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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. "
JAMES GARDNER, JR. ;
(From the Southern Press.) 1
The Future.
Among the resolutions adopted by the no
ble and patriotic body of men at the Nashville
Convention that met in November, was the
following:—
Resolved , That we earnestly recommend to
all parties in the slaveholding States, to re
„ fuse to go into, or countenance any National
Convention, whose object may be to nominate
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presi
dency of vhe United Sta es, under any party
demonstration whatever, until our constitu
tional rights are secured.
In this resolution we cordially concur. It
is founded on reasons that must compel con
viction in the minds of all who are faithful to
Southern rights. If national conventions of
both parties ot boih sections are held, they
must result in the complete subjection of both
parties in the South, to the will, the policy,
and the interests of the North. For such
conventions must be held in the spingof 1852
and tne representation must be according to
the apportionment under the census of 1850.
So that even if the two-third rule were to
prevail, the North would have almost, if not
quite, the number of delegates requisite to
decide.
The policy of nominating candidates for
the Presidency Dy a National Convention was
originated by Mr. Nan Buren. It was adopt
ed lirst in 1832, soon after he acquired an as
__ cendency in the councils of General Jackson,
and in that year it was used to set aside Wil
liam C. Kives, and to nominate R. U. John
son, for the Vice Presidency. The nomina
tion of General Jackson at that time for the
Presidency, was a mere formality, as his per
sonal popularity rendered him independent of
any mode of nomination.—But Mr. Van Buren
did notdasire to see Mr. Rives or any other
man nominated as Vice President who would
be a formidable competitor for the Presidency;
as at that time the policy was, to change the
usage which had before prevailed of making
Presidents of Secretaries of State, who were
appointed and thus nominated by Presidents
to the policy of muieating by the Vice Presi
dential nomination, the successor for tne
Presidency. At that time Mr. Van Buren
was jnst emerging fiom great unpopularity.
He was called tne “Arch-magician,” and
had made himself odious by his influence in
the rejection, by the famous seventeen sena
tors of New York, of the law to give in that
State the election of Presidential electors to
the people, instead of its retention by the
legiaiature.
Mr. Van Buren. was not then popular
enough to be nom nated as Vice President,
and tnusmd as the successor of General
Jackson. fie was aft aid to let Mr. Rives take
that position, and tncrefore, used nis influ
ence in getting Goi. Johnson nominated, as
| one not so likeiy to stand in his own way to
\ the Presidency.
Mr. Van Buren, also, had a deeper interest
in thfl National Convention system. He was
' a Northern man. But a majority of the
Democra ic party was in the Bouth. It the
-’I pievious mode of nominating continued, that
by a congressional Democratic caucus, the
majority of such a causus being Southern,
woula incline to the nomination of a South
ern u an, as tcey had done_before. Mr. Van
Buren therefore, wanted the policy adopted
of nominating by a National Convention, be
cause the North nad a majority ot the electoral
districts, and would have a majority in such
a convention —although the South had a ma
jority of the Democratic or Republican party.
By the National Convention system, Vermont
which contained but few Democrats, and
never gave a majority for the Democratic can
dit ate, had then about the same vote as Mis
sissippi or Alabama, whicn gave almost in
variably their support to that party. Tne
scheme of a National Convention was, there
fore, a cunning device of Van Buren, to give
a minority of Democrats, and they from the
North, tne nomination of the Presidential
candidate for that party. The scheme succeed
ed. And Mr. Van Buren succeeded by it, in
obtaining the nomination for the Presidency
in 1836—and a re-nomination in 1840. But
in 1844, the Southern Democrats seeing that
this policy would result in giving the Nortn
thSvcontroi olthe federal Executive, insisted
on the two-thirds ruie, and thus secured to
the South, some share in controlling the
nomination. This rule resulted in the defeat
of Mr. Van Buren, and the nomination of Mr.
Polk, the latter being done at the instance oi
Mr. Van Buren's friends, when his case be- !
came desperate. As h 8 could not get the re
quisite vote, they selectsd one who could, and
who was yet known to be personally favorable
to them.
