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BY ALEXANDER SMITH.
The broken moon lay in the autumn 3ky,
And I lay at thy feet;
You bent above me ;in the silence I
Could hear my wild heart beat.
I spoke; my soul was full of trembling fears
r At what my words would bring ;
\ ou raised your face, your eyes were full of tears,
As tho sweet eyes of Spring.
\ ou kissed me then, I worshipped at thy feet
Upon the shadowy sod.
0, fool, I loved thee, loved thee, lovely cheat!
Better than Fame or God.
My sbui leaped up beneath thy timid kiss:
* W hat theu to me were groans,
Or pafn, or death ? Earth was a round of bliss,
I seemed to walk on thrones.
And you were with me ’mong the rushing wheels,
* ’Mu Trade's tumultuous jars ;
And vlhere to awe-struck wilds the Night reveals
Her.iiollow gulfs of stars.
Before your window, as before a shrine,
1 ’mong dew-soaked flowers,
\Vhi’ f-,distant music-bells, with voices tine,
the midnight hours.
There came a fearful moment: I was pale,
You wept, and never spoke,
But clung around me as the woodbine frail
Clings, pleading, round an oak.
Upon my wrong I steadied upon my soul,
And flung thee from myself;
I spurned thy love as ’twere a rich man’s dole, —
It was my only wealth.
I spurned thee! I, who loved thee, could have died,
That hoped to call thee “ wife,’
And bear thee, gently smiling at my side,
Through all the shocks of life !
Too late, thy fatal beauty and thy tears,
Thy vows, thy passionate breath ;
I’ll meet thee not in Life, nor in the spheres
Made visible by Death.
Courting Made Easy.
A Paris letter says a small pamphlet, entitled
Instructions to Girls who desire to be Married , has
been for some weeks cried and sold upon the
Boulevard, at one scu a copy. The “ Instruc
tions ” are curious enough to furnish an extract.
They|are in the form of a catechism, proceeding
by question and answer, thus;
Question. What is the most necessary thing
for grown up girls ?
Answer. Marriage.
Q. At what age ought girls to be married ?
A. That depends upon whether they are
handsome or not.
Q. When should handsome girls he married?
A. From sixteen to eighteen.
Q. Why at that age ?
A. For fear that, if they wait, some damage
may happen to their honor.
Q. And when should plain girls be married ?
A. Just as soon as a man asks them, so »3 not
to lose the chance.
Q. When a girl is asked in marriage, what
must she say ?
A. She must appear surprised, and reply, that
she did not think a fellow so deserving would
have thought of her.
Q. During the marriage festivities what must
she do ?
A. She must take care and not laugh, if any
one says any thing with a double sense, as peo
ple are very apt to do on occasions of the sort.
Then follows an “ orison,” to be repeated from
time to time by girls who are tired of maiden
hood :
4,1 Lord, who formed Adam of earth, and gave
him Eve for a companion, send me, if you please,
a good husband to live with, that I may honor
you, and have children who will bless you.
After this comes a litany, to be said every
day, till the effect is produced—as the physicians
say of their prescriptions, 41 one teaspoonlul eve
ry hour, till the patient goes to sleep.”
Then comes the code of manners for the pa
rents of a happy couple. This is as full as any
one, who had gone through life aided by the
counsels of the Complete Letter-Writer , could de
sire.
The father and mother of the bridegrom will
say to the father and mother of the lady, after
the usual bowing: 44 We have learned with a
lively satisfaction, of the tenderness our boy
feels for your daughter, and have come to ask her
in marriage. If you consent, we shall be very
well pleased.”
Then the oid gentleman will reply : 44 We arc
deeply sensible to the honor you do us: we yield
with unhesitating cordiality. Be kind enough
to fix tne day.’ £
4 ’ We couid not think of it sir : fix it yourself,
I beg of you.”
And the code of manners having brought the
parties into this awkward fix,deliberately leaves
tnem there. A man who has lost all haoits of
self-reliance from cons ? ant dependence on the
Complete Letter-Writer, and the Young Chester
field. would find it difficult to get out oi it, I fear.
I trust that no matches will be broken off
lrotn an unwillingness on both sides to appoint
the happy day. You can gather from these
specimens, how it is that this pamphlet is sold
at the reasonable price of one cent; but you will
not understand how it should ever have become
the subject of a law suit. But it is not impor
tant that you should know.
Pretty Incident.—We heard a very pretty
little incident the other day, which we cannot
help relating. A young lady from the South, it
seems, was wooed and won by a youthful phv
sician living in California. When the engage
ment was made, the doctor was rich, having
been very successful in San Francisco. It had
not existed six months, however, when, by an
unfortunate investment, he lost his' entire
44 heap.” This event came upon him, it should
be added, just as he was making ready to claim
his bride. What does he do? Why, like an
honorable and chivalrous young fellow, as he is.
he sits down and writes the iady every partic
ular of the unhappy turn which had taken place
in his fortunes, assuring her that if the fact pro
duced any change in her feellings towards him.
she was released frem every promise she had
made him. And what does the dear, good girl
do? Why she takes a lump of pure gold, which
her lover had sent to her when in prosperity, as
a keepsake, having it manufactured in a ring,
forwards it to him with the following Bible in
scription, engraved in distiuct characters on the
inside:
Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee; for whither thou go
est, will I go, and whither thou lodgest, will I
lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy
God my God; where thou dies't will I die •
and there will I be buried; the Lord do so
to me and more also if aught but death part thee
and me.”
The lover idolized his sweetheart more than
ever when he received this precious evidence of
her devotion to him, both in storm and sunshine.
We may add that fortune soon again smiled up
on the young physician and that he subsequent
ly returned to the North to wed the sweet girl
he loved, and who loved him with such an un
dying affection. Nay, more, the happy bride
and bridegroom passed through our city not long
since on their way to the home of the latter in
the golden State. Reader, this, is all true.—
Your.g ladies who read the Bible as closely as
the heroine of our incident seems to have done,
are pretty sure to make good sweethearts and’
better wives.— N. Y. Times.
Legal Examination. —Justices Philip M-
Russel, Laurence Connell, and Levi S. Hart,
were engaged during the w hole of Tuesday in
an examinination of the case of the State vs.
