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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1854)
AUGUSTA* GA. S.Vi'l UDIY, Goa Case. rw.v*t *l. ’ admirers .t::e *• ■ • <....: *.*.•<• I upon th* govil ree'mgs ini ».i .. . '** b 'W' Democracy is nil" strong, notwithstanding the di»u<-paucy existing between * is *« wson ter sovereignty, ard these of a large portion o! the Southern propio. Ou the b-adiug measure. »f American policy, invoking the slavery ques txui. lien Casa ha> always upheld the con stitutional rights of trie South. It is true, that he holds the position, that slavery has no mo’ive power, and cannot, by the inherent vigor of the Constituiion which recognize* its legality, go into the common terri* ries--that to cany i* there.spe ria! le.islatioi' i- races,ary. But in these vrew, be occupied com nun ground with lhe great body or Northern statesmen, and no sma 1 number ol Southern men. His holding this position did not jostify the bitter assault* tv La, endured ot late teem Southern hands. His opinions have been openly and freely ex pressed, and he has taken no position on the Ne braska Bill, or on other late occasions iucousis lent with the record ot his previous rile. The assault, therefore, made a few weeks ago by the Richmond Kejuurr upon him, was no doubt, considered, by the Democrats generally ol the South unkind, uncalled tor, and unjust.— Tbo gh the squatter sovereignty doctrine is held is but little reverence by a large portion ol the Southern people, yet they can recognize in it no reason for ignoring the claims ol Gen. Cass upon their respect as a soond Democrat and a patiiot i< man. Circumstances have prevented our giving ear her attention to Gen. Cass’s speech, on the 4th iast., at Detroit, in which he forcibly replies to the strictures of • Eisjuroer. We vrouio be pleased to publish the entire speech so far as it i tioaand squat-e sovereignty. We can spare room only lor.. ex racts A short time s'-rca 1 made some remarks be fore lhe Democratic S’ate Convention, assem bled -n this had. expla ..dory ol' my views aud course in relation to the Nebraska and Kansas bilie. Eu listed w ith a portion ot the legisla tive power ol tbe State iu the general govern ment, I appeared bviore a resjiectable body ot my constituents to render an account ol my stewardship. Ar. effort was everywhere ma king, and everywhere it had been more or les, suceegslul, to produce the impression that a’l those w bo snpjKiried these bills in Congress were pr? slavery men. to use the cant phrase ol the day, and that their advocacy ot these measures was conclusive evidence of .heir alienation Irom lhe principles ol iree.lotnand ol their devoinn ; to those ot slavery. I chose to put myself right j upon this point, and while maintaining the just . power of other portions ot the Union to deal with this question for themselves and as they ‘ pleased, to express my beiiel that slavery was a ; misfortune for any country. 1 chose to have it disiiuctiy understood that it was not the institu tion itself I was defending, but the political rights of other sections ot the country under the constitution. Certainly i could do tittle justice to myself, little benefit to a constitutional pi in- I cipie which is dear to me, by endeavoring to conceal these sentime..ts, and by placing mysel. in a false position before my own constituents who Lad prone unced their judgment upon the condition of slavery by excluding it from the State. Anri in conformity with these views, 1 stated that I considered slavery a social aud po litical evil—a misfortune for any country. And tuis is the substance of what I then said, as it is trie substance ot what 1 had said before, here and in the Senate elsewhere, at home and abroad. , I was reported to have added that slavery was . also a moral evil. Id. i not say so. 1 do no. , think so, under the cm .'unstances in which x exists .n tt- bouteern bta.cs. Sued an assertijrf-: would havelr-ien inconsistent with the main po- j aition 1 as-umed—that th- present inbarntants | of loose States were not responsible for the hi-I traduction of slavery, r.or did I -.eehuw it was , possible for them to abo isn it. Fur the expression ol these views I have beer. I arraigned by the Richmond L-. qurrer, in tti.ro. I not less arrogant than vu ulei.t—first denounced , and then renounced. I have been finally ex- ; palled Irom the democratic party, by its decree, of excommunication. But, as 1 am not in toe, habit of submitting to assumption, nor presump- r tion, so I shall not submit to both, even when , Baited in the columns of that once justly and highly esteemed journal. How are the mighty fallen I He then quotes from his pamphlet on the Quintuple treaty in 1842, and bis Nicholson let ter oi 1847, to show that these sentiments were ' then distinctly and unequivocally expressed. He also quotes the language and opinions of (i't . Washington, of Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, Chief Justice Marshall, Patrck Henry, and George Mason, to show that they •oineided with these views. He also quotes from hie speeches in the Senate to the same effect H- says: “ Upon this question of the right of opinion, ead oi the duty of withholding the expression oi is, I said in the Senate in February last— Truth was never permanently injured by Iree inquiry. You cannot control investigation. And you must take it,even with its abuses, for the Meetings it brings with it. A highly respecta ble and respected member of the House of Rep aeaentatives said, upon this subject, some time since. “You consider slavery