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JOHN H. CHRIST? k T. BL LUFKIN, j
XDirORS ass PROPRIETORS. *
DEVOTED TO MS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, AGRICULTURE, AC,
TWO DOLLARS per annual
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NEW SERIES—YOL. II., NO. 32.
ATHENS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1849.
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 44..
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Thomas G. Hlght,
DEALER nr DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac.
Callfga Arens*, next <Mr I* P.O.
Athena, lZ-Zr*~ P lx C%*h or comtrj pr Jo*
ASA M. JACKSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
April sa, im 1 j WATxntTnxK, Oa.
A. Alexander & Co^
vnouuu Axt> utaii nuuu nr
DRUGS, MEDIjCINES^PAINTS^OlLS, CLASS AND
(Sign of tin Negro and Jlortar,) College Avenue,
Nor. S, 1847. ly ATHENS, OA.
miscellaneous.
C. & W. J. PEEPLES,
Atwrntr* at taw,
(Omen n Athcsa axd Oaisehtuxe, Ga.) j
WT Will continue tlu practice of Law in the coon-'
tie* of Clarke, Walton, Jadomn, Gwinnett, Hall, Haber*
Wham and Franklin, cl the Wertern Circuit; Cherokee,
Lumpkin and Fomytk, of the Cherokee Circuit; and
Cut*, at the Coweta Circuit
C. Purus, AlAent—W. J. Ptxnxn, Goinetri'le.
A. Alexander k Co.
waoucaALK axd eetail dkaucm IX
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
No, 5, Granite Row—A them. Go,
Thomas W. Alexander,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LAwasxcxmAE, Owixxztt Co.
rAnybomncM entrusted to hi* care will meet with
4 . H. H. WHITE,
■•rchant Tailor*
Alexander'* Drug Store, College Avenue,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
William A. Lewis,
ATTORN KYAT LA IF,
Clxxixo, Foaxrni Co, Ga.
9W“ Will practice in the coontie* emnporing the Che
rokee Circuit AU profeerianal and other hu«nem en-
t runted to hi* management, will meet with prompt and
faithful attention. Dee. 8,1W47.
O. & A. K. CHILDS,
Watch-Makers and Jewellers,
H. T. Peeples,
> ACT AIL DEALERS IX
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, HARDWARE,
T. S. REYNOLDS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFECTIONER
r Jock ton -St reel—A TEENS, GA,
T. BISHOP,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
* AV 1, Brood Street^ATHENB GA.
A. J. BRADl',
DEALER IN DRY GOODS <t GROCERIES,
Vo. 7, Granite Block, Broad-street—ATI!ENS, GA.
FERRY ft COn
HATsJcA^BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, Ac
Brood Street—A 77/KXS, GA.
Newton ft Lucas,
WROLHALK AXD ECTAIL DEALKM IX
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac
No. 2, Granite Row—ATHENS, GA.
R. J. MAYNARD
(Over the - Southern Banner" Ofiee.)
ATHENS, GA.
R e
boa.
r him with their patronage. Athena, Aug. *48.
WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
PLEASANT STOVALL,
TX7ILL continue the abere buaiaem at hi* old rtand
W aided by tha aerriee* of hb late partner, W.G,
— Beat attention will be firm to the rale of
I other produce, ant’ * *
family aecemariea.
Augsria, A«gs«t 8.1848.
A Dangerous Practical Joke.
The following incident was described
to us by a friend: His grown up elder
brother lodged in a side street of the
new town of Edinburg, and he himself
arrived late one night on an unexpected
visit to him from the country. Being
known to the landlady, be was admit
ted at the door without question, and
passed to his brother’s chamber, with
out knowing whether or not the latter
was returned from his professional
gagementa. However, jon, perceiving
j the gas let down, with open books about
the table, and as it was not long past
eleven he sat down to amuse himself
with a volume, nnd wait his brother’s
coming. Half an hour had elapsed,
still no appearance of him; the youth
was getting weary enough of the dull
medical work he was obliged to peruse,
when at last he fancied he heara a low
breathing through the half opened door
of the little bed-room. The thought for
the first time struck him that his broth
er had been all the while comfortably in
bed, and half provoked at bis own stu
pidity, half at his brother’s pleasant
unconsciousness, he resolved with Imy-
ish recklessness to play him a trick.—
Stealing into the little bedroom, through
the window blind of which the moon
shed a diin light, he all at once placed
his hand forcibly on the sleeper’s breast,
and shouted to him in a threatening
voice to rise. With one bound the
young man sprang out to the floor, and
before the other could contrive to make
himself known, there was a struggle be
tween them, in which the former reach
ed hold of a pistol from his dressing ta
ble. * Oh, for mercy’s sake, Tom !*
gasped out the younger, snatching aside
the window blind, as his brother, still
bewildered with sleep, held him at
length. He said he should never for
get the expression of his brother’s face
in the moonlight, as the fierce glare of
hostility changed into recognition, and
he let fall his weapon on the floor.
