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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
ALDRICH &, Ro Y A L ~
r DEALERS IN ' ’
*gi ro**,
f ne.ie.t P ’ g d WC, ‘ “ ,ec ' ed btock of tha ™*t Fashionable and tt||l
Ladies, Gents, Misses, Youths, and Childrens
- «. p JSL “° e *'
J. M. NEW BY & C C>r~
wm vi rm m-w u WHOLESALI AND RKTAIL Ijka r l*k« im
mDI-»irjD£ CEOTUIJYG, trva*ks, carpet
Bags, &c., &c.
(Li UNDER THE UNITED STATES H )TEL _rfl
AUGUSTA, GA. D
RICH FALL DRY <GOODS.
CillAY IHiOTHFR^I
A*ASS"f“S' rao> > " J street, Auguata, Ga.)
p «• , . , . „ Largest and Cheapest Kail Stocks
both in SSfrd'lo'ri!fc?e" ‘of J*®" f e f leC l ', ed " itL ,he u,mogt Cire * nd atte ' tion
ufacturers we hone to be able to ** ’ la ** d ** p ask rom Ike direct Impoiters and Vlan
-• a le i'j Sss.rs;s;r*• *-
,a„ , , , —EMBRACING—
cents nCh dark Btro "S Calico, from 6to 12 SUO pieces rich figured Muslin DeLaine.,, 15c.;
white Lons c,oth ’ 5 - G ' * ,oaud 12
10 b* l *' o»«bnr*-. 7 to 8,1 cents; *lt eh, fashionable, all wool DeLaine., 75t0 *1 •
* $ 1 tos 1.25 .
a i i —ALSO—
Invoice of nil kind, of Linen., Damask Towelling Table Cloth., Diaper. Sec Geo
' - hC j?Xt,‘ff. , i 8 ?r h “ r »‘- F “ ,orl «-*. *•-, tllenkels, Ac.’, ic., «Me
ixominn, cir«THi.\G, t’i,eriii\t;, hats,
TRUNKS, &c., Ac.,
CLAYTON &~BIGNO.\,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN READY ftl/iDE CLOTHING, HATS,TRUNKS
Ce * „ 4*C , 197 SIETCALK’s RANGE, BROAD STREET.
, , • 1> resjmctUilly lnf.Tm their friends and customers that they are constantly receiving from
», ? tk ® ,r .. Ai nul * ct u ur y ,u £•» York, a large :>nd well selected assortment of fashionable Roady-
Alade Clothing, which they offer, Wholesale and Retail, at the lowest price.. 7
1 hey a.so keep a good assortment of Shirts, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Carpet Bags &c See
Also, a good stock of Boy’s and Children’. Clothing. Call and look at them.
. , „ „ ; JOHN J CLAYTON,
usnsta. Ga , September 2,1851-Gm. A. P. BIGN'KN.
RICH /Vl.Vf 1" J.V« ST.IJPM.t: ury coons.
COSGROV E&TbR F.N N A N,
HAVE RECEIVED, at their new store a fresh supply of
RICH, FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS.
Among which are the following, which they offer at reduced prices s
Watered and Damask Poplins and Tabinetts ;
Rich Brocade, figured and changeable striped Silks ;
Plain, figured and Watered Black.
A lot of fine English Merinos,so cents a yard ;
Muslin Do Laines and Cashmeres, to 25;
Plain and figured colored and black Alpacas, 18 to 37£ ;
Tartan and Rob Roy Plaids, for Ladies and children’s wear;
A new supply of handsome dark Calicoes, warrented not to fade, ftj to 10 cents a yard ;
Very fine Long Cloth, yard wide, 12£ cent* ;
A new supply of Linen goods, such as Table Damasks and Diapers, Table Cloths, Napkin*. Doy
las, Towelling, Bi d’s Eye Diaper, and Irish Linens, from 31 cents to $ I a yard ;
Linen Lawns and Cambrics, and L. C. Hankerchiefs, to #5 each :
Red and White Flannels, all prices; Fine Bed, Crib and Cradle Bankets ;
Long and Square, ( laid and Plain Wool Shawls; Embossed, Worsted and Cotton Table and
Piano Covers; Cotton, Cashmere spun and Silk Hose.of all kinds; Gloves, Laces, Trimming, Eiu
broidery. Fringes, Braids. Velvet Ribbon. Bonnet, Cap,Sash and Belt Ribbons. &c.. Sic
J\'EVP FAJfMIE IT GROCERY STORE.
JOHN A MILItBN & CO-,
AT THEIR STORE, No. 205 Broi l street, between Metcalf s Range and Mr. John Bones,
Hardware Store, are now opening a select Stock of Family Groceries, consisting, in part of
. v t. Croix, Porto Rico, New Orleans, Refined, Crushed an i i-d Sugars; Old Government Java,
Rio, Cuba and Lagnira Coffee ; Choice Teas ; Wines, Liquors, <* 'c. London Porter, Hermeti
cally sealed. Meats aud Fish, Pickles, Preserves, Jellies, Sauces, ~p - Biscuit, Crackers, Pilot j
Bread. Butter, Lard, Cheese, Boulogne Sausxge, Smoked Beef, Smoked ana Pickled Tongues, F M. ;
Beef, Pig Bork, Canal, Baltimore and Georgia Flour, New Buckwheat, Rice Soap, Candle., Starch.
