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Tlie Pardon of Albcrti,
Tho Horrisburg Union, a Democratic journal,
of course, makes the following appropriate reinarks
upon Gov. Bigler s just pardon of Albcrti
:
.! most JiitjhIcons Act.?Last weeek Governor
Bigler granted a pardon to George F. Albcrti,
ofPhiladelphia, and old man who was convicted
and who has been imprisoned for some two years,
Ibr wiiat is termed kidnapping. The facts of this
cuso have been ref-md to on several occasions ;
in our columns, consequently we shall make but |
a IcK-fstnti'inoiitof llicra at tins tunc.
Albovti was engaged bv a gentleman of Ma- j
vyiarid to arrest a female runawav slave, then in
tin' State of X.'W Jeisy. When arrested, she
had in her arms an infant th.it had been born
in a free State. When taken before an United i
Stat \s officer. and remanded to h-*r owner, she '
was told that she should leave the child in 1'hil-'
adelj'hia, whore it would be cared for at a public
institution, and would of course be free.? i
This she positively refused to do, and adhered to i
the "determination to take the child with her. j
Alberti then delivered her and the child over to
the parties from Maryland authorized t<> receive j
her.
Tlie abolitionists of Philadelphia had Aihcrti
arrested for kidnapping, and he was arraign, d
for trial before the Aiu'rican Jeffreys, Judge
Parsons, whose passions ami prejumces in manly
all caw controlled liis judgement. Before
coming to a trial it was ascertained that this
man could not be convicted without obtaining '
the evidence of a fallen then under sentence in
th Philadelphia prison, by the name of Thorn- |
a- Richardson. The aboli.ionistsrepaired to llarrisburg,
and obtained a pardon for R chards m,
dated o!t the morning the trial wa< to commence
and this convicted fellon was brought from his
cell to give testimony gn which to convict Albert
i of kidnapping. The charge of the Judge
i:i this ease was one of the m-st extraordinary
documents we ever read, and in accordance
with this one-sided charge the d fendant. was
convicted and sont.mced for a period that would,
in all probability, have terminated his life if he
had been obliged to serve it out.
These were the means resorted to by the abolitionists
and Coventor Johnson to convict this
old man. Alberti, and it will be a source of gratillcation
to every philanthropic citizen, to learn
that 11ov. Biglcr has granted him a pardon,
In our view tliis old man committed no offence
whatever. He did not carry oil'the child
to Maryland, because it was not carried into
slavery; and if he had done s<? lie committed no
offence against the laws of Pennsylvania, as the ;
woman and child wore taken from New Jersey, j
M M mi i
Cotton bi'knt on the R.\ii.koad.?Yestrrday
ITTi-nin C.rtlii;
auernoon, as uie i in^iu ... .
city was passing near tlu^Twenty Mile Station,
1 lie cotton took thv, consuming about two hun- 1
J rod and eighty bal s. together with some six
or eight freight car-. We have before stated
that the woods in Effigliam County, on both
sides of the Railroad, had be n 011 tire for : evcral
days, and that a large ami unt of t'mVr had
boon destroyed. We learn that the fire is still
burning, and that yesterday afternoon the timber
on the track t?">k fire. The engineer ot the
freight train not being aware of this fact, and
thinking that the smoke and fire pr iced'd from
the w<x>d% attempted to run on, and only found j
out the situation "f the r.?nd when too late to j
turn back*. The burning of the cotton detained j
the down Passenger Train about one hour and a ;
half last night, the ears not reaching the Depot,
until half past seven o'clock.
The damage to the Railroad is slight, and :
will cause no detention, the Passenger Cars, the
mails, having d parted at the usual hour.
Saranmh Xars of Friday '
? ..
Kir; ii r is Chickasaw Nam on.?The Fort j
Smith Herald gives an" account of an encounter
with four Seminole Indians, returning from Texi;s
with whisk- v, to be sold in the Give!; Nation,
and a party of tin- Chickasaw Liiflit lIoi>e. ordered
out to stop the trafliic Ly Col. IIirp< r, the
C'iiickasaw agent. Duriug the conflict Chnclii-koe,
captain of the Light Horse, killed thee ,
r f h's opponents with a knife,after which he was '
himself shot through the head by a Sciriinr l ,
who is y;-t at large, but a formal demand has
been made for him.
4| ...
