The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, January 16, 1855, Image 1
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VOLUME XVI.^ * CAMDEX, SOUTH-CAROLINA, 3.. )
1'UBLISUKD WEEKLY BY
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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Morfey Ittatlers.
The money matters of this section of our j
country have, we think, a somewhat brighten- i
ed aspect. The Hank dividends distributed
since the first of January, to the extent of near j
8000,000, hav.e passed rapidly, from hand to
band, and have extinguished a large amount of
indebtedness. In anticipation of payments to
be made on the first of January, large sums of j
money were held by private individuals. These 1
sums, upon the occurrence of that period, have j
been turned loose, and are also doing their:
work in the process of disengagement". The j
cotton market has been fairly opened, and j
holders consenting to loss, which it is tolcra
bly certain must be realized with<?ut a postpone- :
ment of sale to a very extended period, hare '
sold that product liberally. The proceeds of
crops sold at an earlier period of the season,
and which were taken to the country, are he- i
ing returned through the hands of country j
merchants, and all these causes combining to j
the same result, .have occasioned, \v? think,'
quite an assured and upward tendency to every
interest in our city.
Our Banks, also, are acquiring greater con- I
fidence and independence. A short time ago
there was quite a panic in some sections of,
the West in reference to the condition of one j
or two of our country Banks, and hills were j
in the way of being returned with considera- ,
ble rapidity ; hut some of our best established !
banking institutions perceiving the movement |
and knowing the profit that might be made in ;
' the redemption of bills which were perfectly t
good, at any depieciation which might have ,
occurred,issued orders to tlieir agents to buy j
their bills as'fast as they were presented, and J
the panic ceased almost immediately; and |
, - there is, perhaps, an unusual demand for the j
bills of the Banks of South-Carolina through- !
out all the Western and Southwestern States. J1
Relieved, therefore, by the more rapid cireu- j
lation of money, and still further relieved by j
the greater ability of the Batiks t<> extend ac- |1
commodation, our community is in a much ( 1
better cohdition 'to weather the storm than (1
could reasonably have been anticipated. I
W e are much inclined to the opinion, that j 1
the embarrassments of this Slate, and of the
South, generally, arc pn.portipnnblv less than 1
tbiev are at the North, and among the mercan- J
tile interests of Europe Upon England was
first poured the golden ticasun-s of Australia,
? upon New York were poun d the treasures
of California; from these centres radiated the
enhancement of values and the excitement such <
disturbing causes are always calculated to oe
easion ; and this excitement was rolling upon
the South with great rapidity, when the war
in Europe broke out, and arresting commercial
speculation in England and the Northern
States, arrested, to a great extent, its further
development at the South. While it is true,
therefore, that much property had acquired a
speculative value here, it is very ceitain that
this increase was not so great as it., would have
been, if the excitement had continued longer,
and not by far so great as for several years it
continued to be, prior to the great commercial
crisis of 1S37. This being the case, we inu>t
r.i o.enra I'nr cnitid f i I)I(' It ill)
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er. A year of two at present low prires of i
of cotton, (and we see no reason for improvement,
for a time at least,) will be necessary to
emancipation from embarrassments incurred,
but thereby ill be ultimate redemption, and v$ny
few men will altogether fail. Tire Iwbiliti. s of i
few-are beyond the means which a year or two
of retrenchment and economy will enable them
to control; and considering, therefore, -the
tendency of afiairs^and the effects resulting
from the commencement of hostilities in Europe,
while w.e deplore the consequences of |
that misguided measure to the cause of hu- j
mahjty, we are not prepared to say that it has
not relieved the Southern States from a period
of excessive pecuniary distress and suffering.
We are also inciinfed to regard the oc< ur
rence of the yellow fever in Charleston as less ]
disastrous to our commercial interests than -is !
usualty supposed. The reaction in the commercial
world, commencing at the North and
in Europe, had scarcely reached us before the
period of its breaking out. There was a gen
eral conviction that the business of this cilv,
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puruuuianjf wuuiu ur uuuauuiij ju?^v- , (
iron) the existence "Of cholera, in mo^t of the
Northern cities, we have little doubt but it
would have been large beyond all precedent;
and if so, and the merchant.* of our city had
become to a greater degree extended between
ihe claims of merchauts elsewhere and the ob
ligatidhs of purchasers from the- country, it
might have been extremely difficult to sustain
tbo atnnrlirifT of the citv. In anticipation of
-exter ive business, orders early'iri the summer
wsre-^xtensive, but they were much curtailed
Wore the season closed. In consequence of
tliejte tir Hayne street, which occurring in
March.Occasioned not only the purchase by
the insurance companies of all those stocks of
goods in the' hands of the sufferers, hut th\salc
of a large "portion of the stocks held bfrother
jobbing hotfses in theejty, our stocks of goods
are oot large; our indebtedness abroad is less
tHan is usual at this season of the year, while
the money owing fronV the country, though
large, and^ excessively difficult of collection, is
less'than, under other more favorable circurn6lances
might have be^n expected.
