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[communicated.]
That Sheet Iroa Band.
Inscribed, to my Musical friend , John.
How sweet upon a summer's night
By moonlight breezes fann'd.
Is music’s mellow notes, but, Oh !
Not that Sheet Iron Band.
My neives, friend John, I scarcely yet
Can properly command,
You shock’d me so the other night
With your Sheet Iron Band.
I heard you give the order, JohD,
When all were at their stand,
Ar.d then how well the boys obey’d—
That bold Sheet Iron Band.
Sure their are many noises, John,
Upon the sea and land,
But never heard I such an one,
As that Sheet lion Band.
A mad bull in a China shop,
Would make a noise quite grand ;
But ’twould not be a circumstance
To that Sheet Iron Band.
Some people boost how they could sleep,
Though cannon shook the land ;
But never woman, man nor child,
Near that Sheet Iron Band.
But (privately) come tell me, John,
Why serve poor Peter so ;
Just such a noise at such a time,
Might play the mischief, 0 !
When next you lead your boys abroad,
With all those things in hand,
May I be one full mile away
From that Sheet Iron Band.
And, now, I throw my versos, John,
Upon the Printer’s hand,
That he may help immortalise,
That loud Sheet Iron Band.
Swipes.
The Comb Manufacture. —A Boston cor
respondent of the Journal of Commerce, in a late
letter, writes as follows:
‘:As one enters the huge shops of our large ci
tizens, and beholds the immense stocks of combs,
boots and shoes, farming utensils, &c., he ex
claims,‘Whence come all these ? where were
they manufactured V The writer gained a par
tial answer to these questions, the other day, by
visiting a comb-making establishment in West
Newbury. This town has been famous for the
manufacture of ladies’ and gentlemen’s combs
for fifty years or more. There are several large
establishments devoted to the business, which is
said to be quite profitable. The shop which I
visited was devoted to the manufacture of men’s
combs. First, the horns of cattle are purchased
at say twenty-five cents each. Next they are
sawed, and undergo a softening process. Then,
by machinery carried by steam in this instance,
the piece of the horn are rendered flat, and are
smoothed. Then, by machinery again, the teeth
are cut with a fine saw, the music therefrom be
ing as delicate, when the teeth are fine, as that
of the Eolian harp. And lastly, the combs are
polished and packed, ready for market. In the
above town some thousands are made daily.
Holliston, Leominister, and other places in this
State, are much devoted to the manufacture of
combs.
We hear it currently reported that the gold
mine belonging to Mrs. Franklin, situated in
the county of Cherokee, was sold a few days
since to a company in New’York, for one hun
dred thousand dollars, this is a round sum to be
sure, but we don’t know that it was anything
extravagant, we have ever contended, and do
still contend that the mineral resources of this
country are not excelled by any, and that devel
opements are only in their infancy. The mine
to which w’e refer is truly valuable, but it does
not in our opinion excel! in richness and value
many mines situated in our own county, indeed
the one now’ being operated upon by Mr. Robert
Moore, of this place, we deem superior, in con
nection with the inexhaustib e rich veins of
rich ore with which the numerous hills are in
terspersed. It is accompanied with deposit mi
ning which yields more than a sufficiency of the
precious stuff to pay every expense in procuring
and carrying the ore to the mill, which is situa
ted on a stream close by. Union county is not
far behind, if any, in her mineral wealth, we
learn from a reliable source that the Gum Log
mines, situated a short distance from Blairsville,
is making an average yield of 7 dwts. to the
bushel of ore, from an operation of sweep and
stu rip, or wooden morters. This mine is of but
recent discovery, and as yet, has only been open
ed to the depth of some 15 feet; w’ith correspon
ding efforts, each days progress gives evidence of
its increasing richness, the company is now pre
paring a pounding Mill when they will be pre
pared to work it more successfully.— Dahlonega
Signal , llth inst.
Lewis, the fun-loving Editor of the N. M.
Union, is a candidate for the Legislature. In the
last number of his paper, he publishes a Circular
to his fellow-citizens of eight columns. Where
upon he says :
It may be asked why I write so long a Circu
lar. An anecdote will illustrate my answer.
Once upon a time an old lady sent her grandson
out to set a turkey. On his return the follow
ing dialogue took place.
“ Sammy have you 6et her ?”
“ Yes grandma.”
“ Fixed the nest all up nicely ?”
“ Mighty fine.”
“ How many eggs did you’put under her?”
‘‘ 120, grandma.”
Why Sammy, what did you put so many un
der her for ?”
“ Grandma, 1 wanted to see her spread her
self.”
My opponents will pitch into this Circular-
Lope they will have a good time in making a
large percentage off of it. A short one would be
as much as they could get over, but l want to see
them spread themselves.
We hope the Tishemingo boys will spread
themselves for Lewis ; if they don’t u we shall
always think they ought to”—that’s all.—Aber
deen, [Miss ) Independent.
Ocean Tbleqraphs. —Mr. J. B. Lindsay, of
Dundee, Scotland, has concocted a plan of tele
graphing across the ocean, from Great Britain to
the United States,which, it is said, has the merits
of exceeding simplicity and cheapness—such
cheapness that, as Mr. Lindsay computes, it
would cost only .£60,000 to establish a commu
nication between the two countries. Mr. Lind
say proposes to dispense with submerged wires
—and, indeed all wires ; he intends to make the
sea serve the purpose of wires. He recently
gave a public demonstration of his method at
Glasgow, transmiting the electrical current, we
are told, across a “ large trough of salt water”
which served as a conductor, and informing the
audience that he had obtained similar results over
a breadth of 60 feet of water. This is all very
fine and very promising ; but perhaps Mr. Lind
say, before attempting to make a trough of the
Atlantic, will try his luck in transmitting elec
tricity, without wires, across the British or the
Irish Channel.
Condition ov the Fugitive Slaves in
Canada. —The editor of the Dundee (N. Y.)
