AUGUSTA* GA.
S.Vi'l UDIY,
Goa Case.
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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.
