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I Wait for Thee.
The hearth is swept—the fire is bright,
The kettle sings for thee;
The cloth is spread— tho lamps are light,
The hot cakes smoke in napkins white,
And now I wait for thee.
Come home, love, home, thy task is done
The clock ticks listeningly,
The blinds are shut, the curtain down,
The warm chair to the fireside drawn,
The boy is on my knee.
Come home, love, home, his deep, fond eye
Looks round him wistfully ;
And when the whispering winds go by,
As if thy welcome step were nigh,
He crows exultingly.
In vain—he finds the welcome vain,
And turns his glace on mine,
So earnestly, that yet again,
His form unto my heart I strain,
That glance is so like thine.-
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Thy task is done, we miss thee here ;
Wher’er thy footsteps roam,
No heart will spread such kindly cheer,
No beating heart, no listening ear,
Like these will wait thee home.
Aha, along the crisp walks fast,
That well-known step doth come,
The boat is drawn—the gate is past,
The babe is wild with joy at last.
A thousand welcomes home.
The Artesian Well in Charleston.
We copy from the New York Journal of Com
merce the following paper on the Artesian Well
in Charleston, by the Rev. P. N. Lynch, D. D.
which was read at the annual meeting of the
American Scientific Association recently held-at
Cleveland, Ohio.
This well, commenced in IS4B, by Mr. An
drew C. Welton, under the authority ofthe City
Council, is the fifth effort in Charleston to pro
cure good water by means of an Artesian Well.
In 1824, one was undertaken under the same
authority, and sunk to the depth of 335 feet;
when the iron rods twisted off in the well, and
could not be extracted. In 1826, a second effort
was made by private enterprise, and soon aban
doned for want of means. In 1846, Captain
Bowman undertook one at Fort Sumter, in the
harbor, under the authority of the Gene
ral Government. The appropiation giving out,
this work was suspended, after attaingtbe depth
of 360 feet. In 1847, another one was commenced
in the city, and was sunk 289 feet. The follow
ing year, the City Council engaged the services
of Mr. Welton. who had bored many wells in
Alabama and # other South Western States, with
great success. He preferred to commence anew.
From that time the work has been persevering
ly followed up with only such delays as were
necessary for obtaining tubes, and the well has
attained a depth of 1145 feet.
Few wells have presented so many difficul
ties, or called for greater courage and skill in the
engineer.
P .The superficial soil of Charleston is a loose al
luvial sand, about twenty feet thick, the lower
half if which is saturated with water. Beneath
this lies a stiff, compact clay, (post pleiocene)
gradually passing into a sand, likewise water
bearing, and about 40 feet thick At 60 feet
below the surface,the firm eocene marl is con
centrated, the various strata of which are in the
aggregate 650 feet thick. Beneath these, and
differing but little from them in mineralogical
character, lie the cretaceous strata of as yet un
known thickness. Both the eocene and the cre
taceous strata consist of alternating layers of
hard limestone, firm mail, sandstones, and loose
sands, seldom containing less than 20 per cent,
of carbonate of lime. Mr. Weltou has had to
chisei his way through not less than fifty-four
rocks, varying from ten to two feet in thick
ness, and amounting in the aggregate to about
250 feet. Cast iron tubes, of 6 feet internal dia
meter, were at first sunk 80 feet, to exclude the
superficial and the post pleiocerie sands. But as
these succeeded in gradually working their way
downwards, passing under the mouth of the tube,
and into the well, the tubes were sunk deeper at
various times, until finally they rested firmly on
a thick rock 230 feet deep.
Below this point the alternations continued :
and generally underneath a large and hard rock,
a bed of loose sand was found, which poured into
the well. Such a bed the engineer first strove
to exhaust, that is, to draw out with the bucket
all the sand that would run in and impede the
work. By this operation, repeated at various
points, the well finally consisted of a series of
chambers, some perhaps of several feet in dia
meter, one below the other, and all connected to
gether by the narrow neck-like passage of the
well, 3i inches diameter through the interme
diate rocks. At 700 feet the sands ran in so fast
and in such quantities, that no progress could be
made.
The engineer generally found the well 50 or
100, sometimes 140 feet less deep in the morn
ing than he had left in the preceding evening.—
After toiling in vain for a long time to exhaust the
streams, it was determined to shut them out by
A system of tubing. To do this, the passages
through all the rocks had to be opened, from 3|
to fully 5 inches in diameter.
This was done. At the depth of 470 feet there
was a rock on which the tools had generally
been employed, and which caught the tubes.—
Withdrawing these, that passage was worked
over again. It appeared that a nodule in the
rock projected into the passage, and had always
driven the tube in an oblique direction. It was
at length broken off. Below this rock was a
large chamber, and the tools now entering it
without losing their perpendicularity, struck°the
► bottom a little on one side of the bore previously
made, and which they never could be induced
afterwards to enter. From this point down the
whole work had to be done over again.
This was finally effected, and the sheet iron
tubes were sent dawn to shut out the sands. The
well was then continued down to i,020 feet.
But again the sands came in. and filled the well
for over a hundred feet. The tubling, several
hundred feet of which had been sent down, was
found too light and unmanageable. The engi
neer resolved to withdraw it, and insert wrought
iron tubes, 4| external and 4 inches internel di
ameter, brewed together so as to form one con
tinuous tube from the butlom of the well to the
surface ol the earth. This was the largest size
which the somewhat warped cast iron tubing at
the top would allow to pass through.
Twenty-four teet of the light tubing obstin
ately refuse 1 obe extracted, and remained fixed
in the well, more than 700 feet below the sur
face. Northing daunted, the engineer thrust a
portion of it aside into the chambers, and cut his
way through the rest, and has finally succeeded
in sinking the wrought iron tubes to the depth
of 1,102 feet; and has bored 43 feet lower still.
In sinking these tubes, which generally fol
lowed a few feet behind the auger or chisel, lit
tle difficulty was met, save from the rocks
When one of these was encountered, the tube
was arrested, if possible, a foot or eighteen inch
es above its su-face, and a tool invented by Mr.
