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We Me indebted to Hkberd Voorbeee, E»q., ol
(hiit city, for the nee of a print* letter from hi-
brother, Con. Voorbeee. lu content* ere impor
tant to the ooroere of the shipping now in the
harbor of fiko Aaaeieco, and doecrro particular
The ealaa of roaael* now at San Franciaeo
Md in the Interior harbor* of California, i* ini'
menae, probably equal to #8,000,000 or #4,000,-
900, ana before the winter month* *et in, there
trill probably be four or fire hundred vceacla,‘worth
perhaps #6,000,000, in the water* of California.
f unprotected, and at tbe mercy of the wind ain
trarea. According to Com. Voorfacca, a fire or a
gale woulddeatrar nearly the whole of them.—
Annexed ia tbe Commodore’s letter:
U. 8. Ship Savannah, >
San Franciaeo, Aujr. 31, 1849. (
I arrired here, all well, at 4 r. n. on tho 27th.
The Ohio, which you Juiow I wa* ordered to take
10 China, has been ordered to return iioinc, in eon-
aequcncc of hermon'a lime being too near out to
goontheiongroulehomeoriRinallv demmied hv
me Department. Besides, she is very short of her
complement,and I take the 8l. Mary’s, a tine sloop
of-war, to carry me to my station in the Chins
Sea. But 1 do not (aa tbe St. Mary's is not here
at present,) expect to leave this port until about
the middle of October, and may not be at Canton
until about the 1st of January.
The pipers give you u,pretty accurate account
of the atate of things here, so far aa regards suc
cessful operations; but aa lo the unsuccessful,
there is nothing said of the failures, the disgusts
and the deaths—not a word. I would not ad vis •
a friend to come out hero. There arc already to.
many hem.
Property at the city of San Franciaeo ia at an
enorinoua price, in the bands of speculates, who,
with the gamblers, are making * fortune, truly.
7 hey say that [unity millions are now in miles of
hand in Me pockets of the ,nople hen, for lots,
houses, shanties, dte. In my opinion, things can
not last long in this way, and there must he an aw
ful crash, sooner or later, among the ‘ gulled.’ It is
a great place, however, aad a most important ac
quisition to our glorious “Old Thirteen."
There area bout two hundred and fifty vessels
in harbor, many of them Urge ships, and mostly
abandoned and going to ruin. They will all lie
wrecked in tbe courso of the coming winter, if
they lie not taken care of in lime. It is a most
wolul pity to look upon the shameful waste and
ruin ol so much raluable property. Tho owners
and underwriters of New fork and tiro other cities
of the Union ought to petition the President for
a man-of-war, whose special duty It should lie to
take earn of tbe abandoned vessels, by taking
down somo of. thair.yards and spars, and mooring
them safely, so as to prevonl them from going on
shore, or dragging against each other. Sin'll is
the position ot these vessels, crowded together,
that it the windward one were to take fire, the
whole fleet would be burned, witboiKlIie posHibili-
ty of saving any of them. It is an immense fleet,
inueed, and still thev come—their forests of musts
reminding me of Hhakspcure's forest of Hi mam
wood coming to Dunsinanc. I advise you io let
the merchants know this. • ♦ *
_ B. F. VOOIUJEES.
lo Richard Vonrltoea, Esq., Counselor ut Law
New York—N. Y. Herald.
l>GOKaia Kaiuhmin—Tho Railroad Journal
»uv»; “The large investments which tho (mople
of Georgia have made in extending their Railroad
communications from tho seaboard to tho interior,
have proved a moat judicious outlay. Already tho
traffic on the Road is yicldiuga hstulumie return,
and tins increased value of pronorty is everywhere
apparent. The properly of Mavannah has been
gr-.ilv advanced these comiiiiinieations, and
the interior counties have shared fully in tlm ad
vantages of the improved mode of inlorcoiirso.—
The Railroads loading to Sa van null will sum
reach tho navigable waters lliul llovv into the Mis
sissippi, and wnon this ia accomplished a great lu
cre. ,e of business must follow. Tho Georgia
lv,i.iroads are lmill in a most substantial manner,
and laid witli heavy iron. If it requires some
boldness lo pnecr Railroads through the popu-
11 ■ vslleys of New England, awariuing with in
habitant*. rich in husincaa and resources, anil sure
of a local travel, it is certainly a much greater
undertaking to push these vust arms ot internal
commerce into the interior of a aparacly settled
agricultural region, and whore tlioy must depend
upon the long travel and U|kiii merchandise for
their main support, until the Roads themselves
build up* business around (horn.
(T “ Tins the people of Georgia have done, and
tie i r honorable enterprise lias lung censed to be
«n experiment. Its success ami its results have
surpassed the hopes that were formal cf it, and
will continue to add. in an increasing ratio, to the
wealth and pm-">r cl the Htate.”
laUraadfraa Girard to Mobile Bay
We find tlie following letter in llio Hew Orleans
1’irayune:
OawtcHRt I’osTorrtcB Russell, co., Ala.
October I, 1849.
(Icnllcmen : As you have recently noticed the
projected railhi. from Girard Ala., opposite Co
lo" h"« G" . to M. bile Hay, J have thought that
a few details would not be unacceptable. If the
crude matter here thrown together will afford any
information, the writer will ho satisfied.
Tub road will run down the Cbaltahoovlico val
ley to Fort Mitchell, distance 10 miles; tlicnco
across Russell county noarly due west, to the line
of Macon courtly, distance 25 miles; tlicnco a
Boulli-wcsl course until it strikes the Harbour
county line; thence nearly due west along the
lower part of Macon county thirty-seven miles.
The road then runs a soulh-weat course through
the north-west corner of Hike county—distance
in Pike county nine miles. The read then runs
a south-west course through tlio lower part
ol Montgomery, going out at tho southwest
corner of that county into Butler comity
length of read in Montgomery twenty-two
ptiles; thence a southwest course through
tbe northwest corner of Butler county—dilaucea
through Butler thirty-two miles : thence along tho
lino betwecen Monroo and Conecuh counties a
southwest course—distance forty-fivo miles: tlienec
through Baldwin, still pursuing a southwest course
to MuTiile Bay, forty or forty-live miles.
It will be perceived that on this route there will
bo but one bridge required—that one will be over
the Uchee creek, a few miles west of Fort Mitch
ell ; when if any will look at tlm map of Alabama
he will perceive that to run a road from Kulaula,
in Barbour county, AU-, or from Fort Gaines, in
Early coanty Gs., to either Mobile Bay or Pensa
cola Bay, that almost an innuicerablo number of
rivers, creaks and atreuna of different sizes will
liaveto be onwsed. By marking out this route on
a snap from tbe Uchoe creek to any part of the
east side of Mobile Bay, you will perceive that the
road runs all the way on a aidge between the
heads of all the streams emptying into the Gulf
and tiio Alabama river.
Timm is now m course cf construction a mil-
road leading from Columbus, Ga.,almost due east
to tbe Southwestern Railroad, also now in course
of construction from Macon, Ga., to Fort Gaines,
There is construatiog a railroad .from Mscon,
Ga., across through Jones and Putaaai counties,
to Park’* Bridge, on the Georgia Railroad, so that
when a passenger arrires at Macon, Ga., he can
4oke the read down to Savannah, or niuety miles
across to tlm Georgia road, and dowu by tlm way
of Augusts to Charleston.
All the roads that I have mentioned as in course
of construction will be completed within eighteen
months from this time. T*xe the map of (ieorgia
and you can trace out all the routes with eaim.
The best inap of Georgia is otic published by Wm.
G. Bonner, in 1847 or 1848.
P- 8.—The bridge over the Uchee creek will
be a short one, as tho bonks are high and there is
J10 swamp on either side.
PitartisED Railroad fbom Jackson (Mi.) to
KttjnaaassasB
Sr%ie State that« n^un^tW aid'of iKle
lireaent value, it would also pay M u»„ , 0
cent on the investment made by iu atockhuldere
The? appointed a railroad convention to u»eiii.
•hie in Mooticello on the second Monday in Decem
ber nest, for the purpose cf taking thin matter in
to consideration, and to adopt the necessary steps
ibr mekiof a survey ot tbe route, and procuring
a charter from the btalea of Louisiana, and Mis-
ciasippf.
Mass Misting of the foci of TOmporaaet.
