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The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
DACIFIc MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

TACTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
< lONLY through line for California and Ore
gon THE public are informed that under the
new arrangement Of this Company, steamers in
specied and approved by the Navy Department,
and carrying the United States mails, will con-
,inue to leave Panama and San Francisco the LIST
and 9th days of each month, unless detained by
unavoidable accident, and will touch Acapulco,
San Diego, and Monterey.
The following steam packets belonging to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, are now in the
Pacific, one ofwhich will be always in port at
each end of the route
0REGoS l,O99 tons. REprBB.c I,2OO tons.
PANAMA. 1857 tons. CARoLIsA 600 TONS
CALIFORNIA 1850 tons. COLUMBUS. 600 TONS
TENNESSEE l,3O0 tons. IsrHMus \. tons.
NoRTHERNER ], 200 tons. UNicoRN. 600 tons.
CoLUMBD 500 tons. FREMosr . COO tons.
The new steamship COLUMBIA win ply be-
tween San Francisco and ports in Oregon, await
ing at the former port the arrival of the mails and
passengers from Panama, and returning without
delay with the mails and passengers for the steam
er from San Francisco. ssl
A regular line Of propellers will be kept up for
the transportation Of freight and transient passen
gers between Panama and San Francisco.
The well known steamship SARA HI SANDS,
OF l,5O0 tons burthen, now under charter to the
company, and peculiar ~ commodiousin her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
..s III ~ 1 ~ -
\ One Of the above steamers will keep up the con-
pection between Acapulco and the other Mexican
ports. l. sA rs 49,
The connection in the Atlantic will be main
tanned by the United States mail steamships
GEoRGIA 5000 tons. CRxscENr Cirr 500 tons.
OHIO 5000 tons. CHERoKEE / 800 tons.
EMriRECirY2 900 tons. PHIApELpHlA 100 tons.
\ Leaving New York for Chagres on the Ilth
and Goth of each month.
The new steamships Ell DO and FAIL
CON will form direct line between New Or
leans and Chagres, leaving at such periods as will
insure as little detention as possible on the 18TH
mus, and forming with the Pacific steamships
through line TO and from New Orleans, and ports
in Mexico, California and Oregon. Passages from
New Orleans can be secured from Armstrong,
Lawrason & Co., agents, at that place
| The fare for through tickets from New York to
San Francisco has been reduced from e
$500, in state rooms, to 1880.
$3.50, in lower cabin, to $3.50.
$500, in steerage, to Sl65.
The rates from New York to Chagres will DE
at the lowest adopted by any safe sea steamer be-
tween those ports.
For choice Of berths, apply at the Office of the
Company, 81 and SIS South street, and at their
agency, 1T West street.
A pril 26-1
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

FUSTTyE SLAVES IN SIRGIYIA.-Tho Wythe.
vile (Va) Gazette charges the Instruction in
that neighborhood TO an abolition emissary by
the name Of Bacon, who scduced four negroes
To run away They were oyertaken while in
Gravson county, by five or six white men OF
Grayson The negroes were armed with knives,
spears, and with one or two weapons made OF
broken English scythes. The white men had one
or two guns. The negroes assaed the whites,
and the scythes were used with terrible effect
Samuel Bartlett was struck in the forehead
and his head split open, cutting into the brain an
inch or two the whole length Of the head. he
lived about eight hours. Alfred Bartlett, his
, brother, who had gun, and who fired il merely
10 wound, in attempting to relieve his brother
had his left wrist and hand badly cut-amosi
severed from the arm. Yet, afer this, he knocked
two Of tie negroes down, and left them for
dead. One OF he negroes thus knocked down
had stabbed Mr. Wilcox, whom he had undei
him on the GROUND. through the neck, and was
| in the act of nhic ing more deadly wound
when thus prevented by the wounded Bartlett
| John Clements was struck by one Of the ne
proes, who used scythe across his head, and HE
| skull was cloven from temple TO tcmple-the
/ brain cut IN upon tie whole way, from one Ia
two nchcs-and yet there arc hopes Of his re-
coycry. WIN. b. Hale was severely injured
| with rocks thrown by the negroes Notwith
standing the terrible wounds inflicted upon the
white men, two Of the urgrrcs were secured
The other two doth believed 90 be wounded,
made their escapl, and so far ~ We know, arc
yet out, though holly pursued. Bah. Sun.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
southern Female InstItute.

