-1' ' "
comiuincASoS
'Our Literary Institntions.-
no
, - n . a;ffnttare of Cms. I
Tn 1.t number, orcr ine . intimate
Utdearored to show that d the lower
connection betweea e he rjuiTeBj,y
ldeiofKhooI,mndiWW uwtion fa our
& to help the ote uje opinion that there
Bute, f-ito T" caVryinr forward an
could be but litite 0,stf im-
rffieieol lTour higher Institutions.
L,bewere 6rt FJ ,he well-known &cf
? SSr 'SSoo. .re not usually object,
tint the i" whrre ,he larger are neglected.
rf e P" edu?,kB
-ppei w rT -Th nnward dio-
j " L-r Slate OI oe u""" - " TS ,
lowerlnMitution. has undone J been
. little moner. will take no interest in ma
l?T io carrymz forward a jf
"Kormuit, therefore- be devised to
srs-
se-
A LETTER FROM MR. TOOMBS
" i,; -dnce in the niflher. As
SS hTthe reral M h.taken a
Eher S Common Schools hare become an
obWiSorViuedtion. And wbj .bouhl itnot
IWmY The cause in which they are concerned
k one; as the blood flowing from the heart gives
TitalilT and of to the extremities, so the senti
nenS the ws and feelings that flow out from
an Institution that stands by .common consent at
the head of our literature and science, will carry
with them an influence that will reach the remo
lest extent of our intellectual being. I might here
add. still further, ttetibf thisery purywJh
UniVersity waa established. Itras deseed to
be a eitt set on a hiU that should gire light, and
bed an influence efery part, ven 4he re
SottJ corner, of the State. There are ot and
weighty reasons why a moTetnent should be made
in favor of the Unirershy. The principal wheel
but in motkm will putotbera in motion, and thus
the whole machinery i put into action, even to
the smallest and remotest part. LeaTing, bow.
?er, for the present, the connection that the Um
eratty has with the common schools, I will turn
to a more direct consideration of this latter class
of Institutions. ' - . ,
it Within a lew years past, the subject of Cw
mon Schools has becoms rather a State hobby.i
Much has been said, and considerable has been
done with the design of forming a regular tystera.
StUl there are lew, I beliefr, wtio are not ready to
admit that the effort has fully accomplished all
that was hopd and expected. So much as this
has, bowexer, beeo accomplished, that the people
at large are becoming more and more convinced
of the importance of a general establishment of
Common Schools as the means of ex tending ed
ucation and adding to the reputation of the State.
That article to the Constitution of out State, which
imposes a duty upon the peop'e to foster a literary
Institution and encourage education, though for
Tears straining its voice so as to gain a patient
bearing, has been suffered to call without meeting
a suitable response. The public mind has begun
to awake, but still tb tone of feeling has not reach-1
ed the extent txat the condition of the State re
quires. So much has been done that among all
intelligent men, the importance of some well de
vised STsiem ia readily admitted. Happily, there
" fore, there is no need of going into the back ground
to discuss the utility ot this class of Institutions.
Thn was ably and faithfully done a few years
tince by tha late President of our University,
whose essays have become a matter of history, to
tell as what has been, while they furnish conclu
aire evidence of the importance of a system of
Common Schools. Assuming it, therefore, as ad
mined that Schools ought to be established, I shall
in the present number proceed to consider what
1 regard as some of the' defects in the measures
that bavt been adopted. I
One and a prominent defect connected with all
tne laws that have been enacted is. that they, pre
sume upon too much, and this in two particulars
first that the people are ready, and secondly,
that the requisite number of qualified teachers can
be had for simultaneous employment. No truth
can be plainer than this, that in all measures for
Dubhc improvement, efforts can be effectual no
farther than the public mind is prepared to secure
them. Aware of this, the Legislature of 1838
left the decision of the establishment of Common
8cbools to a popular vote. But a mere vote of
assent does not of course prove that all things are
ready for acura. A general consent to the ab
stract Question might easily be obtained even from
many, who might disagree widely on the details
of the system. While, therefore, I admit that the
Stat was ready for such a vote, there is much
reason to doubt whether it was ready- fur other
measures that were proposed. The division of
the State' into districts of six miles square, is a
matter of questionable expediency. Some other
method would bave accomplished tbe object much
cure a compewoi iupK'i ,
men who will make Wm
,er of profession as to be disposed to use every
mean, to render the schools J
forward the system to maturity. Before thi can
be accomplished, there roust be a thorough change
in the estimation, in which the proession is held.
Young men of talents and enterpnte will not de
vote themselves to a calling, which places them
in the public estimation in a station, but a ntue
above a servant; or at best not higher than a
plantation overseer. Make the profession honor
able, let the teacher be estimated for his office sake,
and there will be no difikulty in finding young
men enough aad of the Tight stamp to engage in
the business. That tbe profession as such urn
derated, at the South, is too PP'otJ1ft
nied. An individual teacher may be respected,
he may have gained influence, but it was gained
by personal merit, not by, his profession, not
rnanr fears have passed since dwtingutshed
member of Congress, from one ol tue nonowu
Staies,was taunted by a southern member as nam
ing been a school roaster in his younger days
Nor is that feeling confined to Congress Hall or
to ooe,'or a few individuals, a scnow-ui-..
from our University h a rwo mis. and there are
not a few who would consider it almost an insult
to ask them to undertake such a drudgery. It is
regarded as a business for poor voung men, and
for such as want energy for professional business.
If these remarks aire correct.it is obvious that
much is to be done before the public mind is pre
pared to carry out such a system as is contempla
ted in the acts that bave been passed. I have
said these measures presume upon too much.
In i wo nanicnlars. this has been shown to be true.
There are others, that if not of equal importance,
are yet of sufficient importance to weign in ine
scale To carry out a iystero, we must start from
hm mii nkn aad miRue it in the rictit waf,
and when we come to a point, where the state of
public feeling wih sustain it, a lull development
may be made. To that point, it is believed, we
bave not yet arrived. Our measures, therefore,
must be incipient, and our aim should be to pre
pare the way, and thus to advance a part as cir
cumstances will permit. Put the ball in motion.
