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The Tripartite Treaty.
We subjoin a remarkable diplomatic letter ad
dressed by Lord John Russell to Mr. Crampton,
in rep.y to Mr. Everett s long letter declining
the proposals from France and Britain to form
a tripartite treaty with respect to the island of
Cuba :
Lord John Russell to Mr. Crampton.
Foreign Office, Feb. 16, 1853.— Sir . —Lord
Malmesbury received, just before leaving office,
the note addressed to you by Mr. Everett, and
left it for the consideration of his successor.
The absence from London of the Ambassador
of France has hitherto prevented that communi
cation between the two governments which the
circumstances of the proposal made jointly re
quired.
I have now to inform you of the view which
her Majesty’s government take of Mr. Everett's
reply to our overture.
It is doubtless perfectly within the compe
tence of the American government to reject the
proposal that was made by Lord Malmesbury
and M. Turgot, in reference to Cuba. Each
government will then remain as free as it was
before to take that course which its sense of
duty and a regard for the interests of its people
may prescribe.
I should have satisfied my obligatioes as Se
cretary of State by this obvious remark, had not
Mr. Everett entered at large into arguments
which the simple nature of the question before
him hardly seemed to require.
The governments of Great Britain and France,
when they made this proposal to that of the U.
States, were fully aware of the growth of power
and extension of territory which have marked
the progress of the United States since the pe
riod of their independence. The absorption or
annexation of Louisiana in 1803, of Florida in
1819, of Texas in 1845, and of California in
1848, had not escaped them ; still less did they
require to be reminded of the events of the seven
years’ war, or of the American war.
It occurs to her Majesty’s government, there
fore, to ask for what purpose are these argu
ments introduced with so much preparation,
and urged with so much abilitv ?
It would appear that the purpose, not fully
avowed, but hardly concealed, is to procure the
admission of a doctrine that the United States
have an interest in Cuba, to which Great Britain
and France cannot prentend. In order to meet
this pretention, it is necessary to set forth the
cuaracterof the two powers who made the offer
in question, and the nature of that offer. Mr.
Everett declares, in the outset of his despatch
that ‘“the United States would not see with in
difference the Island of Cuba fall into the pos
session of any other government than Spain,”
&c.
The two powers most likely to posses them
selves of Cuba, and most formidable to the Uni
ted States, are Great Britain and France.
Great Britain is in possession, by treaty, of
the Island oi Trinidad, which, in the last cen
tury was a colony of Spain ; France was in pos
session, at the commencement of this century,
of Louisiana, by voluntary cession from Spain.
These two powers, by their naval resources are
in fact the only powers who could be rivals with
the United States lor the possession of Cuba.—
Well, those two powers are ready, voluntarily
to “ declare, severally, and collectively, that they
will not obtain or maintain for themselves or for
any one of themselves, any exclusive control
over the said Islaud (of Cuba.) nor assume nor
exercise any dominion over the same.”
Thus, if the object of the United States were
to bar the acquisition of Cuba by any European
State, this convention would secure that object.
But if it is intended, on the part of the Uni
ted States, to maintain that Great Britain and
France nave no interest in the maintenance of
the present status quo in Cuba, and that the U.
States have alone a right to a voice in that mat
ter, her Majesty’s government at once refuse to
admit such a claim. Her Majesty’s possessions
in the West Indies alone, without insisting, on
the importance to Mexico and other friendly
states of the present distribution of power, give
her Majesty an interest in this question which
she cannot forego.
The possessions of France in the American
seas give a similar interest to France, which,
no doubt, will be put forward by her goverment.
Nor is this right at all invalidated by the argu
ment of Mr. Everett, that Cuba is to the United
States as an island at the mouth of the Thames
or the Seine would be to England or France.
The distance of Cuba, from the nearest part of
the territory of the United States, viz : from
the Southernmost,;part of Florida is 110 miles.
An island at an equal distance from the
mouth of the Thames would be placed about
ten miles North of Antwerp, in Belgium while
an island at the same distance from Jamaica
would be placed at Mansanilla, a town in Cuba.
Thus there are no grounds for saying that the
possession of Cuba by Great Britain or France,
would be menacing to the United States, but
that its possession hy the United States would
not be so to Great Britain.
S3* There is one argument of the United States
Secretary of State which appears to her Majes
ty’s government not .only unfounded, but dis
quieting.
Lord Malmesbury and M. de Turgot put for
ward, as a reason for entering into the proposed
compact, ‘‘the attacks which have lately been
made on the island of Cuba by lawless bands of
adventurers from the United States.and with the
avowed design of taking possession of that is
land.” To this reason Mr. Everett replies in
► these terms : * The President is convinced that
the conclusion of such a treaty instead of putting
a stop to these lawless proceedings, would give
a new and powerful impulse to them.”
The government of Great |Britain acknowl
edges with respect the couduct of the President
in disavowing and discouraging the lawless at
tempts here referred to. The character of those
attempts, indeed, was such as to excite the re
probation ot every civilized state. The spec
tacle of bands of men collected together in reck
less disregard of treaties, for the purpose of ma
king from the ports of the United States, a pirat
ical attack on the territory of a power in amity
with their own state ; and when there, endeav
oring Dy armed invasion to excite the obedient
to revolt, and the tranquil to disturbance, was a
eight shocking, no doubt, to the just and honest
principles of the President. But the statement
made by the President, that a convention duly
signed and legally ratiiied, engaging to respect
the present state of possession in all future time,
would but excite these bands of pirates to more
violent breaches of all the laws o! honesty and
good neighborhood, is a melancholy avowal for
the chief of a great state. Without disputing its
truth, her Majesty’s government may express a
hope that the state of things will not endure,
and that the citizens of the United States, while'
they justly boast of their institutions, will not
be insensible to the value of those eternal laws
of right and wrong, of peace and friendship, and
of duty to our neighbors, which ought to guide
every Christian nation.
