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LOU D O N
FS3. 21. 1851.
J MAIL FAILURES.
Duringhe h"ghf,"Vof the Tennessee River
and tributary streanrin the latter part of Jan
uary, caused liy the heavy rains and snow that
fell about that time, thmafht were unavoidably
detained for a few days, so they did not reach
Knoxville. The papers of that place, raised
loud complaints, and by misrepresenting the
facts to a cettain extent, have elicited an inves
tigation by the Department, that cannot, fail not
only to vindicate the Ptst Master at this place,
and the Contractors for carrying the Mails be
tween this placiand Knoxville ; but it must
exhibit a disposition to complain on the part of
the Press at Knoxville, that should consign their
complaints to the contempt of the Department,
and of the public.
Mr. Maktin, the regular Agent for the Post
a?iltfpartinei hn-t-beeu here, and afterfull
investigation of the circumstances in the case,
declared that Mr. Lowe has done lu's full duty
as a Postmaster. This is just what our c itizens
all the time believed. Just here we will stato
that Mr. Lowe, has been connected with the
U.S. Mails for a number of years. He was
Mail Agent on the Georgia Road under the Ad
ministration of President Poi.K,and knows more
aliout the rules and regulations of the Mail ser
vice, than any or all of those who havo uttered
complaints against him.
Messrs. Taylor, Bridges &, Jacksox, Con
tractors on the line between this place and
Knoxville, have alo been the victims of com
plaint. This is one of the best conducted line
of Stages in the country. The proprietors are
gentlemen of enlarged and liberal views, and
who well know that iti order to be successful,
they have to please the public. Accordingly,
they have provided large and elegant coaches,
good teams, and careful drivers. The Agent,
Mr. Howard, is always at his post, and always
seems anxious to accommodate passengers and
facilitate the Mails. Yet, because they would
not cross the River when it was positively dan
gerous being out of its banks, and covered
with drift wood they are charged with culpita
ble negligence of duty! It is said that the Fer
rymen here set other men over the River and
could as easily have ferried the mails. This is
true. Rut the Ferryman refused to be liable
for any accident, and the few who c rossed did
it at their own risk, and impelled more by a de
sire to elicit applause for a disregard of danger,
than by prudential motives. There was a com
plete cessation with the great body of travel.
We understand the Ferries at Knoxville would
not run at all. The mails between this and
Nashville failed during the high water. And
the truth is, there was but little mail matter here
to take to Knoxville.
Tiutrg-Kot.w i i.i La uv. 2J bad boon re
ceived. The China Mail publishes the reply
of Humphrey Marshall, the U. S. Commission
er, in answer to the charge of the iusurgent
chief that he had taken sides with the imperial
ists. Mr. M. says he took arms from a China
man as security for a loan of $500, and of
course refunded the arms when the money was
paid.
JKaT A Bill has passed the Senate, declar
ing Doe River navigable down stream from
Peter Emmerts Mill 1 miles above Elizabeth
ton, to its mouth.
JtSy S. D. Fkieksox, of Columbia, was elec
ted Chancellor of Middle Teunessee on the 15th,
to fill the vacancy created by the resignation
of Judge Briex, to bold office until the elec
io.i by the people in the spring.
There are 140 young Ladies in atten
dance at the Odd Fellows Female High School
at Jonesborough, and upwards of GO in the Bap
tist Seminary at the same plate. This is a
good sign.
Judge McKinney. It will not be long before
the people of Tennessee will be called upon to
do what they never yet have done, we mean to
select through the medium of the ballot-box,
a bench of Supreme Judges and other inferior i
judicial officers. We suppose in filling the Su- ; those in Greene county. This is wrong fellow
preme bench, that we will be allowed to select I c itizens, fur we are the last people that should
one of the candidates from East Tennessee; 1 be behind in this enterprise. If the advantages
and we know of no man that is better qualified ' of the Road are to be greater to one county than
for that high and responsible position, or that another, it is our deliberate opinion, that Greene
will ie more accept i Me to the people ot the i
state at large, than U. J. McIuxxey. j here
is not a more profound jurist in the State, and
we feel safe in saying that he is the first choice
ffan overwhelming majority of the people of
East Teennessee. He should be elected without
ever iudicflting a desire for s.ich distinguished
honors. We are not for any man that will at
tempt to reach a seat :pou the Supreme bench,
by a prostituted course of base electionering '
maneuvering. Greeneville Spy. 1
The al)Ove paragraph, coming. as it does
from a political opponent of Judge McKixxet,
is as honorable to the one as it is complimentary
to the other. If we wish to have a pure and able
Judiciary, we cannot be guided in the selection
of individuals to presidp in onr courts, by parti
san considerations. We must look alone to per
sonal merit and personal qualifications. Any
one who cannot stand this test, is unfit for the
office of Judge.
