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Our citizens should be on the alert, in
regard to the safety of their “Pocket Books,”
M will be seen from an advertisement of Mi’.
Jas. T. Moore, in to-days paper, that some of
the “light-fingered” gentry are in our midst.—
These occurrences are becoming too frequent,
afed it is to be hoped the rogues will be detec
ted. , _,
Beef'
We are not in the habit of indiscriminate
puffing, or—in other words—puffing for the
mere purpose of expressing thanks fora kind
ness received, when such kindness has no mer
its whereby a puff could be required. Our
purpose is—in journalizing individual energy—
of a two-fold character. First, we lay bare all
deceptions intended t» be imposed upon public
patronage*—wtcond, wa commend to universal
confidence every thing that is worthy of such
commendation.
We ask the reader to excuse us for this long
preliminary to a well-deserved puff in favor of
the late new pickled beef now for sale by Mr. A.
K. White, who keeps a stall in our city market.
We have— so have some of our employee*—
had the pleasure of testing the excellency of the
article aforesaid, and can freely recommend it
to all who delight in indulging their epicurean
sense in rate-bits.
Some Triumph.
The Texan Legislature adopted, on the 26th
inst., the following strong Southern resolution
•ver Abolition fanaticism, by the power fully
indicative majority of yeas 73 against nays
“Be it resolved by the legislature of the State
of Texas, That the legislature approves the
course of Thomas J. Busk in voting for the
Kansas-Nebraska act, and disapproves the
course of Sam Houston in voting against it”
We are glad that old Sam Houston has met
his deserts at the handsofa Texan constituency,
because he was made one of the lead horses in
the team of Abolitionists that was recently ap
pointed to deliver anti-slavery lectures. We
are glad, because, he fought against the inter
ests of then helpless, Texas rather than refuse
the bribe of one hundred thousand dollars of
fered him by Santa Anna.
We are glad, because he refused—as Presi
dent of Texas—to receive the States volunteers
in 1842 who, in respect of his published procla
mation calling for help to guard the frontier
went to his aid and got naught but abuse for
their starving services. We arc glad, because
—ws are glad 1
The “Atlanta Bank.”
“Save us from our friends!”
The “Discipline” of this city contains an ar
tide, in its issue of the 11th inst., headed a
above, from which we extract the following:
“ About a week ago, while A. J. Miller was
temporarily in the Chair ot the Senate, Judge
Cone, who is understood to have sold or loaned
himself to the Augusta Bank’s, named that a
Committee of three be appointed to investigate
the affairs of this (the Atlanta) Bank. Where
upon Mr. Miller appointed Messrs. Cone, the
shrewd lawyer, Dr. Scriven, of Savannah, a
heavy banker, and Mr. Billups, of Morgan, also
another Z>an*er. A lawyer who expects heavy
fees, and two men deeply interested in Banks in
Augusta and Savannah are therefore, the Com
mittee for this business.”
Perhaps a grosser libel never was perpetrated
by any press than the foregoing is upon the
Chairman of the Committee referred to, and the
members of that!Committee.” Indeed, it does
not stop here. It contains an insinuation also
that the Senator from Richmond —who, as a
presiding officer of the Senate, in the absence
•f the President, sometimes fills the Chair with
so ranch ability, and to the entire satisfaction
of the Senators — packed this Committee upon
the Senate for the base purposes to which the
“ Discipline ” alludes.
Now, in all conscience, wo think the Atlanta
Banks may well exclaim, "save us from our
friends!” In the discharge of his Senatorial
duties, Judge Cone moved the appointment of
the Committee. The preriding officer of the
Senate at the time, Mr. Miller, in conformity
with parliamentary usage, placed Judge Cone
at the head of the Committee, and if he had
considered for a twelvemonth, and hajj advised
with the Senate for the same length of time as
to the appointment of other Senators, be could
not have selected gentlemen in whom the Leg
iriaturo have more confidence than in Doctor
Scriven, and Mr. Billups. A more competent
and reliable Committee, for the purpose of ma
king the investigation to which the Governor
directed the attention of the Legislature could
not have been created in the Senate. Ito Chair
man, one of the ablest jurists in the State,Jami
whose opinion on all questions involving vested
rights would be listened to with respect by the
Supreme Court of the United States itself, is
set down as a “ shrewd lawyer ” whip expects
heavy fees,” and as having “sold" himself to
the Augusta Banks. What an outrage! what
a libel I Dr. Scriven, a planter, who, until re
cently has devoted his entire attention to the
pursuits of agriculture, and who. as we are
creditably informed, has never been connected
with banking, or known as a banker; a gentle
man who commands the entire confidence of
the Senate, and against whom until now slan
der was never uttered ; is set down as appointed
for a dirty wk of which few are capable save
those who would impute it to others. In ths
County of Morgan, where Mr. Billups re
sides, we opine that in the ranks of neither par
ty, at any one period in the late heated political
contest, could a man be found who would not
give the lie to any charge preferred against
this gentleman that would imply what the "Dis
cipline” insinuates. What the motive that in
duced that paper to perpetrate the outrage of
which it has been guilty, we cannot imagine,
save that its zeal in favor of the Atlanta Bank,
get the better of its judgment, and, striking in
the dark, it has wounded its friend, and u
those at whom the blow was aimed. From'
thefr duty, however, this Committee will not be
deterred, by such an assault. It will proceed
to make the proposed investigation, as though
the “Discipline” had never existed, and while
it will not be deterred from its duties, it cannot—
for the gentlemen who compose it are too high
minded and honorable for that—Kbel to dd In
justice to ths Bank, because of the folly or, in-
Slavery.
“African slavery, or any kind of involuntary
slavery, is a forced curse through life upon the
enslaved and a self-bought curse, after death j
upon the enslaver.”
The above fanatical sentiment we copy from
the N. Y. Evening Post. We feel all the es
sence of pity and contempt for the editor who
will assume a falsely sympathetic position—
particularly when such assumption opposes the
success of our country as a nation, tramples
down a God-sanctioned custom that has existed
from time immemorial, and feigns himself ig
norant that Ham, who was sent abroad to
people Africa, was cursed in the enunciation
that his posterity should be made slaves unto
the house of Japhst until the last generation.—
Not only does this Abolition sentiment, so de
votedly nursed by the Post, injure the pecu
liar institutions contended for by the Southern
portion of the Union ; but it vibrates, as one
atom of matter against another, until it is felt
throughout the world.
