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democratic meeting.
A portion of the Democratic Party of
Morgan County convened in theCourtliouse
in Madison, on the 7th instant.
Oti motion, Isaac Walker, Esq. was call
ed to the Chair, and Thomas J. Burney ap
pointed Secretary.
The Chair called upon Thomas P. Saf
fold, Esq. to explain the object of the meet
ing,who, after a few remarks, submitted the
following Preamble and Resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, The members of the Legisla
ture, and other citizens of the Democratic
Party, at a public meeting, at Milledgeville,
in December last, recommended the various
Counties in the State to send Delegates to a
Convention to be held in Milledgeville on
the third Monday of this month, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates for Congress;
Resolved, That it is expedient that the
Democratic Party of Morgan County be rep
resented in said Convention.
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a
Committee of seven to report a Preamble
and Resolutions, and also to suggest the
names of four individuals as suitable Dele-
gates.
The Chair appointed the Following gen
tlemen the Committee contemplated by the
second resolution : Thomas P. Saflbld, Esq.
Colonel John B. Walker, lsham S. Fannin,
Esq., Thomas Swift, Hugh A. Townsend,
Dfiwson B. Lane, and William G. Evans,
who, after retiring a short time,returned and
reported, through their Chairman, Thomas
P. Saflbld, Esq., the following Preamble and
Resolutions, which were also unanimously
adopted:
The Committee to whom was assigned the
duty of presentiug resolutions expressive of
the views of this meeting, deem the present
occasion altogether appropriate to an expres
sion of opinion in relation to some of the
leading measures of the Party now in pow
er. They succeeded in the late Presidential
canvass by the most lavish profusion of pro
mises, and a system of electioneering and
humbuggery unparalleled in the histotyof
our Government, and which reflected any
thing but credit upon as an enlightened and
patriotic people. None of these promises
have been performed: and, instead of the
prosperity which many of our fellow-citizens
expected to enjoy, nothing is now to be seen
from one extremity of the country to the oth
er but the most unexampled distress, and a
perfect stagnation in every trade of industry,
agriculture and commerce. Nor have the
expenditures of the Government been di
minished, or its patronage dispensed for the
benefit of the whole Country : on the con
trary, one has been increased to an enormous
extent, and the other used as an engine of
oppression to many faithful and well-tried
public servants. But, while they have not
performed any of these promises, they have
succeeded in the enactment of measures
which in their operations will be destructive
of the best interest of the Country. They
have passed a Bankrupt Law, which, in its
leading provisions, is unconstitutional, un
just, and partial in its operations; a Law
giving to the States the proceeds of the pub
lic lands, calculated in its tendency to des
troy the Independence of the States—to
make them tributary to the General Govern
ment, and to diminish the revenue in order
to supply the deficiency by an increase of the
Tarilf; and they have attempted to fasten
upon the Country an odious and unconstitu
tional Bank, from which we were only saved
by the Veto of their own President. Their
great leader, and candidate for the Presi
dency, also made an effort to strike from the
Constitution the Veto power, which, if suc
cessful, would have placed all our rights at
the mercy of a bare majority of Congress;
and they are now making an assault upon
the rights of the States by interfering with
their right to elect members to Congress in
their own way ; and, to crown all. thev are
also attempting to raise a Protective Tariff,
to which all parties at the South have ever
been opposed, and which, if carried into ef
fect, will sacrifice our interest to that of the
Manufacturer’s and stock-jobber’s of the
North. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That there is no power confer
red upon Congress by the Constitution to in
corporate a Bank, and that the exercise of
such a power would be wholly inexpedient.
Resolved, That a Tariff, for protection, is
unconstitutional, iniquetous and unjust, and
that in adjusting a Tariff for revenue, the
common necessaries of life, such as sugar,
coffee, iron and salt, ought, as far as practi
cable, to be exempt from taxation.
Resolved, That the Bankrupt and Distri
bution Laws, passed at the late extra session
of Congress, are, in their operation, destruc
tive of the best interest of-the Country, and
ought to be repealed.
