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He Wrefelß limes & Sentinel.
By LOMAX & ELLIS!
Volume XVII.
Cimcs im'h Sentinel.
TENNENT LOMAX & BOSWELL ELLIS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
THE TrT-WJEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
h published every WBDMRBD.4Y and FRIDAY
.tfOKMVGand SATURDAY KYKMXi.
THE W EEKLY TIMES & SE N TINEL
la published every TUKS DAY JiOKKIMG.
Office on Randolph Street , opposite the P. ().
TERMS:
TRI-WEEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum, in advance.
Jjp*Advertisements conspicuously inserted al One Dol
lar per square, for the first insertion, aud Fifty Cents for
every subsequent insertion
A liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertise
ments.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Adrninisirators, Execu
tors and Guardians, are required by la v\ to beheld uu tbe
first Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of ten in
IbrenoOti and three in the afternoon, at tbe Court House in
the county in which the property is situate. Notices of
these sales mu: tbe given in a public gazette forty days
previous to the day of sale.
Notice lor the sale of Personal property must be given al
least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or
dinary lor leave to sell Lano or Negroes, must be published
weekly for two months.
Citations /or Letters of Administration must be published
thirty days—for Dismiesion from Administration, monthly
six months—for Dismission from Guardianship,forty days.
Rules lor Foreclosure of Mor gage must be published
monthly for four month.-—lor establishing lost papers for
the lull space ot three months —for compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, w here a bond has been giv
en by the deceased, the full space of three months
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
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prSting^and^ook^inding.
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and complete assortment ot Book Binder’s tools and
itoua.aud also added to our Printing materials, we are now
prepared to execute,in good style aud with despatch,every
kind of work in either branch of the busiueas, on the best
termsi
BLANK WORK, of every description, with or with
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olall kinds got up.with accuracy and dispatch.
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Posters, Programmes, Ac., Ac..printediu theahor
test notice and iri the best style.
Magazine and Pamphlets pu’up in every style o
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LOMAX A ELLIS.
Columbus, Apr il lJ.lbft.
JOHN V HEARD,
ATTORN E Y AT LAW,
Colquitt, Miller Cos , Ga-
January 20, 1857 wly.
OTDMM W. <5022,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PRESTON, Webster Coanty,Ga.
WILL practice in the counties of Clay, Chattahoochee,
Webster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particnlar attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27, 1857—wtf.
TURNIPSEED & BURTS,
A T.TOR N E Y S A T L A VV ,
CUSSL I'A, GA
WILL promptly attend to all business committed to
their charge.
a. A. TCJRNIPSEKD. D. H. BURTS.
Cusseta, Nov. 27, 1855—wtf
S. S STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAN',
BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
ap* Wir.
OLIVER & CLEMENTS,
.ATTORNEYS A T LA W,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY, GA.
WILL practice In the counties of Marion, Maoo.l, -lewarL,
Taylor, Chatlahooebee, Kinchaloonee. and any of toe
adjolnlngcountieswhen their services may be required.
THADKUS OLIVKK. H. W. CtSMtSTS.
September H. wtf
RAMSEY Ac KING,
Attorneys at Law,
COLUMBUS AND HAMILTON.
Jjmes N. Rimsky. VV. H. M. Kino,
Hamilton,Ga. Columbus, Ga.
0(3*0 bof 2t — w lw
THOMAS A. COLEMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CUTIIBERT , GEORGIA.
WILL practice in tbe Pataula and Southwestern Circuits.
Refers to Hon. David Kiddoo, J. S. C. P.C. CuthberL
February 24, 1857. wly
ALLEY 11. BUSII,
ATTtmixriET’ at x.a.xv'.
MARIANNA. FLORIDA.
Rxpkricnck—ti. Middlebrook At 00., Halt, Moses & Cos.
Columbus, Ga. ni 31 —worn
GRICE & WALLACE,
mtoibeisy® at
RUTLEIt, GEORGIA.
TXTILL give prompt attention all business entrusted to
VV them.
W. L. GRICK. WM.B. WALLACE.
December 16—wti
BAUGH & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WILL practice law in Muscogee and the adjotuiuidcountles
of Georgia and Alabama,
r r Office over Bank *>f Columbus, Broad street.
ROBERT BAUOH. J- J*
Columbus, (ia. March 27,1857. wtwtf
FOX & DAWSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Office over U edd,[Johnson Sc Co.’s Store.
JUNIUS A FOX. .....HUGH B. DAWSON.
Feb. 21, 18V,. wfctwlv.
B. Y. MARTIN. J. J. MARTIN.
MARTIN & MARTIN; -
Attorneys at Law,
eoT-trittciirrs, ga.
Office on Broad Street—OverGunby <fcD*niel.
Columbus, Jan. 9, 1857. w&twly.
M. B. WELLBORN. JERE.N. WILLIAMS.
WELLBORN Sc WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clayton, Alabama.
WILL gtve prompt attention to the collection of all claim,
entrustoigtot hel rcare In Barbour county. I ct 4 wtwfim
MARION BETH UN E,
A T TOR NE Y A T L A IV,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga.
October 24th, 1856. wtwtf.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, A.
Office, up stairs, over Col. Holt’s office, Randolph st.
may 26.1855 wd-twtf
W. S. JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
C U S S E T A,
Chattahoochee County, Ga.
Q'fa Us entire attention to the practice In Chattahoochee
adjoining counties. ap26—wtvrlj*
ROBERT N HOWARD,
ATTORN ff Y A T LA W ,
CRAWFORD, AI.A.
Anpteioher 8, 1855. —twiwlf.
S. A. M'I.KMHIN,
ATTORN i; Y A T LA W,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
VXTIL (a promptly Attend io ul business eh trusted to his
▼ V care parUfui rh Collecting. novc*iwly
HUHIjTO.Y X plane,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
CO jUMBUS, ga.
r IMIK above firm have renewed their Copartnership, and
I will devote the most assiduous attention to the pro
tension in the counties ot Muscogee, Harris, Talbot and
Chattahoochee, in this State.and in Russell county, Ala.
Office, front room over E Barnard’s Store.
January 28,1857. w&twtf.
arj==ih J. FOGLE & SON,
D E NTISTS,
OFFICE on ifandolph Streetnear Broad, Columbus,Ga.
Columbus, May M, 1857. w&,nvtl
WM. F. LEE, D. D. S.
SURGEON.
OFFICE corner of Broad and Randolph Streets,
Columbus, Georgia.
i December 17,1*56 —w*itf.
\m£
| Wiuter Building, 48 Bread Street, (East Side,)
COLUMBUS, GA
October 25, 56. w&triwiv.
TENNESSEE PRODUCE.
n HE undersigned is irad lo execute with promptness
1 rd©r* lor
Lard, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Corn, Flour,
Or any other Product* oi Middle Tennessee
D. D. DICKEY,
N0.5 College 8t Nashville, Tenu.
August 2d—w At wly
AT LAST!
