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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. BY WILLIAM S. JONES. OFFICE IN RAIL. ROAD BANK BUILDING. DAILY, THI-WEKKLY A WEKItLY. fBEMS —Daily Paper, to city snbecribere, per; aonom, in advance • • * S 6 Daily Paper, mailed to the country •• 7 Tri- Weekly Paper, “ “ “ “ • • 4 Weekly (a mammoth sheet) t( “ •• CASH TYbTEM.—In no case will an order fr* the paper be attended to, 'unless aceompanied with the money, and in every instance when the time for which the subscription may be paid, expires be ore the receiot of funds to renew the same, will be discontinued. Depreciated**unds receive value in ibis city. LET ME SMILE WHILE I CAN. Let me smile while 1 can-there are moments of ead- Which“eal o’er the heart like a cloud o'er the sky; And dimmed tor a while is the sunshine of gladness, And tears follow fast as the ram Irom on high. Let me smile while I can—in life’s rosiest bowers, The flowers are always entwined with the thorns ; And how often it is the same evening sky lowers, Which dawned on the brightest and loveliest of morns. Let me smile while I can —why should we deplore them, The dead who ace gone to their long silent home ! We know not how soon the eyes that weep over them May shed the same bitter drops over our tomb. Let me smile while I can—there are moments of sorrow, Too numerous by far for our moments of joy— And none from the past or the present may borrow, One hour unmixed with grief’s bitter alloy. From the N. O. Picayune, 6th inti. Prom Texas* By the arrival of the steamship Maria Burt, Ca»t. Emerson, this morning, we have receiv ed Galveston papers of the Ist inst. The re returns of the election on the Pearce Bounda ry bill come in very slowly, the vote having yet been taken in but few ceunties. McLen nan and Medina counties gave majorities in fa vor of the bill. We learn from the Civilian that the notori ous swindler, Parker H. French, was over taken at Franklin, the new town in Texas op posite £1 Paso, and made to disgorge the ill begotten gains which remained in his posses sion. The following account of the affair is given by the Lavaca Commercial: “ The San Antonio papers contain the particulars of Capt. Piench’s last act in Texas, He reached Franklin, a little town opposite El Paso, with the train of mules and carriages purchased from Coons for $19,000. liumedialely on his arrival at that place, he purchased of McGuffin mules and other property to the amount of $35,* 00, and was prepar ing to load with flour which he had bargained for all which purchases were to be paid for by drafts on Howland A Aspin wall. But here be was overtaken by the express from San Antonio, with the intelli gence that his drafts on those gentlemen were whol ly unauthorised Upon the receipt of this news, Coons and McGuffin seized the property French had obtained from them. His company then took possession of every thing he had left, including the train he took from this place and San Antonio, crossed the river into Mexico, and there divided the property between them. They then broke up into small parties, some pursuing their route to California, while others, concluding they had gone far enough, turned about and started for home. French lingered about Franklin for several days, and then crossed the riv and started almost alone And destitute for the West, hoping, as it is supposed, to fall in with and soid some one of the fragments of his once large parly. Thus ends Capt. French’s j great California ext ditioo. We could have wish ed that a more reasonable, honorable and experiene. ed man had undertaken this matter in the beginning, as we should then have expected a different result. A bottle,containing a paper with the follow ing endorsement written upon it, was picked up on Galveston beach a few days since : Ship Adrian. — I write with a trembling hand, every minute expecting to be lost —the ship is on fire. I have secured a bale of cotton, and shall look out for myself. C. Bartox. September 16, 1850. The newly invented steam diving bell boat, built recently at Paducah, Ky., is accomplishing wonders on the Western waters. She was built for the express purpose of rescuing pro party from sunken vessels, and soon after being launched and prepared for b uainess, she pro ceeded up the Cumberland river to the wreck of the steamer Charles Carroll, and in about three or four weeks time the entire cargo in the hull, consisting of some 4,500 barrels pork and lard, was taken oat. and finally the hull it self was raised and removed from the channel of the river, to which it had formed a very se rious obstruction. This extensive job comple ted, she proceeded to the Ohio, where the ma chinery and boilers of a sunken boat were ta ken out. Thence she was directed to tna spot, a sort distance below Cairo, where the steam er Neptune sunk, thirty years ago, and with a dive of fifty-five feet, a number of articles were rescued, which were considered hopelessly lost. The iron chest of the boat, containing sundry articles and a pocket book filled with what were ouce bank notes, were among the contents of the chest, but they disappeared as soon as brought in contact with the air, and nothing remained but the calfskin in which they were enveloped. About five hundred pigs of lead in a good state of preservation, were also taken from the deep, and a jar of butter, decidedly the oldest extant The jar is certainly a curiosity in its way, with the identical saucer on the mouth to preserve the