The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, December 12, 1849, Image 4
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a. i law-a te 'poor
6t"fd 'eat yfanvoledby 'ad'.
OR, h. .l'asure of
that the BAN
SeaIrz nen have round
he confnes ofur
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f rea ' e by nad'.
tip next
re si AN, 9Pago. ex
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4 Takin tI Wroi
9. .,. On
endi qunn.4h a
i 06ISbiqtt i issues.
ter frntEu rope.
n;. ine Cotton Market.
tiZ V aropa rehhed Doston
k ~ Thubl llwing is a
no news sT rings.
o.11e fiotto ar
heen excedingly quiet during the
.euk .Theconflicting advices from the
ftid Sttes,1have puzzled both buyers
doellers. The former have been ve.
v tidsin A their operations, and t e
t or nowine that consumers are well
ppiliod, and anticipating large imports,
uoifest.litte isposition to operate. The
ld "df Aherican and Brazil Cot
si vo declined an averageopf nearly a
iirthng.per pouud. The Broker's cir.
la, the last dates. were as follows:
IrtUumd and Mobile 6 5.8; fuir Or
4 7.8. rhie sales of the week are
21,430 baes, of which speculators
t k 0,500; the trade 11,790 and expor
r160. Thq stock on hand is reported
506 00 bales. Business generally
ct active, and transactions in the pro.
nitrket rather limited.
k Cotton Market.--On Satur.
My oon market. was in .a quie1
er 4ales ofthe week amounted
Val 6bale air Upland was quoted
" i Fair Oileans at 11 3.4.
T~fRIC.- On Friday aflernoon last
~ ery stange phenomenon was witness.
din the heavens. A t 20 minutes pust
faile oelock a wite sphere wats seen tra
Versing the heavens in a North Easterly
iirection, and when about N. N. E. from
C'out' I-ouse,' it v~as seen to explode
nd1( clopds of smoke were carly discern
be, spreading. i4alldirections, and par
Ips falng i occured ins the
4n ht; tii tywquid have beeri'lumnin
int21idas, itpro.4chted a very curious
pnd wonderfoi npgaraonce. lipresented
~ a discsimilfoCull nmoon in daylight.
~About two houarssubsequently the weath.
r6iich had been' unusually mild inrn
o4c ld and continued so du ring Saturday.I
het~ effect the meteor ha remiainsd- for
~r he scientific to detertpinee. I
- Congress.
.4'The Session coiugpeed on the 2d bunt
up tudg h [House had not
o~a~~ ~4AethEbteihereby Na un.
n sat businoeasnn't he last ballot
4 trgio e sfbo4or Winthrop,
Ge'orgia<rously was
PNI-Genefl~sbeen
2 Vlbi ono1iIiy in sonme of theu
t ~othorn papers. He advises that the
poaihg on- letters be reduced toen uni.
forriin&.lof -5 cents "on let trs, arid
that ewspnpers mayj liosedht to suibscri.
de- free of postage, oh live within an
prescribh6djlist ance fromn place of publiLca
poe Thb"'reasunr ofthe United States
Sunshed 'his filil "accourit up to the
~4~'I~0hoein ber I ast, st ating t hnt the moe
y.? su.~bjekt th dra1, is' 7,0(J4.356 and
"'' tc fprhendled hoss of jnublicfiiruls. Un.
prsn ystr-m, in the last year;
atJou 2)00. Thre amnofmt~ in the
d5 hlaf Troinsuer i~ Pi iladelphian
6t s ur kmip, a phy~s.
6 no orlo'y f Jftotnon disnp.
Snif int vek u'idMProfessor
but a tle"dcal Collbge of thaf
beie suspicion of il
i V, p'artti lidyeniig fod in his
-' .~u IO~ ha cvidendo Is all cirdumstant
Tn ijogauryo'ueL . ~ o
11 ~l i fe of Mr. Clay, w'hero&po .
avil on ob ti harui4d
~ K ~~mt~, it. was concludedJ thstl ie
*i ~d~6i -Ibdrin undo't p$rtial in.
b adcedi r r
.vathd~
n A mar m epum.........a..
UP itut LI' p1T,
kAin absolutely n!ec -ryto
the t4~r~fhe bttrkt.We are decided.
e a illivanldite ilisti
ti t nk or an'Agdeiy, chsriderIng both
bielu.in to the masstwes= never inl thu light
~6atut pyfor~o~e aitopleo reAsonalt .is
1Q Inva.0e t of capital to beget capital and
to fi9d Convenient and expeditious ineans to
tile cominunity at large. The interesta of
the poople.6f. th , is istriiet deriand the estab
ishentt of on or the otter.; a ak where
theirown capit'al nIaybe inveated, or ar Agen.
cy to"atf'rd facilities to ill. Tu colipntoihe
amount of banking buiness this District now
does is next to an imdpssibldity, but, we are
assured by one 'inoro familia' with such st.t.
