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The Augusta and Waynesboro, Bail Boad
We have been presented with the first re
port of the President and Directors of this
Kail Road, now in full progress of construe*
tion. The Report is a very satisfactory one,
and shows a prospect of a speedy comple v ion
of the Road. We hare likewise the Report
ofF. P. Holcomb, Esq., the Chief Engineer
of the Road to the President, giving much
statistical information in reference to costs, &c.
It is estimated that the total cost of the Road
will, when completed, amount to $800,841,
making an average per mile of $15,254. The
structure will be a very permanent one, and
the Iron rail of the heaviest description, and
it is the intention of the President and Direc
tors to complete it ia a manner not inferior to
v*any in the State.
The work is rapidly progressing. The con
tractors are faithfully at work, and the Cnief
Engineer is of opinion that the Road will be in
operation to Waynesboro by the first of July
next. The Road commences at the seventy
nine mile station on the Central Road, which
was deteimined upon as the most eligible place
for a connaction, and until it reaches Augusta,
stages will connect with that place and the
terminus of the Road. We give the following
extract from the Report:
“It is believed, however, that the line run
ning from the seventy-nine mile Station, is
the shortest, cheapest, and most practicable,
that could have been located from any point
on the Central Road. The Report of the Chief
Engineer dwells sufficientlyjupon the contracts
entered into on the 15th February, 1850, and
the causes of failure, to have the work ready
lor the tr iins before this date. The Board
eoncurs in opinion with the Chief Engineer,
that the Road will be in operation to Way
nesboro’ by the first of July next. From Way
nesboro’ to Augusta superior post coaches will
run in connection with the Road, jmd it is
confidently believed that no inconsiderable
amount of travel will take that direction at
once. And when the Road is open to Graves’
Store, beyond Mcßean, but seventeen miles
from Augusta and directly on the present
stage road, there will doubtless be an impor
tant increase of travel. Strong in this convic
tion, the Board was gratified to let the work
to that point at once, though it will exhaust
the present resources of the Company.
“It is obvious that several additional miles of
Road might have been built by these means,
had the Board been satisfied with a less sub
stamial and less durable kind of construction.
But it ia believed to be true economy, to avoid
the necessity imposed upon too many roads
heretofore buiit, of commencing the process of
rebuilding soon after they are open for busi
ness. To be a profitable work, this ought to
be a perfect one—capable of meeting succes
fully the active and zealous competition which
it must encounter. The Board does not hesi
tate to believe that the Stockholders will ap
prove the policy adopted.
“A general impression prevailed, at the time
the Company was organized, that large sub
scriptions would have been made in vork,
whi h would have added much to the resources
at the disposal of the Board. Much has doubt
less bean said at public and m con
versations, on this subject, but no pledges of
a binding character have been made. No pro
position to work for at «ck, which the Board
could consider, ever came before it; and it was
found impossible to induce the planters on
the route to enter into such an arrangement
To what extent this was due to the increased
price of cotton and provisions, will be evident
to the Stockholders. There can be no doubt
that the general prosperity of the country and
high prices of every commodity, have, in more
particulars than one. interfered wich the pro
gress of our work. It is hoped, however, that
these circumstances which have added much
to the pecuniary ability of the friends of the
enterprise, will not in the end prove an injury
to it.
“When the subscriptions have been paid in,
end the funds expended on the Road, the
Board would not feel authorized to enter into
any further obligations—though the pressing
importance of having the road finished to Au~
gusta is very evident. The best interests of
the Company, and the wants of the public,
demand that no unnecessary delay should be
permitted in accomplishing that end. Anum
ber of Stockholders, uniting in opinion with
the Board, have ceded a meeting of Stock
holders, to be held on the sth of February
next, for the purpose of determining on the
further progress of the work and giving the
authority necessary in the premises.
“The subscriptions were put down with the
understanding that interest was to be allowed,
at aeven per cent, on all instalments paid inj
until the road is in operation—both for the
purpose of arriving at the true cost of the
work, when finished, and to place those Stock
holders, who paid at the commencement, on
an equal footing with those who came in at a
later period. Several methods have been sug
gested, by some of the larger Stockholders, to
aarry out this principle, without taking from
the means at the disposal of the Board, now
so much needed to advance the work. I: ap
pears from the call, that this will also be
brought before this meeting.
“Negotiations have been for somejtime going
on with the City Council of Augusta, to se
cure a site tor a Depot in that City. Though
nothing very definite has yet been done, the
Board has good reasons to believe that such a
site will be offered on liberal terms.
