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leMasucal juris,ict ~ a ..'J.
Fifth Day, Tuesday, May 6, 1815.
The convention met pursuant w adjournment,
*" c i . chair. Religious services
by G W. D. Harris of the Memphis
CO r n { e of the session was occupied
in explanation, relative to the system of report
n? the proceedings, which had given disgatis
faction to some of the speakers.]
Dr Smith, of Virginia, rose m his place late
in the day, and called up'he resolution which
he in conjunction with Dr. Pierce, yesterday
offered, instructing the committee on organiza
tion to bring in a report in favor of sepataiion.
Dr. Smith spoke for over two hours, in a very
plain, but eloquent style, in support of the reso
lution which he had offered.
When he had closed, the Convention ad
journed.
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 13.
lite Baptist Convention.
This body closed its deliberations, which
have been marked for their harmony and
Christian forbearance and fraternization, yester
day, alter a laborious session of three days and
a halt. Having been unable to attend the
session of the Convention either of Saturday
afternoon or night or yesterday, we are indebted
to the courtesy ot Mr. Secretary Crane, lor
the report of the proceedings which will be
found in another column and which we have
been permitted to copy from his Journal ol the
Convention. Os the debates during this period,
were sometimes protracted, we have no
report. y
Sot/ffiePTT Quarterly Review.
An agent for this work is now in the city, at
the Mansion House, for the purpose of obtain
ing subscribers to this work.
In commending this work to the favorable
consideration of the public, as worthy the patron
age of every man who desires to promote a
standard publication of merit, we are but dis
charging a duty which we in common with
every ciiiyen should io- supporting a
home periodical. The Review is conducted
with much ability, and numbers among its con
tributors many ot the ablest men of the South,
and its pages are quarterly adorned with arti
cles in all the departments of Literature, Politi
cal Economy, the Science ot Government, &c.,
&c., a<ike distinguished for their ability and
research.
A Splendid Durham Calf. —Those who de
sire to see or purchase a splendid Durham calf,
can be accommodated by calling at the Livery
Stables ot I. A. Hibler, and taking a look at
“Ashland.” He is two years old, pure while,
of the best blood from the Ashland farm, and
weighs 1216 pounds.
Fashion and Pbytona.—The great race be
tween these two cracks, four mile heats, for
S2O 000, comes on to-day over the Long Island
course.
Great Trotting.—Gen. Dunham’s mare, of
Albany, trolled on Monday over the Bull’s
Head Course near that city, one hundred, and
one miles in nine hours and forty-eight minutes, or
from 6A.M.to 12 minutes before 4. She was
to trot 100 miles in 10 hours, and she trotted a
mile over in 12 minutes short of the time, doing
the last mile in 4 minutes, and appearing as
fresh as if nothing had happened.
Fanaticism.—The American Anti-Slavery
Society held its annual meeting in New Yotk
on Tuesday morning last, at which Wm. Lloyd
Garrison presided. The meeting was charac
terized by more than usual fanaticism. Wen
dell Phillips of Boston, submitted a resolution
to the effect “that as the only exodus for the
slave population of the United States from their
bondage was through a dissolution of the Union
and the overthrow of the organizations called
Christian Churches, the American Anti-Slavery
Socieiy rejoiced iu the signs and would co-ope
rate in the production of both of these most de
sirable events.” Speeches were made in sup
port ot the resolution by the mover of it and a
Miss Hitchcoqk, who denounced the framersol
S.tbe Federal Constitution as the worst of tyrants, I
Bed that Satan himself aided them to
Instrument. The meeting had not
when the afternoon papers went to
e have no fotormaticn therefore as to 1
the "resolution.
The great fire which destroyed so large a por
tion of Pittsburg, is said to have been caused by
the carelessness of a drunken washerwoman.
The Pittsburg correspondent of the American
Temperance Union states that the owner of the
premises informed him that as she was washing
on that windy day, she nude a fire in an old un
safe wooden building, which previous accounts
say was a rude structure put up to cover an ice
house, and the fire, driven by the wind, verv
soon enveloped in flames not only the frail and
combustible shed in which it begad, but also
half the city.
An officer of the U. S. Dragoons, writing to
the New Orleans Tropic an account of the inci
dents of an expedition across the prairies, makes
mention ot a vast plain, miles in extent and
level as a table, entirely covered with a thin
cake of salt, which shone in the sun like a vast
mirror. Little pools were found on the plain,
strongly impregnated with salt and very offen
sive to the taste.
Maple Sugar in Vermont.—The Montpelier
Watchman says that the present spring has
been uncommonly favorable for sugar-making
The amount made in Vermont alone is esti
mated at the value of one million ot dollars.
Mr. Clay and his friends —The Philadel
phia North American ot the 9th inst. says:—
— 1 already recorded the fact lhat by means
of a quiet subscription—started in this city—
Mr. Clay was reipvedof considerable embar
rassments incurred ‘trough his generous aid
extended to a relative. .We since learn lhat
the amount raised lor Mr. (Jay > s about 850,009,
ol which about $35,000 have'bfln appropriated
to the removal of all encumbranS? ftshn his
estate. Ashland therefore stands iifw, and its
noble owner has besides a imurfrate sum re
maining from the offering Xnis friends. The
* jjlHlMMiia l I'W udiU’SVnsought and unexpected
*PRj!oute to worth which the donors rejoiced
in their ability to make. May the venerated ob
ject of the tribute live long to know that the
thousands who profess friendship for him feel
it sincerely —true alike in triumph or defeat to
him, who through a life oi long and arduous
I service has been true to the honor and interests
of the country.
Among the passengers in the Hibernia, at
Boston,is Mr. Rives, of Virginia,late Secretary
oi Legation at London, which appointment he
has resigned.
The Hon. Joel W. While, late U. S. Consul
at Liverpool, also came over in the Hibernia.
He is said to be the bearer ot important des
patches from the U. S. Legation at Belgium, to
the American Secretary ol State.
The Boston Daily Advertiser, says, that
among the passengers was Mr. Healy, the young
American artist. He is commissioned by
Louis Phillippe to lake for him the portraits ot
Gen. Jackson, John Q. Adams, Daniel Web
ster, Henry Clay, and some other distinguished
Americans. It is added that he will proceed at
once to the Hermitage, as the precarious health
of Gen. Jackson may render him too unwell Io
sit, should there be any delay.
Another passenger in the Hibernia is said to
constructor, sent out by the British
tor the purpose ol building five
Jroamers on the lakes!
I Thos. W. Dorr.—The Providence Journal
■ of 6th inst. says: A proposition tor the uncon-
Xditional liberation of Thomas W. Dorr will
undoubtedly be made this week, in the General
Assembly. His adherents claim lhat the result
of the election indicates a popu ar majority of
some 90 votes in favor of his release. We have
already shown that the election affords no indi
cation whatever of public sentiment upon this
subject.
U, yy In the village of Amsterda m,on the Mo
l hawk, eighty carpet looms a.e now in oper x
■ tion, most of them having been erected during
I the last two years, producing an average of six
T? hundred yards of excellent quality ol carpel ins
tS./ 1 per day, which is sought lor in the New York
-e ._ qn n»r yard and arrange-
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Georgia Rail Hoad*
We canuot, perhaps, render a more accepta
ble service to the stockholders of thisCompanv,
which are to assemble’in Convention in this
city to-day, than by presenting tor their consid
eration the following tabular statement. Nor
can we, in justice to our own feelings, or ihose
to whose charge the management ot this road
has been so wisely committed, omit to refer
to the following facts, in testimony ol the supe
rior manner in which the passenger train over
this road has been managed during the year
ending3lst March last:—No accident of any
kind has occurred to the passenger train; no
failure of the mail going South-but two fail
ures going North, both caused by trifling acci
dents to the machinery of the locomotives.—
When it is reflected that the passenger train has
traversed a distance of 90,000 miles during the
year, entirely in the night, it cannot be denied
that the highest praise is due to the manage
ment. Let the stockholderscxamine, and com
ment is unnecessary.
comparative: view
Oi the Receipts, Expenses and Nett Profits of the following Rail Roads, as shown by their last Reports*
Expens. Motive . L=-_.=r-r- ==rr_- . ... ..
name OF road. Length. o"f Road m°ain[e & ™ Total Nett «>f - by per
° and ma- “ol Road. s ' e °ngeT ,re * hl P rofils ' S Xrin" tV" " run h ?
ehinety. cars. per year lentals. sen - ers - and mail P . he "e ar ginks' e^in,s ’
Georgia Rail Road 155 2,428,00(1 43,011 43,200 £7B 31,000 117,211 271,700 77,634 194,066 154,000 43 195,700 63c 1.39 c
South Carolina... 203 5,671,000 80,300 55,600 274 103,700 239.600 171,500 361.300 293 200 45 310,000 77 1.72
Central (Geo.). ... 192 2,653,000 35,300 66,01 X) 343 46,400 147,700 328,000 40,800 287,200 180,300 45 210,000 70 1.56
Western RR. Mas S| 117 5.900,000 126,300 61,400 525 125,800 313,500 753,51'0 358.600 394,900 440,000 j 41 500 000 62 1.50
■ Boston and Lowelll 28 1,800,000 56,400 26,000 928 82,600 165,000 317,000 165 500 151,500 152,000 | 52 164,000 106 1.93
From the N O Picayune, Ith inst.
One Day Later from Mexico.
The schooner Creole arrived at this port yes
terday from Vera Cruz, whence she cleared on
lhe 22 I ult.—one day alter the Yucatano, which
irrived on the 23ih ult. The Creole brings u>
files from Vera Cruz to her day of clearing, and
Irorn the capital to the 17th. Owingto a north
er's coming up, the Creole could not sail till
the 24th, but held no communication with lhe
shore alter the 22d, as we are assured.
