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ictlini thanks to <-.-i;,;;ii ;1 - i:'. n tlteir i-fiurt-l in iu-iir,;t ot .-'■■i;:'i- ;tl ; n by the former. Mr. Eaves, at this s'aae < f the pro.-oeding*. the following nffilitfon-il resolution of th. ..»v :u n. ady sub -pH-.? was agreed to. Resolved. That wo earnestly recommend t<> the several l)i-:rle:s and i’t.rish 's. as an measure, to preserve and perfect their <>r- of l'oiiiiii’iii-.-s of Vipniaiun- and of action, a.ul especial.y to exert lln-in- to spread r.se ill uffi r i.at.oll before ; an I to detect and urinate offenders against our peace and i asttt mijns. Mr. Herndon tlieti tn .ve.l the appotntniv'nt of ■ Committee of 21, to nominate suitable per sons to constitute the Executive Committee of five, which was agreed to. ami a r--ce»< ot had an hour taken, until tim Committee .ffioffi be ready to report. were nominated, balloted for, and elected : F F. II- Elmore, Chairman. Wade Hampton, I James Gadsden,* D. J. McCord, | F. W. Psckens. The Chairman having yielded the Chair, s Mr. Means Submitted a resolution returning thanks of the Convention to the venerable » President, who on resuming the Chair, re sponded in a feeling and impressive manner, alter which, the Convention adjourned sine die. [From the La Grange Reporter.] Whig Meeting in Troitp. LaGrange, May 15,1849. The meeting was organized in tbeCourt i House: Mr. Lucius B. Lovelace,President; Au gustus B. Fannin. Vice-President ; and B. 11. Bigham, Secretary. On motion bf Dr. Wm. P. Beasley. * Resolved, That a committee of two from -each District in the conn”, be appointed to re port to this meeting what measures are best to be taken to co-operate with Hoard county in the nonfinatioii of a Whig candidate for Sena tor; and that they also nominate fivfe men to represent this county in the Whig Gubernato rial Convention to.assemhle at Milledgeville on the Fourth Monday of June next, or -such oth er time as may be generally preferred. The Chair having appointed said Commit tee,Urey retired. During their absence the meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, among whom was Rufus McKune, E-q , So licitor General of Flint Circuit. Mr. McK.’s address was replete with sound doctrine, pro mttlged in an agreeable, rhetorical, and ele gant manner. Dr. Win. P. Beasley also made some choice remarks relative to unity ol action. „ The Business Committee, on their return, reported as follows: The Committee to whom was referred the selection of delegates to select a candidate to represent the counties of Heard and Troup in the Senatorial branch of the State Legislature in a convention to assemble at Harrisonville or . .Nome other suitable place,for such nomination. lieg leave to state, that they have had the sub ... jeyjj tindor consideration, and think it best for . ( Alje hrtereat of the Whig party, that the np- ■ poiAtmitnt oC such delegates be deferred tor the pfeMmt,”ahd that the whole subject be re ferfrid’to ’the different Districts composing the ul Troup, and that the citizens of sin It ie<piesn.u so select tin- ballot or oliieru ise, to meet the d■•legate., the county of Heard outlie first I'm in July next, at Hatiiionvillc, in the of Troup; and that such r..av. i.mm, selected, shall be ve-ted with lull p< wer to a candidate for the Senate, for the coun- of Heard and Troup. Ba[S| Resolved, further, That tho Whigs of be requested to meet the Wings ol in eonvemiouat the time and place a- nmnt one.l ; und that ll.ey select live n’ to tin.l c.mvemi..n 1. ,m each die.i. I lie county. Tt.m i i, .rim. 12. \i-dx t. J'.l it I. em. . I i..\,. I, !•.. J. I'. ■ Irlt.i’irl ... ■ ri t- lor the pu.po-eol mmimatm-: a for thL high office, the mime < f our leilow-etliz'.'ti, Edward Young Bf>. Resolved,That notwithstanding we thus Kenly express our preference for tho above ■anted gentleman, we tire yet entirely willing w> abide the action of said Convention, ami support its nominee. motion of A. E. Cox, Esq. K solved, That any W higin the county Mo now considers himself, or tvlio may wish candidate fur the representative branch m xt L -gislature, i» hereby requested to it in the Reporter of next work. )n motion of Green S. Traylor. ■ Resolved, That the proceedings of this Bteutiug be published in the La Grange Repor ter, and that other Whig papers be requested to copy. The meeting then brought its harmonions silling to a close by adjournment. x L. B. LOVELACE, President. B. IL Bigham Secretary. Ftcseutmcnt— Troup Superior Court. MAY TERM, 1849. The Grand Jurors, sworn and selected for the county of Troup for the first week ol thopresent teim, having heard of the unplea sant difficulty which txxurredqtt Monday lust, uLlbe plantation of their lellow-citizen, Joseph I’aytliress, Esq., between olio of his negroes and his overseer, Mr. Mofieid, and the utrhap py consequences that followed it, have deemed it’ nut amiss to inquire specially into the facts of [lie case, nml feel justified in fully sustain ing the propriety of the act which deprived M tin ess of the future services of his negro man, and the negro himself of his life. The Injury done to Mr. Mofieid by the ne gro, in breaking his arm, with a hoe, and in flicting other serious injuries to his person, were sufficient, in the opinion of this Jury, to linVeptaced him in the position of an outlaw; an# having thrown off the authority of his master—defying till effort to arrest him—ac- auJ word ™UI’U continuing armed with the | ho.: with which- lie hail attempted to take the life of Mr. Molield, through a long race, and 1 tor flours afterwards, presented him to his pur- | stiers in the altitude and uct of revolt and in- , surrectkm.; and when to these he was seen malting efforts to take the life of Mr. Brad field or Mr. Towns, (and perhaps both,) tho latter of whom became the unhappy instru ment of his death, we feel it our duty not only to justify, but highly to approve the act by which ho was deprived of his life, and believe Mr. Towns entirely free of either legal or moral accountability. It is therefore Hi-solved, That we request this, our Pre-' sentulCnt, to be entered ot record on the min utes of this Court, and that the same b' pub lished in tlie Reporter ol next wetk. Wiley J. Sterling, Foreman ; George W. Roberson, JesSe 11. Goss, Willis Copila, Jr., Thus. P. Greenwood, IJames E. Beall, William Barker, ll.abac A. Gibson, Joel Gibson, ■uthaniel H. Snclson, Charles A. Dixon, W. Byasley, James M. Amass, Jiadit, Elijah 11. Traylor, M. Sample, Henry S. I Lum's, S. Cmtle, David it tinner, ■MDmigl.-iss, John C. Hall. Smith, Wm. F. Fannin. '!’■ ii't S. rt::;:oi; I'-1 ' ? : <»‘ t at ' t ’• ' ; J' :r : ' ' MMBco-'i' of <nl Con am! th-' ?' lb i HHIHr ■ ■■ • bbh i ‘ ■■ ■' ■ Bb ' ~ ' ik' ' - ■ ■ l.l'W. \ Hit.l . ’ '■ '■' t T- - (tommcrcial intelligence. Office of the Augusta Republic, | May 22. 