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8ATUflDA\MWOUNfl*JG^ MAY 29, 1847.
Or The Whig Convention, lo nominate a
candidate for Governor, will meet at Mllledge-
vllle on the first day of July.
Professor BanniSo.— TJ|is gentleman Is
about completing h?i second gratuitous course
. of Lectures in our city. Some of his an
nouncements have attracted much attention;
among others the novel doctrine that muscu
lar debility, particularly of the abdominal re-
' glon, induces a descent or displacement of all
the internal organs, whereby the many weak
nesses of the lungs, spine, digestion, Ac., are
Induced In a mechanical way. Hence they are
regarded as mechanical, not vital diseases, re
quiring a mechanical re-adjustment of the-parts,
by a support to the small of the back, and a
pressure on the lower abdomen, restoring the
‘ posture, fullness and rotundity of the figure-
His reasoning seems to be, so far ns-we can
Judge, pretty forcible, and is said to have gain
cd favour with many distinguished members of
the medical faculty.
The Body Brace of Dr. Banning is, we un
derstand, the result of much patient investlga-
. lion, and promises to be a valuable aid to those
nfhicted with pulmonary, dyspeptic and spinal
complaints, Ac. Many instances of their use
in this city, attest their importance. Dr. Ban
ana's book, explaining the whole theory ami
operations of his system, deserves, we doubt
, not, attentive consideration.
This is the last opportunity that weshallhave
to commend the Doctor and his system to the
favorable consideration of sufferers in our com
munity, as we understand that he will ieav#
Savannah for Macon in a day or two.
nr We mentioned a few days since, that
Dr. Webster was shortly expected in this city,
to lecture on Magnetism. He has arrived, but
owing to indisgpsition has not been able to
make a commencement. We are requested to
state, however, that he will begin a course
of public Lectures early next week, on Animal
Mlgoeiism, accompanied with experiments.—
Dr. W. has been favorably received in the dif
ferent cities be has visited, and bas been very
successful In treating disease mesmerically, by
electro-magnetism, magneto-electricity,Ac. He
* has the latest and most approved apparatus to
* be found in the country, and invalids will do
well to consult him at his lodgings, 118 Brough-
lob-street;-(Dr. Conninouam’s.)
Publio Reception of Mr. Webster in
8avannab.
We publish below, the address of the Hon. J
M. Wayne, made to Mr. Webster, on Thurs
day morning last, and the reply of the latter
gentleman. We do not claim to have given
the whole of Mr. Webster's remarks, nor to
have done any thing like justice to the orator.
Our report may be regarded as a synopsis made
op in part from memoranda, furnished by Mr.
Webster himself, much of which ts in his own
words, while the remainder was written out
from memory by one of the Editors of the Re
publican. Nearly all of what we now lay be
fore our readers may be viewed as correct in
substance, as the greater part of it has been sub
jected to Mr. Webster’s revision.
Quiet being restored tiler Mr. Webster had
taken his place on the stage, he was addressed
by Judge Wayne in the following terms:
Sir The people of Savannah, mindful'of
the services which you have rendered to our
common country, welcome you to our eity.
We mean it to be a hearty welcome.
Unaided by those accidents of fortune, which
give to some public men temporary notoriety,
you have achieved fur yourself, and mostly
in the service of your country, lasting reputa
tion as a jurist,orator andstatesmon. But more
than this—and that which we think yoo value
riiost—you have also, in working your way to
such distinction, won as much of the confidence
and.friendly regards of your cotemporaries, as
in our day, any public man can hope to enjoy.
Proofs of it have been givqp to you everywhere.
They were awaiting your arrival, If sickness
not shortened your journey, wherever you
ive gone. These kindly influences are
h a thousand other triumphs. It is in snch
r spirit we now address you, and if the hun
dreds In our view could hear my voice, theirs
would respond with the same feeling.
- All that yoo havedodl, Sir, and the manner
in which it has been done, will be told in our
history, More tharffhirty years of public ser
vice have identified you with the leading politi
cal incidents of that time. Memorable tbinga
have happened. The prominent actors hi them
> Will be judged, not oilone by the parts they
inay have taken, but by the consequences
and results of measures. Time removes co-
temporary misconstruction. Posterity will give
Its judgment free from the misguiding inter
ests and pvjudices of a past generation.—
History is God’s providence ia human affairs,
a) and it is a part of H to triumph over error and
to assign to the actors in great dvents tbeir pro
per places. Yours, Sir, we believe, will be with
those master-spirits who framed the Constitution
of our Union. It has already made us a great
nation and a numerous Jieople. ^Vhb it,
shall become all that a nation can be. With
out It, nothing that a people should be. Tbe
effort of your life has been to maintain that
Constitution in all that you believe to be its le
gitimate powers. Others, and some of them
our ablest men, differ from you. But whenever
those differences have been discussed you have
never tailed to gain the respect of those who
did not agree with you; because your own
opinions have always been openly avowed, and
maintained with signal ability and conceded
patriotic intention.
All too, admit that no raanhas been truer than
. yourself, to tbe compromises of the Constitution.
In the Bouse of Representatives, in the Senate
Chamber, in the Courts, io your official dis
patches, and upon popular occasions, at home
and elsewhere, when you have spoken, and
when k was proper to say so, you have said,
.that these compromises were to be kept, as they
were meant by the framers of the Constitution,
and as they were received by the States which
ratified it. We do not doubt that you will con
tinue to think and to act so, with all that fervor
of feeling with which you once exclaimed
reference to the union of the Slates: “Liberty
iod Union, now and forever, one and insepara-
pany, his own interest was not so much con
cerned, as that of the right of every citixen, to
use a coasting license upon the waters of the
United Slates, in whatever way their vessels
were propelled. It was a sound iiqg of tbe
law, but not broad enough for the occasion, ty
is not unlikely jkat the case would have been
decided upon ft, if you had not insisted that it
should be put upon the broader constitutional
ground! of commerce and navigation. The
Couft felt the application and force or your
reasoning, and it made a decision, releasing
every creek and river, lake, bay and harbour,
in onr country, froi^e interferences of monop
olies, which had already 'provoked unfriendly
legislation between some of the States, and
which would have been as little favoraige to the
Interest of Pulton as they were unworthy of his
genius.