We have again to say that Mexico has not
yet declared war against lhe United Stales, al
though rumors were rife in town yesterday that
she had done so. The subject was a very
general topic of conversation yesterday, but
no one, we presume, seriously believedjtn the.
rumor. At any rare, it was treated with deri
sion. Verbal communications from some ol'
the passengers by lhe Creole represent that
the general feeling at Vera Cruz is in lavoroi
a war, and that the prevailing impression there
is that lhe Government will declare it so soon
as it finds itself in a situation to do so with ef
fect. Nous verrons.
The four American vessels of war were
still lying at Sacrtfieios. Should Capt. Stock
ton’s squadron join them, as is anticipated, the
fleet will consist ofeight vessels of war, amount
ing in all to 154 guns.
By this arrival we hear not a word more of
Mr. Shannon, the American Minister.
The most interesting intelligence which we
find, relates to the fate of Santa Ana and those
involved in his overthrow. A proposition has
been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies
that Santa Ana, Canalizo and the four ex-
Ministers who took part in issuing the decree
ol toe 29th of November, closing the sessions ol
Congress, may avoid a trial upon the condition
of expatriating themselves for the term of ten
years. At the same lime another proposition
was submitted, to the effect that an absolute
amnesty should be aranted to all those generals
and other officers comprehended in the circular
ol the 6ih of January, depriving them of their
commands, &c.. even though they had been al
ready sentenced.
We do not find that the Chambers have
auted upon these propositions, but that they are
very likely to receive their approbation we en
lertaipTio doubt. The revolution having been
S»*perfectly consummated throughout the entire
country, and the present Administration being
uo secure in their places, it would be an act of
aignily as well as clemency to extend a pardon
to those who adhered to lhe last to the fortunes
ol Santa Ana. The services ol a large number
of good officers will thus be regained to the Re
public. And further to tranquilize the public
mind—neither outraging lhe feelings of the yet
numerous friends and partisans of Santa Ana,
and at lhe same lime appeasing the demands
for justice against him—it would appear to be
a highly politic course to allow him to leave
lhe country with those most intimately asso
ciated with his tyrannical acts. It is a signifi
cant fact that the liberal press, which has been
hitherto clamorous lor vengeance, indulge in
no comments upon the introduction of the
above propositions. Had they been offered be
fore the newsof the success cl the Annexation
ol Texas, there would have been a loud and
general outcry. It cannot be doubted that it is
lhe policy of the Mexican Government, in view
of her difference with the United States, thus
to heal all internal wounds, and concentrate the
feelings ol all classes and parties upon resist
ance to Annexation,
Congress is diligently occupied, through its
committ’es, with the reform of the Oregon
Bases. On the 16th ull. the committees charged
with the subject of the interior administration
of the departments, made their report. Not a
word is reported of the discussions upon the
relations between this conriry and Mexico.—
These are carried on in secret sessions.
The nature of the despatches last carried by
the Eurydice from Galveston Io Vera Cruz for
Mr. Bankhead had not transpired; nevertheless
it wasgenerally rumored and believed in Mexico
that they contained an offer from the Govern
ment of Texas to reject Annexation, if Mexico
would consent to acknowledge the independence
of Tex as. The editor of El Sight XIX seems
indifferent to the ru nor, insisting that Mexico
must detend all her rights by the most strenuous
measures in her power. As to the the rumor it
self, being the same which we received nere
direct from Galveston, we must think that
“ where there is so much smoke there must be
some fire.”
On the 15th inst. Senor Boves, in the Cham
ber of Deputies, read a protest against the me
morial or report of the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs. He attacked it in every shape, and ac
companied his protest with a violent speech,
abusive not only of Senor Cuevas but of the
whole cabinet. When the motion founded
upon the protest was put to vote, Senor Boves
found himself entirely alone, every other mem
ber voting against him. This shows that the
Administration has the most perfect confidence
of the House.
We hear no more of but the pa
pers contain some rather unsatisfactory specu
lations upon the iatMMMMBI’ causesand invite
communications from the distant departments
as to the precise moments when the phenomena
occurred, their duration, &c. &c.
We find in our papers a letterdated in Paris,
addressed to the Mexican Congress from ex-
President Bustamente, congratulating them
upon the overthrow of Santa Ana and the re
establishment of a Government of laws. He
expresses regret that he could not have shared
in the glory of achieving the triumph.
Papers from Zacatecas announce the explo
sion of a powder mill situated on the road from
that citv to Guadloupe. The proprietor or su
perintendant and several workmen were instan
taneously killed, and a number of others severe
ly wounded.
In the Richmond Enquirer of yesterday, is
an address from Thus. Ritchie, announcing
that he has ceased to be the editor of the paper—
of which forty-one years before (9th of May,
1804,) he took charge. His sons (W. F. and
i Thomas, Jr.) succeed him.
Extent of the Republic.
It is becoming an every day remark, .snysthc
Richmond Wljig, and a topic of'cdnversation,
that our republic will extend, at no very distant
day, from the Northern limits ot Canada to the
isthmus ci Darien. One great Republic, six
thousand miles long and five thousand.wide
consisting ot some hundred smaller Republics
—swayed by wise and equal laws—peopled by
a brave, active, emerprizing ,and industrious
race—and embracing every variety of soil, of
climate, and production. What imagination
can foreshadow its magnificent destiny t The
idea is grand and imposing, and a picture is pre
sented to the mind’s eye, which the world has
never seen.
But this is the fancy view of the question,
and taken irrespective of the va-t difficulties
which lie in the way of its realization. We
confess ourselves so little possessed of the spirit
of enthusiasts, as to tear lhat evil rather than
good will be the result of the efforts to accom
plish this great enterptize. A large portion ot
the immense territory yet to be brought to a
knowledge ot the sweets of Republican Liberty
and Christian Religion, it inhabited by a peo
ple, blinded by ignorance and besotted with su
perstition. To enlighten and reform them
would be the task ol ages to all the philanthro
pistsoflhe universe. To subdue and enslave
them or extirpate them is the only alternative.
And tn this undertaking, what is to become of
our sense of justice, of humanity, and ot the
divine preceptsot the religion ot Christ?
But, since the taste of blood, which our land
loving race have acquired by the appropriation
ol Texas, we are prepared to believe, that this,
and every consideration, will give way before
the irresistible passion for territorial aggran
dizement, which has seized upon our people.
Justice, morality, the integrity ,ot our Union,
and the preservation oi our free institutions,
will all fail to erect a bar to the rapacious spi
rit of aggression. Texas is ours—California
must be so speedily ; and people obviously be
tray an intense impatience at the delay in ap
propriating to ourselves the gold and silver Gods
of the Mexican Churches!
It is this kindling into a flame the strong pas
sion for conquest and rapine—which is deeply
implanted in the bosom of our species, which
caused us more especially to regard with appre
hension and alarm the Texas project. That
iniquity was the beginning of the mischief ;
where and when it will end, the wisest can nei
ther foresee nor conjecture.
The New Orleans Tropic has some specula
tions on the subject, which are subjoined :
“ California—lnformation in regard to this
favored portion ot the globe is eagerly sought
alter by our citizens, as it is destined ere long to
be annexed to the United States. The large
number ol Americans already settled and emi
grating there, giving assurance of the result.
The following information, gleaned from re
cent sources, will be, we doubt not, acceptable.”
—N. O. Courier.
“ If any evidence were wanting to show the
spirit of aggression and national plunder which
has seized upon the minds ol a portion of our
people, the foregoing paragraph from the Cou
rier of last Saturday evening, supplies it in
abundance. The success which has attended
the Texas experiment has emboldened the ope
rators, and now we hearthem openly proclaim
ing their intentions in regard to a vast and fer
tile territory to which they have no shadow of
claim, and which is, and has been for years, in
quiet possession ofa neighboring friendly pow
er. We ask the thinking portion of the Ameri
can people to look al these things, and tell us
where this restless desire for the acquisition of
territory is to end? It is useless now to inquire
how the annexation of Texas has been brought
about; the modus operand! is familiar to all. A
few adventurous spirits, weary of the restraints
of civilized society, and thirsting lor the daring
excitement of a wild border lile, emigrated a
few years since to Texas, then a province of
Mexico. Their repi.its of a delightful climate
and a fertile soil, greatly exaggerated no doubt,
soon induced others to follow them. Finding
themselves among a strange people, of whose
language they were ignorant, with habits, cus
toms and laws different from their own, it is
not remarkable that they soon became dfosatis
fied with the government whose protection they
had sought, and the laws under which they had
voluntarily placed themselves. Their numbets
had grown with their dissatisfaction, until final
ly. from the governed, they' determined to be
come the .' The standard ol rebellion
or revolution, it you please, was raised, and the
province of Texas, wrested from the parent
Government, became an independent State.
Here then, Texas was placed among the na
tion* of the earth, and immediately afterwards
came the proposition for annexation to the
United Stales! How er why it failed when
fust urged, is not our purpose now to inquire,
and equally unprofitable would it be to investi
gate the causes which led to a revival of the
proposition, m dir the auspices of his late Ac
cidency, John Tyler. It is sufficient to know
that the question of annexation was made an
issue before the people, and backed by fraud
and chicanery, was successful. The measure
may now be considered consummated, a few
unimportant details alone remaining to be set
tled. Pending the question our readersail know
lhai we opposed annexation as heartily as any
one, and that of our own free will, before par
ties had arrayed themselves tar and againsi the
measure, and before Mr. Clay took ground a-
a inst it.
