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Hvjvoi't of Com mttee on ( us ville Mo
inoiinl.
'I lir Joint 81 art Committee, to which xvas re
ferred the Memorial of the citizens ot Cims roun*
iv. report. I tint the investigation whieli (lie sub
ject ha« nn forgone before the Committee, lias re
sulted in tin- unanimous conviction on tin- minds
ol the Committee, that the Memorial in founded
<>n misapprehension of tin; mcnniriah.-U of the
laws in force, and the duti- s of the Chief Engi
neer under those laws. The charges made, were
resolved hy the representation of the memorialists
into the following specifications:
Ist. That the road, on leaving the Allatoona
mountain, was not carried across the Etowah
river in a direct line.
- I. That such deflection wa- made for tin be
nefit ol the < liicf Engineer, who was the owm r
ol the land over which tin- deflected line is made
to e,ros> said river.
M. That, after crossing the Etowah river, and
niter running the line in a direct comse towards
Cassville, until within two and a hall miles of
the town, the route instead of being continued
through or near Cassville, is, without any appa
rent necessity, deflected to tire left, and continued
so aa to leave Cassville one and a half miles to
the right of the route, lints incurring an increase
ol distance and a heavy cost to extinguish the
right of (he way.
Ist. On (lie first specification, the Committee
has been satisfied, on the sworn evidence of (Jen.
Brisbane, that the detour made al the crossing of
the Etowah river was rendered impracticable
from the nature of the country, which, in its
approach to the east side ol' the river, is so ab
rupt as to compel a descent, if made direct, at the
rate of from lit or 50 feet to the mile, and (lien
over a bridge, on the grade of descent, of at least
100 feet above the water level, with lire additional
objection of an embankment of great height on
the western side ot that river ; whilst hy prolong
ing the distance from the point of descent to the
river, which a dellcction up the river enabled the
Engineer to do, lire maximum grade of !)<) feet
to the mile become practicable, the river was
crossed by a bridge ol u reasonable height, and
a good landing on the west side el the river ob
tained.
~d. On the second specification, lire Committee
has been convinced that this deflection from a
direct line in crossing said river was determined
on and adopted before any purchase was made
by Col. Long; that lire point of crossing was
publicly known, as well to the person irom whom
be made the purchase as to nil others; that the
land bought by him was largely enhanced in vu
•lue by the crossing being on it; and that Ire gave
in consequence a large price lor it—indeed, much
more than others well acquainted with the route
ol the toad through it, would then bare given,
or would now give. Tin; Committee entirely
and billy exonerates the Chief Engineer from
■impure or interested motives in (be loealioir of
the roil, in its crossing the Etowah, mid believe
that the point selected is that which (he interest
of the work and the State required. Hut whilst
the Committee in this matter is decided in the
entire justification ol the Chief Engineer from
the ch arge made, and of any unworthy motive,
the ( ommiltee would respectfully suggest, that
it is of (he first importance that our public offi
cers should not only he pure in conduct, hut
should also he free from suspicion; ami, although
the purchases (bus ma le by the Chief Engineer
on the line of tin' roule and at Marietta, cannot
be imputed to any improper motive, yet, to avoid
unworthy imputations an (be nets of our public
elHcors, the ( ommitlee would recommend that
the Board of Commissioners of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, the Chief Engineer, and all
Engineers of location or construction, shall here
alter he precluded Irom the purchase, while in
elb e, ol any lands on or near the route of the
road.
•Id. O.i the third specification. On the 7th
November, I■'>•l7, the t 'liiel Engineer made his
report ol a line located from the ChnUshimcheo
to I ma-iuee( reek, undo! a line of approxima
te! l.ie.itiimn from thence to the Tennessee line.
I lie (iener.il .Assembly ol 1837 adopted the line
1 uts reported, anil directed the road to be eon
«.;ru •; don that lino. Theactuf 1837 thus do
’ ierite.ueil the a tual located route as far as Co
il i uiee Creek, anil the Eiigmcer-iu-l 'bief could
nob without a violation of that net,have deviated
materially from the line thus designated. Indeed,
no deviation from that lino, except for the purpose
of improvement in allignmeut or grade, or to
cv.vii heavy work, could have been justified. Co
’ni nice Creek Ins beyond or westward of Cass*
x 'file, an I ot consequence the roule ax oiding Cass
x '.lie, or leaving it on the right of road, xvas actu
ally designated hy the act of 1837; mid if a pre
ferable route were known, it ought to have been
presented before the passage of that act, mtil its
claims to examination, at least, could then have
been inferred with reason: but the silence of till,
on that subject. 101 l the Legislature no other course
but to adopt the only line reported, anil to which
there was then no dissent. But the Committee,
desirous to know the claims of Ibis route to u
preference ovet that adopted, has examined (ion,
Brisbane ou this point, mid are satisfied, on his
ftxstim my. thru though there would have been no
diUieultx in carrying the road hy the way ol'Cass
x file to some distance beyond it. that the pass
thence forward, either through Shaw's Cap. or
Stoke's (lap. was impracticable at the grades es
tablished. Two routes, passing through or near
Cassville, were instnimentally examined, and
found to be impracticable. The other, through
Stoke s Cap, was not examined with instruments,
because the reronnoissanee of one able Assistant
Engineer, in company with a number of tlie citi
zens interested in this route, resulted in his eon
x ction that it was even more impracticable than
others proved to be so on examination.
lii conclusion, the ( ommitlee submit herewith
the testimony ol Con. Brisbane ; ami, convinced
taal the ( liiel Engineer bus noted in this matter
in conformity xvith the letter and spirit ol the law.
and that the imputations of unworthy motives
are gratuitous, and made under a misapprehension
of the law and tacts, ask to he discharged from
the fut liter consideration of the subject.
