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THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
The fallowing article from a
New York paper exhibits in boltj enter*
wbm power Soul hern members of 'Con
gress posses* to 'annoy the cncnr.y and
bring him in jusi terms: '^/-V t •
•* It* Congress do not vote (be appro
priations before they adjourn, ii will
break two-ihird* of (be banks and enpt-
Dr. Webster.
A Boston letter ofibe 31st air. pub-
lislied in the Philadelphia Bulletin, has
the fallnwlng*6iaieraeafa respecting the
position and prospects of Dr. Webster,
lately convicted oft he • murder of Dr.
Parkman; *'J‘ • ; ' t
•• 1 have been careful to elicit ihotrue
sense of ilie people pf Boston in refer
ence to Dr, Webster, and I find that the
conviction of bi* guilt is universal; and
iilfair'hv Wall: street,' from Tripity jibe opinion thatHewill.be executed is
Church u> Water atfoe*, on both side*
of i lie‘way. ' It will make bankrupts of
every leading.mercb.itq in South street,
from the Banejy in the Catharine street
ferry.'" - 'Every American stock-would
go down ten, twenty, thirty.■ or fifty
cents tin: dollar. HaiWoori slocks could
• not be given away. Every citizen
whose bread imd buitcr is derived from
the interest of such invest menu, would
ltd'mined and (Institute. Beal estate
would /all nt once. The erection of
buildings, the building of ships, the
-manufacturing of goods, would ho all
suspended, and nearly all the laborers
in this city would be idle and out of em
ploy. Gaunt ruin and haggard mise
ry, d teased in Bec k’s lies! silks and sa-
uns, would walk about our streets,
from the Battery to Union Place.—
There would lie no private carriages,
no operas, no game dinners, no omni
buses, no backs; no cabs, no carts, or
anything of the . kind, running over
Broadway and disturbing the paver*
and people. ' Let the basis of till mer
cantile operations—the specie—be lock-
ed up in the custom house, and the tiling
‘is clone. In a word, such a scone of
tain and distress ns would be brought
Aaother lSaauastk Care.
A Milwaukie correspondent of the
Hartford Cournot gives the following
description of a Western cave :
Hit has long been kiiown that near
Madison, the capital of our State, and
90 miles west of this place, there was
a cavern of considerable extent, but it
has never been extensively explored,
until a couple of weeks ago. Then, a
party of five, men, .headed by Howell
Lumly, Esq., a member of-our late
Legislature, and as I am inhumed a
man of reliable veracity, arranged for
a full exploration of the cave; taking
with him rations for a week’s absence,
a canoe, and other needful provisions.
Mr; L. has just published in the Madi
son Argus a letter of three columns,
detailing generally the adventures and
discoveries of the parly. It is distress-
very general. This opinion is grow-
*t ranger, perhaps 1 ought to
say is ripening, ini#- A. desire that he
should be executed; first, because
ofihe strong movements made in New
York and in Philadelphia, by the pa
pers and by petitions^iniended as they
believe, to force . Massachusetts to pro
tect his life against her own judgment,
and in defiance ofher own private rights • ingly meagre as to distances the party
in the case ; secondly because far years! travelled; height and breadth of this
past the sentiment had prevailed that j immense cavern, or tlie general charac-
pitnl puishmem might never to be in- ter of the rock and other material which
compose it. But some facts whjcb he
slates are, however, s tffieicmly starf
ling, wonderful, and even sublime.
flicird ; unci it is now generally believed
that this opinion has emboldened the
murderer, ami for the last few years
there has been a more decided firmness
in the decisions of juries and in ibe exe
cution?. To all -this may be added the
fact that the Governor has not the power
io pardon without the concurrence of his
Council, and it is believed this could not
lie obtained even iffctt Excelency wish
ed to pardon nr commute. But it is be
lieved ihat ho-dpes jrot.'V
like ar-
»The party were all in the cave
Jrom tOasl)hicjton.
u. mmmum r-
Quiie a large and intelligent audi
ence assembled at the Tremoni Temple
this forenoon, to witness the opening of am.—m at a»rw«^ c«si r ,
the mummy case imported by. Mr. Glid- ■ WasHrsoros, June U.
tl" 11 ' . ihaveneverwiinessed.duringaloiigac-
Tbe care ol. sycamore wood, urea- qaa j Blal)ce wil h Congressional proceed-
mented with lueroglyphics, was placed ( a worse feeling on the part of both
honzonta ly upon n standi and "^.booses, than was displayed yesterday.
Mr. Gbddon discoursed upon the Nile p ersonal and sectional f^Hng went la s
and the pyramids of Giza and the pic h tl.n is unfavorable to any thing
ceptacles where the mummies -e™ 1 (ike deliberate and ealA legislation. I
foon d, an officiating carpenter, w..h a : om to say that roeSbers, geo-
sma.l saw, proceeded to saw the case ^,, ^Aokof the excitement that
lengthwise. After this bad been done, Hed , I do not know that there was
on two s-des. an operation which J- a parlicalar reason f „ r ; , hot
cupied about half an hoar, it was ready , weather, and exhausted patience; nor is
to be taken apart lot the disclosure or lhen , lbi jo . ’ .
