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P[a PIIHKSS OF HO\. DANIEL MKDBTISH,
jpW&RE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY*
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CfIXTIKIED.
in gcnraal it is true of the languages of nations
iTsitfin tfieir earlier ages, they contain llie gubstan-
and sinew characteristic of their idiom,
yet that they are rough, imperfect, and without
polish. Thus ('haucer wrote English, hut it is what
\ye call old English, and it has not the smoothness
and lluoncy belonging to the stvle ot Pope and Ad
dison. And Spenser wrote English, but though
Hch and gorgeous, it has not the precision and ac
curacy of those later writers. It would seem that
many books must he written and read, and a great
many tongues and pens employed, before the lan
guage of a country reaches its highest polish and
perfection. Now, the w'ondcr is now a language
should become so perfect as was the Greek of Ho
mer, at the time when that language could have
been very little written. Doubtless in succeeding
ages the compass of the Greek tongue was enlarged
as knowledge became more extended, and new
things called for new words; but within the com
pass of Grecian knowledge, as it existed in the
time of Homer, it can scarcely be questioned that
the style of Homer is quite as perfect and polished
as that of any of his successors. The cause of tills
apparent anomaly is that the language had not only
been spoken for many centuries, by a people of
great ingenuity and extraordinry good taste, but
had been carenilly cultivated by the recitation oi
poetical compositions on a great variety of religious
and festive occasions.
It was not until the legislation of Solon had laid
the foundation ol free political institutions, and
these institutions had unfolded a free and power
ful and active political life in the Athenian Kcpub
, lie; until the discussion of public affairs, in the
f Senate and the popular Assembly, had created do
-9 lilicrative eloquence; and the open administration
of justice in the courts, and under the laws estab
lished by Solon, had applied to the transactions be
tween the citizens all the resources of refined logic,
and drawn into the sphere of civil rights and obli
gations the power of high forensic oratory —it was
not until these remit* of the legislative wisdom of
Solon had been attained, that the art of history
• rose and flourished in Greece. With the decline
Os Greecian liberty begun the decline in the art of
historical composition. Histories were written uu
, * tier the Grecian kings of Egypt, and a long line of
writers flourished under the Byzantine emperors;
hutitho high art of historical composition, as per
fected in the master works of Herodotus, Thucy
dides, andNenophon, had perished in the death of
pontroal freedom.
The origin, progress, and decline of history, os
an art, were nearly the same in Koine. Sallust and
Livy flourished at the close of the Kepuhlic and the
commencement of the Empire. The great works
of Tacitus himself are thought by many to betray
the beginning of decline in the art, and the later
writers exhibit its fall.
The art of history again revived with the rise of
the Italian Republics; and since the revival of
literature, at the close of the middle ages, it will
probably be found that three things naturally rise
into importance together, that is to say, civil liber
ty, eloquence, and the art of historical writing.
(fiber foundation is not to he laid for authentic
history than well-authenticated facts; but on this
foundation structures may he raised of different
cuanotorieties, historical, biographical, and philo
sophical. . One writer may confine himself to exact
and minute narration ; another, true to the general
story, may gmbellish that story with more or loss
of external ornament, or of eloquence in descrip
tion ; a third, with a deeper philosophical spirit,
may look into the causes ot events and transactions,
trace them with more profond research to their
sources in the elements of human nature, or con
sider and solve, with more or less success, that
important question, how far the character of
“individuals has produced public events, or how
far, on the other hand, public events have produced
and termed the character of individuals.
Therefore one history of the same period in hu
man affairs no more renders another history of the
same period useless or unadvisable than the struc
ture of one temple forbids tire erection of another,
B. or one statue of Hercules, Apollo, or Pericles
suppress all other attempts to produce
/statues of the same persons.
Hut, gentlemen, I must not dwell longer on these
general topics. Wo are Americans. We have a
couuuw all our own ; we are linked to its fates and
its fortunes; it is already not without renown ; it
has been the theatre of some of the most important
of human transactions; and it may well become us
to reflect on the topics and the means furnished for
itistoric-.il composition in our own land. I have
abstained on this occasion, from much
coipmciit on the histories composed by European
writer- of modem times; and, for obvious reasons,
1 abstain altogether from remarks upon the writers
of our own country.
Works have been written upon the history of
the 1 . States, other works upon the same subject
are in progress, and, no doubt, new works are con
templated, and will be accomplished.
It need not he doubted that what has been
achieved by the great mop who have preceded our
generation will Jjc properly recorded by their suc
g censors. A country in which highly interesting
I events occur is not likely to be destitute of scholars
§jJPand authors tit to transmit those events to postori
, ty. For the present, I content myself with a few
general remarks on the subject.
In the history of the U. States there are three
epochs. The first extends from the origin and set
tlement of the colonies, respectively, to the year
1774. During this, much the longer period, the
history of the country is the history of separate
s .communities and governments, with different laws
, and though all were of a common
Bpirigin; not identical, indeed, though having a
'*• * strong family resemblance, and having more or less
reference to the constitution and common law of
the parent country.
In all these Governments the principle of popu
lar representation more or less prevailed. It exist
ed in the State Governments, in counties, in large
districts, and in townships and parishes. And it
is not Irrelevant to remark, that, by the exercise of
the rights enjoyed under these popular principles,
the whole people came to be prepared, beyond the
example ot all others, for the observance of the
same principles in the establishment of national
institutions and the administration of sovereign
powers.
The second period extends from 1774, when those
" colonies first acted efficiently together, for great
political e#ds, as a coubederacy of States, to the
year 1789, when the present constitution of gov
ernment was established. The third embraces the
period from 1759 to the presenttime.
To avoid dealing with events too recent, it might
he well to consider the third era or epoch as termi
nating with the close of President Washington’s
administration, and going back into the second so
far as to trace the events and occurrences which
shewed the necessity of a general government, dif
ferent from that framed by the articles of confed
eration, which prepared the minds of the people for
the adoption of the present constitution. No doubt
the assembly ofthe first Continental Congress may
he regarded as the era at which the Union of these
States commenced. This event took place in
Philadelphia, the city distinguished by the great
civil events of our early history, on the sth of. Sep
tember, 1774, on which day the first Continental
Congress assembled. Delegates were present from
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
Let this day be ever remembered ! It saw as
sembled from the several colonies those great men
whoso names have come down to us, and will des
cend to all posterity. Their proceedings are re
markable for simplicity, dignity, and unequalled
ability. At that day, probably, there could have
been convened on no part of this globe an equal
number of men possessing greater talents and abili
ty, or animated by a higher and more patriotic
motive. They were men full of the spirit of the oc
casion, imbued deeply with the general seutiemsnt.
ofthe country, of large comprehension, of long
foresight, and of few words. They made no speeches
for ostentation, they sat with closed doors, and
their great maxim was u fairc mn* dire." It is true,
they only wrote; but the issuing of such writings,
on such authority, and at such a crisis, was action
>> —High, decisive, national action. They knew the
% history of the past, they were alive to all the diffi
culties and all the duties of the present, and they
acted from the first as if the future were all open
before them. Peyton Randolph was unanimously
chosen President; Charles Thompson was appoint
ed Secretary. In such a constellation, it would be
invidious to'poiut out the bright particular stars.
