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«jct-U)cchln Chronicle & dentine!
BY WILLIAM S. JONES
Chronicle an ft Sentinel.
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SATURDAY HORNING,.... SKPTi SO.
SAMUEL BARNETT) Associate Editor*
Mr. Cobb’s Appointments.
Mr. Cobb will address the people at the
following places at the time designated:
Villa Rica, Monday, September 22.
Palmetto, Wednesday “ 24.
Decatur, Thursday, “ 25.
Newnan, Friday 11 26.
Franklin, Saturday, “ 27.
Griffin, Monday, “ 29.
Forsyth, Tuesday, “ 30.
We are authorized by Mr. Cobb, to say that
Judge MoDonld is invited to attend these ap
pointments, and to participate in the discussion*
upon equal terms.
Tbe Toombs Barbecue.
The following gentlemen have been invited to the
Barbecue to be givm to the Hon. Kobbbt Toombs
in this city, on Friday the 26th instant:
Hon. Robert Toombs, R. McMillan, Esq.
Hon. W. C. Dawson, Hon. W. T. Colruitt,
Hon. A. H. Stephens, Hon. J. M. Bbbribm,
Hon. G. W. Crawford, Hon. H. A. Haralson,
Hon. Garnett Andrews, Hon. C. Dougherty,
T. W. Thomas, Esq., Col. John Billups.
Thb Northern Mail failed last night be
yond Philadelphia—the New York mail due
the day before came through. These delays,
we presume, are caused by the destruction of
a railroad brige between Philadelphia and
New York, in consequence of which they
probably fail to make the connexion at Phila
delphia.
Mobila and Ohio Railroad . —The Mobile Tri
bune states that the directors of this road will
commence laying the superstructure next
week, and that the whole work to Citronelle,
thirty three m'les, will be finished and in oper
ation within three months.
That paper adds that 200 miles of the road
will soon be let out for grading, aud that in
Mississippi the bona fide unconditional sub
scriptions amount to fully $900,000, which
will be greatly increased the moment ground is
broken Tbe lands granted by tbe Government
are all located.
The Texan Public Debt. —The following
official decision in the matter of the Public
Debt of Texas will be of deep interest to a
large class of readers, whether interested or
not in its effect:
Treasury Department, ?
September 15, 1851. $
Sir: The President has decided in the mat
ter of the Texan Public Debt: First, that only
five millions of stock can be delivered to Texas
until releases, as provided in the act of Con
gress of the 9th of September, 1850, are filed
in the Treasury Department for all that portion
of said debt which issued prior to the 14th
January, 1840; as in his judgment the act of
tbe Republic of Texas of the 14th January,
1840, specially pledges the duties on imports
for all the public debt of Texas created prior:
to the passage of that act.
Second. That all the issues of Texas bonds,
certificates of stock, or notes made receivable
for ‘ all public dues,” are claims for which
the duties on imports are pledged within the
meaning of the act of Congress of the 9th of
September, 1850; and releases of all such|
must be filed in the Treasury Department, aa ;
provided in the last-named act, before he can
bejustineJ in delivering the remaining five
millions of stock to the authorities of Texas, i
The President has instructed me to commu
nicate this decision to you, in compliance with
your request made in behalf of the creditors of
Texas. Very truly, your obedient servant,
Tho. Corwin, Sec. of the Treasury.
Gen. James Hamilton, Chairman Com. of
Creditors of Texas.
Madness.— As showing tbe utter lunacy
which possesses Senator Rhett of Sonth Car
olina, toe leader of the fire-eaters in the Sooth,
as Seward is of the free soilers in the North,
we copy a declaration made by him in a speech
at Lancaster on the 2nd inst: "Mr. Rhett
contended, that, independently of the slavery
question, we had sufficient cause to seo.de.
That the remedy was secession.” ”He never
could submit; that he would go for seceding
by himself, alone, though every other mania
the State should submit.” We believe in
individual secession as a peaceable right, and
we hope Rhett and his satellites will exercise
it, and leave “ their country for their coun-i
try’s good.”— Ala. Advocate.
The steamer Roanoke, the first of the new
line between the cities of New York, Norfolk
and Richmond, made her first trip from New
York to Richmond in thirty-three and a half
hours. She left the former city at A. M,
on Saturday, and reached the latter at 10, P.
M., on Sunday. She has double engines of
400 horse power, can accommodate 200 pas
sengers, carry 500 tons freight, and is 1200
tons burthen.
