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led into the Unton as Slates. This hSJ een
the history of every territory owned or acquir
ed by the United States. It was equally Mre
known that the peopl* applying for
into the Union wo«id choose for thont.el™
the quastio. of .Uv.ry
■ ecesaary, inevitable •.nctdsn-s of
tioo. Every body foresaw t
knew thattbe wbou county gS seg
and adooitta i into the uo*
a a iri rJpfprnune th-if iwn status
these States would deterniiu
.. to slavery. Who did not know that Me sole
Constitutional restriction on their admission
was. that tbetr form st government ahou’d be
republican t
And vet pretexts -<he moat nhsilow and so
phisticsi, facts legitimate and anticipated, have
been seised upon by designing men for the
purpose of promoting eeoaonal strife. The
admission of a State into the Union, with a
Constitution prohibiting slavery, has been caled
for the first tints iti our history, the enactment
by CongrsaXif tha Wilmot Proviso. Congress
has done the same thing again and again, if
this be to enact the proviso, then Congress has
a half dozen times enacted it, and as often en
acted slavery.
The people of California, without previous
territorial organization, formed a Stats Consti
tution, and applied for admission into the
Union. If there was foreign interference (and
it has been distinctly denied) in the matter, it
was interference by a Southern President and
large slaveholder, caused by a convio’ion that
there was no practical gain to the South by
retaining California in the territorial State.
When the application was made, there was no
constitutional impediment to the admission.
To say that the Constitution requires territorial
pupilage, or a specified number of inhabitants
is to talk ignorantly, or at random. The num
ber of inhabitants in California was greatei
than in some Sta’es which have been admitted
Some have been admitted without a territoria
Organization. All this, however, proves nothing
Whatever the custom bad been, if uniform
and unbroken, i; was »ot obligatory upon Con
press It was a matter of mere Congr**»ion»
discretion. If California had applied and been
adviced with a pro-slavery Cens’itution. the
*’ ictionL would, naw fiarohaenl— — — n *
a’have corn'd from the other side of the
rPototaae. When Texas was admitted under
a construe ion of the Constitution till then
unheard of, did the Southern States object!
Does it now become any State tn mist the
exercise of a discretion clearly vested in Con
gress by the Constitution 1
Congress may have used that discretion un
wisely. Toe objeotious, however, were com
mon to the North and the South.
Why has lAe South any peculiar objection,
unless it be in the fact that the Constitution of
California is anti-slavery I It this wete a valid
objection, then was Congress under obligation
to keep her out until it could be learned wheth
erahe would not, at some fu me time, apply
with a pro-slavery Constitution. Inorder to
any practical benefit, even from th s false
principle, the admission would have had to be
postponed, either indefinitolv, or to such time
as that the application should be made with a
proper Constitution. Persons forget the dif
ference between a country already slaveholding
and a country remo e from slavery, and filling
np rapidly with a popu'ation, ready for admis
sion as a State. Cnn i r»«<iftn«l interference,
if proper in principle, would have to be long
continued and arbitrary to ba of practical ad
vantage. Nothing short of an inspection of
the Constitution to see whether slavery teas
tolerated therein, and the expressed determ na
tion on the part of Congress to keep the
applicant out until it was, would suffice to
meet the exigency. It short, it would have
re uired positive intervention of the must
decided character.
The great principle, then, wh ch prevented
any Southern S ate from making the anti
slavery Constitution of California a ground
for resistance, was deeper than the Constitution
itself, though not inconsistent with if.
Why was It, then, that tbo South did not
unite with Georgia to make tbe admission of
California a ground of resistance 1 end tha
tbo Georgia Legislature concealed their true
■olive in assuming it!
“It was because the South still stood by the old
and true Republieen doctrine of the right of the peo
ple seeking admission into the Union to form their
own Constitution. They are the purple to be go
vsrno-- by ths Constitution they propose. No people
alien to them have tbo right to interfere. This was
thi great principle declared by John C. Calhoun in
1817, not only to be founded on rhe Cenetitution ol
the United Stales, but to he at the bottom of a'l Re
publican Government. It ie incorporated in the
Connilution of the United Staten, which lave no
other restriction ou th* at*t*-aeeking admission than
that her form of government nhail bo Republican.
It has been held by the en'ire South up to the present
Uwe. It was disputed by the Nort*. in the rase of
Missouri. It was then hold by the South, almost at
the cost of olord and its acknowledgment obtained
iqst single State si a great price—no leas than
XL**”’ md * r *• °f foe whole territory
“* jFPV.d-kX-llie United. States norm of 36 daw.
l same principle Was .RoTOecT'trv-rtnr
Den,-critic Convention of Geor ia in 1819. It was
affined by the Legislature of Georgia in 1950.
H has remained lor pretext hunters of the present
day, basely to repudiate the f riocipla (or the first
time, because for the present its operation ia again, t
us.
“Ona more point and we have done with California.
Who do our representatives who rppoeed Its admts
aien now advocate acquiescence 3 Because they
believed her admission unwise, they opposed it As
good citizens—as men sworn to abide by the Con
ati'ution of tbe United States —they are bound to
acquiesce in the constitution*l-law of tbe lan I, by
which tbo was admitted notwithstanding their op
position.
“Unaoy other principle the minority in every re
public would be always in arms agriost tbe govern
ment. It is thtir duty to oppose the passage ol a
bill unless they believe it wise. Il is equally their
duty to submit toil whan passed, unless they believe
it unconstitutional, or elae so grossly oppressive as
to warrant tbo overthrow of the Constitution itself.”
Undeniable ISSWSS.
Aza the so called Compromise measures an
adjustment at all f
Tha Union party and Gov. MoDosald are
clearly at issue on thispoint. Ths Union pa ly
dec eras that, <y " Whilst it does not wholly
approve, it will abide by it (the Compromise)
as a permanent adjustment of th s sectional
controversy.”
Gov. McDonald says: t**"'l know of no
adjustment by Congress of the Slavery and
Territorial questions. The measures so called
contain not a single element of an adjustment.”
Are ike co called Compromise measures con
•is'ent with the honor of the Soath I”
The Uuion party answers tbe question af
firmatively.
The Southern Rights psr'y (in conven
tion) saye that by them the Southern States
ty •* have been degraded from their condi
tion of equality in ths Union "
Another Letter.
Gov. McDonald takes peculiar pains in his
last letter, to defend himself against the charge
•I favoring resistance to aggression, or righting
the wrongs of the South. Ha d >es not desire
“to subvert the Union” in which Georgia
holds an unequal and degraded rank. He de
ciares tbwqjftoiutitu'.ion to bo “the chord
which binds the' Union togethsr.” •* If that io
destroyed, tbo Union io gone.” How many
infractions will it take io destroy its unity, and
■aka it no looter binding f Tbe Convention
which nominated him pointed out not leas than
four or five.
Wo hope some of his friends will explain
•ess it is that public speaking is any reflection
on “ tbo intelligence and honesty ” of the peo
ple—which letter writing is not t Perhaps the
Ex Governor's ideas upon this subject have
been insensibly clouded by the notion that ho
writes bettar than ho speaks.
We give below a part of his letter:
“My opinions Lsve been fullv and unreservedly
pot before tbe public, and I cooaidsr tbe people suf
■eiea'ly Mtigbteoed IO judge of them. Unless gar
bled they are am sabjeot to miarepreMutation. I
have been twice before the people, lor ths sauie office
and I made no speeches 'hen. I have tbs raiaa abi
ding soatdsnes in their intelligence end honesty ol
perpose aew. that I had then. 1 trust that they wil
Mt be swayed by tha calumny, that, ie endeavoring
to eu naia the glori mo Coa.mu too of ourencestm
and their tigbia, 1 have a covert purpose <o soever'
tbe Union. The CooatilulKa ia the chord uhict
binds the Union together, if that is destroyed th<
Union Is gone.
“i am not disposed to execute a power of attomej
teeny irieod to discuss with Mr. Cobb. F.eelon
of speech is guaranieed to every citisea, in the Coo
einuOoa, end I am not disposed,' even by implication
to restrict it But should any trieod, claiming bi
constitutional right, think proper to discuss with him
that there may be no mistake, I insist that he sbal
not represent mo aa bolding . pinions didereni frou
those which I have written, and take care not to al
low en b«ue to be nude which bis already been Ist
tied by tbe people of Georgia, and which cannot ano
in tbe present canvass.
Chaulbs J. McDonald.”
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■r. »UU-A .Miserable Kxsauo.
Wz tra informed that noma of the friand
of CoL Stell, ia their pitiful efforts t
escape tbo lores of the testimony adduced b
■a. is conviet their candidate of h-.vin
expressed a willingness tn vote for the repei
•f the Fugitive Slave law, lake advantage «
eur error tB saying Col. Ttawxu. was solic
ter of the Ftau" msuwd es the "CesMta Ci
east.' 1 Thia w a meat pitiful aabteriage an
shows what contemptible trieks small pelt,
cans will resort to when cornered. From tb
BHQMr iq which Cel. Still wt.iaes under lb
eppl.ca.oa of the la*, w. im M no be keen
wfcwCel Tibwku. w. where feehve*, and <
•batcueaithew eelieiter.
w, 7. areakiag of Col. Sveta, and h
candidacy, reminds, us of coving an expooui
•f has ptagieriom, in bio letter eooopting it
eomtnaaea. from a letter es Gov. Toner »
during the aoaeton of tbo last Legts'.aUam. fro
bediodtsga'Atied hist, orator Put Lira. Voril
] ho is a most appropriate candidate of the dis.
unionists of the 4th Congressional district.
We shall endeavor to lay these fine specimens
of fine composition before our readers next
week, and leave the gallant Colonel Stzix to
the verdict of the people.
The Compromise Measureso
Having shown that the character of theie
measures is a prominent and controlling issue in
the present canvass, we ofler an argument to day
upon one of them—the admission of California
—and shall present articles upon them seria/im.
The discussion of these measures entered large
ly into the canvass of last year, before the Con
vention election. Tha decision of Georgia upon
them was then made. Against that decision,
(which Governor McDonald says, “ought not to
be disturbed,”) a formal appeal upon the facts
on which it was founded, has been entered by
the Southern Rights party. The verdict then
rendered was, that these measures contained
nothing inconsistent with the honor of the
South, and therefore were not proper grounds
for resistance. The Southern Rights party in
convention explicitly declare them degrading
to the Southern States, and violative of Consti
tutional principles. Not a solitary measure es
cipesthis sweeping censure. The admission of
California was the sole act of Congress inconsis
tent with the demand of the Georgia Legislature.
On this the voice of the State differed from that
of the Legislature. All they asked in reference
to New Mexico and Utah was, that the Proviso
should not be applied. It was not applied. Yet
the New Mexican and Utah bills aro embraced
in the censure. The Texan boundary bill is em
braced in the censure, in the preamble, though
not among the bills against which the Constitu
tutionai objections are aimed. The District is
also embraced.
Are then, or are not, the parties in Georgia at
issue upon these bills ? If the Southern Rights
party is In the right, ought Georgia to remair
contentedly in a state of degradation 1
The discussion of these questions, we conside
of precisely the same practical consequence non
that they are revived, "as list year when original
ly before the people. Upon the principles of the
Southern Rights party, we have the right tc
leave the Union without opposition, for reasons
to be judged solely by ourselves. The same party
which holds this right, holds that we are de
pressed and degraded and that by unconstitu-
Union. No parly denies the right to leave the
Union for deliberate, palpab'e and dangerous in
fractions of the Constitution. If the Southern
Rights party is correct upon the facts, there is
therefore, no principle of any party which is ad
verse to imme Hate diesolulion. We shall en
deavor to justify by argument on the appeal, the
verdict rendered on the first trial.
