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SATURDAY MORNING MAY 12 '
Advice to the Augusta Republic.
This paper with a zeal very commendable,
if it should not result like one of Shakes
peare’s Comedies in being “ Love's Labor
Lost,” has been demonstrating to his bewil
dered readers in sundry ingenious essays, that
the Hon. A. H. Stephens believes the Wilmot
Proviso unconstitutional, and that his pos’tion
in favor of the power of Congress to legislate
on the subject of slavery in the new territo
ries, is not inconsistent with such belief. We
remember reading a statement that some scho
lar learned in classical lore, and especially
in Roman antiquities, expended two years of
profound investigation and labor in preparing
a treatise to prove that the ancient Romans
used glass lights in their windows. Alas! for
the learned antiquarian. This work was e.ll
written and ready for the press, when buried
Herculaneum, w : th its stately mansions and
showy villas, was exhumed from the ashes of
soventcen centuries, and the interesting pro
•blem was solved. Though glass in many
shapes and varieties for use and ornament
stood revealed to the gaze of the curious, there
were no glass lights in any of the windows of
its edifices.
With this example of misspent toil present
ed to the acute logician of the Republic by
way ol warning, we commend to his attention
the following advice of a cotemporary. It is
the conclusion of an editorial of the Columbus
Times, written to show that Mr. Stephens's
position on the slavery question, necessarily
concedes the onnstitnt.inniilitv of the- ffi'mnt
r -frn*-,<n , / f
There is one thing, however, which we woui'd
first advise the Republic to do, and that is be
fore it proves conclusively that Mr. Stephens
believes the Wilmot Proviso unconstitutional,
to ascertain from Mr. Stephens what he does
believe. We have never heard that Mr. Ste
phens had said that he believed it unconstitu
tional and it would be rather an awkward
state ot things for the Republic to prove by
the power of logic, that Mr. Stephens believes
one thing while ho might be asserting that he
believes another. It might then turn out in
deed that the Republic had been manifesting
a zeal not according to knowledge. Better
attend to this Mr. Republic.
It would be' a cruel shattering of the argu
ment, glittering but brittle, which the editor
of the Republic has constructed, if Mr. Ste
phens should reply that the argument of his
speech was designed to prove the constitution
ality of the Wilmot Proviso.
The following will show what was thought
by a northern coadjutor of Messrs. Stephens
and Pendleton, in the defeat of the Compro
mise Bill, of the argument of the former. It
is extracted from the speech in Congress of
Mr. Palfrey of Massachusetts, an abolitionist
of the first water.
Merited Compliment. —Mr. Palfrey of Mas- ,
sachusetts, in his speech on the bill to organ
ize a territorial government , for California, in
the House, on the 26th of February, 1849,
pavs a compliment to Mr. Stephens of Geor
gia, which will doubtless exalt that gentleman
still higher in the opinions of his admiring
constituency. Here is an extract from Mr.
Palfrey’s speech :
“ The great question on the minds of men,
in and out of this Capitol, since the Congress
came together, has been the question whether
the free soil thus secured shall be kept free,
or handed over to the uses of slavery.
“A strong feeling on this subject has man
ifested itself in the free States, and in some
parts of them a stubborn determination to pre
vent the meditated wrong. On the other part,
the most skillful tactics have been here putin
operation, and the most novel and extraordi
nary doctrines advanced. Throughout the
last session, I think the principal stress was
laid on an argument, which—owing, very
likely to my ignorance of previous Congress- j
ional proceedings —struck me with surprise j
when I first heard it announced here; the ar- ;
gument, namely, that slaves are regarded by
the Constitution of the United States as on |
the same footing with any other property ;
that that Constitution, operating on the Ter
ritories, would protect the proprietor in his
possession of them as much as in the possess
ion of his money guttle ; and that, ac
“'"corqnTjrt',^no powerUPor under this
Government to exclude slavery from the Ter
ritories. If my memory serves me, this doc
trine was first introduced here by two gentle
men from Alabama, [Mr. Gayle and Mr. Hil
liard.] Why. sir, to me it was enough that in
the ordinance 1787, ratified under the Federa
Constitution in 1789, that question had been
settled by our fathers, the framers of that Con
stitution! while as yet the domain of our inge
nious young sister in the southwest was part
ly a province of the King of Spain, and partly
an Indian hunting-ground. If precedents can
ever establish any thing, the true doctrine on
this subject has been established, past any
danger of disturbance, by a long series of pre
cedents beginning sixty years ago, dating from
the very birth of the Republic. The paradox,
however, has been thought worthy of refuta
tion. It has received its death-blow at much
stronger hands than mine. After the able
manner in which it has been treated, in par
ticular by an eminent Senator , [Mr. I3iX|j by
two of my distinguished colleagues, [Mr. Hud
son and Mr. Mann,] and at the close of the
last session by the eloquent gentleman from j
Georgia, [Mr. Stephens,] it would be assump
tion in me to pretend to renew that contro
versy.” , . . .
The above extract is found in the Appen
dix to the Congressional Globe, page 314, and
needs only to be read to show the estimation
in which Mr. Stephens is held by a very noted
portion of his Northern friends.
A correspondent of the Federal Union, sign
ing himself “protocol,” has furnished the
above to the public, to show what construc
tion abolitionists placed on that famous speech
of Mr. Stephens. Among them, it was con
sidered an argument against the South, and
hailed as such. Mr. l’alfrey is one of the ablest
and most accomplished logicians in the coun
try, He considered that the doctrine of the
unconstitutionality of the Wilmot Proviso, as
applied to the territories, had received a death
blow at the hands of Mr. Stephens.
We understand there will be an exten
dale of Building Lots in the neighborhood
—
BY JAMES GARDNER, Jr
of the Factory, in the course of the present
month. Plans are now being prepared, and
as soon as ready, full particulars will be given.
Northern Comments on Southern Im
provements-
The amount of ill-nature rankling in the
bosom of the writer of the following, which
we copy from the New York Evening Post,
must constitute a burthen very uncomfortable
to carry. It is in character with much that
emanates from the same source, in reference
to everything Southern. But it is because it
displays the festering ill-will of a large class—
not the atro-bilious temperament of a single
individual, that it becomes of sufficient con
sequence to notice.
We have heard of nothing for weeks past
through the southern states but non-inter
course and resistance to northern aggression.
We have often wondered and occasionally
asked how the resistants would get on with
out intercourse with us, where they would get
hats to cover their heads, shoes to protect their
feet, cloth to conceal their nakedness, imple
ments to till their plantations with, steam
boats and stages to travel with, instruction for
their children, new spapers for theirjrohticians,
•Vfrteiii of not
papular,..when it came to Ire tried, and
certainly far frotn comfortable. The ConSi :ru
tionalist, of Georgia, has considered these diffi
culties, and*like Caesar, conquered them as
soon as they came in sight.
This journal announces “ with all the hon
ors,” and upon editorial- responsibility, that
an iron foundry in Augusta had turned out
“ a steam engine of twenty horse power, which
for strength and beauty of finish is not to be
excelled.” The editor added that it would
be put together in the course of the day, and
would then well reward the curiosity of such
of the people of Augusta as would pay the
phenomenon a visit. An engine of twenty
horse power, and all put together ! Think of
that ! But the end is not yet. The editor
had his particular attention called to the po
lished brass plate, with the name of tho ma
kers marked upon it, which was “ done in
a style that will vie with the skill of northern
engravers.”
