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A Man* Walking with uis fket upwards.?
We are a!i familiar with the power ot' llies to
attach themselves to smooth surfaces with their
feet upwards 0:1 the ceilings ot' our dwellings,
and when the faculty of doing so is explained on
the principle of gravitation, it is satisfactory but '
that such an operation should be performed by a !
human being we confess our incredulity is scarce- i
Iv set at roil by the evidence of those who are ;
s iiU to oftl-r in proof of the fact oocular demon-:
slration. Vet there c:ui be ? ? mistake in the
extraordinary circumstance, as narrated below,
being a complete reversal of the law of gravatiuu.
The article appeals in the Pittsburg t'ommcreiul
Journal of Augustt), audi he statement .avouched i
by respectable persons:
ExiKAOUDINARV EXPERIMENT.? .1 Mail irrtlk- !
wig, head tlou'iiwml, an the crifiir/ !?Mr. John J
.MeUormic gave a private txhil-ition on Thurs-!
day evening, at L-ifaytto llall, of .pine a number
of philosophical experiments. The mo-t j
extraordinary was that of walking (by mentis;
ofapair ofshocs of a peculiar construction.) in an j
inverted position, tijontlie under surface of a!
highly polished slab of Italian marble, nine feet j
by three in dimensions, wiiich Mr. M. suce-.dvciv ;
- - - - * t 1
performed?a teat never before acir.ev a i>v any
man! lie afterwards explained that a flight do- ;
loot in the aparatus, c.t-ily rem died render J
his task more arduous than usual. After the
exhibition u ;ls over Gen. Larimer made a tew |
remarks, stating that "th \v had Wen called together
to witness one of the strangest performances
ever exhibited here or elsewhere; that Mr.
J.McCormick (through his excellent friend, Caj t.
James R. Ilendricson) had invited u- to be pe out
on the occasion to witness his walking on the |
inverted plane, <fcc., i>i obedience Jo that invita-;
tion we came here to witness the great fens, and
we eid witness it; J. MeCurmic d.d walk on an j
inverted plane a distance of nine feet; we are wit.
nesses of the tact, and it is but due to the parties !
that the public should be so advised in order that j
a full sense of this meeting should bo hail, he
moved that Win, M. Shinti, E*qr., a scientific !
man, take the chair. Whereupon the largo audience
present organized by choosing Wm. M.
Shinn' Esq., Chairman, and J. IL-ton Foster, j
Secretary?when (after some remarks by Gen.
Larimer) on motion of M.r II. I). King. Messrs. i
E. II. Ileastings, Jos. Snowden, and W. If. Xeg-1
ley were appointed a Committee for the purpose,'
and repoted the following resolutions;
Resolved, 1 hat Mr.'McCormick has satisfaetor- i
ily performed all that he has promised, and fu!lv |
> ' ' c _ ?n.:? ...* I
Ucmoiistrat- u mat nis invention ior v.,iimuK upon
the polished -lab of marble, in an inverted position,
is no humbug.
Risulvcd, That the thanks of this meeting be
tendered to Capt. IL-i. 1 rick son, for the pecuniary
and other assistance he has rendered the lecturer.
Risolocl, That Mr. McGSrmick be nyju sted t o
deliver a public course of lectures in Pittsburg,
and that this meeting pledge themselves to assist
him in the prosecution of his scientific researches.
.
After some remarks from Gen. Lariin t, IV v.
Homer J. Clark, Rev. Charles Cook"", and oth rs,
the resolutions were unanimously adopted, and j
J. Heron Foster appointed a Committee to piV
pare the proceedings for publication.
Whereas, Wc have witness'd with the greatest
interest the experiments of Mr. John McCormick,
the result of many years n search and labor,
involving principles of philosophial intorast:
Therefore,
Resolved, That (in the opinion of this meeting)
the th.ink.j of th!.- community arc due Mr. McCorinick,
not only for his original experiments,
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but lui' ttie improvements upon uir ui;-tu?<m.o j
of others, which we have witnessed this evening.
lira and Insurance.?The New York Mirror
thus discourses on these topics:
"At present the fire-question is turned off, in
conversation, in the most heedless manner, fine
says?'g-t insured, and trouble yourself no further.'
Another shows his familiarity with great j
ideas, by pronouncing some great fire 'a mere
nothing in such a city as this.' The sage optimist
thinks 'it will make work for poor mechanics.'
