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cto slboertisements.
Burke sheriff sales— wni be sold
before the court house door in the town of
Waynesboro’, Burke county, on the first Tues
day in June next, between the usual hours of
sale,the following properly, to wit: Three hun
dred acres of pine land, more or less, adjoining
lands of John Sapp, Vincent Barfield, and Amos
Watkins. Also, one cream mare, andtwobav
mares, twenty head of hogs, five head of cattle,
and one horse cart; levied on as the property of
Rigdeon Heath, to satisfy a fi. fa. issuing from
Burke Superior Court, in favor of the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Burke county, for use of
John W. Hutchingson, and Mary Anu Hutch
ingson, his wife, vs. Rigdeon Heath. Property
pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney-
AUGUSTUS H. ROBERTS, Sheriff.
April 27,1850.
WASHINGTON HALL,
MACON, Ga.
By ROGERS MEARA, D 8
DOYAL and NOLAN,
ATTORNIES AT LAW,
april 27 McDONOUGH, Ga.
(Commercial intelligence.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Office of the Republic, )
April 27, 1850. J
COTTON.—Our market has been quiet for
the past two days, Holders are offering their
k Blocks very sparingly, and buyers are not anx
l ions, preferring to wait further ac'counts, now
I hourly looked for. The deficiency of the
I crop, as received by mail and telegraph, now
I reaches 581,998 bales.
I FREIGHTS—Some ot our steam boat
I companies are now carrying cotton to Savan-
I nah at 25 cents per bale.
\ From Savannah.
\ Telegraphic accounts, dispatched yesterday
f afternoon, from Savannah, rcporKthe cotton
4 market quiet, and sales limited. Good mid-
J difog 12 cents.
! From the Constitutionalist.
CuaKLEsrow, April 24, P. M.
Corios.—The sales to-day 500 bales; for
the 5 days 2000 at 10} to 13}. Receipts du
ring the same time, 1700 bales. Market un
scttlud.
The 1-2 advance reported after the arrival
of the America is only partially sustained.
New York, April 24.
Cotton—Unchanged.
Flour is firm. Good Eastern home demand.
Southern $5.25 to $5.37.
Cohn steady at 64 c. Southern provisions
and Groceries unchanged.
Stocks firm. U. S. Loan, 6 per cent. 181
premium; Coupons, 19J.
The Ohio arrived this morning, with $120,-
000 of Gold dust. No news.
Baltimore, April 24.
Howard Street Flour advanced $5.6 to
$5.12 with sales for export. At Auction 1600
Green Rio 91 to 101.
By Telegraph for the Baltimore American.
Tlionms J. Hough, the young man who was
cn.i ■. < .1 v. 'h purloining money whilst a clerk ,
in in. office, and whose examir.aiion was |
<■<' Friday over till to-day, has been :
.. ~ iby Judge Kane of the United States i
Du-i.ict Court.
Washington, April 22.
.10-hurd Yong, the newly elected Clerk of
the House of Representatives, has appointed
John Robb, chief clerk in the Land Office, as
his principal •ierk.
St. Louis. April 22.—The trial of the Mon
tequieus—Jury discharged -The Jury to whom
were handed last week the case of the bro
thers Montequieus 18r the murder of young
Barnum, have stated their inability to agree
upon a verdict, and were dismissed.
St. Louis, April 19.—At Chester, Mo., on
Sunday evening, 14tb inst., a destructive fire
occurred, destroying $30;000 worth of proper
ty. Among the sufferers were Jos. P. Shen
,7on, loss $1,000; Ellis, $1,000; John O’Neil,
merchant, $6,000; W. R. & J. Sakenun,
merchant"- $19,000; assignees of A. Perkins.
Maysvilml, April 18, P. M.—A fire broke
out on 2nd street this afternoon, in the Balti
more House, which has swept away some eight
or ten tenementeon Second and Sutton streets,
including the Presbyterian Church. All the
Methodist Church was on fire but the flames
were extinguished before much damage was
done.
Lexington, Ky., April 18,1850.—The ex
tensive steam bagging and rope factory of
Grady & Cotton, at Clifton, on the Kentucky
river, was destroyed by fire at 10 o’clock this
morning.
Loss between 20 and $25,000 —no insur
ance. It was fired by an incendiary.
Concord, (Mass.) April 19th P. M.
Thd anniversary of the Battle of Lexington,
was celebrated to-day in a most imposing man
ner. The State Government headed by the
Ancient and Honorable Arlilery, and bearing
a drum beat at the battle of Bunker Hill, pro
ceeded to the spot, and thousands upon thous
ands of the children of those who fought
in this battle, uko thronged to the scene.
The tower was beautifully decorated with
flags and evergreens and the celebration
was carried through in a manner worthy of
the event celebrated.
Washington, April 21.
Death of a Young Man Attempted
Suicide. —The son of tne Hon. Henry W.
Hilliard, of Alaliama, died in this city yester
day. Ho bad but recently been selected by
the President as a cadet for the military acad
emy.
An individual named Reese, attempted to
take his life this morning, whilst laboring
under a religious monomania. His life is
considered iu great danger.
The ship Champlain, from New York lor
New Orleans, recently wrei ked on the Baira
ma Banks, u as insured in Wall street, on ves
sel find cargo, for $150,000 to $480,000. A
total lost*.
The ship Rialto, from Boston, for New Or
leans, was abandonedixi lat. 40 long. 67, 30,
with 8 feet water in her hold, and crew re
scued by the ship Cora Linn, at New York,
from Glasgow.
The Sabbath.—BEAtrnrtn. Sabbath!—
Thy very breath, is melody; thy every bound
is music to the car. Weary, we come to thee
for rest. Sick, we find health in thy hours of
prayer and blessing. Weak by the strife and
troubles of jlta world, we strpugh to pur
sue .i»
know thee; blessed the nation where thy
name is honored. All arc not so. Soino
know thee not. The dark mantle of sin and
ignorance covers the heathen lands, and the
eJabbath suns have never shone in upon their
gloom, or tne Sabbath bells waked to grati
tude the r al hearts of their people. The
SabbVb—'• ‘-i does not wish to see it preser
ved? \ .- not wish t. see it honored?
W1 uuaianity but frowns upon
its J -t ;
C- . nio BuL<ba:h. He made it for
him-c. . 1. m ’ .’e it forfo . ! for man. Had
It net be.'ti w eHe never would have ordained
the Let us hone r the Sabbath then.
Let us iuve its author. L°t ns love on that
holy dav to go up the home of God, and learn
its statutes, and listen to the precepts he lias
given for our salvation. It is no loss to love
and honor but on the contrary a gain. We
are strengthened by the Sabbath’s rest to
pursue the labor of the week. We are not
rendered poorer or less happier; and surely if
any may expect the bles-ing of God upon
tht'ir labors, they are those who honor him by
keeping the Sabbath holy.
We will not grudge to die Maker of the
World, to whom beiongeth all days of the
week, one day in seven, especially when this
day is devoted" to the sw test and most de
lightful of all employmet. —the cultivation of
the knowledge of fiimsi .. That would be
unkind to the autimril- ir existence and the
author of tire Sabbath. That would be un
kind to ourselves. T1 -More we will honor
the Sabbath day, and remember to keep it holy.
