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ottjfbt to toamid the higher respect This Institution
bat
FIVE (jIKNEKAL DEI’ABTMKNTH!
I A OOLLEtiK DUPAItTMFNT, wb.tb embraces
a four fears* course of tu*!v, ir.t Inriip# all the branches
of science npcesssry to iuakc You* La-li f% thorough
aod ai-cnmplisbcfi s'holar
11. AM ACIADIiAfIO )>'f*\RTMFJNJT, In which pa
nils are properly prepare 1 I* Oolite, md a good basis
laid for thorough scholar nip.
ill AMWHJOIJKI’ A J •••.T, with t-Jod teachers,
eomuetent to give Iqsti nor the Plano Porte, Os!*
tar, Har] Ivanced
nupll i are taught t ■ Music, if desired. Prof.
PiSIIKH i 4 anadm ra l ; • rom; oser.
IV. ANOKNAm;..'.’ PA LDEPARTMENT, In r. hi. h
pnpUa are taught Pa ntfng in Oil and Water CL : ra, Gre
cian Paiotlog, Oriental i'amlr-g. IVnciling, Motiochro
i:alc Drawing, Waa Pru t and Flowers, Orape Work,
JOtabroidcry, Paper F.ow, r, K<*in Frail, 6 c.
V. A DOMK.HTRJ DEI'AKTMK .T, in which pupils
are taught the * lei.,*- . a.yund Practica Pr.n. i,,Jes oi Uo
i-.estlc Affairs Tw .I. ms on ev* ry Tuesday, Thurs
day ami .* utur.Uy . wi : bedevoudto this Department.
Tbe time thus employed ill mt in the le wt 1
This ia the only Uoilege in (Georgia girJng attention to
tins most enAential part *.* female Education
The Hoard of Inatruc n a<* thorough acholara and
eaperiei.cwlteachers, t. ■• of wLon* gradual <1 with
honor at Mercer lln-vcrsity.
A BMNKVOf MT IDSTtTUTION
th • V v . • I.
moderate menus, are *4neat*d WITIIoin UIIAKOK
aod da.isliters • f nr> £, Mi >.4ei w.l be i.oar l**<4 .iioni
C 5 to 50 per cent less than the nsrial rnfes.
Pupils are here taught Economy. Extravagance is
nut allowed Jeweir/Is rot w rn, A pnpii'* i r*snlug
or a year, need not cost more than from oto %Zo.
HOARD OP TIUKTKES.
Rev. ARIEL BHHRWOOD, D. D. t Oriffln, PresT.
Kcv. HVLVANUB LANDRUM, M oon
Kev ELIJAH J PANNAL, Ixui>,viiie
Kcv. W M U. WILKI 4 Pursyth
Hon. PERPLIUI, Porsyth
Hon JOHN T. CROW UK R. Modi >* county.
Col. JAM H PINCKAKD. Forsyth.
HDUN TAYLOR, * , , Colepatt Lee
DIiLAIN F. POftDJBK, . Porayth.
■JO.SKPH J.CARhon, Ksq , Macon cohnty
DANII.b nANFoRI), I, • , , Forsyth. > cuctary.
Col JOHN 1 HTBi'HKNd, Forsyth
(iHO A CAPANIHM. Ksq.,Treasurer.
riCUItTV.
Rev. WM. 0. WFTJCK .A M , President
Prof R T. AMHUBV, A. id.
Ur. GKO. T WILMI iiN, A IT.
Prof WM. PIBHPI a m
Mrs MARTA. WILKF*
Mrs. KATU AbIUIRY.
Mis. M ARY A. LA• O
Mis- JULIA A. S rANFO D.
Mins P.OXIK A OH A PPL LI.
Miss OARHIH B. LAND.
Tuition from sli to 6*ojy y .*r ; tosle, Board
•10 per mouth, osclu.lv. ■j j: . P |. ( | crashing.
The Spring Term wi \o n the l?lh JANUARY.
For further informaUAn, adii.-cc, any member of the
Fa ulty.or Trustees.
WILLIAM O. WILKIBB,
RIOHARDT. ABBCRT, Seo’y.
Forsyth, Ga., Ja’j lt, ibfiiL |ans
ONE 000 It BELOW THE
MECHANICS’ BANK.
IN my stock of Good*, bought of tbe F.xpcutor of tho
late Mr B. F. ’how, th o are a groat many articles
which are out of the line of bu ilue-a which I cairry on,
anti which 1d < not iutoi.d to Ueep in future. Among the
articles are the follow lug :
large railroad, dktip wkll and force
PUMPS, CORN MILLS, straw cu i ters,
MANURE FORKS. C VUPBNTLRB’TOOLS,
OROSBCI r, HA\ BRADS C 8
BRICK and PLAfI I'ERIbfG TROW
ELS, DRAWING KNIVES,
FILES, RASPS, &c
To all persons wl hlngt -bny a-uy .-f f!;o above men
tioned articles I will b 1 them cheaper than ANY
OTHER HOUSE in Augusta, and tor k: i than was
paid for them la New York.
I have i.ow In toru a very fine ami full stock oi
Houekeeping Hardware. ‘iu Ware; Cook, Parlor and
Boa.Stove*; Cisterna*dHydrant Pumps, with Block
Tin. Leal and Galvan* • 1 iron Mpes and a genera! as
ortment of <-v. ry ar’ icle in the II i o Furni iiiug lino,
aud bhaii be r.vularly r* c ivu. r additions to it
My trlends and tho pnbkc j*re respectfully invited to
give uta cad, and sat s y themsdlvna thatl am soiling
them at very mode:atf pr t:t*.
fkbaa-dlfJkwtf F J BTTCKMASTER.
{J V I it Y HOD Y who lik > g.. A\ [ •• e *. good Cattle
J or geo t Bheep. should take tho AMERICAN
BTOCK JOURNAL, published monthly at NO Fulton
Street, Now-York, at 81 per year. Specimen ccple*
gratis—send and get o do. febb-astf
BASB, BLINDS, DOORS, &€.
HR undersigned keeps conuantly oa band, ard Is
I prepared to make to ■ i rat abort notu o, SAMH,
BLINI)> aod DOOR>. oi all the regular s e* , alsou
MOULDINGS of more* than fifty different patterns on
hand and made to order at aUrt not.ce. Orders sollui
ted.
BERBER ; STALLINGS, Agent,
Vo. 11*. c<iraer D’AutlgMu- aud (,*ar;ie fit*.
Augusta* Ga., March 5. 1851* r.ibß-wly
ATT GU ST A
ENGRA VING OFFICE
WEDDING, INVITATION, VISITING, FRO*
FKSSIGNAL ANI) BUSINESS CARDS, En
graved and Printed in the most ap . ved atylr
InaerlptiMUi and India.a Engraved oa J*welry and
Silver Ware
Notarial and Rneiety Reals, and Con Plates,
Dog Ooilara, Cam *. A engraved in a sap.-ri.ir man
ner, and with dispatch. Cards printed from old plates
and old plates re cut.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
11. lIUQIIKS
ENGRAVER AND PRINTER,
210 Bread Srrtrt, at St un u Augusta rank,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
niyt* .V ly
It you have Dyspepsia.
Ist* the Colombian BiUere.
if you have Haeiikphe,
Use the Colombian Bitters.
If you bkve Uiddioowol th Head.
Ise the i ol'.unbhm Bitters.
If ycu have Depre.*su Spirits,
Ise the Colombian Bitters.
If you have Pi'.os.
Cse the (ulumbinn Bitters.
If you have no Appetite.
Ise the Columbian Bitters.
If you have P'u in the Side and B&ok.
Ise the Columbian Bttters.
If you have a Sick ‘'•oinsch,
r>e tiie Colamblan Bitters.
If you hay* Jaund.ee,
Isetbe (olnru’olan Bitters.
If your Liver is Diseased,
Isellie Columbian Bitters.
If you are eubtect i* Coeti* ,-eiie?3,
Use tUe Cf ilombtan Bitters.
For sale! yell respect*’ .e Druggists tbroufLoul th
f juth.
Hatilakb, C hxcuestsb & Do-.
Plumb A Li itkkr.
William H Tott,
Ac etwta, Qa.
coBMiIiFToTIE.
fpHK bavg forced a C3oj*artncraiiip
l ibe Whoie**i *xx& Eatalt
Grocery Business,
under tbe nun, and * yleof D AS I'IGNAC A WEEMS
■vw.vla* our slr-ei p-re ust attest on to the basin, ••
bcDt > ihsre lioerxlly tb pstro.sgr* of our tnerdi
raH H N D B A wS AC -
Aurn.ta, Oa. July _ if* B
DISSOLUTION.
mnr Firm of BCBCH A ROBERT U this day die-
IS’S.s.ssa
contU.ua tba BO oT A •*<>**-*-
May 6, IMS JOHN A ROBERT.
acahd.
HAVI SO sold out my entre intareat In tba Boot A
•teTta.M 7W. BUeOH, I would tab.
Uiis method of returns* my MiacU to I“.tJl'SHlrw
cu.tomar.lorih.ir Libara! patronage to tha old FUm.
id would Milan a wnttnuanaa of lha tame to tba aaw.
myfc-tf JO*w A- Kt/ufi* * •
UU. SEIZE,
Are now prepared to display
before their Customers,
at their
UVOIME & RETAIL
STORE,
’
RICH SILK ROBES,
Os tb very la‘e*t importations;
DRESS SILKS,
Os the Richest and Moat Approved Style*;
DRESS SILKS,
Solid Golore, Plaid* and Striped;
5-S, U-S, 7-8 and 4-4 Black SILKS, of
tarlou:-; Styles aud Prices;
Very Kith Black Silks,
BAYADERS STRIPEH, very handsome,
Rich Figured CASHMLKEB and DELAINES ,
Rih Figured CAHIIMERES and DEL AIN EB, for
Children
Plain ftla.uk aud Fancy Colored DELAINES ;
* M MERINOft;
Rich 4 4 Real FRENCH PRINTS ;
British aod Domestic PRINTS, at Cl cents and up
wards :
Swiss and Jaconet EDGING i and INSERTING 9 ;
” “ BANDS,
Rich Embroidered COLLARS and BLEEYEB;
“ m Setts
THREAD and other LACES ;
Plain, H£in-Stitched and Embroidered Linen Cambric
HANDKERCHIEFS;
Second Mournlnj Linen Cambric HANDKER
CHIEFS ;
Second Mourning COLLARS, Ac.
This would be the proper place or us to say we
will soli cur Goods chtap, but, os our customers
have already found that out, and are recommend
ing *heir friends to us, we will only say, favor us
with a CALL, and you will rest satisfied that no
one can leave our Store with empty hands, for
w*nt of good Goods, an Extensive Assortment and
Low Prices !
LADIES’
Cloaks and Shawls;
LADIES’ SILK VELVET CLOAKS,
LATEST STYLES,
LAI>JFS ? ( LOTH CLOAKS,
Vri< us Colors—some Very Low Priced ;
STELLA SHAWLS,
Together w ith varirns other styles, from 50 Cents
to Twenty Dollars.
MOIKNING Ah I) SECOND MOtKNINO
SHAWLS.
AT
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
MEN & BOYS’ WEAK
FANCY CASSIMEKES,
Low Priced Black and Fancy Doeskin GABBIMERES,
SATINET*! ft, KENTUCKY JEANS, and
TWEEDS, very Low ,
Shirt Fronts and Collars ;
*2d, 30, 32, 34, 3*, and 3d lucb Black Italian
SILK CRAVATS :
Half HOSE, at 10c., aiul upwards;
W O O X/ HOSE,
MEK INO SHIRTS.
•
GLOVES, In a great variety of Styles, and GAUNT
hrt I'iJ; I iOw Priced ard Fine SUSPENDERS,
Flag. Bandana and Spitt’tfield Silk HAND
KRRCRIEFH ; Plain and Col’d Bordered
Linen HANDKERCHDJF3, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
Real Welch FLANNELS i
1 agitation “
Mik Warp and Saxony FLANNELS
l ow Priced White “
* and ftuper Red **
Blue. Red. and Green **
h Plain and Twilled, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
BlanKets,
94, 10-4, 11 4. and 12 4 Low Priced ar.d Super Bed
BLANKETS;
A tew bales oi 9-4 Grey aud Whtta BLANKETS, for
Negroes, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
TABLE AM HAM ( OVERS.
Low Priced and Super Cloth TABLE COVERS;
“ “ “ PIAaO
Flax and Wool TABLE COVERS, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
Table Diapers, Napkins, &c,
Low Priced TABLE CLOTHS ;
* DAMASK:
8-4,9 4 and 10-4 Low Priced and Super Damask
DIAPERS ;
Bird's Eve and Rnasla DIAPERS.
