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DAILY CHRONICLE & SENTINEL;
= BY WILLIAM ST JOIiES,
a . |!fD WKHRLY*
i 4 U.l, Tl
r^~----- ~ - of Ja.. tt. Gould, Kq.
!* <*. */><• 21, 1854.
, 7 , ,>„nrt Jo oph E. Brown, an attorney of
r/j, t ‘a'- • nonneed the ooath of Ja*. G. Gould,
v of Augusta, who this day de P. ar *? and
‘ e -y of Marietta—and moved the ap-
J * . committee cf five members of the
; ---nmi.iu e court on to-mor
j>-- ‘■•".l rej - i ve of the feel
imn& reHoluttcms e,P e Bar 0Q
i: Jt . ( ret ontert . has occurr ed in our
, .r/u-.o- V ordered by the Court
f '.*‘ •N ?Or ®HP , rou t]omen be appointed that
that the oliowffig £entleme E FF N B
con,wit ee, >hillip, A. N. Simp-on, Esq.,
i v . ,v V. Hansell.
•“ ; j vu notion it is further ordered that this
tr; lo now adjourn until to-morrow morning
* S o’clock. D. Irwin, J. S. C.
Septetnoer 22, 1854.
Tfio Court met pursuant to adjournment, and
the Committee appointed on yesterday, by their
chairman mado the following report:
The Court and Bar now assembled at this place,
have heard with deep regret the melancholy tidings
of the death of our worthy and lamented young
brother, James G. Gould, Esq. It was not our good
fortune to have had an opportunity to cultivate to
any considerable extent the acquaintance of our
deceased brother. We were not, however, entire
ly unacquainted with him, although he resided in
a distant part of our State. His gentle and digni
fied manners, his discreet and amiable deport
ment his high-minded and gontlemauly bearing.
HK&S himto all with whom he became associ
ated; while, as we are inlormed, bis accomplish
ments as a scholar, united with his talents, his
energy, industry, and profound research as a law
yer, rendered him uot only the piide Os a father
who is himself an ornament to our profession—-and
of other distinguished relatives, and a large circle
of friends, but had already, at the age of only
about twenty-seven years, given him an enviable
reputation tar beyond the circie of his immediate
friends. He leaves behind him, to mourn his irre
parable los-q the partner of his bosom, youug> and
but yesterday buoyant with hope—herself the de
scendant of a lawyer whose memory is cherished
by the people of Georgia—the late lamented Gen.
Thomas Glascock.
Thus in the morning of life and in the midst of
its joys, with bright prospect of honor and use
fulness in the future, by a mysterous Providence
the cold hand of death is laid upon him. He
sleeps the long sleep ! “We mourn his loss, but
we mourn not as those who are without hope.
We dare hot arraign the dispensation of Provi
dence, for what He does is surely right. There
fore —
Resolved , That while we deeply deplore the
death of our young brother, and condole with the
afflicted and bereaved family, we would exhort
them to remomber that Heaven alone can heal the
broken-hearted, and pour balm into the severe
wound which has been inflicted.
Resolved, That this Court and this Bar, as a
*token of ‘heir respect, will attend the funeral of
* our deceased brother, and will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That this memorial and these resolu
tions be entered on the minutes of this Court, and
that a copy of them be forwarded to the family of
the deceased by the Clerk of this Court, and that
he likewise furnish a copy to the Editors of the
papers published in this city for publication ; and
that the Constitutionalist Republic, and Chron
icle & Sentinel of Augusta be requested to copy.
The memorial and resolutions were unanimous
|y adopted.
Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that said
memorial aud resolutions be entered upon the
minutes of this Court, and that the Court do now
adjourn until 11 o’clock this day to attend said fu
neral. E>. Irwin, J. S. C.
A true transcript from the Minutes of Cobb
Superior Court, September Term, 1854.
W. B. Taylor, Clerk.
Progrew of Abolition.
The resolutions of the New York Whigs con’
firm our worst fears. They exclude the original
principles upon which the party was founded*
ami announce a sectional issue. They deliberately
appeal to the people of the Northern States to em
ploy their numerical Representative power, for
the’ purpose of dictating the policy of the Federal
Government. For the first time in the history of
the country, the advice of Washington has been
disregarded, and an open demand is made for the
control ot the country because of the superior
power of one of its sections. Instead of the pat
riotic declaration of Webster ringing in our ears
—adjuring us to know no North or South—we
are to be dressed by the drill sergeants of party
upon a line of sectional latitude. The men who
have pmst’tuted an honored name—who have de
feated the adjudication of great constitutional
questions, pending for a quarter of a century—
and adopted anew rule of organization, deserve
t K e execrations of all who love their country, and
will descend to posterity as the conspirators who
tn7e wounded ana perhaps destroyed that grea”
public institution, which constitutes the pride of
to >vj who uphold it, and the admiration of the
world.
k 3L’ ‘>w York resolutions coincide with those
*of| msetts; they conform to those of the
at Saratoga. Their tendency is towards
unqualified abolition; to undoubted ine
\ m btate and sectionul rights. There are,
• ro, certain resolutions in favor of measures
\ polar. The Union is worshipped in a
i . ■’ to the doctrines which rescind its chief
nrhV-ip,j n it- holy name sectional legislation is
si “-•bribed, and sectional* policy established.
Mass bes >rc the massacre. It is the flag
u hi ih the restoration of the Holy Sepulchre
(del the i osts of tyranny, rapine and injus
tice.
K authors of this plan know that they
- ‘oem -v.ih a people who will resist whatever is une
i)j they not know, that whether there may
be or not. disposition to recognize in other Federal
rac.vi iers the same rights which are already exist
lug in tao old States or not, the very Injustice and
the stigma of a di.-qualificatirn onaccouut of those
rights will stimulate resistance ? Aud if they shall
succeed in establishing this doctrine that numbers
ri^h , t , Wlll l Hey reign over a discontented
and degmdod poop!®, as England by her power
hassuejugated and oppressed Ireland?
.a n ?” the American people will con
rii tneacts of these conspirators. Wo believe
hiwhi!) 1 ? 11 13d ® ar ~~Lho rights of others too
‘f 1 y re *Pctod—the interests, social and politi
cal, too vital to be so trifled with.
