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The New Cabinet.

The following letter from correspondent Of
the Charleston Courier gives the result of the
final decision rs to the constitution of the pres.
ent Cabinet:
The Cabinet. rs concl,,sivcv arranged. You
will find announced in the National Intel
ligcnccr Of this mo: ming 1t is tn" sane which
has been for some weeks prciigurcd bv ru,nors
with the exception of the substitution of Mr.
AlrNandcr, of New Jersey, for that of J. CLAN
cey Jones, Of Philadelphia, rs Postmaster Cen
cra'--Mr Jones having declined any Cabinet
or other office, and having advised his friends
OF his determination to remain at his post as a
representative in Congress. Gen. CaSs iss ap-
parently much delighted at The appointment
which he has received, and will cntc; upon the
discharge Of the State Department in good
spirits, and in remarkably fine health consi.l
cring his age. lie is likely to have diplomatic
business enough upon his hands. For in alli-
ton to the Central American treaty, the Mcxi-
can treaty will come Mt once before the nsxt
Administration. and the present important
questions which must be disposed Of
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Sons of Temperance.

There WAS quite Il large meeting on We,lncs.
day night, IN the Hall of the Sons of Temper
ancc, to hear the very able and interesting
Lecture of Judge O'NcaIl. The Sons were out
in strong array, and the citizens generally lent
us the encouragement Of their presence and
sympathy. The occasion was honorcd by the
presence of the Grand Worthy Patriarch,
Henry Summer, Esq, Of Ncwbcrry. Al the
close of the public exercises, five new members
were added 70 III" Division its prospects arc
truly encouraging.
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The Thespians.

This popular young Corps performed on
Monday and Tuesday nights to crowded
houses The successful representation of sher-
idan's charming Comedy of the Rivals on
Monday night, whetted the dramatic appetite,
and brought out perfect jam on Tuesday.
From the floor to the ceiling. the tiers of as.
cending benches were denscly thronged, by
eager listeners, who testified by continued ap-
'Plause their appreciation of tie entertaining
Comedy. "Naval Engagements" and the laugh.
able farce, "Crasher and Slasher." An attrac-
tive feature of the evenings entetEainment ts
was the delicious music Of the accomplished d
vioInist Mr. noshscbild, and his pupils, the
Jones family. The Thespians are Certainly
gaining groundin the public favor. ana we
rejoice that their untiring Efforts to please,
have met with due appreciation da the part Of
agenesous public.
An attractive BiilEwll be duly announced
for Sale day night in April,
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Our Court.

The Spring Ti'erm Of our Court opened on
Monday last his Honor Judge O'Neall prcsi.
ding. The Julse seems to b. in fine health
aud spirits and has addressed himself to the
labors Of the week. with lis nccu:tomed encr.
gy and ability In his Address to the grand
Jury he urgel the necessity of rigidly enforce
ing the license laws and the need of still fur.
'hcr Legislation on the subject recommended
n revision anl digest of the Laws of the
State; pointed out the defects in the pres
ent system Of prison discipline and suggest
cd the propricty of establishing n Peni-
tentiary; expressed his approval of the main
features of the present Free School System ::
and recommended reform in the Road laws.
The amount Of business ON the Criminal
side OF the Court was small. The Grand Jury
found only few bills, and these involving mi
nor offences. The Issue Docket however is
a large one, and it will require nll the powers
Of the Judge TO clear it during the present
Term.
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Coolie Trade.

A correspondent of the Charleston Mercnry
proposes novel project in the way of supply.
ing the demand for cheap labor at the South,
by on importation Of Coolies from China. The
scheme is regarded by the writer as entirely
practicable and one which may enlist the SYM
pathies of the North !; at Whose expense, he
aedulges by the way, insa. vein Of quiet sar.
easm The propositions of thswriter seem to
be very conclusive: bdth as to the eheappess
and effectiveness Of the Coolies labor. We
makeithe following extrect: ~ r
The labor Of, Coolie. according to the Sec.
retarys Rep lie TO be. obtained at the; cost
Of s4S annSally. We feed, eIothe, hoise and
take csre Of one coolie- If he dies or be-
comes useless, we lose nothing. We risk nei.
'thetonr prisHpal Or interest; We make mo-
savesime1t sbeyont the weekly remunerasion
for lis labofStand: ii; from. any casualty, the,
labor ceases, % does the regeneration.
Tho labor OF Negro, according TO the val.
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Later from Europe.

