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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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GARDNER, JR.
(From the Federal Union.)
A PARAPHRASE.
Howell, 1 did not think to shed a tear
In alln% miseries ; but Jane Young forced me
'Out of he* murderous phiz to play the woman.
I'll dry ray eyes : and thus far hear me, Howell;
And 1 am sacrificed, as I shall he,
And sleep in deep oblivion, where Democrat
Nor Whig can hear more of me—say 1 taught thee ;
Say, Holsey, that once trod the ways ot gior>,
And sounded%dl the depths of Consolidation,
Found thee away out of his wreck, to rise in
A sure and safe one, though thy mentor missed it. 1
Mark bdt my fall and the hag that ruined me.
Howeil, I charge thee fling away Ambition.
By that sin Van Buren fell. How canst thou, then,
The image of Kinderhook,hope to win by’i f
Love thyself last; avoid “A lick” and Bob Toocnbs.
Submission wins not more than Resistance.
tStili in thy right hand carry Honesty,
To silence injured fiiends. Be just and keep cool:
Let all the eud9 thou aim’st at. be thy Country's,
Thy Friend's and Truth's; then if thou fali'st, O
Howeil,
Thou fali'st like me, a martyr. Serve the South.
And.p ythee, lead me in.
There, take an inventory of all I have,
To ihe la9t red cent—'tis the South’s; my robe
And my fidelity to thee, is all
1 dare now call mine own. Howell, Howell,
Had I but served the South with half the zeal '
I served the North, 1 would not be the victim
Os Jane Young, supposed to be from Tugaloo.
Shakspeark, Jr.
1 r
(From the Federal Union.')
JLetter of Gen- Haralson-
Lagrange, Ga., May 14, 1851.
Gentlemen: I have just received yours of
the 12th instant, and hasten a replv. I thank
you for your kind assurance of friendship and
support for the last < ight years, and although
I am not now your Representative, nor expect
to be a candidate for re-elec-ion, I recognize
your right to ask and assure you of my plea
sure in responding to the several matters sug
gested in your letter, as fully as if my relation
to you as representative still existed. I am
thankful to my constituents for for confidence
with which they have so long honored me.
Although I have never concealed but free’y
spoken my political views, I am not surprised
that my position should be variously repre
sented in different quarters. The letters I
wrote in answer to invitations to attend public
meetings last fall, did not find their way into
the public prints. 1 have not obtruded my
opinions, uncalled for, on the public, and am
ready to confess that differing as 1 did and
now do in certain par.iculars with some of my
political friends, I was the more -reluctant to
force my views on the public attention. Al
though! disapprove of the action of the last
Congress, known as the Compromise, and be
lieve it unjust to the South, I was not and am
not in favor of secession as the proper remedy.
—Maintaining our position in the Union, other
remed es must be looked to. X believed and
still believe there are others, constitutional, ef
ficient and certainly worthy of trial before re
sorting to secession which ought to be the
very last. Considering it impolitic and suici
dal to the South as long as there is any rea
sonable desire to preserve the Union of the
1 have not been and am not n w in fa-
V vor pf orgam** ions of parties purely and ex-
sectional. —W hen that state of things
upon us, if it ever should, which re
quires dissolution as the only proper remedy
—these sectional parties will be both politic
and proper, but not until tnen. While we
remain m the Union, and rely on votes under
Che constitution for the election of officers and
to sustain our constitutional righta, we ought
not, in my opinion, to refuse the aid of Nor
thern inends proffered in good faith. Nor is
it answer to this, to say, we have no northern ;
trends, I know better. We have too lew it is |
true. Many of them nave quailed before pub- I
* lie opinion in their own section, while others :
have been prostrated; but there are some true
and noble spirits sustained by equally true ancl
noble constituents, who not only admit our ;
constitutional rights but who are ready to j
vote lor them. If he is true to correct prinei- I
pie, acknowledges our rights and stands ready
to sustain them, I cannot see why such an
one being a candidate might not be as readily
and fully sustained as if he resided in the
South. The South ought not to be the first
to abandon such men upon these two proposi
tions. I have not agreed with some of my po
litical friends and some of the Democratic
presses in our State. On these accounts I
suppose 1 have been represented a Constitu
tional Union Man. Well, if to be truly a
- % friend to the Constitution and of the Union
constitutes me one, then I have received no
injustice by such designation, but if it is in
tended to represent me as deserting or intend
ing to desert the democratic party as long as
it exists and holds to its principles—he who
does it but little understands my attachment
to those principles.