a great evil. Very W( ,J; think so; but keep your thoughts to your- «efvev.” lam sure, sir, this honorable member «ii*t have uttered this sentiment while feeling atrongly the aspersions upon the South, too fre qoent in the North, for he knows as well as any one the impossibility ol proscribing the right oi speech, and of confining the thoughts of man to b«s own bosom. lou might just as well under take to stop the tide of the ocean as to stop the tide of human opinion ; and though both of these mighty agents, in their resistless march, are fell tot evil as well as for good, yet their healthful . action is infinitely better than would be their stagnant quietude. But the speaker did, as be ha.? a full right to do, without regard to this p o bibitioo —he examined the whole subject in the hall of the nation, and of course could not ex peet that his precept and not his practice would b« followed by others. So much for this chain of occlusion—this de., saand that evey Northern man shall place his 1 L.... Ixm his mo •■ h and h.s mouth in the dust | whenever the word slavery is sounded in Ins! ears by its friends « its foes And now for the n os tbe R;i .... that 1 had : i transgreswd ttns limits of legitimate investiga tfori by my assaults upon slavery. A very Jew w >rds Will drep r»e o: t. .3 chuige to the entire satisfaction ol everyone bit ot mm who mad it. I shall not conimi the lolly ot expecting Li reeauratfon. He Who does an injury when the iujus’i'c is exposed, thenceforth too often con- '• aiders himseii the injured party I have never uttered one reproachful word on the subject of slavery—nut one. It is a course of dncue.-ion which suits uti lier my taste, my habits, nor mV age. And lecst of all am I nkelv to adopt it when one of the graves’ oi.stitutional subjects that ean be presented to the Aiic ti-ai. I ja-opie is brought forward for coiiSidera'ion. 1 kave never, hue the members of its Virginia Ixgis.ature, applied ignominious or dispar.;gii g names to it, and J defy the writer ofthis KCicl*, of any body else, to find ... all rr V lemurkH » sioy.i U> .-V ■*, iba'. lie me* j aloes friend ol the institution can justly ct-n ---ure.” Th. re is a manliness of spirit, and a dign fled t ne in the dosing remark* on '.his ■•.l-;?rt o hich cannot but extort a ' ~.r. v-utroitl bis enemies. He wih i bo I e'r-y.-! ■ foie - ntmeiit, ev. i. :-v >he ‘o’ 'vlfo 'ipun- i«b>'s him for h< id.i i' - 0p.., on sla- wry, not in cot.-.niaifo-- >vi'bt>o r.i s i---.- lie reiterates bi- past pledges to st.-.nd by the i stitutional rights of ti “ -S ruth. He does it now when the advanced age at w'r ch h • ‘.as at rived, suggest* the id- a that he is uninfluenced l.y any sinister views of popularity at the South, or even the commendat te hope' o‘ a returning sense of justice. If i have lost the confidence of the South, or if I never possed it, 1 regret my mislortun-, but as it is a misfortune, and pot a lault, 1 must bear it with what philosophy 1 may. Certainly the approbation ot his fellow citizens—ol all his fel low citizen*—is a great reward tor a public man. it cheer* and encourages him in hi* work. As ihe Richmond editor says, “he is cheered and encouraged in his resolution to expose the trea chery ot the perfidious ally- meaning myself. But as time passes over me 1 learn to place more value upon my own convictions ot duty, and loss upon the opinions ot others. If lean pre serve my own self-respect and the generous confidence of the people of Michigan, to whom I already owe so much, di ring the brief periou of [political life 1 shall spend in their service, I console myself the bet I can for what I may lose or may have lost elsewhere. The anathe mas of the have no terror- tor me, nor have its threats or its punishments, whichever they are designed to be. I ask no iavor of the South—not one. It can give me aid in giving me nothing. Ido not even ask its justice, for indications but too clearly announce that mis representation ha* done its work, and that the demand would be a bruitless o e. But I -hall indulge in no unworthy language of com plaint or lamentation, w hile a l this will not change by one hair’s breadth my course of dis cussion and of action, public or private, in rela tion to this momentous subject in all its branches. I maintain, as 1 have ever done, leebly in deed, but earnestly, the constitutional rights ol the South, and thedutyof the North to abstain from ah interference with them ; an ! especially shall I aid in discountenancing aud di-coureging that lenatic.il spirit, and the unjustifiable expres sion o! i', which isdoing all it can do to make us two nations, with all the awful calami.ie wr.u h such a disaster would bring wi-li it. Do not abolitiomze thegre.it whig party, mid Mr. Clay. lam afraid hi< warning voice has been unheard or unheeded, and that the deed he feared and denounced has b-en done. And though we may regret, yit we are not respon sible tor this act of political suicide, but we aie responsible for the integrity of our own parly. D<> nut. my friends, do not abolitionize th- de mocracy. Let us have no fusion by which our fice gold is to be melted in the melting pot ot I {xrlitical amalgamation. Do not lower the st n ' .'laid of the party by an alloy of other metals. ■ We received it undebased from the patriarchs of i our faith. Undebased let us preserve it. I have as little personal interest, my fellow I citizens, in the determination of these questions ■ as any man who is now listening to me in this | numerous assemblage, be the other whom be I may. Having ( assed the term of human