Henry Weigand, charged with the crime of mur
der, in the killing of Maximilian Andre. The
examination was not brought to a close until
this morning, owing to the large number of wit
nesses examined. After a fflll and patient hear
ing. the defendant was bouiro over to the Supe
perior Court of the county, to answer to the
charge of 44 involuntary manslaughter in the
commission of an unlawful Bail in the
gum ot SB,OOO was exacted, and was given by
the defendant, Messrs. Jos. Lippman,and Chris
topher White being his securities.. The evi
dence before the Magistrates, we are informed,
was chiefly circumstantial.— Savannah Evening
Journal.
AUGUSTA, GA,.
Saturday MwmaCTfeafe'
I_: ' ‘' = ~ ‘ ~~^ ss = — :
for governor, /-
HON. HERSCFEL
Os Baldwin CorVfity. >' //
The Editor. \
The numerous readers')f this pf-pn! wi*l
doubt be pleased to learn that the hjf'' re %
turned from his Northern trip, mu&i uijpV xd
health and spirits from the relaxation/** >
joyed from his editorial labors. He jsUtprqseut \
will be seen from the following 10 .- j»
in Miliedgeville, but will be at his \ osfrjty k'ffi’
days. In addressing his 44 Dottings by
he is pleased to style us Mr. Editor, t M ;
him for the compliment, but are willing a jbe
shortest notice to give up the bonor«i ju*|
sponsible beilh. We have, however, taf/n sfT'
editor’s privilege with his
will give the conclusion of it in to mor.sw‘s
paper. . A £
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Milledgeville, Aug. 16, 1853.
Mr. Editor: My wanderings for this sum
mer are now about closed, and I find myself
44 brought up” for the present at this point,
where circumstances will detain me for some
days. Not being able to return to Augusta and
give verbally a recital of much that has inter
ested me during the brief respite I have snatch
ed from the cares of business, I will endeavor to
note down some things, which are agreeably re
membered, of my recent tour.
On the 23d of July, I reached Charleston in
time to do full justice to one of 44 the Governor 1 *”
fine dinners at the Charleston Hotel, and by 4£
p. m. was steaming it down the beautiful har
bor on board the Southerner, whose decks were
crowded with a gay and joyous company of fel
low-voyagers, many of them Charlestonians,
who, at the firing of the gun, which gave signal
that our voyage was commenced, waved hats
and kerchiefs in adieu to their friends who lined
the wharf. Our voyage to New York was un
interruptedly pleasant. It w T as uneventful in
those particulars which serve to give a dramatic
interest and excitement to travel upon the
mighty deep. The vessel was an established
favorite, having buffeted many a white crested
billow, and breasted many a storm, which put
her worthiness to the proof. Capt. Dickinson,
of the James Adger, was in command for the
trip—his own vessel being in New York under
going repairs. He is a seaman whose skill has
won the entire confidence of the public, and his
gentlemanly deportment, pleasant manners, and
bonhommie , always gain for him the good will of
his passengers. I regretted that circumstances
prevented my delaying so as to return with him
in the Adger on the 13th, particularly as these
steamers are in all their appointments and con
veniences like floating hotels of the first class.
The meals I have sat down to on board of them,
during the last two summers, were not surpassed
in sumptuousness by those of the Metropolitan,
the Irving, and the Clarendon, of New York;
and as I am one of the happy mortals always
exempt from sea-sickness, and deriving from
the salt sea air fresh vigor and zest for every
prandial enjoyment, life on the ocean has for me
many pleasing
One has only to travel to perceive what a
travelling people is our active and fast-going
community of Augusta. There were on board
several of our fellow-citizens, going on to swell
the large numbers that had preceded us to New
York—the great centre of attraction. Our friend
from Minisink was one, and H who sings
so good a song. I will not omit another fellow
voyager, who, if less companionable, was cer
tainly not less an object of interest. It was
Trow 's old roan, who stood on the forward
deck, impatiently pawing the floor at times, and
doubtless thinking of the huzzas of the crowd
that would greet his re-appearance on the Long
Island Course. It was currently reported on
board, that he was booked for a pacing match, at
a high stake, to come off in a few days after his
arrival at New York.
Voyages, even the pleasantest and smoothest,
must have an end. We had whiled away, in
pleasant converse among friends, and listening
to the sweet voice of one of Charleston’s lairest
warblers, many hours of Monday night, beneath
a cloudless sky, until the full orbed moon rose
red and fiery from its ocean bed to dim the lustre
of the watching stars. As it had exchanged its
angry flush for its usual placid face and silver
radiance, it being past midnight’s solemn hour,
I incontinently retired to exchange this scene
of serenity and beauty for the oblivion of sleep
and the illusions of dream-land. But the gentle
murmurs of the phosphorescent waves, as our
gallant bark cleared her way, and the gleam of
the moonlight on the crested waters reached me
through the window of my state-room, and
thoughts of home and 44 the friends I left behind
txvefi long robbed morpheus of his sceptre.
When morning came, we were going up the
Narrows, amidst a shower of rain, and the pano
rama of Fort Hamilton, Staten Island, with its
elegant villas, its cottages ornee , its green ter
races, and its undulating hills; Long Island,
Brooklyn, Governor’s Island, Hoboken, with
all their mingled city and suburban attrac
tions ; New York, with its domes and tall spiles,
its splendid harbor, with its forest of masts and
steamboat chimneys, with here and there steam
tugs and ferry boats plying busily from shore to
shore, all were presented dismally to view, drip
ping wet and wrapped in a misty shroud.
Nearly all the beauties of this unrivalled har
bor and its surroundings, were obscured : yet it
was not difficult to recall to memory how it
looks under the bright glow of a cloudless sum
mer morning. The first impressions of Ameri
ca received by a foreigner who reaches our
country by New York harbor, must be those of
admiration for its beauty, for the safety of its
anchorage,its commercial conveniences,the facili
ties for its defence, and wonder that he had not
heard more of it, and seen it oftener on casvass,
or read of it in the descriptions of poets.
Os New York city itself, its ways and cus
toms, its sights and sounds, from its crowd of
hacks and the babel of tongues that salute
you at the wharf, the din and roar of carts, car
riages and omnibuses rattling over the stones, the
cries, the noises, the hum and hurrah of this
busy hive of human life, I shall attempt no de
scription. It were as endless a task almost as
to count the drops of spray that dash upon a sea
beaten shore.