1849. > AVGUSTA MARKET. COTTON. —Our tables to-day u ill show that the receipts of Cotton have reached 2,510,877 bales, against 2,055,241 ; showing an excess of receipts this ysnr of 455,636. The deficiency this year is only in the ports of New Orleans and Texas; in the former of which it has fallen off' 49,645 bales, anchn the latter 1,468 bales. The increase in the Atlantic ports is heavy, near ly double what it wua last year, being 781,667 against 403,635 bales; showing an excess in Charleston of 198,418, and in Savannah of 165,- 825 bales The stocks show a very considerable falling off, particularly in the inferior towns— they amount, at al! points, to 506,195 against 617,109 bales at same date last year, showing a deficiency of 110,914 bales. The deficiency of stock at the interior towns of Montgomery, Ma con, Columbus, Augusta, Hamburg and Colum bia amounts to near 80,000 hales, being 69,820 bales this year against 146,905 bales at same date asst year. The exports to all points continue heavy ; the deficiency to France being very nearly overcome, being only 2,663 bales less than at this date last year; and from the number of vessels now loading lor Franco at the cotton ports, being 33 .against 8 at same date last year, we look to see an ex cess very soon reported in our tables. The ex ports to the North have been heavy and largely over l?st year, but it is not generally thought that the stock on hand, save in New York, is much over what it was at this period last season. The accounts received from England by the Canada are rather encouraging to the trade, but prices are too low for the rates current in this country, and we believe that a further improve ment may be looked for when they receive the full accounts of the injury done to the growing crop by the frost and the continued cold weather of the past month. Incur market, during the past week, we have i had quite an animated demand, and as the receipts are light, and the stools offering Smalt, every lot 1 has'been rcadt'y scs. On Tuesday the mar ket opened actively and continued at steadily im proving prices until Friday, when the accounts by the Canada were received, when an advance of a full eighth of a cent was paid. The sales of the week reach 2.613 bales at the following rates : 4 a’ 5A ; 13 at 5f : 7 at 5 J : 13 at 6;78 a 138 at ; 830 at 6 9-16 ;92 at ; 395 at •j| ; 83 at 6 11-lG; 401 a 6|; 770 at 7; 167 at 7J ; 99 at 7|; 35 at 7J ; 82 at 7|. We quote— Inferior to ordinary s}a 6 Good Ordinary to Middling 6{a 6f Good Middling 7 a— Middling Fair 7|a 7| Fair and Fully Fair 7ga Receipts up to latest dates. 1848-9. 1847-8. New Orleans, May 11.... 1,024,401 1,071.019 Mobile, May 10494.060 411,701 Florida. May 4181,981 135,523 Texas, May 4 28,865 30,333 S. Carolina, May 17412.529 214,111 Georgia, May 16319.310 184,485 N. Carolina, May 5 8,493 1,389 Virginia, May 1., 11,235 3,650 Total receipts2,soo,B77 2,055,241 Increase of Receipts, at New Orleans, decrease 49,645 .Mobile, increase 82,359 Texas, decrease 1,468 Florida, increase 46,458 Charleston, “ 198,418 Savannah, “ 165,825 N. Carolina, “ 7.104 Virginia, “ 7,585 506,749 51,113 Total Excess 455,636 Statement of Slocks on hand at the latest dates 1848-9. 1847-8. New Orleans. May 11184,813 2-28,526 Mobile, May- 1060,711 90,187 Florida, Muy 424,189 27.194 'l’exas, Muy 4 4.663 3,570 South Carolina, .May 1736,914 27 276 Georgia, May 1632,631 22,305 N. Carolina, May 5 3 5 40(> Virginia. May 1. 1000 900 Macon, Geo., Muy 112,872 24,783 Augusta &H:imburg, May 1.41.772 67,557 New York, May 191.090 69,847 Columbus, Gu., May V 5,420 12,208 jjUa<r lt merv Ala., ‘May 5.. 2.765 12,357 JU J,-. -2_ 506,195 617,109 Increase of Stock, 110,914 EXPORTS. To Great 8ritain,1,226,453 907,501 France272.9o4 275.567 Continent of Europe,... .247,219 221,032 Northern p0rt5660,172 492,039 T0ta1,2,446,748 1,896,139 Excess to Great 8ritain,.358,952 ** Cont’nt of Europe, 26,187 “ Northern ports,. ...168,133 Decrease to France, 2,663 553,272 2,663 Total Excess, 550,609 REMARKS.—The wholesale and retail trade of the city has been quite heavy during thu past week, from the number of visitors in our city at tending the Rail-Road Convention, and from the general trade of the city, which has been much heavier this year than lor many years past: that is evidenced from the greatly increased price at which sales of real estate have been made, and llie<eneral appreciation of nil our Bank Stock. GRAlN.—There bus been but little Corn re eejyed during the week, and sales by the quantity can be readily made at 65 cents.; it is now retail ing at 75 cents. , BACON.—ThereTin.beensonie little improve-, mint iu the value of t’.is article, mid sales are made at little fuller prices than wo have reported for some time past. Receipts during the week moderate. A choice lot has been sold—one in small lots —at 6 cents. FLOUR.—Good brands of Floor are scarce, and would readily command from to $7 per barrel. Receipts light and stock small. FEATHERS.—There continues a good de mand for Feathers, ami sales are readily made at 28 or 30 cents. BAGGING AND BALE ROPE.—Receipts of Gunny Bagging for the fall trade have already commenced; about 300 bales having already been received. No sales have as yet been made to es tablish prices. SALT.—Receipts continue heavy, and the stock instore large. Imports into Charleston amt Savannah during the past we. k upwards of 30,000 bushels. BANK STOCK.—Since the meeting of the Stockholders of the Georgia Rail-Road Company, there has beeu no sale of that slock. The mew shares are held at 77, which is equal to 107 tor the oldstoek. Georgia Rail-Road Bonds,bearing r per evert. Interest has been sold nt par HX<*RANGE. The Banks continue to check on tho North at 4 per cent, premium. FREIGHTS.—Our Steamboat Companies arc doing a good, business in up freights, and a very fair amount of cotton is shipping by tho river to Sa vannah. Shipments of cotton to Charleston very moderate—the rates of freight remain unchanged. Overflow.—Four O'clock Afternoon.— This morning we stated that tlie water was ri sing, and that several streets in the rear of the First Municipality were then flooded. We re gret to say that the prospects this afternoon are still more gloomy. Where there was no wa ter on Mondnv, a boat may float this afternoon. The rain may have contributed to increase the effect of the crevasse; yet, certain it is, that the overflow is on the increase. Common street is flooded nearly up to the corner of Baronne street. Several families have already been obliged to decamp. We observed a very rapid current in lhedifferentchannels from the river in the direction of the canal. Os course when this is met by the water coming from the crevasse, there will be to some extent a quantity of stagnant water. Should this be allowed to rest for any time, it will generate disease to an alarming amount. Hence the greater necessity of checking any further in flux from the crevasse. Eight O'Clock.—The water is still on the increase. Philippa street is now a deluge of water. Boats are as commonly to bo seen there as carts a few days since. Within the last four hours the water has risen from six to eight inches.—[N. O. Cresent 16th inst. Texas.—The Matagorda Tribune, in an able article defending Mr. Calhoun against the aspersions of Senator Houston has the follow ing just and discriminating remarks. “Respecting Mr. Calhoun’s disunion notions and movements we think our Senator greatly at fault. A strict constructionist will never j dissolve the Union, a latitudmarian may. He ; is the disnniouist at heart who tamely submits ' to an infraction ot the Constitution, not he who stands up in accordance with his oath to main tain it and upheld at every hazard the rights it i was intended to protect and vindicate.” Augusta, Wednesday Morning, May 23.184f>. - now NBje-arA- =-= *: r Brir' MTCrr-CTca-r-.