what n might contain. This was done. « Tr# , n ,: n „ that »;«,»• r i
by Mr. Glitlrlon and hi. „.i.t*nt. in ; ‘bat gives cause for alarm,
view of the whole audience. The mum-; » begin with the most prominent
my came out in a beautiful condition, ns an<! ?> 051 serious matter, I must men-
if it had been deposited in iis ease yes-1 "°" ° £ ' ,ar ' l .s remarks in ihe Sen
lerday, insiead of 1600 years before I delivered in a calm and ommpas-
ibe binb of Christ. It came out swathed s '°" ecl maum'r.and hearing the iroprss
linen, smooth and but slightly dis- ot mature deliberation, his comments
lored by the lapse of time. On the produced a profound impression. His
ATHENS, GEORGIA:
Thursday Horning, June 20, 1850.
colored by the lapse of time,
fmni covering were a seriesof hieroglyph-
'** of a fresh slate color, as distinct as
five days, during which they were j *hcy had been just painted. A burst
constantly progressing, except so much ’ oppfa u *e and murmur of surprise
time as was necessary t<v recruit their from the audience showed the seu-
exhausted energies, and when, after j sal ' on whiefc ihe exhibition produced,
exploring in all directions, they finallv As the lady thus brought belore the
emerged from the cave.it was by anotb-! public was, according to the i.iscnp-
er opening which they discovered some , llf)n * 0,1 , r •*f*°Pjfa8 <, *» a person of
miles distant -from that by which they f ank * lhe daughter ol a high priest,
entered. Mr. L. speaks of the extraor- j 11 . was naturally expected that the mle-
dmary vastness of ihe.cnvern at differ- | nor of the case (which by the way, was
ent points—its great width; and in onei ,n a . wonderful slate of preservation,)
Bad Book's.—rBad books
dent spirits ; thev 'furnish neither ali
ment nor medicine* ihev ore noison eni points—ns great width; and in one j »“ ® "u.mcr.u. ;*.««* u» ,ur»c.vm...u, ;
m ni nor medicine, iney ore poison. . suonosed the height to he full wou ^ reveal some ornaments, jewelry,
B.I1 . intoxicate—oue lire m.n.l, ihe nib- P‘“*“ HP'S X ,u”. “ I trinket, &c. of value. But this emel-
r the body. The thirst for each
upon the Northern Sioie, by lh. simple crraM , bv ,, ci fedi and „ ntver , al .
refusal or ihe mmomy m Congress lo B -, )|b , ha i„,ell<ecl. ihe
other the health and together the ioul.
The makers and vendors of each are
equally gulity, and equally corrupters ol
vote the appropriations',' i* beyond the
power of any ordinary brokcr'or block
head to imagine, or any poet or pen id
portray. The Northern Slates ore in a
fair way to bring nlmnt this crisis, by
meddling with Southern institutions.”
If the Southern members, after read
ing the above extract, do not exert them
selves to strike home a terrible blow
and bring the unfaithful trditors of the'
North to terms, the fault will be theirs,
and they will be justly answerable to
the South for the delinquency. Never
was there a more beautiful opportunity
of just and constitutional retaliation.
LEX TALIONIS.
Taunelinc the Alps.
The project of digging a railroad tun
nel through the Alps, between Cham-
berry in rrance and Susa in Sardinia,
hat been tal ked of for several years.—
Now, it would seem the great under
taking is in a way to be realized. A
commission of the Piedmontese gov
ernment has unanimously decided in
favorof the project, and an application
is about to be made to parliament for
the means of cairrying it into execution.
The tunnel will hie about seven miles
in length, nineteen feet high, and twen-
ly-fivc feet in width—admitting a dou
ble track. The estimated cost is about
three mi ilions dollars. Mount Genevre,
tflildb it. is thus proposed to .penetrate,
rises, to an elevation of about 10,000
feet. Chevajier Henry Maus, the au
thor of this gigantic scheme, has spent search of wealth!
five years of Constant study upon the
subject.
the community ; and the safeguard
against each is the. same-total abstinence
from all that intoxicates mind or body.
A Western Woman.
A correspondent of a Detroit paper
describesa western soman, whose feats
of iftdusfry will doubtless be regarded
as fabulous by many of our delicate and
do-nothing city ladies. It seems that
during the last winter and spring, her
husband having gone io California, be
sides taking care of five children, the
eldest a girl twelve years of age, and
her eldest boy only five years old, the
youngest an infant at the breast, she,
has woven seven hundread yards of
satinet and shawls; made eight hundred
pounds of maple sugar, cut and drawn
'J seventy feet'.' His opinionls that it cx- j trinkeia &c. of value. But this expec-
' tends under much of the two counties of l tatuw has not thus far been gratified.—
Dane and Iowa, and he is enthusiastic Probably the interior luldiugs, which
when he refers to the novelties, curiosi
ties, and great mineral wealth which
abound within this mammoth cavern.
** At one point on their route they tra
versed over and among large masses
and blocks which they supposed to be
rock, but which proved, on examination,
to be galena—lead.ore-of fine quality ;
this was spread over a surface, of three
will not be disturbed till Wednesday,
will reveatsome cucfasities ol .this na
ture, as well as some specimens of papy-
rn, and. a “Scarabmus” or Papyrus
book of the dead, usually deposited with
the .Egyptian dead.—Boston Transcript.
A Touching Story.
