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M aainflossctd by ecn-Herations of a self- t
Uh nature 1" t
And here we will leave them, .whilo we ]
leyn.the lesson that obstacles may be overoornf
by fortitude and energy of character, ]
and that virtuous perseverance will bo sure
td.saeet with a reward. ^ ' jmtBSSBSBSB
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The Consequence of aWar between Sag- ]
land and the United States
ml tfc i
The following article, from a late Liver* i
pool paper, is said to be from the pen of a |
brother of one of the British Privy Council: j
"A war between England aud the United
8tales would have much the character of n ,
grand act of national insanity, that we cannot
bring ourselves to believe that either na- i
tion will allow it to be committed. The following
considerations affecting the two j
countries ought to render such a contest im i
possible:
"England is at present engaged in a war ,
which oosts her thirty to forty millions a ]
year, and is adding about twenty millions a ,
year to her already enormous national debt t
A war with the United States would double ,
her expenses, and leave her, at the end of it,
with a national debt of a thousand to twelve ,
hundred millions of pounds sterling. I
"England has already an urgedt necessity j
of every soldier" whom she can raise, for ser- |
vice in the Crimea ; but, if she goes to war ,
with the U. States, she must find fifty to six- \
ty-thousand additional soldiers, or abandon ,
her possessions in America ; for, loyal as are j
the peop'e of Canada and of the British
West Indies, it is not to be supposed that ;
tbey will be either able or willing to resist ]
the whole military force of the United States, f
year after year, during a long and desperate ,
war, without the aid of a powerful English (
army. (
"England is at present dependent on the ?
United States for three fourths of the cotton ,
which employs her manufacturing popula- ,
tion; and, if any considorab'e quantity of j
grain or flour is to be obtained from any- <
where, this year, it will be from the United
States and from Canada. A war with A- .,
?1
merica, therefore, means bread at starvation |
prion, and half our manufacturing popula- s
tion starving and roiling in our streets. ^
"England, at present, every year sends (
brood manufactured goods, and other pro- c
ducts of British industry, of the value of a 0
hundred millions, sterling, and receives an j
equal amount of products of foreign industry .
in return. All this prodigious amount of {,
national wealth, with the ships which con- ?
Toy it, will become lawful prize to a swarm v
of American privateers from the day on t
which war is declared. fl
"In addition to the miseries and the crimes f(
which such a war will produce during its
continuance, it will leave behind it the most n
deadly hate, between the peoplo of England ^
and a ru?r>n]<? of a hindt-od race, who will, in .
a few years, form a great community, of a c
hundred millions of souls, stretching across t
the North American continent, from the At- ?
lantic to the I'aciftfc oceans. v
"Such will l?e the losses of England in a q
war with the United States ; and now let us f(
see whnt will be the losses of the United u
States in a war with England.
"The people of the U nitcd States, at the
present time, par no direct taxes for government
purposes, and have no national debt,
(worth speaking of.) Whatever taxes the) ?
pay, are in tlicfoim of moderate duties on
imports. A war with England would treble t|
their expense, and destroy all their pre- out ^
sources of national revenue. A revenue of ,j
at least thirty-millions would he required to 0
carry on an offensive war against Canada j,
and New Bruiuwivli, to fit out a large navy, t<
and to defend the coast of the United Slates, t
from Mexico to Texas, and from the south- .
em point ofCaliforiiia to the northern exUctn- j
it j' of Oregon. Grinding, direct taxation, and ,
..enormous loans, raised at high rates of inter- ?