tistics, that over 8150,000'df saper is yearly
discounted, and a.iti sUii'Iiil out in ad.
vances by the vriotm. Ata;e. Baiks . Why
sholild not this -husinas' bo:done at homtie I
We want either one of these institites for
the following reasons: A 'kafe place is de.
sired ior the 4 'teof p~ilic and private
funids. We desire a place where ioliable
drafts can be purchased for the Rare and
speedy transminssion of money. We desire
an mlstitution to discount paper at legal rates,
and thus save the erbitantehftrges made by
money-Iider3. We wint sonlie institute to
make advance.A to the planter and merchant on
cotton. We desire a banking inst itute in or
der to aflurl the usual facilitius to the people
in order to stitolato business now stagnant
for want of funds ; to encourage industry aid
to ConhlVrt lioCy no'w laying i"t!e in:o useful
and productive capital.
With I Batik Gut::erville will receive ati
additional unpillse. he Vihncin-.o!i and
Manchester It. It. passing througli, (ve might
say :a hliost ending inl) t he town h:3s Ieifitited
us. E.ven now there is a irarkddcild.ferene
in tha appearatice of the town, new dwellings,
workshops and cominodious stores have been
and are in course of erection, a coiisideratv!e
addition has heen made to o:ieof the prini.
ple shotels, and. there is some talk of a brick
range going up. All trades, pro essions and
mercantile buisiness flourish and this prosper.
ity will be considerably enlarged Iy giving
us a B utking I:-:itute.
During the B ink debate on Siturd.av last
in' the House: Mr."PiFsToN, Spoakin(g of
te slighting mnannter in which tile appeal of
he Baring's to the-plighted faithI of the State
Iad licen alluded to,-said:
"Sir-The taniuin 'South Carolina is as
he fame of her daughifers'-oo pure, I0 hIo.
y to be doubted or discussesl; it is a thing ol
he heart--nst of ih'tongue, and every citi.
en of hers hols it sacred above all ese."
We re-e Igi Nis glorions sentiment-a
ientiment too, whicI: we believe is the ponit.
ar Ong-s5o 3lessrs, I.egishitors, tis nlot the
link-your aurder, but you imake your own
tate commoitsuiicile--shcar her of her glori
mus namen, andI leave. her s tnding the obiserv
d of all-ubservers,--hier famene a bye~ word on
ha2 exchanges of the world.
Maxenr~ArE) .$ tMiNG'ToN ft. t -
['te gradi ng-of the road in~ the immiediater vi
inity of teown, is progressing futely. DI..
d~uludrow's conetract of eleven M ;es fromi
slack River, tharoughont Seape WVh re swamp
o Lyneltes Creek is also pirogressing r;'pidly
ix miles beiing entI, filled and gradled, anid to
how the stability of the work, the, einnitk.
neont across the swamip is sixteeti feet h-gh,
mid sixty in width at its base. Th'le wholeI
toes great credit to tte able and energetic
iuilder I,. 11. lham ,os la 'The work is
-ery ard nous, but it is expectedl that thlis tpor
ion wvill be graded and titmb'ered cerly nex
all.
.THE, Govcnxaon's Secoxn Mt:SSA(t' was
oent to 'tie L 'gishiture oni the 20.hi inst, sta.
inig that the testtimionciahs to be presenttedl to
ho widow olt'ol. Dick insotn, to Col. Gladden
nd to the seri of the late C2o1. IWitter, by
resolution of hst sessiont, and_the..mdahm-m~o
epi tes~iNe~o ~a. R.giment, would
be presented before -the -termeinationc of the
presenit session. . The Govern ri reconiteions
th proseciutincn ih~tt ne' c I iw a~rgist
general gghvernuient,'T fk 'of Con;.rress the
rurocesshmi of.C tl I m~ee to the S Cat e, a
reaion ot thle neg'ro hIw s, thte payment~t of
.300 per annon'i to the atgenlt ot na~uional e"x.
changes 19r the. tSite, a new Jece for the
State flouse and rern.,l.gronms, t he repumb
licat ion of thie 10:I volittoo of St-no es a
large, and severl minzor sp)ecitic:tt uts.
Cosi is~ci:sse-.----Thte gradiiatintg c lass of
the So. C.a. College this year is notusiialty
large, giving tnrt hor ev idee of h-- inc~rea:s.
ing.prosp6ni'ty of thast, inistituite undter the able
maagmetof-l'resident l'restn. atid is the~
first clnss that has receivedc through its collie.
giate cour9e-the benrefits of his suiperinteid.
onco and instruction. TIhe addtresses n
represented to lhave been of ai high order of
merit, rumd some sixty-four youtng genitlemnen
.received thieir idegrees, umnontg thiem Ishani
Moore, J; 13. Moor , and J. P. Ricardsoi, of
this Distrii't, received the degree 'of Blatcho.
bor of Arts.,
AnnsencC Cx CorToN.--Theo late news of
advance i' itho prices of cotton in England wvill
be grat ifying to, the whole South. Should it
hold, thoe value of the cotton crop of the Uiii.
