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with it, whether elected or not, so long as tho
city exists to keep up the organization. i
To the tilth and eeeentli questions m.
that lam cppo ed to all further " e3 of the last
ry question if the ComP™"'" “ an ,i cirri id out;
Congress should b. fairly' t 0 abide by, the
and I am satisfied with, and wiu‘"s
Uninn as it is. .. frankiy and fully, as
1 hare thus, fello ■ questions whieh hare
I conceive, of this eounty. If
I tnow°myaelf l desire to conceal my sentiments and
a “ion., upon political question., from no one who
feel, a sufficient interest to inquire what they are.—
Above all 1 do not want the people of Elbert to put
me in office under a false impteesion as to what my
real views and opinions are, upon the important ques
tions now at issue in Georgia.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv t,
Bssj’s. Thornton, Jr.
To the Union Men of Elbert County*
NO. 2.
THE BERRIEN PLATFORM.
Fellow-Citizens : My last number was de
voted to a refutation of the chargee made
against Mr. Cobb, concerning hie administra
tion of the duties of the Speakership in ap
pointing the committees. I trust 1 may safely
aay these eharges have been forever laid to rest
in the minds of all men who have a ray of un
derstanding above the intellectual gifts of an
idiot. My labors this week will be directed to
a different branch of the subject. Let not Mr.
Cobb’s revilers presume, however, they art
forgotten, or that they will be permitted to pur
sue, unmolested, their work of slandering a
faithful public servant. The light of truth emit
ted from the public records, shall blaze along
their path, until Mr. Cobb’s fealty and devo
tion to the South, aud the Union, shall be appa
rent to the public eye as their own shame.
I have promised to give you this week an
exposition of that curious piece of workman*
ship called the Berrien Platform—that masked
battery from behind which skulking foes at
tempt covertly to assail your distinguished rep
resentative, that undented Southerner, the
Hon. Robert Toombs. Upon bringing the
eye close to this precious specimen of Seaato
rial handiwork. I find I have undertaken a
difficult task. I will wager anew hat that you
may select a dozen of the smartest Berrien
men in the county (if there be that many) and
interrogate them apart one by one, and no two
of them will agree about that same platform—
no two will expound the oracle alike. Neither
will I stipulate there shall be no previous eon
eeit among them. They may concert as much
as they please. Since the Bih of November
last, they have been trying to arrange a respect
able front for this ragged garment, without
onccess. They had as well try to “unweave
the web of Penelope,” as to agree about that
self-evident absurdity, called the Berrien Plat
form
Though difficult to ascertain what the Ber
rien Platform is, it is quite easy to ascertain
what it is not. 1 shall therefore to save trouble
describe it negative’y. To come to the point
at once then, it is not the Southern Rights or
McDonald plaiform, and it is no difficult matter
to show the ridiculous inconsistency of those
who call themselves “Berrien men,” and yet
declare their adhesion to the Southern Rights
Platform, and intend to vote for Mr. McDonald
for Governor, To do this I will exhibit first
for your inspection a single p'ank in the
Southern Rights Platform. In the preamble
to their resolutions they declare
“By the sets of the late Congress known as the
Compromise measures, the Southern States, being a
minority in Federal numbers, have been derrived by
high hand, of all their interest, in the Territories ac
quired from Mexico; have been degraded from
their condition of equality in the Union; have been
X forced to surrender Territory unquestionably and
legitimately their own, to the use and enjoyment of
the hireling Suites.”
The plain and unquestionable meaning of
this is, thst we have been disgraced and robbed,
and farther that the disgrace attaches by reason
of our submission through the Georgia Con
vention, of December last, for clearly the loss
of our rights would be no disgrace, if we
resented it like men. In their resolutions the
Southern Rights Convention go on to specify
the sets of the late Congress by which our
equality and rights have been lost to us. They
Mme sou acts admitting California into
the Union, the act establishing a territorial gov
ernment for Utah—the act establishing a ternte
rial government for New Mex : co and settling
the boundary with Texas—and the act abolish
ing the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia
Now the Southern Rights Convention, say by
these acts the South has been robbed and dis
graced, and yet Mr. Berrien voted for two of
them—4he Utah bill and the New Mexico bill.
For his vote on the Utah bill, see Appendix to
the Congressional Globe, part 2. page 1485
for his vote on the New Mexico and Texas
boundary bill, see Congressional Globe, part 2.
page 1784.
These measures were not voted Tor by Mr.
Berrien as parts of a compromise, by which he (
might then attempt to justify himself on the '
ground that he accepted objectionable parts to '
secure other measures advantageous to the 1
South They were taken and accepted by him i
on their own independent merits, as separate
measures,after the same had been rejected in
the Senate as a Compromise If therefore it
bo true as alleged by the Southern Rights
Convention, that, by these measures, Georgia
was robbed and disgraced, Mr Berrien de
serves death onthe gallows as atraitor to Geor
gia, for voting for them. I make no such 1
charge against him, but his Southern Rights
friends have most solemnly made it, and yet i
their politicians tell you they are on tbe Ber {
rieu Platform—with as little idea perhaps of the
meaning of what they say as has the unwashed t
African who subsists on snails in the deserts of <
Ethiopia t
The Berrien P atform is then not the South- t
•rn Rights Platform. Neither is it the Me- I
Donald platform. In hie address to the people I
of Georgia dated December 2d, 1850, Mr. t
McDonald said tbe act of Congress settling the i
boundary of Texas wrested from her, her ter
ritory. This is clearly the substance of what i
he said, as any person who is curious about it i
may a-e for himself by referring to the last |
clause but one of that address. Thia ideutical i
measure thus denounced by Mr. McDonald as i
wresting from Texas her territory, was voted
for by Mr. Berrien and defended by him before i
the people of this county on the Bth of Novem
bar last, as a wise measure beneficial to Texas |
and the South And thia vote he gave on the i
separate merits of that msa.ure, disconnected i
at tbe time of hie vote, even from the New (
Mexico Territorial bill. For thia vote, see i
Congressional Globe, part 2, page 1555. Thus i
you perceive Mr. Betrten is at variance on this
subject too, (both with the Southern Righ s (
Convention, and with their candidate lor Gov-
ernor. .
There are other radical points oi difference
between Mr. Berrieuaud his Southern Rights
frienda and supporters. The fifth reaolution in
iberr platform, adopted at their Convention io >
May last, is as follows : I (
”5<A Resulted, That whenever tbe Government ‘
by an exertion of the common force of all, or an
application of the common funds of all, ac- r
quires territory, it is the duty ot that Govern- i
ment to secure to all equality of rights in such ,
territory, and to remove all impediments within ,
its power to the enjoyment cf this equality of ,
tights.’* ,
This done into plain English means, (we are (
bound to believe) that the Mexican law is an
“tsapedtmerti" to the slaveholder, and Congeas
ought to repeal it. Mr. Berrien does not assent
to either proposition. On the 26th July, 1848,
he entered into an elaborate argument in the
Sena.** 10 prove the Mexican law did not exist,
because i! coufiicted with toe constitution. Thia
speech was made on, and in favor of the Clay
ton Compromiee, and which did not repeal the
law, and iu allusion to the position taken by
Mr btephene, that the Mexican law was in force
and if the question was left to the Supreme
Court they would decide against the South.
Speaking of thio Clayton Compromise on that
occasion, Mr. Berrien said :
•• To my Southern friends I desire to submit
this simple suggestion. The bill abstains from
legislating on the vexed question of slavery, it
leaves that to be decided by the |>eople of the
Territories when they are tn sufficient num
bers to be admitted as States and are engaged in
forming their State constitutions. In the mean
time if any question of freedom or slavery
should arise, the Judiciary will take cognisance
of it, not by virtue of any provision in this bill, but
in the exercise of their pre-existing jurisdiction.
All that it does In thia regard, is to speed the decis
ion of the case by the appellate tribunal. In what
ssnss Uta am be said io be o surrender of Scullurn
Rights, lam totalli/at a lose to understand. In
a Government like ours, that which is properly
called a right is something substantial—capable
of being maintained in judicature and thereout
—aomeihing which a court of justice would be
itound to recognise.”
■ > Then Mr. Berrien la ‘ 'totally at a loss to under
f aland' the Southern Rights platform, for It de
clares thia "imprefinisiU* ought to be removed,
-4 our “Constitutional equality" was violated
**- re Congress did not remove the impedi
repealing the Mexican law. He tells
J”*"’ ,X. ‘Ugbis friends with great candor,
tux Southern . u> ths new territories are
that if their justice would be bound
not such as a court, notning "which is
to recognise,” they ha.
properly called a light.” -resU r *To sav
Again he says in the same ape, heat judicial
that we have no right which the hu -. ( |, at Wv
tribunal would recognise is to adnu. Ol3v
have no right at all but such as Congress
be pleased to confer upon us—is to concede «.
Its whole extent the argument which is
urged in sapport of the riant of the North to
the exclusive enjoyment of these territories."
Here io a severe dig under the ribs of his
Southern Rights friends. They will not trust
“the highest judicial tribunal” but ask protec
tion from Congress, and Mr. Berrien tells them
that to do so, is to give up the whole question to
the North See how he continues these love
liexs; tn the same speech he says t
"If we have no right to carry our slaves into
these Territories without the permission of Con
gress (and that is the position in which this ar-
Kw nt places us) we may abandon st once the
of having any share in them, for the Mis
souri Compromise was rejected by the select
committee, and will Be by the House whenever it
U offered.”
This is cold comfort for his Southern Rights
friends, coming from their "distinguished Sena
tor.” They say they cannot go to the Territo
ries until Congress removes the "impediments.”
Mr. Berrien tells them that if that is so, ther
may as wall give it up. This was Mr. Berrien’s
piatiorm fc'tne three years ago He still holds
to the same opinion, according to the latest
teachings ot the oracle. On the 23d of J uly,
1850. he declared in tbe Senate his adherence to
his old opinions on the subject, and repeatedly
before and after that time iterated the same cu
ring ths debates on the Compromise Bill (See
Appendix to the Congressional Globe, part 2.
page 1417 ) Thus you will perceive Mr. Berrien
does not agree with hie Southern Rrgh s 'rienls
in the opinion that the Mexican is* constitutes
an ••impediment” to the slaveholder. Neither
does he agree with them as to the duty of Con
gress to remove it, for he denies the power of
Congress to do it. In his speech on the Oregon
Bill delivered tu the Senate, June 2Sth. 18s#, he
said :
"1 '.-ropose then to examine the question
whether Congress has the power to do what this
bill proposes My purpose will be to endeavor—
-Ist. To trace the power of Congress tv or
ganise a ttnltcna. gownuMat to its true aour-e
2d, To show that (the power of Congress) i*
i subject to limitations which exclude c'l right of
• in erference with the question of slavery in a ter
ritory.
The oracle taught the same doctrine at a
much later date. On the 19th of July, 1850, du
ring the debates on the Compromise bill, he
said :
”I am free to admit that I have at all times
since first called on to express an opinion on the
subject, and I still entertain the same opinion,
that Congress has no right to legislate on the sub
ject of slavery in the Territories." (Seo Appen
dix to ths Congressional Globe, part 2d, page
1403.)
I have thus clearly shown you, follow citizens,
that the Berrien platform is neither the South
er Rights platform nor the McDonald platform.
I now propose to show you how ridiculous is
the assumption on the part of Mr. Berrien’s
friends in this county, that he is sounder on the
subject of Southern R’ghts, or that he has done
anything more for Southern rights than Messrs.
