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A GEM.
The N. Y. Knickerbocker copies the fol
lowing beautiful lines, and asks for the name
of their author. They have been attributed to
Bulwer, but whether justly or not, we cannot
says:
Into my hearts silent look
Flashed from thy careless eyes,
And what before was shadow, took
The light ot summer skies.
The first born love was in that look ;
The Venus rose from out the deep
Os those inspiring eyes.
My life, like some lone solemn spot
A spirit passes o’er,
Grew instinct with a glory not
In earth or heaven before j
Sweet trouble stirred the haunted spot,
And shook the leaves of eveiy thought
Thy presence wandered o’er.
Mr being yearned and crept to thine,
As, if in times of yore,
Thy soul had been a part of mine
Which claimed it back once more ;
Thy very self no longer thine,
But merged in that delicious lite
Which made us one of yore !
There bloomed beside thee forms as lair,
There murmured tones as sweet,
But round thee breathed the enchanted air
'Twas life and death to meet;
And henceforth thou alone wert fair,
And though the stars had sung for joy,
They whisper only sweet.
(From the Greenville (S. C. ) Mountaineer.')
Judge Long-street-
Extract from a Lettrr of his to a Distin
guished Carolina Frienb.
The Judge in 1847, visited his invalid friend,
and, after remaining some days with him, was
sent part of the way homeward in his friend’s
carriage, with his old driver. This much is
neeessary to be known to understand the hap
fr py illustration drawn from ‘’old Randal.” We
may add, that the interesting extract which
we give below was furnished us for publica
tion at our own request. The author of “Geor
gia Scenes” is known to be a gentleman not
oaly of genius, but an humble and eloquent
methodist preacher. To our religious friends
we are sure the extract will not fail to be ac
ceptable, and, may we not hope, the irreligious
may be profited by the perusal:
“I have just read your letter, and with un
speakable pleasure. That you should have
been able to visit your plantation so soon after
I left you, surprises and delights me. May
God take your case into His hands and raise
you up to health again! Who knows but that
he means to do so? Who knows but that, like
one of old who had spent her all upon physi
without relief, and was instantly cured
by touching the Great Physician’s garment,
you have begun to reach forth the arm of
faith tremblingly to the same unfailing source
of health and strength; and that he is saying
unto you, “according to thy faith so be it
i unto you!” Be this as it may, there is cer
tainly a friend of yours who has been carrying
your case to Him who alone is able to heal
you, and who will continue to do so as long
&s he hath breath to speak, or you have breath
to breathe. —Here let me tell you a curious
anecdote. For many long years I labored
under a most tormenting disease. lam sure
I had suffered more with it in one day than
you ever suffered with yours in one month. I
had tried all human remedies in vain, and
considered myself absolutely incurable.—Sit
ting in my office one day in sadness and in
torture, I drop into this train of reflections:
“Here have I been suffering for many years
with this disease, and I have never yet asked
God for help. It is cestain that He can help
me, and equally certain is it, if the Bible be
true, thatl am encouraged to ask His help. I
can sea no way of relief short of a miracle, and
Pam not authorized to look for miracles in
these days; but God may give relief by some
simple means that I would never think of. I
will carry my ca*e to Him, with all the faith
that I can command.” —I did so, and strange
to tell, I soon after got reHef; and from that
day to this, though some fifteen years lie be
tween them, I have hardly known my old
compliant. I just give you the case as a very
curious one; and upon which I have no other
p philosophy than that of the blind man cured
by clay: “by what means I was cured I know
not; but this much I know, that whereas I
was diseased, now lam sound. And here I
think I hear you say, with a smile, “And can
it be, Longstreet, that you are so superstitious
as to believe that God will change the order cf
nature in answer to man’s prayers:” No, I
am not quite so superstitious as all that comes
to, if I understand what you mean by “the
order of nature;” and yet Ido believe that God
answers prayer—provided it be put up to Him
upon the terms of His own appointment.
These terms, when well considered, limit the
range of supplication so narrowly, that God
may very easily answer ail our prayers, with
out changing the order of nature. Thus God
may cure disease by throwing the patients in
the way of the remedy or the remedy in the
way of the patient, by a seeming casuaiity, or
in ten thousand other modes, that the world
would think perfectly natural.—He may so
connect duty and safety, that the performance
ot the one shall necessarily lead to the other.