Let me onlv say, what none can consider injustice
to others, that George Washington was one of the
number.
The proceedings of the Assembly were intro
duced by religious observances, and devout sup
plications to the Throne of Grace for the inspira
tion of wisdom and the spirit of good counsels.
On the second day of the session it was ordered
that a committee should be appointed to state the
rights of the colonies, the instances in which those
rights had been violated, and the means proper to
be pursued for their restoration; and another
committee to examine and report upon the several
statutes of the English Parliament which had been
passed affecting the trade and manufactures of
the colonies. The members of these committees
were chosen on the following dav. Immediately
afterward Congress took up, as the foundation o's
their proceedings, certain resolutions, adopted,
just before the time of their assembling, by dele
gates from towns in the county of Suffolk, and
especially the town of Boston.
Boston, the early victim of the infliction of
wrong by the mother country, the early champion
of American liberty ; Boston, though in this vast
country she may be now surpassed by other cities
ju numbers, in commerce, and wealth, yet she can
not be surpassed in the renown of her early revo
lutionary history. She will stand acknowledged,
w hile the world doth stand, as the origin and orna
ment promoter and defender of the rights of the
colonies. The English crown frowned upon her
with severity and indignation ; it only made her
Hand more erect, and put on a face of greater
boldness nnd defiance. Thu Bnrilnment potircd i
noon her all its indignation, It only held nefr np j
with greater illumination. and drew* toward her I ■
the greater attachment and veneration of the coun
try. Boston, as she was in heart, in principle, and ,
feeling in 1774, so may she remain till her three
hills shall sink into the sea and be no mote re
membered among men.
Gentlemen, these early proceedings of the citi
zens of Boston and other inhabitants of the coun
ty of Suffolk deserve to be written whfcre all pos
terity may read them. They were curried to the
representative of royalty bv the first distinguished
martyr in the cause of liberty, Joseph Warren.
Ilow fit that he who was not long afterward to full
in the defence of the liberty of his country, end to
soul ins love of that country with Ids blood, full of
its spirit and its principles, should lie ;h_e bearer of
its remonstrances to the representative of the
throne of England ! No encomium, no eulogy
upon the State of which I have the honor to be a
citizen, can exceed that which is exp-eased in the
unanimous resolution of the first American Con
gress of the Bfh of October, 1774, in rhese words :
“ Resolved , That this Congress approve the oppo
sition of the people of Massachusetts Bay to the
execution of the late acts of Barliamei t; and if the
same shall he attempted to he carried into execu
tion by force, in such ease nfl America ought to
support them in their opposition.”
Gentlemen, I will not believe that the ancient
commonwealth of Massachusetts can ever depart
from her true character. I think it impossible.
But should she bo left to ft®gettnlne« of herself,
and all that belongs to her; should sh ■ temporarily
or permanently stray awav from the paths of her
ancient patriotism; should she, wl ich Heaven
avert, be willing to throw off her original and all-
American mantle —to disrobe herself in the pre
sence of the world, of all her nationality of charac
ter, there arc others who would eager y seize that
mantle, and who would show themselves capable
of wearing it with grace, dignity, and power. I
need not say here where those othc rs are to be
found. lam in the city in which Washington first
took upon himself the administration of the Gov
ernment; lam near the spot on which all hearts
and all hopes were concentrated in 1789. I bring
the whole scene, with all its deep interests, before
me. I see the crowds that fill and throng the
streets; I see the ten thousand faces, anxious to
look on him to whoso wisdom, prudence, and pat
riotism the destinies of the country are committed.
I see the august form, 1 behold the serene face of
Washington; I observe his reverent manner, when
he rises, in the presence of a countless multitude,
and, looking up with religious awe to heaven,
solemnly swears, before the multitudinous assem
bly, and before Him that sitteth on the circle of the
heavens, that he will support the const tutiou of his
country —so help him God I
And* I hear the shouts and acclamations that fill
the air ; I see outpouring tears of joy and hope; 1
see men clasping each other's hands, and I hoar
them exclaim, “We have at last a country; we
have a Union; and in that Union is strength. We
have a Government able to keep us together; and
we have a Chief Magistrate, an object of confi
dence, attachment, and love to us all.”
Citizens of Now York, men of this generation,
is there any thing which warms your heart more
than these recollections? Or can you contemplate
the unparalleled growth of your city it population,
and all human blessings, without feeding that the
spot is hallowed, and the hour consecrated, where
and when your career of prosperity an d happiness
began?
But, gentlemen, my heart would sink within me,
and voice and speech would depart from me, if I
were compelled to believe that your fidelity to the
constitution of the country, signal and unques
tioned as it is, could ever exceed that ft' the Mate
whoso soil was moistened by the Wood of the first
martyrs in the cause of liberty, and whose history
lias been characterised from the beginning by their
zealous and uniform support of the principles of
Washington.
This first Congress sat from the fifth day of Sep
tember until the twenty-sixth of October, and it
thou dissolved. Its whole proceedings are em
braced in forty-nine pages, but these te w pages con
tain the substance and the original form and pres
sure of our American liberty. Its principal pi
pers are, an address to the people of Groat Britain,
written by John Jay; a memorial to the inhabitants
of the British colonies, written by William Living
ston; an address to the King, written by John
Adams, corrected by John Dickinson; and an ad
dress to the inhabitants of tpiebce, written by
John Dickinson.*
There is one resolution of the old Congress,
adopted on the 14th of March, 1776. which' has
never received so much attention ns it deserves.
It is in these words:
“In Congress, March 14, 1776.
“ Rewired, That it be recommended to the
several assemblies, convention, councils, or com
mittees of safety, immediately to cause all persons
to bo disarmed within their respective colonies who
arc notoriously disaffected to the cause of America,
or who have not associated and refuse to associate
to defend by aftns the United Colonies against the
hostile attempts of the British fleets and armies.
“ Extract from the minutes:
“Charles Thompson, Secretary.”