Neither of the two could speak for
some time, but the first words the eld
est said were: John, you stood nearer
this night to making me your murderer,
than tongue can tell. If that pistol had
been primed, man, I’d never speak to
5’ou again I think. Nevdr while you
live play a second trick like that on me.
Many a practical joke has had a
worse ending, but the narrator confesses
he never passed such another moment
of emotion—nor fear at all, but the
throng of a thousand lightning errors—
as in that in which he saw his brother’s
eyes, just opened from sleep, meet him
like those of a mortal foe, and by his
own thoughtless freak.—Douglas Jcr-
roltTt Magazine.
.Thrift of the Yankee.
In perfectly good humor, the Tuscaloo
sa Monitor, of the 11th inst, has given
the following pungent and inimitable
sketch:
A mountain of granite appears rather
a tough subject to deal with, yet a Yan
kee will burrow into its bowels, and lo!
the granite becomes gold in the vaults
of the Commonwealth Bank in Boston.
An Interesting Incident.
The delegation of Chippewa chiefs
and warriors were shown around the
Capitol on Friday by their intelligent
agent and interpreter, Maj.J. P.Martell. frugal family can make a comfortable
They frequently expressed their wonder
and admiration at the extent and gran-
dear of the building, and the splendid
paintings strongly attracted their atten
tion. From the Capitol they proceeded ! lur > sl so readily in Georgia as lo cost
to the Statue of Washington, followed i I*** 11 next *° nothing. *
by a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. I _ ''' »
They went up to the front of the statue , - _ .
and gazed at it for some minutes, with • J» J* Hooper, formerly ol the Alabama
looks of deep interest depicted upon their j Jo*rnal,nn incorrigibltSwHg, in a recent
painted faces; then sitting down facing j Idler to that paper, ferrates the fol-
tbe statue, one of the chiefs! 0-3ka-ba-1 lowing good anecdote as «• the latest
wiss, filled his splendid Pipe of Peace ( case °f greenness:”
and held it out towards the statue say- i A. lawyer who had recently become
ing: My Great Father, we all shake a Son of Temperance, carried into liis
hands with you: we have travelled a office, a newly-varnished, brass-bound,
way through the great country that you mahogany writing-desk. One of the No-
acquired for your people by the aid of rire* inspected it as it lay ^closed before
of buirian food edri be grown in that re
nowned theatre of Roman greatness,
which can not be raised in Georgia?
The facility with which an industrious
living in this State is one of its most dis
tinguishing features. Talk about figs,
grapes, almonds, peaches, peanuts and
other fruits ; why they come to the cul-
A letter writer in California thus de
scribes the mode of catching wild hor
ses and cattle t
Itnagine a drove of fifteen hundred
or two thousand cattle roving over the
plain. The boccaria or lasso ihrow*
MR. BERRIEN’S ADDRESS.
the Great Spirit, who gave you success,
now protect us and grant us the favor we
ask of our Great Father who now fills
the high place first occupied by you.”
This simple supplicatory address was
faithfully interpreted to the bystanders
by Major Marlell, who, in his gentle
manly manners, appeared there, as lie
does every where, exceedingly well.
Factory Girls.
him, and then murmured, as if to him
self,—“quit drinking and gone to gam
bling, by thunder! Faro box, l»y hokey,
and full of tools, no doubt! Worse aid
worse!”