Jvt.ir.S 1'l'CIIA NAN ON 1 NTEKVKNTION. Mr.
liuchanan i- ju=t now a prominent candidate for ;
the nomination of the Democratic Convention
for the Presidency. It has been remarked that,
he has kept himself dear of the recent agitation
about foreign intervention, and some have expressed
doubts as to what are his opinions on t he
subject. He is on record. In the discussion in
t]i<* Senate, in 1820, on the Panama Congress, j
he thus forcibly and wisely declared himself opposed
to that doctrine:
" We have ourselves orown great bv standing
alone and pursuing an independent policy. This j
path has conducted us to national happiness and i
national glory. Let us never abandon it. It is j
time for us once more to go back to first prinei- (
plc-s, and to declare to the world, that the polity |
of Washington has not grow old. Union at
home, and independence of all foreign nations, 1
on/!it to be our political maxims. Let us do ;
good to all nation*, but form entangling allian-,
c*s with none."
Coi:s" in Tkxas.?Although thw last was a bad |
season for crops in Texas, a heavy surplus of Corn
was made m >(>nie portions of the State. There !
i- now a surplus of two hundred and fifty thou-1
gmd l.ii-!;.! - of corn for sale in the neighborhood i
of New 1 traunf.Ts alone?a striking evidence of
the industry and thrift of the Oerman immigrants
settled in that region. This is the greatest, surplus
of which we have heard in any one neighborhood:
but in the region west of the Colorado
and on the upper portion of that stream, there
i-. jomerallv more titan enough to supply the demands
<4" the thousands of immigrants now pour
ino in. ?(ntfrestoii Civilian.
Lakok S.\i.i:ok I'okk.?The firm of Ashhrook
.1* Co., at St. Louis, sold all their stock on the
2'>th lilt., tlx** product of al?out 8,000 hogs?
less ahoiit half the. proportionate quantity of
hams, say 10,000 shoulders at 5 1 -2c; 10,000
sides at. o I-'2c: and from oOOO to 8000 hams at
7c. These are the highest prices paid there this
season. The same firm was offered 813 for all
fh- ir M '.-s rork,and 7 l-2e. for No. 1 Lard.
I ? ? - The
effective military force of Great Britain at
the present moment amounts to 130,000 men.
There are brides 140 regiments uf militia scattered
over different parts uf the United Kingdom.
Fifty regiments of yeomanry and the out-pensioners'
battalions complete the disposable forces
of the country.
! A Block for the Xatinual Monument from j
Ireland.?The Cincinnati Gazette states that Mr.
J. A. Lvncli. of that city, has by correspondence,
induced* the corjwratiou of 0 a I way. Ireland, to
send a block of their native nmrble, with an appropriate
inscription, for a jJace in the National
Monument at Washington.
IuteiTsliii;,r to Cultou I'iauters.
We copy tic subjoined interesting communication
from the "Savannah Daily Georgian*' of
the 11th inst. The (.'eorgjan remarks that it
comes from a planter w ho is thoroughly conversant
with the subject he discusses.
A WOUDTO COTTON PLAN 1'EKS ABOUT PRICES.
Messrs. Editors: Allow men corner of your
valuable ]mpcr. that I may confer with my planting
brethren on the subject of our great staple. |
Another-year has been added to the history of j
the production and consumption of Cotton. The ;
account has boon closed and the report submit- j
ted for examination. It beeomes us to in vest i- .
gate it carefully?ascertain how far our interest j
has l>eon promoted in the general transactions, i
and what encouragements are held out to us for j
the future crop.
The Cotton year in the United States, pom- J
mencing September 1, 1830, opened with a stock i
? ? i ?? ?..? i <ss inn k..l/w . i
on nana in uur onu mm j>oh.m ui ?,/</ i/mv^ , |
and*on the 1st. of January, 1851, the commencement
of the Cotton year in Great Britain, the
stock declared in the ports and in the interior,
was 631,120 bales making an aggregate of 70!),-1
610 bales, which, at the then rate of consumption
of the two countries, would have been equal
to the wants of their manufactures for twenty-,
tliroe weeks; and it is important that we should
bear iu mind that under such relation of supply
and demand, fair cotton was on the 1st of January,
1851, worth in Liverpool 8d a pound.