“The importance of securing the co-operation
of the Georgia Rail Road attracted the atten
tion of the Board at the very organization of
the Company, and steps were taken to secure
a subscription from that quarter. A very
handsome subscription was offered by that
Company at a very early day; but upon con
ditions which, it was feared, would cripple
this Company seriously in its operations, du
ring its entire existence. Desirous as the
Board was to secure so important an ally, and
to avail themselves of their assistance, such
modifications were sought to be made in the
conditions, an would justify an acceptance of
the subscription. It is with regret that the
Board cannot report that any satisfactory terms
have been agreed upon: though it is still hop
ed the Georgia Rail Road Company may yet
be satisfied, that its interests will be forward
ed by a subscription to our stock. The pro
positions of the Directors of the Georgia Riii
Road, the action of this Board, and the en
tire correspondence on the subject, are open
to the inspection of the Stockholders.
submitted.
" “ALEX. R. LAWTON, President.' 1
Message of the G vb&nob of Pennsylva.
nia. —The Message of Governor Johnson was
delivered on Wednesday to the Legislature.
It is short, but touches upon the various sub
jects of general legislation which require at
tention. It commences with a very proper
tribute to the late President of the United
States and to the purity of his character.—
Tha Governor suggests that the judicial dis
tricts be remodel'ed; and the number greatly
lessened. An increase of the salaries of the
Judges of the Common Pleas and Distiict
Cour's is thought advisable in the event of a
reduction in the number of Common Pleas
Districts.
He proposes to the Legislature to ab lish
spring elec ions,as unnecessary and expensive
One election, in October, is sufficient for all
practical purposes. The creation of an agri
cultural department, he conceives, demands
the attention of the Legislature, in order that
valuable information may be diffused through
the Commonwealth for the use of the farmer.
The census will require probably an appor
tionment of the State and Congressional dis
tricts, and the Governor hopes that action on
such important bills will not be delayed till
the end of the session,apractice inconsistent
with careful and correct 1 gislation.
He refers also to the impiovement of the
public buildings and grounds, the necessity
to have the weights and measures readjusted
in the counties, the publication of the geolo
gical report, and an arrangement of the geolo
gical specimens, the preservation of colonial
and revolutionary papers. He commends the
Insane Asylum to lie fostering care of the Leg
islature. A revision of the laws in relation
to taverns, beer-houses, and ten-pin alleys,
they being now the common resorts of the
young, is also recommended, and an equali
zation of tax laws again urged upon the Leg
islature.
The finances of the commonwealth are as
follows:—Amout of debt due on the 30th
November last, $40,775,485; stocks and cash
in hands of commissioners of sinking fund,
$465,090; interest saved of special loan in the
discontinuance of the inclined plane, $400,-
000, which deducted leaves $39,910,394, a de
crease of public debt since 1848 of $538,203.
About $557,946 were extraordinary expenses,
to avoid the Inclined Plane and to complete
the North Branch Canal. These completed,
nearly one million of dollars may be appro
priated annually to the reduction of the pub
lic debt. The receipts of the treasury last
year were $4,438,131, being less than the es
timates $123,167- The estimated expendi
tures were $4 .034,000; actual payments, $4,-
553,193. The estimates for 1851 are—receipts,
$4,296,000; payments, $4,101,300.
Ail items of taxatiou applicable to the sink
ing fund, the Governor says, should be re
quired to reach the Treasury quarterly, under
the severest penalties. The deteriorated con
dition of the public works and some recom
mendations for their better management are
presented. The improvement of the Dela
ware harbor is urged upon Congress, in view
of the interior trade which the completion of
the public improvements will tend to enlarge,
and the wealth of which will pour into Phila
delphia. The project of a system of banking
based upon State stocks is again revived by
the Governor, and argued at some length. He
also refers to matters of national legislation,
the necessity of revising the revenue laws so
as to give protection to manufactures, cheap
postage, and lastly, the extension of slavery
and the Union.
The Governor denies that Pennsylvania has
ever disregarded her constitutional obligations
relative to fugitive slaves. He thinks that the
present law for the recovery of fugitives re
quires modifications, but urges obedience to it
whilst if remains the law of the land. Th^
J kind of proof required should be indicated,
and a iuil record of the entire proceedings be
made and preserved. Processes issued should
be returned, and the extradition of any eolor
; ed person, for whom warrant had issued with-
I out hearing nad before the judge, should be
| visited with tha penalties of kidnapping. The
j message is a pfam and well written paper, set
ting forth the views of the Executive clearly,
and without any unnecessary amount of wotds
or discussion.
