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Jot Sale.
Houghton Lands for Sale.
Tint FOLLOWING LOTS OF LAND,
be'oaging to the es*ate of John W Hmghton,
late of Richmond county, deceased, are offered for
sale.
Ns» Di it. Svc. County. Acree. Quality.
3b 11 1 Forsyth 40 3d qua i. O. A. H.
742 2 1 do. do. do.
1280 14 1 do. do. 2d do.
Bf 4 3 1 do. do. 3d do.
1273 3 4 Floyd do. Pine I and.
1278 3 4 do. do. 3dqual.O.&H.
675 4 1 Lumpkin do. 2d do.
616 5 1 do. do. 3d do.
281 12 1 do. do. do.
IQOU 12 1 do. | Lot Gold LoL
136 13 1 do. 40 2d qual.O. AH.
365 15 1 do. do. 3d do.
12-0 4 3 Cass do. do.
1004 17 3 do. do. Pine Land.
9 23 2 do. ]6O Istaual.O. &H.
10 23 2 r-o. do. 3d do.
276 10 1 Union do. do.
370 11 1 do. 40 do.
298 11 1 do. do. 2JA3d do.
930 18 2 Caaifbell do. 31 do.
133 18 2 do. do. do.
875 19 3 Paulding do. do.
811 20 3 do. do. do.
6 20 3 do. do. 2d do.
7 20 3 do. do. do.
71 2 J 3 do. do. 31 do.
279 21 3 do. do. Pine I and.
482 21 2 Cherokee do. 3d quai. O, &H.
110 19 4 Dade do. do.
66 11 HaLesshsm 250 OnSoqueeK.
43 13 do. do.
35 1 Ma .on 2021 Pine Land.
43 15 Talbot do.
Stewart 70by 180 ft. Town Lot.
217 18 1 du. j 1 ot. i
I I Sum'er. 202 j Pine Land. I
175 28 1 do. do. do. i
175 17 1 do. do. do. «
70 9 1 Randolph de. do.
108 3 Wilkinson do. do. e
lat in S I*. Ocmui- . , t
141 19 < gee M.—Pulaski do - do ‘ I
60 9 Houston do, do.
35 10 do. do. do.
151 5 Do’y do. do.
196 5 do. do. do.
203 5 do. do. do.
>22 12 do. do. do. I i
255 16 do. 4 Lot do. i
81 3 Baker X’O do. 1
14 6 E-irJy do. Swamp Land.
251 15 Decatur do. Pine Land.
343 15 do. do On Flint River-
228 20 do. j Got Piue Land.
344 27 do. 250 do.
375 27 do. do» do I
376 27 do. do. do.
377 27 do. do. do. <
378 27 do. do. do.
383 27 do. do. do.
481 2 Appl ng 490 do.
213 8 Thomas do. do.
322 8 do. dot. do. i
506 8 do. do. do. ,
518 13 do. do. do.
493 8 Waist do. do. ,
200 9 d* fc <ta.. do.
367 9 do. do. Swamp Land. s
320 I*2 co. do. do.
322 12 do. do. do.
325 12 do d-\ do. a
3-6 12 do. du. do. (
327 12 do. do. do. (
61'2 12 do. do. Pins Land.
613 12 do. do. do. f
629 12 do, d.i. Swamp Land. j
161 13 do. do. Pine Land. ,
65*2 13 do. do. de. «
219 3 Irwin da. do. .
21*2 3 do. co. do.
266 3 do. do. do.
12 4 do. iR do.
49 4 do. do. do. I
50 4 do. do,. do.
99 4 do. do. do.
103 4 do. do.. do.
104 4 do. do. do. i
131 4 do. do. de. I
137 4 do. du k (io. t
139 4 do. do*, do. I
162 4 no. do. do. e
203 4 do. do. do.
160 5 do. do. do.
163 5 do. do*. de.
442 6 du. do. do.
52 1 du. do. Swamp Lend.
Persona wishing to purchase, wit! please apply Io
the undersigned, in pencn oi by Kt ter, at Auguaia, 1
Georgia WM. A. WALTON, «
jyl7-dllwlm Executor. ’
Mountain Cottage for Sale.
Mt’LKONOKA vol T<OK,” f
on Loot out Mount; nn, is now offer
ed for sale. Ibis coaifnodieue and A. •
ewgaiK vrottage is situated, -no the eastern cliff of the
Lookout Mountain, a atari distance from the eele- ’
bratod Leonora Spring an«l in the immediate vicini- “
ly of Lookout Point, die Natural Bridge, &e.
Attached to <be Cottage there are several acre* of ]
ground, partly improved, with the necessary cut
baildings, (fcc. For pure air, wholesome water, and
magnificent scenery this situation is without a rival
in the South, and tta easy access to Cbauauooga,
by Rail Road, Steamboat and Stage, can not fail to .
render it a dnlirhtfui residence for a family of taste
and leisure. For particulars, apply to
B CHANDLER,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, or
U. REDMOND.
my2B-d3-wACtf Atlanta, Georgia, ;
FOR BALE ’
MTfIK SUBSCRIBER offer* .
for Mie hia PLANTATIONS, in Co - SB
lambi a county, immediately oo tfr e—
erry Road, in 20 miles of August/ u One
tract (the home place, and a nuw* desirabl e aitua
lioti) containing 677 acres; 250 acres v pen land,
the balance in the wood*. On thio tract io a fine
DWELLING—nano belter in the country and per
feetly new, and all necevsary out bud Ituf >t «. Tula is
one of tbe mort desirable locations for health and
eoavenlen~e to market in the country . There i*
also a tine well of water and a good spring on the
place.
The other place, known as the Tool place, contains
500 scree, 250 acres open, the ba lance enclosed
aad in good repair. These are «jond productive Cat*
ton and Corn Lands. I will sell both together cr
asperate. Any one wishirg to purchase the above
property, if they will visit tlje plaw j 1 will take pleas
ure ia showing them bath, vkaceu ; cr address me *i
Eubanks P. O._ Columbia Co., G a., and i will give
them all the infotmatioa lequired. Terms easy.
_Je25 ddkwtf E. T. JONES.
BURKE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
MI OFFER FO'il RALE, on
liberal terms, my PLANTATION ia
said county, 10 mila**ea*tof Waynes- '■*“
the middle ground (Stivannab) Road, con
taining Six Hundred and Thirty Acres, excellent
land for corn and cotton, and convenient to water.
There tea good DWELLING HOUSE on it, with
outhouses, Gia House and Screw. Plantation in gtxxi
reps it. Early applications* are Henired, as lam de
termined to sell. MICKEY Me NOR RILL.
Weynesbcro’, Ga. jyl2-wtSl
JEFFERSON COUNTY LANDS FOR
SALE.
615 ACR&S Plums LAND, on the ffifr
Blb waters of Big Creek, with *ood Im- JL
provements, all neceerary Oufr-biitUtag*, the Fences
in good order, and the place swell '•ate-red. ad’o’ning
Landa of Edward Carswell, Dr. Heot, and others.
For terms, apply to the subscriber, on the pr eaiiees.
je2s-w4t M. CAR SON.
PLANTATION FOR SAT J3~
THE UNDERSIGNED offers
SB hie PLANTATION foreale, ront lining <BB*
JL. the rise of 3.700 Acres, 1,200 -acres in JL.
the woods, the iao»t of which is well 1} mb'red. Lit
tle River runs through said land, eque lly dividing it.
into Wilkes county. 9 4 miles from W ashington, and
Columbia county, 13 miles from T twinwn Depot,
Georgia Rail Road; gw J unprow s menta of every
kind, iecledtng Grret a v.t Saw Mi! 5 . Price, >‘s per
aere. one-ball to be paid on riria g poevesetcn the
25th Deo. next, the balance tue ol interest twelve
moo<ha LlfowiegJune 12, 1851.
jel»wtf JO RN Q. WEST.
- „O R SjLGf
A HOUSE AND LOT, ANT. 910 ACRES OP
LAND.
• ONE OF THE MOST DESI-jM
table Situations in th* town of Madi ~X
distance between the Court House and
*Di pot, containing 200 feelot g round, front and back,
well improved.
Also. 910 Aereo cf LAND. a gosd portion wood
tend, an! well timbered. The nearest lies, about 1|
miles from the Madfooo Steves Mill. Look for vour
eelvee. WASHINGTON G. BALLARD.
Madi-wv, Ga., June 16. Hol. ;elB-w6 •
Valuable Plantatio n for Salo.
THK .übrcriter offer, for wle her
fl* PLANTATION, lying diraotlvoa tie
JL Om of Bail Roe J, .bout <9 mile, from
tba eky of kratgomvry, Al»o»m«. Th. tract of
LwdointatM .bout 960 <crw. 400 ot wb eb ■ocen
end, »d i. ooe of the beet Mody land cott« pl»o-
Uti-Mla Alabama Par farther puticulara. addrem
the K bmriber. at Decatur, Mac-xi cointr, Ala.
mylSw'O FLIZA BURCH.
POR SAi<B
JL-.aX THK SUBSCRIBER offer, far
r -g M» FAMILY RESIDENCE ra th.
Town of Marietta. Il i. Ixte'ea in a de
wraois part of town, is weP improved contains
about two acres. The dwelling ba® n’ue n> its and
•as basement all well finisbed. P.smmku ea ibe
bed the tint ®f J«|y.
Per terms, kpplytoCcl David Dobbs, W 3 P.
Young or John P. Arnot I in (he absence of
Ael apjO w _*!1 ,SON M - HENTON.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
OF WARRANTED qeahty, furnished and
ret op tn Holla, la rd ex.
MILLSTONE PLASTER, prepared for backing
Mllteoeea, cheap, aad ot tbe quality foe sale by
|*U wtf SCHIRMER A WtOAND.
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I hotels.
FLOYD HOUSE,
MACON GEORGIA.
i THIS WELL kn wn and popular Ho-
t€ *’ l |ar,n ß >cen MCenily repatted and put
i n complete order, is now open for the re
-1 cep tun of Hoarders and Transient persons. The
pro, netor pledges himself that no bing shall be want
ing on bis part, to make and continue it one of the
1 most popular Hotels in the South.
i JjF The Ladies’ Depar meat is under the special
care of Mr?. JAMES, formerly of Columbus, and
favorably known to the travelling community, who
will see that nothing is wanting to make visiting La
dies and Families entirely at home, their apaxtment
haying been newly and beaiifully furnished
THUS. WILLIAMS, Proprietor.
A. B, Habtwkll, Superintendent.
N. B.—An Omnibus wi’l always be in readiness
, to convey Passengers to and from the Railroad De
pots.
The Alligator Lin* of Stages has its office per
manently located at the Floyd House.
jy3 w6m F. K. BRIGHT, Owner.
PLANTERS’ TEMPERANCE HOUSE
GRIFFIN, GEO.
(Southwest Corner of the City.)
MI AM at myoid stand with enlarged
accommodatio.-.s, and prepared to give all
that may call a plenty of
COLD WATER TO DRINK,
and as f«r the balance they must take the chances,
and if nut satisfied no pay required. My prices for
the future will be as follows :
For Man and Horse, Breakfast, Supper and
I odging, $1.23
** c< Single Meal,*••• 35
“ “ Lodging, 15
<c Hcrse Peed.*** •••• 35
*• 11 per day and night, 75
<< <* “ month, 515.L0
william freeman.
Griffin, Ga., July 3, 1851. jy6-w4
INDIAN SPRING.
