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From the Madison (Ga.) Mitccliany.
Mercer Unirerelty—-Commencement.
It is truly gratifying to observe the chng
which has 'taken place in the public mind o.i
the subject of Education within the past lew
years. A perceptible change has indeed taken
place—not only as to the importance ot Colle
giate Education, but also in reference to tue poli
cy of fostering and sustaining such
here at home, instead of patronizing th° s
the Northern and Eastern States-and we n°«
find men in Georgia, who but a few
regarded the Educational enterprises of the day
with cold indifference, if not hostility,
eneaired in their efforts tor the promotion and
of institutions oi learning Besides the
State Institution, at Athens, which has enjoyed
a precarious prosperity for years—at one time
enjoying the liberal bounty of an enlightened
Legislature, al another the victim of sordid ig
norance—we have now several institutions of
learning under the patronage and guardianship
of the different popular sects of Christians,
which we are glad to perceive are fast advanc
ing in importance and usefulness, and which
must, with the great Temperance Reform alrea
dy commenced in our land, soon bring about
that degree of moral and civil advancement, as
a people, so ardently hoped for by every true
philanthropist, every well-wisher ot his coun
lrsOn our recent visit to Penfield, we were much
pleased to learn that the prospects of “Mercer
University” are brightening, notwithstanding
the shocl* which it, in common with every oth
er enterprize, has experienced from the seventy
of the times. The institution has been able
thus far, to keep clear ofdebt and we understood
that measures were adopted by the Board, at its
recent meeting, to place it “P on »
than it has heretofore stood. The Professor
ships which have, during the past year, been in
complete, have been supplied by the election oi
Rev Dr. Manley, ot Tuscaloosa, Ala , Prey
dent, and filling other vacancies. Ihe stew
ard’s Hall has been discontinued, and the oper
ations of the Manuel Labor system, which has
never proved profitable to the institution, mate
rially diminished, by a reduction in the amount
of acres to be cultivated. The expediency ol
building a new chapel, and making other im
prove menu demanded by the interests oi the m
stitution at this time, was also under considera
tion, and we learn from a member ot the Board,
since our return, that they have determined im
mediately to erect a large building, embracing
under the same roof a capacious Chapel, with
all the necessary recitation, apparatus, and li
brary rooms. , , ,
The Commencement Exercises, though mea
gre—there being only two in the graduating
class, and one Junior—were interesting and
highly creditable to both pupils and professors.
The following is the order of the proceedings on
Commencement day, Wednesday, the 26th.
PRSTBR.
MUSIC.
D.H. Walker, (Junior Class) Walton county
—Cathalicun.
MUSIC.
T. D. Martin, Ist Honor, Green county— Latin
Salutatory, Formation of Character, Valedic
tory.
MUSIC.
W. C. Wilkes, Ist Honor, Putnam county—
Moral Culture, Valedictory.
MUSIC.
Baccalaureate Address.
MUSIC.
The Baccalaureate, by Professor Mell, was
appropriate to the occasion—replete with whole
some admonition and sound practical advice—
and was listened to, as were the addresses of the
students, with profound attention, by a large and
highly gratified audience. The exercises were
enlivened by the excellent music of the Eaton
ton Band, which had been engaged for the occa
sion.
At half past three o’clock, the Oration before
the “Phi Delta” and “Ciceronean” Societies,
was delivered by Hon. George W. Crawfojd.—
To those who have enjoyed the pleasure ol
hearing this distinguished Orator and States
man, we need only remark that his speech on
this occasion was just what they would have
expected from him; but to those who have nev
er witnessed his peculiar impressive style oi
oratory, who have never listened to his tower
ing eloquence, his rich imagery and powerful
condensation of thought, it will be in vain loi
us to attempt to convey anything like an ade
quate idea of his most happy effort. The sub
ject was novel, and the position assumed cer
tainly debatable. Perhaps we relished it all the
better for this, especially as the moral enforceu
by the speaker was so applicable to the condi
tion and pursuits of those to whom it was ad
dressed. Mr. Crawford assumed that in the en
dowment ot mind all were equal, and 'hat to
culture alone were attributable the degrees ol
mental superiority discernable in man. Basing
his argument upon this position, he claimed th*
highest intellectual achievements to be within
the reach of every ambitious, devoted aspirant,
and that genius itself was but intense, laborious
thought. After thus offering the strongest in
ducement to mental industry, by claiming equal
powers for all, Mr. Crawford, in conclusion,
waved his position, and admitting, for the argu
ment, the opposite to be true, still inculcated the
esuie gren’ truth. By labor, the burthen of our
curse—bi which, like every thing emanating
from the c.nnipotent Giver to fallen man, was
fraught with inestimable blessings—not only
were the loftiest achievements of the most gigan
tic intellect to be attained, but even the inequal
ities of nature were overcome and the emanci
pation ol mind effected. Standing (said Mr.
C., in substance) upon the loftiest peak of the
towering Alleghanies, and casting the mind’s
eye towards the sea-board, over the vast expanse
of mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes, rav
ines and morasses, hills and chasms, that mark
the superficies of the land, would you ask in de
rision of man’s physical power—Can this be
brought to a plain ? While you ask, it is al
most accomplished. Even now are the hills
being levelled and the valleys elevated; and
soon will the iron car traverse with lightning
speed the broad area from the sea-board to the
mountains. Such are the triumphs of physical
labor—still greater aA nobler are those of men
tal industry.
We have not even attempted to give an out
line of this speech, feeling as we do our utter
incapacity to do it justice. We are glad to
learn it is shortly to be published in pamphlet
form.
We must not omit to tender our acknowledg
ments to our Penfield friends for the kind hospi
tality extended to us during our briel visit to
their very pleasant village.
Remarkable Instances of Longevity.
The following statement is compiled from
from some old Parish Registers, published in
different parts of Europe between the years
1500 and 1800, A. D., for the purpose ot per
petuating the memories of persons whose lives
were extended much beyond the usual sphere of
human existence. There are still extant a few
biographical sketches ot some of the parties,
showing that most of them were mechanics,
sailors, farmers, soldiers and laborers; that they
were exposed to various climatic influences by
field and flood; and that some of them experien
ced the rude buffetings of adversity, Ac. Many
of this remarkable company were repeatedly
wounded in battle, exposed by shipwreck and
subjected to other dangers, still they clung tena
ciously to life, even for generations after their
early associates had “bade the world farewell.”
We have arranged the successive ages in accor
dance with the forms of the curions old chroni
cles from which we extracted our catalogue.
Alive in the year 1766, John Da La fiourel, aged 130 yrs.
w “ “ 1766, George King, “ 130 “
“ « “ 1767, John Tayler, “ 130 *•
•• “ “ 1771, Wm. Btatie, “ 130 “
« “ “ 1778, John Wauon, “ 130 “
•• “ “ 1780, John Mcßride, “ 130 “
« 1790, William Ellie, “ 130 “
•» « “ 1795, David Cammeron, “ 130 “
1764, Elizabeth Taylor, 131 1761, Eliz’lh Merchant, 131
1775, Peter Gardner, 131 1772, Mrs. Keith, 134
1777, Francis Agne, 134 1759, James Bheile, 136
1777, John Blookey, 134 1767, Catharine Noon, 136
1744, Jane Harrison, 136 1772, John Richardson, 137
1774, Margaret Foster, 136 1793, Robertson, 137
1776, John Moriat, 136 1766, Thomas Dobson, 132
1756, Wm. Rharptey, 1361772, Mrs. Clim, 138
1768, Jailer Donough, 13s 17-5, Margaret Cameron, 139
1770, —— Fairbrotner, 138 1752, Wm. Laland, 140
1752, Counted Desmond,l4o 1770. James Sands, 140
1773. Swelling A. Monk, 142 1773, Charles McFinday, 143
1757, John Emngham, 144 1782, Evan Williams, 145
1766, Thomas Winsloe, 146 1772, J. C Drahakenb’rg,l46
1652, William Mead, 148 1768, Francis Corsir, 150
1512, Thomae Newman, 152 1635, Thomas Parr, 152
1650 James Bowles, 152 648, Thomas Damme, 154
1650* Henry West, 122 1763, A Polish Peasant, 157
1796,’ Joseph Burlington,l6o 1668, Wm. Edwards, 168
167A Henry Jenkins, 169 1782, Louisa Truxo, 175
The above schedule contains the names of
forty-eight persons (ten females and thirty-eight
males,) natives of Germany, Ireland, France,
Poland, Italy, England, Holland, Scotland, &c.
The average duration of their lives ranging a
boutone hundred and forty one and a hall years,
and it is deserving of notice, that the longest
liver ot. the list was a lady, who departed this
life at the venerable age of 176 years.
We have seen it stated that a man died in
Fredericktown, United States, reported to have
been 180 years old in the year 1797, but we have
no authentic document to authorize the insertion
of his name on our list.
When correctly informed on the subject, we
will include his name in a list ot Revolutiona
ry Patriarchs, which we will hereafter publish
for the entertainment of our. readers.—Sevan.
nah Georgian.
Dimxgeby Lightnihu.—The Savannah Re
publican of Thursday says:—During the thun
der shower yesterday forenoon, the lightning
struck the fore-top-gallant-mast of the brig Wood
stack, Capt. Tucker, lying on the opposite side
of ths River. The top-gallant-mast was split in
three piece*—the blocks on the top-sail-yard were
also all split ai d both clews of the top-sail were
set on fire. The rain, however which was fall
ing in torrents at the time, soon extinguished the
fire without much damage. The lightning des
cended down the topsail tie to the topsail sheets,
which were of iron, and thence to the deck of the
vessel, following the chain cable which was ly
ing across tbs deck, pasqjug of at the side.
The links ol the chain of the topsail sheet were
scattered in all directions over the deck. The
Captain, mate and one other person were in the
cabin at the time, but fortunately received no
damage.
TVSam Slick is about to favor his admirers
with another treat in the form of a new work to
b* published by Messrs. Lea & Blanchard,
Pkladelphia, to be called “The Attache, oxßam
mfrkto England.”
Fourteen Days Later from Canton.
By the arrival at New York of the fast sail
ing ship Horatio, Capt. Howland, we have re
ceived advice* from Macao down to the 19th of
April.
By the Ardaseer, arrived on .the 26th March,
the December overland mail has been receiveo,
and we have been put in possession ofa num
ber ot Bombay and Straits papers, that, howev
er, of course, convey no later itxelligence than
that received by the Vixen steamer. From the
Singapore papers we see that tigers and gangs
ofChmese commit great depredations against
the lives and property ol the inhabitants, and a
meeting ol the latter was convened, at which an
address to the Resident was agreed on, asking
for the establishment of a more efficient police,
the robbers hitherto having generally escapee
undetected, and therefore unpunished.