exis : fence assigned to man by the Psalmist —three score years and ten—l am warned that my bold upon life is a trail and a fleeting one. But I bel.eve tne duration of this government is closely interwoven with the duration ot our par ty. 1 have lived a democrat during my days which are passed, and I mean to live a demo crat during my days, however few, that are to come. The Richmond Enquirer, indeed, you see, has read me out of the party, proscribing rne, disavowing me, denouncing me, and lopping me off as a leprous limb; for these are the terms, in Hs might or in its wrath, which it employs. But I do not acknowledge its jurisdiction—l do not submit to its decree ot excommunication. I shall not say,as Mr. Webster said, under circumstan ces not entirely dissimilar, "Where shall X got lor Ido not mean to go any where. I mean to stand upon the ground 1 have occupied for had a century. 1 was a democrat in the days vvben the Richmond Enquire*- was * --rs ‘_ e tie bir’h oi its presetri. edrfois. i -*n among th very lew public men now living appointed to important civil offices by Mr. Jefferson, nearly fil*y years age; peibaps I am the only one. Anu I p. ize this testimonial ot the confidence of that great and pure statesman as one of the most pre cious memorials left to me; arid I feel that irom that day to this 1 have adhered to his principles, ! and have done nothing to forfeit his confidence i where he yet living. Doling a long and active I public career I have received tar more, and more ' important, pi oofs of the favor of my country than i 1 ever expected or merited. 1 carried little to I her service beside a desire to do my duty; and ' now. when mj days are almost numbered, and 1 my aspirations for political distinction are among I the tbir gsthat have been, if I can make no other ! return tor all this kindness, I shall make the re l turn of fidelity, by my adhesion to those princi j pies which have so long been the rule of my : public conduct. I have no griefs to assuage, no ! reseotments to gratify, no purpose to attain but i the great purposes ot the party and of the coun i try. My heart is filled with gratitude for all I * have received, and not with regret because I I have not received more. Animated by these sentiments, I shall hold on to rny party and its doctrines till my hold is broken by that great change which sooner or later comes to all. Bank of Augusta. This old and respectable institution has de clared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent, payable on demand. Considering the draw backs of the last two months, and trie fact, Hut as yet the Georgia Railroad, in which the Bank of Augusta owns about 2000 shares, has not de clared its usual fall dividend—this result is high ly satisfactory to stockholders, and creditable to the management of the Director’ Every one should rejoice iu the prosperity of this Bank. To the extent of its ability it has al ways shown a liberal disposition to the business men ot this community, and a spirit of good citi zenship. It might have followed other exam ples, and made more money by pursuing a Bio kei’s business with greater vigor; but it would have been possibly- at some hazard to itself, and certainly to no advantage to the community at large. Long may it continue the even tenor ot its way, prospering and to prosper. The Millen House. We have bad occasion several.times this sum mer to take supper at this house, kept by Rob ert Grey, at the junction of the Waynesboro’ and Central roads, and we never failed to get a nice, cornforta Jeand welh.erved repast. It has been our luck only once to breaklast and dine tfo-re having been detained at that point by a failure o' turns to connect. We were eq’ially well pleased w ith our entertainment then. The dinner, especi ally, reminded u-» of tl.c now celebrated Guilin Ho rse, 14 miles higher op the Central road.— The M illen House, in the dinners it can serve up, is no unworthy rival of that establishment. Suc cess to both. Inquiry having been made of the Philadelphia Inquirer as to the European Governments with which our own has a treaty for the mutual de livery of fugitives ftom justice in certain cases, tha’ journal has ascertained that we have such a treaty with Great Britain, Erance, Prussia, and wild most ol the States of tbe Qermanie Cou fi- J-- a ion Award of Hie Darien Bank Commissioners. The act oi the last session und< r which this Board was appointed, rendi red it imperative up o- r hi* Governor, to app,slt.» the Superior Coiirt of Baldwin county, in any case v ! *-,.■ th** award against the State, was for a sum < xr-eeding fifty rents upon the dollar ol tbe c! *i u. In <• se of a like v'erdicl in the Snpi iior C nirl, Hum he was directed to appeal, in Hie last resort, to the Su preme Court. The Chronicle Sentim/ is in er ror, therefore, in deprecating an appeal Irom the r> cent uwarl. It will perceive that the Gov ernor has no discretion in the matter. I'he censure, if applicable at al), is to tin- action ol the Legislature iu prescribing so tedious a pro cess for arriving at a final adjudication of these long deferred demands upon the honor and jus tice of the State. Beautiful Specimen of Needla Work That useful little instrument deserves to be e! 