MILI.KIIOKV II.LK, 7
Cioorgin, Nov. 22, 1838. A
£>pe. - ial charges to he exhibited against Col. Long,
the Chief Engineer on the main trunk, in lo
cating that part of the road from Allatoona
Mountain to the Oothoaloga A'alley.
('hinge Corruption.
Specification Ist. I’hat instead of running the
road directly from, and crossing the river Etoxx a
alter leaving the Allatoona Mountains, and cross
ing said river on a bridge, going through the laud
of Arnold Miller, the north side of said rixer,
which is the proper course the said Engineer
should have taken the road, yet, having private
interest in view, bus deflected to the right, iiml
miming up said river nearly or quite tliree-lourlhs
of a mile, crossed the river at a point where it is
notorious, said Engineer and ti company of gen
tlemen joined with him, intend to try niid make a
manufacturing town, and after crossing said river
is obliged to run down said river across a la’iul to
gain said proper route.
Specification 3d. That the said Engineer after
leaving the Etowah river, runs the road in a line
nearly direct towards the town of Csssville, until
within two and a hall miles of said town, and
although by going near said town and crossing
the b lint Hill N. AV. of Cassville, which is per
leetlx practicable, yet without apparient cause from
any obstruction in the country, when within two
amt a hull miles of said town of Cassville, run
nmz in a N. W. direction at this point, he deflects
to the left in nearly a west course, leaving Cass
vtlte one and a half .(files to the right, ami runs
downsiot ot seven nub s west to CouUiuc Creek,
, I mkl up siiii Creek N.N. E. into Oothcaloga Vul
Icy, by which route there in iniun'ii -**• high charg-.
made for the riant of way, when, by tin' rouledi
reel near ( '.issvillc, erosing the Flint Hill i'
„ Sloke'a (fin into .said \ alley, the right id way i
offered grads in almost every instance, mid by lid
route some six or eight miles of distance would In
I saved and a much larger population benefited.
■ I have the honor, Gentlemen of the Joint Com
■ millec, in aii.-over to a aerie.* of quu-.tioiisgrowini
: out of the memorial of the citizens of Cassville
i touching tilts Chief Engineer of the Western am
Atlantic Railroad, tosubmitas lidlows :
*Que:rUm 1. Have you ever been connecter
with the Engineer corps engaged in surveyim
and locating lb.- WtMle.n and Atlantic Railroad i
li so, whin did your connection with it commence
and how long lie : that connection continued !
Answer, Yin, And from April 1837, to the
present.
(ifue* /. 3. Were yon acquainted with the sur
vey and location of so much of'said road, as was
reported to the last session of the Legislature, cin
braeinga distance of ten miles, north and south ot
the Ktown river? If so, state if you know the
location of the. road, as now put under contract,
between said points, and whether the loca ion is,
oris not the same ?
Ans. Ves. Having made both myself, as act
ing Chief Engineer, during the temporary absence
ol the chief proper.—Further ; that no alteration
has taken place of the same, save, where the di
minution of bridge structure could lie effected by
introducing embankment; or where the economy
id excavation called for the avoidance of points,
known to he dillicnlt by actual operation. That
this however, has not altered the position of the
line mure than a few paces at any one point with
in the limits specified.
Quest. 11. Do you know any thing of the de
flection made by the road at the Flow a river as
complained of in flic Cassville memorial? If so,
stile llic reason for the same !
I ix. The dclleetion was obligatory. The test
level passing the house of Mr. Clark, some quar
ter of a miles distance below the point adopted
for the Fasten! Abutment of the Etowah viaduct,
pi'm < d the niter impossibility of avoiding the do
lour in question. 'Phe chief difficulty consisted
in finding sufficient scope for the necessary elon
gation id the lino. The point at which the deflec
tion takes place, is one hundred and fifteen feet
above the water-level of the Etowah. To effect
a bridge grade then, at seventy feel above said le
vel, to limit the length id the bridge if possible to
•he foni'lh nl a mile, and to reach the river by a
decent oi thirty feet the mile, the maximum wes
tern grade ol the road, required an increase of dis
tance equal to one mile and a half; the length of
the di'loiir in question.
Quest. 4. Doyou know any thing of the route
designated as 111/ (lassville route ! If so, what is
its character, anil its practicability as compared
with llic route adopted ?
Ann. \ es. The character ofthe Cassville route,
is comparatively impracticable. The length of
llie line actually tested is greater than that adopt
ed, by Ivvo miles, from common points upon both
routes ; and the summits necessarily to be passed
upon such route, gives a difference of 100 feet in
favor of the adopted route. Equating thisdiffer
• ncc id elevation gives an addition of six miles;
and consequently makes the lolal transportation
distance ol the (Jnssvillo lino, eight miles longer.
