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BY JAMES GARDNER, JR.
GUST A, GA.
SATURDAY” MORNING, DECEMBER 4.
Terms of Subscription.
Daily Piper, pet annum, in advance ... .$8 00
A Tri-Weekly.. 5 00
H Weekly, por.annum in advance... 2 00
» If paid within tha year S 80
At the end of the year. 3 00
above term* will be rigidly enforced.
Fire in Hamburg.
(About ten o'clock last night, a Ute broke out
sister city. It was first discovered in
Matheny’s Hotel, in the upper part of Centre
street, and in the oourse of an hour destroyed
Matheny, Brind^y U &*C^ yi s toto, P L. Suber’s;
Store, and the store occupied by Mr. John Usher
The buildings we understand are all insured
tn Uplum bia or Charleston offices. Wo did hot
|k Irani whether the stocks of Messrs. Matheny
andSuber were insured, but learn that Messrs.
Brindley .< Co. and J. Vusher, were insured in
■Kbe < vl.i.ul.a office, iue lot liter tor >3OOO. and
Mli >’ ••>"> i » ;oui> which with the goods saved
cover their losses.
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for three days.
miles ot the T< legrap’i wire is down
between the 10th and 13th stations, |
reported by Mr. Fulton, who walked and
waded to the 90 mile station. The water has
~ fallen on the road at this end since yesterday
morning. and they expect to get to work tu-d.iv,
The Cuba Question.
The course of the Administration in the affair
with Cuba, and especially its course towards
Mr. George Law, is producting much excite
ment, and elicits various comments from the
press. Coinciding as we do in the views ex
pressed by’ the Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, we publish its comments,
and invite attention to them. We will follow
them with more on the same subject from other
quarters.
Important Operation.
We witnessed (says the Chronicle of Wednes
day) a very important and difficult operation in
the Medical College.on Saturday last, by Pro
fessor L. A. Dugas. The subject was a negro
man, the property of Mr. James McDowell ot
Talbot county, in this State. He had a Tumor
situated on the right side of his neck, in the Pos
terior Clavicular Triangle, immediately over the
Subclavain Artery, which imparted to it a de
gree of pulsation calculated to mislead the sur
geon. and which bad misled several eminent
ones, who mistook it for an Aneurism ot the
Subclavain Artery, arid, therefore, refused to
operate. Under these circumstances he was
brought to this city to Professor Dugas, who up
on examination, pronounced it not only no
Aneurism, but a diseased Lymphatic Gland, and
proposed to operate for its removal, w hich he
did on Saturday evening, with the most com
plete success. That it was a delicate operation
all will admit, who are conversant with the an
atomy of the parts.
The Professor proceeded with great caution.
es lu d'jt.’nguished'trarte ’*s a sur- I i
after some difficulty, caused by
impossibility of controiing the patient, succeeded '
in disengaging the tumor from its position, and I
taking it out. The operation was a painful one, |
and illy born by the patient. The tumor was i
then subjected to the microscope by Dr. Juriah ,
Harris, and found to be a disorganised Hypertho- I
phied Lymphatic Gland, thus fully sustaining the ,
Professor’s diagnosis.
VZeslem Trade—Railroad Freights.
We are glad to find that our North Alabama i
friends begin to discuss more dispassionately the
recent advance in freights on their produce to
She Atlantic ports. The advance, in fact, is
very small, except 10 cents per 100 lbs on the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and we are as
sured that the freights now are barely remune- ]
rating. There should, then, be no cause of excite- \
men!, °but shippers should closely consult their in- I
terestson a fair calculation of advantages between
the two routes. We find, by an article in the
Huntsville Demrerat, they ar: bow induced to do
to. In most of the comparative statements we
have lately seen, the cost of transportation alone
is brought into the estimate. Whereas, there is
a difference of price on cottons of the same qual
ity of about 1 cent per lb. This difference ne
cessarily exists, because it is legitimate—arising
from causes that canffdt be controlled.
In September, 1545, we published an article,
signed “ ManHcf in which this subject is elab
orately discussed, and tbis position is sustained by
an array of facts and figures that never have
been controverted. It was written by one now
ar.d then closely connected with one of our prin
cipal Railroads, and it will be seen how much
\2Tha was indebted for his facta to citizens of North
j'Aklabaina, themselves. The wants ot that sec- I
fact,have ba 1 much influence in urging
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! &The total number of deaths in Boston for the
week ending on Saturday at noon, has been 84
of which 29 were children under five years of
age. The chief diseases were, consumption 14,
croup 6, dropsy in head C, scarlet fever 12, ma
rasmus 4, and inflamation of the lungs 3. Scar
let fever continues its ravages among children.
During tbe past four weeks at least forty children
of that city had died with it. Last week in New
York city 10 deaths occurred of small pox, while
in Boston, for the past six months or more, not
a death has occurred of that disorder.
North Carolis* Leoislaturb.—The Wil
mington IN. C ) Commercial says that no Uni
ted States Senator has as yet been elected by the
Legislature. At the last ballotting on Friday
Dobbin received 75, and Saunders 30 votes—a
gain to the latter of about 10 votes on previous
ballottings. “ Tremendous excitement,” as the
saying is.
The most extensive coal field in the world
commences near Carrollton, Ky., and runs
hrough Indiana, Illinois, and lowa, containing
about 80,000 square miles, of whieh a tenth or
pbout 8000 miles are ia tndiaHa.
i,The Day Dawneth.
The Chattanooga Advertiser ol the 30th ult.
j says: “The discussion in reference to freights
- j upon cotton, which for several weeks past has
I been a standing theme for the comments of the
press, as well as a subject for acrimonious re
remark among planterg and Shippers, now prom
ises a certain, speedy, and we hope, satisfactory
adjustment. The result of the conference, to
which we alltided in our last, tietween Mr. Con
nor, J i|dge King. Mr. Wadley, and the steam
boat proprietor*- and forwarding merchants of
, this place, has been a proposition to wfiic|>, wa
, are informed, all parties have assented, to make
, a reduction as follows:
I “Five cents per bale on Steamboat transpor
tation, Five cents per bate by the forwarding
nigfchautsof Chattanooga. Ten cents per him*
'Wrefl oil Railroad transportation, averaging 55
Cents p-r bale. And the Railroad Companies
pledge themselves to carry off the cotton from
this point as fart as delivered!
“The above is in substance, the arrangement!
agreed upon, though it is not yet officially re
ported, Further details may be given here
after.”
The heavy rains of last week appear to .have
extended to all parts of the country both North
and South. The New York Commercial Adver--
tiser says that all the streams within thirty rnil-s.
of New York city, have overflowed their banks
in consequence of the heavy rain on Friday; kq
Some parte of Westchester, it is said, looks like> »4.
broad river, and in the vicinity ot New Brm.s.kj
wick, N. J, t|je low grounds aga»'*~*' —
* ori Saturday mo. i Jug Jwd to reaS^Rcarsin
boats, from their residences. There is. also, a
freshet in the Delaware river, the water having
risen eight feet, and the Lehigh river has risen
ten feet at Wilkesbarre. The Susquehanna is
in good rafting condition, and rising at Lock
Haven. The west branch of the Susquehanna is
also on the rise. At Mauch Cunck the Lehigh
is seven feet above low water mark, and is rising.
We learn from the Savannah News that there
was a tire at Savannah, at eleven o’clock Tues- j
day morning, at the corner of Montgomery and
South Broad streets, in the retail grocery occu
pied by Martin Brother, which destroyed the
adjoining tenements occupied by P. S. Newcomb
and Mrs. S. E. Baker. Grother's stock was in
sured to the amount of SSOO. The buildings
were all the property of S. Goldsmith, and in-
sured for SI,OOO.
Tennessee.—Scott's exact majority in this '
State is put down by the Nashville Gazette at '
1811, which is a whig gain over the Gubernato- I
rial vote of last year, of 151 votes. The whole I
vote, says the Gazette, falls below the vote for '
Governor, one year ago, nine thousand votes, i
when it should have been increased two or
three thousand, at least—showing that ten ot
twelve thousand voters did not exercise the
privilege of the elective franchise at the recent
election.
1 tin Levee.—The N. O. Picayune, of the 28th
ult., says : “ The levee is literally groaning under
the immense weight ot produce deposited on it.
The receipts of cotton have been great beyond
all precedent, and notwithstanding a large num
ber ot drays are constantly engaged in hauling it
away to the presses, so numerous are the arri
vals that the whole extent of the levee from
Poydras to St. Louis street remains continually
covered with cotton bales. The number of steam
boats arriving and departing during the past
week has been very large, larger than during
any previous week since the season opened.—
The incessant hauling on and hauling off, the '
constant loading and discharging of cargoes, the ;
hurrying to and fro of clerks, inspectors, officers, i
&c., give to the face of the levee an unsually ;
brisk and active appearance.”
