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H? SMITH, E o tro a.
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of *11 kinds neatly tnd promptly
oo the most Reasonable terms.
FW«*iery Correspondence, eonuinfag important news,
solicited from any quarter of the Úníted States.
paying subscribers to the
gratis.
E. M. PEASE as
August election.
P. H. Bell as a
Congressional «-
Augus; oex>
18.53.
to re-open this establishment
TIi? company, we are inform-
far superior to any ever before in
ildiug is now beijg fitted ap.
with a view to eomtort.
enterprise.
who has recently visited Se-
gives the State Gazette the
the growth and im-
the country sur-
number of new build-
mostly oí a neat and
ny and large new farms
smiling homesteads now
directions.
to a call published in the Cher-
A. J. Hood, declines to
fcr Senator from Rusk coqnty
private business prevent bis ac-
Jonner, Esq., declines being
House of Representatives in
the same account.
Taylor, of Round Top, is in-
a candidate for the House of
Fayette county. Col. T. is a
nt gentleman and would make an
member.
- -• . TH
from the Houston Telegraph
L. Cochran has been appointed
of that city, vice F. W. Smith, re-
ihe appointment has given gen-
T
Ma. In
as expressed in y
to furnish you
dollars and cents
lavished
AcsTi*, April 25,1853
Galveston Journal:
Mall Items.
The term " putyour foot fn Ü,* it seems, is of
desire, legitimate origin. According to the "Asiatic
id filing the papéis pertaining to the
rchives of the Senate, irom the foun-
dation of the Government to the pres-
in uniform atd suitable
books, with title pages, side notes, re-
ferences and indexes ----- £879 32
From this yQu will see that my "pension" has
amounted, so far, to the "munificent" sum of
8659 49 per annum—less than the pay of any
by reference to our advertising clerk with our Sute Government, to ■ I J
Messrs. Crocker & Donalson of sa^i no " . s^cretar',es s°veruofs igencer says that the rot
Ker ot, uon.uson, oi aDij 8Uprerne ,adges. I should be extremely , ® . \ f ,,
sorry to ¿ink that you were compelled to labor Itoes raise<* rom tne see<
learn from the Houston telegraph,
rain storm visited that city on
also extended to the Brazos, and
the Cypress. The streams in all direc-
as far as heard from, have raised to a
greater than has ever before been known,
ay bridges have been washed away, and the
the rouies to the interior have beec
Cypress, it is said, was about
¿her than it has been since the coun-
i settled. The Telegraph is informed by
that the prairies between that city
I Bichmond, presented an entire sheet of wa-
ssday. The Brazos was rising rapidly
on Monday evening, and fears were entertained
that it would overflow its banks. It is estimated
that upwards of fourteen inches ol rain fell at
irom all accounts the rain fell in
at Richmond than there.
imbliss, of Lavca, is a cadhlatc
or the Senate in that district, in opposition to
. Lytic, Esq. ~
Micow was taken up ior petit lar-
counterfeit money at Lavaca.
Indianola Bulletin, of the 3d inst,,
an editorial, in which an attempt is
to extenuate, two of
committed by
at the spoliation of
out three corn-
requisition on the
of this
our contemporary of
i effort must
the case,
to palli-
ich gross and pal-
' maladministration as
otheis committed by
the belief, that
at a country tavern, was
in a room in which there
glass doors in the
' which was broken
E" the room a pane of glass
which the traveller observed
to go to bed. At a late
to awake, he got up
the weather, and go-
of the
broken
with
odor,
and
the,
ler—out of
and it
of our contem-
i same fix
diligently and subsist upon so meagre an income.
So tar as my knowledge extends, th?re is nut a
legislative body cm earth that has pot a perma-
nent record of its proceedings. A portion of the
printed .journals (and some have never been
printed) are already exhausted; and the ia^ Leg-
isiatnre deemed it their duty to make provision
for their preservation in a more legible, perma-
nent and accessible shape than in the loose sheets
in which they existed. And as this could t é
done without any additional expense over the plan
heretofore pursued, of paying the same price fur
rough copies turnished the printer, they entrusted
me with the execution of tne work for the Sen-
ate. The remaining portion they gave to the
clerk oi tbe House, a decided Whig but true gen-
tleman, whose "pension" will be double lhat, at
least, of the chairman of the Democratic Cen-
tral Committee. As 'far ás I am concerned. 1
shall faithfully perform the task committed to me
by the Legislature, without any distrust of _iv-
iog entire satisfaction both to them a ad the pub-
lic. I submitted lhat portion of my work then
completed to several of the Senators at tluir last
session, and I was happy to find that they appre-
ciated fully my labors. When I shall have com-
pleted the journals of the Republic, my compen-
sation will amount to about $1,50U.
But I did not intend to say as much as I have.
I am sure ynu have been misled by .incorrect in-
formation^ and will cheerfully gfve place to the
above in your columns.
