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Floyd Couuty-Georgia.
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* GEORGE SCHLEY,
JOHN SCHLEY,
Dec. 13,1848* 6m WILLIAM SCHLEY.
GEORGE KINLOCH,
OF CHARLESTON S CAROLINA
VIJOULP RKSPKCTFCLL Y ..tier hisrer
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REFERENCES:
Charlett-m. S. C. Rome, Ga.
Col. J. Ga.l«len, | W. R. Smith.
Hon. Ker Hoyce, I ' «rbrou*li A Lamkin,
H. W Con.ier, Esq., *•- Alexander, Esq.,
John Fraser & Co., K. J. Janson. Esq.,
C. Eduxindeion, Esq . S. T. CoomM. Esq ,
Hyatt, M Burney A C.m. Utterly. Meamboat
Co - Cl ‘ ! T • Q
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A. Sii.l«v. [Sibley i Ciapoo.
CUrleston, Sept. 7, ISIS-
~ GRAIN AND OTHER PRODUCE
WILLIAM HAINES
liroriD KKSPKCTFCI.It offer bisser-
V V vices <o the ci.ixens of Ge rgia, Alabama and
Tenneeeee. ,o !*!•**• kinds ot GRAIN
AND OTHER PRODUCE on commission, and ex
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(eash) priors. He p!ed«e» hi. best exertions to pro-
Lt. the inu twis of ibose -bo may u<« him with
lheir busmem. Ch’r»>es molerale.
REFERENCES:
Hon. John P. King, Gen. En • Augusta;
E. L Newton, Esq, Athens; Rushaid Peters. Jr..
E-AUmta; Dr E. E. J-uea. Madison ; De. < .
H DalMs; Dr. A. Mens, Oxtord ; J. "
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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 31, 1849
Manufactures at tlie South,
The South Carolinian of the 19th instant,
thus concludes an article under the above head:
“Commence the extensive erection of Manufac
tories, and the. next step will be to cry out ‘pro
i lection’ for these weak and infantile enterprises.
But that ‘protection’ will recoil on the planter, when
he will have to pay double and treble for his bagging,
salt, iron, and indeed, almost every article for plan
tation supplies. Negro property must depreciate un
der such taxes, and the capital invested in agricui
rure will become utterly profitless. It is equally as
certain a mode of operating against our institutions
—if not so palpable—as all the efforts of the Aboli
tionists. The general establishment of manufactures
in the Southern States will be a fatal blow to the in
stitution of slavery.”
The South Carolinian is a well informed, and
we doubt not, an influential journal. To say
that it is altogether mistaken in its views, does
not express more than a moiety of the truth.
Its> e dogmas are pregnant with peril to the ex
isting relation of master and slave. This is
our own honest opinion, formed with as little
of prejudice and passion as falls to the lot of
common mortals. If we desired the abolition
of slavery in the Southern States, there is no
way in which we could attack itso successfully,
as to prove that slavery is incompatible with
mechanical and manufacturing industry. The
South Carolinian deliberately assures the world
that “the general establishment of manufactures
in the Southern States, will be a fatal blow to the
institution of slavery
We ask sober-minded, thinking men of all
parties, whether it is wise to attempt this issue
between die existence of mechanical a: Is aorfU
manufactures at the South, and the holding of
persons as slaves? Who does not see that this
needless issue, brings a new and dangerous
power to bear against the cause, which the ul
traists in South Carolina profess to have so
much at heart ?
“Whom the gods will destroy they first make mad.”
If our Palmetto friends are not afflicted with
a species of monomania, their disorder is some
thing worse. Let us view their malady in ano
ther light.
In his letter to the Memphis Committee in
answer to its invitation for him to attend the
great Convention to promote the construction
of a railroad from the Mississippi to the Paci
fic, Mr. Calhoun has contrived to make ano
ther issue between that grand enterprise and
slavery. The latter must needs be dragged in
to every discussion, and made the antagonist
of the improvement of every little harbor on
the Northern Lakes, and of every partially na
vigable river in the Union, —pitted as the enemy
of a railway from the western bounds of Ten
nessee to San Francisco —of all “Southern”
as well as northern manufactures. Not to do
Mr. Calhoun injustice in regard to the impres
sion which his Memphis letter has made on the
public mind, we copy some of the comments
of the Memphis Eagle :
Mr. Calhoun plainly states the projected
Railroad to the Pacific to be involved (as he
thinks) in the miserable controversy and agita
tion of the Wilmot Proviso question by design
ing men. when he uses the following language:
“ But candor com yds me to state,there still remains
another and graver question for us oi the South lo de
termine, before we finally decide what course we
should take in reference t> this great subject; and
that is, what position are we to occupy in reference to
our territories on the Pacific acquired from Mexico
by the late treaty with her 7 Are we to be excluded
from them? ♦ * * And, if an, shall we still go
on, and spend millions on millions, in addition to what
we have already, in aggrandizing the rest of the
Union at our own expense and for our subjection?—
I trust not. I trust wc shall pause until if is ascer
tained how we are to stand, ns to those territories and
the rest of the Union, before we decide finally on >ur
course in reference to the subject of the meeting In
’.he meantime, steps may be taken to obtain informa
tion preparatory to a decision ; but let usreserre that
until we can see what interest wc are to have in the
work. 1 *
There is a notable feature in Mr. Calhoun’s singu
lar letter of advice which we have yet to present. He
advises us to wait until we see whether or not we
will be able to carry slaves to New Mexico or Cali
fornia, and he emph itically insinuates that, if we can
not do so, we have no “ interest” in the prosecution
of the railroad, and ought not io co-operate in iis con
struction. h| the first place, we hold distinctly, that,
whether we can or cannot carrv shvea to New Mex
ico or California, the benefits, pecuniar/, social and
commercial, of the road to the citizens resident in
Tennessee, remain unimpaired and undiininished, and
the location of the road in our midst is a matter of as
much importanca as ever. Thia would be the ca-«e
even it Mr. Calhoun’s life-long dieam of an independ
ent Southern Republic were, to the ruin of the Union,
unfortunately realized. The swift cars would roll
fir*aid from ocean to ocean the same living tide, and
Wwuld t*e laden with the same incalculable wealihol
freight In the second place, we hold that to make
the Wilmot Proviso a question of and to
involve matters, which arc of practical “interest”
with i', is a sheer absurdity. It is a que tion of ab
stract constitutional right, and if reduced down to a
question of “interest,” would not remain a question
a single day—the immense interests broad, benefi
cial, increasing and substantial interests —of the
Union, would overshadow it as Jura would over
shadow an ant-hill, as the Union in grandeur and pow
er overshadows South Carolina.
Prominent Democrats have pronounced slavery in
New Mexico and California an impracticable thing,
and an impracticable thing cannot be a matter of “in
terest,” in the sense in which the word is used by
Mr. Calhoun, under any circumstances. A distin
guished Democrat of Alabama, an able statesman and
a profund jurist, lias published his deliberate convic
tion that slavery cannot legally exist in New Mexico,
and that it cannot exist but by the positive legislation
of Congress. Now, the Southern giound is that Con
gress has no right to legislate upon the subject of
slavery. Mr. Benton, another distinguished Demo
crat, takes the same position on this subject as Judge
Balser.
We look upov. the tone of Mr. Calhoun’s letter as
most unfortunate —unfortunate to this section—unfor
tunate to the great design of a railroad to the Pacific,
and unfortunate to the hopes of national quiet, concil
iation and harmony. Logically, he and his adherents
must, it they art up to the spirit of this letter, oppo-a
every item "of the appropriations on the civil and di
plomatic list, in the next Congress, until they see
what interest they have in the work. At once, and
even before Congress attempts lo pass the Wilmot
Proviso, they are to look disunion full in the face—to
stand prepared to embrace : t—and not to move one
inch in legislation without looking to disunion as a pro
bable consequence. Thus boldly is probable dis
union avowed as a distinct motive of legislation.—
Thia must result in injury to the South. Northern
members constitute a majority—will they vote us ap
ptopriations with the threat of disunion thrown down
lielbre every legislative movement ? Not one dollar
not one cent! And with other things, perished and
gone to wreck, will be the loc .lion ot a Southern
rout** of the Pacific railroad, lost to us, with all its in
calculable benefits, for years, perhaps, forever. Un
der such circumstances. California and New Mexico
will he with and of the North ; and the entire North
will be embittered by the unwise and unhappy policy
of the restless South Carolinian.
We must confess that we believe that Mr. Calhoun
lias struck a great and tn« st disastrous blow at the
substantial interests and cherished objects of this sec
tion. He has unwisely, unjustly and iutpropeilf
sought to force* an unnatural alliance between his
dreamy phantom us nullification and the great project
of a railroad tothe Pat ific. We m ist reel before the
blow, or rather before the rebound with which it will
be hutled bact Irout the North, unnecessarily and
wantonly aggravated upon a point on which there
should be n<shing but united energies and co-opera
tive influences. Our very soul recoils in disgust and
horror from the proportion to legislate upon the antici
pation of disunion ’ The hour has not (and we hop?
to God never will!) come tn which wo can deliber
ately go io work and dig the deep and dark sepulchre
in which shall be entombed the melancholy ruins ofa
once glorious and powerful Republic, one hand upon
the Atlantic and one upon the Pacifi?, stricken down
in the dost by the factions of us sons. We will repel
wrong -but we will not anlicipa e it—and whenever
wrong comes we will seek justice and not revenge
a revenge which affi cts us equally with others, and
make Im us and the unhorn a terrible future, dark
with anarchy and red with blood.
