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Augusta, (Georgia.
Friday Morning, November 16.
U_T We learn (says the Columbus Times)
that Alexander C. Morton, Esq., of Columbus,
has been appointed by the Governor of Missis
sippi, Commissioner of that State for Georgia.
Mr. M. already holds a similar appointment
from the States of Tennessee and Florida.
ET We learn from the Savannah Georgian
that at a special election held in Ware county
on the 28th ult., Wm. A. McDonald, (dem.)
was elected a Representative from that coun
ty, over his opponent, Nathan Brewton, (whig)
by a majority of 63 votes. There was a tie
in that county at the election held on the first
Monday in October.
LTThe name and site of the Post Office at
Blountsville, Ga., has been changed to Ether
idge, and M. D. Etheridge appointed Post
Master. ______________
ITln New York, on the 14th and 15th in
stant, cotton was dull. Both buyers and sel
lers were waiting the news by the steamer
America, now due. She will bring Liverpool
dates to the 3rd November.
trThe reports from the cotton market, in
Charleston, up to Thursday evening, 15th in
stant, are, that the market was quiet on that
day, with sales of only 700 bales. Sales of
the week 6000 bales, at from 91 to 11 J. Re
ceipts of the week, 11,000 bale A week
closes with prices full 1 cent down. *Fair cot
tons quoted at 10f to 11 cents.
The Weather.—On Wednesday last we
had a slight rain, which was followed on
Thursday by high winds. On Friday and
Saturday mornings we hsd heavy frosts. —
Since then the weather has been moderate.
We think the cotton is completely killed in
this vicinity.—Cheraw Gazette.
Thia reminds us says the Coinmbia Caroli
nian, of the 15th inst., that the froat in our
own vicinage has destroyed every green leaf
and unmatured boll on the cotton weed. Na
sort of good weather can now, we believe,
add another bale to the crop—it is made, be it
short or long.
(UrThe Alta Californian, published at San
Franeiseo, in its issue of the Ist of October, in
relation to the provision in the State Constitu
tion of California, which prohibits free persons
of color from settling there, says :
“Some division of opinion arose on a propo
sition made by Mr. McCarver, to prevent free
persons of color from selling in California,
and also to prevent slaveholders from bringing
slaves into the State, for the purpose of liber
ating them. It finally passed the committee
of tbe whole; but it has been looked upon since
as jeoparding the ratification of the Constitu
tion by Congress; and as this feeling was
gaining ground, the House, probably, will
strike it out.”
No apprehension appeared to be entertained
of tbe adoption, by Congress, of the Constitu
tion, if slavery was prohibited in California,
but to prohibit free negroes from going there
was regarded as jeoparding the ratification by
Congress 1 Comment is unnecessary.
KFThe European Times says that the fears
of a general war growing out of the Turkish
and Russian question have subsided. The
Czar, ou learning tbe attitude taken by France
and England, on this question, immediately
lowered his tone.
Oregon Officrrs. —The newly appointed
Governor, Judge, Secretary, and District At
torney for Oregon are in New York city. They
intend to sail about tho last of this month.
Departure or M. Pouaaix. — This gentle
man sailed from New York for Havre, on
Saturday, the 10th inst., at noon, with his
family, by the packet Bavaria. The Tribune
( says: “He was attended to the ship by a par
thirty of hi*personal frienda; the
French artisans oHhe city also sent to him a
letter regretting his departure.
[Editorial Correspondence.]
MiLLXDGXVILLE, Nov. 14.
The patriotic <nd glorious resolutions I sent
you yesterday, I trust will soon appear in the
Republie. They will send along the chords
of every heart that loves old Georgia electric
thrills of rapture. It io true they have not
been adopted yet, but that they will be it will
take no inspired lip to foretell. If opposition
they have at all, its feeble voice will be lost
atnlnd the thunders of approval, like the whis
tle es a sailor boy amidst the roar of the tem
pest. Tlx day has come in Georgia, al latl,
when men holding dangerous principles must
and will be regarded as dangerons men—when
public confidence will cleave only to constitu
tional friends—when the Wilmot Proviso alone
divides public opinion, and when the friends of
this infamous measure must biie the dust in
agony and shame. Two years ago it was a
mere spec in the heavens; but now it io a
dark and tearful cloud, pileing in terrifle gran
deur upon the southern horizon. Who can
look into the future and tell us when it will
roll away T May it not bunt In overwhelm
ing fury upon us T Then must not the sun of
our empire go down in gloom and in blood ?
Suppose a civil war were tn grow out of thia
momentous controversy, where would south
ern men stand who hold the Wilmot Proviso
to be constitutional ? Could any conscien
tious patriot draw his blade against legislation
he believed to be eonatititional 1 If he did it,
would he be entitled to the respect of mankind
J%gg,the merey es heaven T But inscribe upon
fold* of the bright banner that waves
jBMW'n host ** Our constitution and
Jeause,” and the admiration of
thbsltn the memory of the brave
and it; and u they tint to the
j»th the ball of the northern rifle
m of home hover around their fading
e, their immortal souls may break away
. soar on wings of fire, amid the din and car
age of the battle, to more peaceful abodes
above. Such a crisis may never come; but
if it dm, the aonth, I truet, will be equal to it,
and that it will eome looks leaa improbable
every day. Von eannot aay to the wave of
fanaticism “ thus far ahalt thou go and no
farther.” That would be aa idle aa the silly
order of Xerxea to whip and fetter the waves
of the sea.
The silence of the whig press in the south
has no doubt exercised a fatal influence upon
the mind of onr President. Hearing but little
from the south, much from the north, I sup
pose ho begins to regard the southern people
.. ready to subscribe to any terms the north
may propose. It is time that something be
done and said from which the President may
ascertain where the whig party at the aouth
do stand. Rumor is bruting abroad and pass
ing round the world language from bis lipa
threatening to the vital interests of the south,
uad he is silent. His organ contradicts it not,
I think if he will not speak we must. It
ia high time the north be admonished that
aggression cannot place its Jourganat car upon
the prostrate body of the south. The L nion
is dear to M, but our rights *™ deM >
our honor dearer, and ffte constitution
we hold to be inviolable. ”•
(EfTho following says the Southern Recor
der are the stations for the ensuing Conference
year, of the Ministersand Preachers of the
Methodist Protestant Church, Georgia District,
as appointed by the Standing Committee of
Ministers and Laymen of the last Annual
Conference:
Isaiah C. Wallace, elected President by the
Conference.
Cherokee Circuit—P. Lingo, Superinten
dent; A. Smith and W. G. Nortou Assistants.
Hall Circuit—R. C. Biggers, Ssp’t.; S. W.
Fowler Assistant.
Henry and Atlanta Circuit—Jordan A.
Neese, Sup’t.; W. Griffin, Issac Rosser, S.
Moore, and A. W. Mitchell, Assistants.
Newton Circuit.—W.M.Biggers, Sup’t.;
M. Tucker, and L. Bates, Assistants.
Pentecost Circuit—H. Baker, Superinten
dent.
Columbia Circuit—lsaac C. Mitchell, Su
perintendent; R A. Blount, John W. Davis
and Leroy P. McCutcheon, Assistants.
Sylvania Circuit—Moses F. Rosser, Sup’t;
T. B. Lanier, Assistant.
Randolph Circuit—J. R. Swain, Sup’t.; W.
