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The southern press., 1851-04-09
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ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGIA.
New York, April

The Georgia arrived here this evening from
Havana, bringing California mails and pass a.
gers by the Falcon, which sailed from San Fron-
cisco March 9th.
The Legislature balloted $50 times for Se.ra-
tor without success. Wethered and Butler
King were the Wing candidates--Fremont and
Heydenfedt the Democratic. Wetbered and
Heydenfeldt we're withdrawn. Weller was sub
stituted for Heydenfcldt On the last ballot
Weller and Fremont we're even, and King ahead,
but lacked six or eight votes of an election.
The Convention adjourned without making a
choice, till the lst of Jan. next.
A gambler named Roe shot a person by the
name Of Meyers in Sacramento city The pop
ulace seized Roe, tried him by lynch law, and
hung him 5 hours after the commission Of the
murder
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they are easily persuaded to disregard all por-
tents; and, fortified by an instructive selfreli-
ance and resolute determination to defend Their
rights in the last resort, they are prone to linger
in their resentments.
Unlike the French, the American people never
stir up revolution for public amusement; tIey
are too sober for that. But with the power Il
hand for redressing abused confidence, no PEG a
on earth hold their rulers to a stricter respon
biiity II their representatives-set as Il slr
watchmen-are blinded to the appearance az
evil or seeing it, fail to give the alarm, and tke
evll comes and surprises the confding peol y.
the hour OF retribution will be fearful. If {s
government is ever shattered BY a rude and 81.
natural conflict of its powerful elements. W
should the people Of the South submit 10 F,s
extreme exaction OF the Moth, and her sur NJ
soil be desolated by the extirpstion Of the grs,t
source OF her present wealth and power-theh
if not sooner, will the remnant that escane ,t
mourn over the desolation, hold in erecrabl.
memory the pur-blind political trimmers az ta;s
generation. And long before this sad consur,s-
ton, it may be, that the people of the Som.
awaking to dangers which have been partly cor,
cealed by your temporizing policy, may bring Il
Judgment the compromises of l85O-wheI, Nhe
Yankee dynasty OF the New Orleans press sbsl
cease to rule the sentiments of our own Stte,
and their efforts to defame one of her ablest nj
purest public men (Mr. Soule) shall meet iast
retribution.
With the highest consideration have she
honor to be your fellow citizen,
r. A. GREENE
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We take the following curious state.
ment from the Albany Argus. 1t will be news
to most people that the Patron Saint of Ireland
was a Scotchman:
"WAs ST. PATRICK AN IRIsHMAN ?"-This
question, which you proposed to me on "St Pat
rick's day." is thus answered by the best histori-
cal authority extant:
Celestine, the bishop of Rome, first sent Pal
ladius into Ireland, to spread Christianity among
the barbarians of that island, whose labors were
not crowned with much success. After his
death, in the year 432 Celestine sent Succa-
thus, Sc0tchman. whose name he changed 10
Patricus Patrick.) a man Of vigor, and as ap.
pears from the event, not unfit for such an un-
dertaking
Hence, st. Patrick, although there were
some Christians in Ireland before this day, has
been justly called the Apostle of Ireland."-
lNosheim's EccL Hist, roll l, p. BIG, Murdocks
trdnsldLinn.l
In an article on this subject, the Pennsylva.
MIA Inquirer OF recent date says :-"St Pat
rick was not native Of Ireland, nor was he
born in Scotland, as many suppose but, accord
ing to Morris History Of Ireland, he frstAw
light in the neighborhood Of Boulogne, id the
ancient amoric Britain, during the year 3s7." 1t
will be seen that historians disagree.-Eds. Ar.
gus.
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"The extreme range" DR.. p. observes, Gin the
weight OF the encephaon Of the audult male is from
"a OF. TO 62 or. l2dr., the number of brains
weighed having been 1877; and in the adult fem aie
the range is from SO OF. ~ dr.. to 81 o., the nj m
Der weighed having been lO7."
