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hotels.
MARIETTA HOTEL.
® THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to
inform the public and his friends, that he ha?
taken a lease of this establishment and will open it
for the reception of boarders and visitors the first ol
September next, when he hopes by his prompt atten
tion to the business, and his anxiety to render his
guests comfortable, to secure a liberal patronage.
aulS-twifcwtf J. F. ARNOLD.
> EAGLE & PHCQNIX HOTEL
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Kiil
MRS. E. C. WEST, present Proprietor of the
above establishment, respectfully invites the
attention of the travelling public to this commodious
House, which sb? flatters herself, co account of the
.for**' < :nai*agauiem, otTei?
I [feat inducements to travellers. The rooms are
urge and airy, and every attention paid to bedding,
&c. to afford the traveller a comfortable night’s
lodging. The style of her table will compare with
any other establishment of the kind kept in the city
of Augusta. The servants are under excellent man
agement, and will be found polite and attentive.
Every one connected with the establishment will
exert themselves to give general satisfaction to those
who will give this houses fiir trial.
Her terms arc ONLY ONE DOLLAR A DAY
an I l-w‘2m
GLOBE HOTEL,
DECATUR Georgia*
THE SUBSCRIBER takes this
method of informing ’he public t» at he l*yj
•““• Ina recently purchased the GLOBE
HOTEL, in Decatur, Ga., formerly owned and oc
cupied by Dr. Joseph Thompson, and has given it a
thorough repairing, and shall furnish it every way
entirely new, and be preuared to receive visitors by
the I Oth inst. And as the travelling public are aware
of the healthiness es this dace, i's fine Schools,
Churches, and superior Mineral Springs, the boast of
all who have visited it, any comment would be use-
jy 7-wtSi EL N. CALHOUN.
WASHINGTON HALL,
ATLANTA GEORGIA,
BREAKFAST AND DINNER HOUSE FOR PAS
SENGERS.
MEALS always in due season for the de
»!!!* parture of ’be cars. A share of public patron
*■=*• age is respectfully solicited.
my3o-wly ' HOLCOMBE & RICE.
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully in
gg|lg} forms his frieuds and the public generally, that
■***■**“ he has opened a Public House in the city of
Augusta bearing the name of the
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
on the South side of Broad-street, immediately in front
of Scranton <fc Marks’ large wholesale Grocery Store,
and Z. McCord & Co’s, and a few doors below S|H?ar>
& Buford, and near the centre of the most business
square in-the city, where he will be -leased to see
his friends at any time. The fare at his House shall
not be inferior to any in the city. His Rooms are
large and airy ; good, clean Beds, and a well furnish
ed Table as our market affords ; provisions well cook
ed and in good time. By strict attention to business,
be hopes to share with his neighbors iu patronage.
HIS CHARGES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS .-
Transient Boarders, per day 31 00
Per week 5 00
Per month, with Lodging 15 00
Single meal 37
Lodging |«r night 25
Hoi res left nt the Livery’Stables of Wils'n &
Linthicum, close by, on E|lis-»treet, will be Well
cared for.
iny2-wtf I). B. RAMSEY.
HOTEL!
MRS. W. J. JOXKH avails herself of
ffilfl the opportunity to announce to the friends and
patrons of her late husband (W. J. Jones), and the
publ'c generally, that she intends keeping open tho ■
Hotel heretofore kept by him at APPLING, and so
licits a continuance of the patronage hitherto bestowed
o i the house* She hopes by her unremitted exer- 1
ti ins and attention to the duties of her stat inn to met it 1
the approbation of those who may favor her with a
call. 8 '
——
/or Sale.
FOR SALB.
THAT XVELI* KNOWN and
Uis valuable SETTLEMENT OF LAND,
residence of the late William Gar-
RBTT, deceased, of Walton county, situated about
three miles from Social Circle, and six from Monroe,
on the Alcovy River, containing one thousand acres
of land, at least four hundred of which is wood land
and well -limbered ; a considerable quantity of fine
river low-grounds. There arc upto the premises a
most excellent spring of pure water, Dwelling House
and all necessary farm buildings, large Gin House,
Packing Screw, and good Orchards.
The above lands are offered at the very low price
of Four Thousand Dollars ; one-half cash, the balance
on a credit until the Ist January, 1651.
JOHN SCOTT,
BENJAMIN T. RUSSELL.
Sori tl Circk. ni»2-wif
LAND AND NEGROES FOR SALE.
2 TIIK ftUBSCRIBKRoITenfiir ffe
H Sale the tract «»t Land on which he re- ZX.
sides, in Columbia county, containing Five Hundred
and Sixteen Acres, with a good farm and comfortable
resilience, and the necessary uul-bnildings He will
also sell with the land his Plantation Negroes, con
sisting of men, women and children, most of them
very likelv and valuable. Terms will be liberal.
Per si'ns desiring to purchase will please call and ex
amine the property. PETER WRIGHT.
an 7 wtNI
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR
SALE.
HAVING DETERMINED tore
move West, I offer my PLAN I’ \ HON
J* f,» r sale, which lies o » Upson and Hart’s
Creek, four miles north of Wrightsboro, Columbia
county, and contains eight hundred and fifty acres
three hundred and fifty of which is in the wood-*, lies
well ami with a heavy growth of Oak and lhck< ry ;
the b.thnco in a high state ol cultivation, with only
fifty acre# of worn or waste Land on the tract.
Thia Farm is surpassed by few (if any in the coun
ty) for its production of Cotton or Grain is well im
proved, with every necessary and convenient Out
House, including a good Gin House and Packing
Screw. Further description is deemed unnecessary.
as persons desiring a valuable Farm in this county
with advantages so numerous, would prefer examin
ing fi r themselves. As lam anxious to sell by the
first oay of October next, a great baigain can bo had
if application is made on or before that time.
•u6-w6■ THOMAS DOOLEY.
NOTICE
BTII E SUBSCRIBER wishes to
sell hl's well known STAND AND
PLANTATION, in the town ofFrede- JL
ma, Chambers county, Ata. It is so well known that
a description of it is deemed unnecessary. There is
about 240 acres attached to the stand well improved
and very healthy. Any person wishing to purchase
will call on me on the premises, or to M. Ferrell,
Esq., 1.-a Grange, Ga. A bargain will be given.
JOHN A. HURST.
Fredonia, Ala., July 6, 1849. jy!3-wlo
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers lor
sale 150 ACRES OF LAND, adjoining
forming a part of the Village of So- -A
cial Circle. Sixty acres improved with a gtxxl two
story Dwelling, (in town) new Kitchen and Smoke
House, and other comfortable buildings. A bargain
will be sold in the premises.
V. H. CRAWLEY.
Sucki? Cirefe, March 5. 1349. wtf
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
JUST RECEIVED at the
AGRICULTURAL WARE
HOUSE, Augusta, a lot of Choice
PLOUGHS, c-msifting of Ifouble Mould Board, Hill
Side, Subsoil, Eagle Self-sharpening, and one and two
Horse Plough*, ot all descriptions. Also, Cylindrical
Chums, Corn Shellers. Corn Planters, Straw Cutters,
Grain Cradles, Road Scrapers, Manure Forks,
Trucks, dtc., «!tc.
mh!9-w A. W. Ct W P.CARMICHAEL
BIC. V Kl. K I'AKLC. Wl’l
BILUH S Pll IS, I . a
ed cure yet discovered for Bilious Fevers and Bile
in all its forms, Dyspepsia, Colic, liupuritv of the
Blood. &c.
Other medicines punfy the blood already iu circu
lation, leaving the toun'-ain-hcad unloucled; so that
the ctßvi cannel e ;Bui f>r.
JPids ptvduce perfect health and cleanliness in the
rejfuni of the chyle, of which the hood is made,
and hence the vital fluid is filtered—and flows in a
state of punty trom its very source —which ensures a
permanency ot health.
/>r. Peters' Fs.' s stand aione as a positive substi
tute for (.'ahMtwl and Blue Pills ; for they act like
magic on the Liver, and remove all superfluity of bile
with a certainty that is beyond question, and never
ends tn disappointment. Indeed, whenever Calomel (
has failed to dtshxlgc th* Bile, Peters’ Pills have at
once effected it. And hence—since their fame has
been eMabbshed—Mercury has been but rarely re- ;
sorted to for that parpme.
r*,- For sale in August, by the following Agents : .
Haviland. R:>' y Co., W. K. Kitchen. Thos. Bar
rett A Co.. l> Antignac A Barry, D. B. Plumb dt
Co. In Hamburg, by A. J. Crw*gtr.oe, ana A. G.
Nagel. m-127-tw'A: w6mt
SKlaLyu WIIISKKY.-1W Hh*. «f
Sew Ortc—M SUGARS
100 BtU». Rectified WHISKEY, at! of which we
will mH le«K. c. A. Y M. H. WILLIAMS.
j. 30
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rnSS-.iAw GRHWILLE4 RATTF.Y.
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and prime Se« OH**—* st GAR;
10 Hh<is. do. »erv ehoie*. F t sale few.
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LAMP OlL>Tu *1 per jall xi. F < safe r*■ ~
auS WM.H. TUTT.
Augusta, QM.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 16, 1849.
A Day in Atlanta*
Editorial Correspondence of the Chronicle and
Sentinel.
August 13, 1849.
Ose of the most thriving and promising pla
ces in the State of Georgia is the embryo city
of Atlanta. It possesses many advantages for
the manufacture and distribution of all fabrics
made of leather, wood iron, steel, cotton and
wool. It is highly favored with a mild and salu
brious climate; with very cheap food, fuel,
land and building material-. Standing near
the centre, and the dividing line between the
planting and farming portions of one of the
largest ejid most fertile States in the Union, it
commands at a common focus, peculiar facili
ties, by means of four rail roads, three of which
are in operation, for the exchange of the sur
plus product, of all sections with their nearest
and best customers. As the regions south,
west, north and east of this city, fill up with an in
dustrious population,as they soon will, here will
re-ide thousands of prosperous mechanics and
irtizans fabricating every t< ing demanded by
the most advanced civilization, from a locomo
tive down to a cambric needle. The very at
mosphere has a bracing energy about it, which
inspires effort and manufacturing enterprise in
the brain and muscles of man. The spirit is
quickened, and he feels it a pleasure as well as
a duly to labor diligently with his hands.