The Mscon Museum, of 27th auntant, nays,
*• this meeting took place in Mscon on tbe 24th
lust., and a grand affair it whs too. The procea-
sion numbered 890 men. The Address wan de
livered by Prof. Alexander Means.
At 6o’clock. P. M., the Prize Wanner won pre-
sented by the Grand Worthy Patriarch, Bernard
Hill, with a neat address, to “ Triumph Diviaion,
No. 250,” hailing from Box Ankle, Stewart coun
ty, (ia., which was received and responded to in
an tppropriste manner by one of the successful
Division. The following is a description of the
Banner, as far ss wo-recollect. It consisted of a
handsome piece of silk, thirty-four Inches wide
by forty long; on one Hide are tho words ‘ Hons
cf Temperance,’ over the arch of the coat of arim
of the State of (ieorgia, substituting ‘Triumph
Division, No. 250,’ for the word 4 Constitution’
• nd 4 Sept. 14,1849,’ (the dale of the .formalion
of the Division,) juat above tbe words 4 Prize
Banner from the Grand Division, October 24,
1840,’ all in gilt letters, at the bottom, executed
on a ground of red, by Mr. A. F. Sherwood, of
Macon. On the reverse, tho words 4 State of
Georgia,’ in a half circle, with a single * under
neath, and a female figure clasping u child in her
arms to her bosom—near a gushing fountain of
cold water—and a liltJe Ixiy with a spaniel,sitting
on the green meadow-- -and at the bottom a scroll,
with * Love, Purity und Fidelity,’ entwined with
an Evergreen, and a forest in the distance—on n
ground of white, and executed by Mrs. I)r. Wood,
of this city. The Banner ,w»h fringed with Blue
Hilk and Tassels—thus presenting tho emblems
of tho Division, viz: Red, While and .Blue. It
is worth ®100, and as a specimen of art, it is
creditable to those wiio prepared it, whilst it will
doubtless cause the successful Division to press
forward in the good cause hereafter; as they did
in this instance, (every member being present,
having traveled over l/>0 union in order lo he
here.)
The meeting was addressed at night by the
Rev. I>. P. Jones, and lion. J. J. Floyd, at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and by Bishop J.
O. Andrew, at the Presbyterian Church, with
great effect.
Previous to adjournment, the following gentle
men were elected Officers of tho Grand Division
of the Hons of Tciuporauco of Georgia for the
ensuing year, viz:
lion. John J. Floyd, of Covington, o. v/. v.
P. P. Lawson, of Griffin,u. w. a.
W. H. Williford, of Macon, «. s.
E. C. Grauniss, of Macon, ti. *f.
Dr. Alexander Means, of Oxford, a. eil’N.
Thomas Fiewellcn,of Thomastiin,o. c.
JohnW. Burke,of (’asavillc, u. s.
The following urc the representatives to the
National Division which will assemble in Boston
in June next; r.u. w. r. W. Williford, Joseph
Veit, and Bernard Hill; u. w. r. John J. Floyd ;
1*. w. a. George H. Obear, and William Dib
ble; and u. w. a. P. A. Lawson.
The next meeting of the Grand Division of
Georgia will be held in Madison, Morgan county,
on the last Wednesday in April next.
A resolution was adopted authorizing un appli
cation to the ensuing Legislature, for a charter
lor the Hons of Temperance.
Alter transacting other business,,tho Grand
Division closed on Thursday night last.
Destiny of the South.
Wo find in the New York Joiirnul of (’oinmorce
a report of tho animal Hddress delivered by James
M. Crane, of Richmond, Va , lo (lie American In
stitute in New York. It emlxnlies a very inter
esting account of the manufacturing and railroad
enterprises of the Mouth. Of our own State he
spoke as follows: “ Alahama, (lie said,) though
comparatively u young »Stule in the.Union of her
nge. Prattville is a flourishing tniiiiiifiicliiriiig
town. Ho is Tuscaloosa. The State has perliup*
$12,000,not) in rail and other roads, mining and
manufactures. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is
now in construction, with other roads of less con-
Kcqucucc and extent. This State is lieginning iu
part to partake of the spirit now pushing forward
tlm enterprising State of Georgia.”
(>(' Georgia ho said that “ she has built more
railroad with her own money than any State in
tho Union; and she has a longer chain of them
than any State save Massachusetts.” “ Along
the line of her great Western Railroad, (ho con
tinued,) Irom Savannah to Chattanooga, thriving
towns are springing into existence where a few
years since hardly an acre was occupied hy civi
lized limn. The capital invested in her railroads
and canals, with her numerous and increasing
iiutiiiiluctiireH and manufacturing towns, is not
far from 65 millions of dollars. She is ut this time
advancing more rapidly in manufacttires, and es
pecially cotton iimnuliictiires, ilian any ol her
southern eistorliood. Emigration is also tending
to this enterprising State.”
All this is doubtless true, und, while it places
Georgia in a striking light, as compared with the
rest of the south, from the indications iu the other
States it simply exhibits a fuller development of a
spirit which is active now in all of them. “ With
in the next twenty years,” said Mr. Crane, “ the
bulk of the manufacturing interest will he confined
to tlm Htulca of tiie South. A splendid destiny
awaits those States”—if not marred, we may add,
by llio ruinous legislation of the federal govern
ment.—Ala. Planter,
Liberality.—A lady left a pocket book con
taining JC500 on a Fruiterer’s stand in London;
and on discovering it the noor man spent several
boors in endeavoring to find the owner, in which
he was unsuccessful. The loser called the next
day to enquire if it had been found, as she feared
she hod been robbed in the street. The fruiterer
delivered the book, and tlie lady was about to de
part without thanking him, when he suggested
that his expenses for cab hire, &c., amounting to
2s. 3d. should lie paid. The lady then laid down
3 shillings and waited for the 9 pence change,
which she received!
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER.
i.iskstt: the constitution: union.
COLUMBUS—GEORGIA !
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER fi, 1849.
This body »
Slavery in Kentucky.
The Stain Convention of Kentucky llus made
the report oil the subject of slavery tim order of
tlm day Ibr (lie 22d inst. The 1st section forbids
the General Assembly to pass laws emancipating
slaves without the consent of their owners, or
without full equivalent in money. Section 2d takes
away the power to prevent slaves being brought
into the Slate from other slave States, provided
their servitude is continued. Section 3d directs
laws to be passed to jtermit owners'to emancipate
their slaves, oil condition that provision Ih* at (he
same time mude lor their removal from, and againat
their return to, (lie State. Section 4th gives jwwer
to prevent slaves being brought into the State as
merchandise. Section 5th forbidsthe importation
of slaves from foreign couutries. Section fill) di
rects laws.lor tho protection of slaves from injury
to life or limb hv their owners, util in failure of
bucIi, requires that tlie slaves bo sold for the bene
fit of the owners. Section 7th provide* for com
pensation to the master of uny slaves executed.
Section 8th gives power^to provide by law for tbe
removal from the State of all free ,negroer. mid
mulattoes. Section 9t!i makes die return to, or
refusal to leave tlie Slate, by any free negro or
mulatto,a penitentiary offence. Section 10th di
rect* that on trial* of negroes tor felony no grand
jury is necessary ; but nothing shall be enacted to
deprive them of an impartial trial by a petit jury.
Tiie Hungarian Patriots.—The Paris cor
respondent of the New York Tribune says:
You may export Kossuth, Bern, and Dembiuski,
ami probably Mazzini, in New York by the mid
dle of November.
1 have seen the Hungarian ministers to (’on-
eta ntiiiople, France, England, and Italy, and they
‘* ‘ v !
America; of course they have not conferred with
Koeauth on the subject, but they have no doubt ol
hi* accompanying them.
If immediate liosiiliiiiw should break out be
tween Russia and Turkey, their plans limy be
changed, and all hand* of them w ake their way
back into Hungary to renew the war.