As a set off to this, however, it remembered
that without,.the fever i^Cbarlestnn
Savannah, (he cotton of our
I have been brought to market earlier,and would
I have been sold for better ' prices; but while this
J would have been of advantage to planting
interests, it would have thrown additional burthens-upon
the commercial community, and
have fallen'with a still more crushing weight
upon its capital.
All things considered, therefore, although we
have been afflicted, we have been spared affliction?though
our commercial interests have
been tasked, they have been relieved by fortuitous
circumstances from further difficulty?
and thomrli we have no verv easy nath before
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us, and our prospects are not so bright as they
were not very long ago, we have, by a firm
reliance upon energy and effort, the comfortable
assurance of-continued prosperity to our
agricultural interests, and stability and independence
among our merchants,
Charleston Standard.
An Act to Raise Supplies.
For the Year commencing in October, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty four.
Sec. 1. Be. it enacted by the Senate and.
House of. Representatives, noio met and sitting
in General Assembly and by the authority of
the same, That a tax for the sunn, and in the
manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised
and paid into the public treasury of the
State, for the use and service theieof, that
is to say : fifty cents ad valorem on every hundred
dollars of the value of all the lauds granted
in this State, according to the existing classification
as heretofore established; one half
cent per acre on all lands lying within the
Catawba Indian boundary, to be paid by each
grantee or lessee of said Indian lands, until
otherwise directed bv law: sixiv wins m?r
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head on :i!I slaves; two dollars on each free
negro, mulatto or mestizo, between tin* ages of
fifteen and fifty years, except Mich as shul! he
cleaily proved, to the .satisfaction of the collectors,
to be incapable, from maims or otherwise,
of procuring a livelihood: twenty cents j
ad valorem on every hundred dollars of the
value of all lots, lands and buildings within any ,
city, town, village or borough in the State : j
sixty cents per hundred dollars on factorage i
employments, faculties and professions, im lu i
ding the profession of dentistry, (whether in j
the profession of the law the profits i<? he de j
rived from the costs of suit, fees or other
sources of professional income,) excepting !
clergy men, schoolmasters, school mis! i esses,
and mechanics, and on the amount of com
micci/tii*: fitfiuit'oii !?* ? ... . ?...
IWVMVM '? % VliUtJl? Ulrt'-lCl J* illlU eiMHmission
merchants: thirty cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock paid ill on the first
61 October, one .thousand eight hundred and
lil'iy-ti.nr, of" all banks which, for their present
charters, have not pa.d a bonus to the State:
twenty cents per hundred dollars on the capital
stock of all incorporated gas-light compa j
nies ; one per cent on all premiums taken in
this State by incorporated Insurance Companies,
and by the agencies of Insurance Companies
and undeiwriters without the limits of
this State; ten cents upon every hundred dollars
of the amount of sales of goods, wares
and ineiehatidize, embracing all the articles of
trade for sale, barter or exchange, (the products
of this State and the luiuiamilaelured products
of any of the United States or Ten it*n ies
theieof excepted,) which any person shall have
mailt' 11<>:si Hie lust day ol January of tin* prosent
year, to the lirst day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and liliy-live, cither on his, her or their capital,
or lion owed capital, or on account, of any
person or persons as agent, attorney or con-!
sigr.ee; twenty cents upon every hundred dol- j
lars of the amount ol sales of goods, ware*
and merchandize whatever, which any transient
person, not resident in this Stale, shall
make in any house, stall or public place; ion
dollars per day for representing publicly, for
gain and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy,
interlude or farce, or other employment of the
stage, or any part therein; or for exiiibiMng
wax figures or other shows of any kind whatsoever,
to be paid into the hands of the Clerks
of the Court respectively, who shall be hound
to pay the same into the public treasury, except
in eases where the same is now required
by law by to be paid to corporations'or otheris
ise.
