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la Wmst-T.— Seventy-live cents per square (10 line* or
tu) tor the first insertion, and fifty cent* for each sobte
cent insertion.
TO PUVrKitfc.
a'UH HLBfcrillMKll would reipectfkilly inform Plant
ers that he furntuhea
eri * SMALL QBMT WLM,
Suitable to be attached to Gin Gears, of different Bites,
and of different patterns at the lowest price*.
These Mills have given the highest satisfaction,and can
be compared with any frnra the North.
Please give os a call before
Burr Mill Stone Manufacturer, Angusta, Ca. IMf
REUBEN RIOTS PATENT CENTEE VENT WA
CIAUTIOJ* .-Having been informed that a certain per
/ , D'un’d Kskd, Is vending a Water Wheel upon
w cb the water Is conducted by means of a spinal scroll, as
■pon UeMben itieb's “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify
and cautl.n the public, that we will prosecute, in all in
stances lot any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
both the tinker and party using, and will be thankful for
any information referring us to parties thus trespassing.
Motiigonyry, Ala., June 11, 1650. Je2l-tf_
TOE MojltaObfEßT MANUFACTURING COM
PANY'S IRON WORKS.
MONTOCMERT, * - ALABAMA.
MVMi'Xt Ttlllv, so superior style, llonsontal ana
Uprirft STEAM KSaOWB, Os all sites; Hteam
HOILBRB rIOOOMOTIVVH ; Cast Men WATER WHEELBj
Eugar MII.II; Haw amorist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (Includiik Hoxie’ncffmlnuotwfeet tor haw Mill*;) Ed
adne ami 111 LATH E3; Iron and Dram CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., t.
All orderiitUedwltit despatch.
7 GINDRAT k 00.
ikPOETAIT TO MILL^OWNms'AND MANU
FACTUKUKS.
UnrtlUletl Improvement in Water Wheels.
rivllh Kt.lMiltilJKltn are sole agents for making and
1 vendinstho best Water Wboot In the world, known as
Vandcwater) Water Wheat. We challenge the World to
produce Its dual. It hue hut recently been Introduced to
the public, iiml found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, botnii power and economy in water, every drop be
ing effectivehnd none wasted. This Wheel Is not in the
least affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placed betowlafl water in every Instance, consequently we
get every l 4 of head; they being entirely of cast Iron,
simple of castruction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are mordduruble than any wheel now In use. We
have recenty put one in operation for George Schley,
Esq., at his slville cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference, ae certificate annexed.
All orders (r Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention byiddressing the subscribers.
JAOUEIt, TREADWELL A PERRV.
Albany, New Vork.
O* to their J. J. Kibbk, Augusta.
LtCkkTIVICiTB.]
Acoiibta, Ga., March 24,1851.
well A Perry—Gentlemen I have the
gratification Informing you that your Vandcwater Wheel
was successfn ’ put in n|>era’lon at my factory last week,
and it worke'l» perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity of eed, are recommendations alone; butabove
all. Its hlghes ncomluni Is the small quantity of water It
takes as comj red with other wheels. I have been using
one of Rcuh. Rich's Centro Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half db liter, and eleven Inch bucket, the discharge
openings men ring 4uu Inches. I displaced that anil put
II one of you of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ngs measnriii 270 Indies, and your wheel run the same
■mount of millinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
here was a dfcrcnce In favor of yours of eight inches In
lie depth of rster in the tall race. I feel no hesitation in
•oommendlniour wheel to all munnfarturers and mill
wnere, belie tiglt is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ng you suee...ln the intrivhicton of so valuable an Im
rovement, 1 ikiu, very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
mhM wly ciKOKGE HCHLEY^
IMPORTI NT TO MANUFACTURERS,
ijillli HI UI ftlßl 8 are prepared to supply all
CoTToNAND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
Os a BUperlur i alltv, BHAFTING anil MILL GEARING,
With Improver hmpllng uni Pulleys, Seif-Oiling Hangers
which require iliug only euce In three months); LOOMS,
f a great varl y ol Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
rom One to El iteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa
ble of running om 150 ta 170 picks per minute.
They are ■ uh ed, from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARN and GOODS, with comparatively little
abur • and all Viufaeturers, before purchasing their Ma
hinery, will .Swell to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
where they c a fee the Maohlnery with all the latest im
provements, Infill unil successful operation; or they can
be referred to if torlcs in almost every State South and
West, by a Idrcing a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKS A SON,
Peb. 1859. f 0-1 y Ilrlilcshurg, near Philadelphia.
N. It. Plans with the locatirm of Machinery,
he simplest tnfio'l of driving, anil calculation of speed,
urnished free opharge. tviy
Ktw dollars reward.
ANAWAlfrom the undersigned, a Negro m.
Fellow nani.l llAi.RV.como.onlycalledllAß- Wrf
RV HOGUES, feet 7 or S Inches high, black com
plexion, does tit usually answer very promptly JA
when spoken tills easily made to laugh, which resembles
rathAr what is c|le.l giggling. He has been gone about 4
month*, iiml i* jnown tohuve been about the plantation
of it. A. Alien ad others, on the river swamp; has also
been seen in th-yleinity of Augusta, and on the Savannah
and Louisville llads bailing thereto. The above reward
will be paid for Is delivery at the residence of the under
aigned, or in tin! ail at Augusta, with duo notice of his ap
prehension. A. 0. WALKER,
otl if Near Richmond Factory Poet Pence.
A CLASSICAL TEACHES.
AMOITHIIN UKATLBMAN, of experience, whio
. cur come will recommended, wi-hes to obtain a situ
allon a* TICACIi|R in a School or high order in which
JOU g men are ijrpared for College, fie i» dealroue th*t
the Kelli ol lie lorjletl in nhe ilthy aeetlon. Also, that It
remise* parmaijney. further information in relation to
m tan he had * addreaelng, postage paid, 11.1’. Q.
Jefferson, Jaegoa eeuatr, •«. dll-tJal
AITOVER9XEB WANTED,
rrtllic l< in want of a good OVER
-1 KEEK, to tall charge of hia Plantation In Burke coun
ty. None need agdy who cannot conn well recommended
for good and corrilt habit*. Apply to the uudereigned In
Augusta. j dl»wtf W. W. DAVIES.
AUGUSTA FBSNCH BUSK HILL STONE MANU
gACToitV.
rjillK subscriber ;t lute kful for the kind patronage heretofore
JL extended to nr late firm of ScumMaa A Wiuand, would
respectfully inform Ids friends and the public, that he contin
ues to execute ordets for his well kuown Wurranted Trench
BUltlt Mild. BTOIEK, of every desirable slao, at the lowest
price and shortest itaire. tie also furidshea
RKIII’US and OOI.OGNK STONES,
SMUT MACIINKS, of various patterns,
BOLTING (.Lol'llij, of the best brand,
CEMENT, t.f Mill use.
And every other ora ls necessary In a Mill.
Also, for Plantorsgimall GRIST MILLS to uUaoh t» Gin
Clears.
All orders prompth atlended to.
WM. R. 80HIRMKB,
JalS wtf Hurfivlng partner of Sohlrmer A Wlgand.^
(1,000 REWARD.
Dll. 11l ATKlla celebrated SPECIFIC, for the onre
of (lonorrluoa,Strictures, Gleet and Aualagous Com
plaints of the Orgaii of Generation.
( tf H u remedos yet discovered for the above com
plaint, this Is the m*t certain,
ii maked asieody and permanent onre without re
striction to diet, dr life, exposure, or change of application
to business.
{Settle perfectly harmless. Gallons of It might be
taken without injuring the patient.
jyy- U is put up m bottles, with full directions accom
panying it, so that persons can cere themselves without re
sorting to physidantor others for advice.
One oottle is enough to perform a certain cure. Price fl.
tr It Is approved and recommended by the Royal I
College of Physieiani and Surgeons of London and has
their certificate enclosed.
tar- It is sold by appointment In Augusta, Ga., by
PHILIP A. MOISK,
Cnder the new Augusta Hotel, and by W.H. A J. TURPIN.
Orders from the country promptly attendigUp. Jex
w'hTa f. TUBPIN.
tv w. it. tchpin,
n OPFKR TO PHYSICIANS,PIanter*. Mer- n
«gg£ chants, and the public at large, a choice and
VET well assorted stock of DRUGS AND BIEDI- iA
Ok CIN IS, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glaaa A»
and Putty, Brushes of every description, Strew Brooms,
Spirit* Turpentine, Ac., Ac.
We i*uivh«ae our £oo.ls for cash, *re prepared to sell
on the most advantageous terms. will find it to
their Interest to look at our prices. AU articles warranted
to be what ii represented. Hive us a call XuJ satisfy your
selves. _ _ »*2s
Thilip a. moise,
AJ IMPi'RTRR ANO PKALKR tM /J
DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIIi», MM
YJJ DVE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH
OU KS, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, «ÜB>
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
JFb. 195 Ii i<t Strutt' utulrr fAe Atttfusta Hoist.
Ha* now on hand a very Urge Stock of the above articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating terms.
Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
nvited to call anil examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
jal6-w _
i). B. PLUMB ft CO.
n \RK constantly receiving fresh and pore rt
481 Medicines, Cliemicals, Choice Perfumery, aUj#
Yjf Toilet Articles fte.. at their establishment ujl
£9k between V. S. Hotel ouirt Post Office corner, ill
Medicines carefully dispensed at all hours, by calling at Mr.
Bariios’. corner Green and Mclntonsh strets n 23
MMIK undersigned would call the *
L attention of Merchants and
Planters to the extensive stock of
AG RICULTUHAL 1M PLKMENTS, MMBD
which they keep in connection with HARDWARE and
CUTLERY. Their stock of PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTI
- A TORS, Corn SUKLLKUS, Straw CUTTERS, Grain CRA
DLES, Fan MILLS, FANNERS, BOILERS, ami ail articles
in the Agricuteuhural line, is not equalled in the State.
They are prepared to order at the shortest notice the best
kinds of HORSE POWERS, THRESHERS, Smut MA
CHINES. or any article* in their line of business. They
are also Agents for the Boston Belting Company, and have
now on hand ludia-Rubber Steam Packing HOSE and Ma
chine BELTING. CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
oSI-wly
FAIRBANK S PATENT.
PLATFORM YM> COIMTKR $t ALES, WAR.
RANTED.—Adapted to every required operation of
Y«eighing—as Rail Road Scales, for Trains or single Cars;
Warehouse Scales, Dormant and Portable; Heavy Portable
calc *on Wheels for Foundries, Rolling Mills, Ac. STORF
CALKS of all sires; COUNTER SCALES, Ac., Ac.,for sale
W AJ. NELSON. AgeaU. mhl
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THK uu.lerviimiKl huvlng THIS DAY formed a Copart -
nemhip. under the name and style of AI.LEOUD A
WINGKIKLD, for the purpose of transacting the GROCERY
BUSIN IKS and refail, respectfully solicit the
patronage of their friends anti the public generally.
Store opposite M.fsrs, rkiniiy A Clayton’s Warehouse,
BroaJ street, Augusta, Ga. _
M. L. Au.rv,-;,. I T. T. Wixcrmn.
Nov. *B, lsf-2. _ nS4-dWtw«
Thoee in-tebted to the undersigned, either by note or a©,
count, will please make paymeut without delay.
M, L. ALLEOUD.
PARTNERSHIP.
THE INDKRriUJSKD. who have long boon con
nected With the CARRIAGE BUSINESS of the late
H. S. Hoaatv, have the ,t» v formed a Partnership under
t .tc style and firm of WYMAN 4 DAK ROW, tor continu
j>g the business at the same store.
G. N. WYMAN,
Augusta, Oct. Ist, 1352. j DARKOW.
W e have on hand, and are receiving, an assortment
CARRIAGES, HOCKAW'AYS, BUGGIES, HARNESS anfi
Orders received for building various stylaa of vehide*.
W’e respectfully solicit a share of patronage.
Ort. Ist, lk.1!. dKAw6moa WYMAN A DARRO
OVERSEBBS
AN intelligent, industrious and temperate OVERSEER.
with good health, of middle age. unencumbered with
children, experienced In the management of Negroes and
the details of Platting, will hear of a good situation by ap
plication, port paid, “ Number One.”
Birdsvilie P. O. Ga., 2<kh November, 1552, dS-wgt
W. Mmi-md
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1853. PROSPECTUS 1853.
OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XL FOR 1853.
Dr. DAIIEL LEeTi
AND r EDITORS.
D. REDUOIfD, )
TTOVR -ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Thk Southern Cultivator i* issued every- month,
and is exclusively devoted te Agriculture, Horti
cilture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy,
Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding and Raising
of Domestic Animals, Poultry and Bees, and the
general routine of Southern Planting and Farming.
The first number of the new volume for 1858, will
beissrv 1 .a the first of January, it will be print
ed mi a sheet 30 by 44 inches, each number form
cß2 pages, or 384 pages per year, with NEW
TYPE, FINE PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL IL
LUSTRATIONS. It will afford lull and free dis
cussion to all topic* of interest to the Agricultural
community, and will be in every respect thk bust
Aokiocltcbal Paper in the South ! and equal te
any in the Union!