Very respectfully, yours,
W. D. MILLER.
We take pleasure io inserting the foregoing
letter from Mr. Miller. We aim never to do in-
justice to any one, and least oí all to a dignified
and courteous gentleman like himself. It we
have been "misled," as he supposes, in our ex-
posure of the reckless and wasteful expenditure
of the Democratic majority of our Legislature,
it has been by "incorrect informátión" con-
tained in the "journal of the House," pps. 852,
853 and 8G8. The journal shows that Mr.
Stewart's amendment, which was couched in the
following language, was laid on the table: "Pro-
vided that none of the journals of the Legisla-
ture, which are extant in print, shall be copied,
and provided the same shall not cost $4,000."
By rejecting this amendment, the House clear-
ly showed that it was theijr intention that all of
the journals-r-those which are extant in print, as
weL as those which are not, should be copied,
and that the cost of the job should exceed $4,000.
Any one, who has an entire set of the old jour-
nals which are in print can easily compute the
cost of copying them, at fifteen cents per hun
dred words. We have not access "to them at
present, but still remain impressed with a con-
viction, that is shared with us by not a few of
the members qf the last Legislature, that the
cost of copying the journals of both the House
and the Senate will exceed $6,000, and that Mr
Miller's sharers the clerk oí the Senate, will
exceed $2,000. We think it is not fair in that
gentleman to apportion what was meant as a job
nt o annual salaries. Our statement was in re-
gard to the job, which we thought aqd still think
on the authority cited, will, in Mr. Miller's case,
amount to more than any ¡salary paid by the
State, even though his regular pay as clerk of
the Senate be excluded from the computation, as
it is ffom the'estimate furnished hy his tetter.
We think that Mr. Miller has made a mistake
in his estimate! and would be gratified if he
would take the trouble to go through with it
again and correct iL If, however, his share of
the job amounts to no more than he supposes it
will, viz, $1,500, it strikes us, that, had he exe-
cuted it promptly, his pay for it, added to his
regular compensation as clerk of the Senate,
would considerably exceed the salary of the
Governor or of the judse of the Supreme Court
of the 18th inst, I beg Researches," a very curious mode of trying the
allowing -statement in title ,0 Iand is practised in Hindostán. Two
munificent pension^ are dag ¡Q ^ dj9pUle¿ Sp0tj in each of
which the lawyers on either-side put one oí their
legs, and remain (here till one of them is tirld,
or complains of being stung by insects—in which
ease his client h defeated. In this country it is
generally the client, and not the lawyer, who
'• puts his foot in it."
The Fort Sncith Herald learns that the Grand
Indian Council of all the ludían tribes is to be
held on the South side of the Canadian frontier,
in the neighborhood of the Red Hills, about 350
miles from Fort Smith, about the middle of May
A writer in the Washington National Int lli-
does not appear in pota-
compelled i ilues raisea irom ine seed—a fact he has confirm-
tened as the voters of !f as chairman of the Democratic Central
ited his popularity, an Committee, had weight and popularity enough
brought to mind. ilH t0 carr/ lbe measure through the Legislature
and thus incidentally to secure a large share of
the profits to the clerk of the House, who, he in-
forms us, is a Whig, (though not so far as we
know the chairman of the Whig Central Com-
mittee) it was a liberal and courteous procedure
toward that gentleman, though it does not ex-
cuse the use ess expenditure from the public
purse.
When the entire job is completed—when all
oí the journals, both printed and unprinted, shall
have been copied off, we, in discharge of our
duty to the public, shall procure and publish a
full and accurate statement of the amount re-
ceived by Mr. Miller, in every shape, from its
t to its completion.
shall feel constrained to do so, not from
any asperity of feeling, either personal or po-
litical, toward Mr. Miller, for whom weeatei-
tain, ia common with all who know him, the re-
to~a Upect due to an intelligent and agreeable gentle-
t to check the^wanton aggressions of a
Legislature upon the money of the
John
our readers will be interested
ring sketch of the inventor of the Ca
Commercial Ad-
late number of the
ed by several years experienc •. Potatoes raised
from old potatoes in the same field were diseased,
while those from tbe seed were untouched.
In six years the consumption of tea in Great
Britain has increased from 57,000,000 to 65,000,-
000 pounds; in the United States it has increas-
ed from 18,000,000 to 31,000,000 pounds.
The Legislature of Ohio, at its last session, so
amended tbe school law as to provide tor the ed-
ucation of the colored children of that State.
Largk Bopqi'st.—An Italian paper says that
one of the bouquets sent on Good Friday to tbe
church ot S in Ambrosio, by the Marquis Palla-
vicini, measured six yards ia circumference. It
contained 3iü camelias, and an immense quan-
tity of violets, wallflowers anil sweet scented
shrubs.