Sec. 2. That ail taxes levied 011 nrooertv. as
prescribed in the lirst section of ihis act. shall
he paid to the tax collector for the district or
parish'in which Raid property is located.
Sec. 3. In making assessments for taxes on
thite value of taxable property used in manufacturing
or for railroad purposes within this
State, the value of the machinery used therein
shall not he included, hut only the value of the
lots and buildings as property merely.
Sec. 4. That the tax collectors in the several
districts and parishes in this State, in their returns
hereafter to be made, he and they are
hereby required and enjoined to state the precise
amount of taxes collected by thetn, lor
the purpose of supporting the police of the
said several districts and parishes aforesaid,
stating the rates per centum on the amounts of
the State tax colloctedvfor said district and
parish-p<>|ice purposes; and the Comptroller
Dutiiii'Ml cli'ill n*till it flip <rwtw? ill liic rnnnid
Skc. 5. That free negroes, mulattoes, mustfzoes,
be aud they are he re by required to makfe
their returns, and |)ay their taxes during- thti1
month of March. S|l
In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-lbur, and in the
seventy-ninth year of the Sovereignty and
Independence of the United Stales of America.
R. F. W. Allston,
President of the Senate.
Jamrs Simons,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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iroops for rlor&a.? A detachment of
three hundred and thirty one men for the
Companies of the 1st and 2d Artillery,"serving
in Florida, embarked from Ncw^Vorlt for that
station on Christmas afternoon, at 4 o'clock,
accompanied by the following officers, viz:
CaptaiteJ. podges, 1st Artillery; Captain YV,
Harry,'Sd Artillery; Lieutenant .T. M Robertson,
2d Artillery ; Lieut. J. D. Bingham, 2(]
-Artillery; Assistant Surgeon C. D. Smith
Medical Department, under command of Col
Brown, 2d Artillery. *
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Speak kindly.
From a pretty little article Unit came under
I our notice not lon?&ftice, termed " A Travel
Trifle/'we gleaned this sentiment: " He that
lias dried a single tear lias not lived in vain."
With the gleaning came thoughts of our own
j?rememhiane.es of hearts rich in sympathy,
who in days gone by had given us kind words
i and loving smiles, soothing us in our desolaj
tion ; and though words came not in return,
for there, are times when griefis too deep even
for grateful utterance, we felt the pulsations of
our heart heating less wildly, as we werereomforted
with the thought that there were still
left lis stran/rer friend* In oeie for lis tliOUfli
j our own loved ones were lying lo v in the
J grave. We know well 1 lie value of kind
! words. We have tested their power upon a
weary heart, in sady.and troubled hours.
There is a magic 6pell in soft and gentle
words! We who have felt their influence
should never forget the chord it awakened in j
| onr own hearts?should never forget to awn
! ken in other hearts the same rich music.
I Now and then there are plants that spring 1
! into greater vigor if the heavy pressure of a .
j footstep crushes tlieni ; hut oh ! there arc olh- j
; ers that even the dew-drops bend to the earth. J
I Thus it is with the human heart. Sometimes,!
! though rarely, we meet with spirits strong to i
' endure, with purpose unshaken and high, fol-1
i lowing ever the true and (lie rigid, whom no. J
| thing can daunt. If crushed, let. us speak i
i kindly. This world of ours is full of sorrowing j
i ones who have need of sympathy. A smile, a j
! word may cheer tlieni on their way.
Speak kindly to the young. Oh, cast not a [
. cloud ??cr childhood s hours. huougii ol sor- I
! rows will come by and by to sadden (hp spirit, |
! and we do wrong if we cherish not the fresh 1
young heart in its joyonsness and purity.
Speak kindly to the old. Soothing words
cost us nothing, and if they fall like blessings
to the dust, they will rise again, and dinging j
far from them the hitler remembrance of the \
past, go nn their way unmurmuring, with strop,- j
ger faith and more perfect trust. Hut oftcner j
we meet with gentle spirits, who, like the frail
flowers of the early spring time, ran scarcely j
bear lite pearls of the light, (lew. Then breathe \
gently upon the ears of the aged. Never, oh, j
never, pass them by with a careless, a slight. {
cold tone. Never forget that the sunshine of j
their life is oast, that (here'are few flowers left i
for them to gather, tliat -they arc worn and j
weary.
Speak kindly to the orphaned ones. They
have need of .(sympathy, for around their path
way dnik clmids have gathered. The chain
that hound their household bond is severed.