GREATEST GLRE IS THE WORLD FOR P.tlS
Prof Chas. DeGratli’s Original
CD£iLU
TIIIS OIL fe the only sure remedy in the world for the
cure of Rheumatism, Deainee?, Gout, Neuralgia,
Lumbago, Sciatica, Spinal and Bronchial complaints, Tic
Doloreaux, Headache, Cramps, Croup, Piles, Sprains and
Bruises, Felons, Cuts and Wounds Swelled Glands, Slid
Joints, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Sore Nipples,Swelled Breast,
Womb Disorders, Salt Rheum, Canker in the mouth and
stomach, Palpitation, Eruptions, Caked Breasts, Quinsy,
Sore Throat, Palsy, Pleurisy, Ulcets, Lock Jaw . Heart
Burn. Tooth and Ear ache. Nervousness, Costivness,Burris,
Sore Gums ot teething Infants, Hemorrhage, Abscess, Stifi
Neck, Broken Breast. Chilblains, Tetter, Shingles, Frosted
feet, Fever and Ague, . Chapped Hands or any diseases
that are sore and painful, i* the ouly article ever brought
before the pu lic that will do its work perfectly in limn
three to twenty minutes—has been used by thousands and
pronounced to be the best remedy ever discovered
This Oil acts on the system w ith electricity—is of pure
vegetable preparation. Not the slightest danger of apply*
! ing it outwardly or inwardly, flat once give- a perm a
j nent cure—in most cas-s from ten to twenty minutes,
j Tbe best physiologi.-ts of Europe havjt discovered that all
, organic'derangement ot the animal system is the i fleet of
i an obstruction of the physico electric Huid in the organ
j diseased. A skillful appiiation of this oil puts in irnmo
! diate motion the nerve Huid, and the cure ia at once ac
complished. No bleeding, no vomiting, purging or bits
! tering is resorted to.
j None genuine without the signature of Prof. C. De
! Grath. Lalfels'&igned in writing
Principal Depot No. 30 South Fight Street, three doors
below Chestnut. Philadelphia. Country Dealers and
i Druggists can he supplied wholesale and retail. Price 25
cents, 50 cents, and Ifcl per bottle
‘Pry everything else, give this ooe simple trial.
CaTJTION.—Be careful to a-k for and gel DeGrath's
Electric Oil, as worthless imitations abound.
There are numerous imitations sprung up on the reputa
tion that my article has acquired. The public must be
ware. They are worthless.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by
BROOKS <v CHAPMAN,
(sign of the Negro and Mortar, corner of Broad and Ran
dolph Streets,) sole agents for Columbus, and by Drug
gists and Country Merchants Generally.
May 1, 1857—w&twlv.
ROBT. B. BARKIS. W.B EEfcRI.E.
ROBT. B. HARRIS & CO.,
WHOLESALE * RETAIL GROCERS,
Receiving, Forwarding & Commis
sion Merchants,
LARKIN&YILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, ALA.
WILL aPeud promptly to Buying andSelling Grain, C otton
aud Produce generally. Orders lor Grain, Ate., solicited.
[ August 12th, 1&56. wly.
THE LAST CALL!
MONEY WANTED.
r | > HE subscriber having purchased the entire interest of
1 V. R. TOM M BY, in the Notes and accounts of the
late firm of J. EN NTS & CO., (which firm wasriiasolved
on the first Oct. 1855,) would earnestly solicit all indebted
to said firm, either by note or accouut.to call at the store
of J. Ennis &, Cos , and settle the same, or they w ill find
their Notes aud Accounts iu the hands of an ofi cer for
collection. J. ENNIS.
Columbus, Oct. 18, 1856. B wtwtf
(33 il <e> Da a lei
[KL
■ 10A BROAD STREET,
(XkXT POOR TO J. KYLK AND C 0.,)
KKKPB constantly on hand,and ofPr* for sale nt prices as
lowa GOOD CLOTHING can be Found here, a large
auu superior assortment oi
Gentlemen's and Youth’s Clothing!
aud Furn*fehiug .Goods, ail of % which have been muiiiita J r
ed und<-r his immediu'.e supervision
Every g&rmeut warranted as represented
Purchasers are requested to call and examine his extensive
stock. t ov29—wtw'y
A NEW COTTON PRESS.
COTTON PLANTERS are hereby notilied that the
subscriber can iartiish them with a superior COTTON
PRESS, ot anew pattern, cheaper, more handy and ex
peditious, as well ae more endurable than any now in use.
The Iranie, screw pin and lever, are all of wrought iron.—
This Press will last hall a century. Five hands can pack
two bales an hour on it. Three haDds can put it up in
three days and take it down in lour hours; pin the w hole
concern in a wagon, and, with lour mules, haul it 10U
miles with their provisions. I will erect one of ni) presses
ou the Court House Squares in Columbus, Macon, Atlan
ta, and Augusta by the last of May, when planters can
see the superiority of this Press over every other.
JAMES M ASSEY, Thomas county, Ga.
The Columbus Enquirer, and the Macon and Augusta
papers will please copy until Ist June, and I will pay
them at their respective offices. J. M.
March 20. 1857. w&twtililstJune.
GEORGIA, Randolph County.
Randolph Court of Ordinary, March Term, 1857.
IT appearingtothe Court, upon the petiiion of Beynnur
Catchings. that James Morris, late ot said county deceased
did in his lifetime execute to said SeymourCatcbtnvs his bond
conditioned to execute warranty titles to said Seymour
Catchinasto lot of Land N>. thirty nine, in the seventh dis
trict ot oringinally I.ee.nowsaid comity of Randolph,contain
ing two hundred two and a half acres; and it iurther appear
Ing that the said .Morris depa-ted this life testate in said
county, without execut’ng atitle to said lot ,of land orlnany
wav providing therelor; and it lurther appearing that said
Seymour Catchings has paid tbe full amount ot the purchase
price nl said lot of land, to wit.thesumof two thousand dol
lars, and the Baid Seymour Catchiuga having petitioned this
Court to order and dir, ct Amanda J. Morris of said county
Executrixoltbe last will will aud testament of said James
Morris, deceased, to execute titles to him to said lot of laud
iu conformity with said bond:
It is, therefore, on motion, ordered by this Couit, that notice
b given atthree or more public places In said county of Ran
dolph, and in the Times and Sentinel, one of the public ga
xettesof said State, at least three months, of such application,
that all persons concerned may file objections in the ofliceol
this Conrt,lf any they have, whyjsaid Amanda 4. Morris. Exec
utrix aforesaid, should not execute titles to said to oflandio
conformity with said bond, pursuant to the statute in such ca
ses madeand provided.
A true extract from the tuinulesof this Court, March jta,
185-. J. 1). LKNNARD, Ordinary.
March 17th—wltm
Land Warrants Wanted-
THE subscribers are paying the higheat market price foi
Land Warrants. Call and see us.
J. ENNIS & CO.
Columbus, Jane *7- wtf.
“the union or the states and the sovereignty or the states.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1857.
MOBILE AND GIBARD RAIL ROAD.
IMiL Pus re nig* > & Freight Tran will leave Girard at 2 P*
. Ai.dailj, coßLecliug at Silver Kuu with, a *iail> line ol
-Uagisi* lo Villula, G lemiville,Luliii!a, ForiGainee, aud tfari
titui!i,Fla. Ami at Ganryt Jii daily, with the Mag.-a tor lichee,
Hivet. Hugh, Ghutmemiggee, Midway, Hardaway, Fvroie
tnd Union .spriu s.
LrFvingGaeryl ’it at 4 A. M., daily, the (Jars will roa*j
Girard nl 7 A. M., coimectiiig with the Opelika am Mu
cogte Trains.
Duplicate Recei must acmiapary Frelzht shipped,
ir All freight onuat be paid before goods will be dUcharg
*tl.
Freight delivered at tbe Hepul before 4 o’clock P. M. will
be shipped the toUowii.g day.
F eights for sUtllor>B No. 1 (Fort Mitchell ) uIU N0.5 (Ter*
sous’) must be prepaid.
Way freight must iu all case be paid in advance.
/OHN HOWARD,
muscogi;e rail road:
Change of Schedule.
11^ ROM ami after thisda-te the Day or Lxprers Train will
leave the depot at i P. M. and i rrivetu ftacor* a i nVi p **•
Leave Macon at 2A. M. arrive at Columbus at 7>; A.M.
