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'Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] J
Baltimore. May 8, 1853.
A Baltimorean Among the Orientals. j
[letter no. Vllt.] t
.1 Correction—The Mahomedan Cemeteries —Their
Fart Extent —Contrast of Tombs and Cypress S
Groves —Epitaph*—-Admonitions to the Living r
Curious Spcimens—Favorite Resort of Turk- t
ish H'own — Hair they Spend Time in the Ceme- \
,'rries —Distinguishing Characteristics for the '
Tombs of Sexes and of Creeds—-A Great City of i
the Dead—Fear of Infidel Sacrilege—Magnif.- <
<*nr Mausoleums, <s•<■.
A typographical error in my last needs correc- '
tion. You made me say “ the sound of the
church-goinc bell’’ is heard in Constantinople ]
proper, when it should have been, to agree with
the facts of the ea e and my manuscript, “the
sound of the church-going bell” is wn-beard in
Constantinople proper. I refer to this omission
as a very important point is involved in it. ex
hibiting the sfrihug difference between a mos- '
lem and a Christian summons to worship.
As a fitting topic to succeed what I have said
abou* the religious devotions and superstitions of
the Turks, allow me to make a tew remarks
about the Mahometan cemeteries, whose vast
ness and singularity arrest the attention of every
sojourner at Constantinople, causing him to feel,
as doth almost every object his eye dwells upon
in the orient that he is in a strange land, and
amid a strange and peculiar people.
Taking an elevated, central position, he
can command a view ot numbers ot those almost
illimitable forestsol dark cypress trees within
whose deep shade the monuments ot millions of
defunct Turks rear their turbaned heads. He
will discover that they constitute a very distin
guishing feature in the magnificent picture spread
out around him.
The largest and most interesting is the ceme
tery of Scutari. on the Asiatic side of the Bos
phorus. This cemetry is over three miles in
length.
The cypress trees tall and slender, like the
minarets attache,! to the mosques, being thickly
planted, and the tomb stm.es occupying in some
places almost every foot of ground, render it
mther a ditiicu’r matt, r for a prison to wend his ]
way through these fields of the dead except over !
the main paths; and nothing can exceed the
startling •ilect ol the uaig mingled view yon
have, as far as the vision extends, of tombs and
'cvpress trees.
Many of the tomb-stones are capped with tur
bons, the ample and painted folds of which re
semble so miu i •be real article that, in a hurried
"lance th: il 1 *he champs des marts, you would
fancy it crowded with venerable modems. who
are standing as ser.tii.ds over the graves ot de
parted friends
The inscriptions, as well as the ornamental
designs, are in relief, and generally gilded.
Many of the marble slabs are painted a gaudy
color, their bright hues affording a strange con
trast with the cvpress gloomy shade. Some are
carved and glided with much elegance and good
taste, but as a general tiling they do not present
»n appearance that corresponds with our ideas
of beauty. Only occasionally you see them
surrounded and protected by any kind of enclo
sure ; bill those at Eycmb. up in the Golden Horn,
are first wgl’erl in. and then screened by fine
wire-work tu.i* rises likeanarbol above them.
These are really beautiful, and are the tombs of
distinguished ehaiAC’ers.
The epitaphs, which are either original or ex
tracts from the Koran, do not so much record tne
virtues ot the deceased as they furnish admoni
tions to the living. In order to an idea ot
their tone and sentiment. I herewith subjoin a
few specimens, translated Irom .he Arabic, in
which language they are carved:
HIM THE ETERNAL AND EVERLASTING.
Death is a cup out or which all must drink :
The shroud a garment in which .ill must be dressed;
The hearse a carriage in which a'.! must r:do;
The grave a door thro ugh which all must pass :
Tae earth is a homo v here all must dwell:
From God all come; all must return to him.
Sir a F f ',l. (opening a chapter of the Koran.)
for the soul ol Orman Aga. 1252:
HIM THE ETERNAL.
My Sadika has gone,
Alas! Alas!
Mv darling child has left me.
Alas! Alas!
Sadika ! the I ght of my eyes.
The rose garden of ray hopes.
Has gone to Paradise:
Pray a Fatha for Sadika. the daughter of Osmond
Bey, A. H. 1256:
HIM THE ETKRXa: AND EVERLASTING.
Alas' Ahmed Bay's wife has left this passing
world.
Cnfortunat- woman, she had to forsake her ten
young children
May she be immer.ed in the Sea of Mercy of the
AU Just'
She never f .und relief froia the ills which beset
her
With eyes filled with griefs tears I writhe her epi
taph : ,
The Eternal in Hi-’ mercy has taken my Shemsieh
Kadin. 1246
HIM THE ETERNAL AND EVERLASTING.
Scarce had I become a mother, and seen my new- '
born child.
When the Arrow of Destiny sent my soul into
Eternal Life.
I left the garden of this world for that of Paradise.
Say a Fatha tor Ayesha, wife of Orman Effendi.
“ HIM THE ETERNAL.
“ Passer by, look a moment at this, my tomb
stone. If you are wise, be not neglectful, but
seek wisdom at its source, (in Religion.)
“I was a heedless wanderer—what sorrows
haw 1 aoUwt with ‘ ai.d ar.ii.Uc«t- •• f bgeajM
earth, and this stone was placed at my head.
Ibrahim Effendi's wife, say a Fatha for her soul.”
After reading the above epitaphs, no one would
be iadined to c >ii ci<M with the generally enter- |
tained opini :mt the Mahomedan denies a
soul to woman, though be does believe " that rea- j
son and thinking are out oi her sphere.” |
Notwithstanding the superstitious nature of I
the orientals, they appear to have no particular j
dread of being near the btlrtsd dead. On the |
contrary, the cemeteries are among the favorite ;
haunts of the Turkish females. I hgve seen ;
those bordering its shores filled with Turkish <
women, who wrapper) in their gaily colored fer
ighees and white yaskmacks. formed many a pic- j
turesque group. :
There with nought but the grass-covered earth, j
or the cold marble slab as carpet or divan, will j
they wile away many an hour, chatting, stnok- ;
ing. partaking of refreshments, surveying them
selves in small mirrors or watching the count
less, varied and interesting objects passing before
them, on lard and water, as well as the frolick-
Bome evolutions of their gaily dressed children,
of whom, especially the boys, they appear to be
excessively proud.
The tomb-stones of the females are simply 1
distinguished by a rose branch being carved on I
them, and the style of the turban surmounting!
those of the male denotes therauk of the depart- '
ed.
The stones designating the graves of the once ;
formidable and bloody Janizaries are clearly dis
tinguishable by their being decapitated, their
turbaned head-' being struck off by the infuriated
populace simultaneously with, and soon after,
the destruction of that sanguinary band.
As the Turk, the Armenian, the Jew and the
Frank has each his particular quarter to residein,
so has each his separate and distinct section to
be buried in. The tall and gloomy cypress and
the turbaned stones are peculiarly Mahomedan;
a horizontal j/utoion of the latter, with rude de
vices carved on them, showing the trade or pro
fession of the deceived, or cii 'Jar holes forthe
birds to slake their thirst in, after refreshing
rains, characterize the Armenian; simple mar
ble slabs, lying flat on the ground, denote the
Jewish burying grounds, whilst those of the
Frank exhibit the usual features of a Christian
place of interment.
Onaccountol the Mahomedan* believing that
at some future day European Turkey, with its
beautiful capital, will pass into the hands of the
Giaour, they prefer being buried in Asiatic soil.
Hence the immensity of the great cemetery of
Scutari, in which lie in eternal repose as many
bodies as would correspond with three or four
times the present population of Constantinople! j
Contemplating the nature and tendencies of ,
bis religion, we can well imagine how repug
nant the idea mud be to the mind of the I'urk.
that, alter he has bidden farewell to the scene of
this world, his mortal remains will bo sacrilegi
ously trodden over by the rude foot of the infidel;
and we can also conceive of his resigned expres
sion, and tiro sincere, earnest “ God be praised”
that cornea from his lips, when he has tire con
sciousness that sacred Moslem earth will, for
eueeeesrve ogee, voe«**l hu> body within itelud- 1
lowed depths
In the city ofC •listam. iople are reveral mag- j
nificeut mausoleums < Hitaiuibg the bodies of
the <‘ttornan soveo ig> ■■ One of thr: most beau
tiful of these is that of ’ <• pr< «’nt Sultan s fath
er, the late Sultan Mahmud, whose remains
repose within it, enclose I in an elegant sarco
phagus, which ise.rvered with therirnest shawls
of Persia and Cashmere, a 1 li:w its head sur
mounted by a genuine 1 urban of the old, u tpnr.
The sleeple.s vigilant • of n piomi Mu-selman,
shields from sacrilegious tom b, this last sacred
restir,g-place ot the ' Retuge ol the World „
Yours, Ac. J- J’- "■
The Southern Memphis Convention.
The late Southern Convention at Baltimore
adjourned to rm-et at Memphis on the first day
of June, and from the movements making in the
Cotton Slat", in Ibe appointment of delegates,
they at least will b- represented by unusually
large delegations of their best men ol all part ies.
They propose.at this Memphis Convention,
to discuss the fxibcy of—
A continental cotton depot, in Opposition to
dhe< *■ exnorlation of cotton by the planter;
Os a southern importing market, in opposition
to New York;
Os southern lines o. seamers;
Os stimulating maomu" :,ln '' ,s i c -r
fact, they propose as far u possible to cut
the South luo** from n P°n the
North in the ahipph / rnanufact ,r<
schools and college* And as they appear to be
in earnest in their preparations it is very likely
they may do something. Their piogramrne
covers a system of operatim .<? very little short ol
a political revolution. We shall know anon
whether it ends in gas or practical action.— N.
