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Arrlvo at Knoxvlllell.BO
SIh. Seward's Spebcii. Tho VViislilng.
ton correspondent of the Pliilnilflpli'ni Preiss
ays: . I know nlrendy two Republican Sen
ators who intend to denounce, oh the floor
or tho Semite, the Rochester speech of Gov.
Sewnrd, and I tnko it for gninM thoy ore
Dot all of tli nt party who will do so.". You
mny readily Imnjjino the tnonil eflect upon
the. party itself, ns well, as upon ' its oppo
nents, of such denunciation from its pronil
Dunt leadeis. Tulleyrand, alluding to the
execution of the Duke d'Enghien, sold "it
was worse than n crime, it was a mistake."
Sumi'thing of the kind might be snid of Gov.
Seward's spexch.
' The Letter vs. Tub Spirit. A writer
in the Boston -Ritcoriler tells of a Cliristian,
liedridden for years, in whose house a Bap
tint church was in tho linbit of assembling
fur worship." He ardently desired to com
mune with the church, but his physician
I oi bidding immersion, the church also for
bade his Christian fellowship in the Savior's
memorial. . Is not this putting the letter be
fore the spirit? The writer patiently asks,
should, one duty be omitted because another
must be? . . k - .'
What Texas is Capable op Producing,
We extract the following from a private
note of a correspondent in Texas in rognrd to
what that Statu is capable of producing:
' Texas presents such n wide and prolilio
field that the Imagination fairly revels in the
prospect. There is indeed no telling what an
empire there is here when its resources are
developed. When we shall export 3,000,000
bales cotton, 25,000,000 bushels wheat, 400,.
000 hhds sugar uud other produce In propor
tion, there will still be a vust scope of rich
country to be occupied. But it will hardly
do to put these things in print, because peo
ple cannot believe them. Yet they are all
within the compass of figures at very moder
ate calculations. .J . .
3T" A Turkish gentleman bus been ad
mitted attorney of the Queen's Bench,' nt
London. Tho London Star reports:
"The Ma'nommedau gentleman,: Cumrno
den Tyabjee, who on Tuesday placed . Mr.
Justice Cromptnn in a fix by applying to bo
admitted an attorney, he having served his
articles and passed the exttuiinatiun, was (nn
Thursday, 2flb November) admitted by the.
Court of Queen's Ueucli. . .'I'lis court was of
opinion that it was unnecessary for him to
take the oath of objuration (which contains
ths obstructive words 'on the faith of a Chris
tian,') but only the oath of allegiance and the
uttornirs oalh. Cuiurooden wus accordingly
sworu on the Koran, in Mussulman fashion,
nnil udmilted. More than that, he received
the Lord Chief Justice's express wishes for
success in his profession. ' ''
Scarletima and Measles. Mr. Witt,
member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
has published a pamphlet in which he states
that uarbonute of ainuiunia is a specific for the
cure of scarlet fever uud measles. lie cites
Dr. Pearl, of Liverpool, and other practi
tioners, who Imvfl never lost a case out of
hundreds since adopting this remedy. Two
druchms of the bicarbonate of jnumonin are
dissolved in five ounces of water, and two
tablespoons of tho solution given every two,
three or four hours, according to the urgency
of the symptoms. No acid drink must be
taken, but only water, or toast and water.
The system Is to moved by a dose of calomel
if necessary ! The room niusl. bo well Venti
lated, but the patient protected from the
slightest cold or draft. Gargles should also
ie employed for clearing the throat. The
.-ammonia, it Is said, counteracts tho poison
which causes scarletinu, and also acts on the
system by diminishing the frequency and at
ths same, limp increasing the strength of the
pulse. ...As so. many childreno die from these
diseases in this country this remedy ought to
receive a fair trial from the profession. " , -n
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Fatal Sahnaubdlish. John H. Brown
son, son of O. A. Brow nson, editor' of the
Review of thut name,:Was killed at Sr. Paul,
Minnesota, by walking In his sleep out of a
window ninety feet' from jhe; ground.' He
wo a lawyer by profession, and had contrib
utc4 many of the most talented articles to his
father's journal. About six weeks pgo he
met with an acojdent la which, lie sustained
severs cut oq the head by (ailing. .down the,
-stairs leading to his olhee he liav-
flight "s.hii jlei'u: Minted a candle, snd
j inj srfsen "fWthe 1owe frdrit Boor, uni!
wsiTroceaingTSa't some ' person ' was
dsf tha Impression: .w f . , v
then who desired udn,,.
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Tim Black Warrior .nj;Le,wJiroJir.
frin Ifityntinn on tho SUfJhe pws wni'
inaj tfie Spani'sli and ilexlcaj loOfjioa:
been settled. It was stated that the Mexican
government liadi acceded to the demands of
A.despntcJ) jtniUiifi),XfgiVi&. lt.tll6
largo liiuors,. ofJhg, joyd,.,q canvasMp
seemingly Indicato the utt$flfsIHl4t-
Diimberof the naniv pijtyifiii awiv.0i-
cers restored again loathe .service, have beB
sept W the Senate for confirmation,,.., ..
At last advice Judge .Douglas was nt Hn-
vnnnn, and would probably .reach Washing,
ton about the 4th of January; I .
'"A correspondent of thojNow. Yorlir Kven
irig Post states that there is reason to believe
that two more vessels liuve left, or are about
to leave this country with fillibusters.