Horace Greely, in a late letter to the “Tri
bune” gives a sketch of his joarney from Ge
neva to Tnrin. Stopping at a roadside inn to
get breakfast, the lanlord charged him three
francs for the meal, while the othet passengers
were only charged two and a half. Upon
inquiry, he was told that the additional half franc
was put in the bJlf for the use of a wash basin
and towel. Query—Did not his fellow Travel
ers wash their faces, or was Ho race’s extra
dirty 7 Perhaps the others had not been
keeping such familiar company with runaway
negroes, and had not so much need for abiu
tions.—lbid.
Good News for Peach Growers.— Under
this head, in a recent number of the New
York Express, we find the following article.
It cannot fail to be of interest not only to
peach-growers, but to peach-eaters every
where :
“ We have seen peaoh trees in the District
of Columbia thissnmmer having mnoh larger
and more delicious peaches than oar more
northern fruit, and the trees in the highest
state of perfection, in consequence of being
painted near the root by a cheap chemical
paint, prepared by J. C. Lewis, Esq., of
Washington city This preparation works the
almost instant destruction of the grub worm,
the enemy of both tree and fruit, and so great
an enemy that it is a common thing for them to
destroy the fruit entirely iu from three to five
years. Having seen the perfection of the
remedy, And the vigor of the tree and frail in
I consequence of its application, we can re
commend it to oar friends in New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, and everywhere where
peach orchards are in cultivation.”
“To Constitutional Union Men*”
The Constitutionalist proposes to argue
before you, the loss and gain of the South by
the compromise measures. Out of its own
mouth let it be judged. We shail not answer
it, as we most fairly might, with a solitary ar
gument, not its own.
1. CALIFORNIA.
“Well, it is clear that
the South gained nothing
by the admission of Cal
ifornia, with a provision
of her Constitution for
ever prohibiting slavery
within ber limits. — Con
stitutionalist Sept. 10 th,
1850.
2. TEXAS
“She gained nothing
by cutting of from the
•lave Slate of Texas,
territory enough to make
a State as large as Geor
gia and South Carolina
put together, and adding
it to the territory of New
Mexico.”— Const.. Sep.
10, 1850.
3. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
“She gained nothing
by the abolition of the
slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia, with
the provision declaring
any slave to be a free
man who shall be car
ried into the District for
sale, or to be transported
from it for sale any where
else." — Const.. Sep. 10,
1850.
4th AND sth, NSW MEXICO AND UTAH.
11 She gained nothing
by the Bills establishing
governments for the terri
tories of Utah and New
Mexico, with provisions
subjecting the holders of
slaves to the test, in the
Courts of the territories
in the first place—and
the Supreme Court of the
United States i n the se
cond, as to their right to
hold their slaves eaprop
erty within their limits :
we say the South gained
nothing by these bills,
especially, when amend
ments to them to declare
them open to slave hold
ers as well as non-slave
holders were rejected,
both in the National
Senate and House of
Representatives."—Con
stitutionalist, Sept. 10,
1851.
Thß 6 rOBBOOIKO MBAStJHBB.
“So far we have a
right to say that the South
gains nothing. Do you
not agree with us iu opin
ion ? Can you dispute
its truth ? If you cannot,
thus Jar the South has
gained nothing. On her
part, it has been a clear
and palpable sacrifice."
— Const. Sept. 10, 1860.
6**. Tbb Fugitive Slavs Law.
“ These measure con
stitute the entire settle
ment, called a Compro
mise, with a single ex
ception, that of the fugi
tive slave law. To that
you were entitled by the
Constitution.
“If then the enforce
ment of your bight can
not be called A GAIN,
what have you gained
by the COMPROMISE?
Nothing, nothing, noth
ing.’'—Const., Sept. 10,
1850.
THB BANTBB.
“ Are you right or are
we wrong? If you are
right we will go with you;
if we are right, will you
go with us?” —- Const.
Sept. 10, 1850.
“We appeal directly
to von, as men who are
willing to be guided by
truth.”— lbid.
\
Cobb roa Distbmpbr i» Doos.—A writer
in the Richmond Whig pronounces horehound
and Infallible remedy for the cure of distemper in
dogs, it should be boiled to a strong tea, with
L a piece of lard added thereto, (say aslarge as a
hen’s egg,) and given as hot as the dog can
1 bear.
Phii.adbi.phia, Sept. 15th.—The railroad
bridge over Hackensack river near Newark,
N. J. t was totally consumed this morning. A
ferry boat was stationed there to keep op the
c ommnnioetion.