Dawson, Toombs, Stephen, Wellborn or any |
other member from Georgia. I aver then, I
spraking from the record, that on ail the van- 1
ous measures ol the Compromise—the bill to ,
admit California —the bills establishing territo- >
rial Governments for Utah and New Mexico and i
settling the Texan boundary—the bill to ablish
the slave trade in the District of Columbia—
and the Fugitive slave bill, Mr. Berrien voted
exactly as did all the members from Georgia,
except on the New Mexico bill, wherein he dif
fered only from Messrs. Haralson and Jackson,
the Southern Rights members, and agreed with
all the rest, the Union members. Is this so 7
It is, most assuredly, and lest some of his
friends in the plenitude of their wit-dom, ehruld
dispute it, I will set down the references.
On the Utah bill the Senate vote was yeas 32,
nays 13 —Messrs. Berrien and Dawson voting
for the bill. See Appendix to the Congressional
Globe, part 2, page 1485. The House tote was
yeas 97 nays 85 —Messrs. Haralson, Jackson,
Owen, Toombs and Wellborn voting for the
bill —the rest of the Georgia members being
absent. Mr. Cobb being Speaker, could not vote
without a tie. See Congressional Globe, part
2, page 1776.
On the California bill the Senate vote was
yeas 34, nays 18—Messrs. Berrien and Dawson
voting against the bill. See same, part 2, page
1573. The House vote was yeas 150, nays 56,
Messrs. Haralson, Jackson, Owen, Toombs and
Wellborn voting against the bill, the rest ab
sent. See same, part 2, page 1772.
On the New Mixico bill, embracing the set
tlement of the Texan boundary the Senate vote
was yeas 31 navs 10 Messrs. Berrien and Daw
son voting for the bill. See same, part 2, page
1784—the House vote was yeas 108, nays 97.
Messrs. Owen, Toombs and Wellborn voting
for the bill, and Messrs. Haralson and Jackson
voting against it—the rest absent. See same,
part 2, page 1764.
On the Fugitive slave bill, the Senate vote
was yeas 27, nays 12—Messrs. Berrien and Daw
son voting for the bill. See same, part 2, page
1647. The House vote was yeas 109, nays 75,
Messrs Haralson, Jackson, Owen, Toombs and
Wellborn voting for the bill, the rest absent.
See same, part 2, page 1807.
On the bill to abolish the Slave trade in tho
District of Columbia, the Senate vote was yeas
33,nays 19—Messrs. Berrien and Dawson votn g
against the bill. See same, part 2, page 1830.
The House vote was yeas 124, nays 59-Messrs.
Haralson, Jackson and Stephens voting against
the bill—the rest absent. See same, part 2, page
1837.
At the Georgia Convention in December last
a Southern Kights member offered a string of
resolutions censuring Mr. Toombs for his
course on the Slavery question, and almost in
the same breath, another was offered commen
datory of Mr. Berrien for his course on the same
subject. The genius who played this “ fantas
tic trick” in Georgia's Capital was Mr. Seward, a
member from Thomas Co. Was he ignorant of
the record I have here exposed, or was it a delib
erate design to play the fool? The one or the
other horn of the dilemma the Berrienites here
must tike. Their hero cannot be puffed into
the Great Apostle of Southern Rights. He
must be content with the share of praise his
colleagues may recieve—neither more nor less.
It might not be unprofitable to enter here into
an examination of the motives which prompted
this old public servant, alter supporting the Com
promise to the same extent that other Georgi
ans did, to come home and endeavor to stir up
the people to rebellionarainst their government.
It might teach us how dangerous a leader a man
Is, who is striving for a character he does not de
serve—how extremes may be exhibited even in
aged minds —in 1844 addressing a Boston mob
composed in part ot free-negroes and advocat
ing a protective tariff—in 1850 appealing in
trumpet tones, with all the powers of a gifted
eloquence, to the resentment of Georgians, to
avense their injured honor. But I have no
heart for the task. Peace to his political ashes,
they are already gathered iu the urn.
Naxcy Hast.
July 18th 1851.
Correspondence of the Chronicle -V Sentinel.
Romv, Ga., July 21, 1851.
Ma. Editor: —Having travelled consider
ably through the Stats; mixed with the peo
ple and listened to their opinions of the two
candidates now in the field for Governor,
lam at a loss to know upon what ground the
Secession papers of Georgia base their pre
dictions of the success of their candidate.
My own observation teachas, that an over
whelming defeat awaits the Secession candi
date. lam even assured by men of acute
observation, that there is a prospect of his
not getting one county in the Cherokee coun
try. Among the people themselves, 1 find
very little disposition lo favor the champion of
secession in Georgia. They repudiate the
doctrine, and view its advocacy by Judge
McDonald and his followers, in the light of a
co-operation with Suu h Carolina, and a de
sign to involve the Stale of Georgia in tne
rain which inevitably awaita he* sister State,
if she persists io her purpose of seceding
from tbe Union. The people are much bet
ter acquainted wi b the bis'ory of the doctrine
of secession than their opponents are disposed
to give them credit for. They have not teen
as blind to the purposes of South Carolina
for a number of years past, as the peculiar
friendsof Judge McD maid would have them
to have been, just at thio time They are cog
n'zant of the Get, that for the last twenty
years there has been a systematic donuncta
lion of some one, or all, of the measures of
the several Federal administrations by the
politicians of South Carolina. Nothing that
ties been done by the General Government
meets wi h their approval; every act is per
verted into an "aggro.eion” upon the righ s
of the South, and they (the politicians of
South Carolina) have incessantly urged the
propriety of Southern "resistance” to Federal
measures. The people of Georgia are not
oblivious to the fset, that South Carolina arro
gates to herself the exclusive championship
of Soithern honor and Southern righ s, and
that her extreme sensitiveness upon these
points is more charactene ic of an ambition to
govern and grow fat upon the spoils of ollies,
than of sulf sacrificing, disin'erested zeal in
behalf of the rights and interests of the whole
South. She was the instigator of Nullifica
tion, and then sought to drag the Southern
States into a war with the General Govern
ment. Failing to do so, she has never for
gone the opportunity to breed jealousy and
uiseontent between the North and South
True to her instincts, she has magnified the
moat trivial incidents of Federal legielation
into acta of premeditated aggression upon the
rights of the South. By her own confession
she baa known thia Government only from ite
"oppreseiona of the South,” and to the extent
of her ability she has worked for ite deetruc
tion from the daye of Nullification up to the
present time Sho projected the Nashville
Convention, and professed a willingness to
"follow” where aha had previously attempted
to lead, with a view to inveigle tbe Southern
States into a policy which was peculiarly her
own, and which, if sustained through the co
operation of other Stales, was to nave eventu
ated in placing her at the bead of a "Southern
Confederacy.” Her etnisanes were distribu
ted throughout the South- officiously meddling
with the affairs of Cher neighbors T.iey
were the recipients of the hospitality of per
sons whom they did not hesitate to character
ise as "abject submissionists” to insult and
injury, and for whose political opinions they
professed to entertain the most sovereign con
tempt. They had no toleration lor freedom
of opinion, and the man who did nst think
ease ly as they did was a ‘ traitor” to the
South. According to their creed, the word
Union was of blasphemous import, and to be a
Union man. was with them, to be the veriest
political monser. Thus, not content with
muzzling public opinion iu their own State,
and proscnbng those who entertained adverse
sentiments, they foisted their views and ob
truded their eensure upon freemen of Geor
gia. They came among us. heaping reproach
upon our moat eminent citizens. They stig
matised them as "allies ot the Abolitionists,”
and "traitors to the South," because they
would not consent to be made tha tools of
South Carolina and yield to her scheme of
Disunion.
The people of Georgia noticed these things
then, and witha forbearance more creditable
to their hoipitality than merited by the objects
of it. they permitted insolent assumption to
go unrebuked, determining rather, at a suit
able time and place, to express their condom
nation ot disunion aud disunionists Enter
taining ditfeient views of the objects ol the
Nashville Convention, they awaited its action,
before rising in the majesty of their sovereign
power to vindicate the Union. But when the
mduence which had been hitherto at work,
was tbund to have prevailed io that Conven
-xi—when the cherished scheme of South
ll ‘ a Southern Confederacy, was re-
Caro,. gn j - tt o | t im lte purposes
comment i.-gj a , [o d eter even the Presi
•° fu i j *ky. »‘>y farther partici
dent. Judge Sna. ’ , ct , ea . a 7 ., thaQ lß e pa 9.
pation in it. disun .
?,' e O n b Th« gOOd P‘™’
Inion. 7 • .. e a n d margiug the
unite Jiu a common ““**• , Democrat into
minor distinctions of Whig ana
one great issue, they determined ?o
the Constitution and the Unionand to p
serve the peace quiet and prosperity ot their
whole country.
Then it was that McDonald, more pliant
than his predecessor, assumed the place the
patriot Sharkev would not fill, and dis’egard
■n< the interests of bis country, of his State,
and of his oppressed fellow-men. presided
over deliberations having for their object the “>•
titnato destruction of me Union, S'ato and Re
publican Übertv. Professing to believe that
submission to the laws of Congress, would
bring ruin to the South, he and the Conven
tion recommended a ■‘SeutAsru Cosgress,
to take into consideration the expediency of
establishing a ‘•Southern Confederacy.' And
for hie advocacy of her policy. South Caroli
n. did Judge McDonald the Assarts associate
tu. name with that of the notorious wrMios
Ist Rae t. and now chums for him th;• «vgndis
uceuon of co laborer in her work of Dwuaiea .
I bare said that the people with whom 1 meet,
appear to be perfectly familiar with the his
lory of this whole question, and tracing it from
the time of its inception to the present
meat, they now identify MeDona’d with the
lon< nrvmeditated project of a diwoJniion ot
it is Union. Simple assertions to the contrary
prove ro-bicut to usem Thar reason, that ha
and those who support him. have been sei ions
in their defence of South Carolina, and biller
m lbw oppoaiMa w the Generoi Soteraaenu
u
That they have sympathised with and eulo
gised the one, while heaping unmeasured
abuse upon the othe*. That they are laboring
for a recognition of the right which South
Carolina threatens to exercise, and seeking
to establish a principle which will permit Cali
fornia, (after involving the other States in a
debt of millions) to go out of the Union, at
her own discretion, to-morrow I In ehort, the
people do not Misos that Judge McDonald is
so silly as to base the issue of his election
upon a mere abstraction —upon the simple re
cognition of a right which it is not his purpose
to exercise. They contend that his object is to
commit them. If by their votes, knowing the
question at issue, they elect Charles J. Me
Donald, he will construe il into an approval of
the exercise of the right contended for, an I
will, doubtless, at ouce extend to South Caro
lina the co operation, in her work of disunion,
which she so confidently relies upon, in the
event of his election.
These are very near the views of most per
sons with whom I converse. In this _ imme
diate neighborhood there are some noisy fire
eaters, who are apparently engaged in the
task of inspiriting one another. They are all
of the same persuasion, and many of them
being from South Carolina, are quite unani
mous in their convictions, not only of the
right, but the propriety of secession. It is a
pity to spoil their airy fabric of a Southern
Republic, with President Rhett and Vice-Presi
dent McDonald at its head, and South Caroli
na its Capitol; but they will have to make the
most of it between now and .he first of next
October, for bv that time Cobb and the Union
will haveti iumphed-
Court commences its session to-day, and I
look for stirring times. Betweeu Law and
Politics, I think we shall manage to keep
awake. The Hon. Robert Toombs would be
a desirable acquisition, just now. There are
many who desire to hear him speak.
Ths crops on the line of Railroad through
Cobb and Cass, are very indifferent, but be
tween Kingston and Rome they are fine.
Yours, &c. Union.
To the Voters of Warren County.