<™SL the ro Vent has occurr ed which confirms our
bwsv,; thal we coald hold tj°fei
thev had r„nn'' ? ! cf* Massachusetts because
Whiff ivirt.v °r C<J national doctrines of the
witUreanPot make Lho same declaration
York resoinfin° ° shall support the New
of arrest .. have “stolen the livery”
of our -.oaf J ' ut . atloua l party to secure the control
to th/cdnff prec,oas interests. Wo feel it a duty
give n 1° P roteßt against the fraud, and to
for it J we are in no ma Qher responsible
ior n.—Baltim> re Patriot.
—-Fkrtwith D f W *j® SLANI) s— I Terms of Annexation.
WWrdtoTh?t“ dl *®r tbo C£ rumors in
Wieh Islands trf the TT r Lb o annexation of the Sand
sonablo doubt U , u ' ted States, there is no rea-
h,w ° nly that a tr esty providing for
$w InlZ f agrß t d opon, but that is
eral Government y f/° r the sancti on of the Gen
thetime, iw \ Tr ’ was a matter of notoriety at
at the Islands r 0 she U. 8. Commissioner
upon a treaty S6nt ° Ut w^tb ull P owers t 0
has befin^efa\iiawf I !n knoWn at Waßh ington,
his mission. Ho Possessing the duties of
from the fact that i, ot obstacles at the outset
almost unpardonable off S * Gatholic-an
Lhe present ruler of ,f ence iu the estimation of
stacles were overcome . h L!f la^ ds - thes e ob •
his proi ositions ^ r ’ B ° on found
nearly all, except the ‘ mar hed favor by
of his immediate friends a PP ar ent, and a few
aeved that at least four P ar Gzans. It is be
nearly as large ° f tho natives, and
de w 8 ’ f reiu fevor of this I! 0t tho foraia reei *
. We learn from “ „ .® ea sure.
rngton. that the ln £ orcne d sources at Wash
tTh as f°hows : Ims °f the treaty are substan-
n °t tt Terri once admitted into the
d ft . Powers, r ;t ns a State with full
bf <; / 1 ie ' r na dona\ sn,?° n^ ld ® r *^o n of the surren
lan t rn a * reo ing to ro^T eigQty * the Uuited States,
twG‘- ms hl n . t Vu divi<i uak a ? n t i ll^. annu ity will not
•n V n !> aud the memK 8 ’ IQcl o d mg the Kine ,i 8
lanand i W m m are u °w
land-holders 0 f the k; ’ ? nd constitute the irrent
about 40 Rdom - Their ages g wiil
v/ill ha’ v tha BUm r ° 8 b P^d
deU ° n the • G?-
RX of the Islands, all the
Stood, be iV UR Gaims
t -' a treaty, Tt\ rro and to rv! r, * d > is under
sai'l to exceedVt\o n,v - of t L U ’ e* Government by
Bn’ h and t®L bn! , ! 1 ir ’ s alo “® h
Ik noo’ ’°!S/ .S?™? npon tho
wl w °- Alja " MC
New York, Sep. 25 >J
Uon of the City banks of t>v
show an increase of loans to P r nt
OtiO; a decrease of specie lo the n^ xtent of
-’ decrease of circulation of %i&<w, tof
, s poeita of * fc nd 0 f do*
’ From ths Pennsylvania Enquirer.
Extraordinary Car of Longevity.
A Slave of Gen. Washinoton’s will Living in
State 120 Y t ears Old.— Marvellous and in
credible as’ it may seem, there is at present, living
?n klvstm county, ‘D this State, an aged negro
who was a slave If General Washington, and who
launot now be less than 120 years old. His history
iT hrieflv this: He was brought m a slave ship
from the’ coast of Guinea, the port of Philadelphia,
sometime between the years 17(50 and 70 and was
purchased, together with nine others, for farm
hands on the Mount Vernon estate, then own'id
by Col. George Washington, (already a man of
note in the army.) His name in his native coun
try, was “Funtemab,” buiat Mount Vernon they
gave him the less barbarous appelation of “Si
mon,” to which he afterwards ad ted the name of
“Washington,” in honor of his good master. Si
mon continued to reside at Mount Vernon until the
time of the Bevolutiou, when, with others, he was
Bent out to a tract of land in Fayette county, Pa.,
owned by General Washington, to assist in the
erection of mill. After laboringhere for some
years he was sold to Bazil Brown, from whom the
town of Brownsville is named, and ho sold him to
Col. Edward Cook, in whose service he remained
as long as he was recognised as a slave.
These are the main points of his life. In P roo j
of their authenticity, we have the venerab'e old
negro’s own story which be has told in the same
way, and without shadow of variation, to his
neighbors, time out of mind, and his exceeding
simple miiidedness, entirely precludes the slightest
suspicion of its being an invention. -Besides,
there are those who remember him when General
Washington was yet living, and ths fact of having
been hi! slave no wonder at all then-only grown
so by his surviving him so long. General Joseph
Marklo Whig candidate for Governor in 1844,
himself now 78 years of age, testifies that ‘he has
known Simon for more than 58 years, and that
when he first knew him, he was apparently an aged
man.” Every one at all acquainted with the char
acteristics of the negro race, (especially the native
African,) knows that they rarely exhibit marks of
ege until they are beyond three score y ears. Hon.
James Todd, of Groensburg, formerly Secretary of
this Commonwealth, says In an affidavit, that “the
facts of the case, as above stated, are such as have
been credited by all his neighbors for the last sixty
years, and he regards them as indisputably true.
Andrew Linn, esq., a respectable farmer of
Westmoreland county, now nearly ninety years of
age testifies that “in the year 1779 or 80, ho we at
to Washington’s mill, as it was then called, and
that there he found a colored man, named Simon,
residing; that ho was a slave of General Washing
ton’s, that he has known him ever since, and can
vouch for the truth and accuracy of his statement
regarding himself.” With all these proofs it would
seem the veriest infidelity to disbelieve that old
Simon was in reality the slave of Washington, and
that his age cannot be short of six score years—
perhaps it exceeds it.
Old Simon has of late years been a beneficiary
of Col. Joseph Snider, of Westmoreland county,
who has kindly protected him in his age and in
d gence. Last autumn he took him to the Agri
cultural Fair at Pittsburg, where he was visited by
thousands. It is understood that he will bring
him also to the great Fair, to be held at Powelton
next week—he will no doubt be entitled to the
premium for the “oldest inhabitant,” tho individ
ual whose power of memory is so otten invoked.
