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' South Carolina Senators.
The Washington Correspondent of the New
York Courier and Inquirer, under date of the
10th inst., writes as follows:
"Judge Evans, who has been elected successor
t to Mr. DeSaussure, as a Senator from South Caj
rolina, is a Union man, and a conservative DenioI.
crat. Thy, is an important indication of a change
j of sentiment in that State. He was opposed by
I a Col. Cbesuut, who was a very prominent SeI
cessionist during the stormy period preceding
| the enactment of the compromise laws. The
.1 defeat of such 8 man is a subject of congratulaI
tion with all lovers of the Union. The new
1 " " J.t,. ,l.?f Knurl
* JKMiatOr Will loriu mi nuuiuun IV v.i?u v....v. v,.
conservative Democrats in the Senate from the
South who have continued in fellowship with the
party solely through the pressure of the slavery
controversy, and who are just as likely to oppose
as to secoud the policy of the new Admiuistrat'on
'as soon as it shall become developed."
AVe make no objection to this last statement.
Doubtless the Senators from South Carolina will
vote and act according to their conscience. They
are under no bonds to party and neither their
own principles nor the wishes of the State will
tempt them to support any Administration
blindiv.
But the first statements in the above extract
are about as wide of the truth sis they could be
made. Judge Evans is no "Union man," and
Col. Chesnut was not "a very prominent Scces/
sionist" at any period of the late controversy.?
/ He was a prominent and active Disunionist, it is
r true, and we have heard no intimation that he
has changed from that position. But he was
also one of "the most active and influential lead
ers of the Co-operation parly, who were opposed
Vto the separate secession of the State, and advocated
a Southern Confederacy. This also was
the position of Mr. Preston and Mr. Magrath,
who were brought forward by their friends at the
recent Senatorial election. Col. Pickens was the
only Secessionist among those who were named
as candidates. We say "Secessionist," as meaning
one of the party who advocated the separate
action of South Carolina. In the broader sense,
they were all Secessionists. They all maintained
the right to secede from the Confederacy;
and that there was full justification, in principle,
for the exercise of this right. But they denied
its policy, and thought it would result disastrous
ly for the' very objects we all had in view.
There were certainly "Union men" in the State,
though thev were but a small fraction of the
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whole, and theii number has not, as we believe,
increased, and uo one of those named for the
Senate is to be looked for in their ranks. The
position of Judge Evans has already been defined
in this paper. He was opposed to the secession
of the State alone, as a matter of policy; but in
all other respect3 he agreed with the Secessionists.
His posit;on was that taken by the State
Convention?affirming to the fullest extent the
right to secede, and only declining to exercise it
from motives of policy.
The congratulations, therefore, which the correspondent
of the Courier and Inquirer offers to
the Union?that is, the general assemby of office
hunters, spoilsmen, monopolists, demagogues and
dupes, who form the drapery, chorus, sopeinu
inorarios, prompters and candle-snuffers nf tlxFederal
Government?on the important change
in the politics of South Carolina indicated by the
recent election of Senator, are altogether misplaced.
This whole mob of sycophants and parasites
have gained nothing at all by it. Our
State is still as far as ever from being of their
feeding ground, or making their interests the true
test of political principle. South Carolina is
where she has been on all the great questions
likely to engage attention, and if she has failed
in meeting all the issues that have been made, it
has at least not been until she saw herself deserted
by every one of the States that were *?s deeply
pledged as herself to the redress of wrongs
that equally insulted and threatened the whole
South.? Charleston Mercury.
Western Hog Trade.?The Cincinnati Price
Current of the 7th inst, says :
The receipts of hogs for the past week were
71,069 head, previously reported 11,854 ; total
189,923. To same date last year 159,810; to
same date in 1850 99,59G. The receipts from
Kentucky to date, including those slaughtered in
Covington, comprise 53,327 head, leaving about
19,000 to be received to make up the total number
from that State last year.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 8th, says :
flogs have continued to arrive treeiy, tnose
having contracts to fill being anxious to hurry
their stock forward with the least possible delay ;
and we are now somewhat in advance of last year,
as regards number, but the season is expected to
close much earlier than usual. The market has
continued to maintain a firm tone, and prices are
agahrin favor of sellers. The following are the
quotations for the last two weeks:
Nov. 30. Dec. 7.
