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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

We are gratifed to learn that Mr.. WxpEp
has made arrangements by which the Washing.
ton public will have the opportunity of witness
Ing the performances Of Miss DAVENPORT, a
limited number Of rights at the National Thoa-
trc. A new stage, elegant scenery, &C., will be
prepared for reception, and first class company
he engaged to perform with her.
The opening night will be on the Sd Of Feb
runry. eas
". The sensation Miss DAVENPORT has excited
in every place she has appeared, will render onr
citizens anxious TO see one Of whom they have
heard % much, and SO favorably; competent
judges who have witnessed her performances,
assure qs that her reputation 10 we'll deserved.
We hope 70 have the opportunity Of 50 on judg-
ing fcs ourselves -tu
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18


CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRIcA-The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser states that Mr. Fillmorc's
administration has established commercial
agency on the coast of Africa, the object being,
according to his account, to secure for the
United States (Mr. Fllmorc's section of them)
certain important advantages In the anticipated
exports of that delectabc region. Among these
he particularly specifics cotton, and says:
aft hereafter, the Southern States should re.
fuse us cotton upon terms as fair us it AZ be
sold to European merchants, We must, for self.
protection, seek TO obtain it elsewhere and here
in africa, there are inviting fields for tue expert
ment."
We have often heard of ministers of State
and still more often of commercial spectators
who, in just fear that their position in their own
country would soon be made too hot for them
have cunningly invested their plumber in distant
lands. 1t appears thnt the administration is fol-
lowing a like policy, and by Il very natural i'm.
pulse, they have selected Africa as the region TO
which they are to convey their fortunes, in the
event of Frec-soilism being baked Of its game
of unlimited supremacy at home. We wish
them God speed, and shall be happy to chronicle
their departure, bag and baggage, in the first
trip of the new ebony line of steamers. -Aer.
curU tN
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
Messase OF the governor Of Massachu-
sets.


Gov. Boutwell, delivered his message to the
legislature this forenoon. After speaking Of the
unprecedented prospects of the State, he goes
on to say that the income has exceeded the ex-
pendtures $4,000, and that the State debt on
January LIST, 1851, was 8295,OO0. hta.f
lie speaks in favor of establishing single rep
resentative districts in cities, and single senate
rial districts, and says that the legislature has
the undoubted right to make changes in the
government of Harvard College.
He alludes to the proposed change of elccting
members Of Congress- by plurality vote on the
second or third trials. f
In reference to the Fugitive slave bill, he says
the provisions for the delivery of fugtives from
service or labor was in the nature OF treaty be-
tween sovereign States; and for its fulflment
the General Government was clothed with suf-
fcient authority.
The manner of delivery has been left TO Con-
grcss, and its acts are binding upon every State
and each citizen, unless the judicial tribunals
shall declare them to be unconstitutional A
law thus passed may be, in the opinion Of a
State or individual, unjust, inexpedient, or un-
constitutional, yet this opinion furnishes no ex.
cuse for illegally multiplying its power, or resist
ing its execution.
The only remedy lies in Congress for its in
justice OF inexpedicncy, and in the supreme ju.
dietary forts unconstiiutionaity, and until there
can be successful appeal TO one or the other
no citizen can interfere with the due execution
OF the law. lie does not therefore advise the
passage OF any measures calculated to increase
the excitement which unhappily exists
He thinks the act Of 1850 in some Of its pro.
visions, appears not to have proper regard to the
rights Of the alleged fugitive Of the sentiments
OF the community in which the law is to be exc.
cuted. He adds, however, that the evils which
we suffer in the Union are not to be compared
with that general ruin which will inevitably re.
suit from its dissolution.
IL we exhibit liberal spirit of patriotism and
Justice VIC may expect similar manifestation
by other States. In viewing the admission OF
California giving a majority oftwo in the Senate
destined to be increased by the freedom of Della
ware, the admission of Oregon, New Mexico and
Minnesota within ten years, there seems to b.
no occasion to despair either Of our free insti
tutions or our country.
| The entire coast of the Pacific is dedicated t
freedom, and the commerce OF the country is il
the hands OF the North. The introduction Of
manufactures into the South will lead to enquir
ing rs to the relative cost offree and slave abo
in favor of the former
The Governor concludes by saying, Gin The
consciousness of strength, let us be lust anC
faithfully perform the duties our fathers assuln
ed for themselves and for u.s."
| MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES SENATOR.
After the message had been concluded, tn,
ballotng for Senator was proceeded with
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
Another Letter from Gen. Hamilto,