contents from injury, and shows the cara of the shippers of this necessary article in those prim itive days Tha brig Kate Anderson cleared at Bangor, 2nd inst., for C hag res, with two steamboats and fixtures to run on Chagres river, in con nection with the Panama Railroad. Daring the month of October, the entire receipts en the Reading Railroad amounted to $365.031. These were derived from passen gers, from freight on toils, from freight on mer chandise, and from the transportation of the U. 8. Mail. New Fabric. —A wearing fabric has been patented in England, composed entirely of fur. It is described as suited to all purposes ofap garel, either for ladies or gentlemen, and as eing lighter, softer, firmer and warmer than any other material ever used for clothing. Arrival of the Engineering Party,— The Pa cific Railroad Company’* boat “Pacific” arri yed at St. Louis on the 28th nit., having on board the engineering party under the direc tion of Mr. R Singleton. They have been during the past two months, examining the val ley of the Missouri river with reference to lo cating the Pacific Railroad. Rumors of War—Letters from Buenos Ayres, dated September 3d, mention that the city is full of rumors that a declaration of war, between Buenos Ayres and Brazil is soon to take place. It is not possible to trace (he news to any authentic source, though the relations of the two countries are such as to render ac tive hostilities probable. On Saturday 2nd inst. there was a great meeting at Geneva, New York, to sustain the Union and the Constitution It is described as one of the most respectable assemblages ever called out on any occasion. The highly respected veteran, General Joseph G. 3wift, presided, assisted by twenty Vice-Presidents, from Ontario, Seneca, Yates, Wayne, and Chemung counties. A Committee of Safetv, auxiliary lo that of the city of New York, was appointed. Letters from Senator Dickinson and others were read amid much enthusiasm, and after several powerful aud patriotic speech' •e by gentlemen present, the meeting adjourn ed with nine cheers for the Constitution and its defenders. Chronicle an& Sentinel. aug-usta^g-a* TUESDAY HOV * lg * RICHMOND CO. UNION TICKET. Election 25 th November. ROBP. F. POE. THOS. SKINNER. C. J. JENKINS. proclamation gy Mayor’s Office, Nov. 11, ISso.— By a Resolution of the City Council of Augusta, THURS DAY, the 28th ins:., has been set apart as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, The citizens of Augusta are therefore earnestly re quested to suspend their usual business ujion that day, and to assemble at their respective places of public worship, to offer to the Author and Ruler of the Universe, their thanks for the mercies of the past, and to implore a continuance ot them for the future, to our City, State and common Country*. T. W. MILLER, Mayor of the City of Augusta. BP The cara had not arrived at Hamburg lasi night, when the mail wagon returned to this citv, and we were of course without a mail from the North. Perkins, "Warren A Co., of New York. A few days since we copied an article from a New York journal, charging the firm of Perkins, Warren & Co., among others who were said to do a large Southern business, with being abolitionists, or favoring that cause. We were yesterday shown a letter from the house of P., W. & Co., to a gentleman of this city, in which they flatly deny the truth of the charge ; and as an act of justice to them, we give them the benefit of their denial, by ma king this announcement. For the Chronicle Sf Sentinel. Mr. Jones: —1 perceive from reading «he communication of your correspondent “ Trio lus,” in your paper of Wednesday last, that injusice (unintentional, I’m sure) was done to the argument of Judge Berrien, in bis ad dress to ihe people of Burke County on Mon day last, the 4th inst. Ido not propose to pre s* nt even a synopsis of the speech, but to sup ply what is deficient in “ Triolus’s” statement of the argument. He thus states the argument upon the uaconstituiionality of the act admit ting California into the Union : “ Upon the Caltafornia question then, the Honorable Sen ator contended that the admission of that ter ritory was violative of the Consiirution, be cause Congress had the right lo admit, not to create a new State ; and that California had been made a State by Congress, and then ad mitted into the Union.” It will be remembered by all who heard the Judge, that he insisted with great emphasis, that the Constitution of California had been adopted by an unorganized body of men who, under existing laws of the U. Sates, were trespassers upon the public domain. He also adverted to two usages of the Government in relation to the admission of new States into the Union, both of which had been ob served in most cases, and one or the other of which had obtained in all other cases. These were, Ist, a prior organization under a territorial Government; 2d, previous permission granted by Congress to form a State Constitution. Now, whether in the op'nion of “ Triolus,” or of the undersigned, these considera tions materially affect the constitutionality of the act, is not the question. The speaker certainly presented them in this c mnection with great distinctness and pjwer, and therefore they sh uld not be omitted in any statement of his argument. He then stated that the p )wer conferred by the Constitution upon Congress, was f j admit not to create new States. He inquired when California became a State, and deduced from the report of the Senate’s