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FROM NE LIIERARY AMEnlcAN

FROM THE LITERARY AMERICAN.
AN UNcALLED FOR AMEN.-A correspoH3
dent of the Methodist Protestant relates the
the following story, which is too good to b
lost,
A very sensitive preacher, in a village not
more than a hundred miles from Baltimore,
was discoursing upon the uncertainty Of hu.
man life To give greater effect to his re-
marks, after assuring his hearers tina. thoy
might die before an hour elapsed, he said,
" And I, your speaker, may be dead before an
other morning dawns.i'
"Amenr' was the audible response Of a pi5
Gus and much loved brother in the congrers-
ton The preacher was evidently disconcort-
ed fora moment. He thought the brother
must have misunderstood his meaning. Paus.
ing awhile, he repeated the declaration with
still greater emphasis" Before another hour
your speaker may be in eternity"
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The appointment Of Mr., Meredith will be
hailed all over Pennsylvania with pride, all
overthe Union with pleasure, and no where
can it be understood otherwise than as an ad-
ditional happy augury for the country? "a
Wing, but not an ultra Whig," and from the
very moderation Of his character, avoiding the
f@iercer tumults and conflicts Of the political a.
rena, Mr.. Meredith always well known as one
of the first lawyers in the United States, has
been sufficiently in public life, although with.
in the narrower stage of Pennsylvania, to Gre
ate for himself a high character as o man Of
great mark and uncommon abilities-a man OF
the broad and profound views, the penetrating
judgment, the sngacious foresight and other
high qualities which belong only to the states.
man. In calling such . man from the retire
ment of private professional life to occupy
so important a department as that Of the
Treasury, General Taylor has paid the
highest compliment TO the State Of Pennsylva-
nia-the selection Of this Office to be filled by
"Ilc VI HCt euHe, 10 u s1S'1I Ploul W TX lVSulN
for her, and his desire to sec her great inter.
ests properly protected; while il is equally an
evidence Of his deep appreciation of character
and administrative capacity in individuals, as
well as of his determination to act on his own
rule Of discnrding mere politics from rule, and
we use his own words as expressed to the
Joint committee Of Congress on Monday last
of "assuaging the fercenesss Of party" i
was not for nothing ,han General Taylor laid
down the memorable platform of the Allison
letter-the platform Of the country and The
Constitution-the platform Of W Oshington, OF
which he now stands, surrounded by a galaxy
Of the most able and patriotic men in the whole
country. And the whole country will fee
that in such a brilliant Cabinet, no one bette
deserved to have, or can more udvantagcously
for the Republic, occupy a seat, than our owr
fellow-citzen Of Philadelphia, Thomas Mor'
edith Of Pennsylvania.
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ANEcp"TE oy OH ZAcK, THE SENATE ANp Gel.
BLss "A Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald relates The followinni
"Td show tbNtGcn. Taylor is mai Of Hu
sincsz no sooner had tie Senate met on Tues-
day, the 9th of March, than he sent mp Cal.
Bliss with the catalogue of lie cabinet. TIA
Senate,aiter they had been an hoqr or more in
session, appointed Mr.. Miller and Nh. Aiohi-
son 70 wait on the President, to inform him
that The Senate were ready 10 hear from him.
The committee went mp to the White House,
" ere the following scene occurred.
Mr., Atchlson-Mr. President, the Senate
have appointed Mr.. Miller and myself a com
mittee 70 wait upon You, % inform you tina
the Senate are now in session, and are ready &c
receive any communication YOU NAV have L
make.
Now, it may be that the old General sup
posed that the Senate had got tired Of waitint
for the expected message, aud that the com
mittee had been sent up to jig the memory o
his Excellency, hence, we suppose his reply
to the formal announcement OF The committee
Old zack-Good gracious! You don't tel
me! Waiting all this time! Why, gentle
men, Iaent up Col. Bliss two hours ago to III
Senate.
The committee were s%tumped. Nj. Atchi
ison was in favor Of reporting the fact; bu
they finally agreed to go back and make n
report at all, the promptitude o fold zack doin
away with the necessity. Meantime, Co
Bliss had gone up to the Senate, and awaitin
a pause in the proceedings, had put in his mes
sage in advance Of thereturn Of the committed
This little incident SLOWS that Old lack, the
always polite, is not the man to stand upo
ceremony when business is to be done.
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The CONVENTION have heard ii said
that while the middle, SOU 4 and eastern pof-
lions Of lie State are opposed 70 the call Of !
Convention forthe revision ofoGr present Con.
GIid'ton, {tat tho North Is equally az s,ronp ID
fayorof il. u Is a mistake. The Jacksonian
at Holly Springs has long since come out
Y, and ws see from 4 late number u
that able Paper, the Monro Democrat that Il
declares agaiuat the movements. Iasoo Demo-
cvat. sc
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senator Houston to his Constituents.