Our South Carolina friends must soon dis
cover that the policy of Mr. Calhoun will not
coniTand the support of the intelligent people
of the South. To protect their property from
the penis of an universal agitation of the slavery
question.so unwittingly aggravated by making it
antagonist to the just protection of ail the free
labor in the Republic, to all internal improve
ments —in short, hostile to almost everybody
and every thing—the citizens of the South will
be compelled openly to repudiate the ukraism
of soured and disappointed politicians. It is in
the nature of all fanaticism to be active in its
movements, and excessively officious in urging
its peculiar tenets upon others.
Kyanizbd Bxooixa. —The following it from the
last number ot the Maysville Eagle :
‘•V’e have known for some tune that Messrs. Jno.
Taylor. Crook A Co., of East Maysvi'Je, contempt i
ted engaging tn the manufacture of bagging made
Iran untocted hemp and Kyanixed in the same wn>
their popular cordage is done. But we were sur
ptsed ibis morning at receiving Tom Dr. Leavitt, the
active partner ot the concern, a piece of his Kyanized
bagging, and that several months sooner than we
had anticipated.
The piece before us is decidedly the heaviest,
most even, and best specimen of bagging we have
ever seen, and, we are informed by Dr. L.. is perfect
ly indnanictilde and will not be affected in the least
by damp or beat, the gn»ai producers fdecay, fnis
is half a pound to the yard heavier than
•wuurory and also Umu w<ui UaaviOf Ukau
Dr. L. lemgos making 1L
Wo have n>< timaor mom to-day to say one-hal:
of what ws intended on the subject, but shall recar
to »t again *xm>.
tn the meantime, we invite farmers an ! others in
terested in hemp aixl hemp fabr-es to call ami see it.
The above may indicate the germ oi a very
valuable improvement. Hitherto the business
of Krantz.ng wood and textile fabrics Jias been
attended with liote practical benefit, so far as
wo are informed. Nothing in the arts is more
desirable than some cheap solution or pigment
to be applied to bags for bolding cotton, flour
ami meal that will render them incombustible
and import boo* to air and dampness. In such
sacks all breadsluffsf whether ground or not,
if properly put up, would keep as long as an
Egyptian mummy, without change or damage, j
Augusta is deeply interested in the protection
of cotton from fire, and the preservation of
grain, flour, meal, meat, butter and lard from
injury en route to foreign markets.
Affairs of Rome.—We publish this morn
ing a somewhat extended, but very interesting
letter from the London Times, upon the State
of Rome. It sets forth in a connected form the
events which have thus far marked the attack
of the French upon that city, and presents a 1
very valuable statement of the condition at the
time it was written of public feeling induced by
that attack.
The Hon. C. J. Jenkins.
The Savannah Republican of the 18th inst., <
contains a communication, cordially endorsed •
by the Editors, suggesting the name of our fel
low citizen. C. J Jenkins, Esq., as the Whig (
candidate for Governor. Much as we should i
be pleased with such a nomination, it is within
our knowledge that Mr. J. does not desire the *
nomination, that he has repeatedly objected 5
and still objects to the presentation of his name I
to the Convention about to assemble.
F. S. Barlow', Esq. declines the appoint
ment of District Attorney for the State of Geor
gia, recently tendered to him by the Adminis
tration.
A (iiBAT Discovbby.—The editor of the “Great
West, announces the astonishing fact that he has
succeeded in discovering a “living, actual,, torvt fide
descendant from one of the Second Fan&liesof Vir
ihia’ n ( J ‘
discovery and will exhibit this Lusus Naturae,
he will be on the high road to fortune.—Eds.
Chron. & Sent.
Another Murder.—The Jacksonville (Flo
rida) Republican of the 14th inst., says: “We
learn that another murder was committed in
Alachua county last week. Mr. Cornelius
Rain, a man of property, was heard to say that
he intended to bid for a family ofnegroes which
were soon to be sold. He afterwards returned
home, and on perceiving two men riding to
ward the house, apparently friendly, he ad
vanced to meet them. As he came up, one of
the men shot him dead. The daring villains
then passed him, and entered his dwelling, and
.although Mr. Rain’s wife and family were pre
sent they robbed the house of the sum of $4,-
000, and then fled. They were not recognized,
and had not been taken at the last accounts.”
Drunkenness. — The Commissioners on
Drunkenness in Great Britain, estimate the
value of labor lost through intemperance annii
p‘!y, at $200,000,000. More than 1,000.000
receive parochial relied. One hundred thou
sand are constantly in custody for crime. The
amount of grain annually destroyed by distilla
tion is 58,000.000 bushels.
No wonder so many die of hunger in a coun
try which converts its bread into poison on so
magnificent a scale. Wherever the education
of the masses is most neglected, the vice of in
temperance will most prevail. Animal appe
titesand passion rule as with a rod of iron, the
undeveloped intellect of semi-barbarous peo
ple. The cost of drunkenness in England is
ten fold larger than would be that of the most
efficient system of common Schools.
The State of Rome.
From a Correspondent of the London Times.
Florence. May 11.
We reached Rome on the very day the Re
publican Constitution was proclaimed—a mea
sure which was done without the smallest out
rage or excess, unless it were tho pulling down
of some papal emblem; and, indeed, with the
exception of the murder of poor Rossi, there
has been no violence nor outrage committed
in Rome of a nature at all traceable to the
change of the Government until within the last
three weeks.
During this time rumors were rife of European
intervention in favor of the Pope , much money
was spent to buy off those (a large proportion)
of the people who continued attached to his
Holiness, while, on the other hand, no small sum
is understood to have been paid on the Pope’s
account to maintain his party. It was current
ly believed that, had his Holiness appeared
with a fitting demonstration on the part of
the European powers, his party, now held
down by fear, would immediately show them
selves as the vast majority. No such interven
tion came, however; but one fine morning,
when ail was tolerably quiet, when you walked
through Rome in perfet comfort and security,
and even at night not more than the customary
numbe* of stabbings and assassinations occur
ed. we heard ofa French force being at Ci vita
Vecrhia, and saw the account in Galignani of
the debate in the French Chamber which au
thorized the expedition. Ail were amazed;
the Government was taken by surprise, and
had the whole body—some say 7.(M10, some
10,000 men—inarched at once to Rome, I do
believe they might have inarched in. and by
giving confidence to the Pope’s party have
settled the question in a week. But instead of
this, after occupying Civita Vecchia under pro
test ol the Government—an act of war of itself
—they came by short marches half way to Palo,
and there they remained some days.
In the meantime, the Republican rulers, re
covered from their panic, issued bold manifes
toes against the French (themselves Republi
cans) for interfering to thwart another nation
in its efforts t<» obtain liberty; declared they
would repel force, if attempted, by force: shut
the gates, cut the roads in front and rear of
’hern, and constructed barricades to defend
them ; mustered all lheir troops, civic guards
and all. and called in all those who were em
ployed in the country, either watching the
Neapolitans or doing other duty. Amongst the
rest, they called in a troop commanded by one
Garibaldi, a sort of free captain, like the an
cient condottieri, who had got together some
1.000 lo 1.200 men, and had been stationed on
the Neapolitan frontier.
Garibaldi is a native of Nice. who. fora po
litical offence (conspiring to blow up the thea
tre at Genoa wi.h the King in it.) was forced
to run away from there, and for some years
was employed as a paruzan in South Ameri
ca ; whence, on hearing of the disturbances in
Italy, he return* d w ith a small band. He was
pardoned by Charles .Albert,and passed through
Nice, i think, in November last, when I was
there.
Thence he went to Italy, and ra sed a body
of men about Rieti and in the mountains of the
Neapolitan frontier; but 1 know nothing of
his history until he was taken into pay by the
new Roman Government. These men bad
the wor-t character, as being desperadoes and
lawless plunderers from all quarters: and it
was feared that they would turn Rome into a
scene a f pillage and rapine. We saw them
march in—many most wild and truculent look
ing savages; but there were others whose
manners when they spoke to us showed a most
unexpected urbanity, and proved that this free
life had attracted many heedless young men
ofa superior class. Certainly, we were agree
ably disappointed in their conduct, for they
were as quiet and orderly as any other of the
regular military. All went on without inci
dent, but in a sort of feverish state of expec
tancy for some days, till Sunday, the 28th of
April, when we learnt for certain that the
French were within a few miles of Rome. Next
morning, as we were walking down the Corso
about 8 o’clock, a man came civilly up. and
said, rather hurriedly. “You had better go
home—the French are at the gates, and the
rappel will beat immediately ” And so it was;
the drumsbeat and we saw the troops hurry
ing off*. Civic Guard and ail; and I went off* to
St- Peter's to ascertain the rea stale of the fact
Before I got to the bridge of St Angelo the
cannon had begun to play, and one or two
houses outside the walls to burn; but none but
troops were permitted to pass the Eales, so I
went back in haste to calm tho ladies, and
mounted the steps of the Pircain to look at the
affair, most of which could be seen from there,
as it occurred just above and behind St Peter’s.