'vated to tbe dignity of the Fine Arts, and to be ranked with the Painter’s brush, and the Sculptor’s chisel; for we saw yesterday, at the Jewelry Store of Clark & Co., so exquisite a specimen of Needle that we could scarce, ly realize that it was not a finely executed paint ing. We may seem to speak extravagantly, but we are sure all who have seen the piece referred to, will acquit us of the charge ot saying too much. It is a piece of Needle Work repiesenting The Surrender of Mary, Queen of Scotts, to the Lords at Caibury Hill, Anno Domini, 1567. It is ex ecuted by Mrs. Juliet Bowdre, ol Macon, Ga.. daughter of Mr. Antony Labuzan, and niece ot Mr. Charles Labuzan, former resiJents ot this city. There are many figures in it, on horseback and on foot, every one of which is symmetrical and life-like, in attitude and coloring. The tints aud shades, whether of complexion oi drapery, are most delicate, and the fore-shortening and perspective are in the best style ot art. It is marvellous, that with such material, such results could be accomplished. The costumes of the beautiful Queen and her attendants, and of the stern Knights, by whom she is surrounded, are rich anil gotgeour. The horses also, -with theii rich caparisons, trie a sight to delight the eye ol an amulcur. Should this piece ot aft be exhibited at ourap proaehingFair, it will attract crowds of admirers. Large Profits from Advertising. I’he Sea Coast Sentinel, published at Biloxi, disputes tbe claim of tbe New York Tribune to the publication of the most costly advertisement that has ever been received by an American pa per. The Tribune’s pay was something less i than nine hundred dollars lor the first insertion. The Sentinel editor says that in ISII he pub ! fished a paper at Louisville, Winston county j Miss , during which year he had an advertise ment, on which the pay for the first insertion was about $2 200. It was published weekly three months, aud the cost, of the thirteen insertions was over $15,000. Subsequently, in 1813, in a paper published by him rn Noxubee county, he received from eleven to twelve thousand dollars for a similar advertisement. Several papers in other counties received about as much pay. The advertisements were lor tax sales, and the first one occupied, with the regular sheet ot his pa per and the extra, one hundred and twenty-tour columns. Those were “ Flush Times’’ in Mis sissippi.—Exchange paper. During the year 1841, there was a small pa per published at Hernandez, De Soto county, Miss., which, it the writer mistakes not, pub lished an advertisement of 11. same nature that amounted to $72,000. The above seem large amounts, but they are not over stated, as the facts are well known to all who were conirectel with “Newspaper pulrfislJ'ig” in that everittnl period, t..*-‘‘Flush Times” in Mississippi. The sale - above alluded to weie that ol land for ‘axes, .‘n I the amount waspaid in par funds, lhe S: .dr the prin ters, generally became trie p•vchusers al these sales. When the State was the purchaser, it was responsible to the printer for his fees. When the printer purchased, he either held good titles to the land,or the owners redeemed them. We remember the editor of the Sea Coast Sen ,linel, in these “Flush Times” he was Sheriff or Winston county, Miss. In order to make this $15,000, he purchased some type anil a printing press, and started a small newspaper at Louis ville. He employed two or three journeyman printers, had the advertisements put in type I and the paper printed off for the three months, all on the same forms, with merely the altera tions of the dates, and without a line oi anything else but these advertisements. This done, be discharged his printers. His office was in an old dry goods store, and he had his papers folded and arrrangerl in regular order as to dates,on the shelves. His business as Sheriff calling him to Jackson, he left a small negro boy to distribute his papers every Saturday; tbe negro misunder standing his instructions, commenced carrying out the papers from the wrong place, aud when the Sheriff returned home, he had his work all to doover again. These are not the only instances ot large amounts being made in tins way. We could enu merate several others, but they were not quite so profitable as those mentioned. Tvro. The City Bank. We publish this mormng, a vindication ol the City Bank from the aspersions thrown upon it by an Atlanta paper. As it is a new institution, now upon its first legs, we hope it will be al lowed a fair field for its operations. Its stock holders are among our most substantial citizens and it is a gross injustice to it to place it in the same category with the Wild Cat Banks. The Waynesboro Bailroad. In yesterday’s paper we mentioned that there were a large number of cars at Millen loading with cotton awaiting transportation to Augusta. We should have said loaded with goods, and awaiting transportation to Augusta. The engines for the passenger trains have been relied on l.i herto lor conveying these cars to Augusta. But recent delajs prove that this resource is in al* quide to the business. We hope soon to hear of an extra force being applied for that purpose. Hr. Robert Gray, the Agent at Millen, has pointed out to us, the mistake into which vze were Jed as to the kind of height lying over at Millen. As there is certainly no motive for the delay of up freight, we can not l.ut persurno that the accumulation at that point will soon cease tu be a subject of complaint. From the Washington Star, we learn that the Architect of the Treasury Department, Captain Beauman, of tbe U. S. Engineer corps, has just returned from a tour of examination with refer ence to the construction of the vaiious custom edifices authorized by Congress to be built. Hrs report containing the local information about will be ready ip about three weeks, utter which it is probable thatthe sites will be at once selected, and preparations promptly marie fcr'the construction of the edifices. Manufacturing Cabinets. W,* p-rc'-ivr that new arrangement.