A call for the Union men of your county has
been made to rally at Kent’s, in Dooly District,
on Saturday, the 26th inst., at which time the
Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, the tried friend
of the South, born upon your own soil, and
identified with all of your interests, and other
speakers, will be there to discuss before you
the leading questions of .he day, in the spirit
of fairness and truth. Efforts have been made
and are now making to deceive you by the
false cry of Union, when the settled and fixed
purposes of the so called Southern Rights
Party, is to agitate and disturb the public mind
until the destruction ofyonr Government, the
wisest and beet— as it now stands— upon earth,
is consummated.
Disguise it as they may. you are to deter
mine in Oc’ober, whether yon will have a
Government which affords you protection and
blessings, or whether you will be led by the
Rhetts,the McDonalds, and the other Nashville
Convention crew, who will lead you out upon
the breakers of disunion. Let us be informed
before we cast our votes, as to what are the
opinions of our candida'es; let us not be
satisfied when they say they are Union mtn,
but let us know who ara true friends of the
Union, opposed to conventions and congress
es which have for their object the distuibing of
public tranquility, and the dissolution of the
Union. Come out then, npon the fourth Sat
urday; let us tear off the masks of these
Southern Rights—S a'.e Rights—Union and
Southern Rights McDonald men, and exhibit
to our people their true position—secession
and disunion.
A public barbecue wiil bo given, and a
great day expected for the true friends of the
Union.
Warren county, July 17,1851.
One or thx People.
N. B. On the 29th (Tuesday) the Hon.
Robert Toombs will speak in Warrenton at
the Court House.
From the Newnan Banner.
ToJahesM. SnrrHK, Esq., Editor of the
Augusta Republic : As you are now making
considerableeffbrla to convince the people that
they have the right to secede from the General
Government, and as you are much given to
comment upon the speeches an! writings of
others, [should be pleased (and no doubt the
people also) for you to tell us what you
meant by the following passages, taken from a
speech delivered by you at Forsyth, on the
4lh of July, 1934 :
“ The Union of these Sta es exists by con
tract, and the constitution is the instrument
containing the terms of that contract, in which
it is stipulated between the parties that they
shall bold certain powers in common, to
be exercsed jointly fur their common benefit.
Each State assen ed to and ratified the con
stitution for itself of its own free will and
consent. Having done so, each and every
State became bound by every promise laid
down in it. By assenting to it, it was agreed
that Georgia should legislate in common with
Ma-sachusetts, and that Massachusetts should
legislate in common with Georgia, for the
good of Georgia ; and thus it wai agreed
among all tbe Sta es that they should lag s'ato
for the good of etch other. This, then,
constituted the people of all the Slates one
people for certain specified purposes, st II re
taining to the Sta'es their jurisdictional limits
and distinct population for all other purposes.
We see then that a part of the contract was
joint legislation for common good. Another
part ot the same agreement is, that the
laws so passed shall be the supreme laws of the
land—shall be over the States and paramount
to State laws and State constitutions. It is
further agreed that Congress shall have power
to enforce obedience to the laws. Here, then,
we behold a government created by contract,
possessing tbe power to make supreme laws
and to enforce them, if necessary, at Me point
of the bayonet. Al I’aga 14
Again you say: "Mr. Calhoun maintains
the right of a State, by virtu, of itssoveteigu
ty, to declare an unconstitutional act of Con
gress null and vt id. That sovereignty resides
tn the people of lhe United States clearly un
dermines this declaration. But who is lo de
cide whether tbe law be uncons'itutional or
no'. Shall the opinions or judgment of the
State Le the measure of its constitutionality T
What becomes of the rights of all the other
joint contracting parties to judge also I Sup
pose that a large majority of them were to
judge that the law was constitutional 1 Shall
one State be allowed to judge for all the rest 1
All the parties haste lhe right to judge, and to
express their judgment too in the onlv way re
cognized in the constitution —al the ballot host.
Il is contended that inasmuch as the constitu
tion says that all laws made in pursuance ot it
•hall be supreme, if any law should be made
not in pursuance of it, it would be null and
void, and lhe States should have the right to
object to It. This brings us to the question
again, who is to judge whether lhe law be
constitutional or not t .
The constitution informs us what majorities
are necessary to make laws, and it also tells us
that the law so made shall bo tbe supreme law
of the land. Os course then the opinions of
lhe majority of the representatives of the peo
ple are to prevail, and whatever laws they shall
pass must be binding upon all the States, until
repealed according to the constitution, lhe
Senators and Representatives of the U. States
are all upon oath to be governed by the con
stilution. If, however, they should violate it,
or do any act injurious to their constituents,
the people, they can be easily removed by elect
ing others io their places. You can have no
republican government at all unless lhe ma
jority have the right to govern. If you give
the minority the right to object to laws and
prevent their enforcement, you will be reduced
to anarchy at once, of all gevernmenta (il go
vernment it can be exiled) the worst.” Page 15
Now, sir, I wiab to know, in the first place,
whether these sentiments were uttered by you
on the occasion referred to, and ; if so, how you
can reconcile them with your present politics
position If you can succeed in getting your,
self out of this difficulty, as easily as you
seem to imagine you can get others into them,
why no doubt all will be clear.
Stats Rights.
Fovrth or July in London. —Forth?
first time since the Declaration of American
Independence, the anniversary of that event
was celebrated on tbe 4tb insi, in London,
with almost as much honor as in New-York.
Mr. George Peabody of Baltimore, had issued
cards of ivitation to meet tne United States
Minister and Mrs. Lawrence ata fete which
he gave that evening on the occasion, and
about 700 or 800 persors were to be present,
including all the Amsrican familes now io
London, and a large proportion of the nobil
ity and public persons in England, by whom
the idea had been received with the greatest
satisfaction. Tne Duke of Wellington, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord
Mayor, Ac., are among those who attended-
There was to be a concert, ball and supper,
and the affair promised to be one of lhe grand
est of lhe season, worthy not only of what it
celebrates, but of the meetirg of lhe nations
in the year of Exhibition. — Balt. Amir.
A Nxw Remedy in Diarrhea, Cholera
Infantum and Cholera Morbus—We have
the following recipe, says the Trionne, from
the Professor of Chemistry in tne N. Y. Hos
pital: “I would wish, through the medium of
your paper, to give publicity to the fact, that
I have seen instant relief given in caaaa of
Diarrhea, by the use ot Hydro Sulphuric
Acid, a tea spoonful of a saturated solution
being mixed with f'ur »imes its bulk of water.
Also in a case of Cholera Infantum, iu which
the child was very much reduced, and lhe
stomach in an extreme slate of i ritabihty, so
that nothing would be retained ; this remedy
was administered with ease, and the child im
mediately improved and has since recovered.
Believing that this is anew remedy, and that
there mso reason to apprehend any effects
whe.’* it does aot produce a cure, and believ
ing that it has some specific effect in counter
acting the cause, and immediately arresting
the dissa*. 5 am. yours respectfully.
Laurence Reid.
From Montevideo.—The United Statea
•hip Bt. Louis. Commander H. H. Cooke, ar
rived io Hampton Roads on VV edneaday night,
after a passage of forty six days from the River
Pla’e. She has returned from a three years
cruise, and since leaving the United S.ates has
sailed nearly forty thousand miles, and was so
fortunate as to lose only oae ot ber crew
during the time by sickness though twice in
;he midst of yellow fever.
Tbe 3t. Louis left me frigate Congress and
bng Bainbridge at Montivideo. Tbe former
was expected to sail in a short time to Rio for
provisions- _
The Banda Orieata! and the Argeuone Con
feJeratioQ were in a sroß-lod ea:e. 1: is
eenerallv though: that a cnsje is about to ske
place which will result in ue downfsU ot
Oribe and Ros« General Urquizi, Governor
and Captain General of the prortace ol Entre
Rms, deziared afaiaM bin, aari )«ued a
proclamation to that effect. Brazil and Mon-
J tevideo had also formed a league against him,
, which Paraguay was expected to join. Alarge
Brazilian squadron, under the command of
' Admiral Grenfeldt, consisting of steamers, a
frigate, and sloops of war, was at Montevideo,
preparing for operations.— Norfolk Beacon.
Prom the N. O. Picayune.
Later from Texas.
The steam ship Pampero arrived this morning
from Galveston, after a remarkably short trip
of forty hours from wharf to wharf, and twen
ty-eght hours and thirty minutes from bar to
bar.
The San Antonio Ledger of the 3d inst. says :
The agents of the San Antonio and Mexican
Gull Railroad Company are industriously pros
ecuting their labors in procuring subscriptions in
land. Within two days they have procured sub
scriptions to about 50,000 acres, at its present
cash value.
By a communication from a Roma correspon
pent in the Brownville Sentinel, we learn that
the condition of affairs in the valley of the Rio
Grande is extremely deplorable. Ho represents
the Indians as ranging at will over the whole
country, plundering, murdering, and ravaging.
In one incursion from Laredo to Roma, they
had killed eight men. The depredations of the
Indians are not the only evils to which they are
compelled to submit. Armed bands of Mexicans
from Mexico are roaming over the country,
seizing and carrying oft such large numbers of
horses and cattle, that the vast number which
formerly pastured in the forests and prairies be
tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande, has be
come materially lessened. Some Americans in
conveying goods up the river had landed them
on a sandbar, for the purpose of reshipping them
in smaller boats, when they were pounced upon
and seized by the vigilant Mexican authorities.
The cotton worm has made its appearance in
the vicinity of Victoria and Lavaca.
Indianola, Texas, June 25, 1851.— Dear Pic.
Judge Rollins, Indian Agent, has sent seven
teen Mexican children and one American, recov
ered from the Indians. Col. Hardee’s expe
ditio, it is hoped, will do much good among the
faithless savages.
Our cotton crops never promised better
Corn had suftered considerably for rain, but we
have had delightful showers during the past
week, and a fine crop will follow. Irish pota
toes and other vegetables havj made a great
yield this sjason ; and as to our unsurpassed
melons they never were better nor more abun
dant. Our bathing season, too, is in full blast,
and all seem determined to enjoy that great lux
ury. We have excellent bathing houses, fine
breezes, delightful evenings and our lovely
beach; all of which, with fine health and generel
prosperity, render the sovereigns hereabouts ex
tremely felicitous. Yours, &c., Golf Coast.
Later from California.
Nxw Yoke, July 18.
The steamship Brother Jonathan, from
Chagress, arrived last night, bringing 238 pas
sengers, and 4C5 000 dollars in gold. She left
Chagress on the 7th, and brings San Francisco
dates to the 14th June. The burnt districts
had been nearly all rebuilt. The market is re
presented as being overstocked with goods,
and prices were lower. Accounts from the
Mining and Agricultural districts are favorable.
The Indians in ths Southern part of the State
continued troublesome. Several incendiary at
tempts, it is stated, have been made to destroy
San Francisco.
The steamships Tennessee and California,
had arrived at Panama, with two and a half
millions of gold, which is now on the way to
New York.
Escape or Irish Prisoners.—McManus,
one of the Irish prisoners, had escaped from
South Wales to San Francisco, and was re
ceived in that city with much enthusiasm.
Smith O'Brien and other Irish exiles, made an
unsuccessful attempt to escapo at the same
time.
From Oregon,
By this arrival, we have dates from Astoria,
Oregon, to the 13th. Gen. Lane had been
elected Delegate to Congress. The crops in
this territory are reported promising.
Further by the Brother Jonathan.
A Sidney convict was arrested on the 10th
of June, in the act of stealing a safe, and was
immediately tried by a Court of 200 citizens,
and hung at midnight in the Plaza. At San
Francisco, numerous incendiary attempts bad
been made to destroy the city.
