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Mm* CONSTITUTIONALIST,
W JAMES GARDNER, Jr7
{From the N. O. Delta7)~
mm' .
at the Times, a Hundred Years
Hence
M A friend has favored us with a pre-publish-
W number of the London Times, dated Jan
f -uary 7th, 1950, giving us a glance at times and
things as they are to be, or as they may, can
or will be, a hundred years hence. It is a
richj>Vw d'esprit taken throughout, from the
leading editorials to the columns of the
V *• wants” and the advertising page. The peo
ple of that period, unlike their ancestors of the
present day, will have loosened the social
bonds that bind lovely woman, and accorded
to her the inalienable right of dabbling in po
litics and other like pastimes, now restricted
to the more unworUiy sex. Here we will
give our readers a peep at pettycoats legisla
ting: s
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS AND I.ADIES.
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1950.
Lady Georgiana de Clifford took the oaths and
her seat.
The Duke of Grafton presented a petition from
certain Landowners in the City of Suffolk,
claiming the consider' lion of the House for
various depredations committed upsn their
[property by the Aerial Communication Com
pany. The Petition was ordered to lie under
w the Table.
Breach op Privilege.
The Dutchess of Stratford rose to call the at
tention of the House to the order of the day,
which was for the appearance of Mr. Jonathan
Spinbrain, editor of the “Moral Detective,”
at the bar of the House. Her Grace remark
she felt~herself under the painful ne
i|f: Hity of calling the attention of their Lady
and their Lordships to one of the most
Equs instances of the Breach of Privilege
igfgHUrifc' had occurred during the session of
j||H?arlisment, prolific as it had been in such
jjjMaatters of painful discussion. Her Grace felt
incumbent upon her to adopt the present
■ proceedings, in defence of what she felt bound
M|tq call emphatically the finer and more ex
quisiie feelings of one of the most juvenile
members of their Ladyships’ and Loidships’
b House. It would be in the recolle Tion of the
that the Honorable Lady Fanny
phia Yere was accidentally shut in the
/ Lobby upon the division recently arrived at
by their Ladyships and Lordships upon the
question of pin-money. The editor of the
paper mentioned, had thought proper to pub
lish on the following morning the statement
I to which she (the Duchess) would now call
attention of the House.
*M9*Ladii Bruffham. —Would the honorable and
"L Mined rnemDer take upon her to state at this
of the discussion, if she considered the
Hgl paragraph complained of to emanaie from the
incorrigible stupidty, or the crass and corrup
tible (Order, order)—Honorable members call
to order, but in all the varied experience of
c her (Lady Buffham’s) scientific and literary
existence, she might truly say, that members
pp who called to order were the members of all
others who were the grand and especial pro
moters of disorder. (Chair, chair.)
Speaker —The Honorable Lady was clearly
out of order, and it was grievous to consider
that when the Honorable Lady rose in that
House, members were irresistibly reminded of
Guy Fawkes.
At this junction, Lady Bruffham rose, and
gesticulated violently, but was pulled into her
seat again by the skirts of her mantalette-
The Duchess of Stratford lull expected the
customary impediments to business from the
Honorable Lady who had just sat down, or,
rather, had been forced down. But with re
ference to the subject under discussion, would
now pioceed to read the paragraph complain
■ ed of as being published in the “ Moral De-
W tective;” that paragraph ran as follows :—“ A
■ Member in the Lobby.— We are informed by
fck a correspondent upon whose accuracy we can
rely, that the reason why Lady Fanny Olym
| pia Yere was not present to record her vote
j in the affirmative on the question concerning
I permanent pin-money, was the following.—
W It appeared that Lord Sandys and Keels, the
ministerial whipper-in on this occasion, ihet
Br her Ladyship in one of the rel’reshment-
when there ensued a little conversa
jjjjMtion of the badinage description, terminating
§§■ in the interchange of the mcs* unparliamen
§■■ tary salute; in fact, in plain language we feel
||E ourselves compelled to state for the morals of
g* parliament, that in piace of attending to his
■ duty, and summoning Honorable Lords and
■■Ladies to the interior of the House, upon the
■■lensuing of a division, the Honorable Lord
• wat endeavoring to carry a motion in the af
pyUgtnative, having more special reference to his
w swn matrimonial and domestic affairs than to
the business of the realm.” This was the pa
ragraph so justly complained of by the No
ble Member, whom she, the Dutchess, could
plainly perceive was on the cross benches in an
incapable state of hysterics. (Hear, hear.)