THE UNDBUSIUNKD asks leave
to state to the public generally, that IsTbseß
he is yet the Proprie’or of the INDIAN .
SPRING HOTEL at this place, and is now prepar
ed to receive company. The virtues of the Indian
Spring waters have been so long k own, and so
generally tested, that I presume it is not necessary
here to say any thing in their oraise.
The Proprietor of this Hotel has only to add that
in addition to these requisites of the Indian Spring
as a summer residence, that he has, since the last
season, largely added to the Indian Spring Hotel,
by extending his Dining Room so as to make it equal
to any thing of the kind south wardly, and be has aleo
added many fine rooms for families, as well as for
persons without families. He also assures those that
arc pieased to call at this old established Hotel that
tnc oestof every thing that the country affords shall
oe provi eJ fur their accommodation, and renews
former pledge, that no Hotel shall surras? the Indian
Spring, and no pains spared to make all comforuble ;
with this assurance he inv tea the cal’s of th? com
munity generally my 22 2m EDW. VARNER.
ROWLAND SPRINGS
MTIIE Subscribers beg leave tn inform
their friends and the public, that they have
leased the above well known place of re
sort, and that they intend keeping them during the
summer season in a style superior to any watering
place in the up-country. The Houee will be open
and ready for the reception of visitors by the first of
JUNE next. LANIER A USHER.
N. B.—There will boa line of Hacks at the Depot
al Cartersville, at ail times, Co convey Passengers to
the Springs, both from up and down Trains of Rail
Road, apll-3'n L. dr U.
KINGSTON HOUSE,
KINGSTON, GEORGIA.
THE UNDERSIGNED having U
alig ken the KINGSTON on the north
Side of the Railroad, at Kingston, Ga., is now pre
pared toaccornmo a’.e the Travelling Public, eape-J
aial!y. Meal = for on the Cars.
je4*dtw&wß WM. H. MASSENGALE.
COTOOSA SPRINGS.
a THIS POPULAR AND fashionable
Watering Place will be opened for the recep
tion of viflltora on the 10th day of June.
The Proprietors would inform tho public, that
since tha last season, they have added to their estab
taliMVit one hundred spacious and comfortable
rot_.ua vi*b other *mprove an 1 as it is their
*o devote their united personal attention to
the tucooHnoviation of their quests, they hope to
make it a delightful and pleasant resort to ail, as
well those in pursuit of pleasure an health.
The Water from seven I of the Sprin/s haa been
recently analysed bv that accomplished Chemist
Prof. A. Means, of the Medical College of Geor
gia, whose report of the nine, will shortly be given
to the public.
The»e Springs, the mineral properties of which,
are unsurpeseed, are situated in Walker County,
Georgia, within i<o miles of the Cqtoosa Plat
form, on tha Western and Atlantic Railroad, one
hundred an 1 twelvemilee from Atlanta, and twenty
five from Chattanooga, ia a ino-it ueiigh'ful and salu
brious f ountain eliinale. The company's Hacks
will al ways be in waiting at tho De'»)t on the arri
val of the ears, to convey visitors and their baggage
to the Springs.
BA T TEY, HICKMAN dt McDONALD.
May 16, 1851. wlO
MERIWETHER WARM SPRINGS.
MTIIIB establishment will be open for
the reception of visitors, on and after the
first day of June. Visitors will at all
timea, had a readv conveyance from Greenville, or
Pleasant Hilt, and a four horse Post Coach, three
times a week from Columbus to the Spring. Th
Proprietor will also keep Hacks and other convey
ances at the Spring sot 'he conveyance of hie guests.
mvl? wnf j. 1,. MUSTUN Prrrvtstcr.
GORDON SPRINGS
M THIS favorite Watering place, the
valuable me licinal propene* of which
have been so generally appreciated, will
be open during the present season, f< r the reception
of visitors under the charge of one of the Proprie
tors, whose undivided attention wi»l be devoted to
(he accommodation and comfort of his guests.
These Springs are in Walker county, within a
few miles of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, in
country distinguished tor the salubrity of its cli
mate, and the beauty and variety of its scenery.
CVA Hack will run daily between “Tunnell
Hill” and the Springs, for the conveyance of pas
sengers. je!2.w6 GEORGE W. GORDON.
BRADFIELD’S HOTEL
SOUTH-EAST CORNER
CF THS gjjjL
PUBLIC SQUARE,
LaOrasge, Georgia.
my? - *6'o*
EAGLE HOTEL,
MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE.
THE SUBSCRIBER takes pleasure Attfo
in returning his thanks to his friends and K|2
the public, for the very liberal patronage here
tofore extended to him. And having recently Im
proved and extended bia buildings so as to afford the
best accommodations to almost any number of trav
ellers and persons wishing boarding, he confidently
expects an iucrease of public favor and patronage.
Building aituated on second block south of the
Public Square—one hundred and titty feet long
rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He re
alao well prepared to take tbe best care of horses, (fcc.
Stable large ami secure—careful and attentive ser
vants. Li short, the greatest attention will be paid,
and pins taken, to render all comfortable who rosy
call at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD.
Madisonv.he, August 3, lASO. an 3 wtf
FRANKLIN HOTEL,
B BRO VO STREET, Augusta, Ga.,
one aqua re above the Globe Hotel, on the
side of Broad aUeet.
nlO-wly D. B. RAMSEY, Proprietor.
“POOR SCHOOL SUPERVISORS
Georgia, county of richmond-
Cierk's Office Inferior Court, Monday, July
7th. 1851.
Present, their Honor*, Gart F. Paeish, Thomas
Skinner, William J. Rhodks, Justices.
Agreeable to the request of the Grand Jury of tbe
second week, the so lowing persons were apprinted
supervisors of the Poor School in the several Dis
tricts nan ed :
For the 119th, or Bel-Air Di-»trict—Geo. W. La
mar, John Milledge, Geo. W. Crawford.
12Lt. or Tarver’s D.ctri:t—Rev. James Kilpat
rick, Adam Jch ison, Sam'l Tarver.
123 d, or Poor Home District —Wm. W, Holt, A.
W. Carmichael, Geo. Schley.
124th, or Bn iee District—Geo. L. Twiggs, Wiu.
V/. Holt, D. F. Dickinson.
Before 'he account of any T*acher will be allowed,
certificates ot competency and moral fit ar* s trom at
least twr ot the Sus erintendents for the District, must
be exhioited.
A true extract fiom minute?.
jyll-dtwAwJ A H. McLAWS, Clerk.
Georgia, Columbia county.—
Robert Clark, of the 12tith District, AV-
G. M., tolls before me, a Justice of the Peace,
one estray Bay HORSE, about 16 iiauds high, wun :
dark legs, a smalt star in his forehead, a litde white
on the top of his left bind foot, supposed to be 15 or
16 years old, and appraised by 1 bomas J. Ingram
and J, P. Tompkins, to be worth 30 dollars, thia 25th
March, 1851. JAMES BURROUGHS, J. P.
A true Extract from tbe Estray Book, July 7,
1851. DAVID HAR KISS, Clerk.
July 15, 1851. w 3 _
FARMERS. LOOK TO YOUR
HORSES.
ISAAC COLLIER, the wet! known stock
raiser of Barren countv, Kent ickv, ha« invented
a medicine which be offer* to wager 15 will cure
any I amcuc«a. "" avia, |« g Hoad, Big Jew,
Si rains and Strains, Splints, Wiuu Galls, Ringbone,
Tbrnsh, Poll Evil, OU Sores or Saddle Galls In
Horses.
Read the following Certificate :
Tbesob cnbershave used Isaac Colliers Remedy
for Diseased Horses fcr the last 4 years, and are so
much pleased with it as a remedy for Herses, as
well as other kinds of stock, that (hey take pleasure
in reacmmending it to the public, believiny that all
who give it a trial will le perfectly saiistied of its
merits. Lewis R. Lava, Barren co., Ky.
Sam’u D. Princx " “ “
HxmktA Mclsow. Adair ** •*
W. T. Johnson, Greene •* “
A. D. Mcb'taoY, Allen “ ••
Stfphkn C-oNWoa, Hart •• *•
Thia medicine ia for sale >n Augusta by
PHILIP A. MOISE,
Dsater in Drugs and Medieines.
Price—Sl per bottle, or six bottles for S 3.
myZl-w
DR. WILLIAM S. ML IE RE
TAKES PLEASURE in announcing
to the citixene of Oglethorpe and vicinity, his
return from his visit tv the North.
Dr. M., whilst absent, has provi ieil himveif with
a set of the most approved Surgical and Obstetrical
INSTRUMENTS, torethar wr.b a choice selection
cf DRUGS and CHEMICALS, some of which are
of recent importation, and not to be preeared else
whare. He has also purchared many excellent
Works treaiieg on diseases of the South.
He hopes that from hw already acquirml exo- rt
ence m tbe treatment of disease*. part»ci»leriy those
peculiar to Fem ales aad Children, and by a cloee
attenifoe to hie practice, to merit a eoetkiaanee of
the encouragement with which Im baa hitherto been
•o Liberally favored. JjLw3
SELECTEi) POETRY.
/• rom the Louisville Journal.
MAY-NIGHT.
INSCRIBED TO—.
Where art thou ? 'Neath tho moonlit sky, like me?
And are thine eyes, like mine, upon (tint orb?
And art thou happy ? Are there smiles up-.n
Thy cherished face, or sombre clou is and rain?
My soul grow? dark, f »r genius like thine own
Is but the power of suffering more. Its gift
is tears, yet tears so sadly beautiful
An angel might stoop down and ki«w them off.
And yet eouldst thou but know one eye to-night
I? gazing on that moon, but sees it not,
Because her soul hath other work to do—
Because a brighter light is shining for
And wide from her young spirit’s sky—would not
A gentle smile sprea ! its wine, although
It might be damp wi’.b tears, across thy brow ?
Sweet notes from surging water-fall? swell through
The moonlit air, and, winding through mine ear,
Throws iouud my soul a cloud-like n be of song.
There is a sped cf perfect beauty round ;
The deep unfathomable blue above
Hath all its glory on. none but o r God
Could give th it glorious tint of ?pirit-b!ue
And softness gentle as a motujr’s eye,
Beneath whose surface wave of holy love,
A front of tears lies darkly beautiful.
My soul hath wings to-night, and resteth not
On earth; it mingles in the moonlight's pure
Sweet essence, and it poises o’er the brook’s
Sweet music, blen ling fondly with the soul,
The very spirit of itstonzs; it pours
Its little being in the floweret's breast,
And listen? to the story of its Icves ;
And oh, it floats upon the air tot hee,
And, folding fond'y round thy fairest brow,
It wanders through the masses of thy hair,
Ard there absorbs each smile which spreads a irorn
Os glory round thy cheeks, and gathers up
Each sound that L aves thy jewel-dripping lips,
Then glides into thy soul and fond y breaks
Tta quiet of its natureji' ■> thiakj|jp-
Os me full oft and fondly.
Heaven is full
Os stars, the air is bright with teauty, earth
I’ full of dewy music, and inv soul
Brimful I of all around me and of love.
What tenderness is u’ent with natures’s wild
And sweet perfections. Ay, her eye is bright,
And yet the lid seems ever charged with tears.
This is the clearness cf her glory, this
The chain w hose tear-drop links unite our hearts,
These human hearts of ours, to her in love.
Here let this sweet and ?oflly kissing breeze
Twine through my fl >iting hair its finger? cool
And dewy; ab, tueihinks it have been
With its sole presence round some brow I love,
Or caught to-night, ’mid mingled smiles and tears,
My murmured name, sweet as thine own toft sighs.