Progress of Fashion.—The edit r of the War-
renton (Va.) News reports the appearance in
that village of a fashionable horse—a horse with
as neai a moustache as cat) be found under the
nose of any dandy in the country. The hair is
about an inch in length, situated just under the
nostril, on the upper lip, and branches out beau-
tifully from the centre. The color is that of the
usual moustache of the dandy, pamely, a cross
bet we n a bay and a sorrel. This fashionable
animal belongs to Mr. Hersemen, agent of the
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.
A mountain of marble has been discovered in
th e Great Salt Lake valley, of almost every col-
or, containing slabs of every size
Hon. Henry D. Gilpin, E>r. Bache and Dr.
Geo. Wood, of Philadelphia, are abojut to make
the tour of Europe, and will visit the various
scientific societies of England and the continent.
They will be accompanied by ex-President Van
Buren.
Mr. John King, of the Clearspring district of
Maryland, the Hagerstown Herald says, was
bitten on the wrist by a hog, a week or two ago.
Several weeks after he was taken violently ill
with lock-jaw. Dr. MacGill, of Hagerstown,
was called in, who immediately administered
chloroform, and laid the would freely open, ap-
plying an emollient poultice, and continuing the
chloroform with opium. In five minutes under
this treatment, the spasms were arrested, and
Mr. King is now entirely recovered.
Colonization societies have recently heen es-
tablished in Warsaw, Syracuse and Utica, New
York, and it-is expected that others will be
formed in Rome, Troy, Sparta, Jerusalem, and
Jericho, in the same State.
Stone is hewn, smoothed and polished at
Washington on an extensive scale, by steam.
All the New England railroads, says the Low-
ell Courier, are largely increasing their receipts.
The Providence road has gained $27,000 in
three months. The Westerp, Worcester. Low-
ell, Northern, and Maine, show similar gains.
The books of the*Lowell show lhat the local
business with the Ogdensburg and Central roads,
during the month of March, has trebled lhat of
last year, and that the through business has
doubled.
The Martha Washington conspiracy case was
commenced on the 19th ult., al Columbus, Ohio,
Judge McLean, presiding.
It is said that the Government will shortly act
upon the act oí Congress, recently passed, ena-
bling them to purchase, at their discretion, the
United States stocks. The whole surplus rev-
enue, not being wanted prospectively, will be in-
vested without great delay. This will be of
great effect on the money market, and will simu-
late all private enterprises.
The bank capital of the city of New York is
at the present period about $42,000,000, which is
nearly equal to that of all the banl?5 in the State
in the month of September, 1848. The specie
on hand, on the 26lh of February, is less than it
was in December, 1850, while the aggregate of
liabilities has increased within that pepod near-
ly fifty per cent.
- t / .
The conjugal yoke rests lightly upon the peo-
ple of Oregon. Nine causes for divorce are ad-
mitted in that Territory, according to a law re-
cently passed, viz: adultery, inipotency, bigamy,
fraud or force iu contract, wilful desertion for
the space of two years, conviction of infamous
crime, habitual drunkenness, cruel treatment,
neglect to provide a home on the part of a hus-
band fur six months.
The European mails, by the Arabia, arrived
át Savannah by the steamship Augusta, in only
thirteen days and ten hoars irom Liverpool.
Quick dispatch that.
A severe thunder storm occurred at Buffalo,
N. Y., on the 2*2d ult., opring which the light-
ning entered the Morse Telegraph^office, de-
stroying three instruments, and setting the office
on fire, but the flames were soon extinguished.
The British Government has sent to Mr.
Crampton, the British Minister, a
likeness of dueeu Victoria, and a gold pocket
for Capt. Nye, of the Collins steam-
and
however, had very
thirty hours, while
In the
steamer
time made
Sandy. Hook¿ The
bad coal, which dela
the Arabia bad been
al respect , to inereas
O tr exchanges fro:
have accounts of tes nohul
to the memoir of the te Vice President
Major Stevens ha neaiiy completed bis ar-
rangements for the s rey óf the northern route
for the Pacific Rail tad. Lieut. Duncan and
Lieut. Saxton have 1 en sent to Oregon via the
Isthmus, to start froi Puget's Sound and meet
the exploring party ij the mountains. Another
of tbe party has been some lime in Canada, col-
lecting information fren the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany. \
The New York Hekld translates some impor-
tant passages in the nessages of President Baez
to the Dominican peojle, on his surrendering his
office to his successot Gen. Santa Anna. The
tone of this document is decidedly hostile to the
United States, and peculiarly friendly to France
and Spain, it allude^ to the recently exploded
project of organized ^migration from this coun-
try to the eastern portion of the Island of Hayti,
and speaks of it as arourious attempt to conceal
the real design—the Invasion of Cuba.
The Edinburg Scotchman says that the Earl
of Ellesmere has heeu appointed Her Majesty's
commissioner to attetjj the great exhibition at
New York.
The city council of Savannah, Ga., on the
23d ult., appointed three delegates to the Mem-
phis Convention, and appropriated three hundred
dollars to defray their expenses.
