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wotld require uetrij, er quite, the nhole amount of
tbe sotacilptloni slresdj nude, to complete tbs rood
'to tta further tanlt of tbe rirtr store mentioned—
ttabtapoUrgr of the Compony scorned to os lobe,
to proceed, wltb sll despatch, to tta Alatamaha,
Isaring their Unotajood that tiror to ta determined
tansflert-soldect, among otter oooUogencles, to
tta Tory important consideration of the subscriptions
whlelr rival rootes would hold ont to tbe company, af
' to adopt ono or another of them.
. We axe bjno meana certain, even now, that this
question ought to be agitated, bat as there acorns to
bo ft strong disposition among many to have action
♦fWt. on ltat the meeting of Stockholder* on the 85th
inst* and aa we think tbe extract copied above, con*
vtja an erroneou* opinion, wo have determined to
tike epme notice of It.
Iweagreo with the writer, (Col. Tift,) that “a
majority of the cnhacribere of stock, and of the clti-
y»wf of Savannah,” are determined that the road shall
be built to the Gulf: hat that a majority of either
(daaahBT* aetenniuea uau Kansu oo built t>y Albany t
we very confidently believe to be a mistake. We
think that a very large majority of both, are in favor
of a line Booth of Albany—provided tbe principal por
tion of the means for its construction arc to be Burnish
ed by this city. Should the Belgian Company, as
was promised, to enhance the value of their lands, sub-
■cribe the amount necessary to carry it toAlbany,it
will doubtless go there. But even In that event, we
are clearly of the opinion that a branch should be run
Into Florida from a point not much beyond tbe Alata-
ritory was so*
1 The principal argument In favor of Albany,
brought forward by those who advocate a connection
with Mobile.' They seem to think tbe character and
product* of the Intervening country minor considera
tions, provided the*Eastem and Western termini, ore
cities of as much importance ss Savannah and Mobile.
To such,we reply that It, in making a connection with
the Golf, we are to lose sight of tbe trade and travel
of the counties lying on both aides of tbe Florida and
Georgia line, why go to tbe expense of constructing a
toad four hundred and fifty miles long, when wo can
by either of two routes, bring about this connection
by a road leas.than two hundred miles long ? If Mo
bile to our" end and aim/’ the extension of the South
western road from Americas by Fort Gains, will take
ns there in less than two hundred miles. As regards
the products of Baker and Early, they will come to us
as surely bj the South-western road, extended to the
Cbatahoocbie, as by a road running from Savannah
by Albany to Chatshoocbie. Between the Alatamaba
(at Beard’s Bluff) and Baker, we suppose little cot
ton to raised—at least not enough to authorize the
construction of a hundred and forty or fifty miles of
railroad, to secure it.
Or if tbe extension of the South Western road to
Mobile please ns not, we have another alternative.
There is the Girard road, commencing on the Chat-
tshooohee river at the point opposito Columbus, and
under contract to Union Springs, on its way to Mo
bile. If our great object U the latter city, we will
find the distance thither from Union Springs not half
so great aa from Savannah.
But we submit tho assertion that tbe great object
which Savannah had in view in making her subscrip
tion, was not to reach Mobile. It was to connect her
self with a good port on the Gulf of Mexico, by a road
that would bring to her tho products of southern
Georgia, (products which a road to Albany would not
command,) and tbe products of middle and west Flo*
rids. To do tbil, the road must run near the Florida
and Georgia lino, (on one side or tho other of it,) the
whole breadth of Middle Florida. The desired port
may be found, either at Pensacola, or at St. Andrews’
Bay, an hundred miles this side of Pensacola. By
depressing tbe road southward as it approaches tbe
Apalachloola or Chattahoochee, it will draw to itself
all the cotton raised between it and tbe Gulf, while
whatever is produced north of it will reach Savannah
either by this road or the South Western and Central
roads.
In their present isolation, Clinch, Lowndes, Thom
as and Decatur—the lost three largo and productive
counties—are about as little connected with the State
at large, or any seaport of Georgia, as if they belong
ed to another commonwealth. A road running from
this city to Pensacoia or St. Andrews, on cither sido
of the southern line tof Georgia, will furnish these
counties with facilities for reaching ffio markets of
tho world, which no portion of the Union more great
ly needs. Tho counties across the line—;Madison,
Jefferson, Leon, and Gadsden, are alittlo more favora
bly situated—enjoying tho navigation of the Gulf of
Mexico. Yet it is not doubtful that, with the road
built as we have proposed, all these counties would
make Savannah, theirjnarket- - - *
We reaervo some other considerations for to-raor-
th* Proclamation separately.
ssrfSS,
the year 1861, this portion 'of the territory' #t
tt be aruhln tbe limits tof New Mexico t
but to tbb year 1851, the State of Chihuahua assumed
jurisdiction over tbe same, without producing any au
thority for this act from the Bepublfc of Mexico, and
without having obtained the aitorat of the United
State* or tbo Territory ofNew Mexico j and in defl-
anoe of the remonstrances of 0 large portion of the in
habitants or the disputed Territory, who then num
bered 3,000 Bouto.’’
For this assertion Gov. Lane.doubtless relies upon
a decree of the Mexican Government passed, in July,
1884, which *eyaJbat M tbe province of Ghlchuahua
shall include auwatia comprehended between right
lines drawn from east to west,from tbe point ortown
celled Paso del Norte on one side, with the jurudic-
tion it hat always possessed, and the hadenda of tho
Itio Florida, on tbe side of Durango, with Its respeo-
tlvo appurtenances.” . . „ _.
On this old decree of Mexico, four years before Chi
huahua had adopted her Constitution, and ten years
before sbo had raado known her limits, rests tbe
strongest claim of Gov. Lane to the disputed territo
ry. But this decree says tho line shall bo drawn from
El Paso, with the jurisdiction it has alteays possessed.
What was, then, tbe jurisdiction of this town? and
where is tbe evidence that it extended eight miles,
more or less, north of the town, as Gov. Lane asserts ?
As there was no town within fifty miles to the north
of it in 1841, it doubtless extended that distance, or
to the very limits of the State, agreeoblo to her Con
stitution. It is well known that our country towns
have an extension of ten miles or more, but the juris
diction of the Mexican towns often extended fifty
miles. So at tho south tbe territorial limits of Chi-
hoahna extend to tbe “ hacienda of tho Rio Florida,
with its appurtenances.” Now, having been at this
hacienda,! can assert that “ its appurtenances ” or
possessions extend some twenty miles to tho sooth,
and that tho farthest extremity of these constitute
the boundary of Chihuahua. . These limits, moreover,
correspond with its boundaries os laid down on tho
official map, and aa defined in Us Constitution.
At tbe umethis decree was passed, all tbe north
em provinces of Mexico, including Sonora, Chihna
boa, New Mexico, Coaholia and Texas were embraced
under one Government, without any defined acknowl
edged territorial limits. Their boundaries, when laid
down on maps, were according to tbe ideas of the
map-makers—henco no two agree.
In tbe year 1825. Chihuahua organized itself into a
State, and adopted ita Constitution. In 1833, it ap
pointed a corps of engineers, the two principal of
which were Benor Pedro Garcia Conde and Mr. Sta
ples, an American, to make a survey of tbo Stated—
This was accordingly done, and a large and beautlfol
map, the result of this snrvey, now hangs on the wall
of toe Governor’s hall in the capitol. In 1830, Gen.
Condo presented his official report, which embraced
a statiscal account of tbo State. This was published
by order of the Government in 1842, in a folio volume.
In this report, not only are its territorial limits de
fined with great precision, but every town over which
it exercised jurisdiction is named, as well as its mines,
rivers, mountains, etc. This official map, os well as
the report, claim for its northern limits a lino cross
ing tho Rio Grande at about 32° 30*, and thenco ex
tending north to 32° 57' 43" north latitude,embracing
tbe copper mines, and a territory nearly forty miles
north of the line agreed upon by the Commissioners,
and which forty miles of territory had always belong
ed to and had been under the jurisdiction of Chihua
hua. New Mexico never claimed, mocb less exercis
ed, any jurisdiction over this territory.
In 1847 the Constitution of Chihuahua was revis
ed, and its limits defined with great precision. They
arc embraced la the 2d article of the 1st Chapter, as
follows:
•• AnT. 2. The territory of Chihnahua is that which
it has possessed, and which is now acknowledged to
be between the parallel^ of 25° .53' 30", and 32° 57'
43" North Latitude: and between the meridians of
1° 30* 10", and 7? 17' 52" Longitudo West from the
City of Mexico, according to the map of said State
mado by Messrs. Staples and Garcia Condo, in tho
year 1834.”
The State of Chihuahua did exercise jurisdiction
over tho'Mesilla valley in 1850, at the very time the
Commissioners of the two Governments were at El
Paso, for the purpose of fixing the boundary; and so
far from that State "assuming jurisdiction over tho
same,” as Gov.Lano asserts, "and without having
obtainod the consent of tho United States or tho Ter
ritory of New Mexico;” the latter never pretended
to claim it, and, of course, no consent was necessary.
Gov. Lane says this assumption was •* in defiance
of tbo remonstrances of a largo portion of tho inhabi
tants of the disputed territory, who then numbered
2,00(J souls.”