The Pillowing'regular .toasts were
drunk at a recent meeting of the Phila
delphia Typographical Society:
Our Country.—Its measures too wide
for aristocrats; iis length and breadth loo
federacy, had well considered its fchaf J
ncter, and were aware of the deierttii.-*
nation of those States to continue the
use of slave labor, ini the new position
which they were about to assume as
members of the Federal Cfnlort. Tfi6
framers of the constitution were ihef-
ghly advised of the resolve of the peo-
e of those States to enter into no corn-
motive which induces this address, and j - whic|| wou u jeopard this thelf pe-
’Vi® ° b Jf cl wb, ? b “ sucks ,n accoln - 4 u li ar interest, or reduce them, because
plish. That motive is, to preserve in existence of slavery Sfnong them,
ongnri freshness and v««r the j „„ inequality their co-Smtes—
Fellow-Citizens.—We are desirous of
communing with you on a subject wh'ch
is, in our judgment, intimately connect-
. ed with the peace and harmony of the
On a horse trained for the purpose, rules Union, We make no apology for doing
into the midst of them, selects a fine so . our justification will be found in the j ZZrZZn no
bollock, steers for him through the motive which induces this address, and | ll)is th ej
crowd, driving the cattle right and left
before him; the doomed animal may
turn as lie may, but the bocearia when
within twenty yards of him, commen
ces to swing his lasso (a long strip of
hide with a noose at the end) around
hi3 head, and presently it whizzes
through the air and the animal selected
is noosed as certainly as the lasso *
ternal feeltng whtch animated nor min- j Nolwilhst'anrtiig this, the controversy
ers-thot prompted them to “ wa , i, 1(rm iuced into the convemionflod
and establish a coosmouon, which, 1 r „ rmo ,| , mc „f i, s orea.'es! difficulties in
uniting us as one people, has enabled ! | ram ; n g the constitution',
us to advance with a rapidity uoexam- j Aflp = cff ;, r , s , wa , overcon ,e
thrown. The moment the we.i bred j ^^mUg ZZZLTZ S &*“* *”***• *
’ — ’ world. The object which we seek to j That Representatives and direct
accomplish, 13 to obtain from a shall he apportioned among tha
mte, and pair,one con- gintes according to their respective
J i numbers; rind that* lit ascertaining the
We do not recollect ever having be! f mal1 ** ar ?i of : ,be
fore read so piquant and “ right down” : ! n ° ani * * >en, S n tess.ngj, o repu ic
humorous an account of what the cast- 1 ,81 "* ' . f
girls are capable of doing, as the Labour.-'Tha transparent, drop of
■wing, from some of lhe° Lowell, I * weat l kat sparkles upon the ; brow of
Massachusetts, Factory girls, who are l honest labour, ts more br.lba.tt and mo e
determined to leave thi mills on account | honorable than the blaatng diamonds
of the reduction of their wages. Just! " f re fj al P°™P- or '! ,e S rcen ond S 1 ” 5 ^
think of it—“ they are remarkably fond i °* *" e ua ^ ,or * . .
of babies.” and can do their share of j r « E AaT OF Pumrrao-A* lh«
scolding the fathers of the precious lit-! 'nosphere dtssem,nates hgl.niod heat, so
lie imps. The latter qualification, we 1 ,lie ;‘ Ar u l preservative oi all Ar s. V ex
fear, won't meet the views of the bach-i P andi | ,he ramd b - T tl'edwWfttrtrMSof
elor portion of creation, except such as j kn ”wledge. *
have settled in their minds the fact,! Woman-.—The only l,j,,c lV
that our Maker, for some good purpose,! a cUar ' beaut.lull and last.og im-
made woman’s longue the only “perpet-1l‘ rcmm on the heart of mao, £?*.> •
ual motion” that has thus far been dis- xiio E'-xiirn Broihor
coveted. But hear them talk A man possesses on extremely low
.. . and grovelling inind, who rejoices at
We are now work.ng not oornot.ee |he f ^„ of aI ° t | lcr . A ni)b i e , a cjrI , in ,
anti shall soan be out of employment—; SIeaJ of de „ ouncir ,g as a c „„ s „ mi „;ite
can turn our hands to any llt.no-don 11 scoundrel oae who ° bas erred> vvj || lhrnw
ltke to be td e-but determined not to, aronnd , lin) l|lc maatle of Parity and tit-
work for nothing where folks can afford | „ r hSSS
horse of the boccaria hears the lasso
whiz he stops perfectly still and bra
cing himself sideways waits for thn
shock. The other end of the lasso be
ing fastened to the front part of the sad
dle the bullock is brought up suddenly
and tumbles to the ground. The horse
being perfectly prepared, his eqnilibrum
is not disturbed. The animal is either
killed on the spot, (after two more btssos
are attached to his feet to prevent his
rising) or led to the carol (enclosure tor
cattle surrounded with a high adobe
wall.) Wild horses are caught in the
same waj. The horses that are caught
and broken and kept for riding, being
staked out in the plain aud brought in
when wanted.