Nor can a people so enlightened fail to per
ceive the utility of those rules foi the observance
of international relations which for centuries
have been known to Europe by the name ottbe
law of nations. Among the commentators on
that law, some of the most distinguished Ameri
can citizens have earned an enviable reputation,
and it is difficult to suppose that the United
States would set the example of abrogating its i
most sacred provisions
Nor let it be said that such a convention
would have prevented the inhabitants of Cuba
from asserting their independence. With re
gard to internal troubles, the proposed conven
tion was altogether silent. But a pretended
declaration of independence, with a view of
immediately seeking refuge, from revolts on
the part of the blacks, under the shelter of the
United States, would justly be looked upon as
the same in effect as a formal annexation.
Finally, while fully admitting the right of the
United States to reject the proposals that was
made by Lord Malmesbury and M. de Turgot,
Great Britain must at once resume her entire
liberty; and upon any occasion that may call
for it, be free to act either singly or in con
junction with other powers, as to her may seem
fit.
I am, &c., JOHN RUSSELL.
The following is Mr. Crampton’a reply to the
to regoing:
Mr. Crampton to the Earl of Clarendon.
[extract.]
Wvshington, April 18, 1853.
In obedience to the instructions contained in
Lord John Russell’s despatch of the 21st Feb
ruary, I have read to the Secretory of State of
the United States, and placed in his hand a copy
of bis Lordship’s despatch of the 16th of that
month, upon the subject of Cuba.
The French colleague having also received in
structions from his government to communicate
to the government of the United Sates, a des
patch upon the same subject and very much to
the same effect, it was agreed between us that
we should as upon former occasions, in regard to
this matter, make our communications simulta
neously, and we accordingly waited upon Mr.
Marcy together, for that purpose on the 16th
instant.
Mr“ Marcy, after having listened attentively
to what M. de Sartiges and myself read to him,
said that he would submit the observations of
the two governments to the President; and re
marked that several weeks might probably
elapse before any answer would be addressed to
us, even should the President be of opinion,
which Mr. Marcy seemed to think doubtful that
any further discussion of the matter between
the two governments was desirable.
It would, he added, of course be necessary for
him again to read over the despatches, in order
to comprehend their full import; but as far as he
could now 7 judge, the opinion of the two govern
ments seemed to coincide in reference to two
points, viz : the one that the light of the United
States to decline proposals made to them by
the English and French governments was admit
ted ; the other, that some of the general positions
taken by Mr. Everett in his note of the Ist De
cember, 1852, appeared to those governments to
render a protest against them on their part
necessary, lest it might hereafter be inferred
that those positions had been acquiesced in by
them.
We replied that, without pretending to point
out to Mr Marcy what further step he was or
was not to take, in the matter, the object of which
our respective governments had in view seemed
to us to be, generally, such as he had stated it,
and that w T e, for our part, considered the discus
sion of the subject closed by the communication
which we had just made.
Mr. Marcy appeared to receive our observa
tions in a conciliatory manner, and concluded by
expressing his hope and belief that no misunder
standing would arise between the great mari
time powers in regard to this matter.
[From the N. O. Picayune , 2 6th ms/.j
Later from Mexico.
By the staamship Texas, which arrived yes
terday afternoon, we have papers from the city
of Mexico to the 17th, and trom Vera Cruz to
the 21st.
There is no news of importance : and want of
room compels us to be brief with what there
! is.
I The Eco del Comercio is discussing the neces
sity, practability and advantage of reforming the
| tariff.
The two hundred men sent to Minatitlan to
J quell the outbreak had returned to Vera Cruz.
The Eco del Comeicio, of the 21st, announces
> the capture of the alleged slaver “which gave
■ rise to the calumnies of the New York Herald of
j the 11th ult.” No particulars has been ascer
; tained.
Heavy rains which fell on the 20th caused
quite an ir undation at Vera Cruz, as the Eco
says has often happened during the present year.
The Indians are said to be committing terri
ble ravages and murders in Durango and in Coa
huila. Expeditions are being got up against
them.
Several grants of swamp lands by various
j States have been repealed by a decree of Santa
Anna.
A decree to establish a mining and metallur
gical school has been issued.
The full re-establishment of the tobacco mo
nopoly has been decreed.
The Finance Minister has modified the mode
of levying excise and consumption dues, so that
they are henceforward to be paid at seaports and
frontier customs alone.
The Eco says the distance from Acapulco to
Vera Cruz is being done in seventy-two hours
by the new Ramsey Express Line.
Santa Anna has paid a high acknowledgement
of his worth to the late Minister of Finance, on
the latter’s resignation.
A Small Mistake. —Our cotemporary of the
Georgia Citizen intimates that the Scott Whigs,
i as he calls them, of Muscogee county, will not
give Mr. Jenkins a hearty support. He never
I missed the mark further in his life, and he has
occasionally missed it many a rod. The peopie
of Muscogee are generally intelligent and well
posted up as to matters and things in general,
and particularly as to the merits of H. V. John
son and C. J. Jenkins. They will act accord
| ingly. Selah. — Columbus Enquirer.
Our absence from home has prevented a reply
to this notice of the Citizen, from our Columbus
cotemporary, until now. The Enquirer’s deni
. al of our intimation that the Scott Whigs of sev
i era! counties, Muscogee included, will not give
| Mr. Jenkins a hearty support, may be based on
its greater knowledge of the facts, but we are
still inclined to believe that we did not speak,
I unadvisedly. It will be recollected that the
Enquirer was only an “ eleventh hour” support
; er of Gen. Scott, and the Scott men of Muscogee
may not have therefore felt enough confidence
j in it, to make it acquainted with the present
feeling towards Jenkins, or at least the whole of
that feeling. For obvious reasons the true state
j of the case can not be positively made known
till the ballot-box tells its story. For that we
are willing to wait and abide its showing. In
the meanwhile will the Enquirer please inform
; us how it happens that the Scott Whigs, of the
: neighboring county of Talbot, have rebelled
against the Jenkins and Toombs dynasty, with
out any like ieeling of discontent having crossed
over the line into Muscogee ? We suspect that
friend “ Sam” sees things through a jaundiced
pair of glasses which magnify everything which
savors of Terlium Quietism and diminishes the
contrary. Hence its late publication of an ar
ticle abusing one of the Scott Whigs of Talbot.
