ap
proved as a specimen, for the contract in regard
to paper, printing and general style of execution.
With respect to the department of the Patent
Offiee. the principal fact noticed is the mission
of Mr. Charles K. Stansbury to London, for the
purpose of minute examination ol natural produc
tions, implements, machinery, manufactures, and
processes of muifiilarturr, works of art. &<•., and
to report thereon. The re|>ort is in pnqiara
tion.
The importance of an Agricultural Bureau is
discussed, and its operations and general duties
proposed in detail; and it is earnestly to be hoped
that Congress will take measures to make this
great theory a substantial reality.
"f The Mexican Boundary Commission is stated
to be in operation, though it lias been involved
in difficulties orgiuating in misunderstandings
about tin* n*s|s*ctive functions and powers of its
officers. Major Win. H. Kniory is now suppos
ed to have joined the commission,and a vigoi
ous prosecution of duty is expected.
The re|H>rt closes with an earnest and appro
priate recommendation of the interests ol the
District of Columbia to the liberal consideration,
justice, and magnanimity of Congress. The im
iwrtance of its gradual improvement and embel
lishment is considered, and the «*ssity ofiutro
| during a supply of water urged with a proper,
regard to the interests of all parties.
With a recommendation that the office ol
Solicitor be created in connection with this de
partment, the report is dosed. And we cheer
fully confess that Mr. Secretary Stuart is entitled
to the amplest confidence of the public, it his
re|>ortJis, as we believe it to be, a fair lellex of
the manner iu which he lias discharged tin
duties of the Department of the Interior.
Ex-Froccedings of the Legislature.
i Front tin Saeinuuth Re/nibtiran, 12 111 in*t. |
Arrival ol the Governor and Legislature
His Excellency Howell Cobb, Governor, the
State House officers, ami the officers and members
ol tin* Legislature ol the State ol Georgia, arriv -
ed here last night at 8 o’clock. They were
brought down on a special train despatched from
Milledgeville by Mr. Cuyler. President of the
Central Rail Road. The) were received at the
dejiot by the Joint Committee of Council and Ci
tizens, and by the Chatham Artillery, Capt. Gal
lic: who fired a salute of twenty-one guns.
The Guests were escorted by the Committee
from the depot along West Broad and Bay-sts.
both of which were handsomely illuminated, to
their quarters at the Pulaski House. There was
a fine display of lire works on Bay-street and in
Monument square as the procession moved along.
We will bo excused for saying that among tin*
buildings illuminated was the Republican office
—nay more, that we did
"Hung out onr banners on the outward nulls."—
the ever glorious stars and stripes. Arrived at
the Pulaski House, the Honorable Guests were
entertained at supper by the Committee ol Ar
rangements. Mine host ol the Pulaski, did him
self much credit oil the occasion. Several sen- ‘
timents were given and speeches made, and all 1
went “merry as a muriiage hell." There were i
some live or six Uiotisumljpersoiis assembled in 1
trout of the Hotel to witness the arrival ol onr]
distinguished Guests.
It will he seen on reference to tin* programme '
in another column, that at 10 o'clock this morn- i
ing his Excellency the Governor and Legislature
will lie formally received and welcomed to the
city by his Honor the Maylor, Dr. R. D. Arnold. !
At 12 o’clock the Governor will review the sev
eral volunteer eorjis of the city in the presence
of the Legislature, anil to-night they will he en
tertained with a hall at St. Andrew's Hall.
Reception of the Governor and Legislature by the
Mayor.
llis Excellency the Governor, the Executive
officers, and officers and members of the Legisla
ture of the State, were formally received* this I
morning at 10 o'clock l>y his Honor the Mayor. 1
and welcomed to the city as ils honored Guests.
Ihe ceremony took place on a large platform
erected in Monument square, iu the presence of
several thousand spectators. The square was tilled
almost to overflowing, during the ceremony.
Panged voimd it were many carriages, filled
with fair occupants, while the windows, bal
conies, pei ticoes ami other elevated places w ith
in view, were crowded with interested speeta
tors.
