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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11
POSTAGE. PERoUIsITEs. &c.

By the 3lst Sec., Art. IL, of the New
Constitution it is provided that members
of the Legislature "shall receive a fixed
compensation, to be prescribed by law,
and no other allowance or perquisites,
either in the payment of postage or other.
WISE" By reference TO the appropriation
bills Cor few years past, we find that this
single item of legislative postage, which is
entirely prohibited in the New Constitution,
amounts to no inconsiderable sum. In
l849 an appropriation Of $4,000 was
made for this purpose; in 1850, $4,000:
and for 1851, it has increased to $4,000.
Any one at all conversant with this mat
ter of postage, knows that the taxpayers
at large recaived no adequate return for
SO large an expenditure, and that it is
strictly what it is called in the section al.
luded to, one OF the perquisites Of mem.
ber Of the Legislature.
The saving TO the tax payers of Ohio
in the Legislative Article alone, will
amount to quite 100000. Biennial ses-
s;ons being provided for, saves the expense
of one session in two years, which in l849
was over $76 900, and in 1850 near $780,
900. The session is made to commence
after the holidays, on the first Monday Of
January. Every one knows that but little
business is done in December, in fact this
last winter the Legislature in both houses
was without quorum from before Christ
mas until after New Year, about two
weeks. This provision will save the ex-
pense of one month, as an adjournment
will always take place about the same time
in the spring. Taking away the election
OF all State officers, will save much time,
for it frequently has been the case that an
adjournment has been STAYED off for weeks,
when there was no proper business to pre-
vent it, save the election Of officers. mere
ly to give politicians and Office seekers
time to arrange the weighty matters OF
office, all of which is to be given to the
people hereafter.
The rights Of taxpayers and property.
owners are looked to and protected in all
the important articles Of the New Consti-
tuition, as can clearly be shown from the
past history of the State, Notwithstanding
the lamentations of its opponents, who are
not manly enough to avow the true cause
of their opposition.-Defance Democrat.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11
TOBACCO PERSECUTION IN AUS.
TRIA.

We extract the following paragraph from
letter in the Newark Advertiser, dated
"Genoa, May 5, 1857"
Have you heard Of the Tobacco Persc.
cution in Austria? Tobacco is an impe-
rial monopoly there; and SO many Of the
people-emulating the example OF our
patriotic mothers Of the Revolution Of '76,
who refused to drink tea that paid a tax
to the British crown-have abstained from
the use of it. This abstinence has be-
come so general as to excite the imperial
jealousy, and severe penalties have been
denounced against those who promote it,
tacitly or otherwise. At Milan, at Bologna,
in Modena, and other parts Of the Italian
possessions Of "the house of Hapsburg,"
numerous cruel punishments, have been
inflicted under this decree. Many indi.
viduals have been imprisoned, and the
journals report other cases where men
have been condemned to receive 20 and
"a and 80 blows Of the "bastone" Tor
cane) on the bare back, and subsequently
imprisoned with a subsistence Of bread
and water for weeks, month, &C., for
having advised their friends to abstain
from tobacco" Yet we are told that no
one-save Austrian soldiers-is seen
smoking in the streets OF Milan and Bo-
logna.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11

FoR Soorr.-The Belmont Chronicle
oame out last week for Gen. Winfield Scott
for the next Presidency ~ sefl
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11

The Empire City, from Chagres, May
25th, and Kingston, May 9th, arrived
this morning, bringing $50 passengers,
two millions Of gold, California mails and
dates from the Sandwich Islands to the
29th of March.
The difficulty with the French has been
amicably adjusted.
Rev. Jennedy Of Baltimore, and Geo.
Elton of Philadelphia, passengers, died
on the 30th Of May.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