Several of the Governors-of the States, conven
tions, councils, or committees of safety, took im
mediate measures for carrying this resolution into
effect. The proceedings, in consequence of it,
have been preserved, however, only in a few
States. The fullest returns which can he found
are believed to bo from Now Hampshire and New
York. The form was a recital of the resolution of
( 'ongress, and then the promise, or pledge, in the
following words:
“ In consequence of the above resolution of the
Continental Congress, and to show onr determina
tion in joining our American brethren iu defending
the lives, liberties, and properties ot :h® inhabi
tants ofthe United Colonies : We, the subscribers,
do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we
will, to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our
lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile
proceedings ofthe British fleets and armies against
tlie United American Colonies.”
In the mountainous State of New Hampshire,
and among the highest of its mountains, then con
taining only a few scattered settlements, was the
township of the Salisbury. The Merrimac river,
now so nleasant in scenery and with so much rich
ness and industry on its banks, was then a roaring
and foaming stream seeking its way, amid immense
forests on either side, from the White Mountains
to the sea. The settlers were collected, and the
promise or pledge proposed by the Continental
Congress, of life and fortune presented to them.
“All,” us the record says, “freely signed, ex
cept two.”
In looking to this record, thus connected with
the men of my own birthplace, I confess I was
gratified to find who were the singers, and who
wore the dissentients. Among the former was he
from whom I am immediately descended, with all
his brothers, and his whole kith and kin. This is
sufficient emblazonry for my arms, enough of her
aldry for me.t
Jn one of the townships of New York, we find
a long list of those who arc called true Whigs, and
then comes what is called the list of Tories, and on
that list there was one name.
Are there young men before me who wish to
learn and to Imitate the spirit of their ancestors,
who wish to live and breathe in that spirit, who
desire that every pulsation of their hearts and every
aspiration of their ambition shall he American, and
nothing but American ? Let them master the con
tents of the immortal papers of lire first Congress,
and fully imbue themselves with their sentiments.
The great Lord Chatham spoke of this assem
bly in terms which have caused my heart to thrill
and my eyes to be moistened whenever I recollect
them, from my first reading of them to this present
hour.
♦ The authorship of these papers is given on the authori
ty of a printed journal of the proceedings < f the first
Congress, which belonged to Ca'sar Rodney, a member of
trie body, and with interlineations, probably in hie hand
writing. The volume is in the possession of Col. Force, of
Washington, whose library of American history is proba
bly not surpassed in value or extent by any other collection
of books and manuscripts on this subject, and whose in
terest and research in collecting the materials for an
American history, to which he has devoted bis life, are
worthy of great commendation.
+ The signers in Salisbury, New Hampshire, were the
following:
Abenezcr Johnson, Robert Smith,
Samuel Scribner, Andrew Pettingill,
John Collins, William Calef,
Reuben Greele, Leonard Judkins,
M illiam Nuton, Jonathan Fifield,
Benjamin Bean, Edward. Eastman,
Job Heath, Shubael Greele,
Pbiueas Bean, Benjamin Huntoon,
John Jameson. Jonathan Cram,
John Sanborn, David Pettingill, .
Jacob True, Joseph Bartlett,
John Gale, John Rowe,
Moses Elkins, William Webster,
Rev. Jonathan Soarle, Jocoh Garland,
Ebenezer Webster, William Kastman,
John Fifield, Joseph Marston,
William Searle, Moses Sawyer,
Abel Tanday, John«Challi«,
Jeremiah Webto, Benjamin Greele,
Edward Fifield, John Fellows,
Mose« Garland, Ephraim Colby,
Edward Heath, John Webster, Jr.,
Rrra Tucker, Andrew Robinson, Jr.,
Eben Tucker, An a mah Bohouon,
Nathaniel Meloon, Andrew Bohonon,
Hezekiah Foster, Daniel Huntoon,
Nat. Meloon,Jr., Moses Seely,
Iddo Scribner. Gideon Dow,
John Bean, j aeo b Cochran,
Obndiah P. Fifield, Nathan Colby,
Benjamin Scribner, Joseph French,
Edward Scribner, Stephen Call,
John Scribner, Mathew Pettingill,
Jacob Bohonon, Ebenez.er Clifford,
John Brown, Reuben Holt,
Benjamin Sanborn, Joseph Fifield,
Joseph Basford, Abel Elkins,
Daniel Sewel, Abraham Fifield,
John Webster, Ricliard Piermont,
Robert Harber, Daniel Warren,
Nathaniel Marston, Cutting Stevens.
Israel Webster.
This may certify to the General Assembly, or Committee
of Safety, of the Colony of New Hampshire, that wo, the
snbsceibers, have offered the within declaration to the inha
bitants of the town of Salisbury, and they sign freily, Mr.
Sinkier Bean and Joseph Bean, Es<(., excepted.
Ekhskzkr Wbbstkr,
JOXATIUS FIKIKU),
Salisbury, Sept. 12, 1770. Selectmen of Salisbury,
“When ytmr lordship* lock p,t the papers tnmr- I
mittcd tts fttmi America—when you consider their !
desconcy, firmness, mi l wisdom, you camiot Hu -
lespect their cause, mid wish to make it yotir ow*n.
For myrelf, I must declare and avow that in all
ray reading mid observation, and it has been mv
favorite study—l have read Thucydides, and have
studied and admired the master States of the world
-—that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity"
wisdom of conclusion, under such n complication
of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men
can stand in preference to the general Congress at
Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lord
ships that all attempts to impose servitude upon
such men, to-establish despotism over such a migh
ty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal.
We shall be forced ultimately to retract : let us re
tract when we can, not when wc must.”
The first Congress, for the ability winch it mani
fested, the principles which it proclaimed, and the
characters of those who composed it, makes an il
lustrious chapter in our American history. Its
members should be regarded not only individually,
but as in a group; they should be viewed as living
pictures exhibiting young America as it then wa«,
and when the seeds of its public destiny were be
ginning tostart into life, #»• oil described by our early
motto as being full of energy and prospered by
Heaven.
“ Non sine Dis, animosns infang.”
Some of the/nembers of this Congress have lived
to ray time, and 1 have had the honor of seeing and
knowing them; and there are those in this assem
bly, doubtless, who have beheld the stately form
of Washington, and looked upon the mild and
intelligent face and heard the voice of John Jay.