- ot He I‘ie-ident’s Cabinet are (lying on the wings of the tulegiaph ad ‘> v *f tlie country. All who recollect that fi r weeks before the inauguration of Gen. Pierce, the wires were busy in constructing a cabinet for him, will be cautious ol paying undue deference to those new telegraphic arrangements. Every day a new pro*>ramnrie was issued, and each succeeding day witnessed its contradiction. We shall patiently await more authentic intelligence than telegra phic despatches, which aie the meie rehash of street gossip. For tbo present we are content with the Cabinet as it is. What the Abolitionists say of the late Elections. Tnr. Xaiianal Era, published at Washington City, is a leading organ oi the Abolitionists. No paper has been more inveterate in its hostility to the President, hi this respect, the most rabid Whig presses, North or South, can claim over it .no superior in power. We refer, in this connec tion, to Whig papers South, because they have so industriously harped upon that single string, ‘ the Free Soil appointments and tendencies oi the Administration.” Here is what the S’alional Era says oi the late elections ••Pul tingnside the influence of Know-Nothing ism, th; political revolution which has been ac complished in the Iree States is the woik of a combination ot Whigs, Free Democrats, and members of the Democratic party disgusted by the pro-slavery policy of the Administration.” Honesty of the Postmasters. "X.” the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore S«>» gives some details of the immense work done i»y some of the government depart ments, illustrating the great industry and ef ficiency displayed by our officials. Among other interesting details he furnishes the following fact in reference to Postmasters: “ I have already stated that in spite of the in creased exposes of the increased usefulness of rhe Post Office department, such is tbe rigid economy vita which it is being managed, that with the increased revenue from postage it is ex pected that in about four years from now, pio vided the came economical administration of the department be continued, the revenue will cover the expenditure. Since the 4th of March. 1852, but one single defalcation has occmred, (in tbe postmaster at Troy, but the sub-treasury act be ing promptly applied, the whole amount was re i covered, aud no loss therefore was sustained by 'the department.) Considering that there are about 32.000 post-offices in the 11 rated States, tbe tact is certainly highly creditable, botn to the ad ministration of the Post Office department, and to the uisenmination used in the appointment oi postmasters.” A Reform Needed. Tbe Boston Transcript pourtrays a custom not peculiar to New England, in the following para graph. We publish it because the remarks are quite as applicable in southern localities, and our readers will all agree with the writer that the custom complained of “isa bad custom worth mending.”« One of the ugliest peculiarities incident to New England society needs a speedy reforma tion. We allude to tbe bad emtom of gossoping over a harmless and pleasant intercourse between young people ot opposi e sexes What we mean is this: 11 » young man is polite, and renders himself agreeable to a young female friend in ’the beaten way of friendship,’ (no matter bow intimate the families of both may bej stiWght w-y begin the s'y whisper and tha open cavil. B i y tongiv-’ pour into greedy ears the welcome news tfia> ’.. - was ■■■■• » walking onceot twice with Miss alone in broad day I Or, il t e above'mentioned gentleman invites his friend to the theatre or a concert, it is all over with them—a wedding may be expected shortly. What is t’.re consequence of all this foolish ness on the part of lookers on’ Simply this; a quiet, inoffensive young man is deprived of the society ota good tempered girl, who would im prove iris manners arid be ol great service to bi.n as friend. Very often, it he be deniedsoc*al in terchange of conversation in this way, or a ram ble with a pleasant companion, he will look elsewhere, not uufrequently out of tie pale ot respectability, for hrs associates. It is a bad custom worth mending, this constant espionage thus tyrapically held in our day, and we hope good sense and a better policy will tend to drive out so foul and wicked a habit.— Boston Trans cript. A respectable connected young man named Anderson B. Graham, of Wayne counly, New York, has been arrested on a charge of forging bounty land papers. Eighteen cases have al ready been discovered in which he was probably the ioiger, and other circumstances have brought to light the fact that he was connected in the business with a man named Josiah Hill, who is now under arrest in Philadelphia on a charge ot many similar offences. A party oi eight emigrants, while encamped l on the 21st tilt, on the south side of Platte River ' about 200 miles above Fort Keardey, were at- I tacked by fifteen Indians, who killed four of them and wounded one. The Indians fired one shot, which killed a yoong man. The emigrants then fired and killed or wounded several Indians, whereupon the savages returned the fire and killed several emigrants. The survivors made a rush at the savages and put them to flight. The Arkansas Legislature met at Little Rock on Monday the 6th, and oiganized. On Tuesday,the Governor’s Message was re ceived and read. A resolution was passed to go into the elec tion on the 10th, to fill the vacancy in the Uni ted States Senate occasioned by the resignation of Hon. Solon Borland, and also for the full term commencing on the 4th of March next. A Whole Family Killed.