While I am at my morning devotions, I may
avoid a fatal miasm that would meet me in
the field if I hurried forth under the prompt
ing of avarice. Be all this as it may, lam
very sure that intelligent beings were not
formed as a mere link in the order of nature;
but that the order of nature was established
for intelligent beings, and that if God has
made the promises ascribed to Him in the
Bible, He will sooner reverse the whole order
of nature than violate them. That He has
changed the order of nature in behaif of men,
I have no more doubt than I have of my own
existence. —I should violate the order of my
nature to doubt it. But I must not devote
my whole letter to this subject; I dismiss it
with an earnest but affectionate request to you
that you place yourself in the relation to God
which will alone authorize you to expect an
■ answer to your prayers, and then look to Him
la. prayer for what you need. If I have been
too importunate with you upon this subject,
forgive the annoyance in consideration of the
motive. lam sure you will.
I suppose old Randal gave you an account
oi our adventures or the day that I left you.
For the first four miles of the journey he en
\ stained me with an account ol his christiau
Vspsiiencej which, with a great dee) that
was purely imaginary, I found a great deal of
my own. “Here,” though I, as he unbosom
ed himself with perfect freedom to me, “is a
key to one of the mysteries of Heaven. Ran
dal could seat himself at my table and be hap
py; but he would be wretched at his master’s.
Why? Because between him and me there is
a common bond of fellowship; but there is none
(at least he does not feel that there is any) be
tween him and his master. Neither, therefore,
could feel happy in the society of the other.
Thus will it be in the better world. The so
cial affections spring spontaneously from mor
al similitude.—Hence all who are like Christ
will be happy in his presence, and in the pres
ence of each other.”
[From the Tallahassee Floridian .]
Movement in Virginia-
The Democracy of the old Dominion are in
motion, preparatory to the Spring elections,
and with an eye to the Presidential campaign
of 1852. On the 13th ult., a large assemblage
convened in the city es Richmond, composed
principally of members of the State Conven
tion and Legislature, both of which bodies
are now in session. Os the character of the
assemblage the Enquirer says, “it would be
difficult to collect together in one meeting, in
any State, more talent and distinction.”—
Among the most conspicuous actors was Hen
ry A. Wise, whose opening speech we find re
ported in the Enquirer, and which we append,
that our readers may see the movements in
contemplation in Virginia, “ the mother of
States and of Statesmen” :
“Mr. Wise was the principal speaker of the
occasion. He urged at length the necessity
of union and organization. He considered
the present a favorable time to commence ac
tion. Many minds are brought here together
—many men of influence, accredited by the
people in two bodies are here. The elite are
here. It is well to assemble and consider
what is best to be done, not merely to save a
party, but it may be to save the country. Par
ties dwarf at this moment. Weightier consid
ertions must be regarded We have been di
vided. We must not agitate questions on
which we are now divided. We must agree
to disagree for the future. The adversary is
not only united, but consolidated as a unit:
while freedom of opinion in the Democratic
party leaves a margin for difference. While
we have two wings to be reconciled, there is
no difference between Whigs—all are equally
opposed to us. We can know them by no
other name than the party of consolidation,
of central despotism. Our party goes for
States’ Rights and the Union of the States,
while the Whigs have but one platform. They
are neither for Onion nor State Rights, but
for Federal consolidation. They are taking
from us the platform on which a party must
stand —the platform of the Union. We must
not allow that to be taken from us. We must
stand to it in sincerity, and claim it as ours
claim it in time.
« Another reason to organize. It may be
stated on satisfactory information that a de
mon of mischief is at work in South Carolina.
It is believed that the leaders there are im
pressing the minds of their people that Vir
ginia will back them in an attempt at secession
—I believe the leaders there are determined
to make the effort alone. The feelers put out
are intended to leave us no room to reproach
them. They wish to be able to say to us, we
gave you a chance to join our standard —know
ing at the same time that hundreds and thous
ands of our people would flock to her stand
ard, but start the demon of civil war around
our hearths and homes. Is it not time to
show the South our true position—that while
we stand on State Rights, we do not think the
time has arrived for waging a revolutionary
war for what has been done ? On the other
hand, is it not time now to say to the North,
hold off —beware of appeals to Federal power
to humble the pride of States? We won't al
low you to convert the holy sentiment of
patriotism in favor of the Union into a party
for consolidation. Th ; s meeting addresses as
brother to brother, Union Democrat and State
Rights’ Democrat. We can unite in such a
manner as to unite Northern Democrat with
Southern Democrat. It can be done but in
one way. Shall we call on the Democracy of
South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia, to
meet New Hampshire? Shall we risk a Gen
eral Convention which shall bring in conflict
the differences that will spring up in spite of
all moderat : on, all council, all patriotic advice?
How can we unite the North and the South ?