For myself, I love to travel back in imagination,
to place myself in the midst of this assembly, this
union of greatness and patriotism, and to contem
plate, as if I had witnessed, its profound delibera
tions, and its masterly exhibitions, both of the
rights and of the wrongs of the country.
i may not dwell longer on this animating and en
chanting picture. Another grand picture succeeds
it, and that is the Convention wnich framed the
<’oustitution, the spirited debates in the States, by
the ablest men of those States, upon its adoption,
and, finally, the organization of the first Congress,
filled by the gray-haired men of the revolution, and
younger and vigorous patriots and lovers of liberty,
and Washington himself in the principal chair of
State, surrounded by his heads or departments, se
lected from those who enjoyed the greatest portion
of his own regard, and stood highest in the esteem
of their country.
Neither Xenophon nor Thucydides, neither
Sallust nor Livy, presents an> picture of an assem
bly of public men, or any scene of history, which,
in its proper grandeur or its largo and lasting in
fluence upon the happiness of mankind, equals
this.
Its importance, indeed, did not at the moment
strike the minds of ordinary men. But Burke saw
it with an intuition clear as the light ot Heaven.
Charles Fox saw it, and sagacious and deep think
ing minds over all Europe beheld it.
England, England! how would thy destinies
have been altered if the advice of Chatham, Burke,
and Fox bad been followed !
Shall I say altered for the better? Certainly not,
not for the better for England herself; probably
she is stronger and richer at this moment than if
she had listened to the unheeded words of her
great statesmen. Neither nations nor individuals
always forseo that which their own interest and
happiness require.
(»ur greatest blessings often arise from the disap
pointmrnt of our most anxious hopes and our most
fervent wishes.
• “Let us know
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well,
When our deep plots do fail; and that should teach us,
There’s a divinity thatsha|>es our ends,
Hough hew them how wc will.”
Instead of subject colonies, England now beholds
a mighty rival, rich, powerful, intelligent like her
self. And may these countries be forever friendly
rivals! May their power and greatness; sustain
ing themselves, be always directed to the pro
motion of the peace, the prosperity, the enlighten
ment, and the liberty of mankind ; and it r it be
their united destiny, in the course of human events,
that they shall be called upon, in the cause of hu
manity and in the cause of freedom, to stand against
a world in arms, they are of a race and of a blood
to meet that crises without shrinking from danger
and without quailing in the presence of earthly
power.
[concluded to-moekow.]
(Lbronidc autr
O
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORMXG, MARCH «, 1*53,
The Northern Mail failed yesterday beyotid
"Washington. Through the courtesy of a gentle
man who came passenger from New York, we re
ceived a New York paper of Tuesday morning and
Baltimore papers of Wednesday morning, from
which we have culled the current news.
The (Rant Boy.—Correction.
A correspondent in yesterday’s (Mnst'etufiomlist,
in liis anxiety to puff the “ Giant Boy,” cut an ad
vertisement from the Chronicle and Sentinel of
Thursday morning, and prefaced it with the fol
lowing remarks:
“"We clip the following editorial from the Daily
Chronicle «fe Sentinel of yesterday, concerning the
distinguished Giant Bov, at Masonic Hall, in this
city:”
If the author of the communication (who wc
suppose to be the caterer for, or agent of, the Giant
Boy,) had »uid lie clipped it from the adrertising
columns of the Chronicle and Sentinel, wc should
have no cause of complaint.
Southern Medical and Surgical .lomnl.
The March No. of this valuable Medical Periodi
cal is on our table. It presents an interesting table
of contents. It lias four original ootnuumications.
The Ist is from the pen of W. C. Brandon, M. D.,
of Hermitage, Ga., on Epidemic Dysentery, as it
prevailed in a portion of Floyd Go., Ga.
The ‘2d is from the pen of D. C. O’Keefe, M. D.
Extracts from the Records of the Physicians’ So
ciety for Medical Observation of Greene and ad
joining county.
The 8d is by J. S. Wilson, M. D., of Muscogee
Co., Ga., on the Medical Statistics of the last Geor
gia Census.
The 4th is by W. Boom, M. D., of Carrollville,
Miss., on Cold Water in Puerperal Convulsions. —
Edited by Prof. L. A. Degas, and published in this
city by James MgCaifertv, at $8 per annum, in
advance.
The Charleston Medical Journal and Review.
The January No. of this interesting and valuable
Periodical lias been on our table for Homo tune, and
we take pleasure in recommending it to the Medi
cal Profession. It has eleven original communica
tions, with its usual variety of miscellaneous mat
ter. This Ih an unusually interesting number, and
is well worth the subscription money. This is a
Bi-monthly Journal, edited and published by D.
J. Cain, M. IX, and F. P. Porchkr, M. IX, of Charles
ton, S. C., at $4 per annum, in advance.
Mr. Stephen’s Letter.
The Coliimbns Erupiirer, in publishing the I Ait ter
of Mr. Stephens, giving his views as to the true
policy of the Union Party, remarks:
“ It breathes throughout a proper spirit, and is
suggestive of important reflections to every think
ing man. Take it up and carefully peruse it, and
then answer to yourselves if he is not right in all
his views. Is not the course which he so distinctly
marks out the only one of safety, and can the
friends of constitutional freedom go far astray hv
travelling with him on the journey before us? A
man of sagacity and deep penetration into the mo- ■
lives and meaning of others, cannot lie mistaken
very much as to their ultimate aims and intentions.
Such a man is Alexander 11. Stephens ; and ming
ling dnilv with the wire-pullers in the contest for E
the Presidency, he has every opportunity of under- |
standing what is best for the people, whose distin- [
guished Representative he is. Wc are not partio- 1
ularly informed as to the views of the other Kep- j*
reset datives from this State, but think wo may [
safely affirm that they differ in no essential points ?
from Mr. Stephens. Some one or two ol them r
may venture to suggest the propriety of yielding to [
the' dictation of thie Baltimore Convention,—but [
their feeble voices, we feel assured, will be drown
ed and bushed by the almost universal acclaim and i
condemnation of the intelligent voters of Georgia, i
•“The trial before ns is one of fearful weight, and
no old party ponies will lie permitted to drag the
car of safety into the bogs and quicksands of Abo
litionism and free-soilism. The people are awaking
to their true interests as connected with this mat
ter, and they intend to hold in their own hands
the power that will secure the rights of the South
under the constitution of the country. As long as
they do this, then there is no danger. The way is i
now open before them, and we have faith enough f
in their patriotism and love of country to believe j
that they will walk a chalk line in that good old j
way. As they go along, we shall be with them to j
tlie glorious end.”
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hkntz, so favorable known j
for her labors in the wide field, Literature lias 1
taken charge of the Literary department of Hie j
Colntnbvs Sentinel , in which we trust she is destin- |
cd to encircle her brow with fresh laurels. [
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Th«* B»hiai Hap Railro**!.