TTnom nor 100lh?_ not ilB 2S a fi 31 .t.8! a fi 40
?a- r~* ~ > ' > ?
In the value of hog products there lias been 110
variation since our last, with the exception of
Lard, which has receded 18a l-4c. per lb.
The Madison Courier of the 6th, furnishes the
following statement of the receipts of hogs at
North Madison, this year and last: Total receipts
to Saturday night 48,404, to corresponding date
last year 23,502 ; gain this season 24,902.
u The weather is very unfavorable and although
the pens are full,slaughtering has been suspended
at all houses except Godman's and Armel's on
the hill, and the Mammoth Cave. We hear of
but few sales, at prices 80 a 6,10; 4000 hams
from the block sold at 8 1-2."
The trade at Louisville up to Saturday night,
is shown by the following statement from the
Courier of Monday : Total number of slaughtered
78,233; total number in pens 34,900; total 113,1
5Q Priooc worn nnitr. firm of tirit 1. k..4 C.
J.VV A nwo ?WIV \JMJW UIU1 c*u VV) mm UUL HJW
sales, however, in consequence of unfavorable
weather.
The Louisville Courier of Tuesday, savs :
Owing to the exceeding inclement and warm
weather thero was nothing doing in hogs. Prices
ate very firm, and holders demanding 6 1-1 cts.
net, with more hogs in the pens and neighborhood
than ever was known before. The average
weight of the hogs packed thus far this season
at three of the pork houses, show a falling off of
fully ten per cent, as compared with last year.
What is the worst kind of fare for a man to
live on? War-fare.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, Doc. 1*7.
The Senate were not in session to-day, and
have not yet settled the Kentucky ease. The
continued discussion is fruitless. Mr. Dixon is
accredited as Senator elect from Kentucky, and
Mr. Merriwether does not contest his light to the
seat. The discussion which has arisen upon a
new question, which the case presents, will end
in giving the seat to Mr. Dixon, or in referring
the matter to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The tariff and financial questions are still discussed
in the House, though with no purpose of
legislative action at this session. This is to be
a loitering session. The House appears to look,
with reluctance, upon their copious calender of
the last session, and to be unwilling even to approach
the bills on the Speaker's table.
Mr. Brooks, by his movements and speeches
in favor of a reduction of duties, has not pleased
cithc-r party to the protective question. The tariff
ninn s!iv ili.it In- wishes to imitate Sir Robert
Peel, in his change of opinions; but, on the other
hand, the freetrade men give him no credit for
sincerity. They attribute to him the purpose of
preserving and strengthening the protective features
of the tariff, and of throwing a bomb-shell
into the ranks of the Democratic party.
The amount of the surplus revenue has been
much exaggerated. It is now ascertained that
the surplus, after meeting the indefinite appropriations
required for the service of the last three
quarters of the present fiscal year, will not exceed
seven or eight millions, instead of amounting to
twenty, as has been often stated in the debates
in the House.
The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
on the state of the finances, is not yet submitted
to Congress. It is believed, however, that it
will relieve Congress from every supposed necessity
of disposing of the surplus,-or of reducing
the revenue nt the present time. The Secretary
has, it is believed, adopted such a construction of
the laws as will remove his scruples as to his authority
to appropriate the surplus to the purchase
of the public debt, at the market price.
In this case, the surplus will be easily disposed
of, even without allowing a margin for the excess
of appropriations which Congress may make, in
addition to the estimates, of forty-six millions.
Many members of Congress seem to be impressed
with the necessity of keeping on hand a
large sum?not less than five millions?to meet
exigencies which may grow out of our relations
towards Mexico and Cuba.