In conclusion, we suggest
Milton G. Davis, Dr. E. C. Lawrence,
LS. Fannin, Esq. Th: P. Saffold, Esq,
as suitable Delegates to the ensuing Conve
ntion, and that they have power to fill any va
cancy which may happen.
A motion was then made, and carried,that
the proceedings of this meeting be signed by
the Chairman and Secretary, and forwarded
to the editors of the “ Federal Union” and
“Constitutionalist” for publication.
On motion of Dawson B. Lane, the meet
ing was then adjourned.
ISAAC WALKER, Chairman.
Thomas J. Burney, Secretary.
The distilling business is fast running
down. All the distilleries of Philadelphia
are closed, and those two or three remain
ing in Providence, are said to be nearly
dead.
“ How are the mighty fallen 1” cried a
drunken orator, as he leaned against a famp
post. “ Lengthwise in the gutter,” respond
ed the voice of one, who chanced to be his
neighbor.
A lot of ready-made coffins ware lately
sold in Baltimore for fifteen cents a -piece, to
satisfy a distraint for rent. Cheap enough.
One asked why B stood before C 1 Be
cause, said another, a man must B before
he can C.
Bennett says His Serene Highness, the
Devil, has arrived in New York.
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MADISON, GEO :
Saturday, June 11, 1842.
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
An unusual press of matter has compelled us to defer
until our next publication “ Reflections on a visit to
the Grave of my Grand-father,” by Eccentrio, and
“ Honor and Glory,” a scrap from the recollections
of ** J. Brown, Poet, of Pinchback”—both of which
nre in type.
“ Noah Doolittle’s desertation on Fishing,” by B. A. P.
was received too late for this number. It shall have
a place in our next. The writer will please continue
his favors : he can render us great assistance.
CONTROVERSY.
We consider the remarks of “One of the
People” entitled to admission into our col
umns, and the attention of our readers, not
because we have formed an opinion in his
favor, and against the Inferior Court, and
wish to make it public, but upon the ground
of right which the people have to complain
of any public act which they deem a grie
vance. We are unwilling to become the
organ of any mere war of words, or of any
controversy leading to personal animosity
anjl abuse. But in this land of popular
liberty, the press cannot be muzzled against
the promulgation of any sentiments affect
ing the public welfare; and we hope we
may never live to see the day when the con
ductors of public journals will be compelled
to shut out complaints of the people through
fear from any quarter.
Whenever any subject of controversy is
presented by a correspondent, and we deem
it important in any degree to have the truth
settled, and more particularly, if it is a mat
ter involving the rights of the people, and
disconnected with political party, we shall
most cheerfully, if need be, keep our col
umns open for discussion until the argument
is exhausted. If any are disposed to reply
to “One of the People,” the “Miscellany”
is at their service. The matter in dispute
is certainly of some consequence, and may
well receive the attention of those who can
think and write.
THE TALE
To which we invite the attention of our
readers upon our first page, was furnised by
a Macon contributor—an esteemed friend
—who, in a letter accompanying the MS.,
observes:
“You will find this in the last December
number of‘Godey’s Lady’s Book,’ where
some would-be lady writer has had the un
blushing effrontery to claim an almost literal
translation as the coinage of her her own
brain. It is a fact, that a great many of the
contributions to the ‘New World,’ ‘Gra
ham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine,’
and ‘Godey’s Lady’s Book,’ are translations,
and some of them do no credit to the origin
al—but, as we say in Georgia, why the
don’t they acknowledge the corn. It
is true, this game has been played for many
years by the English on the French, and
vice versa. In the course of my desultory
readings of late years, I have detected quite
a number of similar appropriations, which
deserve no softer name that literary thefts.
I am not inclined to be pugnacious, but were
I an editor, I would take some pains to ex
pose these bastard ‘originals!’ ”
The tale we give to-day, is so altered that
it would not be recognized by the readers of
“Godey’s Lady’s Book.”
MORGAN AGAINST BURRE COTTON BOLLS.
