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The following article from the New Yoik
Journal of Commerce, is in bold and refreshing
contrast with the tone of the Northern
presses generally. It is gratifying to notice
such an able and influential paper elevated so
" tar aoove party trammels ana sectional prejudices.
-Co *> ': JOHN C. CALHOUN.
The position of this distinguished statesman
-illustrates the waywardness of popular applause.
A few months ago he commanded the
admiration of discreet Northern men of all
, parties, for services which should not soon he
t forgotten. Now, for differing from them in
opinion on a question which deeply concerns
.j, the stahility and prosperity of the South, and
, but slightly the stability and prosperity ol the
North, those who lately regarded him a< the
maiustav of honorable peace in the Senate, and
whose lips ceased not to praise, renounce their
former regard, and sjreak of hitn as a "fanatic,'
on a level with those in the Abolition ranks.
When, the difficulties connected with Oregon
were hastening to a termination, Mr. Calhoun
r was out of the Seoul-, and there seemed to be
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none wno couiu averi me inrpai?*n?*u uunp?
In common with a largo portion of the press,
we warmly urged his election and return to
that body. as a step necessary for the common
good. His State elected him. and he responded
to the call. It was late in December, 1844,
when he arrived in Washington; but on the
?v Y*0" <?f his arrival, those friends of his
who had uearly yielded to the surge like pres.
sure from the Administration ranks in favor of
war. when they heard the firm voice of the >
unyielding Senator, stood by him to resist, and
they did successfully resist until the question wa*
peacefully settled. It was not in resistance
alone that great service was rendered. The
? British Minister stood firm, as the representative
uf a nation which had never been driven,
and could not be driven, from ground believed
by her to be just. Matters thus stood on the
verge of war, each country assuming an ex.
; treme position. We have reason to know (not
from Mr. Calhoun, (or he maintains silence on
t this subject, but we hope the history of thos**
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eveuv?- woic-n hi ine mni* w pnniaiij
will finally reach the public eai) that to hi* incessant
effi.rti* out of the Senate Chamber, is
,..due much, if not m??st. of the credit of bring
Uig matters to a fair understanding between the
two nations; and when this had been nearly
f accomplished, who does not remember that
noble speech of his. which prepared the country
to support a settlement on the basis of com
promise, (t was circulated in every hamlet of
the country, and every body felt that he whose
voice had resisted oppression at another period
of the country's difficulties,* could sppak in
favor of peace without having his motives ques
lioned questioned even by the boldest. The
compromise was finally made, and the country
saved from the horrors of a war on our own
ground?a war not with Mexico, which could
-never penetrate into our country, but with thp
most powerful nation in existence. The country
recognised Mr. Calhoun as the one who had
averted (bis calamity from it, and laid the foundation
of the peace which is now so fiuitfol of
benefits to the two nations. Who is theie that
dares to prefer the misery into which we might
have Wen plunged, to the state which now
happily exists, in which a generous rivalry,
unknown to any other age, is going on between
two great nations, in all the arts of life; and
yet, on the first occasion when, standing in a
defensive position, he differs from others hi opinion,
the anfhor of that peace, and consequently
of its blessings, is forgotten, and reproaches
cr ver his name. Nothing in history excites us
so much to condemn the unthinking populace of
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ancient times, a? meir persecution ui muse
great men whose names are a light even now
to the patb of the world; and tho9c hereafter
who, look back on this age, placing as they !?o
cessarily must the name of Calhoun in the
same rank with the master minds ot Greece
and Rome, must also place the people of this
day on a footing with that unknown mass
which attempted to degrade the illustrious men
whose names, and services, arxl talents, more
than all other causes combined, render the age
which produced them, conspicuous throughout
the world, and tor all ages.
The voice of Mr. Calhoun in the public
council* cannot be unheeded with safety. It is
a great weakness of our time that we cannot
. say "No" on a question of war; but he had the
moral courage, in the Senate, in our affair with
Mexico, to stand alone on that side of the question
The independence he then exhibited,
results from a principle which is of the greatest
value, when so many consult the momentary
public feeling, and press forward in any direction
which is popular. There arc before tis yet
struggles to be encountered, which will lest the
full strength of the Constitution. We shall
presently have a severe pressure from tho West;
and when such questions arise as have, lately
prevailed in this State, in which the securiiy "f
property and the integrity of contracts come to
be transferred to a wiuer held, men who look
deeply into the future, will see that our safety
consists in reliance on the Constitution as it
came from its framers. The conservative
power Of the South will then he invaluable.
Lei us, therefore, cling to the Constitution,
and to the (Jnion?to the South as well as the
West. Let us not attempt to break down the
spirit of the. South, or desire their assent to
what would be an acknowledgment of inferi
oritr. ! The South will never sink down to that
condition.