. On the 22d, the examination of witnesses
in tho lottery trial case was progressing.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been
filched from the municipal treasury of New
York while Mayor Tieman was nosing about
after tho lottery men. '..'
It is currently reported at Washington
that the Niearauga filliEuBters are aided by a
powerful association, having men1 and means
at its command. ' 7
It is stated in the tapers that the last Mem
phis Court sent seventeen convicts to the
Penitentiary. As a matter of economy it
would perhaps bo well enough for the next
Legislature to establish a branch of that use.
,1'ul institution at the city on the bluff,,. . .
The Supreme Couit of Massachusetts, in
a recent decision in a caso of slander, said it
was no defence that the party sued had only
repeated a common rumor, ..If the story is
false and slanderous, it is repeated nt the
person's peril.
Look out for Counterfeits. The Co.
luinbus Sun has been shown by Mr. King,
paying teller in the Bank of Columbua, a
twenty dollar nnte'on the Bank of Hamburg,
So. Co., which is. the most perfect counter
felt ever perpetrated. Wo append the fol
lowing description, as furnished by Mr. King,
that the publio may be posted up in regard
to these bills: ' , - '"'
. The body of the letters "Bank of Ham
burg," darker than in gonri note. -
Divisions in the arches of tho bridge in
the rear of tho Vignette darker than In good
note. , . -
On good note, period after tho word "do
mand' none on counterfeit.
On good note, commas between J. J. in
Cashier's signature none on counterfeit.
. On counterfeit with aid of glass, can see
tracings around signatures, us though done
with the polnj of a pin. " , , ,
. On good note, the red engraving "nround
"20" is much brighter and more distinct, than
in counterfeit.. . ' 't ' "'
On good note, the light hack of pnlm.tree,
in the centre of Vignette, is brightoij mid
shading much better. ' ''
Louisiana. The Shreveport Southwest
ern aik--' '"'"';'sj! " ;" ".'(''' l-i
The District Court adjourned oh Saturday
aftur a tedious session, taken up almost ex
clusively. by the criminal docket.,- Previous
to adjournment, Judge Crcswell passed sen
tence of death on Wurd, convicted 'of the
murder of W. W. Smith, and on Bennett,
convicted of the murder of Jordan, and ap
pointed the 13th of February as the day far
their execution.
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Senator Sumner. Tho Boston Adver
tiser says the political "moxa" is about to be
applied to Senator Sumner. Massachusetts,
it Is said, has grown tired of being represent
ed in the Senate by an '"empty but eloquent
seat," and it is proposed to overslaugh Mr.
Suuiiier by' the election of Mr.' Bunks in his
place. We anticipate a sudden improvement,
in th' Senator's condition when tills news
reaches Europe.
Tho "Expunging Resolution," which is
designed simply to restore the Code and Dis
cipline of the M. E. Church, South, to the
standard of the New Testnmtnt, was adopt
ed unanimously" at the North Carolina Con
ference at Newbern Ayes 88.
In the South Carolina Conference, lately
in Bession in Charleston, as reported in tho
Courier, the vote on this resolution was al
most unanimous Ayes, 112, No, 1.
The expurgation will be'effeeted by a large
majority of the constituent annual confer
ences of tho M. E, Church, South.
Ju Sacramento and San Francisco indict
ments were being found against professional
gamblers nnd they were generally fleeing to
escape arrest. Many of tho moat pestiferous
of the tribe hud made good their escape to
the South and to New York by the latest
steamer.
Gurrit Smith, abolition candidate for Gov
ernor of New York, at tho lust election, has,
it is said, been figuring up his expeuscs, and
finds'thut each vote- he received, cost him four
dollars. ". ,sX ' ' ":. "'
A Mother's Praver.Aji exchange well
says: "1 The bay -IhaCfeela his, nameja,.. men
tioned in a good mother's prayers is compara
tively safe from vice and lb rum towhich
it leads. The sweetest thought that N. P.
Willis ever penned, grew ou f reverence to
his pious mother's prayers for hliu. Tossed
by the waves, in vessel which lFvas bearing
mm noiaewara, n wrote i ... -, 1 , j
"Bleep tare, asi wan worn marlaer, ' v
Kor rsr to-nlgut, oar storm no lesl' ,.'r--V?'
V, . Ths ar of Heaven q.ndi lo to her, rvj
He oomMto shore who aalli wih " :
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, ISBf" -'I bought them boots to w'ertr only
when I to into gonteol society,' sold, oue l
the codfish tribe to a wag tho other dy.
r 'Oh, you did, eli?' quoth Hht wag. ' Well,
then, ithnt eoio, them bsols will be ilkvlv
to Inst you a lifetime, aud be -worth some-
thing iu your neirs,- - ,-
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. -jjmJ av'wJ y-rC ' ri
tions in the third. iour)li,Bi!i, suyupthjelgliyi
and tlurty-sei3on Congressional dislflcts
. jFroni VVfuhinglon we ie'sro Cliat if large
ITh 13allMnufiihiut--n old Jin Whig
paper always eoi)svtivevajM sJ ways able,
.in leal4i.BfcrlM-rr its, issav-tof ;hf 1?IH
ipsttters into txphiiosopkie rwlysl yt the
jihrpottUil!Mim,i(nd iripeots,)f r.t)i, .
ipg ipiuef j this .oiipositlrjirwSit JivmiWi
poKijg,4(: in;opiinetmMv ..wiimti anjruff t,r.
lide1nleioJ860..T.t paiVWtri re
Sandorj n4 Jirity.jliHHssMli prospects of
Snward, lnriks,JKaliuiiii i'. , Chtisti, ioI1 Ulio,
Mr, Lvinart''i:tiiili'5ulLrlililtbi,.J. lMJule,.