Trip or tig Alabama. — I’he new steam
ship Alabama, of Samuel L Mitchiii's line oi
Savannah steamers, mide a short, but very
successful trip yesterday, and one witn which
the numerous company ou board, comprising
many of our first merchants, members ot tne
j Common Council, marine architects and en
j gine-buiiders, were highly gratified. She ran
| down as tar as Sandy Hook, and returned at
! a seasonable hour, exchanging salutes with
! the steamship Baltic, on her way to Liverpool,
I and with the various steam-vessels lytng at
! the piers. A bountiful and elegant colla ion
was partaken of with good am, and during
the speeches tha’- folio ved, frequent occasion
was taken to speak of the vessel, and the
important commercial enterprise in which she
is engaged, as among the strongest iegiments
that bind in one common brotherhood, re
; mote parts of the nation.
The Alabama was built by Wm. H. Webb ;
and is furnished with a powerful side-lever
marine engine, manufactured by Stillman,
Allen & Co., of the Novelty Iron Works. The
cylender is 75 inches in diameter—stroke of
piston, eight feet. It is a very perfect piece
of machinery, and worked with regularity,
and little or no treraulousness of motion. —
With fifteen pound of steam, the greatest
pressure the engineer was permitted to carry,
it made 16£ revolutions. The wheels are 26£
feet in diameter, with thirty-two twenty four
inch paddles, and ten feet face. The ship is
capable of carrying 1000 bales of cotton. 200
cabin and 100 steerage passengers. The fur
niture and joiner-work are by Robert Laton.
Upholstery by N. M. Gaw & Co. The ca
boose and gallery fittings, which are very
complete and ingeniously arranged were pre
pared byT. M. Shepard.
Capt. Chas. Ludlow is the capable and ex
perienced commander of the Alabama—Thoa.
Strickland, mate ; Chas. Wright, steward.—
The A., sails on Saturday next. ~~N. Y. Jour.
Com., 9th inst.
Legislature ob Florida.— The Tallahassee
Floaidian, speaking of the Report of the
House Committee on Federal Relations, made
some days previously, says that the report is
moderate, yet decided, in its tone. It jre-*
sents the right ot secession, as distinguished
from revolution, clearly and unequivocally,
and enunciates views on thissubjeec that will
be overwhelmingly sustained by the Legisla
ture and People of this State. It condemns
the so-called Compromise of the late session
but is not • prepared to recommend secession
or revolution on account” of it, though it re
gards the spirit which prompted that mea
sure, ‘ illustrated and developed by a thou
sand other anti-slavery demonstrations, so
malignant in its designs, and so obdurate in
its purposes as to leave but little hope that its
aggressions will stop short of the ruin into
which it is seeking to drive us.’ While it* is
unwilling, however, to recommend seces ion
because of aggressions already perpetrated,
the Report is against any further concessions
on the part of the South. The last a'ep has
been readied in retreating before the fanatical
demands of the insane disorganizes of the
free States. Says the Report—
“ Concession by the South for the sake of
the Union, has now been mane to the very
v*rge of dishonor, and every Southern heart
revolts at submission to farther injustice. This
is the common ground upon which all South
ern men meet, and, laying aside all differences
that hare hitherto divided them, pledge to
each other their mutual vows to recede no
farther. For her love to the Union, the South
may proudly appeal to the past —for her greater
love of liberty, let her now appeal to the fu
ture.”
The Floridian calls on the Legislature to ap
point Delegates to a Southern Congress, in
accordance with the recommendation of the
Nashville Convention, and intimates that if
that body fails to make such appointments,
the people in their primary assemblies will take
the matter in hand. The editor closes by say
ing: “Florida should prepare to meet the
question in any phase in which it may present
itself. But the country is disgusted with re
solutions which are never meant to be observ
ed. Whatever is done, therefora, should be
the fruit of deliberate reflection, and then —
abide the consequences.”—Charleston Courier,
13 th inst.
(Reported for ths Baltimore Sun.')
Thirty-First Congress—Second Session*
Washington, Jan. 9th, 1851.
SENATE.
Mr. Pearce presented the memorial of Alex.
Murdoch, on the part of the First Presbyte
rian Church of Baltimore, praying the remis
sion of certain duties on certain articles im
ported by that church. Referred to the fi
nance committee.