I deny that secession has ever been insisted
upon by the mass of the democratic party, or
that it has ever constituted any part of its
creed. I have believed that in our present
condition, it would "cost more than it came
to,” and I have no doubt as to our true policy
when the way is opened to other remedies,
tending greatly to our prosperity at the cost
the North and thus visiting their injustice
* to us on their own heads. Among these, may
be mentioned the establishment of direct trade
between cur own Southern sea-coaat cities
and foreign ports, manufacturing the material
- grown by our own labor at home—shipbuild
; y ing amidst: our own. immense forests of live
X oak and southern pine, using our own ships,
encouraging and sustaining our own mechan
-4 icß. Private enterprise might be greatly aided
\y>) in some of these employments by legislative
action, without even drawing upon the funds
of the State.
I have about as little faith in the durabili
ty of the Constitutional Union Party of Geor
gia as I would have of any other sectional
party. I believe it is no where doubted that
the effort to form a National Constitutional
Union Party was a failure. It was counten
anced by comparatively few whigs in Con
gress, and fewer democrats. To the North
ern whigs it was not so important a matter as
it was to their Southern brethren. The ad
ministration of Gen. Taylor did not promise
to them so much disaster as to the whigs here.
Three hundred slaves had proven a poor
guarantee for Southern rights, A new party
was necessary for Southern whigs to evade
the torrents of disappiobation they rightfully
anticipated from an indignant people. Tne
ground must be shifted. The public eye
drawn off from the transactions of ’4B and the
administration then put into power. But as
were many honest and patriotic men who
suppomd General Taylor under the belief that
his administration would be safe for the South,
I refrain any further remark on that subject
than to say, that he put himsef under in
fluences averse to the interests of the South,
* and that before his death, there were few in
the South so poor as to do his administration
teverence. To escape from this responsibi i
tv it was most convenient for the principal
actors in the scenes of '4B to seize upon
ih# pretext afforded by the extremity heer,
hide themselves behind the battery of the U
men and amidst the false alarm they might
create and the cry of Union, divert public
litter tion from these fearful reminiscences. In
Concert with many honest democrats who
really believed the Union in danger even af
|*r the November election, as mistaken as they
were, they formed the Constitutional Union
Party of Georgia. It will probably last until
another Presidential election or nomination
and then be abandoned or absorbed in some
other party. Either the National Whig par
ty must go over to them, which is not proba
ble, or they must go over to the National
Whig party, which is more likely, or they
must maintain a separate lccal organization or
join the democrats in supporting a demoera
cratic candidate for the Presidency. This last
alternative I hope but do not expect to see.—
The wonder is, not that this trap was set, but
■ that good hi nest and patriotic democrats
! should have been caught by it. I regret that
I some of my own political friends contributed
in part to furnishing this pretext. There is
no one I suppose who is not in favor of Con
stitutional Union. The fear is that in the
general outcry for the Union, we may forgef
the constitution and its provisions and disre
gard the rights of the States. This, itself
may produce a greater necessity for extreme
measures. We ought to be cautious that we
do not strengthen the hands of those who
have already done us injustice. Although I
may not choose to cut the throat of him who
deals me a blow, I have no taste for licking
his hand. It may encourage him to outrage.
You will observe, Gentlemen : that I have
mentioned two particulars in which I do not
agree with some of our political friends. If
these shall be considered so important as to
overrun all other considerations by the Con
vention to be held in Milledgevillc the last of
this month, I must meat the alternative pre
sented, and act according to the convictions
of my best judgment under the circumstances
which may exist. But I trust and believe no
such alternative wilt be presented, that not
even a temporary separation from my party,
or a suspension of hearty co-operation in pro
moting its success may be caused by the adop
tion of any such new and extreme measures.
The loregoing, I suppose would be consider
ed a full answer to your letter, but as you may
prefer direct answers to the questions you
propound, I proceed to give them.
To your first question, whether I approve
of the late action of Congress on the subject
of slavery, known as the compromise, I an*
sewer, I do not.
To your second question, as to whether I
believe the South had justice done her in the
compromise, I answer, I do not.
To your third question, respecting the con
stitutional right of Congress to legislate on
the subject of slavery in the District of Co
lumbia and the Territories, I answer, I do not
believe Congress possesses that right.
To your fourth question, respecting the
purchase by Congress of a part of Texas, 1
answer, that measure received my disapproba
tion expressed by my vote, and by a speech de
livered in the House of Representatives du
ring the pendency of the question on the 10th
of August, 1850, to|which you are respectful
ly referred, and a copy of which I herewith
send you. It will also be found in the Ap
pendix of the Congressional Globe, vol. 22,
part 2d, Ist session 31st Congress, page 1065.
To the fifth question, respecting the organi
zation of the Constitutional Union, I have
only to say in all respect, to the n» doubt hon
est motives of many, the most pressing neces
sity for it I can see, is found in the prostra
tion of the whig party in Georgia.
