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The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18
From The D,iroii .7dr,rfi,er Of .Mondau.

SHIPwREcE or LAKE SurERioR OF THE
MONTICELLO ,-By passengers upon the propel.
Ter Monticello, (apprehensions for the safety Of
which have been heretofore expressed we learn
that she was discovered To be leaking badly,
soon after leaving the Ontouagon, and notwith.
standing the incessant exertions Of passengers,
crew and officers, she continued 70 settle until
the fires were pu out The terrible gale which
was experienced here two weeks ago last Friday,
was blowing, and Capt. Wilson had no resort
left but TO st his sails and endeayor 10 reach
Copper Harbor; finding that 10 be impractical.
bic, he made for the nearest shore, and bsached
her above Copper Harbor, in two fathoms Of
water. The passengers were saved by the in.
trepid eooiDess or Mr.. westbfook, Of st. Clair
WHO took rope to the shore through the surf
in doing which he was eigh lines swamped =
BY the means Of this rope the lives Of all on
board were saved
The propeller belonged 10 Col. Mcknight
and was insured for sboot $4,000. She will
be total loss, as well a. her cargo, which was
80 tons Of copper.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18
Secession.

We find the following in the Aberdeen Inde'
pendent, shallow sumissionist paper, in Mis-
sissippi: u
"A CUBAN NUT FOR THE SEcEssIoNIsTs TO
CRAcx.--Just about now,when every Southerner
has an inclination to be in favor Of the immediate
remuneration" of the beautiful Cuba to our
Union, and tee-totaly in favor Of her freedom
we think this nut will be hard for our secession
friends to crack. The Lynchburg Virginia pro-
poses it to Mr.. Bocock:
3Again, it has been proposed that the United
States should purchase Cuba from Spain, and
take il into the Union as State, as Louisiana,
Florida, and California were purchased and made
States of. If the purchase were made, and a
hundred or 80 million of dollars pIid for the
island, does he think that Cuba would have the
right the day after, to withdraw from the Union
and return to its Spanish allegiance"
Again, suppose Cuba achieves her freedom,
and by strong party contest is annexed to the
Union, involving necessarily an expensive war
with Spain, England and other nations, costing
hundreds of millions of dollars, we suppose she
could secede the next year after peace, and set
up a separate and independent government
We would like to have that nut cracked.
Well, we will crack this nut. We say that
whom we annex any people to this Union. we
take them on the condition which we hold to be
fundamental-and that is, that they come BY
consent, and remain only so long as they are
willing. We desdain and dispselthe theory or
idea Of annexing any people to this Union, and
holding them as subjects to its power against
their consent We cannot hold an unwilling
civilized people in subsection according to any
principles of the Constitution, or any usage of
tho past. II we were to attempt it, we would
not only violate the Constitution, but the Dec
laration of Independence. -
And now we will give the submissionists
nut to crack. Suppose the people of whole
State were unwilling any longer to remain in
this Union. Suppose they refused to elect mem
bsrs or senators for Congress, and were to de-
clare themselves independent Could they be
compelled to remain in the Union? II 80, in
what capacity! As State! Certainly not
As territory! What power has Congress to
convert State into territory Ii neither as
State or territory, what would they be! Why,
they could be nothing else and nothing less
than independent, and the laws of the United
States would no longer have any binding force
over them. .......
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18
From HOiiingshedd, Estisy & Cos Circular.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 3, 1851.