compromise committee and from general concession the conclusion, that at the time of present ing her constitution and asking admission she was not a State. Since then, he argued, she ia now a State, she must have become so by the act of admis sion, and ergo by that act Congress created her a Stale. I did not understand him to contend that Congress had first made her a State and then admit ted her, but that the act which was called admission , was under the circumstances of the ease, one of creation. In regard to the bill for the suppression of the slave trade in the Dis’rict of Columbia, his position was that although Congress had not abolished slavery there, their legislation to suppress the tra e involved the assumption of the power to abolish—the penalty upon the trader, being the liberator of the slave. “ Triolus” continues —“There, said Judge Berrien, were the grievances of which he complained and which bethought called for redress; he was, there fore, for resistance, »£c.” Now I did not understand him to propose any measure of redress or resistance to those and other aggressive acts of which he com plained. He was in favor of action by the Conven tion, but the. action *.;e recommended was, as shown by “ Triolus,” preventive of future, not redressive of past injuries. You will perceive ray object is neither to adopt nor to defend the argument, but simply to present it more laiily than I think your correspondent has done in his hurried sketch. There were certainly very many present who did not concur with ‘ Triolus” in the opinion that the argument was “ unworthy ” of its author. Probably few, if any, who heard it were sufficiently free from prejudice to award it it’s exact measure of merit. Justice. The Crops.—The Vick-burg (Miss.) Senti nel thinks that the effects of the frost week be fore last have been most disas'rous. It says it has heard several gentlemen estimate that the receipts will be 200,000 less, at New Orleans, than would have been sent had a killing frost been twe weeks later. All except the fully matured bolls are now cut off. There has not been bo severe a frost in October since 1841. The swamp planters, who put in their crops since overflow, will be the severest sufferers. Many who, a week before, calculated on a bale to two acres will now be glad to get a bale to four acres. Interesting to iron founders. —An ingen ious machinist of Washington, Mr. C. War ner, has just matured a most singularly con trived machine for making moulds in sand for iron founding. We learn from the Republic that the sand that is fed into a hopper, not un like that of a grist mill, is carried through va rious processes, aud finally brings out the per fect matrix of any model applied. It is not only adapted to iron tubes, or other long and slender objects, but is susceptible of being ap plied to the production of moulds of other forms. Another invention by the same gentleman con sis sos a new mode of connecting iron pipes, which greatly facilitates the laying them, and in such manner that they may be readily removed joint by joint, without disturbing the adjoining sections, when change or repair is necessary- Vermont Asylum for the Insane.—The whole number of patients received during the year ending August 1 was 463, of whom 79 were discharged cured, 16 improved, and 19 not improved. Died 26. Remaining in the asylum at the date named, 328. Since the opening of the asylum 1609 patients were re ceived, of whom 745 have been discharged as cured. The Boston Slavery Agitation. — The Washington Republic says the citizens of Boston can preserve their own peace and or dar and wilt preserve them at all hazards to the last extremity, but if. unfortunately, an exigency should occur in which the aid of the President mav be required, it would be given without hesitation, to the full extent of the constitutional power.|| For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Union Southern Rights Meetingi Mr. Editor — As a “ faithful chronicler ”ot passing events, certain “ developments ” in the Burke meeting of the sth inst, merit a brief notice in your paper The course which certain individuals thought proper to pursue on that occasion, though censurable in the highest degree, excites within me a sentiment more akin to sorrow than anger; for you will find in every community those who claim for themselves the “ right divine ” If they cannot lead, they will be sure, not to s o low. They are ever ready to arrogate to themselves the presumptous boast: “You carry Caesar,” and thus assume the absolute control of every thing with which they are, in the least, connect ed. These small potatoe politicians have eocr been the curse of our Burke county meetings. The course which they have now marked out and seem determined to pursue, at all “ haz ards,” is a complete illustration of the well known sentiment which Milton puts into the mouth of the arch fiend Satan. This may ap pear like exaggeration—let the “ record ” decide. The object of the meeting of the slh inst, was to nominate candidates for the Conven tion, as you well know, in accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting of the 25th ult. The speech of the Hon. Jno. McP. Ber rien had prepared the minds of the citizens fora movement to unite ail parties upon a common platform, and under the general and comprehensive name of the Union Southern Rights party. The organization of the meeting has already appeared in your paper. The names of those who participated in the proceedings