By but one way. Can we cairy New Yorkj?
No, sir ; New York is gone from us. No son
of New York can carry New York. What
great Northern State can we carry ? (and we
must have more than one.) Can we carry
Pennsylvania by carrying Ohio? We tried
once and failed. Can we carry Ohio by car
rying Pennsylvania ? The Democratic State
of Virginia may unite the Democracy North
and South by reposing in the Key-stone of
the Federed Arch. Virginia and Pennsylva
nia have been invincible for Democracy. Di
vided, they have failed. Pennsylvania has
always been side by side with her elder sister
when Virginia presented a name. She has
never named one, but has been content to go
for our Washington, our Jefferson, oar Madi
son, our Monroe. Carry Pennsylvania with
Virginia, Pennsylvania standing on the
Southern frontier of the North, and Virginia
on the Northern frontier of the South, —and
we have an offset to New York—a standard
in the field more than the nucleus of any oth
er ; and I think we secure Ohio. To carry
the Union, we must carry Pennsylvania. To
carry Pennsylvania we must invite her to
make a nomination, i stand ready to support
the nominee, whoever he may be. Let Vir
ginia ask Pennsylvania to name a man who
shall be our sta idard bearer. Let us ask oth
ers to respond; and the other Democratic
States concurring, we will support him. Na
tional conventions are becoming almost as
odious as caucuses were formerly.
“They have lost their efficacy, and now are
dangerous. I offer an expedient somewhat
dangerous—somewhat like Napoleon ; but we
have an Alpine campaign before us, and we
need something like a Jackson or a Napoleon
to lead. We should not await the old organ
ization-dictated at Washington. Let Demo
cratic States rise up and appeal from State to
State, and each State for itself. We are no
children—we can be our own guides. Here
the mother of States and mother of Democ
racy may make an appeal which will not be
lost. A union between State Rights Demo
crat and Union Democrat, in this invitation,
must have its influence on both, must be a
warning to both, a binding to both.
“In conclusion, Mr. Wise moved that a com
mittee of 12—number of a Jury and number
of the Apostles—be appointed from each of
the tour divisions of the State, to confer to
gether with a view of bringing about union
among ourselves, and seeuiity of the beloved
Union ®f our country.
This certainly may be sfid to be “going it
blind,” but we are quite sure that out of Vir
ginia the distinguished speaker will find very
few to second his views. Pennsylvania has
many distinguished men whose claims on the
Democracy of the entire country is readily
conceded. But in the Southern States con
fidence in the democracy of any Northern
State, is not so unbounded as to induce a
pledge to support any Northern man who may
be named, for any office under the sun. Be
sides. Pennsylvania has not yet repealed her
obnoxious and disgraceful Statutes against the
recovery of fugitive elates. If her Dallases
and Buchanans would recommend themselves
to the support of Southern men, lef them use
their influence in effecting the withdrawal of
these Statutes.
It is but justice to say that other speakers
at the meeting, dissented from the views of
Mr. Wise, and opposed any action having re
ference to the Presidential election.
The Late Major Noah. —From such ma
terial as it could obtain on the instant, the N.
Y. Tribune has prepared the following brief
outline of the active and eventful life of this
deceased Nestor of the press :
Mordecai Manasseh Noah was born in Phi
ladelphia on the 19th of July, 1784, and was
consequently nearly sixty-seven years old at
the time of his death. At an early age he
was apprenticed to a carver and gilder. Even
as a boy he manifested a decided literary tal
ent, and his first effort was a fourthjof July ora
tion, delivered in his thirteenth year. He soon
gave up his trade entirely.
Soon after the commencement of the pre
sent century, he went to Charleston, S. C.,
where he took an active part in public affairs.
In 1811 he received the appointment of U. S.
Consul to Riga, on the Baltic, which he de
clined, and in 1813 w*as appointed Consul to
Tunis, with a Mission to Algiers; his vessel
was captured by a British frigate, and taken
to Plymouth as a prize. After a detention of
several weeks he was allowed to leave. Hav
ing accomplished the object of his mission, he
passed through France on his homeward route.
During his stay in Paris, he met accidentally,
and recognized, his father, whom he had not
seen scince his fifth year.
After his return, he became connected with
the National Advocate, in N. Y. city. A se
ries of essays on Domestic Economy, which he
wrote for that paper under the signature of
“Howard,” were afterwards published in a
volume. He also published a volume of
“ Shakspeare Tales.” He afterward became
connected, we believe, with the old Enquirer,
and was at one time in partnership with Col.
Webb and Bennett, of the Herald.
