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Ths New Yoek HeealA has rvesivei NJ
from Jamaica to the asa UT, aad yspala
he 28ih YfyfsT
Irish pbtstoss planted e BssuuEs llf Va
Eipened IN ten ssks fSon The dayl - lpln6tir|
and were ready for Aale NJ > nexjel a. ahe ysI
when this esealsat e1skmand ~ ~ ~ -
in the markets Of TIE United 0tAtna ST-'
The weather at Barbados has moved .o.
pstsly dry, occasionally ualsvorsble for suc|
manufacture.
The sugar crop Of Bermuda i pro~.,..,,
Scarcely less than $4,000 hosuheads srs mn.
factured, which may be taken e two. anh. .of n
expected number Of hogshsads. The visld I
the cane is vastly improved, but n sor,1 -
only 30 to So and so gallons srs r,ckssSd /
the pot. Young cane crop u fullv srtshi;sh.
The weather has not materially seseted n
growth. The practice Of rashihg The eane|
wherever practicable, is now 90 generally al
knowieoged, from it's benefits, preserving TIL
canes, that it is Observer by every planter. sul
the excellent results are familiar 10 each. iitil
supplying will be necessary should he .usus
showers Of April bs favorable. All provision
crops are taken out of the land. The price q
every kind is considerably enhanced "A val
increase OF trade Is reported Large import
tons, and every reason to look for lonr con
tlnuance Of the same prosperous trade Will,
sugar is selling.
JAMAIcA-A member Of the house Of Assem-
bly, Of Jamaica has been expelled bis aeat 4,
having been found guilty ut The assizss Of for
gerry, whilst acting Us commissioner Of publi.
f t s.ls5s.f t.
The cholera has agnin broken out in The oar
ishes OF Hanover, and also made it, appearance
in Westmoreland the disease in each instanc.
proved fatal in about two hours after attackins
its victim. i5
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

''Cosr OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURcH.--A wri-
ter in the London Sum- is calling attention to the
practical injustice of STATE CHURCH of any
kind. He says the danger is, that in attacking
the Pope's aggressions, the aggressions Of the
church at home are forgotten. He then proceeds
thus:
The established church, in reference to the rest
OF the community, is situated as follows:
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

FREsHET IN SOUTH CARoLINA-THE RICE
CRoP.-On Saturday last, we had quite n severe
gale from the northeast which brought in the
highest tide we have heard of this SPRING doing
some damage to the rice field banks in this
neighborhood. We were on the Santee last
week, and regret to say that the frcshet still
covers many of the plantations high up the
river. 1t is a matter of serious Inconvenience
to the planters. Whilst many low down are
nearly done planting, those above cannot see
their land. The delay will be injurious On
the Pee Dee we believe they have too much
water for their use.--Georg stolcn (S. Co. Oh.
serrer A prii 30.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

CEyLoS STATISTICS whole population
Of Ceylon, with an area Of 2i700 miles, is little
more than 100000, or about 62 inhabitants TO
the square mile. The area in sores is l5,soS,-
900, of which not a owe l-l0th is cultivated or
used rs pasturage. We give the items. which
are more or less approximations. that for coffee
being, we should say, very near the mark -
Cocoa-nut cultivation, 10000 acres; cinnamon,
1900 acres coffee, 10000 scres; sugar,
900 acres; Pamirahs, say $4,000 acres rice,
900 acres; fine grain, 100000 acres to-
bacco, 10000 acres pepper, Indian corn, GIN
gelly, cotton, &c, 10000 acres; pasture, 400
900.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

