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I’.Y WILLIAM S. JONES
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THURSDAY MORNIMG,. .. .AUGUST »8.
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SAMUEL BARNETT) Associate Editor.
The Caban News.
Much of our space (his morning is devoted
H to 'the melancholy and heartrending details
Eof the nows from the ill fated expedition
■ against Cuba under Gen. Lofkz. Contra-
Idictory as the accounts a T e, it is indeed difficult
■ for the mind to arrive at any positive or fixed
as to the actual state of things, and
■we must for a period longer await in suspense
anxiety for more authentic and reliable
Intelligence. Notwithstanding this uncar
tainty, however, we fear, much as wo wish
otherwise, that ere this, the whole expedition
0. has shared the same fate as the fifty, whosa in
* discriminate slaughter we have already re
corded. Deplorable as was (lie fate of these
unfortunate victims, it is gratifying to believe
that the first accounts of the cruelty and bar
barity of the pepulace to them before, at the
moment of, and after their execution, are not
true. But on the contrary, the most reliable
informaticn from American citizens, justifies
the belief that they were tried and executed,
MRBording to tho usages of war under sich
oV.-cuinstanca , aud decently interred. VVe
hope, sincerely, for the honor of civilization
and the cause of humanity, that this statement
is true.
Wedded as are the American people to lib
eral and free institutions, anil sympathising, as
we always d >, with tho oppressed of all nations
who are struggling for freedom, the cause of
the Cubans will inspire a deep aud thrilling
interest in every American bosom; while tho
slaughter of those brave sons will excite an
almost universal fee ing of indignation, not
withstanding they entered upon the expedition
with a full knowledge of the fate that awaited
them if they wore unsuccess r ul in their efforts
l | to give liberty to Cuba.
Death of M. 91. Dye*
We are pained to aniMgjcce the death of
■ Martin M Dye, Kaq., lase vs Savannah He
f, died a-Madison, whither he had gone with
| the hope of regaining his heilth, on Tuesday
the 26;h inst. after a protrae'ed and severe
illness, ftotn wnich he partially recovered,
when it was deemed advisable that he should
visit the up country. Bat alas! too late. A
native of So ith Carolina, he had been long a
residontof Georgia, where he se tied in early
life. He frequently represented the citizens
of Burke county in the Legislature, whence
he removed to this city, and was for several
years its chief Magistrate. He was universally
esteemed for his high integrity and the excel
lent qualities of his heart, and has gone down
to the grave enjoying the reputation of an hon
est man, and chrinian.
The following gentlemen were appointed
on the 26th inst, to represent the 4th Ward
at the meeting of the Constitutional Union
Party, which is to assemble on Tuesday next,
the 2nd September, to nominate candidates
for t e Senate and House of Representatives
for Richmond County: Jaees B. Hart, T. C
Bridges, W. H. Goodrich, and John K.
Jackson.
Second Ward Delegates.— -The following
gentlemen have been appointed delegates
from the Second Ward to the county conven
tion of the Constitutional Union Party.
Wm. J. Owens,
Lewis Levy,
John R. Crocker,
Porter Fleming.
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Tbe Diorama at Concert Ilall,
We invite attention to tiie Card of the pro-
prietors of the Dissolving Scenes of the
Crystal Palace, and views of London and New
Orleans, announcing three mere exhibitions.
We are pleased to see an increasing apprecia
tion of these really fine works of art, by our
citizens.
TpE Havana Prisoners.— Tne National
Intelligencer of Monday says : We undar
i stand that a despatch to the Department of
State from the American Consul at Havana
states that all the prisoners were tried, (we pre
sume by a military tribunalJ previous to their
execution.
For the Chronicle 8f Sentinel.
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To tbe Voters of Elbert County.
In the Chronicle & Sentinel of the 9th ult., I see
eome questions propounded by a number of you, to
the candidates for the Legislature, requesting plain
I answers to the same as early as possible. I deem
p your right to know the opinions of those who seek to
Sr represent you, unquestionable, and therefore cheer
i fully proceed to comply with your request:
H I approve the report and five resolutions appended
H thereto, adopted by the Georgia Convention in De-
Jm cernber last, and believe them to be the proper action
I that should have been taken at that time in the pre-
M mises.
[m The language referred to in the second question,
K held by tbe Southern Rights Convention in Miiledge-
I ville, on the 28th day of May last, I do not believe to
isl he true.
Tbe language and resolution referred to in the
I ■ fourth question, adopted by tho Nashville Convention
1 last year, I do not approve, advise or sanction.
I consider myself connecled with the Constitutional
I | Union party, and shall act wi'h that party if elected.