It will gather more and more asjt advances, and
a few years of right action will bring us to the de
sired result. CIVIS. j,
. . ".. i L... hv HOD. ! W, I IW' ID
"T?:WV -r. irr.th places it again over the
hArt Toombs. Kenresentauve w -t t ,:it , t h- u t,. -n
Cnnssional District of the State of beor- . . . fo K . j
-o . , ' I . - I
. ? . .....:..L-. .Ai:w tnthe. course ..ri.;n. ti,. : i no lonseri
i. iu- fi-rtr; tn nursae. ia comDlished. Th deed t. done. nr
' . . . - i t.. I treats refrarff hU tens to tne wmaaw,
the attitude in which ane ts attempted w o .Z!;t1T-".V- In. and
i it.. .Mil inn thai
weveo nisei rl
his aim
wouna oi uie pui
icture he explores
He feels for it, and
It is ac-
escapes
forced by the dsumonitU, ofptoneer m tbe He 0 eye has seen lum,
work of undermining the foundations oj ine n0 ear has hetrd hiro ine sicrkt is uh
Republic. The following is the fading owr , tod iti. sale ! ; . ' m dreiaful
portion of Mr. Toombs letter, in wmcn ne --safe nowhere.
places himself, tn regard to tfiat question, on has neither nook
impregnable ground. nor corner where the guilty can bestow it,
The people of California, witnoui anj an j ,ay safe. not 10 speaii 01 iu by
faults of theirs, but on account of our disa- which glances through all disguises, ana je-
greements on the slavery question, naa teen 1 DOy, everything.as m the splendor 01 noon,
without lawful government for several years. Iuch gecretg of euilt are never safe from de-
Thev were sobiected to an illegal and tin- t-ction even bv men- True it is, generally
institutional military usunauoo, at me vc- unt.!Xnr ,, 'murrier will OUl. 1 run 11
rv moment when thev most needed stable, Pmvidence has so ordained, and doth
. . x, . ti I .-.r . . .. . t..-l.
and recnlar. and lawtut eovernmenu iuryi,n mm . hmn. that tnose wno urrnu.
FLYING MACHINE.
Tbe practicability of navigating the air
by means of a flying machine, has been sat
isfactorily demonstrated and settled, as he
thinks, by Mr. John Taggart, of Charleslown,
Mass., who, the N. Y. Evening Post says,
is at present to be seen with his invention in
DunlaD'i Hotel. 135 Fulton street. The
flvmg machine consists of a car, to the front
of which is attached a pair of wrings some
what like thi screws ued by propellers, and
a float or balloon fastened to the car in tbe
ordinary way at an elevation of six or eight
feet. The wings, which may be moved in
mv dirertinn to as to assist in the ascent or
descent of the machine, are put in motion by
turning a small axle running through the cen
tre of the car.- I he macnine may rje guiaea
in anv direction bv raeani of a rudder, tbe
slightest variation in which it obeys with
wonderful precision.
The float or balloon, which is pear-shape,
is thirty -three feet nine inches in height,
having a diameter of some twelve feet, and
the whole weight of the machine, when ready
for ascension, is three hundred and fifty
pounds, in addition to which it will carry
with ease over one tnousana pounas.
The inventor told us that he had already
made one ascension in it, for the purpose of
nractieallv testin? its powers. The ascent
was made from the commons at Lowell, Mass.,
in the presence of a large number of specta
tors. Owing to some fault in inflaming the
balloon, a quantity of steam was allowed to
intermix with the'gas, thus greatly diminish
ing its buoyancy, so that wnen tne ropes
which held it to the ground were cut, the
machine ascended only to the height jpfja
few feet, when it fell down, to the imminent
peril of the occupant
After two or three ineffectual attempts,
Mr. Taggart elevated the wings considerably
above the tine of the car, which had the de
sired effect, and away went the machine, far
above the heads of the spectators, until 11
bad dwindled in their ?aze to ihe size or a
swallow After attaining a considerable ele
had an undoubted . nght to throw off that
mvernmenL and were n?htlv entitled to a
government of laws, instead of military force
The remoteness of California, the extraordi
nary state of things existing there, resulting
from the unprecedented discoveries of gold (houtand eves turn at once to explore every
and me mgn rate 01 wazes, maaeiu guYru- min every thing, every circumstance con-
ment by Congress not only inconvenient and nected with the time and place ; a thousand
the great law of heaven, by sneamng
man's blood, seldom succeed in avoiding
discovery. Especially in a case exciting
n mtirh attention as this, discovery must
rnm and ' will rnrre. sooner or later. A
difficult but enormously expensive to us
The mixed character of the population, from
all countries, inviting collision and hostility,
augmented the necessity for efficient and
regular government 1 1n weighing these
it t 1 " .
reasons, Congress decided lor ner aa mission
and I doubt not that the exclusion of slavery
pan ratrh ererv whisDer : a thousand exci
ted minds intensely dwell on the scene,
sheedinsr all their light and ready to kindle
the slightest ; circumstance into a blaze of
discovery. Meantime the guilty soul can
not keep its own secret It labors under its
guilty possession, and knows not what to do
by her constitution bad a great and perhaps with it The human heart was not made
a controling influence in favor of her admis- for faB residence of such an inhabitant. It
ion with the Northern members. But they e-j. :t.eif ntPVA on bv a torment which it
. 1 i J IJl Tt nil.. I . . .
aia not iranscena taerr powers.- i c4uv darei not acknowledge to tiod Or man. A
due to uutn ana canaor to say, uiav iu vuu- vutur. is devour n? it. and it can ask no
trpling reason for resistance to that act at the
South is founded upon that same clause in
her constitution excluding slavery, lnat
reason ought not to have controlled either
party, and especially u not a just or tumcieni ,n:PlU nr wftw.v u nvermmet
' . . - . ... . I wr v
reason for opposing the law and resisting tne and eadi him whithersoever it will.
sympathy or assistance, either from heaven
or earth.