The sloop of war Vandalia was at San Diego
on rhe 17th.
Crime had so greatly increased at Sau Fran
cisco that the Courts and police were inade
quate to serve, and volunteer committees had
been formed for protection.
The steamer Panama with U. S. mails and
news, nine tlnys later from the Atlantic, arrived
on the Ist inst., in 16 days and 6 hours from
Panama, having accomplished the shortest pas
sage ever made between the two potts.
Quite an excitement occurred on the 3d
ins:., on the occasion of the arrest of a man by
the name ol Benj. Lewis, accused of firing a
building on Long wharf. The indictment was
quashed, tho Grand Jury having been illegally
empanneled, and the prisoner was remanded to
await the action of the next Grand Jury.
The Indians have oeen troublesome in tlie
southern section of the B'ate. A company of
white men under a Capt. Irving, are reported
to have committed many outrages upon the
inhabitants of Los Ange'es Valley. The citi
zens volunteered and went in pursuit But
the last account received is, that the Indi
unset a certain Mission had destroyed Capt.
Irving and his 11 men.
Reports from tho placers and quartz mines
are generally favorable. But they should al
ways be received with several grains of allow
ance. Rumor lives in the family of thq.gold
seekers.
Agricultural prospects are very good. Pol
itics are rather at a lull in the State, but it is a
kind of ominous stillness prefacing the onset
of tw > armies. Tne two parties have gener
a'ly organized in the different counties.
Trie cicders, ashes end desolation of the last
great fire, have nearly all disappeared before
the new buildings and improvements which
have followed upon the path of the first storm,
like the grass and herbage which spring up
again when the tempest has passed away.
Ths Isthmus.— Matters upon the Isthmus are
quiet. The rains continue to fall heavily, end
the Chagres river is high and difficult of navi
gation.
A Priest at Panama named Jose Maria Blan
co, was robbed on the 25th ult. of $300,060 or
more, in doubloons —no clue to the thieves.
A party of threo Californians were robbed of
S4B 000 in dust, and ths robber, whose name
was Moyan. was arrested, but he made his es
cape from the jail soon after, in company with
a man named McLeod, charged with murder.
Sandwich Islxsds.—The usually well in
formed correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of
Commerce writes a, follows from Washington
under date of 12th in’t.:
Very important information has been recent
ly received by the Government in regard to
lhe interference of the French in the affairs of
the Sandwich Islands. These dispatches show
that lhe French have made certain very ex
travagant demands, upon the refusal of which
they have threatened a resort to force. The
Commander of the British squadron had, it is
stated, applied to his Government for orders
and was awaiting an order to exert his force
The authorities of the Island have applied
to this Government for protection. The Cab
inet have, as I understand, agreed unanimously
upon the course of thia Government on lhe
subject, and the result has been a remonstrance
against lhe interference of tne Government of
France, and an assurance that this Government
will not permit lhe threatened hostile inter
ference on tbe part of France
Thia Government was the first to recognise
the national independence of the Sandwich
Islands, and to make a treaty with their Gov
ernment The British Government slowly
and reluctantly came into the same measures.
Lord Palmerston objected to the application
of tho Sandwich Island Commissioners that
the United States Government eould not te in
earnest; bnt upon an assurance from our
Minister, Mr. Everett, tha* we were serious in
our determination to respect tbe independence
of the Sandwich Islands he pursued lhe like
policy in regard to them.
While thia Government seeks no exclusive
control over the islands, it will not permit any
assumption of any such control by any for
eign power. The independence of the Island
is a mat'er ol great commercial and political
importance to the United States;—as they are
lhe half-way house between our Pacific coas
and the East Indies
Thz Art or Flyisg.—A French journa
has a letter from Madrid giving an account of a
succeeeful experiment with a new apparatus
fur Hying. The flyer was a Miss Joanna Perez
who though rath r fat and corpulent, moved
through tho air, by the help of wings with great
ease and rapidity. She was advertised to fly
a distance of above 1,200 feet, rising in lhe a r
above 600, but exceeded the programme both
in heigh: and distance. No description of the
structure of the wings is given. They have a
spread of some fifteen leet, are fa. ened by
ligaments of great flexibility, and arranged so
as to move with grea'rapidity ; they make a
noise like a wind mill. The astonishment oi
Madrid at so novel a phenomenon is described
as immense.
A Mr. Thomas Darvtlle. at Paris, also an
nounces that he has invented a complete appa
ratus for flying, and that be proposes to exhib
it at the Champ de Mare in tbe course of the
present month, when be will fly from the Mili
tary School to Chaillot. He will te accompa
nied by his two sous, one of twenty-two aud
the other of seventeen years. The prepar
ation of three sets of wings has delayed the
exhibition until n?w. The inventor has tried
his apparatus privately with complete suc
cess, having flown across the Seine with it at
one o’clock in the morning. His wings
have a spread of 15 feet, and by their help
can move up and down in the air with all the
facility of a swallow, skimming along near
lhe ground or mounting uptight to tbe skies.
Fatal Rzscocstzr is Florida. —We
learn from a passenger, that a fight occurred
near Nassau, in Florida, on Wednesday last,
between H. E W. Clark, Esq., of St. Mary’s,
and W. H. Tay or, Esq- of this city, whteb
resulted in the death of the latter. He was
shot with a doule barrelled gnn. the charge
entering bis back, killing him immediately.
Taylor fired three times with a pistol at Clark
aod one of bis shots wounded him in tbe
shoulder. We take the following from the
Evening Journal of Saturday :— Rep
Tne particulars as we have ieared tuem
from Cape- McNelty of tbe steamer Magnolia,
arrived this morning, are as follows: —Mr.
Taylor was engaged in t-aching in the family
of Mr. Hsrrison. when a dispute arose between
him aud Mr. Clark, who is in some way cunnec
ted with the family of Mr. Harrison. Clark
first shot at Taylor, and wee about to shoot
again, when Taylor drew a pistol and sbot
tiiia in the arm, disabling it. Taylor was then
advised to leave the place until the anger
of Clark should become appeased. He
mounted a horse, and was ia the ae: of leav
ing, wbea Clark ran round the house, and met
eome persons who were coming in from a
hunt, took one of their guns and fired at
Taylor, lodging tho whole load in his back,
from which he died iu about ten minutes.
Mr. Taylor was brought up in our city, and
but recently concluded his studies of the law,
and has relatives in the city to deplore hie un
timely end.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
'1 1 a uamitted fortlie Chronicle & SontiWol,
LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL 0F THE
STEAMER ASIA.
10
The Royal mail Steamship Asia arrived at
New York, at 9 o'clock, A. M., to-day, bring
ing Liverpool dates to Saturday the sth inst,
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Juy s.— Cotton.— Tho better
qualities have declined during the week at J to
jd, and the middling and lower descriptions
|to |d. Sales of the week 31 009 bales, of
which Speculators took 1,200, and Exporters
4,000 bales. Sales of Friday 5,000 bales, the
market closing dull. Fair Uplands are quoted
s|d. ; Mobile 61.; and Orleans 6|d.
Flour advance 1 6d. Wheat declined 3 to
4d. during the week—Corn la. since the de
parture of the Franklin.
Provisions are better. Lard has declined
2 to 3s.
Money is easy. The Manchester trade is
good.
Political news unimportant.
More by the Asia*
The Havre Cotton Market was dull. Sales
of the week 4,000 bales, at prices in favor of
the buyers. Very ordinary 68 to 93f.
The American packet ship Halcyons, from
Liverpool for New York, was wrecked six days
from New York. Passengers and crew saved.
In the House of Commons the Ministry had
suffered toother defeat. The Ecclesiastical
Bill had passed.
France was quiet. The President s tour to
open the Poictiers railway was the subject cf
conversation.
Spain and Portugal quiet.
The Russian reverses in Caucasus had been
disastrous. The intrenchments at Chevis
were attacked by an army of 25,000 Russians
who were defeated with a loss of 5000 killed
and wounded.
The Florida, we learn by a dispatch from
tha agents at Savannah, arrive! al Tybee light
this morning, in 63 hours from New York.
From the Baltimore American.— By Telegraph
Further by the Asia,
Nttw York, July 18 —The Royal Mail
steamer Asia arrived at her wharf about 9
o'clock this morning, with three days later ad
vices from Europe. Her dates from Liver
pool are to the sth inst.
The Manchester trade is steady, but late In
dian advices had an injurious effect upon pri
ces of sheetings, particularly cloths, &e.
Mosey Market.—English funds have im
proved On Wednesday Consols c.osed at
97 J for money.
Stocks —United States Stocks have been
in fair request—those of 1808 selling at 1104
to 1114-
Trieste, June 26 —The United States ship
Independence put in here in consequence of
excitement. Mr. Bruce has bein released
from imprisonment. Secret combinations are
forming against the Government. The parties
to these conspiracies are often discovered and
hung.
England.-—On Friday night the Ministers
were defeated on two clauses of the Ecclesi
astical Titles bill. A discussion upon Lord
John Russell’s amendment for the omission ot
the penalty to the procurers and publishers
took place, aud the vote stood 208 to 12J against
the Ministers. Lord Russell then moved the
omission of the words *• empowering inform
ers to prosecute,” &c., but. was again defeat*
ed by a majority of 51. The bill then passed,
there being 263 for and 40 against.
In the British House of Commons on Thuis
day, the bill to facilitate the admission of Jews
into Parliament was passed and the Chancery
Reform bill went through the Committee.
Russia.—The Russians have had disastrous
reverses in Caucassus. Their entrenchments
at Chenis were attacked by an army of about
25,000 picked men, under command of .Ma
homed Emin, and their troops driven beyond
Themren, with a loss of about 5 000 killed,
wounded and prisoners.
Spain.—The Chamber closed June 27 ihe
discussion on Confidence in the Minister by a
vote of 184 to 34; majority 154 for the Gov
ernment The Asia brings 110 pw.engers.
Ireland the census tables are published.
The counties all show a decrease iu (he popu
lation. In some the reduction is immense.
In Tipperary. 111.724; in Cork, 229,246; in
Galway, 124.794; in xMayo, 274 716, and in
Roscommon, 173,398. The other counties
range from 21,000 to 80 000 decrease. Tho
whole thiriy-one exhibit a decrease since 1841
ol 1.737,616. The towns all exhibit an in
crease. Dublin of 22,124; Belfast of 24 352;
Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Gaiway,
varying from 3500 to 7500 increase.
Ballooning Extraordinary.—At Paris, on
Sunday, M. Poitevin made his promised as
cent from the Champ de Mara in a carriage
and two horses, suspended from his gigantic
balloon. The fineness of the weather and the
novelty of the scene drew together an im
mense concourse of spectators. At the signal
words “Let go,” the 200soldiers who had beeu
stationed round the balloon to hold the cords,
released them, aud the balloon ruse majestical
ly amidst the enthusiastic shouts of tue spec
tators. Mme. Poitevin displayed lhe most
perfect serenity. On entering the carriage
she kissed her child with a smile, and when at
a little height from the ground threw out a
large bouquet, which fell among the erowd,
and the possession of which was eagerly
scrambled for. The balloon took the direction
of the river toward Versailles. It ia of a
spherical form and contains upward of 4000
metres of silk.
Portugal.— The electoral decree has been
officially promulgated. Its liberal provisions
appear ’<» have given general satisfaction.
The Government have reduce the excise
duties one half—from ten per cent, to five per
cent.
There was some insubordination in the ar
my.