When the boundary was determined on, tho "Me.
silla Valley,” which includes tho whole populated
portion of the disputed territory, numbered bnt 700
instead of 2,000 souls,among which there wore not
20 Americans. And when it was announced that this
settlement would contlnuo in tho State of Chihuahua,
according to Distumell’s Map, to which State it hod
always belonged, there were firing of cannon aud
public rejoicings on the occasion at tho town of Me-
silla.
In tho autumn of 1851, when in Sonora, I was in
formed that some Americans had settled at Mosilla
and endeavored to create among its quiet citizens a
feeling of hostility towards Mexico, offering them
great inducements to remonstrate against the estab
lished boundary; but with what success I have never
learned. But when it is known that of tho pop'-'
tion which composes this valley, not more tlum. —
in fifty can read and write, it will bo soon that an
evil disposed person might induco them to affix their
mark to what they could neither understand or read.
I will speak hereafter of tho population of thp'Medl-
la valley.
" 3. During the discussion of the boundary question ,
under tho treaty of peace, tho Commissioner of Mexi
co proposed to abandon a part ol tho disputed territo
ry, by dividing it between tho two Republics. And
during the year 1852 the United States virtually as
serted a right of sovereignty over ail tho territory in
dispute.” * • -
The first assertion in tbe above cause is entirely
without foundation, ns far as.tbe Joint Commission
la connected with it; no proposal of tho kind ever
liaving been made by the Mexican Commissioner, or
by WiflTre*gnrd to the latter assertion, that "tho Uni
ted States virtually asserted a right of sovereignty
over all tho territory in dispute,” I will state the fob
lowing : A Committee of tho Senate, npon state
ments mado by a party who objected to tho line, and
who withheld important facts in relation thereto,
and. moreover, without hearing from mo in defcnco
of the same, reported unfavorably to tho lino ; while,
the other hand, tho President of tho United States
to proteettoftr people from similart
with toned to In, protection of too
tta terntorjr (in In ttal*
('totliiied
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or person
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! Bax 7 ’in*the admtolrtratioaof Jiutioel?
„ jrtil* Velley. • But our authorities should say as
littleaapossinteabout the protection ofths inhabi
tants along tbe Rio Grande in their rights of proper
ty, for apYteous tale oould be told at outrage* com
mitted by Americans on the Mexican population on
our aldo of tbe Rio Grande, which compelled them to
abandon their homes In 1850. to seek an asylum with
in Mexican territory, and found a colony In tbo Me*
«DUValley.
" 7. The proeenttevolutionary co
can Republic preclude* tbe hope c.
tion being afforded by that Rcpnbllo to the Inhabi
tant* of this disputed territory for the timo being;
and a large portion of the inhabitant* now claim tho
protection of tho United Btatea, and solicit the rean
nexation of their territory to New Mexico, from which
tection, at a time when they think proper to make a
change in their government, and bettor their condi
tion. With regard to the statement that " a large
portion oftbe inhabitants now claim the protection
of the United States and solicit .the re-annexation of
their territory to New Mexico,” I can assert on au
thority obtained by me in New Mexico and Cbibanbna
that toe whole population of tbo Meailla valley con-
•late chiefly of people from New Mexico and Texaa, of
8panUh descent, wbo, failing to receive protection
from our authorities after the late war with Mexico,
colonized that place.
Up to the present time nothing official has been
ade public by the Government in explanation ofthe
boundary established by me as Commissioner, on tho
part of toe United States except what was contained
In Mr. Bcoretary Stewart’s letter to tbo Preaidant in
October last. On my return from the snrvey in Feb
ruary last, I presented to the Department or the In-
teriorsuch facts as I could hastily bring together in
elucidation of the question, accompanied by five
maps, which document was called for by tho Senate,
ana ordered to be printed. Tbe letter contains the
facte embraced above in extenso, with many others,
and enters largely Into the question of wbat was un
derstood by Mr. Secretary Buchanan and Mr. Triat as
the boundary defined in the fifth article ofthe Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo. When this document appears
I have no hesitation in saying that it would be conce
ded by all that Gor. Lane’s pretensions cannot be sus
tained. . Jonn R. Bartlett.
Late U. S. Commissioner undfer the 5th article of the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Providence, R.I., May 2,1853.
Mrs. Stowe and Colonisation.
One ofthe most valuable tributes to tbe principle of
African Colonization that wo have heard fora long
time, was offered in a conversation between Profes
sor Stowe, the husband of tho authoress of Uncle
Tom's Cabin, and Mr. Jewett, tho publisher of that
work. Professor btowo called on Jewett in Boston,
and, while talking of the success of Unde Tom, Mr.
Jewott ventured to inquire why it was that Mrs.
Stowe bad sent her mulatto hero to Africa, and come
out in favor of Colonization in the last chapter ? " I
should suppose,” said Mr. Jewett, •* she wouldn’t want
to do so I” " 8ho did not,” replied the Professor,
" but she couldn’t find any other place to come ont
at!”
And this is the result with all who seek a platform
npon which the liberated nogro can stand. If bis in
dependence, equality and progress are honestly de
sired by those who labor for his emancipation, they
can only bo obtained in a country of which ho Is the
exclusive master and occupant. In the words ofthe
Professor." there’s no other place to come out at l”
If we turn our eyes towards the British colonics,
where co-equality has been tested since tho abolition
of slavery, we will find that emancipation has not
contributed to the advantage of cither race. In Ja
maica are turn baa been laid before the colonial legisla
ture which demonstrates this in figures that allow no
denial nor argument This return shows all tho pro
perties on tho island which have been wholly or par
tially abandoned since tho 1st of January, 1848, to-,
gether with the various assessments and taxation :
Sugar estates totally abandoned, 128 ; Sugar es
tates partially abandoned, 71; Coffee properties total
ly abandoned, 30 ; Coffee properties partially aban
doned, GO; Pens totally abandoned,30; Pens partial
ly abandoned, 22 ; Number of acres, 391,187 ; As
sessed annual value on tho 1st January, 1848, £91,439
Assessed annual value oh 28th March, 1852, £53,221,-
19s. fid.; Average amount of taxes paid annually for
four years, prior to 1st January, 1848, £3,715 Is. fid.;
Amount of of taxes assessed for 1852, £7,281 11s. 7d.
—Baltimore American.
Thunder and Hall Storm.
A heavy shower visited our city and vicinity, yes
terday, P. M.. accompanied by a high wind, lightning
and thunder, terminating in a heavy foil of hail. The
storm seemed to rise ia tbo south-east, aud accompa
nied by frequent flashes of lightning and peala of
thnnder, gradually moved to the north and west. At
3 o’clock, the rain commenced falling in large drops,
finally increasing to a perfect torrent of water, mixed
with hail, continning for about half an hour. During
most of tho time, a high wind prevailed from tho
south-east, driving the bail stones—somo of which
were aa largo aa a pigeon’s egg—with great force
against tho windows. Wo have not heard of any
damage being sustained, yet from the small limbs cut
from the trees throughout tho city, should not ho sur
prised to hear that at least some slight injury had
been visited upon the growing crops, and possibly
ft few window glass broken. About four o’clock
tbe skies becamo bright, the air cool, and all nature
seemed to rojoico in the refreshing influences of tho
shower. Nothing could have been more timely to
vegetation in this region, or to tbe continued good
health of the city.
The German Volunteers.
The Gorman Volunteers, Capt. Broom, celebrated
tbeir aocustomed anniversary yesterday, which pasaod
off in the most pleasing manner. The Company pa
raded at the usual hour in the morning, and marched
to the ffcrm of Messrs. Waco and and Baslxb, Lover’s
Lane, where, after varied exercises, the Company
presented their gallant commander with a portrait of
himself, in uniform, executed by Mr. Pzter Law-
xsnoi, of this city. A* a work of art and tribute of
respect, it Is alike creditable to all parties. Tbe pre
sentation ceremony was by First Sergeant Meter, tho
reception by Capt. Steiqin in person. Tbe speeches
on both sides were highly complimentary, and appro
priate, after which a bountiful collation was served,
to which ample Justice was done.- The next thing In
order was the prizo shooting. Tho prizes thus
contended for consisted of a handsome Gold Medal
and ft White Flame. The former was won by First
Lieut. Ba*u», in three shots, measuring twenty-ono
and three quarter inches. The latter by Corporal
Wtnara, in tho same nnmbor of shots, measuring
twenty-seven and a half inches. Tho balance of the
day wu passed in tbe merry dance, feasting, <fco-
Tbe day throughout was one of unalloyed enjoyment,
and will be remembered as among tbo brightest an
niversaries of this accomplished corps.
Cabeiagb Establishment.—There aro few that
have bad dealings with Mr. Thornton since bis resi
dence among ns, who will not regret to learn from bis
card that he is about leaving the city. Theym»y,
however, find some consolation in tbe fact that bis
place has been taken by worthy successors. Mr.
Thobnton bears high, but we are sure well merited,
Isstiwmy to their character and qualifications. We
hope that their honesty and fair dealing may bo lib
erally rewarded.