ted State will be inicreased matny millions of
dollars. This Will give ani additional imepettus
to trade ar'd stand' as atn eflort against the
bread.itthi' pr{eIks of the Ne.arth, during the
F~uropean faimne,. '[Tie ris eas been gradlual
oind 'prices range now na naverage of tcearly
tiiree Cents per pounld,.OY the~ prices th~ree
motnths ago. .~
:YrThe Ett nltedes the receipt
fataltibut very zie volinne of Poems by
h~hymail f'rom iO enillw prenuin g the
gif uontg~d4 hJ.Ailor. The volutse
op~itak tia br atiully poetied
(iQivpieces arnd hia ry iot spect
medn of &ptraph'y. For sale hy 3ou Ru.
a
0, t7 muemeni'
e1app 4m rlefene of e rights and sterests
of the South,and hail it with joy as tho irst
step tovArds.that firn, united,- and coifckertqd
adt tmn tnt4ithe otitijern' 1thts -wil e
sense otti teir contiitsoondanger Imperiously dl
mandis"
Iesenhtd, That therecommendationof the
State of"i siifY'bf a '$otthiern't"Crivsti.
tion to be belI aIL Nashville'on the first M1on.
day im June next, should be eordialli.enibric..
ed by i he,whole South, that by comiliton co'un.
cils: we may-avetthho Cothon'Calamtsities iml).
Poi. "UWP riisAigoigl th action of thea
nra. o'rnet rvnon by 'the, lust
of poWO,,vlYmd the fel.l Apirat of faiaticisin.
aRisoili&7 That, for the purpose o(Qarr ing
out (e recommIendat ws of the peIopilOr.s,
Sissippii,*t i 6~'pedient .thai i ceislatido
caucus, -wo aoiold noininate fourdleoICgates
to represent the StatV at large in-the conven
tion.proposed to be held in Nashville.
leesoired, 'hat,-stili foirther tocarry out
the reporiendations of the people (if the
Stnte.bf Mississippi, we respectilly recom.
mend, to the people of this State to mseet to
gether on tile 1st MmU day in April next,- in
the various p:rishes and districts ofthe State,
to nominate as many delegates as they have
membehei of the Iesjislature, to meot on the
first Alonday- in May succe9ding,. at soie
central and convenieti point in their respect.
ive congressiotial districts; then and there to
nominate two delegates to represent each
congressional district in the State in the pro.
posed convention.
.Resolrcd, That entertaining a sincere de
sire to cooperate with our sister States of the
Sonti n any moveient whh.h they iay
deen necessary for the common good, and
havimg entire confillerne in the wisdom, in
tegriiv, and firiness of the Sonthern people, I
whentti astembled inl said Convention, we feel
and express an wttiohted cnfidence that
the people of tlie S ate of Souti Carolina
will yifeld a fuithful ind iflitichinta upport to I
ali measure wich said Convetion , -
cuts:iend.
Q)T Aition the very tisai:y bills presented
by otr indefitigable Senator, Col. F. J. Moses
thefullowitng is worthy special tiotice. The
ieasures it broaches are rather harsh, but
some very strenious =endeavors must be
Imiade to put i stop to the fluoding of our mails
with :iboition doucuinents.
A DILL
To profrct he Peoj-le of the Stalefrom Incen.
diary Puhlicaiions through the U. S. Mail.
le it enacted by the Senate and Ueousste of
Rpresettatives, now mnet and sitting in (;en-I
eral Assemby, and by authority of the same,
That from anti after passing this Act, if any
l'ost Master within the Stata of South Caroli'
na stall knowingl.y deliver to an; person o;
persons any written or printed paper, picture, I
drawing or engraving, calculated to disturb
the peace and harimony of the people of this
.S.:te, in relation to the "slavo population
I hereof, such Po st Master shall, oi conviction
bIV inretmeit, be imirisoned for a term not
exceedmsg twelve months and pay a line not
exceedingr onle thsrimsnd doll:rs.
0r O.ic of the most important hills passed,
too, by a very large vote, is one passed in tie
Uonse p)rovidinig for the punishmeint of traf
tickers i spirituus lignors with slaved by
piublic chiping; j'ur the ji' st olfence. U poti
the totl ion of M r. R tihardlsoni, the operation of~
th:1 law was postpened to the 1st March, soams
to givo timiely notice to all violiatore or it. It
is to bie hoped thatt the~ passage of this act will
efsetually st op tha:t ttlicit aud corrupting traf-I
tiek.