William Spencer Brown, Chief Engineer of
he Greenville and Columbia Railroad has made a
apid reconnoisance of the route of this road from
VuJerson C. 11., to the Rabun Gap, and in his re
>ort to Judge Oneal, President of the Grenville
fe Columbia Railroad company which is published
u the Charleston Mercury , expresses the opinion,
rery vague, of course, in the absence of surveys,
;hat the entire, road can be built for two million
lollars.
The advantages of this route over all others
n point of distance, Mr. Brown sets forth in the
following table, assuming the length of the Road
to be 150 miles :
Chattanooga to Charleston via. Atlanta 448 m.
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 4^4—36
Knoxville “ “ “ Atlanta 548
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 464—84
Chattanooga to "Wilmington via Atlanta 570
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 528—51
Knoxville “ “ “ Atlanta 679
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 508-171
Chattanooga to Charlotte via. Atlanta 568
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 464—00
From Knoxville to Charlotte via. Atlanta G6B
“ “ “ “ Rabun Gap 444-219
Judge Oneal accompanies the report with the
following letter addressed to ••Many Ckeirlesio
nieins
“According to my promise, I furnish the report
of Mr. William Spencer Brown. Chief Engineer
of the Grenville and Columbia Railroad Company,
of his reconnoisance of the Rabun Gap.
it will lie seen, that it is perfectly practicable to
construct a Railroad from Anderson through it.
The connection thence to the Hiwasae, was, 1 pre
sume, ascertained by Gen. Brisbane, in 1886, to
be easy.
Mr. Brown’s estimates show that the road can be
constructed at a cost, certainly not exceeding *2,-
000,000.
This snm can, I should suppose, bo easily raised
in South Carolina. The Legislature can very well
place the balance of their South Carolina Railroad
Stock, some $500,000 or 600,000, in the hands of
the Company to be organized for this great work.
The city of Charleston has, I presume, a similar
sum in' the Chattanooga and Nashville Railroad;
it may bo also devoted to this work. Something
like a' million is thus obtained. The merchants of
Charleston have so deep an interest in this pro
ject, that with, their characteristic liberality,
they will not fail to subscribe at least #250,000.
Columbia, Newberry, Abbeville, Anderson, Pen
dleton, and the intervening country between An
derson and Knoxville, with the Greenville and
South Carolina Railroad Company, will make up
the balance.
In this, I sec 1 have inadvertently omitted the
South Carolina Railroad Company. This great
Company, with its annual income of a million, will
surely take an active interest, and manifest it by
a subscription of SIOO,OOO or $200,000. For it
seems to mo the Rabun Gap road will add no ordi
nary item to her already great revenue.
I hope “Many Charlestonians” will move in tins
matter in Charleston. What will Charleston do I
The Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company
have ordered another reconnoisance and survey,
when necessary. Mill not Charleston and the
South Carolina Railroad Company unite with the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, place
a Brigade of Engineers on the lino, and have a
Serfect survey ? The Greenville and Columbia
ailroad Company, cannot afford, of themselves,
to encounter the expense of such a survey.
The Medical Examiner and Record of .Medical
Science.
TiMiarun the courtesy of the Editors, we have
tlic riMjrnon v ai uaum iuvuwum
on our table. It contains its usual variety of ori
ginal and miscellaneous matter, and is a work every
way worthy of the patronage of the Profession
It is published in Philadelphia by Lindsay
Bi.aklston, at $8 per annum, in advance, and ed
ited by F. G. Smith, M. It., and J. B. Biddle, M. D.
Scenes in Baltimore.
The attempt, on Monday and Tuesday night last,
of a Mr. Lhahy, who professes to be a converted
Monk, to deliver a lecture, or a course of lectures,
at Temperance Hall, purporting to expose the prac
tices of tho Roman Catholic Clergy, resulted ui
some quite riotous scenes. On Monday evening,
the Lecturer was forced to flee for safety from the
hall. Tuesday night his friends rallied and he
was more successful, aa he made out, not, howev
•cr, without frequent interruptions in the shape of
brickbats and other missiles through the windows,
to complete his lecture, —niter which he sought the
protection of his audience home, and was attended
by a large number. Numerous arrests wore made.
Bayne’s Panorama.— lt will be seen that this is
the last day on which the great Panorama of a Voy
age to Europe can be soon in the city of Augusta,
as it will be removed to Charleston on Monday
next. It gives ns pleasure to recommend this Pano
rama to the inhabitant# of that city, as being a
genuine work of the kind, and by far the best ever
presented to us. An exhibition this afternoon, at
8 o’clock, and at night, for tho last time here. Wo
trust no one will miss seeing this glorious Picture
before its departure.
U, 8. Mint.—The coinage at the Mint for the month of
February, was as follows ;
Gold. .. 652,519 pieces $2,992,649 00
Silver.. .1,781,491 “ 43,572 00
Copper,. 560,888 “ 5,60 SBB
T0ta1,.2,842,375 pieces $8,047,829 88
Os the Cold bullion deposited during the month, th«re was :
From California $2,941,000 00
“ other sources 67,000 00
$8,008,000 00
Silver bullion deposited in same time $21,200 00
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding on the Ist
Inst., was $160,961 64.
Mr. Gaillakdet writes to the Courier des Fiats
Un is :
“In tho universal discomfiture of liberal ideas,
the European democrats have found nothing so re
freshing as the loticr addressed by Mr. Rives to
Mr. Webster, after tho coup d'etat of the 2d De
cember, and tlie response of the latter, who, in
charging the Minister to recognize the Government
adopted by France, declares that the faith |of his
country in the Republican institutions which have
achieved for it happiness and greatness is entirely
unshaken. These two documents, which the cen
sorship of the Press permitted to appear in the Par
isian journals, have produced a marked sensation.
They nave elevated the two gentlemen in repub
lican esteem. Notwithstanding which, or rather
for that very reason, it is rumored that Mr. Rives
—whose position at the Elysce is peculiar—will be
recalled by the Cabinet at Washington upon repre
sentations from tho Elysce that such a step is ne
cessary to a perfect understanding between the two
Governments.”
It would certainly be a very extraordinary pro
ceeding in the Cabinet at Washington, to recall
Mr. Rives, especially when he so perfectly repro
oented their views, as well ns tho opinions of the
great mass of reflecting men throughout the coun
try. We presume the Cabinet will pay little regard
to the whims of Louis Napoleon.
Poor Shots.—The Paris correspondent under
date of February sth, says:
“Several bullets, (the best accounts, say three)
have been aimed at him, one by a praatised eye,
and all throe have missed him. Louis Napoleon
affects to see the hand of dcstiny r in this seeming
, immunity from destruction, and quotes, for his own
' account, the famous expression of the Emperor:
I The bullet is not yet cast, d*c.”