It may have lingered round some kneeling form,
And felt its being stirred with prayer. Come, then,
Thou breeze, 1 take thee to my very soul.
Thia world of melody, this wide-spread sea
Os light ineffable, this yie’ding. Fofc
Ethereal love-tmile, glide, oh glide into
My soul. Give me one swee’ and deathless drop
From thine own sea cf liquid lig* t, to dwell
Within the chalice of my being here
Forever and forever. My soul feels
The quiet glory of thia n-ene. I
The tranquil beauty of s dream an hiur
Spent with the loved, a sweot embodied hope.
M. J. S.
Mount Pleasant, nesr Danville. Kv.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY.
■Y H. W. LONGFELLOW.
Tse sun is bright, the air is clear,
The darting swallows soar an 1 sing.
An <( from the stately elm I bear
The blue bird prophesying Spring.
So blue yon winding river flows,
It seems an outlet from the sky,
Where waiting till the went wind blows,
The freighted clouds at anchor tie.
All things ate new—tho birds, tho leaves,
Thatyiid the elm tree’s nodding crest,
And e’en the birds beneath the caves
There are no birds in last year’s nest!
Ail things rejoice in youth and love,
The fullness of their first deli jht 1
And learn from ths soft heaven above
The melting tenderness cf fight.
Maiden thatread’at this iituple rhyme,
Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay ;
En oy the iragance of thy prime,
For O, it is not al ways May.
Enjoy the spring of Love and Youth,
To some good angel leave the rest,
For time will teach thee socn the truth,
“There are no birdj in last yeai’s nest.”
NOTICE.
t HEREBY forewarn all per an ns against trading
for a Protn ssory No-'e given to Hiram Seger in
September, 1849, for the sum of Thirty Dollars, and
signed by Wiu. H. Dozier. The consideration for
which slid note was given having entirely failed, 1
have determined not to pay it unless compelled by
law. jy!7-w4 WM. H 1 OZIER.
HORSES.
JTv KIRK BRIDE S T/TTERSALI S
HEAVE POWDERS arc the only remedy
ever used in this country which will cure HEAVES
OR BROKEN WIND I a HORSES, and they
arc now recognized as a standard infallible remedy
for those complaints. They arc tho production of a
celebrated English farrier, and have been used for
many years in the famous Tattersalls stables, 1 on
don, and other parts of England, with distinguished
sucoess. And since their introduction into thiscoun
try they have cured, in this city and vicinity alone,
more than four hundred horses, many of them afflic
ted wish must aggravated of heaves, broken
wind and chronic cough. Price—¥l per bundle*
F<>r sale in Augusta t y
je?l d&w PH 11 IP A. M'HSE, Druguist.
TRAINING STABLE.
A PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE has
bs j n opeuencil in Aug .tta, Ga., by A. M.
Jewell, for the purpose of training Hoises for the
Turf. Tho s e having Hordes to train, can have the
opportunity of testing thsir speed and bottom, at the
Fl Fares, that take place on the 12th of January.
The Stab’e will be open to receive Horrcs on the first
< ayof August. Ihe Proprietor can be found at the
hace Track, or United Stalos Hotel.
jyl w2m A. M. JE\* ELL, Proprietor.
Spirit of the Times copy one month, and send
bill io tins office
NEW PATENT STRAW CUTTER
rfYHE UNDERSIGNED, Patentee for LEW
JL IS’ STRAW and SHUCK CUTTER, begs
leave to inform Planters, and (lie p iblic generally,
that he is now manufacturing hia celebrated Patent
Straw and Shuck Cutter, at his shop in Hamburg,
and is prepared to supply single Machines, or dis
pose of County or State Rights, for leaking and
vending the a tuie. This Machine has been exam
ined by many experienced gentlemen who pronounce
it superior to any Straw Cutter hitherto introduced.
It is well adapted to cut any kind cf food for pioven
der, and cute any desired length with the greatest
facility. Its simplicity of construction, and the ra
pidity with which it does its work, commend it to
Planters as a m st valuable invention.
Perrons wishing single Machines may obtain them
at the Store of Beni. Picquet, Augusta, Geo., or at
my Shop in Hamburg, S. C.
J®2LC*w3m WIILIAM LEWIS.
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY’S IRON-WORKB,
Montgomery, Alabama,
1| ANUFACTI'RK, in superior style, Hori-
IvJI xenial and Upright STEAM ENGINES, of
al! rises; Steam HOILER9; LOCOMOTIVES;
Cast-iron WATER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS;
Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every variety, (in
cluding Hoxie’s continuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
fine and Hand I ATHES; Iron and Brass CAST
NGS, of all kinaa. du..,
Aliordera le Mu.r lesrvte.h,
ap«2 GIN DR AT & CO.
PENSION,
Bounty land and patent agfn
CY, for Western Georgia and Eastern Ala
bama, at LaGrange Georgia.
The subscriber also Practices LAW in its various
branches, in the neighboring counties of the Coweta
aad Chattahoochee Circuits.
BENJAMIN H. BIGHAM,
mrls-ly Attorney at Lew.
Savannah Iron and Brass Foun
DRY.
IN CONSERUENC K of increased facilities
together with the large additions to this Estab
lishment, the subscriber is enab cd to furnish, at the
shortest notice possible, STEAM ENGINES of any
r.xe and power; BOILERS, ol low and high Pres
sure ; CASTINGS, of every description, and
SHAFTINGS and MACHINERY in general, at
prices slightly in advance of Northern prices.
Steam GUAGE COCKS, Steam and Vacuum
GUAGES, GONGS and Steam WHISTLES, on
hand at all times.
No. 1, Scutch PIG IRON, and also Smith’s
COAL, on band, and for sale at tbe loweat market
ptiaa. A. N. MILLER,
12 Eastern wharf Savvnnsb.
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS are now re-
reiving an extensive aseertoßeot of Heavy
■BiKl and Fancy GROCERIES, which they of
fer to the Planter*, Merc bints and Pamilwa of Geor
gia, on the moot advantageous terms. Their Stere
is just above tbe priocipa l Hotels, and they soPek
all purchasers visiting a., : ibu, to favor them with a
call, and exam<ae tbeur S eek.
They new offer tbe fotlowmg Goxis for sale low:
10>J bales G >an-. BAGGING,
250 coils j inch Kentucky ROPE,
50 nhds. St. Criix, Porto Rico and N. O. SUGAR
100 bbh. Stuiti’vcrushed, groan 4 and yellow Do.,
250 u ga Java, Rio and Lagci.a COFFEE,
300 kegs NAIL* 4 , Peru brand.
20 tone Swedes IRON, assorted siaes.
200 bbls. Canal FLOUR, ol the Hiram Smith
and ether choice brands,
100 boxes S erm, Adauiantioe aad Tallow CAN
DLES,
50.000 SEGA RS. of various qualities,
100 box's TOBACCO, of d.fferenl brand*,
3,000 sacks Liverpool SALT, in 6ee order,
And all other article* usually kept in the largest
Grocery House*.
01-w J. R. A W. M. DOW.
- -HADE BY
>JCS,B.SARGEn>
COTTON* WOOL, Jim-Crow and Horse
CARDS, of tbe above celebrated sump*, are
ot anequaUed quality, and wherever introduced, take
tbe place oi all others. They are manufactured on
our new improved machinery, and eseb pair is war
ranted ia every respect. Our inferior Card*—the
ctxußoa “ WhHtemore’’ sump—ar* of the usua>
well known qazli y.
Sold by the Hardware boose* ia *1! the eitiea. and
CoanLrv Merchant*, and to th* trade, by tbe Manu
fecl*r*ra. JOS. B. SARGENT,
mylO-wly* *1 A’«» Yuri,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY HORNING, JULY 23. 1851.
MISCBLIANEOUB M-
TERITUIIE ASD NEWS.
Tub Sandwich Islands. —Tha Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says :
I learn that thagovernment has acted upon the
Hawaiian question inthe most prompt and deter
mined manner. Tney agreed to signify to
the French Government that we will not per
mit them to execute their threats ’n regard to
the Sandwich Islands. This Government will
not permit Hawaiian independence to be de
stroyed by any European power ; nor will it
tolerate the surrender of the Sandwich Island?
to any foreign power whose rivalry or hostil
ity might, in any event, deprive the United
States of the commetcial facilities which they
afford us.
New and Portable Air Gun. —We were
yesterday afternoon admi ted to a private in
spection and demonstration of the powers of
a newlv invented air gnu, the production of
Mr. F. D. Ars all, who discharged in very ra
pid and connnuoiiß succession, many scores of
bullets, from a fragile tube connected with a
gutta percha reservoir. The whole of the bul
lets perforated most completely a'hick plank
target, and indented a plate of quarter inch
sheet iron placed at the hack- The exhibition
cook place in the large L*sc ure room, No. 11,
Lime street, and was attended by many scien
tific gentlemen, who freely inquired as to the
various properties and advantages of the in
vention, all of which were Ka i-daciorily ex
p’aincd by Mr. Arstu'i and his int dligeat assis
tant. By means of thia gun, a charge of at
mosphere air can be effacted in two or three
minutes, sufficient to propel at leas: a hundred
balls in instantaneous succession; ai d as (here
is neither flash ner report, nnd the weapon is
much lighter than the ordinary musket, we
have no doubt that, among many ocher uses to
which it may be applied, in new colonies,
where settlers are thinly scattered, it will prove
in- afford - agamst
predatory incursions.
For our own part, we were more particu
larly struck with the advantages offered by the
adaptability of the weapon to a charge of car
bonic acid gas; a power so easily generated,
the material* being so plentifully found in ail
countries and situations, and the otter impos
•ibility of explosion beirg so Fecurely guarded
against, simply by keeping the acid and alka
line solu'ion in separate tub’s, and allowing a
small drop of each to meet in the gas tube at
each opening of the trigger. The inventor
states that he has only par ially perfected his
ideas at p esent; when completed, we have no
doubt it will prove the “ head pacificator” of
the world, by the very intensity of its destruc
tive power, and its portable and cheap ammu
nition.—Liverpool Chronicle. June 28
Coal the C*uss of Englands Greatness—
7Ae Future Grcatu .si cf the V. Sates— During
a brief sojourn f f that einmen; i.eologi.-t, Hugh
Miller, in England, he critically examined the
carboniferous districts, especially the coal fields
of central England, to which she has for so
many years owed her flourishing trade. Its
area, he remarks:
‘•Scarcely equals that of one of the Scottish
lakes, thirty mites long and eight broad yet how
many steam engines has it set in motion ?
How many railway trains has it propelled,and
how many millions of tons of iron has it ra sad
to the surface, smelted and hammered ? It
has made Birmingham a great city—the ‘‘first
iron depot of Europe ” “ And if one small
field has done so much,” he says, "what may
we expect from >hoao vas*. basins laid down
by Lyell in the Geological map of the United
Stares? When glancing over the thee huge
coal fields of the Unueu Slates, each surround
ed wth its ring of old rad sand-stone, I called
to mind the prophecy of Berkeley, and thought
I could at leng h see what he could not, the
scheme of its fulfilment ilo saw Persia re
signing »he seep re to Macedonia, Greece to
Rome, and R ime to Western Europe, which
abuts on rhe Atlantic. WhenAmesica was cov
ered with forests, he anticipated an age when
tbst country would occupy as prominent a place
among the nations as had been occupied by
Syria and Rome. Its enormous coal fields, ,
some cf t'em eq ia' in extent toad England,
seem destined to form no mean element in its
greatnt as. If u patch containing but a few
square miles has done so much for central En
gland, what may not fields, containing many
hundred square leagues, do for the United
Sta.es ?”