I'he occasion altogether—whether we regard
the immense numbers winch thronged the square,
the character ol the Guests, the addresses deliver
ed, or the causes which had brought together the
aggregated wisdom ol the State- from every coun
ty within its broad limits—was o:ie well calcu
lated to inspire the most indifferent spectator
with the liveliest interest. To the citizens of this
city.it was an occasion which titled them with
emotions ot the highest gratification. They felt
proud that she, the oldest daughter of Georgia,
should have been deemed worthy of the honor of
a visit from such distinguished guests. They
telt no less proud of the character, the intelli-
I gence. the patriotism of those guests. Elected
as they had been the law givers of the State, for
their virtues and intelligence, and representing
hi their official capacity the million of souls
within her borders, our people felt that aco n
phmeut had been paid them indeed, which
should long he held in grateful remembrance.
W e had stretched out our iron arms, it is true,
from the Savannah to the Chattahoochee, froni
the seaboard to the mountains of Tennessee: hut
it was not alone by " hooks oi steel" that we
would grapple the vast interior at our bosoms.—
t here are other and more powerful bonds, less
visible to the eye and yet stronger—bonds of
friendship, good will, ami social intercourse,
which we would extunvt to eveiy man in the
State and render indissoluble by the endurin*> ce
ment of brotherly love.
| When the guests had been seated, His Honor
the Mayor. Dr. R. D. Arnold, proceeded to wel
come them to the hospitalities of the city, in an
appropriate and happy address. The sev’era! re
sponses of His Excellency Governor Cobb, ofthe
Hon. Andrew .1. Miller, President of the Senate,
and ol the Hon, James A. Merri wether. Speaker
!°l House ol Representatives/ were equally
j n a PPy and appropriate. We shall endeavor to
lay these addresses belore our readers as soon as
! copies ol them ran he obtained Let it suffice,
therefore, for the present to ray they were all
mach applause and that the Gov- j
•rror with the honorable President and Speak
er. seemed to participate most heartily in the
teeling which pervaded the assembly, and to en
joy, to the [idlest extent, the cordial reception
which had been given them. In this respect
they doubtless represented the feelings and wishes
ol'those for whom they spoke
At 12 o'clock, M.. the members of the I.egis- I
lature and other "lies'R. were escorted to the '
South Common, w here the Volunteer Battalion,
Maj. Lew is commanding,! was drawn up to re
ceive them. In a fewmiriutes the Governor ar
rived in a.splendid open barouche.drawn hy four
spirited grays, under an escort of the Georgia
Human, Lieut. Blois commanding, accompanied
hy the Mayor and the Hon. Francis S. Bartow.
His Excellency, attended by Maj. Belin's start,
then proceeded, in the presence of the members
ol the Legislature and an immense concourse of
people, to review the Battalion, consisting ol the
Volunteer Corj>s of the city. It is needless to
say he acquitted himself in handsome style. It
seemed as if the city had poured forth its entire
jiopulation to witness the interesting pageant.
The review over, the "nets repaired to For
syth Place, where a most tempting collation was
spread in the heststyle by mine host of the Pu
laski. Sentiment, wit and wine [lowed Ireely j
together. Many speeches were made and much
good feeling exhibited, and all passed otf most
happily. At four o'clock they sat down to din
ner at the Pulaski House.
Among the speakers, we observed Col. Har
inonand L. J. Glenn, and Henry M. Law,
Esqures. There many have been others whom
! we did not see. We should add, that Gov. Cobb.
I Mr. Miller. Judge Merriwether, Mr. Bartow,
Col. Harmon, Mr. Hill, Mr. Moore, and others
whose names we do not now remember, made
short and appropriate addresses last night at
supper.
{Reported for the Baltimore Sun.)
Thirty Second Congress—First Session.
Washington, Dec. 11l 1851.
SEX ATE.
A large number of private fictitious and memo
rials were presented and referred.