Nor must we permit this occasion to pass,
without noticing your administration of the
State Department. We of the South, as a very
large majority of your fellow citizens did
every where, recognized, in what was then done,
practical ability, remarkably suited to the lime
of action, with a comprehensive support of every
American interest and right, domestic and
foreign. t
One'word more, Sir. The plaee from which
wegiveyou our welcome.hasbeen consecrated by
i to the memories of Greene and Pulaski. It
a fit place for a people’s welcome to be given
to one who has deserved well of tbe Republic.
reminds us of those revolutionary events
which excite in all Americans a common sym
pathy. It should be cultivated bjAll of us.—
has hitherto resisted the contentions of inter
est and the passions of party ; and if at any
lime hereafter some dark ciuud shall threaten
our harmony, it will be made harmless, by
holding up to the people the remembrance of
their fathers, united in the cause of American
freedom. Upon our part, we shall never for-
get , that Georgia gave an early response to
( he earlier remonstrances of Massachusetts,
against those acts of Parliament of which she'
was the victim, but which were levelled against
the liberties of ail the colonies. When tbe bolder
language of Suffolk, than any which had been
used before, proclaimed, for the first time, that
the colonies were only a part of the realm
of England by compact, which would he dis
solved, if the acts of which Massachusetts com
plained were not repealed, It,was repeated
here with pledges to our sister colonies to join
them in any and every measure of resistance.
The patriots of Georgia were not slow in shew
ing that they were in earnest. Their sons and
grandsons and great-grandsons,Bearing the hon
ors of their paternity gracefully and unobtru
sively, but with all the sympathies of their
fathers, are here to-day, to unite with the rest of
us to give yon our welcome. Accept it, Sir,
and should yon upon your return home, be
called upon to tell any thing of your visit to the
South, tell those to whom you may speak, that
yon have been among a people, who, in the
real respect which they feel and have shown
to yourself, intended also to manifest tbeir
attachment to onr Northern and Eastern breth
ren, and lo show that their prevailing political
feeling is devotion to onr Union. . «■
May God animate all the people of all the
States with the same sentiment, and impress
npon their hearts that it is a doty which we owe
to Him, to our fathers, and onr posterity, to
maintain, defend and preserve the Union, and
lo transmit it entire,to future generations.
from one of yonr constitutional suggestions
ry man in the land has been more or less
benefited, We allnde to^t with the greater
“* 1 , because it was in a controversy be-
‘ "Tglaiv in behalf of the constitu-
f the citizen.
late Mr. Thoqjas Gibbons deter-
card a large part of his fortune in
onslltuiionaUty of the laws of New
j the navigation of the waters
lo Steamers belonging to a Com-
ant; other questions might have been sufficient
for the disposal of this particular cause, but they
ware of no public or permanent importance. II
that great question had then been waived or
evaded, it is not easy now to see whaj infer
ences unfavorable to the just authority of Con
gress might have been drawn.
“But," said Mr. W., “my agency in this and
similar questions in that Court, has .been bat
sabaydibate; the decision has rested wUb the
Court itself. «No higher judicial tribunafexUts
than the Supreme Conn of the United Slates:
distinguished alike for the wisdom of its decisions
and the eminent qualities or the Judges who
compose it, both in their private and public ca
pacities. It is tbe expounder of fundamental
principles of Government—it is the interpreter
of Constitutions—it is the appointed umpire
on questions of the profoundest interest, and
most enduring consequences between conflict
ing sovereignties; and which the American
people, if they are wise, will ever cherish as
their roost valuable possession, since its dura
tion will be coexistent with that of the Constitu
tion, of which it is the sole interpreter. The
decisions of thip tribunal have in general com
manded public respect and inspired public con
fidence. Great taleuts and great learning have
adorned Rs bench. Some of its judgments on
qnestions of great magnitude have manifested
In responding to the remarks of Judge
Wayne, Mr. Webster commenced by •sav
ing that he could not but be duly sensible of
the respect paid him, by .the citizens of Savan
nah. They had appointed a Committee to
welcome him composed .of distinguished citi
zens, and placed at its head a gentleman well
knowu to himself personally and to the public,
as filling with equal honor to himself and the
country, the high station of an Associate Judge
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The topics contained in that address were
of great and permanent importance. At their
head stood that of the onion of the States, and
the Constitution. To such parts of the address
as bad been made to him by Justice Wayne in
behalf of the Committee, as were respectful or
complimentary to hituself, be could of course
maky no reply. What most became him pro
bably in th^respect, was a grateful and grace
ful silence.
No more than justice bad been done him, in
ascribing to him a steady adhesion to the union
of the States, upon the principles and according
to the provisions oi the Constitution.
I have made this tour of mioe, said Mr. W.,
which has proved so delightful tome while en
joy Ing it, and which will leave so maa£ pleasant
reminiscences to dwell upon after my return, for
the purpose of visiting those younger sitters ofihe
old Thirteen,whom 1 bad not before known; and
I heartily rejoice that I have done so, for the re
ception which has welcomed me,hat proved that
we of the North and the South are still breth
ren in feeling ami members of the same great
political family, bound together by the articles
of agreement in our glorious Constitution. He
mpst be a presumptuous man indeed who would
venture to think that he could suggest any new
features of improvement, or in any way add
to our present form of united Government—
by its provisions and compromise Island as
I ever have stood and ever will stand, and
woe to the meddling politicians who would
mtsall them io the ht$f of getting surer and
%afer guarantees for State Rights and State
Institutions. In itself it is already perfect
and complete; any change ran only resoit In
marring the perfect harmony -of its separate
parts. The Constitution was the resalt of con
cessions and compromises. It gave to the
General Government certain specific rights and
duties, and left lo the Stales the free exercise
of tbeir own appropriate rights and the unre
stricted enjoyment of tbeir own laws and the
control of tbeir awn social institutions. It has
stood the test of experience, and proved itself
capable, under a wise administration, of carry
ing forward the prosperity of the country. Our
duty is to be content with the Constitution at it
is—to resist all changes from whatever quarter,
to preserve iu original spirit and original pur
pose, and to commend it, as it is, to the care of
those who arc to come after ns.