Some idea of the vastness and power of this
engine may be formed by those who have an
imperfect appreciation ofthe capacity of twenty
horses, when we add, that the monster is in
tended to drive a saw and two run of stone in
in a saw and oiust mill. But with a deter
mination to astonish the civilized world, that
is quite indifferent to consequences, the edi
tor takes one’s breath away with the follow
ing facts, if possible more startling than the ,
statements which preceded it:
“In addition to the steam engine, Messrs. ;
Taliaferro & Torbet, have cast all the gearing
and shafting for this extensive mill, and it is
done in a style which will donbtlcss prove sa
tisfactory. The heavy gearing and shafting for
the two extensive merchant mills of Messrs. J.
1,. Coleman and John Cunningham, have also
been cast at this foundry, which demonstrates
that it is not necessary far citizens of Georgia to j
send beyond our own state for such machinery.” j
When Xerxes saw some Spartan soldiers
breakfasting on black broth, he is said to have
admitted the folly of attempting to subjugate
such a race to the Persian yoke. When we
hear of engines of twenty horse power being
constructed in Georgia, gearing and all, and
the name of its architect engraven upon it in i
a style that will vie with the skill of northern I
engravers, we give up all .hope of being able
any longer to say any thing, to make any (
thing, or to do any thing, which can render -
further intercourse with the northern states ;
an object to a state which produces such mo- I
chanics and such saw mills.
Northern men are welcome to sneer at the ;
incipient and as yet feeble struggles of the
South to emancipate herself from tire thraldom
of dependence on Northern workshops. It
will do us good, and hasten the day of deliver
ance. We will take pleasure iuam.blLdumx_> 11 [
ble stimulus’to Southern pride and |
enterprise. There is an abundance of both j
among our people to drive the products of |
Northern manufacturing labor out of our mar- I
kets by fair competition—the only elFectual
and rational system of non-intercourse.
We will not take time to enumerate the tri
umphs the South has already achieved in man
ufacturing ana mechanical enterprize. Her j
progress is marked and striking, The evi
dences are around us, and new indications are j
springing to view every day. In the course j
of a few years of attention to the manufactur
ing of coarse cotton goods, she has driven the
products of Northern looms almost entirely
out of her markets, and has competed success- ;
fully with them in the Northern cities. In a
few years more, our steam and water mills
will be greatly increased, and the effect of i
their products upon the great interests of trade
in this country will call for something more
than sneers and ridicule. Even our home
made steam engines, of twenty horse power,
will be numerous enough to become a theme
of some importance to intelligent minds
throughout the country. Sensible men can
sometimes see, in the beginning of a move
ment, however small, results worthy of grave i
attention. But, the writer of the above arti- 1
cle, like many of his anti-slavery brethren, is
“ a man of one idea.” Hatred to slavery and j
slaveholders is the beginning and ending of
his political creed.
Let our people pursue their destiny, steadi
ly and coolly. It will be their turn, in time,
to retort the sneers and sarcasms of the arro
gant opponents of her institutions, who now
look upon the South as a helpless tributary
to the North, and as doomed to perpetual vas
salage.
Small Pox.
The Montgomery Flag of May Bth has the
following :
“ Small Pox. —lt is rumored that the Small ]
Pox has reached Augusta, Georgia.”
We repeat our contradiction of this rumor.
There has been no case of Small Pox among
us. We are happy to state that the disease has
almost entirely disappeared from the State, j
There has been no new cases at Atlanta for
twenty-two days.
At the Iron Works and Cartersville the last
report of the Board of Health for the places,
shows but one new case. We dare say it is
the last one we will hear of.
Corn.
This article has gone up in our market in
the last few days. It is now commanding 65
cents per bushel. We hope this fact will in
duce a free supply from those who have
the article to spare. Being of universal
consumption, the rise in price is sensibly
felt, and by none more than our poorest citi
zens. Meal is now worth seventy-five cents a
bushel.
We hope to hear of increased quantities
coming down our Railroad. The supply
from that quarter has slackened materially of
late.
Tho Wheat Crop-
We find the following remarks in the South
ern Recorder, in reference to the Wheat crop,
which probably presents nearly the true state
of the case. A half crop is rather an under,
than an over estimate. The damage of the
late frosts has been chiefly upon very forward
wheat. We understand that in Middle Geor
gia and below Dalton, in the Cherokee coun
try, the injury is greatest. Above Dalton,
and in Tennessee, where the climate is more
severe and the growth of wheat kept back,
the injury is comparatively slight.
The Cnors. —We have very general infor
mation of the state of the crops, from the Flo
rida line to the Cherokee country, and have
no reason to change the expression of our
opinions in relation to the cotton and corn
crops, from that given to our readers some
week or two since. The wheat crop will pro
bably be better than we then supposed. It
may not be too much, from all we can learn,
to hope for something like a half crop of wheat.
The peculiarities to be observed of the late
blights, are chiefly that on ridges and on the
red clay soils, the damage has been compara
tively trivial, and the crops are good, while in
the bottoms and on the grey soil 3, the injury
has been all that has been spoken of it. With
genial seasons, agricultural Georgia will, with
out doubt, do well, so far as the crop of 1849
is concerned ; for despondency or gloom there
is no sufficient or justifiable reason.
The Fruits of Duplicity.
It was the maxim of the First Washington,
“ Honesty is the best policy.” We dare say
the Second Washington begins to realize the
truth cf this maxim in its application to poli
tics, as in all other matters between man and
man. The rebuke which the people of Vir-
I ginia have already administered, shows how
deeply the public mind has been shocked and
disgusted with the fraudulent devices by
which General Taylor has been elevated to
power, and the unscrupulous manner in which
his electioneering pledges and professions
have been violated. Wherever elections have
taken place for members of Congress, the Tay
lor cause has seemed to wane in strength, and
the new dynasty to have lost the confidence
of the people. ;
The conflict among the Whig presses and
among the original Taylor men, as to these
anti-proscriptiou pledges, giust be anything
earlier Presidents,” and to make honest
pacity and fidelity to the Constitution his
only tests to be applied to public officers.
The ■ Democratic Taylor men of Philadel
phia held a meeting on the 28th ult, and adop
ted unanimously the following preamble and
resolutions :
“ Whereas, the election of Zachary Taylor
to the office of President of the United States
was accomplished by the suffrages of the
masses of the people, acting without regard
to party, and with no other political platform
than that prescribed by Gen. Taylor himself,
in his letter of July 24, 1848 —“I am not a
party candidate, and if elected, will not be
I the President of a party, but of the whole
| people;” and whereas repeated attempts have
' been made to turn the election of President
Taylor to improper purposes, and bind the he
ro of P.uena Vista to the wheels of party;
therefore resolved by the Democratic support
ers of Taylor—
1. That our confidence in President Taylor,
and in his ability to fulfil his pledges, is nei
ther shaken by the attacks of open enemies
nor the insinuations of his pretended friends.
2. That the Democratic supporters of T ty
lor in Pennsylvania, wielded all,their energies
to achieve his election, and took no unimport
ant part in that great change which occurred
last fall in this State, when party spirit and
party names were prostrated by a majority of
fifteen thousand.
3. That, in our opinion, a cabinet appoint
ment should have been conferred upon one of
the Democratic supporters of Taylor, in order
to enable the President to fulfil his pledges
and effectually neutralize all the efforts and
intrigues of mere partizans.
4. That the method in which the patronage
of the administration is distributed will show
how the Democratic supporters of Taylor are
appreciated, and how far the pledges of Pres
ident Taylor are to be fulfilled.”