Record has lately been making a tour thiough
Canada, in the course of which he visited a large
number of fugitive slaves, at their residences,
and conversed freely with them on their pros
pects. The tone of their remarks generally was
that of disappointment at the reception which
they had met, and the estimation in which they
were held in the country where they were so
journing. The inhabitants, they allege, neglect
no opportunity to defraud them, and render their
situations uncomfortable. Three declared that
were it not for fear of punishment, by being sold
to Texas and Mississippi slave dealers, they
would gladly return to their “old plantations,’’
and spend the remainder of their days with
their old masters, where they were more happy
and lived easier than they do now. One ex
pressed his determination to return to his mis
tress, in North Carolina, as soon as he could get
money to do so, and run the risk of punishment; (
but as he had got a friend to write to his mistress <
asking pardon, and begging for a passage ticket I
home, he felt in hopes he should get back to the 1
Old North State s'* 5 '* before cold weather set in.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT72T
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. H. V. JOHNSON,
Os Baldwin County.
DIST. FOR CONGRESS.
1— JAMES L. SEWARD, of Thomas.
2A. H. COLQUITT, of Baker.
3 DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts.
4 W. B. W. DENT, of Coweta.
SE. W. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer.
7 THOMAS P. SAFFOLD, of Madison.
8— JOHN J. JONES, of Burke.
Election Tickets.
We are prepared to print Election Tickets, at
short notice, at the following rates: for 100 tick
ets $1; 200 tickets $1.50, and 25 cents for every
additional hundred. The money must accompa
ny the order.
Bth Congressional District.
John J. Jones will address his fellow citi
zens at
Sylvania, Tuesday, September 27th.
“ Justitia” and the Algerine Law.
The courteous spirit and good temper which
mark the last communication of “Justitia ” in
behalf of the Algerine Law give a fresh zest to
that sentiment of gallantry which prompted us
to deprecate the onslaught made by one of
the fair sex, upon the sensibilities of those un
fortunate wights, ourse'f among the number,
who were debarred in 1842, of the right of
voting for Alderman in Augusta. In these
amiable characteristics she has certainly not un
sexed herself, but shines in the happy contrast by
the side of the masculine controversialist with
whom her efforts are associated in the columns
of the Chronicle , to uphold what a large majority
of our fellow-citizens considered an act, which
fastened “a badge of humiliation and disgrace,”
upon all of them who were not the fortunate
possessors of SI,OOO, real estate, or paid annually
$25, to the city treasury. A lady in New Eng
land recently offered as a sentiment—“ Our coun
trymen—their arms our protection— our arms
their reward.”
If “Justitia ” partakes of this generous confi
dence in the sterner sex, and belongs not to the
classofstrong minded women, like Miss Abby
Folsam, Miss Hunt and Mrs. Lucretia Wott who
are .clamorous for woman’s rights, and distrustful
of their preservation under the guardianship of
fathers,brothers and sons; then we ask if that gen
eruos confidence, is limited to them alone, who
possess the Algerine qualifications. Is she of the
number of those who would look alone for prc-
I tection of her own precious person, of her proper
| ty, and of allthat is dear to her, to that privileged
class; andwould she bestow her glowiug charms,
and warm and virtuous affections,upon none oth
er, than one of that class, as the sweet reward of
his loyalty and devootin? We are gallantly pre
cuming that “Justitia” is young and beautiful,
as well as good tempered and courteous, and
that she is still “In maiden meditation fancy
free.” If that roseate peiiod is now among the
things that were, we would ask, if in the hey
dey of her bloom and beauty, she looked only
for worth, for merit, for qualities deserving a
woman’s love, and a woman’s trust, among the
real estate holders, and the jlarge tax payers ?
If her answer is in the affirmative, there is a
damper at once thrown upon our gallantry, and
in place of these pleasing allusions about the
feminine “Justitia” the chilling fact stands re
vealed that she places her trust, not in man, but
in money-bags. As between merit without
money, aed money without merit, it would not
be difficult to decide which with her would car
ry the day.
If she replies in the negative, then vve would
apply to her the argumentum ad mulierem. It
she would not look to money alone—to the real
I estate holders alone for protection—protection
i of her property, if she is so fortunate as to have
1 any,—protection of her person, her feelings, her
i badpiness—protection of her all in this life, why
should the citizens of Augusta look alone to real
estate holders and large tax payers, for protec
tion to her treasury—to her property—to her
I pecuniary interests and enterprises?
If “Justitia” were even a lady distrustful
of every man honorably emulous of her confi
dence and affection, who did not bring his mon
ey bags and tax collectors receipts, to prove his
capacity to serve, to guard and protect her, and
if every lady in Augusta thought and acted like
her, would not this sort of Algerine law be felt
by our young men—yea, and our gay old wid
owers, who could not produce such credentials
—•“ a badge of humiliation and disgrace ?”
Would they not seek a reversal of such a law,
or in disgust seek a state of society less mortify
ing to their “ manly sensibilities ?”
To be considered worthy ol aspiring to the
position of guardian, and protector of lovely wo
man—to be considered as not excluded from the
list of competitors for her hand and heart, ought
to be a badge of honor, and many a fortuneless
youth, having only the high hopes of a daunt
less heart and an aspiring mind, will wear it fer
vently and hopefully as such. So does the free
born and public-spirited citizen of this country,
of unrestricted suffrage, proudly contrast his con
dition with that of one not his inferior in intel
ligence and merit, who lives and toils hopeless
ly, the slave of the aristocratic institutions of
despotic Europe, forever debarred from all
chance of belonging to the privileged orders, and
of even the humble privilege of voting for his
rulers. He docs look upon his right to vote,
as the distinguishing mark of a freeman, and is
proud of it. He looks proudly upon it as his
certificate of political equality with the most
favored of fortune—his shield of defence against
oppression—as the vindicator of his opinions
as his instrument of self-government. Thus, do
we answer the somewhat sneering question of
“ Justitia,” “ what is the value of that thing
you call a vote ?”