Inventions.—lt is said that a young artisan
of Cincinnati has succeeded in the art of
japßiinii g free stone slabs with an enamel of a
kind of g‘an, which will resist the action of com- <
mon acid’Jhtreby making the stone to represent
perfectly the finest Egyptian marble, and that
ata very tr.fl ng cos.. Slabs fur counter*, &c.,
cr»n be furnished by the inventor at about the
price of common wood. j
The Worcester Spy states that a mnehine
has been invented in Leicester for measuring
and folding cloth of every description at one
operation, at the ra e of eighty yards a min
ute, in yard folds. It is simple in construc
tion and does the work in a neat and perfect
manner.
Tne Sumatra “ Outrage ” —TAs otAe* fide
of the Story.— A writer in the Boston Daily
Advertiser, who seems to know what he is wri
ting about, opposes the suggestion that a U 1
States vessel of war should be sent out to pro
feet American ships and American seamen
from such depredations and assaults as those
recently recognized. The Advertiser’s caries
ponden’, indeed, looks upon those Sumatra
savages, as more sinned against, than bion.ng.
He says:
“During the year 1841, I was for five months on
their coas-t, in versela employed in this trade, and am
well convinced th it a well disciplined ship, with
twenty turn, and well armed, is inviacib’e to any
force they can mutter—and n»“reover if all our cap-
V ins who go there, would bat deal fairly with (hem,
we should not heir of these cares <f murder and rob
bery. 1 was there three months, with Cttpt. Balch,
who has so dist'nsuibhed himself ia the recapture of
the “ Clementina,” and am well convinced, from
my expei ience, that they are by no means the worst
specimens of humani y we bavo had to deal with—
and would all who attempt to tiude with them, but
act with due precaution and fairness, they would
never be led to take the course they do in revenge
for their injuries For two weeks, 1 was on bhore,
fifty miles from the ehip, wholly in their power, du
ring which time I received every kindness at their
band*— was entertained al the palace, at Aicheen,
their principal city, and constantly attended by bis
majesty the king and servants, who administered to
all my wants, because 1 was a biranger in a strange
land.
“ They are provoked to these act- of cruelty rela
ted in year last number, by the most galling frauds
practiced upo.i them, ire a manner to them unprotect
ed as they are, to justify any acts of revenge.
“So dies a Wave along the Shore.”—
A Government train of Pot’awstomie Indians
from Michigan pass 'd through our streets on
Monday. They are the remnant of the tribe
on their way to new hunting ground* at the
far Northwest. So they pass away. Tnere is
some'hiog mournful in the sight—the last of
that proud and powerful race, broken in spirit
and corrupt in blood, parsing from shore to
rhore, to wards the last remaining acres of lheir
inheritance by the ret ing sun. Ho men tea I
exemption is not for them.—Kenosha Democrat
The venerable Dr. Nott, now in the 97th
year ol bis age, was present at the celebration
at Hartford, (Conn.,) on the 4th in*t., and
closed the services in the Church by pronoun
cing he benediction.
From Cofferdom The Mon’icello arrived
at the Soo. on the 27th u!t., with 4 9 tons of cop
per from Cliif mines The Manhattan brought
down 10 mns from the North West, 10 tons
from the Minesota, and 2 tons from the Penin
sula.
The lona, from Cleveland, has arrived at
the Soo. with 198 tons ot coal.
The Cliff mine has some fine masses in eight.
It will probably sh;o 1,200 ton* of mineral to
market this year, 65 per cent of which is pure
copper. One immense mass has recently been
discovered, io consequence of which the stock
has increased sll4 per share. The North
American looks well, and will eend consid
erable amount to market. In the North
Western a vein four feet wide and ve?y rich
has been struck and is now being worked
It promises to be as valuable as the Cliff. The
North West looks favorable as any mine in
that district. Tne Norwich, Forrest, and Ohio
are generally improving. Tne Norwich is
one of the best mines iu that district, and has
15 tons of 70 per cent, ore already out, and
the vein is well defined, 22 to 32 inches wide.
—Detroit Daily Tribune, 7:4.
A new coiton factory ha just been started at
Woodville, Mississippi. Ii has an engine of
eighty-horee power with 4,000 spindies, 80
looms, aud corresponding machinery. There
are four stories of he budding for working
purposes, and at the present time fifty bands
are employed, being about one-four ih of the
number expected to be engaged in full work
in a short time. There are comfortable and
well-arranged boarding houses, and every con
venience to render the work people a* happy
as possible.
How they Catch a Boa Constrictor in
Africa The following is an extract of a letter
from a Libetian Colonist to the Agent of the
Colonization Sucrety. giving a graphic descrip
tion of the large Python, nt w in exhibition in
this city:
u Now, sir, ’et me tell you how 1 caught a big
snake—a real boa constrictor. 1 was out hunting
wita my hounds; they were rennin? a deer; I
c»ughi sight ot him, and jam pet on a Bag-a-Bog
bill to get a lair *h't at him. The ot the aili
broke iu and something blowed like a steamboat. 1
just looked aud got sight cf the varmint, a big bca,
and lots of young ones. I snatched off my overca:t
and stopped up the hole, piling dirt on top; I then
found two more holes, and stopped them up too ; I
then broae borne, called all my boys, and made a
long box of plank, took it back, drove up some forks
at one of the bole*, and jammed (he o'eo end of tbe
box in. 1 then built a big fire io the other hole, aud
soon ra&sied the old one out, shutting dowa the trap
door 1 had m de '□ the box a* soon as she was »a’r>y
in. We then give three cheers. 1 counted forty
four young ones, and some ran into the box wi.h |
her.”
This w the longest and most beautiful speci
men of this species of serpent we have ever
seen; it appears to be periectly healthy and
‘ very lively 1 is being exhibited at tbe Lyce
um'Bui'dicg. in a neat airy room, and can ba
j visited without coming in contact with a bevy
of monkevs. or being aseailad by the u.elody of
. hardy gardie*. as is too commonly the case in
1 exhibitions of specimens of Natural History.
The Uni led Stales Mail s'.etm ship Hermann
_ Capt. Crabtree, sailed on Saturday last from
New York for Southampton sad Bremen, ti
king 91 pa»*aogera, and <250,000 iu specie.
Curious Discovery in Bulgaria —A very
curious hat just been mads in the
province of Bulgaria, in Turk y. Some Greek
workmen, in cfigg‘ n S °fifr the village of
tnaui'eah and the 10‘*<hof Hadzah, found a
large table of grey colored marble ; they re
moved it. and found one fy-neath exactly sim
ilar ; having removed that also, they saw a
great numberof objects ahiuing like gold and
silver. They hastened to the capta nos the
district, snd that functionary, assi-ted by two
ecclesiastics, proceeded to make an examina
tion. They found a skeleton of larae stature,
with a copper helmet on his head, surrounded
by a thin crown of gold ; the hands and arms
up to the elbows were stained with something
of a bronze color x in the right hand was a
copper chain, withan inceu«e box of the same
metal covered wit.i verdigris, on the third fin
ger of the left band was a gold ring, with the
figure* in Roman characters, 966. By the
side of the skeleton were three cups inaiiver
very briliant. and twenty rx cups in iron very
rusty but bearing traces of having been grided;
there were also an immense number of nails,
and about five hundred arrows,and the points
rusty. The skeleton and the different arti
cles were carefully packed up, and sent to
Adrianople for examination.
Extent of th* L’Niyaßsic.—[t ma y give
some idea of the extent of ch© Universe to know
the length of time required for light, which
travels 192,000 miles an hour, to come from
different celestial objects to this earth. From
the moon, it comes in one and a quarter sec
oods; from the sun, in eight minutes; from
Jupiter in fifty-two minutes; Uranus, in two
hours; /rorna star of the first magnitude three
to 12 years; from a star of the fifth magnitude
sixty six years; from a star of (he t welvth mag
nitude four thousand years. Light which left
some of the most distant stars when the laraeli’es
left Egypt, has not yet reached the earth. Our
entire solar system itself travels at the rate of
thirty five thousand mi! san uour among the
pxed •tars.— and CjAjn Herord.
J Ttft Ftrfetic gs Borr on —The
following table shows the number of persons
in the different Institutions from January Ist
Jane 30th, 1851, inclusive; the number
foreigners in each department:
bole number in State Priion* •• 474
u u Foreigners.* 140
“ u County Jail, 28*26
u “ Foreigners 22?6
“ “ House of Correction. 9 7
u u Foreigners. 635
u “ Boston Lunatic Asylum 224
•• “ Foreigners. 143
“ Feer Inland.* • 8*23
“ u Foreigners • 753
“ Houses cf Industry and Refor
mation. 68*2
n ♦* Foreigners. L 54
Making a total of 6.006 persons in iho six
Institutions, of which f>ur thousand four hun
dred and fifiy-soveo, or very nearly thr6e
lourths, are foreigners.
Irnprisonnunt cf Charite L. Brace by the Aus
trian Government — Letters have been received
in this city from lion. Mr. McCurdy, our
Minister at Vienna, dated June 14th, which
it forms us that this young gentleman is still
in confinement. The facts in the case are
those:
Us lias been travelling in Europe for information
on the political and religious condition of the coun
tries be has visile J. After examining at Vienna aii
that cou'd be learnt of the natuie of thi Austrian Go
vernment, he won’, on fjot, as has teen his custom
elsewhere, into tbe Magyar country in Hungary.—
He was hospitably received among thi late rebeh. as
a citizen of that land which bad sheltered the Hun
gnridD exiles, and he visited many of tht count:y
Beats of the leaders. The jealousy of the Austrian
ati horitiee in that section being aroused by the at
tention he received, be was arrested at Gio s vVei
deiu, • vidige on a branch of (be Theiss, in the cist
ern part of Hungary, 300 miles ea*t of Vienna, and
flung into | r son ns a revolutionary agent. Prince
Schwartzeuburg informed Mr. McCurdy that the
accusations against him were that he bad letters of
introduction to the late rebels fron refugees in Arae
rica; tbit a printed copy of a revolutionary pamphlet
had been found ia bis carpet bag, and that he took
circuitous paths to v sit euspee’ed persons.
from the representations made to Mr. McCurdy
by tbe Austrian ■uthorities, it would eppeir that he
must undergo a regular trial, which will be a painful
thing for a voting mao of twenty fi*e, separate far
from every countryman, in a nation that looks with
jealousy upon every Ameiican.
Our Minister observes that he has been promised
by tha highest auihoriliea, that nothing harsh or un
jus' shall befall him. Au investigation has been made
in Vienna, of his character and pursuits while there,
and that has been favorable to his final release.
We think tnat this is a case which calls for the
immediate, prompt aud energetic action of our Go
vernment, and we are much mistaken if such an ap
peal will be iu vain. The young man is innocent
of any thing but a philosophical curiosity to investi
gate tbe character of aa interesting race of men.—
Hartford Courani.
Fa*t Travelling.—A gentleman of Mis
souri has lately made the trip from New York
t» Si. Louis in four days and seventeen hours
He went upon the New York and Erie Rail
road to Dunkirk, where he took the steamer
to Cleveland, thence to Cmc nna and thence
by steamer to St. Louis. Tne regular time
from New York to Cincinnati is forty hours.
When tho eastern line of railway is completed
from St. Louis to Cincinnati, the trip to New
York will be made in less than three days
Post.