The secret which the murderer posses
ses, soon comes to possess him ; like the evi
him
He
SPECULATION IN COTTON.
Government. feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat
'I bave already attempted to vindicate tbe and demanding disclosure. He thinks the
rights of a people, forming a constitution for whole world seas it in his face, reads it in h
admission into the Union, to admit or exclude eyes, and almost hears its workings in the
slavery at their own pleasure, and to prove very silence of his thoughts. It has become
that JCongress has no other power over such his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks
constitution thus presented than to see taat I down-his courage, it conquers his prudence
it ts republican. We bave demanded Hand When suspicions! from without begin to em
secured it for Utah and new Mexico, we barrass him, and the net of circumstances to
should adhere to it, because it is right; but entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with
it is expedient as well as right One hun- still greater violence to burst forth. It must
dred and fifty thousand American citizens, beconfessed.it will be confessed; there is
on the distant shores of the Pacific Ocean, no refuge from confession but suicide, and
having met by their representatives, to lorm suicide is confession.
a constitution for themselves, having adjudg
ed it best, under their puculiar circumstan- "BEAU HICKMAN OUTDONE."
ces. for their interest, their prosperity, and ye respectfully invite the attention of
their happiness, to prohibit the, introduction irau Hickman to tbe followin? from the N
r 1 a - ..taU I . . . . . .
01 slavery into uieir new tuumiuucjui q True veUx. It is in vain tor that paper
it is their business, not ours. Whether they
have decided wisely or unwisely, is not for
us to determine. We have settled the ques
tion differently for ourselves ; it is not for
them to disturb that judgment, now or here
after. Both cases stand upon the came
greatprinciple the right of a free people,
in entering the family of American States, to
adopt such a form of republican government
to assail the laurels 01 tne Beau. 1 nat in
dividual, we are credibly informed, once
diddled two Bonifaces in ' succession out of
suppers for himself and friends. We have
not heard from the bean, or any of his re
presentatives, since the manly, and highly
conservative pi.tle upon the subject of
State Reform. But we are told that he is
still living, and while the following will not
as in their judgment will best preserve their nirn jealous, he cannot but feel some
liberties, promote their happiness, andperpet
uaie their prosperity.
If we are wise we will defend rather than
resist this birthright of American freemen,
so invaluable to us, so formidable to the en
emies of our prosperity , our peace, and our
safety. I am ready to rally with you lor the
defence of this great principle. With no
memory lor wist differences ot opinion.
careless of the Juture, I am ready to unite unth
any portion or all of my countrymen in de
fence OF THE INTEGRITY. OF THE KEPUB-
LIC.'
Kf T nrrvmmAoA in th direction HI
snore effectuaHy, and woulu have prepared the Lawr ' hnce be passed to Andover
ES ? I'lSJ?? c,rcomst"ces Bradford, over which latter place he struck a
uuuni ui icuucini vucu lunsure expedient. I . .. , . , . -t
Tn v nmhincr nf ih .Ttnt nf th. nnxi current of air which carried him, at a rapid
tricu. bv the division manv portions of the State rate, to Redding. From this again he passed
are too feeble to do much, while in a more dense I to Salem, having crossed a portion of the sea
population, the schools will be in reality open on- in his nassa?e from Reddinsr. and aighted
ly for the poorer class of children, the more weal- at - distance of nine miles from Lowell, ac
Any cnoosing to resort stu to pnraie schools ; a compiling the whole voyage in an hour and
circumstance that must almost of necessity render "uV"BUlfa J
).i.r- - o-i i r t:..i , n' . twenty minutes.
iiKwuiaivmAuwi ui nine tbiuc. io renaer i ,', . .t i. i 1
rvtnimnn Srhnnl, inni tK. , . Mr. Taggart says that at one time he had
ducted that they shall be resorted to by all classes obtained an elevation where the air became
inthe community one school for the rich and so rarified that it was with the greatest din
another for the poor, would defect the whole rultv he could retain his powers ot antrna-
k Ti 1 :. r u - . ht : I . . . . . . i J .
AueFuurii7 vi me aysiem m imw f,0n : his bands, and otner pans oi nis oouy
scheme.
; Eogaod, is mainly dependent upon the fact that
all taa im m i n cr 1 miK tnofKv in ik. bma U
lisbment .To make the Common Schools popu-!
lai with: us, private schools fur primary education
: must be given up, and the children of the more
i weahhy must mingle in tbe mass with the poorer '
I class. . Before this can be accomplished, there are
' several obstacles to be overcome. There most be
swelled, and blood spurted from his mouth
and nose.
Miss Jennt Lisp's Charitt Concert.
The Boston Journal gives the following list
of tbe institutions in that city among which
Miss Lind has been advised to bestow the
s levelling of feeling, and tbe character, as well as
.1 f .1 . , I L .
in nnmmrai3iinn ni in icnimit mini n in i. i .... r.
.id io render .htm to tha, who proceeds of her charity concert consider
icel able, and bave hitherto employed private I able difficulty was lelt in making the selec-
leachers under circurosiaiices to suit themselves. .;rt fmm the verv numerous charitable in-
wwu w - J
The teachers must be men of taste, and the school
houses must be convenient and comfortable. Tbe
miserable log cabius, which are hastily thrown
tip, cold, cheerless, and destitute of all suitable
accommodations, are 'not 6uch places as parents
r rennea taste and delicate sensibility like to put
their children for education. To engage that part
of the community in tbe enterprise, better accom
modations must be provided, and then teachers
corresponding with the accommodations must be
obtained. For such a change, it is much to be
questioned whether the. public mind is yet pre-
stitutions in Boston. It was Miss Lind's opin
ion that the fand would do more good, if not
yery greatly subdivided :
Boston Port Society $1000 ; Association
for Aged and Indigent Females 1000 ; Mu
sical Fund Society 1000; Children's Friend
Society 500 ; Farm School for Indigent Boys
500; Orthopedic Association 500;- Boston
Female Asylum 500; Howard Benevolent
MR. WEBSTER'S ELOQUENCE.
