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The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

~ The Euiaaa Spirit Of ths South makes
the following suggestions to the Southern
Rights men Of Alabama:
The Policy OF THE SoUTHsRN RIcHrs PAR.
TY.-Delegaies were appointed by several coun-
ties,to Southern Rights convention, to be held
al Montgomery, on the third Monday in this
month, but as we have seen no account of the
assembly of such body, we infer that it did
not meet. In our opinion, the attempt was pre-.
mature. Our true policy is TO wait quietly the
action of the several national conventions, and
when their nominations and deliberations are be-
fore the country, etus meet in convention and
determine cur future course. Weshnll then en-
JOY the advantage of surveying the whole field,
and if after fairy and fully canyassing and dis
GUESSING the claims Of the several Candidates be
fore us, to Southern support, they shall (Which
is higi ly probably all be weighed in the balance
and found wanting, then 1t will still be tine
enough to bring out Candidates, and an electoral
ticket OF our own, and make another appeal to
the intelligence and patriotism Of the people.
With this view, we propose State convention
'ofthe Southern Rights party at Montgomery on
the third Monday in June. Lett be n full and
enthusiastic gathering, one that will show in the
expressive language OF action, that although
beaten, we IRE not conquered. that strong in the
justice Of our cause, defeat and lninort'es have
no terrors for us, and having counsclled together
in the spirit of patriots and friends, let US move
on with firm tread and unbroken ranks, to the
discharge OF that duty, whatever it may be,
which the honor Of the South and tho exigen.
cies Of the occasion shall seem to demand One
thing is not to be thoughtof in any event. and
that is the disbandng of the Southern Rights
party. Whatever course it may pursue. it must
preserve its identity, II may co opesate with
any psrty,--it can coalesce with none.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
Nfw GorD Do.LARs Asp Coin HALr.DoL

New GoID DOLLARS ASp Coin HALF.DoI-
LARS" Observer" the Washington CORES
poRdcnt Of the philadelphia Ledgsr, says:
81 have Just seen lhe new gold dollar piece
sent down from the Philadelphia mint TO the
Hon. Geo. 3. Houston, ehsifluan Of the Com
mitec CT Ways and Means Thee consists
Of fat ring, on which there is a supersc1ption,
but no bead. rs the place for patting head il
cut out Tho only objection 70 this kind of
coin is the detFition 10 which IL seems to me il
must be very liable. On the other hand, the
coin may be carried on sting--a most conve.
nieut and safe way Of carrying money. HALF
dollar gold pieces, not yet called for by any law,
have been sent down, aud lonk very pretty:
These halEdollsr gold pieces would be more
convenient still t,an The dollar pieces, and may
be carried 10 thes ame way.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
Tn. censu. Printing.

IL will be seen from our Congressional re.
ports that the Senate, yesterday, refused by a
vote Of % 10 l6 10 take up ihe resolution to
give this job to the Union newspaper. This Is
considered as a test vote, and decides Of least
that there is noimmedale necessity for the con.
tr Gland leaves the subject for future consid
eration
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

NEw SouTHsRs Man hRRAScEMESr.-Af
ter the first Of March next, il is said, there will
be two daily mails to and from the South. The
trains from the North will leave WILMINGTON,
N. C., at 8, A. n, and 2 O'Clock, P. Nj and will
arrive at Wilmington, from the North, at 9
o'clock, A. n, and 9I, Pm
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

A letter from the British consul at Liberia states
that the sample Of Liberian cotton had been tested
at Manchester. lis value had been greatly i'm
paired in the process ofgnnsg, but the cotton it,
self possessed qualities which under better treat
ment would render il very usefcl to British manu-
lectures. Encouragement is held out to Liberia
land owners to turn their attention TO the culdva
ton Of that stspe. and TO forward samples cleaned
by hand for further examination,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