Y. Herald. _
Here is a Brickbat lately thrown by a politi
cal editor in Kentucky : ’* We are informed that
in several parts of this Congressional District
Colonel Sam I’lke of and formerly ol
this city, has been favorably spoken of for Con
gress. Pike’s qualili: ations and patriotism are
highly commended in some places Our per
sonal regard for him i extensive , as to his le
gislative qualifications we know nothing—but
for his patriot ism, when we last saw him. he
knew no North, no South, no East, no West I
We kindly extended him our arm and led him
pp an alley.”
Terrible Disaster al Sea—Loss of neaih Two i
Hundred Lives.
We have to record to-day another fearful ca
lamity. the foundering of a vessel at sea. with
the probable loss of nearly two hundred lives, (
Capt. Forbes, of the brig Reuben Carver, from I (
Sagna la Grande, brought into this port this (
morning, the captain, mate, and six of the crew
of ti e ship William A Mary, of Bath, Maine,
who were picked up from a boat at sea, in lai . ,
27 30. and long. 79 20, having been wrecked
near Stirrup Key, among the Bahama Islands,
on the 31 of May.
Captain Stenson, of the William & Mary, has
furnished us the following particulars of the loss
of his vessel, which was on the passage from
Liverpool to New Orleans, with a cargo of rail
road iron and two hundred and eight passengers,
chiefly emigrants. At seven o’clock A. M., <-;>
the 3d of May, during cloudy weather arid
breezes blowing from the southeast, they pnsssed
the Hole in the Wall, which is the southern part
of the little island of Abaco, one ot the Baha
mas nearly north ot Nassau. At noon they
made Stirrup Kev, and then bore off about ten
miles in a southerly direction. The weath
er grew thicker all the while and the wind
stronger, while the sea began to roll at a fearful
rate. At sunset nothing could be seen of the
Key, and the captain supposed that he was well
to the north of it. having steered west by north
since meridian. At BA. M., when he ju Iged .
himself sufficiently to the north and west of the [
Great Isaacs, he put the ship west by south and
commenced heaving the lead, but found no bot
tom in twenty fathoms.
About half past-eight, P. M., the vessel struck
upon a sunken rock, where she hung tor a long
time, with ten fathoms water all around. Af
ter pounding heavily for fifteen minutes she got
off, but immediately struck another rock, with- j
in a few rods of the first, where she again pound- |
e,I for some time, and again went oft. It was i
then thought expedient to let go the anchor and I
ptepare the boats for launching. The ship was
taking in water very last, and though the pas- .
sengers worked for life at the pumps, they I
found it impossible to keep her fiee. At mil
night there were four leet water in the hold,
ati.f at 4 A M., with both pumps going, eight :
feet. The weather was very black and squally,
and the sea tremendously high. Shortly after
day break, they found ten leet water in. and Hie .
vaMAetl apparently going <k>wn. The mnsterna- I
tion of the crowded deck’s at this period may be '
imagined, but cannot be dessribed.
All the boats, five in number, were then made i
ready and launclre*, but twoof them were stove I
on touching the water, leavfng only a small !
boat, arid one long and one life boat These ,
were manned by the captain, his mates, and the !
crew, together with as many passengers as ■
could be crowded into them. 77re remaindel of '
the passengers were left on board, and in a fei” min- J
utes after, i. e. about eight o'clock M, went
down with the vessel. How many perished, it is
impossible to ascertain, but from this account ot
the captain, we infer that not less than one I
hundred and fittv persons, men, women, and i
children. At the time, the Great Isaacs was
bearing east by southeast, about seven miles.
The several boats were separated after leav
ing the ship, but the captain saw, from the boat ,
in which he was. a barque, apparently bound t'
Europe, hove too in the direction of the long
and life boats, and he surmises that the people I
in them were picked up. But there is no cer
taintv in this; and, supposing them also to have
been lost, the total number of deaths will be
over two hundred. The cook and the steward,
of the William and Mary, together with two of
the seamen, were among those left behind, I
when the small boats put off. Capt. Stenson has ’
no memorandum of the names ot the lost, which 1
we'are consequently unable to give.
This is one of the most dreadful wrecks that
we have had occasion to record for many years, j
and. coming so soon after the late railroad ca
lamities, fills us with emotions of honor ami !
gloom.— N. I*. Evening Post, 16th inst,
[lt will be seen by our telegraphic despatches j
of yesterday, that the British Barque referred to,
did pick up twenty-five of these passengers.)— ■
Eds. Courier.
Agricultural.
WORK FOR MAY—COTTON.
Some partial choppings of cotton may have
been already commenced. This, however, does i
not amount to more than the rapid chopping 1
through with the hoe, throwing it into bunches I
of three to a half dozen stalks. Not much care
is required, farther than to so space these bunch
es as to make the base of the stand, or the prop
er distance at which the stalks are to remain
when left to grow for a crop. The final thinning,
however, is a nice and particular operation, and
needs to be conducted with the utmost care.
With such mixing of grass, as is not unfrequent
at this time, and a hard press to cover a large
space, it often happens that many stalks are
cut up in the hurry, and many more are
bruised and skinned, to linger and die after a few i
days, thus spoiling the stand and having much
unoccupied space in every row,amounting in the
aggregate to many acres to be cultivated with
out any return. These annoyances and failures
are the result of every year’s operation on most
plantations where what are called full crops are
planted. We think it about as great folly as to <
dart straws against the wind, to tglk about hand
work, in this day of progression, in the culture,
of cotton.
We will, however, do our duty and venture >
the opinion that, in the final thinning of cotton,
much of it ought to be pulled out by hand. The .
stand would ba saved uniform and perfect, and :
the plant left in e healthv and growing state. I
- fewer acre- wcmlw ■ ~
would be well covered. But little earth need be
added at this time, only enough to support the I
young plant. The distance between stalks must j
depend upon the size to which the weed wdl
probably grow—rich land requiring more, and
the thin or poor much less space. The plants
when at maturity ought slightly to interlock.— '
If the preparations have been deep and good, ’
; and no very heavy rains have intervened, or the I
! lands are by nature soft, no very deep or close !
' plowings will be required at this time. But i!
i the lands are not light or soft by nature, or have
i not b«en made so by the plow, we must insist ,
; upon pretty thorough work. In the early stages
i of the crop the uad.s pre to be made loose and l
! soft, or not at all—as deep pf close plowings to !
■ cotton, after the squares and bioo..;j appear, are !
I rarely admissible. These operations arc j.o va- ;
i ried by circumstances as to make it absolutely :
! necessary to leave much to be settled by a sound
I discretion. No one rule will suit all soils and all
seasons. — Soil of the South-'
Prospects of the Crop.—Our liitclbgence
trom several sources in Florida, represents the [
i prospects of the cotton crop as ext remely dis- i
j couraging. A gentleman of the highest charac- I
I ter, writes so follows from Tallahassee —date j
■ May 13th:
i “lam no planter at thL tfime, and have no j
I interest in misrepresenting the cs>;.«;t;pn of the I
! growing crop in this vicinity. We havu l;ad
no rain for the last two months which wet the :
earth the half of an inch. Many planters have i
not a plant of eottop up. Corn crops looks as I
well as could be expects I from a very cool and
dry spring.” i
From Monticello, a friend writes—-dato May I
14—as follows: ‘ The piospect of a good cotton I
crop, this ye»r, in this region, is discouraging. I
But part of the eotton js up in consequence of,
the piotracted drought, ?nd hordes of grasshop
pers are ravaging corn on hammock land.”
The Editor of the Floridian writes from Apa
lachicola in this wise ;
I found the country between Tallahass.ee and j
Marianna parching up tor want of jain. In i
many cases cotton was not up, while in others j
lie stand was poor. Corn, however, considering ,
the )<x»g dry spell, was looking very well. On j
Wednesday, there was what the farmeis call “ a ;
fine season”—that u, jt rained beautilully. .The |
shower, however, was not general as desired.
Towards the river it was but light, while at this
place it was scarcely anything at all.— Savannah
Georgian, I6tk ivft-
i The Girard Railroad.—On I'hursday eve
i ning last the Mayor communicated to the Board
! of Aidermen, the proceedings of the meeting '
raeentiy held at the Alhambra, to consider the
propriety pf loaning the Girard Railroad $1,000,-
000, accompnnuW with an ordinance regulating
said loan. After sotrw discussion, the subject
was laid over, under the rule, ur.tij next week.
On the succeeding evening the matter caine up
before the Board of Common Council, when C‘.
W. Gazzam offered the following joint resolution
' ;iffT two Kurds'
I will meet in convention on Tuesday, May 24th,
: at I o’clock, to consider (<.« p;opriety and expe
, diency of subscribing, on the pa.t cf the city, to
the stock of the Mobile and Girard liajlrpad
company, and also to dispose of such other busi- (
new as may come before tlje convention. — Co
uinbus 'hutts. \Sth instant.
Rli'Kesen tation m Py..'jxY.— It should be
remembered by our Democratic ;.iep<!s through
out the State, th it the Democratic Convention
which met in March 1852, passed a Resolution
that no county would be entitled to a vote by
proxy. This y/e think was a judicious act, and
must tend greatly to strengthen the Conven
tion, and make its action more generally in ac
cordance with the sentiments of the Party in
every section of the State.
Here is the Resolution.
Mr. Gardner, of Richmond introduced, the
following resolution
i Risoloed. That in all Conventions of the Dem
ocratic Party hereafter to be held, we recom
' mend that none be entitled to a vote in such
Convention except duly authorized Delegates,
I who may be present.
1 The Resolution was unanimously carried.—
Federal Union.
’ St. Louis Removed to the Country.—
(. Much apprehension has long been felt in St.