The present cotton year in the LTiitod States,
commencing September 1, 1851, opened with a
stock on hand in our own sea ports of 00,490
bales, and on the 1st of January, 1852, the commencement
of the present cotton year it: Great
Britain, the stock declared in the ports, and in
the interior, was 504,600 bales, making an aggregate
of 094,000 bales, which, at the present
rate of consumption in the two countries, would
be equal to the wants of their manufacturers for
only sixteen weeks ; and if the relation of sttpnlv
and demand was contrast* d for the two pe- i
riods with reference to the tw<> Continents in-1
stead of two countries, the difference would be i
far more striking. Enough is shown, however,!
by this limited comparison, to sntisfv every man,
that without the intervention of some very extraordinary
controlling circum-tances. tlie price
should have ruled higher on the 1st of January, 1
18.02, than it did on the 1st of January, 18oi ; |
and yet we find the quotation for fair cotton down !
to 7-Sd. Instead of an advance attending ade-:
clininif stock and increased demand, we are met
by a decline of over six cents per lb., an amount |
which, if charged upon an entire crop of full ;
size, (as is likely to l>e the case this year,) would
make a" difference in the planters' income of more
than sixty-five millions of dollars.
If there has been an adequate cnu?c for such
a state of things, the planter has no right to
complain, and to tiiis ]>oint our inquiries should
be directed.
A general war on the Continent of Europe
would doubtless have justified it. Great commercial
derangement, by which the value of mo- '
nev was greatly enhanced, and the ability of the ,
laboring population to consume cotton goods ,
impaired, might have produced it. Hut neither
of these has occurred. On the contrary, peace
has prevailed, money has been unusually abundant
and cheap in the great markets, provisions j;
have been easily obtained, and at low prices; the
laboring population of the world has been unusuilly
well employed?manufacturers have lbr a
great part of the year been working to order?
no accumulations of stocks either of goods or of '
yarns, and the consumption limited otik by the
supply of the article wanted. Such a combinanation
of circumstances, calculated to enhance j
the price of cotton has seldom occurred, and yet 1
a decline equal to forty percent, on the gross
sales, or about one half of the net price to the j
planter has taken place.
This decline is not, and never has been justified.
It had its origin in a panic b;iscd upon an j
ul/nfymf over production. Although there was j
no foundation in fact, for such an allegation, nor I
for the panic which succeeded it, yet we, the cotton
planters, permitted the perpetration of the (
mbehief to succeed, by submitting quietly to g
their demands. We sent our cotton forward?
sold it. for what it would bring?vied with each
other in over stocking the d?-^iand, in depressing
prices ami we are now feeling (lie effects ut our
imprudence to tlie tunc of Go or $70,000,000 in
the price of last year's crop.
1 tut let us for a moment examine the foundation
for this story of over production in the year
1850. In doing so, we refer to the tables and j
data furnished by Messrs. Colleman and Stolter-1
feldt, of Liverpool, in theirannual circular at the !
commencement of the present year.
The production of Cotton in 1850, which fur-1
nbhed the supply for the consumption of 1851, j
is found to be as follows, viz :
Holes.
Crop of the United States, ... 2,333.000
Imports from Jlrazil, .... 108,(570 <
' ? U'/.et Tn/lioo .('d _ . ft .17ll i
ilo. Kfryjjt, .... 03,83.'I
do. East Indies, - - - 330,174
3,800,453
Distributed for consumption,
Shipped from U. States to
France, 301.358
do. do. Continent, 200,087 j
do. do. Liverpool to do. 208.500
Consumption of I". States, 404,108
do. O. iiritain at
34,073 bales per week, 1,002,506 I
2,095.640
135,106
Thus the figures show, that so far front there |
having been an over-production, there was nctu- j
ally a deficient production to the extent of 135190
bales, and had wo access to a statement of
the supplies held in the jmrts, and by spinners :
in Franco, and on the Continent, and of the con
sumption of small places not embraced in am
commercial tables, we could readily show an ad
ditional excess of consumption, sufficient to swel
the deficiency of production to at least 300,00(
bales. Under such circumstances, can it be bo
Unvnrl flint tl.n .,11. ,.A U.
i.iut buv j/iaiuui.^ iiuuncu tnuimcivt'^ iw i;<
deceived by the same ''old humbug" of "over
production," to the extent of willingly sacrificing
one half of their labor. It is true we did!
Such has been the history of the past year1
transactions. Let us look at the prospect befop
us and see what there is to encourage us for tin
future.
Bales.