The following beautiful and touching
"V,* —•’I— !*.“• •"■'-."TV s!‘*ry was reliued bv Dr. 6hHbv. of
mUe f- 7 ,e . P ar 7 cnac i u i'"', ,W J Maryland, al a Hireling belli in'New
coaid not be less limn 800,000 ton. of j Y(ir £ b he 9 ^ ,
IJ: Fine speennens of copper ore were , rel<lr ,ned druiiknrd. 1 ; A.lrmikard who
discovered, end at one ,mint eleven , j)Iu| „„ |b „ hU y , rehlroed.
pounds 01 native silver were found—, hom8 ooe ni a |u J u y ull)roUbed
Cryslals were abundant, and calcareous j hou3e He e « ered bij , e „ )Iy laU .
incrustations, .stalactites and *“' a R- anguish was gnaw log nt bis bearl.Sig.,
mites, of large size, abomlant s of he | a „S bla 5 , e el “ ss
two lauer, one or two immense l>l>y-i bi s agonv at he emerrj bis wife’, apart-
rinths were discovered During tins ; „ iei .* ihere liehrld ibe victims or
subterranean journey the party came bu a p [)0ti , e> bU (,, ve | v wife and darling
” V r try ^ M— and .'ullon. bn seme,I
I « aa h«> it.-b«d »Hr»cied their ..mice-
needed during the winter, and chopped
tLesameat the door; attended to the
milling and trading fifteen miles from
home, wph an ox-team, driving it her
self, and tajring all the care of them,
her six cows and eleven sheep, when at
home. Xbove all. .she is only about
thirty-five years of age, very modest
and unassuming, and has <no idea that
she has accomplished, more than any
other industrious woman may, with or
dinary diligence and £ood health.
How, in the world, .can the husband
of such a wife need go to California in
1 Insuring Debts.
Among the thousand and one con
trivances to make money by supplying
some lack of service in the commu-
nity, is tharof insuring the payment of
debts, A company lor this purpose has
been organised under a charter from
the Slate of Indiana, wilh a capital of
150,000. It is styled the “ Lafayette
Insurance Company of Indiana.”—
While it is obvious that 3150,000 would
cover but a small pan of the losses of a
mercantile ''community in disastrous
tithes, yet it would be a relief to some
And if ibe plan should prove feasible,
the amount of insurance capital would
doubtless be increased. Ol course,
company would insure without a care
ful scrutiny at to the responsibility of
the debtors, nnrd the rates of premium
leould (or should) be increased in pro
portion to the risk. The .temptation,
therefore, to tell at random, and with*
out regard to amount, would not be so
great, under the influence of this sys
»em, as might at first be supposed.—N.
Y. Journal rf Commerce.
I Extbaokdinart Marriage.—A Mr.
-Hiipkins, of Lowndes county. Miss.,
•ngcd^SC, recently married a Miss Math-
ows, aged about 35. •
■What renders this alliance so extra-
-ordinary is, that both parties are so af
flicted with rheumatism that neither
have walked a step in twenty-five years,
and the bride is unable to d/ess or un
dress herself. Tim reason assigned by
Mr. H. for marrying Miss M. is. that
some two years ago lie married a wo-,
own that could walk, and she ran off*
with a stage driver, and he wanted a
-wifcth.it im was certain couldn’t get off!’*
The Boston Mail states that Abby
Folsom, the reformer, was forcibly and
ignomiaiously dragged from the aboli
tion meeting at CocHtuatc Hall, oo.Mun-
day eveuing week, and taken Jo the po
lice office, where, after .brief duress, s he
was .liberated bjr tbn captain of the
night, police. The outrage was commit
ted, it is said, at the instigation of the
Garrison clique, for whom Abhy has
labored so long and so effectanlly.
- Oak Nkcessauy to Build one Snu*
—By the report of thn Cnmmissoners of
Land Revenue, it appears that o seven
ty-four gun ship contains about 2,000
rons, which at the rate of a. load and
half it Ion, would give 3,000 loads of
timber, and would require 2,000 trees
,rd. seVcnty-fivc years growth. * It has
also been calculated.that; as not more
tiisii forty oaks, containing a load ami
h halt* »*f timber in each, cun-stand up
on one acre, fitly acres arc required to
produce the oaks necessary for every
wreen.’y-four gun ship.
Tm‘ ftts. Tj*d»a» C. Hscxcrr.msKibsrofCon.
grass froar th» Sum. through this city yes
terday on bis way home from Washington, in very
Some Facto about Calm.
No census of the population of the
island of Cuba has been taken by the
Government since 1841. From other
sources we find that its population in
1S46 was 698,752; of whom 425,767
were white; 149,226free colored, and
323,759 slaves. In 1841, according to
the official census, the population was
1,007,624, of whom 418.291 were
white; 152.83S free colored, and 426,-
496 slaves. Ol the colored free popu
lation at that time 64,784 were black;
and 88,054 mufattoes. The number ni
mulatloes among the .slave was 10,974.
There was a transient .population of
some 38,000 not included in the total
given above. There were at that time
222 schools, at which <9,082 free children
received instruction ; of these 640 were
colored. Out of this total number 5,-
325 paid for their instruction ; the oth
ers were taught gratuitously. We art
unable to say whether the present con
dition of the island is in these respects
in any degree meliorated.
In 1847 statistics were published by
the Government, in which the island
was described ns haying a surface of
45,630 square English miles, the conti-
guous Isle of Finer, and some, smaller
a. .l r . r .u- l* i *peak, he could not look upon them.—
A. Ihe fool of this they .1,.covered a ,„ olher said „ >lbe | iu ' Ie a „ g( ,| by
lake o* considerable dimeneion, and ber>il)r , . comfj lny child , j, U time to
their canoe they p,r.. a ll, «-, aad (tofl^e babe , a , was
her wont, knelt by her. mother’s lap,
and gazing wistfully into the face ofher
suffering parent, tike a piece of chisel
led statuary, slowly repeated her night
ly orison; and when she hail finished,
the child, hut four years of age, said to
'iber, ‘dear ma, may I offer upone
which
plored. The greatest depth they dis
covered on sounding this fake, was thir-
tj-seven feel and four inches.”