Louis that the action of the waters of the Mis
souri, where they enter the Mississippi above
’ that city, will eventually Wear away the Illinois
’ ■'re to such an extent as to force U new chan-
SI.'J ■!.„ great Father of Waters J”' 1 ,us
leave SC Lom„ ‘" m " Or , ", ix mil «? the
country. Th« preset I a< *i ~« ?d ’
away the bank, having Was..-' " a rn| h: and a
ball of the telegraph line near Alton, Wl , ! *h
the land on which the poles were planted. /he
editor of the Alton Courier says:
“As much abrasion of the Illinoissliore for the
next ten years, or even five years, as has been
occurring for a few years past, and the lakes and
lowlands above sppken of will be reached. The
Gillham farm is now nearly all swept away,
and the old dwelling house, which has already
been moved once or twice, will soon have to be
removed further back or torn down. Where
we lode along in our conveyance, on the public
road near this place, some three years ago, is
now 150 leet out in the stream of the sweeping
Mississippi.”
Gov. McDonald and the Fire-eaters.
A late number of the Constitutional Union;.
nrint. dat Marietta, says-
:, v McDonald, though not now a candidate
l'.„ ( . ■" “ before the people," is an active poll
tician. and if reports speak correctly, is looking
to the United States Semite. His political char
acter whether we consider it as the character ot
his party, or solely with reference to hunsell, is
a proper subject for criticism. .
Well what of it. it Gov. McDonald is looki g
forward' to the United States Senate ' Will he
not make a very respectable and u«elul member,
should he be chosen for that station ' Is he ,„>t
able, and is lie not patriotic > Has he not tnlents.
standin" and qualification.' It he have all these,
what then is the exception, and why should he
, • .„k forward to that dignified station ' <>.
... editor, he is a “ fire-eater.” And pray
wh ' istl rt. we ask ! It is an indefinite mck
name.that has neither point nor meaning with
half who use it. It was originally a name con
ferred »p'i> Southern State Rights men who
stepped promptly and patriotically forward in
ISSO, and told the Northern people they would
bear their intrusions, their insults, their robbe
ries. and plundering no turf her; that they must
now stop, or they would have a dillieul'y and
fight on their hands ; and who by their linrmess
and decision arrested the fanatics in their mad
plundering career ; while many of these editors
who have now nothing but the stale ciici,»>o
song of" fire eater” to regale their reader with,
were then encouraging the abolitionists with the
cry of “ union” "union,” at all hazards and m
the last extremity. We wonder how much this
union lullaby would have been regarded by the
fanatics, if their fears had not been alarmed by
visions of swordsand pistols and bayonets ol
the " fire-eaters.” The " fire-eaters” saved their
country ■ and their political character, whether
examined individually or collectively, has notli
ir:; to regret or >■ call before the people—noth
thing to apologise or atone for. We have ever
been willing to admit, that both Union and
State Rights men acted from patriotic motives,
aecordir.:; to the different views they took ol the
state of affairs between the North and the
South; individually too, we have thought many .
of the latter were too heady and rash (though
Gov McDonald was not among that number.) i
while many of the Union party were too tame 1
and submissive ; but that ' fire-eater” is a n ine
j opprobrious n.imi- tlran “ submissioni't.” al
thollg nffltf eh’rThmcL, tn and „sed of I
I late, is what we are 11 <l*
a subject of critici»«L we presume, 17. ’
' aid’s character will Dear as close a s '-'itinyg-
the best of the Union Whigs. It is nnlj’ Whig- ;
eery trying ‘o make eapital x ot old Democratic !
feuds.— Gritfin Jeffersonian.
Prevaring for the Contest.—We publish !
to-day a number of Democratic meetings, and '
would publish many more that have crowded
in upon us during the latter part of the week, ;
hut our space forbids our so doing at pre-ent. j
It is gratifying to witness the zeal, enthusiasm
j and union generally prevalent in the Democra- I
, tic ranks. It is an omen of victory, too plainly
i foreshadowed to be mistaken. The Democratic ■
party in Georgia, once divided and distracted by
! issues hitherto unknown in its history, is strong.
> r to-day by thousands than ever before. There I
; may be a few discontents whose dissatisfaction j
is the offspring of bitter prejudices and deep !
1 seated jealousies. Yet, upon the great principles
! of our party, there is no division of sentiment I
> among us. The question is not whether the !
| 11 Compromise” was the best settlement of the
Territorial questions, or whether "acquiesence” i
jin that measure is perferable to “resistance.”— j
: These questions have been consigned to the j
i “ tomb of the Capulets,” and the great questions, !
the only questions lor every good Democrat to j
settle in his own mind is, whether the exposi
tion of the Democratic creed contained in the
Baltimore Democratic platform, and the policy
recommended in the President’s Inaugural, shall
be sustained. These are paramonnt questions.
I appealing to the calm judgment and patriotic!
hearts of the people. That the Democracy of ;
' Georgia are determined to give these questions'
■ their earnest consideration and cordial endorse- |
ment. w’e have the fullest evidence in the spirit
; of their primary meetings, and in the complex
ion of the delegates already apixiinted to attend
! the Gubernatorial Convention. Among the lat
! ter, we find the names of many gentlemen who
i formerly held prominent positions in the Whig ■
party. They have cast aside the shackles of I
partv, and with an independence and candor ,
' deserving all praise, enrolled their names on the 1
I banner of Democracy, and enlisted forthe war
against the Federal doctrines of “ Conservative” i
Whiggery. Such indications are pleasant to
; dwell upon; they are living exemplifications of j
the wisdom of those great Democratic truths !
i which Jefferson gave the world and Jackson |
! and Polk rendered immortal; they are the Oases
in the desert of party, that give the war-worn
veteran in the ranks a solace for a lifetime of
I duty.
That there will be conflicting interests and
clashing opinions in the large Convention which
is soon to assemble in our city, we are well as
sured. That there will be a number of distin- j
guished names supported for the nomination by !
their respective friends, is equally true; but]
where there is perfect unity of sentiment in re- ■
lation to the principles our standard bearer has :
to maintain, it is hardly possible that there can i
bp much diversity of sentiment as to who he I
shall be. Our Democratic friends cannot do a
more acceptable office to their party, and better
subserve the interests of their particular friends,
than by a determination to act in the Conven
tion untrammelled by selfish and il"j^.;.i , f t; i!-
.if” .li:,"" . 'virtirA: "nd 'afh'i
with care and deliberation the claims of the re
: spective can lidates.let all their strength and pre
<lilections be cast in the balance of that one who,
while he can concentrate the support of the !
greatest portion of the party, is most endowed,
with the elements of success. If such a catholic j
1 spirit prevails in the Convention, let the candi
; date be this,that or the other, it matters not. the
I day wii! be ours, ours the glory.— Federal Union, i
17/A inst.
[From the Savannah Republican ]
■ The Colonization Society.
I In the eloquent address, delivered by the Rev. i
' Mr. Gurley, before the Colonization Meeting in ’
1 this city,allusion was made toa work on Africa,
j published sorne years ago by our fellow citizen,
! W. B, Hodgson, Esq. It is entitled “ Notes on
Northern, .Africa, the Sahara and Soudan.”
The following estrains from that work farci
! b!y exhibit the influence which the colony of
Liberia is now exercising, in the civilization and
christianizing of Pagan Africa.
“In Africa—the land of the degraded negro—
I the Gospel now stands, face to face, with the
| Koran. " There, the two confluent tides of reli
| gious instruction, from the West and theJEast
meet. From the Senegambia to the Equator,
j along this vast extent of coast, Christianity has
I her stations : and she opposes by the Bible, the
! further advance of the Koran. The colony of
. Liberia is an advanced post of Christianity. The I
j Arabic Sible is eagerly sought, and thankfully I
I received, by the ii'ibps: and it has been brought I
to the Western coast, uy merchants and pilgrims !
from Egypt, across the whole breadth of that '
i continent. Let, therefore, the Gospel be dissem
l inaied in Arabic characters, into whatever lan- !
I gqages the pious zeal of Missionaries may be >
able to translate it, since Arabic letters have, for |
centuries, been introduced into Africa, and have ;
I become familiarized by use.
“In Central Africa, education and religious 1
I instruction are entirely in the hands ot Mahom- !
! medans. The Koran has introduced its letters, !
j wiiere it has been adopted, as the Bible from I
i Rome has substituted its letters forthe alphabets |
lof Europe. Let not the humanizing influence of i
' the Koran, in abolishing the fetishes, gregrees, I
I and human sacrifices of pagan, homicidal Africa, i
!be depreciated, jt will bring up the barbarous i
I negro races, to a certain degree of civilization ; I
and thus it will concur with Christianity, which |
is now invading Africa from the West, in sup
pressing their inhuman practices and supersti
tions.
“To a certain extent, the Mahommedans go
along with us. Their civil code, contained in
the Koran, forbids the enslaving of a man born
of free parents, and professing the Mussulman
religion; nor can a Mussulman be reduced to
slavery in any case. Mahommedanism thus
concurs with Christianity in its war upon the
African Slave Trade.”
“ There are points, says Sir Thomas Fowell
Buxton, in the Mahommedan faith, which we
may turn to account, in attempting to introduce
better instruction. The Massulmansof Western
Ai.i—' ww.ni with lhesaio—
horror, as those of the Hast. i hey ae««.. u> be |
favorably impressed by finding that we aeknowl- I
edge much of their own sacred history- and I
with them, the names of Abraham and Moses
serve to recommend our holy books. We may I
1 make common cause, also, with them, in Africa :
in our comm,in abhorrence of the bloody rites
and sacrifices of the Pagans.”