Every pursuit in New York seems thriving,
and pressed with an industry and energy which
must compel success. No business can be lazily
and sluggishly pursued. He who is a laggard
must fall by the way side, and be trampled down
by the rushing host pressing upon his heels in
the great battle of life. Those who are willing
to work can find abundance to do in the various
departments of labor, perhaps not always with
a proper remuneration ; but no surplus of labor
above the wants of society, presenting pictures
of starvation and squalid misery, afflict the eye
here, as is too often the case in the cities of Old
Europe.
One evidence of the great demand for labor in
this country is furnished by the fact, that the
New York agents of railroad companies in the
Nefihsm and Wsitwa tot procuring la*
borers, arc in tbs habit of going oUt t 0 Bea in
pilot boats to meet immigrant vessels, and make
engagements with the laborers coming in. This
will give some idea of the competition among
the contractors on great works of internal im
provement. This certainty of procuring em
ployment accounts in part for the eager crowds
which rush to the shipping ports of Europe to ob
tain transportation to this blessed country,where
there are labor and bread for all, and a cheering
prospect of independence, citizenship, and man
ly position in this nation of sovereigns to the
industrious and enterprising.
This state of things among us has been a double
blessing to less favored lands, with less democra
cratic institutions. Especially has Ireland been
benefitted; for the operation of this cause for
years following close upon the depopulation by
famine and its concomitant diseases during the
disastrous years of 1847 and 1848, has destroy
ed the surplus of labor that had afflicted that
country, and created a demand for it at remune
rating prices. But no returning prosperity in
Ireland, or in any other portion of Europe, can
check the tide of emigration setting in for these
shores. Not a mail leaves New York or Boston
without carrying thousands of dollars of the
earnings of our foreign population, to b-ing over
parents, and children, and brothers and sisters
who have been only deterred from following
these pioneers by the want of means. Let them
come. Welcome, thrice welcome are they.—
Such should be the voice of every patriot and
philanthropist. There is room lor all. Work
and land for all. No narrow and short sighted
fears of danger to our liberties, or the corruption
of our ballot-boxes should prompt restrictive le
gislation as to the rights ol citizenship and free
suffrage, by which the valuable industry and
hardy enterprizeof the European masses would
be repelled from us. It has helped to build up our
cities, our railroads and canals, construct our
houses and our ships, people our farms and waste
places, create our mills and manufacturing vil
lages, and pour into the channels of commerce
returning floods of agricultural products which
go to sw-ell the great aggregate of our country’s
wealth. The Native American bigot, who at
taches a sortol aristocratic value to the right of
suffrage, may preach homilies upon the igno
rance and degeneracy of the pauper labor of
Europe, and deny to the sons of toil the capacity
to acquire, in a few years, intelligence enough to
! vote understandingly. But for everyone such
incompetent voter, a dozen will come from the
same sources, endowed with all the elements
adapted to make an intelligent freeman and a
useful citizen. Thus will the modicum ol evil
be more than ten fold compensated. Tneir
children, too, and their children’s children,will be
educated with American ideas, and grow up un
der the ennobling auspices of American institu
tions.
Having said this much on the general subject
of labor and its rewards, I cannot drop it with
out the qualification, that there are imperfections
and social evils on this score which are sensibly
felt in the North—especially in the large cities.
The great and grievous disproportion between
[ the rewards to male and female labor, is bitter
| ly felt and complained of by the latter class.—
This is no small evil, and is worthy the best
efforts of the humane and the just to remedy.—
I It is an evil confined chiefly to cities, ani yet it
is one easily in the reach of cure. There are
many employments now monoplized by men,
I which females can attend to as well; and we
notice in our successive visits to New York that
the remedy is giadually being applied. The
females are gradually encroaching upon depart
ments hitherto allotted solely to men, or rather,
they are beginning to obtain their legitimate
share. After a while, New York will present,
in this particular, in its industrial departments,
S somewhat a Parisian air; and as long as it pat
j terns alter that brilliant capital in honest in
| dustry,it is an example not to be deprecated.
It was my intention to visit the office of the
Nwe York Day Book , where females alone are
employed in type-setting ; but postponed doing
so Irom day to-day, until too late, as I was call
ed back unexpectedly to Georgia. This experi
ment has been in operation long enough to de
monstrate its success. Last summer, I noticed
that a number of females were employed in a
Type Foundry on Fulton street, and they work
i ed with a skill which left no ground for dissatis
i faction.
The Clarendon Hotel, kept by O. C. Putnam,
in a style of unsurpassed elegance and comfort
—the best Hotel probably on the American con
tinent—is supplied chiefly with female seivants.
! None others wait upon the table.and the prompt
ness, cheerful alacrity, and respectful politeness
united with their modest deportment and neat
costumes, add a crowning grace to each occasion
which assembles the guests in the Banquet Hall.
It contributes much to the devices which civi
lization continually prompts us to adopt to ele
vate eating from a vulgar necessity, to a social
and a refined enjoyment.
I could dilate on this theme, and the progress
of refinement and luxury, as evinced in the Ho
tels, Restaurants and Ice Cream Saloons which
are now such brillantly distinguishing features
of New York. Pleasant reminiscences of Del
Monico’s, of Shelly’s, of Taylor’s, and of Thomp
son’s, tempt me on. But cui bono ? Splendid
fortunes are yearly made in ministering to Epi
curean tastes by furnishing not only appetizing
dishes to suit every caprice of taste, but doing it
with ot elegance and style
which minister to the imagination and subli
mate the senses. Taylor has reared a Palace on
the corner of Broadway and Franklin which
rivals the glories of the Alhambra in its
interior decorations, and would have given to
the fertile imagination of Claud Melnotte new
ideas to add to the descriptive splendours of his
Marble Palace on the Lake of Como, where per
fumed light poured forth its radiance through
alabaster lamps—or to the Count de Monte
Christo, now objects on which to lavish his
marvellous wealth, wherewith to dazzle and as
tound Parisian circles. His saloons, with the
building which contains them, are said to have
cost $350,000. Yet this great outlay must soon
be repaid him, if it be true as was asserted in
our presence, that his receipts were S3OOO daily.