Friends of Southern Agriculture!!
The Cultivator was the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently trust that, having fostered
and s ustained it thus far, your cordial and generous
support will be continnedand increased.
Planters, Farmers, Gardeners, Fruit Growers,
Hrock Raisers, Nurserymen, and all connected in
unv way with the cultivation of the soil, will find the
HouthkrnCultivator rejilete with now and valuar
ble information; and richly worth ten times the
rifling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR !
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TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00
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plea-e forward them as early as possible.
bills of specie patino Banks received at
par—and all mousy sent by mail will be at our
riaic.
W. S, JONES, Publisher.
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1852.
THE SOUTHERN ECLECTIC.
PROSPECTUS.
0!% the first day of MARCH, 18T-8, the undersigned will
issue the first number of a Monthly Mainline, under
the title of “THK SOUTHERN ECLECTIC,” to be com
pos'd, vviinly , of critical selection» from the current Pe
riodical Literature of the United btate*. Great Britain ,
France and Germany.
With this object in view, measures will be adopted to
secure for our use, the leading Reviews, Magazines and
Journals, published in thi* country snd in Europe. These
will be carefully examined, and such portions of theircon
tents, as may be best adapted to afford profitable enter
tainmentto our readers, will be transferred to the pages
of the Eclectic.
The foreign Periodicals will be sent to us by mail, di
rectly from their respective office* of publication; so
that the articles we shall select from them will not only
be contributions from the most distinguished Authors of
Europe, but, reaching us without the delays incident to
other modes of transmission, will be almost as f.eeh a* if
written expressly for our work.
Extracts from the french and German publications will
be translated for the Eclectic by accomplished fi enth and
German scholars.
It will be readily admitted, we presume, that the above
class of Literature, when properly winnowed, embodies,
on the greatest variety of subjects, the select productions
of the best writers of the age. Prom the ample resources
thus brought within our reach, we shall attempt to supply
a growing demand, on the part of a considerable portion of
the reading public, for a Periodical in which all subjects of
general and permanent interests shall be embraced, and
in which these subjects shall be discussed in a style and
spirit suited, not only to the higher Intellectual taste*,
but also to the more Practical and Moral eentiments of
the people.
In our selections, therefore, from the various depart
ments of learning, those production* will be preferred
which most happily combine Practical instruction and
Ethical precept with the Idahest Literary excellence.
In relation to general Politic* ami Religion, we will en
deavor to lay before our readers such facts and such dis
cussion* as will afford them just and liberal views, without
reference to any particular creeds, paitie* or sects.
As there is no Eclectic, at this time, in the whole South
or South-xoest, and as it is our object, in part to supply
this deficiency, the advancement of Southern Agriculture,
Southern Literary Works, Southern Institutions, and Sou
thern Interests generally, will be kept in view as a pri
mary consideration.
A Condensed Monthly Review es Current Topic*—Lite
rary, Political, Religious and Miscellaneous—will be added,
which we hope will complete our Eclectic as an epitome of
general intelligence.
It will be perceived that our work is not intended, exclu
sivi ly,for any particular class of readers, but more pro
perly for all reflecting readers of every class.
As inconsistent with our main design of general utility ,
all dry abstractions, unfruitful speculations, professional
disquisitions, sickly sentimentalities, as well as all items of
merely transient or strictly load concern, will be excluded
from our columns.
Several persons of distinguished ability will aid ns in our
efforts faithfully to carry out the views we have thus pre
sented; and which we now respectfully submit to the con
sideration of the public.
As we desire to issue only so many copies as may be ne
cessary to meet the demand, we hope those who wish to
procure the work from the beginning will subscribe with
out delay.
Bpccimen numbers will be sent gratuitously, when or
dered.
Postmasters, or any other responsible persons, who may
he disposed to act as Agents for the Eclectic, will please
let us hear from them. Liberal commission will be allowed.
The usual discount will be made to Booksellers.
Editors throughout the Southern and South-Western
States, who may approve the objects And plan of our work,
are respectfully solicited to aid us in placing It properly be
fore the public. Those who may choose to publish this
Proopectus, (calling attention to its more im|>ortant fea
ture!4) and will Bend us copies of the papers containing it,
will be entitled to an exchange tor one year.
The Eclectic will be issued at Augusta, Ga., the first of
every month, each number to contain eighty large octavo
pages, in double columns, to be stitched, covered, and
printed on good paper and new type.
TERMS. —For one copy, $8; for six copies, sls. All or
dors roust be accompanied by the cash. Arrangements
have already been made which will render thv publication
of the work certain.
All communications to be addressed, postpaid, to
d‘2 JOHN H. FITTEN, Editor, Augusta, Ga.
EDUCATIONAir
GBEENBBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE.
FACULTY:
Rev. ROBERT LOGAN, A. M., President.
Mr. J. BALDWIN LYMAN, A. M., Professor of Mathe
matics and Natural Sciences.
Miss CLARA 0. HARRISON, Ist Instructress.
Mr. NATHAN BOWDITCH CLAPP, Instructor in Music.
Mitts Harrison comes with the highest testimonials from
Mrs. WiLLAED, with whom she has been associated as In •
structress in the “Troy Female Seminary.”
THK TRI HTKIiH have changed the order of the
Sessions, requiring the first Sdtsion of the scholastic
year, to commence on the third MONDAY in August, and
end on the third Thursday in Deoember; the second Bes
sion to commence on the second Monday in January, and
end on the fourth Thursday in June.
The next Session oommencingon the second Monday in
January, 1866, will be regarded as the second Session in
Course.
Terms for the Tuitloo, including contingent expenses.
Fimt, ox Acremx SxaaiOH.
Primary Department f 8 00
Academic “ 14 25
College •• 21 26
Music on Plano 21 60
Modern Languages, each 6 60
Drawing and Painting 8 60
Sxoomd, ob Sraixo Saeeiox.
Primary Department. ..* $lO 00
Academic 11 IS 75
College “ 28 75
Music on Piano 23 50
Modern Languages, each 8 60
Drawing and Painting 11 50
Price for Board, sl2 per month. Several Young Ladies
oan he accommodated iu the family of the President.
Further information respecting the regulations of the In
stitution may be obtained by referring to the Catalogue
and Ciroular.or by letter to the President, or any one of
the Faculty, or to Rev. F. Bowman, D. D., President of the
Board of Trustees. dl4-w4
MESON ACADEMY, LEXINGTON, GA
IMIK Exercises of this Academy, now temporarily sus
. pendad, will be resumed again on the First MON DAY
in JANUARY next. The Trustees take pleasure in an
nouncing to the pcoplx of Oglethorpe county, and to the
public generally, that they have been so fortunate as to
secure, for another year, the services of Mr. Thomax B.
Mo&s in the Male, and of Miss E. E. Killian, in the Fe
male Department of the Academy. This fact alone, they
consider a guarantee of succesa, and predict that the
friends of the Academy will have the gratification of seeing
it in a more flourishing condition during next year than at
any past time. All who have attended the examinations and
exhibitions in this Academy, the present year, will readily
testify that never were Pupils more proficient, or Teachers
more accomplished and deserving. The Trustees having at
their disposal a large bonus fund, are enabled not only to
command the first order of talent in the respective de
partments of the Academy, but also to furnish every con
veuieucy that may render instruction a pleasing duty, and
learning a delightful task. They are confident that no
institution holds out greater inducements to those who
wish to give their children a sound, practical education
without subjecting them to the temptations which so often
lead the young astray, than BJeaon Academy.
Siudent* are prepared for any Class in College. Board
can be be obtained in families, or at the Hotel, as low or
lower than in any neighboring Village. There ore tfo
Sessions, Spring and Fall, of six and four months duration
respectively. A vacation of two weeks is given at the
close of the former.
TERM 8.
FisfifT Clasa—Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Mental
Arithmetic, per Quarter, $4 00
fiaooxoCla»—Arithmetic, Geography, English Gram
mar, Reading and Composition, per
Quarter, $5 00
Tsixd Cla»—Algebra. Geometry, Mathematics, Na
tural Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemis
try, Rhetoric, Evds. Christianity, Men
tal and Moral Sciences, per Quarter,.. $6 00
Focxth Cla»—Languages, Ancient and Modern, per
Quarter $8 00
For further particulars, address
GEORGE R. GILMER,
n6-w3m Chairman Board Trustees, Lexington, Gx.
WARRENTON MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOLS
r pHK subscriber takes pleasure in informing the public
JL that the Trustees hare secured the services of Miss
A cgcsta B. Corns, of Augusta, as of the Fe
male School; and that the Term will commence on the Sc
c >nd Monday in JANUARY. Miss C. comes recommend
ed by gentlemen of known character and capacity to judge,
from this and other States, as ftxlly qualified in every re
»l»ect for her charge. Mr- Gboiws L. Bivhkr, of Colum
bia county, a Graduate of Columbian College, D. C.,
•no has been engaged in teaching for several years,
has been employed to take charge of the Male Depart
ment. Mr. B. is well known as a gentleman of acquire
ments and good character, and no doubt is entertained bat
that entire satisfaction will be given. No better or more
healthful location can be found in any part of the country.
These Schools are kept distinct, and situated ia different
P trla of the Town. We respectfully mviie Parents and
Guardians to assist in making these Schools respectable i»
u umber, standing and influence. Beard may be had in
private families frxm $S to $lO per month.
ARDEN R. MERSHON,
Sec. Board of Trustees.
Warreoton, November 8,1552. n5-UaU
WRIGHTSBORO HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE Trustees of these Institutions take pleasure in an
nouncing that they have engaged Mr. C. C. Ricbaxxk,
A. M., to take charge of the Male, and Miss M. Avgusta
W ALxaa the Femle Departments the ensuing year. Os the
high qualifications of Mr. Richards as a Teacher, his seven
years success in this Institution, and the present year at
Auburn, Alabama, give ample proof. For energy’ disci
pline, aptness to teach, and literary acquirements, he has
few equala. Miss Walker has taught with great success in
Alabama three years, and has given ample satisfaction to
Trustees and Patrons, a* the Principal of the School the
present year. The location is healthy, and the inhabitants
of the village moral. Board eon be obtained in good fam
ilies at $lO per month. Those desiring to board with the
Male teacher con do so at the same prices.
Terms of Tuition in Male Department, for Primary Eng
lish Studies $12.50 for Term of 5 months. Higher branch
es erf English and the Classics, S2O per Term. In the Fe
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CMICH& SENTINEL
JESSIE CAKROL.
XT A LICk CABXT.
Down the heath and o’er the moorland.
Blows the wild gnsu high and higher,
Btxldenljr the maiden pauses
Spinning at the cal/in fire,
And oat from her taper fingers
Falls away the flaxen thread.
As some neighbors entering whispers,
“ JKeels Carrol lieih dead.”
Then, as pr-asing close her forehead
To the window pane, she sees
Two stout men together digging
Underneath the church-pard trees;
And she asks in kindest accents,
“ Was she happy when she died 7”
Sobbing all the while to see them
Void the heavy earth aside;
Or upon their mattocks leaning,
Through their fingers numb to blow.
For the wintry air is chilly,
And the grave-mounds white with snow:
And the ce ghbor answers softly,
” Do rot, dear one, do not cry
At the break of day she asked us
If we thought that she must die;
And when I told her sadly
That I feared it would be so,
Smiled she, saying “ Twill be weary
Digging in the church yard enow I”
- Earth,” I said, “ was very dreary—
That its path at best was rough ;*»
And she whispered, she was ready,
That her life was long enough.
So she lay serene and silent,
TUI the wind that wildly drove,
Soothed her from her mortal sorrow,
Like the lullaby of love.
OLD MUSIC—OLD FRIENDS.
Give me old music! let me hear
The songs of days gone by,
Nor stay thy voice in kindly fear,
If to thy notes a falling tear 4
Should make a mute reply:
The Bongs that lulled me on the hreast,
To sleep away the noon.
Sing on—sing on! I love them best,
There's witchery in the notes impressed
With each familiar tune.
Give me old wine!—its choicest store,
Drawn from the shady btn ; * -
Our vineyards shall produce no more
Such rare atrong juice they gave of y.re,
Aa sparkling ties within;
This was my grand-sire’s chief delight,
When the day’s chase was o’er.
Fill high ! fill high! treasures delight,
Shall sparkle on our board to-night,
Though we should drink no more.
Give me old friends!—the tried, the tree,
Who launched their barks with me,
And all my joys and sorrows knew,
As chance's gales the pilgrims blew
Across the troubled sea;
Their memories are the same as mine—
Our love’s through life shall last;
Bring one, bring all, your smiles to shik.
Upon our good old songs and wine,
Like sun-beams from the past I
Secular Subject, in the Pulpit.