Haisten, E. Smith, and J. D. Hooten, Assis
tants.
Columbus Circuit—W. N. Snell, Sup’t.;
E. W. Sewall, Aaa't.
Marion Circuit—Sup’t. to be supplied; W.
Myers, Ass’l.
Merriwether Circuit—T. Hearn, Sup’t.; P.
Ogletree, G. Marian, and W. W. McCutchen,
Assistants.
Savannah Mission—Thos. Hutchings, Su
perintendent.
Walker Mission—Wm. Mitchell. Superin
tendent.
Madison Mission—James O’Kelly, Super
intendent.
Home Missionary—John Thurman.
Left in the hands of the President—B. R.
Bray, Y. Mann, and S. Robinson.
Thos. C. Benning expelled—charge, Adul
tery. ' r .
Next Conference in Atlanta, commencing
on the Friday beiore tbe second Sabbath in
November, 1850.
(EF Bayard Taylor, the Monterey corres
pondent of the New York Tribune, writing
under date of Oct. Ist, ia regard to the Cali
fornia Convention, then in session at Monte
rey, says:
The Convention here has been in session a
1 month, and has adopted in Committee of the
Whole nearly three-fourths of a Slate Consti
tution. It is believed that another week will
cloie their labors. A vote will then be taken
on the Constitution, end after its adoption, an
election will be held for Legislature and State
officers. There is, as yet, no prominent can
didate for Governor, the Senatorship being
considered a more desirable place. Among
the candidates spoken of for the latter, are T.
Butler King, Colonel Fremont, Dr. Gwin, and
Robert Semple. Col. Weller, since his remo
val from the Boundary Commission, is suspec
ted of electioneering tor such an office, but has
made himself too unpopular by his course at
San Diego, to have much chance of success.
Among the principles already decided by the
Convention are the following :
No slavery shall ever be permitted in Cali
fornia, adopted by a unanimous vote—the
boundaries of the State shall be those fixed
by Mexico, embracing the whole of the interior
territory known as the Great Basin; no free
blacks shall be admitted into the territory (pas
sed by a small majority and will probably be
considered ;) the State capital shall be estab
lished at Pueblo Sun Jose ; inhabitants of In
dian blood aliall not possess the right of suf
frage, (thia passed by one vote, and will, nt
doubt, be changed on second reading—the na
tive members are very indignant on the sub
ject, as the law would embrace some of the
first families in the country.) Tbe "right of
married women to property possessed before
marriage has also been established, and the
first Legislature recommended to pass severe
laws against dueling. In most of its provi
sions, the Constitution is wise and liberal, and
if two or three very objectionable parts be re
moved, will do lasting honor to its makers.
The health of the country is improving,
ague and fever having almost entirely disap
peared. The intense heats are over, and the
climate is now mildand delightful.
Slaiidliig ComniitteeK of House
of Representative*.
Committee on the state of the Republic,
Messrs. Howard, Shackelford, Gartrel, Law
ton, Tucker, Spalding, Reynolds, Nelson and
Ramsay. < f
On Judiciary, Messrs. Jenkins, Jonos pf
Paulding, Worrell, Wofford, Manning, Wig
gings. Trippe, Fish, Pringle and Gartrel.
On Finance, Messrs. Phillips, Akin, Jen
kins, Riyins, Robinson, of Talbot, Culbertson
of Floyd, Watanp, Sanderson, Nesbit,
Adams, Wofford and Brown,
On Agriculture and Internal Improvements,
Messrs. Nesbit, Bell, Arnold, Fields, Johnson,
Harrison, Howard, Walker, Wolfe, Barlow
and Irwin.
On public Education, Messrs. Gray, Griffin,
Siephena, Westmorland, Barrett, Robinson of
Macon, Gilmore, Blount, Thomasson, Chand
ler and A very.
On Banks. Measys.Villalonga.Harris, Neely,
McDougald, Hill, Neal, Dane, Jones, of W»i
ren, and Colbert.
On Manufactures, Messrs. Jones of Pauld
ing, Dawson, Kendall, Yopp, Heard, Richard
son, Calder, Carlton, Faver of Troup, Strick
land and Brandon.
On Penjipotjary, Nelson, Shackel
ford, Tompkins, Terrell of CoiyeiN, WilaP'b
Greggs, Gaston, MpWhorter, Roberta, Cul
bertson of Troup, Goodman, Snelhug, Villa
longa and Weilbcrne.
On Printing, Messrs. Calder, Sandford,
Fleming, Pietnil*r, 4jcLe d, Fortnpfi Little,
Hodges of Randolph, and Waidhour.
On privileges and Elections, Messrs. Fish,
Hines, Hodges of Houston, Morris, Reid, Hen
drix, Shaw, Robinson of Fayette, Brown,
Slaughter a id Thornton.
On Petitions, Messrs, Wiggins, Kenan, Tal
ley, Terrell of Putnam, Wilcoif, Wooldridge,
Peacock, Dubignon, Faver of Merriwether,
Farmer and Whitworth.
On Journals, Messrs. Lawton, Digby, Dead
wyler, Carter, Mclntire, Hall, Penick, Pickett,
Penland, Anderson of Wilkes and Dorminy.
On Military, Messrs. Harrison, Hammel!,
Laughbridge, Bryan, Riloy, Mentxe, O’Ban
non, Tillman, Morris and Perkins.
On Military, Messrs. Culbertson of Floyd,
Pringle, Gray, McDonald, Gresham, Gordon,
Andrews, Colbert and Mclntire.
STAMPING COMMITTEES OF THB SENATE.
On Privileges and Elections —Messrs. Clark,
Rawls, Love, Quarterman, and Turner.
On Petitions—Messrs. Long, Napier, Eber
hart, Edmondson, and James E. Brown.
On Enrolment—Messrs. Stell, Woods,
Mcßae, Thomas, Johnson, and Moseley.
On Journals—Messrs. John W. O, Smith,
James A. Miller, Edmondson, Turner, and
Hines.
Ou the State of the Republic—Messrs.
Murphy, A. J. Miller, Leonard, Clark, and
Chisolm.
On Finance—Messrs. Spullock, Clayton,
Bailey, Cochran, and Augustus Beall.
On Banks—Messrs. A. J. Miller, Tomlin
son, Purse, Stell, and Dunham.
On the Military—Messrs, fird, Woods,
Moseley, Thos. Johnson, and Rawls.
On the Judiciary—Messrs. Bailey, Sanford,
Ferrell, Joseph E. Brown, and John Jones.
On Internal Improvements— Messrs. Purse,
Clayton, Spullock, Elias Beall, and Murphy.
On Printing—Messrs. John Jones, Mcßee,
Hinea, Grubbs, and J. W. G. Smith.
On Public Education and Free Schools—
Messrs. Chisolm, Elias Beall, Blackshear,
Win. Jones, and Long.
On the Penitentiary—Messrs. Joseph E.
Brown, Micajah Johnson, Ferrell, Gender, and
Cochran.
On the Lunatic Asylum—Messrs. Ira E.
Smith, Anderson, James R. Smith, Dunham,
and Bryan.
IT A person who undertakes to raise him
self by scandalizing others, might as well ait
down on a wheelbarrow and undertake to
wheel himself.