Mr.Bcrrien movigjthat the petition oftlie mem
bers ol the bar of the District of Columbia asking
an increase of salary of the judge of civil court ol
the District of Columbia, be taken from thi
rties of the Senate, and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
A res lution submitted by Mr. Undciwood. of
■ enquiry into the propriety of constructing artili
-1 cial reservoirs lor the improvement ol the navi
| gation oftlie Ohio river, was adopted,
i Mr. Cleiuens and Mr. Dodge, of lowa, intro
duced bills, granting land to their respective
; States for railroad purposes.
Mr. Underwood reported back the joint ieso
, lution, making land warrants assignable.
The resolution tendering to Kossuth a welcome
| was then taken up.
Mr. Summer a-'.dressed the Senate most elo
quently in favor of it. He gave the welcome to
the man because he dcseived it.
Mr. Stockton followed in support of the reso
lution. ile was willing to welcome Kossuth.
He, however, did not agree with the sentiments
expressed hy Kossuth with regard to the British
monarchy.
Mr. Clemens opposed the resolution. Kossuth
was not a republican till after defeat. He enter
ed into the history of the Hungarian difficulty,
and argued that it was a war of races, the Ma
gyars asking non rule over the Solavonians. lie
thought much of the sympathy misplaced. He
denied that Congress ever invited Kossuth ex
cept as an Emigrant.
Mr. Shields amt Mr. Foote, both replied, and
in favor ol the resolution, the latter without con
cluding, gave way to motion, and Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Journal having been read, the House, on
motion of Mr. Harris, of Tenn., went into Com
mittee on the State ol the Union, Mr. Richard
son, of Illinois, in the Chair, lot the pur pise of
taking up the joint resolution relative to laud
warrants.
■Mr. Harris explained the object of the resolu
tion, which is ehielly to authorize the transfer
of lands and the payment ot the Receivers and
Surveyors; to he paid from the Treasury of the
United States.'
Mr. Evans, ot Maryland, said he did not rise
toopiKisc the resolution, although he did so last
session; luit. notwithstanding it had been read
twice, he did u it comprehend it, and it might
contain that which was not right. A copy, he
said, should he before every member before lie
was called iqsm to vote, and which might be in
the possession of all within three or lour days.
lie expressed himself opposed to such hurried
legislation, and which did not usually character
ize the proceedings of the House. With refer
ence to paying expenses incurred where war
rants have been issued, lie conceived these should
he borne by the individuals who had obtained
them, lu moving that the committee rise, he
pledged himself that lie did not mean to vote
against the resolution or to impede its progress,
lie therefore moved that the committee rise, lor
Hie purpose of moving that the resolution and
bill be printed.
lue House resumed, and the resolution was
referred to the committee, as was an amendment
by rMr. Marshall, ol Ky., securing rights of vie- i
ceased officers and soldiers.
Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, introduced a bill ex- 1
tending the provisions of the act of 1850 to that
of 1790, conveying to revolutionary soldiers the j
same advantages, as to settlement, as is enjoyed
by those Who were engaged in the Mexican War.
Messrs. Ross, of Pennsylvania, and Smith, of
Alabama, were excused from acting—the tormer
on naval affairs ami the latter on claims.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia reported that the
committee to whom the subject had been re
ferred, reported that the doorkeeper be directed to 1
provide three seats for the Congressional repor- j
ters oftlie Globe, in the same manner as the re- J
porters are accommodated in the Senate.
The Speaker then proceeded to call on the
different members by States ami territories for
motions. Among others, Mr. Walsh, of Mary- i
land, presented the memorial of the Printers :
National Convention, against the present system
of public printing, as injurious to the public ;
interests and the rights ol labor— contracts being ;
made with persons who are not practical printers
and at the lowest lutes, without legard to the '
mode of executing the same.
Mr. Smith, of Alabama, gave notice that at an !
early day he should move a joint resolution, di- I
reeling the Secretary of State to furnish Louis!
Kossuth with the Acts ot Congress.against trea
son and misdemeanors, to prevent his makin"
any more seditious speeches.