In cases of extreme age, such as this, the bare
numerical statement of years conveys no clear
idea of what it really is. It is only by comparison
that we can ever approximately gain a conception
of it. ThoCouuteßa Desmonds who flourished in
the reigns of Elizabeth and the first James, and
attained the age of 140 years, greatly surprised the
Count by declaring one hundred years after Bos
worthfield, that Richard Third was one of the most
elegant gentlemen she had ever danced with. So
old Simon, were he only of educated intellect,
might create equal amasement by telling ns that
he was well in his “thirties,” when Napoleon and
Wellington were born. That ho was past forty
when the Declaration of Independence was writ
ten; that he is older than Mr. Jefferson would be
if living; although he went to his grave a ripe oc
togenarian twenty-eight years ago—that he re
membered well when Philadelphia was a slave
mart, and our good old great grand sires bid lusti
ly at street auctions for “ Guinea Niggers” and
Pennsylvania farmers thought themselves poorly
off without their compliment of blacks—that then
King George’s name was every where raised, and
it was treason to say ought against his majesty.
Important Railroad Connection
W r e learn from the Cleveland Despatch of the
20th inst., that the location of the Cleveland aud
Chattanooga Rail road has been completed, and
the charter will soon be transferred to the East.
Tennessee and Georgia Company, preparatory to
placing the line under contract.
The establishment of the connection by Rail
road between Cleveland and Chattanoga, will
when completed, constitute an important link {in
tho chain of Railro ids from the Northern Atlantic
cities to New Orleans, through the vallies of
Western Virginia aud East Tennessee, and should
the present prevailing fears in regard to the in
fia’ed state ot Railroad operations throw no serious
impediments in the way of the completion oi the
different sections composing this long aud impor
tant chain, a line es Railroads will iu a short tmio
be in operation in that direction, which will ma
torialiy” shorten tho time aud distance between
Washington aud New Orleans, and doubtless di
vert a large share of travel between those points,
from its present channels. With these consider
tions in view the progress of the different sections
projected becomes a matter of some interest to us
in this part of Georgia.
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad be
tween London and Knoxville, we learn, is in a
forward state, and is expected to be completed in
a few months. The East Tennessee aud Virgiuia
line extends from Knoxville to the Virginia lino
in the direction of Lvnchburg, is steadily progres
sing, and the work of laying the track will
soon commence. TheJVirginiaand Tennessee line
to connect with that one and extend to Lynchburg
is completed to within fifteen miles of Wytneville
and much of the grading from that placo to tho
State {line is finished. The Orange and Alexan
nndrlaßoad, connecting Lynchburg and Wash
ington, is also, we understand, progressing rapid
ly -
From Chattanooga, in the direction of New Or
leans. the link is is yet to be made to Tusciloosa,
and this portion seeems to be under favorable
euspicices. The Tuscaloosa Minton , speaking of
the efforts of the Fresideut of tbisßoad, Doctor
Garland, says:
“It is with great pleasure we learn that sub
scriptions have been obtained to an amount suffi
cient to grade and cross-tie the road from Chat
tanooga down to Tuscaloosa, with the exception
of twenty miles, of which thirteen are in Jeffer
son and seven in St. Clair. The Dr. starts back to
those counties on Wednesday the 13th, to make
up these deficiencies. Thus it appears that this
great work is steadily progressing in means and
in the favor of the public, and already it can bo
looked upon by unprejudiced minds in no other
than a certainty.”
A Home.
If wo were to tell a number of our friends that
they don’t know what a “home” is, they would
grow somewhat indignant—perhaps, use hard
words. Aud yet it may bs remarked that the num
ber of persons who know what a genuine home is,
by experience, is surprisingly few. Oue man in
good circumstances will tell us that he has a fine
house of his own, in which every comfort and
convenience are provided. He has a wife and
children there, also, and they give life to the place.
Very true. But does ho prefer that home, thus
furnished and thus enlivened, to every other place
in the world ? Does he sigh when the hoar for
leaving comes, and smile when he is permitted to
return ? Does he love to sit by the cheerful fire
and fondle the children, entering into all their
little disputes with a curious interest? Does he
take particular note of the bird in the cage, and
the cat near the fire? If not, he has no borne, in
the dearest sense of that dearest of words. If his
mind is altogether absorbed in the dusty ways of
of business —if he hurries from the house in the
morning, and is loth to return at night—if, while
he is at home, he continues to think of the journal
and ledger, and repulses the advances of the prat
tling children, he has no home; he only has a
place where he lodges and takes his meals.
Ah 1 happy is he who knows and appreciates the
full bliss of home; whose heart is warmed and hu
manized by its cheertul influences, and who feels
how superior iu purity of p leasure are all its en
joyments to the termoil delights ol out door life.
Thrice happy is such a man. He has discovered
the only Paradise this world can now afford. It is
only such a man who can have a deep and sincere
pity for the unfortuuate creatures who are home
less. He regards them as being cut off from the
best influences of the earth, and exposed to the
action of all the darker waves of life. He feels
keenly for him who has no flreside^—no dear ones
to welcome him with smiles, and prattle over the
history of the day—ro tongue to soothe when
heavy cares have troubled the mind and rendered
the heart sore; and the sympathy of such a man is
not slow to overflow in acts of benevolence. A
good home is the source of the fountain of charity
in the heart.
Our advice to those who have no homes, such as
we have described above, is, to get them as soon
as possible. They can never be contented and
substantial citizens, nor thoroughly happy men,
until they follow this counsel. Get homes! Fill
them with the objects of love and endearment,
and seek there for the pure delights which the
world beside cannot afford.
Bo yf RD Association of New Orleans has
sent two of its members, two physicians, and ten
nurses, to assist the sufferers by yellow fever in
this city. Mr. D. 1. Ricardo, Secretary o#the As
ciation, mid Doctors Cross and Campbell, ac
compamed by- eight nurses, arrived last evening.
Mr. Livingston with two other nurses wa have
already noticed, arrived the day previolT The
Curses who arrived last evening are: Mrs. Carrimr
*i rs 7 I)onnan Mrs - Birchfield, Mrs. WHsof”
I) av -‘Baker, E. s. Busloy, G. B. Doherty and 8*
Davi fop. mh test. 7
Cbrmurie # Stntmcl.
