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Coleridge pronounced the following sonnet on
Hishl, by jlielate Kev. I. Blanco While, ilie finest
ard most grandly conceived in our language:—
“.Mysterious Night! when our first parents knew
Thee, from report devine, and heard thy name,
Did he not tremble- for this lovely frame —
This glorious canopy of light and blue?
Vet ’neaih a current of translucent dew.
Bathed in the rays of tiie great settling flame,
llrsperus with the hosts ol heaven came,
Ami, lo! Creation widened in man’s view.
Who could have thought such darkness Jay con
cealed.
Within thy beams, O sun? or who could find,
Whilst Uy. and leaf, and insect stood revealed,
'l'hat to such countless orbs thou mad’st us blind?
Why do we, l hen. shun d eat it wit li anx ions st rife—
If light can thus deceive, wherefore nut life!’’
Utli.Cll Slil <•« fSCH lie.
Exlructfrom the Spec, h of (he Ifon. J. M. Berrien,
delivered on the bIU inst.
But tiie doctrine hero and elsewhere
advanced on this subject, is to me more
startling titan a thousand wars with Mexi
co —more startling titan a war with ’.he
most powerful nation under Heaven.—
'l'lte order of Congress on this subject, as
it existed in the act of the declaration of
war, except as it may he necessary for us
to furnish means for its prosecution, is at
the bidding of the Executive. The Presi.
dent of the United States wants a loan tor
the purpose of carrying on this war, His
Secretary of Finance announces to you
his wisii expressly—his belief that this loan
may be accomplished on the terms pro.
posed, and wo .arc told here—deliberately
told here—that that is all which we have
n need to assttmt. The President wants
it. 11 is Secretary thinks he can fret it,
and yet a consideration of the purpose to
Which it is to he applied, without looking
at the condition of our contest with Mexi
co —the President wants in—the Secreta
ry believes it can he obtained in one month
—we have nothing more to ask without
enterin*; into the purpose to which it is to
be applied, or (he object which is sought
to be uccomplUhed hv if—that wo are to
yield. No sir, the President wants an
additional military force in the United
Slates, and we must submit. And now,
sir, not deputing any person at all, for the
purpose of expressing the wMi lie enter
tains, the President of tfie United States
desires to have three millions of money
appropriated as a secret service—an
nounces these wants in person or hvcom- i
ruunication. and we are told by his anti o
rity, that ifgranted the purpose winch it j
proposes will bo accomplished and, a
mull o fortiori, we must yield. Sir, if this
doctrine be true, a state of war up!urns
the constitution of the United States. If
it be true that iho power of Congress is
exhausted by the. act of declaring war—
if it he true that the responsibility of con
ducting or prosecuting tiie war—of de
termining the manner in which it may ho
conducted and the purpose for the accom
plishment of which it shall he prosecuted
—if that he true, that this devolves exclu
sively upon the President of the United
Stales—then I agree that the conclusion
deduced from that is also true. If the re
sponsibility be less, the power to dis.
charge that responsibly must tie alone—
exclusively Ids. But if it be true, what
is the character of the government under
which you live? It degenerates into a
military republic, making a declaration
of war with a military dictator nt its j c id. j
Sir, that doctrine results, in mv judgm mt,
from an utter misconstruction of the con
stitution; and I hope the Senate will not
think that a moment is misspent in cn
deavnring lo pul a constitutional princi
ple, dear to us as freemen, upon the basis
on which truth, and justice, and reason,
ought to place it. Sir, the war power
which was delegated by the framers of
this constitution, is vested in the Congress
of the United States; and is vested in
them not only for determining the causes
which shall induce its inception; hut it is
vested in them for the purpose of super
intending its prosecution, and from time to
time determining the object winch, hv the
use of the public force, shall he sought to
be accomplished. Let ns consider this
question for a moment, ascending above
the atmosphere in which mere party
dwells. By the constitution of the United
States, all the legislative power which is
granted by that instrument, is granted In
Congress. Tiie power to declare war is
not a legislative power, and therefore it is
the subject of a special grant. I say it is
not a legislative power, because, in demo
cralic governments it belongs to the peo.
pfe, and in monarchies, to the sovereign. |
It was not recognised as a legislative pow.
er of Congress, and therefore was the sub.
ject of a specific grant? The executive
power in like manner is vested in the
President of the United States, But the
power to command the army is not in- !
eluded in that grant. Il is the subject of
A specific grant.
