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North and South. The Journal of Commerce, reviewing the con- [ dition ot' political parties, and showing tliern to :; be divided into various factions, Free-soil, Abol:- . tioo. etc., says: " It would be a proud spectacle to sec the Southern States, after the severe contests trout which they have lately conic, form together on a high basis, and show their di-regred and con tempt of old and w?>r:i out association*. f'C exhibition of fierce party spirit among them ; strikes the mind unpleasantly,?union m me way in which it is affected when a widow, fresh j from her husband's grave, outers iuto a now al- ; liance. Much depends on their firmness and i patriotism. The men here wlio look to them 1 for strength and support in their political action,; can scarcely stand alone. If the National Whigs 1 and Democrats arc to be handed over, as weie J the friends of tin?Mifsouri compromise, to the political executioners in the Seward and Van 1 Bireu f action% it determines the corns of others in a crisis like that through which the country has pa-sod." The L'jpress treating of the Presidency an J ! Whig candidate, says: j " Wo repeat that it is our deliberate, sober ; conviction, that if Gen. Seott be run blind,?as i the schemers in Washington now intend to have ! him run,?Vermont will be the only electoral ! ??:.1 : VvV. ,1? I vote ho win nave iur uic i m.uiiiM. not say this is a spirit of threat?lor wo have ourselves gre?at confidence in the principles of General Scott, and have reason to know, Jir.t 1 he, himself, is a friend of the compromi.-e bills,? . but we cannot persuade our people, t hat running him North, to repeal the fugitive slave law, and running him South against that repeal, will not , again bring into Congress inst such consrijUetices ( as those of 1850, which for weeks could not , choose a Speaker even,?and whue sittings at last became so alarming, as to jeoi<ard tin- peace and the very existence of the Union. Wc may try to persuade them to the contrary,?hut the , eft'ort will be all in vain, and we shall all perish as politicians in the attempt. To show our sincerity, we need only add, that if the Northern States, as represented in the National convention, are permitted by any considerable portion of our S.mthern countrymen to go into convention and put tip Gen. Scott, with-1 out any declaration of principles on the fugitive | slave provision of the Constitution, we shall cor- j ] tainly go, as at present advised, for General Scott, j with onr section of the Union. We repent, we j ( - L.ii Ca?iI./..h l...ol/ie nnon Norr.ln.rn I , 5X1*111 UtH'I ll^lio OUUiin.'i 11 utuitw n>'v. .... j ground, if the South is not united on the field of. action. General Scott personally we h ive no oh-' ( jection to, and we can support him without any I: sacrifice of principle?nay, even with confidence ; j in him as a man. But the tail that will come . ( on with him as the candidate of unknown con- j stitutional principle, is of just such men as >ur- J , rounded, enveloped and Galjtkinized the admin- j islration of Gen. Taylor.?and they are such | < men as can never administer the government of j this country. -? U i_n_ * 1 The Cuur.su Tkade or Cincinnati.?Tiie J Cincinnati Ga/.vlte noticiesthe fact tha* tire re- j ceipt of cheese at that place for the. 1 i-t y -.;r was i nearly nine millions of pounds and gives the lul-1 j lowing account of the huiiillc commencement ( of the business: u In 1823, Messrs. Baldwin it , Granger, enterprising traders, on the I! no,: | brought to Cincinnati, in a largo skiff, about , 1500 pounds of Cheese. After stopping a few' weeks, they sold a small part of the cargo ; lirn . droppi d down to Louisville and other small towns ( on the river, and j toddled out the balance, which required throe months' time in all. The next year i they loaded a small flathuat with about four ton; j of Cheese, and started for Cincinnati: after stop- j ping at our landing for three days, they -old . half of one Cheese and gave the oilier half to i ( an old acquaintance.?They then started for , Louisville, where they stopped two weeks..