AUGUSTA, GA. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1851,
It is equally clear, if
the Constitutionalist is to
be believed, that the
South lost nothing, for it
says: “ Now it is well
ascertained that no part
of California, north or
south of any given line,
will ever be slave terri
tory. It cannot be slave
territory. It cannot be
made so against the inter
ests and wishes of the
people. They have de
cided not to have slave
ry there as a domestic
institution. The Demo
cratic doctrine is that the
people are to be left free
to decide that question
for themselves.”—Con
stitutionalist, My 22,
1860.
It is sufficient to re
ply : “As to the Texas
boundary question, it is
sufficient to say, that it is
a matter of free choice
for Texas to decide to ac
cept the terms, or not, as
she pleases, which are
offered by the scheme of
Compromise.
“She is not required—
she is not to be forced to
part with any portion of
her territory.” — Consti
tutionalist, May 2 id,
1850.
Let the Constitutional
ist answer what she lost :
“As regards the pro
posed law in relation to
the slave trade in the
District of Columbia, it
is the same that prevails
in Maryland, and did
prevail in Georgia until
it was repealad at the
last session. It is in fact
the law of Maryland, a
slave state, extended to
the district of Columbia
by authority of Congress,
which is competent for
that purpose.*’—Consti
tutionalist, May 22 d,
1850.
“By the compromise
we get Territorial gov
ernments and non-inter
vention on the slavery
question for the territories.
That is Sombthino.”—
Constitutionalist, May
19th, 1850.
In which of your two
opinions do you desire us
to agree with you? With
last year’s opinions, or
this year’s ? According
to last year’s opinion, the
3 first measures were no
tosses, and by the 2 last,
tee got something. This
year each measure, on
the part of the South, “has
been a\lear and palpable
sacrifice .” Before ask
ing “ can you dispute its
truth?” tell us which
statement you refer to.
With this law, no fault
is found. We need offer
no answer. While ex
pressing doubts as to its
enforcement, the Consti
tutionalist did once pro
nounce the law “ some
thing” towards securing
our rights. This was on
May 22d, 1850.
We have shown, by
no less evidence than
your own, that by the
Ist measure (California)
we lost nothing, for the
2d there were sufficient
reasons to satisfy von —
the 3d was the mere ex
ercise of a power which,
1m your opinion, Congress
was competent to exert—
the 4th and sth gave us
our demand, and were
“ something’’ on our side;
the 6th, also, was “some
thing” on our side.
Can you tell ns what
ought to be the higher
evidence ol truth with
you, than your own tes
timony? If so, we will
endeavor to offer it. If
not, then we answer your
questions thus —We are
right, and you are
bound by your pledge to
go with us.
For the Chronicle 8f Sentinel.
Judge Colquitt’s Vision*
The people of Georgia will remember that
when the “Three Million Bill” was under
discussion before Congress, a proposition was
made to the effect that the Government of the
United States did not seek or desire the dis
memberment of the Republic of Mexico, or
he acquisition of any portion of her territory.
Whether the adoption ol that proposition and
its faithful execu'ion, would have been wise, is
not now open for discussion. The government
pursued a different policy, and we must take
things as they are. But it will not be unprofit
able to refer to the opinions of those who are
now so dissatisfied with their government, that
they are willing to see South Carolina drag
her into the whirlpool of disunion. Upon the
occasion to which I refer, Judge Colquitt held
a seat in the Senate of the United States, and
on the 17th of February, 1847, made a speech
on the “Three Million Bill,” the conclusion of
which is in these words:
“ I cannot think the amendment will serve a val
uable purpose for the people of this country. We
sought to avoid a war with Mexico, and hence this is
not a war of conquest. But lam in favor of reap
ing all its legitimate results, as we must suffer the
evils inflicted by its progress. If the country now
in possession of ourarms bad still been held by Mex
ico, without a conflict, I should have been satisfied,
and yet we would have waged war, at any time, to
have rescued its possession from mightier powers.
Having it now in our possession, I shall abide a treaty,
and insist on its retention. I must confess I still more
deeply regret the position assumed by my colleague
in opposing the acquisition of territory for fear of the
agitating question of slavery. I regret it as coming
from a Southern man, and still more deeply regret
it, coming from Georgia. Sir, I cannot believe it
reflects either the spirit or the feeling* of the people
of the State we represent. The fear of no question
will induce them to retard the march of our country
in fulfilling its high destiny. Ours will, in time,
be an ocean-bound republic. Upon every hill will
float the banner of freedom, and in every valley will
be reared an altar to agriculture and to'peace' Not
by war or conquest, but by the like al spirit of our
free institutions, will this work be accomplished.