The irritable man scolds awhile about incendiaries.
and then forgets the matter. Tl.e
man of indolent mind is sure that nothing can |
be done. The masses probably see or hear of
each fire a> a single event, and never think of
any causes or consequences or precautions in a
general way.
"Cannot fires be prevented ? How can the
iucerdiaiv fire a good brick building from without
? And how can he enter a house prope rly
watched ? Let faithful men slc-? p in ov< ry build
ing, with all facilities for defence, and cv? ry preparation
for extinguishing a commencing fire,
and how arc our valuable brick buildings to be
destroyed by inemdiarirss ? As to accident?
count up the building4: which need to be in an
exposed condition. Some kinds of mantita--tur?* j
* "" * * 'ill 1 I I
may in sunt to involve consiueraoio uangi-i-; nm
how many of our fires occur in such establish-;
ments? The truth is, that for many of tli< mj
there is no decent apology. Tlierc is unpardoti- j
able inattention to the precautions which com-.
inon sense points out as reasonable.
"Now t!ie whole question of precaution need*'
to bo discussed. In this inventive age, <l:-? u?i
sion leads to discovery. New methods will be ;
devised if the public mind is brought to b? ar j
strongly upon the point. The object is a great
one. Ta.k of th* growth of the country ? Sup- !
po.?e that on .some naked plain we could gather
all the houses, stores, factories, churches.
A:c., which are burned in one year in the baited
States 1 IIow large a city would it make ??
Then increase this new city year by year, with
the amount of property now annually r ?luc< ?l
to ashes, and we should indeed have something
to boast of. .
"If the Insurance system, now so popular, i<
annihilating th /rough private watchfulness. and
supplying no adequate substitute, it is time to
find it out. If a wr.-tch'-d locirin-', which teach )
es that to burn up the fruits *>t* human toil, and !
to diminish the amount of !'< ?l and clothing in :
the world, is to benefit mankind ?if such a d'*1-1
t rine is d> -cowing the people, |.-t its ;il?-ur?litv l?e
fully and unremittingly exposed. If fur more
powerful municipal law is n.-ed-d, l?-t it l?<- furnish*
J. if new modes of building are called for,
let Am erica ii ingenuity be put t<> the task of devising
them. Any thing but inditr-rnce, aflirt"d
ime u.cpii:. and destructive philosophy."
The Oki.^a.vs Family.?The "Washington
Globe supplies the following statement of facts
in reference to this matter, which will be read
with Interest:
Loni? Philippe, who was an ambitious man
and fond of power and money, and always kept
an eye to the main chance. On the day before
lie moffnted the throne, in August, 1SH0, he
executed a deed of gill?a dotation the French
call it?iii favor of his children, of all his va-u
property, amounting to about two Inindnd millions
of francs, reserving to himself the usual
l'ruct of it. by which ih>- conveyance remained
inoperative until after his death. The reason for
the deed of gift was this: liv the laws and usages
of franco for a long time kick, a person coming
to the throne, ceased to own private projierty.
and all that he was in possession of previously,
became, Ipso fad'), vested in the Crown; that
is it was annexed to th ; sovereignty^ let that
sovereignty he where it might. This law Louis
Philippe d:?rogard-d, and thought that by his
dotation lie would secure to his family all his
enormous wealth.
There was some' discussion about his proceeding
at the- time, but 110 resistance to it, a* the
"Citizen King"' was then too popular to be resisted.
And so things went on during his reign
of seventeen year* and a half. When ho went
into exile in 1848. his dispositions in regard to
his property were respected, and continued to
he so uiril the 2od of Janun-y last, on which day
Louis Napoleon, by a decree of about a dozen
lines, eonfiseat"d to the use of the State, the
whole of the estate of Louis Philipe included in
his dotation, on the ground that that act was
illegal, and that on his accession, his estates vested
bv operation of law. in the sovereign, without
respect to the person. The lawyers difter about
this: but the usage and the precedents are against
th dotation. Henry the Fourth attempted to
d i the same thing that L >ui- Philippe did, but
his designs were frustrated by the Parliaments?
then judicial tribunals?and he finally ae^uies
ceil in their decision.
Is this T11K FniERTAIXMKNT to which WE
were Invited.?Telegraphic despatches received
lie re yesterday, announced that Waiter Brooke,
a Whig had Keen elected to the Senate of the U.