Tne old practice of nominating by a con
gressional caucus of the republican members,
was vicious. There was no necessity for a
nomination at ail by any body of functionaries
And a nomination by members of the Central
Government had a tendency to inspire the
Federative, and to augment tne consolidating
tendencies ot the system. There was no ade
quate excuse either, for resorting to any ex
traordinary expedients to secure an election
by districts rather than by States. For it had
been a compromise made after serious dissen
sion m the Con vtntion o 1789, between the
advocates of a Federative and a National sys
tem, that the election of President, if not
made on the first trial by distr cts, should be
made by the States, each having an equal
vote. One mode, tneretore, was as constitu
tional as another —and the latter preferable to
the former in the eyes of all who prefer the
Federative to the National tendency of the
system. But the Congressional Caucus sys
tem nevertheless, was preferable to the Na
tional Convention system, for this inevitably
gives to the small minority of one district, the
same power in no ninations as to a large ma
jority in another, for each district has one
representative, and thus in fact gives the
power of nominating to a minority of a party:
whereas, in a Congressional Caucus, those
distiicts only that had a majoiity ot a p.rty,
aould engage in the nomination for that party.
But it is now the policy, the interest, the ne
cessity of the Bouth to discard ail the contri
vances of National Conventions, or National
nominations. The rights of the South may
require that the election of President should
be made in the constitutional mode by the
States m Congress. In that eyent, each Btate
has one vote. And Hence the plan is favora
hie to the rights ot the Btates and the equality
oi the States. According to this method tne
South will have fifteen votes out of thirty
one, in the election ~i President, or nearly
one-half. But if the election is made in the
mode pursued for the last twenty yeais by
flirtncts, the South, which has under the
©■•esent apportionment, only 106 districts,
aeninst 100 in the North, will at the next
' Presidential election by the new appjrtion
ment, have only about 100 to 200. Hence
tV e South would have nearly an equal vote
with the North.by States in Congress, but by
districts only about one-third-a hopeless and
would Selection by the States, in Con
be less equitable and popular, than by
fhf Present system. Heretoiore the people
t h L*lLeo divided into two parties, about
h Hr A majOiity of e< ch as represented
Convention nominates, and this major- ,
m the represented, for, as we have ,
.dM& °* on, 1 1
has a delegate, as much as one having many.
But even if the representation were equitable,
a bare majority of a party nominates—and
that party is only about half the people. So
that, as a majority of half the people is only
something more than a fourth of a!l the peo
ple, the nomination which is equivalent to an
election by the stronger party, is the work of
only about a fourth of the people.
But now, instead of two great parties, we
have four—the Whig, the Free-Soil, the De
mocratic, and the Southern party. A plural
ity gives the vote of the State. Massachu
setts is now almost in the hands of the Free
t>oil party since its strength is nearly equal
to that of either of the others. Any thing
more than half the Free-Soil party in Massa
chusetts may therefore, nomin ite, and if that
party is successful, the electoral vote of the
State will be controlled practically by the
Free-Soil nomination, which is made by only
one-sixth of the people of the State. The
same principle operates throughout all the
States in a Presidential nomination and elec
tion, according to the present mode. But if
the election goes into the House, a majority
of the whole delegation of a S ate must give
its vote. Besides, the House is limited to the
choice of one out of the three highest candi
dates voted for by the people.
It has been contended that an election by
Congress would be attended with corruption,
and a great outcry was made against that of
Mr. Adams by that body. But no satisfactory
evidence of the truth of that charge as to that
transaction, was ever produced. Members of
Congress are selected from the most responsi
ble, respectable and honest ot the people, or
the elective principle is a failure. Besides, if
they were obnoxious to suspicion, members of
National Conventions are still more so. They
are appointed by a much smaLer constituency
—usually a very small proportion of the peo
ple of the district, without much notice or
scrutiny, and generally from a class of men
more exposed to undue influence. A member
ot Congress has already attained -an elevation
which it requires at least a considerable bribe
to jeopardise. Buc members of a Convention
are not commonly so exalted. There were
some apointments of Members of Congress by
Mr. Adams, which were exposed to suspicion.
But there were a very large number of mem
bers or the Convention that nominated Mr.
Polk, appointed by him, to every variety and
grade of office, many of which could have
been no te.npta'ion to members of Congress.
Whilst the North therefore has by the abuse
and usurpation of power excluded the South
from any share of the new territory and thus
blighted all hope of increasing her power and
preserving her equality through the coloniza
tion of new States, it would be the most un
pardonable infatuation in he' to waive her
clear constitutional right to resort to the elec
tion of President by the otates which would,
still give her nearly an equality of power in
the Executive department of Government.
We suppose we need not dwell on the ne
cessity that exists now, more thadNjverfor the
South to assert and maintain all the powers
that remain to her under this Government.
They are all required for her protection.
