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THE DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
The New York Tiibune of the 26th ult.
notices the late Diplomatic appointments of
the President as follows : —
‘After l*ng agony, the Diplomatic and
Consular appointments of the Administra
tion ate at length given to the public.—
Considering how many utterly unfit and in
capable men were pressed upon the Pres
ident and Cabinet as men who must have
places any how, and knowing well that the
pertinacity and energy where a ith an office-
seeker bores f»r place is generally in in
verse ratio to bis merits, we do not consid
er the list a bad one. True, Gen. Pierce,
Gov, Marcy or Gen Cushing, either by
himself or all three together, would have
made a much better list if left to do so
undisturbed by personal claims and solici
tations ; but, consider ing all things, vve are
thankful that they have done no worse.—
They were obliged to pay off this partisan
for the lungs he had cracked, that one for
From die Savannah Journal.
THE RAIL ROAI) FESTIVAL.
The pleasant anticipations with which
the arrival of our Columbus Friends was
looked for, received a sudden check yes
terday, upon the reception about midday,
of tire news, that the Express 1 rain was
far behind its lime in arriving at Macon.
Many and serious apprehensions of evil,
were entertained, soon, however, to be re
lieved by a second despatch, giving an
account of the cause of detention—an ac
cident at Butler, which, though productive
of no injury to any person on the train,
made necessary many changes in the Pro
gramme of Reception. The various com
mittees assembled together, and it was at
once determined to give our guests none
the less hearty reception, though the plea
sure of meeting them had been so long
postponed. It being understood that the
train would arrive at 2^ o’clock A. M. to
day, a large concourse of citizens assembled
at the Depot, near that hour; lire Georgia
gineer in the service of the United States, armamentoi one A pound &tvyo 12 pound , From.he Savannah Eep.bluan, w..«u
while enpaped in recnnnniterinir our At brass pivot howitzers, and smaller arms.— 1 he aciron of ihe very respectable meeting
lanlic bord/r with a view to ^reestablish- i The brig Porpoise is similarly armed, with *hich yesterday convened a. the Exchange, was
lanlic border, with a view to ttie estaoit . i i__ 1 all that we could have imsktd—more rhan we
ment of a line of defence, many years since 1,10 addition of l wo <32 pound long gu , cou ]j hnve #D , jpipa(e ,j p ar wh ,| e not doubt-
expressed tho opinion that Georgia occu- • aj 30 in< - survey arid supply ship John •! j n g ,hat ihe resolutions which we published
pied commercially, ihe same relative posi- Kennedy, with tho exception ol the yesterday, or orhers substantially the same,
lion to the States lying South and west of pound cannon. I here is also the schooner« would he adopted, we hardly expected to see
us, as did New York to those States whose Fenimore Cooper, pilot boat of 90 tons,, ihem carried by a unanimous vote. Yei such
• -_i ’ “ 1 *- —* * l ' 11 —, composed of
alrhiest citizens
heard on die
million of dol-
road lo connect
us with ihe Gulf of Mexico. As to the five
hundred thousand required from oilier parties
before that of the e.iiy can be made available,
bun
sub
scribed— having been or now in process of being
transferred to the organization about to be
lot tried.
We now come to tho psoceedings of the
meeting :
it ttttpwtv.
would h»ok far beyond the limits which then , meuts,^and about ibiily chronometeia.
bounded his vision. He would extend his
Most of all these are of Atnei ican manufac-*
lure. Beside a complement of office)* of
view to that great Ocean, which now con
stitutes the western boundary of the United l,ie » a 'y, «l>° vvi!l ,ia ''e t-hargo, under the « believe that somewhat more than four hu
:cess for us to its ex- direction of Commander Ringgold, of the dretl thousand ih this amount is already su
astronomic, hydrographic and magnetic tie-
paitments, an efficient scientific corps is
attached to the expedition. Among tho
scientific gentlemen is a photographist,
chemist, taxidermist, aitist, and mulhetnat-
States, claiming acces
haustless treasutes—for our own and the
efforts of our sister Scales, will put us in
connection with the great Pacific Railways,
whatever may be the point of its depar
ture.
Even in this progressive age, it is tliffi- i *®al instrument maker. Each officet, bo- j
cult to tealize tho rapidity of our progress. si ! les - is faraiIiar w ‘ lh niore tlian one bunch
Correspondents must bear with us.
give their favors early attention.
SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
A letter from one of our firm, dated T
viile, 31st ult., thus notices this* section
It is trail pleasure that we no’ice
strides that Southern Georgia is makio® ■
gard to her farming interests and the ^
intelligence ol her people. Her rich’' ^
which have been lying idle for j e3 „ ao
ting cultivation, are beginning , 0 be "| i -
led. We see cumbers of intelligent J’"* 1 '
j moving IQ yearly; and the prospect 0 f, '*
road which will fully devdope the resoj, ^
this region, is sensibly felt. Lands '
hog rapid .7, and at good prices; and j ; ■
j the interest of those who intend t 0 ] or ? 1
this par: of the State, if the contemplate/' *
road is built, to move in now. From the^
est and the determination manifested (."
planters, there is but little doubt, i| ar j
it must be built. The necessity of suc :
f , . , . , | , , at me uepot. near mat noui , mo r j i a
the money he had expended, and that other Husmrs Q Lamar, and the whole Vol-i But a few brief y eara have fl,Ued by—a °t sueuce.
for the character he had worn threadbare, umeer BjUa i ion 0 f our c j t y, turned out in 1 ° mQ ' ! — '“ r ~ ,S 11,1
in securing them their p.esent elevation ; j f(j)! |iriifoim to we ] c ome and do honor to j
here was one who possesses local influ
ence, which he miglu turn against the Ad
ministration if denied some good post ;
there was another who had run himself out
our guests. The Great Ware room at the I
Central Rail Road Company’s Wot ks, had
been handsomely fi led up as a teception :
. . room for the occa.-ion ; filled with a throng ]
of favor at home by sticking to the party ! of r c i,j Zt .„ 5t enlivened by the presence I
tight or wrong, and he mast he taken caie| of m brilliant uniforms, flitting to and j
of. On the whole, then, we feel like con- j p beneath the glare of nurnetous gas- j
lights, the scene at the Depot was truly .
