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The Camden Journal.
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Advance, or Three Dollars after the expiration of three
months.
Political Department.
From tW Ns\v York Herald,
i\v MP. r \UIODN\
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Y.YAERTV ASn i)E*??C?ACV%
"Peojde do not understand liberty or majorSties.
The will of a majority is the will of a
Vabble. Progressive democracy is incompatible
with liberty* Those who study after this
fashion are yet in the horn book the a, b, c, of
governments. Democracy is levelling?this is
inconsistent with true liberty. People will
choose protection instead of liberty. Anarchy
is more to be dreaded than despotic power.?
It is the worst tyranny. The best government
is that which draws least from the people, and
i i? t,* ov-npnta iustice. and
is scarcely icxi, rAwjn ?v v?w?.? j ,
to protect the people from animal violation of
law."
"People will learn wisdom only by punishment,
and in the case of our Union it will come."
NATION AND NATIONAL.
"Why use that word nation and national as
applied to the federal Union. It is wrong.?
Public sentiment ought to be corrected throughout
the United States. It has a dangerous tendency.
God knows we are tending too rapidly
to consolidation already and habituating the
people to nationality help- along.
"Ours is a federal Union?composed of thirty
distinct States. The convention scouted the
word nation. So did General Washington, in
all his public papers. Many use the word nation,
or national, from ignorance; others from
L-iKi't. nod with design. The United States are
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not a nation. 'The federal Union of the States,'
'the constitution or government of the United
States,' are the only terms employed to designate
this confederacy, and which express its
meaning clearly. The United States, when
used geographically, means that portion of the
continent occupied by the States and the territories,
and socially speaking, it means the thirty
States in one. A citizen must belong to some
one State. If so, he is, of course, a citizen of
the United States, but a citizen of the United
States as the name of a people, is an anomaly,
without being a citizen oi anv particular State.
? ? . J ?t_:_u J?
There is no proper ana correct wora wmcn uc- j
signntes us a people. To apply to us, we |
should do as the French do, use the plural 'peoples.'
The people of the State of New York
has a meaning. The people of the United
States has not?it expresses what does not politically
exist. The 'peoples' of the United
States would mean the j>eople of the thirty distinct
States?and would express a correct
meaning. There is a word wanting?American
is understood, hut has no reality. A Mexican
or Kamschatkian has as much claim to the
name of American as we have. A citizen is
known as belonging to his own local sovereignty.
He is a (ieorgian, Kentuekian or other
State name, but there are no United Statesia/is.
The country occupied by the States might have
been designated as 'Columbia' or 'Alleghania'
and been used geographically and socially.?
The extent of the States, and the people of each
State would have been known under the general
term of Columbian or Alleghanian. A na
tion means a people who are socially and politically
united as individuals. We are not to
be limited. Ours is a federal union of States,
and not of individuals. Federal was the popuular
word in the old convention. It was so
popular that it was adopted by a political party,
who rendered it odious. National or nation
a very odious word in that convention, but it
came into use iu the place of federal. Jefferson
without thought of tht1 idea conveyed, allowed
it to l?e used. A paper was stai'b'd in W ashingtou
with that name."
KKVCII.I'TI"N6 IN kukopr.
"The great mass do not understand liberty.
Those revolutions in Europe amount to nothing.
The people are not lit for it. In France, the
government are as much dependent upon the
army as iu Napoleon's time. Anarchy will follow
every republic in Europe and the people
will abandon liberty for protection. My opinion
is that Russia will be the protector and ally
of the projierty of Continental Europe, and end
in a Russian despotism. The Hungarians
should have kept the legislative branches distinct?one
for the mass or commons, and the
other body composed of the old nobility, and
consequently conservative. A revolutionized
country, must adopt a constitution in accordance
with the former established usages. The
model of the Roman republic should have been
adhered to. The Magyars should have been
the legislative body, and the Sclavonians the
confirming body, of laws enacted by the other.
"As in France, the Magyars have given up,
under the influence of popular excitement, the
feudal privileges?this will make trouble when
they have obtained wl at they are fighting for?