- ar-mi I 11 . .i,■'■ ■ ■ irr— ILF The Agent for the Republic is Mr.WM. Claget. Receipts will be given by him for payments upon subscriptions and accounts. We respectfully ask for him the kind aid of our friends wherever he may go. This an nouncement will not conflict with the private written authority to others to act ip a similar .capacity. EF We have not been able to make room to-day for the article of our correspondent “ SottZ/nvner.” It shall appear on Thursday. S3* We are pleased to copy from the Savan nah Republican an article on the subject of sending emigrants to Liberia. The evil spo ken of should be prevented in future. Let the free blacKs be sein u> when- ever occasion presents itself, but it should al ways be done in a proper way, and without any such excitements as are referred to. ILF We conclude to-day the proceedings of the Convention at Columbia, South Carolina, which will be found in another column. To such as would wish to keep the Sheriff’s Notices, which we publish, we would state, that unless officially published in our pa per, they will be inserted but once. KF It will be seen in our advertising col umns that the Board of Directors of the Bank of Augusta have declared a simi-annual divi dend of four dollars per share. The Opera Troupe. We are pleased to learn that a splendid Operatic exhibition mny be expected to be given in our city early next week. The performers consist of some greatest celebrities of the day. Signora Truffi, Signors Benedetti and Rosi, Henri Herz and Franz Coenan, constitute a galaxy of musical ability rarely associated in one performance. The splendid instrumen tation of Mr. Herz upon the Piano is fresh in the recollection of all who heard him some year ago in this place. We shall refer to them more particularly in a few days. They are expected here about Monday or Tuesday next. The Bedouin Arabs. This singular Troupe played last evening to a good audience in the Theatre. They ap peared in the costume of their native country, and no doubt will attract many this evening and subsequent evenings by the novelty of their appearance and their extraordinary feats. California Hotel at Barnesville. We take great pleasure in calling attention to the advertisement of Col. Griffin, which which will be found in the paper to-day. We recognize in his notice of his Hotel, the same spirit of good humor, which marked him, as our college classmate, and attracted his fel lows to him. Those who call upon him, be sides receiving the most hospitable and gen tlemanly treatment, will never complain on the score of comfort. Gainesville, as a summer resort, cannot be excelled. Surrounded with a beautiful landscape, the climate is salubri ous, tiie water pure and wholesome, and a culti vated and affable society is always found there. The mineral water is of such excellent medi cinal virtues that if you are fond of the cra bedness and qualms of Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, Spleen, Hypocondria, Gastralgia and several other curious ailments which we could name if we had time to search a Medical Dic tionary, you had better keep away. We know of no place at which it would be more proper to erect a statue of Hygeia, the Goddess of health, than Gainesville, and we tru-t that the now name < f Col.. Griffin’s Hotel will provn symbolical of his owrt success and prosperity. [Telegraphed for the Charleston Mercury.] Baltimore, May 19, 7 p. m. We have some further details of the de structive fire at St. Louis. It extended from Main street to the watei’s edge, embracing the very heart of the business section of the city. In addition to all the Insurance offices and Banking houses, all the newspapers, with the exception of the Union, are burnt out—the of fices of the Republican, Enquirer, Organ and Reveille, are all consumed, and the materials with two or three trifling exceptions destroy ed. The loss is estimated at five millions of dol lars, a large portion of which will fall on In surance offices in the Eastern cities. There was a large fire yesterday at Milwau kie, which destroyed property to the amount of sixty thousand dollars. Dr. Cool dge, who was convicted some months since of murdering a Mr. Mathews, by administering (o him prussic acid, has com mitted suicide in the Penitentiary at Augusta, Maine. [From the Savannah Republican] Tiie Mberia Emigration. Messrs. Editors.—Asa citizen of Savannah, and slaveholder, solemnly do I protest against a, repetition of such a scene as was enacted on 1 Monday, at one ofthe wharves of our seaport. I was a witness of the departure of the barque JZuma with her freight ofcmigrants for Libe ria ; but respectfully call the prompt and im mediate intervention of our City Council to | adopt such prudential measures, as that no | such departures again occurs ftom Savannah. 1 also invoke a presentment of opinion from ! the Grand Jurors of the county, promulgating I a decided expression of their views on the sub -1 ject, which will be responded to doubtless by the people generally.' If it be necessary, I sug i gest that a town meeting should be convened, I that forever hereafter in this cily, no such fur or and excitement among our blacks, free or i slave, should be allowed to begotten up, by | any one, as has been at work for a week past, i These prospective Liberians have been swttg- Lgerittg among our black population, to no ben efit ofthe latter, you may be assured, ever I since the llama landed here up to the time of ■ her departure. I have no objection to the pur poses of the Colonization Society. Itut let tfitotos t who are honest ntu! disinterested about it, re } move the emigrants to Liberia in a quiet unos tentatious and unobstrusive way—in fact, in a totally different manner than such as charac terized the proceedings of Monday ; and else where, than from the Wharves of Savannah. There are many other ways in which this ob ject may be effected, than by a congregation of about two thousand negro idlers huzzaing to ne gro harrangues, and shouting to Yankee Doodle from a band of music, &c., and thus presenting mock-heroic opportunities for negro excitement and idleness ; not to mention a very improper dissatisfaction which may be, (ifnot already) created among those who remain with us. Ixit the Liberia be properly conducted, and I for ene, do not object to, but favor it. But I repeat, Sirs, I do now protest against the “ ways an^means, and manner,” in which the whole affair has lately been conducted in this place, in connection with the sailing of the I llunia, and her sojourn at our city. I trus' j that the reflecting portion of our community I will look to this matter. And to all whom this I communication interests. I have for the present ' only to add “a word to the wise is sufficient.” ASAVANNIAN From the Charleston Courier—By Telegraph. Great Fire at Watertown (,N. Y.) —An extensive and disastrous tire has taken place at Watertown, Jefferson county, (N. Y.) which involved the destruction ot three Banks, two Hotels, thirty Stores, the PostDiSce and entire contents. The total loss is estimated at three hundred thousand dollars, and the insurance one hun dred and twenty thousand. The Weather.—Although it is now al most summer time, did we judge solely by. our feelings, and overlook the visible evidences of tlie season, in the shape of green leaves, flowers and grass—we would be tempted to think that winter was still with us. Never do we remember a more cbaugeabte and back ward season. During tlie the weather has been cool and unpleasant; it has rained five days out of the seven ; and on one of the others, (Monday.) we were treated to quite a heavy frost.—Laureusville Ilejald. The Chronicle and Sentinel.