Another Letter from Gen. Hamilton,
We insert to-day from the Charleston Courier
letter from General HAMILTON of South Caro-
lima, addressed to LANGDoN CHEvEs
Although the General has become an authority
with the submission papers, we apprehend they
will not publish this his sober SECOND thought
quite so generally as the first, and therefore we
desire to give it currency for their benefits
General HAMILTON now recommends Congress
Of the Southern States. He must therefore have
changed his views Of the opinions of the South.
ern States generally; if he has not, he must be-
lieve they would do nothing, even if convened
But General HAMILTON now asserts that the
North have aggressed and are aggressing. Blu,
he finds nothing very wrong in tho Compromise
He finds two arguments for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of Texas which rather ludicrously refute each
other when brought face to face. One is, tina,
the secession of the eante Fe country from
Texas affords an opportunity to form n new
slave State, extending beyond SO 80, which
could not have been done under the resolutions
of annexation which prohibited slavery ultimate
ly North of that line. The other is, that it was
wise to separate the Sante Fe country from
Texas as from the Free-soil sentiments of the
New Mexicans, 1t WAS feared that the people, if
they had remained in Texas jurisdiction, would
have converted Texas herself into a non-slave-
holding State.
We don't think both these arguments ought
to be located in the same letter
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

the freezing multitude bless God, In this age
Of Improvement the most ipcrcdulous are aston.
ished l'7Ts
regret that M American has not the honor
Of this invention. 1t will remain for our coun-
trymen to apply it, and extend it, and use it, a.
they do the telegraph and all other valuable im
proven,ents. g.et alt Et1no
This object having excited some interest il
America, have written the foregoing.
Yours, truly, S. II.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

A PiTHy SENTENCE The editor Of the Au-
gusta Constitutionalist says, an unknown friend
drops us the following through the Post Office
II its Insertion accomplishes what he predicts
we shall owe him, and the slow debtors also, a
vote Of thanks:
{ Mr.. GARDSERi--Give this good place in
your paper, and you will collect some slow
debts:
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEoPLE-That If It be
mean TO duna man for 4 small debt, 1. an, a
id sight usegner TO whit To be dunned for a
small debt Yes, Slr,-E 5000, 1910 Z,
Selah Pine Knot.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

Now, il will be seen. that only three specific
legations are made in the U,non's TRADE Of
Puse--all three are contained in the sentencc
e have italrised--and al three are shown "a
! pure fabrications by the record on the paral-
l column.
" Fdlsns in UNI, falsus in omnibus'--faIsc ir
pc thing, false in everything lis an old maxim
ID sound one but here we have perfect
erberus, n three-beaded monster of falsifica-
On, in one paragraph. What a reliable au-
GRITTY for past events the print must be, which
kss such liberties with facts 30 fresh IN the
nds of it's readers Does such course ar
lie greater want of memory? of Judgment
Of conscience? ts.s ,.taa
But the hippant absurdity, and the contradie-
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
More Adviees fIom Macon, Georgia.