Damask NAPKINS ;
Damask TOWELS, aud Huckaback and other
TOWELING, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
Alexander, White, Block and Fancy Colored KID
GLOVES:
I .n.W GAUNTLETS ;
La -U Merino and SILK VESTS, with cr without
Low Priced and Super Black Bi*k HCSF. ;
** Uettou HOSE *
B ack Raw Bilk HOSE ;
H ack Moravian **
M; -ses* Cotton aud Wool HOSE, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
DOMESTICS.
and 4-4 Bleached :.nd Unbleached SHIRTINGS
lv.'-4 B.earhed and I nbiea hed MIEETINGS
Mariooro* STRIPES and PLAIDS ,
F aid LINBEYS, for Servants ;
Pneed and Flue Apron CHECKS
Low Priced and BED TICKING ;
Head HANDKERCHIEFS, for Servants, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
4-o Awtf
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ROE, LOCKWOOD VbO>
mb4-d£w 311 Broadway. N. Y.
5,000 Adi OF LAI
FOR SALE 1
rIK PLANTATION occupied by the undesigned,
W.iffeied for o.t It eooietns 5,000 Acre of web
mproewd Lend ring In JeSerioo county, on tbe waters
of Rocky Oomftrt creeb, above Louisville,
JD tbe Qwwgetown end Feon < Bridge road*. bounded
oy lauds og Telfair And other., And 10 mile, from SUlioe
So lit Central Railroad.
Th.rei.on tb. piece . comfortable Dwelling Gin
House, Paefciag Screw, end ell uee*6.ry out-bondings.
The tract cent be divided into three Plante.
Pert or the whole will be eold low. For term.,
A., eimly to iOAEBT M. PHINIZV, or
JOHBFWSUnr. Aegusie
Augusta, Dee. 14,1838. deotSiJAw
Cjnremtlc & JsfttthteL
From the Richmond Whig.
CORN-FIELD PEAS.
I know these Virgmitns pretty well. They are
the greatest people on the face of the earth. In
feet, tfcev are the only people. There waa a time
when, in my deep benightment and in my unloyal
ty to my ever dear old mother, Virginia, I believed
teat Englishmen and Russians were people. Such,
however, is not the case. I am wiser now, and
know that England is a conntry ‘abonr.g under
dry rot, it is, as we Virginians say of a tree,
“doted ‘ and Englishmen are but the fungoid re
mains of what was once a people. It is not with
much pleasure that I make this undeniable state
ment, for we of Virginia sprang from British} loine.
In like manner, the Goddess of Wisdom and of
War sprang from that broken down old rake and
tbnnderer, Jove. Minerva came from a pain in
Jupiter’s head, and Virginia came from a pain, for
the want of sense, in tbe head of Bull. As for tbe
Russians, they own slaves, and hence they ape the
manners of Virginians But their slaves are white,
and until they learn how to ss.y “thar,” and to call
a cucumber ‘earcumber,” they einnot, in my opin
ion, lay any claim whatever to the honor of being
ceded psople. In this connection, it is well to
state, for thejbenefit of political econotnis'e, that the
apparently human beings of tbe British Isles would
to this day have remained what they onus were,
and even now seem to be—a people—but for the
Aotof Emancipation. There cannot be a peopte
without niggers, aud niggers are not niggers unless
they are slaves. A tree nigger is a mon-trosity. a
Hounyhym, a band without muscles, au amputated
leg, a glass eye ball, and a shin piaster— uncurrent
at that In a word, he is a tender without any loco
motive, fuel—coats, for example—without any
machinery. A nigger without a master is latent
power off tbe track. Put him on by himself, you
can get him along only by pushing, so constant
and severe that it c ,ets more than it comes to.
Tackle him to au engine in the chape of a white
mas, and the loog train laden with industrial pro
duots goes it with a rush, the locomotive displays
itself to advantage, and the black tender follows
and keeps close up behind, in a blaze of dust and
glory.
Some miles—pity the distance is not greater Ito
the Northward and Eastward cf Virginia, there are,
as it were, people. But they are only Yankees.
From repeated, close and careful pe. “oral inspec
tion of great numbers of them, I am prepared to
nay that almost any mao not born and raised in
Virginia would mistake them for beiugs endowed
with the celestial spark of reason. Gitted with the
lineaments, the members andthegam of humanity,
they succeeded ter many years in palming them
selves off a- people. Tue imposture Indeed was
carried to an incredible pitch. Yankees, it is said,
but how can I believe it ?—Yankees were employed
to ins ruct the immortal mind of the youth of Vir
ginia. Ob’ aatouudiDK I Uut tbe statsmeots
neither ot history nor tradition can often be trust
ed, aud the above, it must be admitted, is preposte
rous. Why, I would reapbdfuily ask, do we never
meet with a Virginian, young or old, or middle
aged, who says ‘•heaow” for “how,” “doo” for
‘ dew,” “dun't” for “don’t,” and such like execra
ble jargoniams 1 X answer, because such do not
exist in the limits of the Great Commonwealth, or
if they do, dare not give vocal or other token of
Yankee instruction, lost suddenly they be knocked
down by the earliest sapling which the Virginian
who bears them can wrench from our blee3ed soil.
A diasonting Englishman, wrenched by tbe vio
lence of his fanaticism, from the nutricious juices
of beef and forced to subsist upon the manwiesa
insipidity of codfish and pumpkins, clams and
onions, the Yankee ia not in any sense a person,
lie is a chattel of the worst possible master—
a machine. He is a bad veistou of Erankenstien
—the trembling and ever-obedient slave cf his own
creations —a wiper and oleauer of the dirty iron
structures made by fcis own hands. Thehighestof this
menial functions, is revolting to the white-handed
Virginia nobleman. For what loftiertask has he than
to absterge the grimy orifices, joints, aud bowels ofa
locomotive! Evidently none In place of reason,
lie has cuteness —the faculty of invention. On this
account, he is tolerated, uulil such time as the
Virginians see fit to begin that “ irrepressible con
flict ” which must inevitably end in tho conquest to
the daily habit ot chewing tabacco and the right
pionouociation of “ whar,” of all that part of the
habitable globe which is capable of enlightened
civilization. So long as it shall seem advisable lo
countenance improv ments in machinery the legis
lators of Virginia, holding now, as they have always
done and will always do, absolute control cf tbe
Federal Government, will conlinuo to surround the
Yankee with the protection of law and to invest
him with the right of suffrage, the liberty of un
restricted concubinage according to the latest
canons of free love, and the full permission lo
worship, according to the dictates of his own con
science / that wooly-head- and idol known in Virginia
us a runaway nigger. This period, contrary to the
supposition ot all Yankees, and a few of the less
cultivated Virginians, will nut be of indefinite da
ration. (Jo tho contrary, it will ba brief, quite
brief. It th ill come to pats, some dull July aiter
noon, about four years from now, that a Virginian,
bearing that Anderson 1 r fine-cut tobacco ia seriously
interfering with the sale of the legitimate Orinoco
plug, and learning Irom his “ Enquirer ” that
Seward has at last laid his inosndiary baud cn the
Supreme Court, with intent to “reconstruct” it—
that is to fill its benches with Abolitionists—it shall
then come to pass, that a Virginian, rousing from
the lethargy superinduced by the ambrosial omt,
hereafter to bo glorified, ejecting his fist-big quid to
replace it with a fresh and a larger one, and disen
gaging his shoeless feet from the summit of the
lotiy mantel-pieoe, will slowly repair to tho shade of
a neighboring “ honey -huck ” tree, behind the ice
home, and there prooeed to fasten his eyes into the
corner of a dilapidated worm-fence
In eilence, so profound as to be interrupted only
by the incessant song of the jar-fly ar.d the inter
mittent gush of the juice of his adored weed, he
will persist in meditation for the space of twenty
minutes. At the expiration of that time ho will
have done a thing of which, although it be a work
necessity, he will be heartily ashamed—he will have
inventen a machine for the invention of all kinds ot
muonines that may be required throughout ail com
ing time, together with an auxiiiaiy machine to at
tend to ail Borle of machines, to Beep them per
petually greased and in working trim, aud to re
pair any damage however extensive, short cf entire
destruction, that may put them out of running
order. Overpowered by the unnatural und dis
graceful exertion, he will seek relaxation in the
uncalled-for and undeserved chastisement of a
small male nigger, order an early supper, eat a
quart of iced butter u:llk aud four cicds of warm
d..ngh called done biscuit, and go straight to bed.
Unable to steep, he wiii fret himseli into another
fit of invention, the result of which will be amachine
for pursuing, catching, and bringing back fugitive
slaves, to w hich he will add ft patent steel key for
re-opening the African Slave Trade. Satisfied with
this, his thoughts will rush joyfully back into their
natural channel; he will recur with pleasure to the
“cardinal principles of the democratic party,’ and,
alter spending a* lew moments in blissful contem
plation ot the resolutions of ’9B, will fail into a
stertorous slumber and enlighten his wife with hie
somnambulistic views of the question ot “Interven
tion for Protection.” In the morning, ha will rise to
his plug with more than his wonted ravenous
avidi y, eat some murp heated dough diluted with
rawish chicken, straddle a half-fed blooded horse
and peace off to the nearast town, to get a young
lawyer to write out an account, preoeded and con
cluded by a number of political reflections, of hie
nventiot e of the day previous. This account will be
published iu the Richmond papers, accompanied by
leading editorials complimenting or abusing the
inventor for bis party affiliations From tbe moment
of that publication, Jonathan Othello’s occupation
will be gone, lie will saksist for a time cn machine
made boot pegs, alter which finding no use for hie
faouitiee, he will die of chagrin aud cerebral or rather
cerebeilial inanition. And then, snob consummation
being for the first time possible, the approximate
elevation of mankind toward the altitude of Virgi
nia gentlemen will begin.
Recurring to tits subject of “people,” it is enough
to say of the dwellers iu the Western and North
western sections of the Confederacy, that a race oi
abandoned hog fattenere, mule-growers, grain
measurers aud hemp-twkters oould not, even in the
most ecstatic momeuts of arrogance inspired by bad
whisky, call themselves “people.” To locate a
ouarter section of prairie, to enter It, to clear it,
and then quit it aud go to Pike s Peak and come
back ia rags and vote for Stephen A. Douglas—
t hese performances, though not essentially dtshon
otsole, do not occur to tne as being precisely those
which a nature equivocally human would delight
in. The truth is, the cross betweeu the Virginian
and Yankee, or the German, or any of ibe inferior
races, ia never, except iu a single instance, attend
ed with results at ail more enoouraging than the
cross between tho horse aud the &ss. On the one
hand we have the fcinney or Hoosier, an entirely
useless biped ; and on the other, the mule or Mis
saurian, a very good beast of draught wbeu “broke.”
The exceptional instance alluded to, one which,
from a senes of justice not ins* than of persona!
obligation, lam oonstrained to notice, is that o!
t tie Virginia mulatto. I have mar> elled, how oiten
{know not. at the gross and waDton neglect of this
us.'ghtfiu hybrid by Virginia authors and editors.
Why no p.-t-tr. has ever been addressed to one of
t e most beautiful and usetul staples of our State,
; . ,uld never teil. Our literature is shamefully
defective in this regard. We have niggers in print
ny the thousand, but no mulatto has ever yet gone
to press, unless it be tbe tobacco press. And yet
the mulatto, if he be a male, and in any way rela
ted to the Declaration of Independence, makes an
unsurpassed fiddler i or if of less eminent connec
tion. an excellent carriage driver, and an invalua
ble barber. But it is to the softer form of this
desirable product that our indebtedness is greatest.
Wbat would this world be without a mulatto
chambermaid and washerwoman 1 Nothing lees
than nothing. The violence of my fee,mgs will not
permit me to say any more on this point.
Oniy one other kind of man remains to be dis
posed of—that run wild Virginian, entitled
”Southerner.” As I hope one day to treat this
Uutortunate at some length, I shall leave him here,
with tfie mere observation, that the ginning of cot
tea, and the crushing of sugar-cane, sre reqnire.
ments altogether too rapid to be compatible wit.
tee lordly indolence whicn in a. ages and in every
land have char after.zed “peopte.
since Virginians are the only people m tb* world,
they are necessarily the greatest people oa the face
ot tbe terraqueous globe. .
Therefore. I repeat, what I laid at first, ‘ irgi
niaus are tbe greatest people that ever did or ever
will draw the breath ot life. For, mao women am.
children, dead or alive, climate,soil, scenery,rivers,
mountains, medicinal spring*, niggers, horses,
cattle, doge, fish, oysters, sera, game chickens,
app es, peaehee, blue plums, woodpeckers, revi
vals, gullies, water-melons, tobacco, chesnute.
hoi ow logs, chinquapins, natural bridges, mellow
bugs, Jud apples, shuck mats, persimmons, poli
ticians, sweet potatoes, grasc-nuts, hams, caves.