We then saw, or thought we saw, a spirit of
rapacity, a burning desire for the acquisition of
new territory, wholly at war, as well with the
character of our institutions, as with the peace
and permanence of our Government. We are
tiot, ue regret to say, disappointed 1 What we
feared has come to pass; and before the details
of lhe annexation ot Texas are settled, we see
prominentand influential journals such as the
Nashville Union and New Orleans Courier,
calling out lor lhe annexation of California!
And how, pray, is this proposed to be brought
about! The country, one of the most beautiful,
salubrious and fertile in the world, we doubt
not, is represented in glowing colors, and
American citizens induced to emigrate thither!
That thousands upon thousands will accept this
invitation, it requires no seer to tell; the roving
propensities of our people are sufficiently known,
and wherever there is a foot oi available soil in
any other country than their own, there they
are sure to be found. Once let the tide of emi
gration flow towards California, and the Ameri
can population will soon be sufficiently nume
rous to play the Texas game ! The standard
otrevoltwiil.be raised -the Government will
be overthrown—the cry of “Liberty!” will be
raised in this country, and thousands of the
voting and adventurous will fly to the relief'ol
theirtppiessed countrymen in California' Torn
by civil wavs and intestine commotions, Mexico
will be unable to reduce her refractory Pro
vince to obedience, and in a brief period of'time
another “Lone Star Republic” will soring up
on the shores ofthe lar-ofl'Pacific.
“ A little while longer, the ‘ Republic ol Cali
fornia’ will be knocking at our doors; and then
we shall, we suppose, have the absorb and
ridiculous cry of the Re-annexation of Califor
nia! It will all be right, ot course; it will only
be “extending the area of freedom”; and there
can be no possible objection to tho.l. But Texas
and California Ra-annexed, will the spirit of
rohberystop in its raoaciotts career? By no
means; the appetite will grow with what it
feeds on, —and we soon will have marauding
parties wandering into Mexico—making settle
ments —rebelling against the Government, ami
robbing churches—until the whole of the coun
try is Rs-annexed, and lhe star-spangled banner
floats from the turretsoithecity of the Montezu
mas! But will our patriots who clamor so lounly
for “extending the area ot freedom,” stop with
Mexico? Will that little spot of territory be
sufficient to fill their capacious maws? Will
the “area ot freedom” be sufficiently extended
to suit their expansive patriotism, or will they
not Ro annex all of South America and the
West India Islands, including that very barren
and insignificant island called Cuba ? Seriously,
we entreat men whotroublethemselvestothink,
to ponder upon these things— to ask themselves
where all this is to end, and see if disunion,
anarchy, bloodshed and contusion are not to be
what we are to receive in lieu ot our great and
glorious Union.”
PrculiAtttTie< of Language.—ln all hot
countries tnen use in speaking, a multitude of
vowels which are all pronounced by greater
or lesser apertions of lhe mouth, in breathing
and in speaking, and use very lew consonants
all of which are produced by more or less com
pb*te interruption ot the breath, and contact, or
even closure ot parts, among the organs of
speech. Any one who examines the Italian
language will find, therefore, about sixty vowels
in everv hundred letters; and in theOtaheitean
(Tahitian) language, which sounds very like
Italian, there are even more; it is said about
seventy-five or eighty vowels in every hundred
letters. The proportion is very different in
English, in which consonants predominate;
and, if we examine the language of Lapland or
Greenland, or ol the Arctic American Esqui
meaux, we shall find that there are an enor
mous number of consonants in their more than
sesquipedalian words, and that most of these
consonants are guttural, as thev do not like to
open their mouth to the cold air sufficiently to
pronounce the labial, dental or lingual conso
nant, much less tne vowels, and least of all, lhe
more open ofthe vowels. This is an universal
law; though immigration or colonization, or
the ancient transplation of a whole natren by
a tyrant conqueror, may sometimes present an
apparant exception or anomoly, by our finding
a language or a people, originally temperate or
torrid, in a frigid zone or vice versa.—[Medical
Times.
Fire at Sf.a —The English ship New Zea
land, Cai t. Mackay, bound from Liverpool to
St. Johns, N. B , was, on the 28lh of March, dis
covered to be on fire. After great exertion, and
with the loss afa man and a boy by suffocation
in the hold, the detain succeeded in making the
port of Derrv in ligand, on the 4th of April
The cause of the firemould not be satisfactorily
ascertained. Her valued at x'20,009,
was in a great measure destroyed.
Oregon Territory.—JSome time ago, a
gentleman, aware that Mr. Astor was better
acquainted with the resotWces of Oregon than
any person in this city,lasked him what be
thought of Oregon, and wither it would be a
valuable acquisition? Ml A- replied “it was
good lor nothing but to fulpish furs, and they
were allgone long ago.”— 9- Y. Gaz.
I WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14.
Southern Cultivator■
We had the pleasure of noticing a few days
ago, the excellent example set by the Chatham
County Agricultural Socieiy, in ordering a copy
of the Southern Cultivator forevery Member
of the Society, and we now have the satisfaction
of.announcing a subscription on the part of an
individual, which is worthy of all praise. The
Hon. Robt. Toombs, a few days since, ordered
FlFTYcopies, to be distributed among his coun
tymen. How many such public-spirited citi
zens have we in Georgia?
Georgia Rail Road Convention.
The Stockholders of the Georgia Rail Road
and Banking Company met in Convention in
this city yesterday, the Hon. Jno. P. King, Pre
sident, presiding.
There were upwards of 17,000 shares of stock
represented.
The President and J. Edgar Thompson, Chief
Engineer, submitted luminous and highly satis
factory reports of the situation of the Company
and progress of the work. The Convention will
be in session again to-day.
The Late Rain.—We are gratified to learn
from citizens from various sections of the State
that the fall of- rain, which we had on Monday,
after a drought of seven weeks, has been very
general.
[communicated ]
Southern Quarterly Review.
The interests ol this invaluable publication
cannot belter be entrusted to any portion of the
Southern people, than to the people of Georgia;
and now that a very large portion ot these are
assembled in the city, the occasion seerns to be
a fitting one to present the subject to their con
sideration.
Southern letters have long been suffered to
languish, and Southern periodical Literature
has had hitherto, but an ephemeral existene. We
may not ask what has been the causes of this,
but we may ask, and do ask, whether it shall be
suffered to continue.
The character of the Southern Review is well
understood among us. We may venture to affirm
lhat no literary journal in the United States can
present greater claims upon the reading and
literary public. Ils aims are high, and it pre
serves them. Its writers are amomg the first
which the whole Southern country can produce,
and its circulation to some extent, throughout
the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, fee. But we speak advisedly, when
we say that this circulation is far too small as
to ensure the work any thing like perma
nency, or to protect those concerned in it from
considerable loss. Shall so praiseworthy an
object as the fostering of Southern literature, be
suffered to fall through? Will our citizens
permit it? Will they permit it too, at a time
when the North and South are being divided
by the most marked lines, and. when we are per
suaded more and more every day lhat we must
be thrown altogether upon our own resources?
We wanta work capableofdelendingour ins'i
tutions and our interests. Such a work is the
Southern Quarterly Review. We commend it
to all, assured that if this undertaking fails,
none will hereafter have the temerity to attempt
the establishment ot a Southern periodical of
high character.
The Editor, Mr. Whitaker, is travelling
through the Southern country now. The co
editor, Mr. Deßow ofCharleston, is, we under
stand, now in Augusta in attendance on the
Convention, and an agent, Mr. Russell, is -here
to procure subscribers, and will perhaps make
his calls upon many. We wish him success. >
An Insinuation.—The editor ofthe Feliciana
Whig, speaking of the “sarcophagus” in which
Com. Elliott wanted the bones ot “Old Hick
ory” to be laid away, says it is his opinion ‘ that
the U. S. ship Constitution brought home one
more jackass than was made to appear upon the
minutes of the court martial held over Jesse D.
Elliott, a tew years back.” What does the edi
tor mean?
C. J. IngeTsott, it is said, has in press a his
tory pfJhfi.late war fr om 1812 u» 4845. with »41-
its principal events and prominent actors, and
the causes which originated it—a work nodoubt
authentic and desirable.
The Philadelphia U. S.Gazette says:—The
Committee yesterday instructed the Treasurer
ofthe Pittsburgh Fund to transmit a further
sum of five thousand dollars, making in all
thirty-five thousand dollars. The next remit
tance will close the concern. We see it stated
in another Philadelphia paperthatthe total sum
collected up to Thursday evening was about
38,000.
A Colored Gentleman admitted to the
Bar.—The Boston Post of the 3d inst. says:—
At nine o’clock this morning S. E. Sewall, Esq.,
before his honor Judge Ward, moved that
Macon B. Allen, who was provided with a cer
tificate of competency, signed by Judge Merrick,
be admitted to practice as an attorney and coun
sellor atlaw in thecourts of this commonwealth,
and, there being no legal objection to the mo
tion, the gentlemen was admitted. Mr. Allen
is 29 years of age—is a native of Indiana, and
his color and physiognomy bespeak mingled In
dian and African extraction, in about equal pro
portions.
