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I I 111 It ION : t I I 0C0H1.14
Tliht'*“y. \ugUHt *•'. 1800.
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Mr Wilber
Tlii* gentleman. n Mulay and Tu< *
•Ur evening*, Very igmiUjr entertained
nnr citizen* with bis rxhlbitinn of IGnora
inie Fainting*, t'hroiiiatropb % lew*, \ cti
triloquiam and vocal and instnuncutal Mu
iic A* a V‘iitriluq>iiM, Mr Vi cannot be
easily surpassed; and liia vocal music wa
greatly admired by the au/licneca, who, we
think, were highly pleased with the enter
I omenta generally lemde- hi* merit, Mr
tV. i* on the verge of blind '***, and w
think, justly entitled Ur public patronage
laabnata Aiylcm.
A writer in on* of the Augur la pa|* r*
haa lately called public attention to the pro
priety <rf establishing an luebr.it* A*ylin
in Georgia There i* tme in the State of
New Votit, at Binghamton, which receive*
only voluntary patient*. The writer pro
j**o* that owe he aet up hare and controlled
by tbe State, and that proper aabjeeta Ire
sent to it, willing or unwilling, when their ha
bitual drunkenness i* established upon due
inquisition by a jury, as in cane rrf lunacy
The rnipr—lt-- i* worthy >rf consideration.
There arc hundred” of nten who arc brutal
izing thrmaalvra, wasting their fortune*,
and disgracing and grieving their friends
by thia unfortunate habit Placed when- in
tozicating liquors cannot lx- got, and where
they will receive kind treatment and proper
medical attendance, and will be surrounded
with all mean* of comfort compatible with
the main end of their confinement, th<- fatal
spell will in many cases he broken and tin
victim* restored to mx-'u ty a* virtuous and
useful member*; and where this happy reault
cannot le reached, the patient* will a* least
he kept iwife and harmless, their estates
preserved, and their familica and friend* d< ■
I vtred from daily annoyance and niortifi’ i
lion.
Mstsors
f>ur vicinity waa visited,on Thursday tin J
second inat , about ten o'clock, I’ M by on,
ot thoae brilliant bodies or meteoric fire balls, |
that occasionally traverse the ethereal re j
gions, puzzling the philodopher, and some
lime* terrifying the illiterate
The one referred to, wa* of extraordinary j
size and transcendent brilliancy,causing even I
the interior of our dwelling’ to be illumina *
(ed with n resplendency equal to tbat of the
ti yin-day's sun The light wa* of a bluish !
hue— trace* of the no teor could be aueo in
the heaven* some minutes after the Bolide
bad disappeared
The theory of these mote irs, is enveloped
in great mystery Home philosopher* sup
pose, theictolite, or meteoric stone, which
frequently fall* from the air, to be ejected
from the volcanic eruption* of the moon, the
projective force being no great as to over
ionic the mooti'a attraction, consequently
th<y fall to the earth.
Otb r* regard them a 1 - ejected from ter
rcstrial volcanoes thrown to such extreme
height, that (Tie earth nukes several raaolu
lions lief.re they descend, so that they are at
•pt to fall remote froni the volcano, from j
which they are ejected, as near by.
But these two theories find but little I - I
vor among philosopher* of the present day j
Again it )# supposed, they arc the pro
duet of chaotic matter wandering through
the atmosphere, and, by tome meteorologi
cal freak, become ignited, and form the j
irrolitc or the meteor, as the ease, may he |
This theory appear* to !• untenable from
the fact, that scientific obnerv ation haa found
in n gions far above that to which the at
iw-wphere extends, and :*e u img toward the
earth
Another hypothesis regards them as tbe
product of chaotis matter left within the
influence of the earth’s attraction by the j
comets. Others, a* “tbe product of It*- ;
bubois matter, (perlm]* of the same nature i
as the tail of comets,) floating in the plane- j
tary regions, and which, when it happen*
to lie near the path of the earth in it revo
lution about the sun, will be attracted by
terrestrial gravitation*.” This chaotic mat
ter, in neither of the above eaaes, coming
m contact with the n'MittSphrl* ill the up
per regions, with aim wt inconceivable ve
locity, conduce* the air so rapidly that the
Matter U set on fire In the ease of the
simple meteor, the matter i* all consumed
li-forc it reaches the earth . but itt the case
of the terolite, the pr'tduct of tbe combus
tion is the meteoric stone.
The scientific world i* inclined to the last
hypothesis at present. There is one fact
showing that the wrolite all have a common
origin and that is, they all have the same fi
temal appearance, aud all are composed of
lh same element in every part of the earth
where they have been found. We have :
given yon, in a condensed form, the opin
ions of the most eminent philosophers in rr !
gard to the theory of meteors, yet every !
theory advanced to the preeent, is involved
in impenetrable mist. Nothing satisfartorv
is known in relation to the origin of these
wonderful phenomena.
Atignst 4tli, 18(30.
Btf~ V schoolmaster, who bad au intolcr
able habit ol talking to himself when alone, j
was asked by a neighbor what motive he
could have in talking to himselfT Jona
than replied that he had two good and sub
Mantial reasons : In the first place lie lik
ed to talk to a sensible man ; in the nest
place, he liked to hear a sensible man talk
r®~- Porter,” asked an old lady of *n
Irish railway porter. “ when does the nine
o'clock train leave ‘•Sixty minutes past ,
eight, mum,” reply
(O.MMI M< \TIONs.