Wouderfnl if True.
Mr. Henry M. Paine, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, informs the “Scientific
American ” that he has disc*
plan of generating light, by “mechani
cal action,” from water anil lime. Mr.
Paine says: “I have continued iheex-
periment at intervals, aud I am
enabled to announce a successful result.
I have.produced a light equal in inten
sity to that of four thousand gas burners
can of the largest “bat’s wing” pattern,
with an npparatusoccupying four square
feet of room, at a cost of one mill per
hour, the current of electricity being
evolved by the action of machinery
wound up with a common lock key,
and the only materials consumed are
water anil lime.
“ I am now engaged in making an
apparatus for public exhibition, which
calm, dispa:
sitleratton ofascriBSor , nlimners ; unit ton., t. oscvimnuig
luted we tear to alternate that reeling,, nBmbcr ot aac , , ivc slave3 allall Lo
and to beget animosities alike unfriend- 1 timalc . d a5 ,| irpc
ly to iodividnal and to national prosper-' «, - r|ra , ^ escaping into State*
tty. We make no sectional a I>rf al - w h ere slaverv .l.tes no. exist, shnll not
We address ourselves to the "h'J" I , ie d ! S ehar g ed front servitude, but shall
American people as lo those WIM ■ bo dt .|i ve red up on claim ortho party
a common and an c 'j u . 1111 er _**-^! Ill whom their hiltor or service is doe.^
3. That Congress shall m»t prohibit
rktor nothing where toltts can atloru | _r Qr ,,i i_i„ P will be completed this winter, and all
pay. Who wants help?; We can ] back God.~ Wei not ; ' 3 P arls sahmittedto pnblic tt.spec.ion,
make bonnets, dresses pud,hogs, p«s*| ollr own Jepers. Who knows when "
or cake; patch, darn, kail; roast, stew, e thaU $Q r t edrselves nsto
and fry ; make hatter and cheese, milk forlb , ri ht han °| and sin , Heaven , ... , . -,, „ „ pnprnlnr „
cows. Iced chickens, and hoe c « rn : I beeps us in the narrow path. But if we public the mcchan.;m of the generator.
answer that .1 ts the privilege of fo'e-! s | lnl , ^ , ilidi I” proportion to fedcr-
men to confer wtihihetr fellow, on ma;. lnumlwrlj and
ters of pobhc concern. II it be asked, 6 Thal no aatemlmcnt of the Con-
why has the present moment been cl.o- t slil> „ im inr to 1808> sbaM eHl , cl lbi ,
for th.saddrc.s,when(as...ssa.d,) ; 1 „„ r ,| m t relating to tl.o in-
mnnsiirR lina honn ni'rliiclml. , 1 ...
no decisive measure has been perfected,
the answer i
propitious to conciliation, is that which lodlo fr. lnl6rs Vlh* Consututioo that
the second* relative to the delivery of
, , - : portation of slaves.
that the moment most, s,, 3alis raciory were these provisions.
except the interior of the generator.
^ This apparatus I shall exhibit one year,
at the termination of which I will make
precedes, not that which toll
cisivc action on the subjucl in contro
versy. If, again it be asked what
are our qualifications for the task in
which we are engaged, it seems ob
vious to reply that the prolonged at
tendance at the scat ot government,
which our official duties demand, and
the part which we are requited to lake
in the administration of public afli
necessarily make us familiar wiili the
course of political events. But
vokc no aid from official station. We
do not address you in our repre
sentative character. We speak lo you
ns American freemen, and ask to be
j heard in the spirit in which we address
The subject to which we wool I call
your attention, is the controversy un
happily existing between portions of
our fellow-citizens in the two great sec
tions of the Union, resulting from a di
versity of feeling and of opinion, con-
iu cern ‘ n 8 rclati°n which exists l»e-
0 fl tween the European and African races,
j u *•* uw |«*»« «• •» ; , , • , _ J who dwell in its southern section. Wc
, ... , to rS i l ° a diflerenl course was pursued, and a dif-, any had consequences become still Ic&s vour attention to a brief narra-
the scolding ot, Mondays and Sundays ;, ferebt irit wa3 nlani f e3l ed towards ns, if yon go out into the ttfr, and let it act ' > , r „ ntrover3v , it3 oriKi „ and
for specimens of sjtunk, will refej;_you j we mi g bt havo stayed our career of sin. upon you
sweep out the kitchen, put the parlor to | sho ^ i(J fal , where wouU , b * c lh( . euii of j SccR Knowlcdffe.