Peter Cooper, Esq., a well known merchant,
of New York, has appropriated the sum ofs3oo
-for the erection of an institution to be known '
as the “ Union,” the object of which is to be |
“ the Moral, Mental and Physical improvement L I
of the TSESYd; mediate, tue Coun- > J
try, and the World.”
Strange Phenomenon. A Montgomery ■
Ala., paper says that Saturday , tbe 13th ult.,
was the anniversary of the “falling stars” o f
1833, which, as observation proves, yearly re
peat their display on the night of the 13th of
November, though each subsequent return of the i
phenomenon has been insignificantly compared '
with the gorgeous sight of 1833. At 8 o’clock,
| on the night of the 13th ult., the editor observed j
I a brilliant meteor, which really startled him by i
its splendor. Its point of divergence, like that
of the stars of the 13th of November, 1833, seem
ed to be in the neighborhood of Perseus, and it
traversed a line between Capella and the Pope.
It very much resembled, in brilliancy, size and
l velocity, a common sky-rocket, cast a shadow, by
! its light, and left a long and bright train behind '
I it. There was no report accompanying it, and |
I he has not learned whether any usual number of
meteors were observed on the night in question, i
but this one was so brilliant that it must have
attracted the attention of all beholders.
The recent Railroad Accident. —The Co
lumbia Palmetto State Banner, speaking of the
recent Railroad accident, by which Col. Single
ton and his grandson lost their lives, says:
“As rumors have existed that there was de
cayed timber on the culvert which had yielded
to the weight of the tram, we have taken some
Cains to enquire into the fact. The road had
een rebuilt from the junction to the river, and
the timbers are stated by authority, to have
been perfectly sound. The heavy rains inun
dating the bank caused the accident. A half
hour before the accident, a heavy train, with a
twenty ton engine had passed over it—and had
passed daily for three weeks—the Antelope
engine, connected with the passenger train to
i which the accident occurred, is one of the light
est in the Company’s service, being only of
thirteen or fourteen tons weight. It had been
placed on that road in consequence of being
lighter than any other. If there had been rot
ten timber present, the Charlotte engine of 20
i tons, which passed over a half hour before,
i would have more certainly crushed it than an
I engine of six tons less weight.”
I Eulogy on Mr. Webster. —Hon. A. H. Ste
■ phens, at the request of the Committee, some
j time since appointed, has consented to deliver
i an Eulogy on the character of the illustrious
j Webster, in Atlanta. The time is yet to be fix
i ed upon.
1 Kansas Territory.—The St. Louis Evening
I News confidentially expecfcfto see this new ter
! ritory organized during the coming session of.
Congress. It will probably extend north of the
. Great Platte, south to the Arkansas, and west to
: the main ridge of the Rocky Mountains.
: Tbe speed of locomotives has reached 75 miles
I per hour in France. The French Rail Roads
however, are the best managed in the world.
'■ Accidents but seldom occur,the regulation being
so stringent.
Outrageous Case.—The Cleaveland Forest
City has received a communication from some
one in relation to the elopement of a white girl
with a colored man named Stoler. The girl was
about sixteen years old, and her father and
mother were Ixrth intemperate. Stoler was a
mulatto, and was a hand on board the propeller
Paugasset, and the girl was persuaded by others
to marry him. After their marriage it was as
certained that he had two or three other wives
She was taken from him and placed in the fami
ly of T. B. Mungen, in Oberlin. One evening
a person called on her and represented that her
mother was dying, and wished very much to see
her. She went with him, and fell into Stoler’s
hands, and was carried off to Cleaveland. Mr.
Mungen, not her father, followed, but the pro
peller had left Cleaveland, and he was not arres
ted nor the girl saved.
It is stated in the London prints that during
the prevalence of the cholera in the Polish town
of Koval, the worst cases were quickly cured by
giving the patient copious drafts of cold spring
water.
The West Baton Rouge (La.) Ki«-a-Fu has
1 placed the name of Winfield Scott at the head of
■ its columns for President in 1856. Some Pluck.
The Susquehanna,all along above and below
Harrisburg, is said to be full of wild ducks, and
j the sportsmen bring them in in great quanti-
s ———
{Colonization. —James G. Birney, the cele
brated abolitionist, has written a letter to “ Fred
r Douglass’ paper,”in which he agaia takes ground
ia favor of eoloahmtioa.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1852.
The Crescent Oily Affair—the Pcosidont’s LettJr
t. We publish below the letter ot President Fill
:s more to lion. Hugh Maxwell, Collector of the
s Port of New York, which will be rend with in*
e forest. The N. Y. Herald, remurks that the his
.. tory of this letter so far as Mr. Law is concern-
- ed, is as follows:
r On the 14th inst} Mr. Maxwell addressed a
’ note to Mr. Law, inviting an interview. Mr.
Law called at the Collector’s office on the same
day, and Mr. Maxwell read to him an extract
-of a letter which he said be had writ
f ten the President, pretending to givJ*Hie lan
s guage of un interview on or about thtfTlth inst.
The Collector’s letter stated that Mr. Law had
> said to him, that he should send out the Crescent
City, and if the vessel was fired upon she should
. be surrendered, and he would go to war with the
t Idjovernment of Cuba. Mr. Law immediately
• J replied, that he had made no such declaration—
; that the idea of his going to war with Cuba was
»-fc|Wn«ense —and that in making a statement to
* j tjlii affect to the President, he (the Collector)
> I bad misrepresented* him. That which he did
| «Ry was, that the Crescent City ■ had gone out,
■K weuM land at Havana as usual, and that if
■ | she was fired upon arid hit, the ship, being un-
armed, would be surrendered and the officers end
remain at Havana as prisoners; and that
| apon such a question, the country would go to
’ j wat if the outrage was not redressed, or he was
: I mistaken in his estimate of the character and
wßretoper of the American people. Mr. Maxwell
, * promised to write to the President, and correct
qrei* mis-statement
1 “On the following day, (15th ii<rt.) Mr. Max
sent to Mr. Law a letter containing these
L, hfisstatenients, which he had promised to correct,
; >ated back to the Ist November, and a port.un
«, •.?purnortina to be the substance ot a letter'
to lum by «h* Pre.o.'. r t <'• it.'. ,el- I
>aiA Law took no notice, for the reason that
I so much ol it as purported to be the Collector’s
j own letter to the President, he knew to be in
! correct, and he thought it not improbable that
i he may also have mis stated that of the Presi
dent; but if he had not, the President's letter
was based entirely upon the mis-statements of
the Collector. Had the President’s letter, or a
copy of it, been sent to Mr. Law, without the
introductory mis-statement of Mr. Maxwell,
Mr. Law would at once have replied to it, with
the respect due to the chief magistrate of the
nation Mr. Law has had no correspondence
with Mr. Maxwell, and preferred not to have
l any.
(PRIVATE ]
Washington, Nov. 12,1552.
Hon. Hugh Maxwell, New York City—
Your note of yesterday came to hand this
morning, in which you state a conversation you
I have had with Mr. George Law’, from which
! you (learned that the “Crescent City will go to
Cuba and enter the port of Havana in defiance
ol the Spanish authority, and if fired upon, she
will be (surrendered, and then he and others
will immediately commence hostilities against
the island." You say. also, tl.at “he desires to
know whether he is right in persisting in the
pursuit of his lawful business, and that if the
government shall tell him he must not go, he
will not go. If, however, the government says
nothing against his going, he will infer he has a
right to go.” You say, also, that “he professes to
be friendly to me and my administration.” Os
the sincerity ot this latter profession one can
best judge by reading his letter of the 9th, pub
lished in the New York Herald of the 10th inst.
: But in regard io the chief matters of your let
ter permit me to say that, in the first place, I do
not admit the right of Mr. Law or any other pri
vate citizen, to threaten a war on his own ac
count, for the purpose of seeking redress for real |
or imaginary injuries, and then to call upon the .
government to say whether it approves or dis- I
approves of such conduct, and assume its appro
bation unless the act is forbidden. The Const]- j
tution of the United States has vested in Con- I
| gress alone the power ofideclaring,war,and neith- I
, er the Executive branch ot the government, nor i
: Mr. Law, has any right to usurp that power by j
j commencing a war without its authority; and if
■ he shall attempt it, it will be my duty, as it is
j my determination to exert all the power confided I
; to the Executive government by the Constitu-
■ tion and laws, to prevent it. lam resolved, at
( every hazard, to maintain our rights in this con- ■
l troversy as against Spain, and I am equally re- I
solved that no act of our citizens shall be permit- i
ted to place this government in the wrong. Mr. j
Law has an undoubted risrht to pursue his lawful i
jjttw ud» ail uuuuuuttu ngui io pursue nis iswiui ;
business; but when a question is raised between i
this government aud a foreign nation as to I
whether the business which he pursues is lawful, , .
or pursued in a lawful manner, the decission of j
that question belongs to the two governments I '
and not to him. If the object be to assert his I (
right to enter the port of Havana with such per- | '
sons as he may choose to select, in defiance of |
the laws and government of Spain, he has cer
taiuly done euons»h.tAau»w'«<-
lue dec.eiou 'oi trie governments of Spain and
the United States; and the negotiation has al- s
ready commenced, and our rights, as we under- j
stand them, have been asserted, and, as I said (
before, will be maintained; but the act of this (
government cannot be controlled by the inter- (
ference of any individual; and it is entirely un- j
necessary that Mr. Law should repeat these at
tempts for the purpose of setting this controver
sy, and if he wilfully does so, and in so doing 1
violates the laws ol a foreign nation within its
own jurisdiction, and thereby loses or forfeits his
vessel, he can expect no indemnity for such an
act of folly from this government.