Tito Philadolphip Ledger reburkes the introduce
tion in the pulpit of subjects not legitimately be
longing to the clergy, a practice which has become
very common of late, and is by no means on tha
wuno. Tho Ledger says:
“One chief cause of tho agitation, which is kept
up in a particular section of the country upon a
very exciting question, is that the pulpit has, in
many instances, beeomo a place for political har
rangues, instead of preaching and expounding the
Ilolv Scriptures. During the last war with Eng
land, some of the clergy of Massachusetts, particu
larly thought it their duty to deiiounco that con
test, especially, as wicked and unholy In tho ex
treme, and so warmly did they take their side in
the controversy that they did far more injury to
the cause of religion than they did good to tho
cause of tho British. But this was followed by so
strong a revulsion of publio sentiment, that for
many years the praotico waß discontinued and
abstained from, and rightly so.
< >n these points their hearers are as well, or bet
ter informed as they are themselves, and many of
them will dissent, and perhaps indignantly dissent,
from the doctrines they hear from their otherwise
respected teacher.
Thais they have their authority, thUr accuracy
questioned, and excite a feeling of disputation, and
perhaps even irritsto their hearers, and render
thorn indisposed to accept their doctrines in holy
things, neither is tho practico a fair one, for there
is no fit opportunity to reply. And men may feel
indignant to hoar their own opinions denounced,
and the characters of persons whom they respect
and voneratc, traduced ip the presence of men,
women and ohildrca, wliero they may not vindi
cate them without a seeming impropriety. Very
j>robably it is not intended that these consequences
should follow; but that does not change tne fact,
and these suggestions are thrown out to attract at
tiou to the subject, in order that it may bo Consid
ered, aud that such unintentional injustice may not
so often be done.
8 L-ccKßs of the Caloric Engine.— The Now York
Courier of Thursday morning says—
The Caloric Engine on board tho propeller ship
Ericsson, is in motion, and so far works well, it
was not tlio intention of Mr. Ericsson to put this
engine in motion until two weeks lienee: but so
great has been tho interest manifested by the pub
lic, concerning its success or failure, that, al
though all things were not in readiness, he lighted
the tiros at 12 M. yesterday, and in an hour and a
half the engine was in operation, and the wheels
of tho ship revolved with greater velocity thun
even tho inventor had expected, on tbe first trial.
Mr. Erriosson will work his engine during a por
tion of to-day, after which the tires will be ex
tinguished, ami the ship and machinery entirely
finished before she makes her trial trip. The
entire success of the first attempt to turn the
wheels of a ship by the Caloric Engine cannot fail
to give satisfaction to all who are interested in the
progress of science and tho mechanic arts, and who
is there among us who docs not tool gratified by
this great triumph of inventive genius?
That the caloric engine will, if we do all that is
claimed for it, and since yesterday’s operations wo
see no renson for doubting that'it will creato an
almost entire revolution in motive power for ma
chinery cannot be doubled—and the extent of the
advantages which must flow from its adoption, can
noither be easily imagined nor described.
Os the principle of tho calorio engine we have
before spoken, though not as minutely as we could
lave desired. As wo have not yet had an oppor
tunity of examining it, we will not yet attompt a
lull description until such opportuniy is atforaed.
The Uses of Gas.—Wc have before us a variety
of information, which has interested us, and will
1 Tobubly our readers, upon the universal application
of gas to domestic use in many large establishments
and private houses in London and other cities in
England. By the term universal, wo mean the su
-1 ersedinjr of evory other artificial agent of light
and heat, for all aomestio purposes by gas. To
i oncoive the practicability of such a thing, would
lio almost to provail with one’s faith in the pros
pective conveniences pertaining to it. The idea
unee released and given over to the public ought
to provoke the ingenuity of the age to tho practical
adaptation of it everywhere. And with some con
fidence in the statement apd illustrations before
us, we are induced to think that, where other
means arc not in such connection with public and
private establishments as to afford heat more eco
nomically, gas will bo found the most convenient
agent for producing, and adapting it to all ordinary
and domestic purposes, that has before been intro
duced to the world.
We do not, at this timo, pretend to namo tho sub
ject as practical here under existing circumstances,
lor we have made no investigation of it with that
purpose invlcw. Somefuets, preliminary to every
thing else, will prove, we think, of primary interest
to our readers. For example, it is a fact that there
are houses in London in which the apartments
arc soveraily warmed and lighted throughout, and
the cooking range* heated for all culinary pur
pose—the means to tho end indicating the nicest
r. laptation—entirely by gas, deiivod, as it is with
us, from the establisments of stock companies.
Moreover, this is not mcroly experimental, but now
an established practice, after a fair period of trial;
and it is before the public with vouchers from
many reliable and disinterested parties. Some
persons have had the gas arrangement in use
lor a year and upwards r othors for several months,
aud the testimony in its favor is so uniform, that
the popularity of the thing seems to ho'placed be
yond doubt, in its real utility.— Balt. Sun.
Extraordinary Speculation. —A lato number of
tho London Economist reveals an extraordinary
speculation in flour and wheat entered into bv
Louis Napoleon and his finance minister M. Fonld.
For tho last three years France has been the prin
cipal market from which Great Britain drew her
supplies of foreign wheat and flour. Fearing the
e fleets of a dearth of food on the minds of the
French population, the government of France have
contrived to prevent tho exportation of her pro
duce, not directly, but by means of operating on
tho markets of England. Her elforts have been
to dopress prices everywhere. The newspapers
wrote down the markets, but tho chief manoeuvre
lias been to buy wheat and flour in the Russian
and German markets, and ship them for sale in
England, to keep prices down there, so as to pre
vent any foreign demand happening in France.
To have imported directly into France was too
expensive on aeeountof the bigh duty, bat no duty
existing in England a more moderate and less
costly mode was obtained of affecting the market.
The market thus depressed will doubtless rise
all the higher, if the deficiency in the year's har
vests on the continent of Europe, be as* great as is
reported.
That gradual restriction in the consumption
which obtains by a gradual rise in price is prevent
ed by snch an interference, which, when it ceases,
cannot fail to reset powerfully in an opposite di
rection.
The loss hitherto, by this extraordinary measure
is calculated at £IOO,OOO sterling, which Is a small
amount for any political object; and more than
made up by the known speculations of the govern
ment in the rail road shares, aud public stocks, by
which so many private speculators have been min
ed. As the government played with loaded dice
they were sure to win.— vA. Covr.
Then and Now.—Fifty years ago steamboats
were unknown; now there are B,oooafloat on Ame
rican waters alone. In 1600 there was not a sin
gle railroad in the world; now there are 10,0<X>
miles in the United States, and about 22,000 in
America and England. Half a century ago it took
some weeks to con trey news from Washington to
New Orleans, now not as many seconds as it did
then woek*. Fifty years ago the most rapid print
ing press was worked by hand power; now steam
rnnts 20,000 papers an hour on a single press.—
Now is a great fellow, but will be much bigger
half a century hence. —Cleveland Htrald.
We understand that the British West India fleet
which ia now concentrating as a fleet of observa
tion aronnd the island of Cuba has two objects in
view. First, it is Intended as a sort of blookade
against the African slave trade with the island ;
and secondly, as a safeguard against any possible
renewal of the Lopez experiment by the fillibusteros
of the United States.—A. F. Herald
A criminal Judge was onoe about to pronounce
sentence of punishment upon an Irishman for the
perpetration of a theft.
“And ia it upon the oaths of thim two witnesses
your honor's going to condim me !” asked Pat. *
“Certainly,” said the Judge; “their testimony
was ample to convince the jury of your guilt- 7 '
“O, murther P* he exclaimed, “to condim me on
the oaths of two spalpeens who swear they saw me
take the goods, worn I kin bring forth a hundred
who'll swear thoy didn’t see me do it 1"
Savannah and Pensacola Boad. —The Woek
‘cues bravely on. —lt affords us great satisfaction
to announce that the private subscriptions to this
great enterprise in Savannah alone, amount to
something over SBOO,OOO. And still the city has
not been folly canvassed. This looks very much
as if our people were In earnest. The people of
Southwestern Georgia and elsewhere may dismiss
their doubts. The road will be built. The men
who have undertaken it know nothing of the word
AuL-AwA. tU tut.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1852.
UEORGIA AND SOUTH-CAROLINA.
GOVERNOR COBB’S LETTER TO GOVERNOR MEANS,
; On 111* Boundary between Georgia and taonlh-
Caro Una.
Exkcctivk Department, (
Milledgeville, Bth Oct., 1852. j
To Hit Kcedleney, Got. Jfant, Gottmor qf At
State ts South Carolina:
Sir: —l received through Col. Hayne, Attorney
General of your State, your communication, own
ing my attention to the question of the juriadio
tion of the State of Georgia over the Savannah
river.
On the 25th of August I had an interview with
Coi. Hayne, which led to his communication of
the 10th September, furnishing me with hie re
|iort to your Excellency on the subject embraced
in this question of jurisdiction. I have been pre
vented from making an early reply, and now
write under circumstances unfavorable to as full
an investigation of the subject a* I bad intended.
The difficulties which have hitherto existed be
tween theSouth-Carolina Rail Road Company and
tiie city of Augusta, about the crossing of the Sa
vannah river at Augusta by that Company, are tha
causes alleged for the necessity es this investiga
tion—and those causes being removed by an ami
cable arrangement between the partiee in interest,
it would seem almost unnecessary to pursue the
inquiry. The question of the jurisdietien of the
Savannah river, however, is 01 much importance
to the State of Georgia, and should not remain in
doubta day longer than is necessary fora proper
and permanent detision of it—and I shall, there
fore, comply most readily with my promisa to Col.
Hayne, to submit to your Excellency my view* on
that subject, with the reasons which have brought
mv mind to the conclusions to whioh it hae amv-
The question is, has the Stete of Georgia juris
diction over the whole of the Savannah River l—
in other words, where is the boundary line be
tween South-L’arolina and Goorgial On the part
of Georgia it is considered that the Savannah riv
er is includod within her limit*; whilst it is con
tended by Col. Havne, on the pert of Bouth-Caro
lina, that the middle of the most northern stream
is the true boundary line between the States—
thus claiming for South-Carolina the same right*,
in reference to that stream, as are granted to Geor
gia, except where the stream divides—in such ca
ses it is admitted that the right of Georgia ex
tends to the middle of the northern branch. The
solution of thin question must be found in the
proper answer to the three following propositions:
First—What was the boundary of Georgia in
this respect, as established by her charter in 1782 ?
Second—What construction has been placed
upon the language used in tho charter by the par
ties in interest f
Third —What powers and rights have been ex
ercised under that charter, and the uniform con
struction placed upon it?
It is strange that there should be any difficulty
in ascertaining tho precise language of the cherter
of 1782 ; aud yet the whole argumentof Col. Hayne
rests upon a misapprehension of the language of
that charter, as I shall endeavor to show: an error
into which he very naturally fell, es he finds his
authorities in our books. 1 here insert an extract
from the charter of 1732 to show the language em
ployed in describing the boundary ana the ex
tent to which it was intended to apply. It is as
follows:
“ And whereas, the said corporation intend to
settle a colony, and to make an habitation and
plantation on that part of our province of South-
Carolina, in America, hereafter described: Know
ye, that we, greatly desiring the happy success of
the said corporation, for their further encourage
ment in accomplishing so exoellent a work, have,
in our foresaid grace, certain knowledge and mere
motion given and granted, and by those presents,
for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant
to tiie said corporation und their successors, un
der the reservation, limitation and declaration
hereafter expressed, soven undivided parte, the
whole in eight equal parts to be divided, ot all
those lands, country and territories, situate, lying
and being in that part of South-Carolina, in Amer
ica, whioh lies /rom tke molt northern part of a
stream, or river there, commonly called the Sa
vannah, all along the seucoast to the kouthwards,
to the southern stream of a certain other great wa
ter or river, called the Altamaha, and westwardly
from the heads of the said rivers respectively in
direct lines to the South seas.”— Schley'e B\qut, p.
485.
If the above extract be oorreot, it put* an and
to all controversy on thi* anbjeet—nothing can
be clearer or more conclusive. By this provision
of the charter of 1782, the boundury lino between
South Carolina and Georgia is to be found “of thi
most northern part'' of the river Savannah. I ap
prehend that no one will entertain the preposi
tion for a moment, that “the most northern part”
of a river is to bo found in the middle of either
the main stream, or where the stream divides, in
the middle of the northern branoh of it. Upon
that point l shall offer no argument, feeling well
satisfied that the question will be readily yielded,
if it can be made satisfactorily to appear that the
language which I have quoted from the charter,
is the correct version of that instrument. After
the most diligent inquiry, which circumstances
liavo permitted me to make, I have been able to
find the charter of 1732, given in eatenso, only in
the following works: Schley’s Digest—429; Hotch
kiss’ Statute Laws of Georgia and State Papers—
-20; McCall’s History of Georgia—l v 01—822;
Steven’s History of Georgia, 1 vel—47B. In each
of these books the charter will he found in full,
sotting forth the boundaries of the colony, as 1
liavo already quoted from Sobley’s Digest. It
seems to me that the fact, that tho charter wherever
found in full, contains the same language, should
be regarded as conclusive evidence of its correct
ness, and it ought not to bo questioned upon the
authority of mere extracts from the original instru
ment.