Mr. Webster presents the most remarka
ble combination of any of our public men of
genius and common sense ; and ot tbe pro
found and the beautiful. He "exhibits in
his style," says one of his admirers, "at once
the strength and the foliage of the oak."
We give below an extract from his speech
on the celebrated Knapp murder case, a
speech which was a master piece of argu-
ment, and was also eminently beautitul.
The Knapps, by the agency of a hired mur
derer, bad killed tbeir uncle, an old and res
pected citizen of Massachusetts, to get pos
session of a will which they wished to des
troy. In this object they failed, Crownin
shield, the assassin whom they employed,
having by mistake taken an old will, instead
of the one which they sought The bloody
deed excited profound, horror in Massachu
setts, but for a time conjecture as to the guil
ty person was entirely at fault no robbery
having been committed, (except of an old
and valueless will,) and there being no ap
parent motive for the deed. At length,
however, the murderers, imagining that they
were suspected, when in point of fact no one
dreamed that they were guilty, excited in
quiry by tbeir singitiar conduct, and the in
quiry resulted in the strongest circumstantial
proof of their guilt which was afterwards
confirmed by their own confessions. Upon
the trial, a powerful bar was arrayed for the
prisoners, and Daniel Webster, for the first
and only time in his life, appeared against a
criminal in a capital case.
Rich Republican.
pared. - The extremes of society are much further Society 500 ; Young Men's Benevolent So-
I rum wcouiucrnni luiu at mc uunu. uc i ciety ouu ; oociPiy lor rrcvenium oi rauper
middle class that there lomis the connecting link, j8rn 500 ; Parent Washington Total, Absti
wiry tar the most numerou. wniie attne soutn, s 300 MUcellaneous objects
wuitr ta HitkImI almost exdusivelv between the I " . .J . J
.IM ""n77hn M,Tv nnnrl W!lS .h. Of Charity 4D. Total.' 7.ZO.
wealthy slaveholder, there is a sort of aristocracy
of feeling, which forbids bis placing his children The Abolitionists in all quarters of the
in a situation o level with those in the lower country are rallying to oppose the adminis
- Tk. imnmimn. therefor.. MeomM I . .- ' n j . mt
rs r " a r r a.a iraiion oi rreswent titimore. iney seem
unni that the Common Schools are designed . . . . 4 ... J . ..
for he poor, and this very impression, so long as . pin.cu.ar.y oent upon oposmon to tne
SreontinueslwiU detract ffom tne popularity of the Presidentespecjially because he approved
acbooL a.To remove these impressions, the schools and signed the Fugitive Slave Law . We
must be elevated on tbe one hand, and the more are glad of their opposition. He has the
.wealthy must make up their mind to mingle their consciousness of having done his duty and
entiuren in tae mass wr primary wuwuuu.. mat u enoughtor him. The assaults of such
There is another particular in wnicn inccndiariei ag tney are will only ltrenetn
Kr SSK " .th. Union loving
tL State I mean teachers of such qualifica- PPle of" the country
tioos as are competent to give respectability to the
schools, in tbe eye ot educated mea, and make
tbera satisfactory twevery class of people for pri
mary education. Men of inferior qualifications
mi aMntMl hecause better cannot be bad. The
Alexandria Gazette.
We learn unofficially, but no doubt cor
rectly, that the Hon. Thomas Butler King.
late Representative an Consrress from th
port 0!
i.i. .(.k..!!. ,..,-1,, w" K,toCiiiaue
"y" .n'obiec, of "Z State of Georgia, ha. received from the Pre
Z;, thin oi admiration. To bring our schools United bUtes the appointment
into popular favor, a class of teachers; educated 01 ixmecieroi tne Kevenue tor the
fnr th times, must bt introduced. These cannot San Fransisco, in California.
be introduced from abroad, for we; cannot afford National Intelligencer.
to make atJCh a compensation as ww inuuw men
nthovRiatM to leave tueir uuiiic ivi w h.c i w .... ... t-- ,
rfsMndins 7t ftw weekaor months in awhool T'Mve .ST T uT AltX'
wlFSFVlZ dependenee on foreign teach ander.McRaa of this town, has been promo
m would never make a profitable ystem off ted to Lieutenancy ,in the Navy. A case
Khoniav Men who teach merely for the sake of of merit properly: appreriated...Wrtk Ckron,
The following extract from his speech on
that occasion is as perfect a picture as, ever
tame from the hand of a great master. Im
agine Daniel Webster, before a tiibunal of
Life and Death, his majestic form, his solemn
countenance, his deep-toned voice, uttering
such words and thoughts as these :
" An aged man, without an enemy in the
world, in his own house, and in his own bed,
is made the victihi of a butcherly murder.for
mere pay. ueep sleep had .alien on the
destined victim, and oh all beneath his roof.
A healthful old man, to whom sleep was
sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night
held him in their strong embrace. The as
sassin enters, through the window of an un
occupied apartment .With noiseless fool he
paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the
moon : he winds up the acent of the stairs,
and reaches the door of the chamber. Of
this, he moves the lock, by soft and continu
ed pressure, till it turns on its hinges with
out noise; and he enters, and beholds
his victim before him. The room was un
commonly open to light The face of the
innocent sleeper was turned from the mur
derer, and the beams of the moon, resting
on the gray locks of his aged temple, show
ed where to strike. The iatai blow is giv
en I and the j victim passes, without a strug
gle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to
the repose of death ! It is the assassin's
purpose to make sure work, and yet he plies
the dagger, though it was obvious that life
had been destroyed by tbe blow of the blud-
what unpleasantly at the conjecture of the
Delta, that he, the Beau, has " rung in" up
on the lower regions, and is now simmering
upon a hot fire :
" Bbait Htca-MAK OtmtotK. Or. the Pink of
Jremy Diddlert. Beau Hickman, if thou look-
est down on this, trom celestial domtcil. weep that
thy deeds are outdone; or il ihou lancest npwarris
from neiher (not centrifugal) fi re, console thyself
with the reflection hat there is one now on earth,
who deserves a warmer corner than thyself ; one
who in the theory and practice of Jeremy Did
dlerism, is to thee, as Euclid is to thy scienced
brat ; one who has done a deed that eclipses thy
most famous achievements. Thou didst live upon
the fat ol the land ; grow dressy, and war gouty
upon thy wits; but thy wiis walked into men of
substance; thou did?t bleed men of means, and
now clap thy hand to thy breast and say, as a
ghostly eentleman, didst thou ever eroke a supper
a supper for the eods, and twenty of them at
that from a pocket utterly void of coin or its
semblance? If thou didst, we have never heard
of it, nor do we believe that it is recorded in ver
liable history, tsut even hadst thou done this,
the deed is not all told. Didst thou, besides, nre-
vail upon " mine host" to prepare himself for
the occasion, by "running his' face" all about
town for the dainties and the juices upon which
thee and thy friends were to gloat and feed, and
feed and gloat 7 Well, then rf thou hast not ach
ieved this eoup it gotarmand, hide thy diminished
head. Listen:
Francois Thomas keeps a very good restaurant
on la rue a-- las vhamps iMistt appropriate
street opposite the Ppntchanrain railroad depot.