* His languag" then was:
*'* "I would prefer a single victory over the enemy
by sea or land to all the good we shall ever derive
from the continuation ol the non-importation act.
I know not that a victory would produce an equal
pressure on the enemy, but I arn certain of what
is of greater consequence, it would be accompanied
by more salutary effects on ourselves. The
memory of Saratoga, Princeton and Eutaw, is immortal.
It is there you will find the country's
boast and pride?the inexhaustible source of great
and hen ie sentiments. But, what will lust- ry
say of restriction 1 What examples worthy of
ioVttauoo will u.iuruifeU to posterity.' WhatpuUe,
what pleasure will our children find in the events
of such times? Let me not be considered romantic.
This nation ought to be taught to rely on its I
courage, its fortitude, its skill and virtue, for pro- | (
tection. These are the only safeguards in the j
hour of danger Mm was endued with these !
great qualities for his defence. There is nothing
about him that indicate that he is to conquer by i
endurance. He is not encrusted in a shell ; he is j 1
not taught to rely upon his insensibility, his passive : '
anffcrin? for defence. No, sir, it is on the invinci- '
We mind, on a magnanimous nature, he ought to
rely. Here is the superiority of our kind; it is
the#* that render man the lord of the world, it
u the destiny of his condition that nations rise
above nations, as they are endued in a greater degree
with these brilliant qualities."
The New-York Legislature as adopted, by! i
a very large vote, resolutions against the exten- j
ion ofslavery into California arid New Mexi- I
co, and further expressed a wish that the slave i
trade In the District of Columbia shall he modi, i
fled or abollahed. Every Senator present to. i
ted for them. <
WORE TROUBLE AHEAD.
When Madame Roland, the celebrated
daughter of Neckar, was carried to the place of
execution, in France, during the revolution of
1798, in passing by the statue of liberty she
exclaimed, in a spirit of truth and admonition,
440, liberty! how many crimes are committed in
thy name!" So we may truly say of the political
abolitionists in Congress, who, with liberty
on their tongue and anarchy in their hearts,
are striving to pull down and destroy the only
free republic on earth, by separating and tearing
asunder the links that unite the confederacy
of stairs?he great legacy bequeathed to us by
the blood and sufferings of our revolutionary
ftthers. Liberty is like religion : it should not
be made the cloak to fanaticism, or persecution,
or political intrigue?neither should the
ffeedom of all the slaves on earth be permitted
tor one instant to endanger the social rights, the
free institutions and enlarged blessings which
republican governtn nts confer on all mankind.
We know the history of abolition?we know
the men connected with it. We have grown
up with thpm, and know their motives to be
empty and hypocritical as far as humanity is
concerned. It is is the old political hatred
against the south, only whispered when followoil
by the indignation of the people ; but now
openly avowed, when political intrigue ha9
given thein the vantage grand. What is slavery
in the District of Columbia? A mere
name. Its limited number of slaves are no
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more man flomesiics, wnn every privilege ?uu
every comfort. Liberty and humanity have no
agency in the present movement. It is deepseated
fanaticism and political hatred to the
south; and the people, who are not mixed up in
the question, but have everything at slake in
the perpetuity of the Union, in its domestic
prosperity and happiness, should be rallied to
the rescue in every state, and a Union party
established to save, the Union?a party which
snail take precedence of all others. Remonstrance,
prayers, entreaties, and solicitations
are met with insolent taunts and insulting defiance.
What remains to be done? For the
south to leave their seats in Congrpss!. That is
precisely what the abolition party is most desirous
of seeing accomplished.
A southern convention, fully represented,
must necessarily grow out of this state of things.
We think we know the people of the United
States; and the moment they can be brought
to view the whole subject, divested of the fictitious
sympathy which surrounds it, and see the
danger which threatens the Union the moment
they see the south moving in defence of their
constitutional rights?they also will move in
their strength, and the tall of the abolitionists
in every State will be as prompt and sudden as
their rise. Freedom ar.d slavery are mere
names to cover deep and designing objects
Southern slavery grew out of the cupidity of
the north from the very abolitionists who are
living at this day on the wealth accumulated
by their ancestors from the African slave trade.
The mischief is here, and they brought it here.
