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ORTI-CiEOt IM STAR L ilJjJ -. Toms l. LEllt.tdiur 301TI C110LI!H"Nw(fftit It Uttllettiil, rtl ltd pkytirtl HHirtn, the laii f or tlm ni Uut if (if Ifftcllou." ---t- VOL. XLIV. TKKtH Ir " "UMily I-stc, I r j a.. II if r "J "'i 3 AUVKKfirtlN'a. SqrrMl'n)irrtinwrtio . IXTKXS'AL MMO VJSMSXT. STATE INDEPENDENCE. ' Taken in ill broad eise, tin commercial Independence of nur Wile, or of any Stale or Country, ia just aa impracticable, and the i 1.m of it possible existence juai a absurd a i lhal of ita political independence, taken in a aimihr enfc under our preent form of government, i I Tlir rery idea of commerce prr.nppfe n mutual dependence of imerest, anil a com taon contribution lo lhal ir-.teresl by all aiming u linm that romuierce i carried on. One portion of ilia roumry, for inaianee. depend upon another for the supply of Ihoae com nnditiee, either fur consumption or export, v. Inch abound 'in another portion, and in which ii i irnetf deicient. Dependence in dm .cine emiM and must neceaiarily exist, whilst there ia ony necessity for commerce; in :, thousand varied particulars, because the very first principles of trade forbid the idea of .111 iilisolute commercial independence. It is unnccos.li y then for lis lo say, thai when wo speak of Slate Independence in connection with our trnile, lhal we have no rclfri i.ee lo llie necessary dependence of one Hiatc or one country upon another. We meana very differed ihing. Slate Com htfrciiil vinialugr, would be a more appro priate heading; for our remarks upon this sub j.-.-t, and w e should adopt it, were it not from an unwillingness l giveauy more prominence lo the condition of commercial dependence to which a suicidal policy lias-reduced die good Oht North State, lhaii IS necessary to our purpose. This State of Commercial Vassalage, is en-lliri-ly ilisiinci from lh.it niiitui l and niccssary Commercial dependence, lo which we allude i.bove. h exists, and will and must exist, in every Stale w here neither the law s enacted hy the Legislature for the more direct enconr apemeni of coinmerce, nor the various inter, n il improvements projected and provided for hv the Stale, have in view any system that looks In home policy that is designed and dli uliitt d lo place and keep the trade of llie State within the control of her own citizens, and primarily, Irihulaiy lo their own inter The want of Slate Independence lo which we refer, and w hose alternative is Slate Va ...I iirc, is seen w here neitln r her law making power, iii ir Iwr citizen as indi- idiials or coin iiiiiiiities, in iheir eoiiiini rcial operations, and in whatever relate to them, look no further Hi. o lo temporary, local deiached intcresis and pielercnce where neither a laudable Siate pii Ic, nor an enlarged view of self inter est i vtrosjg enough lo induce a temporary f acrifice of local intercsta and local prefer i n id, in order in draw together and unite in a eoniinon line of policy which will in the end secure the perniauenl inlerests of every nectinn of the'Siate and of die whole. ) l'n!.-slhe ipeasurei and policy of a Stale, in relation ur hrTimnwrer-Hre-hped w-iih a H 'W to placing her in a slate of as greal coiiiini r ial independent!.? aa i eon'im nt, and uule-s ihis policy is seconded generally by her ciliz-ii", the iilinot inevitable result will l e a stale of comWrcud dependence upon her neighbour''. Where lint uuity of purpose is w.iu.iiur. nln re lliere is not even an ambition in a State lo place and keep her Irade wilhiu i'i" control ol her own e.iliaeiy, die argus-cy es ol ciimiiicrcial rivalry in fter neighbours will ipiiekly see it and avail themselves of such f.iluiiv. Tlicir policy will quickly be direct i.t nuke such ' Siale tributary lo their own a:;;'raiidizemcrit. They of course will place e ery I o i!i:v possible and hold nut every in ducement consistent wild iheir own interests, in draw llie surplus produce and die trade of s n'!i State lo llie markcia thai suit their pur pipes. "I'll" l.'iidi' and Ihe profita of Ihe trade of such Stile, and which alioud go to enrich I in- ihi n cilizi'its, will gradually be drawn to 1 1 , i- ni-ililmurs. This is not all nor the worst. Ti.e State that doea mrt encourage and build home iimrkels will soon find herself so depeii d nt upon others that they will iu spile of her, control the price and the conditions on which thee will receive her products and keep up a commercial intercourse w ithlier citizens. She will soon feel ani experience, w hen perhaps loo laic, that she is in reality in a condition of commercial Vassalage. It ihe resources of such Slate he as rich and na varied as you will let the indusliy and enterprise of her citizens develops those re sources as you will, if her policy do not look to placing and keeping the advantages of her trade and commerce within die control ol her own citizens, she will ever find herscll in a tributary condiiiou to her wiser and morn sagacious neighbours. The inevitable result will be thai they will so avail themselves of l lis dependence upon litem, as lo make die ilependciil Slate poorer, and themselves tidi er. They may stimulate her people to great er exertions, iu order to produce more, but it ill he in onler that they may control it dis posal and profit. Such t a hasty gtanre at some of therrrr lhal result from the lack of a home policy in a Slate and its citizen. , The advantage of an opposite policy we must reseive for con sideration in a fulurs nt rohcr. - Atwbtrn AVtc. '. Tall Wishe. In no. clas (hall we find a greater exuberance of fancy, or more exag gerated ideas in regard to wealth, than in the thorough-bred loafer. A few daya ago a couple of Individual of ihis genius, being scaled in a sunny nook, near a wharf, at which a California-bound teasel was lyjjng, llieir conversation very naturally turned upon gold, a neither df the twain was the posses ser of a single red cent, and they amused themselves by wiihing fur the precious me tal.' - .'