The Providence Journal says the Rev. James
C. Richmond, who is detained a prisoner in
Hungary, belongs to that city. "He is a cler
gyman of the Episcopal Church, a man of
marked ability and of impulsive temperament'
JCS3T A bill has passed the Legislature of
Georgia, -0 abolish imprisonment for debt. A
good move.
Hon. F. K. Zom.icoffer, and Hon.
S. A. Smith, have our thanks for Congression
al favors. .
EST We learn that Wm. T. Axdersox, Esq.,
has declined a race for Congress in the first
District..
A New Charge to Venezuela. Mr. Charles
Eames, late associate editor of the Washington
Union, has beeu nominated to heU. S. Charge
to Venezuela. His nomination went into the
Senate yesterday. Washington Star.
Eloquent, but Inarticulate. A little while
ago, we passed a half hour in a village grave
yard, r.-ading the inscriptions on those Tables
of the Law of "dust to dust."
Upon one of them, carved in marble, wa3 a
c-Raiti. Of the nine links composing it, one
was broken.
How legible the diameters I How intelligible
the language! In that family were nine once
a beautiful chain of affection, richer than
gold; but Death had unloosed one link, and the
broken jewelry of the hearth, and the heart, had
glittered with the dews distilled from loving
eyes.
Jsirgc Sale of Railroad BonJs. The first
important sile of American Railroad Bonds
made abroad, for some months, has been effec
ted in Paris. The agent of the Nashville and
Louisville Railroad has negotiated, with a Paris
banking house, the sale of the six per cent
bonds of that Company to the amount of two
millions, seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. So we learn from reports brought by the
ster.mshin Asia. Hitherto, for many months
the stringency of the European money markets
has caused all applications for aid to American
railways to be returned unsuccessful. The ne
gotiation above mentioned is nothing but an
jn.tlni. jfLn. .nrawinir disposition among Eu
ropean .capitalists, whom the prospect of a gen
eral war has made distrustful of European se
curities to seek investments on this side of the
Atlantic. Should this great conflict actually
take place, it seems by no means improbable
that a large amount of money will find its way
to this country, to be laid out in American
State and Railroad Stocks. Savannah Geor
gian. Wire Bridge. Thomas T. Patton, Esq.,
hrs commenced the construction of a Wire
Bridge across the Swai.uionoa, opposite his
beautiful farm, "Pleasant Retreat." It is the
pioneer enterprise of the kind, we believe, in
the State, and when completed will be no less
an object of curiosity, than an ornament to one
of the loveliest streams that are tributary to the
loveliest streams that are tributary to the ''Fath
er of Waters." The abutments arc completed
and two wire cables about an inch i . diameter
arc stretched pendant over the river. It is
Mr. Patton's design in order to give strength
and durability to the structure, to have two par
allel cables on either side of the bridge. The
work is now suspended for the want of more
wire, which Mr. Patton has ordered.
We are inclined to the oppinion that Mr. Pat
ton's experiment will demonstrate the fact that
wire bridges, besides being more durable and
safe, are quite as cheap, as common wooden
bridges. Of course, the success that has atten
ded the construction of wire bridges elsewhere,
forbids the entertainment of an idea that Mr.
Patton's enterprise will be a f-iilure. Ashe
vilie Spectator.
Meeting of the Board of Directors.
We learn that at the recent meeting of the
Board of Directors, of the E. T. & Va. Rail-
i : ,c t i r.
roan, in iiieiuu ui ontsuoi o, in.it iiuer u
full discussion and close examination, in which
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almost all the "-embers participated, that they
determined to lay clown the J, rail; and that
the President and Engineer in chief were au
thorized to ma1e conditional contracts fr as
much as will equip the first section, at the Wes
tern terminus; and that the Board have deter
mined to commence laving down iron at Knox
ville, and push the work from that point.
W ue HUtltorized further to State, ileal Kr.en
the biht meeting of the iioard they liav. cfi'ec
ted a sale of sixty six thousand dollars of state
Bonds, at ten per cent premium; and also since
their last meeting' they have effected a sale of
twenty thousand dollars of county Bonds at
ninety cents.
After remaining closely in session for three
days, and transacting a great deal of impor
tant business, the Board adjourned to meet a
gain at the call of the President.
W& learn, in connection with the above, that
the "Omnibus" bill has passed the House, tn
its third and last reading, with an amendment,
which has to be concured in by the Senate,
allowing the Board of Directors, upon the com
pletion of fifteen miles, instead of thirty, as re
quired by the Act of fSo2, If this amendment
should be ratified by the Senate, and there is
but little doubt but it will, it, will enable the
Board to commence laying down iron much
sooner than they could have done, having thir
ty miles to complete including the bridge a
cross Holston.