The Yankees vs. English.
Tax triumphs of "Jonathan” in England,
after all the sneers of John Bull, and most of
the pre a. must be a source of deep and intense
mort'fieation to the proud spirited English.
The latest triumph is that of Juhz C. Stb
vHkit’s Yacht “America’ over the whole troup
of Yaeht clubs of England, in a race round the
Isle ofVVigbt for a £IOO Cup, beating all
competitors with great ease. Mr. S. had pre
viously challenged the English nation to a test
ofspeed for *50,000 but could get no takers.
Huzza for "Janathan” io England :
At the yscht race on the 22J, the America
was the last to get away from her moorings,
but soon passed hereigbteen competitors, and
reached (be winning station *J& minutes
ahead of the Volaote, iho best English yacht.
The race was very brilliau’. and the grande t
day o,or seen at Cowes. The throng of spec
tators wa< immense. The America’s match
with tha Znania will lake place about the 29<h.
Meeting of the Constitutional Union
Party.
Ata Meeting of a portion of the Constiiu
tiooal Union Party of Richmond County, a t
the City Hall, on Monday the Bth inst., Porter
Fleming Esq. was called tu the Chair, and
L. L. Antony, requested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting, to wit, making
the preparatory arrangements for ibe Barbecue
to be given to the Hon. Robert Toombs, on
the 37th inst., having been explained by the
Chairman, on motion of A. J. Miller, Esq., it
was
Resolred, That tbe Chairman of this meeting ap
point a committee of two from each district ol the
county t race)vs c n'ribsl'ona and make the r c q lis
ite arrangements for the proposed Borbecue.
Resolved, That the Chairman also appoint a com
mittee of five to invite the Hon. Robert McMillan,
and other Speakers for the occasion, Southern Kights
as well as Constitutional Union, and to arrange the
order of diacnesion.
Resolved, I bat tie Chairman appoint at th ; s lei
sure a comwittos coeaiat ag of two from each ward of
the eity, to act as aa exacutire committee during tha
campaign.
Under the first Resolution the Chairman ap
apointed the following gentlemen:
Tarver's Dint.—A. W. Rhodes, James Brandon,
J r -
Bridge Dist.— Middleton Sego, Jacob A. Dors,
Ireland Usn,—Robert Wiggins, L. A. L. Bois
clair.
Rock Diet.—James Lovell, John A.Bohler.
First Ward.—W. H. Pritchard John Foster.
Second Ward.—A. Lafit'o, L. Levy.
Third Ward.—Robert May, Juba Casbio.
Fourth Ward —J. B Han, A. Phillip.
Under AsMOfod rooMauea the tetlnwl——
Col. H ts. Cumming, Robert F. Poe, erq., Hon.
W. Holt, Edward Thomas, Ovq., Thou.se Skin
ner, esq.
On motion the m-eting adjr rrnod.
P.raTaa Flimiso, Chairman.
L. (r. Antony, Sec’y.
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Ta James M. Smythe. Assistant Edit r
of the CoiaatHnttonallsl.
NO 2.
You, also, are one of the Jacobins of the pres- t
ent day, who aro making aecrot efforts against ’
the freest, happiest, beat government on earth. '
Yon, too, are engaged in the mad crusade ag iinst (
the only temple of liberty in the “wide, wide |
world.'* Yob, too, would lay your unholy hands
upon your country’s fitg, and trail its proud co- r
lore in the dust. ‘
And yet, you have not tho manliness to avow
your purpose. You profess friendship for the ,
Union, and, at the same time, you would light its i
funeral pile, did you dare do it, and then face the s
indignation of ths American people. You say l
you are for tho Union, and, at tho same time, 8
you denounce it as an odious and tyrannical Free I
soil Government. Yon dare not come out and
avow open disunion. The voice of Georgia, last <
fall, through her convention, taught you that t
he who vias prepared te lay his sacrilegious ,
hand upon the legacy bequeathed us by the blood 0
of our fathers, was an object of scorn and con- ,
tempt. Deeply imbued with a epi it of hostility g
to the American confederacy, now, as you were
less than one year ago, you and your party now ’
raise the false ery ol a love lor the Union at the
very time that you are prepared, under the garb i
of friendship, to strike a daeger into its vitals. I
You shall not wear the cloak of friendship to i
ibis government while seeking to destroy it, |
so long as 1 have a hand to aid in tearing away ,
the flimsy gauxe under which you seek to con
ceal your mania for disunion, disorganization |
and dealruction. If you have a particle of man
hood in your composition—ls there is a spark of
independence in your bosom—if you do not seek
as Judas did his master, to betray your country
with a kiss, come out boldly and say you a*e tor
disunion, and let '.he people again overwhelm
vou and your political kith, as they did before
the meeting of the convention, when you raised
the banner of dissolution, and invited the eons
of patriot fathers to rally under its bloody folds.
Asti-Jaoosiii.
for the Chronicle Sen'iael.
Chsbobsz Co., Geo. Sept. Ist. 1851.
Messrs. Editors : The South Carolina Distt
uionisle and other perambulating scribblers of
like kidney, who have been flooding the papers
in ths low country with false and exaggerated
reports of the progress of their cause in upper
Georgia, have seldom penetrated to this seclu
ded section : and as the brag game tnonopo
lized by them, and no part of the tactics of the
Union party, the progress of the campaign in
the mountain region of Cherokee, has attracted
little attention abroad. I have once or twice
taken up my pen to write, and as often has the fear
of being set down as a false reporter, writing for
Buncombe, deterred me from my purpose.
Though somewhat secluded from “ the rest of
mankind” by the mountain wilds which encom
pass them, the sturdy mountaineers are not
wanting ia devot'on to the Union, nor are they
indifferent to the progress of the present cam
paign. Under the disguise of Union Democrats
tbe political quacks have been attempting to
palm off McDonald pills upon them as genu
in: ; the same misrepresentation and hydra
faced deception which marks their movements
everywhere, has been practiced by the Fire
eaters here ; but without saccees. Many of tha
people here are from South Carolina, and re
member with shame the course pursued by the
nulhfiers in their native State. In their sim
plicity they cannot conceive how it is that Mc-
Donald, who was then so bitter against Caroli
na, should now be the well beloved, and bu
gleman of Rhett & Co. They are not well
versed in the tricksof the Fire euers—though
every court day, and public gathering is open
ing their eyes.
I was at Canton coart week. I heard some
of the speeches; though several had been made
before 1 arrived. The first who occupied the
stand after my arrival, was Biown, who prac
tices law in Canion. Ha ungenerously occupied
the bench at the time appointed for Dr Slaugh
ter to speak; and went into a labored argument
r toprovj t”at the Georgia Platform is less con
, dilatory—less Union in its tendency, than the
secession platform. Both ihe position and the
argument were worthy of the man—worthy of
[ hie cause and perteetly characteristic of both.
11 will not go into detail—bat his tongue wagged
on until the Judge came in to take bis seat,
f when he ceased, having accomplished lor that
day what seemed his only purpose—the silence
ol Dr. Slaughter. But ihe next day, Thursiay,
' the Dr. caiuc lorth like a lioa from his lair, and
1 in the course of his speech be laid unsparingly
aa tbe backs of hia predecessors, what Butler
woaid have termed
* “ Many a stout thwack and many a bang.”
* He utterly demolished the puerile weapons of
• his adversaries —and even his bitterest oppo
r nerts acknowledged that h-e speech was supe
rio* to any delivered during the week.
Next him, Stiles, with his cour.-.y <acia,
, stood up i and had a great deal more to say
about hia foreign miasson, and ths demonstra
' irons made abroad bv sac* an American, than
• *S.>ut h s present position—which like too many
1 of his compeers, be seemed unwilling to define.
Wiih his Turkish pipe, tebacco, and disgusting
11 sire, logetiur with his speech, he rendered him
!. seif quite couspwuoua He remiadeded me
| very strikingly of the story of the “ travelled
monkey” whi'h went the round of the papers a
' year or two ago.
Court being over, I started for the border of
| Cherokee and Gilmer, and for nearly two weeks
my business has led me among the sturdy yeo
manry of the mountains. I have visited them
at their rude homes, and in their field, and I am
confident that Cobb will have a large majority
here. The Fire eaters are busy—but their un
wearied efforts, and their entire programme of
trickery and fraud will not suffice. The people
see where the few who still dare to ” raise the
cry of disunion” are found battling—they re
member the report that reached them by a wag
oner from Romo, about a yeat ago, when Capt.
Nelson declared himself a rebel to the Govern
ment, the moment the California bills, then
pending, were passed—and where his shameless,
traitorous co-adjutors were heard to rally the
people, in voting against some resolutions in
troduced by Judge Lumpkin, by cries of " G —d
D- n the Union” —I say these people, though
simple in their manners, and not versed in sci
ence—see to which side all such sentimen's are
allied—and to avoid such detestable company
they are determined to shun them and their can
didate—preferring rather to maintain inviolate
the constitution and to preserve, and perpetu
ate the Union of Washington.
I find the mail boy just coming over the hill
and as he visits this region hut once a week,
I must close—assuring you that the cause is per
fectly safe in Chekoaxx.
Dinner to Mr. Stapkens.
It will be seen by the subjoined proceedings
of a portion of the citizens of Hancock, War
ren, and Washington countixs, that they have
tendered a dinner to the Hon A. H. Stkph
xss. Mr. S. has accepted the invitation and
appointed Tuesday, the 30;h of September,
bar inst., as the day:
Agreeably to a public notice, a respectable
number of the Constitutional Union Party,
from the lower part of Hancock and Warren,
and the upper part of Washington counties,
met at the Spring meeting house, three miles
from the Shea's of Oveechee in the upper part
of Washington county, on Tuesday the J 6 h
day of August, for the purpose of tendering to
the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, a Free and
an old fashioned barbecue, whereupon Alfred
Coeey Esq., was ca'led to the Chair, and C ipt.
Wm. T. Dickinson, appointed Secretary.
After suitable explanatory remarks from (he
Chairman, Dr. P. W. Harper offered the fol
lowing resolutions which were unanimously
adapted.
Resolved, That in consideration of the va'aa
ble public services rendered by our enlightened
politician, able statesman and profound juris',
the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, that the
Chairman appoint a CommiUea of invitation.
who will ascertain at what time in September,
if accepted, it may suit his convenience to at
tend.
Resolved, That tha same committee will give
invitation to Col. David W. Lewis, ths oppo
sing candidate of Mr. S ephens, also to the
Hon. Robert Toombs and Col McMillan, his
opponent.
Resolved, That we thus publicly invite the
Senatorial and county candidates of Hancock,
Warren and Washington of both political per
ties, as well as the public al large, including as
we do with the greatest pleasure, the eofivr and
fairer six.
On motion of Henry W. Coleman, the
names of the Chairman and Secretary were
added to the committee of invitation, and that
the Secretary is requested to furnish the
Chronicle & Sentinel and Constitutionalist, a
copy of these proceedings for publication.
Ou motion of R L. Neblett, we adjourn un
tilths naxt meeting.
Alfred Coszt, Ch’rm.
Wra. S. Dickinson, Be’cry.
Shoals or Oobechbe, Gbo., Aug. 27th, 1851.
IfjnorableA H. Stephens— Dear Sir: ft is a
very duty assigned us to be made the or*
g.* nos communication with you. We wo-ild respect
ed./ ’ call your attention to the enclosed proceedings
o* : e Constitutional Union meeting, and sincerely
hope your health and time will enable you to name
xoine day after the 15th of next September, when you
can be among us Sooner than tbe 15ib would pro
bably conflict with the Camp Meetings and Associa
tions we expect in our vicinities. We can assure
you, coll*»cuvely and individually, that you will ba
greeted wi h a warm and hearty recaption. Accept,
sir, our high regard and personal friendship.