About this time he was elected Sheriff of
the city and county. We have heard it stated,
as an instance of his impulsive and generous
nature, that he appropriated the profits of his
first year in office to the relief of the widow
of his predecessor, who had been left destitute
by her husband’s death. About the year 1825
he conceived the idea of collecting the scat
tered tribes of the Jews, and rebuilding Jeru
salem. Grand Island, in the Canada river,
was designed as the rendezvous, and his pro
clamation, which was sent to all parts of the
world, created quite a sensation at the time. —
During General Jackson’s precidency he was
appointed to a government office in this city ;
about the same time he dissolved his connection
with the Courier, and established an evening
paper, called the Star. This was very pros
perous for a time, but soon after the death of
his partner it wss discontinued. When the
law was passed, in 1840, changing the organi
zation of the Court of General Sessions, he
was elected Judge, which office he held till
the repeal of the law.
gjMaj. Noah’s next undertaking was the Sun
day Times, which he continued to edit at the
time of his last illness. After his return from
Tunis he wrote a number of dramatic pieces,
most of which met with great success. Aj
an editor, Maj. Noah wa3 one of the most
brilliant, spirited and graceful paragraphists
in the country. He always sustained the most
cordial relations, not only with his brethren
of the press, but with the public at large.
Maj. Noah married, about the year 1827, a
daughter of the late Daniel Jordon. He leaves
five sons and one daughter. One of his sons
is in the N«vy and now stationed on the Chi
nese coast; another is in Minnesota.
Hon. Howell Cobb —The Journal & Mes
senger, in noting the arrival of this gentleman
in Macon, makes the following significant an
nouncement :
“ We see it noted in some of the Northern
papers accompanied with expressions of deep
regret, that the national councils are likely to
lose his valuable services. If such should be the
case, we trust that the Nation's loss, may be
Georgia’s gain, &c.”
This is very important news to the people
of Georgia. Without consulting the citizens
of the State, it is first announced in Northern
Papers, that Mr. Howell Cobb is to be the
next Governer of Georgia, for that is evident
ly what the Journal & Messenger means, and
is ready to acquiesce in. Times have changed
considerably within a few years. Once Geor
gia nominated her own Governors, now they
are nominated at the North, This is a very
convenient and cheap way, for the North to
pay Southern politicians for their services,
the South as usual, has to foot the bill. Is it
possible that Georgians have already fallen so
low as to receive their Governor at the dicta
tion of the North ! But prehaps we eught to
consider ourselves very fortunate in having a
Governor given us by politicians at Washing
ton. Mississippi had her Governor taken a
way by Federal authority. How happy is
Georgia in being a fovorite at the North, she
has a Governor provided for her, without the
trouble of choosing for herself.— Albany Pa
triot.
Small Mouth onb Husband—Large, Two*
—Old Gov. L———, of Vermont was one of
the most inveterate jokers of the early times,
in which he figured. An anecdote is told of
him, which has never been related in print,
and never can be perhaps with much effect
but we will try it. One fall as he was return
ing from the Legislature on horseback, as
usual at that day, he was hailed from a house
by a garrulous old maid, who had often an
noyed him with questions respecting public
affairs.
‘Well, Governor,' said she coming out to
wards the road, ‘what new laws have you
passed at Montpelier, this time ?’
‘Well, one rather singular law among the
rest,’ he replied.
‘Dew tell! Now, what is it, Governor?’
asked the excited querist.
‘Why, that the woman in each town, who
has the smallest mouth, shall be warranted
a husband.’
‘Whoy, wnot!, said she drawing up her
mouth to the smallest compass, ‘whot a queer
curios lor that is!’
‘Yes but we have passed another that beats
that—the woman who has the largest month
is to have two husbands,’
‘Why, whart!’ exclaimed the old maid, in
s antly relaxing her mouth aad stretching it
wider at every sylable, ‘whart a remarkable
law that is—wnen does it come in force, Gov
ernor?’
At thi3, the Governor jput spurs to his
horse, and vanished.— Green Mountain Free
man.
The London Times, in an article on the
American census says: “The point of the
greatest interest is, of course, the struggle
between Slave holders and abolitionists, and
here the balance shows a total loss to the for
mer of six members, who are, of course, trans
ferred to the ranks of their opponents. It is
not to be presumed, however, that the South
ern States have remained stationary, or that
they are lacking in the general enterprise of
their countrymen. The activity of Georgia
has been prodigious, and it has succeeded “in
maintaining itself in its former position. Ar
kansas too has increased its population at a
rate exceeding that of any State in the Union,
and it even, ga.ns a member; but its numbers
are too small at present to tell with any
weight upon the general poll. The decline
of the Slave States arises from the greater pop
ularity of the free States in the eyes of foreign
emigrants;the fluctuations in their own popu
lations being dependent chiefly on themselves.