We regulate the terms and conditions upon
which all foreign vessels shall enter our ports,
and we fix the penalties for a violation of our
laws; and the right to do so we shall never suf
fer to be questioned by foreigners, and we do not
question their’s to do the same thing. He must
! wait the result of the negotiations betw'een the
; two governments. This is a question not to be
settled between him and Cuba, nor even between
i the United States and Cuba, but between the
I United States and Spain, which alone is respon
: sible tor tbe conduct of the Governor of Cuba.
X write in some haste, as the mail is closing ;
j but you aie at liberty to make known the con
itentsol this letter to Mr. Law, and to inform
him, that as a good citizen, I presume he will
not attempt any violation of our neutrality laws,
by attacking Cuba.
1 am tiuly, yours,
(Signed) .MILLARD FILLMORE.
The Herald speaking of the excitement caused
by the above correspondence, says:
Quite a brisk little breeze of excitement was
raised in this great metropolis yesterday, by the
publication of the very extraordinary letter
from the President Os the United States to Col
lector Maxwell, in reference to Mr. George Law
aud the Crescent City difficulty. That letter,
for the fullest information of our readers, we re
publish this morning. We also give a correct
statement of the conversation between Mr. Law
and Mr. Maxwell, which has been misrepresen
ted, and, under this misrepresentation, appears
to have been one of the reasons for the publica
tion of the letter; also letters from Mr. Postmas
ter Brady, relative to the mails, and one from
Judge Sharkey, our Consul at Havana.
The President defines his position in the mat
ter, if in no other, witk considerable nerve and
firmness. He will not permit Mr. George Law,
on his own private account, to make war upon
Spain, even if it should require the whole com
bined strength of the army and navy of the
United States to stop him. This, prima facie, is
sound doctrine. A private citizen has no right
to levy war against a foreign power, especially if
his object be to drag the government into his
quarrel ; and the energetic tone with which the
President discusses the question very clearly
shows that he is not to be trifled with any lon
ger upon this question. Congress is the war
making power ; and the Collector is author
ized to inform Mr. I.aw of that fact. In a word,
the President is determined to submit to every
exaction and every outrage which the Cuban
authorities have committed, or may commit,
against our commerce or our eitizens, until the
meeting of Congress. The whole business is to
be turned over into their hands. Mr. Fillmore
is resolved that he will not assume the respon
sibility himself, and that nobody else shall do
it, and thus bring him into the scrape, lie will
preserve our relations of peace with Spain, right
or wrong, at the risk of war with the whole
California Steamship Company, of which Mr.
George Law is the energetic chief.
To this end, the Havana mails are removed
from the company’s ships to the Isabel, of the
Charleston line ; and it is reported that the con
tingent sale by government of some 200,000
muskets, more or less to Mr. Law, is to be quash
ed, and that the muskets are to be taken out of
his possession, and returned to the United States
arsenal at Washington for safe-keeping. Thus,
in addition to the army and navy combined
against him, (excepting the Japan expedition
the flag ship of which has sailed), Mr. George
Law is to be disarmed in the very outset, and is
declared an outlaw, if, on his own account, he
shall attempt to run Purser Smith and the Cres
cent City or Cherokee into Havana, in the teeth
of the Moro. The fate of the fifty deluded men
slaughtered in front of the Castle of Atares, un
der cover of our President’s proclamation, will,
we apprehend, be very apt to bring Mr. Law to
a surrender. What is the ruin of a steamship
company to the President, if he can keep out of
a scrape thereby? A private citizen of the
United States, disarmed of his muskets, deprived
of his contract, and rebuked and outlawed by
his government, is hardly a match for the army
and navy, the President and his Cabinet, and
the Spanish authorities of Cuba, all combined.
He must succumb, and “ wait a little longer.”
Mr. George Law, however has not gone reck
lessly into this business. He asked advice and
counsel of the government, and they give him no
1 answer, excepting a very offensive one, to an in
i' offensive citizen, entitled as such to the protect
ion of the government. The administration is,
therefore, responsible for the present state of
. things. Ifit had made known its objects and
jrolicy in season, Mr. Law would have acted dif
ferently. But the Presidential election was, un
fortunately, in the way for a considerable time:
■ and hence the discretion allowed to the steam-
I ship company, and the mystery which involved
1 the designs of the government till the election
was over. Viewed in any light, the eourse pur-
sued by thiYSdministratioii in this matter, froi)
I- begining to end, has been very weak and Ji.
p graceful, and worse than useless, either for Cu
preservation of peace or the maintenance of th
" honor and dignity of the country—bothlri wine
'* are In a tn9asure|-acrifieed.by the vaseiilating po-
• licy ot the administration.
In Hie meantime, everything being conceded
to the Spanish authorities of Cuba which they
have demanded, we should like to know what
' the Cabinet aie negotiating about. Is it a new
J treaty for the protection of Cuba, or what
1 What is it 1 And why is the British fleet in
' creased in those waters ?
[From the Conslitulionalitltf Sep/. 6, 1845.]
I Railroad Improvements of Georgia.
, The Railroad improvements of Georgia, here
tofore but little noticed abroad,begin
tention in different parts of the Union. Ihe
rapid progress of these improvements recently
is creating an interest r» the right direction, and
’ we are encouraged with the hope, that Georgia
1 will yet reach the honors, and realize the profits
, of one of the greatest improvements of the age .
Doctor James Overton of Nashville, lately
;. a very able speech in that city, which exhibits
a thorough acquaintance with the whole subject,
and shews in a very striking light, the impor
-1 tant bearingot these improvements upon the in
terests of his own State, and those of the most
populous and fertil i portion of the great Valley
ofthe Mississippi 1 The object of this speech,
—which I am pleased too see extensively re-pub
lished, —was to impress upon the people of Ten
ncssee, the importance and expediency of build
ing a railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga,—
And all intelligence recently received from that
quarter, encourages the belief, that the route :«
practicable, and that the road will be built.
* * * * *■j ■*
* . k. ho„w»ver, there tte a reasonable prosJWW' j
the extension of the road to Nashville, the wh®
aspect of the question would seem to be change
In that case the road should certainly progrest
to completion, and, upon mere Jinaniriai cmuiderai
lions, it should be finished by the State itself. Itv
would become not only one of the most impor-1
tant in many senses, but also one of the^/iostpro- V
filablc roads in the Union 1 What a vast field of
patronage would encircle the North-western
extremity of this road! Nashville, seated at
the head of navigation on the Cumberland, and
encircled by a country of inexhaustible fertility
for a great extent around—offering a choice ot
markets to the exporter, and the quickest and
shortest passage to the Atlantic, by many days,
and many hundred miles, —bringing her heavy
groceries from the Gulf, and her dry goods
through the Atlantic ports, must become a great
inland depot for both imports and exports, and
speedily rise to the rank of one ofthe finest in
land cities in the Union.
Such an inland city at the western terminus
of the line, would powerfully aid the other un
equalled advantages of the location. Nashville
is situated nearly on a direct line between Au
gusta and St. Louis, and is consequently on the
nearest route from that city to the ports of Sav
vannab and Charleston. This route would, there
fore, not only draw into it a rich trade from East
and West Tennessee, North Alabama, and the
southern counties of Kentucky, but would also
draw some trade from Ohio, central Kentucky,
Missouri, and the southern part of Illinois. And
being open at all seasons of the year, would, at
some seasons, when other channels are obstruct
ed by ice or low water, draw a great deal of
trade from the section last named. It would at
all times draw a heavy travel, not only from all
those sections of country, but from Arkansas, the
upper part of the Mississippi, and in fact from the
whole range of country,between Ozark and the Rocky
Mountains! None will doubt the great extent
of the travel from these regions. A glance at the
map settles that question. All know that ex
pedition, cheapness, and certainty, will secure
that: but some have doubted whether much trade
could be drawn from countries bordering on the
Mississippi and its tributaries, with their cheap
steamboat navigation to ihe Gulf. Such persons
have not acquainted themselves with the great
advantages of the Atlantic over the Gulf ports. '
Those unaccustomed to details, may draw some ,
idea of these advantages from the well know ■
fact, that many experts go to New York ftom j
CincinuaZi. rather than to New Orleans 1 In- ,
stead of running down to New Orleans, without i
tianshipment, and at the lowest freight, perhaps i
in the world, on an inland line of the same 1
length, we find them sometimes struggling up a 1
low river to Portsmouth, then transhipped and *
...... i a.l _ al i ..j :i „<
carried more than three hundred miles on the
Canal to the lake, from there by steamboat to
Buffalo, from there by Canal to Albany, from
there by steamboat to New York 1 These are
generally heavy articles of provisions,and we find
them carried 12 or 1300 miles, partly over artifi
cial improvements of immense cost, and umler
going four transhipments, in preference to going
to a Gulf port in less time, —without tranship
aua»to*M»kfcira^actfo n "*thn irnfo^tah—fcgn-gt 3
Strange as this may seem, merchants under
stand the matter perfectly well. As it may not,
however, be so well understood by planters aud
farmers, I will, for their information, give a
comparative statement of what would be the
earnings of a ship from Liverpool—say of 700
tons, making a trip to a Gult and an Atlantic
port, at the same rate of freight.