inspiriting, and went far to requite the j
throngs in attendance, for the tardy arrival !
of the anxiously expected train. A grand j
totch light procession had been planned,
and every preparation made for itsconsum-
. . .mation; at various points also, along the
be given at the proper time. It is doubtless», ]iue (lfroarchf the materials for that gen 1
calculated that the previous appointment «F| erous> c bee. ful, old-fashioned token of wel- ]
a conspicuous F tee So.ler of 4S to a first | corr6j tl)e lonfire< i)ad been plovlde< |. but |
r.iai jit in u- ag f or tune willed it, both toich lights and
bonfires wete destined to pale before the
lit of day, which as it gradually dispelled :
, . , .... the shadows of the night, found Commit-i
<as more brains than any competitor, did : m i-. , •• r '
, „ J , -n h i . tees, Military and Citizens, still waiting for
nore wotk for Bierce, and Bans and he ,* . • i - t i i • i
, tt- • the tram which had not vet arrived, ihe !
gratulating the Country that it has escaped
so weli.
We are glad that the sweep is su nearly
a clean one that we may confidently expect
to see it made complete at an eatty day.—
The Mission to Ftattce is yet held in re
serve for Gen. Dix or John Van Buren, to
class Mission would exert
ence on the Southern and Western Elec
tions to take place in August. We hope j |
‘Prince John’ will be the lucky man. II
smail part of that “inexorable” term, which
we endeavored, in our recent interview at
Columbus, to render somewhat more yield
ing, has passed away, since I rode in the
first rail car, moved by horse power, on the
Bjltimore and Ohio railroad — and yet,
more recently, in a hand car impelled by
negr oe3, on the first ten miles of the road
between Charlestton and Hamburg—and
now, tne map of our railroads is almost co
extensive with that of the Union.
Let us then rejoice, and be thankful. To
the living actois in these noble enterpii
Thus is thi - noble expedition, which is ex
pected tosail to-day from Norfolk in no way
connected with eitherof the others, appoin
ted with all the ueedful elements of success
in its eminently useful enterprise. We
cannot help expressing a ptido in the
RAILROAD .MEETING. j ,ut, ‘ —-j — j road, at this time, is too sensibly felt to b eCi
At a meeting ot the citizens'of Savannah,; _ , ...... j hj c d a °y longer. The railroad meetinj o
convened m the Exchange, bv virtue of a pro- | *^ ur reat ^ er3 are re.erre to t e a ver isement , rer ,; ge j ro be be |j al Troupviile, on ill /'
clamation ol his Honor the Mayor, his Honor | ®f Professor McEvoy, which will be fouod n , T ues d,,v i n May, was well attended Q
undeitaking, and are not sotry that this and I ed after an interesting discussion, in which Mr.
the other owe llreir birth to the truly na-.’ Cuyler, Judge VVayne and the Hou. J. W.
R. Wayne, was called to the Chair, and John | cur paper to Jay. 11 is exhibitions are favorably [
Bilbo, E-q., appointed Secretary.
The Chairman having explained the object
of the meeting, oo motion of R. R. Cuyler,
Esq., seconded by F. S. Bartow, Esq., the
following resolutions were unanimously adopt-
noticed by the press South.
We refer our readers to the interesting an-:
exciting letter of our Washington correspon
dent.
tional spitil of the administtalion
President Fillmore.
off
is justly their due—let us treasure in ou
memories a grateful recollection of those
who have passed away. Above all, let us
OUR SUPPLEMENT.
We have drvuted most of our Supplement
this week, to ao able essay on Agricultural Ed
ucation, by Mr. Ruffin, and ao article oo th»
satne subject from the Macon Telegraph. We
invite the attention of nur readers to these ar-
,. the popular branch of the New Hampshire J citizens of Savannah, west of the river Altama- j tjc|e> upon a sl b j ect :h;il is awa keoing iucreas
ed interest at th s time at the South.
SPUNKY.
The Puitsmouth (N. H.) Messenger
ses—let us rerTder'the meed of^praise wh^cli ( Bre e 3oi l) says ot a proposition to secure]
. * t r.niMi nr ltrnn/'h ol tho l\J n ur 1—1 n nahiro >
Jackson participated.
Resolved, That the citizens of Savannah feel
a deep interest in establishing a railroad com
niunication between Savannah and Pensacola,
and stand ready to give all the aid in their
power to such a work.
Resolved. That the route preferred by the
thankfully acknowledge our gratitude to ' vve le “ lDe gentleman
that Almighty Being, who has crowned our fllR1, y tbat we w,li l,ave n, J nhl
efforts with success, and strong in the as . any such arrangement, and w«
gre
Legislature next year,by a union of Whigs
and Freesoilets :
“We tell the gentleman ftankly and]
nothing to do with i
e believe such
ha, will be direct towards the junction of
the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers ; but we
will be willing to meet the inhabitants of Mid- j
die Florida at a fair point oo the bouodary be- !
tiveeo Georgia and Florida, and to see the road
run through Tallahassee if, at least, eight huo- |
more
will suit each other exactly. His appoint
ment will evince good sense, just appreci-
; spectacle had thetefore, to be abandoned *
for that night, but we tiust both torches*
ation and that genuine courage which, t , . c 3
, . i . tmd bonfires will give their assistance tins
tinttc m oiLiiiiu.nr it o roctiiif/tnc on/ ehnnciim °
always measut itig its resources and choosing
its time, is in fact as prudent and politic as
btave. Pierce has given seven good diplo
ni3tic places to leading and violent opposers j
of the Compromise on the side of Slavery ;
it cannot hurt him to give one to a like op- j
ponent on the side rtf Freedom. Let him
evening in iilumiuating our streets.