A more flagrant—a more disgraceful, and she
might add, a more uniquely infamous instance
a breach of the privileges of Parliament
■could not be possibly brought before the a:
■ tention of their Ladyships’ and Lordships’
■ House. She, the Dutchess, would put it to
II any of their Ladyships and Lordships, if it
not one of the greatest privileges con-
IfeHfceted with their position in that House, that
might out of that House, even though
, '•under the rcof o’!Parliament,come to what pri
vate resolutions they pleased, and, indeed,
she might say emphatically, kiss whom they
pleased. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, she
(the Dutchess) begged to move tint Mr. Jon
than Spinbrain be called to the bar of their
Ladyships’ and Lordships’ House, and be ad
monished by the Speaker.
The Duke of Buckingham seconded the mo
tion.
Carried nem. con.
Mr. Jonathatt, Spinbrain appeared at the bar,
and as spoke follows: May it please your Lady
ships and Lordships, I am as humbly contrite as
any editor can be, when brought into this
painful position. I h&ve to beg the collective
and individual pardon of this house.
The Speaker. —Jonathan Spinbrain, it is quite
clear, that with the most extreme malice, and
a most reprehen-ible desire to bring public dis
credit upon the proceedings of this Honorable
you have inserted a paragraph in your
paper, concerning one of its members, which
considering that this is only the first session
ot Parliament in which the softer, the gen
tler, and more beautiful, and in every way, the
more admirable sex, has been called to the
counsel of the nation. (Hear, hear, hear !)
At this moment the discharge of cannons
announced the approach of Her Majesty to
prorogue the Parliament.
A rush of peers and peeresses took place!;
the ambassador a box was filled in a moment,
and the greatest excitement prevailed in the
body of the house.
. Ffady Bruffham spoke amidst considerable
interruptions—My Ladies and Lords, I have
to.d an individual to get out of that seat ten
times already, but he won’t go. It is imma
fcenal to me, my Ladies and Lords, whether
that individual be a Prussian Ambassador or
t *£ ÜBsiai * is sufficient for me, my
a ies and Lords, that with the most perverse
and lateral Profundity, he is oc-
? laC r e of five P eeres ess. My La
come out o7^ t J an onls '* sy in oonclu “ ion
At this moment the folding-doors by tha
side of the throne were thrown open, and a
raid the flourish of trumpet! and the repeated
discharges of artillery, Her Majesty, accom
panied by several members of the Royal Fami
ly* and the Chief Officers of State, entered
the House in her robe of States, and other
paraphernalia of office. The coap d’oeil now
was of the most magnificent description. The
gorgeous costumes of the lady members, who
wore the newly introduced inexpressible gar
ments, exceeded description. On the right of
Her Majesty was Prince Gotha, in Sacks; and
amid the most profound attention, only slight
ly marred by a rush of lady members from the
Commons, and some screaming and fainting
below the bar, in consequence, as it was re
ported, of lady Buffham arming herself with
a hair pin, and poking the members there
with, proceeded to read the following speech :
OUEEN’s SPEECH.
My Ladies and Lords i It is with great sa
tisfaction that at the end of a protracted Ses
sion I feel myself enabled, in consequence of
the satisfactory state of public business, to
prorogue the present Parliament.
It is with peculiar pleasure that I have felt
myself called upon to aid in the enactment of
several bills for the better security of the
status of the female sex of these kingdoms,
I continue to receive from foreign powers the
most satisfactory assurances of continued
friendly relationship with the government of
this country.
A treaty of peace had been entered into
with the Emperor of China; and by the Tar
iff recently established between us and the
President of the Lunar Republic, considera
ble advantages accrue both to ,the Lunarians
and ourselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the House of Common
By the constitution of this realm, it is quite
clear that the most important duty you are
called upon to perform, is to take national
income with one hand, and speed it with the
other. It is, with peculiar satisfaction, I have
observed you have regularly voted the sup
plies required to do so; I hope under divine
favor, you may continue to do so.
Probably, it will be necessary, in the ensu
ing session, to introduce a measure for the
purpose of putting a stop to the furor of specu
lation in serial navigation.
Ladies , Lords , and Gentlemen : I beg to
thank you for your attention to business,
which it is commonly considered should take
precedence of pleasure, ani to prorogue this
present Parliament to the 24th of February
next.
•_>Her Majesty retired amid the acclamations
of the House, which adjourned immediately
afterwards, as her ladyship, the Countess of
Avon, had a fractious baby at home, requiring
instai t attendance; and it had been under
stood that her ladyship was to move the ad
dress.