Let us sum up briefly the wholesome influ
ence that slave labor exercises upon the physi.
cal organizations of government, then wc may
be able to prove that this wise ordination of
political economy is the chief of the source
from which all the civilized world gets its
‘daily bread.”
Since the days of Napoleon’s military prow
ess the whole of civilized Europe, in sectional
parts, and at different times, has been in revolu
tion and carnage; and why ? While many may
try to account for it on the ground of Catholic
. intolerance or other religious proscription, his
tory sustains us in the assertion that these revo
lutions have resulted from a scarcity of food, or
from a want of some other element necessary
| to the sustenance of human life; for no two
' governments or people, enjoying equal religious
rights with each other, have ever come, or ever
' will come, in collision with themselves because
of a difference of religious worship. Why did
Lycurgus—long before the period of which we
i have just spoken—interdict the use of gold and
i silver and institute iron, in their stead, as a le
r gal onrrency ? It was to stimulate the agricul
turist to higher exertions for his support, and
• give the poor consumer a safe guarantee for the
s necessaries wherewith to sustain himself.
5 What would Canada, New York, and the
5 “bright, particularstar"—Massachusetts—with
t other Abolition compacts,'do for bread-stuffs
and meats, if African slavery were blotted out
’ from the industrial calendar of the fertile lands
. and genial suns and showers of the South ?
B What would they do for cotton to keep their
.. spindles and looms in motion, and save their
e otherwise freezing and starving population from
famishing, if it were not for the slave-labor at
the South? Let them answer. Let Southern
[. Slavery be suspended for only one year, and
g hordes of broken merchants, and other penni
leu Abolitionists, would throng the South like
• the locusts did Egypt; and while imploring the
r humble fare of our negra, bow down and wor
e ship us for the crumbs that fall from our ta
bles.
The northern latitudes of anti-slavery should
rsaffifelber that, in consequence of their poor
lands and ungenial clime, they cannot produce
r grain aud grazing sufficient to make each day
j provide for itself; and, remembering this, they
ought not to forget that it is Southern money,
9 made by Southern slave-labor, that patronizes
Q their inventions, and thus enables them to buy
/ the bread which their meagre system of agri
j culture is not adequate to.
“ Don't tread upon us.” We can ship our
h cotton to foreign ports at a greater per cen.
s profit, and get cotton fabrics in return cheaper,
than we can reailne among our infidel brethren
> at the North, jut ireadstuffii, too. will find a
high appreciate..'. ■ the foreign market over
i the prices at pt* paid in the home trade.—
We say, therefor i, won’t tread upon us.” The
spirit of the Soul-, : ;o charity, “abideth long
I and is not wear; <i t. il-iloingbut there are
, circumstances wbui “ferbearance ceases to be
> a virtue.” We have direct oceanici facilities of
i trade which, if energetically applied, would sud
, denly crush the north and place it in humble
i atitnde at our feet. There are Washington
5 City, Baltimore, Norfolk, Richmond, Charles
! ton, Savannah, St. Augustine. Mobile, New
j Orleans, Apalachicola, and Galveston—all sea
j board cities, eligibly located, and of much com-
> mcrcial importance—that could command a
sufficient trade with foreign ports to supply the
i Southern mercantile interests, and buy all our
r agricultural products. Besides these considera
-1 tions, the South is rapidly progressing in her
f various manufactures, and can even now live
5 very comfortably without the rid of Yankee in
t vention. South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala
» barat—only three States—have more than one
1 hundred cotton factories, in their limits. In
1 connection with these, wc build our own steam
i boats, can make our own engines, and tight our
1 own fights with such as seek to tread upon those
' mterests which immediately benefit us and bring
r no iqjury to of hew. Again we say. “don’t
t tread on us!"
A I'rout Fish Living in a Well Twenty
five Years.—Mr. F. Hoyt, a correspondent
of the Country Gentleman, writing from South
East. N. Y., November 19th, says:
“Can anv one tell, how long a trout fish will
live? Twenty five years the past summer I
came on the farm where I now am. Almost
the first work that I did after getting in my
spring crops, was to drain a bog swamp, the
outlet of which leads into tho Croton river.—
I had an old Scotchman to do the ditching.—
One day he brought up a trout fish about the
size of a man's little finger, in his whiskey jug,
(by the by we used a little on the farm then,
and no? since then) : I put it in the well near
the house, and it is there now, grown to a good
ly size—say about a foot long and large in pro
portion. It has been fed but very little,
once in a while some one throws in a grass
hopper or cricket, to see him catch it The
well is thirty feet deep and water hard, and
settles down nearly to the bottom, and then
again rises "to near the top. He has been tak
en out a few tim« to clean the well, but not
for the last five years.
“Friday last I got q grasshopper, the last
one 1 expect to eee this fall, and gave it to him.
The water is now twenty-five feet deep but it
hardly touched tho surface before he had it.—
If any one has a fish older than mine. I would
like to know it.
New Orleans. Dec. 12.
Via Texas, we have Vera Cruz dates to the
Bth. and Mexico to the sth inst. A conspira
cy hss been discovered in Mexico, the object
of which is to make Uraga President—Uraga.
Padre Miranda, and Col. Orsollo have been
arrested. Col. Robles has been appointed to
succeed Almonte. It is rumored that Comon
fort will retire from the Ministry. The church
is opposed to the GoYerument. Things are in
general confusion.
Ifir* We have heard of a man up the coun
try.” who. in less than one hour, on Monday,
threw eight constables, sixteen somersets, and
two deputy sheriflk. He feeds on the celebra
ted "Heave Powders," which wa read of, and
is related to “Heavy Dave" the stagedrirer.
Editorial Correspondence.
Thursday, Dec. 12. •
The Senate to-day was occupied in consider
ing the Bill for the pardon of Mercer, or com
mutation of his sentence to imprisonment in the ,
Penitentiary.