Murder and Rorkekv.—A correspondent-ol
the Augusta ConetitutiopaJint, under date of 33d
iust. state* that a most atrocious murder was com
mitted *'outlie person ol Mr. John G. Ponder, a
speculator. He passed through llawkiiisville ou
Saturday night, on his way from Richmond, Va
The Legislature.
lernhlod on yesterday, and of course
we have not oh yet beard of the first step in the or
ganization of the two houses. Judging from past
experience, wc should not l»e surprised if, within the
last few days, there has been a considerable importing
of the lawmakers, officials, expectants, and outsiders, J
whoso patriotism, See., has induced them to congregate 1
at the Metropolis. Tho meeting of the Legislature, cs- J
pecially amco the adoption ol the hieumul system, has l
occasion of many movements towards that
goodly city, where the wise men of the State are wont
to congregate to make laws for tho lestrnint of the
wicked, and tho protection ot ihe ignorant.
was nol our purpose to have offerer! any advice
the action of the Legislature, what should In
,or how it should |>c done; tail finding in the
Independent Monitor, of Tuskuloosa, some sugges
tions ns to what the representatives of Alabama might
do lo some profit, wo have concluded to copy the views
of that paper, which, with some unimportunt excep
tions, are in harmony with our own. We ahull, during
In; si-reioli, keep our It u(l"ls llilormcd of all in.itI -IN lo
Inch they can |m>-.»,|>Iv fed an interest. The cii.io.
»f tho Monitor H|H-aks after this wise, and wesirongl
ueline to In* views generally, and some of tin m in
piitiicolni:
" Some of our cotemjsirurieH are making iheiie-elves
ry Inisv in endeavoring to iuciilealu into the uieuiher-
of llilH honorable hotly a proper sense of their duta-** an !
r«-**|H»ri>-ihiliti4-M. We look upon tin* as extremely «•!?.-
cion- he-ide* lieing very iinp-nfituhlc. Our ream m for
this lire two-fold. In ths fiat place, we regard it tin
im|wjsHhle that any enlightened constituency
would elect a man to the Icgi-datiire, utile** they were
•rally certain that Providence had ciprcndy designed
him for ilial entiled station, und in the next place, we
Itelleve dial legislative knowledge collies hy intuition, !
and in not to lie learned hy rote, like any other profes-
tlouhi thin, we look 141*ori its anti
democratic, and ho far as this doctrine goes, we may Ih*
set down us one of “ the faithful."
"Bui if for once, we were to |iermil onrw-lf to imitate
the presumption of ourcutempomries, Is*fore mentioned,
hy attempting lu prenerilic In the legislature its duties,
res|M»n«ihililieH t Ac., we would do so, simply hy laying
dow n u schedule of the dudes to lie iierforuied, and the
time in which they were exjHTted lo Isi completed.
" We should divide the session into /fee weeks. Du
ring Ihc first, we would |M-nnit the Houses to organize,
the iiicniliers to tiecome comfortable in their sen Is, and
lo spend their liu e ill congratulating each other, and
receiving the congratulations of disinterested friends.—
During iIuh week, we wmild initiate (wo believe dial is
die technical legislative phrase) all die iui|Htrtnul mai
lers for siiliseqiieiit action, not to Is- lairied for weeks in
the |Nirlfolios of drowsy committees, Iml iu order dial
die Houses may Is- notified liml certain subjects will Is*
eted upon at die pro|s*r time. A Rule, too, should he
ilopled, reiptirilig speeehe:. to he ipiile tuief, for we
hold llmt any man wlm know* more, nhniit any given
subject, dial he can tell in one half-hour, has entirely
tint much ubility for such a limited sphere of action.
"The second week, we would devote to chartering
such Plunk Road# ami Rail Ruud Companies us were
able to pres4‘iit good reasons lor Is-ing clothed widn-iieli
franchises ; ami iu connection with thix, we would dis
tribute f iieli fiimh as are subject to appropriation lor
pur|*iM’s uf internal improvement. We should also du
ring dus week, aholifh that most riiltcuhai* fane, the
present Mililm System of Alahama. Incidentally, we
would enliven die prueetMlmgs ol this week, us often as
possible, hy die amusing interludes of elections, dispo
sing of diem all if it could possibly lie done.
" The third week should see us at work in earnest;
our sessions should commence at 10 A. M , und ns the
nights are now getting quite long, we would cheerfully
devote some lioiirn of each, lo die furtherance of tlie pub
lic business, These night sessions are of great practical
benefit. They preserve inemliers from sundry temptii-
tions ; they enable youthful and nindc*i metiilierH to de
liver themselves safely of their maiden speeches, an op
eration which they would he apt to sink under, in the
tiroud glare of day ; amt lastly they draw n broad line of
distinction between die useful, practical members, and
those fun-loving, party-going gentry who make a Indie
of their legMulive career. Tlie third week, then, we j
should de\ole industriously, jo die reorganization of our •
courts, |o preparation for the future codification of our |
laws, and lo die lopping off, from legislative action, all '
local matters.
"The fourth week, wo should busily and anxiously i
spend m endeavoring lo impnwe die financial allairs of '
the Stale, in revising die 'Pax Mill, and in placing above I
contingency, the faith and honor of Ahrimnm.
"'I’lie tildi.iiml lust week, should l»o employed in es- !
tuhlisliiug such a system ol Ranks or Hanking, as, under I
the constitution, would best accord with tho withes and j
interests of the |H‘ople.
" If it ta? objected that this periml is uni short, wi? J
can only |N»iut to South Cnmlinn—confessedly one of |
the lies! governed States of the I'ttion—die duration of 1
tv hose legislative sessions seldom exceeds three week* —
Ours an* spun oat to almost as many months, and the j
connequence is a mars of ill-digested, conflicting enact- '
incuts, die labor of understanding nnd reconciling which,
produces perhaps so many Imld heads and haggnnl faces
among our luminaries of die law.
" lint wc may ns well slop, for we have very little
hope that there, or any other useful suggestion# will
meet with the attention of die legislature, and we can
only comfort ourselves with the Scriptural consolation:
Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not
Ins disappointed."
Thing! in Alabama.
A friend, who reeidcs iu our sister State, desires us
to notice through the Enquirer some of the laws
which he regards as injurious to the intereat* of the
people there. It is a matter of some delicacy for us
to rnoke suggeatioa* to the enlightened members of
the Legislature of Alabama, hut still the complaints
of the citizens should be heard, and the evils com
plained of speedily removed. Our correspondent has,
iu his letter, placed the several matters of which be
writes, os prominently and concisely liefore the Legis
lature, as we could do in a week, and hence we have
concluded to present the various topics therein touched
upon in his own language. lie will pardon us for
this course, inasmuch as tie ia a resident of Alabama,
and a common r.offerer with his felIow«cit ; zeu*.
Messrs. F.ilitors of the Enquirer:—I expect your val
uable pnju-r has an extensive circulation in our State
and ttN our Assembly incetn very shortly, you enn prob
ably help us |MK»r oppreirt-ed Alabamian.-, hy writing tin
article in your (taper Minting -nine of our grievances,
which may attract the Attention of some of our members
in the AuMWildy. and cause fiction on tlie subject.
Our taxes in iIum State are grievous indeed, and I be
lieve will notbe norne much longer, if there is not some
thing done fi»r the hetter. The State and County tax, j had t
at prerent, amounts to nearly one‘tenth of what we can s y , *V*
make on our farm^! There i«* one item hi our County ,
tax that i*« very unjust—that i« the tax of Jurors. The , ent j/
cost on every law-ruit ought to Is* |tfrid by the parties at j made
law. and not tax tiie enormous expense of Jurors on the i
people, who have nothing to do with law. I •• *j
In this Ktito the law i- such that a man cannot rell a deh .i
tract of land and make a legal t:» l»-, without his wife i
wdl release her dower. Tin- law i* indeed Very Uou- ,,,
hlesome, ami of no real benefit If a man livingoiitof -uri-
tho Slat* or County has a piece of Intel t-» ms-II, and '
should make Mile, lie rnii-t lle*n po home and get his ,j,
wife’s release, in a very formal way, before be cun make , iln- v
a good title. In Georgia a man’s wife has li*-r dower in I v,, ‘- ’•
whatever land the hit-hand may jsese-s nt his de.ith, | ") ' h
and that i*< all -lie ougbt to have. Tlie women of Ala- i ,.r,uc!
harim are amply provided for hv a law er.ai ted in the | any i
last legislature, nod the troublesome law referred to,
ouplit therefore to have tiemi rejs*aled, and thin every !
thinking man will ar knowledge. | the e
In this Stale il a nnn lia- I i* land sold by virtue of
an execution, or mortgage, nr deed <<f trust, tie enn imld
ins land and keep pn-ue-Miou n id he i* «»/"/ out of |m s-
se—ion, which will take eight or nine month-, and uhout
Is If, co-i. Such a law in truly oh|eciioi,iihle and ridieil-
loiis, and is not, I presume, to lie found any where ehe
ill the rutted .States. The '-heriff should have power
to put the purchaser m posHiss-inu at any day, giving on
ly tune for the holder to put her In- crop.
il I could see any chance of gelling off from this coun
try 1 should not trouble you with my complaints, hut I
m*c no Mich op|»ort unity at present. If my vicwmkIiouIiI
meet yours. I shall Is* glad indeed it you will give us
your aid on these subject-.