\r vf th* Hlr of tl* Moilh ]
Uvw4 Ivcrtvt
Mn lliuTok:—liithf lant tVflr/Fiir Hj’
I trie# Ui iruv* that Mr. KfCVitt ii Wnrtil* to
•*
j the Houlb, and for that pur|*c. quotes a let
ter written try hint in 1*:“* -twenty-one
year* •/<* and some ri solution- of tin Mi
bu-i-tts Legislature of a - an
eii lit date, both expressing opinion* widely
dilh ring from tin* of the South, and then
eijoJly say-.: “ Itov documents “etlle the
“question of Mr Everett’* free t-.,ili*m ,
, “ noth the leopard change his ajs/ts, or the
“ Ethiopian hi* color ‘ If ye*, then w<-
“ may vxjs-ct Edward Everett to change the
, “current ot h?s thoughts. ’’
It is a strange a*: nipt ion that Mr. Ewr
ett cannot “change the eurreut of hi*
\ thought* on the subject of slavery. With
in thirty y<*ars, tin general mind of the
South ha* advanced from tin- notion tbat
slavery is an evil, only to be tolerated from
necessity—to a settled couviction that it is, j
a blessing to both race*. Why is a similar •
change impossible in Mr Kverett? I toes
I “ Fair Flay” hold tbat a man who was once ,
wrong igUst alwAyk he Wrong? Hindi a doe
; trine would make terrible havoc in the j
squadron* ot ruber wing of the Bemoeracy
When Mr. Kverett wrote the letter quoted :
by “ Fair Flay,” <’aleb Cushing, the I’resi- !
dent of tin National Deinoeratie Convcn- j
lion, wa* hi* zealous supporter. .Mr. Cu*h
guie more vot and uttered more senti
ments in Con.r -- against slavery than the
j great*--1 industry can rake up against Mr
Kverett And yet our Democratic friends
are well pleased to have Mr Cushing for a
confederate aid a leader! A recent cam
paign document, widely circulated in this I
county, boast* that I six and John Van Bu- j
run of New Fork support Brecki nridge; j
and yet these men 18 48 were champions of
Martin Van Burnt, tb<- free-soil candidate |
< f*r I'resident!
1
I How many nn n, now in the Democratic i
1 rank* in Georgia, were, in 1852 or 1850, bit [
terly opposed to the platform on which j
Douglas ami Breckinridge both stand ? For!
they both profess to stand on the Democrat !
if platforms of those years, with a few addi
tions which undertake to i.r/ilain. hut not to
, mry the mi lining A party so full of cliang
j ling* ought not to be surprised that Mr Ev
erett lias changed; though, perhaps, those I
! who have only changed for the worse are !
; naturally astonished that another mail should
| •■bongo for t>)•- better. But the case of Mr. j
Kverett prove that such a change is postti- j
I bio, and wo hope before November to have |
j other evidence of tbe same precious t ruth, in ,
theconvcrr-ioii of many of our Democratic
friends * I air l'lay” included) to the sup |
port of Bell and Kverett. To Us nothing i
is le.ss wonderful than that a man of Mr
Kverett’* learning, candor and patriotism ‘
should be wiser on the subject of slavery at |
the age ot sixty-six than lie was at lbrty-five. i
The truth is, that Mr Kverett, in tin
course of a long public life, has generally
been moderate and conciliatory to the South,
on this subject. For a brief season, he was
borne in an anti-slavery direction by the
current of a strong local sentiment, but his
noble mind soon recovered it v conservative
tone Os this, there are thrc6 conclusive
proofs. First, Southern statesmen, who
have had the beat opportunities of knowing
ins views, have been willing to trust him in
offices infinitely more important than the
Vice Presidency is, in the usual course of |
events. Fecund, the Republican* of the J
North look on him as their adversary, and ;
omit no occasion of reviling him. Third, in
his official action, when charged with any
part of th<- National Administration, he has
been just to the South. Ac far hack as
IK-ti, he thus spoke in Congress:
“Neither ant I one of those citizens of
the North to whom another honorable mem
ber lately referred, in a publication to which
hi* name was subscribed, who would think
it immoral and irreligious to join iii putting
down a servile insurrection at lb*- South. 1
am no soldier, sir; my habits ami education
lire untuilitary ; hut there is no cause in
which 1 would sooner buckle a knapsack to
my back, and pul a musket on tny shoulder,
I than that.”
In 1811, he was nominated by a Southern
l’resident, (Tyler, before his apostasy,) to j
the post of Minister to Great Britain, lie i
wasflmvffiv npjKised in the Foliate on account
of the very letter and resolutions quoted by
“l’aijr l’lay.” Among the Senators who
v'.ffC'TT'**rtie nomination were Glny of Ken
tucky, Hires of Virginia, and Berrien of
Georgia. For this vote, and others, Mr
Berrien wa* eensured by the Democratic
Legislature of Georgia in 18 41, iu a series ;
of resolutions, one of w hich stigmatized this 1
i vote by name. Among the votes against
this resolution i* that of Charles J. Jenk
ins, whom the Democracy have, in late years,
; been very forward to praise.
In September 1842, Mr llerrien publish
ed an addrt” to the people of tievreia.” vin
dicating his opinions and votes. Wc CX- 1
tract his remarks on Mr Everett's noniina- j
tion:
“M r IVtai n ‘s NOMINATION
The vote which 1 felt it my duty to give
on the nomination of Mr Kvcrett.as Minis
ter to tireat Britain, is the neat measure
which the Legislature of Georgia has deem
ed worthy of censure. The majority of that
i honorable body have supposed, that the rr- i
! jet-lion of this nomination, would have given
! an efficient check to opinions unfavorable to :
1 Southern interests in relation to slavery—
i aud they censure the vote for his confirma
i tion. as not truly representing the wishes of
: either political party in Georgia. With
| great resjieet for those who have expressed
i it. 1 thiuk this supposition is erroneous in
! l>oth particulars The abolition party were
anxiously expecting the rejection of this
i nomination, in the hope of turning it to ad* j
■ vantage, and the journals of the day will
| serve to show, what a flame it would have
I lighted up in the Northern. Eastern and
Middle States, among those who were not
the advocates of abolition, nor friendly to
those who were, hut who claimed the tight j
to think on tin subject of slavery, as their
! consciences, their ns**"nation*, and their ed
ncation had taught them, wriiout being dt*
I qualified on that account for holding office
1 under the Federal Government .Mr Kvc
j rett u the eitiaeo of a htatc, where under
! the influence of cause*. Unconnected with
the morality of the question, slavery had
| ceased to exist, before he entered on the
‘theatre of life. The efrcuuisteuce* of hi*
j"itioii, lii.- n-- x-iations, bisndueutioa, were
nil calculated to give httu diflerent view* on
that subject, from those which we entertain- !