If lam opposed to all further agitation of the slavery
I question, provided the compromise measures are fairly
oarried out aud enforced.
Ti am satisfied with, and am willing to abide by,
the Uaion as it is.
Very respectfully, See., Wm. H. Adams.
Later from Hayti. —The schooner Louisi
ana, which arrived at Boston on the 23d inst.,
from Aux Cayes. which port sha left on the Ist
inst., states that the English and French Con
suls had given public notice that they would
blockade every port in the Island in case the
Haytiena commenced hostilities against the
Dominicans. „
The first parcel of the new Coffee crop had
been delivered, and there is now no donbt of
the immensity of the yield. Coffee has in
consequence fallen from SIOO to SBS, liaytien
currency.
Tbe Alberti Case.
The Constitutionalist was “shocked” at our
littis notice of its own misrepresentations of
this ease. What more does the case prove
than what (if correctly reported) we admitted
it to prove 1 to wit: “that the law of Penn
sylvania—not the law of the United States—
was not faithfully administered”—“that the
j ary was corrupt, and the judge arbitrary and
tyrannical”—that the unfaithful administra
tion of the law shows “much prejudice and
fanaticism upon the subject of slavery at the
North.”
Does it prove any thing more 7 Then let
that paper show what it is. We are notable
to torture it into any thing more. Its anxiety
to find fault with the government and laws of
tho Uuited States may add keenness to its
vision.
The Constitutionalist says, we stated “that
Alberti was not tried under the present
Fugitive Slave Law , but the old law of 1793.”
So we did state, ani such was the fact.
“What of that? How does that alter the
vitlsny of the transaction 7” In no way.
We did not say it altered it. We only assert
ed that your paragraph was full of loose sta e
ments, of which the foregoing was one.
“ The most ignorant man in the Southern
States will tell you that if his Negro woman
runs away and gives birth to a child i,i a free
State, the condition of the child will follow
that of the mother.” We know the most
ignorant man will tell you this. But those
who are well informed upon the law are better
authority, and will tell you the contrary. We
regret (hat the law is not otherwise, hut our
wishes are not law makers. Why does not
Mitchell claim Joel as his s’ave 7 Why 7
If he wanted Betsey, bad enough t) send for
hej, why is h so indifferent to owning Joel
also 7
Nor was our argument based simp’y on the
fact that Joel, under tho law of Pennsylvania,
was free. The agent of Mitchell had no
power of Attorney except for the mother.
Freeman or slave, he had no authority to take
him. ,
The Constitutionalist charges us with
“k eping back” part of tho Judge’s charge.
We inserted none of it. We only stited tho
facts necessary to rectify its own misrepresen
ta tions.
Finally, it inquires uoon what we base our
diebelirf of the truth of tho report? Our
criterion of truth varies from that of that
journal. We beiieve what has been proved
to us. He seems to believe what has not
been disproved. Dees not the present case
itself show the necessity of caution, for with
the caso before him (twico published we be
lieve) his statement of it would have led to
the various misconceptions pointed out in our
a, tide
Yet the Constitutionalist is ‘'shocked!'' It
will bo shocked still more at its want of suc
cess. if it undertakes to torture the case into
proving more than we admit it to prove.
For the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
To Aamuel D. Blackwell.
Your communication, addressed *‘to the
voters of Elbert county,” which made its ap
pearance in the Chronicle & Sentinel of the
13th inst., purports to be your answers to the
questions propounded to you, by a number of
the citizens of this county. You premise, by
saying that you “believe it to be the privilege
of tbe citizens to know of those, who wish to
serve them, their views upon the exciting ques
tions of th 3 day ;” and again, that you “ take
pleasure in responding to the questions pro
pounded.” Tuese sentiments arc laudable;
they would do you credit if they were penned
in sincerity of heart. But did you really be
lieve, when you concluded by tehing your
fellow-citizens that “ such were your views,”
that you had “fully and clearly ” answered off
tho questions put to you 7 If such was your
opinion, you must have relied upon yonr mem
ory By reference to those questions, seven in
number, you will perceive that you hare an
swere I only the last two. Your replies to these
two are satisfactory. But you must admit that
they fail to identify you with either parly, inas
much as such opinions are held by many of the
Southern Rights men of this county, in com
mon with tho Union party. Your position is
still an equivocal one Your sentiments upon
those other questions, are to the people as a
sealed book. They are considered by those
who proposed them, as important test ques
tions; hence, they have requested you to an
swer them. You acknowledge their right to
know your opinions; wherefore do you refuse
to give them 7 You have not even deigned to
give a reason. Do you consider them irrele
vant 7 If they are not connected with the
issues of tin day, an answer would at least be
respectful, and could uot hurt you. If, as we
think, they are important, then it becomes es
sential that you give your views, and not the
shadow of an excuse is left you.