Beat Steak.—As the warm season is fast
approaching, when meet cannot be kept for
more than a day or two in a fresh state, it
will be of no inconsidi able benefit to many
to be informed, that if ii sh meat is rolled up
in Indian corn meal, it will keep fresh for four
or five days. The str. k should be laid down
in pieces from one to t.ree pounds, and each
piece covered entirely with the ureal.
From the Savannah Morning News, 25th inst.
Destructive Fire in Savannah.
Twenty-Five Buildings consumed—
Probable loss $75,000 —Loss in
Buildings S4O to $.90,000!
TWO O’CLOCK, A. M.
As we go to press a destructive fire is ra
ging in the vicinity of Congress and Jefferson
streets. Several wooden buildings on Jeffer
son street, occupied 4s stores, are already con
sumed, and the fire threatens to pass down
Congress street, toward the Market.
In the confusion on the ground we were
unable to learn any particulars.
There is fortunately little or no wind, though
the combustible character of the buildings seem
to defy the efforts of the firemen.
The city is completely illuminated.
THREE O’CLOCK.
We have just returned from the fire, which
is still burning and extending its ravages.
The entire block bounded by Congress and
Broughton streets, and Jefferson and Mont
gomery streets, except a double tenement
brick house belonging to Mrs. Marshall, is con
sumed.
We give below an imperfect list of the
houses already burned. There are others, the
names of whose occupants we could not learn.
A large amount of property has been destroy
ed, of the value of which we can now form
but an imperfect estimate. The square and
burnt district adjoining the market are strew
ed with property. Some families have lost
every thing, even their clothing, and many
others are houseless. The buildings consu
med were mostly wood.
The following are a portion of the sufferers:
James M’lntire’s building undergoing re
pairs.
John Dillon’s store, owned by the Misses
Minis.
N. B. & H. Weed’s warehouse.
George Waldburg’s large three story brick
buildings.
Two wooden buildings, owned by estate of
Win. Herb. / i.
Mrs. on Broughton-street.
Mr. Lovell's boarding house, do.
John Reilly’s grocery.
P. D. Hilzeim’s clothing store.'
Mr. Fisher’s boarding house.
R. Goldburg’s clothing store.
W. Barnett’s clothing store.
Mr. Pitt’s boot and shoe store.
Edward J. Purse’s residence. .
Hardcastle & Carruther’s wheelright shop.
Mr. J. Wait’s residence.
J. F. Linder’s store.
Mrs. Flander’s boarding house.
P. M. Russell’s residence.
Mr. Boufayett’s Jewelry.
Mrs. Bennett’s dry-goods store.
Levi Hart’s office.
A house belonging to Judge Reed.
Two buildings belonging to Mrs. N. and I.
Weitmau.
A house belonging to Capt. Sbick.
Our Firemen were promptly on the ground
and by their untiring exertions stayed the
raging element. The citizens generally also
deserve credit for their aid in saving property.
Wo regret to learn that Capt. McNelty,
who, on hearing the alarm looked out of his
window to learn the direction of the fire, was
shot in the face. The ball entered the left
chin and passed out of his cheek at the oppo
site side displacing two of his teeth.
What is Dirt ?—Old Dr. Cooper, of South
Carolina, used to say to his students, “Don’t
be afraid of a little dirt, young gentlemen.
What is dirt 1 Why nothing at all offensive,
when chemically viewed. Rub a little alkali
upon that ‘ dirty grease spot’ on your coat and
it undergoes a chemical change, and becomes
soap. Now rub it with a little water and it
disappears; it is neither grease, soap, water,
nor dirt. ‘ That is not a very odorous pile of
dirt,’ you observe there. Well, scatter a little
gypsum over it and it is no longer dirty.
Everything you call dirt, is worthy your notice
as students of chemistry. Analyze it! Ana
lyze it! It will al) separate into very clean
elements.
“Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread and
meat, and that makes a very sweet young la
dy that I saw one of you kissing last night.
So, after all, you were kissing dirt—particu
larly if she whitened her skin with chalk or
Fuller’s earth. There is no telling, young
gentlemen, what is dirt. Though I may say
that rubbing such stuff upon the beautiful skin
of a young lady, is »- 'dirty practice—‘Pearl
powder, f think, is made or WsrriWfiXßSthin* ■
Woiiseand Worse.—Mr. J. J. Hooper,
formerly connected, with the Montgomery
(Ala.) Journal, in a recent letter to that paper
narrates the following good anecdote as the
latest ‘case of greenness:’
“A lawyer who lias recently become a Son
of Temperance, carried into his office a new
ly varnished brass bound mahogany writing
desk. One of the natives inspected it as it lay
closed before him, and then murmured as if to
say to himself, “Quit drinking and gone
to gambling, by thunder! Faro box, by
hokey, and tools no doubt! Worse and
worse.” ’
Wool-growing in the United States.—
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
embodies a highly interesting statement from
Dr. E. H. Robbins, of Boston, in relation to the
value of the wool growing interest in this
country. The annual consumption of wool in
the United States is eslimed at ninety mil
lions of pounds, and the number of sheep
reckoned to be from twenty-five to thirty mil
lions. The capital invested in sheep husbandry
is supposed to be $330,000,000, which is
greater by eighteen millions than was invested
in 1836 in lands for the cotton culture. The
annual aggregato product ot sheep husbandry
is estimated at $38,664,000.
The editress of the 1.-ancastcr Literary Ga
zette (Mrs. Pierson,) says she would as soon
nestle her nose in a rat’s nest of swingle tow,
as allow a man with whiskers to kiss her! We
wonder how she likes moustaches, goatees,
and other hirsute facial ornaments.
Another Revolutionary Soldier gone.
—Died in Cobb county Georgia, near Powder
Springs, on the 4th day of March JBSO, aged
107 years and six months, John Combs, a
native of the State of Virginia, but for the last
fifty years, or more, a citizen of the State of
Georgia.
A Resemblance.—“ Colonel W. is a fine
looking man, isn’t he?” said a friend of ours
the otner day. “Yes,” replied another, “I
was taken for him once.” “You! why you’re
as ugly as sin!" "1 don’t caro for that—l
endorsed his. note, and 1 was taken for him by
the sheriff' 1
NiGUTc—Night is beautiful in itself, but
t*iff T~r~r ai V~~ 3 T*~‘ I—i 1 —i sslbiT n~f
linked, as day is, with our cares and toils—the
business, and the bitterness of life. The sun
shine brings with it action; we rise in the morn
ing, and our task is before us; and night comes
and with it rest. If we leave sleep, and ask
not for dreams of forgetfulness, our wake is in
solitude, and our employment is thought.
Imagination has thrown her glories around the
midnight—the orbs of heaven, the silence, the
shadows are steeped in poetry. Even in the
heart of a crowded city, where the moonlight
falls but upon the pavement and roof, the
heart would be softened, and the mind elevated :
amid the loveliness of night’s deepest and !
stillest hours.
Cuban Expedition.—Some two or three
hundred men have recently left Louisville and
St. Louis under such circumstances as to jus
tify the suspicion that their destination is Cuba.
