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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. by WILLIAM S. JONES, OPflOl in liilL MiD lAHI BOILDINO. PAILY, TRLWKEKLT <fc 'fflEKLI* fggnu —Daily I t a city sabcc-ribers, per bhm»,inedf $6 Daily r*per, Bwi:edi« the country* 7 Tti'Vf sskly Paper, « “ “ “ • • 4 Weekly (a ma.it.moCb sheet) “ “ •• 2 GASH STSIH.H, La no case will an order for the pap« be atUnjvj to, males* accompanied with Ue MMf, mod is every faeoUwee when the lime for whUh the sobscriptioa may be paid, expires before the reaespt of fmniu ta renew the same, the paper will be dlscontinsed. Depreciated funds received at value in this city. From the Albany Georgia Patriot. Wagffowing upon the Sabbath. Mr. Editor :—While many of out public spirited men are suggesting and planning new enterprises, whilst hundreds of onr ablest men are writing and speaking against the different vices that attach to the human family, and whilst too onr legislators are making laws, (and devising means for their enforcement) against every species of crime, there is one evil that pervades our beloved Slate which skonld cause every Christian and philanthropist and every public spirited and moral man to deplore s—and in all the wide and extensive catalogue of laws that have been placed upon oar statute books, and in all that has been written or said by the most public-spirited, philanthropic and religious men of our Stat-s, nothing, (so far as I have seen or beard) has keen said or done to rid us of this curse, this Met upon the character of oar State. Would yea ask, sir, what is this evil 7 I will endeavor to point it oat in as few words as ][ ana able ; and although I feel my inability to do the sub ject that justice which it requires, 1 hope te be able, at least, to attract the attention of those wko are better qualified to give the subject that interest which its importance demands. Jmoan that of waggoning upon the Salbath day Allow me to make a few quotations. “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which be had wade. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all bis work which God created and wade.”—Gen. ii. 2 and 3. “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shall then labor and do alt thy work: bat the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thon shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates : fer in six days the Lord made heaven and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh : wherefore the Lord bless ed the seventh clay and hallowed it.” Ex, xx., 9, 10 and 11. Again t “Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days then shah labor, and do alt thy work bat the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it tliou shall not do any work, then, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy maid servant, nor tbiee ox, nor thine ass, nor ■ay of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man servant and thy maid servant, mty rest ag well as thorn.” Dent. ▼. 12, 13 and 14. Now, air, this is plain language. It is positive and directly to the point and none are so ig norant as not to understand its import. Yet how few practice it J How many ol Georgia's tens ever think of the passages of scripture above alluded to, when starting their teams to market with coron t It would be wore con genial to eur feelings, could we suppose that they were ignorant of the wrong they are in flicting open their heavenly Father ; but such an imputation would be in direct conflict with the intelligence and wisdom which Georgia can se justly boast of. Even ministers of the Gespel seem te be ignorant of the matter ; (if wears to judgS from their actions) yes, they, te wbem their little flocks over which they preside, should look for spiritual advice and counsel, are teen starting their teams on the Sabbath, or on such days as to include it in the ■umber requisite for the trip, and with the express intention of gaining one day. The Sabbath day rarely ever rolls ever our heads without seeing waggon after waggon travelling the highway loaded with cotton or merchan dise, earning perhaps their four or five dollars par day, and actually engaged in defrauding God of the day set apart for rest, and for hie worship. God, in his wisdom and bounty gave man six days in which to do his work, the sevsnth day only he reserved to himself. How wise, how beneficent and merciful this ar rangement, “that thy man servant and thv maid servant may rest as well as thou.” How much better as well as humane it would be to let tbe poor male and its driver that have la bored all the week, rest when the Sabba h ceases. Metbinks were they to rest and have tbe proper treatment, we should not see so mtny poor and ill looking teams upon the wad. What would be thought of tbe man whe would start his negroes and males every Sunday morning to ploughing his corn or cot ton Tor do you suppose that an intelligent community would permit a man to preach in their pulpits, who would make his negroes and mulee work his farm on the Sabbath T Most assuredly not; and the man who would be gnilty of sneh conduct, would not only be scouted from society, but also held amenable to tbe laws of the State. Now, sir, 1 would ask, where is the difference between plough ing cotton on tbe Sabbath to make money, and in waggoning on that day for the same purpose t There may be legally, but