Comparative statement of what a ship of 700
tons will earn in a voyage from Liverpool to
Charleston (an Atlantic port.) and to New
Orleans (a Gulf port.)
Liverpool to Charleston, giving four months for
the voyage.
Interest four months on value of ship,
say $25,000, at 6 per cent 500 00
Sailing ship: being seamen’s wages, &e.
Ac., SI,OOO per month 4,000 00
Insurance on ship out and home, per
cent 447 50
Port charges, (wharfage, pilotage, Ac.) 450 00
Staring bales cotton to the ton, 2,275
bales, at 10c 227 50
Compressing same at 50 cents per bale . 1,137 50
Commissions on freight, 2,215 bales,
averaging 380 each,864,509 lbs. at jd.
stg. $8,645, at 2J per cent 216 12
Com. on disbursements in Charleston 45 37
Expenses of voyage, less charges in
Liverpool $7,023 99
Cargo, 2,275 bales, weighing 380 each,
at jd. stg. freight, and 5 per cent,
primage 9,077 00
Net profits of Charleston voyage $2,054 01
Same ship un a voyage to Neu- Orleans.
Interest for five months on value of
ship, $25,000, at 6 per cent 625 00
One month extra wear and taro of ship,
(usual estimate) J per cent 187 50
Five months sailing ot ship, SI,OOO per
month $5,000 00
Insurance from and back to Liverpool,
2 J per cent 687 50
Port charges, (pilotage, marketing. Ac.) 600 00
Towing in from and out to Balize, $425
and $212 50 637 50
Storing 2,275 bales cotton at 30 cents.. 682 50
Compressing same, at 50 cents each.... 1,137 50
Commissions on freight, 2,275 bales,
440 each, at jd. stg., $9,191 at 5 p.ct. 459 55
Com. on disbursements, $3,517 05, at
5 par cent 185 85
Charges at New Orleansslo,2o2 90
Freight $9,191, and 5 per cent, primage 9,650 00
Loss 552 90
Here we see that the same ship that would
make a profit of $2,054 01 on a voyage to
Charleston, would, at the some rate of freight,
make a loss of $552 90 on a voyage to New
Orleans. And this, notwithstanding a cargo of
cotton affords a comparison more favorable to
New Orleans than perhaps any other. The
heavy square bales of that port giving an ad
vantage in weight of cargo, as may be seen,
equal to $546. The consequence is, that freight
is necessarily higher, and of course produce of the
same yuality, lower' in the Gulf th-inilli ■
tic ports.
These are obvious disadvantages, which can
be accounted for by figures, and facts known and
tangible. Say,
1. Difference of interest from increased length
of voyage.
2. Difference in sailing ships for same reason.
3. Heavy difference in insurance for the dangers
of passing the Straits and Keys of Florida.
4. Enormous charge for towing to and from the
Balize.
3. Difference port charges.
6. Difference in charges for storing, commissions,
&c. &c.
But there arc other advantages in the Atlantic
ports, still more important, but not so easily es
timated.
An intelligent correspondent doing business in
New Orleans, speaking on this subject, says:
i The saving of interest, freight, insurance, tow
, age, landing charges, &c. &c., are not the only
I advantages of an Atlantic port, but being so
much nearer the great consuming markets of
the world, the demand is always more active,
> and presents many advantages to the merchant,
as lie can promptly avail himself of any late in
telligence, and actually have his shipment near-
i Jy to Europe, before the New Orleans shipper
will have passed the Balize 1 This is much felt,
• and duly appreciated by the merchants of New
, Orleans,” &c. It will readily be perceived that
> the advantages above enumerated, do not apply
i to cotton alone, but equally to all other products,
f and apply still stronger, to provisions, a principal
s product of the West. The same correspondent
I adds— 4 ' And again : the tedious passage of the
/ Gulf in rummer, is very prejudicial to the ship
r merit of grain and provisions. After the month
1 of May, it may be safely assumed, that 50 per
. cent, of the Hour and corn exported, becomes
sour and heated,” &c.
In the language of an intelligent merchant of
1 of Huntsville, 44 No one can estimate the disad
o vantages of the Gulf ports, but those who have
- been confined to them.”
Look, lor instance, at the charges upon a
i, planter of North Alabama, above the shoals:
j He usually pays freight per 100 lbs. 62 i
1 Insurance 1J perct.
- The returns are so slow and uncertain
that the custom is to draw at six
months, —loss of interest 4 perct.
- Commissions for accepting 2) per ct.
J Commissions for selling per ct.
n Landing charges, ner bale 40 cents.
Apply these chargss to an aetual shipment,
storage, mending, &c„ and take off i
| loss A. a j J)er cent per lb - n tbo M forth(
S . V ,‘,Ar as " 01 a ( ’ u!f P° rt > then inn cut thi
-i—°.. a > net hal«.>ce,and really it would seen
. i th- IWeu. low. prices, but verv li«4' left. Hail
. be , ! a “t«ge of a ra-i.c;?!*- rwetirte
W, „rirS l! he coul,) e° wM on to
,■ , mark* sell h ls own co tton if he pi? ;cd to do
t ' ld man J other of ;be exorb.tant charges
’b“ numerated—get the price ol
i nh < ftwcportj—purchase his supplier, and re
' rfv'il m " ioa few days. Is it at all stMige,
I tbs; North Alabama friends are feeling a
i ggAuti MeS t P ro S ress of’®®"’ improve-
Spe ing ofthe disadvantages uuddr which
AVI ' laUatna labors, a correspondent says:
[2? ' o , k,s Sood Mto cotton from North Ala-
good as to other produce, and from
arc other points. Let us consider for a
what would be the rtsu't to all the
ithin one bundled miles of a railroad
ffitAX-fitsta to Nashville, Tennessee,” &c.
Jy irf q run S ou t these consequences with
qjueb. j merit and ability, but as they will be
uua.from what has been said, I need not
extend s article by repeating them. In fact I
have e; ided this communication much longer
' ended. My object is only to introduce
tiri sitq t and press it upon the enquiring intelli
g< i’C '” ie country. I hope it may be taken
;,n—Sr-Aler hands. Some of our intelligent
do much more justice to it. 1
hsvciv*;ve many of my facts from them, and
■uw 7 nf ? iei m ? rit in using tkem » than that ° f
Yd * f°.B' ve them a proper application,
.1 . ’importance ot the conclusions to
It tl?*T' l am Indebted for many im
l.j. i-qg '• _g> a friend doing business in New
-V*** '■■■ <-iii'..<«-
toS„.jß|'''lip,s, therefore, practically qualified
to sp'aiN ti’pfn the comparative advantages of
the ts rtf and Atlantic ports.
Ttis is a subject of deep interest to the South
and West, and big with consequences to the so-
Lcial and commercial relations of these sections of
|the Union. Should this contemplated road be
Vbuilt to Nfshville, we are on the eve of a great
fomtnercN revolution, two little thought of by
tfe greatfnias.' of our people.* Without it even,
wt may loon look for a vast accession to our
trail’. »i'> this day, lam informed, the Georgia
will unite with the State Road, 173
milei.fiin Augusta. In a few weeks, the State
Road villbe finished beyond the Hightower, and
in a few weeks more, it will reach the Oostenau
ie rivefndar New Echota—and within about
forti Jiiles «f the Tennessee line! The rich
Valiftof Eait Tennessee, will then pour down
theij surplus’ products to the head of the road,
and inurt, iieeafter. derive their principal sup
plies from tie South Atlantic cities. lam glad
to h«ar that bur merchants are preparing for this
enlarged irade from the West.