Bacon Hams, Codfish, Herrißg.'jSalmon, Raieins, Almonds, Nuts, of all kinds, Cranberies, No. 1, 2 and
3 Mackerel, Apple , Potatoes,"Onions, Wooden Ware, Brushes, Blacking, Segars, Tobacco, Snuff and
Pipes, <!kc.
(ty Fresh supplies of the above articles received weekly,per Steamer from New York via Savan
nah and Charleston. Inno noy -0
WILLIAM A. ARCHER,
DRAPER AND TAILOR,
HAS removed to 'die so-ith tide of Brond elree',
nearly opposite and a little East of the Eogie
ill Phoenix Ho'el, where he volicita a continuation of
the patronage which has been so liberally bestowed
on him by the public.
I'e seeps on hand a good assortment of mater al,
a ich as is Wept by Merchant Tail.rs, whi:h he win
make up to order in good shape. All garments made
up to <rder, warranted to fit.
Renovating and Repairing done op at abort notice.
El ate call and gWehm a trial. 029 d A wtf
NOW ON HAND AND FOR SALE.
A FULL supply of all patterns of Parlor )
Stoves and Urates, suitable to wood or coal.
—ALSO—
On hand a Goorgia made Iron Safe, very large
and well adapted to a large Mercantile House,
with several small ones.
—ALSO—
Nai's by the keg or retail, Swedes Iron for
11 »rse shoes,Collin's Axes and Hatchets, r'otlon
Hoes, all sizes ; Trace and Halter Chaist, 'Packs,
Rivits, Screws, Locks, Bolts, Butts and Hinges.
Also, a largt. supply ol Tinners and Roofing Pools,
of all kinds.
For sale next door to the Mechanics’ Bar k.
u U B. F. CllhVV.
NEW PAMIbY GROCERY.
JOHN A. MILLEN A CO.
aVHK under signed have Phis Hay associated
themselves in the Grocery Business, at the
Store. No 205 Broad-stieet, lately occupied by
B. H. Warren &- Co., and respectfully solicit the
patronage ol their friends and the public general
ly JOHN A. MILLEN,
BEN. W. McKINNON.
fresh snpply of Butter, Cheese, Fruit,
A c , received per Steamer* from N. York weekly,
si 18
SEGARS.
1 A n/'IAESTRADOS UNIDOS,
J U.vXJU 15,000 La Patente,
e,OOO Conquistade Majico an, 1843,
5,000 La National,
5,000 Henan Cortes,
10,000 Washington,
6,000 La Firroe*a,
JO Ja r s Lorrillard Snuff,
And Anderson, Goodwin, l.ilienthal Fine Cut to
bacco, just received and for sale by
J JOHN A. MILLEN & CO ,
205 Broad street, first door asave Metcalf’s
Range. __ Nqv. 18
HIRAM SMITH FLOUR.
r%t\ Hbi' s - Hiram fcnoi »k’« Fiour, from new
I When*; f° r » a * e b , v
HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
oN consionmjbnt. "
tobacco and segars
WF Store, •mSimilj recenrisg,
jotv of the shore, of rariou. brand*,
“rs, Bo me Fine Chewing Tobacco,
among which arc so G IBBS & McCORD.
(or sale low by
nl-d&,w2m
GEORGIA BOCKBTfc.
■* r\n. DOZEN Bucket manufactured at the
| f Bl V Augusta Bucket Factory, for sate at fae
t!ry ESTES A RICHMOND.
n3O-d&wtf
“ tobacco, &c.
O A BBLS. Mercer and Pinkeye Potatoes,
•>U 5 bbls. Cranberries.
15 “ White Onions.
For sale bv J. A, MILLEN & CO.,
205 Broad-st., Ist door abore Metcalf's Range.
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liimn ru nim (Til sum
( CHRONICLE & SENTINEL OFFICE.
REMOVAL.
11l AV E removed my stock of Goods to the
building formerly the Chronicle At Sentinel
Oliice, next door to the Georgia ,bailroad I'ank,
where I am no v receiving and opening a large
stock of
CLOTHS, CASHMERES AND VESTINGS,
which will I c made to order as good as can be had
in any establishment iu the South.
I have also for sale a large stock of Ready-
Made CLOTHING, which will be sold at a small
profit. * Bot ’s Clothing, from 9 to 15 y* ars of age.
FURNiSIHNG ARTICLES,
Such as Cravats, Gloves, of all kinds, Suspenders,
Collars. Silk and Merino Undershirts, White and
Colored Snirts, Drawers, th * best kind of English
half Hose, Ladies’ Silk and Merino under Vests,
and every thing useful anJ desirable fora Gentle
man’s outfit. Also, a rate stock of Silk and
Cotton Umbre’las, and Walking Canes..