Mr. Stanton, of Ky., inquired if the gentlemen
Ironi Alabama wished to re-enact the law
against sedition.
Mr. Smith did not wish to re-enact any such
law. but he wanted no more Pampero expedi
tions. ‘ 1
The Speaker said, as the motion had been ob
jected to, it was not competent for the House to
take a vote; but a motion could be given by leav
ing it with the Clerk.
Mr. Robinson, of Indiana gave notice of a re
so ution, extending a welcome to Louis Kossuth •
which was objected to.
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, requested to be
excused irom acting as chairman of the Com
mittee on Claims.
A n attempt was made to bring forward the re
solutions for authorizing the Clerk of the House
to turnish members with newspapers, hut was
again deferred.
Mr. Jones has introduced a resolution, the ob
ject ol which is to prevent members from de
uvnig emoluments tor presenting claims, which
- lr. Boeock.ol \ irginia. considered as conveying
undeserved imputation, but which was referred
to the committee on judiciary.
The Speaker having got through with call
ing upon the States and Territories, the House
adjourned.
We notice with much pleasure, the arrival
yesterday oi the iron steamer D L Adams from
I Augusta, with 1547 bale* of cotton This is the
I first arrival, for many years, by water from Au
gusta. It will be perceived by the advertise
ment that the D L Adams is up iof freight to
Augusta and Hamburg, and we learn that she
will be continued in the trade if sufficient in
ducement is offered.— Charleston Courier.
AUGUSTA, (JA.
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14.
The Oircus
Has done a good business since it opened on
Tuesday evening last. On Friday eveningthe
spectacle of Cinderella was produced, and not
withstanding the inclemency of the weather,
there was a good attendance. It will be repeat
ed to-morrow evening. Go early if you wish to
procure a good seat.
Cream.
We have been presented by Mr. Parsons with
a specimen of Cream, the product of about two
, quarts of milk, from a Cow* of Devonshire breed,
raised by R. Peters, Jr., of Atlanta. It fills a
half pint tumbler and is not only of a beautiful
coUw-to the eye, but delicious to the taste.
The entire value of the capital invested in
manufactures in this country, is five hundred
and thirty millions of dollars. The raw material
US'*.! . mounts to five hundred and fifty millions.
The amount paid for labor is two hundred and
forty millions of dollars. The value ot manufac
tured articles is twelve hundred and thirlj millions
of dollars.
Strange, bit Trie.— With two hundred
thousand inhabitants, Cincinnati has a man liv
ing in the neighborhood who is considerably older
than the city itself. He descended the Ohio,
passing the s|x>t where Cincinnati now stands,
before a tree had been levelled of the wilderness
whose place it now occupies. And this veteran
is but sixty eight years of age.
The new arrangements by which the mails
ami passengers are carried from New York to
Washington in twelve hours, works smoothly
and sucessfully, ami are said to be a decided im
provement.
There was a rumor prevalent at Utica, New
York, on the Bth inst., that thirty-six young la
dies hud been poisoned a few days since, at the
female seminary in the neighboring village of
Cliuten.
Mr. Charles Clienay, ofNewburyport. (Mass.)
has a tankard presented to Mrs. Hannah Dun
stand, hy King William, in 1(190, tor her cour
ageous conduct in the massacre of ten Indians
by whom she was taken captive. The tankard
hears the poitrait ol King William, supported by
the lion and the unicorn.
The Editor of the Richmond Enquirer was
shown on Tuesday a monster lump of gold
weighing fourteen pounds, and valued at three
thousand dollars, which had been extracted from
the Louisa Mine, now successfully worked in
Louisa county*. V irginia, by some enterprising
and intelligent Northern gentleman.
1 lie Legislature ol Indiana was organized on
the Ist instant, hy the election of Hon. John
W. Davis as speaker of the house—Lieut. Gov.
Jos. If. Lane presiding in the Senate.