The New York Crystal Palace, it is thought,
will not be ready to open till August, if then, and
about that time the raft of floating population
will be departing for the season.
Female equestrianism is besoming quite the
rage in Memphis—so the Whig says.
The population of Washington City, on the
1st oí January, 1853, was 51,372
At an election for Sachems of the. Tammany
Society, held at New York on the 18th ult., t e
Barnburners, or Softs, otherwise the Freesoil
wing of the Democratic party, triumphed by a
large majority.
The difference between a charge and a minis
ter resident, is this: the minister resident is ac-
credited to the sovereign; a charge is accredited
to the Secretary of Stata
The exports of ice from the port of Boston du-
ring the month .of March amounted to 13,346
tons, of which 9,926 weré to New Orleans,
The Legislature of Delaware, at the late ses-
sion, abolished the imprisonment of non-resident
debtors.
A sentimental chap in Rhode Island intends to
petition Congress at its next session for an ap
propriation to improve the channels of affection,
so that henceforth the "course of true love may
run smooth."
The New York Albion says that Mr. Thacke-
ray has netted, by his lectures in the Unité'l
States, the sum of $12,000.
By the opening of the Weldon and Gaston
Railroad there is now a continuous railroad
communication between Norfolk, Va., and Ra-
leigh, N. C., a distance of 178 miles
The Prussian Minister ot War has approved
a proposal to educate a certain number of officers
and soldiers from every regiment, as engineers,
in order that they may be enabled to work loco-
motive engines.
Reduction of Foreign Psstage.—The Postoffice
Department has just adopted regulations by
which the postage on newspapers, wheu sent
from the United States in the British or open
mail to Great Britain and Prussia, for transmis-
sion, is two cents each, to be prepaid, instead of
four cents, as stated in the postage tables last
published, being the United States postage only.
B-üish and American Emigrant Ships.—Mr.
W. S. Lindsay, an eminent London ship owner,
has published a work on tbe navigation and mer-
cantile marine laws of Great Britain, in which
he earnestly recommends the improvement of
emigrant ships. He says:
Through want of proper attention to the
health, comfort and convenience of passengers,
th* vessels of the United States supplanted us to
a large extent in the passenger trade to Ameri-
ca; and they will do so in the trade to Australia,
if we do not more fully use the vast resources* at
our command, and keep pace in our ships with
the improvements oí the age.
The tide of travel has already begun to set
northward. We notice that unusually large
numbers ot passengers are landed at New York
and Philadelphia from the Charleston and Sa-
vannah steamships.
Indiana.—Four hundred and eighty miles of
railroad now centre at Indianapolis. Three hun-
dred and eighteen are in process of construction
and will soon be finished; and there are about
three hundred more in contemplation.
Tennessee—The Whig State Convention at
Nashville, on the 25th ult., nominated Major
Gustavus A. Henry for Governor, by acclama-
tion.
Coal has been discovered on the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad, about three miles from
the latter place. It is said to be very rich.
Wm. H. Stephens, Esq., has accepted the
Whig nomination for Congress in the Tenth
(Memphis) District.
A Fat. Berth.—The New York Mirror states
that C. K. Garrison, Esq., of the well-known
firm of Garrison, Fritz ■& Co., bankers, of Pan-
old medallion] ama, has been appointed agent of the Nicaragua
Transit Company, at a salary of $60,000 a year;
in addition to which ioor insurance companies
have agreed to pay him $10,000 each a year,
making $40,000. Total amdhnt of salary per
annum $100,000. The Mirror adds:
This gentleman takes out letters of credit to
draw for one million a month on account of gold
dust, and has one-fourth interest in the profits.
the whole, including salary and business, we
should think that this gentleman might manage
«Eft t&makeboth ^ '** '
traveling in Lu-
larger than ever be-
the crowds of pas-
every steamship, bound
sad
Ciscautt.—Ac old fellow was lately
'train of thought." The concus-
w ^ A, ¡overtaken by a "train of thought." The concus- One of the objects proposed for the considera-
between 4the Collins ;siQa wa_ as to knock bim into the mid- tion of the Southern Convention, w;hichj JPIt^
Arabia, the ^ 0f ue.ear Similar accidents have
ys and 17 hours to | been known to throw one into the middle of thg
next age—Memphis Eagle and Enquirer
_ An exchange says: "No man is obliged to
improved in sever-|think beyond his lights." This seems to be fixing
¡the region of thought in a strange locality. We
'know it often happens that a gourmand, by inces-
farts of the country isant th night upon*the stomach, seems to think
ials of respects paid it; but we don't believe the best of livers
r ever thought with his lights.
Good Friday having this year fallen upon
"Lady's Day," an old prophecy is revived in
England, which says:
"When Good Friday falls in a lady's lap.
To England wiU happen some mishap."