-.eliing I about one ton. The remainder they d:\id- d. [? taking half to Nashville, and half up? the Tonne*- j *SI II..: AtO.l. tv? ,.V. 1 ' 8 nver u> nor. nit*", .-vi uii;u.i. . ...... . , crtion-5. th * lot :it N.1 -!i.i!! ?;i< s ?!<l i:i :?1 mr. a mouth, I) it that at Florence was a-1 ' !>> <! up , for five mouth ; and ju-t one year C;'ps"d from the time of purchase he lore the account wits . closed up by receipt of proceed-." Ti;e Raih n G m? Kailkoao.?We pereivo ! from a communication in The Southern Patriot, that the survev of the Rabun- G tp Railroad was j commenced l;t?t week at Greenville, by Messrs. Batiks, Waters Cunningham and Lee, a corps of , Engineers sent out by Judge O'Xeail, tie- Riv*ident of the Greenville and Columbia Company. , The Company started from a connexion with tin- I( sur. ey of the road from Greenville to Ainle: -. -n, and have found a most excellent line t?? S titvn Hivcr, which they cross at Fort Hill. It i- th" intention of tlie Chief Engineer,; Mr. Banks, to run this line to the Stump lh?use Mountain, and j then turn hack and run a line from And"rs.?n, ' by tli" way of Sloan's Kerry, to the same pohit. Mr Banks lias examined the Stump 1 i ?i; Mountain, and thinks he can get owr U without more difficult} than i> u-maiiy met'with in a hilly country. It is said that s<> far tiny have been running at a grade of forty feet.?States Jin/hts Republican. Fken'C.i Tempeiiasce.?It may appear strange I that iu a country whore wine is almost a common > beverage, drunkenness is rare, but such appears I to bo the fact, if we can rely on the statement of J Thurlow Weed, editor of the Albany Evening ; Journal. Writing from Nice, under date of Jan-! nary 10th, he thus speaks of the absence of, drunkenness among French people where wine is freely used : "Crossing France in one direction, from l?oulogne to Nice we have travelled fcOO miles as pleasantlv and quietly, as you travel along the Valley of the Connecticut river. I have, not even seen, through all the cities and towns, the slightest disorder or even ill will. Nor have I, in all these places, during live weeks, seen five drunken p"rsotis. Indeed, I cannot ivmcmlwr but one decided case. And yet every body drinks wine. Rome also drink brandy, but seldom to excess. There is an absence here, however, of all those attractive mixtures and 4 fixings,' known at home as 4 punches,'juleps,' 'cobblers,' ' cocktails'etc., etc.. which beguile our voting men into habits which so often end in ruin Here there are few ruturneries, and eons"?pieutly few rowdies." later from ITIexico. j By the arrival of the brig American, Captain I Malonev, from Vera Cruz o:i the 6th instant, we have dates from.the City of Mexico to the 4th 1 i.'tst. < Great excitement had been created in the cap- t it;.l by the pardon granted by the Congress to ] the three assassins of 1 M\ Beistcgu. The Congress was assailed (.? ail hands for this act of j weakness; the journals unanimously speak of it < as a direct attack on society, and the respectable t citizens of Mexico liad nearly ail purchased arms t to defend their persons against the hordes of bandits whom this pardon has almost legally authorized to commit murder. A conspiracy against the Government was dis- s covor('<J ahuut th<- 24lit ult. bv two of the con- J spirators revealing the pi t. 1 >r. Uetancourt and several others implicated were arrested. t A ne\v>pnpcr publicist d at Jala pa, announces t that the Government has ordered tlie omnium- j dtng general in the State of Vera Cruz, to pro- | cml with his aids and a body of troops to the 1 bar ;it the mouth of the river Coatzacoaloos, to c liuisii the foriilicatiuiis already commenced there. The cause assigned is, the f- or of an invasion of ^ the- Isthmus of Ti'huatitepec by a body of Amor icans, who under the name of''laborers," and (j to the number of 500 men are to have Now Or- f leans under the command or guidance of the J masters of the Saravia and Almagrcs, which \e - c sals were seized at the mouth of the above river j some months ago. t A fjiurrel has arisen between t}io I.egi-lature of the 9ta?e of Vera Cruz and the Mexican t 'on- j grcxs. The former imi-'s up-n a greater redue- t