Ignorance In England.
Taking the whole of Northern Eu
rope—including Scotland—and France
end Belgium. J»here ediicaiioni..t a „re p,ayerj’. .my ewee't pel.
low ebb,)*, find d«toev«y,w..nd p .* And .he liAcTup her tiny baud.,
a quarter of the popobtiorr. ihere t«J cfoiwd her eyee apd prayed : • O God 1
one child acquiring the rudimeut. or , pare , oh .pire, my dear papa!' Thai
knowledge; while to England ihere i* pra y cr w aa wafted wilh electric rapid-
only one .uch pupil to every foorteeo j Iy he throne of God. It was heard
inhabitants, h has been calculated it was beard „„ earlb . Tbe re>pon .
that there are at the press,it day,nEn-, ise . Amen! . bo „, ft(Mn lhe faiher
gland and Wales, nearly 8 000,000 per- J ips , on ,| hi3 bear , , loae b , caine
sons who can nenher read nor wnle— bearl of flrsh . Wjfe and cbnd warP
that IS to say, nearly out: qoarier o/ lhe bmb clasped to hi , besntn, and in
populalina. Also, lhal ol ell lhe cbil- lenc , e be r said . V M v child, yon have
dren between hve and fonneen, more saved your father frem the /rave of a
than one-half attend to no place <*f to- | drunkard.' I’ll sign the pledge.’
struclion. These statements would be
hard to believe, if we bad npt lo en
counter in ocr every-day life degrees of
An Artful Trick.
... . A man, having Ihe appearance of
illiteracy which would be startling, if; n countryman, and laden wilh a bundle
we were not thoroughly used toil.-—i of hay, managed.nneday lasl week, to
Wherever we tnrn, ignorance, not al- f a || ,hrough a pane of glass, value .£30,
ways allied ro poverty, stares us in the which adorned lh- establishment of a
lace. If we look in theGnzette, at the l arge mercer in the Edgeware road,
list of partnerships dissolved, not n London. The shopkeeper quickly seiz-
month passes but some unhappy man, ed upon the fellow, who protested lie
rolling, perhaps, in wealth, but wallow- ba ,| „o money, and pleaded lhe weight
ing in ignorance, is gut lo the ciperlmcn- „f his load as an excuse. Two gem le
ts* crucit of •• his mark.” Tbe mm- men, lookers on, testified to iheir having
berof petty jurors—in rural districts watched the •> stupid clown,” and just
especially—who can only sign will, a before remarked that his gross careless-
cross, is enormous, fl is not unusual ness would lead lo some mischief; and
to see parish documents, of great Incal ihey suggested that the ■* booby” should
importance, defaced with the same hu- be searched. This was promptly done,
initialing symbol, by persons whose of- an< | the production of a £50 note was
ficc shows tlieai to be not only “men ,he result. Vainly did the countryman, ,, •
of rank” but. men of substance. A, with tears in his eyes, proclaim the note' bra “', on "f”,' Mr - cla J repelled his
...... housewife in bumble life, need only ‘ lo be b'is “measter’s,” the proceeds of £f. nl .“ ,ks w ". h KnTa a " < ? comempl.—
ones,.making a lolal extent of nearly i larn to l ’ ne n*" her tradesman’s bills; bis journey lo market. The mercer
4S.0Q0 square miles. Tbe length of! rediscover hieroglpyhic'S which render.: paid himself the j£30, by giving the
(lie island, in a direct line from cast to them so many arithmetical putties; ' In boot £20 in Barik of England notes,
fact, tlie practical evidences of the low au( J retaining possession ol the one
reproaches ot the Committee of Thir
teen, and their efforts to bring about an
adjustment of pending difficulties* were
deeply felt by Mr. Clay, and those act
ing with hnn. But, in regard to the
Texas question, he took a position that F re « Barbecue
was dangerous and alarming, in the pre
sent stale of ibq controversy between
Texas.and New Mexico. He took the
ground that the general government
should interfere and restrain Texas, or,
in other words, that in the conflict that
will ensue between them, the federal
arm should settle the qnestion against
Texas. Mr. Finite declared that this
was worse than Mr. Seward’s 14 higher
doctrine or the maledictions of
Horace Mann. If a drop of Texan
blood was shed in this controversy, the
whole South would, he said.'rush.to
arms. He even intimated that it
the purpose of some individuals lo pro
duce a conflict, upon that point, and to
erect a separate government. North of
Mason & Dixon’s line. General HouS’
ion spoke in a very calm tone, and ir
reply to Mr. Dayton’s menace that, if
Texas proceeded to assert her claim
over»New Mexico, she “ would find a
lion in her path.” All th r s was subse
quent to Mr. Webster's lurid and forci
ble argument in reply to Mr.. Dayton,
and in favor-of the proposition to Texas
—in which Mr. Webster completely de
molished all that was of argument, or
statement in Mr. Dayton’s harangue on
this point.
Mr. Clay, who had, as he said, drng>
ged his wearied and enfeebled limbs to
the Capitol, in the hope that the Senate
would make some progress with the
bill, turned upon Mr. Seward and those
affiliated with him, with the energy of
a bunted lion. He vindicated himself
and the Committee oftliirteen, and their
supporters, from the charge that they
had obstructed the business of the ses
sion, and threw it upon the other side.