The readers of the “Examiner" are aware
that Mercer was sentenced to be hung for the
commission of murder. He applied to the Gov
ernor, for a respite of his sentence, in order that
he might have the opportunity of applying to
the Ijegislature, which, under the Constitution
and Laws of the State, is made tho pardoning
power, for pardon. An opinion, however,
prevails with a number of the ablest legal gen
tlemen of our State that the Legislature not
only possesses the pardoning power, but that
it has also the power to commute the punish
ment of death to that of imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for a term qf years or, for life.—
There are others who entertain a contrary opin
ion ; and to-day, in the Senate, both for, and
against the power, this grave question was free
ly and ably discussed. In fact, the day was
devoted to it, and if the decision of the Senate
is to be taken as final, the question is settled
that the Legislature has no such power—the
Senate having voted, by a large majority that
the power to commute a sentence of death does
not exist in the Legislature. Wo trust, how
ever, that this important question will be re
vived in another form. Our opinion is that
the power does exist in the Legislature; but
as there is a doubt entertained, in order that it
may be understood for the future, such enact
ments, or change of the Constitution, if neces
sary, should be made, as to dispose finally of
the question. Without this, it is one that will
consume the time of the Legislature, at its eve-
S7 session, and to a greater extent, than it has
one during the present session.
Wc take this occasion'to disabuse the minds
of many of our friends with regard to an im
pression that prevails with some of them, that
the "Examiner” was to be one of the recipi
enta of the profits to be derived from the elec
tion of Col, Lomax, as State Printer for 1857.
This is not so. We had long before the
election declined being considered in the field.
It is unnecessary for ns to give any reason for
this, as it concerns only ourself, nor should we
have alluded to it at all, but for the fact that
the congratulation of our friends brought us al
ways to explanations which consumed more of
our time than we cared to bestow upon it.
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Dec. 13.
Mr. Wood, of Fanin, moved the suspension
of the rule to allow him to introduce a resolu
tion rescinding the resolution of the House pre
scribing its time of meeting and adjournment,
which motion was agreed to. Mr. Lawton offer
ed a substitute rescinding the rule of the House
on and after Monday, which was accepted and
agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, the
further consideration of his common Schcol Bill
was postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Rumph, moved the suspension of the rule
in order to have the Brunswick Rail Road Bill,
as passed by the Senate, read the first time
which was agreed to, and the Bill and report of
committee in reference to the same was ordered
printed.
A bill to authorize Ordinaries to pay to teach
ers poor school rates in certain cases, was deba
ted for some time and finally passed.
A few Bills were introduced of little impor
tance, except to those immediately interested,
after which the House adjourned.
The Cadets from tho Military Institute are
expected down to-night. They will be review
ed and addressed by the Governor, and a Cotil
ion party will be given them by the young gen
tlemen of the city.
Friday, Dec. 14.
The time of the Senate to-day, until the adjourn
ment which took place at one o’clock P. M. was
occupied in considering the general anpropria
tion bill, section by section. As usual, motion
after being made was made to strike out different
tions of the Bill but without success; as most
of these motions it was generally understood
smacked more of “Buncombe" than a wise
economy. Some little demonstration was made,
wc were informed, to lower the salaries, or re
duce the number, of the Secretaries of the Ex
ecutive Department. We trust that no such
measure will receive the serious consideration
of either branch of the Legislature. These
officers are worse paid and have more labor to
perform, than any other of the Executive offi
cers of the Government. Instead of reducing,
their salaries ought to be increased; and in
stead of lessoning the number of these officers,
the number should be increased to four instead
of three, particularly for the ensuing year.—
In January next, the election for county officers
throughout the State will take place. Reduce
the number of the Secretaries who have to
commission these county officers; to attend to
the calls of the Legislature ; and to transact
the every day business of the department; and
when do those who manifest so great a desire
to cnconmize suppose the commission will reach
the successful candidates in the several counties ?
Somewhere, we will answer, by the fourth of
July next. Sheriffs, and Clerks, and Justices
of the Peace, and Ordinaries, and Justices of the
Inferior Court, besides a host of Colonels, Ma
jors, Captains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns to
swell the list, will look in vain for their com
missions month after month. We know a little
of the labor these officers have to perform, and
we know that to reduce their number, would
embarrass the business far more than it possi
bly could, the Executive Department of the
State. Tho fact is, in view to the session of
the Legislature, after the recess, we do not hes
itate to say that the Legislature should appro
priate for four, instead of three Secretaries.—
The public business would be greatly advanced
thereby, and at a trifling expense.
With the exception of a Bill.introduced by
the Senator from Greene, Judge Cone, to pro-
Ivide for the granting of divorces, nothing of pub
ic interest was presented to the Senate during
tho “call’’ of today.
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, Dec. 14.
Mr. Lewis, Educational Bill was again taken
up to-day, and consumed nearly the entire time
of the House with the discussion of its de
tails, without any decisive action upon it.
The subject is an interesting one, and belongs
as much to the outsider as to the. Legislator.—
The people of Georgia may with reason regard
this the most important subject that has been
broached during the session so far, or will be to
its end. As a people, we have been already too
long without an affective system for the educa
tion of the poor children of the State, and it is
high time the honor and interests of the State,
in this particular, should receive the thoughtful
attention of the Legislature. Year after year
appropriations are made and increased, and with
what good results ? None that are preceptible.
And yet there are found those who hesitate to
innovate upon an old system, or apolgy for a
system which has been proven, years ago, in
adequate to the wants of our people. For our
selves, we cannot see how the old system can be
patched up «' as to answer the purposes of the
country, and the visionary schemes which ses
sion after session have been tried, and failed,
should admonish members, that no close-fisted i
policy can succeed, and that provision should
be made, which, if limited at all,should at least'
be commensurate with the importance of the :
subject to the vital interest of the State. No ‘
scanty pittance such as has been heretofore dol- 1
ed ont with grudging hand, will answer now,
and the only practical system which we can im
agine. in which due attention to the wants of the
people, and to a prudent economy, is the pro
posed common school fund, the division of coun
ties into school districts, and a proper examin
ing and liscenseing board of commissioners, to
supply the schools with competent teachers.—'
So far as Mr. Lewis’ Bill effects this, we are
content with it; though we have no preference 1
for it which might not be overruled by a plan
promising more effectually to accomplish this
The speeches of those participating in the de
bate were characterized by many sound argu
ments, pro and eon. and evinced a thoroughly,
awakened interest in the subject. Those of
Messrs. Lewis., of Haneuek. Crock, and Jenre >
went most into the details and displayed a
thorough acquaintance with the subjects under
discussion.
After the transact ion of some unimportant bus
iness, of too little interest to report, at this
stage of its progress, the House adjourned.
