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(Jeannette and Jeannot.)
Jeannette has not quite enough of Patriotism,
But if dark oppression's hand be e'er raised against
our land, *
I would tell you go and fight, withyourCountry's
faithful band.
Sooner die upon the field and leave Jeannette with
broken heart,
Than to see your Country ravaged or to act the
Traitor's part
f or 1 couia not love you wen u )uu wcio uuiuia>\.
and true,
And my heart would have less sorrow at this long
and sad adieu;
But the one you left behind can your heart ever
forget,
For if I were Queen of France I'd still be to you
J^annettpe. CONSTANCY.
THE 60LD-SEEKER*S GRAVE.
He sleeps beneath a grassy mound,
Near Sacramento's golden ground;
Where o'er his head a single block
Stands broken from the solid rock:
A few wild wood trees round him grow,
Whose bending "branches droop below;
And dell flowera bloom amid the shade
Above the grave where he is laid.
No bell pealed forth its solemn toll,
TTo fell the transit of his soiil;
No prayer was o'er liiin slowly said
By those who buried upJhe dead.
But when had ceased his languid breath,
They bore him from his bed of death;
And in the grave) deep dug and rude,
They left him in the solitude.* i
He slumbers on, where naught is heard
Save the sweet song of some Ions bird;
Or the swift cascad'es far-off roar,
Whose waters down the mountain pour;
Where lofty peaks it) distance rise,
w:?u j .1 i.:
Tf iiu iwwiurib tuwaru lue Mtjer ?
There in the earth's dark, shadowed breast,
He sleeps?and calmly takes his rest
3 Sclcttci) Sale.
- From the Southern Literary Gaiette.
TEE MABOON.
A LEGEND OF THE CARRIBEES.
BY W. G1LS10RE SIMMS. ESQ.,
Author of " The Yetnjw*ee," etc.
- VII.
With her whole soiriset upon a favorite pro.
ject, Maria de Fach??co wn* not a person to
slumheror prove afraid. She was not lens sure
of herself than of others. She knew the gene
ral character arid temper ofthe Spaniard. She
hnew the spirit which prevailed among the crew
of the ?)ian de Burgos. Though young and a
woman, she hat! been by no means an unohser.
van! spectator of the various events which had
taken place on board since she had l>ecome an
inmate of ibo vessel. Besides, she was a sagacious
student of chaiacter, as are nil women
of any nntive intelligence. She possessed the
faculty, which seems like an instinct, of seeing,,
as it were, at a single glance, into the moods
oft hose around ner. She knew that Velnsquez,
her master, was no longer the master in his own
?pip. one ns wen Knew mat Juan do Sylva
twM not very popular as his successor. One
event, which had taken place a few months be.fore,
now pressed upon her recollection, and
suggested to her a new auxiliary in working
out her schema.
On>- of ihe lieutenants,or as be might be call,
ed in our time, a mate, wis a Biscnyan named
Diego Linares, He wa*|a$tout and somewhat
surly tiilow, habitually7 and, in the exercise
of bis coimnoA character, had given a rude or
insolent reply u? Juan d3 Sylva, who had rewarded
him for it, very promptly, with a blow
upon the mouth. The digger of the BiscnyAn
would have answered the indignity, and was
diawh fop that purpose, vhep other parties in
terfered : and Juan, nfter the first feeling ot excitement
had passed over, sought, in various
ways, and by various civilities?which he never
made unnecessarily cheap?to stone for the
rashness and folly of his act. The interposilionot
Velasquez, himself, was finally addressed
to (he conciliation of the parlies, since Diego
was a man not easily to be dispensed with.?
His efforts were apparently successful. The
anger of Biscayan was seemingly subdued, but
it was in seeming only. The wound still ran*
kled and might easily be reopened. Marin de
Pnrheco saw more deeply into the secret feeling*
of the injured person than either Juan or
Velarquez. She better knew the vindictive
temper of Biscayan Mood, which is perhaps
much mo;e tenacious of its resentments, than
that of almost all other Spaniards, all of whom
are vindictive.
With the first inception of her own resolulion,
she at once conceived that this resentment
might serve her purpose hereafter, an<i had, accordingly,
some time before, addressed herself
to the ta>k of making a friend of the discontent.