The ennsumptiomof 1831 was certainly - 2.995,G4
To this we in.iv add for the present
year as follows:
For increase in Great Britain, as is shown
by her consumption for the last seven
months. .... 105.00
For increase to France, .... GO,00
do. to the Continent, - 70,00
do. in United States, .- - 100,00
3,330,04
Of this amount required for consumption, otli
or countries will not, at any thing near the pros
out prices, supply more than 400,000 bales, lcav
ing the I'nited Slates to furnish about 2,900,001
bales. This we will not be able, to do by at leas
400,000. and consequently the consumption mus
be limited. There are two ways of limiting eon
sumption. The one is by positively refusing i
the raw material, and the other by raising th
price to such extent as to lessen the productioi
of coarse fabrics. With the present relation o
supply and demand, cotton should be wortl
12 1-2 cents, audit is only necessary for th
. ...i. . l ...? :i: I .I.-:. ,
vMiviuM?; inn > n rsici iihji'U. iir'ji irn/|?
to hold for that price and ,they will receive it ii
loss than sixty days. Why will planters refus
to pursue such a course? Why will they saeri
lice their lahorso unnecessarily as they are doinj
at jiresent ? It is simply because the ghost e
overproduction is haunting them. Speculator
and panic makers raise the report and our agri
cultural editors, good easy men, circulate it, am
some of our planters without investigating it
write long articles on it, and we are really mad
to believe that there is danger of our producinj
too much cotton. What an absurdity.
Seeing that the relation of supply and domain
would necessarily lead to enhanced prices, specu
latins early in the season sent forward their esti
mates for the crop at .1,000,000 bales, this pro
vented prices from advancing in Europe unti
they could st<x:k themselves. This they hav
done to a far extent, and are still taking ever
bale they can get, while the planter is informe?
that the production is so great that, prices mus
go down after a little. To sustain the esti mat
of heavy product, sent forward, circulars were in
dustriously distributed among the planters, urg
ing them to send forward their cotton early, a
the early market would be best. This succeed
? d to some extent in swelling the receipts, am
to a still greater extent in inducing sales on ar
rival, and consequently in keeping prices down
The estimates are now reduced to "2.700,001
bales, which though insufficient for the demand
will have to be reduced yet 2 or 100,000 bales
and by that time the planter will begin to so
tlm error he has committed in sacrificing hi
crop. Should this article Hud a place in you
columns Messrs. Editors, I may again trouble
you with my speculations on this subject.
Yours, A. C'O'JTUa I'LA.M'Li;
Aid to IIixgaky in I'uiladeimiia a Kail
irk.?The Kxceutive Committee appointed ii
Philadelphia some time ago to odtain "material
aid to Hungary," was on Saturday' at an ad
jouriu'd meeting in Independence ilall, virtually
dissolved, in eoiise<|notice of the little inter
est manifest* din the matter and the greate
claims upon the jm-nm of the citizens for the re
iiof of the sullcriiig poor of the city, resulting
from the late severe cold weather. The Commit
tee, however, previous to dissolving, appointee
n committ'c to solicit cuiitrihulions for the futu
which had already been pledged to Kossuth.
Or\ssiioitkrs in Keiiri auy?We were showi
yesterday a number of real live grasshoppers tha
had been caught to day a day or two previous
and which appeared to be as in mid-summer.?
Grasshoppers in February appear to its to a eu
riosity, particularly when we take into considers
tion she extreme cold weather that we have ex
pcrieiicod this winterr. Who can explain thei
presence at this season ofthe year.'?Has ton Sen
finely 5.'// inst.
.Mf.tiiodi.st Ki'iscoi'ai. Hook Concern, Sonn
?It is proposed in some ofthe Louisiana paper
that the funds which will come into thepossessiot
ofthe Methodist Church, hy the recent favora
hie decision of the < 'linreh vs. the Church Xortl
be used in the erection of an ex tensive. Hook ('mi
corn at Jackson, La. in the immediate vicinity
of Centenary ('< >liejo\
Jenny Link's Marriage Pit k i* a r ations,?