Tlie reason for encountering the second summit
between the waters of Two (fun and Tine Log
Creeks, arose from (lie impnietieiibility of descen
ding from the summits ofeitheriShaw’s or Sloke’s
(Jap,into the Valley of the Oothcaloga. '/’his is
shown by the fact, that the maximum grade of
thirty feet is imperative in overcoming the adopted
Connnseeu Hap; and Ibis Cap is 150 feet lower
than Stoke’,s Cap in question, at a distance of two
miles and a half, so that without the use of auxil
iary power upon a grade of 00 feet per mile, it
would have been impracticable even to have des
cended from one Gup to the other, much more so
•o have reached the \ alley of the Oothcaloga it
self. Had (he Assistant Engineer, engaged on
this service, increased the expense of testing such
a descent, with the positive data before him, ho
would have subjected himself to merited censure.
Quest. 5. Ho you know any thing of purcha
ses ot real estate made at Etowah river by the
Chief Engineer ! If so, was the same made be
fore, or idler the location ofthe rood ; and was or
was not the location of the road kept secret or
made public ?
Ann, \ cs. The Chief Engineer informed me
at Milledgevillc, in December 1837, that he had
just become a landholder in Georgia. This was
some two months after the location across the
Etowah river had been effected, and the same
made public. It was perfectly understood by the
neighborhood in which the purchase alluded to
was made, for we were incessantly complained of
for the injuries done to the crops, by the accurate
process ol location and domavkution.
Qiii.il. (i. Do you know of any oilier purcha
ses of real estate, made by the Chief Engineer, on
•he line of said road ; whether the same was
made belore or after the location ofthe road; and \
state fully what you know of said purchases?
■Dm. \ es. The object of the chief engineer,
in his purchases upon the Etowah, was to procure
the lowest lull ot that river, sumo mile or two
above the Etowah viaduct, for manufacturing
purposes. I’o effect this, be was obliged to in
clude the different (arms intervening, with a view
to his intercourse with the Railroad. It is pre
sumable, that to cover the expense of so much
unproliiable outlay, ho united himself with certain
gentlemen of capital in Georgia, and purchased
the May’s ferry, which was calculated to yield a
fair per ventage upon the whole investment until
the contemplated manufacturing operations should
go into elleet. He has also purchased town pro
perly in Marietta upon the line of road, but to
what amount I cannot say. I know of no other
purchases ; it was rumored that he had some in
terest in the property of Mr. Hargrove upon the
line of road to Conasinoe Creek, beyond Cassville;
but I doubt the truth of such rumor, or that he
ever thought himself of purchasing said property.
AH these purchases were made after the road had
been located.
Quest. 7, AV hat operations have been conduct
ed, ofthe character of surveys by the use of in
struments, on the line between the Etowah and
Connsinoe Creek, during the year 1838 !
Ana. A revision of the location.'
Quest. 8. If the route of the road was in fact
defined, and the line located prior to the 7th No
vember, IS3B, what was the cause or expediency
of surveys on said route, if anv was made, in the
year 1837?
Ans. The revision ofthe location was ordered
tor the purpose of elevating the road grade above
the freshets, to which the flat country of this
neighborhood is subject in the winter.
Quest, it. Was request made by any ofthe cit
izens ol Cass county to have a survey or rocon
uoissanee of a route through IStoke’s Cup on tin
Flint Ridge; if so, at what time, in what year
and was such request complied with ! If no
complied with, please state the reasons for non
compliance !
Ans. There was such an application in tin
summer ot 1838, to Mr. Drown, assistant ought
eer, then residing in Cassville with his family, bn
for reasons stated in answer to question 4, tin
assistant engineer without reference to the clue
1 engineer, satisfied the demands, as he thought. In
i riding over the ground in company with severe
; of the gentlemen of Cassville, and pointing on
to them the absurdity of the attempt. His rea
i sons for believing them satisfied were, that al
• though still a resident of Cassville, no further te
• quest was made to him on the subject.
• Respectfully submitted,
A. H. BRISBANE.
Sworn to In-fore me this 34th November, 183 f
• At, W. GORDON, Ch. Com. of In.
V CIIIinJSIKJI.K ANU SJSNTINgL.
J* a r CS U s T A.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1.
>C I
u . The Constitutionali-t ami I'eopl Press arc
ig both shooting popguns at us. The heavy metal
'a ! of the former is at Millcdgcville, ami the latter
| never had any.
■d 1 The (JoiiHlilutinnaii; I U out upon our remark*
in relation to the grand iminn'tivrc of the Vanites
|
at Millcdgcville, in nominating Mr. Forsyth, ns
“ th': candidate of //ic South,” for Vice-President;
0 and the People’s Press is horrified into a full co
lumn of comments and portentous prophecies
8 upon the occasion of our being favorable to a
i- National Hank, as though it had not already
1 known that fact for months! In our next we will
“ show up” both—not because wo deem a reply'
1° either very necessary,but byway of “ defining’’
our own position —ala mod » Mr. Calhoun.
e Pr:r.ATO, a story if the Goth, is the title of a
i new Novel founded upon fact, by W. Gilmore
Simms, of Charleston, author of “Guy Rivers,’’
y “the \ emassee,” &c. has been laid on our table
i, liy Mr. T. H. Plant. We seldom read Novels'
* not having the timetodevole In that purpose, and
have not read this one under consideration. Os
course we cannot speak of its merits from person
i- al examination. The Charleston Courier speaks
H in high terms ofit, and the author’s name is of it
’ srdf sufficient to give it, a passport into the studies
:- of those who patronize the literary w orks of our
’• countrymen. It is to he found at the Rook store
1 ofMr.T. li. Plant.