Henry Gibson, a survivor of Gen. Washing
ton’s Lif attended ihe celebration at
Newburgh, (New York ) This aged veteran
completed his ICOth year on the JBth of
February last, but still retains his stren?th and
recollection in a remarkable degree—the re
ward cf a temperate and well spent life. Ila
wns in he battle of Princeton, Trenton, and
Yorktown, and was with Washington during
his encampment at Newburgh.
Dmmi-bal.—Capt. Frazier, of the Revenue
Service, now stationed in California, has been
dismissed by the President for 'yranical con
duct and violation of the act of Congress
abolishing flogging.
Emigratob.—The number of emigrants
which arrived at New York on Wednesday
last, from English and Irish ports, in nine dif
ferent vessels, was 2 463- being one hundred
an hour lor each of the twenty four hours.
In the ship “Ocean Queen,” arrived in
New York on Tuesday, camo passengers E
S. Miner and family, after an absence of about
20 years as a Missionary in Ceylon.
The I linois Journal gives the following ac
count of a fatal disease at Athens, 111., sup
posed to be ship fever:
Mr a merchant there, received
one or two boxes of goods from Europe, and
five persons were present when they were
opened. Every one of these persons took sick
and died. The disease soon spread among
hose who attended upon them, and among
others. In one family six persons died. A
complete panic ensued; and more than half
the people are absent now from town.
In the town of Lnenburg, Connecticut, there
are now forty-eight persona who were living
when the Declaration of Independence was
made. Several of them are over ninety years
old. The entire population of the towu is but
1,300.
A Ttmptranet Church — Dr. Tyng, of New
York, ala rrcent aaiiireraary, asid that of tbe
■ix hundred tnembera of bis church, he did n it
know a »i«g e per on who either drank liquor
or offered it toothers. And he never saw in
any of their dwelling? any of the parapherca
ia of drinking.
Smr Navioatios from Obxa« to Occam.
—The Congress of New Grenada we are in
formed have parsed a bill granting to a North
American company ar exclusive right to make
a canal through their territory, by which large
vesaels may pae« from the waters of the At
lantic to thoae of the Pacific. Tbe term>, we
are told, are very liberal, and the route I ke'y
to be chosen is eas , while the expense is not
likely to be great. The company expect also
to have it in their power to derive other ad
vantages of great impor'ance from the unde
veloped resource* of that vast and rich coun
try.
The Pic'on. N. S. Chronicle mentions rhe
death at East River, of Mr. John Chisolm ; of
Dropsy. He had been lapped 92-J times, by
wh'ch the enormous q tanhty of 3>3 gallons of
water wss taken from his body.
Moscsht to ths StonsKs.—lt is sugges
ted in Pnitadelphin that a place be assigned in
Independence Square to each of the old Thir
teen States for tbe site nf a monument to the
memory of the man who signed the declaration
of Independence.
Salt VVatxk at Tomsrot, Ohio —The
Company that has been engaged boring far
salt water ar Pomeroy, have succeeded in ob
taining at the depth of one thousand feet, an
abundant stream of great strength, which lbws
over the tep of the wed. Tliey intend boring
two other wells In the immediate vicinity of the
first, and it is expected the three will furnish
water sufficient for the manufseiure of a hun
dred and fifty barrels ot salt in twenty four
hours.
We are informed that the Cathclie Churches
in this diocese performed high mass and sang
the Te Dcumon Sunday last. July 6 b. for lha
preserve.ion of the American Republic aud
the perpetuity of the Union. The same rites,
we believe, were performed also by tbe Church
throughout the United Stites.— Phil. Pcun.
Ixfoktast News rnou Kossuth. —The
Exeter, N H. News Letter learns by private
letters received in that town from “Constanti
nople that Kossuth has recently stated to a
gentleman commissioned to visit him at Ku
tsyeh, tbe place ot bis confinement in Turkey,
and inform him of the offer of this Govern
ment to furnish him a free passage to an asylum
in the United St ies, that he has finally resolv
ed to re main in Europe, al'hough he expressed
his gratitude to this Government in ths warm
est terms for the interest it has taken in bis
fste, thereby showing its sympathy to have
been wun the Hungarians in their late struggle
It is supposed that tbit determination will not
be final, but that Kossuth’s deeire to remain i
I engendered by the very faint, but highly bon
| orable and oatriotxhope that he mav y.t he of
service to bis unhappy country. Toe illus'.ri
out ex : le, quite forgetful of himself, seems to I
hope even in this day of gloom, that the future
may be more kind than tbe past has been to bis
native land ”
Death ot Pxtxr Habhost, Esq —We re
gret to learn that Mr. Harmony, for many
year* one of cur most prominent mercban'9,
died a: hi# residence in ihs city at noon to
day. He waa at hia office (Pctei Harmony’*,
Nephews & Co ) three cr four days ago, in
his usual heaftb. He was far advanced in
years.—AT. Y. Jwmal of JW9IX
Oregon*
Tho Bobtun Traveller La? a loiter dated at
Columbia river om thp 23d May, from which
we muke the following ex’rac a:
“Oregon is fait heroming a State; its in
crease is as rapid as is oonshtent with durabil
ity. The census taken last tall shows the
population to have been 13.000, and, allowing
2.C00 for that portion of the Into emigrants not
included in the above, we have 15,000. By
advices frotu the frontier, and the constant
influx from California, we may safely calculate
upon an increase of 10,000 during the present
year. Thus you see the time is not far distant
when we shall be knocking at the door of the
Union for admission. And a valuable acquisi
tion we shall prove. Oregon is not only un
surpassed as an agricultural region, but she ia
rich in minerals. Vast beds of coal of an ex
cellent quality have been di'covered on the
Cowlitz and in Puget’s Sound- iron ore ia
abundant on the Columbia* and gold, p’aiina,
copper, lead, plumbago, sulphur, and salt, are
among those already found in this but little
known Territory. Her hill sides are clothed
with gigantic timber, and her valleys need only
the ploughshare and the seed to make them
rich with golden crops.
“The commeice of Oregon is rapidly'in
creasing ; already three fines of oc?an steam
ers connect us with our more southern neigh
bors, and sail vessels are last multiplying. Ttie
over'and emigration of the prevent yetr will
be enabled to avoid a very difficult part of their
journey by a line of steamboats that will ply
above and below the Cascade*, beisg connect
ed by a railroad around the Falls. This will
obviate the necessity of climbing (he precipi
tous and barren road that winds around Mount
Hood.
“ The land bill passed at the last session of
Congress is far frum being satisfactory. Tne
clause which makes it necessary to reside upon
the land for four successive years ac:s vory
unfairly upon the mercnanls, mechanics, mari
ners, teachers, &c , who from the nature of
their calling, are obliged to live in towns; so
that in fact the land is only donated to farmers.
This, with many other parts, meets with uni
versal con jemna'ion.
“ The young ladies went out by Gov. Slade
as teachers have arrived ; and notwiihstanding
the bond of five hundred dollars imposed ou
them in case of marriage wahin a year, they
have created qui’e a sensation among the un
married gentlemen. And as the land hill makes
every lady worth three hundred and twenty
aerts, if taken before December next, you
will be quite safe in behev.icg that Oregon
will soon be without teachers, unless another
supply is dispatched immediately. Ihe Board
of Indian Commissioners will leave on the
28ih to visit severs of the great tribes living
iu the north east.”
Observations on the Mamboth Cave. —
The May number of Silliman’s Journal contains
an interesting account cf the Mammoth Cavn, in
a letter addressed to Prof. Guyot by Prof. Benj.
Silliman, Jr., who has recent!/ made an explo
ration of its mysteries; and also, in connection
with Mr. R. N. Manteli, made a collection of the
animals found there. One atmospheric pheno
menon attracted the attention of thete gentle
men, and tasked their ingenuity fora satisfac
tory explanation, viz : The blast of cool air
blowing outward from the mouth of the Cave,
which renders it nearly impossible to enter with
a lighted lamp. If the external air has a tempe
rature of 90° Fahr , the blast amounts to a gale ;
but if the air without has a temperature of 59
60 J , no current is observed, and the flame of a
lamp held in a favorable position, indicates none,
it immediately occurred tome (said Prof. Silli
men) that there must be two curren is, one above
of warmer air, passing inward, and one below of
colder air passing outward, and the reverse, but
experiment s.>on satisfied me that this was not
the case. Only one current could be discovered,
andon inquiry of our intelligent guide, I found
that this phenomenon hid attracted hia atten
tion, and that he was satisfied from many ob
servations that only one current existed, and
that this flared out when tbe external air was
above 60°, and inward when this was below 60°.
The phenomenon is accounted for by Prof.
Silliman on scientific principles, as follows:
The mouth of the cave is the only communica
tion between the external air and the vast laby
rinth of galleries and avenues wnich stretch
away for many miles in the solid limestone.
The air in these underground excavations is
pure and cxhilerating which may, in part, be
accunted for by the nitre beds of incredible ex
tent, as the nitrogen which is consumed in the
formation of the nitrate of lime must have its
proportion of five oxygen disengaged, thus en
riching this subterranean atmoshere with a
larger portion of the exhlierating principle.
The temperature of the cave is uniformly 59-’,
Summer and Winter, and this is probably very
near to the annual mean of the external air.
The expansion which accompanies an eleva
tion of temperature in the outer air is immediate
ly felt by the denser air oi the cave, and it
flows out in obedience to the law ot motion in
fluids, and the outward current continues
without interruption ns long as the outer air is
possessed of a higher temperature than the
cave.
The phenomena of life within the cave are
comparatively few but interesting. There are
several insects, the largest of which is a sort of
cricket, with enormously long antennas. There
are several species of Calenp(era, mostly burrow
ing in the nitre earth. There are some small
species of water insects supposed to be crusta
ceou«. Os fish, are xma of
which, as is well known, is entirely eyeless;
the other has external eyes, but is quite blind.
The only mammal, except the bats, is a rat,
which is very abundant. Prof. Sifiiman is of
opinion that the excavations of the Mammoth
Cave have been formed by water, and by no oth
er ca use.
Foucault’s Printing Machine for the
Blind —in a recent notice of the proceedings of
the Paris Society for the encouragement of Arts,
<fcc., we mentioned that a i .edal had been
awar’edto M. Foucault for an invention, by
which the blind are enabled to communicate
their ideas by writing, or rather priming A
go.d medal was also awarded to M. Foucault, by
theiuryatthe Paris Exposition, in 1949, on
which occasion the instrument was first exhibi
ted.
‘ln order fully to appreciate,” say the jury,
in their report on this mat hme, “the great im
portance of this valuable invention, we have but
to think oi the great length of time which has
elapsed s:nce the want of such a machine has
been felt, and the number of experiments which
M. Foucalt must have performed, to have ena
bled him to overcome the numerous difficulties
with which he had to c jnleud.
“Many effort i, and those too deserving of the
highest pra’se, have, from time to time, been
made, in order to enable the bund to correspond
with those to whom the faculty of sight has been
granted.
“The dependence, sometimes dangerous, and
always embarrassing, on the hand of another, to
communicate (heir ideas in writing, is now,
thanks to the discovery of M. Foucault, rendered
unnecessary. Os all the methods adopted to
give graphic expression to the ideas of the
blind, M. F oucault has chosen the one which
may be considered as the simplest and most
perfect. In fact, by the use of this machine, the
bli id are even more favorably circumstanced
than those who are able to see, inasmuch as
th* y are enabled to write without having learned
how to form a single letter. Ali that is required
is, to know how to read by the touch, in order
to be capable of expressing their ideas in an
eminently legible manner, since all the ie. ters
are in typogiaphic characters.