SUAD44 MORNING OCTOBER 1, 1854.
Death Mr. Cuurtiand gymmea.
It becomes our painful duty again to announce
the death of another of the most useful citizens of
Augusta. Wo learn that the above gentleman
died in Atlanta on of tho 29th Sep
tember, after a painful illness of one week.
We understand that Mr. S. was a native of
Ohio, and came to our city about six years ago iu
the capacity of a Teacher, for which calling he was
eminently qualified. His school has always been
one of the largest and most efficient in our city,
and we regard the discontinuance as a public
calamity. He has left many friends in Augusta
who will long remember with pleasure the many
excellencies which adorned his character. Mr. S.
left Augusta on 18th September, was seized with
Yellow Fever on 22d, and breathed his last on
29th in the 85th year of his age. He died at the
residence of John L. Warrio, Esq., and received
in his sickness every attention that could possibly
be bestowed, but all without avail, the fell destroy
er claimed him as his victim. His wife arrived
just in time to Bee him sleep in death.
Cotton Cordage. —The Now Orleans Bulletin
publishes an interesting article upon cotton cor
dage, which, with the aid of an invention by one
of the most ingenious of living mechanics, a citi
zen of Providence, promises to come into such
general use as to supersede all other Kinds. The
superiority of cotton cordage consists in its light
ness, its resistance to water, its durability, the
closeness of its texture, which protects it against
mad and sand, its flexibility, and the value of the
material when worn out. For all these reasons,
and the uew process of manufacturing it, this cor
dage is fast coming into ÜBe. The Bulletin esti
mates that the commercial marine of this country
will require 800,000 bales of cotton annually, as
soon as a knowledge and experience of the superi
ty of cotton cordage shall bring it into general use.
—Baltimore American.
The difficulty, we apprehend, which will be
found insurmountable in the attempt to introduce
cordage, will be the high price of the raw material.
So long as cotton keeps up, we think it doubtful
whether the manufacturers of this curdage can
compete successfully with hemp, oxcept, only
when hemp, as dow, is very high. Possib y if
Cotton ever gets down as low as it has been in for
mer years, thi3 cordage may bo extensively intro
duced; but such a decline iu cotton can only be
temporary if ever it occurs. We, however, wish
iheropo makers may succeed, the extensive uso of
the rope will consume a very considerable portion
of the cotton crop.
Health of Isavannah.
Thursday, Sepf. 28.—'The Board of Health re
ports 8 interments to-day of which 3 were from
Yellow Fever.
Tho Georgian ot Saturday rfiorning remarks
that: “Tho foregoing most gratifyiug report
shows but six interments yesterday, ouly three of
which are cases of yellow fevor. What a contrast
with many which we havo published! Y r et let
none ot our absentees thiDk of returning for sev
eral weeks. There has probably been no time
when their presence here would hivo exposed
them to greater ri?k than now.
Meeting of the Board of Health.
Council Chamber, 1
kept. 30, 3 o’clock, P. M. f
• The Board of Health reports 2 deaths from Yel
low Fever within the last 24 hours, viz:
John Clark, 26 years, residence at Sand Hills.
J. Mahar, 18 years, Ireland.
E. WILLIS, Secretary Board Health.
( harleiton Board of Health.
Office of City Register, )
Friday, Sept. 29.10 I’. M. J
There have been 6 deaths from Yellow Fever
for the past 24 hours.
The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, at San
Juan del Norte, writing on Sept. 16th, s/iys that
Doctor Green, British consul to Mcsquito, had
arrived. The news of the bombardment of Grey
town was not known in England when he loit;
but he has offifially announced lo tho peoplo that
England wrll not protect them unless they manage
to live iu peace with all men. Affairs in Granada
remained about the same. Surgoon Davis, of tho
revolutionary party, shot a brother surgeon in a
treacherous manner at Virgin Buy.
There were 278 deaths in Philadelphia last week,
of which 20 were from cholera, and five from yel
low fever.
In Boston there were 88 deaths, of which only
four were from cholera.
In Baltimore the deaths for the past week num
bered 185, of which 25 were from consumption,
24 from bowel diseases, and 54 were of children
under ten years of age.
We understand that the small pox is prevailing
at Portland (Me.) to a considerable extent. In a
communication to the Portland Advertiser , it 5b
stated that tho whole city is liable to be swept
away in consequence of the gross carelessness
that seems to exist among tho city authorities in
relation to the matter.
James Cooper, United States Senator of Penn
slyvania, recently sent a challenge to fight a duel
with Mr. McMichael, editor of tho Philadelphia
North American, which tho latter, after due con
sideration, declined to accept. Tho quarrel grew
out of certain strictures of the editor npon the
conduct of the managers of the Erie and Sunbury
Railroad, of which Mr. Cooper is President, rela
tive to the subscription of the city of Philadelphia
to the stock of the company. William Cost John
son was tho bearer of the belligerent missive. By
this act Mr. Cooper has rendered himself liable to
a forfeiture of his civil rights.
Great Bridge. —The Detroit Inquirer in a no
tice of the Railroad suspension Bridge on the
Great Western road, states that the work is being
crowded forward to rapid completion. Tho wires
are all put together, and are being wound. This
is the heavy part of the work, as ’the bridge por
tion, which is to be suspended, will be ready by
the time the wire cable is completed. The bridge
is to be swung twenty feet directly over the pre
sent carriage bridge, and when completed will be
one of the most magnificent structures in the world.
It is thought that the cars will cross by the first of
December. There are to be three different guaees.
That of the Great Western is five feet six inches;
that of the Niagara Falls and Elmira Railroad, in
tersecting the New York and Erie Road, is six
feet; and that of the New York Central Road, via
Lockport aud Rochester, to New York, and the
Buffalo and Niagara Falls Road, is four feet ten
inches. It is in contemplation to Jay down a track
tho same width of the Great Western Railway,
from the Suspension Bridge to Buffalo, so that
cars will run from Windsor, opposite to Detroit,
directly to Buffalo.