Welton was sent down, which could be opened
when on the bottom, so as to cut a hole five
inches in diameter, and which could be closed at
pleasure, so as to be withdrawn again through
the narrow passage of the tube. At times, the
tubes would rest immediately on the rock, or
would be caught by some protuberance, while
passing through it. In this case, the tool just
referred to, was not sufficient; for it could open
out only a certain distance below the mouth ol
the tube, which it would therefore leave stand
ing on a ledge. Here the engineer having first
drilled a 3£ inch hole entirely through the rock
and into the substratum below it. sent down an
other tool closed during its descent, and made to
open out below the rock, and to cut a passage
through it, of the requisite size, from the bottom
upwards to the mouth ol the tube. This done,
the tool could be closed and withdrawn. None
of those tools caused any embarrassment, or
failed to effect their purpose, although worked
with a handle more than a thousand feet long.
Notwithstanding the use of the most perfect
tubes that could be procured, the sand still con
tinued to give annoyance. The rods were with
drawn, they would rush in from below with the
water, to full the vacant sp«:ce, sometimes filling
the well to the depth of 60 feet, almost instan
taneously. This was remedied by building a re
seller at a sufficient height, from which, as the
rods were withdrawn, the water was let into the
well, so as to produce a downward current
through the pipes. Such a current was likewise
made use of at times to loosen and start the sands
packed about the mouth of the tube and allow it
to proceed.
The lateral pressure on the tubes has rapidly
increased as they descend, requiring a powerful
leverage and heavy blows of a rammer to force
them down. When started, however, they fre
quently descend very rapidly until arrested' by a
rock. The present system can scarcely be sunk
any Jowery, for although the bottom is free, so
great is the lateral pressure that the tubes cannot
be started by a power under which the joints
show signs of giving way. Other tubing of such
a size as to let down inside of the present system
will be speedily procured, when it is hoped the
work will again be prosecuted.
A brief notice of the principal tools may r.ot
be out of place. The Rods used are of pine,
about 31 inches in diameter, and 30 feet long,
tapering at their extremities, where they are
armed with iron heads bearing screws. The
tool to be used is screwed to a rod, and both are
let down into the well until only one end of the
rod, bearing a male screw, projects obove the
mouth of the well, where it is firmly held by
an iron catch or yoke, beneath a suitable iron
band on the screw. A second rod is then screw
ed on the first one, and is similarly let down
and caught. A third is screwed to the seceond
and so on, until the bottom is reached. The up
per rod is held suspended either wholly or in
part, as the Engineer desires, by a movable pul
ley, and bears a cross bar on the handle, by
means of which the workman may turn the rods
and tool as they please.
The chief tool is the Auger, used for boring
clays, marl or any consistent layer not of stony
hardness. It is exceedingly simple and ingeni
ous. A stout blade an inch wide and half an
inch thick, slightly tapering towards an extrem
ity is twisted like an auger, and terminates on
two cutting edges, like those of a drill for boring
iron. About six inches above the point, two
bitts, like those of a plane, are securely fastened,
one on each side of the central bitt, and are in
clined at an angle of 45 deg. so as to fit exactly
his auger, like the twist of the blade; the up
per extremities of those bitts are extended back
wards horizontally, so as to give some support
to the lead, when packed above the auger. The
upper portion pf the central blade terminates in
a strong tube wirh a screw. The auger thus
made, is screwed to a metal tube 18 or 20 feet
long, and this again is screwed to the lowest or
first rod. The earth cut by the side bits into
shavings, ascends their inclination, and is gradu
ally packed around the stem. In a tenacious
soil, such a lead soore becomes an air and water
tight piston in the well, which cannot be ex
tracted from a great depth wtihout great risk of
breaking tools, and machinery. In Mr. Wel
ton’s auger, (patented by him and Mr Cooper,
his partner in Alabama) this difficulty is admi
rably obviated. The stem, or metal tube above
the auger, has three or four suitable orifices near i
its top. As the load is raised, the water above
enters these passes down and issues through two
apertures beneath the side bitts into the cavity i
under the load. By a dexterous manipulation of
this instrument, in a suitable soil, ten feet may
be bored, and the entire load brought up, at a
single insertion of this auger.
Where rocks are encountered the chisol must j
be used. This is made in the usual form, and is
rendered weighty by the use of one or two iron
rods to which it is screwed. A slip link, two
feet long, unites this tool to the wooden rods,
which are so suspended that when the chisel is j
on the bottom the slip link has five or six inch- j
es’ play. The upper rod is raised, say, two feit
and a hall, by which the slip link is tightened
and the chisel raised two leet. The whole is
let fall; the chisel strikes the rock, the rods
continue their descent for six inches more, and
thus escapes the shock of the concusssion, which
would otherwise quickly shatter their joints.—,
The detritus of rocks chipped by the chisel, or
the mud and sand that collects in the bottom
of the well, is extracted by a copper tube or
bucket, twenty feet long, of nearly the same di
ameter as the well and having a valved bottom.
This is likewise the. most efficient tool for enter
ing light sands, provided the tubing of the well
is made to keep pace with it.
The eccentric chisel and various other tools
for enlarging the well, and the instruments for
extracting broken rods, lost tools, &c., are equal
ly ingenious and efficient. A description of them,
however, would be tedious and perhaps not made
intelligible without drawings. The Charleston
Basin is formed by a depression in the cretace
ous strata as they descend the Atlantic slope,
and pass under the waters of the Atlantic. Its
narrow diameter or minor axis, from near
Georgetown to Lexington, is about 120 miles
To the north-east the cretacious strata crop out;
to the south-west the lower ocean beds immedi
ately over the cretaceous strata, are,seen the
surface, while to the north-west the £hnds and
testiary clays lie on the granite. It w&s origin
ally hoped that the lowest testify #>fetaturn un
der Charleston would be a feeding /and,
the continuation of that whiclfaqfl Kie K. \V.
edge immediately overlies the grani|eAnd is ra
versed by the chief river of the This
has not been realized. The lovve!?t&estiajr\\, straii
turn proved to be an argillacious rfcark, inwhicdV
little or no water was found. V%e are now bod
ing to reach those cretacious sands, yrhich a|e
exposed on the N. E. edge J>asin, &uftl
which in Alabama yield a plentiful n
water to several hundred wells! 1 So iar, several
streams of water have been met, the lowest
of which rose in the tubes ten feet over the sur
face.
