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Southern Convention, s
Remarks of Judge Tucker, of Va—Continued. (
And now, sir, let us look at the dangers ]
which are to attend disunion. Let us suppose t
a case, and consider the influence which will s
be brought to bear on those on whom the peace
of this continent will depend. Let us sup- t
pose but five states—the states of Florida, <
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Miss- :
issippi,to withdraw from the Union, and form i
a Southern Confederacy. Their policy would <
be clearly pacific. What would be the policy •
of the rest of the world ? Would the manu- i
facturing states wish to rush into a war, which, :
while itlasted, would shut them out from the
best market in tfie world ? Would the ship
ping and commercial states wish to rush into
a war which would throw the carriage of our
rich and bulky productions into the hands of
Europe, until our own commercial marine
should have become adequate to our wants ?
I say nothing of the fatal consequences which
would attend the loss of a supply of cotton to
the spindles and looms of New England, be
cause, although war should prevail, the laws
of trade will be sure to carry the needed sup
ply to the place of demand. This indeed must
be of a circuitous route, and at enormous ex
pense. But on this I lay no stress. It would
indeed prevent the Yankee from hoping to
compete with the English manufacturer in
markets open to both, while war woull shut
iiim out from this the chief and best market.
“ And how long would such a war last?”
asks Mr. Webster with a scornful scowl.
“ How long would it be before the fleets and
armies of the north would sweep the coasts,
and blockade the ports, and overrun and deso
late the territory of the south, and turn the
knives of the slaves against their master’s
throats ?’L- How long ? Sir, such a war will
-fllver until Massachusetts shall
have and be prepared to rush
self-destruction. Whence but from the
southern states comes the cotton tjjat keeps in
activity rite spindles and looms of the north ?
JSir, the north would not dare to prosecute
v with such activity, as eFen to diminish
could
tho demand of other coun-
and any' essential diminution would leave
her nothing. But a war of desolation I Why,
sir. such a war would re-act upon the north
like the bursting of a cannon in a crowded
ship, working ten times more mischief there
that’ on th n enemy. Do gentlemen consider
the nature Os g-eil manufacturing establish
merts kept in operation by what they call/ree
labour: the labour of those whose daily bread
is the purchase of daily toil, and who, left
without employment for a week, must starve,
or beg or rob. The mind of man has not
conceived the wretchedness which the failure
of one cotton crop would produce. Universal
bankruptcy—universal ruin—the prostration
of the wealthy, and the uprising of the suiter
ins mass violently snatching from their beg
eared employers a portion of the scanty rem
nant of former abundance, to satisfy the wants
of nature. Sir, when the overwhelming force
of France threatened to invade and subjugate
Holland, the Dutch cut their dykes and let tn
the Ocean—the enemy withdrew, and all
thought of again invading the soil of a people
capable of defending their liberty by such sa
crifices was abandoned forever. Here was a
self-inflicted suffering which did but warn the
enemy, without wounding him. But what it
the people of the southern states, goaded by in
sult and wrong, should determine on a much
less sacrifice. What if, with one accord, they
should agree o make no cotton for a -ingle
season, except for their own factories, and ap
ply all their labour to laying up a store of
grain for another year? The south could
bear it sir. It would incommode many. It
would enrich some. It would ruin nobody
here. And what would be the effect else
where ? The mind of man cannot calculate
kk The imagination of man cannot conceive
Horresco referens. An earthquake sliak
continent from the Potomac to the
swallowing up the British Isles, and
all that Revolution has b it -ttii.il-
■ and G •rmai.y.
Sir, the jmlars w
.I .. Ml ■■
SlJ.’TuuS? rlo she
will not. But this is always in her power;
and this she will do, if ever her loathing detes
tation and scorn of her oppressors equals in
acrimony and malignity their fierce philanthro
py and insidious friendship.
Something like this would be the conse
quence to the North es any war with the
South. Worse if possible than this would be
the consequence of a war of desolation and
emancipation. In that case the mischief would
not be confined to the North. It would over
spread the civilized world, in aggravated hor
ror. In New England we can calculate it.