Wiseacres are looking out for squalls, and we
shall look, by every arrival, for an account oí
some such about Windsor Castle.
[The Post man learned, a day or two since, that
the looked loi squalls had come.]
At the Carrick races, as Capt. King, of the 49th regi-
ment, was leaping his horse over a fence, the aniuial fell
upon him with great force, and he now lies in a danger-
ous state.
The paper from which we extract the above
doesn't mention that the horse was removed from
his unfortunate master, but he probably was.
Senator Truman Smith, of Connecticut, is
making a fortune out of the Lake Superior cop-
per mines.
i. L- B. Camp and Col. S. C. New-
man are opposing candidates for the State Sen-
ate in the district composed of Upsher and Wood
counties. We would, as we could with a clear
conscience, say a good word for friend Camp
—that he was a worthy member of the last House
of Representatives, a working member, &c., &c.;
but we dislike to interfere in a contest so far
frt)m home. J. C. Marshall is also a candidate
to represent Upshur conuty in the House.—
Stale Gazette.
Industrial Interests of the South.
ie of the objects proposed for the con si
jf the Southern Convention, which is t ^
semble at Memphis the 1st of June next, is ' the
commercial and industrial independence ol the
ft <k > Tko form t:inHii5fpi.4l" incluuCS * COlIl-
S ]f(shell Hunker.—A Democrat who
Cass; deplotes the division in the patty; admit
that á Barnburner may be a Democrat, and k
disposed to iorget the past, and commune with
the opposing faction.
. * , Hardshell Barnburner.—A Democrat who
South." The term' industrial" includes com- in,.¡sls Upon standing on the fragments of
mercial." By industrial independence we "o-]jhe Buffalo platform; swears that Cass distract-
derstand that condition of the several depart-, {(he ty in i84q. adores Van Buren; read
ments of our industry, to-wit: agriculture, rnaa- the Evening Post, and becomes rabid at tho
ufactures and commerce, whereby our Pr(X*u?" | liamc and presence of a Hunker.
tions, both natural and artificial, will reach t ir SartsheU Barnburner.—A Democrat who pf<}.
final destination, and our wants Will ^cyne attachment to the principles of the Buffalo
supplies, without the aid or interposition of fo- !^ri^uabut is disposed to regard the compro?
such a state ^
not be entirely practicable. But it is an object, tor C pfes ..P . . .
The California Route, via Mkxico.—This
is a subject of much interest to our community,
and any news concerning it will be read with
great pleasure. The Newark (N. J.) Daily Ad-
vertiser says:
We understand that a large trade has been
springing up amqng several of our manufactur-
ers of carriages and harness with California.
One manufacturer, Mr. Joseph Davy, has con-
tracted to furnish the harness, about 200 sets, for
the Mexican Ocean Mail and Inland Compeny.
through their superintendent, Mr. J. N. Jorale-
mon, ot this city.
The stages for their use are now being made
by Messrs. Eaton & Gilbert, Troy, and J. Gould,
of Albany, N. Y. They are large and made
comfortable for six persons, with arrangements
for carrying a collection of firearms for defence.
This is a company lately established, who under-
take to carry the mails and passengers from New
Orleans to San Francisco, by way of Mexico,, in
fifteen days.
The Au&tralia Steamship Companj', recently
formed in N. York, propose to have their steam-
ships from Sydney touch at Acapulco, this place,
though some distance north of Panama, being
nearer than it to Australia, though Australia is
south of the Equator. The steamers on both
sides are now running, and the land part of the
line, it is expected, will be in operation duriug
the summer months.
British
since.1-
city,
Catholic priest
Cincinnati
England and Australia.—The Euglish pa
pers regret the democratic feeling which is
steadily growing up in the colony of Australia.
The troops are insulted, and have little or no in-
fluence in the prsservation Qf order. Everything
done by the Government seemed to be unpopu-
lar. Tbe people at large were impatient at be-
ing tramelled by laws, imposed by authorities
16,000 miles off; and it is mentioned as a signifi-
cant circumstance that portraits ol Her Majesty
were almost unsalable. The soldiers, too, are
beginning to desert from the 40th regiment, in
Australia, and are off to the diggings. Upwards
of twenty are gone. £25 per head is offered for
their apprehension.
John Bull need not fret at the growing reslive-
ness of his Australian colonists. There is a
"manifest destiny" which will separate that
island—a continent in itself—from the mother
country before the lapse of many years. The
thing isas certain as time is to roll round. And,
besides, the change will be of advantage to both
countries in the long run. The Australians, by
becoming independent and governing them-
selves, will so devetope their country as 'to ren-
der it a ten times larger and better market than
it now is, in a quarter of a Tienturv, just as this
nation was developed and improved by the gain-
ing of our independence. The United States
are, at this moment, fifty times more valuable
customers to England than they would have been
had they remained colonies. This fact no inlel
ligent man will dispute. The same thing will
follow a similar cause in the country of which
we have been speaking, there can be no doubt.
