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Sinus m\b Sentinel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. i FRIDAY MOKMXm JULY 8, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: lIK RACHEL V. JOHNSON. FOR CONGRESS: A. n. COLQUITT. WEEKLY TIMES AND SENTINEL, FOR THE CAMPAIGN. Anxious to do our part in preserving the liberties of the people, and the institutions of the South, by elevat ing to office in every department of the Government, good and true Vemocrate, who will insist upon a rigid adherence to the Constitution, we offer the WEEKLY TIMES AND SENTINEL, for cu*h in advance, as follows : $ etb. One copy till 2d week in Octobei, 5U Five copies, “ 44 ‘ “ 2 00 Ten copies, “ “ “ 4 00 Twenty copies, “ “ 11 7 00 Fifty copies, “ “ “ 15 0J Ono hundred copies ‘* u 25 ( 0 We are just entering upon a canvass in which a Governor, members of Congress, members of the Leg islature, Judges of the Superior Courts, and a United States Senator will bo elected. Every man in Georgia is deeply interested in the result. The contest will, ; therefore, be n Stirling one, and afford abundant mate*! rial for thought and discussion. We will spare no labor to make our paper the vehi cle of the fullest information upon all points discussed, end the earliest and most reliable news from all points ; of the Stato during the canvass. Every citizen is interested in the political opinions of his neighbor. Ilia vote affects his life, liberty and property. We wiit devote our entire energies to the advocacy ; ci the claims of the Democratic candidates, under the j lnil conviction that tlto freedom of the States and the , preservation of the Union are involved in the success of Democratic principles, FETE CHAMPE i RE. A PIC NIC will be given at Camp Montgomery on Saturday afternoon, Bth mat., 1 o’clock, P. M. Tickets of admission Five Dollars, which maybe procured at Whittrlset dc Co.’s Music Store. Ladies are respectfully invited to attend, t without special invitation. Editorial Item .Judge Warner has resigned his seat on the Supreme Bench, and Judge Starnes has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Judge Warner’s judicial career haa been a brilliant one, which wo hope will be emulated bv his successor. Judge Warner does not say tlio salary of a Supreme Court Judge h inadequate compensation t\r the labor and time expended, hut we may reasonably infer that that i the cause of his resignation, Lit not a shame that the highest law officer in Georgia does not dear more than a first rate clerk in a wholesale Dry Goods Store iu New York ? i Camp Montgomery, July 0. In my last communication I neglected to mention that : a National Salute of 31 Guns was fired at 12 M. on thtr • 4th, under the direction of Ordnance Sergeant Elbrus. j If noise is evidence of patriotism the Sergeant is a bead and shoulders above all competitors. The crack of tho J tiflo and even the fire of musketry are gentle sound* in 1 the presence of roariug artillery. Yesterday the heavens were overcast and Camp | Montgomery was flooded. A long table groaning with 1 good things which the ladies of tha city had kindly pro- j vided, was exposed to the pitiless storm and th® fair crea tures themselves were not at all respected by the God 1 of rain and thunder, and were compelled to seek shelter from the shower ia # hasty retreat to the tents of the military. Os course wo were delighted with the incident, though we sincerely regretted the inconveniences to which our fair guests were exposed. Our accommodations were soanty, but they were ten dered with good will, and wc are happy to believe that j the abandon of our hospitality made amends for aii deii- ■ ciencies. All that we regret in this connection was the necessity of changing the locale of the evening’s enter* j taiument. A broad platform iOO by 60 feet had been erected for the purpose of having a ball in camp. It was looked forward to with lively anticipations as the great ! event of the festivities, and we arc sure nothing could i have been more picturesque than 20 sets wheeling , through the mazes of the dance under the broad canopy of heaven, all bespangled with aiara. We were com pelled to resort to Temperance Hall by the rain, com forted by the reflection that if our pleasures were di- ( minished, the country was benefited by its untimely outpouring. At nine o’clock the ball opened. The concourse was immense. We observed in the throng most of the fashion, worth and beauty of the city, who, 1 we were happy to find, had a hand ready for every guest who sought it in the dance. The festivities wer® | prolonged to a very late hour, and went oif delightfully. i There was no; a jar during the evening. At 2 o’clock in the morning many happy but tired meu sought sleep : in the tents so recently hallowed by the presence of the fair, to dream of the forms of grace and beauty which 1 but so recently flitted before their eyes. The camp was aroused by reveille at an early hour—too \ arly, we fear, for the tired sleepers, who awoke to learn ! that the tourth of July bad passed, and the pleasant fes tivities were ended. On the tifth, the Macon and Columbus companies turned out tor drill under their respective commanders. Engaged actively in this part of the exercises we had no opportunity of comparing the companies with each oth- j er. Inuifterent spectators are divided in opinion as to the merits of the respective corps, but ail agree that there ; never was a more soiuierly body of men under arms, I sod that every corj* was well drilled, and did great j credit to its officers by the accuracy and elegance of its { evolutions. We are informed that the Macon Volunteers had the i pleasure of meeting with the accomplished widow of | tbeir old Captain, Holmes, who led the company to Mexico and there sacrificed hit- life to his country. It * io said that they were uone the worse for the reunion, j At any rate ‘Parade-rest’’ was an order of loDg stand- 1 iug in front of the residence of oue of our citizens. At the appointed roll the tenta of the citizen soldiers -vere struck, and the Macoo Volunteers, Capt. Bivuis, and the lloyd Rifles, Capt. Ross, were escorted to the Depot by the Columbus Guards, and the Montgomery Rifles, Capt. Thom to the west bauk of the Cbattahoo *haa by the City Light Guards, and there delivered over to the friendly hospitalities of Capt. Abercrombj*. | We were unable to accompany them further, but learu l that the whole company were conveyed in carriages to j hi* mansion, where a bevy of fair ladies awaited them, ; aud there spent the day in feasting and uaneing until the sun sunk in the west. Just before the tents wets struck, Capt Hall, Quar* j i termsster, contrived a very pleasant surprise. At the : sound of music a sergeant was seen to conduct a squad ‘ to the quarters of the Captain Quartermaster without j arms and return with a basket between them to the ! j quarters of the Macon Volunteers where they delivered 1 it with appropriate honors and returned. Tb# same j i ceremony was repeated at the quarters of the Floyd and Montgomery Rifles, and as the sergeant and his | squad retired a loud Luzzah tent the welkin. At length the some ceremony was repeated in the quarters i appropriated to our own companies. There was much anxiety on our part to know the cause of the hilarity of our comrades, and we involuntarily crowded around , our basket, but to our surprise oar worthy Quartering** ; ter had presented u withs grors of empty bottles ac companied with his compliments, and a hint timt our readers may guess at. If aii of them came from his own quarters, he certainly dispensed a liberal hospitali ty in his tent. T hat, however, is characteristic ci the man. | We noticed that our guests were very careful to place their baskets iu a secure place among their baggage, i We hope, therefore, that they found something mors substantial in theirs than we did in ours, and that a free | 1 use of their contents will do them good in their long | journey home. We now bring these hasty remarks to a eiose. We ‘ are sorry we cun give no brighter picture of the festivi- j tits. We have written in snatches as we could seize a \ spare moment in the bustle of the camp, and after a ; night of laborious duty io the guard tent, during which j we were watchers over tha camp. Therefore, excuse ; all inaccuracies and ineiegancies and accept the purpose j for the performance. If our guests go homo as favorably impressed with ! us as we arc delighted with them, we shall not care if we have given & very poor description of a very pleas ant anniversary. Winter’s Palace Mills. e are indebted to Mr. Livingston for a sack of flower ground at these Mills. It has been tried by a gentleman connected with this office, who pronounces it a nrst rate article. A few more of the same sort can be had at the Pai&ee Mills. The Dellu uml Properly of the United Statet. — The Cincinnati Rail-Road Record recently gave an ar ticle in relation to the indebtedness of the United States. The aggregate was nearly $1,700,000. But this included not only the National and State debts, but the debts of corporations and individuals. A later num bel of the Record contains an estimate of the value of the property of the United States, from which we copy tho following figures: Assessed value $6,010,000,000 Sixty per cent, added 3,606,000,000 $9,616,000,000 Increase iron: 1640 to 1833,under the increas ed currency—lo per cent 3,846,400,000 V&tue of the property in tho nation in 1854, $13,462,400,000 I The writer contends, further, that the currency of the country amounts to $300,000,00U; the debt to $1,700,000,000; and the property to $13,000,000,000. llis conclusions are as follows : First—That there is convertible property enough in ► action to pay uff the entire debt of the country, (if such thing is euppoeabk*, which never happens.) without making sacrifices, cr materially disturbing commerce. Second—That the actual currency of the country is sufficient for this purpose, and that the amount of cur rency is rapidly increasing. Third—That in such a condition of things no gen* <-ral bankruptcy can happen ; but that it is quite possi ble, in ease of pressure, there may ba many oases of individual fail ere, and also that some railway underta kings, hastily and imprudently undertaken, may fail. Fourth—That prices will be maintained, and the cap ital of the country continue rapidly to aceumulate, as its va*t undertakings, its increasing population, and its rich harvests, continue to go on. Honor to whom honor is £?