Perhaps however, we shall be told that if
the South resorts to a particular mode of elec
tion for sectional objects, even for self protec
tion, the North will also exert its powers see
tionally, and will in any event be ihe strong
est. But, in order to defeat the South, the
North must be unanimous. Well, if the North
can be so, we shall then know which she real
ly intends. If, as is alledged, tnere is a large
body of the Northern people, some say the
great majority of them, still faithful to the
Constitution, still devoted to the Union, the
Soutn Can lose nothing by a President of their
election. If there is even a respectable mi
nority, that, will prevent aggression. But if
the North cannot unite —if she is divided be
tween aggression and conservative classes, then
the latter will unite with the South in the
election of a Presideat by the States in Con
gress, which they may do very safely, for in
the present and prospective weakness of the I
South, nobody will suspect her of attempting
an aggressive policy, or if she does, nobody in
the North will be found to co-operate in it.
But can the South be united in repudiating
the National Convention system, and m sup
port of a candidate for electh n, by the Statt s,
in Congress? We answer, better than ia any
other way. There are now three parties in the
South —Whigs, Democrats and Southern. In
all of the Southern States, except Kentucky,
Maryland and Delaware, we believe that the
Southern party will be the strongest. Ia
Georgia w'e see & vote of thirty thousand giv
en by the latter against some forty-five thou
sand —a combination of what remains of the
other two, in an issue which the majority pro
nounced to be one of Union or Disunion. If the
Southern party could give such a vote on such
an issue, or on one suseept ble of such an as
sumption,it could certainly have an oyerwhelm
ing majority m contending fur ascendency or.
a clear constitutional and Union policy. In I
Mississippi, the strength of the Southern par
ty would be still greaser, and the triumph cer
tain. So of all the other Cotton States, bo
we think also of Louisiana from the recent
triumphant demonstrations in favor of Mr.
Soule, We think Virginia would adopt the
same policy, as it is evident from the election
of Messrs. Mason and Daniel, that opposition
to the compromise predominates in the most.
powerful party of that State. In North Caro
lina, Tennessee and Missouri, the Southern
party is already strong. AH these States
would see that they would have more power
in thus keeping out than going into a Nation
al Convention, as they would have more
weight as States, than from the number of
their eleetorial districts. All would see that
they would have more power as well as safe y,
in a Southern than Northern convention.
We have not mentioned Soutn Carolina be
cause there can now be little doub she will
secede from the Union alone if not j fined by
other States—by Mississippi particularly, for
the decision of whose Convention it is to be
hoped South Carolina will wait.
The probability of this event gives at once
great practical importance to another princi
ple—the right of secession. When South Ca
rolina secedes it will at once to be decided
whether she retires in peace or whether the
country is to be rent by civil war, and stained
by fraternal blood* It will be the peculiar
duty and interest of the other Southern States
to preserve the peace ; and nothing will ena
ble them to do that more effee ually than to
have their utmost power and share in the next
Presidential election. We believe that the
Southern States will be unanimous in favor of
the right of secessi n or a' least of the policy
of peaceful secession. In Kentucky to which
Mr. Clay's intemperate and infatuated lan
guage last session has imparted a ferocious as
pect, we are happy to see that the leading pa
pers of both parties, the Louisville Journal
and the Louisville Democrat agree now the
one in favor of the right, the other of the po
licy of peaceful secession.
As for the other principles of the Southern
party, they are indemnity for the past and se
curity ior the future —perpetijral hostility to
the principles of the late compromise and the
exertion of all power, the use of every oppor
tunity to repeal, redress snd counteract the
odious features of that scheme.
'fhe Southern party is already powerful in
its principle** its talent, its numbers, its wealth
and its organisation.
We have seen how a faction of fanatics have
acquired in a short time the control of North
ern policy and power. If such a faction with
a chimera for its object, and self-deatructioa
for its result, can achieve so much, what may
not a party accomplish, contending for the
preservation of the most successful, the most
progressive, and the most brilliant system of
society and civilization on record—a system
which over-spreads the most precious of
climes and Soil on the land, and controls the
richest of the commodities that commerce
floats on the sea.
THE CONSTITUTIONALS 1\
©forgta.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN- 29
New-York Day 800k —New-York, and the
Southern Trade.
To deny one statement, and remain silent
as to others made in the very same paragraph,
seems very like acknowledging that they can
not be denied.