" .1 -it i Oil* i.: .t I
then mere win oe uiiiiciniirs among uiciiiscives.
The Hungarians are fighting for a sub-lance?
in the L'niou between Austria and Hungary
there were stipulations which have been violated.
The Hungarians fight for their restoration.
The great majority of the nations of
Europe are nufit for liberty. It is the greatest
blessing, or the greatest curse, according as it
ispro|ierly understood and appreciated.
" Liberty and slavery are neither good nor
bad in the abstract ? each have their evils. Liberty
is a great blessing and can be the greatest
curse. So ol .-lavery?what greater cruelty
than to give a jnaniac liberty! Nations are
frequently unlit b?r liberty?then it becomes a
curse. The great mass of people prefer protection
to anarchy. It innst be the result in
France."
1IAYTI AND TDK DOMINICANS.
"The Secretary of State determined to end
the white party, and for this purpose I had an
interview with both the Spanish and French
ministers, and proposed that their governments
should aid (with the United States) the Pomi?
mean party. It was favorably received by the
ministers, and would have been carried into effect,
but Mr. Buchanan, when he came into office,
did not think it of any importance, and
let it drop. It was bad policy?the Spanish
white inulattoes should be 'sustained. Mr.
Tyler also appointed a political friend ofhis,
- \f- nrr\ Alii l\?if I IInvor QJ1VV IllS
ft i?t?\ ilU^tlllj VV VUV y UUV M. IIV ? Vl w? ..
report on his return from St. Domingo. It
was never published or noticed.
" The blacks of Hayti should be put down.
It is an island far superior to Cuba. 1 suppose
if a large party were to go out now to aid the
Dominicans, they would he received with open
arms; but the tst. Dominicans, after the Haytiens
were put down, would be very suspicious, but
in the end the American party would control
the island."
POLITICAL PAKTIKS.
" Every old issue of both parties is obsolete
?dead! They have no principles. Spoils,
plunder, absorb botli. It must end fatidly.?
i bis administration may exist to its cud, but it
is doubtful. The next Congress may end it. ,
The Democrats will unite, in every free State, j
with the free sudors, to gain the power and J
patronage of the State governments, to finally
break down the whig general administration,
and get the spoils. Taylor is setting unwisely
?tilling his places wiui whigs?disappointing
twenty where he satisfies one; making a terrible
opposition in his own party, who are equally
desirous of spoi.s as the Democrats, if he
drives off tiie South, at the next Congress he
must exist in feebleness until his term is out.?
For twenty years 1 have foreseeu all this.?
Plunder and spoils will cave in our system. 1
understood our evils, and see our danger clearly.
1 have understood it ever siuce 1 was V ice
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President. i\Jy nmid was men maiureu. t uuu
an importaut part in all, and great experience
and ample time to reflect. Corruption is in
Iwth parties equally alike now. 1 would not
take tiie Presidency to be trammelled. What
have i to gain I My conscience is my only reward?its
approval my only ambition. 1 would
preserve the Union it' i could, i would protect
the South. The rights are sacred. Justice is
the only safety for tue tederal L uion. As tilings
are going, the South will be forced to separate.
NULLIFICATION.
"I would have dictated my own terms at
Washington, but for one thing. Jackson was
popular iu Tennessee. It would have been a
war in the South, i did not wish it. llut for
that! would not have compromised them. It
would have been a Southern State against a
Southern State, for Tennessee would have
i'ought lor Jackson."
THE FRSIDP^QY.
" I have not a concea^j opinion. I will always
take the liberty of speaking my honest
convictions, ll 1 d0 not to the lull, it is because
the measures ^re not ripe.
" Ottico can acid nothing to me. Were I
President, I would put the country right, but
that is like putting salt 011 the bird's tail. No
man can be President unless he will pander to
the public. A patriotic President is impossible.'
QUOTATIONS.
' In allusion to to the quotation in the Southern
Address, 'Timeo Danaos, et dona ferentes'
?I never used a quotation before, and the world
may guess at it."
ACQUAINTANCE IN HIS OWN STATU.
