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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 " 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.”