For three hours the fire of musketry and can
non continued, when it at length ceased, and
we were all vastly astonished to hear that the
French had been repulsed with steal loss, some
cannon and a number of prisoners taken—
some said 250, some 500 ! Thia seemed most
extraordinary, and we presumed that it must
have been only a reconnaissance, or something
Rhe vort. which had been thus fallen in with
nd beaten off*. But next day nothing further
took place—a flag of truce came in. and next
morning it was currently reported that the
Frea?h bad all fallen back to Palo.
It appears that Oudinot. the French com
ma inter hid been led to think that no opposi
tion would be offered to his entry into Rome ;
and that he. therefore, had only sent on a de
tachment of something like 1.000 men. w ith two
guns, and an officer with a flag of truce, who.
when the officer went in with the flag, remain
ed wa'ting tor him where they had been left
Garibaldi s men had been sent to check the
French on their first approach, and had been
driven off by them; but in retiring they found
this fl <g of truce party, and sending a party
round in lheir rear, the rest advanced with
arms reversed, in sign of peace, which the
French believing, they made no opposition,
uuui me party m thair rear rmmed forward <n*i
took them off their guard, wheu all were made
prisoners or were killed. Their comrades at
a distance having no orders, were too late or
unable to assist them. As to cannon, two of
the Roman pieces were disabled, but none of
the French were taken. Such is the account
of this skirmish, as given by a French officer
taken prisoner, to another Freach gentle man at
Rome connected with me French idismoq
there; but the Romans have exalted it into a
decided victory over the w hole French army
a second Waterloo.’ Well were it. however,
if the ndicuie of the thing were the worse of
it: but this attack of the t rench with so small a
force, and its failure, from whatever cause aris
ing. has already produced very important re*
su.u, and probably most disastrous ones.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27. 1849.
In the first place, the petty success has begot
ten such an idea of their own prowess, and
such a security of being able to resist all exter
nal interference, that there is now no chance of
a peaceable arrangement, or any change of the
existing state of things being acceded to.
Even the steady, sober men of business, who
sigh over thair losses resulting from this state
of things, and who had been praying to have
Pio Nono, or any one back, now shook their
heads when the subject was mentioned, and de
; dared their conviction that he could never be
received as their ruler again. The district of
Prastevere had all along been staunch for the
Pope ;it is now to a man against him; and. so
(ar as Rome is concerned, and the Pope’s
cause depends upon it, I regard it as utterly
lost. It was indeed a striking sight to witness
the change of feeling that took place, after the
French landing, from listless indifference to
active enthusiasm. The report of the French
being at the gale roused every man to energy.
Then, indeed, one saw that the people were in
earnest, and a more general appearance of zeal
and excitement 1 never saw. All ranks were
in motion, and as the firing went on, and re
ports of the French retreating came in, the
cheers were deafening ; it was a truly in.erest
ing sight.
All next day collections of arms of all sorts,
old rusty Spanish match locks, halberts, and
daggers, that for ages had not seen the light,
were handed out to crowds who came to ask
for them ; and though, after it was known that
the French had really retired, and the great bus
tie subsided, yet the preparations lor resistance
went on more sustainediy and scientifically than
ever. All the gates w«re defended by barn
cades, better made than the first, and all the
principal streets were cut up by simrTar obsta
cles. In the meantime the populace amused
itself (set on no doubt by demagogues) by
burning all the Caidioals’ carriages. I saw
seven one night broken up and burnt in the
Piazza dej Popolo. and five at other times in
the Piazza d’Espagna. &c ; and a few people
were stabbed for presuming to pity and
I mi-eh i -W
It was evident that the populace were getting
dangerous. Troops, too. were pouring in
daily. Garibaldi’s corps largely increased,
and a vast number of Lombards and Romagno
lis arrived ; and the streets of Rome swarmed
with armed men No general outrage how
ever, was committed by them. The gov
eminent, driven to the greatest straits to
get money, first insisted upon a very large
and grievous forced loan from all possessing
mo'e than (I think) 500 or 1.000 scudi per an
num ; then they look all horses they could get
hold of. and published an ordinance that every
one having more than two should hold the re
mainder at the orders of the Government.—
Everything in the way of arms was to be given
up for public use; and then every person hav
ing plate, silver or gold, was invited —th dis to
say, pretty much constrained—to give it up to
be smelted and turned into money.
The bells were taken from the churches, and
some old ornaments in brass or bronze taken,
nominally to be smelted for cannon ; and there
was a talk of a sale of the Vatican antiquities,
pictures and statues. Next came the Neapoli
tans —after the French had retreated—and the
popular exasperation increased. One night,
some people were seized, suspected of being
Jesuits in disguise, and sentenced to be shot
On the way to the castle of St. Angelo they
were torn from the hands of the civic guard,
cut to pieces, and thrown into the Tiber. The
Chevalier Campana (of the Museum), a friend
of the Pope’s, was stabbed in his own house;
some priests murdered ; and, (hey say, several
other such things perpetrated. It had been an
archy fur long past, but wi h good humor; it
was now anarchy with evil humor—the liger
had tasted blood.
We all became alarmed, and succeeded in
quilting Rome. That very morning we found
that the Neapolitans with troops variously esli
mated at from 5,000 lo 28.000 men, having ar
rived at Albano, were marching on to Rome.
Garibaldi, who had now nearly 10,000 men un
der his command, had marched out the day
before to meet them—and he did meet them;
and the Roman report, which followed us to
Seltevene (where we slept), was, that he had
cut up the Neapolitan advanced guard, and
taken some 100 prisoners and some cannon.
Whether this be true or false I cannot say;
but should he unfortunately, have been in the
smallest degree successful—even so much as
to give ground for another bragging bulletin—
the consequences will be disastrous indeed, I
fe ir. Already drunk with lheir fancied success
over France, this will render them still more
insane, and, what is worse, will increase the
already mad influenza of desire to join the Ro
man standard: and, if Rome is to be reduced,
will occasion incalculable bloodshed and misery
to that devoted city.
Indeed, French and Neapolitans joined
unless in very overwhelming numbers—will
find it a matter of infinite difficulty to subdue
a city and population in the stale which Rome
now is in. 1 do believe that Rome now con
tains not less than 40 000 men in arms, and on
our way to Florence, the road was alive with
parties of er med men, all hastening to Rome.
1 wish to convey to you an idea of the spirit
that prevails, not only in the Papal states, but
also throughout much of Italy ; for it does ap
pear to me a most serious matter, and one
which, if not sufficiently known or ascertain
ed, is well worthy of being so. It seems to in
volve not only the Italian question, but that of
Europe, in regard lo quiet and good govern
ment; lor if Rome is to be stiff*-red to go her
own way, and not only throw off allegiance to
her Sovereign, but permit his throne to be
seized by a clique oi Red Republ.cans, will not
the poisonous fermenting elements of every
other country acquire fresh pungency and
strength from herexample and throw the whole
into disorder again ? Who are the present ru
lersofßome? Mazzinni, Avezannn, and Ga
ribaldi—three strangers of broken fortune, who
care not one sou for Rome or its people, and
who. as in the case of the old Republic, back
up their cause by bands of foreign robbers, and
have artfully drawn the ignorant mob to fur
ther their ambitions designs. Then, again, it
is obvious that the Pune’s day is at an end ;
nothing short of military occupation can ever
give Pio Nono and his Cardinals a seat in the
Vatican again.
1 do not enter into the Arne and what govern
ment should be given to Rome. It is clear that
the restoration of Leopold is by no means a
universally popular measure. The people of
the towns are still Republican whilst the pea
sautry are all for die Grand Duke. This leads,
and has iu several instances led, to disputes,
and even actual fighting and bloodshed. These
are symptoms of the irritable stale of the pub
lic mind in these parts.
From the California Emigrants. Letters
were received in this city yesterday from emi
grating parties to California, dated as late as
the 18th of May. On that day they were 240
miles from Si Joseph, and all going on pros
perously. These letters do not allude to the
prevalence of the cholera. They represent
the health and spirits of the emigrants as excel
lent—the grass ns fine, and where it was thought
the mules would fail, they were fattening. Not
an li dian had been seen since the party left
the Mission, 23 miles from St Joseph. The
party were greatly elated by meeting an ex
press direct from California—[the Mormon
express] —sent back it seems, for the purpose
of urging forward a part of a company which
had been left behind Tney were urged, it Is
said, to abandon lheir wagons, and hurry on,
on pack mules, as they had found richer dig
gings than ever, and wanted their assistance in
securing the golden treasure. The whole
country glittered with the wagons, carriages,
tents and animals by the thousands; men. wo
men and children, young and old, who have
engaged in this gold-searching pilgrimage, and
whose route lea is over a distance of more than
twenty two hundred miles.
These letters also speak of the reckless con
duct of some of the emigrants, in throwing
away their extra double and single trees, and
other necessary conveniences for tall travelling.