\ on cannot conceive how mm h I am grieved to find
my old Is’lnvcd State again trammeled with Cas- iteq
nod l/icofocoisin. ai.aiixma uohrkmP'jsoent.
Bt. Lotus Railroad Convention.
Tlie object of this Convention was to gather the
opinions of the differeut sections of the Union, n*» to
the practicability and importance of building a Railroad
from some point on the Mississippi to the Pacific Oceuu.
This gigantic project, the very suggestion of which a
few years since was referred to the wild imagination
and diseased intellect of a visionary, is now Ireing re
garded as oue of the undertakings l.kely to be accom
plished. For ourselves, we have learned to look upon
the possibility of doing one tiling as well as another,
and shall not lie surprised to see this stupendous monu
ment of national enterprise begin in a short time,
albeit we may not live to see its completion. It is true
the cost of such a work looks frightful to a griping
miner, hut still we doubt not the wealth of the govern
ment, und the indomitable energy of our people can,
if the project ia deemed feasible und likely to prove
profitable, furnish the means necessary to the great
end. A few short years will tell.
We find in the St. Louis Union of the 20th ult., the
following notice of the doing* and views of the Con-
Ciuims, fight their battles against its own couutiy and
do whatever fidelity to them and hatred to the Ameri
can Government may seem to exact.
The Foreign Organ at Washington will he glad to
perceive that its efforts ou behalf of France and against
its own Government, are fully appreciated abroad.
It cannot fail to rejoice at the manifest similarity be
tween its own views, as to the dismissal of M. Pous
sin, by Gen. Taylor, and those of the Londou Times.
That cordial enemy of Republicanism denounces Mr.
Clayton iu almost the identical language U9ed by the
Uniou, for the ‘rudeness’ and ‘incivility’ with which
From the I
CHOLERA IK
It would he an impossible to
of gratitude which is felt throu
the abatement of the pe*«t from
to ci-cape, us it would be to exaugc^p*
iu* further continuance would have iuiiicuju; f
plague is stayed. Death strikes with a feeble and fitiui
hand where lie so lately stn"te with mo fearful a force.—
Terror und Despondence, the sateliles and companions
of Death, are flying before the Power which has destroy
ed the gaunt destroyer. The streets, which still, bear
th»* aspect of mourning and sadness, no longer witness
the daily ins.gniaof mortality. One meets, indeed, in
every phee, the memorials of irreparrable losses, and
th»* tokens of Isu-tintr grief. In the throng of the Ex
change, in llm great thoroughfares, in the crowded
One r
he treated the representative of Louis Napoleon.—
The following extract from the Times, will strike ) days, lost tfieir nearest kin.
American readers us mainly a reprint of
the countless diatribes which the Union has wrilteu j the wjft occents of affection have Keen suddenly hushed
ti|K)n the subject: j in a thou and home!*. A havoc has been wrought in
week noo the
r ; happy husband or proud father, has since followed wife
* ° i and children to the grave. The prattle of infancy and
teu i tin* soft accents of affection have Been suddenly hushed
... f j iimumcnthlc families which a long life will fail to n
rue letter of Mr. ( layton. the American Secretary M ., 1P |he ,,lace is already stayed ; and. great r
, f s, M ,. ,I hlrv. -.1. .rer Jy lu II,e IW1, for | ^ may l.avv been, it i. rlist.l. with
4 AlfB,r. (wmlniryipnil <l,p,< im B( , « c r- „ mclertl expenrm-c taugl.t u- to
>•,'* '-7 i ' ind wl«l«ver .nay , hn , will, Imlf llwlo.. Hi-tain-
hnv r inih-rrriinn of ,\o P,i mint ho 1 1 .,, p.,.;. „ ljtW ,| f ,| le ,l 0 .i rU cliun which rava-
ronfr^rtllmtlhefone of the Mir,..lor of the I l„to4 geH IV. .r,|,,lrsh. w Delhi.
Mai". i.Hir h a> iia. w:mo„, ,ph,yeU ,,i Hi- r.'la- ; A 1 „ n , in: „ ion u , ltl()pe( l f or , has tilled men*.
t hi- of oil" friendly Mate to another. It alienage 1 • — ’
“ 7’lie great Railroad Cot
this day, and terminated a
^**d with a go
• ion of four da?
spirit ot harnci
ignuo mity. A great enthiisiiism
nrrving through the work. TIhu
mull mautfe tat" ri^ of the rivnlfi"-
it th"country, which we ••• ennh»u
in ihe line cf the road, vet mere
iu.pu'le the u« ti«u. < r disturb riie h:<
l-i ofthe Conxe: lion, both in re*
' high'. ff-.-iv and di-cnurUMiu-. i,oih in in ifii.**r and
iiihiih-ta: iv.’ t-'n •limfUal if ration for public duhe\!r.
t'lulfftni has rendered himsilf ultnoriatis to the charge rtf
h i d ; «n I hi- communication** let It to M. Pon-sin
c :<| in .>! de TiM-qtieville are hi the style usually Jciopt-
• : hy the head "f a department in reprimanding In-own
*t.'nir 1’nnlcH, hut ore utterly unfit to he uddres.od to the.
ip il Ministers rf a foreign rawer. M. de Tocijiie-
vdi"V
• Vid"
:*pa <
i lie*
itl'.er hand, is mark"*! hy
execsidx ", 'le-ire t" s
could nut he held per^r
"th <
Ily
of ail th" (
nly maintn
{..ion ol th,* (’■
*u-lv it|Niti the 11
,,f ih" (iuudier i
•d i-iint. the
•nrii-. w•• Im-li
aid skillful-
i*d that they had ih *
( o'. r’nrtiK in-i-• • I
into a minute cal* u-
he call
* 'impl"
-III..
•t, Winch he f'Nited lip at $*S,(KMt,(H)0.
The Fow Monument.
lak- Irma lb: Souther,, Family Jo
; interesting ac« ouot of the laying
d the Mom MIM elected in menu
It is, of course, quite pro|>er that there should he a
perfect harmony b**lweeu the two orguus of foreign
powers. Both are engaged hi u common cause—IhjIIi
ore actuated !»V a common hatred of American ii.-
►Milt ons—Mid botli nre united by llmt strongest of
till bond*, devotion to a common interest. The fact
(h it (tic is published at Washington and the other at
T/uidon, only iucreures our admiration at tin* perfect
I irn.ony of tho views and the similarity of tln-tr lan
guage.
The Times, iu pursuing the matter into the merits
of the questions tu dispute, olau cordially adopts the
sentiments of the Union, and thinks that ‘ M. Porte’s
«luini for damages wu« entitled to favorable considera
tion from the American Government, and c> rtuiuly
could not l>e du*|H*» d of hy a court refusal.’ And
the Times closes still another article upon the subject
if the conn
rv of the la
the following re flee'ions,
roughly m the vein <»f the for
i Inch
►till more
at Wusli-
v\ tin
A Fk\
No
A
prei
•d. Il-
i pat
ill I f
incidents of lids nature
I l»*>j**tli-ii*U* < tnVeWUWM
high char
•" repren
hearts wiui gratitude.- They recognize in the mercy
tha: ha»* urreMed the hand «-f‘ the Destroying Angel the
uivniiMii nt this nmniry fn *n nil those, the moral and
material ills, which have ever followed in the train of
great pestilences. Had the disease remained among its
for any lime without abatement, experience tells ih it
could hardly have remained without increase. The
mortality, which had rhen from the usual weekly aver*
rig-**f '.*hU t-» 3.t)tio, would not have remained many
week* as |nw ns3,0(K). Hud it gone on in the same ratio
ol income, it i- hardly too much to say that whole dig-
t-i' ts in the inetMimlia and it» suburbs would huvi>lte*n
hid Imre and desolate. True, this would hnveJiappen-
"d among the alHMfeq of the very jmor. But would the
< i. eipti’iiccs of tie* affliction have been restricted to
the-e spot*? Gould whole families have tieen plunged
into destitution, and whole parishes have been desolated
hy pa'.ie, in the ofl*kirts of ti huge’city, without infect
ing the other nod healthier elements of society ? Impos
sible Of th" plague which ha- already, we trust,
sf-ent its worst malignity, the deaths which it caused
were not the sole nor ill" most terrible result. The great
li st, riun of Greece has depicted in indelible colors the
iirnal which goe« hand ju hand with the | hyncal pest.