The south is the victim. They invested their
money in the northern speculation of slaves,
and the cultivation of the soil can only be acI
complishe<J by slave labor. Emancipate thern.
and the southern States are ruined, as tne west
Indian colonies now are. Keeping the south
ern Slates in the Union by coinpulson. by fire
and sword, and by civil war, is what the disunionists
never can do, and what never can be
accomplished. Suppose the original declaration
of 1hp Hartford Convention is carried into
effect?"The Potomac the boundary?the negro
States by theinsclres!" what at this day is the
wish of the abolition party?what is to become
of us here in the north? A southern confeder
acy, producing all the agricultural wealth of the
country?reaching from the Potomac, the designated
boundary, to the Pacific?carrying
with it the immense internal trade of the Mississippi
an:.1 'he great lakes?establishing treaties
and commercial intercourse with foreign
powers?manufacturing all that may be required
for their own consumption, iv.ith a corn,
cotton, tobacco, 6ugar, rice, and indigo country ;
their own commercial carriers, with all the
precious metals and mineral produc'ions of a
vast continent, and probably thirteen or more j
sta'es?what is to become of us north of the
Potomac, producing nothing, and depending on
the south ibr our commercial and trading prosperity
? The movement, however, has been
made in Congress. The south has appointed a
committee to report on their position and political
condition. They have no longer recognised
rights under the constitution, and the only
alternative let; is either to put down itie abolition
party, no matter under what name, or permit
the south tranquillo to separate?and that
evil hour terminates our existence as a nation.
Let the southern members appointed on the
committee make a solemn appeal to the people,
and if the evil is not remedied, a southern con
vention may arose th <Tnion to a sonso of its
danger.?New York Times
Tub Cotton Gin.?From Professor OIitistead's
able Memoir of Eli Whitney which has
lately come in our possession, we extract a rornarknble
passage.
The pecuniary advantage of this invention to
the United Stales is by no means fully presented
by an exhibition of the value ot the exports
ofcotton (amounting to more than ?1,400,000,000
in the last forty-three years,) nor by the
immense proportion of the means which it has
furnished this country to meet the enormous
debts continually incurred for imports from Britain
and the European continent?cotton having
for many years constituted one-half, threefifth,
or seven-tenths of the value of the exports
of the Union. But it was the introduction of
cotton gin which fir*t gave a high value and
permanent market to the public lands oflhe
Sout-West The rapid settlement and improve
ment of a!rno*t the entire States of Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas, is
mainly due to the enlarged production of cotton,
consequent upon the invention ol Whitney.?
The States of Georgia and Tennessee have also
been largely benefited by the same means, in
the disposal of their domain, a vast portion of
which most have remained unoccupied and
valuless but for the immense increase of facilities
for the preparation of cotton for the market.
In three States of Alahatna, Mississippi, and
Louisiana, the sales of the public lands of the
general government amounted to 18,099,505
seres, during the eleven years ending on the
30th of June, 1844?yielding to the National
Treasury more than 830,000,000. The sales
af upland cotton lands by the United States landoffice,
have amounted to many tens of millions
at acres; and none liave been sold at a lower j
rate than 81 25 an acre?a largo proportion at :
i higher rateIt
is to he remarked, finally, that the cotton- |
gins now in use throughout the whole South,
ire truly the orriginal invention of Whitney?
dial no improvement or successful variation of
:he essential parts has yet been affected. The
ictual characteristic ofthe machine (the cylenier
and brush,) the sole real instruments by
which the seed is removed and the cotton clean, j
7 .
ed, remain, in ,cotton gins of even the most
recent manufacture precisely as Whitney
had left thksi Tho Principle has not Ween
altered since the first cotton gin was put in
motion by the inventor, through great improvements
have been made in the application and
direction of the moving forces, in the employment
of steam power; in the running gear, and
other incidentals. Every one of the various
cotton gins in use, under the names of different
makes, contains the pssentials of Whitney's patent,
without material change or addition.?
The brush and the cylinder remain, like Fulton's
paddle-wheel, unchanged in form and necesity,
however vast the improvements in the
machinery that causes the motionr*_7>
f.
UCJJOIV S uu/nnicibtui. ncw/u-.
Patriotism oi? Amkican Women.?In a
speech delivered by Gen. Taylor at Feliciana,
(La ,) a few weeks ago, thi: following compliment
was paid to patriotism and heroism of
American women:
This war has served to manifest the existence
of a deep unconquerable heroism, in all classes
of our people. It has not been by any means
confined to the sterner sex, for nowhere has
it shone brighter than in the conduct and sentiments
of the softer sex ol our country, so many
of whom have honored us with their presence
on this occasion.
During my public service. I have become
familliar with deeds which place the women of
jour country on a level with the Spartan and
i Roman mothers, of whose heroism histosy records
of so many interesting examples. I have
known mothers to send their only sons to the
war, telling them to return with honor or not at
all. I have known sisters to part with brothers
with words full of pride and hope of their return
with bright laurels. I have known wives
to tear themselves from the arms of devoted
husbands, and to forget all their own cares and
afTeclions in a general and patriotic pride and
devotion to their country's and their husband's
honor.