The success of the colony or Liberia is no I
longer a problem. It has a regularly orgtnized
government, and a constitution borrowed from
ours. It, maintains important foreign aid in
land commerce, and it has a military forte, ca
pable, as it has on all occasions proved, d de
fending itself against invasion, and of sii|press
ing the slave trade along a vast lined seapoast.
The Christian and the philanthropist will egard
this infant colony with generous satisfactio and
interest.
Some of the sovereign States of the irutli
have already agitated the policy of forcing the
free new-n to emigrate. Liberia is offeredby
the Colonization Society, as a home and a refte.
Virginia has, by her slate councils, appropriiitd
$30,000. annually, to aid this Society in its V
' nevolent designs. The question of
free negroes from Georgia is not yet forced up.
' us, because we have still wild uneultivati
lands to occupy. But it will be forced upon ini
by the inevitable law of 'population, as it hai
. been in Virginia.
The Abolition Societies of the North, from
their formation, have never ceased to wage a
• relentless war upon the patriotic, benevolent
i designs of the Colonization Society. During
this present month, the Anti-Slave Abolition
i Societies held their anniversary in New York.
Their rabid,vindictive denunciations of the South
••tered with greater, passion if possible,
were n. - ••snization Society. Were South
agaimt the Co. ' -n abolition to join in this
ern slavery and Nortne... ‘-»nge meeting
opposition, it would present a 5...
of extremes.
'|'he Colonization Society, as Mr. Justice
Wayuu forcibly remarked, stood on the strictest
constitutional ground. Ils organic law was the
sacred integrity of our domestic institutions. In
concurrence with the State sovereignties, it pro
posed simply to aid, charitably and patriotically,
in removing from their borders, free negroes,
whose coexistence with slaves, the wisest south
ern statesmen and Georgia legislation have con
demned as unsound policy. Looking beyond
the safety of our domestic institutions, and the
ijuestion of State policy, southern benevolence
will recognize in Liberia, the great Beachcr and
Missionary to Africa. 1 hut Pagan lard will, in
payment of our debt, receive from us American
aws, religion and language.
[From the Ncuy I ark Herald, 19/71 fast.]
Arrival of the Africa—.Thro© da;'s Later from ’
Europe
The Cunard mail steamship Africa, from Liv
erpool Saturday noon, the 7th inst., arrived at
half-past 12 o'clock to-day.
The Washington had not been telegraphed
from S.'iitampton when our despatch was made
up. .
The news is singularly uninteresting if we
excel I the K' su‘:i episode and an attempt of
the peace men to introduce an arbitration clause
into the treaties now pending at Washington.
Cotton al Liverpool remained steady but
without much animation —middlings American
one-sixteenth of a penny dearer. Fine weather
had deadened the grain markets.
,\ court martial at St. Petersburg, hud decided
in the ■ a e of the officers reeent.lv charged with
embezzlement. Gen. Uchakon was dismissed,
and impiisoned for six months. (.' ■ ■. Arbusou,
Grabbe and Sass, impri . >ned lor three months,
and Admiral KolsaEon simi.L dismissed.
King Leopold, of Belgium, was on a visit to
the Ki"", of Prussia at Pottsdam.
Prussia has reduced her duties on French
spirits 50 per cent, and is about to reduce the
import duty on iron,
Counl'is Blanka i’eleky has just been sen
tenced to ten vens’ imprisonment for her share
in the Hungarian revolt. She has already been
immured three years in the fortress ot Pesth.
A story goes that the Emperor has assented to
the loan ol a million francs to the Count de
Chambord, on security of the domain of Charn
bord. the money to be advanced by the Bank
Foncier.
The Countess of Dalliouse, wife of the Gov
ernor of India, died at sea. on her way to Eng.
land. Her body.was landed at Esmouth.
Mr. Duffy. M-' P. lor New Ross, (Ireland),
had apologised lor his hasty remarks, and j s
again received into favor of the "Honorable
House.” ..On Friday night, sth. the Commons
i divided on an amendment, that lietand be ex
! eluded from the operation of the income Tax—.
1 majority against the amendment. The debate
' on the Bridget is still continued.
Charles Hill, a colored man, arrived at Liver- '
pool lioiu Boston, ill the Parliament line, abor* j
: rlir.-n weeks neo. ahff re|>resenteto-4Beneeli' tu
-.i 1...... ... lAn'lirr.H’
, Johiisori, a rh'wbjfiwiwtire r;e>,'7r>ni ,
! who will sell her for ttXlO. SuMcriptions beveb
been set on foot for Hill, who in the mean
i time has attached himself to a panorama ot Un- .i
. cle Tom. where he exhibits several diabolical ,
! instruments,“ m-.de at Liverpool, under his di
rections,” to show how the slaves are punished.
Lord Palmerston had denied in tha Honse ol
i Commons that the government had issued in
; structions regarding the opening of letters ad
dressed to foreign refugees.
Upon the sth instant the Hale (Kossuth)
rocket affair was made the subject of an anima
| ted debate in which Mr T. Duncombe and Lord
Palmerston enacted the leading parts. Lord
Palmerston defined the position in which all
exiles should, constitutionally, regard themselves
in a country affording them a shel'er, and Lord
Dudley Stuart denounced the course of the gov
ernment with regard to Kossuth. The matter
! dropped after Messrs. Cobden. Bright, and Lord
John Russel! had spoken. The Board of Trade
let.nrns for the month ending April 5 bad been
1 published, and was considered very satisfactory.
A deputation from the Peace Conference
Committee of London and Manchester had pray
! ed of Lord Clarendon to introduce an arrange-
I ment so as that all subjects of dispute between
England and America should be bettered by na
tional arbitration hereafter.
Professor Stone's name figured in ihe list ol
reverends at the May meeting in Exeter Hall,
London.
The Irish emigration was going on rapidly.
The next India mail steamship Magdalena,
; had arrived nt S-.itithetnpto«i.
The Empress of France wa. convalescent.
The legacy claims of Napoleftn the First were
being discussed in the Senate.
Thete was a new arrangement of the Police
system.
soThere had been a Grand High Mass for the
nl of Napoleon the Great.
All fears of the Ministerial crisis in Spain
were ende 1.
; All the dictatorial decrees ol 1851 had been
approved by the Chamber of Deputies at Lis
bon.
The religious squabble was progressing in
Holland.
There were political parliamentary troubles
; in Hesse-Cassel, Germany.
An election riot had occurred in the district
of Bulle, Switzerland.
A street fight, connected with polities, had
taken place in Chamberfy, Italy.
A reduction of the Austrian force in Tuscany
was expected.
It is stated that Persia is preparing another
j peil.tion against Herat.
State of the Markets.
Liverpool, May 6, 1553.
Breads: i;ffs.—Flour attracts more attention
■ than at sailing of the Atlantic. Wheat is quiet.
I'here is tn l disposition shown to press sales ot
either article. White.lndian corn has moved
in to consumption as landed, at 30s. There are
| no stocks of Indian corn here.
Cotton.—There continues to be a steady de-i
mand daily, and owing to the comparative]
scarceness of queh’* ; <f gon i staplik
Manchester a fair amount of businees is doing,
■ at full prices. " f
1 Stock this day, 748.493 bags, of which 498,4
I 008 are American. Stock last year, 194,595, of
I which 355,139 were American :
Sales this week. 54,070 bags, including 41,210
American—l.9so bags being on speculation, and
j 4,120 for export.
! [Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
Havana, May 11. .
The two days that have elapsed since my last,
i affird hut little space for news. A soldier is to
i be garroted in a few days time for having shot a
Sergeant. Perhaps it will startle you when ]
tell you that upwards of 300 are executed every
year for crime in this Island. This is below the
mark, and trom good authority, and the Govern
ment has to pass over many crimes at that.
I went to the Plaza de Annas last night to
hear the music,it being th? King-consort’s birth
day. Usually on such occasions the place is full
of ladies, but now the feeling is so strong
against Spain that there were not more than 50
present, and they for the greater part were re
lations ol officers, Spanish ladies strangers. To
make up lor this, the Plaza is swarmed with
military and naval officers.
There aie evident signs of uneasiness,the men
pf-war are out cruising and every thing betokens
: a storm expected. The Spaniards every day are
! becoming more and more convinced that the
1 island is lost to Spain, and express their convic- '
' tion steely. m. m. (
Havana, May 14, 1853.
I The market has not been so brisk for Sugars I
I this week, still prices are firm at the following !
I rates, viz : assorted 6a 83 and 04 a reals per '
i arrobas; white S.J a 10 rls ; yellOU 6j a 71 ; I
! brown 5] a 6: Cucuruchos 5 a 5); Muscovados I
! 1] a SJ. 28,306 boxes have lieen (hipped this 1
I week; 2279 of which have gone fothe United I
i States, and about 20,000 to Cowes ani the Baltic. !
Molasses in demand at2.{ a 24 reals per keg. I
| Exchangeon London 104a 11 pein.; New- j
I York and Boston 14 a 12 discount.
! Freights to the Baltic £2 15s. a .£t 55.; Ham- !
■ burg. -£3 a -£3 2s. 6d ; Great Britaij, £■> Jss. n ■
I £3 5«.; Cowes, .£2 17s. 6 I a £3 7s 6-1.; United I
I States. $1 per box Sugar, Mouses. Small '
I vessels are hardly to be obtained ind 1 in demand, j
' In Provisions there iS little clange since my I
last advici s- a week since. Codkh is very abun
dant and dull; Rice also the sami and Lard ditto.
Lot of the first was sold at $24 I 2J per quintal,
the second at 12 j reals per arrohs, and the last
mentioned article at sl4] in bls., and sls in
kegs per quintal.