In our paper of the 12th inst. we quoted
the following from the New-York Evening
Post , it being the statement of one of its cor
respondents :
A dry goods clerk of Jersey City told me
a good story, a day or two since, abjut the edi
tors of the Day Book, iStimson & Foster,
which may interest you, if you have taken
notice of the solicitude recently exhibited by
them to gain notoriety at the South, as the
champions of slavery. That feature of their
paper —indeed, trom all I can learn, it has no
other—is specially commended by Cass and
Dickinson, in a certificate appended to a print
ed circular, which has been sent all through
the Southern States. Well! my Jersey City
Iriend tells me that both Stimson and Foster
were clerks of Arthur Tappan, during the fa
mous abolition riots, some twelve or fifteen
years ago, and one or both used 10 carry food
to George Thompson, the abolition lecturer
from England, who had provoked the rots,
and who found a shelter from the fury of the
mob, in one of the lofts of Mr. Tappan’s store.
There were other circumstances mentioned to
me, calculated to confirm the impression that
these men have but recently become aware of
the beneficence of slavery. It seems that with
in a year they have sought to merge their pa
per in the Tribune, and were only unsuccess
lul, I believe, because Mr. Greely did not de
sire to.have them associated with him, nor did
he estimate the value of their property or
their services as high as they did, whence in
stead of preaching anti-sltvery from the co
lumns of the L’ribune, they are now preaching
slavery in the Day Book, in the hope of at
tracting the favorable notice of the South by
their noise. It deserves, also, to be borne in
mind, that Foster was a year or two one of
the assistant editors of the Tribune, during
which period he, doubtless, exhausted the
availability of those precepts which he imbibed
under the tuition of Arthur Tappan.
More anon from
Your faithful correspondent,
JOdN BROWN, Ferryman.
The Day Book of the 21st inst. has the fol
lowing paragraph:
Not exactly. —Some gentlemen, writing
from Augu-i a, via., to the editors of the Day
Book, inquire “ who John Brown, the Ferry
man is, and whether Mr. Foster carried food
to Thompson, in Tappan’s loft, before his
(Foster’s) removol to Alabama, or after his re
turn from the South !” Mr. Foster never saw
either Arthur Tappan or Thompson in his life,
was living at the South at the time of the Tap
pan riots, and never w s in the city of New
Yorx until he returned from the South in the
summer of 1842. Tne lie of Deacon Bigelow,
alias John Brown, the Ferryman, was so ap
parent that we could # not deem it worth any
grave contradiction. Since, however, it seems
to have been tftken in earnest, we’ll even set
the branding iron in chase of the falsehood—
j lucky if the former overtake the latter, till
one is cold and the other forgotten. We used
to be annoyed at these things—but it isn’t
worth while. Lies are like false seeds—they
flutter about in the air awhile, aDd then they
sink harmless to the ground, never living nor
taking root.
Now, there is a good deal of giving the lie
generally, in terms more pointed than ele
gant, to “John Brown, the Ferryman,” alias
John Bigelow, if, as the Day Book intimates,
Mr. Bigelow, one of the Eii.ors of the Even
ing Post , be the writer. But there is only one
single specific statement denied.
Mr. Foster denies having been Clerk for
| Tappan, and says he never saw Tappan or
Thompson, in his life.
This is in response to inquiries of gentle
| men of Augusta, (Ga.) as to the asseition
I that he carried food to Thompson in Arthur
| Tappan’e loft.
But the whole paragraph above quoted
from the Evening Post, must have been brought
to the attention of the Junior Editor of the
Day Book. He exchanges with the Evening
Post, and also with the Constitutionalist . He
has, doubtless, seen the paragraph in both
papers. There can be little doubt that the
“ gentlemen writing from Augusta, Ga.,”
called his special attention to it. Yet we
have not a word from him in reference to Mr.
Stimson, his co-editor, The assertion is that,
“ one or both used to carry food to George
Thompson, the abolition lecturer.” The Day
Book denies the assertion only as to Foster.
It does not deny the further statement, that
Foster was, for one or two years, one of the
assistant Editors of the Tribune.
It does not deny that Stimson & Foster
sought, within a year, to merge their paper
in the Tribune, and failed to do so only be
cause they could not get their price. If one
statement was worthy of denial, all were.
But we are quite willing to take the pres
en' professions of the New-York Day Book, of
friendliness to the South, as quite sincere, if
not quite disinterested, whatever have been
the past opinions and 30urse of the E litors.
We hope they will find their present opin
ions and course more profitable in a pecuniary
way.