Now we believe that the decisio" of the
Board in reference to the kind of iron tcy will
use, was a wise one; and that the general pol
icy of the Board is now unobjectionable. Their
course is now calculated to inspire confidence
in the work, and we trust the Stockholders will
generally lay too the helping band as the
whole-matter must depend entirely upon their
action npon the subject.
We learn, and we confess the information- is
a little mortifying, that the Stockholders on ev-
crv part of the line are paving ur better than
county will have the pre-eminence
Lastly, upon this subject, we are informed ;
that the tkntcentk call lull due on the 1st inst
and that it was tico dollars instead of
heretofore. Greeneville Spy.
one
as
Energy. Seel how ihat fellow works I No
obstacle is too great for him to surmount, no
ocean too wide for htm to leap; no mountain too
ldijh fur him to scale. He will make a stir in
the World and no mistake. Such are the men
I who build our railroads, dig up the mountains
I in California and enrich the world. There is
; nothing gained by idleness and sloth. This is
the world of action, and to make money, gain a
; reputation and exert a happy influence, men
' must be active, persevering, and energetic,
j They must not quail at shadows run from
i lions, or attempt to dodge the lightning. Go
forward zealously in what ever you undertake,
and we will risk you any where and through
life.
The Tribune concludes an article on bread
Etnffs with the following advice to farmers:
'"Plough early, sow early, and plant early next
Spring."
Hepoiinj Vie Parson. A minister was one
Sabbath day examining the Sunday School in
catechism before the congregation. The usnal
question was put to the first girl, a strapper
about thirteen years of age who was publican,
in wating on customers. "What is your name?"
Baid the pan-on. No reply. "What is your
name?" he repeated, in a more peremptory,
manner. "None of your fun, Mr. Minister,"
said the girl. "You know my name well enough.
Don't you say, when yon come to our house on
anight: ''Bet bring me some more ale?"
The congregation, for getting the sacredness of
the place, were in a broad, grin, and the parson
looked daggers.
The legislative committee of Virginia have
reported against passing a prohibitory law, and
against taking the popular vote on it,
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill sub
scribing $2!)0,000 on the part of the State, to
the Fredcr'kibnrg and Gordonsville Rail Road.
" .From the Charleston Mercury,
THE ADJOURNED MEMPHIS CONVEN
TION. . -Jt
will be remembered that the Convention
which met last June in Memphis, appointed
Charleston.and the 2nd Monday in April next,
as the place and time of re-assemb!ing. We
are glad to be able to say that appropriate
measures have been adopted to secure a full
attendance of delegates from the entire South
and South West, and to render the session of
the Convention as agreeable to the members as
it will be honorable and advantageous to'the
city. The following Circular has been address
ed by the Committee of Correspondence to the
cities, Towns, and Bodies Corporate of the
Southern States, with the view of calling public
attention to the importance of being represen
ted in the Convention:
Charleston", February 1, 1S54.
The Commercial Convention held at Mem-
phis in June last, adjourned, it is known, tq
meet again in. Charleston on the Second Mon-
day in April next and the members composing
that Convention, it is expected, will asseiublo.
at the time and dace appointed, without further
notice. "
The City Council of Charleston, however,
highly appreciating the compliment pay tbeir
city, in its selection as the place of 'meeting,
and desirous, by every means in their power, of
aiding and facilitating the Lonvest'.tm in its
objects, appointed a Committee, consisting of
fit'iy of our most respectable citizens, to make
all necessary arrangements for the meeting of
the Convention and for the proper reception of
its members. -
Uuder this arrangement, the undersigned
have been appointed to address the Executive
authorities of the different States and of 'the ci
ties and towns and other public bodies of the
Southern and Western States, for the purpose
of respectfully urging upon them t he impor
tance of their appointing, as soon as-possible, a
full complement of delegates to represent them
at the Convention thus to be held in this c.ty
on the 10th day of April next.
The meeting together of bodies of men of
practical knowledge and experience, to confer
upon matters ot common concern, have been
found not only useful as a means of embodying
and expressing public sentiment, but am usu
ally effective in the accomplishment of the ob
ject in view, both from the harmony of feeling
and the concert of action that have generally
resulted from litem.
In the deliberation of the Conventions to
which your attention has been now respectfully
called, questions of great practical importance
to the general interest and welfare of the South
and West will doubtless come up for considera
tion, and it is eminently proper that the
wise and patriotic of the laud should come to
gether and take council of each other, ou the
occasion, upon all those measures that may be
considered most proper and effective for devel
oping the resources, facilitating the intercourse,
extending the commercial relations abroad,
and otLenvise promoting the growth and pros
perity of all the great industrial and meterial
interest of the Southern and Western States.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that the reprcscn
r . nl l;
, , , , r.i c .i i w . -hi r n
nnfl tflwlrift or thf Smith ami ft u t lipliil .
and that each delegate appointed will feel it his
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duty to bs present, at that time, and to partici
pate in the deliberations of the Conventions.