Now, in regard to any law by Con
gress, in the exorcise of its civil and mn- |
nicipal jurisdiction, the President stands
to them in precisely the same relation as
he holds when in tiie exorcise ot the war
power they pass an act declaring war.
He is in each case the officer entrusted I
by the constitution with the execution of
the laws which arc enacted by Congress.
In each case he performs the public will,
as that will lias been expressed by the
Congress of the United States, with no other
responsibility, than that which devolves
upon every officer charged with the per
formance of a public duty. As Presi
dent of the United Stales, he executes a
law of the Unitnd States under the audio
rity of a Congress w hich enact it. As
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commander In chiefoflhe army and navy
of the United Slates, he carries into exe
cution the act declaring war, exercising
bis power in precisely the same relation,
and the same extent. In such cases it is
1 the public w ill, as declared by Congress
not his will, n it bis pn rpose—w hich be
| is called upon to execute. Sir, you can
( make that perfectly obvious to the mind
of anv man by the consideration of a sin
-5 g!e question. Suppose tiie President of
the United States, in the exercise of the
' i veto power, shall fail lo give the execu-
I live approbation to an act of Congress
’ j declaring war. and suppose that it should
j he passed bv the requisite constitutional
j majority, the President in the case would
unquestionably not he acting according
to his own will and for the aceomplisii-
I merit nt’liis own purpose? Nav! against
j his own will, and against his own decided
I convictions, hut in submission to that
snporior legislative authority created hv
the constitution, or rather of that power
of which the special delegation is the pow.
i er to declare war, had a right to control
j him. Well, under these circumstances.
I propose to senators the question, would
the responsibility of iho President lie less
than it is now? Would lie lie less hound
than he is now, to carry into execution
the purposes of Congress? And it not,
then most assuredly the proposition which
1 have stated is true. If the mere act of
declaring war does not upturn the consti
• lotion and the country—ifsnch a decla
ration by the act of making it does not
create a military dictator—if it leave in
their full and undisturbed authority those
i principles of free government which it
| was the object of the framers of tiie con
| s:ituiion to establish, then, I say, that the
I proposition I submitted in the outset is
true. Tiie power to declare—the power
to prosecute —the power lo conduct a
war, belongs, and belongs exclusively to
Congress. They have a tight from lime,
to time as occasion in their judgment may
require.to specify the objects, the motives,
! and principles. On wide!) if is to he con
-1 ducted, and therefore it is that I presume,
| when an application is made to us for an
i appropriation cither of men or of money
to carry on a war which we are waging
with a foreign power, we have the right
to infer that, as members of the national
legislature, it is not merely our right, hut
-
| it is our duty to inquire and to satisfy
our own judgment us to the propriety of
the application that is made to us before
we vield it. Mr. President, if we look
hack for some years in the history of our
government, we will find abundant evj.
donee that such was the understanding
; of [lie statesmen who have preceded ns.—
We have passed through one war of up
i wards of three yea r’s duration with the
most powerful nation in t!m world, and j
j will call the attention oflho Senate to the
fact, that the Congress were so far from
j being willing to cast upon the President
| exclusively the responsibility of conducf-
I ing that war—they we e so averse to
; shifting from themselves that rcsponsihili
j tv which the constitution imposed upon
| them, that they never adjourned without
j providing for the recess, and for renssrmb.