Methodist preaoners, agricultural fairs, geld ami
iron oree, light nreaa, dilapidated houses, homespun
clothing, artichokre, wasps, gord coffee, MMiliens,
broomstraw, waffiss, hollyhocks, biscuit, worm
fences, apple-jack, asooake, pines, wild
cider, members of Congress, whisky, candidates lor
the Presidency, cymlins, pipes and stem- 1 , turnip
ealiet, shavers of paper, novelists, unfinished ca
nals, poets, shoats, railroads that don't pay. hotels,
g&mee ot knucki, Democratic iiispcftore, Univer
cities, bar-keepers, female butter
milk, faro dealers, horse-cakes, jig players ana
Juba-pattere, mo country on earth will, as we all
well know, compare with the Old Dominion. Ii
anybody is inclined to dispute this, let him address
himself a few questions.
Bav’nt we had the most Presidents, the greatest
jurists, orators and military meuf Did’nt Revenue
win the SI,OOO prixe at the St. Louis fair! Can
this planet or any orb that swims in celestial space
afford anything equal to a thorough going, high
bred Virginia sweetheart 1 Where will you find a
man to mix a juiep equal to Lemuel Boweir's I
Was the mother cf tbe Qraochi a circumstance
compared to an old Virginia gentlewoman, in a
check apron, with a bundle of keys in a little white
oak basket on her arm. and a turkey wing fan in
her band ? Is there any chewing tobacco in the
world like that made in Lynchburg f Aint Bidg
way the greatest editor that ever put pen to paper ?
Is there a piaoe on this continent or any other,
where they understand bow to cook fried chicken
and cure bams, as they do in Virginia? Who that
ever smoked Lang home it Armietead's tobaoco,
in a Woodall pips, would give a d—n. or even tb*
fraction of a d—n. for any other tobacco, or any
other pipe. Aint Hnnter and Bolts ana Wise tbe
three mod prominent candidates, after Douglas
and a douen others, lor the Chief Magistracy of this
Union t Lives there the man not a Virginian who
comprehends the joys of Brunswick stews, the bliss
of roas’n ears, and the rapture of pot-liquor t
Did any boy but a Virginia bey ever eateh cat-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23. 1859.
j fish out of a branch with a pin-book after a heavy
j shower 1 Point me out tbe fellow who has danced
! to the eound of Henry Thornton’s fiddle, aud who
wouid nt split the Italian Opera into splinters, if he
could, and ycu will point me out a fool. The earth
does not produce oysters any better than Carter's
creek oysters, and you will hunt throng hail eternity
to no purpose to find eorasnperiortothoseyou get in
Petersburg As to discover ir g a finer hotel keeper
than Tom Baiiard, the very idea is absurd D > you
thick it possible that any other village of 4C<> iuha
bilante can support as many good newspapers as
Fredericksburg ! Did you ever eat any snaps
cooked by an old Virgiuia nigger cook I Look at
the Equestrian Statue of YVashiagton, in,Richmond.
Contemplate the puddle ducks ot Prince Edward
Gaze aoout in ail directions, and wherever you
find a good tning, that thing is a better thing in
Virginia than anywhere out of Virginia. Tbe=e
q xestions and simple statements of facts might,
without the least difficulty, be mul iplied indefinite
ly. The present numner, however, will suffice. The
proof is conclusive. Virginians are the greatest
people on earth.
Nevertheless, they are a very various people.
From those stupendous accumulations of beef and
limestone, which go by the name of men in the
county of Montgomery, to the chicken-cart drivers
of the Pamunky, who, owing to tbe oscillations
incident to their favorite chilis, are scarcely ever
plainly visible, but who, when seen, present a
countenance of wax embellished with turkey egg
freckles, and emaciated bedy, with au ague cake on
one side, balanced by a tickler on ‘be other ; from
tbe former to the latter, w hat an interval! Between
the inhabitants of the Dismal Swam,’, who appear
to be composed of bamboo-brier warp and terrapin
tilling, and the rugged and ruddy mountaineer of
the North West, who look as if they had been tern
by accident out of a side ot damaged sole leather
what a difference ! Yet, they are all, more or
less, Virginians, tbank tbe Lord ! And consequently,
more or less, the greatest people in the world. Let
them be duiy conscious and proud thereof
It I were asked what this “more or less” means,
to what it is attributable, and why Vnginians are
the greatest of people, I should say, quietly, Peat.
If desire were expressed to know what sort ot peas,
I should answer, loudly, conn field peas. In cast
this view chould fail to receive the cheerful ac
quiescence of my interrogator, it would be my
uuty and my glee to put his doubts forever at rest,
by the cogent argument following, to wit :
I. By so much as a man is a Virginian, by so
much is be a great man.
No sane mind will dispute this proposition.
11. Per contra, by so much as a man is not a
Virginian, by e much be is not a great man.
This proposition will not be disputed by any sane
mind.
111. By so much as a man is nol a great man, is
be a littie man, or 1 ankee, or Foreigner
All sound intellects will agree that this is a logi
cal inference.
IV. Wherever you fled corr, field peas most abun
dant there you find that the Virginia characteristics
abound tbe most.
That is a matter of faot.
V’. Ergo, it follows that Virginians are the great
est people irt the world because of oornfiela peas,
and that they and tier from each other, are more or less
Virginians, and consequently more or less great, iu
exact proportion to tbe quantity of cornfield peas
they grow and devour—for 1 take it for granted
tbai no rational eye could see a grown cornfield pea
without instantly introducing it to a palate which
would immediately become educated aud enamour
ed.
The chain of augmentation is complete and pro
soundly irrefutable.
But examine slightly the physical geography of
the great Commonwealth, and you will find that
throughout the tide water country, and on the south
side of tho river Jeems (for mercy’s sake ! do not
call it James) cornfield peas are produced in profu
sion. And where else do you find the unadulterated
Virgiaian I would like to know 7 Ia the Piedmont
region, fewer cornfield peas are raised, and conse
quently the people are not as thoroughgoing Vir
giuiaus us they should be. They are too fond of
luskiug money, and dont care enough about the
Debates in the Convention. Why they aot.ualiy raise
pippins in Nelson ! When people quit limber-twigs
and barkeilitiers, and get to raising pippins, you
may know that cornfield peas are neglected and
New Jersey tastes coming iu. I have my opinion
of such people.
I have not the cornfield pea statistics of the
Valiey at hand, but 1 am willing to ewear that the
annual > ield from Lexington lo V* inchester.woold’nt
fill an Essex nigger’s later hole. Apprized of
this fact, will anybody hereafter wonder at the ap
pearauce of the Kuffner Pamphlet 7 Surely not.
Yet this important fact, to the best ot my recollec
tion and belief, waa never mentioned during the
whole of the last Gubernatorial canvass. Bat to
tost the matter begin at the lower end, the collar
bone, of the Northern Neck anu travel up. You
start in the midst of unlimited cornfield peas and
pure Virginians, but by the time you get to Prinoe
William you soe scarcely any cornfield peas, and
hear people calling “ fo'pence ” “ fippimiy bit”!
Dad shim! such a set. When I got off the cava to
go to Brenteville, tbe oouuty seat ot Prince Wi liam,
(and a drearier place I never saw, except New
Glasgow,) a lad had the atrocity lo call a lime
penoe a “ shii’n,” right close to my ear. To the
latest hour of my life, I shall regret that I did not stab
him to the heart with a Barlow knife which I always
carry because I am a Virginian.
In Alexandria, I am convinced that they seldom
eat corn field peo3 ; at Harper’s Ferry none at all;
and in the Pan Handle they never heard of them.
Wheeling, Parkersburg, tshepherdetown, Clarks
burg,Woodstock and along there, must be very de
ficient in corn field peas. I suppose some of the
inhabitants of these unhappy places, emigrated from
Eastern Virginia, and having eaten abundantly of
corn field peas in childhood and youth, retain
enough of the noble constituei ts in their bones to
give tone and chaiacter to the towns they dwell iu
As to Abingdon and the Southwest generally, I
have my grave doubts. I reckon some small corn
lie and peas are raised ia that section, but, when eaten
becomo so mixed with gc ose fat, taken from the
neighboring goose farms of Tennessee, aB to lose
half their virtues,’ and so give rise to a set of people
not exaotiy low, but decidedly Brownlow in charac
ter and habits. I trust the next Lsg slature will see
the necessity of sending out a largo cumber of corn
field pea missionaries to stock that country with
Lte essential element of Virginia greatness.
Itwillbeseen, then, that wherever in Virginia
there is a deficiency in the crop ora neglect of the
culture of corn field peae, just there the pernicious
traits of Northern and Western character creep in.
Hence, further, the chemical inference that the
essential oil or active principle of corn-field peas
(what might be called Corn-fieldpeanine) would, if
copiously administered to the Y'aukee or the
Hooeier, turn him into a Virginian. Although lam
not so clear on this point, I should dislike to see the
experiment tried on any large scale. If is true.it
might result happily, might deaboiitionize the
Northern masses, and to put an end to the eternal
agaitation of slavery. Bat lam opposed, yet a
while, to this wholesale transmutation of useful
menials into gentlemen. If we were ail gentlemen,
existence would be intolerable. Life is not worth a
button to a Virginian who cannot look down with
1 itinite soora upon nearly eveiybody else.
I thank my ignorance that I have not the re
motest suspicion of what the botanical name of the
Corn field Pea is. I know that it ia found in a
curved, bumpy pod, three of which, if stiaightened
out, would be about as long as a leading editorial
in the Richmond Whig. The outside of this pod is
a little rough, resembling green velvet, and tbe
inside is lined with white vegetable satin. In this
sumptuous bed of the interior repose a half dozen
or so of the blessed globules. There are several
varieties—the best of which, according to the sworn
statement of my own and many other highly re
“Peotab:e,&dße!iable palates, is tho kind called the
Grey Crwder. As its name implies, this noble
pea is pkmted in the corn-field, and, unlike tbe
miserab 1 ? Marrowfat, it olimbs not a dead stick,
but rises beside a living and towering stalk So
far from injuring the corn, it benefits its growth ; if
not during its (the pea’s) lifetime, after its (tbe
pea’s) death, for it is a notorious faot, that the
Corn field Pea impipveß land better than Peruvian
guano, and almoet as much es Ruffin's Fertilizer.
As an edible, the vegetable kingdom has not, its
equal. It is good for man and bsaatani niggers.
It does not agree with Irishmen. Its nutritious
properties we unsurpassed. It is thojconcentr&ted
quintessence of the delightful. It is harmless. It
may ba eaten in any quantity. It is hard to quit
eating it. It does you good all over. It is fine for
the general health. It fattens you up. Makes you
strong and satsy. Its taste is indescribably deli
cious In brief, it ia meat, drink, lodging, bouse
rent, taxes, and & free ticket to the Fair and back
again.
You wretched, wretched guzzlers and gorman
dizers ! you that sit at the would-be splendid tables
of the Metropolitan, St. Nicholas, Girard, and
Revere, gobbling up your paten, terrenes, ragouts
and fricassees, aod swilling your Burgundy and
Imperial out of your wine-coolers! there is, if ye
did but know it on this earth, or rather in its Eden,
Virginia, a diviner thing than your poor tongues
ever tasted. “Wbat, namely 7” Peas, egad’
Aye!—Cornfield Peas 1 the centra), ethereai, in
tensely-condensed, elaborated, sempeternal, luxu
rious fruition of all that is nectareous, ambrosial,
vivifying and exalting in the wide realm of nature’s
benignant alchemy. Too good, too good tor yon,
ye Northern gormandizers, ye urban bibbleis’ Fit
iiiet only for Gods, tor Virginians, and for Nig
gers ! Not a pea, not a fragment of a pea, not the
smallest black eye of a pea, not even a pea-bull, or
■ a glimpse thereof, ehal. ye have, no, net to save
•hi’mighty Union.
Properly to understand the indesoriuab.s merits
of the Cornfield Pea and to enjoy the same, one
must know how to prepare it. They are never
eaten raw, exoept in the sterna district adjoining
the Nona Carolina line. There, lam told, they are
enclosed in a paste composed of persimmons and
tar, and in this state much relished by ladies during
the’intervals of Bnuff-dippmg. In the Grand Com
monwealtb, however, the true scientific method ot
preparing them for the table ia as follows : Gather
your peas before sundown, ere the dew falls. On
the morrow, at or about 10or 11 of tbe clock, ex
tricate your peas from their natural wrappages by
a dextrous manipulation of the thumb-nail, after
the manner of gouging out the eye of a Court
house adversary. Riose your Peas. TheD parbile
(yes, bile—l vitt say bile) par bile them. Next fry
them with twoer three or more (according to the
quantity of peas cooked) shoes of streaked mid
dling, encouraging as muoh as possible tbe exuda
tion ot the bacon gravy, retaining, and dissemina
ting the eama throughout the ltgu ninous collection
by the instrumentality of tbe process of gently
masting the individual members or Peas witb a
OjOBAeALIg LAAW
spoon. The agglutinate composite of grease and
of peas should now present a dark brown, but not
quite searched aspect, and, such being the oase,
your Ft:as. after being emptied into a deepish dish,
may be swiftly translorred from the kitchen to tbe
table.