About ten minutes before 5 o’clock, the
; listening ear of the multitude assembled,
| caught the shrill notes of the engine, pro
claiming at last the anival of our ftiends,
and the Iron Horse was gallantly respond-
who had
surance of His protection, let us press on-j £ oe ueiermu,d " on j
ward to the accomplishment of the great en- ; Free ^emocrats in this vicinity We will,
terprises which vet await us. i do i ail we can l t<) elecl Fre ^! Democrats,
Once more, my friends, in. behalf of those antJcare 1 " ot ho u w many Wh.ga vote for
I have the honor to represent, I bid you ° u ur «’« w ill not advocate-
welcome, one and all, to our city, to our ^ election of, nor vote for, any W big
homes, and to our hearts. 1 subscribes to the Baltimore platform.;
Col. Seaborn Jones of Columbus Ie . ! Between such an old hunker Democrat we
sponded to Judge Betrien.in a vety felici- l«ve no choice-they differ only in name,;
wmle r teesotl Democrats fight tor pi inci
te be the determination ot nearly all the . dred thousand dollars be subscribed ia Florida
for that purpose.
Resolved, That the Honorable the Mayor
and Aldermen of this city be and they are here
by requested to employ and instruct Fnnklin j
Col. James L. Seward, of Tbomasville, has
declared himself an independent candidate for
Congress in the First Congressional District,
and rt quests us to sny he wants all the voles he
can get.
dj 8 * We learn by a gentleman who circu-
P. Holcombe, Esq., Civil Engineer, to survey |m es extensive!' in the lower counties, that out
P’ . 1 . " 11,0 L . x j ed to by the Chatham Artillery,
uo it without hesitation or apology, and he * , • • • u ■ . i
.... . , K fa ;’ 0 . been s*> lotig waning, with pointed guns, to
will gain strength bv it even at the bomb. * . 3 , • . • 1
greet the approaching tram.
gam strength by
Ex-Gov. Trousdale,of Tennessee,goes to :
Biazil. This is a good place thrown away.
Trousdale is not a man of talent, neither
hai he any claims which Gen. Pierce should ‘V‘ w ‘ , , . , .
, J . . ... .... * discharge that pleasant duty
have recognized. His case is simply this ; f u ]] ovvs T
He very foolishly sacrificed himself at home
by on alliance with trie South Carolina
Nuiiifiers in support of their Secession arid
anti Compromise dogmas, and was run out
of his Governorship. If Jeff. Davis or
Rhett were President, he might feel hound !
to pay off such debts, but Pierce should
not. A. O. P. Nicholson or Andrew John
son has done much more for the party, and
is mote deserving of and better fitted for
a Mission
Col. Gadsden, of S. C., to Mexico, is
another mistake—not because he is a Nul-
ltfier, but because he is not enough of a
man for the post. We should have an
able, well-informed, cautious, astute Min
ister at Mexico in the pi esent crisis of her
afiairs and in view of the ciitical state of
our relations with her
Culcock would have clone very
bam. Medary, (our Editotial biother of
The Statesman, Columbus, Ohio,) goes to
Citili. This is very well. In the first
place, it is a capital place for making
money, and Sam, like most of his cloth, is
understood to be poor. Then he lias long
worked like a slave for his party, and the
Lille great men whom Editors make gen- .- , , .
,. t - i i i a p first landed on
orally think themselves extra generous if , , ,
.* • , . ... ° a. : home—where th
Kiev give their creators a village post—office
in requital of their services. Then Sam.
has hard, sound sense, which is a good
quality in diplomatists, though Cabinets
tous address.
From the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser, May 2Gth.
NAYAL EXPEDITIONS.
One expedition, that of Commodore
Perry to Japan, has alteady, though sadly
crippled in its power, and two more, all
pn
pie. To secure a few State offices by co3-!
lition with the Whigs would not strengthen !
our party in the least, although it might;
be very gt atify ing to the recipients of those j
few offices. But the Fieesoil Democracy]
have nobler «tims in view thau the spoils'
the route from the west side of the Aitamaha. ■
southwestwardly, to meet the views above ex- :
pressed, and to make a report by the fust day j l b e Union name,
of November next.
Resolved, As the sense of this meeting, that
the Corporation of Savannah should agree now.
j frieods in that section will generally rally uoder
THE WEATHER.
On Tuesday last we had a most refreshing
to subscribe one million of dollars so soon as 1 shower or two, which greatly revived vegetation
the new company shall be chartered, upon the
following conditions :
1. Thai at least half of one million of dol
lars be subscribed by other persons. 2. That
the City of Savannah shall be repaid out of the
Upon reaching the reception-room, our I
guests were greeted by the Hon. J, Mc
Pherson Berrien, who had been desired to •
He spoke as
My Fkiends : The vety pleasant task of
greeting your advent to our city, lias been
assigned to me—and with a vivid recollec
lion of the generous hospitality which wel
comed us on our tecent visit to Columbus,
and of that, too, which cheered us on our
return, as we paused for a moment at our
sister city of Macon, no one can more .
highly appreciate this privilege.
In the name then, and in behalf of the
citizens of Savanuah, 1 welcome you to ibis j
ancient city of Oalethorpe—to the home of (
your coadjutors in the glorious enterprise, j
whose happy consummation we have as- !
sembled to commemorate.
That home is endeared to us, by a thou
sand recollections. Our fathers dwelled j
, r-i t i here. They have rested from their labors i
her. Hen. Burt or J udge , „ i r c .i i
, ,, ° —but you see before you, some of the de- I
ve done very well. c , , * . ri-
scendants ot the early settlers ot this nu- ,
cleus of the colony of Georgia—and yet ;
more of those, whose ancestors endured the j
privations incident to a residence here in
the infancy of the State.
You are standing within bow-shot of the ;
spot, where one hundred and twenty yeats
since, a small and feeble band c.f Britons
projected by the late administration, are , triumph of their principles, \
about to depart. One of these is Dr. Kane’s, j t h e Pittsburg pla.form. T
as set forth in I
_ , A , , . , — rg platform. They expect not
consisting of the Advance, belonging to ! j 0 V vio the vietory this week or this year, 1
enty Gunnell, who has fitted i. out the ; bul tb e y a te as ceitain of its final triumph!
second lime to search for Sir John Frank- | a3 they aie oftiie immortality of truth.— '
in, and explote the legions within the L mus t be achieved by converting the mass'
icttc Circle. Dr. Kane has been appoint- 0 f t j 10 p e ,>n]e to our doctrines, and not*
ed by lint to this command, and the Sec
retary of the Navy has assigned him to
“special duty” in the conduct of the expe
dition. His plan of search is based on the
probable extension of Greenland to the far
North, instead of being a congeiies of
islands, as conjectured by Gieseke, Green
land is in fact a peninsula.