— We stated at the time of the great accident on the Rock Island railroad that the wife and two children ot Wm. C. Laughlin, of GettSburg, Pa., were among the killed. Within a few days news has been received ot thed. ath of Mr. Laughlin himself and his moth er, Catharine Laughlin. His niece, Mary, the only one left of the party, a bright little girl of some 6 or 7 years of ago, is also badly scalded, and at las! accounts was not expected to survive. Mr. Laughlin was on his way to lowa, where he had intended to purchase a property and com mence business. It is stated that Sir William Don has gone back to Europe for the purpose of getting a di vorce from his wife who is a German actress. It seems that this baronet expatriated himsell for three years, in order to make his application for a divorce valid. Mr. Samuel Nichols, residing near Pickens ville, attempted to commit suicide on Tuesday last. The instrument was a razor, with which two wounds were inflicted. The timely ap- pearr.hcd of Mrs. Nichols prevented the consum mation of the rash act. Tribute to the late Capt. Samuel C. Wilson This community will read with a melancholy interest the following well merited and touching tribute to lhe memory oi an estimable and gal lant gentleman, long and favorably known among us. More than once we have had occa sion to speak of his merits while he was yet a citizen among us. H was with much pain we announced some months ago, his departure from this city to take up hisaborde in our sister city of Charleston. We little thought then, bow soon we would be called on to unite with tbe many friends he had won there, in mourning a common loss in his untimely death. Wasuinqtoh Liout Inpantry, I Charleston, 8. C , November 23, 185*1 j At a regular Quarterly Meeting of our corps held last evening, the following preamble aud resolutions were offered by Ex-Captain Win. D Porter, and unanimously adopted : Among the many melancholy deaths of the past summer, none has touched us, as a body, so neatly as that of tbe late Captain Samubl. C Wri-soN. Our interest in him was of older date than his recent residence in this city. We had experienced his hospitality as Captain of the Clinch Rifles ol Augusla ; and had learned in bis former home and among bis earlier friends, to appreciate the kindliness of heart, the easy courtesy, and the frank, manly bearing which distinguished him as a man and a soldier. Un der happy auspices was laid tbe foundation of a friendship which was sundered only by death. And a death so sudden and under such touching circumstances! Many tears tell upon that grave I Many affections were buried there! Foroverit stood the widow already stricken unto death, and the helpless little orphans, bereaved, but al) unconscious of their loss. The removal ot Captain Wtlson to this city brought him into nearer contact aud closer inti macy wish us. As an Honorary member of our corps, he manifested a live!)* interest in its wel fare! Aud no more weleomejvisitor found a place at the dnd-(oom or the h-H. He was lhe true type oi the" citizen-soldietmodest, but brave, unpretending, but prompt and true to’du ty. He had faithfully served hjs country both hi war and in peace. And w hen he fell to bis I rest, a true soldier obeyed the call which sooner I or later mus*’ come to us all. We claim to mingle, with others, otir grief over this untimely grave. A friend and a I eeunsrllor has been lost to us; and in paying ?. I i tribute of respect to bis memory, vt: only in- | i dulge the emotions which spring naturally horn ; a friendship founded on mutual esteem. Be it thercfoie Resolved, That the Washington i Light Infantry deplore the death of their lati i Honorary Member, Captain SsMtrEi. C. Wiuso.n. I and tender their heartfelt sympathies to his sur viving relatives in their fflrction. Resolved, That the Officers and Members <lo wear crane upon thelelt arm at the next parade, and that a page in the Minute Book be inscribed with the name of Samuel C. Wrusox and de dicated to his memory. Resolved, That a Copy of the Preamble and Resolutions be communicated by the Secretary to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That the Preamble and Resolutions j be published in the daily papers of this city and ■ Augusta. i Extract from the Minutes. Donald McQueen.Secretary W. L. I. (communicated.) Tribute of Respect. At a late meeting of the American Whig So ciety. in the College ol New Jersey, the follow mg Preamble and Resolutions were unanimous ly adopted: Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of his providence, to remove from our midst, Thomas J. TEtres, a member of our Sister Society, (the Cliosophic) and one of our most beloved companions Therefore— Be il Resolved, t hat we do heartily condole w*itb the relatives of the deceased in their be reavement. Be a Resolved That we deeply sympathize with the Cliosophic Society in the loss they have sustained in the death of a member, whose tal ents commanded the respect, and whose virtues , the ioveof his fellow-students . Be it further Resolved, That in token of our re spect for the memory of the deceased, we wear the usual badge of mourning lor thirty days. Jltso, be it Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions bo sent to the family of the deceased, to the Cliosophic Society, and that they be publish ed in the Princeton Press, and the Augusta (Ga.) papers. Suspended Western Banks.