In estimates of appropriations for fortifications,
the completion or preservation of those in the
South-Carolina harbors are provided for.
In addition to the regular articles for the navy,
appropriations are asked for a propeller steam
frigate, and eleven smaller propeller steam vessels.
The entire naval estimates will exceed
eleven millions.
Tiif. Editors' Convention.?We publish ekewhere
the proceedings of the " South Carolina
Press Association." These will show the objects
and purposes of the Association. From this
printed record it will bo seen that something
more than dollars and cents, is proposed to be
gained by this combination of a common brother
IuhvI l:ilionii'^ in a common cause. Suum-thing
higher and more noble is proposed. An J
wo trust will be accomplished. Indeed a higher
purpose has already been gained. An acquaintance
lias been formed?the hitherto good feeling
of the brotherhood has been increased, and we
have no doubt a new impetus has been given to
the motive power of Newspaperdom in South
Carolina.
' It was indeed pleasant, to meet face to face,
those with whom we come in spiritual contact
week after week. And we trust the annual meeting
of the Association will be the means of bringing
about and keeping up a more thorough union
in spirit and action of all those who are connected
with the Prsss in South Carolina.
To the gentlemen of the Columbia Pros*, the
members of the Association were largely iiulcbtee
for their kindness and hospitality. The Editorial
Banquet gotten up bv the Columbia Press
was a magnificent affair. The Party given by
Dr. Gibbs, the President of the Association, and
the accomplished Editor of the Palmetto State
Banner to the fraternity, was a suitable Jinalc to
the first meeting of the "Carolina Press Association."
Time and space bid us stop.?Due-1 Vest
Tclcecope.
Rice.?The amount of Rice exported from
South Carolina in 1724, was 18,000 barrels; in
t701 A1 os7 ooiio kawou
iii 1747-48, 55,000 barrels; in 1754, 104,082
barrels: in 1700-01, 100,000 barrels; from Savannah,
in 1752, 2,299 barrels, besides 237 bushels
of paddy or rough rice: in 1700, 3,283 barrels,
besides 208 bushels of paddy; in 1770,
22,120 barrels, besides 7,004 bushels of paddy;
from Philadelphia, in 1771, 258,375 pounds.
The amount exported from the United Stales in
1770, was 150,529 barrels; in 1791, 96,980
tierces; in 1800, 112,056 tierces; in 1810,131,341
tierces; in 1820-21, 88,224 tierces; in
1830-31, 110,517 tierces; in 1840-41, 101 047
tierces; in 1845-46, 124,007 tierces; in 184647,
144,477 tierces ; in 1850-51,105,590 tierces.
According to the census of 1840, the rice crop
of the United States amounted to 80,841,422
pounds; in 1850,215,312,720 pounds.
The London Herald estimates the increase of
he consumption of Teas in the United States as
10,131,000 pounds in 1843, to 20,000,000
pounds in 1852. The last figures probably un.i
.-.i TI.? i> . i. f : ioi>!
ufiiaieu. JLIIU uniiMi i^iupnu uousumi.-u HI iot<,
fifty-two million pounds, since which the increase
has been from 20 to 30 per cent; leaving to other
countries, than the United States, about fifteen
million pounds of the 100,000,000 annually
sent out of China. England pays ten millions
of dollars in goods and ten in money. The Uni
ted States six millions in money and the remainder
in goods. The money, twice told, returns to
the British East India Company for Opium,
whence they derive a profit of ?25,000,000 a
year. The tax on Tea in Great Britain yields
t27,000,000 revenue to the Government.
Chance of Religion.?Rev. Dr. Ives, the
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina,
who is on a vist to Europe, is reported in the
last number of the Tablet says he has gone to
Rome, but while in London had an interview
with the Cardinal Archbishop. We find the extract
in the New York Freeman's (Catholic)
Journal.
tbi7 semTweekly jouenalT
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24. 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Divine Service
May be expected in the Methodist Church to
morrow morning at the usual hour.