Gr.N. Ci.itsen.-The Savannahsl Georg;ian,
noit tig the death of the late Geti. Clinch,
roTisk: gen tenan for many years an otmi.er
itt thre Uniited S ;ces Arny.' ile served with
high duistictions tOIn 12,i was retaine I
aisr a icmeli uon thle reduetiont of lhe armyw
at its close, semn aicquiredl a brevet as brigra'.
iibter-genter., 1, an td wVih tiIhat ran k com-nal~indedc t
.n Flortda itt 183~3 anmd (1, at the cotmmence
menit of the Sammaste \Vair. 11I was truly ai
hero ait t ~h bttle ot \Vit hlachahdee. Re'sgtn
edl trent t he army~ ht' catabhllitbed hiilt itn
Camideni couty, in this State. In Itaime h
was eletedx a itembier of C ongress; anid, re- I
centlyv, wasi the~ \Vhtg eintdidausi for govemrtnor
(it Georgiat. lie wats a gentleman in every,
sense oh the wordt--a soldier wvithbout reproach
and atn hotnest iiout. The petiple of Guorgia
antd moire especially thtose of her sea-coasi,
will deeply teel the !ess of this cilinLp.av,
honorcdiiizca...'. F
E17 There are few thintgs relative to the
cottate'ree of Entglasnd mtore striking' itn their
dletaIs tnn thle raspiid andi innnist m esi're:we
sift the ca it radle. Th City :1 lecordler, in his
adldress to) l'rince .\lhert, ast thle openingt)~ of
thle tww C oat Inch-mgsiiie, ssaid:- -".\htiut three
hunmd red yeatrs ago, one or two ships weore sni
ticjint fbr thIe tdemi:imtd intil suply of Lonmdoni.
l1s a.I I;sbout 200 vessel s were retiretd; in
17015 about ti100 sips' were t~ialu to its tie.
abthias 1,150,000) ~ to.s; int 1*'510, 5,'-iti car
goes w titl 1,'002,00d2 ito-; in 1 ""15, ',h95 sh ps
were empthtyed so cairrin 11.,, 98I 7 cargoes
contauiing 1,-10:1,3 :to . ;sl ditr rng the.
pas year, (13.8,) 2,717 shise, m,:k isg 1:2,.
267 vosya'es, andI cotaitning 1,13,1W totis
'lThe itncreas~e lrom 133h to 18 lN is tip'wards
of 90 per cent; and~ it is the reusult of lair anid
tmoiderate calenitIltin that at thle presnt I time
21 ,f00t setineti atre emsph yed itt the tarryinig
depa r ment oft t he~ l. ondonu i cia trad."' TIhiese
are inltercstig antd impouir tnt facts, anid,
whiat is better, thity are the statistics of peace
arid successful enteorprise.
News fromt Catlentta states tat the rains
in Inidia have failect Lii a degree beynd prece
dent, arid the fiulood hiave been mtos~t dest rut..
ive. Ini one itnstantce thes ratin antd the flood
have by t heir uniited operaIton, prontilueed a
mtost extraordinary ei'iet. The rentowned
Port of Mooltran, wit h sill its bomtb-proof depent..
dlenrcs, wvhich hiad so lonig hieid ont aigainst.
all kinds oft assiiants, had malted aiway be.
tore the jouint it tick of the mti~ons ttorrent
aind th Itoodtsi of the Chlenauhs. Oti the IN: bi
otf Augtnst thie rain begani;bniidingafter buiadd
tmg fell in ranpid succession, and otn the 22d
the river had covered the country. The floods
gradually ascended the corse of the rivers at
the rate of abhout seventy miles a day, antd
had everywhere done uch damnage.
rr Thte monkey jaokets recently worn by
the ladies are paid tohiave been proof against
the arrowe' of (Upid, as they wvore costs of
Unal.
A:
.1ta spectace o .the Stte a utl 1166
tinnelousily- upholding n S, I
whilst it, denou gd .
bank and hefederal governt
- preeept es 1 r.3 aaliey e J 4
the lobbying anid $16eio n
tors la disgraceful to thedtite Thesi
opinions the CarolinWa4rQlies we sup.
pose loblying in Corgre/oif hI thu Leg.
islature for te:iy office, must ho strong'
grounds for Ate aboliitimd* im oc"id
we also moy.ainferthiat. t
endorsei ofsuch argomnis' w41td rnot d6es
cend. to.1id: in tid .isgi ti' spoctncie I
lobbying furon6, if they were.anxious to
be clothed in antiifty .
ItP- There is Z4 iportant provision
the.Legislatnr'e should-ado't, an alterationi
of the niilitia liws, s that.,nspt etions anild
reviews shidUlil to held:atrAone and not.
cause troop a rtegintefis tb appear G0or
150 miles f'rom the readeiices ofthe rnem.
bers thereof. There is no-greater. tyran. I
ny in existence hain th'present militia
and patrol laws of1he State nnd.the pea.
ple cry aloud for redress.