The seven hundred millions of which the
B o jth has been robbed by the unequal opera
tion of the federal government, has been real
ized, as they call it. It has been built into
ship’s and factories ; it has been paid out for
barren lands at high prices only justified by
these establishments; it Irs been built into pa
laces where merchant princes and manufac
turers dwell in marble halls. There are no
other objects of investment, and the boasted
heaped up wealth of New England is just that
no more. Now take away the cotton and
commerce of the south, and what do you see ?
The ships lie rotting at the wharves; the fac
tories tumble into ruins; and skulking in cor
ners of their marble palaces, the merchant
princes, like those of Venice, live meagerly
on contributions levied on the curiosity of tra
vellers. As to the laboring classes, the far west
ia open to them. What violence and rapine they
may practice for a while, under the teachings
of Communism, Fourierism, Agrarianism,and
other isms of the family of Abolitionism, it is
not possible to say. But they will soon see
that Communism if of little worth where there
is i othfng to divide, and that what they call
the rights of labour cannot be enforced against
those who have nothing to pay. 'They will be
off to the west, sir, there to found a new Ohio
on the banks of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
And Boston— t Look at Venice, air. The
bistory of Boston is so far the history of Ven
ice. Venice enriched herself by tiie oppres
sion and plunder of her subject provinces.
Boston has done the same. Venice concen
trated her ill-gotten wealth on the marshes of
tho Adriatic. Boston has heaped up hers
nutty. barren
lAti-s becoma die victim ot mis
■Viln- trade H
HNPHiKiels—and behold she is u
of marble in a waste of waters.
Even such would be the mischiefs which Bos
ton would puli down upon herself, by the sui
cidal step of warring against the south.
But look across the Atlantic, and suppose
the mtdness and malignity of the North to hur
ry them into a desolating war against the cot
ton growing States. Other countries have
more various resources than New England,
and might have something to fall back on.
England, for example, insular as she is. lias
land. But England has a superabundant pop
ulation, and there are there not less than three
millions of laborers whose very existence de
pends on cotton. They have no western ,
country to flv to, and while the land ot Eng
land is'aufficient to feed them all, they will not
starve, whether there be work tor them to do
or no. There is something there for commu
nism to divide —something of fourierism to
experiment on. Let but the loom stand still
for one month, and there will not be one stone
left standing on another ot the whole political
and social fabric of England.
The statesmen ot England know this, sir,
and this it is that governs the foreign policy ot
England, and determines h<-r to oppose her veto
to anv warthat might disturb her commerce,
and. through that, her manufactures,on which
her very existence depends. The play of the
shuttle is the pulse of life to her. Let it once
stop and it beats no more. Nor is this couhn
ed to her. The same cause operates on eve
ry powerful nation of Western Europe, and
hence that long, unnatural peace, which, for
more than thirty years,ha- covered Europeas
with a death pa'll,'and produced and prepared
more guttering and more causes of mischief
than half a century of w r had ever done. .
But the evil is upon them, and they dare not,
shake it off However the angry spirit of ri
val nations mav chafe at the restraint; how
ever the plethora of redundant population may
cal! fer the letting of blood, the immense fixed
capital invested in manuiacturmg establish
ments. and the multitudinous population whose
bread depends upon tlrfm, compel liw world to
peace. Il is indeed but » peace of suppressed
hostility, ot' stilled envy, of insidious rivalry,
and its consequences make us feel the full
force of the woe denounced against those who
cry “ peace, pence! when there is no peace.
But there is no escape from it In the cant of
thedav, “the spirit of the age demands it—the
spirit ’of the age is essentially pacific.
What then, sir, would all Europe say to any
attempt on the part of the Northern States, or
of every power upon earth, to lift a nanu
a<rainst the cotton growing region, and inter
rupt the production of that article. The power
of wealth would oppose it—the cry of famine
would forbid it—the universal nakedness ot
mankind would forbid it; the united voice of
all the civilized world would command the
peace. The Southern States of this Union
are confessedly the only cotton growing coun
try in the world, and slave labor the only
means by which it can be produced. What
ever may be their spite against us, and howev
er they may cant about slavery, they will be
careful to do nothing to interfere with the pro
duction of cotton. Had Orpheus been the
only man in the world, sir, the nymphs, how
ever enraged, would never have killed him.