Such were our musings on visiting the Shoe
Factory of the Messrs. Humphries, in which a
goodly number of cordwainers were busily at
work at their useful trade. All the operatives
but one are white. Two young men close 50
pair ofT>rbgnffs hi a aay in a'neat and substan
tial manner. Most of the hands have piece
work and make good wages. The proprietors
tan and curry their leather; and we regard
their establishment as worthy of the confidence
and encouragement of planters. We should
rejoice to see Atlanta become the Lynn of the
South. It has great advantages for collecting
both hidesand tan-bark.
The large Steam Fiouring Mill attracts much
attention from the numerous visitors in the
Up Country, all of whom spend more or less
lime in this city. As yet it is not far advanced ;
but it is in hands that will prosecute the work
to completion. The engine is contracted fur
at .$9,000, and is to be equal to the power of
100 horses. There will be no lack of grain,
and the mill will do a heavy business when in
operation.
A large furnace and steam engine factory
are going up fur Mr. Finley, of Macon ; and
several workshops of less note for others. Nu
merous dwellings are also being erected ; and
every countenance beams with hope and con
fidence in the future. Prudence, industry and
stri t integrity will not fail of success; and we
shall be disappointed if the mechanics and
manufacturers of Atlanta do not display these
virtues in an eminent degree. On riding and
driving over the farming lands in portions of
DeKalb county, we find them better for corn,
wheat and oats than we expected to find them.
Nor do we regard it as impracticable to prose
cute the dairy business profitably in this vicin
ity. The central and southern parts of the
State should be supplied with good cheese
and butter from northern Georgia. And if it
should annually export a million of dollars
worth of cheese to England, our railroads and
commission merchants would not complain.
This is a branch of domestic manufactures in
which slave labor can be profitably employed.
We ate excellent Georgia cheese, made by this
class of servants, at the table of Dr. Thomp
son to-day. at dinner. By the way, the Atlanta
Hotel is exceedingly popular, and the Doctor
wins golden opinions from a continuous throng
of guests. L.
Waynesboro Kail Road.
The Savannah Republican, of Tuesday
morning, - thus notices the result of the labors
of the Committee appointed to canvass the
* City for subscriptions to this Road:
“The Committee of Twenty-Five has discharg
ed its duty nobly and energetically, and is entitled to
the special thanks of every friend of the undertaking.
Yesterday, it had obtained private subscriptions to
the amount of One Hundred and Ten Tnousand
and Five Hundred Dollars. When it is remem
bered that many men of large means are absent from
the city, and that this sum has been raised in one
week,and without their assistance, we mn*. confer
that our surprise is only equalled by the gratification
we foe! at the result. The construction of the Road
is placed beyond all doubt. We trust our friends in
Burke and Augusta will respond with alacrity to the
movement in this city. They are deeply interested
in the early completion of the work, and as such
should contribute timely and efficient aid. The ball
is in motion and should not be allowed to stop.”
We rejoice to witness these evidences, on
the part of Savannah, of a determination to
place herself in a position to compete success
fully for the trade of this city. With this road
in operation, and an increase of her shipping
—a necessary sequence—she will have accom
plished more to build up her own fortunes than
her most sanguine friends anticipate.
“ But it is not true, that the Democracy of the North
have joined hands wiih the Free Soil party. That
portion which supported Gen. Cass in November last,
lik* him, hold to the doctrine of non-interference.”—
Federal Union.
A wag once remarked of the federal Union,
under its present conductor, that “ the only
truths it ever contained, were the terms of
subscription and the day on which it was pub
lished.” The above extract clipped from the
last number, will not contribute much among
intelligent men to elevate its character for ve
racity above the standard of the wag.
Gov. To%viw—The Federal Union*
Wk are quite surprised to learn that the
Federal Union anticipates the necessity of vin
dicating* before the people of Georgia, Gov.
Towns* character for sobriety. Really his Ex
cellency is a most fortunate man if the certifi
cate of that journal can establish his reputation
for temperance. A journal that endorsed Gen.
Cass’s devotion to the extension of slavery, will
find no barrier to giving any certificate required
by the dispenser of treasury pap.
Mr. Calboun*
Let him rest. The fate of Ishmael is his. His
hand isaffainst every man, and every man's hand
shall be against him. —Southern Hanner, 9th inst.
Such is the language of a leading democrat
ic organ of Georgia, in reference to the great
South Carolina Agitator.
Whig Nominations.—The Whigs of Bald
win and Hancock have nominated Joseph
Gondkr as their candidate for Senator.
Col. A. H. Kknan has been nominated for
Representative for Baldwin c runty.
Mobilb and Ohio Railroad.—The Mobile
Register of 11th inst. says :We have the pleas
ure of announcing that the Directors of this
Company closed a contract yesterday with
Messrs. W. 1). Riddle «& Co., for the construe
lion of seventeen sections of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, commencing at the Eight Mile
Creek and extending to Cedar Bluff, a distance
of twenty-six miles. The Road is to be graded
and timbered, and put in condition to receive
the iron rails, at a cost of about SI6O.(MM).
We congratulate the friends of the great en
terprise at this auspicious commencement. —
Our citizens have put their shoulders to the
wheel in good earnest, and the work will go on
to a completion as rapidly as means and enter
prise can push it.
A Declaration Verified.—When a few
years since, says the Baltimore American. Mr.
Calhoun declared in Congress that the Demo
cratic party was “only held together by the
cohesive power of public plunder.” he was de
nounced by the leading men of that party for
uttering what they denominated a vile slander
upon the integrity and patriotism of the lion
hearted democracy. But how does Mr. Cal
houn’s assertion tally with the history of the
limes * No sooner has the party been remov
ed from power—no sooner has the emolu
ments of office been wrested from the grasp
of a portion of their leaders, than we hear
them loudly proclaiming the dissolution of the
Democratic party, as did Mr John Van Bu
ren m his speech at the late Free Soil Conven
tion at Cleveland. Ohio. We never did con
sider Mr. Calboun infallible. but we must ac
cord to huu in this instance at least a penetra
ting sagacity such as belongs to few politicians
even of his own school.
Pkoc.kessivk Democracy. Alate Free So l
convention, beld at Senecaville. Ohio among
other resolutions, passed one asking a change
m the constitution of that State, so that all per
sons. white or black, male or female, over tbe
age of twenty one years, might have the right o!
| suffrage.
Florida.—The Washington Republic, of the
11th says: We learned, at a late hour last
night, that Major General D. E- Twiggs. Uni
:ed States Army, has been ordered to assume
command of the Umted States troops iu Fiori
da.
Keeseville, New York.
To '* A Georgian, u who is spending the sum
mer at the North, we are indebted for the sub
joined sketch of the flourishing village (in
Georgia it would be a city!) of Keeseville,
made so flourishing by’ the introduction of
manufactures. We rejoice at the prospect
now so bright and we think noi far distant,
when Georgia will boast several such villages
as Keeseville.
Messhs. Editors : Permit mo through your
columns to give a description of the way in which the
New Yorkers do up things in this part of the State
Natural Curiosities &c., which I trust will not be
altogether uninteresting to your readers. The village
of Keeseville is situated in the valley of the Ansable
River 16 miles distant from Plattsburgh and four
miles from Port Kent, population 3000. The town
extends on either side of the river connected by three
bridges, an arch bridge at the principal entrance
to the village, on a road leading from Port Kent, a
wire suspension foot bridge 300 yards above; and a
bridge with stone abutments at the entrance to the
town on a road leading Irom the cx’ensivc Iron and
Lumber region, Ansable Forks and Clintonville,
two large nail works are in operation here; proprie
tors Messrs. Kingsland & Co. —the buildings are built
of rock in the most beautiful and substantial manner,
three stories in one 95 feet by 33 wide, the
other 70 by 40 feet. Tbe former containing 30 ma
chines the latter 24 machines, making in all 54 ma
chines capable of producing 1500 kegs per week
under ordinary circumstances. There are rolling
mills in the vicinity which turn out large quantities
of rolled iron. One Flouring mill; one Woollen
Manufactory, and three saw mills. 24 saws in a self.
Considerable quantities of lumber are exported to
Troy, Albany and New Y r ork from this region of
country, where a ready market is found at full prices.
Large quantities of goods are sold in this market at
remunerating prices. Keeseville bids fair to out strip
all other towns in the State of a similar size which
is attributable altogether to her manufacturing inter
ests.
I left this place a day or two since in company with
a number of ladies and gentlemen on a pleasure ex
cursion to the High Bridge (so called.) We were
provided a stage coach and four well fed horses, by
wjrich we were carried with the vel> city of a Rail
road car over a beautiful ptehk road two an/i a half
miles u the banks of tnd” Little Ansable river, thence
decended on foot through a narrow passage way be
tween the rocks a flight of stairs 150 feet to the water’s
edge. At (his point the scenery that greets the eye
is grand and sublime—the river is from 10 to 15 feet
in width and the wafer very deep—a continuous chain
of rugged rocks is seen lowering 100 feet perpendicu
lar on either side for a quarter of a rniie in extent, and
fifty feet in beibihih the distance of half a mile further
up the river. The scenery on this river for beauty
and grandure is only second to Niagara, and travel
ers tlxough this section of country would never re
gret visiting the Natural Curiosities on the Little
Ansable. We partook of refreshments prepared tor
the occasion on the table rocks at the foot of the stair
way and all seemed to have a keen relish (brand did
ample justice to the picnic fixings there served up.
After our repast we ascended the stairs, bent our
course towards Port Kent—arrived about 9 o’clock,
P. M., stopped at the most fashionable hotel—teabe
ing over, preparations were made for a dance—the
soft and thrilling notes of the violin gave notice to the
party to repair to the dancing saloon. The dance
commence !, all was mirth and gaily ami the evening
passed off* most agreeably to all concerned.
A Georgian.