In conclusion, Gentlemen: permit me to
remind you that as early m my elec'ion to the
last Congress, I expressed my wish to retire
from office of representative in Congress at
the expiration of that time, and now my fami
ly obligations and private interest demand of
me a surrender of the position I have occu
pied into the hands of some other. I may be
allowed also, in this connection, without os
tentation, to allude to certain other sugges
tions made through the public press. While
I prize as highly perhaps as any person the
| good opinion of others, and can but feel flat-
I tered at the mention of my name in 6uch
| high connection, I have no aspiration so
strong as for. the enjoyment of the quiet of
my own home, where free from the respon
sibilities and labors of office of any kind, I
| may follow pursuits more congenial to my
J feelings.
Very respectfully and truly,
Yours, &c.
HUG A. HARALSON.
Messrs. Wm. U. Anderson, T
Joseph T. Brown, > Committee.
Joshua P. Shropshire. )
Newnan, Ga.
Manchester Circular.
This time last year we knew pretty accu
rately our fate, as to the extent of the supply j
of American Cotton, and we said in our trade
report of the Ist of May, 1850, “our spin
ners and manufacturers have made up their
minds to a supply proportionate with a crop
of about 2 to 2,100.000 balesan estimate
which subsequent facts fully confirmed. The
prices of Cotton Yarns and Goods, which had i
before been fluctuating, assumed then an up- j
ward tendency, and business, which had been :
dull, became more active; the foundation
upon which trade could thenceforth be car- '
ried on, was in fact, a safe one. Neither con
sumers nor merchants objected to a higher
range of prices, which seemed justified by
the deficient supply.
The dullness of trade here, since the be
ginning of this year, has been ascribed to va- !
rious causes, all of which have, no doubt,
been instrumental in bringing about this
state of things ; but our friends may rest as
sured that want of confidence in the main
tenance of prices, which had been raised to a
point too high to be permanent, proves the
chief impediment to a more speedy return to
an active state of commerce, whilst the usual
mildness of winter, both here and abroad,
made shop-keepers averse to increase their
stock, by purchases of cotton fabrics at com
paratively high prices, and thus acted as an
additional cause 1 What is named in some of
the letters of our Liverpool friends as an un
favorable feature of trade —namely, the cer
tain prospect of a more ample supply of Cotton
than was expected there.is exactly the circum
stance upon which we ourselves build hopes of
a speedy return to a more healthy state of trade.
*Ve deplore the individual losses which mu3t
arise from the sudden reaction in the Cotton
market, hut we cannot help considering it a
fortunate circumstance that the case at issue,
between the consumers of Cotton and the
speculators, has turned out to the advantage
of the former. Our spinners and manufac
turers have kept free from stocks of high
priced Cotton, and will continue to do so
whilst the present disproportion between the
value of the raw T material and that of manu
factures continues to exist. It is true Cotton
has already receded |d. to Id. per lb. since
the beginning of January, but, great as this
fall may seem, Yarns and Goods are dispro
portionately lower at the present moment;
h race the determination of some of our pro
ducers to adopt “short time” working, which
we hope will not now be had recourse to ex
tensively, although some of our manufactur
ers assure us that they would at once adopt
this course, if the approaching Whitsuntide
holidays did not offer an opportunity of re
ducing the production, should circumstances
make it desirable.
We shall be very much disappointed if from
this time forward, —although upon a differ
ent basis and in a contrary direction, —the
present month do not prove like that of last
year; the starting point of a more extensive
and regular business than we have hitherto
enjoyed in 1851. Many of the large buyers
in this miirket have been quietly waiting the
| issue oi the conflicting American Cotton re
i ports, equally prepared to buy at higher prices
should another deficiency of the raw material
occur; or at proportionately lower rates, if a
more ample supply and the near approach to
another crop should cause a reaction down
wards. The lat’er has already taken place to
some extent, and it seems that a crop of 2,-
I 300,000 bales is now pretty generally calculat
led upon here. In our Trade Report of the
| Ist of January, we mentioned this as proba-
I ble, and although there are parties who still
; adhere to a much smaller yield, the course
• the markets have latterly taken certainly
i favor the former estimate. We are informed
by some of our American friends, on whose
| statements we can rely, that the consumption
J of Cotton; which was last year 486,000 bales,
| would probably not exceed 400,000 bales this
! season in the United States, and that, conse
quently, a larger quantity would fall to our
share from this circumstance.
Business in the U. States of America has as
! sumed rather a better aspect as regards the
sale of English fabrics, although prices are
still named as unsatisfactory for most articles,
and particularly for the coarser descriptions of
Domestics and other home made goods; it is
evident that the American manufacturers have
suffered even more than our own from the
anomalous state of prices of the raw material
and goods. It seems that the producers, as
well in America as here, do not prosper with
Cotton at relatively high, prices; but as this
article in price about 15 per cent,
since December last, we trust, they will soon
be in a better position.