There was fair demand for cotton for ex
port, bat very little doing on speculation and tn,
trade have only purchased 10 a moderate ex.
tent, so that the business is comparatively small,
aud less than any previous week during the last
three months. The sales for consumption have
fallen off weekly during the last month, and H.
the present week only amounted 10 twenty. two
thou'and nine hundr, and thirty bales, so thai
the stock in consumers hands is again becoming
moderate, and il is evident there must be more
extensive buying shortly. As the consumption
was never greater than at the present moment
but tho state Of the market is such, the quantity
offering being so ample that spnners at presen,
see no advantage in buying except 10 supply th,ii
immediate wants, and, therefore, We have 10 re
port dull state Of business with some decline
10 prices, amounting pretty generally 10 one.
eighth per pound upon American descriptions
with the demand confined pretty much to the
middling qualities Of cotton, at AZ a Sd per ID
inferior, a. well as the better sorts, being much
neglected. 1850 bales American, 4lO Egyptian
30 West India, and 900 Surat have been taken
on sp, cula,ion, with 4 $50 American, $40 Par.
anams, $50 Bahia, go Egyptian, 80 Fast Indian
and 1880 Surat, &c, for export. The sales
during last mouth amount TO lS6,430 bales, o.
which $4,000 were reported on speculation, and
4O,27O- 27,9OO Of which were American--foi
export.
N. BIN consequence Of the Queens visit nc
business will be transacted in the cotton marke
on the 9th, 10th, and llih inst.
P.S., 4th Oct.-The sales to-day are abou
5000 bales, at steady prices, Of which 1000 ar,
selling for export; and the closing prices are al
follows upland, midlling, ~ /; fair, std no
bile, middling, AID; fair, SD; New Orleans
Sd fair, SD.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18
Planters Meeting.
TUsKEG EE, ALI, Oct. q.

1USkEGEE, Ala, Oct .. 1901.
At a meeting held in the Courthouse to-day
at IL o'clock, Of the Planters and Farmers Of
Macon county, DR.. N. b. Powell was called to
the chair, and Daniel Sayre was requested to
act as secretary
DR.. Powell, on taking the chair, briefly and
pertinently explained the object of the meeting
to be to sent delegates to Cotton Planters con-
yention, to be held in city Of Macon, Ga, on the
the last three days in October at the time If the
Great Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
DR.. N. B. Cloud then addressed the meeting
and briefly gave his views upon the subject, and
moved that the secretary read the report adopted
by meeting Of Cotton Planters of Leon county,
Florida, which was done.
Capt Lyon moved that a committee be ap-
point, d to report resolutions for the considera-
ton of the meeting; and the committee v as APP
pointed consisting of R. F. Lyon, N. b. Cloud
and r. II. Powell During the absence of the
committee, Mr.. james M. Newman addressed
he meeting.
The committee, tn, ough their chairman, Capt
r f. Lyon, made the following report, which
was unanimously adopted
Your committee have had under consideration
the subject Of the Cotton Planters convention,
to be held in Macon, Ga, on the goth, Oct, and
beg leave 70 submit the following resolutions:
Rssoired, That this meeting highly approve
OF the convention of Cotton Planters, proposed
to be held in the city of Macon, Ga, during the
Agricultural State Fair on the 29th instant, and
think that great good in bringing about concert
Of action among the agriculturists OF the South.
ern country will result from its deliberations.
Rssolped, That delegation Of at least thirty
planters be appointed to represent Macon co.
in the proposed convention, with instructions to
cooperate heartily in carrying out the objects
for which it is called.
Resolced, That the chairman appoint COM
mittee of three, who shall select and nominate
such delegation for the ratification Of the meet.
ing
Resolred, That the delegation appointed by
this meeting be constituted into committee
who shalt report the action Of the said Planters
convention, at an adjourned meeting of the Cot
ton Planters of Macon county.
The committee appointed under the Sd of the
above resolutions consisted Of B. F. Howard,
NJ. B. Abercrombie, and ~ ]. Scott, who after
retiring short time reported the following dele
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

Tbs State Of Iowa, on. Of the most usful and
youthful sisters Of tn. oonf.deracy, is immensely
rich in natural resources. DIR. Oven, the United
State, geologist, who surveyed tn. State, says
that the entire area Of the cos-h.ld in lows alone,
cannot b. less than 2O,oJo square miles in all, en-
brseing country nearly equal in extent to tb.
81 Indiana. He estimates the beds OF COZ |
TO be one hundred feet in thie knees and lying
pe4 the surface. they must be capable Of being
worked easily, and at small expense.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