But you are by no means ready, however much
you may think so, to eat your Peas, uniees you
have earnestly s'udied the harmonies of food, and
with tsptcial reference to the unchangeable affini
ties cf the Cornfield Pea. A brief hint of explana
tion will make my meaning clear, perchance, to
wit. Buttermilk and ashcake go together, don’t
they 1 Hoe cake and sweet milk—middling and
snaps—ham and cabbage—bacon and greens—
beeisteak and onions—chine and turnips—lamb
and green peas—jole and turnip sailet (not salad!—
sweet potatoes and young ducks—shoat and butter
Deans —and so on, ail these fit into one another and
make each other better, hey i Well, cornfield
peas have a partner to which they are attached as
passionately and even more so than any of the
couples just named.
As for meats, there are but two real old Virginia
meats —bacon and triad chicken, and Cornfield
Peas go well with either of them. I have heard of
people who ate the divine Pea- with veal, and men
tion was cnce made to me of a Scotofa Presbyterian
whese habit was to mix baked eels with Cornfield
Peas, but Heaven has kindly preserved me from
witnessing spectacles of such idiocy. The preoise
and indeed the only harmonious companion of
Cornfield Peas is Tomatoes (‘‘a'’ broad, very broad
—as tfius, “To-mar tus,” if you please.) But your
tomatoes must not be cooked. They must be raw.
They must be peeled and sliced in eiicee not too
thin. They must not be dressed with vinegar,
pepper, and salt, aud the like of that. Or with mus
taru. Or associated with cucumbers. They must
be sprinkled with a little, not much, sugar, not
white sugar, always invariably broicn sugar. Let
nothing tempt you to deviate from brown. Sprin
kled with a littie brown eugar, finely divided with
a knife, and intimately mmgled with the peas, the
Immortal Dish is utterly ready.
Now ! Fall to. Don’t eat slowly. Bat fast, aud
take large mouthfuls—a knife blade, heaped up{the
whole length, at every pop. Say not a word. An
swer no questions. Beep your eyes immoveably
fixed on your peas. Come down steadily to your
work. Fill your plate again, and again. Once
more A quart every time. Don’t be alarmed.
Baton. Let out yoor girth. Unbutton your waist
coat. Make a tresh start Soorn the imputation
of a memory that ebarges witb having already had
some peas. Lst yoar in'repid stomach give the
lie to your recoiled ion. i it more. Eat a heap
more. Stop 7 Never while there is a pea in the
dish. You must not starve What! When the
low grounds are full of peas. Away with the hag
gard thought. Banish the emaciated conception.
Keep oa eating. Bat why don’t yon eat t Thar’s
plenty. “Another plateiul !’ Thar’s sensible,
that’s what I call a coining appetite. No, no.no—
don’t snatch your plate away—-a man is never
[■piped until his plate is packed eight inches high.
Pitch in. freely, copiously, fearlessly, Appomattox
ly. Ah! that's the lick. Now you're ooming to
town. Hand over band. Go it! Rip! Now one
last, long, large, limittbls mouthful, and you are
done. “Ab-a-s!” “Yon fee! good; you're bound
to feel good. Stop! no} an luch, don’t budge an
inch, or you are a dead nan. dead as Hector.”
t’Boy! take this gentleman tip in his chair and
carry round to tbe shady side of the house and keep
the tiies (ff him tillsuiwown. You hear! Quick
air! Mark time 1 Forward! March!”
Pea ! blessed Pea ! thrice Pleased Corn field Pea!
—sublime pellet! celestial molecule’ divine littie
gob !—ob ! pluperfect e'ltpse of vegetable fatness
and sweetness ! how much is dno to thee. All that
Virginia is, or has been, or can be, is owed to thee.
Without thee, there is no Virginia. The majesty
of our mothers, the honor of our 3ires, the beauty of
our daughters, the courage of ur sons, the strength
of our slaves, ibe tertiiity of cur soil, tbe salubrity
ofcurolimate, and the magnificence of our scenery,
I ascribe to thee. Our glorious Past began with a
P. Our Patriotism, our Pride, our Power, our
Politics, our Pee eminence, commence with P. Our
Pregreae ia nothing without aP. The very name
of Patrick Henry starts with aP. Thomas Jeffer
son wrote with a Pen, two thirds of which was a
Pe. Chief Justice Marshall delivered bis decisions
in a Court that would never have been Supreme
without aP. More blessed than these, the Pater
Patrim could boast a double p—two capital P's
The essence ot Peas iuterpermeated bis pure and
inapproachable spirit Tbe soul of Washington
was a solid Corn-field Pea 1
Fro.n the Sew York Times of Saturday.
The Slave Trade—A New York Burk Seized on
[he Coast of Africa—Her Arrival at this
Port.
The ship Emily arrived at this port yesterday in
oharge of Lieut. H. K. Stevens and a prize crew
from the United States sloep-ct-war Portsmouth,
of the African squadrou. She was seized oa the 22d
of September by Capt. Calhoun, of the Portsmouth,
under circumstances wliieh ttr< ngly indicated that
she was about to engage in the slave trade. The
vessel waa anchoted at the Savy Yard, and given
into the oustody of the United S'ates Marshal. The
original crew, a portion of width only were sent
home in her, will be lodged in Kldridge street jail to
day and an examination will le had before a Com
misiioner. The following letter contains full par
ticulars :
U. 8. Steamship Portsmouth, f
Off Loango, West Coast Africa, >
Sunday, Sept, 95,1859.)
Although wa have just made our appearance on
the coast, we have captured and condemned a ves
sel as being intended for carrying slaves from the
coast.
A few days ago, off’ Banda Paint, we discovered
au English steamer in sight, with the American flag
at her fore—a signal to us that she wished to com
municate with us. We hove-to, aud the English
Commander, Lieut. Burton, K. N., boarded us,
and after usual interchange of civilities, gave us
information which has led to Ike seizure and send
ing home, as a slaver, the American bark Emily,
built in Philadelphia, aud Bailing from New York,
with papers for Ambriz.
Lieut. Burton first eaw kbr at anchor at Bahia
Fonda. He vbited her, as her movements were
suspicious ; but, although he tvai satisfied of her
character, of course he oould not intertere. This
was at night. Tbe captain told him he was a stran
ger on tbe coast, and had come in there tor water,
as he had not much.
With this information we came along down the
coast, and this morning popped right on to a small,
ship-rigged vessel, winch, when Hint seen, was at
anchor with sales loose. She go’ under way, and
we soon bore down on her. Neither vessel yet
showed any colors. When hailed, she answered,
the Etnily. A boat, with Lieut. Crabbe, now
boarded her, os she had huiited American colors,
and we the same, she being hove to. Shortly after
Lieut. Stevens aud Com. Calhoun also boarded her,
and finding things veiy suspicious, Com. Calhoun
ordered her back to the anchorage, to be over
hauled.
Here she was thoroughly examined. Her oliart
showed a portion of her track rubbed out; there
seemed to be two logs, but the captain only would
produce one. There was a very powerful and clear
pair of opera glasses, and very exoellsn’ spy-glaea
on board. The shipping articles seemed inoorrect;
her first mate waa not to be found, although his
name was on the articles. Her papers seemed for
geries. The orew reported that tho United States
Marsha! had examined her in New York, she haviDg
been suspected as a slaver there ; the rig bad been
changed Irom that of a bark to lhat of a ship. Her
papers were for a bark, not a ship The orew said
this change had been made immediately on leaving
New York ; the captain said he did it on the ooaat;
the log mentioned it as having beeu done about the
middle of July, and she oleared June 30.
There were two parsengera on board besides the
Captain, one American, aud one Spaniard or Por
tuguese. Slavers always carry these passengers,
one of which is the real captain, and the other tiie
agent for Cuba. The Captain, whose name was
Lindsey, a German or Dane, professed to know
nothing of the paesengeis; they professed entire
ignorance of everything. The American refused to
give his name or any particulars, the other gave
his name as Antonio Garcia, hut said nothing
further. The American said he came out for his
health, (to tbe Coast of Africa, the most notorious
ly unhealthy coast in tbe world) The passengers
and captain were piovided with revolvers, and a
large sheath-knife or dagger.
An, examination of her hold showed about one
hundred mater casks, most of them full; a large
quantity of rice, many boxes of herring, seviral
boxes of salt, some turn and other stores ; planking,
which might be for a slave deck, and two large
boilers whh grates and flues attaobed. nere were
all the appliaocoß of the slave trade in her hold.—
Thq Captain gave no explanation; he said he
had landed cargo, but had no receipts for it. He
had lost one anchor, and it was supposed that be
might have made fast his irons to this aschor aud
thrown the whole overboard, t r have sent them
ashore before we met him.
Sufficient proof being had of his evident inten
tions, Com. Calhoun seized, condemned and sent
him home in oharge of L out. H K. Stevens.
From what we have seen and heard, the trade is
being carried on actively hero under cover of the
American flag; and if our Gov- r ment is really io
earnest in putting down this horrible traffie, it will
enhance the facilities of our naval commanders m
stopping the trade. They should be furnished witb
the” names of all the collectors, deputy-collectors,
and other custom kou-jes officers, whose duty it is
to sign ships’ pepere, as well as sac similes of their
official signatures. Every vessel found on the
coast with the appliances of the trade iu her, should
be considered, on condemnation by a board of offi
cers on the spot,;aiter dne examination, as a pirate,
without further action in the matter
A little vigilance and a few examples of proper
severity would soon put it down.
The weather here is rathar warm but not oppres
sive—occasional Bhowers and cloudy.
Truly yours, &e., Radical.
Recurring to the eatlier history of this businees,
we fiod that the Emily sailed from this port in June
last, being regularly cleared to the coast of Airica
fer t trading voyage. She was then rigged as a
bark, but suspicions were excited that she was
bouud upon a slave oyage, and Marshal Rynders,
with assistant Unite . States Deputy Marshal Don
nel, boarded her while she lay in the Btream, off
Governor's Island, to make investigations iDto her
character. She was just receiving her crew on
broad, and each one of the sailors was separately
interrogated by the Marshal. Nothing, however,
was dieted from any of them tending to implicate
the vessel, and as her papers were found correct,
she waa permitted to go to sea. After calling at
St. Helena on her passage out, nothing further was
seen of her until ohe was noticed by the British
commander at anchor in Bahia Y’onda, as detailed
above. _____
Man in Hoops — A discovery was made yester
day that created quite a sensation in the Mayor’s
Court and along the Bay generally. Capt. Good
win received information, Saturday last, which
caused suspicion to rest upon a person who has
been living in the city, “off and cn,” for nearly
eighteen months, drjssed as a female, that the sex
of the wearer was disguised. A medical examina
tion proved that his suspicions were correct, and
Mies Annie Thomas alias Caroline Page was
discovered to be a man. Captain Goodwin
arrested him, and yeate'day morning an examina
tion was bad beiore his Honor tbe Mayor, by w hom
he was sentenced to ten days imprisonment and his
apparel ordered to be changed to that suited to his
sex On his examination ha stated his name to be
Charles Williams. He converses freely and well,
aud with all of the action and delicate toned voice
of a women. He is an exquisite counterfeit, and
seems up to the arts of the sex, a36umes the female
admirably in bis manners and deportment, weais
her clothes gracetully, aud they are arranged with
a certain degree of taste, wholly inconsistent with
tbe habits ot males. He says that Bordeaux is the
place of his nativity, and that his parents were
French and German. His accent ia slightly indica
tive of his French education, and the genera!
appearance of his face, while in female apparel, is
that of a bold and dissipated woman. As above
remarked be has been in the city some eighteen
months, and is well known by a large number of
our citizens, none of whom ever suspected the de
ception. He has boarded at the Pulaski House,
City Hotel and Screven House, but his money
seemed to fail and when attacked by sickness he
bad to go to the City Hospital, where the attending
physician never entertained a suspicion of his sex.
Ot late, he seems to have had no regular plaoe of
abode, but would wander over the city begging
iood of negroes and repairing to the barracks at
Dight to sleep. He rouges highly and pulls out his
beard, of which b 6 has very little, with pinoerß. He
appears to be some twenty-eight years of age and
asserts that he has dressed as a female since he was
ten years old. nearly all the time. He came over
in the last trip of the Gordon, from Charleston.—
Savannah Republican, 15 th.
Schamtl's Life rs St. Petersburg. —A St.