— Thd Wilmot l*roviso. Some days ago we copied an article, from the Chronicle, in justification of Mr Jno. S. Pendleton of Virginia, for his belief in the constitutionality of the Wilmot Proviso. Ihe Chronicle, the next day, charged us with gross misrepresentation and stated that the article which we copied from it was taken by that paper from the Richmond (Va.) Times. We replied to this statement of the Chronicle, as our Tri-Weekly readers have seen, on Thurs day morning last. We shall now show that the Chronicle thinks as the Virginia Times did whose article it republished. The position taken by the Times was, that Mr. Pendleton took high southern ground in adept ting. Aba •oostitntfonafity of the Wilmot Proviso, and opposing it upon the ground of its injustice. We presumed this to bh tlie opinion of the Chronicle as the author of the article or its endorser. We put some questions to the Chronicle which made it tremble like an aspen leaf, and which it has not dared to answer. See the article which we copy from the Chronicle of the 18th instant. The Columbus Times propounded tweques tions to the Editor of the Cultivator. “D > you believe the Wiltnot Proviso constitutional ? Do you think it ought to be adopted by Con gress ?” He replies that Congress ought not to adopt it—that Mr. Polk acted uniciseZy in signing fEe Oregon Bill wi.h the Wilmot Pro viso incorpora ed in it. There is nothing in.this reply against the constitutionality of the Proviso ! Now mark the shifting and dodging, twisting and turning, puling and sputtering of tbean on the constitutional question. The Editor had first like a scared rabbit to run to Mr. Jefferson's anti-slavery notions in 1754 to find a burrow to hide in. From that he holds forth, that the report of Mr. Jefferson in 1784 was from a great mind and was an “a legal question which good lawyers, not the Editor oi an agricultural journal may presume to de cide.” But pray is not this agricultural editor one of the political editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel. Has he not aided in pouring out abuse and ridicule upon southern men for meeting to defend their rights and give expres sion to their opinions on this very legal ques tion under consideration ? And now he would hide from public scrutiny behind a stack of fod der or a Durham Bull. Where are the Southern Proprietors, and the Southern editor, that they, or be, will not come up to the relief of the writer, on rural matters, and shoulder at least their part of the responsibility I What has this ordinance, of 1784, passed under the old articles of ccnfed eration, to do with the question now? That ordinance applied to the northwestern territory, comprising now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. There, it was generally admitted, slavery should never go, and when it was passed, the whole of that country was a wilderness and in possession of savage tribes of Indians. Peri aps there wore not two thousand civilized inhabitants in the whole of it. But how is the question now? The Wilmot Proviso, of this day, is intended to deprive southern men, southern States, of their part of the new territories, obtained of Mexico, which are the common property of all and was purchased by the toil and money and blood of all. It is no.w a matter of paramount importance to the South to maintain her political power in the Union. Her salvation depends upon it. It Mr. Jefferson, or General Washington, or all the sages of the revolution were now to rise from their tombs and come to us in their grave clothes, with the doctrines of the Free-Soilers I upon their lips, they would b£resisted and re- j jected by the South. The Editor of the Cultivator says, he must decline to decide “who is right and who is wrong in opinion.” Well then, for Heaven’s sake, let him cease to undertake to teach the South on this question. We want editors now who hate opinions and whose opinions are sound and right. The “ metes and bounds” of Congressional power, in bis opinion are so “ indefinite!” Poor man he is utterly bewild ered. But he steady’s himself enough to say, “it is belter policy to oppose a bad measure, such as we regard the Wilmot Proviso, wheth er applied to Oregon or California, on the score of its injustice and general demerits rather than on the ground THAT IT VIO LATES THE CONSTITUTION.” Here is the cloven foot sticking out from the fodder stack as plain as the tail upon any animal that has one. The editor says : “ Since what is and what is not Constitu tional, depends on present interpretations, and different minds and partiesdo, aud will ever in terpret the language of the Constitution, as wellasthatof the Bible, differently, it is-the weakest of all restraints on the doings of Congress or of a Church, to ay that a particu lar measure is unconstitutional orunscriptural. ' Instead of an idle controversy about the mean ing of words—a contest in which king num bers has every advantage—we should fight the battle on the merits of the question, where right and conscience, and the spirit of the Federal Compact are to decide, rather than the peculiar interpretation ot an organic law.” The meaning of the above, if it has any meaning at all, is this, we ought never to re sort to the Constitution, in maintaining our rights, or deciding upon the merits of any question, but to abstract right and conscience ! Where the writer got this new fangled notion from, we know not, but if its promulgation, in connection with every thing else put forth from behind the fodder stack or bull, does not Luu u> be a rural wonder and potMcat phantasmagoria, what in the name of reason ing does it prove ? If there were not actual tangibility about the writer, we shoujrf have set him down for something ghostly, and have imagined that he had completely evaporated in some kind of spiritual smoke. We have always thought that the constitu tion was established to be the guide. It is plain then, that in looking to that the editor can find no support for southern rights—no thing against the proviso in the inter/ relation of organic law. The gentle southern public are told, that their only hope is in right, con science, and the spirit of the compact. Does not this give up the whole question ? Does it not, to all intents and purposes, admit the con stitutionality of the proviso ? It is true, the editor says that justice is upon our side, but that Congress has the power to pass the W il mot proviso is plainly inferable. When Con- I gress does pass it, those in the South who sup > port the views of the editor, and depend upon his notions about conscience, &c., will say as . ihe»fellow did, upon whom they poured the i hot molasses, “ it scalds all-fired bad, if it is so I sweet.” These sweet words about right, conseicnce, &.C. are just about as seasonable now concession of congressional power.) as snow is in summer time. South ern hopes and rights would be as efiectually withered in the one case, as vegetation would be in the other. Suppose the democrats did ■ support Mr. Van Buren in 1836, as is stated, 1 did not the whigs oppose him, and was notone !of the heaviest thunderbolts they hurled against him, owing to that very declaration of j his, that Congress liad the constitutional power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. We copy, finally, from the article of the 1 Chronicle, as follows : “Wnereis the wisdom of running a tilt with mere abstractions, ever contending with 1 wind-mills, and in the end losing much and gaining nothing! Show the Editor of the Southern Cultivator anything to be done which is right and practical, and he is ready to prove his fpith by his works. A good cause is often ruined by the impolitic way iu which it is ad vocated.” Its a mere abstraction then, to deny the con stitutionality of the Wilmot proviso—to do so is to run upon a wind-mill, and will looso us much and gain us nothing.' What does the editor mean by "right and practical”! Os course the inference is,that it isnOt right ami practical to deny the constitutionality of the Wilmot proviso—by that course, in his opin ion, we will be ruined. Our plan, we sup pose is to acknov?'edge the power iu Congress, and pray for mercy I This whole article in the Chronicle, begun in a fright and slided off into a dodge, is sus tained by prevarication, and with the help of coughs, and hawks, and hems, and sputters, with a little sly free-soilism, under the cloak of Mr. Jefferson, is rather a lame and gouty af fair, from beginning to end. We hope the southern editor will be bold euniigh to speak, and help his agricultural friend, who, although one of the editors of the Chronicle, as well as the editor of the Cultiva tor, is nevertheless disposed to hide in the aforementioned manner. We would remind the former, of the case of Mump Hazard, who was hung for saying nothing. We have learned, frem several quarters, that certain persons are striving to create among t!