#.—-A correspondent of the Cincinnati Oaxetie thus describes a visit to th# estate of Mr. Fsabody, nn eminent horticulturist near Columbus, Ga. : “Mr. Peabody has a very healthy lo cation on a hill in the pine woods—-over 600 acres ; mid when they went on it, thirteen years ago, not s tree j bad been cut. He cleared a space far ids house, and j they moved iu the uoxt spring. Ila baa proved the ■ most successful cultivator of many kinds of iruits, her- ‘ lies and melons, in this country. I saw 1000 hills of watermelons, on which will be ripe fruit by tbs 10th or 15th of June; he says he baa frequently picked them weighing 50 pounds. His great peculiarity with Straw berries, in the quantity of fruit, its size and flavor, and * the constant bearing of the vines ; always has plenty of fine berries for six months —frequently eight—and last season he had them every month in the year. Recol- f lect this is in the open air—iu his open fields. I saw * 8 acres of Strawberries ; the vines are very small, and ; covered (the ground literally looks red) with most deli- ! cious large Hovey berries. These vines have been in just as full bearing since tho 10th of March, and be j says will continue until the middle of September, sud as j much longer as frost keeps away, if ho ohoobos to at- j tend to them. Mr. P. sends to this market from 150 j to 200 quarts per day, ana says he could pick double the quantity if the market was larger.” Navigation of the Amazon —An enterprise is in pro- i gress iu New York.fby an Eastern geutleman, under the auspices of the Peruvian Government, having in view the permanent establishment of a system of navi- j gution on the South American river, Amazon—the largest river on the globe. Messrs. Lawrence & ] Foulkea are constructing the pioneer steamers, two in I number. 13* Hon. Robert J. Walker, accompanied by his private Secretary, John Ross Browne, and Gen. James Keenan, of Pennsylvania, the new Consul to Hong Kuflg, expect to leave New York on the 20. h of Sep tember at the latest, for Chiii3, via Loudon, Suez and Ceylon. The Princeton is ready as soon as tho order is given. (O” The venerable Dr. Chapman died in Philadel phia on Friday last, aged 74 years. He had been con nected with tho Pennsylvanian University since 1811, resigned in 1850, and was elected Emeritus Professor. ET The Hon. E. W. Chastain has been nominated i by the Democratic Convention held at Calhoun on the \ 29th ®!t., as their candidate for the sth District, for Congress. rr On the 4th of J uly, the corner stone of a monu ment in honor of Major Andro will be laid at Tarrytown, New York. Jametf T. Brady wjll be the orator. FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL. Blakely Male and Female Academy. This institution closed its first term under the superintend ence of Mr. John M. Colry,principal,on Friday S4th inst. The two last days of the term were devoted to tnc examin ation of the pupils, which resulted in general satisfaction to the patron* and with credit to both scholars and teachers. Indeed, Mr. Colby seems to have combined all the moat I comprehensiveand enlightened systems of imparting instruc i tion, as was evident from the promptness exhibited by the ! classes in comprehending and applying the principles ol their various studies. This was a feature noticed by ail who i gave attention to the exercised. The examination closed w'ith a musical entertainment at : night which was well attended by the citizens of the town ; and surrounding country. The performances of the class j sn vocal music were particularly worthy ci notice. Considering the healthy ocation i Blakely and the ; growing condition oi Early county, it is hoped tho enter ■ prising principal of tnia institution will realize the success j which he so justly merits. SPECTATOR. The Rail-Road —The Rail-Road subscription goes bravely on, about one hundred thousand dollars Lav ■ iug been raised in this place. It will be seen from the j announcement ir. this paper that meetings will be held j throughout the couuty, commencing nt Clayton on j | Thursday, for the purp -ee of calling public attention to ; | the subject and increasing the subscription. We aiu ; cercly hop# that our intelligent and substantial planters ; will come up to the work in a liberal spirit. Let every j j man subscribe in proportion to his means, be it much j or little, and