,-5 J. A VAN WINKLE.
HUTCHINSON & THOMAS,
ARK now receivingland < pening, a large and well
asserted stosk of DRY GOODS, consisting, in
pa t, of—
Prints, Muslins, Cambrics, IleLaines, Merinos,
Shawls f jik and Cotton Handkerchiefs. Ginghams,
Worsted and Woollen Plaids, Ticking, Jeans, Bl«n
--ktla, Hosiery Suspenders, Cravats, Co ton and Lin- ;
en Turead, fcewiogPiik. Buttons, 4c,
ALSO.
Fancy Hardware, Fat-Testi i Pocket Cutlery; Pan
cy Hexes, Musical Ins ruuienis, Plated anu German
Silver .Spcons, Britannia Spoons, Rasois, Scissors,
Fancy Soaps, Razor Strap*, Jewelry, &e.
ALSO.
Boots and Shoes, Wen’s hoe Calf and Pegged
Boots, Brogans, fiue Calf and Kip Boy’* aud La
dies Shoes.
LIQfORS.
Brandy, Wine, Gin, Rum, Whiskay, Cordials,
Segsrs, Sardines, AOens Ale. aasored Syruja nnd
Cordials. All of which will be sold a bargain, to
Hraler*, who are invited to coll and examine our
Sto-k before purch" sing else where. n 9 !
FISH, POTATOES. AND ONIONS. '
QfY PACKAGES No 1,2 and 3 Mackerel,
*J\J 25 Bose' Smoked Herrings.
500 L s. Cod Fish,
4 Bbls. Pickled Salmon.
30 Bills. Mercer aud Yellow Potatoes.
5 Bbls. White Onions.
r. 29 dint LEE, HUBB ARD & CO.
cheeeseXno CRACKERS.
rjsr BOXES Extra Cheese.
10 Casks Extra Cheese. >
6 Bbls. Boston Crackers.
5 Bbls Sugar Crackers.
2 > Boxes Soda aud Lemon Crackers
112 9 d1 m LEE, HUBBARD & CO.
SEGAR3 AND TOBACCO.
AAA SEGARS of various brands.
/CUavAA/ Extra Chewing Tobacco,
" On Consignment.
300 Boxes Tobacco, at reduced prices.
r>29 d2m LEE, HUBBARD A CO.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
OAa BBS - Rose and Anchor Gin,
4+o 20 Luther Fe.ton’s Rum- -
20 do Eagle Monongahela Whiskeyt
25 Quarter and Eight Casks’ Wine.
5 Pipes French Brandy.
1 Puncheon Irish Whiskey.
Fine Holland Gin and Jamaica Rom, for sale by
„30 wtf ESTES A RICHMOND.
BRAZIL and English Walnuts ; hard and
soft shell Almonds and Fi'berts, for salse by
w 3O-tf ESTES A RICHMOND.
AUGUSTA, GA-, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 17, 1851.
CANDIDATES.
FO* SHERIFF.
VVeme authorized to announce Thomas T. Brandon
as a candidate for Sheriff of Richmond county, at the
election in Januarynext. nl6
for CI.ERK SUPERIOR AND INP, COURTS.
..^V , : ea , uthorized to a *»nounceOswell E. Cash in as a
candidate for Cl rk of the Superi rad Interior C. urts
° September* 26,“1M1’ U * e enßUin ß January electiou.
„ M . e authorized to announce David L. Roath as a
candidate for C erk of the Superior and Infeiior Courts
ot K cbm-nd county, at the election in January next.
t-e;)tember27, 1851*
We are authorized to announce W. Milo Olin as a
»f?hi di I te . f y r OI the B «P«'icr and Inferior Courts,
at the election in Janna’y next. 0 4 *
W. B. Savage a can
didate for Cl rk of the Superior and In<erii r Courts of
Richmond county, at the ensuine Election. ols*
We are authorized to announce And?rson W. Walton
Courts SJrSS for Clerk of the Sunerior and Inferior
Courts of Richmond eonn-y, at the election in January
■ ■ y e authorized to announce J. C. Green as a can
didate for Clerk of th Su enor and Inferior Courts of
Richmond coun y, at the e ection in January next.
FOR tax COLLECTOR.
We are aut orised to announce James Lovell >■* a
candidate for Tax Collector, at the election in January
next - dec 3*
'^®.' >re authorized to announce E. C. Tir.slev a* a
candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Collector i„
January next. 014
Isaac S. Tant is a candidate for the office of Tax Col
lector of Ric mond county, s 3o*
We are authorized to announce Hiram Oswald as a
candidate for Tax Collector at the election in January
next * ’ 038
FOR RECEIVER TAX RETURNS.
i ar . 6 authorized to announce Alexander Philip as a
candidal- for re-election to the office of Receiver of I ax
i^ h iT“ d ccunt > r * at the ensuing elec ions.
We are authorized to announce Daniel J. King as a
candidate cr the office of Rece ver ol Tax Returns of
Richmond county, at the ensuing election in January
next.