The Journal d Messenger from which W.
extracted those remarkable" advices'' the othe
day about the reasons for the postponement o
the Union Convention, gives the following in
formation also:
The NATIONAL UNION PARrY-The ~ Yorl
Courier d Enquirer opposes the organization
OF National Union Party. 1t approves of sucl
an organization at the South but thinks tina
its extension to the country at large, is unneces
sary II not impracticabIe.
In this the editor Is greatly mistaken. 1t j,
true, n Union organization at the South woult
ofitself accomplish some good but it can neve
save the Union, or materially check the present
agitation of the slavery question.
The ancient party lines hare already been nh
liberated al the South, and the Wings Of this sec
ton will never again coalese with any party al
the North which does not openly repudiate abo
tionism and Aboliiionists
There is emphatically great gulf fixed be-
tween us. The political organizations of the
North have courted anti-slavery votes until the
Garrisans and Greelys have ceased to be re-
garded as fanatics and nadmen. Even the
Courier q. Enquirer, itself gives occasional in
dications of qualing before the abolition senti-
ment of the political leaders
Under such circumstances, the Wings of III
South must and wiH sfand aloof from all old
party ASSOCIATIONS. For the Wings of Geore ia,
zoe are prepared 10 say, thai Aey nil nerer gro int
another contention ,chere they are in danger Of
being subjected 10 the power IF eren quasi Se,card
men. The die has been cast and The destiny OF
The national Wing party is sealed Henceforth,
we cooperate only with that party at the North
which stands upon the guarantees of the Con-
sttution, and the basis OF the late compromise.
This alone cal save the Union, becau this
alone can destroy abotionism at the North and
dsunion at the South. The one naturally lives
upon the other, and both are the slippery spawns
OF the midnight caucusses of the old political
parties.
The Whigs of the South q, now for drawing
the line North, as well as South, and ascertain
ing at once who Is willing TO stand by the com
promise and the Constitution. If our Northern
friends are weak and rresolute, the sooner we
know II, the bettar On tho contrary. IL ike
Buchanan and Dickinson and Cass and Web
ster, they are ready TO beard abotionism in its
den, all will be welI--the Uaion will be saved.
and treason rebuked.
II is time that influential presses like the
Courier d Enquirer, should be undcccived in
regard to the position Of tho Socth. The Ma
donal Inieuiaencer too we perceive, has entirely
msnpprchended public sentiment in this quarter
The ting has come Cor Tie people to settle all
these questions for themselves, and they have
resolved TO destroy he cid party lines, and to
build up grcnt constitutional Union party.
Such a party will be formed, and II will sweep
the country despite the efforts Of both disunion-
ists and Aboltionlsts.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
WIN. WLAND,
Importer and Dealer in Dry Goods, in

MOULD call the attention Of ptonitrs yisiiing
w Charleston for their supplies, to his stock
Of Dry Goods, which IN kept constantly full and
embraces complete assortment for families and
plantation wear; and, in Dress Goods, from the
low-pr'ced, to the richest, latest, and most FASH
ionabe. Hlb A1 Is igsh
As a large part Of his stock is Of his s,rn n,pcr-
iniion, he is enabled To compete with any Dry
Goods establishment IN the United States, either
IN price variety.
All Goods Of Souihsrn manufacture, he v i'll par
ticulariy keep.
h No. ga, bend of King st., Charleston.
dec A--2atM,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. II.
MISSOURI SENATOR.
JErrrrsoN Cry. Mo

% JEFFERSON Cry, Mo, Jan IT,
It seems that nothing definite has yet been
accomplished in regard TO the cleciionof an U.
:. Senator. The chances of Mr.. Benton are on
the wanc. Only one ballot was taken yesterday,
which stood for Grier, Wing 10, Benton, SIS
Green, 81. Three -Bcntopitcs voted for
Mr.. Gricr, and made speeches giving their rea
sons for so doing. .. X /.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
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photographed Tor the Southern Press
ARRIVAL or TIE STEAMER ASIA

| BALTIMORE, Jan. I6, 1851.
| Cotton Is without change in value this week
the demand being stendy but not extensive.
| The corn market keeps stoady, and the value
Of most articles of the trade is stationary
The sales reported for cured provisions, are
not large, all articles of the trade are, however,
steady in price.
The value of silver has agnln demand, but
we did not notice any change in the money mar
kct generally.
Cotton---The sales since the Ist, are about
eleven thousand bales, Of which there were three
hundred Pernams and Marihan eight and one
quarter d. to eight and three-quarters
Corn without change.
Import of cured provisions small, prices Of
really good shade higher.
Public securities have been in an improving
state.
Nothing has been heard of the Atlantic
TAXING MEANS TO SUPPRESS SUPPOSED ISsUR-
REcTIOS
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan H.
Some attempts having been lately made BY
suspicious whites to invite the negroes in South
Alabama to insurrecton, IL is proposed to hold
convention Of planters, to be held in this city,
to devise immediate means Of safety.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