Commisions for officers are said to have been
proffered, singned by Gen. Lopez. It is also
stated that Gen. Shields has been offered the |
command of the expedition.
Chief Justice Shaw.—The New York '
Merchants’Day Book states that Chief Justice ;
Shaw, who presided at the Webster trial, and
gave so severe a charge against the accused is
a near relation to the brother-in-law and one of
the administrators of Dr. Parkman.
Pla.nk Road*.—Although only introduced
into New York about three years since, there
are now constructed, or in progress .between
2,000 and 3,000 miles of plank road, in which
are invested a capital of over $3,000,000. It
is a strong argument in their favor, that in
no instance, so far as we are aware, has a
plank road yet been constructed that lias prov
ed a losing concern to the stockholders. Os
two roads running into Utica, each about
20 miles long, .and which cost near $40,900
each, one pays twenty fire per cent regularly
and the other has declared a dividend of ten
per cent payable to the stockholders, while ten
per cent, has been reserved for repairs.
Augusta, Georgia.
Saturday Morning, April 27, 1850.
Correction.
In our remarks, in regard to the arrest of
counterfeiters, contained in Thursday’s paper,
we inadvertently erred in stating that officer
Lindsay arrested the person calling himself
James Hamilton. To deputy Sheriff Philip
the credit is due of bringing to justice both of
the counterfeiters who were arrested on
Monday.
Uibrary Association Uecturc.
We are pleased to call attention to the no
tice that the Hon. B. F. Porter, will deliver a
Lecture, before the Library Association on
Monday evening next. The subject, geology,
is an interesting one, andthe. ability of Judge
Porter ensures its being treated in a masterly
manner.
KF The Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of Ala.,
passed through this city on Thursday night
with the body of his son, Cadet Henry W.
Hilliard, who died in Washington city, a few
days since. He was brought on to Charleston
in the same mournful train, with the body of
Mr. Calhoun. It is a singular circumstance
that be went to Washington with Mr. Calhoun,
attended his funeral there, and now, returns
with him in the cold companionship of death.
Richards’ Weekly Gazette,
With its original name of “ Southern Weekly
Gazette,” comes to us this week in a new and
most beautiful dress. The enterprising pub
lishers, Messrs. Richards & Walker, seem de
termined that it shall not be aurpassc^-in—
pographical appearance or
by any paper in the United St&tes.
As a Literary and Family Newspaper, we
know notits superior. It will still remain un
der the editorial management of its former
able and gentlemanly editors. Published in
Charleston, S. C. Terms, $2 per annum.
Funeral Ceremonies.
We learn from passengers who came up
from Charleston, on the South Carolina Rail
Road that the remains of Mr. Calhoun, attend
ed by the committee of the Senate and the
committee of 25, appointed on the part of the
city of Charleston, arrived in that city on
Thursday morning as was expected.
From the reception of the body at the wharf
by the special guard up to the close of the day,
the deepest solemnity prevailed. Every heart
seemed to be deeply impressed with the mem
ory of Mr. Calhoun’s great deeds and illustri
ous virtues, and the irreparablejoss which his
lamented death has inflicted upon his family,
his State and his country. Perhaps no case
has ever before occurred in which the univer
sal exhibition of external homage to departed
greatness was a truer representative of the
sincere homage of the hearts of the people.
In consequence of no paper being issued in
Charleston yesterday morning, we are obliged
to defer a detailed account of this solemn and
magnificent pageant. We shall certainly be
able to lay it before our readers in our paper
ofTuesday morning next.
The Day of Mourning.—The Charleston
Courier of Thursday last, says: “To day,our
paper, and the building in which we transact
our business, will exhibit evidences of out
ward mourning, which will be a representa
tion of the general feeling that animates every
inhabitant of our city.
Ail that is mortal of John C. Calhoun will
reach Charleston this morning. Funeral hon
ors to him whom all delighted to honor, will
be exhibited more universally, and a more im
posing spectacle presented, than has ever be
fore been witnessed in our city.
■ Tire rtty- vnrinna AnmrviTTT"
coon u.ui iiHvo nad the maiteniu charge in-
deed, all connected with the coremonies, have
so well fulfilled their respective duties, that to
particularise would be invidious.
The various delegations from different dis
tricts have arrived, been handsomely and ap
propriately received, and conducted to their
respective lodgings ; and we are happy to say
that a large concourse of our country friends
have honored us with their presence, with the
view of participating in the melancholy cere
monies ofthe day.
Ice Cream.
As the Season is rapidly approaching which
will create an absolute necessity for the above
cooling and exquisite refreshment, we in our
character of faithful Journalists, present be
low what claims to bo the latest and most ex
peditious method to be used in its preparation.
We would, we think, prefer the old plan in
prepareingit, but as by this date invention the
use of ice will be entirely dispensed with, of
course, the expense of compounding the choice
ingredients will be comparitively less.
Those, who profess to much epicurian taste
er skill or who have a correct knowledge of
what constitutes the good things of this life
and the best method of preparing them after
the most approved style of the art, will judge
for themselves as to the value and impo. tance
of this new fangled and heretofore unheard of
invention. Others, who are judges of the
article when served up and redolent with its
exquisite flavor, can pronounce as to its being
equally “superb,” “delicious” and “unap
proachable” with the same species of nectar
when prepared by the ordinary method. As
to the class of persons who will be called
upon to assist iu its preparation, they are far
more plenty in every community than ice
cream freezers, and are generally supposed
to be as useless as those articles would be in a
cold climate in mid-winter. Here is the plan
for its preparation; we in some degree doubt its
efficacy.
Ice cream.— One who knows says that
cream may be frozen by simply putting it
into a glass vessel, and then placing the whole
——..i-,'. i I fiirhrnfy°
The Arts and Steamboat Chimneys. —
The Washington correspo lent of the Charl
eston Courier says:
“I noticed the other day, the new furnace
invented by the Sculptor, Mr. Clark Mills. w I
understand that Mr. Milla will, as soon as he
has made some improvements, obtain a patent
for it. It will be of extreme and important use
in the arts and in navigation, and will not fail
richly to reward the genius of the inventor. It
is upon the principle of an air-tight stove. A
few days ago Mr. Mills melted sixteen pounds
weight of brass and copper with three-fourths
of a cord of common pine wood, and the char
coal left was worth as much as the wood. He
will apply it to sieamboats and supercede the
necessity of chimneys. Thus, he will settle
the Wheeling bridge case, which has been so
much controverted.”
I Origin of the Phrase “ Brother Jo.na
) than.” —Gen. Washington placed great confi
dence in the good sense and patriotism of
Jonathan Trumbull, who, at an early period
: of the American revolution, was Governor of
the State of Connecticut. In a certain erner
gency, when a measure of great importance
was under discussion, Washington remarked,
“ We must consult brother Jonathan on the
subject.” Tlie result of that consultation was
favorable; and the words of the commander
ia-chief passed into a common phrase, applied
indiscriminately by officers and men in all ca
ses of difficulty which afterwards occurred
during the war. Thus, from the constant nse
of the expression “We must consult brother
Jonathan,” which soon passed from the army
to the peopb at large, the Americans received
from the English tliAt appellation which has
stuck as closely as their “ John Bull’ to them.