She. sought him at periods when the eyes of Juan
were drawn from her. She sought him with
?" ? tinno nntvocu ill nnv /? oirroo In
ma ait wmtii ii'niw WW uv^,v. tv
compare with her who has heen tutored in the
camj) of the Zingali. She knew the habits of
the Bi<sca)an; could rejoice his ear with songs
and ballads from the native province of Diego;
and frequently, even when she sang belore Velasquez,
she adroitly chose for her themes such
as were familiar to the ears of the former.
These still drew him, loitering nigh, to listen,
as he traversed the deck upon his midnight
watch. Gradually, the parties CHine to speuk
together; and, by degrees just as insensible a>
those hv which she had brought Joan de Sylva
? ?= >
to believe in her newly.born affection* for himself,
*he ffiund her way into the confidence of
Liuores for another purpose. She fomented
his hate for Juan ; and, at length, when sure of
the future purpose of the latter, she kindled the
other's fears for the safety of Velasquez. It
would hare been easy to arouse Linares to such
a degree of fury, as to prompt him to rush upon
and slay Juan, with the hope, subsequently, of
ng himself before Velasquez; and such
.. e wish of Diego ; but the more vigilant
miiin saw how futile such a proceeding would
be, knowing how cornplc'- Juan was in the
possession of his uncle's c< . . ore. Upsides,
of what use to her, in her .>*ire to rescue Lopez
de Levya, that Velasquez should escape the
/lacinn .il* KIc nonluUI' ?
" f ?
" No! no! good Diego," she said to the excit??d
Biscnyan ; " this wore only to destroy ihvsell.
Would Velasquez belie v.- either thy testimony,
or mine. against Jimn de Sylva ? Thou
might'st slay the one, hut thou m ?ild'sl be sure
to perish from the fury of the other."
"I know not?the crew ! "
' Soft ! [ understand thee ! It is well that the
men love thee. They should! Thou, in truth,
dost all the business of the vessel ; Velasquez
incapable, and Juan dc Sylva no seaman, and,
I trow, but little ol a soldier. Let then the
treachery advance which thou can'st not arrest,
save at thy own peril. It may be that Juan
will repent ; that he will not do the bloody deed
which he meditates. AH then will he us before,
and o?;r secret suspicions nitty sleep. But, it
will be enough that we should keep proper
watch, and if thou hast friends in the vessel?"
She paused.
"They are all my friends; they care nothing
for Velasquez, how that he ran do nothing ;
uiid I hey hate I oh insolence rl this Juan !'
"CJood! then there will only need, if thou
hast friends, that thou choose from anion" them,
so that two or three of them may l?e remit* with
thyself to avenge thy captain should lie meet
loul play. Be ready, and I will counsel thee
should I see farther tokens of this conspiracy."
The Bisctyan was not superior to the inducemeals
which she had adroitly insinuated rather
than expressed. Ho was made to behold, at
the same glance, his revenue obtained upon the
man who had subjected him to indignity, and
the promotion of his selfish fortunes,
VIII.
Maria hud thus secured a second agent, nod
made a large step toward the attainment of lier
object. But the days passed, and the nights
followed, and still nothing decisive, on the part
of Juan, tended to confirm the assurances which
he hud made to his wily confederate. She
became anxious and apprehensive, particularly
as the passion of the youth seemed to tie cooling
toward Iter. Me was nu longer oonirnunioative;
no longer sought hor as frequently as before
His manner was now hesitating, his brow clouded,
and his whole appearance thai of a man who
was brooding over wild suspicions. But Maria
was too much an adept to sutler her own anxieties
to be perceptible, while she watched his
with apprehension. Her doubts put on the appearance
of womanly reserve, of dignified pride,
of feminine sensibility, solicitous to avoid exposure.
Bui she was equally studious not to forego
the exercise of any, the meanest of her nltractions.
Her dress was carefully studied, and
with the happiest efieot; and if her brow was
clouded, it was with sadness, the sweeter for
the shade. She sang too; never w?th more exquisite
freedom, or with more Voluptuous Sensibility.
thnn wh?n chn cnt nlnna. in iha Wnriinnea
ot night, upon the deck of the slowly moving
vessel. This \v&s the third night alter (he last
interview, wliich we have described, with Linares.
She was suddenly joined by Juan de Sylr
va. She knew of bis approach, but started with
well feigned surprise, us his whisper reached
her ears,
It (ft r-1 lltAiirvkt mn o larrrrarrf Mni>ln "
a uuu uaoi uiuu^iii imw ? iffttniii
"Nay, I h.ive suffered no disappointment. I j
had no hopes of thee, Juan !"