Committeejfrom Hancock :
P. W. Harper, David Dicksen,
Tho*. J Cneely, Robert L. Neble't,
Henry W. Coleman, Wm. T. Dickenson.
Committee from Vt ashiujton :
Hiram Most, John B. Turner,
John Dickson, Wm May,
Lewi* Pilcher, Alfred (Josey.
Committee from Warren:
Adam Jones, Solomon Miller,
Reuben May, Thos. Lockett,
James Braddy, Elijah Conner.
W r e have received an answer from Mr. Stephens,
and he has appointed Tuesday, 30th of this month,
to be among us.
Small Pox In Oglethorpe.
The Penfield Temperance Banner of the
6th inst , published the following letter from
Mr. John A. Trencbard, of Oglethorpe county,
in whose family (he disease originated, in that
county.
Mr. Edttor:— By request from you, .hrough
Dr. Herror, I send you the following report,
which is a statement of the Small Pox in Ugie .
thorpe county, up to Monday the Ist inst. *
One hundred and two cases have occurred. ’
Only five casus are now under medical treat- 1
mem; there convalescent—all considered en
tirely out of danger with ths exception of one !
—Mr T. L- This is the fifth week since he 1
was attacked—has been one of (he worst cases '
of confluent Small Pox. Although he is 1
slightly convalescent, yet itia extremely doubt* '
ml whether he recovers, hia system beinir so 1
auouu.kji.j .O.W --
There have been fifteen cases of “confluent.” ■
Many of the other cases have been very light;
so much so, that they have not been confined io e
their beds at all. 8
Total number of deaths, are four—all died
in the first stages of the disease —about the
fifth day, tbe pustules failing to make their
appearance, or coming out in irregular form.
No new cares have occurred in about twelve
days. The disease has prevailed in twelve
families. Tnere are abont fifty persons in
these families who have not had it—all well
vaccinated; and it ie hoped there will be no
more new cases.
The d sease has invariably gone light with
those who have been well vaccinated, aud many
have escaped an attack entirely
Every precaution has been taken to keep the
disease from spreading, and it has not spread
in a singla instance, since it was ascertained to
be Small Pex.
The Physicians, after thorough axemina'ion
into all the circumstances whereby my family
might have been exposed to the contagion, can
arrive at no conclusion whence it camo. In
deed, some think the first case to have been
sooradic, while others contend that tho Small
Pox never occurs sporadically.
My little daughter was the first oase that oc
curred. She had been laboring under a cuta
neous disease for over eight months, previous
to the attack of Small Pox. This disease put
on several different sppoarances; alone lime,
'he skia assumed a bant, glossy appearance, at
another, small hard pustules forming, at anoth
er, small blisters gradually suppurating; and
again, large sores, covering, m many instances,
a space of several inches. She was still suf
faring from this disease when she was a'tacked
with the Small Pox; but since her recovery
from the Small Pox, this disease has entirely
disappeared.
1 have seen nearly all the cases, as I have
been visiting and nursing the afflicted ever
since the convalescence of my own family.
Yours Truly,
John A Trenchakd.
Sept. 2d. 1851-
Lbttbb raoia Col. Cbittendsm. —The follow
ing letter received in New Orleans from Col.
Crittenden, has been handed to the editors of the
Crescent for publication. We copy it from that
paper:
Shiv-of-Wab EerssANZA, August 16.
Dear Lucien.—ln half an hour, 1, with fifty
others, am to be shot. We were taken prisoners
yesterday. We were in small boats. Gen. Lo
pez separated the balance of the command from
me. 1 had with me about one hundred—was at
tacked by two battalions of infantry and one
company of horse. The odds was too great,
and strange to tell, I was not furnished with a
simrlo musket cartridge. Lopex did not get any
artillery. 1 have not Ihe heart to write to any of
my family, if tho truth ever comes out you
will find that 1 did my duty, and have ihe perfect
confidence of every man with me. We had re
tired from tbe field and were going to sea, and
were overtaken by the Spanish steamer Habane
ra, and captured. Tell Gen. Houston that his
uephewgot sepaialed from me on the 13th—day of
the fight—and that I have not seen him since. Ho
may have straggled off and joined Lopez, who
advanced rapidly to the interior. My people,
however, wete entirely surrounded on every aide.
We saw that we had been deceived grossly, and
were making tor the United Stales when taken
During my short sojourn on this island 1 have
not met a single Patriot. We landed some forty
miles to the westward of this, end 1 am sure in
that part ot the Island Lopez has no friends.
When 1 was attacked, Lopex was only three
miles off. If he had not been deceiving us as to
the state of things, he would have fallen back
with his force and made fight,instead of which
he marched on Immediately to the interior. 1
am requested to get you 'o tell Mr. Green, of the
custom house, that his brother shares my fate.
Vic or Ker is also with me, also Stanford. I rec
oil ret no others of your aeqaintanee at present.
I will die like a man. My heart has not failed
me yet, nor do I believe it will. Communicate I
with my family-
This is an incoherent letter, but the circum
stances must excuse ir. My hands are swollen
to double their thickness, resulting from having
them too tightly corded for the last eighteen
hours. Write to John and let him write to mv
mother. 1 am afrail that the news will break
her heart. My heart beats warmly towards her
now.
Farewell. My love to all my friends. lam
sorry that I die owing a cent, but it is inevitable.
Youra. strong in heart, W. L. Cbittendbn.
To Dr. Lucien Hensley.
Ths Journal of Commerce looks open ths
surrender of John Bolding, ibe fugi'ive slave,
to his mastes. Robert C. Anderson, of Colum
bia. 8. C , and bis removal from the city with
oat the least attempts*, disturbance, as showing
that the colored people and the Abolitionists
gensrally. are aware that he slate of public
• aliment here gives them no chance in case of
an attampied rescue. The confiden. asser
tions of some clergymen and others, in the
public prints, whue ibe law was pending in
Congress, that it could never be enforced, —
that 'he psop'e would help the slave to encase,
and •* strip tbe shameless hunter,” —prove to
be all froth and misrepresentation, we are told.
The law can be executed, has been, and will
be. ths Journal coutende; and whoever ob
struct* its execution, will do so at his peril.
Henry Bolding, tho fagiuve slave of Messrs.
Barnett acd Anderson of Columbia, was
remanded to his owners on Monday tn New
York, by Commissioner Nelson, and arrived
in this city ysste'day in oostody of two New
York Police Officers who convey him to Co
mtnbia uua moring.—CA. Cour.
.
Hxrrid Murder.—Oar county (Wilkes)
waa made, on yesforda , the scene of one of
the moat horrid butcheries that blacken the
annals of crime. A young and interesting
woman has been hurried to eternity, and in a
manner truly ehocking and heart-rending.
We have only room, at the late hour we
to atate tho prominent facta connected with
this affair, omitting, altogether, the painful de
tails of this bloody tragedy. Mr. Wm. T.
Burns, a highly respected citizen of thia coun
ty residing about seven miles west of Wash
ington, arose about light on yesterday morn
ing and went to hie father's, Mr. Samuel
Burns, about a mile distant, stating to his
wife, whom he left in bed, that ho would,
probably, not te baok to breakfast. A few
hours after his departure, a measenger eame
stating to him that something dreadful had be
fallen his wife. Mr. Burns returned with all
speed, and upon entering hie house, found
Mrs. Burns, hia wife, dragged from the bed,
and lying upon the floor, with her head, throat
and neck mutilated in a mast shocking man
ner. There were several mortal wounds on
different portions of tho head, aud one, the lar
gest. on the back of her neck, reaching entirely
across, passing through the entire muscular
tissue, and nearly dividing the vertebtso of the
neck. These wounds were evidently inflat
ed by an axe, aa afterwards ascertained. Mrs.
Elizabeth Burns, the deceased, was a daughter
of Spain Colley, of thia county, in the bloom
of life, and but recently married to Mr. Burna,
who has our heartfelt sympathy in this terrible
calamity.
In regard to the author of this diabolical
murder, we would simply state, that upon in
vestigation by the Coroner’s jury all the facta
pointed to Malinda a negro woman, the prop- i
eriy o r Mr. Burns, as the perpetrator of the i
bloody deed. A verdict was found in sc- i
cordance with these facts, aud the woman has i
been arrested and lodged in jail to await her <
trial before the Superior court at its next I
session. We were present st the inquest, and I
hope never again to be called on to witness a
sight so terrible and appalling. — Wethington 1
Gaz. 4th. ’
Fromthe Newport Wakulla Times, Aug. 25,
Terrible Storm.—O r town has been
visited by one of ihe most terrible storms that
we have ever witnessed. Throughout Fri
day the wind blew moderately fiom about S.
S. E., with scud» flying over, the tide extraor
dinary high. At 6i P. M large white clouds,
followed by heavy gusts of wind, warned us
that a storm was coming.
Daring the night, until 13 M. Saturday, the
wind continued to blow > oderatelv. At this
time the gale seemed to increase, and the wa
ter rose more rapidly until about 11 P. M.
when it had rose about ten feet above ordinary
spring Ude—coVeriug mu town as far as the
residence of Mr. Ormond, and doing .> uch
damage to the goods in the stores and ware
houses, and des roying all the wharves. We
estimate the damage in our town at *l2 OJO
Someslitht damage was -one by the wind to the
•team raw mill o! Geo. 8 King & Brother.
A ll P. M. the wind gradually veered to
the 8. W. and the water rapidly receded. The
water, from marks made at the time, was from
4 to 5 feet higher than the gale of ’43, which
entirely destroyed old Port Leon.
The brdges aero • the Wakulla and St.
Marks Rivers have been carried off.
Considerable damage has bean dons to the
turpentine plantations near our town.
At St. Marks the water rose ten feet above
high water mark, No lives lost
Spencer’s store anJ house carried away
loss 3000 dollars.
Hinde’s s ore and house carried away, lots
*3OOO.
AH the dwelling house* gone, except the
hotel and house occupied by Mr. Barbour,
both of which are mueh injured. Railroad
washed up as far as the Hotel. Wster 2 feet
deep io Ware-houses; part of the floors wash
ed up ; nearly all the salt lost, and a good deal
of damage to bugging; part of the floors of
cotton shed gone; and ibe cotton washed out:
wharf entiiely gone. 70 bbls, rosin with it.
Considerable injury done to the Cotton press.
At old St Marks every house gone, except
one inside of the parapet walls of tho bomb
proof part of the walls of the old fort gone.
200 Bales cotton washed from the Cotton
shedeat St Marks.
E‘rly on Sunday morning the steamer
Spray started for the Light House and James
Island. She went as f* as the Light House,
but having lost her small boat, she could not
land. Two persons on board say they saw a
man standing on the walls of the break water,
waving a white handkeicliief. On account of
the heavy sea and wind, tbe steamer was
forced to return without proceeding to the
Island. She started again this moruing ; and
we await with much solicitude her return.
On Shell Point much damage has been done
to the crops.
We feel much anxiety to hear from the fish
eries of the Ock ockney.
Mr. Youngman’s house, at old Port Lion,
was destroyed
The Gale, we fear, has been more seriously
felt on the coast wostwardofus In the inte
rior, so far aswehavo heard from, the crops
have been seriously injured.
The Storm in Florida.—A Critical Situa
tion.—During the gale it was feared the St
Marks Light House would be earned away.
The Tallahassee Seutine! says:
“VVe are glad to hear that al! are safe at the
Light House, and that the House and premise*
have suffered no male ial damage. Tbe bleak
water is carr ed away in two places, but the
damage is suppose I not to exceed $1 501)
There were, besides the keeper’s family some
six or eight visitors at the Light House. They
had, of conrse, a most anxious and alarming
time, till about two o'clock Ba urday night,
when the veering of tha wind a little to tbe
westward permitted the water to recede, and
they returned to the keeper’s House. Dur ng
shook io its lowest storis, and tbe terrors nd
'Pscomfort of the fugitives was greatly increas
ed by the fo-cing in of the iron door, and tho
spray dashing up into the structure.”