In this connection I will refer as briefly as pcs
siblo to tho authorities relied upon by Colonel
Hayne in support of the proposition, that the
boundary of Georgia is limited to the middle
of the northern stream of the Savannah river. He
says:
“It was in 1780 that Lord Percival, James
Oglethorpe and others, petitioned the Crown for
the establishment of a colony in South Carolina,
In the report on this petition to the Lords of the
Privy Council of December in that year, the
boundary recommended, was ‘the most navigable
and largest branches of tho Savannah.’ Watkins'
Digest, p. 729.
“ In another report to the Privy Council, ‘ about
settling a western boundary to the colony in Soaih
Carolina in 1781,’ the territory is spoken of as
‘between the rivers Savannah and Altamaha.’”—
Watkins' Digest, p. 710.
It is a sufficient reply to any argument to he
drawn froip theso references to say, that the
boundary tms not established, as recommended by
cither of these reports. This fact is admitted by
Col. Hayne; who seeks to show that the language
of the charter is “from the northern stream of a
river commonly oalled the Savannah,” Ac., Ac.
Tho truth is, that a very strong inference «n legi
timately be drawn from the several repofte made
by the Board of Trade to the Lords of tie Privy
Council (from which Col. Hayne has taken the
above extracts) in favor of the claim es Georgia
to the whole of the Savannah river. It will do
found upon an investigation of that natter, that
on each occasion when tho reports wore referred
back to the Board of Trade, the reference was
accompanied with instructions to make the re
port me,re fa r,arable to the petitioners/m the very
question of thoir proposed boundaries, and hsneo
it is said that we find the boundaries, as Anally
granted in the charter, raoie liberal to Georgia,
than was at first proposed. It is more than pro
bable that much of the misapprehension on this
subject has grown out of the difference between
those very reports, and the charter itself, as it
was in fact granted.
The next authority relied upon by Col. Hayne,
is thus referred to by him.
“In tho charter of George 11, lffiS, creating
Lord Percival, Oglethorpe aud others, ‘Trustees
for establishing the colony of Georgia in Ame
rica,’ tho description of the grant is in these words:
— 1 All those lands, countries and territories,
situate, lying and being in that part of South Caro
lina, in America, whioh lies from the northern
stream of a river there, commonly called the Sa
vannah, all along the seaeoast to the southward un
to the most southern stream of t certain other great
river called the Altamaha.’ Watkins' Digest,p.
781.
It is upon this version of thl oharter, ae taken
from Watkins’ Digest, thattht argument is based,
in favor es the claim of South-Carolina te th*
middle of tho Savannah Rifer, J have already
stated that it differs from thi language employed
in all the books where the charter is given t» eas
t,nss. I have no doubt it was obtained by Wat
kins from a report made to Cengress in 17*8, by
Charles Lee, Attorney General, in complianeo
with a resolution of Congress, whioh reqnired him
“to collect, digest and repot to the next Congress
the charters, treaties and otter documents relative
to, and explanatory of, the tittle to the land sitn
ate in the southwestern parts of the U. States,”
<fce., &c. It will not be contended, I trust, that a
digested extract prepared by Mr. Lee. and furnish
ed to him from a printed clpv by Mr, Chalmers,
of the -‘Office of Trade it Whitehead,” should
stand as authority aeainst the explicit language of
the charter, as con tawed in every workwhieh pre-
to give that shatter in full. The ergnment
of Co!. Hsvne proceeds to nfer to his next authori
ties in the’foliowing language:
“ In Watkins’ Digest, yage TB2, there appears
what purports to ba ‘ an eitract from a atate of the
province of Georgia in 174ft’ whioh ooniaina theex
pressions of the charter ‘ from the most northern
stream of the river Savannah.’ The ‘ surrender
by the Trustees of Georciato the King of all their
rights under the charter,’Atod in 1752, uses simi
lar language. The eommiision to Governor Rey
nolds in 1764, describes thl boundary in the same
wav; and again, in the commission to Governor
Wright in 1764, we find ‘our colony of Georgia,
in America,’ described » ‘lj ing from the most
northern stream of arivei there, commonly called
the Savannah,’ ” Ac.
I rave given these extralte at length for the pur
pose of not only doiEg tie moat ample justice to
Col. Hayne, but also lor tie purpose of calling at
te: tion to the striking fad. that the terms used in
the different extracts varyfrom each other, as well
a* from the language of die charter it*elf, as I have
before given it, thus shewing that these extracts
are nothing more than a mere analysis, which
does not profess to givethe exact language of the
charter; and certainly ntre of them were ever pre
pared in reference to beiig made the basie of an
argument, to sat aside ttu plain and manifeet lan
guage of an instrument <f which they profess to
be, nothing more than a* analysis or recital. This
remark is peculiarlv trie of these last extracts,
which I have quoted. Tie surrender by the Trus
tees of Georgia, in 1752, rontains a recital of a por
tion ofthe charter of 1781, ana from that recital the
foregoing extract wa» node. In such an instru
ment perfect accuracy wsa neither desired or con
templated, and hence wefind language used which
was considered by the althors as expressive of tbe
same idea, though not in the same words of the
charter. In my examination of this subject I have
found a very pointed tnd striking proof of the
feet, that the language smployed in these various
extracts, was regarded ty the auditors a* meaning
the same thing as the language used in the charter
itselt McCall in his hiltory of Georgia, as already
referred to, gives the clarter in full, aid corredy';
and yet in speaking <f thie subject, as will be
round on the 10th p>*gi of the same volume, uses
the very language Os the extracts relied upon by
CoL Hayne,—that is, “ which lies from the most
northern stream of a river there called SaTannah,”
&e. Conld a more fcrcible illustration bo given,
than the one here furn-shed, of the justice of my
criticism ? and am I not warranted in accounting for
these apparently conflicting authorities npon the
hypothesis that the term, “most northern stream,”
was used as synonymous with “ the most northern
part of a stream!” McCall certainly relied upon
the correctness of the charter which he published
—and if, with that charter before him, he uses the
same language with the Trustees in theiT surren
der, it can easily be accounted for upon the hypo
thesis I have stated.
The communications of Governor Reynolds and
Governor Wright very naturally followed the re
cital of the surrender in languiga as they did in
time, and do not therefore require additional com
ment.
Having now reviewed all the authorities relied
upon to ascertain tbe boundary of Georgia, as es
tablished by tbe charter, 1 feel justified in conclu
ding that the language used in the charter, as given
in full by Schley, Hotehkisa, MeOall, and Stevens,
is tbe true aud correct version of that instrument,
and that, therefore, the boundary of Georgia ex
tends to “ths most northern port of the Savan
nah,” and indndoa, of nooaeeiqr, the whole of ths*
river within her jurisdiction. If, however, there
, should still exist doubts ss to the exact language
of the charter, we are certainly well founded in
the conclusion that the invariable construction
placed upon the term “the most northern stream,’’
<tc., rendered it synonymous with the otherlsn
guage contended for by Georgia. In either event
1 the right of Georgia to the whole of the river is
well founded, unless surrendered by some subse
quent act, and I now proceed to examine that
branch of the subject.
It is urged against the claim of Georgia to the
Savannah Biver that, by the treaty of Beaufort,
she has assented to the Savannah River as a boun
dary line, and yielded any claim which she might
have held under the original charter. From Sat
opinion I dissent. lam aware that there is a pre
vailing idea that this question was settled by the
Convention of Beaufort. A careftil examination
of the subject, however, will show that such is not
the fact—and that the treaty of Beaufort left the
question over the jurisdiction of the Savannah river
just where they found it, and very properly so, for
it was not submitted to them, and constituted no
part of the controversy which led to that Conven
tion. By that Convention certain rights of navi
gation on the Savannah Biver were granted to
Carolina, and nothing more. A controversy of an
exciting oharacter had grown np between South
Carolina and Georgia in reference to certaia terri
tory which was involved in the question of boun
dary between the two States. Carolina made ap
peal to the Congress of the United States on the
subject, which led to the appointment of commis
sioners on the part of the two States, who met, and
on the 38th of April, 1787, concluded the Conven
tion of Beaufert for the settlement of the questions
of difference, which had been submitted to them
To a correct understanding of that treaty, its bear
isgs and effect, we must look to the Teutons assign
ed for its assemblage, and the questions submitted
to its decisions. For that pnrpoee I call your at
tention to the preamble of the Convention, in
whioh is set forth with much care and precision,
toe purposes for whioh it met. It is as follows:
“Whereas, the State of South Carolina didfhere
lofore present a petition to the United States in
Congress assembled, and did therein Bet forth,
that a dispute and difference had arisen and sub
sisted between the States of South-Carolina and
Georgia concerning boundaries; and the States
claiming respectively the same territories, and
that the case and claims of the State of South Ca
rolina was as follows, that is to say : Charles the
11, King of Great Britain, bv charter dated the
24th day of March, in the fifteenth year of his
reign, granted to eight persons as therein named
as lords proprietors thereof, the lands lying and
being within his dominions of America, between
thirty-one and thirty six degress of south latitude,
in a direct west line to the South Seas, styling the
lands so described. ‘The Province of Carolina,’
That on the thirteenth day of June in the seven
teenth year of his reign, the said King granted to
the said lords proprietors a second charter enlarg
ing the bounds of Carolina, viz: from twenty
nine degress of north latitude to thirty six de
grees ; thirty minutes, and from these points on
the sea-coast west in a direct line to the South
Seas: That seven of the said proprietors of Caro
lina sold and surrendered to George the 11, late
King of Great Britain, all their title and interest in
the said Province, and the share of the remain
ing proprietor was seperated from the King’s, and
alotted to him in the North part of North-Caroli
na. That Carolina was afterwards divided into
two provinoes, called North and South Carolina.—
That by a oharter dated the ninth day of Jnue,
George the 11, King of Great Britain, granted to
certain persons therein named, all the lands lying
between the rivers Savannah and Altamaha, ana
between lines to be drawn from the heads of those i
rivers, respectively, to the South Sea, and styled
the said Colony “Georgia:” That by a treaty of ,
peace, concluded at Paris on the tenth day of Feb
ruary, one thousand seven hundred and sixty
three, the river Mississippi was declartd to be the
western boundary of the North American Colo
nies. That the Governor of Sonth-Carolina, in the '
year one thousand Beven hnndred and sixty, con
ceiving thst the lands Southward of the Altama- '
ha still belonged to South Carolina, granted sever
al tracts of the said land : That the government of J
Georgia complained to the King of Great Britain
respecting those grants as being for lands within
its limits, and therefore hia Majesty by proclamation
dated the seventh day of October, one thousand 1
seven hundred and sixty-three, auexed to Georgia ,
all the lands lying between the rivers Altamaha
and St. Marys, the validity of the grants passed by J
the Governor of South Carolina as aforesaid, re- ,
maining, however, acknowledged and nneontest- j
ed, and the grantees of said land, or their repre
sentatives, still holding it as tholr legal estate j
That South Carolina olaims the lands lying be- '
tween the North Carolina line, and the line ran !
due westfrom the mouth of the Tugalo River to J
the Mississippi because, as the said State contends !
the Biver Savannah loses that name at the oonfln- !
enee of the Tugalo and Keowee Rivers, eonse- .
q neatly that spot is the head of Savannah Biver
The State of Georgia on the other hand contends
that the source of the Keowee River is to be con
sidered as the head of the Savannah River: That 1
the State of South Carolina also claims all the
lands lying between a line to be drawn from the j
head of the St. Marys, the head ot the Altamaha, ,
to the Mississippi and Florida, being as the said j
Stata contends, within the limits of ita oharter, J
and not annexed to Georgia hy the said proolama- :
tion of one thousand seven hnndred and sixty- :
three. The State of Georgia on the other hand, j
contends that the tract of country last mentioned :
is a part of that State.” M. <fe (5. Digest, p. 662 !