He was piqued.
"That was because thou rlid'st not know mo.
But I have been busy in uisk. It is not
that I am irresolute that 1 am slow. It is be
cause I would he sure. It is not known tc
thee, perhaps, that Velasquez hath valuable possessions
in Spain. These will serve us hereafter,
my Maria, when we shall tire ot the sea.
I have secured the papers which conduct tc
these. The key of his coffers is at my girdle,
And now,?but, hark thee,?continue thy bal.
lad. It has beguiled his fancies, and he is about
to join us to be nearer thee. There !
His bell sounds. I will bring him forth, arid?
thou heed me, Maria?"
u- i i . _ I.]..J L ??
run nuiiu iiriuwicu wiiii mi ilj tuiiiiicoBf no
he laid it upon her wrist. Her own grew chilled
with a sympathetic consciousness of what he
designed. t .
" Thy song! Thy ballad!" he muttered coavulsively
as he left her, and, almost unconscious
of what she did, she resumed, in accents that
slightly faltered, the ballad of " Belerma," one
of her favorite songs, which she had probably
learned from a purer source than that of the
Zingali camp.
" Quandu vio aqiiel oorazon
Estando en el contemplado,
De mievas gotax de xanero
Extaba tiwo banado.
Which may be thus freely rendered:
" When the precious heart before her
Lay all open to her view,
As if conscious of her presence,
it began to bleed anew."
The voice ol Velasquez?a voice lhat had once
been equally rich and powerful?now feebly
joined its accents with hers, us he tottered forth
from the cabju, supported on the arm of his
nephew, and sunk into a seat which had been
prepared beside her. Her tonus subsided into
silence as he approached.
? Nay, stop not," said he " let me hear thee
?I coine out only to hear thee, for I feel not
so weli to-night?not well, not happy. Maria
mine. Thy voice will persuade me toti belter
spirit, though it sounds more sadly than is thy
wont to-night; and that ballad?methinks. beauty
mine, thou would'st never irrieve over my
heart, as the lovely damsel," lle'erina, mourned
over that of Durandarte." And ho sang feebly
" Contzon de mi senor,
Dcirundurte muy preciado,
En Iiib umorcH dicliuso,
Yen bauillasdesdicbado."
She conlitiued silent.
"Sing for me, Maria?deny mc not he
said enlrealiiigly. " I know not (hat I shall
ever ask it ofihee again. I (eel as if a sentence
hud gone forth .i|>on me. I feel as 1 had done
the wrong ! My heart tells me that 1 have
wronged thee. If thou will sing for me now,.I
know that thou forgivesl me !"
" Thou should'st not give way to such fancies,
uncle mine,' said the nephew; "ni"thinks, tliou
art looking better to-day than thou hast done
for months past; and know 1 not that thou hast
always been fund of I hut mi .Maria, even as the
good knight, Duruudurle, was fond of the true
maiden. Belernm."
"Ah! Juan, hut Velasquez is no Purandurte,
to find his. way to the heart of u fair maiden.
These days bring forth no knighthood such as
his. Who is it walks behind u*? iMe thought
1 iieard a footstep?"
It is none hut the page, Gomez,"said the
nephew, in somewhat hurried accents.
A thrill ran through the veins of Maria, as
she re rue m be r<d thill the page, Gomez, was the
creature of Juan, and the person who, as a spy
upon tier actions, first discovered I he strong intiiliacy
between herself and Lopez de Levya.
The tones of Juan betrayed to her something of
his purpose, and she gathered from them the
conclusion that meditated the performance of
Siis crime that very night. Her heart smote her.
-11 l.... ...iiiiliinliiv. Villi til,* Inuthfd
Jilt" IKII lic-l ,
I In* tyranny ol" Velasquez, as much as she did
the cold and cruel selfishness of Juan; and il
was only in the death ol hoth dial she could
posibly hope to extricate, Iroin his desolate condition,
the unhappy Lopez, whom, if she did
not loathe, and for whom every sentiment of humanity
required that she should suffer the bloody
game of Juuii to go oil. Hut she looked round,
at the inquiry of Velasquez, and while shedetected
Gomez near them, she was also enabled
to discover another and a taller form, among
the tshudows beyond him. In thin person she
fancied she saw Linares, And suddenly she commenced
lhe Hymn to the Virgin,, (iluinlivo and
touching, of the dying knight, Baldwin:
" O Santa Maria Senora,
No nit- quieras olvldur,
A tj eiici?mieii<|o In' ilnta,
Plegute dc la guardar,
Eii cafe trance uiuerle,
Esfnerzo me queriais dar.