1f. Nety Ilniopsliire, David Willuol.tsnR
s)lyu.r.ia,J'ios, .Corwhiiif OhloMr -Fror-mont,
,Mr. Fjlluiiiro and Juiige.lIul.eritHorl,
''Simon Cilme.ron, of I'eounylvunln, and Jinn.
John J. Crittenden, of lu iituekyvnnd arrives
at tire following xonclusiun.' The tribute
which that safe, consewatLvs uboV rsliaiilo pa
pers pays to Tennessee's distinguished son,
will meet with a hearty response in. thou
sands of towns, in his own loved and honor
ed State.
We believe that the nominee for Presi
dent will be John Bell, of Tennessee, or Ed
ward Bates, of Missouri, and we beg our
readers to mark the prediction. Both of
IheBe are men of rare fortunnte political ante
cedents. Both nre of spotless life and repu
tation. Both orq men of acknowledged
learning, and talent, and experience. Both
were old Whigs, and always were slrong for
protection.
John Bell never gave a vote in Congress
that should subject him to opposition from
tho groat mass of the opposition to modern
Democracy; nnd his stern and unyielding op
position to the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise, and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, must
lend to secure the confidence of the entiro
conservative portion of the Republican party.
Edward Bates despises the Dred Scott de
cision.,, 'Either of these gentlemen is perfect
ly acceptable to the Americans, and to the
Whigs, j A1 either of these would bo ac
cepted by the greht body of the Republicans.
John Bell is more respected and beloved all
over the North than any other man of the
South since the death of his bosom friend,
Henry Clny. Nash. Banner. ,';'":"'' ''
A New Weapon of Defence. The Lon
don Dully News, after a hasty sketch of mod
ern improvements in various kinds of. arms,
describes a new weapon invented by Charles
Shaw, If says: "Seeing that wo cannot rifle
our cannon, because of the "muss of metal we
have to deal .with, S'ir Charles ,Shaw tho
author of the invention which wo now pro
ceed to describe .proposes to divide our can
non Itself as well ns the shut," He replaces
the field piece, cannon or- kowilss, iiy-jwaw..
of rifle-barrvli, twenty-five in number. TheBo
are "accurately placed on the same level, each
barret diverging slightly from the central one,
so that the volley of rillu bullets discharged
by the Uifrcds wiircoVer, a .width of .uboiit
live, yutds, ,ut n. distance .of eight, hundred
yards. -r Sir Charles' ShawV rifle battery Ms
Indeed a reproduction of: FicBclii's Infernal
machine, plucedf on 'ylieolsj, uncC'iiiade fur
lightsc uud fur mure inunugeuble than a light
brass nine-pounder gun. .XSrKi(.
.' This implement mny, tierefqre, be regard
ef us riuVI cannon, diyiiiufj into twenty. five
portions, us desiruclive us grape or cannistex
Shot ut 000 yards, or Shurpuell shell at .800
yards, with its deadly aim ex tended as far as
tius rifle can reaclU -Conceive - a i battery of
horse artillery with' folrf 'of ' Sir Charles
Sli i'w's Infernal. jiiiclifnes substituted jfpr
their guns.' What buttery of field artillery,
what troop of Horse, what battaHion' of in
fantry could withstand their deadly 'shower
of Minnie balls? '; The1 ciinnoil or howitzer
require nine men nt least to serve it, and it
umst be dragged by four or six horses,' the
rifle buttery requires but two men to load it,
and one to lire. It can be fired by one pull
of the trigger, or in sections of twelve barrels
at a time, us mny be expedient. , . .
A Sensible Letter on Biographies,
Some time since a biographer, desirous. of
laying before tho American publio an authen
tic biography of the Hon, John J.Crittenden,
wroto to him, asking his permission to pre
pare and publish such n work. Mr. Critten
den declined the request in a loiter, which'we
give with the exception of such parts as wero
of n purely persouul character:
Frankfort, Sept., 1858.
Thankful as I am to you lor your offer, I
cannot now give you the permission you usk
to write my biography because I did, before
tho date of your letter, promise that "penniB
sion to another whenever 1 could bring' my
self to consent to the publication oJ such a
work. . By that premise 1 nm bound,''-
1 may add, sir, that have a slrong disin.
cliuulion to appear to assume n place among
the justly distinguished- historical characters
of our country, and 1 huve a slill greater
aversion und disgust at the very ideaof beiug
reckoned among that numerous, vain cluss,
that figure only iu Biographies, j'."' '
'floor the publio would hardly ascribe much
jDipurtiiuee to, or take much interest iu, the
history of my life. And I shrink from tho
idea of seeming to exact more of its atten
tion thai) may be due to me, or of seeming to
luimfor myself the recorded liupors of his
tory. , Jt Is time cniiugh when a man is dead
to write, his history.. Such are my feelings
on me suuject,.-: y , - ' v T - v
J uui, very repectrully,your, &d, '.