Our Cotton Market.
The Cotton market has been active since our
last, with an advance. We quote at 7^ to 8$.
All Right.
Our Railroad Bridge is all right again, and the
Cars have been Dassinc over as usual since
Wednesday last.
Temperance Advocate.
It will be seen by our Card in to-days' paper,
that on and alter the first of January next, the
Temperance Advocate will be issued from this
office. We hope that every subscriber to the
Journal will take it; although we shall send it to
none, unless specially directed, and when sent, we
expect Two Dollars in return. It is a plain business
transaction, and if you desire it kind patrons,
we shall be pleased to furnish you with it. The
Journal and Advocate are two separate and disI
tinct papers, although edited and published under
the same roof, and by the same person. The
profits derived from both, are exclusively ours;
and whilst we shall labor earnestly for the cause
of Temperance in this new field, we expect to be
paid for it in something more substantial than the
good wishes of our friends?very acceptable, it is
true, in their proper plare.
Those who wish the paper, will please send in
their names at once, that they may be entered with
the beginning of the year.
New Arrangement.
On and after the first of January the Camden
Journal will be published only once a week.?
Those of our patrons who have paid for the semiweekly
beyond that time, will be furnished with
the Weekly as much longer after their subscriptions
have expired as will make up the difference.
As nearly all our semi-weekly subscriptions end
with the first of the year, we propose to furnish
to the few, which extend beyond that date, the
Temperance Advocate in place of the Semi-Weekly
Journal. This will not. however, he done unless
expressly desired by those subscribers. We
do not wish to force the Advocate upon any one;
although upon its success and increased subscription
list, will depend our pecuniary advantage.
Post Master at Boykin's.
The Post Master General lias appointed Mr.
Thomas J. Jones Post Master at Boykin's Depot,
in place of Mr. J. S. DePass, resigned.
Medals for the Palmetto Regiment
The South Carolinian is requested by the Secretary
of the Executive Department to state that
the Medals for the relatives of the deceased of the
I'ulmnUu liu^inn ut propacalinn ;~atul, u.'W
ready, the fact will be made public.
Lawyers and Editors.
We are glad to find that there are so many
good Editors in South Carolina, who are also good
Lawyers. We have the pleasure of a personal
acquaintance with one, at least, whose ability in
ei'her capacity will justify this remark. We mean
C. D. Melton, Esq , the accomplished gentleman,
and abie writer who edits and conducts the "Pal- t
inetto Standard." We are pleased, however,
that it is not an indispensible pre-requisite, that
to be a good Editor, a man must be a Lawyer, although
it cannot be denied that it is a great ad
vantage. The truth is, an Editor ought to be a
little of everything to suit the multitudinous wants
of the public, and the wonder is, that Editors are
able to get along (all of them) as well as they do.
Speaking of Lawyers, our friend Rice, ot the
Southern Rights Advocate, at Anderson, has lately
added to his profession ot Editor, that ofa Lawyer.
We hope he may always have on hand a
good client, with a pocket full of rocks.
We wish him success, either as an Advocate in
the Forum, or of the people's rights through the
Press.
The Difference.
Mr. Webster's Works are selling, it is said, in
New York, at the rate of one hundred copies per
day.
Mr. Calhoun's Book lies upon the shelves of
the book-seller, only now and then called for; al
most a nameless tomb marks the place of the immortal
dead.
The reason of this difference is, that the people
of the North?in this particular instance at least?
manifest in a more effective way, their appreciation
of the exalted talents ol their great statesman.
As a Scholar, Mr. Webster had scarce an equal?
as a Statesman, Mr. Calhoun stood almost incomparable.
Editorial Changes.
In the last number of the Southern Literary Gazette,
the Valedictory ofWm. C. Richards, Esq.,
appears. Mr. Richards is a man of talent, and [
from a long connection with the Press of the South
has gained the confidence and respect of the reading
public. We wish him all possible success in
his future efforts with that admirable Juvenile the
Schoolfellow, to be published herealter in New
York. Paul H. Hayne, Esq., now takes charge of
the Gazette, to whom we promptly and fraternally
extend the hand of fellowship.