Os Jerked Beef 68,000 qls. like arrived this
year against 100,000 last year. Codfish, 28,831
qls., against 10,710; Lard 23,01 qls . against
24,107; Rice 12.531 qls., againi 49.459; Lum
ber 5056 mille feet, against hhd. Shooks
3 1,869, agaiusl 16,-588; box Shooks 234.867,
against 252,112.
The news from Europe is wiled for. Vessels
are being taken up for New Yrk and Boston.
f .»,*>♦• nmpo I’l'lv/ij; j t ij 7 1
j Fi.oiiiha Railroad.—The Jackschvil'e News
says:
“The time foi closing books for the abscrip-
tion of stock in tie Railroads in whih East
Florida i- particularly interested, anted last
week. The subscriptions toward the lat were
made in a manner which showed a debrmina
tion to have something done in this ntst neg
lected line cl business. The precise imounts
obtained we have not been able to tarn, but
understand that upwards of half a miton’ was
sub eribed to the Florida Railroad, 'ibis sum
ought to ensure the success of this piopct, the
capital stock being only one million, tnd’pro
vision being made for again opening Wks after
the organization oftbe company. The Onstruc
tion ol this road will be productive of iicalcula
ble benefit to this .‘■eelion of the State, .lid must
greatly inetease immigration to theinteiior, and
develope the inexhaustible resources jf the Pe
ninsula.
“ We wish it was in our power to give as
favorable report of the subscriptions t> the other
—the AUanticand Gull Central Road Enough
however, has been subscribed in this tdace alone’
to insure the mganization of the company if the
substantial interest manifested in i at’other
places, where books were appointed b be open
ed, and whpdi would be equal participants with
Vurs- Ives, in the benefits of its construction
ihould be such as to render such a stepadvisablc.’
hit from information received from IVest and
liddle Florida, we fear we may not have this
|od news to chronicle.”
InooK of an Ear tii<;iiai;k. —A friend writing
••be Savauu'ah Georgian, from Waynesboro
Hke county, May :20th, says:
1 About sunrise, or immediately afttr, a shock
of tt I quake was hdt at tins place, thil morning,
wlh lasted some fifteen seconds. During the’
' (which is Court wdek here) it has been
j w. -”«rrn up to last night, vhen very
| exi‘e|, ( .|y .. ’ ‘ •"'nd Is very boisterous,
| cool aja morning tne . .#
but b%s n,> sign of rain. Yours, -
DiAvction or Touaoco Plaits.—Wo
learn Ip the Marlboro (Md.) Advoeite that in
eonseqi,,.,, „| the great destruction bl the fly
ol the plants, many planters will make
no tobai' at all this season, but will |iant their
land in 0,. The crop in Prince George’s coun
ty will litaarily be a very short one,
iUjiublir.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1353.
Terms of Subscription.
Daily Paper, per annum, hi advance... ..$8 00
Tri-Weekly 5 00
Woetoy, per annum in advance 2 00
If p*id within tho year 2 50
Atllioond of the year 3 00
IXy’Tho above terms will bo rigidly enforced.
Bank of St. Macy’s.
The bills of the Bank of St. Mary’s under five
dollars, and the change bills of J. G. Winter, are
still taken at par at this office.
(jy We reiterate our inquest, so frequently
made, that correspondents will write on but o: e
page of each half sheet of paper sent us.
Resignation of Mr. Connor.
The telegraphic despatch, published in our last
issue, anouncing the reported resignation of Mr.
Conner, President of the S. C. Railroad, proves
correct. The Charleston Courier of yesterday,
announces the fact, and in doing so pays the fol
lowing deserved tiibute to th" zeal, energy, and
ability which have distinguished Mr. Conner’s
I Management of the Company :
, Resignation of Hi:nry W. Conner, Esq.
7 as President of the South Carolina Rail
. •' y/e announce with much regret, that
<*iT..., rv Conner, F.«q., the able, energectje
Qi'letal:;.i’». i-..t ..r r’.,,...
| lina Railroad, has resigned his difficult, toilsome,
|i and responsible office, the resignation to take ef
'! feet, on and aftet the first day of July next.—
The Road, under Mr. ftonner’s energetic man
-1 agetneht, has gone on prospering and to prosper,
increasing in accommodation and business, and
| he will leave it with a double or second trade in
■ progress, to meet the torrent of business, ready
to burst in upon it, through the many new chan-
1 nels of trade, now opening with the South and
I West. Mr. Conner was elected President, over
I his worthy and able predecessor, Col. James
Gadsden, (now honorably and deservedly en
i trusted with the delicate and responsible mission
’ to Mexico.) on the 13th February, 1850, and the
united stock of the Road and Bank was then
I selling for S7O to $72 per share, on SIOO per
share pain in—the price is now $l2B per share
I on $125 per share paid in, being nominally $3
I above par, and really very near par, taking the
near approach of the July dividend into consid
eration. We admit that Mr. Conner had great
I financial advantages, in the calling in of the ad-
■ ditional $25 per share, soon after his election ;
1 but the success of bis management has been
! far more than commensurate with this cause. It
! is said, too. by many, that his energy has been
pushed to an extreme of rigor, leading to con
siderable dissatisfaction ; but we believe sincere
i ly that it will ever be, as it has been, impossible
! for any man, however .able or upright, to con
; duct so vast, difficult and complicated a concern,
without creating discontent iu many quarters.—
On the whole, we think Mr. Conner’s adminis
tration ha; been ab e, faithful and successful, and
that he deserves the cordial “ well done” of his
constituents. Early and late, day and night, has
i he toiled untiringly in the service of the Com
! pany, and the fruit of his industry, activity and
! toil has been increased and increasing dividends,
and the increased and increasing value of the
capital stock. We learn that Mr. Conner de
signs to resume mercantile life, and, if so, we
shall expect soon to number him among “the
merchant princes” of Charleston, the Tyre of
the South. It will be difficult indeed to supply
! his place—and Ihe stockholders must look well
to their choice of his successor—tew men possess-
I iug the energy, talent, and business capacity,
and uniting all the qualifications necessary for
the station.
Earthquake.
Friday morning, at 10 minutes past 5, our
citizens were startled by a slight shock of an
Earthquake. Its duration has been estimated
variously from five to fifteen seconds. One of
our citizens—an early riser—informs us that he
was, at the time, in the open air, and distinctly
heard a low, rumbling ncise,which he recognized
as that of an earthquake, and it was not till
j seated some seconds after at his breakfast table,
that lie felt and witnessed the motion. The
1 clattering of the crockery was very perceptible.
I The shock was quite sufficient to arouse our less
I industrious citizens from their slumbers.
L -The Women of F orid., 7: d the Indians.—
IgjjWtfwtng note, wr?tr»ii 5y a iany ot r inrnia,
I from the Tallahassee Floridian. Should such a
petition as she speaks of, be sent up to Wash
[ ■ ington, we doubt not. it would lead to the early
i removal of the Indians. Women and children,
: of all others, are interested in the Indian ques
tion, for it is upon their devoted heads that the
vengeance of the red man chiefly falls.
! It will be seen that the writer, true to the
I rights of her sex, appends a postscript to her
! note:
Ft. Capron. Indian River, l_
April 24th, 18-53. j
Mr. Editor ;—As our rulers sleep too long
on the removal of the Indians, and we can only
i be petitioners, I propose through your paper,
that all the females in every county of the State
! ot Florida, petition the General Government to
send the much dreaded Gen. Harney to remove
our treacherous and troublesome neighbors from
j the tropical lands. I have just heard that the
j General says he wants no better sport. If this
I meets your approbation, please give it circula-
I tion in your paper.
A Female Pioneer.
N. B. The orthodox book tells us the unjust
judge yielded to the importunities of the woman.
We must believe our just rulers will yield to the
prayers of the females of the State.
Unitarians in the West. —At a recent Uni-
! rian Convention, held at St. Louis, the following
preamble and resoltion were referred to a select
committee, who are to report to the next Con
; ference.
“ M there is a misunderstanding of the views
of Unitarian Christians on important subjects, it
i is deemed proper to make some declaration in
i reference thereto:
, “ Resolved, That we regard Jesus Christ not as
I a mere inspired man. but as the Son of God—the
i messenger of the father to man, miraculously
! sent—the mediator between God and man—the
I Redeemer of the world—and that we regard the
| miracles of the New Testament as facts on which
the Gospel is based.”
! The citizens of Jasper county, and all inter
jested in the project of constructing a Railroad
| from Monticello to Eatonton, are to hold a meet
ing at the Court House, in Monticello, on the
first Tuesday in June.
Through to Savannah. —The Columbus
Times of the 18th inst., says : The iron horse
made its first trip from Savannah to Columbus,
on Sunday 15th inst.—a blessed sunshiny Sab
bath day, which we hope is emblematical of the
intercourse of the two cities.
Taj.i.ahasskk Convention.—There is to be a
grand Railroad Convention at Tallahassee, on
the first Monday in June, and delegations are to
b© iflvited from the Centra! Atlantic and Gulf
Road, the Savannah and Albany Road, the
Brunswick Road, and the Mobile and Ohio
Road.
Ono Fellows in Florida. —The Grand
Lodge of the I. O. O. F., for Florida, assembled
in Tallahassee the 12th instant, and continued
in session for two days. The Grand officers for
the ensuing year are: M. I). Papy, M. W
Grand Master; W. Denham, D. W. D. Grand
Warden ; A. B.Clark,R. W. Grand Master; J
W. Argyle, R. W. Grand Secretary; S. S.
Knight, R. W. Grand Treasurer, 15, Loeb, W.
Grand Conductor; J. R. Meginness, W. Grand
Guardian ; Wm. Cooley, W. Grand Marshal.