It is lucky for the Prince President that neither
t of these shots wore.from 4 hunters from Kentucky,’
else the raven that is playing eagle, would have
■cease to croak over the downfall of Republicanism
era this.
I Lady Franklin.—Of this high-hearted Woman,
I faiswis —in an age of women noted for many other
c things,—for that unswerving devotion of affection
I which is the most beautiful trait of female charac
’ ter, we find the following:
- Eleanor Ann Porden was born in 1795. She
early manifested great talents and a strong memo
ry, and acquired a considerable knowledge of Greek
i and other languages. Her first poem. “The Veils,”
t was written when she was seventeen. Her next
was thi “Arctic Expedition,” which led to hoi
marriage with Captain Franklin. Her principal
work ds th<* epic of “ Cceur de Lion,” which ap
peared in 1825. Her poems display much elegance,
spirit, and richness ot imagination.
She haw done writing poems now. but her life is
a lofty strain of that heroism which it is the aim of
poetry to celebrate.
[ The Springfield Post states that Mrs- Jenny Lind
; Goldschmidt has purchased a farm in Northamp
! ton.
I Boston has 39 regular day and 29 night Policc
! men, 261 Watchmen, 16 Constables of the Watch,
and 88 Court Constables.
1 A Vermont paper defines the rights of women
i as follows:
1 “To love her ‘ lord’ with all her heart, and her
; baby us herself—and to make good bread.”
' in New Mexico. —The investigations of <
the Boundary Commission in New Mexico are like- /
ly to throw considerable light on tho agricultural .
resources of that country. Amongst other items of
information obtained by their researches, we per
ceive that the valley of Salt River and the Gila, be
tween the mouth of tho former and the PijniQ h- (
lages, is admirably adapted to the growth of Sea
Island Cotton. The Pijmo and Maricopa Indians
produce an excellent quality of it in moderate quan
tities. The adaptation of the soil to this produc
tion is principally owing to the extensive deposits
of salt, which cover the surface of the ground like
snow, in a crystallized form and of virgin whiteness.
The valley of Gila contains (and particularly
al>out the Pijmo villages) some excellent arable
land. The amount is very small, however, in pro
portion to the whole extent of the river.
The golden anticipations, so far as they relate to
the Gila have received a staggering blow by the ex
ploration of tlm river* No evidences of the exist
ence of any such treasure were discovered ; and the
river lias but few attractions to offer in any other
respect. *
Gov. Cobb in Washington.— We clip the follow
ing paragraph from the Washington Correspon
dence of the Baltimore Sun:
Governor Cobb, arrived hero yesterday from
Millcdgeville, Georgia, and has been waited upon
by crowds of his old friends. Retook lodgings at
Brown’s hotel, and looks the very picture of a man
who lias done his duty and feels conscious of his
rectitude. Gov. Cobb will play a moat important
part in the next presidents! election, alike honora
ble to him, and beneficial to the national democra
tic party, which will again become a unit through
his agency and support.
Avgusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad. — We per
ceive that the last instalment on the stock origi
nally subscribed to this company, has been called
for, payable the first of April. The japid progress
of the Work, on the vpper end of the Tine especially,
renders this call necessary. We are glad to learn
that th« grading, msßorirv, Ac.. on tho contract
nearest Augusta, will, in all probability, he com
pleted quite a« soon as on that portion between
Waynesboro’ and Mcßean —so that the track can
be laid down rapidly over the entire distance from
Waynesboro’ to Augusta.
The Road will be opened to Waynesboro’ bv the
first of Apr', and two four-horse coaches will run
dailr in connection with tho trains. The staging
will then be only thirty miles, and make tho trip
from Savannah to Augusta very comfortable and
expeditious. We are informed by those who have
passed over the line, that it is worth the trip to
enjoy the smoothest and most solid Road ever con
structed in the South.— Savannah. Republican.
Railroads in Atlanta.— Very few persons who
have never visited Atlanta, have an adequate idea
of the immense amount of Railroad business going
on here daily. The whole number of trains ar
riving and departing amount to about eighteen or
twenty each day. On Monday last, however, thir
teen different trains of cars departed before eight
o’clock in the morning. Tho whole number of
trains arriving and departing during the day was
twenty-four. Where is the city of the South that
can beat this ?— lntelligencer .
Missouri. —The St. Louis Republican furnishes
the proceedings of Whig meetings held at Living
ston, Randolph and Clark counties, Missouri, to
make preliminary arrangements for the State Con
vention. At each meeting resolutions were passed
approving of the Compromise as a settlement of
flirt rmotifinii ftixlnrqititr tlia fnrfticrn RliH
the blavery question, endorsing me loroigu ana
domestic policy of the present Administration, and
nominating Mr. Fillmore as the first choice for the
Presidency. The Randolph meeting farther nomi
nated Mr.'C’rittenden for the Vice Presidency.
At a meeting of the Whig members of the le
gislature of the State of Delaware, held at Dover
on the 28d nit., a resolution was adopted recom
mending the nomination of Gen. Winfield Scott
for the Presidency of the United States.
Through from Savannah to Chattanooga.— Last
Monday morning an entire freight train, locomo
tive anil all, from Savannah, left this city for Chat
tanooga, where it arrived on Tuesday, having gone
the whole distance from the Atlantic seabord, to
the Tennessee River, without change of engines,
or transhipment of any kind on the route. This
is the first time an entire train, fully equipped, has
gone over the whole line. The distance between
the two points, Savannah and Chattanooga, is four
hundred and thirty-two miles. —Atlanta In**Uig on
cer.
(Jorrtxponnc n<-e of the Baltimore Sun.
The Fete on Roar.) the Baltic. —Washing-
ton, March I.— The brilliant novelty, tlie Baltic, is
to day the object of universal attraction here.
Every kind of vehicle was in motion to the stcam
boat wharves. A fleet of steamers, life-like, now
grace, the bosom of our Potomac. The
( ’apt. Darracott, Osceola, Captain Mitchell, Thomas
Comer, Captain Gcdnep, George Washington,
Captain Gorson, and the William Seldom Captain
Page, with flags and banners floating in the breeze,
surround tlie noble “Baltic.”
Those beautiful steamers conveyed the Presi
dent of the United States, Cabinet Ministers, Sen
ators. members of the House of Representatives,
distinguished visitors from Baltimore and Annap
olis. George Washington Parke (Justis, Esq..