The whole number of votes cast in the last
Presidential election in Yirginia was 9*2,292. Os
these votes 4.1,312 were for Taylor, and 49.980
lor Cass. In the present election, the suffrage
having been extended by the new Constitution,
there will probably, says the Richmond Exami
ner. be an inoraase of voters to the number 101,117
—there being 190,440 white males over twenty
on# years ol ago, in the State ol V irginia.
We see it stated that Mr. Edward Willis,
brother of Mr. N. P. Willis, of the Home Jour
nal, who has been generally announced as the
agent of Lola Montez is not any manner associa
ted with her. The Express learns that she is
living in White-street, New-York, and that she
is getting ready lor her dehut at an early day at
the Broadway l heatre as a dunseuse.
E. Riddle Esq., the IT. S. Representative at
the World s Fair, is to be presented with a ser
vice of plate of the value of S3OOO by the citizens
of Boston, as a testimony of their approbation of
the manner in which he performed his duties.
The President's private Secretary. Millard R.
Fillmore. Esq., passed through Baltimore on
Tuesday morning, on his way to New York.
He goes to New York, it is understood, to wel
come Kossuth to the United States on behalfof
the President and his Cabinet—to express the
sympathy and interest which is entertained for
him personally, and, to invite him to visit Wash
ington.
The Now York Journo/of Commerce, says, that
in consequence of an impression having been made
public in some of tho journals that the purpose of
Governor Kossuth's mission to the United States is
to procure aid from this Government, in tho shape
of an army or fleet, with which to repel the enemies
and secure the Independence of Hungary, it has
been authorized to state, that such is not his design
hut that he asks simply that England and Atnoriea
shall unite in affirming the policy that “every na
tion shall have tho right to make and alter its
political institutions to suit its own condition and
convenience,” and that hy assuming this position,
be holds that there would be no danger of our be
ing involved in war. and that ho has not intended to
suggest that Atnorien should copy the example of
Fiance during our Revolution, according to the
letter, hut according to the spirit.
A Mail Robber Caught. —The Huntsville
(Ala.,) Democrat, of the 11th inst., states that a
young man named lames Hackney, was lodged
in jail at that place, on the charge of robbing the
mail on board the Steamer Atlanta, plying be
tween Whitesburg and Guntersville. He had
upwards of $2,100 in his possession when taken,
bout SGO, of which he bad already spent.
Receipts ok Cotton* at New nan. —We are
indebted to H. R. Harrison, Esq., lor the follow
ing statement of the reeeipts and shipments of
Cotton, at Newnan, to the 11th inst. for which
he will please accept our thanks:
No. Bales received, and shipped hy Rail
Road from this place up to the 11th, 110(52
In Warehouse and unshipped, 2800
Total, 13,862 !
Prices during the week, from 7J to 7 6-8.
[-Yficuart Banner, 12 th inst.
, Death of an Editor.— Samuel W. Cole,
Esq., for many years known as the editor of the
“New England Farmer,“ and the author of sev
eral valuable agricultural works, died in Chelsea,
Mass . Wednesday evening week
! Opinions of tbs Frsss on Kossuth » New Torh |
Speech.
The press, generally, is freely uttering its sen
i tintents in regard to the grounds and hopes of
Kossuth, set forth by hiir. with frank and com
i inendable honesty in his New York speech.
While mere politicians and such like may use
| ambiguous language, exciting false expectations,
! SiC.. it will be seen that the majority of the
piese and Kossuth meet one another with equal
honesty.
The New York Tribune speaks with reference
; to the present and possible future upon the ques
l tion of armed interference in the affairs of Eu
rope. It says:
" We believe in the good old American policy
of neutrality, and no entangling alliances. It is
the policy tinder which the nation has grown
great and strong, and under which it will grow
greater and stronger.
" But there may be circumstances when our
own interest, as well as our duty as a member of
the great family of Slates. must command us to
step beyond the strait line of this policy."