Os the Geological results of the well nothing
need be said here ; the fossils it has yielded will
firid an appropriate place in the forthcoming
work of Professors Tuomey and Holmes.
The temperature of the well has been examin
ed from time to time as the work* progressed.—
For this purpose, we used a Six’s Register Ther
mometer, obtained from Pike, in New York.—
With the first, the temperature at the depth of
900 leet, was repeatedly taken and found to be
[unaffected?] by its submersion in water, to
such a depth. We compared it repeatedly with
the best thermometers by us, before it was sub
mersed. The first experiment was again to try
the temperature at the depth of 900 feet. The in
dex marked 82J F., as before. Some time after
wards, other experiments were made at various
depths, with erratic and uncertain results. A
careful comparason of it, with other instruments
shows that now it permanently marks 12 deg.
above the real temperature.
The reputation of the maker, and the first tri
al by myself, giving a true answer, satisfy me
that it was then accurate. Is the present error
due to the pressure of the column of water in
the well? I am informed that at sea such a
submersion would shatter the glass. In the well
we could handle it more gently. It was guar
ded by a tin cylender, and let down and handed
up by hand, with all possible delicacy and cau
tion.
The following was then offered by Prof. J. L.
Smith:
The examination of the calcarious matter
through which this well passes, affords many
points of interest, both geologically and chemi
cally. Jn the former point of view, remarks
were thought unnecessary, as it has been fully
treated by Prof. Tuomey. It has been examin
ed most thoroughly in a chemical sense by my
self, and the marl found to contain large.quanti
ties of phosphate of lime, as much as from five
to eight per cent. This fact is most important
in an Agricultural point of view as the marl
can be obtained in great abundance, and at little
cost; for it will be seen that not only will cor
bonate of lime be furnished to the soil, but a
large amount of phosphate of lime, the fertaliz
ing nature of this last being known. The pres
ence of ammonia and some organic acid were de
tected in this matter, coming from the bed thro’
which the artesian well will penetrate.
Other remarks were made about the fossil
infusoria: that exists in the support in vast num
bers.
The origin of the phosphate of lime was also
commented on.
The Weather and Crops. —Asa matter of
interest to distant subscribers, we inform them
that the gloomy apprehensions of a failure of the
crops, which lately seemed inevitable, have
been entirely dispelled. About (he middle of
July the drought was broken by heavy rains,
which have continued until this time. The
crops have revived to an extent almost incredi
ble. The corn crop will be equal to that of last
year. Corn was, a month ago, not to be had at
a dollar a bushel. Now it is selling at from six
ty to eighty cents, and must still materially de
cline. The papers from every part ofthe State
bring the same cheering news In the eleventh
hour we are unexpectedly delivered from the
jaws of famine. Jubilate.—Abbeville Press, 16 ik
intt.
The Accident on the Frovidence and Wor
cester Railroad.
The Boston Journal has the following addi
tional particulars of this dreadful railroad acci
dent :
The trains came in collision when going at
neatly full speed. The result was terrible. The
first car of the down train was smashed to pieces
the tender having been driven through it. The
second car was not much injured, but was diiven
into the third car, about half its length. The
five rear cars were not much injured. In the
first passenger car there were only twelve or fif
teen passengers, three or lour of whom were
killed outright, and nearly all the others were
more or less injured. In the third car some of
the passengers were killed outright, and others
were badly injured. Several passengers were
taken out of the above cars dead, and at least
fifteen badly, of them probably mortally
wounded.
Among the killed was John H. Perkins, fire
man of the Uxbridge train. He leaves a wife
and two chidren at Uxbridge. Mr. J. P. Butts,
of Millville, and his grandson, a boy of ten years
of age, were in the first (car, and escaped most
miraculously. The car was totally demolished,
but he and the boy were thrown in a most in
explicable manner out at the side of the car, and
rolled down an embankment thirty feet high.
Mr. Butts was not injured. The boy had a se
vere cut on the head, Another of the passen
gers, belonging in Millville, was thrown out in
the same way, and was not injured. Most, if
not all the other passengers in this car were
either badly wounded or killed.
A very large number of the passengers who
escaped serious injury in this train were cut by
the splinters.
The Providence train contained only two cars
—a first and second class car. Nearly all the
seats in these cars were broke up, but none of
the passengers were dangerously in jured.
The engineer of one of the trains to Boston
which passed the scene of disaster, informs the
Traveler that he saw one man corne out from
| among the rubbish, with his clothes almost torn
from his body, the side of his head and face
much jammed, and one of his arms suspended
only by the skin. Another was token out alive
from the ruins with both arms cut entirely off.
Others were sitting helplessly, wedged in among
the ruins, much injured in various ways, and
some of them groaning pitiously,
The scene of the disaster is described by others
jas most heart-rending. On every side of the
broken cars were piojecting bodies and frag
| merits ol bodies. Those who escaped injury im
mediately set themselves at work to remove
the wounded and the dead. The heat greatly
aggravated the distress, and may cause many
more deaths than would otherwise ensue. A
new conductor and engineer had charge of the
excursion train.
There were twelve persens killed and thir
teen wounded ; some very severely—others
slightly.
Boston, Aug. 12, Evening. —We have furthe
details of the disaster to-day on the Worcester
road. At last accounts two brothers, named
Batton were dying. The Coroner’s jury ad
journed their investigation until to-morrow
morning. The dead bodies have been placed in
neat coffins, and sent to their various homes so
interment. With the exception of two or three
the killed were all factory operatives. The rest
of the wounded, it is thought, will recover,though
some of them will lose an arm, or leg, or be
otherwise crippled. Thousands of persons visited
the scene to-day, to see the bodies and the ruins
of the cars.
Among the incidents of the disaster is a very
miraculous escape of a little girl, whose mother
was killed. It appears that she was sitting on
the foremost seat of the cars when the shock took
place. The back of the seat opposite her was
jammed against her breast, so that she could
scarcely breath. She screamed for assistance,
and her life was saved by forcing back the tim
ber with a rail, and dragging her out. A man
who sat on the same seat with her was instant
ly killed by a large splinter running through
him.