All this time I have spoken as if_our dear
sister Massachusetts, and the rest of that sis
terhood, were to have the matter their own
way. I have taken no notice of the fact, that
although North Carolina and Virginia, Ten-
nessee and Kentucky, might not be at once t
prepared to join the Southern confederacy,they «
would feel that their interests we. e identified t
with it, and re! use to join in a crusade against t
the defenders of their rights. They would t
have a voice in the question of peace or war. <
They might indeed be out-voted, but would a i
vote retain them, andjwould the North press i
a measure which would be sure to force them
into the Southern confederacy ? The exem- i
plary patience of Virginia is a proof that she
fondly recollects, that to her, more than to any
other State, this Union owes its existence.
Sjie will be the last to dissolve it
cause she
.’.Ua Ao ibnw clne- t,
let her be told she
must fight somebody, and she will not be long
Lr.. deciding whonfshe will light, fell her to
reoard and treat as enemies the Southern
States, peopled mainly by herself—to imbrue
her hands in the blood of her own children,
and her answer is ready in the words of Harry
PerCy “ Not speak of Mortimer!
Forbid my tongue to speak of Mortimer !
Yes, I will speak of him : and may my soul
Want mercy if I do not join with him !”
Sir Virginia did not approve the attitude as
sumed by ” South Carolina in 1833 What
then ? Was she prepared to lift a hand against
her? On the contrary,she remembers now
with pride, that her Governor tnen ueciareu,
that before one foot should cross the Potomac
on a hostile errand against South Carolina, he
would lay his benes on its shores. That was
old John Floyd, sir, a man “ who never pro
mised, but he meant to pay ;” and, thank God,
there stands now another John 1 loyd in his fa
ther’s place, to repeat and make good his fa
ther’s words. . , ~ ~
But suppose the few remaining bouthern
States not to be driven to the necessity of
choosing their enemy. Suppose, as would be
the case, that no warlike attempt should be
made —how long would those States be con
tent to remain under the grinding misgovern
ment which taxes them for the benefit of their
masters in the North, while witnessing the
prosperity of their Southern brethren living
under a revenue tariff and enjoying the bless
ings of free trade ? With a modest, econom
ical government, such as a mere central agen
cy for independent States ought, to be, a mod
erate revenue would suffice, and nothing
would prevent the acceptance of the overtures
for free trade, now made by all commercial na
tions These are not accepted now, sir, be
cause mainly beneficial to the South. And
who cares for the South ? What is the South ?
An ass of the tribe of Issachar,“ bowed down
between two burthens;” thirty millions to be
paid into the Treasury, and twice as much
more to go into the pockets of the Northern
manufacturers. What if Lord Palmerston
should offer now, in return for a reducl on of
our Tariff to a revenue standard, to take ott
the English duty of seventy-five cents on our
Tobacco. Would it be accepted ? No, sir,
no It would but enrich the Tobacco States,
anil what do our masters care for them ? On
iavor,’and how long would Virginia and North i
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and even Ma- (
ryland and Missouri, delay to avail themselves ,
of the arrangement ? Depend upon it, sir,
such a confederacy as I have supposed would 1
hardly be formed before every slaveholdiog 1
State in the Union would seek admission into
it. The prestige of Union once dispelled by
a partial secession, the Middle States would
be at no loss to choose between union with
their Southern brethren, or with their North- I
etn enemies, persecutors and slanderers. i
But tho thing would not stop here, sir. ,
Pennsylvania at this moment, with all the ad
vantage of a protective tariff, finds her manu
facturers often on the verge of bankruptcy.