California.—The following letter descrip
tive of the state of things in California, was
handed us by Col Wa son, of Montgomery,
Alabama, now with ns, who vouches for the
reliability of the gentleman who communicated
the information. Indeed. Mr. Donohoo was
employed by Col VV. to go to California for
the express purpose of communicating from
personal observation the true state of things in
that country. Our readers therefore have the
means of knowing the truth in regard to it.
Gold, it seems, there is plenty, for those who
will endure the labor of digging it. The skil
ful and experienced may speculate in the raio
material as well as in other matters—but ex
cept gold it appears that there is but little if any
thing else desirable iu California for the emi
grant. Neither climate, the fertility, or the
capabilities of this country are atall of such a
quality as to seduce many, it is to b^ hoped,
from the palmier advantages of old Georgia.—
Southern Recorder.
San Francisco. California. )
July Ist, 1849 5
Col. H. P. Watson.—Dear Sir: Afteralong
and tiresome trip we reached this place on the
13th of June, and had I known the hardships
attending it I think I would be now in Tallade
ga ; but 1 ought not to complain, for when I
look hack at my journey across the Isthmus. I
am thankful to God that my situation is as it is.
While I enjoyed good health, I found many
others sick—some of whom died
1 am very much disappointed iu the character
of this country, the climate, &.c. it has been
represented to be (he finest country and climate
in the world, and I find it to be everjthi: g to
the contrary. California, as 1 have seen it. is
nothing but mountains of the highest and rugj
gedest kind. The climate! oh! if you were
here, my friend ! The wind blows a perfect
hurricane from ten in die morning until twelve
o’clock «at night; and it is so cold that I can’t
get clothing enough to keep me comfortable.—
The only truth you have had from this country
is in regard to the. amount of gold. When 1 left
home half had not been told I have seen plen
ty of men here, who had been on the mines
from five to six weeks and made from fifteen to
twenty thousand dollars. If a hand will work
half of his time he will .average thirty dollars a
dny -. It is two founUrrd nrrtt wi'rty milt-*: t .» i; hu
best mines from SanFFranciscao —a hundred and
ninety by water and the remainder ly land.—
There is no difficulty in getting there. This
place is dull at this titpe. Every man that can
lias gone to the mines. The sickness commen
ces about the middle of this month “in the
diggins.” The miners will move to this place
and remain until the first of October. Notwith
standing the high prices (hat are paid for labor
here, very few do anything but gambling. It is
an ev» rv day occurrence to see a rough shod
customer come in with a buckskin bag on his
back full ol gold, and lose from five hundred to
ten thousand dollars before he gits up. This
is not hearsay—l have seen it myself. The
principal game here is “Monte.” 1 have a
good chance to make money, and will remain
here all winter.
Yours truly, John Dunahoo.
The. llritish and the Chinese.— There is a
prospect of some trouble at Canton between
the Brni-h and Chinese, growing out of the re
fusal of the latter to comply with one of the
treaty stipulations of 1847. which fixed the
sixth day of August. 1849, lor the opening of the
gates of Canton to foreigners. The period
wa< designated two years in advance in order
that i ithe meantime the Mnnadarins and other
official.-' . 'Jit influence the people to acquiesce
in the nriang jnent But when the day arrived
the popular repugnance was as strong as ever,
and the Emperor directed that the gates should
not be opened.
'J’he British Governor was unwilling to em
ploy force on the occasion, hut issued a public
notice to his countrymen, that as the Chinese
Governor had declined to open the gates of
Canton, as had been agreed upon, British sub
jects were directed not to attempt, for the pre
sent, to enter the city. The Chinese exult in
their fancied victory, and are insolent accord
ingly.
The British Government, it is said, have the
matter under consideration, and will soon de
cide whether to use force, or have recourse to
further negotiation, for the purpose ofsecuring
the fulfilment of the treaty, in view of the
character of the Chinese who are prone to arro
gance when they think that an adversary is in
timidated. and who have no regard for good
faith ifthey can deceive with impunity, the pro
bability of a peacefal attainment of the end
aimed at bv the British Goveruthent is very
slight indeed. Nor w ill it do to remain quies
cent under the refusal of the Chinese to fulfil
the stipulation in question. A failure to notice
this affront must inevitably provoke new in
sults; for the Chinese will be prompt enough
to go on from one degree of insolence to anoth
er when they find that the first has been suffered
to pass w iihoii: rebuke
Destructive Flood in Upper Georgia.—
The Rome Rulletin says : “ A most destructive
flood occurred in Silver Creek iu this county
on Thursday evening last.
•• It is impossib e to make any thing like a
correct estimate of tbe damage done. All the
fences on the bottoms were carried away, and
’hundreds of acres of corn and cotton either
wholly destroyed, or left without protection
from the ravages of the stock. The dwelling
house of a Mr. Barden, together with his
workshop, were swept away, with every thing
in them— the family not being at home. The
carding mill ami saw mill of L Barnet, Esq.,
were wholly washed away and his flouring mill
much damaged. The bark house was washed
off, and several of the vats emptied of their con
tents. The Baptist church on the creek was
moved a considerable distance. The grist and
saw mills of Jonas King were carried away,
and the new gin factory of A. D King with all
the machinery, some twenty new gins, and all
the lumber and stock on hand, were swept off.
So rapid was the rise that little or nothing
could be saved from any of the buildings car
ried away. The water is said to have risen
fifteen feet in that many minutes, and in all.
some ten feet higher than it has been known
tor many years. It never was known to be so
high by many feet.
•’The loss ot A. D. King is estimated at
from twelve to thirteen thousand dollars. He
was an industrious and enlerprizing mechanic,
and his loss embraces nearly every tumg that he
was worth upon the earth.”
Results of Emancipation.—The steamer
Great \X estern at New York, brings Bermuda
dates to the «th in&t. The following paragraph
exhibits the resuk of the recent emancipation
ot the blacks in the French Islands:
from the french. Islands— We continue to
receive sad accounts of factious tumults, assas
sinations, burnings, and every ingredient of a
general slate us anarchy and confusion. Gov
ernor Bruat was still absent from Martinique,
having gone to the principal theatre of popular
discord, the island of Ggudaloupe. where a des
perate conflict continued to be maintained be
tween the Bissettists and the Schoelcherists.
Ihe result v: the Gaudaloupe eiections was
not known in Marfin que three dars ago. Onlv
the votes ot tea. out ot the thirty communes of
the colony, had been announced, and that ver
bally by tiie master of a small vessel which ar
rived on the 2?th uit. who also stated that the
votes upto his departure from Basseterre gave
a majority of 1000 to the Montagne party. 51M.
Scher cber and Ferriuon. over the Moderates.
MM. Bissetfe and Mondesir R.chard.
Five estates had been fired at Gaudaloupe.
al the suspected instigation of tne Schcelcher
' ist faction.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22. I ST).
From the Savannah Republican, loth inst.
Adjourned Railroad Meeting.
According to adjournment, the meeting of
the citizens of Savannah favorable to the con
struction of a Railroad from the Central Road
through Burke County to Augusta, re assem
bled at the Exchange Long Room 14th August.
1849, at 12 M.—the Chairman and Secretary
of previous meeting in their places.
Charles F. Mills, Esq., Chairman of the Com
mittee of Twenty-Five, submitted the follpw
-1 * n B report:
The Committee of Twenty-Five, appointed to can
vass the city and obtain subscribers to the Burke
county and Augusta Railroad, have performed the
duty assisted them, and beg leave to hand as their
Report—
Ten Lists of Subscribers, on which Shares are taken
to the amount of One Hundred and Ten Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars.
This amount would doubtless have b°en largely in
creased, but for the absence from the city at this time
of many of our enterprising, and not a few of our
wealthy citizens.
Your Committee would congratulate this meeting
on the flattering success they have met. with. Such,
in fact, as to place the completion of the Road at an
early day beyond the reach of contingency.
Chas. F. Mills, Chairman.
Savannah, August 14,1549.
Dr. J. F. Posey offered the following, which
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved. That the report of the Committee of
Twenty-Five be accepted, with the thanks of this
meeting, for their pro nptness and assiduity.
Mr. Mills also stated that a circular letter had
beeti addressed to a number of the enterpris
ing and wealthy citizens of Savannah, from
many of whom it was believed subscriptions
would be obtained, thus adding considerably
to the list and amount of subscriptions.
On motion of F. 8. Bartow, Esq., it was—
Resolved, That the lists be left with the sub-Com
mittees for such further additions as can be made,
and that a copy of the same be made out and fur
nished to the Delegation to the Burke county meet
ing.
On motion of C. A. L. Lamar. Esq., it was—
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Commit,
roe of Three to t-ansinit' the action of this and the
preceding meeting to the Mayor of Augusta, and the
President of the Georgia Railroad Company, and ask
their co-operation.
The Chairman appointed the following as
the Committee: William Duncan, John Stod
dard, and C. A. L. Lamar.
Octavus Cohen, Esq., offered the following,
which was adopted—
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
and the one of which it is a.i adjournment, be laid be
fore the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, asking a
confirmation by them on behalf of the City of the re
quest and authority f»r a subscription to the contem
plated work of $200,000.
The list was added to by persons present
and others not embraced in the report, making
an aggregate subscription of sll2 600.
There having been no further business be
fore it, the meeting adjourned.
R. WAYNE, Mayor, Chairman.
Edward J. Harden. Secretary.
Whig Meeting in Scriven.
In accordance with a resolution passed ata
previous meeting, the Whig party of Scriven
assembled iu the Court House at Sylvania, on
the first Tuesdav in August inst.. when on
motion of W. J. Mauer, Esq., Dr. Robt. Wat
kins Lovett was called to the chair, and Capt.
Robert F Jackson appointed Secretary. The
Chairman briefly explained the object of the
meeting, alter which on motion of E B- Cross,
tiie Chair appointed a committee of five, con
sisting of iMessrs. E B. Cross, John D Deu
ton, W. J. M iner, Green D Sharpe and Si
meon D Conner, to draft a set of resolutions
for the consideration of the meeting The 1
Committee retired for ashort time and through 1
the Chairman then submitted the following re- 1
solutions which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the “ Whig Convention,” in
nominating the Hon. E. Y. Hill, as the Taylor can
didate for Governor, have selected a man whom we
consider eminently qualified to discharge the duties
of that important station, with credit to himself and ;
honor to the State—than whom no man would have
been personally more acceptable to the Whig party .
of Scriven.