the success of the project is beyond a : ! doubt. —Eufaula Spirit. j Cos!. Alexander K. McClung, says the N. O. Bulletin , : ; has announced himself as a caudidate for Congress | I from the Third Congressional District of Mississippi. | ; This district presents a rather close division between the j j two political partic-9. CUBA. Its Commercial and Military importance to the United States. Letter from J. S. Thrasher , Esq. New Orleans, June 20, 1853. Gbn\ John A. Qlttman : Dear Sir —I had the honor of presenting, at the late Memphis Convention, a aeries of resolutions, i with the desi>n of awakening public attention iu the South and South-west to the important posi , lion and influence which the Bland of Cuba holds, j and will ever continue to hold, a9 regards their i commerce. Matters, deemed to be of more impor ; tanee, precluded the consideration of these resolu j tions, and they were laid on tho tabic. Iu presen- ; | ting to your consideration the following remarks i I on the subject, I am confident iio apology is ceed-. ; Jed That distinguished ability which you have \ | shown in the military operations of our armies, will j j appreciate the true value of the question ia its mil ; | itary point of view’; wlvle the pure love of country, ! j which ha,* ever marked your career, will preclude : i vour taking any other than a truly patriotic interest ! j in if. ; The security and defence of commerce Has ever l been a matter of solicitude with commercial na | tions. Without going io’o history tc demonstrate . 1 this, we uved look only to the pol cy that has so long marked the career of England. With a wise foresight, her statesmen have taken possession of many apparently isolated spots upon the face ot ! the earth, until they have formed a complete chain j of fortresses for the protection of her world wide i commerce. S tola Helena and the Cape of Good i Hope guard one route, to tho indies, while the j Falkland Islands watch Cape Horn. Gibraltar, j Malta, and the lonian Islands completely enchain i the Mediterranean, md Aden, at, the Straits of Bab | el-Mandel, comm vuds the entrance to the Red j Sea, and that route to her pos essions in the East. I Her establishments in Australia rule the South ! Pacific, while Puget’s Sound and the inlets North I of it give security to her commerce iu the adjacent | waters. Thus has ahe protection and refuge in j every ocean, and a wise care seeks to increase the i number of her commercial fortresses and the ; : strength of their position. While such has been the course of our great i ; commercial rival, a very different one ha* marked j | our policy. Our commerce abroad has been left to [ look nfier itself, and any attempt to inculcate a pru | dentia! foresight in regard to our own coast has [ been termed, in a spirit of opprobrium, “filibuster | ing.” Four States, —Texas, Louisiana, Mistdsaip- ; Ipi and Alabama, with a large portion of Florida, — | | be immediately upon the Gulf of Mexico, and have i |no other outlet for their products. According to j i the returns of the seventh census, these Stales pro- | | dueed, in the year 1950, in round mnnbeis, six | i hundred million pounds of cotton, two bundled and ; ! fifty million puuuda sugnr, seventy million bush- | eis Indian corn, and incalculable amounts of other j agricultural product?, all of which found their only | markets for sale and supply on the Gulf of Mexico. | Besides these five States which lie immediately i upon the shore of that vast inland sea, there are nine others lying upon the waters that pour into it. : These are lowa, Missouri and Arkansas, west of , the “Father of Waters,** and Wisconsin, Illinois, j Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, east of it; : and a large portion of their countless products fol- j low the rolling waters to the Gulf. The grain and j cotton of Arkansas, the corn and minerals of Mis- . souri and lowa, the grain and meats of Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, the Tobacco and hemp • of Kentucky and Tennessee, ai! iindtheii most ac cessible and be3t market upon the shore of the ; Gulf of Mexico, and pour their agricuiiural wealth j into the lap of New Orleans, from whom they re* | eeive in return the varied products of every clime j to supply their necessities or to contribute to their comfort and luxury. The true value of this mighty commerce, which ; centres thus upon the American Mediterranean, is beyond the power of enumeration. It is not to be ; counted by the number of bales, and boxes, and | barrels which it shows. Its true estimate is to be found in the labor of millions of American hands upou which it confers a value,—:u tho thousands upon thousands of American homes which it adorns with every luxury and grace, and the mil- j lions of American hearts to which it brings happi ness and content. Yet this mighty trade is but the germ vt tuture . development. The surface of the Great \ alley of the West is barely scratched,—not tilled by the j plow. The fires of industry blaze only here and (here at long distances ; while in many portions of the eountrv, the cleared spaces are sod surrounded by vast tracts of forest, or of untilied lands.