lion of the tnrid'of 1945 than the 10 ]?or cent, <| allowed by the national scnat". The Senate\\ill t allow illj> reduction ot 10 per cent, nut fetuses 10 i do away with any < ft in- duties. Tin? lower house j of Congress, on the contrary, is in favor of abolishing some of the duties. The question .was t not settled. Congress would undoubtedly soon pass :i law authorizing the States on the North- 5. eastern frontier t<> com bine for the purpose of j the common defence against the inroads of the t hordes of Indians. The States of Zacatecas and |j Durango, besides being ravaged by the savages, J, are sutllring from the visitations of a general s famine. I A subscription has been started in the city of v Mexico for the relief of the people <>f ] inrago. t Senor .Majiea, Governor of the State of l'ueb- o la, has again resigned. li The bridge of the "Plan del lli<\" destroyed v during the last war, is to be rebuilt at Govern- ii inent exjrcn.se. n <>n the *24th ult. the day tin- telegraph was to g ;oimnenco working between Vera ( ruzaiid <>ri J, saba, the wires were cut. Good omen for the u uturc! The line will reach the eitv of Mexico si luring the present mouth. o. A little steamboat,eaih -1 ih<> j^.j erauza, is run- i ling between tlie city <>i Mexico and Chulco. A conducta of ?l,4C0,0'J0, under tlie escort of u den. Moriixa and trvop*. I fr tie- city of Mexico S or Vera Cn zca th? it 1th ult. f; Ser.or .vlojizo Azniar d l'erez, Deputy from a fucalan, di'-d in theci.v of Mexico on tin* J 1th. I, A". 0. J'i-:. Later j'kom Tkx \s.?Advice- from (talvcsroii a : ) the 1U;!i ia.-t., have 1-i-jn rct-ivcd by tin- New- b >rleans Pinynw\ from which we n thai ilie -'.i ivhiof Wc.-tvrn T xa> held a convention at t< (I-niston on tiu- Oth at wlii- ! resolution* j o aviv pax-"'! atliniuii^ the compromise, i:i lav r u if river am! harbor improvements by t h Hid declaring Millard 1 .jinioiv the fir*:, ehoicj of n lie \\ hiys of tbo Slide Ibr ibo I'rc-i ! mi y. tl The Coiuptroihtf of ti: State lias accepted si ids for ^100,000 of Iiw million of lie: l". S. M IfiVe p-i" o lit. boil Is vtV -. ,! d by ;!i Slut . b rin; tbliowiutr ate.tbe t? rnis: Ju<: Comm- iv.al ii mil Ayrii-.illi'.ral I'aiiiv uf (bi!vi.M.?:i tuv.-. ilOd,- j1 M>0 at four per cm. premium, e.ve!ii.?ivu of in- n .crest, payable in Gab. vtmi viz : ? on lite c 1 -t of June, ami io'i.dtjj oa tin- 1 AtL i f .lane ti \ M. S-.von-on takes :iU Vi'iu. at tv,Mper cent, tl ayabl at. Austin within th ly days. a:nl (.'or- ti nan it It _f.y- take itWO.'j'JO. p:i\.;l !e ill New- li lurk?;"?>jU,00i) ia l-m day-, Vtl.jo.iiO'J iii twen- ry days, ami -.5100,000 ia thirty day-, at &5,01, o sfi.Oti ij.O.'J, id,'J t a'.id t;j, 1') per cent, on each f?100.000. I' The Treasurer,of Tex.v- p i:d out nearly iGO-.),- n in bonds previous to the l.-t of .May. ?' Reason why the T< hu'iulcjjcc Treaty war. re- t: iected ly the Mexican Cony,'ess?Jietler from President Ariifa to I'r.erhut Fillmore.?A spo- o cial despatch from W a-hinyloa to the N. York jj Herald, tales "ii tie- authority of a 1-tter froina I, disiiagnidied ^elilleinan in Mexico, that pivvi- p mis to the rejection of the Teiinunl--pec treaty, v it had b? eii intimated lo tin- Am -rican iniui-ter, .Mr. Letcher, that the Mexican Government was willing to grant the light of way across tin- [<th- "c ' '' i."--i>o....... t.. i r.. \ ,,v_ (lili'Miiis rioiinm lilll* III LUIII'IIIM'I'VI' . . ..N,....- J... iiV, ii tli'-v Would cease t > j-r-'ss ii>.. ( .irav grant ^ claim?a claim wliicli liic M \ic.m 1 '*??jwere 1( unanimously <pposed I", nut only ot: ground ,, of its expiration, but that it was obtained by _ bribery, and conveyed a \a-l ?ji:a:itily >-1' land s (ten leagues on both titles of the road) fur the j'ltrjius; of colonization. Mr. Letcher informed j tiic president of the Tehuaiitojiec Company of ;i tlii-i intimation, but r< c; i\? d no answer from him; | and immediately on the rejection of the treaty, Mr. L. addressed the Mexican Government the * ultimatum of the government of the I". Slates, . which delated that the Tehuaiitej.ee treaty, re- ^ cognizing the validity oi the (Liray grant must be continued by the M -xican