States, in place of < r.-nerai Fuote, resigned, for
the term ending March, ISo-'J. and that Stejdien
Adams, rniua Democrat, had been elected ti?r
the unexpired term of General Davis. The Uni->n
party has a majority on joint ballot of 20
voter. %
It thus appears that the submission Democrats
of Mississippi have refused to re-unite with
the Southern 1 lights Democrats, although the
latter constitute about fuur-tiflhs of what was
once the Democratic party of that State, and
this, notwithstanding the Southern Rights Democrats,
aft- r the Convention election of the State,
proposed the re-u:iion.
We never did concur in tliat movement of the
.Southern Rights Democrats <>f Mississippi; for
we w-re satisfied that the division was deeper
than Democracy, as it is commonly understood.
But the experiment was tried, and has failed.?
The submission Democrats however, had a plausible
excuse for eh cling Fuote, for he still pretended
to be a D.-mocrat; but they have now
distinctly r- nourc'd and rej udiatcd re-union, by
voting for and electing one Whig, in order to secure
the election of one of their own men, belonging
to a small fragment of the party, This
result is in accordance with the policy adopt'd
bv tie* Washington Uulon last summer, and
that pur iH'd !; re. The offices and spoils arc to
ia*, :.i. 1 -.!?.< t Bo nu'ii whrtlwr
U?- y
Whigs or Democrats, until th-oxpcrim'-nt could
L* mail- wh'-ther the .Southern Kii^Iits men
would nut agr. o to bestow t!?<* principal part of
tie-in on the Compromise* I < in<<rais, as, w- presume,
a sort of i ward for establishing tho Com'oromi
e.? Southern Press.
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Arrest on suspicion of Kidnapping.?A white
man who gave-his nam- as Win. D. Rose, arrived
It-re yesterday in the Wilmingron Steamer
with a negro in charge, v. Loin it appeals was ordered
l?y him to remain upon the wharf while he
went in search of a broker, but during hi-absence
the negro, who is about 17 years of age,
was questioned by l'olico oilier Daniel Twohill,
who was present, and the answers such as to induce
the arrest of the white man (Rose) upon his
return and that of the boy. They were both
taken before hi- Honor th- Mayor, to whom we
are ind' bt* d for the following fads elicited during
trie examination:
Win. L>. Hose stated that he lived in Northampton
county, North Carolina. That sometime
ago a Mr. Humphrey Gums told him to
catch the boy, whom he'calN Tom or Nuke; that
he was a runaway; that if he would take him to
Charleston and sell him, or failing to do so, would
hire him to the Wimingtoii Kailr<>ad Company
he would give him *o0. 1 ?umj*!ir< y Cuius
lives ti\e mile- from Kicii Square, Northampton
county. Rose has no documents or written authority
on the subject; is himself not the owner
of any slave; says he is a stranger both in Charleston
and Wilmington never was at either place
before, and got the Captain of steamer Wilmington,
to clear the boy in the Custom House at
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Wilmington. At the ivijuesi of Rose, the Mayor
yesterday wrote the Magistrate M. W. Smallwood,
residing next the Host Cilice at Rich
Square, as above, also to Mr. Win. Cuius, to
come on forthwith and attend to the matter.
The negro asseverates most positively that lit
is a free man, and say his nauieis William Fran
C* N uhely Davis, sou x?f l?:t-y Davis, ;t free born
woman m arly white. Tin- l*>y i- a music'1, am!
says h<' was boumj to .service by his niotlier to
Humphrey < iim.s till lie wa>'Jl; that lie had but
more years to serve, when beint; ill treated by
a .Mr I'ottom, to whom lie washir-d, he left, am
he has been Working out since lor himself, am
thai he was taken by Hose while to tting out
staves near Halifax' X. (on hist Friday, am
tl.al liose forced him to mount a horse (tellin?
iiiin In- would take home;) but conveyed him f<
to Wilmington, and theme to Charleston, am
that lie was not aware be Hose that he was
for sale.
The affair wearing a rather supiciuus aspect
his Honor has deemed it correct to detaim d hot I
uni ties in custody for further emjuiry.
Charleston Kvcuiny News.
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Tlio Austrian ?uvcrrim<nt have oi?J#*re?l a ]
vv < i' ho.ooo ni"M f<? ivinforcf! th'j arm v.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
FRIDAY'EVEXING, FEBRUARY 27, 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
TV/T-.
wui luamuu
YTe have no change to make in our Tuesday's quo!
tations of Cotton, the prices of that day being sustainj
ed. viz: f> 3-1 to 7 7-3.