The Governor of Maryland has appointed a
list of no less than <ux> hundred and seventy-one
gentlemen to represent that State in the South
ern Commercial Convention, which is to a»sem
ble at Memphis, on the Ist Monday in June.
The city of Cincinnati has voted a very large
sum of money for the purpose of supplying the in
habitants with water. This is n step in the right
direction. If any thing were wanting to prove
the immetue benefits derived from the establish
ment oi a supply of pure water, abundant testi
mony is furnished in the increased value which
it has conferred on land in the city ot New York.
Not only are the charges for fire nsurance much
lighter, and the facilities lor obtaining insurance
on property much greater, but the prices of land
are considered enhanced by the abundant oppor
tunities afforded by the preaem e of water for
the establishment of all descripf ions of manu
factures.
James Beattie, Jr., Esq., the late able and ae
editor of the West Point Advocate,
compirs” withß. C. Holifield, Esq.,
has become associate- M »ntgoinery
in the editorial management ot the ...
Times, an interesting weekly Jto-rna', pu d
at the State capital. He is a vigorous n>.,
est advocate ol pemocratic
Cuba, her Labor and Products.
A Havana correspondent of the N. York Ex
press, of a late date, says : “ The commerce of the
Island is not only largely American, but much
of its productions is in American hands. Plant
ers coin money here who visit their estates
but once or twice a year. At present, however,
there is not more than one-fifth ol the Island
cultivated at all. The export of five hundred
thousand hogsheads, or one million five hun
dred thousand boxes of sugar per aunnm, could
easily be multiplied four or five fold, and would
be, if the country belonged to the U. States, u..d
labor could be procured.
The slave trade and slave births do not be
gin to meet the demand for labor, and slave
property has advanced enormously here within
a short time. The estimated annual importa
tion is from twenty to thirty thousand from
Africa. Gentlemen who have traveled all
over the Island, the past winter, tell me that
slaves have arrived lately at every port from
Africa ; but still there is a constant demand for
labor. The Chinese importation of 1,200 —to
be increased to 6,000 —is but as a drop in the
ocean. Occasionally European white labor has
been tried, but aside from the indolence and in
ertness of the white laborers brought here, there
are no white people capable of enduring heat
but the natives of the Island.
The Flogging of a Prinoo.
The London correspondent of a North German
paper relates a story with regard to the way in
which Prince Albert disciplines his children
which the Tribune translates as follows :
“The young prince stood one day in his room in
the royal palace at Windsor, at the window,
whose panes reached to the floor. He had a
lesson to learn by heart, but instead was amusing
himself by looking out into the gardens and
playing with his fingers on the window. His
governess, Miss Hillyard, an earnest and pious
person observed this, and kindly asked him to
think of getting his lessen. The young prince
said : ‘I don’t want to.’ ‘Then.’ said Miss Hill
yard,‘l must put you in the corner.’ ‘I won’t
learn,’ answered the little fellow resolutely, ‘and
wmyt staud iit lbe cwi.ier, lor 1 am the Prince of
And as he said this, he knocked out one of tie
window panes with his foot. At this. Miss
Hillyard rose from her seat and said: “Sir, you
must learn, or 1 must put you in the corner'’ 1
' won’t said he, knocking out a second pane.
The governess then i a.ig. and told the servant
who entered to say to Prince Albert that she
requested the presence of his Royal Highness
immediatelv on a pressing matter connected with
his son. The devoted father came at once, and
heard the statement of the whole matter, after
which he turned to his little son, and said, point
ing to an ottoman, ‘ sit down there, and wait till
I return.” Then Prince Albert went to his
room and brought a bible. ‘ Listen, now,’ he
said to the Prince of Wales, *to what the holy
Apostle Paul says to you and other children in
your position.”
Hereupon he read Galat. iv. 1 and 2 : ‘ Now I
say that the heir, solongas he is a child, differ.
eth nothing from a servant, though he be beloved
of all; but is under tutors and governors until
the time appointed of the father.’ l lt is true,’
continued Prince Albert, ‘ that you are the
Prince of Wales, and if you conduct properly
you may become a man of high station, and
even after the death of your mother, may be
come King of England. But now you are a
little boy, who must obey his tutors and govern
ors. Besides, I njust impress upon you another
saying, of the wise Solomon, in Proverbs xiii
24: 'He that spareth his rod, hateth his son;
but he that loveth him ©hasteneth him betimes.
Hereupon the father took out a ni l and gave
the heir to the throne of the weightiest empire
of Christendom a very palpable switching, and
then stood him up in the corner, saying. ‘ You
will stand here and study your lesson till Miss
Hillyard gives you leave to come out. And nev
er forget again that you are under tutors and
governors, and that hereafter you will be under
a Jaw given by God.” This, adds the corres
pondent,is an excellent Christian mode of educa
tion, which every citizen and peasant who has
a child may well take to his heart as a model.
It may be proper to add that the youngster
who is represented to have received this patern
al admonition is but 11 years old.
Meeting in Macon.—A large meeting of
the citizens of Macon, held on the 18th, remon
strated against the conduct of the several rail
road companies, in not erecting a common pas
senger depot at the junction of Sixth and Mul
berry streets, according to contract. The mem
bers of the City Council were instructed to in
stitute legal measures for redress or to resigq.
A committee of three were appointed to co
operate with the City Council in the selection
of legal counsel and the adoption of all neces
sary matters of redress.
Weather and Crops.—The Memphis Eagle
& Enquirer, of Wednesday last, says :
Our exchanges are full of favorable accounts
of the crops. In most of the cotton-growing re
gion the cotton has come up finely, and, a week
ago, there were fine stands almost everywhere,
uamage may havA beetnlonF' by the' 'v4ry' mid
weather (for the season) which has prevailed,
anil which still prevails. We do not remember
ever to have known it so uncomfortably cold in
Mt.y before. We have heard serious apprehen
sions of frost expressed. This extraordinarily
inclement weather must damage the stands of
cotton very seriously, requiring the planters in
many cases to replant. Now, as it is known
that there was scarcely enough to plant the
crop in the first instance, (we speak for all the
region around Memphis,) we repeat there is no
estimating the amount of damage which the
cold weather and the necessity to replantwill
cause. The scarcity of cotton seed this season
is greater than we ever knew it to be before,
owing, we presume, to the combined effects of
the mild temperature and extraordinary humidi
ty of the past winter.
The Memphis Whig, of Friday last, says :
Another heavy rain fell yesterday, wetting
the earth most bountifully when there was but
little need for it. The atmosphere was cool
again last night, and this sort of weather is quite
unpropitious for the crops.
The Nashville Banner, of-the 7th inst., says :
The weather in this section of country has
been Very good for planting interests, and such
crops as are up are unusually promising.
The Pointe Coupee Echo, of Satuiday last,
says:
Since our last the weather continues highly '
favoiable to the growing crops. Abundance of j
rain has fallen in all parts of the parish, and
everywhere with us the prospects of the planter j
are most promising.
The Minden (La.) Herald, of the 7th inst., !
says:
We have had floods of rain again. Farmers
have been injured a great deal. Every road is ;
washed up, bridges carried off, and the “ dickens”
played generally.
The Concordia Intelligencer, of Saturday last,
says:
The air is somewhat colder than usual for the
season, and the frequen : showers, interspersed
with sunshine, would seem to bring the grass
and weeds forwaid faster than the cotton. Corn
looks well.
We learn from an eminent planter in our vi
cinity, J. J. Preston, Esq., who planted his cot
ton as early as the middle of March this year,
that the squares are already falling off, caused
probably by the line. This is the case only
with his early planting, as his neighbors who
planted later have good prospects, with the ex
ception of a few fields where bad stands are
noticed.
The St. Francisville Chronicle, of Saturday
last, says;
We had several showers during the past week,
which, we doubt nut, will cause the grass to
spring up rapidly. The cotton and corn crops
look finely, and should the rain cease for a time,
we will have had a propitious season for cultiva
tion.
The Lancaster (S. C.) Ledger of the 11 th inst.
remarks :
We were in hopes that we could inform our
readers that the tamers’ fears were dispelled by
copious and refreshing showers of rain, but this
pleasure is denied us, for the very light rain wc
j have had has produced such little moisture that
it has been completely evaporated by the sun.
Notwithstanding the heat ol the day the morn
ings and evenings are cool, which have proved :
of injury to the young cotton plants. We are
told that the corn, wheat and oats crops are all
suffering to a fearful extent for want of ruin.
The Canton (Miss.) Citizen of Satuiday last
says:
There was a most refresing rain on Thursday
night, which we suspect was very beneficial to
the growing crops in this section.
The Alexandria (Red River) Republican of
Saturday last says :
The weather has been extraordinarily cold for
the month of May so far, fires of an evening
being one-halt the time quite comfortable. Rains j
and storms too, have added to the unpleasantness |
of the season. The effects thereof i>on the |
crops have been injurious, corn has been very j
much hurt, and cotton considerably damaged.
The Trinity (La.) Advocate of the llth inst. j
says:
The weather has been favorable lately for the
promotion of vegetation, though with rather a j
profusion of rain. The growing crop looks j
promising, and if people can manage to keep ■
down grass, an abundant yield may be expect- '
ed.
The parish is generally healthy, the waters,
by the firm stand ol the levees on the Mississip
pi, have, notwithstanding the high flood of that
river, kept down to a sale level, and prospects
are unusually good.
Progress of the Brunswick Road.—A
friend has this morning shown us (says the
Albany Patriot), a letter received from a gen
tleman in Brunswick, formerly of this place,
from which we make the following extract :
“ The Railroad company are laying down the
iron as fast us possible. Three hundred hands
are at work on the road. They have some five
hundred hands on the Canal, and the work will
be completed by the first of June. Three more
cargoes of iron have been received.”