—Forthepres i ent we hear of no more suspensions of western I banks; but if there are any more of the same j ilk as those already reported it should not be I deemed anything of a calamity if they too ! should shut ;p shop, that the public may then j havedone with them. For the seke of keeping I our readers posted, we extract the following list I of suspended western banks, from Thompson’s I Reporter, ot Nov. 13. i The Union Bank, Chicago. Ill.; tbe Bank of I Napiervrile,Napierville, 111; the City Bank, of i Chicago, III.; tne Mechantics’ Bank, of Chicago. ! Ill; and the Famera’ Bank, of Chicago, III; are j said to have failed; also, the Mechanics and j Traders’ Branch ot the State Bank of Ohio, Cin i cinnati, Ohio ; the Sandusky City Bank, Ohio ; , the Farmers’ Joint Stock Banking Company, Canada; the Bank of Circleville, Ohio; the Exchange Bank, Buffalo, New York ; the Canal Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, the City Bank o! Co lumbus, O. Seven more Indiana Banks are under protest, viz:— Wayne Bank, Logansport; State Stock Bank Indiana, Peru; Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash; Peru County Bank, Cannelton; Stuben County Bank, Angola; Traders’ Bank, Terre Haute; Great Western Bank, Terre Haute. It is proper to add that a number of merch ants ot the city ol Chicago, Illinois, have agreed to receive at par the bills of the banks of that city, which has had a eool effect, but the excite ment nevertheless continues, as lhe holders want specie not goods for their hills. The Union Bank of Chicago was owned by I Forrest Brothers, and the City Bank, owned by | Bradley. Curtis & Co. I The Failure of the Mechanics’and Traders’ ! Bank of Cincinnati is not of much importance. I It has been in process of closing its business for some time past, under tbe supervision of the board of control. Its capital in August last, was only $60,000, and its circulation $47,339. The deposits and circulation are paid without inter ruption. Jude Crawford’s Retirement.—By refer- I | ren to the proceedings of a meeting ot the j I Members of tbe Bar of Chot’ahoocbee District, | I .i< !<! at Cusseta, during the session of the Stipe- j I r;or Court in that place last week, it will be per- I reived that the terms of clnce of Judge Craw- I lord expired ou Monday the 13th inst., anti that ' Judge Worrrl, ol i’albot county, has assumed the responsible duties ol the office as his successor. The occasion was one of much interest, and while the proceedings must have been highly gratifying to Judge C. as a spontaneous expres sion of the confidence of so large a representa tion of his professional brethren as were present at the time, we ate happy to believe that the I sentiment throughout the Circuit wherein, du- i ring bis term of office, he has acquired a most enviable {reputation for the promptness, energy and impartiality with which his various duties have been discharged. I’he high character of Judge Won ill, as a man and a lawyer, leaves no room to doubt that lie will prove in every respect well qualified for the delicate and responsible functions which now devolve upon him.— Colnmbns Enijuricr. “I w.sh I’d a Thousand a Year.” E”ery now and then one stumbles upon a good old thing which )ie never saw nor heard ol be fore Some time last winter we purchased a lot of mu’ie. :*m<’i!L* w hich several songs were throw n in bv ’■ «• irui-ic. vender in a sort of genteel-care less way. One of these we soon round to be a gear in itr line. Its style ant title r 5 given in H e ills ve c>!; ‘i*>c It was written ami com no <‘d by Ahred Morland, dedicated ’o Chas. Dickens, and purports to have been “sung with unbounded applause” before an English audience by Mr. Rainrtord, (a brother we believe of our leti.w-ci’izen Mr James Rainsford, and cele brated in England a- a Baritone < f great sweet ness arid power.) We commenced this piece to the lover s a good song. It is, of course, only adapted to of gentleman’s voice. The words we append and point every read ’ r so the moral lesson they convey: “ I wish I’d a thousand* a year, How happy ard joyous I’d be, For nothing should I have to fear, And sorrow should vanish from me I’d help both the poor vof iii>* roesed, I d dry tho lone vrid-.x s mdtoar. Tire orphans that mourn should be blest. If I had a thousand a year. Ok ■’ I ur -h Cd a tkousaud a year * No matterwhatevr might betide. If Providence blosseu m nilh Iroalth Doing good should he ever my pride And tbuswoul l I scatter my wealth. All this would I d<> d’ye sou The hungry and miked tv cheer. All around should be happy like me If I had a thou-and a y* ar— Ok ■' I wish I'd a thousand a year ' 8o now my friends take my advice, When charity’s cause shall appear, Ttoyour best, and, that will suffice .is though you’d a thousand a year. You’ll then have tho thanks of the poet And with it warm gratitude’s tear; Oh nothing would I covet more If I had a thousand a ye sr— Oh. ! 1 wish I'd a thousand a year There are some genuine, whole-souled senti ments lor yon 1 Ponder them well, ye who bear down upon the weak that ye may pile brghet your money heaps! Could you but hear them sung as they ought to be. it might be that Hie veriestskinflini; among you would give a penny the lu S 1 uoe he met a distressed fellow creature —yes, i. !'.>•■ re for nothing else than to rid his conscience <>f the ringing sound which tha noble old song had r : i*i bis ears.