rights; make beds, spilt wood, kindle 5 OUf course> jf j n eve ry face we saw a! H you pull up your window a little,
fires, wash and iron, besides being re-1 frown> am ,’ Qn eyery brQW wc rca( , re . ; it is far likelier to give you cold, .
markably fond of babies; in fact, can j yc ? Deeper and deeper would we 'rheumatism, or stiff neck, than if y<
do anything the most accomplished j tlescen j in lhe palh 0 fi„ja mv ; when, if threw it wide open ; and the cha
housewife
apable of, i
■ upon you equally from every side. Is |
! it not just the same with knowledge ? '
r e i c l“ ,c . k ' ® ,ac,i i and died an upright and honest man „
eyes, fair foreheads, clustering locks,; Dcal „ ent |y ° ilb tbose wbo s , rav .'-Do not those who are exposed to a
beautiful as Hebe, can sing like a seraph I Dravv lh J m b i k by love and persuasion draught of tt f< blowing upon them ffie^nterosts of | :,n< . 1 '"f 1 tu.sumiemanmngroey
be !!“_ Ch L n r g >. ; ..! , . ny i A kiss is worth a thuusao,, 1 kicks. A througha crevice, nsnalb^ grow | - ^“gg^ive upon their right* I pW^t
and alike inconststet.t with the ‘ rac 1 themselves, and in behalf of tbeir con-
fugitive slaves, was adopted unanimous
ly ; while the rest except the third, re
lative tei the importation of slaves and
to prolong the time from 1300 to 1808,
passed with almost equal unanimity;
and even that was sustained by tho
votes of NewHampsbife,MujjiKfbo—1«»
and Connecticut.
These provisions of the constitution
affect the existence of slavery in the
Union which was about to be formed*
and make a specific provision for its pro
tection, where it was sapposed to be the
most exjkosed. They go further: they
recognise slavery as an elementary prin
ciple of the constitution/ regulatingW*
influencing the government created by
it in the two most important particular*
of representation and taxation. Who
ever will examine the records oftbo
proceedings of that day, will be perfect
ly satisfied that these provisions thus
intended to be conservative of the do
mestic institutions of the South, wen*
indispcnsible to the adoption of the con
stitution ; that without It this Union
... . could never have existed. The debate*
ot this controversy, its origin and of lhe convenlion show that ibis wa*
s, 1,0.1 to that ser.es of measures fecl , u , lder3 tood by the repreSen-
Inch it has g iv ^ n r ' s e. i >y «i (la ,; ves f rom , be non-slaveholding States;
nrtion of the American |>eopIc^j Iin< | ,j ml with this understanding they
kind word is more valuable to the hi
Harboring ul Hair-DrcMisg
HANSEL DILLARD,
A P"nd of ice presents a cheerless and
ba found at ki*alMp,lMppy to accommodate those who chilly prospect to the eye, but the Yau-
elderly gentleman
keeper, or a nice young mot, in WMtori^ a mi „- "f ^li" Think of this
rerlnV/c" wf T-, C '“fin" a ." d ba °» your^guari, ye who would
NEWTON HOUSE,
w AtAns, Geotgla.
rpHK Mbtriher. at proprietor of the above i
X vreB anaagedaad furathed Hotel, expccto, I
’mot, a di«p**Mt*an to pk**e, and Attention to bu-
m wake itjaat each aa t*ubUAtncnt a* the public
LOVICK P. THOMAS.
EDWAEDCOPPEE, HI. D.
TT AS raaoved to the coraev ea»t<rf W. W. CUrtoo'*
JIX CoUege Arcane, where he caa be found at aU
time*, when not engaged an profes*iooal buxine**.
AMIM, Jan. 1, ISIS.
kee, nothing daunted, will heave up its
crystal masses, and straightway the
ice glitters in diamonds upon the bosom
of his rosy-cheeked spouse. Wher
ever the Yankee layeth clown his hand,
gold springeth. Into what soil soever
he thrusteth his spade, gold sprouteth
therefrom. In the dim twilight, by^his
chimney corner, he siltelh meditating,
and thoughts chase one another through
his brain, which thoughts are gold.—
Various they arc, it may be, in form
and seeming. One UTiui a gridiron, an
other a baby-jumper, nnd a third a steam
engine, but he writelh them all down
in the patent office at Washington, aud
then in his pocket in good golden eagles
from tho mint at Philadelphia.