I am sceptical as to both of these figures,however.
G.
(TO EE CONCLUDED FN OUR NEXT.]
The Crops. —The Columbus Times & Senti
nel of the 16th inst., says :— 44 We are pleased to
learn that the cotton crop is an unusually good
one on the Chattahoochee. The late heavy and
frequent rains, however, have caused a too rapid
growth of the weed : and we understand that
the boll worm has made it appearance on some
plantations. This crop can never be counted
on as certain before October, and notwith
standing the fair promise now shown there may
still be a short crop.”
A California Bear.—The largest bear that
has ever been seen in this quarter of the globe
arrived at Philadelphia a few days since in the
ship Jocob Bell, from California. He is of the
grizzly species, and is believed to be 1400 pounds
in weight. It is said that S7OOO have been re
fused for him. The freight to bring him over ,
was S9OO. Rather an expensive and ugly pas
enger. He is intended for the World’s Fair.
Ttmutn Eeiurag,
ihe Chattanooga Advertiser of the ISth inflt.
says:
The table which we publish in another col
umn, contains full returns from every county in
the State except Perry, from which only the
majority for Henry has been received. The col
ums foot up as follows :
For Johnson 62,885
For Henry 60,978
2,207
Johnson’s majority is, theretore, 2,207. The
returns are accurate, the most of them official.
The full official vote will not vary the above re
sult. we think twenty votes.
Congressional Elections.—The following
is the result of the Congressional election in
this State:
DEMOCRATS.
Ist District Brookins Campbell—gain.
2d District— W. M. Churchvvell—gain.
3d District—Sami. A. Smith—gain.
sth District—G. W. Jones.
10th District—F. P. Stanton—gain.
WHIGS.
4th District—Wm. Cullom. ‘
6th District—Charles Ready.
7th District—R. M. Bugg—gain.
Sth District—F. K. Zollicoffer.
9th Distrsct—Emerson Etheridge.
Ihe new apportionment bill gave the Whigs
eight districts and the Democrats twc; but the
latter greedy fellows—have taken more than
their share.
Col. Smith’s Mojoritv, 1540.—We have
discovered errors in our summing up of the third
district. McMinn county gives 215 majority,
instead of 183, and in Monroe it is 225, instead
ot 213, which swelled the majority to 1540.
Polk county may still increase the amount when
official returns come in.
Brookins Campbell is elected by 143 votes
over Taylor and Watkins. The official vote is
3988 lor Watkins, 5387 for Taylor, and 5530 for
Campbell.
The Legislature, so far so heard, will stand as
follows :
Senators.
Democrats 33
Whigs 12
Democratic gain of 4 members.
Representatives.
Whigs ...' 40
Democrats 30
10
Five counties to be heard from. The last re
presentation was forty-two Whigs and thirty
three Democrats.
The North Carolina Whig has been furnished
with the following statement of Cotton taken to
Columbia by the Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad, from the Ist ot October, 1852, to July
30, 1853—ten months;
Ridgeway 3.744
Winsboro 10,257
Blackstocks 3.632
Chester 27,164
Ebenezer 4.154
F. Mills 2^331
Charlotte.. . 15,136
Total... 66,418
Railroad Accident.
We regret to learn from passengers arrived
last evening, that an accident occurred on the
State Road somewhere above Marietta on Thnrs
day’, by which three persons were killed and
several others injured. We could not get the
full particulars.
CE iipus.a correspondent of the N. Y. Courier
& Enquirer, offers to give fifty dollars to any
medium who will discover what passages from
Shakspeare and the Bible are contained in a
sealed packet to be placed before said medium ;
fifty dollars for the divulgence of his thoughts as
secretly written down prior to the experiment;
fifty dollars for the moving of a table, four feet
square, (provided by CEdipus,) by other than
mechanical means; and fifty dollars for the ring
ing of a bell in broad day-light, by invisible
agency. These experiments are to be performed
in the presence of three persons: one selected by
Judge Edmonds, one by (Edipus, and one by the
two witnesses so chosen.
The New-York Herald lives a description of
a new style of stereotyping, by which a perfect
! stereotype copy of a form of type can be produced
j in ten minutes, and the impressions taken from
j it and not irom the type in which the matter
I was originally set up. Ot course the stereotype
| copy can be duplicated, and thus two, three, or
<Jny desired number of presses can be employed
j at the same time in printing copies of the same
| issue of a paper. This would enable a paper to
publish an unlimited edition.
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Meeting in Wilkes.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the peo
ple of Wilkes county, held in the Court House at
Washington, on Tuesday , the 16th inst., for the
purpose of nominating candidates to represent
them in the next General Assembly, Dr. John
W. Heard was called to the Chair, and John B.
Wooten was requested to act as Secretary.
On motion ot Jas. R. Elliott, a Committee of
seven was appointed by the Chair, to report suit
able resolutions for the action of the meeting,
consisting of J. R. Elliott, Jas. Arnold, Richeson
Booker, Jas. H. Willis, Isaac J. A. McLendon,
R. W. Wooten, and L. J. Gartrell.
1 he Committee retired and in a few moments
reported, through their Chairman, L. J. Gartrell
the following preamble and resolutions :
j Whereas , It is not only the right, but the duty,
of the people of this country to meet in primary
assemblies and declare the principles by which |
they are governed; therefore we, a portion of 1
the voters of Wilkes county, without respect to .
old party lines, in the exercise of this right, do
hereby declare as follows :
Ist. That the series ol Acts passed during the
first session of the thirty-first Congress, known
as the Compromise are regarded by us as a final
adjustment and permanent settlement of the !
questions therein embraced, and should be re
garded, maintained and executed as such.
Resolved 2d, That the report and resolutions ;
of the Georgia Convention of 1850, known as j
the Georgia Platform, have been adopted, sol- ;
emnly in Convention by the National Whig and
democratic parties, and that it is the duty of the
people to unite in the firm determination to
maintain the same.
Resolved 3d, That we are opposed to the fur
ther agitation of the slavery question North or
South, as tending to endanger the institution
and weaken the Union'of the States,
Resolved 4th, That we are opposed to all “ wild,
reckless, and gigantic schemes ” of Internal Im
provements by the General Government.