Fault is found with the fairness of our asser
tion that under the Algerine Law “ none who
were not in possession of one thousand dollars of
real estate, or pay a tax of twenty-five d,liars,
were to be entrusted with any voice in the con
trol of the taxation and the enterprises of the
city involving pecuniary liability. “Justitia”
goes on to ask :
What says the Law itself? Sec. 5 says: “The
members of the City Council shall continue to
exercise all the power now by law vested in
them, subject to the restrictions contained in the
fourth section of this actand the 4th section
thus explains those restrictionsNo loan of
money or contract for the payment of money,
shall be made by the City Council of Augusta
nor any tax assessed by them, nor any salaries
of officers fixed without the concurrence of said
Board of Aldermen.” Now, is not bringing wa
ter into the city an enterprize involving pecu
niary liability ? And could they not assess taxes
for it subject to the concurrence of the Board of
Alderman? And is that “no voice ?” What do
you mean, Mr. Gardner, by “no voice ?” Now
the Legislature of Georgia has no power to assess
taxes without the concurrence of the Governor
—a precisely similar case—and does a Lawyer,
like you, Mr. Gardner, need to be told by a poor
weak woman, like me, afflicted with “ a badge
of humiliation and disgrace,” that the necessity
of the Governor’s concurrence does not deprive
the Legislature of all voice in the makin° r of
laws ?
We mean by “no voice” the existence of a
Board of Aldermen whose will is independent j
of, and absolutely beyond the reach, control or ■
influence of the great body of the people—a i
Board composed of men belonging to a privileged
order to which the great body of the people did
not belong, and by the very terms of the law
creating it could not belong, for want of sufficient
money—a Board elected solely by the votes of
that privileged order, and which had a control
ling power over every question of taxation and
the enterprizes of the city involving pecuniary
liability. Did not the Board of Aldermen have
this controlling power? What measure of taxa
tion—what city enterprize involving pecuniary
liability was free from their control? Was not
the bestowal of this power on the Board the
very object—the declared object of the Algerine
Law ? What voice did the citizen who did not
own one thousand dollars of real estate or pay
an annual tax of $25 have in this Board ?
He was not allowed a seat there ? He was not
allowed the humble privilege of even voting tor
a single man who had a seat there?
Tha analogy of the Legislature and the Gov
ernor is tin unfortunate one for “ Justitia,” and
we may add for Mr. Jenkins. The same con
stituency who elect the Legislature also elect
ihe Governor. There is no privileged order,
founded on wealth, electing one of them by their
exclusive votes. There is not in Georgia a pro
perty qualification required either to be a mem
ber of the Legislature or to be Governor of the
State. Mr. Jenkins voted in the Legislature in
favor of retaining a property qualification to the
office of Governor, but the majority not believing
with him in the magical virtues of money bags as
adjuncts to official station, overruled him.
It is also complained of us that our language
in referrence to the Algerine Law, and our use
’ of the term, Aldermen, are at times ambiguous
and may mislead some of our readers as to the
1 extent of the disfranchising sweep of the law,
and as to the power of those dignitaries, yclept
Aldermen, in it. We can only say in reply that
we published the law so that our readers might
see it for themselves, and to avoid misleading
them, we promise to publish it again before the
f election.
“ Justitia” tells *he public that “ The Alge
rine Law confers a protective vote on some>
which it doe 3 not on others who do not need it.
While every man needs and is entitled to the
protection of a vote in matters where he is in
terested, the property holders needs it in some
particulars in which others do not,” and the rea
son given why the property holder should be
given this protective vote, which the citizen
without property is not allowed to have, is, that
the latter if allowed it also would combine with
his fellows to apply the socialist maxim that
“ property is theft” and would take or vote it way
from its proper owner. Now this maxim we
do not subscribe to, and W'e greatly doubt if there
are any opponents of the Algerine Law among
us who do. But the reference to it suggests an
other maxim of more general acquiescence, to
which we do heartily subscribe. It is “ Property
is timid ” and we do not readily recall a more
marked illustration of the truth of this latter
maxim than was the enactment in this communi
ty of this very Algerine Law. It was unreasoning
and unreasonable timidity,and, as is often the cas«
when presence of mind and cool judgment are
dethroned under the impulses of a panic, it
struck its blow’s right and left, knocking down
and crippling for the time, many of its best
friends under the supposition that they were
enemies.
Who were these friends that property knock
ed down with this Algerine Club? Many a
brave and ingenuous volunteer who stood ever
ready at the first roll of the drum to march out for
the protection of life and property, and to sustain
the laws made for the protection of both.
Many a lardy and public spirited fireman,
who could have a just appreciation of the in
dustry and intelligence w’hich had accumulated
the rich tax payer’s thousands, and at the same
time know, perhaps from his own experience,
how many drops of honest sweat it took to com
pose the poor man’s dollar, aud in all seasons
by day and by night, at the dread fire bell’s sum
mons, would desert his business or leave his bed
with equal alacrity, to rescue the little fraction
of the wealth of one, and the little all of the
other.
Many an humble shop keeper and toiling me
chanic whose rental of his little shop or cramped
up dwelling which sheltered his family, served
to give value to that which but for his vocation
would be tenantless, and to swell the numbers of
that privileged order who had a special ballot
box to vote in, and a sperial Board to keep the
socialist principles of the much teared imferior
orders in check.
Many of the Lawyers whose professional
duty it was to plead causes involving this pro
perty: Judges who then were or since have been
placed on the Bench to expound the law; and
Jurors whose duty it was to decide upon the
facts of such cases. In short many of very condi*
tion, friends of justice and protectors of property,
those who filled the highest walks of professional
life, sacred and secular, as well a3 those whose
more humble walk was that of the watchman’s
rounds te guard dwellings and stores from the
incendiary’s torch and the burglar’s tools, were
knocked down by this same Algerine Club.
And that it would do this, was well known
at the time by those who wielded it. It was not
true, as has been asserted by a W hig paper, apo
logizing for it, that the law was only intended
to disfranchise loafers, gamblers and tran
sient speculators.
** lustitia’ says “ the Algerine Law confers
a protective power on some which it does not
on others who do not need it.” Did no others
need the power but those who possessed the pro
perty qualifications named in the law T Were
no others interested in the amount of taxes im
posed, and of loans made or contracts entered in
to, which would involve taxation then or there
after? Is it not the history of all legislation in
all countries that the wealthy seek to shift the
burthen of taxation from their own shoulders on
to their poorer fellow subjects, or fellow-citizens?