Is it not so ?— Georgia Citizen.
Weather and Crops.
The Memphis Whig thus announces the re-
I ceipt of the first new cotton there :
j Mr. Phillips, of the house of R. A. Parker &
i Co., presented us with two full grown, open bolls
; ot cotton, from the plantation of Mr. W. Coop
er, about three miles east of this city. The
above h'ad been received but an hour or two,
when Messrs. Ferguson, Neil & Shelton sent us
: three more fully matured bolls, from the planta
tion of Mr. W. Clayton, distant about two miles
I from this city. This indicates, we think, the
I present crop to be as early as that of last year,
j The Maysville (Ky.) Eagle, of the it»tfi,«ai,iß:
The farmers are now engaged iu tAuXmg their
hemp. The crop ir. this county will not exceed
| two-thirds ot the usual quantity. Some of our
j farmers, in particular neighborhoods, have re
markably fine crops.
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer, of the
16th, says:
The cotton plant has grown very luxuriantly,
and in this county promises an abundant yield.
The Ouachita Herald says:
The weather for the past week has been quite
pleasant, with sufficient rain for farmers.
- Alabama .— Stiff’s Radical Reformer of the 13th
says of Gadsden and the vicinity.
The weather continues seasonable, and the
crops—thanks to the late planting—will proba
bly be on an average with last season, after all
| drought experienced in this latitude.
We have also favorable accounts of late from
j many distant places.
i Marion Superior Court.— The Superior
Court of Marion county, commenced its session
on Monday last, his Honor Judge Iverson presi
ding. The Bar was represented by quite a num
ber of the profession, among whom were sever
al very distinguished gentlemen of the legal
profession.
The Democracy of Marion are enthusiastic,
and sanguine of success in that county at the en
suing October election. They have nominated
a ticket for the Legislature, which is in itself a
tower of strength, and which we are pleased to
learn, will rally the entire strength of the party,
the day of the election. Altogether, the cause
of democracy is upward and onward in Marion,
and if its friends do their duty, as we doubt not
they will, our banner will go up w’ith a victori
ous shout on the fiist Monday in October next.
The prospects ot H. V. Johnson and A. H. Col
quit, are more flattering than we had anticipa
ted. They will be nobly sustained by every
friend of Gen. Pierce’s administration-—Ogle
thorpe J)em , 2 6th inst.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AUGUST 31.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. H. V. JOHNSON,
Os Baldwin. County.
Pierce and Johnson Meeting.
The friends of the present Administration,
and Hon. H. V. Johnson, are requested to meet
at the City Hall, on Thursday evening at 8
o’clock. Several speakers will be present, and
a delegation appointed to attend a Mass Meeting
to be held at Kingston, on the 9th September.
DSP'His Excellency Gov. Cobb and family,
arrived in this city last evening, from the North
and he will leave this morning for Milledgeviile.
We regret to learn that the severe indisposition
of his family has prevented his earlier return to
the State; but now that he is within its borders,
we hesitate not to say that he will respond to
the calls of the Democracy, from whatever quar
ter made.
The Meeting on Saturday Night.
We intended to have given, as we had pre
pared, a full synopsis of Mr. Stephens’ speech,on
that occasion, but as he failed to come up to the
programme prepared, we omit an extended no
tice of it. The Scott Whigs were slighted, and
we are greatly mortified, so much so, that in jus
tice to their feelings, we dare will allude to his
speech.
The nominations for county Senator and Re
presentatives, on Saturday afternoon, being en
tirely of the Webster party, (with the exception
of the Senator, who voted for Pierce in opposi
tien to Jenkins, but is now a Jenkins man,) and
the Scott Whigs having no showing in the
meeting, we omit any further notice of its pro
ceedings.
Hurrah for Webster—down with Scott and
Scott men—seems to be the order of the day.
Mr. Stephens rather than feed, seems disposed to
fight them. Nous Ferons.
The Alarm.
On Monday evening, about ten o’clock, our
citizens were alarmed by the discharge of, ap
parently, a heavy piece of ordnance. Yesterday,
it was reported that an attempt had been made
to blow up the Railroad Bridge. But we are
gratified to state that such a diabolical act was
not contemplated. The cause of the alarm
was,a lot of damaged powder was recently sold in
Hamburg, and some youngsters procured a keg
or two of it and filling a two gallon jug, buried
it on the river bank, applied a slow match and
fired it off. The shock was sensibly felt at this
office.
New Orleans Sufferers.
The amount received at the Charleston Cou
rier Office, up to Monday, for the relief of the
New Orleans Sufferers, was 50,494 30.
Macon and Warrenton Railroad.
We are informed that the Committee appoint
ed by the Railroad meeting, of the citizens of
Hancock, to make a contract for the survey o!
the route of the above road, have succeeded in
engaging the services of Col. Wm, G. Bonner*
for that purpose. Col. Bonner, will commence
the survey at the Warrenton end next Monday,
and will be ready to report in a very few weeks.
Much interest is exhibited in favor of the
road, along the counties through which it is
to pass, and we have reason to believe the en
terprise will be sustained with liberal subscrip
tions from them, and from many other quarters.
The Southern Medical &, Surgical Journal.
The September number is on our table. We
observe in its table of contents, two original ar
ticles, one on Uva Ursi, a substitute for Ergot,
by E. G. Harris, M. D., of Fayette, Ala., and
another a case of Hepatic Abscess, communica
ted to the editor by H. R. Casey, M. D., of
Columbia county.
Scott Whigs.
The following are the comments of the Geor
gia Citizen , upon the letter of Judge Berrien,
published by us a few days ago :
“ Judge Berrien, —Since the return of the
Editor, the following note aas been received from
the Hon. John M. Berrien, setting forth his rea
sons, why he declines the “ compliment” which
some Scott higs intended to pay him, at the
next election, by voting for him for Governor.
