Georgia Historic Newspapers

    CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
OFFICE IN RAIL. ROAD BANK BUILDING.
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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.
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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*