. wet, could alone meet the expenses of such a ,
war. A national debt, bearing a stroftg (
family likeness to the national debt of England,
would, in future, form part of tho lot of j
etrety American ciiizen. ,
-*The property of the people of the United ,
; States Is at present fully as much scattered ,
* abroad as that of the people of England. r
aad, therefore, would be as much linhle to be j
plundered by privateers. The United States
[look to England and the Engli-h colonies to ,
purchase half their exportable products, and, ,
by purchasing so Urge a part, to give a re- \
* numerating value to the whole. With this
great outlet closed, American industry, would
lose iU reward, and American property its
ralue. ^
"The question of slavery in tlio rluited <
States, already full of difficulty would he- ]
come frightfully dangerous; for one of the <
first consequences of such a war as that <
which is now spoken of, would be tho nho- j
Jition of slavery in CuLa, which would ere j
Ate a prodigious ferment amongst the negro
.race everywhere.
"The United Steles ere at poaco with all
d&e world now, but they could scarcely go |
-tower with England, under present cit cum
stances, without going to war with Fiance,
ftpaio, Turkey, and Denmark, or without
great rid* of war with Austria, which has
neither forgotten not forgiven the affair at <
>>iuyriia. Russia is the only ally that the <
United States could rely on, and Russia has i
quite enough to do to defend herself. <
"The United States are not armed, and
could not develop their warlike resources in
less than ono or two years. England and
France are fully armed; and the destruction *
fA the Russian fleet in the liluck Sea, And the I
Awotwre of Sebastopol, liberates fifty to tweu- 1
ij steam jjne-of battlo-ships for any other J
service. The Russians have not a single 1
line-of-battla-ship afloat in the Mack Sea. I
"Btich is a fair frank statement of what 1
both countries would be likely to lose by a 1
war. What either of them woeid gain, we 1
will leave others to say, not being able ourselves
to percieve any possible gala to cither 1
country. If Acre is any real danger of 1
yhe people of England And tire United States
^vught to take the matter out of the hands of 1
heir ruler*, end to
hat no such fratricidal conflict ahall take
>lace.w
umn^
We are in receipt of tnteflitfettce from
r^tuf la OAllMirU oatfe Ml t ^mmSZ 1~%* _. ?
. ui< uuun j^iiinwrm
A tho 19th instartl| relative to the unsettled
:ondition of things thert, which we have
tine only, this morning, to detail in the
niefest space. Our informant was an eye
Mtness of what lie lias related to us, and his
recount, as fur as it goes, can be fully de[tended
upon. Mr. Park, accompanied by
nU lady, arrived nt Pnrkville about a fortnight
since. He wns kindly received, and
went quietly about bis business, expecting as
toon as that was settled to proceed to Texas.
A day or two after bis arrival he was informed
oh good authority that the "Secret
Association bad met some days previously,
in Platte City, at the cnll of the "Platte County
Artillery that* they were determined to
tlrive him off nt nil hazards, and that they
would be down some morniug that week.
Revolvers were reported to have'been sont
iowu, and letters were stated to have been
received, stating that the Association would
destroy Parkville if opposition was made.
Intelligence of this state of atfairs having
quickly spread through tho town, about two
liundred of the inhabitants assembled and
passed resolutions inviting Mr. Park to remain.
At the same time a committee wns
ippointed to meet the secret body when
they came into the town, antl represent the
wishes and determination of the citizens of
L'arkvillc.
Much discussion took place on the streets,
*nd Major Richardson , Col. Summers, Col.
Rums, Capt. Burney and others made
ipeeches to tho crowd in support of Justice
ind right. When the committee of these
:ret organization arrived, they were met by
Jol. Burns, and much exciting discussion
ensued, when the Committee left town. Next
.lay another committee arrived. In the
meantimo several inen from the surroundng
countries had gathered into tho town to
lefend Mr. Park.
Anxious to restoro pcr.ce, Mr. Park made
in address to the committee, declaring that
le came in a private capacity to transact business,
and while he could never conccde^a
ingle right, he was ready to do anything
hat was manly and houorable to prevent
'ftusion of blood ; but ho was in the hands
f his friends. Col. Burns then" asked them
f they were snlisfied, to which they res>onded,
"No !" Col. Burns then said : "Then
et the principle be settled in blood. We
*k the honors of war. Set your day and
re will meet you, but don't sneak down in
he night. Come openly, nnd blood will
low as freely as in Mexican war. We fight
or principle, for right!"