Os course we cheerfully give place to the J udge’s
appeal to his friends not to use his name in the
way indicated. It is his privilege to decline the
honor intended,and his right to have that declen
sion made known through our columns. Never
theless we do not think that the Scott Whigs
will exactly see the force ot the argument which
he presents for their consideration—the fear of
defeating the election of Mr. Jenkins. That
sort of fear is not entertained by those who had
determined to vote for Mr. B. but quite a differ
ent emotion, if we understand it, and one which
can be quite as effectually carried out by not
voting at all for Governor as by voting for this
distinguished gentleman. While therefore our
great respect lor Judge B. will induce us to
harken to his appeal and recommend our friends
to do likewise, we do not therefore pledge our
selves to vote for his personal friend, Mr. Jen
kins. The disaffected Scott Whigs—the justly
indignant Scott Whigs—the unjustly ‘'■spit upon ”
Scott Whigs who have any personal self respect
left inside their cuticles, will let him alone , seve
ly!”
Heavy Trade in Peaches. —The Journal of
Commerce says that onejjof the principal peach
dealers estimates the daily arrival of peaches in
the New York market at 60,000 baskets, or even
more ! The trade has been maintained to this
extent for the last five days, but must soon de
cline. Nine steamers s day come in, loaded
down vnthfotn 6.000 to
The new English Houses ot Parliament in
London, have already cost nearly nine million of
dollars, and are not yet finished.
British Exports and Imports.— The Brit
ish board of trade returns for the six months of
; the present year, show the exports to have been
.£41,866,557, against ,£33,549,392 for the same
period last year, which gives an increase of 25
per cent. The imports also show a great in
crease. especially in articles of food taken into
consideration. Provisions of every kind have
all been used in unusual quantities. For the six
months the increase in traffick, including both
entries and clearances, has been about eleven
per cent, over the corresponding period in
1852. There is also an increase in coasting
tonage. The customs revenue, of England in
1852 was £22,512,513, and the total cost of col
lection £1,261,421. The number of custom
house officers was 11,691 giving an average of
£IOB or about $522 to each person.
Naval Intelligence. —U. S. frigate Cum
berland, Com. Stringham, was at Spezzia about
the sth inst. U. S. sloop ot war St. Louis, Cap
tain Ingraham, arrived at Malta, July 19, from
Smyrna. U. S. brig Dolphin arrived at Fayal
July 30, and sailed August 10 on a cruise. U.
S. corvette Preble was also at Fayal, July 16.
Grand Railway Demonstration. —The most
extensive preparations are making at St. John
for the great railway dmonstration of the 14th of
September. A large number of guests from
Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
tho United States are expected. There is some
talk of getting up a regatta.
General Edward Alexander Theller, of De
troit, who was taken prisoner in the “Patriot
War” of 1838, tried for his life at Torronto, and
sent to Quebec Citadel on his way to Van Die
man’s Land, whence he affected a marvelous es
cape, wrote a history of the frontier disturban
ces, become editor of The Spirit of Seventy-Six.
at Detroit, a repealer, &c., is now in San Fran
cisco, where he is publishing a daily journal in
French and English called The Pretent and the
Future.
The Baltimore American, of Saturday, speak
ing of the new steamship Tennessee, intended
to run betwen Charleston and Baltimore, says:
Another unsuccessful attempt was made to
launch the Tennessee yesterday. The ways
have settled in the centre, so as in some measure
to destroy the requisite inclination. The steam
er Relies was employed early in the afternoon,
and failing to effect the launch, was reinforced
by the George Washington, and a combined ef
fort was made, resulting in the moving of the
vessel about eighteen inches; and parting of
several hawsers, one of eleven inches parted
twice. At7Jp. m. the ship was blocked up to
await further operations.
, We learn from the Girard, Ala., East Alabam
ian, of the 26th inst., that several fires have re
cently (ccurred in Columbus, Ga., and that the
Hines, having been suspected to
be connected in some way with the incendia
ries, was summarily expelled from Girard and
Columbus, and at last accounts was quite ill in
Barbour county, Ala., with but little hope of re
covery.
Ex-Governor Ujhazy and family stopped at
Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the sth inst., on their
way from lowa to near San Antonio, Texas,
where, having purchased a tract of land, they in
tend to make their home. They complained of
the extreme cold of lowa, and expressed their
intention to devote themselves to stock-raising.
A telegraphic despatch from Washington, says
that a battery of six pounders is preparing at
the arsenal there, for the troops on the Rio
Grande frontier.
By the arrival at Salem on Friday, of the
bark Edward Koppisch, we have Montevideo
dates of July 11th, and also later accounts from
Buenos Ayres. General Pinto, President of the
Chamber of Representatives, and Provincial
Governor of the Province, died at Buenos Ayres,
June 28th, and was buried with great pomp on
the 30th—the foreign ministers and naval offi
cers being present. A letter from Buenos Ayres
says that the report brought by the last arrival,
that Urquiza had escaped was erroneous. The
outside party will not allow him to run, intend
ing that he shall see them out of the scrape or
sink with them. Officical notice hed been re
ceived at Buenos Ayres that Gen. Flores had
landed at San Pedro on the northern Frontier of
Buenos Ayres with 600 men and will soon have
a sufficient force to commence his march this
way when Urquiza will be completely hemmed
in. A postcript to the letter says that Col. Dias
and over 300 men of the outside partv had gone
over to the Buenos Ayreans. The Buenos Ayres
Packet, of July 2d says, that Urquiza though he
may have men, has no means to carry on the
campaign, being utterly destitute of ammunition,
clothing and money,—and that his army is
gradually deserting him. Since the raising of
the blockade theie had been a fair number of ar
rivals at Buenos Ayres and means will be taken
to revive its trade. Doubloons were quoted at
336. There was no produce in the city. The
U. S. sloop of War Jamestown and steamer
Water Witch were in port.
The Western Hog and Cattle Crot— The
prospect of the coming season, throughout Ken
tucky, and we believe Ohio and Indiana, are fa
vorable for an increase over last year. In Ken
tucky, it is said the number of hogs is unprece
dented, and as the corn crop will be a full average
one, they can all be fattened. A letter
. farmer in Mason county, Ky., says :
Stock hogs are $3 per hundred,gross, and free
. ly offered. Fat hogs refused at same price
The amount of old corn is considerable at $1 50
per barrel in the crib. New com is selling at
*1 25 per bbl. in the field.