There is a romantic constancy displayed i
here by these credulous converts to the delu- '
sivo theory of a political millenium and a (
no-party President. The Taylor Democrats j
of Virginia seem to have quite recovered from I
their transient hallucination. The Philadel- 1
phia Taylor Democrats will find their faith so
rudely shaken by the proscriptive course of >
the administration, that we will doubtless hear 1
soon of another meeting to repudiate their 1
too hastily expressed resolutions of confi- 1
dence.
The administration is subjected to a cross :
fire in every direction from its professed
friends and supporters. The above resolu- ..
-rrrra —ym. ~—r~ r ' V ~
sincerely expressed. But by the side of events -
actually transpiring, in the active working of j
the political guillotine, they look like bitter j
irony. c
The National Whig, a professed official Tay- '
lor whig paper and organ at Washington, in- |
sists that General Taylor has not violated his
pledges on the subject of removals from office, i
and asserts that no removals, for opinion’s r
sake, have been or will be made by Gen. Tay- *
lor. The Mobile Advertiser, a leading whig £
paper, thus protests against holding Gen. Tay- i
lor to these pledges, and rebukes the Whig for 1
stating what is untrue .
“If we know any thing of the character of t
Gen. Taylor and the men by whom he is sur- (
rounded, they must view with decided disap- a
probation, if not disgust, the course it (the r
National Whig') is pursuing. We hesitate not j
to say, for our own part—(and we hope the c
whole whig press of the country will speak (
out on this subject)—that the position assum- j
ed by the National Whig in relation to removals t
and appointments, meets our decided con- N
demnation. It is calculated, we think, to j
bring disgrace on the administration, and the j.
sooner it is repudiated the better. We agree a
with the Register entirely, in its estimate of t
the “ excuses” put forth by the National Whig c
for removals from office ; but the Register has c
no right to make the administration responsi
ble for those excuses. When the Whig grave- v
ly asserts that “ not a single removal of an in
cumbent, not a single refusal to re-appoint a
democrat, has been dictated by the fact that
the incumbent or applicant was a democrat,”
and that the “ administration proceeds in all t
its consultations and decisions in respect to
appointments to office, upon the sole ground £
of capacity, fidelity to the Constitution, and
honesty," we know that it is simply not true. £
We know, and so does every man, that political <
considerations have influenced the administra- ,
tiou in many removals, and it is right and pro- ,
■ per that they should. It is utterly absurd, ,
ridiculous and disreputable to pretend to the ,
contrary.” ]
On another occasion, it makes the follow
ing frank admissions of the frauds practised
upon the people : i
“We are well aware that the no-party pa- 1
pers indulged in a good deal of flummery about j
independence of party—that General Taylor ’
would make no distinction between whigs and 1
Democrats in appointments to office, &c. &c.; 1
but we and the whig party generally knew it
i was all mere electioneering cant, entirely dcsti
, tute of truth and disreputable to those who in- '
dulged in it. We certainly never either prac- 1
tised or countenanced it; and, had we believed 1
it true, would never have supported General
Taylor. Whatever others may have done, 1
this paper never made any such ridiculous
pledges for General Tayldr. We supported
him as a Whig, believing his would be a Whig
administration, and in the fullest confidence,
often expressed, that the loco-foco office-holders
woald be turned out and their places filled by
Whigs. It was on these grounds that we sup
ported General Taylor before his election, and
it is because he is coming up fully to our highest
expectations in these respects that we are now
supporting his administration. He moves to
our liking, and while he thus moves we are
prepared to stand by him.”
In one particular, the Advertiser mis-states
the facts. This '•flummerg about independence
\ of parly,” and “mere electioneering cant," was
! used not by no-party papers alone, but by the
hottest partizan papers in the whig ranks. In
deed, they surpassed all others in the country
in a course so “ disreputable to those who in
dulged in it,” —disreputable to all concerned,
even the candidate himself, whose written
pledges formed the pretext and the justifica
tion for it. Some no-party men be
lieved -gullible souls ! —that these pledges
would be carried out, faithfully. The disgrace
is not with them. They become participants
only when, after detecting the fraud, they con
tinue to support an administration thus fraud
, ulently foisted into power.
The New York Riot-
We are sorry to chronicle so disgraceful
an affair as this New York riot. That a mob
, so large, so furious and ungovernable should
r have assembled to avenge the wrongs, real or
i imaginary, received by Mr. Forrest at the hands
3 of Mr. Macready, may seem at first view to be
evidence of the overshadowing popularity of
, the former, and of an intense sympathy with
• him for his own individual sake. But the
5 cause lies deeper. It springs from the strong
j American pride and selflove which have been
t mortified by the supercilious manner in which
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY IG, 184!)
Forrest, our most distinguished «•
tor, was received in England.
It is a national feeling, and ha* ”
double intensity from the old leave* oQ| 1 - 1
to England—a hatred suppressed andeonce.,.-
ed from every-day view, but which fcdUGCoa
sionally break out and show that it* fi r es si
burn with a fervor which thirty-five yeejl*-ej
peace have not tempered or diminished. T6*
depreciating criticisms of the London daily
press, whether just or unjust, mortified out
citizens generally, exasperated the or
the play-going people of our cities, particu
larly the admirers of Mr. Forrest, and made
the b’hoys of New York keen for retaliation
and revenge. It is not difficult to get up a
row in New York, or in any of our large
Northern cities, if a chord of national feeling
can be adroitly played upon. -Mr. Forrest s
letter, charging his ill success in England to
Macready’s jealousy and vindictiveness, and
alleging that the latter suborned a leading
London theatric#! critic to write him down,
applied tfie match to the explosive materials.
Macready was marked to bear the brunt of
American ill-will against England and the
English-the scape-goat to surfer for the sins of
VSPFRliie'tliac MYlMacreadv has
Seen wrongfully accused in thiv He
utterly disclaims the '*d
him, and denies the charges alleged, alleged
as we think, on slender and inconclusive
grounds, by Mr. Forrest. But a mob never
reasons. Mr. Macready stood no chance for
justice when a national prejudice was aroused.
A Bloody Affair-
A letter received by us yesterday, from La
Grange, details the following bloody occur
rence in that vicinity, The overseer of a Mr.
Poythress, of Troup county, undertook to
whip one of his negro men. The negro re
sisted, struck the overseer with a hoe, knock
ed him down and broke his arm in two pla
ces, and then ran off. Mr. P. procured some
track dogs, and in company with some neigh
bors went in pursuit. They brought the ne-‘
gro to bay, but he would not allow himself to
be taken. He was finally shot down dead by
a young man by the name of James Towns.
Iron Stores in New York. —The New
York Tribune describes some large and supe
rior iron-buit stores lately erected in that city.
It says :
At the corner of Murray and Washington
streets, these buildings, which have attracted
considerable attention during their erection,
are the only ones, with the exception of one
going up in Centre street, made of this new
material. They.were commenced about the
25th of February, and are now complete, the
whole fiva stories, each 20 by 56 feet, having
been built in a little more than two months,
with scarcely any ot the bustle and inconve
nience attending the erection of brick or stone
houses. The effect is exceedingly light and
elegant. Each story is supported by rows of
fluted pilasters, the courses between which
are completely bolted, and the seams of panels
entirely covered and concealed from view by
an ornamental cornice. Thus the walls are in
fact one solid iron block, capable of support
ing an immense weight. There are about 150
tons of iron in the buildings. The entire cost
is about !§!20,000.