Piles a tea irules cousuelas
Quieras a mi consular.
V a til preeiosa llijo,
Por mi te p!'"q. roggf,
Que jierdoiie mis pernio*,
Mi alma .asalvar."
Which in an English idioin we may render
thus;
" Holy Mary, thee beseecliing,
Lo! my soul in anguish cries,
Take it to thy holy keeping,
Hnint tiiy mercy ere it dies.
In the deuth-trance quickly sinking,
i'o thy throne for help I flee,
In niy hour of terror drinking,
(JonnolaUon still irom mee :
From ihy precious nun entreating,
Pardon lor my post career;
And tlie soul its doom awaiting,
Kescue from its mortal fear."
IX.
She had two objects in choosing this hymn,
It was the appropriate chant of Velasquez?
equnlly for his lips and ears?at thql moment
0t I) is impending peril; and she cherished the
human hope that, e,s in the previous song, he
would join his voice with hers, and thus utlei
the nrooer nrnver. to Heaven, lust whetl il
I I - I J ? ' ?
would ruqst become bis lips. Her quick instincts
led her also to believe that Linares would
receive it as an intimation thai the time was ap<
preaching when it would be necessary for him
also to act. But Velasquez took no purt in the
> hymn. "His head sank upon his breast as she
> proceeded, and he seemed to drowse.
" Dost ihou sleep, uncle. ?" demanded Juan.
He looked up when addressed, and, in the
imperfect light, it could be seen that the eyes
. of the invalid was full of tears
" The Hymn saddens thought it soothes me,
Maria. Why didst thou choose it? Yet I
blame thee not. I would I could sing with thee.
I strove, but the voice failed tne, and my heart ;
felt strange as if with a sudden sinking. 1 rei
member me to huve heard that hymn, the last
night that I slept in the dwelling of my poor
mother, Juanita, l'was innocent then ! I was
a lad ! There was a woman that was blind,?
they called her Dolores.?she* sang it olten beneath
our windows, but I did not weep to hear
it then as [ do now. Yet I remember it well.
I knew the ballad all by heart, and could have
sang it with her; but I had wilder fancies, and
1 mocked the tenderness of her Hymn with a
gay ballad of some bolder spirit. I could not
mock her now. Thy voice hath soothed me,
Maria, but sing to me no more to-night. I
feel as I would sleep. Juan, give rne thy arm.
The nephew started to his left. Maria
would have offered an arm also, but Juan repulsed
her.
" Not thine !" he answered, in accents not
so low but that Velasquez heard them.
* And why not hers, Juan ?"
" Maria lack the strength ! Here is Gomez.'
" Maria lack the strength! is she not well,
Juan ! or am i so much feebler than before ?
If milct liu ln I I loo 1 it an f Woll f fliiro
*fc IIIUOI ?'V ow I A IWVI lb ou ? ?f til . VIIVC
me help ! Gomez be it. then."
A cold sweat covered the face and forehead c
of Maria de Pacheco, as she beheld the officious \
! Gomez start forward at the summons of Juan, v
She saw Valasuuez grasped by them, as if for s
support, on either size. The words of the latter?'
v r
44 It is very dark?go'st thou rightly Juau ?- p
p>shed through her very brain with a dreadful v
import, the more terrible and startling, as, hav.
ing herself receded toward the cabin, she did s
not see thciti approach. Then she was con- j|
scious that some one stood beside her. It was
Linares, followed by another. She grasped k
his arm. p
44 Now ! now! Linares !?It is doing !" h
4 Hence ! Quick ! God have mercy !" a
X iilnniro qikI 11 rufi*t iiinrfinnr cKriaL utnro n
.?)>iuiigv "v.v i,
heard while she wasspeukiug. Linares ^tailed n
lorwurd. There was a sudden uproar ill the a
ship, The alarm was given, and the men were a
running to and fro, while a crowd gathered on v
the side where the deed had beau there. All- bi
other scream from the waters?a scream of jg
agon)?a cry for help, and then the stern ac- tl
cents of Linares prevailed over all oters. C
" Murderer of my uncle, _bloody traitor,? d
i have caught the in the act!" tl
Away !" cried Juan de Sylva,?"and to t]
thy duties, Heboid in me thy captain !" p
.Never!" was the cry from the crew. "Di h
ego Linares!" e
" The heavy hand of Linares was upon the c
shoulder ut the culprit. His confederate Go- y
inez was in the grasp ul an equally powerlul p
assailant. The proceeding had been too well Sl
ucvised?the uciiou loo prompt?to sutler the c
cunning Juan to escape by any subtleties, and ^
nc a as uiready given lu uudersliiiid that the lute t!