Io reply to Judge Wayne’s handsome allu
sion lo his argument before the Supreme Court,
in the case instituted by Tbos. Gibbons, to lest
the exclusive right of Fulton, to river naviga
tion, he said that it had been his fortune in the
Courts oi law as well In the Ual)s.of Congress,
to take frequent parts in the discussion of con
stitutional questions. To one of theae'discus-:
sions in the Supreme Court, the Chairman had
been pleased to allude. It was true, thaf in the
case of Gibbons vs. Ogden, he had declined to
Argue the cause on any other ground than that
of the great commercial question presented by
It—the then novel question of the constitutional
authority of Congress exclusively to regulate
commerce in all itjiTorms, on qjl the navigable
waters of the* United States, their bays, rivers
and ^arbours, without any monopoly, restraint,
or interference created by State legislation.
That qnestion he*had regarded as alt import-
unsurpassed ability. Let ns hope that its fu
ture may resemble its past, and that the same
learning and dignity—the same integrity and
firmness which have characterised its decisions
in times past may also distinguish them in
times to come."
Mr. Webster then proceeded to express bis
thanks for the notice which the address had ta
ken of the manner in which he had discharged
the duties of the Department of State. He had
held that office but for a short period; during
that period, however, the question of the North-
Eastern Boundary was definitely settled, and
an opportunity seemed to have been afforded
for considering and discussing other subjects of
great interest, which had remained unsettled,
and which had become attended with no small
difficulty. That opportunity had been em
braced, and he was happy to think that good
had been done, and to learn from the address
that the conduct of that negotiation met the ap
probation ofihe citizens of Savannah. There
was as putph perhaps in the favorable circum
stances or the occasion as jn any ability.mani-
ftsted by himself.
Turn ing then towards the monument at whose
base he'stood, and pointing to it, Mr. W. burst
forth into an eloquent apostrophe to the associa
tions that clustered around tbatspotand the feel
ings to which they should give rise, which we
would only mar by attempting to repeat from
memory.
He spoke of the days of the Revolution, when
State called upon Slate, for aid in the cause of
Independence, and of the feelings that animated
his heart while he thought upon the noble re
sponse of Georgia to that coll. Georgia was
then far distant; the wonder-working agency of
the Telegraph, that annihilates space, was then
undreamtof—and long and weary miles of wil
derness intervened between the oldest and the
youngest oftheoriginal Thirteen, yet the call was
heard and answered. “New England blood,”
said the gifted Speaker, “has been freely popred
out upon Southern soil, and her sons have stood
shoulder to shoulder with those of Georgia i n the
common cause. Sons and grandsons ot those pa
triots, whom l now address 1 Georgians 1 shall
we not cherish the recollection of those common
sufferings and common'dangers; and make
them the incentives towards establishing a more
perfect harmony between their descendants.
Those whom the dangers and perils of. War
could not sever, peace should not separate.
Others may value this union vw,>nrueraied
States as a convenience, or an arrangement, or
a compromise of interests; but I desire to see
an a^chment to the Union existing among
the people, not as a deduction of political econ
omy, nor as a resoit of philosophical reasoning,
bat cherished as a sentiment.
I wish to see that attachment extended from
one extremity of thb confederacy to the other,
not by Telegraphic communications, but through
the medium of American sympatbies,acting up
on the American henrt. Massachusetts,! t is true,
cannot vie with Georgia in fertility of soil, a-
bnndance of resources, or the boundless facilities
of internal improvement, which will Tender
Georgia at no distant day^one of the mightiest
of our confederated States. Seven States like
Massachusetts might be carved out of Georgia,
and yet abundant room be left for the forma
tion of another State. The natural products of
Massachusetts, (as a Southern statesman once
aid,) are granite and ice. Many of these
lately buildings that ogpwer above me, are
dqQbtnot, indebted to Massachusetts for the
granite upon which they ere reared, but your
lines of rail-roads even now stretching almost
to tbe foot of your mountain ranges—beds of
entire granite—will soon deprive her of that
privilege; but our hyperborean winters will
long give us the monopoly of the other article
of export, and if we are not destined to be yqnr
“hewers of wood and drawers of water,” we
yet will be your "hewers of iu and coolers of
vial erf 1
“Never before,” 6aid Mr. W., “was I so for
cibly impressed with tbe mighty influences of
that great modern discovery, Steam-fto#er, as
an engine of improvement, than when, daring
my joorney here, 1 witnessed the passaged
tbe long train of cars through the dense and
gloomy pine forests of yonr interior; self-moved
by an inner power which gave no visible signs
of its existence and left no trace behind it, clear
ing those solitudes like a bird, hot urged by a
poy||r that could know no weariness and whose
energies never flagged. It was an impressive /
lesson of the might of man in removing natur^ W|
impediments from his path of progressive ira- 1
provemenl.
Knowing, as I did, the rapid march of im
provement in your State; that you had already
upwards of seven hundred miles of Rail-Road
and much more in projection, 1 could not but
reflect upon the great destinies open to tbe peo-
•er Dinner.—We shall publish
In our M^day morning’s paper, a report of
the toasts gVen, and the several speeches made;
at the dinner.to Mf. Webster on Thursday
last. The tw» speeches of Mr. Webster, which
so charmed hs auditors, we shall not be able
to re-produce v'trbatin, hut we hope to give a
tolerable synopsis of them from notes taken on
the occasion.
We cannot lere refrain from doing justice
to our host rf ue Pulaski, who provided a din-
which wefiave seldom seen equalled, and
never snfasved.for the good taste of its arrange
ments—he abundant supply of all delicacies
which - n uid tempi the palate or gratify the ap-
petiteol the most fastidious epicure—a dinner
worthy of the guest and the occasion. His own
fav/ite maxim that “good eating deserves good
drtiking,” was fully carried out, by the abun-
daU supply of ike most;'generous and costly
vines, which his welt stored cellars could pro-
»lde.
hag been thou t desirable, bulthis prejudice pre
vented It, ns canal was considered necessary
for that pur pi, but Rail-Roads are now taking
Ike place of nals, and the completion of a
Soutb-weste Rait-Road from Savannah to
Pensacola I >nly needed to make those two
cities respet vely the most prosperous in the
South, unit! as ft would, the best seaport on
the Soothert Ulantic Coast, with almost the
only good hi our on the Mexican Gnlf.