HALIFAX, Feb. 2s.-rhc Niagara has
arrived from Liverpool, with dates TO the
11th February. -
The news from the United States bv tho
Atlantic and Persia, caused an advance Of
l-3 to BIG in Cotton. The sales of Fri
day amounted to 16,5OO bales Saturday
$4,000. Sales Of the week G7,00O, of
which spectators took $500, and cxpor-,
tors 5000. Fair Orleans, s II; Mddliny
7 "a Upands, 7 Ia,
Breadstuils aud Provisions dull: Lard
and Sugar steady.
Consols 90 3.t TO o. money decided
y easier.
Private circulars represent the Cotton
market rs active and exciting, with an
advance OSLO. The business of the
week closed firm, with an upward tcndcn
ry. Advrcs from Manchester are favora-
ble !: the stock Of Cotton in 3Ic,227 bales
American.
1t is rumorcd that the Persian war
Is terminated, and that no more troops are
to be sent, either to Persia or Canton.
ihc British forces are not to advance into
the interior of Persia.
Trouble is brewing in Earorc concern
ing the Dauubian Principalitica. The
London Times has strong article urging
unconpromlsng opposition to their union
under one Government.
Lord lalmers'on admitted in Parlia-
ment, the existence of n treaty between
France and Austria, guaranteeing to the lat
ter her Italian possessions.
The Income Tax has been reduced 70 the
amonnt levied previous to the late war.
The Indian Mail has n telegraph from
Hong Kong, dated 18th December, statnr
that Admiral Seymour had been throwusr
not shot into Canton, but ut the latest date,
mad ceased, and WAS Strengthening his posi-
ton. The Chinese threatened TO burn
Hong Kong.
Arrived from Charleston, the ship Emigrant
ut Bremen.
AslHNcroS, Feb. os.-Tle House ia
b'cd the Bill to prevent corruption, reported
10y the investigating committee. 1t refused
10 accept the Scna!r'S amendment to the
Tariff Bill, and asked a Committee Of Con-
terence. The Scnatc passed the deficiency
appropriation bill, and called upon the Pres
'dcnt for the kansas Correspondence.
w AsITINGroN, Feb. 2S.-Thc House ta-
bcd the resolution in the case Of Edwards,
and expelled Simonton and TripIctt, rs re-
ported. The Senate rasssI various House
Bills, including one declaring Augusta port
Of delivery.
The Kansas Legislature has passed law
declaring resistance. to The Territorial author
ity rebellion, punishable with death. The
House OF Representatives, refused to repeal
the test oaths.
WAsr1THGToS, Feb. 2S.-The House last
night cxrnlpatcd Wclcll.
The Senate passed the Post Office ,,ill,
witt! an amendment providing for an over
land mail to- San Francisco.
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Gen. NcGowac's Address.

AT the solicitation of various Fl lends the
General has favored us with n copy of the
New York Times, containing Report of the
Address, delivered by him mt the Brooks festi-
val Oh the ith Oct"h"r last anil for the graft
hcation of or Readers We take pleasure in
transferring it to our columns. 1t is one of the
Generals best efforts Clear and logical in
statement, 1t presents n lucid exposition Of the
progress of sectional agitation, and furnishes
noble vindica,ion Of that crowning act in the
life of our deceased representative, hy which
he rcpellcd II base caiumny and vindicatcd the
fair fame Of his State We commend it to
general pcrusal.
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American HunSr