Cattle coming into winter and fall beef are
more scarce than I ever knew them. lam now
grazing 700 cattle—only 100 of them will be fit
f>r killing this fall, whereas usually one-half
would have been good beef. I found it utterly
impossible in Kentucky to get aged cattle for
grazing lat. Beef is six cents per pound here
now, and must advance with the fall demand.
The California trade has taken off most of the
extreme W estern cattle, and oxen have been
brought in this county for that market. Ten
nessee has even been hunted over for old oxen
to teed for the New York market, by Kentucki
ans and Ohioans.
liie Crystal Palace.— The number of visit
os on 1 hursday was 6,393. During the day
Matthew Riley was arrested on the charge of
picking a gentleman’s pocket at the main en
trance. He was taken before Justice Stuart?
and sentenced to Blackwell’s Island, under the
vagrant act, for four months.
A Good Farm.— lt is stated that Joseph Tat
nal fed and sold on his farm of 150 acres, near
Newport, Del., the present season, seventy-nine
head of cattle at S6O a head, being $4,740. Mr.
T. also raised his usual amount of wheat and
and corn, besides an abundance of hay.
Arrival of Teas from China.—Notwith
standing the great outcry that was raised awhile
ago, that the Chinese revolution was certain to
cut short our usual supplies of teas, a fleet of
vessels from Canton have arrived, within the
few days past, at New York, all with full car
goes. The fall trade sales are expected to com
atevce uevct week.
A Change. —The town of Haverhill, in 1679,
voted that Benj Webster and Samuel Parker
might live in the town and follow the trade of
shoemaking! Now the principal business of
the tow n is manufacturing shoes, and it is esti
mated that there are more than two millions of
dollars worth of shoes manufactured there annu
ally.
The President is now understood to have posi
tively decided not to keep his original intention
of appointing Mr. Dix to the French mission.
Hon. F. B. Cutting, of New York, a distinguish
ed lawyer, a member elect to the next
Congress, is spoken of for the place, and quite
likely to secure it. He was in Washington a
few days since, had a conference with the Presi
dent on Tuesday last, and left the same evening
for iNew \ork. He is understood to have inti
mated that he W'ill accept the appointment if
tendered.
We understand (says the Charleston Courier)
that Mat. Peel, ol Campbell’s Minstrels, has
come into possession of a fortune of about $90,-
000, which has been bequeathed to him by a
distant relation of his family, who has for many
years resided in Jamaica.
The people of St. Louis, by a popular vote,
have authorized the subscription, by the city, of
$500,000 to the North Misiouri rail r«ad, and
an appropriation of $200,000 for wharf or levee
improvements. They have also voted a sub
scription of $500,000 to the Iron Mountain rail
road. The North Missouri railroad will com
mence at St. Louis, cross the Missouri river at
or near St. Charles, and terminate at the divid
ing line between Missouri and lowa, i
The New York Mirror says that Julia Dean,
the brightest of American stars, is bewitching
the player-goers of the Lake region. She is at;
Chicago, where she was complimented with a
crowded ’ benefit on Monday night. The
Chicago editors state that her engagement in
that city has been the most successful ever per
formed there by any artiste.
Goj.d in Banks. —Notwithstanding the im
mense amount of gold, which has arrived within
two years from California and Australia, the
quantity of gold in the Banks of England and
France is less than it was two years ago. In
the Bank of England, the bullion Was lower at
the last return than for any period during the
last year and a half.
Hereditary Suicide.— Mr. Wolfolk, late the
sheriff of Tioga county. N. Y., committed suicide
a few days since, by hanging. But a few days
before this his father hung himself, and but three
years ago his grandfather ended his own life in
the same way. It is a strange illustration of
“ hereditary taint,” or of that and the power of
association combined. They were all wealthy
men, and in the most happy circumstances.
The Dublin Exhibition is very successful, in a
pecuniary point of view. The Committee have
already been able to return twenty thousand
pounds to Mr. Dargan, the gentleman who ad
vanced the greater part of the capital. It is sup
posed also that the great rush of visitors has
not yet begun.
The special Washington correspondent of the
New lork Herald, reiterates the report that the
mission to France has been tendered to, and is
now awaiting the acceptance of Gov. Howell
Cobb. It is understood that had there been any
probability that Gen. Cass would have accepted
the important post, the President would, most
assuredly, have offered it to him.
The English Government is puzzled to know
what to do with the five thousand prisoners an
nually sentenced to transportation. It is not
considered desirable to send them to Australia,
or to keep them at home ; or to found a new
penal settlement. But probaly the last will be
the course adopted.
[communicated.]
Gander Pulling in Spain.
Mr. Gardner :—Most of your readers have
doubtless laughed over Judge Longstreet’s ad
mirable sketch of the Gander Pulling , and not a
few, I suspect, have witnessed this Georgia Scene
re-enacted, at some one time in their lives. It
is generally supposed that the sport (if sport it
be) is peculiar to the Georgians, or at all events,
to the Americans. I was much gratified to
learn, upon perusing an extract from a book of
travels, recently published, (A Walk across the
French Frontier into Spain, by Lieut. March,)
that the credit, or rather discredit of its inven
tion, belongs to a nation already celebrated for
the cruelty of its sports. As the book may not
be accessible to all, I send the extract which
you can publish, if you think that it will be the
means of vindicating our State from the dis
honor of having originated a sport so barbarous.