government. No other arrangement would for a moment he listened to. Under these circumstances, President Arista addressed himself directly to 1'resident Fillmore, of which tlu; eorresj>ondoiit says: v lie acknowledges t lie weakness of Mexico and *" the greatness of the United States, and makes a touching appeal to llm magnanimity of a great nation, not to force a wrong upon a weak peoj>le. ||e declares there must be some atysteri- ' ou< influence which induces the United States to endeavor to force Mexico to ratify a treaty reviving a defunct grant. He says that the govern- t meat and people of Mexico have e\cry desire to <j throw ojifti the Tehuaute|?cc conuininication, t and instances the fact that the day previous to I his writing, a bill had been introduced into the r M-xican <'oinrrcss authorizing the government lj to oil; r tin- right of way arrows tlie Isthmus ti> f; :mv company which would hiiihl a road; l?nt as f for the (iaray grant, ii would not bo recognized, a even if tho Uni'M Stales forced Mexico to the c Pull extent of the threat contained in the ultimatum?war. It is imj os- IMc to b< lieve that Mr. Letcher has lot cxcccdid instructions in pressing Mexico toe dose to the wall, and there is little doubt but hat the appeal of Arista will bring about s >e:ic?-able sttih nu nt. Tiie new Mexican Minister who is said to hare list arrived in Washington with special refer rice to this and other matters, possibly brought his h-tlor of Gen. Arista with him, and lias ere his delivered it to the President. The Homestead Bill. The Washington Republic, says of the Home toad J till, which recently passed the House ol tenrexjiitativcs: "A perusal <>f it leaves p.n impression that - 1 x here is a rather material discrepancy uei\>een lie first ami sixth sections. The first provides hat any person who is the ti ue head of a fainiy and a citi/oii of the United States, or wln> had H'Coine a citizen prior to January last, shall he ntitlcd, tree of cost, to one hundred and sixty icres of land on condition of occupancy for the cars. The sixth section enacts, however, that any inlividual now resident in this country, and who, x-fbre seeking benefit from this bill shall declare lis intention to become a citizen, shall be also ntitlcd to a free tyrant on the condition specii' J. 'i'hi.. provision dearly nuililies the restiicion impost d by the first clause. Tw.i uihcr features of the bill are these, that t excludes from its benefits parties already in lie possesion of land, or who may sell iand wiih in iiiteiiti'.-a to obtain :i free grant; and that he land acquired under its regulations shall nut >e held liable lbr debts eoutraeted prior to the issuance of the patent. IloMnsi'iiAD 111li..?The National Intelligencer has expresses itself in reference to this bill. Jieforo the adjournment ?'ii Wednesday, the ?ill for the universal largess of the 1'ublic Domain, to ail landless comers was forced through lie House by a vote, of almost two to one; too :irge, it is mm, but far less of a majority than lad been anticipated. Who indeed but an obtinately brave man. in a body subject (as the louse is-) to biennial renovation, would dare to utc against a Hill w hich makes a donation from lie Treasury?for that is the true end and effect f the Hill?to the amount of Hundreds of Mil1011s of Dollars to persons w hose poverty from hatever cause arising, is their only ground of itlc to it' To resist so apparently popular a leasure, though demonstrably an unwise prodiality in itself, and so certain, as like effect foljws like cause to convert this Republic sooner r later, into a despotism or anarchy?against a popular a measure as this what but thostout t iiervc.- could enable any Representative of the 'eot'le to stand up. In times of danger to tin* Republic heretofore, 'C have called to tlio people to "Look to the enate!" A crisis which is to detcrmina thy lie of the Republic?we do not mean itnmeditelv, of course, but consequently?is presented y the passage by tliellou-c of Representatives 1;bis bill to strip the nation of the domain Jiich is ib" bu-ii of it- civdif and its power: nd tliat passage accomplished by turning its ack 0:1 all tin- legitimate and ini[rortant 1110:1uvs for tin; public jLfood. which it has, :i.