But are they not important? Let us see.—
One of them seeks an opinion upon the report
and resolutions passed by the Georgia Con
vention in Deoember last. You surely canuot
pretend that this is unimportant, for that report
uud those resolutions constitute the principles
of the Union party. Yet you have failed to
answer it.
Another desires you to say whether you be
lieve to be true, certain language held by the
Southern Rights Convention, in the preamble
to their resolutions. Do you say that this is
uot a proper question 7 Why that language is
a part of the creed of that party. No answer
appears to this.
You have likewise failed to give your opin
ion upon the Nashville resolution, in relation
to which you were interrogated. Whatever
may be your belief, the people al so thought
this important.
By another you were asked to declare with
which of tba two parties, now organised in
AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29 1851,
| Georgia, you consider yourself connected,
and with which you intend to set if elected.
To this you have maintained the same unac
countable silence. Yet it is easily answered
You have hsd ample time to acquaint yourself
with the policy of each party. Your convic
tions must, ere this, have established in your
mind some preference either for the one nr the
other. But, I repeat, that your position be
fore the public is an equivocal one. You ad
mit that the people have a right to know where
you stand. If they have, it is your duty to
tell them. If you are a Union man, boldly
And Openly proclaim it; if your judgment
leads you to approve (be course of the other
party, then run up their flag and stand by it.
Your own good judgment must teach you
that this is strictly right and proper ; yon “can
not serve two masters.” You cannot, how
ever enlarged your liberality, fight at the same
time, for two parties diametrically opposed to
each other.
If you have uot yet formed opinions upon
those questions, which v ou have omitftd to
notice, why did you not appeal for 'urther
indulgence to a liberal and generous hearted
people 7 If you have, and they are to be
uniform and coneittent, what better mode can
you adopt to give them publicry, than thr ugh
the columns of a widely circulated paper.
It surely cannot be your deliberate purpose,
alter what you have said, to override and tram
ple under fool that great principle, which lies
at the foundation of our republican system,
that the people are sovereign—that they are
the law makers ; and that in order to enable
them to carry into effect their will and wishes,
through their representatives, it is essential,
that they know before they cast their votes,
what are the opinions of those who seek thsir
suffrages. We will know by waiting.
To sum up: the ca-e with you at present
stands thus: you ask the people to vote for
you; they ask you what your opinions aro
upon certain important questions. You re
fuse to give your opinions; can you expect to
get their votes 7 They cannot force you to
answer, nor can you force them to vote for
you.
You havo however, yet ample time to an
swer tally, and the Chronicle & Sentinel will,
I have no doubf, with a generous liberality
extend to you the use of its columns lor that
purpose. A Voter.
Senatorial Nomination.
August 19, 1951.
The committees representing the counties of
Jasper and Putnam met at Whitfield’s to-day,
to nominate a candidate to represent this Sena
toriai district in the next Legislature, when
On motion of E. Calloway, Coi. A. Newton
of Jasper, was called to the Chair and on motion
of 11. T. Davis, R. J. Wynne of the county of
Putnam was appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been briefly
explained by the Chairman, .Vlr E. L. Bussey of
Jasper, proposed that Wesley Griggs. Esq., of
the county of Putnam be nominated by acclama
tion as a suitable candidate to represent this
district, which was carried by a unanimous
vote.
On motion of Reuben Jordon, a committee of
four consisting of Reuben Jordan, A. 0. Mattux
R. J. Wynn and S. S. Akins was appointed to
inform Mr. Griggs of his nomination, and re
quest his acceptance of the same.
R. T. Davis ottered tho following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved , That wo will uso all honorable means
to secure the election of the candidate this day
nominated.
Resolved, That we heartily concur in the nom
ination oi Hon. Howell Cobb for Governor of
Georgia, and believe his election will best pro
mote the iniorests ol our State.
Resolved, That we have an unshaken confi
dence in the “exposition and resolutions” known
as the “Georgia Platform,” as being correct in
principle and sound in policy.
On motion cf A. C. Mattux the proceedings
of this meeting were ordered to be published.
On motion the committee adjourned.
After the adj >urnment the delegates together
with a large and respectable crowd that had as
sembled, repaired to the academy where R. T.
Davis, Esq., upon invitation addressed them
about an hour and a quarter, on the history and
position of parties in Georgia.
The assembly then dispersed in harmony and
good feeling. A. Nbwton, Cti’n.
R. J. Wynne, Sec’y.
Public Meeting in Elbert.