•>- whigs the impression, that the Chroni -cle is the peculiar Whig organ in this section ofthe state. We have no ambition to be the orain of any party. Our paper advocates wing principles, but we would advise those i laboring to disparage onr jqnwi| ams make the Chronicle the organ of ty. to whisper in its ear, that its steps are slip pery—that if it treads for the whigs, both are in danger of f. Hing. We speak to those who would un uliig us, because we will not un- South ourselves. If tiny strike at us we shall strike at them. Let them look at their peculiar organ. Look at the picture which it now presents. Can the whigs rely upon a journal, which puts forth such an article as we copy to-day ? j Its doctrines and position are dead weight upon the party. We solemnly aver, we would not refer to it as we do—we would not risk the un charitable insinuations of selfishness against us, but for the good of the South, and the party to which we are attached. We have been compelled to refer to the edi tpr of the Cultivator from the very nature of the case. He cannot be separated from the Chronicle and Sentinel, for he is one of its ed itors. We were charged by the Chronicle with gross misrepresentation—with attribut ing to it the opinions of the Richmond Virgin ia Times. The opinion ofthe Times has been fully made out to be the opinion of the Chron idc and Sentinel. That paper, published in Augusta, Georgia, it is now evident, holds that the Wilmot proviso is constitutional, and that itis best for us to oppose it upon the grounds of its injustice, rather than its violation of the national constitution ! » Alas 1 how can our rights be maintained, with such sentinels upon the watch-towers of tile South I [From the New Orleans Picayune.] Deathof Major Gen. Worth. With inexpressible pain we are called upon teannounce the death of Major Gen. Worth. The news, so sudden and appalling, reached tpwn last night by the Portland. It was com municated to us in the following letter from |[ajor Deas: . Ass’r Adj’t Gen’s Office, Sth Dep’t ) [ %an Antonio de Bezar, Texas, may 1, 1849. { | Editors Picayune.— l have to announce to | wti, for public information, the death of Major Gen. Worth who expired to-day at 1 o’clock P. M., of cholera. I make the above announcement in order to set aside all doubt as to this melancholy event. Respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. DEAS, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. It is not for us to write the eulogy of the gallant soldier who now sleeps in death.— Fw thirty-six years he had served his country inthe army; and his gallant deeds are a por tion of the common glories of the republic.— A friend who was with him it bis death, him self a soldiei, has addressed to us these few lines: San Antonio, May 7,1819. My dear -It is with feelings of the deepest regret I have tff announce to you the death of Brevet Major Gen. W. J. Worth. He died to-dny about IP. M. Ho was attacked last evening with cholera of a most virulent type, defying the very best medical skill. Ii is a very sad event, one of overwhelming grief to Ins dear family, and of sincere regret to a large circle of admiring friends. Worth | had his faults—we all have—but none can j deny h : m the honor of being a gallant and ( whole soldier, one wholhrew iiisevery energy, ■ his whole heart into the performance of his duties. In this hasty announcement nothing like any notice can betakenof his eminent ser vices. He died as he lived a true soldier, con scious to the last, surrounded by his broken hearted wife and children, and by his military staff and other friends. May his march to the 'hunting ground meet with no impediment!— Yours truly, g** de l* It is only yesterday, as it were that Gen. Worll: left this city. Immediately before he left lie complained of illness and hisdeparture was delayed one day in consequence. Prior to that illness he appeared to us in vigorous health and seemed the picture of manly intel lectual beauty—a proud and high spirited sol dier. Those who have seen him in action assure us that language cannot do justice to his noble bearing in the field, his eagle eye glan cing fire and ins whole countenance beaming with intelligence and proud defiance. Alas ! i how speedily are all his noble traits quenched | in death. To survive the perils of a hundred battles atjJ to be carried off in the maturity of ; SffengfS by disease, seem a hard fate for a sol-1 dier. ” The ways of Providence are indeed in- ' scru table. The Galveston News furnishes some further particulars of this sad event; Death of Major Gen. Worth.—Thear | rival ot. the steamer Portland, from Lavaca ■ this morning, brings intelligence of the death of one of the most distinguished men of this 1 country. Maj. Gen. W. J. Worth died in San , Antonio on Tuesday last, the Bth inst., at half I past 1 o’clock, P. M. |lt should be Monday, ; the 7th.] He had b?en taken seriously sick, as we learn, only the previous day, though be had been quite unwell with a diarrhoea from ; I the time he left New Orleans, and continued so till he reached San Antonio, which was but a few dax s before his death. He was far from , being well when he passed through this city, I ' and was so much indisposed at Indianola that the boat was detained there part of a day on t his account, before proceeding to Port Lavaca. A servant belonging to his escort died of the cholera on the road a little above Victoria. j It is presumed, though not certainly known, that the disease of which Gen. Worth died, • was the cholera. Immediately upon his death, i an express was despatched, which arrived at , Port Liraca on Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, be ing just 21 hours on the way. We cannot ’ learn any particulars of the sickness and death 1 of this distinguished officer—these are proba , bly given in the despatches now on their way . to Washington. By this afflicting dispensation Gen. Worth’s family have been thus suddenly deprived of ’ their protector, almost as soon as they had ar- • rived at the point of destination, where they I anticipated residence for some time to come ; I and the whole country deprived of the services of a man whose brilliant achievements are de- > servedly the pride of the people, and will adorn > the pages of our history to a remote geuera [ tion. The death of such a man is truly a na [• tional bereavement, and will undobtedly be fol lowed with demonstrations of morning throughout the whole Union. Gen. Worth’s • family, we believe, consists of Mrs. Worth ■ and two daughters. t Light matches are made of phosphoret of i sulphur. From the Chron. &. Sentinel of Friday, 18th. The Southern Cultivator. We take the following article from the Chronicle &. Sentinel of the 4th inst. It wonld have been well perhaps that Dr. Lee should have gone a little farther than he has done iu clearing himself of “the aspersion.” Dr. Lee, as we understand, is a Northern Whig, and may for fifteen years, have written and spoken against abolition and abolitionists—so has Ho race Greeley. Horace Greeley believes the Wilmot Proviso is constitutional, and is in fa vor of its adoption. Dr. Lee may entertain the same opinions. We do not remember to have seen in the Chronicle & Sentinel any thing inconsistent with such opinions. Dr. let us hear from you. Do you believe the Wilmot Proviso unconstitutional ? Do you think it ought to be adopted by Congress :■ We will publish your reply.