Mr. Pratt presented a petition from citizens
of Allegany county, Maryland, in favor of
cheap postage.
Mr. Hale reported a bill renewing the pen
sion of Mrs. Sarah D. Mackay, of Maryland,
and the bill after explanation, was ordered to
be engrossed.
Numerous reports on private bills were
made.
Mr. Pearce, on leave, introduced a joint re
solution relinquishing to the State of Mary
land two of the cannon captured by the brig
ade under the command of General Riley, at
the battle of Contreras, Mexico. Mr. Pearce
explained that he introduced this resolution
at the request of General Riley, who desired
to present these cannon to nis native State. —
The joint resolution was then considered and
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The bill to change the p ace for holding the
United States Courts in Vermont, was taken
up, and ordered to be engrossed.
The bill to ascertain and settle private land
claims in California was then taken up.
Messrs. Benton and Gwin continued the de
bate, and the bill and amendments were re
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Several motions to take up particular bills
were made and rejected.
And the Senate proceeded to the conside
ration of Executive business, and shortly af
terwards the Senate adjourned. ‘
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Thompson, from Tennessee, submitted
a resolution having for its object to authorise
the reduction of the value of the si,ver coin
of the U. States, either by reducing its
weight or increasing that of the alloy which
it contains, to prevent its exportation and ar
| rest its rapid disappearance.
; Objections being made to suspending the
' rule of the House, the resolution was with
j drawn.
The House then took up the New Hamp
shire contested election, which occupied the
rest of the day without a decision being ar
rived at, when the House adjourned till to
morrow.
'SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 10, 1851.
i Mr. Douglas, from tbe Committee on Ter
; ritories, reported a Bsl to refund certain ex
i penses incurred by Oregon Territory in pro
j securing the Cavuse War. And a Bill to
make the b'll creating the office of Surveyor
General for Oregon, and other purposes ap
plicable to the Territory of Utah.
The bill yesterday ordered t'> be engrossed,
granting a renewal of the pension to Mrs.
Sarah D. Mackay, of Md., being put on its
passage.
Mr Yulee opposed the principle involved in
the bill.
Mr. Pearce replied, and the bill was then
passed—veas 32, nays 11.
sThe several bills yesterday ordered to be
engrossed, were taken up, read a third time
and passed.
The bill amending the act in relation to
■ notaries public wa9 amended by conferring on
all no.aries public the same authority to take
depositions as is now conferred on magis
trates and comroissieiiers under the Judiciary
act of the U. S.,and was ordered to be engross
ed.
The joint resolution relinquishing to the
State of Maryland two of the cmnon eaptured
i by General Riley's Brigade at Contreras, was
passed.
A message was received from the President
of the U. States, enclosing a report of the Se
cretary of the Navy in regard to the discipline
of the service, &c., and in relation to the abo
lltion of flogging in the Navy; which was or
dered to be printed.
The Senate then, after rejecting several mo
tions to take up particular bills,
Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After tne House met, several bills, of which
previous notice had been given, were read a
first and second time, and documents trans
mitted by the Executive were laid before the
House by the Speaker.
The New election again cams
up for discussion; and the House was address
ed by Mr. Schenck of Ohio.
Mr. Schenck was, however, interrupted by
the moving for the previous question, which
was carried; and the Sneaker was about to
take the sense of the House on the amend
ment, proposed by Mr. Tuck, of New Hamp
shire, that Edward Perkins is entitled to the
seat which he claims, in virtue of the vacancy
that has occurred; in lieu of the original reso
lutions, that Oeorge W. Morrison is entitled
to the seat waich he holds as representative of
the third Congressional district of New Hamp
shire.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Strong
addressed the House, and reviewed the ques
tion under consideration at considerable length,
contending that there had been no interference
with the vested rignts of electors by the State
of New Hampshire, in passing the act of last
year, re-dividing that State.
The question on the amendment being about
to be put, a motion was made to adjourn, and
the ayes and nays being called for, there ap
peared in favor of the motion 2; and against
it 183.
The yeas and nays were then taken on the
amendment, when there appeared 84 yeas,
and 103 nays.—The amendment was therefore
lost.
The question was then taken on the original
resolution, which was carried—-98 to 90-
Motions were made to reconsider the vote of
the House on the resolution and amendment,
aod that they be laid on the table, which
were carried; and thus the question is finally
disposed of.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow.
Boston, 9 Jan.