Five and t mty years ago from my place in
Congress,l pr red this matter, but the times were
not ripe enou i for it then; now it may, and
ought lo be t rled out, and 1 pledge to Ibis as
sembly all i! aid and influence that 1 possess
to aid in eort ng U into execution, as of infi
nite value to eorgia and the entire Union..
Withagraiul and impressive farewell to
the audience/ho had honored him with their
pretence, an approbation, Mr. Webster amidst
tumultuous pplause concluded his eloquent,
address, of v ich our meagre sketch is but the
faint reflteit shadow-
If he finds tr report of his glowing eloquence
imperfectai cold, he must attribute it to the
rapt interes rhlch made us often forget our
duty as a sc be In that of a delighted listener.
The addrec was extemporaneous, and we have
been compe *d to give it from hasty notes kind
ly furnishec >y Mr. Webster, and from memo
ry, which Jill account for omissions which
must etrft/all who heard the great and gifted
speaker, f
Tuc
Tiie Mexican Church “Speculation.”—Who
is respoisible for U1 Great difference of opin
ion exlstionthissubject; amongothcretatements
we find tie following in the Washington cor
respondence of the Baltimore Patriot, which
wears anappearance of probability:
•Thereare some men in this city, however,
who bavathe hardness of heart to assent to the
belief tbit the doctrine of sequestrating the
Mexican church property, was first put forth
through thf ‘Union’ by the advice and consent
of at leastbne member of the administration, a
timid perstahge, who, finding the doctrine uni
versally repudiated, has set his white-washers
and toad-e»ters hard at work to dent him out
gp THE SCRlPK 1
“It is not supposed that the veteran editor of
the organ lad any hand in the matter; but that
the article was penned by the associate Editor
i who isunlerslood to he a Clerk in the State
lepartmem,) to meet the views of Mr. Folk
d Mr. Buehanao as he the writer, then un
derstood THEM !
'•The matter has created a very considerable
sensation here as well as elsewhere] And the
scheme, of course, will be utterly abandoned.”
How very convenient it is, for the Administra
tion to have an organ, whose “speculations”
it may claim the credit of when popular, or in
dignantly disclaim when counter to.publlc senti
ment! But we by no means envy the position
nf iH»r— •ntes i»^i, tu.ir •- •out an ar
rangement. Yet does the veteran Editor as
sume all the alrkof the “Palinurius”of the ves
sel of State, and the smaller Loco-foco craft are
generally content to sail io the wake of tbe
Union. For onr own part, we havenodonbt,
that a weather-cock is an useful thing to indl*
cate the point from which the breeze may blow,
but cannot regard it as a good substitute for the
unvarying needle pointing ever to the polar
•tar; and therefore would like to koow when the
Lion really roars, and when it is only “Honest
Nick Bottom, the Weaver.”
Victimsop Famine.—Two millions of human
beings, according to the Dublin Nation,are des-
lined to perish by this year's lamine in Ireland;
a population sufficient for a powerful State—
and two-thirds of.our own at the time of oar
Revolutionary strogg’e. The mind shudders
at the bare contemplation ofihe fact: what then
must be the feelings of the spectators of the hor
rible calamity! #
What too, must the adopted Irishmen of this
country think of the Democratic parly, which,
by their assistance, defeated Mr. Clay, and yet
refused to vote one dollar from the National
Treasury for tbe relief of their starving fellow-
countrymen! Snch conduct as that will ad-
mu of no excuse—it needs no comment — Jlmr.
cf- Messenger.
Democratic Opinion op tiie War.—Mr.
Benton,the man that Mr. Chapman tried to
make Lieutenant General, over glorious old
Rough and Ready, declared: “ That if the Amer
ican Army crossed the Nueces and went to tbe Rio
Orande it would be an act of war against Mexico,
and if it brought on war between the two countries,
il tcould be an unconstitutional war—-a war op
plunder.—Ala.- Journal.
Later Rom the Drasm*
By an arrival at New-Orleans, tbe Ediloi
the Picayune have received dates from the ‘
*»• .»
Capts. Lansing, Edward Webster and Crow-
Inshleld, have returned lo the United States for
a short time for the benefit of their health.
Quite the most Important intelligence by this
arrival concerns the safety of Col. Doniphan's
command. According to the letter of the Picay
une's correspondent, dated the 3d Inst., from
Monterey, the moat grave apprehensions were
entertained in regard^to that command. The
rumor wa! that Col. D. had been defeated by
the Mexicans and lost all his artillery. We
are greatly in hopes that this will prove lo be a
mere Mexican rumor, and we are qncouraged
in this hope by the fact that the Picket Guard,
published at Saltillo on the 3d* makes no men
tion of the rumor, and anticipates the speedy
arrival of Col. Doniphan and his command at
that place. * . #
By this arrival wo learn that Brlg.Qen.Oftd-
walader is forthwith to proceed with bis com
mand (excepting the dragoons?) now encamped
at Palo Alto, to Vera Urns to reinforce Gen.
Scott. The transporlswere being jirepayd at
the Brazos whfco the TYumtatf.left.
At the Brazos Capt. Lansing had been re
lieved in his duties as assistant quartermaster,
by Capt. Churchill, A. Q. *M. Capt. Hill was
expected to leave dally for Washington.
Col. Humphrey Marshall’s regiment of Ken
tucky cavalry was at Comargo at lastvccounis,
on their way home. They will not be disband
ed until they reach this city.
The 3d Ohio Regiment, under Col. Cntlis,
was expected at Monterey during the second
week in May, on its way home; and the 1st
Ohio Regiment, long stationed in Monterey,
would leave about the same time.
At last accounts the most intense curiosity
was felt at Monterey and Saltillo to learn news
of Gen. Scott’s movement*. They had not then
heard of the victory of Cerro Gordo, hot had
innumerable false rumors of operations on the
Vera Cruz road to Mexico.