About a week since, Mr. F. Fink was examined
before a committing magistrate in Lafayette, on
a charge of arson, and was discharged. He prais
ed God for his deliverance from the Philistines;
praised Francis Thomas for his talents iu the
cuisine ; praised his own friends for their exertions
in his behalf, and patting them all on the should
ers, pressed them to push their, pins under his
mahogany the next day. The invitation covered
a full score of as merry blades and as healthy
stomachs as ever sallied from our neighbor city
to regale themselves on Orlearmis luxury. The
Sheriff's office was to be emptied ; the Cpurt was
to suspend or let down, which 1 the scales,
lor a day, and a goodly share of a legal lore of the
' sister city," was, for once, to abandon Black
stone, and take to bull-frogs and burgundy.
" That sanwday Mr. Fink was in the Thomas
restaurant, in earnest converse with its worthy
proprietor, whose twinkling eyes, and dimpled
cheeks, and smiling face he is one of your real
bonifaces betrayed the fact that the subject upon
which Mr. Fink had been entertaining him, was
a perfectly delightful one, and fsirly opened the
cockles of bis tollv heart. " JIAim -1.
Francou, 1 said Mr. Fink as be walked out of
the house, and uodied condescendingly to his
late companion-" Adieu, num chert remember
a dinner for twentygot up ra your own style
spare no expense and mark me, Francois,mark
me, I say let the wines be' unexceptionable."
" Have faith in me, replied the gralified Thomas,
" have faith in me, man ami? and Thomas ad
ded to himself, as Mr. Fink vanished, " wi job
gar con." J
" We will not attempt to describe that sumptu
ous feast, nor the hours of enjoyment the score of
"gentlemen' " put in" under master Francois
Thomas" root that day , but must content oursel
ves with laying the following 'official document '
in relation thereto, which we found duly Bled
and deposited yesterdayn Recorder Seuzeeuean's
office. Its detail and precision are admirable in
the historian's eye : "
"'Francois Thomas, being duly sworn, doth
depose and say, that one F. Fink, residing in this
Municipality, did, oa the 20th inst., at noon, wil
fully and leloniously commit, to the greardara
ageand injury of deponent, a breach of trust in
this Municipality, in ordering to affiant, for cash,
a supper for twenty persons, the guests of said
tins, and in taking said supper with bis guests,
without paying a cent forme same; that said
supper, ol the value of $145, was had at the pub
lic restaurant of deponent, who had not all th .
cessary means to prepare the same, but bad to
go all round to buw fmadm and thin. nHv.Mr.
lor the same, payable on the next morning, which
deponent has failed to do, in consequence of the
breach of trust i Deponent therefore charges said
f l.n,t W1'h having committed a breach ot trust to
wjuprcf affiant, and against the peace and digni-
" wie, ana prays mat ae be arrested Sic.
It is not surprising that the present state ;
of the cotton market should arrest the atten
tion and excite the cupiditjf jof many who are
in this temper. The limited extent of the
stocks on hand, the firmness and still upward
endency of prices, and the unfavorable pros
pects, real or supposed, of the growing crop
in the United States, have, for some time
past drawn attention to cotton, as furnishing
good material for speculation. Many are
convincing themselves that present prices
are but the prelude to rauca nigner rise in
price, and that a sure road to rapid fortune
would be to purchase cotton and postpone re
alizing. If any attempt is made to 'reason
with such, they point in refutation of all
doubts, to the stocks in Liverpool and in the
American seaports, to the unpropitious sea
son with which the growing plant has had
to contend, and to the probabilities which
exist of hot only a steady, but even an in
creased demand for the mills. It is on these
grounds that thajy rest their hopes 6f being
able some day, not tar aisiani, 10 realize ai
prices the attainment of which wou d be a
heavy blow to their expectations, from the
check which they Would necessarily give to
consumption. If any evidence were wan
ting of the madness characteristic of exces
sive speculation, it would be furnished us in
the partial forgetfulness already occasioned
by this incipient mania, of tbe ordinary con
nection between cause and effect It is not
our purpose, at present to deny the grounds
on which the sanguine calculation of many
are based. We do not question the limited
extent of the stocks on hand, both here and
in America, as indicated by the serious fal
ling off which has taken place in the export
from the American ports to Great Britain.
As compared with the corresponding period
of last year the decrease is not far from half
a million of bales, or about four months con
sumption. But there is, fortunately, now
some ground for questioning the unfavorable
reports received and Circulated of tbe grow
ing crops. Some weeks ago the prospect in
this respect was gloomy enough, but our more
recent intelligence is calculated to dispel
much of the apprehension which then exis
ted. Unfavorable tidings still reach us from
the Atlantic States, but the reports aVe now,
on the whole, much more cheering from the
great cotton growing regions to the westward,
from which tbe largest supplies are now ob
tained. ; There is still time for adverse wea
ther to jdo its work, but a favorable change
had taken place in many of the cotton grow
mg districts before the plant had been irre
tricvably injured.