"That wasn't exactly the right thing
that George Wilkins Kendall. senior cdl-
tor OF the New Orleans 'Pcayune' daily
Journal did down at the brothers Harp
ers' private office, one pleasant morning
in May, when james was His Honor
the Mayor You see, the way of it was
this: when George went into the count
ing room, he asked for the Mayor. The
colonel pointed to the adjoining private
office, or raised sitting room,' and said.
He's in there: there's a delegation there
from the female officers of The Martha
Washington Temperance Society,". of
which the Mayor is the honorary presi-
dent. "Ill go in and see him. said
Kendall. Do said the colonel.' Il
guess they're about through; they've kept
him talking there for some time; how.
George entered, his face little flushed,
from rapid walk down to Cliff street;
and as he did SO, he was made aware OF
the presence of some two dozen mem
bers of the 'Marthat Washington Tee-to-
tai Association, in solemn concave, their
president, 'the mayor i'll their midst, with
face, partly from the warmth of the
morning, and partly from excitement.
even more flushed, if anything. than
Kendall's George was received. beyond
a slight greeting from she mayor with
omnious silence; bat he knew his course.
Come. Harper said he let's go and get
another drink: it's leven o'clock, he
added, taking out his watch; 'aint yo~
drv ag'in? an" The mayor says he
had been taken aback' before; but the
GOODNESS and outrageous impudence OF
that tack couldn't be beat. The wo-
men looked daggers while Kendall was
pretending to be hurrying me TO go with
him and take drink called moral spa-
sion. .'"-Knicksy6ocker.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

BENEvoL ENCE.-Her's is calm, sweet
realm-her's are the green pastures and
the still waters-her's the ways of pleas
antness and paths Of peace. The garden
which she tlls is the human heart, and
the seeds which she scatters will bear
their fruits in heaven. Hers are the
pomp o: science, the splendor of genius.
the glitter of wealth, the night of armies.
With her pale fingers she points to the
annals of the past. and they all become
but as chaf' before the wind. Yet she
stops not here. Speaks she now In tones
as solemn as the midnight bell, of tho
nothingness Of human greatness. Listen
again, aud ye hear her clarion voice pro.
claiming aloud, that human virtue never
dies. Appears she now with the shadow
of death upon one hand, and the history
of the world upon the other, TO teach
how pitiful is individual ambition, and
how senseless the love of self Look; aud
We shall behold her descending upon her
angel pinions of ''love and charity" to
gether the entire human family beneath
their ample folds. Comes she now in the
shape OF hoary philosopher. worn and
bent with the weight of years-lo. she
comes again in the shape of a minister
ing angel, with smiles Of sympathy. and
tears of pity. 10 the abode Of wan, anc
the home Of death.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

MEMENTo OF PAUL JoNEs.-The spy.
glass which was used by the Chevalier
John Paul Jones. during his whole naval
career. was presented by him in 1857 to
John Ross, Esq, father-in-law of Hon.
Samuel Breck, of Philadelphia. 1t has
remained in MIR. Breck's possession since
the decease of Mr.. Ross. until the goth
ult., when he transferred it to Commodore
Du Pont, as "a gentleman of the naval
hero's profession worthy of its guardian;
ship" @ ia
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

WoRTH THE TIcKEr.-The Philadel-
pha Pennsylvania now and then has q
good hit on follies or humors of humani-
ty sketching them of with much felicity.
The following will be appreciated. A
Mr. Samuel Peabody was arrested by
the watchmen on suspicion of being in-
toxicated. The Mayor desired to know
Samuel's opinion of the matter. He
narrated his experience thuswise:
Well, sir, I mout have been drunk, and
I mout not-I can't pretend to say for
certain. The fact is, I've done so little
that way that Iii be blamed if I know
when / am drunk. / dare say some of
these police gentlemen are better judges
than / aLn, when it comes to that. But
I'll tell you exactly what did and how
felt, and if your honor concludes was
drunk, why I'll pay the fine and say no
more about it. You see I was troubled
with the wind. and took four glasses of
lavender brandy TO start it. Soon after
l felt buzzing in my ears, and then the
he cups was awful troublesome, but that
l thought was the wind coming off,
Then it seemed TO me. as I walked along
the street, that an awning post or water
plug every now and then would jump
right before me, as if they meant to head
ne off. I was little mad at this, and.
struck one or two of them with my
knuckies, but found shat It was no use,
for my fists got the worst of it. II SEEM
ed like all the gas lights had faces to
them; some winked and grinned at me,
and one that GOOD before a hotel, nodded
as if it was acquainted with me and
made sort of a sign towards the door.
as much as to say, "Go in and get
something to drink" Which l did
When / came out there was the greatest
TO do that ever saw; l was sure there
was an earthquake. for the houses ard
steeples were all staggering about, and
the street was rocking just like cradle.
1t was most sublime spectacle; so I
fetched up against pump, and held on
while took a good look at the magnifi-
cent scene. No panorama could come
up TO it; houses, trees, fences, all rearing
and plunging like wild horses. Tho
sight was worth dollar ard half, any
how. If l have to pay a fine. don't
care, for got the full value Of the money.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