And have they not generally succeeded. Even
in this country of universal suffrage, the
advantages of wealth—its power of concen
tration and combination have been such that
without the aid of Algerine Laws, that result
has been sometimes accomplished. Look at the
history of the protective system. Look at the
Whig tariff of 1842, especially, where jewelry,
laces, silks and satins were taxed much less, in
proportion to their cost, than the poor man’s salt
and iron, and his cotton shirting.
Wealth never needs special privileges, special
legislation, and special orders for its protection.
It is always strong enough to take care of itself,
and we have yet to hear of a community, where
it ha;< failed to do so. Give the rich the same
rights of suffrage as the poor, give them the
same laws, and access to the same courts as are
vouchsafed to the poor. Make this the principle
of government, and the measure of right in ev
ery State and City, throughout the length and
breadth of this great Republic, of free and equal
citizens, and if property holders are not satisfied
with this power, that their votes at the same
ballot-box with other citizens, and the inevita
ble influence of their wealth,combined,give them,
they are as ill suited to our Republican institu- (
tions. as our institutions are to them. They j
would be under a more congenial state of things, ]
if subjects of such a government as acknowl- j
edged for its head “the amiable and unoffending
Louis XVI, whose overthrow excite* even to \
this day, the sympathising sensualities of “ Jus- ]
TITIA.”
One other complaint against us, we must no
tice before closing. It is complained of us that
we confound, designedly, property and wealthy and
seek to make them synonymous. Justitia says :
He who possesses the small property of a
thousand dollars is, in the exaggerating vision of
the Constitutionalist, a man of colossal wealth.
This is no question of wealth, though the Con
stitutionalist so studiously represents it as such,
byway of making the honest poor believe they
are not interested in the law personally. They
may not expect to be wealthly, but they may
nevertheless toil for property. I do not accuse
the Constitutionalist of not understanding the
meaning of words. The fault is evidently not
in his head, for there’s plainly “ method in this
madness.” It is as well to say that more than
half the property in the country is in the hands
of poor men.
Our reply is that wealth is a comparative term.
From the elevated position from which “Justitia”
and those who sympathise with her Algerine
law notions look, a thousand dollars is a very small
sum. To the voter who fights for his country
and gets but seven or eight dollars per month
pay, or the humble piney woods man who gets
his living by selling shingles, or coal, or water
melons and potatoes, it is a very large sum. It
is a large sum even to a mechanic who gets his
ten or fifteen dollars a week for his labor.”
It would take him a long time to accumulate
it over and above his necessary personal and
family expenses ; and in the meantime,he would
be precious little interested in the law personal
ly, except to have it repealed, and to protest
against it, whenever it came up for re-enact
ment ,or even for discussion.
The fact that more than half the property in
the county, is in the hands of poor men, is an
additional reason why the Algerine law is odi
ous and unjust. There is no good reason why
the few who hold less than half the property
should, on the ground that they are, compara
tively, large property holders, be endowed by
i special laws, rights denied to those who own
the greater portion. This is a sort of Legisla
i tive favoritism unfair and Anti-Republican, and
less odious only in degree , than the establishment
i of a Bourbon dynasty among us.
Coon Skinning.
The Hon. Herschel V. Johnson gave, last
, Saturday night, in this city, a sample of his re
i markable skill in this operation. It was, we
k learn, done in the same old style which won for
him, in 1844, while elector on the ticket which
cast the vote of Georgia for Mr. Polk,’the cogno
’ men of Coon-Killer. The victim on the present
occasion was the Junior Jones, of the Chronicle
t m 7
' <3r Sentinel. Not only did the fur fly in all di
j rections, but it approximated very near to a com
! plete flaying alive.
The following is a portion of the plaint the
unhappy sufferer makes to the public.
H. V. Johnson in Augusta. —The Secession
' candidate for Governor made his debdt for the
{ canvass in this city on Saturday night. His
s speech on the occasion was remarkable ior noth
; ing, we learn, for we did not bear it, but its
coarse denunciation of the Chronicle and Senti
t nel, which came in for a large share of his in
!i vective. This did not surprise us—indeed we
£ anticipated it : knowing, as we do, how cordi
ally he hates this journal. He has not forgotten,
e nor forgiven, and never will, as it is not in his
nature, its expose of the dirty and disreputable
- intrigue, some ten years ago, of Herschel V.
a Johnson and his law partner, David J. Bailey,
the Dilector of the Central Bank, in relation to
r a “ mere business transaction” in connection with
r the affairs of that BanK.— Chronicle, 20 th inst .
i After this follows a little harmless bragging
about what the Junior Jones achieved in this
, aforesaid “ expose ,” and some ratljtr tall bragging
• of what he intends to do. As the performances
i of this redoubtable knight of the quill have gen
e | erally failed hitherto to come up to his “sounding
i, I proclamations,” the friends of Judge Johnson
- are not much more alarmed than was Nick
s Bottom’s audience.
- The Juuior Jones may not have bee pres
-1 ent bodily ; but it is very certain, he received a
l sensible impression of the operation, as the Sen
i ior Jones, who is the proprietor of the Chronicle
<s• Sentinel, was present, and will probably carry
- to his grave a vivid lemembrance of the scene
-1 He is particeps crirninis in all the misdeeds which
1 : have brought down upon his sheet the powerful
l | invective of that most slandered, and pure, and
t’ up right man, Herschel V. Johnson. It was,
fc : therefore, not surprising that the knees of the
i Senior Jones shook, and his countenance assum
r ed all varieties of expression and color, but
what it usually wears, under this terrible skin
-1 ning.
What is that intrigue of ten years ago rela
i tive to Herschel V. Johnson and David J. Bai
[ ley? Every body that knows the Chronicle
! must infer that it is an exploded Roorback, or
that paper would have been reeking with it
, long ago. Johnson and Bailey are both candi
dates—one for Governor, the other for Congress.
When did the Chronicle ever show want of alac
rity in any disty work of abuse of a Democrat
ic candidate, or hold its peace when private
character could be defamed with the least show
ing of plausibility?