We are authorized to announce William H. Pritchaid
as a candidate for Ills office of . eceiver of Tax Returns
fur Richmond county, at the election in January next.
October 8, 1851.
FOR CORONER.
We are authorized to announce Joshua S. Walker,
K*q , a candidate for rs -election to the office of Coroner
oi Rich i ond county, at the election in January next.
Novembers,lßsl *
We are authorized to announce Bartholomew Springs
as a candidate for Coroner of Richmond County, at the
e ection in January next. 0 24 law 3
FOB ORDINARY.
We are authorized to announce William W-
Mon gomery as a candidate for Ordinary of Richmond
County, at t e election in January next dl2-td
We are authorized to announce John C. Snead, P.sq.,
ns a candidate for Ordinary of Richmond County, at
th* election to be held or the first Monday in January
next, as provided for by the present Legislature. dl2-*
We are authorized to announce John Phinizy, Jr.,
a. a candidate for Ordinary at the election in January
next. «H 2
SPECIAL NOTICES.
JsT PORTRAIT'S. —CharIes Beruff, Artist, from
the Academy of Munich, Bavaria—grateful for the en
cnurageinent given him the past season, informs the La
dies and Gentlemen of Augusta and vicini y, that he
has taken Rooms over Miss Catonnet’s School (two
doors above Clark, Racket! Jt Co’s.) and is prepared
to furnish Portraits of the best execution, at short no
tice. The public are respectfully invited to give him a
eall.
i few more Puqila in PraAYinjT ran
KirEßENCEi—•nfessrs. T Clanton, rh os7 Kiennrus,
J. Gardner, jr, A. Lafitte. si4
Practice of Surgery —The Undersigned has made
ample provisions for accomodating such Surgical pa
tterns ns may be sent to hinif rom the country White
persons in indigent circumstances, who may require
Surgical operations during the term of Lectures, > t the
Medical College, will be provided for and operated upon
gratuitously. L. A, DUGAS. M. D.,
Professor of -urgery,
in the Medical Col ege sf Georgia.
*6-d&.wlawjXMm.
Ur. W. W. Brnailhurit respectfully
tenders h's Professional Services to the citizens of Au
gusta. His office is at Dr Paul F. Eve’s hou-te, where
he may be found day or night. 01-dly
Dr. Jeter Martin offers Lie Profes
sional Services to the citizens of Augusta and Ilam
burg. Office on Washington street, one door east of
Broad 013
{£r Cheap Ready Made Clothing - — J - M
Newbt ic Co. have now on hand a large and choice se
lection of reade made cLOTHirta. Country Merchants
and strangers v,siting Augusta, will find it to their in
terest to examine our stock.
We have every variety of Shirts, Drawers, Suspen
ders, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, &c. Also, Clothing for
children and boys of every kind.
We get the newest style of Goods weekly, and will
always sell as low as any body else. Come and see if
it’s so. o 3
DiT Mrs. Ltrlhringer respectfully informs the
public that she is now opening, at the well known stand,
formerly occupied by Mrs. Lafitte, a choice assoitment
of millikert and Filter coons, comprising the very
latest siyles of Ladies’ and Misses' Bonnets, Dress and
Breakfast Caps, Mantelets, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers,
Laces, Embroideries, Fringes, Gimp, Bridal Dres es and
Head Ornament , Zephyr, Floss, Ac.
A competent Dressmaker is engaged in the establish
ment, and is ready to execute a 1 orders in the best and
most fashionable style. 018 3m
Dir Leigh* Tncker t Perkins’ improved
skt light daouerreax oallirt. —The Pictures now
being taken at this establishment, by the aid of an en
tirely new Apparatus and Sky Light, arranged eipressly
for the purpose, are pronounced by all superior to any
that h ive ever before been offered in this city.
We have lateiy received a new stock, consisting of
every variety of plain and fancy cases, into which Pic
tures will be inserted in the neatest and most careful
manner.
Particular care will be bestowed on the arrangement
of rAMrLT groups, and to the attitudes of single Pictures.
A general assortment of Plates, Cases, Polishing Ma
terials, Sic., constantly on hand for sale. oil
D3r Dodge’s Dagnerrean Gallery now open
E. S. Dodge has the pleasure to announce that his rooms
are now open for the reception of visitors, and that he
is fully prepared to execute the rest Pictures taken in
the South. His fine set and ide light, enable him to
produce pictures of the richest tone, and the most agree
able light and shade, together with a natural expression,
i easy and graceful attitude. Time required for sitting
I reduced by his improved process, to from 3 to 10seconds.
Always on hand, a complete assortment of all the
new and beautiful styles of cases.
Pictures set in cases, medallions, finger rings, Ac.—
Stock and materials of all kinds i n hand and fat sale,
Thorough Instructions given in Daguereotyping.
Gallery next door to the Post Office, and over Clark,
Rackett A CVs. Jewelry Store. 0 7 -6 m
{gr Joseph Bancroft, Stock a»b Exchawoe
Broker, Notary Pubic and Adjuster of Marins Avera
ges. Also, U. S. Commissioner for the Districts of Geor
gia, and Commissioner for the State of Louisiana. —
Office No. 117 Bay street, Savaanah, Georgia. 021
MEDICAL. CARD.