A tariff may protect her against the competi
tion of European manuf ictures.but not against
the superior skill and capital New Eng
land. Against this she contends as well as
she can in the markets of the south. Take
that away and she will sink at once. Even
now Massachusetts grudges her tho benefit of
the protection which only enables her to hold
up her head. But let the southern victims of
that oppressive system emancipate themselves
from it, and, my life U upoa it, five years will
not pass over before it is abolished. What
then will be the condition of Pennsylvania,
placed on the border between a northern con
federacy, in which she is overshadowed by su
perior capital and skill, aud a southern confe
deracy of winch she might become the work
shop ? A revenue tariff of ten per cent,
would be worth more to Pennsylvania as a
member of a southern confederacy, than forty
per cent, is now—more than ail that protec
tion could do for her, were the south with
drawn from the Union.
Let us look a little to the west, sir. I begin
with Illinois, because she reaches farthest
South; because she is nearest to New Orleans
and furthest from New York ; and because she
begins to be aware that slaves are wanted in
the southern part of the state, and seems not
quite insensible to the propriety of letting such
f her people have them as have need of them.
Now what will be he situation? No man
admires more than I that noble system of in
land navigation that connects the waters of the
Mississippi with the lakes. But
paths are expensive canals are
dry by drought, aud winter rarely fails with
his icy breath to close up the navigation of
the lakes. But the Mississippi, broad, deep,
and full, is ever open to bear on its flowing
bosom all the bulky and weighty products ot
Illinois, at the lowest possible rate of expense.
I am aware, Sir, that the law of nations would
secure to the states, on the waters of that river,
a free passage to the ocean. But that law
would not exempt them from imposts and from
export duties, and from all the inconveniences
which must be encountered by those who ne- j
cessariiy pass through a freign country to get j
to their own. A gieat river, such as the Mis- ,
sissippi, like an iron cramp, holds together all j
tiie country penetrated by its tributaries, and no .
amount of human perverseness can iong pre- |
! vent them from blending into one “ like kin-,
i dred drops.” ... ~ . .
What 1 have said ol Illinois applies with (
nearly equal force toliidiuna. It may, in time,,
apply also to Ohio. At present, sir, I see no-.
thing in that region which we designate as i
Ohio, of which any sort of moral or political I
character can be predicted. Isee a vast mul- j
titude of all kindred, tongues, and nations, |
swept down and agglomerated like the wash ■
of a hill side, or that from the mouth of a com- ,
mon sewer; heaped, as against a dam, on the i
north bank of the river. On such an alluvial I
, deposit you may raise cucumbers and onions, |
but the majestic forest oak can find no toot I
i there the stately edifice no stable foundation. ■
, Among such a rabble you may have tempora
rv regulations of arbitration aud police—but a
. government, strong to protect, strong to res
. train, consecrated by the affection and rever
[ ence of the people, “ a fortress at once and a
■ temple”—the thing is impossible The rock
( built anopolis of Tennessee stands on yonder
I hill, and there it will stand. It is built ot rock,
f for it stands on a rock; and there they will
J stand together till the foundations of the earth
Hare shaken. But as well might you budd
. 1 such a structure on the marshes of the lower
. , Mississippi, as to establish any thing deserv
ing the name of a free, stable and enduring
1 I government on such a quaking bog as tjbio.
- The institution of domestic slavery, which,
> I like piles driven into the earth, gives stability
j to government, and renders universal sutlrage
1 j and perfect freedom possible to those who are
■ free, is a resource denied to them. God for-
bid that I should desire to introduce slavery
there. No, sir. I would not so wrong the
negro. He is proud and happy in his subordi
nation to one worthy to be his master. But
servitude under such as these, diflenng indeed
in color, and inferior in all besides, it w. uld
break his heart. If such servitude as this is
their only idea of slavery, I protest before God
that their abhorrence of it must fall far short
of mine. But they themselves are sensible of
the negro’s superiority, and they are jealous of
it. They steal our slaves from us, and when
they have made them what they call free, they
harrass them, they persecute them, they com
bine to shut them out from all creditable or
profitable employment—they starve them out, |
and even drive them away ! Is this disgust ?
No, sir. It is jealousy. The shoemaker will
not sit on the same bench with the negro.