Out with this Roorback—Out with it, while
there is yet time to refute it and nail it to the
counter as i;ase coin. Do not delay it until the
election day is too near at hand for the refutation
to reach as far as the slander—until the iniquity
has done its despicable work.
It the Chronicle had any of its stale charges on
hand, showing Judge Johnson in a disreputable
light, and which the Editors believe, why did, they
not produce them prior to Saturday night, when
Judge Johnson was here to meet them face to face ?
Why do they wait till he has turned his back
and left the city before they venture, so late in
the canvass too, to utter their vile insinuations' l
We leave these questions to the verdict of brave
and honest men.
The U. S. Minister to Mexico, it is Jsaid, has
renewed a proposition made by Mr. Webster to
Signor Larrainzar, touching the Boundary line
between the two countries. This Government
purposes to buy, it is said, a strip of territory
south of the Gila, sufficient for a line of settle- i
ment. Ihe price named which this government 1
is prepared to pay for the cession and for a lease
of claims on account of preceding Indian depre
dations, is said to be $10,000,000. Mr. Webster’s
correspondence with the Mexican Minister, was I
taken in connection with the Mesilla dispute, as I
the basis of the instructions to Gen. Gadsden.
The telegraph announces the death of H. R.
W. Hill, Esq., at his plantation near New Or- j
leanß,ol yellow fever, contracted by nursing a
gentleman from the city, who was taken ill
while participating of his hospitality. Mr. Hill j
was one of the most intelligent, enterprising and j
public spirited merchants of New Orleans, while \
his attractive personal qualities, and his munifi- !
cent liberality, made him universally popular. 1
His death will be widely regretted.
The Hungarian “ Bonds.’’ —The New York
Home Journal states as a fact that Kossuth to
this day has never paid his printer’s bill of S6OO
for getting up his Hungarian bonds. This is one
of his American debts, the Journal does not add, J
that it ought to have been liquidated long *
ago.
Music.
We would call attention to the Card of Mr. C.
Irving, in this day’s paper, who intends making
this city his future residence for the purpose of
giving instruction in Music. In addition to re- I
lerences given in his advertisements, he has ex- e
hibited to us numerous others from cities in c
which he has taught.
We would also call attention to the card of t
Mr. V. LaTaste, who will re-open his school in
this city. Mr. L. is so well known to our citi- £
zens as a teacher of music, that he needs r.o re
commendation at our hands.
The Campbell Minstrels. \
This popular troupe had another crowded au- 1
dience at Concert Hall, last evening. To night
they offer an entire change in the programme.
Those who wish to spend an evening pleasantly,
would do well to go earlv.
Furniture Sale.
The attention of those who wish to purchase,
Furniture is directed to the sale, advertised to
take place this morning, at the Eagle & Pheonix
Hotel, by Messrs. S. C. Grenville & Co.
An extra session of the Legislature of Maine
has been called by Gov. Crosby, to meet at Au
gusta on the 20th instant. The Commissioners
chosen by the legislature, with authority to pur
chase the Massachusetts lands, have concluded \
a contract for this purchase. This must, by its
terms, be ratified by the legislature of Maine on
or before the sth day of October next. The
legislature is called together with a view to this
ratification. When it meets it is probable that
renewed attempts will be made for the election
of a United States Senator. It will be remem
bered that at the last session, Hon. Wm. Pitt
Fessenden was elected Senator on the part of
the State Senate, but the House failed to concur
in the selection, though at one time Mr. Fessen
den wanted but three votes of an election.
Sudden Death of Gen. McKay. —Gen.
James J. McKay, for 16 years a member of
Congress from the Wilmington (N. C.) Dis
tiict, and formerly the able and efficient chair
man of the committee of wavs and means of the
House of Representatives, died suddenly on
Wednesday, at Goldsboro, N. C., while on his
return from attending court in Edgecombe coun
ty. He was seized with bilious or cramp cclic
while in the cars, and was compelled to stop at
Goldsboro, where he died the same evening-
On Tuesday, says the Wilmington Journal, be
was in excellent health.
Honors to Capt. Ingraham.— The inhabi
tants of Spezzia have given marks of lively sym
pathy to Capt. Ingraham, of the St. Louis, in re
lation to his recent firm conduct in the harbor of
Smyrna. An address of felicitations was pre
sented to him, to which he replied that he had
only done his duty in covering with the protec
tion of the United States a man who, though he
had not altogether become a citizen of the Uni
ted States, yet had taken such steps as had en
abled him to obtain American passports.
[communicated ]
Mr. Editor : —On the 15th inst., a complimen
' tary dinner, was given in the town of Lexing
' ton, to the Hon. A. H. Stephens —others were
i invited, it was said, but as they did’nt appear on
the ground, it is presumptive evidence that they
were honor’d with an invite just late enough not
' to be able to come. However,the “ Pale Star,”
, mounted the rostrum, and for some two hours
i spoke of his powers—his enlarged faculty of
■ looking into futurity—his gift of prophecy—his
immaculate judgment—his wonderful discoveries
—his great fears for the country—his misgivings
of the present Administration—his love for the
dear people—his great desire to conserve their
• rights—his horror of freesoil—his terror at the
} Pacific railroad project—his disgust at National
1 parties—his love for the Union, etc., etc, and
1 ended, as a course,with his usual pere
oration of the glorious Union, &c., &c. Upon
1 the whole, a reporter of his speech might pepper
his report jof it, with the personal pronoun,
“ I,” and be very certain of reporting it correct
ly ! A Barbecue followed, and the richest thing
about it was this—a report became circulated,
1 that the honorable gentleman could’nt,or did’nt,
eat barbecued meats, and a kind hearted inivid
’’ ual engaged in the propagation of blooded poul
try, sacrificed a noble Shanghai, as an offering.