Mr. Hoppin, a seg? r maker of Providence,
crawled out from beneath the Worcester train,
but little injured. Two men were killed by his
side. Mr. Clark, manager of the coal mine at
Valley Falls, who was on the same seat with
Mr. Penny, escaped uninjured Mrs. Caroline
R. E. Dike, who was taken to the house of Mr.
George Jenks, died in about two hours in great
agony.
Prospects of the Cotton Crop. —Our ex
changes bring us uniform accounts of continued
wet weather and consequent injury to the grow
ing crop of cotton. The complaint is universal
that the rains have accelerated the growth as the
plant to an extraordinary degree, causing the
young form to fall off, the grown bolls to rot, and
retarding the early maturity of those that escape
destruction by the unusual moisture. The opin
ion prevails in many portions of the country that
the yield will not reach more than half. Some
contend that the crop will be an average one,
while a much greater number insist that it will
fall short one-half. The effect of this general
belief will be that the planters confiding in the
limited production and the consequent advance
in prices, will delay sending their crops to mar
ket. We may, therefore, look for light receipts
during the early part of the season at hand. A
fall in the prices of bagging and bale rope must
also follow.— N. O. Crescent, 9th inst.
An Elective Judiciary in Tennesske. —By
an act of the last Legislature of Tennessee, the
question of an election of judicial officers by the
people was submitted to them to be voted upon
in the late State election. The Nashville Union
expresses fears that the proposition has failed, in
consequence of a failure of the voters to place
the proposition on their tickets as the law direc
ted. -Itsayß that there is no doubt but three
fourths of the people are in favor of the propo
sition ; but amidst the excitement attending the
contest for Governor, Congress, and the Legisla
ture, the question as to amending the constitu
tion has been overlooked. We hope the result
will show that the grounds of the Union are un
founded. It is one of those reforms which en
large the basis of popular power, andjillustrates
fully the capacity of the people for self govern
ment.— Washington Union.
M hig Unionism not Profitable in Alaba
ma.—The Whigs of Alabama don’t find their
Union Conservative Republican speculation
j profitable. Winston, the Democratic nominee,
who was exceedingly distasteful to them on ac
; count of his “ fire eating” propensities, has been
elected Governor by about 10,000 majority. Six
out ol seven of the members of Congress are
Democrats—Abercrombie being the only Uuion
| Whig who is successful. In the Legislature,
| which has two United States Senators to choose,
the Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.) claims a
majority of from 23 to 25 on joint ballot.
But the unkindest cut of all is the stab which
the Montgomery Journal, (formerly one ofthe
strongest ofthe Union Whig organs) gives to the
“ humbug.” Hear him Whigs of Georgia :
“ While the Whigs have done unusually well
in the House, they have inevitably lost the Sen
ate, which fora number of years, we had car
ried, and had control of that House. The Sen
ate now stands 21 locos to 12 whigs, which car
ries us back to the days of ’4O, and the result of
thirteen weary years is all lost at a dash. All
this is the effect of the attempt to keep up the hum
bug of Unionism after the issue hud no longer rea
son or vitality J
The Alabama Whigs have discovered, as will
those of Georgia, we believe, sooner or later,
that a little honesty is good policy, even in poli
tics. i'he idea of resorting to Unionism and
Ccnseivatism in the hope of smuggling Whigs
into office, under these names, is trickery too
barefaced to receive the countenance of a ma
jority of the honest voters of Georgia. It will
be rebuked in this State as it has been in Ala
bama.—Sav. Georgian, 16 th inst.
Copper Mines in Lumpkin. —Late diseov
eiies jnstify the belief that portions 4 of Lumpkin
county are exceedingly rich in Copper mines.
A vein has been traced some four miles, pre
senting as favorable surface rock as those of
Tennessee. Leases have been already secured
upon a number of lots, and preparations are
about being made to test the vein by sinking a
shaft ; —should it prove as favorable as the sur
face indicates immense fortunes will be realized
from them.
Gold mining is also looking up; the introduc
tion of the Force pump is likely to effect much
in developing mines heretofore out of the reach
ol water; there is one of those Pumps now in
successful operation upon the mine of R. H.
iloore, Esq., under the superintendence and
management of Mr. Wm. Rhodes, a skillful ma
chinist, enabling them to work portions of the
mine heretofore out of the reach of water, an
~
8 j this mine is now paying very well.
« re a^ a ,nys uc hin our county, the most
ot them like the one named, located so as to re
quire machinery to force water to their level.
We predict that immense fortunes will yet be
realized from the mines of Lumpkin.—Dahlone
ga Signal, 13 th inst.
ITT I ||
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 18.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
Os Baldwin County.
CEP” See First Page of Daily.
The Suffering Poor of New Orleans.
We are pleased to see by the following call,
which was left at our office, by one of our most
respectable citizens, that a meeting will be held
this afternoon, at 4 o’clock at the City Hall, for
the purpose of giving relief to the suffering poor
of New Orleans. We hope to see it well atten
ded, and that our citizens will respond with their
usual liberality.
Public Meeting. —The citizens of Augusta,
are requested tojmeet at the City Hall this after
noon, at 4 o’clock, to adopt suitable measures for
the relief of the suffering poor of New Orleans.
Concert Hall.
Mr. I. S. Campbell, the Yankee Delineator
it will be seen gives an entertainment at Con
cert Hall this evening. Those who wish to
laugh and grow fat, should attend.
are requested by C. W. Young, Esq.
to state that he will address the citizens of Au
gusta, on Friday Evening. 19th inst., at the city
Hall.
Something for the Scott Men every where
to Read.
So great was the disappointment of all of the
Whigs at the failure of either Mr. Fillmore or Mr.
Webster to obtain the nomination, that it was
some days before the strong-minded and indepen
dent men of the party could determine what to do.
They soon, however, recovered from the first ef
fects of this severe shock, and found that instead ot
being dead, they were still living and free citizens,
capable of thinking and acting for themselves.
They therefore went about at once to investi
gate the following points:
Ist. Whether there had been any foul play
practiced in the convention ?
2d. What was the platform—how and by
w’hom constructed ?
3d. Was the nominee a Whig, and had he
fully accepted ?