The condition of the mass of the people in
this country continues satisfactory, and, al
though we do not question that the home
trade has suffered momentarily from an ac
cumulation of secondary and almost unaccoun
table circumstances, we have no doubt it will
gradually improve. Symptoms of improve
ment are already, if we mistake not, dawning
upon us; ind ed, there has been more inquiry
and more business done at the low prices which
our spinners and manufacturers have been
obliged to submit to during the last two days.
Some of the poorer foreign markets will again
be able to take our Cotton goods at moderate
ly low prices. It must be borne in mind that,
with our present quick communications, the
same necessity for keeping stocks as formerly
does not exist, and that any demand spring
ing up abroad will immediately be felt at the
source of production. We are, indeed, sur
prised to see the alarm which has got hold of
some people who, but very recently, ere the
most sanguine. We hear that great scrutiny
is exercised in London and elsewhere in tfcie
discounting of bills, but as trade has, on the
whole, been carried on with prudence, and
money is still plentiful, we hope that this
mistrust will not add another impediment to
the progress of business.—Du Fay $ Co.
(Telegraheded for the Baltimore Sun. )
Further Per Baltic.
New- York, May 24, 9 P. M.
The steamer Baltic arrived at 6 o’clock,
bringing four days later intelligence from Liv
erpool.
The West India mail steamer Great West
ern arrived at Southampton, on Thursday,
with nearly $1,000,000 in specie and gold
dust. The whole was dispatched to London
in four wagons. On the way three boxes,
containing gold dust, worth upwards of $26,-
000, was stolen from one of the wagons. One
box has sincebeen recovered worth $6,500.
Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope
I state that the Kaffir war is still raging.
It is reported that the King of Naples is
dead.
England. —The debate on the Eoelesias
i tical Titles bill has been deferred to the 16th.
The Property Tax bill has passed the House
i of Commons.
The world’s Fair progresses satisfactorily.
The average daily receipts are £BOO.
j The steamer City of Manchester, to run be
tween Philadelphia and Liverpool, is to be
launched in June next.
I Viscount Melbourne is in such a precarious
state of health that but slight hopes are en
! tertained of his recovery,
i Lady Franklin’s vessel, the Prince Albert,
, is to sail for the Arctic regions about the 15th
of May.
Letters from Australia state that Smith
i O’Brien has appealed to the English Govern
ment in reference to the petty tyranny prac
i ticed upon him by the Provincial authorities.
France.—M. Dupin has been elected Pre
i sident of the Assembly, and Gen. Baduc, Vice
; Piesident.
I It is said in some quarters that Louis Na
! poleon will socn resume hi£ journey through
the departments, and this time will proceed
south.
M. Leon Faucher, the Minister of the In
terior, hau ordered the prefects of eighty-six
departments to come to Paris, and at a private
meeting he developed to them a plan of the
campaign in behalf of Louis Napoleon.
The festival on the 4th of May, had not met
with much enthusiasm in the provinces. Great
indifference was manifested to the display
made by the Mayors and Prefects.
The President has appointed Gen. Pelissiei
Governor at Algeria, in place of Gen. Haut
poul. A proposition for an income tax has
been submitted in the Assembly.
, Italy. —Letters from Rome to May Ist,
| state that the President of the Propaganda,
Cardinal pranconi, has just issued an appeal
to all Italy, calling on all good Catholics to
subsc-ibe funds for the erection of a Roman
Cathedral in London. The Pope, question- i
ed as to,the right of the Spanish government to
sell church lands, has signed a concordat,
which makes such sales legal,
j A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 7th,
says that the principal bankers of the capital,
including M. M. Rothschild, feina Schaup and
Koenigswarter, had a conference with Baron
de Kubeck, President of the Council of the
Empire, to come to an understanding on the
financial arrangements necessary to carry out
the ministerial projects. The Council of the
Empire has decided upon opposing all politi
cal measures, so long as these pecuniary em
barrassments continue.
Letters from Venice, of the Uth instant, an
nounce the arrival in that city of the King of
Greece and paity.
King Otho has taken up his residence at the
palace of the Duke of Modena.
Sfain.— Queen Isabella had the misfortune
to break her leg in descending from her car
riage, at Aranjuex.
Portugal —The new Ministry is not deem
ed likely to b@ of long duration. Public opin
ion is in favor of an administration of which
Count Savardio, Viscount Nenderia and M.
Caivallo should form part, on account of the
respectability of these men.
Germany* —Count Bille Brahe has been
appointed to the piesidency of the Schleswig
Holstein and Denmark Assembly.
Austria. —The English government has
signified its intention to regard the admission
of all the Austrian Provinces into the Ger
manio Confederation, as purely a German
ques ion, provided the other German govern
ments consent. This is regarded as tanta
mount to a withdrawal of the English protest.