A. C. Hart has jermanently located
in Augusta, and tenders hi* professional Service* to the
citizen* of this place and Hamburg Office north side
Broad -st, next door above John J Byrd’* Family Groce
ry Store, Harper’s Range, where he will be found at all
hours, unless absent on professional engagements
Calls at night will find him in hi* sleeping room, rear
of hi* office jeU-d6in
A CARD
MR. K. C. SOVGE having met with encb
liberal encouragement, take* pleasure in m
forming hi» friends and the public that he has per.
manently located himself in Augusta as Professor of
the Piano Forte and Organ Communications lea at
the Music and Book Store of Messrs Ceo A Oates &
Co., will be punetually attended to ja4-ly
NEGRO BLANKETS.
laaa Heavy Grey Negro Blankets, just
received and for sale by
pSO-d&wtf ESTES & RICHMOND.
CmtOMCLE AND SENTINEL,
Thrasher Meeting 1 in New Orleans-
A call for a meeting has been published in
tlie papers of New Orleans, signed by over
two hundred citizens of that city, for the pur
pose of “claiming from our Government due
protection and ample justice” in behalf of Jno.
S, Thrasher.
The meeting was to be held on the night of
the 10th inst., and with a view to afford the pub
lic all the information at its command, in refer
ettp®to Thrasher s case, the Picayune
publishes the lollowing correspondence;
Mr. 'lllrustier to (be American Consul.
Punla Ptison. Havana , Nov. 15, 1851.
Allen F. Owen Esq., Consul for the U. S.
A., Havana. Dear Sir —ln a state of complete
uncertainty as to the course my trial is taking,
since the presentation to the Council of War
ot tuy solemn protest against judgment being
entered, without allowing me every fair and
legal means of defence, (which I herein do
most solemnly aver lias not been allowed me,
iny nominal defender, or advocate, never hav
ing in any manner consulted with me as to
the best line oi defence to adopt, nor even asked
what counter testimony I could bring forward,
nor ever having consulted with my legal coun
sel as to the pointsof law,) I find myself under
the necessity, to secure justice, to request you
to bring forward my rights as an American
citizen, and to press with ail due firmness upon
the Government my complete nonatnenabilily
to the <harge of treason, which they bring
forward against me ; the incongruity of trying
me by a court-martial in a time of profound
peace, and the injustice of refusing to afford
me a fair and free defence.
Besides the evidence and well-known state
o' the law in regard to white colonization in
this island, by which doniiciiiatory letters uie
granted to loreginrs, without affecting in any
degree their allegiance to, and tight of pro
tection from their own Governments, any
which doniiciiiatory letters are essentially dif
ferent in their nature from letters of naturaliza
tion, there exists in my own case a peculiar and
significant fact, to which I beg leave to draw
your attention, that you may bring it immedia
tely before the Government of this island, and
our own if necessary.
About the midd e of August of last year,
(18 >l>) I rented, as a matter of speculation, the
paper entitled ‘ Faro Industrial de laHabana.”
I presented to the censorship an editor, other
than myself, and who was a Spanish subject,
and undertook my-elf only the printing and
publication of the paper. For reasons best
known to the Government, an order was issued
by the Captain General,, (which I would pre
sent here, hut I was refused a copy thereof, by
the officer who made it known to me,) bv which
order 1 was prohibited to publish any paper in
the island, unless I first took out letters of
naturalization. Within the prescribed term, I
replied to the order in a memorial, which I pre
sented to the Captain General, declining to
take out letters of naturalization, and stating
that I ceased to publish the paper, which from
that time passed out of my hands.
In this proceeding, you will perceive there
is a deceid recognition, on the part of the Gov
ernment, of my entire want of allegiance to
.ufitlity ol hiy rights as an American citizen,
notwithstanding I possessed at that time the
same doniiciiiatory letters under which they
now pretend so a iig! tto accuse, try and sen
tence ine as a Spanish subject, and I have not
sinee then, by any act, or bv the operation of
any known law, lost my rights of nationality
and allegiance to the United States of Amer
ica,
I state these facts from memory merely, being
in durance, and without facile access to my pa
pers, and I am not certain hut that the terms of
the o»der to which 1 have referred may not, in
their wording present the facts in a stronger
light even than what I have placed them.
I call upon you, therefore, as Consul of the
United Mates, at.d representative here of our
common country and Government, to bring
these.facts forcibly and urgently to the knowl
edge of the Government of Cuba ; to protest
fimily and energetically against the infringe
merit of the rights of an American citizen in
my person, and the denial of justice to me ;
and to ask from the Captain General that there
be uccorded to me a proper and sufficient time
to make my defence; that I be furnished with
full copies of all the proceedings and evidence
in my case, to which lam entitled by law and
by treaty, and that lie freely fnruished with
copies of all documents that 1 < eem accessary
to my perfect exculpation from the charges
brought against me.