Previous notice having been given, a large number
of the citizeus of Elbert county, convened at Elber
ton, on Monday, 18th inst., for the purpose of adopt
ing some effectual means to prevent the introduction
of the Small Pox within the limits of this county.
The meeting was organized by culling Kev. Thos.
Hearn to the Chair, and appointing Wm. M. Mcln
tosh, Esq., Secretary.
On motion, Robert McMillan, Thomas W. Thomas,
Wm. M. Mclntosh, Robert Hester, John H. Jones,
George Gaines aud Thomas B, Buliard, were ap
pointed a Uomtniu.ee to recommend suitable mea
sures to botak.cn by the citizens of this county, to
prevent the spread of the Small Pox.
After a recess of aa hour they made the following
Report:
The Committee, appointed to report to the citizens
of Elbert, here assembled, some effectual means to
prevent the spread of the Small Pox into this county
beg leave to submit tbe f Mowing:
We have learned, from various aushentic sources,
so as to leave but little doubt on our minds, that a
malignant and infectious disease prevails in the
neighboring county of O r lethorpe, and is spreading
rapidly in the direction of Elbert. This disease
we believe to be Small Pox, and we also believe the
danger of its spreading among tbe people of this
county, to be imm.nent and pressing, unless means
be speedily taken to protect ourselves. We there
fore make to (hi meeting, and t'-e people of Elbert
county, the following recommendations, us the best
means now in our power to a opt, to protect ourselves
against the contagion.
Ist. We recommend that ail passing into Elbert
county, either of persons or things, be stopped at
once, at Baker’s, Bullard’ , Oliver’s, Vaughn’s, Mar
lin’s. Moore’s, Nash’s, Dudley’s,and Daniel’s ferries,
on Broad River, and at all other crossing places
Detween the two extreme points.
2d. We recommend that a Sentinel be pieced at
every other ferry, and other crossing place on said
ri7er, and that it be the duty of said Sentinel to pre
vent all persons or things from the infected districts,
from passing into Elbert county, and to exercise hiß
discretion in ascertaining the persons or things inter
dicted hereiu.
3d. We recommeud that every citizen be vigilant
and active in delecting parsons coming into this coun
ty, in violation of tin foregoing regulations; and
that the people band together in sufficient numbers
to send such persons back, and to use all necessary
means for that purpose, aud we pledge ourselves to
sustain them in doing so.
4th. We recommend that tho owners of the fer
ries, named in the first foregoing regulations, be rea
sonably compensated out of the county funds, to be
judged of by the Inferior Court, for all losses sus
tained by them, iu complying with said first regula
tion.
6th. We recommend that the people living on
Broad River be vigilantin preventing the passage, to
and from Elbert county, of negroes or others, by
means ol balteaus ; and that ail such means of pas
sing the river be destroyed or secured.
Oth. We recommend that the Chairman appoint a
Committee of Vigilance, to consist ol Five, to see
that the forogoing regulations are earned out and
enforced, and that they lane all necessary sieps to
accomplish the same, and for that purpose they may
appoint agents and sub-committees.
7th. We call upon the Governor to use all the
power in him vested, Co prevent the spread of the
f Small Pox into Elbert county, and that a copy of the
proceedings of this greeting be sent to hiat.
Bth We recommend that J udge Baxter be request
ed to adjourn the Superior Court of Elbert county to
some time not sooner than the first day of December
next, and that a copy of these proceedings be sent to
him.
9th..We recommend to the people to be vaccinated
at once, and also that these regulations be observed,
until, in the opinion of the Vigilance Committee, the
danger from contagion shail have passed away. All
of which, after due deliberation, was adopted . y the
meeting.
On motion of Maj. A. Hammond, the following re
commendation was adopted;
We recommend to the people of Elbert county to
suspend all meetings of every description, as fur as
practicable, until it is ascertained tbat the danger
from the Small Pox is over.
Wil !iam A. Swift, Esq , introduced the following,
which was also adopted s
We recommend that all owners of slaves be request'
ed to keep them at home, and that the proper author
ities be requested to see tbat the patrol laws be strict
ly enforced.
Allred Hammond, Thomas W. Thomas, Ira Chris
tian, George Gaines and Jett Thomas, Esj’rs , were
appointed by ths Chair the Committee of Vigilance.
On motion, it was, Ordered, That the foregoing
proce, ; iga be published in the Chroni jie & Sentinel.
The meeting then adjourned.
THOMAS HEARN, Chairman.
Wm. M. Mclntosh Secretary
From the Baltimore American—by Jtlegraph
New York, Aug. 24.—The meeting at the
Park Inst night was not so largely attended.
Rynders and Carr were the principal speakers,
the latter of whom was especially abusive of
the President An expedition is said to be fit
ting out from here.
