The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-23

ern aDOlitiOn1sm. Ana he Will show that sue
cessful resistance to the bills Of compromise
would have resulted in tho adoption Of mea-
sure Of adjustment alike just and honorable to
the South and healing and pacifyng in its effects
upon the Union of the Suites and the sympa-
thies of the people.
II will be some time, however, and at late
period in the canvass, before Mr. Bocock's duties
at Washington will permit him to visit his con-
stitdl9ts md in the meantime, it will be the
duty of his friends to bestir themselves in his
behalf. Let meetings be held In every county
Of the District (they have been called in Camp
bell and Appomattox) and measures for ensuring
acompletc organization Of the party, be promptly
adopted.
f5y For the Information of all interested, we
publish the following card
A CARD.-The creditors Of Texas, for the
payment Of whose bonds, certificates or scrip
'the duties on imports were specially" or the
revenues of the late Republic were generally
pledged, are requested to meet at the National
Hotel, Washington City, on the first Monday in
February next at IL o'clock, for the purpose Of
ascertaining-
lst What class ofcreditors, in the opinion OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury Of the United
States, hold obligations which involve nm ute
rior liability on the part of the United States.
Cd What releases he will require such credi-
tors to sign whose claims in his estimation come
within, and are protected by the proviso reserv-
ing five millions for their payment, in the bound
airy or adjustment act, passed at the last sess ion
of Congress-.
The creditors who held certificates of stock,
entitled consolidated fusd of Texas" and who
received In lieu thereof new certificate Of the
Auditor and Comptroller Of Texas, sealing the
amount of their old certificate d6wn to seventy
cents on the dollar, are especially requested to
attend, either in person or by proxy; as some
preliminary measures will be essential at that
meeting, to facilitate an adjustment and pay
ment of the pnblc debt Of Texas, at the meeting
Of the legislature, in November
The subscriber suggests, that in case where
the creditors cannot attend in person, they de-
pute the members Of Congress from their re-
spectve district, to represent them, rs this meet
ing is of vast importance, to enable the legisla-
ture of Texas to appropriate the reserved FIVE
millions to the payment of such creditors as may
be declared to have claims on the same.
The subscriber will not withhold from the
creditors of Texas an expression of opinion, that
the Legislature will, ut its next session, pay the
public debt of Texas, justly and fairly, in which
they will be acting only in obedience to the
public sentiment of the country
The subscriber will be able to lay before the
meeting an analysis of the public debt Of Texas,
the securities pledged for each issue, the amount
and date of the same, and the classification by
which the Auditor and Comptroller of Texas has
recon nended their payment
The papers in the United States are generally
reqn, st d to give an insertion or two to this
card, as several of their subscribers may be in
terested in the subject to which it refers
J. HAMILTON, of 8. C.
In his oicn righ and as attorney for Others.
Austin, Texas, Dec. 5. 1850.
A VULeARIsM-One of the most popular vul-
garisms Of the day is embodied in the word
patronage" We have always been at loss
to understand this term as Incorporated with the
language Of the times. If man buys pair of
boots, getting the full value of his money, he
calls himself the "patron' Of the manufacturer
The purchaser of six cents worth of tobacco, or
Q peuny's worth oftape, is patron" and looks
upon those on whom he lavishes his patron
lnge' with condescending eye, rs if he had
fed, clothed and sheltered them Ones patron,
regarding the term in its true light is a person
who gives one aims. Patronage, in short, is a
charitable protection. 1t is no patronage to give
money for its full value The term, is now
most generally employed, is one of the most
servile, sycophantc character, and it should be
expunged from the modern vocabulary Noah,
Sunday Times.
MIsoUorArioNs-"IiE WHO Runs MAY READ"
No such passage exists in the Scriptures ;
though it is constantly quoted as from them II
is usually the accompaniment of expressions rel
alive to the clearness Of meaning or direction,
the supposition allusion being to an inscription
| written in very large characters The text in
the prophet Habakkuk is the following "Write
the vision and make it plain upon the tables
that he may run that readeth it." (Ch ii. @
Hero, plainly, the meaning is, that every one
reading The vision should be alarmed by it, and
should fly from the impending calamity; and al
though this involves the rotion ii is the second
airy and not the primary one, as those persons
make it who misquote it in the manner stated
above.-From Notes and Queries.
RECEIPTS OF Corros.-Some idea may be
formed OF the vast amount Of business by which
our levees are rendered such stirring and busy
narts in winter, by considering that the receipts
of cotton at this port yesterday, amounted to the
large number of 1908 bales. This is the
largest number Of bales ever received in one
day, and caused quite talk among business
men. In 1916 there were about 10000 b les
received in one day. The labor of landing.
storing, hauling, weighing, stamping, pressing.
shipping, and selling that amount of cotton, will
give employment to many worthy men, and in
any one mans pocket the sum realized for ex-
penses would be quite a "pile" The above
large receipt Of cotton is too good to be lasting,
for if it could be continued throughout the year,
our city would soon be crow ded with persons
with prncely fortunes, and the world more than
supplied with cotton from this port alone.-N
o. Picayune.
BEEF CATTLE.-'The ears on tie Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad brought down on Satur-
day, some twenty-five head Of fine beef cattle,
from the county of Halifax, North Carolina
which readily commanded in our market, IS per
hundred. We expect in few years to find
Norfolk one of the best beef and pork markets