1 ling at shelter periods titan were coinem
plated bv the constitution. That L a
\ speaking indicative of the view of the
statesmen of that petiod on ibis point.—
[if ere (lie honoroblo gentleman read the
following memorandum;]
‘•'Plie Ist session 12 b Congress com
menced Monday, November Tih, 1011,
conformably to the proclamation of the
President of the United Stairs n| the 2 fih
ofJuly, 1811. July Otb, 1812 adjourn
ed to meet Ist Monday in November,
agreeai»lv to law.
“The 2d session 12tlt Congress coin
menced Monday, November 2d, 1912,
conformably to the act passed at the lust
session, entitled “An act fixing the time
for the next meeting of Congress,” np
pioved O h July, 1812. March 3d, 1813,
adjourned to meet on the 4lh .Monday in
May next.”
The Ist session 13th Congress com
menced Monday, May 2lib, 1813, con
formably to the act passed 271 h February,
1813, entitled “An act to alter the time
for the next meeting of Congress.” August
2d, 1813. adjourned to Ist Monday in
December next, agreeably to law.
The 2d session 13th Congress com
menced Monday. December 6, 1813 con
formably to the act passed l e 27th July.
1813. entitled “An ad fixing tiie time for
the next meeting ot Congress.” April
18ih. 1813, adjourned to meet on the last
Monday in October next, agreeably to
law.
'Plie 3d session 13th Congress com
menced Monday, 1 Dili September, 1814,
eonf>rmablv lo the proclamation of the
President of Iho United Stales of the Bth
August, 1814. March 2d, 1815, Congress
adjourned without day.
Now two things are obvious from this
brief reference: first, that dining the con
i tinuance of tiie war with Great Britain,
; Congress never adjourned without them
selves providing an earlier day for their
re-asscmhling than that provided for yh
the constitution; and, secondly, that du
ring a war of nearly three years duration.
Congress was in session, and that by their
own special provision, nearly two years
of that lime. Now, in view of the doc
trines advocated at this time, that the
whole responsibility reason the President
of the United States, I ask, vvhere was
there on the part of tiie Congress of 1812.
—’l4—if the war power of Congress had
ceased hv lhe act of declaring the war i
—if the authority to conduct it, rested ex
clusively with the President of thf Uni
led States—if Congress was only lo furnidi
llie means, and to furnish these means
without deeming il necessary lo ask any
other question, why did they not leave
Ihe President to summon them wiien he
deemed it necessary locall upon them for
.supplies of men and money? The refer.
r 1 ence which I have made affords, in my
, j judgment, satisfactory means ofdrtermin
r | ing t!)e view* ofihe statesmen of that da v.
, Such, however, is uni the doctrine which
* : is presented to us now—such is not the
; principle on which the operations of the
> I government are at present conducted. 'Hie
i ; estimates in this case look to the power
I of the President to conduct tin's war tin,
controlled during the long recess,\\ Inch
f ; awaits ns. The President of j fie United
■ States feels—as has been said lie is au
. , thorizod ’to feel—that ho is quite com
: potent to conduct tins war. unassisted hy
I i the Congress of the United Suites. There
1 j is, therefore, no provision for an earlier
! j session than December next. Nav, the
imputation that hy possibility the President
might find it advisable, dining this long
interval, to call an extra session, is at once
I repudatod and put down l»y the official
; organ of the government. 1 repeat, that
to me it is more startling that such a
doctrine should be maintained—should lie
the basis of the practical administration
ol ibis government—than any war in
which wo could he engaged. 1 will not
I detain the Senate hv expatiating farther
s upon this branch of the question. My
own judgement is—that suffices to regu
late my own action—and 1 assume that
the judgment of the Senate also, upon the
point which I have presented, will he the
same—that it is the power, and if it he
within the constitutional power, that it is
the constitutional duty of Congress to
superintend the prosecution of the war
which they have recognised—that they
Cannot absolve themselves fom »ite res
ponsihili y. I hold mvsnlt’ free to inquire
what are the purpose tu what ii is intend
ed that this mouev should he applied?
[Reported for the Baltimore Sun .]
TWENTY-NINTH CONG [{ESS.