to which lie was doomed, was that to which his ti
uncle hud been consigned. In the sudden M
aroused sense ofdanger which he fell, his in)- 'I
pulse was to call Dutinu Alalia. Sl
* She is here !" cried Linares. tl
The proud woman had recovered all her
strength ot soul and courage, and the couvic- n
lion lhal the halelul and tnuiignuui spirit whom J
she had once ieared, wits now wholly iu her ./
power, she tell an etuUing sense o4 ptuasuro in jt
ueing able loutscaid tne veil of hypocrisy ^vhich a
she had so successfully worn.?ahe steadily udvunced
luwaids the clamorous groui?. ti
' Speak lor, me Aiuriu; exclaimed the captive g|
- " - t : ; I...,
"lull luese men,?says iu juiuuiu, mm, iu wum ;i
I have dune, i have hut obeyed thy wishes!" jc
' As it my wishes should sulhce to move the ti
loving nephew iu the murder oi bis lirsl I'riend u
and most loving uncle !" 1)
" Uemomus 1 du i hear thee, woman !" a
Ho was grappled instantly and tirmly by the ti
vigorous Linares. A dozen willing hands weie n
nigh to help him iu the ieariul deed which he ?
designed. tl
" :\lust 1 perish ! Has my toil of blood been
taken lor such as those ! iMaria, dosi. thou in* ?
deed desert me ! "iSpcul; ! thou kncwesl my d
purpose?thou didst uol disclaim my deed !" d
'* | know thee as a lieud?as one 1 loulhe and i?
scoiii 1 He who would keep no terms with one n
so coniidiug us his mother's brother, will keep c
no terms with thee. VVhal said 1 to thee be.
lure I Ho thy duty to thysell and me! lie
' i
veiled v eiiinque/,, tujr tupiaiu, idiviui
wretched Lopez de Levya Iron) ilia isle where
he was pul lo perish, and he the master ol thy
ship und crew !"
*' This then was thy scheme ? jJeinoniog ! j
that 1 should have been blinded by this woman's I
subtleties 1" I
"Thou wast the victim to thy own vanities
?thy own quickness to crjii)e-r?thy own cold- t
liess ut heart!" said tho proud Maria. c
" O ! tongue of the serpent! dost thou Rling f
(no thus! tiui thou exultest too soon. Think r
thou that I iptve lived lor such fate as this ! [
with this wealth at my girdle?-with so much of i
life in my possession-shull I iouso life ? i\:o !
off there, ye base scum and ofial?-off!?Ye
shall hang fur lh'9 lilte dogs?1 will?
i His own terrible struggles arrested his words,
i by which they had been stimulated. He hud t
much to live for, and the unwilling spirit <
L of youth was not to be resigned so easily to the '<
sacrilicejpf those delights, for which he had paid I
I such heavy prices. His strength which was not
. ordinarily great \yas that of desperation at the
i moment. He fought with wonderful spirit and |
i address, and jt tasked three stout sepujen so to |
recover the mastery over bim, as to lift him to the
side of the vessel to which the feeble uncle had
been beguiled, and over which he had been suddenly
thrown. Brought to the verge of the precipice,
he succeeded in forcing himself back, so
that his head only hung over the bulwarks.?
Suddenly, however, the weight of the powerful
Linares was thrown upon him; and the crack
of the neck, as it was thrust down upon the
Bharp and n arrow thwarts, could have been heard
even above the spasmodic gurgle and horse
3cream of the victim by which it was accompanied.
The still quivering carcass which they com
mitted to the deep, was no longer concious of its
fate. A second plunge declared the doom of
the page Gomez, whose crieshad been silenced
jy the stroke of a dagger, whjltf bis master's
Jeath struggles were most violent. Deep and
Ireary was the silence which followed onboard
;he vessel. The rage of all parties was satisfied;
ind a certain, but indescribable fear was npon
ivery heart But none of the fruits of the struggle
had been lost A single hour, had in effect
endered Maria de Pacheco, as had been promsed
by Juan de Sylva, the Mistress of the Diau
le Burgos. A single sentence to Diego Linares
leclared the present destination of the vesseL
" The Maroon?Lopez de Levya!"