." , "', .... ., 'Bill," said one lo the other, "I'll tell yer just how much gold 1 wish I had, and I'd be satisfied.'' :' ; .-t ! " ' . rV i ll." said llie individual appealed to, "gn not I'll see if you've got the lib'ra idee of gcnih-man." - V "Well, BiU, I wish I had so much gold that t'would take a uventy-four gun ship, loaded down with needles so deep that if you put in another needle, she'd irk and all these needle in be worn out making' bag to hidil my pile." , ,, . , , Bill threw hi erownle hat upon llie pa ve men! with indignation ind exclaimed t' "Darn it, why don't you wirlt for titm.'i'ng' when yer undertake it 1 wish lhal I bad s.tmuch .. your, wouldn't p die imeretl ' mine l.r the I line you cmld Aotf rrtf hotknUim kuttdtt in 0OHf fftfr1 Kr.SAToa-Evs.arTT 0 iht CtUie Exa- uut." 'I'll diitiiifiiished Senator from Mas sachusetts delisetct an addrcs . before, the New York Historical Society last week, on lb discovery and (eillemenl of America, which, ja a comprehensive sketch of that im porlaiu movement. We" have room for an extract only and shall confine ourselves lo hi notice of llie present emigration, which will doubtless have so great an influence on the destiny of Ireland, Germany, and the l.'nited Slate : "The races that invaded Europe came In lay waste and lo subjugate; the host that cross ihe Atlantic are peaceful immigrant. the former bunt upon, the Human empire, and by oft-repeated stroke beat it lo the ground. The immigrant to America Iroin all countries come to cast in Iheir lot with the native citizens anil In share wiib us ihis great inheritance of civil and religious libertv. The former were ferocious barbarians "half clad in skins. teakiug Blrangc tongues. worshipping sir inge gods with bloody rues; the latter are lhe children of the countries from which the firm European settlers of ihis continent proceeded, and belong with (is lo ihe great common family of Christendom. The former destroyed the culture of the an cient world, and it was only after a thousand years lhal a belter civilization grew up from its ruins. The millions who have establish ed ihcmseve in America wiihin sixty years, are, from ihe moment of Iheir arrival, gradu ally absorbed inlo llie mass of the population conforming lo the laws, moulding themselves In the manners of the country, and contribu ting iheir share lo its prosperity and strength. "It is euiious coincidence, lhal, as the first mighty wave of the hostile immigration lhal burst upon Europe before the time of our Saviour, consisted of Irihes l.elonging to the ureal Celtic race llie remains of wliich, iden tified hy llieir original dialed, are still found ilt ririltany, in Wales, in the highlands nt Siiolland, and especially iu Ireland so hy far the greater portion of the new and friendly immigration In the United - States consists of persons belonging In llie same fervid, imagi native and ion often oppressed race. I have heard iu the villages of Wales and the high lands of Scotland, llie gospel preached in substantially the same language in- which Urennus uttered his haughty summons In Koine, and in which the my stic songs of ihe Druids were chanted in llie depiiis of the primeval forests of riauce and Englmd in the lirn? of Julius CuMar. Il is still spoken by ihouvarrds of Scotch, Welsh and Irh h nn migrants, in all pans of (he United Slates. 'J'li is great Celtic race is one of the most remarkable that has appeared in history. Whether it belongs to lhal extensive Indo European family of nations, which, in ages before the dawn of history, look up a line of march ju two column from lower Indi , anil moving westward both hy northern and a southern route, finally diffused ilself over Western Asia, Northern Africa, and the great er part of Europe; im1 whether, as others snp pose, the Celtic race lielongs to a still older stock, and w-s itself driven down upon Ihe South and into the West of Europe by the overwhelming force of the - liul-Eurnpeans, are questions which we have nn limealpres eut lo discuss. However il mav be ilecided. it would seem lhal for ihe first lime, as f ir as we are acquainted wiih ihe fortunes of this interesting race, they have found themselves in a red'r prosperous condition in this coun try. Driven from the soil lo which their fathers have clung for two thousand years, they have at length and for the first time in Iheir entire history, found a real home in a land of strangers. Having been told, iu the frightful language of political economy, that al the daily table wliich nature Spreads for Ihe human family, there is no cover laid forihem in Ireland, ihey have crossed the ocean to find occupation, shelter, and bread on a foreign mil. "This "Celtic Exodus,' as II has been apt ly termed, is lo all parlies immediately con. nceled with il one of the mosl important even of Ihe day.. . To the emigranUKlhnin sslves it may be regarded as a paasing from death lo life. Il wtll benefit Ireland by re ducing a surplus population, and restoring a sounder and jusler relation of capital and la bor It will benefit the laboring classes in Ei.glund, where wages have been kept down 1 1 the starvation poini by the struggle between llie native population and llie inhabitants of the iatr island, 'Phi benefit will extend from England to ourselves, and will lessen the pressure of that competition which 0 ir labor is obliged lo sustain, with the ill paid labor of Europe. While the constant influx into America of stoui and efficient hands sup plies the greiiest want -in a new eoumry, which is lliat of labor, gives value to land, and facilitate ihe execution of every spe cie of piivate enterpr se and public work., ' ' "I am not insensible to ihe temporary in conveniences which are to be oflsel against these advantages on bo h sides of the water. Much suffering attends the emigrant there, on hi passage, and after his afrrival. It ia pos sible that the value of our native labor may have beer) depressed by loo sudden and ex tensive a supply from abroad: and It .is cer tain that our asylums and alnihnuse ate crowded with foreign inmates, and that llie resource of public; and private benevolence have been heavily drawn upon. These are considerable evils, but they hare perhaps been exaggerated. 