.-'s,-:', i' ?:-V J j. Vtmumn. ,
"Save Your Raos. Tfhere are jn the Uni
ted States nearly eight hundred iiper mtlls.
wliich produce , two. ..hundred ntillitipa of
peunds yf paper per annum, valued t liear
ly thirty rmillions' of d'olkrs',, ',,J'o product
this large amount' Of paper,, aboul, sixteen
hiilllonsdollure worth rugs ere leuuired, end
this large quantity ippst be avd rorrithe
sewps of the domestic eircle.., it it noi no
parent itiftj. all, economy shuuia, be proetieed
hi' TsJoilis la this, paiUeulsr,.iveii jhougji
.L.' j.J.V J -li ,.S t,.,'lU. iWli
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)tAtti4hm aw sWk ''nis'
DEqLINB..AND EXPOSURE. OF THE
i A'Sl'lllI I UAI, I1U.MUUU, .
.There is a"remarkoll similarity in the his.
fory-Of oil popular f elusions. On the prin
eiple that ever dog must have his duvr they
In a shorter of longer course, in proportion
loathe cleverness of their -originators, and
tMn'are tlcard of ito more. If we go back
lo the days of Jonnnn Southcole, frightening
erowds of British boors, or the magnificent
Law Block gambling' with duchesses and csr
dlnnls in the RueQulnenmpoix, to the Count
Oglinstrn witi his colosal swindles, or to a
more rhodurn hnmbug, Mcsmer, we shall find
,lhe irop of, foels always withered as
rapidly ns it hnd been raised. So, tori, with
the delusions of to-ilny. Ten years ago the
speedy ending of the 'material world was pre.
dieted by one Miller, end thousands of thrill y
Liiouwwr--ivr inilrxl Lsod prrpan-tt JMtfrf
nscension robes for so fnimeriinte journey to
heaven,'' Mormonism came likewise; and al
though, through the opposition wliich its
practices naturally excited, its existence has
been somewhat more protracted than it would
have been had the Saints been let alone se
verely, yet it may be safely alleged thut the
palmy days of Biighaui Young and his coud.
jutors are over. ' ,
But the most gigantic deldslon of recent
date bus been that of Spiritualism. Inn lit
tle more than a year after the Foxes com
menced their operations at Rochester, spirits
of all sorts and at nil prices' wero rapping,
kicking, writing, tipping and knocking furni
ture about all over the land. ,The savants
were brnlhered; grave college'profossors irf
vostigated the phenomena, and, wilh bwl-likc
sagacity, came to tho conclusion ' that they
knew nothing aboiit If. Jurlgeinnd Senators
gave In their adhesion lo the rlow doctrines',
and consulted the spirits or. knotty points In
law or politics.' Every second young woman
was n medium, and was "longing) or thirsting"
for some impossible thing, ue it appeared,
When the medium found an "afliiiity".of the
oppoBile sex, the spirits would frequently in
terfere in tho marital relations of Iho'partles,
and In the most impertinent way" 'order them
tii the aims of someother medium or affinity;
and thus arose the Free Inve excitement.
Tho philosophers of the Tribune, who hnd
used tip all thei other', isms nboiilionlsm,
Koiirlerism, socialism, ngrsriaiiism, and so on
eagerly seized upon the. new delusion, nnd
advQculed i.t Iu. miles ofj turgid common
places.. Itinerant mediums wandered over
the country, gathering money from the In
quisitive, the. weak and the' credulous. One
might really tiov'o imagined that, so far as
public enlightenment was concerned, wo
were tn the niuili coot lift, , im-U-r.A uf the
nineteenth;-- -r, " " """
.'BntSliitu:ilim hns hud Its day. Not even
n strong ndmixture of sensualism could keep
it up. Some of its innredistiuguished advo
cates have quietly abandoned the faith.
Others, like the slfong minded Mm. Gove
Nichols, niid tlio youngest of the Foxes
Miss Margnrettu have made open rccanln
tion and sought for pardon from the Roman
Catholic Church.' Judge Edmonds, it Is said,
wavers in his belief. The Tribune philoso
phers, like all other rats, were early in desert
ing the sinking ship, mid there Is every indi
culion thut. the spirits will rap without custo
mers before many moons have waned. .
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: Nashville and Chattaroooa Railroad.
The Murfreea'boro Telegraph of yesterduyj
has the following In rogard to Ihe recent
meeting of stockholders in thut place! . , ,
Resolulions'were adopted at' this meeting,
providing that Ihe President, Directors and
Superintendent shall take nn contracts on the'
road, snd that hereafter-tho regular meetings
of the stockholders sfuill take place one dny
previous to the day of iectlon,.aud be 'con
tinued On that dny if necessary; jind that the
Directors make their annual report nn the
day previous to the election. A- resolution
was also adopted appointing a.Commitlce to
investigate the management of the Road.
The meeting was large. and much interest'
manifested. There were two tickets for Di
rectors, and tho contest was oloso, - j .
There appears to bo much dissatisfaction
concerning the management of the road.' . tf
There is one thing, however, which we are
glad to witness, Unit is, that the stockholders
have become wide awuke to their, interests,
and are determined tn see and inquire into
the management of tlio Road, .
. At a meeting of the new board, on Thurs
day, 16th inst., V. K. Stevenson was re-elected
President, We understand thut Col. 15.