Where such feelings prevail among those
who are to be the mothers of the Repulic, from
whom the ideas and virtues upon which the fu?
lure weal of our country will depptulare to flow,
there can he no reason to loar that our people
will ever bo slow or weak in maintaining the
rights of the public, and sustaining the national
honor. .
We find the following communication in the
New Orleans Commercial Times of the 23d
i ult., from a "most respectable and enlightened
source.''
"In the summer of 1842, when the cholera
spread all over Middle Tennessee, its course
from Nashville, (was south?the authorities of
Columbia, a town lorty-two miles south of Nash,
ville, and containing about two thousand i ihabitauts?caused
fresifc, lone to be placed at the
door of every house, and the citizens were re.
quested to spread it freely on their premises, in
the gutters, and in all open lots where there
was any stagnant water. It soon reached
Franklin, nineteen miles south of Nashville,
then Pulaski, thirty mi'cs south of Columbia,
were it was terrific; thence to Shelboyville,
east of Columbia 45 miles, where it was worse
than at any other place in Tennessee ; two
miles north of Columbia, in the country it was
very bad?nearly half the negroes and whites
died on some plantations. In l&ct it was all
over the surrounding country. Not a case ori
ginated in town The system ofliming continued
throughout the summer and fall, and it
was found that the usual fall fevers were very
light, so much so, that the custom of liming has
been strictly adhered to annually, ever since,'
and, from a sickly town, it is now one of the
healthiest in Tennessee."
Wonders of Chemistv.?Aquafortis and
the air we breathe are made of the same mateterials.
Linen and sugar, and the spirits of
J wine, are so much alike in their chemical coinj
position, that an old shirt can be converted into
I its own weight iii and the sugar inlo the
I spirit* of wine. Wine is made of two substances,
one of which is tho cause of almost all combination
of burning, and tho other will burn
with more rapidity than anything in nature.
The famous Peruvian hark, so much used to
strengthen stomachs, and tho puisonous principle
of opium, are found to consist of tho same
materials,?Scientific American.
It is a mistake, the impression that California
is a desert producing nothing but gold. A
large portion of the soil is fertile and adapted
to tho luxuriant growth of corn, olives, figs,
peaches, oranges, apples, melons, and other
fruits. The country is also rich in other minerals,
copper, iron, zinc, quicksilver, silver and
even Platina. At present everything but gold
is passed by; this however will be of short
continuance, very soon other ores will be
sought, and agriculture and trade will take
rank among California enterprises. Lucky
will he the capitalist who steps into Monterey
and San Francisco during their abandonment,
and buys up the soil?in len years lie can sell
building lots at his own price in the metropoli.
tan cities of the Pacific. The physician, dentist,
jeweller, carpenter, mason, sculptor, undertaker,
etc., will find their services, by and by,
the key to golden stores in California, and a
shipment of girls and old maids would be
snapped up in the matrimonial noose in less
than no time.?N. Y. Sun.
Well Put. ? We recommend to the "pro.tectionists"
In general, and to the editor of the
Tribnne in particular, the following hit "in the
white" from the Louisville Democrat:
Another Great Object ok Protection.?
It is obvious that a great amount of American
industry is to be expended in hunting, digging,
and coining gold. We suggest to the Whigs
in general, and to the editor of the Journal in
particular, whether these laborers in this important
branch of industry ought n<<t to be forthwith
protected by a tariff on gold. Surely the
pauper labor of Russian mines should not be
allowed to compete with free labor in California.
Wo suggest the idea to our neighbor, who i
is mighty on protection in general. He can 1
now immortalize hirnselfhy pursuing the Imppy *
thought. Ifhe will do the brilliant as he ought to
we shall he silent as to our claim for tho suggestion,
and give him the entire credit. Now, (
Prentice, is your chance for immorality. Ifyou |
don't fake, it's not our fault. You can't say 1
wo do not give you a hint. Nobody should he
allowed now to import gold. It will interfere (
with domestic industry seriously, and should he
prohibited. What do we want with anybody
else's gold, when we have abundance of our
own? Let, then, a heavy duty be imposed upon
gold. ;
But we have done enough in mnking the 1
suggestion. Our neighbor can run through
the application of all tho fustian to this branch of g
industry which ho has been accustomed to use ;
in regard to others, ]
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL
Wednesday Morning, January 17, 1849.
W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR.
HT'I'he Editor of the Journal will be absent
from the Slate for a few weeks, during which hie
duties will be attended to by a friend.
The Markets.