Bui your genuine Yankeo coineth
not merely his own sagacious conceits;
the follies, the fears and the errors of
others, arc moreover all gold to him,
He fabricated! mermaids and sea-ser-
TA1Y HOUTETt ft BARRETT,
COACH-MAKERS, ATHENS.
^ennX!°ta tbe^baT*ur«^Ted to penis, and locketh up in bis iron chest;
r NEW SHOP, **eood lot below the - .. ... "
i the market.
Who’s the lucky
Gold flnntiiiff.
There are numbers ofyoungmen, daz
zled by the account of gold discoveries,
aud fortunes easily made in California,
leaving, and preparing to leave, for that
distant land. We are no disbeliever in
the truth of the information from Califor-
i, but we would suggest that gold hunt
ing may prove the ruin of many who see
nothing but pleasure and profit in it.—
How many of those who expect to find
their fortunes in digging gold, have
chase to the confines of the grave an
ring brother.
The Dnukcrs.
A travelling correspondent of the
Sanduskian, writing from Delphi.!, In
diana, gives the following account of
the singular sect known as the Dun-
kers.
“During the week of our stay, the
so called Dlinkers had a general mus
ter within four miles of Delphia, nnd
this galled out the Hoosiers in great
numbers. These are a class of irrreli-
Btr tortunes in digging goiu, nave evrr. gjonists that sprang up |n PennsyU ania,
.formed a day’s haTd labor in tlteir ab oor one hundred years ago. and
jives ? But few: nnd if they want
necked ? When you open the windows
of your mind therefore, open them as
widely as you can; open them, and let
the soul send forth its messengers to ex
plore the state of the earth. The best,
indeed the only method, of guarding
against the mischief which may ensue
from teaching men a little, is to teach
In-j them more. Knowledge is the true
spear of Achilles: nothing but itself
can heal the wound it may have inflict
ed.
jstitueuis, for the observance of these
* stipulations, according to their letter
[land spirit. How far that pledge ha*
National Convenlion.
There is to be a National Convention
held in Baltimore on Tuesday, the iGth
of March, 1849, of capitalists, inventors,
and amateurs of ingenuity aiul skill in
the productive arts.
The objects of holding the Convention
have ajust'idea of gold*digging lelThem j Western Stales. Tlteir principal char- T To examine discoveries, new i,
go out beyond the graveyard and wield acterisnc consists in disbelieve,ng whai vc ,„ lon3 p l an3> aad compos,Hons of
frailroaJ man’s mattock for an hour - ,ro ' ” ml nract.c.t.ir a few stllv , m: „ tl
| confined to that State and a few of the
spirit, intent, and purpose of our c
rational compact. This controversy j
had its origin at an early period of
history. Ii began shortly after the ; cd eeme d , is an inquiry - not" to be
knowledgmenl of our indepem ence,. answered b y denunciation ol the con*
and has progressively increased, 11,1 1 ! ducl 0 ( an y portion of our counlrymed,
it has arrayed m opposite ranks is a simple narrative »r events which
great portions of ;b« Amenrot. „ Be r to your consideration, by the
* perusal of which our fellow-citizens, ia
and that on a subjeet which is,
opinion, a sentiment, or, :i
question of political power
thee
_ ils of the nation ; while to the other,
it is confessedly of all subjects of poli
cy, the most vital. In ils progress it
has given rise to a series of measures,
which have been more recently multi
plied with a degree of rapidity that
manifests the determined purpose and
extraordinary activity of those with
whatever portion of thd tJnion they may
dwell, may decide fof themselves tha
question of its observance or violation.
For thirty years after the adoption of
the constitution these provisions were
so far respected as to give no serieu*
cause of complaint to anybody. Pas
sing for the present the pretensions set
forth, and the agitations created by the
Missouri controversy, we proceed ^to
; j . ; e Missouri controversy, we hw.sbu w
whom they originate. These measures , Cf)ngider tbe provision in relation to fa-
are all tending to the same /fsjilt. . | c j,i V e slaves, its operation, and the re
carried into execution, we think lh r ,r j Stance which it has been doomed to
iFraakBa HoMe-whero ttav tar* «b handacrcrd
VEHICLES, aad arc cwwtaaUj aumnfactariax all de-
<acriptkai«r CARRIAGES.
■AlkeM.MudiO.lSMl '7
m Notice.