We will next give our readers a summary
of the Foreign News. It is only a hundred
years in advance of the mail.
[From the London Times, of January! , 1950 )
Rusia. — Latest, intelligence by Electric Express.
—We published in part of our impressions
yesterday the ioilowmg important intelligence
from Russia:
The dismemberment of the Empire is com
plete. The National Assembly has definitely
fixed the boundaries of the four States into
which the territory is tob3 divided, and the
delegates for the four States have agreed with
the National Assembly upon tha Republic
an form of Government.
Zinskotomoff is elected President of the
Russia Republic by an overwhelming majori
ty.
A statute is to be constructed in the Grand
Square of St. Petersburg, to commemorate
the revolution.—Opinions are divided still as
to whether the ex-Emperor will be brought to
trial for his offences, or sent out of the Re
public, and allowed a small sum for his main
tenance in some other c untry, dependent
upon the continuance of his good behavior.
France. —lt is said that the National As
sembly intend offering a prize, or premium
of silty million francs to any one who will in
vent some new form of govenment that might
be tried for the next few years in France. The
anything-for-a-change party has now largely
increised its numbers and resources. The
bridge from Calais to the heights of Dover,
will be open for traffic on the 18th instant.
A declaration is now required from all tra
velers landed on the French coast, and cros
sing the frontiers, to the following effect: “I
admit this to be the Grand Nation; and that
cooks who spoil the broth, and dancing mas
ters who cut capers, this is the only land
upon earth, 'and that all that a Frenchman
does is magnifque and pour la glorie.” It is
believed that the number of visitors from
England will decrease to 0 in consequence.
China. — His Majesty, the king of China,
continues indisposed. F. M. the Look call
ed upon him this evening with kind inquiries
from Her Majesty the Qn en of Great Brit
ain, and returned to dinner at Osborne at
3 o’clock. Exports are more lively.
India.—His Majesty, Run>eet Sich Milt
Sing, the King of India, has given a splendid
reception to the British Ambassadors. Pol
itics are almost at a stand-still in that great
nation.
America. —The Honorable James Crow, the
new Black President of the United States will
open Congress next week. The question of
White Slavery in the Southern States will
be the most important of the session. The
new harbors on the Pacific coast are ail com
pleted.
Australia. —The Republic of Australia
contemplates extensive operations, inland,
where fabulous gold regions are said to exist.
The Charge d' Affaires from that nation is
expected every day in the Thames.
Our extracts from the Times of 1950, will,
for the present, close with a few advertise
ments:
Gas to India and China via Egypt . —Under
contract to convey her Majesty’s mails. The
attention of passengers is requested to the fly
ing of these regular weekly Balloons. The
Royal Gas Voyaging Company book passen
gers and goods by this route with every
assurance of rapidity of transit and absolute
safety. Por terms, be., apply at the Com
pany’s Offices, High Holborn.
Submarine Voyaging.— The splendid fast
sailing, clipper-built,metallic-ribbed, galvanic
principle Ship, the Shark, jwill start from
Southampton Water,and perform a submarine
voyage to New York, on Tuesday, the Ilth
instant. This splendid vessel is lighted by
the new electric burner, and ventilated accor
ding to the most scientific process of Dr. Reed
A stoppage of some hours is made in the most
beautiful Valley at the bottom of the Atlantic
Oceon, 1000 m.les from New York, in order
that the passengers may enjoy the wonders
of the deep in the shape of weed and shells.
Fresh fish provided at one o’clock. By this
conveyance families may breakfast at South
ampton, and by ordering luncheon through
the electric telegraph.it will be ready for them
at 12 o’clock, at the Union Hotel, New York.
For further particulars, apply to Messrs.
Salt, Orge & Co., Southampton.
Ancient Concert. —This perfectly unique Es
tablishment is honored with the patronage of
the Nobility of theJKingdom. The Music is
a selection from Aris Popular and Fashiona
ble in the year 1850, and at once carries us
back in imagination to that semi-brabarous
time. It is believed that the whole of the
airs were played before Royalty at that period
and thought to be the sumit of musical excel
lence. The Programme for the morning Con
cert on Tuesday next, the 11th instant, com
mencing at 33 o’clock, is as follows:
Air—All round my hat Julien.
Recitative—Don't grieve for me,
Susannah Balife.
Chorus and Air—Such a gttin’
up stairs Alfred Bunn.
March J ulien
Air—l’m such a nice young
man F. N. Sprawle.
Polka—A storm in a Stew pan,
with Tea-kettle acpaniments. J ulien.