Slaves and Slave holders migrate, according
to circumstances, from one of these provinces
to another, so that what is gained by the
second is lost by the first, & their utmost ef
forts have hitherto failed in enlarging their
own sphere of action by the introduction of
slavery into any territories newly acquired.”
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST!"
©eorgta.
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 30.
Theatrical Entertainments.
To-monow evening, will commence at the
Concert Hall Theatre, a series of Theatrical
entertaiments which the energetic and enter
prising manager, Mr. F. C. Adams, has resol -
ved shall be worthy the patronage of this com
munity. He has an excellent company care
fully selected. The stage management is in the
hands of Mr. Mason, a gentleman we are in
formed fully qualified for the position.
The season opens with the fine English
Comedy, “ The Rivals ,” by Sheridan with a
strong cast of characters, for particulars of
which we refer to the advertisement. There
is not in the whole range of the Drama a more
attractive play. It is brilliant with wit, and
abounding in humor.
The burlesque Opera entitled Jenny Lini»
which concludes the evening’s entertainments
will no doubt be something rich.
Among the theatrical celebrities engaged
by Mr. Adams, is Sir William Don, a veritable
English Baronet, who will make his bow short
ly to an Augusta audience. The following no
tice of his performance in the play of “ Used
Up,” in New York, is taken from the Herald:
Sir William; Don. —Notwithstanding the
operatic fuorore which is created in this city
by the presence of the two rival queens of
song, and the crowds which were doubtless
attracted to the saered concert of the Swedish
nightingale last evening; still there were
numbers anxious to testify their admiration of
the peculiarly rich and quaint talent display
ed by Sir Wm. Don, in his portraiture of the
eccentricities of the comic drama, and they
accordingly rewarded him with a full and
fashionable house, presenting a brilliant array
of beauty on the occasion of his first benefit;
in America, last night. The entertainments
commenced with the favorite firce of “ Petti
coat Government,” in which Mr. Davidge,
Mr. Shaw, and Miss Josephine Gougenheim
were highly effective; the latter sustained her
part with great archness and naivete , and con
firmed us in the opinion we have already
formed of this very clever little actress. The
admirable comedy of “ Used Up,” followed,
in which Sir William Don performed the part
of Sir Charles Coldstream, with that easy and
natural elegance, which the station of the
character imports. His dress, in the first act,
was the beau ideal of simple elegance, and his
conception of the part, natural and refined ;
we pronounce it one of the most finished
pieces of acting we have seen for some time
on any stage. The character of Sir Charles
Coldstream, is well suited to Sir William’s
powers as a genteel comedian ; he seemed to
feel quite at “ home,” in representing the
gay, dashing, and extravagant young baronet,
“used up” for lack of some fresh excitement
to satisfy his almost satiated taste for pleasure,
and circumstmces suggested to us, to wonder
why the anthor of the piece did not think of
the stage as a panacea for the ennui of his hero.
Sir William Don was called before the cur
tain at the conclusion of the first act, and at
the end of the comedy, and received then, as
well as throughout the perfoimance, the most
enthusiastic applause. His appearance in New
York has stamped him with a fame that will
carry him triumphantly throughout the States.
Mr. Shaw’s Iron-brace deserves especial no
tice, and the Mary of Miss Capel was very
lively. The farce of the “ Jacobite,” conclu
ded a most delightful entertainment. This
evening, “ Used Up,” will be repeated, and
those who have not seen the young and hand
some baronet, will have an opportunity of
witnessing him to the greatest advantage.—
Nexc- York Herald.
Real Estate Sale-
There is much valuable property to be sold
at public sale on Tuesday next, at the Lower
Market House.
We are requested to call especial attention,
to the extensive sale of Real Estate and Ne
groes belonging to the estate of Britton Mims
deceased.
Au§,aata Bible Society.
The thirty fourth anniversary of this Society;,
which is to be held this evening at the Meth
odist Church, will be an occasion of unusual
interest. It will be observed among our spe
«ial notices that the distinguished and elo
quent Divine,Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, D.D., is
announced to address the meeting. The pub
lic are invited to attend,
Authobigbvphy. —lt is understood that
Major Noah has left behind him an autobio
graphy which his sons will publish. It will,
no doubt, be very interesting, for it will com
prise a history of politics and other matters
for nearly half a century.