1 . "ii must be remembered, in the first place, lhal llie immigration daily pouring in from Europe i hy no mean Cpxtper immigration. On the contrary H is already regarded with nppprehenslnn abroad, al occasioning great obstruction of capital. It i attended no doubt with n influx of foreign pauperism. In reference lo this, I believe your system of public relief i betlcr here in New jTurk-thiin our in Masiachusctl, in - wliich, however, we are making important changes. It is laid thai, owing to some defect in nur y sicm or il administration, we iiippnrt more than nur hare of needy fnrcignei They jre sent in upon us from other State. New York, as ihe greatest sea port, must be exposed to a imilar burden. However the evil arises, it may nrr doubt be mitigated by judicious Icgis lation; and in the meantime Massachusetts and New York might do arnuch worse thing, with a portion of their aurplus means, than feed ihe hungry, clothe the naked,, give a home to the stranger, and kindle ihe spark of of reason m Ihe mind of ihe poor foreign RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1853. lunatic, even though that luaniie rosy have been, U I ant ashamed for till cretin of Im - mainly to s iy ha happened.) let on shore in ihe night from a coasting Vessel, and found in the morning in the fields half dead with fold a ud hunger, and fright. . -But you ay ihey are foreigner." Well, do we owe no dulies In foreigners T Whal was the foundation 4f Virginia,' when a poor Indian girl threw herself between liim nr.d Ihe war club of her father! SnWltat were the pilgrim father when ihe friendly avage if we must call him o, met them with the salulalina of 'welcome Englishmen! 'They are foreigners;' and suppose ihey are. Was not the country all but ready a year or two ago in plunge into a conflict with the military iJespoiiani m the east or t-urope, in onk-r lo redress ihe wrong of ihe oppress ed races who feed their flock on the dope j of Ihe Carpathians, and pasture their herds upon Ihe tributaries of the Danube, i a nil do we talk of the hardvhip of relieving destitute foreigners, whom ihe h ind of Cod had guid es across Ihe ocean anil cuuuucleU lo our doors! "I am not indifferent to the increase of the public burdens, hul llm lime has been when I have felt a litde proud of the vast sums paid in the United Stales for the relief of poor emigrants from Europe. It is an annual sum I have nn doubt, equal lo llie interest on llie foreign debt of the Ht ales which have repu di led their obligations. When I was iu London n few years ago, I received a letter : from one of the interior canities of England. telling me lhal ihey had In their House of Correction an American sea nen (or a person who pretended lo he) who was boili pauper and rouge. They were desirous of being rid of him. and kindly off -red lo place him al my disposal. Although he did nol bid lair lo bravery valuable acquisition 1 wrote back lhal he might be sent lo London, where he could be shipped by lh American Consul to the United States. I ventured to add llie suggestion lhal if Her Majesty' Minister at IV. -. i:. . a ... :.. - Washington were applied lo in a similar wav by the over.necs of llie poor and wardens of the prisons, in llie Unile.l States, he would be pretly busily occupied. Hull really felt pleased, nt a lime when my own little Slate of Mnssac huselts was assisting from leu to twelve thousand destitute British annually, to be able 10 relieve the Uriiinh Eirpire of the only American pauper quartered ujio-'Jii." PAW loan Instrantivnartlrt relative tn the fJiTman eillitrmti -n io Oltf Uulmtr't Jjrttu:k fur Wlkntrirth- M ..,( statu. ih numtiar. -l,o l,crteJ from OnrrasTiv frma isto 10 ISai incluriie. arc i ntimate.. to lisve siikiuiiuJ in an snnnal swrsgr or neurit and (Iftoen millionj Snnili dollar.) iwraiinura. From th . V. National Dt-lnociat. ENGLAND'S HAPPY AM I.Y. V.. ..1 1 I -. I . . 1 f . ... : 1 .. - L,iiyiooi on" , imji .one o iipv iaiiio, a most thriving and IrinUul lamilv. which, by Ihe prospect of progression il holds out, would be able lo supply all hurope Willi Kings and Queens for centuries lo come, were w. so obtuse in intellect as lo believe such a long life to monarchy: No I. The Queen, Alexandria Victoria, vva horn Mar S, IS 10. 2. Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Cinantiel ol naxe i ooiirg anil tiotha. was born August S6, 1819. The. twain were married at die age of 21, on Ihe lOih of February, IBK). The isue has been: 3. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, born November 41, I MO. 4. Albert Edward, born November B. 1841. 6. Alice Mand Mary, born April 23, 1843. 0. Alfred Ernest Albert, horn August 6, 1814. 7. Helena Augusta Victoria, horn May 25, IH40v . 8 Louisa Caroline Alberta, horn March I?. 1848. 0. Arthur William Patrick Albert, bom May 11850. 10. A son not yet named, born April 7. 