The Journal of Commerce thus condemns
armed interference:
"It it were within the power of America, and
would not he destructive to ourselves, we
might do more than express our abhorrence of
oppression and our sympathy with oppressed
Hungary, ami extend to her our aid. But it i
would prove ruinous to our country, and destroy
ou; own ‘ peace, prosperity and happiness,' which
are the great objects of our Government. For
the purjiose o' securing these blessings 'to our - l
selves and posterity,' was it formed. But we had
the aid of France and should be equally gen
erous ourselves. France alone can claim of us a
return of the great favors which she bestowed,
for otherwise Italy and Ireland, and every other
oppressed nation, as well as Hungary, might
equally claim a return for that obligation.
*****
' It was to Kossuth, as the true impersonation
of the best spirit of liberty in the Old World,
that homage was paid : to Kossuth, brave, virtu
ous, noble and eloquent. It showed deep sym
pathy in his cause—our people will express it
at every hazard—hut it promised no aetive exer
tions in his behalf. That would he too dear a
' sacrifice."
The National Democrat of New York. s|ieaks
of Kossuth as ‘ the man of the Age.' with a soul
occupied with the grand ideas of Civil liberty,
not only lor Hungary, hut for the whole world.
On the subject of interference, the Democrat is
its advocate. It speaks, however, in a double
sense as. lor example :
" Kossuth is right in saying that public opin
ion will have no weight if the sympathies it
expresses in the cause of freedom are accompa
nied with the condition that it will not lit en
lorced by power. To say that we will not take
up arms to defend it, is giving a charter to des
potism. It there is. in no case, to he an aetive
interference, then we may as well withhold the
expression of our sympathies. * * *
Interference, however, must ever depend upon
circumstances. If we would lie likely to en
danger safety by interfering, or to involve our
country into debt to an extent excessively bur
densome to mil people, then we would he justi
fied in remaining perfectly neutral."
The - Courier" takes the strongest grounds
against the doctrines put forth in the speech ol
Kossuth, hut appears to have a little personal
feeling mixed with it. Itsays:
“The most bigoted devotee of M. Kossuth
cannot deny that lie is turning his sojourn in
this country to purposes not contemplated nor
even imagined in our national offer ol hospitali
ty,
“It was then an asylum, not an arena, that
was tended to Kossuth. He was to come as a
refugee, not as an agitator—as a victim of perse
cution. not as an agent of strife. The present
conduct of Kossuth cannot be attributed to igno
rance. He perfectly understands what has al
ways been, and still is. the settled non-interven
tion policy ol this government.'’
The mm-intervension doctrines of Buchanan,
as Secretary of State. Taylor, as President, Web
ster as Secretary of State, are quoted and follow
ed by severe comments:
Vet in the lace ol these emphatic and re
peated declarations, Kossuth had not been an
hour in our midst M'ore he demands the nation's
‘ operative sympathy,' its • financial, material aid
lor his country s independence.’ The stranger,
be he who he may. who thus confronts the Ame
rican people, must he met with something more
than smooth compliments and honeyed phrases.
He must he treated with ou a business footing
and in actual earnest. Others may use blandish
ments and court and cajole him as they please:
we shall use sterner material, and shall dis
charge our duty towards him sincerely, soberly
and thoroughly."
The Courier then charges Kossuth with utter
ing ‘ miserable imputations' against it in his Sta
ten Island speech, and says :
But >l. Kossuth goes on to insinuate that
our course has been prompted by foreign
pay. A calumny like this, as absurd as it is
vile, we will not deign to relate. M. Kossuth
is welcome to every dupe he can make to his
slanders. "
The New York Times has a long article in the
spirit of the following paragraph with which it
is started:
No barbarians have yet been discovered who
were insensible to the claims of hospitality. It
h is been reserved for the Congress of the United
Strtes to invite a guest and insult him upon his
arrival. * * * As for Kossuth him
sell, he can well atibrd to be utterly indifferent
to Congress and its acts. His character, his his
tory, and his reputation here, can neither he
helped nor hurt by whatever action it may
take."
But the Times adds :
“ We hope to see Congress take some step to
relieve itself from its present disgraceful posi
tion.”