We extract from the Wnshnrtoa Star the
following sketch of the salient points of lee
ture, recently delivered by the Hon. S. S. Cox,
before the Smithsonian Institute, on American
huInor. The subject is rich one, and its ma.
tcras will we'll repay research. Whatever mnv
be said of American Literature, generally
there is no doubt of the originality of our
hnmor. 1t is something indigenous to our soil,
md well illustrates all the pccuiariics of the
national character:
a racy and graphic lecture was that of Hon.
s. $. Cox last night upon the pccnliarties of
American humor. a bright-eycd lady remark
cd III our hearing til 1t Mr.. Cox seemed to have
"a great dealnf 'jingle III him." We think SO
too; and guess moreover that whoever sweeps
the lecture-room to-day will find few vest
buttons scattered about. In fact the lecturer
depicted with telling hits and ancclotal illus
trations. the andacions. irrcverent, cxtrava-
CANT humor peculiar to his country.
The argument that Americans must fail in
humor from being composite people made up
from all nations was combatted, and the op;n-
ion expressed that the blending of so many
phases would result in n multiforrn humor OF
the richest natHrc.
Freedom and plenty induces hiInr;tv, anil
| though We are terribly in earnest in our pur
suits yet We laugh while we work and enioy
joke well as most folks
Illustrations of American humorous writers
were given in Curtis 0Iowadii,) showing m
"Nlrs. Potiphur' and the 'Rcv Cream Cheese -
i'll Sake holding up to the woudbe aristocrnt
the waX.end worked by his pr"genitor; in
Mitchell, taking sly peeps through his "Lor$
nettc at the Fifth avenue parvcnucs.
Franklin's humor was not American but
stifed in Addisonian phrase. Irving's hnmor
was mors JEnglish than American. Shillabcr's
Mrs. Partington" is second edition of Shcri-
dams Mrs MalaproP," Lutls "Ike" is indig-
enous to the soil, genuine specimen Of young
America de!ighting in practical 'tsclls."
h. Our humor is not in books bnt the drolle.
ries of Mrs. Partingtonism's local items, g., d.,
of our three thousand American Journals.
John =. Hale. John Van Buren, Tom Cor
win, and ex-senator Dickinson, were noticed
| as specimens of humorous public speakers.
Barnum's BOokc was noticed as containing
| many examples of the practical, sell peculiar
to New England. in Which the raciness of the
| joke hides the rascality of the job .
Mr. Cox gave. with point. a variety of ancc-
dotcs illustrative Of the audacity and irrevcr-
ence Of Young America. The lecturer gave
bis Illustrations of this rcprehensibIe trait
witl"rcProof on his lip, but smile in his eye"
| and seemed to think we could not help but
| laugh while we blame.
Mr. Cox, in copcluding said that our humor
| lacks refinement; some such machine ms that
at the Patent Office, which cleans wheat of
smut, was needed to provide us with a better
brand of hunor.
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An Old and Prolific Servant.