> it'systmatiealiv, ne^l vteJ tbr thopivvi >11- six month-; t tlie sfs-iou. I bis crisis appeal- to tbe Senate itb a -4re.it. r s?>! .unity* tban any tliat lias ever cretotore arisen >* 1 the history ot ibis Goverulent. For wiio does not see that tbia bill is but lie entering* wed^e to furtnei and totai disposivioii ofllie public domain ' And who does ot see 1 !ia| ? ta public domain mice e.viiau-led y these gratuitous donations?tlio I'eU tiling 1 order will !>. the distribution of the land' d i opera <f iaiai o a tiers atu>:;o tin )< ? whoow.i ii . >; !;.ii i ::.iuob t<> salisty tliein. with all tile merit- a d e0:1.- pklice.; which follow ill the li.ioi' . 1. !i agrarian. 111 n-uuv-' Those i?vnleui: it w); ? siij?j>oi*t this utea-Uiv, we a:v .suited, fear no sacii consequences. I >ut lie who as no hm ut approbciisi .11 of them must have ad the 1 :-tory of the Republics of old with tlier eves than ours, and in a sense entirelv dif j". ... 1 ! .. S l.'.-.l. mil iruin m?ii 121 ?juvii m \ y tln'ii* anr.-sturs who, in framing the Dovernh'tit of this Republic, adapted its parts, and retricled it- grants of power, with a determined urposc to guard it from the errors and corrupious which led to their downfall. Wo cannot con Judo those few remarks withut directing tin; a! Lout ion of our readers to the id that a biil of this consequence was pix-cd iy a vote which shows that some seventy metners were either absent, or being present,did not uto upon the question. Melancholy Death.?An inquest was held ally yesterday morning, on the premises known - No. I- Jvisj Hay-street, a few doors south of rani>i:uiiui;vi\s wiiaif, on the body of a young nun, name James W. Fi.moiii:, about Jo years f age. The deceased, it ajipeared in evidence, osided witIi his mother, and reach d home on hi inlay rightabout lit o'clock. Having parakoii of some tea furnished by his mother, voting Ci.MoiJt: iviiiy.il to his room in the third story, tid nothing was seen or heard of him until eary the next morning, when, in going into the aid, she beheld the lifeless body of her son, tretched on lite pavement beneath the window, lie jury returned a verdict in accordance with lie above facts.? Charleston Courier. Death ok A. II. Toucher.?We regret to po by the Winnsboro Register of yesterday hat Mr. A. 11. Poreher, formerly of this town, lied at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. T. \ Pubose, in Fairfield, on Sunday evening last. Mr. I'urclivr was si young mau Highly esteem* (1 and respected in our community, and had undo many warm personal friends during his solium with us.?South Carolinian. Extua Fi.ont i\ li.m.rimork.?Tho Legislalire of Maryland lias just passed a law, which roes into effect immediately, making it the duv of the general inspector of Hour in the city ol Baltimore to cause all barrels of Hour of a supcior quality to that which is denominated and irnnded as superfine, and not of the quality ol imilv. to he branded extra. The standard ol his grade is to bo procured in the same manner tho standard of family Hour is now obtaind. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL] 1 FRIDAY EYLNINU, MAY 2lTT852T THO. Ji WARREN, Editor. . Our Market, , The receipts of Cotton since our last have been liprlit; ' j the article continues to advance?prices ranging from ' i 7 to 9 1-2. Charleston quotations, 7 to !) 7-d. The lion. W. F. DeSacsscrk, who was appointed | by the Executive to fill out the unexpired term of the j l ion. H. 13. Riiktt, took his departure from Columbia on Wednesday last, for Washington. jVWWlfWVWX. f I Original Articles. We would be glad if somo of our correspondents j 1 11 1 : - K ~.