—[Columbus Times. T:*- Editor of the Southern Cui.Tt '.vroi: does not “think that t ie Wilmot Proviso ought to be adopted by Congress;” aud further, he ■ believes that President Polk acted unwisely | for the whole country, if not tor his party,when I he "approved” of the Wilmot Proviso in the ' Oregon Bill. As to the constitutionality of the Ordinance of 1787, which was first drawn by the hand and pen,and dictated by tiie mind of Thomas Jefferson, it is a legal question, which good I lawyers, not the Editor of an agricultural journal may presume to decide. For the in formation of the Times we copy the Proviso introduced bj* Jefferson in March, 1784. It, was in the report of a Committee submitted to Con'gress by Mr. J. and referred to the northwestern territory : “ dissolved, That such temporary govern ment shall only continue in force in any state until it shall have acquired twenty thousand free inhabitants; when giving due proof there of to Congress, they shall receive from them authority, with appointments of time and place, to call a convention of representatives to establish a permanent constitution and go- i vernment for themselves: Provided, That both the temporary and permanent gbvern- a i a part oribWn’ited Slates of America :] 2. That, in their persons, property, and territory, they shall be subject to the Government of the United States in Congress assembled, and to the articles of confederation in al! those cases in which the original States shall be so subject. 3, That they shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts contracted or to be contract ed, to be apportioned on them.by Congress ac cording to the same Common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the otiieiStates: 4 That their respective go vernments shall be in republican forms, and shall admit no person to be a citizen who holds any hereditary title : 5. That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any if the said States, otherwise than in punishment if crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.' The above was lost from the lack ot one or two votes. On the 13th July, 1737, the ordinance of which the above is a part was passed by the following vote : Massachusetts. Mr. Iloltcn, ) a ,,' Mr. Dane, j New York. Mr. Smith, l av Mr. Haring, Mr. Yates, ) New Jersey. Mr. Clarke, £ ay- Mr. Shearman, Delaware. Mr. Kearney, i Mr. Mitchell, c Virginia. Mr. Grayson, A ‘ Mr.R. 11. Lee, L Mr. Carington, North Carolina. Mr. Bioui.t, ) Mr. Hawkins, £ South Carolina. Mr. Koan, ) Mr. Huger, $ Georgia. Mr. Few, ) Mr. Pierce, | a Y‘ [Journals of Congress, vol. 4, p. 751. The Editor of the Cultivator hopes that be may be excused for declining to review this grave constitutional question, in order to determine who is rig?:/and who is wrong in opinion. Nothing is more indefinite than the metes and bounds of what Congress or any legisla tive body, may or may not constitutionally do. Acts the most ”nwii o, unju it and Injurious to the State or Nation, may still be within the letter of the Constitution. It is better policy to oppose a bad measure, such as we regard the Wilmot Proviso, whether applied to Ore gon or California, on the score of its injustice and general demerits,rat her than on the ground that it violates the Constitution. Since what is nd w hatis not Constitutional, depends on present interpretations, and different minds and parties do, and will ever interpret the language of the Constitution, as well as that of tho Bible, dif ferently, it is the weakest of all possible res traints on the doings of Congress or of a Church, to say that a particular measure is unconstitutional or unscriptural. Instead of an idle controversy about the moaning of words—a contest in which king numbers has every advantage—we should fight the battle on the merits of the question, where right and conscience, and the spirit of the Federal Com pact are to decide, rather than the peculiar in terpretation of an organic la\V. Mr. Van Buren declared that the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was con stitutional ; yet the Southeren democracy supported him for the Presidency in 1836, and elected him. Unlike Mr. Polk on the Oregon hill, he would have vetoed, and justly too,a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Where is the wisdom of running a tilt with mere abstractions, ever contending with Wind mills, and in the- end losing much and gaining nothing ! Show the Editor of tho Southern Cultivator anything to be done which is right and practical, and he is ready to prove his faith by his works. A good cause is often ruined by the impolitic way in which it is advocated. Temperance Convention. The State Temperance Convention of Geor gia will hold its annual celebration on the 27th June. The members of the different Tem perance Societies and of the respective Divi sions of the Sons of Temperance and the friendsof Temperance generally, throughout this and the adjoining States are respectfully and cordially invited to attend. In behalf and by order of the Committee of Arrangements. JOHN F. LANNEAU, President of the Temperance Society of Marietta. STEPnEN S. TAYLOR, W. P. of No. 83, S. of T. Superior Court.—The Spring term of the Superior Court of Muscogee Co. His Honor Judge Alexander presiding, commenced on Monday last. A large amount of business is on the docket, which, it is thought, will re quire at least a month to dispose of. On Tues day Mr. Wiley Adams was mulcted in dam ages to the tune of S3OO and costs, for inju ries inflicted last fall upon the person of Mr. James Toumlin,an aged man from Upson co. Mr. A. is also held to answer in the same case for assault and battery.—[Muscogee Demo crat, 17th inst. Rumor of Fraud in High Pi-Aces.—A des patch from Washington, May 12, says: It is said that charges exist against a high officer in the War Department, which are be ing examined into, relative to frauds upon the government in the way of forged land war rants and other claims of dead soldiers, that had no existence. Horrible ! —Miss Letitia S. Blaisdell, a young girl of New Boston. N. H. has been tried lor poisoning her foster-mother and an in fant child, and sentenced to be hung on the 30th August ! More Horrible.—Thomas Newkirk, of Jefferson county, Ky. took down a gun, placed the muzzle thereof to bis mother’s head, fired and kilted her. He afterwards was found in the woods,B_miles off, dead, having committed suicide! 1 Most Horrible.—James Haughtaling of ■ Lisle, Browne county, N. Y., was recently murdered by ins own son, eight years of age. The father was a drunkard and while in the field plowing, with bis son, laid down in the fur row and went a-leep. The lad unhitched the team, took it home, procured a sharp axe, re turned to the field and chopped off the head of i bis lather and then kicked it away several feet! ’ On being questioned why he did it, he said that , his father was a dunken scamp, and had beat en him the day before while intoxicated ! ! ! The boy has since been tried, but acquitted on j the grounds of moral incompetency to tommit what the law calls murder.—[Muscogee Dem- I ocrat. Read the account from Ireland brought by the Canada. The condition of the Irish is a disgrace to England.and a sijj;me to the civili- ' zed world. j Irulan«l->-Denth I Heath!! [From the Dublin Freeman’s Journal ] i Is this to be forever and forever the cry-- j death 1 death ! ! death !1 ! We came to our j office yesterday hoping that we would not have | to perusO the nspal amount of awful, heart j rending death lists, but need We say that onr j heart sank within us, and that pur blood ran i cold as wo read letter after letter, and found the burden of each to bo tho same appalling cry i —death, death, death. The humarm Protot i ant rector of Bsllinrobe addresses Lord John I Russell to-dny through our columns, and every ! line of his eloquent, expressive, philanthropic letter is as a voice from the dead—a voice tell- j ing of over one hundred and thirty-six regis- I tered deaths occurring in one week in the jioor- i house of Ballinrobe! ! —a voice tcllmg of the increase of the people’s wretchedness and misery—a voice telling of the poorhouse being I shunned as a pestilential snare through “the j vain hope” of tho victims “that death mny not ! all at once overtake them elsewhere”—a voice telling the that tho people “have had neither food nW* raiment in any wav commensurate with their wants, or even the necessities of nature, and that the painful con sequence is “ihey are dropping into their graves in MULTITUDES.” Rev. Mr. Conway, the active, zealous and humane Catholic curate of tho same place, writes to us—and the burden of bis letter also | is the same fearful cry as that which gives an awful interest to the communication of the compassionate I’rdestant rector. He says: “We have dead bodies everywhere. I am obliged myself to handle ‘hem, coffin them, and put them in the earth. We cannot pro cure a sufficiency of men to bury the dead, or of ceffinsto contain them. Every village hSs dead bodies lying unburied for many days; al most every hovel inthe suburbs of the town has its corpse. We cannot, I repeat, get cof fins, boards or men for the necessity of the mo ment. May God forgive our rulers for their .