morally there is none. Some may say that custom, tolerates one, whilst it does not the other; but I believe if there existed no statute against vi olating tbe Sabbath by working our farms, the time would not be long before we might see the ploughs and hoes as regularly at work on that day as any other. If the duties we owe to God, “our Creator and preserver”—if tbe mercies and blessings he has so lavishly heaped upon us an individ uals and as a nation, will not impel us to re vere his laws, and keep inviolate his command ■seats respecting the Sabbath, ought there not te be each legal restraints thrown around us os to compel us to do so T Will not our Leg islature at its next session make such provis ions os will pat a stop to so vile and perni eieus a practice, and one so derogatory to our ebaraeter and standing as a State. How we eaa expect te prosper as a State, and violate ■e epsnly and shamefully the express com mands of God and permit it to be done with impunity by all who see fit to do it, is more than 1 can see, and more than the Bible | Will warrant the assumption of. If God com manded the Israelite to be stoned to death for gathering a few sticks on the Sabbath, what ought to be our punishment 7 Can we ex pect that his judgments will be alway s wiLj held.? and we permitted logo on “Gaiiieo like t” Certainly not. He says “Know tbere- IV** l kat the Lord thy God he is God, the God, which keepeth covenant and •i 0 I dm® that love him and keep his !!J to a thousand generations: des»rov m ***** hat * k* m to f ace lo tSSSS. ‘te sUck i° s him l!"*' w.« x.oi«,.r^T T w r \i‘° b ‘* r f r" tent h? do so, I would like to hup’ ° F com P e ' tfc.bul, Mr. Editor. I o'VT signed at the commencement of thi* sheet to ■soke a few remarks, ana trusted th« t thev (together with your assistance) might be the p means of calling forth suen minds as are cal culated and to present the subject in its proper fight before the people. And why may I not expect the 00-operation of every Editor in Georgia, who loves the welfare and reputation of bisH&aio. It it time, lir, that the evil was exposed, and that its reign should cease. Rsfors. Starksville, April 28 th. 1851. Further toy the Niagara. Nearly 7000 season tickets have been cold for the Great Exhibition. There is a railway within the building, and an electric telegraph, for which Mr. Cornforth, of Birmingham, has drawn a wire a mile long, the greatest length ever drawn. France.— On Friday a vote of want of con fidence in tbe existing Ministry was proposed in the Assembly, bat on a division the numbers were—Against the motion. 327 ; for it, 275; majority in favor of tbe ministry, 52. A hill is in preparation by the ministry for a general credit of 80 millions, divided over 20 years, for tbe repair of all religions monuments and edifices. It appears that the cathedral of Rou en is in such a dilapidated state that it alone will require an outlay of four millions for the necessary repairs. The Bulletin dt Paris says that the Minis ter of the Interior intends ta present a bill to the Assembly for the purpose of authorining an extraordinary and special session of the Municipal Councils throughout France, to take place before the 15ch of May. The only question to be submitted to the Councils is the following:—“Ought the Constitution to be revised 7” and the answers are to be simply “Yes” or “No," without any comment or ex planation. Tbe Opposition papers cry ont al ready against this plan. The accounts from the manufacturing dis tricts are of a gloomy character ; and these ac counts, whether from the east, south, or west, are of a like description. Alsace, Lyons. El beuf, and Rouen have the same story to tell of suspended employment and looms stopping for want of order*. A general idea aas spread that there would be a sharp crisis in June. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the quarter’s revenue ending the Ist ult. The re ceipts on Customs and Excise for the first quar ter of the present year exceed those of the corresponding quarter of 1853 by f7, 25,000. Prussia. —Oar advices from Berlin arc of the 11th ult. The Prussian Government is preparing a memorial setting forth its plan of action in the Federal Diet at Frankfort. The Ministerial paper states that besides England and France, Russia, too, has remonstrated, if not protested, against the Austrian annexation scheme. Russia has likewise desired tka* all the German States should accede to the Frankfort Diet. The King of Greece has ar rived at Berlin Austria. —Vienna correspondence is of the 9ih ult. It states that the Austrian Cabinet is inclined to accede to the Frankfort Diet. Nevertheless, some formal objection will he made to the Pruss an proposal. The Austrian Government has imposed an income tax on the Lombardo Venetian provinces. A maga zine of gunpowder has exploded atTemeivar, in Hungary, and twenty lives were lost. Accounts from Austrian Gallicia state that many districts are menaced with a scarcity of bread, arising from a dearth of corn in store and in the markets. The reason assigned for this is not failure of the crops, which are said to have produced an ordinary average, but the repugnance shown by tbe peasantry to till tbe lands or get in the harvests of tbe larger pro prietors The Papal States.