“The process employed to obtain this interest
ing resut is as follows : All the letters of the
alphabet, executed in relief, and of large dimen
sions, are sited in the upper extremity ot a me
talic rod, made to slide longitudinally, with a
suitable contiguous canal; they are placed on
the same plane, and in th .• form of a vane, each
of them exhibiting on its lower part, the same
letter as on its upper part. This letter, of a
small size, is exactly that of a printing charac
ter; the mechanical arrangement is such, that
all the ’etiers converge towards the same point,
and on being successively pressed r»y the fingers,
the impress of each becomes p-aced above, form
ing only a black mass; but whenever a letter is
touched, the paper by the same movement,
changes its place, and thus the writing, or rather
printing is produced, which is at the same time
distinct well arranged, and properly spaced,
when the line is fi fished, ihe paper changes
place in a perpendicular direction to the former
and the operation is renewed.
•‘ln addition to this, a series of types, forming
ciphers, and all the supplementary marks used
in writing, is placed in the same way, and in a
place convergent with the former; the general
arrangement being, that all the types, whatever
their order may have been at first, set their im
press on the same point. M. Foucault prefers
the use of tracing paper, such as is employed
in copying machines. Th? manipulation is ex
tremely simple, and admits of great rapidity of
execution.”
The jury concluded by complimenting M.
Foucau't, (whohimself is blind.) on the great
success which has crowned his long continued
efforts to promote me great pt ilanthrapic object
of teaching the blind to wii e. It appears that
he has been engaged for several years in the
construction and perfecting of his machine,
which, by his latest improvements, appears to
have attained a degree of perfection almost un
locked for. M. Foucault’s machine is shown in
the French department of the London Exhibi
tion.
Cubed of Dbvnkesnesb —A Norfolk (Va. t )
paper says tha? a man not fi r y mii»-s from there,
notoriously addicted to this vice, hearing an up
roar in his kitchen one evening, had toe curiosi
ty to step, without noise, to the door, to know
what was the matter, when he beheld h's ser
vants indulging in the most unbounded roars of
laughter at a ciuple of his nearo boys, who
were mimicking hii'ir-lf in his drunken fits ;
showing iiow he reeled and staggered—how he
looked an I nodded—how he hiccupped and tum
bled. The picture which these chi dren of na
ture drew of him, and which had filled the rest
with so much merriment, struck him so forcibly
that ho became a perfectly sober man, to the un
speakable joy of his wite an 1 children.
AarincraL Tortz.—M. D.iubrec has commu
nicated to the Paris Academy of Sciences the
resultsot some researches on the artificial for
mation of Topaz. Pure alumina, j reriously cal
cined by a bright red heat, is submitted to the
action of a current of fluoride of silicon. After
two exposures of this kind, the alumina increas
ed tn weight 70 per cent. The product contain
ed fluorine, and what was more, this fluorine is
in such a sure of combination, as not to be
acted upon by boiling concentrated sulphuric
acid. By thischaracterist c jione, the substance
produced offers a great resemblance to topaz,
the four eonrtituent elements of which it also
contains. A quantitative analysis indica ed its
very near approach to, if not identity with,
topaz. Its identity, (specific gravity 1) which is
3.47, is the same as that of natural topaz.
A Gksxbal Thaskscivuto Dar.— Govern,
lor Wood ct O.i o, is endeavoring, it is said,
to effect the adoption of a ua form Thanks
giving Day by all ths S ates. The day selec
ed is the last Thursday in November; A
uniform day for thanksgiving has never yet
been adopted in thia country.
/351
Chemistry—As a branch of science, Chem
‘ istry ia moat irMimately connected with a'l ihe
phenomena of nature. The chances of temper
ature ol the atmosphere, the electric shock, the
caueesof rain, snow and hail, the wind, earth
quakes, volcanoes, &c. can pever be understood
or successfully investigated without a know
ledge of Chemistry. In the natural world
around us, the earth with all its varied produc
tion-', the germination a d the growth of plants,
the structure of the eartli itself and its ten
thousands of singular formations are all striking
ly illustrated by the laws and principles el
chemical science. As un art, Chemistry is also
! intimately conncccd with every kind of manufac
' turee. The smith at his forge, the founder at
j the furnace, the goldsmith at the crucible, the
, dyer in his shop, and the mason at his labor ass
' all practical chemists. The potter, the glare
I blower, the tanner, the bleacher, and the soap
, maker all illustrate the fact that a knowledge of
j chemistry is almost indispensable in every de
’ partment in life. Even the agriculturist who
has heretofore generally been considered as in
dependent ol science in his calling as any class
of men, finds a knowledge of chemistry not
only necessary, but so intimately connected with
a successful prosecution of his pursuit as to
render it now a subject of special interest and
constant study. A knowledge of the soil which
he cultivates, its chendealanalysis, its constit
uent parts and properties, their nature and quali
ties, are absolutely indispensable to its success
ful culture ; and tn medicine, perhaps more than
anything else, a thorough knowledge of this
science is requisite. Who would be willing to
trust his life or his health even, in the hands of
one without a full knowledge of the ingredient?
and their properties which he administers 1
Who would sufleran individual to administer a
deadly narcotic, even in the most minu.e parti
cles without a proper knowledge of its chemical
qualities and effects I We venture the assertion
that none would willingly be guilty of an indis
cretion like this, and yet many there are who
look upon a knowledge of chemistry as unim
portant and the time necessary to acquire such
knowledge but little better than lost.
The principles of an art of such practical utility
cannot be too well understood, even by those
who do not aspire to be scientific men. There
is a harmony as beautiful as it is useftlin nil the
arts and sciences, and a knowledge ol each, to a
limited extent, at least, seems indispensable to
the well being and success of every person, no
matter how humble his calling. But an art or a
science which has to do with almost every occu
pation, as already intimated, ought to be en
titled to a more general study.
We are amongst those who do not believe that
anyoi the arts and sciences have as yet attained
their ultimatum in accomplishing all that they
are destined to do for the welfare of our coun
try and the world. The almost universal appli
cation of steam as an agent acting upon matter,
and the use of electricity as an agent acting
upon mind, are only so many evidences of whit
is yet to be accomplished by a more perfect de
velopment of the arts ami sciences when their
application shall hat e been brought to a greater
state of perfection than at present. The pro
gress which has been made from year to year in
developing the application of the arts made from
year to year, in contributing to the happiness
of mankind, excites onr wonder and admiration ;
and we apprehend that succeeding generations
are to witness such diplays of them as com
pared with those at which we now wonder and
•o much admire, will be as oceans to the small
drop in the bucket.
Excitement at Lexington—Man Snot by
a Woman I—We learn by passengers in the
cars from Lexington yesterday, thit someting
like a tragedy came near being enacted at that
place, about 11 o'clock, on Monday mzring.
We could not learn the full details, but the gist
of the matter is about this. A short time since
a young lady of some 15 years, a Miss Merrill,
ian oil with a man whose name we did not hear,
and was married to her at Aberdeen, opposite
Maysville. More recently, some difficulty hav
ing taken place between the parties, the man
stated publicly that the marriage was a sham,
and cast reflections on the character of his wife.
Incensed thereat and curing with a desire for
revenge, the injured lady begged her brother
and brother-iii-law to resent the insult. Failing
to comply with her wishes, the resolute female
took the matter in her own hands. She pro- <
cured pistols, and having familiarized herself |
with their use, she sallied out in quest of her .
husband. Meeting him on Ma n street, she drew j
the weapon and placing it at his head pulled the .
trigger. In her hurry and agitation she had
only half-cocked it, and it would not go off. In 1
another moment it was properly fixed and dis- ’
charged, but the man having in the mean time <
turned round, the contents, consisting of three
buck-shot,only grazed his aim and back, inflict- i
ing flesh wounds without doing any serious <
aamage. Thinking she had killed him, the lady |
gave herself in charge of a magistrate, but soon ;
ascer'aining he was only elishtiy hurt, she J
drew another pistol and started after him again. (
He had employed his time to good advantage, '
however, and succeeded In making his escape
and secreting himself. The citizens of Lexing
ton were so incensed against him, that in order
to avoid being lynched, he fled the city that
night.— Lou Cour. Sih inst.
Imports and Exports
At the Port of New York during the' month of
June, 1851.
imports.
Foreign merchandise liable to duty, en
tered for consumption,B3,o97,63l
Foreign mer Jian iise, liable to duty.
Warehoused, 1043 345
Free articles, exclusive of specie, 663,706
Total imports of foreign merchandnie, •• *89,909,632
EXPORTS.
Domestic produce, • • • • • -83,773,?69
Foreign merctianttfge,v... 7TTT.V. i 265,290
Total exp0rt5,84,043,579
SPECIE.
Exp0rted,56,462,367
Imported, 121,234
recapitulation.
Excess of imports of merchandise, •• • • • $5,763,103
Excess cf exports of 5pecie,6,341,133
The Pacific Railroad. —The St. Loui*
Intelligencer, under dale of the 4th of July in
stant, says:
“To-day is an important era in the history
cf this State. To day the mayor of this city,
by invi ation of the president and directors of
the PiCific Railroad Company—surrounded
by 10 OHO of our citizens—assembled on the
margin cf Chou’eau L tk),to witness the cer
emony of opening the way for the groat Pa
cific Railroad—removed the first shovel fall of
earth, tbe precursor of thousands more to fol
low, until this great enterprise is completed
from the city in which we dwell to tbe western
borders of our State, and from thence, as we
hope and trust, to be extended by the power
iulaidofhe Government, till it reaches the
placid waters of the Pacific—the western tei
minus of our great Republic.
Niw Steamships. —ln New York, the num
ber of steamsnips in process of construction is
eight, viz:
The Roanoke, (recently launched) to run
between Mew Yo kand Richmond.
The San Francisco, for the California tn'de.
Two for the Gulf of Mexico,
One for Jones & Johnson, building fry
Thomas Collyer.
Tbe Northern Light for the Nicaragua route.
One for the Liverpool and Charleston trade.
One for the Mexican Governmen’, building
at Green Point.
In addition to these, the city of Pittsburg 1
and the Pioneer are getting ready (or sea, and j
three or four river steamers, ferry boats, &c.,
are approaching completion.
A letter from Hong K ng states that daring 1
the first three months of the present year up I
wards of 1,200 Chinese had emigrated to 1
California, and that rr any more would emi- <
grate in the course of the year. The same
le ’ter sayst i
Sixty thousand tons of American shipping I
have called at this port (Hong Kong) during
the lastnine months. They come mostly from
California, and after landing their freight, pro
ceed to China to take in fre ghts for the United
States or England. Eleven American ships
(seven thousand tons) have loaded at Wnem
poa for England since the Ist July, 1859.
Fifteen w halers entered this port the pa t win
ter, and the masters all report favorably of the
port, the terms be:reasonable, and the au
thorities having aidea me to prevent the deser
tion of crews.
The shipwrecks in Great Britain daring the
past year appear, by ciFictal returns, ?o have
been s x hundred and sixty-ei-ht sailing ves
(“e's, and four propeJed by steam-—so >ut two
per day. But the proportion of steam to
sailing vessels is much greater than disas
lers of each. Navigation by steam is th is
proved a great deal the safest. I’robably there
is an equal difference in favor of railroad
travel and that by coaches.