It will be a source of great gratification to
the people of Charleston to be thus brought -to
close and friendly communion with tneir
friends and brethren of the far West and of the
neighboring States, and we have especially in
v-V.r;jre frant them-to tender the '.eleg:i'.e?, in i
sdvauice, the most conltat wcletwe fow; '
with the assurance of the best cfiorts of us al.
to render their stay amongst us in every way
pleasant and agreeable.
We are, with grat respect, your obedient
and humble servants,
H. W. Coxxer, Chairman.
Committee of Correspondence. W. M. Law
ton, O. Mills, W. II. Gilliland, E. L. Adams,
S. Y. Tupper, Wm. Ravcnel. J. S. Bowie, II.
R. Banks.
For the purpose of facilitating access to the
city, and rendering the expense as little bur
densome as possible to those who attend, the
committee have addressed the following circu
lar to the various Railroad Companies, &c. in
the South. The answers, as far as received,
are entirely favorable to the objects of the Com
mittee: Cmr.i.ESTOx, Feb. 1, 1851.
The Commercial Convention, which tret at
Memphis, Tenn., in June la.st. adjourned to
meet in this city on the second Monday of April
next, and the undersigned have been appointed
by the City Council of Charleston to address
yon, and solicit your interest in obtaining a free
passage, over your line, for the delegates who
may attend, or such reduction in the rates of
passage as may be deemed proper.
The objects of the assemblage, and the sub
jects to be brought before it, are fraught with
so much interest to the entire Southern and
Southwestern country, that a full attendance i3
considered important, and the above necessary
to insure it.
Iu view of the interest we must, all feel in
ibis matter,and the ultimate, benefit which must
result to the different lines of travel from the
passage over them of so large and intelligent a
body, from all sections of the country, we feel
that we are not asking too much, and trust you
may lay this before those having the control,
and use your influence in obtaining prompt ac
tion upon it.
Your early answer is desirable, as the time
of meeting is fast approaching; and it is advisa
ble that prompt and due notice be given of the
arrangements.
Should it meet with the ready acquiescence
we believe it will, we would respectfully sug
gest that it be endorsed on the certificate of
each delegate presented from any authorized
appointing power.
With the hope of hearing from you at an ear
ly day, we are, verv respectfully, your obedient
servants, Signed by the Committece.
P. S The Committee have the pleasure of
stating that they have been able to make very
satisfactory arrangements with the lines of rail
roads and steamboats running into our city.
Every effort will be made to secure ample
accommodations for the members of the Con
vention during the session. Our Hotels, it is
understood, will entertain a considerable addi
tional number of guests at reduced prices. It
is hoped that the Moultrie House and the Mount
Pleasant House will be opened, by way of en
larging our means of entertainment, and the
Theatre is expected to be obtained for the ses
sion of the Convention. A Public Dinner to
the members, and a Public Ball will be given
during the week, and arrangements will be
made for frequent excursions in our harbors
and rivers. Noihing that good feeling and
good taste would suggest for the entertainment
of our guests on an occasion so distinguished
and welcome, will be omitted by the represen
tatives of the city.
Our young townsman, Wm. G. Brien, Esq.,
Editor of the Temperance Organ and State
Sentinel, delivered a temperance address at
Clarksville on the 10th inst. He is an eloquent
speaker and a zealous advocate of the temper
ance reform. Nashville Daily News.
The Chicago Journal gives the names of ten
railroads which centre in that city, and over
which seventy-five trains daily leave and arrive
at the 6am.
The Pope's Latin Letters. When the Amer
ican legation was first permitted to be establish
ed at Rome, it was with the understanding, on
the part of both governments, that the Papal
States were to be allowed to reciprocate and
maintian a legate at or near Washington. In
conformity with that understanding, and in or
der to carry out a privilege which would be to
their benefit, M. Beuini, duly accredited, came
over from the Papal States; but as the auto
graph letter of the T pe and the diplomatic
lettter of the Cardinal Antonolli were in Latin,
they were not read, it is supposed, by our Pre
mier, until day beforeyesterday. IlenceMr.
Marcy's original blunder, and hence his subse
quent consent to extend to M. Bedini all "the
honors and courtesies due to him as such an
ambassador. Let the Latin letters pass.
Where was omnium tringarum Attorney Gen
eral. Bait. Pat. Friday.
Not very pleasant Visitors. The Rev. W.