— The Roman Journal of the 31st ult., announces that the 2nd battal lion of French Chasseurs marched the day be fore for Civita Vecchia, where they were to embark for Algeria. A French company had obtained a cont ract from the Pontifical Government for lighting Rome with gas. Spain.— Our aceounts from Madrid aie of the sth instant. M. Bravo Murillo announced in a speech in the Cortes on the proceeding day, that the deficit in the budget of 1851 bad been reduced to 50,976 000 reals. There re mained, however, a deficit in the badget ex traordinary of 151,570,000 real*. M. Bravo Murillo concluded his speech by expressing his confidence that this deficiency might be paid off in the coarse of four years. Egypt. —Advices from Costantinopie state that Ranee Pacha, the Viceroy’s Envoy, had been well received by the Sultan ; and the explanations he had given relative to the present condition of Egypt, had proved satis factory. The railway between Cairo and Alexandria will be completed during the present year. Bosnia.—After the defeat of the insurgents by Ibrahim Pasha, on the 10th of March, rbe fortress of Jaiza was evacuated, and the garri son fled to Turkish Croatia. The Seraskier, while firing upon the enemy, was wounded in the left arm, his musket having exploded. On the 21st the Imperial troops took possession of Jaiza, and Omer Pasha war st’ll there on the 25th. A farther reinforcement of 1000 Ar aaats passed through Bosna Serai, and after plundering a watchmaker e shop, and pot ing some people to death, marched on the 27ih to Turkish Croatia. All communication between the Herzegovina and Turkish Croatia is inter rupted by Skender Beg, who occupies Livno with 3000 men. Later advices from Bosnia state that all the artillery of the insurgents, was captured by the Turks at Jaiza. A corps of 2,000 insur gents, from the Kraina, was advancing upon Novi, for the purpose of effecting a junction with the rebels at Piedor. Omer Pasha is con centrating his troops at Banjaluka. The latest accounts from Bosnia are, that tbe rebels are retiring towards Bihac, while Ali Redie is attempting to collect new forces beyond the Unna. India and China.—By the Overland Mail we learn that tbe tranquility of India remains undisturbed. From China the accounts state that the mur derers of Decasta had been taken. Fear pi ratical junks had been captured. The Overland Mail brings an account of a frightful catastrophe, the destruction of one of the large-! Indiamen by fire, called the Buck inghamshire, formerly belonging to the East India Company’s service, while on her home ward voyage to London. She was a splen did-looking ship, nearly 2,000 tons burthen,, with high poop decks, and her loss was nigh being attended with the most fearful conge quences. The ship fortunately happened lo be, at the time of the breaking out of the fire, not very far from the shore, and she was run aground in such a favorable position, that all es tbe 200 passengers escaped without injury. A Fast Fonzral—A Rag* to the Grate. —On Saturday last, two funeral processions of unusual length, on their way to the Cemetery in Cambridge, neared each other a little above Portar’s Hotel. A rivalry immediately set up between the drivers of the hearses, to set which should reach the gate of the Cemetery first! By a great application of the whip a sample of fast driving developed itself—but the race was of short duration. The coffin inane of the hearses was thrown out on the ground, and, before the cortege following could draw up, it was run over by three or four hacks, and seri ously mutilated. This accident suddenly pat an eod to the mad career of the Jehus. The body was restored to its proper place, and the two funerals proceeded iu order. Fast driving to the grave often occurs in Cambridge.—Bos ton Mail. The Cuba* bxp£ditiob{all over.—From recent accounts from Florida, we are induc ed to believe that the alledged expedition to Cuba has been abandoned. Persons who were understood to be engaged in it, have re urned to their homes, and the impression is general that no further effort will be made, at least for the present, to invade the island. It is said that the leaders in the movement, in the south, have gone west. We know not how true this is, but we feel certain that the prompt measures taken by the government e e ®® ct to prevent the Bailing of Uw Mp.dmot — Sm». H&A. £**«*. 8 Chronicle anfr Sentinel. AUGUSTA, G A : WEDNESDAY MORNING .. .. MAT 7. Outside See Fiasr AMD Fourth Paors of Daily. Effect of Railroads. — A gentleman of high character in Mobile, in a letter to his friend in New Orleans, bears the following testimony in reference to the effect of Railroads on real estate in that city : “Property io Mobile is now saleable, and for mo ney, and is worth double what it was two years ago., The Bank of Mobile sold property two years ago— nearly all that it had ; and portions of it hare been sold lately for almost double the cost. Planters are now making investments in real estate in Mo bile.” What is true of Mobile is equally true of every city connected with railroads, and every county through which a road passes; and such will always be the result in all communities where there is either industry or enterprise. It cannot be otherwise, because railroads al ways cheapen and facilitate transportation, lienee the products of labor realize more to the producer, and the articles of consumption become cheaper in the same ratio that the freights are reduced. The difference is