“ The next day, (says the Lieutenant, speak
ing of the grand holiday at Fuentarabia.) old and
young, gentle and simple, hastened to the port
to witness the juega de gauras , or “ game of
geese.” By three o’clock the shore was lined
with spectators; and hundreds of boats dotted
the surface of the Bidassoa. As soon as the
municipality, the provincial deputation, and the
band of music had taken their places, a trim
whaleboat, steered w’ith an oar, and swiftly
propelled by ten vigorous rowers, darted forward
towards a goose that dangled, head downwards,
within a few feet of the water, from the centre
of a cord attached to two poles about forty feet
apart. In the bow of the boat stood a man wear
ing an old cocked hat, and a white shirt and
trewsers, and as it dashed under the pendant
bird at full speed, he firmly grasped its neck, and
in an instant was swinging, in mid-air, holding
on to the goose, amidst the obstreperous merri
ment of the multitude, whilst persons engaged
for that purpose, now ran him up some twenty
feet, and then suddenly let him down into the
water with a tremendous splash—a feat that
threw the beholders into extacies. Again and
again these inseparables—we hardly know
which was the greater goose of the two—-were
hoised aloft and plumped into the briny element,
vanishing for a moment in its crystal depths
and then rising, half exhausted, to the surface,
the reasoning biped clinging to the web-footed
one, with a tenacity that could only be explained
by the fact that it was to become his prize if he
succeeded in wringing off its head. After being
ducked or goosed, ad nauseam, and drawn up for
the sixth time, dripping like a sea god, to under
go another immersion, he let go in despair ar.d
swam to the boat. It was clear the goose had a
remarkably tough neck, and if the rest of its
body was in the same condition, the possessor
of the teeth that could masticate, and of the
stomach that could digest it,was not to be envied.
The next comer was more fortunate and suc
ceeded in decapitating the victim after receiving
three cold baths. His predecessor’s efforts had
rendered it an easy task, and illustrated the old
adage, that one man reaps what another sows.
A fresh goose was hung up, and this comical,
but cruel, pastime continued for an hour; but we
did not stop to seejhe conclusion.”
A Subscriber.
[From the N. O. Picayune , 2 5th msf.]
Another Donation.— Augusta, in Georgia
is famous for her enterprise. She will be now
lemembered by New Orleans for her generous
sympathy for our distress. The following note
speaks for itself: *
Mayob. ’it Office, Augusta, Aug. 2, 1853.
* To the Mayor of New Orleans .
Dear Sir —Enclosed please find original of ex
change for SSOO, sent as a small donation from
the City Council of Augusta to the suffering
poor of your city. This small sum is but the
forerunner of a larger sum I hope to send you
next week.
The duplicate of the above will be forwarded
you to-morrow, as it may facilitate negotiations.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. E. Dearing, Mayor City of Augusta.
[From the Temperance Banner.]
Mr. Brantly :—I noticed an article upon ex
hibition at the late Fair in Atlanta, from Greens
boro,’ Greene county, which merited something
more than the mere passing notice, usually be”
stowed by the Committee upon distributing the
premiums. I allude to a Buggy manufactured
and exhibited by Messrs. D. W. & I. Branch, of
Greensboro’. I have rarely or never, seen a
more beautiful article of the kind,-and it is gra
tifying to every Georgian to know that we can
at our very homes, compete successfully with
Northern manufacturers in this branch of produc
tion. 1
I noticed a new and very convenient arrange
ment about the seat. This was a spring seat—
like the seat ol a sofa, covered with leather so
as not to be liable to injury bv rain, and so ar
ranged as to be taken out without difficulty •
thus furnished underneath a good reecptacle for
slight articles of baggage, bundles, &c.
° r thre ? other Particulars in
which it differed from, and excelled the ordi
nary buggy, which an inspection of the article
would disclose. Ihe price I learn was $250
It received the premium, as a matter of course!
and I understood that one of the committee de
clared it to be superior in point of beauty and
workmanship to any thing of the kind he had
ever seen exhibited in this State.
I for one, am in favor of fostering and en
couraging our home manufactures; and as I
understand that the Messrs. Branch’s do an ex- i
tensive buggy and carriage business, it is to be
hoped they will reap the reward of their energy
and enterprise, Homestun.
H\ TELEGRAPH
Transmitted to the Constitutionalist Se Republic
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMER
El! ROP A .
COTTON A SHADE LOWER.
Baltimore. Aug. 30.
The steamer Europa has arrived at Halifax,
with later intelligence from Europe.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The market
is dull, and fair qualities are a shade lower; and
the lower grades have declined an eighth to a
quarter penny. The sales of the week are 39,000
bales; which exporters took 5,800 and specula
tors 3,600 Jiales. Fair Orleans is quoted|at 7d ;
6Jd.; Mobile and Upladd Fair 6d.; Middling
Middling s£d.
Consols close d at 98$ to 98 L
There is an increased pressure in the money
market.
Havre Cotton Market.—Sales of the
week 4,000 bales. Stock on hand 105,000 bales.
The sales show a slight decline on the lower
grades.
Political.
The aspect in Eastern affairs is unchanged.
Every thing remains quiet since the announce
ment that the Porte had accepted the note of
the four powers. The Moldavian Divan had
been convoked and the Hospodars solicited to re
main. The Czar gave them permission to re
main or go to Constantinople.
Redschid Pacha had notified the Austrian
government that the occupation service would be
regarded as a declaration of war. The Porte in
the meantime undertakes to preserve order in
the Principalities.
England.
The debate in Parliament on the Eastern
question was regarded as unsatisfactory. Con
sols fell, but subsequently revived. Lord John
Russell stated that the Musquito question was
in negotiation,and he hoped, a satisfactory result.
Baltimore, Aug. 30.
Later from California.
The steamship Georgia, arrived at New York,
on the night of the 29fch, bringing later advices
from Caiifornia, i nd one Million and a quarter of
gold.
New Orleans Sufferers.
The Jewish congregation in Baltimore, have
[ contributed six hundred dollars for the New Or-
I leans snfferers.
Appointments.
The Washington Union contains an official no
tice of the appointment of Carroll Spence as
Minister to Constantinople, and George Saund
ers as Consul at London, and other heretofore
announced.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The Friends and Acquaintances oi Rev.
13. P. Rogers are invitod to attend the funeral of
his youngest son, from his Residence at Summer
ville, this morning at 8$ o'clock. aug 31
Cemiurrrial,
Augusta, Aug 30—C P. M.
The River is in good boating order, with four
| feet water in the channel.
Augusta Market, Aug. 31.
COTTON.—Our markot remains much in the
same condition as noticed by us weekly for tho
past two months. There is little or no Cotton
offering, and the few sales made are to factories in
the immediate neighborhood. The new crop comes
to hand very sparingly, and up to the present
time only some four or five bales have been re
: ceived.
