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VLiv, tL vt r jvt - -S a W M err 4lir lfeiJ rnl 1 .r- 5rsh aJL i ts tLrw & re4Lsi h.u ti JVajLie sa iLe Lipc ts a. ocbt. jru-e rr!i-.. ail ersae k-ig it I-sr- tii aal iicnir5 tLr j--z.lli; L-i 1 tl-A szzz. . iZ.mV 4 0, t Z3Ciii .X; wre t 1 - T v scirs ;Li-e . Z-.y HI ! l I X?" We f.z.1 in die Missisippi.a of the j j I J iist, the fallowing card from our dis- 1 townsmen, Maj. Barton and Mr. I Cltju. i vising a public discussion in regard j ! iLe Rt3rod charter. j W it-ma that il v are discharging their l V ,rri.i. a.4 V T"T .1... f " - ;.iv li -A J.A.J f IV ' at.a .rr-T2s:ii-s which thev add nee ainst i . i i-Xrlrg tLe tLur, may probably preTtnt ! A CAFJ). Z jn u.e tulUn'ia! justice of thtir . Lad i.--: anuclpated any scrions dif-c-I:j :n carnir it the nULes of their :s.Ilc -c:Uit x, aiid they do net now aniici- Vt mj s-ucb d:iEcuTy if the meriis of ihe c- -ntTv 1 rry sjx- ucdtrssood, r n J truth and r-. ti ti.rii-e their l"ium;ae icCut-nce : 5 it ! avir.j k arritd thai siany crroncoas i iJ.v i-ij-.n.--.-s eil-t Trhh reference to ii.tr j?iia ocrnjii-d fcy those whom we r : ns t.1. for j'3rpo?e of affording tlie s-ti-ltrs t-I the Legislature and the puhlic, 2 t-j jt'rttahy cf jaig:ng of the merits of tin cs.ilrtv r?y, te hereby invite our op :i in r.u to a public discussion in the llepre .s.re Hhll, at the earliest possible time t tuit thtir convenience. ROGER BARTON, J. W. CLAIT. Ccn-ressicaal Printing. The ai.acied table, prepared by Mr. i'ii-iU; cf Ccmecticat, one of the Commit e ct lVirtln, from the records of the Treasury jartment, of the amounts paid at ie treasury for printing ordered by the :sro Heists of CongreES, commencing with U: JiKi-ty-f-t-rojii Corgrtss and termina ua w iii the last, exhibits the following en- t-rrieus Ciibursements in tiat branch of j -' Ik tiptniiiures. SrsATE Aggregate. t i 2 si . 33,423 18 MAO 36 Op7l 65 tSI 43 13I.lC9t-3 t2,6i0 41 4i,-?71 32 21 ",047 75 l0,fr64 13 213,457 30 356.431 C5 25'Jj6 71 l2,t--7 12 1-25.7&3 36 ie.lift! S3 175,-7 3-2 TO. f 1 ,4C2:1 3? 32 5 15,235,16 f2,277r346 43 ilr. Sxoi Ji Fays in a late speech in Con gress on tils subject that, when he came CcTigrt-ss the received opinion among ratz.Lt.rs was tit the expenditures of the geverustxx tboulJ in no event exceed twttty-one millions of dollars per annum ; i J Lc remembers very well that the expen ditures br Gtn. Jackson's and Mr. Van trations, of about that sum, daring what is usually denominated tie Harrison campaign, held up in contrast ml lLe xpu:diuires cf administration lender John Q-uircy Adams, as being per tncrmoui and in the highest degree corrupt. Bat what now,- he asks, is the state of things ? These expenditures have . r . . :-; t j be adds, h is a painful duty for me to dis tharge when I say, what I verily believe, ".Lit corrup'Jon and extravagance have in- cri aiaed jsst about in the same proportion a the increase of our expenditures more ilia ot hundred per cent. It is high time iLat public attention should be called to iLis matter. unus CI tne Steam snip Amazon. Tlie Amazon was the pioneer of a new line of steamers recently started ietecn Southhampton (England) and the Isthmus of Panama, and designed to carry the English mails from port to ;ort, and aL?o to touch at the Island of ?"t- Tactnas on the voyages both waj's. She was a most sup-erb ship, and her toacLIacry was intended to enable her retired by the old English mail steam- On the "2d cf Januarv, she cleared i inna Soatbhaaij-ton lor her destination. Tiie whole number of persons entered Mn the csei's looks was one hundred 2.sJ fist v-flvc. She had onboard as pan cf i..e cargo, '20,S00 sterling in ; specie, 500 bottles of quicksilver, valued 2.!5S.I50, and 1,133 tons of coal. Her . voyage was pleasant and without acci tieut until about one o'clock the follow io.iSasdsy', within sixty miles of Scilly, tLe entire mass of coal was discovered ' to be oa fire by spontaneous combus tion. Xo hnmaa agency could extin 5 gutb the 5amcs with the appHances at ccniaiand; cad the ship was consumed and csr lunJrtd aad Miryce persons MiLcd ia the devouring elements. Twenty jerson$ only, escaped; and lher ttej uroix the waves, in an 0ea loat, until they were almost life 'cas 1 tie re thev were rescued. Those : . r j i - , ru, in0 Mcong outers, iloUje Jf iprescntatives,--ray name ',r,;i:r - f , , incidentally used in connection with tl . ;r -, : u i-uun u.. .c j United States &.nate - - . ; . V . ""V held by lion. JcUerson Davi3. . Uemr " . ia.l?e r'r tirtlv Satisfied, upon snch consideration fsavtd were three prssengers, and sev r. dri4- ealcen belongiag to the crew of the vetX. OThe icksburg True Issue was discontinued on the "2d iast, The rea- cn as'rgaed is, that, it was established to defend the LTnton and the Constitu tka fxom imj -ending danger, and the dinger being cow passed, Uie editors return vulh pleasure to the ordinary vocations of life, - - Tbe Widow of J. Fenniniorc Coop' . er. died at Coc.iH.