Charleston quotations. 0 to 8 1-4.
Branch Bank of Camden.
Tito following o-entleinen have heen elected
Directors for this Dranch. f.?r the enming year:
President?mOMAR SALMOXD.
Dhrciors?A. D. Jones, John Cantev, W.
Kennedy, L. L. Wh(taker.
Economy.
Xo one is thanked for giving advice where it is unasked.
but as we have no personal end in view, or object
to accomplish, consequently there can be none to
thank or condemn us. we venture a few common place
ideas up"n the subject which heads the remarks which
follow.
So far as relates to theory, we have been an economist
all our life, but carry the idea out into practical
matters, we arc like all others who have dealt in theories,
have derived no substantial good from what we
have known. Experience has proved how greatly in
error we have been. This instructor is said to bo the
only teacher from which a certain class, not remarkable
j for wisdom will ever learn.
It is not the real wants of man which cause him anx|
iety and trouble. Those things only which arc cssen
I tial to his being, may. by a moderate degree of industry,
be acquired without great labor?they are simpleand
few. Hut the causes of our great anxiety are those
multitudinous etcctr.is, which make up the great aggregate.
Too oftcu. however, extremes are gone into
either by men being too parsimonious and mean about
little things, whilst weightier matters arc uncared for.
It is possible that one may be stingy and at the same
time extravagant?a strange paradox to be sure, but
yet, true. There is an old and safe maxim?take care
of the peace, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
In our vernacular, take care of the dimes, and
the dollars will be sure to take care of themselves.
It is poor encouragement to the industrious and economical
lather, who is trying to lay up for his hopeful
sou, the accumulated earnings of many years, to sec
that youth spend his money for cigars and liquor;
which, although small matters at the time, yet, at the
closing up of each year, would make no insigniticant
sum to deposit in a Savings Hank. We are told by
j these precocious youths?"boy-i ien''?that we are too
1 prosy!?unfashionable! Yes, here is the wicked word.
I L"nfa.-hiouable!! The rock upon which thousands have
\f mlia katrn /j?v?I>orlrrw 1 iitw.ti t'nn vnr.nmi
pUriSHUU. .UtlUJ VU?Vv*.??v? ?|/VrU k..v *"J?bv
of life with hopes full and buoyant, their frail crafts
could not resist the whirlpool of fashionable excess, and
they have gone down into endless ruin. Many who are
in the daily indulgences of what arc called amusements
and pleasures, whom?
"Foilions brightest arts decoy,
V.'itli hearts distrusting ask if this be joy!"
"With those whose habits arc formed and become fixed
facts, it is useless to attempt to argue. There are others
however, whoso young and tender minds arc open
for the reception of truth.
The force of example does more to keep up this
fashionable extravagance than all other causes combined.
and each one must bo his own judge how far ho
is responsible f jr the perpetuity of this evil. A man's
duty does not cease when he merely discharges those
obligations which arc absolutely binding upon him, and
rcpiircd as well for his own protect ion as that ofotli,
ors. lie owes duties to society, and the well-bci:.g of
others is measurably committed to his care as a sacred
trust. It is truly said "Society is hound together by
the law of reciprocal uses; every thing we do or say,
has some reference to others; in fact there is no act of
our life, that docs not in some way impress itself upon
those- around us." Unfortunately human nature is more
apt to follow the example of evil than good, and hence
the necessity of those who are looked up to, setting
such examples as they will never have cause to bo
neliiinif-il of.
Returning attain fur a short time to our text, we \vi!l
tin<l Hie rule an admirable one in practical life, Never
to purchase an article because it is cheap, for which we
have no need. This maxim is worthy a place in the
vocabulary of all household words. I'rint it upon the
door posts, and impress it upon tire minds of the young
and rising generation. Teach them sobriety, industry
and economy, and it will "adorn them more than ermined
robe or kingly diadem." Potter leave them the
rich legacy, the example of a life of probity and industry,
than hoards of tarnished gold, for in adverse times
riches take wings and fly away, hut virtue is best
when misfortunes come. There is scarcely a household
which might not be rid of much useless lumber, which
has accumulated from year to year. Persons arc led
into the error of buying because tilings arc cheap, and
tints we may become burdened with debts which arc
far easier made than paid.
The credit system, against which we huvo a peculiar
dislike, autl would if possible wage a war of extermination,
is the worst enemy against which Economy has
to contend. If cash was paid for every article a person
bought, there would be but little need to publish
' lldurn Day* as mat ters of general information.