there fore pocketed by the producer and consumer. The consequence is, bis Sand, becomes more valuable simply because the products thereof net him a greater amount of profits. There is another great saving — time —which shonld be ta ken into the account in the estimation of the value of railroads, and if the old adage that “time is money,” be true, this is certainly no inconsiderable item in the increased profits of railroads. Efflagbsm tins Spoken* At a meeting of the Constitutional Union Party of Effingham county, at which Capt. Thomas Elkins presided, and by which Thos. Elkins and H. Powers were appointed Dele gates to the Gubernatorial Convention, and Hugh E. Cassidt and A. G. Porter to the Congressional Convention, the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That disregarding all party lines and distinctions, we avow ourselves the friends of thn Union. Resolved , That the very mention of disunion of the States, is a great publ c injury, as it tends to un settle the public miad, and make men familiar with the idea of such a state of things, and deters them from contemplating it with that abhorrence every true patriot should. Resolved , That in the approaching election for Governor, we will cordially support the Candidate who may stand firmly by the Constitution and the Union, and against the treasonable purposes of Northern Abolitionists and Southern Disunionists. Resolved. That we believe and trust in the Pa triotism of our brethren, North, East and West; and that until this trust is destroyed we will uni tedly stand by tbs Union, and defend the Constitu tion. Frost.—Guir exchanges are very generally commenting on the extremely cold, backward Spring, ar.d tbo effects upon the young crops The month of April was unusually cool and uncongenial to the growth of corn and cotton, except a very few days, and May has opened with a severe frost, in some sections, succeed ed by a temperature much more like that o. t March than even April. Now while wo write the wind is blowing from the North-west, so chilling that the sunshine is more pleasant than the shade. That such weather materially re tards the growth of young plants, none will question, but what effect it will produce upon the extent of the crops es cotton, corn, or any other grains, time alone can determine. The Columbus(Ga.,) Times, says; “If Jack Frost has been as busy in ether neighborhoods as he baa been In this, we think the avenues of commerce in other markets will exhibit as it does here, a horrible elongation in the phyei ognomy of planters, and a corresponding fore shortening in the countenances of the cotton holders of the 2d May, 1851. We are inform ed upon good authority, that the effects of the frost on the 2d inst., has been very injurious to the growing crop; and judging from the varia bleness and backwardness of the season, as we have personally experienced it, we can only say that if the crop of 1851 is not a short one, it is because the Plant is totally indepen dent of seasons. One Fifty acre Field, nine miles from Columbus, has been entirely de stroyed by the late frost, and we judge that this is but a foreshadowing of the news to reach us from this onward.” Telegraphic despatches from Memphis, Tenn., report a “ heavy frost ” there on tho morning of the Ist inst., and as the morning of the 3d was much cooler in this region, we think it not improbable that the frost was more severe there on the previous day. We forbear to give the numerous reports we have from various sections of the country of the extreme backwardness of the Spring, with a clamor in anticipation, about “short crops,” simply remarking in reply to all such clamors, better be snre you are in the woods before you hollow. The truth is, there has been so much hollowing of this sort for the last few years, people are growing incredulous. Tue Florida —This fine Steamer left her wharf in Savannah at 9£ o’clock on Saturday morning for New York. She carried out 84 cabin and 64 steerage passengers, 591 bales of Colton, and sundry packages of ether mer chandise. Her freight and passenger list, therefore, amounts to upwards of $3,500. A Railway across the isthmus of Suez is de cided upon. Abbas Pacha, who is, it is said, under the influence of the Consul General of England, has just publicly declared that he will commence the work immediately. Half the people employed on the line are to be Eng lish. The Socorro Affair.— J. Hamilton Prio leau, First Assistant Surveyor of the Mexican Boundary Commission, has written a letter to the Charleston Courier, fully confirming the first statement that appeared in the Picayune relative to the tradegv at Socorro. The Beaten Transcript states that a new ship on the stocks at East Boston has been named by Messrs. Train & Co., the Astonisb er, emblematic of her size and speed. iShe will be the largest merchant ship in the world, of 2000 tons register. She will be launched wiih a.I despatch, and leave for Liverpool on the sth of July, * Boston, Msg 2.—Doctor William Clarke, the Botanic physician, cha gad with mal-prac tice in the case ol Rosina D. Levitt, and c alia sing her death therebj, baa been held to bail m the sum of SB,OOO. ,3 TUI H .•*. v.,.; } Tna Tahmaft Society.