-r.iown. X. Y.. on the 20Ui . . ' ' ! ?"Wm. Grirnshaw, .the well known aih,Tv of the History of tlie -.Uaited :vatis" asd o:hvT school histories, lexicons, ' ic died at FhUadelphia on the lOih ulu ia tlx sererticth- year of his age, .7 ;r : . . - . v ' 2?" Kfih was kWve-Titisburg on at'wrdav lje olt ult-7 ia -rWrdaHd-and if , X3T" We tale the following letter and the annexed remarks in reference to it, from the Mississippian of the 30th of January : An extra-Executive Communication from the Governor. " The following extraordinary and extra official document "was presented to the House of Representatives yesterday, by Dr. Catchings, a whig member from this county : - - - - . ' Jacksos, Jan. 29, 1852. Dr. T. J. Catciiixcs, . . . , Mr Dear Sir : I am informed that on j vesterdav in a debate which occurred in the .was recently en- as it has been in my power to give the subject, that I could not with propriety resign the ofnee of Governor, under such circumstan ces :-s as now esist, I feel bound to notify my oliUcal friends thus early of my wish that poiiucai menus mus early 01 my my pretensions to the place m question shall no longer serve as an obstacle to early acnon cn uie pan 01 tne leinsiaiure m filling both the Senatorial vacancies crea- ted by the resignation of my late colleague aETfT7,!f.!o t v i v, u i vi It begins, I think, to be quite probable that the vacancy in the Senatorial repre- sentation from the State to the Congress of the United States, which will arise on the 4th day of March, 1853, will not be sup- plied so long as it is supposed probable by the majority in ths Senatorial branch of ltesoived, mat trie payment ot tne the Legislature that the election of Senator Planters' Bank Bonds and interest, con is likely to result in the choice of one so stitute a lejaland moral obligation un- odiou3 to them, as it would seem I have had the misfortune of late to have become ieing unwiuing to participate in the re sponsibility of defeating an election for the station altogether, at the present session of the Legislature, and thus permitting a va cancy to arise in our Senatorial representa tion in Congress, which will continue for nearly twelve months, it is my decided wish that my name should no longer, be used in connection with the place in question, if it shall be judged by my friends, and the friends of the Union, that its withdrawal will tend, in the least degree, to expedite the election of a Senator. I shall be en tirely content with having aided in the de- feat of the secessionists in two regular po- litical encounters already consoled as I shall be by the gratifying reflection that with a majority of Union votes in the Leg islature, of 24, on joint ballot, a third tri umph of principle still more signal in its character, was only prevented by a resort to expedients equally unknown to the Con stitution, and to all the principles of whole some and conservative legislation. I have the honor to be, with sentiments of cordial esteem and true friendship, Your ob'tserv't, II. S. FOOTE. This communication was read, and pro posed to be entered on the journals. Mr. Cassiday suggested its reference to the same committee to whom the petition of an individual was referred a few days ago, asking the privilege to hawk and peddle in this State without license. xur. carry said u the document was a private letter, it should not be placed upon the journals. If it was an official commu- mcation he objected to its being entered on the journals, because it was disrespectful to the fcenate, the co-ordinate branch of the Legislature. ' 4 The letter was then withdrawn by the gentleman who had presented it. It strikes us that this is one of the queer est documents which has yet emanated even