Mayor, Board of Aldermen and Councils of
Washington, Judges and other officers of our
Courts, the Grand and Petit Jurors, reverend
Clergy, alul many citizens of Washington Alex
andria, Georgetown and Baltimore, No wonder
every mechanic desired to survey that magnificent
ship—the pride of America! No wonder that
every one of the host that visited her, that beheld
her vast proportions —her brilliant machinery—the
superiority and skill, in every arrangement, the
exquisite, faultless finish of every part of the Baltic,
did ho with mingled feelings of pride and joy.
There she rides at anchor—the admiration of the
world.
The attentions and eourtesies of E. K. Collins,
Esq., and, indeed, every officer of the ship, entitle
them to the highest consideration. I only regret that
my ability and tlie early departure of the ears for
Baltimore, precludes tlie possibility of adding
more on this unequalled specimen of American
naval architecture. Merccet.
Frov South America.— Contradiction of the De
feat of Urquiza.- —The following extracts from the
Journal of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro of 12th
j January, (received by the bark Baltimore at this
port from Rio the 14th of that month,) completely
refute the reports of General Urquiza’s detest, as
lately published in the New York papers, and lead
to the belief that the Liberating army will be ulti
mately successful, as there appears to be great dis
affection towards Rosas, tlie important city of
Senta Fe, having declared against him:
“The arrival yesterday of the English packet
Prince, from Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, brings
us dates from the latter to fitli hist, at night, and
Buenos Ayres to 4th inst. The accounts from the
Parana are highly important and favorable. Gen.
Urquiza crossed the Parana on the 24th ult., and
hsd already arrived at Santa Fe with nearly all the
liberating army. This city had declared in favor
of the allied forces and against Koskhs. Capt. Ja
cinto Goncalez, of the Rossita division, with 400
men and 8,000 norscs, had presented himself and
joined theuillied forces, and many were daily join
ing.
‘‘Tlie possession of the province of Santa Fc is of
the greatest importance to the Liberating Army in
a military point of view, as it separates all the other
provinces from Buenos Ayres.
“When the Prince left Buenos Ayres,on tliaith.
they were ignorant of the occurrences in Santa Fc.
“Among the Allied forces there was the greatest
enthusiasm and good feeling.
The advices brought to New York from Rio
were no later than the above, and were merely a
verbal report. It was impossible to have any later
reliable intelligence from the neat of war than the
above, as the English packet which brought it (the
Prince) is a steamer. The story of the defeat of
Urquiza must have been a Buenos Ayrean fabrica
tion.— Baltimore Sim.
More High Prices. —At the sale of the property
of Jno. W. Summers, deceased, says the Newberry
Sentinel, on the 25th and 26th* nit., a gang o*f
ninety-six negroes, comprising men, women and
children of various ages, was sold at the average
price of $512 a head. Prime mules brought na
high ns $lO6 a piece.
Boston, March I,—We have accounts from the
Cape de Verde Islands to the Slst of January, sta
ting that there had been much sickness among the
Islands, especially at St. Andr w's and St. \ in
cant's—tit the latter place nearly three fourths of
the population had died. At St. Andrew s the
number of deaths had been very great, and at last
accounts the mortality was increasing. Tlie Islands
had also suffered greatly from gales and severe rain
storms. Many houses had been prostrated end tlie
crops destroyed to such an extent as to leave scarce
ly enough for the inhabitants to subsist on. They
were living in mud hovels, which was one cause of
the great mortality among them. —Baltimore Sun.
Boston, Marcli I.—Letters received from Mes
siue, dated Feb. 22d, state that for several days
previously several severe and distinct shocks of
earthquakes had boon experienced in that city.
The houses had, thus far, witlistood the shocks,
but the inhabitants were in a constant state of
terror. —Baltimore Sun.
rj'M) HIKK -A NEGRO WOMAN, without children.—
I Terms low. Apply at this office. mh4-8
rjso lllHE,—Until the Ist of January next, a NEGRO
1 WOMAN, with a small boy child. She is a good Cook,
Washer and Ironer. Terms moderate.
mhß JOHN g. HUTCHINSON,
kjjvo HUN |\—A small dwelling HOUSE on the cor
-1 ner of broad and Houston Streets. Apply at this Milt
flics. mh«-8
0D tflcgraj)!
Fuithcr by the America.
CuAULh-ToN, March 5, I’. M.
FktlkyV Circular f-ny« the accounts from Amert
ca of the tnnall elupmont* have created an aetivhv
in the Manchester market, and fbrforeifn demand
and caused great demand for Gotton, which, it no.
fully mot by holders mint have caused a large ad
vance.
The Bullion in the Bank of England have in
creased SBOO,OOO.
Consols closed at 97]/ to 07%. American stuuks
arc improving and active.
Turpentine is scarce.and wanted. New arri
vals would nect with ready sale.
Rice remains steady.
England—The Earl of Derby will sneered Lord
J, Russell. Lord Palmerston, in a speech, said
that the peace armament was not sufficien*. to meet
the emergency of the country's situation. Li; ble
to bo war. England wants a trained force, tea Jy
for instant iiction.
France continues quiet. Another ministerial
crisis is threatened. The President is about’*'
form a hod}’ guard,
Spain.—The Queen’s wounds arc healed —hcid'i:
restored. Napoleon is charged with having secret
agents in Belgium, seducing the s >luiers. Tbo
Clergy is fi.voring tho alliance with France. Bel
gium is increasing her army.
Charleston Market.
Friday, March 5. — Cotton. —(Sales during the
day reached 1,000 halos, at extremes of 7 a :
cents. Ma'ket firm and price unchanged.
From Ue Glmrfaton Covrier —By TdrgrnpJi.
Nrw Oklkanh, March 2. —On Tuesday, af.cr tho
Africa’s advices, Cotton was active, and ien ih-'iis
and bales were sold—in some instances at an
eighth of a cent advance. Prime Molasses we o
quoted at from 24}-£ to 25 cents.
The barque Cherokee, ('apt. Getty, has cleared
for Charleston,
New Orleans, March 3.—After the reception of
the Franklin’s advices on Wednesday, Cotton was
active, and seven thousand hales wore sold 1. 1 out
side prices. Low middling to strict middling was
worth from 7X to 7% cts,
Montgomery. Ala., March 4.—The Southern
Rights Convention met to-day. The dclcga'ions
are not numerous, but llieir members arc of mark
ed ability. General McCord, of Lowndes, was
chosen ns President, and the regular committees
nppo vd for business, etc., when the Convention
adjourned until eight o’clock this evening, a v* 1 ich
hour the delegates ro-aasombied, and are now in
session.
Furtlicr by the Frav.lilln.
The Franklin brought 55 passengers and n valu
. able cargo of.French goods, with sH)o,* ■ >in spe
cie.