Resolved sth, J hat while we approve of an
equitable ad valornm Tax Law, yet we are
strenuously opposed to the present Law as it
stands, because, it is unjust, unequal and oppres
sive in its operation upon a large portion of the
people of the State.
Mr. Gartrell urged the passage of the resolu
tions in an able and characteristic speech of con
siderable length, which was listened to with in
tense interest by the audience, and frequently
interrupted by enthusiastic applause. The reso
lutions were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting hereby nominate
Col. Cha-\ L. Bolton as a candidate to represent
the people of Wilkes in the next State Senate.
On motion of James H. Willis it was unani
mously
Resolved, That this meeting recommend to
their fellow-citizens of the county, Lucius J.
Gartrell and Jas. Harris, as suitable persons to
feprswnfc tfa«m in the House es Reprcwntafclvii
of the nest General Assembly,
On motion, Resolved that the proceedings of
this meeting be furnished to the editors of the
Washington Gazette, Augusta Constitutionalist,
and the Chronicle and Sentinel for publication.
1 he meeting then adjourned.
* JNO. W. HEARD, Pres’t.
Jno. B. Wooten, Secretary.
Yellow Fever in ALGERES.-The Mobile Ad
vertiser, of a late date says :—“ We learn from a
private source that the mortality in Algiers. La.,
(not reported in the papers) is even greater in
proportion to population, than in New Orleans.
Algiers is near New Orleans.”
] From the Columbus Times , I'Mh inst.\
Reply to the Chronicle & Sentinel.
The evidence that the Buffalo Republic has
been repudiated by the President, is found in the
columns of the Washington Union, the organ of
the Administration, where it is done without
equivocation by the organ grinder in his editori
al columns. As to the advertising patronage
received by the paper, we know nothing about
it, but presume no respectable paper would pub
lish the advertisement for the pay offered for it
by the last Congress. We have had similar
patronage offered to us by Fillmore’s Adminis
tration. Does this prove that Fillmore’s Ad
ministration was Demociatic?
The evidence that Dix & Co., have repudia
ted their Buffalo heresies is found first in the
fact that they voted for Franklin Pierce, the
bitterest and most proscriptive enemy in the
Northern States of the Buffalo politicians.
Does the Chronicle & Sentinel forget that he
organised opposition to Atwood, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of New Ha mahire, upon
the ground that he was a Buffalo politician, and
succeeded in defeating his election ? The sec
ond ground of proof that they have repudiated
their Buffalo heresies, is found in the fact that
they have been appointed to office by Franklin
Pierce, the fiiercest and bitterest enemy of Buf
falo heresies in the Northern States. The third
piece of evidence that they have repudiated their
Buffalo heresies is found in the fact that they are
retained in office by Franklin Pierce, who is
pledged before the country to turn out of office
every appointee who will not repudiate the
Buffalo heresies, and we believe Franklin
Pierce is an honest man and will stand up to his
word. As to Brown, he never was a Freesoil
er.
Now will the Chronicle & Sentinel honestly
answer us a few questions? Did you not vote
for a Freesoiler for President ? Did not Mr.
Jenkins do the same ? How then can you hon
estly blame Pierce for appointing Freesoilers to
insignificant offices? Is not every Foreign
Mission of the grade of Charge, but one, filled by
men who are opposed to both Abolitionism
and Freesoilism? Plain answers to these few
questions will, it is believed, show the hypocrisy
of the Conservative party and commend the
Administration of President Pierce to the confi
dence of the Southern people.
“Oh! give relief and Heaven will bless
your store.”
Among the numerous private and public con
tributions in aid of the suffering citizens of New
Orleans, which we have noticed, we know of
none more worthy of record than that made by
Mr. A. Christadora, of this city. We learn that
yesterday, without solicitation, he handed to a
member of one of the Committees, a check for
SIOO, to be forwarded to New Orleans. Con
sidering that Mr. Christadora is not a rich man,
in the ordinary acceptation of that term, but is
dependent principally upon h s daily avocations
lor support, it was a noble, generous contribu
tion, and shows that he has a heart to feel anoth
er's woe, and a hand that is ready to help, in
soothing sorrow and distress. Mr. Christadora
has set an example to otners from which they
may “ learn the luxury of doing good.”— Sav.
Rep.,-IBth inst.
The Ship John Cummins. —Yesterday, about
four P. M., we were informed by a gentlemen
on whom we can fully rely, that the ship John
Cummins, at anchor in Cockspur Roads, before
reported with yellow fever on board, is now en
tirely free from the disease. The steward died
and was buried, while the person reported
sick has recovered. The vessel is in complete
order and now ready for sea, only awaiting or
ders from her owners. All on boardare well.—
Sav. Georgian. 19 th inst.
Attempted Suicide. —Just as the steamship
Alabama was leaving her wharf last evening, a
woman, respectably attired, attempted to go on
board, but, having no passage ticket, was pre
vented. After the vessel had started she at
tempted to jump into the river, but was witheld
by persons present, who finally placed her in a
wagon and drove off. From what could be
learned, she had been faithlessly deserted by her
natural protector, who had taken passage in the
steamer, and, in the distress of the moment, rea
son forsook her—hence the attempt to destroy
herself. Oar informant did not learn her name
or residence. We hope she has been kindly
cared for.— lb.
That Back Out.— The Atlanta Republican,
of last week, speaking of the Whig speeches, on
the 10th, says : “ Judge Johnson was also here,
and we understand, was invited to a discussion,
but backed out.” This statement is calculated,
and was doubtless intended, to make a false im
pression. We are informed, on good authority,
that no invitation to a discussion was extended
to Judge Johnson, from Mr. Stephens, who was
to speak on the occasion by special appointment.
An invitation from Mr. Stephens himself, di
rectly cr by his authority,, would have been the
only invitation which Judge Johnson coul! with
propriety have accepted.— Atlanta Intelligencer
18 th inst.
Bird’s Case. —The Supreme Court, in session
at Decatur last week, in the case of Elijah Bird
I convicted of the murder of Dr. Hilburn, con
firmed the judgment the Superior Court and re
fused to grant a new trial.— lb.