4th. Who was this General Scott in particu
lar—what were his talents, antecedents, charac
ter ; and whether he had ever rendered any ser
vices to the country ?
sth. Provided every thing was right, was it
their duty as Whigs to sustain the nomination
for the sake of principle, leaving entirely out of
the calculation the idea of success ?
Now, these points very soon underwent a
thorough sifting, and the result was not only
satisfactory in every minutia, but highly gratify
ing, and the consequence was that the minus of
those Whigs, who had not acted from a panic,
were ever alter in a calm, decided, and content
ed condition, so far as their own conduct was
concerned. To them it was obvious that no
thing irregular or unfair had occurred in the
convention; that the platform laid down was
such as it should be, both as to national and sec
tional issues; that the nominee was an old and
long-tried Whig, and that the General Scott
named as such, was no less a personage than
Winfield Scott, the 11 hero ot three wars and ten
pitch battles,” whose military renown was
known and read of by all men ; that he was a
man of unblemished character, of great diversi
ty of talent and ability, honest and capable; the
soul of honor and patriotism, and an American in
side and out as his history would show ; and, in
addition to all, born and bred under a Southern
sun ; that the people of Georgia had twice voted
for military Presidents inferior to him; and,
finally, they concluded that under all these cir
cumstances and facts in the case, that it was the
highest duty of every man,who considered himself
a Whig, Union Whig, Compromise Whig, North
ern Whig or Southern Whig, or any other species
or description of Whig, by whatever name
it was politic or agreeable for him to be
known, if he wanted to see Whig principles
ever again in the ascendant, now was the time
to make a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull
altogether, for the regular nominee ot their par
ty. This was the feeling and conclusion of the
Scott men every where in the State.
' The only thing they wanted was a bold, fearless,
. reliable leader, who would take hold and organize
• them at once—one who had the confidence of
* Whigs, who could lead “ a forlorn hope” if ne
cessary, and who had the moral power to re
fc move the fears and doubts of those who appear
- ed to be shaken in the faith, and impart unto
them new life and animation for the coming
contest. Who was this man ? Mr. Dawson was
at Washington, and had spoken for Scott as loud
and as much as he could ; but then, by the time
! he could get back to Georgia, beat the drum,
and call the roll, the men would be scattered
, every where. There w r as no time for delay.
Mr. Miller was here, it is true, strong enough
and with pluck enough for any emergency, but he
had openly declared in favor of the Democratic
nominee, provided he was sound on the slavery
question, and the party adopted the compromise
measures as a final settlement of the difficulty
between the two sections of the Union—all of
which was done, and even Mr. Miller, an old
hard-shell Whig, and one of the last of the rear
guard of the “ Constitutional Union Party,” voted
for Pieice.
To Mr. Jenkins all eyes were turned.
He had been a Whig of the purest, strictest
sort, and never evinced the least shadow of turn
ing. He was well known to the people, and
in the full enjoyment of their confidence, and
whose opinions and advice were entitled to the
highest consideration from the party he had so
often served with honor. No matter what other
leaders might do, the fate of Gen. Scott in
Georgia was in his hands. He was appealed to.
Nor were their hopes long to be suspended in
doubt. In a letter, dated Ist July, 1852, after
the nomination had been made, he unbosomed
himself to Peter W. Alexander, Esq., of the
Savannah Republican, and soon thereafter, on the
wings of the press, it flew throughout the country
to be read and studied by Whig and Democrat,
that he, Mr. Jenkins, would not support General
Scott. Thus was the question settled. The
effect of such a decision of Mr. Jenkins on the
hopes and prospects of the Scott men in Georgia
was too blasting to be described even at this
day. When he refused, it was taking away the
heart of the party—the fountain of life—and no
more was it seen to move in full vigor and
health and power, but in spite of all this retained
a degree of energy and vitality, lived to see
the day of election, and then quietly breathed
out its last. “ Hope, that bids expectation
rise,” has centered on Mr. Jenkins. Messrs, i
Stephens and Toombs were fast, rash, impetu- i
ous politicians — men who were continually fly- <
*ng off; wild, and erratic in their course. At times
assuming positions and making declarations
and hasty expressions, which made the limbs of
an o d and sober-sided Whigs tremble for the
safety of his party. Then again for a time they
would be so steady and well behaved, and toe
the mark so close, that they were regarded as
the exponents of Whig principles every where.
But this class of bat politicians, half beast and
halt bird—half whig and half democrat—that
would light on any side, particularly the strong
one, was what the Scott men did not w r ant. They
required just such a man as Mr. Jenkins had here
tofore been, true and consistent —who had oppo
sed going to the Democratic Convention from
the first, and never encouraged, in any way, the
move, and who had never said that the Northern
Democrats were our best friends. To such a
man did they wish to link the destiny of their
party. How bitter was their disappointment
when they called—he refused. When Senato
Dawson saw that letter to P. W. Alexander*
Esq., he was prepared to call the Scott Whigs
together and say as Marcus Antonius, 4 ' if
you have tears to shed, prepare to shed them
now r ; ” and holding it in one hand, and
the old Whig uniform in the other, he would
say : “ Look, in this place ran Toombs’ dagger
through.” “ See what a rent the envious Ste
phens made.” But never, oh ! fellow-whigs, did
I ever expect to say, “ through this, the well be
loved Jenkins, stabbed.” “ This w'as the most
unkindest cut of all”—’twas this that vanquish
ed us.
Artesian Wells.
As the subject of Artesian Wells has been
started in our city, and our City Fathers have
the subject under serious consideration, we pub
lish an article in this day’s paper, taken from the
New York Journal of Commerce, being a paper
read by the Rev. P. N. Linch, D. D., before the
American Scientific Association, lately held at
Cleveland, Ohio, on the Artesian Well under
construction in Charleston, to which we would
ask the attention of our citizens.
These Wells are no doubt a great blessing to
the citizens of low or prairie lands, where good
water is difficult to be obtained from the surface.
But in Augusta, where we are blessed with a
bountiful supply of the purest and best water,
almost at our doors, the propriety of sinking
such a well should be weighed with deliberate
consideration before the attempt is made, or we
may be left in the situation of the frogs
praying for a king. Suppose, for instance, in
sinking such a well we should strike the vein
which supplies Turknett’s spring. It might not
give us its present supply; we go further,
and, instead of bettering our condition, ex
haust our present resource of drinking W’ater. In
that event, we would have to fall back on the
river and canal. Why not do this at once?