SPECIE AND BuLLroN.-The freight list of Ia
steamship Severn, at Southampton, England, GA
the 9th ult., comprises the following specie rpd
bullion;
From Tampico $500
For account Of Mexican dividends 5I,0O'
From the Pacise and California sol SO
From Cartbagena 1919
From Jamaica 20335
From other parts of the West Indies 1881
or this amount there is 81 ,Os3, $40 in si,sr.
and $50, 1913 in gold, besides which the packei
brings on freight platina, value 81, $780, and pess.
value 1910
HE DELIGHTS or APARAGRAPHIsT.- There igN
story told ola provincial editor who, d;ssovelog
that one OF his neighbors had hung himself, would
not cut him down, nor mention the discovery 10
any one, but kept the body under lock and key iof
two whole days. His reason was simple and sufi-
Gent. His paper appeared on Thursday; the paper
of his rival on Wednesday, and Do you think"
he triumphantly asked, al was going TO say any
thing about the suicide and let that seoundrei haze
The paragraph? That was the true editorial passion.
The desire for special news in the soul Of editor
is intense, all absorbing. Life itself is viewed only
with reference TO the paragraphs" il will furnish,
Calamities are god-sends. A murder is like rain in
the drought seasons. Revolutonsate fortunes We
know gentleman whose position being one which
naturally makes him acquainted with the deaths OF
distinguished foreigners, is haunted by newshun-
ter in the neurological line. The crow is not swier
to pounce upon carrion than this resolute hunter
upon announcements Of death.
re enters with glowing face, eyes sparkling
with expectant gratifcation.-"M ell, any bodv
deadi" Nobody has died for the moment lie
feels somewhat aggrieved--if not insulted. Bnt,
If thereis death TO announce, then how his hands
are cheerfully rubbed, how elastic his step, bow
his eyes dilate with the vision ofthe paragraph"
If not "article''-this death viii furnish lie u
happy: some one has died, and he has occupatios.
The sexton Of literature, he sings only while dir
ging grave.-Leader.
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W The following lines from the poemf Of
MotheraoeH condense in small space, all 4 ~
it has taken minor poets volumes to say:
WOMAN.
Perchance, far out at sea, thou may st have found
Some lean, bald ciff-a lonely patch Of ground,
Alien amidst the waters-some poor isle
Where summer blooms were never known to
smile,
Or trees to yield their verdure-yet around
That barren spot the dimpng surges throng,
Cheering it with their low and plaintive song,
And clasping the deserted cast away
In most strict embrace-and all along
LIS margin rendering freely its array
OF treasured shell and coral Thus we may
Note love in faithful woman: oft among
The rudest shocks OF life's wide sea she shares
Mans lot, and more than half the burden bears
Around whose path are flowers strewn by her te
der cares.
The WEIGHT OF THE HUMAN BRAM.-The
Journal Of Medical Sciences contains paper
which gives the weight Of the human brain at dit
fernt periods Of life the facts stated being the re-
suit Of recent investigations by DIR. Thomas II.
Peacock. The average weight was as follows:
VI.
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MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATURE.--Int the Hcasc
of Representatives, on Saturday. an order vas
offered BY Mr.. Earle of Worcester, in reference
TO prohibiting the transportation of persons
given up as fugitives, without due process Of
law, and was laid over till Tuesday Both
Houses decided not to sit on Monday, that be-
ing the day for various town meetings.
In the Senate, petition was presented frctl
Sims, the alleged fugitive slave, that some per
son might be empowered to issue a writ of hs-
beas corpus so as to test the legality of his n
tention. The petition was laid on the table.
Friday next was assigned for the considerati9 IN
of Mr.. Buckingham's bill for impeding the opera
ton of the Fugitive slave law.
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BosToN, April It'll :

= = 11oS1VFS5 T.
The FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsE-ARRRsr ~
MARSHAL TUKEY.-Marshal Turkey was arrested
to day on the suit of Randolph, negro, for ar
resting and searching him forconcealed weapons.
Turkey gave bail in the sum of $1,000
An attempt was made to take sims out of the
custody Of U. S. Marshal by virtue of Mas
sachusetts law. The Marshal refused to give
him up.
The city is quiet and the military in readiness
to assist the authorities
Mr. Rantoul, counsel for Sims, argued against
the constitutonalty of the law. Upon his con-
GLIDING Chief Justice Shaw stated that the
court would give their decision at o'clock to-
day.