St. Louis, Aug, tl2d. —The steamer Jas.
Hewitt while being taken on the dry dock,
sank with the dock. The steamer was insured
far $15,000, but the dock, which cost $25,000,
was uninsured. Both are a total loss.
Cincinnati, Aug. 23 d. —The Cuban news is
creating great excitement, and the papers here,
as woll us citizens who were opposed to the
Cuba expedition, are severe upon the Spanish
Gove-oment for their brutal treatment of tho
prisoners, und tiie outrage upon the Falcon.
80.- ton. Aug. 23.—A letter received here
from Havana, states that the si> men shot there,
had in the first place, takeu a town, and hold it
for t ee days, without a solitary patriot joiuing
them. It was probably therefore their coavic
tiou of their desperate situation which made
hem attempt to escape.
From the Bulletin of 22nd in&t.
Riot in New Orleans*
We are pained to be under the necessity of
having to chronicle an occurrence which is per
haps more rare in New Orleans than in any city
of the Union. Yesterday moning it was an
ticipated, that an attack would be made upon
the o.Tiee of La, Union , a Spanish paper publish
ed in the First Municipality ; the grounds for
this expectation were, the intemperate and in
judii »us course pursued by that paper during
the agitation of the Cuba question, which has
been occupying tho public mind for some time
past. We have latterly prudentially avoided any
alius on to the articles which have appeared in
that iheet, because we did not choose to incur
the reproach of fanning the Same of excitement,
or expediting a result which was sure to ensue
soon ror later; they have, however, been most
prov <kinglyinsulting, and we cannot extenuate
the unwise and unjust course that the conduc
to 1 ,» ’bat press have pursued. Wo most sin
cerely lament the calamity that nas oefalicn
them, but they have brought it upon them
selves ; for they have exercised a license by
indiscriminately abusing individuals, and stig
matizing them with the most opprobious terms,
which even in this free country is nothing less
than abuse.
The mob proceeded in their work of demoli
tion calmly and deliberately; the made their
attack jjpon the office of La Union about 4
o’clock the hour designe i in placards posted
abou' the streets. They took out the press by
piece meal, which they carried about the streets
as trophies, first destroying the cases, type, fur
niture, fixtures, etc. They paid a visit to the
Spanish Consul, whom they treated with rough
courtesy. Tho cause of provocation, as we un
derstand, being his refusal, or omission, to de
liver the letters from the murdered victims to
their friends which had been directed to him.
No injury was done to him personally, or to
his property. They then proceeded up to . St.
Charles street, and vented their hostility upon
the tenants of the corner of Gravior and St,
Charles streets, wito are Spaniards, and noted
as vendors of choice Cigars. It is said that
some provocation was given by the occupants
of the building, which excited ihe crowd to acts
of violence, which might have been avoided.
Os this, we know nothing, only by report. We,
however, with a number of our citizens, wit
nessed the outrages that were committed, and
one sentiment of surprise, mortification and in
dignation prevailed among the spectators, that
there was no demonstration made by the public
authorities to interpose, or suppress the distur
bance, as at one time might easily have been
done. The next place, or places of visitation,
were divers coffeehouses, the proprietors of
whom were Spaniards ; after destroying the
liquors, glasses and furniture pf these, the ran
cor of the crowd seemed to have spent itself,
and by 12 o’clock quiet was restored, and ,l or
de* reigned in New Orleans.”
This is the first riot that has occurred in New
Orleans for a number of years. la the early
part of the afternoon it assumed an ugly aspect,
and serious consequences were apprehended,
particularly as the rioters seemed to have it all
their own way, without any let or hindrance.
During the evening the sutnoriiies wore on
the alert, and efficient steps were taken to insure
order.
We leaien that but few of the “ Filibusters”
were participants in these outrages, and we
know that many of them condemned the violent
proceedings of the mao in the strongest terms.
Tfurc were no buildings destroyed or even de
faced, and the destruction of property was in
considerable. We have no apprehension of a
revival of the disturbances.
The account of the Flying Experiment re
cently published in some of the French papars,
and copied into some of those in this couutry,
is pronounced to be a hoax. Galtgnani’s (Pa
ris) Messenger says :
Some of the journals have published a long and
very detailed account of u pretended experiment by
a M. D’Arville, wrth a flying machine. We were
convirced at the time that this was a hoax, and there
fore did not give it. The Gazette de France of yes,
terdav states, on the authority of persons who were
mentioned as having been present ut tho experiment,
that every line of the article was pure invention.