—Every body has heard of “ Tammany HaU,” the head-queirtera of the Democracy ts New York for time im memorial. but few, we presume, are familiar with the history of the Hall, or the institution of “ Tks Tamman y Society,” which now seems to be in the hands and under the eontrol of the Free-soil Democrats es the city. As this bit of history may prove interesting to many of oar readers> we subjoin it as given by the Evening Post: For the information of such es our readers aa may wish to know something more of the history and character of this Tammany Society, we may here add, that it was organized in 1789, by William Mooney, an upholsterer, with a number of other ci tizens of New York for the purpose of opposing the constitution of tUe United States (which had then re cently been adapted) on account of what were es teemed federal and aristocratic tendencies. The institution took its name from the celebrated Indian Chief Tammany, and ail its ceremonial nom enclature is adopted from the habits and customs of the Aborigines. It has a Grand Sachem, and twelve additional sachems, after the fashion of the President and Governors of the thirteen States then in exis tence. It has a Grand Council, of wfcieb ail the officers and sachems are members, which is presided over by a Father of the Council, and the proceedings of whieb are recorded by a Scribe. The Society dates all its transactions from two eras, the discove ry of America by Columbus, and its own foundation. It divides the year into seasons—the season of mow, the season of blossoms, and the season of fruits. The twelfth day of May is commemorated as its anniver sary. It was the first society organized in this country for the defence of State rights; and one of the oaths which its members are required to take is, that they will sustain State institutions, and resist a eoneoliJa tion of power in the bands of the general government. At first it was not a political organization, and it was so popular that most persons of any note or merit be longed to it, and its anniversaries were celebrated aa holydays. But when President Washington re buked “ self- created societies, ” from an apprehen sion that their ultimate tendency was hostile to the public tranquility, many forsook it, and at one of its anniversaries only three persons were in attendance. But Mr. Mooney was one of the three. From this time it. leagued its destiny with the fortunes of Tho mas Jefferson. The adoption of the several amendments which were made to the constitution, through the influence of Jefferson and Madison, reconciled the society to that instrument, and from that time forth, they were, or professed to be, apostles of the decentralizing po lity, which has always been, and still is, advocated by the doctrinaires of the democratic party, and of which Mr. Jefferson was, in his day, the most pro minent exponent. Since those days, however, the influence of the society has very much diminished. It controls the disposition of Tammany Hall, and that, we oelieve, constitutes the chief, if not the only, element of its strength and perpetuity. We have only to add, that the proceedings of the society are secret. Mansfactdrino Stocks. —The Newbury port Herald publishes the following table, showing the par price and aaarket value of soma of the prominent Eas ern Manufacturing Companies’stocks. Where asterisks are pre fixed, the market value is that at which actual sales were made during the week : Par of sha’a. Market val. ♦ Amoakeag, Manchester* SIOOO $920 ♦Stark, do 1000 620 Apple on, Lowell 1000 80J Atlantic, Lawrence 1000 500 Bartlett, Newbaryport 600 450 Boon, Lowell 1000 875 ♦Hamilton do 1000 770 Lawrence do 1000 9uo Lowell, do 700 480 Laconia, Saco 1090 550 ♦ Lancaster, Clinton, Mass* ** * 500 312 Massachusetts, Lowell-..... • 1000 859 Merrimac do 1000 1200 Middlesex de ....... lUO9 850 Suffolk do 1000 500; Tremonl, do 1000 700 Jackson, Nashua *• .... 800 800 Nashua do 500 480 Cocbeco, Dover 500 525 ♦Great Falls 200 194 Salmon Palls 60 0 400 Cabot, Palmer, Mass 1000 700 Chicopee, Springfield 1000 400 Dwight, do 1000 Bio Perkins, do 1000 650 Palmer, at Palmer 1000 650 Thorndike, do 1000 6CO ♦ York, Saco 1000 760 Bay State, Lawrence........ 1000 800 ♦New England Worsted Co.. • 100 75 By the above table it will be seen that of the thirty companies named, the stocks of only three, or one tenth of the whole number, are worth par. These are the Merrimac at Lowell, Cocheco at Dover, and Jackson at Nashua. Os the remainder, the depre ciation of the ralue of the stocß varies from three to fifty per cent— the average being more than twenty five per cent. Certainly this does not look much like manufacturers realizing those enormous profits of which our free trade friends are so fond of talking. Combustion or Oxyobn in the Atmos phere.