Grand Cnorus and Finale— Carry him
back to old Kentucky Lover.
Due notice will be given of the dates of the
succeeding Concerts.
a ll°ons and Compressed Air Manomotives
to wait in Victoria Square. Admission, One
Britannia.
THE CONSTITUTIONAUCT
SUNDAY MORNING, JAN 5
An Error Corrected-
When an editor, writing currente calamo,
and dependent in the haste of composition
upon frail memory, perpetrates a mistake, the
best he can do is to correct it as promptly as
possible.
Having been led into just such an error in
an editorial appearing in our paper on Friday
morning, we stand corrected in the following
terms by the Chronicle 8$ Sentinel of yesterday.
“Reckless Assertions.” —The Constituti
onalist of yesterday, in a puerile effort to sus
tain the “reckless assertions” of the Mont
gomery “Advertiser,” as to the fear of the
Georgiy Convention to do certain things, as
sails B. B. Moore, Esq., of Lincoln county, in
the following characteristic strain, which, in
justice to Mr. M., we notice only to disprove.
“Mr. Benning B. Moore, of Lincoln, a Sub
mission candidate, made the issue that the
Governor had no right to call the Convention,
and in doing so, was guilty ol usurpation of
power. He directly declared this in a string of
resolutions approbatory of the Compromise
measures, offered at a Submission meeting at
Lincolnton, and adopted. The proceedings,
including the resolutions, were published in the
Chronicle % Sentinel. Mr. Moore was elected
and served in the Convention, and was, then,
as he is on all occasions, a right hand man of
Mr. Toombs. He is a gentleman very apt to
sneeze when Mr. Toombs takes snuff. But
neither of these delegates ventured on a pro
position in the Cenvention expressive of their
views.”
To show how much truth there is in this
charge against Mr. Moore, we make the fol
io wing extract from the official proceedings of
the meeting referred to :
“The preamble and resolutions being before
the meeting, upon the motion of B. B. Moore,
to strike out so much of the same as censures
Gov. Towns for calling the Convention—and,
after considerable discussion, participated in
by Col. Henley, D. Wilkes, C. R. Shorter,
Esqs., and others, the motion was carried; and
the obnoxious portions ordered to be stricken
out.| The preamble and resolutions were then
adopted.”
So it seems Mr. Moore did not sneeze in this
instance at Mr. Toombs’ snuff taking. Hav
ing referred to the proceedings we find that it
was in fact Mr. L. Lamar, who was the gen
tleman that offered the Preamble and Resolu
tions. One of the resolutions was as follows :
Resolved , That no contingency has happen
ed which was contemplated by the General
Assembly of the S ate of Georgia in the act re
quiring the Governor to call a Convention;
and that the Governor has exercised a power
unauthorized by the act, and not warranted by
the circumstances in calling said Convention.
We are pleased that Mr. Moore showed his
good sense by opposing this resolution, and
that he succeeded in defeating it.
We account for the erroneous impression
we were under by the fact that we were ad
vised during the canvass by letters from Lin
coln that the issue contained in this resolution
was to be made by the Union Party of that
county,that its leading men were in favor of it,
and that the subject was much discussed. We
at the same time understood that Mr. Moore,
who is in talents and in influence the head
and front of his party in Lincoln, would be a
candidate. We remembered, while writing
our article, only these facts distinctly, and the
additional fact that at the nominating meet
ing the proposition to censure was discussed.
We remained under the impression that it
was carried in the meeting until we saw the
correction in the Chronicle $ Sentinel. In our
weekly edition we will omit the paragraph in
our editorial in which Mr. Moore is incorrect
ly represented. To the balance of it we ad
here as substantially true.
Georgia Female College.
This Institution is established at Madison,
Morgan county, under a legislative charter
granted in 1849, and is already in a flourish
ing state. Is has an excellent Faculty, and a
Board of Trustees of the highest respecta
bility. It is situated in a town where health,
convenience of location and refined society
combine to make it an attractive spot for the
education of young ladies.
We publish from the catalogue the follow
ing statement of expenses:
“The necessary expenses of a young lady,
pursuing the College Course of study, will
not exceed one hundred and seventy-five dol
lars per annum. This amount will pay for
board, washing, tuition, books, stationery,
“ Two hundred and twenty-five dollars per
annum will pay for the above, and for music
on the piano-forte or guitar.
“ Two hundred and seventy-five dollars per
annum will enable a pupil to avail herself of
the highest advantages of the Institute, not
only in the solid and all the ornamental stu
dies, but also in the ancient and modern
languages.”