A. Kooble declined serving ns Director, and
Alfred Miller of this uUy was elected to till
the vacancy occasioned by the declension. ....
Singular Death-Bed. Brnntome thusl
relates tho death of i Mudemosellie - Llmeuil,
maid ol honor Ip Queen Catharine of iledi
eis, , She had dishonored her tjirth by her
dissolute life..,. At the approach of her death,
she seut for a vullet of liers.iiftinei Juilen,
who played remarkably well en the violin.
"Julien," said she, "take your violen,-and
play me Th Dffml of iht Swin; play it ns
Well as you enn, nnd don't leave off till you
see me' dead; and when you come'to" "the
words, &tl is lust!" repeat that purl. fyui. or
five times In the most pluintive manner you
ouh." The vulot did as she desired, and she
herself .assisted him' wilh her voice-nnd
when she Came to that part, ''All ii lusl!" she
repeuted.it wice, aud turning to Ihe t othef
side of feor bed, she said to- her eomuiiion,
','All l,.lo8t indeed, now!" and so ajie died,
pgr" 'd have you know,"" jtrs,- Stroker,
that ray husband' was d banister of the, law,"
"A fig for your banister, retorted Mrs. Grun
dy, turning up her nose, "hav'nt a pousiu
as is a corridor jn the pay,;w -.. v ,
1 ;,V.lbH8ff uae'l'he Bury (England) Post
says thut Alitr Kidadste, who dlvd recently
4 with only. ithro'e'penee hlsipocketj "Snd
I. whose faneru) expenses wore dufrayed by a
suoortl-y)., was wealthy a lew years ago
sad owned 10Q horses, but 'was 'ruined 'by
. A.. .W;-V.-e -"'' ri -ii
TO THE - COTTON - OftOWRRq"; TtW
, GEORGIA, AND THEIR RKPRESEN-
, I'.Vl 1VIJ8 AT MlLLIfUGEVILLE.,!
uc iniu pronucisoi I'onnsy ivaiiia nra un
nunllf ($42,000,000. (..
This employs a capital of" 86,TJOO,000'.'"''lt
aiso gives employment nnj- snMlstenee ' to
5,00(1 working-men snd as Biany more women
and children. . - , , -... .j, ...
Tse Cotton crop of Georgia i's estimated
at 26,000j000. ' "
The capital employed In Cotlorr-makmr Ih
Georgia, estimating 4 bales pen. hand, uad
810 per acre for the land, and other things in
liroporllon, Is 50,000,000 fur land, slock,
.i! 8i,000,000 for negrdes, making 911a,.
000,000. V'- ' "" '" ' ...
.This employs .125,009: negroes, besides
owners, overseers, ifcc, ,, 1 .,, . , , .
The Iron crop of Pennsylvania, annually
employing- a capital of 5,000,000, nnd 5,000
men to work it, is nearly equal to the entire
crop of Cotton in Georgia; nirtployinir s copi
tiXllOlOm.jul.a.il ' -
CherokeoGeorgiii has Iron resources equal
to Pennsylvania and physical resources tn de-
veiope ihom, ir developed, Cherokee Geor
gia would make products nearly equal in val
ue to the Culion products of the Slate.
Without a Railroad, it cannot be develop
ed. The difference to Georgln would bo mil
lions of -Iron products besides those of the
Farm, theOrchurd,HheGnrden nnd the Dairy,
for export, where she now imports, nnd pave
lor odt of her Cotton crop. The Stotesiniiq
who would anticipate the grand spectacle,
may sum up the items, fill out the hint ore.
nnd gaze with udmirutioo. .. '. r
I ho difference to thoW.& A. Railroad,
would be, the addition of freights from a Rail
road traversing this Iron region of Elownh
Vulley, equal to nil the way stations besides
put together. This is true, because four
miles of this Road, just completed, now puts
on nnd receives from tho State Road more
freights than at nnv other Deiiot.and ns much
as ten of the smaller Depbts put togother.
(See Dr. Lowls Report.) ' . A J
ueorgia now imports millions of dollars
worth of Iron ttnd Iron products: millions al.
so of product! of the Farm, Orchard, Garden
nnd Dairy,?": The Colton pays for it. . ;
Muke the' Iron, Steej, &c. hi home, ns may
be done, aud shelves million, for invest-'
ment instead of spending it, Sire adds to her
taxable; resources, instead of paying tributes
to others. She increases her population, nnd
retains men who would leave her. She mul
tiplies strong arms unrl stout, hearts for her
defence, instead of feedlngnnd enriching
muse woo naimuniiy au-jse nna revile her,..
Without this policy, what has she in oros-
pect but-wornoot Soil and decnying institu
tions ? Where are her moulis of defence ?
I'hey are in Cotloh bales nnd negroes. Their
lungs nnd their tongues thev ure in Den. ink
and paper.
What is her resort but. submission uncon
ditional? What Nation or People ever did
otherwise than submit, who wore fed nnd
clothed by others, and were even dependant
on their oppressors for their axes and hoes,
their plow-shares, and their pruning hooks,
as well ns their swords, their guns and -their
ponder I Who could loll to love urn respect
the bind of ei?w A eur iTi'a?:")
and cheese, our potatoes, onions and cab-J
u- - -i t r. ... 1
tu..t.l 1 i L.. i ..:! A......i....r
i nun, i, iiv, uu too ,u HVfiii vi,i3i;i,rviii
this unliable trait of human character iind'lif-
e 1 . , . . .1
;oru ik n cuniiuo jor exercise, loyinrus" our
niountnin population ? - , ,
The Cotton planters may answer! A word
to the wise is sufficient. -
Thu Hlntisticsof Iron nnd Its prodnclscon
sidored relatively in regard to the South nnd
the North nre equally interesting. " . " .