DjmoaiNo^-Mr. Baldwin, ol this city, yesterday
-leftwith tuthe drawing of tbe ” Under Water Exca
vator,” or steam dredging machine, tbo parts of which
he has brought out from Now York, and ia now hav
ing pot together. Ho will be prepared to commence
the process of dreding the Savannah River In the
cooiseef two or three weeks with a machine war-
■ ranted to remove fifty opWc yards of send or earth
piffchwrr'
virtually acknowledged the correctness of it through
tho Secretary of tho Interior, as appears by hia offi
cial letters to mo :
"4. The claim of Chihuahua to this disputed territo
ry is bolioTod to be based unou tho unwarrantable as-
usmption that tho Board of Commissioners had agreed
upon a boundary lino heiwecu Chihuahua and New
Mexico, and that their agreement in the premises was
binding, both upon tho United Btatcs and the Mexi
can Republic, and therefore final; whereas a valid
agreement had not been made, aud has not yet been
made by said Board; and, moreover, tho action of the
board has been virtually repudiated and nullified by
the United States.” ....
Tho claim of Chihuahua is baaed upon a jurisdic
tion exercised by her over tho territory aa far north
as 32° 57' 43" which embraced Santa Rita del Cobra,
(the Copper mines.) But of this territory, aho waa
compelled to relinquish to the United Statca, all north
of 32° 22', which waa her limits according to tho
map of Disturnell.aa determined by tho chief as
tronomers, Lieut. Whipple, on the part of tho United
Slates, and Sonor Salazar, on the part of Mexico;
and, in conformity with their report, established by
the Commissioners of the two Governments.
The "unwarrantable aasumption” of Chihuahua,
as Governor Lano is pleased (o call It, consists, there
fore, in retaining possession of a district she had al
ways possessed; over which Bbo had always exercis
ed jurisdiction: which is accorded to her by tho
Treaty map, ana all authorized aud authentic maps ;
by the official report made by her engineers in 1836;
by various printed workB on tho country previous to
the war; and lastly, by her Constitution. Theso are
tho grounds on which Chihnahua bases her right of
occnpancy. , ••
Tho assertion that “avalid agreement had not
been made, and has not yet been made, by Bald
Board.” ia contradicted by the official records of the
Joint Commission.
"The action ofthe Board has been virtually repu
diated and nullified by the United StateB,” says Gov.
Lane.
Tills repudiation and nullification by tho United
States, consists in an unfavorable report of a Commit
tee of tho Senate, which had beard only one sido ol the
qnestion. The following extract from tho 5th Articlo
of tho Treaty of Goudalupe Hidalgo, will show wheth
er a treaty stipulation con bo " repudiated and nulli
fied ” by a report of a Committee ofthe United States
Senate, which Governor Lane seems to imagine as tho
final action of tho Government, and upon which he
bases one of the grounds for hia proclamation.
" The two Governments shall each appoint a Com
missioner and a Surveyor, who, before the expiration
of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifica
tions of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San
Diogo, and proceed to run and mark tho said bounda
ry in its whole course to tho middle of tho IUo Bravo
del Norte. They shall keep Journals, and moke out
plana of their operations; and tho result agreed upon
by them shall be deemed apart of this treaty ^nd shall
have tho same force as if it were inserted therein.”
" The boundary lino established br this article shall
bo rdligiously respected by each of the two Republics,
and no change snail ever be mado therein except by
tho express and free consent of both nations, lawfully
given by the General Government of each, in con
formity with its own Constitution.”
Gov. Lane continues:
"5. Each of tbe high contracting parties to the Trea
ty of Guadalupe, ex re necessitate, tacitly reserved tbe
right to accept or reject the decisions or the Board of
Boundary Commissioners: and if the Board assigned
the city of Chihuahua and the country north or It to
the United States, or the city' of Santa Fo and tho
country south of it to tbo Mexican Republio. tho ac
tion or tbe Board would certainly not have been re
garded as final.”
I know of no right by any individual ” to accept or
rejeot tbe decisions xf the Board of tbe Boundary
Commissioners.” Bat Gov. Lane ia quite right in
supposing that ” if the Board had assigned the city
of chihuahua and the country north of It to the Uni
ted States, or tbe city of Banta Fe, and the country
sooth of it to the Moxicon Republio, tbo action of the
Board would certainly not have been regarded aa fi
nal for sack anassignment would have been at.va-
rlance with the Trerty and # the Treaty msp.
‘ “ 6. Ever alnoe the Territory in 1
all ofthe* that tin* couW wither, sleep*
, And parbhe.amor* the dost w. tread?
For I ahail feel the atlng of eeaaeleaa pain
K then I moot thy gantl* aplrtt not;
■ No^ bear iha voice 1 lore,hot road again
In thy aanmaat oyoa' th* tender thoajhi
WlU Aot tby own mark heart demand mo there t
That heart whoa* fondeetlhroba to mo ware given?
My name eo earth waa am In thy prayer,
Shall It be banlebad from thy tongue In heaven?
In meadows Craned by heaven’* life breathing wind,
In the reeplendenoe of that gtoriooa sphere, *
And larger moremente ofthe unfettered mind.
Wilt thon forget Uw lore that joined aa her* ?
The love that lived through all the stormy peat,
And meekly with thy harsher nature bore,
And deeper grew, and tenderer to the but,
Shall It expire with life, and be no more ?
A happier lot than min*, and larger light,
Await thee there; for thon haat bowed thy will
In cheerful homage to the rulee of right 5
♦ And lovret all, and rendait good for 111
For me, the sordid carta In which I dwell
Shrink and consume tbe heat, aa heat the scroll;
And wrath bath left ita scar—that tire of hell
Has left it* frightful tear upon my soul.
Yet, though thon we&riat the glory of the sky,
Wilt thon keep the same beloved name,
The same fair thoughtful brow, and gentlo eye,
Lovelier in heaven’s aweet climate, yet the same 1
Shalt thon not teach me in the calmer home,
The wisdom that I learned to ill in this—
The wisdom which la lore—till I become
Thy fit companion in that land of bllaa T
From the Providence Journal.
The Sandwich Islands.
Ajipcal of the King for Protection against the De
signs of France.
Private letters of recent date from Peru bring very
important intelligence concerning these islands. The
independence of tbo young kingdom is seriously
threatened, and urgent demands for assistance have
been forwarded to Washington, asking protection
against the impending danger. The French Govern
ment have made demands npon that of Hawaii of an
extortionato and totally inadmissible character, in
compatible with the liberties of tbe nation. Perhaps
with a view of taking possession of the whole archi
pelago, these claims are to be supported by a squad
ron, consisting of two 60 gun ships and four other
vessels of war, a fleet fully capable of seizing tho isl
ands and subverting the Government, aa waa done
with the Socioty group a few years ago. The infamous
conduct of France toward the defenceless Qu&n Po-
mare, leads us to expect no better futo for the unfor
tunate King Kamehamehs III., unless tho protection
jiow so urgently asked la extended by our Govern
ment or bv that of Great Britain. A pcopio so recently
emerged from barbarism, now struggling into civili
zation and laboring to sustain tbeTr independence,
should be supported and protected by all civilized
nations. To tbo United States the appeal comes with
a double force, for to this country the Hawaiian Gov
ernment owes-its existence, and its subjects their
civilization, while the possession of those islands,
Banking os they do the coast of California and Ore-
S ra, furnishes the key to our Pacific seaboard. Like
uba, so long as they remain subject to their present
proprietors, their acquisition can only be attended
with danger to onrselvea, but liko Cuba again, they
must never fall into tho bands of anv great naval
power which can confrol tbom to our injury.
The designs of France upon tho Sandwich Islands
have been pursued insidiously but steadily for many
years. Their relative importance has rendered it im
politic and impracticable for her to proceed, with the
same open disregard to tho principles of justice and
tbe rules of international law, that stamps with op-
trobrium her recent acquisitions in tho Pacific. The
tocicty Islands had not tho good fortune to be recog
nized os a part of the family of nations, and some
thing of the same audacity which originated the idea
of " possession by tho right of discovery,” waa all
that was needed to transfer that title to ita modern
svnonym—possession by right of convenience. But
the Sandwioh Islands hove u stronger claim than that
of unavailing pity upon the sympathies of the world.
Thoy are an organized and recognized Government.
Tho Hawaiian kingdom U an integral member of the
political family. Her geographical position and her
internal progress have mado her Buch,and she can
not bo extinguished without deranging, in somo de
gree, the existing relations of State, lienee the cau
tious manner with which tho measure, now threaten
ing a speedy consummation, has been approached by
Franco. For years have frivolous pretexts been found
for presenting exorbitant claims against tbe Govern
ment of the islands, and every concession mado with
the hope of pe&co has been followed by yet more in
solent demands. The latest movement is one calcu
lated to produce alarm from various causes. Tho
occupation of tho islands by Franco must be repelled,
at whatever risk, by tho United States. Tho reasons
The Annoyances off Poverty,
It ia either Mr. Baymond himself, of tbe New York
Times, or some equally capable hand, that throws off
occasionally a capital thing ; the subjects, chosen at
random, are clothed in terse and familiar language,
and commend themselves to the reader’s attention, by
an agreeable quaintneaa of style and an admirable
moral tone. Here Is one of them :,
It is one of tho wont annoyances of poverty that
it debars a man from many privilages which, at firat
glance,seem to be exclusively his.-*.A rich man can
afford to dress more shabbily than a poor one. A
wealthy merchant can wear a shabby coat, but hia
clerk, on three hundred a year, must wear one of the
latest style and having the exactest fit. A man own
ing a block of city building cau afford to rent the
second story of one cheaper than any of his own, for
bis family residence; but hia penniless neighbor most
take a whole house, have his name on tho door plate,
and no body else’s sign on the front or give up his
hopes of getting into bnsiness. A bankers wife can
afford to receive calls in a sixpenny calico dress; but
the lady of our friend, whose only earthly means are
hia salary of a thousand per annum, must never be
seen in her parlor but in silk or something equally
costly. An heiress goes into the country with a three
shilling bonnet,and looka "soneat and lovely,” with
out a grain of jewelry about her; while the journey
man milliner most wear her four dollar bonnet and be
loaded with golden ornaments, all to come out of her
three dollars wages per week. A rich man may
amuse himsolf of a morning playing tho Croton upon
hia sidewalk aud the plants iu his yard. If we, in
our mediocrity, if not m our poverty, do it, we must
rise with the sun, and be through with the refreshing
exerciso before our neighbor looks out of his front
door, or wo are degraded to the level of a " man ser
vant.” Your millionaire can refuse to subscribe to a
benevolent effort; we are mean if we decline. If he
gives of his incomo a fraction whose numerator is a
unit, and its denominator a sum larger than was ever
entered in our account books, he is applauded. When
we give to the amount oi a hundredth part of our
salary, wo are ashamed.