G. E. Cannyngham writes to the Holston Chris
tain Advocate that in a skirmish between the
Revolutionists and Imperialists, at Shanghai,
his house happening to lie in the direction of the
cannon of the former, was badly injured. One
ball knocked a hole in the roof a3 large as a
common door; another one pierced the wall
and entered the sitting room. The one which
passed through the wail weighed about four
pounds, the one which struck the roof passed
on to do mischief among the neighbors. The
Chinese use wrought Lails of -iron, seldom per
fectly round, and of conno liable to fly much
out of a straight line. The missionaries com
plain cf the conduct of Mr. Consul Mikhail,
who is said to have taken sides with the old de
funct government, and informed the imperii
general that he could use any American prop
erty which he chose.
Candle making, by the use of peat, is exci
ting much attention in Ireland. The peat is
cut in the bog, and thrown into a huge retort,
and there distilled, the volatile products being
condensed in a vessel of the required - capacity.
From 103 tons of peat as much tar is extracted
as yields "i0 pom ds of parapine, and 300
gallons of oil, and other valuable products.
The parapir.e is obtained by boiling the tar an
hour in water containing.' per cent, of strong
sulphuric acid,when the acid unites with the tar
and falls to the bottom, leaviog the parapine
with the oil. The liquid is then re-ciistilied,
and the parapine obtained in flaky cakes of a
blackish color. these are then bleached with
chlorine gas, then steamed and passed into
cakes, and afterwards made iuio beautiful white
candles.
iAiborinj under a mistake. When Jack
Jones discovered that lie had polished his bed
mate's boots instead of his own, he called it an
aggravated instance of ''laboring (and confound
edly hard, too, under a mistake.''
Virginia Improvement!. The Richmond
Dispatch says that, according to a statement
laid before the Virginia House of Delegates
by its Clerk, the amount of appropriation asked
for at this season is, for canals, bridges, and
navigation companies, i2,(i'2.'".fi0;!; for railroads,
C'S,2 1 1,C?0; lor turnpikes, -?i;.37,H0: for plank
roads, O-.iL'.OO'.); making 1:1 all 11,787,480.
There are resolutions and petitions for the con
struction cf improvemei.ts still before the
Committee of Roads which would swell the a
bove aniouut to twelve millions.
Apvice to rAF.:Ei:s. George N. Sanders,
our Consul to London, in a letter by the Cam
bria, advises that the fanning community
should sow plenty of spring w heat, and plant
any quantity of Indian corn. The Baltic and
Black seas will certainly be closed for at least
a twelve month. England and the Western and
Southern cotitlnental Enropc wiH im, w loU
to the United States alone for a supply of bread
stuffs, hitherto obtained from those seas.
It therefore behooves our grain growing
friends to consult tVeir interests, by giving prac
tical attention to the advice of Mr Sanders. No
danger of raising ,an overplus. Begin early, work
diligently, and look prayerfully to the God of
peace and plenty, to bless alike your seed time
and harvest.
State Penitentiary. In the circuit court, on
Monday, the motion for a writ of mandamus
ordering Mr. Hays to deliver the keys of the
State Prison to Mr. Page, the keeper elected
by the first board of Inspectors appointed by
the Governor, was heard. Lengthy and able
arguments were delivered in support of the mo
tion by Mr. Meigs and Iix-Gov. N. S. Brown,
and contra by Messrs. Houston, E. II. Ewing
and R. G. Smiley, ilis honor, Judge Baxter,
gave a decision in the case yesterday morning,
dismissing the motion. We did not hear the
desision, but undctstand that it covered the
merits of the case; and sustained the right of
the Senate to reconsider the confirmation of the
first board of Inspectors under its rules. Nash.
Union, Feb. 9.
Copper Mines, We understand that copper
has been discovered on the lands of Mr. Joseph
A. Mabry. lying ou what is known as Copper
Ridge, about ten miles from this city. The
specimens discovered are said to be very rich.
We trust it may prove to be a valuable mine.
Register.
Pacing. Of all the sports still in vogue, ra
cing is certainly the finest, we may add, pro
ductive of the most useful results. Its tenden
cy is to improve the breed of the next animal
to man. Edgefield Advertiser.
We never see the above argument advanced,
says the Wilkes Republican, without thinking
of a most effective answer made to it in the
Georgia Legislature, some years ago, by a dis
tinguished representative from this county. A
bill for taxing Race Courses was under discus
sion and was strenuously opposed by the friends
M tho turf, chiefly on the above ground that
these establishments contributed to the Improve
ment of the breed of horses. "Sir," said our
representative, "I grant all that is claimed for
the turf Ly it3 friends on this floor. It docs
fmprovethe breed of horses, but, in casting mj
vote on this occasion, it is enough for me to
know, that it plays the d with the breed
of men." It was a clincher, and the bill passed.
An Irishman who was near-sighted and a
bout to fight a duel, insisted that he should
stand six paces nearer to his antagonist than
the latter did to him.