A Negro man named Henry Ma?sey, was ar
rested ot Harrisburg, Penn., on Saturday, claimed
by Franklin Bright, of Maryland, as a fugitive
slave, and on the same evening, at Philadelphia, a
hearing was commenced before a Commissioner,
who adjourned the case until Monday morning, in
order to allow the alleged fugitive time to procure
counsel. Accordingly, on Monday, the examina
tion was renewed, when the identity of the negro
was fully established. But a question being raised
by counsel as to whether Henry bolonged to Frank
lin Bright or James Bright, a brother of the claim
ant, a farther postponement until Monday next
was granted, in order to afford time for the pro
curement of tho necessary documents to establish
an ownership. The hearing was conducted with
out the slightest attempt at disorder, few specta
tors being present, and but two negroes among
the number. _
On Friday, just as the train of the Merrimac and
Connecticut Kail Road with the mails and about
twenty passengers, was abont to leave Manchester,
N. H., it was suddenly stopped by the sheriff lay
ing an attachment upon the engine cars, to recover
$ -000 due the Eastern Railroad. The company
owe some $50,000, and it is said all the property
of the road has been attached.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Yellow Fever.
Mk. Editor: Will you allow me to make yoar
paper the medium through which to communicate
to physicians, and others who may have the man
agement of the sick of Yellow Fever, my treat
ment, which has, so far, proved to be the most re
liable system of medication in that disease? I
have no other motive in publishing this communi
cation than that which has called forth the most
active exertions of philanthropy und self-devoted
ness on the part of physicians and individuals to
arrest the fatal work of this disease, that has so
recently made desolate our fair city and sent dis
tress and mourning into the houses of so many of
her inhabitants.
When called in the early or forming stage of the
disease, I loose no time in administering an emet o
of Lobelia, prepared from the herb of the Lobelia
Inflate. When full or copious emesis has been
induced, the irritability of the stomach is con
trolled by the use of mint and chicken tea, and
mustard to the region of the stomach.
This accomplished, Salts, Senna and Manna, in
wine-glassful portions, is administered until two
alvine evacuations have been procured, and then
discontinued, the action of the medicine encour
aged and the strength of the patient sustained by
the free use of Chicken tea. If the system has
reacted upon the impression made, and there is
little or no fever, Quinine and Capsecum, eight
grains of the former and four of the latter, is ad
miuisterod and repeated at intervals of two hours
and continued until forty grains have been takon,
the patient in the meantime to drink largely of
warm Sage tea.
If I find my patient laboring under vehement
arterial action, with dry and intensely hot skin,
flushed face, red eyes, extreme head ache, torment
ing thirst, intolerance of light, pain in the loins
and lower extremities, vomiting, full and vigorous
pulse, the Lobelia is ordered in small quantities
and continued at short intervals until the system
is thoroughly wilted down; and as indispensible
adjuncts or auxiliaries, hoi mustard baths to the
feet and legs; hot bricks to the hips and sides are
ordered and continued for several hours or until
profuse perspiration has been produced. If the
above course does not wilt down or relax to the
point of endurance, the infusion of Lobelia (one
gill) is suspended in two gills of well prepared
sage or composition tea, and administered per roc
turn, and continued, at intervals of thirty or forty
five minutes, until the febrile condition has been
reduced by perspiration. J ust here I must remark
that the practitioner is not to become alarmed,
though this Samson of the materia tnedica may
present, in its effects, the monster the reader has
heard and read so much of.
Prof. Waterhouse, a teacher of modicine in one
of the most respectable Colleges of his day, re
marks of this article, that ho “ had been in the
constant or daily use of it for-twenty-soveu years,
and considers it the most effectual and safe emetic
to be found in the range of the materia medica
After an extensive use of Lobelia Inflatta, in its
several preperations, in doses ranging from ten
grains of the herb to as many ounces of the tinc
ture administered in the course of a few hours.
I assert it not only to bo the most reliable ernotic,
but at the same time the most innocent and harm
less of all the emetic articles.
In this formidable diseaso the practitioner is to
ply this mighty medicinal lever with a lions will, and
aided by its adjuncts will never fail by its revolu
tionizing power to rupture the last link that make
up the chain of mobid associations. When once
you have nausciatod the patient to the poiut of in
durance, keep up the impression, by well directed
portions of the infusion, by mouth and rectum for
four hours, and then direct in quantity sufficient
to vomit thoroughly. The next indication to bo
mot, after composing the stomach with mint and
chicken water, is to detargo the intestinal tract of
any morbid material that may be lodged in the ab
dominal viscera, this may be done, as in the mild
er form of the diseaso, by salts, senna and manna
Hepatic medicines, will not be required after the
exhibition of the remedies already premised, as the
portal system and its dependencies have already
been provoked into normal exercise by the forego
ing treatment. The patient will now be found in
condition to require the bracing and sustaining
portion of the treatment, which consist of Sulph.
Quinine, gra. 8, Capsecum, gra. 4, to bo adminis
tered and repeated at intervals of two hours and
continued until 40 grains of Quinino have been
taken, the patient to drink largely of hot Sage tea,
hot bricks, rocks, or jugs filled with to
be kept constantly in bed, aud the feet and legs to
be frequently plunged in warm mustard pedilu
viums.
At the end of the first 12 hours, if the fever and
other evidences of the disease recur, you are to go
through a repetition of the treatment, and never,
for a moment, to lose sight of tho first grand in
dication relaxation, equalization and determining
to the surface, which will, if medication be com
menced in time, be accomplished by the Lobelia
as directed, hot baths, rocks, <fec.
To tho profession, the above is offered as a vol
untary contribution, with an ardent prayor to Al
mighty God, that life-dear, sweet delectable life
may be saved, when it would be otherwise lost.
I have treated 83 cases in Augusta, only one of
which has been lost, and that one had black vom
it a few hours after my first visit—this was a
Charleston case. J. M. Hill, M. D.
Augusta, Sept. 27th, 1854.
Adoption of the Constitution. —lt was sixty
seven years on Sunday, the 17th of September,
1787, that the Constitution of the Unilek States
was completed by the Convention of Delegates
appointed by tho several States “to form a more
perfect Union, establish justice, insuro domestic
tranquility, provide for t e common defence, pro
mote tho general welfare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves aud our posterity.” Tho
Convention assembled at Philadelphia on tho 14th
day of May, 1787, and concluded its labors on tho
17th September, 1787, after a session of four
months and three days. The Constitution was re
ported to the Congress of the Confederation, on
the day of its final adoption, by George Wash
ington, President of the Convention. The Na
tional Intelligencer calls to mind these and other
interesting circumstances connected with the
■adoption of the Constitution, and of the subsequent
amendments to it by the States, and concludes
with the suggestion:
Hardly inferor, then, in importance to the Decla
ration of Independence stands in his’ory the epooh
of the Constitution of the United States; and
hence our suggestion that the day of its adoption,
like the Fourth of July, ought to celebrated as a
National Anniversary; since, on that occasion,
was brought about the consolidation of our Union
in which, said the Father of his country most tru
ly, is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, and
perhaps our national existence.