ml Hud he been bora and educated among
ua, oar vc ws and hi* would probably have >
been identical A* it is, it i* true tbat in
the course of a tsditical canvass in w hich he
was a candidate, and the discharge of his of
!,i■ ia 1 dulic. a- Governor of Massachusetts,
h- expressed opinions, which conflict with
ours, in relation to the right of I ongrsaa to
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
and to interdict the slave trade between tin
Mates, and as to the admission of territories
into the Baiun, where slavery prevailed.—
But he wa- an early, I believe the earliest, )
and certainly one of the most decided advo
cate* on the floor of Congress, of the rights
of the South— of their exclusive right, to
determine the question of slavery for them
-|vfN, when to the astonishmentof the more
timid, or more prudent of hi* Kastern breth
ren he declared his readiness Ui shoulder his
musket, in the defence of them.
Besides, the question presented to me. a*
an American Senator, acting under an ob
ligation to support the Constitution, was
Itbis- Whether a man whose opinions on the
subject of slavery were opposed to mine, was
i for that cause alone, disqualified from hold
ing an office, for which, I was compelled to
i admit, as every body else did, that in other
: respect* lie was eminently qualified. No
such test, could be found in theConstitutioß,
, and in my judgment, it was the ultruism of
human weakness, for a Southern man to at
tempt to interpolate it there. We could
have succeeded then, for Southern \\ big I
Senators would have been sustained by an
1 mo-! undivided vote of the opposition, ac
ting’ as a party, though many of them car- j
ried their hostility to slavery father tliun Mr.
Kverett did. But the recoil would have ;
been tremendous. If with us, hostility to
slavery wa* a disqualification for office,
would not our brethren of the non-slave
bolding States bare attached the same dis
qualification to its advocates? Neitherpre- j
tencc finds any warrant in the Constitution.
The list of disqualifications, too, might have j
been increased. Some of us entertain pc- .
culiar opinions in relation to our Federal j
Charter We are State rights men— |
Cnioiiiat—Nullifiers. These several opiu- I
ions are honestly entertained, avowed and j
acted upon. They are more intimately con- j
neoted too with our federal relations, than i
those abstract opinions on the subject of j
slavery- What would have been our feel
ings, if a distinguished citizen of the South, j
eminently qualified for a high office, to which ;
he was nominated, should have been rejee- j
ted by our non-slave-holding brethren, be- ;
[cause be entertained them ? if the messages
|of our Executive Magistrates, the publica
j tions which hud been made in the heat of a
j political canvass, had been ransacked to fix
! upon him some opinions in politics or in
j morals repudiated by them? lam myself
! a slave holder, at least as deeply interested
, in checking the progress of abolition, as
! those who question the correctness of my !
\ conduct on this occasion. for the whole pro-
I due-live property, to which I look for the
j support of a numerous family, consists of
I slaves, and the land which they cultivate.
) Beyond my personal labor, 1 have no other
! resource. 1 have every motive therefore, as
j a Southern man, and a slaveholder, to resist
the spread of abolition. It was as such, i
I that 1 looked at this question. It win a* a j
; Soiitlnrn mini, ami a e/uve ho/ihr, that / |
voted for Mr. Krvntt. It. did more to |
el abolition, than any vote 1 had an op- i
pnrtunity of giving. It manifested a deter j
ruination to ui/w/e the subject of da-’eri/
fmm the tSemih ('handier. It deeply con
cerns us to keep this question from the halls
of Congress. Not with my consent, or by
my agency of mine, shall it ever come there.
It is under our own bright Southern situ,
and around our own domestic altars, that it
should alone be discussed. I know that
1 Fcnalors from tbo South, who abstained
| (Vein voting on this nomination, participa
i ted in these views, and would have acted
j upon them, iftheir votes had been necessary
! to sustain it—and one distinguished Houth
i ern Senator,* whose devotion to Southern
rights has never been questioned, who felt
constrained from bis particular position to
vote against Mr. Kverett’s confirmation,
i transmitted to me, soon after, a voluntary
and unsolicited written assurance of his ap
probation of my course.
Those who censure this vote arc, I am
| sure, under equal misapprehensions as to
j the judgment pronounced upon it by our
1 own citizens, of whatever party, who have
i looked to the question uninfluenced by par
tisan feeling. While l have been cheered
| by the approbation of many of our most in
■ telligent citizens, conveyed to me person
ally ami by letter, no contrary opinion has,
: in a single instance, been expressed to me.
! Beyond the denunciations of a partisan
! press, and I would not now point to any
; one of these, I saw this censured, for the ;
tirst time, by the Committee on the [State of
the republic, of the Legislature ot Georgia.
: 1 know, too, that while the nomination was
i pending before the Senate, several Southern
men who aero large slave-holders, expressed
the strongest anxiety for its confirmation,
under a conviction of the impulse which its
* trjreMow would **'■ to the spread ol aboli
tion.” *
The legislature of 1842 continued the
war, repeated the censures aud resolved to ;
have no further communication with the :
distinguished Senator ; hut in their enumer- \
ation of his offences, they dropped the Ev
erett vote —his defence of it having been so
triumphant as to silence even those braieu
i assailants. In the election of 1843, his j
friends made the direct issue before the j
people of sustaining or repudiating him, and
after a warm contest, in which his Scnatori- j
lal career was thoroughly canvassed, his j
friends carried the State, and the legislature ;
of that rear passed the following resolution : ;
“ licsoltni, That we aud our constituents !