M./rningor Accommodation Train wLlUav* at A.M.,
and arrive at Macon 1054 A.M.
Leave Macon at 3 P. M. arrive at f oluu.td- lU.IO P X.
J. L. MIWTIAN, Bupt.
Columbus. June 29—VwJfcwtl july2
FOR PHILADEPHIA, NEW YORK, &c.
SAVANNAH & CHARLES iON
STEAMSHIP LINES.,
CABIN PASSAGE A2O. STEER AGE 88.
j. THB well known KIRBT IJI.ASO BTHAM
KEV>T< S 11 8T \ IT,. ...Cpt. R. Harixx,
.STATK (F GI • Hi.l A .. 4 i*pt .1. J. (. akvin.
Will bereaitcr form a W KEKLV Ll.\ Kto PbiiadelpLia
sailing every SATURDAY, alternately, treni Savannah and
Oharlestoi! toll own:
SaILIMG DAY.s.— The Keystone Stale will Fail irotn 8a
vatihahthe loUowltig Saturdays:—FKßKUAHY I4ihat2Bth;
MAKCH *4 h aud 2-<th; APRH. Ilih and 25thj MAY Hlh and
! 2:<d; JUNE ti.h and 2Uib, , leaviug l'n ladelphla the alter
nate Saturday a.
The State of Georgia will sail from (’h^rlesion the following j
Saturdays: JANUARY 24th; Ft BREAK Y 7tb a.d 21st,
X \Rd’H 7th and 2Ui; APRIL4ih and IBtfc; MAY 2d, I6th
nd 30th; JUNE 13. h and 27th; Leaving Philadelphia the alter
nate Saturdays.
In strength, speed ami accominodalions these ships are ful
ly equal to any running on the count. Inland navigation, lUo
utiles on Delaware Hi er and Ray; two nights ut Heu.
For
HHORTKBT AND ( HKAPKST KOI’TK.
These lines both connect al Philadelphia with tie t rial
North Weaterf. Railroad Route ti rough to Niagara Kalin or
Bufla/o, in eighteen hours irom Phiiadephia. Through tickets,
with the privi egeol stopping at Philadelphia and iniertnediute
points, for sate by the Ag<-nU in Savannah at <t* Char esion.
Fare to Niagara or
gua. $27.
Agent at Philadelphia A HURON, Jr.
.tfgent at Savannah (!. A. GREINER.
Agents at Charleston TANARUS, 8. <L T. G. lU’DD.
Jamihiy 31, 1857. tv dm.
SAVANNAH & CHARLESTON
STEAM PACKET I T NE.
a, The superior 8 e kin-ship GORDON, F. Harden
inter, leaves Savannah for Charieeton
If ed.teedtiy and baturday after*sour at ti
.Monday and Friday afternoon* at 5 o’clock. Freight between
Chaiieston and < o I urn hue, .Mac* n ai.d all station* on the ( e n
tral. M.icon * Western. South Western and Muscogee Kail
Roads will be forwarded at SHvanaah tree ot al> charge.
J. P. 11ROOKS. Agent Savannah.
Fs. L A FIT TP. &. go, Ag’ts. Charleston.
Oct l-wiflwl
NOTICE
pOOItS Shipped from Middle and Last Tennessee and
\ X North Alabama and Cherokee Georgia, to Columbus,
must he distinctly marked **vla Weat Point and
Opelika ” W.T. WiLSuN, Agent,
A ila.Mt j & (.a Grange R. R. .fllunta. Ga.
December 3, WStf—w&tw>v.
AT
DeWITT’S
JEWELRY STORE
CAN be found anew and varied unent of j
every tiling goae rally kept iu au ©atahlishmeut ol j
kind.
Pitchers, Waiters, Goblets, Cups, Spuuus,
Tea Set-', Forks, &c. &c.
OF PURE SILVER.
FIWE SIGHTING GUNS.
Pistols, Caps, Wads, Nipple Wrenches, Wad Cutters &e.
ELATED WAKE, Castors, Waters, Sic.
GrOXJ3 tTA'X't'HESi
Suitable lor Ladies and Gentlemen. Diamonds in Rings
and Pins. FINE JEW KLR Y, iu Sets of pure
Gold. Cameo and Pearl iu Sets. Braeelete,
Chains, <X-e if.
EIGHT DAY ALARM CLOCKS,
Anew and superior article, warranted to keep the best o!
time
The above goods will he sold at the lowest pi ices, sod
warranted to give satisfaction
WATCHES PROMPTLY REP URED.
Mv old friends and patrons will please call.
Apl7—wtwtf A. 11. DeWITT.
MONTATALE SPRINGS.
NEW ARK AN if M ENT FOR
HEALTH AMU .PLEASURE
M Messrs. Lanier & Watt,
of aVlontgonwry, Ala.—l he former late ol Pr|f
the Lanier Houae, Macou. Ha —have y>nr-
ehaeed MONTVAIjB SPRINGS, and the large body of
mountain, hill and valley thereto attacheti. Assured
of tbe great v.-rtiiee of thew waters, the salubrity and laud
sicape beauty of th* place, they will >paie neither pains nor
to make it the watering plane of the South.
.VI r. St Lanier ia now on the ground superintending im
provement*, and opening new sources of interest and
am isement for the ensuing season. He will be happy to
greet his old trietids at Montvale, and to prove to them that
he is still an accommodating landlord. He assures the public
that the improvements he is making, and the farm and veg
etable gardens under his care, together with his mode of
hotel management will add greatly to the comfort aud
pleasure of visitors. There are good COACH LINES
from Knoxville and other points on Railroad, bringing
passengers to the Springs in halt a day. The Rabun Gap
Road, now being built, will run from Knoxville, within
three miles of Montvale. Apart from the known reputa
tion of these Springs he is prepared to bear testimony to
their efficaev in chronic affections in the case of several in
valids fr< rn New York, Georgia and Tennessee.
apriilO—wtw3m.
NEW BPRI.N G GOODS !
MANLEY & HODGES,
TAKE much pleasure in saying to their friends and to the
public, that theit Spring Stock is now- complete, and
all that are in search of pretty Goods at right Pneee, would
do well to give ua a call.
llicli Organdy anil Grenedine ROUES.
Fine Jaconet hd.i barege
Elegoit Organdy L) R E S S E S.
Flam Black, and Satin EDiN ES.
SUMMER SILKS
Plain B A R E G E S , of all Colors;
White and ‘Chintz Colored BRILLIANTEES ;
FIGURED LINEN LAWNS;
Striped aud Figured IRISH LINENS.
Special attention ia called to our assortment of
Richardsons Medium Linens,
The Prices and Goods must please.
Our Slock of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
was never better. The advance in the raw mate
rial has not changed our sales prices.
A large lot of
CHEAP LA \V NS ,
warranted colors, and ot excellent styles.
Ad elegant assortment ol
CHANTILLY & LACE MANTILLAS
OIL CLOTHS,
FO£ FLOORS AND PASSAGES,
Aprl—tw&wtf. MANLEY & HODGES.
Enquirer copy.
DRS. SCHLEY & DAVIS.
OFFICE OVER ST. MARY S DANK BUILDING
ocl27—twtf Ks STAIRS.
atic >lrteting hi Ch-ttfahoochee.
Ccsskta, May 25, 1857.
A Urge aud r* jpeetable p risuo of the Drmoura’.Lo
party <f Chattahoochee r.asembled at ihe Court House
iid iy, for the purpose ot appointing delegaus to the
G-üb.-o ttaiwrial and Congressional Conventions
Oi motiou of Coi. \V. S. Johnson, Col. Wm. l)*vis
was called to the Chair, and N. X. Ho ward requested t
act as Secretary.