Resolved, That we cordially approve of the entire
action of the Whig State Convention.
Resolved, Tnat we view the Resolutions passed at
the late “ State Democratic Convention," censur
ing General Taylor, and advising and inciting the
people to opposition to his administration, as the last
resort of disappointed politicians, intended only for
political effect; and evinces a fixed determination
on the put of the op;>osition to defeat Gen. Taylor’s
administration, at all hazards.
Resolved, emphatically, That our faith in Gen.
Taylor’s ability to carry on the affairs of the Govern
ment sucosfully is unshaken; that we have an
abiding confidence in hi> patriotism and sterling cha
racter, not to be affected by the paltry resolutions
that may be passed against him by Democratic con
ventions. H’e believe in the man !
Resolved, That we approve of the nomination of
Thomas R. Hines, Esq., by the Senatorial Conven
tion, for candidate for Senator for Effingham and
Scrivrn, and would assure our Effingham friends that
we will use all honorable exertions to secure his
election.
On motion the meeting then went into a
nomination for a candidate to represent the
people of Scriven in the ensuing Legislature.
Several gentlemen were proposed whose
names were run in nomination. On the first
ballot Mr. Jefferson Roberts was duly nomi*
tinted- as the candid aLa of Party of
Scriven. Ou motion of Mr. E B Cross, Mr.
Jefferson Roberts was then nominated by ac
clamation. Mr. Roberts being present was
called upon and accepted the nomination,
when it was
Resolved, That these proceedings be published in
the Whig pipers of Savannah and Augusta.
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
ROBERT WATKINS LOVETT, Ch’n.
Robert F. Jackson. Sec’ry.
Proclamation of the President.
Baltimore. Aug. 14.—The following Proc
lamation was received at Washington on iMon
day, from Harrisburg:
Official*
By the President of the United States.
.4 Proclamation.— There is reason to believe
that an armed expedition is about to be fitted
out in the United States with an intention to
invade t.ie Island of Cuba or some of the Pro
vinces of Mexico. The best information which
the Executive have been able to obtain, points
to the Island of Cuba, as the object of their ex
pedition.
It is the duty of this Government to observe
the faith of treaties and prevent any aggression
by our citizens upon the territories of friendly
nations. I have, therefore, thought it necessary
and proper, to issue this Proclamation, to warn
all citizens of the United States, who shall con
nect themselves, with an enterprise, so grossly
in violation of our law and our treaty obliga
tions. that they will thereby subject themselves
with heavy penalties announced against them
by our acts of Congress, and will forfeit their
claims to the protection of their country. No
such persons must expect the interference of
this Government in any form in their behalf,
no matter to what extremelies they may be re
duced in consequence of their conduct and en
terprise. To invade the territories of a friend
ly nation, set on foot and prosecuted within
the limits of (he United States, is in the highest
degree criminal, as tending to endanger the
peace and compromise the honor of this nation;
and therefore, ail good citizens, as they regard
our national representation, as they respect
their own laws and the laws of nations, as they
value the blessings of peace and the welfare of
their country, should aid to discountenance and
prevent, by all lawful means, any such enter
prise. And I call upon every officer of this Go
vernment. civil or military, to use all efforts in
his power to arrest fortrial and punishment
every such offender against the laws providing
for the performance of our sacred obligations
to friendly powers.
Given under my hand, the lllh day of Au
gust, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine, and seventy
fourth v ear of the independence of the United
States. Z. TAYLOR. |
By the President.
J. M. Clayton. Secretary of State.
Distinguished Visitors.—His Excellency
George W Towns and his friend, one Hon.
Edward Y. Hill, paid ns a visit last week. The
Governor seems to be very much concerned
about the welfare of the people here. This is
his second visit to Dalton, within the last three
weeks. Go it Governor, there is nothing like
polite attentions even if you are a candidate.
Judge Hill spent two days here and in the vi
cinity. and went down on the cars yesterday
morning, in pursuit of his Excellency. who left
a day or two ahead of him. The Judge ap
pears to be in fine training for the race in Oc
tober, and we have no doubt he will distance
the ’artful dodger.”
Hon Robt. Toombs. Hon. H A. Harralson.
Hon Thos. C. Hacket, Asbury Hull. E*q..
Hon. Nathan C. Sayre, and other distinguished
citizens of Georgia, visited the Tunnel last
week, and spent a day or two in our town. —
Dalton Eagle 14tA.
The Union professes to be glad that General
Taylor has undertaken his Northern tour. If
we could "for a moment connect party politics
with the visit of the Chief Magistrate to the
States north of the Potomac, we. for a dif
ferent reason from that given by the Union,
would be glad 100. To increase Gen. Taylor’s
popularity it is only necessary that he should
be seen and known. The honest people of the
country when they converse with him will see
(he gross injustice that has been done, to him
in the attempt to represent him as deficient in
common sense. They wi.i find him to be a
man after their own hearts —plain, sociable,
sensible and full of patriotism and love of coun
try. Thus finding him they will piace confi
dence in his judgment and integrity He will
make friends wnerever he goes, and disarm
the resentments of his political opponents. —
Alex. Gazette.
A Powerful Locomotive. —The directors
of the Nas.ua and Concord Railroad have re
cently put upon their road a powerful locomo
tive. calied the General Stark built at the Man
chester machine shop—being one of the first
ever constructed by tnat company. This loco
motive. it is said, recently run, with nine long
passenger cars attached. eighteen miles m
twenty-seven minutes.
The Debt of Great Britain.—From a
parliamentary return obtained by Mr. Hume,
it appears that the total amount of the public
debt on the sth of January. ]'29. was $777,-
476.591, and on the sth of January. 1'49 £774.
922.63?, showing a reduction of £3 454.254.
The annual charge is now £27.699 740, a
decrease of £672,402 compared with 1549.
CAiigusta, @eo.:
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 17, 1849.
Manufnctures vs. Planting.
However well convinced we are of the im*
i menseand patient labor required to change the
long established habits of a whole people, yet
we are net disposed to weary in well doing—
we shall not falter in the good cause of
persuading the people of the South to di
vert a portion of their labor to the manufacture
of their great staple and the development of
their other large resources; and we trust our
readers will not permit themselves to grow
tired of our repeated and continued reference
to the subject. We have before and frequent
ly discussed the subject, with reference to its
profits pecuniarily, its blessings in affording
profilable employment to the poor,—securing a
higher standard of comfort among the laboring
classes—offering to the poor children of the
State greater facilities for an education, eleva
ting the standard of public morals, by enlight
ening the public mind and promoting and ad
vancing the happiness and prosperity of tbe
whole people. It is, however, our purpose
now to introduce a comparison between man
ufactures and cotton planting, instituted alone
with a view to exhibit the respective profits of
these two classes of industry. This compari
son has been made by Charles F. James, au
tor of a work entitled,^'Practical hints on the
comparative cost and productiveness of the
culture of cotton, addressed to the South.”
The author is a practical man, who has been
connected all his life wif» and
is now o pe of a compaOjV on a large
cauon factary ak-G«uneu <*«, Ifid: Ills state
ments, says an intelligent planter,
who dreads to abandon the Cotton field, will
“startie most of our Southern planters who
have acted upon the principle of buying ne
groes’o make cotton, and miking cotton to
buy more negroes. Independently of the po
rtion! considerations that urge us to manufac
ture the cotion and woollen goods that we con
sume, Mr James proves most conclusively,
that $ 10,000 invested in maaulacturing estab
lishments. will yield a larger profit than $24,-
000 invested in planting.”
With these remarks we beg leave to intro
duce the extract from the works, of Mr. J.:
“A gentleman well versed in the statistics of cot
ton growing in the finest cotton regions of the south
west, has calculated that, to supply cotton for a mill
of 10 000 spindles, say 1,800,000 pounds per annum,
would require the product of ten of the best planta
tions in the country, which with their slaves and fix
tures, would be worth 573 a .000. The product, as
above, would amount to 81U8,090; from which, de
duct the cost of operating, such as overseers, materi
als, carriage?, &c., which he estimates at 828.000,
and you leave to the planters, 330,000. The mill to
manufacture this c« tton will cost, with all its ma
chinery complete, 8210,000. and require a working
capital of 810,000—or say the entire capital, inclu
din'* mill and machinery, would, at the outside, be
$250,000.
To manufacture the above amount of cotton into
sheetings of one yard in width, of the fineness of No.
14, will cost, including the cost of the cotton, steam
power, transportation, insurance, labor, and in fact,
every item of expense, a little short of $232,000 ;
to which add 15,000, the interest of the capital, at
six per cent, per annum, and you have the entire cost
ofmanufacuiring tbe above 1,600,000 pounds of cot
ton This cotton will make 4,500,000 yards of cloth ;
which, at 7| cents per yard a low price, by the way,
will be worth $337,500, leaving a balance after hav
ing paid every expense, of about 3106,000. Thus,
you see, by the labor of 275 operatives, mostly wo
men, girls, and boys, there will bn cieated, actual
wealth to the amount of 106 000, from 1,800 000
pounds of cotton, besides the amount paid to them for
labor. To produce that the same cotton worth in
market SIOB.OO I, required the labor us no less than
600 able bodied hands, besides one half that number
of horses and mules. The capital employed to pro
duce this result, is 8738,000. The manufacturer’s
capital is but 3250,000, If, therefore, the planter
could by any means remove these plantations into one
ol the New England States, with all their slaves, fix
tures, and they should continue tj produce cot
ton as abundantly as on the Mississippi «>r Tombigbee,
though now nominally worth towards a million of dol
lars, the owner of the cotton mill which cost but
8259.000, would not exchange it for them, and would
evidently be a loser by the bargain if he should. —
This will at once appear obvious, when we state that,
over and above the cost of working the plantations al
ready named, there would be expended for overseers,
&r 329.000 m »re; an<! reducing the net income to
BSB.OOO less, by 318.000, than the net product of
the cotton mill. Under these circumstances, the mill
owner would much rather keep his mill, and employ
his hired operatives that to take in exchange the plan
tations with their slaves.”