The lRoS HORSE IN HARsEss"-The new
locomotive, "Tennessee," says the Nashville
Wing of the 2sth ult, WINS put in gear" yes
terday evening, and made trial trip Of mile
out on the Nashville and Chatanoora railroad.
The little excursion was witnessed with much
interest by number Of spectators, some of
whom took passage" 1t marks an era in our
history
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

fT The Home Missionary says, "Not long
since a preacher in Missouri took for bis text
the words "Let there be no scheme in the body
"Brethren," said he, "some who pretend to be
ministers of the gospel are great schemers, but
the apostle Paul forbids them in the text There
is the Sabbath school scheme, there is the
Tract scheme, there is the Bible scheme On
he went abusing these schemes, till at length
one of the congregation called out, NO, brother
B--r, you have got that word wrong 1t
is not scheme, it is skism-schism. Cor. u,
25,"
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MISSOURI ELECTION.

~ Or louis, Jan 10.
Twentieth ballot; Gcicr, 81; Benton, SO;
Green 49, a li'N aa 43 b.i5h
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

New ElEcTRo-CHEMIcAL TELEGRAPH-T!Is
Boston Atlas says that recent and wonderful
improvements in the transmission Of messages by
the electric telegraph, have recently been exhib-
tied in France. The instrument is the invention
of Mr.. Baine, is called an electrochcmical telc.
graph, and conveys its messages ia The rerv hand
urfing Of The ne, sons 'cho send them! II claims
to have great advantage over the clectro-nlag-
Ietlc tclcgraphs In general use. While the lat
ter transmit dispatches at an average rate Of
eight words per minute for each conducting wire,
this new invention can trasmit from p50 TO 400
words per minute A committee Of the French
Legislative Assembly, at the head of which was
the celebrated astronomer lie Verrer, was ap-
pointed to investigate the merits of this inven-
ton. They caused the EXPERIMENTS to be repeat
ed in their presence. "A message consisting of
several thousand words was Transmitted to Lille
and back, along single wire Ohe wire being
united at Lille so as TO carry back the mcssage,)
at the rate OF about 1900 letters or nearly 400
telegrnphic words per minute. The committee
reported favorably on the project, and the Gov
eminent ordered a set of apparatus to be CON-
strncted to be placed in the first instance on the
line between Paris and Calais. This line was
completed in the early part Of the last month
and its performance was witnessed by the cor
respondent ola London journal, from whose ac-
count OF the discovery we gather our informa-
ton. His own despatch which would occupy
about a column of the Atlas, was transmitted and
written by the apparatus in his presence al the
rate OF 300 letters per minute. The characters
were perfectly dstinet and legiblc, and the de-
spatch was read from them also in his presence.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18
OhMOTII NODINoNIN, OINIT1IlH1I.
Ro. III. TEBBs, Secretary.

DEATH OF BRAVE OrrIcER.--A telegraph,
dispatch received by the Southern (Va.) Argus
from DIR. A. Gait announcing the demise of his
brother, Lieut. Col. Patrick IL. Gait, who died
at Philadelphia on Sunday last, of disease con-
tracted in Mexico, during the late war with that
country; he was gallant and an accomplished
officer and an estimable man In all tho various
relations of life. His remains will be brought
to our city in the Baltimore steamboat to-day,
and be inferred on Friday in the city cemetery,
with distinguished military bonors, by the officers
at Old Point and the military corps Of Norfolk
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

sW Mr. Junius Smith is successfully cultiva-
ting the tea plant Ia South Carolina He has
received this year, direct from China, a large
quantity of plants, which arrived in good copdi-
ton, and almost all are living and doing well.
He appears very sanguIne Of success.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

pace, Jcu'ousy nhu SuS-
$50 picion are encouraged
and excited. This is a
manifestation Of feeling
not to be mistaken. =
ef ta They are seeking TO
ALLEVIATE one section Of
atHtI the country from another
and thus TO pare the
,rav for disunion. Shall
their efforta be sNccesa-
full Can these men.
by daily playing into The
hands Of The .8bolifiorisfs,
M overthrow the Constitu-
'ion and the Union p
a1B These are solemn con-
si alterations for the Amer
M lean people. Let It not
be forgotten that this
'ie loud Wanting about the
peculiar and exclusive
l championship Of the
laasc South il mere cloak for
the accomplishment OF
aI Interior designs.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