Senatob for Massachusetts.— The Demo
cratic members in Caucus have agreed by 65 to
6,jto vote for C .aries Sumner, as CJ. S. Sena
tor. Ihe Post contains a letter from S. D.
Bradford, a leading Democrat, against the
measure, and also the proceedings of a Demo
cratic Meeting, at Salem, of the same pur
port. j
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST*
Otucjnsta, ©eorgia.
TUESDAY MORNING-, JAN* I I
Pire!
The alarm of fire last evening was caused
by the burning of the Stable of Col. Byrd.
This is the second time his stable has been
burnt within the last three months. That it
is the work of an incendiary there is no doubt,
and we hope the reward offered by the Colo
nel will be doubled by the city authorities,
and that the incendiary will be detected and
receive the punishment he so richly deserves.
Lecture on America-
Some of our exchanges contain the lecture
in full of the Earl of Carlisle, formerly Lord
Morpeth, delivered before a large andience, in
the city of Leeds, (England,) upon the United
States of America. It is the second of a
series of lectures embodying his observations
upon men and manners, institutions social,
political and religious, derived from a twelve
month’s tour upon the North American con
tinent. They are given to the public from
notes taken at the time, now more than tight
years ago. He thus gracefully accounts for
the delay in giving publicity to those notes :
“I determined to keep a journal during my
travels, and only at the end of them to decide
what should become of it. When it was com
pleted, I found that it was written in too hur
ried and desultory a manner, and was too
much confined to my own daily proceedings,
to make it of much interest to the public at
large; still more strongly I felt that, after
having been received with uniform civility
and attention, nay, I may say, with real
warmth and openness of heart, I should not
wish, even where I had nothing but what was
most favorable to communicate, i nmediately
to exhibit myself as an inquisitive observer of
the interior life to which I had been admit
ted ; and this very feeling would probably
have disqualified me for the office of an im
partial critic. Now, however, that above
eight years have elapsed since my return, in
turning over the pages then written, it has
seemed to me allowable to endeavor, for a pur
pose like the present, to convey a few of the
leading impressions which I derived from the
surface of nature, and society, as they exhib
ed themselves in the new world.”
The noble Loid was too much of a gentle
man, and had too great an appreciation of
himself to follow the example of Mrs. Trollope,
Hall, and Dickins, et id omne yenm, and imme
diately write a book in abuse ind coarse car
icature of the American people, to pander to
low English prejudice. His lecture is imbued
with a liberal tone, and his comments are
made in the spirit of philosophic observation.
It is, in the main, fair and ju*t, and in many
respects, quite complimentary. The strong
European prejudice against the institution of
slavery receives full but not intemperate ex
: pression. That prejudice has caused some
! rather high coloring as to the disadvantages
: of the institution, and has blinded him to
i its more than compensating benefits, and con
servative influences. But in the main, we
may remark, that it is rarely to be found, that
an Englishman could have spoken as much of
America and so much in commendation, and
| said so little offensive.
We will give occasional extracts from this
lecture. In the mean time we quote the
closing paragraph, and feel that every true
American will cordially sympathise in the
hope expressed in the concluding sentence ;
“ Having thus endeavored, without con
sciousness of any thing mis-stated or exag
gerated, though of much that is wanting and
incomplete on either side, to mu up the good
and the bad, 1 lc-ave my heareis to draw their
own conclusions from the wnoie. There are
large materials both for approval and attauk
ample grounds both for hope and fear. Causes
are occasionally at work wfcieh almost appear
to portend a disruption of the federal Union ;
at toe same time, a strong sentiment of piide
about it, aiising partly trom an honest pa ri
otism. partly trom a feeling of complacency
in its very size and extent, may tend indefin
itely to postpone any such pregnant results ;
but whatever m «y be the solution of that ques
tion, whatever may be the issue of the future
destinies assigned to the American Republic,
it is impossile to have contemplated her x
tent, her resouices, the race that has mainly
peopled her, the institutions she has derived
or originated, the liberty which has been their
life-blood, the industry which has been their
offspring, and the free gospel which has been
published on her wide plains, and wafted by
her thousand streams, without nourishing the
belief and the hope that it is reserved for her
to do much in the coming generations, for the
good of man and the glory of God.”
A Pithy Sentence.