Tbe eame paper says:
“What damage l as been done to tho Cotton
crop it is impossible to say ; nor can it be de
termined, until we know what sort of weather
succeeds the storm. Il'hot and dry. the soil,
will be baked into the consistently of a F.orida
brick, that is, rather toft for a brick, but hard
for soil, in cultivation, la such a case, tbe
plow only breaks it into lumps and clods.—
Showery weather, however, which seerce just
now to be promised, will help planters a
good deal. Os course the p ant looks tni»er
ab'y enough judn rw, aud planters talk des
puudingly—so and 33} per cant, loss, are the
most moderate estimate.”
The Storm in Florida.—The subjoined ad
ditiunal particular* of the disastrous effects of
the late Storm in the vicinity of Tallahassee we
clip from the Floridian of the 30th ult :
Fubthsb Particulars.—We learn the storm
was mure violent North and Northwest than in
this vicinity, in Gadsden County, much dam
age has been done. About one out ot five ol the
tobacco barns has been demolished, and the cot
ton plants broken down and the bolls whipped
off. In Quincy, the Masonic Hall, Mr. Wilson’s
and Sirs. Burnley’s dwellings, and the Baptist
Church, and several other buildings, were blown
down. Many other buildings were seriously
damaged. No lives were lost.
In Bainbridge houses were blown down and
several persons killed.
Railboad and Tbbminos.—Wa learn that the
Railroad, which was washed up from the
Wharf to Holt’s Hotel, will be rebuilt by to
night. We were glad to hear that the damage
to the Company was not so great as at first sup
posed. Tne Ware-houscß were very little in
jured. Five or six hundred dollars will repair
the whole loss, Wharf and all. The damage to
goods in store is eaid to be not more than a
thousand or twelve hundred dollars.
It Is painful to record the losses of Mr. Spen
cer and Dr. Hines, whose stores were neat by.
Their houses with all contents were swept off.
They are recovering some goods but damaged
of course.
Caere ano Wsathbb.—From every quarter
the crops are reported to bo very gsatly damaged
by the gale. Everything lies prostrated and in
extricably tangled. Scarcely any planter we
have seen counts upon more than half a
crop of cctton, admitting the remainder of the
season to be good. The wea'her this week has
been rainy and not very warm, which is said to
be favorable to the cotton, though it must be
otherwise to the corn. The tobacco crop of Gads
den was well-n'gh destroyed—a great part of that
which was gathered being in houses that were
biown bown, and (hat which was standing being
mangled beyond recovery.
The turpentine plantations also suffered very
severely.
The schooner Wm. R. Pettes reached St.
Marks soon after theg’le, and reports the loss
ovsrboard of her male, Wm. Swede, a native of
Rhode Island. She was off Cat Island at the
commencement ot the storm, and reports further
that all the Light Hooses along the coast from
there are gone.
Thb Stosm at Apalachicola.—We obtain
from the Columbus Enquirer tbs subjoined no
tice of the effects ot the storm at Apalachicola.
•• This city was visited, on the night of the
23d ult. by the most destructive storm that it
has ever witnessed. The wind blew for about
twenty hours with a violence that nothing could
resist, the tewn was flooded with water from
'hs Bev, houses cf ail materials and all sizes
levelled with the earth, stores washed away with
their contents, leaving ths inhabitants without
shelter and almost without food. Not one
building on Water street remains uninjured, the
Exchange buildings, ths office* over the Hy
draulic press, the building lately occupied by the
Charleston Bank Agency, all in ruins. Tne store I
occupied as a Custom House alaost down: I
from that position ot the town e>ery house on
Frontor Commerce street ie in ruins. At tns up
per end al the town the wharves and small bull d
ings are all gons. Tbe Episcopal church is
almost a wreck, and the Presbyterian church
totallr demolished. At the Bluff the houses are
all washed down. The steamer Fa con wa*
washed off the wav*, driven up the river by the 1
tide and storm, and capsized on an island. Ail 1
thro* of the Light Houses are blown down or ]
washed away. At dog island five live* were lost; I
at Cape St. Blas a Spanish brig-of-war was i
stranded on the beach end several lives lost. I
yVs take the above prominent items from a I
•lip kindly turnisned us from the office of the]
“ Commercial Advertiser,” whose editor promis-1
es when hs can fix up his own almost runined 1
office, to give us and his readers fuller accounts e
sf the mslsncholy scene around him. We dread "
to see these accounts, for it there was such j
desolation en land, the wrecks and loss on sea !
must have been tearful and ruinous indeed. The
extent of the injury at Apalachicola had rat
been ascertained, but will be according to the
opinion of some, not less than half a million of
dollars. Can nothing be done oy our citizens to
aid the sufferers in this great calamity 7 This is
an occasion which calls for sympathy and sub
stantial assi-tance. Our own fair city ha*
suffered some in its time, and Apalachicola
has ever been prompt to relieve with a full and
ready hand.”
Tub Cuban Issurbsctios. —The Mobile Her
old and Tribune, one of tbe Lopez sympathi
sing organs, thus introduces the following ex
tract from a letter:
The following extract is from a Cuban letter
received by a gentleman of ibis eity vis Boston.
The writer is connected by marriage with tbe
most influential Creole families of the Vueltade
' Arriba, in which Principe, Trinidad, Santiago da
Cuba, and Vilia Clara are aituafod.
Rkmxdios, August 4.—ls you hear anything
said of the ridiculous attempts at insurrection
made in Principe and Trinidad by a ( #w rowdies,
you may simply laugh at It. The heroes ran as
soon as soon as they saw the soldiery, and those
caught, frightened out of their senses, blurted
out all they knew of the soi-distant conspiracy.
Here it has not excited the slightest attention
and in Havana it was ridiculed in all quarters'
I mention toyoa all thison account of the enor--
mous mendacity of the United States press res
pecting all Cuba questions. The very name of
American is becoming detested in this country.
The Cuban Invasion.
We find the following letter, says the Nash
ville Banner, in the Louisville Courier, written
by one of the fifty Ame-icans shot at Havana.
It will arrest special attention. Mr Fisher says
the Courier, was employed for some time
in the Louisville Marine Hospital, and more
latterly waa engaged in the businuss of cup
ping and leeching,hia office being on Jefferson
street, near Second. He denounces Lopez,
and thinks there has been no revolt on the Dart
of the Cubans. He was in that part of the
island from which inuebaid was not expected, '
and the two or three days he was there prob
ably did not give him an opportunity of form
ing a correct judgement as to the real condition
of affairs. The letter is as follows:
Havana, August 16,1851.
Mr. W. N. Haldeman, Editor Louisville
Courier :—Dear Sir: I take this opportunity
and liberty of sending you this letter, for the
benefit of those who will probably come to
Cuba. Sir, Gen. Lopez has deceived us all.
He is a traitor and no gentlsman. There is
no revolution here as tbe papers have stated.
Tell all those who intend to visit Cuba not to
come, for they all will be shot. There is no
chance to get back again. If any officer has
raised a company or eompmies, tell them
through your paper, if yon think proper, to
disperse, for the expedition i< til a great hum
bug. I dont like to see O’Hara bringing men
here from Kentucky to be shot.
Sir, I am condemned to be shot, and as I
have only a few minutes to live, 1 thought I
wo .Id inform you that fifty of us will be shot
shortly. Col. Crittenden, from Louisville, is
among the lot. Give my best respects tc all
my friends. I would write more, but cannot
do so for want of time. Youis respectfully,
J. Fiber.
Hospital Steward of the Army of Cuba.
We also clip from the courier the following
osrd It furnishes important information,
which should be known to all who may think
of going to Cuba :
A Card to those ootsa to Cuba.
LouisvtLLXf.September' 1_
Seeing tbe excrement that now pr«v«'.«,
and knowing that under the miiaenca of that
excited' feeling foaoy o.*ve yoenf may
be led into that which they may gfierq irdv r.
gret, I design to publish aGw lhota for t
benefit of those iuterasted. What I say ia
prevent others from being entangled tn the
same snare that I waa myself. The subject
here is misrepresented as to the arrangements
made in New Orleans for your recaption and
benefit. The facts are as follows : There is
neither money, arms, nor ammunition in New
Orleans : oor is there even a vessel prepared
to take you from that place, and those hat are
already there are grestly disheartened at the
long delay and want of means to send them
off. I was a member of Captain Williams’
company from this place, and have just re
turned from New Orleans, and can vouch for
the truth of my statement. I would advise all
those who intend going to provide themselves
plentifully with money, and put no confidence
in the representations of others; otherwise
when they reach Now Orleans, they will find
themselves most grievously deceived. I sub
mit these few facts to you for consideration,
•nd hope you will examine into them before
acting too hastily in the matter.
John W. Wilcox.
The Loaisville Journal speaks of a young
man returned to that city from New Orleans,
who states that there are about fourteen hun
died men congregated there for Cuba, but
without means. The Journal says :
“Thia young man was promised his passage
and every'hing else free from the time he join
ed he company. He was however not only
subjected to all expenses, but after waiting in
New Orleans for weeks and running in debt
tbe officers of hia company advised him to
leave his hoarding house and go to some other
one in the city where his credit was not im
paired and so keeping on changing about ”
Fire Annihilatub Comeant.—Some citi«
zens of the United States of high standing
having, after negotiations during the summer,
obtained from the patentees in England tha
rirht of fabricating and vending Phillipa’s
celebrated Fire knnihilator, they have in con
junction with other respectable gentleman
here, formed an association for carrying into
effect, in the most vigorous and extensive
manner, their laudable and in'eresting object.
The members of the company have been in
conference in this city several days past, and
tho result of their meeting, we understand,
has been the appointment of the Hon. Elisha
Whittlesey as President of the C n mpauy. and
P. T. Barnum, Esq , of world .wide celebrity,
as General Manage- and Sa-retary. Such an
organization gives to the public every guaran
tee of good faith.
The universal respect in which Mr. Whit
tlesey is held throughout our country, and his
known probity and talents, will command con
fidence in every purpose to whim he gives
the sanction of his name and connexion. As
for Mr. Barnam —the least visionary and the
most practical, sagacious and energetic of all
the sob> of Yankeedom. which is as much as
to say of “all the world and the rest cf man
kind”—whatever he takes in hand is bound to
succeed
The Company have already entered on
measures for the fabrication ol anniliilatorr as
fast as possible, until they shall be commoasu
tttt Wfcriiunse-winfe
out tho land worth saving from the flames.—
Nat. Intel.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Far titer by the Atlantic.
New Yobe, Sept. 1, 12 M.
Ths steamship Allan ic haa arrived, br ng
ing nearly 200 pasrengers, aud Liverpo >1 date*
to the 20 h ult. Tha Atlantic beat the Ameri
ca out 7 hours.
There is nothing from England of impor
tance.
Tbe frat accounts of the Cuba difficulties
were received at Madrid on the 13th ult , and
ware represented as very trifling sod as *pee
dily suppressed. A royal decree bad been i*
aued declaring the child to be born ot the
Duchess of Montpens er, entitled to all the
prerogatives of the infant of Spain.
There is no political news from France, with
the exception that a large majority of lite
Councils laror a revision of Ibe Constitution.
C immercial account* are favorable. The har
vest ia a full average one. The potato diseaaa
ha* appeared in tha neighborhood of Pari*.