A doctor of divinity can afford to wear a " shock
ing bad bat;” the young licentiate must alwayssport
a new one, and not one bought in the Bowery either.
A wealthy physician can afford to make hia calls on
loot, os Dr. Jno. Mason Good always did, when his
practice amounted to more than $10,000 per annum,
or avail himself of an omnibus when it is ou his route.
Tho young and unknown physician, who feels that he
is aa rich as Croesus iu the remote prospet of $1,400,
must make his calls in a gig, or cease to attend the
patron out of whom he confidently expects to get
ono-quarter of thatjvery respectable amount of money.
A lawyer in good practice can afford to walk leisure
ly across tho Park. A younger and briefless limb of
the law must always cafry a phekage tied with red
tape, always look heated, perplexed, and overrun
with business. V
And a wealth of reputation is sotpetimea no less
serviceable than money. Geqeral Casa, when he ad
dressed tho “ unterrified ” at Tammany, could afford
to throw off his coat, stock and vest. \ our unknown
orator, must buy a new coat for such an occasion,
and spend an extra half hour at the barber’s before
venturing his speech.
Wantid-An Angel ffor Heaven.
And so death closed those little eyes—shrouded
their bright glances. Oh, that the sun would not
come streaming in on hia shrouded form, as if there
was no grief in the world.
How sweetly he sleeps, that little coveted angel!
How lightly curl tho glossy ringlets on his white
forehead I You could weep your very soul away to
think thoso cherub lips will never, never unclose.
Vainly you clasp and unclasp that passive, darling
band, that wandered so often over your cheek.—
Vainly your anguished glance strives to road the dim
oodctarmof pMj'U/.ror bnfaf L —
vR night la fast tutve been (Use, yet tbe Nnr Code
having taken away from the magistrate* all tbepow*
ere heretofore granted /off the fasoal of admiralty pro
cess, tbe oath itefif waa unwairantiffi-the mania-
Irate having no right to administer it—and therefore
that 'ho periuiv coaid have been committed, The
Court sustained the motion, and laid down the rule
that such waa not only tbe law, bnt that any magis
trate who should assume such a responsibility would
be liable both to an indictment and an action for dam
age*. Tho prisoner was accordingly discharged,—
Mobile Herald.
Powers off Hemorjr,
The Illustrated News says : Wo have often beard
extraordlnatv anecdotes of tbe memory—of men who
coaid commit long poems by heart on bearing them
once read, and tbe like; bnt when tbe dryness of the
subject is taken into consideration, we cannot remem
ber any instance more singular than that of Herr Von
Nienblin, the celebrated German scholar,',wbo waa
once a clerk in the Bauk of Copenhagen; in that te
nacity ho gave proof of the miraculous power of
da memory, by restoring, from recollection alone,
the whole contents of a leaf in the blank ledger,
which bad been lost by fraud or accident.
Boys are sometimes endowed with remarkable
memories. Tbe Keen family, of tho State of Texas,
consisted of three girl** and a boy—the latter only
four years old. They were all sittlug round the fire
one evening engaged in telling how far back they
could recollect. One of tho girls recollected when
she had 4 a doll that winked with both eyes.’ Anoth
er recollected when she was" a little baby at the
breast and Nancy tickled her feet” Johnny Keen,
who was tbo last and the least of them all, said be re
collected " if us* than that."
How wus8?”aaid all the girls in a breath.
. ..
how
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OUR AXDlfouassA—'There vaeafrir demand for Bo
wl th cates of 440 hbd*. of which 224 Common at 8M$
t Of Molaeeee hanly .105 bbU were dlspoeed of, In*
. - ^ rwtdM «V1702OK4
ivn--. ■ • ''pout* ll w |T|
I’orter, in store and for wile
warranted pun fined, for sate in
wonoancwl to bo cqoal to the Ba*u n iJS
p d i!a?o fii «*'S$
marl "• UXa
MlftHneataOj
for BfEollod. v . .iv■ * ,.o*',.--" ,, - Y j.
Rotm.—There waa test little Beperfine in tho market,
and the sales wen limited to 1,200 Mite, Including 140 Ohio,
Crain.—There wu only a limited stock of Core 00 hand,
and prices wen firm Bate* A00Q sacks, Including 1*00
saoka Yellow (L800,700 and *00,) at 40, 830 prime White
at the aame. and 200 Ordinary at 474 ft busbeC
PROTHBOXS—Pork waa dull, with saw* of 40 bbU. unin
spected Mms at $14^0.200 branded at eiS.eiKi and 100,
without foraection. at *16.75 ft bbl. Retelling at $16.87#.
Of Green Meat* 00 ceeki, In sir tight package*, sold oath*
Levee at 7#4- for Hama, and #4Vft ft. torShouldere. Ba- l*re Marietta Advocate, March Sltvft
eon waa in good requeat and 220 cask* were dtepoeed of; In- rocpt “d trapas*. from $10 to IS
eluding 45 Ribbed Sdes at TM, 00 at tho eafoeTlOraak* «*«*■» * -
Clear at 8#, and 60 eaak* prime Ehonlden at 0*. ft ft. Of
Lard we noticed a eat* of 100 bbte. and tierce* No. 1 at
~ “” 1 a ’ ,M Rl ° K ""‘
wmsxr—Sate* 140 bbte., mostly Extra, at 10|310#,and
200 raw, In three lota, at 20#*. ft gallon.
Fannin*—Wa heard of no new engagement.
Exouxura—Demand limited at our quotations:
Sterling, ...108#®100#
France, 804 <95.20
Ncw-York Sixty-day Hite. 1#®1# ft 4 dte.
“ud tresnam. from $10 to
fortpaW, to secure attention.
r »u., 0( „u k tlua ■yta.'hTE&nl
J5H?
SightCheckaon New-Yotk, .parto # ft 4 dte.
Doaton8lxty-day HU*. .1X02 ft*di*.
■feTKw u<NilH.—Embroidered
CONBIGNBMS’FBK CBlVTXLAIi HA1UROAD.
** Oh ! I recollect three weeks afore 1'ze born, and
JWI cried all the time for fear Td be a girl /”
A Good Man.—We have never met with a better
definition of a truly benevolent man, (says the JV. 0.
Courier) than the following in reference to our old
friend, Maj. Tom Mull, of Marshall county, Mississip
pi. We find it in the Holly Springs Guard:
" Everybody in the county knows that he is very
wealthy. Some or hia neighbors are in a different
condition. Whenever hard times come along, he
throws hia crib doors open, and saya to hia neighbors,
" Now, all of you who have no money or credit, just
pitch in anti help j ourselves to my corn."
This is more expressive thauthe most elaborate
panegyrics.
The Hebrew Genealogies in the Bible.—Gene
sis, eh. 5.—The Rev. Dr. Camming says, curiously,
that " it la a remarkable fact that the names that are
given in this chapter of memoirs and epitaphs, when
literally translated from tbo Hebrew, contain a proph
ecy of tho Gospel of Christ, each one conveying a
great aud blessed truth.
" Adam is the firat name, which means, 1 man, in
the imago of God;’ Seth, ‘ substituted by •/ Enos,
‘frail man;’ Cainan, ‘lamenting;’ Mahalaleel, • the
blessed God;’ Jared, * Bhall comedown;’ Enoch,
‘ teaching;’ Methuselah, ‘ bis death shall sendLa-
mech, * to the humbleNoah, ‘ rest,’ or * consola
tion.’
" It is thus that if you take the whole of the names,
and simply in the oraer in which thoy arc recorded,
you have this truth stated by them :
"To man,once made in tho imago of God,now
substituted by man, frail and full of Borrow, the bles
sed God himself Bhall come down to tbe earth teach
ing, and his death shall send to tho humble consola
tion.”