FACTORIES AT .Hs SourH.-The new cotton
factory at Autaugnville, near Alabama river, is
now in full operation, and turning ont excel
lent fabrics and yarns. The Mobile Tribune
says that the Alabama, Georgia, and Virgisia
mills now supply the bulk Of negro osnabnrgs,
and unbleached cotton goods required for the
planting States 1t will not be long before
beached goods will also be made to ! lssgssex-
tent. These facts show that the South Il tsti-
ually freeing herself from Northern bondage.
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FEMALE BARRIsTER.-Great interest was ex-
cited recently in Paris, in the court OF appeal by
n lady, Nine. Grange, pleading her own sanse,
in nm nffair relative to the admission Of = claim
of 3l6,88lf in bankruptcy. The Indy spoke
for nearly three hours, and displayed all the seif
confidence and skill Of prnstised advocate.
She did not make use Of notes, though shs had
numerous documents To refer 10. She also d.
cusscd, with much inent, certain questions If
English 'aw, which were necessary TO the elnci-
dalton Of her case,
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRcrSTA-Thes Richmond
Examiner of Friday says; "The University is
said to be In an uproar again. Tho students
have been adjoining the horses of the Professor
Of modern languages. A row ensued with the
sheriff. and some Of the more aspir nc artists
got put in Jail. Whereupon, the rest went in a
body and liberated them from limbo VIE This
- the last news which has reached u.s."
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

IT Is LIBERTY OF SPEECH NOW When
the talented and renowned American divine AL
exander Campbell, of Bethany, Va, was in Scot
land, some years ago, lecturing upon his ia
vorte religious belief a man, named Thomp-
son, gave him challenge TO meet him in open
debate upon the slavery question. Campbell
did so. Thompson spoke FIRST and Campbell in
following made some strong allusion to Thomp-
son, which so incensed him that he procured n
writ against Campbell on charge Of SANDER,
and had him thrown into prison on Saturday,
where he was obliged 20 lay until Monday.
Now, would any one imagine that the same
fellow who was so intolerant to an American
then, is the same Thompson--the very identical
mountebank-who is now lecturng on the free
dom of speech and the freedom of negroes, to
delighted audiences in New England > Gin.
ENQUIRER
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From the Jacksonville (Fia.) Republican.
Cuban INVASION.

That the second invasion, or at least serious
attempt thereat, is fixed fact, is strongly indi-
Gated both by what is passing under our own
observation and by reports from other quarters,
strengthened by limitations freely made in our
midst. Jacksonville has within the last week
had npch the appearance of n rendezvous for
one bsnch of the "patriot" army. Strange ar
rivals have been unusually frequent, among
whom are one or two personages of note. who
served as officers in the Cardenas expedition
= Added to this, we have visions
of phantom ships in ready proximity, to receive
in due time the collected force; and a more sub
stantial indication of "whats to pays is in the
arrival Of consignments of merchandise, which,
tohen opened, will go of to the astonishment of
Flooding shopkeepers.
The "lberators" were until Tuesday morn
ing las, anxiously and hourly expected TO de-
part on their mission; but the arrival at that
time of a steamer from Savannah, bringing the
U. S. deputy marshal and several custom-house
officers from that port and St. Nlarys, have
caused an apparent hiatus in the programme of
arrangements. These officers, under instruc-
tons to arrest Gonzales, Lopez, or Quitman, if
found within the bailiwick. made minute inQui-
ries for their whereabouts, but these gentry not
having been seen, or known to be here, they
were only found non-comatible. Other iuqui-
ries made by the dcputation have proved fruit
less
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

LATE FROM CUBA-We have received bv the
ARRIVAL to-day of the schooner Maxon Rogers,
Capt. Farren, from Matanzas, our annual files of
the Aurora dc Matanzas, and other Cuban pa
pers up to the 22d of April There is no news
of stirring in'erest--the excitement in reference
to the reported invasion yet continued and the
troops were still kept sleeping on their arms,
with horses saddled, ready instantly to fly 10 the
scene of action. The Aurora, after copying an
editorial on the subject from the Diaio de la
Marina, in which the various moves Of the cap
tain general for the defence Of the island are
enumerated, concludes by saying, that the de-
s:ructon Of this enterprise will follow so swiftly
the arrival and Decentralization Of the pirates,
that intelligence of the two events may travel
together. ~
In the other papers we see but little worthy
of note. The Eco" of Villa Clara, reports
everything quiet in that town. A large nunnl err
of American, British, and French vessels xere
in the port The Hoja Economical" Of Glen
fucgos, says that in that port the Spanish brig
antine valdes, and the frigate Cortes, were sta
toned on the lookout for the pirates, bnt a.
yet there had been no sign of them.-N Y Err
press.
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10. $50 900 I7.lOO 900