There is also some ground for doubting the
accuracy of the calculation, in as far as it is
based upon an anticipated increase of de
mand on the part of the spinners. It is sup
posed by many that if a third less of the raw
material has been consumed this year than
last there must have been a corresponding
decrease in the number of yards of cloth
manufactured. Such would undoubtedly
have been the case had the goods manufac
tured continued of the same weight and tex
ture as before. But this has not been so with
a very great proportion of them. For many
months' tbe high price of cotton rendered tbe
weaving of coarse heavy bodied goods so un
profitable as to close some mills and partially
suspend the operations of others. But this
interruption to business was, in many cases,
accompanied by a change in machinery
much af which was adapted for the weaving
of a finer class of goods, the price of which
would be less affected by the fluctuations oc
curring; in the cost of the raw material.
The consequence is that unless a very low
price far cotton should occasion a return to
the manufacture of heavy bodied good, it
will be some time ere any marked increase
takes place in the demand for. cotton, seeing
that much less is now actually consumed than
was consumed this time last year by the same
number: of mills. Nay more, we are inclin
ed to think that tbe demand, for some time,
so far Stpm increasing, is likely to decrease,
when ve consider what may be anticipated
as the tfatural result of the largely increased
exportslthis year to America. Notwithstan
ding ttli8, we are not so much surprised at
presentsprices, considering the lowness of the
stocks and the extent of the present demand.
But weS would warn holders a?aist suffering
their ctjpidity to make them too retentive of
their, stocks, and the public from being temp
ted by existing prices and prospects to rush
neaaiong into wnat may seem a promising
speculation, i; or, be it remembered, that
the histpry of cotton speculations is as rife in
warning as it is in encouragement If for
tunes have been suddenly made, so have for
tunes been irretrievably wrecked by it.
Those who recollect the bubbles of 1825,
can easily recall the extent to which cotton
speculation figured amongst them. They
can also trace the resemblance between the
circumstances which led to it, and those
which ire now seducing many to contem
plate its repetition. The cotton speculation
of 1825; originated in the belief that the stock
in handj was low, that the growing crop- was
deficient, and that the demand, both at home
and abroad, was not ohl v great but increasing.
io -
But it turned out that the stock on hand was
high, that the growing crop was abundant
and that neither the British nor the conti
nental demand, was unusually great The
ground jon which thousands had rushed mad
ly into the speculation, was thus completely
withdrawn trom beneath their teet, and the
losses tof them from this bubble alone, had
the speculators been able to meet tbeir en
gagements, were estimated- at nearly three
millions sterling. In 1825 there remained
for home consumption, out of the total import
of raw 4otton into the United Kingdom for
that year, 135,0j0,000 lbi. In 126, when
low stocks and deficient crops were to do
their anticipated work, the total import was
228,000 000 lbs., of which there remained
for home consumption 210,000,000 lbs. But
so infatuated were the speculators of the day,
that the; abundance of the crop of 1625, from
which sprung the increased imports of 1826,
did not prevent prices teem rising to a point
which materially checked consumption, and
a I ' 1 AJtA iL l ! -.
iuus aggravaiea ine aeenne wmcn an in-
;. li 11 1 B
crcasea shock; wouia 01 us sen nave occa-
were aggravated by such a state of the cur
rency as necessitated the paying of commis-
siuin iut geiung oanic notes into circulation,
and the giving of champagne breakfasts to
those who favored a bank by accepting its
discounts. London News.
6th.Axe.
'ih. North
1 at lownt
eeive
ing
itself
west
BISHOP ANDREW.
Io another column will be found a letter from
this distinguished Diyjoe, that will speak for itself.
Men who cared nothing for the Methodist Church,
have seized upon theaction of the General Con
ference, some years ago, and endeavored to per
suade the people that tbe disunion of that Church
was an example worthy ot being imitated in refer
ence to tbe Union of the States. So far as we know
or believe, the Southern Conferences acted right
and proper in dissolving their connection with their
northern brethren, but the political Union of this
country, and the causer that will justify its des
truction, are very dmerent things Irom any con
nection or separation of this great religious society.
Bishop Andrew, about whose elevation to tbe
highest place in the Church the separation took
place, we are glad to perceive thinks so too. He
might have been wronged, but his country never
did it ; and that country, the Union, and the Con
stitution, are as dear to his christian bean,, as if
the ecclesiastical tribunal had never made his case
the cause of a rupture. We hope the little fra yel
ling orators who have shed so many tears over his
treatment, and urged so feelingly that the Confed
eracy should be broken up on account of it, will
read his letter, and learn Irons bun bow the mat
ter stands. We always abominated all attempts
of paruzans to connect the affairs of Church and
State, aud we rejoice that io this instance the
ablest and purest man of one of the largest re
ligious societies in the boutb has put the seal of
his condemnation on anv such altemDt. His
views so ably urged upon the South to educate
her sons and lake care of herself, are exactly the
thing. H our especial guardians would practice
upon them, and spend less of tbeir time in attemp
ting to destroy the South by destroying the Gov
ernment, they would effect much more than they
are likely to do for all parties interested.
1 he letter of J udge uarnett Anarews of this
Stale,, will also be read 'with interest by every
lover of his country, as well as by ever) disunion
1st who has the least taste for sound reasoning or
unanswerable argument.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.
frVi'V'-EtWtSS
lr the right to rf UePnm !"
Ml
'C1
r it. '"fL
-V fMj I 1
or not
.sh the QB.uli, v n?7Ahe'5l11 o I,, y
stitnte oiher. iu T " .1 lbenicle,r'rC
Pricey .a"". Ufc
Other nnrruwl. ., "V oe BlM
ll other tbinM Am"ie J 'tiaZ
article b d for iht "W"T., L 7,
p-7 the bid ri i.W.-'.tW
1
whether it u of .i'r UfP4.
exhibited. 1 HU4"1' ikLV4
The party propping ,
prww
above lit, and ffir ,h.