Stork.— lt commenced blowing a gale of
wiud on Saturday night from S. to S. E , and
continued during tho night and groater part of
Sunday. I*he wind blew with the greatest vio
'ence between daylight and 12 o’clock Sunday,
at which time it commenced abating. During
that time a hrge number of trees and fences
were b<ovvn down, and others were considera
bly damaged. In South Broad street there are
at least seventy five trees down. In the other
streets there are large numbers more or less
injured many of them very valuable as shade
trees and ornaments to the city. The Housos
on Casset Row were considerably injured by
tho blowing off' the tin on the r of.
There are several other houses in the
southern portion of the city in oourse of erec
tion, slightly damaged. No injury was done
to the shipping in port, and the wind blowing
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from such u direction as to enable those ves
sels on the coast to make a good good offing,
we are in hopes they will escape without dam
age, — Sav. Republican,
Extraordinary Petrifaction and othbb
Curiosities. —The steamer St. Ange, Capt. La
barge, arrived at St. Louia July 30 from the
Yellow stone, after a voyage of fity-two days.
Capt L. informs us that for ten years past he
has, in every successive annual trip, observed a
remarkable looking solitary cedar tree standing
npon a bleak and elevated point, about fifty
miles below the mouth of the Yellow Stone.
While coming down this last trip, he saw that
his old acquaintance had fallen to the earth.
Cariosity led him to the spot, which was about
half a mile from the river, and perhaps 700 feet
above its level, when he found, to his surpise,
that the whole tree was in the most perfect state
of petrifaction. Judging from the shortness of
the interval since he had seen it standing, it
must have been in that condition while standing
erect as it had grown. The trunk was about
thirty-six inches in diameter. A fragment from
it is now lying upon our table, and is decidedly
the most perfect specimen of ligneous petrifac
tion we have ever seen.
Dr. Evans, TJ. S. Geologist, who came as
passenger on the St. Ange found the same
spot the shoulder blade of a mastodon, measur
ing nearly 3| feet across—also some enormous
foot bones of the same animal. Fossil shell,
the head of a snake, and other curiosities;
were found by Dr. E. in the same locality.
Among the notabilities of tho trip was the
catching of a beautiful specimen of the linnet
—a bird very rarely seen—by some of the boat
hands. Its plumage is beautiful, and the melo
dy of its song it most charming.
Mr. Bcrthold, who also came on the boat,
brought with him the stuffed skin of one of the
mammoth mountain sheep of the Yellowstone
region It stands about as large as an ordi
nary milch cow, and is indeed a remarkable curi
osity.
Capt. Lobarge brought down some beautiful
specimens of the rocks found on Cannon Ball
river, whose name is derived from them. They
are perlectiy spherical, and without a very close
inspection, would pass for real connon-balls any
where. They are from sizes ranging from that
of a common toy rnarole to the bulk of a half
bushel measure. They are seen in measureless
abundance,projecting from the face of the steep
banks between which the river runs.— St. Louis
intelligencer.
A Carib’s Revenue —In a work recently
published in London, by Captain Millman. are
to be found some of the most thrilling scenes
from life in the tropics it has ever been our
fortune o mee. with. The following account
of a Carib’a revenge on a sea Cap tain, named
Jack Diver, on one of the uarrow m aintain
paths of Guadaloupe, is exceedingly graphic
and forcible :
“While he was making up his mind, a dark
figure had stolen unperceived close behind
mm, with a small basket in his h&i.d of split
reeds, out of which came a low buzzing
murmuring sound. He lay down quietly
across tho path at the point of ihe fi st angle
of the elbow of the mountain spur, not many
feet from the hind legs of the horse. Jack
Diver, with a scowling look, turned bis horse
rouud with some difficulty. It plunged and
reared slightly, but went on. Occupied with
iotaining hiss-at, tha master of the transport
scarcely perceived ihe figure lying in the path.
He could not see who it was, for the face of
the man was towards the ground. But the
horse saw it at once. Theanimai accustom
ed to mountain roads from its birth, had often
stepped over bo h men and animats, which are
sometimes forced ia the narrowest par.s to lie
down to let the heavier and stronger pass, in
that highly dangerous and disagreeab’e method,
lifted Ins feet cautiously, one by.one, so as not
to tread on the prostrate figure. As the horse
was ab ve him, the man lifted with ono hand
tne lid of tho basket, and a swarm of wasps
Slew suddenly out, buzzing and humming
fiercely, and in a moment they began to settle
on the moving object. The horse commenced
switching his tail to drive them away, pricking
tip his ears, and snorting with terror.
The man on the path lay quite still until
they had thus moved <n a few yards, and then
he raised bis head a little, and watched them
with his keen black eyes. The wasps, driven
off for a moment, became only the more irri
tated, and rammed with vigor and wonderful
pertinacity to the atteck, beginning to sting the
poor animal furiously, in all the tend ir part*.