— When the advancing tide of population shall have , in some degree filled the space east oi the Missis , sippi river, and extended itaelt over the %ast tracts I which lie west of that great stream, the mass of ; ; wealth that shall seek a market upon the shores of; ! the Gulf of Mexico will be vastly increased. The • | S ates east of the great river may seek by meant. | of railway, a partial outlet upou the Atlantic shore ; ; but aii beyond i’s western bank must follow the j rolling tide down to its union with the ocean. Great as is the stream of wealth thus pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, it is still further increased by tributaries of unparalleled magnificence.— The mines of Mexico keep up a *dent but contin ued outpouring of the precious metals, which will be vastly increased when order shall have been restored in that distracted country. During the past year it ia estimated that one i hundred thousand passengers have gone o Caliior i nia and an equal number returned, crossing tii# • isthmus routes of Nicaragua and Panama, and sev | enty millions of treasure have been brought over the same line of travel. Tne isthmus of Tehuan ! teoec, which will now soon be opened, will pour all this great irade and travel into tho Gulf of Mexico. At the present time a large share ot passes i through the Southern portion of that Gulf. The I peculiar character of the current# and prevailing | winds in the Caribbean sea, leave uoexit for sailing j vessels but through the strait between Cuba and Cape Catoche and out through the Gulf stream.- — When the Panama railroad shall be finished, the I trade of the South Pacific Ocean will be diverted ■ through this channel. I have thus endeavored, in a cursory manner, to : sketch the immense traffic that concentrates within | the Gulf of Mexico. H story has taught us to ex claim with wonder at the rich trade of the F.aef, I and the mighty cities wldcii it built l;*. “’*•*.* i trade of the West is far m >re rici. and h-.s built, within half a century, more and mightier cities than was built by the trade of the East in twenty centu ries. The magnificent remains of Tyre and Sidon, of Alexandria and Venice, what are they when com pared w ith the rich cities that republican labor has built in ibis Western world ? They w ere the fruits of centuries—these of a few single years ot Re publican toil and trade. To all this accumulation of the commerce of om Southern anti Western State*, there is but one out i let, and that is through the narrow strait between I Cuba and Florida. It must pass within a few miles :of Havana. Baron Humboldt, in a work on Cuba, | written thirty years Mnue, uses the following re -1 markable language: | “The political importance ot the Island oi Cuba is not | comprised solely in its superficial extent, although this is i double that of fisvti; neither in its maritime resources, i and the nature #f ile population, composed three-fifths ot freemen; but it is even more important through the ! advantages presented by the geographical position of Ha. ■ vaua. The Northern part of the sea of the Antilles, known under the name of the Gulf of Mexico, forms a i circular inlet of more than two hundred and titty leagues ■ diameter —as it were, a Mediterranean tcith two entran | ces, the coasts of which, from Cape Florida to Cape Ca ! toche, in Yucatan, appertain exclusively, at the present | time, tu the Confederations of Mexico und of North j America. The Island of Cuba, or, more properly apeak ! ing, its coast, from Cape San Antonio to the Bay of Ma | tanzas, resting on the entrance# of the old channel, closes ; the G ulf of Mexico on the south-east, leaving to that oeean ; current, known as the Gulf Stream, no other opening : than, on the south, a strait between Cape S.nu Antonio I and Cape Catoche, and on the north, the Bahama Chan ! nei, between Bahia Honda and the reels of Florida. j “Near the northern passages, exactly where, so to ex • press it, a multitude of highways, that serve for the corns raeree of nations, cross each other, is set the beautiful city | of Havana, strong by nature, but yet still more strongly | fortified by art. The fleets from that port, built, in part, | of the cedar and mahogany of Cuba, can defend the en ; trance to the Mexican Mediterranean, and menace the ©p- I posite shores, as those from Cadiz can cemmand the ocean ; near to the Columns of Hercules. The Gulf of Mexico, j the “Old Channel,” aud that of Bahama, unite with each | other under the meridian of Havana. The opposing cur rents, and the violent agitations of the atmosphere, par j tieularly at the opening of winter, give to this point, on the extreme limits of the Equicoxial Zone, a peculiar char acter.” Recognizing the very great importance