W-. as a nation, indeed, may not he in the same state ns
that refined and volatile jwM.ple which erected altars to
“Th" Unknown God.’’ Rut. can any one who knows
anything ot our great cities, and esjn ciallv of our great
est, say Ilial, were a jK*st let loose with unmitigated vio
lence on th"in or in it. the mere destruction of human
hi" would in-*a-itre the Imvoc anil the calamity endured 1
Would the pnorer ninwes of our population go untaint
ed by that -ante utter recklessness of nil wive present
gain and pre-ent enjoyment—the same inditlerence to
dettih or file—honor or dishonor—good or evil—which
poisoned tli" minds of tli»* Athenians more than ihe
pl'tgii" d"-troyi*d their hiNlies? 'I’he historian of the
(ire.-it Plague of London hears testimony to the frightful
immortality, h.irdnc-s of heart, and savnge reckles*ness
w Inch di-pmed with piety, contrition, nnd repentance,
the dominion over men’s minds. In our ago the vn-t in
crease of population, the more than proportionate in-
crea-e of luxury and wealth—ih- great contra-t of con-
dill' ti- and ioritni"-. hn\e all raised up elements of dig-
erd, ront-ntiori. nnd hit'er -Irlfe, which were nnkin wn
I) • K*n*’- lime, but w hmli. in a w id—spread p—tilence,
eliuck —"I
i altrai Ik
GOING AHEAD.
We are pleased to find that the Flouring Mill* of
our euterpruing fellow-citizen, Maj. Wintkr, are in
full play und succetwful operation. From the way
they turn out the superfine, we incline to the opinion
that if anybody, in this region, eat* coni bread, it will
uol be lor the want of other tixius. Bring along your
wheat, and give him a trial.
The Paper Mill, too, we ure informed, will com
plice open
will lie a mashing of rag* and bundling of reams
scarcely known elsewhere than at Catskill. We wish
the enterprise great success, ami hope to send the En
quirer to our subscribers, at no Uislunt^ay, printed on
paper manufactured ut home. Save your rag* ami
send them along.
Our 1’i.ank Road, a new and untried experiment,
is moving along rapidly towards the wharves, over
which we shall sec many a bale of the staple move
during the present season. Wo doubt not that ibis
road will induce our monied men, in tow’uaud coun
try, to build others reaching from here to various points
Hunkers and Barnburner*. I m «uu oi titniMinlr
The New Yolk corns;umdent of the National In- ‘*“V a|'jM*iot»jd V
tclhgeiicer, informs that paper that -that" is yet a deal
of irouhlu among thu lately nflihuted portions of (lu
Democratic party. It was evident from the first that
their fruterniziition wuh based on nothing like princi
ple, hut was the oHripriug of a common dosire to break
down tlm administration of Gen. Tuylor, mid riot in
the spoils of llio great State of New York. No mat
ter what party, or fruclious of parties comluuo uud
coalesce with tho worshippers at Tammany Hall, one
thing must ulwuys Ik* understood, the offerings of gold
nnd silver, ol public office nud private devotion must
always be hud ou the allure, long since erected-, in that
time dishonored sanctuary of selfish politicians. Wo
give tin* remarks of the correspondent, iu order that
our renders limy judge for themselves of llio truth of
the above rumaiks. The writer say*:
“ Siueo I last wrote there have been demnii*trntioiiB
of an unchristian state of feeling in the Tummutiy
General Committee, ike eoulru 1 uuthorny of the party
in tins city, towards the Buriibur.’crs, who, it is insist
ed, hlioold observe tho demeunor ui «l hold the utlitude
of returning penitent*. Tito Tuiin mny committee
lias peremptorily ordered Unit the Ure * Suiters shall
abandon their rebellious orgiiintation every where, and
explicitly ttckmm lodge the supremo jurisdiction of i
Tammany Hull, and have required hy u formal vote J ed
Unit every cundid ite shall declare iu writing whether I, 1 ,!
he acknowledges uny other uuthority. They have
gone further; for, with equal deliberation and solem
nity. they have determined Unit nut a single person
distinguished for participation with their opponents m
the late fatal schism shall be invited to attend or be
permitted to speak nt tho ratification meeting to be
belli next week at the old stamping ground, the afore
said Tammany Hull. Thus lion. Preston Ring and |
John Van Huron were ostracised expressly and hy I
name. Il conveys a lively impression of the uigtati-
tilde of parties as i\ell as of republics to observe that
the illustrious (’aptain Ryuth-re graces this list of the
proscribed iiihI repudiated of St. Tammany.
To meet and cheek these belligerent movement*
means nre employed and suggested characteristic of
the panics. The Po.-t Inula contemptuous defiance
i . tin* Hunker disorg.iui/.ei’s, ire n style* them, and
bitterly reminds them that the Urn* Seilers can better
bear u minority than the o; profile wmg. John Van
Buren indites witty and sp. \ ajielogns fertile foime
pap< r diiect"d at lbs oppres- s, und Uaj>:aiu Uvuders
and It.* folio we s valiantly g.ve lonh tlint, de-pito all
sueli lulerdii'lioiis, lie . U\nd. rs. will Ik? at tiio ren
dezvous; that lie will speak : mid tb it, if necessary,
Iiis faction will act. Tbe action here referred lo is sup
posed to have some connection with summary ejection*
through second-story windows and pugilistic cxcrcis-s
on the arena within the w ills. Vs for the (modulate*,
they liuve jointly answered the committed that such
deuiaiidj arc very embarrassing and inopportune just
on the eve of an election, and respectfully entreat the
board of Tummuity managers if it "cunnothe asy,
to bo as any as il can,” until .iiier Tuesday, vita tab of
November.
Leading Hunkers publicly declared that unless the
city candidates come out openly iu favor of llio Hon
ker exclusive organization they would be " scratched”
uud defeated to a man, and thut such was the intention
of the resolution. But enough of (Kilitics."
egreat Muck front winch In* spiii.'ig.
" Wc nr" indebted to a kind Irienil
ry pert*’* l a- > mint "t tie* proceeding*
•aleruity III llii* place. Vidoilht ill
than ordinary m!"r« -i :
Our quiet wii'hIIuidI viIIiiu
ehv
"d III).i
nd r
'I;
all U.t
I fie
.lie
inomiiiieiii to the 1
A n*W. The pr»*si ha i gn.*n '
iiuiimii)« «*iii**iii. that the M i
i tin* "fitli ol October, repiitr ;
|»euple. Ex]H*e|ali)iU lei'l hern
• not" of pre|mration .-oiiinled
•rul days preceding the main evi
I Dr. Iguii
D iiluiem i
lermty wm
lulled place, to eundlK l the
p"< uliur mtere-t io
i lip toe fora week,
il every hand, for
it, and preliminary
toil. All were more or less interested—none escai^-d
th" animation ol the sympathetic excitement. Many
thing*, conspired t»> enlist and gather alsmt the spei ial
liel ol the oitumioII, the warmest feelings of our popula
tion Dr Few had resided in our nml-t for year-, ji- the
President of Emory (’ollege. Dm wn* the projector of
the liiMiituiion. ft enle*lMl. nt the out-set of iIn career,
his muni nml heart ( rder hi- to-ienng care, it arose,
struggling a gill list many drawback**, hut iolvaucing up
on I he estimation of i» (li-reming puhlie. lie couceu
trilled to tin* sin « of tin* undertaking, his vast erudi
tion -Ins energy of mind nud holmesM of pmpo-e. All
these things w-t" matter of gnileful memory with our
|K*ople,so that tie* erection ot n moiitmieiil to Iih name
ami worth, wo*, hut the t.-mlsHiimeni of their cherished
real old
M
gor«»f the Ai
spile of the
i has -
epubli*
But tin* inter -t of the occasion was more gene
Every section of our Stale was repte-ented. The
pie cam*, from e»cry quarter. All the uvenues t
iling" were thronged with the living nm-s. They
ral.-
eiltcle
nil
It was imleed uii Hiiiirmtmg m|m*
ig mis vast a.vM inhly, the great otiject of
I interest, wa- tin’ iinii-nal courolliso of
Mu-tni*. The brethren ol the My-ticTie were mil iu
strong force and imposing array. To their nuinifieeiiee
ami generoii- ajiprer’iuiion of giNsliiu-s and grenlue-M,
ar.- we iiiilehteii to tin* honor roiitcrred upon the lament
ed Few. It was a noble act. It will jiuswera double ■
The honor done to Dr. Few does th* in limn r. I
i ui if nl marble shaft rising in virgin purity, tells j
to all, ttioiigh pieiy is•-utouiiM*)i m the fwrsimot Dr Few, |
there i- virtue enough among I la* living to record nnd!
embalm it- To love the v muons nod thegoiHl, is to he !
virtuous. The niimberof Ma-)ins preseni, wus some- 1
thing over live hundred The Grand Lodge of the !