Believing in the extension of this penin
sula, and believing it is better to attempt
to attain the open sea to the north by
Smith’s Sound than through Wellington
Channel, he will take that line of search,
hoping that the highest protruding head
ed office—the victory they Strive for is the first instalment called, for all monies advanced
for surveys. 3. That the City of Savannah
and all other subscribers he allowed interest, on
all instalments, until the Railroad shall be fin
ished and in operation, between Savannah and
the station next west of the river Aitamaha, at
and alter the rate of three and a half per cent,
per annum.
Resolved, That the subscribers for stock to
by sacrificing out principles to secures' be taken under the neiv charter will meet on the
in this immediate vicinity. It was quite limited
in extent howe?er, and the country around is
nearly butnrj up. At this writing there are
indication? of rain. Oh that it inav descend in
rich abundaoee ! It comes, it comes !
present apparent advantage. 4
The Fteesoilers of Massachusetts have
no such stubborn independence of principle
as is evinced by their brethren in New
Hampshire, They walk into coalition with]
Baltimore platform Democrats with as lit— j
tie trouble and excitement as they walk,
home to dinner ; and the Democrats, tak—*
ing the matter quiet and cooly, swear to
the Baltimore platform in their own conven
tions, and vote for Buffalo platform men at
the polls, and declare that it is all right,
, . ... pp . - - „ , w .because they thus help to ‘defeat the
laud will afford some trace of the lost party. ; Whigs,’ and have no other ‘aims in view
This sound is situated m thet northern part | than the spoils of office.’—Boston Courier.
or Banin s Bay ; there Dr. Kane proposes 1
THE FESTIVALS.
The recent Railroad Jubilees, at Columbus
and Savannah, have furnished occasions for a 1
most delightful intermingling of fraternal feel
ing and senlitnsnt between the enterprising citi
zen9 of those flourishing cities, Macon and in
8th day of June, 1853, for the purpose of elect- ; termediate places. Though an invitation was
ing a provisional board ol President and Direc
tors, to procure subscriptions, and to aid gen
erally in furthering the proposed work, and es
pecially lo apply to the Legislature for the ne
cessary charier.
On motion of.Mr Cuyler it was further
Resolved, That a delegation of two gentle
men be sent to the Florida Railroad Conven
tion, to be held at Tallahassee on Monday
next.
The Chair accordingly appointed Mr. R. B.
lliltoo and Mr. F. S Bartow, as delegates.
Ou motion, the meeting adjourned.
R. VVAYNE, Chairman.
John Bilbo, Secretary.
politely extended to the Mayor, Executive Of
fleers of the State Government, the Press, and
other of nur citiztns, by our Savannah friends,
we regret that but few were able to attend
iheir festival. We give to otir readers, in an
other column, some account of this interesting
jubilee, together wiih Judge Berrien’s eloquent
address of welcome. We are compelled to
omit the appropriate response of Col. S. Jones,
till our next.
to land and puisue his journey over the
soldier, statesman, attd philanthropist, held
high converse with Tomachichi, and the
Micoes, and leading warriors of the contig
, rri i ■ , uous Indian tribes, seeking the acquisition '
seem to think otherwise, i rue, he is, (mav ,• , r , ° J , i
i , , , J : ol temlory, bv peaceful means, and where, 1
Cwe for ill temper.—A sensible woman
country with dogs. By this method he ! of ‘ the Doclm s nrq tainiance, the mother
will have land and notice for the basis of! a young f i y. . tmed ?n far into his
his operations, and animal life to sustain views on this s j* j that she taught her
tiaveliug parties ; together with assistance I children from to* it eutiiest childhood to
from the Esquimaux, and other adv antages. j consider ill-humor as a disorder, which
The party consists of some thirty men, with ! vvas ta be cured by physic. Accordingly
launches, 6ledge9, dogs, and gutta-percha ; sbe ba J always small doses ready, and the
boats. The btig of Mr. Gtinnell has been t little patients, whenever it wa3 thought
these shores, in que9t of a strengthened and equipped to sustain the needful, took rhubarb foi their crossness,
he patiiotic Oglethorpe, a ; peculiar trials of the service. The Esqui- j No punishment was required. Peevish-
maux dogs are to be taken in at Upperna- ! neS3 or ill temper and rhubarb were associ-
vik, with a few picked men to take care of a ted in their minds always as cause and
the sledges.
Much depends upon these sledges ; they
Since writing our strictures upon the com-•
munication of Col. Kenan, that gentleman in
forms us that we were mistaken in supposing he
assailed .Mr. Fill more, ia the Union Conven
tion, and that he is sustained in ibis disclaimer
by the testimony of Mr. Jenkins. We may
have misunderstood the gentleman, but many
sing a copy of resolutions adopted by the Con- others entertain our own impression on the
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FiLLMORF..
Washington, August 5,1852.
A- II Chappell, Esq.. Macon, Ga.
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your favor of the 31st ultimo, enclo- j
stitutiona! Union Party ol Georgia in their re- subject,
cent Convention, expressing their approbation
of my course in reference to the great questions
on which the Union Party ol Georgia was or
ganized. and inviting me to visit ihat State. 1
am happy of the opportunity to assure you, sir,
that this unexpected expression of approbation
SCHOLASTIC EXERCISES.