I We received the Standard of 1 hiion last night.
. hut it contains not one word in relation to the
- proceedings of the Legislature.
1 We are gratified to learn that our fellow-towns
, man, Dr. F. M. Robertson, who was appointed
a last spring, Agent on the part of the City Coun
* eil of Augusta, to procure a settlement of the
j. claims of that body against the United States
Government, for advances made for the equip
. meat of the Richmond Blues and Richmond
s JI ussars, for service against the Seminole Indians,
at the breaking out of hostilities, in 1830, has
, successfully accomplished his agency, by obtaining
I $5,900, the whole amount of the balance due.
Health of Augusta.
The total number of deaths in (his city, during
the month of November, according to the Sex
ton’s report, were 10. Whites s—black and col
ored 5
A letter from the Rev. C. W. Howard, the
States’ Agent at London, to procure copies of the
Records relating to (he Colonial History of Geor
gia, has been received at the Executive Depart
ment, containing information that he had ob
tained permission to examine and transcribe tlu»
records.
Fire,
We learn that on Tuesday night the 13th inst,
the gin house mid com and fodder house of
Messrs. Tucker & Holcomb, at Monticello, were
destroyed by fire, together with 20 bales of cot
ton, 400 bushels of com, and about 10,000 weight
of fodder. The lire is supposed to have been the
work of two negroes, who have been lodged in
jail for trial.
The Chicago Democrat of the 10th inst., an
nounces the death of Mr. Carlin, Governor elect
of Illinois,
Ship of the Line Ohio.
This noble vessel is now lying in the harbor
of Ncw-Aork, ready to proceed pn a three years
cruise in the Mediterranean, under the command
ol the gallant Commodore Hull, According to
the Journal of Commerce, her measurement bur
then is 1993 tons, and her draft of water 25 feet.
Her canvass for a single suit of sail covers a
space very nearly equal to two acres. Bhe carries
102 guns, viz : thirty-four 421 b., earonades on her
spar deck; thirty-four 321 b. long guns on the
main dock; thirty-four 421 b. long guns on the
lower deck. She has on hoard about 1000 men.
from Montevideo.
Captain Sutton, of the ship Renown, at Now-
Vork, from Montevideo, Sept. 6, states that the
market there was well supplied with every dc-
I scription of imports except Flour, which ws s
1 worth $24 n $25 ; produce scarce and high, and
- the city closely besieged by Gen. Rivera. Things
at Buenos Ayres was very gloomy; the French
blockading squadron extremely vigilant, and no
;< prospect of the blockade lieing raised.
The Cumulus.
. The New-York Evening Herald of the 2(ith
* says:—Wo had nothing from Canada yesterday,
. the intense severity of the weather having put a
- stop to all intercourse and internal navigation,
d For the present, the insurrection is over—but
the disposition of the prisoners at Montreal is the
, t next point. A general feeling of sympathy for
>- 1 their fate is developing itself all over the republic.
>’ In Oswego, a public meeting has been held, and
. n mission is sent to the Canadian Government, to
,1 intercede in their behalf. Our Government will
e also be called upon to exercise their good offices
ls —but what can they do! We can fell them.
t ; Mr. Van Burou’s proclamation is very good so
i- far—but has he not authority, under the laws, ta
lt ’ deliver up McKenzie & Co., the agitators, w’no
have led the young men astray, now held in
u. Canada.
It there be any possibility of delivering up
'* these cowards to the British authorities, let it be
ut ( * on0 ' 11 Canada, or England, or any country
ic " ants a reform of Government, let them organ
ct izc it themselves. As a neutral nation, it is not
our business to meddle.”
al _ _
ot The New-York Courier says that the weather
*J‘ in that ci, .V became intensely cold on Saturday
e- tiight the -4th inst. and continued so until Mon
day morning without diminution. Fears ard ex
pressed that many goods on the canals w ill be ar
8. ro * ted b - v tho ice fro »' arrival at their places of
destination.
From Florida. I
| The Tallahassee Floridian of Saturday last
‘ states liiat there have l>een several rumors in that
place during the past week from the seat of war,
one ol wliieh stated that tile Indians in at Tampa
I had to]lowed up their old game, giving our troops
til,', slip, and taking again to the hammocks, —
The editor doubts the correctness of the report,
and says, “we are, however, informed that there
have been but few Indians at Tampa, although
many more promised to come in. It is believed
that a portion of the Tallahassees. numbering
about 1(0 men, women and children, all that
ba>c eomo in at Tampa, arc yet there, unless
sent by General Taylor to their destination west.