The institution seems provided with all the
requisites for imparting to pupils a thorough
education, both in the useful and ornamental
branches.
Hew- Mr* Brantley's Address.
The Annual Address before the “ Young
Men’s Library Association” of this city, was
delivered at the Masonic Hall, on Triday even
ing, by the Rev. Mr. Brantley, Professor of
Belles Letters and Oratory, in our State Uni
versity. It was listened to with marked in
terest and pleasure, by an intelligent audience i
of ladies and gentlemen. The theme was
“Mental Development.” Other engage
ments deprived us of the pleasure of being
one of the auditory, but we hare heard en
comiums on all sides of the felicitous manner
in which it was presented.- It was a chaste
and finished production, both in matter and
style.
Classical, Mathematical and Mercantile
School. —We take pleasure in calling atten
tion to the advertisement of Mr. Pope. ,This
gentleman is an accomplished teacher, and es
timable man, and we are pleased to learn that
he is estimated as such in this community, as
the flourishing condition of his school attests.
It will be perceived that he has added an at
tractive feature to his system, in employing a
gentleman to teach Civil Engineering. This
is a branch of education which is of growing
importance and popularity. It opens to the
proficient a wide field for usefulness and suc
cess in life.
Mr. Pope vouches that Mr. Oliver, who is
engaged to take charge of the department of
Higher Mathematics and Civil Engineering , is
eminently qualified for the task.
Library Association-
At the Annual Meeting of the Young Men's
Library Association, held Friday evening in
the Masonic Hall, the following gentlemen
were elected officers for the present year.
President,
Hon. Andrew J. Miller.
Vice President,
William A. Walton, Esq.
Managers:
R. H. Gardiner Jr.,
Wm. H. Goodrich,
Win. C. Jessup,
Geo. H. Crump,
J. C. Fargo,
Death of the Rev- Edward NeulVille, D- D
It is with unfeigned sorrow (says the Sa
vannah Republican of the 3d inat.) that we
announce the death otthe Rev. Edward Neuf
ville, D. D. He expired at his residence in
this city, at an hour and a half after meridian
on the Ist inst.—aged forty-eight years on the
Christmas day just past. The deceased was a
native of the city of Washington, and was first
installed as Rector of the Episcopal church in
Prince William’s Parish, S. C., from which
place he was called to the rectoiship of Christ
Church, in this city, soon after the death of
the Rev. Mr. Carter. During a period of twen
ty-three years, he has performed the pastoral
duties of this church, having seen, in this
time, nearly all the other churches of the
Diocese of Georgia grow up around him.
Few men, perhaps, have lived, who have
better illustrated the life of a sincere and de
voted Christian than the Rev. Dr. Neufville.
He preached to the affections of his people
rather than to their fears. He was indulgent
in his judgments, mild and friendly in his re
proofs, careful of the reputation of others,
spotless and beyond all reproach in his own—
firm in his decisions when once they were
maturely formed, but gentle and just in their
execution—cheerful and joyous in his habit
ual mood—as fa rremoved as possible from asce
tic gloom and from proneness to rash extremes.
His sportive sallies, his prompt and kind re
cognition of all—even of the most humble—
his animated repartee, will long be remember
ed with pleasure. Had he repressed those
ebullitions of mirth and humor under an air
of monastic severity, he would have done
violence to a nature ever welling forth like
some beneficent fountain, with all that was
bright, sparkling, pure and refreshing. His
intellect was clear, his heart sincere, his char
ity boundless in every sense. He presented*
in short, the elements of character so nicely ad
justed and balanced, that one might well pause
in the task of criticism, lest any change or mo
dification should impair the harmony of the
whole. Such benign and elevated qualities
made him the confidant of the erring, the com
forter of the sick and afflicted, the pride of
hosts of friends, the delight of the social cir
cle, and the brightness and honor of a devot
ed family.
The immortal lines of the British poet find
an application to the good pastors of all coun
tries and of every age—to few more so than
to the subject of this notice :
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings lean’d to virtue’s side—^
But in his duty, prompt at every call,
He watch’d and wept, he pray’d and felt for all:
And. as a bird each fond endearment tries
To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies,
He tried each art, reprov’d each dull delay,
Allur’d to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Beside the bed where parting lie vas laid,
And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay’d,
The reverend champion stood: at his control ’
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul;
Comfort came down the trembling vretch to raise,
And his last faltering accents whisper’d praise.