We adhere, however, to our opinion, that
so inveterate is Northern prejudice agai.ist
the South, that it is a waste of resources for
us to send money to the North to sustain such
papers, as Northern people will not read
them—or if they do, will not heed them. We
find proof of this in the seme number of the
Day Book , from which the above denial is
quoted.
At the end of a long letter from Macon,
(Ga.) written by Mr. Stimson, vindicatory of
slavery from much of groundless Northern
prejudice, ciated 12th inst., the writer says;
“ Do you suppose that one single Northern
paper will eopy any portion of this letter ?
No, not one. Vet, it I had written a parcel
of lies, and represented the Southern people
as a community of scoundrels, cut throats,
and thieves, it would have been copied into
more than a hundred of them. "
Wf have no ill will to the Day Book { but
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we oppose one of its main objects. That is,
to draw as much Southern trade as possible to
New-York. It is the instrument and mouth
piece of many New-York merchants for this
purpose. The Southern trade is the propel
ling impulse to all this New-York city love of
the South. Its Union meetings, as has been
well said by a New-York writer, were mere
“Trades Unions,” to secure Southern custom,
few leading politicians, whig or democratic,
giving them coun’e nance by their presence.
We are desirous of seeing Southern trade
diverted, as much as possible, from New-York,
and all other Northern cities, and directed to
Southern cities, and through them to Europe.
The South should, as far as possible, and as
fast as possible, adopt towards the North tae
policy of non-intercourse. She should strive
diligently to emancipate herself completely
from commercial dependence upon a people
who signalize their love for the South by
sending Ablitionists to Congress.
ET In announcing the admission of Col.
Martin, of Abbeville, (S. C.) to the Bar of
Georgia, we gave the wrong initials. Col.
Benjamin Y. Martin was the gentleman ad
mitted, not Col. J. C. Martin.
{Reported for the Baltimore Sun.')
Thirty-First Congress—2d Session-
Washington, Jan. 24, 1851.
SENATE.
Mr. Seward presented the memorial of the
Quarterly Conference of the Wesleyan Me
tnodist Communion of Hector Oircuit, New
York, praying the repeal of the fugitive slaVv.
law, which was on motion, laid on the table.
A large number of petitions were presented.
Oa motion by Mr. Hamlin, the Committee
on Printing was directed to inquire what ad
dition 1 provisions of law are necessary to pro
vide for the census printing.
The bill providing for the claims of Ameri
can citizens for spoliations by the French prior
to 1801, was read a third time and passed.
The Senate next took up a bill granting the
right of way and a donation of public la ids to
Mississippi and Louisiana to aid in the con
struction of a Rail Road from Madisonville,
Lou.siana, to Jackson, Mississippi. After a
long debate the bill was amended by attach
ing to it another bill of similar character to aid
in the construction of a Rail Road from Louis
ville to St. Louis, across Indiana and Illinois,
and then was ord red to be engrossed.
A motion to adjourn till Monday was lost.
And the Senate th-n adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House, in Committee, has to day been
occupied in the consideration of bills on the
private calendar, to which no objections were
made; and which, consequently, were favorably
disposed of.
Among these were bills remitting fines, or
granting remuneration to mail contractors; a
sum to the Virginia Woollen Company,
amounting to $6,085, for failing to fulfil a
contract entered into with the government,
caused by the loss of the vessel in which a
part of the supplies were shipped, and the
small pox breaking out in the establishment
and others of an individual character.
Most of the bills, however, which came up,
were for granting pensions to persons engaged
in the military and naval service of the United
States. Some of these it was intended snould
have a retrospective operation; but amend
ments were adopted determining that the
pensions or allowance contemplated shall
commence from January, 1850.
It is difficult to conceive upon what prin
ciple such amendments were mafic. The par
ties were either entitled to a pension or they
were not. In the former case they should
have it at least from the time when application
was made to Congress, and in the latter they
ought not to have it at all.
The amount thus saved can be of but little
consequence to the U. States, while it might
have bepn qf much importance to the partici
pant of his country's bounty, his widow and
children. It might have carried additional
gladness to the bosom of the child of penuary
and sorrow. Solomon says it is better to go
to the house of mourning than of feasting; and
perhaps if the gentleman from New York, had
made a visit of that kind this morning, before
coming to the House,he would haye handled
the pruning knife more sparingly, with re
ference to the objects of his solicitude, and
official rigour mignt have yielded to indivi
dual distress.
In the absence of anything of public impr rt
to leport, I have thought a little moralising
would show at least tha I was not asleep du
ring these proceedings—if any one could sleep
in the House of Representatives; and that, it
it ca-mot remedy what is passed, it may nqt
be without its good results as respepts the fu
ture.