We are now r certain of a supply from the first
source, and from the latter, by the expenditure
of 50 a $60,000, we can have a bountiful supply
of water which can be carried over the roofs of
our highest houses. The same opportunity to
obtain this supply of water by our citizens, if
enjoyed by any other city in the Union of the
same size, would be estimated cheap at $l5O to
$200,000. The difference in insurance alone, to
our citizens, with this supply of water at hand,
would pay more than seven or even ten per
cent, on the outlay. Why throw away this
boon which is placed at our very doors, and can
be accomplished at a very moderate cost, and
resort to means used by those only who cannot
better their condition in any other way ? So
long as there is running water in the Savannah
river above the entrance to the canal, we can
depend on it in Augusta, and the time has never
yet been when the canal would not furnish a
sufficient supply, even for the city of New York
without materially effecting the objects lor which
it was constructed.
(communicated.)
The course pursued by the Chronicle Sf Senti
nel, in the publication of certain acts of Judge
Johnson, and which are desired to be kept before
the people, forming in the opinion of that print
an insurmountable barrier between him and the
Executive chair, is well calculated to call torth
from the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, the exclama
tion of ‘'save me from my friends.”
In the issue of that paper of Sunday last was
contained an article of which the following form
ed a part:
FACTS TO BE REMEMBERED.
Keep it before the People. —That Herschel V.
Johnson denounced the Union Convention of
1850 as a “ contemptible pack.”
Keep it before the People. —That Herschel V.
Johnson was a prominent supporter of the Nash
ville Convention and its odious fdatform.
Keep it before the People. —That Herschel V.
Johnson advocated a Southern Congress after the
Nashville Convention had been openly disap
proved by the Union men of Georgia.
Keep it before the People. —That Herschel V.
Johnson denounced the Compromise men of
Georgia as Submissionists and said they were
either fools or knaves.
Keep it before the People. —That Herschel V.
Johnson was, in 1851, a supporter of Charles J.
McDonald, the President of the Nashville Con
vention.
It to happens, that if those “ facts to be re.
membered” and to be kept before the people , are of
the heinous import, which is desired to be placed
upon them, that near one-third of the former
Whig party were coadjutors with Judge John
son, in holding and acting out those principles .
many of whom would not now shrink from the
avowal, but on the contrary, take pride in t e
holding such views, as well as the facts being re
membered, and kept conspicuously before the
people.
The writer of this article was and still is a
Southern Rights men ; was formerly a Whig, but
does not now belong to either of the two most
predominant political parties of this State, in the
present unsettled state of parties. He with many
others similiarly situated, do not affiliate entire
ly with the Democratic party, nor can they in
any respect with any of the off' shoots of the
Fuss and Feathers party , under their various dis
guises, of Webster, Constitutional Union, Con
servative or Tugalos.
Many such, and the writer among them, have
so high a respect for Mr. Jenkins, on account of
his well deserved character for moral principle,
impartiality, mental attainments, added to sen
timents of private friendship and peculiar asso
ciations, that they desire and would take plea
sure in voting for him, at the ensuing election
could they do so without being insulted by his
opponent being stigmatized for holding identical I
views with themselves. If the holding of these 1
opinions by Judge Johnson subject him to de
nunciation by the supporters of his opponent,
then what, I would ask, can be thought of the
consistency, nay more, the honesty of those who !
holding the same views charged against Judge !
Johnson, desert him and support Mr. Jenkins. '
however much they might be so inclined under !
other circumstances, and for the reasons stated, j ,
Should those, thus circumstanced, who have
intended to support Mr. Jenkins, be finally
driven to change their purpose, on account of
the course complained of, then Mr. Jenkins
might in truth, have been profitted by being -
saved from his friends, if the Chronicle <s• Sentinel (
composes a portion of them. Brutus,
An extaact from a private letter has found its
way into the papers, which gives a very graph
ic and truthful description of the prominent
characteristics of the President. It was written
in reference to his contemplated visit to New
York to attend the opening of the Crystal Pal
ace : *
“ General Pierce is ardent in his tempara
ment, acute in his sensibilities, and impulsive in
his feelings. But discipline has made them sub
ordinate to prudence. They all sprang from no
ble aspirations, enlarged generosity, active phi
lanthrophy and exalted honor. He loves his
country as a patriot should, and he loves his fel
low man with a tolerant and generous brother
hood. He has no dark corners in his soul to
hide away resentments and nurse revenge—he
has no concealments that would dishonor the
purest magnanimity, and he has no disguise that
would mock praiseworthy gratitude—the posses
sion of exalted station gives him no pride to
pamper and no exclusiveness to •ffend. He
bows with humility to this attestation of popu
lar confidence and favor, never forgetting that
though he is Chief Magistrate, he has been ta
ken from the ranks, and will return to the ranks
as one of the sovereign people.
Bring him within the reach of the influences
that cluster around his heart and guide his con
duct, and Gen. Pierce will exhibit those ele
ments that most commend, dignify, and honor
the character of man.
He will make these impressions upon the
thousands that will hear his ardent and graceful
elocution ; and more than this, with those who
may come within the range of social inter
course.’ 7
E. P. Stanton Elected by Six Majority !
Tenth Congressional District.— The fol
lowing is the official vote in the 10th District.
It is a shame that the Whigs suffer Yerger to be
beaten :
E. P. Stanton. E. M. Yerger.
Madison 808 1249
Hardeman 1029 656
Shelby 1422 1543
Fayette 1039 975
Haywood 828 697
5126 5120
5120
Stanton’s maj.. 6
[Nashville Banner , 12 th inst.
This is a small majority, but it is better than
6 for Yerger.— Chattanooga Adv ., 1 6th inst.