The LaGrange Reporter of the 10th instant,
gives the following particulars of the occur
rence noticed by us yesterday. It is rather
more full than our statement, derived from a
private letter.
Distressing Occurrence. —A few days ago,
at the plantation of Joseph I’ovthress, Esq.,
the overseer, Mr. Moorelield, having attempt
ed to correct one of the negro men of the fatm
misdemeanor, o’ 1
Moe*Tfield with his hoe, a JfcSrealso struck *
the arm, fracturing the was j 1
him on the thigh and vs ’ he wc ’ pro
knocked down by the master, who
ceedmg to further f
was present, fired a pisto^negro 1
him and disengaging r
then ran off.
A few hours afterwards a party of gentle
men started in pursuit. Coming up with the
negro, he declared his intention of either kil
ling some cf them, or being killed himself;
and, after some words of parley, rushed upon
one of the party with the evident intent of
killing him : whereupon, he was shot in the
breast, and died in a lew moments.
Important Disclosure. —During the inves
tigation yesterday by the Commissioners of
Cross Roads, of the young men who had been
arrested under suspicious circumstances, con
nected with the recent fires on the Neck, very
important disclosures were elicited from one
of the company His testimony, taken down
by G. VV. Egleston, Esq., implicates several of
his companions in wickedness, in sitting fire
to the premises of Houston, on King-street,
which caused the fire of the morning of the
Id inst. Two of them we understand have
been turned over to the Attorney General;
and means have been adopted by the Board
to secure others who are at large, and with
out the limits of the city, and we have no
doubt, from the energy displayed by the Com
missioners, that their efforts will be crowned
with success.— Ch. Courier , 10 th inst.
Phoenix Fire Engine Company— This spirited
and energetic Company, 42 strong, left our city
yesterday morning, on a visit of courtesy to
their brother Firemen of our sister city, Sa
vannah. We observe by the papers of that
city, that a Complimentary Ball was to have
been given last night in honor of their visit;
and we are sure that the hospitable citizens of
Savannah will give them such a reception as
will be gratifying, and make them almost un
willing to leave that pleasant city. The Phoenix
must not stay away too long, however, their
services are too valuable to be spared for any
length of time.— lb.
The Case of Pons —The trial of Pons, for
murder, occupied the Court of Sessions yes
terday. The evidence and argument closed
and the Jury'went out at half past 8 o’clock
last night, and at the time of the adjournment
of the Court—half past 10 o'clock—had not
agreed on a verdict. — lb.
The Weather. —For two or three days '■
past, we have had summer weather, the ther
mometer marking as high as 84 to 85 degrees, '
the wind South West, and no evidence of rain, i
Yesterday afternoon, however, the wind sud
denly chopped round to the Eastward, becom- i
ing quite cool, and shortly after sun down, we *
were blessed with a heavy shower, followed i
by several others less copious, but sufficiently <
plentiful to cause all cultivators of the soil and '
owners of cisterns to feel grateful for the much
desired and long looked for blessing. Never
before did we see evinced more thankfulness
among our citizens for this Heaven-like boon,
for without it real distress for the want of mois
ture would have been upon us in an alarming
shape. Appearances indicate that the clouds
will yield forth a still further distillation of
the grateful element of which they have been
so unusually chary of late.— lb.
[Telegraphedfor the Baltimore Sun.]
Pittsburg, May 7, 1849.
The Allegheny river rose very suddenly last
night, and the waters overflowing the embank
ments, carried off a large amount of property.
The damage has been very heavy, and worse
results are apprehended. The water is still
rising.
Cincinnati, May 7, 1849 1
Mrs. Howard, who was tried here for the
murder of her husband's paramour, has been
acquitted by the jury. The defence was in
sanity.
Going Back. —The ship Anglo American
sailed from Boston on Saturday, sth inst.,
with 50 steerage passengers for Liverpool, and
a enrgo of bread stuffs and naval stores valued
at Sj>3o,oo(b
Tiie Frost, &c. —From all portions of the
country we hear that the recent frosts and
cold, dry weather has been in almost every
instance destructive to the growing crops of
corn, wheat, &c. In the lower part of this
State and in Alabama, and in fact many of the
Southern States, the accounts are truly dis
tressing. The cotton crop is cut short, and
[ the opinion is, that planters will not have
seed enough to replant. The wheat in this
section of the country is entirely destroyed,
from all accounts; and the corn, which had
barely come out of the ground, is nipped
’ smooth off. From present indications, we
1 may be thankful if we are blessed with half
i crops this year.— Ringgold Repub., 6th inst
-1 HE Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
■j-.. Washington, May 7, 1819.
A?The Republic — The Organs, &c.
i j^Kf earn that the “Republic” will be actual
| at the time proposed—l3th June—
that its publication will be continued in
proposed in its prospectus, at
[ until the large capital embarked in it
. pHP be exhausted. I mention this inasmuch
has been a prevalent rumor that the
e-nißer would not be commenced, and had been
Ifcjjifci °sed only with a view to influence upon
•MW Administration. The paper will doubtless
• Sb®BKlited with ability, and, if its principles are
j nfit sufficiently known through its prospectus,
jy may be from the fact, which has been as
• stmid by many, that its senior editor, Mr. Bul
lift.-yvas the prompter and actual writer of the
secosd Allison letter. As to the degree of
official countenance which it may receive, it is
a tester of conjecture and inference from the
Sj -fonder relations of Mr. Bullitt to Gen, Taylor,
l>utis a matter of inconsiderable consequence
in gard to the success ol the paper. The Ex
ecu ive cannot give any very valuable patron
age. o a paper. There is some little advertis
ia* » be scuffled for between the new paper
i ioC 4ha “ Whig,” but, as to any important
fng job, it must come from Congress,
whi e all the the administration— '
anu the organ of the free-soilers —and the or
gan Sf the old democratic regime—will have
scope for intrigue and bargain and ma
nasinnent.
| “National Era,” the ably-conducted
j mLT. of the free-soilers, already comes for
•jpOto put in its claims, and exhibits much
j ■ ’‘ARsy at the favor bestowed by members of
Cksysss on the new organ, in causing its
' eotus t 0 b e folded at the capitol and sent
thence at public expense. The next
may be so divided as to give the free
! the control of the majority, and the
.“ E-Jr will be able to control the disposition
of '@4 printing job—or, at least, to prevent
a«sG?heme for annulling the contract system
white may not be founded upon a coalition
bef'fcen the democrats and whigs for the sup-
PVTof their own organs, at the public cost,
i will soon come when the free-soilers,
as al)blitieal party, will exert a potent influ
eneffover Congress and even the national a 1-
mirif,tration.
TSe Republic has received already an en- j
couAging number of subscriptions trom vari- 1
ous*i-4rts of the country.
press is addressed to some particular
pai'.f; or interest to which it looks for sup- i
„por* The exceptions to this rule are those !
indAiendent papers which, established rn a
' broid basis, command a general support, pro- i
portioned to their general value. For a paper
of tfe latter character, Washington does not ,
present a proper theatre ; but there is no vea- J
son why, in this city, every political interest ■<
and every political sympathy of a wide-spread
character should not have the appropriate or- j
gan. Looking at this first, lam not surprised
to learn that a new paper is about to b" started
hern to represent the largest class of politi- j
ciuns now and always existing in the country
—fjjt. of those who put the administration for j
the t me being in power, and then become dis- >
satisfied with its conduct, -This class now j
embrices the most energetic and influential
and intelligent of the whole body of the whig
part , ard it is natural to suppose that they
will »et up a press here through which they
can make complaints, if they cannot command j
redri-».