After about two hours had been spent in
committee of the whole, the bills which had
been adopted without the amendments, allud
ed to as the period at which pensions shell
commence, were passed by the House. Tho;ie
so amended were objected to, and remain on
the Speaker's table lor fu.ure discussion.
The House thpn adjourned till to-morrow,
{From the Savannah Republican, 27 th inst .)
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O/Z. iS—Sperm,W. Strained
Fail strained
Summer do
Linseed
Tanners
Lard
POTATOES.
PIPES
PORTER
PEPPER
PIMENTO.
RAISINS— Malaga,. '>ch
» Muscate...
RlCE— Ordinary
Fair
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cj Holland Gin.........
t-< American Gin
£ Jamaica Rum
j N.E.Rum, hds. Sc brls.
3 Whiskey,Phil. & Balt.
Do. New Orleans.
„ Teach Brandy
SUGAR-Cuba Muscovado
P R. Sc St Croix
Havana, white..
New Orleans....
Loaf.
Lump
SAL T— Liverpool
Loose
SOAP —American, yellow
SHOT— All sizes
SEGARS —Spanish
American
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TOBACCO— Georgia
Caveadish..
TWINE —Bagging
Seine
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Gunp'der & Imp.
Hyson
Young Hyson....
WlNES —Madeira
Claret, Mars’lies
Do. Bordeaux
Champagne....
Malaga
Isabel had rough and boisterious weather the
entire trip. She brings one hundred passen
gers, a large cargo and the mails.
The Pacific sailed for Chagres on the 18th;
the Falcon for New York on 19th, and the
Greorgia for Chagres on the 19th inst.
The U. States sloop-of-war Albany entered
the port of Havana on the 18th inst.
It is reported in Havana that the tenor Salvi
will join Jenny Lind in giving concerts as soon
as his present contract expires.
We infer, from the Spanish papers received
by the Isabel, that the concerts of Mad’lle Lina
have been only moderately successful —at least
so far as the receipts are concerned. She has
made a pleasing impression, as she always
does, and her reception has been enthusiastic.
But many are the censures, and keen the ridi
cule, directed against Mr. Barnum. Four con
certs were given, the last being for charitable
purposes. We infer from some remarks in
these papers, that the houses were not very
well filled, and it is intimated that Mr. Bar
num made an abatement in his prices, for six
tickets were sold to one person. The editor
of the Diar o de la Marina, who appears to be
the highest authority in these matters, speaks
of Mad'lle Lind as an “artist of indisputable
merit.” He adds, that her decision and firm
nes in attacking the bravura passages, and her
composure, are enviable and satisfactory —that
her execution is grand, rapid and clear —he’-
trills perfect—her chromatic scales exact, and
clearly executed, and the cadences admirably
measured—that she has a deep respira ion
which she manages like a true mistress ol
song. Her pleasing expression, her position
with her hands crossed in front, all her atti
tudes are discussed. The editor alludes to
what has been styled “a slight veil” thrown
over some notes of the scale, rendering them
less brilliant than others, and 10 some harsh
ness in her sharps, but regards them as slight
i defects. We are disposed to think that the
criticisms of the Havanese are, in short, exceed
ingly judicious and intelligent—much more so
probably than most of those which have b u en
committed to print in 'his country. As might
be expected, the rather meagre bill of each
concert is strongly objected to.
The Diario, ot the 21st, says that the pro
ceeds of the charitable concert, above alluded
to, amounted to $5,251, deducting the ex
penses from which, the nett profits were
$4,251 —a small sum for a population nearly
equalling that of Baltimore. —The Diario at
tributes thi* failure of Jenny Lind in the capi
tal of the “Queen of the Antilles,” to the high
prices fixed by Mr. Barnum for entrance to
her concerts. Be this as it may, we notice,
by the papers of the 22d, that it was rumored
that she intended to give another concert pre
vious to her leaving tor New Orleans, where
she no doubt has already arrived in the steam
er Philadelphia, expected to sail on the 24th
or 25th inst.
( Telegraphed for the New York Express .)
Further by the Arctie
Halifax Telegraph; Office, >
Fnday, Jan. 24. 5
The American steamer Arctic, Cape. Luce,
from Liverpool. January 11th, arrived here
shortly after 11 o’clock this morning, and will
sail for New York during the evening. She
has thirty-live passengers, and has a full freight
of v >luable goods.