Col. Summers added : "Let the come,
nd them streets of Parkville will be hotter
ban hell in fifteen minutes." Meetings, both
>f the friends of law and order and of the seret
league, continued to be held up to the
iine when our information terminates, and
11 kinds of exciting ruinors prevailed. It
rns reported that Atchison was at Platte
'ity. Our informant learns that propositions
jr civil war and disunion had been strongly
irged by members of the secret league. We
hall await further tidings with anxiety.
What Americans Want.
Mr. Turney has introduced into the TeniCRsee
legislature the following resolution :
Resolved by the Ooneral Assembly of
lie State of Tennessee, That our Senntors in i
'ongrcss be instructed, and our Represent!!- <
ives in Congress be requested, to use all honorable
means to modify our naturalization
nws; offering fiiendly protecti 311 to the lionat
emigrant, but to prevent the transmission
o our shores of fclor.s and paupers. That
hey extend the times of naturalization,90 that
foreigners shall be able to speak our language
iiul become acquainted with our iii*titution*.
I'liat they enact a uniform law to prevent
he States, individually, from admitting forMgners
to vote before they are naturalized.
\nd that they repeal all laws making grants
n,future to iinnaturialized foreigners, and alio
to provide than native American* shall
etain the power of administering thegovernnent
without being overwhelmed by the
ush of foreign population constantly land
tig upon our shores.
We liope this will furnish a hint to our
iewly-eleeted American members of Congress,
and that a similar measure will be
arly pressed upon that body at its approaching
session.
Tkx Thousand Amkricans in Council
at Holly Springs, Miss.?A mass meeting
jf the Americans of Marshall county and
North Mississippi was held at Holly Springs,
commencing on the 10 th of October, nnd
which lasted two days. Ten thousand Amer
leans wero present, and the greatest enthusi-1
twin prevailed. Speeches w ere made by the
Hon. W. C. Dawson, of Georgia, and the
Hon. It. D. Nal?ora, of Mississippi, and other
American orators. The mass meeting and
barbecue arc represented to have exceeded
anything of the kind heretofore attempted,
in magnitiocnce and completeness. Ten
thousands of patriots and freemen who were
present returned to their homes tilled with
confident hope of the success of tne American
party, and determined never to give up
until an American victory shall be achieved.
Mors Gkoboia Coi.oxmjs and Majors.
?A bill has been introduced into the House
>f Representatives, at Mitledgeville, to sus>end
militia musters in time of peace, and to
nake Sheriffs ear officio Colonels, their Deputes
Majors, and Constable Captains. Even
f 110 new cbuntiee are createa; this would
givo u?, in addition lo our present abundant
supply, one hundred and twelve Colonels,
and at least thrpt many Majors, and an indef
iuite number of Captains every two years.?
How many chances would there then be
for a roan to eacape a military title who
should reach middle age! Plain liieier
would, a/ter awhile, become a*title of ram4ietiaction.?Anguita
Comtitntionali?t.
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Friday Morning, Nov. 80, 18M. i
AORNTR. J
E> W. CARR, N. W. cor. of W'niuui nnu Thinl-at, 1
Philadelphia, is our Authorized Agent. |
W. W. WALKER, Columbia, a C. t
At M, PEOEN, Fairviow P. O., Greenville Dist ^
WM, C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. .
CAPT, R, Q, ANDERSON, Cedar Falls, Greenville. ^
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
\Vk havo received this document, but 1
owing to its length wo ore prevented from 11
inserting it until our next issue. 1
The proceedings of the Legislature so far,
are uninteresting. We will endeavor to 1
publish something of the doings of that body
next week.
ANOTHER SOLDIER HAS FALLEN.