Th're was a brisk demand for cotton during the
past week, with an advance on the previous week
aud sales were made as high as 6?. The newe
by the America being rather unfavorable, caused
a decline, and we quote at 4j} to 6^?a choice article
might command ? more,
Charleston, Jan. 15,
The Cotton market on Saturday last was brought
almost ton stand still in consequence of the account*
brought out by the steamer America. The sales were
limited in some 320 balos, at a decline of about 1 8c.
on previous asking prices. The transactions, however,
have been too limited to establish a market. The
sales made were within the range of 5 3-4 a 7c.
U" During the temporary absence of the Editor
of this paper, his place is supplied, at his request,
by a friend of no editorial experience, and diffident
of his ability to cater for the public in that
capacity. He deems this explanation due to the
absent Editor.
The VEolians.
This accomplished Troupe, consisting of two
Brothers and their Sister, have been here several
nights perf< rming successfully to considerable
| audiences. Their entertainments are of a most
pleasing character and well worthy the patronage
of all who can appreciate the power of song, combining
correct sentiment and great humour, with
much artistic skill. We understand they will
give another Concert on Saturday evening next.
(D"We are requested to state that a number of
our citizens have incited Mr. Wilson, the celebrated
Scotch Melodist, who is now in Charleston,
to visit our town. Should he accept the invitation,
we trust he will be liberally patronized.
The Home Journal.
We beg leave to recommend to our Readers,
this cheap but valuable literary and popular family
newspaper, published weekly by Morris & Willis,
No. 107, Fulton street, N. Y., at 8? per annum
payable in advance. It is peculiarly adapted to
the tastes and wants of the ladies in matters ot
dress, fashion, etc..?They are now publishing
"Belles of our Time," by N. P. Willis.
O* Congress, it will be perceived, is still the
scene of insulting and bullying attacks upon the
institutions of the South; and we have no hope
that it will be otherwise, unless the action of the
Southern members, on the 15th inst., when their
committee will report, be such as to indicate a determined
resistance to all infractions of the Constituti/mal
Rights of our proscribed portion of the
Union ; we shall recur to this subject in our next,
when we hope to be enabled in the report of that
comm ttee, to present our Readers with a Sovlhern
Platform unon which we can rest 6ecurelv defiant.
in the enjoyment of Right.
The Foreign News.
The late news from Europe is of singular interest
and importance, and calculated to arrest the
attention of the most thoughtless and indifferent.
The election of Louis Na oleon by so large a vote,
to preside over the destiny of the French Republic
; His nomination of a Cabinet of such character
as appears to give satisfaction to the excitable
people whose affairs they are to conduct; The
perfect peace and quiet, which pervades the country,
and the buoyant and hopeful tone which these
circumstances seem to have imparted to public
sentiment, all in bright contrast to the fearful
scenes we anticipated, give us high hopes for the
future destiny of unhappy France. May these
hopes bo perfoctod in realization !
Still, however, tho other countries of Europe
afford but little cheering in their present aspect.
Their political horizon is still dark with lowering
clouds of doubt and uncortainty; and scarce a
ray of hope would pierce the gloom, were wo not
persuaded, in our own minds, that Providence has
not thus shaken the great nations of the earth for
naught; but will bring his own mighty designs to
accomplishment, through the medium of these, to
us, great afflictions :
In this connection, we are reminded of a remarkable
interpretation of Scriptural prophecy of
the Revelations of St. John, which is the subject
of an article in the last number of Blackwood's
Magazine. In his Discourse concerning the rise
and fall of papacy" published in the year 1701,
the Rev. Robert Fleming a Protestant Scotch Minister,
fixes the year 1S48, as the period "of the
fall, or at least of the tottering and probable decline
of the Papal power."
Strange that the result of the laboured and abstruse
calculations of llio old Scotch Divine,
should, after the lapse of a century and a half,
tally so well with the truth, or rather should prove
identical with it!
The successor of SL Peter, by recent accounts
is reported to have taken refuge at Gaeta, from the
turbulent factions of Rome, intoxicated, as they
are, with the partial draughts from the fountain of
freedom, administered by his own hand. And from
present indications it is by no means improbable,
that his earthly domain is forever gone. This
event involves considerations of too vast and important
a character, for us to do more than give it this
passing notice.
The Pope, after refusing several times to Bee
any deputation from the citizens of Rome at Gaeta.
at last consented, but it was then too late. A
provisional government bad been formed at Rome,
comprising the Senators for Rome and Bologna,
and the Gonfslonier of ^ncona.
The Pope has been declared deprived of all
temporal power. The Minister, Sterbini, has addressed
the citizens. He said that the Pope alone,
under the title of Bishop, would have the right to
enter Home, but that all the Cardinals and Prelates
would be strictly prohibited from entering the
city.
The people, in their enthusiasm, ran about the
streets, crying "Death to the Pope," "Death to
the Cardinals." Garibaldi has been called to
Rome by the ministry.