of the day is a sufficient guaranty that the preservation of the “ integrity ” of the Union “ was the bond which united, in har mony, the conflicting views which have been prevailing to a large extent in this County. The Committee of thirteen having retired to discharge their trust, the first act in the new political melo-drama of “ the Rivals” came off. An irresponsible minority, bearing upon their front a complete recommendation for “ unmeaning generalities ” “ counter ezpianatones ” and “ unchangeableness,” in perfect keeping with previous movements of “ peace and harmony,” invited Cuyler W. Young of Scriven to address them on—disu nion, secession—“tear to the knife ” and other kindred topics most congenial to their feelings and sentiments, Ido not hesitate to avow the belief that Rhett himself would scarcely en dorse the views promulgated by the speaker, whose Quixotic adventures in search of fame have been so successful, particularly when qualified by the word notorious. Lest they should think injustice done them. I will add, the orator was worthy of his audience and the audience worthy of their orator. As to the propriety of thus indecorously intruding them selves upon a meeting known to be opposed to all ultra movements, 1 will not hazard an opinion, if they stand “ rectus in curia ” it is their business not mine Expediency, with some people, is consistency, and both are jewels. The entrance of the Committee put a stop to the senseless tirade of ultra sentiments, with which the orator was distracting public attention, and prepared the way lor Act 2nd of ibis drama. The Committee while absent had been careful to sound the sentiments of the candidates already in the field, to ascertain the practicability of uniting all parties upon a common platform, opposed to disunion for “ existing causes,” on the one hand and equally opposed to “non-action in Convention ” on the other, and running a single ticket in the County. Evidence of the most satisfactory character had been given that this could have been accomplished, and the adoption of the reported Preamble and Resolutions would have resulted in placing the nominees of the Oct. meeting upon the Berrien platform. Upon a motion however to adopt the Pream ble and Resolutions as reported, a certain clique famous for “call meetings and caucus confabs ” and “ hastily drawn Preamble and Resolu tions,’ raised objections to the “ entire string” as entirely too tame, —“ did not condemn past legislation,” did not proclaim “disunion as the ultimatum of the South ” —in short, to sum up their objections in a few words. “ they were not solicited ” to assist in a'ranging matters and to use a well known expression, “ war, pestilence and famine were preferred to any thing ” which did not bear the impress of a certain name or names to recommend it. The delighted audience of Mr. Young backed their leaders in their opposition, and the lit rid and fiery glance of disunion flashed across the path of Union Southern Rights. But good and true men were not wanting to #rrest the tide of ultraism which seeks to bend every thing to its own views. Messrs. T. M. Berrien Shewmake Jones and other influential conser vative citizens, rallied to the support of resolu tions so firm and temperate in tone, and avow ing principles so strongly entrenched by con stitutional guarantees. They denied the right of open secessionist and dtsunionists to a voice in a Union South ern Rights meeting. The latter attempted to deny their disunion sentiments, by assert ing their willingness to stand upon the Ber rien plat form, for expediency s sake. lo their vo cabulary, expediency is but another name for consistency. To cap the climax of their incon sistencies. they claimed to stand upon the true Berrien platform A baser calumny was never before uttered since the creation, and i appeal to the public speeches and opinions ofthiadis tinguished Georgian in proof of the assertion In this bold attempt to ingraft disunion senti ments upon the proceedings of the meeting, three gentlemen bore a distinguished part, each having shown in brilliant colors in previous meetings, one in a treatise on the children of Canaan and their relations in life,another in cer tain ‘‘unmeaning generalities” heretofore allu ded to, the third in acertain political‘controver sy that we wot of. Eho attempt,however,was a failure, and the Union Southern Rights parly triumphed in the passage of their resolutions, not however before several attempts had been made to break up the meeting or defeat its object, in which a certain magazine furnished or rather assisted in furnishing the most of the inflammable material with which the proceed ings were assailed. I could not bat feel mor tified that in certain quarters, opposition to Toombs and Stephens, seemed to be but an other name for devotion to Southern rights. Now 1 am free lo acknowledge, that Ido not fully coincide in al the sentiments Mr. Toombs has been pleased to avow, bull trust I shall ever have the charity to concede him sincerity and yield him support on any other issue. But to return to the meeting, the passage of the Resolutions was followed by the appoint ment of a committee to nominate delegates. Still anxious if possible to unite the different parties, the old nominees were again consulted, but “a change had come over them.” So thor oughly disgusted had some of them become with the course their professed friends had thought proper to pursue, so mortified at their deter mined opposition to peace, harmony