But let the negro prosper in spite of persecu-
tion, and he will give him his daughter in mar
riage, and she too will thankfully take him to
her obscene and lustful bosom. And this is
Ohio; and the philanthropic abolitionist, as he
floats down the river, turns his eye sadly from
Kentucky, the home of a bold, high minded,
law-abiding yeomanry ; the home of accom
plished gentlemen and enlightened statesmen,
to gaze on the prosperity of Oiiio. What does he
see there,sir? A fertile soil, industry, manufac
tures, commerce, wealth, and even some sci
ence. All the elements of civilization are
there, but of civilization itself—of the refine
ments and courtesies of life, nothing. No,
sir. without social organization there can be no
civilization. It is the relation between true
and acknowledged superiority, and confessed
inferiority, that elevates and ennobles both
where both are capable of elevation. Associ
ation will always assimilate. The Southern
gentleman, studiously observing all possible
courtesy in his deportment to the negro, makes
a gentleman of him, while he himselt becomes
more a gentleman by his condescension,
ot Ohio has nobody below h m
Mp the hog a gen
hut. his -j/A and I need not adv how the dead
(weight of the hog drag down
■his companion to his'level.
But there is the Queen city as they call it.
“showing like a jewel on an CEthtop s ear.
I went ashore there the other day, sir, and ve
rily I should have thought, that, like the Queen
of the house of Brunswick, she had been im
ported from Germany ; for the young princes
in her streets talked hardly any language but
the German. And these are the men whose
suffrages are to give law to us whose fathers
rescued the country from the domination of a
German prince upon the English throne.
I speak harshly, sir. 1 know it. I meant
to do so. I speak as it becomes every man to
speak of the enemies of his country, for 1
speak of those who have long waged a sys
tematic, predatory and cowardly war
against Virginia, my country. But enough of
Ohio. There let her lie—a foul cess pool
at one time green and stagnant, at another
stirred up from the bottom by the strifes of ■
the reptiles that struggle in its mud and ,
tainting the moral atmosphere with its stench. >
The inhabitants of Ohio may one day acquire
that consistency which is necessary to const
itute a people, and then they may tor in them
selves a government, or in the mean time they
may find a master. It will be time enough then
to consider of our relations to them. Until
then, I will rest in the hope, that should such
events take place as I have spoken of, they
will see the necessity of paying that respect
to the Laws of Nations, which they deny to
the Constitution.
(TO BE CONCLUDED ON TUESDAY.)
[communicated]
A Special meeting of the Hopewell Presby
tery, called at the request of the Rev. E. P.
Rogers, was held in the city of Augusta, on
Tuesday. July 2d, 1850, and was constituted
in the usual form.
A statement was made by the Rev. Mr. Ro
gers, of the reason which had induced him to
request the Moderator to call a special meet
ing. His statement was, in substance, that
his attention having been called to certain ru
mors current in the city of Augusta, calcula
ting to injure his reputation and impair his
usefulness as a Christian Minister—rumors
appearing to be founded upon certain repeated
Gil IG
charges, from a prominent individual in this
city, he deem d it to be his duty to call the at
tention of the Presbytery to the subject, in or
der, that, through their investigation, he might
be fully exonerated from censure.
The Se sion of the Ist Presbyterian Church
were then called upon to communicate such
facts as had come to their knowledge, in re
gard to the rumors aforesaid, and stated that
they had used great diligence in tracing their
origin, and could find no source from which
they could have arisen, except the expressions
of unfavorable opinion on the part of one in
dividual, above referred to. They also stated
that in their opinion, no credence was given
to these rumors, and that they could not affect
injuriously the reputation of Rev. Mr. Rogers,
nor impair his usefulness in this congregation.
A call was then made by the Presbytery upon
individual members of the congregation, for
any communications which they might choose
to make in reference to the subject under
consideration.
The Hon. Charles J. Jenkins then arose,
and stated that the remarks he had to make
referred entirely to the expression of opinion
highly unfavorable to the Rev. Mr. Rogers,
which had emanated from the individual al
ready referred to. and who was understood
to be Col. William Cumming of this City,
and that for the sake of being perfectly under
stood he had committed his remarks to writing,
and with the permission of the Presbytery
would proceed to lay before .them the follow
ing statement:
“ To the Moderator and Members of Hopewell
Presbytery, sitting at Augusta, July 2d,
1860.