We have been presented, by L. Graves,
Esq., with three stalks of Cotton from the
plantation of Mr. Reuben J. Butts, of this
County, each three feet high, exclusive of the
roots, having, together, at this early season
of the year, seventy-six squares, blooms and
bolls—eight of the latter being as large as
partridge eggs. We are informed that the
stalks before us are a fair specimen of his
crop generally, and that his prospect for a
good Cotton crop was never better than at
this time. We think Morgan is several
weeks a-head of “old Burke” in the Cotton
line. The stalks can be seen in our Read
ing Room.
THE CONVENTIONS.
The two political parties of the State
meetin convention in a few days to nominate
members of Congress, and talk over the sub
ject of the next presidency. The premoni
tory breezes of the approaching storm of
political strife, are already rippling the wa
ters ; and if we are not mistaken, in our
view of the prospect before us, our conntry
is soon to pass through scenes as tumultuous
as those of 1840. We like to see the con
tention for truth in politics as well as on oth
er subjects. We desire to see the people
jealous of their rights, whether their opini-
jj m Hi
s
ons are right or wrong, but we deprecate the
effect of party violence upon our free institu
tions, and upon the moral and mental charac
ter of the people. We should suppose the
United States had had experiertce enough
of the baneful effect of angry patty strife to
avoid it, but unless we greatly misjudge the
signs of the times, a tornado isjapproaching.
COTTON,
A friend has furnished us With the follow
ing statement, showing the amount of Cot
ton received at this place, from the first of
October to the last of May, (eight months,)
to have been 19,389 bales, viz :
In October, 1841, ii 1,265 bales,
In November, : : : 3,981 bales,
In December, : : : 2,9G7 bales,
In January, 1842, : : 3,104 bales,
In February, : : : : 3,507 hales,
In March, : : : : : 2,771 bales,
In April, : : : : : 2,018 bales,
In May, : : : : : 776 bales.
Os this amount, there has been sold in this
place, during the same time, 7,300 bales.
MADISON LYCEUM.
The members of the Madison Lyceum,
we are requested to state, will hold their
meeting at the room formerly occupied by
Col, William Woods, as a Billiard Room,
on Monday evening next, at half past 7
o’clock. Question for Discussion : “ Ought
Foreign Emigration to be encouraged ?”
Disputants: Affirmative, Messrs. Overton
and Pratt—Negative, Messrs. Fannin and
Barry. A full attendance is requested, as
it will be necessary for the adoption of a
Constitution and code of By-Laws, and the
election of officers.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
We are generally indebted to the “Chroni
cle and Sentinel,” Augusta, for the Foreign
news which appears in our columns.
N. B. The Editor should have given us
credit for an extract of a letter published in
his tri-weekly of Tuesday last. He credited
the Athens “ Banner” for four lines on the
same subject!
BITTEN BY A SNAKE.
On Thursday of last week, a lad some
seven years of age, son of Mr. John S. Wal
ker, of this place, was bitten on the third
joint of his middle finger by a snake called
the Highland Mockeson, but, we are happy
to learn, has nearly recovered from its ef
fects, although, for several days, his life was
despaired of.
o?=* We acknowledge our indebtedness
to the Hon. James A. Meriwether for sev
eral interesting Public Documents, which
can be seen and perused in our Reading
Room.
Are a rather small subject for a paragraph,
but they are a great source of annoyance.
The air for several nights has been filled with
thepi, to such a degree that it has been Im
possible to remain in a lighted room, with a
window raised, with any comfort. They
love light rather than darkness, although
their deeds, so far we know them, are evil.
We are not about to curse the bugs as we
have beard some of our friends do, nor re
commend the formation of a bug-extermina*
ting-society, but if then; is a naturalist among
our readers, we hope he will give us their
origin, habits and uses.
NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.
The Maine Legislature, by a vote of 30
to lin the Senate, and 177 to 11 in the
House, have appointed Edward Kavanaugh,
John Otis, William P. Preble, and Edward
Kent, Commissioners, to act with the Gene*
ral Government in the settlement of the
North-Eastern Boundary Line.
tt"r*The Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith,
is reported to have been killed in a recent
affiay in the vicinity of Nauvoo.