Some have left large wagons on trie road side,
with cards on them, intimating that those who
come after may take them if they want diem.
So eager are they to get along, that all surplus
weight— stoves, pots, boxes, tobacco, bacon.
«&c.. may be found scattered along the road, in
the general rush towards the end of their jour
ney. Poor fellows’ they may want the pro
visions before they reach California.—Sf. Louis
Re pub., June 7th.
Avert violent storm passed overthiscity
yesterday. Several fluboats were sunk at the
landing; the cabin of the Yazoo City, a beat
tor sale as a wharf boat, was blown off into
the river; the roof of the floating theatre was
crushed in and the cabin scattered in pieces bv
the tempest; the roof of the grocery and com
mission house of Cook Jk Hawley was crushed
in ; the front of Mr. Neely's dry goods store,
corner ot Front Row and Exchange Square,
was blown down; the r«*of of the fine bl*»ck
on Exchange Square was damages: the Bayou
was filled to overflowing in some places; a large
number ot trees were blown down ; gabie-ends
went to the ground, sky-lights were lifted, and
panes of glass innumerable were shattered.
W e had a young tornado, and it played very
wild and extravagant pranks.— Memphis Eagle.
1 IM IMSt.
A New \ ork letter in the Philadelphia In
quirer. after speaking of the excitement pro
duced in that city by the news ot the arrival of
SI 000.000 in California Gold at New Orleans,
says—
I am acquainted with three gentlemen who
informed me to day of their intention to settle
their business as soon as possible, and embark
for California with lheir families and all lheir
capital. Tne probability is. that we base seen
the gold fever >n only its mildest form as yet.
A singular phenomenon lately occurred near
Stroud water, m Maine, by which about 15
acres of the wood land sunk about 15 feet,
sliding in i’s descent into the bed of the river
and changing its course. The Portland Ad
vertiser states that 1500 to 2000 people visited
the sunken land on Sunday last. The owner
of tne pasture through which people bad lo
pass, to reaqh the spot, assessed a tax of
12 cents on each vehicle that had to enter
his premises, and 700 vehicles, it is said, paid
the tax. and visited the premises during the
dav!
Divorces in Connecticut.—An official re
port lately made to the Legis’nture of Connec
ticut shows that, for the five years ending with
April last, five hundred and fifty-two divorces
have been granted in that State, viz : thirty-five
by the Legislature, and five hundred and sev
euteeu by the Superior Court.
"Augusta, ®u.:
FRIDAY MOHNIJIO. .TUNE »2, 1849.
Common Schoola In New Hampshire.
Got. Dinsmore says : The law of 1846 (treated a
commissioner of schools, who. in Lis report, to be sub
mitted the present session, •' enumcri'tes as among
the encouraging proofs of a growing interest in (he
cause of education, the voluntary appropriation, dur
ing the current year, by a majoruy of the towns, of a
sum nearly one-third greater than the amount requir
ed by law to bo raised for the tupport at schools.
The people of the Granite State understand
their true interests when they not only tax
themselves by public law for tho support of
common schools, but cheerfully pay “by a
voluntary appropnation," nearly one-third more
money for universal education than the law
requires. We honor the wisdom and patriot
ism of this Democratic State Its Governor
communicates the gratifying information that
“ teachers’ institutes have been established and
conducted with great success in several conn*
ties.”
These institutions have been some years in
operation in the State of New 1 ork, and have
done much to improve the efficiency of her
eleven thousand teacher* x>f common schools.
This is the kind of Standing Army that a repub
lican government is in honor bound to main
tain. Eleven thousand welt drilled, thorough
ly educated Schoolmasters, who love their no
ble profession and cherish a lively interest in
the great science of humkn improvement, are
worth more to a nation than a million of fight
ing men. Cultivated reason and Christianity
can find a better service for man in this world
f u of hirin-£’fade of
human butchery. So soon as universal educa
tion can be made to enlighten the popular mind
in all Christian nations, both wars and oppres
sive taxation will cease to afflict their people.
Springing from human action, human action
can prevent them.
The New and the Old World.
The steamer Niagara took out a mail consist
ing of twenty five thousand and fifty letters, of
which more than sixteen thousand were pre
paid either in whole or part. Since the eastern
and western continents are only nine days
steaming apart, and weekly passagescarry and
bring 25 000 letters in either direction, we can
easily understand the cause of the rapid increase
of emigration from the Old to the New World.
Our postal arrangement with England and line
of steamers to Bremen, aided by the general
disturbance in Central Europe, serve to turn
the eyes and hearts of millions toward the hap
py land of America. All the influences which
now operate to send forthso many new swarms
from the jld hive, will continue in force, with
slight variations, for centuries to come. The
Atlantic will be fairly bridged with sail and
steam vessels; for the more numerous our
population, and the more extensive our rail
roads and canals, the larger will be our inter
course with European nations. The uprising
of this young Republic, is to be entirely with
out a parallel in the history of the human fami
ly. American Opinion will soon give law to
the civilized world. How glorious and incom
parable is our destiny!
“Railway from St. Petersburg!! to Moscow.
The Railroad Journal of the 2d instant contains an
account o( the double railroad, undertaken by Nicho
las, to connect the two cities of Russia. The distance
is 329 miles. Tne work was entrusted to Col George
vtf. Whistler, an American, who died recently, alter
having accomplished a targe portion of the work.
The Emperor employed another American to complete
the wrrk, on which Messrs. Harrison, Winans &
Eastwick have a contract Gt* more titan four millions
of dollars. They have already furnished of Russian
manufacture, 162 locomotive engines, 7*2 passenger
cars, 2580 freight cars, and two carriages SO feet long
lor tho imperial family. The whole line is laid
double, ami the journey can be performed in ten hours
when the road is completed. Forty millions of dollars,
or less than the Croton Works have coil New York,
is the estimate for the railroad and locomotives.”
The Railroad Journal should be better in
formedthan to say that “forty millions of dol
lars is a less etitn than the Croton Waterworks
cost New Y’ork.” The cost of the latter was
less than one-third of the sum named.
Parties in thf. French Assembly.—The
following votes for President gives a fair idea
of the strength of parties in the new National
Assembly. Tho balloting w«w as follows:
Whole number of votes *609
Absolute majority3os
M. Dupin** 336
Ledru Rollin*lß2
Gen. Lamuriciere 76-591
Dupin was consequently proclaimed Presi
dent.
This is the first indication given in the new
Assembly of the division of parties. The 7G
who voted for Gen. Ltmoriciere are the mode
rate republican or Cavaignac party, but there
was a division of opinion among the members
of this party, and a considerable number voted
for Dupin. The Ledru Rollin, or ‘ Red party. ’
is much stronger than was ecpected, consider
ing the great number of absentees.
Proscription.—Twenty years ago Gen.
Jackson, says the Albany Evening Journal, on
reaching the White House, found about an
equal number of supporters and opponents in
office. And then commenced that sweeping
svstern of “Proscription” which led a distin
guished United States Senator to declare, in his
place, that the offices held by a “Vanquished”
Party belonged to the “ Victors.” And in ac
cordance with this avowal, the following remo
vals were promptly made:—
Fifteen Ministers Plenipotentiary, Charge
d’Affaire, and Secretaries of Legation.
Nine Marshals and fifteen U. S Attorneys.
Forty-eight Collectors and principal revenue
officers.
Nine Indian Agents and Naw Agents.
Twenty-six Receivers and Registers of Land
Offices.
.Twenty one Consul? for foreign ports.
Four hundred and ninety-one Postmasters.
And in the New York. Philadelphia, Boston,
and other Custom Houses, a clean sweep was
made, so that during the first year of General
Jackson’s Presidency, over two thousand persons
were removed from office. ”
This tyrannical system has been steadily fol
lowed by the party calling itself “ democratic”
for nearly the lifetime of a generation; and it
still insists that the whole army of “office hold
ers,” which has been fed and fattened so long
at the public expense, may of right, trample
tinder foot the republican principle of “rotation
in office,” and prolong the proscription of all
Whigs forever? Capital doctrine this; and
very democratic withal !
New York and Erie Railroad.—The rei
ceipts for passenger money on the New York
and Erie Railroad since its extension to Owe
go have increased about S2OO per day over the
daily receipts of last month. When this road
shall be completed to lake Erie it will become
one of the greatest thoroughfares in the Union.
After reading Gov. McDowell’s speech in
Congress on the Slavery question, Col. Noland,
the editor of the Batesville (Arkansas) Eagle,
a noble son of Virginia, and as true a Whig as
ever breathed, says:
“If we didn’t feel lifted right out ©four
boots, when reading the eloquent speech of this
gentleman, then there are no snakes in harvest.
Old Virginia has got a few jewels left, and
McDowell is one of her brightest. Such ap
peals to the patriotism of the North, cannot tail
to have their weight; and in our individual
opinion, will do more good to the cause ol the
South—go further to tne madness of
Northern fanatics, than ten thousand wagon
loads of the low. scnriilotis productions of
Coob. Boyd *fc Co. Such men never can see
beyond partv. and have no idea that any docu
ment can be perfect, until filled up with slander
and abuse of the Whig Gov. Me Dow
e” is a Democrat, buthe*- a gentleman and
an honest man : and this saying more than
we should like to say for some wouid be-great
men. who have straddled slavery question.”