Col. Kimmel, of Maryland, bearer of dispatches,
is among her passengers.
The Arctic arrived at 10 o'clock on tho 17th,
having made the passage in 0 days and 18) hours,
being the shortest trip on record. The A:u, '
arrived at Liverpool on the 15th, at 4 i*. M.
The ship Autarkic, of New* York, put buck 10
Liverpool on the 17th, having struck on* Hluckw t.- •
Bank, and being obliged to throw overboard a hi:. e
portion of her cargo.
England.—The chief incident in parliament w ;s
the introduction by Lord John Russell of so Dill
to organize the local militia. They are to be se':#c
cd by ballot in their respective counties -.i. : n <.l to
be stjnt out of their counties except <> repo! iova
sion.
A bill to disfranchise the borough of St. Ah
had been brought into Parliament, am! f-o a iff
to abolish religious tests in the. Soli idi i'n;v-: -i
--ties. The motion of censure on the Irish g. , .-n;-
ment, is fixed for Thursday, and is looked I*.rwi.nl
to with much anxiety by the min Ist * r~.
The failure of Maekay <fe Co., wD-ae JlhbiM'j ■
nre £‘200,000, is announced.
The excitement regarding the gold dergim-w in
Australia liad greatly increased.
The English Government hadcoinmoncod m •
euting the Irish Press. The proprint rs of the.
Dundalk Democrat had been arrested for a ii hi 1
upon the Government.
The fear of a French invasion still j.n vailed. Jmid
was by no m inns limited to the lower ola..atis. Tho
British squadron in the Tagus has been iv* ••.ilod.b-'
government, and is to compose part of a tk-ci so
cruise in the channel, consisting of jr. shins cf do
line, 10 frigates, and 15 or 20 steam fr
The town of Lsissas, on tiic "West & Ist of Africa,
had been almost totally destroyed by fm li.itisb
squadron, on December 20th. The ii-ac i
tainod severe loss, having 80. men killed and ibl
wounded.
A fair proportion of the engineers ami mcrclian
ios of Manchester had gone to work, ami oi.lv on
establishment was entirely closed.
In the House of Commons on tho 17th, Lord
Clanricarde p esented himself to hr sworn, hat
declined taking the oath of supremacy, c’..timing
though a Prut-‘stunt the right to take the form ; n*
scribod for Catholics. Objection being ma-lo th.;
noble Lord left the House.
Franck.—-Franco was perfectly Iran ; h Th<»
approaching elections were the ai>s rl. ai i ■ o;
conversation, and excited great iiitnic-f.
It is still; liinnod that Napoleon h.-.s *!• du'ii 'mon
Belgium. He has also made demand ipoulue
hwisft Government for the suppre: si nos tic- clit! •
and the buniahinont of refugees. The Ds Go*,
eminent hiul ret used to accede, and ciaiitic ; the in
tervention of Great Britain.
The correspondent of the London Da.Uv News
state that some great movement maybe
in Paris on the 22d of Fe\, and or iers have i,. .n
issued to the various (!e tends to be prepared for
the emergency.
1 rade in Paris was in a very depressed state,
and discontent whs rapidly spreading.
India.—The overland mail reached London on
the IGth.
Ihe commercial advices by the overland mail
w r ere considered more satisfactory than for Hover.d
months.
Accounts from Bombay state that the B.:rme e
Government had yielded to the demands of ihe
English. Doubts were, however, entertained a
the Ki ig’s sincerity, !• 0,(K)0 troops having Is* ,
mustered and warlike preparations made. Toe
British fiect still remained off Bagno;..
In <'anton, tlic rich men had been .died on , >
contribute large sums towards the ex pen- -of 'be.
war, rep»orts concerning which were exceed!v
vague.
is pa in.—The recent attempt to murder the Queen
has excited an enthusiasm iu her favor h fore un
known.
, Recruiting for the army was taking place all over
the country, and nrtilery were being mounted on
tho forts.
Austria, etc. —ln Austria, Belgium, Italitr. and
other oontinen.al countries, active preparations
wc cin p ’Ogi jto moot everv contingency that I
may arise.
Liverpool, Feb. 19.—Cotton had qcen evtr ir - jt
It active. Tie sales on Tuesday re:--'.'- I 1 .■ »o j|
bales, of which speculators and exporters took 7,' ■■)
bales. Pri- e? liave advanced 1-18 it ]<d.
Flour and wheat were dull, at a decline of 3d on
flour, and 1 a 2d. on wheat. Com was in fair de
mand at Bd. advance.
Provisions firms.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
J3£>~The Epicndid Frnit Piece now v, . Li': : ..n
at the liar doom «f the U. 8. Hotel, will be Rallied at 9
o’clock THIS EVENING, at that place. mlm-lt
» Wb are requested to announce Gen. (iEOEdK
W. EVANS, JOHN R, CROCKER and ALBERT HATOII,
as camlidatoi for Council in Ward No. 2- at the ensuing
election. iniiO*
First Dirisloii Independent Fire C’cnspany.
—Attend a Regular Monthly Meeting, at your Knyine ; lou- ; ,
THIB (Saturday) AFTERNOON, at 4 o’clock, in foil uni
form; nihs C. L. MATHEWS, Sec. pro tem.
Jpg’” A Desirable Family .Medicine.—We would
cordially recommend every Family to lucp a Bottle o?
TUTT’S PECTORAL ELIXIR ia tiieir house. Besidcr b, .
Inga certain cure for Coughs, Asthma, and Pncumouh;, it
is an infallible remedy for Croup and Bowel CoaiplaLntf.
mhß
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fcATLVDAV EVENING, the Ctli iust.,alLtdf pc.st7u’clocl
mLS-2*
VV Illiant li. Kitchen, Cmj., is nominated a- i
tit j>erson for election to the office of Mayor, in April nr- ,i,
when, it is understood, Hie present incumbeat will not be a
candidate.
Mr. Kitchen is thus nominated at the instance of many
citizens, and, if elected, will accept end faithfully discharge
its duties. fe‘22 A VOTER.
t 3&“ Mr. Ilditor:—lMcase announce Hr. WM. K.
BEARING as a Candidate for the office of Mayor lit she
ensuing election in April, an*l oblige
fc29 MANY VOTERS.
Ward.—Gen. GEO. VV. EVANS, Dr.
JAMES li. WALKER and VV. H. MAIIARREY, Emu., will be
supported for Members of Council front the Second-Ward,
by mh4 MANY VOTERS.
e are authorized to announce JOHN
IZY, Sr., as a Candkate Sir the Office of Mayor of the Citv
of Augusta, at the ensuing Ejection iu April next, mh4-*