Mr.. Rantoul has declined the congressional
contest. The election is now proceeding very
spiritedly.
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The Virginia Resolutions.

Z The States Rights men of Georgia find the
Virginia resolutions as hard to swallow as do
those in South Carolina, to whom they are adj
addressed.
The Augusta Republic, Wing State rights
paper, dismisses them with this brief notice,
which will show that the Southern Press does
not stand alone (out of South Carolina) in the
judgment passed upon them
VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS give these reso-
lutions onlya passing notice. Weintended TO do so
in our Tri-Weekly of Tuesday morning, but from
inadvertance, il was not done. We simply ex-
press our deep regret that the Old Dominion should
have fallen so low. She is as submissive as if she
had wronged the North, and not the North, her
Her delegates to South Carolina would no doubt
be politely received, but her present position will
take from her all the weight and influence, which
under other circumstances she might have, with
the true and patriotic State of South Carolina.
The contrast between her noble resolutions of
1867 and these, present her to her sister States
and the world in humiliating light.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, (the leading
Democratic print,) also says:
We apprehend that South Carolina will decide
her course with reference to her views of her own
interests, safety, and honor and consider that she
mas prudence, intelligence, and craftsmanship
enough within her own limits to guide her to
proper conclusion. The Union was established
for mutual benefits to the States composing it.
When South Carolina, one ofthe original thirteen,
is convinced that it has failed in its purposes, SO
far as she is concerned, and that she would be
more prosperous out Of it than in it, she will with
draw, but not till then. She will not wait for ad-
visers from Virginia on this point. Nor will she
pause in the calculation to inquire the extent Of the
value placed by other States on the benefits OF the
Union. This is question which each State must
Judge for herself, and carry out for herself.
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Total sl,6ls,6s
OF this amount there is 81 ,0s3, $40 in silver,
and s520,3ls in gold, besides which the packei
brings on freight patina value $50, and peafs.
value S13,l00.
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emphatically to cite the warnings of the Father
Of his country" Mr.. MADISON, and other fathers
Of the republic, against this disorganizing, fac
tious and reasonable" doctrine of the compro-
misers. What striking consistency, what won.
derful wisdom do these patchwork politicians
display! With acheerfu alacrity they buckled
on their backs all the burdens which the North
ern Free-soilers chose to pile. When it was in
their power to obtain the aid Of the more mode
rate and polite Of the Northern men, in securing
a share of the common property for their con.
sti uents, they magnaninously insisted on sur
rendering the WHOLE for the sake Of preventing
all peril TO this " glorious" Union.
The alienation Of an empre-the dismember-
ment of a sovereign State under the menace of
coercion and the seduction of bribe--the com.
pletion ofthe free-soil Gordon around the doomed
slave States-the entering wedge to the aboli.
ton Of slavery in the District--the taunts and
the triumphs Of the victorious Aboltionists-the
open defiance of some, and the covert scorn d
others Of the Northern States-the elections
and the legislation which showed the triumphs
Of abolition in all Of them--these indignites and
wrongs moved the compromisers only to cheer
more Justify for Union and harmony"
And recently, these very men, with hypoc.
risy and inconsistency as marvellous as theil
previous patience, shout aloud for the rendition
Of a few wretched fugitive negroes, at a cost
equal to their value to the owners, as the sole
condition on which the Union can be preserved
and plunging deeper, no,o, have the blind folly
to make Ibis the turning point, the pivot of the
whole controyersy--as though one recapture,
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.ssc Orleans, Jackson NMti
Northern Railroad.

tT Notice is hereby given that Books OF Subscription for
shares in the proposed New Orleans Jackson and Northern
abroad Company will be opened THIS DAY. Thur,day,
May l. ISL, at O'Clock at the following places,
under the dir elton of the members of the Permanent Com
rnttee of Ways and Means, viz:
JAMES Rom, Banking House. Camp street.
LEONARD MATTHEWS, Sun Mutual Insurance Office,
OF Common and Camp streets.
W. H. GARLAND Treasurer's Office Second Nun cipaly.
PETER CoSREY, JR., Banking House, Canal street.