senator Houston to his Constituents.
The Senator from Texas has issued an adj
dress to his constituents in reply to the charge
made by Mr.. Calhoun, that himself and Mr.,
Benton had, in the vote on the Oregon bill Of
last summer, deserted the cause and the inter-
ests of the south The address, though strong
in its facts and and staten ents, is moderate
in tone and temper; and the general PROPOSE
ton which Mr.. Houston maintains, viz that
Mr.. Calhoun's course on the slavery question
has been detri mental TO Southern interests, is
we think fully made out and sustained. The
assumption Of the South Carolina Senator, in
speaking for the whole South, instead ofkeep-
ing, as Mr.. Benton expressed it, { in his own
ba,liwick," is Justly rebuked. We are sur
prised that Senators have so long put up with
the dogmOtism and disunionist courses of
Mr.. Calhoun; and can only account for it
by remembering his former eminent services
and the unbounded reputation which be-
longs to him'in some parts of the country.
Connected as we are with the South in all
our nearest and dearest interests, bound to il
by all the ties that link men with the country
peculiarly their own, we cannot but look
with displeasure on the attempt made to get
up an agitation on the most exciting OF all
subjects, Such an agitation must end in dis
comfture ordisunion. We must, when the great
question Of slavery becomes the masterkey oil
political parties, either yield despair or deter.
mine on Independence and separate existence
from the North. Our only object, consistent
with reason, can be to preserve the slave pro
pcrty we possess; we can never hope, even
if we wished it, to extend slavery to New
Mexico or California. Whenever we become
the proPograndists of slavery, we leopard ;ht
rights we at present possess. Like the dog il
the fable, by snatching at the shadow in thu
water, we drop the substance winch we once
firmly held. Our safety is in silence; GU
policy sin letting well enough alone.n LIE
not not Southern men be frightened from thei
proPriety by the loud declarations of passion
ate politicians, that a course Of i~naction is
course Of cowardice. 1t is the course of pru,
d%ence; the course of wisdom; the course .
a courage too confident in its virtue to be de
tered from what is right by charges Of COW
ardlce. The just man lives. down the sneer
Of a contempt itself contemplate.
We are glad that one leading Southern maj
has at last spoken out the feelings and opin
ions which many entertain in regard to M
Calhoun's conduct. Gen. Houston's addres
s%ustains, nay heightens his previous great re
putation.-N.O. Crescent.
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The Locofocopapors see nothing inProPerin
Mr.. Folks Outrageous Sunday morning aP-
pointment Of Mr.. Hannegan 70 a foreign mis-
sion, by which the government is TO be swim,
died out Of some $4,000, and have nothing to
say about those Sunday fights among their lea
ding Senators, but they are exceedingly shock
ed at General Taylor's arrival at Louisville on
the Sabbath and returning thanks for ciyilitles
shown him by our citizens. Verify, this is
"straining at a gate and swallowing a saw
mill"
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A FACT WHICH NEEDS NO CoNMENTARY.-Jesse
Oxendine, a free colored man, who for a long
time has resided in Columbia, and had accu-
INFLATED some property, was about a year ago
seized with the idea Of going to a free State,
He accordingly sold out and removed with his
family to Ohie. Whilst there, he could procure
no work. all his applications being answered
with the remark that they preferred white la
Dor. His wife was taken i'll, and although he
offered to pay literally, no assistance could be
procured in nursing her--he color Of The skin
forbid Il. She died, and Oxeudino striPt Of hiE
little property and thoroughly disgusted with
his white friends and sympulhyzors, determined
10 return, although warned that he forfeited
his freedom by SO doing. Hewro 9 word that he
would prefer to be a slave on any southerr
plantation, TO being a FREQ man at the North,
and accordingly returned a few days ago
Read that, ye false hearted abolitionists, anc
blush for shame at your base hypocrisy =
Palmetto State BGnucr.
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ROBBERY OF TUE GovERNMEors JEwDLs RE-
marhable ReUeIatiOn.-The National Police Ga
zette contains some remarkable revelations
FesPecIingthe robbery Of the Patent Office in
November, l848. The Gazette has from the
first, charged that the robbery was committed
by two well known thieves, Hand and Webb.
ander the direction OF others, and that the
object Of these men was not SO much plundel
as TO be in position success siully to negotiate
for the release from prison of a brother 0
Webb who had been convicted Of forgery.
Letters received BY President RoIb, offer ms
to restore the jewels, have been traced by thu
editor of the Police Gazette TO Hand, and NAM
facts are given countenancing the foregoin.
superstition.
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The Pauldiug Sentinel, a democratic sheet
has hoisted the name of Gen. Quitman, 70
Governor. Tha, paper says the General is not
in favor Of repudiating the Planters Bank
Bonds, and is Of opinion that in this he agrees
with the great majority Of the democracy Of
this state-The Sentinel indignantly asks;
"Why should they be ropudiuted! Were they
uncOnstituiionally or wrongly given? is the
State not legally, honestly or morally liable fol
their payment and, if 50. what real democrat
the democrat Of principle, as well as mere
name-can, without a cheek s%ufusing blush
and a writing conscience, advocate repudia-
toni"
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-EoR THE TRUTn AND EHR EIeHT.l
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, APRIL 8 $40.
sad news from Col. Fremont and his
I-NpErnNpENsE, Nina