It should be the part of wise and practical states
men to guide with discretion this onward movement
to its final completion. But he who hesitates and
falters too long will be crushed by its progress. I
have yet an abiding confidence in the of
the people. The question of slavery bears now a
threatening aspect, but I shall, with a patriot’s faith,
discharge my duty to the country, and trust that the
tempest-cloud will pass cff without harm to the re
public. I will not suffer myself to believe that we
shall ever want men or money to prosecute success
fully this war. Without money and without clothes,
the sans of revolutionary fathers will march at the
bidding of their country, to battle for her honor and
defend her rights. Nor will I shrink back at the
frightful spectre of fanaticism, nor yield a right, to
escape its foulest machinations. No, Sir, the God
that guided and shielded the country, in its fearful
struggle for independence, is still our God. Many
a paltry, time-serving politician, who estimates bis
selfish purposes higher than the Constitution of his
country, will be dead, and many others will be driv
en from the councils of the nation, shrouded with that
black and bloody mantle with which they threatened
to observe the bright prospects of their country —I
shall offer every proposition by which the progress
of the war may be checked, by unnecessary or mis
chievous anticipation. But 1 must say to these gen
tlemen who flatter themselves that now or hereafter,
the South will suffer herself to be degraded to pre
serve friendly relations with the North, that they
make a sad miscalculation. I know the South and
the feelings of her generous people. They will lay
no burdens upon other sections of the Union. They
will require no sacrifices—make no exactions. They
love the Union, and will labor to preserve it so long
asit cm be preserved consistently with honor. But
with all their devotion for the Union, there is not a
man, woman or child among them but w uld sooner
see the bright, sunny South riven by an earthquake
from the continent, and floating like an iceberg upon
the oceao, than see her sons submit to outrage and
degradation.”
“This fair land of ours should be the peaceful pat
rimony ofa band of brother.-). The South earnestly
and honestly desires to preserve and strengthea the
golden chain that binds us together; and when its
links shall be severed by the ruthless folly of fanati
cism, the blow will not be given by a southern arm,
while she will receive its infliction with unflinching
firmness and unfeigned regret.”
It seems that Judge Colquitt did not appre
hend much danger from the acquisition of
Territory, and though the aspect was threaten
ing he had a “patriot’s faith,” that the “tempest
cloud would pass off without harm to the
Republic.” The policy of the Judge and his
friends was carried out, and just two days
after this speech, Mr. Calhoun introduced his
resolutions, upon which he asserted that the
South could stand and “ever be a respectable
portion ol the community.” The Territory
was acquired, and the principles of Mr. Cal
houn and bis friends, among whom was none
more devoted than Judge Colquitt, were
applied in the adjustment measures. The
Wilmot proviso was abandoned, and the decla
ration that no more slave States should here
aAer be admitted into the Union, was not
only surrendered, but the affirmative actually
received Congressional sanction. Judge Col.
quitt was willing, in order to carry out this
favorite policy of Mr. Calhoun, the acquisi
tion of more Territory, to pledge the South
in advance that she would “require no sacri
fices —make no exactions.” And now that
every thing has been done for whioh they con
tended, the Government must be broken up
and the altars that were reared in every valley
to agriculture and to peace must be demolish
ed—the Ocean-bound Republio must be re
duced to the municipality of South Carolina,
and the banner of freedom that was to float
upon every hill must be torn down and des
troyed. But the vision of the Judge is not
altogether and entirely fanciful; one ray at
least seems to have the impress of prophetio
inspiration:
“ Many a paltry, time-serving politician, who es
lima tee his selfish purposes higher than the Consti
tution of his country, will be dead, and many others
will be driven from the councils of the nation ,
shrouded with that black and bloody mantle with
which they threatened to obscure the bright pros
pects of their country.”
It is not necessary to designate those who
already, or will soon, wear the black and
bloody mantle, the indignation of the people
will soon eonsign them to a retiracy, which
every interest demands.
But there is another portion of this vision
that deserves some notioe —and that is what
every man, woman and child in the South
would do rather than see her sons submit to
outrage and degradation. If, as Judge Col
quitt and his friends contend, our rights have
been outraged and we, as a State, degraded,
we ought to be floating like an iceburg upon
the Ocean, or if we cannot get up an earth
quake to rive us, we ought certainly to be
marebiug “with our Coffins upon our baoks”
to the field of glory or the grave. But,
instead of that, the party uow seeking to be
the custodian of the honor of a State they
affect to believe is degraded, ask no higher
exemption from this degradation, than the
abstract right of South Carolina to secade
from the Union—they do not olaim the right
for themselves, for they avow they do not
desire to see it exercised, and that they are
Union men.