A comet has been visible, we learn, from Ma
nilla and Singapore since the beginning of last
month, but during almost all which time the
weather here has been so unsettled, and the sky
so continually overcast, that it was first beheld
here on the night ol the 28th. The comet itseb
is barely visible to the naked eye, but its tail is
ot great extent, say about 40 degrees, and quite
straight. At present it sets at about hall-past
ten, tn the southwest, and when first seen disap
peared soon after nightfall. It is probable,
therefore, that it will remain visible a long
while. We believe this to be a comet hitherto
unknown. As may be supposed, the Chinese
are in great consternation about it, believing
that it tbrbodes evil.
Among the many honors and promotions
bestowed upon the officer* ot the military and
naval forces employed in the late Chinese war,
indicative of the approval ot the government at
home of the services rendered, we are sorry to
find that the Chinese interpreters, who have hau
such very arduous duties to perform, and who
on occasion have even been as much exposed
to the enemy’s fire as any body else, should as
yet not have been remembered by Her Majes
ty’s government. They have during three oi
tour years been constantly employed in con
ducting the many negotiations which have at
length so happily terminated, and indeed upon
them the heads of the expedition were at ah
times totally dependent lor carrying on their in
tercourse with the people of the country; thus
frequently they weje called upon to perform du
ties which were not properly within theirsphere,
and owing to their number being so very small,
it may be supposed that their labors were not
light. To them the leaders of the expedition
have, we believe, been indebted to a great deal
of valuable information as to the intended
movements of the enemy, and Jhe commissariat
would frequently not have obtained the necessa
ry supplies, without their aid. Some of these
gentlemen, besides, have, fora considerable
while, discharged the duties oi magistrates, at
the places occupied by the English. In fact
their services have been invaluable, and the
public, and particularly the foreign community
in China, would have hailed with pleasure any
marks of approbation bestowed by the Queen’s
government on Messrs. Morrison, Gutzlaff and
I’hom, as due to them lor the eminent services
they have rendered.
We publish below a Circular issued by H.
E. Sir Henry Pottinger yesterday, infi ruling
the creditors of the Hingtae and other hongs,
that the 8500,000 now in the hands of the Uo
hong, will be distributed among them under the
superintendence of an officer on the part of the
British government. We believe the creditors,
for some time aware of the accumulation of the
Gonsoo fund, sometime since addressed the
secretary of H. M. Superintendents of trade, for
permission to have it distributed according to
their several claims.
We understand that Keshen has been rein
stated in many of his honors and titles, and that
he has lately been sent in the Government em
ploy to Yarkand, in Tartary. Nothing certain,
o far as we know, hasol late been heard of the
fate of Lin.
We mentioned some weeks since that Capt.
White of the Emma had picked up and brought
to Macao a boat crew of the shipwrecked Span
ish brig Singular, lost on the Patra Shoal. We
are glad to learn that the Captain General of
the Philippines has through Capt. Halcon con
veyed his acknowledgements to Capt. White ot
ihe humanity which prompted him to save the
lives of these people.
Official.
No. 134. Macao, 30th March, 1843.
Gentlemen—l am oirccted by Sir Henry Pot
tinger to intimate to you, that having now had
under his consideration, and having most care
lully perused and weighed the proceedings ol
■he Committee which investigated the claims
tgainst the insolvent Hingtae Hong in 1837,
dis Excellency has resolved to confirm these
proceedings, and to authorise the payment oi
jividends accordingly, under the superinten
dence of an officer on the part of the British
Government, who will be deputed to Canton for
that purpose.
The Cohong having reported that a further
sum of 8500,000 is ready to discharge the estab
lished claims against the Hingtae and other
hongs, orders will be issued lor its early divis
ion, and you are requested to pass the usual re
ceipts.
The eases of protest against the proceedings
if the Committee in the case of the Hingtae
lebts have been referred to England, and the de
cision of Her Majesty will be hereafter com
municated to the se who are interested in it.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your most ob’t. humble servant.
G. A. Malcolm.
To the British Merchants in China.
Creditors of the late Hingtae Hong.
We have this week made extracts from Eng
lish and Indian papers, which is all we could
lo for our readers, there having nothing hap
pened of the slightest local interest. The death
of Elepoo has put a complete stop to all trans
actions between the Plenipotentiary and the
Chinese authorities, and sufficient time has not
yet elapsed since that event for the Imperial ap
pointment of Elepoo’s successor to become
krown. In Canton nothing was stirring, and
trade proceeding as usual at Chusan and Amoy
by the last advices.
Died, the 29th inst., at Hongkong, of small
pox, after a week’s severe illness, Theodosia
Ann, wile of the Rev. William Dean, of the A
merican Baptist Mission.
Escape of Murderers.
The Tallahassee Floridian of the 22d inst.
says:—
“Governor Call has issued his proclamation
offering a reward of two hundred dollars for the
apprehension of Capt. Wm. Burney, and his
brother, Mr. David Burney, charged with the
homicide of Mr. Joseph Manning. The f riends
of the deceased have also offered an additional
reward ofthree hundreddollars.—The homicide
was committed about two weeks since, at a pub
lie gathering near Bunker Hill, in Jefferson
county. We are not fully informed of all the
particulars, and if we were, it might be improp
er to publish them in advance of a trial, as it
might prejudice the public mind. It is not, we
think, however, improper to state that the ori
gin of the difficulty between the partiesis said
to have grown out ot reports circulated recently
upon the alledged authority of confessions of
two convicts, recently sent to the Penitentiary
of Georgia from Lowndes county, lor man
slaughter, which implicate several citizens of
Georgia and Fiorida as being concerned tn some
of the murders in the Territory, hitherto attribu
ted to the Indians, and in forming an organized
band lor abducting slaves and plundering other
property; and on a list had by Mr. Manning
and others, were said to have been the names of
the Messrs. Burney’s.
“We have not words to express our horror,
on account of the reports founded upon the al
ledged confession of the Georgia convicts 1 We
learn several citizens of Florida, heretofore es
teemed to be respectable, are named, in con
junction with some of the veriest outcasts of so
ciety, refugees from other parts, brought hither
since the war, as being members of an organiz
ed gang of robbers and murderers! and it is as
serted that circumstances arc detailed of their
personal participation in deeds of outrage and
murder upon their neighbors in the disguise of
Indians, too horrible to repeat, and too incredi
ble to be believed. If there is a shadow ot
truth in these reports, the matter should be fer
rettedout; the lacts should be made public.—
The innocent should have an opportunity of
disproving tbe allegations implicating them,
and the guilty should be punished. The circula
tion of there reports and rumors should cease,
unless legal steps are taken to investigate the
guilt of those accused. Private malice some
times, in this irresponsible form, attempts to
usurp the functions of the advocate of public
justice. This should not be.
Lasting Record or the Names or Distin
guished Americans.—The places in the United
States named after distinguished individuals
who have served the country’ are as follows:
First, Washington. There are 21 counties and
97 towns and villages in the United States named
after the father of his country. Four counties
and 12 towns and villages bear the appellation
of his illustrious bosom friend General de la
Fayette. 13 counties and 20 towns and villages
arenamed after the first maityr to our national
independence, Warren. 4 countiesand six towns
arc called Hancock —5 counties and 14 towns.
Adams. There are 12 counties and 44 towns
and villages named Wayne. 14 counties and
40 towns have received the appellation ol Greene
the conqueror of Tarleton. There are 5 coun
ties and 4 towns justly called after the brave
yeoman, General Putnam—lo counties and 13
towns after Pike—l counties and 10 towns after
the gallant and lamented Lawrence—s counties
and 6 towns after Knox. There are 6 counties
and 89 towns and villages named after the ex-
President Jackson—7 counties and 28 towns af
ter the deceased Harrison—‘j counties and
40 town* Alter Perry. There is a county
named Jefferson in New York, in Pennsylvania,
in Virginia, in Georgia, in Alabama, in Ten
nessee, in Louisiana, in Kentucky, in Ohio, in
Indiana, in Illinois, in Missouri, in Florida,
and in Arkansas, with 51 towns. There are 4
counties and 44 towns of the name ot Monroe,
and 42 counties and 35 towns of that oi Madison .
There are 15 counties and 34 towns namesake
of Franklin, 6 counties and 18townsof Johnson.
3 counties and 16 towns of Clay, and3counties
named after Calhoun.
From Hit Dublin Freeman's Journal, Ja •. 30.
Ascent of Mr. Gypson, the Aeronaut.
It being publicly announced for some days
past, that a balloon was to ascend from tne
Portobella gardens yesterday, considerable anx
iety was manifested on the subject, and at an
early hour the neighborhood about the vicinity
of the scene of attraction presented a very bust
ling and animated appearance. The hour orig
inally announced tor the ct mmencement ot the
process of inflation was 12 o’clock, but long
previous to that time the crowds about the j lace
had swollen to many thousands, and the interior
of the gardens was thronged to inconvenience
by the elite and lash ion of the metropolis. On a
moderate calculation there could not have been
less than 4000 persons congregated in the gar
dens on this interesting and novel occasion.
The gigantic machine (being 70 feet high from
the top of the car) stooa in an open space, and
seemed as it were, like a living thing; ready at
a moment’s notice to burst its bandage and soar
aloft in its kindred element. The process ol
inflation, however, to general expectation, and
consequent in a lack of gas in the locality,
took place the prev ous night at the Hibernian
gas works, and a quantity of 25,000 cubic feet
of gas was admitted 1 into the machine, alter
which it was with labor and difficulty removed,
>y upwards of 100 men, to the gardens, where it
was secured. Great and many preparations
were necessary to complete the balloon for its
voyage, and it was not until 6 o’clock that Mr.
Gypson, the adventurous aeronaut, lound all
things ready for the ascent. At this hour Mr.
Gypsonstepped into the car, and fora moment
the most still silence prevailed; but when the
cords were loosened, and the magnificent struc
ture rose from the earth into the “blue clouds ol
neaven," a prolonged and joyous shout, which
seemed to rend the air through, the balloon float
ed, greeted the enterprising voyager. 'Die as
cent was rapid and beautiful. At first it was
perpendicular, but after an altitude of about
3000 feet, it came into a current of air, and the
wind being in a south east by east direction, the
machine bore away to that point. In a few
minutes after it was seen inclining southerly,
and then, as if by magic, it suddenly shot up
wards, and became invisible forseveral minutes,
in consequence of a cloud passing easterly,
When again visible it was floating gently’ away
to the southward, and in 20 minutes after its
ascent, was
“ Like the baseless fabric of a vision,
Leaving not a week rbehind.”
From the direction of the wind it was calcu
lated that the balloon would pass over Bray,
and great crowds of persons were assembleu
on the bridge in that town during the evening tc
watch the passage of the expected aerial visiter;
but the calculation on which they depended
happened to be inaccurate, the balloon having
been carried some distance to the north of the
town, and at such an elevation that we believe
it was observed by very lew in that neighbor
hood, and the opportunity of witnessing the aero
naut’s descent, and that, too, under circumstan
ces of the most exciting interest, was reserved
tor the inhabitants of, and sojourners at, the
small fishing station at Bray Head strand. At
a quarter past 6 o’clock the balloon was observ
ed by some persons on the beach descending, as
it were, from the clouds, and approaching the
earth from a north west direction. It came so
close to the surface that the aeronaut was heard
calling with his utmost strength to the men on
the shore; but it was soon evident thgt the inflat
ing gas did nm escape quickly enough inorder
to bring the balloon to the surface of terra firma.