6M. *
I have given all of the preamble which is neces- ,
ssry to a correct understanding of the snbjeot, ]
from whioh it will be seen that the question in t
dispute between Carolina and Georgia, and for the j
settlement of which the Convention assembled, r
had no reference to the subject ot the jurisdic
tion of the Savannah river. The concluding para
graphs above quote' , point out very clearly the
tlawu »f the two States to certain lands , which it ]
was contemplated should be adjusted, and in fact v
were adjusted bv that Convention. At that time
South Carolina did not question the right of Geor- ]
gia to the Savannah. By an act of the Legislature
of this State, of 1781, (three vaars previous to the
meeting es the Covsntion at Beaufort,) it had been
enacted, ordered and declared, “that the limits, t
boundaries, jurisdiction and authority of the State t
of Georgia, do and did, and of right ought to ex- t
tend from the mouth of the river Savannah along f
the north tide thereof, and up the most northern ,
stream or fork of the said river to ita head, or -
source, Ac., &o. Watkins’Digest, p. 749. Carolina J
was thus duly notified of the claim Os Georgia in this ,
reaped; and the urgency with whioh she had press- j
ed her clgint* to too lauds in dispute, show very j
dearly that aha was no indifferent spectator to the i
claims of Georgia in this regard. It cannot be snp- r
poaed that Oaralina would have overlooked so im- (
portent an item in the boundary gucstion as is in- t
volved in this question, if shs had intended to oon- r
test the claim, thus made by Georgia, “to the north ;
side of the Savannah river." The omission fa in- £
elude it in her bill of complaint against Georgia, is c
one of many circnmstanpe3 which oonspire, with t
convincing power, to show that, at that time, she s
recognised the right of Georgia, os set forth in the \
boundary act of 1788. It was under these circum
stances, and for these purposes, that the Conven- c
tion es Beanfortmet—aU of which should be borne .
in miad in construing ita action. Among other at- *
tides in that treaty we find the folio a tug;
“ Article the First. —The moat northern branch t
or stream of the liver Savannah, from the sea or ,
mouths of suoh stream to the fork or confluence of (
the nvers now oalled Tugalo and Keowee; and from t
thence the most northern branch or stream of the \
said river Tugalo, till it intersects the northern ,
boundary line of South Carolina, if the said branoh j
or stream of Tnpilo extends ■« far north, reserving c
all the islands in the said riveya, Savannah and ;
Tugalo, to Georgia: kol i» the head spring or
souroe of any branch or stream of the said river {
’f ngda, does not extend to the north boundary line t
of South Carolina, then a west line to the Missis- j
sippi, to be drawn from the head-spring or source \
or the said branch or stroam of Tugalo riyer, whioh ,
extends to the highest northern latitude, shall for- ,
ever hereafter form the separating limit and bonn- ,
dary between the States of South Carolina and ,
Georgia.” ,
“ Article toe Second. —The navigation of the
river Savannah, at and from tbe bar and mouths,
along tbe northeast side of Cockspur Island, an*
np the direot course of the main northern channel,
along the northern side of Hutchipaon’s Island,
opposite the town of Savannah, to the upper end
of the said island, and from thence up the bed or
principal stream of the river, to the confluence of
the rivers Tngalo and Keowee, and from the con
fluence np the channel ofthe most Northern stream
es Togalo river to it* source and back again by the
same channel, to the Atlantic Ocean, is hereby de
clared to be henceforth equally free to the citizens
of both States, and exempt from all duties, tolls,
hindrance, interruption and molestation whatso
ever, attempted to be enforced by one Btateon the
citizens of another; and all the rest of the river
Savannah to the southward of the foregoing de
scription ie acknowledged (a he the exolusive right
of the State of Georgia.”— M. A C. Digest, p. 684.
It is claimed that the first of the foregoing arti
cles settled the boundary between the two States,
to which I reply that the preamole to the Conven
tion whioh purports to give the reasons for its as
semblage, shows that tho boundary in this respect
was not a mooted question. So tar as we 876 Inform
ed, cither by documents or tradition, there was no
serious difference of opinion on this point between
the two States, and the insertion of this article in
ths treaty can only be regarded as a declaration in
favor of the boundary line, as claimed by Georgia,
and acquiesced in by Carolina. The language used
in this tide differs from that found in the oharter
as published insitenso. It also diff n from the ex
tract published ip Watkins, as well as from the act
of the Legislature, of 178*; yet it ia virtually the
same as that need by McCall, and by the trustees of
Georgia, in their surrender of their charter to the
King, which I have ahown was regarded as synoni
taous with the terms of the original charter. We
•hall see hereafter strong confirmatory evidence of
the correctness of this view. If this first article
was intended to altar the boundary line, and change
it from the “ meet northern part of the river” to the
middle of the stream, it might be well asked where
was ths necessity for the second article of the trea
ty, which is quoted above ? The object of this ar
ticle under the construction which I have placed
upon the Convention, is manifest. It confers the
right of navigation off the Savannah River npon
th# citizens of South Carolina, which it seems, was
not previously possessed by them. Under adiffer
ent construction, however, of the Convention, and
sne which would make the middle of the Savannah
River the boundary line, this second article would
become nugatory,and wqghojdbe unable to assign
a satisfactory reason for its construction.
The inquiry may arise, upon this view of the
treaty of Besufort, why was the first article of this
treaty inserted in it if it was not intended to define
the boundary line between the two States along the
stream of the Savannah River? A moat satisfac
tory answer to such an inquiry is furnished bvthc
auguags of the preamble to the Convention. That
preamble, as before quoted, set forth as a port of
the claim of Sooth Carolina, “ That South Caroli
na claims the lands lying between the North Caro
lina line, and the line run due west from the
mouth of Tngalo River to the Mississippi, because,
as ths said Stale contends, the river Savannah loses
that name at tne confluence of Tngalo and Keowee
Rimers, consequent*] that spot is the head of the Sa
vannah River." Thus it will be seen that this first
article was inserted to dispose of the claim of 8.
Carolina to ths lands lying above the continence of
the Tngalo and Keowee Rivers. That claim consti
tuted only point ot difference between the two
States, connecting with th* Sjv&naah River, and
thie article adjusts and disposed of that matter.—
Thie reference shows, as indeed do all the circum
stances connected with that Convention, that the
claim of Georgia, as it then existed, “to tbe north
side of ths Savannah River,” was a conceded point,
and not involved in the mooted qaeetions which
had led to, and were then adjusted by ths treaty of
Beanfort.
The position then taken by Carolina, and upon
which she founded her claim to the land in dispute,
forecloses the argument now offered in her behalf
to an equal jurisdiction over the waters of the Sa
vannah River. If she was right at thsttims in as
sarting that ths Savannah River terminated at the
eonfiaence of the Togalo and Keowee Rivers, upon
the correctness of which assertion her wbo'e cuum
in this respect vented, then it is not true, si now
contended by her, that the terms ot the charter of
17*2, to wit—“northern stream,” or “the most
northern stream, ’’ or “ the most northern part of a
stream commonly called the Savannah,” was in
tended to apply to that part of tbe river where it
divided, for below tbe eonloenee there was but one
stream- Ths only satisfactory solution of this
meeur is to be found in that uniform eonstroedon
1 of tha charter of 17(2, which gives to Georgia the
whole of the Savannah River.
Mr. John Houstoun, one es the commissioners on
the part of Georgia, refused to sign the Conven
tion ofßeaufort, and in hit protest appended to
the treaty, (M. & C. Digest, p. 866,/places his re
fusal upon two grounds. The first it is unneces
sary to consider, aa it has no reference to the sub
ject of our preseut investigation. The second,
however, bears directly upon it, and exhibits not
only the opinion held by Mr. Houstoun in reference
to our boundary, hut also shows, by clear and un
avoidable inference, that no such construction was
placed upon the first article of the treaty by those
who seek to limit the boundary ot Georgia to a
thread in the middle of the river. In this pretest,
Mr. Houstoun says:
“Secondly. As to the free navigation of the
river Savannah now given up to aouth-Carolina, I
conceive this point is, in the first place, not an ob
ject of our commission; bnt if it was, however, dis
posed I might be always to wish an indulgence to
a mater State on this head, (which I believe has
hitherto been the case,) yet I am not inclined to
give that indulgence the color of a right. Were we
settling commercial regulations with South-Care
liua, to permit the free navigation of the river, it
might be just and proper, and the tittle then would
depend on And b® derived from snoh agreement;
but to yield this point at a claim, in the preseat
instance, implies that the right has been oA origtne
in South-Carolina. Suoh a position would be in
consistent with my idea of our boundary; for if we
held the sovereignty “ from the most northern
part ot the stream,” It seems to me the exolusive
right of navigation follows of course. This is
neither a forced nor new construction of the char
ter,' but has uniformly been the opinion, for a
series of years past, or most people m Georgia;
and all the documents adduced tend only to show
the point has been contested, but never decided
en. On the whole, althongh I should be amongst
the foremost to oonoede to this neighborly privil
ege, in return for some other perhaps less valuable
to the citiaensofSonth-Carolina, yet I should wish
to see it held by them as a grant , under some re
strictions, from Georgia, and not a right, proved
and established at the present meeting.”— M. C.
Dwelt, p. 886-887.
From the language here used by Mr. Houstoun,
it would be observed that he was extremely tena
cious of the right of Georgia to her boundary line,
as set forth in the act of her Legislature of 1788:
and believing that the right of navigation granted
to Carolina by the leeond article of the treaty, con
flicted with that right, he refuses to sign the Con
vention. He does not consider the declaration of
the boundary line, as set forth ill the first article,
as at all objectionable, ot least he makes no ehjeo
ection to it ; and had he regarded it as altering the
joundary line of the State, he would doubtless
have incorporated it in his protest, as an addition
al and more weighty reason for his refusal to sign
the treaty. It is very dear to my mind that neither
Mr. Houstoun, nor any other member of that Con
vention, placed upon the first ortiole of the treaty
the construction now sought to be put upon it.—
This protest of Mr. Houstoun was drawn up when
he waa fresh from the diaonasiona of the Conven
tion, where he had heard the views presented by
the commissioners on both sides. If, on the part
ot'Carolina, it had been claimed or on the part of
Georgia conceded, that the boundary line between
the two States had been alteredl by the first article
of tho treaty, he would never have omitted from
his protest so important an item. His mind, as is
shown by the extract I have given, was directed to
this particular point, aud the only objeotion he files
to this part of the treaty, grows out of the provis
ions of the leeond, and not ifu firtt article. It is,
however, alene upon the provisions of the firtt ar
ticle that the argument is now based, to sustain the
position that, by that Convention, Georgia assent
ed to a change in her boundary line, from the
“ most northern part ” to “ the middle of the Sa
vannah river.”
I apprehend that the argument will not now be
•hanged, and the right of Carolina made to rest
upon thesecond artieteof the treaty. If, however,
it should he attempted, it will be a sufficient
reply to say, that all the rights and immunities
granted to Carolina by that second article, will be
sacredly observed by Georgia. They extend to
th» right of navigation, and no further. The
boundary line for all other purposes than those of
navigation, remaina unchanged and unaffected.
If additional angument required to sustain the
views which I have here presented in favor of the
claim of Georgia to the whole of the Savannah
river, they would be furnished in the fket that the
right of jurisdiction over that river has not only
been exorcised without question or hindrance, for
a number of years, hut mas been acquiosoed in by
South Carolina. 1 am not aware that on any oc
casion Carolina has seriously questioned this right,
so long olaimed and exercised; but I find in the
Congressional history of ths country, conclusive
evidence of her aoquiesenoe in the exercise of it
by Georgia. In 17*0 Congress passed an act au
thorizing Georgia to lay a duty on tonnage for the
purpose of dealing ont certain obstructions in tho
Savannah river. Similar aota were passed in 17*1
and 'Bl.
These acts were passed without objection on the
part of South Carolina as well as without her as
sent, whioh would not have been the case had the
right of jnriediotien over the Savannah river by
Georgia, been questioned, or deebted, eftber by
Congress or South Carolina. Acts of the same
character were passed by Congress again in the
years 1800, 1608. I*l4. and 1822, and 1 have yet
to learn of any objections being interposed on the
part of South Carolina, to those senes of legisla
tive recognitions of the claims of Georgia to the
whole of the Savannah river. It » worthy of re
mark, that during the year 1790,1791, and 1792,
Mr. Pierce Butler, one of the commissioners on
the part of South Carolina, of the Convention of
Beaufort, was a member of the (J. S. Senate.
This acquiescence in those aota affords convincing
proof, not only that in hi* opinion the boundary
line of Georgia extend* to the northern part of the
Savannah river, a» oonfeined in the charter of
178*, hut that the construction which 1 have placed
Upon the treaty of Beanfort, is the correct one.
Mr. Butler was at that time freßh from the de
liberations of the Beaufort Convention, and was
peculiarly qualified to protect the right* of his
State in this regard, if he had considered the pas
sage of theso various acts as an infringement of
those rights. Knowing, however, as he did, that
the navigation on the part of South-Caroliua would
not be injured, and that no other rigid in this re
spect had been acquired by that Convention, he
very properly acquiesced in the justice and pro
priety of these enactment*. It may, however, be
argnod that these acts of Congress do not conflict
with the right of South Carolina as now pnj forth,
Mr. Desaussure, one of your Senators in Congress,
thinks otherwiss. I notice in the debates of the
last session of Congress, that when a similar enact
ment was proposed by one of the Senators from
Georgia, it was objected to by Mr. Desaussnre, on
the ground that South Carolina claimed eqnal ju
risdiction with Georgia over the Savannah River,
thus showing that the objections on the part ot
South Carolina to those enactments of Congreoss,
commenced pari passu with her claim. When
there was no claim there was no objection. They
are both of modern date, and 1 sincerely trust will
be of short duration,
Beference is made by Col. Hayne to tho language
of the Constitution of Georgia of 1791, and an ar
gument is drawn from the fact, that it varies from
the language of the aotof the Legislature of ITBB.
Not only does it vary from that act, but also from
the language of tbo charter of seventeen hundred
and thirty-two, as well *s the language of tho
Convention of Beanfort, which is confirmatory of
the view I have presented, that these different
term* of expression wider the uniform, construction
pla&i upon them, were regarded and used as eyno
nimous. The true meaning of them is to be as
certained from the contemporaneous and unvary
ing construction of them.
The view which I hay* taken and presented of
this subject, renders it unnecessary for me to con
trovert that portion of the able argument of Col.