Yellow Fever on Shipboard.— We are in
formed by an officer ot the Revenue Cutter
Hamilton, that while off Tybee, on Sundayfceve
ning, the Cutter fell in with the ship John
Cummins. Capt. Alexander Havens, of Ports
mouth, twenty-one days from New Orleans
bound for Bordeaux, with two cases of yellow
fever on board. During the day Capt. Havens
had died of the same, and was buried on shore
Three of the crew and one passenger (names
not given) had died previously. The vessel
was found to be in a leaky condition. An offi
cer and six men were promptly supplied from
the Cutter, and the vessel run into Cockspur
Roads, where she now lies at anchor. The
health officer of the port has been notified and
will afford all possible medical relief to the two
sick seamen now on board.— Sav. Georgian , 16 th
inst.
The Hon. Joseph W. Jackson was yesterday
duly qualified, before the Justice of the Inferior
Court, as Judge of the Supreme Court of the
Eastern District of this State, vice Hon. Henry
R. Jackson resigned.—76.
New Cotton.— The first bale of new cotton
which has reached this city, directly from the
planter, was received yesterday from the planta
tion of Samuel Maner, Esq., Robertville, S. C.
It was consigned to Mr. S. Solomons.--76.
Horrid Crimes. —A correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican, writing from Jasper county,
Missouri, details the following horrible story ot
crime :
“On Friday night, the 15th July, two ne
groes—one belonging to a Mr. Dale and the
other a runaway belonging to a Mr. Scott—went
to the house of Dr. Fiske, who lives four miles
from Carthage, and one stationed himself in the
corner of the field, and the other went to the
house and told the doctor that his master (Mr.
D.) was very sick, and wanted him to come
over immediately. The doctor took up his hat
and started, the negro following ; and so soon as
they reached the spot where the runaway was
stationed, both negroes fell on him, one with a
club and the other with an axe, and killed him.
His head was completely split open with the
axe. The villains then went to the house, and
both ravished the wife. They then killed her,
then killed the child, then robbed the house, and
set fire to it and hurried it up. Dale’s negro has
been taken, and confessed these facts. Here was
every crime that human beings could possibly
commit at the same time—murder, rape, robbery
and arson. The cup of iniquity is full to the
brim. The atrocity of the deed is unparalleled
in the annals of crime. Dale’s negro produced
$240 that he had taken from the house, and said
that the other had got five pieces, but did not
know whether they were silver or gold. At
last accounts the people of Jasper were scouring
the country in search of the runaway, and so
sure as they catch him they will relieve the
courts of all trouble with them by burning them
both at the stake.”
Wheeling, Aug. 13th.— Outrageous Attempt
to Destroy Life on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, (Src. —A man named Martin Malvey, lately
in the employ of the Baltimore ond Ohio Rail
road company, was arrested at Cameron, near
Wheeling, this morning upon the awful charge
of designedly throwing the passenger train of
cars off the track by unlocking and misplacing a
switch c n Thursday last near that place. Mr.
Bogard, an intelligent iarmer oi the neighbor
hood. testifies that at about an hour previous to
the arrival of the train from Baltimore, on the
day of the accident, he was driving a team home
ward, and as he reached the brow of a high hill
that overlooks the track he observed Malvey
to approach the switch and deliberately take a
key from his pocket, unlock the ball or lever,
and leave it in that state. Supposing him to be
in the service of the company, and acting in
obedience to orders, Mr. Bogard said nothing
about his discovery, until after he learned the
tiain had run off the switch on account of Mat
vey's derangement of it. The prisoner was ta
ken to Moundsville, on the Ohio river, and safe
ly lodged in jail to await his trial.
Great credit is due to the Railroad company
for the promptness and efficiency with which
they have acted in this matter.
Mr. Ford, their agent at this station, and Mr.
Legrieye, assistant road master, deserve mention
for their intelligent labors in ferretting out the
accused.
Philadelphia, Aug. 14. — Relieffor New Or
leans.—The collections in this city in aid of the
sufferers by the yellow lever at New Orleans,
now amounts to $11,400.
New York, Aug. 13. —The contributions for
Orleans have now reached $20,000. Paul Julli
en proposes a concert in aid of the fund.
Arrivals at Stone Mountain House,]Aug. 15
Clark & Hitchcock, Proprietors.
Wm. G. Andrews, Troup county.
R. H. Jones, ' do. do.
Miss Jones, do. do.
Miss Hutchings, Lawrenceville,
W. H. Young, do.
W. N. Hutchings, do.
N. L. Hutchings, do.
W. P. Finley, Charleston, S. C.
J. Buckley Grumbull, do.
S. C. Battell, La Grange.
Miss M. Y. Jordon, do.
Jas. E. McFail and Lady, Liberty county.
F. T. Ward, Augusta.
G. H. Crump, do.
N. Nieholls, Columbus.
B. B. Smith,Twiggs county.
H. W. W. Henry, DeKalb county.
Wm. H. Jemison, do.
O. C. Hale, Wells River, Vt.
Col. J. Kent, do.
W. Erstilla, Lady and ServT, do.
Wm. W. Dunbar, Barnwell, S. C.
J. A. Hunt, Gwinnett county.
“ UGAR AN3S COFFEE.
1 /\/\ HHDS. Porto Rico, N. Orleans Clarified
lUU SUGAR.
400 bags Rio, Laguira and Java COFFEE.
SCRANTON, SEYMOUR A CO.,
aug 9 No. 2 Warren Block.
Oi W \ COIL,* J and £ inch Kentucky ROPE.
DUU SCRANTON, SEYMOUR A CO,
aug 0 No. 2 Warreu Block.
TK L EGUA
Reported for the Constit iUonali«t &
HO;>
AR RI VaT~~
AMERICA.
COTTON DECLINED 1-SJ.
Charleston, Aug. 17-p. m
ihe steamer America has arrived at Halifa
with later intelligence from Europe.
Liverpool Cotton Market.— The sales oi
the week reached 44,000 bales. Speculator"
took 4,000 and exporters 7,000 boles. Fair o”
leans is quoted at 6|d., Middling 6d., Fair
lands 6fd., Middling sfd. The demand Z
moderate, and fair and middling qualities had
declined one-eighth pence.
Consols 97 a.
The Arabia arrived out on Saturday.
Political.
The Turkish-question was undecided and in
creasing doubts.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The Eastern is nearly decided one way or the
other. It is generally believed less favorable to
peace. The Czar’s final answer cannot be
known till the 12th inst. If he accepts, the
troops must be withdrawn from the Principal!,
ties.