Mail Robber Arrested —We learn from
the Albany Pufriot that “Nathaniel Hewett,
who was recently acquitted in Savannah, under
tlie charge of robbing the mail, has again been
arrested and S62U oftne Bank ot George J own
Biils—the description of money stolen—with
sl4 of other funds, was found upon his person,
tie had procured a S2O bid changed, wmeh
| led to suspicion. A search warrant was issued
I by direction from our Postmaster, E. Richard
son Esq., and Hewett was overtaken and the
iiiooev procured bv himseii and uur sheri I
G. W’. Collier Esq . fifteen miles from Albany
on the road to Columbus
He will now be med under the charge of
stealing tne money.
The Attorney General ol the United
States, it is stated, has decided that .he State
Courts have no jurisdiction in tne case of news
paper postages, and that tne postmaster at
Syracuse acted legally io charging letter post
age on a paper, Dearing the initials of a friend
Tne costs m the suit will probably amount to
at leasts4oo. Tne amount involved in the
original dispute between the Postmaster and
the person to whom me paper was addressed,
1 was nme cents.
®£legrapl}ic- Jntclligenre.
j FURTHER BY THE AMERICA.
1 We have intelligence from New York by
| telegraph to Friday (yesterday) morning, which
; gives us the following particulars:
Liverpool Market.
Baring’s Circular of June 8, says the com
mon and middling qualities of Cotton have
advanced |d. in the Liverpool Market. Iu
Fair and Good Fair qualities the advance was
not so much. Fair Uplands closed at 4Jd.:
Mobile 4Jd.; Orleans 4 jd.; Middling 4j a 4|d.
Havre Market*
Junk 6.— Cotton. of the week 8,]38
bales, against the receipt in the same time of
2,862 bales. The stock on hand was 41.90 y, of
which 40 270 were American, over 4,000 being
Sea Island. The quotations were for Fair
Orleans 57f 82; Mobile 59f.74; Uplands 62f. 78.
June 7.—The market was very animated.—
The sales amounted to 3500 bales at stiff* prices,
closing at an advance of 50 centimes to If. on
United Elates descriptions.
Miscellaneous.
France.—The new Cabinet has been form
ed by the coalition of Odillonßa'ratt, Dtifaiiv re.
and M. de Tocqueville for Foreign Affairs.
The Red Republicans were very violent
against the new Ministers.
Rome was still firm against the French in
trigues. The Roman army numbered 80,000
men, and the city was determined to hold out.
The Pope demands a renewal of his temporal
power—but the Romans say never.
The Frankfort Parliament it is said, were
about forming a Republic to be composed of
several German States. v
The Hungarians stih continue victorious —
The belligerent parties seemed to be concen
trating their forces for a grand battle. The
Sardinians have joined the Hungarians.
The State Prisoners of Ireland have been
transported.
France has sent more troops to Italy.
There was a convention at Rome on the night
of the 31st ult. between the Ministry and Tri
umvirate, which Gen. Oudinot had denounced.
The Hungarians have gained fresh victories-
The reported capture of Cronstadt by the
Russians is unfounded. The Russians were
unable to enter Transylvania. A bloody bat
tle was fought near Treviso, but it appears that
neither party were victorious.
From tke Charleston Mercury.—By Telegraph.
Baltimore, June 20, 1849.
I send you the following additional details of
the intelligence received by the America.
Great Britain,
In Parliament, Mr. Gladstone has given no
tice that on the 14th he would bring on a mo
tion in reference to the recent events in Cana
da; Lord John Russell gave a pledge that in
the meantime no steps should be taken by the
Government to the prejudice of the opponents
us the Canada losses bill.
The action of the American government in
reference to the expedition in search of Sir
John Franklin, has been alluded to in the most
complimentary terms in Parliament.
The crops in England and France are re
presented as growing finely.
Lord Clarendon has officially announced
that the sentence of death pronounced on the
State prisoners would be commuted to trans
portation.
The Western provinces of Ireland are re
presented as being in a most deplorable con
dition, and that society is completely disorgan
ized.
The overland mail from India had arrived
and the reports from the India markets con
tinue satisfactory. All is tranquil in the Pun
janb.
Lady Blessingtou is dead.
France and Italy.
In France a new cabinet had been formed
by a coalition between Odillon Barrot and Du
faure. The new Ministry is almost identical
with the old, the only changes being M. Du
f.iure, who takes the department of Minister
of the Interior, M. de Toqueville that of Fo
reign Affairs, and Laquenas that of Commerce.
Much surprise was occasioned by the omission
of tho name of Marshal Bugeaud in the mak
ing tip of the new cabinet The Paris papers
generally, express their disapprobation of the
compromise, and predict its early failure, and
the Red Republicans are particularly violent
in lheir denunciations of the new Ministry-
The Message of the President, Louis Napo
leon, to the Legislative Assembly, is published
in the Paris papers of Tuesday. In style and
arrangement it is more after the America!
model than the European. It fills four columns
of the European Times.
M. 1 >essups has utterly failed in his mission
to conquer the affections of the Romans fur
France, and has returned to Pans fur further
instructions Some accounts say thathewa**
recalled, and that the same messenger carried
instructions to Gen. Oudinot to reduce the
Holy c.ty to submission atall hazards, and that
he would attack the city with his entire force,
i ow increased to twenty-five thousand men, on
the 30di. The Romans have announced their
firm and determined resolution to resist to the
death the threatened assault, and it is stated
that their forces, which amount to eighty thou
sand men, are amply sufficient lo resist suc
cessfully.
The Pope still persists in demanding an un
qualified recognition of his power as temporal
ruler, and the Triumvirs, backed by the people
declare they will never, under any condition,
concede the demand. Mazzini has expressed
the most earnest and profound determination
to accomplish the destruction of the Pope’s tem
poral power, and says “we shall show fight to
the last against all prospects of restoration.’’
The Paris journals furnish intelligence from
Rome to the 2d instant. Hostilities had not
recommenced, and Gen. Oudinot was warmly
denouncing the armistice.
The President, in his message, says: “It is
the destiny of France to shake the world when
she shall be agitated, and to trauqnilize it when
she shall be in a state of peace. As soon as I
shall have power, some important questions
must be discussed respecting various European
nations beyond the Rhine and the Alps. From
Denmark to Sicily affairs are deeply interest
ing.” .After reviewing the important events
which have taken place in Europe during the
past year, he then goes on to say : “ A revolu
tion was expected which created great sensa
tion in the Catholic and Liberal world. In fact,
for two years, we w’ere accustomed to behold
in the Holy See a Pontiff* who took the initia
tive in useful reform, and whose name was re
peated in hymns of gratitude from one end of
Italy lo the other. It was the symbol of liber
ty, the guerdon of all hopes, when, suddenly,
we learn with a*tohishment the sovereign who
was lately the idol of his people, has been com
pelled to fly secretly and in stealth from his
capital.
Thus the acts by which Pins IX was com
pelled to quit Rome, appeared to the eyes of
Europe to be the work of conspirators rather
than a movement of the people who could not
have passed in an instant from the most lively
enthusiasm to such an opposite extreme. The
Catholic Powers had sent ainbasiaadors to Gala
for the consideration ot grave matters connect
ed with the Papacy. France ought to be re
presented there but she listened without com
mitting herself to forms of action. But after
the defeat of Novara matters took a more de
cidedtiirn. Austria, in concert with Naples,
answered tothe appeal of the Holy Father, and
they were notified by the French Government
that it should take its pari in the transaction,
because these powers had already decided upon
marching on Rome to re-establish the authori
ty of the Pope purely and simply. Placed un
der the necessity of explaining ourselves, we
have but two modes of doing so: either to op
pose ourselves in arms to every species of in
tervention. in which case we would break up
all Catholic Europe for the supposed advan
tage of a Roman Republic, which we had to
recognize. We had to leave the combined
powers to re-establi*h the Paptl authority, or
to exercise our own power for that purpose
by independent ac ion. The Republic adopt
ed the last: the result remains to* be told, and
the difficulty is still unsolved.
Germany.
The Frankfort Parliament is still exerting
its influence to form a republic afterthe Freuch
model, to be composed of Bavaria. Wirtein
burg, Rhenish provinces. &c.
Prussia, Hanover, and Saxony havepromul
gated new constitutions for Germany, in which
the principle of universal suffrage is recognised
—as it has been in the previous attempts to
form a union of the German states. The king
of Prussia under the present arrangement is
prominent for the leaders ip. while the house
of Austria is excluded. Ail the other states are
invited to participate, but it is doubtful whether
the plan will succeed.
Hungary,
The war in Hungary presents no new sea
tore, and since the fall « I Buda into the hands
of the Hungarians, no event has occurred ca!
ciliated to have influence on the result of the
struggle, though the Hungarians have achieved
additional, and in some respecu important
victories. The contestants are concentrating
their forces, and accounts of a tremendous
battle are every day looked for. The Austrian
general Welden has been superseded by Lieut
Gen. Panyuatre. Prince Paskewitch will com
mand the united Ruaso-Austrian army in the
east, and Gen. Hayman in the west.