Great Performance. —On Saturday, the 3rd
inst., the locomotive engine “Atlantic,” weigh
ing 15 8 10 tons, built by Norris & Brothers, of
Philadelphia, hauled on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad 156 iron coal cars, containing
740 tons of coal. This pertormance, even with
in two or three years, would have been thought
impossible
A correspondent of the N. Y. Courier & En
quirer communicates the following:
“ How few are aware that at Bermuda, the
British government has constructed, within a
few years past, a spacious harbor for the acco
tnodation of their squadrons; that for several
years they have employed a fleet of colliers in
making it a depot of coal; that they have also
in store the armament, and duplicates of impor
tant parts of machinery tor every steamer under
her flag, now navigating the Atlantic and the
Carribean ; and in addition to the large supplies
of military stores, that they kept constantly on
foot 4000 head of cattle!”
Melancholy Shipwreck —We learn from
the St. Johns New Brunswicker of May 6, that
the British schooner “Tom Cringle,” Captain
Dean, which vessel left Boston on Thursday
last, for New Brunswick, tvent ashore on Sun
day night, on Dipper Harbor Ledges, in a thick
fog, and out of fourteen persons on board, only
two, a man and a boy, escaped—twelve of her
unfortunate passengers and crew finding a wa
tery grave! We have not been able to learn the
names of those who were lost, but a Mr. Gault,
and McCullough, of St. Johns, were among the
number.
Forgery.—The Cleveland Herald states
that Geo. Q.. Pomeroy, of the firm of Woolsen
and Pomeroy, has forged the acceptance of a
New York house, upon a draft for ©SOOO, which
he subsequently offered for discount, obtaining
83900 upon it, from a banker in Cleveland. It
also appears that Pomeroy was guilty of the
fraud upon the Phoenix Bank ot Hartford, in
obtaining a loan of $12,000 upon a package of
what he represented to be bills ot the Commer
cial Bankot Buffalo, but which, on examina
tion, proved to be blank paper. Mr. Woolsen,
his partner, has been the innocent victim of a
long series ot fraud and deception, and though
he has sustained a heavy pecuniary loss, will
nevertheless be able to continue his business,
without an imputation upon his fair lame.
Pomeroy left Cleveland for this city, as he said,
and nothing has since been heard ot him. The
discovery ot his villany was made after his de
parture.
Fashion and Peytona.—The New York
Spirit ot the Times of Saturday, in an article in
reference to this great race, which was run yes
terday (Tuesday) says: “ Both horses are in
superb order —indeed, in condition to run for a
man’s life! Both are in the hands ofthe most
skilful trainers and jockies in the country, who
have had the entire control of them since they
came on the Turf. Fashion, now 8 yrs. old,
will carry 123 lbs.—Peytona, 6 yrs., 118 lbs.
Fashion’s weight is the same she took up last
■ 4.UL It '.WUtf ia 1,1 Hlllll ■ -J—
--year, but Peytona carries 11 lb«. more than sht
everdidbefore; in her’race with Blue Dick a
New Orleans, in Dec. last, *be carried-107 lbs
as a 5 yr. old. But she is abunriantly able tt;
master this increased weight, being a mare ol
prodigious size and strength.
The N. Y. Courier &Enqnirer I'sayl**—We
see with regret in the Boston papers , the an
nouncement of the death ot Leverett Saltonstall,
one of Massachusetts' favorite sons and long
ope of her able representatives in Congress.
Sprung from the early settlers of the Ply
mouth colony and numbering among his imme
diate progeni’ors one of the most liberal and
provident friends of Harvard College, Mr.
Safionstall’s whole life has been in keep
ing with such a genealegy. Devoted with filial
affection to his native Stale and with ancestral
partiality to its great seat of learning Mr. Sal
tonstall has always been foremost in all mea
sures that could aid the one or honor the other
As a lawyer, a statesman, a citizen, and a
man uniting withthe courtesy andpolish of high
breeding and finished education the utmost sim
plicity and devotedness of character and deport
ment, he has left a void not soon or easily to be
filled.
Rhode Island.—in the Rhode Island Ser.ate
on Wednesday, Mr. Potter, of Westerly, pre
sented a general amnesty act, authorizing the
liberation of Dorr and all others now in prison
for offences against the sovereign power of the
State, and restoring them to their rights and
privileges. Ihe act was laid on the table and
ordered to be printed. It is not probable the bill
will pass in its present shape.
Loss of the Commercial Line brig Moon.
—The Charleston Courier of yesterday, says:
From the following letter from the Captain ol
the line brig Moon, it will be seen that that ves
sel was totally wrecked on her voyage from
New York to ibis port, wlien«'-*4te sailed on
Wednesday, the 30th ult:
“ Nagg's Head, Gth May, 1845.
“Mr. J. W. Caldwell:
“ Dear Sir—l am sorry to inform you that I
have met with a great misfortune. The Moon
is on shore about 15 or2o miles North of New
Inlet. She got ashore at 9 o’clock last night, in
a heavy thick rain storm, ami easterly wind.
She is a total loss as well as most of hercargo.
However, I shall save all I can and do tie best.
We allgot sale ashore, but with much difficul
ty. lam cold and wet, and sick, but will re
main here and attend to the interest ot all con
cerned. lam alone here, but will keep a sharp
look out among the people. I shall sell the
cargo on the beach, on the 16th May, at the best
price I can for cash.
“ 1 remain your humble servant,
“G. A. KNUDSON.
" P. S.—The cargo will all be damaged.”
The Monster Gun for the American Navy.
We find in Wilmer’s News Letter a full de
scription of the heavy gun ordered for the
Princeton, which, from its being the largest can
non ever made in England, excited great curi
osity amongst nautical and scientific men there.
The gun was manufactured in the solid by
Mr. Horsfall, at liis “Mersey Steel and Iron
Works,” and being of great length and propor
tionate thickness, the securely welding or con
glomerating the whole from pieces into one
equal mass before turning and borinz, required
the utmost effort of modern skill, and the aid of
powerlul machinery in heating and fasbioninz
it. In tiie rough it was nearly tout teen leet long,
and little short of thirty inches in diameter at
the thicker end. A round shaft of seven inches
in diameter was first formed, and on this, as a
foundation, were successfully laminated wedges
of iron placed longitudinally, on edge, and re
versed in position so as to fit. These placed
round the original spindle, were (as well as the
shall) brought to a white heat, and securely
welded by a hammer, eight tons in weight,
worked by steam. Another layer, in like man
ner, was added over the former, and so on until
the whole was of the requisite thickness through
out When thus so far fashioned, and proved to
be perfect and equal in all its pans, the mass—#
most creditable, and, indeed, extraordinary spe
cimen ol forged work—was sent to the worksol
Vlessrs. Fawcett and Co., engine makers and
founders.
The gun, as sent to the foundry, weighed 11
tons 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lb. In the turning and
boring it was reduced in weight about 2 tons 1
cwt. The length of the cannon, now that it is
turned and bored, is 13 leet, and the bore 12 feet
in length, and 12 inches in diameter, leaving a
thickness ol solid metal of one foot at the breach.
In form, the piece is plain and unassuming in
appearance, without raised mouldingsor rinzs,
(on the French system, the object being to attain
the req'tired strength at each pmnE wittmut use
less metal; and the whole tapering nearly equal
ly troro the breach, which is 27J incher in diame
r, O. the munrie, whrieh ts W inches' -go-inz a
thickness ot metal to it as a lube of 7} inches
al the former, and 31 inches at lhe latter. The
model for this gun was provided by the Ameri
cans, who ordered it, and was made on an inch
and-a-hall scale.
The turning and boring occupied over a space
ot nearly three monihs, though lhe operation is
by no means slow, considering the quantity of
nietal to be cut away at a gradual ai.d cautious
rate to prevent any imperfection. The first drill
introduced was seven inches in diameter; and
about a toot from it, alO inch boring-head fol
lowed on the same shaft, making a bore of 10
inches at once. An ll}-inch drill was next
used, and finally one of 12 inches. The gun,
finally adjusted in the lathe, was turned, the
borers being stationary. The finishing opera
tion with the 12-inch drill took three successive
days and nights, without intercession, the engine
being kept at work, lest by ceasing even for a
short time lhe contraction or expansion ol the
iron might, from alternate heat and cold, prevent
lhe production ot lhe desired triteness of the
bore, or leave a mark. As it is, the bore is as
fine and smooth as that of a first-rate fowling
piece; and the exterior of the gun is equally
bright and even.
Through lhe centre of the breach a large hole
is drilled to admit ot a thick bolt, with a large
head, to be counter-sunk tn the rounded cup or
basin ot the breach, where lhe charge will be de
posited. This bolt terminates exteriorly in a
| strong screw, upon which will be secured the
outer or terminating breach piece as a finish;
and this pin is so massive at lhe head, and will
be so closely fitted, lhat it will become part and
parcel of the gun, and cannot be blown out by
any explosion which lhe piece will bear. In
looking through this hole (now open) the whole
resembles a huge telescope.
The piece will be poised on its carriage on
strong trunnions of 8j inches long, forged upon
a massive iron belt or ring encircling the gun
near its centre. The belt is 11J inches tn width,
and 3J in thickness, and will also be brightly
polished. It will be put on in a hot stale, so as
to contract in cooling, like the tire of a wheel.
Immediately in front of this belt (which cannot
move towards the breach, from the increasing
thickness of the gun, as well as a small flanche)
a groove or flat ribbon indenture has been turned
out of the gun. Round this a hoop or belt ol
iron will be put on to fit flushly, but nut welded;
and over this another strong hoop of iron will
be driven on hot, and in contracting will clip lhe
other so tightly that the trunnion belt will be
come immoveable, or, as it were, in one mass
with the gun, to resist all recoil or shock, lhe gun
ilstdt not being weakened in the least degree by
any drilling or perforation to secure lhe belt.