Additional hr Atlantic.—The Great
Exhibition is fixed to cluse on the 11th of Oc
tober. The Royal Commis*ioner* will receive
tbe report* on the 15th of October, and the
goods will be removed immodtately afterwards
The distributions of medalswill be awarded to
juries, the foreign commissioners, &c.
France.—Some uneasiness prevails at Ly
ons, owing te thu sympathy which a portion
of the population feel for ths pnsoasrs naw
on trial before tbe court martial The military
authorities, however, have taken every pre
caution to preserve peace.
The President will be accompanie 1 in his
tour through the department* by three es hi*
minister*, Messrs. Faotchu, Raudon and Fould.
India and China.— A terrible accident occur
eurred on the 14th Juno at Gobendpore. Sev
enty prisoners, en route to Hasarebarg, bad
been lodged m a but for the night, which
took fire arid five only escaped. An exteu
*ive mutiny of troops had tsk- n place in Gua
lab Singh's dominions, in which four British
officers lost their lives The Arabs were com
mitting g'Sat depredatisns in Ntzarui’s terri
tories and he was powerless to check them.
The disturbance* near Canton were contin
usd.
Ireland.— A great meeting of the Ca'holics
was to be held in Dub in, in opposit.on to the
Psppa Aggression Act. it is feared a formi
dable riot may ansae. The crops throughout
Ireland were looking remarkably well.
England— sl. Ctiarlas Du pin, Proaident ol
the Frenca Commission fer the Great Exhibi
ion, before quitting L ,ndou, wrote a letter to
Prince Albert, expressing gratitude for the in
terest the Qieau bad mauiiestod in the Exhi
bition, to which Prince Albert replied inap
propriate terms.
51. Kossuth was expected atSoulhampton in
Oon ber,
Tbe firm ot Richard Gould & Co , at Man
chester, had failed for £48,000
Tho steamship Glasgow, designed to run
between Glasgow and New York, waa launch
ed on the I6:t. of August.
The Continental news i* wholly unimpor
tant. >
FURTHER BY THE AMERICA.
Baltimore. Sept 3. —The British Mail ’team
*h p America arrived at Halifax to-day, Wed
nesday, from Liverpool, wbich port she left on
the 23d alt.
In tha Liverpool market the common to mid
dling descriptions of cotton had advanced since
tbe departure of the A«i* on the 16th ult., a
'arthiog; and the better qualities ao eighth of a
penny. Tie quotation* were fjd. so Orleans,
and sjd. for Mobile. The sale* since the Asts'*
J sailing streamed to sixty eight thousand bales
of wbich Speculator* took nine, and Export
er* foor een thousand. Tha sale* on the day
of tbe America’s departure comprised eight
thousand bales, and tbe market closed firm
Flour had declined sixpence, and Wheat
twopence Corn had advanced sixpence.
Trade in the Manufasturing Districts had iro-
I proved. Consols were quoted al from 96|
to 97 J
In Havre Cotton was active, and the sales
of the week amountsd to fifty five thousand
bale*. Tha sales on Thursday, the 21st u t.,
up to two o’clock amounted to two thousand
bales. Tre* Ordinaire Orleans brought fully
83 trance
The political news i* unimportant.
| Health of Aagusta.
C’rrtcs Boabb Health, >
i Ahguwa, Sept. 8, 1851. )
t* Since mr report on the 1« iost., no new coses es
Small Pox or Vsrioloid have occurred io the eity.—
Tn* two case* of VariSoid referred to io my Isa re
port. *re rapidly convalescing.
The fomiiies in which the disease occurred, ire
iaolated. and ne intercourse *llowed with them by
•oy other than tbe attending P .ysiciic
Stranger* mty viait our city without any danger
whatever ot contracUßg tb« diseaae.
Wm E. Dsarino,
Chairman B.»rd Health.
Labor Limon —We were yeaterday pre
sented by Mr. Lanbscx, with a Florida grown
Lemon weighing j of 5 pound.
EARTHQuaxs AT Sea.—l he barque Panama.
Capt. Grave*, woicn arrived here yesterday
from li io de Janeiro, wbich port she left so tne
; 26 h July, reports basing on the 23d ult., while
t off the Grand Cayman*, fait a severe shock of
a an earthquake, which shook hia vessel very
much. It occurred abo® l s F* M—A’. O. Pts.
Special Notices
Or Tribute of Respect.— Extract from the
proceeding? of GENEROUS WARREN LODGE
No. 24, Monroe, Ga., at a meeting held Sept. 2,1851.
Died at the residence of his father near Monroe,
Walton county, on the morning of the lat inst.
James M. Dickersow, in the twenty-third year of
his age.
In recording the death of this worthy Brother
Master Mason, who has been taken from us just as
he was entering life’s active duties, we feel it due to
his worth to add this tribute of respect for his memo
ry.
That the amiable character, gentleman
ly bearing and upright deportment of our deceased
Brother, had won for him the sincere end affection'
ate regard of all who knew him.
Reaslved' That we deeply sympathize with the
parents and friends of cur deceased Brother, and
unite with them in deploring his early and untimely
i death.
As an additional testimony of our re»
| spect for his memory, that the Jewels and Furniture
1 of this Lodge be clothed in mourning, and the Breth*
I ren will wear the badge of mourning for thirty days.
That these Resolutions be entered on
the Minutes of this Lodge, and a copy of them sent
to the parents of our deceased Brother. Aho, that a
copy Le sent to the Athens and Augusta papers and
the Masonic Journal for publication.
R. J. KENNEDY, W. M.
W. H. Stroud, Sec.
The Kilts Street Ice Company, deep
ly regret the necessity they are under, ofannouncing
to the citizens of Augusta, anti their csstomsrs in
the up country, that their Ice has given out.
They made every exertion to have a sufficient
quantity to last the whole season, by ordering double
the amount they have ever ordered before; but ow
ing to the extreme heat of the weather, about three
fourths of the quantity ordered melted.
In duly, discovering that they would not have
enough for the season, they ordered an extra cargo,
which did net arrive in Savannah until two days ago,
and in consequence of the low state of the river, the
agent of the Steam Boat Gompay Bays it is impossi
ble to get it up.
The company have for the last ten days, been or
dering Ice from Chuleston at a loss of ten dollars a
day, to keep up the supply until they could get their
cargo from Savannah, but finding it impossible to
have it brought up, they are compelled to suspend the
lo ing business of any longer supplying the city
with Ice from Charleston. s4-d2wl
Vj” Notice—Kvery body read this. — Dr.
W. R. Moselit is still in Griffin, and continues to
core Cancers, Wens, Fistulas, and Ulcers of all
Einds. E«ery persen afflicted with Cancers, would
u wed to g; v s bim a call, and have tbeir health re
ared. He has, during the last twelve months,
cured a great many cases of Cancers, that seemed
»o b» from tbwir appearance, almost incurable; in
fact, a number of them was of long standing, and
had been under the treatment of the most eminent
Cancer Doctors in the world.
Dr. Moseley has now in his office some fifteen or
twenty Cancers and Tumors, weighing from 2 to 8 oz.
which he has preserved for a specimen, that those
afflicted with the disease, may see and satisfy them
selves that there is no bumbuggery in Dr. Moseley’s
curing the very worst kind of Cancers. my23*wt
LAW SCHOOL, AT AUGUSTA.
JjT The Lectures will be resumed on MON
DAY, the 20th of < OCTOBER.
The object of this School is to give systematic in
struction to Southern Student*, in the common Law
of England, as adapted to their own institutions, on
the plan so long followed at I itchfield, Connecticut.
The weekly exercises consist of five Lectures, an
examination, and a Moot Court.
TERMS, as heretofore—one hundred dollars for
the first year, and sixty fcr the second, payable quar
terly, in advance.
The subscriber will be happy to furnish any fur
ther information, whenever applied to, personally or
by letter. WM TRACY GOULD.
Augusta, Ga., July 24, 1951. dlw&wtit
BOOTS AND SHOES.
LARGE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT
The Subscribers have on erlfifY
■MI hand, and will receive weekly per
» VtkL steamers from Philadelphia and News
York, a large and well selec ed stock of Ladies’,
Misses’, Gent’s, Youth’s, and Children’s BOOTS
ana SHOES of the latest fashions and nca’est finish.
They also have a large stock of Kip and Plantation
BROGANS, and Servant’s SHOES, of all qualities
and make. All of which they respectfully invite
the attention of the public to call and examine before
purchasing. ALDRICH <& ROYAL.
Augusta, August 7, 1851. d2wAwlm
O’We are authorized to announce RICH-
ARD W. ROGERS as a Candidate for Sheriff of
Burke county, at the ensuing election in January
next. *lO
O’ We are authorized to announce HEN
RY SAXON an a Candidate for the office of Tax
Collector of Burke county, at the election in Janua
ry next. s9-td
Ws are authorized to announce JOHN
V. DAVIS as a Candidate for the office of Tax Col
lector of Putnam county, at the ensuing el action in
January next. au27-td
JVWe are authorized to announce ALFRED
L. WILLIS, Esq , as a Candidate cf the Constitu
tional Union party for the Legislature from Greene
county, at the ensuing elect'on. au27-w3
O’ Dr. L. €• Belt, will be supported as an
Independent Candidate for the Legislature in
Columbia County, at the ensuing Election by
aulO Many Voters.
MERIWETHER SUPERIOR COURT
AUGUST TERM, 1851.
Up Th© Grand Jury, sworn, chosen and se
lected for thi* Term of the Court, beg leave to make
the following general Presentments:
Upon an examination of the Books and Offices of
the Clerk of the Superior Court, of the Clerk of the
laferiar Court, and of the Qourt oMlrdi
neat, correct and business like manner, alike credi
tjbie to the County and the several officers having
them in charge.
We have ext mined and investigated the condition
of the County Treasury, and find the Bocks kept in
a manner reflecting credit upon the officer. We re
port in the i’ressury an unappropriated balance of
Ten Hundred and Furty-two Dollars and Seventy
one Cents, for County purposes, ami the sum of Two
Hundred Dollars of the fund raised for the support
of the County Poor, after paying ail amounts due up
to the first day of October text, and of the Poor
School Fund the surn of Seventy-five Dollars.
We have examined the Public and find
them kept in good order and in good condition, ex
cept ihe County Jail We bsiieve that to be wholly
unfit for the purpose-* intended, and we recommend
the Inferior Court of the County to have a new Jail
erected, which will combine both safety and dura
bility, and that they levy a tax of Fifty per cent, for
County purposes, that they may have the means of
paying for the same.
We report a large portion of the Public Roads in
the Coumy, together with the Streets in the town of
Greenville, in a very bad condition, and we earnest
ly recommend the proper authorities to have them
pul in good order forthwith.
We are duly impressed with the importance of a
general system of Education, and feel satisfied that
no plan hitherto tried in the State has met the object
hal in view, to wit: the imparting to tha poor chil
dren of the State a knowledge of the rudiments of
an English Education. W© recommend, therefore,
that our Legislature adept a liberal and enlightened
tyHem of Education which will meet the wishes of
he people and effect the object desired.
We congratulate the people of the County upon
the improved moral candition of the same, as evi
denced from the fact that but two or three bill? ol in
d'ciment have been brought to our consideration,
(and they were for small offences) during the present
term of the Court, and that we have no special pre
sentments to make, we know of no breaches of the
Criminal Law, and we invoke the people of the
County to pursue such a course of conduct that the
County, for the time to come, may have as little to
complain of as they have had on the present occa
sion.
W© recommend to lbs Legislature to so alter and
arrange the Judicial Circuit of this State as to equal
ize the labors of the Circuit Judges, and that the
Senator from this District, and our Members in the
House of Representatives from this County, be re
quested to do all in their power to effect this object,
and as the business of thia County seems to be accu
mulating, we recommend that the legislature give us
two weeks at each Regu'ar Term of the Superior
Court commencing on the Third Mondays in Februa
ry and August in each year.