The intelligent reader versed in the business
of cotton planting need not be told that this
comparison is entirely too favorable for the
average planting interest. Mr. J. estimates
that 600 hands will make 1,800,000 lbs. of gin
ed cotton, which would lh-i. per hand
—when in fact the average product of the
country does not exceed'22so lbs. per hand,
which wout<Freq»»ir« SOO hatrte to produce the
cotton, thus augmenting the capital invested
in planting so far as slaves are concerned 33|
percent, which of coarse renders the
portion of profits much greater, and in favor
of manufacturing. On the other hand Mr. J.
has not taken into tbe estimate of the profits of
the planter the increase iu his slaves, which
may perhaps be equal to 10 per cent, y't the
profits of manufacturing are greatly superior
to those of planting.
Rather Pointed Questions*
The Journal Messenger propounds to the
Southern Banner the following rather pointed
questions—which we opine the Banner will
find it rather perplexing io answer:
“ Ki f|> your temper, Mr. Banner; we are not half
done with you yet. Will you pleuseWnfoim the pub
lic why the late Democratic Convention adjourned
wiihout passing any distinct resolution, declaring the
H innot Proviso unconstitutional/ Was it be
cause y>»u and your Free Democrats stood ready to
vote it down ? If so, come out manfully, and ac
knowledge the corn.” We wish no quotations from
Shakspeare—no attempts at an imitation of father
Ritchie, but a simple, plain, common-sense narrative
ol facts. W e wans facts, and not fustian. We want
the Banner to depart from its usual course, am! give
the leason why the late Democratic Convention so
shamefully slurred over the question of Southern
rights
The Doctors Don’t. Agree.
A few weeks since one of those modern
patriots who always affect such ardent love fur
the people, assailed Judge Hill, because, as
Senator in the Legislature, in 1837, he refused to
violate his oath to support the Constitution, and
vote $30,000 to defray the expenses of troops,
(ordered out by the Federal Government.)
from Cherokee to Florida. The editor of the
Columbus Times, a “ dyed in-the-wool” Dem
ocrat, seeing the communication, offers the
following comments, which some small-beer
politicians may profit by reading:
“ e see iu some of the Democratic papers a com
munication urging this vote of Judge Hill as an ob
jection to him. We are sorry to § it—that vote was
m accordance with Democratic principles and was
riaht. It is not only improper, but it is bad policy’
for a party, professing to be governed hy, and to act
upon principle, to attempt to enlist the feelings of any
portion of the people against an opponent or any body
else for acting in accordance with correct principles.
“It is the interest and the duty of the Democratic
party to endeavor io bring every man to consider cor
rect principles, the only proper rule of action—to
teach them to discriminate properly between shifts
and expedients, and principle— to elevate them to shat
point of virtue when they will b e not only willing but
determine Ito do and sustain what is right although
it tiny, for the present seem unpleasant or inconve
nient.”
A Balk of New Cotton, the first of the sea
son in that market, was received in Macon on
the 13th inst. from the plantation in Houston
county, of Jno. B Ross. It was sold fur 10A
cts and immediately shipped to New Y’ork
via. Savannah on the Steamer Tennessee
which sailed Wednesday. The first bale of
new Colton received in Macon last year, was
from the same plantation, and received on the
slh of August.
Alabama. —Cobb is re-elected in the Hunts
ville District beating his opponent. Clemens,
democrat, 600 votes. This is another discom
fiture to the agitators, as Ccbb was opposed
solely on the ground of his refusing to sign
Calhoun’s address.
North Carolin a. —The la-e canvass resul
i ted in the election of the following members
to Congress :
ilhigs. I Democrats.
Ist. Th L Clingman sth. A W. Venable.
2d. Jos P. Caldwell. 6th. J. R. J. Dwiel,
3d. Edmund Deberry th. W. S. Ashe,
4th. A H. Shepperd, I
Sih. Edward Stanley, I
; 9ch. David Outlaw. |
Cotton Crop.—Until within a few days
' past, says the Floridian Journal, as our ac
counts heretofore, have shown, our planters
were rejoicing in the prospectof a very fine
crop. But since our last, we are told that
there has been a great, almost a magical,
change in their fields. The excessively hot
weather which prevailed for several days after
the heavy rains, has stripped their cotton of a
large portion of its forms, and the stalks in ma
nv places are almost bare of fruit except that
which has already matured, called the bottom
crop. The showers for a day or two past, may
arrest the further falling off*, but these came too
late to save any thing like a full crop. We
have been told also that a few caterpillars.
Ihave been seen. If they should come now in
ny large numbers, the crop will be cut very
hurt.
Fruit Culture—Sheep Xlusl>un<lr» &c*
Editorial Correspondence of the Chronicle b;
Sentinel
Marietta, August 14, 1849.
The coldness of the water in this village, in
forms one Unit he is many hundred feet above
the level of the ocean. This altitude gives to
this region important agricultural advantages,
to which it may not be amiss to call public at
tention. There are thousands of citizens in
Georgia who lack the capital necessary to plant
cotton to the best advantage; and who yet have
the mean's required to raise any reasonable
quantity of good marketable apples, pears and
other valuable fruits. Some of my readers
will doubtless regard fruit-cult ire in Cobh
county as a small business. They little appre
ciate the cheapness with which five or ten thou
sand bushels of apples may be grown on a
small farm, where the climate and soil are
adapted to the apple tree; nor do they under
stand the fact that, for making pork and as an
article ol human food, good apples are exceed
ingly valuable. They are worth nearly as much
for making beef, bushel for bushel, as potatoes,
as long experience has demonstrated. Supply
all the lower country from Columbus to
Charleston with choice winter apples and pears,
at a cheap rate, and the consumption will be
enormous. Our friends in the up country
must learn how to raise these fruits, before they
can make the business profitable. I have not
seen or been able to find the first sound apple
tree in Georgia. All are attacked by one or
more species of insects. The most common
and destructive is the cotton aphis (aphis lana
ta) which causes those large, wart-like, bl ? R;
excrescences spen on apple trees ; ibis
and generally itt the South- ' Th<se’shijalcp b;f
well scraped, and the whole trunk of the tree
whitewashed with lime. The soil, as far as the
roots extend, should also be well limed. One
half of the ash from the wood and bark of this
tree, is nothing but lime. This clearly indi
cates the importance of adding this alkaline
mineral to the soil where apple, and I will add,
pear trees grow. Judicious trimming is hard
ly less important. But my present purpose is
not to enter into details (which will be found
in the Southern Cultivator,) but to allude to
several branches of farming particularly adapt
ed to this section of country.
The writerhappens to know that wool-grow
ing is profitable in Vermont and New York ;
and he believes that it can be made still more
so in northern Georgia. White and red clo
ver, timothy, herds grass, blue and orchard
grass, are the proper food for sheep and other
doinestjf animals. Sheep in Vermont eat more
of white clover than any other one plant. To
give a dense carpet of this sweet food over the
surface of the earth, one has only io sow the
seed, and apply a top dressing of lime every
five or six years. This fertilizer is indispensa
ble to thick, rich pastures of any kind. Wood
ashes are also very valuable to bring clover
and timothy.
Men of small capital can start the business of
stock-raising and wool-growing; and by so
doing, they will soon add millions to the annu
al income of the Stale. After one gets good
tame grasses in abundance, he will find that
sheep and neat cattle will multiply rapidly in
his hands, if he takes proper care of them.
The first step is not to purchase stock sheep
and cows, but to make one or two hundred
acres of tame pastures and meadows. Pro
vide a generous supply of food, and then get
animals to con-ume it. Everywhere I see too
little provision for domestic animals, to have
them truly profitable. Farmers who under
stand wool-growing, never depend on wild
grass for their sheep. Give them clean ranges
and fresh, sweet herbage, water, tar and salt.
A flock in Cass county has’been much improv
ed in four weeks by the owner following the
directions given by the writer to cure them of
the distemper. They are in a field of clover,
and will clip next spring an average of seven
pounds of washed wool a head. A flock of
1000 could be made to de as well.
It is court week at Marietta, and both candi
dates for Governor arc here. The friends of
Judge Hill are in fine spirits. That gentle
man labored so faithfully to advance the inter
ests of this section iu urging forward the Stale
Railroad that many of his political opponents
will vote for him at the approaching election.
It I am not mistaken, the improvement, build
ing-up, policy is gaining in popular favor in
this part of the State. The hope of Georgia
rests on the triumph of this continuetive system,
in opposition to one which is essentially de
structive in its tendency. The Whigs have a
candidate worthy of their zealous support;
and a cause which claims the best efforts of ev
ery conservative man in the State. Radical
ism is making greater inroads, even at tiie
South, than those who mingle little with the
masses are aware of. Looking at the great in
terests of the Union, as well as of this common
wealth. it is highly important that the world see
Georgia standing firmly in support of a South
ern President, at this critical juncture in our
national and social affairs. If the electors of
this State do not hold the balance of power in
great and weighty questions of public concern
ment, they come very near it. Without Geor
gia, the present administration will be at the
mercy, in some degree, of the most ultra Free
Soil Democracy, under the lead of Benton,
Van Buren and company. Will the people of
this State play directly into the hands of their
worst enemies by the force of mere parly ties
and names ? I trust not. L.