The wind, which was a stiff breeze; blew ob
liquely from the land out to sea; the balloon
passed the verge of the beach, and seemed to
ascend still higher as it came over the deep,
and lor a moment it was doubtful whether it
would not be carried among the surf and rocks
at the foot ol Bray Head, or be dashed against
the precipices of that promonotory; in eithei
case the fate of the bold and unfortunate aero
naut being inevitable destruction. The appear
ance of the balloon at this time was extremely
curious. From its collapsed state it fluttered
like the sail of a vessel when tacking near the
wind; jl darted from side to side like a paper
kite; the head rolled about, and the car, pendu
lous far above tiie deep agitated sea, oscillated
fearfully, the occupant of the frail vehicle being
scarcely visible in the distance.
At length the decisive moment came; the
gas escaped in large volumes, and the balloon
tell with great velocity and in an almost per
pendicular line into the sea, from two to three
cables’ length from the shore, the car, with its
burden, causing a heavy splash, and sinking sot
a moment out of sight. A boat was immedi
ately pushed off through the surf, and six fish
ermen from the neighboring houses pulled out,
and having first rescued Mr. Gypson from his
perilous position, after being about 20 minutes
tn the water, they made an incision in the still
inflated balloon, and having gathered it into the
boat, returned to land. The anxiety to ascer
tain whether Mr. Gypson survived the accident
was intense; bqt that gentleman, upon being
lifted from the boat, dripping as he was with
water, made a stout effort to get out ot the hands
of his assistants, and, rushing through the crowd
commenced running up the beach unsupported.
This rather whimsical attempt to appear strong
and uninjured was evidently forced, and he was
soon obliged to accept the support of Capt. De
bizac, of the coast guard, and ot another gen
tleman, who assisted him into the house of the
former, where he received every attention ; and
the proper restoratives having been resorted to,
he was put to bed, there being no appearance of
his being able to undertake the journey to town
last night. The balloon fell directly opposite
Captain Debizac’s residence, and it is thought
that many minutes more in the water would
have been fatal to the intrepid and enterprising
teronaut.
From the Maryland Republican.
Henry Clav and the Magnolia.—There is
something, we think, peculiarly mindful, appro
priate, and touching In the presentation, at this
time, of Magnolia trees by the Mississippian to
the honored Western statesman. The magno
lia is a native of the North American forests,
and a magnificent evergreen of noble height and
beauty; its flowers are very large and deliciously
fragrant, and Its emblem is perseverance.
Henry Clay’s glorious life has been devo
ted to his whole country, and is the ever
green property of the American people. He
sprung from the American soli a poor olough boy
and by perseverance has imprinted his enlarged
and fruitful schemes of policy upon the history
and destiny of the land, and the hearts of his grate
ful countrymen. Uy perseverance, too, the Whigs
will, ir due time, rear him to a height where he
will be enabled to perfect the great measures to
which he has devoted himself with such patriotic
singleness. Let the magnolia henceforth be the
emblem of the Whigs.
Kentucky has put her helm hard down for pay
ing her debts. She has, by a wise negotiation
with her banks, corrected the old mistake of giv
ing State bonds for Bank shares, and exchanged
back the shares for the binds, getting both par
ties out of debt. Her debt is by this operation
reduced to about three million; and to pay this,
the legislature have imposed heavier taxes than
are paid in any other State. Most of the circula
ting bonds for four, five and six dollars, issued in
1841 to the amount of three hundred thousand
dollars have been funded in thousand dollar new
bonds.
Dress.—What an insult to humanity is the
present deference to dress and upholstery, as if
silkworms and looms, scissors and needles,
could produce something nobler than man I
Ever}' good man should protest against a taste
founded on outward propriety, because it exalts
the outward above the inward, the material a
bove the spiritual; because it springs fro.n and
cherishes a contemplated pride in superficial
and transitory distinctions; because it alienates
man from his brother, and breaks the tie of com
mon honesty, and breeds jealousy, scorn and
mutual ill-will.
A Christian Argument.—lt is related of the
good Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, that
conversing once with a person on the criminal
law ot Fiance, anu expressing disapprobation
at the number of executions which had taken
place, his Iriend remarked, in opposition to the
arguments of the Archbishop, that these men,
convicted of hen ions crimes, were unworthy to
live.
“Ah, my triend,” replied Fenelon, “you do
not reflect that they are still more unfit to die.”
Better late than never.—The Delaware
Republican says:—“A revolutionary soldier
named Jacob Carr, aged one hundred and Un
years, was baptized in ihe Wissahickon a few
weeks ago. He served under Washington du
ring the whole war, and is now a pensioner.—
His grand children and great grand children re
side in the village of Brandywine. He enjoys
the best of health, and now in his old age has
become a Christian and joined the church ot
Christ. His pillow will be smoothed by the
Lamb of God when he receives the summons of
Death.”
A Queer Colt. —The Rome (N.Y.) Citizen
states that a Mr. Brown, ofLee Centre, has a colt
with two perfectly formed heads and necks. The
colt is large and full grown, and perfect in all res
pects. The heads are precisely alike, and the
necks entirely distinct and separate from the
breasts and shoulders; the spines ot the necks
continue on through the body in two separate
backbones uniting at the tail.
Mississippi Legislature.—The N. O. Tropic
says:—We learn from a passenger down the river
yesterday, that a motion to adjourn this body
passed the lower House last Monday, but It was
vetoed by the Senate. There is a strong proba
bility the 81ate wi Ibe districted according to law.
The'Vicksburg Whig speaks favorably of ihe plan
proposed by Doct. Coleman, a locofoco member
from De Soto, and expresses much satisfaction
at the prospect of its adoption.
A Dreadful Earthquake.—A letter from
Tabriz brings the disastrous account of an earth
quake having nearly destroyed the whole of the
town of Khoi, between the Lakes of Urnia and
Perils, by which upwards of a thousand people
perished. The Inhabitants of Tabriz have also
been alarmed by frequent and violent shocks.
Very Remarkable.—One oi our subscribers,
(says the Charleston Observer.') whose paper
was discontinued in March, 1835, has volun
tarily sent ns—postage excepted—the lull a
mount of principal and interest to date; stating
that it would have been paid before, bit' he has
seen hard run with a numerous family to sup
, on. Aa this is a rare example, it deserves to
be circulated for the benefit of the craft.
The Tariff and the Democracy.—The
Whig Republicans of Georgia have been beat
en at the elections some of the past years, partly
by a moUL-y power, partly by the most gross and
unfounded misrepresentations that everuisgrac
ed any political party. If these occurrences
were not still recent, we might despair of con
vincing, but happily the events wich we describe
are but little removed from time now present.
The management ot the Central Bank by a Mil
ledgeville Democratic Clique, who brayed so
loud against a U. 8. Bank, against paper cur
rency, and in favor oi metallic currqifcy, while
pouring forth the floods of irredeemable Central
Bank paper, that their clamour effectually de
ceived tbe mass of the people who thought “the
people's ban!:" must be upheld, was one of the
most scandalous deceptions ever palmed off up
on the people. The issue of 8750,000 of Cen
tral Bank paper which has so depleted the Treas
ury, exhausted the resources ot the State, anu
corrupted by reasonable bribes, her lawgivers,
was solely and entirely a Democratic pleasure,
resisted by the Whigs almost to a man with all
their jiower andall their talent. That issue was
made under the specious name of “relief to ihe
people.” In order to eke put the whole issue or
dered, money was borrowed in New York at a
high rate of interest in order to loan it out to the
people at six per cent. The consequence of the
issue and ol borrowing a part of the money, for
it were, first, the disgrace of the credit ol the
State in the non-payment of the principal
and the tardy payment ot the interest due to
Reed, Irving & Co. in England: and second,
the disgrace of her credit by the non-pay
ment, till, we believe, more than a year after
due, of the debt to the Phcenix Bank of New
York. With all this the IS higs had nothing to
do, except to resist such ruinous measures in a
solid phalanx.
Row, we observe another consequence of this
last issue. The financiers at Milledgeville did
not care about the consequences so lung as they
could gain more time lo leather their on n nest,
no more than they cared how much interest the
State lost, in order that they might get their pay
in good bank paper, by sending down Central
Bank money here, and selling it at a discount lor
our good paper, which they put in their pockets.
A day ol reckoning was to come, however. The
State could not long endure these assaults upon
her treasury, and now see the sequel. These
same borrowers from the Central Bank are sued
in the length and bredath nJ the land,by this same
Bank Democratic Clique at Milledgeville. We
were loud and faithful in our warnings, We
did not spare expostulations, We averred that
these loans were no relief unless they were made
inperpetuily, as many of the borrowers believed.
The State, however, could not bear these oner
us taxes, and the Clique, who have added 25
per cent, to Mr. Black’s “odious Whig tax bill ol
1840,” now see the necessity of making collec
tions, and the result may be seen in the adver
tisements of Sheriffs throughout the Stale, of the
property of those who have borrowed of “the
People’s Bank." The people of Floyd cauftty,
who were promised 836 per head Irom the “Rea
de's Bank," in the eyept us the success ot the
Democracy, are disappointed perhaps, but their
disappointment was riot a grevious calamity like
that inflicted upon those who have borrowed;
I’he tariff'and Mr. McDonald’s tea and eoffee,
also aided our opponents wonderfully. The
Tariff js relied upon to help them out again, and
we cannot see why Dawson and McDonald’s tea
and coffee, or at least some faint odour ol it tnigh.
not help them now. We shall examine lunher
the pre ensions of the Democracy, in relation to a
i atilt.— Savannah Republican.
From the Constitutionalist.
Mr. Editor:—As it affords me much pleasure
to contribute to the lull development ol tne local
advantages qf our city, and to show that it has
resources which ho a ever neglected at present,
are sufficient ti. give it a commercial impor
tance superior to any inland city at the south —
and as I have in the pursuit ot my profession
acquired some know ledge ol the topography ol
Augusta and its vicinity, which may be ser
viceable to your readers, and to your cqnesjxin
dent “Useful Inlqnnatiun,” 1 will with your
permission answer some ol his queries.
Ist. To answer a stranger to our city, it
wou'd be necessary to make a statement o; the
Geological formation of out vicinity, but ol this
1 can at present only give an outline.—The
counties’of Richmond and Columbia are situa
ted in what is known as the diluvial formation,
resting on the original or primitive, or just at
at the overlapping as it were ol the former on
the latter. Ihe valley ol the Savannah appeals
to have been lortned by the removal ol a con
siderable portion ol the diluvial, which in some
places leaves the original bare, and in others
but slightly covered by beds ot clay, sand, &c.