The hearth stone around which they were wont
to (duster is desolate. Ere their loved ones
passed away,.there were harp strings vibrating
lor them alone. Now, they have only the ec'io
ot rich music, past. Then speak gently, speak
soothingly to the orphan.
Speak kindly to the invalid. Ye may not
know how slowly the weary hours pass by,
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\> in n liuaiin ;iuu sueiigui are gone, ie may ;
l)')t know lt??\v, one l>v onr>. life's joys <1 y, '
ami 'its hopes go out 'mill its lengthened !
strife." Then give kind words to the invalid '
ones. Tlu-y will he to them bright sunbeams j
in their shaded path, soft rays of moonlight in i
their night of life, and tints their faith in the I
good and beautiful will he strengthened, and j
their hours of pain less wearisome.
Sneak kindly to the stranger?and let it I
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matter not whether he he rich or poor?speak ;
kindly; even though he. seems haughty and
cold, liverv heart hath its nnrden of care;'!
every heart hath its bitterness, and we may not !
know the depth of feeling struggling within the j
soul. CTenrie "Worths?rnnr tmn-ti vi.? Laui-t I
they cost its nothing.
Let us speak kindly ner? not to the loved1
one only, but to all who may chance to come |
within our pathway. Let us cherish well the j
j* * n. I A Ti ...III I
magic power 01 a son, low roue, it win uring i
around us loving hearts. Let sympathy fur I
earth's saddened ones gusli from the soul all j
pure and free, and thus the good we might do :
here will not he marred by harsh words. Per- |
chance we may cheer one sorrowing spirit? j
hind tip one breaking.heart?dry otic tear, and
then " we shall not have lived in vain."
Qcarblino.?If anything in the world will
make a man feel badly except pinching his
fingers in the crack of a door it is unquestionably
a quarrel. No man ever fails to think less of
himsef, after, than lie did define. It. degrades
him in the eyes of others, and what is worse,
blunts his sensibilities on one hand, and increases
the power and passionate irritability
i on the otlu r. The truth is, the more peaceably
and quietly we get on, the hotter for our neighbors.
In nine cases out of ten, the better course '
is, if a man cheats you, quit dealing with him; if I
he lie abusive, quit his company ; and if lie I
slanders you, lake care to live so. that nobody |
; will believe him. No matter who he is, or
; how liu misuses yon, the wisest way is to let j
J him alone, for there is nothing better than this
t cool, calm, an<J quiet way of dealing with the j
1 wrongs we meet with.
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Woman's Laugh.? A woman has no natnj
ijil grace more bewitching Ihnftjjta sweet laugh.
^It is like the sounds of flutes o?i the water, it.
I leaps fnum her heart,in a clear, sparkling rill,
! ami the heart that hears it feels as if bathed in
: the cool, exhilarating spring. Have you ever
! pursued an unseen fugitive through trees, led
! on by her merry laugh. no\y there, now lost,
j now found? We have. And we are pursuing
that wandering voice to this day. Sometimes
it comes to us in the midst of care, or sorrow,
or irksome business; and then wo torn away
and listen, and hear it ringing through the
room like a silver bell, with power to scare
. awav the ill spirits.of the mind. How iruHi
5 we owe to that-swept laugh! It turns the
j prose of our life into poetry-; it. flings showers
i of sunshine*.over the darksome wood in which
we are traveling ; it touches with light even
! nur sleep, wtftch is no more the image of death,
l?ut is consumed with dreams that uro shadows
of immortality.
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, One of Marion's troop, named.Philip Rob.
erts, aged ninety years, is said to have died
recently in Harrison county, to hip.
tiouci al Taylor's Residence
In Ilar-per for November, we notice nivill
' terestcresling article 'on "General Taylor';
J resilience at Baton Rouge,' illustrated wit)
| a truthful picture of the same. The sad reality
and truth of the writer's words when lie says,'
! A few's'years more, and General Taylor's resi
ideuco will have disajipearcd,' must strike
: the visitor as he ascends the beautiful avenue
| leading out of town to the barracks.
| 1 lie modest little picket fence, with its nnl
assuming gate, have gone to decay; and the
| shrubs and flowers, so carefully protected in
the days of the old man's glory, have become
rank and wild mi their struggle with briers and
brambles for existance. The vine, growing
over the balcony, so careiully looked alter by
"the genlle hand of the old hero's danghter.no
longer blooms to fill the air with fragrance.