Hayne, Widen discusses the general principles of
law, bearing upon the construction of the terms
employed in the various document* under con
sideration. In the absence of the more practical
and satisfactory proofs which I have adduced, we
might with propriety fall back upon these ab
stract principles, hut in the present instances such
a resort is unnecessary. I conclude, .therefore,
that sh» claim of Georgia to the exclusive juris
diction of the Savannah Kiver is not a* “ground
less” as it has been supposed to be. It rests as I
havs Bhown—
First—Upon the plain and explicit language of
the charter of 17*2, an, itia found in every bosk in
which it is given extensof
Secondly—Upon the undisputed and nndistnrb
ed enjoyment and exercise of the right for a great
many years;
Thirdly—Upon the uniform and unvarying con
struction placed upon tbe various terms of ex
pression used to define her boundary line;
Fourthly—Upon the acquiesence of South-Caro
lina in the assertion and exercise of this right, as
shown by her long silence and virtual assent to
the acta of Congress referred to;
Fifthly—By all the circumstanoes ©onnectod
with the early history ofthe question, and the ac
tion of the two States, in reference to kindred ques
tions, growing out oiand dependent for their set
tlement upon the construction of the samo instru
ment which originates this one.
Upon a careful review of the subject I enter
tain the hope that your Exoelltncy will be satisfied
that the claim of Georgia is well founded, and that
her “ long undisturbed possession should not
.now bo questioned.”
In reference to the rights and privileges claimed
by the city of Augusta as owner of the bridge at
that place, 1 mnst regard them as questions more
properly appertaining to the judicial department.
At any rate I do net Bee that any good can result
from an Executive discussion on that point. If it
is contemplated to facilitate the intercourse be
tween the citizens of the two States at Angnsta,
by making ths bridge free, it becomes a question
for Legislative consideration, and will, by this no
tioe orit, be brought to the attention of the next
General Assembly.
1 conour most tally in tho views presented by
Col. Hayne, for sneourageing the freest commer
cial intercourse between the citizens of South-
Carolina and Gec/gia. Whatever may be the opin
iona of a majority of onr citizens on that subjeet, I
am prepared to give my cordial co-operation to
any and every movement, which has for its object
the extension of theprinciplesof free trade, wheth
er applied to the interoouse of the citizens of
neighboring States, or exteded to tbe world at
large. The fewer the restrictions placed upon
commerce the better for tbe country: and tbe prin
ciple is right, whether limited to email communi
ties or extended to the commercial interoouse of
the world.
How far the General Assembly of this State will
be disposed to go in granting the unlimited right
of bnitding bridges across tbe Savannah river, I
am not prepared to say. The effect which the
building of each bridges might have npon tbe nav
igation of tbe river, would have much weight in
determining theirpolicy in this respect —and my
information on that point ia not sufficient to jnsti
fy the expression of any opinion on that subject.
Allow me, in conclusion, to express my own
desire, ss well as that of onr citizens, that the fu
ture relations between Sonth-Carolina and Geor
gia, shall be of that kind and fraternal character
which should ever mark the intercom's of two
States, so identified in feeling and interest.
In oonformity with the suggestion of Col. Hsyne’s
letter, I shall lay this correspondence before tbe
General Assembly of this State at ita next regular
I have the honor to be yonr Excellency’s ob’t
serv’t, HOWELL 0088.
Noewiman Letrost. —A letter written by James
C. Richmond, for the Evangelical Catholic, dated
Begen, Norway, Sept. 20, says that the Oriental
leprosy, as described by Moses, exists at this mo
ment in Norway. In addition to a leprosy house
established some eentnries ago, ths Government
reoantiy built a hospital, the first that the world
ever knew for the core of leprosy. The disease is
oonfined almost exclusively to the western coast of
Norway, and the comber of lepers is nearly one in
fifty. The writer adds, that it is from the western
coast that the emigration to America takes place,
and that the opinion of tbe attending physician at
the hospital in Norway ia, that the disease will
show itself among thtae emigrants in this country,
and probably become a disease in the Western
States. _
Lanes and Valuable Carso.— The ship Wm.
Rath bone, Capt. Pratt, cleared at the Custom
House yesterday by Mr. H. Gowdy, baa on board
8,42* holes Cotton—viz., *2*4 bales Upland and
12* Sea Islands—the whole weighing 1,4*9,296
pongds.jtnd valued at 91M Rep. es
Georgia Animal Conference.
Cenvened in this place on Wednesday es last
week, and adjourned on Tuesday night following.
We have not been informed of the nature Os the
business transacted in Conference, but presume
that it was suoh as usually comes up for action be
fore this highly respectable ecclesiastical body.
We witnessed some portion of the public exer
cises of the occasion. The ordination sermon,
preached in the new Methodist church ou Sabbath,
bv the venerable Bishop Capers, was, we thought,
a very superior production—his theme was the du
tics of the Christian ministry. At the conclusion
of the Bishop’s sermon, some 1( or 20 ministers
were ordained Elders. During the afternoon of
the same day, after a most eloquent and beantiffil
sermon by Dr. Cross, of the Tennessoe conference,
some 20 candidates for Deaoon’s orders were or
dained by the Bishop. The ordination ceremonies
wo thought beautiful, solemn and impressive.—
Not the least interesting portion of the day’s ser
vices was tho funeral discourse delivered by tho
venerable Dr. Pierce, in commemoration of tho
lives and characters of three of the Ministers of the
Georgia Conference, who died the present year.
Public services were conducted bv other mem
bers of the conference at other enurches in the
pluce during the day. The exercises of the sanc
tuary were continued from day to day at the Meth
odist church, and would doubtless have been et
tended by larger oongregatious but for the incle
mency of the weather.
The appointments of the preachers for the ensu
ing year, will be found below.
STATIONS OF THE PREACHERS FOR 1858.
Augusta District. —John TV. Glknn, P. E.
faavannah.—Trinity William M. Crumly ; An
drew Chapel to be supplied.
Chapham and Bryan and Isle of Hope.—W. B.
MoHau.
Springfield.—D. J. Mirick.
Scriveu.—Alex. Avcrett.
Waynesboro.—Daniel Kelsey.
Burke Mission.—A. B. Smith.
F’airhaven Mission Alex. Gordon.
Richmond.—R. A. Conner.
Louisville.—Theophilus L. Harwell.
Augusta,—Jackson P. Turner.
Colored Charge.—James M. Austin.
Columbia.—Edwin White.
Lincolnton.—John Duno.
Washington.—Caleb W. Key.
Wilkes.—W. A. Arnold.
Warrenton.—F. W. Reynolds.
Sparta —Joßiah Lewis.*
Hancock Mission.—To be supplied.
Athene District. —W. J. Pareb, P. E.
Athens A. T. Mann.
Colored Charge.—John H. Grogan.
Lexington and Colored Charge.—Albert Gray,
W. Baker.
Watkinsville.—W.J.Cotter, Josse R. Littlejohn.
Factory Mission.—W. H. C. Cone.
Elberton.—M. 11. Hubbard.
Broad River Mission.—A. H. Dovours.
Carnsville.—H. H Parks, J. H. Harris.
Greensboro.—J. W. Yarborough.
Madison Station.—Joseph S. Koy.
Morgan.—J. B. Wardlaw.
Kingston.—H. Crawford.
Covington aud Oxford.—W. A. Florence, J. S.
Ford.
Monroe,—David Crenshaw.
Emory College.—G. F. Pieroc, Alex. Mtans, W.
J. Basnet.
Gainesville District. —George Bright, P. E.
Gainesville.—J. E. Owen.
Laurence villc.-—W. H. Thomas.
Canton.—H. P. Pitchford.
Dahlonoga.—David Blalock, W. P. Claunts.
Clarkesvillle.—John 11. Mashburn.
Clayton Mission.—To be supplied.
Murphy do. —Edward L. Stephens.
Blairsville do. —Jesso W. Carroll.
Elijah do. —Windsor Graham.
State Line do. —William Lively.
Marietta District. —Jaukb B. Payne, P. E.
Marietta.—C. A, Fulwood.
Marietta Circuit.—Alfred Dorman Schave.
CasaviMfe.—M. A. Ciontz.
Koine Station.—D. D. Cox.
Romo Circuit.—A. Nice, W. P. Pleasure.
Calhoun.—John Strickland.
Spring Place.—Josiah H. Clarke.
Dado Missions.—J. W. Brudy.
Layfayette.—A. C. Bruner.
Summerville.—S.C. Qnillian.
Dallas Mission —W. J. Wardlaw.
Dalton.—To bo supplied.
Sublignn.—L. B. Payne.
Im Grange JHstrict. —J. C. Simmons, P. E.
LaGrange—W. R. Foote.
• Franklin—lsaac N. Craven.
Troupe—J. W. Talley.
Greenville—W. D. Mathews.
Fayetteville—M. Befiah.
Zobulon—Noah Smith.
Griffin—J. B. Jackson.
McDonough—J. M. Smith; J. B. Payne.
Atlanta—W. H< ICvedb.
Decatur—L. J. Davies; N. M. Watts.
Newnan—G. C. Clarke; John Simmons.
Carrollton Mission—C. Truesell; J. Worldly.
Macon District —Samdel Anthony, P. E.
Macon aud Vinevillo—E. W. Spear; T.H. Jour
dan.
Colored Charge—J. M. Bright.
Milledgeville and Bethel—C. R. Jewett.
Bethel Mission—F. S. Brantley.
Eutonton—J. \Y. Knight.
Putnam Mission—To De supplied.
Clinton—J. L. Pierce.
Montieello—Richard Lane.
Forsyth—J. W. Farmer.
Colloden—R. B. Leister.
Fort Valley—James Jones.
“ “ Mission.—C. L. Hays.
Ferry —E. P. Burch.
Wesleyan Female College—E. W. Meyrs; S. H.
Smith j J. W. Bonnell.
Madison Female College—J. H. Echols.
Columbus District — James E. Evans, P. E.
Columbus—W. G. Connor; Walton R. Bran
ham, snpemumery.
Colored Charge—To bo supplied.
Factory Mission—Wyatt £. Brooks.
Tulbotton—J. W. Hinton.
“ Circuit—T. H. Wliitty.
Thomaston—J. P. Diokerson.
Hamilton—J. P. Duncan; W. M. Arnold.
Buena Vista—J. Blakely Smith.
Lanior—J. M. Marshall.
Oglethorpe—J. Bradford Smith.
Lumplcin District —Walter Knox, P. B.
Lumpkin—C. W. Thomas.
Florence—J. T. Tnrner.
Lanahasse—J. O. Varner.
Americus —D. C. Williamson.
Clarkesville—Y. T. Tigner.
Cutbbert Station—J. H. Caldwell.
Fort Gaines—T. R. Stewart; John McGehea.
Chattahoochee Mission—J. B. Adams.
Dooly Mission—Dennis Odriscol.
Jefferson District— W. G. Pares, P. E.
Jeffersonville—J. T. Smith.
Sandersville—M. C. Smith.
Irwinton—W. F. Conley.
Vienna and Flint River—W. T. Norman.
Dublin—James M. Dickey.
Macintosh and Darien—A. J. Reynold*.
Telfair—S. H. Cooper.
Emanuel Mission—To be supplied.
Hiedsvillu—J. E. Centre,
llinosvillc—J. W. Trawick.
Agent for tho American Bible Seciety—G. J.
Pearce.
Agent for tho Sunday School Society—Dr. L.
Pierce.
Transferred to the Pacifio Conference—Dr. Bo
ring; A. W. Winn; W. A.Slmmons; J.C. Sim
mons, Jr.; R. W. Bigham. *
Samuel J. Bellah, Wm. D. Bussey, Thoa. C,
Cole-nan, Churchwell A. Cromwell, and James
Harris left without appointment on account of ill
health or severe family affliction.
Thomas C. Stanley, Chaplain U. S. Navy.
Next Conference at Macon, Dec. 14th, 1858.
J ust before the adjournment of Conference, tbo
following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the Georgio Con
ference be unanimously and cordially tendered to
the people of Athens, for their ample accommoda
tions and kind and generous hospitalities to the
preachers during the session of this Conference:
and likewise to the town authorities for the use of
tho Town Hall; also, to the members of the Pres
byterian and Baptist churches for the use of thoir
houses of worship during the Conference.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Conference
be requested to publish the above resolutions in
the Southern Christian Advocate, and the gazettes
of this place. —Athens Herald.
The Methodist Church Suit In IV'ew-Yorlt.
It will be remembered that this case was argued
in the United States Circuit Court for tire Southern
District efNow-York, in this city, at the May term,
1851, before Judges Nelson and Betts; and that,
in November following, Judge Nelson pronounced
a decision in favor of the complainants, who sued
on behalf of themselves and their associate bone
ficiaries connected with the M. E. Church, South,
for a pro rata portion of the property of tho Metho
dist Book Concern in the city of New-York. In
pursuance of the terms of the decree, a reference
was had before the clerk of the Court, to ascertain
and report upon the value of the property, and up
on other matters involved in the questions here
after mention. The commissioners for the South,
with their counsel, were present at the reference
in April last, and the book agent* also appeared
with counsel. Considerable testimony was taken
on the reference, and the whole matter was argued
in May before the referee, who reported thereon.