We passed a few hours very pleasantly, on
Tuesday last, in witnessing the examination of
the pupils attached to the School ol Messrs,
from so distinguished and disinterested asourep, (Carrington ar;d Polhill. The recitations were
effect.— The Doctor.
we not say was 1) a blackguard ; but a
blackguard Editot is about equal in purity ,. , - r , . „
c • . c .7 J foundation of our noble State.
ot iat.guage and chastity of illustration to
an average stump speaker 01 Congressman
when he is trying to be decent, and we
in tracing the lines of Savannah, lie laid the
Above us,
at a slto; t distance, a body of Saltzburgcis,
driven by leligious persecution from their
.1 • 1 0 • • n u 1 1 native land, were afterwards posted—and I
think out), is quite as well-bred a gentle- , , . . . r , 1 , , ,
, * • ri- r\ southward, on the banks of the Aitamaha, a
man as the majority ol lus compeers. On , , r ’ , . , , . r . ;
band of gallant highlanders, forming the .
advauce guard of the Colony, stood ready ;
e 0 t i c \ 1 r I to breast the first shock of Spanish aggres-
ool.jti Boiland of Arkansas vve have 1 • r 00
already announced as Minister to Central . , ,, . . - , ^ ,
a T , 1 .1 ; ,1 . 77 1 i ouch was the humble origin ot the Col- ,
America. iheonlv tiling that rould have : , . , . , . , b ,
, , • , f, 1 • 11 * ony, which in this our day. has acquired
excused this choice was llie desirableness . • ... - — —• - 1
1 „„„ „ w ] East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
nave accordingly been constiucted vvii.h o c i u 1 .1 •
o L. , . “ Stock.—iso (;ir as we have observed mere is
could not fail to elicit the grateful emotions of generally elaborate and thorough, and the uni-
my heart, and I avail myself of the occasion 10 fl)rm p ro fi c i enC y of the young gentlemen and
lender to ihe metnbets of that Convention my : , , , , , , ,
J ladies, was auke creditable to teachers and pu-
not a single railroad company in the South
whose road is completed, that cannot boast of
lajority ot tits compeers
the whole, this is a ptetly good eppoint-
mert
extreme care. Each will carry the blank
et, bags and futs of six men, with an allow
ance of pemmican, and a light tent of India— the fact that its stock is above par. Of all the
southern roads none can compare in point of
geographical location with die East Tennessee
and Georgia Road. It is a line into which are
converged from the south and west, the Nash
ville and Chattanooga, Memphis and Charleston,
Selma and Tenness*** 1 River, Georgia, South
Carolina, Macon and Western, Ceotral and
rubber; but for the nightly halt the main
dependence will be the snow house of the
Esquimaux. Alcohol or tallow is the only
fuel ; and the entile cooking apparatus,
which is chiefly by thawing snow for tea
water, may be carried in a little bag. Each
sledge is to be covered with a gutta percha ! Western and Allan
of getting Solon out of the Senate, and it
had alteady been fixed at home that he
must go out with the present Congress.—
We excuse the Cabinet on the presumption
that they wete not aware of this fact.
Nine of the fourteen Chargeships were
filled last week by ihe President and
Cabinet, according to ‘The Union’s’ semi
official announcement. On the whole,
these are quite equal in ability, expei ience
and character to the nine Plenipotentiaries,
who are paid so much belter. Let us
glance at them, ‘man by man, according to
the scrip :’
Henry Bedinger, of \ irginia, is" sent lo
Denm.it k. He is a tespectable man, un
commonly thick-skulled, a Member of the
House from the Virginia Disliict above
Washington from 1S45 to 1 So 1, when he
Lite proud title of “The Empire State of ;
the South,” arid thus the birth of our city
vvas coeval with it. Its scanty inhabitants
shared largely in the perils of our revolu
tionary conflict—moistening vvi'ii their
blood the soil which they defended. We
shall pass piesently to the monument erec- |
ted to the memory of the illustrious Polan j
der, who fell gallantly doing battle in their j
cause.
1 turn to matters more immediately con- I
nected with the occasion of our assem
blage.
With al! the advantages of her position,
on the batiks of this noble river, which af-
fotds at once an outlet to the ocean, and
communication by steam boat navigation,
with vatious portions of the State, Savan
nah was for a Reries of years, comparative-
boat, Thus equipped, they will follow the * south ofTemiessee ; ami on the other hand, it
track of the coast, seeking the open sea 1 is 10 have a l’ lace m ,be ^ reat from Nfiw
Once there, they will launch the boats, 1 Y° ,k !? Netv Orleans, and from the lakes and
„„ i i > J ’ i the valley of the Ohio at Louisville and Ctn-
sincere thanks.
That the Uniou Party of your Slate rendered * P'K
most important service to the country at a most ~
critical juncture in our public affairs, none can
justly deny l can never forget the anxious so
licitude with which I watched its progress in
1850, and the relief which 1 felt when 1 saw io
its triumph that it had given the death blow to
the treasonable doctrine of secession, and had
reared an insurmountable barrier to tfte spread
uf (fiat dangerous heresy. But the necessity
... , ,, , V* for such a parly is deeply to be regretted, and I
and indeed, all the roads . , , r ' , f
shall De happy to learn that it no longer exists.
I have long iuiended to visit the South, but
The examination closed with brief declama
tions from some forty ot the lad?, and prizes
were awarded by a committee appointed for
that purpose, as follows:
In the Senior Class, the 1st Brize was award- i
ed to T. Osgood, whose chaste and graceful
delivery, excited general admiration. L. Pol
hill and VV. Moore received each a prize, as
the next best deciaimers in that class.
In the 2ad class, the prize was awarded to
alley
cinnati, to the south Atlantic seabord and the
Gulf of Mexico at Pensacola and Mobile.—
and embark upon the waters round the
pole. Thermal science arid terrestrial
magnetism, it is hoped, will be advanced Having so peculiar a location, its advantages
where such opportunities will he enjoyed, are very striking, and indi'-aie beyond a doubt,
that very soon after its completion to this point
the stock must become more really valuable
than that in any other road in the Union. This
we know is a strong assertion in view of the
number of roads in the country, and the large
dividends which some ol them pay, but we will
be willing to hazard the prediction and leave it
with the future to verify or falsify it.
[Knoxville Register.
Serious Railroad Accident.—The Charleston
niigiu, is more substantially important in i cars, due yesterday afternoon at three o’clock,
even if the humane objects of the expedi
tioa shall fail of being accomplished. As
the Advance ought to reach the bay at the
earliest season of navigation, she cannot de
lay her departure many days.