Taking up Mr. Webster’s argument
against the pending motion, to strike out
ol the bill the section relative to Texas,
bp enforced it in a very powerful man
ner, and carried it much further. By
the way, I may here mention that Mr.
Webster and Mr, Clay make it a point,
of fate, to allude to each other in a most
friendly manner, showing that they
are co-operating in the effort to settle
this question, without regard to any
former rivalry.
Mr. Clay had forborne from any re
ply to Mr, Benton's sallies against him,
in his speech of Monday last, and had
not intended to notice irs personalities,
but his remarks in reply to Mr. Seward
were of necessary application to Mr.
Benton. Mr. Benton, as soon as an
port unity was presented, took the fli
and sneered and snarled at Mr. Clay
in it veiy offensive manner. The old
orator did not show feebleness of action
or thought in reply. He brought for
ward a certain letter, written by a citi
zen of Missouri, last autumn, and pub
lished in the papers at that-time, show
ing that Mr. Benton was, at one time,
fierce in his opposition to the admission
ofCalifurnia, as a State, denouncing tt
as a cowardly act of submission to the
Wilrnot proviso party. See. Mr. Ben
ton was phrenzied with rage, and,
excited tones and manner, branded the
letter as a calumny, and holding Mr.
Cfay responsible for it, put the same
We have been shown a sample of a lot of flour
ground in this place, and made ot new wheat grown
within the limits of the corporation, by Col. Wit-
kerson. It was good wheat, and the floor is a fair
article. It was ground at the mill belonging to
tbe Athens Manufacturing company.
»iy.
mllle, on Ibe
. Use Gnlptoln Claim.
The Locofoco press—true to its instincts, anj
determined'unHoahingly te-carry out the threat
of old .Ritchie, that ^whatever face the future
may wear, 1 ’ they will pursue the Administration
“to Its bitter end”—continues to harp on tbe Gal-
phm claim, With the hope of injuring the Whig
party thereby—though this malevolent design is
Tailed by the”'specious guise of a pretended desire
to subserve' the interests of the country. Now.
our object is not to attempt to prove thejustice of
allowance - of Interest on that claim (though Ve*
think it might, be done) nor to cxcultfsti 1 Go*.
Crawford from the charge of improper conduct in
tbe acceptance of a seat in a Cabinet before which*
»large claim in which he was interested must be-
adjudicated—with this -we have nothing to dp,—,
We only wish to show that an «*rnps: desire to
promote the poblic good has nothing to do with
the very fierce indignation called forth by the
publication of the facts connected with' the Gal-
phin ca*e—an indignation which knows no
bounds, and which even goes so far as to impel
these virtuous gentlemen to psehard names—call
ing Gen. Taylor's constitutional advisers. “ the
Galpliin Cabinet,” and all that sort of thing..
If their seal for the public good alone prompts
this crusade against Gen. Taylor’s Cabinet, how’
did they manage to restrain their virtuous indigna-
when their own party was committing almost
daily depredations on the public treasury without
invoking the aid of even the forms of law—we
mean downright starting-} Answer us this, wilt"
By the follawiag$ it .will be seen that' the citi-
ins of Habersbapi have extended a general and
liberal invitation to the people of the adjacent
coumien, to par take of the splendid barbecue which
they will serve up on the 4th of July. We hope
many of our friends as feel an interest in plank
roads will attend. We can assure them a “ high
land welcome” awaits them. We speak advisedly
—having frequently partaken of Habersham hos
pitality.
Fuse Barbecue!—Plank Road Meeting !
There will be given, at Clarkesville, Ga., on
4th of Jnly, a Free Barbecue. The invitation i
braces al) in oar reach—(See onr Hand Bills)—
South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee,
are expected to be present.
Clarke, Jackson, Hall, Franklin, Lumpkin, Uuinr
and Rabun, are invited. Distinguished Orators
will be invited, and expected. Ample prepara-
ins will be made for all.
Every American citizen, with wile, children and
friends, shall be welcome. The Ladies especially,
desired to be with os.
J. Van Bubgn, J. W. H. Underwood,
C. H. b’tJTToN, Henry Allan.
A G. Pitrer. Committee.
We learn that two scoundrels, traveling on loot,
*pped at the house of old Mr. Lott, in Hall coun-
, under the pretext of wanting to buy a
small quantity of bacon, in payment for which
they offered a two dollar bill. The old man open
ed the trunk in which he kept his money, (and
bich at the time contained some twelve hundred
dollars in gold and silver, besides sundry promis
sory notes] for the purpose of getting change for
the bill—whereupon, they seized it and made off
with it before he could procure asaistanee. See
his advertisement in another column, offering a re
ward for the apprehension of the robbers.
Tfc« Plan It Bond.
The meeting held in this place on Saturday waa
imerously attended by citizens of tbe town and
county, and delegates from the. adjoining coun
ties! Tbe official proceedings will be found in an
other cc lumn. -
Some $16,000 or $18,000 hive already been
subscribed, we understand, since the meet
ing-rand the subscription in this town and county
will no doubt be largely increased. Habersham
county, we understand, is pledged to construct 20
miles of the road. Now, if the citizens of this and
the intermediate counties, with the assist;
they may reasonably expect from the people of
Aogusta and the Rail Road and Steamboat Com
panies of G«H>rgia, do not raise funds for the con
struction of the balance of it, they deserve to be
deprived of all the great advantages which the
proposed enterprise is calculated to confer upon
them.