The flowers have dropped, the leaves withered,
and nothing but the ghostly frame of
I 'what was' now lingers. The house itself is a
spectre. The last and only occupant since
(ji-n. Taylor left it forever, was Cold Webster
and f.imilv, who are also numbered with
the dead ;and " the old rustic cottage," as it is
lias been turned over to the rats, and it reels
4- 4 1.1 4 ? - 1 ... 1-- 4l. . -- '
now m iiimuic in asnes uiiuer me gnawing
loot!) of oblivion. What a lesson!
It was a very brief day ago, when the old
gentleman returned from the wars, "with ajl
iiis honors f;e-h upon him." A former residence
in Baton Rouge had endeared him to our
people, and they claimed him a citizen. The
news of his approach was heraldtd, and the
town wont to the water's edge to welcome him.
A torch-light procession, with music and
banners followed him, and amid the cheers and
acclamations of the people he was escorted to
the home of his choice, the cottage now drooping
its head, and only rescued from oblivion
bv a Wood cuts What an episode in the history
of tin? world's glory.
With v\ hat reluctance the old man left that
fairy spot, his own words betray, but there
was a destiny ruling mm, ami lie was forced
awav, to occupy a position altogether unsuited
to his temperament. That destiny has been
sadly wo: ked out. The hero of Jiucna Vista is
dead, his amiable window has followed him,
ami his accomplished son-ill law, W. \V. IJliss, j
lias fought his last battle.
The remains of Gen. Taylor should have
been deposited on (bis spot?a place (as be
often expressed himself) more dear to liim
than any other on earth.
From the German.
Stcc|) ami Death.
The Angels of Sleep and Death, locked arm
in arm, wandered over the earth. It was evening.
They laid themselves down upon a lot*
tv hill that overlooked the habitation of man.
A mournful stillness reigned around, broken
only by the evening bells, w hose sound came
faintly from the distant hamlet. Silent and
speechless as is their wont, these beuelioient
guardian angels of mankind, lay in close cm
brace, till the Angels of JSicep rose from his
?r?s?y couch, nail scattered with noiseless hand
the invisible seeds of sluniber. The evening
wind carried them to the silent dwellings of the
weary husbandman. Soon sweet sleep enfolded
in its gentle embrace the inmates of the rural
cottages?from lite gray haired sire, whose
tottering steps a stall' supports, to the infant in
its cradle. The sick lorgot his pains, the
mourner his sorrow, the poor his cares. All
eves were closed. His task being finished, this
benevolent angel lay down by h's sterner
brother's side. " When morning breaks," cried
he, with happy innocence, " all the world will
bless me as their friend and benefactor. Oh !
what joy, thus to do good in secret and unseen.
How nappy are th , ? tl-V nf thn
good spirit! How beautiful is our quiet oflice
!" Thus spake the Angel of SI umber.?
The Angel of Death gazed upon in silent sad
nnec tt'ltilii fiinrc cimli n c ImniMnfolc irnnn cturwl
iii his large dark eyes. " Ah!"' said he, "would
(hat I, like you, couid rejoice in cheerful
thanks; but the world calls me its foe and
joy destroyer." " Oh ! my brother," answered
the Angel of Slumber, "will not every good
man, upon awakening, recognize in thee his
friend, and gratefully bless thee? Are we not
brothers, and children of one fatherV' So he
spake. The tearful eyes of the Angel of
Death shone with a gleam of pleasure, while
he pressed his gentler brother more tenderly to
his heart.
A Texas Candidate for Chief Justice.
A flat footed candidate for Justice of the Peace,
at Palestine, Texas, comes out. in the journals
with the following address to the sovereigns:
" 'With the issuance of this sheet' is unfurled
to the breeze, either in tempest or in calm, my
name as a candidate for the ofliee of Chief
Justice of Anderson county, at the ensuing
August elections. 1 do it fiom choice, not so licitation.
I do if, for the ofliee is honorable
and profitable, i feel myself competent ,to
discharge the duties of' the office. I claim no
superior merit or qualification over any one
who may choose to run against me. 1 would
| like lo run the race solitary and alone, but if
j any are desirous, let them pitch in?it isn't
! rfwp.
i "1 stand flat-footed, square toed, hump-shoul;
dered upon tSic platform of equal rights and
true republicanism. If you elect me your
; Chief Justice, I will make the welkin ring with
i loud hurias for the sovereigns of Anderson
' county! If defeated. I will rclir^vith dignity
; and good humor, rcmemlnoing,a*wu)sff Ijeauti;
I'ul little song, which 1 sing remarkably well,
j called 'I'm afloat.' "
A countryman popped his head into a lottery
I office, ami seeing only one man sitting at the
P desli, a sit cd him what ho lmd fVr sale. To
which the wouhl-be wit replied,"logger-heads.'