\/ln 113 11*1 til CrtrmA ! / j.WOUIU taKC II IIIIO llliai IIV.HH IU laiui u.t . mi owi.iv. I i j specimens of their lucubrations, as wo are in great want 1 of original matter. Small favors thankfully received, ' j and larger ones in proportion to their merits. i Will net our correspondents, "Agricola,'' " Timon ' , and others favor us at least occasionally? Liborality. i ' There is great danger that some of the Patent Medi' cine Proprietors will break themselves, if we should ' ac cept the very liberal ofl'ers which thoj* make us to j ; advertise their nostrums. We have certain terms, and if these gentlemen desire to advertise through thoeol* 1 ' umnsof our paper they must do so only upon the con- j I ditior.s which we make. When wo become non eompos i ! mentis, it will be quite time enough to accept the terms j which some Patent Medicine venders dictate. \ Cj^Lifeis made up of inequalities, and it is wrong to j pay that we should riot strive to improve our condition, socially and morally, because we do not possess those ( i advantages which others may enjoy, over us. Wo are j 1 co improve all that is given us?where much is given , i much is reasonably expected. But lie who has only , j one talent committed to his trust is not responsible for ! ! the improvement of five talents. ! Were rneuas much disposed to improve the golden j moments of life as they are to waste with sinful extra- ' : vagauce each precious Iiour, liow niuclt good might' be accomplished for the moral improvement of tho j world, and how much evil might ho avoided. But we regret that a growing disposition is manifested byalarge : number of persons to sec how near they may approach to evil without violating the laws of society, how little ! good they can do, and how useless they can be to the j world. Xo man livcth to himself) is as truo as any part of the divine record. Therefore, tho example which we sot to those around us must be either for good or evil. Xo man cr woman who has a reasonable share ct intelligence, or who is blessed with a reflecting mind and proper judgment, should bo willing to live, without doi ing something lbr the good of their fellow beings. And vet. in every ua;,* life we see hundreds who seem to bo I indiikrent upon all matters save tlie accomplishment of j j their own seltish ends uud gralilicatiou of their desires I ?many who lead aimless lives, and who live J'or ' themselves, solely without a caro or thought for others. I : The examples which we have of many of the great and illustrious men of our country, show us that prominent . traits in their characters were to make others around them happy, by precept and example. Our own Washington, franklin, and a host of other?, were those who j were not -seamed to stop by the way and give a word | i of comfort and eu' ouragement to the po<>r unfortunate j child of misfortune. How manv do so now-a-davs? Alas! there are but few! Men liavn't time fbr acts of , charity. Charity!?the term i< almost obsolete; there is too little charity in the worM. \."c have heard the remark, such en one is a fellow, but (ah! this i> a wicked word,) I am afraid he !s ruining himself. And wherefore? Becau.sc lie is too fond of a social glass, j i And yet, my dear friends, although you know the pe- j j culiar temptations and trials of this good f-Jlow-?that i lie cannot touch the glass without taking too ir.ueh? ' t you ask him up tod. ink with you, and when he drinks \ and becomes drunk, and dies a drunkard, then you i chide him for his .Idly. There should be more practical, effective cliarity, for : those who turn away from strong drink; they should | i not bo regarded with feeling? other than friendship and | ! good will; don't say i hope he will.stick to his pledge? i j bill (we tell you this is a bad word) I am afraid lie won't. > Many good t'!or< have been induced to leave the cup; 1 i -,t ?.!,? I,.,i ImvltiT mi-nd ciiiireir*v .harp trane acain to ! driukin.', and have died ruined drunkards. Men should j be carel'ul of their words and actions; it may scent a i .small matter to abuse, and attempt to ridicule fit is only | an attempt) those who are Die pledged friends of Tent- ' pcrauce. There is in :hc bosom of every honest man 1 who .strives to do his duty, a consciousness that ho Ls j right, which enables hint to stand in., as a tower of j strength, against all the shafts which ridicule may level i against him. We do not like our friends the less, be- j cause i hey do not agree precisely with us, but wo say j it is but reasonable that we should like them better, if they would join our crusade against the enemy of man, j