The Conference at Vienna will draw up a
treaty for the protection ot Turkey for all time
to come. If the Czar refuses the ultimatum or
evades a reply, the fleets will pass the Darda
nelles, and active operations for the maintenance
of Turkey be commenced.
The conduct of the Russian Generals in the
Principalities indicates the intention qf main
taining permanent possession. •
It is stated that Australia will demand repara,
tion from the United States for the Kosta affair,
and that Turkey shall immediately procure his
extradiction. It is said that the Czar advised
Austria to give the United States no pretence
for interfering in the affairs of Europe.
Charleston, Aug. 17,
Dates to the 13th instant have been received
from Halifax. The United States steamer Prince'
ton has been visited by Earl Ellesmere and other
English officials. They were hospitably enter
tained. English vessels are active, but no cap.
I tures.
At Washington, the Gardiner case has been
postponed till December.
New York, Aug. 17.
Cotton.—Sales 1000 bales, at steady prices.
€mnmrrrifll.
NEW-ORLEANS, August 13. Cotton.—Ar
ived since the sth instrant, 794 bales. Clearod in
the same timo 4392 halos. Stock in presses, and
on ship-board not cleared on the 12th inst., 16,300
bales.
Our last report left the Cotton market in a quiet
state, but in a very firm position as respected pri
ces, the stock on sale being quite modorato. With
in the past week the operations have beon on quite
a limited scale, as the light stock on sale has not
afforded scope for the selection of thejqualities most
in demand, which are bright, clear Cottons, while
at the same time the favorable advices from abroad
havo influenced holders to claim veiy full rates,
The sales of the week sum up 2500 bales, taken
principally for England, France and Spain, and
the prices, though somewhat irregular, have not
varied materially from our quotations of last week,
which are coutinued without change.
The first bale of the new crop was received here
on Tuesday, the 9th inst., being seven days later
than the first receipt last year. It was from the
plantation of Mr. R. B. Wafford, near Victoria, in
Texas, and consigned to Messrs- Williams, Bath
urst & Co. It is represented to be fully matured
of excellent staple, and classing about Middling
Fair. On Thursday a bale was received from the
plantation of Mr. Richa rd Flower,of East Feliciana,
in this State, consigned to Messrs. K. Dunbar A
Co. Neither of these bales had been sold when we
made our enquiries.
NEW-ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
(Assimilating to that of Liverpool)
Inferior sis a 8
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 8j a 9)
Low Middling 9J a 10
Middling lOj a lOj
Good Middling 11 j a 111
Middling Fair 11) a—
Fair nominal
Good Fair nominal
Good and Fine nominal
Grain. —The market for Corn has continued ex
tremely heavy for mixed and yellow, but the sup
ply of white being limited, it has commanded full
prices. The sales up to Thursday evening com
prised 10,500 sacks at 54 a 60 cents for mixed and
yellow, and 62> a 65 cents for white, the latter be
ing an extreme rate. Yesterday, the only tran
sactions reported were 500 sks yellow, in 3 lots, at
60c. This makes an aggregate for the week of 11,-
000 sacks.
Freights. — Cotton —Liver pool per lb, Jd.; Hav
re, Jc.; New York per bale $2; Boston, $1 50c.
SAVANNAH, Aug Hit 15.— Cotton —The sales
to-day amount to 62 bales ; 57 at 9J, and sat 101
o ents.
SAVANNAH EXPOR TS—Aug. 15.
Per barque Charles William, for Boston —69,713
feet Lumber, 379 bales Cotton, 30 do. Wool, 2GO
bags Rico Flour, 616 Dry Cow Hides, 136 bundles
do-, 4 hhds. and 1 box.
pippins Jiitflligritff.
ARRIVALS FROM CSaRLBSTON.
Brig Tavtar, Sheer, Boston.
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Barque Triton, Robinson, at Providence.
Barque Sophia, , at Philadelphia.
CHARLESTON, August 17.—Arrived, U S M
steam ships Osprey, Bernett, Philadelphia; Pal
metto; Jackson, Baltimore; brig Lancet, Llaisde!!,
Matanzas.
Went to sea, brigs Commerce, Burrell, Pont P«-
tre, Guad ; Yandalicr, Hake, a Northern port; Pa
o Alto, , New-Orleans; schr Jno. Castner, —,
Northern port.
SAY ANN AH, August 16.—Arrived schr Leopold
O'Donnell, Townsond, Baltimore.
Cleared, barquo Charles William, Hawes, Bo 3 '
ton.
WOOL! WOOL!!
I WILL pay the highest cash price for Wool de
livered in Augusta, or at any station on tb«
Ra Iroad or River; or will give a yard of negr°
of ray manufacture, for a pound of un* i
washed Wool. GEORGE SCHLEY- j
ICE.
THE Public are infornaed that on and from thi*
date the delivery of Ice will be from tho Ja<*'
son street Ice Housed
july 16 ts A.DEES,Agent^
O/ HHDS. Cuba MOLASSES, sweet and i»
fine order. For sale by
SCRANTON, SEYMOUR & CO.,
aug 0 No. 2 Warren^Blo«Y^
1 k/ l| BALES'Gunny BAGGING, wide and
J. t/v/ heavy.
SCRANTON, SEYMOUR iCO^
BACON AND CANDLES 20 hhds. prime BA
CON SIDES. . .
50 boxes Adamantine Candles. Just receive
and for sale by
june 21 CAMILLE E. GIRARPgY^
AUGUSTA SEED STORE.
RUTABAGA, Large Globe, Large English
folk, and various kinds of Turnip Seeds, ff .
other seeds for the fall planting, have been recei
ed at his store next to the State Bank.
july 20 d&clm J. H. SERVIgjL
BELLVILLE FACTORY AGENCY,
|Corner of Mclntosh and Key)ioldStnd^
THE GEORGIA STRIPES AND
PLAINS, made at this Factory,
so long and favorably known to Mer- (£|Efir
chants and Planters, are now on sale at jlßlg
the above place, where all orders will || HI,
be promptly attended to. QEORGE gfffl
jan It ly» I