Commercially, the news both by the Europaand
lie later accounts by the Washington, are most
:heering. Large sales, better prices, and a generil
improvement in commercial affairs are indicated.
Tho sales of cotton in two days previous to the
leparture of the Washington had reached 12000
jales at prices ranging from 3?d. to 5Jd.
Since writing the above we have received Tele,
graphic accounts of the news by the America,
irrived at Boston 011 the morning of the 12th inst,
13 days from Liverpool.
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The President's Message had created quffc a
sensation in Great Britain, particularly that portion
relating to the Gold Mines of California. r"
The bnllion in the Bank ol England had greatly
increased, and affairs in the Manufacturing D'wtricts
were improving.
Louis Napoleon had been formally proclaimed
1 President of the French Republic. His inaugural
address, it is said, will go far tr restore public confidence,
and re-unite the various factions.
Cotton was reported to be dull and drooping.
Fair Upland and Mobile quoted at 4Jd. and Fair
j Orleans at 4$d.
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1 Louis Napoleon's Cabinet.
It is reported will be composed of the following
persons : Odillon Barrel, Minister of Justice and
President of the Council; Drouliiri De Luys, Minister
for Foreign Affairs ; Leon De Malleville
Interior; Fould, Instruction; Gen. Rulbieres,
War; Tracy, Marine ; Leon Francher, Public
Works; M. Passy, Finance; and AJ. Bineau,
Commerce.
O" We notice with regret the death of the Hon.
A. H. Sevier, late Minister to Mexico, and for
many years a useful and distinguished Representative
and Senator, from Arkansas.
We learn from the National Intelligencer, that
the President of the United States has issued the
usual circular to the Senators of the United States,
requesting them to meet in the Senate Chamber on
theoth day of March next It is then customary
to receive and act upon the nominations which the
President may make for members of the Cabinet*
&c.
Remarkable Phenomenon.
The Athens (Geo.) Banner states that a strange
phenomenon has been seen in that place. It-is
represented to seem " at first sight to be simply a
star of reddish appearance, but in a moment blazing
up, and then the light dying away. It is constantly
moving, sometimes in an upward direction,
and sometimes in a circle." It is in the Soulht
and moves westward, and may be seen for several
I hours from 10 o'clock, P. M.
Business of Charleston.
The Courier of Thursday says, "there appears
to be a general favorable movement in business
matters in our city recently. The great staple of
the routh, cotton, has taken a start, after a most
unexampled depression, and for some days past
has been taken hold of with an avidily that au*
, gurs well for the continuance of a brisk demand
j for the article. Slave property, too, has comman|
ded higher prices, a public sale having taken
; place yesterday at rates much beyond what had
previously obtained, shewing that agriculturists
were participating in the belief that better times
were to succeed the quietude that has existed for
a year past. iMoney matters ar# easier?every
branch of trade is more prrsperous?indeed the
whole face of matters wear a favorable appearance
with every prospect of perniance.
Grand Celebration.
The Quarterly Meeting of the Grand Division of the
Sons of Temperance, will be celebrated in this place
on Ffidny evening, 26th inst. at 7 o'clock, at the Prca.
hylerian Church, by Watcree Division No 9.
Brothers Jambs Turret, P. G. W. P., William C.
Ferrf.l and John G. Bowman are expected to deliver
addresses. 'I he public are icspcclfully invited to at
tend. A procession will be formed at the Masonic
Lodge, at 6 1 2 o'clock, in the following order:?
Cold Water Army,
Camden Washington Temperance Society.
Grand Divi>-ion.
Orators.
Sons of Temperance Generally.
Taylor Division.
Sumter Division.
Fairfield Division.
Waiercc L?m#ion.
The Son* of Temperance, member* of Temperance
Societies, and Cold Water Armies are particularly in
vitcd to join tlio procossion.
The prncciwion will bo under the direction of Broth
crs K. S. Moffat and F. L. Vilupigie, and will be
conducted up Broad and Dekalb Streets to church.
N. B.?The central pews will be reserved for the
Lidius.llic short pews on the right, for the procession.
Temperance Celebration.
At the regular meeting of Wateree Division,
No. 9, Sons Temperance, the following Re?olu.
tion was adopted.
Resolved, That this Division invito the other
Divisions in this State to attend the public ineeting
during the Session of the Grand Division in
this placo on the 20th iust.
The Interest of tiir Cotton Cultub?.?