The Chairman brhfly explained the object of the meet
ing. Do motion of lion. John S. Duncan, the chairman
w.’.s r quested to appoint a committee ot rive to select
suitable persons as delegates to the Conventions ; which
committee consisted of tbe follow ing persons, to-wit:
John S. Duncan, l-aac N. Johnson, James S. A Hums,
Hilliard J. Williams, and W. W. Shipp, who, after reti
ring for a short time, returned and reporttd the follow
ing names, to wit : To the Gubernatorial Convention,
.4. 11. Flewelleti, Wm. S. Johnson, Isaac 11. Webb, and
Wni. Davis. To the CoDgressioual Convention, R. A.
Turnipseed, E*q , James M. Cook, Win. S. Duncan, and
James Af. Hen I roe.
On motion, the report ol the Committee was received
and adopted.
On motion of K. J. Raiford, the following resolution
wa* read and unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That in view ot the able and patriotic man
ner with which our Representative, the Hun. Martin J.
Crawford, disiingu shed bimseli in the last Congress, we
concur fully with our Democratic friends of Stewart and
other counties, in t • commeodiog him t the people of
the S-cond Congressional Ilist riot, as asu table candidate
for re-election at the enduing ebefion m October next,
aod that we will give him our undivided support.
Col W. S. J aims, .u being r quested t address the
meeting, begged have respectfully to decline, but. by the
way, made some s nsibb remarks in support of the pres
ent ad miu Ist rat ion. aud congratulated the Democracy for
having suhdu and evt jy c*pposi r g clem-O’, and res'ored
peace and prusperi*y to the Cnion.
On mot on, the ug adjourned
\V ILLI AM D \ VIS, Chairman.
N. N. //oWAHD, St-c’v.
Democratic* Heeling in Kichrnond.
Pursuant to public notice, a portion of the Democratic
paity of Richmond county assembled at the City Hall in
Augusta, to*day, lor ‘he purpose of appointing delegates to
represent the county of Richmond in the Gubernatorial
Convention, to he held in Milltdgeviile, on the 24th day ol
Juue next.
On motion of William H Pritchard, Hon Lbenezer
Starnes was called to the Chair, and \V G Johnson re
quested to act as Secretary.
On motion of John Phinzy, Jr. Lsq, a committee of five
was appointed by the chair to report matter for the action
of the meeting.
The committee collated oi the following gentlemen, to
wit: John Phimzy, Jr, John Davison, Henry Moore, Jas
M Smythe, and Julien Gumming, Ksqs.
The committee then retired, and alter an absence of a
few moments returned, and through iheir chairtnau, Johu
Phimzy, Jr , offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we cordially approve the inaugural of
Mr Buehunan, the selection of his Cabinet, and the policy
of his adniiiiistralL rj. unfarasit has been developed, and
honestly impressed with the belief, tiiat the existence of the
Uiiioiiaud Southern Equality in it, depot.d upon its com
plete ami triumphant fcuccesa, we deem it the duty of Sou
thern men, irieepec ive of party, to give it an earnest sup
port, and believe this *an be done efficiently, only by eua
tuiuing the State o/gu uzations of the party, by w'hich it
was elevated to power.
Resolved, That w* approve the course ot our immediate
representative, the Hon Alexander H Stephens, in the !a-t ‘
Congre-s, aud having no iironnatiou that he de.Mres to re- j
tire, from the House of Representaijves, and from public,
life, we heieby recommend him to t; e electors of tfie Bth
Congressional District, as a candidate tor the next Con- j
press; trusting that the people of the district, rising above
party prejudices ad petty differences, will show th- ir ap
preciattou ot theex. e ience which he baa acquired, and the
ability wnd devote-n 10 Southern rights which he hasex
bibited, in his long amt brilliant Congiesaioual career, by
giving toman nod vided snppoit.
Resolved, That we will be reptesented in the approach*
ing (inltCinatoiial e<>t.v*-ution of the Democratic party, to
he held at . illedgeville, on th** twenty fourth day ol June
and appoint the hdlowinj* delepilcs, viz: Hon L Starnes, j
Thomas Barret, James T Nisb't J’ Jennirgs, John B
McKinnie, Jame- AG Walker, B I Winter,
J B Weems, D Kirkpatrick, Jr, J M Newby,Turner Clan
ton, Julian Gumming, George M Newton, and Henry
Moore, to represent'u.-in that body, and that each dele
gate be empowered infill ms vacancy iu the event of bis
inability to attend
Resolved , That appreciate the fitness and the worth
of all of the many di-tingnished gentlemen whose names
have been suggest! and in connection with the Democratic
nomination fr Govt-ruor; that we feel au hon eat pride in
our connection w ith a party which can present so many
individuals competent to fill the highest office in its gilt;
and that we will cordially sustaiu the nomination of either
of them for the Executive Chair
Resolved, That whilst thus recognizing the fitness of
other gentlemen, and expressing our determination cheer
fully to abide thed-e simi of the Convention, we would
avail oureslve 3 of thus opportunity to indicate our prefer
ence for a distinguj lu-d fellow citizen, .lames Gardner,
Ksq ,as the Democratic candidate for Governor, and re
spectfully to present him to the party in convention, as one
in our opinion, entitled lo the nomination for that office
and eminently rifted f-r it.
Resolved, I’hat we have no local or sectional interests
to subserve, in St em mg the election of a Chief Magistrate
from our own county and section, no local or sectional
claims to urge in favor of the candidate we pre
sent, but that we place him before the party, and urge his
claims distinctly upon the grounds of fitness and of ser
tire—a fitness, equal to that of any other individual of the
party, whose name wilt probably be before the Convention,
and a service quite, as distinguished, useful and arduous, and
which,up to this time,has teceived no proper recognition
from the party.
On motion of Juiien Gumming, Evq , the proceedings
of the meeting were ordered to be published iu the Consti
tutionalist, and other Democratic papers of the Stale.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
K. STARNES, Chairman.
W G. Johnson, Secretary.
Augusta, Ga., May 23,1857.
Democratic Meeting in Lee.
Stakkvillr, May 18, 1857.
In pursuance of it previous notic-, the citizens of Lee
county met in the Court House ;t S'.arkville, to appoint
delegates to represent them at MillcdgeviHe, in the Dern.
oott.ti : Convent! aof tht-24rb of June, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate lor Governor ; hI-o to appoint
delegates to repiesent them in the Democratic meeting
lo nominate a eand .lute tor Congress, e.t Albany, ou the
13 li day of Ju y.
Ou motion toorgmixe, W. C. Gli was called to the
Chair, aud explained th© object ot the meeting. (J. W.
Austin being r* quisled to act as Secretary, they pro
cceded to business, as iolu-ws : l T pou motion, it was or
d-red by the Chair, that Green B. \l>\ y, S. V. Gray,
D. A. Pettis, Sas. Suilivan, F. H. West, C. Kimbrough,
J. A. Bishop act as committee iu selecting the delegates.
The recommendation ot that body bing the names ot
Fred. II West, (7. W. Ross and Green B. Mayo, as
delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention ; and J. Batts,
W. II Green, R Watters, W. ISieyaM, S. L Barbour,
C. B. Callaway, G Kimbrough, S. V. Bay, C. P. Sut
tern, D. A. Pettis, J. A. Bishop, and J. Bencher, del
egates to the Congi essional Convention ; adopting at the
same time the following resolutions :
Resolved , That in the opiuion of this meeting, the
Natioual Democratic party being the only policed orgat
izjitiou whuh has cut-lived the st rm ot fanaticism which
has swept over the country, is the only party iu w hich
tie BoUih can expect the pres-rvUou ot its culs ku
lionHl tie his, and ihe maimeuance of the same
Resolved, That inasmuch as the emire South is ar and
ought to he Mi isfi-d with the Adminisiration of James
Buchanan, confidently relying upou his great wisdom,
matured experience and known integrity, to put into
practical op* ration the great principles of governmeut
policy which brought him into power, and as announced
in his inaugural address , and innttnu* h as there is now
no difference of sentiment at the South, aud no great
question of national politics to divide her people, we cor
dially invite till pers ns, without regard lo past party al
ignment, to unite w iih us iu zealously sustaining his ad
ministration.