A little fellow, weeping most piteously, was
suddenly interrupted by some amusing occur
rence. He hushed his cries for a moment;
there was a struggle between smiles and tears,
the train of thought was broken; "Ma," said he,
resuming his snuffle, and wishing to have his
cry ou. "Ma ugh! ugh! ugh! what was I
crying about just ?i07r?"
Genius. "I know no such thing as genius,"
said Hogarth to Mr. Gilbert Cooper; "genius is
nothing but labor and dilligence." Sir Isaac
Newton said of himself that if he had ever
been able to do anything he had effected it by
patient thinking only.
An Ecil Omen. It is noticed that there is
a singular peculiarity in tbe making up the
Legislature there being not a single Smith in
either branch. This is something that has not,
occured in a long time here, and it is clear that
no Legislature can possibly get a long that
lacks this essential. A smith is as necessary
to a Legislature as to a new colony. N. .
Dutchman.
For Loudon Free Press.
FLEETING HOPES.
BT MRS. S. BELLE FOLAXD.
Oh! life is naught but weariness
And love is only pain;
Earth's h!essing3,pass like summer flowers
Then all is gloom agaiD.
The brightest day oft ends in e forms
Our hopes dissolve in tears;
And aching hearts are hidden 'neath,
The smiling looks they wear.
At morn, delusive hope will gild
Our pathway o'er with light,
At eve we vainly struggle on .
Groping through ray less eight.
The cherished good we strive to win
Like phautoras flee away
While sorrow with its blighting breath
Instead prolongs its stay.
Yet clouds are not all darkness
Each has a brighter siJe;
And pleasant hours will come to all,
If they their "time will bide'"
The spirit cf the beautiful
The influence of the true
Will come like Angel whifperitgs
To cheer us with their lue.
Oak Grove Cottage, London, Feb. 12th, 1S54.
' From Baltimore Patriot.
, . . . .. - - - Wailngtcn, Feb. 6, 1854.
Mn Church wells go-ahead vill, empowering
the Postmaster General to contraet-for the car
rying of the mail, ocean-wards, according to
time, is destined to be a great and popular
measure. It is understood that some of the
ablest and best judging statesmen, in both
houses of Congress, have given their attention
to the principle of the bill and have decided
that it is a good one. It is in keeping with
the spirit and progress of the age. We are a
go-ahead people, destined to compete success
fully with each and all of our European rivals.
In the matter of steam ocean ships, merchant
ships, yachts and Baltimore clippers, we are
already ahead of England and France "and
the rest of mankind." But in the matter of
the transportation of t'ae mails, particularly
over railroads, we are, a3 yet, a little behind
our English rivals.
Mr. Churchwell designs that we shall soon
go ahead of England, in mail speed, both on
the land and the ocean. lie has studied the
matter thoroughly and practicable, in all its
bearings. He believes his object can be accom
j plished, and he has the talents, the enterprise
and energy to prosecute his undertaking until
his policy, or system, shall be the law of the
land, and the pride of the people.
Mr. Churchwell i. !!?.? away no time, as a
member of Congress, but devotes all his ener
gies to the public good. He looks Lack to the
old slow coach time, and measuring the amount
of improvement and progress since made, and
then looks forward to a still groatrr improve
ment and progress in the no distant future,
and means that his fore-cast shall be fully veri
fied. All members, knowu or have heard of, the
time the mail between Washington and Balti
more was a halt a day, or more, on the route,
and sometimes a whole day and a night. If
the old slow coaches, with the Pennsylvania
horses, selected by Reeside and Stockton, made
the distance between the two cities, in eight
hours, it was deemed that wonders had been
accomplished! And when Fuller it Co. come
on from the North and put on the route an op
position line of light coaches, with fleet Yan-u-ee
horse. a':d advertised to"-o thrn-rli in si-'
hours, almost everybody' exclaimed" that it
could not be done! But it was done yea
more, the time was made in four hours! and
the way in which the great Pennsylvania horses
of the old line were killed off, in efforts to keep
up with the opposition line, was distressing.
It ws a horse-iiesh sacrifice to the spirit and
progress of the age!
Mr. Churchwcll's bill, if passed into a law,
will soon bring about an improvement in steam
vessels and machinery which will be of great
value. If the contractors on an ocean route
do not care to study and make improvements,
others of greater enterprise will, and they will
get the contracts. The time between New Or
leans and San Francisco, for example, can be
made in sixteen days, instead of twenty five,
and Mr. Churchwell means that it shall be, and
that the contractors who made it shall be hand
somely compensated for their enterprise.
Mr. Church well's bill was read and passed a
! second time a:id referee! to the Committee on
Postoflices and Postroads. As that Committee
has the reputation of being one of spirit and
enterprise, it is reasonable to hope that it will
report favorably on the subject. I understand
that Mr. Churchwell will ask permission to ap
pear before it to illustrate and advocate bis
public spirited proposition.