A Young American Artist*
The accomplished New Orleans correspon
dent, “ Nota Bene, ” of the Concordia Intelli
gencer, takes the following notice of a young
Artist in that city, who seems to be making his
way to fame:
“A young sculptor, Mr. Win. Forshey, formerly
known in your vicinity as a painter, is attracting
much attention here. He has executed, in marble,
a bust of Macready so bold, and life-like, so remark
able for truthfulness and finish, for character and ex
pression, so indicative of the wierd power of genius,
•that the best judges bonder where this new chisel
could have sprung iirom, or how it could have labored
here hitherto unnoticed. Although among his first
at.erupts, it is pronounced a master piece. He has
since executed busts of Dr. Hu. Kennedy, Mr. Mc-
Murdo, Mr. Fitzpatrick and other citizens, that ex
hibit rare talent indeed. He works with surprising
rapidity, and his conceptions seem born at a s*ngle
glance, vet so true to nature that no one can mistake
them. There is no exaggeration in this. I have been
repeatedly in his studio, and those who are competent
to >udge tell me that this young artist, should he live
and have opportunity for study, will take rank with
the best masters. And yet here be is, almost un
known —struggling with poverty —toiling obscurely
without materials, models or instructors, when he
should be in Italy cultivating a genius, thal may one
day illustrate the annals and immortalize the great
men of our country. We are lamentably deficient
in the appreciation of art. We lavish honors and
garlands and eulogies on the dead. We buy at high
prices the productions « f the student after he has gone
down to his early tomb. We even adopt our artist
cuuntrvmen after they have found their way to En
gland, and been patronized by the Queen or by one
of her noble Dukes. Bat until this aristocratic stamp
has been put on him. or the darkness of tbe grave
has closed around him, the most brilliant genius hair,
in this country, scarcely a chapce of recognition.—
Poverty is bis companion—debt and disease his pat
ron?. There is a heartiesaneaß, a toadyism in this,
unbecoming the citizens ol a great Republic, an insti
tution of government, in all ey» s ol tbe world —most
favorable to the fine arts, and, in every instance but
ours, celebrated for the honors and emoluments bes
towed upon the artist. This sordid, vulgar, merce
nary spirit si ould be extinguished, and another more
consistent with our national grandeur br ak forth.
Where could it dawn more properly and brightly
ihan here in our own ci'y. tbe seat of eloquence, the
entrepot of a mighty empiie, the home of the mer
chant prince, the scene of a military triumph unpre
cedented in history, the child ot chivalric France,
cradled by romantic Spain, and nursed into maturity
and grandeur by a new and stalwart race, sprung
Irom the old Saxon, and lull of the poetry am> phi
losophy. the feeling and fervor, the morality and love
cf freedom that Lave dwelled ever in the o-d forests
of Germany, and are now burning there, on a thou
sand alurs and battle-fields, with a divine and inex
tmg'iiahablc light!”
The same writer thus disposes of the car
ping demagogues who, with the hope us ma
king a little political capital, assailed the Presi
dent for recommending a National Fast:
“The attacks on Gen. Taylor for appointing or re
rommending a national fast, are in bad taire. 'Y e
are not a ni’ion of devotees, bit a strong religious
j-eutiment pervades this country. The foundati- not
our prosperity is laid deep in the morality of the bible.
There is no country where sectarians have so little
■ :nffuence, vet atheism, deism or even scepticism are
: unknown here, except in isolated cases. The gene-
I ral sentiment of the nation is reverence for religion,
| and respect for its professors. Gen. Taylor has only
. maniiested his respect for this national feeling. It re-
I quiied no examinations of the constipation—no con
| saltation with lawyers or politicians—he consulted
h:s own heart, and saw’ it was right and proper, that,
lin view of the scourge which is de-olating our coun
try, a great people, signally blessed, should hurnble
. themselves in prayer and implore tbe Divine Mercy.”
Aristocratic inhumanity is strikingly exem
plified n an affair which has just come to light.
Lastyear. when the Sultan of Turkey subscrib
ed £IOOO for the relief of the famine in Ireland,
he proposed to give £IO.OOO, but the English
Ambassador suggested to him to give the small
er sum. as Queen ¥ictoria only gave £2OOO.
StatisticH of Columbia. County*
We are indebted to the Tax Collector for
the following statistics of Columbia county for
1848 :
Bales Cotton 12,805
Bushels Corn 382,725
“ Wheat 11,987
“ Oats 62,494
“ Rye 618
‘ Barley- 200
•jullons Distilled Spirits 1,000
Head Horses 1 old
“ Mules };214
“ Neat Cattle 12'902
oheep ••• 8126
Pounds Purk killed 1,642.639
Feet sawed Lumber, 050 000
JAMES KNOX, R.T. R.
The subjoined returns from the several coun
ties have been forwarded to the Editors of the
Southern Recorder:
Cherokee County.
Number of Merchant Mills 4
“ Sheep
Male Colts 45
“ Horse “ 126
“ Beeves killed 102
Pounds Pork killed 972 200
Bushels of Irish Potatoes 3 8?5
“ Sweet “ 36*650
‘ Rye, ...a 354
“ Wheat, 26,051
“ Oats 35,069
“ Corn 314,030
Bales of Cotton 1(;8
Glynn County.
Barrels of Syrup 105
“ Sugar 1,099
Bushels of Peas 3 815
“ Potatoes, 27,120
“ Corn 44.165
“ Rice 91,416
Bales Cotton 1519
JAMES MYERS, R. T. R.
Putnam County. 1
•EyXmj es tJott.iiifc. « . • ■ 1
Barrel? of Corn ... 7 .; •
Bushels of Wheat- 12.931
“ Oats 37,726
“ Rye 587
‘‘ Barley 567
“ Sweet Potatoes 63,310
“ Irish “ 3,483
Pounds of Pork 1,714,361
Horse colts raised 73
Mule “ 59
Lambs raised 1,553
Beeves killed 722
Merchant Mills 5
Factories 1
W. A. HOUGHTON, R. T. R.
Monroe County.
Number of Merchant Mills ••• 9
“ Sheep 8,817
*• Mules raised 69
“ Horses 115
u Beeves slaughtered 657
Pounds of Pork 2,873,552
Bushels of Irish Po’atoes 7,195
“ Sweet ‘‘ 137,750
“ Barley 475
“ Rye 967
“ Oats 72,842
“ Wheat 37,107
» Corn 531,917
Bags of Cotton 20,550
CAREY COX, Receiver.
Lee County.
Total Number Sheep 4,806
Stock Cattle 10 831
Hogs 24,931
Horses 906
Mules : 737
Mule Colts raised 18
Horse “ u 68
No. pounds of Pork 1,190,134
Bushels of Corn raised 322,8-5
Bales Cotton 8,758
Bushels Sweet Potatoes 58 669
Irish Potatoes 644
Bushels of Wheat 2,356
“ Oats 14,402
“ Ry® 297
“ Rice 162
Barrels Syrup 115
“ Sugar 23
The above is a true statement,
WM. G. HEALD, R. T. R.
Incidents of the St. Louts Fire, —The
New Era rela es the following, among other
incidents of the late fire in that city:
There were no less than thirty kegs of pow
der <»n the steamer Mary, at the commence
ment of the fire. Knowing this fact, Mr.
Lewis Brown, one of the pilots, descended
into the hold, and threw all but one keg over
board. thereby saving the lives, no doubt, of a
number of persons. The keg exploded, and
stunned several men in the vicinity. Mr.
Brown’s disinterested daring and heroic con
duct should not pass by unnoticed.
'l’he burning of some 500 live hogs on board
the Mary was one of the most heart-sickening
scenes witnessed at the fire. They were con
fined on the main deck, principally on the after
guard; and when the flames reached them,
they kept up a piercing squeal which told
plainly rheir suffering. About half of them
were entirely consumed; the residue succeed
ed in breaking over the pen into the river, and
swam ashore. Many of them that reached the
shore at points below the city, were so badly
burned that they were killed in pity’a sake, as
soon as discovered.
Mr. VVilffairiT r HicTf.’^rTs?nD«-‘Fer»Tia“V« < fpT.-
George Yount, were burned to death on board
the steamer Algoma. They had retired to
their state-rooms and were asleep live fire
•broke out. The cabin boy of the boat states
that he was awakened by the intense heat that
pervaded the boat, and immediately rushed in
to the main saloon. He there discovered
Captain Yount and Mr. Finch The floor of
the saloon was falling through, and for mutual
safety they grasped each other’s hands. In this
manner they succeeded in reaching the deck
They then loosed hands, and Mr. Finch stated
that he would take care of himself. He had
barelv expressed himself thus, when the deck
being no longer able to sustain them, it having
been burned away, broKe through, percipita
ting Capt Yount and Mr. Finch into the fiery
element below. The b*>y not being near at
the time, did not fall through. He instantly
leaped overboard, and saved himself by swim
ming. This undoubtedly was the course that
Mr. Finch intended to pursue, he being an ex
cellent swimmer, and although badly burned,
still had confidence in his power to save him
self.
Circumstances alter Cases.—The follow
ing (says the Washington Republic,) is an au
thoritative statement of the opinions entertain
ed by our political opponents twenty years a
go, in regard to the removal and appointments
from and to an office by an incoming adminis
tration. It was made, it is true, when the po
licy advocated and justified operated in favor of
our opponents , but now, as it operates against
them, why, circumstances alter eases—and
principles, too, it would seem; and the policy
is in their opinion nothing more than abomina
ble proscription!
Franklin Mills, (0.,) Sept. 9. 1829.
“To reform measures, there must be a change
of men." Without a chance of men, fraud
cannot be punished ; delinquencies cannot be
detected; unlawful allowances cannot be slop
ped ; improper modes of doing business and
irregular practices in office can never be cor
rected. Do not all offices belong to the peo
ple? What right have the incumbents to them
more than others? No wrong is done to the
mati who is removed, for he is deprived of no
right. It is the duty of the President, and all
others to whom tne people have entrusted the
power, to remove their subordinates whenever
they believe the public interest requires it
So fascinating is power, and so corrupting the
long possession of office, that I believe the
chancesfor pure administration would bernuch
greater, were a limit of eight or ten years pre
scribed, beyond which no man shpuld be com
petent to hold any of the subordinate offices
at Washington. It is the policy of office hold
ers to create an impression that their offices are !
private rights : that they are wronged when |
removed : that they have a right to demand the i
reasons for their removal, and have them for- i
maily set forth When the people assent to a
doctrine like this, you may bid farewell to all
hope of reform, however great may be the a
buses of our Government. We shall have
clerks, auditors, comptrollers, registers, trea
surers, and secretaries for life; bad customs
will never be corrected : erroneous princi
ples will prevail forever ; precedent will take
the place of law; the official corps at Wash
ington will govern the Union ; and if we do
not have Presidents fur fife, we shall have en
tailed upon us forever a succession from one
office to another, preserving the unity of the
official phalanx, and perpetuating all their o
pinions and abuses. In my opinion, the peo
ple have more cause to fear too few removals
than too many.