The Cadets from the Military Institute, came i
down last night, and gave us an imposing dis
play of their proficiency in the "art of war,” in
front of the Capitol. They made a fine impres
sion, and return to-night laden with good wish
es for themselves, and the Institution to which
they are attached, and upon which they, reflect
such credit.
Milledgeville Correspondence. j
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, December 15.
The entire day has bean consumed by the
discussion of 'the Lnnatic Asylum appropria
tion.
By an act of the last Legislature, a board
of five commissioners was required to be ap
pointed by the Governor. The same act in
vested the Board, as to be appointed, with the
power to “investigate and determine upon the
buildings necessary for the Asylum," but a 1
the same time provided that they should not
exceed 850,000 in their expenditures upon the
improvements required by the wonts of the in
stitution. This Board, (as our readers are al
ready advised,) was appointed from among the
most intelligent of our citizens, and after devo
ting much of their time to the investigation of
the necessities of the Asylum, and their pow
ers under the act, determined upon the beautiful,
and absolutely required plan which attracts so
much attention and calls forth such unquali
fied admiration from all who visit the Asylum.
For the completion of the work commenced
will be required the sum of 8110,000, making
in all 8160,000, appropriated by the Legisla
ture. The sum looks large, but the State is
not too poor to erect a building which while it
is an ornament to the State and a flattering
comment upon the enlarged philanthropy of
■ our citizens, is not upon a scale too large to
meet the wants of the institution. On Satur
day the Bill to appropriate the sum required
to finish the buildings commenced was passed
by the House. Mr. Irvin, of Wilkes, then
declared his intention to move a reconsideration
this morning, which he did, and supported his
motion by a speech, in which he reflected se
verely upon the action of the Board in, as he
■ termed it, transcending the limits provided in
the appointing statute. Here rested the points
! Was the power to "determine the buildings ne.
1 cessary” subservient to the after provssion de
( fining its extent ? It is evident that the Legis*
jature intended the necessities of the institution
s should be met, but the estimate made by it
f fell far short of the amount required to carry
out the intentions of the General Assembly.—
. What were the Commissioners to do? Had
■ they confined themselves to the insufficient sum
provided, they would have failed to carry out
the objects of their appointment, and would
have done better to have done nothing. We
> think they acted advisedly in the premises, and
• the vote upon the Bill, as amended, is a flat
tering vindication from the reflections upon
P their action, which was freely indulged during
the progress of the debate.
Mr. Irvin withdrew his motion to reconsider,
and intimated that he would be satisfied to let
' the Bill go to tho Senate, if it would be there
i amended so as to make the amount payable
t rom the nett earnings of the State Road.—
• Here was another point, upon which connected
, with the first point, arose a somewhat excited de
, bate, in which there seemed to enter rather
■ more feeling than we think was relished by
’ the cooler heads of the House. Nothing tran. ; -
, pired which was discreditable to any of the
. disputants, but gentlemen, when warmed with
> the interest of the debate, let fall expressions
' which might have been better unsaid.
Mr. Fields re-moved the reconsideration,
which was carried. The Bill was then put
upon its passage for the second time: Again
a debate arose which occnpied the balance of
' the day. Upon the vote being taken the Bill
passed, with Mr Irvin’s amendment, by a re
spectable majority. One or two Bills were
read the first time, and a message was received
from the Governor announcing his sanction to
several resolutions and giving the information
requested by the House in relation to the dif
ficulty between Georgia and South Carolina,
which amounts nearly to certain assertions of
the latter in regard to the boundary line be
tween the States, which are denied by the lat
ter. No legal proceedings have been institu
ted, and so the matter rests.
The rule in regard to the meeting and ad
journment of the House being suspended, the
House on motion adjourned.
Monday, Dec; 17.
The unfinished business of yesterday, being
the consideration of the McLewis, Bill, was
postponed until Monday.
The Bill appropriating 8110,000 to the
Lunatic Asylam for the ensuing two years,
was passed by a vote of ayes, to nayes
The special order of the day was the Bill
for the pardon of Mercer. One motion of Mr.
Lewis, of Hancock, the Bill was postponed
indefinitely. It will be remembered the respite
of Mercer only extends to Friday next.
Mr. Crook introduced a Bill to incorporate
a company to be called the Western & Atlan
tic Rail Road Company, and to lease said
Road to the same, for 20 years—ordered prin
ted. We have already given our views in re
lation to this subject, in an article prepared by
our Senior, and it is unnecessary to reiterate
them here, further than to express ourselves
decidedly in favor of the proposition to lease
the Road which offers the best terms and secu
rity to the State.
Mr. Hoyle, of DeKalb, a bill to increase the
compensation of non-resident witnesses, when
required to attend Courts ont of the county of
their residence.
Mr. Harris, of Fulton, a bill to relieve James
Roundtree from the disabilities incurred by him
n the granting a divorce to his wife, by the
Superior Court of Fulton county.
The Special Committee on the’ Sheftall claim,
reported a bill appropriating 86,468,60 to its
settlement. Our readers were advised of the
. nature of this claim, when it was first presented
I by the Governor of the Legislature with a rc
| commendation for its passage. The Revolu
tionary services of Mordecai Sheftall. and the
land title claimed by his heirs have been fully
established by the investigation.
The House adjourned pursuant te rule.
Ift, Letters from Frankfort, published in
the Mcmiteur, continue to mention that discon
tent prevail’ in Russia, and that the repeated
levies of men weigh heavily on the population
They also say that troops and artillery had.
to be sent againta the malcontents in the Uk
raine. The three Grand-Dukes Constantine.
Nicholas and Mieheal. have returned* to St.
Petereburgh, and the last named will return ro
ths army about ths ed of tins month.
MAIL ITEMS.
The doctrine of Woman’s Rights has been 1
successfully advocated, it appears, in England. 1
The Home Secretary, Sir George Gray, having '
recently received a large number of applications
as to whether females aieentitled to vote at the
election, under the Metropolis Local Manage
meat Act, submitted the question to the Attor
ney, General, who decided that the ladies have
a right to give their votes at such election.
What next?
ffSF"The Hempstead (Arkansas) Democrat
; has the following significant inquiry, which the
■ know nothings may answer at their leisure at
any time previous to tho presidential election:
“Query.—ls the democratic party is dead,
what party is it that has beat all the sights,
fore and after, off the know nothings, in Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Ala
bama. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, in the
South ; and Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Jer
sey, and Wisconsin, in the North ? We should
like to be enlightened on this knotty question."