An unknown friend crops us the following
through the Post Office. If its insertion ac
complishes what he prediots, we shall owe
him, and the slow debtors also, a vote of
thanks:
Mr. Gardner: —Give this a good place in
your paper, and you will collect some slow
debts:
Keep it before thb People— That if it bo
mean to dun a man for a small debt, it am a
d—d sight meaner to wait to be dunned for a
small debt Yes, Sir, E E —--E,
Selah !—Pine Knot .
The Panorama-
By particular request, Loomis’ Panorama of
Cuba will be kept open for exhibition a few
evenings longer. Since it has been on exhibi
tion in this city, it has been visited by large
numbers of our citizens, and all we have con
versed with seemed pleased with it. It is a
painting worth seeing.
Mississippi. —Tne Port Gibson Herald hoists
the Flag of Millard Fillmore for President,
and Howell Cabb cf Georg ia for Vice Presi
dent, in 1852, subject to the decision of a
National Union Convention.
Politics sometimes maketh strange bed
fellows. Should this ticket by any influences
be formed by a national caucus and presented
to the people of Georgia for support, how
many things said in 1848 will be unsaid on
both sides. There will be rare eating of
words.
Arrival op thb Isabel. — L’he steamer Isa
bel, Cape. Rollins, arrived at Charleston ear
ly baturday morning, having left Havana on
the Bth. and Key West on the Skh inst.
The Diario de la Marina, of the 4th inst.
announces, with some flourish, the arrival of
Jenny Lind, and states that a royal steamer
had been despatched to bring her to the city
from the Is ibel, whence she had been conduct
ed to the lodgings prepared for her by Mr.
Baruum's agent.
Value of Property in Hancock County.
—On the Ist inst., 287£ acres of old land,
belonging to the estate of John Rosser, in
Hancock «ounty, about seven miles from the
village of Sparta, were sold at auction for $3,-
050. Mr. John Sikes was the purchaser. At
the same sale, likely negro girls of 16 to 17
years of age brought $llOO each. Hancock is
prosperous and out of debt, and she can afford
to pay good prices.
Right. —The Democratic Southern Rights
candidates for Tax Collector and Receiver have
succeeded in the following counties, via:
Bibb, Chatham, Cobb, Pike and Muscogee.
In all these counties the Submissionists tri
umphed at the November election.
Macon & Western Rail-Road.— At a
meeting of the Stockholders of the Macon &
Western Rail-Road, held in Macon on the
7th inst., Isaac Scott was re-elected President,
and the Board of Directors of last year were
also re-elected.
The New Minister to Austria. —Mr. Mc-
Curdy, late Lieut. Governor of Connecticut,
and recently appointed Minister to Austria,
sailed in the Baltic, on Wednesday, for Vien
va, via Lond >n and Paris. This would indi
cate that the recent passage at arms between
Chevalier Hulsemann and the Hon. Daniel
Webster, has not had the effect of suspend
ing diplomatic intercourse between the two
countries.
Hombstbad Exemption. —The New-York
Homestead Exemption Law went into opera
tion on the Ist inst. I r exempts from sale on
execution for debts hereafter contracted, the
lot and buildings thereon, occupied as a resi
dence owned by the debtor, being a house
holder, and having a family, to the value of
SI,OOO.
The Ich Trade. —A company of fifteen
gentlemen, with a capital of $20,000, are
preparing rnd have nearly finished, on the
margin of Haggett’a Pond, (Mass.) along the
line of the Lawrence Rail-Road, buildings of
a capacity of holding ten thousand tons.
They “ calculate" upon keeping Southern
blood cool during the next dog days. Last
fall, at New Orleans, ice sold at $5 a ton.
Thh Next Congress.—The Philadelphia
North American says: “It is somewhat early
to attempt estimating the manner in which
the new apportionment, provided by the act
of May 23d, 1850, will affect the several
States as regards the distribution of Repre
sentatives. The act provides that the whole
number of members shall be 233 ; and as the
entire population of the country is rated at
above twenty-three, or twenty-three and a
half millions, it is computed that the consis
tency will be, in round numbers, 100,000. —
Taking this as the basis, and calculating from
mixed re urns and estimates of population;
the apportionment among the States would
seem to be somewhat as follows :
OLD. KBW.