Washington-, Feb. 9, IS 17.
SENATE.
A second committee ofeonferenen was
appoin'rd on the part of ibe Senate, to con
sider (he disputed aruendmenfs to the 'en
regiment hill, composed of Messrs. Man
gum, Dii kerson and Niles,
Tito bill making appropriations for the
payment of revolutionary and oilier pen
sions was reported from Ibe committee on
finance, w ithout amendment.
The bill having been taken np an
amendment was adopted, authorising the
Secretary of War to make compensation
to pension agents, not exceeding two per
cent, on the amount of money disbursed.
'Flie hill was then postponed until to-mor
row.
The consideration of the three million
hill was then resumed,
Mr. Calhoun having the fl ior. spoke
for an hour in explanation of his views
with regard to the war. fie was in f.i
vnr of abandoning offensive operations,
and of establishing a line, commencing
with t!)o mouth of ihe Rio Grande, thence
up the river to Del Passo, thence due
west, stricking the (iiilfof California near
its head, and so probably across the Gulf
and Isthmus to the Pacific, and holding i
this lino, acting altogether on the defen- |
sive.
In addition to this, he w as for establish
ing custom houses at points now in our j
possession, and levying moderate duties to |
meet the expenses of holding (he line pro. j
posed, which expense would he thought |
be about two million and a quarter per ]
annum. One Fort at Ihe mouth of the j
river, another at Camargo, and a third at |
Del Passo, were ail that was necessary.
Andafer the first of the year, five regi
rnenls only could defend the line, lie ex
plained that he was not in favor of hold,
ing this line permanently, but merely
i o’ding it subject to a treaty of peace.—
He thought the adoption of this policy
would incline Mexico to peace. Site
would see that we were undertaking that
only which we wore able to perform, and
weie not attempting to destroy her as a
nation, and tooversluow her religion.
It was our true policy to make Mexico
a great nation. There was a mv-terious
I connection between her fate and ours.
and woe be in the day when she should
j cease to exist as * republic. fie then
stated his objection* to the further prose
j ention of the war towards the city of
; Mexico; His speech generally er.dors.
: ed the views of Gen. Taylor. In enn
-1 elusion he intimated that be should vole,
against Mr. Berrien’s amendment.
Mr. Cass has the floor io morrow,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A message from the President was re
ceived, announcing that lie had approved
and signer! the bill to provide for any in- |
tere-t falling due on the public debt.
Mr. Douglass offered a resolution, that
•' .las. A. Houston, reporter for the Union,
having published a card in that paper of
la*t evening, assuming the responsibility,
ii n fn(n, of the false ami scandalous re
port of the proceedings of ibis House, on
Saturday last, he he, and is hereby ex
pelled from this Hoii'-e.
After debate, Mr. Reid moved the pre
; vions question, which was sustained, and i
the main question being np, the resolu
tion. hy yeas and nays, was rejected: 11 ;
to 131. j
On motion of Mr. Preston King,
I the House took up, in committee of the
| whole on the state of the union, Mr. Nor
ris in the chair, the bill ‘-making further
provision for the expenses attending the
intercourse between the United States
and foreign nations” —(the three million
bill.)
Mr. Cot)h addressed the committee in
reply to Mr. Wilmol’s remarks of yester
day. He had not given a single reason,
or a single argument, for the opionion ex
pressed that the South would acquiesce
in the attempt to deprive them of the rights
guaranleedjtothem by the constitution—not
one argument to prove that the south were
ready to acknowledge the north right
and themselves in the wrong—that the
North shall be permitted to extend their
territory ami all their privileges from
ocean to ocean, hut that the South shall
be restricted within the limits winch they
now occupy. He proceeded, then, to dis
cussthe constitution questona! and to ferret
out the design on tlii ssubject by the fram
ers of that instrument.
Mr. B rod ho ad followed Mr. Cobh, in
opposition to the proviso of Mr. Wilmot,
and in support of the bill as reported.