The other expedition mentioned as about
to sail, is that under the command of Com
mander Ringgold, which, though posses
sing Jes3 of romance and sentiment in its
its designs. It consists of five vessels, ! says tBe Augusta Constitutionalist of Wednes-
equipped, rigged and manned for the pe- j d a . v ' did ROt ariive until nearly five. The cause
culiar service to which it is destined, which '* ie delay we understand, occurred about
seven miles below Branchville. Some evil d s-
. l n t u i ly isolated. Ihe “slow coaches which
vvas runout by C. J. rauikner because J , , .. , , , ,
, xt ii t j, t i . You have wisely discarded, and the still
the Southei n Numbers had taken advantage J , . , . ,
r , , . • • , j- • slower road wagons, afforded to our friends
is the examination and survey of the North
Pacific ocean, Behring’s Strait, and the
posed person placed a rail or piece of scantling
on the track, just at the edge of a high em-
circumstances beyond my control have hitherto 'Jos. Smith.
prevented me. I now hope to erjoy that plea- : , he 3J c!asSi Chag D<Jnie| receiTed h
sure soon after retiring from public Imp ; and if .
any tiling could add to the inducements to do P rize ' Considering the ages of the Speakers,
so, it would be the cordial invitation thus ex- their performances were highly creditable,
tended from the “Empire State of the South.” j The prizes were presented by Wm. McKio
The time, however, is yet quite uncertain, hut . ,,
. • i ,, 1 , , lev, r.sq., in a neat and appropriate address,
when it shall arrive 1 hope to have thesatisfac- , ,
which embodied much useful advice to the
young aspirant for CicernDiaD honors.
We conclude this brief notice by cordially
commending this School to the patronage and
kind regards of our fellow citizens. The pros
perity and reputat ion of our city, as well as the
best interests of the youth growing up in our
midst, depends largely upon the character of
our literary institutions. They are now furnish
ed with competent and efficient teachers, who
should have tlie hearty co-operation of our en
tire community, in promoting the noble inter
ests of sound learning.
lion of meeting many of those kind friends who
have so geuerouslv ^iven me their confidence
attd esteem in advance.
I am, your obedient servant,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
of iiis simplicity to inveigle him into bitter , .
opposition to the Compromise, which was
in many parts of the interior the only
, • , ■ n- ; • . r . • ,, i fneans of transportation to *Savannah, for
very popular in his District, as in fact in all , , f, . . „ ’ .
-.t- J f, . .. j_ rr*t.;_ ; L | themselves or then produce.
Virginia above tide water. This is his
consolation for that disastrous result of his
own stupidity.
J. J. Seibles.of Alabama,goes to Belgium.
If we knew any thing of this gentleman.
But the
spirit of the age, impatient of such re-
* and you have now “broken the last link
; of the chain which bound Ui” to them, and
. . -.ii * * -. , , I sepat ated you from u«. Our fellow citizens
we should not withhold it; yet, however 1 P , • ... ■ , ,. . c
, . , • . r .i of Columbus will not enjoy the fruits ot
straints, at length roused us to exertion, daring enterprise of the whalers ; and ter
rtble have been the disasters, especially to
the latter meritorious class, from the want
of that intelligence w hich the labors of this
Arctic se3, together with, the^ adjacent bankment, and oot being discovered in time,
coasts of America and Asia. Fhis work pie eogine and tender were thrown off the
has for its objects the promotion and secu- track, killing the engineer anJ a fireman, and
rity of commerce and the whaling bust- seriously scalding another fireman. The name
ness. Both have largeiy increased of late, °f ! ^ e engineer, ,ve understand, was Winter,
from the acquisition of California and the aR d of the fireman, Samuel W,His. The pas-j
humiliating, vve are driven to confess that,
up to the time that his name began to
their glorious enterprise. At your hospi
table bidding vve journeyed with the 6un,
senger car was not thrown off, and there were
but few passengers in it, who escaped without
j injury. The road was torn up about twenty
yards, and the pa9senger9 aod baggage on the
down train had to be transferred to the upper
fleet will supply. Vatious islands likewise traiD.
lie in the track of the shipping trading on
the North Pacific, which ought to be visit
ence of J. J Soiules. As there is no shad
ow of necessity, however, for a Charge al ;
Brussels, and scarcely a chance for one’s . . . . , , , , , r
, . , .. J , Liii time, have spanned the whole breadth of
doing any haim there unless he shoulJ ’ , , J, c w
Supposed Suicide —On day before yester-
j day a woman mimed Fish, either fell in or
threw herself into the river io the neighborhood
of the hospital and was drowned. Her body
The officers detailed for this useful and w is recovered but not id time to reanimate fur.
figure among those of kindred office seekers, , , , ~ • . , . ; i . i i i i “ i
. - * ,, , from the shores of the Atlantic to the ed, accurately laid down on maps and sur-
Wasnington dispatches, vve bad stumbled . , . , . a , . , , J r
• ^ 1 r ■ . i banks of the gently flowing stream which veyed
on in dtear unconsciousness ot the exist- I , , , ° i. , ... ,
I washes the base ot your beautiful city— Hit
and, but for the casualty which delayed honorable serviceate Cornmandei Ringgold, i he general impression is, dial in a fit ol des
your progress, you would even in shelter who is at its head, and was commander of R !,r ’ or *^ )al ' s l< f u,| hy probable, urn er t e to
: ^ J ... _ _ ... fluence of strong potations, she deliberately pul
an end to her existence.— Col. Enq. 31s/ ull.
Free Negroes for Liberia.—We under
stand, savs the Savannah Courier, that ninety-
get crazy drunk and make a beast of him
6elf, we have no doubt that Mr. Seibles will
fill the office creditably.
On the whole, vve repeat, the Charges
are a fair lot—belter than tho average of
the last twenty years—and decidedly supe
rior to the Embassadors.’
A PRAISEWORTHY ACT.
We learn that a lawyer, residing in Cobb
coutny, who had the claim of a poor man
against one of our Railroad Companies for
damages sustained by him, prosecuted the
6ame to judgment, with the understanding
that he was to receive half the award as
iiis fee. After the case was decided, as
certaining that the man’s family were in
distress, and after deducting a small retain
ing fee, he turned over the remainder of
the amount collected to hi< client. This
vvas hut a just act, but vve recotd it as one
out of a thousand, and regret wo are not
at liberty to mention the lawyer’s name.