A. Mr. Wm. McDonnell, of Cincinnati,
nurses small pox patients, and saves them from
being marked by the effects of the disease.
3.ugKsta, (Sa.
Saturday Morning, November 17,1819.
Fine Saddle—Harne»a, Ac.
For want of room, we can only express the
gratification we experienced, in inspecting,
yesterday, a lady’s sttddle and a set of double
coach harness,made at the manufactory of Mr.
A. Hatch, in this city ; and intended for exhibi
tion at the approaching Fair in Charleston.—
Th. .M.ddl . beautifully finished, and sub
stantial ; iece of work, ornamented, in part,
with blue enamelled b.isdsomely stitched leath
er. The harness cannot be excelled, either
for beauty or strength. Nothing made in any
section, can excell this Augusta work, and, we
have no doubt, it will be greatly admired a
the Fair.
U" In a communication to the editors of
the Southern Recorder, from Col. A. W. Red
ding, Superintendent of the Dahlonega Mint,
and dated 3rd inst., we learn thut the coinage
for October amounted to $33,439 50—of
which about S6OO were from California gold.
W Hon. George M. Dallas, late Vice Piesi
dent of the United States, is about to visit
Charleston.
The New York Tribune of Monday the
12th gives the following as the result of the
New York elections : House, wings 62, demo
crats 63—still ia doabt >. In the Senate,
whigs 17, democrats 14—one doubtful.
fEFWe notice a telegraphic dispatch from
Wheeling, Va., which announces the election
of Col. T. S. Haymond, whig. This is a whig
gain.
This election was held to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. A. Newnan.
U' From telegraphic reports we notice that
in Massachusetts, George N. Briggs, tho whig
candidate, lacks 1200 votes of being elected
Governor by the people; but the legislature,
being brgeiy whig, will of course elect him.
Jobs G. Palfrey, abolitionist, fails of an
election by 3,000 votes.
Health of Charleston.
Il affords as much pleasure to copy the fol
lowing few sentenees from the Charleston
Courier of the 15th instant:
Inquiry has satisfied us that the time has
arrived te announce the entire absence of
Stranger’s Fever from our city. There has, as
yet, been no killing frost in the eity, which is
known to be an effectual and positive extin
guisher of the disease, and it was our belief that
Strangers would be subject to the Fever, un
til a decided frost was experienced. Enter
taining these views, we had determined, that
through our columns, no invitation should be
extended to anacclimated persons to return to
their homes. Expressions of opinion, how
ever, from other, and, as we conceive, autho
rized sources, competent to judge, have chan
ged this determination; and, therefore, we state
that it is the general belief—authorized too by
the fact that no new eases have occurred tor
several days—that the fever has ceased.
It may be that some isolated case or cases,
may yet occurr with those who have al
ready imbibed the disease, and by imprudent
exposure, or want of proper care, may be at
tacked; but no one need have the least fear of
coming to the city, either to do business, or
remain in it. The recent report of the Board
of Health, proves conclusively that we have
fallen back upon—indeed even below—our
old standard of mortality, and that if health is
to be sought, Charleston is the, city where it
can be most surely found.
IL r The editor and a correspondent of the
Abbeville (8. C.) Banner, are out in favor of a
Penitentiary in that State. Tbe movement
appears to find encouragement in several sec
tions of South Carolina.
ID" In an interesting qrtiple in tt;e Banker’s
Magazine for November, upon State Debts, the
writer, after exhibiting the gratifying fact that
some of tho State stocks are wilhjn a fraction
of the government lomis iq their precept quo
tations, regrets that there are other State
•locks -wliieh are far from flourishinir at this
period.’ In reference to the latter, the writer
Unit; pqy? o iperited compliment to our own
Slate:—“if they will not imitate MaryUnd,
now rising from its lethargy, let them look to
Georgia, with her noble public improvements
and an annual income of $843,000.”
(ET From an mficiai by thp “sprp
tary of the Treasury, wo notice that the re
ceipts into the Treasury of the United States,
fyoqi ai| SWJIWj *!?F t ?l 8 < J H!,r fer ending 30th
September, were g>14,541 ,bOO Ob; and
the expenditures, for the same time, were
$8,910,186 59. _
[fly Tplegraph to Charleston Mercury.]
OgLEom, Nov. ifi.
We have dates I rem the City pfMexicoto
the 20th October. The standard of rebellion
against the existing Government, and in favor
of Santa Anna, had been raised at Toluca by
yillayp, a lieutenant £olonel of Cavalry, hut
the insurrection was promptly suppressed,and
the leader executed.
EF On Saturdsy, the 10th fust., the steamer
Qbip, from New Orleans, arrived at New York
wiyh the regains of (Jen. Worth, Col. Duncan,
and Major Gates. The grand funeral obse
quies were to have taken place on Thursday
last.
The Methodists in England have determined
to erect a college if) ope of 'h® bIHSt Yicipus
and destitute portions of London, for the gra
tuitous education of the poor, in which cause
the Wesleyan Methodists have lor some years
past been extremely active.
Alapaha LegislApcßß —Tins body pon
vened at the Cflpi'pl <>n the ]3th jnst. In the
Senate, Gen. Dennis Dent, w. of Tuscaloosa,
was unanimously elected President; J. F.
Marrast, of Fayatte, d. was re-elected .Secre
tary; Gen. W. M. Kidd, w. of Bhelby, Asst.
Secrejjry • and Mr. McMillan, d. of Jefferson,
Door-Reeper.
The House was organized by the ur.a:vq)r.u •
re-eleciion of Gen. L. P. Walker, of Lander- i
dale, Speaker; A. P- L’|jlhern|, of pijten*,
Clerk ; also unanimously ; Mr. Cooper, of Che
rokee, Assistant Clerk ; W. J. Greene, of
Jaekson, Engrossing Clerk ; James H. Owen,
of Tuscaloosa, Door-jgeeppf. AH democrats I
except Mr. Cooper.
TiiniTOvEnEfcALTiEij.-—Hpiiatrngof the abo
lition fanaticism in the northern Btates, the
New York Herald relates the following oc
currence:
“ It was only the other day that a southern
planter, wishing to mauumit some of his
slaves, took them as far as Pittaburg, with the
view of settling them in Ohio. But lie learn
ed that they would not be allowed to enter that
States, and he was advised to ship them to
New Orleans, and give out that their master
intended to sell them, and the abolitionists
would steal them and settle them in the very
State of Ohio, within the limits of which they
would not be allowed iu the first place. The
trick succeeded, for before be reached Cin
cinnati, every slave was kidnapped.”
Moxaocxy ob a Republic—Which is best?
—The Londou News, an influential liberal
paper, pertinently asks—“ How is it that the
monarchically governed and unprotected co
lonies all around the great republic of the'
United States are eternaiy menacing the sov
ereign that they will break the connexion, and
transfer their allegiance to their republican
neighbors? We never hear of outlying ter
ritories or states of the federation threatening
to annex themselves to the British empire.—
How is it that our much boasted government
so universally inspires disaffection? How la
it that treason against the great government is
a thing unheard of!”
“It is understood* here that Mr. Calhoun
will resist the incorporation of Calffiirnia into
the Union as a State, should the
that she may present exclude slavery.”—
Wash’n Corres’t Ch. Courier.