General IIaynau’s CoRrsE.-A most extraordin-
ry account has reached ua in a letter from Vienna to
a high personage hero, and has been tbe talk of our
salons for the last few days. It appears that tho cir
cumstance of the death of Gen^ Havuau presented a
phenomenon of tho most awful kind on record. For
many days after death the warmth'of life yet linger
ed in tbe right arm and left leg of the corpse, which
remained limp and moist, even bleeding sligatly when
pricked. No delusion, notwithstanding, coaid be
maintained os to the reality of death, for the other
parts of the body were completely mortified, and in
terment became necessary before the two limbs abovo
mentioned had become either stiff or cold. The writ
er of tho letter mentioned that this strange circum
stance boa produced tho greatest awe in the minds of
thoso who witnessed it, and that tho Emperor had
been so impressed with it, that hia physicians had
strictly forbidden tho subject to bo alluded to in his
presence.—Pun* correspondent of the Atlas.
Songs of Crispin.—The craft is rich in names
which have become in greater or lesser degree house
hold property. There waa tho eccentric Lackington
who, m the title page of his autobiography, tells us
that he entno to London with fivo pounds in his pocket
and rose to be a book-seller, having an annual sale of
a hundred thousand volumes ; he had been a shoe
maker in tho west of England. There wasSirClonsea-
ley Shovel, the redoubtable admiral. There waa Hans
Sachs, tho poet of Nuremberg, and the friend of Lu
ther. There were the learned Buudnuin and Jacob
Robmen. There were the radical Hardy and tho as
trological Partridge ; the powerful Gifford and tho
gontle Bloomfield. There were Savage, aud many
others—all sons of Crispin before thoy turned their
thought and energies into new channels.
A lucifer match, which has paned through seven
processes, costa, by wholesale, about one-three-three-
dredth of a cent. By tho most irajiroved machine,
matches are split at the rato of sixty thousand per
minute!
KAY 0.—288 bales Cotton and Merchandise, to Chmrle*
Hartridge, Rowland k Go, McMahon k Do vie.
COHBIQlIKgB.
Per brig Jovephus. from Baltimore—Ctaghorn k Co, 8 E
Both well k Co. J A Brown, T S Wayne. Bancroft k Bryan. J
Jones k Son, T M Turner k Co. H J Gilbert. G B Camming,
A A Solomon* A Co. Scranton. Johnston k Co, JP Collins.
Banker k Ogdon. W Woodbridge, 8 M Latfitean, Brigham,
Kelly k Co. G H Johnston, Morse k Nichols, A Haywood. A
Fawcett k Co, R Habersham k Son, John J Maurice, John
A U&yer, J E DeFord, and J Hasbrook kCo.
Per steamer D L Adams, from Angoaia—224 bales cotton
to Starke k Bryson, Roberts k Foote, Aiken k Burns, M J
8olomoo«. S Solomons, Behn k Foster, Charleston Steam-
boat Co, F B Baker, and J G FalHgant
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF SAVANNAH. MAY 10. 1863
ARRIVED SINCE OUR LAST^
Steamer DL Adams, Hubbard, Augusta, with boats Sand
9, to G 11 Johnston^
CLEARED.
Schr Plnndome, Brown, New York—Rowland k Co.
SchrLeRoy, Howell. New York—Washburn, Wilder k Co.
U. S. M. steam-packet Gordon, King, Charleston—S. M.
Lsffitean. *
DEPARTED.
U S M steam-packet Gordon, King. Charleston.
EDWARD R. HARDEN,
TRANSPORTATION AGENT, W. k A. RAILROAD,
Ringgold, Walker County, Georgia,
YX7UJ, attend to the purchasing on commission, Corn,
T V Wheat and Bacon. The Ringgold Depot being situa
ted in a region of country abounding in grain, it can usual
ly be purchased upon more favorable terms than at almost
any other point upon the W. k A. Railroad.
Orders covering the cash, with limited or discretionary
instructions, will receive prompt attention. Persons order
ing grain will please forward sacks with order.
References—Dr. Richard Wayne, Mr. Wm. M. Wadly, Sa
vannah. maylO
F IFTY DOLLARS REWARD will be paid by the under-
signed, to any person who can furnish proof to convict
any whiteman of tbe crime of purchasing corn, cotton, or
any other description of merchandise from any of mr n<
groes. maylO—lm JAMES SKINNER.
DeWITTkg,.
Tt 1 ?®* raasE—so UruHTTRSnar
apl30 E. W ft
AY ;T 125 bundles |f*y. landing fromTchTkr^l
rale by ap!6 BRKilUM
. ,|j128 orxg'ham. w, J
B altimore n/)uiu.ioo b»mi, Ho^crr~!L
PANTAID0N8—Just received in u
'',J ne white drilling, duck. &c..br
PRICE k VfcAPEB.li:
L'S.Sfe? Ur! " ‘° m ' J ot «Wgl
PRICE k TRADER, lft
-53® SCRANTON. Joasmvs »■
T^LOIH, BACON AND LARD-200
u ^„ flonr '54 hhds prime bscon rifrffciS
“afbr bbU * nd ^h‘4.
-IPba sciUCTox.joirmr.r, J
*’ .« crriP8 > <s boMt choice smoked do. for
— p — • McMahon ico
Ii. S. BENNETT A CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO J. C. THORNTON,
x g qgl’fo/v Having purchased tho entire Interest of Mr.
^ftjSw.J. C. Tuokntox in his Carriage establishment in
this city, most respectfully solicit a continuation of the ex
tensive tAtronago so liberally bestowed on tho late proprie
tor. It is our intention to keep a large and extensive as
sortment of all kinds of Carriages, suited to this market.
The late proprietor. Mr. J.C. Thornton, will act as onr agent
at the north, for the purchase and supply of our estabUsh-
ment. His experience of twonty years In tho business at
the Sonth. will insure to our friends and patrons Bach a
well selected stock as cannot foil to give entire satisfaction.
. Mr. Bennett will give his personal attention to all kind of
repairing, ns heretofore, LEWIS S. BENNETT.
THOMAS A. BROWN.
mnylO JUDGE \Y. HARRIS.
A CARD.—It will be seen from the above, that I have cold
out to Messrs. L. S. Bennett k Co., and I have every confi
dence in the ability of,theso gentlemen, both In capability
and capital, to successfully conduct the business, aud keep
up the reputation of the establishment.
Mr. Lewis H. Bennett has been my foreman for the last
two years, and I take pleasure in recommending him to the
public ns nn industrious, capable and deterring man, who,
while looking to his own interact, will not neglect those of
bis patrons.
In relinquishing my bnsiness In this place, 1 tako the op
portunity to say, that it is not from any dissatisfaction
whatever. Fince my residence in the city of SaTannali, I
have been kindly and gcnerontly treated, and haTe suc
ceeded much better than I anticipated.
In the course I have just taken, 1 have been prompted by
considerations of a private character altogether; wherever
1 may be. 1 shall always carry with me the liveliest sense
of obligation, and cherish the deepest interest in the pros
perity and advancement of the cltr and its people. Noth
ing will do more to effect this, than the sustaining of a
healthy and honorable competition. Let the good people of — —
tho Lily and State see to it. . J. C. THORNTON. QYRUR BOTTLES-Engrnved and plain, for uk>j 1
&IVANNAH. »th May. 1863. kJ apl2fi J. P. COLUNs, 100 Brru*t|
*' - **- ” D.W.J ‘ — =3 -■
F IXJDR AXDIIAMS.-1M bbl. EitESfiSiSI
ttaore cured Hum, rocelred ud ft, **
, P Lg MciSpox f mml
bEGAltS.—Ju.l rneirM , n d
fine IlbTBMRrgtra,T,nou. bmed,.™, utrl
Jg-jUdg-UOMBM, U Fnnm, Si „ p^j
*p 14 £^v. coyymnal
C HATHAM MUTUAL WAS ASSOCUTm^S:
for sale. Apply at this office. ' ,j?
CUVANNAH MUTUAL WAX ASSOCIATIONS
O for sale. Apply at tills office. ‘
A ugusta and WAYNEsnono~Rliuimir?
25 shares for sale. Apply at this offics.
TO UTTER AND CHEE?eAw HrUiumnmlSni
4/ shen Butter; 60 boxes Cheese, rectirtd
*pd for sale by 1 M
»P 122 McMillOX k Miu|
C ORNED BEEF, Ac.—Just received lOjaSUi^Zl
Haws’Fulton Market Beef. 10 dodoRjRrt^l
Hams. 100 Reynolds’ extra Hams, and 3 bbdiBtmtel
tra sugar cured Shoulders, for sale by *
... „ DAVID ffOOSSBL
rani? corner Broughton and I<nrv«m,
N OTICE.—The firm of JIatwood A Fuai UtM
dissolved by the death of Sieritt Flack. »n5|
clue to said firm must be paid to the mUcriler rot
co-partner. apllS—fm AIJKD Hi'mif
H AVANA &EGARS.—15,000 Noriegas. RWUfo
10.000 Ia Guipuicoana, 5.0001a EnsBnlk.tr
Silva. 5,000 La Augusta, just receivelsndfxnl«VT
a r 113 _i Bocaj
B LACKING.—1 bbl Mason’s cclebrsuJCHiu—h
ing, Just received and for sale by
*p 113 J.&mml
S auces and coRDiAiA-i5'ha,ket*iv^l55r
Cordial. 3 dozen Soho Sauce. 3 do SacrortKAlfl
Worcestershire Sauce, just received and for skit
■Pll3 J.MBUB 1 1
W INDOW SHADES, a large aud fa&nlrcais
just opened and for sale by
mh7 AIKEN' k BOtt I
TVTOSQUITO NETTING.—60pieces mosquito
At.*, do bobinet do, for sale by
apH3 KEMFTOX 4 11
vBsmii
F IX)UR—73 bbfo Howard street Floor. lu&r frcakl
Mary H. Chappell, and for sale by
rah8 PORES'*rosW0L|
t?INE SHIRTS.—Just received, a new mrJr </ to9i
X 1 with or without collars. l’RICE k YEAPEB.