(ipproee rAeroi/r.tr ot the lion. John M Her- ;
rien, in the Senate of the Tinted States, j
and cherish an honest pride in his on light- i
ened patriotism and distinguished ability.”
j And this was the end of the matter. So
then, in the still unreversed judgment of the j
Legislature of Ga,, speaking for themselves ■
and their constituents, the support of Mr. I
Everett for a high office is not inconsistent
with “euKghtened patriotism.” Among
those who voted for this resolution were
Thomas Johnson, Anderson t'rafl and Wm
if Elbert. Indeed, in that mem
orable Conflict of three years’ duration, the !
Elbert members generally sustained Mr
Berrien by their votes They were the
ccnUrmen above named, and T IV. Rack
| I ... - n’ -
I •I nitersUo’d to be W illUa* t I’restnn. of South j
Care tin.i
or, Voting L U Harris, -fame* Patterson,
Joseph Itlackvell, Vm. II Adam* r.sJ J
H M Barrett ; KoVt Titomhe, of Wilke*,
stood in the same wdxthv list.
Mr Webster Ftcrctary of State when
Mr. Kverett received this appointment, and
no doubt advised it. That cabinet officer it
peculiarly responsible for all f-<rflgn apjKimt
meut* Mr. Kverett continued in the office
through the Secretaryships of Mr I pslmr
and Mr t’alhuun, and there is every reason
to believe that those ardent Southerners
were fully satisfied with him Iu fact, in
l*4:i, while Mr. I pshur wss Secretary, he
received another mark of confidence in a
nomination to the high office of Minister
to China, and was unanimously confirmed
bv the Senate, but he declined the appoint
ment and it was conferred upon Mr. Cush
ing.
His official condui t with regard to the
affair of the brig Creole, and other matters
affecting the institution of slavery was en
tirely acceptable to the .South.
Mr. Kverett was out of office from 1*4.)
to 1852, when, on the death ofMr. \\ ebstcr,
he was called by Mr. Fillmore to the De
partment of State This appoiotmant was
unanimously ratified by a Democratic Sen- j
ate, Ho, uuifjpg thirty Southern Senators,
not one Jpumi-to resist the uppoiutment
of this aileJjjS'l “ frec-soiler” to an office far
more influential than the Vice Presidency!
While in this office, lie conducted a di
plomatic correspondence on a subject deep
ly interesting to the South—the proposal of
England aud France to the United States,
that the three powers should, by solemn con
vention, renounce all intention of appropri
ating Cuba—the de*igti of which was to
’ commit this country forever against the ac
quisition of that island. Mr. Kverett, as
the organ of our Government, declined the
proposal in a letter, which, for cogency of
reasoning, elegance of style and souud -Ame
rican views, elicited the admiration of the
whole country, especially of those who hope
that the “gem of the Antilles” will, at some j
j future clay, be ours. Os the letter and its j
author, Mr. Dogglas thus spoke in the Sen
ate, March 10,18515: “ Sir, if he had done
nothing else to render his administration of
the State Department illustrious, his name
would live in all ooming time in that diplo-
matic letter, as one who could appreciate the j
i spirit of the age, arid perceive the destiny of
‘ the nation. No document has ever receiv
[ ed such a universal sanction of the Ameri
] can people."— Cnnyrrseumal Globe , Appen
dix, I ot. 27 page 273.
Tt is well known that he approved of the
Compromise measures of 1850. Being in
private life, he had no opportunity of voting
upon them, hut his political associations
were with their supporters, and the Union
j movements at the North, designed to create
a sentiment iu their favor, had his warmest i
countenance, which was eloquently express- j
ed in his speech in New York, on the 22<1 1
•lay of February, 1851.
“Fair ll,ty” quotes from his speech on !
the Kansas Bill to show that he considered
j the Territorial policy “f 1850 as applicable j
only to New Mexico and Utah. This is j
[true; because if the Missouri Compromise
! were left untouched bv those measures, as I
i
j he supposed it to be, there was not another !
foot of unorganized territory on which any j
policy, new or old, could operate
In the same speech, Mr. Kverett describes j
himself as “a friend and supporter of the i
('ompromises of 1850,” and also says of
them, “ I adhere to them; 1 stand by them.”
He also speaks of the “ recoil of the con
servative mind- of the tion-slaveholding
States frbffi this harnessing and disastrous i
agitation”—language which, uo doubt, well j
describes the change which he has himself;
experienced.
Towards the cud of the same speech he j
“says feelingly: “ with reference to the great
“question of slavery—that terrible question
“—the only one on which the North and
“ South of this great Republic differ irrecon
“cilahly—l have not, on this occasion, a
“ word to say. My hutahle career is druw
“ ing near its close; aud 1 shall end it as 1
“ began, with using no other words on that
“subject than those, of moderation, concilia
“tinn and harmony between the two great
“sections of the country. * * * * 1
“share the opinions and the sentiments of
“ the part of the country where 1 was born
“and educated, where tny ashes will be laid,
| “and where my children will succeed me. !
1 •• Hut, in relation to my fellow-citizens in
“ other parts of the country, I will treat
“ their constitutional and their legal rights
“ with respect, and their characters and j
“ their feelings with tenderness. I believe
them to be as good Christians, as good pa
“ triots, as good men as wc arc ; and I claim
“ thatr we in our turn, are as good as they.”
/**to ( O'M", 1 01. 2ft,
page 163.
It is not surprising that a man who is ac
j tuated by .such sentiments should raise his
[ voice in Kanouil Hall against the savage en
-1 terprisc of John Brown; nor that he should
j be constantly reviled by the Republican
party; nor that his supposed loss of popular
; itv t home, in consequence of his conser
vati,'in, should, last winter, have been the
j theaie of exultant comment in the Senate of
the United States, by Mr. Wilson, the free
; soibr from Massachusetts. Hut that Mr.