For some days says the I >n Transcript, Jen
nv had been very busy in making calls and pur
chases, and put on quite a /talronisiur/ air?vi
no one suspected anything wnni;;?the iteinisen
of tin: press were unalile to fathom her move
mAts, and were unable to find a straw to make :
paragraph of-?she bought her parlor plants o
Hoverv it Co., at Cambridge?her family store:
of l'iercf?her kitchen utensils at Waterman":
?her jewelry anil plate at Jones. Mall it Poor's
At thfe hist place a ray of li^ht was about ti
be given to put the mark upon the plate am
jewels, \VC HIJIH Urttr UK" .Mvin IMM>, I;UL wun
the mysterious cypher was handed to the artist
the simple ?all was darkness again. ' ()
what can this mean J" 'f>tto," "<Hto ,,f Hoses'
was all they could make of the hieroglyphic!
?
The Washington correspondent of the Now
York Herald writes that the health of Mr. Or.At
is gradually improving, and that lie will lcav<
for Ashland as soon as he is aide, in order to at
tend upon his estimable lady, who is in quite s
feelde. condition.
The Indians in Texas.?A bill has been in
troiluced into the Texas Senate, to set apart tor
leagues of land for some of the tribes of Indians
Lvli.. li-ivn f.ir a lutur time been located in tin
State.
; THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,
- TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1852.
) THO.J. WARREN, Editor.
e Our Market.
Since the receipt of the Pacific's advices, an atl?
vance has taken place in the Cotton Market?Extremes
ranging from 5 3-4 to 7 7-8.
CHARLESTON*, Feb. la.
The sales of Cotton on Saturday amounted to 1100
L bales at an advance of 1-8. Extremes 0 3-4 to 8 1-4
To Correspondents.
9 "Smiles and Tears" arc varieties in the spiec of life
that gives it real flavor. "We shall take pleasure in
publishing these beautiful lines from "A Stranger,'' in
our Friday's paper.
^ W. G. S\?Lancastcrville. S. C., your favor is at hand
q ?all correct.
Sale of Negroes.
9 There were Four lots of negroes sold at public sale
i- in this place on Monday the 2d instant. One lot of
>- over fifty averaged a fraction over $541; another lot
- of about the same number $5GG; a third lot averaged
0 $520; and the fourth, with a large proportion of sut
! perannuatod negroes averaged about. $500. They
t j were bought almost exclusively by Planters of the vi"
j cinity.
o j the advertisement of Messrs. P. F. FlemI,
INO k Co. in another column.
The Lancaster Ledger.
IVc have received the first number of a paper bearing
the above title, published at Lancaster Couit House,
u by It. S. Bailey, Esq.. formerly Editor of the Laurcs|
vilie Herald. The paper is of good size, neat in appear*
| ance, and from Mr. B.'s experience, we have no doubt
r j it will prove worthy of a liberal patronage.
The Giant-Boy.
| "Will wonders never cease ? "We presume not, since
,j ; mnn is said himself to be fearfully and wonderfully
made?we expect as long as the world shall stand, that
j wonders will never cease. The Nova Scotia Giant is
r | the most wonderful specimen of humanity which our
j eyes over beheld Whilst on a recent visit to Charles
J | tUIX, UUl I'lllivaitjr Wit9 glUUIIW *t} rt WW)V VI WHO IV
._ ; markabie and precocious youth.
h I His name is Angus McKnskill, a l>eardless chap of
| 19 years, stands in his shoes seven feet eight inches
] high, and weighs 119 pounds. By his side a common
sized person appears almost a dwarf. It is stated that
v Governor Means stood under his arm. and we know
1 | that a pretty ('ill stretch is necessary to reach the sumt
tnit of his pericranium, which unlike that of ancient
c | indigent Edward, is profusely covered with the sub
stance which usually vegetates in that vicinity.
Ho will likely visit Cauiden, and all will have an
s opportunity of seeing for themselves.
1 A Small Accident.
On Saturday last, whilst the cars were progressing
i. with considerable rapidity on the South Carolina Bail
) j Road, a small accident occurred a few miles below LewI,
isvillo. The''Hampton," a passenger car gave way, by
which the rear wheels or trucks, were forced nearly
t* through the floor, causing considerably of a break. The
s i accident was slight, and did but little injury to the
'' car, and none to the passengers. Wo were somewhat
' amused at a bit of a wag on board, when the danger
iwas over, enquiring of one of the disconititted passcng.-rs.
(whom we suspect retired precipitately from the
airillv VI Iltovil/ II liv; n*??i inn ?. Wiv;i
, Parcxli.
Wo expected to have had the opportunity of hearing
. this celebrated vocalist whilst in Charleston, but wore
disappointed. Her great success in Richmond hasindu
ced her to repeat her entertainments in that city, and
r consequently, she will appear on Thursday next in
- Charleston.