Petersburg letter gives the following further par
ticulars respecting Schamyl’s stay in the Bussian
capital: On the aay of his ai rival a compact crowd
had collected around the entrance of the hotel
where he lodged, and at all points where it was
expected he would pass in going to visit the chief
authorities. He appeared auite at his ease —in no
way disconcerted. His manners apDeared noble
and dignified. He has an intelligent lock, and the
general expression cf his countenance announces
energy and tbe hab tof command. His figure is
tall and upright, notwithstanding bis advanced age.
The next day Schamyl aad bis son had the honor of
being presented to the Empress and the hereditary
Grand Duke at Tsarkoeaelo. The presentation
lasted only a few minutes. It is said that he was
greatly affected and looked pa.e.
Schamyl went alterwaids to see the museums of
natural history, and of tbe Academy of Sciences.
In the evening he was at the Ital an opera, in the
box of Prince Anatole Baryatinski, brother of the
commander-in chief of tbe Caucasus. Mme. Charton
Demeure sang the part of Amina in ‘ SomnambUla ’’
The scene where she comes down the ladder from
the mill produced a great effect on the Bazi Maho
met, the Iman'e eon. Schamyl is enchanted with
all he sees in Buaeia. ‘-Had I known your country
sooner,” said he, “cad I seen ai! I now see, I should
have made my submission long since.” Well said,
certainly, but perhaps the avowal may not be alto
gether sincere. The Imsn is evidently a elever
man. His answers betoken considerable trpropot.
When asked what had most pleased him in Buraia,
Schamyl replied, “The kind reception of the Empe
ror.”
Marrt to Live Loko —The Baton Traveller
states that eleven pereens in Falmouth, Mass,
living within a circuit of three miles and a half,
recently spent a pleasant afternoon together, wboee
united ages amounted to 89~ year*. The average
of their ages was SI years. Six of these person*
were married couples. Rone of these three couples
were never married but once, and all were married
in early life. The oldest oi these eleven persons is
91, and the youngest 74 years.
The Louisville Journal has so oomplaint to
make against Gov. Wise's lenity in avowing his
purpose to let Gerrit Smith off with a lecture, ae a
penalty for his abolition offeneee. The Journal
thinks the being compelled to listen to the lecture a
severer punishment man eoafinement In tb* peni
tentiary.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BT THE ARABIA.
The fteam'hip Hungarian, with Liverpool ad
vices to the 2d lust., arrived at Portland on Sunday,
13 h inet.
Great Britain — ThLre is nothing new of im
portance relative to the loss of the Royal Charter.
It is stated that the divers, after an examination of
the wreck, reported so unsatisfactorily as to the
probable recovery of the gold, that the underwri
ters demand forty per cent, for insurance. Fears
were entertained that the bullion room wonld not
be foned intact. But few additional bodies had
been received.
Another furious gale had been experienced along
the Eagiish coast particularly at the South. Many
shipping casualties are reported, but nothing eeri
oua to American vessel-* As the steamer Hunga
rian was coaling in the Mersey from a flat alongside,
the flat was swamped and several lives lost. Con
siderable damage was sustained by buildings, See.,
in London and other inland towns.
In the s orm of the previous week the ship Chas.
Holmes, from Liverpool for Mobile, was totally
wrecked on the 58th, near Fishguard ; all hands
were drowned.
Spain —A letter, purporting to have been written
by Napoleon to the King of Sardinia, dated Oot. 20,
has found its way into print. There were some
doubts of its au:heaoitity, but it was generally re
garded as genuine. The Paris correspondent of tbe
London Times, who started the letter, guarantees its
authenticity. The Emperor has written to the King
to settle with him the course which ought to be fol
lowed for the future. The circumstances, he says,
are grave, and it is requisite to lay aside idle allu
sions. The Emperor observes that the qlteationis
not now whether he has done well or ill at Vi!la
fraaca, but rather to obtain from the treaty the re
sults most favorable for the pacification of Italy
and the repoie of Europe. It was neoessary to
conclude a treaty, that should secure in the best
manner possible tbe Independence of Italy, wkiob
should satisfy Piedmont, and yet which should not
wound ths Catholio sentiments or the rights of
Sovereigns, in whom Europe felt an interest. The
Emperor then gives in detail his views as to tbe
mode in whioh bis objeot may be best accomplish
ed, and adds: It is tbe real interest of your Majes
ty to second me in the development ot the plan in
order to obtain from it the beet results, for yeur
Majesty cannot forget, that I am bound by treaty,
and, I cannot in the Congress, which is about to
open, withdraw myself from my engagements. The
part of France is placed beforehand. The plan
itself ia already known. The Emperor demands
that the Duchess of Parma shall be called to Mo
dena ; Parma is to be united to Piedmont, and
Tuscany augmented, perhaps, by a portion of
territory, is to be retored to the Grand Duke Fer
dinand, and a system of moderate liberty shall be
adopted in all the States of Italy. The Emperor
traces the plan of an Italian Confederation with
tbe Pope as Hooorary President, as this increase
of his moral influence would enable him to make
concessions ill conformity with the legitimate wishes
of the population.
Thie letter attracted much attention, and some
English journals see in it good reasons why Eng
land should not join the Congress.
1 1 is reported in Paris that the tariff would soon
be reformed so as to give liberty to eommeroe.
The Paris Bourse was firm, and Rentes on the
31st advanced to 69 a 75. The Bourse was closed
on the Ist inst., it being a holiday.
The Paris Flour Market was quiet but steady.
Wheat was firm. Holders endeavored to raise the
prices but did not succeed. The average prioe of
wheat throughout Francegchowe an advance on the
month of one franc, 18s. Considerable speculation
was going on in Spirits, at high prices.
The silk trade of Lyons had considerably im
proved during the last few days. Large orders
were expected from the United Statet.
Zurich Conferences. —A Zuric telegram of the
29th says: To day a meeting took place. It is
stated that the three treaties will be signed next
week. Count Karolegi, the new Austriau Repre
sentative, arrived here last evening.
Spain.—A circular has been addressed to the
Diplomatic Corps, info ming the Foreign Powers
that. Tangier Tet uan, and Lawache have been de
clared in a state of blockade by the Spanish Gov
ernment.
Letters from Madrid slate that Marshal O'Don
nell would take his departure from that place on
Nov. Ist.
The offensive against Morocco would commeuoe
o:i the i th or Bth November.
General Cabala will take the command-in-ohief
of the army uuti! the arrival of the Count de Lu
seim.
The Spanish Government have chaitered all the
steam-packets which ran between its ports aud
Marseilles, lor the conveyance of the expedition
against Morocco.
The Queen offered to contribute part of her civil
list and to sell her jewels, towards defraying the
expenses of the war.
Italy —The Turin Ministerial journal asserls that
the Sardinian Cabinet has not adhered to the diplo
matic arrangements by whieh Italy has been dis
posed of at Zurich, and that in case of Romagna
being attacked, Piedmont will take the field to assist
them.
According to advices from Sicily the insurrection
there had not ceased. Reinforcements of troops are
being despatched by the Neapolitan Government.
Numerous arrests mere made at Palermo, Cattano,
and Messina.
The Pope, according to Beveral journals, has ao
oepted the principles of reiorrn that have been
suggested, but desires to he himself the judge of the
time at whioh they shall be applied, and herein is
the difficulty.
Garibaldi arrived at Turin on the 28th in compli
ance with a summons from the King. At Tagheri,
in addressing the multitude, he is stated to have
said : “With a King like Viotor Emanuel, with an
army like ours, and with a people like you, Italy
Bhould not stop until she has freed the last inch of
her soil from the heel of the foreigner.”
India. —The discharged European troops were
leaving Calcutta at the rate of a thousand a week.
It is reported that Sir C. Tevelyan had recom
mended the entire dissolution of the Native Army
of Madras, leaving nothing but a small highly train
ed European Military Police!
China. —The North China Herald contains an
interesting letter in regard to the movements of the
American Minister, and the ratification of the Trea
ty. The following ere extracts:
Shanghae, Aug. 22. —The United States steam
frigate Powhattan, having on board John E. Ward,
the United States Minister, has just arrived from
tiie Pehio. From her officers we learn the follow
ing items of news.
On the lbth ultimo, while the Powhattan was
anchored off PeitaDg, there arrived an Imperial
Edict, ordering that the Amerioan Minister and
suite of twenty should be escorted with all honor
to Peking, and that they should leave Peiteng any
day after the l'Jtb. The edict was in enowtr to a
communication of the American Minister, inform
ing the authorities that he werj present and ready to
exchange the treaty at any time and place which
they might appoint. On the morning of the 20th
Mr. Ward and suite arrived at PeitaDg where they
were received by an escort, and conducted to Pekin
with every show of respect. They first travelled
forty-live miles across the country in covered carts,
striking the Opeibo some ten miles above Trien-
Teing, and thence prooeeded in junks to Toory
Oban, distant twelve miles from Pekin, of whioh it
is the port. Tuere they again took carts for the
capital.
The entire trip occupied eight days and a half,
five of whioh were passed upon the river. They
passed not less than six or eight barriers between
Peitsang and Toong-Chan-Non, none of them,
however, being in repair, or backed by foits. The
boatman said they were partly to stop the English
anu pertly to affurd shelter to the junks when the
ice was bteak iug up. The Legation remained at
Pekin fifteen days, dating which they were confined
to their quarters, not, how ever, as prisoners, for they
were at liberty at any moment to walk out; but
the Commissioners refused the use of horses and
guides, leaving it optional with Mr. Ward to grant
permission to walk out or not, as he saw fit. They
would doubtless, however, have closed the gates
entirely, had not that gentleman taken a firm stand
at the very first interview, informing Kwei-Liang
that sb Boon as his movements should be at all
restricted, he should close all intercourse, and
demand a return esoort.
it seems that the Emperor was very anxious to
see Mr. Ward, but that he also persisted upon
his performing Ko tow, i. e., prostrating himseif
nine times with his head to the ground, which was
positively refused, as being against the principles
ot hie Excellency. The result of this was, that
upon the fourteenth day of their stay it was con
cluded to receive the President’s letter at Pekin,
and to send his Excellency back to Petang to ex
change the treaty, aud next day they returned
accordingly.
They arrived at Peitang on the 16th, and trea
ties were then exchanged, and an English prisoner,
named John Powell, given up. This man, who
was a seaman on board the Highflyer, and who,
with a sapper, had been captured on the 2Gtb June,
fearing for his life had proclaimed himself an Ame
rican. The Chinese informed Mr. Ward of this, and
intimated their readiness to give him up as an Ame
rican if he would demand him. This, however,
the latter could not do, as the man had been taken
while fighting under the Hag of another nation
Anxious to serve the poor fellow, he intimated that
i; would be a great persona! favor if they would turn
him over, and as euch it was done. He is now on
board of the Powhattan. Os the sapper nothing
more is known than that he was still a prisoner.
The correspondent of the London Times thinks
the whole affair was a humilation to a great na
tion, and was intended as such.
The British and French Ministers remained at
Shanghai. ,
The American men-of-war were disposed of as
follows Mississippi and Powhattan at Shanghai;
Toey Wan at Gulf Pecheili, and the Germantown
at Japan.
A large business had been done in tea at Foo
Chow Foo, for the United States at unchanged
rates.
Several severe hurricanes had visited the coast
of China, aud had done considerable damage to the
shipping.
Latest.
London, Wednesday.—The Times’ City Article
of Tuesday evening, says : The intelligence of a
riendly understanding between Russia and Prussia,
seems calculated to have a favorable influence on
prices, from its being likely to interpose a partial
check against new European wars.
Among the few speculators that assembled, the
nominal quotation of Consols was 96J.
The demand for money has again been active
both at the Bank and in the open market.
The Daily News’ City Article says : The Stock
Exchange cloeed according to custom on Tnesday.
There was a marked increase in the applications
for money at the Bank, and in the general market
it was only by way of favor that the best bills were
discounted at the Bank minimum. The immediate
supply of money has become very scanty. The
impress ; on that money will yet become somewhat
dearer this year is retained by many persons, and
is encouraged by the continued remittance of gold
to the Continent, by the flatness of the continental
exchanges, and by the steady demand for silver for
the Eaet. Ttere were no operations in gold at the
Bank to-day. , , . ...
Throughout yesterday and the previous Light a
gale of wind, equaling in duration and occasionally
in fury that ol last week, appears to have swept
over the country. At Portsmouth it is described as
far exceeding in strength and intensity the gaie of
las* week. At Plymouth the eteamshipa-of war in
the Sound had their engines at work to ease the
etrain on their cables. ....
In regard to the China expedition the London
Times is urgent in pressing on the Government the
necessity of despatch. It says “If we are at the
land! g place by March, we can do the work well
in one year, if we are later than April we are al
most certain that it will take two years, and double
our risks and expeusee. We hope, that no desire
of French co-operation will induce us to carry out
our politeness to Buch an expensive extent as to
wait for them. If they should not be ready to go
with us. we can diviae the task with them, and
meet them at Pekin, or expect them at Tieu-Teing.