Such a position on the part of a Senator
would certainly be very absurd, and at variance
with the fundamental principles of this govern
ment; the most important of which is the
sovereign right of the people to govern them
selves, and to form their own State Constitu
tion. The Constitution of the Uniouon'y re
quires of a State that she shall adopt a Repub
lican form of government to gain admission
into the Union, and it would be an anomalous
position for a Senator who claims to be, par
excellence, a State Right’s man, to assume to
dictate to a people whether their Constitution
should admit or exclude slavery. We do not
believe that Mr. Calhoun will take any such
position.
We promised, some two weeks since, that
we would not refer to the Chronicle again
without some good reason for it. That reason
exists. The above we copy from that paper
of the 14th instant.
The Chronicle is justifying the action of
the California Convention in excluding slavery,
in the name of the sovereign rights of tho peo
ple. We desire to have clear views upon this
subject. It is profoundly important and we
do not wish any of the readers of the Chronicle
misled by its views. Many might be led to
believe, that it is all right for the people of
California to say whether slavery shall bo tol
erated or not.
Admitting that all California, with
enough to make seven states as large asGeqffr'
gia, might be admitted as a smgiestata.
it contain tbe requisite number pfi/MNE
thousand inhabitants. We/na»»
irants as are contemplated fey ourjjßttogsjjML
W« nA tSMB .
to the following etwM^W- -S'
peared in the South Carolina Telegraph™
the 13th of* August last. Ils statistics art
taken, as will be seen, from a California paper,
la the population therein referred to, such an
one as ought to be allowed to establish a
state even of ordinary limits. If not, how
much more outrageous to permit them to
decide now, not for territory largo enough for
one State, but for twelve of the size of South
Carolina.
Here is the article from the Telegraph.
[From the Telegraph of Aug. 13.]
“Wb thb People” or California..—As
the most conclusive commentary on the pro
ject of admitting California as a State, on the
application of tbe inhabitants—and the other
proposition of leaving tbe Territorial question
to be settled “by the people of the Territories”
—we annex the following information as to
what “we the People” covers there. The
Alta California, of tho 2d of July, gives a
table of the number of persona who arrived in
California from tbe Ist of January to June 30.
From the Ist of January to the 11th of April
the estimate is that 3,614 arrived by sea and
560 by land. From tbe 12th es April to the
30th of June, the number ia set down at 5,677
males and 209 females. These arrived by sea
in 110 vessels. Ol this number considerably
more than half is composed of foreigners from
China, Sandwich Islands, South America, &c.
By land, from Sonora and other departments
of Northers Mexico, the emigration was about
5,000 —making a total es 15,000.
Os these 15,000 persons, afeput 5,000 are
Americans, 6,000 Mexicans, 2.000 Chilians,
and the remaining 2,000 from neaily every
country. “It will thus be seen that a prepon
derance of the emigrants thus far is foreign.”
The number of inhabitants in lite country
on the Ist of January last was probably not
for from 15,000, exelasive of Indians. Os this
number 9,000 were Califurnians, 5000 Ameri
cana, and 1,000 foreigners es many nations.
This would give, then, the character of the pre
sent population as follows :
Americans 10,000 I Chilia- a 2,500
Californians 9,000 I Other nations 2,000
Mexicans 6,500 | -*
Total ko,ooo
The editor joes ipto cjlculqtjon tej show
the probpble population of the territory an the
Ist of October, and sums it ap at 60,(100, of
which 35,000 will be Americans, 9,00® Cali
fnypians, qf all other natiqijyflK
4 ifiost de|iff|;ifqj tpipgljpg
truly, to constitute a State!
as represnntslizs."
to dirty red?” or
the American
but lite matter ia H serious
is farcical, but the adoption es it most
melancholy in its results, both to tltosd who
committed so great an outrage, and those who
submit to such an infliction. Better jkr the
Wilmot Proviso than this,
Food made op Indian Corn Meail—Car
lyle, in an able article on the uses <(f Indiar
corn meal, says: “The valley of tho*Missis
sippi ia able tb raise food euohgh te supply tin
whole world.” Alluding to the Indian corr
meal that had been imported by England du
ring the dearth of 1847, ho says, that, agair
and again, he tried a mess of Indian mea
porridge, bttt it hqd l‘ q tyutjty ia£t^— it nejei
wantelj ji disagreeable ! titfig.’ Tri 'vqin was ii
washed, iu vain was the meal boiled, the
musty atang was still there.” He finally caine
to the conclusion that all the Americans hat!
said about the sweets of hominy was mere
stuff. Last year, however, be got a present
ot sppje excellent, well-kept porn'ffbuj an
American friend, which has altered his old
views about hominy entirely. He now be
lieves it to be an ambrosial dish, fit lor a prince
or a poet. We are glad that Uncle John hae
recpjyef] a palatable disl), Ipf opue, ffoqi Broth
er Jonathan. Jt would foe well for the poor
of Britain if this article of food was more gen
erally used by them. If the corn bo kiln-dried,
and the meal well boiled, it is sweeter than
the meal made from oats, and contains far more
nutriment to its specific gravity. There is a
kind of (ft®* 1 toiq o frqm' |ndiaii corn that is
very scarce in this city, and which sells at a
5 too high price, we think. It is made of the
s inaide of the berry—the whole hull being sep
arated from it. ft i“ fl* white fl» wheat flour,
. apd very palatable. Tho pricp as peifliletf is
six cents per quart. Tins js a kind of food
that would answer admirably as a substitute
for oat meal, the inhabitants of Britain, and
the northern kingdoms of Europe, who have
been aceustomod to an oat meal diet. America
might drive a most extensive corn trade with
BriJajn if the inhabitants of that country fully
appreciated the gopdness ttf Indjap C«t) tried
. VV’e wish to throw qll the light we can
, upon thin subject, «s we know that Carlyle is
correct respecting the capacity of America to
r supply any quantity of it.
A valuable improvement has recently bees
made by Mr. Oliver P. Stevens of Ohio city,
in tho KjaDufqctura pf iuuplny. Vye have re
ceived a sample of it by a. gentleman .why has
coma froffi That pTsee. If is f great IrttmJjT
food. Cflriyje would “iwk hjs lips After a
jjieal of it with true alimentiye gusto. The
Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, ex-commissioner of
Patents, has advised Mr. Stevens to take out
a patent for the Manufacture,
We have a piece of advice to give our dys
peptical friends, and those engaged in seden
tary occupations, and then we are done. It e
thia; Take each a soup plateful of hominy and
sweet milk fur break last every meriting, and,
if you choose, “a cup of coffee afterwards”
If you follow after this advice, you will soan
give evidence of the truth of the old adage,
“ laugh and grow tat.”
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, t
wine the at longest head. No man is wire
enough, nor good enough to be trusted with
unlimited power; for whatever qualifications
I he may have evinced to entitle him to the poe
i session of so dangerous a privilege, yet wh»n
' possessed, others can no longer answer for
| himself.
Boardiko House Law.—ln a recent suit
in the Court of Common Pleas at New York,
Judge Ulahirffer charged the jury, that if a
man keep a boarding house, and his lodger
suffer his bi! to fall in arrear, and is desired
to leave for non-payment, be is bound to do
so, and If be does not, the keeper of the bouse
has a right to use such reasonable forpe as is
necessary to get rid of him.
teiolutionii of Mr. flurtrell and Mr. Clayton. I
We regret that, from some cause, the letter
of our Milledgeville correspondent, enclosing
■s the above resolutions and other proceedings
♦f the legislature, did not come to hand so
that wo might insert them in our last number.