New Life Of VIM. Penn, written by Samuel
M. Janhey, Of London county, Va, is now in the
press, and will shortly be published. The Al
exandria Gazetie says Mr.. Jsnney has had access
to many sources Of informstion which enabled
him to throw new light upon the character and
conduct Of Penn.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

Taylor Murphy was executed at Charlottesville,
Ky, on Wednesday last. He was convicted Of
the murder Of his wife, and Afterwards burning
her remains upon the hearth Of his own house
He wrote out confession Of the murder Of his
wife, and also OF the murder Of seven OF his own
infant children. Hanging is 1T ending for such
a career Of crime,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

cratic nominee, or whether II will make notni-
nation of it's own, is matter for time to deter.
mine.
There are Democrats in the North as well as
the South (among whom we NAV particularly
designate Buchanan and Dallas,) whom the
SouthernRights party could support with an hon
est zeal, and without sae riice of its principles
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

THE H,vaS, CoSsULsHr.-It is announced
that Charles c. Lsngdon, Esq, Of Mobile, has
been appointed United States Consul, at Havana,
vice Owen, removed. Mr.. Langdon is Union
Wing, and a gentleman much esteemed in Mobile.
He 10 the editor Of the Mobile Daily .8dpertiser,
and though b. lately run as the Union candidate
for Congress, was defeated.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

Advicss from Madrid Of 2lst, state that the su-
ihori,ies Of Cuba have proposed plan to fortify
the Island at the expense Of 40 600 900 reals but
General concha is Of opinion that sum might
be obtained by the saving proposed in the War
department A COMMITTEES ofgeneral Office rs sp-
proved Of Gen. Concba 's-pIan.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

eB- The Louisrie Journal says, the South
Cuolins State convention meets next month.
Il don't meet until called by the legislature Of
south Carolina, which meets in November.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

On motion, the following resolution was
adopted:
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of this meeting.
some legislation is absolutely necessary to max
ing the warehouse men, steamboat owners, and
railroad companies, liable for all such damages
a cotton may receive, while in their care, re-
spectively and that d committee Of three be ap-
pointed to memorialize the next Legislature for
tho passage Of SUCH law.
Edward Cary, r. F. Lyon, and A. +. Moore,
were appointed the committee under this reso-
luton. "r
The following resolution was also adopted
ResOlped, That a committee of three be ap-
pointed whose duty il shall be to memorabilia
the legislature of Alabama, at its approaching
session, as to the great evil entaed on the State
by the introduction by spectators Of negroes
for sale, and to ask for the passage OF law 10
prohibit the same for the future under the Sc.
yerest penalties
Edward Cary, Homer Blackman, and r. II.
Powell, were appointed under this resolution.
On motion Of James NJ Newman, a committee
Of three, consisting Of s. B. Paine, III. NJ. Ell.
more, and b. +. Howard, were appointed TO
draw up a constitution for an Agricultural Soci.
ETY. for Macon county, and were directed 10 re.
port 10 an adjourned meeting TO be held at this
place on the 81 Monday in November.
On motion Of DIR. Hodnett, the following res
olution was adopted
ResolDed, That this meeting do recommend TO
the agricultural portion or the county, cordial
support Of The Soil Of the South" published
in Columbus, and the Southern Cultiyator"
Published in Augusta, Ga.
The following resolutions were also passed
Resoired, That the proceedings &c this meet.
ing be Published IN tho Macon Republican,
and that nil the papers in the South be quest
ed 10 copy them.
Resoiosd, That this meeting adjourn until the
ID Monday in November.
NIB. POWELL, Chm.
DANIEL SAYRE, Secg
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

THE HAvAsA CoSsuLarE.-This is said 10 be
one the most pre- ftsble foreign appointments in
the gift Of the government. Il is estimated to be
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 year. Consul
Trist is said TO have made even more than 0,OOO
per snnum out Of H.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-18