Northern Movements.
Tito Washington Correspondent of the Charleston
Courier gives the following items of news:
"At tho North wo find that the excitement on the
subject, of the Maine lirjuor law, has taken a political
turn, and Ccn. Uoiston and Mr. P. T. Eauntm, arc
| talked of as tho candidates of the Ultra-temperanc;
, party, for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
"As this is the session for land projects, an old one
for giving lands to the landless throughout the Union
I has been revived. This bill has been brought forwart
1 in the House, under the auspices of Mr. Anuukw Joiin
l j son, o!'Tennessee. It gives land to "every man. maid
I J and widow," who will go and occupy it. It is advoca
1 j ted on the ground that it will release the old States o
i surplus population, and will distribute the bcnelits o
' j the public domain among tho people of the old States
" \v!iii are not likely to obtain any more direct boiieli
! from it. Tlie ticw .States will not oppose it, and it tin
. members from tlio old States 1'uvorit, the bill will pro
bably pass. An early day lias been assigned for takinj
it up.
"The latest intelligence from Franco does not increase
tlm probability of war against Kngland, and, in the
meantime, Great liritain is berome so well prcparet
th tt an attempt at invasion will l?' hazardous.
: Nai'OLECMT, in the midst of his power, is in n bad
! way. if il bo trtio that the condition of its tenure, is the
employment of the army in a foreign war."'
Safe Rule3.
i The following rules observed in practical life cannot
' possibly lead us est ray. It is said that Mr. Jefferson,
' in a letter of advice to his name-sake Thomas Jefferson
. Smith, in 1325, gave the nine which follow. Wc have
ventured a word of comment:
1. ''Never put off till to-morrow what you can do
to-day."
An important rale, the neglect of which teaches too
certainly that "procrastination is the thief of time."
2. "Never trouble others lor what vou can do yourself."
11 is even possible that our best friends may become
weary ol us.
3. "Never spend your money before you have it."
The credit system interferes greatly with the working
of this rule.
J. "Never buy what you do not want becauso it is
cheap."
Debts may be made, easier than paid.
5. "Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst or cold.'
An expensive garment to wear, the sooner laid off
the better.
G. "We never repent having eaten too little."
Be temperate in all things is a good motto. -1
7 u <rnnl.lfv<f?riA flint. u*e do willinylv."
"Where the will is free to act, the difficulty is easily
removed in ordinary cases.
8. ' Flow much pain those evils cost us which never
happened."
! The imaginary ills of life frequently out number its
real ones.
0. "When angry, count ten before you speak; if
very angry, a hundred."
This rule carried out would effectually preclude the
possibility of a practical.demonstration of the saying?
"a word and a blow"?but the blow came first.
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Arthur's Home Gazette.
Wo have received copies of this excellent family paper.
The numbers sent us commence, and continue a
story by Mr Simms, of this State, called "Marie De Bernicre."
Wo hope Mr. AitTnuit intends to exchange regularly
with us, as we desire to keep up this friendly intercourse.
We have always admired his writings for their
elevated morality, and believe they are calculated to do
good. The columns of the Guzdle will bo kept free
from all pernicious matter, having a tendency to lower
the standard of virtue, or injure the mind.
It is stated that the value of labor is so greatly enhanced
in some portions of Michigan by the emigration
| to California, that ?20 a month and board, is readily
trim tnnm fori
Within the last year forty-eight ships have heen added
to the fleet of whalers belonging to New-Bedford.
Nearly half the Importation of sperm and whale oil for
the whole country is entered at that port.
A dispatch from Washington in the New-York Herald,
states that our Minister at Constantinople has coneluded
and sent home a treaty'with Persia, which places
the U. .S. on a footing with the most favored nations.
Among the contribution recently received to the
Washington Monument fund is the sum of one thousand
dollars, contributed in stuns of filly dollars by
mercantile lirms belonging to the city of San Francisco,
California.
The London Tiuw says that one of the schemes suggested
in Paris, is ' for Franco to bargain with Russia
for the cession of tho left bank of tho Rhine, as an equivalent
for the occupation of Constantinople ly Russia."
A train of ninety-live cars, drawn by two locomotives,
passed over the Hudson river on the Gth inst.
It w;?s more tliati-n mile in length.