Resolved , That we take this opportunity to express our
fullest confidence in the ability, integrity and sterling
worth of our Representative in Congress the Hon. Mai
tin J. Craw-lord, asd request our and legates to the Con
gressional Convention to use all honorable means to se
cure his re-nomiuation.
Resolved , That w e recommend the holdiug of a Con
gressional Convention at Albany, at the time proposed
by the Democracy of Dougherty.
W. C. GILL, Chairman.
G. W. Austin, S-Vy.
A lazy boy makes a lazy man, as sure aa a crooked
twig makes a crooked tree. Who ever yet saw a boy
grow up in idleness that did not make a shiftless vagabond
when he became a man, unless he had a fortune left him to
keep up appearance? r I he great mass of thieves, paupers
and criminals that fill our penitentiaries and almshouses,
have come to what they are by being brought up in idle
ness. Those who constitute the business part of our com
munity—those who make our great and useful men—were
trained tip in their earliest boyhood to be indoatrioue.
From the Louisville J *urnal 15th.
‘liOQfivillr Mob I.h w•
Yesterday afternoon the arguments of counsel were con*
eluded in the case of the negroes charged with ti e murder
of the Joyce family in thi9 county, several months ago.—
‘ Judge Bullock then ehaiged the jury, who retired, and in
short time returned with a verdict of “not guilty.” It
would have been impossible, we are told by lawyers, to
render a different verdict considering the nature of the tes
timony introduced by the prosecution, which consisted
mainly of the statements of one of the negroes implicated
iu the crime. Besides, Judge Bullock in his charge decla
red this evidence to be entitled lo but little, if any credit.
Immediately after the rendition of the verdict, the grea
ter portions of ihe persons in the court room left and pro
needed towards the'jiil, where the accused were confined.
The crowd was somewhat excited, and manifested a desire
to satisfy themselves with executing summary vengeance
upon the negroes wh* they conceived were improperly
acquitted. Arriving in front of the jail, they were met al
the gate by the Chief of Police and a body of his men,
who resisted their attempt to enter Foiled in their efforts,
the excited crowd retired, and until night were gathered in
the vicinity but made no further demonstrations. Iu the
meautime, the police force was strengthened, and arrange-
made for the defence of the jail, in view of the con
templated attack. By nightfall, the multitude had greatly
swelled in numbers, and the excitement was manifestly in
creasing The majority of persons present, however, ap
peared to be merely spectators, taking n part in the dis
turbance. Appeals were made of a highly inflummatory
nature, and the indignatn nos the people was naturally
heightened. Finally a desperate onslaught was made,the
prison fence was broken, and the large crowd rushed to
door. Several shots wnre fired, which the force returned
by the discharge of blank cartridges. ‘Phis firm resistance
further maddened the already intuii&ted mob. A party of
men and bojs forced an entrance into the building w here
the artillery was kept and procuring a cannon, heavily
loaded it with every description of deadly missile?. This
was planted w ithin a few feet of the prison door, which
was already haltered down, ana the windows broken in
Threats were made to discharge the cannon into the small
aute chamber where Mr. Thomas, the Jail J r , and hi? dep
uties, Mayor Pilch**r, and about twenty rohtvmon wei©
stationed.
Further resistance would have been utterly futile, and at
the imminent peril of the file of everv one of the
men who were attempting to defend the prison. If would
abo have resulted in demolishing the pri.-on defences and
safeguards, and freed more than fitly prisoners. Under
| these circumstances, the officials in charge found them
selves forced to the painful measure of delivering up the
negroes. The>e officers had during the evening conducted
themselves with much manliness, aud for two hours before
dark had successfully kept at bay the attacking mob. Had
the crowd been dupersed when it first assembled and en
gaged in disordeiiy proceeding, the terrible tragedy that
ensued could have been arrested
Three of the prisoners being delivered up. a razor was
given to the fourth in the jail, (Jack,the property of Mr.
Saimiei9, of Bullitt county,) and he cut his throat, severing
the jugular vein and wind pipe, and producing instant
death. The wound was of a most horrible character, and
more ghastly spectacle was scarcely ever withered than
the dead body when it was brought to tbe yard and expo
sed to the view of the crowd. Ropes were obtained, aud
the other negroes marched off to the Court House square.
At the west end, George, the slave of Mr. Samuels, was
hung upon a tree, amid the hooting* and execration? of
the multitude. The ot her two were then marched through
the square; and near fifth street were likewise executed.—
One of them, the slave of Mr. Brown, protested his inno
cence, and pleaded piteously to be released. His agony
of mind and sufferings were very inteuse. Mr. Pendle
ton’s Bill, the one that was the State’s evidence in the case
was the last one execuied. We understand ttiat he and
one of the other’s confessed their guilt.
Fires were kindled under the - uspended bodies, but they
were not consumed Large numbers ot persons fingered
about the scene of thisawiul tragedy until a late hour, and
it was the universal topic of conversation. The excite*
merit in some degree subsided, and the turbulanre gave
way to a feeling of silent horror at the terrible scenes that
were witnessed. The rioters themselves, having wreaked
their vengeance upon the victims, appeared lobe more awe
stricken than exultant.
Mayor Pilcher attempted localm the mob, and was out
rageously assaulted, receiving a severe wound in the lace.
Officer J. A. Weatherford bad one of his fingers shot off.
W© heard of no other persons being injured, though there
were rumors to ihat effect
We need hardly say that we recard this proceeding as
one ot the most deplorable in all ‘he history of Louisville
We presume the negroes, or at feast a portion of th**m,
were guilty, but there were no legitimate grounds for their
conviction; and lb** jurv which pronounced the verdict ot
acquittal was rental kable for in* inteilig* uee and respect a
bility. Under thoe circumstasces, the violent uprising of
the mob against the civil authorities, and the putting of
the negroes to death, was an outrage which cannot be too
severely condemued. It has done an injury to the good
name of our city winch y*ar.s can hardly wipe out. It has
caused a feeling oi deep grief and poignant regret in tbe
breast of evt-iy good and calmly reflecting citizen.
It is a sad thing to have to state tfiat, iu the midst of the
mob, there were scores of boys,some of them scarcely ten
years of age, all shouting “hang em !” “bum em !” with a
fury not surpassed by that of their elders. Such an exhi
bition of bloodthirsty rage on the pait of mere children,
fe. indeed, shocking to conteniplater It i? a deplorable
augury for the rising generation.
We cannot hut think that if the acts of the mob had
been anticipated, tbe police would have made efficient ar*
rangemeuts for the maintainance of odrer. We are willing
and anxious to believe that they did all which they could
properly be expected to do under the circumstaucea. And
yet it is difficult to understand how all the preparations
could be made for the raising of so large a inob, or how
a feeling violent enough and extensive enough to impel eo
many men to an unpremeditated and unorganized out
break, can have existed, without being manifest not only
to the civil authorities but to the enliie community.