William M. Goodlktt, Esq., a well ?
known citizen of onr place, and one of the
few who survived the campaign of tho Pal- ^
mctto Uegintcot in Mexico, dietl in this place v
on Tuesday evening Inst, and waa buried at 1
the family burying ground twelve miles 1
above Greenville, on yesterday. Tho Butler
Guards attended his remains to their Inst
resting place, where they performed tho cor- ^
craonies due to a departed patriot and sol- t
dier. t
To attompt a sketch of bis career as a sol- '
dier and citizen, would be but to rehearse c
' r
that which is familiar to most of our readers- t
In the capacity of n citizen, he discharged i
the duties which befell him with strictness b
and justice, and has carried to the grave the *
highest evidences of the esteem and approbation
of his fellow-incn. As a soldier the
battle-fields of Mexico fully attest his courage F
and patriotism. It was during the time of n
his connection with the army in Mexico, that
he contracted the disease which lias resulted (|
so fa'.allv, to most of the returned volunteers.
But he survived the field of blood only to rt
die in the embraces of his family and friends. V
tmi S
Correspondence of % ?i)ierpiri^e. w
|>ro|iriaiu iiiutsrui iijiuu?ujo uuviai hot vice
of the Church wne reed by the Re* . Mr.
GABtucuricLL, and the body laid to reet in
the church yard of the Presbyterian Church
where many of Mr. Bavca'a relatives He buried.
During the Aborning the town bell
mm tolled, tad erery potable respect paid
the memory of the ')eoea?*l.
Legislative Assembly? Cold weather? Town J
Items?State House Commissiotieers?S.
C. College?Miscellaneous. ^
Columbia, S.C., Nor. 27th, 1855. (J
W. T. I'uK t, Editor or niK KvrcitrufK. J]
Dear Sir:?lJoth branches of the Legis- ^
Uturo assembled at 12 m. on Monday. The jj
first day was occupied as usual in organizing,
and matlers connected therewith. The
message of hi* Excellency Governor Adams n
was read to-day, and appropriately referred.
You will, however, find such full reports of ^
the Legislative proceedings in the Daily '
'Times" that wo consider it unnecessary to 0i
teeord thein liere. The "Times" lias ein- ai
ployed excellent stcrographic reporters, and c<
will give in every issue a completo and reli- y
able account of tho proceedings of the Son- q
ate and liousc of Representatives for each *
day. 13
With the Session of the Legislature, what
we call "session weather" seems to have come.
Monday was a cold, drizzly, day?sloppy
and slushy?encuse the Americanism?find 1
such a one as generally is witnessed daring
tikis month.
John Brycr, Esq., nn old nnd valuable
citizen, died on Saturday evening last. Mr.
Brick had been a resident of our city for
uioro than thirty years, and to him Columbia
is in no small degree indebted for her
advancement and prosperity. By his untiring
industry nnd frugality he acquired n
handsome fortune?a Inrge amount of which
was annually devoted to works of charity
and religion. He had been Iutcndant of
Columbia and filled other office*?the duties
of which he always performed to the
best of his ability nnd to the interests of those
he represented. Uis funeral sermon was
preached in the Washington street Method*
ist Church on Monday morning by the
Rev. John Bacjimax, D. D., of Charleston.
For one quarter of a century Mr. Brvck has
been connected with the M. E. Church in
Columbia nnd his death has caused a vacancy
in her ranks which cannot be soon filled.
A large and attentive number assembled in
the Church, notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather? to pay the last tribate of
respect to such an honorable citizen, and the
eloquent sermon of Dr. Bachmax, full on
sympathizing And sorrowful hearts. After
the sermon the choir of the W. 8. Church,
aided by the Presbyterian choir sang the
old and solemn tune *WnlsalM to an ap
?. 1 it t-_-i-1
ttalghlhg tbU Session. If to it will be a trii4uiJ?
li'V ^?
i."j'u >U( u*r. v.r.unu* fT AUlKKf WUUW
exposition" of the state llonse troubles has
:rented quite a Sensation. We look with
ome anxiety and imerest for the report of
ho Coromissioneer* to the Legislature.