Kvcrett should be branded in the South as
a “free-soiler” by those in whose cause he
; has thus suffered in his Northern home, is
a melancholy instance of the madness of par
tv. A man who dot's not re card him as an
j ornament to his country, aud feel proud of
him ts a fellow-eitixen, is controlled bv feel
*
ings tfitt entitle him to pity rather than
blame.
i
We venture the assertion that every in*
telligent person in the land, not thoroughly \
gangrened by party prejudice, believes that
Mr. Everett would administer any office in
the Government impartially to the North
and the 8 nth. Clay. Rives, Preston and
Berrien wire willing to trust him in 1841.
‘ Upshur and Calhoun were willing to trust
him in 1843 and I'M!. All the Southern
Senators were willing to trust hint in 1843.
and again in 18.’>2. Mr. Douglas applauded |
1 him in 18. V. lanst IVeember, Mr Rreck-1
1 tnridge made a speech in Faanktbrt. Kt., in
which, suit)wise up the i ircca tht lit hojed
to combine airantet the Kipiiblii - * na.be save
** There it another dement at the North,
, “ not urge, hut nMe and true It conauste
“of the sentter.-d cohort* of the old Whig
“•party, of turn like KVEKFTT, Choate, aud
‘•tboir awtociatw, wli>w cotinervatiem, colt arc
“and patriotiam rebelled ipui't the Re
‘ publican alliance.” So Mr Breckinridge
then thought that the South could rely “ti
Kverett a a aorthy and valued ally. Me l
-uUiiut to “ Fair I May” that it i* not very
magnanimous to be hunting out the ancient
nii:-taLes ol a man thus endorsed a? n hie.
true, eonscrvativc, cultivated and patriotic
Men ol that stamp are too few in the land
When we find one of them, instead of scan
ning his life in a captious aud censorious
spirit, let us forgive his old errors and glad
ly enlist in the public service his great tal
ents, his deep learning, his ripe experience,
his stainless integrity and his fervent j atri
! OtisUl. Till Til.
Elbertoa Female Collegiate Institute.
[ln the absence of the editor, whose mod
esty might lead him to decline a complimen
tary notice of his own school, we give plan
to the following communication -l ‘ulAUlo nr.]
[For the Star of the South].
Mr. Editor : As no notice has appeared
in your paper of the late examination of the
female school in Elberton, it is but just to
I say that the exercises were alike honorable to
the scholars and teachers. I lie pupils gave
clear evidence that they had been well in
strueted in the various branches of learning;
j and their becoming and lady-like deport
; ment was the snbject of general praise in
| the large, company of gratified spectators.
The address by Mr. Janie* A. Jones, on
| “the combination of the useful and orna
j mental in female education,” was most
! appropriate to the occasion, and, both in
j the composition and delivery, showed the
j marks of the thorough scholar and true
j orator.
j Our community is fortunate in having so
j well-conducted a school. The large num
j of pupils proves that the public are sen
sible of its merits. JUSTICE.
General Sews.
The weather in England was unsettled
and unfavorable to the growing crops,
Sicily continued quiet.
Great agitation existed at Naples. The
Public Commissariat had been pillaged, and
j the Agents murdered. The city Trad been
declared in a state of scige.
The Neapolitan Government had ordered
the restitution of the two captured ships,
and the release of the crew.
The United States war vessel Iroquois
j was on the spot, backing up to the demands
[ of the American Minister,
j Garibaldi was preparing for further movc
i incuts.
j The Federal Ambassador had been severe
- ]y maltreated iu tlio streets of Naples, the ;
| act is supposed to have been committed by j
| the anti-reformers. The Minister was beat
; on until he was senseless,
England and Austria have consented to a j
I conference pn the Trance Swiss question.
The schooner Clotilda arrived at Mobile,
on the lUtir ult., with 124 Africans on board.
They were earned up the river,
t "fireside guards,
ATTENTION!
•VTOn are hereby commanded to Vie
I and app ‘sir on your parade ground be
fure the Com t House, in Elberton. in un
drers uniform, on Saturday, the llthinst.,
at nine o'clock, A. M.
\JW By order of the Captain
‘ I’KTKR J. SHANNON* Ist Serg't.
Aug. 9, 1800*49—It
NOTICE*
I A LL persons indebted on the subscription list
j XX for the building of vbc Baptist Church, at
| Klberton, are respectfully requested to come for
j ward and settle. The building committee hav- i
| iug received said Church, and the subscription j
I being due, I hope it will not be necessary to
j make a secoud call upon you. 1 would say lur- ,
I ther, that one of the Comniitice has assumed the j
j responsibility of paying the interest on the amount
! subscribed ; therefore, you will see the propriety
of coming forward and'settling immediately.
WM. J. WILLIS,
Aug 9, 1860-40-lt _ Agent.
NOTICE.
ALL persons whose notes are held lw me will
please he ready for payment by the 25th of
j December next, and oblige
Aug. 9-1860-49-4 t. .T. G. HAM.
pEORGIt, EI.BEKT fOIATV.
VX Whereas. Anderson Craft applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of Christo
; pher Neal, deceased—
; These are therefore to cite and admonish all.
and singular the kindred and all persons con
i cerned, to appear at my ofiice within the time
! prescribed by law, and show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, in Elberlon,
: this Bth dar of August, 1860.
WM. li Kuwait Da, Ordiitary.
! Aug. 9-49-30d
LAND FOR SALE.
I WILL sell at public sale, before the Court
House, in Elbertou. on the first Tuesday in
September, my entire tract of lard, containing
J 120 acres—forty acres of which, are in cultiva
j tion—situated in Goshen, adjoining the estates
tof Rob t. P. Hall Martin White and others. The
’ place is well supplied with water—a fine, nevor
■ failing well near the house. The land is in n very
good state of cultivation, and is a very desirable
tract.
Terms made known on the dar of sale
*Vug. 2.4T.1t JErSSE M. MOON.
EXAMINATION.
THE examination of the pupils of ANTIOCH
ACADEMY will take place on the 7th and
Bth days of August, iu'tant. An address will he
delivered on the occasion by John A. Trunchad.