EyApfEe THE MARE LrouoR I.Aw.-Some
ingeuius devices arc adopted in Maine TO evadc
the stringent liquor law OF that Safe. A few
days ago coffin, al FIRST supposed to contain the
remains Of some deceased person, was carried
through the streets in Portland bot the suspi-
cions OF The police boing excited, IL was opened,
AID ol il was found TO be full Of bottles Of wbs-
key, which were Immediately coD6scatcd tits
said wag who saw the operation remarked thai,
contrsy TO the usual course Of things, the cot
Tn N uiis Gaze contained not the body, but the
spiri.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
Steamships between n. York and Charleston
The Charleston Courier says:

ain addition TO the fine steamships Mario,
ard Sobthsrner, already running between thir
port and New York, We are to have the Union
and the new steamship James Adger so tina
early in the spring there will be regular semi
weekly service between the two ports. tn,
departures will be as follows:
On Wednesdays and Saturdays, from Ne'
York 10 Charleston:
Union Capt Adams. Marion Capt Berry
Jas AdgerH Dickinson. Southerner {" Foster
The Union is a new boat, very fine model
and her accommodations are ample and wei
apportioned. She was TO hsve left New York
on Saturday for this port. The James A5ge,
il now nkng in her machinery at the Altar,
Works, New York, and will be ready TO put Il
sea In short time"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

U. s. CoNsuL AT HsvArA.--A Havana CORES
pendent Of the Journal Of Comm-rce, writing under
date Of the 10th January, says;
"The Hon. William L. sharkey entered upon
his dutiesss Commercial Agent yesterday morn
ing, and begins very fairly, by requiring a. ship
pers (owners here) to swear 10 their invoices, .
practice which has been neglected, very much to
the injury Of the Zee bill Of the Office.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

| It is said the Kossuth contributions in Pitts.
burg amount TO $4,000.
Mr.. Edwin Forrest has been sojourning in
Philadelphia for week or more.
Miss Cushman, the femal pedestrian, has I'M
dertaken, at Mobile, TO walk 500 half miles in
$50 consecutive hours.
The trial Of John L.. O'Sullivan and Others, in
New York, charged with being " fillibusters,"
has been postponed Till the 10th inst.
Mr. Walter, the architect for the capitol, il is
SAID, has submitted plan for the restoration and
extension OF the library apartments.
bo!h branches Of the legislature OF Wisconsin
nave invited Kossuth to visit them
AZ Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th ult, coal WIS
selling at the exorbitant price Of 81 per barrel
IL Is stated that Mr. KPttell has sold the De-
$4,000. IA 49,
There were $4,000 copies Of Harper,. a1ooo.
zine issued for February, and Il stated the = hoa
edition was sold at the first of this week.
Lola Montez, accompanied BY DR.. Moorehead.
was present at Brougham's Lycenm, New Yo,k,
to witness the debut of Mrs Forrest
TEMPERANCE MovEMEnT.--The National Tenn
perance Society propose giving grand banquet,
on the 18th inst at the Metropolitan Hall, New
York, at which General Sam. Houston, of Tex
rs, will be the prominent orator
Thelaw Office Of Senator Dickinson, at Bing-
hampton, N G, with nearly all bis papers aud
correspondence, was destroyed BY fire afew days
ago
Kossuth addressed about 1900 people on Mon.
day afternoon, in Cleveland, Ohio, who paid from
81 to sS3a piece, to hear him. 4
On Sunday last, gentleman Of Georgetown,
killed five snakes not far from the residence Of
&. M Linthcum, esq
I,,t Al 4 - 4 ~ y -,
reported for there Of such colored persons,
and unclaimed fugitves from labor, as wish 10
emigrate to IBERIA
Gov. FARwELL, Of Wisconsin, in his annual
message, recommends scquiescence in the con-
promise; change in the tariff; the creation OF a
general banking system, and the establishment
an Agricultural Bureau at Washington. During
the past year the demands on the State treasury
exceeded the receipts by $3s2s3.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
free Nerroes In Maryland.