Total. .....-. .10, $50 900 I7,l00,0 900
In the face of the above legslste for the safe
~ Of the State Church is monstrous injustice.
The church has no claims the people. Ii is
the dearest of oil denominations of Christian
churches; it's practice contradics it's professions;
its revenues are misnpplied. In Catholic times
some good wns done with the church moneys.
ora population Of 1000 900, nearly $4,000 per-
sons were supported by them. Now, three mil
lions Of proceedings OF church lands, appropriated
Mt the Reformation, go to swell the incomes of the
richest arisocracy on the face Of the earth
Besides, tn, Lord Chancellor has the patron.
age of 500 livings the Duke Of Deyonsbire, of
A.; the Earl of Fizwilliam, Of 3d. the Duke of
Bedford, Of %; the Duke of Rutland, of 30; the
Duke of Beaufort, Of 81; the Duke Of Norfolk, Of
%; the Marquis OF Brsion, Of 20 the two Uni
verslties have the presentation of700, the Colleges
of Eaton and Winchester, of 60; the rest of the
aristocrncy and country gentlemen. Of 5000.
Then the revenue Of this church in England and
Ireland amounts TO Il2 600 900. Half of this
enormous sum is spent follows:
Arch Bishop Of Canterbury. ... GAG. 900
Archbishop OF York ................ 2s,000
Bishoprc OF Durham. ........ 10000
Bahoprc of London. ............... 10000
The other 25 bishops &c, 900 EACH. 100000
DsgnikAd clergy. archdescops, deans,
etc, in number about 200, at an in
come Of E3,00 each. ............ 1900 600
AristocrsticaI non-residents bout 5000,
at an income Of 81 900 each. 1000 900
Yet this church, thus suffering from plethora
Of wealfh---thus overstocked with the good things
of this Iife--wiiI exact from The dssenter, who
rejects its creed, and ~ho worsbips not at its al
lArs, the uttsrmost farblng
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

ApULTERATIoN OF Foop. The London Ian.
eet sontains the result of some Investigations in
regard to the aduterations Of mustard, -four and
bread. With regard to mustard, it is said that
the article Is scarcely ever to be obtained gen
une, Out OF forty-two specimens purchased
unfortunately, the whole were adultera'ed
with immense quantities of wheatcr -four, highly
colored with tumeric The result of the ex-
aminations in flour was unexpected. Out Of
forty-four samples Of wheat aour (inclnding sew
eral of French and American) purchased in all
quarters of the metropolis, not single instance
was detected of ndmxture with any other farina,
or Of the presence of spurious matters of any
kind 1t is admitted, therefore, that millers and
corn dealers are some what maligned. In twenty
four samples of bread examined, alum was
found used in every one to such degree az to
be injurious to health The adulteratIon of
bread with alum is punishable by fine of c 90.
In this country, ground spices, coffee, cream
Of tartnr, &c, are ndulterated lnrgel.. Prob
ably less than one-third Of all that is sold 10
free from adulteration,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08
From the Cincinnati Encuirer