ISDEPENDENSE, Morch, 90, l849,
herewith send you a clip from the Santa
re Republican, Of February Cd, containing
some intelligence Of Col. Fremont and party:
Mr.. Joass, who left Santa F6 some days after
its issue, reports the whole number as having
perish ed, with the exception Of Col. Fremont
himself, who was in Taos badly frost bitten.
1t is possible, though, there may be some mi s.
take in this. as Santa F6 is noted for unauthen-
heated rumors. M.
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REvERDY JoHNsoN.-A Washing ton Cores!
pendent Of the Norfolk Beacon says:
"Mr, Reverdy Johnson, l learn, upon entor3
ing on the duties Of his office, remarked 10
the clerk and messenger, both democrats,
6 please retain your Office" "Now," added
he, IL am delighted that have disposed Of
all my patronage.
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We take the following from the Savannah


We take the following from the Savannah
Republican.
a Fact Briefly Erpressd--one plank in Mr..
Cass' Nicholson platform was, that the people
in the Territories should be allowed to determ-
inc the slavery question for themselves. He
was ran at the south on this platform. Mr..
Calhoun mounted it so far as to permit South
Carolina to vote for him. The Charleston
Mercury wlnked at It, the Constituencies
lauded it, the Macon Telegraph said 1t was
well, and the other l]ocofoco presses in Geor-
gla cried out Amen! Well, several bills have
been introduced this session, authorizing the
people of California to decide the question &C
cording to their wishes, but Mr.. Calhoun says
it will not do; the Mercury saysitwill not do
the Constitutionalist and Telegraph, not hay-
ing the Nicholson letter before their eyes, say
it will not de-, and the other Cass organs having
caught the tune, echo back it will not do
They say that neither Congress nor the people
in the Territories have the right TO act upol
and adjust the subject, The power, therefore
to settle the question exists no where? Fo
what is all this done? Why to keep the ques
ton open that they might agiIate Ggitate! ant
do nothing but ACETATE. If it were settled
Othello's occupation would be gone,
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TEE WOMEN MovING,-We learn through the
Philadelphia News, that a memorial wnB pre-
scented in The Legislature of Massachusetts a
few days since, from a large number Of females
p~rayingfor certain notifications Of the existing
law ofdivorce. The tone and temper of the
petition are rather extraordinary and the style
is more remarkable for masculine force than
for feminine elegance and grace, If a woman
penned it, she must be "a Tartar" We sub
Join a few extracts: .
"With all due Difference, VIE would ask
where, from what sourceyin what enlightened,
oge and nation, did the men originally obtain
the exclusive right, 70 monopolizo the privilege
Of lcgislafing for females, and of compelling
them to submit to their laws, however unequal
and Objectionable they might be? Echo an
swers where! The Bible it is said,
gives them the right, becnusei it says, 'Wives
submit yourselves unto your own husbands IN
the Lord" Howa wife can submit herself in
the Lord, to a man wltO is, dead drunk one hal
Of, his time, and a foolthe other half in conse'
ouence. from whom she receives only a scanty
subsistence, Of the meanest description IS more
t~han-woman'e VII can devise"
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G Amen p shouted the brother before himl