Amos Kendall.
ExTRACT/rom a Speech of Benj. F. Porter,
before the Students of Mercer U nicer situ, July
2uth. 1-49.
• In this nation, where one general govern
ment and many State governments. make up
our system, it will always happen that, from lo
cal attachments, our inclinations will be against
the former. Out of this will arise perils, con
stantly affectingthe unionoflhe States. Against
anything like its violation. I wouid earnestly
caution you. Ido not know how other men
feel on tins question, but for myself, the older I
the more I love the Union and (he Con
stitution : and the more I abhor every act
which may jeopard them. Isl would live
most unhappily m life, and die with most mise
erable reflections; isl woulu have my memo
ry visited with a detestation in the enormity of
which the treachery of Arnold would be for
gotten, 1 would put forth my hand to make
the country of Washington less national than it
s. No, I love South Carolina, the State in
which 1 was born—l love Alabama, to which I
have given twenty years us my life ; but I love
not less ardently the American Nation To
the remotest periods, it is my first,my last wi.-h
to know that its name will extend ; rising iu
strength like those noble pillars, the work of
generations long dead, which in the East, a
midst crushed and broken temples, still mam
tain their position, sublime amidst ruins, per-
Ifect in their original architecture.”
Father Mathew —About 20.000 persons
have taken the pledge at Father Mathew s
I hands, since his arrival in Boston. He has
also administered it to many at Watertown and
other neighboring places.
Voi„LXin—NEW SERIES VOL. XIII—NO. 34.
Augusta, ©a.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 18,184:9.
War of the Hunkers and Agitators.
The indications of a revolutionary move
ment among the “harmonious” democracy is
becoming daily more apparent. Each faction
is marshaling its forces for the onset. The chi
valry wing, alias the agitators, seem determin
ed to sink or swim with the great Agitator, and
the old Hunker faction are equally resolved not
to follow him who declared “ they were held
together by the cohesive power of the puMfc
plunder. ’ We admire the spunk of the latter
(although it is a contest in which we care little
who triumphs,) and cannotforego the pleasure
of laying before our readers’ the following spe
cimen from their chief organ, the Athens Ban
ner. It seems that some of the chivalry wing,
in their anxiety to rule or ruin, have deter
mined upon trying what effect a discontinu
ance of the paper would have, whereupon the
editor waxes warm, and threatens retaliation
and eternal hostility to Calhoun and his entire
faction now, henceforffi and forever. How
ever. that no injustice may be done we give
the article entire. Here fc is:
Cathounism.— We have recently received two let
ters, one from Doct. Joseph J. Singleton, and one from
E. H. Wingfield, both of Lumpkin county, ordering
the Southern Banner to be discontinued, and assign
ing as the sole reason therefor, the course of the
Banner towards Mr. Calhoun. If this be the game
that Mr. Ca‘.,oun’s special friends desire to play, they
must recollect that it can be retorted upon them.—
The opptmen's of Mr, Calhoun can withdraw their
patronage irom the Calhour*' journals, and w©. wist
figfitjihem to their hea. content, is jjs ’’aiu. ihat
( nun-ft 1 th* v<ry
gress over ihe ici tifjorie®, and his former doctrines I
may be retorted U (M> him. Independent of this; he I
never was and never wilt be a democrat— he dis
claims the name of “ democrat"— and looks upon
the rule ol the majority even in the slate governments
as despotic. He has done more to drag the demo
cratic party down within the last few y*ars than all
the Whigs in the Union. He has attacked Mr.
Polk for signing the Oregonbill, and putsarguments
in die mouths of the Whigs, which we hear repealed
daily and hourly by them. He opposed the admin
istration on the Mexican war question, and it had to
conduct the war in the very teeth of his opposition.
He was a Taylor man in the beginning and almost
to the close of the last canvass, and if he ever consent
ed to support Gen. Cass, he was literally whipped
in by the State of South Carolina. His speech al
Charleston upon his return from Congress was caught
at by the Whigs, and did more for the election of
Gen. Taylor thin all their arguments. We have
other objections to him as a leader, but no space at
present to enlarge upon them. Suffice it to say, that
he is radically unsound on the great principles of
democracy.
Since writing the above, the following portion of a
violent assault upon the B anner in the Augusta Con
stitutionalist of the 14th inst. has met our eye :
“ In a spirit of forbearance the friends of Mr. Cal
houn, and of the Southern Address in the late Demo
cratic Convention at Milledgeville, who outnumber
ed the Southern Banner clique, two to one, refrain
ed from a direct vote, which would have shown the
estimate in which Mr. Calhoun was held in Georgia.”
We have no time at present to reply to the Consti
tutionalist. But wc shall be ready for the war next
week.
We know too well the determined character
of the Banner not to anticipate his return to
his subjec* and his victims in his next number,
with renewed energies and resolution to battle
for his cause, which knows no faltering.
But it seems his subscribers and the Constitu
tionalist are not the only members of the fac
tion who are endeavoring to pour a broadside
into him. The Federal Union, rioting in a
new-born zeal for Mr. Calhoun, has actually
commenced “ sneezing when the South Caroli
nian takes snuff,” and that veritable, truth
loving organ has also joined in the hue and
cry. Nothing daunted, the organ of the Hun
kers turns upon him with a hyena like ferocity
and gives it to him thus :
Another Richmond in the Field.— We shall soon
have the whole Calhoun fiction in Georgia down
upon us. Tbe Federal Union came to us yesterday
teeming with bile against the Southern Banner and
those in Georgia who will not bow down as the serfs
of Calhoun. Who and what is he to be made a test
of democracy in Georgia—a term and creed which he
is known to repudiate bothio profession and practice?
The opponents of Ualhoun are threatened with pro
scription—they are not to be supported by the Cal
houn faction when they “ hereafter aspire to place
and preferment.” Well gentlemen! we are rather
of opinion we can give you as good as you send—lor
we shall take good care “hereofter" that no friend
o! Calhoun shall ever receive our support. We will
see you out in this game, play it when you may.
The Federal Union tells us;
“ It is true that Mr. Calhoun’s public career is not
without its inconsistencies and errors. It is also
true that he professes to belong to neither party.”
We are sick of ‘ no-party” men—it is disgusting
to attempt to palm another humbug upon us, and set
him up as the standard bearer of the democratic
This is aubut the
Banner man, armed as he is, and ready to give
each a thrust, will maintain his ground under
sad reverses. _JHe is rtevntedJy -attached
“ eternal principles of Democracy:” in common
parlance, a “ dyed in the wool Democrat," and
he is not disposed to see those who are only
“ colored in the. yarn" officiating in the temple.
We shall watch the progress of this war of the
factions with no ordinary interest.
lion. Albert Gallatin*
The National Intelligencer in noticing the
death of this distinguished patriot and states
man, pays the following just and eloquent
tribute to his memory :
“ This venerable man, u hose health has long been
feeble, and the news at whose dea h might at any
moment have been expected, departed this life on
Sunday last, in the eighty-ninth year of his age.
“ lie has left behind him no wiser man, no purer
patriot, no more enlightened, quick-sighied, and sa
gacious statesman. His whole life, nearly, had been
k-pent in the service of this his adopted country. But
at no period of hife life had his intellect been more
clear, devotion to his country’s welfare more fervid,
or his pen distinguished by greater ability, than dur
ing the latest years of bis life. Had he left no other
evidence of his patriotic zeal, his profound wisdom,
and his distinguished talent, than his papers on the
Northwestern Bound try, on the Oregon question, and
ou the Mexican war, they together would constitute a
valid title to a renown more durable than monuments
of brass or marble. «
“We shall take an early occasion, from such ma
teriuls as are within our reach, to prepare for publi
cation a brief memoir of the life of this great m in, to
whose memory we at least owe all honor and respect.”
Tennessee.—The election for Congress has
resulted in the choice of the following repre
sentatives. The Whigs have only lost the
Nashville District, in which they have a clear
majority of 1200 to 1500. This has been the
result of schisms in the Whig ranks. The Le
gislature has been lost to the Whigs by the
same cause. Will the Whigs of other States
profit by the lesson ?
Democrats. | H'higs.
Ist. A. Johnson, I 2d. A. G. Watkins,
4th J. 11 Savage, 3d. J M. Anderson,
sth. GW: Jones, | 7tn.M. P. Gentry,
6th. J 11. Thomas, | Hih.C. H. Williams.
Btli. Andrew Ewing,* j
9th. 1 G. Harris,
10th. F I*. Stanton, |
* Gain.
Free Soil and Hunker Coalition —From
a telegraphic dispatch in the Charleston Mer
cury, we learn that the Free Seilers and Old
lltinkers have coalesced, at lheir Convention
in New York. Verily, the “ natural allies of
the South" are very reliable about this lime.
How long befoie we shall hear such journals
as the Federal Union boasting of the soundness
of the Northern Free Democracy on the sla
very question? There will be a? much truth
in the declaration now as formerly, and as
much truth as usually finds a place in the
editorials of that print.
Hon. Martin Van Buren, Ex-President,
has been appointed a delegate from Columbia
county, N. Y-. to the Barnburner branch of the
Convention at Rome, without the power if sub
stitution. Tiie Philadelphia Sun says that the
re-union between him and Mr. Marcy will
doubtless be of the most friendly character !
Griffin.—The receipts of Colton at Griffin
from Ist September, 1848, to Ist inst. were
50,749 bales.
There is a rose bush flourishing near
Bristol, Pa., known to be more than a hundred
years old!
Cotton' Culture in India.—The ship
Ganges, from Cochin, the port of the district
of Coimbatoire, has arrived at Liverpool wi;h
a large shipment of cottons, grown on tiie ex
perimental farm, under the management of
Dr. White, at Durwar. Toe shipments com
prise several different descriptions of cot’on
iarm-gru wn New Orleans, of the crop of 1848-9;
sample bales of Mexican cotton, and also farm
grown Bourbon, together with the Ooparn cot
ton These samples, which amountedl together
io 871 bales, will be very iineresting"ecimens,
inasmuch as they will show the results of dif
ferent periods of sowing, and of various de
scriptions of seed.