State, ami many ot the subordinate G-lge- under their
jiiri.-ilietioti, were w* II reprem'iiU'.l. The pro< i*—mu *
was ferna*d at the Oxforil L'xlge, and wu- iu inuli an |
iuipo-iiig mill uitpressive array. Tin* procession was 1
llca ied l*V tin* Faculty of.the 1’ollege; then succeeded i
lie* two Lllt'iary Societies, Pin GillUtllU and Ff'V. Wlili i
iheir (*Iiii—ti* and signilicaul Rnuner- , these were fd-
I it) the Ma-uus in den-e «• Imiiri, >*mbl izoned j
dangers trhich mny h aKfjrnra'rd hy republican manners
and republican institutions ; nnd. whatever innv !>*• tin*
•* siilt of his expulsion, it is to Is* feared that the spirit
fostered in tin* United States hy stieli iirieon oliatory
measures, will lend at some time or another to more uu-
pleasant circumstances."
We make the-e extract.*, from a desire tu do full jus
tice to the I nion and give it the full lienefit of the sup-
| • *rt which it may derive from its eo-lalMirers abroad.—
The Tinas Inis alwnys Im>cudistinguished for ll,e vein -
nn i.cy and hhudness of its hatred l„r this muniry und
it- institutions. This lem|n*r is about (In* only jMfint to
which it has Ih*cii constant. However it may have
veered nml shifted its course iu domestic politics, it has
never wavered or even hesitated m it- envenomed ha
tred of every American. This fact gives additional
weight 'o its thorough nnd hearty endorsement of the
views of the Washing to :i I'nion ill regard t-» the insult
attempted to U* put ujm n our Gov, rmucul by the French
Minister uial the HUitininry rebuke w liich lie received
therefor.
Meantime, we copy an extract of nn article from the
l.ondon Chroniile on the same subject, for the purpose
of showing that the liberal Press even of F.uglaml does
it'd coincide in sentiment with the foreign organ at
Washington, or with the defender ol II.vYN.vr and Nicit-
oi.as and the vilifierot Kossctii ami the chumpiony of
Liberty, in I/indoti:
*’Th" snperce—i«.n oi M Pmi-sin !iy M. Bois leConinte
while it removes the only solid ground of difference Ikv
tween the French mid Americmi ttoverninenis, is not a
greater (oiicersiou than the ei,mtv of the case ih uiaiul' d.
\ more mil'll |H*reon than M Giiillnuine Tell Pou.-sin to
pillule between I wo sensitive Republics could not
bout oy iheir gorgeou- r
icred principles of itiei
e,|. the -plemlid firoce-su
. ,i ,ii their progie— • i a
Tim
picked up. Dm
I ..at he lias been arcred.ted to Ihe l
twice contrived to get hiiu-elf into
linn lo has bet n most tint yuivocally in the wrong.
" I’lin nghoiit, the I nitid States ap/H-ar to have had
tin Inst id till quarrel. They had I w n c eV u c.-d their
own pacific feeling -lis-t, b) |H'ruiili:.g M Poii--in to
wiihrlraw hi* offensive expre-stou- relative to Porte’s
• III ini ; nml ser-omlly, by the com iliatory terms in which
th*- French Government. They lunDArice b>, n insulted
by 'I Pmissin, mid ou two ot these m casions ijiun*
gratiiiioii.-ly. Finally, the late aptioiutment < t M. Rois
t ■•iilp'e to he the ie*w Minister at Wnshiugt 'll,seems
• 11 :• lardy ackimw'edgem *ut on t!.** pari of M de Tor
i' \ •:',*, that M Poo-*'in s tli-mi—al wa- merited. : ,. )iM .!irs promiuenl
On the oilier ha al. We shall have been mm Ii misled ? |„. of a higher P
'“ rt " ; And tin* is n merciful dis;***n-atinn,
ll would Pave
'laud We have escaped the-.* evils,—
U • 'rive i—i a|K*r| jwnie. We have e-onj>"d anarchy-—
W" have < enjs-d national eonvui-ions. Then* have,
doubtless, b**"ti great siitleriiig, privation, destitution,
j'lul dt-‘pmr ii.ll eu-ii on us. There have likevvi-e been
mm h liiinlricss. lelfishness, nml cruelty elicited hy it.—
lln* -nil, how little have these been, compared with tho
pro liable nod utmost inevitable consequences of a heav
ier and wider mortality ! For this xemption Irom nil
the worst evils of a national pestilence the nation is
generally and profoundly thankful.
\ml, if tin- be, ii- we In'lieve it lo Is*, the case, does
rioi no occasion so solemn deserve nn expression of sen
timents so profound ? Should there not he some puhlie
nml universal recognition of the Might which has stood
Is-tween the living nml tie* denil—of the Mercy which
lias spared us iIdum n-timmution of n dreadful chastise
ment ! We know that then* are men wlm refuse to ac
knowledge the liaiul of God iu any great dispensation of
His providence,—to whom all the vicissitudes uf the
material world are hut .the casual results of fortuitous
combinations, or the inevitable operation - of undetected
laws. Fortunately, the majority of mankind have not
concurred iu oii*-tiug the Dkity front all concern in the
world which Ih* has made. Mont men still feel sensible
that there is one OjiNiHCiKNT and Al.t. Powerful
wlm directs nnd determines the issues of life and death
to men ami nations. It is useless to talk of secondary
causes. Secondary causes are Imt the instruments
which tin* Deity chooses to employ. Sickness, famine,
and i.eatli.ure warning hy which He reminds mankind
uf their weakness, their helplessness, ami their mortality.
Every mao feels this in hi-own family, person, ami
cin uiiiHUtnce*. The sickm -s that hurries a favorite
child or ;in affectionate wife to nn early grave is a hum
bling hut effective example of Divine power nnd human
weakness. 'I’lie palsy tlmt prostrate- the strong man in
the fill! Jlu-li of health ami vigor—the distress nml pov
erty winch Htiin the rich man in the height of bin pros-
|s rty—these nre hut secondary, often tertiary causes ;
they mayolleu Ik* traced-tep by step through devious
bill coini"i ted consequence* : but eaeli man, in hi* own
hcait, ie» I- them to lx* th.* indications of n supreme will
ami the tokens of supreme |Niwer. And when these, ho-
• tall individuals, the prayer ii put up iu an earnest con-
(ideuce that He who has inflicted the wound—though
[ lie limy not heal it—will yet temper the infliction with
a blessing.
D-mlitlcs* the cholera, like any other phenomenon,
! either "f the cor|s»real or mundane ny-stem, follow* eer-
tuine definite and ascertainable laws. Nu clues typhus
1 fever, so do hurricanes, so do waterspout.*, sodothun-
j dersmrin*. -o do earthquakes. Rut tlie laws of which
i wc s|ienk are hilt a convenient phrase to express the
I Will d tin* great Lawgiver, lie who made can abate,
: i’).*!iiy.*u-l»4pid t or warp them. He who can bid plague
ri*" in the En-t muy direct its Miuioiia course so a* to
bailie the ob-erv.itioii* of ihe most sagacious, nml llio
1 deductions of the most intelligent. After all, w hen w o
; have* ascertained the Jiivv. we are nearly as helpless os
U" were before. We may foresee a certain tiundterof
j rase* and mitigaiea certain numb r; hut the highest
ilegr<-e 4i|'knowledge which we nttain is, that we know
but little ab-uit them ; un I our utuv>-t -kill is tmfllcd by
; contingencies which defy i:« explanation. One fact
prominent above the rest—that we ure in
lodcruiioii hitherto displaced by the \nu*
. it the no osioii thu- made by the Freneli !