Mr. Dixon next addtessed the commit
tee, in favor of the proviso, entorlaintn g
no particular objection to the bill if that
proviso were adopte i.
Mr. Ralhburn concluded the debate in
I committee to-day, in support of the pro
| vise, and of the bill thus amended, and
| i n oj posit ion to all measures a imod at ‘ -Ilie
, interests and liberties of his own species.”
The committee rose, and reported pro
gress.
A now- committee of conference was
appointed on the ten regiment bill.
Bills were reported,— for the admis
sion of Wisconsin into the Union—to pro
vide for the bettor organization of the In
dian department—granting bounty lands
to such survivors of old 4:h regiment in- ’
fann y as served during the last war with !
Great Britain —for the ascertainment of
the claims of American citizens for j
French Spoliations--read twice and re
ferred.
Two or three unimportant resolutions ;
of inquiry w ere adopted, and then the
House adjoumod.
[Freni Lite Savannah Republican.]
The secret of ihe excessive wrath of
our usually facetious friend of the Ala
bama Journal is beginning to Ihe de
veloped. It appears that he newly
created capital ot Alabama is likely to he
thrown oil' the great Southern Mail Route
hv the influence of the late, “Georgia
Combination.” We find the following
Utter in the Columbus Enquirer, from
Mr, J >hes, the Representative in Congress
from that district,
Washington*, Feb. ,1, 1817.
John G. Winter , Esq
Sir— f received last night a copy of
the resolutions passed at the Rail Rond
meeting at Macon, and this morning call
ed on the Post Master General, and
shewed them to him. I had before con
suited him on the propriety of running a
stage, and sending the mail direct from
Columbus to Blakely, in Alabama, and
this morning he authorised mo to say that
he would receive proposals for carrying
the mail direct between tlio-e place--. I
have written this to you that you may
make it public, and that people living on
the route through hy Bouim’s, I nion
Springs. Ahe i foil. Union Dili. Nathans,
vi I 10, Arc., may at once i-tir themselves,
and make that road goo 1— very good—as
they promised. Let them rl) this, and i
we have the great mail that way.
Yours respectful!v.
SEABORN JONES.
\Fromlhp Gnlumlfin Son lit Carolinian.]
B>rs» ni:d Ssiiiili.
We find in the Union of the 3()th insf.,
the following extract of letter to a mem
ber of Congress, written, as it w ill he seen,
hy the celebrated Mr. Baird, who has
I recently travelled over all parts of Eu
rope:
‘ Constantinople, Doc. 10, I^lo.
‘ I have Iron del ghted with Messrs. j
I Davis and Smith. (ofS. C.) the gentlemen |
| who were lately selected and sent at the ■
I req’te.-* of the Turkish Government, to |
teach Ihe proper cultivation of cotton* e’c. j
f have no doubt they will succeed well. |
Dr. Davis has bad several interviews with
the Sultan wl o, 1 learn from the best of j
soipces, is greatly pleased with his good i
sense, and his direct and trank manner |
of staling w hatever ho has to say to his
majesty. The Sultan ha* given orders j
that he shall have the entire control of |
the work comm lted to his charge. It is
probable that Dr. Smith w ill be employed |
in a geological survey ot the kingdom.
For the honor of our country, as well as j
for their own sake and the prosperity of |
Turkey, I wish them great 1 success.
With great respect, I am yours, most i
t nil v,
R. BAIRD.
Hon. M.C.
{From '.lie Mew Orleans I) dJu, 7th inst .]
From itn- Fleet.
We received ye.-terday tne following let- j
ter from an esteemed correspondent, an olfl- ;
cer of the fleet.
John Adams. Jan. 9, 1847.
Messrs. Editors —The Commodore keeps |
thi- shiponi on the blockade, and I have con
sequent ly but small opportunity to learn the
news, let what may bo transpiring in the .
country or tlie squadron.
The’ St. Mary’s, the Porpoise, and the !
Albany have arrived safety: Hie first named, |
1 fancy, is within hail of you—having left 1
here for the Brazos some days since.