Anomieii Uevolutioxaky Soumek Gone.?It
is a solemn scene at all times, to consign a fellow
mortal to the tomb, but how much more so,
wln-n called imou to lay in tlie cold grave, a revolutionary
latln r of four .-core and nine, and such
it wa> our privilege to wittn-ss in consigning the
: . _ ,1.1., II Mr
i.'lM r>'l!Ktlll*> W! liult m;iii tawi" ?. *iv?
n**l Chandler, sr. who <1 *|?:irtcil this lite on the
morning nf tlie lOlhof Kcbuary 1852. lie cnten
(I the Brigade of Ceil. Marion in early life,
and bore an active part in many of that illustrious
General's encounters with the tones and
B.itSh as also at. the Kutaw Springs and in every
*tiaggie of his gallant little State, against the
?dir| ations of the General Government, has always
s|oi)<l fir.n for Stat- Rights as in '32, so in
51' he was much mortified at the thoughts of
South Carolina becoming so"Bdegenerate in Patriotism,
as to wish to succumb to Northern aggression.
lie leaves a widowed wife, with whom
he had lived near seventy years, to deplore his
loss.?Suniti r Watchman.
The Magnetic Telegraph in Mexico.?We
learn from our exchanges that a party of Americans
have put up a line of magnetic telegraph
from the city of Mexico to Napoluean, a distance
of one hundred and fifty miles, or halfway down
to Vera Cruz, to which it is to he extended in
ni.iTifltc f mm Tito Iirm
j up is doing :i wry fair business, the receipts avj
craging$35 per day, and the expenses about ?1").
' , These receipts will he'largely increased when the
i line is finished to Very Cruz. Another line is in
i contemplation from the city of Mexico to Acapulco,
on the Pacific, 300 miles further, which
will connect the Atlantic and Pacific.
i * *
Telegraph to Cuba.?Joaquin Cnrideogo, of
. j Cardenas, proposes, in a letter to the Xow-( >rleans
I Courier, the construction of a floating sub-marine.
, Telegraph from Cape Sable, in Florida, to Key,
West, and from thence to llicacas, Cuba. The
: distance from Cape Sable to II., is lf>0 miles,
,; and the cost of the wire is estimated at $300,000.
Mr. (?. says "the execution of this project would
| augment business and commercial relations be.
; tween the United States and Cuba immensely."
1 Shocking OcrrrtiiKNCB.?While demolishing
,! our breakfast the other morning, we were forcibly
struck with the unusually rich flavor of our milk;
I indeed, the event was one of such singular char'
j aeter, that we determined to inform ourselt ot
i the cause. At tii^t we were under the inipres3
j sion that our milkman luul read the Picayune,
' ... i. . . i . _ .i . ,i:?
ii!ni ion :i latent regain i'>r un* funui, u?n
' clear up all doubt, wo despatched a telatrraphic
enquiry to a friend in Orange county, asking for
} an explanation. After two hours of inexprcssihie
suspense, we received the following answer:
' "The pumps in this section are all frozen."
?V. J". Picayune.
Gen. Cass is the great expositor of the Inter|
vention doctrine in the Congress of the United
State-'. lie is not, lie affirms, the advocate of
! Mmno.l intervention in the nfthirs of other coun
I ; -
(trie?. He abjures the use offeree in the conflicts
: which now or hereafter may signalize the battle
| of Democracy with Absolutism in Europe. But
( he is the supporter of what is called the moral
, influence of Protests and Declarations. By the
| magic of words is the effect to bo wrought which '
! is to inspire hope 011 one side and induce despair
j on the other. Now if paper pellets ever turned
I aside tyranny or balked ambition, unbacked bv
j physical force, there might be some potency in
! the logic of such verbal warfare, but without mili
itary preparation, to sustain Declarations and
i Protests, they are not merely idle?they are posi
itively mischievous. They leave a sting behind.
! They rankle and produce bitter fruits at some
period or other. We hope, therefore, that the
Senate will have nothing to do with the generalities
which have found a place in certain resolutions
now before that body. *.
The world is not governed by abstract declarations.
Gen. Cass seeias to attach great importance
to the re-affirmance of those principles
of public law that protect the indopend<yice of ^
nations, ar.d impliedly exclude armed intervention.
Well a combination of powerful sovereignties
may do some thing to restore or preserve international
principles or maxims winch are falling
into disuotude or trampled upon. But what
gives significance to such a combinatiou is the
.l/.i?rM,cfr-ori/,,1 r\f r>/~iuv.r tr> fmtVirCC the Conclusion?.