The Annual Commencement of the South
Carolina College comes off on Monday,
>ec'r 3d. Charlks W. Boru, of Orange>urg
carries off the first honor?William L.
Prknuolm of Charleston, second?and Da*
'id G. MclsToen, of Chesterfield, first ap>ointinent.
The finial examination was atcnded
by Rev' Dr. li km thill of Due West
College?Professor Edwards of Fur man
Jnivereity and RtcuARD Lord, A. M. of
Columbia. On Monday night Commcncenent
Ball takes place, much to the joy of
he belles and beaux to whom especially it
i a gala occasion. The Examination of
he junior, and sophomoro Classes has been
misnea una cue rresnmen nre now pawing
lie fiery ordeal. More anon
Yours, truly,
BAYARD.
From the Ashville Spectator.
hrganix&tion of the Greenville and French
Broad Bail Boad Company.
In pursuance of a notice given by the
Chairman of the Hoard of Commissioners, a
neetihg of the Stockholders of the G. <fc F.
i. it. R. Co., was convened in the Court
louse, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1855.
The meeting was organized by calliug Jas.
V. Patlon, Esq, to the chair, and the npliontinent
of T. G. Massio as Secretaiy.
On motion it was resolved that a commitec
of three be appointed to examine the
ooks and ascertain what amount of stock
tad been subscribed, and also the number
>f shares represented at this meeting. Comnittce;
Messrs. Rankin, M. Patton, and Baxer.
Tbo Committee, after examination of
ho books, reported that 4804 shares had
>een subscribed, and of that numbor 4200
re re represented by person and proxy, and
15 shares not represented.
On motion of J. Roberts, R*q., a Commitv
of three, eMtsistinir nfMsunt. Itantin M
'nttoii and J. Roberts, were appointed to
oniinnto a President and nine Directors of
io Company.
'Hie Committee, after consultation, subfitted
the following report: for President,
ol. Jno. Baxter, of Henderson, and for Di;cton?,
W. S. Mills, J. W. Jetton, N. W.
V'oodlin, Daniel Blnke, J. A. Fagg, 13. J.
inith, P. W. Roberts, E. Clsiyton, and \V.
>. Rankin. The whole number of votes cast
ere 464, and the gentlemen nominated,
aving received a majority of the votes, were
eclarcd duly elected President and Directs
of the Company.
On motion, a Committee, consisting of
lessrs. NT. W. Woodfin, Merrimon, and
'hunn, were appointed t?> frame and report
>y-Laws for the adoption of the Company,
thereupon a scries of By-Laws were sublitted
by the committeo and approved by i
ic meeting.
The following resolution was offered by
f. W. Woodfin, Es'j., and adopted by the
teeiing:
Resolved, That the Stock holders approve
f the contract made by a portion of the
lock holders with the Messrs. I'enke, Engiccrs,
for a survey of the Mountain Section
f the contemplated R. R., and we hereby
Jopt it as the contract of the company, needing
to the conditions thereof.
The meeting was addressed by Messrs.
V'alkcr and lVake, Engineers of the G. dt
!. R. R., and by Major Mills, of the Union
nd Spartanburg Road, and also by Col.
i ... i Y \\r \\r?1?_ if?
iiiaici nuu -t . at injviiiu,
Ou motion the meeting adjourned.
J AS. W. l'ATTON, Cli'm.
T. C. Massie, (Sre'y.
?he Organisation of the House of Benresentatives.?A
Test Question.