Hon. James Morris, the appointed
Postmaster General of Canada, is now in
Washington, for the purpose of negotiating a
postal arrangement with the Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States. At present letters
do not cross the line from either side unless
they are prepaid.
The Dinner to Gen. Quitman.— The fol
lowing notice of the entertainment given to
Gen. Quitman, we copy from the letter of a
correspondent of the Mobile Register.
The demonstration last evening at the St.
Louis Hotel, in favor of General Quitman,
must have been highly gratifying to his feel
ings, and satisfactory to his friends. It was
truly a great affair. A splendid brass band
saluted the General on his entrance, with the
favorite air Hail to the Chief; the party gave
three cheers to. the General, and then the
General and the party took their seats. Gen
eral Augustin, commander of the Legiop,
Presided. The guests embraced a considera
ble representation of our old citizens, and
they did not fail to embrace the occasion with
all the ardor of native generosity, and love
for hock and soda water,
The dinner was sumptuous and elegant—
the dishes numerous —the cuisine admirable—
and the company sparkling andJsright as the
chandeliers that glittered along the hall. Iu
reply to the complimentary toast, General
Quitman said, that on few occasions of his
life were his feelings more vividly roused
than on this; were this testimonial a mere
personal compliment, he should have felt
bound to decline, but as it was considered
that principles deep y interesting to everv
citizen were involved in the matter—as he
was regarded as belonging to that band in the
South who were to be prescribed for their fi
delity to her interests and principles—he
thought it h’> J duty to bear back to the gal
lant people of Mississippi the evidence of
the good feeling of this great city. Whilst
acting as Governor of a State —not dreaming
that he had committed any violation of law—
he was suddenly advised that a prosecution
had been got up against him, for an alledged
participation in the Cuban affair. He felt
entirely innocent of the charge, and as an op
portunity had not been allowed him to show
it in court, he considered it due to the public
t* declare upon the honor of man that this
prosecution was wholly unfounded. His
position as Governor of Mississippi forbade
his taking an active part in the effort to eman
cipate Cuba; but because he happened to en
joy the confidence of those who had embark
ed in the Cuban affair, to such an extent as
to be offered the command in a certain event,
it was deemed nesessary to disturb the do
mestic peace of the father of a family—to
drag the Chief Executive of a State from his
position and jurisdiction, to answer a false
and foolish chage. He concluded his speech
amid the cheers of the assembly.
(communicated .)
At a Meeting of Phcßnix Fire Company,
No. 4, held at their Engine House, on Satur
day, 29th inst., the following Preamble and
Resolution was passed.
Having heard the cry to arms, to a ms,
sounded by their brother firemen, Clinoh No.
2, and duly appreciating their motive,
Resolved , That Phoenix No. 4 second their
movement, organize themselves into a Brass
Band, and tender their services to the Clinch
Rifles on their first parade.
Published by order of the Company.
WM. PHILPOT, Sec’y No. 4.
Capt. T. A. BONES, Bugle.
Lieut. S. HENDERSON, Cornopean.
T. O. HEARD, Trom Bone.
M. SCHILLER, Cymbals.
J. ADAMS, French Horn.
J. BROWN, « Mit de Gong.”
Virginia and South Carolina.
We are gratified to announce that the reso
lutions reported on Monday from the Select
Committee of 13, were last evening adopted
with remarkable unanimity by the House of
Delegates. They define clearly and justly the
position of Virginia. At sp. m. the hour as
signed for their consideration, the resolutions
were taken up. Mr. Martz called for the pre
vious question, which was sustained; Mr.
Taliafferro asked the ayes and noes, and Mr.
Dorman, for a separate vote on each resolution.
During the vote, Mr. Harrison asked leave to
make an explanation, and Mr. Tomlin moved
to offer an amendment to the second jjresolu
tion—but they were, each, overruled by the
decision of the Speaker, sustained by the
House, that the previous question applied to
the whole series of resolutions. We republish
them, with the vote on each:
Whereas, the Legislature of the State of
South Carolina has passed an act to provide
for the appointment of Delegates to a South
ern Congress, “to be entrusted with full pow
er and authority to deliberate with the view
and intention of resisting further aggression,
and if possible of resisting the constitutional
rights of the South, and if not, to recommend
due provision for her f'utuie safety and inde
pendence;” which act has been formally com
municated to this General Assembly: [ Agreed
to without division.]