We have just experienced a terrific North- ;
cr, hy tar the heaviest storm that I ever wit- |
nessed. Our pood ship rode it mi’, although j
short of an anchor, lost in a Norther at Tam- |
pico. There is no “iee” at Green Island
anchorage, and you may easily conceive the
degree ol comfort involved in our condition
for twenty-three mortal hours, for so long
did the hurricane rage.
We are sorry to learn that Gen. Scott is j
in, or on his wav to Mexico. The prospect
of Commodore S ewart’s coining to relieve j
Commodore Ci nnm is of much less conse- I
quence, and occasions loss comment. —
Mr. Mason’s kind language, in his recent re- :
oort. endears him still more to the Navy.
I see the Princeton is on her way tovvirds
ns from San Anton, and presume she will re
lieve ns for a few days, on account of the ill
ness of Cant. M( Clunky, who is down with
an attack of bilious intermittent fever.
A barque succeeded in running the block
ade a few davs since, passing nearly over our
boats, and making the best ot her way to |
theiCastle. She bad French colors hoisted,
but it is thought she is not French. Her
cargo is reported to have consisted of 150 j
tons of powder and 10,000 stand ot arms; j
but the truth of the report is ext remely doubt- |
ful. A British officer gives me this informa- j
tion at this moment. He thinks the barque |
is from New' Orleans. She bilged yesterday
in the storm. The officer informs me that
• there is nothing new trom the interior—“not
as he knows on,” 1 suppose.
'Phe Commodore is in the Princeton, on a
visit to Capt. McClnney. He takes my letter
i down. Yours, respectfully, R.
uglUt a rkT”™ '
I SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 13,1847.
Juitge Boric Wpcech.
Upon the bdi lor appropriating three mil
lions of dollars with a view to successful ne
gotiations vvitii Mexico, in pursuance of Hie
President’s recommendation, .Mr. Berrien
made a very able speech in opposition. As I
we so seldom have an opportunity to agree |
with that Honorable Senator upon important
■ political positions, we shall lose no time in j
giving iu our adhesion most emphatically, !
to one which he has assumed on this occa- j
sion. It is the only one of Hie many in that
speech us we have seen it reported, which
we are ready to espouse. But we shall
withhold our comments on them until the
speech appears, as it is promised to the pub- ■
; lie, revised by the author.
But we cannot hesitate to take ground with
him against the doctrine proclaimed as he
states in the Senate,that Congress had nocon
trol over the question of war after its declara- i
I tion. We have not seen the doctrine thus
! broadly laid down. But if it lias been,whet her I
hy Whig or Democrat proclaimed,it is anti-re- i
publican, and will not be recognized by the !
American people. We are not advocates of the
management of campaigns, and of the details
of military operations by legislative acts.
Congress would bo utterly unfit for that non
descript sort of field duty. Such a thing i
was never contemplated as a part of their i
legislative function. Napoleon once wrote j
the Directory from Italy,that one bad Genera!
was often better than two good ones; for
when their plans differed they would neutral
ize each other Perhaps he was right. lie
would certainly have been right if it had
been a question between one General and
two hundred and forty Generals—particular- |
ly if the latter were civilians two thousand
miles from Hie seat of war, and who had
never “set a squadron in Hie field.” We
should even distrust them were they as re
doubtable as chieftains, as Messrs. 1* icklin
of Illinois, and Thompson of Mississippi.
But if it be gravely contended that it is
not in the province of Congress to declare
its will in reference to any step which the
President chooses to take; but that lie has only
to consult his own mere volition—-that he is
under no obligation to regard Hie expression
of the popular will as declared by their Re
presentatives in Congress, is to declare the ■
President a military Dictator. Even Santa
l Anna, though virtually armed with dictato
rial powers, would probably not venture to
opposite Hie solemnly declared will of the j
Mexican Congress even on a military ques
tion.