from the pen of its distinguished author. Its meaning is as mystical as its object. The Governor says that by the refusal of . e . . , , . UAM lu tu-vt lur wv 1U,1 ltru1' A' Road Company, passed at the regular ses cancy will be left for nearly twelve months. Lion of our Lemslature. It is said, as I The vacancy in reality will be but for a few weeks of service. If His Excellency in- - r l I tenus iu tjooa i;tiLu 10 serve oumis term as , uoernor, now would his election prevent tne vacancy, as his term does not expire until after the meeting of the next Legisla ture 1 If the design is, by such an ambig uous epistle as the above, to create the im pression among his rivals and opponents that he is not a candidate for either term, we venture to say he will fail The letter is before our readers, and each can judge it for himself. Foote's "Compromise" Resolution in the present Congress. Agitation never to terminate. . From the Mississippian. "X," the well-known correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, and a striker of Foote, in a letter dated Jan. 19th, says: : ' To-morrow the Compromise resolution of Gen. Foote w ill come up in order, and the debate on U will continue until the return of Gen. Foote:' Then the debate will never end. The Senate is rid of Foote forever. Because, in the first place, the present Legislature wiu not give mm euner pi tne vacancies Secondly it will not go into the election for the long term. Thirdly, he is under obh- gations to serve out his tame as Governor, and is thus imphed.y pledged not to accept the position, even if tendered him, because he cannot hold both offices at the same time. And lourthiy, every one now Knows inai ne sranas no chance with the peope ot vne ouce m any luiure eiecuon. -There is not a W1g. even in the State as weak as Ah.ggery is, but could beat him w ucaiu iu auuiuci tUUlCSV UtlWK U1C peo- pie. As proof of his want of strength, it is only necessary to refer to the fact that he came near oeing neaten lor oovernor, tbo neran on tne Lmon cause, with nearly eight inonsana majority m his lavor two months ct MrCr. vi 1 r -ii tanced him : and we venture to kv that if life were aeam infused into the Union car ty, and circumstances rendered it necessa ry for the battle to be fousht over aflrain, he is the last man that would be selected as its standard-bearer. God help the coun- which was resuscitated by Foote. Ku to be kept up until his return to the Senate. The positive .manner, however, in which " X" speaks of that event, shows what he j expected at the hands of bis faithful Leg- j isUture," whUe on his mileage expedition ; I hut all !n rain t " - ' -- . " ',. , "Like the dew on the Diountain . ... liie the foam on the river , . Like the bubble on the fountain Thou art gone--and forever T' ' t--The fifst Lord - Littleton "was very absent-minded in "company and when lie fell into a river, by the upsetting ot a boat,, at Hagelv, it wa said of him f that he-had unk twice before he re- froflex-WM lhil he eoaki swhtJK-".v:ii MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. A bill has passed to incorporate the Panola and De Soto Plant Road Com pany, The bill authorises the Compa ny to begin operations at that point on the State line where the road from Memphis stops, and to proceed thence to -Hernando, thence to Fayetteville, and thence to the most eligible point on the Tallahatchie river. Its Capital Stock is to be $200,000 in shares of $50 each, considered personal proper ty and transferable by assignment, It grants right of way and lease of 99 years duration." On the 2Sth'ult. the subject of the Planters Bank Bonds elicited a warns debate. Mr. Roby, from the Commit tee of Wavs and Affirms, to whom was j tu r u - i referred, the Allowing resolut.on, mawveu, inai inu ouummwc va. ays and Means be instructed to m- iuue mio me exncaiencv 01 leuurini" a bill for the payment of the Planters' Bank Bonds. lieported that the committee had had 1 , . r lne same under consideration, and lor the purpose of obtaining the sense of flft TTons iwi instrnfiP,! him tn re. , r P" uie IOUU wmS resolutions, to-wit: on the people of the State of Missis- sippi. . ltesoived, That provisions ought to be made, by this Legislature, for the payment of the above named Bonds and interest. Ileport received. Mr. Starke offered an amendment by adding the following resolution : Resolved, That the Report be refer red back to the Committee, with in structions to report a bill providing by taxation or otherwise, for the payment of the bonds issued by the State, for and on account of the Planters Bank of the State of Mississippi. Mr. Ward offered the following am endment to the amendment, by way of substitute: Resolved That the constitutional payment of the Planters' Bank Bonds be relerred directly to the people at tne next general election. The subject was finally postponed until the next day The remainder of the session was occupied with a discussion on the sub ject of electing 17. S. Senators, but without arriving at any conclusion A Bill has passed appropriating the additional sum of eighteen hundred dollars to purchase new furniture for the Executive Mansion, and allowing the further sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, which had been previous Iy appropriated for the same purpose, and remained in the Treasury unopen e(j: making an aggregate of $2,550. From the Mississippian. January 30. A CARD. I am informed that misrepresentations have by some means gone abroad, preju dicial alike to my private character, and to the interests which I among others, have been deputed to represent, with reference to an alledged alteration or interpolation maae,Dy "Jf" m.ine we CT.: ter of the Memphis and Charleston Rail t 1 . 1 1 - At 1 A .1 learn, that the charter prepared at the in stance ot the Company, fell casually into my hands, and was by me,- without the . , , . - . , e knowledge, and against the wishes of the Comcanv. so altered as to require the road to be located by Holly Springs. 1 do not charge, or believe, that those seeking to produce this impression upon the pub lie mind, and particularly upon the minds of members of the Legislature, design to wrons me as an individual, and it is not so much in my own vindication, as to' obviate miurioiis results to the cause with which 1 am identmea, tnai, ai me suggestion 01 friends, I give the following brief history of my connection with the matter referred to A manuscript copy of a charter, which it was said had passed, or would pass the Legislature of Alabama, was enclosed by a gentleman of Huntsville, to an acquain tance of his in Holly Springs, with the re quest that be would procure a similar char ter from the Legislature of our State, " then in session. Ca the eve of my leaving Holly Springs for Jactson, on business exclusive lv connected with my . profession in the lli"-h Court of Lrrors ana Appeals, the Alabama charter, with the accompanying letter, was placed in my hands, with the request that I would see the matter atten de Thg first Eection of charter re. f d t foIlowmg the preamble, read as fojiows. ; r . ma v it, n,t snj House of Represcntatiyes of the State of AlQvamft Jn An,rai Assembly convened. . -d Company shall have the mUoi w aT . through the Territory o State to '01 their Road alongthe Vftll of KJTcr TO THB Towh Hcxtsvtlle, and thence to some point on NastvilIe and Chattanooga Rail JjajJ jjjg gd'secUon provided for the construe u f . to norence OI Tas cumbia- M the main trunk might pass on side or A of the Tennessee Riv- eT Then followed geral provisions of a general cnaracter, Th tte carte.r .tbat ef to my possession or knowledge on behalf of the IJomTtanv. and in ciraiunz one wj oe Presented to our Learislature, all the genef al provisions of the Alabama charter were embraced, but ihe idea that that identical charter with its local features and phrase- ... T ology, was to be offered to the griatwe our 8. is so preposterous, thatif .nev- er once occurred to me ; and in prepann a similar one,' I thought it but a mere act of justice to the ciuxens of North Mississip pi, that it should be similar in tubstanct, as well as form, and be made to extend that protection to the local interests wfour State, which the Alabama and Tennessee char ters were desicmed to afford to the local in terests of citLpns of those States. For this reason, and under these circumstances,IIol Iy Springs was designated in lieu of Hunts vilie, as beinor a point which.jmhout aiuer inr the direcuon of the road, or interferins with its construction or value to the stock of Tishamiazro, wa wirgi vo, Tippahy and Marshall, tofau PopulJus tountiesin our State, 01 the most and needing as much or more than any others, an outlet to