She was obeyed; the ship was brought about,
ind her prow turned once more in the direction
>f the desolate Isle of Lovers.
(to be continued.)
MEETING OF MERCHANTS AND FACTORS.
At a meeting of the Merchants and Factors
>f Charleston, held at the Reading l^oom, oil
iVednesdav. the 17th Julv. Geo. Y. Davis, eso.
vas called to the Chair, and John B. DeSausure,
esq. was requested to act as Secretary.
The meeting being organized the following
eport was received from the Committee aplointed
at a previous meeting of the Merchants,
iz:
The Committee to whom was r eferred the
ubject of re-weighing Cotton, have considered
I, and herewith hand their Report:
It has been the universal custom in our maret,
to weigh Cotton upon its receipt, and if
ut in store and sold at any subsequent period,
owever remote, it was expected to be re ceived
t the original weights and this frequently to. the
lanifest injury of the purchaser, without any
leans of redresp. As many causes may operte
in the mean time, to reduce the weight, such
a oiro nnrutlnn nr if urairrKorf ivlion rlflinn flfl 18
a v?t*|/uittnu?ij v* ?i nrvi^ii\ju iiuvu viaui|/| ww w
ery likely to bo the case, and put in a dry
tore, it will naturally fall off in weight, and it
$ also exposed to waste and pilfering. "Sir
lese risks seem fairly chargeable to the ownrs
of the Cotton, as much so as any other tnciental
expenses incurred in holding it, and
le other hand, a purchaser seems justly ended
to all he pays for. Severid plans have been
ro|>osed, to obviate this difficulty, One is to
ave all Cotton weighed when sold, or deliverd;
but this would probably be attended with
onsiderable inconvenience to Factors, which
our Committee would wish to avoid as far as
racticablc in any recommendation, and they
uggest the adoption of a custom by which purhasers
may require from Factors, that Any
Jottou shall be re-weighed, at the expense of
le Factor, wherever circumstances may lead
j the belief that such Cotton will fall short in
weight, and it shall be charged at the re-weight,
'his seems equal to justice between buyer and
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?lier, mm your Vsommiuee are ieu iu ucmc??
iat it will not be opposed by our Factors. r In
connection with this subject, your Com*
littee would recommend to planters, the e^pe* iency
of having their cotton put up in strong ndgnotl
bagging, thereby rendering it much
jss liable to waste, particularly after handling
nd exposure.
Another matter has been brought to the no*
co of your Committee, connected with the
dipping of Cotton, which they deem it not inppropriate
to refer to; it is the custom of ai>wi;jg
members to carry bags while mending
le cotton, and thereby affording facilities for
iking much more cotton than would otherwise
e wasted, while the convenience for selling,
dds much to the inducement for pilfering; and
) put an effectual stop to this evil, your Comlittce
recommend to shippers to prohibit their
lenders from oarrying any bags while mending
leir cotton.
In further consideration of this subject, as it
t generally impracticable to shjp cotton on the
ay it is bought, and unreasonable that auy ad*
itional expense should be thereby incurred,St
? suggested that storage should in 110 case com*
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lence until uio aay succeeuiug uuu ui ymhase.
Signed A, R. TAFT, 1
JAMES MACBETH,
THEO. HUCHET, VConi.
JAMES S. G1BBES,
D, C. SEIXAS,
Upon the reading of tho Report, the follow,
ng resolution was offered by R. Wotherspoon,
2sq., which was seconded by Geo. Robertson,
3sq., and adopted,
Resolved, That the Report and recommendaions
of the Committee regarding the weighing
>f cotton be adopted by the meeting, and be re-;
erred to the Chancer of Commerce for early
lotion on the subject; and that the same be
jublished for more general information to all
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mere is ven
GEO. Y. DAVIS, Chairman.
J. B. DkSaussure, Secretary.
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op, laying down the paper; "there's the State
if Affairs; | suppps.e it'll sopn be applying fry
addition to the Union,'1 and the old lady re$uipe<)
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New Yqrk Pathfinder oqmputes the, extent
of aU the Railroads now jn operation in
the United States at 7,677 miles.