The said Shanghai, was duly baked, dressed
1 and garnished, and sent up to the ground—but
as he was’nt ticketed, did’nt have the right
direction—he (the Shanghai, valued at Five
1 Dollars.) was securely put away, and at the
shank of the evening was discovered alone in
his glory” untouched ! Thus, was the honorable
“ gentleman from Talliaferro,deprived ol the great
honor of masticating a portion of a “ blooded
fowl,” worth perhaps, a dime a bite 1 This was
• terrible, but one of the managers rather than let
■ the bird “ spile,” took it home for his own gas
? tronomie gratification. So much for the poor
‘ decapitated Shanghai , thus sacrificed instead ms
the fatted calf, and thus finding a plebian reeep
• tacle for entombment, when designed for a far
• higher end !
The wet display in the afternoon, was a numer
■ ous one, and more men were under the influence
of liquor, than, we have witnessed for sometime
' —owing no doubt to the springing ol the coersive
measures to prevent it, and attributable ivholly
! and solely, to the authors of the present Maine
1 law movement.
Clarke county. Sept. 17th, 1853. Ball.
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.—
The work upon this road goes now bravely
on.” Arrangements are now made by which :
its completion will be hastened. The track 1
will be laid between this place and Loudon by
j the time the bridge is completed, and we have
| no doubt, if our life be spared, that we shall take
I the ride on the whole line of the road, on the first
j day of September next, to which we have been
| kindly invited by the Chief Engineer.— Knox- I
i ville Register, 19th inst.
j Half a Million. —Shelby county, Ky., vo
ted yesterday (the 15th) upon the proposition
to subscribe halt a million of dollars to the stock
of the Knoxville and Louisville road. We have
! no doubt, from the information we have, but
that the proposition has succeeded, and if so,
! then we may write it down as a fixed fact that
| in 1856, the iron-horse will be making a daily
i transit between Louisville and Knoxvillle.— lb.
| The river has been in fine boating order for
I several weeks, and the steamers are now making
' regular trips to and from this place— lb.
Interesting Strangers. —We notice the ar
j rival by the Southerner, of five Elk, a rare ani
| ma! in this section of country. They were pur
| chased at the New York Fair, by Col. Wade
Hampton, and are destined to add to the attrac
tions of his beautiful place near Columbia.
They are at present at Green’s Stables, in
' Chalmers street. —Charleston Mercury , 19th
inst.
Pensacola. —We have been shown a letter
dated at Pensacola, Sept. 12th inst., from the
most reliable source, which says: “I am not
sufficiently au fait to give you the diagnosis of
the prevailing disease, that has been running its
course at the Navy Yard and Barracks; for
even your own confrereis in the sciences are at
a loss on account of its complicated type. But
its fatality in this population (Pensacola) and at
the above named places has been awlul. The
Rev. Mr. Flower, of the Episcopal Church, died
yesterday The children of the city have suf
fered the most. A few deaths have occurred
among them, but the majority are recovering.”—
Mobile Tribune, 16 th inst. (
j COMMUNICATED.]
Tribute of Respect. ,
Warrenton, Geo., Sept. 12, 1853.
At a preliminary meeting of the Warrenton
Bar, called to-day, for the purpose of giving some
expression of our sorrows, in consequence of the
death of our friend and brother, James F. 1
Wright, who departed this life a little after
three o’clock, this morning; William Gibson
was called to the chair, and Isaac B. Huff was
appointed Secretary.
On motion of Edward H. Pottle,
Resolved , That the chair appoint a committee
of three to draft a suitable preamble and resolu
tions to be submitted lor the consideration of this
Bar, relative to this melancholy dispensation of
Providence, at a future meeting to be hereafter
appointed.
The chair appointed as that Committee,
Messrs. Edward H. Pottle, John M. Tilly, and
Joseph Wasden.
A motion was made and carried to adjourn, to
meet on the 15th inst., at 10 o’clock, A. M.
September 15th, 1853.
The Bar met pursuant to adjournment. E. H.
Pottle, chairman of the Committee, submitted the
following report.
Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty Ruler of
the Universe, to take from the ranks of our com
mon profession, our friend and brother, James F.
Wright, it becomes us, entertaining a respect
i for his memory, to signify our attachment for
! him, and to give some expression of our sorrows,
over this sudden bereavement. As a junior
member of this Bar, he w T as entitled to the con
fidence and esteem of the brethren for his manly
virtues, h ; s correctness of deportment, and uni
form courtesy. Though the victim of disease for
a considerable period of time, while engaged in
the duties of his profession, he gave evidence in
the lew causes in which he was engaged, of a
sprightly mind, quick and deserving, and a talent
for persuasion of no mean order. And above all,
he had a conscientious regard for the rights and
feelings of others, with whom he was connected,
either as suitors, or in any other manner con
nected with the Courts. But it has seemed fit
to Him, who holds in his hands the issues of life
and death, to remove him from the ranks of his
companions, the embrace of his family, and the
walks of community, we trust to a brighter
sphere; therefore.
Be it Resolved , That in the death of our deceas
ed brother, the profession has lost one who
adorned it while he lived, and who has left be
hind him a reputation untarnished and unsullied.
Resolved , That we sympathize with his bertev
ed family and friends, over their sad bereave
j ment, and tender to them our assurances of that
respect and affection which is due to hi; mem
i C, J>
Resolved , That in further testimony of our re
gard for the deceased, we will wear the usual
badge of mourning for the space of thiity days.
Resolved , That a copy of this preamble and re
solutions, be transmitted to the family of the
deceased, and also that a copy be sent to the
Augusta papers for publication.
On motion of Jesse M. Jones, the preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion, adjourned sine die.
William Gibson, Chairman.
, ! Isaac B. Huff, Secretary.
The Cotton Crop.—Florida. —The Talla-
I hassee Sentinel of Sept. 13, says :
We learn through a planter from Jefferson
county, that the caterpillar has made its appear
: ance there in great numbers, in their work of
devastation, laying waste fields of cotton that
prior to their appearance were considered quite
promising.
We hear, moreover, that in some narts of this
county they are at work in great numbers.
What with our very backward Spring, and now
this last, great evil, the prospects of our cotton
growers are decidedly gloomy.