Our informant recently left that i*ost, and is of the
opinion that Sam Jones never has given any pio
rnise of friendship, and that he has never left his
lair. Hut Sam Jones is no more to he feared
than many other war spirits yet among the hos
tiles, and will not surrender unless at the point of
the bayonet; and the war will bo ended only
when the last Indian shall be captured. Scatter
ed over a large extent of unexplored country, in
small parties of from five to twenty, it is scarcely
within the range of possibility to close the war
for a long time. If the arrangements of General
Taylor, with his present force, succeeds in reliev
ing the frontier settlements from future depreda
tions, and of confining the Indians down thePe
uinusula, our anticipations will be fully realized.
The new plan to be adopted by the government
of settling the country by the inducements of
grants of lands and other perquisites to settlers,
is thought to be judicious. It cannot fail, we
think, to give security to the frontier, and will
effectually relieve our citizens from all future
drafts for the protection of onr more exposed
neighbors and friends.
“The volunteers formerly stationed at the posts
on the Jefferson and Madison frontiers have been
relieved by companies of regulars, and the posts
will be kept up as usual.”
Snow.
'I he Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser
of the 20th, states (hat snow fell in that city on
that day to the depth of one foot.
Communicated.
Mr. Jones —l understood, from sevcrel mem
bers of the Richmond Blues, not long since, that
some individuals had been stricken from the list
of that company. I did not enquire who they
were, or for what cause expelled. In my commu
nication of the 26th inst., I remarked that the
ranks of the Blues had been purged. In your
paper of the 28th, Mr. Barker comes out with
a violent and abusive piece against the writer of
the article referred to, signed '‘Augusta,” and
says that his friends think that he was aimed at
by me. If Mr. Barker was expelled from the
Blues the remark is applicable to him, but if not
I cannot see how he or his friends either could
apply it to him. Ido not know what were the
circumstances attending Ids withdrawal from the
I Blues, I have never heard a reason assigned for
I it. Therefore lamat a loss to know, (unless he
was expelled) why Mr. Barker should lake the
remarks contained in my communication of the
26th to himself. But if that gentleman or his
friends will state what were his reasons for apply
ing those remarks to him, I will give him any
satisfaction ho may consistently demand.
AUGUSTA.
The author of Augusta, has left his name with
the Editor.
Pine.—On Tuesday night last a house ou
South Broad street was discovered to be on tire.
It originated in a room on the ground floor, occu
pied by a colored man, and appears to have been
the result of sheer carelessness. It was extin
guished before it had done much injury.— Sav.
Gear.
On Thursday last, the Locomotive Ocmulgce
was started on this road, byway of trial, and run
up to Stranger’s Hill and back at the rate of 21
miles an hour. The Ocmulgee is a handsome '
article and works like a top. The cars are not
yet completed, otherwise the locomotives would be
kept in operation, making pleasure trips every
day. There is but a small piece of the road yet
to be finished. In less than two weeks, we expect
to make an excursion to Forsyth, to the pleasant
tunc of “ sittin on a rail.”
The body of a man, very much decayed, was
found on the bank of the river, a mile and a half
above this city, on Saturday last. The flesh was
mostly gone from his face and body, no clothing
except around jacket was found, and scarce a
vestige remained but the bones and some grey
hair, to show that the poor wreck had been a hu
man.
Finn.—A fire broke out in this city, on Thurs
day morning, in the smoke-house on the lot occu
pied by Martin Hall, and before it could be sup
pressed, the building was entirely consumed.
Several other buildings narrowly escaped.—Ma
con Telegraph.
Domestic Productions.
Another shipment of Hour, from the interior,
the production of our own soil, has been made to
this city, as will he seen by the advertisement of
L. J. \V ilson, Esq., in another column.
M c rejoice to see this evidence of a disposition
on the part of our planters, to grow within them
selves, the necessaries of life, and hope we may
live to see the day, when Alabama will notbedc
| Pendent upon other Slates for her supplies of
J bread slutls and other provisions. —Mobile Com.
i Adc,
Texas.
The intercourse between our city and Texas
' nas become so considerable, as to justify increased
facilities of communication between the two pla-
I CCSi There are so many emigrants and visitors
! «l«ly leaving here for Texas, that are compelled to
| go byway ot New Orleans. It seems to us that
| a good steamboat put into the trade, would do a
lucrative business, would be well patronized bv
j passengers, and would obtain as much freight as
| she could take both ways—it would also have the
effect to increase the amount of business now
doing with Texas— Mobile Com. Adv.
j Small favors thankfully receive®. A
I few days since, the administration party were
; holding great rejoicings, over their gain of three
I Members of Congress from Ohio—but how stands i
the result in the aggregate. Elections for the next i
| Congress have been held in twelve States in l
j which the Representatives now stand, thirty-live i
I Whigs and seventy-nine Vanitcs; in the next t
j Congress, they will stand sixty-eight Whigs and i
sixty-four \ amtos, making a Whig gain of thirty \
1 , V °h n ?! U ; W ," hout " n - v l ' hn "S° the (States yet i
to hold their elections, the Whig party will have I
. a respectable majority—but we look for a still v
srcZ in i% elef,ions - vct to ,akc i ,|acc " h
1 r
1 ar. .Nonin Lasti.kn Buivuaiit,—Tin;
Commissioners appointed by the Government o!'