" I am an object af as groat curiosity to people
outside of a circle of five miles in this State
as any where else. Not one man in a hundred
in this State ever saw me."
STATE INSTRUCTIONS
" I never know what this State thinks of a
measure. I never consult her. I act to the best
of my judgment, and according to my eonscience.
If she approves, well and good. If
I sUitnngnnt ?P IvicllOC ?1 IIV OnOflsO to take III V i
place, I am ready to vacate. Wo are even."
Correspondence, 01 the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, April 11, 18f>0.
The subject of a change in the cabinet has
been much considered of late by the friends of
the administration, and (ten. Taylor has, it is
said, bent to the influences around him so far j
as to ."ssent to the necessity of some changes,
if not of a ge.'?'!ral re-organization of the cahi- j
net. liut it is well uii^'rstood, to-day, that no j
decision will he made on the subject until the
i- : I-,, ishall he i
uismriiiiig 4UV""W"? uv,,"v -w?
settled; or, at least, until it shall become more '
certain than itnowis that an adjustment is prac- J
ticable.
The tendency of movements in Congress is
to tiro ultimate admission of California, as an
independent measure, without any equivalent
concession to the interests or feelings of the
South. We are warned by such men as Wm.
R. King and Mr. Mason, that the Southern ,
States will unite in some system of resentment !
to the policy of the majority. This may or may i
not be so. But forbearance from the enactment j
of the Wilmot Proviso is the only concession I
thatfthe House will make to Southern policy.
The House will not concur in any measure
which the Senate may unite upon for the estab- j
lishment of territorial government. What then? j
Will the Southern members permit the Calilbr- i
nia bill to pass the House, while, by parliamen- !
tarv expedients, the first vote can be prevented?
In my opinion they will not.
It will be some weeks hence before the
House will arrest the debate on California in
Committee of the Whole, and, after that, there '
will be three weeks of discussion 011 amynd- i
ments. The struggle will then commence in j
earnest between the minority and the majority, .
stud ultimately, in the midst of unparalleled excitement,
the California bill will pass, and perhaps
every appropriation bill defeated. It is
to be considered that, in June, the Nashville
Convention will recommend measures in view
ol one ol tlio state 01 tilings in congress ai me,
time, and they may take positive ground against
the admission of California, or the passage of
further appropriation hills, or any further leg- I
islative action, until a more conciliatory policy
be adopted by the majority. (
The best security for an adjustment that we
now have is in the concurrence of the House
in the plan of combining California with the I
territorial governments which the Senate now i
aim at. | ]
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Tiic Senate chamber was thronged to-day by
members of the House, who felt, ns the public
did, a deep result in the test question, which
was taken to-day. The result is that the Senate
is decidedly opposed to withhold California
from the proposed reference of the disputed
subjects to a committee of thirteen, several
Senators were absent, who would have voted
with the twenty-eight Senators against .Mr.
Baldwin's proposition. The proceedings showed,
however, that there is to be much trouble
in arriving at any definite and speedy result 011
the subject.
It is a matter of congratulation that Mr. Clay,
Mr. Webster, and Mr. Cass, have each been
sustained by their own States in the national
and patriotic stand that they have taken. Mr.
Cass, has achieved a great triumph over prejudice
in his own State, and he can no longer
say, as he did, despairingly, two months ago,
that no moderate man can be sustained at the
North; and that the storm had rolled over him
and left him prostrate.
As to-morrow is Mr. Clay's birth day, some
demonstrations of popular respect are to be
paid him to night. Ion.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
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The most important and gratifying intelligence
to-day, is the triumphant success of the
Hon. Daniel Webster, in his own state, and the
vindication of his course in terms of classic eulogium,
by the most eminent scientilic, professional
and business men of Masachusetts.
Allow me here to insert a letter, the contents
of which will speak for themselves. It is a noble,
patriotic document, alike honorable to those
from whom it emanates, as to him to whom it is
addressed. As long as such men as Daniel
Webster find men of such substance to listen
to them, there is no danger of the Union and our
glorious institutions which make that Union
valuable.