Turkey and Egypt.— The Paris Constitiftionel
sajs:—“The difficulties which have ariaen be
tween lhe government of Constantinople and
that of Cairo are not yet arranged. The most
grave questions—those which had given rise to
tbe calumnies of Turkey against Abbas Pa:ha
and his ministers, have, it is true, completely
disappeared in the presence of a simple in
quiry into facts, but the demands of tbe Porte
as regards the internal administration of Egypt
•till subsists, and the Viceroy, in virtue of the
treaties of 1840 and 1841, whilst he protests
that he is desirous of adopting for his country
the most useful reforms, refuse * to consent to
the establishment, without any previous transi
(ion, of a constitution which, although pro
claimed twelve years ago, has not yet been
pm into vigor.”
Further by the Franklin*
Niw York, July )4ih.—The Steamship
Franklin arrived this morning al an early hour.
Her news commercially is unfavorable. The
Liverpool Cotton market was flit at a decline
of since Friday. The sales on the Ist of
July were 2,509 bales, and on the 30th of June
4 000 bales. Flour ha I declined 2s. per bbl.;
Wheat 3d. a 4d. per bushel, and Corn Is per
quarter.
Monetary advices were favorable. Money
was easy, and the Bullion in the Bank of Eng*
land was increasing.
The Asia bad arrived out in 10 days and 3
hours, and the Pacific in 10 days and 6 hours.
The Franklin brings upwards of 100 passen
gangers, and large and valuable freight.
England.— Nothing ofimportance had trans
pired in Parliament. The visiters to the great
Exhibition are decreasing. The number on
the Ist of July was 57,000.
A not occurred at Liverpool on the 13th nit.,
between the police and the soldiers of the 91st
regiment, which resulted in the arrest of sev
eral of the men belonging to the regiment, for
beii g concerned in the a 3 ray of a few nights
previous.
The Earl of Derby died on the 39th, and
Earl Stanley succeeded to his title.
The overland mail with dates from Calcutta
of thelaih, and Bombay of the 20th May, had
arrived The commercial accounts were un
favorable.
The Atlantic left Liverpool on the 23d for
New York.
The Lord Mayor gave a magnificent enter
tainment to the managers of the great Exhibi
tion on the 28;h.
Ireland. — The accounts from this country
are of little interest. The Journals are great
ly incensed at the determination of the Com
mission 'rs with regard to the line of steam
ships from Galway to America.
France.— The President's visit to Poictiers
is the leading topic. His speech is expected
to be strong!? conservative in its character.
M De Tocq isville is busily engaged draw
ing up reports in favor of a revision or the
C nstituuon which, it is expected, will be
presented to the Assembly on the 7th of July.
The pontion in favor of this rerison of the
Constitution has been a failure, the whole
number of signatures only being 1,000 000,
and a large number of these hive never been
electors.
The accounts from the agricultural districts
are most cheering.
Syaus.—A despatch from Madrid, dated
the 2S.h, states that a vote of confidence had
been taken in the Cortez, and a motion in
favor of the ministry bad been carried by a
vote of 184(0 31. Much debate had ensued
on the subject of the floating debt, bat no de
cision bad been arrived at.
Switzerland.— Letters from Berne announce
the death of Count de Mulinen, formerly
Minister of Wurtemberg
Germany.— Accounts from Frankfort state
that Austr.a, in reply to Prussu’a de man 1 for
the disincorporation of her non German States,
had expressed her determination only to con
cede her demand by the consent of all the
German States.
Italy.— Tne Sardinian Chambers had ap
proved tho ZoUserein treaty without debate,
and bad affirmed the treaty with Switzerland
Tne King of Sardinia was about to retire to
Gaeta for the summer.
Tbe fact lately announced of the existence
of a cairn containing undoubted intelligence oi
Str John Frsfikba’s expedition, lying i° Jone s
Sound* baa received addiuonalconfigflaauon by
the testimony of another witness named George
Moere, of Orkney.
NEWS ITEMS.
Naw York. July 16th, P. M.—The steame r
Africa sailed to-day, taking out ninety three
passengers and one million fifteen hundred
dollars in specie.
Bolton, July 16.—A wealthy citizen named
Moses D. Waldleigh, committed suicide at
Bradford, New Hampshire, by hanging him
self in a baro-
Boston, July 16—Rhoda Hutchinson, so
widely known as one of the Hutchinson family
of singers, has become insane.
Washikoton, July 18.—The Grand Jury in
the case of the Gardners, who were under trial
in this city, for perjury, connected with the
Mexican land titles, have found true bills
against both of them, and Carlo Gardner was
remanded to prison last night; there is little
donbt but that he will be bailed out.
Pittsburg, July 14. —There was an im
mense meeting held at the rooms of the Board
of Trade on Saturday, in favor of the Pitts
burg and Steubenville Railroad, and in oppo
sition to the Hempfield Railroad. There was
much discussion in reference to the different
projects, and the probable result of each upon
the success of the city, and much feeling was
manifested in reference to the alleged appro
val by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company of
the Hempfield road. Finally, a Committee
was appointed to visit Philadelphia, with a
view to a better understanding of the matter
There was one death from cholera, to day
in the Marine Hospital. The weather contin
ues hot and business dull.
Cincinnati, July 14.—The large building
known as Wood s Museum, in this city, was
destroyed by fire last night. Three dry goods
stores and one shoe store, with several smaller
establishments, on the second floor, were also
destroyed. But little property was saved.
The whole building ta a heap of ruins. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
Watnksboro, (Tenn.,) July 9.—A fire
broke out this morning about 3 o’clock, in the
store of W. J. Young & Co., which consumed
their entire stock of goods, paper, and every
thing in the build’ng; also the storehouse
occupied by J. Morris, and the house occupied
as a grocery by G. W. Young. The most of
Morris’s and G. W. Young’s goods were saved.
The loss is estimated at from S7OOO to SBOOO
—no insurance.
Boston, July 14 —On Saturday afternoon,
while Benjamin Howard, Esq., merchant on
Central Wharf, was riding in his carriage wi h
his wife, sister and niece, the horses ran away,
and the party were all thrown out. Mr.
Howard’s sister died from the injuries sustain
ed yesterday ; the others were not seriously
hurt.
Boston, July 14th.—The brig Flibberty ar
rived yesterday from the Cape ot Good Hope
bringing dates to May 15th. The English
Steamer Vulcan had arrived out with 7000
troops. The war raged with unabated fury,
and the English wete making no headway.
Capt. Dilden had a battle with the Kaffirs, in
which 200 of the latter were killed. A de
tachment of recruits had inarched for Bank’s
Port on the 28th of April. Winterburg was
infested with Kaffir and Hottentot marauders.
Several other skirmishes had taken place, in
one of which Major Donovan had defeated,them
with the loss of 500 killnd, The Kaffirs still
kept up an obstinate resistance.
There were 5'13 deaths in the city of New
York last week. Os this number 48 were by
cholera infantum, 37 by diarrhoea, 32 by dys
entery, 41 by consumption, and 12 by small
pox. 203 were under one year of age.
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian states that
Mr. Edwin Forrest is making active prepara
tions for the stage, and that he will make his
first appearance at the Broadway Theatre,
New York, on the 14th of September next.
The whole amount of gold coined at the
Philadelphia Mint during the first six months
of the present year was $24,020,266.
Richmond, July 15—From all parte of the
State we have accounts of severe drought which
has seriously injured the growing tobacco, and
the crop must be extremely short. Inconse
quence of this uapropitious prospect tobacco
has advanced here within a week or ten days
past, fully one dollar per cwt.
Toronto, July 14.—The board of trade have
censured the council by a vote of 14 to 2 for
memorialising the Government to impose dif
ferential duties on American Manufacturers.
The Earthquake lateiv felt at St. Lonis and
Memphis, was also sensibly felt at Alton, 111.,
says the Te'egraph of the 2d, about half past
10 o’clock, A. M. It was accompanied by a
rumbling noise, and caused doors and windows
to rattle with some violence.
Naw York, July 15, I*. M.—Edwin Forest
has brought suit against N. P Willis for libel,
aying the damages at $20,000.
Lewistown, Pa., July 17.—There has been a
tremendous freshet on the Juniata River, and
an immense ainoanl of property has been
swept off. In many plxces for miles together
the river and the canal form one stream
The rise in the river was so sudden, that it
created the u’most consternation along its
banks. The mad waters swept everything be
fore them in their track.
It is next to impossible, at this time, owing
to the excitement which prevails, to get any
thing like minute particulars. The report I
wend you can rely upon as being correct.
New York, July 18th —Advices have been
received here from Jamaica to the 10th of July.
The cholera was raging in several parts of the
island. Business was very dull.
Boston, July 18tA—Haman bones were
found to day under a house No. 6 Cornhill
Building, which has been erected 30 years.
Unmistakable evidences of murder wore appa
rent.
The Cholera—At St. Louis on the 4th
inst. there were 11 deaths by cholera, and on
the sth 10. At Cincinnati during the week
eud ng on the 10th, there were 19 deaths by
cholera. At Hannibal. Missouri, there were
14 deaths by the epidemic during the week
ending Ist inst.
The Southern Illinois Advocate, published
at Shawneetown, announces the death of Hon.
Albert Gallatin Caldwell, member of Congress
fur the district in which the Advocate is pub
lished. He died of cholera at Spring field.
The Alton Telegraph states that the cholera
has appeared in Upper Alton within a few
days past. There has been a strong tendency
to diarrhoea in that town and vicinity for seve
ral days. Cholera cases have occurred at Mt.
Vernon, Carlyle, Edwardsville and Olney, 111.
In the latter town the alarm occasioned a ces
sation of business, and large numbers of per
s >ns abandoned the place.
The Weather, Crops, &c—During the
last week we have met with gentlemen from
almost every part of (his State, and regret to
say, (hat from every quarter the intelligence of
the growing crop of corn is most gloomy. We
have not had a general rain since the first week
in May, and whilst occasional showers have
kept most vegetables alive, they look remark
ably sickly and unpromising. The weather
also has been intensely hot. As might be ex
pected, our farmers are somewhat dishearten
ed, but we trust that rains may yet descend in
lime to revive their sinking hopes and blighted
crops. Now is the time to prepare turnip, rye
and barley patches. They will supply the lack
of many a nubbin next winter and spring.—
Reme Courier, 17th inst.
The present severe drought is producing the
most injurious effect upon the corn crops in
this vicinity. The tame may be said of the
region above us in this State, as well as a large
part of East Tennessee. If accounts which
we receive from those just from the Up Coun
try are to be relied 00, unless ths drought
ceases very soon, there cannot be more than a
quarter crop. In gome localities the corn crop
is entirely ruined. Co:tou here and above
here, is looking unusualiy well.— Atlanta Intel.
17 th intt.
We must make a note of the weather, though
we cannot perhaps speak very complimentary
of its treatment of us. The heat for the past
week his been excessive, aud the drought in
this vicinity is beginning to be sorely felt.—
Complaints are loud from Georgia and North
Alabama; but in Upper East Tennessee they
seem to have excellent prospecs. At present
writing there are indications of rain. Timely
showers would yet save the Corn crops. The
country is healthy.— Chattanooga Adv., IGfA
init.
The Weather is eiceasively warm and dry
—the thermometer for several days ranging
from 90 to 93—and we have had no rain for over
two weeks. The corn crops are seriously in
jured and every day increases the injury.
Cotton never looked more promising—Hunts
vilte Adv. Ifah.
Gxorgia Tobacco.— Our friend. F. M. Al
len, has left with us a paper of cut Tobacco,
for smoking, which he informs us was raised
and put up in Cherokee county in this State.
It is superior to any of the “ weed ” we have
seen, and we think ah who are fond of smoking
had bet.er trv it.— Rome Cour.