Virginia, Norlh and South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, Tennessee nnd Arkansas, (say.
iug nothing of tlio vast resources of Texas,)
have Iron Ore. ronal in aualitv and mure
abundant, than nil the Northern States to
gether. , -'' ' '' ' ' ' '"'
- There are made in tne United i3tates,obnnt
800,000 tons of Iron, which, costs the win-
sinners 880,01)0,000. This much, and 500,
000 (nji more of fureignJron, is consumed in
the-United States: '' A total or 1,800.000 tons
consumed, nt n cost to the consumers ot $87,
500 000. -Of this, thcro ,1s .consumed In tho
Soulherlv Stales rrcurly one-hull, 4,000,noo
wurth. Vhby produce "enrtlparutively, but MU
tie, suppose & 10,00,000 worth. " This leaves
$30,000,000 to be nnriuallyiPujd foriby .'the
Sontlrfor Iron, miule by others. . , yiJ
1 It Is paid out of the Colton crop drreTjIly
or indirectly, ' "' -.-) ' '' 1
The cotton' oron te cdual to $160,000,000.
Of (his S30,000,y00 goes to pay for Iron.-,
Uoiv much more is paid tor liny, . butter,
cheese, beef, apples, potatoes, cabbages, on
ions, garden seeds and flower-roots, the mer
chants can tell. And all of this is pnid by the
South, with better resources than (he Nrfrfh,
serving to insure our dependence, to Jniike us
love, respect and submit to the North, 'whilst
we feol anything but respect, rogurrLjir in;
teresi in or for our mountains and 1) that
therein nre. ' - - " '
Annually, for thirty years, has the South,
by its best bred gentlemen nnd Indies, in their
richest costume hat in hand culled on the
Nortltv' leaving their oards.' ' '
For-thirty-years these culls have not been
returned.. r Year after your we ring their par
lor bells and leuvo our visiting cards. Theji
prtnt onr "tarrls Snd mnke our bulls whilst
we pay for the cards and bulls and ring our
selves. But the calls, urs-nol returned. What
jwe get in return every one knows. , .
: At home, II wc call on n neigtiDor and nu
does not return it, self-resprct forbids n se
cond call. , for our Northern .neigh boa we
swallow our self-respeet mid repent the call,
and get our clothes and our food, our oflices
and titles of llMnor-on their own terms.
Ii our ..Statesmen are wise, they will stimu
lute (ho products of our Farms, our Orchards,
Gardens nnd Dories if not of the Iron and
Mineral region.' The Cotton Planter is inter
ested in these matters nnd will reflect.
Respectfully, 1 , Mark, A. CoofER. -
' Thb Human Uair.Wo see it stated that
the somewhat tedious labor ol counting the
number ol hairs in the heads of four differ
ent'Colors blond, brown, black, and red
has been successfully performed by a German
euvaiitt uho'thusuuuis up the result: ,';
filttfloV . . ,.. , ;! , , . - r ,140,400
Ilrown,
Hack,
Bed,
if ,0a,96Sl
-"' ""- ; 88,740
, . Tlio scalps he found to be pretty nearly
equal in weight, and (he deficiency In the
number t( iiiiira in tlio brown, thu block and
the red lieudajo be fully counterbulnnoed by
a corresponding Increase of bulk ill the iu
dividual fibres. ' ' " ' " . ' , !
fidn,Th leaf of an album on whloh Lordii. tliat "one pnitncr csouot Mectita 4
Byron had written four lines of poetry -Was
recently sold te a Russian ii'jbleinun at
Venice,. Ita1y,,.foe 1,60Q. . What do ,you
tniiiK 91 lust, crUDiers
ftal I f't-Sst- se-ssi' 's
"lTO.:1r)0K8 itEti. OP MADISON VILLK.
f,.. v. by lima norc -Cforos;
yourlg many sod bear me tell "
:r My forty and my tbame-- r-"' "i "
' Jt Will not 'do to keep concealed," , V i
',. Nin th's i,'d beo blame. , , t- -..,-, f M
, . 3o,me. along and hear me tell ,- ---i ,,
, , --The'dioadert sale that's out, ;! "
.-And then be watchful of yourseltef 1 '
And know whslyou are sbout. '", '
' ' ' . 1 .'' ' '
.' Come,' young men, and hear me tell ,,
My folly and say shame, 1 ... ,
. That you may Uaro what little thing -
Has robbed me of my frb8. ..... " ,
Then I hope that you yourselves .
. . 'Will warning tske by me.
And in the oursed thing I name
t -..
Tobaeeo, that grant poison weed - ' 1 1
' That gtowi in our Boil
That none should ever deign te nae,
But for which thousands toil
Has been to me a mighty corse, - ,
And injured me no little;' ,
It's took my money sway from me
And robbed me of my spittle.
. , ' A.
. I own that I'm aibamed of It, -
That I would let it do it '
' By cultivating taste. for it,
And learning how to chew it - ,
I know I've Injured my character, ' '
" By going among the neat :.. ' -. :
u And chewing my great nasty eud, : t
, And spittiug round ray feet. . '
t . '. . . .