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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16

wav by a screw. The work done on it il
true and exact 1t will answer for soft OF
hard wood, and also for wagon hubs.
The machine is made in Boston and
costs there s1OO, Mr.. H. is the agent 70,
its sale.
Having accomplished my business here.
on the I'd at 4 o'clock, p. NJ, took my
seat in Baltimore cars, and was taken by
horse power over the Cumberland Valley
bridge, and from there by steam to Balti-
more at which place we arrived at 9
o'cPk, PM: as 1 only stayed in Baltimore
over night, l had no opportunity Of seeing
that city.
The York & Cumberlcnd rail road, is a
most excellent road, running along the
river about II miles, and then ascending
by moderate grades to the dividing ridge,
thence by easy descending grades to York.
The road is laid most or all of the way
with the hollow or n rail and when it
shall be called to fill up the chain of rail
roads from Baltimore to Williamsport, Erie
and the New York road, it will be road
of no mean Importance.
The York & Baltimore road is in excel
lent condition, but owing to the face of
the country, necessarily very crooked.
The cars are good, the conductors gentle
manly, and the time made on both roads
was excellent. l left Baltimore at 6
o'clock A. NJ. for Washington; time tho
2 hours, 40 miles, fare $3.50. This road
is a unblushing monopoly and imposition.
1t pays the State a portion of its profits,
who thus compel strangers who pass
through her borders to leave their money
with her citizens and also help pay her
state debt
paid visit to our gcntlemanly Presi-
dent, to Genl Scott, and many others of
our men of note, and to-day witnessed the
laying of the corner stone of the south
wing Of the enlargement of the capital.
My letter has already extended beyond my
original intended limits, and for full
history of that event l shall refer you to
the telcgraphic reports, which will reach
you before this can. The assemblage was
very large, the procession and proceedings
imposing, and the address of Daniel Web
ster a great one.
Tomorrow | shall leave for the east and
may perhaps cruise around for sometime /;
if do you shall hear from me again.
Yours, MECHANIC.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
Free Labor at the South.

4 Convention of Free Mechanics is to
be held at Atlanta, Georgia, to take mea-
sures to protect themselves against compe-
tition from slaves. The efforts making at
the South to establish manufactures are
increasing the class of free mechanics, and
they are naturally unwilling that slaves
should be taught the mechanical trades.
On the other hand, the slave owners, as
the demand for mechanics increase, are
naturally desirous that their slaves should
learn these trades, and it imparts to them
a higher value. Between these two classes
-slayeholders and mechanics-there is a
question of discord arising, which will lead
to the discussion of the slavery question
on Southern grourd, ,and between Southern
men. The very effort now making by the
South to promote domestic manufactures
may have a far more important bearing
upon Slavery than they now imagine
Philad. News.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16

LARD CANDLEs.-A correspondent Of
the Michigan Farmer, gives the following
method of making candles of hogs lard,
which he says prove of the best quality.
Put all the lard, say enough for . lbs. of
candles, in the smelter after it attains a
heat of about 200 Fahr. throw in 8 or 4
ounces of lime, and about an ounce of
and then mould them. The
lime purifes the grease and the aquafortis
hardens it,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
COWardice.

The veriest coward upon the earth,
Is he who fears the worlds opinion,
Who acts with reference TO its will,
His conscience swayed by lis dominion.
Mind is not worth feathers weight,
That must with other minds be measured,
Self must direct. and self control,
And the account IN heaven be treasured.
Fear never sways manly soul.
For honest hearts twas ne'er intended;
They, only they have cause to fear,
Whose motives have their God offended.
What will my neighbor say if
Should this attempt, OF that, or t other
A neghbor is most sure foe,
If he prove not helping brother.
That man is brave who braves the world,
When DER Lfe's sea his bark he stee,e,k,
Who keeps that guiding star in view,
A conscience clear which never veereth
IL. c. HARLEY
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
A Mistake-True Peliteneks.