We must confess that the peiusal of those
resolutions lifted us up with hope, and remind
ed us of other days, when Georgia planted
Itersclf upon her constitutional rights and
maintained her sovereignty with inflexible
firmness. Both of these gentlemen are whigs.
Mr. Gartruli i»a young lawyer of a high order
of talents, and Mr. Clayton an intelligent mer
chant and planter, than whum Georgia con
tains not a truer son or more estimable citi
zen. J'hose who have a vivid recollection of
his dwbguished father, tho honorable Augus
tus Clayton, will not fail to have confidence
in hip noble-minded son.
W«e resolutions are framed in the right
apirjf. They are not inflated with gasconade
upqithe one hand, nor-weakened by unmean
ing bid timid generalties ujion the other. If
the# is aught in them hasty, inconsiderate,
unroeossary, or factious, we are blinded by
scafesover our eyes which prevents our sec
ingW
set forth the true doctrine. They are
juflo the south, just to the north, faithful to
thjßmstitution. We ardently trust that their
into both houses has excited a
determined glow of soul in every
i. mflger of each, which will insure their speedy
1 They reflect proudly the light of
thffponstitution and the spirit of true sover
ei®y and equal rights. Now is the moment
fim sacred union of all parties on this absorb-
roll of the die-
to the democrats as
the whigs; for it affects tho honor and the
safety of both.
No Georgian now will meanly fawn upon
power, and cringe to its maodatn, at the ex
pense of either.
The members of the Legislature of Georgia
can now encircle their brows with victorious
wreaths, or pall them with truckeling timidity
or treachery.
The defence of the rights of the south, as
sailed as they now are, calls for a patriotism
as great as that of our revolutionary fathers.
The pertinacity of British wrong dissolved the
spell which bound them to the mother coun
try, and severed the last link which held them
together as one people. Let the people of
this country profit by this memorable example.
Congress will soon be in session. Let the
action of Georgia be unmistakable. Let her
solemn and unanimous declaration be like the
warning voice of a prophet, or the beacon
light of political wisdom.
Indecision now may dig tho grave of the
Union, or southern liberty—firmness at thia
moment may give permanency to the one and
security to the other. Let Georgia speak now
as Georgia should to the President, to Con
gress, and to the Union.
Whereas, the people of the non-slavebold
ing States have commenced, and are now ap
parently persisting in a system ol encroach
ments, upon tlie Constitution and rights es a
portion of the people of thia Confederacy,
which is alike unjust and dangerous to the
perpetuity of the Union—be it -
1. Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia, in
General Assembly convened, That the Gov
ernment of the United States is one of limited
powers, and canuot rightfully exercise any
authority not conferred by the Constitution.
2. Resolved, That the grants
He power t() Cqqgresj to prohibit the introduc
tion of slavery into any Territory belonging to
the United States.
3. Resolved, That the several States of
the Union acceded to the Conftqjprqpy quon
terms of oprject equality, qtid tha| thprights,
privileges and immunities secured by the Con
stitution belong alike to the people of each
Muy an
- ’acquired by the United States* whether by
discovery, uonquesi or purchase, belongs in
common to the people of each State; and
thither the people of each and every State have
a common right to migrate with any property
they may possess, and any restriction uoon
“!« ’ThiFh will AfflWn to ts Hhe
peoplffof qne section to the qxqlqsion of those
of another is unjust, oppressive and unwar
ranted by the Constitution.
5. Resolyot], <|ayp« are recognised by
the Gonstittutnui as properly, and the Wilmot
Proviso, whether applied to Oregon, California,
New Mexico, or Territory hereafter to be ac
quired, is unconstitutional, and should meet
with the determined opposition of tl;g fjonthern
people i’ifildsi ifeefeby agbeted',
6! ReHolyed. Tliqt C-opgress has no power,
either directly or indirectly, to interfere with
the existence of slavery in the District of Co
lumbia.
7. Resolved that the refusal on the part of
| the non-slaveholding Bfatpq driver up
fngitive slaves who "nave escaped into such
■States upon the demand being made therefor,
is a plain and palpable violation of the letter
of the Constitution, and an intolerable outragp
upon Southern rigfite,
d- Resplyqd, Tt;ar, m the event of the pas
sage of the Wil mol Proviso by Congress, the
abolition ol slavery in the District of Colum
bia, or the continued refusal on the part of the
non-slavebolding States to deliver up fugitive
slaves, as provided by the constitution, it will
become the immediate and imoeratiyp ditty of
;l|q people of ftyg Rjata ip meet u; cqayantloh,
to take into consideration the mode and meas
ure of redress.
9. Resolved, That the people ol Georgia
entertain an ardent feeling of devotion so (lie
qnjpn of tlpsp Muftes, and nothing ajfort
of a perjisteppe |n the pfeqept system of en
croachment upon aur rights by toe non-slave
holding States, can induce us to contemplate
tho possibility of a dissolution.
12. Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor, be requested to transmit copies of
these resolutions to each of opr Bepatqrti snd
iq Ganges, jq th'e Leg
islatures of the seyerql fltqtes, aqd to the Pre
sident pf the Vniietl Stolen.
The Three Callers.
BY CHAMLBS SWAINS.
Moi u calletli fondly to a feir buy straying
'Mid uuidoi; inoadows. rich with elovor duo ;
She calls—bitt he still thiulu of naught, save
pinyin#.
And sp el;e snplea aqd waves him an aflieu I
Whilst he, still merry wjth his flowery store,
Deems uot that Mora, sweet Morn ! returns gq
morp.
Noou eometh —but the boy, to manhood growing.
Heeds uot the time—be sees but oue sweet
form.
One young, fair face, from bower of jasmine
And alfhia loymg heart with bliss is warm,
So Noon unnoticed, seeks tho western shore,
Aud man forgets that Noon returns no more.
Night tapneth gently at a casomeut gloaming
With the thm fire-light flickering faint and
low:
By-. hich a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming
Oer pleasures gone—as all Life’s pleasures go.
Night calle hmt to hor—and ho leaves his dqof,
Silent and dark—aud he returns no more.
Comma Wanted.—ln the list of receipts
of the American Tract Society for August,
eleven dollars are credited to “ Big Flatt Emi
ly Smith,” The introduction of a aimpie com
ma would have saved the name of a very de
serving young lady from most unfortunate
company.
(EFNa money ha ye ( got,
And none can 1 borry;
And great is my grief,
A"d much is my sorry.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
[From ihe Constitutinnalist.]
Is Senate—Nov. 12, 1849.
Mr. Purse re|K>ru d a bill to designate the
holidays to be observed in the acceptance and
payment of bills of exchange and promi-sory
notes; aud to allow three days, commonly
called “Three days of Giace,” for the pay
ment witbin said time, of all sight drafts, or
bills of exchange drawn payable at sight.
Mr. Murply reported a bill to allow the
widow and children ol dee-eased persons a sup
port out <d the estate of the deceased for the
term of twelve months after the decease—in
cases where no administration has been grant
ed the estate of tho deceased, and to ascertain
the amount necossaiy for tho support, and set
apart the same—and to exempt it from levy
and salo for the debta of tho deceased, or by
an administrator—and to vest tbe title thereto
in the family of the deceased.