The balls which this monster gun will carry,
will each be 11J inches tn diameter, a quarter of
an inch being fell for windbore, and wit! each
weigh in casi iron 2361 b., so that the piece is in
reality a “ 236 pounder.” Before delivery, it
will be proved at Bootle Bay, with a double
charge of gunpowder (451b5,) and two balls,
weighing of course, together, 4721b5. It will be
covered, during the experiment, with mats and
sand, to avert the consequences ol any accident
from disruption—though this, from its admira
ble and scientific construction, is by no means to
be apprehended The Princeton is, we learn, to ,
be here shortly to take the mpnster on board. ,
Connecticut.—The Legislature of Connec
ticut met at Hartford on Wednesday. Hon. W.
W. Boardman, (Whig) of N. H., was chosen
Speaker, having 87 votes, and C. H. Beardsley,
(Loco) 54-there being 10 scattering. In the
Senate, Hon. A. N. Skinner was chosen Presi
dent pro tem.
The Governor delivered his Speech to both
houses in the afternoon. He states that on the
31st of March last there was a balance of $25,300
in the treasury; and the permanent fund, of
which the income is applied to the ordinary ex
penses of the government, amounts to $400,400.
The erection of new buildings for the insane,
is recommended.
The expenditures of the State Prison during
the year were $10,982; earnings of the prisoners
$19,284. The judicial expenses of the State
have risen from $12,441 in 1820, t 0531,776 in
1845.
The number of militia men enrolled is 49,991.
The Education fund amounts to $2,051,423,
and during the past year $117,730 were distribu
ted among 1658 school districts.
The Governor recommends the provision of
more effectual means to collect debts, suggesting
that the tendency of legislation seems to be to
wards laxity of morals in the fulfilment of con
tracts. The policy of a protective tariff is said
to have been fully vindicated by experience, and
the duty of every State to remain faithful to the
Union is forcibly urged. The case ol the treat
ment of Mr. Hoar, by the authorities of South-
Car.ilina, is referred to, as are also the frauds in
elections and the necessity of amending the laws
of naturalization With regard to the annexa
tion of Texas, the Governor says it is not yet
consummated, and he “recommends to the Ge
neral Assembly to guard against any inference
which their silence at this lime might seem to
justify, that a measure so unfounded in princi
ple, so dangerous as a precedent and so destruc
tive in its tendency to the peace and prosperity
of the country and the objects of our Union, can
ever receive the sanction of the people of Con
necticut.” — Cour. if- Enq.
Z \
• Reported Eater News fromriEuropc*
i., The Baltimore Patriot says:—The New
York Sun and Herald of yesterday morning,
publish accounts from Londdfltd lhe Iffth ult.
’ one day late'r than the news.published )}y th?
I other papers, is given by The
New York Sun says, she 'Londin papers of the
ri9tb were expressed from London to Liverpool
• in time for the steamer, “on their-account,-”-
Tfie New York Herald- publishes the same
news in eff.-cf, but says nothing about its being
■ expressed. The other New York morning pa
; pets make no mention of the reported news, and
the evening papers do not even notice that such
pews was repotted to have been received. The
Boston papefe are also-silent on the subject.
We cannot butTegard the news as somevyhat
apochryphal, though it bears the marks of au
thenticity. We copy the accounts of tfie Sun
and the Herald, that our readers may judge of
■ it for themselves. . ,
sh-om the New York Sun,
ONE DIY LATER FROM EUROPE.
VERY IMPORTANT—Another IVar Speech
< from Ine British Premier—Passage of the
Maynooth Grant Bdl.
By the attention of our newspaper agents in
Liverpool, Messrs. Wilmer & Smith, we have
London papers of the 19th ult., expressed
through on our account in lime tor the steamer,
and which came to hand last night from Bos
ton.
The great debate on the Maynooth Grant ter
minated in the British Parliament on the morn
ing of the 19th, with an exciting speech from
Sir Robert Peel, the mere abstract of which,
occupiestbree columns and a halfin the Morn
ing Chronicle.
It would seem that Ministers had some
doubts as to th; passage of the bill, when the
Premier, summoning all his energies, commenc
ed a powerful appeal to the House in favor of
the measure, in which he defended the policy
of Ministers, showed the necessity of concilia
ting Ireland, and alluded to a probable war
with the United States, as one of lhe reasons
why Great Britain should “concentrate all her
energies to maintain unimpared lhe power and
dignity ot the United Kingdom.”
If war should come, he desired that “ Ireland
should stand ranked, with England, and the en
ergies of a united people would insure a glori
ous triumph in a just cause.”
He denied that ministers had consulted with
any of the pulilical leaders orclergj’ of Ireland,
nor had ministers ever entered into any nego
tiations with the Pope, relative to this grant,
neither was the grant any part of a general sys
tem for the endowment of the Catholic Church,
although he[Sir Robert] would not letter minis
ters by a pledge not to propose the endowment
of the Roman Catholic clergy—he would make
no such declaration, but he wished Hon. gen
tlemen to draw no unfair inferences from his
refusal to commit himself by such a pledge. He
considered the permanent endowment of May
nooth College, just to the Roman Catholics of
Ireland. It would produce a kindly feeling in
Irelanu, ameng the people—it would produce
great good. 1 know not what the consequences
may be in respect to the kindly inteniions be
tween Ireland and this country.” I do not rest
the measure on any question of mere compact.
Isay, without hesitation, you must break up
that formidable conlederacy which exists in that
country against the British connection. And 1
believe it is essential you should breatr it up, in
order that you may carry on the work of good
government in Ireland [cheers] and that you
may strengthen the connection between the two
countries, and maintain, unimpaired, the power
and dignity ol the United Kingdom, [renewed
cheers ] On the horizon of lhe west there is a
cloud [hear, hear]— a cloud small, but threaten
ing future darkness, [hear, hear.] While we
were most anxious for an adjustment of the
impending differences—while we would have
nothing undone to effect theamicablesettlement
[of the Oregon question]—yet I did feel it to be
part of my duty—of the duly of lhe first minis
ter of the crown—to state lhat, ifourrights were
invaded, we were determined and prepared to
maintain them, [loud cheers.] I aver that when
I was calling upon to make lhat declaration, 1
did recollect with satisfaction and consolation,
that the day before 1 had sent a messageof peace
to Ireland. [Loud cheers.) The Hon. gentle
man, member from Canterbury, thought it not
impossible lhat the time would come when this
country would be compelled to summon all her
energies for action I heard that speech with
zreatsatisfac'ion. [Cheers.] * * Nuwti|iy
God avert so gr at an evil as war. [Loud
cheers.] May God forbid that this time of
general peace should be so awfully disturbed.
[Hear, hear! !J But if it is to be so, it war is to
come, I doubt much, considering what is now
before me, [alluding to the opposition to minis
ters on this question,] whether the vindication
ot our honor and our interests will no' be confi<
ed ’o other hands. [Hear, hear] But to
whomsoever they may be committed, I shall
take my place beside them, encouraging them
by any support I can give an honorable cause,
(loud cheers.) And it lhat calamity should be
fall us, it is my earnest hope that when it shall
occur, it shall find the people'of this empire
. united in loyalty to the throne, and in determi
nation to support the common interests (tremen
dous cheering)... .That Ireland shall stand
ranked with u 5.... And the energies of an
united people will ensure a glorious triumph
in a just cause.
[The premier resumed his seat about three
o’clock in the morning, amid thunders of ap
plause which lasted several minutes.]
After this exciting speech, the House divided,
and there appeared lorlhe Maynooth Grant Bill,
323, against it 176—majority tor it 147. The
ministers, were, ot course, overjoyed at the re
sult. It is probably the first time on record, that
a religious grant has been carried by appealing
to the beligerent propensities of the English
Commons. The Premier has evidently accept
ed O’Connell’s offer of Ireland’s services to fight
America for Oregon and Texas, ft remains to
be seen how the bargain will be carried out.
The New-York Herald gives the following
as the closing remarks of Sir Robert Peel:
* * * * As a Minister responsible for
the public peace, he said that it was necessary
to break up that formidable combination which
at present existed in Ireland against the British
government He did not think that that combi
nation could be broken up by force, but he did
think that it might be subdued by kindness, for
bearance, and generosity: and it was essential
that it should be subdued if we wished to cement
the union between the two countries, and to in
crease trie strength of this united empire. When
he first thought of proposing this measure to
Parliament, he had no anticipation of an inter
ruption of the relations ot amity between this
country and any other. But on a. recent
occasion Lord John Russell had consid'-rcd it to be
a duty to raise the veil wkidi concealed the distant
future. It then becapie his duty to stale publicly
that though he was anxious for an amicable ar
rangement of our differences with the United
States, we were resolved and prepared to defend
our unquestionable rights, if they were invaded.
He owned that, when he was called upon to
make that declaration, he recollected with plea
sure that he had sent the very day before a mes
sage of peace to Ireland. Mr. Smythe bad
said in his very eloquet speech on a former eve
ning, that lhe time might come when all the ener
gies of the country would be wanted in its defence.
God forbid that peace should be broken; but if
it were broken, though he might not be a mem
ber of the Government called upon to vin
dicate the honor ot the country, he would be
found by the side of the Minister, whoever he
might be, supporting him in the prosecution of
a just and honorable war. Whenever that
war should occur, he trusted that it would find
Parliament and the country united in loyalty to
lhe throne, and in determination to support lhe
common interests of the empire. Then con
fiding in our good cause, and in the valor,per
severance and fortitude ol every component
part of these united Kingdoms, he should view
the result with composure, being convinced that
lhe energy of an united people must insure lhe
safety of the empire.