Perhaps we may meet the Americans there. If
private American letters from China speak the
truth, Mr. Ward was, with studied intent to ridi
cule him. drawn to Pekin by amu e and a donkey,
tandem fashion, and if his ratified Treaty is found
to be destitute of the only useful stipulation the
draft contained, that is to say, regulations for trade
and tariffs, then we conceive that the Americans
may by this time have concluded that their humility
has not answered. We, however,, want no help.
A gent eman in Mississippi offers a silver cup,
saucer and spoon, worth SSO. as a prise for the best
shirt by any native young lady in that Btate, and
which is to be exhibited at the neat State Fair.
From the Liverpool Times.
Total Loss of the Royal Charter—Poor bus
died and Fifty Persons Drowned.
It is our painful duty to record the total loss of
the magnificent screw steamship Royal Charter,
and of 150 of her passengers and crew. The Royal
Charter was well known as one of Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright & Co.’B fleet of Australian clippers, and
famed for the regularity and speed of her voyages
to Australia.
This lamentable eveut occurred during the gale
on the morning of Wednesday, the 26th, in Red
Wharf Bay, which is situated about three miles to
the westward of Puffin Island, Menai Sraits, and
six or seven to the northwest of Beaumarks, on the
coast of Vi ales, soms four hours sail from Liver
pool.
This catastrophe has in a marked manner cast a
gloom over this town; and in Londou a painful
sensation was experienced ou tbe distressing occur
rence becoming known there.
The following is a detailed report of the wreck :
After a splendid passage from Melbourne, ac
complished in about fifty six days, and having land
ed seventeen passengers at Queenstown, and tele
graphed her safe arrival to the owner, she made for
Liverpool on Tuesday last. At half past four P.
M. she passed Holyhead, when a strong breeze from
tbe E. N. E. spring up. At forty five minutes past
seven she passeMhe Skerries, and tbe wind began
to veer more to the north, and to increase in
strength. At ten o’clock, being near high water,
and the atmosphere thick, with rain, the wind blew
a hurricane from N. E , and the vessel was put
under ail steam and left witb bare poles, steering
S. E. by E. a quarter E. Finding that the ship had
got near tbe shore, an effort was made to put her
about, but the gale was so furious that the small
strength of the screw, oompared with the size of
the ship and the height ot her masts and upper
gear, was of little avail, and they could not get her
round. Captain Taylor came ou dei-.k about nine
o’olock, and a lead waa kept constantly going; find
ing that they were nearing the shore, the port
anchor was let go, in 16 fathoms, witb about 75
fotboms of cable paid out. They next let go the
starboard anchor, tbe wind still blowing a perfect
hurricane and the weather so thick and dark that
nothing could be seen. Before this rookets, and
gun firing, and blue lights, had been sent up in tbe
hope of attracting a pitot, but in vain, not a living
thing was to be seen. At two o’clock on Wednes
day morning she parted her anchor chain, and the
stream anchor was got over the bow.
The Bbip having got entangled with the land,
and struok stern od, the mainmast was cut away at
half-past two, and in going over tiie side it carried
away the mizzen top along with it with a fearful
crash. It is said that an axe for the purpose was
not readily found in the excitement, but that one
was not necessary, for on cutting tbe stays, so
strong waa the gale, that it toppled over at once.—
At 3:45 A. M. they cut away the foremast, but the
remedy was too late. Still she kept beating on the
rocks, and, heeliug at the stern, Bhe swung with
her broadside to the land. About daylight, six
o’clock, a Portuguese seaman, named Joseph
Rodgerson, tied a cord round his waist and jumped
overboard. Tbe land was not more than ten yards
away; but the sea was so tremendously high that
every wave beat over the ship like a cataract, aud
rendered every attempt at safety dangerous. The
seaman, however, got a firm footing, and by means
of tbe oord a hawser was got ashore and fastened
to the rocks. On this a boatswain's chair was fixed,
whioh could be hauled to and from the ship by men
at eaoh end. A few of the islanders came prompt
ly to render assistance, and in the chair ab .ut a
dozen seamen were hauled ashore. When daylight
was dawning, this process, it was supposed, would
be sufficient to land all the passengers—or at least
to land them until dayligh revealed! some better
opportunity. At about seven o’clock, the waves
beating against her broadside with continued vio
lence, she suddenly snapped asunder amid-ships,
and tumbled in pieces like a house of cards. All
the passengers had kept below—chielly in tbe sa
looub—as they bad been repeatedly assured by
some of the more aotiva parties, and by Capt.
Taylor and his officers, that there was no immediate
danger.
The falling machinery and lumber Beemed to bury
400 of the wretched people. It is believeu that
large numbers were actually killed by the crashing
debris, but soon afterwards the whole ship was
broken up like a shattered bottle. The scenes on
board during the last hour were painful beyond
description. Wives and husbands, children and
parents, lovers and friends, were embracing each
other with the consciousness that they were about
to meet inevitable death. The Rev. Mr. Hodge, a
clergyman from New Zealand, before this had com
menced a prayer meeting in the saloon, which was
earnestly participated In by meat until the crash and
ruin and the flooding of water rendered a panio
universal. About 26 persons managed to get ashore,
but it was more through Providence than design or
ability, for they were all washed cn the shelving
rocks, and as narrowly escaped being washed back.
Indeed, many were washed on and off several times,
and many who thought they had secured land, or
held fast by a jutting rock, were hurled back again
to a watery grave. On the vessel breaking open,
numbers of people were to be seen floating about
for a few minutes, but what with the strength of the
waves, the maßees of debriß whioh thickly covered
the sea, and Btruck many a brave and BtruggliDg
man’s brains out, few were able to gain a Aim hold
of land. At eight o’olock in the morning, nothing
but the wreck ecattered about, and corpses left on
the strand, revealed the terrible catastrophe that
had befallen nearly SOU human beings, a tew hours
before glowing with joy at onoo again eighting the
Bhores of Old England, for whioh they had toiled
aud saved, and satisfied that now the voyage in
which they had almost circumnavigated the globe
was Basely ended, for they were in the bosom of their
country.
Indeed, eo much had they satisfied themselves
that the voyage was ended, that on the day before
they presented the captain with a piece of plate for
bis uniform kindness and attention, and in the
congratulatory speeches which followed the captain
pleasantly assured them that in 24 hours he expected
to be on the lee side of Mrs. Taylor. The captain,
however, euocumbed to a sailor's fate. He was
seen giviviog orders on deok with a spar lashed to
him, so that he might be prepared to float. He was
again seen struggling in the water, laying hold of a
yard arm, and it every now and then being washed
from hie grip. On recovering his spar, by a
determined effort, he on two occasions cried out
cheerfully, “There is hope yet.” After this he and
Mr. Dowie, the second officer, were seen on the
lee Bide of the Bhip, struggling to reach the shore,
when a boat fell from the davits and Btruck them
both on the head, after which they were seen no
more. One incident is related, that when the
captain had been struck prostrate on deok, ex
hausted, he saw the water steal a child from its
mother s arms—a Jewess —and dash it about the
deck. He cried out to the chief officer, Mr Stevenß,
to give a hand there and to lash the child by a rope
—no doubt expecting at that time that help would
soon be available. Not a superior oflioer was
saved—neither a female nor child.
Os tbe persons on board 63 were cabin passen
gers, 325 other passengers, 11 were riggers, and 112
were the crew. At Queenstown 17 persons, inclu
ding ohildren, were landed. This gives 494 souls
on board at the time of the catastrophe ; of these
29 were saved -, so the total lose is 455.
With regard to the precise cause of the wreck,
It is clearly in the hurricane that prevailed at the
time, but it is believed that if she had kept dearer
of the coast, been able to get a pilot, had run into
Holyhead, or had soon out away the masts, the fate
might have been different. These, however, are
matters of speculation, and opinions are freely ex
pressed on every eide.
With regard to the complete nature of the de
struction, Commander M Gregor, of the Coaßt
Guard, said he had seen many wrecks, but never
one so complete before.
Narrative of one of the Survivors.—At thie
point we take up the following graphio narrative of
a surviving passenger:
On entering the Baloon Mr. Allen, the head
steward of the second cabin, came and told the
passengers they had better not go on deck, as it
might cause confusion. The order was implicitly
obeyed. Time passed |anxiouely and wearily ; Ihe
storm still raged. Suddenly the vessel etruck, not
violently, not even with sufficient force to throw
the passengers off their seats. Water then came
pouring down into the cabin. A voice shouted for
the second-class passengers to go into the lower
saloon, aa the mainmsst was going to be cut away.
The passengers nearest to the entranoe doors at
tempted to open them (they were hinged in the
ceiling,) and finding some difficulty, they were
immediately smashed. Still there was no hurrying
or cruphiDg; all silently took their seats. On
deck, sailors and officers, stripped to the waist, la
bored to cut away tbe mainmast. The vessel rolled
and thumped so heavily, that in delivering their
blows, the men were many timos thrown on to the
deck, bat the motion of tbe vessel assisted the
work ; the waves too lent their aid, and soon the
mast tottered, then fell with a crash overboard.
Immediately afterwards the sea threw the vessel
still higher up, upon the rocks. The foremast was
then out away, aDd almost at the same time the
mizzen-maet broke off’ at the mizzen-maethead.
Boats were lowered, but the moment they touched
the|waves they were carried with irresistible force
against the rooks, and their inmates were either
crushed or drowned in the sea. No boat could live
in such a storm. There appeared scarcely any
need of boats, so close upon the shore was the
vessel. Having struck, the vessels slewed round
port side to the rocks.
All hopes of saving the vessel having disappear
ed, and the boats naving been rendered unservicea
ble, the captain ordered a hawser to be got ready.
A seaman named Joseph Rogers, volunteered to
Bwim ashore with it. Tbe line was made fast to his
body, and the noble fellow gallantly dropped over
board and breasted the waves with the resolution
of a Brisish sailor. For a time he was lost to sight,
as wave after wave dashed over the vessel and
broke upon the rocks; then the line tightened, and
the man was seen climbing up the rocks. The
villagers crowded around ; the hawser was hauled
ashore and made fast to a rock, a boatswain’s chair
was elucg on to the rope, and a number of sailora
ordered ashore to work it Every order was
obeyed without confusion. Word was paseeddown
to the saloons that the ladies were to come on deck
There was a movement immediately towards the
staircase. At the Bame time the ship's timbers be
gan to creak; then there were two heavy thumps
experienced, and the ship broke in two across tbe
main hatch. A great number of passengers were
standing amidships, and when the vessel parted
they disappeared lorever.
A second line was attempted to be carried on
shore, but failed. Mr. Russell, his wife and chil
dren, on gaining the deck, found that they were on
the Btern part of the vessel, separated from the
fore part by a yawning chasm, into which every
moment human beings were dropping, or being
driven by the waves. It was a moment of the in
terest aDguisb. As each clung to the rail at the
top of the stairs, a burned farewell was spoken;
then they awaited death calmly. Mr. Russell had
several times essayed to get a rope. So close were
they to the shore, he imagined he might fasten the
rope round his family, cast tbe rope aebore and
save them. In vain were hie efforts. They were
still ciiDg'.ug to each other when a huge wave came
and separated them. When the wave had passed,
Mr. Russell’s eldest gill was missing ; a box had
been washed on her leg. Mr. Russell moved the
box and liberated her. Another wave came—they
lost hold of the rail, Mrs. Bussell and the two girls
were washed against the aide of the veseel; Mr.
Bussell overboard. As the water returned, Mr.
Bussell sprang at a piece of iron which hung from
the side, seized it, then caught a rope; in another
momeDt be was on deck. H:s youngest daughter
was nearest him , he attempted to lay hold of her,
laid his hands just on her when another wave came,
broke over the ship, poured down with irresistible
force and washed him overboard again. For a
time he was struggling in the waves convulsively ;
be clutched at something which he felt against his
body ; it was only a piece of canvas; another mo
ment and he felt tea-weed under his feet. A wave
came, he was almost insensible, yet be saw a man
standing before him. Was it a dream or ajreal'ty 7
He stretched out his hand, be grasped another
hand—yet another wave came, and the hand un
loosed—he was borne back again—a mightier wave
broke, and the hand was again grasped—it held
him—he was saved. In a moment or two he re
oovered his senses, he was lying on a rock; he
turned his eyes seaward, there was no living crea
ture left on the stern of the vessel. He then be
came insensible again, and was borne by the vil
lagers to the hospitable cottage of Mr. and Mrs
Lewis, in the neighborhood. There were one of
two Beenes jost before Mr. Bussell was finally
washed off tne wreck which imprinted themselves
on his memory; words uttered which no time
can ever obliterate, they were the laet glimpee
caught of follow-voyagere , the dying expressions
of oldoompanions.