This valley islrom 1 to 4 and 6 miles wide and
15 to 20 miles long, and the city is situated at its
upper or north-western extremity. The Savan
nah river flows in various direction* through
the valley, and is perpetually changing its
course—the banks are ib consequence washed
offand replaced wilh layers of silt, sand, gravel
and vegetable remains, and vary from 33 to 36
feet high at the city. The Sand Hiils in ihe
vicinity are of the diluvial formation, composed
of sand, gravel and elay, in some instances in
durated and thus forming a freestone fit for tue
ornamental purposes ot Architecture, and in
others a ferruginous sand stone, but it is gener
ally unindurated—jt cjntains liagments of gar
nets, &c. and is clearly the detritus ol the o, igi
nal rocks oi the upper country. The stratum
of original rock upon which these formations
rest is called epidotic gneiss; it contains small
veins ol marble, quartz and felspar, also iron
and copper pyrites. By sounding the river this
stratum is found to undcrlaj’ the diluvial to
about the centre ol Augusta, and extends thence
4or 5 miles up the river. At about 5 miles
mica slate occurs, and at 6 miles grey granite.
The river flows over and through these rocks
rather in rapids than falls, and the extent js
about 4 miles, as the ascent commences, at or
near tbe upper end oflhe city, hut the principal
ascent is at 3 miles, and the difference of level
between this latter point and the city is about
39 J feet. The width of the river is 530 feet
from water’s edge to water’s edge at low water,
and al the foot of Mill-street near the upper end
of the city averages 12 feet in depth. The ve
locity there was not noted at low water, when
the river is high it is about 6 miles an hour.
2d. The diluvial or Sand Hills are Horn 220
to 250 feet high, at the up; et end of the city
they are within 1| miles, but in consequence of
the junction oflhe Savannah with the valljes of
Rocky and Butler’s Creek, the hills are more
remote, and south-west of the city the Golden
Camp Hill is at a distance of 6 miles; from
these and from several other elevations around
the valley views of it and the city may be had
which afford to the inquirer a good and conect
idea of their extent and beauty.
3d. The falls, as above stated, are rapids and
extend 4 or 5 miles, butlhe greatest difficulty is
in the navigation of the 2d and 3d; at present,
boats 75 or 80 feet long and 5 leet beam, carry
ing 60 to 80 bales oi cotton, are the only crafts
employed above Augusta. The country is both
hilly and rocky. At 12 miles by water the bed
of the river crosses the granitic stratum.
4th. The answer to this query is included in
the preceding. It may he proper, however, to
note that the old Arsen 1 on the River Bank
above the city was abandoned some years ago,
and that it is at present situated on the crest of
the Sand Hill, west north-west of Augusta
about 3 miles.
In addition to the above, I would also offer
the following extract from a Report made in
1836:
“Instead ol the surplus poj'ulation of the Pi
ney woods being driven to the west, and to Tex
as, for subsistence, I would make them increase
the wealth ot their native State by exchanging
their surplus labor with other countries for the
comforts and luxuries ot life—labor is the true
wealth of the country, and it enters largely as
a component ol the price ol the fine manufac
tured cottons. In 1832 it was stated that the
amount of Sea Island Cotton used in Britain
was 1,600,000 pounds, valued at 4)120,000 ster
ling, which when manufactured into yarn
weighed 1,000,000 pounds, and was worth
X’500,000 sterling, clearly showing that we pay
£3Bo,o<Mt or more tlutti twice the- value of ihe
raw cotton to have it made up into wearing or
ornamental apparel.
“The effect ol opening these quarries on the
banks ol the river, affording a safe and cheap
water carriage to any market, would reasona
bly be expected to be, an extension of perma
nent rail and other roads, public and private
buildings on which the chaste work of the sculp
tor would not be lost, and in paving streets, &c.
The cities of Augusta, Charleston and Savan
nah would be improved by the facility with
which they could obtain wrought stone, and the
whole southern sea coast would participate in
the advantage of being able to construct Houses,
Wharves, Bridges, Locks of Canals, Forts,
Breakwaters, and Monuments. This naviga
tion made safe, would ensure to Augusta sup,
plies of provisions, sawed timber, fire wood
&c., and the production ot cotton will be in
creased with tbe facility and lessened expense
oftakingitto market. Increased commercial
intercourse will afford opportunities to examine
the geological features ot, in this respect, and
almost unexplored portion of the country and
to develope her mineral resources.
“War would disturb our foreign commerce
and cut off our supply of manufactured cottons;
we may not get them from the north. The
wardrobe of the poor would be reduced to half
its present extent, and the laboring man who
now has a clean shirt and stockings may not in
that event be able to procure either; to protect
the poor against these sufferings the statesman
who loves his country’ will encourage domestic
manufactures. Cotton in our Ware-houses
during a war with a powerful maritime nition
would not be worth so much as a palmetto log,
without the aid ot the manufacturer.
“1 am not ambitious to have the South the
Cotton Shop as England is the “Iron Shop” ol
the world, but I would secure to the growers of
cotton all the benefits that may be derived from
it* culture.” Respectfully, &c.
William Phillips.
Lightning.—While so many deaths by light
ning are occurring in different parts of the coun
try, it is important to remember one simple pre
scription, viz. when a person is struck down
with lightning, lose no time in dashing cold wa
ter upon him, even if he is apparently dead. By ;
thia means many lives may be preserved whicii ■
would otherwise be lost. I
From the Cincinnati Gaoeltt.
The Union as it la.
Our country, as at present limited, extends in
length 3jt.»o miles al the greatest point, 17tW in
bteautli and contains about 2,300,000 square
miles. It has a frontier line of a out 10,000
miles, a sea coast ol 3,600, and a lake coast ol
1,200. Ihe United St.aes comprise auout one
twentieth of Hie habitable land of the whole
world. In i7yo uur pupnlaiion amounted to
3,9*0,328. In 1840 lo 17,062,696 —us which 2,-
487,113 were slaves. The employments of the
people were thus divided:
Agriculture3,7l7,7s6
Commercell7,s7s
Manufactures and Trades79l,s4s
Navigating tne 0cean556,025
do Rivers, lakes, canals, &c... 33,067
Miningls,2o3
Learned Professions6s,236
We have 26States, the population us which
is well known. The territories by the last cen
sus, were populated thus:
District ol Columbia43,6l2
Florida 51,477
Wisconsin 30,945
10wa.43,112
Washington became the capital of the Unit
ed States in 1800.
The general height of the Alleghany range of
mountains is about 2000 or 3000 leet above the
level of the ocean. The highest peak in this
range is Black mountain, N. C., W’hich is 6,476
feet. Round Top, the highest peak of the Cats
kill, is 3,804 feet
'l’he Rocky Mountains have a general height
of9ooo feet, though some peaks are much high
er, and have been estimated as high as from
20,000 to 25,000 feet.
The highest peak of the Green Mountains,
Mansfield, is 4,280 feet.
The highest peak of the White Mountains,
Mt. Washington, is 6,428 feet.
Mount Marcy, west of Lake Champlain, in
New York, is 5,460 feet.
The chief Cities and Towns were thus popu
lated in 1840:
New Y0rk312,710
Philadelphia 228,691
Baltimorelo2,3l3
New Orleanslo2,l93
805t0n93,383
Cincinnati.... ....4) .46,338
Brooklyn >36,233
Albany F 1... 33,721
Charleston.... 29,261
Washington... X, 23,364
Providence 23,171
Louisville ...21,210
Pittsburgh (without the environs). .21,115
Lowell .... 20,796
Rochester2o,l9l
Richmond2o,ls3
Buffalolß,2l3
Newark 17,290
St. L0ui516,469
Portland,ls,2lß
5a1em.15,083
la 1840, the capital invested in foreign trade,
&c., stood thus:
Importing and Commissioji Mer-
chant 58119.295,367
Domestic Retail Stores 250,301,799
Fisheries 16,429,620
Value of imports in 1840 107,141,519
Exports of Domestic Produce.... 113,895,634
Do Foreign Produce 18,190,312
Home made or family goods were
produced in IBlOto the amount of 29,230,380
The condition so our manufactures stood thus:
Total amount of capital employed. 8267,726,579
Tfie cotton manufactories amounted to 1240.
They employed 72,119 jiersons.—
Capital invested in them 851,102,359
Woollen manufactures employed
21,342 persons. Capital invested. 15,765,124
Revenue 28,234,512
Expenses 26,613,656
The regular army, acconiing to the law of
184’3, oonsists ol 9,012 men and officers.
Militia of all the States and Terri-
t0rie5............ 1,587,722
Navy, July, 1841.
11 ships of the line.
15 frigates (first class.)
2 do. (second class.)
21 sloops of war.
4 brigs.
8 schooners,
2 steam It igates and several smaller steam
vessels.
Os the public land, 100,000,000 aces are sur
eyed and unsold.
The whole expenses of Revolution-
ary war, estimated in specie... .8135,193,703
UrThe annexed story, from a New York pa
per, is one of the nest which we have met with
for some Huie:
Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficult
ies.—Standing with airien.ithe other day by the
uver-side to take in the noble coup d’ceii of the
new steamer KnickerbocKer, we overheard a lit
tle anecdote connected witti wi.ter-craft which
made our companion merry all the way home;
which we shall here transcribe, “and which it
is hoped may please.” “11 seems there was, (nay,
we know, not semis, there ions) a verdant youth
from theinteriorol Connecticut, fonhe first time
aboard steamboat. Hiscuitisity was unboun
ded, He examined here, and he scrutinized
there; wormed trom the engineer a compulsory
lecture, on the steam engine and mechanics in
general, and from ihe firemen an essay on white
heat, and the “average consumption of pine
cord-food.”
At length his inquiring mind was checked in
its investigations, and “the pursuit of knowledge
under difficulties” made at once apparent. He
had mounted to the wheel-house, and was asking
the pilot: “What you doin’ Mat lor Mister 1—
whatgoorfdoes’t do?” when he was observed by
the captain, who said, in a gruff voice : “Go a
way Irmn there ! Don’t you see the sign, ‘No
talkin’ to the man at the helium ?’ Go ’way !”
“Oh! certing—yaes; I only wanted to know—”
“Well you do know now that you can’t talk to
him; so go ’way!”