To mbraibw dffleontnwe. to keep open
hu HOUSE in ~
KMO»e-
heaps of gulden credulity. He manu-
factureth a pill of chalk and wheaten
bread, which ho warrenteth to cure
asthma, hydrocephalus, epilepsy and
yellow fever, and presently buildeth
a house on the banks oi tbe Hud-
Whcn a sudden delirium seizetji
all the world, prompting them to emi
grate in floods to nowhere, be quietly
1,1848.
J. B.NABERS.
PIANO-FORTE AND ^RGAN.
■V 'Puujo-Forte, of Stodakt ft Dmux. New York.
Mm for aate, a magnificent Seven 'OctfYe
nno.Forte.bfEaisD.ParU. AMatagatar
^ ApldA, Bwtuo, -aSSkiOli.
w Doe. 14, 1848. " *
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c,
mHF. (ubicribir* havo just received from Augusta,
■ CharleAton and Savannah a heavy stock «rf Dry
Goods Grueeiw, Hardware nnd Crockery, which thev
will ««U very low far caah or country fxoduce. Oril
wait patiently, and fortune is yours.
Don’t run off on a “gold hunt” so far
away from home—want and misery may
overtake you.—Nash. Gaz.
Cheap living im Italy.
^Irerethr/flLtsTfrenn^^r^ The eerres^ra rf.be NejvJork
that destination, or builder!, a ra.lroad Unbone R » '
to Ibot direct ton, regardless of whal.s "7^“ ^, e d ma „ rea |i T bave much
^^ml^ io^k P erSe , c b reSlta P le , lo4?^
to himself co castle in the air, but lie
diligently aideth his neighbor to build
the same, and out of the proceeds grow
up to him presently castles upon tbe
earth. Such is the modern Midas—
the Midas withont the long ears—the
cool, acute, sagacious, calculating Yan
kee.
HiBiiwiuuruu imui ui is true, and in practicing a few silly j matter, &c. ...... ,
^Uhings that have no foundation in Scrip-1 2. To furnish true original inventors, j cenain effect"would be to inflict - , „ n _ lln ,„ r
madS- Ur^r reason. They, baptize by dip- whe „ squired, with advice, the means J™, lbe exlent ofwllicb it is difficultly^* . . . .
fornia—but not in gold dig"iu". If you p’»ng ll,e w,,ole bfK, y ll,rce J» n,es ' v | l . h ! of sustennance, materials, &c. | J lo c S ,i malc , on the Southern Slates of. That proviso is 10 tbe b *
have rnonev to inv«t, go there and buy ’ de face downward. , They meet this | 3. To purchase a library for the use lbe Confederacy ; to unsettle the po-|. “ No person held to Nmcj
. trandfi* m a few vea^s without labor,! y ca *’ from all the States at ibis place, of examiners and inventors, &c. liticsil relations between the several 1 in one State, under the la\ s th #
voa will realise a handsome profit. If | to heal a division which has produced j 4. To establish a room for the exbibi- j United States, as these were adjusted ; captng into another Sla J® * J"
J 1 caoital is labor "o there and [a terrible shaking nnd rending among tiouor rootlets, plans, drawings, &c. b y ,h t . constitution ; to destroy the fra- sequence of any law or r ? here*
invest empfeymentra which them for year,° The old scW o rj 5. To give counsel and advice (for a - — —
yoo ore accostooteJ, save your income, High Church parly, woul.1 not arlnm to fre) to those who may dcstre mio.ota-
and lay it out in town lots, or land, d'"" comntumon a m.mthu tepfr non about machines, Ac.
At Mr. Mitchell** Hotel.
Last year I had not leisure for this qui
et acquaintance. Ndw 1 Saw the fields
first dressed in their carpets bf grain,
enamelled richly with the red poppy
and blue corn flower—in that sunshine
how resplendent! Then swelled the
fig, the grope, the olive, the almond ;
and my food was of these predates of
this rich clime. For near three months
I bad grapes every day ; lbe last four
trill «*U TOty »W IOT cam or counwy proaucc. . Dead Letters. ThC Boston TimeSti U«.. 6*«|— —v "~ J ■’ ■■— g
r 6 ,tock_v FH e ^&iD m slates that no fewer than nineteen thou- i weeks enough daily for two persons for
^Atk^Nor -fteM sand onAKdodred nnd seventeen dead!a cent. Kxqutsue solan for two per-
■» ■ ■ ■ : letters were transmitted from that city sons’dinner and sapper, a cent. AH
~ T ES, &c. .on Thursday, by post,to Washington— other products oFthe regionmthe same
* . r p -aifarw/o-TviiUffonliin- they being those accumulated at the Bos-1 proportion. . - v « 1 •
XgY-Z 5; j ton Post Office during the last quarter The cheapness oriivtngjn Italy has
SSgjBi&iS)- *»'-*-*& =*=*=«
that teqar _ ■■■■
penders, or a woman that would not were a j G. The establishment of a warehouse
man's hat. Thn new school would ad - of tnachiucs, implements, manufac-
mit either, and this it was that had di- lures, &c. '
vided and laid waste their lorcly heri- \ 7. The establishment of workshops
taerc. Wc did not learn how,but in some for the .instruction of apprentices, &c.