Mr. Henderson, a merchant of Melbourne, on his
way to London, was holding on to the binnacle
with a gentleman named Watson, one of the firm
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIII. NO. 47.
ot Watson, Passmore &. Cos., of Melbourne, and he
exclaimed’ “Ob! Watson, all is gone !” A Jewess,
named Marines, wasjammed in near a place where
the vegetables were kept, and her husband, in
vainly endeavoring to release her, tore all her
clothes in rage. They had two children on board,
and came from Ballarat. A gentleman, named
Welsh, while in the lower saloon, tied two black
cauvas bags full of gold around his neck ; hs was
lost. Several other passengers fastened money
about their persons ; all were lost. Mr. Taylor, one
of the saved, had £35 in his pockets when he
jumped into the sea ; on reaching shore he had
£lO remaining. Mr. Gapper, another saved, lost
about £SO ont cf his pockets while he wa3 being
carried ashore by the waves. A gentleman named
Bradbury, who was on his way to Manchester,
dislocated his right ankle ou board, and in endea
voring to free himself broke his leg ; he afterwards
lowered himself overboard into the sea, exchanged
one piece of wood for another, share.! it with a
gentleman named Lewis, who was not hurt at all,
was dashed against the rocks several times, was
saved, and his companion was lost. When the
vessel broke, an awfnl shriek—the death cry of
hundreds—was heard above the violence of the
storm. On shore, the villagers and the sailors who
had escaped unhurt linked hands, and the bravest
stepped into the surf to catch hold of those whom
tbe waves bore towards them on their crests before
they were drawn back into the sea. F’oremost in
one link was George Suaioar, and he was instru
mental in laying hold of nine out of those rescued,
until, exhausted, ho fell senseless on the rook, and
was borne away. Wi'liam Foster waa another who
joined in forming the link. Tbe vessel struok finallv
about Beven, and broke about nine o’clock. Oa
board were the officers of three vessels coming from
Australis, and they, with the Captain end officers
of tiie iU-latod Royal Charter, were ail lost.
The i huileetuwu Trials.
Tiie Interaet which has oentered at Charlestown
for so many weeks past, has ceased with the con
viction, anu seutenoe of the insurgents, not again to
be reuewtd until their execution on the Kith of De
cember next. The Court has olosed, aud the case
of Win. Hazlitt will not be tried until next spring.
The following is a description of the soene iu Court
on Thursday, at the passing of sentence:
The convicts Cook, Coppie, Copeland and Green,
were brought out yesterday at 12 o’olook to receive
tbs sentence of Judge Parker. The Courtroom
was crowded, and the anxiety to get another view
of the prisoners was great. They were brought
into Court by tbe deputies and placed iu the bar,
iu a range ot chairs facing the Judge. Near Cock
was seated Gov. Williard and Mr. Crowley, both
of whom seemed bending beneath the weight of
sorrow this affair has oast over them and their fami
lies.
Remarks of the Prisoners —The prisoners
were then directed to staud up, and aakei if they
had anything to cay why eenteiica should not be
passed upon them. Cook and Ccpp.e then pro
ceeded to deliver short addressee, the former being
somewhat vehement, in his manner of speaking,
whilst the latter made a firm impressing by his quiet
and collective style of delivery. Both protested
their iguorance of the attack ou Harper a Ferry,
until the Sabbath before tbe night of attack, wbeu
they were called on to swear to obey the orders of
their commander. Brown. Coppie slated be knew
lie should be punished for his foolhaidy attempt,
but ne thought it should have beeu lighter than
had been adjudged. The negroes deoiined saying
anything.
Sentence of the Prisoners. —Judge Parker
then proceeded to deliver the Bentenoe on the pris
oners, which was reoeived by them with great firm
ness. The sentenoe was that John E. Cook, Edwin
Coppie, Shields Green and John Copeland: Your
trials, on which we have been so long employed,
have at length ended, and all that remains to be
done to complete these judioial proceedings, is to
pronounce and record the judgments whioh by law
must follow upon the crimes for whioh you have
bsen found guilty.
These crimes have all grown out of a mad hnoad
upon this State, made with tbe predetermined pur
pose to raise in our midst the standard of a servile
insurrection. In tbe execution of this purpose, in
the darkness of a Sabbath night, you seized upon a
portion of our territory, captured several of our
best citizens—holding them as hostages of war
until your party was itself overoome by foroe—
armed such of our slaves as you oould seize npou
with deadly weapone, which they were to use
against their owners, whom you denounced to them
as their oppressors; and, in your efforts to push
your bold aud unholy scheme through to a success
ful issue, you have taken human life in no fewer
than live instances. The evidence most abundant
ly proved that all these things had been done, and
by the foroe of that evidence jury after jury has
felt itself compelled to bring in its verdiot'of guilty
against eaoh one of you.
Happily for the peace of our whole land, you
obtained no support from t:iat quarter whence you
eo confidently oxpected it. Not a slave united
himself to your party, but, so soon as he oould get
without the rauge of your rifles, or as night gave
him opportunity, made his escape from men who
had come to give him freedom, and hurried to place
himself once more beneath the care and protection
of his owner.
When we reflect upon all the mischief and ruin,
the dark and tearful oritnes, whioh must have at
tended even your partial success—men everywhere
should be thankful that you were so soon and eo
easily overpowered.
For these offences tbe law demands the penalty
of death, and imposes upon me the duty of pro
nouncing that sentence. It is the most painful
duty I have ever been called on to perform.
In spite of your offenoes against our laws, I oau
not but feel deeply for you, and eiucerely, most
sincerely, do I sympathize with those friends and
relations whose livee are bound up in yours, and
weoee hearts will be so wrung with grief when they
shall hear of the sad fate whioh has over taken you,
the object of their warmest and holiest affections.
Northern we alt do sorrow, whilst a due regard for
our safety may not permit us to forgive the offen
oea of which you have been guilty, I hope that they
will turn for consolation, and you for pardon, to
that good Being who, in bis wrath, rememberoth
mercy. Make, then, your peace with Him—for
you mast soon be ushered into bis presence, there
to with as His justice and His mercy may
ordain.
To oonolude this sad duty, I now announce that
the sentence of the law is, that you and each one of
you, Jubn E. Cooke, Edwin Coppie, Shields Green,
aud John Copelaod, be hanged by the neck, until
you are dead—and that execution of this judgment
be made and done by the Sheriff of this county, on
Friday tbe 16th day of Deoember next, upon you,
Shieldß Green and John Copeland, between tbe
hours of eight in the forenoon and twelve, noon, of
that day—and upon you, John E. Cooke and Ed
win Coppie, between the hours of twelve (noon,)
and live in tbe afternoon of tbe same day. And the
Court being of opinion that tbe execution of this
sentence should lie in public, it is further ordered
that this judgment be enforced and executed, not in
the jail yard, but at such publio piace convenient
thereto as the Baid Sheriff may appoint—and may
God have mercy upon the soul of each one of you.
During the delivery of the eentence the utmost
silence was observed, and the solemnity was very
marked. A large number of tbe spectators wept,
as also did the Judge,
The prisoners were remanded to jail, there to
await the execution of this judgment.
Miscellaneous Matters. —lt is supposed that
Gov. Wise will respite Brown, who is Bentbnoed to
be hung on the 2d of December, until the day fixed
for the other executions, eo that tbe ezoitement
attending the affair may be all gone through with
on the same day.
Gov. Willard, Attorney General McDonald, Mr.
Vorheee and Mr. G. Crowley, lelt yesterday for
Washington oity, and it is supposed will also visit
Richmond, for the purpose of consulting with Gov.
Wise.
There was considerable excitement in town yes
terday morning, in oonsequence of tbe burning of
a wheat stack, the property of Hon. Win. Luoas,
Hull town, in this county. Tbe Btack was tired
about the same time Mr. L. observed a suspicious
inokiog character walking from the direction of tbe
fire. Efforts were in a short time made for the ar
rest of tbe man, but without success. Soouts were
started in all directions, in order to arrest him, but
returned at night without having accomplished then
purpose.
It may be mentioned here that a bold attempt
was made about ten days aqo to murder Mr. Lucaa.
He had retired to bed, and bad his lamp near him,
reading. He had not been in that position loDg
before he heard a noise, aud in a moment observed
the flash of gun outside the window. He imme
diately sprang from his bed, seized his revolver aDd
rushed to the door. As he reaobed the door he
saw a man wheel his horse, and ride off at a furious
rate of epee i. The man had left the gate open,
and had little difficulty in making his escape. Who
he was, or what provocation he had for this murde
rous attempt, Mr. L. is entirely ignorant of. The
affair has been kept quiet thus long iu order to
detect the wretch, should he repeat his horrid
design. Mr. L.’s loss on his wheat will bo about
(500. Several barns and etock yards have been
burned during tbe past few days, and it is feared by
many that th 9 county ie infested with a band of
abolition incendiaries. Should this turn out to be
true, and any of them are caught in the act, it is
most probable they will not have the benefit of a
jury-
The Lockjaw Can be Cured. —An experiment,
which has just taken piace in one of the Paris
hospitals, appears to estabiieh conclusively that
lockjaw can be cured by means of the curaie poison.
A young man, twenty four years of age, having
had one of his toes carried off by a musket shot,
considerable injury having at the eame time been
inflicted on the adjoining ones by the projectile,
was seized with lockjaw font days after the acci
dent. Dr. Chaesaignao (who supplies this aooount
of the case,) was called in, when the patient was
already far gone. A portion, consisting ot one
hundred and twenty grammes of tea with ten
centigrammes of curare, was administered in the
dose of one table-spoonful per hour; at the same
time the wound, whioh was much jagged, and
emitting a fetid pus, was moistened with a solution
of twenty centigrammes (four grains) of curare in
two hundred grammes of distilled water. Bottles
of warm water were put into the patient’s bed.—
Toe first spoonful of the portion produced some
effect at the end of an hour, and as tbe treatment
went on, so did the state of the patient improve.
The solution of curare used for the local application
was gradually strengthened to thirty, and at length
to forty centigrammes of the poison ; its proportion
in the ’ potion was also increased to sixteen, and
then to twenty five centigrammes. At the end of
six days the patient was out of danger.
Excitement at Charlestown, Va.—We learn
that considerable excitement still exists at Charles
town, Va ~ caused by numerous incendiary fires in
tbe neighborhood, aud a belief among the inhabi
tants that emissai ies of old Brown are still linger
ing about. The Mayor of Charlestown had issued
the following proclamation:
Whereas, it iB deemed prudeDt and right, by the
Town Council of Charlestown, that there should
not be longer permitted to remain in our town or
county, any stranger who cannot give a satisfac
tory aceoun’ of himself, now, therefore, 1, Thomas
C. Green, Mayor of Charlestown, do hereby pro
claim, and make known, that all such strangers
must immediately leave the town or county, and if
they do not, any member ot the Town Council,
the Town Sergeant, Col. Davis, Lawson Botts, E.
M. Asquith, Wells J. Hawks, are requested to make
it their special business to bring such strangers
before the Mayor or some Justioe of the Peace, to
be dealt with according to law; and the authorities
of Harper’s Ferry, Bolivar, Sbepherdstown, or
Middleway, and all other authorities in the county
are hereby requested to take like ad ion.
Thomas C. Gref.*-,
Nov. 12, ’59. Mayor of Charlestown
On the appearance of this proclamation, Mr.
Hoyt, woo had returned to the town, Mr Seunott,
one of the counsel for the prisoner, and Mr. Jewett,
connected with Frank Leslie s, received an tntima
tion from Col. Davis that they were among the
strangers whose presence was not satisfactory to
the peopl*. and that their personal safety would
best be secured by an early departure. Mr. Sen
nott declined leaving until he had concluded his
business. Mr. Hoyt had already made arrange
ments for bis departure before the proclamation
appeared, and he, with Mr. Jewett, left there on
Saturday. Mr. Jewett was suspected—unjustly,
he declares—of being the correspondent of *he
New York Tribune, which paper has recant ly pub
lished tom.- letters from Charlestown of an irritat
ing oaaraoter.— Balt Amer.
Nativi Africas.— The premium offered by
Col. A. M. Hunt, for a specimen of native Africans,
to be exhibited at the State Agricultural Fair, was
taken yesterday by Dr. Blanch of Edgefield, who
brought two on the grounds, Their arrival created
quite a sensa'ion with the large orowd assembled
In the Amphitheatre. The premium was a beauri
lu. silver gobist.— Columbia South Carolinian, ll<*
From the Atlanta Amerieanof Thursday, 17 th.
Destructive Conllng-c’oti In Atlanta—Loss of”
Life.