In The house Of delegates, on the I'd inst, an
order was adopted requiring the committee on
eoloTed population TO inquire into the expedi.
ency Of reporting bin to compel all free ne.
groes 10 hire themselves out BY the year." This
order was adopted with but two negative votes.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

Wild TUsKEys-Some Of our exchange pr
pers, says the Richmond Dispatch, speaks Of
mammoth goblcr that was killed somewhere
In London, The weight of which was IL pounds
gross, and the beard Of which measured eleven
inches. The writer Of this article did better
tan that He never killed but one wild tur.
Key 10 his life, and that weighed twenty-five
pounds net As II hada beard thirteen inche.
long, and spurs TO mach, il may be presumed
that il was of the masculine gender.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

THE PEACH AND OTHER FRUIT CRoPs The
New York journal Of Commerce ssSs il is
feared that the peach and other fruit crops have
suffered severely throughout the county from
the late cold weather, and that, in many in.
stances, peach buds in particular appear to be
deadened at the germ.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
Gov. FARweLL, Of Wisconsin, in h

recent message, expresses an opinion that the
fugitive slave law, in many Of its features, is
highly Objectionable and unjust. This is the
governor Of Wisconsin who was chosen by a
coalition Of Abolitioniste and Wigs.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

s-W- LOLA MosTEz Countess Of Landsfeld)
arrived in this city on Thursday evening. She
has taken rooms at the Irving House. She will
shortly appear at the NltionsI Theatre.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
wDows.--Kossulh, in speech TO theladies,

WrDows.-Kossnth, In speech 10 the ladies',
said
With US, the widow is the head Of the fam.
lily, as the father was. AS long as she lives, she
il the mistress Of the property of her deceased
husb,nd. Under the old constitution of Hun.
gary.the widow Of the lord bad the right 10
send representative TO the parliament, and IN
the county elections Of public funciionaries
widows had rigtr to vote alike with the men
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

Catherine Hayes has been giving concerts in
Charleston and Savannah with great snccess
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

~ The New York Times thinks the doctrine
Intervention is peculiar favorite with the
South. And so II is But then the doctrine of
Intervention for non-intervention is not That
Is running the thing into the ground. The
South has no notion of converting this country
into nation-errant for. there are many other
principles Of great importance, many other laws
OF na'ions which ought to be observed, bu,
which are occasionally violated, ard wars ensue.
!. tbs country is 10 be the champion of the
l4w7 q nations, then, since no wars arise except
ircaI their violation, we must become party 70
every war, and must Of course mipgIe in every
diplomatic dispute.
The doctrine Of non Intervention is said to be
law of nations. This is not strictly tree. On
the contrary, il is well settled, both by argument
snd usage, that II The institutions or government
Of one country are dangerous to those of anoth
er, the latter may interfere, even by war. But
suppose the doctrine Of absolute non-fnterven.
ton were one of the laws of nations, could we
make ID more so by affirming it, We are but
one community. Ifit is not, no declaration Of
ours could incorporate il into that code.
We commend to the attention ofconsideraie
end conservative men in the North the fact, tina,
this intervention excitement has been stayed
everywhere on the borders Of the South. And
We think the day will come, when that class Of
men will regret most bitterly the day when
they gave eountenance or aid TO the scfemes
of weakening or destroying the political power
Of the South.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

GREAT WHEAT AND Corn STATEs-A cor.
respondent Of the Pittsburg Gazette, writing
from this city, says:
From the abstracts of statistical returns at the
Census Office, it appears that Pennsylvania, in
1850. was the largest wheat producing State in
the Union. Ihave had the curiostty to compare
the six most PROMINENT States in respectto this
crop, and give them below, with the crop of
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07

COAL IN NORTH CARoLINA.-We learn that
an extensive deposit of coal, both bituminous
and anthracite, has been recently discovered en-
Deep River, Chatham county, North Carolina.
1t has been surveyed by scientific gentleman,
who has made report its extent and quality,
which is too long for US to publish. The sur
vey was made by Professor Johnson, of Wash
mgton city. The exact extent Of the coal field
is not stated in the synopsis Of his report
which we have seen, accurately, but tits be-
lieved to be thirty or forty miles in length; and
found to be about nine feet thick. Its quality
is stated to be uncdmmonly good The coal
may be transported eheaply by water to Viii
mingion, or SmiIhvle, AMI may be an impor-
tant and valuable article Of export.-Richmond
IVhip,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
The Destiny or slavery.