Mr. Churchwell has introduced another bill,
in the House, "f great merit, which he will ad
vocate with all his energy until it shall become
a law. It grants one hundred million acres
of public lands, for the establishment of schools
in all the States, according to the census of the
population of the children of the country. The
lands are to be distributed among the States,
according to the census of the population of
children under fifteen years of age, in the
same. The noble schools thus established will
serve to give all children, who wish it, whether
poor or not poor, an education. A nobler ob
ject, or one more truly republican, patriotic
and national, cannot be started. May it be
fully carried out.
While upon the subject of Mr Churchwell's
measures, I may as well give your readers the
joint resolutions which he introduced a few days
since, in the House, inasmuch as they are rep
resented to re3ect the views of the Administra
tion npon the important international question
-embraced in them. Thty are as follows:
1st. That th? people of this Union have ever
viewed with ihe deepest concern, the renewed
intervention of powers in the affairs of countries
not embraced within their own borders particu
larly when so much intervention had avowedly
for its object the repression of generous political
sentiment; and that they will never permit such
an occurence upon the continent without offer
ing physical resistance to it.
2d. that while the United States of America
are disposed to observe, in a spirit of a good
faith, international obligations, they desire a
similar observance of such obligatioi s by all of
the nations of the earth, and that they can nev
er behold with difference the obliteration of
independent States of a third Power, because of
the political freedom of such States.
Sd. That the President be, and he is hereby
requested, to cause a copy of these Resolutions
to be communicated to each of tho diplomatic
Agents of Foreign Nations residing near this
Government, pnd also copies thereof to be trans
mitted to. our diplomatic Agents in foreign
countries, in order that the sentiment and the
purpose of this Republic may be neither mis
conceived nor misunderstood in any quarter of
tbe Globe.
The discussion, on the Kansas Nebraska
bill, w;s continued in tho Senate to-day by Mr.
Wade of Ohio, who ranted amazingly aginstthe
contemplated repeal of the Missouri comprom
ise. Mr. Wade has hitherto been esteemed as
a quiet, unobtrusive Senator, who made no ef
fort to get up, or indulge in the slavery agita
tion, which has so often distracted the whole
country. But to-day he lashed himself into a
vehement state of excitement and ranted in a
style that even Forest, the actor, could not
eclipse in the character of Matamora and Spar-
tacus. ,
. Nothing of interest transpired in the nouse.
The gadsden Treaty is still undergoing the
tinkering proce33 of the Cabinet.
The decision of the Supreme Conrt in the
electric telegraph case of Morse against O'Riley,
is deemed a very just decision, so far as the
rights of the brilliant genius and man of nntir
in"f energy aud eterprise, Henry O'Riley, are
concerned, although it i3 rendered in such phra
seology a3 to allow some persons to so interpret
it as to declare that the decision is in favor of
Morse against O'Riley. The decision however,
protects O'Riley against ihe claim of" Morse that
he has impugned his patent, or his invention.
The principle upon which this decision is based
completely upsets the'decision of Judge Grier
and Judge Dickersou, made in New Jersey,
hist year, in the great ludia Rubber case of
Groolyear against Day rOTOMAC.
Wjisixgtox, Feb. 11.
Tf U neerfainpd that the Treaty with Mexico,
negotiated by Col., Gadsden, has been submit
ted to the Senate, with a very slight amend
ments. It i not improbable that many objec
tions were made to the Treaty in the Cabinet,
and that amendments were proposed, but still
it i3 quite certain that they generally gave their
full approbation to the treaty. I learn from a
good source, that the amendments proposed
were very trifling, and do not aS'ect any impor
tant provision of the Treaty.
The fiite of the Treaty is the Cabinet depen
ded, no doubt, upon the degree of importance
which shoubf be attached to the slice of Mexi
can territory proposed to be added to the Uni
ted States; and upon that question the adminis
tration has been abundantly informed, and are
well convinced that the present opportunity is
not to be lost for the acquisition of that Terri
tory. I learn further that the disposition of the
Senate is very favorable towards th treaty, and
that it is the desire of the friends of the treaty,
in that body, to give it a speedy ratification.
There is no longer, therefore, the slightest doubt
that the treaty will be ratified, and tliat it will
serve to settle all pending difficulties with Mexi-
co. It is undoubtedly as good a treaty as could
have been made, and it as f .voral le to us as a
due regard to our position for justice and gene
rosity as a nation, towards a weaker and a
neighboring power, would permit. The treaty
was made under great difficulties, arising from
the previous position and the natural jealousies
of the present ruler of Mexi -o, and from the
interference of ad esse and infiYf v.i'rA private
interests. It is I.i lieved ::!so V -'X the suru
which the treaty &V-s t Mexico wi.h'm the
amount which the Mi:.:. !er wn ;M;.i.ri.d to
concede. The tn :.rv will c ii.fr.r high honor
upon the Minister v. ho negotiated it.