It is said that Mr. A. Dudley Mann was the
bearer to Mr. Belmont of instructions to act more
energetically in the case of Capt. Gibson, and also
that orders have been sent to two vessels of Com.
Perry’s squadron to remain in the Eastern waters,
to be ready in case the American Government
should determine on reprisals igainst Netherlands
India, for the injuries there done to Capt. Gibson.
Other accounts, however, say that Capt. G. has
been acting very indiscreet since his return to the
Hague, and that he has published in a paper there
a violent attack upon the American Minister, be
cause, it is alleged, he refused to loan him SSOO.
New York Post Office. —The account of the
New York Post Office for the fiscal year, ending
80th June, 1854, has been rendered to the Post
Office Department. It embraced receipts and col
lections for the Post Office Department, disburse
ments and payments into the Treasury, which
amounted to $1,265,445.18. On the 11th iast., N.
P. Freeman, Esq., the Cashier of the New York
Post Office, paid a visit to the Audfior’s office,
when, on final adjustment and comparison of his
account with that kept at the Auditor’s Office, a
balance was found due the Government of $12,-
460.77—without the disagreement of a cent.
Another vessel for the navigation of the Orinoco,
South America, was launched in New York on Sa
tnrday. This is the fourth steamer sent oat for the
navigation of the Orinoco. J
Bituminous Coal. —The Now York Courier
that the extravagant price ct Anthracite coal bus
directed the attention of largo consumers to tho
practicability of substituting bituminous coal for
the anthruoito, and in most instances tho experi
meat has beeu attended with entire success.
The Williamsburgh Ferry Company have, within
a few days, commenced tho use of Cumberland
coal, and the result has been satisfactory. With
one cart loade per day less on each boat, better
and more regular fires t kavo been kept up; and
there is no longer any occasion for loss of time
in “ hauling fires.” The Brooklyn Ferries have
beeu using Cumberland coal for several weeks.
The change made by these two Companies will re
lievo the demand upon the anthracite miners to
the extent of thirty or forty thousand tons a yoar.
Nine wagons, “loaded to the guards” with men
women, aud children, aud flanked by several out
riders, passed through St. Louis on the 21st inst.
This noble caravan was fr <m tho State of Indiana,
and going by the way of Springfield and Arkansas,
to Texas.
Memphis Navy Yard. —The City Council of
Memphis have resolved, by a vote of nine to two
to accept the grant of the Navy Yard made by
Congress. There is stiff much opposition to this
procedure on the part of the people of Memphis,
and the Enquirer undertakes to affirm that theie
is not one in twenty who does not desire that
Congress should bo appealed to before any dispo
sition is made of the property.
Tho St. Louis lire companies aro disbanding in
anticipation of the adoption of steam fire engines,
the committee who visited Cincinnati having ro
poited favorably to the reform.
I ho revenue received by the General Pest Office
Department for the fiscal year ending Both Juno,
was from letter postage $4,478,227 ; newspaper
ditto $611,883. Total $5,034,560. Last year tho
amounts were for letters $4,226,792, and for news
papers $789,246. Total $5,016,138. As compared
with last year, there is this year an increase in the
total amount of $68,522. Tho excess lrom letters
this year over last is $246,435 ; while the decrease
in the amount roceivod from newspapors is $177,-
913.
The Cunard screw steamer Alps, expected at
Boston this week from Liverpool, will touch at
Hulifax on her return, to embark tho seventy
second Highlanders,and a company of artillery,for
conveyance to England.
Tho Philadelphia Lodger learns semi-oflicially,
l hat during the past year, Gov. Bigler has paid off,
by the judicious administration of the affiirs of
tiie Commonwealth, nearly ouo million of dollars
of tho State debt.
Coal, of good quality, has recently been discov
ered at Corunna, Michigan, 100 miles from De
troit. Ten thousand bushels have alioady been
taken ont, and it is now being mined at tho rate
of five hundred bushols per day, and sold at the
rate of ton cents per bushel. This is better than a
gold mine for Michigan.
A sectarian riot took place in Cincinnati on the
eveniug of tho 25th. Some Protestant! having at
tempted to organize a Sabbath school, a mob of
German Catholics attacked tho house rented for
the purpose, and threatened death in case of per
sistence in the undertaking. Three persons wore
wounded by pistol shots.
Tho New York Journal of Commerce, ofThurs
day, says :
“We look for largo shipment of specie during
tho next six weeks, probably $9,000,009 in all.
Os this $6,0(j0,000 will come from California, and
the remainder from the banka and sub-treasury,
which will still leave the total in the banks at a
little over $10,000,000. Six weeks will carry us
into November, after which an abundant cottoi.
crop, wanted in Europo, uow that they are to have
cheap breadstuff'-*, wilt ease the market, a :d re
lieve the fears cf the most timid. During these
six weeks we look for rapid fluctuations in stocks,
and occasional gripings in the money market.
Thoso who are venturing beyond their depth,
thinking that ‘he trouble is all, over, will do better
to keep an eye on October, and still remain within
soundings. On the other hand, those who are
ready to give up in despair, seeing no light for the
future, it they can sustain present squeezing, and
come oat with whole ribs in November, may hope
for a breathing time thereafter.”