The House then divided, when there appeared
For the motion 323
Against it 176
Majority 147
Curious Report.—The London Morning
Chronicle,of the B'h ult., publishes the follow
sng singular rumor from its Dublin correspon
dent: “ It is rumored that several ships, bound
lor the United States with passengers from
Tralee and the neighboring counties have been
prevented from sailingiy orders of the Admiralty.'
From Switzerland we have a f.-w days later.
Modern councils prevail in the general diet;
conciliation and good feeling appear in the as
cendant, but there are apprehensions for the fu
ture, notwithstanding the apparent calm.
Episcopal Convention*
The Annual Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese ot Georgia,
which assembled on Thursday last at St. Ste
phen’s Church, in this city, closed its session
yesterday morning. There were present, be
sides the Bishop and a number of Clergymen,
Lay Delegates from the Churches in Savan
nah, Augusta, Athens, Clarksville, Marietta,
Rome, Macon, Columbus and this place.
In addition to the ordinary business, which
we learn was transacted with great harmony,
considerable interest was excited by the ordi
nation, on Sunday, of four young men to the of
fice of Deacons. Their names are Messrs.
Wm. J. Ellis, Nicholas A. Okeson, Wm. P.
Mower and Owen P. Thackara.
The public services on each morning and
evening during the Convention were numer
ously attended.— Geo. Journal, Vithmst.
William W. Cherry, one of the noblest
sons ot North Carolina, a Whig Elector in the
last two Presidential contests, and just nomina
ted for Congress in place ol Hon. Kenneth Ray
ner, died at Jackson, Northampton county, on
the 2d inst.
Dr. GEiß,ofthiseity, has invented amachine,
the purpose of which, is to give the hand and
fingers, in the act of writing, the proper positions
and flexibility. We have examined and tried
the instrument, which the inventor terms a
“ Chirographrast,” and feel no hesitation in
commending it to teachers as entirely calculated
for the end proposed. The hand is attached to
a small moving platform, running in grooves,
the first fingers and thumb being constrained to
give a proper direction to the pen,— Phil. Amer.
THVHSDAY MORNING. MAY 15
Whig Meeting.
THE WHIGS OF RICHMOND COUNTY
are requested tir meet at the CITY HALL, on
SATURDAY NEXT, the-17th inst-, at -Four
o'clock,?. M. for thepurpoeeof nominating dele
gates to the Whig Gubernulorial' and Senatorial
Conventions, ■
Georgia Rail Road Convention.
The Convention of the Stockholders of lhe
Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company
closed their labors yesterday, after a most har
monious session of two days, during which, the
following geptlemen were elected Directors for
the ensuing year.
JOHN P. KING, President.
Charles Dougherty,' James Camak,
Jacob Phinizy,. Wm D. Conyers,
John W. Graves, -Elijah E/JOnes,
Adam G. Saffold, John Cunningham,
Pleasant Stovall, Andrew J. Miller,
Wm. M. D’Antignac, A. J Povllain,
James W. Davies, John Bones,
Benjamin H. Warren, Hays Bowdse.
It is said that Mr. Morse, the inventor of lhe
Magnetic Telegraph, has commissioned Mr.
Fleisehtnan, ol Newark, as his agent, and he is
about to make a visit to Europe, and to attempt
to set forth Mr. Morse’s claims to the invention,
and its superiority over Mr. Wheatstone’s of
England, in Germany, where he will endeavor
to bring it into use.
Key West Salt Works.—A New Bedford
company have made the pastyear, at their salt
works at Key West, 32,000 bushels, worth on
board vessels 24 cents the bushel.
The fare on the Long Island route between
Boston and New-York has been reduced to 83,50
—through by daylight.
The New York Post says—“ It is true, as we
learn from undoubted authority, that the war
clause has been inserted in the English policies
of insurance. The rumor that eight thousand
men had been ordered to Canada, appears to be
without foundation, as is also the story pur
porting that a British man-of war had been
sent to the Columbia river.”
The Washington “Union” of Saturday ex
presses confidently lhe opinion, based on recent
advices from Texas, that the Annexation mea
sure will be speedily consummated.
WtNTEa Again.—Last Thursday and Friday,
the Bth and 9th inst., were winter days in New
England. Snow fell on the first, and awhile
frost covered the ground on the second day.
Imitation Marble.—The New Orleans Bee
says:—We alluded some days ago to a beauti
ful invention in imitation ol colored marble, by
Mr. Wise, of this city, an humble but talented
artist. It is with pleasure that we now an
nounce that Mr. Wise has made arrangements
for the exhibition of a magnificent motjel of a
National Monument, twelve feet high, wrought
entirely of this composition. It may be exa
mined at the Louisiana Hose House, corner
Perdido and Carondelet streets. Nothing can
be more beautiful, and at the same time more
perfect in its way than this composition. Its
resemblance to colored marble, is such as to
deceive both the eye and lhe touch, and expo
sure to lhe air only deepens the tints and ren
ders lhe imitation mote striking.
Execution.—The Raleigh N. C. "Register”
of the 6th inst. says:—Henry Carroll, a noto
rious offender, was hung at Louisburg on Fri
day last, pursuant to sentence, in the presence
of a largccrowd. Perhaps, there never was a
case, which more strongly illustrated the want
of a Penitentiary, that this. He had a mono
mania for stealing, and had been convicted
capitally, we believe, three several times, for
Horse stealing, but escaped each lime, either
by craving the benefit of the clergy, or through
some defect in lhe record. He was finally hung
for Grand Larceny, the article stolen, we think,
being a patTof Suspenders from a store!
Rev. Sydney Smith, notwithstanding his
losses by Pennsylvania stock, died worth a
very large sum of money. In his will his wife
was appointed Executrix, and he left £30,000 to
his son, £IO,OOO to his wife, and distributed the
rest of his property, which amounts to some
£BO,OOO, among his former servants and others.
Charleston Rail Road.
The following statement from the Books of
the Company, will show the continued increase
of prosperity which attends this institution.—
Mercury.
1844.
January—the receipts weres4o,o2B 84
February “ “ “ 44 867 77
March 42.338 72
April “ “ “ 36,573 74
$163,839 07
1845.
January—the receipts weres36 643 65
February “ “ “ 52.949 00
March “ “ “ 62,024 68
April “ “ “ 53,237 47
$204,854 80
Increase in receipts in the first four
monthsof 1845, weres4l,ols 73
The number ot passengers in the first
four months of 1844, were 21.545 00
In the first four morths 1845 26,576 00
An increase of passengers of 5,031 00
The Legislature of New York has just
passed an Act incorporating the American At
lantic Steam Navigation Company, with a cap
ital of two millions of dollars. The Compa
ny is designed to operate under the recent Act
of Congress authorizing the Post Master Gene
ral to make contracts for carrying the Ameri
can foreign mails in steamships, and reserving
to the Government the option of taking the
steamships employed in carrying the foreign
mails, for the service of the Navy in case of
war.
Monroe Rail Road. —At a meeting, recent
ly held in Macon, ot the Stockholders ot the
Monroe Rail Road, a detailed Repo't was laid
befo.ethat body of the affairs ofthe company,
by the President. From this 'eport, it appears
that the affairs ot the Company are irretriev
able; and 'hat the most likely mode of effecting
anything for the future, is lor the creditors, by
general consent of all concerned, in virtue of
their claims, to become the purchasers and own
ers of the Road. The Report was referred to a
committee to report at a future da v; whose re
commendations, we presume, will be conclu
sive. T.ie whole amount of debt due by the
Co -pany, is stated at $847,409 83; assets
$321,677 33; leaving, if all the assets prove
good, the debt of the Company *525,732 51.
South. Recorder.
S. W. Flournoy.—The Savannah Republi
can, in noticing the retirement of our friend and
coiaborer, S. W. Flournoy, from the editorial
chair of the Columbus Enquirer, pays the fol
lowing well merited compliment to his ability
as an editor:
We regret to notice the withdrawal ot our
old friend and colaborer, Flournoy, from the edi
torial chair of the Columbus Enquirer. We re
gret it, not only on account ot lhecause assigned
—ill-health—but because, however able liissuc
cesso', we can neve: again open the paper with
the same degree of interest or anticipated plea
sure. Flournoy is an odd fish, ’tis true—yet in
his way he certainly is a genius. He is remark
able for a combination of rare and singular
powers. Reckless ot the opinion of others,
shunning the contaminations of political leaders,
thinking right forward for himself, and express
ing his thoughts always in hisown peculiarand
original dialect, he possesses a power for teach
ing the p ipular mind, and a capacity to incite
men to vigoious action, which lack only in
dustry to make him one of the ablest editors
in the land. Hiseditorials were always marked
by a vigor of thought, a fearlessness of purpose,
and a slyness of humor, not unmixed occasion
ally with the most biting sarcasm. These pe
culiarities give such a markedness of character
to the productions ot his pen, that they can easily
be detected wherever or whenever they appear.
He would even rival Blanchard himself, were
he to turn his attention to the production of a
series ot “Caudle Lectures;” and an eminent
critic has said that he would rather be the au
thor ofthe “ Caudle Lectures” than any work
which has appeared since the days of Sir Wal
ter Scott. This is no idle flattery. We speak
what we know ot Mr. F.’s intellect, when it was
fresh, vigorous and uimpaired by disease. For
years he has suffered severely—so much so that
he was often incapacitated fur any mental effort
whatever. Much as we and the public may re
gret his withdrawal from the press, we conless
that we are happy to know that he isonce more
in the enjoyment of the quiet and peace ol pri
vate life. We doubt not he can, from the
heart, say, as did Blair of the Globe, when he
resigned his grey goose quill to Father Ritchie
—“There’s a load off my shoulders, and I
now feel happier than I have tor the last f >ur-
Iteen years—except-perhaps-a part ot my honey
moon.”