To ihc lion. Duuiel Webster :
?Imniviccivl with thr> mnrrnitiide and 1111
D
portanch oi'thc service to the'constitution,' and
the Union, which you have rendered by your
recent spoechin the Senate of the United States
on the subject of slavery, we desire to express
to you our deep obligations for what this speech
has done, and is doing, to enlighten the public
mind and to bring the present crisis in our national
a (Tail's to a fortunate and peaceful termination.
As citizens of the United States, we wish to
thank you for recalling us to our duties under
the Constitution, and for the broad, national,
and patriotic views which you have sent, with
the weight of your great authority and with the
power of your unanswerable reasoning, into
every corner of the Union.
It is, permit us to say, sir, no common good
which you have done for the country. In a
time of almost unprecedented excitement, when
the minds of men have been bewildered by an
apparent conflict of duties, and when multitudes
have been unable to find solid ground on which
tr\ vi'i 1. snem-ifv and nonce. vou have noint
I'd out to a whole people the path of duty, have
convinced the understanding and touched the
conscience of a nation. You have met this
great exigency, as a patriot and a statesman;
and although the debt of gratitude which the
people of the country owe to you was large before,
you have increased it, by a peculiar service
which is felt throughout the land.
We desire, therefore, to express to you our
entire concurrence in the sentiments of your
speech, and our heart felt thanks for the inestimable
aid it has afforded towards the preservation
and perpetuation of the Union. Fortius
t!*iil11- urosont tn von this nnr
jm.j.wj-v, l.i: .v.t-j.vv j , - 1
address of thanks and congratulation, in refer I
enceto this most interesting and important oe- j
elision in your public life.
We have the honor to be, with the highest
respect, your obedient servants;
Titos. II. I'rrkix*,
Ri'fus Ciioatk,
Wm. Aitlkto.v,
Sam'l La whence,
Onikk Justice Savage.
and nine hundred others,
ltoston, 25t!i .March, 18f)0.
From ail I can learn, the President highly approves
of the course of Mr. Webster; hut the
Cabinet still clings to Gov. Seward on his soil
friends. On the other hand, it is confidently
asserted that the present Cabinet is doomed, and
that Webster will he invited to the tftate Dei
\i.. l* ?r m,.:... *!.?%
parimciu, aim xur. r<vaii?, ui .iiiiiui', in imj
'r.T.^Ufy 'l'lu'se appointments would certainly
inspire tiie fountry with confidence, and regain
for the President himself that popularity
- - - a i.?
which he enjoyed 01; owing omee. i
The C'ouiinittee appointed io ."inuire into !'l? |
(>jilphin claim, and the atfencv of .Mr. Crawford
in the premises, will no doubt whitowash the
Secretary, as. in a legal point ot view, 1 have
but little doubt lie deserves to be. There was
no doubt good legal cause for paying seventyseven
years' interest, but vulgar minds will not
bo able readily to comprehend, that if one of
them had any such claims before any of the
It..it.iri>11.mic ilinv u'oidd In, thus nromnflv and
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plentifully served. The vulgar, however, arc
liable to prejudices of that sort. X.
DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN THE SENATE.
Washington, April 17.
In the Senate to-day a fracas occurred between
Koote and Hen ton. The latter, in his remarks,
said that the Smith was crying "wolf!"
when there was no danger, and that the Southern
Address was the commencement of it. .Mr.
I>...l Mr I'iiiiIii tnlliiu'iiil ;il?n in ! ?>
I >11111*1 U|?IIUI, *??.. - vw.w ...v. ... , Vmarks
of a personal character, and in an excited
tone. The Vice President did not interpose.
.Mr. Benton moved hastily, and in a hostile
maimer, towards Mr. Poole, both their seats
being in the outer row. Mr. I'oote hastily left
his position for'the area fronting the Vice President's
chair, and presented a pistol towards
Benton. The latter was not armed, hut called
on the Senate to notice this, or members would
arm themselves with weapons. Mr. I'oote said:
"I act on the defensive. I supposed he intended
to stab or shoot me. and left the seat to defend
myself without endangering others." Mr.