The Speaker of the British House of
Commons is an office of considerable emolument,
according to the Washington Globe in compari
son with the office of Speaker of our House of
Repretsntatives. The salary of tho former is
£6,000 a year, exclusive of ajfurnished residence
At the end of his official labors he is generally
rewarded with a peerage, and a pension of £4,-
000 for his life. He is a member of the Privy
Council, and entitled to rank after barons.
Our Speaker receives nothing hut double pay
of a member.
Further from Kansas.—Chicago, December
12.—Mr. Parsons, of Massachusetts, who left
Lawrence, Kansas Territory, on the 3d inst.,
informs the Chicago Tribune that 700 men
were under arms in Lawrence, and three hundred
! and eighteen Missourians were at Wankesa
' I Creek, sever, miles distant, with rifles and can
| non. Mr. Parsons met a company of Missouri
ans, bearing arms, just over the border, on the
I 4th inst. They had baggage wagons and stores
I with them. On the 6th, he saw another squad
i with three pieces of artillery, abstracted from
i Clay county arsenal. The squad was swering
1 violently, that they would burn Lawrence
■ and kill all the abolitionists.
1 Later From Mexico.—New Orleans, Dbcem.
ber 12.—The steamerTexasarrived.with Vera
1 Cruz dates to the Sth inst. and the City of
’ Mexico to the sth. A conspiracy had been
’ discovered, the object being to make
Uraga President. Neaga Padre Miranda and
Col. Assollo had been arrested for being con
' cerned in the affair, which caused great excite
ment.
Coloneal Robles bad been appointed to »uc
ceed Senor Almonte as Minister at Washing
ton. It was rumored that Comonfort would
I retire from the Ministry. The Charch was op
posed to the existing Government, and things
I were generally in great confusion.
A Printer’s Verdict.—Alfred Dutch, of
, Chicago, has obtained a verdict of 815,000
. against F. C. Sherman, Ezra Sherman, M. Re
gan and others, for the destruction of his newspa
per establishment some four or five years ago.
Mr. Dutch, who at that time was publishing
, the Commercial Advertiser, was owing the
, Shermans a small debt which he could not con
veniently pay. Duriug his absence they at
tached his establishment, in doing which they
. literally turned it out of doors, greatly injuring
. tho presses and converting the type to pi. He
brought a suit against them in turn for the
damage thus unnecessarily done to the
establishment, and has just succeeded in get
ting a verdict as above.
Talking to the Point.
Wo invite the attention of our readers to the
übjoined extract from the Hnstavill (Ala.) Ad
vocate, a Whig paper, whose editor has been
induced to abjure know-nothingism :
“When know-nothingism first manifested
itself, it came wooing tbe South with the sooth
ing, sweet, and affectionate voice of Jocob; we
leant a willing ear to it, hoping that it would
be a power in the North to master and swallow
up abolitionism; but its hands have been tho
hands of Esau, strong, rugged, aggressive’, war
like, striking down the rights, outraging the
feelings, and prostrating the interests of the
South— tendering nothing in exchange but a
mess of pottage, seeking to bribe the sons
|he South with hopes of the inheritance, whilg
it robbed them of all As soon as the mask
was thrown off, and know-nothingism at the
North and abolitionism became ‘one and indi
visible,' we washed our hands of it. It was
not the feast to which we were invited.”
Nicaragua.
From a highly interesting article which ap
pears in a late number of the Boston Courier
in regard to the extent, population, commerce’
and climate of Nicaragua, we make tbe foll
owing extract:
“In the centre of the State there is an im
mense level tract. There are numerous volca
noes on the Pacific side. Gold, silver, and
copper are found in many parts, but little is ob
tained. The climate is healthy, though various.
Tbe greatest portion of the land consists of
plains and gentle slopes, formed of a rich black
loam. Agriculture is much neglected. The
productions are indigo, sugar, coffee, cocoa, and
cotton, tho last of superior quality. Wheat,
corn, rice, beans, and plantations, the stable
food of the inhabitants, are raised in abundance
in the mountainous parts of the country. Or
anges, lemons, and various fruits are plentiful.
The land affords extensive pasturage for cattle
and this formsone of the chief sources of the
wealth of the people. Indigo, Nicaragua wood
and hides are now the chief articles of export.”
Cholera has broken out with severity at
Scutari, and has carried off many men of the
Anglo-German legion. Tbe French are recruit
ing on a grand scale for their Foreign Legion.
—Tlie Tunisian troops are gone to Baoum.
Much scarify exist in articles of consumption
a Constantinople.
Obeying Orders.— Edward,’ said his moth-.
er to a*boy of eight, who was trundling a hoop in I
the front yard, “Edward, you musn’t go out of |
that gate into the street”
“Na, ma. I won’t,” was tbe reply.
A few minutes afterwards his mother had
occasion to go to the window. To her surprise
she saw Edward in the street engaged in the
very edifying employment of manufacturing dirt
pies.
“Didn’t I tell you" said she angrily, "not to
go through that gate ?”
“Well, I didn't mother,” was the very satis
factory reply “I climbed over the fence 1”
Races.—Thursday was the third day on tho'
Metairie course. The race was mile heats
three in five—for a jockey dub purse of 8250.'
Entries—Minor's La Da»e Blanc and Poindex-1
ter’s Mary B . The first, second, aad'
fourth beats wure won by the former. Time, i
1;541-2*»1:63 3-4»-1;53 l-2-s-1;53.
John Sargent (Dem.) was elected May
or of Cambridge, Mass., on the 3d inst., by 370
majority over Raymond, the Know Nothing
candidate.
4®* General Cass, it is said, has written a
letter to a Committee In Pennsylvania, which
will make its appearance shortly, withdrawing
from the field as a candidate for the Presiden
cy-
A grasshopper from Utah was exhibi
ted in New York last week, which measured
five inches in length. No wonder they bad
short crops in that territory.
AQ?" Os the Kansas Legislature, we find the
following piece of “ official business.” “ Two
gentlemen asked leave of absence till Monday.
One of them gave as his reason, that be wanted
to go and see a widow." lawful excuse.
The Know Nothings were defeated in
the charter election at Springfield, Mass., on
the 3d inst. The Democratic candidate for
Mayor was elected by 200 majority.
The elegant mansion of ex-Gov. Hunt,
a Lockport, N. Y., was destroyed by fire on
the 30th ult. The building cost 810.000. No
insurance.