JAMAIcA.-The Chief Of police in the city of|
Kingston, on the island of jamaica, il a colorei
man.-We met him on the steamer PA;iaa.i1
phia last summer, while she was coslinr A. thai
port, and found him quite intelligent. He FORM
erly belonged to Mr.. Stevenson, of Virrinia]
ran away to Canada, and thence made his wav|
on sail vessel to Jamaica, where he beca,pe|
popular with the authorities, and was promoted
to his post of honor. He was dissatisfied with
the island, and said he would prefer living with
his master in Virginia, if he could be- reinstated
in his home and confidence. His testimony, cor.
roborated by thousands Of walking witnesses
who flock around passengers on shore, for
charity, was, that he had never seen colored
community in slave States so debased, 80 indo-
lent no vicious and SO impoverished as are the
free negroes of Jamaica.
We could not doubt this mans TESTIMONY. A
walk about the once flourishing and beautiful
city, and ride through the country, every mo-
ment introduced corroborating facts, in tho per-
sons of q ragged rabble of men, women and
children, some crowding the docks, or flocking
alter you in The streets, or loungng upon the
sidew, ks and lanes, the most miserable beings
III appearance that we had ever seen and In
truth had ever conceived.
We did not wonder then that the tooth OF time
had marked and defaced everything that had
once fiourished in beauty and prosperity. II
was not, in truth, the mark of tme,--it was the
decay of indolence,---the crumbling Of walls
abandoned to people accustomed to servitude
and naturally prone to slothfulness And wa
do not wonder now that the legislative and
crown authorities of that magnificent island arc
devsing scheme to introduce laborers upon it
from among the more intelligent and energetic
coored population of the United States.
Relieved of slave servitude by the emancipa-
ton act OF Parliament ihe colored people of ja-
maica, on whom the sugar planters relied for
labor, have misconceiyed the idea of freedom.
and seemingly, and in truth, shown themselves
totally Indifferent to all its duties, obligations
and principles. They have, in good measure.
abandoned labor, and made their chief depend
ence upon the bounties of nature in her fruits.
The result naturally followed,--an abandon
ment Of the plantations to the blight Of the
thistle and the weed, and most consuming de-
probation in values. Fluctuations, which Welded
prircely revenue but lew years ago, were
pointed cut, the buildings, which bore the last
vestige Of elegance and taste, crumbliuc and
lettering, fences demolished, shrubbery de-
stroyed, and the soil given up to the growth of
the cactus and the grazing of the mule. Univer-
sal freedcm.is there, it is true, every where and
around and 80 are universal misery among the
population, and universal blight upon all that
once made up an island paradise. IN
There is high moral in all this, but states
men and political economists in this country will
differ in tracing its cause, as well ms in making
its application.
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paragraph we clip from the Boston Traveller of
Saturday:
Death IN a Cellar.-CoroDor Smith held an
inquest this morning the details Of which case
are succinctly given in the following verdict of
jury
"That Corneious Sullivan came to his death
at about ia O'clock P. NJ, I'D inst, in fit, at the
cellar room occupied by Mr.. John Ellard, No.
100 Broad street. And the jury further say,
that the snid cellar room is about 8 feet square,
81 feet high, having no ventilation; was occu
pied last night by l3 persons, and other nights
by Ia, for three months last past and in our
opinion, said cellar is totally unfit for occupation
as sleeping ROOM
Deceased was about 30 years old, and leaves
a wife and four children, with whom he arrived
from Ireland about six weeks ago.
We are led to believe that the condition and
occupation of the cellar above mentioned is
fair sample of Irish life throughout Broad, Ann
and some other streets of the city These cell
lars are all crowded to sufiocaton Mt night,
and are continuity filled with the fumes of bad
liquor, pipe smoke and filth generally.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08


Hon. r. n Morrison, formerly Of this city,
has rendered his resignation rs county Judge OF
San Francisco, TO take effect on the 10th of
April.
Julius j. Hesselgcn, steward of the ship Ia
rolinta, committed suicide at the marine hos
pita, San Francisco, on the 28h of March, by
cutting his throat with razor
The ship Celestial had made the passage from
SIAN Francisco to China in thirty-three days
DIR. Linn formerly a lieutenant under Col
Jack HAYS, was shot by an unknown man in the
vicinity of the Mokelumne river.
LENT w. II. Thompson, of the sloop Of war
Warren, died at San Francisco during March
He belonged to Virginia.
Capt Elijah Mr. Jarvi was murdered at the
Mission Of Dolores, near San Francisco, on the
evening of March &C. He was stabbed to the
heart, while walking withhis wife. A man named
Slater was in custody, charged with the CON-
mission Of the crime. The evidence at the ex-
aminations, which were going on when the
steamer left, was strong against him. On
the seth Of March, after the adjournment o,
the court, an attempt was made to take the as.
cused from the hands Of the officers, with the
intention Of hanging him, The movement haS
been prcconcerted, and about twenty men or
horseback had come in from the mission wit.
the intention Of making rescue. The MAORI
tv of the bystanders, however, were opposed Il
the movement, and II was unsuccessful.
The mountains in sight Of San Francisco
we're white with snow on the 3lst Of March--ar
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-21