The people df" Habersham have “ i
to their bow.” Ttiey are independent, tf they
fail to effect a connection* with the Georgia Rail
Road at this point, they are certain of effecting a
junction with ti*e South Carolina Road at Ander
son C. H. It behooves those interested in Athens,
therefore, to bestir themselves.
We perceive that Augusta, Columbia and
Charleston are moving in the matter. The meet-
ing at Clarkesville on the 4th of July will determine
the question whether the plank road will terminate
at this place or at Anderson, and it will Iw settled
favor, of that route holding out the strongest induce-
Not to refer to Osborne, Denby, and a host of
1 the elite of the Richmond. Democracy” who "rob 4 -
bed the Government under Sir. Polk ~for these
cases cannot have passed from tbe public mind—
we wish to remind these Locofoco editors of a
few of the largest robberies of the public treasury
committed by their party under Mr. Van Buren’s
administration. They have surely forgotten
these things—if they remember them, they could
not say “ Galphin Claim” without choking.
We will begin with that prince of defaulter#,
Swartwout, who, assisted by Mr. Van Buren’s
Democratic Administration, robbed the people’s
treasury of $1,225,705 69
72,000 00
3,315 76
6,624 83
11,231 00
109,178 03
23,116 18
54,626 55
43,294 04
100.000 00
10,620 19
50,937 29
10,733 70
55,962 00
30,601 00
26.691 57
Then follows, VV’m. M. Price,
B. F. Edwards,
Benj. R. Rodgers,
Sami W. Dickson,
Wiley P. Harris,
William Taylor,
Uriah G. Mitchell,
Jas. W.-Stephenson,
Litrleberry Hawkins,
S.W. Beall,
Gordon D. Boyd,
R. H. Sterling,
Willitm Linn,-
John H. Owen,
* M. J. Allen,
These few leading cases, it will be seen, r
up into the neighborhood of TWO MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS!!—to say nothing ol the scores'of
minor defalcations not enumerated. *\
Admitting, therefore, that the prosecution of the
Galphin claim on the part of Gov. Crawford was
indelicate, and the payment of interest 'wrong—
though the facts of the case do not warrant such a
belief—and what is the difference between the
two parties ? Why, taking the very worst view
of the esse for the Whig*, they have gotten one hun
dred thousand dollars of the public money, under
the forms rf law, whilst the Locofocos have stolen
—feloniously abstracted from the public treasury—
upwards OF TWO millioks of dollars, under tbe
administration of Mr. Van Buren! leaving out of
’iew their heavy defalcations daring that ot Mt.
Ptdk!! Beautiful fellows are they to talk abont
inding the Government in a contemptible affair,
of one hundred thousand dollars, when they stksl
’ MILLIONS t -
Now, whenever they refund the heavy amounts
they have stolen from the public treasury, . it krill
be time enough for them to inquire into the Jos-
of the Galphin claim—until then, it will bo
good policy lo hold their peace. The people have-
not forgotten their defalcations, and this terrible
hubbub about the Galphin case will only serve to
bring these things vividly lie lore the public mind,
all their hideous deformity.
west, j# 6S0 miles; the widest breadth
135, the narrowest 26 miles. From the
southern point of Efnridn to the north
ern point of Cuba.t# 113 miles; from
Cuba to the.nearexk^otalDf Yucatan is,
132 miles, of-Hnysi 49 miles. From
Jamaica Cuba is disidiit 89 miles. The
total value of the agricultural products
of the island in 1849, 'including dairy
produce and domestic animals, was ac
cording to Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine,
about S60.006.00b. In- the same year its
exporisfromHavanhandMntanzas Were
of sugar. 849.748 boxes ; of coffee 371,-
S94 arrobas; of molasses 97,373 bngs-
ebb to Which the plainest rudiments of found upon him. The wit said he
educations in this country have fallen,; would go ami get a policeman, that he
are too common to bear repetition. We! OT ',ghi have the law" upon the shop
Violent words were used. Mr. Webster
interfered in behalf oT the dignity of
the Senate, and reproached the Vice
President (or allowing onrebuked, such
a controversy. Mr. Hale made futi of
the whole thing, alluding to the freqnent
assaults ou himself, which, he said.
not enter o' pTace of putftic assembly,
or ramble in the fields, without the
gloomy shadow of Ignorance sweeping
over u s.-—Dickens' Household It or as.
Housekeeping.
“Is our house-keeping sacred and
honorable? Does it raise ; 'tmd inspire
us, or does it cripple us iristead ? Our
expense is almost all for conformity.
heads; of cigars and tobacco (Iron* Ha- i» T 1 * cake we ruq in debt; Ms
vana alone) 1,273,837 pounds. .Of Ma- lb ® intellect, nor »be heart, nor beamy.
tanzas, the white population was ii.