'Hie argument in the Forrest divorce
case was to have commenced on the 4th inst.,
in the Supreme Court in New York city.
Dr. Chas. W. Moore, Jr., of Boston
Mass., has, it is said, been offered the appoint
ment of surgeon in the Russian army, with a
salary of 83000 per annum, and a liberal outfit.
HfctyJohn Wilson, Esq., formerly of the
General Land Office in Washington D. C., has.
it is stated, been elected to manage the im
mense landed estate of the Great Chicago Rai
road Company. It is stated that hissalar.y will
be 88000 per aanum.
jThe landlords of Washington have se
things up rather steep. They charge eight
■ dollars a week to sleep "on the cistern." A
i dollar extra if they furnish bricks for pillows,
i —Albany Knickerbocker.
1 »®-An old customer named Ami, going
1 home rather tight, mistook the house and finalt
■ ly began to doubt his own identity, aud began
! soliloquising thus: "Am I Ami or am I not
Ami; if lam not Ami who the duce am I?”
The first National Thanksgiving day
i was appointed by President Washington, by
f proclamation, in January, 1775 who designa
i ted the 13th of January.
A Rich Mine.—A Correspondent of the
I Constitutionalist declares that the Cherokee
■ Company’s Copper Mine could not be bought
■ tcxlay for a million and a half of dollars.
The Yankee Blade—The last of the treas
ure from this ill-fated steamer has been raised
by Captain Randall, who is said to have cleared
! above 880,000 by his diving operations at the
wreck.
1 Length of the Mississippi. —The Boston
(Mass.) Transcript gives the total length of the
Mississippi and all its tributaries as fifty-one
thousand miles, which is more than twice the
’ equatorial circumference of the earth 1
A difficulty occurred last week among
the students of Bethany College, Va., over
which Rev. Alexander Campbell presides.—
One of the Northern students attempted to de
liver an abolition address, when he was hissed
down by the Southern students, and attempts
were made to lynch him. All the Northern
students have since left the college.
The trustees of the Soath Carolina College
have elected Professor C. F. McKay President
of the College.
We learn that Mr. Mussey is within
one or two miles of thia place in the final sur
vey and location of the route of the Georgia
and Florida Railroad, between Americus and
Albany. He will be through sometime in the
day to-morrow. The route finally selected is
much better than that originally surveyed, and
the coat for the construction of the Road will
ba materially decreased from the first estimates.
—Albany Patriot, Dec. 13.
W-A cabin boy, on board a ship, the cap
tain of which was a religious man, was called
up to be whipped for gome misdemeanor.'—
Little Jack went crying and trembling, and
said to the captain.
“Pray, air, will you wait until I gay my
prayers?”
“ Yes," wag the stern reply.
"Well, then replied Jack, looking up and
smiling triumphantly, I’ll say them when I get
ashore.”
An Old Jacksox Soldier Convicted of
Murder.—John J. Jones, an old man of 73
years old, who was with Gen. Jackson in all of
his Creek campaigns—at Emuckfa, at Tale
dega, at the battle of the Horse-Shoe—has
been convicted of murder at Burlingtion, lowa
committed fifteen years ago. He was sentenced
to the Penitentiary for the remainder of his
natural life. v
New York Passenger and Baggage Com
pany.—A Company has been formed in the
cityof New York, having for its object the
protection of travellers against the exhorbitant
charges of hack drivers. The company is called
the “New York Passenger and Baggage Line,”
and proposes to charge only twenty-five cents
per head for the transportation of passengers to
and from the hotels, railroad depots and steam
boat landings.
A Discovery.—A Washington correspondent
of the New York Sun, says that it is thought
at the War Department, that a certain officer
of one of the U. S. exploring expeditious, has
discovered the emerald region known to the
Montezumas, but utterly lost since the conquest
of Cortez.
Executive Clerk to the United States
Senate.—On Saturday last in Executive session
the Senate elected Mr. J. H. Nicholson, of Ma
ryland, to be their principal executive clerk.
This is a responsible position, the person hold
ing it being in charge of all the papers, docu
ments, Ac., belonging to the body, when in
Executive (secret) session. The gentleman
elected has held several important offices in
Maryland, such as Secretary of the State Sen
ate, Secretary of State, and Clerk of the Coun
ty Court of Anne Arundle county.— Star.
Important if True.—The London Press, the
organ of Mr. D Israeli and his clique, has a p osi
tive statement that Rusia is disposed to make
terms of peace whieh are perfectly acceptable
to the French government, but that lie an
nouncement has met an unfavorable rception
from the English Cabinet The press would
have the public believe that Nopeleouis about
withdraw his fleets and armies from the East
conclude a separate peace with Russia, and leave
England to bear the whole brunt of the conflict!
This piece of news, a London correspondent
observes, should be placed under the sole head,
tog of “Important, if true."— Richmond Dts
pttlOt.
The Scene in the House.
The dull round of voting which has gone on
day after day in the House of Representatives
for the last eight days had not come to an end
at the adjournment yesterday. There was the
same solid northern abolition vote fronting the
southern representatives like a fortress tiircat
enir,(j their dearest rights—the same stubborn
division! among the majority—and the same un
yielding and dignified bearing of the democratic
members. The House of Representatives has
in fact become a great know-nothing and abo
lition caucus room; and the public time is
squandered in vigorous but vain efforts to bring
the dominant power together on a single can
didate. Left to themselves, the opposing advo
cates of respective aspirants might come into
conflict; but the restraining presence of the
democrats keeps them in check, and admonishes
them to peace. For all practical purposes, the
House might as well adjourn till the majority
agreed upon a Speaker. The democrats have
done their part. They had a plain duty to
perform, and they performed it. They asser
ted their faith in the truth, and nominated their
candidate; and now they calmly await the,
issue. If others cannot follow this noble lead
it is not the fault of the democrats. A demo
crat like Col. Richardson, covered with the
armor of a just cause, may well say to his
northern foes, “ Come and take me, if you can;’
but when they do take him, it must be as a
captain, and not as a captive.— Wash. Union,
Dec. 12
B&f' An eminent painter was once asked
what he mixed his paint with in order to pro
duce so extraordinary an effect? “I mixed
them with brains, sir,” was his answer.
Pigeon Shooting.