market. ! A request was also afterwards made, from the same quarter, that a provision should be inserted, enabling Alabama to unite with Mississippi in constructing a load through these two States to the Sfis sissippi River, in the event any difficulty should occur with Tennessee. This was also done, and the charter thus prepared, was handed by me to a member of the Legislature from Marshall county, at present a member of the Board of Di rectors of the Company, and was offered to the Legislature and passed some time after my return home from Jackson. If any ob jection had, before that time been made by it. ... : 1 wiijpcuij , ur its agents, 10 onnging uie road to Holly Springs upon the route desig nated in the charter, it had never reached my ears; on the contrary, my understand ing then was, that that was the most prom inent and probable route, as being the one which would, better than any other, equal ize the benefits of the joint enterprise among the three btates of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee penetrating the heart of the productive and populous valley of the ennessee in Alabama passing through the centres of three important counties in Mississippi and emptying the full tide of its commerce into the lap of Memphis in ennessee. It was to accomplish these re sults that Holly Springs was inserted in the charter, and "the head and front of my of fending hath this extent no more." If the citizens of Alabama were surprised to find it there, they were perhaps not more so than the citizens of Mississippi were to find Huntsville, Tuscumbia, and Florence, so well cared for in the Alabama Charter. he only difference was, that they are said to have been "very indignant" at the dis covery, whereas, we managed to preserve our temper, and showed our appreciation of their good sense by adopting their provi dent policy. J. W. CLAP1V THE EXILED IRISH PATRIOT3. We understand that the delegates who visited Washington citvv for the purpose of urging the interposition of our government in behalf of these pat riots, waited upon the President the 22d January, when the following ad dress and response were made: Address of Dr. Edward J. Chaisty, of Baltimore, to the 1' resident. In presenting to your excellency in the name of the citizens of Baltimore and of the highest dignitaries of our State, this memorial so numerously sigoed, w'e feel that we are engaged in one of the holiest duties that can occu-' py the attention of man, and that we are about to impose upon you, the fath er ot " the American people, a task which we trust will be your pride and pleasure to perform. Prompted by a feeling of sympathy, we have assembled arouno your excel- ency this day to enkindle in your bo som the noblest affection -which digni fies the human heart and to awaken in your breast a lively interest for the suf- enngs ot men whose ardent attach ment to the land of their nativity, and whose efforts to win back the liberties of her sons, constitute their only crime, and have drawn down upon their devo ted heads the severest sentence of the aw, and a punishment which, in this and of freedom, we deem dispropor tion ed to the offence. It is, then, I may sav, for patriots that we plead ; for what has been done by O'Brien, Mitchell, Meagher, and the rest of that uallant band that the patriot of ev ery land does not feel j been done by myself, and by my. pre thatitishis duty to perform? They 'decessors, in. several instances. But have wept over the wrongs of their country; they have proclaimed them in the measured notes of the poet and the thrilling tones of the orator; they lave taught the people that which his tory has chronicled for ages that Ire- land was once a nation; and they have sighed for the restoration of the glory of their sires. Further than this, with all their aspirations for freedom, they have not proceeded; and, deep and abi ding as has been their sense of .wrong, the blood of their foes sullies not their hands. And yet their deeds and their hopes, their sentiments and tears, have subjected them, in the land in which they . lived, to the charge ot lelonv, and reduced them to the ignominious companionship with the basest of man kind. . To the cultivated mind and the proud heart what sentence bringi more bitter pain than that which consigns their possessor to the terrible commu nion with spirits that the