To the People of Fraklin County.
Fellow-Citizens:—Permit me, as a citizen
of, the county, and one who is as well acquaint
i ed with the locality and geography ot the coun
t a any person in it, and having a common
i interest with you all, t > address you upon the
, subject of a division o. the county, as proposed
I by a meeting of a portion of the people of the
upper or western side of the county, bold at
Wilmot’s, on the sth inst. This is a question
I which should be well considered and investiga-
I ted before taking any action upon the subject.—
I would respectfully ask those of my fellow-citi
zens who are moving in this matter,ifthey have
examined a map of the county, to see if this can
, be done so as to make it more convenient and
to accommodate any more of the people of the
1 county, than as it now stands. lam persuaded
they have not done so, or they would see from
i tho shape and geapraghy ofl.be county that it
I cannot be done. I’he county is rather in the
: nap - ol a trapezium, and to run a line through
the centre, commencing at the junction of the
i .'ortli, Middle and South, or Hudson prongs of
r 11”: Broad river, which is the only way it can
, la: dor e, without making it much more incon
_ veuient to a large majority of the people ot the
county than at present, running near Carnes
s ville to the head of Stephen’s Creek and then
. .aking the dividing ridge between the North and
diddle rivers to the Habersham line. Will this
t accomplish the object contemplated? [ think
not. Ihe new Court House must necessarily fall
about A. N. Meays’. This will throw the
people in the fork of Middle and Hudson rivers
some twenty miles from the Court House over
the roughest kind of a country, also the people
i of the Flintsville district, near the same dis
tance over i “gh and hilly country, with rivers
and creeks tc 'rors, while you will accommo
date only the ; "ople of Anderson’s anil a por
-1 tion of Bnsbville districts, more than the way
• the county now stands, while you will make a
' county about sixteen miles wide and thirty-five
, to forty long, in the shape of an angle. If you
g ald a part of Habersham. Hall and Jackson, you
| do not betterdt. You still thrown the Court
’ \ House further off from the people of the South
, eastern and North-western part of the county.
This done, and how do you leave the lower side
( of the county ? In about the same situation.—
I Premising the Court House to fall somewhere
,• near Knox’s, you throw the people of a portion
uL'M“ ul«!aji«j the lower <unl of the Carnesvi Ile
' r ~ r " w country
s j travel over, and the North river to bridge, and
! I also the people of the Flintsville and Eastannol
! lee districts along the Habersham line some sis
! teen or twenty miles off. The people on the
I Lightwood-long Creek and along the Savannah
, ! river will only be some five or six miles nearer
. I than at present. The public buildings of each
1 ! county will cost from six to seven thousand
j ' dollars, and you will be told that the of
r I your town lots will pay for your public buildings.
! What amount will they raise? Say,some twenty
i i or twenty-five hundred dollars, leaving a balance
. of some four or five thousands to be raised by
, taxation from each new county. This, with
. our present heavy tax, will be a heavy draw
upon our pockets The State tax of our county
at present, I think, is between twenty-three and
twenty-four hundred dollars, so you see it will
fake at least one hundred per cent, on our pres-
I , ent taxes for at least four or five years to pay
I ! for our public buildings.
This is no fancy sketch ; divide the county and
, vou will realize the truth <f the prediction.—
Besides, you will have new roads to open and
I new bridges to build and keep up by the dis
. ; trict hands, or at the expense of the county.—
t ; The old roads and bridges cannot be dispensed
; with, as they are on the main highway of all
! the travel from the North-east and South-west,
i i and ennnot be so change as to run by the
new Court Houses and dispense with the old
! ones. We have now already more roads and
. | bridges than we can keep in good order. We
have now eight public bridges in the county at
| ! an annual cost off about two hundred dollars;
; d'vide the county and you will be compelled to
; I have twice the number. All these expenses
. added together will l e no light burthen.
I A division of the county would be doing the
r citizens of Carnesville a great injustice. They
have bought town property and improved it
. with the confidence that the county site was
3 permanent. It would ruin many of them whose
all is pretty well invested in town property. Tn
• conclusion, lam free to admit that some portion
. o! the citizens live very inconvenient to the
Court House, and that it is burdensome to them
to attend to their public duties, say Anderson’s
and the Bench districts. But will a division
■ accommodate any more of the citizens of the
. county than it will discommode? Any man
. who is familiar with the locality and geography
of tho county, must agree with me that it will
i not. Though opposed to the extravagant policy
• ' of making new counties unless an extreme ne
. | cessity exist, I can see no objection to running
a line from some point west, where the Haber
sham line crosses the Middle river to near Wil
mot’s. strike the Jackson line near Davids, and
1 by cutting off a corner of Hambersham. Hall
. and Jackson, make a county, which would boos
convenient size. Then by running a line from
Bread river where the lines of Franklin and
! Elbert intersect, to the mouth of Payne’s or
Fe“d Creek on the Tugalo river, taking a corner
, i of E bar I. another county of good size could be
made, and accommodate the two extremes of
; this county, leaving the old county in a proper
I shone and <lo no injustice to any one.
L , - These foots fellow-citizens, I submit to von
I ton your candid ■ccnisnu»*ai.|u l^_j)O pt l >g yon svill
~l give them due reflection before taking action in
• I the premises.
Your, fellow-citizen,
E. VV. Morris.
Franklin county, May 1 6lh, 1853.
Democratic Lleetingsin Troup County.
Pursuant to appointment, a number of the
Democratic party of Troup county, met in the
■ Court House, at La Grange, on the 18th inst., for
the purpose of sending delegates to the Guberna-
I torial Convention, to be held at Milledgeville,
on the Lsth day of June next, and also, to ap
[ point delegates to the Congressional Convention,
to be held at Newnan, on the Ist Wednesday in
June.
Major George Heard was called to the Chair,
and Robt. J. Bacon appointed Secretary. The
object of the meeting was explained by the
Chairman, and on motion, a committee was ap
pointed to draft suitable resolutions. The com
i mittee consisted of Messrs. Jas. Russell, C. Pitt
! man, J. Brittan, J. M. Flowers, and Thas.
i Greenwood.
The committee having retired, after a short
absence returned,and submitted the following re
i solutions:
Resolved, That all past strife and differences
I upon temporary issues, between the members of
I the old Democratic party, should yield to the
great fundamental and permanent principles of
' the party in accordance with which this gov
ernment has been administered, with but a few
| intermissions, for half a century, and elevated to
its present high position among the nations of
i the earth.
j Resolved, That we regard the re-organization
of the Democratic party, and the cordial re-union
of its two wings, on terms of perfect equality,
as essentia! to the promotion of its principles,
and that we deem the triumph of those princi- 1
pies as essential to the existence, happiness, and
prosperity of the Union.
Resolved, That all persons, whatever may have
been their past political opinions, who now be
lieve in the correctness of the principles laid
down in the inaugural address of President
Pierce, and the Baltimore Democratic Platform
i of 1852. are respectfully invited to unite with
i us, and to them we will extend the hand of po
litical fellowship, and with them go forth to bat
tle under the glorious banner of Democracy.
Resolved, That we do now appoint P. O. Har
! per, Robt. J. Bacon, William A. Spear, James
IT. Towns, and James A. Russell, as suitable
delegates to attend the Convention, to be held
in Milledgeville, on the third Wednesday in
i June next, for the purpose of nominating a can
' didate for Governor, and while we cannot but
express a decided preference for our own fellow
citizen, the Hon. Hugh A. Harals.m, for that of-
I flee, yet we will cheerfully abide the action
of the Convention, and give the nominee our
united and cordial support.
! Resolved, That we do appoint the folllowing
gentlemen : Charles D. Pittman, Thomas Ar
r >!.!. !■ ;...- L.-.. hen Willis, and Col. J. M.
Flowers, as suitable delegates to attend the Con
gressional Convention, shortly to assemble at
' Newnan.
! Resolved, That while we congratulate the
I Democratic party upon having at the head of
' affairs, a man of profound and disciplined mind,
of purest patrioti’m.and unflinching moral cour
age, yet our congratulations are mingled with
the deepest sorrow, when we remember the loss
which the Democratic party, and the country at
large have sustained, in the death ofour lament
ed Vice-President, whom, for his personal and
political integrity, we delighted to honor, while
living, and whose noble, enlarged and manly
sou), linked him to us by ties which death itself !
cannot sever.
The resolutions submitted, were unanimously
adopted by the meeting.
On motion of P. O. Harper, it was carried by
the meeting, That any of the d> legates appoint- !
ed to either of the Conventions,finding it impos
sible to attend, shall have the power to appoint a I
substitute.
A motion was then made and carried, that a )
copy of the proceedings of this meeting, be sent
for publication, to the Federal Union, Times &
Sentinel, and Constitutionalist.
The meeting then a Ijourned.
Gi:o. Heard, Chairman.
Robt. J. Bacon, Secretary.
[communicated.]
Hon. Hiram Warner.
Mr. Editor:—The names of different indi
viduals have been suggested in the public press, !
for the nomination of Chief Magistrate. This is
proper, if done in a proper spirit. Very little
if any thing, has been said, through the public
print, in favor of one ot onr most eminent citi
zens. and who is the particular favorite of a large 1
portion of the Democratic party. I allude to the !
Hon. Hiram Warner,a gentleman distinguished
alike, as a jurist and a statesman. As a Demo
crat lie is unexceptionable. When the recent
unhappy sectional strife raged with such viru
lence and ferocity, which tore asunder the pha
lanx of the Democracy ; but which, fortunately j
for us, and for the country, is now well nigh ce- I
mented, Judge Warner was among the first who |
urged upon the party to forget past differences, |
and to rally again under the flag of Democracy’ |
With such an individual as this,as a candidate ter I
Governor, no apprehension need be entertained I
kut that victory will attend us. Lek. 1
Democratic Meeting in Habersham County.
