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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. pIB 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 ] ill srci y i 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.