-rur" conduct toward God's creatures hero !” Aga<n and again we ask in anguish of spirit will men be apathetic while snch is the fate of brother-men? Will creatures endowed with souls—with human hearts—be silent while the very stones, had they voices, would cry to Heaven against such appalling horrors. Tuesday night we took up the evening pa pers, and said, here at least the cry of death 1 will, not meet us at every line. We were mis- 1 taken. It was still the same. The wail of the destitute poor was taken up by the Conser vative Packet, and flung among our rulers ' with a vigorous and truthful eloquence which i few cou'd command. The first thing that met t our eyes in that journal, ever true to the cause 1 ot’ suffering humanity, was this : “ Doom of the ‘Mere Irish.’—We feel it is not necessary to titter one syllable of com- ( inent when introducing the following letter to .our readers. It has b.'en communicated to us by a highly intelligent gentleman, who would ! be incapable of exaggeration, and the fruits of whose talent and learning have frequently de lighted and instructed our readers. ( “There are some facts simply stated in this lett r t hat are terribly suggestive of the state to 1 which our peasantry are reduced,our once hap- 1 py,light-hearte d peasantry. The children fight- I ing for the nettles is one of these. Childhood struggling with childhood—struggling for ' such means to exist a little longer lor living death ! The ‘well-grown girls’ cowering be fore the writer is another, the agony of their shame—God help them ! —surpassing the ago ny of their hunger. And what, in all the re- t cords of this unrelieved famine that is slaying ' our unhappy people, can be more demonstra- 1 five of the desert through which our corres- 1 pondenl passed, than the driver’s significant I words, ‘You won’t hear the of a child 1 from this to Limerick i’ Not a child's crj’ in 1 a district once fruitful and beautiful—once ] peopled with life and happiness—once filled at this season with the bustle of harvest pre paration—once musical with the glad mirth of i young voices ! Good God ! could volumes suggest a more appaling change than the sim plewords; ‘You wont hearthe cry of a child from this to Limerick ?’ The following is the letter J ‘To the Editor of the Evening Packet: April 28, 1849. ‘Dear Sir: I have been for the last ten days through the Counties of Limerick, Gal way, Clare, and across thence to the King’s County. ‘All attempts to depict the existing slate of the misery of the masses beyond the Shannon must come utterly short of the truth. All that tract of country from Killaloe to Portumna on the Galway side of the Shannon, is lying waste and uncultivated. About three out of four of the miserable huts are unroofted.— Some of the former inmates are dead, some in the union, and some few huddled together in one or two ofthe huts still existing. ‘The men generally have perished.’ n The correspondent of the Packet having de scribed scenes of human misery on which a demon could scarcely look without emotion, concludes thus ; ‘With large tracts of land uncultivated, a few miserable men are employed on the roads —at what wages think you ? One pound of yellow meal—i. e. Jess than Id per diem !I ! Great God how is this to cure famine 1 ‘lf this process of depopulation goes on a few months more, you may seek an able bo died man in vain for twenty or thirty mites of country.’ Such is the testimony of ah intelligent con servative witness, after having visited four counties. In the name of ottr common humanity and onr common faith, we call upon the public, one and all, to arouse themselves to rescue their brother-men, their brother-subjects, and brother Christians,who now stand on tho brink of destruction, from this devouring sea of mi sery, whose deluge engulfs its thousands and its tens ot thousands by the week. Fire in Aberdeen, Miss.—The Aberdeen Independent states that on the 4th inst. fire broke out in that town and consumed consid erable property. It commenced in the stables of J. Davis. Besides ‘he stables the Coach fac tory of J. Creight; the house, outbuilding, and gunsmith shop of Mr. Souff e ; tho large cen ter shop of Messrs. Hagy & Crawhorn, and several vacant wooden houses were entirely destroyed. The law office of Coopwood & Dowd was torn down in order to arrest the flames. The loss of Mr. Davis, Mr. Creight, and Mr. S. will be heavy. That of the former is estimated at S2OOO ; tHht of Mr. Creight at SI2OO. zNbout ten horses were burnt in the stable ; one of them belonged to Mr. Da vis, and four to Mr. Bibb, the mail contractor. A large number of buggies, carriages, &c., were also consumed. The Mansion House was on fire several times, but by dint of great exertion on the part of the citizens,both that large building and row of law and medi cal officers on the north side of Commerce-st., immediately opposite the fire wore saved. On Friday last the four negroes which had lieeu lodged in jail, charged with the murder of Mr. Michael Long, were put upon their tri al and found guilty. One was sentenced to be hanged, and the others to be whipped. Three more are yet to berried.—Edgefield Advertiser, 16th inst. More VHited States. The territory not yet formed into States, will make forty-six and a half States as large as Pennsylvania. Os these thirty-dive will be North of 36 deg. 30 min.—or free States. Eleven and a half South of 36 deg. 30 min.— or slave States, supposing the Missouri Com promise line to be adopted. The United States Will then Consist of se venty-six Sovereign States. Tyrants! trem ble. Should Oregon, California and New Mexico fly off, and the Rocky Mountains bo the divi sion between the United States of the Atlantic and the United States, of the Pacific, the At lantic Union will contain fifty-seven Sovereign States; the Pacific Union nineteen gigautc Sovereign States. Tyrants! still tremble. These calculations are based upon the re cent report of the United States Commission er of the General Land office—and take in all the United Slates territory ol every kind not yet formed into States. God save the Union.—[West Chester Jeff. POWDER! POWDER! rniflC StBSCKIBLIt has just rc- JL ceived a large supply of II azard <j- Co.'s superior Kentucky RIFLE POWDER, in kegs, half kegs, quarter kegs and canisters. Also, one hundred and fifty kegs BLASTING POWDER. He also has for sale Reynold 4* l'°-’s ETNA FUSE a perfectly safe and cheap article for Blas ting purposes. This celebrated Fuse will burn under water or in any place where Blasting is done. i-'ui? LC. TINSLEY, Agent 3 MARRIED. I In Warren county, on the 16th inst., by tho Rev. P. N. Maddux, Cti fix I/nvr>, f!sq., and - Mrs. Matilda Torrence, all of said county. DIED, i At Calhoun’s Mills on Friday 13th ult.,Mrs. ■ Rebecca D*rrac:oTT in the 85th year of her age. She was a native of Hano'.’er Co Va., laud early emigrated with her father to Wash : itigton, \rilk‘-H Co., Ga., wheioslte rnarriedand [ resid' d fora number of years. For upwards ! of til) years she was n consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church—mid in her daily walk and conversmionadoaied the doctrine of Christ, her Savior, ami died in t e triumph of a t-hrisluiii's hope. ■— [Abbeville Banner 12th in-t. At h:s res’tf tnee in Richmond county; on the Isihiii.