TI?o next Congress will l?o composed of
rhat is termed the hard and soft democrats,
lie Know Nothing* or Americans, the whig*,
he abolitionists or republicans, and perhaps
i few impraticable or vagranta. Its orgnnzatinn
will be a lest which will show the
Asimilation of the respective members to
he two radical extremes of these various
>artics. Those extremes are. on the one
ide, the strict non-interventionists?those
vho look upon tho slavery question as harrig,
in fact, been settled by the constitution
?those who advocate popular sovereignty,
vho believe that the people directly interesed
in slavery are the only proper parties to
lecide the question of its existence or nonixistence
in the States and in the Territories
?those, in truth, who look upon the agitaion
of the subject as a mere trick of trading,
rambling politicians. On the other side are
he black republican abolitionists, who enter
he field as bitter enemies of that institution,
is revilem of those who sustain it, and tit
ivowcd hostility to all laws and constitions
vhose instrumentalities it is perpetuated.
They make an issue?they form a party,
hey declare war upon the question of Ainercan
slavery, with a single purpose of defraying
it. They declare it to be "derogaory
front the rights of Unman nature; and
Kit no human iwiwcr ran anhvart tlwva
ights." Tlii* i? the soul of the black remblicnn
tongues as announced by Mr. Sewird
at Ruffulo.
Now it is obvious that within these ex
tome* is to be found the other parties. The
>rgnnization of the House of Representatives
will bring them out. It will be the crucible
jo try their metal, the chemical analysis of
iheir constituent part*. The Americans,
ihe softs and tho wbigs, thus surrounded by
the national men in one direction and by
the abolitionists in the other, each striving
for the mastery, will be compelled to choose
between them. The Know Nothings, who
st Philadelphia, adhered to tho twelfth Motion,
it is clearly understood, will promptly
IMf .
?
take ground * gainst die iwpu&eWfcaiid it
is not easy to see what ground they can take
except the one occupied by those who are
strictly non-interventionist*. \'t \
We air* the bases in extenso upoii which
tho adhesewt* of the twelfth section ^tatena
to be guided hi |he organization of the House
of Represenfiulfas. It is a ciear aha expiic
tt declaration, and coming a* h doe* rrom
tlie great body of the claw of Americans
who constitute in fact the soul of that party,
we see no reason to dqgibt it* adoption by
their representatives in Congress and by the
national men of all parties.
Plan for Organising the House of Representatives?Thirty-fourth
Congress.
To call a meeting of all members of
the American Order who support the resolutions
adopted by the National Council at
Philadelphia, 13th June, 1655.
This meeting shall prescribe obedience to
those resolutions as the test of eligibility to
any offico or appointment within the power
of the House of Representatives.
If a sufficient number of national Aroericnns
cannot be assembled to effect an organization
upon tbo above basis, a conference
shall be invited with all members favorable
to an organizing upon the basis of maintaining
the existing laws upon the subject of
slavery as a final and conclusive settlement
of that subject.
I. Tbat this conference shall refuse to sap
port any nominee for any oflice within the
appointment of the House, who >ill not take
and subscribe lire following declaration of
principle and action :
1. 11>Rt he will obey and enforce, when
called on to to do, all laws enacted by the
Federal and State Governments, as paramount
to any other authority within their
respective and appropriate jurisdictions.
2. That he will abide by and mnintnin
the existing laws upon the subject of slavery
as a final and conclusive settlement of that
subject in spirit and in substance.
S. That he will abstain from and discourage
the agitation of the slavery question.
4. That he will confer no subordinate appointment
upon Any one who wiil not make
and subscribe the foregoing declaration.
ii. That the organization thus effected
shall be regarded as a patriotic truce for the
purpose of preventing legislative anarchy,.,
for carrying on the government in accordance,
with the forms of the constitution, and
for the maintenance of the public peace and
dignity against sectional agitation.
in. That every member who unites in
this plan for organization shtill be free to resume
his political relations and maintain his
Klilical opinions as heretofore ; nor shall he
bound to any alliance beyond the act of
putting the House of Representatives into
legislative motion.
iv. That a coinmitteo be appointed to re
port a ticket in conformity with the princinles
of this nlan of orirani*n?mn nr*u>ntin?
the name* of suitable nominees for the vanous
offices within the appointment of the
IIouso of Representatives.