Gentlemen : as Mr. Duncan, of Louisville,
wishes to postpone the "Great National Reform
Shooting Match,’ between him and myself, un
til after the present year, I beg to make known
to Mr. W. Hill, of Tennessee' (through the me
dium of your paper,) that I will accept his
challege to shoot for 81,000 a side—the match
to be shot at the Washington Course; Charles
ton, the week preceding Christmas. Due no
tice of the two days shoothing will be given.—
I have also covered his money—a forfeit of
8250 —and placed it in the hands of Mr. Porter.
I will furthermore allew him 8100 expenses in
going to Charleston, should I win. The condi
tions of the match are to be as follows :
Mr. H. bets 8500 that I do not kill ‘more’
than 125 pigeons out of 150. Also, 8500, even,
that I do not beat the score made by Mr. Dun
can, in my match with him—viz: 130 out of
the 150 birds—the birds to rise at twenty-one
and lie gathered within one hundred yards. A
circle to be made in the Course, and trap placed
in the centre —two birds to be loosened togeth
er, and should either, or both, be killed by one
barrel, to count fair, if fairly on tho wing.
I wish to inform my Charleston friends that
(in any speculation on this event) I shall have
to shoot at much swifter and harder birds than
those of Mr. Duncan’s which makes considera
ble difference in the shooting. I will however
bet 81000 thatnogeatleman can beat the shoot
ing I m .ke. within one month of the day I shoot.
I also take this opportunity of respectfully
acknowledging the courtesy extended me by A.
M. Manigault, Esq.,and Stewards of the Jockey
Club, for the use of the Course.
Yours, very respectfully, W. King.
We learn from Mr. King that arrangements
have been made for the shooting to take place
on the 24th and 25th Decemtwr.— Charleston
Courier.
Squaring the Account.—Wc find the fol
lowing among the local items of the Richmond
Despatch of yesterday:
Not many months since, a lady who was
extremely fond of buttermilk, bought two
quarts of a dairyman at an extravagant price,
and had it put aside for dinner. When the
hour of dinner arrrived, the madam ordered
the white fluid to be brought to the table, and
found to her suprise that more than one-half of
it had changed to water. Seeing that the old
pump had been the best cate in furnishing her
milk, she resolved to get even with the seller.
Some few days after this, the same dairyman
again appeared with his rich milk, and the ma
dam became the purchaser of two more quarts,
but when Sambo asked for pay, she cooly in
form d him that the account was settled, that
she had paid for two quarts of milk the first
time and got but one, and that the one now
obtained would make them even.
The hit was so palpable that the old negro
left with a smile on his face, to report what
had happened to his mistress, who, on hearing
bis story resolved at once to reduce the quan
tity of water from that time, and to increase
the price in proportion.
Physical Benefit of Sunday.—The Sab
bath is God's special present to the working
man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong
his life, and preserve efficient his working tone.
In the vital system it acts like a compensation
bond; it replenishes the spirits, the elasticity
and vigor, which the last six days have drained
away, and supplies the force which is to fill
the six days succeeding; and in economy of ex
istence, it answers the same purpose as, in the
economy of income, is answered by the Sa
vings Bank.
The frugal man who puts aside a pound to
day, and another pound next month, and who
in a quiet way is always putting in his stated
pound from time to time, when he grows old
and frail, gets not only the same pounds back
again, but a good many more besides. And
the conscientious man who husbands one day’of
existence every week, who, instead of allowing
the Sabbath to be trampled on, and torn, in
the hurry and scramble of life, treasures it de
voutly up—the Lord of the sabbath keeps it for
him, and length of days and hale old age give
it back with usury. The Savings Bank of hu
man existence is the weekly Sabbath.
A Model Pass.—A friend of onrs in the po
lice force met a couple of servants going to
church on Sunday evening last, and desired
them to show their pass, when he was shown a
half sheet of note paper neatly folded, and on
opening it to his surprise, read as follows:
‘ Dear Sir:—Please permit the boy Joe and
Ann, the partner of his joys and sorrows, to
Sroceed through this dark vale of tears to the
laptist Church, and there join the mass and
“play on a harp of a thousand strings; spirits
of just men made perfect,” and in happiness to
return to their home. •
“Yours in love and fellowship.”
To our Christian brethren, greeting.”
Seeking an explanation, and receiving none,
he permitted them to go on their wav rejoic
ing.— Memphis Appeal.
Locomptk Beaten by Arrow.—These two
noted racers met at the Metairie course near
Orleans, on the Sth inst.—Three mile heats.
Lecomte was of course the favorite, and Arrow's
friends would scarcely venture to stake 820
aginst 8100 on the result. The first heat was
won by Lecomte, and Arrow stock still farther
depreciated. But the “knowing ones” were
doomed to be completely “taken in and done
for.” The second and third beats were won by
Arrow in gallant style, though Lecomte showed
his blood and bottom to the last. The track
was muddy, and the time rather slow. This
race excited considerable interest in New Or
leans, and as Lecomte's friends think the state
of the track was the cause of his defeat, it may
lead to another meeting. <Both are Boston
colts.
A man, rather fond of the cider, was
bitten by a rattlesnake in Virginia lately. Dr.
Thomas, of Monticello, administered a quart of
brandy, and a gallon and a half of whiskey,
without causing intoxication. The patient
wanted more, but was refused, and in twenty
four hours he was well. The next day Mr. H.,
his neighbor, was passing along, and saw him
with his pants rolled up to his knee, bare foot
ed, and wading round m some weeds and grass
with his feet. H. asked if he had lost anything.
“No, sir.” “What are you doing, then?” "I
am hunting a snake. There ain’t any liquor
except what Dr. Thomas has, and he won’t let
me have any nnlew I am ratkt bit, so I am
hwattog ob».”
Invitation to Female Emigrants.—Tho
constitution framed by the recent convention of
the peopla of Kansas, contains the following
provision:
Resolved, That the General Assembly stiali
have no power to pan any law wliercbv the
separate estate of a married woman, cither in
property real, personal or mixed, shall ever
be made subject to the disposal of the husband,
or subject to the payment of the debts of the
husband, in any manner, unless by written con
sent of the wife first obtained, duly ocknowl
edged and recorder), witnessed by at least wo
witnesses, to be named by the wife; that the
General Assembly shall have no power to pass
any law depriving the mother of an equality
with the father in the maintainance, education
and care of their children ; and in no case shall
the mother be deprived of her children, except
on account of insanity, totemperance, or other
gross improprieties.