Boggs, of Missouri, who
was recently shot by an assassin, according
to the last accounts from Independence, was
still alive, and faint hopes were indulged of
his possible recovery.
Picayune says : “ A tetotaller,
who had his arm severely hurt yesterday,
could not be persuaded by the doctor to put
it in a sling.”
purses won by Boston since be
has been on tho turf, amount to $50,500.
Hon. A. W. Snider, the demo
cratic candidate for the office of Governor
of the State of Illinois, died recently at his
residence, in Bellville, St. Clair county.
Philadeldhia Times of thfe 12th
says, that within twenty-four hours from that
date, five houses in Front-street had stop
ped business and shut up.
ftT-A recent village debate in Vermont,
upon the question, “ ought a young man to
follow a gal after she gives him the mittenl”
was duly argued pro and con—and then the
President decided that “ be had n’t ough’ter.”
The “ Colonel” says the President decided
correctly.
husband in Philadelphia advertises
his wife—will pay no debts of her contract
ing, &e. The amiable dear replies, that
people need not be alarmed, for he pays no
debts of any kind !
The sth of May, being the anniversary of
Napoleon’s death, a funeral service, for the
repose of his soul, was celebrated in all the
Churches of Paris.
Km,
The amount of American Tobacco, con
sumed in Europe, in 1840, is stated at 86,-
396 hogsheads—costing here $6,450,820,
and on which the European Goverments
derived a revenue of $35,071,821;
it is estimated that one thousand religious
conversions have taken place at LoWell,
Mass;, since the first of January;
At an Armory in Springfield nearly 400
operatives are employed, who sustain in po
pulation of about 2000.
Suit is aboilt to be instituted against the
corporation of Philadelphia for the recovery
of a large amount of the Stephen Girard
fund which has been lost and squandered.
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The U. S. Frigate Savannah, was launch
ed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the 25th
ultimo, and the Frigate Cumberland, at
Charlestown, on the same day;
■ -A
A relative of young Simrties has paid in
to the Court at Charlottsville $25,000, the
amount of bail forfeited by his non appear
ance to answer the charge of having mur
dered Professor Davis.
An old miser named Lane, a native of
Bewdley, formerly a druggist at Leith, but
who for several years back has been more
in the chaiacter of a pauper, was found
dead a few days ago in a garret, having to
all appearance died in want. On searching
his tattered clothes and chatties, money and
banknotes were found to the amount of
nearly £ 12,000.
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, grand-son
of President Jefferson, has been lately elect
ed to,the Virginia Legislature, from Alber
tnarle County.
Matrimony is like Masonry—not one
knows the secret until he is initiated. It is
like an feel-trap—very easy to get into but
plaguy hard to get out of. It is, in the first
stage, like a wind that fans the flame of love
hut too much fanning blows it all out. It
is every thing contradictory—sweet or bit
ter, just as it is taken. In short, it is
Like a glaring light,
Placed in a window on a summer’s night,
Alluring alt the insects of the air
To come and singe their pretty winglets there;
Those who are out butt heads against the pane,
Those who ore in butt to get out again.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Arrival of the Columbia.
The British Royal Mail Steamship Co
lumbia, arrived in Boston on the morning of
the 2d, at 6 o’clock.
The money market remained just about
the same as at the last previous dates.
We have Ho improvement to notice in
trade. On the contrary, the dullness which
had for some time prevailed, has, if possi
ble, increased. People seem to have made
up their minds to enter upon no business
transactions whatever, until the new tariff
shall have passed into law.
On Tuesday afternoon, the pressure for
money on the Stock Exchange became so
severe for a short time that some of the job
bers had to pay as high as at the rate of 10
percent, per annum, for accommodation for
a few days, but the market soon recovered.
Money is abundant. Good hills can be
discounted at 3 per cent.; and many of the
first merchants, instead of employing their
capital in the ordinary way of business, are
seeking for its investment on loan—fortunate
if they can obtain 4 J per cent.
The Queen’s great Ball Masque Was the
most splendid affair of the kind ever got up.
The English papers are full of the particu
lars.
The Limerick Chronicle states that there
was snow on the Kerry mountains, in Ire
land, on the 15th.