RECEIPTS OP COTTON,
From lj; September, 1852, to the latest dates receirtd
1453. 1852.
New-Orteans, Aug. 19 1,603,397 1,388,498
Mobile, Aug 19 ..518,389 525,803
Florida, Aug. 8 177'922 188464
Texas, Aug. 13... 84.905 62,738
Savannah, Aug. 24 323,688 ' 338,773
Do. Sea Islands 12.969 10,597
Charleston, Aug. 25 430,409 451c489
Do. Sea Islands 19.753 19,281
North Carolina.. Aug. 13 18,709 15,622
Virginia, Aug. 1.. 18.172 16,267
Total 3,213.513 3,017,592
UjVll
Increase . 195,921
GROCERIES.— For the season of the year, there
is a fair amount of bu siness doing. There is on
hand at the present tinte good and well assorted
stocks. As an envidenoo' that Augusta is about one
of the cheapest Grocery i markets, we will state a
fact which has come to o ur knowledge this week.
One or two interior mere hants who visited New
lork for the purpose of buying their fall supplies,
alter looking about and prici ng goods there, have
sent their orders to merchants in this city to fill,
stating that the prices for the articles ordered
were lower hero than in New Y ork,
BACON —We have no change to notice. Hold
ers of a good article are stiff in fjheir asking prices
—Bj a the hog round. For shoulders the prices
vary from 7 to 8 conts, according to quality; and
for sides 9£ to 9J for ribbed; and alO cents for
clear Thoro is very little good joient mo.at in mar
ket.
BAGGING.—Stock on the increase and most
holders are asking from storo, by the piece or bolt,
12£ al3 cents. Bale Rope is looking up and is
now selling at Sj- a 8i cents.
CORN.—Supply light—domand fair. Sales have
been reported to us this week at 60 a 65 conts bjr
the small quantity. Retailing from stores at 65 a '
70 conts-
COFFEE.—Prices are a little stiffer. Stock on
hand good. Rio Coffeo worth 10 a 10£ cents; ac
cording to quality.
FLOUR.—Prices have advanced, and we now
quote City Mills Superfine at ss£ wholesale, and
s6s by retail. Country is selling by the quantity
at ss, and retailing at $6 a per bbl.
MOLASSES. Stock of Cuba good. Holders
arc selling from stores 24 a 25, according to quality.
SUGAR. Stock on hand large, and principal
sales 5i to 6£ for Orleans and Muscovado; Porto
Rico to 7} ; Clarified 7J to SJ, according to the
grade.
® ® have heard of no large transactions
this week. There is but little in first hands and
the stock on sale is light. Retailing from stores at
$1 40, 1 45 and 1 50 per sack.
WHEAT.—Thoreisagood demand for Wheat,
and good Red meets with ready sale at 80 a 90
cents—there is a lot in town held at sl-*and
prime White at sl.lO a $1.25 per bushel.
WOOL.— There is some demand for this article
Planters will find it to their intorest to save
thoir wool and send it to this market for sale; if
carefully handled, and washed, it will readily bring
25 to 30 cents.
STOCKS.—The only transaction that has come
to our knowiedgo this week was a lot of 19 Shares
Georgia Railroad at sllO.
EXCHANGE.—Our Banks aro drawing on New
York and other Northern cities at } per cent. !
prem. for Sight Drafts.
FREIGHTS.—Tho river is nowin good boatablo j
order. We continue to quote to Savannah 25c. per
bale, and to Charleston per Railroad, 50 cents.
Not much offering ’to either point.
SMOKED BEET\
O BARRELS just received in fine order, by
U J u, y U THAYER, A BUTT. *
Shipping JatctliflenrT^"
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLFSTtrT
bhip Catharine, Andrews, New York
Schr T. P. Alston, Hedland, St. Ja» ode 0 de r v
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON
Brig Harriet & Martha, Pinefioy, atNp v
Schr Enchantress, Sayre, at Now York * *° rk '
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship Catharine, Andrews, at the N e * v
Schr N. W. Smith Robert, at New York '
Schr Jas.N. Chadbourne, Wainwright, aty
CHARLESTON, August 30 Arrived
James Adger. Dickinson. New York* ai ®shi D
Osprey, Bennett, Philadelphia. ’ steam ship
Cleared, ship Galena. Richardson XL „
*° «“• «”** * W.Bodfeto, fc&JX
Signal Udiiirs.
The friends of Col. R. , .
of Hancock, announce hitv ' )hn,to »,
didate for the office of Judgelof the Sow ac,n
de“ h “" «"*• *“»
—a ur ?i
Ilooilaud’s German Bitt m '~n7r~' -
and sold by Dr. Jackson at th?,®" 1
man Medical Store, 120 Arch street Phil l i
daily increase in their well deserved ’ celebHt *’
tho cure es all diseases arising from dor!. for
of the liver. These Bitters have, indeed
blessing to the afflicted, who show there t a
by the most flattering testimonials. Thk
has established for itself a name that com- >6®
however wily the schemes.or seductive their r! ■’
ses, cannot reach. It gained the public
by the immense benefits that have been d •
from it, and will ever maintain its position
aug 31 dficl
the undersigned, in ths interest of the l T g p 7
is hereby dissolved. Tho business of tho n ,
will be conducted by the Proprietor and I B V°‘ # 1
_ au g 2B Jno. W. Stla
Dr ' Edward Dirardey, U authoriw
absence from the city. ‘ ‘ s
aug 25. 6_ Camille E. Gir ARDSv
a No. 2 —Augusta South iy;,.~
Plank Road Office , August 7,;
1853.—An'instalment of ten per cent is requires
to be paid on tho 14th Septembci next, agrecab!
to the By-Laws of said Corporation. Bv order l
the Board. S. H. Oliver, Treasurer
aug 25 office corner Mclntosh & Renvold-e*
Never suffer long
At this ago of the world, when you c aa
get Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, it is a criminal nes
iect, if you do not cure it. tuib
Lunch—The Shadcs'snlTtopTofth
pile. We cordially invito all who are
fond of the good things of this life, to drop in and
help themselves to Beef Stakes, Mutton Chou
Fish Balls and Soups of all kinds and a sprinkling
hospitality. Seven days in the week wo can be
found at our post studdying the taste and palates
of our numerous customers.