A CURIOUS FACT IN REGARD TO CoTToN.
Many years ago, the senior editor of this
paper was informed by his venerable and
hereditary friend, Samuel Maverick, Esq,
of Pendieton, that when boy, as clerk
in the house of his uncle. William Tur-
pin. of Charleston, he assisted in pack
ing the first bag of cotton ever sent to
Liverpool from the United States Mr.
Maverick is still living, and we now ex-
port some two millions of bags of cotton
every year. The cotton packed by Mr..
Maverick was put up in the seed! This
was long before Whltneys invention Of
the cotton gin. The consignee of this
lone bag of cotton informed the house of
Wadsworth q Turpin that he could not
sell it. that it was valueless. and advised
them to send no more. How little this
faithful facto: saw into futurity! If any
one said to him, that in less than seventy
years, and during the lifetime or the boy
who had packed that very bale of cotton,
millions and millions of bags would be
annually sent across the Atlantic for sale
in England and France. he would have
pronounced him a madinan or a fool
But it has been done, and cotton has be-
come the great means by which civiliza-
ton is to sp:ead over the earth. The
cheapness of the cotton fabrics has taught
the savage to clothe himself and exercise
industry, in obtaining the means of pur-
chasing TINS comfort and evidence Of CIV
ilization. Millions Of human beings are
employed in the cultivation of cotton,
hundreds and thousands in its manufac.
ture, and the whole world are clothed in
it. This, too has happened in the life
time of one man still living.
In connection with this matter, we will
state another curious fact in relation to
the invention Of the cotton gin. Some
years after the Revolutionary war, the
rather of Governor Forsyth, and some
other gentlemen, who had been in the
service with Gen Greene, went to pay
his widow visit in the neighborhood OF
Savannah, and whilst there, were speak
ing of the value and Importance of cot
ton, II there was any machinery for pick
| ing out the seed. ! his operation was
then performed entirely by hand. Mrs.
Greene Immediately said that there was
| then in the house young man who
seemed to pussess great mechanical talent,
and she had no doubt he could construct
some machine for the purpose. Young
Whitney was then introduced TO the
company. lie had never seen the cotton
plant, but Immediately began to think
about the invention. In d short time he
constructed model of gin; but il want
\ ed some power 70 throw the cotton as gin
ned. from The seed This Mrs. Greene
herself suggested, by using her fan fol
that purpose. The machine was .ther
completed. Mr. Whitney received from
South Carolina fifty thousand dollars fo
his patient in this State. He spent it
as said, IN suits brought against a multi
plicity of persons who infringcd cn hi
patent in other States. Like al! the
great benefactors of mankind, he has beer
paid in fame. after his death.
| GreeneciLLe. IS. C.) Patriot.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

"Remem5er, John" said Pennsylva.
MIA sheriff to friend who had shaken
him rather roughly. remember. l don't
care copper about it, personally; but
whoever shakes me shakes the common
wealth."
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

A Harry MAN.-An Eastern caliph
being sorely afflicted with ennui, was ad-
vised that an exchange of shirts with n
man who was perfectly happy, would
cure him. After long search he dis
covered such man bat was informed
the happy fellow had no shirt.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

Seeing upon his wife's shoulder large
shawl pin, Mr.. d. said. sin the military.
l see, got TO be a captain?" She in
stantly replied, pointing to a third baby
in her lap. mo. recruiting sergeant in
the third infantry"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

Sir Isaac Newton. though so deep in
algebra and fluxioDs, could not readily
make up common account; and. when
he was Master of the Mint, used to get
somebody to make up his accounts for
him,
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

Knows HIS KNows.-He knows his
nose. | know he knows his nose. He
said knew he knew his nose; and if he
knew | knew he knew his nose, Of
course he knows l knew he knows his
nose.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07
From the CAsrleston (S c. Mercury.
The South to the North sends Greeting.
n soLon sosiSsox.