Arrest of Charles Mcore.
Mr. C. B Wright, the Sheriff of Gly&u county, arri
ved in this oily, yesterday afternoon by the S. A fc G.
Railroad, in charge of Charles Moore, who killed J R.
Wood, the keeper of the Oglethorpe House in Bruns
wick ,on Saturday night last. The following are the par
ticulars of the arrest, as near a> we could ascertain
them :
A passenger on the steamer St. Jonhs, which left
14s uns wick on Saturday night, took with him several
of the liardb Ms • fife ring the reward for Moore’s arrest,
got ofi’ at S.. Mar ys ; from thence along the line of his
route through the iu erior, he posted thrill. Arriving at
Ceofi rville, Camden county, on Sunday, it was ascer*
tained that .Moore was slopping there, through indispo
sition, on his way to Florida. Gen Hilliard, with sever,
al others, immediately proee-ded to take him prisoner.—
//© was found at his board.rig house and made no resist
ance. Ho w.a taken to St. Mays, where the party met
the steamer St. Maiys on her return from Florida. Ar
riving at Brunswick, he was placed iu the custody ot the
Sheriff, w o was ordered by Judge Cochran, to bring him
to Chatham county jail for eotdiiuim nt, time being no
secure j til in Glynn county. Tbe Sheriff, io company
with some eight or nine persons, immediately passed
over to Darien with their prisoner, win re they obtained
vehicles, and after rapid driving, arrived in Liberty coun
ty, some distance this side of the Medway Church, and
reached the Station in time to meet the cars on the Sa
vannah. Albany f- Gulf Railroad, on which tley came
to Savanuah, arriving at 20 minutes to 4. p. m. The
ptrty left Brunswick between 5 and 6 o’clock, Tuesday
afternoon, making tbe trip overland in about 22J hours.
The prisoner was, immediately on reaching the city, de
livered over to the jailer, and is now in close confinement
in Chatham jad.
The reward of Si,ooo was paid by the mayor of
Brunswick to the arresting parlies within an hour after
Moore was placed iu tbe bands of the Sheriff of Glynn
c*unty. It was not deemed nece>sary to handcuff the
prisoner, as hesb< wed no disposition to escape from the
officer who had charge >f him.
YVe bain tint the feeling of exasperation against
Moore hy ihe people of Brunswick was rapidly increas
ing. as soon as it was ascertained that he was again in
that city. This mty, in p rr, see >uur for his speedy re
moval.— Savannah Republican , 2DL
Inter marriage, ofi fihod Re'alums Hisloty appears to
teach in vain again.-! this violation of the natural and re
vealed l.i w Indeed, those whom examples like the follow
ing cannot reach, it is likely will forever remain indifferent
to warning The Federicksburg Va. News states that in
that county, for twenty generations hack, certain families
of wealth and respectability have intermarried until there
cannot now be found in three or tour of them a sound mau
or woman ! One of them has sore eyes, another scrofula,
a third is an idiot, a fourth blind, a fifth bandy legged, a
sixth with a head about as large as a turnip, with not one
out of the number exempt from physical defects of some
kind or another.
7 hat Fight of ovr Congressman. —Some of our ex
changes are giving undue consequence to that fight in
which Hon. Humphrey Marshall was engaged the other
day. Wo learn from t good authority that it was a very
trivial affair. The honorable gentleman was at Frankfort,
at the election for magistrate, and having taken rather too
much “Old Bourbon,” undertook to pull a gentleman’s
nose—an experiment, hy the way, he never would have
.ventured upou in his sober moments. The gentleman did
not seem to regard it as any spec ial honor to be thus fami
liarly treated even by a Congressman, and with one blow
from his huge paw, he very unceremoniously caused hi?
antagonist to measure his full length on the ground. Thus
ended the matter, and there has been no resort to “pistols
and cofiee,” all reports to the contrary notwithstanding
Louisville Courier.
Prolific —There is a man in White county, Illinois,
who has a wife that has borne him 1C ohildrt-n ; the fits
six came by twos, the succeeding nine by threes—while
the last one, poor, helpless, lonely thing ! came into thfe
world without compauy. Sixteen chddien at sev.n
births !
[From the Washington Union.}
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, May 21, 1857.
The politics of Rev. Dr. Cheever, the Dred Scott
preauhtr, like pertinacious chickens, have come ht me to
roost. It was suggested some time since that there
were two side? to this discussion, aud that the reverend
Abolition preacher would upset the he had adopt
ed. The affairs of his parish for some time, have bien
in an impaired condition. 11 is Church is small ; the
debt on Cheever'a house is large ; the pew rents are
enormously h gh, and takers are few. The erratic and
malignant course of the Rev. Dr. the past year, is ae
counted lor in various ways by various persons. The
complaint has been heard that the debt was large aud
tbe increase small. The past season has been one of
much pc litical excitement. Bleeding Kansas bus been
the theme of many a sermon ; it seemed to draw well ;
and some are so fiard hearted as to say that this revtr*
end politician adopted the suicidal policy of
political preaching to draw the Black Republicans into
his house, and to so increase his congregation as to fill up
his empty seats, and heal the discontent. But tbe end
has not been answered. The revolt against the parson
has broken out rank. A letter has.been sent to him to re
sign. A meeting has been called, and the letter w s read.
The meeting was an informal one. A resolution was
introduced endorsing the the course of Mr. Cheever.—
This was resisted, on the grouud that the meeting was
an illegal one. But the resolution was put on its passage.
It was passed. The protestants refused to vote ; so the
resolution of approval was published as having passed
unanimously. But the trouble is a serious oue. The
opposvrs of Cheever’s house are among the most stable,
rich, and indomitable members ot his society ; and the
result will be be dismissal of Cheever, or a split in the
parish. Men get tired after a time, of having their
churches turned into nn abolition club room—their place
of worship fill’ and w ith a profane and motley rabble—their
pews occupied by strong minded women and gaping nu n.
They want an end to it, and wll have it. With the
break down in the Young Men’s Christian Ass >ciation
ou the subject of slavery, and the row in Cheever’s
church, the admonition is quite imposing significant.
But a matter of more moment to these agitators is on
hand. The American Home Missionary Society has re
cently changed its line ot action, and abandoned the
ground it has assumed aud act don for 30 years. It has
\ folded to the abolition clamor, and has taken the stand
th it no church shall be aided w hich holds slaves. This
mad policy has been opposed by some of the ablest men
who have for years sustained it. The New York Evan
gelist, an able paper, has openly and manfully, and with
great ability, stood against this proposed change. The
Third Presbytery of New York, has decided against this
aew action, aud this is one of the largest and mo t influ
ential bodies, and now one of the chief supporters of this
Missionary Society. The New School Church is iu ses
sion at Cleveland, Ohio. The question comes up : “Shall
the new policy of the Home Missionary Society be sus
tained ?” If yea, then .hat body is a disunited body ;
if nay, then the American Missionary Society will have
passed upon it the sentence of death. You will see that
the discussion of this matter will be hot aud angry, and
the end is not quite clear.
The American Tract Society at it? annual meeting last
week, threw itself into the sea of abolition agitation. The
line of policy it has adopted has caused great grief to tbe
b>st friends of the institution, and caused gladness and ex
ultation iu the hearts of th * Beechers and Thompsons, the
Bacons and Cheevers. The Society can now take down
the name of American. It has ceased to be national, and
what it might have feresten hus come on it. It has not
gaiued a friend among the Abolitioni* ts, because it does ,
not go far enough. Wendell Phil! ps took up the late re
port to show how well the society ko-*w its duties aud pro
ceeds to advance ; and brother Greeley thinks that all
w ho see miy good in this late action are “quite gratetul for
very small favors.” So true is it that no ground is left
but that which has b*-en taken by the general govern
ment ; and th#* religious bodies, denominations, associa
tions and churches, must come on the ground of State
Rights—preach the Gospel as the Son of God did in
Galilee—preach ihe Gospel as St Paul did in the capitaU
of Greece and Rome, and let the domestic institutions of
States alone, or their end is at hand. The church cannot
control the State. It must be iu subordination to the
State.