I The Prometheus Affair Settled.
1 "We extract the following from the Evening Xews, of
1 Friday:?"The despatches which were expected from
Mr. Lawrence, our Minister in England, were received
in Washington oil Monday. Mr. Lawrence writes that
, I Lord Granville has made tlie most ample disavowal of
^ j the outrage on the Prometheus, and expressed the
I greatest desire to preserve the most amicable relations
-1 with the United States.
ti.? .......i...,?? ?.;n oi.^rti.-1... i..:.i lw.r.^r. r .
- j 1 111* ^WIIVS^UIIUVIIVV 141 oill/llljr VV 4?4IV? MVIUIV \-?v/u-1
grcss. Sir Henry Bulwer will not, it is said, come to
- . the United States. Mr. Crainpton, the now British Minr
j istcr being authorized to adjust all matters of dispute,
- arising out of the Nicaragua treaty."
Death of the Rev. J. F. W. LepparcL
It is with great regret we see the death of this wors
thy gentleman, and excellent divine, announced in the
, ' States' Rights Republican, of Saturday evening last
. ' I lis noble efforts in. and his devotion to the cause of
, Temperance, will he long cherished and fondly remem.
bercd by the friends of the Order in the State. lie
' was at one time Oratid Chaplain in the Orand Division,
and was known and universally beloved by friends and
acquaintances. The Republican says:?
Wc learn, with deep regret, the death of this
* gentleman, which took place, aft or a brief illness,
' at his residence, at Lexington C. II.. yesterday
11 evening. We deeply sympathise with his im4
mediate family and connexions, in this sudden
" and melancholy bereavement.
1 Mr Li;itakd was a pious and distinguished
minister of the Lutheran Church, of great usc'
fulness, ami universally esteemed for his many
*! virtues. We trust that some friend will furnish
| us with a suitable tribute to his memory.
1 Cure for Coughs.
1 Place a fresh egg in half pint of Liuio or Lcinon
' juice, let it remain all night, rub off as much of the
shell as possible in the morning, then break it in the J
mixture, add two gills of Jamaica Rum. thesamoquau- j
tity of honey and olive oil, mix them all well together, j
and bottle, take a wine glass full, two or three times a
" day, shake the bottle well before using.
I This is said to bean admirable mixture for colds and J
5: coughs. Tho preparation is cheap and simple, and
may do incalculable good.
j Madam doctors are soon likely to have up their j
; signs at every corner. In addition to the large demon.
stration in Philadelphia, wo see that nine ladies are at- j
*1... r'ollnirn nf PiffcVilirrr
J i UIU lllllinVW^HUV <wu..vbv. b
! A Lieutenant 'Governor is to lie sent out to the Capo
5 j of Good hope to administer the civil affairs of the col|
onv whilo the Govomor is absent at the seat of war.
x
A SMALL LOT OF BREVITIES.
"They 8ay"and "the people say." are terms of very
doubtful significance. Press the. enquiry home upon
any one individual, and the result shows that "they"
and "the people," through John Smith or some other notable
character, say, that Jim Brown has'nt more sense
than two men ought to have. John Smith is then resolved
into a committee of the whole?is "the people,"
and the people say a good many things they hadn't
ought to.
Brbvity.?Tnto how narrow a oomnnss has Seneca
compressed his account of the total destruction of Lyons
by fire. "Between a great city and none, only a
single night intervened!"
'It's hard, but it's fare," as the coachman said when
lie charged his passengers double price.
Tiie L\tiies.?"We are exceedingly sorry to say any
thing against the ladies, but we have lately found out
that they arc most arrant thoives; they do not scruple
to hook one another's dresses!
It is stated that an entire change in the naval uniform
is to be made very shortly?a board composed of
Captain Brecse, Commander Ringgold, and Lieutenant
Blunt, is at present engaged in the matter, assisted
by the head of the Naval Bureaus.
! It is not true, as stated that the administration have
given notice to Great Britan of a termination of the
Tostal Treaty between the LTnitcd States and her. It
is only true that such a notice is talked of and thought
; of Great Britan manages to get the Lion's share of
this business, and treats us unfairlv. A new Treatv,
. .
I therefore, seems to be desirable, if not indispensable,
j De Potter, the Belgian patriot, wrote a pamphlet
twenty years ago, "On the manner of conducting a
revolution so that no after revolution shall be necessary."