and una nimity. that two of them refused to serve under 1 r, r <^ lor8 ’ nnder at, y circumstances, howev er anhful to iheir allegiance,and the remaining •ne. Col. Jno. Whitehead, with scarcely a single sentiment in unison with them, is “still retained on their ticket. O tempora ! O mores ! The three vacancies were then filled by the committee with great unanimity, and the meeting adjourned. The day’s work however was not yet done. Mr. Young’s audience, having now a clear field, proceeded to give a tangible form to their concocted schemes, by laying violent hands on Judge Davis, to give color to their proceedings, as Chairman, and this opened the third act of the political comedy. Their first step was to usurp the name of the Union Southern Rights partv, their next to place themselves by solemn resolve on the Berrien platform, and then completed their batch of absurdities, follies, and incongruities, by re affirming the nomination of a publicly declared secessionist, and placing Judge Ber rien upon their ticket. Now, Mr. Editor, what say you to this day’s work I This is a pretty good day’s work for a rnitiority Com mend me to certain Burke polhicians •fora lona pull, a strong pull, and\a pull altogether." One remark more now. and I am through wi h the subject. 1 consider the issue fairly made up now in this county, between Union and Disunion. The aspect presented in this county, i> a singular one at present —two par ties, each claiming to be a Union Southern Rights parly, and proposing to stand upon the Berrien platform, yet one of them practically repudiating his opinions and claiming the un divided support of the secessionists in ihe nom ination of the exponents of their sentiments. Citizens of Burke, which will you support? Are you prepared to look beyond the Consti tution and the Union for your rights; or will you stand by them in the Union? Will you allow yourselves to be deceived by the false col orshung out to allure and betray you? Be not deceived ; revolution is the resort of the oppressed against tyrants, not of freemen against the government of their choice. Let yonr voice be heard through the Convention of the Stale, asserting your determination to standby your constitutional rights in the Union, and accord ing to the Constitution. It is for you now, fellow-citizens of Burke, ye patriotic, conserva tive and law abiding men of the county, to pat down these irresponsible, self constituted Del phian oracles, who, with ail the arrogant self sufficiency of presumptuous self conceit, officious ntss and vanity, plan and concoct in the secret conclave of their particular set, and thus at tempt to promulgate their opinions as the pub lic sentiment of Burke County. Consanus. Meeting In Lincoln County. Lincolton, Nov. 4, 1850. At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of Lincoln county, assembled without distinction of parties, Major Harvey Wheat, was called to the Chair, and Janies B. Neal, requested to act as Secretary. At the request of the Chairman, B. D. Moore, Esq. staled the object of the meeting to be the nomination of candidates for the Convention, lo assemble on the 10;h proximo. Capt. W. W. Stokes offered the following resolution, which was adopted unanimously ; Resolved , That we will not support any candidate for the Convention who will not publicly define his position, declaring whether or nor, he is (or secession or disunion, and if for neither to declare fully and distinctly what he is for. Upon the motion of B. B. Moore, Esq , it was Resolved , That this meeting proceed instanter to nominate by ballot, two candidates to represent this county in the Convention to assemble in Milledge vilie on the ICHh December next ; and that a majori ty of the whole number of votes polled shall con stitute a nominaiion. After three or four successive balloting* B. F. Tatum and B. B. Moore, Esqra., were declared duly nominated. L. Lamar offered the following Preamble and Resolutions: We, a portion of the citizens of Lincoln county, assembled without [>arty distinction, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the State Convention culled by the Proclamation of the Governor of the State of Georgia, and soon to assemble in Milledge ville, desire to give this public declaration of our opinions up jn the subject for the consideration of which, the Convention has been called ; as much to be a guide and check upon our delegates thereto, as to indicate the kind -and degree of action we de siie to betaken in the premises : The General Assembly of the State of Georgia during the last session, passed an act requiring the Governor to call a Convention of the people of the Slate, upon the happening of any one of five con tingencies specified in the act, to consider the mode and measure ot r. dress necessary and applicable to such aggressive legislation. These five contingen cies were Ist. The refusal of any non-slaveholding State to surrender fugitive lives upon legal demand. 