Mr. A. J. Miller, from the select committee
to whom was refi'rred the petition of William
P. Beall and Davis B. Hadley, made the fol
lowing report:—The committee have had the
same under consideration, and considering the
prayer reasonable, tho committee recommend
the passage of the bill herewith reported:—A
bill to be entitled an aet for the relief of Wil
liam P. Beall and Davis B. Hadley. Which
was resd the first time.
The correspondence relative to tho bounda
ry line between the States of Georgia and
Florida, was referred to the Committee on the
State of the Republic.
The bill to amend the 9th section of the
3rd article es ths Constitution, giving to the
Superior Courts of Georgia exclusive jurisdic
tion in all cases of divorces, was taken up and
unanimously passed.
In the House—Nov. 12.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Nesbit, to authorize the South Wes
tern Rail Road Company to construct its Rail
Road through the Public Reserve at Macon.
Also,
The Memorial es the Committee es the Slato
Agricultural Association, en the subject of
prometwig aud, the Agricultural in
terest of the State, which* was ceArared to the
Committee on Agriculture and Internal im
provements.
By Mr. Howard,ef Crawford, a bill te au
thorize and empower the Governor to sub
scribe for, in behalf of the Stale, 5,000 shares
of SIOO each, in the capital stock of the South
Western Rail Read.
Mr. Jones, of Paulding, a bill to regulate
freights and fares on Railroads, and to direct
the manner of ascertaining the same.
Mr. Jenkins laid on the table the memorial
of sundry associations from the city of Augus
ta, in regard to the improvement of the Savan
nah river. Referred to a special committee.
Mr. Walker, of Richmond, introduced a re
solution to appoint one person from each judi
cial district in the State, to ascertain the prac
ticability of removing free persons of color
from tbe limits of this State.
In Senate, Nov. 13,1849.
The Senate convened pursuant to a Ijourn
ment.
On motion of Mr. A. J. Miller, 50 copies of
Mr. Clayton’s Resolutions were ordered to be
printed lor tbe u»e of the Senate.
Mr. Bailey introduced a bill to grant the pri
vilege to the Stockholders of tbe Cross Plains
and Red Clay Branch Rail Road Company to
change the name of said Road to that of UuioH
Branch ; that tho Secretary be vested with
full power io transfer all forfeited stock of ori
ginal Stockholders te others desirous of pur
chasing the same; that they be allowed throe
years to complete said work.
The members of the Senate repaired to the
Hall ot Representatives, and proceeded to the
elections set apart for to-day.
FOR JUDOS OF THE SUfURMS COURT.
Hiram Warner, 169
Blank, 5
JUDOS OX THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Eli H. Baxter, Dem., 92
N. C. Bayro, Whig, 84
jUDoa or the eastern circuit.
Ist. 2d. 3d.
H. R. Jsekson, Dena , 87 88 91
W. B. FieißMiiag, Whig, 87 M 63
Sayre, jet)
Dougliorty, 11 0
Harden, 0 2 1
Iverson, 0 1 0
Blank, 2 | I
JUDGE w THa augTgiiH <il6PV‘T<
W- It- Deiflu 85
A- H Hansei, Whig, (J'J
Blank, g
JUDGE OF THB MIDDLE CIRCUIT,
Ebenezer Starnes, Dem., 01
JUDOB OF THE FLINT CIRCUIT.
J. H. Starke, Dem., 94
John J. Floyd, Whig, 85
OCMULGEI CIRCUIT.
H. V. Johnson, Dem,, 92
7- Ht MpuiwetML Whip, 8i
pgATTAHtWHEE CIRCUIT.
Alfred Iverson, Dem., 02
R. R Alexander, Whig. 84
JUDGE OF THB CHKROXBR CIRCUIT.
Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th.
John H. Luinpkiu, Dem., 83 83 85 89
E. S. Barclay, Dem., 4 9 8 67
Martin, Dem., 3 3 2 9
Trippe, Whig, 3 4
0 0 76 0
VYalker.Dem., 2000
Blank, 0 2 3 6
Martin was not a candidate.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
James Jackson, Dem., 86 §8 86 92
Chas. Whig* 8« 85 86 83
Barclay, ' ’ 10 0 0
Hilyer, Dam.,* 0 112
Blank. 3 2 ]
* Judge Hilyer, a defeated pqqifidqte in the
democratic «a«cus, anno,upped qs n candi-
date by (he Clerk of tfie House, after the first
ballot.
OYER AND TERMINER OF THB CITY OF SA
VANNAH.
A. Drysdale, Dem., 93
M. Sheftall, Whig, 79
•' 2
For Solicitor of the Coweta Circuit, Tid
well, Dem., was elected on the 4th ballot.
Both branches of tho Legislature titer) ad
journed until [fl (flpioefc op Thursday morning,
to unable the members tn attend Ute exercises
of Qglethropo University on to-morrow, ( Wed
nesday.)
Reading. —If J were to pray for a taste,
which would stand me instead U)td e r every
variety pt pifoflfflslwe. and be a source of
happiness and cheerfulness te me through
life, and a shield against its ilia, however
things may go amiss and the werld frown up
on me, it would be a taste for reading. I
speak of it of course only as a worldly sqyfln
tage, and not in the slightest degree as super
seding or derogating from the higher offices,
and ausrer and stronger panoply of religious
principles; but, as a taste, an instrument apd a
mode of pleasurable grtftiftefltiop. Give a man
this tS“le. and tha graliiyittg It, and
you can hardly fail of making a happy man,
unless, indeed, you put in bis hands a,perverse
selection of books. You place him in con
tact with the best society, in every period of
history; with the wisest, wittiest, with the
tenderest, the bravest, and the purest charac
ters who have adorned httmaaity, you make
him a denigen qf all nations, a contemporary
ot all ages. The world has been created for
him.— Sir John Hersehell.
CT A special correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from Monterey, Oct.
Ist, says:
“An arrival from the Sandwich Islands has
brought the startling intelligence of the Islands
having been taken by the French. It is the
same o|d quarrel broken ent again. The sto
ry, as I have heard it, is thru; The Island
Government placed a heavy duty on various
articles, such a* wines and liquors, which
constitute the principal exportations from
France to the Paeifle. Tho commander of the
French fleet at Honolulu demanded that it
should be revoked, and, on the refusal, opened
his guns on the fort, which finally yielded.
He then occupied it and took paaaesaiou of the
Island. An express came here in sixteen
hours from Han Francisco—l3o miles—with
the news. What the course of oqr authori
ties will be, everybody conjectures but nobody
knows.*'
11/'We copy from the Editorial Correspon
dence of the Constitutionalist, the following
brief notice of the debate in the House on the
14th upon the amendment of Mr. Lawton to
Mr. Gartrell'a resolutions.
Milledgeville, Nov. 14.