On a late Sunday evening, while DR..
Welch, of Albany, was in the midst of
one of his most impassioned charity ser.
mons, to crowded house, an accident oc-
Cured which put to test both his polite
ness and presence of mind.
A pair were waiting to be married
after the sermon, in the rear of the audi
ence and were to be called forward by the
.exton. Bat the latter official having be-
come absorbed in drowsiness or contem-
plation while the Rev. DR.. was preaching,
and suddenly brought to his recollection
by hearing the DIR. exclaim,
"7he Spirit and the bride say CONE ="
Off he posted to the wedding party
who (of course) had not understood word
of the sermon and notified that the mo.
ment had arrived for the performance Of
the nuptial ceremony. They promptly
obeyed the summons, and the bride and
bridegroom, brides maid and groom's man,
came marching down the broad aisle in the
midst of the discourse.
The preacher seeing at glance that a
mistake had been committed, which was
likely to terminate urpleasantly, finished
his sentence, descended from the pulpit
with dignity and composure, tied the ire
vocable knot, returned to his pulpit and
finished his discourse. and the wedding
party were not at all sensible that every
thing was not as it should be. This is
what we call true politencss under difficult
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
Correspondence of the Lcwisburg Chronicle
Washington, July a, 1851.

Mr.. EDITOR When left you under
the promise of sending you a few notes by
the way, 1 perhaps should have fulfilled
my promise by writing to you before this,
but the old adage ats never tee late to do
good may perhaps apply here, using the
"good" or "bad' as the readers of your
excellent paper may see fit to apply it.
After reaching the cars of the Pennsyl-
vania Rail Road at the Junction, we were
whirled over that most excellent road,
through one of the most beautiful land
scapes to be found in any cline, and IN
forty minutes were set down in Harris
burg.
The rail road bridge Eve miles above
Harrisburg is paragon of its kind, and to
appreciate it and the beautiful view from
its top, it must be seen; description
would fall short of the reality.
As business and pleasure kept me some
time at Harrisburg, shall briefly note
some of its manufactures, &c. 1t is known
TO all, that this place is situated in the
very centre and garden of the great Cum
berland Valley that, commencing at the
Delaware, and indeed at the Hudson, is
finally lost in the mountains of Tennessee
and Alabama. Its location and climate
point it out as having been destined by
nature to be an inland city of the very first
importance, and had its inhabitants but
the enterprise of the New Englanders, it
would have been ere this, a city of hun
dred thousand inhabitants instead of ten
thousand. Take look on the map and
YOU will see that the rail roads (both those
finished, in progress, or in contemplation
all point to it as a common centre. The
Susouehanna and its tributaries are con-
stantly bringing to it lumber and every
other produce of the upper regions Of this
and New York state
The best coal mines Of the state are in
Dauphin county, and | believe that there
is no town of any Importance in the coun-
try that has the opportunities of getting
coal and lumber, iron, wood and all the
necessaries, either for manufacturing Or for
subsistence, as this place has. The town
has sufficient banking capital, and the dis
position to accommodate good and true
men and indeed nothing is wanting but
enterprising men, of either moderate or
large capital, who have the disposition, the
xill, and the ability to. put their shoulders
to the wheel. =.
From indications l have seen, l am
however, inclined to the opinion that this
place is just waking up from her long
sleep. A beautiful cotton mill, built in
the most thorough and substantial manner,
and furnished with the best machinery that
New England can make, has just been set
to work, and will soon be under headway.
II was built by Gen James, the Rhode
Island I, S, Senator, for the sum Of $780,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
Keeping Meat.

The most efficient way to keep shippers
from pork, after being smoaked, is to pro
cure six cents worth of red pepper to each
pint Of boiling water, then put in the pep
per and stir it we'll. When the mixture
is cold tie rag to stick, or take apainter's S
brush called sash tool, cne about three
quarters of an inch thick, and wet each
piece of meat thoroughly with the mixture,
and hang it where you wish to keep it. l
have adopted this plan, and with complete
success