I must also requst you to urge upon this
Government the incompatibility of considering
me at one moment an American citizen, and at
an other a Spanish • subject; the impossibility
of my holding allegiance to two powers, at the
same moment; .and tint the Government here,
having viwed me in the light of a foreigner,
and as not holding the allegiance of a Spanish
subject, allow me to prosecute my exculpation
and defence, against the charges now lying
against me, with a full recognition of my rights
as an American citizen.
From the information I can gather of the pro
ceedings i f the court in iry case, i have reason
to fear a hasty and unjust decision against«me ;
I would, therefore, respectfully urge upon you
immediate and energetic action io my behalf.
I have the honor to he your very obedient
servant, J S, Thrasher
Letter From I¥lrs- Thrasher.
Havana, N0v.28, 1851.
To his Excellency Millard Filtnore, President of the
United States:
Honored Sir—The undersigned, mother of
Mr. John S. Thrasher, begs leave to call your
attention to the following facts respecting her
son. 1 would, in the first place, state that he
was born in Portland, Maine, the native place
of his parents, and is therefore an American cit
izen. On the lGth of October, while in the
usual pursuits of his business, he was arrested
and detained by the police, his property and
papets seized, and on the 21st of said mouth he
was placed in solitary confinement in the city
prison, and on the 25th, in a dungeon at the
Punta Castle; and during all this time, and un
til the 7th inst, 1 was not permitted to see him.
On the 7th, he was allowed ti see his friends
two hours each day, when, to my surprise, lie
was notable to inform me of the cause of his
arrestand imprisonment. On the 11th, he was
informed that on the following day he would ba
brought up for sentence. On the 12th, a court
martial assembled, consisting of seven military
officers, one of them being the President before
whom the fiscal, (prosecuting attorney) read the
several charges against him, and without evi
dence. He not being present, but under a guard
of soldiers in another part of the building, did
not hear the charges, or know their substance.
After the reading, he was brought before the
court and asked by the president what lie had
to say for himself in defence. To which he
replied that lie had been denied a copy of the
charges, and had not beee allowed counsel in
his defence ; that he asked time to enable him
to bring evidence to prove his innocence of all
crimes or charges against him. But all iu vain;
and. after various question swere asked in an
insulting manner, he was again sent to his dun
geon. where, on the 21st, the fiscal, accompanied
only by his clerk, appeared before his grating
and read to h m the sentence, approved by the
Auditor of War: because “the criminal had
done nothing to disprove the accusations agaioet
him. ’ and signed by the Captain General, with
out remark. The sentence is “eight years' hard
labor at Ceuta, in Africa, with payment of costs,”
for the “crime of treason.” ( l delito de infidencia”)
He was then sent to the Moro Cnstle,' and two
days after, when I called on the Captain Gen
eral to ask that he might not besent away while
the illness of his father prevented his seeing
him, I was abruptly told that he would sail
in thirty-six houis time for Spuin, and he
has sailed this day for Cadiz in the ship Hispano
Cubano, there to have Ins sentence put into ex
cution. The undersigned most earnestly sup
plicates your Excellency, as the head of the Go
ernment of my nation, to harken to the entrea
ties of a mother, that justice may be done. I ask
not for mercy; but that the rights of my son, an
American citizen, may be promptly attended.to,
and that such instructions be sent o our Minis
ter iu Spain aud Consul at Cadiz as to procure
bis immediate*release, and his return to hi
country. My many years’ residence here gives
me a knowledge of Spanish character, and the
indecent haste to send my son away before the
arrival ofateamers from the United States, adds
to my fears of the consequences of even u few
hours delay; it having frequently occurred
that on a pardon or release being grant
ed, it was pretended that the prisoner had died,
°r c . ou * d ~ot l> e found, and he was left to linger
his life in a dungeon. -I also beg that a copy of
all ihe proceedings, which were denied to"my
son, may be demanded, and that should it prove
he has been most unjustly dealt with (as I firmly
believe) that there may L ealso deninndei pecu
niary satisfaction for4t*c loss of his property and
his business, from this Government, which,
against treaty stipulations, have committed this
gross outrage upon him, an American citizen
I humbly ask your kind Attention to this ap
peal, which 1 cannot make in person in conse
quence ofthe illness of my husband. Having the
luliest confdence that it will not be made in
vain, 1 subscribe myself year Excellency’s bum
ble servant, Fanny P. Thrasher.
“We do not believe,” says the Washington
Union, “ that the Democratic party was ever
better united than it now is in support of its an
cient principles}; and we regard its position on
the subject of the Compromise as sound, nation
al and effective ” *
This declaration, says the Baltimore American,
is made in the face of the recent decision of the
Democratic caucus in the House of Representa
tives, refusing by a vote of nearly two to one; to
recognise the Compromise measures as a final
adjustment of the issues to which they relate.
W hen it is said that the (National) Democratic
party was never better united than it is now “t'n
support of its ancient principles, the fact may
be admitted if allusion is intended to its first and
most ancient principles—the efficiency of a ma
jority ; or to that other ancient principle, that to
the victors belong the spoils; or to that other
principle so essentially blended with the unity
of the party—the principle designated by Mr.