We publish to-day so much only of Hie re- j
port in Hie Union of Mr. Berrien’s speech as j
states Hie proposition which has elicited ;
these remarks with his reasoning upon the
poi nt.
In agreeing with the abstract views of the
Senator on this question, we are however of
opinion that the circumstances of the present
case render it proper that tlie purposes for ■
which the three millions are wanted should
not be more fully disclosed. The case requires
that the discretion of the Executive should .
be trusted, as has been the case in several
similar instances previously in our history— ;
in the cession of Louisiana and also ol Flori- j
da, and in the Senate vote for the two mil
lions appropriation hist session. We be
hove the President in proper time, would give
a satisfactory account of the matter. If the
pacification were not accomplished, and the
negotiation should fail, the President would
not draw the money from the Treasury.
Edwin Forrcd.
This great Tragedian closed a short and
highly successful engagement in Augusta J
on Thursday evening, with his much admir
ed character of Metumora. Such was Hie
anxiety to witness this performance, that the
Theatre was crowded—jammed—at an early j
hour. Many, very mint were compelled to j
tro away, from the impossibility of getting
seals. It was a sore disappointment to a
number ofjadies who were anxious to wit
ness this play, and were compelled to go
away nngratified. We went in late, and
Sound it difficult to get even a glimpse of Hie ;
stage. This was not the only occasion this j
week, that persons found it impossible to get |
a seat in the Theatre.
We are pleased at this compliment to our
distinguished countryman. He is one of
whom liis fellow citizens should be proud,
lie has won an honorable name among
men, solely by his own exertions, and placed
himself in the tront rank of his profession—
one in which to excel—requires high intel
lectual as well as physical gifts. We have
ever been an admirer ton of the private char
acter and deportment of Mr. Forrest. He |
has won the respect and propitiated the good !
will of the public every where by his honora- j
hie and gentlemanly conduct through life. !
The best society of Europe and of this !
country has shown in a fl altering manner its I
appreciation of his character. In New York
citv, the place of his residence, he is as
highly esteemed in private circles, as he is
admired in his professional career. The par
tiality of his fellow citizens has been so
strong that he has been frequently urg*?d to
accept a nomination to Congress, to which
they would gladly elect bin), on his contem
plated retirement from his present career.
His claims to be a great actor are now well
established. They need no eulogy from us.
We hope the citizens of Savannah, where
he next goes, will not be unmindful that
when he retires from the boards it is not im
possible,
‘‘that take him all in all
j They ne’er may look upon his like again. **
(Jeorsia Flour.
A few weeks since, we took occasion to
remark that Georgia flour was fast supersed
ing Northern flour in our market. As evi
dence of the rapid increase in the supply of
tliis article, we notice that as much as four
hundred and llfty b:rre!s of fl >ur have, in the
last two weeks, been forwarded from this
place to Savannah for export to Europe.
Georgia flour will in a few years he an
important article in (he Augusta trade, and
we anticipate that lids will be the mart in
which large stocks will be accumulated for
sale and export. A direct trade with the
West Indies and South America from tiie
' ports of Savannah and Charleston, will also
i no doubt be established, when the supplies
of this ariicieat this point may be relied upon
as sufficient to secure full cargoes to vessels,
and to keep tip a regular business,
A Week.
The New Orleans Delta of the 7lh inst.
says—“ The past week lias been a remarka
bly active one in the Grain market. The
favorable accounts from Europe have caused
an advance in Flour of£>l to $1 25 per hbl ,
; and the sales, which are principally for Eu
ropean export, have amounted to fully 100,-
000 bb!s.; the market closing yesterday at
•SO 25 to $>G 50—Ohio brands. The rise in
! corn is even greater; the sales are over 230,-
000 bushels, nearly all to shippers, the clos
ing rate being $1 per bushel, which is 15 to
20 cents higher than last week, and is a
point seldom or never reached here before.
: Colton, however, has drooped, the week’s
sales oiilv embracing about 7500 hales, at a
! °
decline of 4 to |c. upon the exticme rates of
last week.