soul abhors ! The generous sons ol our land, sym pathizing with these unfortunate but noble exiles, have resolved to make one grand and mighty effort for the libera tion ot these unhappy men. .Hence it is that we have assembled within these hallowed walls hence this imposing array of delegates from a sister city, anxious to give expression to the feel- mcrs of their hearts. As the lather ol our common country, we have select ed your excellency to be the organ of communication, and to interpose witn the friendly power of Great Britain the kind offices of our government for the mitigation of the punishment and the release of those nnfortuuate ex iles. We trust that the services of the Irish people, who by adoption have become citizens of our happy republic, and whose devotion to the principles of our government is daily exhibited m the strength of their attachment to our ..... a- .1 - glorious constitution, ana in tne posi tion which thev hold amidst the jar ring elements of sectional strife, will prove a surhcient inducement to awa ken in your generous breast a deep and i lively interest m the lateoi their oretn ren, who, through the indiscretion into which they have been hurried by the promptings of patriotism, have tauen beneath the sentence of the law, and linger out a miserable existence, sur rounded by convicts steeped in guilt and attainted with the worst of crimes. ; r Let; then, the voice of the Ameri can people be heard supplicating thro' the Hps of the father of our country in behalf of those unhappy beings, tQrn from all the delights of home, of coun try, kindred, -and of friend...; In the name of humanity, we, .beseech your excellency end forth from this- temple i V p .... r j prouOiroi. tumi w w . - - ' awe-ofta, Umay 'sweep aa;0Sjhj waste of waters, and return once more bearing in its beak the olive branch of peace. ' - The President's Rcpfy. Sir: It Lj quite natural that natives of Ireland residing in the United States should feel a deep sympathy and com miseration for those or their country men who have been condemned to a long imprisonment in a distant land. Indeed, all' the humane and benevo lent lament severe suffering wherever it exists, and by whatever cause occa sioned. - - - , ; I have become acquainted with ' the memorial wh?ch you have presented. it is ably written, and contains sugges tions which are entitled to weight with all just minds, and cannot fail to awa ken in every bosom a strong desire for the accomplishment of its humane ob ject. Frankness, however, compels me to.say that the request which it con tains cannot be made the ground of any othcial proceedings:; vet any per sonal good offices in aid. of your wish es, solar as may be compatible -with duty and obligation, will be most cheer fully rendered. It is a principle well settled, and which is absolutely necessary to all na tional indepencence, that one nation cannot claim a right to interfere with the internal concerns of another. The United States government would be the hist to yield to any such claim by a foreign State; and, therefore, from its very origin it has cautiously abstained from setting up or exercising any such claim or right itself. It has never, in any instance, interfered in such a case as you present. NVhen the great Father ot his Coun try was President of the U. States, his companion-in-arms-, Gen. .Lafayette, beloved by him like a brother, became a prisoner at Olmutz, in Austria. The President was most earnestly and im portunately solicited to interfere offi cially for his release. But this he stea dily declined, although at the same time he made every private and personal ef fort to accomplish a purpose so dear to his own heart. I shall regard the principle of this precedent, and, togeth er with those whom I consult on impor tant questions, shall consider what can be done in aid of your object consist ently with such principle. You and your friends, sir, will prob ably see, on reflection, that nothing could be more likely to defeat the de desired object than any interference, which might be justly deemed often sive, according to the usages of nations and the well settled principles of pub lic law. I or can I so lar disregard what is due to the dignity of this gov ernment as to make any application, as its head, to another government, which such government might treat with disrespect, and be