The latest intelbgence from Venice -left the
Austrians under Marshal Radetzky preparing
to bombard that city, which was closely inves
ted on ail sides.
it was reported that the King of Sardinia
had placed his entire army at the disposal of
the Hungarians, but this requires confirmation.
Denmark and Prussia.
Reports, so constantly repeated, that the
war between Denmark and Prussia is about to
terminate, are again renewed, but lead to no
reliable evidence of the fact The Danish
blockade is still strongly enforced.
The Emperor of Russia is said to be in the
market for 5U.0V0,000 rubles.
The Ship Othello.
Ab several of our citizens have relations and
friends on this ship, en route for San Francis
co, the following extracts from letters, which
we find in the Charleston Courier will be read
with interest. It is the first intelligence receiv
ed of her since her departure on the 21st Janu
ary last:
Ship Othello, March 22, 1849.
I embrace the opportunity of a ship passing us
bound to France, to say we are all well and in good
spirits ; we had a fine run tolat. 23 deg. lon. 40 deg.,
where, instead of N. E. trade winds, as it was rea
sonable to expect, we had light 3. E. winds, and have
beat the whole distance to our present position. The
ship proves tight and stiong; our provisions are ex
cellent and passengers well satisfied.
Jos. Galloway.
Ship Othello, at sea, March 22, 1849.
Dear : —A sail being in sight, and having a
thance to send a letter by her, I write you a few
words to let you know my whereabouts. lam lying
out here nearly under the equator —hot as an oven.
Nothing has occurred of interest, with the exception
ofa gale on the Monday night after leaving Charles
ton. This is 53 days out and have not crossed the
line. We will have a long voyage, the Captain has
decided on going through the Straits of Magellan.
Fare is hard, accommodations of course not such as
would be enjoyed on a short passage. We have a
clever sefof passengers—l would like to be m Charles
ton for a few hours.
At sba on boahd ship Othello, March 22.
My respected and dear Friend A vessel is
now approaching u«, which may be bound for some
port in the United States, and as the Captain has
agreed to put letters from the passengers on board of
her, I seize the opportunity to inform you of our pro
gress and safety. We ought to have been thus lar
south on the first of the month. The Othello is a good
sailing vessel, and every thing on board is as com
fortable as we could reasonably expect. There has
been no sickness, with the exception of sea sickness,
among any on board.
From the New Orleans Picayune, 17 th inst.
Late from Mexico.
By the arrival here last evening of the brig
Anna and Julia, Capt. Liston, from Vera Cruz
he 7th instant we have received files from
the capital to the Ist ?n«t.
’The discovery of gold in California by ot«
enterprising countrymen appears to have wr
kened much of the cupidity of the Mexican
character, and regrets are frequently expressed
in the journals of that country that the territory
-ihould have been ceded to us. A correspoii
dent ’ f the Globo, published in the capital,
writes from San Francisco that the arrival in
that port of a Mexican schooner in Mazailan
had awakened in him and his companions, other
Mexicans, hopes of a character very inimical
to our sovereignty there. He says—
“ The number of Mexicans has been doubled
within a short time in that region, and it would
not be extraordinary if, by the union of Span
ish Americans and Europeans who daily arrive
itrsearch of gold, this jewel is wrested from
the hands of the Norte Americanos, to form a
great and .powerful nation, the mistress of the
Pacific. The enterprise would not be a diffi
cult one, and the baibarous conduct of Smith
will be the means which Providence has em
ployed to initiate it.”
A bill has been introduced by Congress for
sinking SB,OOO 000, to come out of the indem
nity to be paid Dy the United States, to be ap
plied for the gradual reduction and payment of
the internal debt of the Republic.
The inhabitants of San Luis Potosi were in
great alarm, at latest dates, in consequence of
the near vicinity to that city of the Indian in
surgent of the Sierra Gorda, and the unpro
tected state of the country intervening.
On the 29th ult. an insurrection broke out in
the city of Zachila, in Oaxaca, but it was soon
quelled by the troops and Municipal Guards.
There were eighteen or twenty killed on the
part of the insurgents.
There is to be an extra session of the Mexi
can Congress, to commence on the Ist of July,
necessitated by important events to be brought
before it which admit of no delay.
The State of Vera Cruz has voted medals to
be distributed among those who distinguished
themselves in the defence of Vera Cruz during
the bombardment of that city by Gen. Scott.
The Spanish Consul has received one.
El Arco Iris of the sth inst. states that the
individuals compromised in the recently dis
covered plot to revolutionize Tampico, are lo
be tried by the civil power. It adds that the
annexationists are still industriously working
at their infamous project, but that Gen. La
V ega is on the watch, and will summarily pun
ish those whom he finds in flagrant opposition
to the law.
The Apaches and Cumanches still continue
their barbarous inroads upon the frontier Slates
robbing and murdering the inhabitants. So
nora and Durango are the tnostexposed to their
ravages.
The cholera has nearly disappeared from
Monterey and other parts of Nuevo Leou,
where it had carried off’ so many persons.
The war in the Sierra Gorda, notwithstand
ing the apparent submission of Quiroz, one of
the chiefs of the insurgents, is still going on
with little hope of a termination.
A new State has been formed out of portions
of the district ol Mexico, Puebla and Michoa
can. It is to be called the State ot Guerrero.
The latest news received in Mexico from
San Francisco is up to the Ist of May.
Houses of business in San Francisco, decline
receiving any more consignments, unless of
articles which command a ready sale. They
exact 11 per cent commission and warehouse
room. A short time ago a small dwelling
there was let at $250 per month, on a’lease of
two years, and immediately afterwards the sum
of $2,500 w**s offered by the owner and accep
ted by the lessee to annul the contract. There
was for the moment some difficulty in collect
ing gold on the rivers, as the waters had over
flowed the banks. At the dry diggings there
were eight thousand persons at work at one
spot. It was in contemplation to hold a meet
ing for the purpose of passing resolutions to
prevent all who were not American citizens
from working at the mines. In the Placer del
Norte, the Indians had displayed some hostility
to the whites, and some murders had been com
mitted by them.
Consumption of Cotton in the United
States.—The New York Express say»: In
1842 the consumption of Cotton in the United
States was 300,900 bales, and in 1848. 600.000
bales. 83 years since there was no such thing
known as Cotton machinery; and 60 years
since there was not a spmdie on the continent
of America—whereas there are now in 5 of the
New England States not le*»s than 2,000,000 of
spindles. Vast as the number is in the coun
try, they promise to increase in full proportion
to its growth. The Cotton crop of 1848 was
988,099.093 pounds: supposing 6 cents per
pound, which is liberal, to be returned to the
planter, the sum realized from the crop is, in
round numbers, S6O 000,000. The capital re
quired to grow this Cotton, including the cost
of land, negroes, horses, mules, gins, &.c. &.c.
would be at lea«t S3OO OOH 000
China.—We hive been favored, says the
Baltimore American, with the following ex
tract from a letter from a gentleman of Balti
more, to his friends in this city. The fact
which it mentions, of the prompt and decided
course taken by Commodore Geisinger for the
protection of the lives, property and interests
of his countrymen in the exigency referred to.
reflects honor on the Navy and is highly credit
able to the gallant officer named :
“Canton, March 28, 1849.
“I have been here twenty days, and we have
been expecting a row with the Chinese mob.
but I think the precautions t. ken will prevent
anything of the kind. By the treaty between
Great Britain and China it was stipulated that
foreigners should be permitted to go into the
city at the expiration of two years. The time
is up on the 6th of April, and Gov. Benham
insists upon the privilege or right being practi
cally carried into effect. The Chinese mob
are very averse to anything of the kind, and
threaten to exterminate ail the barbarians if
they attempt to enter the town. We have all
the necessary preparations to meet the difficul
ty, and have addressed a letter to Com. D.
Geisinger, who is in command ofour squadron,
to give us protection. He not only promptly
responded to our call, but even anticipated our
wishes by reducing the draft of waler of the
brig Dolphin to enable her to come up and an
chor in front of the factories. He has conduc
ted himself in the handsomest manner, and is
entitled to the thanks of his countrymen and
foreigners generally. The D was aground
on three occasions on her passage up.”
Reception of Father Mathew.—The New
York Commercial gives the following outline
us the proposed arrangements lor the recep
non in that city of this distinguished advocate
of the temperance cause.
The committee of arrangements, of which
Aiderman Adams is chairman, have deputed
Dr. Whiting to receive Mr. Mathew at the
quarantine, whence he will be conducted to
me residence of John P. Nesmith, Esq., who
has politely tendered the hospitalities of his
mansion for the occasion.
On his arrival, nonce will be sent up to the
city, and the committee, accompanied by other
members of the Common Council and several
us the city authorities, with delegations from
various societies, will proceed to Staten l-land,
in a steamboat chartered fur the purpose, and
escort Mr. Mathew to the city, who will be re
ceived at Castle G trden by the Mayor.
Thence he will be escorted be a large pro
cession. composed chi-fly of the temperance
societies, through several of the principal streets,
to the City Hall, where he will be introduced
to the people from the balcony.