Fly That.—A patent was granted at
Washington, last week, to a man in Massa
chusetts, for a trap for catching flies.
The Cott
All the compromise ever been
made on the slavery been against
the South. We *'i
They have heretofore«Uaad4, ostensibly,
and perhaps, in reality to presene the Union.
As much opposed to them aS we are we would
nevertheless, be willing to makeanother. That
which has been foreshadowed frim Washing
ton, we esteem no compromiirvt all, except
on the part of the South. The: North would
yield nothing (jut a preposterais pretention.
She has no right to exclude slave-holders
from the new territories. Hen<e, in waiving
the passage of a Wilmot Proviso, she merely
yields the exercise of the power of might, not
right, not justice, not a Constitutional prerog
ative !
In the first place it is proposed to admit Cal
ifornia, as now organized, and seeking admis
sion into the Union, as a sovereign State. Os
course, that will be against the South'..
Next, it is proposed to pay Texas a sum
of money in consideration cf her yielding her
claim to New Mexico, east & the Rio Grande,
to the General
That will, of course, be against the South,
for she will contribute her portion of the mil
lions to be paid, to make Neiv Mexico a terri
tory, only to be admitted? after a while, as an
other free state, to add to th? political strength
opposed to the south. Southern men, who
can favor that, if they are dinposed to maintain
the rights of the south, wilt have to give up
common sense and practical teflection, tosonffl*
magic Spell, the origin and iifluence of which
is beyond our limited comprehension. We
can see but little good to iwit from passing
I more stringent laws recovery of fugi
tive slaves. If sovereign sta?w will interpose
to prevent their recovery now, in violation of
the Constitution, will they be more apt to yield
to a mere law, passed by Congress, under that
instrument which is now the supreme law of the
land. Yet we would be gladjto see the law
passed.
To abolish the slave trade in the District of
Columbia, as proposed, is certainly not a very
frienlly comment to the institution of the
South!
What good will it do tire South to establish
territorial governments in New Mexico and
Deseret, maintaining silence as to slavery,
when many at the South as well as all at the
North insist that it is now excluled from them
by lay#. This is the feast to which the South
is invited, by the terms of compromise which
we find floating about in the pipers. These
propositions may inspire some with the divi
nest flights of hope, and joy, and admiration.
They cannot affect us in that manner, for, we
simply ask, what will the South gain by them?
and the reply is—nothing.
If two individuals had an equal and undoubt
ed right to a piece of property, submitted to ar
bitration, how would one of them feel, when
told, “we have settled the difficulty for you—
it is true one of you gets nothing, but your
rights are not denied, and your honor is not im
peached—shake hands, be iriends, be happy.”
He would feel a little all over most too glori
ous for this life ! If the justice of man did
not, the sweets of reconciliation would make
him almost happy enough for the elysian
fields. Such an arrangement as the above
one for the South, ought to mxfre her happy
enough to be willing to give up, at least, two
or three Southern States, to the free soilers.
If that could not bring her down, her pover
ty, weakness and danger in a few years would.
“The Camels are Coining !”
Another extraordinary arrival has taken
place at New Orleans; the ship Urano, from
Malta, having on board eighteen camels, in
tended, like those which, in New
Y’orka few weeks since, to travel, tho route
... /•.o:rd western piai
riey, and through the barren sands. Four of
these camels died on the passage. It is
thought they will be entirely adapted to the
character of the route the nature of the
ground. It is looked upon with interest as an
experiment which' may result in the best con
sequences to internal trade and the supply of
the wants of the travelling comipunity in the
West.
“The Camels” not comk. —Since the above
was in type, we have received the Picayune of
the 21st inst., which says: The camels which
arrived yesterday from Malta underwent a
marvellous transformation in the course of the
night. This morning a number of our citi
zens, curious in natural history, went down on
the levee to gratify themselves with a sight of
the hump backed curiosities, when, singular
to relate, it was discovered that they had been
suddenly metamorphosed into very diminutive
Maltese Jacks ! They compoHed themselves
with becoming dignity under their new hon
ors.
Plank Road from West Point to Grif
fin.—lt is supposed that by the first of July
next, the Montgomery Railroad will be com
pleted to West Point. Stock has already been
sufficiently taken to build tho contemplated
Plank Road from that place to Griffin, a dis
tance of 50 miles, and the work will be com
menced, wo learn, in a few days. Should the
road be completed is supposed
it will be, by those most competent to judge,
it will divert a large amount of travel from all
the other routes between the Eastern and
Western sections of the county.
The Wheat Crop. —The Athens Whig of
the 25th inst. says : —We are gratified to learn,
as we do, from several gentlemen who have
travelled extensively through the adjacent
counties, and particularly those between this
and the mountains, that the prospect of a good
wheat crop was never more encouraging than
the present season. The backwardness of
spring will, of course, somewhat delay har
vest ; but from the great abundance of this
grain sown in this region Ja*t fail, wo may
-rorfWy iiii'.Ei.i !hiff ri iiti>n it .id, ITWlft
be found to exceed in quantify the crop of any
preceding year within tlife recollection of the
“ oldest inhabitant.”
The Burst District.—-The Macon Jour
nal and Messenger,of 24th in-t. says: “We
are gratified to notice that extensive prepara
tions are in progress for the re-building of
nearly the whole burnt district. Messrs. Lo
gan &. Atkinson, Freeman Sl Roberts, and J.
& E. Saulsbury, have already contracted for
the erection of flre-proof stores, upon the tri
angle, while Messrs. Mix i Kirtland, J. & S.
Virgins, and others, have already commenced
to clear away for similar purposes, upon the
opposite side of the avenue. 'Die Masonic
Fraternity too are preparing for the erection of
a fine Hall on their premises. We understand
that all of the contemplated buildings will be
of brick, and of the most improved modern
construction.
A Card.—A letter of Miss Harriet Web
ber has been published, and has gone and is i
going the rounds of the newspapers, contrary
to her expectations or consent. The letter to ■
which it was an answer, Was from a town in
New Hampshire, and from a person wholly
unknown to her or her family. The letter ■
contained strong expressions of sympathy and
kindness for Dr. Webster and his family, &c. !
and requested an answer. Gratitude as well
as politeness, dictated an answer, «cf which
she and her family regret the publicity. Those
papers which have publisbad ft, are.refjuested
to insert this card.
Cambridge, April 17,1850.
Melachoi.y Occurrence.—A young lady
in Philadelphia died on Monday last, from an
illness occasioned by pricking a fever blister
upon her lip with a pin. The lady exhibitec
after death ali ths apperaices of those who
died from the effects of poison contracted from
the bite of venomous reptiles.
Mobile Erect !—-Soiitlicris Con- :
'tention.
The Mobile papers, which came to hand on i
Wednesday, contain the proceedings of a large
and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of
Mobile, irrespective of party, which was held
on the 18th inst., at the court house, but af
terwards, on account of the large number of
persons who were unable to effect an entrance,
adjourned to the area in front of the court
house.