2nd. The enactment by Congress of the Wilmot proviso. dr I. fhc abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia. 4th. The prohibition of the Slave trade between siaveholding States. sth. The admission of California and New Mexi co as a State iuto the Union. The second, third and fourth contingencies have not only not happened but, Congress has wholly a Detained from any legislation having for its object their enactment ; and it is worthy ol remark that Congress not only has not enacted the Wilmot pro viso, but on several occasions during its late session voted it down as unconstitutional and inexpedient. The first contingency has been p’aced by an act of Congress passed during the lute session beyond the possiniiiiy of recurrence ; unless that act he wholly disregarded nr hereafter is repealed. But California has been admitted into the Union, and the Governor of Georgia has called the Conven tion. Cla ming the privilege ol freemen and exer cising the liberties of thought acd speech guaranteed to us by the Constitution, wc most distinctly declare our belief that the Governor has acted wiihout au thority of law, in calling the Convention ; not one of the cont'ngencies having happened which were specified in the act of the Legislature from which be derived his authority for calling the Convention. Upon the subject of the admission of California into the Union, wa make this public declaration of our opinion : The admission of new States into the Union was placed by the Constitution in Congress ; and no limitation was prescribed to Its discretion save in the requisition that the applicant shat have a Republican Constitution. Tiie subjection of Territories lo Ter ritorial Government, previous to their admissi n as States into the Union, is a custom of the Government merely —but a custom expedient asd perhaps useful in preparing the Territory for its affiliation as an equal with the Stat. s of the Union : and a departure from that custom, while it cannot be regarded us an unconstitutional act, yet should not be warranted or made save upon the veriest necessity. The admis sion of California into the Union we think was a hasty, and perhaps injudicious because it was violative of a time honored custom— a custom to which many of our new States were subjected pre vious to their adrofision ; but her necessitous con dition —the importance of a State Government to her individually and to the Union at large —and the previous neglect of her by Congress, excuse if they do not justify the hasty action of Congress. And we do not conceive the South has been aggressed upon by the act. The exclusion of Slavery from California was the act of California not of Congress ; and we freely and cheerfully concede the same lib erty to California which we claim for ourselves —that of making our own laws. Entertaining these opinions, therefore Resolved, That no contingency has happened which was contemplated by the General Assembly ol the State of Georgia in the act requireing the Governor to call a Convention ; and that the Gover nor has exercised a power unauthorized by the act, and not warranted by the circumstances in calling said Convention. Resolved. That the admission of Cali'ornia into the Union was a matter wholly belonging to Con gress; and an act by which the State ot Georgia has sustained no grievance reqnireing redress. Resolved , That disunion or secession—for in our concept’on the two terms are synonimous in mean ing, and the two acts identical in effect—is a calami, ty, the magnitude of which can only be measured by the loss of liberty ; and that only for the sake of that liberty for which our fathers fought can we be induced to dissolve thit Union which our fathers made as its greatest security. The Preamble and Resolutions being be fore the meeting upon the motion of B. B. Moore, to strike oat so much of the same as censures Governor Towns for calling the Convention and after considerable discus sion, participated in by Col. Henley. D. Wilkes, C. R. Shorter, E*qr , and others, the motion was carried ; and the obnoxious por tiona ordered to be stricken out. The Preamble and Resolutions were then adopted. C. R Shorter, Esq , offered the following, which was passed : Resolved, That the proceedings of tins meeting be signad by th® Chairman and Secretary, and seat to the editor of the Chronicle and Sentinel, with the request th~.t they be published. The meeting then adjourned. Harvey Wheat, Chairman. Jaa. B. Neal, Secretary. Special Natures HiT Come nt Last —A part of the suppty of MANTILLAS and VESETES, that I have been ex pecting the last month, have just arrived by express. The Ladies arc respectfully invited to call and ex amine them. nlO WM. H, t'RANR. COMPANY, First Division,—The Annual meeting of the Company will be held at. the office of William T. Gould, on MON DAY EVENING next, ut half past 7 o’clock. Defaulters had better attend and make their ex- as the Constitution will be rigidly enforced. nlO Hy order of Captain MAHARRY. DEDICATION BALL. Jjj* A Ball will be given to the citizens of Au gusta and Hamburg, on THURSDAY EVENING, 14th of November, inst., at Concert Rail. Senior Managers. Junior Managers. H. H, Gumming, G. M. Newton, John Kerr, James Hope, Wm. M. D’Antionac, J. C. Dawson, J. M. Smythe, W. S. Roberts, G. T. Dortic, C. Catlin, Thos. Richards, J. D. Butt, J. B, Hart, J. Cummins, W. E. Hearing, Thos B. Phinizy, W. K. Kitchen, W. Montgomery, C. B. Martin, H. Rossionol, Hugh O’Neil, Edward Girardbt, J. A. Carrie. Persons desiring to subscribe, will find a subscrip tion list at the Store of Messrs. J. A. Carrie & C®. nS _ m _ your Taxes. — This is positively the last call —I will be at the Scale House Monday 11th; at the Eagle & Phoenix Hotel Tuesday 12th; at the United States Hotel Wednesday 13th ; and at my office Thursday 14th instant; to collect the State and County Taxes. I shall be at the Court House on the 25th instant, and close my books on the 26tb instant. Look out —time is short. E. C. TINSLEY, T. C. R. C. Republic copy. nB-4 A Card.