W ith unwilling willingness the verdant youth
came down ; and, as it was soon dark, he pres
ently went below; but four or five times before
he “turned in” he was on deck, and near the
wheel-house, eyeing it with a thoughtful curios
ity; but with the captain’s public rebuff still in
his ears, venturing to ask no questions. In the
first gray of the dawn, he was up, and after some
hesitation, perceiving nobody near but the pilot,
who was turning the wheel, as when he had last
. seen him, he preferred his “suppressed ques
tion” in the oblique style peculiar to his region:
’‘Wai, goin it yit ha ? —been at it all night ?
screewin on her upl—ehl” What vague conjec
tures must have bothered the poor querist’s brain,
during the night, may be partly interred from
the absurd but “settled conviction” to which he
had at length arrived I
A Fact to be Remembered.—Of the Con
gress of 1790—91, nineteen members had been
members ol the Convention which trained our
Constitution. Ol these nineteen, thirteen voted
tor the first Bank of the United Stales, two for
the right of repeal after March 1802, and four
against the Bill. Among those who voted a
gainst the Bill, was Mr. Madison, who after
wards changed his opinion and sanctioned the
second Bank. So that more than two-thirds ot
these Statesmen, interpreting the wot k of their
own hands, decided that a National Bank was
constitutional- Yet in the face of this fact, the
known opinions of Washington, Knox, Govern
or Morris, Hamilton, &e. and the repeated de
cisions ol the Supreme Court, modern demo
crats say that a National Bank is unconstitu
tional.
In the same Congress were seven signers of
the Declaration ol Independence. Fiveofthese
namely, Robert Morris, Elbridge Gerry, George
CL met, Koger Sherman ana George Read,
voted lor the charter, and only two, Richard
Henry uee and Charles Carroll, for the right of
repeal alter March, 1802. These men under
stood ; itu appreciated the Liberty for which
they h.pieaged “their lives, their fortunes and
their stored honor,” and which they had be
queathed to posterity. But mo lem politicians
say that a Bunk vill take away the Liberties of
the Columbia Observer.
Bodily Exsucigji in Early Life.—To fetter
the active motions of children, as soon as they
have aeqirired the u-e 01 their limbs, is a bar
barous opposition to nature; and to do so under
a pretence of improving their minds and man
ners, is an insulltocommon sense. It may, in
deed, be the way to train up elevated puppets or
short-lived prodigies of learning; but never to
form healthy, well-informed, and accomplished
men and women. Every teeling individual
must behold, with much heartfelt concern, poor
little puny creatures of eight or twelve years
ol age, exhibited by their silly parents as profi
cients in learning, or as distinguished for their
early proficiency in languages, elocution, mu
sic, or even some frivolous acquirement. The
strength of the mind as well as of the body is
exhausted and the natural growth ol both is
checked by such untimely exertions.
A Fair Hit.— “ Can any good thing come out
of Nazareth."— There are yet some vestiges of
civilization in Florida. They hung a man
there the other day for killing his wile.—.V. Y.
Herald.
Yes, Mr. Bennett, and had you been a resident
of Florida, instead of New York, you would have
been hung long since for your rascality and a
buse.—Port Leon {Florida) Com. Gazette
After Thoughts.—When the veil of death
has been drawn between us and the objects of
our regard, how quick-sighted do we become to
their merits, and how bitterly do we then rem m
ber words or looks of unkindness which may
have escaped us in our intercourse with them.
How careful should such thoughts render us in
the lulfilment of those offices oi affection which
it may yet be in our power to perform—for
who can tell how soon the moment may
arrive when repentance cannot be followed by
reparation.
Hope Hope is like a poplar besideja river
—undermined oy that which feeds it—or, like a
butterfly, crushed by being caught—or, like a
fox-chase, of which the pleasure is in the pur
suit—or, like revenge, which is generallj’ con -
verted into disappointment or remorse as soon
as it is accomplisned—or, like a will-o’-tbe-wist,
! running after which, through pools and pu 'dks,
»' you are’not likely to catch any thing—bul a
cold.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
“Free Trade and Low Duties.”
Major Cooper, in b.isletter resigning his seat
in Congress, among other strange things rather
bordering on the egotistic, remarks that in his
representative capacity, he uniformly advoca
ted “free trade and bno .lulus." We ate not
certain that we distinctly n nderstand what idea
these expressions are intend'“d to convey. Free
trade, is to our minds, 01 le thing, and any
amount of duties however hid h or low, is anoth
er. It is admitted, we apprehend, on all hands,
that the government cannot wel l get along with
less money than a duty of 20 pc r cent, on the
imports ot the country would firing into the
treasury. Suppose now, to carry out our idea,
arrangements were entered into am I proclama
tion made by the government at Washington,
that the trade with this country was ti'be hence
forth free and unrestricted, the port* thrown
open to the commerce ot the world, and the
productions of every land admitted at out marts
without let or hindrance; but behold wh en the
pro.luetionsarrive they find themselves bu. rden
ed with low duties, say 10 or 20 jier cent, and
the importers compelled to pay them. W.hat
idea of free trade would this give a man of
sense? The fact is that trade can only be f're>e
whin that freedom is reciprocal; when the sur
plus produce ot other nations is disposed of here
duty free, and ours sold in foreign markets, un
taxed.
It is a fact which will probablj’ be admitted
by Major Cooper, that foreign nations will, in
dependently of any views or wishes of his, con
tinue to levy such duties on our exports, and im
pose such restrictions on our Commerce as may
seem to them necessary and proper. Ambition,
avarice, self-preservation itself requires them to
do so. And it is proposed to fling open our ports,
make free tbe trade of every petty province of
the old world or the new, invite the serfs of des
pots or the hirelings of kings to send their handy
work untaxed to the very doors of ournative cit
izens, thereby compelling our 'ulers to resort to
direct taxation to support the Government, and
the people, thousands of them at least, to fling
themselves on the chilling condolence of the
world’s cold charily? It may be however that
this tree policy on ourpart may move the bet
ter feelings of foreign nations, and cause them
to relax somewhat their steady purpose.
Is this human nature; is it the conduct of na
tions ? Not at all. Avarice never did unclutch
its withered fingers, it never yet opened its hard
and bloodless heart either trom the weakness or
the liberality ol its victim. Os this, Maj. Coop
er is probably as good a witness as ourselves.—
He may then talk about free trade as much as
he pleases, but if the freedom is to be altogether
on one side, and he has no power to prevent it;
if, by such a policy, ourcountry is to be the vic
tim, whilst every other istoplunderher with im
punity and fatten on her ruir, we declare war in
advance against such a system, and shall wage
it until the people shall overthrow its advocates,
and deprive them of the power of destroying the
liberties of th ’ir country.
We repeat the assertion that unless freedom
is universal and reciprocal, there is no freedom
in it. Now, does Major Cooper, or any body
else, either hope or expect such a state of things,
as this hitherto unknown reciprocity supposes?
Is he not conversant enough with the condi
tion and history of othernations to know, that
the stem law of present necessity virtually com
pels them to resort to some kind of a tariff in
order to support their respective governments?
Does he not know that the productions of the
U. States, every article that the farmer makes
for sale, is taxed in the markets of Europe and
elsewhere with enormous duties, amounting in
many cases to absolute prohibition? And yet
he talks with complacency about free trade.
What does he mean by this cabalistic or rath
er this catch penny expression? Does he, can
he as an American statesman, intend to counte
nance for a moment the suicidal ideas that the
exports of the worn out and worthless countries
abroad shall come here free and unfettered by
governmental restrictions, whilst the productions
ot the freemen of thi« favored land shall rot on
their hands, or perish in their sale, under the
withering influence of foreign policy? If such
is his boasted system of free trade, and from the
very nature of things he can have no other, we
pray in advance to lie delivered from him and
nis darling hobby.
aCr The Louisville Journal of the 21st inst
says that between three and four hundred hand
some brick buildings are going up in that city
this season. Many ot these are situated on lots
hitherto vacant, and others are displacing old
frame tenements. There has been a very great
accession to the population of the city during
the last tew months.
JjrGreene, who was found guilty of murder
at the late term oflhe Superior Court in Colum
bus, was executed on the 21st inst.
Col. Johnson.-—The Louisville Journal says
the good people doub' the identity of Col. John
son when he makes his appearance where he is
not known. It adds: “He made a speech in a
certain village over in oursister State, where he
had never been before, and the Locolbco inno
cents who heard him swore it was not the genuine
Dick Johnson, but some sham Dick that the curs
ed Whigs wanted to humbug them with; and it
was a long time betore they could be induced to
admit that the poor, miserable, blundering ora
tor before themwas the celebrated Dick John
son, the eraditSilor of Tecumseh, the author of
the famous Sunday Mail Report, and the irre
sistible fascinator of femalesof the most unques
tionable Ethiopian origin.
The Motherless.
Light is thy spirit, thou blooming child,
With tbe bounding step, and the Faugh so wild—
A stranger might pause, thv sport to see,
And smile on the picture oi‘ health and glee;
But I view thy gladness in .deep distress,
For 1 mourn the fate of the Motherless.
Thou hast kissed that mother’s clay cold cheek.
Thou kuowest that Iter accents, kind and meek,
Can cheer not thy listening ear again;
Thou hast joined the gloomy funeral train,
Ane thy teals have flowed o’er the silent dead;
But those tears were banished, as soon as shed;
O! the infant heart is slow to guess
The woes in store for the Motherless.
The father loves thee, but earthly cares, ’
Spread in his way their engrossing snares:
lie mils for thee, in the world’s vast mart
But he only gives thee a share of his heart.
Tnere are none lo point out thy budding charms,
Or to place thee fondly, in his arms,
And his passing visit, and Grief caress,
Can little profit the Motherless.
But thy caildish glee, is a blessed boon—
The knowledge of ill will all come too soon;
Thou must not paint, in thy dreams of bliss,
The clasping arm. or the thrilling kiss,
A home, sweet one, thou doth now possess,
But drear is the home of the Motherless.
When the flattering world, thy steps invite
To it* flowery paths, and its halls of light,
Tnou wilt not the precious safe guard hear
Os a gentle mother’s whispered prayer.
These flowers shall perish, that light decline.
And thv pang* of blighted hope be thine,
But who shall pity thy soul’s distress?
There are few to leel for the Motherless.
I may not the fearful storm allay,
That darkly threatens thy future way,
I can but pray that a hAvenlyarm,
May kindly shelter thee, from wrong, and harm!
O’ turn dear child, to one above,
His mercy is more than human love.
And his power can even sooth and bless,
The thorny path of the Motherless.
MARRIED,
In Columbia county, on the mornin g of the 27th
instant, by the Rev. Josiah Lewis, Dr. Thomas
H. Dawson to Miss Martha Ann Hardwick,
all of Columbia county.
In Madison, Ga., on the 27th instant, by the
Rev. Dr. Lane, Mr. Thomas H. Wyatt, of Au
gusta, to Miss Frances P., daughter of Judge N.
Allen, of the former place.
In Athens, Ga., on Tuesday morning, the2sth
instant, by the Rev. N. Hoyt, JJ. D., Mr. Lewis
LbConte of Liberty county, to Miss Harriet
Nisbet, daughter of the late John Nisbet, of Ath
ens.
OBITUARY.
Died, at Itis residence, near Holmesville, Pike
county, Mississippi, on the 9th instant, William
Lamkin, Esq., in ihe 66th year of his age.- The
deceaseil was, for tii'iny years, a resident of Au
gusta, being raised in this county, but had resid
ed, since 1836, at the place of his decease.
Departed this life in Greene county, Ga., on
the 19th inst, in the 50th year of her age, Mrs.