Louis Napoleon has probably read this pamphlet.
Thurlow Weed savs Louis Nanoleon has a vouthful
appearance, a quick eye and an alert step. His bearin?
is graceful. ITc'evidently believes that his 'star is
leading him to supreme power.' That he possesses
great talents, courage aud vaulting ambition, is quite
certain.
Alphabetical Extravagakce.?Mr. Hodge, our
commercial agent at Marseilles, spells his namo
with two letters more than are necessary to designate
him.?Boston Post.
brilpiko ix New York.?Two thousand four hundred
buildings were erected in New York last year,
and three of them in the Fifth Avenue cost -50,000
each.
Hon* A. Bi'RT.?We learn from the Abbeville Banner
that Mr Burt is confined to his home in that district by
severe indisposition, but the editor expresses thehopo
that ho will soon be able to return to his post.
At the Washington Navy Yard, the mechanics are
preparing to build a pretty vessel to supersede the present
steamer "Water Witch.
The line of steamers lietween England and Africa
will commence running next October. There will bo
three of them sailing probably from Southampton.
The Augusta papers state that a lot of 87 bales of
Cotton, of the crop of Mr Greene Moore, of Greeno
county, was sold in that city on Friday for 8 l-2c.
For the Camden Journal.
I The undersigned were appointed a Committee to prepare
a minute expressive of the sense of Wateree Division
No, 9. in view of the Lectures of P. S. White,
delivered in Camden, on tne evenings ot tne 20, ddanu
4t!i inst., with a request that the same be published in
the Camden Journal and Temperance Advocate.
"Whereas, Through the agency of the Grand Division,
we have had the pleasure and benefit of hearing the
addresses of P. m. "W. P. Piiilip S. "White, of the National
Division S. ofT.. whoso eloquent appeals, unanswerable
argument and apt illustration, have strengthened
the hands and renewed the confidence of the
friends of the Temperance Reform, while they have divested
our opponents of every pretest, save such as
are based upon interest, appetite or prejudice.
I Resolved, That we tender to Brother "White our grate- f
ful acknowledgments for the very able and interesting
! lectures with which he favored us.
' Resolved, That we regard his argument drawn from
the Holy Scriptures as entirely unanswerable, and feel
well assured that wherever these truths are properly
appreciated and our Institution well understood, that
our cause must meet the approbation and support of the
religious portion of the community. *
Resolved, That we commend Brother "White to tho
confidence of our Order throughout the State, aitl trust
that an influence will result from his labors that will
I batter down the strongholds of this most hideous and
| tearful enemy of our race.
On behalf of Waterec Division No. 9, Sons of Tcm'
pcrance.
A. II. KENNEDY,)
J. B. KERSIIAW, [-Committee.
W. M. SHANNON.)
KossuiKs chance in Eurojtc.?A writer from
Paris says, that the course of Kossuth in England
and America, is viewed with very general
ridicule in France. All admit his wonderful
powers as an orator: many allow, also, his paj
triotism and his philanthropy. But, for the
I most part, he is regarded either as a vain and
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turber of the world's peace. The writer does "
not question Kossuth's motives, hut thinks it
certain lie has played with Ledru Rollin, Mazzini,
and others, into the handc of despotism; and
has contributed largely to precipitate and excuse
j the course of Louis Napoleon. "At all events,m
; h is mission is over, so far as Earojye is concern|
vd. It is quite clear, from late developments,
' that not only is Europe closed against him, but
if he had a chance to return to Hungary, he
would fnd that nation by no means ttnaniinous
in his favor.''1
Energy of Charcter.?Prof. Tatlock, in his
lecture before the North Adam Lyceum, on a re[
cent evening, gave the following illustration of
this principle in human nature, in comparison
with pride:
"About forty years ago, a young man with
limited capital, commenced business in the city
of Boston, and was obliged to employ a single
clerk, on a small salary. A lady called at his
store one day and made some purchases, which |
she wished delivered at her residence. Tho
merchant requested his clerk to deliver tho bundle
as required. He declined; the merchant
immediately took the bundle, and delivered it as
directed. The clerk never was worth a hundred
dollars in his life; the merchant was Amos Lawreuce,
now a millionaire."
About four hundred and fifty laborers are employed
on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
between Memphis and LaGrange. The work is
being energetically prosecuted.