II was too much for the sensitive man and,
.stammering out a few additional remarks,
he sat down before he had iniShe4 his dis
course,
" Brother --," said the preach u, next
day, to his kind-hearted friend Of tbs amen
corner, " what did you mean BY saying amen
to my remarks last night! Do you wish l was
dead2"
"Not at all" said the good brother Il not al
all. | thought if you should die you would
go straight to glory, and I meant amen IL
that!D \ sN' ''a aa.
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GRAnMAR.-"John parse Girls are lovely, I

GRANNAR.-"John parse 'Girls ore lovely.'H
"GirlS is a common no un, third person, plu.
raj number, and objective case.
collective Caseg"
"No, NOminative case"
"Nominative to what verb?"
81 don't know, sir"
swell, what o. l6ws girlsm
"John Dickson folio wed our girls what
we've got to home, last Saturday afternoon. !"
ooh! young man! Well l should suppose
they were in the objective case"
"NO- stree! when I seed sem I should think
they weFeiH the pOssoseive'case for he washus-
GIN 'em like thunder.n
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CONGRESSIONAL.
wAsnlSsroN, March IA.

WASHINGTON, March "a.
The Senate adjourned sine de to day. Mr..
FOote offered a resolution that tho protocol
be considered as no part Of the treaty, was OBJ
jectcd to and laid over under the rules. No
combinations Of appointments have iranSpired
yet.
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N Card-Re cad 1t.

\ subscribers beg leave, most res
eaiplly, TO thank their friends
My generous, liberal, and d, SUI
patronage extended them, They
6eir best exertlons TO merit d
lace Of the same-and will be
serve their friends and the
Il, heretofore, at their old stand,
|lhs GOLDEN MORTAR, where
V just received from New York
aaelphiu, a FRESH and complete
epto d articles in their line.
PRlEsTLEY & MOSBY
b, July 81, '48.
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The Frankiin Rcyicg sin favor Of John y.
Brien, Esq. Of Wilson, as the candid ate r Q
Congress, from that district. Il is understood
that Mr., Gentry will declince a reelection
R. H, w. Bostick declincat to run for TIE State
Senate
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GFGeuerol Hugh w, Dunlap, Of Madison
Parish, La'' died Ofcholoraa few days since in
New Orleans,
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S. +. MosBY,
|FSTbEY & MOSBY,
vss IN DRues AND MEDICINES;
SruFTs, Gus, AND PAINTS;
GLASS AND PUTTY;
Boovs, BLANK Books, STATloNA'
ycy Articles, PERFUMERY, &c
in or GOLDEN MORTAR,
CANTON, MI.
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ArrirnI al 1hn Cnnndna
DECLINE IN COTTON.