of this | passage, our Government is now’ fortifying, at a j vast expense, the barren rocks oi’ the Tortugas. ! Its closure, at any time, would produce incalculable damage to all the commercial and agricultural in terests of the South and West, arid disturb the com merce of the world. The possession of the island Io! Cuba by us, would secure us, foiever, against j such a calamity,—would guarantee the security of : our Southern coasts, —would eonfrr upon us the I dominion of those waters, —ana, I miuht even say, I in the words of Napoleon regarding Constantino ! pie, “the sovereignty of the world.” Several circumstances combine at this moment j to draw our attention to the present situation and I probable future of the island that, thus closes in the j Gulf of Mexico and commands its outlet. Any | change in her political condition must be of great importance to us. How soon such a change may occur, is the only point tube solved. The growing | discontent among tiie inhabitants will produce, ; sooner or later, its natural revolutionary fruits, if : other circumstances do not forestall it; and the strength of the mother country is not sufficient to suf focate the fl imes of rebellion if they are once light ed. The Army and Navy that now hold the island is an involuntary vassalage, and supported entirely by revenues raised in Cuba, and it barely suffices for the exigencies of peace. Any commotion with in her border#, however insignificant, would, a greater or less degree, dry up the source her present revenues, and thv Spanish power there would fall to pieces of its own weight. That such civil commotion must, sooner or laier, take place, is evident to all who ure in any w r ay conversant with Cuba, and with the growing sp rit I ofdiscont* nt among the Cubans. It is only a ques- ; t on of time. Our great commercial rival, England, has long endeavored to extend her influence over Cuba, and I a very slight recurrence to the pages of history will demonstrate that a spirit of intense selfishness, rather than of true philanthropy, has been her mo* : live. The idea that she holds toward us any other feeling than one ol desire to prevent, by all means, j the increase of our physical pow er and our com- j mercial supremacy, will vanish when we remember j ter intrigues during the movement which resulted j in the annexation of Texas. It is now many years since she obtained from Spain the establishment in Havana of a mixed Court ; or Justice, composed of one Spanish and two Eng- ! lisii Commissioners, for tiie purpose of trying cap- j fared skive-ships. For a long time she lias been laboring at the court of Spain to htive the powers of these commissioners extended, so that they may go upon the plantations and inquire into the right; bv which every negro is held in servitude. It is a \vel known fact thatl rgc numbers of negroes have been imported froro Africa, with the open connivance of thu Spanish authorities in Cuba, since the stipula ted extinction of the slave trade in 1321 ; end the concession of this power oi inquiry to the Eigiiau Commissioners would cause & commotion among the laborers, now held to involuntary servitude, that would result in the decay of industry and values, the extinction or commerce, and the overthrow of the whites by a savage, intractable and indolent race —unless, indeed, they adopted that course which despair would indicate. Vet Englai and pur sues her policy with characieristic tenacity. Any effort on the part of Cubans to establish their independence, would naturally attract the sympathies and even the practical assistance of the more enthusiastic part of our population. Any partial success of European intrigues to establish another free negro island in our vicinity, and so near our shores, would render necessary the phvsi cal intervention of our Government. True wisdom should, there'ore, urge us to solve this intricate prob lem before it becomes so entangled with other questions as to endanger greater and more materi al interests. It will not do for us to wait the devel opment of “manifest destiny.*’ There is no destiny except as it is worked out by men. Others are up and doing. Such are a few of the reasons which led me to present this subject to the Convention at luemphiß, and which induce me to deem the acquisition of the Island of Cuba important to the proper protection of our constantly increasing commerce, and to th e security of our Southern waters. I would urge its consideration upon the people and Government of | our country as a question ot national necessity, and I of national I have the honor to be, respectfully, Your verv obedient servant, J. S. THRASHER. Cloptou iu the Field. David Ciopton is a candidate for Congress in | this district. His letter below gives the encour i aging news that he will enter actively into the ’ canvass next week, beginning at China Grove, Pike county, on the 7th instant. We solicit a heartv reception wherever he makes his ap pearance, and