18J3. Eight children four sons and four slaugh tersin thirteen years, and all alive aoM well, We attach numerals to ibis list, in order to simplify ihe arrangement for the reader, aa it would be a matter of difficulty to remember the names and tide of ihe various members ol the Queen's family. No. I has her private purse annually re plenished by ihe introduction of 60,000 s-erling. or 300.000. Besides this, she oc cupies, free of expense, lour or five various residences, being qui(4a tihiq.iilnui character and supposed lo inhabit nil four together.--The names of these domiciles are, Hocking ham Palace, St. Jame's Palsce, Windsor Castle an i le Royal Pavilllon. lirigh 6 1. Her tradesmen bill and household are exclusive of this private purse, and all three itema being summed up for thwyear, is given in "Thorn's Official DirecloVy" as costing Great Britain a um amounting In 'it 1, 800 aterling, or 1,859,000. Nn. 2, who is consort ol No, I, enjoy an annual piivy purse of 40 000, with the privilege of residing a' any or all of those es tablishments mentioned, hi the will of his wife, die aforesaid No. I. Besides these emo luments. No. 2 is tilled Field Marshal in Ihe British Army, Colo-el of die Scois Fusiiier Guilds, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Chief Steward of' ihe Duchy of Cornwall, Chancellor of a University, and many other productive tides, each of which is synony mous with, and indicative of, a round number of English thousand. .. Nn. 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9 mil 10 stepped into ihis sublunary sphere with not only a silver spoon in each month, bin with 10,000 pounds. (50,000.) annuity until ihey become of age, when iheir incomes are duly recognized and accredited children inf No. I and 3 will be uiigmented between f 30,000 and .50,000. Of ihi interesting group,, which go up from No. 10 or come down from No. 3 with it precise regularity in height like, 'iep o( stairs," No.-'4 i titled ' Prince of Wa'es, Prince of ife United ; Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke ol Saxony, Duke of Cornwall. Duke of Rathsav, Earl of Car rick, Earl of Chester, Earl of Dublin. Baron of RefnwiTri'nf the Isle. Great Steward of Scotland, Knight of the Moat Noble Or der of the Garter, heir apparent lo the Crown of No. t. am', as We ne by the paper, has been gazetted a General or Major Gen eral in the British Army, which appointment of itself, independent of hi o.her numerous salaries, command "some half million of dollars." Here," y lb Pinntyfoaninn reflecting on ihi General Tom Thumb, "is J half idiot hoy who. has scare reached his Wtrni, appointed to a high military rankf-iffi half a million of dollar added to his already Miormoui salary .' It further Hales, that "it is notorious as day-light, tint this heir appa rent to the Hriiish throne i sdly deficient in menial denMi.pnient.in other words, that there is soihething wanting in the upper slo- This may he notorious day light, or may not, but one thing i certain, that ihia boy re ceives, or has received for him, end from the hard-worked and impoveridicd people of his country, the large sums stateJ. I he Quern mother, Ihe Uuches of Kent annually receive 32,000 with the residence of Frogmore LodgewA'indsor, Jroin her daughter's subjects, and other members of the royal famtlv, relations connected with it, as Uncles, aunts, and cousins to No. I of the list received from ihe Exchequer of the llritish people, sums amounting in ihe gross in X'it I , DUO annually. - These fact in themselves, sre suflieicKt In stamp ihe law of monarchy Willi infamy. How people ran exall anil glo rify such s stale of things, is really to us rum- mo'i sense Amencanvji wutier calling into question the sanity of the . LiiKli'.h people. I nil mini can ne so crazy lor slavery anil hare to mean an idea of humanity as to be lieve that one family is devine, sacred and unapproachable, and for this reason to be led and worshipped at the expense of food and clothing t i thousands and millions of others of belter mould aud mind, with more (,'nd like shape and sense, is a mystery which none but the English people themselves can solve. As lo ihe family itclf, all we can say is. 'hit if money will brine happiness if idle. j "ess, luxury, lashuinahle dress, indigestive j food and an acknowledgement ol Divine righl '.to all these, can bring happiness, it ought lo j be, which if it is a very happily family. Sl'll-TREASl'RY OPERATIONS, I The New York Express continues its able i comment! on llie Treasury order of ihe new n. i .1 Secretary, in reply to the argument of ihe Washington Union in its defence. Viewing the subject in a party aspect alone, we should certainly have no objections to the carrying oul of Ihe literal e.inslruclion of lite law ; for il must exhibit its absurdity so palpably thai even the Democracy, who have boasted I ol ihe ru;cess of the scheme, would soon ee the folly ol il, and llie necessity of an entire abandonment, al least, of this feature in II. It . seems lhal under iln Van llor.n. A, I,,,;. ,:. . ..