The New York Sun says that a steamship
is now building, and will be ready for sea by
the Ist of December, which is intended to ply
between that city and Galway, stopping at
Halifax on the route. The contract with the
builder is that the s.earner shall make the trip
between Galaway and Halifax in six days,
otherwise the parties contracting for the ves
sel are at liberty to reject her. The steamer
is to be of tbe larges: size, with accommoda
tion for 800 to 1000 second class passengers,
besides having accommodations for first class
passengers.
The totol value of the assessed real and per
sona’prooery in the eityofNew York this
year, is officially ascertained to be $320,108,*
353 23—showing an increase over the aseas
ment of last year of more than $34 000,000
Mr Cobb addressed a large meeting of the
people in Columbus on the 9.h inet. The
reader may judge of the effect of his speech
by the agonizing notice which the Columbus
Tines, the open disunion supporter of Mc-
Donald, takes of the speech. It says Mr. Cobb
ought to be met on the stump, and frantically
calls upon the Secessionis t in Southwestern
Georgia to turn out and reply to him. “It
will never do to give it up so, Mr. Brown.*’—
San. Repub.
An Appbtitk —A very eccentric man,
whose appetite has no equal, 1 think, in the
world, is now in Pans. His name is Thomas
(the Bear,) and thus called for his visiting daily
several restaurants of Paris, where he is fed
with ail the remains of the preceding day
which are not sold. A few days ago, an
American gentleman who had met him at Bercy,
in a tavern, made a bet with one of his friends
that he would furnish the ‘Bear,” Thomas,
sixteen pounds of veal, a silad for sixteen
persons a loaf of bread (weighing six pounds.)
and ten boules of wine. Tne bet was accep.ed,
and the dinner swallowed by this orre of the
I9:h century, who on the same day. ate for his
supper fourteen pounds of codfish, a basket
of twenty pounds of s.rawberries, and six
pounds of bread. Decidedly, Thomas, the
Pole, has a stomach beyond that of an ostrich.
dommerrial.
AIGUSTA|MARKET.
Weekly Report .Tuibdat, M. P.
COTTON. —We hare had another exceedingly
dull week in the Cotton trade, an! the market ha?
been continually depressed, with prices tending
downward. Indeed, so irregular have the rates been
that it would have been almost impossible any day
during the week to have given quotations with any
degree of accuracy. To-day a little better feeling
was manifested, and a better demand was apparent,
but the market is still too unsettled to give quotations.
Nor is it important, as later news is now past due
and will perhaps be received to-night, which may
change the whole face of things.
Receipts up to latest dates.
1850-51. 1849-50.
New Orleans, July 11 940,595 782,916
Mobile, July 11, 428.526 328,791
Florida, July 2 178,411 179,069
Texas, July 5. 41,673 29,615
Savannah, July 17 301,235 319,965
Charleston, July 17 378,253 356,026
North Carolina, July s*» •• •• 12,359 9,883
Virginia, July 1 19,140 9,200
2,300,192 2,015,470
Increase.. 294,722
Stock on hand in Southern Sea-ports.
1850-51. 1849-50.
New Orleans, July 11 61,990 59,746
Mobile, July 11 54,043 41,419
Florida, July 2 8,239 10,333
Texas, July 5 1,877 886
Savannah, July 17 3.839 19,759
Charleston, July 17 22,541 33,368
North Carolina, Julys.-«*« 300 300
Virginia, July 1 1,800 600
Stock in Southern sea-ports* • *154,629 166,411
“ New York, July 15*.•• 49,944 92,009
Total Stocks 204,573 258,420
Exports, 1850. 1849.
Great Britain 1,328,692 963 558
Prance 289,207 262 584
Other Foreign Ports. 251,226 169,936
Total foreign exports* 1,869,125 1,396,078
To Northern p0rt5.......... 652,620 743.498
REMARKS.—A little more animation has been
perceptible in the general business of the week, but
the trade is unusually light for the season.
GROCERIES.—In the Grocery market we have
no change to note in p. rices. There is a limited bu
siness doing, for which the supplies are very ample.
We would refer to our quotations for the prices of the
leading articles.
GRAIN.—The continued excessive drouth has
given more firmness to the Corn market, and prices
are somewhat higher. See quotations.
WHEAT continue* to command $1 to 51.25 per
bushel—the latter fora very choice article of White.
BACON.—The very heavy stock, notwithstand
ing the continued demand, has slightly reduced pri
ces, and we have altered our quotations accordingly.
EXCHANGE—Though not large, the supply is
equal to the demand, and the rate for Checks on the
North is ft per cent. prem.
FREIGHTS. —The river continues navigable,
and freights are unchanged.
NEW ORLEANS, July 16, P. M.— Cotton.—
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1850. bales. 16,448
Arrived since 987,793
Arrived to -d ay. 6
1,004,246
Exported to date • •• *946,870
Exported to-day. 3,346 —950,216
Stock on. hand and on shipboard not cleared. 54,030
Molasses. — 100 half bbls. Reboiled were eold at
32j cents.
2*?our.—Sales 200 bbls. St. Louis and 138 fancy
St Louis at —; 50 St. Louis at $4.25 ; 56 at $4.35 ;
250 extra at 34.90 ; 80 at 35; and 50 Eagle at 35.15.
Corn.— Sales 4500 sacks, of which 660 inferior at
360.; 1700 at36jc.; 700 at 37c.; 100 at 4Cc.; 400
mixed at 42c.; 500 at 44c.; 200 at 46c., and 200 Yel
low at 58c.
Whiskey,— 9s bbls. Rectified sold in three lets at
20c., and 24 Raw at 21}c.
Freights.— Nothing new.
Exchanges.— Demand limited. London 8i Q lO
per ct. prem.; Paris 51.05 a 5£l0; New Yofk6o
days 1 j a 2 per cent, dis.; do. Sight f per cent disc,
to par.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Articles. Wholesale. Retail.
BAGGING. —Gunny*, per yard 3 15 a 3 16
Kentucky “ none.
Dundee* “ Ha 13
BACON. —Hains per lb. 12| a 14
Shoulders*. ••• * “ 9 a 10
Sides “ 10J a lift
Hog round “ —a
BUTTER.—Goshen “ 25 a 30
Country* * “ 10 a 25
BEESWAX.— “ 18 a 20
BRICKS— per 1,000 550 a 6 00
CHEESE. —Northern-•* .per lb. 9ft a 12
English Dairy •* 14ft a 16
COFFEE.—Rio “ 10 a 11
Laguira «* lift a 12ft
Java « 13 a 14ft
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yarns 80 a 90
| Shirting-*•>••• ..per yard 6 a 7
i “ Os a 7
1“« 8 a 8
5- “ “ 9ft a 10
6- “ u 11 a 14
Osnaburgs-.. 10 a 11
FEATHERS- per lb., dull, 32 a 35
FlSH.—Mackerel, No. 1 per bbl. 13 00 al4 50
No. 2 “ 1100 a 11 50
No. 3 »» 7 00 a 800
No. 4 “ 650 a 700
Herrings •••perl> >x —a 100
FLOUR.—Country-... per b'oi. none.|
Tennessee. «•-... •• •* 650 * 700
Canii ....•* 6 25 a 800
Baltimore 5 75 a 6 50
Hiram Smith’s 8 00 a 950
City Mills •* 7 00 a 800
GRAIN.—Corn*•••••• per htu b. 95 a 1 00
Wheat 1 00 a 1 25
Oats 50 a 60
Rye ** none
Peas-..*... 90 a 1 00
GUNPOWDER
Duponts’ ••-••per keg 500 a 550
Hazard •< 5 00 a 5 50
LARI)— «.per lb. 11 a 12ft
LlME—Country- per box none
Northern per bbl. .2 00 a 225
LUMBER— ...per 1,000 SB 00 a 15 00
MOLASSES. —Cu’oa.. .per gall. 25 a 28
Orleans--... •< 40 a 45
NAILS— per lb. 3f a 4
OILS. —Spernj, prime., .per gall. 150 a 175
de common. 11 75 a 1 00
Refined whale *« 70 a 87
Train « 65 a 70
Linseed « 1 05 a 1 51
Castor <« 1 75 a 2 00
ROPE.—Kentucky per lb. 8 a 9
Manilla “ 13 a 14
RICE— per tierce 3| a 4
RAISINS— per box 250 a 350
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin, pr gall. 35 a 40
“ Rum “ 35 a 40
N.O. Whiskey “ 30 a 33
Peach Brandy 75 a 1 00
Apple do “ 50 a 75
Holland Gin 11 1 25 a 1 75
Cognac Brandy “ 1 50 a 2 50
SUGARS.—N. Orleans*, per lb. 7 a Bft
Porto Rico “ 7 a q
St. Croix “ 8a 10
Loaf “ 10ft a lift
Crushed “ 10ft a 11
Powdered “ 10ft a 11
Havana white-.■*•• • 41 9 a H
“ br0wn...... “ 7 a 9
u clarified*... u Sa 10 j
SALT. —Liverpool gpd per bush.. 40 a 45j
“ per sack &15 a 125
Blown u 300 a 3 50
SOAP.—Yellow ...per lb. 5 a 6
SHOT— per bag —a 1 62
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging per lb. 18 a 25
Cotton wrappin? “ 15 a $$
T. A. Burke. | C. W. Deming.
BURKE <fc DEMING,
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS
NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL AGENTS,
And Dealersin Fancy Article!, Pianos, Music. &
Madison, Georgia.
my2B-wlv _
%~*-T Notice. — The undersigned can be seen
while in the county, by persons having business with
him, at the Bank of Augusta, on Monday’s, Wed
nesday’s and Friday’s, between the hours of 10 A.
M. and 2, P M. E.STARNES.
jyl3-law3t
SSO REWARD.
X# RANA WAY frcia the subscriber, on
Al Saturday, 12tb inat., a Man named HENRY,
very black, stout, heavy built, weighing frem
lbs to 175 lbs., near six feet high, rather slow of
speech, and has a stern, confident appearanev. He
has a scar on the right arm aoove the wrist, and on
the band of (he same arm, his first and second fingers
have been cut (said to have been done by a machine.)
When he left he had two suits of good clothes,
among which was a good black bombazine sack
coat, a pair of boots, cut open on the top, and a black
flivb cap.
1 will give the above reward for the appihension
and confinement, in some safe jail, cf said boy, if
out of the State, or Twenty five Dollars, if within
the State. Address JOS. B. BUTLER
jylß-wtf Lexington, Geo.
—ALSO—
ON THE SAME DAY, a Negro Man narn
ed JOHN MOURE, by trade a blacken ith
and wood workman, a bright mula’to, with straight
hair, about twenty-seven years of age, five feet four
or five inches high, rather spare built, and weighs
about 130 lbs. He is inclined to be croes or cocked
eyed, end when be left be wore a black satinet frock
coat, with [ockeu on tbe outside. He were also
whiskers and a moustache.
I will give a reward of Fifty Do lars for tbe appre
hension and confinement of said Boy in tome safe
jail, if out of the Stale, or Twenty-five Dollars if
witbiu tbe State. Tbe first named boy was purchased
in Maryland, and the latter in Fauquier Co., Va.,
last Fail, and were brought to this State and sold by
T. S. Gresham, Esq. Address
RICHARD S. TAYLOR,
jylß-wtf Lexington, <ia.
fifThe Constitutionalist, Charleatcn Mercury,
and Fdgefield Advertiser, will each copy weekly
till forbid, and forward bill to he subscribers at Lex
ingten, Geo.
American Sunday School Union
'■IIIK Subscribers would call tbe attention of
JL Sunday School Teachers, and all those inter
ested in the management of Sunday Schools, in the
town and country, to their constant supply of Sunday
School Union QUESTION FOOKS, Child’s Scrip
ture Questions, Union Hymns, Catechims, Testa
ments, Reading Books, and Sunday School Libra
ries, of 50 and 100 volumes each. All of which will
be sold on reasonable terms.