Keep Cool. —Avuid too much working,
eating and drinking, and thinking—mis hut
weaker. All three heat tbe blood and brain.
Particularly avoid getting in love or in a pas
sion. And mat you may be sure ofnot getting
into a ci use prison to be preyed upon by flees,
mosquitoes and other m note monsters —don’t
carry a sword cane, a pistol, bowie, slung shot,
or a brick in your hat.
SwiTzzsLAso.—Total population of the!
Confoderadon, 2,425,000 Total number of |
families in the Confederation, 485 000, giving >
an average o' five persons to each fora.ly. ’
There are 382,000 land-owners; about one
out of six inhabitants; and 14 500 taverns,
(equal to one for 105 inhabi’aote )
Avstbias Emsirk—This Government has
just published officially census tables, from
which it appears that the empire cot sprites
12 123 096 square geographical miles. Total
population by laetCL-nsus amounts to 117.443,-
033 souls, of which 12 096 850 belong to the
provinces of the German Confederation.
Death rncx Alarm —Dr Josiah K. Skeen,
a h ghly valuable ciuzen of Jacksonville, Id.,
retired to bed tn good health, last Tuesday
night, and in half an hour afterwards, started
suddenly from his sleep, exclaimin g that he
bad the cholera In bis alarm, ne drank off a
large tumbler full of brandy and t«'O or three
ounces of strong essence of peppermint, which
occasioned his death in a few hours. There
were no cholera symptoms present, and the
physicians concurred in opinion that the death
was occasioned solely by toe draughts taken.
Horace Greeley, after a long s*ring of advice
to those who ere going to follow t.im acres
the Atlantic, winds np as follows :
* If the day of your embarkation, be fair,
take a long, ea nest gazs at the eun, so that
vou will know him again when you return.
They have something they call the eun over
here wnich they show occasionally, but it
looks more like a boiled turnip than it does
like its American namesake
VOL.LXV—-NEW SERIES VOL.XV- NO. 30.
POLITICAL.
From the Savannah Republican.
The Constitutionalist and Secession.
Origin of tha phrase “ths best we can get "
‘■Hut it is salutary to show up these pliant tools of
party —these ftcilesheets. — Constitutionalist. June
VUh, 1851.
We were so struck with the truth of the
above remark of the Constitutionalist, that we
determined, in the language of Gov. McDon
ald, ‘'to vet it down as a political axiom, to be
acted on” as occasion might require. But
where were we tn begin its application 1 The
question was a puzzling one- In onr '‘large
hberty” wo decided to let the Constitutionalist
get the benefit of its own rub, and out of the
manifold inconsistencies of that paper, all nesd
inp to be “shown up ( ' ! to select as a specimen
of its course on the subject with which we
head this article—Secession. As above binted,
the difficulty whs not in finding matter, but in
"electing it. The number of “rich hits” to
which we fennd that paper exposed w»s ex
ceedingly perplex ng. The truth is. we a'e
uncertain even yet whether our choice has
been a correct one. On the compromise quo -
tion in general, the Constitutionalist lies "de
lightfully open ” Whatever sides the question
a- to “non-intervention” has to it, the Constitu
Honalist has been on trtem all. As to the right
of Secession, it has been consia'ent in only one
of its applications, and that has been the exer
cise < f the sovereign right of “seceding” from
its own position, whenever it seemed good in
its own eyes. Any body on either sido of this
question—or as it has had more than two sides
—on any side of it, may find hie side advocated
in the files of that paper. Let not the moder
ate man, nor the extreme man—no matter a'
which end —despair, for a persevering search
will at length reward him with arguments for
his posi'iou, amongst olhe'S.
The Secession man may find his side ablv ro
presented in the C onstitulionatist of Sept. 11th.
1850. If one doubts about tecession, howev
er, yet is anxious to do something or other, let
him turn for argument to the Constiiut onalist
of Oct. Ist. Here be will find a ‘‘word of
caution” with which to add teas hie fiery neigh
bor. If that neighbor be too tame, turn him
over to the Constitutionalist of Sept. 21e*., at.d
he will learn that Secession is preferable to
“Unconditional Submission,” i. e. the Com
promise as it stands. The leaning of the 25<h
Nov. is evidently towards a Southern Confed
eracy, (if we are at liberty to judge of mea
surer by their tendency, a doubtful point.)
If any one was frightened by any of the
foregoing positions, he ht r only to turn on till
he reaches the 28th of April, 1851. to find se
cession butied, and it* obsequies observed. Il
is neither advocated by lie Constitutionalist nor
by any body else—at or about that time.
Should a fragmentary doubt remain on his
mind, lest a Southern Confederacy at least is
contemplated, the Constitutionalist will at
length be found on the Southern Rights plat
form of May 28th, which gives the go by to all
such ideae. The lapse of lime alone can show
where the Constitutionalist will next be found.
There is. however, no Van Bureniam about it.
When it is on one side, it is on that side, and no
mistake, till it changes. There is no mis aking
ils present direction. The difficulty with the
Constitutionalist is solely in keeping direction.
It always takes it decidedly
The article of Sept. 11 th, 1350, to which we
refer, is an adopted editorial from the Colum
bus Times, under the caption, “The Gaoigia
Convention—Secession the Remedy." We
quote but one or two sentences :—“lf the ac
tion of Congress makes it imperative on the
Governor, under the instruction of the Legis
lature, to call the Convention, our own first
choice will be for secession, and outvotes and
efforts will be steadily given to effect thatend.”
‘We go, then, for secession—quietlv, if let
alone; forcibly,if ma la necessary.” Perhaps
even “separate State action’’ would not then
have been too strong for the Constitutionalist,
for see how it continues: “Georgia has said to
abolition, ‘Do this thing if yru dare.’ If abo
lition does it. sha I Georgia ue sustained by her
sons, or abandoned to humiliating defeat and
disgrace? We ataud by Georgia. Who speaks
next?”
The next one that spoke was the Constitu
tionalist, adopting the editorial. The conclu
ding words, “who speaks uen‘” seem to have
been a banter by the latter for more allies to
join the two who had already spoken.
But the paper of October 19th undertakes to
clear the whole matter up, and to render it as
‘ clear as mud, ” that tho editor was irresponsi
ble for the adopted editorial. The explanation
is made to the editor of the Southern Banner,
and runs thus:
“Wo will kiu.lly mention, therefore, for his relief,
that when the article frvin the Times was copied in
our paper, we had no’ returned from a tour prompted
by enfeebled health, and that we never siw the piece
which has produced so alarming an effect up»n the
editor ol the Bsnner, until after it appeared in the
Constitutionalist. Our absence, we suppose, was no
Becrety—ConstUutionaiist, Oct. 191A, 1850.
We wonder if the editor ever got hack any
more. There seems to have been no retraction
published, e*se the Banner would have been re
lieved without the article of October 19. h.
The credit of the Constitu iomlist seemed
pledged for the redemption of its obligations
until the paper was b,ought home for payment.
Then tbe act of the sub edi or seems for the
firat time to have been publicly rebuked. Be
fore that time, it passed current under tne sign
manual of ihe Constitutionalist, good for its
face, made by the Times and endorsed by the
Constitutionalist in blank. We add, however,
ihat the issue of October Ist did represent se
cession as a thing io be considered’’ of very
carefully, and helped to relieve the Consfitu
fionalist from the chaige of favoring it then as
'•firit (hoice ” This it must be remembered,
passed with its readers, not as a repudiaiion of
the former editorial, but merely tuona of its
cjs umary changes of sin.iment.
If any bod y was left in doubt as to the posi
tion of the Constitute’ naliil on the subject of
Secession after the Ihh Sept., on which day
recession seems to have been *fi-«t ct.oice,”
and failed to have his doubts removed by the
issue of October Ist. on which day “secession”
was a thing to be gone into very considerately,
a reference to the issue of October 19th would
probably have enabled him to perceive that
• Bece*aion” at that time was not far off from
“last choire, 1 a continuation of his search
to Apiil 15ih. 1851. would have shown that
• secess on,” (forsaken of i s friends!) was ac
tually a “false issue” and grown obsolete
The programme of Nov. 25th was a South
ern Congress, and thorough sectional organ
isation. As ihe Constitutionaliot now stands
square up on tha Southern Rights platform of
May 28 h, 1851, which is silent as death on
•bese points, it is probable that even a “South
ern Confederacy,” much less secession per se,
would not be endorsed by it-
It would seem on the whole that on at least
this one of the great questions of the day this
paper has displayed a lau iab’e impartiality.
Every man who likes to hoar both sidts, but
only wishes to take one paper, can do equal
justice all round by subscribing to the Cousti
t Htionalist. We have referred only to the
of secession—or rather its applications—
but a like impartiality has been extended to
ot he r issues.
It fi as been, and now is, prodigiously “anti-
Comp. T omue.” It defends i.self vigorously,
ho we vt’r, against tie charge of ever having
been “f<.' r Compromise ” in its issue of Oct.
6th, after quoting the editorials of Miy loth,
16th and it states “this may be called
advocacy o« ’ the Compromis?, but it certainly
looks also like U with faint praise. 1
The Cons tituaonalis: is perfectly correct on
this point, an d we do it the j rstice to acknow
ledge it- Ine ver was /or tha Compromise
' perse,” but o uly •« “the best we can get ”
By the way, wl w was the author ofthat phrase?
It id a very notu We phrase. We find the Corn
promise sustained, nvt upon its merit!, but as
“the best the Sou t<h can get,” by the Consti'u
tionalist of the 9.h May, 1959. Can anyone
trace it further back ? We do find it the Con
stitti ions ist of May 15th, the que»t*on a.-keds
“Canbetter terms be gotforlha Sjuth I”—but
these are not the identical words. Much sar
casm has been indulged in by the press at the
expense of “the bear we ran get” policy, and
if we mistake not, the Corntitutiona ist has
not let me ludicrous phrase escape i s own
w tiicism. We wonder if it was “poking fun”
at its own offspring! We have not got a com
plete file, but, as the Constitutionalist was very
variant about that time, think it likely it laugh
ed at “the best we can «el” about November
or December. 1850 We are confident it has
done so at some time.
1 he inexorable impartiality which leads the
Constnu ionab.st to mske of its own po
si’.ions is highly pran’eworhy. As the paper
has a wide circulation it can do no harm to
offset its present positions by its past, gad let
the public judge upen the wtele case- We
have appealed only to the pusiic course.of the
paper having no information bi? what is com
mon to all i a readers. We may be tempted
at some future time to help me pubuc to de
cide on the merits of the Comprom 'se bills,
and o her great questions by presenting' thorn
with e Zaideaof chose questions as adv.tcai.ed
m the Cori’Htmtonalist. 1/ any plea was v’ant
ing for the liberty we have taken, and prepose
piobably to take again, the motto we have
iec.ed would furnish it. Tne Constitutionalist
itself considers it “salutary” to show np “facile
sheets.” A Constant Reader.
A Card.