-t, Holland Mc'J'¥i;E,.T.sq. He was a native of Virginia, bom in North l nmtierl ind county, on the 14th of February 1771. in 1785 he removed to this oounty, where he has spent a long life. That it bus been a useful and honorable life, the centinned esteem and confidence of his fellow-ohizenst, by whom he was often honored with the high est offices in their gilt, attest. Hs has filled, wall ihsefnlneas to the public and credit to him self, the places of Sheriff, Representative in the high Assembly, Senator and Justice of the Inferior Comt. For sever.ll years he has been- confined to his house by a casualty which deprived him of tho ability to walk, and subjected him to mnch suf fering. But thero he exhibited one of the fi nest traits of the Christian character, a quiet and cheerful resignation, and experienced, in believing, a peace and joy the world could not give. He was a mcmboFof (lie Methodist Episco pal Church, and adorned his profession by a consistent life and conversation ; and having finished his work on earth, calmly (Hid peace fully sank into the sleep of death, leaving to his sorrowing wife and numerous descendants relatives and friends; the consolation of know ing thnt he died in the full n-suran -e qf ‘-.Mav mv Inst end Is* Id”- Ms.**" - - ILFUhris’ion Advocate please copy. Special Notices. BANK OF AUGUSTaT? May 2-1 st, 1849. $ KT The Board of I>ir >ctoi’s of this Hank have declared a Senti-Anm.al Dividend of per Shore, which will be paid < n demuud. my22-3t JAS. W. DAVIES, Cashier. .KF The Whigs of i< irhnioiir! County are requested to meet at the Cily Hall, in Augusta,on the FIRST TUESDAY in June next, at 3 o’clock, I*. M., for the purpose of ap pointing Delegates to tlieCouventicn at Milledge ville, to nominate a candidate for Governor. KF The Whigs of Hancock are requested to meet at the Court House on WED NESDAY, the 4th June next, to nominate dele gates to Gubernatorial Convention to be held in Milledgeville. * KF The Whig; Pas-ly of Jforg'ati County, are very respectfully requested to meet at Madison on the FIRST MONDAY in June, for the purpose of transacting some very impor tant business, MANY WHIGS. my!9-td- (ALIIOK.M.I HOTEL, LliL GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. OL Having recently given the exterior of nty Hotel a new coat of paint, I thought it might not be amiss to change the name ; and whilst 1 am naming, don’t see why I should not select the most popular. There is this difference between the El Dorado and us. There they have plenty of go’d, and but little to eat. We. have plenty to cat, but no gold. Come up friends spend the summer with us, and help us out. We wonld say to those who have been in tho habit of going North, you need not fear to bring your servants this way. We are sorry to say to those, who espouse the theory of Mr. Guimarin, that we have no Smail Pox up herd. We thought we had the Cherokee region on the hip this summer, but this idea ofthe Presidency to the Gentlemen, and Beauty to the Ladies, is too strong. Can’t he p it—too lute in the season to get up any cases now. J J. (Liinesviilc, May 15, 1819. 3lorltfage Sale iai WIIIaE be sold on the FIRSTTUESD?N| IN JUNE NEXT, before tho Court house door in the town of La Grange, Troup county, between the usual hours of sale, the fol lowing Negroes, to wt: MARY, a woman about 28 years old; JE.SSE, a boy, about 12 years old; and HENRY, a boy about 9 years old all black. AU levied upon to satisfy a mortgage fl. la. issued from Troup Inferior Court, in favor of Ruins Broome vs Seaborn J. Thompson. Pro perty pouted out in said fl. fa. THOMAS DAVIS, Sheriff. May 23, 1819. Walton Slieriff’N Sale. Wllilb be sold before the Court House door in Monroe, Walton Conntv, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE NEXT, within the legal hours of sate the following property to wit: One yoke of oxen, levied on as the property of Jonathan M. Botts, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from Cherokee Superior Court, iu favor of A. K. Black well vs. said Butts. L. B. HAYS, Sh’ff May 23,1849. Columbia Sheriff Sales.. WJI.L. be sold, at Appling, Columbia coun ty, before the court horae door in stud coun ty, on the first Tuesday in June next, the fol lowing property ta-wit: one negro woman, Lucy, md her thro children ; Amelia, Louisiuaud Pal mira; 5 Beds aud Bedding ;7 Bedstcaes, 1 leath ei bed ; 5 mutt asses ; 1 chest of bed-clothes ; !» washstands; 6 bowl# and pitcher; 1 wash pan ; 6 looking glasses ; 7 pair of Andirons ; 2 pair Shov els and tongs ; 3 Centre tables ; 1 large table, with draws ; 1 folding table and ends ; 6 common tub'.es ;2 Bureaus ; 2 Desks ; 1 Mahogany wri ting desk ; 1 Brass Clock ; 1 Rocking Chair;6 cane scat Chairs ;20 common chairs;! centre lamp ; 2 glass lamps ; 3 brass candb sticks ; I hand bellows ; 1 Ladies’ and gentleman’s saddle ; 1 clock reel ; 1 Safe ; 1 Piano Forte and stool ; W pictures in frames ;2 wind w curtains; 2 mops ; I clothes press ; 3 hair trunks ; 1 valice ; 1 car pet ; 1 hair comb and brtfth ; 1 one-horse wagon ; 1 bay horsu colt—all levied on as the property of Waller J. Jones, deceased, to satisfy three execu tions from Columbia Superior and Inferior Courts, in favor of Henry T Warren, Mathew C. Hale and Thomas Miller & Co., vs. Walter J. Jones and Walter Jones. JOHN F. SUTTON,Sheriff. May 4, 1849. Lincoln Sheriff’s Sale. WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in June next, between the legal hours of sale, before the court house door in Lincolnton, o e trar.t of land containing one hundred and lour acres, more or less, lying in Lincoln county, and adjoining lands of Edward Frazier and others : levied on U> satisfy sundry fi. fas in favor of Benrjsimin Ben dy and others, vs. James Almonds, issued from Justice court of the 186th District, G. M. Levy made and returned to me by a constable. JOHN W. HAMBRICK. Sheriff. April 27, 1849. Putnam J line Sales. WILL be sold before the Court House dooi in the town of Eutonton, Putnam county, on the first Tuesday in June next, within the u. ual hours of sale, the following property, to wit : Two negroes—.TFnny, a woman about 46 years of age, and Adeline a girl about nineteen years of age; levied on as the property of Zachariali Roughton, to satisfy a mortgage fi f a in favor of Nancy Gilbert vs. Zachariah Roughton. Proper ty }X)inted out by mortgage fi fa. Also, one negro mau, John, about 45 years of age ; 130 acres of laud, more or less adjoining F. S. Hearn, Sr., and others ; levied on a* the pro perty of Elizabeth Richardson, Thomas J. Rich ardson, Amy G. Richardson, Sarah R.cbardson, and El : za G. Richardson, to satisfy afifa in favor of John Robson, vs. Eizabeth Richardson, Thon. J. Richardson. Amy G. R Sarah Rich ardson, and Eliza G. Richardson. Also one grey horse, one sorrel horse one black colt two years old ; levied on as the property of; Ezra S. Howard, to satisfy a li fain favor of Jas. Nicholson vs. Ezra S. Howard. 11. J. DENNIS, Sh’ff May 19, 1849. Wilkes Sheriff Sale in Jline. be sold before the Court House door ▼ f in Washington, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in June next, the fol lowing property, to-wit : The interest of John P. Hammock, in a certaiij tract of land situate, lying, and being on the wa-- of Beaverdam Creek in said county, and now iu posse-sion of Thomas Johnson, containing nine ty-six acres, more or less, uaid interest being one seventh pan thereof Sold to satisfy fits from the Justicis Comt ofthe 17 1 '•I • . 1 : -.'A .