After a short stay Mr. Mathew will be ac
companied by the committee to his lodgings, at
| the Irving House, wher* he will remain as the
I guest of the city.
The rex; day he wilt appear in the Gover
nor’s room, to receive the visits of citizens.
It is expected that he will devote a lew hours
the next day to receiving the calls of ladies,
also at the Governor’s room. After which he
will ride out with the authorities to visit the
public buildings and other places. He is now
expected daily.
A New York letter to the Pniladelphia Ledg
er says:
“Father Mathew will remain here about a
week, after which he will visit Boston. Next
he will make a tour South passing through
your city.”
Health of Charleston.—But one death
occurred among the white resident* of our city
during the past week. When it is recollected
that this portion ofour population numbered
at the recent census 14.187, it will be admitted
that it furnishes a must gratify ing and conclusive
evidence of the health of Charleston, and one
that will favorab y compare with that of any
other city in the Union.—Afercury.
VoL.LXIII -NEW SERIES VOL. XIII—NO. 26:
Augusta, ®eo :
SATURDAY MORN ING, JUNE 33,1849.
Southern Manufacturing.
Under the above heading the South Caroli
nian of Thursday remarks:
“ Let us not be deceived by any specious plead
ings or illusory examples of growing prosperity. Ou.
neighbor Georgia, is quoted to us as a fine illustration
of the results of these enterprises. But will her pros
perity stand the test of probing—will it be aseerte<i
that she is as sound 10-duy as she was ten years ago
upon the slavery question ? Can it be denied that nil
our cherished institutions, both ofa social and political
nature, are fast giving place in Georgia to those In
stitutions which the Inquirer says are “adapted to a
higher state of civilization.” Again we Ray, let
those who still cling to the conservative principles,
connected with and interwoven with our well estab
lished institutions, frown upon any system whose ten
dency is to uproot and destroy theta.”
The intelligent citizens of this State will
smile at the suggestion that they are much less
“ sound to-day than they were ten years ago or.
the slavery question.” According to the Co
lumbia notion of “soundness” on this topic,
nothing short of a war of extermination against
“ Southern manufactures’’ and a dissolution
of the Union, if the ultraists in South Carolina
do not have their own way in everything, is
tl sounds Had they Succeeded in electing Mr.
Cass of Michigan, and in defeating Gen. Tay
lor of Louisiana, we should now hear little
from Columbia about the Wilmot Proviso, or
the danger of encouraging mechanical indus
try at the South. But since the people of
Georgia have preferred to trust their peculiar
interests to the keeping of an illustrious Plan
ter, who is a true Southerner by all the ties
and relations of birth, social and pecuniary in
fluence, rather tnan place them in the custody
ot a time-sen nig Northern pt4rfi6ah, wl <
“ prays for the abolition of slavery every
where,” the South Carolinian sees nothing but
“unsoundness” in its ‘‘neighbor Georgia.”
It says that “ her prosperity will not stand prob
ing.” Wait till the next US. Census istaken,
and a new adjustment of representatives in
Congress is made. We will then see whose
“ prosperity stands probing” the better, that of
Georgia or of South Carolina. Although our
railroad contributes largely to the business and
income of that of the anti-manufacturing State
which joins us, still we will not shrink from
comparing the value of the stock of an im
provement in unsound Georgia, with that in
“sound” Democratic, free trade South Caro
lina.
We have seen slaves in this State spinning
cotton who earned for their masters three times
more per day and year, than they could on any
plantation. Thousands are employed in vari
ous mechanical and manufacturing pursuits, to
the profit oftheir owners and the advantage of
the commonwealth. Can any one not a mono
maniac seriously contend that, to open up
new and more profitable employments for
slave labor, will diminish the value of such
luborand tend to the abolition of slavery ?
Take another view of the subject. Suppose
Georgia withdraws 50,000 laboring freemen
from agricultural pursuits and employs them in
various branches of mechanical and manufac
turing industry. Slaves will then be demand
ed to raise grain, meat, potatoes, garden vege
tables, wool and cotton, and to make butter and
cheese, for the increased consumption of these
50,000 operatives and mechanics, their chil
dren and other dependents. Is not this a plain
and truthful statement of the case ?
Suppose a rich citizen of Augusta withdraws
100 servants from making cotton and corn on
his plantations in the country, and sets them al
the more profitable business of making shoes,
instead of buying them of Massachusetts aboli
tionists. Would the fact that his servants earn
ed for him $l5O in place of $75 a year serve
to depreciate the value of his property in them,
or make him ” unsound on the slavery ques
tion ?”
The iron and steel required to fabricate a
good axe are worth about thirty cents ; and
with trip-hammers, grindstones and emery
wheels propelled by water or steam, the labor
and coal for forging, grinding and finishing an
axe need not exceed thirty cents. These in
dispensable cutting implements, used alike by
the planter and the mechanic, are worth by the
wholesale in this market sl2 a dozen. Hence,
a manufacturer of axes on the Augusta Canal,
who owned tenable bodied men and kept them
at work at this business, would realize more
profit from their labor, than any planter in
South Carolina can make with thirty good
hands in growing cotton.
A good tanner, or hatter can take five hands
and make more clear money in a year than any
farmer can make with ten hands in skinning a
virgin soil.
We think that a large insane asylum is much
needed near the capital of the Palmetto Slate,
for the benefit of her over “ sound” politicians.
Railroad to the Pacific.
Commenting upon Mr. Calhoun’s extraor
dinary letter lo the Memphis Committee in an
swer to its invitation to attend the Railroad
Convention in that city, the St. Louis Reveille
says:
“ But if, after all, some of its pretended friends shall
succeed in connecting it with questions to which it
has no affinity, and attempt, thus to make war upon
the interests of other sections, as deeply (?) as them
selves in its success, we say once for al , let the war
be oj»enly and manfully declared, and not conducted
upon a system of frauds and tricks. It we are to be
driven into this position, it is just as well for those
who desire it to reflect that St. Ijouis and the State
of Missouri have every thing togain and nothing
to lose by the controversy, and that the noble resolu*
tion passed at our mass mt eting, deprecating par
ty excitement and sectional jealousy upon this
great subject, was dictated by a magnanimous desire
in hold counsel with our fellow-citizens of the whole
Union, and not by any doubt either of our rights, or
our power to assert them.”
We may not rightly understand the purport
of the above language, but if we do. it is an
intimation that Missouri will go with Mr. Ben
ton, with the North and for her Pacific road,
M r. Calhoun to the contrary notwithstanding.
By his unfortunate letter, he has driven the
citizens of a slaveholding State “into a posi
tion’,’ antagonist to the doutli, in which the
RtveiUe asserts that, “ St. Louis and the State of
Missouri have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by the controversy.”
If $100,060,000 are to be expended in con
structing a National Iron Way from the Mis
sissippi through the public domain lo the Paci
fic, it is a mailer of incalculable importance to
Georgia and South Carolina that Memphis in
stead of St. Louis be the starting point. The
Atlantic ports of Savannah and Charleston and
the railroads leading to each city are deeply iu
lerested in all improveme.uts west of Tennes
see and Arkansas.
At fifty cento per 100 pounds, or ten dollars
a ton, the carrying trade of the Erie Canal
amounts to twenty millions of dollars a season
of six months. This carrying trade has built
up a line of cities, from tide water to the Great
Lakes, and added ten fold to the value of farm
ing lands along the course of this noble im
provement.
Make South Carolina and Georgia the grand
thoroughfares for the trade and travel between
Europe and the illimitable West, and who doe*
not see indefinite millions thrown into the
pockets of our citizens by the advance of
realestate, of Railroad stocks and other means,
which advance will cost them nothing? Why
labor so hard and so successfully, to drive
commerce from our seaports, travel, freight
and profits from our railroads, and prosperity
from the old planting States? This policy is
above our comprehension in any one who
claims to be a statesman. «
Blackwood’s Magazine for June, repub
lished by Leonard Scott Co. has come
early to hand. The story of “ The Caxtons”
is continued. There is also an excellent paper
on the “Romance of Russian history” ; “Let
ters tothe Rev. Charles Fustian, an Anglo-
Catholic,” a severe sarcasm and burlesque on
the tendencies and practices of Puseyism ;
“Austria and Hungary”; “Feudalism in the
Nineteenth Century "; an article on “ Civil
Revolution in the Canadas.” This is an ex
ceedingly interesting number, from which we
shall make one or more selections. Mr. John
A. Millen agent.
Affliction.—The Atlanta Intelligencer says:
“ We regret to learn that our valued friend,
Rev. Dabney Jones, our State Temperance
lecturer, has had the misfortune to lose, re
cently, three grown daughters, one grown son
and two or three negroes. The intelligence of
his bereavements has excited in ibis community
the deepest sympathy. As the colors of the
rainbow are the most vivid in the darkest cloud,
so we trust the Christian graces of our worthy
| friend will shine with increased brilliancy in
| this, the dark hour of his adversity-
oin WaiUiugiuu.
The official annunciation of the death of
Ex-President Polk was made at Washington
Wednesday by President Taylor, in the fol
lowing appropriate terms;
The President, with deep regret announces
to the American people the death of J
K POLK, late President of the United States,
which occurred at Nashville on the 15th rnst.