Ist. Be it therefore Resolved, by the General
Assembly of Virginia , Tnat whilst this State
deeply sympathises with South Carolina in
the feelings excited by the unwarrantable in
terference of the non-slaveholding States with
our common institutions, and whilst diversity
of opinion exists among the people of this
commonwealth in regard to the wisdom, jus
tice and constitutionality of the measures of
the late Congress of the United States, taken
as a whole, and commonly known as the com
promise measures ; yet the Legislature of Vir
ginia deems it a duty to declare to her sister
State of South Carolina, that the people of
this State are unwilling to take any action (in
consequence of the same) calcula'ed to destroy
the integrity of this Union. [Ayes 110, noes
I—Mr. Harrison.]
Resolved, 2. That regarding the said acts of
the Congress of the United States, taken to
gether, as an adjustment of the exciting ques
tions to which they relate, and cherishing the
hope that, if fairly executed, they will restore
to the country that harmony and confidence,
which of late have been so unhappily dis
turbed, the State of Virginia deems it unwise
(in the present condition of the country) to
send delegates to the proposed Southern Con
gress.—[Ayes 110, noes 3 —Messrs. Harrison,
Butt and Tomlin.]
Resolved, 3. That Virginia earnestly and af
fectionately appeal to her sister State of South
Carolina to desist from any meditated seces
sion upon her part, which cannot but tend to
the destruction of the Union, and the loss to
all of the States the benefits that spring f -om
it. —[Ayes 114, noes I.—Mr. Harrison.]
Resolved, 4th. That Virginia, believeing the
Constitution of the United States, if faithfully
administered, provides adequate protection to
the rights of all the States of this Confedera
cy, and still loking to that instrument for de
fence within the Union, warned by the expe
rience of the past, the dangers of the present
and the hopes of the future, invokes all who
live under it to adhere more strictly to it, and
to preserve Inviolate the safeguards which it
affords to the rights of individual States and
the interestes of sectional minoritis. [Ayes
118, noes none.]
Resolved, sth. That all legislation of com
binations, designed in any way to affect the
institutions peculiar to the Seuth, deserves
the most unqualified reprobation, is derogato
ry to the rights of and peculiarly offensive to,
the Southern States, and must if persisted in,
inevitably defeat the restoration of peaceful
and harmonious sentiments in these States.
[Ayes 11S, noes none.]
Resolved, 6th. That the Governor of this
commonwealth be requested to transmit a
copy of these resolutions to the Executive of
the State of South Carolina, with the request
that they be laid before her next Legislature,
and that copies be also transmitted to the Ex
ecutive of each of the other States of this
Union—the State of Vermont only excepted.
[Agreed to without a count./
[Richmond'Enquirer, 26 th.
Advertise. —He is a shrewd man who adi
vertises. I his is proverbial, the world over.
It is simply putting your goods, wares,merits,
plans, suggestions, bargains, &e., into the eyes i
of the universal public. Every body reads
the papers now-a-days. A good advertise
ment is like taking every man and woman in
society by the vest, button hole or arm, and
privately whispering to them important mat
ters.
Who are they that succeed in business?
The one who stirs up the public, or these who
make no more noise than a church mouse ? j
Os course the former. The man of enterprise
and intelligence always puts himself and his
merits straight before the public eye, and
keeps them there. It is the only way to make*
money, get a reputation or be any body.
Advertise, then. Do it generously.* Spend
five dollars and get twenty. Do it judicious
ly. and you are sure to make money by it.
Boston Bee,
{Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .)
Baltimore, March 27.
Additional Intelligence by Canada.—Appear
ance indicate that it is hardly possible that
the Russell administration will hold together
until after the Easter holy-days. The Minis- , k
try has sustained another defeat in Parliament.
The agitation on the Catholic question, and
on the final measures proposed by Prussia,
continue unabated. The Protectionist leaders
are making strong efforts to secure a majority
of the House of Commons, favorable to the
establishment of a duty of 4 shillings on for
eign Corn, and one shilling on Bread Stuffs.
Fifteen hundred barrels Turpentine has been
sold at 7 shillings.
Os the total sales of Cotton for the week,
28,000 were taken by the trade, 3000 by
speculatior s, and 1,250 for export. On the
14th inst. 5000 bales were sold, and the mar
ket closed steady.
The Continental news is entirely unimpor
tant.
New-Orleans, March 26—4 P. M.
The Market. —Three thousad five hundred
bales Cotton sold yesterday after the receipt
of the Arctic’s accounts, at one quarter ct.
decline. The Price current quotes low to
Middling 10£ to 11 and dull. The demand
this morning is limited. Rice 3£, at which
100 bbls. were sold. Freights are dull—Cot
ton to Liverpool 7-16ths.
The shr. Joseph Guest, Cobb, has cleared
for your port.