They assailed the wretched muster in his turn,
daring their venomed barbs into his face and
hands, and driving them nearly frantic The
horse plunged furiously, and Jack Diver losing
his stirrups and his presence of mind together,
twisted his hands into the horse’s mane to keep
his seat, letting the reins tali on his neck. At
last with a rear and a bound into the air,, tho
maddened animal durted off at a gallop ; but
the faster he went, the closer atuck the perae
veriug wasps. Jack Direr shut his eyes,
screaming with fear and pain. Then the Ca
rib chief rose up, and again the turn is to be
made—can the horse recover himself? Yes,
maidened as he is, he sees the danger instinct
ively. His speed slackens—he throws him
self on bis haunches, with his fore feet on the
very brink of tho precipice One more
chauoj! The blind infatuated man remains
on his back. the horse feels the stings
of his deadly persecutors , again he plumies
forward, striving to turn quickly round the
corner- Round, and he is ia comparative
safety. On a sudden from betiind a buttress
of projecting rock, then start acrossthe path
three dusky tonne, Hinging their hands wildly
in the air. Then was heard that rare and aw
iul sound, the shriek of a horse in the fear of
a certain and coming death ; when swerving
one side, he lost his fooling on the slippery
shelf, and struggling madly, but unsuccess
fully, to recover it, he fell over and over—
down —down—a thousand feet down ! From
the sailor’s lips there came no cry. But
once more the hawk screamed. A glo
rious feast to the ants and to the Jonny
crows.
The Beginning of the China Trade. —The
Connecticut Journal, of March 10, 1784, printed
in New Haven, contains the annexed paragraph.
It would se*.m conclusive as to the time when,
and the port from which the first ship sailed
fiom this ooun'.ry destined for the China seas :
“ Last Sunday sailed from New York for
China, the ship Empress of China, Captain
Green. A correspondent remarks, that not
withstanding the main difficulties he may have
to encounter with, as being the first ship from
this new nation to that rich and distant part of the
world, irom his character as an able and spirit
ed navigator, we may form a pleasing presage
of that success which every friend to nis coun
try wish him, and to the gentlemen whose am
bition to discover new resources of wealth, by
forming new channels for the extensions of
our commerce, a contemplation on the services
tkoy are rendering their country, must sufficent
ly compensate for the risque of their property.”
The aecident which recently occurred to tho j
U. S. mail steamer Ohio took place when she
was about 350 miles from Chagrea, which port
was made without difficulty, with one wheel
only at work. Some temporary repairs wore to
be made, and the ship was to leave for New
York on the 13th inst. With one wheel at work,
tho steamer will make about 120 miles a day,
and will reach New York about the Ist of Sep-
VOLUME 104.
tcmber. The mails, &c-, which ought to have
oome by the Ohio, were brought by the Chero
kee. The new steamship Illinois, Capt. H. J.
tlartstenU. S. N., will take the Ohio’s pfaoe
in the line, and will i ive New York on the usual
day, the 28th.
Death of Rev (j p. Elliott. — We learu
from a letter rect hero on Monday last,
from Stateburg, i ia Rev Mr. Elliott was
accidentally lulled Sunday last, whilst on
his way to the Vih of Manchester to per.
form religious service- The let er states that
his horse took fright from the fulling of a tree
behind him when Mr. E. jumped out of his
buggy, aud while standing n the road he was
struck m the head by a falling limb from a tree,
which killed him instantly.—C h >rl&Uon Cour.
Facts for tbe Curious.
The dead exceed five fold the minutes since
the creation
Texas derives its name from an Indian word,
signifying beautiful.
The people of London, annually drink about
9000 tons of chalk.
Milk, so nutritious when taken as food, if
injected into the veins acts as a deadly poison.
in Hindoostan, unmarried se nates, more than
sixteen years of age, are regarded as infamous.
Deborah, Iroin the Hebrew, means a bee s Ra
chael, a sheep ; Sarah, a princess ; and Han
nah, the gracious.
Ia Chaucer’s works there are at least thirty
thousand verses which may be said to be dedica
ted to love 1
There is a plant growing in the springs of
Iceland, which not only (lowers, but bears seeds
in water hot enough to boil an egg.
Some patient curiosity-hunter has found that
the number of grains in a bushel of wheat,
weighing sixty-two pounds ia upwards of 639,-
000.
The larvae of the “great goat moth” increase
their weight one hundred and forty times in an
hour, ami when full grown, ate 72,000 times
heavier than when first hatched 1
The ancient cooks carried their art to the
most whimsical perfection. They were able to
serve up a whole pig boiled on one side and roast
ed on the other.