A nation is suddenly called upon to mourn
the loss of one, the recollection of whose long
services in its councilswill be forever inscribed
on the tablets of history.
As a mark of respect to the memory of a
citizen who has been distinguished by the high
est honors which his country could bestow, it
is ordered that the Executive Mansion,and the
several Departments at Washington, be imme
diately placed in mourning, and all business
suspended during to-morrow.
It is further ordered, that the War and Navy
Departments cause suitable military and naval
honors to be paid, on this melancholy occasion,
to the memory of the illustrious deed.
Washington, June 19,1849. Z Taylor.
California. Emigrants Murdered,
The following note was received from Colo
nel Upshaw, the Chickasaw Agent, reporting
the massacre of 26 rnen. Colonel U. does not
say where those emigrants are from, but we
suppose, from the route they were on that they
are Texians:— V. R Intelligencer.
Choctaw Agency, May 15, 1849.
I have just heard that all of a party of 23 persons
who left Texas some weeks since for California, have
been killed by the Indians except two persons who
made their escape. I was told that this p»rty ofcmi
grants, were at Preston in Texas, on the South bank
us Red River, opposite the mouth of False Washita,
and while there said all they waned was an Indian
fight. It appears they got one. I am in hopes
that there is something wrong about the report, and
these poor fellows have not been massacred. If I get J
further information, I wilt write to you by next
mail. It is the general opinion that the tale is not
true. Your friend, A. M. M. Upshaw.
Col, G. W. Clarke.
Sandwich Islands— More Annexation tn
* she wind.— The suggestion occur.'* in « Now
York paper that it would be wed for the Uni
ted States to annex the Sandwich Islands to die
Union, giving to the whole group the name of
the State of Hawaii. The importance of these
Islands, in view of the trade of the Pacific, be
ing nearly midway between Oregon and China,
is prominently urged, and the fact uo doubt,
will be generally admitted. The depopulation
which for some cause or another, has been go
ing on throughout the group since itsdiscovery
by Captain Cook, is also alluded to as indica
tive of the inevitable result that the Islands
must, sooner or later, come into the possession
of some civilized power. Thus we go—an
nexation seems to be the word. “ Manifest
destiny” is doubtless in the ascendency. A
great country this, when it shall be fenced in.—
Baltimore American.
Good Rule.—An official order has been is
sued, in the shape of a circular from the Secre
tary of the Treasury, of a most important char
acter, requiring that the clerks of his depart
ment shall come to their respective offices al 9
o’clock, A. M., and remain there in the trans
action of business till 4 P. M. The order fur
ther requires, that in cases of emergency, or
until the work is brought up. and thereafter, as
a rule, in order to keep up the work, the . lerks
be required to work for ten hours in each day.
The Secretary also requires that the chief clerk
of each bureau shall keep a record of the num
ber of hours in which each clerk is actually
employed, and report any delinquency, in at
tention, or absence, at the expiration of the
quarter. — Nat. Int.
Sad Accident.—We regret to learn that
our esteemed fellow-citizen, Dr. Wm. Q An
derson, met with a serious accident while visit
ing his patients on Thursday of last week.
While in the act of mounting to the saddle, his
horse dashed off at full speed, and finding it
impossible to become firmly seated he relaxed
his hold and was thrown with his entire weight
upon the right foot, crushing the ankle in a
most dreadful manner. Fears are entertained
that he may have to submit to amputation,
which we trust may prove groundless.— Wash
ington Gazette.
Snake Bite.—Mr. Wm. Millican, bite of
North Carolina, but now of Florida, in a letter
which we see in the Fayetteville Carolinian,
gives an account of Mr Stewart, who was
bitten by a rattle-snake on the calf of the leg,
and to whom was administered as a remedy
copious draughts of “liquor ” The man was
soundly cured in two or three days. Mr. M.
does not state whether whiskey, brandy, or
rum was used. It may not be material, yet it
would be more satisfactory to know whether
any particular kind of “ liquor” is better than
another.
Our correspondent A., of Little River, in
forms us, that a Delaware, some time since,
by the name of* Jim Ned, headed a company
of Caddoes and descent upon a Wich*
etaw village, situated on Red river, and killed
about thirty, men, women and children. The
Wichetaws who escaped the massacre, came
into the Creek country, and implored them to
interfere and save their tribe from extermina
tion. The Caddoes, and their leader, told the
Wichetaws that Col Upshaw, th er Chickasaw
sub-Agent, had given them liberty to kill the
Wichetaws, as they were a very bad people.
Col Logan, the Creek Agent, at the request
of Echo-Hargo, Creek Chief, immediately, up
on this information, addressed a letter to Col.
Upshaw upon the subject. We have a copy
of the letter in our possession., but *e have
not heard from Col. U. since.— Fort Smith Her
ald, filh inst.
The steamer New World made her first trip
from New York to Albany on Thursday last.
Her length is three hundred and sixty seven
feel—the longest vessel ever built and set afloat
in any age or country. Her width (over all)
across the wheel houses is 67 feet 4 inches;
draught of water but 4£ feet. Iler engines
are of 76 inch cylinder and J 5 feet stroke.
Her wheels, which are of iron, are 46 set in
diameter. Her boilers are calculated to carry
90 tons of water.
The Artesian Well has now reached the
depth of 886 feet. A thermometer lowered to
the bottom yesterday evening, indicated the
temperature at that point to be 82$, while at
the surface it was 74. A few days since, at the
depth of 756 feet, the thermometer marked
The temperature al the bottom of the
Artesian well near Paris we understand it
about 79°. — Charleston Mercury.
From St. Domingo.—The latest report from
the civil war in progress here is that President
Jimenes has been fain to retreat from his inten
tion to hold out against Santana and the army.
The city was surrendered on the 24th of May,
Jimenes escaping on board an English man-of
war, which would convey him to Jamaica.
Some forty of his adherents had been arrested
by order of Santana. Quiet was restored and
business beginning to revive.— N. V. Commer
cial Advertiser.
Accident at Niagara Falls —The little
steamer Maid of the Mist, which plies from the
Suspension Bridge up to the falls, and thence
to the Canada shore, on the 13th inst. broke
some of her machinery so that the engine could
not be worked. Left to the mercy of the cur
rent she drifted down stream with the greatest
velocity. Many fears were felt for those on
board, but just before she reached the bridge
the boat diifted into an eddy and the crew got
ropes out and worked her onshore.
The Burnt District in St. Louis. — The great
est activity exists all over the bu nt district in
removing the rubbish preparatory to re build*
• ng. Some of the St. Louis papers think the
fire, in the end, will have been of no great dis
advantage, as the advantages to be gained in
the re construction of the burnt district on the
score of safety and commodiousne**, will uhi
mately indemnify the city for the loss sustained.
As an evidence of the spirit which prevails, it
may be proper to state that on Monday week,
the members of one firm had the erection of
twenty fire proof buildings to •superintend.
Unless there should be extraordinary ditficu iy
in getting men to work, and building materials,
the St. Louis Republican says, it will not be
twelve months before the whole of the burnt
district, from Locust to Market streets, will be
built again.
Mr. Barringer, of North Carolina, long a
distinguished member of Congress, has been
appointed by the President Minister to Spain,
in lieu of William A. Graham, (laie Governor
of that noble Whig State.) who declined the
office. Mr. Saunders, our present Minister to
Spain, requested his own recall. — N.it. Intel.
New York Loan Taken. —The New York
6 per cent, loan, advertised for by the Com
missioners of the Canal Fund, amounting to
nearly one and three quarter millions of dol
lars, has all been taken at premiums ranging
from sll 70 to $13.07 per SIOO.
The Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance
Company have declared a dividend of twenty
per cent on the net earned premiums last year
—for which cer ificates will be issued—-and a
ca«li dividend of nix per cent, for the year on
the eutsiauding certificates of profits, notwith
standing the payment of heavy losses.
The Harrisburg Telegraph gives quite &
cheering account of the crops of Pemi-v Iva.
nia. The prospect is full of encouragement.
Expensive Trial.—The trial of Walker for
the murder of his wife in New York, ha- be<-n
an expensive affair. It is said that Mr. Walk
ers father has expended over $20,000. Each
witness brought from St. Louis, says the Mir
ror, was paid SI3OO. and one of the counsel
employed for the defence received S2OO a day
during the trial! The cost to the County must
have been about $12,000.
Destructive Fire.—John I*. Cumming’s
extensive s tea tn power miU, fur grinding flour,
spices, &c., in 25th street, corner of 10th
Avenue, was totally dextro) ed by fire thin
morning, between 7 and 9 o’clock. The
building was of brick, four stories high, and
very large.
Mr. Cumming was insured in several offices,
some of* them out of the city, but whether to
Hill amount of his lows, we cannot now say.
We have heard of insurance to the amount of
$12,090 or sls,ooo.—A’. V. Jour. Cum.
Crops is Europe.—The appearance of the
growing crops, both in England and Fr-nce,
is said obe extremely favorable, In Ireland,
however, although there are yet tw
grounds for puaitive alarm, yet there are un
mistakable evidences of the fatal disea-e m l, * e
growing potato, and especially m the vicinity
ui Dublin.