AT*ong those hire whose names are well- 1
kiwv'n to the country, is Gen. Solomon Van
Reuf'eiacr, of Albany. He has visited this
plaCc. whether as an applicant for restoration
to the office to which Mr. Monroe appointed
hij|tf< the Albany post-office—l do not know ;
but mere ought to be no hesitation in restor
ing b : m. ION.
[From the Southern Literary Messenger.]
Prom our Paris Correspondent-
Paris, March 20th, 1849.
Oi/ehight last w eek a pull at the, bell of my
outet door startled me from profound slumber.
\Y&sng a moment that another pull might
it was no dream, the next moment !
foun-Mate en robe do. chambre hastily seized,
3 ro pi<it' > y " a y to distance
of jfiWinseasonable visitor.
W jKbund upon the key, but before turning j
. 11 ■ ■
ae oß.re you M. M r” replied a voice from
« ijiier side, without answering my question. ]
“Wes.”
i, ;||t is I !” replied my interlocutor, without
y jßher hesitation, now that he was assured of !
eroKdentity—“ It is I, Andre, from the bar- I
Fontainebleau.”
Ah ! bien! come in,” and I opened the
door.
“They have commenced preparations at the j
Rond Point," continued Andre. “ The work- i
men arrived about two hours ago ! 1 have been
talking with one of them. lie says it will be ;
all over by six o’clock !”
“ Wliat o’clock is it now ?”
“ Almost three. Make haste, Monsieur, you
have not much time to spare : the barriere de '
Fontainebleau is full three miles off.”
“ I know it is. Here, let me conduct you j
to a seat: then I’ll dress, and be with you in a j
very few minutes.”
I had not yet seen my visitor, having has- I
tened to the door in answer to his summons i
before lighting a candle : and it was impossi- i
ble to discern even the outline of a human
form amid the complete obscurity in which
the apartment was involved. Rut I had re
cognized him to be a man of the lower orders
whom I had seen once before, some four or
five weeks ago and whom I expected to see
once again upon a certain occasion which we
knew would soon occur ; but knew not exactly
when.
The occasion had now arrived.
Taking lio'd of his blouse —a »ort of blue
over-shirt almost universally worn by men of
his class, I conducted him to a seat.
Mv toilet was quickly made and we descen
ded into the street. The night was dark. It
was not raining, but low thick clouds brooded
heavily over the city, so that not a star was
visible. All was still. The stillness of a
mighty city is more impressive perhaps than j
that of the forest. Not a sound was heard but
the rumbling of a heavy carriage over the
Place de la Concorde upon the other side of
the Seine. From the midst of the Place du
Palais Bourbon, upon which we entered upon
leaving my door, and dimly seen by the rare
gas lights which surround the square, rose (
like a giant spectre, the colassal plaster figure
ot Liberty ; and farther on gleamed the bayo
net of the sentinel on duty before the gate of
the Palace of the National Assembly. All
was still. But did ail sleep in this vast and
populous city? Care and pain and guilt
abound in Paris : and to them the hours of j
the night and those of the day are alike—
sleepless! Did the prisoners of Vanvres
sleet !
A i we crossed the Place to the hack-stand
on ■ he opposite side, the large clock over the
are! isd gate-way above the palace struck three.
I sh ill never forget thji awe which amounted
aid >st to shuddering, with which its solemn
ton s fell upon my ear. Perhaps the con- j
scks'isness of the nature of our errand in the
deserted streets of Paris at so unusual an hour
contributed to this effect.
We found the hack-stand vacant. The sen
tinel told us that the last coach had left an
hour before.
“There’s no hope for it,” said Andre ; “you
must go afoot.”
“En route /” said I. “Lead the way: I’ll
follow youand we struck at a round pace
up the rue St. Dominique to the residence of j
a friend, for whom I had promised to call.—
To reach the rondpoint at the barriere de Fon
tainebleau, whither we were going, we had to
traverse nearly the whole of the city, and
thread a quarter whose reputation is as little
enviable as that of any other of Paris. It
abounds in narrow, dark streets; and teems ,
with the lowest and most turbulent of the
laboring classes. It was one of the principal
scats of the insurrection of June, and the last
to yield, before the celebrated faubourg St.
Antoine. Misery and guilt find here their
impenetrable hiding places ; and crime in all
its grades is of almost daily occurrence. An
dre was a denizen of the quartier St. Marcel,
and was the first to allude to its evil reputa
tion, frankly admitting that it was quite de- !
served. Andre’s face, it now occurred to me,
was not the most prepossessing that might be
seen, and I will not assert that it was with un
mixed satisfaction that I regarded the heavy
bludgeon which he bore in his hand and
which he took, he said, at his wife’s instance,
upon leaving home two hours before. It was
a very natural association of ideas by which I
now thought of a loaded pistol I had left hang
' ingover my mantle-piece, and of a stout cane
i behind the door. I had not been so provident
i as Andre ; and it was not because I did not
kuow the way as well as he that I told him to
1 take the lead and I would follow. I observed
i that in all the obscure and narrow streets An
i dre kept the middie of the street. It is from
, the corners and dark recesses formed by the
l gate-ways that the evil-disposed dart sudden
l ly upon the passer-by and consummate their
s purpose of robbery and murder. I eschewed
f the side-walks with equal care—following
hard upon Andre’s heels. It was not, I con
[YOL. XXVIII.—NEW SERIES.—VOL. IV—XO. 14.
fess, without excitement anil a certain feeling
of insecurity that I found myself afoot, east of
rue St. Jacques, threading at this dead hour
of the night the ill-famed Quarter of St. Mi
chael. All was quiet here ns in the faubourg
St. Germain which I had just left. A few
j patroles, a half dozen dimly seen figures flit
j ting hastily by, sonic country carts proceeding
■ to market, and two immense vehicles perform-
J ing their nightly round to receive the contents
i of the sewers, were the only signs of life that
we met with on the way. At last we gained
| the broad and gloomy boulevard of St.
I Jacques. The city wails reared their dark
mass on our right. Wc had proceeded be
neath the deep gloom of the trees, unbroken
by gas-light or lamp, for ten minutes, when
Andre, who had constantly kept about five j
steps in advance of us, suddenly turned and !
said—
“La voila ! Messieurs, nous sommes ar- I
rives.”
We were now at the barrierc du Fontaine
bleau. Before us on our right, and on a line
with the city wails were discerned the dusky
outline of two symmetrical buildings. They
were connected by a strong and high iron
railing, in the centre of which was one of
the gates of the city. That was the barriere,
culled of Fontainebleau, or of Italy , because
from it commenced the road leading from
Paris to those places. We had just entered
upon an open circular space in front of the
gate, within the walls, about one hundred
yards in diameter. This was the rond point;
upon which were still making the preparations,
of the commencement 'of which Andre had
come to notify me.
In the centre of the rond point had been
reared a singular structure, about which, by
the light of numerous torches the forms of
ten or twelve men were seen busily moving.
A large body of troops were already upon the
ground and were now forming in triple lines
around the structure at the distance of eigh
teen or twenty feet. We approached. The
arrangements were nearly complete. In sis- j
teen minutes more the workmen had retired, j
First there was a platform ten feet square,
at an elevation of live feet.