The commentary npon all this, is plain and
simple; the people of Georgia have either not
been outraged and degraded, or if they have,
i those men who have not the courage to resent
it, are not entitled to their confidence. In
every possible manner in which this contro
versy can be viewed, but one conclusion
irresistibly forces itself upon the public mind,
and that is, the leaders of the Southern Rights
party are seeking to overihrow the Govern
ment by deluding the people. If they were
engaged in a just cause, they would nave the
manliness to assert their rights ; knowing and
feeling the weakness of their position, they
expect to accomplish by treachery, rather than
courage, their hellish purposes. Does any
man, in his senses, believe that men are sin
oere m asserting that their State has been de
graded and the rights of the people infringed,
and yet advise them tamely to submit to such
insults —ask no other remedy—seek no other
sanative —and demand no other reparation,
than the acknowledgment of the right of South
Carolina to secede from the Union? It cannot
be, and I desire no higher evidence of the
baseness of their desings than the fact that
they seek their accomplishment through
intrigue and misrepresentation. Justice.
Correspondence of the Chronicle Sentinel.
Things In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15tb, 1851.
On Saturday night the weather took a sud
den turn, and the thermometer fell 30°. Over
coats and blankets are in great demand.
Lancaster county, the scene of the late mur
der, is still iu great excitement. Yesterday the
officers who had gone up from this city, re
turned with eleven in custody. The officers
in Lancaster have been very active in making
arrests, and all implicated, with one or two
exceptions, are in limbo. The citizens in some
parts of the county, turned out en nuute to aid
the constables dnd officers in their duties. A
meeting is to be held in Independence Square
on the 17th inst, to take “high and efficient
action to prevent the recurrence of so terrible
a scene on the soil of Pennsylvania, to ferret
out and punish the murderers thus guilty of the
double crime of assailing the Constitution, and
of taking the lives of men in pursuit of their
recognized and rightful property.” So says
the call You shall have information of its
termination. lam sure thousands will be there
found to rally around such a standard, and oc
cupy the same ground that was made sacred
by the men of ’76.
A woman living in the southern part of the
city, gave birth, a lew days since, to female
twins attached together anteriorly, from their
cheßts down to the middle of their abdomens,
their relative position being faoe to face. The
mother is doing well. The children were still
born.
According to a late report, there are 42 394
Odd Fellows in the State, besides 3,642 Past
Grands. Their yearly receipts were $221,-
595 75. Spectator.
Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1851.
The President and Cabinet passed through
this city yesterday sit route to Boston. No one
saw him except a few. He was hurrying to
Newport to meet his family.
James Fenimore Cooper, the Novelist, died
on Sunday at his residence in Coopers
town, Otsego county, New York, one day less
than 62 years of age. He had been in feeble
health for some months, and his friends were
prepared for the news. He was the pioneer
in a fertile field of American Literature, and
gained far himself universal admiration by his
numerous works. The vacancy he has left
will not be easily filled.
Arrests are still reported in Lancaster county,
and the people are yet in great excitement.
In this city, handbills may be seen at every
corner offering SI,OOO reward for the mur
derers of Gorsuch, in the name of the Com
monwealth. Few who participated in the
outrage, will be permitted to escape.
The annual exhibition of the State Horticul
tural Society begins to-morrow. The public
are promised a peep at the magnificent Victo
ria Regia, which will be in bloom “for the oc
casion.” It alone will be worth double the
price of tickets.
At the whig meeting last night held in Inde
pendence Square, it was resolved, “tint Penn
sylvauia had always been loyal to the Consti
tution of the United States, does not wish it
evaded or amended, and will not permit it to
be resisted.” Very good as far as it goes, but
rather too general. The other resolutions
were “as usual,” and would not interest your
readers.
The Telegraph case is still wending its
slow length along in the United States Circuit
Court. The speeches made are as long as
the wires they concern. When it will be
ended, is still in the womb of time.
Since the arrival of Miss Hayes, her por
trait meets one in the window of every fruit
shop. Am not sure the sale is better than it
was two weeks ago.
We are to have “the divine” Jenny next
month, certain. Believe I whispered you as
much some days ago, but it is, a cause of so
much joy, that it will bear telling twice.
Barnum is not, as was said, president of a
Bank in New York, but in Connecticut. He
owns more than half the stock,
Spectator.
From Utah Territory.
The St. Louis Republican has news from
the Great Salt Lake City to July 10th.
An election for members of the Territorial
Council was to be held on the first Monday of
August. Under a census of the inhabitants,
the Territory is divided into seven counties.
The election for delegate to Congress was to
be held on the same day as that for members of
the Council.
In Iron county, at a meeting of the people,
Dr. John M. Bernhisel was nominated as the
candidate for delegate in Congress, and as
there did not seem to be much opposition, if
any, it is probable that he was elected. Dr.