We also perceive by the last Sumter Banner
that J. Richardson Logan, Esq., has become the
Editor of that paper. We wish him success.
Godey's Lady's Book.
mi_- TNn..nfir Mumhnr hn? nrriv*>rJ nrnmnflu I
1 uu Jauuaij
and we are pleased to say, betokens no diminution
in the beauty and interest of this elegant book.
We propose to any of our friends who desire to
have the two, to furnish the Lady's Book and the
Journal for Four Dollars?the price of these separately
will be five dollars. The beginning of
the year is a good time to commence the volume.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Order No. 2. Headquarters,
Columbia, December 14, 1852.
The following gentlemen have been appointed and
commissioned Aids-dc-Camp to llis Excellency the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief with the rank of
Lieut. Colonel, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By order:
J. W. CANTEY,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
A. Baxton Si'kings,
A. M. Kutii,
Tillman Ingram,
Kodert Mu.vro, Jr.,
J. M. IIowell,
Kansom Caliioun,
Paul Hamilton,
W. E. Wilson*,
Wm. PlCNKNKY STARKE,
Augustus Smith,
\V. L. Heyn* olds,
J. II. Witheksi'oon,
Robert J. Willing ham,
A. Waui.no,
E. P. Bradley,
AVm. E. Zimmerman,
R. L. Hkiuot,
Jacob Belser,
Samuel Sparks, Jr.,
J. E. Cureton,
B. Rush Campbell,
Fit an cis W. IIe riot,
J. B. Jackson,
11. G. Howard,
Elliot M. Keitu,
John J. Con vers,
J. Evans Edings,
Joseph J. Pope,
George M'Clenaiian.
Dec. 24 103 2
BY THE.GOVERNOR.
Executive Department,
Clarendon, December 21, 1852.
In relation to the Pardoning rower, whenever petitions
shall be presented for pardon, the report of the
Judge who tried the case will be a requisition, in all
cases, not to be omitted. The facility with which appeals
for mercy can bo obtained, are too well understood
to weigh with the Executive; and to enable the
Governor to dispense the high prerogative of mercy?
which is a constitutional bequest?it is manifest that a
dispassionate statement should be made. This determination
is absolute. Bv order:
B. T. WATTS,
S33rotary Bcocativo Djpartmaut.
Dec. 24 103 1
Executive Department,
December 21, 1352.
All communications to the Governor should be addressed
to him at his residence in Clarendon, Fu'ton
Post Office. Bv order:
B. T. WATTS,
Secretary Executive Department.
Hon. J. L. Orr
Will accept our thanks for his kind attention i:i
forwarding us Congressional Documents, &c.
Life's Inequalities.
There are, to be sure, a great many inequalities
in life, but after all, are we not, ourselves, responsible
for much of the pleasure we enjoy, or lose.
From a strange perverseness in the nature of man
ho hi nrortnrpt to murmur at misfortune, than to
rejoice at prosperity?he takes success in a mattor
of course way, as his due, and does not consider
for a moment, that of himself, he is nothing,
and. that he owes to another and a greater being
his existence?lift?and all its blessings.
There ure comparatively few men, who have
not at some time or other imagined that if they
had the arrangement of things, they would provide
differently for the mass of mankind for example,
equalize things, take from the ricli and give
to the poor. This is, to say the least of it, presumptions,
for where would still be the remedy
tor Life's Inequalities? 'Tis true,
"Fortune in men has some small difference made,
One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocad'%
The Cobler apron'd, and the Parson gown'd,
The Friar hooded, and the Monarch crown'd."