;,lA uniform system of weights and measures
tor he who e Empire occupied the attention
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Prussia. —The journey to Poland of the
King of Prussia is definit ly fixed. He will
enter Warsaw on the 15th instant.
It is doubtful whether the Emperor of
Austria will be there at the same time. The
Emperor of Russia will meet the King of
Prussia, on his arrival, at Warsaw.
The Prussian Chambers closed on the #th,
in the White Hall of the Palace.
Turkey.— The Journal de Constantinople
states that Omer Pacha had attacked and dis
persed the insurgents in Bosnia under Ali
Keditch and C *di Capitc’n. A great number
of rebels were killed and many taken prison
ers. Among the latter were several foreign
officers. Nineteen prisoners of the Province
of Widden, and forty Samarians compromised
in late events, have been pardoned by the
Sultan.
Greece. —Athens journals contain nothing
in the shape of political news. Brigands had
assembled in considerable numbers in the dif
ferent provinces. In Arcania a band of fifty
men had given battle to an armed force,, and
the Mayor and five frontier guards were
killed.
Markets*
Liverpool, May 14.—Cotton.—Since the sail
ing of the last steamer,Cotton has declined from g
to per lb. The sales for the four days are esti
mated at 151)00 bales. The sales yesterday were
3,000 bales.
Exchanges are unaltered.
Brown, Shipley & Co/s Circular.—Liv
erpool, May 13—The panic in Cotton does not
abate, and a further decline of g a £d ha- taken
place since our circular of the 9th, with a market
so irregular that it is impossible to give coirect
quotations. The nominal rates are, fa;r Orleans
6jd; Mobile s£dj Uplands s|d; Middling 5j asgd.
The sales lor the four days are 15,C00 bales, of
which speculators have taken 2000, and exporters
600.
The large imports of Flour during the last few
days has checked the slight improvement in tbe
Corn market, which closes quietly at last week’s
quotations.
THE CONSTirUTIONALIsri
2lttcjttsta, Borgia.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2<>*
See First Page.
Col. Wm. J. Lawton.— The Savannah Geor
gian says: This gentleman’s name having been
mentioned through the Press and in a public
meeting, in connection with the Congressional
canvass in this District, authority was given
by him some time since to say, that under no
circumstances could he consent to become a
candidate. But for neglect, the announcement
would have been made here this.
The U. S. mail steamship Arctic, Capt.
Luce, left New York at noon on Saturday for
Liverpool, with one hundred and forty-one
passengers. She also takes out $424,500 in
American gold, and £l6O in English silver.
Among the passengers is Mr. Martin F. Tup
j per, the celebrated English author.
| The almbged Cuban Expedition.—The N.
{ York Express of Saturday, states that the
i Grand Jury had on that day returned Bills of
j Indictment against John L. O’Sullivan, Cap
r tain Lewis and Major Slessinger, as being
engaged in fitting out an expedition against
Cuba, &c. Bench warrants were issued. Capt.
i Lewis gave security for his appearance fc r
trial, in $5,000, Mr. Charles O’Connor be
coming his bail. Mr. Chas. O’Connor will
it is said, probably also become baii for Major
S. Mr. O’Sullivan was to have appeared on
Monday, and entered into recognizances foir
trial.
A Trie to Europe via Galway.— lt is sta
ted in some of our New York exchanges that
efforts are being made to have the new steam
ship North America—announced in our ad
vertising columns, as about to make a trip
from that city to Liverpool with visitors to
the World’s Fair—sail for Galway on the
West coast of Ireland instead of for Liver
pool. If this be done, the merits of this
| much-talked of route will be fully tested.
S lectr o-Biolog-y •
Professor Hale gives his last lecture on this
interesting science, at the Masonic Hall,
this evmng. Those who have not heard him
and witnessed his wonderful experiments,
should do so.
I
Qoncert Hall
The “Drunkard” drew another crowded
audience last evening. It will be seen that it
is to be repeated this evening. It is one of
the best pieces we have seen on our boards,
this season, and to witness its performance
will do more good than a dozen Temperance
Lectures.
[communicated.]
Will our city officers have the goodness to
inform us by what authority, or for what
policy, a parcel of negroes are allowed, as has
been the case for the past two or three weeks,
to disturb the quietness of our city by this
practice of beating drums and blowing “ ivory
necked” fifes under our windows, at the top
of their energy, as if an army of Mexicans,
with Santa Anna at their head, was within
cannon shot of us. The exhilirating sound
of the drum and five on our public days r is
certainly not objectionable: on the contrary,
enlivening and inspiring ; but to be ding’d
with it as we have been of late, night and
morning, is to me, more a nuisance than a
pleasure. Certainly the drumming up some
twenty or thirty men to go through a few
evolutions, cannot be a justification for what
is but an annoyance, when emergency does
not require it. I hope the colored gemmen
may be required to display themselves where
they cannot so easily be heard above all else
but their dignified selves.