The Monterey Pioneer thinks that an ad
vance upon San Luis is designed by Gen. Tay
lor, as unusual activity prevails in all -the de
partments, and four trains loaded with subsist
ence stores have recently arrived auhut place.
The Matatnoros Ff^g says that :, feen. Urrea
has issued n proclamation to the citizens of
Cadareyte, very similar in lone to that of San
ta Anna. j He calls upon tbe town for a contri
bution towards supporting the war, and also
orders under arms all able-bodied males between
the nges of 16 and 45. Immediately after hav
ing issued this proclamation he set off for the
city of Mexico.
The following is the opinion of the Court of
Inquiry In the case of Gen. Lane and Co).
Bowles.
In the case of Gen. Lane :
Opinion.—'The Court is of opinion that dur
ing the whole period of the 23d and 33d of Feb
ruary, 1847, Brig. Gen. Lane conducted him
self as a brave aod gallant officer; and that no
censnre attached to him for the retreat of the 3d
Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
In thecasHof Col. Bowles:
Opinion.—With reference to the first charge,
the Court is of opinion that Col. Bowles is ig>
norant of the duties of Colonel; but the Court
would remark that ill health, and absence on
account of ill health, have in some degree pre
vented him from fitting himself for tbe duties
of that office.
The Court is of -opinion that at the time Col
Bowles gave the order “retreat,” he was under
the impressien lhat.the artillery had retreated,
when in fact the battery bad gone to an ad
vanced position under the orders of Gen. Lane,
which orders had not been communicated to
Col. Bowles.
And In conclusion, the Court find thatthrongh-
u i)u! lb* whole day.
Col. Bowles evinced no want of personal cour
age or bravery; but that he did manifest a
want of capacity add judgmentas a cummander.
pie of Georgia, if ihey would but iiqprove the
opportunities within their power.
This mighty agent, steam, is the hand-maid
en of improvements, almost beyond contem
plation, each day developcs new blessings to be
derived from it: it lessens labor—it economises
time—it gives the poor man leisure find ability
to travel—it joins together the most remote re
gions, andl>rings face to face tbeir Inhabitants,
establishing a harmony of interest and feeling
between them: it limits all distinctions, the
poor and tbe rich; the prince and the peasant en
joy now equal facilities or travel, and ran pro
cure the same comforts and luxuries from dis
tant points—if they travel, they sit side by side
in tbe same Rail Car—the individual is sinking
and the mass rising up in the majesty of a com
mon manhood. For a long lime after the dis
covery and use of this potent agent, it was
thought only applique to water navigation,
and this prejudice retarded tbe march of imr
provements, which it might have expedited.
For a long series of years, a communication
between the waters oi tbe Atlantic and the Gulf
of Mexico, jjirough the Peninsula of Florida,
CrThe more the Loco-focos get “scared”
about tbe present signs of the times, and their
prospects in 1848, the more they lam in to call
ing the Whigs bard names. If I can’t whip
you,” said Bill to Bob, “I can make mouths at
your sister V'—Ala. Journal.
Noble Atonement.—Gen. Dromgoole, who
was re-elected to , Congress from Virginia
short llrqe since and died a few days after, be-
qneatbed his entire estate, with the exception
of a few friendly legacies, to the widow'and
children of a man who had fallen by his hand
in a duel.
New-Hampshibe.—The Governorand Coun
cil of New-Hampshire, have ordered a special
election for Representatives to Congress in two
vacant districts on the 8th of July next.
JdT The new steam-ship Washington—the
first of the American Line intended to ply be
tween New-York and Bremen, via Cowes and
Southampton,—went to sea from New-York on
Monday morning on a trial trip, and was to
return in the afternoon of that day.
IS*The New-York Post says that the Lines
of steamers now formed to run between that
port and Europe, comprise thirty vessels of the
first class, all of which Lines will be in,opera
tion in less than eighteen months. It Is estima
ted that they will consume annually, in their
outward voyages, tbe enormous quantity of
113,000 tons of coa).
13* The frigate Savannah, absent for three
years and a haif in tbe Pacific, is expected to
arrive in the United Stater in the comae of the
present month. It it supposed that she will go
to Bostoo to refit.
Latest Rom Vera Graz*
Tbe.latest accounts from Vera Cruz at New-
Orleans are to the 15th Inst. The Editors of
the Picayune, speaking of the arrival, says
“No mail was brought. Verbally we learn
that there had been no later arrival from the ar
my of Gen. Scott. We have a copy of the A<
nurican Eagle of the 15tb Inst., which has not
a word of later news from above.
“From the Eagle we learn that the U. S.
sloop of war Germantown, Capt. F.. Buchanan,
arrived off the castle on the 13th Inst., ^ but sail
ed immediately for Anton Lizardo, to await the
orders of the Commodore. The U. S. steamer
Spitfire, Lieut. Com’g. Lee, was lying at Vera
Cruz, awaiting despatches dally expected from
the interior.
•The Eagle is of opinion that Gen. Scott will
remain'at Puebla until tbe beginning of autumn,
without marching upon the capital.
“The Eagle gives a somewhat different ver
sion of the recedt surprise and murder of dra
goons at Santa Fe, near the city, from that we
have published. We copy the greater portion
of its article:
“It appears that a detachment of some seven
ty odd dragoons, belonging to the command of
Col. Harney, left Jalann, some days since^in
command of Lieut. Hill, with the intention of
visiting this city, to procure a further supply of
horses. On arriving at Santa Fe, nine of the
men were left behind, in consequence of illness
on their own part,* and fatigue on the part ol
their horses. Lieut. Hill and his command
continued on, feelifffe that those who were be
hind were perfectly safe, and soon alter reached
this city, where he has since been detained,
Although it was his expectation thnt he would
have returned the next morning. Nothing-fur
ther was heard from the men until Thursday
morning, when news reached here informing us
that a large party of Mexicans had attacked and
literally cut them to pieces In the most shock
ing manner. One of them was killed tifion the
spot, and five-others mutilated in such a manner
as to strike any txre-wiih horror at ihe sight.