IlnAR -rrs GnrtLS.-''he New York Star
says it is ito uncoulin thing to find beauifful
girls in the State of Maine, running wild,
subsisting on berries and acorns. When a
girl wants to get married, she makes ror the I
voods, where she roves about until a young
nai goes out on a wife hunt. Ile catches
iight of a girl, and gives chase. She runs,
Ind the young man throws a. lnss, by. which
Jhe is caught. Ile then takeq her on his
shoulder, carrics her to the highway, 'here
te his a carriage re idy, ties her feet and
iands together, and takes her home. A min
ster is sent for, and they are married. The
cuot being tied, the young woman- becomes E
>erfeetly docile and submissive. C
ALABAMA SEATO-rns.-Oi the 29th ult.,
mn the3d ballot, the ipn. V. IL Ki.-, was
lected Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned C
iy the expiration of the terimof the Hon. A. rt
. Bighv, lon. Jeremiah Cfeinens has been. c
Iec ted to fill the place in the. U.nitcd States it
3unate held at the last sesssion by Senator a
itztpatrick. The r.to on the 6th hallot
Vas, Clemen, f67; Fopatrick 59; scattering,
P. The main body of the" Whigs voted for
4r. Clemens, as a North Alabama Democrat, n
elieving that section of the State, by the
isages of the dominant party,:wha entitled to a
fne of the -3nators.
RUsSu.1 1% T.,ndon. Titnes of the -10th
It. containsa letter from Austrii, which may c
r may not be true, asserhg'tlat Russia has at
arried her point with Turkdf4, tothe extent si
f rendering the latter power thte jailer of a
ossth and his companions. The terms d
ud particulars of the colnpact-are as yet un
niown.
los-ros WA-rERL Wt):The total amount il
rawn thus far for introdiic idjho'Cochituate tc
rater. into Boston..is $2,90,48,85.' The t1
last Boston reservoir is not .yet finis!.ed, *
:hich, with other unavoidable incidental ex
ensees, will prTobabtly swell tle entiro cost to
bout. four and a half mnillI s, being abo'ut
out-le the estimai~ted Stml.
Monrp.-*Charles ! lost his head for trying t
a raise money without the consent of Parlia
lent; and George IHI lost hIs colonies for try.-r
ag to raise monley out of the Yankees on al
lbe prJicial of tr'xation without. reptresenta.
on. In this way, money haes been the cause
f miany wars, and msuch bloodshed. In an. L
ient times, wars were set on foot upon other "
rounds; but in latter years, mnondys lie be.
vine the great idol ofcivilieodieuoturies. r
hia Scott, was married on Wednesday morn
ing week, at the house of tier father, in Neov
York, to anjor II. La Scott, aid.de-camp to
the Comnniand'er in chtiief, andI in nthe afternoon
the hiappy couiple emibarked tot the P'hiltadet.
pleai tramii lor the purpose of spendin h
honety-mntii in the South.
Uir Muc aus beeni said about the proifane
eni.oin ofswveirting. P'erhiaps that the most
enormoteus case of swearing is th~at mientiod
by Uncle Toby, who says, "Our armyi swore
nerrthly ini Flandher.." A hnte army,~ enmgaged
in swearging! \V a aprdhious -pile of oathis
miust hav b- een, heaised tjp FIlandiers!
The transmission of the Great Mail South
from New York wilt be continuned, as at pree
enit, du tring theO winter.
8oen::ri' is PuttAErntA.--The D~aily
News sItates thle e'sttited popin!atio tofl Phil
adlelphia at the presenit time, to ho :3tMM); or,
in othier wvords. 70,0(00 famtiilies. -Of this num
her, oinly 2,000~t faiiiesi have a coinpeiency
fotr .- uppo rt abotuve indannal hIhor; 20I ,001) de.
pend utpon mae.'tih acal an; d protessinal
tbranchecs; aund the re'.idue of 417,00)0 is divideid
into two parts. viz: 20i,000 svho labor, or are
desirous o~f laboringr, nd 17,000) whlo resort
to illegimai-te andt crimiina Cl fian for a liveli
hood. On lie latter class, 0,1 10 are supipos
ed to lie bieggars; d,t000 who depend upon the
olki ol the streets and wat they can cotllect
fromt the kitchtens of the weoalthiy; :1,000 whto
steal; I 100 who starve for want of any kind
of support, attd 3,000( wiho follow ai piotniscti
ous livthhoodt. Huieh is the state of society
in Philadelphia, and the elcemnts which comn.
pose it.
Pour wvater hastily into a vessel with a
sall neck, little enters; pour grndtnally, and
by~ sall ciuantities, antd the vessel is ftlledt.
Suhaz iis the simido employed byv Quittian tr
shiow thu tolly of tdnachmg childrett too nmuch
at a tune.
We understand, says the New Brunawick
Umuonr, that by thye-death,.of the late ,Tohm
Potter, his sn-in-law, .Comnioo ~ktott,
has receiveid an nddition of SPA O~' an.
numn, to Ihim already enormous ince~V The
annuatl imcv~oe of the Cormmodqrp cen hardIly
ho estimtated at, less than onq lburilredl thou.
sand dollars, and probably more.
Youa may gledg linowletes y (rq4 , bt
you must aeperato te chaf from the %'heat
bhikking.