The new board of commissioners are still at their work.
The rumor of eollison between the two forces is abroad
daily, and some timid people are greatly alarmed. To day
the confl et may erme on. The Draper board has tried
Mr. Matsell, the chief of police, for insubordination. He
wae not present. He does not recognize the new au
thorities. lie was dism psed lrom office. His place was
supplied by one of the revolting captains who went over
from Mayor Wood. To day the demand will be made on
Matsell for his office, books, and pipers. The liemand
will be resisted, when we will see wh it will follow.
MANHATTAN.
Mormomsm.
The San Francisco Herald gives a sketch of a lecture
ou Mcrinonistn, delivered before a crowded audience iu
that city. In one part the lecturer gave the following
sketch of the religion.
In joining the Church nt Salt Lake, the first privilege
of righteousness is being allowed to take a wife, and as
you progress iu grace you are allowed to add to the
number, so that licentiousness U the reward of devotion
One of the dogmas of Mormouism is that the woild will
last eternally that every man of grace, when he dies,
will reign over his own descendants, as Abraham now
reigns over his, and hence the necessity of having as
many subjects as possible. They justify this plural ty
system by the belie! that then* ate* plenty of male and
female spirits in the other word, who, b'licving in the
faith, have joined in w'ediock, but not being capable of
enjoying the physical bfessings of the same, these saintly
blasphemers take wives enough to act as their s-übsti
tutoH. Another doctrine is that the wife is the mere
cte.iture of her busbrnd in the next world, and only ob
tains pcsition by virtue of being his wife; that bis posi
tion in the next world must cotrspond with his position
in the church while on earth, or-d therefore if a man be
so unfortuuate as Dot to become a luminary of the church,
he, and consequently bis wife, will be doomed to a most
degrading and low place iu the next world. But the wo
men have a chance to escape this terrible doom, by lenv
ing their poor husband and marrying a man high iu the
church on earth ! These are called spiritual wives. The
whole system wis one*of licentiousness aud blasphemy,
anß its * fleets were already manifest in the drerepid race
of children now springing up in Utah. The heart
burnings that women endured in this sanctimonious hell
were indeed great. There were crimes also so abumi
able that he could onlv hint at them, and oth rs (murder)
that would only be known when men were called to
judgment.
Rotation m Office.
The National Intelligencer publishes the following letter
from Mr. Jefferson, in opp sition to thv policy of “rotation
iu office.” It was addressed to Mr. Madison. The law
to which it alludes was one “limiting the term of office
of certain Executive officers,” which hid beeu passed in
the last hours of the first session of the 1 Gth Congress
and approved by President .Monroe :
Poplar Forest, Nov. 29, 1820.
Dear Sir : —The eocfe*ed letter from our ancient
friend, Tench C<xe, came unfortunately to VlouticeUo
after I had left it, and has had a dilatory passage to this
place, where I received it yesterday, and obey its injunc
tion of immediate transmission to you. We should have
recognized the style eveu without a signature, although
so writteu as to be much of it indecipherable. This is a
sample of the fleet? we may expect from tbe late mis
chievous few vacating every four year? nearly all the Ex
ecutive offices of the Government. It saps the constitu
tional and salutary functions of the President, and intro
duces a principle of iutrigue and c rruption which will
soon leaven the mass, not of Senators, but of citizens.—
It is more baneful than the attempt which failed in ihe
beginning of the Government to make til officers irre
movable but with tbe consent of the Senate. This places,
every four years, all appointments uodr their power, and
even (bilges them to act on every one nomination. It
will keep in constant excitement all the huugry eoirno
rauts for office, render them, aa well as those in place,
sycophants to their Senators, engage these in eternal in
trigue to turn out one and put in another, in cabals t
swap w ork, and make them what all executive directories
become, mete sinks af corruption and faction. Thfe
must have been one of the midnight signatures of the
President, when he had not time to consider or even to
read the law, aud the more fatal as being irrepealahle bu
with tbe consent of the S nate, which will never be ob
tained.
Time to Retire. Marshal Kadetsky, the General in.
Chief of the Austrian forces io It ly, has resigned bis
commission at the age of ninety one years. This vet
eran in tbe wars of despotism bad won victories for his
king before the American declaration of independence.
From youth he has been in the iron harness of war, and
bids fair to reach a full century of years. He ia now tl e
oldest chieftain in the world.
Lady Franklio has invested her entire estate io the uew
Arctic expedition now fitting out.
,[TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE.
The Meek! enburg Declaration of 1 tide pen
den ce.
The late commemorative celebration of the Mecklen
burg Declaration of Independence, which preceded that
of the United Colonies, by more than a year, and which
many think Mr. Jefferson made, in some measure, the mo
del of his memorable and immortal State paper, (an alle
gation which he repelled, however, in the most pointed
and unqualified manner,) may render our readers anxious
to see the elder document. Here it is, as it emanated from
the pen of Dr. Ephraim Brevard, aud was adopted by the
bold Meek leu burghers:
Declaration ofi Independence by the citizens ofi Meek
lenburgh county . iSorth Carolina , Myy 20,1775.
In conformity to an order, issued by the Colonel of
Mecklenburg County, m North Carolina, a Convention in
vested with unlimited powers, met at Charlotte, in said
county, on the nineteenth day of May, 1775, when Abra
ham Alexander, was chosen Chairman, and John McKnitt
Alexander, Secretary. After a free and full discussion of
the objects ot the Convention, it was unanimously Re
solved,
I. That whosoever, directly or indirectly, abetted, or in
any way, form or manner, countenanced, the unchartered
and dangerous invasion of our rights, as claimed by Great
Britain, is an enemy to this country, to America, and to the
inherent and inalienable rights of man.
11. Resolved, t hat we, the citizens of Mecklenburg
county, do hereby dissolve the political bands which have
connected us to the mother country, and hereby absolve
our elves from all allegiance lo the British crown, and ab
jure all political connection, contract or association, with
that nation, who have wantonly trampled on our rights and
liberties, arid inhumanly shed the inuocent blood of Ame
rican Patriots at Lexington.
IU. Resolved , That we do hereby declare ourselves a
free and independent people, are, and of a right ought to
be, a sovereign and self governing a-sociation, under the
control of no power other than that of our God and the
General Government of Congress; to the maintenance of
which independence, we solemnly pledge to each other
our mutual co operation, our lives, our fortunes and our
most sacred honor.
ABRAHAM ALEXANDER, Chairman.
J. M. Alexander, Secretary.
Adam Alexander, I Robert Irwin,
Iltzekiah Alexander, Wm Keonon,
Ezra Alexander, j Matthew McClure,
Charles Alexander, i Neill Morrison,
Wanstill Avery, Samuel Martin,
Ephraim Brevard, | Duncan Ogletiee,
Hezrkiah J ttalch, j John Phifer,
Richard Barry, Thomas Polk,
John Davidson, | Ezekiel Polk,
William Davidaon, j Benjamin Patton,
Henry Downs, John Que&ry,
John Flenniken, | David Reese,
John Ford, I Zachens Wilson,Sr.
William Graham | William Willson,
James Harris.
From the Charleston Courier.