Asguja jnssesses unequalled advantages as a
depot, foievery description of export. The same
ndvastaas which have recommended Augusta
so stroi jly to the planter as a cotton market,
equally toevery other product intend
ed far a Snign market. A sound currency, and
abundant ffbital, ensures fair competition and
full Sirices T he wishes to sell, and if he wish
es to hold, Jean do so at a very low rate of store
age,! nd ir re-proof warehouses, equal to any
in tbi- Uni n. By holding at Augusta, lie has
the i.lvant ge ot a constant choice of seaports,
and can, atthe shortest notice, avail himself of
thqjemporiry advantages of either. No location
coni ptttfcfcny offer more advantages as a depot
fortxport than Augusta, and certainly no part of
ournpulation should have more cause than its
merchants, to rejoice at the extention of our itn
prtfements: which must so greatly increase not
ot 1 the quantity, but the variety of its exports.
Atlantic.
Otic (f the largest property holders in New Or
loas?, it|s well known there, sold out a very large
amlunt of property the past year. A friend, who
wain Jqw Orleans last winter, informed me, that
he ®ked|iim his reasons, lie answered that the
exteutiuq of northern improvements, particularly
the B 4 tqs fend Albany Railroad, had already ta
ken wjci trade from the upper tributaries of the
Mississipri,—that others were progressing,—and,
if the Georgia line should be extended to Nash
ville, (fhih he thought highly proboble,) it would
tap thefi’iiley, at its very heart, and the advantages
ofthe 4tlMitic over the Gulf ports were so great,
that hddiinot know what the consequences might [
bo to New Orleans. He was certain, at any rate,
that it iuust powerfully cheek the growth of the I
citv. I
city.
[Ccn esfondence of the Charleston Mercury.\
Washington, Nov. 26.
The controversy with Cuba is the chief topic
of disctiiion in political circles, in connection
with th > Lemmon case, which is still on the
tapis. The last phase of the Crescent City af
fair WS oeen thq withdrawal.of J’jused Midshi p
,,1-ai DJimioar'- trnm.the coWwaw* JL" MfuFa!
i IJI ! ‘ r. - JibA- kwr-
"tjefweer Za Adminisfrilron and George Law.
The Administration now seems determined
to thoWthe onus on the man of millions, and
wipe if own hands of the quarrel. This is the
udroitei move yet made, but whether it is the
most dirnified or proper, under the circumstan
ces, is mother matter. The Government has
permittld itself to become implicated in this
quarrel,tnd it would seem rather a shuffling
way of getting out of it, by throwing the whole
burden Oi the broad shoulders of its contractor.
He stanis the load, however, like a grim old
“grizzly’ as he is, and is understood to persist in
sending the individual William Smith” to
Havana ;o long as his ships go. The Crescent
City is rt>w undergoing repaiis,and the Cherokee
will takj her place to-morrow, but Smith goes
in her. She will be commanded by some mer
chant Cipkiinof Law’s appointment.
It is ski here to-day, on good authority, that
orders hake been sent from the Department to
the effeetthat the Company, of which Law is
the head, are bound, under the terms of their
contract.'to afford safe and certain transporta
tion for' the mails to Havana; that notice has
been givm that the presence of Purser Smith on
board omiof those ships will prevent hpr being
admitted; and that, therefore, in such event,
the maiil shall be sent by the Isabel. This
takes a siort turn on the Company, involves the
I risk of images, and possibly forfeiture of that
most contract, and may, therefore,
[ bring ufl that individual all standing. Law is
the heactand controlling spirit of the concern;
but the afcirs of the Company are managed by
a BoaidJnd Mr. Edwin Croswell, Mr. Marshall
O. Rogers, and others, are also influential, aud
hold interests. It is possible, under this
new phay- of tbe business, that the President ol
the Com* ny may be overruled, and the Spanish
Governmfnt have the satisfaction of a triumph
at last. Vi 'aether this finale will redound to the
credit and character of our Government, or tend
to create a more harmonious feeling on the part
of our people towards the Spanish rulers of Cuba,
is an open question. Fillibusterism could have
no more efficient ally than the truckling timidi
ty and vasi.illating conduct of an Administration
whose approaches and retrogrades are all made
in serpentine, not straight lines. Nor will the
pride of our people be satisfied by an escape
from collision by such a dodge as this, followed
as it will be by gasconading and jeering reflec
tions on jl‘ . part of the Diario and other Cuban
presses, whose insolence is more glaringly ap
parent always than their blind stupidity.
Another blow’ has been stricken by the Ad
ministratfen at the Annexation of Cuba, even
by legitirfcte means, by the publication of the
Secret Diplomatic Correspondence of all our
Ministers'll relation to the acquisition of Cuba
by purchfce. It is something almost unheard of
in the artfials ofdiplomacy, that in a game like
this, the whole hand should be so clearly shown,
and everjthing laid baie to the inspection of the
powers with which we are to treat, and against
which we are to act. President Fillmore and
hisadvifars in the exercise of that “sound dis
.. xiett iB"I i: .T!ll matters, have delib-
erately jtven | üblicity to the most material parts
ot that Diplomatic correspondence, and at a time,
and in away, to increase the obduracy of Spain,
strengthen the opposition of other Foreign Pow
ers, and baffle the purposes which the incoming
administration may well be supposed to enter-
tain relative to its peaceful acquisition. The
purpose is patent on the face of this proceeding,
it is the bolifestand most mischievous movement
yet made by this beaten and almost annihilated
faction to throw obstacles in the path of its suc
cessors. Never before has such a revelation been
made of the private policy of the Government,
and the sanctity of private correspondence might
better have been violated than the secresy of
this. Mischievous in all respects as this publi
cation must be, it.is difficult to calculate its ex
tent as a dead-weight on this whole matter of
Cuban annexation. Reference of course is had
to the document published two days since, con
taining the diplomatic correspondence on this
subject from 1822 up to this time.
Fatal Affray—A Man Shot at Cross
Keys.—W e learn that a difficulty occurred at
Cross Keys, on Wednesday, 24th ult., between
George W.Evans and James Lowry, in which
the latter was killed and the former badly wound
ed. It seems that an ill feeling had existed some
time between the parties, and on meeting at
Cross Keys the old quarrel was renewed. Some
angry words had passed between them, when
Evans, who had a gun in his hands warned Low
ry not to approach him or he would shoot him.
Lowry disregarded the threat, advanced a few
steps, and Evans taking deliberate aim shot him
through the right breast. Lowfy alter being shot
did not lalHmmediately, but drew a pistol, ad
vanced andplacing it within a few inches ofEv
ans’ head, Would have shot him had not a brother
of the latter, coming up at the instant, knocked
aside his arm. In the meantime Evans had
drawn a knife and immediately stabbed Lowry
three times. —Lowry gathering his strength fora
last effort, also drew a bowie knife, and stabbed
Evans in the face, the blade of the knife enter
ing his eye Jockel just beneath the eye, and pass
ing dowh ward through the roof of his mouth.
Immediately upoa giving the last blow, Lowry
fell to the gfotind and expired, and Evans turned
and attempted to escape, but was pursued and
caught. An Inquest was held on the spot and
gave a verdict of wilful murder. Evans was
committed to jail, at Decatur, to await his trial,
at the next term of the Superior Court, for this
county.-- Manta Intelligtiuvr, 2d inst.
(From the Columbus Enquirer, 30th ult.]
The Freshet. ,
yfe have been visited during -‘he past week
with one of the most disastrous freshets which
has been known in this section of country for
years. In 1841 the Chattahoochee rose to a
greater height, though it did less damage to our
city, or to tne planting interests adjacent to said
river.
On Wednesday evening the rain commenced
falling in heavy showers, and kept up its lick
with slight inteimissfon till sometime in the af
ternoon of Friday. About noon of Thursday, a
portion of the Canal wall together with the flume
of Winter’s Palace Mill were carried away, and
in their course swept off the bridge connecting the
East bank of the river with the Variety Works
—thus cutting frofio all communication with the
shore, some dozen or more workmen and one lit
tle boy, who were in the Variety Works build
ing at the time. By the active and timely ef
forts ot our citizens, however, and at no incon
siderable peril, they were, just before night set in,
all.safely set on terra firma. By Friday morn
ing, a great portion of the stone wall of the canal
was washed down and the whole completely
covered with a wild rushing current of water.