We, with pleasure, b ar testimony to the prompt
ness, fidelity and ability with which the Presiding
Judge has d: sc barged the duties of bis office—and
we tendsr to the So* icitor General our thanks for the
courtesy with which he has treated this body, and
beir testimony to the faithful discharge of his offisial
duties. ALLEN ROWE. Foreman.
James Hines, Win. P. Norris,
Robert T. C. Tucker, JobnL. Dixon,
John B Chatfield, Neil McDonald,
Wik. S. Lawson, Jjhn W. Shepherd.
Alpheus Slay, Freeman McClendon,
Chtrles M. Heard, Wm. C. Gober,
Wm A. J. Phillips, Wm. Miicheli,
Ga*ton M. Underwood, Adam Ragland,
Francis A- Boykin, Wm. H. P. Adair,
Calvin Harmon, William Park.
It being the unanimous request of the Grand Jury
that these Presentments be puolished in the Chroni
cle <ft Sentinel, at Augusta, and the Columbus Times,
It is, therefore, Ordered by the Court, That they be
published according to their request. Granted.
EDWARD YOUNG HILL, j. a. c. m. c.
M. M. Tidwbul, Sol. Gen.
A true Extract from the Minutes of Meriwether
Superior Court, this 30th August, 1851.
«7 WM. A. ADAMS, Clerk.
GEORGIA, TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
Q-We, the Grund Jury, sworn, chosen and
selected lor September tern, 1851, of the Superior
Court of the county of Tabaferro, after having dis
charged, to the best cf our ability, the va-ievs du
ties assigned us, respectfully submit the following
presentments;
We have examined, through an appropriate com
mittee, the records of the Clerks of the Separfor and
Inferior Courts, and are gratified to ref art them
neatly kept, and regu arly brought up, ”9f acting
much credit upon those officers.
We have also examined into the County Treas
ury, and find as cash on hand the amount of three
hundred and fourteen dollars and seventeen cents,
with proper vouchers for each disbursement.
We have alao examined the County Jail, and re
port it in good crder. and needing no repairs.
We respectfully request the Justices of the Peace
in the several districts, to pay more at’ention to the
Patrol Laws, and to insure their execution in each
district, as far as practicable.
We also respectfully request our Senator and
Repreeenrative to ute their efforts io the ensuing
Legislature, to have revived the act repealed by
the last session prohibiting the importation of slaves.
We do not feel willing to take leave of his boner,
Judge Baxter, without tendering him our thanks for
the lucid and clear manner in which he has explain
ed ail points of law wh ch came before us, and for
his vary able and explicit charge at the opening of
this term; and further, we would tender our thanks
to the bolicitor General, John B. Weems, for his
courtesy and attention to oar body.
Jesse Veazey, foreman, James H Peck,
George W. Plynt, Thomas Cato,
Jamet R. M. Retd, Josiah Tilly,
Thomas P. Cowley, John Evans,
JohnC. Piuker, John W. Wright,
James Sharp, Abner N. Bristow,
Henry D Moore, Anderson E Moore,
Tyra G. Ellington, Martha Griffin,
Thomas A Mitchell, William J. Overton,
Johcr-on Woodall, Archibald G W Rhodes
George W. Nunn, William G. Moody.
Wilie Mayo,
Rcwlttd. That these presentments be published
in the Weekly Chronicle A Sentinel, Augusta, Ga.
A tiue extract from the minutes of said ecart.
s 7 JOHN T. BRISTOW C’erk.
a BAY RCM, Warranted genuine, “Sc. Thomae.”
Jt> .10 WM. H. TUTT.
Paiwr’s Light Agaim.—The National Intalli
gencer copies the letter of Mr. Paine, propo
sing to sell his patent to light Hotels, buildings
Ac., the same we published a few days since,
and adds;
“We are requested by a well -informed gen
tleman who declares himself authorized to
make the statement upon official authority, to
say that no Patent is about being issued to Mr
Paine, or likely to be. There must be some
mistake or misunderstanding in regard to this
subject on the part of the inventor, our infor
mation on the subject being positive, and we
believe authentic.”
Judce Beverly Tucker, one oft’ie Faculty
of William and Mary College, Va., who figur
ed in the Nashville Convention, died a few
days since, aged sixty seven years
Seventh District.—This is emphat cally
the day of small men. and it would be well for
our southern rights friends to accompany each
nomination for Congress with a biography
of their nominee that the people may know
who be is. It appears to us that their men are
abou' as obscure as their principle!.
David W. Lewis, Esqr.. of Hancock county
has been nominated for Congress in the sev
enth District, in opposition to Hon. A. H
Stephens! Mr. Lewis is no doubt a very
clever young man, but the idea of the Hon.
David W. Lewis member of Congress from
Georgia—-oh "git oout.”— Washington Ga
zette
Obituary Notices, not exceeding Six Lines
will be inserted in this journal without charge.
But when such notices exceed Six Lines, the
excess will in a’l cases be charged at the rate of 50
cents per square of 12 lines.
Died suddenly, at bis residence near Hamilton,
Ga., on the 26th of August, Gol. Benjamin Hknry,
a native of Elbert county, aged 53 years.
The deseased was actively engaged, during a con
siderable portion of his life, in the Military and Civil
serviee of his country, and of him it may be justly
r iid, next to that God, whese religion he professed
and adorned by bis pious and exemplary conduct, his
country, his whole country, was the supreme object
of hisaffec’ions. In early manhood, prompted by the
generous impulses of an ardent patriotism, he rushed
to the defeme of his na.ive land then menaced by
the “haughty Briton.” Notwithstanding hisyouth
fulness be received a Captain’s commission, and ac
quitted b’mself creditably in a six month’s campaign
mainly in the sea-coast counties of Georgia. Hav
ing served out the term of his enlistment, and enjoy
ing the esteem and confidence of his comrades in
arms, both of a higher and lower grade, be returned
to his home. But he could not be inactive in the
midst of such troublous times. Shortly afterwarda
we find him J spelling the fierce nigbt-attack of the
hostile Creeks on Gen. Floyd’s gallant band at
Camp Defiance. For his behavior in that severe en
gagement, he was highly commended by the General
in command; yet such was his unaffected modesty
that he was never known, except when urged by in
timate friends, to allude to the distinguished part he
performed. He participated in numerous skirmishes
with our savage fees, and contributed greatly, by his
daring courage and untiring activity, to protect the
Georgia frontier against tbeir predatory inroads pos
sessing, in an eminent degree, the qualitiis of a skill
ful commander. Upon the cessation of hostilities, be,
like many other citizen soldiers, retired to private
life. Upon a subsequent occasion, however, be ren
dered important services as a prominent member of
Gen. McDougald’s staff. By his fellow citizens be
was frequently henored with civil trusts of great
de'icacy and responsibility. Several times was he
returned to the Legislature of the State, and for a
long series of years be was a useful and efficient
County Judge. In these stations his deportment
was blameless, indeed worthy of all praise. The
deceased was for many years connected with the
Baptist Church, and it is no exaggeration to say, that
bis daily walk was a striking illustration of the pre
cepts of Christianity. Bu.it were a vain under
taking to attempt, in a mere obituary, an enumera
tion of the many excellencies of tuch a character, or
to present a satisfactory record of the worthy actions
of so long and useful a life. It would be equally
vain to attempt an estimate of the pubi c and private
loss which his been sustained. His family and
friends alike too sensibly feel that this bereavement
is as great as it was sudden. And in the depths of
tbeir sorrow they can alone look with trustful hearts
to Him who “tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.”
A kind and provident father, a put lie spirited citizen,
a gallant soldier, a disinterested Legislator, and a
just judge, he was s ummoned to his final t adit.
Leng will the memory cf the “ loved and Ic?t” lin
ger about and hallow our Hearts and Home*. S.
dLcmmenial.
AUGUSTA MARKET
Weekly Report.*. .Tcmdat, P. M.
At the close of our last weekly repart the market
was very firm, under the influence of a good demand
and a limited quaniity on sale. These features have
characterized the market during the present week,
and it closes very firm with prices decidedly higher,
and we quote Fair firm and ready of «®le at 9} cetts.
The principal purchases are, however, for home con
•ampiion. and our Factories prefer to pay these rates
to stopping their machinery. Something of an argu
ment in favor of home manufactories.
REMARKS.—The general business of the week
has cnly been moderate for the season. The prospects
of the Corn and Cotton crops are so gloomy that mer
chants and planters, we are pleased to see, buy very
cautiously if not sparingly. This is a good feature
for the future, and we hope will bs persevered in by
all cl»sses. If is the only way to avoid a revulsion.
GROCERIES.—The demand for groceries, though
fair, is not large, and a moderate business engsges
dealers. The supply of the leading articles, Sagar,
Coffee. Molasses, &c., is general y abundant, and as
our dealers are receiving daily additions to their
stocks, it will ere long be very ample. We note no
change in rates, and would refer to our quotations as a
fair index of prices.
GRAIN.—As the season approaches for gathering
• >«* khu vvim uaw acciiQevx
95 to 100 cent, per bushel, with a prospect of going
still lower.
Wheat continues in demand, atSl toil} P er
bushel according to quality. The latter price is only
paid for very choice Wheat. An argument addressed
to the p ckets es our planters to sow White Wheat.
FLOUR.—Sales of Superfine City Mills, are
made from lhe mills in lots of sto 10 bbls, at ;
Extra Family, from best White Wheat, 7} to 48 per
bbl.
BACON. —The demand continues rery large, and
as lhe stock is rapidly decreasing, and the prices
have advancedin other markets, holdete are very
firm in anticipation of high rates.
LARD. —A choice rrticle continues scarce, and
readily commands our quotations.
SALT. —As the demand is large and the stock
light, pricessre very firm and looking up.
BAGGING AND ROPE.—The demand has in
creased. but prices are without change.
EXCHANGE.—Checks on the North {percent
premium.
FREIGHT'.—We have no change to report in
prices—the river is again low and navigation diffi
cult.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
L’VERPOOL, August 18—The sales since
Thursday are 24,000 bag*, of which 8,000 bags are
taken on speculation and for export. To-day’a sales
are 10,000 bags, 4,000 being taken on speculation
and for export. The market baa assumed a firm
appearance at the pr cea of last week.
August 19 — Grain — 1 he r r inci pal import thia
week is of Fleur, of which 53.304 bls. are from the
United States, and 12,393 bbls, from Canada. Tbe
Foreign Wnsat is, from the United States, 9 690 qrs.,
Canada 1.500 qrs.
Harvest work is progressing very rapidly and un
der favorable circumstances. the beautiful weather
we have now had for nearly three weeks having
dissipated all fears as to a fair average quantity of
Autumn and Spring Corn. The quality also is
likely to prove good. The market is depressed by
so many holders desiring to meet the demand, and
all reasonable offers for Wheat and Flour, have been
accepted. Prices have consequently been a little
irregular during the part week.
There was a large dir play of samples of Wheat
and Flour •’ our Corn Exchange this morning, and
having numerous buyers, both town and country,
they were enabled to make satisfactory purchases of
Wheat and Flour, at a decline from this day ee’n
night of Id to 2d per b ;she! on the foimer, and 6d to
la per. bbl. os tbe secondary qualities of American
and Canadian Flour Prime brands of Flour were
not lower. New white Oats declined 2d, and black
4d per bu. New Oatmeal was in good request, at
full prices. Barley, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn
were each unchanged in value.
After market a few thousand barrels of tbe infe
rior and hea'ed American flour were sold by auction
at prines varying from ! 0s 9d ’o 17s 9d per barrel.