-.... ,V - IU II. I !"" h.retary W oodbury had to give up a 1 literal interpretation of the provisions of ihe Sub-Treasury, reqiiirin the public money place lo place. a!ier an experience of two months. In lad, we have never yet hail a lir specimen of Ihe Suit-Treasury system Secretary Guthrie 1 now about to give tin country such a specimen of its operations, o came necnnsiilera il his duty loobi yllie law , ' t'ler than consult public convenience. This ; uelerminati in or the new Secretary will oon ow how it ivirk. The following are llie continents of'the Express, lo wliich we refer : I llieh. f'.'nV. The "Union attempts a reply lo our ar- licle on Ihe subject of Treasury transfer", but we do not think a saiislacinry one. "Our remarks were nol intended lo advo. cite llie interest of any particular individuals who might be directly or indireedy henefiied by adopting ihe old mode of making Govern ment Iransfera, as followed hy Mr. Guihrie's Democratic and Whig predecessors, huiour object was lo facilitate ihe gensral business of Ihe community ao far as it could he legitimate ly done, with entire safety lo the Treasury, and withoul die filler incurring .my risk or expense whatever. "We still ussert that it is safer for the Treasury, sell certainly more advantageous to the business community lo make the tran fersjn the mode we have advocaled.lhauiiu Ihe plan now followed by the Treasury of trans porting ihe coin from place lo place. 'hvery drte prefers lo trust his money in the hands of a man worth a million of dollars and in high credit, to one who is entirely des liuite of pecuniary means, even if there was equi'l Confidence in iheir mnral honesty. In Ihe former case there is a security in ease of loss hy accident or negligence; in the latter w'e have nrt resource of ine kind. And where is ihe possible objection, or any violation of Ihe Sub-Treasury law, if ths Secretary ap point Mr. A., a banker worth a million of dallars, as the tprciul agtnt of the Treasury lo transfer $500,000 lo or from New York lo St. Louis, instead of Mr. B., a clerk in llie Department, or Mi. (!.. an express firm, Ihe personal character and integrity of all being equal ! . Bui ihe plan we advocate provide a slill greater security, for wri Cohiend lhal, withoul any reference to ihe capital and cred it nf the party employed, he shnutH be re quired to deposit as collateral security the fiiiN amount in United States or other gnod stocks until ihe transfer was complete, and the mon ey paid, to that lliere cannot bo any contin gency by which the public treasury could suffer. If Ihe late W hig administration or its Democratic predecessors have been iu the habit of making such collateral security, no matter whal may have keen llie Wealth orcred it of the parlies employed, and un matter whether llie transfers have been made suc cessfully and safely, or with jeopardy or na tional lies, the mode j decidedly ohjeciioiia able, if not Censurable. When, therefore, the Union urges any objection to ihe plan wliich we, in community, think moat idvitahlc, it must find son.e other reason than the risk nf loss lo the Iressury, for this mode i absolutely without risk, whilst that adopted b the De partment is mended with b.nh risk and ex pense. ':. ; : k i " The Union argues, on our itateme it thai the merchants nf St. Imis are al present transporting golj to New York, that if private individuals find il safe and advisable lo adopt thi course, il i likewise so for the Govern ment t but ihi is b.gging the question, and is no" fie point, The merchant of St. Louis adopt ihi course Irom ihe necessity ol the ease, and because they hire no nlher mode of getting fund lo New York i whilst the Government, which wnt 8500,000 in St. refuses tn accept that sum in gold from the merchants ol that place, in exchange for il like Sum in New York, by which all partie as well as ihe community at large, would he accommodated, and 4iy rejecting ihi mode, oblige the St. Louis dealris to fend ihe -mount in G.dd, at a great exp-nse aud risk, to New York, and the Government in incur the am by (ending iheir gold from New York to Si. Loui. H'il, since our late remaris o:l the subject, a new fesinr respecting It ha been develop- Kil, ss-w lesra lhal Ihe tlratla or llie Treasu ry of "the United State un the Sub-Treasury I'm ibis city have appeared in the hill markets nt Charleston and New Orleans, in order lo create funds fur Ihe public expenditures al those point. 1 lie drain, we presume,, are not sold at less than par ; aud if so, il is, a re gards boih expense and risk, a preferable niodr lo the transportation of coin ; but where in the Sub-Treasury Act does the Department find authority for thus lurniug bijl broker, and entering into the exchange businese in com peiiiinn with private individual.!. If these I reasury bills of exchange are thus being ne- golialed iii ihe above cities we presume we shall soon see Ihem in Will it. and in Slate SI. and ihe Snb-T reasury system become oue grand shinplastrr rlMuhmeni fur proinoliuj 111 paper rirculaiinu between Ihe different commercial marls of the Union. When ihe subject ol making mini certificates issued for gold bullion receivable for custom house dues was discussed, last winter, in Washington, some of "ihe faiihful" objected 10 il as bcliif (pocies of paper currency, thoueh the gold wax actually in ihe hands of the Government, anil Ihe plan only enabled llie owners or dealers in gold bullion lo realize iheir certifi cates a few days sooner lhaii if they were obliged lo wail until the mini had actually coined il. Some of our Democratic friends could strain at that gwil hilt can swallow the present camel of a gigantic system of Trene ii ry hills of exchange in every section of the country. T Iii the A'ey lo Cade T inn'$ Cabin, page 40, is Ihe billow ing teller from Mr. A. A. Stone, a theological aiudent who resided near Natchez : On almost every plantation, ihe hands suffer more or less from hunger every year. There is always a good deal nf suffer ing from hunger. On many plantations, aud particularly of Louisiana the slaves are iu a condition of allium uitei lainishmenl during a great portion ol Ihe year. Mr. T. Balidltiol, St. Albans, Ohio, "a member of the Methodist Church, who was for some years a navigator on Ihe Mississip pi," says; "The slaves down die Mississippi are half starved. The