as the time is short, we beg his friends in every part of the district to go to work immediately, and the result in August will be highly gratifying. It is our duty to sustain him, not only by our approval, but by active labors— I we cannot labor for a better or more deserving ; man. Me is able, true and unexceptionable, and his j election to Congress will redound to the ever lasting credit of this district. No man will ever 1 have cause to regret casting a vote for David I Ciopton. His talents are unquestionable—his j upright, consistent deportment evident to all, ! and his position in every respect really enviable. ; His numerous friends of all parties have repeat j edly and urgently solicited him to take the field. : lie yields at last, though reluctant to exchange | the quiet and comforts of private life for the noise and bustle of the campaign and the stirring i scenes of Congress. Hence he is not forcing ; himself upon the district, but only acting from i a high sense of duty and obeying the voice of | his warm friends. While we entertain no doubt ’ of his election, we are anxious that it be nearly unanimous. Come, friends, be up and doing, without regard to sacrifice, and let us discharge the duty we owe to ourselves, to the State and j the country at large. One long pull for David Ciopton! Tuskegke, June 30, 1653. Since the publication of my letter of3d inst., such a clear manifestation has been made in so many different portions of the District, that I I feel it would be improper for me to hesitate | longer. j You are therefore authorized to announce me | as a candidate in the 2d Congressional District . ! I regret that the shortness of the time will suffer me to canvass the whole District. I wifi endeavor, however, to pass through as much of it as possible. Respectfully', yours, DAVID CLOPTON. I Messrs. Brittan & Blue. \ To the Public. Lagrange, July 2, 1*53. j An article having aneared in the Savannah Con ; tier, entitled “Sickness in Lagrange,” calculated to ! produce an unfavorable impressiou relative to the i healtli of this place, the undersigned, Physicians of 1 the town, would respectfully call the attention of i the public to the following statement nf facts : I Ist. The Typhoid Dysentery prevailed in the | town and vicinity, from the middle of April to : about the last of June. j 2d Iri a population of twenty-five hundred per- I sons, extending over an area of two and a half | rniies square, there occurred seventeen deaths during that time ; that is, one death to one. hundred and ; forty-seven inhabitants. 3rd. There is not a single case of this disease j now in town, and there is no case of serious sickness i of any kind iu the community. 4th. Our E’terary Institutions are, and have been, j remarkably healthy during the present year. sth. As the tendency (and perhaps the object) of j many of these reports is to injure the success of i our worthy Institutions of Learning, we would here j state that the health of the town will compare favo- I rably for the last ten years, to that of any town or : village in the State. 6 ii The character of our population, in one respect, jis worthy of consideration. Besides the perma nent residents, there is a transient population of ! more than one thousand, many of whom are Rail Road hands and brick and rock masons, whose la- I bora and exposures ret der them peculiarly liable to sickness. Add to this the fact that there ate flve | or six hundred young persons in attendance upon : the Schools, and it will be admitted by every can | did mind that we have no reason to complain. It is also reported that tiiere has been a great I deal of mortality attending this disease in this place. !We testify that this is not the case. The per cent age of deaths has been very small. In conclusion, we would express the hope that the effort on the part of the uninformed, the envious and the malicious , to decry the reputation of this place for hea'tn, may prove unsuccessful. The es forts on the part of our citizens and onr indefatiga ble Teachers to erect and sustain Literary ln.-iitu f.ions of the highest order, have been crowned with the most gratifying results; and we hope that the public mind will not be affected by the stratagems of those who expect, by slander , to effect what they cannot do by genuine merit. Drs. N. N. Smith, R. A. T. Ridley, Thomas E. Gorman, N. Renwiek, J. A. Long, J. T. Broughton, J. E. McMillan, Cicero Holt. RADWAY’S REGULATORS Do not pain, weaken, or sicken the patient. Small : doses regulate, large closes purge. One Regulator will j gently evacuate the bowels and regulate every organ in the j system. ‘They act upon the liver, the itomaeh, kidneys, . and bladder. They cure costiveneas, liver complaint, dys ’ pepaa, kidney complaints, biliousness, fevers of all kinds. No disease or pain can atflict the system while under the | influence ofR. R. R. Remedies. Priced R. R. R. 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