Eloquent. — Mungwudous, the Ojibewa
chief, who has been fire years in Europe with
Mr. Catlin, recently, on his return to his home
beyond Lake Superior, gave, with a portion of
his family, an exhibition at Batavia, N. York.
He is fifty-one years old, six feet and an inch
high, weighs 350 pounds, and is as elastic as a
boy. He concluded a description of what he
saw in Europe by saying, in good English:
“ I have been in the company of kings and
queens in their palaces; I have dined with
lords and other great men, with their gold
plates and gold knives and forks ; but after all
I love my native country best, the land of my
forefathers. I love the American Indian best;
and were it that I were alone on the earth of
the American Indians, I would take up the
form of an American Indian, and go up to the
highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, and
there stand in the gaze of the whole world and
say—Behold the image of him that made us.’”
Melancholy Death oe a Poor Debtor.—
The infamous barbarity to which a poor man
not able to discharge a pecuniary obligation is
liable at the hands of a soulless creditor,
where the law for imprisonment for debc pre
vails, is painfully illustrated by the follow
ing tragic occurrence iu Boston. Such a
power should not remain for a day in the
reach of the vindictive or sordid.
John Jay Bradley, a man of liberal educa
tion, a Greek scholar, and formerly editor of
a paper,’died in Boston jail on Thursday, where
he had been confined for a week past for debt.
He was in the last stage of consumption when
sent to jail,and could scarcely get up the atepa
for weakness. The creditor peremptorily refu
sed to release him unless the money was paid.
Deceased had certain rights in property which
were not available at the present, which pre
vented his swearing out under the poor debt
or’s act unless he assigned them to his cred
itor. He never attempted to get released,
and was a little insane. His father was ap
plied to, but he refused to interfere. There
had been a quarrel between father and si>n,
but it does not appear that the former knew
fully of his son’s condition. The creditor
must have imbibed all the spirit of a Shylock
to send a dying man to end his days in a jail
for a debt of $200.”
Poetry—says some one—is the flout of lit
erature ; prose the corn ; potatoes the meat;
satire is the aquafortis; wit is the spice and
pepper ; love-letters are the honey and sugar;
dunning letters are the emetics ; letters eon--
taining remittances are apple dumplings.
A New Thick.—The Legislature of Illinois
has passed a law to prohibit the retailing of
the intoxicating drink within thfe'e State. °At
Springfield some genius has hit upon a novel
way of supplying his customers with the
“ critter ,” in defiance of law. Thus:
“ The premises consist of a room divided
by a partition into two apartments. Upon
entering the first apartment, a square open
ing, and it is the only one, is discovered seve
ral feet from the ground, in the partition wall.
Immediately before this opening in the second *
apartment, a number of glasses labeled ‘rum *
‘ S in »’ ‘ whisky,' &c., stand upon a table. Up
on a picayune being dropped in o one of these
glasses,the table begins to run upon its axis,and
by the time it has made a horizontal revolu
tion, the glass is filled with the liquid indiea
t ed, and stands in the original position.”
The mayor and marshal of the city have
examined said “premises” closely, without
being able to find any man, woman or child
aoting as salesman, or discovering the means
by which the table is turned. And “p To
the last accounts the thing was still in oper
ation. The fellow must be a vankee.— Caro-
Union .
A Plirt —O, I would not belTflirt. Manv
a bright and happy girl,by putting on Unnatu
ral airs, has eventually become a coquettish
hateful being, whom none could Respect
much less love. “If there were not .nothel
female m the world, I would not have that
girl, has often been remarked of one who ha*
made herself ridiculous by her foolish airs.
Besides, by sueh a course, you gain the ill
tv.ll of your female friends, who, although
tney may pretend to show respect o you fre
nevertheless disgusted wuh your course
there—we will stop short—for we do nottwiah
to gam the til w.ll of any; but you k'rmw
when we see ona acting aa strangely as you
do that we must, in imitation of gentler
sex right out,' and free our mind.
It is said that there is a place in Duchess
county, New York, where the chilursn * re
so fat and greasy that they have to be rolled
mashes to keep them from slipping oToi
We thought so.-An exchange paper savs
the man who refused to take hi! paper ou t of
the post office, so as to be able to get clear of
his former subscription bill, is on his wav to
California in company with a free negro He
takes the route around South America and
goes masosp gourd, with th c ”p“ a “
that the flies will blow him across.
married,
In Columbus, or the morning ot the 25th m&t
Mor ‘on, Mr Clarr p.'
ills of M fi c ° n (t,a * ,O Miis Sarah F. Chap
man, ot Russell county, Ala.
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