and against wickedness in high places. Godey's Lady:s Book. With its accustomed promptness we have received I Godey lor June in advance of the month. The present ! is a double number of 112 pages, with several admirable engravings, and a large amount of reading matter. Mr. Godey's Book has. for along time, ranked among the very host literary magazines in the country; and , time, instead of impairing the vigor and beauty of its j pages, but seems to develops more fully its merits. The Baltimoro San of the. 15th, notices a bill before ' the Maryland Legislature, relating, to the free colored j population in that State, which provides that all free negroes and nuilattocs who shall be born in the State, after the first day of January, 1855, shall, upon their | arrival at the uge of twenty one years, be,compelled to i * I emigrate to Liberia, in Africa, or upon their remaining j within the State for more than twelve months thercaf- i j ter. (unless in the hands of the Maryland State Coloui- j : zution Society.) shall be ordered to be soid as staves for j | a term of not less than five, nor more than ten years. ' J and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the coloni- ! zalion fund of the city of Baltimore. The bill will not probably be passed at this session. Gov. Quitman.?This nohlo soulcd General and statesman (says the Vicksburg Sentinel of the 18th,) was in Vicksburg during the greater part of yesterday. | j. The General looks well; is in good health; and com- | mands the admiration and esteem of his couutrynien wherever ho goes, lie is a true patriot, a noble mam C generous and beloved. 1 i f California is wido awake on the subject of Railroads. Among tho numerous bills reported in the Senate, on the 15th instant, was one granting land for a road from Sau Francisco to San Jose. | It is stated at Washington, that Mr. Nicholson, of Tennessee, is the gentleman fixed upon to fill the edi- 3 torial chair of the Washington Union vacated by tho < resignation of Mr. Donekon. Mr. Nicholson's wellknown Cass predilections leave but littla doubt as to tho future course of the Union on the Presidential ones ! tion. The city of Nashville has subscribed $150,000 of Stock to the Nashville and Southern Railroad?a link of the New Orleans and Nashville Road. And the ' town of Florence has subscribed $10,000. There ja . now nearly $1,000,000 stock subscribed to it A fire took place at French's Hotel, New York, on *? Thursday, by which it was seriously damaged. The loss is estimated at $70,000. One female employed in tho drying room was burned to death. A portion of the walls fell in, and buried one of the firemen in-its ruin'. -j i \V.YSniXGTONy May 18.?Yesterday both Houses of Congress adjourned on-the announcement of the death of the widow of the late President Adams. To-day the President, Cabinet and Congress attended her funeral. It is stated that Fit/. Henry "Warren, Assistant Post- J master General, has resigned. * The total value of the foreign exports from Baltimore " forthe week endingon Thursday were $116,C68,43 The foreign export of breadstuff's for the week comprises \ 12,307 Ibis, of flour, 2,145 bids, of corn meal, 1700 bushels of corn, and 318 bbls. rye flour. Eleven barrels and three ton gallon kegs of liquor^ just arrived in steamer Boston, wore seized at Bangor on the 12th inst. The commonest kir.d of laborers in Australia now re- i eeive $10 a week, and it is said that there is employ* 1 mcnt for hundreds of thousands for years to come. The New-York Evening Fust says that it is now a settled point that the Japanese arc "the rest of mankind,'' which President Taylor so feelingly alluded to in his celebrated message. <* ^ There was sleighing.in Vermont on Friday, which, it is supposed, will be continued a fortnight later. i Mr. Barnum, with that restless spirit of enterprise by which ho is distinguished, has bought up about one j half of the city of Bridgeport, (Conn.) and having laid ! it out, offers to sell at first cost every alternate lot, making the payments, in all eases, to suit the circumstances of the purchasers. A very stringent bill against free negroes has been j reported in the