After the journal of the day before, was read
in the House,yesterday morning, Mr. Lawton,
of Scriven moved to callup the Resolutions
introduced by Mr. Gartrell, of Wilkes, for the
purpose of offering an amendment. He stated
'hat the fifth resolution introduced thequestion
of the Wilmot Proviso, as applied to Oregon,
which was no longer an issue before the coun
try. It had been settled by the action of the
Government. The Wilmot Proviso bad been
applied to Oregon, and it was now too late to
talk of resisting that measure. Our action
should now bo directed to the the future not
the past. Whatever might be the merits of
the question, it was useless now to discuss
the propriety of the application of the Wilmot
Proviso to Oregon. To do so would be to
revive a party discussion. The object pro
fessed, and doubtless desired, by the mover of
the resolutions was harmony. His object was
that Georgia should be united, and presentan
undivided front to Northern fanaticism and en
croachment. It became essential, therefore,
that the resolutions should contain nothing
which might arouse party excitement and con
flict.
Mr. Gartrell responded in the same spirit, and
suggested that at tho proper time, when the
resolutions came up for action, Mr. Lawton’s
I amendment would be in order. He did not
doubt, but that the two parties could be brought
to act in harmony and unison, upon this great
question. It was his object to see all parties
acting as Southern men, and as Georgians,
and merging all party distinctions.
Mr. Nisbet, of Bibb, followed Mr. Gartrell,
I in a few eloquent and patriotic sentiments ts
I the same effect. He said that the Olive branch
! was extended in this matter, by the whigs to
* the democrats, and that he had no fears but
1 that it would l>e accepted in the same spirit.
: On this question, we should all forget the dis
tinctions of party, and act men,
I and Georgiams. In this way we could exert
a moral influence which would roll back the
tide of Northern fanaticism and encroach
ment.
[From the Southern Recorder.]
Minute of Points of Law decided by the
Supreme Court of Georgia, at Mil
ledgeville, November Term, 1349.
Dicken vs. Johnson. From Warren. I.
i Where the question in issue is the sanity of
the grantor, a witness may give his opinion—
provided, he states at the same time the facts
on which the opinion ia based.
2. Sanity, is always presumed, and where
insanity is once shown to exist it is ptesumed
to continue, until sanity is proved to be restor
ed—unless such insanity is from such a tem
porary cause as must necessarily cause tho in
sanity i'solf to be temporary.
3. Where a deed is procured by fraud, an I
is subsequently sought to be set aside, it would
seem that the fraud is a sufficient reply to the
statute of Limitations.
4. In order for the statute of Limitations to
perfect title to land, actual possession must be
had; and the possession of an absolute deed
does not constitute adverse possession even
against the grantor.
Cone for Plaintiffin Error—Stephens and
Toombs for Defendant.
Justices, &c. vs Wooten, et. al. From
Burke. 1. Where a suit is instituted in the
name of “The Justices of the Inferior Court,”
on a bond made payable to “Tho Justices of
the Inferior Court silting as a court of Ordina
ry,” a nonsuit will be awarded.
M. Marsh, for Pl'ff, in Error—A. J. Miller,
Deft,
Butt, Trustee, vs. Maddox. From Warren.
1. The Act of 1823 requiring an entry by
the proper officer on all executions, every se
ven years, doos not apply to an execution on
the foreclosure ol a mortgage on land.
4. Where a claim ia entered to property
levied on by a mortgage fi. fa. it ia incumbent
on the plaintiff in fi. fa. to make out a prima
fapje case either by showing title or pos
session in the mortgagor at the time of the
creation of the lien.
8. It is error in tbe court to charge the Ju
ry upon a hypothetical state of facts, of which
there is no ovidouce before the
Cone and Toombs for Pl’ff’ Error W.
C. Dawson for Deft,
Will>t"is aud others vs. Chapman. From
rtancock. 1. Where the issue before the Ju
ry ia, whether a party has waived a lien given
him by law, it is error in the Court to charge
that the testimony should be clear and explicit.
~*J ekrA.il! Wan.HVtX. i“-J. kJ
tbe faet.
/ 2. Where a parly seeks to impeach tho tes
timony of R witness on the ground that he has
made extraordinary statements.it is incumbent
on the party to announce, when so required,
the statements he seeks to contradict, that die
Court may judge of its materiality.
3. The rule requiring a party to lay the
foundation for impeaching a witness, by first
enquiring of the witness whether or not he has
made the statements, does not apply where the
evidence to impeach the witness in his sworn
depositions previcmaly taken in the same
cause.
L. H. Stephens for Pl’ff -Jas. Thomas for
Deft.
Bonner vs. The Slate, &c. From Jones.
On the first Monday in January, 1849, an
election for Justices of the Inferior Court of
Jonas county was held, by which a new set <jf
Justices was elected, and their conimiasions
sent to tbe old Court, with a "bJeJimus” &.c
to qualify them. Oq (fie second Monday the
odcuurt, feeicre qualifying the new court,
elaetcda plerk for the ensuing two years.
The new court, »ft or bej n g q ua |ifj e( j on ()
same day, elected c)wk b
wan coinmiHtiioncd by the a □
ceived the books Ac., from the old J**’
old clerk sued out a mandamus to the nc& .
clerk to command him to (felivw the books,
&c,
Held, Ist. That the old court bad the power
to elect a clerk, and the election was therefore
valid.
2d. That a mandamus was not the proper
remedy in such a case,
§d. That a mandamus will lie to the Exe
cutive of the State to compel the performance
of a ministerial duty.
Cone for Pl’ff in Error— R. Hardeman for
Deft.
The Fkee Soil Principle in Nxw Yoax.
—The New York election, according to the
authority of the Herald, must be claimed as a
Free Moil victory—the struggle between the
two factions there being which could outbid
the other for that influence.
From a long editorial on th® elections, the
day previous to th? “tug of war,” the Herald
makefl tl,i» statement in the broadest terms—
as the two brief extracts subjoined will prove;
“What, then, is the conclusion f The anti
slavery movement is the ruling element in thia
election, Fur all practical purposes hereafter,
in Congress, it is immaterial which party is
successful. In any case, an overwhelming
majority of the popular vote is free soil. No
matter who wins, or who is defeated, the New
York delegation to the next Congress goes
bound hand and foot in opposition to any com
premise, in any lory; shape, with the South
upon t!;e question of slavery in the territories,
Nor is this all. They go fully committed io
prosecute the hazardous experiment of abol
ishing slavery iu the District of Columbia.
"What ever may be the result of this day’s
election in New York, we have thus shown
tbat.it can, in no event, be of any advantage to
a compromise on the territories. On either
side the result will be for free soil, and iu
principal effect on our national politics will be
to precipitate the crisis, which approaches ra
pidly, on the question of slavery.”
Let our people look to itnor attempt—(to
use the strong words us Patrick Henry)—to
evade the danger by shutting their eyes to
avoid iu approaches.—B. C. Telegraph.
The small quantity of language that a man
can de business with is really surprising. A
friend of ours at the Isthmus says, that four
weeks after he arrived, be only knew seven
words of Spanish; and yet, with even them,
he managed in less than a week to quarrel
with his washwoman, stick his landlord, and
run away with an heiress ! To effect the lat
ter, he says it was only necessary to use six,
“fall in my arms, my love,” and she fell in.
[Correspondence of the Sav. Republican.]
Waynesboro’, Burke Co., )
November 13, 1849. (
According to public announcement, the
stockholders iu the Wanyesboro’ and Augusta
Rail Road assembled here to-day, and the
meeting was organized by calling Judge
Whitebead to the Chair.
The meeting was addressed by A. R law
ton, Major Porter, and R. R. Cuvier, Eiq.,of
Savannah, and by Dr. Wust, of Burke county.