]. P. BENJAMIN, Office Canal rect.
ii, q. CAMaACK, Counting House, Carondele street.
Hon. Isaac T. PREsToN.
7. HARRISON, Counting House of Payne Harrison,
Camp street.
Col. w. 5. CAMPBELL, Gas Office.
JOSHUA BALDWIN, Southern Lille Insurance Office Camp
street.
GLESDY BURKE, Canal street.
r. w. MOsTGoMERY, canal Bank.
H. S. BUcKsER, Counting House of Buckner ) anton.
Gravier street.
A. D. KELLY, Counting House OF Kelly K Conyngham.
Camp street.
GEORGE CLARK, Notaral Office, Camp street.
Tie above the Official Agents OF the Convention. All
Others, in of the city, who fee interest in The
of the enterprise requested send the Banking
House of JAMES ROBE Esq, for books and authority
receive subscriptions.
The propreors of the presses OF New Creans Lafa cite
and the parishes respectfully requested TO open
books. BY order OF the Committee.
JAMES ROBB, Chairman.
JoHN CALHOUN, Secretary. mi II
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The Council then adjourned.

A WOMAN MURDERED IN GRAvIER STREET.
mother of those frequent occurrences, which alarm
the public, and shock the sensbties of the more
peaceable and well conducted portion of our citi-
zens, took place yesterday morning, about one
O'Clock, house on Graver street, No. 2ll,
between Circus and st. John streets The poor
victim of the fatal occurrence young woman,
aged twenty-five years, named Eliza Phillips, and
the perpetrator OF the outrage was named Parker,
with whom she very intimate. 1t appears, as
tar as we able to learn by the inquiry nstitu-
ted by Coroner Spedden, that Parker was with a
| friend IN the house, and about one o'clock was in
| the front room, parlor. The friend of Parker
called to the deceased, and asked her to bring some
oo'hes INTO the front room from back apartment,
III winch Parker had previously left them. In
10'"s So watch lell from the pocket and Parker
oesan TO grumble about it to the deceased and
p'"saht words passed between them In
"o'' u'ie after, Parker told his friend that he
'''s'eu d zen dollar note, of Tennessee money and
Y III iep'y ne SAID the deceased had got it. She
/, ueneo having IT. and said she had only got a two
{ No''' anu nan gold piece, and that Parker had
n give" 10 hef' Parker cursed her. and threatened
to shoot her 1t she did not give him the mopsv A,
e this time she was sitting upon a soG, and h. Ia
9 her to 20 and get the money and as she ,rose 10
struck her on the back of the head with his Ill
A person in the room, Eugene Seuzette said h,
did not think the woman had time to ,aLe II,
money, as she had so quickly removed the clotba
from one room to the other. Parker cursed IN;
person for taking the part OF the woman, an
threatened to shoot him, at the same time drawin
pistol from his pocket. Seuzette then held hi
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RoBBER IN PENNSYLVANIA ARRESTED. - A
young man was arrested at house of ill.iame
in Easton, Pa, about nine o'clock on the night Of
the 2Slh ut, on suspicion of being the robher who
had puroined the $4,000 from Mr.. Bowen, at the
Merchants Hotel, Philadelphia, on Saturday, tn,
26lh ult. His manner at Doyleslown excited tn,
suspicion of the officers, (Messss. Buck and Thorn
ton,) who followed him to Easton, where the,
made the arrest The accused, on being arrested
made full confession of the transaction and CAV
his name as Charles ii. Williams. About sixleel
hundred dollars of the stolen money was found il
his possession. He traded horses there, and CAV
TWO hundred and fifty dollars extra for the pair h
| took,
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INTERESTING FROM CANADA-M0ntreai,A April
20, lS5l.-The Colonial Government have just
published dispatches lately received from Earl
Gray, by Lord Elgin, the Governor General, ac-
cordng to which, the Imperial Government will
not object to the reductions in the civil list and
will recommend the British Parliament to pay the
Governor General of Canada but, in return, will
remove all troops, except from the garrisons OF
Quebec and Kingston, and will charge the pro-
vince for ordnance, barracks, ETC., ALSO for all pres
ents that made to the Indians. Earl Grey
does not think this will tend to a separation of the
colonies from the mother country
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CHESTER, S. c., April 30, 1S5I-IH Crops
1t Is rarely, that the farmers in this section have
met with season so unfavorable for making head
way with their crops the past has been. The