.1 " Wl11 finish ,:n
contractor prefers
may be delivered
ppj, to the Government,) 0
of May nest, ., the "nVnt" "UU
a, specified ia this S
7 'OW
lB
ml
coal, ,,.; ,u
w the
BIIIU11I12 Ibe tMd i
o ano m Sl Loui if" " 1 W
ehwild be d,li.,.i ,i.rr- ,ratlJ twlZ?"
Kpv. man io ascertain tu . V"!.
article purcWseU with the s.,!uNl
the contract .ball be .nle. Si
contract itself, which hal! " ""''W
f .
scr.oea, or if they rof iMulB.;. w,1
opinion oi ine agent aforesaid, auj ifV -
ner uvur oi auca lusufficieucT ii
furnish othera in lieu thereof of ih.
Uie United btatu thll be a,K.J.T"BlW
theta or others, and to charge
they may be compelled t ui?
Iy tkertfi, h "
"wwi, vtijv uau nay i'e suid iJifT.-
ted Stales. l;4il
oouds will be reomred in ii.
M V
wiui iwu eooo sureiiea. the suliicieiirv f
certified bjr a United Suies Judge !
lorney. ior the faithful perform.uctof tT"u,S
rajment will be made after thecouir,
1 ST
sioned. ! The extent of the re-action may be
appreciated, when it is known that Georgia
cotton, which in 1825 sold at l8d. a pound
fell in the course of a few months to 7d.
These should carry their warninss alons with
them, and dissuade people from hazardine
simuar au ventures on insumcient data, spee
ulators may now deem themselves sure ol
the facts, but so did their predecessors of 18
25, although jibe hypothesis on which the
wnoie cotton speculaUou of that year rested
was entirely yuionary. We would, there
fore, caption the. avaricious and the over-san
gutn frbm prematurely committing themsel
ves in the present instance, although so se
tere catastrpphe might not await them as
ieu upoa tnose wbo, a quarter of a centurv
ago, cerjimiued a similar indiscretion when
j mTj ne,, peculation was nnirertal
1,500
?6!
3o0
1,000
1,600
BOO
175
90
8t
05
40
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
PROPOSALS FOK
INDIAN GOODS
' Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian Jlffairs, Sept. 25, 1850.
UALUU PitOPUSALa will be received
3 'he office of the Coinmiasioupr uf ludian Af
I'aira, at Wahioijlou city, uutil teu o'clock on SSat
urday i the second day of November next, for furui.a
lug the fullpwiug Indian goods, viz :
Class No. 1. Blankets.
2,100 pairs 3 poiut while Mackiuae blanket, to met-
aure 00 by 1'i luchea, aud weigh eight pounds.
1,900 paira 2 point white Mackinac blankets to
measure .54 by Gbiuche, and weigh ii pouuds.
1,175 pairs '2 poiut white Mackiuac bluukets, to
meaMure 42 by 56 inches, and weigh five and a
quarter pounds.
980 pairs If puiut white Mackinac blankets, to mea
sure 36 by 50 inches, and weigh four and a quarter
pouudx.
900 pairs 1 point white Mackinac blanket, to mea
tture.32 by 40 inches, aud weigh three and a quar
ter pounds.
400 pairs 3 point scarlet Mackinac blankets, to mea
sure 60 by V2 inches, aud weigh eight pounds.
300 pairs 2 poiut scarlet Mackinac bUekets, to mea
sure 54 by 06 nicheu, aud weigh six pounds.
100 pairs 3 j point green Mackinac blankets, to mea
sure 06 by 34 inches, and weigh ten pounds.
300 pairs 3 point green Mackinac blankets, to mea
sure 00 by 72 inches, and weigh eigrit pouuds-
250 pairs?! joini green Mackiuae bUuketi, to mea
sure 54 by 6b inches, and weigh six pounds
1 00 pairs 3 point gentinella blue iMackimtc blankets,
to measure 66 by 84 inched aud weigh teu pounds.
40O pairs 3 point gentinella blue Mackinac blankets,
io measure bv ny z incues, ana weiga eight
pounds
30d pair 3J point gentinella blue Mackinac blankets,
to measure ;4 by 66 inches, aud weigh six pounus
CJuss No. 2 Dry Goods.
1,005 yarcU scarlet stronds
SOU do bluestrouds
fancy list cloth, blue
fancy list cloth, scarlet
fancy list cloth, green
gray list cloth, blue
saved list cloth, blue
saved lis$ cloth, scarlet
saved list cloth, green
225 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
1O0 dozeu cotton flag handkerchiefs
2S0 do cot to a Madras haudkerchiefs
black silk hauderchiefs
8-4 cotton shawls
6-4 cottou shawls
4-4 cottou shawls
8 4 woollen shawls
430 -pounds linen thread
80 do sewing silk
700 pieces ribbon, assorted
150 gross worsted gartering
34 pieces silk, handkerchiefs, bark and bandanna
Class No. 3 liQMEdTic Goods.
35.000 yards domestic calico
10,000 do Merrimac calico
do !lue drilling .
do Georgia stripes
do blue denims
do cottonade .
do bed ticking
do Kentucky jeans
do satinetts
do plaid linsey
do domestic shirting, bleached
do domestic shirting, aubleached
do domestic sheet iog, unbleached
do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dosen woollen socks
1,500 yard flannels, assorted
1,600 flannel shirts
600 calico shirts ;
556 pouuds cotton thread
400 dozeu spool cottou
Class No. 4.; Hardware.
2,080 pouuds brass kettles
276 dozen butcher knives
28,000 gun flints '
25 gross squaw awja
7 000 fish hooks
25 dozen fish lines
25,000 needles '
100 dos combs, asso ted
1 0 do scissors assorted
10 gross eon worms
1,090 tin kettles .
76 nests japanned kettles, 8 in a neat.
Class No. b Agricultural ImplEmeitts
' 200 drawina knives, 13 inches in lenrth
700 augers, in equal proportions of 14, I, , and a
inch
150 pairs hames ; '
750 pairs trnce chains.
1.510 weeding hoes
175 hand saws " :
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length
40 cross- cut saws, 6 feet u leugth
100 hand saw files.