And England will peaceably relinquish her con-
trol of the island just as soon as she sees that
the Australians have made up their minds, to
the fighting point, to be independent. There
will be no war. England is too wise to attempt
to sustain one sixteen thousand miles from-home.
She couldn't do it successfully. She will, pro
bably, agree, to Australian demands by entering
into advantageous commercial arrangements
with her late colonists—and that will be about
the upshot of the affair, which will be beneficial
to both of the contracting parties, in an eminent
degree.—N. O. Bulletin.
eminent scientific lecturer,
by severe thunder and light
It, as to be struck speechless
t insensible, from which state she is
i recover.
York Evening : says that the
Alexan-i
WM
port <
Aman
uot be entirely practicable. But it is an°bJ^; i . friendly driuk with a Huuker-^ro-
toward which the material interests of evei y , objectto-a' ^
coaimunitv undoubtedly direct it to aim, m so. vided the latter will j y
far at least, as its present condition and re-j Empress of Fashion and of France —The
sources will permit. It is the condition of the íja¿y indeed, cannot, with much propriety, be
greatest material well being. In any event the styfed ,he Empress of France, because ber lw^
promotion and development Of a nation's indus- the Emper*. r, does his own governing, and keep
try should be the great aim of all public and pri- his oWil -fcrets. "The ordinary days at the
vate enterprise, for the amount ot its industry is Xuilleries," wrote a correspondent lately, "when
the measure of its wealth and real power. All there ¡s no reception, pass off monotonously
judicious efforts, therefore, directed to this end jenoUgh. The Empress works • mbroidery or
are to be encouraged. At the same time, the ¡ needlew0rk part oí the evening. About ten
more self-dependent this industry becomes, the j Bonaparte plays at vingt et un with the
séif-relying are the people q pable of being.; E,Dpress. He continues to display the warmest
^ ue agricultural industry of the South, though j proofs Qf attachment to his bride. All that she
susceptible oí an immense expansion beyond jasks sl)e Qbtains, except in matters of public pol.
what it has vet attained, is nevertheless the great ]jc.. there he is impregnable. You know that
source of the wealth ot the people and may b2|she met with a f,rst repulse with regard to the
regarded as in a comparatively prosperous state. • property ol the Qrleaos ianiily. # Lately she tü
lis commercial industry isol small extent, com- mmed to the charge, entreating the recall of the
pared with it? agriculture; and its manufacturing ¡exileil generals. Bonaparte shook his head, and
industry is ieasi 0Í all. Thus, although no et- ¡ b,.gged her not to repeat such applications" But
f rt should be spared to promote agriculture ¡ though her power as Empress of France is ex-
of the South, it is evident if we aim at indu<tnal jtremely limited, she rules the empire ot fashion
independence, our exertions should be directed j undisputed sway. In compliment to her,
to the advancement of our commerce and man-! c?—.«¡.-t- oí d
ufactures. The South produces now an immense
quantity of raw material. The profits of man-
ufacturing this and of carrying it to its final des-
tination are earned almost entirely by others and
are consequently lost to the people ot^ the South.
If, besides producing the raw material we were
also to become its manufacturers and carriers,
our wealth would be enhanced by the value of
the addition which our industry would thus re-
ceive. In the same proportion would our popu-
lation and political influence be increased.
Take the article oí cotton. Leaving cut of the
account the quantity manufactured at the North.
about a hundred and twenty millions of dollars
worth (home valuation) of this product are an-
nually exported in bottoms very few of which
are owned at the South, to be manulactured
abroad into articles, many of which are subse-
quently purchased and consumed by us. In the
transportation and manufacture of this material
and in the subsequent carriage and sale of the
manufactured product, immense wealth is acca-
mulated by others. If the same cotton were
manufactured by us and Ihe fabrics carried and
sold or exchanged by r>s, in addition to the
wealth of the cotton grower we should possess
also the wealth of the cotton manufacturer and
of the carrier of the cotton fabric. Besides, the
manufacture of the cotton being effected in ihe
immediate vicinity of its growth, the number oí
that class of mankind styled by political econo-
mists "distributers'' would be considerably di-
minished and the class of producers correspond-
ingly increased.
It may not be that such a condition of things
can ever be entirely realized by us; bul it is evi-
dently in that direction our interests lie. How-
ever, the attainment of these objects cannot be
effected by the resolutions of conventions nor b
any forced or unnatural measures. They aie
regulated by the principles of political economy;
by the laws which govern production, distribu-
tion and consumption. All efforts, therefore, to
promote these objects must, to be effective, be
made in consonance With these laws. Bv means
of conventions and discussions the public mind
may be awakened and enlightened, and practical
measures matured. But the attainment of "in-
dustrial independence" is a work of time, to be
achieved only in pursuance oí the laws of hu-
man industry and human wants.