Nancy Greene, consort of Augustin Greene. —
She bee Ime a member of the Methodist Church
in early life: and, from that time Bin til her death,
lived the life of a Christian, and died in the full
assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the
grave. A full detail of her life and death will be
published in the Southern Christian Advocate
and Journal, as soon as practicable.
BURKE WHIG TICKET.
for senate.
JAMES M. REYNOLDS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
CHARLES A. BURTON,
JOHN B. GORDON,
JAMES H. ROYAL. jy 15
WM. T. GOULD’S Office is re
moved to the western tenement of the Bridge
Bank Building.d3t&w6w July 12
E. Y. & J. HILL,
Attorneys at Law,
Monticello, Ga.
Have resumed the practice, and will attend the
Courts of the Ocmulgee, and the adjoining Conn
ies of the Flint Circuit. tfap 19
MURRAY & GLENN,
Attorneys at Law,
McDonough, Henry Co., Ga.
Will punctually attend to any business entrust
ed to their care. Office at McDonough, Henry
county, Ga. A. G. Murray,
ap 22-ts L. J. Glenn.
GEORGE D. RICE,
Attorney at Law,
Marietta, Qobb county, Ga.
Practices in the counties of Cobb, DeKdb
Campbell, Paulding, Cass, Cherokee and Forsyth
nov 18 ly*
G. PUTNAM,
Attorney at Law,
oct 18-wly Warrenton, Ga.
HENRY J. LANG,
Attorney at Law,
je 33-ts Lincolnton, Ga-
Far the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mr. Editor—ln your paper of 21st instant,
appeared a communication liom John Cunning
ham, Esq., denouncing us for refusing to him
that satisfaction which gentlemen require and
render in cases of insult
It is impossible for us to feel any resentment
towards a man who isdegraded by the judgment
of the community in which he lives, and it the
circulation of his libel could be confined to
those who are cognizant of the facts in the mat
ter, we should be entiiely silent; but to prevent
and correct misapprehension in distant or unin
formed quarters which may be reached by your
paper, and to justify the verdict of the vicinage,
we think proper, through the same medium
which passed the accusation to the public, to
publish a simple and jiassionless statement in
our defence.
In Mr. Cunningham’s note to us of 11th inst.,
beginning the correspondence, and already pub
lished by him, he says—“l am aware that cer
tain acts, heretofore regarded as only indiscreet,
have, in this community, when imputed to me,
been stigmatised by irresponsible persons as dis
honorable, and that I, in consequence, have been
* -{sited with unmeasured denunciation, and that
a deliberate purpose is entertained to banish and
exclude me from the social position 1 have
hitherto enjoyed.” As Mr. Cunningham has
omit*’cd to inform your readers what those
“acts’” are, which he denominates “as only in
discreet,” but which others “have stigmatised,
when in. 'puted to him, as dishonorable,” we shall
supply tl ds omission, that their true character
may no la tiger remain questionable.
In the ft> 11 of IK4I, a young lady of our vil
lage, living ’ n a highly respectable family, and
received as 1 m equal in the best society of the
place, of gre at intelligence and worth, and ol
character emit lently above any reproach or sus
picion, receive! through the post office, a letter,
with a fictitious signature, containing the most
base and insult! ng solicitations. Having no
family connexiol's here, nor other protectors
than those numertdus and respectable friend*
whom her charactt T and conduct had won for
her, with that sensitiveness of virtue which na
turally recoils liom p üblishing a shameful offer,
she hastily, and without consulting with others,
destroyed this note.
In the spring of 184'2, she received, by Ihe
samC conveyance, a see.ond note, in the same
hand writing, wilh the sar.ne signature, and reek
ing with the same infamous overtures. She
could now no longer doubt that she was delibe
rately insulted and beset in her unprotected con
dition; yet, still shrinking from the full avowal
that any one had dared to assail her virtue, she
only said, in her grief, to some of the family in
which she lived, that she had received an in
suiting letter through the 1 lost office, and this let
ter, too, she destn yed. On the 19th February,
1843, another letter addresstxl to her, beatingthc
same marks as to hand wri ting, signature and
foul purpose with the two former, was taken
from the post office here, by the gentleman in
whose family she lived, and we are now per
mitted to give it to the public, suppressing only
the name of the lady.
Abbbvillb C. H., Febr.uary 19> 1843.
Mj most lovely Juno —Enraptured natui e again brings
me before you. I fee) at once disposed tn apologise for
the past and yet to entreat for the future. My acquain
tance with you is limited —too limited foi nie have
iormed an accurate and deep estimate of yt »ur charac
ter, as my position has prevented me from vi Mtmg you
as a young man of society I respect you M. ,RS * i
yet the wildest and tenderest passion ior yon a *
“a thunder cloud” over the depths of my snm *
as if it would be ecstasy to pillow my head on y
som. and while 1 there sipped the cup of earlfil yjpy s »
t« give heaving to ambition and love, and dream tbe
ideal perfect.
/ have, too, a curios ty us to you. You arc a worm l,l °*
strong sense, ene’gy, and a dignified severity of n. 'an
ner, and, 1 wmid th nk, of deep and soft impulses. ’A et
theie is something about you that makes you a '
cold and passionless. Probably it is pride! or is »t se '•
fish coldness of nature? Are you the creature of the pm
dery and arbitrary notions of society? or do you use
the pinion of your own nature and reason?
It appears to me there is a vacuum in your soul yet
to be filled, either by a more congenial occupaiion oi
your mind, or by a ireer flow of your feelings? I un
derstand you say you do not believe in love. You ad
mit, then, you have (tc speak phrenologically) no adhe
siveness, no ideality, do uoncentrativeness, no hope.no
amativeness?—or does this last so preponderate over
the others, that you realize only the the ecstatic im
pulse of passion? or i * it that you have never felt lo»ve,
and live “in maiden meditation fancy free?” Be all
this as it may, something tells me I can sympathise
with you; that you can love the love of Eloise lor Abe
lard! That encht ntmg form can but be the tenement
of a soul that can \nd will luxuriate in its enjoyments,
and that can but sympathize with the wild th.ills it
produces.
I predict you will never marry. You will never find
united those social advantages and that congeniality
which will induce you into it. Y’et yours cannot be
a contented old maidenship! The destinj' of the mind
is no doubt one worthy of and commensurate with its
immortality, its divinity, its sublime thinking princi
ple—that of the body physical enjoyment and dissolu
tion. The heaven of the mind is knowledge, that ol
the body sensuality! Will you not pluck from time at
least one ecstatic moment for the latter? But one!!
Write me—le« me commune with you; or meet me
and let me drink with you the most delicious draft that
time offers to nature!! Address me as Mr. James Cud
worth. Yours devotedly and with esteem,
CARTAGO.
The gentleman who took this letter from the
post office, after comparing the handwriting
with ihe writing of Mr. Cunningham, and the
impression on the wax with the seal ot Mr. C.,
became satisfied that Mr. Cunningham was the
writer, and said to him, “a member of my fami
ly has been grossly insulted by some one in this
village, and 1 know the man;” when Mr. Cun
ningham turned pale and suddenly left him, say
ing, “I have writing tu do at my office.” This
letter was afterwards exhibited to several re
spectable citizens of the village, who all con
curred in attributing the authorship to John
Cunningham, Esq. The character otthe hand
writing, although to some extent disguised, the
surname employed as a signature, which was
known to be the name oi a connexion of his
family, the identity of the initials of the ficti
tious name with those ot Mr. C., calculated to
secure a return of any answer to his box in the
post office, the tone of conceit and audacity
running through the epistle—formed a mass oi
evidence which was irresistable. even to those
who wished to doubt.
•About two months after the date of this last
letter, a little girl about fourteen years old, who,
being an orphan, had been adopted as a daughtei
by our late Ordinary, and after the dealh of hei
benefactor resided in the family of his son, oui
late Sheriff, received from Mr. John Cunning
ham, through a female servant, ihe maid of his
wife ond the nurse of his child, a verbal message
conveying an impure proposal, bhe is a poor,
orphan, Irish girl, but her virtue is as much
above impeachment as that of any lady in any
community, and she especially deserved the
support of society. In this community, at least,
the creed is not yet generallj' received that the
unprotected are the first prey of seducers, and
that men of honor are to be restrained from in
trigues only by the fear of the vengeance of hus
bands and blood relations. The sending of this
message Mr. Cunningham confessed, and vain
ly begged that the ma tier might be smotheied.
This affair, thus admitted, gave greater noto
riety to the attempt upon the former lady, and
increased the indignation against the supposed
author. Mr. Cunningham, repeatedly denied
all knowledge of and connexion with tne letter,
loudly denounced the base calumny which im
puted it to him, and pathetically apj ealed to hi*
old friends, for the sake ol his innocence assail
ed by secret vituperation, at least to suspend
thei r judgment until he could refute the calumny.
A.t this crisis, when a hundred men woub;
have j isen up and sworn that he was the author,
he, ma king a virtue of necessity, explicitly con
fessed nis authorship ot those le: ers. The fol
lowing is a copy of his communication to the
lady, 1 cr name only b mg suppressed.
Abbeville C. if., May 30, 1843.
Miss - ——, It is with a feeling of deep pleasure
that 1 lu ce this occasion to make you an amende ; 1
have d -tie injustice to your character and deeply
wound* 1 your feelings, for which, as a gentleman, i
ieel poi: Haul regret, and solicit what 1 have no expec
tation j >u van give—your pardon.
In wi ting you those letters I was carried away by
the phr* izy of passion. This amende I would have
given long ago, but lor the course that was pursued to
wards me in this village, and whilst 1 neither admitted
tbe authorship, nor made the amende und>.*r the storm
of virul--nee that was raised against me, 1 now do from
a sense of justice to you, what I should forever have
rntuKcd the d*-HHin<is oi iiu*oh»«tve oi the calf ol covert
hypocrauy and malignant treachery.
Your course, Miss , has been that of the lady of
delicacy, virtue and prudence, and to you I am willing
to make any atonement you require that becomes the
gentleman.’ Yours, respectfully,
JOHN CUNNINGHAM.
The lady never regaided this communication
as satisfactory atonement fur the insult so perse
veringly ottered to her, and received it only as l
proof of his guilt. These acts, in connexion
with an abominable libel to another lady oi oui
village, have excited the strongest indignation
in our community against Mr. John Cunning
ham, and by their judgment he is degradcu
from his “social position.”
Next, in the order of time, occurred :he cele
bration ol the 4th of July. On that occasion,
many gentlemen and ladies of the village and
its vicinity were present. Mr. Thomas C. Per
rin was President of the day, and we acted as
two of the Vice-Presidents. Alter the regulai
toasts had been drunk, several gentlemen wert
specially called upon by the officers of the da\
to give volunteer toasts, and then a general cal.
upon all who choose to give volunteer toast>
was made, which was accepted by some pres
ent. Besides Mr. John Cunningham, then
were a number, some forty or fifty gentlemen
present, and among them two respectable mem
bers ol the bar, the Clerk of the Court and oth
ers, having every claim to civility, who wert
not specially called upon lor toasts. But if Mi.