04
radIIC iA Two of the Whi
members - of
Ala'baraannd es, of Pennsyiania-afu
probiablytabsent. Therepte in additIon
o the the regular meinl)grs two territori.
%I delegates,, one fromeMin oita and one
rrorn Oregom .' 'l'hor un-stims up t1e
" " non.s alrehtWu'
tstte,
haigs lected frm i 0a K>
Rates, -;85
- 115
'MATrmoNiA L- Wjed nesdy is the
iroperti0ine to got married. [f xchange
aper.:
We Odv4 Wmionday in preferene, as
lien you gain Ieo day's time. On second
lioughlts thlao pple should, seek: Tw'.
l.-A notidr -- - -
By al ineans avoid Fri day,-[A notht
r.
We do not think it matters much on
hat day it's dine, so that you provide for
hio Son-dayr that in very likely to fol.
:w.-(Sutzdny Globe.
A ve approve of Marriazes, our ad.
ice is~ Setu day, nio ntttr which, but
ie sooner the letter.-N. 0. Picayune.
Don't quarrel, gents, pray, but would
ot Thirst-day do just s.s weli" nsiderinr
le CuJ> one has to drink to tl dregs.
Lieu'. Lynch, late of the Dead-sea
:xpedition has offered his services to our
lovernment, to lead an expedition to go
a search of Sir John Franklin, and
Aieut. L. promises thut "in ense the Gov.
rnnent shall sanction his ciorts, he will
Lise from privnlE sources, sufficient to
laarter, mtN nd equip, a steamer,
ao Government. furnishing suoh officers
id men 'Us choose to violunteer to go."
Prsenlation-.A t Coulmbliia, on Wed.
nsday last, the day of the' Governor's
eview',1%!. .M. sLtAUROOX delivered
Col. G.ADDlf, *ith a few well cbosPaI
id appropriato remarks. the splendid
word procured for hin by lte Governor,
ihehalf'of the State, no a recbgnition of
Sservices idi Mexico. Oi recefyd it
l.GI rn respoe in his 'ta d..I
'er-like mianner. pleduging~ himselIf tn dir
rye it anmonp his. choicean- poweinds;
idi to hold himself at all times reaidy "o
aw it in the service of his country.
EoUrntFnN- !ANUFAfrURERs.--Ther 'N.
rleans Crescent, of the 2.ed inst., states
at "hooks are now op.-n fir subscriptior.s
a .Joint State Compujuy, to enga~ge in
a annufacture oif'Cotton. A factory of~
)t00 spindl-s is proaposedJ, and the nmes
spendeda are a guarantee that the 'plnn
eets thle approbation of nmen thiat can and
ill- put it into Oorattion. With the sta.
ant our doors, capital andl enertry at
ir conimand, why should not Louisanna'
epiort this great product of liar soil with
at increased value and lessened bulkc
ven to It by the loom. We wish the
ovement all success-the enterprise
tows richly deserves it."
A Ciadid Confession-A~ late No. of the
anidon T1imes, in an article upon thn subject
'Slavery in America, makes the following
now llgment: -
'soureswl of the pepl of England and the
ied wvith absolute authority and ungrudg.
n'tmuw.itiaqpco td the extinction of slavery
n the British doannTions. "I no ,nrinere
statese of America have no suchi power of al.
ering the institutions and the tenures of pro
icrry in the slave. holdtng States of the Union:
Jongreus itself lhts no sneh poiwer; bJut if ii
ja, a.nd tbesalecs the power, if it had the will
nd the meanls to carry a general measuare ot
aholition, are are conast rained toa admiit that thec
xperimnent' made by the lir-itish governmnent,
nd the state ina which thec lH itisha W est Indir s
are nmoe placed by it, wrould be inaroked as the
naost unansrerrable arguernt againast susch a
chemie."
IIONoUJSAit.n SA-rtsrac-rto'.--One of the
>est, chaalenges to the field4, to fight a duel,
hat we' ever hoard ot, was inade by a trulv'
,onorahl gentleman, the late WVuiiamn Lii'.
:ohtn, of Worcester, who, after an editorial
:ontroversy with a brother editor, in whmich
to canmeo ofi'with flying colors, maaguninouas
y offeredl to has opponent honiorable, satia.
ion mn the field; the weapons to be hoes, cach
).rty ta dlig one acre of piotatoes, and he(
vlhose work was doneo be.', and in the short
ist time, to, be declared the victor. Sh~oiihI
be ehall eng,.e to mi ortalI po tato-dchggm g h~e ac.
epjted, lbe wvould trmnit the sze o! Is hoc
ya tronda, wh'Io woul d crrange2 the prohi n.
ries for the settlemgent of all dilienItie.
~o bad results could arise~ from such a duel
[ Boston Journal.
A Pt.ANE~ AaHGU~F.N'.--Not many yea
igo, im a ha ndsomoe mai nion not manny mileIc
rami Cinemnaiati, a young ladly who tias "hii
iotirns,''oif what consn~t itts respectability,
xpressedh astonashmient to her mother, that t
oung indy of her acquaintance, of considerns
le wealth, should receive the attentiops d'or
oung joinei.