A successful experiment had been made
in London, by several distinguished physi
cians, in removing a cataract from the eye
by means of galvanism. The subject creat
ed a good deal of interest.
Seven more ships, with sixteen hundred
troops had sailed for India, which shows a
determination on the part of the government
to push the war against Affghanistan.
There continued to be a great many failures
in the commercial business of London, and
also in the manufacturing towns. One of
the heaviest houses in Manchester stopped
payment oil the 14th.
The southern counties of England had
suffered somewhat from drought, while in
the northern part the season was quijp wet.
On the whole vegetation was quite promis
ing.
The disturbance in some portions of Ire
land still continued, and were generally
traceable to the excitement on the subject
of “ repeal.” The country in and about
Tipperary wds in a very excited condition.
There was a terrible explosion of a dis
tillery, in Church street, Lambeth, on the
13th, but a short distance from the place of
the Archbishop of Canterbury. Several
persons were injured. A column of ignit
ed spirit was thrown upwards of fifty feet
into the air.
A disturbance of a rather “serious and
somewhat extraordinary character took place
at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Broad green
near Croydon.
A correspondent writes from Java, that
in the morning of November 14th an erup
tion of tho Goenseng Goentocr Mountain,
in the district of Preanger took place with
violent subterraneous noises, which lasted
till three in the afternoon, covering the earth
to the extent of ten miles around with sand
and cinders to various depths, from 2 to 5
inches, damaging a great space of cultiva
ted ground, and upwards of 400,000 coflee
trees.
Mr. Washington Irving delayed his de
parture for Spain, in consequence of a specil
invitation to the queen’s ball.
Eight new islands in the Pacific, are’ sta
ted by the Cape papers, to have been dis-
covered by an English whaler; they are
fertile) inhabited, arid of considerable ex
tent.
A curious discovery of a Roman villa,
with Various antiquities, has been made at
Comberton, in Cambridgeshire. It is des
cribed nearly as perfect some of the
houses at Pompeii.
The sloop Fan tome,- commanded by Cap
tain Butterfield, has captured 19 slave ves
sels, and liberated 2261 slaves during the
twenty months she has been employed on
the coast of Angola.
A gieat fire is announced to have befallen
the Austrian town of Sterjer, not [far from
Lintz, where 400 houses were consumed,
and threeffourths of the inhabitants, who
were celebrated for their iron manufactures,
were left without shelter.
A private letter from Munich, of the 11th
inst., states, that the utmost exertion were
being made at Berlin, Frantfort, Augsburg,
and in fact throughout Germany, to collect
subscriptions for the sufferers by the late
calamitous fire at Hamburg. It was feared
that many of the German insurance compa
nies would be seriously compromised by
that event. It was said that a company at
Gotha would lose 10,000,000 florins.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
The only remarkable feature in she pro
ceedings of the British parliament is the in
troduction of a bill by Sir James
to continue the new poor-law five years
longer, and to abolish the unions constituted
under what is commonly called Gilbert’s
Act, in order that the law may be uniform
throughout the country.
Sir Robert Peel was still carrying out his
measures with a strong hand ; and his “man
ageable majority” came fully up to the
scratch and obeyed his behests as fully and
fervently as he could desire. There Was
merely a show of opposition by the liberal
whigs, out of respect to the past adminis
tration ; but still coupled with a disposition
to give the Premier plenty of rope, and hold
him responsible for the use of it.
An examination into certain election
frauds had disclosed a system of profligacy
without a parallel in the history of repre
sentation. Mr. Roebuck had made himself
very conspicuous iu ferreting out these frauds.
Several members of the Commons had left
their seats and gone home, rather than suffer
an investigation as to the means by which
they got there. Among them were mem
bers from Lowes, Harwich and Penryn.
DESTRUCTION OF ONE FIFTH OF THE CITY
OF HAMBURU BY FIRE.
The city of Hamburg, the great com
mercial emporium of Germany, one of the
most flourishing on the continent of Europe,
is a heap of ruins. Her merchants were
rejoicing at the prospect held out to them
by the promised improvements in our com
mercial tariff: now they are mourning over
their richly stored warehouses in ashes, their
houses devoured by the flames, and their
prospects of increasing prosperity scattered
to the four winds of heaven.