Cunningham had been the only person presen
not called upon, we question his right to charge
us upon interrogatories whether the omission
were intentional; in any event,it was the omissioi.
ot a special attention not required to all persont
by the rules of civility. As well might a gen
tleman demand of another why he was not in
vited to his house, or otherwise treated as r
cherished companion. The absurdity of thi
demand is more obvious, however, from th<
consideration, that on the particular occasiui I
of the omission, »we acted in a representative
capacity, and duty required of us so to manag*
the affairs of the table as to promote the “genei
al harmony” and hilarity, and not to sacrifice
io the vanity of any individual. The ’ady whe
had been first insulted by Mr. Cunningham wa.
present on the occasion*and certainly the ice)
ings of her and her numerous friends would noi
teve been soothed by any special attention ti
him.
We verily believe, from the notorious etale
of opinion and feeling here, that Mi. Cunning-
ham would have been hissed if he ha 1 attempt
ed to give a toast—and if, under such circum
stances, we had called upon him for a send- v
ment. he would doubtless have considered him
self exposed to derision by our act, and we 1
should have been denounced “as having lent
ourselves to the mean purpose of using ah offi
cial f option, on a public occasion devoted to
general harmony, to injure and insult a gentle
man.” For the omission to call on Mr. Cun
ningham, under such circumstances, and for the j
refusal to disavow that the omission was inten
tional, Mr. Perrin and ourselves received his
challenges. Mr. Perrin immediately lodged
information with a Magistrate against Mr.
John Cunningham for sending a challenge to
him—Mr. B. C. Yancey for bearing it,and Mr.
R. Cunningham for aiding and abetting therein,
and procured them to he bound over to answer
indictments and incidentally thereto to keep the
peace.
We declined to accept the verbal intimation
to attend in Augusta at a prescribed time and
place.
The obvious purpose of Mr. John Cunning
ham has long been to bully a community from
its sentence of condemnation upon him, and to
regain, if practicable, his lust “social position”
by provoking gentlemen by challenges and de
nunciations ‘o descend to his level. He has
attempted to use us, among others, as instru
ments of his restoration to his lost position—but
we understand his game too well to play into
his hand.
We shall not aid him in his scheme of diver
tingattention from his conduct, by meeting him
in a warfare either of pistols or scurrility.
We have thus given a plain narrative of facts,
ever}' material statement of which, we can prove
by undoubted testimony,—and we leave the pub
lic to judge as to the character of Mr. John Cun
ningham’s acts, and as to our responsibility to
him. JOHN H. WILSON.
S. MuGOWEN.
Abbeville C. H., S. C., July 26th, 1843.
COMMERCIAL.
Havannah. July 29.
Cotton.— The receipts of the week are 2i7 bale- Up
land, and we have added to these the small lots ot 8e t
Island, which have arrived in wagon and by single
hales, during the past three month*, and not before re
ported, amounting to 127 bales. The exports of the
week are 147» Uplands and 116 Sea Islands, viz: to Liv
erpool, Uplands and 78 Sea Islands; to New York
530 Uplands, and to Charleston 38 Sea Islands; leaving
on hand and on shipboard not cleared, a stock of 5,408
bales Upland and 119 bales Sea Island.
, The sales of the week are only It'7 bales—6l at 5; 33
at s|; and 13 at 6c. The news by the Caledonia, to the
4th in-t. was any thing but agreeable.
These accounts produce no effect in our mar et, the
quantity offering is so light, that holders are perfectly
indifferent about selling, unless they obtain their pri
ces; but to the planter they are important, as shewing
that no reaction can be expected to take place in the
price of Cotton; and he must therefore make up his
mind to sell at very low rates, even with a short crop.
R ce.— There has been a good demand for this article
during the week, and the sales amount to 745 casks, as
follows: 80 at If; 100 at 2 1-16; 178 at 2|; 281 at 2 3-16;
and 106 at <s7* hundred lbs.
Flour.— Only a moderate retail demand without
change in prices.
Corn.— Several arrivals during the week, but we hear
of no sales from vessels. 62| cents bushel is asked,
and 60 cents offered. Retails from store at 70 (a) 75 cts.
bushel.
Gro cries— Remain quiet, with only a small reta.l de
mand.
B'gg!n^.— Nothing doing this week The stock of
all kinds is good and held at moderate pi ices.
Exchange.— Nothing doing out doors in either Fo
reign or Domestic.
/reigAte.-—Thi vessel on the birth for Liverpool hav
ing at last succeeded in filling up, there is now nothing
doing in Foreign Freights. In Coastwise —the N. York
Packets take at 50 cents Ifi* bale forround and square,
and 50 cents cask for Rice. One schooner loading
for Philadelphia at gif bale and 75 cents Ip* cask for
Rice.— Georg>< n.
Charleston, July 29.
Cotton.— We have no new features to notice in the
Upland market since the date of our last. The recent
unfavorable advices from the other side, perthe C de
don a, have been neutralised in consequence of the ve
ry limited supply on sale; and the operations through
out the week just closed, although light, have with the
exception probably of the lower grades been at the cur
rent rates of the previous week. The receipts are 520
balesand the sales 496 bales at the following prices: 14
at 5; 39 at sf; 175 at
61; and 10 at 6|. We quote inferior and ordinary, (<i)
s|; middling to middling fair, 5} (a) 6f; far and fully
fair, fti) 7f.
Receipts of cotton at the following places since Ist
Scpteiuber, 1842:
J 1843. 1842.
Ne w Orleans, July 221068203 728102
Mobile, July 22.479185 317780
Florid*}, July 15159.895 107656
Georgia, July 2728410 1 2x0832
Dg. Sea 151and7263 7197
South Carolina, July 29320910 243453
Do. Sea 151and16592 13- 89
North Carolina, July 1510132 10244
Virginia, July 1 10000 17150
2366284 1665703
The following is a statement of the stock of cotton on
hand al the respective places named .
r 1843. 1842.
New Orleans, July 2219680 18243
Mobile, July 22...1293 228
Florida, July 15. 3000 200
Georgia, July 205330 2392
Do. Sea Island7B 112
South Carolina, July 28 81633 768
Do. Sea Island 723 866
North Carolina, July 15.. .....*» ...400 100
Virginia, July 1 900 1700
40046 24909
Macon, July 1800 200
Augusta & Hamburg, July 1.... 12565 5165
Philadelphia, July 22..... 1829 202
New Y’ork, July 12.20000 25000
35194 30567
Rice.— There has been a fair demand for this i r icle
during the week, buyers having taken 1237 tierces a
gainst thereceip' in the same time of 1173 tierces. The
market has exhibited much firmness. We would refer
to our quotations for a correct criterion of prices. The
transactions comprise 68 tierces ut 2; 19 at 21; 89 at 2k
93 at 2 5-16; 164 at 2B: 398 at 2 7-16; 169 at 2|; and 2j5
tierces al 2 9-16lhs <§? 100.
Flour.— Sales have been ellectd in Georgetown at 6
and 3-16ths. and s|, cash; Baltimore HoAva rd-street has
commanded 6 and 6k Atexandriea 65[ (a) S 6. We have
no transactions in Virginia extra to report. It was
doubtful yesterday whether the quotations lor Balti
more could be sustained.
Baron.— Nothing has been done in this article since
our last. The market continues in a depressed state.
Sdt — The transactions in this article have been con
fiued to small lots from store at an advance.
Ex h inges.— There have been a few Sterling Bills sold
at 9| cenl prem.
Frc ghts.— There is no vessel up for any foreign port.
To New York we quote 37|/a>so cents for square bags.
To Boston, Rice, 37| cents tierce*-.— Cour.er.
PHILIP CLAYTON,
Attorney at Law,
Athens, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Clarke, Walton
Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Habersham and Frank
tin. tfjan 31
THOMAS H. POLHILL,
Attorney at Law,
nov 26-wly Louisville, Jefferson (Ga.
STEPHENS & BURCH.
Attorneys at Law,
Crawfordville, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Taliaferro,
Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Warren,
Elbert and Lincoln. A. H. Stephens,
an 14-ly Robeht S. Burch,
RUSSEuL MILLER,
Attorney at Law,
Sparta, Ga.,
Will piactice in the counties of Hancock, Wash
inpton. Wat ren •• nd Taliaferro. bdly feb 24
JOSEPH C. WILKINS
Attorney at Law,
Will practice in all the counties of the Eastern
Circuit. Office in Riceboro, Liberty county, Ga.
sept 11 ts
W. W. ANDERSON,
Attorney at Law,
Monticello, Ga.
heferences.
Co). N. G. Foster, ( Mndison Gn . Iy .
Dr. is. E. Jones, ’
THOMPSON ALLAN,
Attorney at Law,
ap 19-mtf Cla kesville. Ga.
JOHN R. STANFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Clarkesville, Ga.
Wi] iractice in the counties of Clarke, Frank
lin, 1 ib-JXfltrtTn-, Fuisy CHTThei ,
Union. Murray and Gwinnett, and in the Federal
Circuit Court for Georgia. jy 17
g AW iXuTIcL.—JOHN VV. VV IL
JLi bONand LEWIS POTTER having asso
ciated themselves in the Practice of Law, will
punctually attend to any professional business
entrusted to them in the counties ol Taliaferro,
Green, Oglethorpe, Columbia, Hancock, Lincoln,
Warren and Wilkes. Office at Crawfordville, Ga.
jan 10 wly*
11. N. WILSON
Returns his thanks to the
trav< Hing public, for the libera! pa
tronage ocsiowud upon his Line of Stages, and
would inform them that he intends running a
daily line of four horse Post Coaches from Ath ns
to Madison Springs, commencing on Saturday,
July Bth. He will also be prepared to furnish at
any time extras to Clarkesville, the Falls, or any
other pai t of the up c »untry.
Athens, July 10, 1843. w6t
STRAYED OR STOLEN—
From the residence of the subscriber.
C 4 / a on the Sand Hills, near Augusta, on
the 4th inst., a small, sorrel HORSE, about 10
years old; both hind and one of his fore-feet
white, star in the face, and marks of the harness
ju his hips and right shoulder. —He was in good
order wnen he left. He was raised in Elbert
county, and will probably make for that place,
through Columbia and Lincoln counties. W ho
soever will apprehend and return said horse to
me, shall be reasonably compensated.
SAMUEL C. WILSON.
Augusta July2Bth. d&wlt*
PEASE’S HOARHOUND CANDY.
WE have appointed ROBT. AUS
TIN, Druggist, Augusta, Ga., our only
Agent in that place, and in order to guard the
public! rom being imposed upon by counterfeits.
I we have forwarded a certificate of agency to him,
and also to every person whom we have appoint
ed agents. All others selling this Candy are not
authorized by us, it will therefore be necessary
for those afflicted, and who wish to obtain thi
renuine Candy, to inquire for the certificate of
igency before purchasing.