Northern brethren; why this hating
or your Southern brothers herel
Are they bulls that ye are ba,ing,
Till they'll fight the more severe7
What is now your wild ambition
Would ye see this nation fall7
Do you think that Abolition
Il the rock on which to CALI
Do YOU think il stands 50 strongly,
Twill uphold the Union still7 l
Do you think. though treated wrongly,
Southern men have not willl
Do you think TO keep possession
OF the slaves that traitors stealf
Or that men will brook oppression,
Anc never draw tn avenging steel7
Think not lightly on this crisis;
Rocks, though firm. in time decay;
"Priceless Unions" have their prices,
Constant dropping wears away;
Angry words and agitation, ~,
OF wrong will make no right:
Brightest day OF greatest nation
Civil war would turn TO night.
Happy years we've lived together,
Like a firm united band,
But load by single feather
Nav be more than men will stand;
Better should that plume be given
To the waiting seaward wind,
Than the farest land but Heaven
Be destroyed by men SO blind
What is gained by agitation,
And the strife of angry words,
II i, bring this happy nation
To the clash Of bloody swordsl
Who shall gain but vile ambition,
That is leading Oh this strife1 Fl.
Betisr'd be will no condition,
Bond or free, that breathes in life.
Brothers still may be united,
And support the stripes and stars,
And the faith our fathers plighted
On the field of war god Mars!
But you must, like brothers willing,
Stop the tongues Of wicked knaves,
Who The nation now are killing,
In preteuce Of freeing slaves.
What will nations Ger the ocean
Thiuk of us if we should part2
Parting for the widest notion
Ever fili'd the human heart;
Freedom then may well be signing
Der the ruin ruling here,
Tyrants then in triumph crying,
GIOat around our Unions bier.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

RoTHscHILD CoNvERTED.-A letter ad-
dressed to the London STANDARD. from
Mr.. Henry Seymour Williams, states,
from "authentic source" that Baron
Rothschild has been converted to chris
tianity.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

Dow, Jr.. makes the following sensi-
bic remarks about the Almighty Dollar
in one of his discourses in late num-
Der of the Sunday Mercury. lie speaks
by the card:
"My hearers-ths is not only great,
but curious and mysterious world we
live i'll and pay rent for. All drsco:d is
harmony; all evil is good; all despolism
is liberty; ard all wrong is right-for as
Alexander Pope says.' Whatever is, is
right. except left boot, and wanting
TO borrow money You want sense,
and the world wont blame you for it. 1t
would gladly furnish You with the arti-
Gle, had il any to spare, but, uuluckily, it
has hardly enough for home consump.
ton. However, if you lack sense, YOU
are well enough off, after all. for then il
you commit a for paa0 as the French say,
you are let go with the compliment
Poor fool. he doesn't know any better.
The truth is, great deal of brains is a
vast deal of botheration. An empty
skull is bound 10 Shine i'll company; be-
cause the proprietor of il HASN'T enough
TO know that there is possibility of his
making nincompoop of himself, and
therefore he dashes ahead hit or miss,
and generally succeeds beyond the bounds
of all expectation. Let man be minus
brains and plus brass. and he is sure to
pass through the world as though he
were CREASED from ears to ankle. But
rig for him up complete machinery Of
thought, and it is as much as he can do
TO tend it. lie goes to his grave rufied
and tumbled-curses life for its cares,
and moseys into eternity pack -saddled
with mental misery. Oh. for the happi-
uess of fool.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

PITCH PINE GOING TO SPAIN-Among
the passengers yesterday in the Arctic
for Liverpool was Don Francisco Wives,
of Cadiz, Spain who, is or his way home,
under commission from the Spanish
government He has travelled through
the United States from Maine to Texas,
aud collected large quantity Of pitch
pine planks, timbers, spars and masts,
which are being shipped to Spain for use
in the government arsenaIs and ship
yards. The superiority of American
timber for naval purposes is of world wide
renown. and for cannon-mountings our
pitch pine Is unequalled. A large por-
ton OF the timber purchased by Don
Wives is for that purpose.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

Lorenzo Dow once said Of grasping.
avaricious fellow. that if he had the
whole world in single field. he would
not be content without patch Of ground
on the outside for potatoes.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

est flowers are those which shed their
oders in quit hooks and dingles! aud the
purest hearts are those whose deeds of
love are done in solitude and secret.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