“Capt. Walker left the city on Thursday
morning, accompanied by his mounted rifle
men, in search ol the murderers, and, we learn,
encountercd'a large party of Mexicans, whom
he attacked and succeeded io killing four. Yet,
we believe there bas not been any thing re
ceived of a positive nature in regard to the
number killed.”
"The Eagle complains in good set terms of tbe
dnllness of Vera Cruz and the extensive beat,
which threatens to become yet more intense.—
Nothing it said of the health of Ihe city. From
the report of the proceedings of the city council
*we perceive that our countrymen have brought
a good deal of American energy to the task of
cleansing the city, providing a police, support-
Ing schools and the like. Before we are done
with Vera Cruz we hope it may become quite
an attractive and healthy city.”
Anothbr Rail-Road in Gkoroia.—The Au
gusta Constitutionalist, of the B7lb Inst., has the
following communication:
Rail-Road from Washington to Gumming or
Double Wells.—Mr. Editor: Georgia is full a-
wake on the subject of Rail-Roads—she is al
ready the second State of tbe Union in tbe
length of this modern improvement, and her
destiny is onward in this as well as In other
important national objects.
The Rail-Road from Washington to the Dou
ble Wells is about to be undertaken by the citi
zens of the former place; and for one, should the
a r encouragement be given, I have no
it will be made. The distance is 18 miles,
and thongh the chuntry is broken, still there
are no heavy gradings to be done on the line.—
The citizens of Washington propose to-sub
scribe liberally for the work, expect to employ
horse power ou'lhe road,'to obtain part of the
flat iron now about to be removed for the T
iron on the Georgia Road below Union Point,
and hope for some facilities from the Directors
of this road. One hundred thousand dollars, ft
Is calculated, under these circumstances, will
be sufficient to coristrnct this road, and this a-
rabunt it is thought will be subscribed at a meet
ing to be held next Tuesday in Washington,
composed of citizens from all- the adjoining
counties interested in this enterprise. In the
mean time a delegation Is to visit the Directors
of Ihe Georgia Rail-Road in this city, to con
sult on the subject." ^
GiToroia Marblu.—Mt. J. B. Artope, an en
terprising mechanic of this city, we are pleased
to learn, has purchased one or the most valua
ble and inexhaustible Marble Quarries in the
Slate, and is now erecting extensive machinery
for sawing and preparing the marble for mar
ket. The Quarry is situated on Tallonab
Creek, in Gilmer county, about thirty-five miles
from Cartersvllle, on the Western and Atlantic
lail-Road. It Is in'fact a mountain of marble,
I Presenting to the creek a perpendicular surface
of near a hundred feet in height. The water
tower is abundant and most admirably situated
or the business. We hear with pleasure, that
tbe Mill will be in operation about the 1st of
July. Tbe only drawback to the business thus
far, has been the heavy charges made by tbe
citizens for hauling the marble in its rough
slate to the Rail-Road. This, however, will
hereafter be remedied, as Mr. Artope contem
plates employing his own teams for the purpose,
and is firmly ofihe opinion that he can furnish
a better and cheaper article to our citizens, than
can be procured from any of the Northern
Quarries. We were present recently, when a
specimen of bis marble and one from Massa
chusetts were tested by tbe application of acids.
It was apparent that the Georgia Marble con
tained less lime and more silex. The crysta-
line particles were larger and more firm. The
block is harder, takes a finer polish, and will
therefore resist exposure to the weather. For all
monumental purposes, it must take preference
over ihe Northern article. Mr. Artope has al
ready erecied from it several monuments in this
place and Milledgeville, which will compare
with the best specimens of Northern work. Mr.
A. informs us that the blocks thus far obtained,
are scarcely fair specimens of the quality ofihe
article, as he has- thus far been compelled to
work mainly on the surface of the vein, and
with indifferent preparations.
We lake especial pleasure fn calling the at
tention ofihe citizens, not only of Macon but of
the Slate at large, to this undertaking of Mr.
Artope. He deserves to be substantially .sus
tained, because of his industry and enterprise
in attempting lo develope the resources ol Ihe
State, and because home products and home la
bor should hove a decided preference. Why
should we snpport the laborers ofNew England
or of Old England in preference to \jtose who
have come among us, and who aid us it\ sus
taining our own institutions, and in bearing
the burthens of our own Govenment! Why
send to either Italy or Massachusetts for Mar
ble or manufactures when we can procure just,
as serviceable articles for less money at home 1
Mr. Artope is giving us a practical example of
home industry, and we should sustain him even
if it cost us something lo do so. In Georgia we
have hitherto been too negligent of our own true
interests. We have grumbled too mneb about
Tariffs and abstractions, and made too little ef
fort to profit by iheir operations. It was re
cently very truthfully remarked, that “so varied
and abundant are the resources and productions
of Georgia, that if b wall of brass were thrown
around the State, we might almost live like the
Chinese, separated from the hnlonce of the
world, and yet enjoy aft Ihe luxuries and neces
saries known lo the most favored nations of tbe
earth.” With our staples, onr minerals, and
provisions, our Rail-Road improvements, and
our water power, there is no reason at least
why our prosperity should be limited, or our
progress checked’ for years and centnries to
come. We hove every thing the heart could
desire within our limits, and we are happy to
find that there is a spirit awakening among our
people that must result in the proper develope-
mem of our resources.—Macon Journal if- Mes
senger.
Opinion ot a Regular Physlqiafi.
This certifies that I hsvoVocoramendeT'uM^ii.s
oi W1 STAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRv ^
deseasea of the Luhge, for two years past
wh *"
uk.n pl.c«, tlm win unm eir.oi.d . ~
E. Botukn. IMiy.lcian >l Ei.l.r Coii,,.
NO OtMCKERYI NO DECEPTION!