Squatter Sovereignty. —Wo hoar from Fort
Snelling that tho .sale of tho “Kese-vation” at that
post took placo a few days sine There were a
large number of speculators in attendance, but
“Squatter Sovereignty” was also there to assert
his rights. The day of sale came on, at the Still
water Land Office; the squatters were therein
their majesty, headed by ex membeis of Congress,
&o. armed to the teeth. Their position was well
understood. They had selected spots of land, or
subdivisions, and it was as much as a man’s life
was worth to bid against these squatte s. The re
sult was, that tho whole reseivation, amounting to
nine thousand acres, and worth SSO to 100 per
acre, was sold at Congress price, $1.25 per acre,
lhis is neither Kansas nor Nebraska territory, but
it is squatter prac'ice, adopted many years ago in
upper Illinois and lowa, and to be followed out in
all new terri’ories, whether slavery be recognized
in them or not. When a good piece of laud is to
be obtained, wo do not see much difference be
tween Yankee pertinacity and the open, above
board assertion of his rights by the Western pio
neer. If the latter gets on the land, blazes tho
trees, or murks it down as his own, that man who
attempts to interfere had better do some tall walk
ing—it does not matter much whether it happens
in Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowu, Illinois, or Mis
souri.—St. Louis Republican , Sept. 19.
We learn from a gentleman arrived yesterday
from Jacksonville, Fla., that the steamers from
Savannah and Charleston wore now permitted by
the municipal authorities to pass that town, pro
vided they have a clean bill of health. They are
to stop, however, at Qaarrautine, opposite Jack
sonville, to deliver their mails aud such passen
sengers as have not been over twelve hours in
either of the cities. On their return from Palatka
they may deliver all their freight and passengers
at Jacksonville, provided they continue to show a
clean bill of health.— Ch. Courier.
The Weather—For a week past we have had
almost constant rains, and there every prospect of
another wet winter. The cotton crop, in any case,
will be short in this rogion, aud f n early frost will
make it most alarmingly so.— Cassville Standard,
29 th inst.
Tho New York Daily Sun, one of the oldest
penny pap rs in the country, appeared ou Monday
considerably reduced in size. The daily Sun in
Baltunoro, and the Public Ledger in Philadelphia,
aro now two largest penny papers in the couti
try, each with a circulation double and in many
cases treble that of any paper published out of
New York city.
The New York Herald states, in connection with
tho reduction in size of the Sun, that it is willing
to join its contemporaries in a substantial premium
for tho discovery of some new, cheap and abun
d nt material for good whitepaper.— Ch. Cour
NOTICE.
To Licensed Iletailers and owners of Drays
You are hereby no'ifled that all Retail and Dray Licenses
expire on the first of OCTOBER next, and you are hereby
notified to renew the same on or before that date, in -lecor
dance with the provisions of the Forty-Fifth and Forty-
Sixth Sections of the General Ordinance.
sld-dtOl L. L. ANTONY, Clerk Council.
pF* Bonnets, Ribbons, Embroideries, Ac., at
Wholesale Only, at C. E. GIRARDEF A CO.’S, Broad
street—The subscriber invites the attention of Country
Merchants, and dealers generally, to his stock of SiLKS,
GOODS, BONNETS, FLOWERS, Ac., which he has this
day opened as above. He will take orders also for HO
SIERY, of direct importation; Richardson’s LTNENS, and
Dunbar A McMaster’s FLAX THREAD, at the lowest
rates.
Also, all articles in the Fancy Dry Goods line. His stock
of samples in Hosiery, embraces every style of those
Goods. OLIVER HEWITT,
or Sassdorf Liedlng, direct Importers, Charleston,
8. C. 810-1 w
&T C heap Dry Uoods.-WM. H. CRANE will sel
the remainder of his SUMMER BTOCK OF GOODS, at
greatly reduced prices. Those in want will do well to give
im a cal!. jyl4-d*w
P New Trimmings, Just Received. —Deep Mari-* 1
tilla FRINGES, all colors; Taffeta, Gause and Tissue
TRIMMINGS, new patterns; Black GALLOONS; Ser
pentine SILK and Linen BRAIDS; Silk LACETS; Large
Pearl BUTTONS, for Vests and Boys’ Clothes; Lace BUT
TONS; White, Colored and Black Silk BRAIDS, Ac.
je4 WARD A BURCH ARD.
r“THKhOIJf HK HN ALMA I* AC^itb"thi
Courts of North and South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, for 18156. For sale hv
au22 tiTHOS. RICHARDS * SON. *
special WmCES.
IS*” We are authorized to announce FRANRLiia
G. GODBEK a candidate for the office of Tax Collect *
Burke county at the ensuing election.
01-wtJal Misv Vo
The undersigned can be found at any hr l i
the day or night at some of tt e followirg pia-ea: 8c UUl ',
Eclectic Office, Sheriffs Office, Ordinary’s Office, o®°
Clerk Court Common Pleas, or Post Offi e.
ol fit DAVID L. ROATIi
Charles Tayl >r is mv duly authotUed a*,.,
during my absence from the city. GEO. W. FERRy
ol
Warehouse and Commission Husine*,
business will he promptly attended to during the A '*
lence of the epidemic. . [sßD] M. P, BTOVaIJ’
C3T* Oglethorpe Infantry Loan Aot>| a ,| ol|
are requested to state that there will be no m, ..,
this Association next Wednes ay. ‘
__ >3O
During the continuance of the p re , .
epidemic, tha membeis of these several congt-eg^' 11 ' 1 ' 0 *
Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodic ChurcheV 1
spectfully invited to meet for divine services or a*!* r *‘
at the Methodist Church. j binnfy
C - 9- K NQ, ’
fISO ‘-S.EVAM,
_ Ministers.
Alfred C. Force is our ruthorz-d At'om
transact any business for us from this date. ey l °
force conley a on
> Augusta, September 26, ISM. * UO,
CITIZENS MILL.
To iny Customers.—lt is ira ros.vble f or m
get Corn to supply \ou with MEAL. The Mill is open
all who will send their Corn there to be ground f le , 1
charge. There can be but lit:le delay with two’ setu
runners to be turned lrose upon it.
Augusta, Sept. 26,1854. [ss7[ JAS. L. COLEMAN
#*7“ Notice.—The office of the Washington and N ew
Orleans Telegraph Cotrpany at Auj usta, is now open and
in connection with all other stations except Charleston
which station will be provided for in a few days Th
hours tor business will h e from 3 o'clock, A. m”, uutii l
P. M., until further notice. J, C. ItUTLER
Augusta, Sept. 25, l fi sl. Superintendent.
Ordinary’s Office.-Persons having buaines,
with the Ordinary, will find him personally at his office
during the prevalence of the Yellow Fever, (unless pre
voted by sickness,) on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and
SATURDAYS, from lu to 12 o’clock, M.