New York Monet Market.—The Journal
of Commerce of Saturday evening saysr
We have no change to notice in the rates
for Money, the market heing well supplied at
previous quotations. As the heavy remittan
ces to the other side, and the bulk of the
heavy payments at home are nearly over, there
is less inquiry for capital, both at the banks
and in the street. The Artie sailed this noon,
with $424,000 in American gold, and SBOO in
British silver.
Foreign Exchange closed rather heavily.
We quote: Bills on London, a 110£;
Paris. 5,10 a 5,082; Amsterdam, 4l| a 411-
Hamburg, 362 a 36|; Bremen 79$ a 79k. *
An Oed Printer list
to-day includes the name of John Lintz, one
of the oldest printers of the city. He was
one of the original members of the New-York
Typographical Society, having united with
others in forming that association on the 4th
of July, 1809. He has remained in member
ship from that day to the time of his death—
a period of nearly forty-two years. Os the
founders of this society five only remain alive.
One of them is George Mather, of this city,
now on a visit to the World’s Fair at Lon
don,— New- Toth Cmmersial Advertiser, 22,
Mesmerism. —We learn from the London
papers received by the Africa, that there is
an infirma y in the metropolis, where diseases
are treated wholly by mesmeric-processes. In
the London Sun of the Bth, is a long account
of the celebration of the first anniversary of
the institution. The Earl of Ducee, the reg
ular President being absent, the Rev. George
Sandby took the chair. The Archbishop of
Dublin and the Earl of Stanhope were vice
pre-idents. Dr. Elliotson read the annual
report, in which, alter giving an account of
the establishment of the hospital, says, that
nmety-four patients have been treated, the
greater part successfully. Some of these were
desperate eases, incurable by every other
means. Thus:
“On the 9th of last April, a man applied
with an almost total inability to open his
mouth, and an inability to swallow any
thing but fluids, and he swallowed those with
extreme difficulty, so that he feared being
starved. He had received public and private
medical several weeks,and had
been informed that his complaint was palsy
of the mouth and throat; so, indeed, it
was but Irom cold, not from internal disease.
On local mesmerization, by Mr. Capern, en
abled him in ten minutes to swallow his salva
and on returning home he ate a rasher of
bacon, and by repetitions of the treatment he
has been enabled to eat all solids at his meals,
and to return to his work.
“A very remarkable case is that of a dumb
boy, fourteen years of age, who had been
palsied from his birth, and totally unable to
walk. He had been in many hospitals, and
under many private medical gentlemen; and
been refused admission into St. Bartholo- j
mew’s Hospital from the conviction of the j
medical officer that his caee was hopeless. He ;
was first mesmerized on the 2d of February,
and an improvement was discernible after the
first mesmerizaton, After the 6th, he could
positively walk across the room without as
sistance; and on March 27, he walked from
the infirmary into Tottenham-court-road.”
The speakers on the occasion were the Hen.
Capt. Scarlett, Mr. Janson, and JSurgeon
Barker of Exter, the latter of whom stated
that twelve hundred cases had been success
fully treated in that city.
£iV. Y. Evening Post.
The weather during the week ha 3 been
warm and dry—crops are needing rain. The i
season for wheat has been good. A planter
who has reaped 15 acres, says, it will average ‘
16 bushels 10 the acre.— Albany (Ga.) Patriot, j
23d inst. J
Fire. —On the 17th inst., at about 3 o'clock, i
P. M., fire was discovered in the office of Drs. I
Nelson & Byrd, on Broad street, adjoining the j
store of Messrs. Smith & Long, on one side, j
and the office of Messrs. Smith & Warren on j
the other. A large number of citizens imme
diately assembled, and by most praiseworthy
exertions, and the fortunate circumstance cf
a convenient and abundant supply of water,
the fire Wcß soon extinguished. It was found
by examination, that the fire had been kin
dled by an incendiary under the sill between
the tenements of Messrs. Smith $ Long, and
Nelson & Byrd.
A meeting of citizens was organized at the
Council Room, and a committee appointed to
investigate the origin of the fire. The result
w as, that a negro boy, (eleven years old) in
the employment of Drs. Nelson Sc Byrd, was
implicated by a negro woman, and he finally
confessed that he had placed shavings and
sticks under the sills and fired them. He has
been whipped, and branded with the let;„ er j
‘A’ (Arson) in the right hand, as a r'anish
ment lor the crime.— Ibid.
Still Later from TEXAB,-_By t b e arr i Ta i
last evening of the steair snip Globe, we have
Galveston papers to Vhe 19th inst. inclusive.
ihe Houston Telegraph learns that a party
of Tonkeway Indians had lately murdered "a
iamily in Denton county, and that they had
afterwards been captured by a party of U. S.
Dragoons from Fort Gates.