Ksq. The public generally are invited to attend.
JEPHTHA X AMMAND.
Aug. 2. 19r>0.47.1t
2 00
NEGROES WANTED.
r pHE VERY HIGHEST CASH PRICES WILL
X be paid fcv the Subscriber for Young and
{ Likely Negroes. JOSEPH T. SMITH.
Klberton. Ga.. December 8. 185?.
NOTICE.
\ 11 persons indebted to the Hiacksmith shop of
J V Martin A Heard for the years 1557. NS. nn ill
find their accounts in the hands of James M
Sanders, to whom 1 have traded them, and who
alone is authorised to collect and receipt for the
same. L. H. O. MARTIN
2 4tf.
WELL DIGGER WANTED
i *TV> dig a well on the lot of ihe Ftmaic Institute
L in Klberton. Apply immediately to W. J.
j CUrk. or Robert Wester, or A. L. Vail, or L. tv.
Ang 2. i —4T-tf
NOTH* m* PARTin uri.y:
IMif £i*hk will hr closc-c tfci c dmy and I
- m mi* •<! not to keep aty book* from
thi* in** out All sum* under one dollar on
po*s’ :v*h t 4wh Tbote who don’t find it conve
nient Htlk, will find Monk note# in the hand# •
of the fittbk Keeper. #o to nakf MCtUnnitt#
at th* time It i iwpflwftk to keep n stabl* in
Mseii ioie■- as tie |KVeut, without rash or ragfc
con?idert;un. Rcwotis calling for end hiring
ho:>es. r>rriajrp* of vehicles of >) kind, are es> j
pected to call on return and settle the same
it; person aud those fat:l:Of do so will b.
charred double price, iu every ra=e without re
, sped to person C H GORDOS
A tip 2. !80-#7-€t
N< >Ti< “E.
VLI. person* indebted to tnc in any manner
. whatever, must conae forward and pay up
immediate y. or else they will bcticd without re
spect to peraons, and without further notice.—
iliifticD if vou with to #ave cost
JtIHXC. WARD ‘
July 1 Te. 18*0 46 t
NOTICE.
LUMBER FOR SALE
HE sub'Cribers having leased Tulliam* Saw
1 Mill in Libert county are prepared to fill
bills of lumber of all kinds with dispatch. Fri- i
res a# reasonable a= anv other Mil! in the countv
T. k J. J. BURDEN.
July 12. 18*30 45 4t
Gardiner & Moore,
■WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
j (Warehou;e formerly occupied by Messrs. Simp
son & Gardiner.)
Mclntosh street, Augusta, Go..
IT’ ILL give their personal attention to thesel- j
\ \ ling of COTTON, cr such other Produce as
may be sent to them m by their friends and the
planting public.
*Oudlrs for Bagging. Rope, and Family Sup- 1
plies filled to tlie best advantage.
fittf Ca.-h advances made on produce in store
when required. JAMES T. GARDINER, j
ST. JOHN MOORE,
jyl2-Cin Formerly Simpson k Gardiner.
—Summer and Fall Trade, ISfJO.
Roots, Shoes, Trunks, Carpet-Bags,!
Leather , Lasts, Shoe Pegs, Shoe Findings , ‘
Tanners’ ‘i^ols.
2500 cases Boots an 1 Shoes.
5000 lbs. Hemlock Sole Leather.
2000 lbs. Oak Sole Leather
150 doz. French and American Calfskins
100 doz. Black and Russet Upper Leath r
30 doz. Kip Skins
100 doz. Lining. Binding and Top Skins
5000 Boot and Shoe lasts
120 barrels Shoe Pegs
Also, Picker ucd Lace Leather, Harness and j
Bridle Leather. Roller Lv-ather, Patent Kid, Goat ]
and Morocco Skins, Buck and Chamois Skins, j
Boot Trees. Clamps. Crimps, Peg Jacks, Peg j
Breaks, Peg Cutters, Heel Cutters. Splitting Ma- j
chines, Crimping Machines, Pincers, Nippers, i
Lasting Tacks, Shoe Knives. Eyelet Punches,
Eyelets, Awls, Shoe Hammers French Kir, Kit \
Files, Awl Hafts, Beam Faces, Currying Knives, 1
Finger Steels, Graining K ives, Slicker.?, Flesh- i
ers. Rub Stones, Sand Stones. Clearing Stones, j
Indiana Stones, Boot Web, Boot Cord. Size j
Sticks, Measure Straps. Rasps. Shaves, Bristles. !
Copper and Tinned Shoe Rivets and Burrs,
Toe if* Iron, Copper and Zinc Sparables, Shoe
Thread. Fitting Thread, Twit. Wax. Silk Gal
loon, Edge Blacking, Head Blocks, Patent Shank
[.asters, Boot Ilooks. Last Hooks, French Chalk,
Cork Soles, Shoe Ilorns, Long Sticks, Pump
Sticks, Colt?, Sand Paper, Shoe Ltmts. Ac.. Ac.
COAXUY, FORCE & to.,
47—1 Ot.
liOST NOTES.
Lost by the subscriber, about the 4th of July j
between Haley's store and his residence, a pock-,
et-book containing four notes:—One of Si 43 or
Si 45. credited with SOO or $35. on J. S. Warren:
one of S3O on J. D. Adams; one of S9O on 0
G. Adams—attested by E. W. Thornton , one of
$2.70 on T. J k J. B. Cason. The book also con
tained H 5 cents in change. All persons are here
by warned front trading for said notes,
i The finder will confer a great favor by leaving
I the tauu at this office, or at rnv residence.
40,41. CIIAS- A. RICE.
Administrator's Sale.
\l’ ILL be sold before the Court House door
\ \ in the town of Lexington. Oglethorpe
eouuly. Ga.. on th t . first Tuesday in July next,
within the usual h oursofsalo, under and by virtue
of an order of the court of Ordinary -of said
county, vo wit: one thousand (1000) acres of
county, all the hinds belonging to the estate of
Thomas Stephen s late of Said county to wit: on
thousand (1000) acres more or let s, lying in said
county, on Broad river adjoining lands of John
T. Hubbard, Isaac Dillard, and others, together
with a good Gin and runninggear, Thrasher and
running gear. Terms credit until the 25th day
of December next.