It is fortunate that at ro early a day the
various )>olitical interests so recently developed
by the peculiar circumstances of our country,
are to be compelled to show their hands.
This plan, w hich is so obviously in the true i
spirit of the constitution?which so well harmonizes
with the Union sentiment of the
couutry?which drives tho agitators and
demagogues into Kansas and Nebraska, if
they would effect their purposes, even partially?which'secures
non intervention, maintains
popular rights, the integrity of the
States and the pence of the republic, is sure
to meet the cordial support of tho national
democrats and whigs. It is the only conceivable
basis upon wbich the IIouso can be
organized.
An Old Editor's Experience.
My long experience ns publisher and editor
has convinced ine that it is a position of
great responsibility ; that it Is impossible to
please everybody ; that it is best to conduct
it in such a way as to have a conscience
void of otfeuco towards God and man ; that
industry, economy, preeervance and self-reliance
are the surest helpers; that, like womau'?
work, it is never done, every hour has
its appropriate work ; and that it requires a
strong body in order to live long in such
treadmill work. Editors should be kind and
courteous to each other, avoiding personalities
and abuse, treat each other as brethren,
and allow others the same right which they
claim for themselves. ISvery publication influences
thousands of minds, and that influence
should be salutary for time and eternity.
Tho improvements in printing within seventy
years have been great The screw
Cress aiiu me siteepskin balls are supersede*!
y the power press and the roller; bat type
setting is still done by human hands, and
editorial* must still be conceived by human
head*. May those hands and heads, now
usefully and honorably employed, be amply
remunerated bv a consciousness of doing
good, and a well-filled purse, before old age
incapacitate* them for enjoyment,and the public
forget their unwearied services; and then
inay the "rest" above be the reward of all
your toil! Nathaniel Wilus.
Know Nothing Demonstration.
Wasuinoton. Nov. 23.
There was a very large torchlight procession
of the Americans here this evening. It
was enlivened by bands of music, banners,
bearing various devices, and monuments on
wheels. The line extended upwards of half
a mile. Before reaching the Capitol, four
to six hundred Baltimoreans joined the procession.
Bonfires blazed in various parts of
the citv, and cannons were fired fromdifferent
points on the route.
A bill has been presented to the Legislature
of Tennessee, levying a tax of five dollar*
upon every gentleman who weama moustache,
and a fine of five dollars upon bachelors
1 over thirty years of age, for the purpose of
I raising money to increase the School Fend.
I This will prove to be rather a doed shnta 1
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1M mmm 19 mnae a monopiy,ana u>e ^rnw
to a great extent, go to pay the British holders
of l'eraviim Government bonds, giving
theni to alf lnt^nUVttri purpotes, atistiupbe
the profits of a treasure ffilrihricalf? more
vnlurtble than the gold mines of California*
There ere deposits of this unsurpassed fertilizer,
in some places, to the depth of sixty or
seventy feet, And over large extents of surface.
The guano fields are generally conceded to
be the excrements of aquatic fowls, which
live and nestle in great numbers around tie
Islands. They see in designed by nature W
rescue, at least in part, that untold amount
of fertilizing material which every river andf
brooklet is rolling into the sea. The waste
of alluviat soil*, the floating refuse of the field
and forest, and above all, the washed ta*th?
rials of great cities, are constantly being carried
by the tidal currents out to ?ettw These,
to. a certain extent at least, go to nourish, directly
or indirectly, submarine vegetable and
animal life, which in turn goes to feed tko
birds, whose excrements at our dny are>
brought away by the ship-load from the
Chincha Islands. r
The bird is n beautifully arranged chemical
luborntory, fitted up to perform a single op<
ration, viz: to take the fish as food, burn out
the carbon by means of its respiratory functions,
and deposit the remainder in the
shape of an incomparuble fertilizer, llut
how mnrty nges have these dispositions of
seventy feet in thickness been accumulating f
There are at the present day countless
numbers of the birds resting upon the islands
at night; but, acoording to Harun Hiiroboldt,
the excrv.'menta of the lirds for the
apace of three cenfuries, woold not form m
stratum over one-tu.'rd of an inch in thickness.