Wise aud Biiclsanau.
Au important letter from Washington, dated
the 10th inst., appears in The Richmond En
quirer. We copy the paragraphs which strike
us most forcibly as of importance in the present
exigences of the Democratic party. It will be
seen that the leading paper in Mr. Wise’sinter
est gives a report which virtually withdraws
him from the field. The writer says:
“A feeling seems to exist throughout the
country at this time to bring Buchanan once
more before the country us ti candidate for the
Presidency in 1856. This been determined
on by his friends, without knowing whet tier it
will be agreeable to him or not; indeed it is
known he has written to his friends that'he has
no wish oyer again to enter into public fife—
that for the balance of his life ho aesires to be
exempt from active political turmoil. His
friends, however think they have claims on him,
and on his noble State, which has never yet had
a candidate before the people for the Presidency,
and has never had but one Vice President It
is conceded on all hands that the Democratic
party, to succeed in 1856, must have at least
one of the three large States, Ohio, New York
or Pennsylvania. No certain calculations can
be made on the two first, and it is therefore in
dispensible to secure the last. The majority
which she has recently given is one which can
be relied on, if her voice has its due weight,
but it is not large enough to be tempered with.
Letters have been received here from Gov.
vyise, giving as his opinion, in the present state
of parties and attitude of the country, that the
South should present no candidate for the
Presidency in 1856 He thinks (it is said, and
believed) that there should be a cordial union
1 ort Bucluman. Never have I seen
the Democrats in finer spirits, or more confident
of success in 1856, and the ultimate and per
petual triumph of sound principles.
The names of neither Gen. Cass [nor Judge
Douglas will be presented to the Cincinnatti
Convention. Ot this you may be assured. 1
speak knowingly on the subject.
There are rumors of changes in the Turkish
Cabinet. Redschid Pacha has had an inter
view with the Sultan, and his rumored to be
coming in as Grand Vizier. M. Blonde), the
Belgian Minister, is trying to reconcile matters
between Lord Strafford and Mehemit Ali Pasha,
as according to rumors, Ali is to have the War
Department, which Mehemit Ruschdi Pacha
leaves.
Foo well Taught.—A gentlemen who had
carefully trained up his servant in the wav he
8 1> OU 1 < 1 go, so that when his wife was present he
should not depart from it, sent him with a box
ticket for the theatre to the house of a youiw
lady. The servant returned, when the gentle
man and his wife were at dinner. He bad of
course, been told, in giving the answers to cer
l °e to substitute thomasen-
X f ° r . fem,DlDO P. ron< ’ u “ >n speaking of the
tody. Ihd y OU th
g*vmg Imn the cue. ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the
g °- W,th a K rcat(1 «‘> ofnleas
ure, and that he d wait for you, sir.’ ‘What
was he doing ?’ said the wife carelessly. -Put
ting on his shawl, ma’am,’ said the idiot—
Comic Times.
A Florida Bank,—Abill hw'passed both
branches of the General Assembly authorizing
the institution of a Bank in Florida, and ouly
awaits the approval of the Governor to become
a law. .
■ [CorreeponJence of the Wiscoruin Republican.]
Affairs of Kansas.
1 Wyandeff City, K. T v
, > Nov. 28,1865. i
I write to present to tbe public a true state
“ent oftho facts connected with the present
dfficulties near Lawrence, and to counteract
such erroneous impressions as the hired acents
of the Massachusetts Aid Society will reek
through a thousand channels, to make upon the
country. If the thousands of falsehoods which
they have already circulated, of violence and
disorder in Kansas, furnish any evidence of the
objects for which they are here, it is fair to
conclude that they will, on this occasion, exert •
to the utmost their capacities for false state
ments, to keep up the reputation they have
previously acquired.
Wbat will be the extent and end of the pre- .
ent difficulties, no one can conjecture; but
law will be maintained and executed br In
Governor and citizens of Kansas at w> ' 1110
cest or hazard. stover
I have been in this Territory tbe r
tion of the time since its orgar
have seen thousands of charges of v ; o k. n ~'.J
disorderly conduct made upon tb» m ; ® DCe - and
and citizens of Kansas, by A»* e li te n “?
those in their interest ; but I have neT
nor known an act of viole/ JC e on electioSTr
any p her day ;1 have new- r heard of any act
of violence, sustained by w undoubted
monoy committed upon men from northern
rttant’toffT iCal I T est ! ftnH ' WM recat
attempt to kill Laugh!mg by one of the Heeder
Hfflsn°nt and whlch rcKulted in the death of the
Kansas is now erect and right. The laws
will be executed. If any there be, passed by a
legislature amid great excitement, that ure
wrong they will be modified or repealed at the
next session. Whig and Democrat, Pro-slavery
men and r ree-State men, composing the law
and order or "State Rights” party of Kansas
will stand by the Governor in the execution of
’ and ‘hough the Abolitionists, the
Aid Society men of law-abiding Massachusetts
many howl in desperation that they cannot
make Kansas an Abolition State, yet will they
be forced into acquiescence to the requirements
of the laws, their disposition to violence to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The Corn Crop of the Country.—Accor
ding to the best information, the Corn crop of
the United States for the present year is im
mense, greater than on any former occasion. It
cannot be realized, however, to the full extent
for some months. The estimate in some quar
ters is a thousand millions of bushels. Com
constitutes a leading item in our agricultural
products, and such a crop cannot but assist
the prosperity of the nation. We shall have a
surplus of millions of bushels, and already nu
merous cargoes have been engaged for exporta
tion. It should be remembered, however that
in order to render the corn of the remote Wrsi
available in the Atlantic cities, the price must
be reasonably high, for otherwise it cannot lie
brought over tbe various railroads and canals
with advantage. At some points, for example,
com sells as low as thirty cents a bushel, and
at others as high as a dollar and ten cents.
When it falls to fifty cents in New York and
Philadelphia, it cannot of course be brought
from the towns in the West, where it sells for
thirty cents. Nay, in such cases, it must be
consumed on the spot, for it becomes compare
tively valueless. It is essentia', therefore, in
order to realize the crop, that the prices should
be remunerating in the Atlantic cities. Only
yesterday, we heard an extensive dealer exprere
the opinion that corn would sell in Philadelphia
in May, as low as seventy-five wnti a buskd'
—Phiai. Inquirer, Dec. 12.