rINIiE next session Of this Institution will com
mence on the first Monday in Oct. and ends
on the last Friday i'll July.
rt FACULTY.. N5L
-Prof Mental and Moral Philosophy
d. Lee Powell, Prof Mathematics.
Guilaume Richards De Rinsie, Prof. Language
Robt. j. Morrison, Prof. Mat. Phil. and Chem
istry.
Terms.
Board for ten months, Exclusive Of washing
$50.
Professors fees for entire academic course, per
session of ten months, $40. Payable in advance.
No deduction made except in cases ofproracted
illness.
Those who wish further information are re-
quested to address
DIR. BEVERLEY WlLLFORD,
President Board of Trustees.
Fredericksburg, Va. Sep. 22--tawt I5'Oct.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

Mr.. Ennis, the Chairman Of the Midland Great
Western Railway, England, has published let
ter, offering $4,000 premium to any ship that will
make the voyage from New York to Galway
within nine days, and $500 per hour inside tn.
nine days.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

Dawn wnnOr, the celebrated author Of the
Provsio, has been nominated as the Democratic
candidate for Presiding Judge Of the 18th Judicial
district. The Bradford Reporter says,
cit appears that the Democsaiic Conferees Of
the three counties composing the Judicial District
---susquehanns, Bradford and Sullivan were
unanimous in the selection, and that David Will
mot was presented without one dissenting voice
as the regular, candidate Of the Democratic party"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

All roR LovE.--A lady, accompanied by a
minister, called al the Richmond jail, on Sunday,
says the Dispatch, and desired TO marry prisoner
named Hogan, charged with felony. The jsilor
refused 10 allow the ceremony She afterwards
came tack by herself, and was admitted TO the
prisoners cell, and, refusing 20 leave him, was
allowed To remain aIi night In the morning tn.
ailor entered the CELL and found the bride there,
fast asleep, but, 10 and behold her lover had
flown, as had another prisoner who occupied an
adjoining cell, and who had been aided in his es-
cape by the bridegroom
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

THE PRiSoE GEoRGE 3 CRops.--The ST. Mary 8
Beacon Of Thursday last says
sour farmers are now engaged in securing
their tobacco crop, which viii be the shortest
raised IN this county for number OF years. The
corn crop, too, will be a very meagre one. In
some sections, where rain fell in June and July,
it presents toerably fair appearance, but taking
the county through, the crop, we are satisfied,
will fail short fully onethird OF the average yield.
With regard to the potato crop, in this section il
will be complete failure. Owing to the drought,
they were mostly planted very late and came up
badly, and although the tubers have not attained
more than half their ordinary size, the vines are
already dying
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
TL.s1 CUAS. a. FITZROY.
BY his Excellency's command,
u IDEAS THOMPSON.
icon SAVE THE QUEEN.

BY paragraph in ore OF the Sydney papers
we learn that Mr. Siuichbury, the Royernmt nj
qeologst Of New South Wales, has made re
port AID tat It's general tenor Is more favorable
tan any Of the previous account, from the gold
regions
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
GREAT ELECTORAL HEssIAN
STATE LOAN
or 6,725,O0O Dollars

Of6,725,000 Dollars.
VNHIS Loan is guaranteed by the Government,
u and contracted by the eminent Banking
House Of Messrs. M A. voS RoTHscHup AND
Soss, in Frankfort-on the Maine. The following
capital Prizes must be gained, viz:
: :: ssSSS Dollars Co. q s 1000 Dollars
"a $4,000 +" 100 500 {"
60 I" 5000 " $50 900 -
&c, &c. The smallest Prize is SIS Dollars.
The next drawing takes place irrsvocably on the
LIST OF June, 1851.
The price ofhs TSetss Is a, J6Lloirs:
ticket for Dollars ticketsf for Is Dollars
Remittances can be made in Bank Notes, Bills
or Drafts on Europe, 6c. Each shareholder will
recsvs, free Of expense, the P1 peotss, with full
particulars; and afsr the dr., |, the list of the
successful numbers, which be published
in the leading journals. II win be paid
in cash at Frankfort-on-the-NT Paris, Lon
don, New York or New Orlenrf
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
Pension and bounty Land Agency.