DUNHAM & BLEAKLEY,
je2o-dlm&w2na Booksellers, Augusta, Ga.
Oates’ Sterling Exchange Tables
IN WHICH are shown the value of a Sterling
Bill, in Federal money, for any amount from £1
to .£10.0(4) at every rate of Premium from one-eighth
of one per cent, to twelve and a half per cent., by
eighths ; and also, how to invest any amount of Fe
deral money, from $1 to $ 10,000, in a Sterling Hili
of Exchange, at the same rates of Premium, each
operation being aocomplishel by the addition of two
sums oniy, both of which are taken from the
same table. They also show the value of the frac
tional parts of the Pound Sterling and the Dollar at
a single glance. By George Oates, author of Six and
Seven per Cent. Ne Plus Ultra Interest Taoles, &c.
Just published, and for sale at
GEO. A. OATES A CO.’S
je24 Piano. Book and Music Depot, Broad-gt.
SOAP AND STARCH.
d fk BOXES Co gate s SOAP,
•*V 25 « do. Pearl STARCH,
Just received by
jyZMAwtf ESTES & RICHMOND.
MARRIED.
On the 10ib in*., w7 A . pio . en
Mr. Thomas w. Habdin, Os Augusta, and Miss
Cathahinb M. Pbathbb, of Ell art county, Ga,
'"On the morning of the 20 h inst., by the kev Mr"
M. Daniel, Mr. T. M. Simmons and Miss S UBAtt ’
M. Crawfobd, of Richmond county.
On the 9th inst., by the Rev. John W. Knight,
I Ignatius J- Dozier, of Columbia county, and Miei
I A. R. I indsaVjol I peon county, Georgia.
Obituary Notices, not exceeding Six Links,
will be inserted in this journal without charge.
O’But when such notices exceed Six Lines, the
excess will in all cases be charged at the rale of 50
cents fer square of 12 lines.
]Departed this life on the morning of the 17th inst.
William Gaines, aged 94 years.
'I he deceased was born in Albemarle county, Va.
He enlisted, at an early age, in the army of the Re
volution, and was at the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis, at Yorktown, Va. Al the close of the war
be removed to Georgia with Gov. Mathews, and
settled in Elbert county. He Joined the Methodist
Üburcn at an early age, and lived a strict and order
ly member until the day of his death, ever willing to
obey the call ot charity He was a kind and affec
tionate husband and father; was b'loved by all who
had the fortune of his acquaintance. He enjoyed
his usual good health up to the last day of life; and
but a few minutes before his death he sung a favor
ite hymn, and scarce had the echo died away before
his spirt had gone to its last reward. A. B.
Constitutionalist will please copy.
In this city, n n thel3th inst., Mabt Franklin,
young-st daughter of John H. and AnnieS. Fitten,
aged 2 months and 9 days.
In Richmond county, Ga.. at 5 o’clock on the
morning of the 17th inst., after an illness of three
Jays, Emily Henrietta, wife of William Brown,
and second daughter of the late B. G. and Surah C.
Joor, of Sumpter D.strict, S. C.
At bis residence in Oglethorpe county, on the 27th
April, in the 45th year of his age, Col. Clark
Taylor, after a short but severe illness.
Col. Taylor has long enjoyed the confidence and
regard of his fellow citizens. He represented his
county in the State Legislature, and frequently naid
the most important county offices. In his death h ; s
family have met with an irreparable lc?s, and the
community deprived of an honest and useful citizen.
On the 15th inst., in Atlanta, Geo., Mary, Eliz
abeth Euphkmia Emma Westmobeland, infant
daughter of Mathew T. and Maria L. Walker, aged
23 months.
“Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such
is the kingdom of Heaven.”
CARD.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers to his friends,
and the publ'c generally, his services as Gene
ral COLLECTING AGENT for the Upper Coun
ties of Georgia and Alabama, and he would also take
Notes O' Accounts for Tennessee; and assures those
who may favor him wi:h their business, that he will
spare no pains to promote their interest, and begs
leave to refer to the following gentlemen.
SAMUEL FARRAR, of Kingston, Geo.
References. — Gibbs & McCord, Doughty & Beall
J. T. Hard, Ja?. T. Gardiner. jyl9-lm
Muslin Sacks and Mantillas.
WILLIAM H. CRANE
HAS JI'ST RECEIVED—
Embroidered Muslin SACKS and MANTIL
LAS,
GRASS CLOTH, for Skirts,
SwissINSERTINGS,
Lace BUTTONS, RIBBONS, &a. jy!9
Dry Goods at Private Sale.
T. BRENNAN & CO.
3K7ILL SELL the balance of their SPRING
v v GOODS, at their Old Store, at greatly re
duced prices, as they are about to close up the con
cern and remove to their New Store on the first of
October next. jy!7-dtw&wlw
AUGUSTA SEED STORE.
Fresh and genuine lUßNipglgt
SEED, warranted New Crop of 1851. — ZXZ
Rutabaga, Large Globe, Flat Dutch, Red Top, Large
English Norfolk Turnip, &c. Pall and Winter Cab
bage Seed, &c , just received and for sale by
jyll-2awdlo J. H. SERVICE.
WM. H. TUTT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUGGIST, Jg
Augusta, Georgia,
—HAS NOW IN STORE-
10,000 lbs. White LEAD,
50) gallons Linseed OIL,
1,000 lbs. Spanish BROWN,
I,OJO lbs. Venetian RED,
600 gallons Spirits TURPENTINE,
200 gallons Copal VARNISH,
■ J 2 doz. assorted Paint BRUSHES,*
Paint MILLS, Chrome Green and Yellow, Prussian
and Ultramarine Blue, Paris Green, Ter de Sienna,
Umber, and Artists Colors, together with a large
Stock of DREGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY
and CHEMICALS, to which the attention of pur
chasers is invited. jy3-d&wlm
CALL AND SEE US.
qpHE UNDERSIGNED have now in Store,
JL and arc constantly receiving a general assort
ment of GROCERIES, which they offer at Whole
sale and Retail on the most accommodating terms.
They have now in Store
150 bales Gunny BAGGING,
500 coils prime Kentucky ROPE,
2500 lbs. Bagging TWINE,
100 boxes TOBACCO, seme very low priced,
25,000 Spanish and half Spanish SEGARS, vari
ous brands,
St. Croix, Porto Rico, New Orleans, Crushed,
Granulated, Clarified and Loaf SUGARS,
Java and Rio COFFEE; TEAS, assorted,
Rug’r-House STROP,
N. Orleans and W. I. MOLASSES,
SOAP, CANDLES, BACON, LARD, PISH,
NAILS, IRON, Ctc.
—ALSO—
I We will receive by every Steamer, Fresh Ground
Hiram Smith FLOUR.
jy!2-ly RUSSELL & WHITEHEAD.
TO STONE CUTTERS.
WA if TED, two good Granite Cutters, to work
on the & Walton Monument, for which
good wages wilt be g iren - ApPtyJ* l lhe <P arr y
near Lexington Depot, Georgia Rail Road.
jy9 d&w 2w* kJGNEY &, WHALAN.
Cotton Gin
'PHE UNDERSIGNED taken .’ hl “
J to inform the Cotton Planters of this . 1
that he has opened a Shop in thia city for the purpo.
Making and Repairing COTTON GINS. Having
been long engaged in the business of Gin Making,
he hopes to receive a liberal tsha’e of patronage.
J<*HN L. HILL.
Shop near the Upper Market Augusta.
1y22 d&weow4m
FOR A FEW WEEKS MORE.
ELL IN Ci eff the balance of Stock at New York
KJ cost. The death of an active business partner,
T. R. Hoxie, in November last, makes it expedient
that we close our business interest in this city as early
as possible. The Stock is all new, and well laid in
by an experienced buyer for ctsh. Call soon if you
wish fresh Goo.ls at manufacturer’s prices
jy22 lmo» HOX£Eft FISHER.
TANNERS AND CURRIERS.
WE WOULD call the attention of Tanners
and Curriers to an article of “ PATENT
TANNER’S OIL,” which we have been selling
fora few months past, and is pronounced by those
who have used it, as being very superior; one gal
lon being equal to one and a half gallons of the ordi
nary Train Oil. And as it sells at the same price,
consumers will find it to their advantage to try it.
To Le had only of
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.,
jy22-dtw& whn Sole Agents for Augusta.
Northern Horses for Sale.
JUST ARRIVED, per Steamer Oe
prey, a lot of Young Northern HORSES,
which will be sold low, if early application is made to
jy22d2&w2 A. WILSON, Hamburg, S. C.
THOMASTON LIME.
1 fin CASKS Freeh Themaaton LIME juat
1 VV receired by
jy22 d&wtf ESTES ft RICHMOND.
MACKEREL.
MACKEREL, in Whole, Half and Quarter ,
Barrel., j y2O HAND. WILLIAMS <t CO. ,
THOMASTON LIME, 1
CASKS freak Thomaston LIME, jual re- •
" " ceiaed by »
jy2o HAND, WILLIAMS & CO
RICE, RI-E.
I sh CASKS freeh beat Rice, for eale by
IV jy2o HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
BACON.
Xfk nim ÜBS. prime Ba't'more SIDES
and SHOULDERS, in Sore,
and for eale by
jy2o HAND, WILLIAMS & CO ;
REACH BRAND r.
ALD PEACH BRANDY, a aery fine ani-
J cle, for eale by ,
jy!9-d&wtf ESTES & RICHMOND. <
MORE NEW BOOKS. '
HISTORY of Josephine :by Abbott —with en- «
gravinga. {
Pict’l Field Book of the Revolution: by Losxing; c
No 15. <!
Stuart of Dunleatb, a stcry of the present time :I y '
the Hon. Caroline Norton, author of “ The Dream/’ 1
Ac. The above just received by
jy!B THOS. RICHARDS <& SON. (
GRANITE.
WILL BE mrnisbed in Augusta for all Build ,
ing purposes, cut in the best manner for (
fronts, capping for iron Riling. Burial L tP, .
Address, RIGNEY-V WHALAN. '
jy9-6w d&w* Lexing'on, Oglethorpe Co., ua.
billiardTFable’q.
'DHE SLB3CRIBERS offer for sale TA-
JL BLES ten per cent, less than sny other estab
lishment in the city of New York, with the Cloth,
or Patent Rubber Cushions, Merble, Mahogany and
Pine Beds, which we warrant to be of test mater al
and workmanship. Cloth, Ball?, Cues, French i
Leathers, silk and worsted Pocket.
N B.—All orders by mail, for Tables or Trim- (
mings, pr-mptly attended to.
GRIFFITH & DECKER,
90 Ann-st., corner of Goid-st., New York.
je24-w3m
BALTIMORE STEAM SOAP AND
CANDLE WORKS
THE SUBSCRIBERS are now manufactur
ing, and have on hand —
Belmont Sperm CANDLES; Adamantine Do.;
Mould Tallow Do., (warranted to stand any climate);
Lard Oil, Ye low, Brown, and Black SOAPS; Va
riegated Bar Do.; White liar Do.; Puller’s SO
Fancy SOAPS, of new st) lea and superior quality,
to which they desire to invite the attention of South
ern Merchants in making tb*»ir Pall purchases, with
a conviction that they can offer inducements, as re
gards quality and prices, equal to any.
SMITH & CURLETT,
Corner Holliday and Pleasant sts., Bal.imsre.
jygl-w5
WINES AND LIQJUHS.