Letter from Mr. Clay.—The following let
ter, (says the New York Courier <p Enfuirer of
the iOth inst,,) from Mr. Clay, in answer to the
address.of the Central Clay Committee of the
city of New Ybtk, was read last night at the
Hbuar.i House before the .Committee and a
largenumber ol citizens who had assembled for
the purpose of hearing it. It was received by
us at an hour 100 late to.permil of any comment;
but it speaks so well for itself, lhat comment ap
pears needless:
Ashland. April 25, 1845.
Gentlemen : The Hon. Willis Green delivered
to me a tew days ago at thi place lhe address
which you did rn» the honor to make the 4th
March last, enrolled on parchment, and enclosed
in a silver case, manufactured by Mr. Win.
Adams for the occasion.
I received it with emotions of grateful sensi
bility, which it would be vain to attempt to de
scribe. Waiving all consideration of the cause;
and consequences of the recent Presidential
Election, of which it treats, as a past and irrevo
cable event, bn which I have neither inclination,
nor would it perhaps be fitting lor me to expa
tiate, I take pleasure in expressing my profound
and grateful sense of the great, persevering and
efficient labors of the Central Clay Conimittee
of the city of New York during the canvass
which preceded lhe election. And I must ex
fress also the high and lasting obligations which
feel to the Committee, and to lhe Whigs ot
New York, lor the ardent attachment and gene
rous confidence towards me, displayed at the
commencement and throughout the whole pro
gress ot lhe campaign, and now manifested in
terms ot fervid and touching eloquence in the
addre-s before me.
The patriotism which animated them in the
contest could never have been doubted, but this
document presented after our defeat, bears con
clusive evidence both of their patriotism and dis
interestedness. My situation is peculiar. I
have been in spite of . unexpected discomfiture,
lhe object of bonois and of compliments usually
rendered only to those who are successful and
victorious in the great enterprises ot mankind;
to say nothing of other demonstrations, the let
ters, the addresses and communications which 1 ,
have received sineff the election from
quarter, from collective bodies ai d individuals,
and from both sexes, conveying sentiments and
feelings of lhe warmest regard and strongest
friendship, and deploring the issue ot the elec
tion, would fill a large volume. 1 have been
quite as much if not more affected by them than
I was by any disappointment or personal interest
of my own tn the event of the contest. Among
them, gentlemen, your kind address will be ever
cherished bv me with the most gratified feelings,
and in the durable form in which you have had
the goodness to transmit it to me, it wi I be pre
served as a precious memorial, on which my re
motest descendants may gaze, as 1 have perused
it, with proud satisfaction.
I am, gentlemen,
With high respect,
Your faithful friend,
H. CLAY.
Messrs. Jas. R. Wood, Benj. Drake, and others.
Discovery of Ancient Treasure.—The
Macon (Geo.) “ M.ssenger" says We learn
from a source which we thisk entitled to full
credit, that a large deposit ol silver coin was
discot ered about two weeks since on the east
bank of the Ahamaha River, about five miles
below the junction of lhe Ocmulgee and Oco
nee, in Tatnall county. The place is ca led
Miligan’s Bluff, near Hall’s Ferry. Thecir
cumstances as related, are, that a man by the
name ol John Mazo, discovered three dollars,
which had become exposed by the blowing up
ot a tree. He commenced examining the earth
below, and the coin continued to appear, until
he had exhumed lhe handsome amount oi For
ty-five Thousand Spanish Dollars. They ap
peared to have been deposited in canvass bags,
and at some remote period, as the latest dale on
lhe coin was over 160 years since.
The place where they were found had lhe ap
pearance of an ancient fortification, such as are
common in many pans ot Georgia, several oi
which may be seen in this vicinity. When, or
by whom this deposit was made, does not admit
ol a reasonable conjecture. It is undoubtedly,
from the date of the coins, more recent than the
expeditions of De Soto and others, of which we
hare some authentic account.
The money, we understood, was found on the
landol Mrs. Gray, a widow, in needy circum
stances, and relative ol the fortunate discoverer,
who has shared it with her.
In reference to this discovery, lhe Georgia
Journal has the following:
“ The Macon Messenger has an account if
the late discovery ot a large amount of money
in Tattnall county. Being, last week, within
four or five miles of the place where this trea
sure is said to be found, we made inquiries con
cerning the same. That money was found al
the place alluded to there appears to be no doubt.
At first it was represented lhat there were five
or six bushels—now, it is said to be only five or
six hundred dollars. From all the circumstan
ces. we are induced to believe the amount larger
than the one last named. The individual find
ing the money, being quite an illiterate man,
various stories were told him, and among them
one was, that the Government was entitled to
half the amount. The consequence is, he equi
vocates, and his nearest neighbors do not know
the amount found. A friend in the neighbor
hood informs us that he saw one ofthe pieces
found, and that it was a Spanish mill dollar,
dated 125 years back. It is supposed that the
money belonged to some Indian traders, who,
in the early settlement of Georgia, had a trading
establishment at or near the place where this
discovery was made.”
Grave Truth fitly Spoken.
The Charleston Mercury,the leading organ of
Calhounism, in commenting on the transforma
tion ofthe‘Globe’into the ‘Union,’ holds the
following language:
“ Mr. Blair has been undoubtedly one of the
ablest editors in the country, and attached sin
cerely, we doubt not, to principles,—but at the
same time, in his way of writing, coarse, —even
scurrilous—devoted to party, proscriptive, blind
to the faults of favorites, hating the very virtue
of enemies. With him party was first, middle
and last—and fidelity to it as an association ol
men, not embodiment of faith, constituted his
beau ideal of orthodoxy Hence when slate
sovereignly came in conflict with Jackson, it
was treason; when it came to support Benton,
it was the essence of pure Democracy. But let
this pass. The tendency ot the Globe has been
to make the interestsof party usurplhe place ot
principles— and a very obvious result has been
to convert all the offices and expenditures of the
government into a grand party treasury; out ol
which an army ot demagogues is to be ted.—
Such an army exis's on both sides: a vast mul
titude who create nearly all the disgraceful tur
moil ofour elections, and whose sole interest in
politics is notoriously lhe hope ot office; who
demand proscription when they are out and de
nounce it when they are in; who scruple not tn
the face of day to transfer their violence and
noise from one party to the other, and by their
shameless pretensions to principles bring every
good cause into contempt, and lead too many to
conclude that all party contests are only a dis
gursed struggle between demagogues for lhe
gains of'office. Who does not see that this is
becoming more and more the case, and that our
elections are assuming lhe character ot a strife
of mercenaries for pay I We will not stop to
argue that lhe Government of the country is thos
corrupted and lhe public liberty endangered;
lhat is manifest.
The affairs of the Government will come to
be distributed among men who have no faith
nor honor—whose life is a shameless and glaring
l e— who ha e already sold themselves for gain,
and to whom the worst peculation would scarce
ly be loss of character. And in most cases,
these demagogues are unfit from ignorance, for
lhe duties of office. The education ot a street
politician is truly a notable preparation for lhe
business of an accountant. Andthis incompeten
cy has led and will continue to lead to lhe mul
tiplication of offices. Thus because the coun
try is first wronged by putting idle and ignorant
men in office, tt must be further burdened by
an increased expense, as a remedy. Thus, to
make “party services” the qualification for
place, is to insure that we pay an enormous price
for a very bad artii le.
In every aspect, it >s a corrupting and a dan
gerous rule. Looking at it merely in this light,
that it is trying men by a false standard, and the
mischievous absurdity of it is apparent. To
examine candidates for the degree ot M. D. in
civil engineering or midshipmen in agricultural
chemistry, would not be thought very wise—but
this is worse, for it is testing the fi'ness of can
didates by their proficiency in an essentially
immoral art—lhat of influencing elections by
stirring up the bad passions ot men. To make
prostitution the passport of fashionable society,
would scarcely be more fatal to the virtue of
women, than to make coarse and noisy detna
gogneistn the qualification for office, would be
to the purityofthe government. We have not
yet done with ihissubject.”
All this (says the Richmond Whig) is excel
lent W higdoctrine, such as we have been preach
ing, for years, in our feeble way. We will do
the Mercury the justice to say, that we believe
it has all the while entertained the opinions
here avowed. It and its party contracted them
during their connection with lhe Whig party;
and though they permitted them to lie in abey
ance, as it were, during the last tew years, they
have never ceased to feel their justice and their
truth.
A Curious Animal.—A letter was read be
fore the Geological Convention, giving a de
scription of a curiousanimal found in the mam
moth Ravine, as it is called, near Natchez, Miss.,
which is styled the “nondescript;” its head was
eighteen inches long and eleven inches wide;
there was a place for a trunk like that of an
elephant; the tusks were eleven inches long;
there were no traces of any eye. sockets; no
foramina for the passageof an optic nerve; no
place for eyes at all; it was a blind animal; had
sixteen teeth; its fore leg was five leet long,
and very powerlul; the bones were completely
fossilized, and were very ferruginous.
The Baltimore Repeal Association has had
- the good sense to dissolve into its original de
ments. Th* abuse of this country by O'Con
nell at last became somewhat too virulent .lot
the patriotism of Its members, and a preamble
and resolutions, prepared by the Executive
Committee, expres. Ing indienant feelings to
wards the sentiments ot O'Connell, and dis
solving the Association, were unanimously
adopted. The surplus funds of the Association
are to be given to the Hibernian Society. Ona
ol the resolutions requires the full proceedings
of the meeting to be published.— Cour, ts- Ens.