Calhoun as “the cohesive power of public plun
der.”
The unity of the party must previl over unity
of principles so long as there are offices to be
What other principle of unity holds the party
together even with a semblance of harmony ?
The party must have a majority, and therefore
it gives welcome to the Abolitionists—because
they, as well as other men, have votes ; it re
spects the “higher law” concience of Mr. Ran
toul and admits that it is democratic in him to
oppose the Compromise and to labor for the re
peal of the fugitive law. vVhatis all this but
an acknowledgment of the sway of the Aboli
tionist faction in the ranks of the party ? And
unless the conservatives among the Democrats
are willing to stand or fall on conservative
grounds:—unless they are willing to give up the
senseless jargon of “the ancient principles of the
Democracy,” and all such phiaseology which
belongs to the vernacular of demagoge imposture
—they may suddenly, and before they are aware
of it discover to their surprise and dismay that
the Democracy of the Union is the anti-slavery
party of the Union. Let them look to it. The
“ancient principles of the Democracy,” mean
ing the absolute control of a majority and the
possession of the power and the offices of the
Government as the prizes of success and the
spoils of victory—may be turned with terrible
effect upon you, Conservatives of the South,
when sweeping the non-slaveholding states r the
Democracy of the North shall come down upon
you. fierce and terrible in the power of concen
trated majorities, and shall drive you, every man
of you, to your citadels of State Rights for
shelter and refuge. Take care that you do not
have to behold those fortresses broken down and
destroyed and to see yourselves at the mercy of
that Democracy whose ancient and fust prin
ciple is that the majority can do no wrong.
The Whigs of both Houses of Congress,
adopting the Compromise measures as a final
and conclusive settlement of the questions to
whigh they relate, have, in taking this ground,
distinctly told to all at the North and at the
South, who cannot stand upon this platform,
that they had better go to Buffalo or to Charles
ton for one more suited to their respective pur
poses.
The South cannot act with the national De
mocracy, and the sooner she discovers and
aoknowledges that fact the better it will be for
her.
Events in Misscuki. —Since the return of
Col. Benton to Missouri, says the Baltimore
American, the war between the Benton and
Anti-Benton portions of the Democratic party
iu that State has broken out with renewed
spirit and bitterness. The St. Louis Union,
the organ of the Bentonites, has proclaimed
that there can be no union between the two
parties, and publishes with commendation, the
proceedings of a meeting at which Col. Beaton
was nominated for Congress and a preference
expressed for Gen. W. O. Butler for President
and Gen. Dodge, of Wisconsin, for Vice Pres
ident. From these facts the St. Louis Intelli
gencer draws the following deductions?
All this indicates, with sufficient distinct
ness, first, that Col. Benton will shortly an
nounce himself a candidate for Congresß in
this district. Second, that he will wage an
implacable warfare upon the Anties as hereto
fore. Third, that they, the aforesaid Anties,
as we have heretofore predicted, must either
sue umb and sue ’or pardon in humble tones,
or they must tight out to the last, the warfare
between Col. Benton and themselves. Fourth,
that the pretensions of Gen. Butler for the
Presidency, are to be urged by Col. Benton,
and those with whom he acts. Fifth, that
during the next year, we are to have a politi
cal excitement in Missouri, unparralleled for
its intenaity and bitterness.
Lydia S. Hall has recovered, in an action
before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
$1 400 damage* of the city of Lowel, for in
juries received by her in falling upon the icy
sidewalks of that city, by which her thigh
bone was broken, and she was confined to her
bed for several months.
VOL. X .—NO. 147
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r Ceuta.
> The name of this Spanish possession in
I North Africa has become quite familiar to the
t readers of American newspapers since the
. condemnation of the Lopez captives, and par-
I ticularly since the exile of Mr. Thrasher to the
chain gang in that place. Few, howefer,
know exactly its topography and it*- relations
to Spain.
Ceuta is on the coast es Africa, opposite *
Gibraltar, and is one of the Pillars of Her
cules, the Abyla, as known to the ancienti, as
Gibraltar Mods Calpe, was the other. 7,'he
two marked the western boundary of the
wo.ld, the gate-way, beyond which all was
waste and darkness. The town was called
Septa, from seven hillocks, upon one of which
it was built, and in the course of time the Ro
man Septa has become the Spanish Ceuta. It
has been in the possession of Spain for more
than two hundred years, having been acquir
ed from the Portuguese in 1640. The Portu
guese had had it then more than two hundred
years, having seized it from the Moors in 1415.
The possesion is yet a ground of resentment
to the surrounding Moors; The city alone is
under the Spanish Government. Outside the
walls the Moors are strong, and maintain an
attitude of hostility up to the gates. Videt
tes and patrolling parties keep constant watch
upon each other, and assassinations are fre
quent, whenever a Spanish inhabitant gets
beyond the protection‘of the guns. It is a
littje curious that Spain, which has mounred so
long over the occupation of Gibraltar, on her
own coast, by the English, should have com
pensated herstlf in some degree by taking
from the Empire of Morroco, on the other
side of the Strait, tho corresponding African
hill of Ceuta. During the war of the Span
ish Succession, Ceuta wa3 placed, for safe
keeping from the French, in the hands of the
English, and a number of English establish
ments grew up, of which the effects still con
tinue. At the close of the war, the Emperor
of Morocco wanted England, in return for his
aid in furnishing them supplies to their arm
ies in Spain, to assist him in recovering this
port for himself, but England could not well
urge this without consenting to give up Gib
raltar.