From the centure of the platform rose two
upright posts fifteen feet high and two feet
apart. They were connected at the top by
a cross-piece. Lower down within three or
four feet of the platform was another con
necting cross-piece formed by a piece of plank
a foot in width, in the lower part of which was
scooped out a semi-circle about six inches in
diametar. Still lower down near the floor of
the platform was another cross-piece with a
similar semi-circle scoopei in the upper part
of it. Ami it was seen that if these two pieces
were made to approach, they would form a
whole with a circular aperture six inches in
diameter cut in the centre. A flight of eight
or ten steps loci from the pavement to the plat
form. And it was so placed that one mount
ing the steps looked out of the gate ot the
city upon a large white house that rose on the
right a short distance beyond the gate. Upon
the platform between the steps and the two
upright posts, appeared a perpendicular, wide
pkyik about as higli as a man's shoulders, but
it seemed to move upon a pivot about two feet
from the floor, so that the perpendicular plank
could be made, at will, to assume a horizon
tal position at right angles -to the upright
posts.
Steps, platform, cross-pieces, plank, all the
wood-work that meet the eye, was painted a
dull red. It was a gloomy looking thing seen
by the light of the lamps which the workmen
had left beneath and upon the platform. Be
tween the two upright posts, about two feet
below the top cross-piece, appeared a heavy
mass that seemed to be of lead or iron. It
was fixed now: but there were grooves cut in
the side of thti uprights in which it was
evident the heavy mass could be made to
move up and down along their whole length.
The lower part of this mass seemed armed with
bright sharp steel inserted so as to present an
oblique lower edge. It gleamed in the light,
of the lamps below like the sharpened edge of
a huge broad-axes.
It was the Guillotine which I saw before me !
In that large white house, seen from the
platform on mounting the steps, just beyond
the gate, were foully murdered, on’Sunday,
27th of June, during the insurrection, Gen
Brea and_his aide-de-camp, Capt. Mangin. ♦'
n £- were tripd by „q-mai tiaii
Three of the condemned have had their sen-*
tence commuted into labot at the hulks foijj
life. But two of them. Dale and Lahr, are to
be executed this morning. It was supposed, j
as they had been tried by a court-martial, that !
the criminals would bo shot. They themselves j
earnestly desired it. But death for political i
offences having been abolished by the Consti- !
tuiion. Government was unwilling to sane- j
tion anything that would seem to establish a
distinction between these criminals and ordina
ry assassins. The army too protested agarnst
the application of the more honorable military
mode of execution to the murderers of Gen.
Brea. 1 hey are to die therefore by the guil
lotine, and upon the spot where the crime was
committed. The usual secrecy as to the time
of execution was observed upon this occasion:
but secrecy was impossible after 12 o’clock, j
when the workmen arrived and commenced !
the erection of the terrible machine. The !
news spread rapidly through the adjacent I
quarters; and, from a mile around in all direc
tions, the men en blouse and the women were
flocking to the rond point of the bii j>ero de
Fontainebleau. Arriving almost ti e
the ground, we chose a stand close t> the
triple line of soldiers forming the circle around
the instrument of death. The day had not
yet dawned, but the crowd was becoming
thick around and behind us. Up came a
squadron of mounted gendarmes !
“Farther back ! Messieurs, farther back ! ”
And we were pushed twenty or thirty yards
farther from the centre of the place. Day dawn
ed. The mass of spectators was now thick upon
the whole of such portions of the ro id point, as
the armed force permitted them to occupy. An
ordinray cart drove up. The ranks opened. It
took position close along side the platform on ’
the right; the horse facing the barriere. A j
small square wicker basket half filled with saw
dust was placed at the foot of the two upright j
posts just beneath the two cross pieces,in which j
the small semi-circles were scooped out.j
Another long basket, also half filled with saw 1
dust, was placed on the platform rtear the wide ,
plank that moved upon a pivot; so that when
the plank should be made to assume a hoti- J
zontal position, it and the long basket would j
be side by side. In the small square basket I
the head was to]fall. The headless trunk was !
to be rolled from the wide plank into the long ;
basket. The cart was to carry them off to the i
buryitig-gound. Two regiments of the line j
now came up to take posnion upon the place; !
and the commanding officer gave orders to ;
clear the square! A second batallion of the ■
mounted gendarmes trotted round, causing the j
place to be entirely evacuated by all who were j
not in uniform. The guillotine is now sur
rounded throughout the whole extent of the j
rond point by a dense mass of soldiers. The
spectators driven back, blocked up the en
trance of all the streets opening upon the bar
riere, crowded the windows and roofs of the I
adjacent houses, and pressed close and heavy
against the iron railing from without. Driven
back with thecroiyd, we were congratulating
ourselves upon having secured a favorable !
stand next the railing, a hen more troops and a j
regiment of lancers arrived by the outer boule- |
yards!
“Father back, Messieurs, farther back!” and
with the crowd we were compelled to retreat
yet twenty yards.
It was now broad day-light,and we were mo
inentally expecting the arrival of the sad pro
cession. But the military arrangements were
not yet complete. A regiment of artillery,
with a battery of four pieces, matches lighted,
came up from the banlieue and occupied the
barriere and the head of the principal streets.
! Twenty-five thousand men were under arms
upon this occasion at the rondjxtint, and in the
, immediate neighborhood.
Parallel to the boulevards by which we had
1 reached the barriere de Fontainebleau, and
separated from it only by the city walls, is a
broad road called the outer boulevard. It was
| by the outer boulevard that the prisoners were
expected to arrive from the fort of Cauves. All
j eyes are anxiously turned in that direction. It
!is a quarter past six! An ordinary one horse
• coach approaches. Way is made for it: it stops
| at the bartiere. A man in ordinary citizen's
j dress steps out and proceeds' directly to the
i guillotine. It is the chief executioner of the
j Seine. He mounts the scaffold and examines
carefully the machine; and then descends. In
i five minutes after, a low murmur running
| througth the crowd, and the clatter of horses’
feet, announce that the end is approaching.
They came up at a round trot! A company of
! lancers— a squadron of cuirassiers—two close,
1 box-like, covered vehicles, containing the pris
oners and their confessors—an ordinary car
riage containing the assistant executioners —
\ lancers —cuirassiers, composed the procession!
] The military stopped at the gate. The carriages
passed slowly in, and moved on througti the
opening batallions to the .steps at the foot of
| the scaffold. Another minute and the exeou-
I tioner is seen to mount the scaffold—Daix
I quickly follows attended by his priest. H*
stands close to the wide plank! llis head is
unconvered—his shoulders are bared—he is
bound to the plank! There is a moment’s
pause. Duix is protesting with a linn and
loud voice, that he dies innocent of the death
of Gen. Brea, whom he wished to protect—
that he dies for the people! The plank moves
upon its pivot—his head is beneath the axo--
one cross-piece descends—the other rises to
j meet ifoand his neck is inclosed in the fatal
| circle. The executioner in citizen’s dress raises
| his hand. Every eye is fixed upon the axe. It
| moves—it falls! The head drops into the little
I square basket—the trunk tumbles heavily into
1 the long basket; and the bloody axe is seen
slowly moving up the grooves to be ready for
another fall! Lahr has already been placed
upon the scaffold. His sinking form is bound
to the plank. He declares in a week voice to
those around him that he dies a Christian, and
with the names of Marie! and Jesus! upon his
lips, bows his head to the stroke! The axe
falls again—the baskets receive their doublp
charge; they nre tossed into the cart; and
within five minutes from the arrival of the
prisoners upon the place of execution by the
outer boulevard, their headless bodies were
being carted along the inner boulevard to the
cemetery of Mount Parnassc!