Virginia Legislature, tho enforcement of which will drive them out of the State. " ! The Philadelphia Ledger warns the public against a \ gold dollar fraud. By some fine and ingenious ma* " chinerv, it is split in two. about one half of the coinab* ^ straoted, and the' plundorcd sides stuck together again, t the face of tho piece-not the least scarred or injured. A '('j little care will readily detect the fraud. Tiic milling around the edge will bo found broken, and very gen- [ orally a pewtcr-eolored cement may be observed pro* ^*1 trading from it. The coin, too, is thin in the middle. ' j Lawlessness at Richmond.?A large crowd con* j gregated around the Executive mansion at riiehmcnd on Friday night, and offered various demonstrations of 1 disrespect, and insult to Governor Johnson, in consc qnence of his having commuted the punishment of < Hatcher, the negro sentenced to be hung. The Leg is- * j hiture has appointed a committee to inquire into ti.o j ficts concerning the disgraceful affair. ! Tito Occidental Messenger of May 1st, learns by a 5 private letter from Santa Fe, since the Aptil Mail, that Governor Calhoun was not expected to live over a day- i or two. ITc had been in ill health. U The editor of the Savannah morning News was shown on Saturday several heads of ripe wheat grown on the plantation of Col. Thomas Greene, 011 the Island opposite the city. The heads were heavy and the grain large, well filled and thoroughly ripe: One head j contained ninety two grains of wheat. There was no State in the Union that more bitterly denounced nullification than Massachusetts. Yet sho has placed itself ir. antagonism to the laws of the United States, forbidding the execution of the fugitive slave law within her limits. England has now, it is said, belted the world with ~ ' steam. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company have a determined, as the hist link in this chain, to run a lino ^ 1 of powerful screw propellers from Panama to Austra- ' I lia, touching at New Zealand, the arrivals at, and de- ' s I*. T> A- - V _ Tt 4. T.. J?- I part urea iruiu 1 aiuiui.i, iu vuuuvci/ Willi iiiu v> csi mum Packets, miming between Southampton an 1 Chagres. j The grave of the young should be. moistened with tears of j->y instead of grief, for their grave is the mausoleum that shuts out from tliom forever the contact of J earthly trouble and misery. I Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC AND AFRICA. Xf.w York, May 10. The steamers Atlantic and Africa have arri- ved at New York from Liverpool, with dates to f 2nd instant. W hite. Gaudy ?fc GVs Circular says, since the departure of the Canada, cotton has been steady and rather animated, notwithstanding continued heavy imports. Holders moot de- j niands readily, but evince no disposition to accept lower rates. Market unaltered, except that j purchasers have a greater choice. Sales of the \ last four days, 45,000 bales. Prices on Tuesday j were fair Orleans, 5 3-4; Mobile. 5 3-8; Upland, H 5 1-4; middling Orleans, 5 1*8; Mobile, 5 ; Up- H land, 4 13-16. M At Manchester there is a decided improve-JU ment in all branches of trade, with bet-tor prices. The English company that purchased Fre- jM mont's gold mines have backed out. fl France?Croat ntimbers have refused to bike ? the oath of allegiance to Louis Napoleon. R MARRIED.?At Russel Place, on W'ednesday evening, 12th inst., bv Rev. Mr. Hoyt, Cap- 1 tain John L. Jones, to Miss Sarau Stinson, =1 all of this District. |1 DIED.?On the 20th April, at his residence J it) 1'olk county, Ua., Darliug J. C'hilders, in the ,1 41st year of his age. I He was was bom and raised in Kershaw lbs- H trict, S. C. but for several years past was a citi- I zen of < rOurgia. We feel it due to the deceased n to wv, it: his death ice have lost more than an l ordinary friend, Society more than an ordinary 1 citizen, and the Baptist Denomination more than an ordinary member. ,!j In the several relations of friend, citizen, and J christian, he had but few superiors. We ask^l no greater encomium upon his virtues, than out^H .ability to declare of him this simple truth, hMH never spoke evil o f any man.?Rome Courier. JEM 1