JOHN U. STEPHENS, Administrator.
May 22. 18C0.
Also I will sell on the same day and place,
nine hundred and seventeen acre-*, adjoining the
above described lands if not sold private before.
All persons wishing to purchase come and look.
The land will show for itself for I shall sell, or
some friend will receive a present after my der*h
if I should have the luck to leave one.
JOHN U. .STEPHENS.
TaxbTfois kale.
The subscriber offers at private sale his entire
I tract of land, consisting of two hundred ami !
■ eighteen (218) acres, one hundred acres of which
are in cultivation, lying on South Beaverdam
Creek. and adjoining the estates of James M.
Willis. Sydney Maley. Drury Oglesby, and Fran
cis Bryan. Those who desire to purchase good
lands and on good terms, would do well to give
me a call, as I am anxious to sell.
July 4,1860. —3 m. W. P. PLEDGER.
NOT ICE.
\ LL creditors of the firm of Spring. Simmons
k Cos., are requested to make known their
claims to the undersigned : as the Rssets of said
firm will be placed in our hands to be applied by
us to the payment of debts.
JOHN C. BURCH
HESTER k AKEKMAN
July 5, 1860.
NOTICE.
PREMIUM SILVER CUPS.
I WILL give three premium Silver caps for the
best get (Colts) of my horse Egine in the
j Spring of 1860. as follows: For best No. 1 a cup
worth is 10; No. 2. amp worth s7;Nt>. 3. a cup
i worth $5. The exhihitin to take place in El
‘ bertou, the second Wednesday in September, du
ring court week, at 2 ociock. p.m.
i 36,t. ALFRED OLIVER.
j
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected weekly from the * Constilu/iori
ah'st and Pispalch, Augusta, Ga
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Hustling—
Gunny yvd 14 (S. 15
Bacon—
H.nn new ... f> lb 11} © 12}
Shoulders.. 11 ....y lb 9 0 9}
Clear Sides. Teno. “ ...pi lb 12 fit 121
Ribbed ■ •• ....y lb 00 0. 11}
Hog Round. c’ntry,“ ...y lb 11 0 11}
Beeswax ytb 30 0 32*
81-lcks ISM 700 <g, 815
Butter—
I Goshen -(3 lb 23 0. 25
Country ylb 15 0 22
(undies —
’ Adamantine .”(9 lb 20 0 25
Chemical Sperm yp> 35 0 37
Pure- Sperm y lt 43 0 45
Star Caudles „.y lb 20 0 22
Patent Sperm y fft 56 © bo
Cheese
; Northern White y lb none
English Dairy yRj 13 0 14
Collet
Rio Vlb 14 0 15
Lagnirn ft lb 14} 0. ij
J*** f ft 17 0, IS
limnetic too<l s
Yarns yrd
} Shirting -,>"..t a ( a 5
i Shirting ‘fi yd 71 ft i\
4-4 Shirting y t.l s j i„ 0}
; 5-4 Shirting r* yd 10 (t 12
6-4 Shirting yyd 12 0. 15
! fine Sea WdgSJiirfgtur* Vd 7 (•> 10
04 “ Vyd i <■; 12
ttseaburgs yvi I* ("• H
Drilling. y;d e} 0 10}
Ii athrn * *
■ rrtlllim f 0 ** M
Rfe..* - St., v
KrttlrweH'* Macipsld Ghm 1- > ton fc*
tQ§ t, |
Vhitelock's Superpboapitate... > lo* M
N*iir>n*! Frrtilirpr. > to*
Host's SupCTphosphiti*-.., ion **
M.r s’ Vitrojonifril Sbptirpbo. ™w 5W
KuNins-n't BaoipotatPiJ Oti.no fl ton 8N
Amorirnn “11:101 cs4> tit 12' tint sb9
lUh
Mukerel No 1 y h\A ! lo 13.29
• No 2 %> bM 15 90 IS
‘’ Jsrjr No. M (J ig 00
•’ So !.. (bH 15 50 &1S 90
” So S.. |NM 10 50 (S !1 90
Herrings 4* bo* 15 I 09
llotir
“‘•int-tt it Fnatllr Ti bhi 925 <? 959
Ext-a Superfine. f) bb\ 775 909
Tenn-ssee Sapeoßn*.. bbl 725 ffi 760
Grnit Mills F F.m VM 750 fit. tn,
•’ Extrii V bbl 950 (£ 976
“ Snporfin. bbl 775 (S, *OO
; Cartmcha*! Me Ex Pam 900 (3, 9 25
“ Extra. bbl 950 <§ ITS
Sup V bbl 9 Oft At 925
Tarigon Mills Ex Fstn bbi 9 M (at 925
l*anii!T..%, bbl 825 (Z 80
Sop ‘ll bbl 7 87i (i, 909
Orain
; Corn, w ith sacks $1 bash 1 05 ® 1 19
! Wheat, white |j bush 1 50 ( 1 69
Wheat, Red bush 1 45 @ 1 50
] Oat* bush 75 @ 89
e TO bush non*
j P*** |l bush I 05 A l 19
Corn Meal |j bush 1 05 Slid
Ginseng lb 40 § 4i
tz u n po vsder
j Dupont s keg 625 @€ 50
I Hazard |> keg 625 @6 59
j Blasting |l keg 450 75
Iron—
| Swedes. tb 5| ®
English |l lb 3J (ai 4
I.ard |) lb 11 A 124
I,ead—
Bar lb 8 A 9
I.ime
j Country box 125 A1 50
Northern bbl 175 @2 00
Molasses —
| Cuba new qp ga! 28 (3> 39
; Golden Syrup qi gal 60 @ 65
|N. Orleans Syrup ‘I 1 gal 53 (a-, 56
Sails lb 4 A 41
<re Vft 4} (4, 4i
Hope—
I >'hine V> (% 10J
Handspun ~|) lb 8J (%
ltaisins %} box 3 00’ S 3 sft
Spirits—
Northern Gin gal 45 (® 50
NO. Whiskey gal 35 ( 37
Stigars—
New Orleans qs lb 8i A 10
Porto Rico q # lb 8 A 19
Muscovado qj lb 71 S 84
I Eoaf V IE 11l IJf
j Crushed lb 11} <3l 111
Powdered q@ tb 111(51 111
| Refined Coffee A tb 10| (ri 11
“ B |l lb in) A 10}
c qa ib 19} A ioi
Sail qpsack 1 00 A 1 10
Soap—
i fellow qa lb 6 A 8
Slarrli ft lb 7} & 8}
Sho < If* bag 2 00 A 2 tb
Twine—
Hemp bagging qo ffi 18 At) 2*
Colton Wrapping „|t lb -3 37
—
ATLANTA TRICES CURRENT.