_apl£ lti Eic-dMl
P IG HAMS.—5 barrels new Pig Hams.2 Until at
Tongues, 2 do smoked Beet just receirri inthrak
feblS J. PACSifl
ltoi7 of loTO in those Med orbs. The voice, bireet n« ✓'SnuMtoiT Housed.—Tbo steamboat UUa No. 1,
VtnnB hlninniT Ihnmrrh vrrpfilhnii Dll nil ■ ■Ii.mKam 1—; 1 . . . . ■ . , . I
can hardly hope to retain a throno won by tho magic
of a namo, without doing something to prove him
self, in the estimation of hia new-founa subjects,
worthy of that name. That war in some direction
must shortly succeed upon Ills coronation, seems to
ns inevitable, and two powers, diamotricnlly opposed
are disliked*bv' tho present Government of France^
appear moat likely, ono or both, to bo the choseu ob
jects of tbe new crusade. Republican Franco would
rojoico once more to pour across tho plains of Lom
bardy, under the banner of a Napoleon, to re-enact at
Lodi,Marengo, and Auateriitz, too rain of tho Aus
trian. Imperial France wonld glndlymake herself
the champion of despotism for the chance of hum
bling the pride offreo America. Both elements would
rush blindly to conflict with any power, thoughtless
of principles and reckless nf results, under the mad
dening snout of " la gloirt rt la vietoire."
At the recent mamage of tbe Emperor the church
of Notre Dame waa gorgeously decorated In drapery
of green and gold, the colors of Napoleon I. The
master of decorations, upon receiving his orders, ia
said to have intimated that purple would be tbe prop
er color for hia Imperial Majesty on that occasion.—
“ No, wo will wait till we annex a province 1” waa tbo
pompous but significant replv. Possibly the Sand
wich Islands mav be intondod to furnish tho occasion
for this Imperial display; and in truth there is not a
Provinco adjacent to France whose forcible annexa
tion would bo attended with results so Important to
the iuteresta of the wholo world aa would that of
tbo Hawaiian Kingdom. The consummation of this
scheme in tbe mode attempted would furnish a suffi
cient casus belli both to Great Britain and tbe United
States. That it ia now rapidly assuming an attitude
alarming to the friends of this feeble Island Btato. and
is made the subject of urgent diplomatio appeal, we
know from tbe highest sources. That a prompt and
decided stand upon this question, assumed by our
S ament, conjointly, if need be, with that of Great
n, would bn the means of preserving tho inde
pendence ofthe Islands without endangering tlie
peace of the world, ia not improbable; bnt should
the domestic policy of the Imperial Court require a
foreign war, on occasion Is readily presented in tbo
pending question. If a war be tbe consequence, let it
come, but at all hazards, the independent of tho
Hawaiian Kingdom must be maintained. How far the
declaration, mado on tho 1st of February, by the new
French Minister, at Honolulu, that "Franco enter
tains no ambitious designs against tbo Islands,” ta
calculated to allay tbo fears or the nation, depends
npon the posltiop which that functionary may as-
sumo with regard to the claims he is sent to enforce.
Upon this point nothing has yet been made public.
SuicidBv—An Individual—a stranger—whose name
baa since been ascertained to be J. FT Amot, of Texas,
walked into tbo coart bouso on Monday evening, and
deliberately blew out his;brains with a pistol charge.
Tho report waa beard, and.the body waa soon discov-
id. it was a ghastlv object, weltering in the blood
winds, blowing through wreathed shells, slumbers
forevor. And still tha busy world knocks ntyonr
door, and will let you have no peace. It ehouts ia
your year; its chariots rumble by; it smiles broadly
in your care-worn face ; it mocks you aa you new tbe
shroud; it meets you at tbo coffin, at the grave; and
Us heavy footsteps tramp up and down in tho empty
rooms from whence yon have borne yonr dead. Hut
it comes never in tho hush of night to wipe away
your tears!
Wanted, an angel for heaven I Can you look up ?
Can you bear the splendor of that sight 7 Ten thou
sand celestial beings, and yonr own radiant child an
gel In their midst,
“ In his ejfli a glory light
On his brow a glory crown.’’
Wanted—angels for heaven I Cling not too closely
to your beautiful treasures, children of earth 1
••Inner Africa Opened.’*
Tho following communication from Lieutenant W.
H. Church, R. N., in charge of the Admiralty Survey
of tho south-west coast of Ireland, is given in Cham
bers'Journal. Lieutenant Church must bo consider
ed very competent authority on the subject, having
been engaged for seven years in tho Admiralty Sur
vey of the African coast:
with respect to snow-clad mountains, perpetual or
otherwise, in tho equatorial regions of Africa, one
fact is preferable to a boat-load of opinions; I there
fore desire to inform you, that when employed as as
sistant surveyor in Her Majesty’s steamer Fima, un
der the command of Captain Alexander Vidal, sur
veying in the Bight of Biafra.in February and March.
1836,1 beheld tbo mountain of Cameroons capped
with snow. This magnificent mountain- rising quick
ly from tho coast line, in tho bottom of tho bight,
just eastward of tho low flat Delta of tho Quorra
(Niger?) to the height of 13,000 feet, ot tho distance
of sixteen or seventeen miles inland, was beautifully
capped with snow on our arrival iu the neighbor
hood; it vanished, to the best of ray recollection, in
March; but aa I have not my journal of tho voyage
by me, I cannot bo exactly sure os to the date.
Now, the latitude of the Cameroons Mountains (4°
24' north) is nearly tbo Bamc as that of tbe moun
tains described by Kropf and Rebmann; and the son
was no very great distance from Its zenith at tho timo
in question; and I cannot conceive why doubt should
be thrown on tho statement of the travellers, that
lofty snow-topped mountains exist in the plnce men
tioned by them. Nor is It at all paradoxical to Bup-
poso, that they might bo found amongst tho fountain-
heads of the Nilo. Tho splendid mountain of the
Cameroons, which I mentioned, is one noble head of
a series, coming from the north-east, we know not
how far, which here meets tho sea in the Bight of Bia-
fra—submerges—again appearing in a southwest-by-
south direction (true), in the islands of Fernando Po,
Prince’s, S). Thomas and Anabon. Fernando Po is
also a rangniflient mountain—its highest peak rising
to about 10,000 feet abovo tho sea. Bnt it and the
Cameroons mountain appear vory much liko volcanic
cones. Fernando Po peak, from Home directions, ap
pears nearly os sharp as the Peak of Teneriffe. On the
sammitof the last mentioned, I have observed the
lot. barometric height—round the angles to tbo other
Canaries, Ac.
Negroes In Delaware.
The convention for revising the conititntion, at
Dover, has passed the following section of the new
constitution, by a vote of 19 yeas to 8 nays:
" No free negro or mulatto, not now an inhabitant
of the Stato, or who shall Icavo tho State with intent
to change hia residence, ahail, after tho adoption of
this constitution, settle iu this State, or come into aud
remain within the Btate more than ten days. All
contracts made with any freo negro or mulatto, com
ing into tho Btato, contrary to the provisions of this
section, shall be void; ana any penson who shall em
ploy such freo negro or mulatto, or otherwise encour
age him to remain in the State, shall bo fined in a
sum not less than twenty, nor more than 11 vo hundred
dollars.”
Tho Hon. Mr. Bayard, in hia speech supporting this
amendment, states that there are 18,000 neo negroes
In the State of Delaware, making about one-third of
the whole population.
Consumption of Tobacco—If the population of
the earth be taken at 1000 millions, and the consump
tion reckoned aa equal to that of the Kingdom of
Denmark, or seventy ounces a head, the produce of
tho whole world wifi amount to near two millions of
tons (1,953,125) a year. Beventy ounces a head, of
course, far exceed* tho. averago consumption of Eu
rope, in moat of tbe oountrics of .which Tobacco ia
heavily taxed. It la certain, however, on the other
hand, that it falls far abort of the consumption of
Aria, containing tho majority of mankind, where wo
men and children smoke aa well as men, aud where
tbo artiole is, moreover, untaxed. Near half the Brit
ish tonnage which ‘ entered inward ’ or' cleared out
ward’ last year wonld bo required to convey the quan
tity of this American weed, of which the value, at
two-pence a pound will amount to nearly thirty-six
and a half million aterling, (£36,462,500.)—Journal
ofthe Statistical Society, vol. xv.,part 1.
The new Bench of the Supreme Court met yester
day, for the first time. There were present, the Hon.
Thomas BHdoil, Chief Justice, and Associate Justices
Voorhlca, Buchanan and Qgden. Jndge Campboll,
Associate Joetlce for tho Fourth District, had not yet
arrived, but la. expected to reach the city immedb
The Court, after having organized, proocedad to
the appointment of ft Clerk* and Eugene Luere, Esq.
waa choten tor the efficacy. O. Cow. ^^
lying a abort distanco above Algiers, was destroyed
by fire at 2 o’clock yesterday morning. The boat ia
supposed to have been pnrposely set on fire. After
burniugtothe water’s edgo she sank in deep water—
Fins-A small dwelling, situate on Lover’s lane,
near the city, occupied by colored persons, was en
tirely consumed by fire, yesterday forenoon, together
with ita contents, tho occupants being absent at Vh»
time. Loss small.