An Editor —A Scotch writer who has had
some experience to qualify him for speaking on
the subject, says, “if you have not chosen a
profession, do r.ot become an editor. Beg—
tak - the pack—keep lodgers—take up a school,
set upa mangle— take in washing. For human
ity’s sake, and especially your own, do any
thine, rather than become a ne ’ananer editor.
NOTRE.
H 3“ THE WHIG PARTY OF
WARREN COUNTY are respectfully requested
to meet In WARRENTON, on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JUNE next (June 3d,) to appoint
Delegates to attend a Convention to be held at
the Double Wells (Georgia Rail Road.) by the
Whig Party of Taliaferro and Warren countlee,
to no mlaatc a candidate for Senator for said
counties,and also to nominate candidates for the
Representative branch of the Legislature for the
county of Warren.MANY CITIZENS.
HOTCHKISS’ VERTICAL" WATER
WHEEi..
23“ INFORMATION respecting
this justly celebrated Wheel can be obtained by
calling at Hopkins’ Foundry, where the wheel
can be seen, or at Charles Catlin’s store, two
doors below the United Suites Hotel. Arrange
ments can also be made at either of the above
places for having them put in operation, in any
part of this State. All communications upon
the subject addressed to Charles Catlin will re*
ceive prompt attention. myl3-ltdtrw&w
died-
Afters lingering illness, on the 27th April last,
in the city of New York, Mr. William Hai«h,
Sen., lately a resident or this city, in the Nth
year of his age.
Respected and esteemed by all who knew him,
for his pure morality and devoted piety, he has
left this scene of mortal strife, to “dweb in man
sions not made wi.h hands, eternal in the
heavens.”
In Gwinnett county, Ga., on the 24th ult.
William Davis, son of William D. and Rebec
ca Byrd, aged 8 years, 7 months and 27 days.
Alas ! hnwr changed that lovely flower,
Which bloomed and cheered oar heart.
Fair, fleeting comfort of an hoar,
How soon we’re called to part I
But shall our bleeding heart arraign,
That God, whose ways are love?
Or, vainly cherish anaious pain,
For Him who rests above ?
Nn • let us rather humbly pay
Obedience to his will!
And with our inmost spirit say,
“The Lord is righteous still.”
(gomme real.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
WEDNESDAY, P. M.
Cotton— As the season advances the receipts are be
coming less, weekly, and are now quite light. The
amount on sale during the week has not been largo
while the demand has been good and prices well susj
tained We quote extremes 4]106j cents, principal
sales 5 to sfc.
Charleston, May 14.
Cotton— -The transactions in liplcnd.since the receipt
of the Hi hernia'g advices on Saturday last, have boon
light in consequence of the inability of dealers to enmo
to terms, the one party claiming a concession, which
the others will not submit to. The safes in the three
days reach but 1780 bales, about lOHO of which were
sold yesterday at very full prices. The sales are aa fol
lows : .30 at 4151 at 54. 121 at s|. S 3 at bj. IU2 at 54,140
at 54, IS6 a< s|, 301 at 7.50 al 337 at 6|; 104 at «|, 1&4
at 6|, and 17 bales al
Rice— The transactions in Rice, since our last, are
upwaids of 1000 tes, and holders, in order to negotiate
sales, have occasionally met buyers ala slight reduc
tion The sales comprise 40 tes at 34. 127at3|. !20at
3 5-16, 251 al3|, 235 at 3 7-16, and ISU tes at fl3j V 100.
Naw Orleans, May 8.
Cotton— There has been a very spirited demand for
Cotion ihroughout the day. and the sties sum up fully
19 000 bales, the largest day’s business of the season.
In the morning, prices were rather easier, but as the de
mand increased holders became more firm, and towards
the close of the obtained a decided advantage.
There is a gnod deal of Colton still ofTering, and hold
ers appear disposed to meet the demand freely. Wo
make no change as yet in our quotations.
There was about 300 hhds of dugar sold yesterday,
principally for the We>t, at rather easier prices for buy
ers, but we cannot yet quote any actual decline.
We find nothing of in'erest in the Western Provision
market; prices are without change and sales smalL
Exchange remains as last quoted ; London 84 to
ct pm : Paris 525 to 6 27j : oh the North at 60 dsys
Itn || ct dis, and sight par to | 4Pct pm.
FretgA/s—The large business in Cotton has given
grea er confidence to shipmasters, who are generally
demanding higher rates. Early this morning several
engrgemenis at the rates of yesterday were mrdo.
They are now steadily refused ; we have ndl heard#
however, that any advance has yet been paid.
EXCHANGE TABLE.
(SPECIE BASIS.)
AUGUSTA NOTES.
Mechanics’ Bank par.
Brunswick Bank M
Bank of Augusta “
Augusta Insurance & Banking Company °
Georgia Rail Road.. M
Branch State of Georgia **
SAVANNAH NOTBS.
State Bank °
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank.. “
Planters’ Bank ((
Central Rail Road Bank M
COUNTRY NOTBB.
State Bank Branch, par.
Commercial Bank, Macon u
Miliedgevill Bank **
Central Bank «
City Council of Augusta M
Ruckersville Bank M
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank “
Bt. Mary’s Bank M
Merchants Bank, Macon 6 dis
(rsurance Bank of Cnlumbus, No agio.
Minroe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of Darien and Branches •*
Chattahoochee R. Road & Banking Co,. “
Western Bank ol Georgia •*
Bank of Columbus **
Planters and Mechanics Bank Columbus. M
Bank ol Ocmulgee ”
Exchange Bank of Brunswick M
Phoenix Bank, Columbus ”
GeoigiafisHf cent Bonds 90/9 92
Georgia 8 cent Bonds 100 (9 lU2
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
CharleMpn Banks pax.
Bank of Hamburg
Country Banks ••
Alabama Notes 7 dis
CHECKS.
New York sight... | prem.
Philadelphia | •»
Charleston par.
Savannah ••.••••••••• H
valuable plantation fur
M SALE 11
THE SUBSCRIBERS
offer for sale all lhat valuable
property on Ogeechy river, in J ffer
son county, containing Two Thoti-
Acres, known as the FENN’S BRIDGE
PLACE. The improvements consist of two
Dwelling Houses, with all requisite out-build
;ngs, two ato e-houses, gin-house, packing*
screw, blacksmith’s shop, narn, stables, Ac.—
From 400 to 500 icres of land are under cultiva
tion, and the balance of the land is well adapted
to farming.
As a stand for merchandising, this place is un
rivalled ; and for a public house, blacksmith
snop and fanning, it possesses superior advanta
ges.
If wi I be sold on a liberal credit, or for stock
in the Central or Georgia Rail Roads, or for Ne
gro property. Apply on the premises io Kinchea
Womble, or to John H Newton, Athens Ga.
WOMBLE <fc NEWTON.
Persons wishing to purchase can appiy for in
formation to the following persons :
T. J. Parmelee, J. W. Jones, Augusta.
Asa Holt and C. A. Greiner, Savannah.
G. W. Hines, Macon.
Daniel Ma'thawa, H iwkinsville, mvlS lyj
EAGLE AND PHCBNIX HOTEL,
CLARKESVILLE, GA. O
plijl The subscriber has taken the Eagle |uaL
and Phrenix Hod I, lately occupied by W. G.
Wyly. The Hotel is supplied with new furni
ture, and is undergoing thorough repairs. From
his long experience in business, the subscri
ber flatters himself that he will be able to gire
entire satisfaction to all who may favor him with
a call. R- NASH.
jj" Persons desiring them, can at all times,
be lurnished with Hacksand Horses at moderate
prices. “*■
Clarksville, May 13. 1845. 1mw
VALUABLE PLANTA- a
TION FOR -SALE —The plantation ZET
whereon J fan R. Prescott formerly resided, ly
ing immediately on Briar creek, and on the road
leading from Louisville to Augusta, in Jefferson
county, near what is commonly called Pughaley
Bridge, "Cross Briar creek, about twenty miles
from Augusta, containing one thousand anddx
ty-five (1065) acres, well improved, the plantation
all fresh and underexcellent fences. The dwel
ling, kitchen and ou' houses, gin house, stables,
negro houses, &c., all new and in first rate order.
The place is a good stand for a stere and house
ot entertainment. For terms apply to Philip
McGran, Augusta, or to John Rogers, near
Waynesboro, Burke my!3 w4t*
FOUR mo .ths after date, application
will be made to the honorable the Inferior
court of Jefferson county, when sitting for ordina
ry purposes, tor leave to sell the real estate be
longing to Elizabeth C. Stephenson, minor, for
the benefit of said minor.
WM S. ALEXANDER, Guaidian.
May 13, 1845.
BROUGHT to the Augu»ta
•K Jail on the 3d inst, a Negro man who
says his name i* SAM, and that he be
longs tu Mr. Young of Newberry Di»-
trict, S. C. Sam is about 35 or 40 years of age,
5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, has a scar on the left •
cheek, and is very dark. The owner is request
ed to come forward, prove property, pay expen
sesand take h'm from jail.
May 14, 1815. W. D. BROOME, Jailor.
ADMINISTRATOR’S Sale—Will
be sold in Crawfordville, on the Ist Tues
day in August next, agreeable to an order of the
honorable inferior court of Taliaferro county,
sitting as a cuu t of ordinary, the Negroes be
longing to the estate ot Ben aniin Pauli, deceas
ed. Noid for the benefit of the creditors. .
JOHN W. WILdOxN, Adm’u
May 15, 1845.
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