"leis' an rintelligent and uaprighit yong
nan, I can see no objections," replied the
niother. '4
"I don't' cnro," replied the datieter,
v'oul'nt be' seen hn thehti'eet withi him.n
"Wouhd you he ashamned to be soen
atricotith your fiathe'r?
~ Wluhar you auk-4aaqtemtianboI
n shda .alpne," Wag h ~i
Spoor sa oog havp n
aer to,,avoe It of ~rn~s d1
atterwas
VWat n
dents ltis-Osid tIere a e 1 f
r blrad itack u tr(, 'wned b eg
stockholders.
SLA&woER,-In the SdperiorCourt at Stattn
ton, VA. a case of considerable interest, Jin.
ry Eidson, sen, vs. Thoias Sumste, has been
decidei. -Aiter an abielargiuncit on both
side,the jury returned a veriiet ef $4,5395
damages im favor of the plaintifi
The isati f, Veruiont,'af oin
sessio-P 0Plt 0300 to procuO-bock
or blok W r ranitddd WMshg.
tied in t ! y o
~floarn IJottw.--We leirn on 'reliable
aithority thateveral of the Califoriia H.ii.
grants by the South,Ro ae have been murder
ed by the .utaw and Navo loe Indians, at
the croseim oftheAColorado. It is said that
i ndiapw arrioir.tothe nlrnber of 2/000 have
taken a hostilejositionl at thd ple. -
Co. FREE oNT.-Our latest account from
San Francisco stated th-it Cul. . iwould 500,
leavelor San Antonio, to take his place as U.
S. Cominissionei 'to-runi itiddmrj~ inA
betn een our territory and New Mexico.
PETER PEXCE.-ie full retur Of 'chillc.
tions for-thq aid oftPius IX. ,throughout the
td State rooteiqup-825.0784A. The last
reuIttaiice was niEln'.the -i inst. The
'Diocese fide' ork contrib ed 90,227 41.
,Purser kenn o Virgiiii, has been dis
missed fron'ithe Naval sertfce for being a
defaulter to the amount of several thousand
dollars, and the claim against hiin has been
furned ovi'to the proper legal officer of the
G6vernnent, for' prosecution against hus
bondsmen. -
The bark Ilijah Swif!, from New York,
bound to New Orleans, was totally lost on
the Isaazo, on the 20:h niL The Second
mate and twelve. passengers drowned-the
remainder of the crew and passengers saved.
The Delaware Journal hears that the petato
rot has made its appearance in the countr
around SL George's. It has already coni
erably injured the pota:o crop in that neigh.
borliod.
TitE CnOLEA AT THE VgST. rhis
dreadful disease, it would appear, is making
its a ppearanc again at Cincinnati, as well a
at St. Louis. 'J he Commercial records five
cases during the three weeks, ending on
Tuesday last.
THE WHOLESALE SEDURVz--Jtnathan .
Mills has been convicteI at Inarrisharg on a,
second indictment, in the matter of the three
sisters he sedtuced,and iS. to e tried on a
third. HII' will not be sentenced on any one
till all are tried.
SNGULAn ACCIDE.T.-Oa VednedAly last
a youth named 'Vance, of. Adamns countv'
Ohio, while employed insplitting wood, strurk
the handle of lie axe against a loaded pistol
w'l;ch was in his pocket, causing it to dis
chmrge.-thobp. p p'g. througl~ his right,
an ieludgmg mnfha eftpthigh.
h o u e'anud jail of .Jasper cosy,
,Tegu gere burnedt doww on the ni ght of the
22d,tti:9o, la the court house, uohf~rtunate
ywere depos4ited the wvhole records of the'
enunty,--those referrin' to probates, land.
claims, land-titles,. and all sui:s civil 'and
craiinal.
. Mon-Al.try. or FsEE r. AcC~s.-A writer
im the Rloson Medical' Journal asserts that
the mnoriality of the free people ofrcolor in, the
United States is more than, one hundred per
co'it, greater thtan that of the slaves.~ T1his is
an .ssertion which should, all circumustances
being con.widered, betaken with a great many
grains of allowance.
PucaEOF A MtsEr~.--larn,~ the
curiosity hunter, yesteray bought at Sherity's
s:,le Pea'e's large collection of rare and ci,
rious things at the Alasonie Iall, formerly
known as the Phiisadelphia Museum, and in
its day, the most cnmplete collection of -won
ders ever exhibited in the Unit'd State..
T'he whole collection was bid ofi'for 83,500
it proba bly cost, ori~finally, nearly 5109,000.
[Phbil. Leger, 27.
The WVashiington (Ark.) Telngraph states;'
that the whle :uount of cotton to be sh'pped
from above the raft this year will. not reach
6000 bales. Last year over 2.5,0010 bales
were shipped. If(the crop had not beeun de
stroyed by the overflow, the amount of asete
raised in the region above dhe raft would have
reached 40,000 bales.