HNHE subscriber has opened in the city Of Wash.
- ington an AGENCY for the prosecution Of
all descriptions Of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge Of all the Pension Laws,
and the places where are deposited all evidences OF
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want OF proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, VIZ:
Suspended and rejected claims under all the PEN
sion Laws:
Applications for increase Of pension, under any
OF the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or are enti-
tied 70 receive, the ten years pension due the 4h
Of March, lS4s; under the acts Of July 9Th, 1888,
March 3D., 1913, and June 18th, tS44, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January l794,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
February ID, le4S, their claims 10 pensions for
life, commencing on the 4th Of March, IS4S, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts tsrmi-
uated.
For all those widows OF revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, but be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake estab-
lish their claims TO pensions for life, commencing
on the iih OF March, 1913, under the act Of July
20, l64S.
To all those widow, ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want OF proof Of service; or those who are in the
receipt Of pension under any Of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts OF May 18th, lo25, or June eth
1889, he will ensure the same amount per an
num that their husbands received, from the tim.
the pension is made 10 commence by the Law an
der which they claimed or have been peasioned
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District Of Colaaabia tor the British Commercial
Life fnssssnes Company, established in 1870, and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
Of lives and the endowment OF children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
81, DOC, 900,
Comrnsnisa,ions addressed TO the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., viii receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
.aiornty and Counsellor at Loo, snd Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Csro,ina.
p. s. Refer, IL necessary, TO the heads Of de-
psrtnents, and TO members OF Congress generally
March 25-0
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

The SOCIETY," OF FRIENDS AND THE SLAVERY
QUEsTloN.--We have received report Of the pro-
ceedings Of meeting of the Representative Com
mittee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting OF
Friends upon the subject of the fugitive slave law,
held some months ago. We make such extracts
from it as will show what the views this society
are in relation to obedience to the law.
|. 1--WE do not know Of any civil government where
the religious feelings Of its members are more pro-
perly regarded than the one under which we live.
1t processes to be founded on recognition ofequal
rights between man and man, and to allow each
of its citizens the privilege ofworshipping the Su-
preme Author of his existence in the manner
which he believes most conducive to his own hap
pness
"W hilst we do not feel at liberty to oppose the
law of.the land by any demonstration of vioence
whatever, or to speak evil Of those who enacted
them, we have the right of calmly and firmly
maintaining our ground against wrong and Unjust
ce, and OF giving livingevidence Of our faith, by
suffering, If necessary, for cause which we be-
lieve to be founded in truth,
owe are therefore solicitous that the freedom Of
the Save should be advocated in that spirit which
bears faithful testimony against evil, while it
breathes kindness and good will towards those
who hold them in bondage. To attempt to
coerce our Southern brethren to give up that
which they conceive to be their legal property,
instead ofconvincing them OF the wrong they are
doing by holding their fellow-men as slaves, will
almost necessarily lead to excited and exasperated
feelings, in which the still small voice Of truth is
seldom heard. We are apprehensive that such a
course would be more likely to close up the way
of those who might be rightly qualified TO labor
among them, than IL would be to mitigate the evils
| Of slavery. ..,...
"We would recommend our members firmly 10
adhere to the principle Of acting conscientiously
and uprghty, according to the light received, and
to decline on such grounds to be made the instru'
men,s ofa law that requires them 10 assist in re-
/ turning human being into a, bondage which We
believe is not sanctioned by divine authority, but
which, on the contrary, appears To TO have teen
| established in violation Of those Christian prnci-
pies which we profess.
| "And we also recommend them, in their inter-
course with the coored people TO Undue them as
far as lies in their power, with that Christian spirit
| Of meekness and suffering which becomes the fol-
lowers of the Lamb and TO counsel them that they
offerno resistance, by carnal weapons, TO whatever
injustice or oppression may full 70 their lot, in con-
sequence Of the state OF things now existing in our
land"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27
BOUNTY LAND.

For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child.
rem Of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war OF 1912 with Great Britain the Mexi.
can war, in any Of the Indian wars, since lTg0.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherwise no charge.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA AT NEW YORK,
NEW YORK, Sept "a.
Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
Cold tn Arkansas.