Wisconsin ..3 3
lowa » ...2 3
Pennsylvania - 24 24
New York
Rnode Island ..........2 2
Virginia 17 14
Indiana.... .10 12
Caliiornia 2 2
Texas ...2 2
Ohio 21 20
N >rth Carolina.... 9 8
Vermont.... 4 3
Connecticut 4 4
Maine 7 6
Kentucky..... ...10 10
Missouri 5 7
Arkansas ..1 2
Delaware ..........I 1
bouth Carolina .7 6
Georgia 8 10
Florida ...1 1
Lousiana 4 6
Michigan.... ..........3 5
Illinois 7 9
Alabama 77
Mississippi 4 5
Tennessee 11 11
New Hampshire 4 3
New Jersey ..........5 4
Maryland 6 6
233
W. C. Morange, Esq ,editor of the Edgefield
Advertiser, has been elected as a Representa
tive from Edgefield District in the place of
F. H. Wardlaw, who was elected by
the Legislature at its recent session as Chan
ce llor.
Tribute of Respect-
At a Meeting of the members of the Rich
mond Bar, held on the first day of January,
Term, 1851, Andrew J. Miller, *Esq., was
called to the Chair, and George G. McWhor
ter. Esq., requested to act as Secretary.—
The object of the meeting being stated by the
Chairman, the following Resolutions were
moved by William T. Gould, Esq., and unan
imously adopted:
Resolved , That the Bar sincerely regrets
the death of J .mes McLaws, Esq., late Clerk
of this Court, whose long services in that
office claim at our hands every mark of re
spect for his memory.
Resolved , That the usual badge of mourn
ing be worn during the present Term, and
that the officers of Court be requested to con
form to this resolution.
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meet
ing. signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
be communicated to the family u. the de
ceased, and published in the city papers, and
that the Court be moved to order them en
tered on the Minutes of the present Term.
ANDREW J. MILLER, Ch'ra.,
George G. McWhorter, Sec’ry.
Another Forrest and Willis affair at
the Astor Place Opera The N. Y. Mirror
states that a most disgraceful fracas took
place on Monday night in the lobby of the
Astor Place Opera House, between Messrs.
Forrest and W i His, which threatened at one
time to result in another breach of the peace,
by the former gentleman :
Mr. Willis was present in company with
his wife and Mrs. Voorhees, and between the
acts left his seat and proceeded to the lobby,
where he was followed by Forrest, (who, it is
said, was infuriated) and abused him in a
most outrageous manner, applying to him
the lowest and vilest epithets, and threaten
ing to “lick him on the spot.’' A gentleman
who witnessed it, however, notified the po
lice of the fact, and thus a scene of personal
violence was probably prevented. Mr. Willis
returned to his seat, and Forrest was cleverly
watched by the police officer during tne re
mainder of the evening.
The Donna Marie Explosion. — Safety of
the American Officers We have been tavored
with the following extract from a letter from
S. Drinker, Esq., dated| Hong Kong, Oct. 30,
1850 :
“We have just heard of an awful accident
at Macao. The Portuguese corvette Donna
Marie had caught fire, which communicated
to the magaxine, immediately blowing her up,
with all on board, at least two hundred men,
and all the officers. It occurred yesterday at
half-past 2. All the officers of the U. $. ship
Marion were to have dined on board. It was
a fortunate escape.'''
In the Southampton Advertiser we find the
f llowing extract from a letter bearing the
same date as above, and confirming its state
ment of the safety of the American officers.—
The writer says:
“ A number of civilians from Macao, and
the officers of the United States sloop Marion,
were invited. At noon the Donna Marie 11.
fired a royal salute, shortly after which seve
ral of the invited civilians went off to the
vessel, which was then lying at anchor ia the
Typa. At half-past two o’clock, p. m , the
ship blew up with a fearful explosion, entire
ly destroying the vessel and all on board, ex
cept the captain's son and twelve or thirteen
men, who were taken ouc of the water. The
crew consisted chiefly of Lascars, natives of
Goa, wrh European marines. The number
on board at the time of the catastrophe could
not have been far short of 300 souls. The
American officers, it is believed, escaped, as
they were about to quit their own vessel
when the explosion took place. Who were
the civilians on board is et ascertained."
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of the 10th
inst., says : “ The steamship Ohio was yester
day removed from North to the East River,
to have the repairs of her machinery comple
ted. This done, which will be in the course
of the ensuing week, it is expected she will
go into the dry dock at the Navy Yard. Her
cargo was taken out in excellent condition,
only a few boxes of cigars being destroyed.'#
Steamer Elkton Burned. —We regret to
announce that the steamer “E kton," built and
owned in this county, and recently put in the
trade, was entirely consumed by fire, while
tied up at the Suck, on Tuesday night last.