Cueta is a town, according to McCulloch,
of about 9,138 inhabitants, exclusive of the
garrison. It forms a Snanish, presidio, and is
cut off from communication with the interior
so perfectly, that it receives supplies from
Spain, and gets its Morroco news by the Ma
drid newspapers. It is the Botany Bay of the
Spaniards. The convicts of Spain sre s>nt
there to rrmain in depot until draf'ed out to
work in the mines, or some public work in
Spain. It is a mistake, we believe, that there
are any quicksilver or other mines at Ceuta,
in which the convicts work. Ceuta is only a
place of transportation, where the criminal*
of Spain are sent into exile and imprisonment.
There may be a regulation, and we think
there is, that they be sent to work the Span
ish mines, of whicn theie are several of con
siderable extent in the Peninsula. 01 these
the principal are the lead mines in Granada,
and the quicksilver mines at Alm&den, in La
Mancha. The destinction of prisoners to the
minoii ; nrYitir brv&W gWng rrtLfeu ear, tm.
usually follows.
Urquhart, the British traveller, states that
in 1848 two thousand of the convicts were sent
off at once, to work on a canal in Castle. He
adds, that there are remarkable facilities to es
cape, that the convicts outnumber the popula
tion, the town is accessible at every side, the
sea to opened boats all round. He praises the
good order of the place; and gave the acting
Governor at that time a high character for
gentleness of chirueier and humanity to the
captives. — N. O. Picayune.
Early Risers. —A Washington paper
says: -
Among the early risers we encountered
near the market place, on the avenue, this
morning, were one Daniel Webster and one
Winfield Scott. The most favorable-time for
a pleasant how-do-you-do with an old gentle
men, by the name oi Henry Clay, during his
occasional visits to this city, is at sunrise in
the morning, in the same vicinity.
Reiioions of the World.— According to
the most accurate recent calculations, the
entire population of the earth is about one
thousand millions of inhabitants. The fol
lowing is as correct a distribution of their re
ligious classes as can well be made, and ans
wers every purpose in order to have a practi
cal view of the conditions of the world.
Roman Catholics, mostly in Europe and
North and South America, 130,000,000; Pro
testants. mostly in Europe and North Amer
ica, 80,000,000 ; Greek Church, mostly in
Greece and Russia, 56,000,000 ; Armenians
and others, mostly in Asia, 8,000,000; Jews
scattered over the world, 6,000,000; Mahom
medans, in Europe Asia and Africa, 100,000,-
000; Pagans, in Asia, Africa and America;
020,000,000. Grand total, 1000,000,000.
The Wild Indians of Mexico. —Our read
ers are already apprized of the recent conclu
sion of a Treaty of much importance, by Col.
John A. Rogers, U. S. Agent, with the three
Indian tribes bordering on the frontier of the
Republic of Mexico, viz : the Lipar.B, the
Southern Camanohes, and the Muscaioras.
We learn from a correspondent a* San Anto
nio, Texas, that amongst the interesting inci
dents connected with the forming of the
Treaty, was the delivery to Col. Rogers, by the
Indians, of twenty-seven Mexican captives,
who had been held in savage servitude for
periods ranging from six weeks to ten years.
These captives consist of two women, two
little girls, and twenty-three boys. The ages
bf the latter vary from nine years up to sev
enteen, and they are apoken of as a sprightly
and intellectual set of little fellows. Fhey
are now in possession of Col. Rogers, ready to
be transferred to the Mexican authorities, or
restored to their anxious and afflicted parents.
—No/.
The New York Catastrophe. —Many in
stances of heroism anti scif-saciifice on the part
of the children are told. One poor girl, »ho was
on the staiicase after the balustrades had gone,
feeling herself fiercely pressid toward the edge of
the learfui gulf, threw her arms around a younger
girl next to her, who, having more support, stood
in no immediate dange:*. The little one, feeling
the grasp of her friend said,“Anne let go, please,
or you will drag me down with you.” And Anne
did let go. A few instants she kept her footing,
then reeled and fell upon the mass of sufferers be
low, where she suffored speedy death.
An instance of fraternal devotion is told of one
Alfred Gage, who, after reaching the yround floor
in safety, saw his brother on the tatal staircase,
vainly seeking to regain his sot ting. Alfred at
tempted to stem the living tide, and to make his
wav through it to assi t his brother, but his efforts
were fruitless, and p acing himself below the .it
tle follow, he told him to spring down, a height of
20 feet. Thus called upon, the boy made the
frightful leap into the arms of his brother, and
both fell among the dying and wounded, without
being in the least injured.