PoF many years geolagiSss have anticipated the discovery cf gold isa the primitive formations of Arkansas, but nntll within few mcnthS, We be iieve none of the precious metal had been found. Last s'srgser practical r.srereogist of tlIS riiy, plaac iour through the western and northern DOT hauS of the State; he found tho bituminens and anthracite eaals ID great abundance iR the sand stone region While aniong the mountains, he found vast quantities of tran. lead and copper tic found ln sita. gold melted in she quartz, and he returned fally convinced that later. gold would be found in abundance. This wesk gen leman from Arkansas brought to thls city fag lySs several of qna.fz aud gold, from wneh were extracted Sls0 of pure gold, of twenty thTes eafats 6ae. The gentleman left to day for alis new California. The rock and ore aTe precisely similar in appearance to the ore brought from Cali forn5a. The Ozark Mountains ol Arkansas are af the primitive FOckS. They abound in the metals peculiar to that fonnaiian and gold ought e be as soeiateai with them. The country bears traces pf volcanic acion, and hes in the bne between the acuve volcanoes ef the South, and New Matif1d. the northern limit of the SateuaRean caRynlsioas. We have no doubt that n a short tune Arkansas will rlval Callfonsa.-N o. Crescent
Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
Cotton statistics.
Showing the crop of cotton m the gevega. States --r th.--Naar anh.nr als Anz.1sL lahn.
CounlrT Schaol.

" Frs. class in phlosophy-ssep out-close your books. John Jones, how many Kingdoms ln na 7. tNrePf
 |" Four. the animal, vegetable, mineral and king dom conle"
 Good-go' up head.'
 :" Ho0bs, what is meant 5y the animal kingdom DO '' Llons tigers, elephants, IalaacersSey, hippo po'smuSes, aLgaIols, monkeys, Jack asses, hack driyerS and gcEooirnasters.'
 Very wel.-bat youn take a licAen fls your last remark"
 "Ges, what is the mineral kiagdom" Tie hull 0i Cahloruy."
 "Walk sraight up head'
 :" Johnson what IS the vegetable hinsdoa' = "Gafden saFse, p0.atoS c&rEuss. iaRyons, and a kiads 3i gre-as that's for eask ug."
 " Aaa what are p,Res, aus, AemsocAs and elfag am taey geeetables"
 % No sIg-ec--You can't c30a+eggl-- theg1's saw logs sa8 fraajn' timber"
 Boys give me plgce of spfle. and you can have an hoaFS ia.1ruaissi0n--e&ccpt Ho55&H'
Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
scene Between two snutf-r.ker..

 Good bordig, Bliss Chbb.ds How do you ao to-day"
 Putty well, Biss Grib<s. bops you afs wei this boFdg
 'Quit well thaghk you W hai paper was you reaiig whed cabe ld. Blss Gribes' Oh. 1 was readle the Yankee Blade. It's ad e1celledi paper 1 thidk, dodst you fes, It's very fuddy paper add has dee stories and poetry. Do read Ii,fle. BSs Gribes. I'll read little poeb fo bJ Frlrai To5d9 :" Do yon Tebebber Fob, the tibe
 he'd were youg together How buch we cost our babs add dads,
 For sole aad upper leatEeTF' On Bliss Gnbes! that's too seltldedtal. Do read a fuddy piece We'll here IS a Sog. This bast be fuddy. l. IS wrtted by Alice Ksrey.
 /" Where the &ood is hshtig softly The olst that 'hHgs 80 pale
 Der the woods that heb with dsrkdeSs The siledt nver vale,
 Is a baided, ld the shadows, Paclg softly to ada fro.
 Add the locks about her boSSob Are like shu3shIde over sbow" That's quite good. Bliss Gslbes, but like ihe addeedoieS best. after all Well, there's sd addecdo,e about Jedly Lldd but l wod'i read ady bole, I've got sncl. bad cold
 Add declare, bus, rad alog add buy some Sdafl-so good bogdg, Bliss Gritts' Good bordig' Ys,kes Bias.
Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
Tgansplaa,inr sArubs.