The Express sympathizes with Kossuth's
s[leech in the main, regretting, however, that lie
should draw distinctions between the Ameri
can people and the Government. These are
one, and so M. Kossuth will find them. The
Expiess also eulogises the Hungarian people,
present and past.
Kossuth and the New York Press. On
Monday, Messrs. Goodwin, Dana and Mathews
had an interview with Kossuth, as a committee
from the New York Press, to solicit Ins atten
dance at the proposed public banquet. The
Times, of the 9th inst. says:
“M. Kossuth received the committee with
great cordiality, and expressed his warm thanks j
for the compliment. He appreciated fully the
importance of the press, which he characterized I
as the great power of the age, and said that no ]
more welcome invitation could have been ex- j
tended to him. He felt greatly embarrassed as !
to his stay in this country by the action ol Con
gress. He said he should probably have come
to the United States, upon his release from cap
tivity, whether he had been invited or not. be
cause his high admiration of the institutions and
people ol America had made him long desirous
of visiting ourshores. But he had not come whol- ,
ly o! his own motion. He had comeat the invi- j
tation of Congress: and felt bound, therefore, to
abide by their expressed will as to remaining. I
If they should reject the resolution now before,
them, which simply declares he is welcome here, !
he could draw no other inference than that I
he was not wanted, and of course he should
withdraw. He should consider the door shut in !
his face. But if this should not prove to be so. it
would give him great pleasure to accept the din- j
ner tendered by the press at as early a day after j
the entertainment of the Common Council as [
might suit the convenience of its members." | I
Piracy in the China Seas.— The New York •
Commercial of Friday afternoon, publishes an j
extract from a letter dated, Houg Kong, Septem
ber 29tli, which states that the Spanish brig
Brilliante, that lett that port on the 10th of July
last for Manilla, with a valuable cargo on board, !
among which was 528,000 in specie, was cap
tured by pirates when she was hut thirty miles ,
I distant from H;e 2 Tor: The r’ |
I have been concocted &.“«
‘ailed, and the pdot who brought th- vtUef nt
the harbor Irom Whampoa. i* 1 m U "
a party to it. A portion of th-' i b " in *
to hare been recovered by the Man,J a ru ”n‘ ’
vessel was scuttled and sunk, and the .". P , v T,
massacred by tbe pirates a l
The Mi rlfk Case.—Lliiah Hu t ». i
arrested last week on the charge of . u
his brother-in-law. Di. Hilburn'has 1 derir ‘E
nfitfeHi to jail to await his trial, his cas,-' h/v
been deeded not to be bailable Hr,' ~4",'
v, ho was also arrested as an accomplice ... '
murder, washed to bail in the sum of tweiUv
thousand dollars.
A cousin of Dr. Hilhurn. named R s Hilhurc
who had not seen him in a minder of \ear- a ,'
ter a journey of about two thousand miles
pectingto find the Dr. in this city, arrived' here
the day alter he was killed— Atlana
gence. 11 th mst.
A Governor at L»r.—The Senate of this
State met in called session on Monday la,t m - r
derto choose a President, who could serve ° a "
Governor untill the inauguration m
next of the Hon. H. S. Foo’e.
Eighteen ballots were cast on that day when
the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, without
effecting a choice. Ihe whole Union vote lv „
cast ia every ballot lor Hon. Morgan McAfee
(Union dem.)
On Tuesday the ballotings were resumed a j
on the third ballot, Hon. James Whdeiieid 01
Lowndes county, w as elected President
Col. Bunch was elected Secretary. . m d \],
Kavanaugh. Doorkeeper.
Having accomplished thus much, the S~t jt
adjourued sine die. —Mississippi Free TiuiUt.
Rome Railroad.—\Ve are pleased to noti---
that the new fireproof depot of this road i,
completer!. We are also gratified to learn, thir
arrangements have been made by which t: -
cars of the Central Railroad are permitted to pa
over this road without detention, and that iv.:-
destined for Savannah are now being loaded at
our depot. By this arrangement it is to he hop,-1
that cotton will not accumulate in our cit .
j want of means of transportation, as was the case
i last year.