I' "Then, sir" says the countryman, "yout
trade is almost at an end. for J see ypu havt
1 but one lefty
j So thet Go.?It is estimated in YVashingtur
city, in official circles, tlint there lias been nior<
perjury perpetrated under the lawtgradantin;
the priee of the public lands so very recentl;
enacted, than under nil the other laws connect
cd with the public land cy.ajLcm since the foun
dationof the Government!
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Jfiisrdliuttoiis P,tm.
i What one Jlan can do 011 Florida
Soil.
We liave often heard tit remarked that Flori
da is the " best poor man's country in the
world,' and tacts would seem to support the
proposition. i
Every man who settles a place4 ?i:h ordinary
industry, can, with his own labor,, earn a
handsome living, and with proper economy,
" lay hv enough for a rainy day."
One instance among, we venture to say,
hundreds of others, in our State, has come to
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\j ill niiW VI ICU^C ? 111 (J II UL'SCI vcs llUillTU| UIIU wy
puhlish for the information of those whoTnay
wish to seek a new home, within our more genial
clime and more yielding soil.
Mr. Burtolo Masters, Jr., of this county, re
siding near Moccasin Branch, 15 miles from
i this city, has given us a statement of his crop,
j made the past season, without assistance,- and
1 solely by his own labor. We put it down
with the value, as follows:? r,
450 gallons syrup, at 50c. per gal.. .3235
4 barrels sugar, 800 lbs., at Oc 48
3000 canes, at 2c . 00
r $333
This is the produce of one acre of catie. In 1
addition to this, he raised 150 bushels of corn, ,
and 200 bushels of sweet potatoes, the value
of which we put down at $250 more; making
in round numbers the sum of $800 as the result
of bis season's labor, to say nothiug of the
numberless comforts arising out of poultry,
; pigs and milk, &c., which are unconsidered
! trifles.
The land upon which this crop was ra'sed,
; is high pine land, " cow-penned," and the mill
with which the cane was ground, is a common
j wooden one of rude manufacture. With such
itivta uuiuiu uiuui, jvi iiu uue comjJKiiu ui tut;
: hardness of times. A little industry, energy, '
, and perseverance, will make every man rich if
he chooses to be.
! We would remark that it would seem our ,
' pine lauds cowpetmed, are better suited to the <
| culture and growth of sugar cane than any (
: other quantity of soil. We judge so from the
| fact that the yield per acre is greater in pro- ,
portion, than that of the best hammock lands. (
St. Augustine, Fla., Ancient City. ,
I
Nkw York Money Market.?The Ilcrald
of Monday says, the past week has, on the
whole, been one of improvement. The closing
quotations for stocks yesterday show an adI
vnncc on those of the week previous, and the
amount of business transacted was much Inraer
! than we have noticed for a long time. Holders
! of Stocks had good opportunities for realising,
j and we should judge that large lots had chauged
! hands. The bank statement for the past week
i looks more fiVvorable, and it will undoubtedly
I create a better feeling among speculators. The
news by the Atlantic is not ofu very satisfactory"
character, and may possibly anrul the good
effects of the bank report. The decline in eonsols
and cotton with tl>e advance in breadstuffs
cannot be considered very encouraging. The I
political accounts are not calculated to give s
hope of a speedy termination of hostilities. |
From the effect of the Austrian movement on 1
the London Stock Exchange, we should judge |
that it was looked upon in an unfavorable light, i
In London the rate of interest ruled at five per |
cent. The bank of England returns show in <
increase in the bullion department compared I
with the report for the week previous. There <
had been a decrease of notes in circulation of i
?211,205; an increase in public deposits of i
| ?IG50,515; and in the stock of bullion in both <
j dopiu-lnnittta-4j'Xl'&4,'451. Tills IS ~ 11)6 Oflty i
! ........m., ?u? r ?:..i -a..: ?
lutuiuuiu u.uuic in uic iiiuniLiai uuticco iruill |
j England.
j The amount of specie exported from this
j port last week was $9,938. Total for the year
: $37,162,288There
has been trouble for some time past '
between the priest of the Roman Catholic
church in Jersey city, and some of its mem- ,
i hers, and on Sunday last it came to an issue.