Clerk Of the House Of Representatives
u5- All the newspapers in The city IT Wash-
ington are authorized TO publish the above adver-
tisement daily, for four successive weeks.
Ian Id 4w -t rt
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-06-11
Sale of Real Estate.

nN MONDAY the Odd dav Of June, 1851
" at | O'clock in the afternoon at the door
OF the Court lIouse, in the town ol Cadiz.
will be sold to the highest bidder, the follow
ing REAL ESTATE. as The property Of
Samuel Harper. deceased, and being part
Of the land Of which he died, seized and
possessed of, to wit;
Beginning for The same al stone on the
east line OF The la1ds belonging TO the heirs
OF Robert Beatty, deceased, thence North
II Sd deg west 81 perches, from the south
east corner Of the said Beatty tract Of land
thence north 1 3-4 deg west 8 peIcbes, 10
a post; thence north 40 2 deg west SO
perches TO posi-; thence north 20 l2 deg.
west 81 perches to post; thence south ~
degs, west ID perchts to a stone; thence
norh 2i dcgs, west 90 perches TO o post /;
to post; thence south SIS degs east "a
perches 10 sloue; thence south deg, east
ID "a 100 pefcIIes TO n stone; thence ncrth
80 degs, east 27 petches 10 post, and an
ash IL inches in diameter, leans north 8 deg
east n links; thence south l5 dogs,
west I'll 64-lC0 perches 10 a post; thence
west 81 perches TO the place o. beginning
Containing thirty ty-seyen acres, three Toods,
and fifteen perches; oil Of which tract Of
land was Sc, apart COR the Dover Of The wi.
dow, Cassandria Harper, by the appraisers,
and is now sold, subject TO her D1wer, and
was appraised Of the sum of S440 subject
10 the Dover aforesaid Terms Of sale all
cash. JOSEPH SHARON, Admir-,
de Bonis non Of Samuel Harper, deed.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-06-11
AGRICULTURAL.
signs Of a ProsperOus Farmer.

When lights are seen burning in the house
before the break ofday, in winter especially,
il shows that the day will never break on the
breaking in of the winter of adversely.
When you see his barn larger than his
house, it shows that he win have large prof
its and small Affections.
When you see him driving his work, in
stead Of his work driving him, it shows that
he viii never be driven from good resolutions,
and that be will certainly work his way to
prosperity.
When you see in his house more lamps
for burning lard or grease, than eandlesticks
for @ore expensive purposes, It shows that
economy is lighting his way to happiness and
plenty which should enlighten every farmer
in the world.
When you always see in his woodhouse
q sufficieney for three months or more, it
shows that he viii be more than ninety
days wonder, in farming operations, that he
is net sleeping in his house after a drunken
frolic
When he has a house separate from the
main building, purposely for ashes, and an
iron or tin vessel to transport them, it shows
chat he never built his dwelling to be a fu
nera pile for his family, and perhaps himself
When his hog pen is boarded inside ant
out itshows thatheis "going the whole hog,
in keeping plenty inside his house and power
ty out
When his sled is housed in summer, ant
his farming implements covered both wintc
and summer, it plainly shows that he will
have good house over his head in the sum
mer ofcarly life, and the winter of old age
When his cattle are properly shielded ant
fed in winter, it evinces that he is acting ac
cordpg to Scripture, which says that ga mer
ciful man is merciful to his BEAST
When he is seen subscribing for anewspa
per, and paying in advance, tshows that h,
is speaking like a book respecting the lates
improvementsin in agriculture, and that he nev
er gets his walking papers to the land poy
erty.-W Western Agricultarist.