So rapid did the flames spread, that it was
with difficulty the passengers and crew escap
ed. All the freight, including 168 bales of
cotton, and all the books and papers of the
Boat, were lost. We understand that the
Elkton was not insured, nor was there any
insurance on the Cotton, &c. It was out of
Elk r ver. The loss of the Elkton will be
severely felt by the owners, who anticipated a
good harvest of business this season.— Chat~
tanooga Gazette , 1 Oth inst.
The Greatest Disci vert of the Age.—
There has just been brought to light the ap
plication of a power which is to supersede en
tirely the present steam power of the world /
This announcement may stagger some, but the
discovery, when it shall be divulged, will
stagger them a thousand t.mes more.
It has been made by an Extern man, who
has completed his model—one of which will
be deposited at Washington as soon as patent
rights shall be secured in the different Euro
pean countries. The machinery is entirely
j perfected—the power is a motive one, and
steam has no part in creating it. So simple
and economical are the principle and appli
cation, that two tons of eo«l will be sufficient
| to drive the largest ship of the line around
! the world.
We are not at liberty, now, to divulge more
| of this wonderful discovery ; but we predict,
: with the greatest confidence, that a short time
i only will elapse before a total revolution will
take place throughout the world in our mo
tive power system. Indeed, we f.ssert, with
the same confidence, that the year 1850 term
inated the sovereignty of steam.
This is no chimera. We mean what we
say—and time, brief in point of duration,
will evolve this wonder, at present hid as
with a guaze, only from the public eye, to the
astonishment of Christendom—an astonish
ment far greater than that produced bv the
discovery of or the magnetic telegraph.
[Germantown (Pa.) T legraph.
Slaves in leaas. — ut Aiutusviiie (Texas)
Presbyterian, of the 14th ultimo, says:—
“lt is estimated that not less than four hun*»
dred slaves have been brought into this coun
ty and settled us within the last eight
weeks. This is certainly more than our share;
it cannot be that every section of the State h s
received such accessions to their slave popula
tion, if so, we are indeed draining our sister
States of their negroes.”
The New York Fugitive Slave Ca<«b.—
About noon, yesterday, in New York Judge
Judson gave his decision in the case of Henry
Long, the alleged fugitive slave from Virginia.
Long was surrendered to his reputed owner.
Long left New York for Richmand by the
; five o’clock line, in custody of De outy U. S.
1 Marshals Talmadge, Brown and De Angelis*
He was guarded to Jersey City by a large po
| lice force. The U. States officers, with the r
prisoner, were met, last night, on the arrival
of the cars at the Kensington Depot, by De
puty U. S. Marshals Smith and Halzel, of this
city, supported by thirty officeis under Poli e
Marshal Kevser.
The negro was conveyed from Kensington
in custody of the U. S. officers, and a detail of
Marshal Keyser's officers, in one of Glena’s
omnibuses to the Baltimore depot, corner of
Eleventh and Market street, where he was
placed in the cars, and started for the South
in charge of officers Talmadge, Brown and De
Angelis, of New York.
(Telegraphedfor the Journal of Commerce.)
Boston, Jan. 10, 1851.
Seizure of the Royal Mail Steamship Niaga
ra for Smuggling.—News from Venezulea .—
Collector Greely has seized the B iiish steam
ship Niagara for violation ot the revenue laws.
On Monday night a boat was seen going from
the steamer, which was boarded by an officer,
and found to contain s lk and lace.
Other light go >ds w-re found upon the
wharf where they had been loading—in all to
the amount of from $5,000 to $! 0,000. I is
supposed that the crew and not the officers of
the ship are implicated in the tran action, and
that the ship will be released bv the Secreta
ry of the Treasury. In the meantime, Umted
States officers have been p aced on board.
The brig Haywood, from Curacoa 17th vlt.,
reports that great excitement exists in Vene
zulea relative to the Presidential election.—
President Monagas has called Congress to
meet on the 20th, and it is feared by many
that if his brother is not elected by them, the
scenes of violence of former years will be re
enacted.
Boston, Jan. 10.
Poitics in Massachusetts. —The House, this
morning, selected Geo. S. Boutwel) Dem,
and Stephen C. Phillips, F. S., by about fifty
majoriiy, as the candidates for the Senate to
elect a Governor from. The vote for Briggs
was 171. Boutwell, 218.
In the Democratic caucs there was a stormy
sessi n last night, but the Democrats adhered
nto their former vote,to elect Sumner. In t e
Seate the result for Senator is doubtful. The
Whigs have a causus this P, M.