The following from an esteemed cores
ponlent of the Macon (Ga.,) Telegraph,
discl"scs one Of those significant facts fire.
quently to be met with among the South
ern slave population, (rarelv among any
other) showing how perfectly adapted to
the physical and mental constitution of the
negro is the condition of well regulated
servitudc.-
- The editor says 1--WE have seen else
where the Patriarch, as was believed of 100
years Of age, (who had been in one family
nearly century, sporting and chatting with
his little descendants Of the third and
fourth generairon,
Mn. CLIsDY :-Thero is negro woman
in Dibb county, who has one hundred and
nineteen descendants, and is yet in the pos
session Of all her faculties, except sight-she
has been blind for six years. .
Sixty-seveD Of her descendants, rs well rs
herself, are now owned by gentleman in
this county. Another heir owns fifiy-two
in another county.
The name Of the woman is Sena. She
was one Of tho three slaves inherited by a
lady married in Louisville, Jefferson county,
Georgia, in 1901.
! Imcntion this as fact in slave.statistics
from which the inference may be darwn,
that negroes are not very hardly used in
Georgia, or they would not increase at such
rate. '-.r o..
If you feel curiosity to STE the old lady
and her descendants, will take pleasure in
showing them to you, rs all live, within a
few hours travel of each other.
Respectfully yours, :, 's
BAY GALL.
Swift Creek, Bibb County, Georgia, Feb.
%, 1854
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ne Of the negroes sold 10y II. J. Davnnt. would
cost about S?3 annually. (supposing the work
ing force to he 20 hands out of l27 negroes. }
the interest upon abort s. ,335, which would
be near the cost per hanh. We feed clothc
house and tnke care 0f within n fraction of
two negroes for the use of one if he dies we
! lose principal and interest; IF he becomes
useless, he is an actual burden.
Lahor-chcar lnbor-is the imperative de-
maud of the South and West for the full de-
vclopmcnt "f their resources. Productive
lands are lying waste acres bv the million
Mines nre unworkcd and II hundred other
sources of wealth and prosperity are undcvel-
opcd for lack Of cheap labor
The proposal made in the Savannah Conven-
tion Tor the rc-opcning of the Slave Trade, mp
pears to have died an easy death. The swnd
ding was stranglcd after the first faint wall
!, met its fate Mt the hands of those who should
have fed it with milk meet for babes, until it
gathered strength.
The idea of removing Cuifcc from the do
mini"n of his sable lord, anl his diet of roots
snakes and snails, lizards and frogs, and other
like gentry, and placing him OF hog and homi-
ny, under the rule If white master, was too
startling even for Southern Lcgarcs There is
II" present prospect Of cheap labor from Afr-
can importation. The slave trade is closed ;
negro labor is expensive and scarce; white
labor will not answer for the cultivation of the
soil III Southern laii,nlcs. Where can cheap
Labor h" "biaincdl 1T appears to there il
Il way out of the woods; there is an exit from
our dilemma in importing Coolies. There are
no laws forbi''linr the importation Of Chinese
in''"rcrcrs co"ic labor has three fold merit
IT Is cheap, effective and suited to warm eli
n"trS. They can labor like the negro on
Southern plantations, with little risk to their
health.
China. To Southern lctharcv may appear n
great way "if-a great distance to procure
hired labor from. But China can be reached,
and cheap labor can be obtained (althouul
from great di~iancc) cheaper than can bc
got from any other practicahIc source
suppose merchants must have agents in
Chinese ports, through whose agency con-
tracts could be filled; and even should it
prove iinpracticablr to obtain Coolies through
Southern agency, little doubt bat that some
smart keen scented Yankee, if he got sniff
"i southern gold, wrung from the "hcart's
blood OF Southern slaves, might be induced.
by little gentle persuasion, to exchange n
cargo OF wooden hams and nullnc.s, iimcracks
and Barnum clocks, for II ships load of yellow
frce-ncn, and land them on our bcuiiigltcd
shores. under contract tn serve the purchaser
ct their labor rs long rs they were scrvcra.
bic, and he allowed the privilege of retiring
on their own resources when they bccalnc
useless.
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Eeg E; ID.
20! what shadow DER the. heart is flung,
When peals the requiem of the loved and
NOunrV "

20! what n shadow DER the heart is flung,
When peals the requiem Of the loved and
young"
DIED. OH Saturday. ith instant, Of pucrpe-
raj fever, Mrs MATILDA A. WILSON, wife
Of Mr. Vim. II. Wilson, Of this Village, and
youngest daughter Of X. II. Rogers, Esq, Of
Winn Parish, Louisiana. aged 90 years, 2
months and days.
A little less than ono year previously to the
sad event of her dca'h, slrS. Wilson came
among us young and happ,1brdc. Though
possessing in an eminent degree the attractions
Of true Accomplishment aud amiablity Of
character, yet. from her unobrusivc manners
and quiet habits. the circle of her acquaint-
ancc in her new home had not rapidly extend
ed itself; but such as came within That Hcifcle
were always sure to be her admirers and
friends, and now grcvc with an unwontcd
grief over her unlimcly death.
Tho friends WHO stood at her side in tho
dying hour all bear testimony to her glorious
triumph over the King Of Torrors," aud none
zing the glorious "Ihcritance of the saints in
light" f.f~
Whilst living. one Of the striking beauties Of
her character was her affection for her father
and ardent cherisling of departed mothers
memory, by whose grave, in the distant, est,
she has been borne by her devoted husband to
repose till the last great day, when the tfumr,
of God shall a&ake her sleeping dust to a re
union with her glorifed spirit in HIS presence
on high, =. .,,'.-,
Besides her relatives and friends in the West
she leaves here q husband, an infant daughter.
and many friends to mourn her death and
cherish her memory. s4.i%
Leaves have their time tS aal,, antf ifowers to-
wither at the North winds Sreat9f3 nEof.
And stors toset; but, all--tlau h6st ail seasens
for thine own, Oh, death " ~. a,rl
a
February 26, 1857. f'..' '"' ="
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The Submarine Telegraph Bill.