Plumb & Panton.
aug 14 ts
> 0 Family should he without them.-
We speak of M’Lane’s Liver Pills,
which havo become an indispensable Family Medi
cine. The frightful symptoms which arise from a
diseased Liver manifest themselves, more or less, in
every family; dyspepsia, sick headache, obstruc
tion of the monses, ague and fever, pams in tin
side, with dry, and hacking cough, are all the re
sults of hepatic derangement—and for these. Dr.
M’Lano s Pills aro a sovereign remedy. They
have never been known to fail, and they should be
kept at all times by families. »
Directions.—Take two or three going to bed,
every second or thUd night. If they do not purge
two or three times by next morning, take one oi
two more. A slight beakfast should invariably
follow their use.
The Liver Pill may also be used where purging
is simply necessary. As an anti-bilious purp
tive they aro inferior to none. And in do*
of two or three, they give astonishing relief to sick
headache; also in slight derangements of the sto
mach.
Sold by Havilani, Risley & Co., and Wm H.
Tutt, Augusta, Ga.; P. M. Cohen & Co., Charles
ton, S. C.; Hill & Smith, Athens, Ga.; E. C. Jones,
Madison; A. A. Solomous; Savannah; and by all
Druggists and Dealers in Medicine throughout tie
South.
aug 23 12
G’ed Soda Water.—This delightful
drink, together with a great variety of
I choice Syrups, of the best quality, may be found at
i the Druggist and Apothecaries Store of
aug 12 Wm. Haines, Broad street.
—Tigris Medical Testimony cannot be tea
feSr-—troverted.—One of the most startling
cases narrated of Dr. M’Lane's Termifugo by Dr
John Butler, of Lowell, Trumbull couiaty Ohio
The case was that of a young lady who had l« r
very sick for eight years, and had consulted a nun
her of physicians, who had treated it as one
Prolapsus Uteri. Dr. Butler was then called is
and for a time, believed with his predecessors tbit
it was a case of Prolapsus. He was, however, soon
forced to the conclusion that his patient was sal
fering from worms, and afther much persuasion,
prevailed upon her to take two doses of Dr
M’Lane’s Vermifuge. This medicine had the ef
fect of removing from her a countless number 01
the largest size. After she passed them, her health
immediatly returned. She is since
continues to enjoy excellent health.
aug 16
H. G. Farrell's Genuine Arabian
Liniment is a most extraordinary®
ti:cine, the truth of which is placed beyond dour",
of the vast sales of the article and the im
| ny cures being daily performed by it, wlwjj
! previously had resisted all other medicines at I
j the skill of the best physicians in the world. If 8
• composed of balsams, extracts and gums peci™-
j to Arabia—possessing, in a concentrated form, w
| their stimulating, anodyne, penetrating, unctues
i and revulsive properties, and the same which,
ago, wore used by the “ Sons of the Desert,
such miraculous success, in curing the diseases »■
both man and beast. .. ,
Read the following remarkable cure, wM.-
should of itself place H. G. FARRELLS An
j BIAN LINIMENT far beyond any similar re®
| dy. Mr. 11. G. Farrell—Dear Sir: Actuated
! sense of gratefulness. I submit the following as
• instance of the utility ot your great medicine. ,
: child, three years old, was suddenly attacked w "
a terrible disease, which in less than six _
: prostrated it to total helplessness. The limbs bee
so rigid that not a joint could bo bent; tbe -
i turned black and cold and entirely deprive
feeling; the eyes fixed, partially closed an “ a ‘
gother blind, following this was deafness to w j
sounds; the spino became contracted and socu
that when lying on his backthe head and
only touched. Indeed, the child presented cV ■
appearance of being dead. Immediately .
attack, tho family physician was called in, aE “ ‘
three weeks he labored to restore it to
all in vain, although it was blistered a down b
and various rubefacient Liniments appi> ccl
consultation of physicians was then held, but to -
-purpose, the case was then brought before the' :
cal Society, but nothing could be suggested
nad not already been done, and t.ho doctor we» ‘
me ho could do nothing more. We then
ced applying your Liniment freely over the J *
length of the spine, and you may imagine
rent’s joy, when, after a few applications, re
animation was apparent, aad it Srapidlv rcc
withthe exception of the sight, which dm
come perfect for near a month. j., ?j •
is now healthy and robust as can
othor cases of same kind occurred prcviom E ,
neighborhood, all of which died, when t
doußt if your Liniment had been they ' v r ,,-n
have recovered. HENRY G. t-L ■
Peoria, March Ist, 1851. , arse* 3 '
1 Look out for Counterfeits. —The pubh ■* ]4it .
tioned against another counterfeit, wine ,
. ly made its appearance, called W. co" 3 '
’ bias Linimout, the most dangerous oi a.*
: terfeite, because his having the name
i many will buy it in good faith, Wl , ? u ' j!l,f er ‘
j ledge that a counterfeit exists, ami t£l ®? sco iriotf
! haps, only discover their error when
mixture has wrought its evil effects. B
! The genuine article is manufactured 00 -
*G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, a- I
sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peon > f .
to whom all applications for Agencies w* y 0. i
dressed. Be sure you got it with the « r and
before Farrell’s, thus—H. G. FAR*® are |
hissiguature on tho wrapper, and an o
counterfeits. Sold by . ,«(v
HAVILAND, RISLET *
Augt iooti bj
and by regularly authorized agents throng 1
"United States. bottle-
CEP* Price 25 and 50 cents, and iri
Agents Wanted in every town,. ‘ is jk? 1
hamlet in the United States, in vbic el j is
already established. Address H. to
above, accompanied with good te.c aU gi6
character, responsibility, Ac. _
.. <H>'
THE SUBSCRIBER has removed » i
ESTABLISHMENT to 200 Broad "j to rt
few doors above tho Augusta Hotoi- a
lately occupied as a Grocery Store J >c of
Milieu. Thankful for past favors, I s° lU!
tinuance of the same.
jane 4 "• *