Thus in the short space of 36 hours, was an im
mense outlay of capital and labor rendered use
less, and the whole machinery, of our Cotton
Mills and other works stopped for no one can
tell how; long.* But the damage does not end
with this injury to our city. We hear of great
quantities of Cotton carried off from plantations
, on the river below, and in some instances the
Gin houses with considerable amounts of Cot
ton, both in the bale and in the seed. One of
the steamers plying on the river, some days since
while on her downward passage laden with Pot
ton, stryek a snag, just above Snake ShMte. aniTX
sunk, but by the unttriirg'cxeYei«ms’vrY l
and crew’, a large portion of the cargo was put
on shore. It is feared that the sudden rise in the
river has swept off the greater part if not the
whole of the Cotton thus landed. An agent of
the Insurance Companies was dispatched to look
after so much of the cargo as was saved, but the
rapid rising of the waters, and the position of all
the crafts upon the river at the time, rendered it
impossible to reach the point. Some damage
was also done to the Muscogee Railroad, but we
suppose it has all been repaired, as the cars com
menced their regular trips again on Sunday eve
ning.—Our communications by telegraph, by
railroad and by stage, have been so much inter
rupted, in every direction, that it is impossible
to tell the amount of damage, public and private,
that has been done. At this season of the year,
many ol the planters on the river have conside
rable portions of their Cotton crop upon the
banks ready for shipment, and no doubt much
loss has been sustained by them from their ina
bility to remove it from the rapidly rising wa
ters. Many planters also, we learn, had not
gathered their Corn, and much of this is proba
bly destroyed. All things considered, this is
perhaps the most destructive freshet which has
ever occurred in our river. Whether like dam
age has been done upon other streams, we have
as yet, had no means of ascertaining.
*P. S. Since the above was written, the wa
ter in the river has gone dow n rapidly, and we
are glad to learn that the Coweta Falls Factory
has sustained little or no damage, and operations
were resumed, as usual, yesterday morning. We
regret that we cannot say the same of the other
Factories in the vicinity.
SuMTKRVILLE, Nov. 27.
Dreadful Explosion.— On Monday last, about
3 o’clock, p. m., occurred one of those fatal acci
dents from steam, which form so large an item
in the history of the working of this powerful
agent, which has been rendered tributary to the
uses of man, but which has only been partially
subjected to bis control. The Steam Mill lately
constructed about three miles from this place by
our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Thomas J.
Coghlan, was literally shattered into fragments
by the bursting of the boilers. The loss was a
heavy one for him, but we have no doubt was
far less felt than the loss of life. One negro was
killed instantly, and two others died in the course
of twenty-four hours after the explosion.
Two other negroes were seriously injured, and
also two white men. The negroes that were
killed, belonged to Mrs. Logan, Mr. Joseph B. ,
White, andT. J. Coghlan. The wounded, both
white and black, are doing well. The cause of
the explosion, as usual, is involved in much mys-
Icry. The hands were about to suspend opeia-
I tious for dinner, and were blowing off steam.
lIUUO UUIIIGI, *AHX* »GIO VIWV. VA*
The boilers were however, old ones, and one of
the set—three in number —had exploded some
four years since and was repaired, and used in
the construction of this mill. VVe understand
that all three of the boilers exploded at the same
instant, scattering the fragments to great dis
tances, and producing a noise which was heard
at the distance of twelve or fourteen miles, and
<ntii the trm 4cn<>wn._was__sip'P’'«>»<l I
'~foT>e (JUIBill Iffliraer. The shock at the village
was very severe.— Watchman.
Electoral College.—The Electors for this
State met yesterday at the State House and or
ganized by selecting the Hon. Wilson Lumpkin,
President, and Mr. Joseph T. Nisbet, of this
city, Secretary. Messrs. Foreman, Clark, and
Schley, were not in attendance at the opening of
the College. They were doubtless detained by
the interruption to public travel by the freshet.
The College passed the following resolution,
viz :
Resolved, That the Electoral College of the
State of Georgia, will meet on Wednesday, the
Ist proximo, at 12 o’clock, in the Seriate Cham
ber, to cast the vote of this Slate for President
and Vice President of the United States for the
four years ensuing from the Ith of March, JrS53,
and that notice thereof be given in the papers of
the city of Milledgeville, and that the public are
invited to attend.— Milledgeville Recorder, 30th
ult.
Executive Appointment.— Peter E. Love,
Esq., of Thomas, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor, Judge of the Southern Circuit, vice Aug.
H. Hansell, resigned.
The Governor has, it will be observed, also
issued a proclamation ordering the election of
a J udge by the people of the circuit, to take
place on the first Monday in January next, un
der the new law.— lb.
Freshet. —During last week we had another
freshetj making the fourth this year—the first
occurred in April, the second the last of May
the third in August, and the fourth commenced
last Wednesday. The rain began to fall about
sundown that day, and it continued without in
termission for thirty-six hours, resulting in the
greatest fall of rain at one time, since 18-10.
Travelling was necessarily suspended and busi
ness much curtailed during the residence of the
week. We anticipate hearing of much damage
in the loss of bridges, &c.— lb.
\Fromthe Federal Union, 30th t</Z ]
Aggregate Vote.
We are indebted to Col. Arthuy Hood of the
Executive Department, for the'following ag
gregate vote for the Electors. The votos of
Troup & Hancock have not yet bden received
—Macon and Puloski are irregular. , All, how
ever, included below. \
regular democratic tick Kt.
Johnson 33.843 Haralson ... \.33,888
Lumpkin33,B26 Brown
Foreman33,B32 Mitchell33,B7l
■ C1ark33,835 F10urn0y35,829
Lamar33,B62 Schley33,B4s
I UNION DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
. W0ff0rd5,773 Singletons,7Bl
■ Millers,7Bo Holseys,Boo
Chisolms,7B4 W0rd5,781
1 Irwins77s Slaughter 5,785
Lawhons,7sß Thomass,777
1 WHIG.
, Crawlordls,779 Simmsls,79B
Harrisls,soß Trippels,7Bß
. Waltheurls,7B6 Dupreels,772
; Warrenls,777 F05ter15,772
■ Hardemanls,776 Evansls,7s6
INDEPENDENT TICKET.
Cumming 3,289 Fannin 3,059
Hill 5,290 Strong 5,107
Sharpe .5,272 Harris 5,302
Brown 5,275 Floyd 5,288
p oe 5,302 Lemle 5,280
TROUP & QUITMAN TICKET.
Tucker 119 Hutchings 115
Jones 118 Fouche 115
Cooper 126 Billups 115
Culverhouse 115 Bryant 125
Rain.
During the past week a very large quantity
of rain has fallen. It commenced about 8
o’clock on Wednesday evening and continued
without intermission until Friday morning.
We do not recollect ever to have seen more wa
ter fall in the same length of time. We hear of
considerable damage done in carrying away
mills and bridges. The Ocmulgee rose some 18
; or 20 feet, and the trestle work erected tor put
ting up the Railroad Bridge was carried away
—but without doing any serious damage to the
Bridge. We fear that the Central Railroad has
been°seriously damaged, as we have had no cars
through from Savannah for several days. We
i understand that a considerable portion of the su
: perstructure has been washed up between Ten
nelle and Davisboro,’ in Washington county.
• There are now some four or five Northern mails
r due. , , , -in
1 We understand there has been considerable
I damage done to the South-Western Railroad—a
r gentleman who came through from Oglethorpe,
t informs us there are thirty-one breaks in the
1 road between Oglethorpe and Marshallville, anil
- that in a number of places the sand is washed
- over the track to the depth of three or four teet.
He also informs us that Flint river was very
z high ■ that at Oglethorpe it was within three
J feet of the Railroad Bridge, and rising Sunday
J morning. „ . _ ,
d We have had no Western mail since Tuesday
s last. We learn that the damage done to the
I, Macon nnd Western Rond was very slight, rhe
s curs on this road have made their usual trips.
I Mason Telegraph,'JOth ult.
VOL. XXXI NEW IS ErS#Z VOL
[From the Jfew Orleans Picayune, 21th ult.]
Arrival of tha Falcon Later from California.
c The U. S. Mail steamer falcon, Hanry Rod
-1 gers. U. S. N., commanding, arrived-thia morn
r ing, bringing the U. S. mail of the Ist inst., and
1 the passengers of steamships California and Nor-
J therner. The Falcon brings 250 passengers and
1 $350,000 on freight and hi the hands of passen
gers. She left Aspin wail oh the evening of the
1 19th inst. The steamers Georgia and Northern
Light left the evening of the 18th for New York
via Kingston. The Georgia had about 300 pas
-1 sengers and $2,500,000 on freight, besides a large
1 amount in the hands of passengers; the North
ern Light had about 100 passengers.
There is something of interest stirring at As
fiinwall. The health is good and the prospect
ooks well for a busy winter. Among the pas
sengers in the Georgia is Senator Gwm, of Cali
fornia. Among the passengers of the Falcon is
the famous troup of Chinese jugglers. The com
pany consists of twenty persons, male and fe
male r and their performances are «aid to be the
most astonishing that have ever been witnessed
on the American continent. They exhibited a
few nights in San Francisco afid Sacramento
cities to the largest audiences that ever assem
bled together in California. It is the purpose of
the managers to present them to the people of
New Orleans at an early day. Accompanying
the magicians is a Chinese dwarf, twenty years
oi age, and less than three feet in height. All
the joints of bis body are doubled ; he is remar
kably intelligent, and is rapidly acquiring a
knowledge ofthe English language.