In a late n umber of the Southern Recorder, we
published the views of the Hancock County Agricultural
Club, in relation to seouring to the
cotton interest, a proper remuneration lor their ,
labar, and their product. It will be remember,
ed that the recommendation was for county as- ,
sociations of planters, pledging themselves to
plant a limited cotton crop, and turn their indus j
try in regard to the portion of labor subtracted ,
to other crops, corn, wheat grain generally, the ,
raising of full supplies of meat of the various ,
kinds, &c. & The importance of these re- <
commendations, cannot be over estimated.?. ,
Cotton must only be raised in suitable quantity, |
that is to preclude the possibility of a constantly j
overstocked market, or the raisers of the article ,
must he content to tnkc just what they can get ,
from buyers in a market with more of (he arti. ,
clo than can be used.
We are happy to he informed, lha! the projeat |
? monv of t ha lilFffnsI
mrcei* iiiu mvwi ui m itnoi v> ,
cotton planters in our State. In our own couu. ,
ty we have heard it spoken of hy the planters \
in terms of entire approbation, and we believe |
some measures are in progress to carry out here, ,
as in Hancock, the object of the recommenda
tion. It is apparent that to be effective for (
good, the action of the counties must be general (
throughout the cotton planting country, and the
sooner the counties act on the subject, the sooner
we will know whether tho cotton planters of
the South are determided to advance their own (
permanent interests, or to abandon thomselves (
to the manufaclurscs of this and foreign lands, t
We call upon the active and intelligent cotton J
planters of the various counties of Georgia, to }
do their pari in this important business in their [
respective counties, and to do so at once, other. ]
wise it will be too late for any effective action r
of the whole cotton growing country, for this 8
crop at least. The sooner the step is taken, 5
the sooner will the cotton grower and the cot.
ton country revive in all their interests, and lay {
the foundation for their permanent prosperity,
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The Washington Union states that a letter i
has just been received by the War Department
from Major Gen. Taylor, resigning his commis- n
sion in the Army of the United States, to take tl
effect on the 31st January. v
mj.iMilH I 11 I 111!nm*
Fuchjtof the Pope:?The account given
by the Naples correspondent of the Chronicle
is as fellow,:
"The Pope had been, for some days previous
to his departure, strictly u'Atcbed.^JH< deSptm
presented himself at the palace of the Qitfrinnlf
and expressed a great desire to f*je bis holmqpf
lor the purpose of asking bulls and dtsgftpsftltiSff
with respect to a pretended marriage.bet ween
a princess of Bavaria and the CountifciTrapani.
He was introduced into the cabinet, bat
the door remained open, and several persona
sent to guard bis holiness,"cootrimed to mareh
backwards nnd forwards in the tmfe-rooowThe
interview bet ween tM.de Spjapr ffrtttjiH
pope was a long one. ..'After some time M. de
Harcourt appeared in his turn, dtuv
to Ire introduced, and begun, in the mephlime,
to talk to the person in the atiicWaorti.
had the effect of dratvin their 'attention rrfTiVfidf
was going on in the cabinet ofhfs holiness, and
drew them gradually into a corbe# frunt WWch
they could not see what was goinjjf on In Hie
cabinet. A tier some mWutes Conversation,
some one went to the door ind Ibnfced *h;^The
Pope had disappeared by a dohrat lbe
further end, and had gone away with nothing
on but a simple soutane, passing, lor tbe cbop*
Iain of M. de Spaur. In passing tbo NcnpoB*
tan frontier a difficulty arose. The command,
ant ol the place, having examined the passport
ofM. de Spaur. insisted on seeing the passport
of the chaplain. M. de Spaur mi^a .tmefking
in a low tone to the officer, and it vas.when
those present saw him fall on bis/knees, that
the other persons lrecame aware that jt w*?
the pope who was among them." j -'il
Francis Joseph, the new Emperor, of
manr. nccording to the Ixrndon.ChrntHcle'.V'tits
had all ihe advantage* of a very good rdtfcation,
and ha* carefully studiVd several'of ff?e utfitn*
ce*. Hi* talent for language* W anr^-gttMt,
and his tt*te highly cultivated;' He hi' fttf
fond of military science, and-is acquatnWd VrJlli
its most mi mite detail*. He has been prosHUed
al several engagements which have taken
place in Italy during lite late campaign* ?7 0?ngt
pains have been taken to make him:earij>#.CI
quaint ed with various modes of life. [' A vwy
favorable impression has l?een produced,by bis
styling himself Franris Joseph; the. qaine
Joseph is ineipressably dear to the Austrian*;
and by thi* stroke, whether mlenttonalTy br bid,
he ha* gained much popularity: ^rwo.yeaifc
ago the young monarrh was for'some ffmefh
England, whenee'he^refnrncd fiill. oferithtwiastfl
fi?r the British Parl'ametif. 1 ?,<J
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- Correspondenre of the Charleston Evening Wfcnfcf/'"
WAsitnuTo*.. Jan.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Houston ntbtrattari
a resolution for the appointment .of aseWl
Committee to take into consideraiion.lbM ptlh
priety of adopting measures for the construction
of a railroad from the Mississippi river to. San
Francisco, on the Pacific. It waa?4nid
table by a vote of ihcsSeqate.