The Herald and Tribune says, that the ene
mies of the Southern Convention took some
pains to gather together all their friends at an
early hour. But the friends of the movement
were also active, and the victory which they
achieved over the rallied forces of their oppo
nents, shows the feelings of Mobile upon this
great and important subject. The Gazette
says that but seldom have we been more gra
tified at tho success of any thing pertaining to
politics, than we were at the result of the meet
ing in Mobile on the evening of the 18th inst
—a day long to be remembered to the honor
and credit ot that city.
The Mobile Advertiser spoke with apparent
confidence of their being a majority of the citi
zens of that place against a Convention, and
had an article, on the morning of the day of
the meeting, rallying its friends to turn out in
full force, with the evident expectation of car
rying every thing against the Convention; but
with all its blustering and boasting, has turned
out to be a mere bag of wind, both ends of
which were torn open by this meeting.
Mobile has truly “ covered herself with glo
rjj,”*nd much of the credit of it can with
great propriety be taken to themselves by the
Register and Tribune, who have stood square
up to the mark, battling like true-men for the
rights and honor of the South.
The resolutions, which we subjoin, regret
ting that we have not space for the entire pro
ceedings, were passed by an overwhelming
majority—the Tribune says by three-fourths
of the meeting. The assemblage was ably
addressed by Col. Phillips, who introduced
them, and by Col, X A. Campbell, and W. G.
Jones, Esq., in their favor. Mr. Dunn oppo
sed them and offered , a series of resolutions
opposed to the Nasftville Convention, which
were voted down by a decided majority. Judge
Dargan and H. Barney, Esq., presided over
the meeting.
The numbers and respectability of this meet
ing are admitted on all sides to have been sel
dom equalled in Mobile; a thousand of her
best citizens are said to have been present.
The excitement is represented as having been
intense, and the interest felt was so great, says
the Register, that though the crowd were kept
upon their feet for several hours, no one left
until he had witnessed the closing scene, which
was followed, as may be supposed, by a tumult
of rejoicing. The following are the more
important resolutions which were offered by
Col. Phillips, and, as we have already men
tioned, passed by a vote of at least three
fourths o f the large assembly:
Resolved, That we fully concur in the pro
priety of sending Delegates to the Nashville
Convention, (disclaiming the imputation that
it is to be held for disunion purposes) regard
ing it as the means of consolidating Southern
sentiment for the arrest of an evil now rapidly
hastening a dissolution of the Government.
Resolved, That ardently attached as we are
to the Constitution, and the Union, of which
it is the Bond; deeply impresed by the asso
ciations of the.past, and the promises of the
future, we feel no hinderance in the distinct
assertion, that the people of the Southern
States will cordially and Jirmly unite in re
sistance to an invasion of their rights, and
leave all consequences to those who truly pro
duced it.
1 Resolved, That our - Senators be furnished
- with a copy of these proceedings, to be laid be
r fore their body should they deem it expedient.
’ DarWnma'«T<r.r
extracts a few days ago, (says tlie Richmond
Republican,) from a very able examination of
’ the trial of Professor Webster, by an eminent
lawyer of New York. As everything on this
subject is of interest, we present our readers
1 to-day with a brief but able summary of the
J. principal points for and against Dr. Webster,
published in the New York Mirror:
was Webster guilty ?
Undoubtedly the proofs of guilt are very
strong, but the evidence of innocence is by no
1 means weak.
The proofs of guilt are the presence of body.
, The identification of teeth, and the confor
mation of the jaw.
The presence of Parkman at Webster’s
1 room.
The possession by Webster of the note
when every presumption of his want of money
• is shown.
The secresy of Webster’s movements, such
as the locking of his door.
The relics in the furnace and the heating of
■ the furnace.
The presence of gold and platina in the
slugs of the lurnace.
The possession of the mortgage.
The proofs of innocence—First, Medical:
The absence of blood—it would have been
almost to kill a man and cut him
up without some trace of blood, and the most
minute examination detected none in* the
room.
The dissection of the body, evidently by one
who had witnessed dissection, and had dispos
ed of subjects by taking off limbs, but who
could not cut scientifically.
The Pelvis, too large for the orifice of the
privy, and no signs of taking up the seat.
The non-presence in die furnace of those
bones of the head, far more indestructible by
fire than the jaw.
The presence of a pearl button in a fur
nace which had melted gold and platinum
encased in clay.
The finding of the mortgage among papers
where it was not at the period of the first ex.
amination, when no one upon his direction
had access to the papers, and when, if either
he or any of his agents had their wish, it
would have been to destroy, not produce the
mortgage.
The usual every-day life of Webster pur
sued as usual.
And lastly, the overwhelming assertion of|
■P«rkmwft% pre-r-nm' rrr -Various parts of the
city long after die hour at which the murder
could have been committed. Either those
witnesses were perjured or mistaken; the first
is not pretended, the second the jury assumed.
That learned body evidently thought not that
the defence effected its object, by proving
something which at a blow destroyed the edi
fice that the*prosecution had erected; but that
the accused was bound to take it down brick
by brick, stone by stone, not to prove himself,
not guilty, but innocent. Whether we regard
the weakness of Webster’s counsel in raising
the question of manslaughter, the improper
charge of the judge or the conduct of the
jury, we cannot but conceive that a man possi
bly innocent may have been impioperly con
victed. C.
The most important characters that you
will see now-a-days are little short fellows;
about as broad as they are long, just begin
ning to pay attention to the girls. They ab
solutely forget that there is any body in the
world but themselves.
Mikcing the Matter.—A cotemporary
cautiously remarks, that—,
“A suspicion is afloat that persons who
cannot eat mince pies with brandy in them,
can drink brandy without mince pies.”
Thb Tesitjionial to Father Mathew.
We learn with pleasure, that the Committee,
who have in t err hands the subject of making
a substantial pseseur to Father Mathew, met
on Saturday evening, and reported progress.
So far, they have collected $760. —New Or
leans Bulletin.
The Greenfield (Mass.) Democrat says the
following note, verbatim et Hberatim, was sent
to the presiding Judge of a Court, in that
county, recently •
to the Honorable cort
Sir your juris canter Gree.
foreman.
Colton War.
The New York Herald, of the 20th instant,
contains an article headed Cotton, in which
the editor shows that a contest is now going
on between the holders and spinners of cotton
—the spinners in Europe trying to reduce
prices, while the holders on this side are ex
erting themselves to keep prices where they
contend the deficiency in receipts ought to
place them. He contends that the time has
now come wheu the holders and the produ
cers should dictate their own prices to the
consumers in England. He holds that here
tofore,
“The three great regulators of prices
for cotton iu the Liverpool market are Baring,
Brothers & Co., Brown, Shipley & Co., and
Fielden, Brothers & Co., the last exercising
the greatest influence, and in ability decided
ly superior to the others. Their agents are
found in every Southern port in the country,
and, as a class, are remarkable for their fideli
ty to English interests. The Fieldens are the
largest Cotton manufacturers in the world.
Their commission business in Liverpool, im
mense as it is, is subsidiary entirely to their
manufacturing interest at Manchester. These
houses have ruled supreme in the cotton mar
ket, and have put prices for the raw material
up or down at pleasure. This year they have
received a check that will teach them a lesson.