ZA BBLS. Extra N. Orleans WHISKEY,
t)v 25 “ Rose GIN,
25 “ Felton’s HUM,
20 “ Eagle Monongahela WHISKEY,
30 <* do. Do.
5 “ Mint CORDIAL,
5 “ London Cordial GIN,
10 cask* By ass’ London PORTER,
5 Younger’s ALE,
10 eighth casks Madeira WINE,
Jutft received by .
jy23-d&wif ESTES &
DIARK‘?(EA flI °BOWEL C0M
.... ’SfeiLS
2J DIAL, a raiuabie remedy d ce „ r
I p * tx ?“ iUP A - “ Ol ® E <
Miscellaneous.
J. J. PEARCE,"
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson Street,* Augusta, Geo*
iTAKE this method cf returning my
thanks for the liberal patronage to the
i late firm of Pkahob & Simpson, and to in.
form my old friends, and the public generally, of
- tl» ® Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee,
HiKu 11 continue to transact the COMMISSION
n i ' 3 RSS » in itR branches, in my own name,
. * alore all Cotton consigned to my charge the
HOOse seMO "’ iD a FIRE pkoop ware
) "U J >Brßon “l attention to the selling of
.„H ” :c, ‘ *rtiele.„ my friends
and patrons may order f rom lhia Inarket \ nd will
- make to Planters l,be rsl . d „„ ce , on > jn
Store, when reqUMte.l. 1 confidently hone, from my
prudence and experience in the busi„ es . to have
‘ tbe continuation of all my old friends, and a share of
- public patronage. J. J. PEARCE.
Augusta, July 22, 1851.
late firm of Pbaroe & Simpson was
dissolved cn tbe 16th cf June last; the unsettled
business of which will be attended to by
> jy23-dlaw&v»6m J. J. P.
; BUFOKD, BEALL. & CO.,
I WAREHOUSE AND GROCERY
MERCHANTS,
Augusta, Georgia.
THE undersigned tender their 'banks
so their friends generally, for the patronage
so liberally extended io them during the last
reason, and would respectfully iaiarm them that they
continue the same business at ti e same well known
stand, (two doers above the Franklin House,) where
they are constantly receiving a large and well se
lected comprising every article usually kept
in a Grocery Store, ail of which they offer as low as
any house in tbe city.
They will remove, on the first of October next,
to that desirable /ire Proof Brick Warehouse)
formerly occupied by Fleming, Whi losk <fc Co.,
and immediately in front of Adams. Hopkins 6c Co.
All Cotton consigned to them will be so d free of
commission.
Liberal cash advances made cn Cotton and
other Produce in store when required.
W. H. BUFORD,
W. M BEALL,
Jy23-w6m J. W. L. ST VAI L.
CARD.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS,
Jackson Street, Augusta, Geo.
THE SUBSCRIBEK bega leave to inform
bis friends and the patrons ot Walkbr, Buy
bon <Sr Co., that he will continue the WARE
HOUSE and COMMISSION BUSINESS at the
Ware House formerly occupied by them, and hopes,
by strict attention to the interest of his customers,
to receive a continuance of the liberal patronage be
stowed on the late firm. He will give his personal
attention to all business entrusted to bis care. Par
ticular attention will be given to buying of Bagging,
Rope and Supplier for bis customers, which will at all
times be bought at the lowest prices, and liberal cash
advances will be made on produce in Store.
G. WALKER.
Augusta, July 1. 1851. jy2-tf
Fire Proof Ware House.
WRIGHT, SIMPSON & GARDINER.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
Office and Sales Room, Mclntosh street) near the
Telegraph Office, Augusto, Ga.
THE UNDERSIGNED have Thin
KMfiUlB Day* associated themselves in the WARE
HOUSE and COMMISSION BUSINESS,
in all its branches ; and by this medium tender to the
friends and patrons of each, and the public general
ly, their thanks for patronage formerly bestowed,
and earnestly solicit a continuance of the same in
this connection, assuring all who may favor us with
their business that they shall have our personal and
undivided attention, feeling that the interest of the
Planter is equally the interest of his Factor.
Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and FAMILY
SUPPLIES, executed on the most advantageous
terms.
Liberal Cash Advances mi de on Cotton ami other
Produce in Store. SAM’L WRIGHT,
J. R. SIMPSON,
JAS. T. GARDINER,
Augusta, Juno 24, 1851. je2’-6m
HA RPE~R~C BRYSON,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Augusta, Georgia.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to ten
derto his friend?, his services in the above line
of business ; and would inform them that Cotton and
other produce consigned to him, will Le stored in the
Warehouse of the late firm of Walker, Bryson &
Co., on Jackson street, and solicits a share of public
patronage.
Advances made on produce in store, and ordeis
for Goods promptly attended to.
Office al the above Warehouse,
jy2-Im HARPER C BRYSON.
PLANTATION IN RICHMOND CO
MFOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale the
whereon 1 now reside, situated in «£■
Kicuiuuud County, al tbe heed of Little Mcßean
Creek, 2 miles from the Waynesboro Railroad, ad
joining lands cf Jas Lawson, Dickinson and Mrs.
Fulcher, con aining 434 acre? Pine land, about 135
acres cleared, the bilsnce woodland, well Umbered.
There are two good dwellings on the place, each
with a Spring of good water.
For further particulars, apply to the undersigned,
on the premises. SARAH PRESCOTT, or to
SEABORN A. PRESCOTT,
i jylß-wtf _ Augusta, «eo._
Richmond County Land for Sale
MTHE SUBSCRIBER offers
for sale 4774 Acres, more cr fees, of
good Farming 1 AND lying within
b j miles of Augusta, on Big Spirit Creek. There is
. about One Hundred Acres cleared, the balance tn
* ths woods, and well limbered. Thera is a two story
DWELLING, Kitchen and Out houses, and an ex
- cclient well of water in the yard. There is also a
goo 1 Mill Site on th-creek, with dam complete.
t The water power is sufficient to propel any kind of
, Machinery at ail seasons.
> For terms and particulars, apply to Mr. Joseph E.
Burch, who will take pleasure in showin? it to any
person wishing to buy. Titles indisputable.
jyl 7-d3&w4 A- McDADE.
Valuable Land for Sala.
I NOW OFFER for SALE
f psaaffl one of the most desirable FARMS in
jggpfl Middle Georgia, and one of tbe most *’**
‘iwuiHiiui and delightful situations in all tba country,
' out equalled by any place in the. country for it i
ano arrangements and fixture;, ’tf rJI kinds
convene *s r comfort and convenience, gw>d water,
necessary *. ns any place is Georgia, It being and
and as healthy a<y, on Tobler’s Creek, contain
ly:ng in Upsou col ■‘d acres, well watered. About
ing near eleven hundre * a large portion oi it fresh;
half of the land open, am. '"het in the woods well
lies well lor our country, a on it, a large Gm
timbered; has a good Mill Sen 64 feet long and
House and Granary together, being . mt meadows
32 leet wide. T>e land has some exceii. °f corn*
for grazing. If desired, I will sell my crop M <ht,
fodder, oats, Ac , which, notwithstanding the dro.
will be a plentiful supply made, and my stock ot a.,
kinds. Terms easy, and to suit purchasers.
iy22 wtf J. C. W. LINDSAY.
A CARD
HAVING DISPOSED of my entire interest
in the GLOBE HOTEL to Mr. L. S. Mor
ris, I return my thanks to my friends, and the pub
lic generally, for the very liberal patronage extended
to me, and solicit for him a continuation of the same.
Mr. Morris has been long and favorably known
to this community, and 1 feel confident that his great
energy and gentlemanly bearing, will make the
Globe Hotel still more worthy of extended patronage.
fe7-tw&w P. M. JENNINGS.
Having purchased of Mr. F. M. Jennings hie
entire interest in the Globo Hotel, I solicit a con
tinuation ot the patronage bestowed upon hifl|| No
effort or expense shall be spared on my part to add
to the comfort of those who may favor me with n
Gill. fe7-tw&w L. S. MORRIS.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
HAVING associated Mr. W. S. Royal with
me for the transaction of a General SHOE
BUSINESS, under the name of Aldrich & Royal,
I embrace this opportunity of returning ray (banks
to my old Frit nds and Patrons for the liberal patron*
age extended to me, and Bul>it a continuance cf the
same for the i ?w firm. H. ALDRICH,
jy 19 d<£cw3
~ BROUGHT TO JAIL,
IN CRAWFORDVILLE, Taliafer
ro county. Geo, a Negro Boy, who calls him
self FED, and says he belongs to Gen. Pil
low, of Columbia, Tennessee, He is of black com.
plexioN, about 5 feet 10 inches high, rather spare
made, and weighs about one hundred and fifty or
sixty pounds, and about thirty years old. Tbe own
er is requested to come forward, prove property, pay
expenses, and take him out of jail.
jy22-w3 WM. ALb XANDER, Jailor.
HATS. CAPS, AND i CHAW GOODS
AT CHARLESTON PRICES.
S.T. TAYLOR, JR., &
would respectfully inform the Merchants
of Georgia, and adjoining States, that they are now
receiving an additional s apply cf GOODS in the : r
line. Their stock being now tbe largest and best
selected of any ever offered in this city, and are pre
pared to sell HATS on as reasonable terms as Gro
ceries, Saddles, Drugs, <ftc , can bft bought in this
e :, v u ’•«»* ’.all before roinv below. anl
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE
VENT WATER WHEEL.
CAUTION. --Having been informed that a cer
tain person named REED, is vending a Water
Wheel upon which the w **er is conducted by means
of a spiral scroll, as upon “Reuben Rich’s Patent
Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the
public, that we will prose'. J*e, in all instances, for
any evasion or infringemen upon said patent, both
tbe maker and party using, tod will be thankful for
any information referring us ic parties thus trespass
ing " GIN DRAT &* O.
Montgomery, Ala., J n ne il, iB6O-
i«2l H
NOTICE*— Cou Liver Ui. a mmM
size.—The subscriber has just received a fre-h
supply of Bli-s’s Cod Liver Oil Candy, in 25 end
15 cent packages. This Candy is highly esteemed
as a remedy for Coughs, Colds, tie
jyis PHILIP A. MOISE Druggist.
|S()Utt"MbiTHS alter date, applicafion will
F be made to the honorable the Justices of the
Inferior Court of Elber county, when sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Lands
belonging to the estate of Joseph Blackwell, deceas
ed. that is net specially conveyed bv the will of said
dec’d. ELIZABETH HLACKWEL , Ex’x
JAMES J. BLACKWELL, Ex’r.
July 15, 1851. .
Richmond county, geo.—Whereas,
Supannab Wihia applies to me lor letters of ad
ministration on the estate of Joseph Willie, late of
said county, deceased —
These are therefore to cite and admonish, ell an
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in A u £L ,gf *' l .
LEON 1'- DUG*S, Clerk.
Ju!t 23, 1851. _ -
• NtJiult MONTHS alter da c,
L wtß *
F be made to the *»<*/ a . a Goiirt of o r di na -
Lincoln county, r Y“ e i e TOM, twenty fire
ry, far leave ‘“’C' lo g. Vi,r I atnar, • minor,
year, old, ? fc , TE LA MAP I tardtan.
July 23, 19jL _____
Another new prepa:, . on
A FOR. THE HAIR.
HORN’S BALM OF AMERJ- A , for
beautifying, preferring and restoring t-e Hair,
prerenting it from turning grey, remoring the Dan
driff and rendering't soft, brilliant and glossy. Price,
25 certs. Far sate by
iylO PHILIP A. MOISE, Drug-rat.
TURNIP SEED.
FRESH TURNIP SEED, for sale by
Jei3 D. B. PLUMB & CO,
3