I've been at preaching oft in life,
' When floor was neat and olean.
And had great puddles round my feet
'" '. That. all the ladies seen. ' ' '
I'vedreaaed myself on Sabbath morn,
'f. 'My shirt all starched and white, .
But amber, thown in. drops about, .
Soop made it quite a Bight. , "
-But this is not the worst of it
. I've something more to' toll-: ;--
It's just the thing that ruins Health,
And makes me feel unwell, s,- r- '
" It robs me of ealifa, too, '' v .
And works sgainst di(je;tlon f ,
: It puts my nerves all out of .fix, , '
And brings about congestions '
' - -; .-.'.;: s..i . '
So now, young men of. Maditonvills, - t
The village of my home, : " ' .'
Where you in gay attire sport, I
And ladies round you roauj, ,,' ., ... ,
. It yoa would wish to Tise to fame,
- - Ana-wiy,,i irgiraeer IT-1 1 '"
QuTt all your hobfts low and bad '' ''
- And listen to ids wiee...S x; ! ' '
If-,, o-'- .
J "l"t ,ut tb!'''. ram and gin,
- Tla ..lt .,A. ,
, J3e prudent and industrious ;
Sweat bo oatiis, rior faleehoodB tell,
Aud you'll become illustrious. . .
-..Quit tobaooO, any how, ,
. It s a mighty ouree ,"r
!t makes a man feel dull and bad",
.nl -.And dips Into hie plirse, ." "
Jfc.lmo Dee. 8M; 1858." " ' ,;
n.j
)
A Good Hit. After the reading of the
Message in the Senate Mr. Hale said. - i :'
. Jt givas ifie, grant- pleasure' on this occa
sion to say,- that 1 cordially, entirely, heartily;
and eiitlimislicaliy. agree with the President
in his first sentnnce, nnd that is thist'r ; - .
, "When we compare the condition of the
country nt the present duy With what It was
one year ago nt life meeting of Congress,
w e buve much reason lor gratitude to that
Almighty Providence which has never- failed
to interpose ,for our relief at the most critical
periods of our history," .'
Td that, sir, I-most cordially assent; and I
should have felt thut the President had been
derelict in those obligations of .piety which
he is so fond of displaying in his messages,
if he hud failed- to lake notice of the very
happy change . which' hue taken place, end
which in its occui ranee, has beeu especially
manifested .in his -own Stute. . i think he
hue seen the teachings ol Providence brought
to bis own door in such a manner thnl lie
cannot fail to contrast with the condition of
things that existed a year ago their, present
condition in his awn city. I commend him
for his "gratitude;" carrying out Ihe excellent
history of that good man, of whom it is
said: - . - : ''' '- - ' '
"Job reelatlie rod '
.,' ' , Tfet bleues Oo4.", . t '.
I cannot foil to commend the call which he
makes' upon us for gratitude at the very
different condition which the country pre-.
soutB'noW -from whnt It did u .yerngo.! I
agree wilh the President heartily in that
and I am not certain Ibul" t shall not consent
to the printing of s large number 'of copies
of the message, so that tho country muy see
how lite President fells under this adminis
tration of Providence, ns well as of himself.
, t , - . i ' -
' fjr The Chinese const furnishes the
climate of New England at the North, and
of Cubit at the South. The nine new ports'
opened range from Kiung-chun in latitude
20 deg., tu Nin-cliwing in the Manchu pros,
iuces, in latitude 41 deg. . . t
l-gf 'i'fie longest straight stretch of road
in Hie South is on the Wilmington und.Ch.ir
lotle, nnd Rutherford Railroad, where, for
75 miles) the line la perfectly straight. -
; Wisconsin Papers in a Sickly Condition.
The Milwnukie Wisconsin says that there
nre fifty papers iu Hint Stale which must die
out before the expiration of the present yeur,
their oondition ut present is so very sickly.
' The Cincinnati Times suys the great
est juke of the day, appears to be asking
Titan "if he bus mud ths Piesident'e message."
.- i v., ... i ,
-4f A sermon In four words on the vsni.
ty of earthly possessions: "Shroud have no
pockets!" , :". , ,
l-ff" A Judge out West, has recently det
boiid and. warrant of attorney, Iu .the
Tjiership name, unless by the assent rjr soT
(juiescoiipeof n0artuur,., , s,,.
;- 1..' V4l--,As't !'! 'Jti
' ; A hard ibKE. 4 ;" " .' .
' The Mobile Advertiser, of the 19th, telle
the fhllowlhg good story of fJ noforiooa
practical joker in that city, yelept "Straight
back Dick." , , ., .
Dick was at the wharf one day last weak,
when one of Ihe up river boats arrived, look
ing, dbnbtless, for some nnwrlrry Individual
upon' whom to exeiciee hie talent. He
watched closely the countenance of each,
psasengor at he stepped from the plank up
on the wharf, and at length fastened hie
gsie upon an individual who, fiom hie ap
pearance and manners, was considerably
nearer Mobile than be hnd ever been before.
Ha was evidently ill nt ease, and hnd proba
bly heard the reporte which were rife in th
country, relative to the, hundreds who were
dying in Mobile every hour from yellow fe-
vej. ThewMB stuTteoMrtt toward AmpMn
street, carpet sack in hnnd; but had no, pro. -reeded
far when a kenvy baud was laid upon
his shoulder, and he suddenly stopped.