The America arrived at Liverpool on Mon
day afternoon, the 5 th, twelve days front?, Bos
ton.
England .-—The English general news pos
i sesses no feature of special interest.
! Tne Board of Trade returns for the month
ending Dec. 6th, show an increase in the ex
ports over the corresponding month of the
previous year of rising £671,000.
The trial of the monster Sloaneis postponed
His wife is supposed to have fled the country.
Iksland.—lt is announced that the Dublin
and Galway railway will open for travel on
the Ist of June.
Property to the amount of £30.000 was des- I
troyed by fire in Dublin, on the sth. It broke !
out in the coach budding establishment of j
Messrs. Hutton, of Summer Hill. j
FNNCE.-r-Great excitement had prevailed at
Paris during the week, in consequence of the j
resignation en masse of the Ministry. This |
was caused first by the open hostility of the j
President to Gen. Changarnier, who, in d> -
fience or the earnest protestations of the Min- j
istry, was permission oq ihe instant, !
and by a deoiled majority, to justify his con- 1
duct before the Assembly. Both the Right 1
ana Left applauded the General, when the 1
ministry abruptly withdrew, and with equal j
abruptness resigned in a body. The President
; experienced great difficulty in the formation
jof a new Cabinet, Parrot having refused
to accent cfilce.
This state of things continued for nearly a
week, when, as we learn from a telegraph di -
patch, dated Paris, Friday evening, kindly
furnished by Capt. Luce, that the Mooiteur
appeared with the President’s speech, and the
official announcement of Droqur de I’Rugs for
Foieign Affairs and Gen. Reynards des Jean
de Angley tor the WarOffi.ee. with new ap
pointments also of the Minister of Marine,
Public Works, and Commerce.
Another decree, signed by the Minister? of
the Interior and of War, is published, and re
vokes the decree by which the National Guard
and the troops of the Fir t Division were un
der one command. The effect of this decree
is to aboli.-h the post heretofore held by Gen.
Changarnier. Gen. Perriot takes command ol
the National Guard, and the troops of the
First Division are to be commanded by Ge.i.
Paraguay d’Hillier. He enters upon fits duty
by general orders to the Army of Paris, in
which ha explains the object of hia eommis.
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BANK NOTE TABLE.
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company,
Bank of Augusta, “
Branch State of Georgia, Augusta, “
Bank of Brunswick, “
Georgia Rail Road, “
Mechanics’ Bank, “
Bank of St. Mary’s, “
Bank of Milledgeyille, ... “
Bank of the Suite of Georgia, at Savannah,... ..... “
Branches of ditto, “
Marine and f ire insurance Bank, Savannah, “
Branch of ditto, at Macon, “
Planters’ Bank, Savannah, “
Central Bank of Georgia, * “
Central R. R. and Banking Company, Savannah,.... **
Charleston Banks, * •
Bank of Camden,..., !.!!*!!!!!!!!!!*!!"!!!! •»
Bank of Georgetown, I...".!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “
Commercial, Columbia. **.”l.ll*”* “
Merchants’, at Cheraw, llllllllllll!!!! <»
Bank of Hamburg, .....llllllll.il t>
Alabama Notes, .7.7 *2* kb *3* die
Tennesee © 5 «
NOT BANKABLE.
Merchants’ Bank of Macon.*
EXCHANGE.
On New Y0rk,.... par.
Philadelphia, «
Boston, i>
Charleston and Savannah,... par
Lexington, Kentucky, “
Nashville, Tennessee......
STOCKS.
Georgia, 6 per cents. par
*Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at the Plant
ers’Bank, Savannah at par.
Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
ROB’T. HABERSHAM, President.
C. GREEN, Ist Vice President.
EDW’D. PADELFORD, 2nd Vice President
OCTAVUS COHEN, Secretary and Treasurer
sion, and he states that he will maintain the
discipline which his predecessor had establish*
ed. He also states that he will uphold the
authority established by the Constitution, and
give his energetic support to the execution of
the laws.
A postscript to the dispatch, under date of
7 o’clock, states that a motion had been made
in the Assembly that the members should re
tire to their bureaux to waive a commission
to prepare resolutions expressive ol the legis
lation in regard to recent events; which motion
was carried, against the active opposition of
the Ministry, by a vote of 360 to 253. Great
confusion is stated to have prevailed in the
Assembly after the announce mem ot the vote.
Very little was done at the Bourse on Fri
day ; Fives opened at 94 a 95, and closed at
94.65.