Like a faithful pastor, he haa done his work
with unwearied assiduity, and he has only laid
aside the robes of his office to assume those of
that sleep which knows no waking. The tri
bute which the tears of this community offer
to his memory, is the best commentary on his
virtres. To all our citizens, without respect
to sect or condition, he has ever bee’u endear*
ed in an especial manner, aud his excellencies
will be embalmed in their memories. He died
calmly, in the consolations of that religion
which he had so long preached, surrounded
by weeping friends, among whom were the
Bishop and many of the clergymen of thi
Diocese, who have repaired to Savannah in
order to manifest the last tokens of affection
to their beloved brother.
The Philadelphia fire.— The Philadel
phia North American of 31st ult. says the
Insurance Companies upon which the loss by
the conflagration of the Ledger establishment
will fall, are the Pennsylvania, American and
Franklfn. The SIO,OOO on the building wa*
a perpetual policy in the Franklin, The $lB,-
000 on the presses, material, &c., is divided
equally between the Pennsylvania, American
and Franklin. The loss is about $40,000 above
the insurance. Mr. Peterson, book-seller, sus
tained a loss of $5,000.
Philadelphia, Dec. 31, p. m.
The late Fire —The Ledger . — Col. Hoe, the
celebrated machinist and builder of presses
is here from New York with a number of his
workmen. He has succeeded in getting one
of h i “ last fast” presses for the Ledger in
working order, and the inside form of its edi
tion will be worked on it to-night, The out
side will be worked in the Bulletin office.
To day’s edition, though worked in two of
fices end upon two presses in each, and put
to press at midnight last night, was not final
ly worked off until six o'clock this evening
owing to the immense number of copies.
New York, Dec. 31.—The cotton market is
firm—sales of 3,000 bales at IG£ a 13| cents
lor fair Uplands, and i4£ a 14| for fair Orleans,
Market closing firm,
Jesse Osborne,
W. W. Alexander,
M. Wilkinson,
J. R. Dow,
William T. Richards.
[by request. 1
[From the Columbia (S. C.) State Rights Republican.]
Southern Literature-
Messrs. Editors : —ln the State Rights Re
publican of the Ist inst., I noticed a short
article from “No Speculator” upon the sub
ject of Southern Literature, and while I read
his remarks with much pleasure, 1 could not
but regret that they were not more extended ;
the subject is one in which every Southern
man should feel a deep and abiding interest*
If one-half the money now expended for the
paltry purposes of party, and for Northern
trash, were used in establishing a home litera
ture, afld in bringing to our drawing-rooms,
and fire-sides, papers of the right stamps the
apathy and sluggishness which now prevail
in many sections 0? the South, would give
place to nobler and more patriotic sentiments.
That the political newspaper is a mighty en
gine I grant; but, the thousand influences of
the family paper should not pass unappre
ciated. It may be true that Northern literary
papers, having an eye to the main chance,
never pen a sentence rashly —it is true that
they never say one word in our defence, —
they may fear to pervert, mislead and mis
represent —they d» neglect to impart and in
culcate those doctrines which should be ex
pounded, and those sentiments which should
be instilled, at every Southern hearth-stone.
This is one evil, perhaps the greatest, which
finds its origin in our deplorable want of a
native literature. But, aside from this con
sideration, is it not humiliating to think, that,
while the Dockets of Northern publishers are
plethoric with Southern Dollars, the shortest
road to penury in the South is the pursuit of
literature, —that while “ Godey,” “ Graham,”
(aye, any and every magazine at the North*
that can get up a blue and red piospectus,)
have their thousands, and tens of thousands
of Southern subscribers, a family paper here,
finds its only safety from ruin by dabbling in
politics. (And what miserable dabbling do
they sometimes make of it !) .
It cannot be said that politics make the
daintiest morsel for the Southern palate.—
There is a healthy appetite at the South for
something higher and better, and our parlor
tables, teeming with “ Lady’s Books,” and
“Pearls,” and “Amulets,” and “Tokens,”
bear abundant testimony to its truth. We
crave something more than political wrang
ling and squabbling, and we get this some
thing, where we get every thing else. We
get the light of science where we get the
lamp and oil, by which to discern it—we get
it where we get the carpet on the floor, the
chair we sit in, the grate that warms us while
we read. We get it from men who fatten on
our money while they laugh at our infatua
tion —from those who, were they independent
of us, would see us on the road to “ perdi
tion and the dogs,” yet not extend a finger to
aid us.
Look at the sleek complacency of Godey’s
phiz, got up in the best style of the art, and
sent out to his patrons some months since.