Upon turning round he met the cold, serious
countenance of Dick, and It seemed to send
a thrill of lorror throughout his whole frame:
After looking at him steadily for about a
minute, Dick slowly ejaculated :
"Yes, you nre the man. Stand straight!"
With fosr vissible ih his countenance, the
poor fellow essayed to do as commanded;
' "Stralghter yet!" snid Dick. "There, that
will do," .and taking Irom his pocket a small
tape measure, lie stooped down and measur
ed him from the toe of his boot to the crown
of his hat, took a pencil and carefully noted
the height; in his pocket booh, to the utter
ninazenicnt of thu stranger: after which he
measured him. across tho . shoulders end
again noted the dimensions. He. then look-,
ed the etrnnger firmly in the face and said: ,
"Sir, I nm vety sorry that it t' so, but I
really will not be nble to finish it for you
before morning." ' , : e
"Finish whnt?" asked the stranger, endea
voring in vain to appear culm, fi r
"Why your coflin, to be sure! You see I ;
nm the city undertaker, nnd the people "re
dying here so fast thut I can hardly supply ,
thn demand for coffins. You'will have to1
wait until your turn comes, which will bef
tomorrow morning sny about 9 o'clock."
"But what the d I do I want with a cof. '
fin? I have no iden of dying" . ,i
"You havn't eh? Sir, you will Lot live .
two hours nnd a half, I see it in your coun
tenance Why, even rjnir, you huv5"a puin.
niighl pain in your back." 1 '
,"Y-yes, believe I h-have," replied the
trembling Hoosier.
"F.yaelly." anld Tllr-l- In .. i:...l.- ;
V ; -
"Yes, stranger, you ro right; nnd I begin
to feel it in tho back of my heck and head."
'-Of course you do, nnd nnless you do
something for it you'll bo dead in a short -time,,
I assure you. Take my advice, HOW
go back aboard the bout, hw allow dowb I
gill of brandy, get into your state room and
cover up with blnnKets. Stay there (III you
perspire freely, then leave here like iight
Ilingl'V, - :
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and i
followed Dick's instructions lo'the letter.
On, Mouday he was mot by s gentleman at
Citronelle, to whom he related his wonderful
escape from death by yellow fever, even af
ter preparation wering beiHg made to pro-1'
cure hid coffin. He says he will never for- "
get the kindness of the tall man In Mobile
who gave him such good udvicp. f
... . . - - ' ...
A Pefender of Judas Iscariot. The '
chivalrous championship of tarnished reputn
tlon is a curious feature in krecont historical "
English liternlure. Wo quote from the Lon.
don Correspondence of the National Intelli- '
gencer: '. " "
Mr..&Jerivnlo mnnifcsls a rather strange "
partiality for the Roman Emperors. - Mr. f
Fronde's devotion to llonry VIII. and his
ngsnt, Thomas Lord Cromwell, is matter of
notoriety, Mr. Carlyle hnucomnn need bright- "
ening up the tarnished fame ot Frederick the '
Great and his predecessor. But Mr. Quincry t
has taken up the most unpromising client of
all. Disinterring an old theory, be has made
himself the apologist of Judas Iscariot I We '
shall probably very shortly have a disserts- '
tion to prove thut Cutnline was u good citizen ,
and pure patriot, and that Nero was impelled ,
by s sense of duty to kill his mother nnd light
up Rome with burning Christians. Wo re-
member thut Luerelia Borgia hud a champion "
in the omlab'e Mr. Koscoe. We do not :
charge a love of paradox, or a desire to con .,
nect hie name with nniingenious new rending .
uponnny of thu illustrions authors -whose '
names we have mentioned, but we nre afraid
that their example will tend towards some
such nhnso, -1'he list of unsettled historical
nnd biographical questions will bv. very much
increased by this generous di-airu to do jus
tice; for probably there Issiuite small basis of '
truth nt the bottom of-the wildest of thu '-4
speculations to which we have alluded. : - 1
" ' -' .. : , , j . i p
Good" Suggestion. The "Maysville. Ex
pressone of the most violent and unrene-,,0 ,
onable of the nnti-American papers ii) the ,v
State nnd which lives upon Jegoexoite-.
ment pabulum thus takes to task i number ,
of its ootemporariei. . The suggestion (if th . ,
"Express" is just nnd honest VilitBj f Of-a
temporaries adopt it t ." , .
Southern Democratic papers, wilfi pernnps
a single exception, denounced Crittenden,
Marshall and Uuderwood. for .their opposi
tion to the sdmissiw, of Kansas under the si
Lecompton Constitution, aud alliliationa wilb t
the Black Republicans on that niieslion.
They were right then,1 and, We doubt not,
honest. , A few of them are withdrawing the'?
eeasures they heaped upon Douglas at the
some time nnd for.lh same set, , We sujh )
mil if common honesty do o rv quire theiu y
also lo wunaruw ineir oenuneinnons oi me
first earned gentlemen? If Douglas wne right
Isst winter, or I right now; en were the aulr-
Iiecompton Know Nothings In Cnngrese, snd
the President shd the Democratic party Were
prt-Jand arwonf.
This le a eell-evidenl propo-
sliikW,;
i far To-dey li tiie last of 'Fifty-Eight,''
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