—Mr. Paine, who claims to have in vented a method of producing light and heat by the combustion of water, not satisfied with this discovery, has hit upon a still cheaper and more abundant fuel. The Worcester Spy of yesterday says : “ Although the patent of the Hydro Electric Light has been secured, Mr. Pain a has not remitted his investigation®, and at last has discovered a process ot canaliz ing the oxygen of the atmosphere, and render ing it highly luminiferous at a mere nominal expense, without the cost of machinery, or any other apparatus than an air-receiver, ca pable of holding common air. We saw it in operation ;ast evening in our office, examined it minutely, catalized the oxygen ourself and r ead by the light so produced, which is equal, if not superior, to the beat gas burned in the cities. The fiime is peculiarly white and bril liant, burns with a clear, steady light, is entire ly inodorous, and during the half hour that we watched it° operation, we could see no con sumption of the cataiizing material. The whole apparatus which we saw, could not have cost more than a couple of dollars, and it was capable of furnishing all the light needed for the illumination of an ordinary sized room. We shall give a more full description of the apparatus to-morrow, and hope to accompany it with an explanatory diagram.” The Afpalino Occurrence at Danville. —The Lewisburgh Chronicle of Wednesday gives the particulars of the injury to the Methodist Church at Danville, by lightning, on Sunday last: The congregation were kneeling in prayer, just before the sacrament was to be adminis thred. There were no previous indications of a storm, except a slight sprinkle of rain, and a cloud which seemed to be gathering in a north orydrection The steeple was first struck and much shattered. After reaching the main buildingr, the electric fluid divided into two separate currents —one passing through the ceiling end along the chain by which one of the lamps was suspended, (both of which latter was demolished) directly down into the midst of the caowded congregation ; tearing up the floor and pews considerably, and in stantly killing Mrs. Pencil, and inflicting alar ming injuries opon her sister, Miss Vastine and eight or nine others, mostly females, be sides stunning and otherwise partially affecting many other persons. The ladies dresses were much torn, as well as set on fire, and ia soma instances ripped completely open to the flesh by the force of the te rific bolt Mrs. Pencil’s person bore no external marks of injury, but most of the others were scorched and discolored to a greater or less extent. The other current pass ed oat through the brick wall by the from door, tearing off the facings and prostrating a young man named Jones, who was just at that moment in tbo act of entering. The lightenin'* struck his right shoulder, t re his right hoot to fragments, and blistered his flesh from shoul der to heel so badly that the skin peeled off when his clothes were removed. Our informant, a gentleman of this place, who was in chapel at the time, says it was the most appalling scene of consternation and distress ha aver witnessed. h ' t\m. ' - ■■■■■■■■■■— 5 The chapel is a new building, and the entire elevation of the steeple or dome, ia about eighty j i, feet, and had no lightning rod ; though we un derstand one had been contracted for, and was expected to be put up in the course of the summer. For the Chronicle 5r Sentinel. Some of tbe Southern Rights presses are evidently seeking to make the doctrine of se cession, as arising from State sovereignty, an element of political strife, among the people of Georgia. Bat when the question is asked “catfeme?” tbe only response, 1 apprehend, which can in truth and sincerity be made by them, is, that it may possibly add somewhat to the meager ranks of their party. They are willing to hazard any experiment upon the principle that their prospects can scarcely be rendered more gloomy. While I am of opinion that it is our duty te meet fairly, openly and boldly, every question es any practical utility, 1 am equally persuad ed, that all mere speculative abstractions shonld be studiously avoided. As a general proposition, it is almost universally admitted that a Slate has the right to withdraw from the Union. The Consututional Union party, having adopted as a platform the resolutions passed by the lata Convention, aland commit ted to this doctrine. The contingencies there set forth, as sufficient to authorize and re quire dissolution, are clear, distinct and une quivocal. So far aa lam informed, tbe whole party are willing to acquiesce. At tho same time we all concur in the opinion that tbe Union of the States, under a proper adminis tration of the government, and a strict adher ence to the Constitution, is a great blessing ; that the enjoyment of personal security and private property is batter protected in, than ii would be out of it; that w therefore, nothing should drive us tea separation/*' bat swillf«J/» perversion of its terms, as th| # Constitution, to the seridup detmaenLpf our prosperity and But whilS*here* are scarcely any, who will thara State has the right to secede utfder certain cjcci|m stances, yet, when you intitule dfi in to tbe nature and origin of thfi*’ righy»ycu open a wide field for speculation. Whether it be u right that we may exercise id will under any circumstances; whstflbr it be a results from a violation whether it be a natural or revolutionary right, are questions, upon which Jhere quiets doubt lest a variety of opmieas. jkortunatfcly, *hs?w * ever, they are questions of inch a character, as to render it by no means important that oar opinions upon them shoald*cotncide. It is idle to inquire how the right-comes; te know that we have got it, is sufficient for all practical purposes. At least, lam unable to perceive in what way any one of these views will boter promote gnr interest than another. Will a conviction lhaf this right grftws out of State sovereignty parpen 4he intellect, and thereby the better us to discover when we aro wronged and how t(F*red«£Bß those wrongs? Will itadu to onr'virtue and cour