How jovial and comfortable the “ enterpri
sing” old fellow looks ! How much has the
South contributed to that easy placidity of
feature ? Where shall we find such a South
ern Editor to place by its side ? And if we
could rake up the forgotten features of some
sanguine fool who built up, and broke down
upon Southern patriotism, what a contrast
would there be between his lean cadaverous
phiz, and the “ shining, morning face” of
Godey! We mean no disrespect to Mr.
Godey; his dear Southern friends, and their
name is legion, pay him annually, and in ad
vance, $3 each, to do what ? To furnish their
wives and daughters with the latest Paris
modes— to initiate them into the mysteries of
crotchet-stitch and embroidery—to supply
them with pictures, music and model-cottages,
and last but not least, to hold his tongue
about our «« niggers,” and he does it. Godey
sticks to his contract, and,— toe stick.to him !
Southern Literature ! Where and what is
it? We could easier write its history than
its epitaph
“ A leap—a fall—
An effort— no success at ell!”
Wheeler, (a name paternally connected
with several literary abortions in Qeorgia,
riously christened,) has pronounced it'
entity, . and we echo the title,—it i- . , * ” <m ‘
intangibility. This gentlema- . an
L. Wheeler,J made sev- , f ■ 2 *
„.“ ~ ral heroic efforts to
establish a Souths-, Maga , ;
mere of as a ddted brain) and. after aeve.al
as .ass in the pan, a little “ six by eight”
pamphlet, yclept, “ Wheeler i Southern Month
ly" struggled into a whimpering existence,
lhe fledgling contained a bona fide steel plate,
and in the first flutter of excitement which
its appearance caused, “ Godey” was laid aside
for a moment, and the intruder inspected.
The plates were old affairs, taken from some
antediluvian Yankee Magazine, (“ Godey”
mayhap, in his young days,) and were print
ed at the North, one for each subscriber and
no more, and sent out for the “Southern
Monthly.” How long this child of the South
lived, we are unable to say, but right well do
we remember Wheeler's last contribution to
Southern Literature. It appeared in the
“ Horn of Mirth,” into which sheet the soul
of the “ Southern Monthly” had transmigra
ted, and while he announced therein, his in
tention to wield his pen for us no longer, he
took occasion to rate us soundly for our ne
glect of him. In short, haring lost temper
and time, patience and pelf, he “ cussed and
quit!”
The demise of the “ Southern Monthly ,” oc
casioned no surprise, no grief, no nothing'—
The “ Monthly ” was a miserable affair, and
unworthy of patronage ! it merited death, and
so will any Southern Magazine which can get
the support, neither of Southerners, or South
ern purses. We happened once upon an agent
for the “ Southern Monthly,” while engaged
in his labors. The gentleman to whom he
made application was a subscriber to “Godey”
the agent pleaded long and eloquently— he
appealed to the Southern hearts—he empha
sised the words “Southern Monthly"— he point
ed to “ SOUTHERN” in large capitals upon
the cover of his book. The answer to the
appeal was made without a word—the gentle
man took “ Godey’g” from his pocket and
opened it at the plates ! How odious the
comparison ! The agent said nothing more,
but quietly tucked his little pink backed, (ay e,
and no doubt pinch backed) book under hia
arm, and walked off. Godey was triumphant
—Godey invincible—-the Southern Monthly
had encountered him before —they had met by
fireside, and on the parlor-table—at the coun
ter and in the street, and the “ Southern
Monthly” lay dead upon the field! “Requiescat
in pace !
The decline (?) of Southern Literature i 8
easily accounted for. Men catch the “ cacoethei
scribendi"— they build upon faith and expecta
tions (solid foundations in religion—sand
banks in literature)—they make brilliant
promises upon the strength of their hopes.—
Their anticipations are not realized, —their
promises not kept, and their patrons become
disgusted. Those who have paid regret it—
those who havn’t, (five to one of the other
kind) swear they won’t, and they don't. The
Magazine lives a miserable life, dies a misera
ble death, and Southern Literature is again,
without even a Don Quixotte to defend her.
How long shall this last? How long shall
Southern genius cross the Potomac for a Mae
caenas ? How long must that rara avis, a
Southern Poet, who indites a sonnet to his
mistress’ eye-brow, be compelled to bring it
out in the pages of Godey’s, that it may prove
acceptable in her sight ?
Let no man in the sudden flush and glow
of patriotism, attempt to supply this want, so
visibly seen, so sorely felt at the South. Let
him not prostitute his genius, or waste his
substance in the cause of Southern Litera
ture. ’There may be a better time eoming t
but for the present we say, embark not upon
this sea—your friends w’iil follow you to the
beach —'tis yourself that will be committed to
the waves.