Maine to examine the North Eastern Boimdarv
Line, have concluded their duties and returned to
their homes. The Bangor Courier says, -We
understand they found very distinctly marked
highlands ,l t the point where the waters divide
between the idt. Lawrence and the Atlantic
Ocean, and nil tins country north ol r-’t. John's
River extremely mountainous. The country
where the waters divide, is not level and swampy,
as has been represented stud believed hv many,
hut lies in mount tins and dividing highlands, cor
responding to the forms of the treaty of 1783,
—Journal of Cfimm'vre
Pitf.vTiss AMiWoan.—in Mississippi, Peon"
tiss and Word have both signified their determi
nation not to canvass the tState for Congress next
year. We regret to learn this. Their names
have been associated in one of the most gratifying
whig triumphs ever achieved. By their joint ef
forts they have prostrated the reign of insolence in
Mississippi, and they have taught the people of
thaliStnle, that the vvliigs have the power, and on
ly want energy and spirit to enforce it.
The eloquence and energy of these men con
stituted the main lever which revolutionised Mis
sissippi. Two years ago, that State was as woe
begone and benighted as our own dismal and
gloomy Alabama. Prentiss and Word carried
the torch of intelligence into every corner of the
State ; aroused the people from their unpardona
ble lethargy ; infused new life into the ranks of
the desponding opposition ; net the advocates of
Powitu and Patiiona~k in the open field—de
fied and routed them ; —and tore, from the giant
grasp of despotism, the gilded sceptre of Dictation.
Is it not a question with the whigs in Mississip
pi, whether or not they can supply the places of
these men with able and popular statesmen I
Men capable to contend with the arts and m
, j Rites of enemies made desperate by'the dark nets
and dangers which surround them ! Wo know
there is plenty of talent in the ranks of the whigs
in the state; and the recent elections give us re
newed confidence in the stability of their party:
But if Prentiss and Word lie really off the field,
w e have much to fear from the difficulty of select
ting suitable successors, and from the dangers
of split and division in the whig ranks. We
have a word of exhortation for our neighbors and
friends—remember the efficacy of union—a house
divided in itself must full.
“Go all together;—if the heaving earth
Shiver the mountain into severed fragments,
The lightest breeze that blows may sweep away,
Atom by atom, the disjointed mass ;
And that, whose solid and united pile
But yesterday defied the earthquake’s power,
Yields to the petty pipings of the winds,
And loses its existence.”—
Follow up the noble victory you have achie
ved. Secure the prize you have won—and instead
of contributing to the crowning of a King, or to
the securing of a triumph fora conqueror, vour
valor will rescue, from the hands of oppression,
the writhing liberties of your country. — Tusca
loosa (~AIa.J Monitor.
Panther fight on Grand Hirer.
A gentleman of our acquaintance has lately re”
ceived a letter from Col. R. P. Bowie, of Iberville,
containing some interesting relations. We are
kindly permitted to make some extracts, after
apologizing to the writer for publishing that to the
world, which was meant only for the eye of a
friend. The letter is dated Nov. 13th, 1838, and
alter the mention of some minor matters, the Col.
describes the appearance of a man he encountered
in the woods lately, while on a hunting excursion,
in the following words:—
“ I saw an old man in the woods, that has lived
there three years, alone—he says he has seen no
human being before, in twelve months; an odd
old fellow, who neither knew the year, month or
day—when I found him, he was digging potatoes;
he has about six hundred head of hogs, these,
with his gun and dog, are his only companions—
his beard is perfectly white, and about eight inches
long—he comes nearer my idea of an old patriarch
than anything I over saw—he was dressed in
buckskin, and appeared contented.”
There is doubtless a history of some interest
connected with tin; life of one, who at an advanced
ago, thus contemns the sympathies of the world.
—We should like, to hear the old man’s talc, un
der the shade of so me tree, by a streamlet in the
forest.
The following notice of a “ Panther fight ”
which came oil', lately, on Grand River, speaks
well for the prowess of those engaged in it.
“Mr. Carrhearing a hog squeal about dark,
took up his gun and went out to see “what was
to pay.” Oil his arrival in the cane, he found a
panther “ rather busy” in making up to him. Ho
attempted to fire his rifle, but it snapped—he then
struck the animal on the nose with it, when the
barrel fell out of the stock. Upon this the panther
jumped back into the cane, and seized the hog
which he had left for the purpose of attacking
Carr, who nothing daunted by the untoward ac
cident, went to his house, repaired the damage of
his gun and came back to the scene, with his
wife, and a young girl— one of them having an
axe, and the other a tomahawk.
On arriving, they found the panther behind a
bunch of palmetto, whore he could not be seen
distinctly. Carr gave up his gun to the girl—
took the axe, and cut the palmetto down—at that
instant the panther leaped upon him—threw him
down—bit him in tlie head, and was aiming his
murderous teeth at his throat, when Carr caught
him by the under jaw, and held him, with his
hand in his mouth.— Mrs. Carr then mounted
tlie panther, tomahawk in hand, and gave him
several blows; a little dog, also, seizing him at the
same time, —The panther let go Carr, and gather
ing the dog, retreated into the cane-brake again.
Carr and his family then went home, and sent for
Capt. Ives, who came over with his gun, and a
fine bull dog— put on a thick coat, (how cooly
calculated,) and repaired to the battle ground.