The Dallas Herald, in reference to the same ;
matter, says that the Tonkeway's made no
hostile demonstration, and that the tragical
story had no foundation.
A correspondent of the Journal, in refer
ence to he ri‘ e in the Brazos river says:
Nearly every plantation on the river that 1
have heard from is under water, but I believe
the river is now falling, and good crops may
yet be made.
The same writer, who dates from Bellville,
says:
I learn that a man named Bowen was as
sasinated in the town of Brenham last week.
There is said to be a good deal of excitement
about the affair, and some three or four per
sons have been arrested as parties concerned
in the murder.— N. O. Picayune, 23 d inst.
Scientific.- A correspondent of the New- i
ark Advertiser gives the following interesting i
experiment:
The Earth’s Diurnal Revolution Deir.omtrci- j
ted.— In a recent number of the Advertiser, I j
observed an article from a London paper, giv- I
ing an account of the new method of proving
the diurnal revolution of the earth, Having
myself previously tried the Parisian experi- j
ment, and obtained the same result, I thought I
perhaps a brief description of my method,
which is very simple, might not be uninter- !
esting to some of your readers.
An ordinary 56-lb. weight, suspended by
means of a small wire from the rafters of a
barn, formed by pendulum* It was 30 feet
long, and consequently made about 21 vibra
tions per minute. In order that it might
more with as little friction as possible, and
aUo turn freely in a horizontal direction, J
took a small tile, and having had one end
turned up at right angles to its length, and
well hardened, I made the point sharp and
smooth, This I drove into the rafter, and on
the point suspended a hardened ring, which
had a small indentation on the inside to keep
from slipping off the point. To this ring the
wire of the pendulum was fastened.
That the vibrations might be more readily
traced along the floor, a small pointed rod was
attached to the centre of the under side of
the weight, nearly in a line with the wire
and long enough to reach within an eight., of
an inch of the floe;, 't he point on the floor
immediately on the pendulum when at rest,
Was taen ascertained, and twelve straight
lines drawn through it, making with each
other, angles or 1« deg. each. The pendu
um was now set to vibrating along one of
these lines ; for a short time the point of the
rod seemed to be tracing the line backwards
and torwards; but in less than 15 minutes
had deviated perceptibly to the left of fehfl
end next the observer. I tried it Uccessiv lv
along several other lines Z T£oZ
u.[dtiurl»d n , d w nd iU ever r
t w !v, b d ’ that w deviated to the left; and
the ° f eviation va «ed nearly as
Ums» that is, the longer the time, the
gr eater the deviation. To- day I again repea'
ed the experiment. At II o'clock I se' :*
vibrating along a line running nearly eae ’ ll
West, and now, at 2, three hours after, J ‘ L aad
moving N. W. and S. E.- sa nd it
According to a well known law e
a body once put in motion by , ot motion ,
continue to move in the dire'' J orce, will
that force is impressed, until jtloa in which
some other force tending tr ac . upon by
ferant direction. Now iu *' * move lt in a di *-
as we know of no foro* * P resen * instance,
direction of the pendv i s change the
fair to infer tha£ ® m °Hon, it seems
sbso Ute divsctmp that it d« tSts'.g” 6
If this be true, the barn floor must have bet a
turnm» round to the eastward, making during
these three hours, one-eighth of a revolution ;
and as the barn still has the same relative po
sition to all external objects on the surface of
the earth around it, we must conclude that it
is the earth that is turning round at this rate,
and that it will make a complete revolution
in twenty-four hours.
Kissino done by Rule. —Some young lady,
whom practice has doubtless made perfect'
lays down the following rule for kis ing :
There is as much difference in kisses as in
individuals, and I am sure that I should not
like to be kissed by every one. No, indeed,
for s'une would give such an overwhelming
smack it would almost deafen one. Now
kissing can be reduced to rules, one oir two
of which I will give: The head should al
j ways be turned slightly to the right, as such
amotion gives grace, and prevents the con
cussion of the olfactory organs. The lipa
should then be pressed closely ar.d sweetly
together, as you sip the nectar of the long
kiss, but no smack should be heard. I speak
particularly on this subject, because I con
sider kissing part of our nature, and because
few people appear to understand the value of
a kiss, and the manner in which such saluta
tion with the lips should be rendered.
Young gentlemen should past th® above
the crown of their hats, so that when tk 4 ey
visit their Anna Marias, they may go through
the motion by the improved rule.
( Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
New-Orlbans, May. 27, 1i.20 A. M.
Cotton is completely unsettled by the Bal
tic’s accounts, and barely four hundred bales
| have been sold to-day, buyers asking a de
cline of half to three quarters of a cent. Ba
con has declined—Sides being quoted at Bf,
and Shoulders at 6|. Whisky is worth 18£
| cents per gallon. Coffee has improved, and
| four thousand bags of Kio have been dispo|-»
! ed of at from 9 to 9s.
{Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.)
Mead villi, P Ai , May 2 *.
Severe and Disastrous Sail Storm
A terrible hail storm occurred here yesterday
doing much damage to the crops and fruit!
The streams were also much swollen, mill
dams carried away, and windows and other
| property demolished. The storm was the
| most severe that has ever visited us,
g§ Ex-Secretary W alier!—The~ Washing ton.
; correspondent of the Charleston Courier says:
j “It is understood that the Hon. R. J. Wal
; ker intends to sail tor California, on the 28th
; of June r ext. His professional services have
: been engaged in two very important land
| cases, which are to be argued at the coming
term of the United States District Court for
California.”
Advertise. —-There is a sermon in that word.
A sermon, too, full of the right doctrine,
j preaches straight to the head, and pocket, Xhe
man who makes it his principle watch
i word is on the sure road of honor p ro g t .
Sentimental ick swaina
down east, alter one of those paUBeB Rhich
somet.nes aStot Ca»-. a . 8 converts, held forth
upon the following gt ra i ns>
.“*s* P VB al aiost anything to hear Ole Bull,’*
sa !fw a - iy,; ° her lover
answered Tom, “Dad’s got an old
br Vndle chap, and you can here him belier al
( most anytime.”
Bally fainted—she did.
MARRIED,
On the 22d ißst.,at Darien, by the Rev. W. €T,
Jones, Mr. Joseph H. Ladson, cf Savannah to
Miss M.C Kockeniacgh, of the former p ace.
At Cedar Rapids, lowa, on the Ist inst., by Rev
Mr. Uazzard, Donald M. Mclntosh, ol Gf-cr
gia, to Harleston Rutledge, daughter of the
late Col. John Bryan, of South Carolina.
T M DIED.
In Macon, on the 24>ih iust., Mrs. Catharina
i A., consort of Robt. A. Smith, Esq. She lived
the life of a Christian and died the death of the
righteous.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
A CAKI).
My attention has been directed to an
' art icle in your paper of yesterday mornir,g
in which I find a very free use of my na me
made by a Mr. F. C. Adams, the Proprietor
of the Theatrical Company now performing
in your city. In the article referred to, Mr.
A. thinks proper so say ,’nathe “ will make no*
©omment on my ‘‘solicitation to play’“
The Stranger,” or the authority which i> t
had from ho less than three aspirants fox * f age
notoriety, to use the name of “ a
neman.'* Now, I have nothing T*h*' (eyer^ 0
do with the desires of o .hers to iww' 0rm ~ „ Th
Stranger,” or any thing ete.. My bußineß ,
is e lm p !y to place the ,«'. s in their r
shape, m order that »*« p; aWie mayd eterraL
correctly, whether M”. A , . ,
k.. , 8 , , “ Adams was deceived
Jived’the”ebb *' ‘' lt-Adamß deßi S nedl 5 f de-
AdamJatTL ay evening iast * * *net with Mr.
was h - U * S - H ° teU our conv ersation
durin !v y m reference to the Drama, and
enn ,/ conve rsarion I asked him if he
Couadproduc 6 “The Stranger?” He replied
t he could if he could get some one to per
form the character of “ The Stranger,” and.
remarked, that he would like to have me per
form it as an amateur on his benefit night,
* mca as ta ke place on the approaching
Monday evening. I replied, that the play '
‘‘The Stranger” was a favorite with °,
perhaps I might feel disposed to un
fsncy by personating “ The Stra*
occasion, Mr. A. then £ e , .
him, at Concert Hall, on e “ ~ 0 Cal ' 011
ing. 1 informed him the-.T / ' mg T""
consequence of eirc- JO sc; but m
I expected to be ' ; °T a ' X in,cr PoSed
evening r,)„ . 1 lrotr . town on Monday
evening, night of * '
deemed a 00te of es . * dr * A - “ benefit ') »" d
cessar - . „ planation all that was ne
cessary to aßsure y v
r,- 8 ur. A. that it was not conve
nient lor me to ' ..
Stranger ”o' “PP ear in the character of “The
conveyed - a Monday night- This note was
before 9 £ ° r * 0n Frida y norn^D S> a da y
tentir n y announcement of an amateur’s in
mp j,n *° personate “ The Stranger” was
r de known through the press or hand bills,
and yet it was currently reported throagh
Augusta on Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
that I was the person who was to perform
“ The Stranger.”
Mr. A. says, in the article referred to, that
three others, “aspirants for stage notoriety,”
gave him authority to use the name of “ m
young gentleman .” Does he pretend to say
that three others solicited permission to per
form ** The Stranger ” for his benefit ? He
does not, and yet he attempts to make it so
appear. Jf such was the fact, why was not
the names of others made use of as well as
mine ? I wwit n o stronger proof than this