Although the anti-African slavery sentiment
has been largely developed in the last five years,
and has been largely supported by sectional Gu
Pidity and ambition, the results have, in some
respects, completely disappointed the designs Of
the fomenters.. The denunriation of slavery,
and the professions of great sympathy for the
fugitive slave, but above all the assertion of the
equality Of white and black, caused inevitably a
greater Of free negroes and fugityes
from plding States to the North.
But armed the Northern people.
The of q large population Of this
color doesdOEvindicate the doctrine Of equality,
by increasing the value Of property, and the tide
Of prosperity.-Qui otherwise. And so they
have taken the alarm, and free negro exclusion
is the order of the day now over the North, by
the most rigorous penal enactments, and dis
qualfca1l9 nd prohibitions This, of course
has turned The attention of the Anti-Slavery
men to colonization in Liberia. But we have
received several Liberia papers recently, that
present rather gloomy pic ure of the af-
fairs Of that colony. The LiLerians had as
sumed control over the native tribes in the
interior, quite incompatible with the doctrine
of equality, even between people of the same
color. The trade Of the nations was cut off, OF
restricted, at the pleasure Of the Intruders. Al
last theAnative chiefs have determined no longer
to submit, and have formed powerful combins
tons to assail the new settlements. One of The
Liberian towns has been attacked and destroy.
ed-and the whole colony involved in a danger
GUS and expensive war. Now, if negroes can
not be tolerated in the Northern States, and
cannot remain at peace with their own brethren
on the coast of Africa, we beg TO know what is
the next project of Messieurs, the Abolition
lists.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-07
From The London Times erJsn. Il.

There have been those even among our own
countymen and contemporaries who fattered
themselves with the delusion. that the severiies
Of Louis Napoleoh's Dictatorship were tempofa
ry evils, and that his policy would change when
il had received the popular sanction. We have
not been deceived for al instant by 50 gross a
fallacy From the 6rst hour Of bis illegal do.
minion we have never doubted that he must 90
on from bad to worse, until he had either
trsmpled out every spark of liberty and indie.
pendence from the French nation, or had pid
the penalty OF his attack upon the fundamental
laws OF civilized people. He has obtained, or
boasts be has obtained, the suffrsQes Of nearly
eight millions Of Frenchmen, though It IL more
than doubtful whether eight millions of adult
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-29

his wood.saw and buck and heavy
basket, but the remembrance Of
James smiles was warm in his heart,
and lie walked not step until he
reached his mothers cottage.
lie was gladly rcccivcd-.joy fully
welcomed, and the basket wcs quickly
opened. There, nicely and carefully
packed, was an assortment of dclica
cics such as Pcl,y had never parta-
ken Of, and such as his mother had
not seen for many years.
The mother prepared the Christ,
mas supper in the ncatcst style her
n.cayerly furnished house would al
low, and when Pclcg had dressed
himself, in his Sabbath school suit ;,
they sat down to such rcpast as had
never been eaten in that cottage
There was but one thing wanting to
complete comfort--"thc husband and
father could not partakc with mother
and son. He was at the village
gro5shop, and he did not come home
till long after PeIcy had rccited his
lessons to his mother, and was dream.
ing of Jane Pridorc.
The wife had left for the husband
a portion of the Christmas supper in
the most tempting manner she could
prepare it, but he was in 10 mood for
'lclicacics.' lie threw himself upon
his couch-sept the sleep Of Il drunk
ard, and was away from the cottage
again as soon as it was light, scckin.
his bittcrs.
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CHAPTER II.
The Birtll-Night Party.