Gilmer Forever, World without End.—
Wa have been shown a letter written to a friend
of this town from the county of Gilmer, which
said,“ Chastain and Johnson would carry the
county by one thousand votes or more.” This
intelligence, we have no doubt, is as correct as
advance calculations can make it, tor the reason,
we had an interview with an old sensible and
intelligent friend of ours, who stated he was im
mediately from the county of Gilmer, after a
week’s transaction of business, and he was con
fident that Johnson would carry the county by
fifteen hundred votes. And further, that there
was no settled opposition to Judge Johnson, and
| his embarassment arose from the multitude of
j Democrutic candidates. We put the fifth dis
! trict for Johnson at five thousand votes. Every
■ leading Whig in the Cherokee country saving
i Judge Trippe, is out for Judge Johnson. Dr!'
Miller, Judge Wright, Col. Millner, and Col.!
Underwood, all able champions of “ equal rights
and free suffrage. w— Griffin Jeffersonian , 18//i insi. \
Gulls’ Eggs. —A correspondent of the Tra- \
veller, writing from Eastport, Maine, has the !
following:
“Among the various interests which engage
the attention of this eastern world, we would !
mention the egg interest. Perhaps many of !
your readers may not be aware of the tact that
an extensive traffic in gulls’ eggs is carried on
between this pert and Boston. The eggs of
these are gathered in great quantities along the 1
shores of the adjacent islands during the months
of June and July, and shipped principally to
Boston as a market. The egg gatherers, at the
proper season, go over their grounds and destroy
the first deposits, after which they daily collect
and regularly ship this ovarious treasure to the
Boston market. These eggs very much resem- j
ble in form and size those of the hen, and to the
inexperienced are no doubt equally palatable,
although here they are very seldom reserved for
home consumption, being far less esteemed as a
delicacy than in the City of Notions.”
Extract of a letter received in Charleston,
dated
“ Monk’s Corner, S. C., Aug. 14, 1853.
“ I am sorry to say the rains have injured the
cotton very much. While they continued every
day I could see very little drooping ; but the I
last two or three days have been dry and very
hot. I think it has shedded more in those two
or three days than it had done in all of the
thirty rainy days previous.”
Another Bale.—The second bale of new
cotton was received yestesday per steamer Jen
ny Bealle, from the plantation of John Lee,
Perry county. It came consigned to Messrs, j
Marrast & Lee, and classes middling fair. We
learn that the crops in that section are very ,
promising.— Mobile Advertiser , llfA inst. j
■■ '■mwii ii ■! bmib—HwEi
BY TELEGRAPH.
Reported for the Conrtit tLoUalist # lio-aDli*.
Insurrection in Tortugas.
Charleston, Aug. 19.
An insurrection has broken out in Tor
tugas, and the inhabitants are flying to St.
Thomas.
The Gardiner Claim.
It is rumored that the Gardiner Commission*
ers discovered Gardiner’s mines.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, Aug. 16.
Cotton. —The market has been very dull for
the past two days, the sales being hardly 200
bales.
Tobacco has declined one quarter cent. 4
Flour has declined fifty cents.
Freights to Liverpool are firm at one half
pence.
Yellow Fever.
I he deaths for the past twenty-four hours are
193, incluiing 174 by the prevailing epidemic.
The Steamer Princeton.
Charleston, Aug. 19.
At Halifax a series of entertainments have
passed between the steamer Princeton and the
city authorities.
Potatoe Hot.
The potatoe rot has appeared in the province,
in the neighborhood of Halifax.
The Fishery.
A number of American fishing vessels have
been boarded by British cutters. The Ameri
cans are not allowed to enter the Bay of Cha
leur..
Fugitive Slave Case.
At Cincinnati, a Fugitive Slave had arrived
from Piqua, and was brought before Judge
McLean, who on hearing the evidence, remand
ed him to his master in Kentucky. Judge
McLean gave an elaborate opinion sustaining the
rights ot the South and the constitutionality of
the fugitive slave law.
Charleston, Aug. 19, P. M.
Cotton. —The market is unchanged. The
sales to-day reach 200 bales at 11 cents.
New York Aug. 19, P. M‘
Cotton.— The sales to-day reach 750 bales
at a decline of one-eighth.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. ]
Baltimore, August 18. —Progress of the Epi
demic at Netv Orleans. —A private dispatch from
New Orleans, dated on Wednesday, was received
at Louisville on Thursday, which states that in
consequence of the great mortality it was found
impossible to bury all the dead, and that
therefore 125 had been burned. The deaths du
ing the week from yellow fever had been 1361,
and the merchants were closing their stores.
Baltimore, Aug. 18.—The Coroner’s jury,
which has been in session at Providence, R. L,
having found a verdict inculpating the Conduc
tor of the train which came into collision with
anothe at Pawtucket on the 12th inst., for the
loss of life which occurred on the occasion, he
has been held to bail in the sum of SSOOO.
Baltimore, Aug. 18.—Cotton was again dull
in New York on Thursday, and 750 bales
changed hads at a decline of an eighth of a cent.
Rio Coffee had advanced an eighth of a cent,
and 3500 bags w'ere disposed of at 92 cents per
pound.
Cpminrrrifil.
CHARLESTON, Aug 19.— Cotton. —We have
nothing new to communicate in reference to this
article. The demand, as was the case during the
, previous week has been confined almost solely to
orders for Spanish account, which have been tilled
. at about the prices current when we made up our
| previous report. The transactions of the week ern
-1 brace some 1500 bales, about 1100 of which were
! sold at 11 cents. We continue to quote Good Mid
dling and Middling Fair at 11 cents. For the
other qualities we have no quotations to offer, as
there has not been enough done in them to estab
lish a market. The receipts since our last com
prise 1269 bales. Nothing has been done in Long
Cotton.
Corn, —This article, which has stood at a high
range of figures for some weeks past, has began to
feel the pressure ot recont heavy receipts. The
. previous week closed at prices ranging from 78 to
l BCo. Since that period some 23,000 bushels have
i come to hand, and prices have dropped to 70 a
! 75c. And such is the state of the market that it
will require something superior to bring the latter
« price. Between 6000 and 7000 bushels remained
unsold when we closed our report.