Their sceptre has departed, and from this time
forward, prices will depend more upon supply
and demand, than upon the dictum of a com
bination of the immense wealth of a few houses
in Liverpool. What we have been so long
and so anxiously looking for, is upon the
point of being realized. The cotton crop,
hereafter, will be controlled on this side of the
Atlantic, and New York will be the great dis
tributing point of the raw material, instead of
Liverpool.”
This state of things itas been chiefly
brought about by the consumption of cotton
in the factories of the United States, the mar
kets of Europe, on this account, becoming
less important than at any past time. It, of
course, is dependent also upon the short crop
of 1849, the product of the raw material not
keeping pace with the advance in consump
tion. It is rendered perfectly certain by the
accounts, that the crop of last year will not
amount to two million bales, and the consump
tion annually already reaches that figure. The
spinners in England are compelled to have cot
ton or be rained, and they have already delay
ed their purchases until their situation has be
come desperate. Should a war arise between
the two countries, the best and most expedi
tious, and the most bloodless way for the Uni
ted States to carry it on with a certainty of a
speedy victory, would be to lay an embargo
upon cotton —buy up every bale, and make a
bonfire of what was not needed for home coa
sumption.
Whether the holders in this country will be
able to withhold their stores of cotton from be
ing placed upon the market until renumera
ting prices, or prices which should be com
manded in view of the present falling off in
the crop, remains to be seen. Should they
be able to do so, prices will be dependent alto
gether upon their own pleasure, and not upon
the will, as heretofore, of the Cotton Lords of
ESgland. The following remarks on this sub
ject are plausible, and present in forcible terms
the probabilities of there being hereafter a
more favorable market in Europe for the pro
ducer than at any time heretofore.
These Cotton lords have bled our planters
long enough, and we have borne their efforts
to depreciate the value of this product patient
ly and with little murmuring. The tables now
are turned, and we shall see if Manchester
does not pay enough this year to make up for
a portion of what they have taken from us in
years past, by low prices.
The time has arrived for us to dictate to the
spinners of Manchester what prices must rule,
and if they do not choose to pay what we ask
for the little Cotton we have, they have but
one alternative, and that is, to shut up their
mills, while those in this country will con
tinue to do what they have been doing for
sometime past—run day and night. Man
cheatpr was. at Ins) Scrnunts, nonrly bni-o.ar
Stock, and holders of Cotton irt this country
know it; and if English spinners buy Colton
for the remainder of the season, lower than
those of Lowell, we have made a very great
mistake in our calculations. More than seven
millions of dollars worth of Cotton are held
in this market, and holders are by no means
anxious to sell. They know, just as well as
they know that two and two make four, that
they have the power in their own hands; that
the spinners of Manchester arc at their mercy;
and when the contest comes, they (the spin
ners) need expect no quarter, for they will
get none. With a crop now coming to
market nearly four hundred thousand bales
less than anticipated in England, and the
prospects relative to the new crop exceeding
ly unfavorable, holders on this side of the
Atlantic can dictate their own terms.
When prices do take a start upward, they
will go with a perfect rush.
The Farmer’s Weather-oineter.
Comprising General Indications and Local
Predictions respecting the Changes of Wea
ther, gathered during Travels in America
and Europe.
_ BY A RURALIST.
“ A rainbow in the morning
Is the Shepherd’s warning ;
But a rainbow at night
Is the Shepherd’s delight.”
A rainbow in fair weather denotes foul—if
foul, fair weather will follow. A double rain
bow indicates much rain.
A predominance of the purple color of the
rainbow, shows wind and rain—dark red, tem
pest—light red, wind—yellow, dry weather—
green, rain—blue, denotes that the air is clear
ing.
If the Aurora Borealis appear after several
warm days, it is generally succeeded Ijy a
cloudiness of the air. If the Aurora Borealis
has been considerable, either an increased de
gree of cold is immediately produced, or bo
dies of clouds are immediately formed.
If, in a very wet season, the sky is tinged
with a sea-green color, near the bottom, where
it ought to be blue.it shows that rain will
speedily follow, and increase; when it is of a
deep dead blue.it is overcharged with vapors
and the weather will be showery.
When the sun appears white at the setting,
or goes down into a bank of clouds, which lie
in the horizon, they indicate the approach or
continuance of bad weather.
When it rains with an east wind, it will
probably continue twrnty-four hours.
The heaviest rains, when of long continu
ance, generally begin with the wind blowing
easterly, which gradually veers round to the
south—and the rains do not cease until the
wind has got to the « est, or a little northwest.
While rain is falling, if any small space of
the sky is visible, it is almost a certain sign
that the rain will speedily cease.
If the clouds that move with the wind be
come stationary, when they arrive at that par/
of the horizon which is opposite to the w\nf,
and appear to accumulate, they announcer a
speedy fall of rain. /
A frequent change of wind, with aaragi
tation of the clouds, denotes a sudden itonn.
A fresh breeze generally springs unfbefore
sunset, particularly in the summer. J
The weather usually clears up jr noon—.
but,if it rain at midnight, it seldowclears up
till sunset. /
The winds which begin to bl<2v in the day
time are much stronger, and /ndure longer
than those which begin to blow only in the
> night. /
A hollow or whistling denotes rain.
If the wind follow the e/trse of the sun,
fair weather will follow. /
Weather, either goodyfor bad, which takes
place in the night tim/is not generally of.
long duration—and, for the most part, wind 1
is more uncommon iiythe night than in the
daytime. Fine wqpher in the night with
scattered clouds, dots not last.
Violent winds drevail more in the vicinity
of mountains, liiafi in open plains.
A Venetian author says: “A sudden storm
from the north/oes not last three days.”
If it thundep in December, moderate and I
fine weathejrfnay be expected.
If it thur/ers, at intetvais, in the spring
time, beiope the trees have asquired leaves,
cold wealfier is still to be expected.
Thunder in the morning denotes wind at
noon-ein the evening, rain and tempest.
If in summer there ba no thunder, the en
suing fall and winter will be sickly.
Cbrrmjpondencc of the Baltimore American.
Thirty-First Congress—lst Session.
Senate, April 22, iB6O.
Mr. Benlon called up the resolution instruct
ing the committee of thirteen to make a sep
arate report on each subject referred to them.
Mr. Clay objected to It on account of the
absence of Senators.
Mr. Benton would move that it be taken up
for discussion.
The resolution being taken up, Mr. Benton,
at great length contended that it was unpar
liamentary to combine in the same bill incon
gruous measures. He gave notice that a fort
night hence when the war hud begun in ear
nest, he should resort to every mode of resist
ing the combination of any other measure with
California.
Mr. Clay spoke briefly in reply to Mr. Ben
ton.
On motion the subject was laid on the table.
And, after a short Executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
House.—Mr. Richardson, by unanimous
consent, introduced his resolution asking the
appointment of a committee of nine to inves
tigate the charges against Mr. Ewing, of hav
ing re-opened old claims, and allowed extraor
dinary interest on such claims, &c.
Mr. Gentry proposed as a substitute a reso
lution calling upon Mr. Ewing to make a re
port upon the subject, instead of appointing a
committee of members of Congress to make
the investigation.