1846 estimated at 10.030; the free co
lored at 2,787, and ihe slaves at 4,159.
nor worship, that costs so much.,... W<
are first sensual, then must be rich.—
We dare not trust jour wit for making
oor bouse pleasant tumour friends, nnd
so we buy ice "creams.... As soon as
Bowen' Statue ol Hr. Calheaz J
^Mr. - Powers bos transmitted ro 'a there is faiill,.assoon as there is society,
friend in New York a fine daguerrho-j comfits .and .cushions will be fell fiir
type of his statue of Mr. Calhoun, Dow) staves^ Expense will be inventive and
anxiously expected from Laly. It rep- heroic.... Let us'learn the meaning
resents the great Senator io'the Roman ■ economy. Economy is a high ? humane
costume, standing beside a trunk of .office, or sacrament,, when its aim .is
the Palmetto, supporting his left arm,, the prudcnce of simple tostes; when it
ill the hand of which ‘is held a scroll ! is practised far freedom*or love, or de-
with these words: ** Truth, Justice, ^ volion. Much of the economy we see
and the Constitution.” Tne head* .of in houses is of a base origin, and is best
impressive and majestic dignity, is erect, ! kept out of. sight. Parched corn eaten
and the right band points with im|iosing. t o-day that 1 may have roast fowl for my
significance lo the inscription, which is [dinner on Sunday, is a baseness; but
held aloft so as to be nearly upon a lev-, parched corn and a bouse with one
el with the .head.—-The impression apartment, that I may be free-of all
received by several critics, of the finest; perturbation ; that I*tnay be serene and
capacities, front an inspection of- this [docile io what tbe mind shall speak, and
representation of Mr. Powers* statue,*girl ami road-ready far the lowest mis*
is such, that they unhesitatiugly pro-1 sioa of knowledge or good will, is fru-
nounce it one ol his chief triumphs.' . * gality' for gods and heroes.”—Emerson.
cannot pa,3 through lhe streets, we cun- ^
ofler^ congraluialirigjiie iradejJanon ' (mm ‘be cqnle..nplu.ion or^i s *«ere
the fortunate result which had attended P a ««g« « ««.»■ Ibe Senate was
ihrir suggestion of a search. Of course ‘V'' 61611 ’ ,> “ 1 I d,d no ‘ ail J"” ra ’
flic reaticr guesses lhe' upshoi -.he £50 lhe ^ "7 s - T Se " a '" rs 8 a,h *
uoie was a foigery, an J lhe whole pro- er f. d f ,al " a q aa ''‘. an ‘ l «-<:»' f-
ceeding ft iricU.—-London Globe. relief. .1 rnaj. be hoped, ,n heur.jr ob-
■ ijurgattons.
Snccewfol Farming. . [ lit the House, the conflict was renewed
A worthy clergyman'informed us re- °» the California bilf, Mr. Stanton, of
mty, that be. purchased seven acres Kentucky, u Democrat, and an oppo-
ol miserable, sandy land in th<* ifeigh- nent of the Clay scheme, who bad be-
fiothood of Saratoga, a,few years since, fare declared that lhe line of ihirtv-six
which, by manuring and jmticous cidit- thirty was hia ultimatum, offered an
vation, be brought up to such condition, amendment to the effect that South of
that from three seres.and a half only,.’the line of thirty-six, thirty slavery
he produced greetf fodder throughout should not be‘interfered with. A vote
the season, far three cows, one boll, one was taken on this, in Committee, and it
horse, and seven sheep; and cut all was ifered dmvti, by about twenty ma-
the- bay consumed by 'ihein it* ihe win- j«rity, seventy-one members not voting,
teri Tbef hay, fcowevtri was pieced This caused sfcnie inflammatory re-,
out by the. use' of grain, roots, and .marks on tlie-p&rt of ibe Southern mem-
straw. taken from ihe remaining halt of oers; and - which* were answered - by
the seven acres. When be sold the violent harangues on the part of tbe
Franklin College.
The following gentlemen htve been appointed
by His Exrellency the Governor, with the consent
of the President of the Senate end Speaker of the
Representatives, a Board of Visitor*
attend tbe examination of the Senior Class oi
Franklin College
Hon. Henry G. Lamar, Athens;
Dr. Henry Hull, Athens ;
Dr. Lew i* Joueti Atlieo*;
fir. George H. Newton, Augusta ;
Wm. H. Chamber** E*q., Columbus;
Hon. J. J. G rev ham, Macon ...
’ Joseph T. Montgomery, Esq., La Grange;
Rev. Thom** Scott, Marietta;
Col. David Irvin, Marietta;
Col. A. b. Shackelford, Gordon Co.
Hon. James Jackson, Monroe;
Judge Henry R. Jackson, Savannah;
Col. Robert H. Griffin, do.;
Rev. J. P. Tustin, do.;
Rev. John W. Baker, Miffedgevitlc.
Dclcfiil
■ at the Nouilicru Courcntion
Tk«
Among the published proceedings, wo And lh®
following list of delegates in actual atteddance
ipon the deliberations of the Southern Conven-
Virginia.—Willongliby Newton, R. H. Clay-
brook, Win. F. Gordon, VV. O. Goode, Ttiaa. S.
Gholson, and Beverly Tucker. . .
Scath Carolina.—Hon. L. Cheves, R. W. Barn
well, J. H. Hammond, Samuel Otterson, John A.
Bradley, J. W. Whitner, A. C. Young, Maxey
Gregg, James Cheanolt, jr., VV. J. Hanna. R. F.
W. Alston, F. W. Pickens, Drayton Nance, G. A.
Trenholm. Wm. DiiBosc, D. F. Jamison, and K.
Barnwell Rhett.
Georgia—Hon. Walter T. Culqnitr, Hon Cliasl
J. McDonald, Col. H. L. Benning, M. J. Crawford,
Esq., Obadinh C. Gibson, Esq., James W. Ramsey,
Esq.. Obadiah Warner. Esq.,- Simpson Fouche,
Esq., Gen. Robert Bledsoe, Andrew 11. U. Daw-
m, Esq., and Dr. J. G. McWhorter.