justified in so doing by the rules of international law. You refer to what has been done in re gard to M. Kossuth. But in his case this government made no representa tion or application to the government against which he had committed al ledged offences. The representation of this government was made to Tur key, and not to Austria. In regard to our own citizens the case would be different. The paternal care which we exercise for the welfare of our citizens would justify such in tercession for one of them. This has we nav e never interierea oetween a ! government and its subjects or citizens Be assured, sir, that it would give me sincere pleasure to see the prisoners to whom your memorial refers, set at lib erty. Whenever that happens which I hope may be soon should they see fit to come to thi3 country, they will Hnd a sale assyium, ana lull protection under its laws. Accept, sir, for yourself and your friends, my respects and gtod wishes. Memphis and Charleston Rail Road. We copy the following from the Mem phis Eagle and Enquirer of the Cth inst: Mr. Joel R. Barrt, representative from Tippah county, writes to one of our citizens as follows, under date of . "Jacksos, Miss., Jan. 28, 52. . The bill proposing to give the right of way unconditionally to the M. &, C. R. 11. Company was referred to a select commit tee of 7. After an able discussion before it, the committee with but one "dissenting voice reported a substitute for .the original bill, embracing the following propositions. viz: . The Governor of the btate is to ap point a competent engineer, who, under oath, is to survey the route by Holly Springs, and through the centre as nearly as practicable, of Tippah and Tishamingo counties, if found upon such survey to be an impracticable or unprofitable route, then, the Company may. locate the road up on any territory of Mississippi which may be desired. On the other hand, if found to be a practicable and profitable route, and the citizens of North Mississippi shall ten der to the Company within four months after they shall have announced their rea diness to locate the road on that route, sub scriptions to the amount of $500,000 in addition to the unconditional stock already subscribed, then the company shall be res tricted to this route. If we fail to make out the subscriptions within the time pre scribed, then the company , is at liberty .to locate where they please. "According to Mr. Garnett's report, the route by Holly Springs will cost 9195,129 06 cts. - A correct survey would doubtless reduce the difference much below that a- mount. We propose not only to make H 1 A aS gooa, due suDscnne over juu,uw more. This bill has not bees acted on in the Sen ate vet. I think, however, that its passage mav -be regarded aa a .'fixed fad.' Under no circumstances will the right of way be granted unconditionally to the company." Pzb Coxtra A gentleman who has just returned from a visit to Jackson, gives it as his opinion that the foregoing will not be adopted. .We learn from him. that the question has excited a jrreat deal of feefinsr in the Mississippi Lejrislature., Mis Befief is that the requested change In the eharter will be" made there being in his opinion a decided majority m favor of it, powerful as may be the minority who oppose the araertd- . meat.-jrrv- ,-, It lias been said that there are two eventful periods 19 the life of a woman: i 1 - j .1 ,v.- " . .inters iu tie State ofXew -lArk'tOTtl "iww; tw.""". " .F" .ZJ. -zTiz v. 9 . s.x whwiiUiayfi, -- jMamelaw nwnbetO..g j-rj Emigrant Carry is; Blares to California. We see it stated that.several parties, of North Carolinians and Georgian' passed through Charleston last month, on their way to California, taking their slaves with them.