frequent heavy rains, during the month of March
aho IN the early part of April, baked The earth
a. 10 render much re .ploughing necessary. In adj
dion TO this the GOODNESS of The season. continue
almost without days interval, and with FIRE quent
frosts has SO checked the progress Of vegetation,
that those who had succeeded in planting early
have Deen mostly compelled TO open their fields
airesh ana rep'aht. II Is only in The most genial
soils that there is likely 10 be any thing like fair
Palmetto Standard rs'
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RECORDER GENoIs' CoURT.-John and Mary
| McCabe were charged with keeping a dsordery
house on ST. Ann street, which has been for some
time past an annoyance to the neghborhood
They were bound over to keep the peace
Stealing Parrot and Cage.-John Williams
and William Foster were charged with being va
grants, and with stealing parrot and cage from a
house on Basin street, a few days ago. They were
sent IN the First District Court for trial
Robbery Peter O'Rourke was brought before
the Recorder for beng found in the streets in dis.
guise, and was also charged with robbing man
named Michael Shay. 1t appeared from the evil
dence, that between one aud two o'clock Yesterday
morning, Waterman James NJ Tyrell met him al
the corner of Ursuline and Old Lsvee streets, with
his face biackened and negro wig on. So well
did he enact the negro character, that the watch
man asked him for his pass, and thought that he
was real backamoor. He called the Waterman
aside, and told him that he had been TO a ball in
the Third Municipality, where an alteration took
place between himself and several others, and that
he had put on The disguise TO get away. The
Waterman did not believe his statement and took
him into custody, and from information afterwards
received, ii was shown that about midday on Wed.
nesday he went into coffee house at the corner of
ST. Louis and Nlarais streets, where he met Shaw
Some unpeasantness arising between them. he
threatened Shay's life, and forcblv robbed him of
three shirt buttons, made of one dollar gold naces
with small gold chain attached, and then da.
camped. He was sent for trial to the Fi,s, Me
trct Court.
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The police of the Third Municipality appear to
have some particular objection to making known
the circumstances connected with the cases brought
before the Recorder and are not inclined to give the
least facility to the reporter whose place it is to
notice them. We should think that men who
attend to their duty and the public WELL would
like to see their proceedings in print, and leave the
readers of newspapers to witness their activity
We are reluctantly compelled to pass over the pro-
ceedings at the Court of the Recorder for want OIL
proper means whereby we can get access to the
information
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DISTINGUISHED VIsIToRs.-The Richmond
papers Of last Saturday week announce the arriva
in that city of the Hon. A. H. Stuart, Secretary
the Interior; Mrs. Fillmore and daughter, and the
Hon. Nathan X. Hall, Postmaster General, witt
his lady and daughter The Republican says:
Mrs Fillmore and her party, who have VISITED
this city for the first time, received the calls o
many of our citizens, and they will return. W,
hope, favorably impressed with the metro polls @
the Old Dominion. We should be glad to see hi
Exceency, the President himself, on 'Od Vir
ginia's Shore He would doubtless meet with
Virginia welcome
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The INTERNATIONAL.
The number for May has been received by
Morgan.
THE LONDON ART JOURNAL.
The number for April is at Morgan's Each
number of this exquisite work seems to be more
beautiful than its predecessor.
THE FRUIT GARDEN.
This is treatise on the physiology of fruit trees,
intended to illustrate the theory and practice of all
operations connected with the propagation, trans
planting, pruning and training OF orchard and gar
den trees. 1t is the work of New York Nursery
man, and appears qbe just the book needed, being
cheap and popular work on an interesting and
important branch OF agriculture For sale at j. B.
Steels.
HURRyGRApHs Sketches of Scenery Celebrities and
Society, taken from life. By N. 2. Willis.
This is another volume of pleasant reading,
made up of the literary articles OF the Home Jour
nal, which is so popular through the Union.