Mr. Richardson said the official organ had
defied investigation of these charges; there
fore, the friends of the administration should
not fear an investigation by a committee of
Congress. He was satisfied that the charges
against Mr. Ewing* were true, and could be
proved from the records in the department, by
testimony of respectable men. If they want
ed to give the subject a fair inquiry, it should
be done by a committee of Congress. He
was opposed to affording Mr. Ewing an oppor
tunity of sending in here a defence to the coun
try, instead of a report of the true facts of the
case”
Mr. Meade favored-the call, but preferred
the substitute of Mr. Gentry.
Mr. Vinton opposed the appointment of a
committee as unprecedented. The mere fact
of the appointment of such a committee, car
ried with it the impression that the charges
were well founded. He was therefore oppo
sed to the appointment of a committee, but in
favor of the call upon Mr. Ewing to report
himself, in his own case. The appointment
of a committee, he said, implied that the Sec
retary was guilty of malfeasance in office.
The debate was further continued by seve
ral members, and various amendments and
substitutes were offered.
Finally the resolution of Mr. Richardson, to
appoint a committee of nine, to investigate
the charges against Mr. Ewing, was passed,
yeas 95, nays 73.
Mr. Stanly then introduced a resolution of
the same terms of that of Mr. Richardson, of
Illinois, calling upon the Secretary of the In
terior to report to the in regard to the
claims upon which interest had been allowed,
&c.
Mr. Meade said there would be no objec
tion to the resolution, if the gentleman would
so modify it as to require the Secretary to
make the report to tho Committee of Investi
gation.
Mr. Stanly. No, never. To the House or
not at all.
Mr. Carter. I object to the reception of
the resolution. We have a committee to in
vestigate the matter.
Mr. Stanly moved to suspend the rules.
By’Telegraph, 8 P. M.
The House received the resolution of Mr.
Stanly, but refused to suspend the rules to
have action upon it to day.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., from the Judiciary
Committee, reported back, with nnmerolis
amendments, the Senate bill providing for ta
king the seventh census. The bill was made
the special order of the day for Wednesday
next.
Mr. Miller, from the minority of said com
mittee, reported a substitute for the entire bill,
which was to be printed.
The House, then, at half past five o’clock,
without transacting any other business of im
portance, adjourned.
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, April 21, 1860.
The Compromise Committee—First Meeting
—Benton and Clay—Nicaragua Treaty, &c.
4 lie compromise committee,
Friday last, have already budat-meeting. - utui
seem to have agreed on the following:
Ist. To report a bill ft>r the admission of
California, and the establishment of te.ritorial
goverments in Utah and New Mexico.
2d. To reporta separate bill for the settle
ment of the Texas boundary, by a liberal com
pensation to that State.
3d. To make such amendments to the law
of 1793. for the recovery of fugitive slaves, as
shall afford security to the South.
4th. To abolish the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia by extending the laws of
Maryland over it.
Little or no doubt is entertained but that
all these bills will pass both Houses by re
spectable majorities.
In regard to the Texas boundary, it is not
yet decided whether that matter will come up
in a separate bill, or whether as a kindred
subject, it will be included in th? bill for the
admission of California and the establishment
of territorial governments in New Mexico and
Utah. Should a separate bill .be introduced,
the committee, out of respect for the oldest
Senator, will probably recommend the passage
of Mr. Benton’s bill.
To-morrow is fixed upon fbr an argument
on parliamentary usages bq/ween the oldest
Senator (Mr. Benton) and ‘ithe Nestor” of the
Senate, (Mr. Clay.) I ratlier think that wis
dom will triumph over agp/though Mr. Bou
ton has entrenched hiiqself behind quarto
volumes which he has committed to memory.
The treaty between tie United States and
Eng'and in regard toAhe Nicaragua Canal
has been signed and wi/l, no doubt, be ratified.
A Curious Situ/hon. —The winter I
was fifteen, and full /fblue veins, I made a
visit to a country todn. One day the good
lady of the house w/ere I sojourned took a
notion of visiting her parents at a neighboring
village, and invite/ me to go with her to
drive. ’Twas ex/ellent sleighing, and being
a pretty good Jeh/, I “put her over the road”
in good style andtime. There was a buxom,
bouncing lassie where westopped—a relative
of the lady that/ame with mo—who by her
invitation agreflu to return with us. I brought
the team up to/he door in good shape, waited
upon the ladiq/into the “cutter,” then jumped
in myself—a/d standing in the middle of the
sleigh, gavtvn flourishing with the whip. We
we off in a/winkling, at nearly 2.40 speed:
didn’t I fey grand?
“ Whdwcn’t ycnt drdowii?’’' exclaimed the
good woman to me, after we had got well un
der v;oJ. ’Twas the last thing I thought of.
Sit down, forsooth!—and where? thought 1.
“1 h/i rather stand,” replied I, modestly.
“But you had better sit,” urged the damsel. 1
loc/ed around—colored a little—and still declin
ed Iheardthem whispering something about
Ming bashful, &c. A trifle more crimson came
Xver my countenance—but I still drove on. I
was just getting my natural color again, and
was feeling pretty comfortable, when, of a
sudden I felt the arms of the damsel encircling
my waist, and in a moment I was drawn plump
into her lap. “There,” exclaimed the mischie
vious witch, “sit here upon my knees--I won’t
hurt you.”
Every drop of blood within me, methought,
then rushed into my face; I would have given
the world to be free—but ’twas to no avail—
the maiden had me fast—
“ That desperate grasp my frame might feel,
. Through bars of brass and triple steell ”
The veins of my face were now swelled “al
most to bursting”—never did martyr suffer
more intensely. The spirited horse needed
not the “braid,” but he got it, I reckon. On,
on we flew, with “telegraphic” speed; the
sparks of fire flew in showers thick and fast
from the shoes of the “cutter,” as we occasion
ally slid over a piece of bare ground—
‘•Now do thy utmost, speedy Meg!”
muttered I, mentally, as I gave the “critter” ;,
the last “lick,” aud in a few moments we were |1
at our journey’s end—and 1 was out of my : '
misery. Cxmos. ” i I
P. S.—l’m not taken that way—now! 1
“ Shall I help you to some of the Tswa/us
sus” inquired a youog exquisite of a venera
ble physician as he sat opposite him at one of
our hotel tables.
“No sir, 1 thank you,” replied the learned
savan; “ but sir I’ll trouble you for seme of
the Potatos-sus, if you please.” It is said the
young man never mentioned “ Tomatus-svs
again.
Kouors to Mr. Calhoun’s re.
■nninsin Virginia*
letter from one of the Committee of 25 ap
pointed by the City of Charleston.
Petersburg, April 23, P- M.
We left Washfogton yesterday morning at
eight o’clock, with the remains of our illustri
ous Senator. The funeral cortege, composed
of the relatives of the deceased, the Committee
of the Senate, Mr. Venable of North Carolina,
and the South Carolina Delegation in Con
i grass, were escorted to the beautiful steamer
I Baltimore. The upper saloon was appropri
i ated to the hotly, and to the Committee, and
J every part of the vessel was draped in black.