Alabama.—Gov. B. Fitzpatrick, Jno. A. Camp
bell. Jno. A. Winston, L. P. Walker, Nicliolais
Davis, James Abercrombie, W. M- Mnrphey, S.
B. Bethea, B. Boykin, G. W. Gnyon, H. Buford,
R. Shorter, Geo. Goldthwaite, J. 8. Hunter, Daniel
Coleman, Wm. Cooper, R. Chapman, Thou. A.
Walker, G. S. Walden, John Envin and AY. M.
Byrd. • 1 '
Mississippi.—]odge Wm. L. Siiatkey, C p.
Smith, A. 51. Clayton, J. W. Mathews,T. J. Word,
J. L. Neil, J. J. Peters, J. J. McRca.and E. C. Wil-
I'lxrida.—C"L B, M. Pearson, Jas. Hernandez,
A. J. Forman, Q. II. DuPont, J. F. McClellen, and
-E. C. CaUlt.
Texas.—J. P. Henderson.
Arkansasf—IPowell. . t--.Hi Jf
Tennessee.— Co!. It. Warner, R. Jones. W. A-
Sewell, T. VV. Brent*, Howell Tayfor, JasyL.
Green, Thos. Shepard, Gen W. Hsll, Wm B:~-
Bate, E. Boddir, Geo'. W: Winchester. Gen D.
Donelson. Geo. W Bond, Isaac 51. Gower, Boling
Gordon, S. B. M«ore, Edward Gantt,J. W. Wirtt-
field. B. B. Satterfield. G. B. Fowlkee, Jas. Pane*-
son, T.J. Kenedy. A Ezell. Geo. T. Malone.F.T.
McUuren, G. Everly. Time. Buford, Col. John
Dargan. D. R. S. Nowlin, N. Y. Cmvkl, J. E. R.
Ray, John PoinJexter. H. L. Johneon, D. P. F.
Tb® following is tbe date of bloom nod frost,
with tlie crop of each season, from 1836 to date:
Date of Bloom. Date ot Frost. Extent of Crop,
1836 : 4lb of Ji
1831 7tb May.
J838 I4th Jane,
1839 24tb May.
Y840 6th June.
1841 10th June
1842 17th. May.
1843 12th June.
1844 ' 31st May.
1845 30t h May,
1846 * 10th Jnue.
J847 29th. May
14th Oct.
97th Oct.
,7th Oct.
17th Oct.
)5th Oct.
. 1st Nor,
3d Nov.
1st Nov.> 1300,000
37th Nov, 2.348,000
20th Novi ♦2,700,000 « | Claiborne, L. P. Clrestbain, W.
Quatrd .
Jackson, Gen. G. J. Pillow, Wra H. Polls,
Stray horn, G. IL Gantt, A. J ^Pnrlee, VV. C-
1,432.000 Bales Whiultorp. C. J. Dickenson, Jas. Walker, E. Wat- —
1,800.000 “ kins, R. G. Payne, Pattillo Patton, R. N. L.
1^60,000 - | Wilke*, a.Polk, B. D. Casey, Tho*. H. Hopkins,
2,117.000 “ W. P. Rowlee, Win. B. Hall, Wm. Moore, A. W.
1,634.000 u Overton, A. Ferguson, Dr- Felix Robertson, Gen.
1,683.000 ,« -} Rob». Armstrong, Gov. A V. Brown, A7 OfF..
2,379,000 •»; i Nicholson, V. K. Stevenson, Wm. Williams, Dr.
2.030,000 “ } John Maxcy, i: J. B. JUbuttwl!, J 4 »l ul McIntosh.
2.394.000 { Dr.’J. N, Esselman, Amliew J. Donel.-on, Willo.
2,100,000 •*- 4 William*, Jacob McGavock. Dpniel Graham, A.
‘ 1 W. Johnson, Andrew Jackson,, W. E. Watkiri#.
J Frank McGavock, Gen. VV. G. Harding, Thomas
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farming, for the last few years, *'- was sprung upon the Committee far than any yenr on record, and that although «he^ 1 *- p *S* t » «*• M- Qnaf.e, R. F, Eaptoa, and Jao.
ve invariably fauna, that i nielli- * the purpose of mischief. -Some strong frost be!d off rail December, giving the planters | fc-tsphens. ■ , • - ' -
gence and a careful investigation of thejp«rsonal language took place - between curious that some learned dances, be*, risn-
expertmenu and best practices of otb- Mr. Toombs and .Mr, Winlhrop, and All acconnts agree thar tlie crop* are later than? they can write nonsense in languages that we
ers, furnished the ground work for the; between Mr. Toombs and Mr. E. D. last ye»r. In m»ny sections|>mmense tracts of dead,should despise those tluitalk sense in lan-
su(ieriurity of every one who has attain- j Baker, of Illinois. The House broke .rich cotton-food* which tost year w«;re cultivated, I g aa „ w iba t * re |j v ; no . , tTo ac1? j r e a few-
ed to creioence in agriculture. Solupio a very ba’d tentper. and. during ; ™ ,5^'h SdUndridS'' *»sW«yaPr« lc b‘wrUer.» i,. »
inuch fur-book fkrming—Amcricm Ag- the evennqf, fubrequenlly, I did- not arf,bloaou.caanotteeiiecled e»rlicrIhkn the!•«"■ y««i lo60 cloqaenti»ohe,Is the Mor
rtcultunst. ’ bm] the members at all composed. 20th ^fe the 25th of June.—Sac: Republican. 'of a life.”