The fire, which broke out on Wednesday
night, the 14th inst., and which, there is eve
ry reason to believe, was the wo'rk of an
incendiary, extended to fifty-two streets,
most of which were reduced to ashes. On
a rough calculation, the loss of property was
from three to four millions sterling, but it is
lielieved that the total loss will be double
that amount. No person can tell how ma
ny lives were lost, but a great number of
persons must have perished. The canals
through the city were dry, so that no water
could be found. The fire raged from Wed
nesday night till Saturday morning;
On the latter day, at nine o’clock, the
Danish, Hanoverian, and Prussian troops
entered the town, and, being well supplied
with gunpowder, commenced blowing up
the houses to arrest the progress of the
flames. This was completely effected by
Sunday morning. The Senate ordered eve
ry person to leave town, and nothing could
exceed the heart-rending spectacle of thou
sands of poor people frantic with tueir losses,
and without the means of procuring food or
shelter.
The destruction of Hamburg is one of
those calamnities which will be felt in every
part of the commercial world. Great as
may be the credit of the Senate and people
of Hamburg with foreign States a century
will elapse before the city can be replaced
in all the prosperity destroyed by the con
flagration. In the midst of the confusion
an incident occurred characteristic of the
government and the people. A public no
tice was every where put up, stating that a
vault Under the bank, containing the gold
and silver bars, were fire-proof, and that the
bank books were all removed in perfect
safety.
TERRIBLE RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT'.
A deplorable catastrophe took place oil
Sunday evening week, on the Versailles and
Mendon Railway, by which one hundred
and twenty persons were killed, or have
since died of their wounds, and many maim
ed and wounded.
In honor of the King’s fete, the water
works in the gardens of Versailles were
playing on Sunday, which attracted immense
crowds from Paris. The train to Which the
dreadful accident occurred left Versailles
for Paris at half past five o’clock in the af
ternoon, and Was crowded with passengers.
“ There were,” says one account, “ seven
teen or eighteen wagons, with two engines
before and one behind.
The velocity was excessive. When l>e
tween Bellevue and Mendon, the axletree
of the first machine broke, and, stopping,
the second ran ovei it, killing the stoker, and
breaking the first machine in pieces, spilt its
fire on the ground. Instantly six or seven
wagons were broken in pieces, and the rest,
running over the live fire of the broken en
gines, burst into flames. It is the custom
on the Left Bank Railroad for the doom of
the wagons to bo closed, without any pos
sibility of opening them except by keys in
the hands of the conductors. No conduc
tors were forthcoming, and thus the inmates
of three of the wagons were burned.”
FRANCE.
The Gazette des Tribunaux states that a
number of persons were arrested, on Thurs
day and Friday week, in Paris. The police,
was for gome lime past and had been on the
search for a manufactory of projectiles, dis
covered a vast number of incendiary bomb
shells at the residence of a tailor, in the
Passage Violet. A quantity of gunpowder
and cartouches, just made, were discovered
in other quarters. Amongst the persons ar
rested are Considere, witohad been twice
tried and acquitted before the Chamber of
Peers, and Poncelet, who was convicted of
having been engaged in the consnirafcy of
Rue des Pronvaires amnestied. Domicili
ary visits were made throughout Paris on
Saturday, particularly in the neighborhood
of Faugurgs St. Antone, of St. Denis,’ and
the Temple. The keeper pT a wine shop
in the Rue des Marais du Temple Was ar
rested. It is added that the late Captures
were made in consequehce of information
furnished by Quenisset. Others pretent
that the information was given to ilie Pre
fect of Police by the amie of one of
the parties, who had since disappeared, arid
was said to have been killed and thrown into
the river, by the conspirators. Private let
ters state that the projectiles Seized Were of
glass, and in the nature of hand grenades,
intended for the destruction of the King by
being thrown into and exploding in his car
riage. ■
The investigation which commenced im*
mediately after the discovery of the project
tiles, bombs, See., in the Passage Violet and
otherplaces, is still pursued, says the Gazette
des Tribunaux, with activity. The number
of arrests up to Thursday amounts to about
ten. All the objects Seized have been de
posited at the Registrar’s office. The pro
jectiles are fiiade in a perfectly new manner.