boais when thev slop at night are constantly boarded by slaves, begging for something lo eat," We clip die foregoing paragraphs from a long review of a work entitled 7'ie Slave Trade, Domtttlc and foreign, why exists, and how il may. he extinguished, by, Henry C. Caiey. From a perusal of ihe extended extracts given by the reviewer, we douhl not we shall read ihe work carefully as soon as we are able tn lay hands nn it. Bui our present business is with ihe quota tions lhal heail this article, which are the reviewer's own, Il seems astonishing that such absuidilies inconsistenl, unnatural ab surdities should be cited by any man pos sessing the smallest inodieu.n of common 1 snse. lo vindicate and sustain what was iii-J tended to he a terrible onslaught upon ihe insti lulion of slavery. The whole review hinges, as il were, upon lo points: lie first ihat $fl-intere$l, in all it diversified forma, strives for the perpetuation of slavery, and second, to exerte abhorrence of slaveholders, by im puting barbarous treatment and hearties cru elly in llieir slaves. Now, these two propositions cannot he re conciled. Thev arediasimilar aniagonislic. No one but a fanatic of deepest dye, who has studied so long upon an idea lhal he look upon llie veriest ahsurdi ies, when Ihey ac cord with Ihat lues, a demonstrative argu ment, would ever have used them. They eontradicl and desimy each nlher. They prove, beyond controversion, lhal ihe one or ihe other must he Talse. A natural law. which cannot be shirked, dodged or avoided in any way, proioiinrcs the two assumptions irreenn eUable, Admil ihat trlf inlertit alone gov erns iho slave holder in his determination to perpetuate ihe institution lo the farthest pos sible period of lime. What follows, as a na tural, a certain cot'.acqtience ! Why that ve ry lelf-int'rest, throwing aside every oilier motive, moral or relifioas, would compel him in treat his slave" well, to clothe them com fortably, to lodge them suitably, tn attend tn iheir health properly and nol in overwork them in any way. Admit that he is ss much of a brute a Greelev considers slave-holder generally lo be, and slill irlf inlerett would prevent hi in Irom being cruel, from starving. or overworking his slaves ! Negroes "in a condition of almost utter famishment during a great portion of llie year." (vide quotation) could do nn work, would he nf no service, would be a dead loss lo the owner, and, if he owned many such, would break him before the lapse of a dozen years! Here is a natural. butinett fact, which cannot be overthrown. We believe that slaveholders, even had they no intertill in the matter, would treat Iheir negroes with more kindness and attention than the people of the North treat their poor and helpless people. We know it ; and there is not a large plantation on the river that doc nol contain absolute evidence of die truth of our proposition. On almost every one, there are, more or less, old anil helpless negroes, w ho are not, and never will he, anything hul trouble and expense io iheir ownersv They are well lodged, well fed, nursed when sick. In, I have mediiial attend ince when necessin. In Ihe glorious fret Aorth, they would be sent lo pauper houses, of the l raiment of the inmate of which we have read some thrill- ng accounts, in free (oil newspaper report. Of the malignant libellers, whose names are given in the quoted paragraphs, we hare lie; He to say. I he statements are falsehoods made out nf whole cloth. They could be proved so were il necessary. We have al ready shown that tclf-intereit would prevent any man from thus treating his slaves, for it would render them valueless, expensive and troiibhatome J alt J besides, such an anomaly as hungry negro Wa never known ill Ihe sections alluded to. -We would sooner try to bail out the Mississippi wiih the pen we are writing WIIH, than to attempt to find a hungry negro along lis bank! If negro' belly is not full, ii is because there is nothing to eat in hi master house, or in the houses , of his neighbor, or in any of the negro cabin round about a thing dial neverha been known yel! A naii-aisrvea negro, wnen there anything lo rat in the country I The idea will raise a (mile on the face of every one whoi acquaint ;.u .u. -i..... ... ... .... '-tW '. - y-AetO Orleant BulUlim To Rcsiova Wa.s Wash them In Irons' solution nf Potash, and let it dry on the Wart. Tin done two or (hre " times ' will snmrli.nes make them disappear. I - . 'lit I J i ieJ.Wt!l.!lllJSEP the Late conflagration in CANADA. A correspondent of the Albany Evrnin Journal, in s Inter dated Monire.il, May 31. state that the lale 'conflagration In that pro vince wn the most appalling and dcslruciivt w hich has ever visited the Cauadasi It swept in it mad career, through the towns uf Wesi inealh, Rins, Begot, Pembroke. Urnuily, Nor un, shear, and the Islands of Calumet and Let Allurneite. The following brief descrip tion of llie fire is thrilling in Ihe highest de gree : The flame were driven forwaid wilhgieal impetuosity. Hundreds of families men. women and children had lo flee before ihe devouring element, with nothing of their pro perty saved hut iheir cloth, s ; and these were ohen burned upon llieir back For tunately, lliere were but a few lives lost on ly one aged man having, aa far a learned, per ished. Many caiile, however, hog, &c, eVc , were burned. Multitudes hid to lake refuge in the Mutkrai river in protect iheir bodie ; and at one point, a small steamboat took n board a number of familie lo lave them from perishing ; but the boat harely escaped, to intense was the heat uf the burning forest on either side of die river. The country burned over cjiends 70 miles by 40, and more Ihan live