From Tcxay.
Tiie steamship Galveston, Capt. Haviland
arrived at New Orleans on the 6th inst, from
Galveston. {She brought papers to the 3d
j inst.
The Galveston, on her way down, encoun
tered an unusually violent storm, even for
this stormy year, which compelled her to put
back to the Bilize, after having been in a
most perilous condition for the greater part
of 24 hours.
The U. IS. District Court, and the Marine
Court are now in session in Galveston.
A vessel arrived from Antwerp, on the
20th 11 It., with 110 emigrants—two other
emigrant vessels are daily expected.
! The total receipts of Cotton at the port of
| Galveston, since Ist September, 1546 - , to
Jm. 28, have been 3,931 bales.
Os which there has been
1 shipped to New York, 2,156
New Orleans, 65—2,221
Leaving on hand inclu-ive of all
on shipboard at this time, 1,760 hales,
i A voting ladies’academy has been opened
I in Galveston, under the direction of the
1 Ursulines.
Kentucky 17. S. nk-iiaior.
The Legislature on the 4th inst.postponed
the election of U. IS. Senator to the 11th inst.
'Flip Louisville Journal says: We learn that
the names of the three Whig candidates have
been withdrawn by their respective friends,
and that Hon. Garrett Davis, Ex-Governor
Morehead, and Lieut. Governor Dixon are
now spoken of for the office.
C»cn. Taylor.
In the Virginia House »>f Delegates, on Mon
dav, resolutions of thanks tOjGrcn. I ay lor and his
gallant Arm-' were passed unanimously, for their
gallantry at Palo A'to, llesaca de la Palma, and
Monterey. They also directed Swords to l>e
presented to Gen. Taylor, to Col. Matthew M.
Payne, and to Col. John Garland, a 1 native sons
of Virginia, for their gallantry and good conduct
in toe engagements in whie'i they have partici
pated. Tins is worthv ofa Virginia Legislature
iVociJi Carolina. GoM.
A vein 01 gold, said to lie one of the richest in
the United States, has been discovered on the
lands of Mr. D. Mcrril, in the vicinity of Ashe"
borough. N. C. The ore, by rough process,
yield S-'jO worth of the pure rnetal to the bushel-
The following gentlemen were on Monday
elected lutendant an 1 Wardens of the Town of
Hamburg, for «lie ensuing year, viz:
Jnteudnut —Geo. W. Ga.rma.ny.
Ward:ns —G Williams, J. J. Howard, T. L.
Fowler, 31. Gray, I>. F. Gouedy, A. \V. Roach.
Kclief of I’ic 3ri-*3i.
A lurgp meeting was held in New Or
leans, the 4lh inst , for Ihe relief of the
sufThring poor in Ireland. Gov. Johnson
presided, and made a speech on the sub
ject. Messrs, Clay, S. S. Frentiss and
C. Iv. Johnson also severally addressed
the meeting. A committee was appoint
ed to collect subscriptions.
The Didia of the 6th inst., savs the
collection for the relief of (he destitute
Irish, proceeds in the happiest manner.—
Judge Beverlv. in the course of the first
da\% colleefed $2,500. The Hebrew con
gregation contributed S3OO.
The Bulletin suggests that the best way
of dispsoing of the funds, when the collec.
tion is finished, would be to invest them
in provisions to he shipped to an Irish
port. This suggestion is worthy of con
sideration. *• At the date of last advices,
Indian corn in England was selling at 72
shilling per quarter, which is equivalent
to $2 Id por bushel. Supposing the funds
collec ed amounted to SIO,OO0 — that sum
in Ireland will scarcely purchase 500 Q
bushels of Indian corn while in New
Orleans, at 70 cents a bushel, it will
purchase upwards of 14,200 bushels, or
nearly three times 5000. The freight,
insurance and expenses of shipment would
effect some deductions from this sum—
perhaps 10 per cent, in all—hut still the
excess over what the same money would
purchase in England or Ireland, ought to
be considered.”