Your correspondent signs himself “No
Speculator,” meaning, doubtless, that he had
no pecuniary interest at stake—but I cannot
well see how the thinker upon Southern Lit
erature, can be other than,
A Speculator.
Georgia, Aug. 3rd, 1850.
Deaths op Editors. —The Wilmington
Commercial of Tuesday announces the death
of Henry I. Toole, esq., editor of the Aurora
of that place. Mr. Toole has been for some
years connected with the press of North Caro
lina, and was a man of more than common ab
ility. The Commercial says of him: “His
social qualities acquired a large circle of at
tached friends, and his talents commanded
respect in every situation he was called to
fill.”
From Alabama papers we are pained
to learn the death of John McCormick, esq.,
[ate of the Montgomery Advertiser, who has
for many years been a distinguished member
of the editorial corps of Alabama. He was
accidentally drowned 4 while crossing the Ala
bama river, on the 24th ult. The West Ala
bamian refers to him in the following terms:
“The deceased was a man of strong mind,
which had been highly improved by reading 1
and reflecting, of great socibility of disposi
tion, of warm and generous feelings, a high
toned gentleman, an upright, public spirit
ed and useful citizen. As an Editor, he had
but few equals in the State. He leaves a
widow and three childern to mourn his un
timely death.”
We learn from the Vicksburg Sentinel that
Gen. C. M. Price, for ten years the able and
efficient editor of the Mississipian, died at
Jackson on Friday morning, the 20th ult. at
3 o’clock. **
I Mr. Lemuel Gill, publisher of the Eutaw
(Ala.) Democrat, died in Mobile on the 29th
ult. He arrived there a few d; yg previous, suf
sering from diarrhoea, which became aggravated
and caused his death.
' i
There have been numberless rumor
the last few days, in reference to .U* atloat *
astounding discovery of the p recent
the funds of the Fireman ’ of
pany. Mr. Greene suran ee Com
ment. Immediat' remains in eonfine
an assignmep: r '*"*£ & n ex 1S arr s st he made
pert'' r*al -° the Com P an y of all his pro
iat ah 7 * ,ld P eia °nal, estimated in value,
! * though some portions are
umbered by mortgages. The.whole amount
embezzled is said to exceed SBO,OOO. Up to
Saturday, only $17,000 worth of assets had
been discovered. The Directors have been
busily engaged in effotsrto find out what ap
plication had been made by Mr. Greene of the
funds. His statement, we understand, is
that he had invested .hem in speculations in
cotton which had resulted in losses.
We understand that Mr. Greene’s official
bonds were for $20,000, with four sureties.—
One of these has seized a portion of the pro
perty, conveyed by Mr. Greene to the Com
pany, with a view to indemnity himself
Mobile Register , 30 th ult.
Stbembe Ivanhoe.— We are pleased to state
that the announcement made by us a few davs
since, (on what we deemed good authority.)
of the loss of the steamer, was incorrectf—
Capt. Tessier, of this steamer Gen. Clinch , ar
rived last night, informs us that he left the
Ivanhoe at St. Catherine’s Island as he passed
and that she may be looked for here to-day.—
Sav. Republican , 3 d inst. 3 *
Army Movement. -Dr. Charles M. Hheh
cook, U. S. A., has received orders from head
quarters to repair to Fort Pinckney at
Charleston. The post at this place i B to be
broken up for the present, though it i 8 pro
bable another Company will be sent here in
the course of a few months, in which event
Dr. H. may return.— ld.
Ihb Weather.-Foi the last three davs
we have been visited with the worst sort of
weather. Rain and cold north winds have
give our city an uninving apnearance,’ and
yet we are not so uncomfortable as our friends
in northern latitudes. We learn that in Ma -
con at 8 o clock last evening it was snowing
finely, many places were covered an inchi
deep, and some of our citizens w©re
8 snowballing match. The weather feel s cola
enough for snow here, but it continues to rain
and there is little appearance of clear weath
er.—Sqv\Georgian, 3d inst.
The Fugitive Slat^'cLe-Th 3 ''
AiK.CA.-The examination of the ”Tof
ue°d t’o ‘daV’sevt f ? gl “ ,e BlaTe > »»« contin
uea tq day. beveral witnesses testified to
being the slave of Mr. Smith, of Virgin^
The examination will be continued on Thura
M. t £ i r ndred **
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