All publf.h.d ■tit.ni.tit. of core n«rrono,d b,
this medicine,sre, in every respect, THUG
Iltware qf Counterfeits and Imitations.—Th*
B irallotcd and astonishing efficacy of Dr
ilaam of Wild Cherry in all theillseasM IbrSQ
It ie recommended, curing many cues after the skill
of the bo.t ptiy.lclnn. wtt. unavailing, hu ,tr;!fii
flirgo.nd-lnor.ulnt doomed for It. Thli iSS
hi. caused Mr.r.1 unprincipled .ounlerfbltem ,,,
itnlt.101. to pilot off npurlooi mixture. ,f l£
nnni. and >pp.<hnco, for th« g.oiilno B.lnn,
For sale wholesale and retail, by
THOMAS M. TURNER A CO.
AUnbrA.'T.UwW
And DraggiaU generally in Georgia. WE '
may St _ atuth 3
MUTUAL LIFE^INSURANOE COlliprv
WCP. HUNTfeR, Agont.
OF
SAN’LHANNAT.Seo’ry.
Applies!
feb l-ly
HOWARD IN8UHANOB COMPANY
OF NEW-YORK.
R. Havrms, President. Lewis PmLun.Sec’rr
Terms as favorable as any other similsr instils'
t July 1 th0 0 ly ’ 8 iy C * DUNN1N0 » Agent
MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW-YORK.
Zkbkdxk Cook, President.
Marine, Inland and Fire Insurances,
may 4 GEOROE SCHLEY; Agent.
Sand’s Snrsnpnrllln
Has been tried, proved and acknowledged to be
nil that is necessary or desirable to purify the blood
to cleanse and renuvate tbe general ayatem. Tbe
triumphs it hos obtained over diaeaae are such as
nro not furnished from any othertnurce. By its use,
thouaands have been made to rejoice, who wore
fait verging to a closo, when death would draw a
curtain over this world’* scenes. It purifies,
cleanses, and strengthens the fountain eprinps of
life, and infuses new vigor throughout the whole
adimal frame. ’
For further particular* and conclusive evidence
of its superior value and cfficaoy,’ aee pamphlets,
which may bo obtained of agents, gratia.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B.
& D. RANDS, Wholesale Druggist*, 100 Fnlton.
corner ofWilliam-street, New-York.
Sold also by
G. R. HENDRICKSON, Savannah,
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price g 1 per bottlo. nr six ^.bottles
for 85. 6 may 29
_Tnx Ammican Prisoners in Mexico.—The
Editor of the Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat has
seen a letter from Capt. Danley, dated “Carcel
Santiaga, City of Mexico, March 2Gth, 1847,"
whlclutoes not add to the information nlrenay
recelvOT from the prisoners,-but confirms, if
confirmation were necessary, the statements
of Mr. Black and Major Gaines as tq the Incar
ceration of the prisoner*. Capt. Danley says:
“You must know that we are confined In the
penitentiary.” He adds: “Maj. Borland and
myself, and all the prisoners, officers and men,
are well, I do not expect to return until peace
Is made, as I have a long aceouuito settle with
ftie Mexicans, and wish to brin^lt to a close.”
He says nothing as to the treatment ofihe pris-
oners, except that they are closely watched aiid
confined, and that aft their correspondence with
their friends has to be smuggled out of the
country.
Scrofula and Scrofulous Swelling.
Scroftils in aft its multiplied forms, whether in
that qf Kino’s Evil, enlargement of the alnnda or
bone*, GoiitPr'Whito Swelling*, Chronic Rheu-
maliam, Cancer, disease* of the Skin or Spine, or
of Pulmonary Consumption, emanate from one and
the *ame cause, which is a poisonous principle
more or leas inherent in tho human ayatem. There
fore, unless this principle can be destroyed, no rad
ical care can bo effected; but if the principle upon
which the disenae depend* i* removed, • cure must
of necessity follow, no metier under whet form the
disoase should manifest itaelf. This, therefore, i>
the reason why Jayne’s Attcrativo i* ao universally
successful in removing so many malignant disease*.
It destroys the virus or principle from which tho*e
diiease* hava their origin, by entering into the cir
culation, and with the blood is conveyed lo tho
minuteat fibre, removing evory particle of disease
from the system.
N0AP0L B 0 S. F S; A J'i N Mm S .
Dr. Joyno: Sir—I lake treat pleasure in inform
ing you that tho bottle of Hair Tonic which I ob
tained of you lost October, has proved most aatia-
tory ond succoasfuii My hair had lor a long time
been exceedingly thin, but for two or three year*
past it had so fallen out that my head had become
almost entirely bald, I was under the necessity of
concealing tho baldness by combing tho hair on the
•idos over it. But now, after using a bottlo of tho
Tonic, I have aa luxuriant a growth of hair aa I
over had. C, G. Par.
Late Pastor of the Baptist Church, at Haddon-
field, N.J; *
Prepared only by Di. Jsyno, Philadelphia, and
sold on agency by
THOMAS M. TURNER A CO.,
may 26 181 Bay-atreet, Savannah.
MARRIED.
county.
Liberty
Savannah Colt Club.
The members are requested to meet This Ar-
tbrnoon, at 4 o’clock, on business of impotta&ca.
may 29
(O’ NOTICE.—The steamer WM. GASTON
will discontinue her tripe to Florfda after June itth,
Far the purpose or putting in • new Boiler, and mi
king other necessary repaifa,
may 28 R. H. D. SORREL, Agent.
DT NOTICE.—AW demands against tho Br.
ahip OREGON, Capt. Wm. Herron, must be left for
settlement, Tnis Morning, previous to 10o’clock*
at the Counting-Room of the Conai£rea.
may 29 ANDREW LOW A CO.
r RECEIPTS OF COTTOPf, MAY28.
l’or steamer Lamar, from Augusta—200 bales, to
sundry persons.
CONSIGNEES.
Per stq|m-packet Gen. Clinch, (Voin Charleston-
Central Rail-Road, steamer St Matthews, M S Ball,
R Habersham A Son, F Sorrel, R H Howell, Coo-
nerat A Bsrle,Greiner A Beall, EC Counceli f J
McKenna, Stewart, Ouster, and T T Wilmot.
-PASSENGERS;
Per eteam-pneket Gen. Clinch, from Chirleiton—
Mrs Johnson, Mrs Williams, Miss A Gilbert, Mean
A O Johnson, B J Williams, W Irwin,and Kelly.