The first and most practicable step for the peo-
ple of the South to take toward this so desirable
end, is the construction of railroads and the
building up of works of internal improvement.
By these means the material resources of the
South will be developed, its agriculture and
trade be greatly enlarged, and its wealth im-
mensely increased. The people of the South
will thus be enabled to commence the work of
building up their manufactures and commerce.
N. O. Picayune.
Three wealthy gentlemen in Baliimore have
purcl¡ased the sqdareof ground opposite the Mu-
seum, and are about to erect a magnificent six-
story hotel. It will cost from So00;000 to $700,-
000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has abandoned
the power of making Lighthouse-keepers to Ihe
members of Congress. Whenever they send in
names, he sends back appointments.
Of the one thousand men who formed the New
York regiment in the Mexican war, only sixty
are .now alive, and but about forty are able to
earn their living. This is a bad commentary on
war.
• Colonel Fremont, the California millionaire,
who has been in Paris for the last six or eight
months, will probably remain there until the au-
tumn. With all his wea'th he is plainly repub-
lican in his habits. The only expensive article
he indulges in are—horses. His stud is the envy
and wonder of ihe French. Not even Napoleon
has a finer one.
The Boston Post says the New York Tribune
is in favor of hanging up "de fiddle and de'bow"
of Whiggery for the present, in reply to which
the New Orleans Picayune says.
Yes, and reflecting on the way that the De-
mocracy have dug into the "affections" of the
Whigs, it's nothing but fair that you should "lay
down de shovel and de hoe." Some of the Whigs
out this way say that your course toward them is
desperately Pierce-ing.
The Boston Olive Branch haying accused
Miss Marian H. Stevens of stealing Fanny
Fern's "thunder," the accused lady comes out in
the Boston Times and charges Fanny's friends
with "swelling her up a leetle too big tor her
breeches-"
A Miser.—The English papers mention the
recent death of a notorious miser named Jame-
son, at Newby, in the county of Westmoreland,
in abject wretchedness. He made his own
clothes and washed them, and lived on the
sparest diet. His property has been estimated
at nearly $150,000, the principal part of whicji
will go to a nephew in London.
The Wheeling papers caution the press
• gainst a Miss C. S. Worralf, of the "Nobili-
ty's Concerts," apparently forty years of age.
with a foreign strut, great black eyes, and who
talks like thu der.
Fifty thousand bushels of onions wer- raised
last season in the vicinity of Westport, Ct.,
within a tract of country not exceeding thirty
square miles. The average yield per acre was
about fire hundred bushels.
According to a recent English decision, the
law with regard to the fi :der of lost property
does not apply to the case of property of a pas-
senger accidentally left in a railway carriage,
At a late meeting in London of the proprietors
of the London and Southeastern Railway, it wa*?
stated that during the last ten years, carrying as
they did 2,000;000 passengers, apd running 2,-
000,000 miles annually^ not a single fatal acci-
dent had occurred to a passenger.
Macaulay is expected to issue two more vol-
umes of his History of England this month
His health is said to be irrevocably shattered,
and fears are entertained that he will never be
able to complete the work which he has project-
ed.
Passports ior foreign travelers can be obtained
from the State Department, Washington, upon
application supported by proof of citizenship.
From New Mexico.—We published, some days
ago, the account of Gov. Lane's issuing a pro-
clamation, iu which he announced his determi-
nation of taking possession, in the name of the
United States Government, of a part of the State
of Chihuahua. It will be seen by the following
paragraph, from a letter in the St. Louis Intelli
gencer"óf the 26th ult., dated Santa Fe, March
29, lhat the Governor has not as yet been able to
carry out his design:
I have just seen Ellison, w o went down with
Gov. Lane. He informed me that the Governor
issued his proclamation, asserting jurisdiction
over the d sputed territory, but that he was not
permitted to cross the river Del Norte. The
Mexicans showed fight. They had some 300 or
400 troops. v. §§||g H '
Tne Wesjt, Tennessee Whig has private intel-
ligence that Capt Childe has closed up the con-
tracts in Mississippi on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad. Tbe entire road is now under con-
tract irom Mobile to the Kentucky line, with the
exception oí a few miles in Obion county, which
will be shortly let out, and the contractors have
entered into bonds to complete the local work by
November, 1854.
The wife of Prof. Chas. Whitney, of Pough- ar d found there by a servant of the company;
the Snanish stv'lf-s of'dress and decoration have
been made ashioa of Pari?' and' ?in« *
course, soon become !^e raSe everywhere.—
Home Journal.
The so-called Air-line Railroad bill for making
a railroad in Maryland, to form a connection íq
a new line from 'be North to the South,h&s
passscd the Legislature of that State.
Apt to Slip Up— People who think they can
make an honest man of a pettifogger, or tread
around on an orange-peeled sidewalk with a pair
of new boots on.
A Protestant church, in which the services are
all conducted in Chinese, has been established
in San Francisco.