PEOPLE DIFFER Whether an act be-
comes an insult, depends almost as much
on location and surrounding circumstan-
ces as our faith aud prejudices do. Ask
Hindoo to partake OF your meat, and
he would spit in your face; neglect to
ask an Englishman to do so, and he
would probably request the favor of meet
ing you in the park. To offer Wine to a
Turk, would be to make an enemy of
"enlarged breeches" forever. The same
act to Frenchman would probably Sc
cure you an unending friendship Among
our Oriental friends, for man to intro
ried woman, would be to the husband an
objectionable injury; bare request 10
see her an affront. The person who
should call upon an American, however,
without inqulring for the partner of his
BOSOM would be considered as having
lost his title to gentleman. On the
coast Of Malabar, if Hallachore chance
to touch a man Of superior tribe. the.
outrage is so great that the laws allow
the injured party to punish the insult
with death; in almost any other country
wv
to notice. In France, duelling is looked
upon as all accomplishment; in Japan,
it's murder Suicide. on the contrary.
is thought by the Frenchman an act OF
baseness-while the japanese people es-
TEEN it the most satisfactory proof OF
your possessing bravery. TO wipe out
disgrace, the Frenchman shoots you; the
Japanese, on the contrary, shoots him
self while your refusal to follow his ex-
ample would be considered such an act
of poltroonery, that your family would
consider themselves disgraced TO all etef-
nifty. From this the reader will see that
large portion of our injuries, like the
great number of our troubles, are rather
imaginary than otherwise; aud that while
the latter very often take rise from ill-dl-
gestion, or an overloaded stomach. the
| former owe their existence to a difference
in latitude, and the notions that We de-
rive, not from manly heart, but the
senseless prejudices which surround US.
| Albany Dutchn,an.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

while enjoying the benefits and seeing
and knowin ing the glorious results of our
political system, are we afraid to compare
it with any in the world!-afraid to COM
pare the security of life, property, indus
try, and reputation, as witnessed in the
United States and the several States, with
their preservation under any other gov
ernmnn: Of the earth? Revolutions can
not shock US. We have no dynasties to
overtnrn, as we have none to erect in
their stead. But the great, broad. general
curren: OF usefulness flows by us like your
noble river. until it mingles with the
mighty ocean.
But look no further. I do not con-
template what might happen to Pennsyl-
vania when separated from her neighbors.
She may stand alone; nor will it be forced
upon me, except Wy the reality of fact. l
look to long existence of general pros
perity and republican liberty. For my
sell, believe that ages hence the United
States will be free and republican, still
making constant progress in general conf
dence, respect, and prosperity twill
be to me the greatest solace of my life to
be able to say, when my career OH earth
may end. that l nave done something
through life-something. though little
toward preserving the glorious institutions
OF my country.
MIR. Webster took his seat amidst thun.
derS of applause, and shortly after MIR.
Speaker Cessna adjourned the House.
MIR. Webster was then conducted by
the committee back 10 Heirs Hotel,
where a splendid supper had been prepar-
ed, and al which Gov. Johnson presided.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-07

The Charleston Courier mentions the
arrival. few days since, at that port, OF
several bales of Mississippi cotton. being
the first lot of that article ever sent for
sale to the Charleston market. 1t was
bought by Liverpool buyer at IL cents
per lb. The route of transportation was
up the Mississippi river to Memphis
:Lence to the Music Shoals on che Tenn
essee river. round the Shoals by the Ius-
cumbia Railroad. and again by the Tenn
esses river to Chattanooga.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-22

Mr. EDIros Allow 70 make an eeprcisl appeal %
tic community in behalf Of u''s pis'as sssecaou
With de- soon worthy the best minds Tor tho cultivation
Of music the improve Of our social euy'yments aud
the reputation of lhe city In musical to'ns vi View hA.
s stained he organization and eihcroey under many ad
verse now i Il forward 10 brighter days
10 come Il Is posed Of own worthy citizens.
ns is deserving liberal patronage fei from he
necessary expenses attending the commencement Of
tie. this magnitude, il requires funds 10 carry u ON
procure theses well TO favor the rno'io with choice
musical the society gives second grand
concert on this "Wednesday evening, With commend
able desire give satisfaction, has procured the assist
ance tho ermana Association and the celebrated
caisi Mrs Holland, Of Baltimore in order 10 render The
conce Il one Of interest Shall such efforts to
public favor ba appreciated by generous cosnnuni
And shall city be placed oii equality win Hs
ton New York, and other cities, in musical soce,y Of
this kind Let overlooking house and an ihee'gm
this evening be pledge OF the continued soe
Jude for the wclia this musical association The PIC.
grammo is indeed rich one. A