In the reign of Henry I, about tha year 1130,
a sheep could be bought in England for four
pence, and wheat enough for feeding one
hundred men a whole day cost but a single shil
ling.
Snails were a great luxury among the ancieut
Homans. Pliny tells us of a man who had in
vented a mode for fattening snails, by which a
single shell was made to contain more than a
quart.
Smoothing irons seem to be rather a late in
vention. About the time of Elizabeth and
James I, large stones, inscribed with texts of
Scripture, were used for the purpose of ironing.
It has been calculated (hat if those who
have gone before us to death, were all living
and distributed equally over the surface of the
earth, the United States would contain a popula
tion of at least three thousand millions.
In the Canary Islands there aro to be found trees
which yield an abundance of pureiresh water in
the driest ssasous. In China tallow is produced
by a certain species of plants; and in Chili
there are trees which daily supply the people with
salt.
Cubbage means the head; hence we say the
kale has cabbaged, the lettuce has cabbaged, i. e.
headed.. Hence, also, it is said, the tailor has
cabbaged, meaning in this case, that parta of the
cloth have been rolled up aud packed away like
the head leaves of a cabbage.
. DIED
At bis father's residence, in Richmond county on
tbe IBthinst., David H. Brandon, ia the 17th year
of his aye, after n few days illness. He left an aged
father, and numerous relatives to mourn his loss.
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ;
blessed be the name of the Lord.
UU'uinu'cial.
AUGUSTA ill A . 14 JUT
Wednesday, P. M.
COTTON.—We bear of very little offering to-day
and few sales. The market is very Aim and prices
full.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 27. Cotion.—' The Col
ton maiket was very quiet at tbe time we made up
our former report, and thus it continued throughout
Piiday and Suturday last, with prices rather de
pressed ; on Monday, however, there was a good de
mand (or (he article, which resulted in the sale of
800 bales. The market rallied on that day and pri
ces turned iu favor ■.f ouyursj yesterday, the trans
actions were again limited, but the market closed in
a healthy state, with prices showing a decided up
ward lendency. The transactions in the four busi- ’•
ness days comprise 1360 bales as follows, viz t 6
bales at 51 ; 168 at 6 ; 30 at 6|; 4 at 7 ; 2at74 :
322 at 71; 122 at 8; 486 at 81 ;31at8f; 91 at 81,
ahd 95 bales at 8(3.
‘ -Mnmniu;
CHARLESTON, Aug. 27. — Arr., steamship Ma
rion, Berry, New York ; Br. barque Queen Victoria.
Moat, Hull, (Eng )
WAttREM SHKIUFVS SALK.—WiII
be sold, before the Court H ouse door in War
renton, Warren county, on the first Tuesday in OC
TOBER next, within the legul hours of sale, tho
following property, to wit: Throe Negroes, LEWIS
a man, about eighty years of ago ; BETTY, a wo
man, about sixty years of age; NANCY, a woman,
ahou fifty years of age, one dark bay Mare, eight
years old, one durk bay Horse about nine years old,
one two-horse W a gon and Harness, oue Buggy and
ilartless, four Cows, three Calve*, one Yearling, oue
ball barrel No. 3 Mackerel, one Safe, one Chest,
one Sideboard, one brass Clock, one Cupboard, one
writing Desk and Bookcase, seven Chairs, one Bed- .
stead and Mat, one Keg and Salt, one Stand and
Lard, one Box and Salt, one keg of Soap, two half
gallon Jugs, one Keg, and about fifty pounds of
'lour. All sold to satisfy sundry attachments in fa
vor of George V Neal, and others, vs. George H.
Sulla?. JOHN S. JOHNSON, Dep. Sh’ff.
August 28, 1851.
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE
VENT WATER WHEEL.
AUTION.--Having been informed that acer-
J tain person named KEEI), is vending a Water
Wheel upon which the w iter is conducted by means
of a spiral scroll, as upon “Renben Rich’s Patent
Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the
public, that wo will prosecute, in all instances, for
any evasion or infringemen' upon said patent, both
the maker and party using, sad will be thankful for
any information referring us to parties thus trespass
ing. UINDRAT & CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June Hi iB6O.
ia2l-t/
GROCERIES. p
JUST HKCKIVKO, iu addition to my fanner
stock—
-400 saeksSALT,
60 bales Gunny BAGGING,
100 coils best Kentucky ROPE,
100 koga NAILB, assorted sizes.
60 bags prime Rio COPPER,
1,000 bushels Cherok ;e LIME. .
For sale low by au2o WM, H. HOWARD,
hay, hay. ~
J7IOU. SALK from the Wharf by
• au2i HAND 4k PLEMING.