hundred familes are lell entirely destitute. Even die seed saved fur planting is gone. Meetings are being held nt various poini lo relieve the sulfereis. The Town Council of this cily Ins set apart 250, and private subscriptions have already reach ed 701). There never were more deserving oi'jecl ol charily. A "FAST" AGE. The folio vini' is Ion good lo he lost. It illustrate one of the peculiarities nf this "last age : An old lady in Ci.icinnnlii had a large qnanity nf baron to ship to New Orleans, where she was going herself lo buy (iipphe. She stipulated with Ihe captain of a steamer that he should have her Ireight, provided he woii d nol rare during the trip, The captain consented, and llie old lady Came aboard. Af' ler the second day oul another sieamel whs seen close astern, (wiih which the captain had been racing all the lime) and would eve ry now and Ihen come up lo the old lady's boat and then fall beck again. The highest excitement prevailed anion; the pasaengers, as die two boats continued fur nearly a day almost aide by side. At last the old lady, par taking of llie rxciirmeul, called ihe captain and (aid, "Captniii, you ain't going m lei that lhar old boat pass us are your "Mhv. shall have In madam, as I agreed not In race. "Well, yon can just try it a liitle, thai won't hurt. "Itm, mad mi to tell you Ihe truth. I did. "t.racious! hut On try It a lillli more see, (he old boat is almost even with us, and a loud cheer aroae from the pasaen gers on the "old ho it. "I can l raise any more steam, madam, as all the tar and pine knots sre1 burnt up." "Good gracious, what shall we do ; see the old boat is passing ua. Is there nothing else on hoard lhal will make steam ! "Nothing, madam eh, ell, fas if a new idea had inick him.Jexreptyourbaenn." "Throw in die beon.." shrieked the old lady. "throw in the oaconjS cap ain, and beat the old boat. A FEW QUESTIONS. There was a long debate on ll e slavery question, among the New Seho l I'reshyte- rims, at their Synod in Buffalo, on Friday week. A report of Ihe Committee jut Slave ry recommended die appointment of a Com mitlee lo examine anil tepon the extent ol slaveholdiug among the members of the Pres byterian Church South in connexion with the Assembly. Dr. Ros, ol Tennessee, look Ihe floor, and offered Ihe following aubititute That, with an express avowal not lo he in quisitorial, ic. a committee of one from each of the northern Synods of he ap pointed, w ho shall be requested to report to ine next tieneral Assemmy : I. The number of Northern church mem ber who traffic wiih (lave holder and are sei king to make money by selling them negro clothing, handcuffs and eowhldea. 2. How m my northern church members are concerned, direelly or indireedy, in build ing and fining oul ship for the African (lave trade, and llie slave trade between ihe Stales. 3,. How many northern i hurch members hive sent orders lo New Orleans and other southern cit es, lo have slaves sold, lo pay debts co ning io them from the south. See Uncle I out s Cabin. J -4. How many northern church members buy ihe coiion,-ugar, rice, tobacco, orange, pineapple, figs, ginger, coca, melons, and a thousand other things, raised by slave labor. D. How many northern church member have intermarried will, slaveholders, and have thua become slaveowners themselves, or en joy llie wealth made hy the blood of the (lave especially il there be an northern ministers of the Gospel in inch a predicament. o. How many northern church members are the descendant of the men who kidnap, pe I negroes in Alric and bronght ihem lo Virginia and New England in former year. 7. wnat i ine aggregate anil individual wealth of church member thus descended. and what action ia best to compel them lo dis gorge thi blood stained wealth, or to make them give dollar Tor dollar, in equalizing the loss of ihe south by emancipation. : 8. How many northetn.chdrch member. minister especially, hare advocated mttrder in resistance lo the Uw of the land. 9. How many northern church member own stock in die underground railroads, and canals. - 10. That a special committee he sent mi Red River lo ascertain whether Lrgrtt who whipped Unrle Tom to death (and anorthern gentleman) be' not still in connection wiih otne northern, church in good and regular 1'anding." z - '.ir;.!, rt'-j r . 11, How many northern church members. ahVpd meeting of Spiritual Happen arc Bloomer or Women' Right convention- aiist. . ' . . ' .. ;. .- .. . , I'i. How mny are creel husband; 13. How many are henpecked huihatlila. OeoHTToir YquXik EvfrymaH THighi to get married If h an. Every milt should do ha work to mil hi customer, if he can. Every wife should avtmeiime hold her tongue. If he can. B very lawy er should sometimes tell ine truin il lie ran. Everv man mieht tn i mind hi own business and let others al-ne.llhe gule Treasury. Hi plan i lo appropri ifbonn. Every man should tiike a news-11 lh earning of lit Suite railroad tw ihat paper and pay for it any how " pi'tyose, ., ? . NO. Sf. NEW AGRICULTURAL MACHINE. The Albany Argn d.ifnlwS ah Invention which it destined iu MprrarcV the plow, the harrow, the roller, add ihr ttti who saiwsihe seed. It silyat YrSirreUy ) t trere ahown ihe model of a Hew .