M r. Borland presented a memorial of sfmijaf
character to tbc foregoing, which was also laid
on the table.
Mr. Hale presented n memorraf asking tor
the abolition of slavery and the slave trethS
wherever the jurisdiction oflhe Genehrf OoV-ernment
-extends, and moved a refitreoifc Jo
a Select Committee, with instruction# UM^port
a bill in conformity with the wishes of the Wlfmorial,
and on motion of Mr. King, ihe ulMlbk
to receive was laid on tbe table?mm 25, (ineluding
Atherton, of N. H.? "DickmSoni of N.
V., Fitzgerald, of Michigan, and
Pa., noes 16. ."*f *
Mr. Corwin presented "a memorial rojwaia
strating against the extension' oh Slavery iinf%
any Territories now free. The reception ef
the memorial was objected to, anid i ha motion
to receive was laid on the table. "
The bill authorizing the admission -into th$
United Stales of certain agricultnral product
linns of Canada free of ddty, provided sbriTtaf
articles of the United States wife/admiiVedTnV
to Canada free ofdnty, was taken ppr arid dfai
cussed at much length by Messrs; 'THfci,' ImUjH
and Westcott, in favor of, and Pearice arid H6tt{
ler in opposition. With ?nt taking the question;
the bill was informally passed over, and1 the
Senate proceeded to the consideration of eiecm
tive business in secret-session. "" : nrr-r
IIOU3B OF tt KFBKSENTAJTVKS. -T 9t!
The journal of Saturday being reed* Mfa
Farelly, of Pennsylvania, said be had rnted
in the negative on the passage of the biU';mf
the relief of Antonio Pacbeco, on Saturday last,
hut his vote was not recorded. Upon correcting
the journal, the vote on the pau^ge of the *
hill was declared to lie?ayis 89, noes 90- . So
the hill was rejected. * at ??
Mr. Sawyer moved a reconsideration ol th#
vote, hut the motion goes over to Fnday, whicii
is private hill day.
Mr. Nicol moved a suspension of thie fades;
in order to fake up the hill to establish a Bmtsfclr
Mint in the city of New York, toimlre'fSJhw
sperial order for the 18th January!^ TWt
vote was?ayes 1*24, noes 70 Ocd' two-tbiW^
and the motion was lost.
Mr. Meade moved a suspension of the rule*,
in order to ennh|e him to offer a, re*olutiot>'jln.
structing the Committee ou the Judiciary to re;>
port a hill providing for the apprehension and
Jetention of fugitives from labor. escaping frM*
ine State to another. The vote was?ayes78 * .
'all Southern, with the exception of GiddiiuK
Ureeley, C. J. IngersoTI, Kellogg, LeVin,ff.]
Mann, Palfrey, Root, and Thompson, ofrndUttf*
i,) nays 90, (all Northern, with the exfceptUH1
if Boyden, of North Carolina ) The niotlonT
ivas lost. '
tk- i.:ii :j: r ik?_ tm .1-1 at..
Aim vim |?nniuiiig km vim n|i|niiiiiiivcnt <vi
Board oi CoimnUionere Tor the adjudication and'
icttloment of claim* against the United States^
am taken up, and a variety of amend men tr
wore offered to it, when, on motion by Mr.v
Petit, it was referred to the committee oo the
Judiciary?ayes 03, noes 62. . > .
The House then, nt 2 o'clook amounted, to,
mable the Democratic members tocefebfifta ,
he 8tb day of January.
... . 0<l H i" L . L^/d>"v
Washington, Jan.-10?" )
In the Senate to day, a long and interesting
iebate occurred on a motion by Mr.tjndcrwootf
o re.considor the votes of yestfehlay, bywhicb
he motion toreceire the memorial presented Iiy
Messrs. Hale and Corwin \Vere laid ph the 'id*
)le. The discussion was participated In by'
Messrs. Under wood, Metcalf, Hale, Dnu^faiia;
Dayton, Davis ai.d Berrien. &frv Dickinson
noved to postponn farther consideration oftM1
uhject indofinateiy, and it was carried?ayah
17, noes 29. : v *<', '.a- ><
The Senate then proceeded to the eonsidera->
ion of Executive msiness in secret session.
House of Rkfskxtativbs. : >r
, The motion to re consider the vote by which*
ifr, Golt's resolution relative to the sieve trade
n the District of Columbia, was taken up.
A cell of (Ho House was ordered, when 16$
nembtra answered In their nntqes,; when fur.
her proceedings under the call Were dtsnebsod
with, "? ' ,71?V
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