The troops remained in position for half an
hour, keeping back the crowd anxious to rush
up and obtain a nearer view of the fatal ma
chine. Assistants with sponges and buckets
of water washed from the axe, and other parts,
all traces of blood; and then numerous work
men commenced the labour of removal. With
in an hour after performing so eficctully its
fatal functions, the machine itself, taken to
pieces, and laden upon carts, was on the way
to its usual place of deposit in th e faubourg du
Temple.
It was perhaps only a wise precaution oh the
part of government, to surround this execution
with so imposing a military display. We don’t
know what attempts a! emute and insurrection
may have been prevented. There is a large
party in France, and it has its representatives
in the assembly itself, which is in the daily
habit of expressing its sympathy with the in
surgents of June, and speaking of them as
political victims worthy of a better fate. These
men would renew those frightful scenes ol
civil war, if the inattention of government
should afford them the slightest hope of suc
cess. Upon the present occasion, however,
not the slightest symptom of disorder was to
be seen. Silence and decorum as perfect as
would characterize any equally numberou
assemblage in the United States prevailed
throughout. I'he crowds seemed composed
of about the same class of persons as flock to
public executions with us. The proportion
of females was perhaps greater here. A rather
savage curiousity seemed here, as upon simi
lar occasions, all over the world, to be the
leading impulse of the spectators: and nothing,
save tho vast military apparatus which ao
commpanied the execution, would have in
duced the stranger to ascribe to it any political
signiticancy. W. W. M.
The Next Congrvcss.
The New York Journal of Commerce thus
sums up the result of the elections, so far, for
the next Congress:
Old Congress.
Whig Don. Whig Dim.
Illinois 1 0 1 C
Missouri 5 ,5
Arkasas 11
lowa 2 .... .2
Vermont 3 1 3 1
Maine 2 5 1 6
Georgia -1 4 4 4
Pennslvania.. 15 9 17 7
Ohio* 10 10 11 9
Florida 11
S. Carolina... 17 7
New Y0rk....32 2 24 10
New Jersey. ...4 1 4 1
Massachusetts.. 9 9
Michigan 1 2 3
Delaware 11
Wisconsin J... .2 1 2
N. Hampshire. 2 2 2 2
Rhode Island.fl 1
Connecticut... 1 3 4
Virginia 1 14 G 9
90 75 89 75
*By tlie death of Rodolphus Dickenson l)eiij.,
tOne vacancy. .«iaJ 1C
troiri uuti nfii-r tt». i-vi, ot March, 1 mj, until tlitf
next apportionment. f
YET TO HE ELECTED. \
Last Congress.
Whole Number IF. I).
N. Carolina 9 G 3
Alabama 7 2...... .5
Mississippi 4 I 3
Louisiana 4 1 3
Tennessee 11 5 6
Kentucky ..10 G 4
Indiana 10 4 6
Maryland 6 4 2
Texas 2 2
Vacancy in 0hi0... 11 1
Do. Massachusetts .11
Do. Rhode Island.. 11
GG 30 30
Elected as above. 165 90 75
Total 231 120 111
111
Whig maj. if remaining GG mem
bers are of some politics as in
last Congress 9
This however is not to he expected. The
Whigs will probably lose one or more mem
bers in North Carolina, and also in Indiana and
Maryland. They may gain one or two in
Kentucky. A Democratic gain of five mem
bers would give the Democrats the House as
well as the Senate, which last body they will
have by a majority of 8 or 10.
The Senate as now constituted stands thus:
Democrats elected 33
To bo elected in Alab. and Illinois, 2-35
Whigs elected
Total, with a full Senate GO
** It is however to be noted that Mr. Howard,
Democrat of Maryland, holds his place by
appointment of the Governor, and may be
superseded by the next Legislature, which is
to be chosen in October next, and convenes
on the 31st of December. If a Whig Legis
lature should be chosen, they would of course
elect a Whig to the Senate in place of Mr.
Howard.
On the whole, it is plain that the Whigs
will h ve no power to carry any strong party
measure in the new Congress, such as an in
crease of duties on imports, or a repeal of the
Sub-Treasury. Even if such a measure or mea
sures could be got through the House, which
is not probable, they would be arrested in the
Senate. The public may therefore rely on
the continuance of the same general policy
which has been pursued of late, with so much
advantage to the country and satisfaction to
the people. The day of high Tariff, National :
lianks, &c. is past. Many of the Whigs, as
well as the Democrats, are glad it is so. Cer
tainly from Gen. Taylor’s administration, no
countenance can be expected to extreme mea
sures.
The Value of Land in Fuee and Slave
States. —In our last number we made some
remarks upon Mr. Clay’s assertion that the
landholder of Kentucky would be remunerat
ed for the emancipation of his slaves in the
increased value of his lands, in which we
showed that in the neighborhood of the Ohio
river, Kentucky lands are three and a half
times i s valuable, as lands equally as favorably
situated and well improved on the Indiana
side; and also tLat-Iventucky lands are much
more valuable than the lands of Ohio, the mo
del State of the Emancipators.
We have since conversed with a highly res
pectable farmer of Jefferson county, a Penn
sylvanian by birth, who informed us that a
sale of a well improved tract of land, near Utica,
Indiana, (tive miles above Louisville and two
miles from the Ohio,) was made not long since
at twenty dollars per acre. An equally well im
proved and si.uated tract, cannot be purchas
ed on the Kentucky side of the river, for less
than from forty to seventy dollars per acre.
The same gentleman has lately been spen
ding somo time in Ohio, and he assures us
that the value of good lands in Kentucky, is
from ten to lifteen dollars above those of Ohio,
location, improvements, &c. being equal.
The Farmer who gave us these facts, is, as
we have belore stated,a Pennsylvanian by birth,
and is by no means what may be termed an
extreme man on the subject of slavary. He
informed us of what he knows to be facts, and
leaves it to others to make their own deduc
tions from them.
His testimony certainly overthrows the
mere speculation of Mr. Olay and the Eman
cipationists, relative to what would probably
be the value of land in Kentucky, if she were
turned into an Abolition Paradise. —Louisville
(Ay.) Chronicle.
■Si The Florida Argus says: “ The crops are
looking up again since the severe frost. „ We
are informed that the Corn crops, never pre
sented at this season oi the year a more thriv-
I ing appearance. Cotton is doing well. Cane
j not so fair. Tobacco is flourishing and will
1 turn out finely.
Tribute of Respect-
Greene Superior Court, >
April Adjourned Term, 1849. )
Tho death of James H. McHenry, Esq., a
member of this liar, was announced in open
court by Y. P. King, Esq., with suitable and
■ appropriate remarks, and on his motion. Judge
Mera wether appointed Y. P. King, F. H. Cone
and Wm. C. Dawson, Esq’rs., a committee to
report such proceedings as may be appropriate
to tho occasion.
Whereupon tho committee made the follow
ing report:
it has pleased the P sposer of events to re
move from life, durin; he present week, our.
respected and highly e> emed brother, James
H. McHenry, F- v< iber of this bar. In
the prime of nia. a the midst of his
usefulness, with ur es and high prom
ises of future tfi°' i. .irrounded by all
that renders life de». . i., has been sum
moned to an early gi. •; . the relations of
life he has left an exat.‘ .vortliy of all imi
tation. In his profession, high minded and
honorable —as a citizen, worthy and exempla
ry—in his domestic relations, kind, gentle and
affectionate. His early death we all lament.
To his family his loss is irreparable. We ap
proach not the sanctuary of their grief; none
but a widow’s heart knows a widow’s sorrow.