.#.. Et "..E| ". T ..E.. MI
Baltimore. March 24.-rhe steamer arrived
at Halifax, on Thursday night. The news was
expressed at ST. Johns, and thence telegraphed
to Boston, blu, the breaking Of the wires pre-
vented its farther Transmission until il was re-
ceived by mail last night. The Canada sailed
on the III; she brings 90 passengers,
The threatening signs in the political horizon
in Russia and India has depressed the funds
one per cent, within a fortnight.
Interruption in Northern wires has delayed
the political intelligence.
The sikhs and British have fought a despe
rate fight on the banks of the river Ohela, The
loss nfiha. British was very great, amounting
to 90 thousand in killed and wounded-of
whom 90 were officers. The EngliDh claim
the victory, but the sikhs having captured four
pieces Of cannon and five stands Of colors-
seem to be %victors. Lord Cough is superseded
in the comm nd by Sir Charles Napier,
Cobden's motion to cut down the e%xpendi-
lures of the English Government ton millions
sterling, has been defeated in Parliament by q
1877 majority.
The New York bark TloridiOn was wrecked
off Hatwich, and all on board but three were
lost,
American securities continue firm.
Boston, March 23.--The steamer Canadt
has arrived at Halifax with European dates C
the 10th inst.
FRAMcE.-The Government continues TO gain
strength, and there is evidently a growing dis.
position on the part Of the nation to crush an,
attempt at public disorder. Upon the whole
the prospects for tranquility are more ~lavorabl,
than they have been for the past year.
Foreign Markets Commercial .4l6airs--Th
funds have fuctuated considerably and hav
receded fully one per cent. within the las
fortnight; yet there has not been the slightes
reaction in Cotton, the sales continuing larg
and prices very firm up to the close Of the mal
ket on the 9Th inst. Prices for grain c%ontinu
to droop, and from present appearances tn
lowest pointhad not yet been reached.
From the manu- d%cturlng districts the &c
counts continue favorable. There is a fairbu
siness going forward ia the produce market OF
the continent. Prices on the whole are strict
ly maintained. The Meal market continue
active and prices are on the advance.
During the week ending March Cd, Fair A.
merican Cotton not only maintained its groun
but was a point higher than when the Ame,i
ca sailed. The sales amounted to SOTO bale:
The disastrous accounts from India and tn
news by the Niagara, that there was a larg
excess Of receipts Of Cotton to the principa
r shipping portsin Americn, over the correspor
ding period last wear, subsequently cause
, prices to decline one fourth Of a penny pc
, pound. Fair Uplands are quoted at 4sd; Mo
bile 43d; Orleans, AID. The sales of the wee
were 1920 (se,2O9!
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fGehhemeu ofthe Jury,' said a western law
yer, 'you are are-me here on the most solemn
o%ccasion that ever happened since | had a
brief. The defendant, being a stout able-
bodied man, rushed like all ASSASSIN upon my
client, who is a frail young widow and, why
did not the tlnnders Of heaven blast him,
when he stopped tow ards her, stretched forth
his arms like the forked lishtcbings Of Ju'
pitar, and gave her kiss on the month";
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advanced on Cotton sent to us is
10 6 This" or the New Orleano
Surg' Aug. 80, la48, 59-4m
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Gs ii d A B d o
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries
and Produce.
asoO City, Mtss.
give particular attention to
'siHing and forwarding cotton
ldize &c. Just received Bagg-
Rope, Kentucky Jeans and
Bacon, Lard, Sugar cured
furniture, and a general assert.
Produce,
10, lS4S. 1y
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4 mERNDON,

[,ovwey at L@W
,..d,,on county, Mississippi
" s.I roorn above the Post Office
!, attend the Circuit Courts
''a avg. # Attala, Leake, Madi-
saa' and Holmes. Business en-
" 4; ~ ARE will receive his zeal
plIoa, 6m
n II, l04S.
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IsrEERNcEs'
M M 1 Monks Louisville, Ky.
Ma Guard, ,obnro. Ia.
he Dunn. Lawren'0O'' o.
h R, Shaw, -u.o.,,ons
MI ]. Peters, New'or'7""0'
Isrt J. Palfrey0
81, l84S' 1919"
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,roNTGoMERY, Publisher.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-05-04

GOING TO CALIFoRNIA.-The New York
journal Of Commerce, in publishing a card from
a number Of cmigrants who were detained at
Panama, cautioning others against that route,
appends to il the following sound observations
awe have no doubt these poor fellows have
suffered much inconvenience and hardship; but
probably not more or greater than those who at
tempt passage by other routes. The fact is, it
is no joke to 60 to California, whichever route
you take; and If the various parties who have
started to 60 around Cape Horn, across the
Isthmus by way of Vera Cruz, by the Rio
Grande, by way of Santa Fe, or the Southwest
Pass, had opportunity TO utter their voice OF
warming we fancy it would come to US in tones
as admonitory as the above. The heart knows
its own bitterness, and each adventurer knows
his own fatigues, disappointmcnts and vexatious.
The men Of Col. Webb's party who died Of
Cholera on the Rio Grandc, could they, in their
extremity, have addressed their brethren at
home would doubtless have warned them ngains.
taking that fatal route. They too who were ex-
pecting to 90 to the bottom, in vessels bound
around the Horn, would have said by all
means stick to the land--dont trust this treach-
erous element which is about 10 swallow US up.
Don't trust any Of the routes, would be our adj
vice to many, IL not most of the men who stake
their all upon this adventure. Why should
they who are doing even tolerably well at home,
risk their lives and all they hold dear on earth
and even their highest interests hereafter, for a
chance Of gathering heap Of gold? It will no,
make them happy, if they get IT, And many
will spend more than they get. Cultivate con-
tentment at home, in the business to which you
are called, and seek for happiness where it is tc
be found"