There are now about 2700 hales ol cotton, u
our city ready to go forward, and the w eekly re
eeiptsamount to about 13.70 hales. We hope t.
see the amount on hand soon seal forward
Home Courier , 11/A inst.
{Telegraphed for the Charleston Cum. i
Washington. Dec. 12. .1.20 P. M
The resolution of Mr. Seward to the effect that
Congress, in the name of the people of the F
States, give to Louis Kossuth a cordial welcome
to the Capitol and the country, and that a copy «,i
the resolution he t unsinitted to him by the Presi
dent of the Uuited States, was adopted by the
Senate to-day by a vote of :i:t tos.
Baltimore, Dec. 12. 0..7u I' M
Cotton has been linn to-day. Friday in t •
New-York market, and 1 -still hales were s„!,i
Four hundred tierces of Rice were d,s|>,„ed o
at from S 3 to >3}.
Kossuth made a speech in New-York, w m. 'u
makes eight newspaper columns in length.
The U. S. Senate is still debating the prop,,
tion to give a Banquet to Kossuth.
Columbia, Dec. 12, 9..1d, p. M
The rej«ort of the Committee on Finance ar.J
Banks, recommending an appropriation of olu,
000 to the Ropier Hospital, was agreed to to-dai
by the Senate.
The Senate also passed the hill, to change the
session of the Charleston Court, to March, a t
the hill to divide Pendleton District.
Columbia, Dec. 12, 10.4.7, P. M
The same good feeling which prevailed y,--
terday existed in the market to-day. and set lei.
obtained a small advance on yesterday's prices—
say an eighth of a cent in most instances The
saies comprised 700 hales at from .7] t.i sp
All About a Kiss.
From the German, bv G. Grayi.o. »
“The melting juncture of four rosy lips
The Naturalist. —A kiss is the bringing into
juxtaposition two coutrarily charged poles by
which it. like an electric spark, is elicited.
The Moralist. —A kiss is the token of the mod
intimate communion of love, and is therefore on
ly tube permitted m the married state.
The Physician. —A kiss is the art of so mov
ing the labial muscles that the lips are first
brought suddenly together, and then explosively
separated; so that, alter all, a kiss is only an ar
tificial spasm.
The Philologist. —Ki>s is an onoinato-poetic
word, in w hich the curtness of the thing is ie
presented by the brief sound of the word.
The Antiquarian. —Kissing is a custom handed
down to us trom the Greeks and Romans, as to
I the true signification ot which we are not pet
fectly clear. Probably it is symbolic ofthesui ,
rays greeting the earth; and, if so. doubtless was
received with all the other lore of sun-worship
from the Orientals.
TheiJogians , (a host of them.) —A kiss is an
emblematical action by which the bending of the
heavens to the earth is designed to be sym
bolized.
The Philosopher. —A kiss is 1 hat protruding the
circle of the Ups, whereby the quantitative dif
ference of the sine of one is placed in such rela
tion{to the qualitative difference of the sine •!
another, tiiat thereby the identity of the .subject
object with ideal-real is proved.
The Punster. —A kiss [ins] is the gush [gut*]
of one soul to another. The pressing of the lips
is the pressing of the lemon into the insipid le
verage ot lilip. This pressure is the expression
of the impression which oppresses the heart. It
is the only press with which no censorship, car
interfere. Here we still have “freedom of the
press."
The Lawyer. —The kiss is a nullity in law, he
ing neither a right in posse nor a right in esse
Some, however, have'eousidered it as a family
right, and would treat it after the analogy of the
dot. But L. 74 D. de dote const it., does not treat
of the kiss at any length. Still, in the married
state, we may venture to consider a kiss in the
light of a donatio itUereivos.
Th 4 Lover. —A kiss is heaven !
The Translator. —To be sure with a differ
ence.— [ New Jinglander.
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