Absent Friends and Visitors. —We repeat
our warning to both not to come here. Stay
away—if not for your own sake, for ours. We
have as much to attend to as we have means at
command. The headlong resolve to dare is no
excuse to those on whom the devotee precipates
himself. Since our previous intimation boats
have come in with full fists of passengers, and if
it has pleased Providence that few or none of
these have paid the penalty of their rashness, it
is no reason for again neglecting the warning.
Stay away !
If any one desires to see how sadly' our mor
tality runs with that in New Orleans, let him
multiply our daily deaths by seven and a half—
a too flattering proportion—and he will see our
painful excess.— Mobile Register, 1 Oth inst.
A negro woman, the property of Mr. Mackay,
was struck by lightning, near this city, during
the thunder storm on Saturday last. She was
in Mr. M.’s rice field with a reaping hook in her
hand at the time of the casualty, and was killed
; instantly. Another negro who was near her
was knocked down by the shock, but soon after
recovered.— Sav.,Rep., 19 th inst.
Sea Island Crops. —We had entertained
some fears that the late stormy weather would
pjove highly injurious to the crops on the sea
coast ot Georgia. The following extract from a
letter written by an intelligent planter residing
in Glynn county, under date oflsth, gives some
account of the effects of the storm in that coun
ty. The writer says:
lt We have had dreadful stormy and deluging
rains, which have done incalculable injury to
the Cotton crop. Some think they have lost
eight to ten bales opened in their fields on the
main. We have not suffered so much on St.
Simon’s Island.”— lb.
Baltimore, Sept. 29. Washington Items.—
The President, it is said, will oppose the con
struction of the Pacific Railroad by the Federal
Government.
It is stated positively that the Hon. John A.
Dix cannot get the mission to Fiance. Senator
Mason is spoken of as likely to have the appoint- i
merit.
Dix vs. Stephens.
We publish below, in juxtaposition, the letter
of Mr. Dix and an extract from the speech of
Mr. Stephens, on the annexation of Texas in
1845. Read them over carefully and then tell
us reader, if Mr. Dix is a freesoiler, what is
Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the represen- j
tative from Georgia, from the seventh district, in
Congress ?
i Mr. Dix'j b'tler, 1853.
; Ist That lam not
| and never have been an
abolitionist in any sense
! of that term. On the
j contrary, I have been
! an open and uniform op
ponent of all abolition
movements in this state,
and elsewhere, since
they commenced in 1835,
to tne present time. —
While in the Senate of
tho United States 1 op
posed the extension of
slavery to ireo territory
—a question entirely dis
tinct from the interfer
ence with slavery where
it already exists. In the
latter case, I have stea
dily opposed all external
interference with it,
2d. That I have on all
occasions, public and
private, since the Fugi
tive Slave Law passed, j
declared myself in favor i
of carrying it into execu
tion in good faith, like
every other law of the
land.
3d. That I was in fa
vor of tho union of the
democracy of this state,
which was consummated
in 1850, continued in
1851 on the basis of the
Compromise Measures, I
and in 1852, on the basis |
of the Baltimore Plat- I
form.
4th. That I have,since I
the Baltimore Convon- |
tion, in Juno, 1852, re- I
poatedly given my pub- I
lie assent to its proceed- I
ings and acquiesced in |
its declarations, as an I
adjustment of disturbing |
questions, by which I
was willing to abide.
. Mr. Stephens' speech ou
the annexation of Tex
i as, 1845.
> "Nor do I wish “to
i hoax” gentlemen from
other sections upon this
point, as some have inti
mated. I am candid and
frank in my acknowledg
ment. This acquisition
will give additional pow
er to tho southwestern
section in the national
councils; and for this
purpose I want it—not
that I am desirous to see
an extention of the “area
of slavery,’’ as some gen
tlemen have said its ef
fect would be. I am no
defender of slavery in
the abstract. Liberty
always had charm 3 for
me, and I rejoice
I to see all the sons of
I Adam's family, in every
land and clime, in the
! enjoyment of those rights
which are set forth in
our Declaration of In
dependence as “natural
ami inalienable,'' if a
stern nee ssity, bearing
tho marks and impress
of the hand of the Croa
tor himself, did not, in
some cases,interpose and
prevent. Such is the
| ease with States whore
| slavery now exists. But
I I have NO WISH TO
[ SEE IT EXTENDED
TO OTHER COUN
TRIES ; and if the an
nexation of Texas were
for tho sole purpose of
extending slavery where
it does not now, and
would not otherwise
exist, I SHOULD OP- *
POSE IT.
i
BY_TELEUKaph^
Trans in i t ted Jtothe (Jo nstitotp on a] 7s t
NEW ft
The interments on Sunday were Lk? ' i9 '
which 35 were of Yellow Fever 54 ’ «
are imperfect. “ e re tam,
Harry R. W. Hill was buried on s, ,
The funeral was very large.
Charleston j.
Cotton. Sales to-day 100 b a ] es ’ at ? ; 20 '
cents. ’ 3 to iQj
€anrairrcial.
rri, . . Augij sta, Sept. 20-g
The river is in good boating order- «'*'
half feet of water in the channel. ! * 1
Augusta Market, Sept 21
COTTON .-We have had a pretty s t ea iv
this week, but transactions have bee/
mostly to the now crop, about six hund/?*
of which have changed hands within the
our quotations bolorr. Tho W
to make their appearance more freelv >
grades below Good Middling prices are s, "
The demand seems to be confined to
ranging from Good Middling upwards
grades there is a far demand. The qualitv r
Cotton now coming to hand is much below th
last year, and the recent heavy rains, it is
will do considerable injury to that now orJ?
The receipts are light for the season, and//
al arriving is accompanied with positive oX
sell. Wequqtc as follows: ®
Inferior and Ordinary ...
Low Middling to Middling q * 9
Good Middling _ a9!
Middling Fair
Fair . ”'I aloi
GROCERIES.—The good navigable condit
of the River has enabled our merchants to J*
a portion of their Fall supplies, and they have b/
kept busy this week in receiving goods and fe
orders of Planters and country Merchants, p,
stock of goods at present on hand is good and *1
assorted.