Denth of the Hon. A* P. Butler.
Andrew Pickens Butler is no more. The gifted, tbe pa
triotic, the brave, the geuerous Butler—the able and eloquent
Senator,Hhe cynosure of the social and the life of tbe con
vivial circle, has yielded up his body to the earth of which
it was made, and his spirit to God who gave it. Tha
telegraphic messenger, ot last evening, speeded us, thus
briefly, the melancholy tidings—“ Senator Butler died, at
6 o’clock, last evening, of dropsy.” He expired at Stone
lands, his residence, about five miles from the village of
Edgefield,iu this State,at 6 o’clock,in the afternoon of Mon
day, the 25th instant, iu the sixty-second year of nis age.
Although prepared for the sad result, by previous intelli
gence of his extreme illness and hopeless condition, we
have no words to expre-s our sincere and heartfelt sorrow
at the sad event. Not only did we honor him for his lofty
gills of mind and heart, but lie was deeply seated jn our
warmest aflections we valued and loved him as a friend.
But what is the individual bereavment, compared w'iih the
loss to the State and to the Union 1 ‘I he State is bereft
of one of the noblest and bravest of her champions, ever
teady to face and hurl discomfiture on her foe- I —the Union
has lost a conservative statesman, in a season of peril to
its existence. Who.can forget his glorious vindication of
his nam e Mate, his mother soil, along w ith himself traduc
ed, in hi? absence, by a recreant Senator ; or hie scathing
and withering rebuke ot the dastard calumniator l But,
yesterday, the judicious, the sober-minded and wise-hearted
Evans, dtfcouising with us of the anticipated calamity, di
lated on the gieai and important influence, w ielded by his
now deceased colleague, in the Senate of the Union, in
defence of Southern rights, Southern character, aud South
ern honor, ou the one hand, and iu the promotion of a
healthy conservatism on the other. “ The mass of the peo
ple,” said he, “scarcely know or appreciate his value—hia
loss will be, indeed, incalculable!’’ The Palmetto State
will weep for him, with a mother’s grief for a beloved, a
faithful, an honored and an houoring son—the nation will
mourn him as one of the brightest of her Senatorial jewels,
and one ol the best and wisest of her patriot statesmen.—
Honor to his memory, embalmed in the hearts ol his sor
rowing fellow citizens—peace to his ashes, as the clods of
the valley shall lie sweet about them.
Andrew Pickens Butler was born, in Edgefield District,
in the year 1795. His father was the late Gen. William
Butler, of Virginia, and his mother Behethiand Moore, of
Edgefield, the former having migrated from Virginia to this
State He had six brothers, among them George, a gafe
lant officer, in the war with Great Britain, who died young ;
the Hon. William Butler, M. D., formerly a Surgeon in
the U. S. Navy,and member of Congress from Greenville
and its associated Districts, and Pierce M. Butler, former
ly Governor of the State, and afterwards the gallant Colo
nel of the Palmetto Regiment, and winner of a g>oriou9
death and deathless renown in the hour of victory, at the
head of that peerless corps, in the memorable field of
Churubusco. ‘1 hey were of patriotic stock, iheir father
having done revolutionary and warrior service, in the war
of independence. Their mother, too, did patriotic service,
in the same hallowed cause, and was at one time a prisoner
to the enemy. His sister whs the hist wile < f the Hon.
VVaddy Thompson, and all his brothers, having preceeded
him to the grave, he now completes the obituary roll. He
was a pupil of Dr. Moses Waddell, WiJlington Academy,
that school of illustrious men. lie graduated, at the Col
lege of South Carolina, in the year IS 17, with distinction,
having been awarded a thiid honor, iu a class, of which
the first and second honors were awarded to Charles Fish
buru and Archibald i . Baynaid, and of which Chancellor
Caldwell, Judge Glover, and the Hon. Wm. Me Willie,
among others, were members and graduates. He served
first iu the popular branch of the State Legislature, and
was then transferred to the State Senate ; and he made hia
mark, as an able and eloquent debater, in both houses. In
1818, he was admitted to the Bar, nd, almost eontempo
raneouhiy, he appeared beiore a committee of the House
of Representatives, in a contested election, between Charles*
Busay and William Middleton, of Edgefield District; and
he soon rose to high distinction in h>s profession. Io De
cember 1833, he was elected an associate Law Judge of
the State, in place ol the Hon. Wm. D. Martin, deceased,
and wore the ermine wi.h dignity, impartiality, uprightness
and ability ! In the year 1810, he whs elected U. S. Sena
tor, as the colleague of the illustrious Calhoun, whose es
teem, confidence and love, he enjoyed in mi eminent de
gree; and, in that august body, he distinguished himself
by his dignified demeanor, ch.valrous bearing, flowing and
classic eloquence, and statesman like ability; and won a
popularity, political and social, rarely surpassed, if ever
equalled. Ilis health began to fail, upwards of a year
since, and his decline was doubtless, in some measure,
tened by the melancholy, distressing and sudden death ot
his near, young and gallant kinsman, the Hon. Brecon S.
Brooks, whom he loved with all the tenderness of parent
al affection. He left Washington, at the close of the late
Executive session of the Senate, in a very feeble state,
having remained until the last moment at the post of duty ;
and returned to his home to mingle his mortal dust with
that of his parents and kindred, in his native State. His
first wife was a Simpkins, who died childless, shortly after
the>r martiage ; and hi? second was a Hayne, daughter of
the late William Edward Hayne, Esq., (son of the revo
lutionary martyr, Col. 1.-aac Hayne.) and, sister of Isaac
VV. Hayne. Esq , our Attorney General, she, too, having
died, in an early period of their wedded lite, leaving one
daughter who survive* to mourn her beloved aud gifted
parent.
li is a melancholy coincidence that Memphis should
have had her celebration matred by the death of her
Mayor, on the eve of its occurrence, and that we should
be saddened by a similar event on the eve of our re>pousive
festivities.
Our Hail Road.
In answer to the numerous enquiries made of us, by
our friends from the country about the prog res of the Rail
Road to Eutaula, we have to say that we have just had
the p easure of reading a letter horn Mr. Cuyler, to one
of our citizens on that subject. Every thing is moving on
right. Over oue hundred hands are now at wotk on the
first six mile? this side of Sumter city. By the first of Oc
tober uext, the Engineer will complete the final location of
the Road io Eufetila; and the entire line will be placed un
der contract by or before the first January. In anticipa
tion of the Road onr town is improving rapidly. Lots are
rising in value, and will continue to advance far beyond
the presont rates. Those who desire choice lots For resi
dence?, had better purchase at once, or prepare to pay city
prices. Our opinion i* that there is no place in the
whole South, where greater inducements are now offered
for profitable At.d safe investments in town property than
m Eufnula. We have the wealth, the people, and the
hack country to hmld up and sustain a laigo city. With
an unbroken Kail road connection,with Savannah, good,
and steamboat navigation to New Orleans, the town of
Eufaula, is destined to become the “queen city** of the
Chattahoochee.— Eufaula Spirit.
Col. A. Baker, Jr.
Our friend Col. Baker, has just returned home from hia
nifosiou iu South Carolina, in the Kansas cause. Hemet
with eminent success in hi? enterprise, and gives the most
flattering accounts of the liberality and hospitality of the
citizens of that noble and chivalrous State. Col. Baker
deserves many thai ks for his invaluable service? in behalf
of the South. His able and *>lpquent speeches challeng
ed the admiration of all who heard them, aud drew from
the public journals of the State, the highest encomiums.
Long may he live to enjoy the laurels to nobly won.—
Spirit of the Scuth , 26M.
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