By the arrival of the U. S. Mail steamship
Falcon, we have received dates from San Fran
cisco to the Ist inst. , a.—
Tb? Herald says . K .
J “ jP‘ a ' l ucnKr v.’ .Ju ’ gold.ff.rffWMJ lI.URJW'LA
■f filffbig off, seert» ttf’be\teidify on-the increase. ’
The shipment, during the month of October just
passed, reached the large sum of $4,679,212, and
from the amount taken by the California to-day,
it is evident that this will be increased to full
$5,500,000 for the present month—by far the
largest amount ever shipped from our port with
in the same period of time.
We are glad to learn that the sickness which
prevailed to such an alarming extent among the
immigrants has almost entirely ceased. Frosts
have been frequent about Yreka and have exer
ted a very beneficial effect upon the health of
the country. Three quartz mills have recently
commenced operations in Scott valley. One of
them is producing gold in abundance.
We had shown to us the other day a magnifi
cent lump of gold, slightly intermixed with
quartz, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. and 18 dwts. It
was found by Messrs. H. L. Boyes and Wm.
Cole on Mad Ox Canon. Thus in three weeks
we have had the pleasure of noticing, as having
been taken from this canon, four large lumps of
gold worth in the aggregate upwards of $4,000,
viz : one of SSOO, one of 51,200, one of S7OO and
one (this last) of $1,850.
The San Francisco Herald publishes the fol
lowing reply of the officers ot the Fourth Regi
ment of Infantry to the charges made against
them by the Panama Herald of August 17th.
At a meeting of the officers of the 4th Regi
ment of U. S. Infantry, at the headquarters of
the Regiment, Celufobia Barracks, Oregon, the
following preamble and resolutions were adopted.
Whereas, An articie has appeared in the New
York Express, copied from the Panama Herald,
of August 17th, stating that while the 4th Regi
ment of Infantry was crossing the Isthmus of
Panama, in July, the men were “deserted by
every commissioned officer, and left alone in
command of the non-commissioned officers ;”
that the men “gave way to every species of in
dulgence” that “ the rations which had been
prepared on the steamer at Navy Bay were
either thrown away or sold for liquor by those
who were too lazy or too feeble to carry them
on the roadthat at Elamenco Island “the
neglect and unofficer like conduct of the com
missioned officer was conspicuous,” &c., thereby
intending to reflect infury on the character of
the officers—Therefore.
Resolved, That the article which appeared i
the Panama Herald, of August 17th, in reference
to the 4th Infantry, is a scandalous and malicious
falsehood.
Resolved, That the following are the facts con •
cerning the passage of the troops across the
Isthmus.
1. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company re
ceived the contract lor transporting the troops
from New York to California, but failed to trans
port the baggage from Cruces to Panama. In
v -
consequence of this failure the Quartermaster of
the regiment was obliged to enter into a contract
for its transportation with the Alcalde of Cruces,
and while the troops left with the baggage were
waiting at Cruces, a number of them died of
cholera.
2. All the officers of the regiment with the ex
ceptiua cf three—one who was sick,'“another
’ '.•-hoiescorted the families of the officers, find 2i.e
Regimental Quartermaster, who was detained at
Cruces to take charge of the baggage—accompa
nied the troops, and slept with them “in’heopen
air and on the damp ground,” and shared with
them the fatigues of the march.
3. Every possible effort was made to prevent
the troops from indulging in eating fruit or drink
ing liquor, and in but*few instances were these
efforts unsuccessful.
4. The Regimental Quartermaster was the last
officer who left Cruces, he having been obliged
to stay there five days in the discharge of his
official duties. ~
5. Two officers, betide a physician, staid with
the sick at Flamenco Island night and day. As
several of the officers were sick, one of whom
died, this duty was in every instance cheerfully
performed by those who were well.
Resolved, That these resolutions be forwarded
to the Adjutant General, with the lequest that
they be published in tbe National Intelligencer,
and that we deem it justice to the regiment that
they be published by the New York Express, and
other papers into which the article from the
Panama Herald has been copied.
H. D. WALLEN, Capt. 4th Infantry,
President of the meeting.
T. R. McConnel, Adjt. Ith Infantry, Sec’y.
Newspapers were received in San Francisco
from the United States byway of the city of
Mexico, in advance of the news by the Isthmus
steamers.
The San Francisco Times and Transcript says;
We are in receipt of most cheering intelligence
from the mines. The summer is drawing to a
close, and all along the rivers which are low,
'housands of miners are laboring. From the
north, from the south, from the centre of the
western slope of the Sierra, we learn that the
river beds and banks are yielding good wages.
In isolated lines among the hills, wherever by
the energy of our people canals have been dug
for the introduction and distribution of water
into the hitherto dry diggings, miners are at
work also. At the same time, in anticipation of
the rains, heaps of dirt are piled up where water
can not now be had. These are at present de
serted. A few miners only have taken up their
winter quarters.
The law establishing a branch mint at San
Francisco contains one feature in our system of
coinage, which is entirely new—that which au
thorizes the basting of gofd into bars or ingots,
in such a manner as to indicate the value or
fineness. As these ingots are to have a definite
value, fixed by the authority of the Government,
they must necessarily be received for all public
dues, and doubtless will constitute a legal tender.
The Government Assayer, Mr. Humbert, is
now engaged in coining ingots of the value of
SSO, of standard fineness. The standard adopted
by the Government is 900 thousandeths gold,
and 100 alloy. This new coinage will meet the
requirements of the recent Treasury order.
Tirf:'Weather.—For two weeks past the
weather has been unusually cold for the season.
’ But a change has come, and such a change as it
is. For twenty-four hours previous to going to
press, the rain has fallen in torrents. The bran
ches and creeks are overflowing and the Flint is
, rising with a rapidity seldomjknown before. Tbe
, Stages have all stopped. The Cars on the South
: Western Rail Road on their way down, yester
; day morning, was brought to a halt about five
3 miles east of this city, by the washing up of the
road. We learn from a passenger, who came
down yesterday, that the road is washed up in a
dozen places, between Montezuma and the place
where the cars stopped. We are threatened
with a terrible freshet. If the rain is general,
the Harrison freshet in 1841, will have been only
a circumstance to it. We await with fearful ap
prehension the news from abroad in relation to
the destruction of mills, bridges culverts, rail
roads, and crops. The destruction of both public
and private property will be immense.—Ogle
thorpe Democrat, 26th ult.
Villainous. —We are informed by a passen
ger, that on Friday night last, the Georgia Rail
road cars were shot at, somewhere below Double
Wells, the contents of the gun or pistol passing
through a window immediately in front of a la
dy passenger, shattering the glass in her face.
The passengers heard two distinct reports, which
they supposed to come from the discharge of a
pistol. It is a miracle that no person was injur
ed, as the cars were very much crowded at the
time. We did not suppose there was, within
the limits of Georgia, a being so utterly base as
to wantonly jeopardize the lives of persons, not
one of whom was probably known to him, or
could have done him an injury. If that chap
could be caught, an application of pitch and fire
would be peculiarly applicable to his case.—His
exit from this world, should be made in a blaze
of glory I — Griffin Union, 2d inst.
Rain 1 Rain 1 I —Thursday last was a very
rainy day. It commenced to rain about 9
. o’clock Wednesday night, and continued until
, Friday evening, at times tailing very rapidly;
i the consequence was that the River and Creeks
I rose to such a height that we were without a
I mail up to Friday morning last. We hear of no
damage done throughout the county.— Washing
’ ton Gaxette, 3d inst.
t Serious Accident.—We understand that Mr.
Edward Perkins, a citizen| of this county, met
f with a very serious accident on Wednesdayjlast
s The particulars as far as we can ascertain them
s are these: Mr. Perkins, together with Mr. Bar
- tholomew Bell, Jr., went on a hunting excur-
I si«a,th« latter- geutlsnsau, while ia the ast es
putting a cap on hie rifleTuSgcjßntly
ed, the ball entering the rightfno'ilderbf
making its way through the left. We are glad
to learn be is doing well, and will recover in a
j few days.— lb. ■ ...
(Telegraphed for 'the Charleston Courier}
I Columbia, Nov. 29. .
South Carolina Legislature.— -The Hon. W. F.
■ DeSaussure was elected to-day as U. S. Senator'*'-*
> until 4th of March, 1853.
: The bills of Messrs. Poppenheim, McCrady,
Kershaw, Tillinghast and Keitt respecting Ina
! alteration of the laws and customs relative to
the election of Electors for President ard Vice
President ofthe United States, which had been
made the special order of the day, were brought
up, and considered, but the further discussion of
the subject was postponed until Thursday.
Colombia, Nov. So.
Soath-Carolina Legislature —The Ballots were
cast for United State Senator for-the long term
to-day, but there was no election. Votes were
given to Messrs. Evans, Pickens, Chesnut, Ma
grath, Preston, Colcock, Rhett, &c.