••lit be not aci’epted by hun a* fully adequate
In*'
-'inuii.irv ■
iiihlr
il by V I
moiimn-nt. -rut
it* a-sfiuhled nml- I
. King. Esq . of j
nothing le -than tin- i
un I Wi on ki.-.ws
' In or by i
anee. Then*li|sill. ih
. nl.; Is- raised ut all
• will
ili*l:*’d w
1 nt Zac
iturdav nigu ,
to tlorida, ivitit u drove ol Negroes, tipd cait\ped ^ |j ltf Mirrounduig comities of Georgia uud Alahama.
about 10 tuilr,below, and tlunug Sunday night W h.-u thu *.ioue, our Railroad finished, the Mills
two met, were Men by a negro girl: .heiuppou- Muuutactorie. th.t nra.t be erect,d ou our ex-
imustless water power, all iu operaliou, aided by the
eomiucrce that must necessarily float ou the bosom
of the beautiful Chattahoochee, our city may proudly
■laud ou her own bottom, aud bid defiaucc to the en
mity and rivalry that are seckiug to crush her. We
are in the coutest, aud iuleud to be there until late.
ing thev were some ei tliL'jr own people, tu: the
lire hud burnt down and could not diniincily see
them, the paid no attention to litem- Thev killed
him by a blow with an axe, which the gtrf heard.
Hi* head w.u completely aplit cix*n, and he
never (poke or made the least noibC after the blow.
They carried hi* trunk uff half it utile aud broke
it open and got $50, we believe, und u cloth coat
—hi* |/at>er money wa* under In* head und they
did not nnd it. Jl is not thought that hi* negroc*
committed the murder, a* they show no *ign* of
guilt. The Coroner ha* taken charge of the body,
and every effort will be made to ferret out uud
bring to justice the guilty perpetrator*.”
Amiable EoBBTBQUaur.—A ‘‘gentleman,” ad-
verlfeing in the Waterford Mail lor a wife, *ayt,
“ It would be well if the lady were pos*e**ed of a
competency aufticient to aecure against the effect*
ot cxce»»ive grief ju caae of accident occuring to
her companion ”
Eulogy on Mr. Polk.
Au addre** ou the life and character of Jambs K.
Polk wa# delivered a*, the Coucert Hall, on Friday
last, by the lion. Marshall J. Wbiabobn. There
was a large number iu attcudauce, who, seemingly
forgetful of their past diflereuce of political opiuiou,
were agreed to pay the last honor* due to one who had
filled the highest statiou iu the gift of his countrymen.
A* tlie addrea* will probably be published we shall
leave the public, without any opinion ol our own, to
judge of its merits
I Kn
idea, wlm-Ii In* warmly «**>ii|*rHtiil>il«*d
i)i- luviiire.i, wa- *o happily realized. Tin* hriel re
marks of Wr. Iv mu were accordant in spirit ami tenor
with the more "lutsmuo address ol Dr. Mifiiu*.
The Il**n. \N.t‘ D.(Wst)i). at tue r.)ii)-lu*ioii of ihe
ri-uiarks, lumoiiiiced. that tliev Wi r als iu to enter ujsm
thoM* eeremmue* |H*euiiar to the Order ujwm mu-U oci-a-
sioiis We ditl ii«h we iid ir|K*rformaii(-es,aiid they were
re i.-heit I’hiefly by the .Mu-ons. who were initialed into
tin mysteries veiled from other munis, ill the oh-eurilit *
ol emtileiiiaiieul represeiiiaiiou To tlio*e w ho uti.ler-
siis'il—it was doubtless mutter of interest.
Thi* i- a rapid ami imjierfeot -ketch of nn intere-tinq
seene. Inh*re-tiiu», from it- -aiinn iiiiej coin'iiencemeut
to its tmpre-sive close. Th.* uci asion. it is true, is past,
but we trust impression* were ma le, that shall miiliv •
the fleet imt lay. To hotioi the gootl j- wise atul proli ta
ble. Every puhlie demou-tratio:i of tins km-l. |.*a\e«)
tlie impress nl it- highiniiidcd ami honomhle spirit.
The tvaiitilul monument, reared hv th** ijeiieroii* r.>u-
tribiitioii ol t liristiun ati.i Ma-mtu- pliilanthropy, i- m
our midst. It was erected to perpetuate the i..ein<Ty "f
tlie death The living mat read it- -i tilpture l in-, rip
lion*, und learn lessons of w e '»in. Oh ! that the >') •;.
nnd a-pirmc would re*ort to the ionsecr..ted sih»i, amt
that to die well, they must live well. I .earn that
d ronsecrated totheglorv of Gouumi
, when they too fiaish th ir iour-e.
graves the (.’hristian nml the I hi
of which M Roi*
< ’ourit r d' Enquir
.Anienta In.
mg t/n author of her grief.
sj‘Oil of war or |K*ace, if u
frivoloii* a rails.*, lay with
t* elio«en lainee; and Auiern a ha*
pretext for rejecting the olive-brain Ii
• Coinpte is ihe bearer.’’—.Yen York
From tlm N. O. II-.*.
INSULT TO GEN. TAYLOR.
It appear*, from the proceeding* of an anli -lavery
convention, held in Norri*lown. Mu.-* , (*nys the Rnlti-
more tMipjvr. that Mr. (irirri-oa, the noted oholirioiiist,
had prepared nn adtlress t>» Ik 1 delivered to Gea. 7’aylor,
had h** visited that State, in which In* vv-ml I Ii.
plied the in »*t
read tlte ml Ire*
Zachary Taylo
s i . hind I en
c!i*vreand r«*i.
ah .»i-h slavery
i'P* 1
i-uliiiig epithets to the Pre-ident. He j
to th** i’onvention. remarking that "if .
in view of hi* vvickedinNss and oppres-
-t with rebukes and niiiino, instea)! of
*, he
on!.! In
. Ills
idured u
. hut nisi
Steamboat Wynnton.
\N e notice ut the wharf u new Steamboat, bn.lt at
1’ittHburg during the past summer, under the direction
aud sujKiritileudence of (.'apt. Uauvvalapkr. Thi* • talent sanctified
twut *.em» from it. light draft, it, l/ngth, and partic- 1 ■o'lsvni111ir
ularly it* breadth, to be peculiarly adapted to tlie uav- to bless and praise
igatiou of our river. The imme, Wynnton, after the ! '/ ,tf bierary lieneliti
. ... - ... , ... deceased, uud to tho success ol vv Inch he cave In# tune,
beautiful village iu the immediate neighborhood of the his learning and his prayers, wiH incorporate into your
city, strikes us as just the thing it should be. We un- i l»ve# the great principle* upon which he acted, em ii re-
di-Mand thi, lofty •pNi.iwu Mf .teamboat architec- |
lure—she is tall between decks—will Ik* commanded : bespeak Iiis praise and do him honor.”
by our follow-citizen, Capt. Jno. A. Morton, whose
(ittstry, perseverance, and gentlemanly deportment j
names. If ye, who now enjoy
institution projected hy
It seems thut the new French Minister i
have secured the respect and confidence if every man.! co,lleoul for *""» ' ve “ ks . “>“■ 11 may he nioutha.
woiitau and child thut ever patronized him. May he
meet with no breakers ou his dowuwuid, uud uo snags
on Iiis upward passages.
Skkh Wheat —Our terming friends, whose crops of
Wheat were reduced Mow the planting standard hy the
killing front la>t Spring, will do well to look over the j Minister. The French President
advertisement of Messrs. Utl!,JJ<ju\*oh Uo. in another
place. If we are any judges of small grain, the article
will do. Whilst examining tire wheat, the other articles,
noticed in the advertisement, will strike a man’s eye us
being somewhere in A. No 1.
Louis Nupolcou bus unbounded coutidi
ability uud zeal of tbe Washington L’mon, und is
evidently disposed to rely implicitly upon its efl'orls iu
support of French pretensions, uud in cliustismg the
Americuit Government for having dared lo reseut the
insults and rebuke the aunovauce of the lute French
(LT Geu. James Shields, of fireesc letter uotoriety,
has been elected Senator to Congress from the State
of llliuois, by the Legislature, fer six years from the
fourth of lust March. The Geueral did some tolerable
fair fighting iu Mexico, but we have sometimes thought
his fealf iu the wriliug way were rather below the
•taudard which honorable men have erected. His con
duct, however, when hi* seat was declared vacaut by
his fellow* Senators, redeemed him very much iu the
estimation of the country.