As to the questions wherein the counsel differed,
he decided generally for the defendant*, (the
North.) The complainants, being dissatisfied with
the report, took exceptions to it in consequence ot
which the matter was brought before the Court;
and, in October last, it was again argued by-
Daniel Lord for the complainants, and by E. L.
Fancher, for the defendants.
We now learn that the Judges (Nelson and
Betts) having deliberated upon the case, are di
vided in opinion upon the principal questions aris
ing on the exceptions to the report; and they have
consequently, ordered the points on which they
differ, to be sent up to the Supreme Court of the
United States, for a decision by that tribunal. Wc
understand that a final decree cannot be entered in
the case until the direction of the Supreme Court
upon the pointß certified to it, shall be sent back
to the Circuit Court. Nor can the defendant* should
they elect to appeal from the decree of November,
1851, deciding the main question of the right of
the South, take such appeal, until the final aeoree
in the oause is entered.
It was contended for the South, on the argu
ment of the exceptions to tbe clerk’s report that
the Southern beneficiaries were entitled to be paid
their portion of the dividends, according to the
profit* as yearly reported by the book agenta to the
annual conference; that the share of the Sooth in
the capital, was to be ascertained according to the
value of the same in 1845; and that such share
should be paid in cash, with certain additions of
interest; also that the ratio should be computed
according to the numbers of preachers reported in
the minutes for the year 1845. On the other hand
it was contended for the defennant*, that the share
of the Southern beneficiaries in the profit*, should
berated according to what the Northern benefici
aries had actually received, and not according to
reported or actual profits: that the portion of capi
tal to be ascertained for the South, should be taken
according to the value of 1851, and not of 1845;
and that, whatever the share waß, it should not be
paid in cash, but that tbe capital mnst be portion
ed under the decree of the Court, by an appor
tionment of the specific effects to bo agreed upon;
and if such agreement could not be ’made, then
that there must be a sale ordered, and a distribu
tion of the proceeds; also that the ratios there to
be regulated according to the number of preach
ers named in the minutes of 1844, and not of
1845.
We understand that the differences rof opinion
between the Judges are fundamental upon the
principal points mentioned, and it is, therefore, in
evitable that the case, so far as those points are
concerned, should go to the Supreme Court of the
United States.—A". E Osm. Adi.
REMAREABLriAOACiTT.—A few days ago a mule
and a horse, which were employed side by side in
hoisting heavy goods ont of the hold of one of the
New York steamers, by some mismanagement got
overboard. The tide swept them down under tbe
bows of a schooner lying near, where the horse
lodged and was buoyed up by some ropes; bat tbe
poor mule—a large' and valuable animal—being
onsoets'ned, was being ewept off end about to
•ink. At this moment, with the instinct of self
preservation, he seijed bit oompanion, tbe horse,
by one of his esrs, with hit teeth, and held him
self np until assistance esme, and both were saved
aninjure<L—&je. Rep.
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOIaXVI.~NO. 52!
Dlplamatlo Correspondence Between tho United
, Statea and Haytl.
We find in the N. Y. Post oopies of the corres
pondence between the U. 8. Government and his
blackness the Emperor Soulouque, in regard to the
civil war (between Hayti and St. Domingo.QjTha
oqrrespondenee was called for by the Senate at the
last session, and has just no been published.
It appears that Mr. R. M. Walsh waa sent to
Hayti by our Government in the early part of last
year, with instructions to co-operate with the
consuls at that place of Franoe and Great Britain
in an effort to restore peace between the empire of
Hayti and the republic of St. Domingo, or at least,
to prevail upon tho Emperor Soulonque to consent
to a truce of ten years. The British and French
oonsuls were authorized bv their respective Go
vernments, after consultation with our own, to
threoten Solouque with a bloekade of his ports
and with forcible intervention, in the event te re
fused to accomodate the existing difficulties, while
the American agent was instructed not to commit
his Government to an interposition by force, hut
to menace the Emperor with the idea that we
would acquiesce in tha interference of England
and France.
Mr. Webster further authorized Mr. Walsh to in
form tho black Emperor, that, should peace be re
established between the Haytians and Dominicans,
tho Government of the United States would eon -
sent to receive aud recognize suoh commercial
ageuta as might ho sent to thiscountry from Hayti,
“if not of African extraction.'’ The announce
ment of tno condition of color stirred up all tha
black blood of the island to the boiling point.
The result of the negotiation was tho agreement
on the part of Soulouque to submit tho subject to
deputies appointed on both sides, whose decision
shauld be effected under the mediation and guar
anty of the three powers named above. He fur
ther agreed to a truoe till October, of last year, in
order that the deputies or commisaionors* should
have ample time and opportunity for conference.
Tho correspondono does not disclose the conclu
sion to which they arrived.
The following extract from one of Mr. Walsh’s
despatches, giving some account of his presenta
tion to tho Emperor, and his first interview with
his mulatto minister of foreign affairs, ib not with
out interest and amusemont:— Sav. Dev.
“The following day I announced my arrival to tho
Miuister for Foreign Affairs, who is here addressed
as his grace the Duke of Tiboron, and requested
an interview with him, whioh he gave yesterday
at nine o’clock in the morning. All businoss hero
is pretty muoh transaoted before noon, when there
is a general oessation of work for several hours on
acccount of tho heat. I was received by the min
ister in full costume, at his residence, which,
though not altogether ducal, is sufficiently neat
and well furnished, and put your letter in his
hands. Ills gratification at getting it was such
that I think I may assort it made him the happi
est and proudest of men.
Our conversation was of a general naturo, as I
did not wish to enter upon matters of business, not
having been previously able to talk with the
French und English consuls, whom I had mado
successive efforts to soe the day before. The min
ister agreeably surprised mo by his nppearunco
and manners, and cultivated intelligence. He is a
tall light mulatto, with a pleasant face and very ro
spectablo grey locks, and all the tono of a man of
education and good society. On taking leave, I
asked him to lot mo know when tho Commodore
and myself could pay our respoots to the Emperor,
and in the courso of tho day was informed that his
majesty would receive us tliis morning at nine.
We repaired accordingly to the palace at that
hour, accompanied by Mr. Ushor, and a number of
officers, from tho Saruuao, and woio received with
great parado. Tho court-yard was filled with
troops in rather motley attire, and who saluted as
we passed, and tho hall of rooeption waa
crowded with ministers, and generals, and other
dignitaries, who made quite a glittering ahow.
Boan after our entranoa, tie Emperor made hiß ap
pearance in a costume, which, though showy, was
not in very bad taste, preceded by shouts of Vive
VEmperor from his courtiers, who were then pre
sented in due form. Ho seemed at first decidedly
embarrassed, as if he did not know what to say or
do, but after awhile inquired how long tho Com
modore would remain; and on being told that
tho Saranac would leave iu a day or two, manifes
ted not tho least chagrin.
Tho truth is, the big ship in tho haroor is not a
pleasant spcotacle to his eyes, and the Bending such
a one just now is n corcmony of which ho would
much prefer tho breach to tho observance. It is
a pity tho Commodore cannot protract his stay
liorc, ns the prosonco of tho steamer would mntori
ially assist our negotiations, tho logio of force be
ing, I am afraid, tiie only kind which his govern
ment thoroughly comprehends, or at lesst is dis
posed to respeot.
Fanstin 1., is stout and short, and very black,
with an unpleasant expression, nnd a carriage that
does not grace a throne. 110 is ignorant in the ex
treme, hut has begun to learn to road and write,
and is said to exhibit commendable diligence in
his studies. Euorgy nnd decision are his most
important traits, and no soft feelings are likely to
interfere with their full display whon occasion
calls them forth as it frequently does.”
From the N. O. Picayune.
The Loaaofthc Western World.
Messrs. Editors :—Another of those lamentable
accideuts, which aro of such pniufully frequent oc
currence in theso watera, lias just taken place on
tiie Mississippi.
On Tuesday, the 14th inst., at a quarter before 6
o’clock iu tho morning, the stcamhoat Western
World, on her way down, came in collision at tiie
bend just below Princeton, with the steamboat H.
K. W. Hill. Tho concussion was so slight as not
in the least to alurm me, though I was lying awake
in my borth. In a few soconds, however, hasty
and frantic cries of “Get np I got up! sho’s sink
ing I” resounded through tho saloon. With solemn
silence and hurried movomont, eacli sprang from
his bed, and snatching hastily at what was within
reach and of value rushed out.
The Hill was alongside. Some first threw their
small valuables on her j some, w ith a stronger im
pulse for self preservation, soughtonly their indi
vidual safety. In less than fivo minutes tho World
careened purtially over. Some persons on her slid
down the columns that support tho saloon deok,
tumbled in among tho cattle on the lower deck,
and scrambled on board tho Hill as host they
might. Finding that tho World did notgooveren
tirely, a gangway-plank was run outlfrom the Hill to
her saloon. Over thismany moro persons escaped.
Homo even returned to tho World and saved their
baggage. A solemn and awful silence roigr.od,
except when broken by those on board tho Hill
ordoriug back the tide ofpeonlc who rushed tohor
side to witness the catastrophe.
(Scarce ton minutes had elapsed from tho moment
tho bouts cunie in collision when a frightful crash
was heard, and careening completely over, the
Western World went to pieces, tho lurid light of
torches revealing the death-struggles of scores of
the unfortunate cattle that hud not been castlooso.
But was all human life savod? Who knew?—
How few cared ? Ono at least could bear bettor
testimony to a sad negative. He stood near the
stove, a half naked intunt in his arms, twa others
at his feet. Ten minutes havo turned him from a
man into an idiot. His mind is too far gone to ex
hibit grief—no heaving sighs and bursting sobs—
all is vacancy to his wild unmoaning stare. The
wife of his bosom and two more of his children
aro buried in tho dark waters of tho Mississippi.
Others were lost—some twolve or flfteon. Thoy
were not saloon passengers or nogroes—these had
places in the upper part of the boat whence egress
was easy by numerous doors. Tho helpless deck
passengers,cribbed in below, stowed among freight,
with no chance at eagress or escape in case of a
sudden accident of this nature, were tho victims.
Were they prepared for such a catastrophe, such is
tiie construction of tho loculity they are placed in,
that few of the strongest and coolest cau over es
cape. Ono poor woman in this instance escaped by
crawling through the in-rusliing water, under the
feet of tho cattle, whence she emerged covered
with bruises.
It ia said, and truly, that there is a groat indif
ference to human life in these regions. I confess
it was a painful sight to witness such a total ab
sence of any proper fooling as was exhibited on this
melancholy occasion. Tho bar of the H. Ri W.
Hill was the first place visited by many who had
just escaped death, and even while the holy work
of reseuo was going on, the ribaid jost circulated
freely among thos6 who sat drinking and smoking
around tiie stove, unchecked even by tho sight of
the poor idiot and his three ohildren, who, stand
ing utthe same fire must havo reminded them that
though they were saved others had been hurried
but an instant before into eternity.
A I’assxxsir on the Lost Steam*.
Items from Southwestern Georgia. —We are
indebted to a friend, who has just returned from
a trip to Southwestern Georgia, for some interest
ing items of news. He informs us that the coun
try is still flooded with water, in consequence of
tho late freshet. It is with great difficulty that
stage coaches can get through tho country, as the
bridges in many places have been carried away. In
Lee and Baker counties, there iB notone bridge left
standing. Tho roads are badly washed and out up,
and, consequently, cotton and other produoe come
forward slowly. The receipts at Oglethorpe this
year, as compared with last, show a considerable
tailing off. In addition to the difficulty of getting
cotton to market, it is stated that many planters
have turned their attention to Fort Gaines and Co
lumbus. While they can wagon their cotton to
those points us cheaply as to Oglethorpe, they are
enabled to purchase there, supplies of sugar, salt,
iron, bagging, molasses, <fec., at u lower figure.—
These articles are brought up the Chattahoochee
from the Gulf, and cotton is now going forward
from Southwestern Georgia to New Orleans and
other Gulf ports in payment for them. This di
version of trade has been slight thus far; still it
is sufficient to authorize us to call the attention of
our shippers and railroad companies to it.
The crop of cotton in the Southwestern counties,
it is believed, will not exceed that of last year.—
The quality of the early pickings is very good,
much better than that gathered sinoe the rains.
There is still considerable cotton in the fields, Lot
it has been so whipped out and damaged as to
cause considerable Joss.
Tho health of the country has greatly improved.
Emigrants are going in freely from all parts of the
State, and the country is rapidly filling up. Lands
in Baker county are selling readily at |5 to (25 per
acre, according to their location and improvements.
The Southwestern road has already bad a wonder
ful effect in developing that section of the State,
and in attracting thither an intelligent and ener
getic population. When it shall have rcaohed
Amencus, then Albany, and then the junction of
the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, there to con
nect with the great Savannah and Pensacola road
then and not till then, rnay we expect the full dc
vek prnent of that fertile and interesting rogion—
Sav. R*p.