Liverpool Market.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 22.—The Cotton market has
presented quite a new feature this week. The pres
sure to seii has at length c*. ased, and h Iders appear
to be relieved. The demand has been very good,
with increasing firmness and advancing prices. The
inclination to buy has daily become more general,
and the business of tbe week has therefore been large,
owing however, more to increased speculative and
export buying, than to any other causv. The 'rade
have not taken largely in excess of the consumption,
although the heal'by state of business in Manchester
has been such as to induce spinners to continue to
make additions to their stocks.
.American descriptions, being no longer offered in
excess, hive gradually advanced in price, and the
better kinds of fair and upwards are |1 per pound
dearer, while upon the ra ddling and common quali
ties more’han fd. per lb. has been re-i zed. Our
quotations for middling qualities being raised f a |d.
per lb. 8560 bales Arae lean, 100 Pernambuco, and
1490 Surat have been taken on speculation, with 14,-
420 American, 191 Pernambuco, 1710 Surat , and
150 Madras for export — leaving for tbe trade 41,210
bales. Tbe sa’es to-day amount to 8,000 bales
Aug. 23 —The sales to-day are 6,0U0 bales, of
which 1500 are taken on speculation and for export.
The closing prices are as follows: Uplands—Mid
dling 4|; Fair s*. Mobile—Middling 4|; Pa r 5|. —
HoUingshtad) Rdtey 4* Co.
HAVRE, August 21.—Cotton.—Tbe demand for
Ccttcn is m ’re active at advanced prices. The Bales
of the week amount to 5411 bales, and ot the 21st up
to 2 o’clock, to 2100. Very ordinary New Orleans
brought fully 83, being an advance ot 2f.59 upon last
q uota lions*
'I I AGSEstA, Henry’s .nd Havana’s, for sale
Al by «lu W.M.H.TUTT.
«. MUCH ON MAT CIIJEsT—IOO Gro. ia
F W.od and Paper boxes. Per nil low by
,10 WM. H TV IT.
I' OVVS BROWN WINDSOR SOAP—
J 1 cbm just raceired by slO WM. H. TUTT,
Spirits tckpentue- 10 Barrels in
sure, and for Ml. low by
,10 WM H. TUTT.
USHTOJi'S COD LIVER OIL, the only
article used by Physician., and warranted
genuine. For sal. by
8 ,10 PHIL'P A, MOISE
Leather and Hides.
A LARGE LOT of LEATHER and HIDES
of every description, for sale at the Augusta
Tennery. -JNO, G. SLEDGE, Agent.
s3-dlwA w 3
NOTICE.
THE undersigned having united their interest
in the Dry Goods line, in the City of Augusta,
wilt continue the business at 'he old stand of James
Miller A Co., under the firm and style of Millkk
A Waiuv, where thev will keep a large and well
selected STOCK OP GOODS, to which they re
spectfully invite the attention of thair old customers
and the public generally.
JAMES MILLER & CO.,
Mp7w3mAdlm U C. WARREN A QO.
telegraphic news.
1 zan.mltt«<t roe the Chronicle 4. Seminal.
LATER From EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER FRANKLIN.
FURTHER ADVANCE IN COTTON
or i-sd
New Yobk, Sept. 8.
The Steamer Franklinhas attired bringing
three days later newa from Liverpool.
r.ivanrooi. harkit.
LtvanrooL, Aug. 25.— Carrot.— The mar
ket ia active and priceabave advanced id., with
sales of 20,000 bales, since the sailing of the
America, 7,000 of which were taken by ex
porters and speculators. The quotations are:
5Jd. for Fair Orleans, 5j for Mobile, and sjd.
for Uplands.
Indian Corn was more in demand. Sugar
io in limited demand and prices barely uns
tained. Molasses dull and unchanged.
The political news is unimportant.
The house of Rucker & Son, of London,
has suspended. Liabilities $2 000,000.
The English Parliament was farther pro
rogued till the 4th Nuremberg
The French Ambassador at Madrid bad pro
mised the Spanish Government the assis
tance of the French to suppress the invasion
of Cuba
Paris was tranquil—Portugal quiet.
From California.
The steamer Georgia has arrived at New
York, with 91,500 000 in gold.
STEAMER AMERICA.
COTTON ADVANCED 1-8 TO l-4d.
Charleston, Sept. 3, P. M.
The American arrived at Halifax to-day.
The political news by her is unimportant.
Liverpool Market.
COTTON—Common to Middling qualities
of Cotton had advanced during the week }d.
The better qualities had advanced id. The
quotations are
Fair Orleanss}
Mobile.— .... ...&i
Sales 68,000 bales, of which speculators took
9,000, and importers 14,000 bales. Sales on
Saturday 6,000 bales. The market closed firm
Flour has declined 6d; Wheat 2d. Corn
advanced 6d.
Trade in the Manufacturing districts bad im
proved. Console 96} to 96}.
HAVRE MARKET.—Cotton active. Sales
of the week 55.000 bales. Sales Thursday up
to 2 o’clock 2,000. Very Ordinaire Orleans
fully 83f.
Washikctox, Sept. 3.
The Collector of New Orleans has been
dismissed
Cuban Affairs.
WxsHisaTox, Sept. 3.
Official despatches have been received by
the government announcing that Lopez still
held out on the 25th August, but with greatly
reduced force. That it does not appear that
any Creoles had joined him.
The Governor General had offered a re
ward for Lopez and pardon to his followers.
The President has dismissed the Collector
of New Orleans, and appointed a substitute.
The other officers at New Orleans have been
informed that they will be dismissed if they ne
glect their duties. Orders have been given to
intercept the steamer Pampero, and all other
vessels with invading forces for Cuba
Stringent and precise orders have been re
newed to all officers to suppress all illegal ex
peditions, and particular efforts ordered to
suppress new expeditions from New Orleans.
Later from Cuba.
Nxw Ohlxans, Sept. 4.
The Steamer Cherokee from New York,
via Havana, is coming up 'he river. A die
patch from the South West Pass to the Pica
ynne says, Lorxz has been captured and was
executed in Havana on the Ist inst. There
are 155 prisoners in the possession of the Go
vernment, principally Americans. A'l who
left in lhe Pampero have been killed or made
prisoners.
The Insurgents still hold possession of the
Mountains near Principe.
CONFIRMATION OF THE CHEROKEE’S
HKWS.
Arrival of the Empire City at New York. —
Baltimore, Sept 6. The stsanishlu Empire
City arrived at New York on Saturday from
Havana. Gen’l Lopez was taken asleep, half
dead with fatigue and hunger. He was garot
ted on the lat inst-, at seven o’clock. Ono
hundred of his followers have been captured,
who will be sent to Spain, and confined ten
years in a dungeon. The others have been ei
ther shot or e'arved. The patriots were suc
cessful in every battle, but were not joined by
the Creoles. The Spenieh loss amounts to
auvuc.wu uivuasuu men.
A great Hurricane occurred at Po.to Rico
on the 18th August. The damage caused >o
lhe crop and shipping was immense.
New Orleane, Sept. 6, 7-30 P. M.—Cotton
has declined a quar er of a cent to-day, Satur
day, and the sales have amounted 'o three hun
dred bales, Middling bringing 8} cte. Pro
visions are steady. Whiskey is worth 18} cts
The Cuba expedition has been abandoned.
Two hundred of the volun'eers from Alabama
have re.urned to that state. Many fir m vari
ous parte of the country remain here, not hav
ing the means to return to their respective
homes. The Committee, who have teceived
contributions for the expedition; are applying
the fun s they have in hand towards defraying
the expenses incurred by them whilst in New
Orleans.
Some diserisfaction exists, and some slight
disturbances have occurred, but they have
been suppressed by some arrests having been
made, and by all the bar rooms iu the Second
Municipality having been closed.
From the Baltimore American —by Telegraph
further from California.
New York, Sept. 4.—The steamer Protne
'heus has arrived wi h California dates to
July 31st. She brings 240 passengers, 950,000
on freight, and $300,000 in the hands of
passengers. She left San Juan on lhe
morning of the 16:h, aud experienced exceed
ingly rough whether. In latitude 78°. she
passed the brig J. Holt, of Bluehill, Me.,
abandoned and could could not board her.
The general newa posses.es no feature of
interest.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Articles. Wholesale. Retail.
BAGGING.—Gunny.. per yard 1 15* a 3 16
Kentucky ‘ none.
Dundee u H * 13
BACON.—Hams per lb. 12j a 14
Shoulders “ 10 a 10*
Sides “ 12 a 13
Hog round-. u *
BUTTER.—Goshen “ 25 a 30
Country “ 10 a 25
BEESWAX.— “ 18 a 20
BRICKS— 1,000 5 50 a 600
CHEESE.—Northern..--per lb. 10 a 12*
English Dairy “ 14* a 16
COFFEE.—Rio “ 10 a 11
Laguira " 11* a 12*
Ja?e “ 13 a 14*
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yarns 80 a 90
1 Shirting per yard 6 a 7
i « • “ 51 a 7
1 <* •• 8 a 8
5- “ 9j a 10
6- “ u H * 14
Osnaburgs M 10 a 11
FEATHERS— per lb., dull, 32 a 35
PlSH.—Mackerel, No. 1 per bbl. 13 00 a 14 50
No. 2 • “ 11 00 a II 50
No. 3 “ 7 00 a 6 00
No. 4 " 0 50 a 7 00
Herrings per box —a 100
FLOUR.—Country-••• per bbl. nona.
Tennessee u 6 50 a 7 00
Canal “ 6 25 a 8 00
Baltimore HS * a S
Hiram Smith’s “ 7 50 a 8 00
City Mil’s “ 600 a 8 Off
GRAIN.—Corn per boob. 85 a 1 09
Wheat “ 1 00 a 1 25
Oats ” 50 a 60
Rye M none
Peas •« 80 a 90
GUNPOWDER.—
Duponts’••••••••••• per keg 5 00 a 5 50
Hazard •• .•••••• • • •• 500 a 550
LARD— per lb. 12 a 14
LlME—Country per box none
Northern per bbl. 200 a 225
LUMBER— per 1,000 13 00 a 15 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba., .per gall. 25 a 28
Orleans ••• “ 40 a 45
NAILS— •.•••per lb. 3 a 4
OILS. —Sperm, prime*, .per gall. 1 50 a 1 75
do common* n 75 a 100
Refined whale 11 70 a 87
Train “ 65 a 70
Linseed- u 1 05 a 1 51
Castor “ 1 75 a 200
ROPE.—Kentucky per lb. 8* a 10
Manilla u 13 a 14
RICE— per tierce 3f a 4
RAISINS— per box 2 50 a 3 50
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gio. pr gall. 35 a 40
“ Rum “ 35 a 40
N.O. Whiskey « 30 a 33
Peach Brandy u 75 a 1 00
Apple do ••••••• ** 50 a 75
Holland Gin.....• •• “ 125 a 1 75
Cognac Brandy.. ••• u 1 50 a 260
SUGARS.—N. Orleans..par Ib. 7 a 8*
Porto Rico-......... •• 7 a ft
St. Croix u 8a 10
Loaf. “ 10* a 11
Crushed « 10 a Hi
Powdered “ 10* a 11
Havana white “ 9 a Hi
•• brown ° 7 a 9
u clarified.... 11 9 a 10
SALT. —Liverpool grid per bush. 45 a 60
“ per sack 125 a 137 f
Blown »< 3 00 a 3 50
SOAP.—Yellow .per lb. 6 a 6
SMGT— per bag —a 162
T^INE. —Hemp Bagging per lb. 18 a 25
Cotton wrapping.....* u 15 a 2*
PLANTERS TAKE NOTICE.