He found the panther as nimble as ever, and quite
enraged, for he leaped upon him so soon that he
had’nt time to fire his gun—his trusty bull dog
however, dragged the “varmint” off, after he had
stripped Ives’ coat into tatters. Ives was afraid
to shoot then, for fear of killing his dog, and had
resort to a Bowie knife, with which ho dispatched
him. This is the only time of late years, I have
heard of the Bowie Knife being used for the
purpose originally intended, and for which alone
it was invented.”
The above extract from the Col's letter is
doubtless true in every particular, and we com
pliment all parties concerned, for their coolness
and courage on the occasion.—A'. O. Picayune.
Billy Jones’ Solliioq.iv.—The following
profound reflections uttered bv one of Neal’s ho
roes.in his “Charcoal Sketches,” gives a glimpse
oi glory in the way ot future improvement .*
“I wonder if they wouldn’t list me for a Char
ley ! Hollering oysters and bean soup has guv
me a splend voice ; and instead of skewing ’em
away, it the thieves were to here me singing out
my style of doing ii would almost coax ’em to come
and be tuk up. They’d feci like a bird when a
snake is arter it, and I would walk up and poke
their coat collar right into my fist. Then alter a
while Id be promoted to the fancy business of
pig ketching, which, though it is werry excellent
requires genius. ’Taint every man that can come
the Cientificks over the swine, and has studied the
nature ol pig so as to beat him at maneuvering,
and make him surrender because he sees it aim no
use ot doing nothing. It wants learning to con
wince them critters, it’s only to be done by head
ing em up handsom, hopping whichever way
they hop, and tripping ’em up by shaking bands
v. h their ofl hind leg. I’d SCO rn to pull tl.ei.
tails out by the roots, or to hurt their feelings by
pulling or dragging ’ cm e bout by their cars.
. 4, *
r.ui A lull's liic Uric-? If IWJ . ’ii I-1 tiuv.l
M.OU liucl out to holler the hour and to ke' h i|„.
thieves by steam ; yes. end they'd take ’em ~
court on a railroad, and try ’em with bilim? water
I hey II coon have black locomotives for watch,
men and constables, ami big Idlers for mdecs and
mayors. Firs will be hatched by stiam. ami hi
led lit to cat before they’re done squealing Jj v
and by, folks won’t be for no use at all. There
won the no people in the world but
uo mouths but safety valves, and no talkin’ but
Mowin' of steam. If I had a little Idler inside of
me, I’d turn omnibus, and week days, I'd run f rum
Kensington to tic navy yard, and f-’undnv pj
run to Fairmotmt.”
1)111!).
In this city, on yesterday the 30th Nov., i n the
both year of his age,Pr.TEn G ALi,AOHER,a native of
Ireland, but for the last eighteen years a citizen of
the United States.and for the last seven of this chv.
His friends are requested to attend his funeral
This Morning at 10 o’clock.
Consignees pcrSouth Carolina
Hamburg, November 30 j
Clarke, McTeir & Co. W. K. &J. U. Jackson •
Ip A ' ‘ u "’ *'• Lott, J. Gulmarin, J. W.k
hT “d Brothers, A. 1. Huntington,
J Shackelford, G. T. Dottle, Rankin, Boggs & Co.
Hee&e & Heall, Stovall, Simmons & Co Hand i
Scranton, D. s. Homan, J. Bevings, A?Frederick
vtoval Kn'T’ Ald v‘ i< r & Shove ’ J ' J - Cohen!
• ■to^all fti llamlon, A. Cmnminej, j)r. Holland u
\V . Foice &('o., G. It, Noble, E. Paddock j’ K (
Henson, K. Harbor, i. J. Paimeloe.
marine intelligence.
Savannah, November 2.9
Cleared —Barque Anne Reynolds, Wilcox Phil. '
adelphia; barque Zenobia, Remington,Boston • brie
New Hanover, Carty, Philadelphia j bri»- Pandora'’
Sheppard, Philadelphia. ° ’
Arrived-*-'. Ship Macon, Knowles, New York- ship
Charlotte, Gorham, New York; steamboat Cheto- I
kee, Norris, Augusta; steamboat Duncan McP.ac
Calvin, Augusta. ’ g.
Departed— Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta.
5 fi
Augusta Benevolent Society.
I he Visiting Committees for the ensuing month
areas follows: —
Division No. I.—Mr. James Godbeliere, John I
Knight, Mrs. 0. Smith, Mrs. Waterman.
• ■ N ’ o * 2 -—Mr. Benjamin Hall, Dr. B. Har- !‘l
ns, Mrs. Mary Morgan, Miss Morrison.
\i Dn n S \r n r- 0 ’ P ' Flemming, John Gashin
Mrs. B. Mckmnie, Mrs. Collier.
nov _A°_ C - F - STUKGKS, Scc’y.
in ALVRIJN, DENT IST, has returned 0 ,
■f ®' •,- th L s «t.v-Ko°m No. -Jo, m the private pfct j
ol the I. S. Hotel. ts now e?
|| ICHMOND ACADEMY.—The Trusted
II this institution will, outlie loth day of De- J
cember next, proceed to the election of a Rector f
ami lust and second English Teacher ; also, for a i!
Teacher tor the Branch at Summerville. Appli- I
cants for either of these situations will please ad- I
dress the Presidentof tho Board of Trustees.
ALEX. CUNNINGHAM,
nov 20 td President.