Production or Cotton.— A late number of De
Bow’s Review says: The cotton crop of the old
world cannot be accurately estimated for want of
correct accounts of the quantity consumed in In
dia and exported thence to China. We may, by
approximation, however, arrive at a conclusion
sufficient to illustrate ourviews. The quantity im
ported into the whole of Europe, from all parts of
the world during the years 1846, 1847, 1848, and
1845, reached 11,502,000 bags ot lbs., which,
at the average of prices for the*# years, 8 % cents,
was worth $293,401,000, T'ha production of cotton
in the United States commenced in 1790, and in
the next year only SI bales were export d, and yet
of 11,502,000, above stated, 8,922,000 went from
the Southern States of America, which at thesame
price, (B>s cents.) was worth $227,511,000. So
that in quantity tne production of the Sooth is as
8,924,000 to 11,502,005, and tho value is as $227,-
511,000 to $293,180,000, and thus we see that we
produoe more than three-fourths in quantity and
value of this great staple. If the unascertained
quantity consumed in India, and exported thence
to China, which is inferior in staple to oars, is set
off against the quantity of our cotton consumed In
the United States, (which I have not added to the
computation,) the result it is believed fill not be
varied.
Public Contracts. —A rumor having obtained
currency, through some of tho correspondent* of
distant newspapers, that the Secretary of the In
terior had declined letting out contracts for work
to be done under his supervision, and had referred
applicants to the two committees of Congress, wo
have inquired in the prqper quarter as to the truth
of the report, and have ascertained that it is with
out the slightest foundation. The Secretary has
not only made no inch decision, bnt ha has not
even had occasion to consider the question. He
will eontinue to discharge every duty imposed on
him by law so long aa he remains in offioe.— Rat.
JmtH.
81RENA&S by moonlight.
A. those mellow cadence d« K
> Float oo the gale, the, , ee m to sweep
, More like an angers ho\y | ay
Who, pausing on the wa .
Bt nds o'er the earth, with sacred lire
To sound the soft, seraphic \yre.
As if too sweet for earthly sphere—
' Oh I quickly rouse the lay ftgHlu,
And let the pure, the melting strain
i Thrill thro* each fibre of my heart,
Till all its anguish shall depart—
s Still let the peaceful numbers roll
Upon my sad, desponding soul,
Till worldly thought is sooth’d to rest,
’ And heavenly soars to realms more hint,
i If e er to ought on earth, be given,
A type, of the pure joys of Ucav’n,
i Tis, when at moonlight, such as this,
The list to mtuic'a holy bllM,
Steollny upon the breeze ot night, w
When all is beautiful and bright;
When silently, with glancing ray,
Those bright orbs moves in destin'd way,
When ev’ry leaf, and ev’ry flow’r,
i Are trembling in the moonlight he ur—
To me—the notes are far too sweet,
Too dear, too lov'd, for ought so fleet —
Music! ’tiaaow thy strains I love,
They fain would lift my soul above,
And could it at this moment fly,
*Twould pass beyond the dark blue sky.
[Baltimore OHpptr.
Earthquake In Cuba.
, By an arrival at Now-Orloana ibe Picayune has
been plaoed in possession of the following details
of the late terrible earthquake in Cuba from an ex
tra published by the Redactor, dated St. Jago, 86th
Nov., 1852:
.“ m id»t of the terror inspired by the hor
rible earthqunko whieh was felt at 25 minutes past
3 o dock this morning, wo could only take our pen
to describe with couvulsed nerves to our roader*
the misfortunes caused by the torriblo disaster.—
VV e avail ourselves of such data as wo havo been
able to acquire and of tho observations which wo
have made amid iho general contusion caused by
tho terrific catastrophe. J
A shock as severe and and long in duration as
tho memorable one of tho 20th of August last, has
again spread consternation iu our dosolated citv,
already ailiictod by a devastating epidemic which
had invaded our enviable stato of quiet and happi
ness.
At 4 o’clook the shock was again folt, but not so
stronglv as before, and at 7 o’clock another, but
still lightermoveuient was perceived.
As far as wc have been able to calculate, tho di
rcction of the earthquake was from north to south.
>V e think this, beoauHo after recovering from our
first surprise, upon returning to our chamber, wc
found that tho bod, which had before stood oast
and west., had described a semi-cirle and was stand
ing north and south.
The destruction has been very groat. We can
only present to our readers a short routine, ioavlng
for another occasion a more detailed account. Tho
buildings destroyed arc as follows;—The Old
Treasury, the Hotel of Siete Puertßß,the warehouse
of Messrs. Brooks <fc Co., warehouse of Mr. Atneil
and seven private houses.
The following buildings are in o dilapidated stato
and threaten to fall every minute: the new church,
the C athedral, the Church of Belleucito, tho jail,
mid eloveu private dwellings. This list la net com
plete, as wo havo only enumerated what camo be
neath our own personal observation. Many houses
havo suffered soveroly, but not to so grout an ex
tent as thosowo havo named.
We have only learned of tho loss of ono life so
far. All the authorities and offibors have been verv
zealous and active in rendering assistance to the
sufferers. In ono of tho streets tho surfuco of the
earth has sunk a littlo.
At 28 minutes past 2, in tho afternoon, another
slight shook was folt.
At the village of Cobro, (a little town about six
miles from St. Jago,) tho shook was felt at a quar
ter past 8 in tho morning, bat we havo not been
able to learn any particulars. We also learn
that on the estate of Ignorudu nil 1110 edifices lmvo
been thrown down. Tho inhabitants fortunately
escaped without injury.”
From the Rodaotor and tho Orden of tho 28th.
“ Tho more wo trnverso our streets, tho moro we
are confirmed in the belief that if the earthquake
of yeßterday was not groator than that of tho 20th
of August, it certainly was not loss. We have be
hoved this from tho first moment that tho oceillu
tions of the earth awakened us from n profound
sleep; and tho moro we contemplate its ravages,
the moro wo are convinced of its intensity. We are
also surprised at tho nnmbor of happy ncoidoute
and fortunate eases whereby many persons have
escaped falling victims. We can give but few ad
ditional particulars of tho ravages, although we
havo been through the city, in order so classify the
disasters in the different wardß.”
Tho Redactor iioro proceeds to give a long list of
the houses whioh have suffered, not previously
named. It further says that slight shocks con
tinued to be folt, ono liuving booii noted at a quar
ter past 5, und another at a quarter past 8 in tho
evening. Tho night was beautiful, tho atmosphere
clear, and the sky serene, whioh had also been no
ticed after the oartliquako of the 20th August, aud
during the provulenco of the present one.
On the 27th, another slight shock was felt at 2
P. M. Tho great shock was folt at sen, according
to the testimony of captains of vessels which ar
rived at St. Jago on the 28th.
The Orden says the earthquake lias “ effected
prodigies,” tho numbor of deaths from cholern
having diminished very materially, and tho people
generally believed that tho earthquake had effec
tually killed the inaludy. Persons suffering under
violent attacks roso from their beds, and after be
ing for hours ill the streets, in tho damp morning
air, folt no return of their sickness.
The steamer Cardenas arrived at St. Jago from
lrimdnd, tho day after the earthquake with the
sum of |1,788, sont by tho Governor of Trinidad ns
the proceeds of a collection made for the sufferers
by the earthqunko of tho 20th of August, whioh
came very opportunely.
Advioes rcccivodnt Ilnvnnn from Nuovitns, state
that the shook wus felt there at the same hour of
the morning it occurred at St. Jago. Accounts
from Bayamos, of the 28th ult., state that it was
also folt tlioro at the snmo hour. From theso ac
counts we doom it probable that tho whole eastern
portion of tho island of Cuba has felt the shook of
this oartliquako.
The steward of an estate in tho Siorrn Mae.stra
writes that on tho morning of tho 28th, iffoveu
nhocks were folt there within an hour and three
quarters.
Passengers arrivod at Havana by Vho stonmor
rom bt. Jago, says that up to noon on the 30th,
light shocks continued to bo folt,
wrftingTrom DdoUt ° f Ui ® D ' aA * do Ia Mftrina
Bt. Jaoo,Nov. 28, 1852.
At halt-past 8 of the morning of tho 28th a sub
terrnnean noise like thunder was heard, and a
shock as violent and prolonged as that of tho 20th
ot August immediately followed, throwiug down
soyerul houses, and threatening others with ruin,
which had already anfl'ored in tho former earth
quake. Terror and confusion npread immediately
auiong the peoplo.
. Pioture to yoursolf our situation at this moment,
in the middle of tho street, contemplating mills
and falling buildings, and in tlieir midst a feilow
ereature in the last agony with the epidemio, and
by our side another struggling with the disease,
and eudeavoring to shield himself from the damp
cold air, witli the clothing that a moinont before
covered him on the siok bed, no one knowing
whore to go, or which way to turn to save himself
from the destruction that seemed to throatou tho
whole city.
In a moment the squares were filled with peo
plo, and very soon tonte and temporary shelter
wore begun to e put up by the few who lookod for
the morrow. Up to this time the long interval
between the earthquakes that exists in the history
of tiie past three centuries, hud led all to hope
that an event like that of the 10th of August last
would not occur again for seventy or eighty years ;
and thiH hope though without foundation in reason
produced in many the same effect as though it
were capablo of being maintained by argument,
and led them to cherish a hope. * * * The
natural course of these ovents, and the ruiuoua
state of the existing edifices, makes it impossible
for any one to sleep quietly in tlieir residences
without tho fear of being hurried into its ruins.
Advioes to tho 2d inst. lias been received from
Santiago, but no further particulars of the destruc
tion by tho earthquake are given.
Letters from Holguin and Manzanillo state that
the shock was felt in each of these places at the
same time os in Santiago.
Tho cholera still raged in Santiago, bnt tho num
ber of deaths daily had fallen to about one half of
wbat they had been.
. The Hartford Times in noticing the large divi
dends made by the Boston Insurance Companies,
particularly those which took fire risks, as well aa
those which transact marine insuranoo business, re
marks :
The reason of this is not to be found in mere
good luck, but in the fact that they do their busi
ness witli more soundness and a bettor ability to
calculate risks than any other offices. They take
tho best risks at very low rates, and will not go
into places which arc exposed to sweeping fires
simply because tho rates premium paiy—though
very high and tempting to superficial caleulators
who do not allow for a sweeping fire every two or
three years—does not represent one-half of tho
true exposure to loss. In Boston they have a very
good practice of carefully investigating, which
ought to be imitated every where as ft shows where
new oheoks and precautions are wanted.
Houses for tu* Secretaries.— I Tho Washington
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says,
the mansions for tho Secretaries and Vice President
nroposod by the Home Department will, no donbt,
be provided for at once. A Now Yorker compar
ing the estimate for those eight mansions, with an
estimate for os many private houses in New York,
will smile increduonsly at the proposed sum of
SBOO,OOO, including land and furniture for some
half dozen houses. But these arc to be plain,.re
publican establishments; yot large onough, wo
trust, to prevent the awful tqueeze on “Reception,
Days,” which makes calling on n Cabinet Minister
a bore.
Gold by the Ton without Owners ! —'Che cor
respondent of the London Times, writing from
Melbourne, Australia, says : “One circumstance la
not perhaps altogether nndcsorving of notice—
There is now at Melbourne a very large quantity
of gold, which was sent from thu diggings by es
cort, and which has never been claimed. The
amonnt is stated at oight ton» ar.d these oight tons
of gold aro watched and warded by a corporal and
flvo men.
The editor of a western paper, having lent his
axe to one, of his subscribers, the borrower unfor
tunately broke off the handle. On returning it
tlm man said : “You can easily get it fixed.”
“ 485,” replied the editor, “bnt that will cobl at
least a quarter of a dollar.” “Well,” said the
borrower, “if you ain’t rather small for an editor;
here’s the quarter, bnt I’ll thank you to stop my
paper at onoe.” J
An Important Project.— Tho Government of
Bolivia appears to have awakened to the impor
tance of opening a communication with the Atlan
tic, by means of their rivers Beni Branco and Mau
nora, which fall into the Madela, the largest south
ern brancli of tho Amazon. The commissioners
appointed to examine the route are of opinion that
the difficulties are not so great as was formerly be
lieved, and that with a small expense they may be
obviated. J
The Port Physician having reported to the Muni
cipal Authorities, the existence of malignant cholera
on board the brig Pedrazn, from Nassau, now
lying at quarantine, ahe has been ordered to pro
ceed on her voyage to New York. Her siok have
been landed on Morris’s Island, and will be pro
perly cared for, and «'l communication with tho
city carefully guarded against—6 Vi. Alt r cur u.
Washington, Dec. 2!.—A great number of pro
mobons in the Navy and two new Pursers were
confirmed in the Senate to-day. This list has been
lying over since the last session, because of Capt.
Dale being overslaughed. His death has since re
moved the difficulty. The list embraced officers
from Midshipmen to Captains, and advances As
sistant Surgeons.
i y°?» ®* o- ®°-— A company has been organised
in Rochester with a capital of $8,000,000, For con
structing a Railroad between that city and Troy.-*
10 far cant, was mbscribed and paid is,
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