Bernhisel has been very serviceable as an agent
of the Territory, having obtained many favors
for them.
A. W. Babbitt, Dr. Bernhisel, Judge Snow,
Secretary Harris, and Messrs. Rose and Day,
sub-Indian agents, arrived at Great Salt Lake
Cirir on the 19th of July.
Gov. Young bad issued bis proclamation di
viding the Territory under his jurisdiction into
three agencies. Henry R. Day is assigned to
one, and Stephen B.' Rose to the other sub
agency.
Rain fell in torrenta on the 13th of July, the
first in sixty-three days. After that time it was
cooler.
The Republican publishes the following let
ter:
Utah Tbrhittobt, Paroan county, Jane 31,
By a teamster, whom I am sending after a load* of
mill fixtures, I send this letter to the nearest post of
fice, two hundred and sixty miles. Our settlement
is flourishing rapidly. A s there was but little snow
fell on the mountain last winter, wat :r is sea* ce for
irrigation; and there has been no rain this spring,
yet oar crops look well. The scarcity of water ha*
subjected the settlement to the necessity of making■
canal seven miles in length to bring the waters of
Rail Creek on to our farms, which has been a very
heavy job in this advanced season of the year.
Our town contains about seventy houses, about
four more in progress, a saw mill in operation, and a
flouring mill in progress, to be completed by har
vest.
This place is situated two hundred and sixty miles
from Great Salt Lake Valley, five hundred from the
Calhoun Pass, on the route to Southern California.
Our nearest white neighbors are two hundred miles
off. Redmen are nearer, and more plenty than we
like, as they make too free with our cattle and horses
to suit our convenience. We have petitioned Gov
ernment for a mail route and post established on Big
Muddy, one hundred and eighty miles south of here,
which, if done, would make the route comparatively
safe to San Diego. As it now is every travelling
company must have a fight with Old Ta'kquant. the
Pohutah chiefs
If we could get a newspaper, or a friendly letter
from a distance, we should esteem it a great privilege.
As it is, we are well satisfied if we can only save our
hair from ornamenting some Indian lodge, without
enjoying the knowledge of the changes of Cabinet, or
the fluctuations of poli'ical policy in the United
States.
Our county has rare facilities, such as great des
erts, mountains of magnetic iron ore and native load
stone, salt of a fine quality, viens of stone coal, alum,
saltpetre, gray marble, limestone, plaster, i arge bo
dies of pine timber on the top of high and rugged
mountains, a few pure mountain streams, which will
serve on'y to irrigate one two-thousandth part of the
land, which is all that can be cultivated. The soil is
very productive, much of the land bearing grass,
short and very nutritious.
Two doctors have settled in our county, but as
they have not had a patient, they have given up prac
tice an 1 gone to farming.
By a more recent arrival at St. Louis we
have still later intelligence from the Great Salt
Lak, (to the 3d ult.,) but there is nothing of in
terest in addition to the above.
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From the Savannah Republican.
Arrival of tire Brother Jonathan.
The steamship Brother Jonathan, Capt.
Mills arrived here yesterday from Chagres,
which place she left on the Bth inst., stopping
at Kingston, Jamaica. She brings 250 passe
ngers, and $300,000 in gold dust, mostly belong
ing to passeneger. The Brother Jonathan is
bound to New York, and put into this port for
a supply of coal, having experienced very
heavy gales from the northeast, commencing
on Tuesday morning, the 16th inst., and lasting
from that time until she got into the vioinity
of the Savannah bar. Capt. M. states that the
gale which he encountered was the severest
one he ever experienced.
By this arrival we are in possession of Pa
nama and San Francisco papers, for which
Capt. Milis will accept our thanks.
The steamship Illinois left Chagres for New
York the same day the Brother Jonathan sailed.
We learn from a passenger that Mr. M. H.
McAlister & Sons, formerly of this city, are in
excellent health, and are doing a fine business
in San Francisco in the legal profossion.
The Brother Jonathan’s passengers are most
ly from California, and arrived al Panama in
the California and Republic.
Items from California Papers.
From Sah Diego. —By the California we
received a copy of t.e San Diego Herald of
the 31st nit.
We learn that the command of Major Heint*
zelman arrived at San Diego on the 27th ult.
Two companies are at present stationed at the
Playa and one at New Town. The officers of
this command are Major Heintzelraan, Capt.
D Davidson, and Lieut. H. B. Hendershott.
This command, which was ordered about a
year ago to take post at the mouth of the Gila
river, and in the execution of which order,
more than a hundred thousand dollars had
been expended, has now been compelled to
return, because of the inability of the Quar
ter Master’s Department to forward supplies,
from the limited appropriations for such pur
poses, by Congress.