Pleasure Excursion—It will bo seen by an ad-
vertUjmcnt, that tho steamer Planter, Capt. Cobb,
leaves tho Union Wharf at 3, P. M.,on a pleasure ex
cursion to Tybee, Music and refreshments provided.
Of course a crowd will go.
43* Rheumatism can now be thoroughly cured by tbo
use of Mortmohk's Rheumatic Compound and Blood Pvwiieb
which bns crested the reputation of being the sole and re
liable remedy foe this dire complaint. Physicians rarely
undertake to eradicate Rboumatism and its effects from the
system, as it has heretofore been considered an extra
ordinary matter to effect a cure. Mortimore't Compound
has thus far nerer been known to foil, an I lias received the
endorsement of most of tho Faculty who lmve witnessed its
hiiraculous offects —For salu in Savannah by A A. Solo
mons & J. II. Carter. opU6
AUCTION SALKS THIS DAY.
By T. J. Walsh, at 11 o’clock, in front of store.
WASHINGTON DIVISION NO. 2—
iORIIER OF THE 1X)XE STAR.—A regular meeting
will bo held Tara Evening, at DeKalb Ixxigo Room,
the Railroad Bank. By order. maylO
☆:
N. B.—Mr. IL I). tV. Alexander fo my legally authorized
agent for the transaction and doting up of my business.
mnylO J. a THORNTON.
P LAIN WHITE, BLUE AND BLACK BERAIZEj cambric
and jaconet muslins; Nainsook and mull muslins;
plaid and striped jaconet and Swiss muslins; plain and fig
ured Swiss mu.-lin; embroidered Swlsa muslin; white and
organda muslins; colored linen lustre*; and a fine assort
ment of ladies’ and gentlemen’s linen cambric handker-
driefo. m§ AIKEN k BURNS,
JOHN Jl. COCHRANJfi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin, Inurens county, Ga., late junior partner of tho
firm of A. k J. Cochrane, Irwinton. Ga.. will attend
promptly to nil business entrusted to his care Partic
ular attention paid to collecting. Reference—Dr. C. B.
Guyton. l\ It. Rawe.DuhLkqGa.; M. Marsh, Savannah.
may*—d&wly
RUSH GROUND FLOUR.—28 bbls Hiram Bmith. 30 <L
Canal aud pure Genesee, 30 half do extra do do, 150
bbfo St Louis and Baltimore, landing and for sale by
may7 HOLCOMBE, JOHNSON k CO.
B ACON.—50 casks choice new Sides, 10 do do Shoulders,
20 do do DuOlcld’s, Stag & Shay’s Haros, in store ana
for sale by may7 HOLCOMBE, JOHNSON k CO.
S UGAR. COFFEE, Ac.—150 bbfo Stuart’s A, B and C Su
gar No. 1.20 hhds New Orleans Sugar. 10 do St Croix
do. 16 do l’orto Rico do. 200 bogs prime Rio Coffee, 20 do
Java do, 100 boxes assorted Tobacco, 100 do Sperm and Ad
amantine Candles. 150 do Pale and No. 1 Soap. 25 packages
Hyson Tea, 10 do Black do, 24 tiercos and 35 bbfo West In
dia Molasses, 50 Mils Now Orleans do, 10 do Stuart’s Sugar
House do, 10 do Georgia Syrup, in store and for sale by
may* HOLCOMBE, JOHNSON A CO.
A l.HATTA WARE. A SUBSTITUTE FOR SILVER.—Tbe at
tention of the public is respectfullv called to the abovo
named ware, as being a subtitutc, which for use is warrant
ed to bo equally as good. It is a harder metal than silver,
consequently will bear rougher usage. It is a combination
of i«rfcctiy puro metals, and is as free from corrosion aa
silver. Every articlo will be warranted to retain its origin
al color. It consists in part of the following: table and
dessert forks, tea, tablo and dessert spoons, Ac., just re
ceived nud for sale by
maj'7 J. P. COLLINS, 100 Bryan-street
I Dust for cleaning knives, and Tripoli, (or eloziad
gioss, Ac., for sale by apl22 J, P. CMiRl
S ” AVANNAH AGENCY for the sale of TOiia 4*|
Co's New York celebrated brands of ToWt*. lr 1
ap!27—12 R. MAYER, 8 VkitifoiM |
E nvelope and wrapping paper, «f«„._
and quality. Also, Cotton Sampling aa! S4 TaH
ning Paper, for sale by L
mh3o j, r ami 1
IVf ATTING;—14, 5-4 and 6-4 white u/rAriaOk||
J.VA best quality.for sale br * I
mh31 DiRTiUmiJ f
T/’OR SA1JJ—A very likely familv of Xqwiiw
aged 34, girl 17, girl 9, boy 7, and boy}]U-,e
try raised and warranted sound.
> opened and for sale by
*J»17
AlKCUKBll
QUGAR, WHISKY, Ac.—60 hhds.prims.i.ftSenr,M
C3 bbls do. Whisky; 100 boxes AtUmsntine Cu5*;ll
kegs Lard, landing per schr John Phillip*, froa Nn 41
leans, and for sale by febl7 COHEN' k Rett f
T71EATHERS.—3,0001b Feathers for sale hr
JF mh20 1 W. MOlUmtCtt l
C OFFE A TEA.—700 bags common to atrietir prlraffsj
Coffee, 60 prime white do do, 100 do Cs^d* 3*L
chests HysorTea, 40 do Black do. lOdo'iswri* wl
Black Tea, 120 do fi and 10 lbs. boxes Ilnon fo-W
fob21 WELTER k I
X?L0UR, LIQUORS, Ac.—100 bbls IhltimortftoSrtl
JU do l’hs ps’ Gin, 30 do New Orlean* So<tr. Hd*W*B
ses 10 boxe Cheese. 50 do Herring. 25 bbls
gar Crackers 20hhds new Bacon, 50 kee* UnlluJj**
for sale by mhl8 COHEX * UBTft ■
1 Embroideries, Ac.—Muslin ami uo c^nwraejl
J Collars, foco, muslin and cambric Sleen
Swiss Edgings and Inserting*. Swim snd«alr>«JB
lawn and cambric Handkerchiefs, bltck
Valencia and thread Edgings and Inserting*.
bons. etc., etc. for sale by ... _ F
mli9 HENRY LATHMM®.!
N EW GOODS-Henry Lnthren A’Co7
steamers Augusta and Florida an zdditkeunfljjp
T O THE PUBLIC.—The undersigned haring this day en- ,steamers Augusta and Florida sn aWMeu.
tored Into tho General Commission and Auctioneering U J* ns ’ prints, gingham*, rmbrcricti
Business in Charleston, 8. C., for the purchase and sale of sleeves, handkerchiefs. Ac., for sale low.
MEDICAL CARD.—Dr. C. II. Worn—Office 143
Broughton-strcet. near Barnard—Residence <
of Stato and Montgomery-streets. 3m—apl23
NOTICE —AU persons having relatives or hav-
ing charge of bodies deposited in the Gaston Tomb
are requested to have them removed within thirty days.
Those remaining after that timo will bo buried in the pub-
lie cemetery. JOHN MAILERY, Chairman
*pl-0 Committee Health and Cemetery.
MEDICAL COPARTNERSHIP—Dr. E. H. MarI
tlx and Dr n. L. Byrd, liaving associated them-
selvos in tho practice of their Profession, may bo found at
their office at the residence of I)r. B.,97 Broughton-strcet.
south side, between Bull and Drayton itreet*. At night Dr.
M. may bo found at bU residence in South Broad street, be-
tween Barnard and Whittaker streets. not—6m
DOCTOR WILDMAN haviogsettled permanent
ly in Savannah, respectfully offers to its citlftus
his services in the practico of Medicine ami Surgery.
Residence and Office, No. 20 Abereom, orner of South
Broad-street. Hours of consultation, from 8 till JO, A. M.,
and from 3 till 5. P. M. nolO
. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.—JicxsoxviuJi
A.VD Alligator Pluck Road Compast.—The Direc
tors having ordered an assessment of 20 per cent., stock
holders in Savannah will pleaso make payment preriona to
1st June. apl29—eod9 HENRY R. FORT.
tt The schr. Virginia, Enow, master, Is ready to
•®''-Zs» receive charter for a cargo of timber or lumber,
for a northern port. Apply to
mays
Business in Charleston, 8. C„ for the purchase and sale of
Real Estate. Stocks, Notes, Bonds, Furniture, Ac., respect
fully solicits the patronnge of his friends and the public
generally. All business entrusted to hte care will be faith
fully and promptly attended to
W. S. GADSDEN,
' Offico No. 3fi North side of Broad-street.
Refermcc*-71iotnai A N?Ga , Ibid r enf?IL cljohSkS j!‘b. A L S^ xm < 2 Jo ‘ etch > 8cotch * lc > f £ ‘f I
Gtmhcll, W. C. Dukes, E. Carson, A. G. Magrath, Charles.- 1 1 ' 1
ton, 8. C.eodO—may 7
S ilks and french muslins.—we fo* tfjgJL
coived per steamer, a very elegant sMortoMi***!
i- and desirable styles of French Organdy s»**3*j
llns, at a very reasonable price ; al»n, richJP 1 ®
Mantilla Silks. M. PRENHERGAfTk®.