A stone bottle, and very thick, serves as the
envelope: this is covered with a thick Coatt
of the inflammable matter which is applied
to the extremity of those matches called
chimiques allemandes. Inside, a quantity
of powder and bullets are strongly presSeu
together, so as to produce a terrible explo
sion, if the inflammable coating of the bot
tle should come in contact with any resisting
body. Numerous Witnesses have been al
ready heard, and they are soon to be cod
fronted with the prisoners.
The Presse, oh Monday, states that it was
the intention of certain members of the
Chamber of Deputies to adtfrb&i an inquiry
to Mr. Guizot as to whether he had signed,
or intended to sign, the right of search trea
ty, and that his reply would be in the nega
tive. He adds, that no minister, in the pre
sent state of public feeling on the subject,
would dare to affix his signature to that do
cument ; and even goes so far as to affirm
that the treaties of the year 1821 and 1833
will be revoked. However this may be*
there does appear to be a doubt that France
will not ratify the engagements into Which
she has entered in reference to the right of
search treaty.
India.
There are no later dates from India than
were brought by the last previous arrival f
but the English papers contaih a mass of se
lections from Calcutta Journals which are
highly interesting.
The financial condition of India appears
to le disastrous in the extreme. This seems
to be owing to two prominent causes. In
the first place the rash attempt to occupy
Afghanistan has cost the government alrea
dy nearly <£20,000,000, a great share of
which enormous sum has been drawn from
the legitimate channels of trade. In the
next place theie is now no resolute money
power like the old Company monopoly, cap
able from its ready means and unbounded
credit of controlling half the finances of the
world.
CC7®’ The steamer Gfeat Western arrived
at New-York on Saturday last, bringing two
days later news than that brought by the
Columbia. The papers containing the newel
by this arrival (says the Chronicle, of Thurs
day,) did hot come ttf hand last night
A postscript in the New-York Commer
cial Advertiser, of the 4th, at 2 o’clock, saysf
“ The Great Western, Chptaifi Hoskeii, is
just telegraphed, tier day of sailing from
Liverpool was Saturday, the 2ist ot May,
and she has accordingly made the passage id
less than fourteen days—-the shortest trip
ever made from Liverpool to New-York.”
To Hire,
DY the day, we*>k or month, an able-bodied Negro
” Man, a good field hand and common laborer.
HUGH J. OGILBY.
June 11 3wll
Noli eta,
WE do busmen on the Cash system- 1 - giving short
” credits to our customers for their accommodation.
Such as have not paid their running accounts,- will o
blige us by calling and paying us. We intend to sell
goods at the lowest possible profits. Such as have re*
ceived a credit from us, we trust will notice this.
JOHN HOBSON & CO.
June ll 11
Flour, Bacon and Lard,
A MOST superior lot of Bacon, Flour and Lard for
sale, vefv cheap, by JOHN ROBSON & CO.
Juno 11 11
Wfc offer for sale, this valuable Vegetable preparation,
‘’ in pint bottles at the manufacturer’s price—9l SO
per bottle. Its celebrity in affording relief in lingering
diseases is well establislied, especially in Dyspepsia ana
general debility. It is pleasant to the taste, and does
not interfere with ordinary diet—making it a very agree*
able medicine. Mr. Farguson's certificate is annexed.
He is well known in this and the adjoining Counties.
JOHN HOBSON & CO*.
Near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot, Madison
June ll Imll
CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify, that 1 purchased of Johnston 4b
Robson, of Madison, Georgia, six bottles of Houck's
Panacea, which was administered to my wife who had
been lingering with Dyspepsia for Bor 10 years, scarce
ly ever seeing a well day. She haa received so much
benefit from its use that she firmly believes abe would
have been in the grave had abe not have taken it. She
Medicine.
Henry County, Georgia, July 8, 1841.