Benton exclaimed: " It's a lie, and a cowardly
pretext for assassination. I never carried 1
iirms." The Senators were panic stricken and
palsied. Any investigation must appear ridic- 1
ulons, but a committee of seven was ordered for
that | urpose.
Richard M. Young, of Illinois, Democrat,
was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives,
in place of Mr. Campbell deceased.
Chnrlrslon Mcrcurg.
TFEEIE JJOHJMNAIk
CAMDEN, S. C.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL If), 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, April 18.
Our cotton market is without change?firm and
quiet. Sales to-day 550 bales at 10$ to 12|.?
Week's sales 3000. Receipts 4000.
?rfcF?We are requested by the Agent to give
notice that the President of the Rail Road Company
has directed that persons desirous of being
present at the Funeral Ceremonies attendant on j
4 ' '* :? -r r?.n '
inn arrival OI llie remains ui .nr. winuiiii HI
Charleston oil the 26th inst. will be passed down
and up for five dollars.
New Mail Route.
We arc gratified to see by the last Fairfield j
Herald, that they hare received a letter from the
Hon. J. A. Woodward informing them that the
Postmaster General has ordered a contract with
John C. Harney to convey mails from Camden to
Newberry court house, once a week and back, via
Longtown, Ridgewood, Winnsborough, Jackson's
Creek, McMeckins, Monticcllo, Oakville and Mt.
Bethel.
The Assistant Postmaster General, in a note to
AT r- W rtA/1 ll?n r/l C*4Vt3 Ull.A nrvftltArt rtii krv\I Ha/1 kir
.*ai. ?? uuunuiu, oa^itj mi; jhtiiiiuii ruutuiuru u?
you for a Post Office at Running Oak, [?] Fairfield
District, will be submitted to the Appointment Office."
The Lancaster Court is this week in session,
Judge Evans presiding.
The Funeral Committee of Mr. Calhoun
has invited Messrs. Winthrop, Venable, and,
Ilolmes, to accompany the Committee. They i
have accepted.
It is expected that the Senatorial and State com- |
inittoes in charge of the body of Mr. Calhoun will j
leave Washington on Monday, 22(1. and arrive at
Charleston on Friday the 26th inst. The commit
tee of the City Council and qitizens of Charleston
invite the Hon. the d/embers of the Senate and
Mouse of Representatives of the State of South!
Po enliiw fKn pili'/nnc nf tliic Ktnto Qnrl n( Imp Statoc
to unite in I lie contemplated funeral obsequies of
the late Hon. John C. Calhoun.
Charleston Hotel.
This excellent Hotel, now under the proprietorship
of Mr. D. Mixer, we arc free to say, is certainly
superior to any one in our country, North
or South. The uniform attention and courtesy
of the proprietor and all concerned, are sure to
make each visitor register his name more than
once on the books of the Charleston Hotel.
The following are phenomena indeed, if
true. But we object to a part of the theory. The
idea of separating the nerve that connects the
brain with any other part ofthe body, is ridiculous.
Take, tor instance, that which connects the brain
with ihe finger: divide the nerve somewhere on
the arm: the number of smaller ligumen connect"
ing the different nerves, and also susceptible o i
(\>nvi \ ing feeling, would still convey the sensa.?
tion. We deny too, that the brain may be removed?cut
away?to the corpus calasuin, and
the animal live. Dr. Upham proves that a part
ofthe brain may be removed, and the animal live,
but not all. It is at last only proving the old nolion
that the brain is the organ of mind.