[Const. 4‘ Hep. 1st. inst.
our noble .State ; from its Western to its
Eastern binder, in coming to us.
This is n it the moment lo speak in de
tail of the magnificent prospect thus open
ed to our view. Indeed, my ftiertds, the |
most vivid imagination would be powerless
to delineate it. The broad Atlantic has
now become your own great highway to ;
the markets of the world. To us, it has
opened a valuable portion of our own State. I
To you, and us, it g'ves access to the tich
productions of our sister Slates, lying south
and west of us. This great thoroughfare
is now complete. Columbus guards its
western, and Savannah its eastern portals
while at an intermediate position on the
line, Macon enjoys the full benefit of eas
tern and western transit. They ate no
longer now three cities separated by die
tance, tedious and painful to overcome, but
rather, one great city, of which Savannah
constitutes the eastern, Macon the central,
and Columbus the western ward.
General Bernard, a distinguished En-
the Pot poise in the Exploring Expedition
under Commodore Wilkes; Lieutenant
Rolando, commander of the Vincennes, i
the flag ship ; Captain Davis, now com- r , . r
, ‘ r> ' - „ „i rr live free colored persons fioni me interior of
manding the Porpoise, vvas also an officer ,, , , r , ' , r n. j
Q r , (jeor«ia aud Tennessee, arrived on inursday
under Commodore Wilkes ; Lieutenant
Stuart, the secretary and assistant astrono
mer, was the draughtsman of the Explor-
afteruoon last, on their way to Liberia. They
* 1 are under charge of the Rev. Mr. Dyke, of the
Presbyterian and the Rev. Mr. Smith, of the
ing Expedition; Captain Rodgers, now Methodist Episcopal Church, are represented
commanding the steamer John Hancock,! to be an orderly, discreet, and well disposed set
is a gentleman of science. This, though of people. They w I! sail in the brig Adaline,
genii
found united with the other practi
cal accomplishments of the gentlemen
to whom this expedition is committed,
will not be suffered to overlay its invaluable
naval and commercial objects.
The five vessels composing the expedi
tion are all armed. The Vicennes sloop
of war, oow converted to a batque, has 4
long 32’s, 4 eight-inch shell guns, 3 brass
pivot howitzers, and one 12 pounder, a
field piece lo take on shore, if wanted.—
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
Three Days Laser from Eiirotte.
New York. June ].—The Royal Mail
Steamship Arabia has artived, with dates to the
21st. The sales of tfte week at Liverpool are
fifty thousand bales, of which speculator took
thirteen thousand and exporters six thousand.
Trade at Manchester has improved.
QUOTATIONS :
Fair Orleans, Cf
Middling Orleans 6
Fair Upland Of
Middling Upland 0
All qualities have advanced 1-1(3.
[The quotations are the same as those previ
ously reported—Eds. Rep ]
English Money Market.
The money market is tighter—interest un
changed. There have been large transactions
in American Securities. Consols are dull at
1005
Havre Market.
Havre.—The Cotton market is unchanged.
There is a fair demand. Holders are firm.—
Moderate 9ales to the trade have been made.—
Sales of the week 10.000 bales.
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
France.—The Assembly are at variance
with the Emperor, and a dissolution of the As-
AMOTHER VICTIM.
We learn by a private letter from Newnan,
that Col. Charles Murphy, our worthy and ami
able Representative in Congress from the 4th
district, was decapitated at that place by ihe
nominating Convention, on the 1st iost. The
crime ailedged agaiost this unfortunate and de
luded gentleman, and for which he vvas so sum-
marily garroted, was political heresy. It Wa9
not charged that he had been unfaithful to his
constituents, or unmindful of their interests—
that he was not as competent as his rival to fill
the post he occupies ; but it was remembered
that he relused to sanction the doings of the
Nashville Convention—that he had occasional
ly splintered a lance with the leading spirits of
that body—that fie did not vote for the Presi
dent of that Convention for Governor, though
sembly is expected. La Patri contradicts the ! lie lived in his district—that he loved the Con-
svbieh has beea chartered by the Colonization
Society, and which is daily expected lo arrive
at this city.
State Temperance Convention.—It is
suggested in the last number of the Temperance
Banner, that if the different railroad companies
in the State would give free return tickets to
persons who desire to attend the State Tempe
rance Convention, an immense attendance at that
Convention would be secured. The place of The Fredericksburg Herald states that the
meeting is Atlanta, and the time, the fast Wed- effects of guano aie quite visible on several
nesday io June. We should be much gratified
to see the Banner’s suggestion adopted, and
There are also small arms for the use of we caD 8C arcclv doubt iWt that the railroad
seamen. The steamer John Hancock, of companies wouid be the gamers thereby.—Sa~
about 800 tons, is barque rigged, has an 1 vannah. Journal.
statement that a hostile fleet had beeD sent to
tfte Sandwich Islands.
There have been great inundations in Cen
tral France.
Spain —The Spanish journals continue to
attack Soule, the new American Ambassador.
Turkey.—The aspect of political affairs is
favorable. Mandechickoff demanded an answer
regarding the Holy Plans. The Porte consul
ted tfte English and French embassadors, but
no answer had been yet returned. Russian
agents stirred up a bloody riot at Smy rna aud
Icomium.
Holland and Milan.—Tfte Dutch elec
tions are unfavorable to the Catholics. Milan
was tranquil.
crops of wheat between that city and Spotsyl
vania court house. Land that heretofore was
scarcely worth the seeding, looks as though
twemy to twenty-five bushels might be gathered j hut somebody knows who killed Charley, Mur
stitu 1 ion and the Union more than the Nash
ville Address and a Southern Confederacy.
These and other retniniscenses, were too fresh
in the recollection of the fire-eaters, lo be ig
nored or forgiven. His re-union with them,
upon their own terms, availed the Colonel noth !
ing—lie could not spell up; his pronunciation
of the new democratic Shiboleth was minus the
/iyiSd hence lie is consigned to the tomb of the *
Carpulets.
Aud all this occurred in the district of Messrs.
McDonald and Harralson ! Of course they
knew nothing about it, and said nothing .about
it. But, by some strange concatenaiion of cir
cumstances, as our Rome friend would say,
iheir good fire eating friend, Col. W. B W.