Religious Revival. —Perhaps one of the
most copious oul-pourings of the Spirit of the
Almighty which has visited any place this year,
has been experienced at Griffin during the lasi
two months, and the work is still progressing
We do not know the exact number which have
been added to the different churches : bu:
there has not been less than sixty in all; and
many, who have been the subjects of the re'i
val. have not yet attached themselves to any
church. The whole may amount to a hundred
•or more. This is a large number out of a
population of not more than two thousand
souls. — Griffin Jeffersonian, Itith inst.
“Whig Convention*
Ninety Five Mile Station, ?
August 1 Ith, 1849.
At a Convention of the delegates from the
several districts of the counties of Burke and
Emanuel, assembled at this place to nominate
a candidate to represent the ninth Senatorial
District in the next Legislature of Georgia.
* On motion of E. B. Gresham, A. L. Kirkland
was called to the Chair, and R. L. Lane re
quested to act as Secretary. On motion of Jo
seph B. Jones,
Resolved, That where a distrjpt ie represented by
one delegate, that delegate be authorized to casi the
full vote of his district.
On motion of James M. Royals,
Res Ived, That the unrepresented districts be rep
resented by delegates chosen by the convention from
the citizens present of the respective counties, who
are not representing any other district.
On motion of H. J. Blount,
R-.solved, That the convention now proceed to nom
inate by ballot a candidate to represent the people of
Burke and Emanuel counties in the Senate of the next
Legislature : whereupon, the convention proceeded to
the election, and on first balloting it appeared that
Col. James Grubbs, receiving a majority of the votes
of the convention, was declared the nominee.
The following resolutions, offered by Gideon
H. Kennedy, passed the Convention :
Resolved, That this convention aedge themselves
to support the nominee, and to use . honorable means
to secure his election.
On motion, the following gentlemen, viz :
E. Byne, George S. J. Price, Dr. Gideon
H. Kennedy and Benjamin L. Lane were ap
pointed by the Chairman to inform the nomi
nee of hia nomination and to request his
; ceptance., - , ' ‘
i’Lai *h«Xpr jceedii gR of this convenri >n
in tne Chronicle \ S> ntiniM and K' pu’.»-
and Savannah Republican.
loir of E. A. Alien, E>q., the Con
vention adjourned, sine die.
A. L. KIRKLAND, Chairman.
B. L. Lane, Secretary.
The Papal Authority Proclaimed**
On July 16th. last. Rome was again brought
under the Papal sway. The yellow and white
banner, emblazoned with the keys of St. Peter,
was the day before hoisted before the Castle of
St Angelo, and saluted by 100 guns, while the
respect oflhe people was imperiously enforced
by the ostentatious display of the whole French
garrison. The notifications of the ceremony
were characteristic of the sources from which
they came. That of Gen. Oudinot announces
that “ a solemn Te Deum will be celebrated at
St. Peter’s on Sunday, the 15th July, to return
thanks for the success of the French arms in
Italy, and for the re establishment of the Pon
tifical authority. ” Rather strange to invite
the conquered party to return thanks for the
success of the victors. The great piazza us St.
Peter’s was filled with troops, and the church
itself could not have had less than 5 or 6 000
soldiers in its ample nave and aisles. Oudinot,
with a numerous and brilliant staff, arrived a
bout 5 o’clock, and was received on the church
steps by a complimentary deputation of eccle
siastical dignitaries, who conducted him up to
the high altar, and installed him in an eminent
position previous to the commencement of.the
Te Deum.
.The fluty notes of the Papal choir, alternated
with the clangor of mart'al bands, in wafting
praises to heaven for the enviable restoration
of priestly dominion, and the French troops
went through the manoeuvre of kneeling to re
ceive the benediction, as skilfully as if they had
been born Romans. A Cardinal, either Tostt
or Caslracane, read an address, to which the
latter replied in terms of high commendation
toward bis own troops, and concluded by cry
ing, “ Viva I'ltalia ! Viva la religione ! Viva la
Francia!” Shouts of applause followed this
interlocution Political speeches, however, ap
pear singularly out of place in St. Peter’s, and
are, as such, deprecated by the priests them
selves.
While these rejoicings were going on, under
the auspices of the French Generals and Car
dinals, a numerous band of young Romans re
paired to the gale of San Pancrazio, and visit
ed the fatal scene of so many murderous en
gagements, the graves of so many of their
friends and companions in arms. They visited
the principal repositories of the dead, as well
as the church of St. Pancrazio. whey they
chanted a miserere in honor of the departed.
Many other persons, averse to the re-establish
ed order of things, left Rome for the day, and
two hundred carriages full went to Frascati
alone.
Rescue of American Sailors —We pub
lished in a brief paragraph on Saturday the
fact of a party of American sailors having b< en
rescued by the U. S. ship Preble from confine
ment in Japan. The following fuller account
of the proceeding is from the China Mail:
Baltimore American.
The Untied States ship Preble has returned
from Japan, whither she was despatched by
Commodore Geisinger for the purpose of bring
ing away some men nelonging to the Ameri
can whaler Lagodu, Iu this Oiptain Glynn
has succeeded, having rescued 13 of the wha
ler’s
who a year ago, at his own request, received
his discharge from the Plymouth, whaler, and
was put ashore at Matsmai. Shortly after iaud
prisoner and conveyed to ■
Nanga./.k,, where ne
and underwent frequent exanrFmSnons,
wiihout being aware that for many months g
number of his fellow-countrymen were confin
ed within ashort distance of his cell.
There he was occasionally visited by parlies
of Japanese ; but being deprived of his books
and of all ordinary sources of amusement, after
acquiring a few words of the language, ho
commenced schoolmaster, and was attended by
a pretty large class of students in the English
language. Neither Capt Glynn nor any of
Ins officers or crew were suffered to land, but
otherwise they received no insult or discour
tesy; on the contraiy, everything they were
supposed to want was tendered, but declined,
solely because the Japanese would accept of
no payment. The Preble also touched at
L'W-choo, a most welcome visit to Dr. Bettle
heiin, who continues to live there, free from
any serious molestation; but from the fact that
the Loo-chooans were very urgent that he
should be taken away in the Preble, we im
agine he is making no great progress in lheir
good graces.
State Revenue.—From a report lately
made by the Auditor of M tssissippi, it appears
that the whole revenue assessed in the differ
erent counties for the year 1848, amounted to
$442,715 27, of which amount $442 092 07
has been paid into the treasury—leaving oiiiy
$623 20 uncollected.
Stock in New York.—The N. Y. Courier
and Enquirer, of Tuesday, says:
'The stock of cotton iti this port hap been
recently taken, and found not to exceed 50.000
bales, a quantity con-iderably less than esti
mated by the New York Price Current. In
ibis quantity is included cottons held by specu
lators, and on shipboard not cleared.
Overflow of the Red River.— Great loss
of Crops. Stock and property — The steamer J.
T. Dosweli, Captain Kimball, arrived at New
Orleans from Red River on the 11 th inst. She
left Shreveport on the Bth inst. Captain K.
confirms the previous accounts received of the
great destruction to crops and property which
the overflow of Red River has caused. He
reports that at Shreveport the water was falling
fast—that it wasata stand at Nachitoches —that
the crops on :he river are totally destroyed by
the overflow—that the water is from four to
eight feet deep on a I the plantations between
Shreveport and Nachitoches—that below on
the Bondieu, the stock is neatly all destroyed.
That there has been great destruction of pro
perty at (irand Ecore, caused by the caving in
of the Front street, together with some of tho
warehouses —that Col. De Russy’s gin house
fell in the river with about an acre of ground,
ou Wednesday morning last—that Alexandria,
still continues dry, protected by the levee
which is only a few inches above the surface
of the wa er—that the levee broke in three
places below Alexandria ; and the river is two
feet higher than it was during tho overflow of
1844
Great Family Gathering.—The descen
dants of Richard Haven, of Lynn, are to have a
great “family party” at Framingham, Mass.,
on the 30th inst. Five years since they had the
second centennal celebration of the family, and
it was then voted lhat a committee be raised to
call the family together again in 1849 and this
call is in consequence of lhat vote, and general
desire on the part of the relatives to comply
with it. At the meeting in 1844. some fiiteen
hundred of the cousins dined together, and it is
supposed th it a much larger number wiil meet
at Framingham this month. An oration and
other services proper to the occasion—to say
nothing of a good dinner—wiil be furnished.
The circular says, ‘ that a!l the family, and all
those lhat are or that expect to be connected
with it by marriage, are invited ” Comini'teea
of reception and arrangements are formed,
and every efforts will be made to accommodate
the “ members of the family.”
Discontent in the Chinese Empire.— There is
a spirit ot discontent, a love of change, a feel
mg of old partialities, springing -ip in the Chi
nese Empire which will surprise us some fine
morning in intelligence of the overthrow of the
Tartar dynasty. China is on the verge us a
poll ical revolution —a disruption of iu vast
and distant provinces wiil be inevitable.—
I'hroughout the extent of the Chinese Empire
there is manifest a disposition and alacrity-in
forming clubs and associations, a combination
•>f force and union of sentiment which will not
ne long without taking a more clear and deci
sive course of conduct. The province of Can
ton is ripe for rebellion; is ready to throw off
the yoke; and the people would cheerfully
avail themselves of any pretext to civil strife.
An Antiquarian Indeed.—A gentleman of
Savannah, who has been collecting autographs
during twenty five years past, h :s now 35.0<>0
of them, valued at tiie saleable pric-j of c«299.-
000. They embrace tiie chirography of al the
signers of the great Declaration ut Indepen
dence; tiie framers of the ConstiJutiuu; all
the Klugs of England, from Iltriry V if to this
date; many English statesmen ol pa«t centu
ries; besides Ko.-*citisko, Goethe, MuZ«it, Ko-
Despierre, Munteaqujeu, Milton,
and others of like eminence.