age, and increase our zeal and devotion in the cause of our country 7 Will it make us bet ter qualified to avert danger or meet it in «i proper spirit when it comes ? How then can it benefit us? It certainly cannot control the consequences which would result from an ex ercise of the right. Whether it would prove a peaceable ora violent remedy, will not de pend upon our opinions. It is pretty certain that the South will not arm against ’be South. If opposition comes from any quarter, it will come from the North ; and it will be itnpossi bte for us to control them in their opinions and conduct. It cannot aid ue in determining the question with regard to tbe expediency of ex ercising the right under a given stale of facts indeed it would cons.itute no link in the chain of reasoning which would bring as to a conclusion upon tbisstbjeci. This very question was upon as but a short time pas-. It was met and decided in the election of delegates te the late Convention It was admitted to be a grave question, and had our calm and serious deliberation. The conflict was sharp ; it called forth the talents and patriotism of the land. So deep was the interest felt, ihat it loosed the bonds of party aad drew Whigs and Democrats side by side, in support of law, order and the Constitution, against reckless politicians who, with madden ed zeal, sought to lay their hands upon the altar of our common country. Yet, in all this controversy—a controversy so violent as te remove the old landmarks of party—this pecu liar doctrine relative to the origin aad nature of the right of secession, did not eater even as a constituent element. This afferds us the best evidence of its true worth. In time es iainent peril, men cast aside all useless tram ■ pery.andarm themselves with weapons that will tel! when a blow is given. If the country were entirely relieved from faction and fanaticism ; if no cause existed to alarm the fears of the patriot, we might with impunity embark in pursuit es this Will-with a-wisp. It is true, that the danger which now threat ens us, is not immediate and pressing. The crisis is past and we breathe more Ireeiy. Bat th ' spirit of disaffection, though rebuked, ia by no moans subdued Do not the Southern Rights party still persist in denouncing tbe ac tion of the Convention 1 Do they not still held on to their sectional party name, and avow it as their settled policy no longer to af filiate wiih Northern men ? Are they not moving heaven and earth to widen the breach, which unhappily exists between the North and the South? Do not all their designs, their whole conduct, manifest a spirit of deep hostility against the Union, and a settled pur pose to pull it down ? They may sincerely believe that the Ui ion as it is, is a curse. This is the only reasonable solution of their con duct. But it is of no moment to ns, from what motives their actions spring. Facts must control our movements. And the necessity still exists in all its force, for as to stand firmly by our National Union organization; and, whatever device the enemy may adopt, re solve by no means to waste our strength upon false issues. Elbert. From Texas.— By the arrival yesterday of the U. S. Mail steamship Louisiana, Capt. Lawless, we have Galveston dates to the 28th alt., and Brownsville dates to the 24th ult. A startling report had reached Brownsville that at Roma, on tbe Rio Grande, some per sons, being displeased with certain revenue re strictions in legard to carrying hides to tbe Mexican side, mounted a swivel gun on the Texan bank of the rivsr, and fired it at tbe Mexican guard opposite, wounding several. Orders were despatched to Camargo by the Mexicans, for a reinforcement of 15U men. The San Augustine Herald says that Gen. Houston and Gen. Rusk had arrived in that town, and that the former spoke of not return ing to *he Senato. Tno Brazos river is still overflowing and tbo river rising. In many places the overflow ex tends through tbe bottoms for many miles. Considerable injnry to the crops ia now deem ed inevitable. Similar information is bad con cerning tbe Trinity and Colorado. The heavy and long continued rains are tbe cause. In Western Texas the crops, both of corn and cotton, are in a forward stato, and there is every probability of an unusually large yield this year Capt. G. K. Lewis, who was lataly arras’ed at Mataraorosby tbe Mexican authorities, effect ed his escape from prison ou tbe 16th ult. It was rumored that he was to be taken to Ticto ria for trial; and, as the captain has many ana* miea among tho Moiioana be was, though still quite young, a Mier prisoner and a veteran Texan ranger—lie concluded that it was best to *ei hone as moon as possible. On a la’.e trip of the steamer Mentoria. from Brownsville to Brazos Santiago, a mammoth fish, weighing 501£ pounds, was caught with ao ordinary hook and line. Rio Grande city is steadily improving, aft* though business is dull, as the Mexican au thorities, on the opposite bank of the river, are most rigidly enforcing their system of du ties. Two runaway slaves were caught a few days since in (he Brazes bottom. They were en sconced on a log, completely snrronnded by wster; and could not get to the high land. They had not tasted food for four days.