CORN.—Up to Saturday last sales were mat,
at 60 to 65 sacks includod. Since Monday an f ,’
port demand has sprung up, and nearly ail in
hands has been bought up at 65 a 70 cents, /
cipolJy at the latter price. Some holders are
asking 75 by tho small quantity, sacks returned.
FLOUR.—Holders are stiffor in their askingpri.
ces. Augusta Mills finds ready sale at $6 fern
. perfine in bags at wholesale and $6 a §6] by retail
l Family is selling at $7 asß at wholesale and retail'
Country Flour is selling by the quantity in bbls»|
■ s6], and retailing at s6] a s6£ per bbl.
| BACON .—There is a better demand for a go«j
article, and prices are stiffening. We now q Uotc
ribbed sides (Tennessee) at Dj, and clear at9> j
10; Shoulders ~i a 8. Good joint meat is still
scarce.
BAGGING.—Stock on tho incroaso and mo»:
holders are asking from store, by tho piece or bolt,
12J al3 cents. Bale .Rope is looking up and is new
selling at 9 a 10 conts.
COFFEE.—Stock on hand moderate, and it
consequence of the sadden rise in the Nortbr.
1 markets holders have still further advanced tliar
j- prices and no w are asking 12 a 12$ cents for a good
t article of Rio.
! MOLASSES. Stock of Cuba good. Holden
aro selling from stores 24 a 25, according topliir.
* SUGAR.—Stock on hand largo, and priiciptl
‘ sales 54 to 6$ for Orleans and Muscovado , Porto
ltico 61 to 7§ ; Clarified 7} to BJ, according to fte
grade. Prices are looking up.
SALT—The stock in first hands is light and
higher prices are asked. Wo understand lots «f
, 100 sacks have been sold this week at $l5O cash
; Retailing from s ore at $1 55 asl fit),
i WHEAT.—There is a good demand for Wheat
i and good Red meets with ready sale at 80 a9O
* ! cents, and prime White at sl.lO a .25 per bushel
j. j STOCKS.—The only transaction that has corn
. 1 to our knowledge this week was tho sale of 25
j shares Georgia Railroad at sllO.
I EXCHANGE.—Our Banks are drawing on Net
- York and other Northern cities at J per cert
1 prem. for Sight Drafts.
FREIGHTS.—The river is now in excelltt
1 boating order, with every prospect of continuing*
for the remainder of the Season. The quantity :
Cotton offering is on the increase, but it is still limit
r ed. We quote to Savannah 50 cents per bale; to
> Charleston per Railroad 75 cents per bale.
[ SAVANNAH, Sept.l7.-CYrt.R-We hear i
, the sale of 9 bale.? at cents.
r Receipts of Cotton by Railroad at Vicksburg, ft
the -» ears ending 31 st August.
1849. 1850 1851. 1852. 1853.
Balos 59,68 2 29,878 55,880 70,523 9W
1
Number of Bales from each Depot for the JI W
end inst 31st August.
| 1851. 1852. 1853
! Bandon depot 7.561 7,75fi 1246
j Jackson •• 8,297 9,382 14.5 b
j Bailee's “ Jackson,. .13.345 15,194 JW®
I Clinton “ 10,233 11,961 16,1 b
! Bolton’s “ 5,030 6,396 P
1 Raymond “ 1,117 4,729 P
Edwards’ “ 8,176 11,257 lU
"Way Plaees 2,12 1 2,746 P
Total bales 55,880 70,1)23 97,#
Columbus, September 1"-
Cotton Statement.
Receipts of the week 584
“ previously ...477
New Cotton 1061 bai*
Prices remain unchanged. Wecontinuoto#!
: a9f cents; principal sales 9$ cents.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS-Sept. 15.
Per schr Victory, for 805t0n—65.480 feet
; bor, 96 bales Cotton, 440 bags Rice Flour, and
j Cowhides.
Per schr Virginia, New York—l 32 bales Cot:-'--
2 bales Wool, and 196 casks Rice.
Per schr Alice, for Wilmingtcm, N. C. —
Salt.
Per steamer Isaac Scott, for Darien, f
sacks Salt, 10 hbds Molasses, and 250 pdgs- $
Siiippinfl Jntfllipfr.
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Ship Sullivan, Mitchell, at Now York.
Barque Cherokee, Cole, at New Orleans.
Ul* FOR CHARLESTON.
Barque Velocity, Ryder, at Boston.
Brig Moses, Jarvis, at New York.
Brig P. R. Hitchb orne, Ellis, at Boston-
SAVANNAH, Sept. 19.—Arrived,
State ot Goorgia; brig Port-laud,
Mo.; sehrs Hallowell, Harding, Roeklan >
Francis Satterly, Reevelcnd, New \ ork; 8
T. S. Motcalf, Kahn, Augusta; Fashion, t
Augusta. virffini*.
Cleared, schrs Victory, Baker, Boston; »»
Axworthy, New York; Alice, Cre39o, ni
N- C. ,
CHARLESTON, Sept. 20.-Ar„ ship
Cartar, Liverpool; schr North Carolina,
Salem, Mass, . ... rivorpe^
In the Offing, barquo lnvino, V hit-V. —*
MARKUP. *
In Charleston, on Thursday, 15th ins '
Rev. C. R. Pritchard. Mr. C. Church, ot * s j
Ga., to Miss Emma L , daughter of Vr.
Charleston.
tipr —A Card. —The undersigned
thanks to bis friends
their past patronage, and respectful fjQggpfll
that ho has associated with him j„ c t bu^
BEALS, late of Savannah, and *
ness under the narno and style ° p
BEALS, in all tho branches of P* p A I»f
namely ; House, Sign and Orname j c>
ING, GILDING; GRAINING;
Office in Jackson , comer of
lii* —Tho undersigned takes thi 3 0^
time to announce to the cit-- b*t
gusta and vicinity, that having roc .
of tuition from good masters, they . j ne j elsf
furnish work in stylo equal to th< _ jiifl
where; such as Military, Civic an_ 'pant* l .'
NERS ; Designing, Ornamental,
led and Marble WALLS; c oFFI^'
SIGNS; SHADES, &o. JOHN G-
sept 22 ly JOSEPH A.