— Edge field Mverl iser. *fhis terra hero r*as io view a thousand pounds sterlin. g Chattanooga Pork Enterprise. On yesterday morning we had the plea, sure of witnessing the opening operations of this; estab* lishment, and the occasion « not an unimpor tant one, as a crowd of some 200 persons assem oled might bespeak. Mr. English, tbe foreman, has but recently returned from Cincinnati with ' live experienced workmen, and with the addi ' 'ion of some 20 or 30 found here and there, the force is complete for doing execution, and the | ease and skill with which those Cincinnati men f do their work, show them fully acquainted with i their profession. This enterprise of Messrs. Chandler & McCamy is large, and one that ad j dresses itself to tne interests of all wbo have any i hogs to be killed. Their proposals for slaughter ' ing, in our estimation, are immoderately low— I lor instance, they slaughter, dress, and hang j them on the hooks lor the entra™, and what greater inducement could be presented tor driv ; ing to this house. And for a half penny on the i pound they slaughter, and prepare the pork into I hams, sides and in every way for market. These • inducements, we opine, will command the atten- I tion of all as being worthy of the most favorable I consideration of all wbo have pork to prepare.— I And by the way that Smoke House of which we I have heretofore spoken, is tremendous—in our previous statemerit'we said it was tbe largest in Tennessee, and since then we learn, through the medium ol the gentlemen from Cincinnati, that this smoke house ol Messrs. Chandler it McCa my surpasses anything of the kind there, and since learning this we have no doubt but that it is the finest and largest ol any in the United jSfntes. vye undeirt-H *1 these gentlemen have ioun 2 000 hegs to slaughter, which willbedone as soon as the weather admits. Let it once be ' known what is tie extent ol this establishment, and ail East Tennessee must look to it as the i centre ot operations— Chattanooga Advertiser, I 21SZ inst. I - I Foreseen Fun.—The New Orleans Picayune j says: “We have heard in our day of legal quib ! fries, but >1 a Philadelphia lawyer can beat the ! following, lately argue*! to a jury in this city, he ■ can take our bat —ay, and our corduroys. The I prisoner is on trial for entering a house in the : night-time, with intent to steal. Tbe testimony i was clear that h ■ made all opening sufficiently I large to admit the upper part of his body, and I through which he protruded himself about half way. and stretching out his arm committed the ’ theft. Mr. Obfusticate Brief addressed the jury: 'What an outrage !’ (looking horrified, and with i outstretched and trembling.arms.) I repeat, what I au outrage upon your intelligence and yourcom -1 mon sense ! Is it for the State’s Attorney to j ask at your bands the conviction of my client lon such testimony ? The law is against entering i a house—and can a man be said to enter a house • when only one half of his body is in and the j other half out I Gentleman, look to the Divine i Law on this point. God commanded Adam aud I Eve not to eat the apple— i. e. the whole apple, i And all the commentators agree that if they had ; only eaten one-half they would not have been ex- I nelied from the blooming garden of Eden ’ The ; jury brought in a veMict of ‘guilty’ as to one half of his body, from the waist up and ‘not i guilty as to tbe other half.’ The judge sentenc ed the gulity half to one year’s imprisonment, leaving it to the prisoner’s option to have the innocent part cut off, or take it along with liiin.” Highly Important from the Sandwich j Islands.—The following most important intelli j getree from the Sandwich Islands is from a per ! reetly reliable source,and maj* bedejieiided i pon. ' By a recent private letter from Honolulu, we I learn that » messenger will leave that city very j soon for Washington with a treaty oi annexa j tion, which has been drawn up in proper form, ; but not yet signed, as Judge L*e, who was di j rected by our Government to witness the srgna ! tures of the instrument in question, has been ' obliged to absent himsef from Honolulu on ac | count of ill-health, and consequently has not * i been able yet .to attend to the duty assigned to j him. Tbe treaty is to be signed by all the Chiefs, I and they are each to receive a pension which i ceases with the death of the recipient, with the j exception of the pension to be paid to the King, ' which is to be transferred to Alexander in case be shall survive his Majesty. It is understood that the whole amount to be paid in pensions will be somewhere from three to four hundred thousand dollars per annum. The property be longing to the present government of the Islands is to be purchased outright by our give nrrieut lor a fixed sum. i’he above items of intelligence may be relied upon as correct, as they come Iroru the high- st authority — Boston Chronicle. Tin: “ Mocking Bird.”—The Winnsboro Register, speaking of a concert recently given by Miss Ellen Bienan iu his town thus writes ot our charming friend : “In the Swiss Song, when Miss B. would give her voice full compass and elevation, we would almost imagine we heard its echo playing like an enchantment among the hills of Swit zer’s home. And as she would restrain, modu late and adapt it, as her own refined conception and taste would dictate, with as much ease and mastery as an Arab would rein in his full coursing steed, with emotions of pride we thought we could honestly in our judgement, concede to her the palm of excellence over every other vocalists we had ever heard, and we felt that there was an eloquence in song, as in oratory that could sway the mind and passions of men with the same facility aud power.