At a meeting of the Democratic party, held
this day, in the Court House, in Clarksville
Habersham county, for the purpose of chosing
delegates, to represent said county in the Gub
ernatorial Convention, to be held in Milledge
ville, on the third Wednesday in June next,
the following gentlemen were chosen said dele
gates: Dr. George D. Philips, Jesse Sandford,
Robert E. McMillerand J. Van Buren.
And on motion, the following resolutions were
passed :
Resolved, That we adopt, and cordially approve
the platform laid down, and promulgated by the
Baltimore Convention, in 1852.
Resolved, That we cordially acquiesce, in the
views of Gen. Pierce, as expressed in his in
augual address, delivered in Washington City,
on the 4th ol March last.
Resolved. That we recommend, to the favora
ble consideration and support, of the people of
this Congressional District, the name of Gen.
Wm B. Wofford, as a suitable person to repre
sent us in the ensing Congress.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting,
be published in the Athens Banner and Augusta
Constitutionalist.
Phillip Martin. Chairman.
W. S. Hackett, Secretary.
May llth, 1853.
“ The Norwalk Tragedy.”
Since the disaster at Norwalk, we find but few
papers without some comments under the above
head. The disaster was certainly a deplorable
one, and the discussion is well .enough, if any
practical good is likely to grow out ot it. This
I very much doubt, unless the primary cause
of the evil should be better understood, and cor
rected. There is no economy to railroads in these
accidents, as the N. Y. Herald supposes. Whether
with or without default, they are dwaslrous to
their interests, nod they have every inducement
which interest can afford, to use every precaution
to avoid their occurrence. Neither Punch.'* re
remedy, or any other remedy against directors,
would be attended with any result. Examine
railroad accidents closely, and you will trace
them mainly to three causes, namely—high
speed, carelessness of engine men, and the care
lessness of passengers themselves.
and pertenacfouriy^lem^id^*by"7fie*puTinc—
backed by the press, and exacted by the gov
ernment, and is the primary cause of nine-tenths
of tfie fatal accidents that occur. More fatal ac
cidents now occur on the improved roads with
heavy rail, then formerly happened upon the
flat-bar roads, and mainly from this cau«e. En
gines will sometimes run off under any manage
ment. The danger is much increased br high
speed. Under the pressure of a25 ton engine,
with an open throat and a speed of 40 or 50 miles
per hour, a secret flaw in .iron, or an invisible
rot in timber is more likely to give way, and
when this occurs the wreck is complete, and the
danger to passengers much increased. At mode
rate speed, the train is more manageable, ft
can be held up for visible obstructions ahead—
there is less strain on the track and machinery,
and if a run off docs oecur, the resistance ahead
checks the impulse of the train before danger
reaches the passengers, if in their places.
The public then is responsible for much of the
injury complained of. Look at the verdict of the
jury in the Norwalk case. The regulations of the
company were very perfect, except in limiting
the speed on bridges—and this the Journal of
Commerce thinks the public would hardly submit to.
2d. The habitual carelessness of engine run
ners. No legislation against companies will cor
rect this evil. The interests of companies already
secure all their vigilance. The pay of thesc
men is high,and generally uniform, so that there
is no inducement to supply, intentionally, a
bad runner. But these officers are numerous,
constantly changing, new appointments have to
be made, and vacancies suddenly filled. It is
as impossible to have perfection in all such ap
pointments, as to keep* hypocrites out of the
church, cowards out of an army, or corruption out
of the government. This is the more difficult,
as the most irreproachible characters become
habitually careless. The engine becomes their
home—they become insensible to dancer—and
few men can tax their minds with unbroken vi
gilance, except from constant apprehension of
personal risk. Perhaps something might be
done on this head to aid companies, by inflicting
a cfiminal punishment for gross negligence.—
Fines and discharges imposed by companies,
have certainly proved inefficient.
3d. The carelessness of passengers themselves.
By the statistics of railroad accidents, it will
be found that about nine-tenths ot the personal
injuries happen out of the passenger cars ; in jump
ing off, or perhaps on, while the train is in mo
tion, or by standing on the platform, from which
the rules of all companies very properly exclude
them. They pay for “a seat,” and yet they
stubbornly refuse to occupy it. This is notedly
the case in approaching a station— when there is
the most danger. By far the greater number of
run offs are at the “switch.” The speed here
is slow, and the passengers within the cars rarely
feel the shock, but the platform passengers are
liable to be injured more less—though seldom
fatally. And yet if a conductor interfere with
this privelege—known to be against the rules
of all companies—he is more apt to be abused
than obeyed.
To these principal causes, the President of a
road in a neighboring State has added a
4th. And probably with truth. That is the
practice of many companies in paying for all
stock killed on their roads. This they have
not done from any belief that they were liable,
(except when guilty of some negligence) but to
keep up good feeling on the road. This has
doubtless, however, become a great nuisance—
not only to the road, but to the public. Former
ly when companies did not pay, stock was rarely’’
killed, and trains seldom thrown off from this
cause : but this evils has become enormous, and
is increasing from yearto year. The President
referred to, informed the writer that his com
pany formerly paid for stock, but they soon
found that stock scarcely very died a natural
death on or near the road. Well cattle were
suffered to run where they would be killed
sick cattle were driven there, and dead cattle
often hauled to the road. They quit paying, and
now he says, people take bettor care of their
stock, and very little is killed. As the expert
ence of all companies is the same with that of
♦he company referred to. it is by no mean cer
tain that all should not follow its example.
In the above brief sketch, my object is not to
excuse “the Norwalk Tragedy.” This was
the result of gross negligence, and can neither
be excused or palliated. Stieh a case never hap
pened before. And even under the breakneck
rivalry in high speed at the North, would proba.
bly not again happen in a thousand years. Nor
smy object to exempt companies from all rea
sonable vigilance in guarding against accidents
I only wish to show that little can be done
legislation until a permicious appetite in the pub
lic for this high speed is corrected. If any thin
can be done by legislation, I think it must be by
the passage of laws in every State, limiting
running speed to 20 miles an hour—reducing it
to 4 miles per hour on bridges— and inflicting
severe cnminaZ punishment on engine men, and
other responsible officers, for gross negligence
Even with all these exciting accidents at the
North, taken as a whole, railroads afford by far
the safest mode of travelling in the world. With
moderate speed and ordinary care by passengers
themselves, it is almost free from danger. Look
at the history of our Southern roads. It is be
lieved that no passenger in the passenger ear has
ever los’ his life on anj’ road in Georgia. If
there be an exception, I don’t recollect it.—
There have been but few persons injured of any
kind, and they have generally happened to be
passengers out of their places. But our speed is the
subject of continued complaint, and the remon
strances against the 4 mile rule on bridges, is a re
gular bore. I conclude by saying, that if public
opinion at the North will not submit to any re
duction of speed,. even on bridges, they should be
less surprised at the inevitable consequences.
A Traveller,
[communicated.]
Warrenton, (Geo.,) May 17th 1853.
In pursuance of previous notice, a portion of
the citizens of Warren county, convened at the
Court House, at. 10 o’clock, A. M when or.
motion of Jsaac B. Huff, Esq., A. R. Mershon.
Esq., was called to the chair, and on motion of
E. H. Pottle, Esq., E. V. Culver, was requested
to act as Secretary.
The Chairman of the Meeting, explained the
object to be, to take into consideration the pro
priety of having a county celebration of the ap
proaching anniversary of American Indepen
dence, and to make preliminary arrangements
for the same.
On motion, the Chair appointed a committee
! of five, consisting of Dr. Wm. H. Pilcher J.
| F. Kinsey, Thomas J. Wheeler, Henry R Cody
; and M. H. Wellborn, to select an orator for the
; occasion.
Ihe Committee, after retiripg for a few mo
ments, returned and announced the name of
Jesse M. Jones, Esq , as the orator of the day.
On motion the following named gentlemen
were appointed a committee, to make all neces
sary arrangements for the day, viz Dr M F
Swinney, Col. C. A. Lightfoot, Capt E. H. Pot
ilf> ’ ,) V v lborn > Andrew Jackson and
Isaac B. Huff, Esqs.
On motion of Mr. Huff, a committee of nine
were appointed, for the purpose of inquiring in
to the propriety of having a public dinner, on
the forth coming 4th of July, with instructions
to report to an adjourned meeting, to be held on
the first Tuesday in next month, at which time
it is particularly requested, that the citizens gen
erally and universally meet at the Court House
lor the purpose of hearing the report of the com
mittee and taking such other steps for the pur
pose of carrying out the object of this meeting,
as may be found necessary.
w 1 ur chair appointed as that committee, Messrs.
N -W- Anderson Thos. J. Wheeler, Henry R.
Cody, Dr. Wm. H. Pilcher. Col. C A Liaht
Joseph Wallen. Esq Dr. Sterling Gibson,
Dr M. E. Swinney and Isaac B. Huff, F.sqs.
On motion of Dr. Pilcher, the Chairma.i of
the meeting was added to the committee.
• i <i m °^ on ’ ttle Sef re,B, y was <lirected to fur
nish the Constitutionalist be Republic and Chronicle
V bm/mcZ ot Augusta, with a copy of the pro
ceedings ot the day—with a request that the
same be published.
The meeting then adjourned till the first
luesday in June next at 10 o’clock, A. M.
p v n i R' Mershon, Chairman.
E. V. Culver, Secretary.
A. syphon for dairymen is novvTn use in Scot
land, by means ol which the milk is drawn away
o'ffthe miYk 8111 ' * llS^a( * ot 6 h |m ming the cream