Phenomena ok the Brain.?Mr. Wigan, in a
treatise on the " Duality* of the Mind," makes the
following remarks:
" One of the most inconceivable things in the
nature ofthe brain is, that the organ of sensation
-i i i t* ii'i - : :li _ rp.. ...4 A\_ _ i
Mimiiu iirtii ix? iiirciiMiiii;. iu cui m? uraui gives
no pain, yet in the brain alone resides the power
of feeling pain in any other part of the body. If
the nerve which leads from it to the injured part
be divided, it becomes instantly unconscious of
suffering. It is only by communication with the
brain that any kind of sensation is produced, yet
the organ itself is insensible. But there is a circumstance
more wonderful still. The brain itself
may be removed, may be cut away down to the
coruus calasum without destroying life. The ani
mnl lives and performs all the functions which
on; necessary to simple vitality, hut no longer has
a mine, h cannot think or feel. It requires that
;|ie food should oe pushed into the stomach; once
there it is digested, ami the aili'ual will even thrive
and grow fat. We infer, therefpre, that the part
of the brain, the convolutions, is simpi}' intended
for the exorcise of the intellectual faculties, wither
of the low degree called instinct, or exalted
kind bestowed on mon.tho girt of reason."
&?"" Our Jecms" is one of 'cm?"a queer
chicken." Yet lie lias 110 notion of being crawed
over. lie thinks Printers ought to be sweet
cieatures, because they ?-#"lo so much pi, as well
good astronomers; for they locate *** + *?*,
" Jeems" submits, however, and begs to introduce
the
printer's soliloquy.
Our assistant "Charley," (says an exchange,)
who olten indulges in private, yet rather loud
" Shakspearian readings, in assorting a lot of pi,
a few days ago, and while trying to pick up a f,
gave vent to his pent-up dramatic, literary, witty
eloquence, in (lie following quotation from Macbeth:
" Is this a dagger [+] which I see before me.
'I lie handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee:?
I 1.nv? tl n 11.1 V..I I see 11 mill *
Art tlioit nut, frail vision, sensible
To feeling, as to sight ? or art thou but
A ilngger of the niiml ?
No! thou art but a simpletlagger-o'-type!"
OCT The Directory of the Wilmington and
Raleigh Railroad Company, adopted the following
Resolutions on the 10th inst. This act
speaks well for their appreciation of the high
tind exalted character of our honorable Senator.
Whereas, the eminent public services of the
late John C. Calhoun, claim the grateful re- ,
membrance and the sincere respect of all the
citizens.
Resolved, That the President and Directors
of this Company will, as a hod v, unite with the
citizens of Wilmington in the funeral ceremonies
to be performed upon the passage of the
late John c. Calhoun through this place.
Resolved, That tlic Corpse of the late John
C. Calhoun, with such members of his family
and relatives as may accompany the same, and
the Committee in attendance thereon, as well
as the Committee of the Senate, as also the
Committee appointed by the citizens of Charleston,
be transported over the line of Rail Road,
and on the steamers belonging to this Compa....
fr,>n
4vy l,vv
Unsolved, That a copy of thc^e Resolution#
be forwarded to the Chairman of the Committee
of the citizens of Charleston, respectively appointed
to .attend the body of the late John C.
Calhoun from the City of Washington to his
late residence in South Carolina.
JAMES S. GREEN, Secretary to Board of
Directors of Wil. and Raleigh Railroad Co.
We copy the following from the Columbia
Tcfegraph of the lGth inst:?
Messrs. Editors: As the time approaches
for the people of this State to select their Delegates
to the Nashville Convention, it may not
be amiss to bring forward the names of several
gentlemen, and have their claims discussed, before
final selection is made. .Several respected
and honoured names are already before the
people of this (the third) Congressional District,
all good men and true?and if a thorough devotion
to the South, a perfect knowledge of
our State and Federal Government, a deep acquaintance
with men, and a life of devotion to
Jefferson ran Democracy, jvould entitle any
man to a seat in that Convention 1 would respectfully
announce the name of Joiin Rossek,
Esq., who in an eminent degree possesses the
above qualifications. YVATER.EE.
Editorial Gleanings.
Methodist Church Suuth?The General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will meet at St. Louis on the 1st day of May.
Boston, Atril 12.?Letters have been received
here from Mr. Wilson, the U. S. Commercial Agent
at Cape Haytien, dated March '21, which make no
mention of any trouble with Solonque. The story
of his imprisonment is believed to be incorrect.