The United States are provobially averse to such
military preparations as would give to their Protest
any tiling tnorc than the virtue that resides
in a well reasoned document. But making no
exhibition of force, and standing alone-in protesting,
would in the end leave us without national
dignity. Our protest would be laughed at as a 1
mere bmtumfulrnen. In a joint Protest of En
gland and the United States, there would be
some rationality, provided there were reciprocal
stipulations to back it with their united physical
strength. >?
The analogy sought between Mr. Monroe's
Declaration and a protest or Declaration by
Congress, under existing circumstances, fails in
real similitude. The great political event of that
day was the Holy Alliance. It had met at Verona
in 1822, and France, under its sanction,
had put into force its maximcs of intervention
by the invasion of Spain, and the overthrow of
the Spanish Constitution of the Cortes. The v
apprehension was entertained that the Holy Alliance
would extend their system of intervention 1
to the American continent. This led to Mr.
Monroe's Declaration. Now, there is no such
Alliance?no such combination. There is no part
of this continent that invites attack?no insurgent
colonies to recover?no scheme of colonization
on foot for the implantation of principles of
Absolutism. We published a declaration in 1824,
that no footing should be had on this continent
for monarchy^ We arc counselled to proclaim
in 1851 that no interference should be pcrill
FlITOIlO. Is tllCfC UnV
similarity in the circumstance? Whenever the
league of Absolute princes hi Europe menaces
American liberty, a Protest, standing alone,
would not save us. We would have to rely on
our physical ability to repel attack. But a Protest
against prospective dangers, unbacked by
what Can alone give it efficacy, determination to take
up arms if it is treated contemptuously,
would be a serious injury to national character, i
if it did not hazard the peace of the country.
The elF'Ct. of Mr. Monroe's Declaration has
been exaggerated. It alone did not keep invasion
from the American continent. At tbe same
time Mr. Panning gave the Holy Alliance reason
to know that if they directed their arms across
the Atlantic, so as to nieuce the independence
of the South-American Suites Great Britain
would arm in their defence.?Earning Xcics.
For two or three days past, the organs of the x
different political parties and abolition cliques in J
this city have been discussing the cause and effect ^ 1
of certain political and social move mcnts upon 5
| the credit of certain commcricai nouses wnicn
| have rcently suspended payment. Some have
stated that several failures have been caused by
tlie difficulties experienced in making collections
at the South. It has also boon stated that the
South has not paid up so well this year as usual.
Now this is all nonseaso. During the
pa-t two years, the South has paid up better than
any other section of the country. The high
price obtained by the planters for the great staple
of that region, has enabled them to meet all
their engagements promptly. We allude particularly
to the planting interest. Prices for
I breadstuff- and produce generally have ruled low; y
I hardly above cost of production?and merchants 1
! from the West have not, therefore, been able
| to meet punctually their payments in full. It is J
i simply absured to say that the failures which fl
I have oceurod here have been causpd bv the ina- J
I bilitv of Southern merchants to liquidate their fl
I liabilities in full. Probably more than fifty large I
i houses (principally dry goods dealars) have sus- M
I uended payment, in this city, within the past ?
| twelve months, and it is well known that
' nearly every failure has been directly the result ?
[ of losses-realized in Cailifornia trade. Several firms I
may have been pulled down by losses-from bod *11
j debts, growing out of the suspension of other J
I houses; but directly of indirectly, California has jfl
been the cause. It is a fact, which nearly every J
j business man in this city will admit, that of every * I
j one hundred failures, at last ninety five prove
; to have been produced by a deviation from a S
deviation from a legitimate line of business.? M
; There are scores of mercantile firms in this city if
which have confined themselves strictly to <n
| the Southern trade, and have made fortunes (Hit jfl
I of it. It is, at this moment, the most profitable) 9
j branch of dry goods business carried on in this
city, it is so considered, at all events, by the
merchants of other cities, for they have made
every effort to get it away from us. It would *
have been well it some ot the suspended houses
had confined!hemsohvs entirely to that trade
A',,,./. llrr.,1,1
"r"'1 ; , m > t
French Friles.?The native of Franco, residing
in Now York, have appointed a committee
of twenty-one to draft an address to all the
Frenchmen in the United States, suggesting the M
. formation of a general association in that city, I
with branches throughout the Union, in order to ?3
! afford relief to all the political refuges who may jffl
| come from Franco. w
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