I The priest had written a note to Capt. Farrell,
I commandant of the Montgomery Guard, sta- j
| ting that he could no longer occupy his pew ,
' in that church. Holding a receipt for it, Capt. j
I 1\ last Sabbath took his seat, and the priest ,
stated that he would not proceed until he left (
the church. Some excitement ensued,, and ; j
Capt. F. was prevailed upon to go out, but j j
others persuaded him to return, when the priest: ]
again refused to proceed. Finally Capt. F. I
retired, and mass was said. It is generally '
understood that the difference is based on an ;
objection to Young Irelanders. v'.r
The natrrauzatidn Laws.?We publish
to day the decision of Judge Dean on the
Naturalization laws of our country, which we
I commend to the earnest attention of our readers.
The judge has not only had tHe intelligence,
hut the honesty and manlinesB.to lay
down the true doctrine upon this important
subject, in spite of the hordes of fraudulently
voting foreigners in this country, who have no
more right to affect our government than the j
W.l.i i.'.j:-..,. ?r it,. iit- .....
i " nu liiuiiiiin hi luc ??est. tv c uu hoi mean i
, to ho presuuiptious, but we could wish' that'
' the Judge in Mating his opinion had mentioned
j n fact which of itself excludes an> contrary I
opinions. The Constitution of the United
States provides in express terms, that the 1
Congress shall have power to pass uniform |
laws upon the subject of bankruptcy and natu-^v
ralization ; and it also provides that laws and
treaties passed'under the Constitution shall be
j the Supreme laws of this Government. So, it
follows that Congtcss ha* exercised one of its
1 legitimate powers, any contrary legislation in
the States is in utter violation of its principles
as the supreme law of the land. Knownolh-!
ingism is working well. Let it go on'and things .
will be brought right ogain.?Petersbiirg In-1
teUigtncer. . t ~
> ? ?
Mr. Macaulay, the historian, is said to;
' have made an important discoverjtof a mass
f of Stuart papers, relating to a period imme- j
'* diately anterior to the death of Queen A.nne.?
This will delay the appearance of his new vol
ume. j-.
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r^ ' - ' " *'7V
Probable Effects ok the
culture.'?A-correspondent of the
Enquirer writing from Liverpool, 0,1
says: tbe spirit of the English is onif.e4^^S^
vor of [lie war, and that men and:mo ney MtUl*
he voted for its continuance, by Puiiiatne^^^^
" Yet when drained of her men, wlion 'g^
many thousands now engaged ia peaceful pjic.---';
suits arc take"' away,* arid ilie iahojf]of mfffl
country thus manifestly lessened, who, I prffigS
are to furnish meat , and brej^ for these yailjO
armies, and-the population that yet-remains. at ^
homo ? There hfnot a ujfopth less to feed; Juii^
many less left to Droduc^jhe necessary foucT^
for all, at home or^ibroad- Russia send. -3
nothing from the Baltic, luid the great
growing comrtry oh the Danube,"and that wbicjr>i
is watered by the many rivers_Mte?ngl-t^sl
Black Sea, is ravaged by desolali^ wijr: and;\
all that the people of that vast and rich
try has for years sent ubpadv dna?fo^Eng.law
especially, will find fork's 'diinim^ej^rSd^Sa
tion consumers at home. AlreflSv ara
considerations pressing oil the
and flour market, and keep up tfraprjccfcpSratffl
after a good crop, which has beea^ijeSrred. -in *f
most admirable condition Whea^sclj^ now ^
at rather higher prices than itdidibpe^
and" our own country can now but instf^ffleyt^Kj^
supply either Kngland or Franee, j
people make less tobaccoo and }eps oottomtKe^i
next year after, and I tell you, jmur milltph##
of wealth will be drawn hen C* :to j am
these now staple articles, articles ^of wbtia^.s
;orn, and provisions be substituted. CJeanai^i-';
our lands, and put the otraost breadtlrof tBeni v
ti everything necessary for the food^ raui^v;
wd every particle that "is produced will
idmirable market the next year. - True, oaryj
wheat crop is already in the grpuodt Sbd'J^^
juantity cannot now be increased. ^JBufc ouc 1
jorn crop may?and that is.art article which %!
will pay much better next year than eitbjpr ^^
bacco or cotton. y.-l'
Slavery and Commerce.?The wjiole com- -'
nerce of the world turns upon tbe ~jn8|$uct of';.'
Slave Lahor. Whi>t would r\imrnar/wWii?