A few miuutes aft -r eleven o'clock last uiubt,
our citizens were aroused by an alarm of lire,
whioh originated in a wooden building adjoining
the fine building of Beach A Rout on the East Hide
Whitehall street, occu jied by Giovanni A \ enaglin,
Druggists, and David Oppeuheimer, Agent, Dealer
in Uready Made Clothing, on toe first tbror, and
Mr. Wm. Houghton and bin family on the second
floor. The tire was discovered by Mr. Houghton,
a portion of hia apartments being enveloped iu
ffaineß and Idled with smoke at the time. Where it
originated it i.t impossible to say with certainty—
as, when discovered it war already considerable ot
a fire, owing to the inflammability ot tbe building
aud its contents—but it supposed to have first
broken out in a kitchen in the rear, or in the Drug
Store. Mr. Houghton had three children burned to
death, and himself and wife are badly burned. He
saved one by throwing it from a window to a Fire
man below who caught it. His wife iu trying to
save her infant fell npon the floor, and either from
excitement or suffocation lost her presence of mind
and relinquished her bold npon it, and wonld have
shared ite fate herself, had not he crawled through
the smoke to where he had last seen her, seized her
by the foot and then orawiing backwards dragged
her feet foremost after him.
Tbe fire spread with great rapidity until all the
wooden buildings from Beaoh & R lot’s ou White
hall street, to the Bank of Fuiton on Alabama
street, were consumed—being about one hundred
and twenty-five feet on the former, undone buu
nred feet ou the latter street, East ot Whitehall,
including eleven store tenements. These were all
old wooden buildings. Iu the meantime, the wind
drove the flames across Whitehall street towards
the brick buildings of Mr. Markham, wuieh finally
oaught, and in a i-hort time tbe entire range on the
west eide of Whitehall street, occupied by J. 11 A
C. H. Wallace and tbe Publication and Printing
offices of the Daily Intelligencer and J. I. Miller
& Cos., to, and including the new new three story
brick building of Mr A. M. Parker, a distance of
about one buudred and fifty feet on Whiteball, and
about one hundred ou Alabama, West of Whitehall
street, including seven store tenements.
The extent of the burning, then, is one hundred
and twenty feet, or over, on each a de of Whitehall
next to Alabama street, and about two hundred and
fifty feet on the south side of Alabama street, aud
the value of the property destroyed must he between
9125,000 and $150,000. The building of Beaoh &
Root was most, severely tested, the front cornice
aud edge of the roof, next, to tbe fire, being several
times on fire. Our Firemen fought tbe destroying
element nobly and bravely for five hours, during
three of which—from halt past eleven uutil half
past two—it raged with terrible fury. They ac-
complished all that it was possible for human effort
to sooomplieh. under the circumstances, aud de
serves wellof„tbe public for their eelf-Hacrificing
labor and devotion. The Military rendered valuable
and efficient service in guarding the property
lescuc-d from the flames.
H’ssf Side Whitehall Street. —Three story brick
building, on corner ot Whitehall and Alabama first
alory aud cellar occupied by J. R. A (1 11. Wallace.
Stock About s.lo,ooo—lnsured for SIO,OOO. Loss
about $7,000.
Second and third stories occupied by A A. Gad
ding & Cos., (‘‘lntelligencer’’ newspaper office,| and
J. I. Miller A Cos., Job Printers and Book Binders
Loss of the two firms not less than $13,000. Ineuted
tor $4,000. Also, by Whitaker A. Go,l-1,1, Law
Office. Also, by Dr. J. P. Logan, as office. Loss
ot Judge Whitaker, in library aud office Itirni are,
about $2,001). The building was owned by Wm.
Markham. Not insured.
Briok store ocoupied by R. S. Dunuing, as Shoe
Store. No Insurance on building—also the pr iper
ty ot Wm. Markham. Dunning's loss about $250.
Brick store, owned by Wm. Markham—not insur
ed. Occupied by B. Brown, Agent, as Clo hing
store. Stock valued at SIB,OO0 —insured for $9,000.
Loss $13,000.
B.toa store occupied by P. Sohluechterer, Cloth
ing stook valued ar slß,ooo—insured for $3,000. —
Lost $15,000. Builuiugowned by Wm. Markham
—no inauranoe.
B ick store occupied by Cutting fit Stone, Dry
Goo is. Stook $22,000. Insurance SIO,OOO. Loss,
$12,000. Building owned by Win. Markham—not
iuBU'BQ.
T ie second floor of these buildings was oooupied
by 3. Baktr, A. W Stone, aud J. W. Duncan, as
Law Offices, and W. H. DsSbong, Doguerrean
Ariist. Loss unknown —probably $3 500.
Brick Store, first tloor occupied by H Biamnul
ler, and Barth & Nicoli, Piano, Music and Fancy
Goods. Slocks estimated at $20,000. Insurance
$13,000. Loss $7,0110.
Brick Store, first floor, sain e building, occupied
by J. J. Richards & Cos., Books and Stationery
Stook about SB,OOO. Insurance $3,000. Loss cov
ered.
‘i he second floor of same building occupied v
Mrs. T. M. Boring, Millinery. Stock $5,000. No
insurance. Nearly an entire loss. Also, by E. J. A
R. W. Craven, Dentists. Loss slsb. Also, by
Madame Dorman, Mantua-Maker. Loss $350.
The third story, same building, oooupied by J.
J. Byrd as a Commercial College. Loss unknown.
Building owned by A. M. Parker. Valued at
ST,OOO. Insurance $5,b00. Loss $2,000. This
building had just been completed.
East Side Whitehall Street. —Wooden building
on oorner opposite Wallace s, occupied by F. 11.
Coleman, Grocer. Stock estimated at $1 D,IOD.
Insurance $4,500. Loss $6,000.
Second Btory, occupied by Mrs. Harden as a resi
dence. Loss unknown.
Wooden building occupied by W. 11. Jones,
Books aud Stationery—aeoond floor ae residence.
Stock and furniture $6,000, Entire loss. Also, by
R. S. Baker, Watoh Repairer. Loss unknown.
Wooden building ocoupied by S. J. Shackelford,
Auctioneer. Loss SSOO.
The above buildings were owned by C. A T.
Connelly. Loss not known.
Wooden buildiDg occupied by Isaao Cmonbaum,
Clothing. Stock SIO,OOO. Insurance $2,000. Lees
SB,OOO.
Same building occupied by Giovannini A Vena
gtla, Druggtsto. ictook (ye, ooll. i-ur..o. (s,oo.
Loss $2,000.
Sooond floor of this building was occupied by
Wine. Houghton, as a residence. Lose unknown
The above building was owned by J. N. Beaoh.
Loss unknown.
Alabama Street East of Whitehall —Small wood
en building oocupied us a Groggery. Loss unknown,
but inconsiderable.
Small wooden building occupied by C. Heinz,
Gunsmith. Loss in .Tools $125.
The above buildings were owned by C. A T.
Connelly. Loss not known.
Snail wooden buildiDg occupied byC. B-brman,
Barber, Building owned by P. Huge. Loss not
known.
Wooden building occupied by J. C eigltm,
Bint-maker, as shop and tesdcnci. Loss not
known.
Alabama Street West of Whitehall. —Wooden
building ocoupied by S. Downs, as a Grooery.—
Building owned by A Mast. Damage about S3OO.
Mes-rs. Beach Sc Root,; W. Hetring St sou,
Gilbert. Raweon A Burr; Carrol!, Massey &
Lansdeli ; Lawrho A Parted ; G. H. Daniel ; J.
M. Holbrook; Imniel A Cos.; J. A J. Lynch ; Drs.
Westmoreland, and numerous others, sustained
more or less damage in tbe removal of goods,
furniture, Ao.
We oannot close this hasty and imperfect reoord
of the terrible disaster, without a word of thanks to
our colored population for the very efficient aid
rendered by them. We have never seen them
more -cjiiing to “lend a hand’’ or work with greater
alacrity. „ ,
• ,
From ihe Independent South, Thursday 17 th.
Destructive Fire la Griffin.
Between 1 and 2 o’clock last morning a fire was
discovered in the Empire State office, ou the West
side ot Hill street, which spread rapidly to adjoloiDg
buildings, and as we write, promisee to consume
the whole block, if not more Those burnt out at
the time of writing (4 o'clock in the morniDg,) are
the Masonic Lodge building, occupied by the Em
pire State printing office, W. R Phillip’s A Co-,
Diy Goods Merchants, and Cherry A Brothers,
Grooere, are burned ; and the south eide of tbe
block, embracing the stores ot E- Sherman A Co-,
McWilliams A Roberts, Samuel McWilliams, F
M. Ison, the Planter’s Bank Agency, Farrar A
Redd, the Cotton Warehouse of B. W. Ferrill, iu
imminent danger, with a large amount of Cotton.
It is impossible for us to form any estimate of tbe
loss or tbe probable amount cf insurance, in the
present oonfused etateof affairs. The fire is now
immediately opposite to us. It is supposed to have
originated from accident iu tbe Empire Slate office.
N. B —The fire has been ohecked on tne alley
corner of Farrar A Redd's store. The warehouse
of Mr B. W. Ferrill is not destroyed, but some 500
bales of cotton, as far aa we can judge, have been
consumed. Planters’ cotton, Bate.
Messrs. 1 loyal A Campbell'slaw office is destroy
ed, mo it of the loss tailing upon Mr Campbell—the
firm papers having been saved at the expense of his
Individual interests. Mr. Frederick Dismuke’e law
offioe, aud Dr. Daniel’s labratory, were entirely
consumed, with their contents. A. I> Nunnally’s
law offioe destroyed, but most of his papers and
effectsisaved.
The Empire State office Is entirely consumed,
not a book, type or paper being saved, so lar as
we can learn.
We are requea'ed by Capt. Manghatn, of the
Griffin Light Guard to say, that tbe thanks of this
community are due to Mr. Geo, W. Brush and Sir
Carter of New York, for their valuable assistance
during the fire.
flj o’clock, A. SI —The fire Is checked at the
Warehouse of B. W. Ferrill on one side, and 8.
A. Beeks A Cos., on the other. It ie impossible
in the present state of ooufusion to compute the lose.
The insnrrance offices have suffered severely.
The JBtna, Hartford and North American Insur
ance companies will sustain a loss of not less
than $38,000.
J. M. Cole’s loss on cotton, not lees than $5,000
Deuih of Kx-Gov. Gilmer-
The Hon. George R. Gilmer, we regret to an
nounce, died at bis residence in Lexington, on Wed -
needay morning, at nine o clock. The public have
been prepared tor this sad intelligence, by the au
nouncement of the critical illness of tbe deceased
several days ago. It will be reoeived by the peo
ple of Georgia with regret, and with unfeigned
sorrow by bis numerous friends throughout the
States.
George R. Gilmer was born in the county in
which he died, and in which he always resided, ou
the 11th of April, 1790, when that county, Ogle
thrope, was a part ot the county of Wikes, and
at tie time of his death, had nearly completed
his seventieth year. When a lad thirteen years
of age, be was sent to Dr. Wilson’s classical
school near Abbeville Court House, Sontb Carolina,
and afterwards to the celebrated academy of Dr.
Moses Waddel, at Willington. in the same State,
where his education was completed—his ill health
at the time, preventing him from en-ermg ocllege
Subsequently, he stuu.ed law in the offioe ol the
late Stephen Upson, a di.-Uuguiehed lawyer in
Lexington, and was admitted to the bar, hut finding
t-iat an ao'ive life was necessary to his health, he
did no: enter the practice, but obtained a commie,
eton as first Lieutenant ia the United States Army,
&ud was entrusted with the command of a force
which was eta'ioeed in the Creek Territory, during
the war of 1812, to overawe the Indians. Alter
the war. Mr. Gilmer returned to Lexington, and, in
1818, commenced there the practice of bis protee
slon. Soon afterwards be was elected to the State
Legislature, where be served for two terms—then
to Congress, where be served two terms, and in
1828, he was eleoted to Congress for a ibird time,
but was relused bis certificate of election by Gov.
Forsyth, becuaee be had failed to notify the Exe
cutive of his,acceptance, within the time presoribed
by law. The next year he was elected Governor
of the State, and after serving a term in Congress,
was aga-n elected Governor, in 1897. In Cl agrees,
throughout bis service of six yeara, Gov. Gilmer
occupied a prominent position ; and during bis two
terms In the Executive office, he acquired macb re
putarion principally by the firinnes and ability
with which be sustained and carried out the action
of the Legislature of the Stats, and of its Courta,
in reference to the Cherokee Indians
But, though once prominent and distinguished in
our poiifios, it is as a private citizen that Guv. Gil
mer was best known, and will be moat kindly remem
bered by those he has left behind him. Fur twenty
years he has had no connection with public affaire,
has held no office except that of a Trustee oi the
Btate University, but removed from all the strifeg
of professional and political life, has been quiethy
occupied cultivating bis farm, enjoying the sooi'ety
of bis friends and family, dispensing and
discharging with scrupulous fidelity ail the curies
of a good oitiwen. He has died as quietly as he
bas lived for the last eoore of years, full of years
and of honose, leaving behind him a host of friends,
who will fondly cherian the recollection of his many
virtues.— 9omtttukonaint.