Capt. Hardcastle was to have left on the
steamer of the Ist inst. for the Atlantic States.
The Sacramento Times says that an incredi
ble quantity of dr ’ baled oats is arriving from
down stream daily, and nearly as much hay
on scows from above. The market is pretty
much overstocked for ths time being, but a
large supply is needed till the next crop is
ready. Several adventures in the business
have* proved ratner disastrous from the low
prices now ruling, those engaged not being
very large capitalists, or perhaps disinclined
to wait for the future rise, and wisely prefer
ring to have their fingers burot now, to get
ting their foot in deeper.—
The Hottett Day of the Seaton. —We have
cot heard for the last two years such distres
sing and doleful complaints of the intense heat
of the weather, as on Saturday. Our oitisens
almost without exception, were completely en
ervated and entirely: unable to do active busi
ness. The mercury, on Front street, ran np
to 110, and on J street, to 106 which places
Saturday, beyond the shade of a doubt, the
hottest day of the season.— Timet, Aug. 4.
The splendid and fast sailing steamer North
America, Capt. J. G. Bletben, arrived here on
Sunday evening, in tixty seven days from Nero
York, via Valparaiso in ten days and one hour,
being the quickest voyage ever made. She
sailed from New York on 24th June.— Panama
Star, 2nd inst.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
JxrrxßiON, Co„ Aug. 17, 1851
Messrs. Editors :—l have not written to you
for aome time upon the subject of the present
growing crop, and for the reason that 1 have
seen many doubts expressed in the different
papers that copied my letter from the Republi
can, as to the correctness of my calculation of
the time required for Co.ton to mature. I
have, since my last letter, tested the accuracy
of former experiments, and send you there
suits. On the 7th of July I marked with a
slip of paper, with the day of the month on
each slip, five white blooms, on the Bth marked
four more blooms. Two of the first day a
marking shed their bolls, the one on the fourth
and the other oq the sixth day after blooming.
The other three bolls matured, the first open
ing on the 12th of August, making thirty six
days from bloom to mature Cotton, the other
two, and one of the last four opened on the
16ih, and the three others on the 16, making
the time a little longer. 1 have other marked
plants, and intend to keep marking a s long as
there are blooms. As to the otht>r part of the
oaleulation of twenty six days from the first
appearance of square or form to bloom, all ad
mit it to be correct. Then from what I have
said you see I was oorreet when I asserted
that it requ red two mouths for cotton to ma
ture, and that no kind of cultivation could al
ter or advance this fixed time. Dry weather
may and frequently does open cotton, but
you are aware that a large yield oannot be
made from cotton opening > D “**• w *7- To |
VOLUME XV.—KO. 114.
| make Any thing after this premature opening,
requires a second growth of the plant, and all
admit, when cotton takes a second. growth all
its young fruit is oast off, and the plant is in
the condition that it was in early spring, with
this exception, that it is two months l«te and
a large yield oannot be expected. Most all
the cotton in middle Georgia is in the condi
tion described above, and on the highlands the
weed w : ll not average eight inches in bright
In Alabama, Lousiana, Missisippi and Texas,
the drought has been severer tnan it has bean
in middle Georgia, and if they oould have the
most favorable seasons for the future of-|he
cotton season, they could not make large
crops, even should the caterpillar not make its
annual visit. Consequently l still adhere ie
the opinion expressed in my last letter, that
the crop of 1851 will be very abort.
My letter would not be read did I not say
some thing of polities, so in conclnsion I write
you, though against the grain, that we State
Rights men have soarce a corporal's guard
among us; but for Constitutional Union men,
why yon may stir them with a stick. Cobh is
running head and tail up, and our only hope
is that he may stumble and fall in some other
county in the State, to enable our candidate
to catah up with him — for although we are few
here we have large hopes. Yours,
JimBMR.
P* S.—This letter has been written some
two weeks, and I thought sent to you : and I
sat down this morning to give you some ae
count of the injury done to the Cotton orops
by the last storm, and found the letter post
paid and sealed, but not sent. The storm
has almost destroyed all that the drought Ipft
of fruit upor the cotton, and in my own
neighoorhood it has fallen off hundreds of
bales The rust is taking the cotton generally
and opening it prematurely, and so fast that
before the first o f November all the ootton win
be housed and sent to market. In Hancoek,
Warren, Jefferson, and a part of Washington
counties, the cotton is more than half opened,
and no blooms or young fruit remaining; and
if the storm was extensive, this will be the
smallest crop that has been made in fourteen
years; and the fact of its going rapidly into
market, is not as is usually Lie ease, an indioa
tion of a large crop, but just the reverse.