Por.zGAMhY.-A lady from Lynn, who has
rreeew~t~ A&. rno the Mormon ..'tu
ment at the Great &alt L-ake, confirms the
statement that the laws of the comnmunity
permait the men to haan as many wives as
they cian support--the young being able to
take care of five or s'x only,. -ndl the olde~
twenty-five or thirty.--Lowc.. Journal.
It alpears from the foot ing up of th e returns
in New York, that the average .vot~e on the
entire D~emocrat ticket is, 2(02.200; and that
on the entire WVhig ticket 202.09, thus giving
the Democratic party a small majority on the
populnr vote. Considering the distracted
state of the D'emocratic party during the late
contest this can becniee great triumph.
l' is quito a condemnation 'of' the present ad.
mmliistration.
A scientific correspondent . 'the Boston
Courier says that the reported' ' iscov'ery in
Loandon of a new mnede of, ventilation, based
upoln the~ principle of theo syphon, is mianifestly
"Air will remain at rest in ainy tube--wheth
er the tube be alphonic, or singular, or
st raighit--until it is distnrbedl hy m'ens of un.
equaI;l rarefactioni, or unlike relatios of ifs ori
fices to some external action. These are
truths that may he demonstrated by any
school. boy, with a piece of leaden pipe and the
smnoko from a roll of papor."
We understand, says the Pittsburg Mifr
cury, that thn Right Hon. James Gfattan,
eldest son of the late Holn Grattan,, Ite
great Irish orator and patriot, sassold out he
Irish, property, and intende se~tliny
ginin, in which State he has pusre
thousand acres of land.' Jrtmes 0
pres~ented for many years th'e coun I~~
low, in the Imperial P'rhiamne'
msuch respected iii the flouse.
antdwias elevated'I few years;
tion of Privy Cduselo
Rr.ccwns NT t. Phla
of the Amiericain liisttT
[e ite at' Castleo
00% fi dy tie,
n now'
j ePrs
aHe r
(!Pi.o W)
pro~ery tiloth
ohe l pin Oopened -
ginning o hypend -
The East India ClInb
2000 guines, t WA
St. James' au'tre
ure, late, and le
Thre th.Ievs iv
Shelleld,' byte
traced then for se
reftge upan lag
captured.
Messrs. 1Hoyle a &I
haVe converted one t
decors ted reading-roo
at their print worket
The Board of Poor.
ton, England, have jp
xysterin orreading (that
ly new .ystenl o
The od ALbnedbi
land, supposed to h,
mnans in' the tire ii, re
by a flood, last week a
peared.
In a letter t ti
Clharleu Fitzroy e e
the barbarous and t r
H. G. Ward, Ldrd
Innian sles.
Intelligence received r j - ''
Hope men t t
have fouWisa ik a, to
whichilik
The engineer o
way has laid irow
wooden 'one , o
peers that the greater
will render it a cheapcr;
A popular writer Mi
states that of 49,
London, there are,6ut
This is therosuiroa -y
amnong a largeclasofn ikp ye
Proreasor Krollenat, di l,
p-aunded a theory that t
as animals do their jona
they assume a thickerio h
according to the cliinito in
One of the ificers' n o
terprise, just rettrped'freabe
expedition in seaCh of8 m
says, im a letter to a friekd i
nut the sun for abouteit
temoperature eightggeA. 's V.
by Fahrenh i.l
The Dumfrijes St.daie
ray plant found, in.moy. stt M" e-l
popularly known as the owei e
has provedn'fikacique in curinghydp -a
Th;Manchester h .
have agreed to meimormhp ue
im favoir' :'of "0 p S41v-1 a. - g
_te rier of fR4
been transanitte4 ~te ~o
Aberdeen. ~ ,
The Bladen ami en Ite d t
use of voh-ntaryC i ~ ~ u oe
rid of the revolutie~
a .le to de:~rny ther '~n Xt~ A
Accord ing tiio ,
thseru are in the Afitit
ehludigIluingarf,
viz: 3.5;728 cure. r i t a is7
?nonasteries, 14,O oosasr in1n
I13 convents 3,069ru -0~
clergy of Hungary t is ~ 0,O
dividuals..
Not a singnN ~r
the listofftoaniu
Representati~a ve pssl
Kingsa, 1.ur' Thin ,It -
ihree Harrlis. o&khi w I$u.
kera and t wo Blrowa engt
&nith.
Frfom the' nro b ni es
Capital of Nicarnau
canoes caQ -~h ~W
ever an*'mow dttiah
ing thtetac. o66
perity of this pat
at the annnung
ded to Mosars.W
tractors for a lard (i &h
por$overance an4 ~h
hatvCcarried it fro
.versea circunistig~s...i
an, 24th.
We learn frrtnlne
Pashion, that
i); by W
coray be -~A
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