Baltimore, Nov. 30.
Obsequies of Mr. Webster al Boston.—' The ob
sequies of Mr. Webster took place to-day, Tues
day, ot Boston, and were conducted in a style of
magnificence hitherto unprecedented inthatcity.
New-Orleans, November 20.
Cotton, on Wednesday, was active, and after
the.receipt ofthe Hermann’s advices fourteen
thousand bales were sold at a decline of an eighth
of a cent, and strict middling was worth 9$
cents. On Thursday the America/a accounts , ; * !
came to hand and prices were again unsettled,
having declined an eighth. The sales compi&ed
ten thousand biles. Low Middling was worth
, H »»datefoM4iddUt*g frwa42 Rl eetrta.- f f ~Fz,
V
1 On Saturday five thousand bales of Cotton 1
were sold at previous rates. Rio Coffee was
very activi] and 7000 bags changed hands at
from 81 to 9} cents per lb. Bacon- advanced,
and Sides were worth 8 J to 9 cents per lb.
Freights have advanced, and four ships have
been chartered to Liverpool with Cotton at three
farthings per lb.
Columbia, Dec. 1. *
South-Carolina Legislature, &c.—The Electors
have elected Augustus Edwards of Spartanburg
as the Messenger to carry the vote of the State
to Washington.
Judge Evans has been elected United State*
Senator for the long term on the fourth ballot.
The vote stood, Evans 86 ; Chesnut 59.
Col. L. M. Keitt, of Orangeburg, introduced
to-day, into the House of Representatives, a bill
to define the liabilities, duties and obligations of
Magnetic Telegraph Companies.
The Editorial Convention assembled to-day
in Columbia. There is a very full attendance.
Baltimore, Dec. 1.
Departure of the .dsia.— The British mail steam
ship Asia sailed from New York on Wednesday,
with $22,000 in specie, and 70 passengers.
Among them Sir. Alien McNab.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.
Louisiana Whig State Convention.— At the
Whig Convention held at Baton Rouge on Mon
day, to select candidates for the different State
offices under the new constitution of Louisiana,
Louis Bordelow was nominated for Governor.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.
Barely 4000 bales of Cotton were soln on
Monday, and prices were unchanged. The Bal
tic's accounts were received after business.
Prime Molasses was worth 23 cents per gallon.
Rice was dull at $4.50 per 100 J lbs.—Rip Cof
fee was active and advancing.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28.
Murder Conviction. — Robert Londer, whose
trial commenced on Friday in the Court of Oyer
and Terminer, for the murder of Henry McCar
thy, in a street affray, the jury returning a verdict
of manslaughter. James McFadden, concerned
in the same affray, is now serving out his sen
tence in the Eastern Penitentiary.
New York. Nov. 27.
Sailing of the Cherokee without the Mails—Pur
ser Smith.— The steamer Cherokee sailed to-day
tor Havana and New Orleans. She is command
ed by Capt. Baxter. Purser Smith is aboard of
her. The United States mails are not on board.
The steamer Pacific sailed to-day for Europe.
She takes out sixty passengers, among whom is
Rufus E. Crane, bearer of despatches. She had
also on board $150,000 in specie.
Easton, Nov. 27.
Freshet In Pennsylvania.—There is a freshet in
the Deleware river, the water having risen 8 feet,
nn,l T nkinh riKPII 1R fppt flt Wll kCS-
and the Lehigh river has risen 18 leetat winces
barre. The Susquehanna is in good rafting con
dition and rising at Lock Haven. The west
branch ot the Susquehanna is also on the rise.
At Maunch Chunk the Lehigh is 7 feet above
low water mark and is rising.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28. •
DospatchM from Easton, Mauneb Chunk,,
Wjlkesbarre, and Lockhaven, speck ol a -grauli
rise in the Deleware, Lehigh, and Susquehanna
river, equal to from 8 to 10 feet, no damage hail
however been yet.
Fire. —At about eleven o’clock last night an
alarm of fire was given, which, on enquiry, we
found proceeded from a stable in the rear of the
wooden dwelling house situated on the north side
of Calhoun street, between Elizabeth and Meet
ing streets, belonging to Abraham North. The
flames soon reached the front buildings, commu
nicating with the adjoining tenements, all also
of wood, the wind blowing high from the north
east, destroying some fourteen of them, their
progress not being arrested until they arrived at
Weston’s two new houses, two doors from Meet
ing street, which were saved. Some difficulty
occurred in preventing the devouring element
from crossing to tbe south side of Calhoun street,
and consuming the wooden buildings there—in
deed, one house was burnt, but by the strenuous
exertions of the firemen the rest were preserved.
The two and a half storied wooden building,
used as a school house, situathd on the east-side
of Meeting street opposite Burn’s-lane, had a
narrow escape. The roof having caught five
several times from the flakes falling on it. lb
was, however, but little injured.— Ch. Courier,
Id inst.
Fire in Barnesvill. —On Saturday morning,
the 27th inst, the store of C. A. & J. F. Nutting
was discovered to be on fire, which was con
sumed, with all of their goods. The large Hotel
of Daniel Hightower, (formerly owned by Chas.
G. Turner;) and adjoining the store, was also
consumed, with most ot the furniture. Some
out buildings were also destroyed. The tavern
was insured for S3OOO, and the goods of Messrs.
Nutting for about S9OOO.
Since the above was in type, we have received
a letter from a friend, who says the property
consumed, was worth about SIB,OOO, and in
sured, altogether, at $12,500. The buildings
belonged to Mr. Hightower, and were worth
from five to six thousand dollars. The risk of
the almost entire destruction of the village and
Railroad buildings was very great, and only pre
vented by the most active exertions.— Macon
Messenger, Istjnst.
The Tugaloo Ticket.
We did not expect, after the election was
over, ever to refer to this subject again. But
we have seen such strange statements lately, on
both sides, that we are disposed to set the mat
ter correctly before our readers. The whole
Democratic vote of the State is about 40,000,
and the Tugaloo or Union vote a little over
6,000. These votes, in the sixteen counties
where the Tugaloo ticket received the largest
vote, are as follows, to which .we have append-»
ed the Taylor vote of 1848 :
Counties. Pierce. Tughloo. Scott. Taylor. ’
Cass6s4. .. .552... .136... .988
Cherokee66o... .54581. .. .666
Clarke22s... .258... .118... .624
C0bb975... .113... .307... .861
Frank1in435....15766....363
Gilmer3o9... .426... .116... .402
G0rd0n584.... 105... .264. .. .n. c.
Habershamso... .499.... 100... .425
Ha11186....38243....521
; Jackson .108....48939....5G1
Lumpkin29s... .232... .178... .652
1 • Madison 69.... 19823....336
; Rabun144....127455
; Union2ll... .330... .100... .412
Wnlton ™ ons 11 1 NNA
Walton 339. . . ,2US., ..111... .054
Wilkes 193....247 12....455
In the above table we have taken all the
counties in which the Tugalco or Union ticket
received more than one hundred votes. They
are only 16 in number, and by reference to their
location, it can easily be seen who controlled
them. But what votes have been controlled,
Democratic or Whig? If any one will tako
the trouble to examine the foregoing table, he
will be astonished to find how few Democrats
voted that ticket. In 11 out of the 16 counties,
it will be seen, that the Tugalco and Scott
ticket combined are not so large as the Taylor
vote of 1848; and just in proportion as you see
the Tugaloo ticket strong, you see the Scott
ticket weak, with three or four exceptions, show
ing that the Tugaloo vote was almost altogether
the old Whig vote in those counties, and that
precious few Democrats voted that ticket. Per
haps the Tugaloo ticket was cast by two thous
and Democrats, all told; certainly not more.
What a tremendous vote to nyike a noise about.
[Griffin Jeffersonian, 25th ult.
A most dastardly attempt was made on Mon
day night, the 22d inst, at a waggon camp in the
suburbs of Dahlonega, to assasinate Mr. Baylis
Wynn, a peaceable and much respected citizen
of this place, by shooting him in the back. The
nature of the wound is such, that if his life ia
spared, he must inevitably, be a eripple, the bal
ance of his days.
The day following an investigation was held
which lesulted in the committing for trial John
H. McCrosky, who, however, persists in his in
nocence, 44 God grant that he may be innocent.”
We at the same time hope and trust that the
perpetrator of this diabolical act, may be punished
to tne extent of the law, be he, who he may 1 Dah
lonega Signal, 21th ult.
Cherokee Marple.—A beautiful specimen of
black marble from the quarry of Rev. C. W.
Howard, in Cass county, Georgia, near Kingston,
has been shown us. Mr. Howard was awarded a
silver cup, for specimens shown at the late Ma
con Fair. No doubt this marble will be fully ap
fireciated when public attention has been proper
y directed to its excellent quality and giua|
i beauty.— Marietta Miwak,