£7“ Telegraphic accouui* have beeu received in
the city, unuouucing the arrival of the Caledonia, with
the uew* cf a slight decline iu the Liverpool Cotton
market, of about an eighth ton farthing.
idently acting
with his usual sagacity, uud we do not at all wouder
that other foreign (towers are following Iiis example in
tins respect. The Euglish Minister is delaying his
arrival. Russia is without a Representative at Wash-
ington. The leadiug monarchies of the Old World,
uud es|K»cially the most absolute and despotic umung
them, clearly perceive the utility and expediency of
lutrusting their iuterests to the foreign orgau already
established at the seal of Government. The Uuiou
advocate* their several claims with a vigor and energy
wlticlt their own accredited Miuislera would m>t ven
ture to display. It denounces lieu. Taylor aud his
Cabinet, for maiutaiunig Americuit rights and Ameri
can honor against their arrogunce aud iusoleuce, with
a spirit aud iu lauguage which they dare nol use. They
understand perfectly that the Union will go further
iu their behalf thau any Miuister whom they could
send ; und they are, therefore, quite willing that their
mission* should remain vacant, *o long as the Wash
ington Uuiou remains at the Capital to advocate their
W * have no Men that President Taylor would have
Ve;i recoved hy the people of Ma?s;i<-l;uselUt in any
• *Ii« r tl.an n respectful manner, and w .* aro confident
llmt they would not have tie nil it ted Mr. Garrison to ad-
dross him in language so exceedingly oflensivea? tiiat
contemplated by thi* uitm-nh-diiiotiist. A Northern
pa.vr makes the following extmet front tiie address :
"Thai «litre,” referring lo the Chief Magistracy,
•’was dt-e>*mied when thu people elected a Tyrant to
fill il." “You are.” say# Mr, Garrison to President
Taylor, in the Address, " you are a successful perpe
trator uf Robbery , Murder, nnd every atrocity upon a
gigantic scale." " You are a man stealer—you are
honored, caressed, flattered. Imt still you are a man
stealer. It i- said you are hone-t, but no honest man
would deprive hi* lellnw-inan of hi* lilteriy. It is said
you are brave, but the brave man would not bold m
bondage his fellow-man.’*
A California Dinner.—Mr. S. s. Os«oop t in a
letter to the Tribune, thus describe* a Fourth of July
dinner given at the mine*. It wa* one of the dinners,
and no mistake. The table, tlie earing utensils, and the
cost-of the banquet give us a vivid idea of the condition
of things in that land of gold.
" Ii was given by Ramsey to Iiis customer.*, and fifty
sat down—»r rat Iter lay dow n—for our dinner wa*
s; read .»;i a level, which was made by felling a tree,
trimming it. and filling in above it with earth ami stones-
We had a cloth along the centre, nml scrap# of mats and
b ankets along the sides of this, on which we reclined iu
Oriental style, each nun had a tm pinto and a tin pot
for lu- liquor, water u *t being allowed ou the table ;
champagne and oilier liquors wore loo plenty to make it
desirable to hut few. There were some lack of dianes
l" serve up in; bat witli wnsh-basius, the pan- of the
gold washers and a cast iron bake-kettle, and with the
’two large soup tureens, ihe numerous dish-
assistance)
all <
laved. We had, among other luxuries,
e* and bon-bons: Ihe latter were ruihrr
t» doubt traveled fur. Each man had t
fresh blnckbe
dry, and had
three-pronged iron l »rk mi l a regular ca#*-kmie. I was
told that tlie co*t of the dinner, exclusive of wine* nnd
meals, WM $1100.”
Laughable.—To see half a dozen uncles, one
or two brother* and an old maiden uunl uf seventy
hoi ditto a consultation to dcvi-o "way* und
moan*’ t«* prevent a young girl from marrying the
•teller she luvs*. It** ju*t Hbo ri u* ridieulon*, a*
loteo an intoxicated tuan atui >;: to step over hi*
own •hndow.
Without such,
men w nl l stagnate into a moral apathv, and, forget
ting tli** exi-tencu of a God, would forget the duties
which lie ha-enjuined. It is hv these \isiuilinii* thut
tn*n are reminded that they are weak. But they uro
u!*>> reminded that they nre acceunmble. There never
y -t wa- :igrt* )l national uflliclioii (Mlholll some previous
ti"giect < f public or private duties. The very plague
which has v.-iieri us wa* made more vb lent by tho
oun-Hion of kindly net- wild thu neglect of beneficent
law*. The loss of lift* and the loss of money which wo
are sullering ure penalties by which Almighty Wisdom
I'anish" J. • tlfbi.qiienci)*- of Governmeuts und States.
H id vvt* obs’TVed the dunes of charity mid justice uu re
tl.an vv«* have, we should have stiflered less than wo
li.iv*. Il.id wo tieen more devout, we should have been
more just and more charitable.
Tho** who have differed and those who have escaped
the |K*stiieitce of tin* year will need no exhortations tu
acts of milt vicinal )!evoti"ii and thank-giving. But thu
suffering assumed the form of a national suffering; the
delivt ranee liu- b"»-n a national deliverance. The
thanksgiving should he national also. The form and
mode of it we do not undertake to prescrilK.*. Rut we
are rnnlHfenl that the people ui this laud will feel it
their duty to titter a solemn and public prayer 1n due
season; and that, moreover, they will not forget that
the mere expression of thanks, solemnized hy what cer
emonial it may he, will, in a season like this, he hut a
po .r and unworthy homage at the throne of Infinite Jus-
nee. There is a sacrifice w hich should he |**rformed.
‘ The grave# of nor cities have h»«en crowded with the vie-
, uni# of greedy speculation, careless legislation, and frig-
I id selfishness. They who have pt* rul ted have for the
i most part perished in fetid alleys, noisome mid pe-lifer-
1 o*i— hoij#e.*, vile and infectious cellars, the structures or
projiertie* which were owned hy >elfi-h covetousne.-#,
; nnd erected by s.*lfi*li indifference. L*t u* take warn-
! iog trout our pa#l stupidity or neglect, and not tnock a
| religious-o|einnitv' by persisting in cruelly mid upatliy.
, While u" al'oyv toe house# ot the poor to l»e without air,
light, or water, while we taint the breath of the living
j with the exhalation# of the dead, and while we squab-
1 hie in the midst of a destroying p«*st about the rights of
ve-tner and commissions,our fust will be hut an impi
ous hypocrisy, ami our prayers a hideous mummery.
44 It is such a fast that 1 have chosen ? A day for a »
" mail to afflict hi* soul! To bow down hi» head as a J
" bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? I
*• Will lltt»ii call tin# a fa-t,and an acceptable day to the
" L»rd ! I* not this the last that I have ? To loose the
" hand* of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, ond
“ u» let the oppressed go tree ; and that ye break svery
“ yoke!” /
Steamboat Accident.—The steame r I)e Kalb,-
Capt. J. M. Moody, left Augusta, on Tuesday
morning for Savannah. About 6 o clock in tliei
evening, one of her boilers burst, by wlticlt a negro
hand was instantly killed, another So severely,
scalded that be died in about three hours. One of
tiie engineer* was considerably scalded, and sever
al ol the hands slightly injtire’d. The passengers
on board escaped unbanned. Wo aro in formed I
there wa* a defect in the iron of the boiler.
The passengers were brought down by the steam
er Metcalf.—Snunmh (icurgian, Nov. 3.
The Uncertainty ok Life.—A gentleman who
c.ttne down in the car* last evening, informs us that
while lie wasal 100-mile Station, on Thursday last
lie observed a negro man take a small piece of
w •.* d, and go to a tree a few yards off, with the in
tention of throwing it at a squirrel which was on
one of it* limbs, and w bile m the uct of doing so, a
decayed pine treo close by fell, and unfortunately,
killed the negro matt, lie was tlte property of Mr.
Scarboro’, und was greatly esteemed as an upright
and honest servant.—Savonimh Georgian.
The Manchester ^N. 11.) Democrat says that
•‘ The strongholds of Southern Wbiggexy are in
• gion* where a largo portion of the population
cannot read or while.”
Tm* httongi.wld of Southern Whiggery may be
.ii such regnma, but that vlats of voters ure neldcip
tout id voting Whig ticket#.
Tta 4 M?