F our. —The Flour market has at last been rc
, lieved, and we hope for the sake of consumers to
' see prices in a short time down to a reasonable
standard. The arrivals this week comprised 1600
or 1800 barrels Baltimore brands. The market
opened at 6} and closed at per barrel, with a
1 portion of the receipts unsold, for our bakers have
1 bought but sparingly, at these prices.
i Bacon. —There has been a fair demand for Sides
j and Shoulders, and upwards of 200 hhds. have
, changed hands. The former prices ranging from
■ 8£ to 9c., and the latter from 62 to 7c.
, Bagging. —There has been inquiry for Gunny
| : Cloth this week, and upwards of 100 bales have
, been sold at prices ranging from 11} to 12c., prin
| eipally at the former prices.
' i Rope. —The transactions embrace perhaps some
' j 600 coils Western at 8 a B}e., and Philadelphia
! ! B}a B=c.
1 Salt. —There was an arrival this week of some
2000 sacks, the bulk of which has been sold out
at prices ranging from 1 12} a $1 10 per sack.
Sugar. —The Sugar market since the compara
tively heavy operations of the previous week has
[ relapsed into a quiet state. Tho transactions since
| our last report have been limited to some 50 hhds.
1 Muscovados at 5 a s}c.
Molasses, —The transactions have been confined
i solely to Cuba, and the price paid shows a decided
| improvement on former sales. About 45 hhds.
| and 18 tiercos sold at 18}c., and were we learn re
-1 sold at 19c. por gallon.
Coffee. —Tho heavy operations of the previous
week has very much reduced the stock in first
hands, which is now quite light. Rio has been
selling since our last at prices ranging from 84 a
j as in quality.
j Freights. —There is a vessel loading_ for Liver
pool at Jd. for cotton in squaro bags. Tho rates
to New York are altogether nominal, at 50 a 62}
i cts. per bale for cotton, and 50 a 62} cts. per tierce
! for rice.
ATLANTA, August IS.— Cotton. —Nothing do
ing in this article.
There has been some changes in other articles.
Bacon. —Wo quote hog round at 8} to 9 cents.
Hams are plenty at 10 to 11 conts.
Lard. —Plenty at 10 a 12 cts. per pound,
j Iron. —Swoeds 5} to 6}c; English sto 5} cents;
Naiis have advanced to 6 a 6}c.
i Corn. —ls soiling at 50 to 60 cents.
Corn Meal. —so to 70 cents.
Fork. —Hog round, 6 to 7} cents, PickeleJ, 10
i eonts.
Beef. —By tho quarter, 5 to 7} cents.
SAVANNAH, August 17, P. M.— Cotton. —No
sales reported to-day.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—Aug. 17.
Per steamship Alabama, for New York—467
bales Cotton, 100 casks Rice, 41 bales Domestics,
and sundry bales and boxes Merchandize.
SlWittg
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Steam ship Marion, Poster, New York.
Schr JaneC. Patterson, Dole, Philadelphia.
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr Mary & Louisa, Adams, at Philadelphia.
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Barque Edith, Harding, at Boston.
Brig Clington, Walker, at New York.
CHARLESTON, August *l9.—Cleared, schr
Helene, Jones, New York.
Went to sea, ship Catalaua, Estape, Barcelona;
brig Somers, Watson, Havana ; schr Zephyr, By
ers, Havana.
SAVANNAH, August 18. —Arrived, brig Excel,
Tallman, New York.
Went to sea, steamship Alabama, Schenck, New
York.
ROPE! ROPE!
1( VI COlLSc^°iee Russian ROPE, to arr;T«,
J. v/v® and for sale by
july 31 S. C. GRENVILLE A CO.
SMOKED TONGUES. ™
2 BARRELS, Extra large Smoked TonguOi.
Just received by Steamer, and for sale by
july 16 THAYER & BUTT.
0a the i6fh J 4 r c ' . ..
Aaron Cloud, of Griffin, Ga„ to^
25? and ““*4:
On the 10th inst *by I). J. Ditton, J. I c *
Philip S. S. Smyth Ogilvie, to Mi« V L ’ Dr.
Ham, both of Scrivcn county, (la.
On Sunday morning, 14th’inst., Mr*
Pickens, wife of Col. F. W. Pickens’ in tu l0 ‘ N A.
year of her age. *’ ln 29th
O BIT UA R Y ” ~
Died, on the 7th inst, in Carnssville ri
county, Ga., Mrs. Clarissa Millurf’ Frankl in
Capt. Wdham Millure, aged sixty-one yelr?f n ° f
2oth Juno last. The deceased had for manv° n th ®
been in bad health, but for the last years
had been confined to her bed chieflv cv m ° n thj
daughter of the late Gen. Frederick Bean "n 9 1
Millure and her were intermarried 9th La Pt.
1814. some thirty-nine years ago
offspring, consequently the bereft husband h« d n °
solace but his relations and friends. p.J,
her manes, and consolation and comfort v, 6 b ® to
consulate and lone husband—now in
third year. ls sixty*
r;_~- F.
Serial lloSufs.
French and the higher Mathematics, will k„ m
ted, on the Ist of JANUARY next, A L
who can bring satisfactory testimonials as* to I°'’
acter, experience and qualifications, will rind
pleasant and permanent situation, with a «,i a
of $350 and Board, including Washing. £;‘??
Ac., Ac. Address Principal Female institm
Americus, Sumter county. Early application U
desired * 2 aug2o
Bank ®* Augusta, August ISU^SiT
Applications, naming securities*
from candidates for the office of Collector amt
Discount Clerk in this Bank will be received until
Tuesday morning next. Salary, duties of o fiW
and amount of bond to be given may be asm
tained by applying to the Cashier.
By order of the Board of Directors.
aug 19 dtd Jas. W. Davies, Cashier
Miller Lodge, No. 10, I. o. O. I
Augusta, August 18th, 1853 The
Fraternity of Odd Fellows are cautioned against
man (falling himself Maurice Hogan, of°Bemv.
olence Lodge, No. 40, of Yillago Green, Pennwl"
vania.
He having applied to and received relief of oar
Lodge, we believing him to be an honest, honors
bleand sober man. Since which time, however
wo are satisfied that he is a man void of the prin'
cipies of honor and unworthy of any assistance from
any Lodge ol the order. By order of tho Lodge.