By an easy math?^i**Ucal calculation,
it will be seen, that at this rale deposllion,
it would take aeven thousand iiv* ??B*
dred and sixty centuries, or seven hundred
sad HAy-six thousand years, to form ?** .
deepest gunno bed. Such a calculation entries
us back well on towards a former geoloEical
period, and proves one, and perhaps
otb, of two things?first, that in past ages
an infinitely greater number of these bird*
hovered over the islands; and secondly, that
the material world existed at a period long
anterior to its fitness as the abode of man.
Tlio length of mntr* existence is infinitesimal,
compared with such a cycle of years ;
and the facts recorded on every leaf of the
matorial universe, ought, if it doos not, to
tench us humility. '1 hat a little bird, whese
individual existence is as nothing should, in
its united action^ produce the means of
bringing back to nu active fertility, whole
provinces of waste and barren lauds >* ono
of a thousand facts to show how comparatively
insignificant agencies in the economy
of nature, produce momentous results.
[LouJou Farmer's Mrtgasinr.
A Friohtin a Church axi> stawpjmm
or ma Auditors.?The ltocherter JLhmncrat
says: Sunday cveing was the occasion of
some unusual doings in St. Peter's church,
at Rochester. The house was compactly
filled with people, seats having been placed
in the aisle to accommodate those who
could not get into the slips. Just ns the services
had commenced a boy in going up tha
stairs leading to the gallery broke out a light
of glass in a window, tumbled over a bench,
and made a good deal of a crash. A norvous
old lady in the audience cried out that
the houses was falling; another screamed
fire; and Oiere was a general rush to gat
out of the building. A boy in the galtevv
jumped through a window to the ground,
and a young woman wan prevented by fosee
from throwing herself from the gallery down
upon the people in the body of the house.?
Throe women fainted and were carried oat.
Some of the more excited ran acroee the tope
of the pews to reach the door. A great
many hats and bonnets were crushed.?
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luwit nuudicu iiuiu uaviug uieir corns iramplcd
upon and their ril>s pressed by the
crowd. But fortunately no one was serious*
ly hurt, and the excitement gave way to
amusement when the real cause of the (right
and confusion was ascertained to be a* trifling
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Hox. Joseph It. Chandler.?The Itibsdelpkia
Sun says : Several of onr cotsosperaries
have fallen into an old error concerning
this gentleman. Referring to a lecture
delivered by him before a literary association
of Cincinnati on Wednesday evtning
last, on the "Disloyalty of the Times," the
drifi of which was to show up the crusade
against men on account of tlieir religious belief,
they say that Mr. Chandler waa proscribed
by his constituents on account of his religious
belief. This is not so. He failed to
receive a re-nommation by the Whig party,
after having served three sessions in Congress,
because that party believes in the doctrine
of rotation in office. Mri Chandler *
himself raised the religious question, and accepted
an outside nomination in the hope to %
enlist the sympathy of bis fellow-cituans,
but he made a lamentable failure. When
he now attempts to put a false construction
upon the acts of his constituents, we cannot
but regard his failure to obtain a re-nomination
as a roost fortunate circumstance. * '
?Wn ? i .
Pacts for Chapped Lips.?Put fcur
ouuccs of olive oil into * bottle with one
ounce of alkanet root; stop it up, i*& eitfor
some days in the cud, shaking it often until
it becomes perfectly bright; Wien strain the
oil from the aikauet, add to it one ounce of
white wax, and one ounce and a half or dar- ,
ified mutton coot; let the mixture cinundf
a little while over a alow fire. When it to*
gioc to cool, mix with it c few drop# of fp/
essential oil. .... -1^.. *
l? Mr. A. F. Leonard editor of the Norfolk
iotended honor, sed^rt thesiroiliinSip
Hist "be wants to gefto Heave? ^
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