Dut Cotton, Sugar,-Tobacco, Coffee, Rite, a##*'";
Naval Stores? All these are the'pn^netfwfc
slave labor. It is a sealed fact that ftipQla^^t
cannot produce them in safficient^ueplHy tpV
supply the demands of mankind,, lit baa beotej.^
said that one free laborer is equaltoftve sla^ofc Vjp
If this be so, why has not free lab&r been
ployed in the production of the above staples.fv*
It bas been attempted,"tind in every case hiwlitch
it has been introduced, has failed, Tbd
world follows its interests, and if free liibor ^
was more valuable than slave,* it.would be^ttk^
ployed at this moment, in the United Stales, !-.
Cuba, and Brazil, which are all open tor'frea ;
labor. And herein note the greater libera^jMg*
and self reliant strengtk,of the slave oyer- ttie.--1
free States^. The former freely>-perrait the-r<
Northern capitalist to cotne in
labor, and compete with slave labor. ThelatV' <
ter pass laws prohibiting the Southend eabfi^JS
talist from coming in with his slaves-to
pete with Northern labor. Their prohibkorw '
laws are passed djccause t|iey are afraid-qfe,
slave competition; whereas, the South;viffV'
the face of the pretence which has
banded down from WilberfoAe to thpse tin^sj v '
that one white laborer is equal in.value
slaves, throws her doors wide npetj and invitea*^:
free labor to walk in and try its hand, src&'ifc^
la re not come. What would become of Engc 53
land, the arch-ngitator of abolitionism, " ^
jotton, by the manufacture of which;: she bit*.' waxed
fat and srrong, while she (parses the eye-',
;em by which it is produced. ?By the we^i v ?
will someone inform us why the English coiy i
science has never suffered as mubh^Km??lavety ^
n Brazil as slavery in the/United States?
tiichtyon&Pfi^tcfi. >
Heavy Failures.?The house of Wadp-/^.
worth dc Sheldon, bankers, of NewTork^f^^i
suspended. They .were the agents of the Sratn "j
of Illinois, and* consequently "no payments were' ^
made on Tuesday of interest on the bonds oti
that State. A telecraDhic^desnatcb saatar*
Messrs. Wadsworth & Sheldon's /
amount to 42,000,"000, but they show rtsoiiTCfea r*;,
largely above their liabilities? and tliferefljM
son to hope that their suspension wiil be ,
|y temporar}'. Arrangements are itr progress
which will probably result in inakinjjproviaiOti *|
for the payment of the interest on the Ifliubi*:'.
bonds in a'few days. The suspension/tfep?;^
been caused by a failure to receive
remittances.
The telegraph also announces thoTailnre ot'M
Messrs. Belcher & Co.> sugar refiners, of StfcT-^
Louis. Their liabilities , are said to
?2,000,000, involving a prbminejttsteck brokefry
in iNevf I oi k to the extent ot IK25.TO.(^aQ<Mp^
hanking honse of the same city to the extendi
of $300,000. Sundry Boston houtfes also sufferv'
to the amount of $1,000,000.
The failure o1>ihe banking house of Gen. - ^
Larimer, of Pittororg, Pa.^ is reported, :
London and its IxiiAnrrAitirs ~ Londoji
with its two million and a quarterinhabit-* ^
ants, is one of tl;e s?ven wonders oHhe world, j
The extremes of. wealth, and poverty there ^
abound, and the most frightful pictures are , ?
there to be met with. Nobles wndvtncmfcers
the landedj^ntry, whos^?}me? ^ several .''
thousand (foliars per day^rjae of ^frhorning, \;'
not knowing how to find avet^es in which
squander easily their fortmiee an.d tfteir health/
while fifty thousand poor nwaj# each day not
Anowini? where they shall HrF-th^r headset
night. Ttoase extremes.are etjuall^perpicioBli
to the morals ol'sOctety^'.^jP^e extretnely wealiby
man.-unless he hii8'ft;rfcjjpe discretion, *'
himself snrronnded by ^mjjlers, jpckeWv;
French actresses, and olh^r characters, \vbo;
thrive In vice by means of his superfluous
wealth, while the extremely poor, though not J
haying the wherewithal to buy a crust, or to '1
keep his bod)' in cleanliness and health, is, at
each hour of his life, spreading distrust and dis- ?
ease among the community. This is but one s?
of the many phases of London's parti-colored j?
life.
Counterfeit ten dollar notes on the Merchant*^
Bank of Newburyportare in circulation in $04, i
ton, T
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