| The Bill making an annual appropriation to
| the Telegraph line to he established between
Newfoundland and Ireland we sec, has be-
come II law by its passage in the Senate. A
| late number Of the Scientific Imcri.au, con-
tains n communication from Prof Alexander
Hall, in which he doubts the practcaLility of
the enterprise, and his opinion is endorsed by
| the editors of that Journal According TO the
Professors statement, the difficulty consists in
the length Of the wire, the i.npossibili,y of
securing its complete isolation under water
and of laying it down without accident
Whatever may he the result, the Government
lne''rs no risk. ns the annual appropriation is
to be made onl! after the establishment of the
Halls communication
That there has never bcon transmitted n
communication through continuous wire the
length of the cable twcnty-fnur hundred miles,
so far rs nay information extends. But even
had this experiment been successfully nad, on
land, the managers of this enterprise are very
much deceived if they assume n similar result
with submerged wire. 1t can be easily de-
nIonstratcd that Il col; Of wire. ever so well
insulated, If immersed in water, will not effect
an clectro-m"gnct with the sane power Ms if
tested out of wafer. The proximity Of so an
ta9on'stIc IN element produces a sensible cf.
fcct upon the electric current and would, in
the length of cable proposed, entirely absorb
the subtitle fluid, especially all that could be
forced through E" small a wire aS the one con
tcmpiated. But even admitting Il communica.
ton possible, it is known to Electricians that
IN submerged wires pcrccptible period of
thhe clal'Ses IN the passage "f the current and
that THIS period Increases with the length Of the
cable, and that it requires some seconds of
time before the wire is uncharucd after each
signal. In the length of cable proposed, ne
cording t" recent experiments, il would require
over six seconds for Gael, signal, making less
than half a column in the New York Herald
for twcnty-fonr hours work us its possible ca
pacity-not onc-twcntietll the probable dc.
mand.
In the next place, leaving ont the Question
these radical and insurmountnbIc obstacles in
the way OF the present plan of n telegraph,
the imrrohability, to use no stronger term, of
securing perfect insulation with 80 thin
coating of gutta perclia for so many hundred
miles OF wire, when the slightest particle of
dnmp-cven the prick of pu,-tllouch its
delicate covering, would destroy the whole
work, Is of itself an important item in making
NJ the chances q: SUCCESS.
Then the almost impossiLiIitv of la wing down
go long and delicate IL cord without an arci
dent, "fiom ships snrging, perhaps, against
heavy seas. when the slightest strain would
damage either the central wire or its covorng
md can but little margin for q successful
result.
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CHANGES IN NTEMPERATURE.-It is the
opinion, generally entertained, by both pro-
fessional men and people gcncarly that
great and sudden changes in temperature
are. unhealthy, but itisthe opinion of Capt.
Haftstene that it is not so. In his account
OF the Polar Sea Expedition, he says:
"Nature has qualified men to breathe an
atmosphere Of 100 degrees aboze zero, or
80 below it, without inipey to health; and
the doctrjae of-physiciaas that changes OF
temperatufssare Injurious to health, is dis
pioved by recorded facts. There. are very
few nassgators who. die in the Arctic zone,
it is the most healthy climate on. the globe
t6;tbose. who breathe the open air.. We
have .amopg ouras sociate observers one who
observes and records the changes Of tenn:
peratufe in Australia, where the tempera-
fure rose to ll5 degrees at 2'o'clock p. NJ,
and seSt morning it was down to 40 degrees
Ia change offs degrees in fourteen hours {:
There tho people are healthy; and another
at Francenia, N. H., where the changes are
most sudden, the. most frequent, and ef.the
greatest extent of any place with which
am III correspondence on the American
continent; and yet there is no town Of it's
size that so great a portion Of its inhabit-
ants pass the age Of threescore years and
ten: 1t is the quality Of. the changed air
that constitutes TIE differences that physi.
clans notice, and not the temperature.