Attorneys at Ltw, or others, who may wish access to
the office, or may have business with it, will be attended
to by calling on David L. Roath, Esq., at the opposite
offices.
Marriage Licenses can be obtained at any time by ap
plying to Wm. R. Young, David L. Roath, or Lewis Levy
Es< l3 LEON P. DUGAS, Ordinary, R. C.
Augusta, Sent. 25th, 1954. lawiUw3t
L %3t’ Or. it. C. Black ctn be found day and night
at his residence on Reyno'd-streef, near Mclntosh-rre t,
except when professionally engaged. 596-St
53?” Office Auuustw irmirance and Banking
Company.—Persons having business with this Company,
will please to attend to it, between the hours of eleven,
A. M., and twelve meridian.
824 ROBERT WALTON, Cashier.
.Notice.—C. E. UIRAREDY A CO., will remain
closed during the prevalence cf Yellow Fever. Let ers
addressed to them at Newnan, Coweta county, Georgia,
will meet with prompt attention. 524-ts
1. O. O. F.—The Regular Meeting of Washing,
ton Lodge, No. 7, will be held TUIS (Friday) MORNING
at 10 o’clock. Members are requested to attend.
822-11 L. G. BASSFORD, N. Q.
J3F“ Cotooaa Springs.—Our house is still open and
will be kept open until frost.
522-8 t HICKMANN A C<.
Notice to P*senger* by ilic Augusta and
Waynesboro’ liaiircud —Until further notice, the
Night Train on this Road will leave Augusta at 6 o’clock,
P. M.; and returning will arrive at Augusta at 6 o’clock,
A. M. GEO. READ, Agent.
Augusta, Sept. 21, 1854. 522
JViirser! Nurses .'—Wo have found it so difficult
to get persons to nurse the few now sick with Yellow
Fever in the city that we are induced to make this public
request of all persons willing to serve in any way, to leave
their names and place of residence with Dr. Haines, at his
Drug Store on Broad-street. J. E. EVANS,
J. G. BINNEY.
s2l J. O. A. CLARKE.
Important.—Physicians and the public general
ly are hereby notified that our Drug Store will be kept
open until o’clock, P. M., during the prevalence of
the epidemic. N. J. FOGARTY A CO.
Persons needing MEDICINES, after that hour will find
the subscriber at the Augusta Hotel.
s2t , N. J. FOGARTY.
tSBT Notice—The undersigned having concluded to
remain in the city during the continuance of the present
epidemic, offers hi. Professional services to the public. He
may at all times be found at nis residence, corner Green
and Centre streets, or at the office of Dr. Bignon, Broad
street. [s2o] W. B. CBEE3BOROUGH, M. D.
I2T* Notice.—During my absence from the city, H. J.
Sibley, Esq., is my duly authorised Agent.
s2O H. F. RUSSELL.
Lily Bank.—Subscribers are notified that the
fifth instalment (Twenty Dollars per share) is payable on
THURSDAY, the 21st inst.
sl9 St J. C. FARGO, Cashier.
Market Notice.—The Market Bell will be rung
hereafter at 6% o’clock A. M.
L. D. LALLERSTEDT,
sl9 Chairman Market Committee.
Office Georgia Railroad Company.—on anJ
after MONDAY, ISth inst., the Bel-Air Train will leave
Augusta at 4:40 o’clock, P. >!. sl6-dit
During my absence from the city, PAUL ROS
SIGNOLL, Esq., is my Attorney in fact. Business con
nected with the .Rtna Insurance Office, will be attended
to by him. [?l6-Ct] JOHN G. SLEDGE.
mr To Country Met chant* wishing to finds Cue
stock of GOOD CLOTHING, at wholesale or retail, wll
please call in at J. M. NEWBY A CO.’S ‘tore, under the
United States Hotel. si4
gfP” Notice.—Mrs. JANE M. EVE, assisted by her
daughter, will open a School on MONDAY, 9th October, in
the building on the south side of Ellis- street, between Cen
tre and Washington, one door west of the residence of Mr.
S. Clarke
Tei ms—Five and Eight Dollars per quarter. si4
( ggr It ha* been rumored that the PLANTERS’
HOTEL was to be closed. The patrons ot the Hotel and
the public are informed that ft will not he clowl . On the
contrary, the Hotel will continue to receive and entertain
its numerous friends, and trust to give entire satisfaction.
■l4
&T nry Rood*.— WILLTAM 11. CRANE, from this
date, will sell his stock of FALL DRESS GOODS at cost for
cash. All other kinds of Goods will be sold at remarkably
low prices.
Augusta, September 18th, 1554. daw
fW The Exercises of Miss (>. E. Catonnel’*
Female Beminary will be resumed on th ■ FIRST MONDAY
in October, at the corner of Washington and (ireen-sts.,
opposite Dr. Joseph Eve. Applications can be made at
Mr. A. Picqckt’s, Broad-street, or at the Seminary. sl2
{Sr Cheap Clothing.—J. M. NEWBY A CO., will
sell the remainder of their Bummer Stock at greatly re
duced prices. Those in want of Summer Goods, can get
them right by calling scon.
A good lot of BOYS’ CLOTHES will also be sold very
cheap. j C 27
SSF~ Rags Wanted.—Cotton, Linen, Silk and Wool*
n Rags wanted. Also, old Roue, Bagging, Wrappers, Salt
Backs,and other Paper Maker’s stock. The highest cash
rices paid. julyll W. 11. PRITCHARD.
OF* Boots and Shoes. —ALDRICH A ROYAL are
receiving their stock of BOOTS and SHOES for the Spring
trade, consisting of nearly all varieties of the best and
finest articles manufactured, which they will sell as usual
on accommodating terms to families and merchants.
Owing to the great advance, and the small profits on their
Goods, all transient trade will be cash. mh!4
t# Four'll Ward Poor School.—Miss G. S. SAW
YER will oper the above School on the Ist MONDAY In
October, fb t * the reception of chi dren who are entitled to
the Poor School Fund of Richmond county.
School Rooms on Broad-street, just above Dr. J. M. Hill’s
Drugstore. sfi-twtOl
gSF” Augusta Penial* Academy.— To meet the
wantsof severa’friends, there will be a PREPARATORY
DEPARTMENT connected with our Institution, tbs
Tuition fee in which will be $8 per quarter.
s5 L. LaTASTE, Principal