178 Brnughton-st., opposite St. AohtcriJ*,
S TAPLE DRY GOODS.—Irish linen, linen and ^
i - - • .
- ceivod and for sale by
mayO
McMAIION A OYLED.
£csr\.
WILLIS & BRUNDAGE.
notice: to stockholders.
OFFICE STEAMBOAT CO. OF GA.,\
Savannah, April 20,1853. j
The annual meeting of tho stockholders of this Company,
for the purpose of electing Directors, will be held at tbe
Company’s Office, on Monday, 9th May next, at 10 o'clock,
A. M. JAMES A. FAWNS,
apl20 Secretary r.nd Treasurer.
PROCLAMATION.
' MAYOR’S OFFICE, \
SavanxAH, May 9, 1853. J
Whereas, Council at a regular meeting, held on the 27th
January,1853, passed a resolution requiring me to tuue my
Proclamation," closing the Old Cemetery for thejnupOMof
interment after tbe first of July next”:
Therefore, I do hereby proclaim, that after the first day'
of Jnly next, the Old or Brick Cemetery #111 be closed for
the purpose of interment. R. WAYNE, Mayor.
[Attest] Edward G. Wimoy, c. o. '
COMMERCIAL.
Bavtanali Kxports, May 0.
NEW YORK.—Schr Pfondome—493 bales Upland and
107 bales Sea Island Cotton, 300 pkgs Mdse, 6 bales Wool
NEW YORK.—Schr LeRoy—432 bales Cotton, 139 boxes
Copper Ore, 173 Hides, 8 pkgs Mdse, and 100 empty BbU.
Samnnah Market. May 10.
COTTON.—Yesterday 40 bale* changed bands without
any change in prices. The axles were as follow, rfo j 17 at
10, and 28 at 10#4-
NFW ORLEANS, MAY 6—Cottojv—'The market continu
ed qulot yesterday, and the sale* reached barely 1000 balsa
at a reduction of #/S>#e from onr last quote lions. We alter
our figures** follow*:
WRIT ORLRiKS CUSHTHUtlOX.
Inferior,. «#fS> 7 I Middling Fair,....11*® 12#
Ordinary,... 7#® 8# Falr ..”...12 ®-
Mlddlihg.......... 8#®10 (GoodFair..,,.,’., -r-®-
OoodMiddling,....10#®U JOdodandtlne,.;. ,,
Bt«k o» tod bin fcw*
Cooper's Eastern Hay, 50,000 Brick, 50.000 Laths, 2,000
feet White Pine Lumber, cargo of bark Adafofo Cooper, from
Bath, Me., for sale to arrive, by
may5 E. W. BUKER.
UMMKR CASSIMKRE8, dra etes, white and colored linen
drills, coatings, cottonades, gaoM flannels, gents and
boy’s linen and cotton half hose, ladies’ silk, cotton and
thread hose, gauze merinos, silk vests. Ac., for sale by
iuay5 DlWnT A MORGAN.
T HE YOUNG MAROONERS, by Rev.F. R. Goulding. A
further supply juit received and for sale at the book
store of may6 8. 8. SIBLEY, 135 Congress-st.
L ANDING per schr Leesbnrgh, from Philadelphia, 20 bb„
Bute A Collins crashed Sugar, 20 boxes do Iosif do, 24
bbls Messrork. 25 do prime do, 20 bbfo extr* superior
Monongnhefo WbUky, 26 do Bute A Collins’ B Sugar, 20 do
White Wine Vinegar, 40 do Phelps' Gin. for sale br
jnh5 CRANE AHOLC
B ~ UTTER AND CHEFSE—20 kegs selected Goshen Butter.
50 boxes English Dairy Cheese, received per steamer and
for salo by apt SCRANTON..
J ” UST received. 60 bales Georgia Colton Os natures, to be
sold very low. M. PRENDERGAST A 00.,
178 Broughton-st., opposite St. Andrew’s Hall,
mhl West side,
OTICF!—Holders of claims against T. Porter, will
please fllo the same without delay; and all indebted
are requested to mako payment.
mlt21—12 HENRY B. FORT, Assignee.
S LATES.—An assortment of tho finest and cheapest 8fotea
over in this market, just received; also, a specimen of
tho best Roofing Slates, which can be furnished wholesale
or retail, by 8. 8. SIBLEY,
#pU6 . 135 Congress-street,
E NGLISH VERMIN DESTROYER.—'Thu article U exten
sively used in England for destroying all kinds of bugs,
worms. Ac. For Roaches and Ants, there fo nothing equal
io it. It lias been fitirly tested in this city, and can be re-
Ked upon as an effectual exterminator of all kinds of vermin.
Jnstreoeivcd, and for sale by W. W. LINCOLN,
U lfi Monument-square.
intSN A BURGS.—60 bales white and striped Oanaborgs,
KJ just received and for sale by
apl7 AIKIN A BURNS.
K FA1PTON fc VKRSTILLF. have lost received, a fine lot
of figured grenadines, crape d’artoU, silk tissues and
bareges, which they are offering very low at their stand,
next to F. Eogbaum’a music store, Waring’* range. apI2p
I 'OR SALE—The following named Negroes: Berry, aged
19 and child 1 year, an excellent seamstress and cook;
X 10 ana emia i year, an excellent seamstress ana coos,
Dorcas, 18 years, a field hand; Hannah, 17 years, a cook,
washer and ironer; Do reus 19 and Eliza 15, field bands;
Lucy. 14 years, house eenrant and nurse • Ann. 12 years, do ^ ARE , u» NTILLAS.—A fow or tne uw"
do; Adam, 1* yearn, ostler and field hand; 8»ily. J B Jr gm mantillas, eomethlng new. for sale bl
sold hand. The above negroes are likely, and will be fold x minuu “> **» KEMPTON A »
la :ln<T h ^W&^VsTUomy.
_ shcoting, pillowcase linens. HuekabnrU.M- ,
aper. long lawns, 3-4. 7-8 and 4-4 damwk
and 12-4 linen tablo damask, dowlas, damn* w
musquito nets and lace, furniture frioge. hair
flounce skirts, Ac., for salo attho lowest JU^'Liv
may 5 IIzWlTT
H ydraulic cement.—100 bbu HoffinWiB
a superior description of Cement, landing w*
Frances Batterly, and for sale by ^
B ' UTTER AND CHOSE.—10 kegs choice ItoahM®* 1
60 boxes superior Goshen Cheese. IbratisFf ■
mh21 CRAXK A
TO ARCHITECTS.
O NE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paWtofo»*“»5
for suitable edifices for Laurel Grove
plans must embrace a keeper’s dwelling. wl,h VTL*3
menta and suitable rooms for servants, * port* 1 **£3
a ehappeL They must be accompanied with «*“* a
specifications. Persons desirous of submitting
the above buildings, must hand them in to ths
on or before the second day of May next. Tbssjirrji
•ill obtain tho sufii offered above, by resolution «
mm uAUja?. to&Zr
apU2 Committee Health and
I NDIAN BALSAM OF LIVERWORT ASP HOB®®
This preparation fo from an Indian recipe ““
Its namo purports it to be. It is very ujefuiU
cold* and all diseases of tho Jungs. For sals »J ■
may2 W. W, LINCOLN. MonnP*“!££g
J UST KECHVED l’EK OTMHKR-W**]!
Swiss muslins, needlo worked binds, do do P«* jA
i*rs, black and white crapes, open worked and w’r’rft
black net roita, caliooe, pavilion lace, *c.fror u
may6 HxWnTAMUgSl
CARRIAGE HORSES FOR SALE.-Al£ 1 JL
N EW BACON—100 hhd* primebscoa sides,2 .
gfewjom., r
S OAP.—Unding per Frances Utterly, » %
B AREGES and Grenadine*, organdie ana^JJS
Scotch and French ginghams, lawns and
brics. figured and plain 8wfoa
India mull*, and other styles of dreugood*.** .
'.ggpri^b, awnTt»r
IIIIS Unen drilUog, e»lon>d to”'7
.1.1. limn,, gru> lioeiu, -^J’SJTSiW'l
eloths,caialmeres.eottonsde*,chambrsj*,“0* B ■
for sale at tho lowest price, by psWTTTkJ^^
iAKIS UANTILLAB.—A lbw a
C RAPE 8HAWI5—Just received at ths new storey fresh
supply of plain and embroidered WhlteGran*Shawls,
of every quality. The ladles are most respectfbUjr request
ed to call and look at them, ae there I» noto»bUtoshow
goods at 3- «• <™IEN A OT8,
mh7 140 Brooghten street.
TJUTTKB ANU mlUMt-JO' kt*» MNi
JJ ur[ &ob9cMdo a«itoh.tab,
'ZmsiSlBSSt\y
.
scranton, jorarow K.oo.
til'
B ACON SIDFS-27 hhds bradlng frm
from Philadelphia, and for sale bv
tebl8 j-rj
B ~ rrrnat AND CHEESE.—20 kegs chotc*
60 boxes do Cheeso, landing from *t**o ,- ‘ 1
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