Ia tranSplaniiBg shyabS. as well as very smau tFeeS common error iS to place them too deep ln inc csrih. This has aElsen from Inc fact a at by receiving more moisture they often sassefe,i hfSt m the rst summer al the expense, however of their subsequently, healthy growth. r iS mach better to plant shallow, InpaTtins le asceSssry moisture by means ef a deep mellow soil ireneath and bq malehlng above. The materis) of the latter may ee short Inter- naangre. E4oSs. spent tan inverted turf, or leaves and leaf mould. 4 raised Eaysaec. consisting of these materials Co tke heeht of SIX inches, will occasion no injury whatever, for year ot two, and acFnirab efuase the Iila;Stnr,, of the sol Manure ased ia ihis way operates ecnehclally, moi only n preserving the lnoistGre bus increasing thc fertility hy the hQa5d n.aaure earned down Tn solution by rains, tspecialiy f xr- Pi1ed n autumn cT winter. Tie contrast between the hard and baked surface. tso often witnessed when the ground Is leff bare, and the mos; and soiieHed earth between cGal of n,apaIe or liter can be oaiy sufficiently understood by actual ex- Perinent. It's advantages we're strlk.nclv exenlri- he9 year or two since, m planting eat ed of straw berries iR the middle Of an caSSiye drY sum mer. The r0otS after being nxed bY wa-eg iH transplanting, were protected from aroatb by coat of manure three inches thick. and although they weFe waterea but once. Rot a plant pcTGsbed.
 Sfakiag may be m some instances. necessary to prevent swaylng by ghe wind, or q sided growth. where there are imperfect or unequal foals But usually, fl the shrub IS farniSEe with good roots
 
 n, to spread them all out like the arms of an um- brella, they will serve to brace if cveRy and pre- vent one-sided growth. FlxinE by watef. as t IS ieraed, IS often sufficient, aone. to preclude the necessity ol stalking. IL IS most conveniently done oY thfee persons-oae spreading out the roots with hfS fingers, second sitting in the earth while the thiFd settles by pouring water from the nose of watering pot. Although sofJ al GrSt, The seal in a lev hours drtes and harIens sufficiently to hold firmly the newly set roots. An additional SIfFen- ing, if needed, may be gwen by encircIng the stem with \ small. temporary mound of earth.
 In nansplanting roses. and Some other small shrubs sufficient prGning of the top IS rarely gwen. climbing roses, and those generally which throw ap rapid and YiEaTaus shoots, wiH make better growth hy autumn, by cutting down to a few good buds when set out, than by leaving long portion oi stem and branches, which, indeed, mol pnfre- quently draw SD hard upon the roots as tD cause inc death of the plant. On the other hand we have seen shfubs tranSplanted "a wet weather .rith euiite success after having grown six inches. by taking up fail roots. and drenchlng the soil vel ~iln water, al the same glme very freely shprsea ing back the shoots, and topping most If the leaves.-AAsny CH!tiuatsr
Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
aI cnn.n

Ot course you can. Yed show i n your looks. n yoRr 'notbon. Yaur speech. n Fnuf every thuag can! brave heartY, suhStantisi, soaftA, nan iY, caeeFlng expression There eharactGr i0ssr. vigor, deiemnalion, wlil iA |. Ne like l.. The wofds have a Sprii, spatkle pUngeacy aa14r ea4ll- alsiy. al'osit them which takes one in the very nght place.
 can There world of meaning expressed nailed down. eplgrampxed, lananed into these ies letters. W hole sermons of solid ground virtues How we more thau admire to hear the young man speak 1t out hraTely. boldly. detarmiaodiy: as though was an oat searching of his nature reflection of hss inner soui. I tells of something that S earnest, sober, seripaS: ol something that .Hlii battle the race and tumble with the word n way that will open and brighten and mellow mems eyes.
 can What spirit, purpose. intensity, reai1ty, power and praise II IS strong arm, q stout heart, bold eye finn port, an indomitable will. We never knew man, possessed of is energy, vitality, fire, and iight, that dd mol attan egnlnener oi sosnc sort. II could not be otherwise. IL ls n the nature, constitution, order necessity ilevila- be of events thai it should be 30. canl nghtly. truly sad, and then chnched and riycted by the IhAnly, heT09c, determined deed IS The sectet gou- tion, philosophy of mems lives. They took can for motto and ~eDt forth and steadily made them selves and the world what they pleased.
 Then, young men, fl you would be sul.eihng besides a ee5nnoa dusty proSy, wayfarer in litc just put these msgic words upoH your lips, and then musing hopef8l, expanding philosophy in your hearts and arms. Do il and you are a made man.