"And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare
A .. 1 A _ ,L.. LI *1
/1I1U estimate lite iiiessings which wiry snare,
Though patriots llattor, still shall Wisdom liud
An equal portion dealt to all mankind ;
As different good, by Art or Nature given
To different nations, makes their blessings ev'n.'>
To descend from the poetical, and come down
to the practical, we have but little doubt, that the
ups and downs of life are, with most men, every
day occurrences?there is something always at
hand to interfere materially with our plans of life,
for it is said,
"The lone Miser visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er,
Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill.
Yet still he sighs, tor hoards are wanting still."
The world has litile use far the man who allows
nothing to disturb the equilibrium of his mind ?
In other words, if such a thing were possible for
a man to pass through this vale of tears without
an anxious thought, lie might very reasonably conclude
that he was of little consequence to the
world. Of course, some have more a/tenlion paid
to their affairs than others, or rather others coru
rem themselves more in some cases, with matters
which do not legitimately belong to them.
To illustrate by another touch of poetic fancy,
"Those that stand high,
Have many winds to shake them,"
It should be recollected however, that an arrow
aimed at the sun, is not apt, in its upward course,
to strike an object on a level with the archer; it
only finds its real level when its strength is spent
and falling far short of its aim, drops to the earth.
The sun was never hurt by the arrows of puny
man. Nor is the honest man. who pursues the
even tenor of his way, seriously impeded by the
snapping curs that infest his path-way through
Hie. unwara nu goes -pursui ig unwavering ms ;
determined career, and rises at last, contemptuous
above the clamors of the rabble."
The Cincinnatti papers announce the death, in
that city, of the notorious "Fanny Wright," alias
Madam Francis Wright Darusmont, after a long
illness, the consequences of injuries received from
a fall last winter.
Hon. L. Gibbons, Judge of the Mobile Judicial
Circuit, has been appointed by the Govern
or of Alabama to the scat on the bench of the
Supreme Court, made vacant by the resignation
of Judge Dargan.
"=,K*" 1" IT""'
Is Slavery a Sm ? _
The New York Day Book mys that thp Rev.
Dr. Spring, of that city- re&nffy tlccfarr-d that
if hy praying for the abolition of slavery hcVowld
accomplish it, lie would riot dare to make that
prayer. In dbcu.-.-ing the subject, the Day Book
makes the following sensible remarks toVn-V
"'rhe bilile teaches ns what is and w hat is not
lawful in the eyes of God, and as it is uoliotiger
a sealed book, but open to all, each individual
can judge for himself whether slavery is or is not
a sin. We go to a lawyer to learn what is law, . *
and the decision <>f eminent judges upon ijtiestions
of law are received not omy "with deference
and resjiect, but are regarded as binding upon
parties who, disagreeing, appeal to them for their
decision. The lawyers and the judges examine
their books, tliev look into the matter and tell us
*-0 -J
plainly what the law is, mid we abide by their
(I. duration. Is it not quite as reason ble then
to appeal to eminent, divines upon qiiestions'jn
dispute as to what is gospel. One man says slavery
is a sin, another says that it is not a sin ; ^
neither party is as well acquainted or as familiar 4
with the bible as he ought to he, and they them- * 4
fore appeal to men who have made it theirstudy
all their lives, and have become eminent for tlieir ^
wisdom in things pertaining thereto. These men
have told us over and over again "that the biblo
joes not condemn slavery a3 a sin, and that.it
laiuly d es not make it obligatory on the master
to manumit his slave."
This is almost the universal opinion of the eminent
clergy-in the Northern States; why then
should the newspapers and the laitv continue to
"admit that slavery is an evil ?" The supreme
court of the United States the constitut:qnI(JjJje
bible and the clergy, have all passed judgment
upon it, and all admit the moral and the legal 7
right of man to property in the service of maw.