Spring had comc-Birds sung
swcctly in the bushes and modest
flowers were sprnsing to ncw.liic in
the narrow beds around the pretty
cottage where dwclt little Pelcy, and
his mothcr--but within there was
sadness, SORROW and i. death. - There
lay body, prepared for the narrow
bed appointed fer aii1lneT living
FROM Which there is no nctc .lifc-the
Spirit m'preparcd; had been liberia,
ted, by violence, from the bonds
which confined it to earth, and was
now where it Witnessed, i'll all dread
i'ul reality. the degrading results OF
those habits which dehasc high re-
solves aud yield holy pleasures, for
the qualification Of low passions and
yrovclling avpctltcs.
The husband and father had been
found dead, on the highway between
the village groy-shop and his homc,.--
lis death VAS violent what
man who ever died Of the direct inllu.
cnccs Of intoxica,ion did not have Il
violent death.
The funeral was not numcrously
attended: from the church yard to
their saldcncl home, but one person
accompanied the chief mourncrs-
that one was Janc Pridorc. She
was welcomed to the cottage in a
manncr which showed that she was IL
frequent but never tedious visltcr.
you have been 50 kind to US,
said pclcy y-'Iou arc little girl
not bigger than | am, but you can
do SO much.
Father is kind to me, pclcg. lie
is rich, and have somothin. to do
with. Ii you were as rich as | am,
you could DO Il great deal more than
| do
III be rich somc day. said pclcg,
| know | will, and then III do Il
great deal. Ill not forget tic poor,
| know ! WON'T
Perhaps You can DO something
for some ot ny folks some day. re
turned Jane.
but you're 50 rich, you'll never
be poor, and what | can DO | must
do for the poor. | never can forget
the time when was poor drunk
AIDS son, if | live TO he hundred
years old, and get as rich us STEPHEN
Girard,' answered pclcg.
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again. Pcleg could not imagine
why Jane should not tell him then,
if she had any thing important to
communicate, nor was lie able to
conjecture what she might have to
tell him. lie went back to the cot
tage, but said nothing of James con
duct, determined that until he knew
her secret, he would keep his own.
When Jane reached home, she
found that her father and mother had
just taken dinner, and were in the
raror. She ate her dinuncr in
haste, fearing that her father would
go the store before she could see
him. When she was ready to enter
the parlor, he was still at home, how
ever, and she greeted him in her
most pleasant manner.
'And where have you been roam
ing to-day. Jane?' inquired Mr.. Pri-
dorc.
Il went to Mr.. Browns funeral
'Thc Browns have become great
favoritcs vf yours, Jane
They arc nice people, father, and
| could not neglect the mother, and
that honest little boy, just because
Mr.. Brown was a drunkard.'
'Well-wclI, Jane, you cant be
Frank, and suppose YOU must have
your Mhins: | don't expect much CT
You.
Nov, pa, don't be cross, or scold
ne today said Jane, walking up
confidently to her father, and placing
her hand OH his knees, 1 have some
thing to ask Of you
Mr.. Prilcrc was a nan. who, with
all his harshncss to Jane, loved to in
lulye her. lie was touched by her
winning manner, andssaid, smiling,-
'WcIl, Jane, l am not in bad
humor, and it wouldsnot be strange
if | granted you favor, notwith.
standing you have been truant to-
day
Nv, pa; mother s;yitft~I -tf -ikiglitt ri e 90
to the funeral; but l don't want to
ask anything for myself. l heard
one Of the clerks say, this morning,
that a boy was needed at the store.
Won't you let that little Pclcg
Brown, come? He'll work hard.
father, and | knows he's honest
'Wcl arcU, Jane, said MIR. pri-
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T E wi P E R A N C E..
LITTLE HeEIEHIdS,
THE DIR LN.KARD',S SON,

BY WILLIAM It. COGGSIIALL,
Author nf Z" Onkslnw,'" " Ned Elton" "Tom
Topper, Esq and other Tales.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-03-16
HomesteadE Exemption,

Men often first resolve to oppose measure,
and then grope for reasons for such course
afterward. Hence we find men now opposing
this exemption on the ground that it would pre-
vent the poor mans obtaining credit, forgetful
of the fact that few years ago they declared
that credit was the poor mans ruin, and the
curse of every community. We did not believe
them then, and do not believe them now.
Judge Deahunty, of Tennessee, lately said, in
reference to the homestead exemption law:
"Secure home to every family whose honest
labor may obtain one against the weakness, vices,
or msfortunes of the father, and you will rivet
the affections of the child in years Of manhood
by stronger bond than any consideration that
could exist. He will remember where he gam
boiled in his early youth, the stream upon whose
fowery banks he has played, and in whose
limpid waters he has bathed and the family altar
where he felt mothers love, and the green spot
within that little homestead where sleep the loved
and the lost"