—Dr. EDW. GIRARDBY tenders his Professional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. Office one door above Martin Frederick. 030 lm Concert Hall. —This splendid HALL Is now in complete condition, and can be rented of the proprietor, or Dr. E, Girardey. It is one of the best Halls in the South for Concerts, <fic., being one entire room, without post or pillar, and measuring 86 by 52 feet. The entrance is on Ellis Street. n 5 6l M. FREDERICK. |3r Card. — Dr. C. Carroll Thomas ten ders his professional services tc the citizens of Au gustaand vicinity. Office corner of Broad and Kol lock streets, opposite Clayton & Phiaizy’s Ware house. n5-lm Mrs. Cunningham intends commencing her Drawing Class on MONDAY next, at 3 P. M., at her School Rooms on Broad-street, over No. 112 and 114. n 3 Yjt Female School. —This Institution will commence, under the direction of Mrs. Doctor Cun ningham, in a suite of Rooms, next belc.v the Washington Hall, on the 7th of OCTOBER, inst., where the usual branches Jan English education will he taught. Al-o, Music, French and Drawing. Residence on Greene street. 01-tt fj’The French Language taught gram matically by Mrs. Sabal, opposite the United Males Ho'el. Mrs. Sabal will take charge of a C|r.ss in any of the Seminaries or private families of Augusta 08 MEDICAL CARD. . DR. JURIAE! IIARRIBS offers nis ser vices in the Practice of MEDICINE and jFfr SURGERY, to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. Until his office is completed, he will be found at the Drug Store of D’ Antignas & Barry. Office north side of Broad, 3d door below Camp bell streets, up stairs, 016-dim* UUg«i of the Wild Cherry. --. The Plain field (New Jersey) Union of September 18, 1848, says ; The Wild Cherry Tree has been known for ages to De a most valuable and efficacious remedy for Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Consumption—and com bined as this Balsam is, with « her valuable vege.a ble extracts, by a skilful physician, Dr. Wistar, it must of course be a highly efficacious remedy. Such, we have often been informed by those who have used it, it is, and we are not therefore surprised that it is in areater demand for the diseases named, than any medicine now sold in this vicinity. DOES ANY ONE DOUBT THE EFFICACY OP THIS MEDICINE. We do not ask the public to rely solely upon re commendations produced from States far distant, where the persons cannot be known; but having testimony from every State in the Union, we respectfully invite all persons interested to call at 138 Washington street, Boston, Mass., and examine for themselves the many thousand tesiimcn; .la, from persons all over the whole country, who hsve been benefited or cured by this invaluable modi .me. Beware of Counterfeits and Imitations, Syrups, and all other preparations of Wild Cherry. Re member they only imitate in name without posses sing the virtues. Buy none but the genuine Dr. Wistar’a Balsam of W ild Cherry, with the written signature of I. Butts on the wrapper. Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by Seth W. Fowle, 138 Washington street, Boston. Mats. Buy none without the written signature of I. BUTTS on the wrapper, if you would avoid imposi tion. Por sale by Barrett, Carter & Co., Kavi'and, Risley & Co., D. B. Plumb & Co., W. K. Kitchen and P. A. Moise, Augusta. By H. C. Seymour <Sc Co., Madison. By Drs. Reese & Ware, Athens. By T. M. Turner & Co., Savannah. By Dr. P. M. Cohen, Charleston; and by Seth W. Powle’s Agents every where. n!2-tw<fcwf PIED In this City, Sunday Morning, 10 A. M., 10th inst.. Laura Gertrude, daughter of John and Laura Bridges. SIXTY DAYS AFTER DATE APPLICATION will be made to the Me chanics’ Benk for the payment of two Ten Dollar Notes of said Bank, the right hand halves of which have been lost. Letter B, 1709 and 1294. nl2-law2m* MAT. WHITFIELD. PROPOSALS WILL BE received by the undersigned, for the construction of an Engine House, in Broad street, at the intersection of Jacksun-street, to be built of Brick and covered with Tin ; and to be twenty-two feet wide and thirty feet long, with parti tion running through the centre, of brick. The building to be two stories high. For further particu lars apply to JOHN C. CARMICHAEL, nil Chairman Com. cn Engines, WANTHD, A FIRST RATE experienced NURSE, to wait on children, for which the highest wages will be given. nl2 J. S, WILCOX. LADIES’ HIDING HATS. a JUST received from W. H. Beebe & Co., by J. TAYLOR, Jr., & CO., 12 No. 236 Broad-street. CORN STARCH, an excellent diet for invalids and convalescent persons, highly recenuuended by physicians generally. A fresh supply just re ceived by nl2 WM. H. TUTT, Druggist. TELEGRAPHIC If ew s Transmitted for the Chronttle A New York Market. Mon»at, Nov. 11.—Cotton advanced l c . toon bales sold. Middling 14} ; other things unch’an^j Election.—Boston, Nov \\ Briggs runs ahead for Governor. Charleston Market. Monday, Nov. 11, P. M.—CoWon, -There b been an active demand to-day end the salt* ** to 2400 bales at 13 to 13$ cents, without any c | in prices. y From the Baltimore American—By Tel Dreadful Steamboat Accident " Neio-Castie. Dei., Nov. 7, 10 P u* steamboat Telegraph, of the Enickso-Tr on her parage frooi Philadelphia to RJ ; Ue ’ barsted her boiler off this place about 7 ! ‘T? to-mg t So far, some twenty -f Cur . C °° k have been brought ashore from i|, B V/T some ot w hom are dead and other.