Dent, very aeci-DEXT-ally secured the nomina
tion. Nobody knows who hit Billy PaltersoG—
the approachiog harvest,
pity. Who goes next?
I *n.
j vi Knight was called to the Cbair. The
{ jeci of ihe meeting was stated by him,
Judge Hansels, aod Col. James L.Seh*
addressed the meeting. The subscription b
wete then opened, when, in less than sn ^
twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars,.,
subscribed. Lowndes county will co j,
subscribe one hundred thousand dollars t
Brunswick road, and more if necessary. Tha-
as aod Decatur stand ready to do their
It will be a glorious day for Southern (] eo ..'.
when such a road shall be built.
The drought has beeo long and quite ir
ous in this section, but with good seasons ,
farmers will still make good crops. 0a
day a fine rain fell in Lowndes, and j^j,;
from the appearance of the clouds, it W3i c .,’
era).
COL. KENAN AND THE RECORDER,
We do not intend to trouble our readr,,
wi-h an elaborate reply io the comtntJnica ,
of Mr. Kenan which will be found ia carp
per of this week. It is no agreeable ujk ,
us to disseci and expose to public view the
firmities and aberrations of an old pole
associate.—we feel no pleasure in wi oess
his unseemly contortions under the probe efth
lancet aod exposures of the scalpel. But :*
lHe Colonel has voluntarily placed himself u-
the dissecting board, we will dispose of him a
gracefully aod briefly as possible, aod then fc..
stow our thoughts and labors upon mate 3a r(i .
able “subjects.”
Col. KeD-*n says, we have suppressed that
portion of the record which forms his defence
a not advocates bis right to the title of Whig.
That we did not give to the public his re
cord entire, is quite true ; but that he mav hs;:
no ground of complaint "gainst us hereafter, i;
propose occasionally to supply these omission
as the urgency of the case may demand. !I»
would, it seems, throw the responsibility o;
his aberration from the Whig party upon ou*
“own Dawson,” and to ihe same source, In
would also have us trace his subsequent anj
impromptu defection to ihe Union Democracy
For it will be recollected, that our demaci..,:
friends fixed him up nicely and sorted bimoB
for Baltimore, upon the national dtmocn.
platform of 1848 ; but that whilst the plaifora
reached in safety that democratic Mecca, a por
tion of its supplemental freight tvas not forh-
comiog, at the call of the roll. That interes *:;
delegation was found to be minus its “row
guard” and exposed to a galling “fire tori
'n the front and id the rear.” But to retan
'root this digression.
We presume Colonel Kenan will not d
that weeks before the meeting of the Uniti
ConveotioD in April 1852, he urged the policy
o( the Uoion Party sending delegates to th
national Democratic Convention, on r .
gtouad that it was more likely to affirm ihe
Compromise, than the National Whig Can*::
tiou. Is it just, is it generous ia him then,
attempt to throw the responsibility of bis ds*:
lion of the W’htg Party upon Col. Da**.:
when long before the dispatch of that gee,
man was distributed by one of the Editors of.:;
Recorder, be was laboring, not only to break at
the UnioD Party, but to bear its fragmemsici
the arms of Democracy ? Will he pretend tosq
that he was favorable to the nomioati'm of Si
Fillmore by the Union Convention ? Did hr
r.oi sneeringly oppose the eloquent appejl
the noble Jenkins, who, as well as the Recorder,
was in f .vor of the Domination ol Mr. Ft.ltnore
by that lody ? These portions of b;s record
may have escaped bis memory, but they a
fresh in tHe recbilecttuo of others. Indeed,
was apparent to every one, that bis design*
that Convention was to break up the Uoion Pat
ly, and upon its Doble wreck to float into c*
democratic port, regardless of the fate of Ff 1
more, Webster, or national whiggery. And it
is an insult to Iiis own intelligence and that
the people to pretend that he was prompted
this extraordinary course by the declarations
Uoion Whigs.
But the Colonel alludes to the participat;
of the Recorder io a movement to secure a t ; '
piesentation in favor of Mr. Fillmore ia lbe
tional Whig Convention. Was this at
strange or improper ? Io defiance of the®
pressed will of the Uoion Convention, and i! |!
earnest appeals of its patriotic members.!-
Whig and Democratic) a supplemental met ;
was organized, which adopted the following
their first resolution :
"Resolved, Tint upoD the existing is* ues ”
fore the country, we adopt aod affirm ihepr-
ciples of the Natioojl DEMOCRATIC 0“
veniion of 1848.”
The same body which adopted the fore:- 3 !
resolution, appointed Col. Kenan a delegate
the Baltimore Democratic Convention, ^
started for that august body, but thong- *•
believe his name appears io its proceed'-*
unfortunately, he never openly acted »i | ' 1
Can any one be so “indiscreet” hereafter “
doubt his “loyally” to Whiggery?
We again urge the question—is if s[ ‘
strange, that when the friends of Mr. FiH®’*'
saw him thus abandoned, that they shoU '-
rallied to his rescue ? But whilst Messrs- IJ ,J
-..jJ
land, Dawson, Grieve, and otbets, io cooc:-
with the Recorder, were trying to save d> 4 *
tiooality and secure the triumph ot the '’“j
Party, by the nomination of Mr. L 1 : ‘ D ° j
where was this Dew and exclusive guid e
guard of Whiggery ? Not battling un<k*
banner, but “reckless” of its fortunes. b e 1
found quietly reclinicg upon a Democratic !
form beneath the fascinatiog folds of a L- L
standard? Well might the columns of
gery “falter, stagger aod reef,” if comp 3 - '
no better friends than he; and at such aJ
hihition of political fidelity, it is qu»t e * •_
lous that the drums of W higgery were no-
fled, aud the dead march beat.
But Mr. Kenan says, Mr. Fillmore, ^
gratulates the country upoD the uis.- -
the Constitutional Uoion party ! 1° ll ‘' '
Colonel, unintentionally no doubt,
seats that gentleman. Mr. Ftllmore very , ^
erly said, some three months after the r ^
man bad abandoned th s noble party tv •
“But the necessity for such a party 13 " ( ^
lo be regretted, and 1 shall be happy