no TEE EDITIONS OF NATIONAL IsrHLLIsEScER.
The brief notice Of this powerful Of human force
wncn appeared In your paper of the 2h instant the
s instance 10 which have given attention to its wonderful
properties so important, indispensable. and
countaby overlooked the Of this instrument that
inserted 1t as an article in my Geographical Dictionary ed
uon Of is4S printed In this city, under your own auspices
With some few additional remarks have to request the re-
publication in the National Inegencer Of the original article
in the Geographical Dictionary. may now observe that
some Of the most important abo Of man could not be per-
formed without the pendulum:
"PxsDULuM.-This Tin its consruction) mos, simple Of
all instruments of art SCIENCE loses the impression Of liz
immense power In the modesty Of its appearance Who the
operation came before him for the first time would suppose that
weight suspended to the end Of cord and in motion con-
tanned the elements Of the most perfect Of time and
also the most powerful Of all mechanic forces Such is how
ever the pendulum. When raises stone of many
tons weight to the required height by Of crane and
then adjusts BY means of weight being suspended the
end Of cord be is really using The mechanic power by which
be greatest weight be raised by the least force Though
never ranked SUCH the pendulum is see, efficient
mechanic power BY the pendulum also proven increase
Of weight advancing from the Equator towards the Poles Of
the Earth, has to be heightened in order to
equal Of time, shortened in the opposite rec
tion." a WILLIAM DARBY
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-21
THE ADDITION TO THE CAPITOL.

am happy it announced that the plan Of the add-
tons ohe Capitol has at last been adopted and that the
proposed be laid the Fourth of July next
As have not seen the design model say whether
it will the beauty and fine proportions Of the present
building not for to avoid that evil the principal diff
Guilty with the committees Of Congress- That SO beautiful
specimen Of architecture should be injured by the uxspo
son Of additional buildings must be the wish Of all who have
and admired il and that the and skill Of the
architect will enable him to allow il to stand prac
tcabe in its fair and magnificent proportions In this fine
edfce feel all the interest Of early association well that
which beauty in art cannot fail to produce.
Connected with the laying the cornerstone Of the Capitol
give you extract from manuscript work of the writer
called ssThe "reminiscences Of Washington"
"The ber originally passed across what is now the Penn
syvana avenue about fifty PAGES Of the brick arch Al
this point the only bridge then the trunk Of tree and
higher up the late railroad depot ford which,
by Of several large stones foot passengers enabled
this rustic bridge that the procession
headed by General WAsHIneros passed to lay the
stone of the Capitol in 1888 The numbers assembled on
that occasion were not great but took them time
to pass the log bridge Of which have spoken. While
engaged in laying the cornerstone with Masonic ceremonies
the day being very suy, citizen named CIotworthy Ste
wished to protect his head from the rays Of the
by holding umbrella him but be politely declined
the proered favor, saying that he had been long
toned exposure require lis shelter The was
concluded with barbecue, given in honor of the occason
far from the spot where Gen. Washington aerward erect
ed two large brick buildings which destroyed by the
British army under Gen. Ross during the last with Eng
land, in 1874 but which were rebuilt and recently owned by
Capt. Wilkes, Of the United States Navy The spring from
which the obtained for the assembled multitude
the bottom Of the hill which the houses referred TO
stand, and still there. Il may be flowing within
few PAGES of the New Jersey avenue, under which s
surplus water is conveyed through pipes and flows into the
Tiber"
Fyegh years have passed since the Of the
Capitol laid by the Father Of his Country an interval
pete with the remarkable that have occurred
in the history Of the world. Who shall lay the
of the new edifce which is to BIO added to III How
great will be his honor who shall be the second to perform Aas
duty The gave which used that occasion pre-
served and may still be obtained but where ssH find
to be compared to him who then used il w.