Tbi? nomination
,f G
i-.c-r tl uausc-n, as ..nn
r been acted nron in
istcr to Mexico, h:-
rev
the Senate. 1 he 0;p!
nit: nomination were
te till the -it ii inst. A
not taken up in thr Sen:
large number ot t.-enjp
da v. On Mondav Gen.
were conferred on that
Gadsden's nomination
will be taken up a .d confirmed, as a matter of
course.
Mr. SandfLrd, who f r s'.rne time pas! has
been Secretary of the Leg.Tjon at Paris," ha.j
resigned, and in c.'ri.s'cvii( c, it issa;d. ot some
difference of opinion between him aud Minister,.
Mr. J. Y. Mason, o.i the subject of diplomatic
costume. Mr Plutf, of Ohio will have the ap
pointment. The reveuue from Imports f :r the last two
months, December and January, was $10,700,
000. The revenue for the same period in the
preceding year, about $7,000,000, showing an
increase of thiny per cent, for three months.
The increase of the revenue farexceedi the es
timates made by the Secretary of the Treasury
ia his report at thv commencement ofthes
sion. Funeralof the Late Archibald Gillespie, Ejq.
On Sunday night la.st, the melancholy intelli
gence reached town, that Mr. Archibald Gilles
pie, of Woods Creek, brother of our esteemed
fellow-citizen, Col. C. K. Gillespie, had died
from the sad accident that befel him some fev
weeks since. The numerous friends of the de
ceased and of Col. G., had entertained lively
hopes of a speedy recovery of the wounded
gentleman, and, as sometime had elapsed since
his misfortune, all danger was considered as
passed the news, therefor?, of a fatal termina
tion was very unexpected, and created a gene
ral gloom. The fist words he .-poke were:
"Tell my brothers: a.: 1 James A. Whiteside,
Brownlow a;;d Bra I son, I die like v man. I
was born honest, have lived honest, and die hon
est thereiore I feur no punishment."
. On Monday noon, Co'. Gi'Iespie reached our
town with the remains of his brother, and the
MasonicTrattrnity, of w',icli the brothers are
members, took clnir,'e of the corpse.
The brotherhood had assembled in large
numbers, adorned with t'le striking and impos
ing regalia of the Lodge, and were Leaded hy
aline brass band. An elegant funeral hearse
had been prepared for the occasion, draped in
solemn folds of white and black, tastefully
looped up with rosettes and bands of the t-mic,
presenting a marked feature in the funeral cort
ege, and reflecting much credit upon the Mason
ic body. The procession moved to the M. E.
CLuri-h, south, where- a large number of citi
zens were in waiting; the body was placed ia
front of the altar, and the Masons ani clergy
of other churches having been seated, a most
eloquent and touching prayer was offered up by
the Rev. Pastor. A solemn dirge followed, and
then an impressive and highly appropriate fune
ral discourse was delivered. Tha preacher
seemed to throw his whole soul into his melan
choly duties, in his allusions to his carlv ac
quaintance with the deceased and relatives,
and to the State of Tennessee, from whence
the Rev. gentleman and the Giilespies came to
California, was affecting, and commanded the .
sympathies and marked attention of his hearers.
After the religious ceremonies, the procession
re-tbmied, and was joitteJ Ly a Iiro number of
ladies, the children from the public school, and
a large line of our most respectable citizens.
As tho mournful train passed on, the dwellings
were quietly closed, and the national emblem
was drooped at half mast, hanging in solemn
stillness against the flagstaff.
At the grave, the ceremonies peculiar to the
Masonic fraternity were performed by the W.
M Dr. T. J. Oxley. At the head of the grave
stood the generous and affectionate brother
deeply moved, leaning on his his relative Mr.
W. D. Neilson, one of our citizens. The en
tire assemblage seemed to sympathir.g with
them; the dead silence prevaded, the uncovered
heads of al', and deep attention told the gene
ral respect and feeling of the spectators. The e
noble brother had provided a most costly coffin
covered with black velvet, encased in an outer
strong plank box, committing the remains of
his relative to the caith with the most sacred
care.
In the evening the Exchange and other pnblic
buildings were closed, the festivities usually of
fered to the public were omitted, and our town
seemed to wear a sombre aspect. Archibald
Gillespie was not intimately known in Colum
bia, but the Col. is one of our most esteemed
citizens: his open and frank nature winning for
him the good will and respect of all. His no
ble devotion to Lis brother during his sickness
and his affection even op to the closing of
the grave, has elicited the warmest admiration
of our entire people. May he reap the rich re
ward of hi3 good deeds, and find a happy con
solation in the reflection that his Heavenly
Father will smile upon his actions! Columbia
(Cal.) Gazette. " '
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