Mr attention has thia moment been called to
an article which has recently made ita appear
ance in the Fedcial Unwn, of Georgia, which
runs thus:
u We invite attention to the article “Pacts on
Poole,” in another column. We can give another
“fact” in keeprig with those there detailed We
formed his acquaintance in Washington City, tn
February, 194tS, at the vine when the S .athern Ad
dreiß was on the laris. He was then, it not its pa
rent, one of its mo-l zealous advocates. Ha de
nounced uaort Utterly Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, for
withholding hia name frem that address; imputed as
bis motive.-, bis eepirati ns Lr the Speaker’s Cbajr,
and wi h nis cbaruC'.enatic ardor, argued the p4ut,
cod urge J it upon us, that we should, in thin Journal
charge him wub an abandonment of his partv, and,
:o use bis own words, “read him cut of the »lemo
m’.ic rinks.” Gen. Foot since, iike Mr. Cobb,
has abandoned the party inat hon ied him —and »
new a comfe iter with him for nomination cn
l.cktt that will make him Vice Jjcu
e ■ ■ . . < rhf ifer own sous
alas, for the poor, iMitort mate 1 , u
atanJon her for (behoof when bones,
oserpowenng ; re denounced by
I patriots among us m d d<l aded fqifow-
I these arpinog dea>ig»i““
[ an, » tnuw« d>.ua.om«s-
1 have a very faint recolUcion of beinir in
“od,»ced to some such person as the editor of
ine Federal Union, in the Senate chamber,
, ' hc period referred to above The in*
troducjon was altogether casual, made such a
tight impression npon meat the time that Z
should most probably never have recurred to
It, but for being tnu* specially reminded of the
signal honor done me upon thal occatlon . It
is not true that 1 ever “denounced ” either
“ bitterly” or otherwise, “Mr Cobb.ofGeor.
gia, for withholding his name from the South
ern Address.” I regrette I that he could not,
without violating his own *en«e of propriety,
subscribe his name to the Address, and may
have so expressed myself | but -o far from im
pugning his motives for not affixing his name
to the Address, I made it my business, io a
regular senatorial speech, (which those may
read who chance to be at all curious upon the
point,) most zealously to vindicate »uch of our
Southern friends as had deemed it expedient
not to subscribe the Address. This 1 did be
cause I knew that certain other gentleman
were industriously engaged in defaming those
Southern members of Congress, who had re
carded the frame of this Address as impolitic.
Tne remarks in the editorial article above set
forth, so far as they apply personally to my
self, or my motive of action, I disdain to no
tice. H. 8. Foot*.
Congressional Convention-
A Convention of the Constitutional Union
party to nominate a candida’e for the 8 xtb
Congressional District,assembled a: Jefferson,
on the Bth July, 1351 •
The Counties having been called in order,
the following delegates answered and took
their seals, to wit:
From, the County of Newton. — Wm. M. Clark,
T. M. Meriwether and M. Tucker, E?qrs.
From . Walton— J E. Locblin, T. M. Sheats,
W. Pope and B. G. N. Chandler,
From. Clarke.— S. Bailey. J. B. Frierson, H.
Flournoy, Ebqtb. and Dr. R eePe .
From Madison—Jan. Polk and Jas. Long,
Ebqrs,
From Jackson.— M. Witt and J. H. Randolph,
Erqrs.
From Franklin.—E. W. Mayfield, N. Ganns’*,
•• W. Pruett aud T. Morris, Esq s.
From Hall. — E. M, Johnson aud R. H. Water?,
Esqrs
/'¥om Habersham.— S. Barr, J. Sanford, P.
Loxan and A. Djrsey, Esqrs.
From Rabun.—H. W. Cannon and EJw’d,
Coffee, E qrs.
On motion of Mr. Clark, Gen. Edward
Coffee, delegate from the County of Rabun,
was appointed President, who took the chair,
ard returned his thanks to the Convention.
On motion of Mr. Frierson, E. M. John
son was requested to act as Secretary.
The Convention being organised, Mr.
Clark introduced the following
That this Convention nominate the
Hon, Junius llillybr, a candidate for the sixth Con
gressional District, by acclamation.
Whi p h was nnanimniisly adopted, the II in.
Wm. B. Wofford, having previousy with
drawn his name
On motion of Mr. Bailey, the Convention
adopted the following :
Resolved, That a Committee of Three be appoint
ed bv the President, *o notify Judge Hillyer of his
nomination, aud request his acceptance.
The President appointed Messrs. Ba’.ljy
Clark and Sanford, that Commit ee.
The Committee having retired, returned
and introduced Judge Htllyer, who addressed
the Convention in an able and patriotic man
ner on the pending issues of the day—return
ing his thanks and accepting the nomination.
Gen. Wofford was then called for, who in
his usual frank and felicitous manner address
ed the Convention, approving the nominal
tion,and pledging his cordial support.
Mr. Clark introduced the following :
The Congressional Convention of the Sixth Dis
trict having cntinimrusly nominated Hon. Junius
Hillver, as their candidate, offer the following Reso
lutions as the sense of this Convention :
Reso'ved, lhat we will cordially support ths
nominee of this Convention, and use all proper
means to secure bn election.
Resolved) That we approve, reaffirm and will
support the principles of the C nstitutional Union
party as set fortn by their Convention of 1850. rest
ing as the do, on the integrity of the Union, and the
sovereigntv of each of its members.
Resolved t That the nomination of the Hon.
Howell Cobb, meets our hearty approval, and the
proceedings of the nominating Convention the full
and entire assent of this budy.
All of which were adopted without a distent
ing voice.
On motion of Col. Bailey it was
Resolved, ’That the proceedings of thia Conven
tion be published in tha Union papers of the State.
And the Convention adjourned.
Edward Coffee, Prest.
E. M. Johnson. Bec’y.
Waking up Ilia Wrong Paisenger.
The subjoined letter from Jas. W. An
drews of Twigg* c? unty, to a committee of
disunioniste, who sought to entrap him into
the support of that party, by nominating him
as a delegate, is decidedly spicy. Mr. A. »ea
democrat of the old school, and he ha* no idea
of affiliating with the disunioniats, who assume
either the Dtimtr —D etui* oral,” ''Southern
Rights” or ‘‘Slate Rights,” a* they deem best
calculated to catch vo.es in the part'cular sec
tion, by the practice of “fraud and deception
upon the people.”
Twiggs County, July 7th, 1851.
To Col. W. W. Widias and others, Committee on
the part of a Southern Rights Mee'ing in Twiggs
to select delejates to a Sen itorial Convention ;
Gentlemen— I perceive by the last Macon Tele
giaph, (hat you have done me the honor of appoint
ing me a delegate to your Convention, to select a
candidate for Senator for the counties of Twiggs and
Jones. Upon what principle you have acted in ap
pointing me, I am at a loss to de ermine, unless it is
a part of that brag gimc, by which you expect to de.
hide and deceive the people. You may e- joy the
deception, if there is any ideas ire in it, of bet eving
that lam a member of your party, but I atsuro
you there is no mistake that I a n a Union man, and
ahall vote fcr Col b, Clipped, and the Senatorial
nominee of the Union party at the next election, if I
live.
1 was born a Democrat—my father has always
been one, and my grandfather before me, as every
body in Twiggs knows,and I believe that you. Col.
Wiggins, and your chairman General Tarver, with
the aid of Governor McDonald, the President of the
disunion Convention at Nashville, hove done as
much to break up and ruin the old Democratic party,
as any man in the S"itf; exempt the old nullifiera,
Colquitt, Howard, Henry G Laimr, and other*
who were hi :ked out of the Whi« party in 1810,
and crept, like serpents into PuradiFe, into the Dem
ocratic party and have now succeeded, together with
you, in laying their polluted hands on old party al
tars, breaking them to pieces; and now you wbo
have broken up our old party, have the face in many
places to denounce tbit most uniform, consistent
Democrat of the party, Howell Cobb, as a rentgade,
and claim yourselves to be (he party.
1 notice in the newspapers that your party (roes
by the name of Democrat in some co'intie», (Dooly
amongst the rest,) an I State Rights in ethers, end
Southern Rights in others At the Convention in
Milledgeville you adopted no n ime for your party,
and your escalation sterns to te to pracice fraud
and deception on the peo' le. But my opininn, Gul,
Wiygin*. is, that the people can see farther into ilia
motives of you and Gov, McD »na'd than you think
fcr. You are both vreat men, 1 know, but the peo
ple are not as bin fools as you seem to take them
fuF, anil I think the election in October will convince
you of the fact. Very respectfully, lam your*, Ac.
Jams* W. Andrews.
Mr. Cobb lu Columbus.
The and contortions ci the Co*
bimbos litner quite satisfied us that the speech
ul Mr. Cobb in that city, had told upon the
public mind, and the following notice of it from
tne Enquirer but confirm* the impression :
The Hom. Howsll Cobb.—This distinguished
gentleman addressed hiefe low-citizens, in this (lace,
ou Wednesday last, in compliance with bin published
promise. Ou no occasion have we seen assembled
in our city more of the voting population of the coun
try, and surely we have never seen a p ibiic speaker
listened to wiib more fa’icnce and attention. Con
trary to former custom, there was n > interruption, no
demonstrations of party cr personal violence, no at
tempt to overawe the speaker, or control the free
opinions cf men by ar» exhibition o( tumult and force.
That evil time is passed, and men now fin.i it more
prudent to address their arguments to tne reason
and judgment of the miuaes, rather than to their
fears.
it was our purpose to have let the speech of Mr*
Crbb pass wiihcut note oi coinmen', inasmuch ns he
in'ends to addresi '.lie people throughout toe a'most
entire region of the circulation of our paoer, but as
be has been arraigned by our neighbor of the Times
as a federa'ist and a comuli la’ionist. we tnav be par
doned for asking in what potion of hi* speech any
federal doctrine was nreed ? Throughout tn* whole
address he maintained the rights and sovereignty of
the States, yielding to the general Government such
powers only as are expressly grunted by the Cons i
tution. Is this federal octrine 9 He urged that in
& great crisis of the country, when pa riots every
where were trembling lor the safety cf ttie Union,
and dangers from every quarter were threatening to
destroy the Government, men of both the pjr*
lice in Congress jlined in an effort to w.rd fff the
catastrophe and tute the country. In this effort ha
joined, and was proud to think th t the effort was
successful. W« suppose this was the act which made
him a federalist. I so, what becom eof the great
majorly oi the people of Georgia, whose delegates
inst lali erected the flatter n cu which Mr. Cobb
now stands? '> the mndeet opin tens of
our neighbor, they a;e all fulereLs.a tco! Will ha
say this?
But according to the views, or pretended v'ewi
rather, of our opponents, t jere is Lui one thing now
that ii worth talking ebcut, and that is the abstract,
naked light of secession. This right Mr. Cobb ad*
milled and in express terma avowed that when a
State in its sovereign capacity and by its regular con
stitute i and eenstitutional agents to k its course, ttui’»
the Federal Gevernrsent had no legator conslitutiaa
al authority tu control such State by force. Is m
federal doctrine? He was opposed, however, fol *
union, secession and agitation, and contended that.
Union could only be maintained by comprem’se, con
ciliation anl mutual ufledion. The government rest?
ed, and must rest, on the hearts of the peop s, and
the attempts now making to render it <* ' •
bring it into disrepute, wis bn< b,l,er l!,a0 lren ‘
,he Out,in ” d
We *all i, eonjgh >b.t h. in.end. to
b« tn <.ur V (>,. w h o | 9 people o f
vis- and satisfied his friends .nd confounded
ws astut * d
erery lie c&e3 '
CaH'ILIS. S4.CESSIOI i LAO- —A U-SUl*
inoih White Ul2 r- ;.vud;<> lio.'ii one cf
the windows of tho oilicu of Un f. 'U.-'on
Mercury the 4th inetsnt, on which ap;.- -ei
i lone star, cud a M tle-n?ke wi h tn ■ ad
erect at the fast of a psluietio tree, as if i.cout
to strike, A portion ci t..e military drew op
before the offied, pr.ten«i arms, and gave
nine cheers lor tha |ag ci South Carolica t