COMMERCIAL
Livtoat Dates.
From Liverpool May 4
From Havre May I
From Havana .....May 8
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, MAY 28.
Per aohr. Tippecanoe, from Mariel, (Cuba)—164
hhds. and 36 tierces Molasaee.
SAVANNAH Ex7oRTS, MAY 28.
Per Br. ship Oregon, for Quebec—85,800 fast
Lumber.
CHARLESTON KXrORTl—mat 27.
Laurvig, (Norway)—Nor. brig Buenovento—
13,294 bushels Paddy' .. ,
Antwerp—Swo. ship Echo—609 bales Upland
Colton, 623 tcs. Rice, 267 bbl*. Rosin, am) aondriet-
* Liverpool— Br. ahip Jano—593 bales Sea lslasd
and 1,513do. Upland Cotton, 388 bushels Coro,!
tierce Rice, 15,622 feet Timber, Ac.
Nm-Yor*—U. L. brig Mo*e*-436 hale* Uoliod
Cotton, 77 tierces Rice, 7! bales Yarn,7 do. Wool, i
36 bbli. Flour and sundries.
AUGUSTA, MAY 25, r. M.-Cotton.-h Blight
movement w»s made in our market to-day, and a
Tew lots dunged hand*.allowing a decline of about
Jc. from the rates current provioue to the receipt
of the stoamer’i accounts.
HAMBURG, MAY 27.-Cofton.-The Hiber-
nia’a accounts, which reached us on Tburidiy
evening, are highly unfayurable, and have catiied
an nlinoet entire suspension in tho transection* or
this article. The few aalea that have taken place,
were at a decline or f to lo. from previoue pnee*.
In the present state of the market, however, we
omit quotations.
ClflTOLESTON, MAY28— Cotton.-No ch«e|#
in the Upland market yesterday. Holders and bir-
era continue to hold off. The sale* of the' day by
only one house were 135 bale* at I0£ a 11|
ft ice.-We could not learn of any transaction* hav
ing been rtade yesterday. The state ofthe weather
wee very unfavorable.
NEW YORK, MAY 25, 2 r. M —The cotton
narket ia quiet. There nro some emsll solee;lo spin*
74 I
at g
marketii ^ .... ....
ners, but nothing doing for export.
Flour Ie held at 18,76 a 18,874 for (leneMi-
Salea of2,000 bushel?Ohio Wheat at 52,00. There
is no Geoifetown here.
Corn is field at Jl.l!
Slip NEWS. #■
May 30, ia<T..
ofGnvnnnnh,..
8un rises,........5 1—Sun sets,..*
Hioh Water at 11
Tho PIIon—A Cure for Life Secured 1
DR. U Pit AM'S INTERNAL REMEDY, for
the cure or Piles, Inflammation of tbe Liver, end
Spleen; Inflammation; Soreitepa, and Ulceration of
the Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder; In
flammatory and Mercurial Rneumntiem; Impurity
of Iiloocij Wonkneea and Inflammation ol the Spine.
. THE VEGETABLE PILE ELECTUARY ia
the only really aucceacftti remedy for that danger
ous and distressing complaint, the PILES, ever
offored to the American public.
Merit till.: It l.nn INTERNAL REMEDY—not
an oitornal application—and will euro any case of
Pilee, elthor Bleeding or Blind, Internal or Exter
nal, and probably the only thing that will. There
is no mistake about it. It ia a positive cure—
■peedy and permanent It . ie also a convenient
medicine to take, and improves tho general health
in a remarkable manner.
It ie very mild in its operation, and may be taken
in eiaee or the most acute inflammation, without
dangft. All oxternal applications are in tho high
est degree diesgr«eable, inconvenient and offensive;
end from the very nature of the disease, Jbpporary
in their effect*. This medicine attacks flfPdlsease
Hits source,and REMOVING TH&CAUSE, ren
ders tho cure CERTAIN and PERMANENT.
nn A. A. J30L0M0NS, Agent,,
apr 29 ibstu 2m Market-square.
ARRIVED. . _ . . u
Schr. Tippecanoe, Carlton, Mariel, (Laba,) ®
days, to Conon, Noitie A Co, Left at Mariel, brig
Motto, lor Portland. „ lf . VUa
U. S. Mail steam-packet Gen. Clinch. King*
ctianeiton, to A. Laiilie. - „ .....
Stcamer-Lamar, Philpot, AugustaftoL. F.MilW-
15,000 Brioks, to R. A. Lewis.
CLEARED. . ■
Br. ahip Oregon, Herron, Quebec—A. Low $
U. S. Mail ateam-paoket Jasper, Blankenship,
Charleston—A. Lime.
DEPARTED. ..
U. 8. Mail steam-packet Jasper, Blankenihip,
Charleston. '
Steamer Chatham, Hubbard, Augusta.
MEMORANDA.
Ship Storling, for this port, soiled from D*l»’
ware Breakwater on the 22d inst.
Brig Excel, Meoy, hence, at New-York on w®
25th inst. . .
Brigt Excel, to sail for this port on her regolaf
day, and Acton, do? on the 2flth, up at Now-York
on the 25th inst,
Brig Magnolia, Leslie, for this port, cleared»
Charleston on tbe 28th inst.
8chr. Timoleon, McFarland, hence, at Prow*
denee on the 2lat last.
Scbr. Two Marys, Phinnoy, hence, *t Bostoo °*
the 23d inst
Schr. Lodemia A Elisa, Somers, hence, at
adoiphia on the 25th inst
Schr. Henry D. Jenkins, Watson, hence, at
timore on the 25th Inst - .
Schr. Medium,Sjvasey, ftom Darien, (Gn.)trrirw
at Charleston on the 28th Inst.
swum, D.rl.lll Br. .te.mcrAr.b, Bllhop, H>*“
bound to Olniow, put In to Und pmtmjo"; ,
Old. .hip. EOho, (Swe.) N.linn, Antwjn'l i’”
(Br.) Pott., Llwijooli brim BbJMWWffi IjL,!
stnn.on, Lourvlp, Norwmt Moms, Bulkier, «
York) MfN&oliu, Ltt.il., Vamnnah.