F. A Whitlock, N. G
Attest J. J. Lathuop, Sec. 3 aug IS
Iced Soda Water—This delightful
drink, together with a great variety of
choice Syrups, of the best quality, may be found at
he Druggist and Apothecaries Store of
a»g 12 Wm. Haines, Broad street
INever snffer I°»S from a Cough.-
At this ago of the world, when you can
get Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, it is a criminal ne».
iect, if you do not cure it. augs°
Burke County— l , ublie~sl7etiu>l
Each district of Burke county is re
quested to send their to meet at the
Court Houso iu Waynesboro, on the first TUES
DAY in September, to nominate candidates for
the legislature, favorable to the present aiminis
tration. ’ td July 31
I state 01 Georgia, Richmond count).
--Clerk's office Inferrior Court— Ke
; turn day for the Inferior Court of Richmond coun
ty, September Term, 1853, will be on Friday, the
19th August, 1853.
aug 9 std Os well E. Cashin, Clerk.
Hunch—The Shades still top of the
pile. We cordially invite all who are
fond of the good things of this life, to drop in and
help themselves to Beef Stakes, Mutton Chops,
Fish Bails and Soups of all kinds and a sprinkling ot
hospitality. Seven days in the week we can be
found at our post studdying the taste and palates
of our numerous customers.
Plumb & Pantom.
aug 14 ts
Dr. Hoo'laud's German Bitters, prr
pared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, ar» ustly
reckoned amongst our most valuable medicines.
In cases of dyspepsia, it acts like magic, strength
ening the tone of the stomach, stimulating the di
gestive powers, and giving ruddy health to the
cheek and brightness to the eye. There are thou,
sands in this community who can testily to their
virtues, and thousands will hereafter add their tes
timony. ai ig 5
Premium Daguerrean Gallery .—The
Lit*. firm of Tucker & Perkins having
been dissolved by limitation last February, the un
dersigned will continue to practice the art of Dag
uerreotyping iu all its various branches, and from
his long practical experience he feels confident of
his ability to please tho most fastidious.
The pictures now being taken at this Gallery arc
pronounced by those who are judges, superior in
tone and life-like expression, to any ever before
produced in Augusta. _ Isaac Tucker.
N._B. Artists purchasing Stock, will please bear
in mind that materials are sold at lower rates than
at any other house this side of New York, may 14
Medical Testimony cannot be Con
■S'-—troverted.—One of the moat startling
cases narrated of Dr. M’Lane’s Vermifuge by Dr
John Butler, of Lowell, Trumbftli county Ohio
The case was that of a young lady who had 1 eet
very sick for eight years, and had consulted a nun
her of physicians, who had treated it aa one
Prolapsus Uteri. Dr. Butler was then called in
and for a time, believed with his predecessors that
it was a case of Prolapsus. He was, however, soon
forced to the conclusion that his patient was suf
fering from worms, and afther-much persuasion,
prevailed uoon her to take two doses of Dr.
M’Lane’s Vermifuge. This medicine had the ef
fect of removing from her a countless number of
tho largest size. After she passed them, her health
immediatly returned. She is since married, and
continues to enjoy excellent health.
aug 16
“ Bring hither the poor, the maimci'.
the halt, and tho blined,” ifyou would
have them healed of their many infirmities. l\ a
boldly and fearlessly assert that the Mustang Lini
ment will positively cure Rheumatism. Let any
who are afflicted with that most painfnl complaint
try it thoroughly according to the directions, and,
if they are not cured, we will give them their
money back. What moro can we say ? It wW
also cure tho Piles. Thousands have tried it—and
all were cured. Bruises, Sprains, Sores, or Erup
tions fade away as if touched by the magicians
wand. Its application to a Burn or Scald acts like
‘oil upon the troubled waters.’ The tempest ofpait
and agony is soon stilled, and the patient is hushed
to quiet and peaceful slumbers. ‘There is a balm
for every wound,’ and that balm is the Mustang
Liniment. Every body that sells medicines keeps
it for sale. ‘Hold your Horses !’ and if they are
crippled, galled or sprained, use the Mustang Lin
jrnent. 12 aug 16 ,
“ The whole press of Philadelphia are
out in favor of noofland’s German
Bitters, as they are prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson-
We aro glad to record tho success of this valuable
remedy for Dyspepsia, as we believe it supply 1
desideratum in tho medical world long necd«d
The wretched imitators and counterfeiters ha' e
withdrawn their nostrums from tho market,
public aro spared from the danger of
poisonous mixtures in lieu of the real Bitters ,"
Herald. aug k
HOUSE, Savannah 63
G. Fargo, Proprietor, (late oftb e
S. Hotel, Augusta.) apr 15
Marriage Invitations ana Visi ,lß |
Cards written by Master TtZv-VJ^
I' Card.—The undersigned
gfe*. thanks to bis friends and the public *
their past patronage, and respectfully an noun
that he has associated with him Mr. JOSE"/*;
BEALS, late of Savannah, and will conduct
noss under the name and style of COFII-,
BEALS, in all the branches cf PAINTi
namely ; House, Sign and Ornamental ■
ING, GILDING; GRAINING; GLAZING//;
JOHN G. COFFIN
Office in Jackson, cornerot Greenestreet.
The undersigned takes this u/ a / e f u .
time to announce to the citizens o
gusta and vicinity, that having received tne^
of tuition from good masters, they arc ® r ‘® ‘ ]3O
- work in style equal to that obtained ~
where ; such as Military, Civic and Society - ,
NERS ; Designing, Ornamental, Fresco. I'' ;
led and Marble WALLS; Plain and Orm®.
SIGNS; SHADES, Ac. . JOHN G. COJJ£’
sept 22 i y JOSEPH A. 3*^l
Paid Tor WOOLLEN, Ll> E *
COTTON and SILK RAGS, by
E. CAMPFIEEE’ ,
jan 20 ts Corner River and Jackson^
1 / \ CASKS prime Savannah Rice just
I U and for sale by C. E. GlH\
RHETT & ROBSON,
FACTORS ANu COMMISSION MERin*
Nos. 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf.
CHARLESTON, S.C. . *
Liberal advances made on Consign jo a
Peruvian Guano and Farmers Plaster a ,
hand. , 6mos