J. PEASE & SON,
nov 9 45 Division|street, New York.
NEGROES FOR SALE.—6O
LI" Negroes, comprising all ages, qualities
and complexions. Apply to
my 15 GEO. W. LAMAR & Co.
fg GENOA HATS. —A new, light
JsQ and beautiful style summer Hat, for gents
wear. Just received and ibr sale by
E L liSRRY,
Fashi mable Hat and Cap Store, just ab<A’e the
Ma sion House, Brt>ad street, Augusta, Ga.
j.ily 18__ d6i<fcw3t
fir] Panama, Leghorn and Palm Leaf
HATS.—Just received this day, a fresh
supply,. For sale cheap at wholesale and retail,
by F L FERRY,
Store a few doors above the Mansion House,
Broad street, Augusta, Ga. d6t&w3t-jy 18
(ft CASTOR
<3 a few cases of the above new style Hats,
J*hich lor beauty and durability are unsurpassed.
1 he j uLlic are respectfully invited to call and ex
them at EL FERRY’S
ha* tuonable Hat and Cap Store, Broad street,
Augusta, G a ._ d6i&w3t jy 18
AM AZONE AND LEGHORN
BONNETS.—Just received a few of the
abov< new style Bonnets. For sale cheap, at
wholesale and retail by E L FERRY.
Also, a fresh lot of Willow, Cypress and Palm
Leaf Bonnets, tor sale cheap, dfitAw3t jy 18
jVj I undersignt fl have
_L 1 -entered into co-|‘Brtner«hip under the firm
of SCKAA'ION & STARK, for the trans&ctlun
of the General Grocery Business, at the. old stand
ofP. A. Scranton. P. A. St RANTON
WM. H. STARK.
Augusta, June, 22, 1843.je 2‘J-d2t wlm
A BARGAIN. —I offer for sale my
Plantation in Columbia county, 26 ndles
north of Augusta, near Little River, containing
850 acres. Payments made easy.
my 15 wtfJAMES f’ARTLF.DGE.
A SCHOOL for young ladus will be
J. jl opened at Roswell, Cobb county, on the
first Monday in August m xt under the supnln
unde nee of Mr. W. B. TAYLOR. This situa
t’on combines the advantages of the best society
and high religious privileges, with healthy and
retire 1 location, being exempt from causes that
often impair the usefulness oi female seminaries.
Tuition for year (44 weeks)S3o
Board “KO
Music, Drawing, French, dbe. at the usual
rates.
REFERENCES.
Dr. N. Hoyt, ) ...
Dr. Church, 5 Alhens ’
Judge lizzard, Decatur.
Eugeniua A. Nesbit, Macon.
B. B. Hopkins Esq , Burke county.
Rev. N. A. Pratt, j
J. Dunwody, Sr., Esq., |
u. King, Esq., >Roswell.
Maj..l. S. Bulloch, |
A. Smith, Esq.,
; jy -> w2w
, £2 The Macon Messenger and Savannah
• Geor: lan will give the above two insertions and
• forward accounts to W. B. Taylor, Lebanan P>st
- riffiee. Cobb county, Ga.
; GRISWOLD'S WARRANTED
1 COTTON GINS.
TF practice makes perfect, who then can
,’ JL claim a better right to perfection in the trade,
than Samuel Griswold? His Gins have been in
use in this State for twenty years or more.
. Th subscribers would inform buyeis of Gins,
that they continue to carry on the making of the
~ above named Gina in numbers sufficiently great
or small, to supply all orders they may receive,
either through agents or by letter. Ihe improve
s ments they have made, are such as will, upon
, first sight, satisly any one of their great utility,
j posst sing at the time simplicity, which is oneof
r the most important things to be looked to, when
it-is e.insideied that they are managed mostly by
negrois, who know nothing of complicated ma
e chine ry. Importing their steel direct, they are
e sure i f getting the best article that is made; and
there ore feel tin assurance in giving satisfaction
in tit t particular. They deliver them promptly
” in any part of the country free of charge, and
warr nt that they do well in every wav. We
0 will i:ot resort to the plan of some builders, by
1 givin.” certificates in the newspapers, but will
v merely ask those wishing to buy, to ask almost
’ any oi thtir neighbors if they know any tiling of
Giisv.old’s Gins. Wo challenge inquiry and in*
.i veetigation. Our agents, however, carry with
them a few certificates, which have been kindly
offered.
Kl ri’AIRING done with despatch.
GRISWOLD & JOHNSON.
Clinton, Jones co., Ga. eow6m nt 21
Brought to Richmond county
SI Jail, on the 2d day of July, a negro man
who calls himsell PETER, nnd says he
V. belongs to William Smith, of Houston
county, Ga. The said negro is about *0 years
old, five feet seven inches high, light complexion.
" The owner of the said negro is r< quested to conie
forward, prove property, pay expenses, and take
him away, (jy 11-w3t) L T SHOP!’, Jailor.
B EftIOVAD. —The subscriber would
> inform the planters of Georgia and South
Carolina, that he has removed to Crawfordville,
Ga., where he will permanently locate himself,
and carry on the business of manufacturing COT
TON GINS. He is prepared to make Cotton
Gins on various plans, though he would recom
mend ihe Anti-frictian Gin aa being the best arti
cle of the kind he has ever seen in use, and, from
his experience in the business, he can say, with
propriety, that he does not think his Gins can be
surpa aed in the Southern States, and in fully an
then ligating what he says in relation to the mat
ter, b- would refer you to certificates of gentlemen
? who have used them. Ail orders addressed to the
subscriber at Crawfordville, Taliaferro county,
! Ga., M ill receive prompt attention.
J jan 3 S. R. CRENSHAW
i TO I HEt ITWEM* OF THE SOUTH.
8 rpilE GENUINE BRANDRETH
s JL PILLS have, in all cases in which they
R have been used, fully sustained their high char
® acter. In the East and West Indies, in Russia,
Turkt y and China, the Erandrcth Fills are ex
. tensivcly patronized. The same may be said of
Mexico and throughout South America. I have
• recently received one order for eighty thousand
j boxes, trom the Governor q/'a Colony ts Portu
gal in the East Indies. He had used the Bran
dreth Pills in Madeira, by the advice of the very
Revert nd, the Canon, Thomas Tolentino de Sil
va, my agent at Funchal, and found them so ex-
• celleut as an anti-bilious physic and purifier of
the blood, that he became, after much experience
of th< beneficial properties, one of their best and
strongest advocates, and has now introduced them
into the Colony of which he is the appointed Go
vernor by tin Government of Portugal. Thus
the Brandreth Pilis continue to have the sphere
of thtir usefulness < ‘ nded.
In the Eastern Status of North America, nnd
in Great Britain, no medicine was ever in such
universal use as the Brandreth Pills. High and
influential individuals often purchase them to ad
minister to the poor. In every place where they
have been introduced, and where no rile imitation
of them has been sold, their reputation has con
stantly increased, and the circle of their useful
ness enlarged. lhey are conceded to be the best
. purgative, the best anti-bilious and the most cer
i tain purifier of the blood known. The cures they
have performed in chronic diseases, where hope
hau tied, is beyond belief.
As a general family medicine, especially in the
South, their valueis incalculable. Bv having the
Brandreth Pills always on hand, should a sud
den attack of sickness take place, they can be gi
ven at once, and will oiten have effected a cure
beioit the physician could have arrived. In Cho
lic and inhumation of the bowels, these Pills will
at once reiieve, and peiseverance in their use,
acco.ding to the directions, will surely do all that
medicine can do to restore the health of the pa
-1 tient. In diseases arising irom the use of mer
cury, or fium any cause of vitiation, from ban
blood or otherwise, their use will produce the most
happy results. In all attacks of Rheumatism, in
Erysij hilus, Sall hheum, and in cases of chraniq
or ret < nt CWwentss, the use of the Brandreth
Pills will be productive of infinite service; some
times being productive of so great a change for
the better, as to occasion great thankfulness. In
ah cat. s of indigestion, worms, asthma, diseases oj
the ht rl, and in all affections of the stomach and
boweis. the Brandreth Pills will be found a ne
ver-fDuing remedy.
To insure the full benefit of these celebrated
Pills, they should be kept in the house, so that
upon he first commencement of sickness they
may L ■ at once resorted to; one dose then is bet
ter th u a dozen after the disease has become es
tablisl • d in the system.
Th . it.i iwnnitTH.Jii4,KArfe purely
and s< innocent that the infant u month old mav
use thvtu if medicine is required, not only with
safety, but with the certainty of receiving all the
benefit medicine is capable of impairing. Fe
males may use them duringall the critical periods
of their lives; —the Brandreth Pills will insure
their health, and produce regularity in all the func
tions of life.
Re cartful of counterfeit Pills. How to avoid them.
No. 1 Security.
Each Agent who sells the genuine Brandreth
Pilis, has a Certificate of Agency, which has
been engraved at a vast expense. It represents
the manufactory at Sing Sing, on the banks of
the Hudson River, and is signed by Dr. Brandreth,
and his seal stamped upon the paper.
No. 2—Security.
Above all, observe the labels upon the boxes:
Each box us the genuine Brandreth’s Pills lias
now three labels upon it. The top and the bot
tom label containing upwards of five thousand
letters in red ink; the words Benjamin Bran
drath’s Pills being printed over two hundred
times upon the two labels.
No. 3—Security.
There arc also upon each label two signatures
of Dr. Brandreth—one “B. Brandeth,” and also
one “Benjamin Brandreth.” Each box, there
fore, to be genuine, must have six signatures of
Dr. Brandreth upon it. If the box do not an
swer this diecription, the Pills are not the. Bran
dreth Pills, but some vile counterfeit of them, as
all the old labelled boxes have been collected.
Besides the above signs of genuineness fac
similes of the Brandreth Pill labels are upon
the Certificate of Agency; therefore compare
your box with the labels on the certificate; if it
agrees the Pills are true, if it does not, they are
false.
I have expended much time, and at least five
thousand dollars, in perfecting these checks to
the sale of counterfeit Pills, and in the hope they
will secuie the genuine Brandreth Pills to all
who want them.
I remain the public’s servant,
B. BRANDRETH, M. D.,
241 Broadway, N. Y.
Sold by the following authorized agents in
Georgia:
CHARLES E GRENVILLE & CO, Book
sellers, Augusta; Chapman & Thrcewit, War
renton; Sanford & Lumsden, Eatonton; Wil
lard &. Williams, Decatur; W Maxey, Monticello*
Joseph B Gondor, Sparta; A B Phelps, Powel
ton; Hill & Pratt, Lexington; Usher & Ander
son, Covington; J A Clarke, Jr, Monroe; Tucker
& Compton Jackson; Dunn & Martin, Forsyth;
John M Cox, McDonough; T & J Cunninghi vn
& Co, Grecnsborough; Seaman Goodall, Savsn
nah; S D Clark &Co Hamburg. ly feb 10