No one pretends that man can owji property in
man, as he does in an ox or an ass. lite laws
of the Southern States make a wide distinction
?they recognize a slave as a man. and protect *
him as a man. No man can kill and eat his
slave as he docs his ox or his sheep, nor can he
turn him out when old and helpless, to die ou
the common, .as he does his horse. The properly
is only in the services of the slave. The law
of the State recognizes the negro as a pauper-^
human being incapable of taking care of Liiusctfc
and step* in and makes a contract in his behalf
and for him, with his master.,. It agrees-togivfc ?
the master his services, and in return the master
agrees t0 give the negro his Jimg?to lake.care
of him in sickness and in old age, and prpjjJft
for all his wants. This law may be wrong, m$y
be hard and unjust to the negro, but.that re-,
mains to be proved. Experience has not ^efc
t lUght us that it is.
"The States of New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, have withdrawn their guardiaaship*
over the liegn, and admitted that they,bad not
just right to make such contracts for him. The/
have acknowledged his rights to equality with''
the white nntu, and left him to make his own;
terms and take care of himself and family as best
suits him. The consequence has been a total
failure on the part of the negro to maintain, not
a decent, so'cial position merely, but life itself.?
lie has sunk lower and lower in the scale of irtr-?
t?-lhgcnee ami humanity, his ottspring- hiw with- -5*
erod and died 011 the parent stem, and his race, **
but for the supply from the slave States, \voulJ_
soon be extinct. There is no denying these facts;*
and tin* negro, like the Indian, if left to himself,1
would disappear before the white man like frost
before the sun. To five he must be owned, fed ,
and cared for, by a superior intellect. No man td
j will care for and provide for another if he cannot
\ have his services; and when we take from the
! white man the nowernnd the ri'dit to work tho
I nesro, we deprive him uf the meaus of support !
inir him, and as a consequence the negro is Itfv
to his resources?which resources, the experiment
in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has
abundantly proved, are not sufficient for him tomaintain
an existence in competition with thewhile
race. That the law of the States which
contracts with the white man for the support of the
negro through life do better for him than ho
can do for himself is no longer a question. That
in so duinnr it does him a real and lastinur beilefft.
wc have no doubt?but more of this anon."
Washington*, Dec, 20.
The Hon. W. R. King is worse, and has re|
signed his seat as President pro tern of the Senate/
who have elected the Hon. David R. Atchison,. ?
of Missouri, in his place. The* Hon. A. Dixon
has been admitted to the seat for Kentuckj*.
The Hon. Richard Brodhead, jr. of Pernsylvania,
presented to the Senate on Monday petitions' r
in favor of the introduction of a Bounty Land
I Bill. In the House of Representatives nothing
of any importance was transacted.
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Baltimore, Dec. 10.
The Southern and Western Trade, Convention g
met at Baltimore on Saturday. Two hundred "
delegates were in attendance, Senator Dawson ^
presided. An address of welcome to the strangers
on the part of Baltimore, and recommending
a concentration of trade in that city, wa3 .
adopted. Resolutions conforming to the princip'es
contained in the address were adopted, and
the Convention adjourned to meet in Memphis
on the first Monday in June. A splendid dinner
was given after the adjournment in the Hall of
the Maryland Institute, at which five hundred
persons were pre rent. Speeches were made by
Dawson, Breckenbridge, of Kentucky, Orr and
others. The party broke un at about ten o'clock.
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Tiie London* Times.?:This press is said to |
wield astonishing influence in Europe. "Stocks
foil with rapidity on the stroke of its editorial
pen, and a leading article from its gifted conductors,
will shake a throne, and may drag down
principalities and powcre." It is a joint stock
concern, and its principal editor received a salary -=
some years since of six thousand dollars per annum.
Its advertising is enormous, and paid for
before it goes into the paper. The new adver
tisements in a single day have been known to
reach as high as ten thousand and thirty-eight
dollars. Probably the income from this source
for a single day would bo two thousand, or six
hundred thousand dollars per annum.
Gold is said to have been discovered in Vermont.
Specimens taken from a quartz vein, exhibit
scales and grains in various sizes. The vein
has been traced some 50 or 100 rods. The gold formation
in Vermont is known to extend nearly
its whole length.