The addresses of these gentlemen were elo
quent and earnest. Seldom has there been
heard a more thrilling appeal to the interests
and to the feelings of people, engaged in a no
ble enterprise, than that of Mr. Cuyler. His
review ot the history of Rail Roads in Geor
gia, of the difficulties attending their incep
tion, and the resolute sacrifices made by the
citizens of Savannah in completing their work,
excited the pride of the stockholders from Sa
vannah who were present. He conclusively
proved that this Waynesboro' Rond could not
fail to be more pnxluctive and beneficial to
Augusta and Savannah than any previous en
terprise.
The Board of Commissioners then met, ac
cording to the charter, and held an election
for seven Directors. The following gentle
men were elected:
From Savannah—J. P. Screven, A. R.
Lawton, J. Stoddard, C. F. Mills and W. Dun
can.
From Burke county—J. C. Poythress and
J. Dowse.
It was proposed that a Director should be
elected for Augusts; but, by the charter now
in force, it appears that no Director in any oth
er Roil Road Company can be elected a Di
rector in this. Consequently, as all the Au
! gusta subscribers are Directors in the Georgia
I Rail Road Company, the desire of stockhold
eia present could not be gratified. I have no
' doubt, however, and I make that prediction,
| that Augusta will still assist our enterprize to
a considerable amount, and then a Director
■ from our sister city can be added. We shall
grapple Augusta to us, by hooks of steel, in
community of interests and sympathies. We
shall do with he< as a suitor with a coy maiden
wait upon her.
At 3 o’clock, P. M., the Board of Directors
was organized, and proceeded to
of a Presidanl. .
A. R. Isiwton, Esq., was elected PresidamP
The Board transacted business, and hsd con
ference with various Contractors upon the>
immediate execution of the work. The Board
will next meet in Savannah, and we may be
assured of theii untiring energies in carrying
forward tbe euterprize.
The city of Savannah was well represented
by twelve influential stockholders.
EISENBAHN.
Henry Clay on Sourkrout.—Henry
Clay’s opinions have been quoted upon many
subjects. Those upon sourkrout are quite as
decided as any thing he bus uttered, if the fol
lowing story be true :
“Henry Clay dined recently with the Ex-
President Martin Van Buren, at Lindenwald.
The desert consisted of crullers, olecocks,
sucketosh, owgreetchees, &c. Mr. Clay ex
pressed a wish to see that “twelve acres of r d .
claimed bog land,” so much talked of d’,irin<r
the election, which Mr. Van BurontCok great
pleasure in showing him. Ou their return, a
tureen filled to the brim with sourkrout was set
before him. Clay put his handkerchief to his
nose, and with a ‘whew,’ said—“ Van, I’ve
lived long, and encountered as strong opposi
tion as any other man, but to be frank with,
you, I never encountered any thing quite as.
strong as this."
MARRIED. ~
In Savannah, on the 10th inst., by the Rev.
James E. Evans, Mr Thomas M. Marshall
and Miss Sarah Ann Cossar, both of that city.
In Irwinton, Wilkinson co., on the 6th inst.,
by Col. G. B. Burney, J. I. C_, Mr. Richard
C. Todd to Miss Ann V. Wheaton.
On the Ist lust., by the Rev. C. P. Beaman,
Mr, Thomas J. Little aud Miss Maria J. Ware„
all of Hancock county.
On the 6th inst., by the Rev. James Dun
woody, Dr. L Riley and Miss Amanda A.
Rountree, all of Houston county.
On the evening of tho 18th of October ult.,
by Rev. J. M. Jackson, Wm. R. Callaway,
el Wilkes county, and Mrs. Jane Hudson of
Oglethorpe county.
On the 3d inst., by Isaac W. Jones, Esq., in
Elberton, James R. Williams, Esq., and Miss
Carolina M. King, second daughter of Mr. G.
King, Esq., of Culloden.
On Thursday the first day of November, by
the Rev. John Thompkins, Mr. James S. Ox
ford, of Monroe county, to Miss Narcissa Ami:
Leonard, daughter of
On thg/ffiTnsL, by the Rev. J. W. Cole
man, Mr. Alfred Boyd, of Abbeville District,
and Mias Martha Eliza Anderson, of Edgefield
District, S. C.
DIED.
In New Orleans, on the 3d of October hist
James A. Buck, of Waterford Parish, La, al) <i
sonot W. Buck, Esq., of Washington Coun
ty. At the time of his death Mr. Buck waa
on his way to California.
In Jackson county, on the 27th of October,
Mr. Jesse W bite, a soldier under Gen. Ma
non in the war of the Revolution, in the 87th
year of his age.
On the 6th inst., at Lawrenceville, Georgia,
Hines Holt Hutchins, aged 18 years, IL
months and 18 days.
In "'anenton on the 9ih inst., Miss Fran
ces G. Butt, daughter of John Butt, iiged 24
years. e
In New York, on lhe Ist inst., Arthur G.
nati r> ’ forinerl y a me|, ch»nt in Savan-
In Wynnton, on Ist inst., Gen. Nicholas
y o " r °f his age.
Trl, For the Republic.
691 h and adjacdU xum^>er °f the citizens of the,
son counties, met af'E 13 °f Burke and Jeffer-
Burke county, on the ifltfi'Ke.Creek Church,
pose of paying a tribute of respecV'U
mory of Dr. A. C. Baldwin, who for eTg,. n, ®“
years has served them as a physician, but wfi<»
recently, when health had failed, removed to
Augusta, where he died on the 9th inst. A
goodly number of citizens having convened,
on motion of 8. W. Blount, Judge Wm. W.
Hughes was called to the chair, and J. S. Key
Esq., requested to act as secretary.
The chair explained the object of the meet
ing, when Dr. E. R. Carswell moved that a*
committee of three be appointed to draught a
preamlilo and resolutions expressive of tho
feeling of the body- Tho chair appointed
Dr. E. 11. Carswell, 8. W. Blount and
Toliver Dillard, Jr., Esquires, that committee,
when, on motion, ths dtainnhi, wa?tujded. Tha
commute® retired a few moments andremwn
ing, submitted the following :
Whereas, it has pleased an all-wise and in
scrutable Providence to remove from this
life our esteemed friend and tellow-cilizen,
Dr. A. C. Baldwin—
Resolved, That while we bow in submis
sive acquiescence to the Divine pleasure, we
do most sincerely deplore his loss, as one in
whom were blended all the qualities of head
and heart wliish constitute the skilful physi
cian, the indulgent master, the kind neighbor,
the worthy citizen, and above all, the good
man.
Resolved, That we do heartily sympathise
with bin family in this their sore bereavement.
Resolved, also, That these proceedings be
forwareed to the Anguata Chronicle and Sen
tinel for publication, with the request that the
Augusta Republic and the Charleston South
ern Christian Advocate copy them, and that
the SecreUry be instructed to present a copy
to the family of the deceased.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
WM. W. HUGHES, Chairman.
J. 8. Kzt, Secretary.
DRI.HS, DBV.HS.-JuM rsceivodhy
the subscribers, a assortment of born
Bass and Snare Drums of superior quality. For
sale low at GEO. A. OATES &. CO’B.,
uov 10 Broad-et , apposite tho State Bank.