Resolved, That we, his surviving brethen
and associates, tender to his bereaved wid
ow and relatives, our sincere and heartfelt
sympathies.
Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge
of mourning for thirty days, in token of our
respect for his memory.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this Com
mittee communicate to the widow of the de
ceased a copy oi the foregoing, and that tho
Clerk of this Court furnish a copy for publi
cation.
Ordered, That the foregoing proceedings be
entered upon the minutes of this court.
Our River and the Lumber Trade. —Prob-
ably not all the citizens of Savannah are con
scious of tho serious detriment experienced by
the Savannah River in times past from various
sources. To hear the voice of occasional com
plaints is common, but while we are complain
ing, a variety of causes are operating to its pre
judice,
Among these is the practice of allowing rafts
of timber to occupy the stream. If we mistake
not, the time during which these
initted to remain in the river has been diminish
ed of late years —a thing we suppose which
was suggested by the necessity of th“ case,
and the same necessity will, in our opinion, de
mand that they shall be excluded altogether.
The proper depot for large rafts of timber next
to the creeks and basins prepared for the pur
pose is evidently in Back River, near its de
parture from the Southern branch. There they
might rest with impunity, and be detached in
suitable sections as they are wanted.
That the practice of leaving these rafts along
the shores of our river in times past has bee a
a most fatal one is probably pretty well known
to all—that hey can do a great deal of harm in.
a very short time, however, is not so well
known. It lately required only a few days to
deepen the river, at a point where a raft had
just been removed, to a depth of several inches.
This was at one of the docks near the Charles
ton steamboat wharf, where a quantity of oak
has been sunk by some one for seasoning. Ia
a very short time a deposit of mud which had
been made on this oak while a raft of timber
was anchored over it, was displaced by th-.s
current as soon as the raft was removed. Why
and by whose authority, this oak timber wu'i
sunk in the dock, we are not informed. It is,
a thing deserving of inquiry, whether any
authority can or ought to permit the use of ii
dock for such purposes. For the present, we
notice it, as one of the various causes affecting
iu a greater or less degree the regimen of the
river.
As to the rafts, it is easy to see how fata!
their influence is. In a river unobstructed,
the veh city of tho current is greater at the
surface, diminishing towards the bottom where
it is least, on account of the friction. Anchor
a raft in the stream, and the current is inter
cepted at the very place of quickest velocity,
which now becomes transferred by reason of
friction against the raft, to a plane between
the surface and the bottom of the river. Hence
in such a ease the friction on the particles of
water is propagated not only from below up
wards but from above downwards. The wholo
stream is partially arrested in consequence and
a deposit under the raft is inevitable.—Savan
nah Repuh'icon May G.
Central Rail Road.—We understand that
the Stockholders of the Central Rail Road, at
their meeting yesterday, resolved to increase
the Capital Stock of the Company by an issue
of $450,000 of New Stock.— Sac. Rep. Qth insl.
MILLF.DOEVII.LE AND GORDON RAIL RoAD,—
A meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany was held in this place on Saturday last.
A report was made by the President of the
Board of Directors, giving a full and accurate
oecount of its connit 1 o are at present
about eight miles grp' here has‘been
72.‘> 97 oo<re e '"work. There
i*,neine'er, a a. HI 611
scribed for to complete the g bridging,
masonry, and superstruct.,. of ' tie road.
The work is going ahead, but not with that
expedition we could desire. This arises from
the general scarcity of money, which makes it
difficult for the Stockholders to meet their
instalments as called in. There is an effort
making to increase the capital stock, and as it
is obviously to the interest of all persons in
this section to see the work speedily comple
ted, is hoped they will be prompt in subserib •
ing to it. It is certainly to their interest to
do so.— Southern Recorder.
Rain.—While we write, the heart is cheer
ed and the earth refreshed by gonial and
solttly falling showers, after a protracted
drought which had parched the earth and the
usual fruits of the season, and filled the heart
of the agriculturist with increased' solicitude.
llow comfortable and fresh is everything and
every body after rain when so much needed,
as the present has been! It brings to the
mind the feeling of the biblical expression,
“renewing one’s youth like the eagle”—
“running without weariness and walking
without faintness.” — lb.
The Supreme Court commenced its semi
annusal sessions yesterday—ail the Judges, as
usual in attendance. We undestand there
are some fifteen or sixteen cases on the dock
et; some of them involving very intricate and
important legal questions, the argument and
detern inatiou of which will occupy the Court
at least this week.— lb.
Jem Wkhh and the Government Jewels.
—We announced the arrest of Jem Webb, a
few days ago, just previous to the conviction
of Tom Hand, and bis committal to prison, on
the affidavit of Mr. George Wilkes, or of Mr.
Stewart', clerk of police, to whom it was
alleged Webb had confessed his guilt in the
robbery of the government jewels. We now
learn from Washington, that Mr. Jem Webb
has been liberated from custody, on the ground
that the acknowledgments made by Webb, of
his guilt, to Mr. Stewart, were m<kle under
the protection of the government, and that
such statements of Webb alone, uncorrobora
ted by other testimony, could not be used
against him in order to procure his conviction.
—X. V. Herald.
Daring Burglary.—The office of the Clerk
of Council was broken opon on Sunday night
by some daring villain or villains for the pur
pose of robbery. The door was violently forced
in by blows dealt with a heavy piece of plank,
and a lurge portions of it scathed off. The
only two drawers looked in the office were
broken open. We are happy to say that the
ruffian or ruffians, secured only a few brass
coppers ,n return for their disinterested efforts.
Sue. Georgian, B th inet. '■
Sporting Intelligence.—We have been
favored by Mr. Oliver with the result of a
match fora silver cup, which took place at his
shooting gallery, at the Phoenix House, last
week. There were ten chances, each firing
ten shots. The cup was won by Mr. W. M.
Davison, his ten shot measuring 9.j inches.—
The shots measured respectively, li j, 13, 124,
12,12, 111. lOi 9s, 9J. Aggregate of the
100 shots 1144 inches.— lb.
The Season.—Por tho last week we have
been favored with delightful Spring weather,
attended with refreshing showers of rain. It
is a fine time now for farmers, if they wi.l but
improve it in tho right way. Although the
late frosts played “ smash” with the growing
crops, yet it is not too late for planters to do
much good towards making a tolerable fair
crop of corn, if nothing else. The season is
now tine—then, properly improve it.— lb.
Another Crevasse.—We learned late last
night that the river had made an irruption in
to the grounds of Mr. P. Sauve, a planter, re
siding in tho parish of Jefferson, about fifteen
miles above the city, on the left bank of the
river. The levee caved in at auout 3 o’clock,
P. M., yesterday, and, before it attracted the
notice of the proprietor, tho crevasse was 20
feet wide.
A gentleman who left ..it. • ive’s last even
ing at i o’clock, states tlx.. . voter was then
running through with groa iity, and as
the plantation is backed b; th#, airie bridge,
the Hood, in his opinion, if the r.vasse be not
immediately stopped, will be i . the city in
forty-eight hours. The levee at the spot where
the breach occurred is ten feet high. Mr.
Sauve and his neighbors have been diligently
employed since the misfortune happened in
arresting the farther widening of the crevasse.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for
the above information, has apprised the city
authorities of tho danger with which wo aro
menaced, and they havo taken due measures
for our protection. Instant aid has been, or
will be, forwarded to Mr. Sauve to olote up
the breach.— Picayune, ith tmi.
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