From Rome. —The accounts from Rome,and
the activity of Mazzmi and other Italian refu
gees, give no reason to doubt b itthn any se
rious difficulty at Paris would be instantly
seized upon to unfurl the Republican banner
in the Holy City, wnere the French soldiers
have become so obnoxious that they are in
discriminately assassinated by the citizens on
every possible occasion. *
Spain.—From Spain, we have nothing be
yond the usual weekly statement of the re
signation of the Narvaez cabinet, which, inis
time, was caused by tne Queen’s having re
ceived that gentleman coldly.
Berlin, Jan. 6.
Prussia.—The reports of the impending re
signation of the Minister ot Commerce, have
assumed greater probability. The policy of
protection is now wholly rejected by the Go
vernment.
. The Dresden Conferences.—ln regard
to the German question, though there are
many probable and improbable rumors, noth
ing is actually known. The purposes of the
Conferences at Dresden being scrupulouSly
secret, is judged not a favorsb e augury. The
tone of triumph which pervades the bearing
of Prince bchwarzenberg, and the growing
hostilities ot the Chambers at Berlin, which
met on the 3d instant, are also named as evi
dences of an unsatisfactory state of the nego
tiations. At the latest date (7th inst.) Prince
Schwarzenberg’s mission to Viena is stated to
have failed of its intended object. The Ecft-,
peror of Austria and the King of Prussia ha ve
agreed to meet at Dresden about the middle
of the month.
The Commissioners to arrange the difficul
ties between the Duchies had arrived at Ken'*,
burg, and at the latest date had given the '
thorities three days to eons.der what v,
they would pursue. Meantime the a OVer „
ment and the people’s representatives 4 ' vVur
tembarg are at loggerheads upon tl> * aubiprt
of voting the supplies, and there appeam to
be a probability that a second ed
Hesae Oas el affair will oeT^edt
that small territory.
Commerce Intelligence.
The Cotton M. a r K et.—The Cotton market
j ™ aa d^ 1 ' Y ltb - a drooping appearance. Prices,
i though not actually lower than by the Asia's
vm?* rffe yet much less firm » especially in
; middJ;, n g and lower descriDtions of American,
j weekly sales are stated at 28,760 bales,
i Speculators took about 15,000 and exporters
j 1,000 bales.
j Flour and Grain—The Flour and Grain
Trade is extremely languid; the transactions
! going forward being only for immediate wants.
; Western Canal Flour is quote l at 20 a 20s 6d;
Philadelphia and Baltimore are 235. Corn
hue receded six pence, and is in active demand.
1 Quotations—White, 325; Yellow, 30 a 31s-
Mixed 20 a 3Qs.
Market Report. —The usual report of the
European Times says ;
Liverpool, January 10.—There is little, if
any change to report since our last. At the
close of the past week and the commencement
of the present one, without any excitement or
stir, much firmness was shown, and despi\ e Q f
the considerable error which appeared : < n *our
yearly stock, firmer rates were maintained
The last few days, however, the demand has
lallen off, all business being entirely confinpd
to the immediate wants of the trade, and the
value of fair Cotton, as placed bv the Brokers'
Committee, remains unchanged. Upland be
mg Mobde Bd , and 0 ,leans 8 £ y et in
the middling and lower descriptions of Ame
rican, the turn is in favor of the buyers, not
amounting, however, to a quotable decline
All other sorts are unchanged.
The Money MaLxet.— Formal notice haa
been given, that the Bank of England will not
further advance the rate of interest. The ef
fect has been, with the payments as Dividends
to make the money market much eas.er. The
last report gives the account of Bu lion in the
Bank at a trifle less than £14,100 000.
English securities have been well support
ed, and there has Leen an increased de»v,»rwi
for American Blocks. Exchanges h
proved, move paper i 8 offered th. n [, “®
time past; Bullion, therefore, i- d j“ i' “
quest and canscarce y be dv> nn LjJ T V
dates from the Continent Sed °J‘ JJ . ate
rate in the quotations ExpV?" &n dvancil }B
hae also further
on Wednesday at 96£; closed Friday at 96*.
( Telegraphed for the Ch^kst^Tcourier.y
V v ~, , Baltimoee. Jan. 27.
Nev-York Market.— The Cotton market i»
dull, unsettled and prices drooping-40a
bales only sold. Rice is unchanged. Flour
has declined. Exchange steady.
Other Philadelphians hare
subscribed i°» all the capiral necessary to
build four first class oc an steamers.
No tidings have yet reached us in relation
tht steamer Atfantio.