— Pie. Ist teal. The operations of the U. S. Mint at Phila delphia, during the past month of April, were as follows: Coinage for April. — Gold. 117,744 Double Eagles, value $2,354,8610 21,179 RagUs 211,790 88,903 Quarter Eagles- 222.270 387,118 Gold Dollars 397 11,8 614,9i9 pieces $3,176,058 Silver Coinage. 24,000 Dimes 2,400 Copper Coinage. 1,333,676 Cents 13 336 76 1,972,625 pieces $3,191,794 76 Total Gold Bullion deposited for coinage from Ist (o3otb April, 1851, inclusive: Prem California $2,785 500 V other sources.. 75,000 $2,860, 00 Silver Bullion deposited in same time*. • 18,000 The coinage of three cent pieces has reach ed to about $ 16 000, and is progressing rapid ly. By instructions from the Department, one half of this coinage is to be reserved for the as istant Treasurers and Government Deposi tories in distant cities, who w ; ll, by exchanges and otherwise, introduce them into circulation. The balance will be paid out at the mint, in amounts of S3O, S6O, $l5O. The issue will take place on the Bth instant. — Malt. Amer. Special Jfotues Mr - There will be Preaching in the Methodist Church every night this week, beginning THIS (Wednesday) NIGHT at 8 o’clock. my7-l Englae C». N«. 9. — Attend a meeting at Lamback’s THIS Jlff'.R.lC (Wednesday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. A punctual attendance ie necessary, as business of isaportance is to come before the Company. By order of J. E. Marshall. xmjl BUTT. Sec’y and Treasurer. The nuderilgand bare this day com ‘'meooed to serve ICE CREAM. The Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to give us a eall. my6-tf N. GIRARDY A SONS. 0 ORATORIO. particular request, a Second CONCERT of Sacred Music, will be given on TUESDAY EVENING, 13th inst. Organist, M r . Soroa, Conductor, Mr. Shbival. Particulars will be given in time. |jf We have commenced drawing SODA WATER at our Coanter. sp23 D P.PfUMB A CO. O’Cold Soda Water, with a variety of Sy rups, at the Drug Store of PHILIP A. MOISB, Metcalf’s Range.. N. B. —Congress Water always in Ice. ap29 A CAHD, U# Mr* Maeerabcr returns bis thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who bare visited bis Room to examine the J ‘ Ooydell Illustrations,” and iu ans wer to maay inquiries, will state that he will remain in the city until FRIDAY NEXT, the 9th instant, when hia Exhibition will close. J. A. Carbib A Co. have been appointed agents for delivering the work and receiving subscriptions during Mr. M’.s stay, and they have engaged a young gentleman who will call on all the citizens who wish to secure a fine copy of the work. ray3-tf Or Notice. —Jamss G. Gould. Esq., is duly authorised to collect the Notes and Book Debts due the assigned Estate of George R. Wilson, a P 29-dl-lw&wlw WM. A. WALTON, Assignee. HIT Bath House, open for the Summer, corner of Greene and Jackson streets, ap24-d|m Avcdbta, May 2d, 1851. JY Georgia Railroad and Bunking Company,—ln pursuance of tbs Charter and By-Laws, the next annual meeting of the Stockhol ders of this Company will be held at their Banking- House, in Augusta, cn Tuesday the 13th es May inst., at 11 o’clock, A. M. JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Cashier. fjT Trains of Cars will leave Covington and Athena at 6 o’oclock A. M., on Monday the 12th, for the conveyance of Stockholders and their fassilies to Augusta, free of charge. N. B. The regular passenger rates having been reduced to three cents per mile, so special reduction will be made in favor of passengers by this extra train, other than for Stockholders and their families, which will be held to consist of wives, children, and necessary servants, constituting the usual house hold. The Agents at the different stations will fur nish tickets, and the privilege of free passages will be confined to tbs extra trains, azeept for Stoeb holders residing above Covington. P. C. ARMS, my2-d&w Superintendent Transportation. O’ Office of the Ha.itcock Steam Boat Company.—The Stockholders of the Hancock Steam Boat Company, have this day declared s divider,, ed of t> ,r pan oust, out of the profits of the last four mouths. Payable at the office of Pxabob A Simpsob. ap3o-lotd J. R. SIMPSON, Sec’y. BOYS’ JACKETS. fjT M. Newby A Co* have just received 50 fine Black and Dark Green ROUND JACKETS, for Bovs from 9to 14 years old. Also, a large lot of SACKS, FROCK COATS, PANTS, VESTS, dtc., Ac., for boys, all of which will be sold very cheap. ap27 BLISS’S COMPOUND COD LIVER OIL CANDY. Nothing uffardi a more effectual ireli if (jo the person weak and enfeebled by disease than th s unrivalled Candy. If the expectoration is diffie lit, the use of the candy will cause an easy discharge, and if there is a soreness in the chest it will be great ly mitigated by a use of the candy. The can iy is so pleasant to toe taste, that it is not offensive to the most sensitive stomach. This has been a great de sideratum with medical men, to discover some means to deprive Cod Liver Oil of its disagreeable taste, and at the same time retain its virtues. Dr. Bliss has accomplished the task, but he has imitato rs who must be avoided. Prepared ouly by B. K. BLISS, Druggist, Spring field, Muss., Inventor and sole Proprietor. Pine# 2Ji cents a package. For sale in this city by k PHILIP A. MOISB, «p25-ddkw2w Sole AgentJor_Aogiistn^^ MARRIED. Ob the 13th ult... by the Rev. Wm. H. Stokes, Mr. D. B Filchxit and Miss Saban »!*. T. Aa bury, both of Mayfield, Ga. VIST Christie"* lo lexjvidj^aa^c2^ MM » BA%3. aMST.7 STYLE—Just received by J.IATLQI, Jr tJ 4kCO,