We landed at Aquia Creek, and were re
ceived by the Fredericksburg and Richmond
Committees, and a military company, the band
playing a dirge. Al Fredericksburg we
were met by a large concourse of citizens, and
the bells of the churches tolled until the de
parture of the cars. Their military company
proceeded along with us to Richmond. Am
ple refreshments were provided for us at one
of the stations by the Richmond Committee,
and the greatest interest and respect were
manifested along the entire line of the road.
At Richmond we were received with the
higic-st honors by‘the Governor of the State
and ihe citizens. A civic and military pre
cession was formed and we proceeded to the
State House, where the body, with much so
lemnity, was delivered to the care of the Go
vernor, and, after religious servjces, was
placed under a military guard. Great num
bers of both sexes visited the Hall during the
afternoon and evening. The Committees
were conducted to the Exchange Hotel, where
they received the attentions of the most dis
tinguished men of the State, who had been in
vited by the Governor from all quarters to do
honor to the occasion.
At dinner, the Hon. John Y. Mason, for
merly Secretary of the Navy, presided. Jn ,
some brief and touching remarks, he alluded Jp
to the mournful duty w hich had called us
gather, and proposed “ The memory of John! ..
C. Calhoun.” Mr. Rauenel responded
short UlJt Jh i» 11l_y- el oojjign
worthy of tWNNNfccasion, and
kind. He proposed “The birthplWe
Washington.” Tho company adjourned at
an early hour.
On Tuesday morning we were conducted I
to the State House, where a feeling and taste
ful address was made by his Excellency Gov.
Flojd,on recommitting the body toour charge.
He was replied to by Senator Mason and Mfc
Ravenel on behalf of.the Committees. After
the performance of religious services, we
. were escorted to the cars by a military and
chic precession. The streets and windows
( were thronged with spectators, while minute
guns were fired during our passage through
: the city.
’ We were conveyed in a special train to’Pe
tersburg, where we were received by-Jhc,
Mayor and a large body of citizens aiidmifita
ry. A procession was formed, the Committee
in carriages, and passed through the principal
streets, the stores being closed, and some of
' them having badges oi mourning, while the
sidewalks and windows were crowded with
I spectators.
Having reached St. Paul’s Church, the Iwdy
’ was committed to the charge of the authori
ties, and deposited therein. The Cemmittee
then proceeded to Jarratt’s Hotel, where we
will,remain until 9 o’clock this evening.
r From our first entrance into Virginia until
the present moment we have received the most
extraordinary manifestations of respect and
sympathy, and the most unremitted kindness
and attention from her hospitable sons.
Egyptian Characteristics.—A curious
race of people the Egyptians were.' The great •’
end of life with them was death. They were
no sooner born than they thought about dying.
The whole nation seemed to live in a sort of
forcing pyramid. An Egyptian did not cars
so much where he lodged, so long as he knew,,
where be was to be buried. His greatest com
fort was the idea of being made a nice mum
my of. His card was an epitaph. Ho waa
walking about with a tombstone continually
in his band. In fact, the largeness of the
pyramids is a standing proof, if proof be want- ’
ing, what a set ol tremendous undertakers the
Egyptians ,ie ' r P reseut '' was l * ie
future. for their
L ei,lg S °. , nalion 4
ro speak / to cal
culate which thewi *1
1 to :;ie i r least, a n»T put’ hi nJ
Wttno head Iff the table at all their weddings,
anniversaries, picK-nicks and grand dinners.l
[Punch. '
NotsHaef through.—Couldn't help laugh 4» ‘
ing the other day, at an anecdote of a man i j
accustomed to make long prayers, who had '
overpersuaded a guest, greatly against his t
inclination, to stay to breakfast. He prayed
and prayed, till his impatient guest began to T '
think seriously of edging away quietly and
walking off; but in attempting it, waked up
the old man’s son who was asleep in his chair.
* How soon will your father be through ? ’
whispered the guest.
1 Has he got to the Jews yet?’ asked the
boy in reply.
• No,’ said the other.
‘ Wai, then he ain’t half through ! ’ answer- v
ed the boy, and again composed himself to his
comfortable nap.
' t
On the 17th inst., by the Rev. Wesley P.
Arnold, Mr. Asbury A. Adams, of Eatonton,
and Miss Mary A. Jarrett, of Baldwin county. »
On the 23d inst., by the Rev. Dr. A. Means, V■
Mr. Albert W. Rowland, of Greene county’
and Miss Margaret Bessent, of Oxford. .M
In Columbus, Ga., on Sunday, 14th inst..
by the Rev. T. B. Slade, Miss Sarah A. Mor
ris, of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. Martin J.
West, of Macon, Ga.
DIED.
In this city, on the morning of the 21st
inst., James P. Mafl’ett, aged 20 years and 3
months.
“ None knew him but to love him.
None named him but to praise.”
ETLaGrange Reporter and Griffin papers
will please copy.
In this city, on the 24th inst. E. B. Hop
kins, youngest son of Mrs. R. Hopkins.
On the 14th inst. at the house of Mr. Jo
seph B. Andrews, in Bibb county, Mr. Solo,
mon Groce, aged 28 years. lie wavnone of
the n«ble band of patriots who volunteered to
fight the battles of his country iu the Mexican
war.
•four jlll on 11) s
Four months
be made to die
Inferior Court of Burke comity, when sit tui<r for 1
ordimoy pmpoues, for to hcIT. ? rac t . jg
m Burke county, containing 1 05 nfcres, adjoining 1
lands of the minor heirs of Joaeph Cates, deceit I
ed, belonging to Samuel Seegar, a minor ' ‘•'l
_Mareh9,l 8 i? HN P A
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to ibcTT
tate of Vinson Tinley, deceased, late o f
Richmond county, are hereby required to make
immediate payment; and all persona havin z de
mauds against said deceased, will renderih-,,. m
agreeably tq law. ”
CHARLES BURCH, Admr
March 12
1? OUR MONTHS after J ate . a
be made to the Honorable luleri«Court of
Lincoln county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the real estate of Hendley
Nally, late of said county, deceased. *
BENJAMIN M.TUTr
ANTHONY SAMUELLS
February 21 Administrator.
MOCR HONTHS after date, appIiZT
JL tion will be made to the Honorable the Infe
rior Court of Richmond county, whilst fitting for
ordinary purposes, for leave to sell —— lß \ e „ ro
Woman, belonging to the estate of B. W. fctrong
d-.c-ased, for the benefit of the heirs andcredito™
cX said deceased. R. H. MAY, Adm’r
tVov 1.1849. <
■^roi’ICE—FOUR MONTHs3Kat<I
J. si shall apply to the Inferior Court of poriven
i county, fitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell all the real estate of Andrew J. Wil|j atn( . au j
Theophilus Williams, minors, and orphan, o f t | le
late Theophilus Williams, of Scrivert caunty, for
the benefit of said minors.
BERRIEN WILLIAMS, Guardian
Jan 8 4m
tjWUR VOIVTIIS after date, applica-
J. tion will be made to the HonoraHe the In- ’
ferior Court of Hancock county, wbe#fittingfoj
ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the ft al estate
of Georg - Amoss, late of said county, Jdeceaaed
net specifically bequeathed by his last wilt s
testament. JOHN AMOSS, l ‘
WILLIAM AMOSS, ( E **s.
December 1,1849.