No change yet in our political hopes in thig
county, but f or the worse. *' ' J.
Abut Worm—After a drought of almost
unparalleled severity, we are now visited with
the army worm, which bids fair to consume
every thing in its destructive march. Crab
grass, corn blades, cabbage, turnips, pea vines,
and nearly every thing green, fades suddenly
before it. Well, we know no remedy, but to
gather up (be fragments as best we oan and
keep them with our patience. It is not too
late to sow rye. —Some Courier.
OBITUARY.
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Obituary Notiobs, not exceeding Six Lures
will be inserted in this journal without charge.
US’ But when such notices exceed Six Lines, the
exceas will in all cases be charged at the rate es 50
cents |rer square of 12 lines, or less.
Dibd, in Tuskegee, Alabama, at the residence of
Dr, Mitchell, Mrt. Elizabeth M. Boyd, in the 44th
year of her agfe. She was the daughter of Holt and
Catherine Clanton, and was born in Columbia
County , Georgia, and attached herself to the Metho
dist Episcopal Church about 21 years ago, and sus
tained the character of a Christian, until she was
taken to rest in the bosom of the Saviour. Possessed
of a tender and benevolent heart, she was always
ready toforgiva, and many are those who have re
ceived at her hands such gifts as she could bestow.
For the last few years of her life, she was* called to
pass throughsavere affliction of body and mind, but
the God in whom she trusted brought her safely
through them all. When informed by har Minister
that she mutt soon die, she received the intelligence
with perfect composure, saying that she bad no fears,
and was ready to depart { and when tho power of
speech was gone, when interrogated as to her pros
pects, a Heavenly smile would light up her counte
nance, and she would raise her hand and bow her
head in token of victory. She has left a large circle
of relations and friends in Georgia and Alanama to
mourn her al sence from earth, but they sorrow not
as those without hope. May the Lord comfort her
afflicted family, and enable them to imitate her ex
ample, and meet her where parting shall be no
more.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEQ|taiA.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1851.
O’ W«, the Grand Jury, chosen and
sworn for the September Term of Court, have,
through our Committees, examined the several sub
jects according to our duty ; hud feel it our duty to
call the attention of our fellow citinens to the dilapi
dated condition of our Court Honae, believing ns we
do that it is unsafe.
The Jail we find in good keeping and well adap
ted to the ends for which it was built.
We would call the attention to the state of the
Tr:aaury, which we have examined, and fiad a
balance of 5847.01 due the County.
We would also call their attention to the Bridge
over Uptons or Town Creek, adjacent to Wrights
boro’, and recommend imnrediate attention thereto,
as the publie are endangered in crossing it.
We have examined the Books of the Clerks of the
Superior, Inferior and Courts of Ordinary, and find
them neatly kept, reflecting credit upon the officers.
We feel it to be our duty to rscommend our Sena
tor and Representatives to use their best exertions
for the passage of the Law prohibiting the intro
duction of slaves into our State for the purpose of
Traffic.
We congratulate the Court and County that we
have no special Presentments to render.
We would return our thanks to his Honor, Judge
Starnes, and the Attorney General, and other officers
of the Court for their kind and courteous attention
daring the Term.
We would requeit the Clerk to have ths above
publishe I in one of the public journals. /
On motion of Attorney General, ordered te be
published. y
WILLIAM B. TANKERS LEY, Eeq„ Foreman.
Peter B. Short, Sherwood Roberta,
James Pleming. Dr. L. C, Belt,
Jackson Eubanks, Hsnry P. Hampton,
Joseph G. Marshall, James Burroughs,
Hezekiah Boyd, Joshua B. Griffin,
James Knox, Benjamin Berry,
John Smith, John Doxier,
Jesse Evans, Edmond Bacon,
Dr. J. 8. Hamilton, John H. Beall,
Dan’l S. Marshall, P. E. Mawengale, s2O
200 Bushels
WHITS ORINOIVO CORN,
-ALSO—
-50 boxes Hall A Son’s CANDLES,
30 kegs prime Leaf LARD,
35 -‘good Goehsn BUTTER,
60 boxes B Steam Refined GANDIES,
20 bbls. Cider VINEGAR,
20 boxes TEA, and
16 bbls. No. 3 MACKEREL,
Will be sold low by
e!3 HUTCHINSON A THOMAS.
30 Firkins Butter.
OA FIRKINS good Goshen BUTTER, just
received and *or sale by
a!3 , ; HUTCHINSON A THOMAS.
‘ GLASS JARS,
K7IROM one quart to two gallons, suitable lor
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