North Carolina,—The opening of the Weldoa
and Gaston Railroad was appropriately celebra-
ted on the 19th inst.
For Some People.— Some people seem to thinly
that a newspaper is made only to publish theif
lucubrations, assist their projects, &c., &c., dtc.,
the editor aud proprietor the while receiving no
other compensation thau a word of thanks, a
ticket of invitation—but generally receiving no-
ting at all.
Tennessee.—Gen. Zollicoffer has retired from
the editorial chair of the Nashville Banner, and
is succeeded by Allen A. Hall, Esq., who some
years ago was editor of the Nashville Whig,
and since of the Washington Republic.
T. Boyers, Esq., has retired frcun the editorial
chair of the Nashville American.
Death of one of Andre,s Guard.—Ebenczer
Hill, a patriot of the Revolution, died at Wake-
field, N. H., only a few days since. Mr. II. was
at the Bailie of Bennington, and «hile stationed
at West point, was one of the guard over Majfcr
Andre the night previous to his execution.
Compulsory Education.—The French Govern-
ment recently employed M. Eugene Rendu to in-
vestigate the methods of popular education int
Germany, with a vie w to sundry improvements
in her own educational system. His report upon
the subject has recentty been published. He is
very ti\uch opposed to th% system of gratuitous
education, fearing t'hat it will operate prejudic-
ially; but he earnestly urges tbe necessity of
compulsory instruction—of some system which
shali compel the attendance upon instruction of
some kind of all the children oí tlíe State.
t
Building in Louisville.—The Louisville Jour-
nal says a very large uumber of buildings, pro-
bably larger than at ^ny former season, are now
going up iu every part of that city.
The New York Post says: "We are pleased
to learn lhat several gentlemen of wealth, who
are in possession of valuable works of art, hat$
tendered the use of them, for exhibition to the
managers oí the World's Fair. Among tae mare
beautiful objects thus presented are, the Eve of
Powers, the Greek Slave aud Fisher Boy by the
same artist, the Flora of Crawford, and the Chan-
ling Cherubs of Greenough. These are amongst
ihe best specimens of sculpture in tbe country.—
A splendid service ol silver plate, presented by
th* Rothschilds to the wife of a friend of theirs in
this country, will also lend interest to the show. *
The New York Mirror of ihe23J, says: Near-
ly 4000 emigrants landed on Saturday—the first
spring instalment of foreigners—filling our
streets ior some hours with strange faces, and
stranger co.tumes of every form and pattern.—
Letters received by the Pacific steamer, announ-
ce the fact that "all Ireland is in Motion;' Every
road leading to the ports is crowded with men,
women and children—en route for America.—
The most intelligent correspondents foretell an
exodus from Great Britain, the next five months,
of200,000. These, with the Germans, will swell
the amount to half a million."
Shakspeare's birthday was appropriately cele-
i rated in New York on the 23d ult.
Colonization in Virginia.—A bill has pass-
ed both branches of the Virginia Legislature,
setting apart about $42,000 annually, to be a[-
plied in removing free persons of color from
the State to Liberia. A portion of the amount
to be raised is to be derived from an annual
tax of $1«- each upon every free male person of
color in the State, between the ages of 21 and
55 years; $30,000 are to come from the State
Treasury, and the balance from the tax on seals
attached to registers of freedom. <
The River Mails.—A Washington corres-
pondent of the Louisville Courier says: "The •
daily mail route from Louisville to New Orleans
is soon to be put in operation. It was let
sometime ago to a Mr. Clover, of Louisville,
who failed to comply with the stipulations of
the contract, and the route was necessarily
suspended. Thirty-five low pressure steam-
boats are to be placed on the line, and the
present route from Louisville to St. Louis is to
be curtailed—to begin at Cairo."
Hon. Mike Walsh, recently reported as re-
covering from his severe illness at New York,
has had a relapse, and little hope is now enter-
tained of his recovery.
and such servant is guilty of larceny, if, instead
of taking it to the stajion or superior officer, he
appropriates it to his own ase.
The
fact, that, i
Episci
complete!
has 1
er calls attention to the
of Pennsylvania where
flourished, they have so
away that their very existence
see men 'with the most deli-
l in active professional pur-
have no time for illness. Let
let them take care of them-
■ their health, and they
" ase preserves.
t of the
which
" I DIGEST! " Snch i the true meaning of tbe word
. PEPSIN," or of the two Greek word* from which It is
derived. This is the significant and appropriate title of
the Trae Digestiré Finid, or Gastric Juice, prepared by
Dr. J. S. HOUGHTON of Philadelphia, from tha fourth
Stomach of the Ox, for the cure of Indigestion and Dys-
pepsia. It is nature's own remedy for an
Stomach. No art of man can equal its
It renders Good Eating perfectly consistent with health.
See the figure of tho Ox in another part of this paper
Tie largest retail clothing establish-
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New Orleans, Alfred Monroe <
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