Corrected weekly from the Sovihrm Cott
talcranj, Atlanta, Ga.
WHOLESALE TRICES.
Ragging-
Gunny heavy - . ‘yd l.'!|(3i 1*
IJ-.iie Hope -
Machine - - -q lb 91 ffy 9
llandsptin - -|? Ib 9* <#> 8}
Karon
I Itunia - - - qi lb lit (,?; 11}
i Sides - - - Ib 11J (g Ilf
j Shoulders . Ib t'j (A 94
I Hog round - - qit lb lo\ M, 104
liulter
j Gohcn. prim. - . qa lb 25 Ctk 30
Candles— ~~
1 Speraiacettl - - qj Ib 43 A 50
i Adamantine. Star - tb 20 22}
(unite is—
| Soda - - - qil lb 81 (A 10
| Mutter - - - %! lb si (ill 10
( anil)
| City made - - qft tb A 17
I North* rn . - - Wto 15 A 16
1 Coffee—
! Rio - - - ft Ib 12} A : 14}
■lava - . - ft lb 18 (at 2ft
‘ Loguira - - - Ib 13} (<>, 14}
1 Maracaibo - - qa lb
Cement—
Rosendale - - q# 19 350 @4 00
Domestic Goods-
j Shirting, Brown - yyd 0 6}
a “ “ • $> yd 0 7
1 “ yyd - 0> 8}
Sheeting, Brown - wyd ©
‘■ Bleached - yyd 5 0$ 121
Osnaburgs 802 - yyd 10 0 10*
lei -y yd 00 0t 9}
Yarns, assorted - y bnnch 90 0 95
Flsll—
Mackerel So 1 - y bbl 18 00 020 00
“ So 2 - - y bbl 10 00 017 09
“ So 3-- y bbl 12 00 012 60
Floor—
Fine - - - yhd 350 0 3 62}
Superfine - - - ybd 3 50 0 3 75
Extra - - - yhd 400 0 4 12}
Extrs Family - • ybd 412 04 25
drain—
j Corn in sacks - - y bush 95 01 09
Wheat. AVhitc - - y bosh 150 01 60
Wheat, Red - - y bush 140 01 50
Oats - * y bush 85 0 90
Peas - - - y bush 90 (a, 1 00
Cnrn Meal - - IB bush 1 00 0 1 10
Iron-
Fig - y ton 00 027 50
| Sweeds, assorted pt ft> 5} 0 54
English - - - yfb 00 0 3}
E.owa - - - ylb 00 0 3|
Hoop ar.d Band - ylb 4} 0 5
Nail rod - - -y Jb 6* 0 7}
Plow Steei, all sixes -y Jb 7} 0 0
Lard - - ylb ii| & n
Hay - - - yhd 175 02 75
Hides—
Dry - - - yhd 10 @ 12}
Lead-
Pig and Bar - - yhd 8 0 81
Sheet - - - yhd 11} 0 00
While Lead - - ybd 8 0 10
I.lmc—
Georgia - - - y bbl 209 0 2 25~
molasses —
Cuba - - - y gal 37 0 44
New Orleans - - y gal 55 @ 60
Kails—
-4d to lOd - - y keg 4} 0 4|
Oil*—
Sperm - y gal 1 50 0 2 00
Linseed - - y gal 90 01 00
| Tanners - - y gal 50 @1 00
Potatoes-
Northern - - y bbl 4 00 0 4 50
Yams - * y bush 65 0 71
i Powder—
II Fg - - y keg 6 50 0 7 00
i Blasting - - y keg 550 0 OO
Raisins—
Malaga Bunch - - y htx 3 25 0 3 50
Layer - - y box 3 50 0 400
Rice - . ylb 4} 0 5
Snigar—
New Orleans - - ylh 8 0 10
j Crushed and Powd. - ylb 11} 0 121
Refined A- -y lb 111 0 m
Refined B - - ylb >o} 0 ]( •*
Refined C - - ylb 10} 0 lof
Salt— >
Liverpool sacks - y sack 1500 160
sap
I American Fellow * yR) * © 8
Shot—
j All sixes - - y bag 200 @2 25
Sejtars
Spanish - • ‘(JM 200 030 00
American-- y M 800 010 OO
Tallow—
American- *yib 90 10
Tobacco—
Manufactured - - ylb 15 © 75
Starch - - ylb 8 0 10
Spirits—
French Brandy - - y gal 200 ©8 00
Peer!. Brands’ . y gai 1 50 0 2 00
Domestic Brandy . y 60 © 75 ‘
Rye Whiskey -’ . y gal 45 01 25
Mononpab.la Whisk, y gal 45 0 1 26 _
Corn Whiskey - . y ga! 65 0 85 ‘
Rectified Whiskey - y gal 2 0 ?o f
New England Rum - y gal 15 (it, 55 j
I int ent . y s ,| [6 © 39*^