way this breach was healed, nnd all j 8. Tbe establishment of a school for
went home more than ever confirmed in -the instruction of mechanics, scholars,
the faith and order of the Dunkers. See. _
They are rather an honest, harmless j This brief summary will give an idea,
people, and generally harm uo otid though an imperfect one, of the objects
out themsel,ves. ! proposed to be accomplished by the
r .. ; Convention ; which are all laudable,
How to Lice Long.—A venerable , and wiU be at , a i ne d. we hope,
minister, who bad preached some 09. • • *?. 7~~ n r .
years in the same place, being asked!. The Louisiana Conference of the
what was the secietoflong life, replied, Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
“ Rise fcarly, live lemperately, work was recently held-at Baton Rouge.—
hard, and keep cheerful/*—Another per- 1 he proceedings were of more t han usu-
son who lived to the great age oT 100 , al interest, partly rendered to by a _vis-
vears, said, in reply to the inquiry hoiv ; it totlte Conference by General lay lor,
he lived so long, “I have always been who subsequently dined with the pre
kind and obliging; have never quar-[siding Bishop. Dr. Paine, and a consul-
relied with anyone: have eaten aridjerable number of the ministers, mem-
drnnk on’.v to satisfy hunger and thirst, bersof Conference. Alettcr in the South-
amlhave^nevcr been itliel” . cm Chnstino Advocate say, “The
Above all things, avoid law suits; President elect was exceedingly corn-
thev rtrcy upon the mind, they impair monicattve and interesting, altogeaer
tbe health,and they dissipate your prop- such as 1 had expected to lind tunr.-
erI j. ’ ‘ jf/. T. Commercial.
to disturb the peace and harmony ofihe. may 1 , ,
Union 1 not an uncertain or equivocal word to
u " . ... . . he found in it. What shall not
Our purpose rn mak.ng the a ' a ' aa >™ j be done and whal 3ha l| be done are fid.
winch we propose, is no.to excite, but, di5t i n clly set forth. It pro-
rmber lo allay lhe apprehensions winch , ‘X “L “ he fu a itiv< . ,lav. shall not
existing eircomstanees are calculalcd '’' dc: !. '*7 !,!!n fVmii^his servitude hut
to cretue, to confront the dangers which | ^.‘ '^^cred up on^aSmofuJ
threaten to disturb our peace and to , 8,,a 1 ^
avert them (if, by the blessing of owner. # :.t *,«♦# tit
God, it may be so) by just, temperate, This donslttufes an P
i i- o*. ibe constitutional compact, is pari ana
parcel of tbe supreme law of the land#
». Alt alt thn TV tin ml
and united counsels, conceived and
ecuted in a spirit of patriotism.^ In tbe
moment of apprehended peril, it is the
part of prudence to ascertain tbe nature
As such it is binding on all tbe Federal
and Slate Governments, on the State*
into action oor means of defence. I* j pact, ana me
the body politic is nfflicled by disease,. supreme law, whrcb legislators
a true conception of ils character can judges both federa aod Sjaie, a^
alone enable os to effect its core. I bound by oath lo sopport, *
We - have called yoor attention to the enforce its. fulfilment, accord mg to
origin ol this controversy, ond ask you> plan.mean,ng and tu true .nleot As
to keepin mind the fact that it existed to what that meaning and
lor a length of time before the constito- there was oo diversity of opiairar M>W»
tion was formed ; that those who framed : carlterdays of the Rejpobilc. Coo».^
that instrument were thoroughly arous-,tbe State legislatures, F
ed to lbe fact of the existence ofdomes- Stale todges and magistrates and Pmh
tic slavery io several States of the coo- pie, all spontaneously placed the same