PAPER. —20 reams lino Medium Printing Pa
-*• per for sale, on consignment,at factor’s prices
Apjrly at this ofliee. ,Jiinc 13
rjnHE Committee on the Library of Oglethorpe
University, respectfully solicit, from the friends
of education and literature, donations of Books to S
the institution. Any contributions to this object I
from Augusta and vicinity, may be left at the store ■
of Wm. Shear, Augu ita, who will forward them to
the University.
Jos. Hanry Lumpkin, Chairman
IV. VV. Holt, D. C. Campbell,
J. L. Harris, J. S. Wilson,
T. Goulding, R. Chamberlain,
S. S. Davis, I. \V. Baker.
- nov 23 trw6t
.SELLING OFF AT COST J
TBNH E subscribers havingon hand a verv’exten
fl live and general assortment of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods, and wishing to reduce their stork by f
spring, in order to open with anew assortment will
sell the same at Wholesale or Retail,as above stated %
without reserve. All persons wishing to purchase
will do well to call anil examine their goods. More : l
under the Globe Hotel.
N0v.23 d&3w C. & R. IVES.
NOTICE— Ml persons indebted to the late linn of
IVES & GRISWOLD, are requested to make imme
diate payment to C. & R. IVES, who will pay all
demands against the same.
OYSTERS. —Prime Pickled Oysters, just re
reived by the subscriber, and for sale by the
gallon and in kegs of different sizes. A new’sup
ply received every week during the season.
nov j 6 w3t P. CARRE, Agent.
10. lU ItGI OIS,
SILK DYER AND SCOURER, from Paris,hav- |
ing arrived at Augusta where he intends to
make his permanent residence, in the practice of his ! |
pro fessional business, has the honor to inform the v
ladies and gentlemen of Augusta and adjoining
counties, that he lias taken a suitable house on 1
Broad street, two doors below Mr. AugusUw J
Frederick’s where all kinds of Silks, Crapes, rki.
will be Dyed in ti e most fashionable and pernia- „
nent colors, at tho most reasonable prices. La- I
dies’ Merino, Cashmere and Crape Shawls, and I
Leghorn Hats cleansed and pressed, so as to look |
as well as new. Gentlemen’s apparel scoured M
and renewed to their primitive colorand bright
n( * ss - dm oct o
Twenty Dollars Reward.
Ranawny from tho subscriber, abouta
fiCjpLß month since, a negro girl by the name
likely, and about siv
,e?Tl years of age. The above reward
gSftSiy will bo paid for her apprehension and
delivery to J. P. SETZE.
aug 27 trwtf
Cl EORGIALIME.—Fresh Stone Lime of as good
ff quality as any in the market, put up in boxes i
stronger, tighter, and more convenient for transpor
tation than barrels, and holding the same quantity.
Price $3 the single box and $2 oO by the quantile,
delivered at Augusta, at Jacksonboro, and at the
mouth of Briar creek, on the Savannah river, it will
be sold at the same rates with freight off Apply to ■ ■
T. 1). SMITH, Planters’ Hotel, or
June 14 trw&dtf D. KIRKPATRICK & Co.
A 0)11 NEGROES FOR SALK.—The subscri-
S *bcr has just arrived from Petersburg, Vir
ginia, with one hundred and twenty likely young no
groes of botli sexes,and every description, which ho ’
offers for saloon the most reasonable terms. Be
begs leave to make knownto his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has made his place
of residence, and will be constantly'supplied with
negroes suitable for planters in this vicinity. Those
at a distance wanting to purchase, may at all tisetu
depend on finding a large number of negroes on
hand.
The lot now on hand consists of able bodied men,
plough beys, two first rate blacksmiths,several like
ly and well qualified house servants of both sexes,
several professed cooks, washers and ironers, sev- i
eral women with children, small girls, suitable for .
nurses, and several small boys without their moth-,aj
ers. Planters and traders are earnestly requeued.yi
to give the subscriber a call previous to tnakin.' »
purchases else-where, as he is enabled and wi . B
sell as cheap or cheaper, than can he sold by any |
other person in the trade.
BENJAMIN DAVIS.
Hamburg, S. C., Sept. 28, 1838. ts
N. B.—Also for sale, 1 wagon and four horses \
wagon and 2 horses; 2 carryalls with horses , J fit
rate saddle horse, and 1 poncy. N
(Uj’The Columbia Telescope,Millcdgeville, Join' jji
nal, Macon Messenger, and Columbus Enquire,
will please copy the above for one month, and sen.
their accounts to this oliicc for payment.
OSMETIC FOR THE COMPLEXION, fa "
J Milk of Roses, Cosmetic cold cream, C'reaS
of Roses in covered pots for curing chaps, tan. s®'
burn, chaffing, &c. Micbaux’s Freckle Wash, t
most certain remedy, fur freckles ever offers ,
Pearl Powder, superfine, in neat turned boxes,
do. cakes, in paper boxes, Lily White for I eaufl
ing the skin, a cake in box ; Vinegar of Rou
half ounce vials; Vegetable Rouge in hoxe-.ci;
of Almonds for softening the skin after sliavir-
Devereux’s Depilatory, for removing superfh
hair; Toilet Powder, Otto of Roses, do. do. a- 5
nov 76 For ale by ANTONY & lIA IN f"