The Committee of the Governor's Council hare
reported unanimonsly against commuting the
punishment of Pierson, the condemned murderer,
tie will undoubtedly be hung.
The counsel for Prof. Webster have published a
notice in the evenintr naoers. etatinc that the re
I O If' O ?
port of his trial which appeared to-day, gotten up
by Dr. Stone and others, is inaccurate, especially
as regards their arguments.
Public opinion is decided in regard to the verdict
in Webster's case. There are no intimations
yet in reference to the disposition of the Governor
relative to the fate of the unfortunate prisoner.
New-Yorr, Afril 12.?A letter complimentary
to Daniel Webster lor the noble sentiments expressed
by him in his recent speech upon the California
question, circulated on 'Change to-day, and
in a very little time received one thousand signatures.
It is believed that in a very brief period,
the list of names will be swelled to twenty or
twenty-five thousand. There appear^ to be a general
desire to do honor to the great Statesman
tor his noble etfort. /
Odd Fellowship in Maryland.?It appears from
recent statistics, that there are upwards of 7,000
members of the various lodges in Baltimore, and
more than 9,000 in the State. The amount of contributions
during the last quarter was $15,806 11;
expenditures for charities to the Order $9,098 38;
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' Breakers ahead," as the woman said when she
i knocked the large tea pot to pieces on her husband's
pate.
Mount Vfsuvus.?The most splendid eruption
: witnessed for many years, occurred on the 12th
j ult. The lava has already destroyed the beautiful
I seat of Ettajano. Many lives have been lost. The
j inhabitants have fled to places of safety.
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Dyspepsia is said to be greatly relieved by pulverized
ginger made into a strong tea.
A great improvement has been made in the
preparation of India-rubber, which dispenses with
sulphur, and renders it capable of receiving the
most beautiful colors.
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of that element through a simple process, and
at a greatly reduced cost.
Why is Father Mathew like the Mississippi river
1 Do you drap it ? Because he never stops at
a bar.
Wf.ll Spoken.?If we would enjoy ourselves,
we must take the world as it is?mix up a thousand
spots of sunshine?a cloud here and there?
a bright sky?a storm to-day?a calm to-morrow?
the chill, piercing winds of aulumn, and the bland,
reviving air of summer.
The smallest bird of America, is the humming
bird; and of Europe, the golden-crested wren.
The smallest quadruped in the world is the pigmy
mouse of Siberia. The Tnost diminutive plant is
the artic raspberry, which is so small that a sixounce
vial will hold the whole, branches, leaves,
aiiil all.
Mrs. Partington, while visiting the Museum the
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0T Cr Uuji Oil iuui\ui? auiuii? iuc uiu ivr*uiuuui?arv
rei.;."s and Scottish claymores, asked the superintendem
.'f he had among his famous cutlery
the "axeoftiie /jostles."
Promises made ni the time ?t affliction, re<juir6
a bettor memory than people comraoI?!v possess.
The amount of Treasury Notes outstandingoil
the 1st of April was ?740,000.
It is said there are thirty thousand criminals
now in the American prisons,
Rate of interest in San Fiancisco has risen to
15 per cent, a month. Lumber has fallen to
per thousand. But one failure has ever occurred
in San Francisco among a population of thousands.
and transactions of hundreds of millions,
Arrival of an Aristocratic "Celestial" Lady.?*
Quite a sensation was created among the quid-,,
nunrs at Now York some days since, by the arrU
val of a real specimen of Celestial upper-ten-dom,
A young lady, Miss Pwan Yekoo, 17 years of age*
handsome, lively, and with characteristic feet only
three inches long, arrived in the ship Ianthe, fron\
Canton. Miss Pwan Yekoo is on her way to London,
and belongs to one of the most aristocratic
families in China. She is accompanied by her
waiting-maid, and by Mr. Soo Choone, a celebrated
Chinese music master; also by two children, Miss
Amoy and Master Tsing, of 6 and 4 years old.?,
This highly interesting family have taken rooms
at the Irving House.
The Hon. Henry Clay was seventj'.four years
of age on Friday, the 12th instant.