Harry camps combined corn.
b HELLER, STRAW CUTTER and GRsIN
THRASHER, is now in successful operation at the
Gin House of Charles DeLaigle, Eeq., near the Au
gusta Machine Works. All per.ons who feel inter
ested in the above Machines are invited to call and
see for themselves, every day. from 3 to 4
P.M, .4-wlm H <:AMt -
Savannah River Lands for Sale.
TH 4 PLANTATIONS lying
four miles below Augusta, on the
Savannah River, known as *
Hie CANOE CREEK TRACT, containing about
500 acre*, 150 us which are well timbered, with Oak.
Beach, Peplar and Hickory, Gin House, Screw,
Negro Houses, Stables,Ac., arson the place.
Aud the TUFKNETT TRACT, containing 550
aer*s, 175 to 220 of which are well wooded, with
Hichory, Oak end Beech. Ad oining these tracts is
a body of uncleared land, of about 100 acres, on
which is a very superi r fishery, and wh'cb may be
included in either tract. The cleared land is in a
n»gh state of cultivation, and is as well adapted to
the culture of corn and cotton as any lands on the
nver. They are protected from freshets by high and
strong embankmentfl thrown up with great labor and
expense, and are drained by a large aqueduct.
it is deemed useleea to particularize farther, as
peraona desirous of purchasing can always examine
r tnemselvefl, by calling on the subscriber on the
Sept S, 1851.
Terms-Ona third C..h; lhe balance one end
two years, with interest. slo-w3m
lumber.
Tub Subscribers having erected a Steam Saw
Mill, four miles west of Warrenton, Warren
county, axe now prepared to deliver from two to
four thousand feet of LUMBER per day at the War
renton Depot, from which place it can be shipped to
any roint on the Georgia Rail Road, at Abort notice.
apl6-tmf CUPV & NFAU
MACHINE BELTING,
TEE SUBSCRIBERS offer for sale, at
manufacturer’s prices, a large assortment of
No. 1, Patent, Riveted, Stretched, and Cemented
Leather BELTING, assorted widths, of the most
approved manufac ure, and of warranted materials,
to which they invite the attention es Machinists and
Manufacturers generally.
WRIGHT, NICHOLS A CO.
slO-sw&wlm
NO EXCUSE FOR BAD BREAD !
PRESTON & MKRRILIa’S INFALLIBLE
YEAST POW DER, a new art de for making
Ltght and Sweet Bread. It is a great convenience,
Ihit it is always ready and sure to act the dough
requires no standing, but is ready to bake as soon as
mixed, and the most ignorant can hardly mistake in
its use. Should an excess be put in, it will net turn
the breai yellow, with an ashy or soapy taste, as
bsleratus and soda will; thus saving much was.e.
it is suitable for almost all kinds of Sweet Cakes,
Gingerbread, Dumplings, and Griddle Cakes
IGF Dough mixed with common Yeast, and failing
to riae, may be made light, and saved, by thoroughly
xnaading in the proper quantity of this Y«ast.
For sale by slO D. B PLUMB & C°.
NEW CARPETS.
SNOWDEN & SHEAR
HAVE just received from New York a supply
of Three Ply and Ingrain CARPETS, of new
and splendid patterns, co which they respectfully in
vite the attention of the public. f>s dtw&w
NEW GOODS.
Alexander weight have just
ceived—
Super. Plain, Black and Figured SILKS,
Black Watered Silk and Satin IPCHENE,
Colored Florence and Marceline SILKS,
Black Silk Trimming LACES,
Lace UN uERS I .EEVES; Muslin CUFFS, new
styles,
CHEMIZETTS, latest style,
Real Thread, Lin. Thread, and Valencienn LA
GES,
Long Black Egyptian MITTS,
Superior Iriah LINENS; Pillow-Case LINENS,
Figured and Dotted Swiss MUSLINS,
Col’d and Mourning GINGHAMS and PRINTS,
And a great variety ol other GOODS, to which they
invite the attention of the public. au!6-d&w
NEGROES, NEGROES?NEGr.OI.b
JUST ARRIVED, SEVENTY-SIX ycuug,
likely NEGROES, which, added to our forms
stoek, will make one hundred aud fourteen we have
now on the Market. By calling at our Depot at
Hamburg, S. C., purchasers can be suited, and those
wishing to purchase are requested to examine our
Stock before purchasing elsewhere.
o 4 tw&wtf JENNINGS * ROBERTSON
STARCH, BROOMS, TOBACCO.
boxes STARCH.
50 dozen Georgia made BROOMS,
And a few cates extra fine Chewing TOBACCO,
For axle by
.SSEYMOUR. ANSLEY & CO.
SEED RYE.
90Ub BUSHELS of prime SEED RYE,
just received and for sale hv
s 5 S. D. LINTON & CO.
YOUTH’S AND CHILDREN’S CLO
THING.
JUST RECEIVED,an invoice of the above ar
ticles, some of which are of very handsome style
and pattern. For sale at
•2 CLAYTON & BIGNON’S.
Starch Polish.
Beaumont’s patfnt starch pol-
ISH, for fiving a beautiful gloee to Linens,
MuFlins, Cambrics, &e. It also prevents the iron
from fcdberiig to the linen. For sale by
84 D. B. PLUMB & CO.
WARREN SHERIFF S SALK.— WiI
be sold, before the Court Houve door in War
renton, Warren county, on lhe first Tuesday in
OCTOBER next, wittiin the usual hours of e*tle.
one Tract of Oak and Hickory LAND, lying rnd
being in aaid county, on Rocky Comfort Creek, con
taining One Thousand Acres, more or less adjoining
lands of Thomas L. Yarbcrougb, Wm. R. Lowe, and
others. Said land is well improved, and in a good
cood tion for farming. Levied on by virtue of sun
dry fi. fas., to wit: one issued from Warren Interior
Court, in favor of Jesse M. Roberts vs. Henry Ba
ker, Executor of the last will and testament of Eliz
abeth Williams, deceased, and John D. Baker. Also,
one fi. fa. issued from lhe Inferior Court aforesaid,
in favor of Elisha L Long vs. said Henry Baker.
Also, one i sued from said Court, in favor of Jesse
M. Roberts vs. said Henry Baker. Also sundry
other fi. fas. issued from Warren Superior Court, in
favor of John H. Foberts, and others, vs. said Hen
ry Baker. Property pointed out by plaintiff’s at
torneys. JOHN S. JOHNSON, Dep. Sh’ff.
September 4, 1851.
IbICIIMOND
ib Will be sold st the Inwar market bnnaa. in ihn
y ot Augusta, betwen the legal hours of sale
o« the first Tuesday in October next, the following
property, viz; A Sorrel Horse and One horse Wag
on and Harness, levied on as the property of George
F. Buck, to satisfy a fi fa isssued from Richmond
Superior court, in favor of C. a. & M. H. Williams,
against George F. Buck and George W. Perryman,
partners under the name of Bock & Perrytntn.
The above Horse pointed out by George W. Peiry
man. and the Wagon and Harness by C. A. & M
H. Williama WILLIAM DOYLE, Sh’ff.
September 5, 1851.
AD MI NIST A ATOH.S’ SALK.— On th'
first Tuesday in November next, will be sold
under an order cf Court, at the usual place of public
sales J n the county of Randolph, Lot No. 118, In
the 7th District •! said county, for account of the
heirs of the estate of Paul Fitzsimons, deceased.
ROBERT F. POE, )
WILLIAM J. EVE, > Adm’rs.
st GEO. W. CRAWFORD. S
GUARDIAN’S SALEi— Agreeable to an or
der of the Inferior Court of Columbia county,
while sitting asa Court of Ord nary, will be sold, on
the first Tuesday in DECEMBER next, before the
Court House door in said county, a negro man
named RANDAL, the property of Mary Hannah
and James Patrick William Dougherty, deceased.
So’d for the benefit of the minors.
JAMES DOUGHERTY, Guardian.
September 4. 1851.
ARRKN COUNTY, GKO.—W hereas,
Curren Buttle administrator on the estate of
Lawrence Battle, late of said county, deceased, ap
plies for letters dismissory on said estate - *
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of su’d deceased, to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Warrenton.
ADAM JONES, Clerk.
Septembers, 1851.
FOUR MONTHS afterdate, application will
be made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior Court of Line In county, when sitting as a
court of ordinary, for leave to sell a part of the Ne
gr* es belonging to tbe estate of James Cartledge,
dec’d , late of Lincoln county.
WALTON CARTLEDGE, Ex’r.
September 5, 1851.
KOKOI A, COLUMBIA COUNT V.---
VM IN THE COURT OP ORDINARY, SEP
TEMBER Ist, 1851. Present their Honors, Wil
liam L. Blumt, Josiah Stovall, Albert G.
Dozier, and Moody Bust.
It appearing to the Court, by the peti'ion of Rich
ard Goings, that William Tankersley, of said coun
ty, deceased, did, in his life t:n.e, exeoute to said
h icbard Goings bis bond, conditioned to exec -te
titles, in fee simple, to said Richird Goings, for a
tract of Land containing seventy acres, situate in
said county, adjoining Lndsof A. H Col ins, and
others. And it further appears that tbe said William
Tankersley bath departed this life without executing
titles to said lot of land, or in any way providing
therefor; and it appearing that the said Goings has
paid the full price therelcr, and the said Richard
having petitioned this Court to direct William A.
A vary, administrator on tbe es:ate of said Tankers*
ley, to exccu'c titles to said tract of land, in conform,
it/ with said bond; It is therefore Ordered, That
notice be given, in terms of the law in such cases
made and provided, that all persons concerned may
file their objections, if any they have, why raid
A vary, administrator as aforesaid, should not execute
titles to said tract of land in conformity with said
bond.
A true Extract from the Minutes.
A. M. CRAWFORD, Dep Clerk.
September 6, 1851. e6-lams
RICHMONO SH fafttlFF SALIL—WtiI be
sjld, at tbe lower Market House, i 1 the city of
Augusta, on the first Tuesday in October next, Be
tween the legal hours of sale, tbe foltowi ig property,
viz: A Barouche and two buy Horses, levied on to
satisfy a distress warrant issued from the Inferior
Court of Richmond county, in favor of O'ivia M. Ol
iver, against Laac Csvener ; the abc re property
pointed eut by the aforesaid de feudist, His 7th Au
gust, 1851. WM. DOYLE, bh K. C.
sep7 ,
Bounty land and papktt agen
CY, for Western Georgia and Lantern Ala
bama, at LaGrange Georgia.
The subscriber also Practices LAW K its various
branches, in the neighboring counties of the Coweta
and Chattftboczbee Circuits.
BENJAMIN H. BIGHAM,
ra v 15-1 y Attorney at Law.
VKEW-TDKKV'
COTTON’, WOOL., Jitu-Utow .nd Horse
CARDS, of tbe above celebrated stamps, are
ot unequalled quality, and wherever introduced, take
the place of all others. They are manufactured on
our new improved machinery, and each pair is war
ranted in every respect. Uur inferior Cards —the
common *• Whittemore’’ stamp—are of the usual
well known quality.
Sold by the Hardware houses in all the cities, and
Country Merchants, and to the trade, by the Manu
facturers. JOS. B. SARGENT,
mylO-wly* 24 Clifl-Street, \ork.
Cotton Gin "Notice
ujff>RK®kONED takes this method
1 to infjno the Cotton Pian ten of this vicinity,
that he has ovea-d a Shop io this city for tbe purpose of
Making and Repairing COTTON GINS. Having
b-jeo engaged in tbe business of Gin Making,
he hopes to receive a liberal share of petron-ge.
J'»HN L. HILL.
Shop near the Upper Market, Augusta.
i y22-d<* w*? w4rn
.X BuXEs ot various brands
•-* VF and quality, for sale low by
veS-dtfcw BAKER & WILCOX.
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