- • wounded. Seven or eight who drifted were picked np. It is supposed (hat a | number were blown overboard, aaiou»‘ were the captain and crew. The wreck b drifted two miles below, there beirw no L* er here to take her in. 3 SW • ?, r * C , hß / ,e ° H *S° n ' a who ha* juet landed, says she had too much slesa. on * Uie time of the explosion. lUi P. M.~ Forty passengers have just land ed among whom are a great many badly woun ded and scalded—some cannot survive. There are about twenty more on board suffering greatly. - The Arsenal lias been thrown open for their accommodation, and six doctors have arrived from Wilmington. Among the wounded are five ladies. The people here are doing ajj j n their power to alleviate the sufferings of i( ie wounded. P. S.—The steamer has just been towed to her wharf. Her cabin floor is strewed with wounded. Captain Claypool has been found badly hurt. Seven dead bodies on board. Newark, N. J. Nov. 7.—The State Senate stands 9 Whigs, 12 Democrats. The Assem bly 25 Whigs and 35 Democrats, giving 13 Democratic majority on joint ballot. = Ai rival of the St'amer Geo gia —New York, Nov. 7 —The steamer Georgia, from Chagres. dates 26th ult., readied the wharf at 2 o’clock this afternoon. She brings 200 passengers and SBOO,OOO worm of gold dust. She left Havana on the 2d inst Havana has been qui et. Tae new Governor General hourly ex pected. Much speculation as to his manner of proceeding. Ten th-usand troops were on their way from Spair ; some had already ar rived. Two vessels of War were towed to sea, but their destination kept secret. SUGAR, COFFEE AND MOLASSES.— 75 hbus. Porto Kico and New Orleans Sugar 300 bags Rio and Java Coffee, 75 hhds. Molasses. Just received and for sale low by n]2 BAKER. WILCOX & CO. RUM, GIN, WHISKEY, BRANDY, &c.- 26 bbls. N. E. RUM, 30 do. Rose and Anchor GIN, 3 pipes Holland Do., 40 t bis. Old Monongahela WHISKEY, 50 do. New Orleans Do., 1 pipe Irish Do., 5 do. Sazerac and Otard BRANDY, Also, .a full supply of CORDIALS, Lemon SY RUP, Claret WINE, in bottles, Molaga Port and Madeira WINES, ia eighth and quarter casks, just received and for sale by nli-d&wlm HARDIN & F.STES. C CLARIFIED SUGAR.-50 Bbls. Stuarfa y Clarified Sugar ; 50 bbls. Haveraeycrs <fe Mai lere Sugar, for sale by nI2 BAKER, WILCOX & CO. N EFFECTUAL Remedy for WHUOPjj ING GOUGH —Rocht’s Royal Herbal Em brocation a warranted cure without medicine. Tbia i celebrated English remedy is for sale by PHILIP A. MOISE Importer of English and French Medicines, 195 Metcalf’s Range. nl2 fft BURRAY’S FLUID M AGNESI A.—This ITX mild, sale, and elegant anti-acid and aperient, possesses ail the properties of the Magnesia in gene ra! use, withoat b-ing liable, like it, to form dange rous concretions in ibe bowels. It corrects acidity and effecmilly cures Heartburn, without injuring the coats of the stomach, as Soda, Potash and their carbonates are known to do; it prevents the food of infants from turning sour, and in all casts acts as a pleasing aperiect, peculiarly adapted .'or fen ale*. Jast received and for sale by n!2 WM. H. TUTT, Druggist. CANDLES.— 25 boxes Sperm CANDLES, 50 bozes Hnil’s & Son’* Tallow Do. 40 do. Patent Mould do. Do. 25 do. Poster’s do. do. Do, 50 do. “ Star” Adamantine Do Porsaleby nl2 BAKER, WILCOX & CO. JENNY LIND PERFUME BAGS, for perfuming clo;hing in wardrobes, trunks, (f*c. For sale by PHILIP A. MOISE, Druggist. nl > __ HAMS. —25 casks extra Sugar Canvassed Harai, just received and for sale by nI2 HARDIN & ESTES._ riURRANT’S ELIXIR OP TURRET i RHUBARB, for the cure of Dyspepsia or In digestion Bitiousand Nervous Headache, Diarrhoea, Rheumatism, Flalulcacy and Gravel. This preparation cannot be too strongly recoin mended to the many thousands now suffering from Dyspepsia, and its consequences. Headache, Con stipation, <fec., &c. To be had, wholesale or retail, of nl2 WM. H. TUTT, Drogvisr. LEUA.IT French and English P K HFU«E* R Y, comprising Extracts for the Handkerchief, Pomatums and Oils for the Hair, Soaps for the X°i let. &c.. &c., just received and for sale by n (2 PHILIP A. MQISE._ NEW BOOKS, NEW BOOKS.—Harper’s Magazine for November. Petticoat Governments, by Mrs. Trollope. Adelaide Lindsay, by the author of “ Angela- Julia Howard, by Mrs. Beil. , Money Bags and Title , a hit at the follies ot 9 age. Pictorial Field-Book, No. 8. Encvr’opoedia of Useful Knowledge. Rncyc. .tediaof Useful and Entertaining Knt'• ledge. Dodd’s Manual of Dignities. The Family Monitor, by Mrs. Ellis- Tupper’s Works, some beautiful editions. Heaven and the Sainted Dead. The above for sale bv _ c nM n!2 THOMAS RICHARPS^g—^ I|\LoUR.— 200 bbls. Canal Flour, of brands, for sale low by « r-n. n!2 BAKER, *MLCOX nother fol WAIEK, just received sale by nI2 PHILIP A. —' FOR SAVANNAS- ket THE fine ne 'T : . w ill bere- OREGON, Capt.Sha*,* Tsoßlb) after leave Augusta for every Wednbsdat Vorming, at 7 c eloc For Freighter Pascjge, having fine tions, apply on board, or to nl2 iEPFERS. COTHRAN fJxTHGICAIj INSTITUTE eiSl . v DRS. H. F. R. CAMPBELL [b? lished an INFIRMARY Tbe y treatment of Surgical ai j ( hrontc L , j#n< sod respectfully call the aPantioa °f thc J™ garlic* 1 the public to their Institution. ” ec „ *„ T CaJ» ? operations will be performed by ! ‘ . b f tbe!> ■ bll; all other treatment will be ren jointly. . _;il receive evcr ' y Pa-.ients sent from tk® country oar city neccsaary attention during their sojourn n!2-wtf ——— H fOLLOWA Y'S E XT UACX tb« .H. GINGER; is equal o Br ®^. nß ’ J ad sared price. Per. or who use a „ blgb - Holloway’s is a very superior P re P ar sale by ly concenlrated^P p rice L^^^^ ™san? 2SSSS&P*