-.hdi whttt pltipnh tn he. a val uahle, ihiprtovemeht In tine of ihe lalmrioua department! ol ilit agriculturist, and for which III ilivehvor tlhhifird a patent in April, 1851. It amhtNjIc in line Implement llie cs pacily for plowing wiih four plows, svallerinr ihe seeds in lh furroWSi harrowing and ri-ll- ing. I ue narrow are arranged at suitable distances in front of the ran, and die number can he diminished at pleasuie, or four iisa d. Immediately following and ailiehed In ihe plow are llie bucket, for the reception of ihe seed, aud from which it i dialribatt-d. Tim harrow Pillow behind ihe wheel of the cart. and the roller bring up the rear. On the piallonn ol ihe cart, and fortmuf a luin of it i a basin, nf ihe lanin width, which i the receptacle of the efd II pontiou is im mediately over the buckets, mH a ihe cirt goea forward it is so arranged a in allow the seeds to fall, in suitable quantities, intu tha bucket below. The platform is large enough for Ihe driver, and Will alsvt aceowmodaia several hags of grain. The harrows air also Ihe width of the cart, iu two pieces, as are also the rollers, for more easy passage over ihe ground. The entire arrangement can he nnvrd with ease, and Ihe Carl used in any oilier rapacity about ihe farm. The inventor is Mr. II. Beebe, a young mechanic injuria city. While it.apprars to be n valuable improve ment, am has received the approbation of many distinguished agriculturalist, its uliliiy remaina tn be lesled. There i Sea rel y a doubt, however, ihat oil pMrir! land it'w ill prove a valuable acquisition to the iinple .nentsoftlie farm. WHAT IS A FLORIDA HAMMOCK! The edilrtr of the Ocal i ("Florida) Mirrur, noticing an erronrrnis tiaieinrnt on ihis sub ject, give die following Description nf a Florida hammock, which the Winer ufdiii knows lo be materially correct! '"There are some tew warrip mi the streams that look like the swamps of other -region save the growth, il being a mixiure of palmetto, live oak, magnolia, I villi, and an un dergrowth of laurel, mock orsnie. Ac. tan gled with vines, and jessaht ne. Bui a genu ine hammnrk is a high, i!ry , rolln g spnl, set . like an oasis ill the 'nine barren. Tim borders are generally very ihlek with under growth further in you find ihe ground elevated, much clearer of undergrowth, covered with ihe largeal kind of aweel gums, magnolias, white- oaks, lynns, hickory, live-oaks, cherries often three and four feel through. It is true, though high and dry from die luxuriant growth of the forest, one accustomed lo river bullions i constantly looking out for some large water course, which he never finds. There a-e occasional channel or runlet which servo during llie rainy sroson lo carry off the ex cess of water, but these are seldom over i few hundred yard long and plunge headlong into some hillside add disappear. But what I remarkable, when you pus oul of one of these hammocks you find yourself descend ing lo the pine barren. There ia no mud in them, and fewer snake than in any new country we have ever seen) and we have acea ntt a few new countries." Hamuli cks are of various sizes, from some which include iiboui'an acre of ground ti other fifteen mile long ami -cv jr al m lis Wi In. SADCASE. " General Gratiot, f irmerly a Brigadier Gen eral in the United State army, and Chief of the Corps of Military Engineers, has, within a few days past, been given by the administra tion a rlerkship in the Land Office of a thous and dollar year. This will be aomvihing in hi fsmilyt but io hint il must lie a hitler necessity. Broken fur an unfortunate appa rent dedication, under Van Burm, involving no criminal intent, and sacrificing every thing he possessed to make good the ihitieirncy hi is indeed a tad ease We believe, however. he is nol alone in his present Cnrnpar':. lively humble official situation. Chancellor Bihh.of Kentucky, Secretary of die Treasury under President John filer, if. we mistake not, is holding linle Clerkship at Washington, hi only fault bring that he saved nothing for rainy day, When his fefrlpl Were thonan l. But he is a philosopher, and whiles away the leisure hours of the summer afternoon", like true disciple of Walton, in angling for r' Mi in the Potomac and if die cat-fish bite, whal. care he for wealth of i milllollarcf Nothing. Gen. C ratio! is altogether a diffen.tit affair; ami, coniidering all the circumstallf.es nf hi case, there is loinething in his punishment of unusual, unnecessary) and unmerited etui liy. Hi clerkship il sontcthingi but his is a sad ete. t'ommttciat. .- : At meeting of the General Committer of one hundred," held at Boston on the SOtli ull.t report wasadopted, rucoiniiiendiug ihat a monument lo the memory of Oaltlel 'ebs--" ter ' be placed iu Slate tirerh IH fritm of die did Stale House, The frpoH lrt recom mended ihat the monument consist nf a statue of bronze U)-bexccmed by ihe" Amerrran artist, Hiram Powers. ' Ii will stated nn the part of llie Committee of Finance, Ihe amount already auhscribed for the objert, t sufficient to defray all tile costs, "' , PETRlFlrill" MAiV. The Morri III. ) Yeom in ute' th it nut long tince, while some men weft digging in a coal-hlnk, near the Caiul. they exhumed the body of a man in a perfect (tale Of prti ifaftion. I rum me corduroy - rlnth tn which the leg were encased the fiords and Seems nf which are perfectly defined it il ailpposad to he the itody oi one ot uia Irish labor, engaged i the c0:itrulion of ihe Canil. The fimb are Nearly perfect, arid ire Completely traiutorm ed to (lone. - ", '-. tTT.ie Charleston Standard aisles ifut a-.. woman fell doad in a sireei ol that city on Sate- day tlsti -She was flrginally a Mis Ogden, daughter Of a gentleman of that name, who ! kept a hat store at IVisl Hay. and was raised ind educated with some care. She married a man named Murphy, became reduced in cir cumstances, and wa on her way to apply tof admission to the poor house, when she fill and expired.;''1'' : : ' ' tW Got. Cobb, of Georgia, recently ale liVered an address in Milledgeville, in which ha ): look open and hold iround In favor of a svr- l-m of Common ScIi.hIj. i h n nnoro.it iVntu "I ;
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