100 cross-cut saw files
40 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
600 W hittemore cards, No. 10
600 quarters socket chisels
90 planes, fore and jack
Class No 6, Axes.
73 dozen axas, to weigh from 4 J to pounds
83 do half axes, to weigh 3 J pounds
41 do hatchets, to weigh IJ pound
25 broad axes
Class No, 7. Northwest Guns.
650 northwest guns, two-thirds of which most mea
sure 36 inches in length of barrel, and one
third 42 inches in length of barrel, to be de
livered in New York or Philadelphia, as ma
, be required.
Samples of all th above articles are deposited in
the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ;
and it may be proper to remark that those of hard
waie, agricultural implements, and northwest guns,
are entirely new, aud of better quality than tht ar
ticles heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposal may be divided into seven parts, vis:
1st. Blankets.
2d.-Dry Goods.
3d. Domestic goods.
. 4th. Hardware.
5th. Agricultural implements.
aud ibe delitery of the coods ".""Ai
of the Department, upon a duolieai. ""Ml
by him. ' 'we"wid
Communications to be marked "IV
diao goods'
. The bids wili be submitted with thefoiw
ine, and none will be rerenl ih.. ... l
the form and terms here nresvih .
" I (or wel Druuoso m iur.,,.i. r. .,
the Indian Department the foliowi,.. .'
fiixed to them resicH?..lr 1
Here insert ibelisiofjtowy
. iu .uC ui i,ew iurS j.Jt St Lajl
acceptance of hij pfopos.l,. tbequMw,?!
escribed by the Department, I (u, Wt tlJ 'I
prices at
ue a coutract ,.ccordiug to this agremct '1
tisfactory security to tLe Depuriajent vitkaial
lys after the reception of this bid : iiH ue,"!
3,500
8 000
4,000
1,001
4,500
1,000
500
7,000
7.000
15,000
15,000
8,000
Deliverable
ou or be for the
of ihe
rug presc
cute
sa
day
faikuic to euter into such contract, md p,,a J
""'"i jf FJ 'ume LDltea ijtisjjL
difference between the sums bidden br im i..
aud the sum which tbe United outesffiajKty
to pay for the same article.'- I
Each and every bid most be tccomplllie, ii4t
guaranty iu the following form, to be aieued bt b1
or more responsible persons, whose suUjcitueiMil
be certified by some one who a kooso to
part men t, eit her personally or by his official posiiss.
-l or we hereby guaranty tn.it
the above bidder, will comply with tbe tenntfa
advertisement for 'proposals for Indian gowk,'
September 25, ltsu, u tbecootma should ben
ed to him, and enter into bond or the eiecuus
the same within tn time escribed."
The contracts of former jean art open fari
inspection of bidders.
L. LEA,
Commissioner of Indian Affia
Sect 59. 7h
iOXXOLIDlTED LOTTEft? 1UTUI
The State Consolidated UiwriesuLMffl
drawn by State t'ommisiiouers ippiHiiaijlrt
Governor of Maryland.
CHARTERED BY ACT OF
fl Tickets of the Maryland Mffis kf Ik
Stamp oftlvStoU.
Vs ,rw tr urn fir d.fl,
Office JV. W. Corner BoUinwrt L CW sJ
Mdsecm Bcildig. Baltimore
The list ct Prises sold by COLV1S swi i
September Lotteries show ihe'cbettu(
The Grand Capital $50 ,000, N 31 K 6
in Baltimore.
The Grand Capital $20,0001ot.ai "l
in N. Uaroliu:. ..-
Tbe Grand Capital $25,000, oj.268TI
in Alabama. c mi hx
I UC UI.UU v.jiwi V- ' -
tn lennessee. . mi a lit
The Grand Capital $20,000, M""!
in Mississippi.
l As thick and uumberless u -people
tbe sunbeams." t
Alt orders ptr moil rath prompt
Pkase examine the follu'iDg icW'
Lotteries for OctobeJW"
'riZTtf'
'.skW
Capiu'.s. r o. oi gt
O.i!
3
Date.
Oct.
ti
i
.
8,
10,
11,
12,
26,001)
75 No. 1 JraWDi
4.500 75 No.12dr'n
9,000 78 Nos.l6dni
40,600 7S INos. l urB
30,00'J J
14, 10,m I ?8 Nos ,3 jr,'B
ana 1001 z.iniu )
5,000
30.000
20,000
10.000
10,000
9 coo
25 000
5 of
5,000
30,000
20,000
30.000
5 of 2.500
25, 9 000
3.000
26. 7a!0O0
50.0UO 25 000
15.000 &&
28,4of5ti00
, 29, 20,000
30, 30:000
31.5ofl000
1.
17,
18,
22,
23,
4,
75 NoS.12dr
75 Nos. IS dr i
78 Nos. 13 drt'n,
72 Nos. 13 art's.
78 Nos,13df'Bi
10. 1
"1
2'
78 Nos-l3dr'a
75 Nos. 12 dra
78 Nos. 16 dr")
78 Nos. I6 d1'"'
31
5l
78 Nos. 13 dn
75 Nos. 15 -lira's, t
7S2Nos. HrB- ,
XT Correspondents can transact
the mails with this afc-eucy,
souallv present. ,. ....
IT3- Letters carefully atrey
reiuru ih- , ..-.ni
oivio .
. ti ,k ntr licksts. , " J
or rnse iicaew j
tickets. . k inlu
Prizes cashed at mght
Uiasa holdior pnxes. ,. , itb-
.llorders are earsfully '
. .I..v PIT lo ... .. L0
Please address,
TTnlKlTS.
FINE FANCY 's-' ' fi
OU R Slook of Fucy I5-
"fbesu CanaJIiDlSfl?
Raleigh OrUtO.
, . Urze lot 0' " . Ji mW
we'-'
1
9P ""-r - .KichWBre
Vests ana
closs a consisntnen'-
Augn-126, 1850
Htm irKi wo" i.
July 2nd, 1850.
au wnsn me cajamities occasioned by it
5
VERY TICuti v