- The steamer Isa bel was expected to have on board a bont 200 passengers, among whom. would be some fifty North Carolinians with their Slaves, bound for the land of gold. Several companies had pre- viously gone forward, and others were making preparations to depart in ashort time for the same destination. Query, how long will the masters maintain theirauthority over the slave after they arrive in California? From the Holly Springs GateUe. The following parody was handed to us by the author : it commuids itself to those interested, at least it is too good to be pas sed unheeded: A Parody for the Times. "When green young gents, by hairy folly. To whisker culture vaiu are led ; And are depressed and melancholy, Because their whiskers will be red. The only art the red to cover. To hide the hue from every eye ; To gloss the fprouts with blackness over. And fool a stranger, is, to dye. Ftb.lst.lS52. ' - For the Mississippi Falladiuro. Rcjily to the " randy for tkt Timet" ia fAe tart veek't Gaulle. Then green young lawyers, in their fully, Once take to rhyme instead of reason. And are depressed and melancholy, Because their doggrel fails to please one, - Tis pity that their Craft should lead them - To sneer at whUkers red and rare. When their own naked chins implead them. And cry aloud for want of hair! JACOB. Feb. J), 152. Unionism resolving into its Elements. The following,, we take from the Vicksburg Whig, one of the stauncli- est and ablest Whig journals in Mis-, sissippi : Tothk Wmos of Mississippi. The Whigs of other States are now taking steps to organize for the next Presi dential canvass, and to be represented in the National Whig Convention, f jr the selection of proper candidates, and it becomes necessary for you to decide upon the proper course which the party in this State should pursue. For thu last year, tha Whigs of this State have been battling in the Union cause, to prevent a dissolution of Uie Union, but as that question has, in a measure, beta settled, it devolves upon us to decide, whether we will again join our Whig friends throughout the Union. "True, our Democratic friends made us the magnanimous offer that we might join them in their Convention provided we agreed to support the nominees of the Baltimore Democratic Convention but as we did not see any propriety in about G000 or 7000 Union Democrats dictating terms to about 25,000 Union Whigs, the proposition was respectful ly declined $ and as wc furthermore be lieve the Whig party to be the Union party, and that there is a greater guar antee offered in the National Whig Convention to adopt the Compromise Measures, and to nominate undoubted friends of those measures we respect fully suggest to our Whig friends, that we look, to our own Convention for men calculated to protect the interests of the South, and the perpetuity of the Union. Wc therefore, ask our Whig friends in the Legislature, and the Whig press throughout the State, to consider of the propriety of holding a Whisr Convention at Jackson, during the ses sion, say the 2olh of February next, to appoint delegates to the National Con vention, and to organic tne party Iu the various counties. The National Whig Convention will be held, and it is rigfU and proper that the South should have a voice tn the sc lection of candidates. A Nut for the Union Democrats. The Union Democrats have, with fi delity, clung to their whig allies in every instance. In this State, the State printing was given to a whig in preference to a democrat, and in Geor gia Berrien was thrown aside for that ultra whig, Toombs. In Louisiana the whigs" have determined to throw aside Gen. Downs for a whig, and whigs in this State are advocating such a course. The. Louisiana whig press is loud in fa vor of throwing Downs aside for a whig and the whig press in this State has seconded the motion. Yet in the very face of this course of our opponents the Union democrats of our legislature chng. to whigs, throw patronage , to whigs, and strange, yet claim . to be true democrats ! The New Orleans Bee says that the election of General Downs or the election of a locofoco, (aye, locofoco is the word,) U. S. Sena tor, by the Legislature, containing a whig majority of 17, would be an eventofsuch monstrous political treach ery that it can hardly conceive it possi ble. But here we expect such a course of that party of the so-called democra cy, yclept Union democrats. Had they one iota of discrimination they would see their folly and return to the old democratic faith. Vicis. Senl. A lover gazed on the eyes of his mis tress till she blushed. He pressed her hand to his heart and said My looks have planted roses on thy cheeks; ha who sows the seed should reap the harvest. 1 . ' '.- lO'Gov. George S.Boutwell and Lieut.' Governor Henry W. Cushman, of Massachusetts, were sworn into of fice on the 14th inst. BO3 A bill xecharteriBjf the. Bank of I Mobile has passed-the Alabama Legis- Jature. r' . -:r-s A.' TjQIt is supposed that the ietitkm- the 1 1 .... .