Impelled by an ardent wish to promote the
ends of truth and justice, desiring the preser
vation of social and indiv'dual
and privileged (as he bones) Ijy -*'»i i..il’.inr
ces which jgtxc-on.siil dltu turn with the sub
"jeef tnattpr” under consideration, the under
signed respectfully craves permission, to pre
sent to thisEcclesiasticalTribunal the following
paper;
Having an abiding confidence in the inno
cence of the Rev. gentleman, who has sought
in this mode a vindication of imputations cast
upon him, and a no less settled conviction that
the author of those imputations could never
have made them unless deceived by misrep
resentations, pr misled by delusive appearan
ces, 1 determined they consenting, tp become
the organ of communication between them,
the medium through whom whatever of mis
understanding, or mistake might exist, should
be corrected, without unnecessary publicity
or painful excitement. Accordingly, in a
spirit of candor, and a just conception by each
i of what was due to the other, the communica
| tion proceeded, and aided by other informa
-1 tion happily accessible, led to the result which
I it is my pleasure to offer for your considera
l tion.
Having been furnished by Col. Wm. Cum
ming, with a description of an incident which
had induced frequent expressions of opinion
by him unfavorable to the character of Mr.
Rogers, I submitted it for the consideration of
the latter. .
Mr. Rogers promptly recognized the in
cident referred to, and authorized me to say
that upon a careful review of the particulars
presented, he perceived, as be had not done
before, and admitted, that appearances were
such as to the apprehension of Col. Cumming
uninformed of other attending circumstances,
might seem to warrant the suspicion of an
improper design on his part. At the same
time he insisted that a thorough knowledge of
the facts, would have vindicated him, not only
from the imputation of improper act, or inten
tion, but even from that of imprudence.
Col Cumming, aftei a candid consideration
of additional facts brought to his knowledge,
made to me the following statement:
“Wm. Cumming thinks that he was fully
justified at the time, in regarding the appear
ances referred to, as furnishing grounds for a
most unfavorable opinion of Mr. Rogers. But
justice now requires him to state that he has
recently obtaineo (not from that gentleman)
an exposition of circumstances, which renders
those appearances entirely compatible with
the innocence of Mr. Rogers. 1 o make this
i known, Wm. Cumming considers not less due
to his own character, than to the other part#’
With this exculpation, voluntarily
as above stated, by the gentleman from wkern
emanated the imputations referred to, I can
not suppose that this Presbytery, convened at
the instance of a clergyman affected by them,
for an investigation, would desire a detail of
circumstances, in my opinion, properly with
held, when not demanded for the purposes of
justice. Nor is it believed that a just and gener
ous public will feel any prurient curiosity con
cerning an incident of no moment whatever
except as having excited suspicions, now hap
pily removed. Since the vindication of the
only party suspected, has been obtained, ii
were wanton cruelty to make public reference
to others, needing no vindication. Upon *this
subject, I have to say, for Mr. Rogers, that
whilst he did not ask that the facts be withheld
from the public, and would not desire it from
• i -.-.1 Li.vicnir JiA npvpr-
considerations personal to himself, he never
theless, for the cogent reasons above ifliuded
to, acquiesces in that course.
This is all that duty to the parties requires
of me; and here, perhaps, I ought to stop.
But in view of the information obtained, in
virtue of my confidential position, and of the
sacred relation subsisting between one sur
rounded by circumstances so peculiar, and the
many who worship statedly in this temple,
may I not presume yet a little further onwfe
kind indulgence which has granted me a hear-
"With I trust, a sufficiently exacting.esti
mate of clerical purity and propriety of de
meanor, I have subjected the conduct of Mr.
Rogers as exhibited in all the facts ascer-
tained and carefully collected—to a severe
scrutiny; and I solemnly aftirm, that lean
perceive no shade of culpability, no ground of
even the midest censure. And if my Reve
rend friend and Pastor will pardon liber
ty I will add my humble his
whole conduct’and bearing,
though the trying ordeal,
beauul’illy il itrirnted the—
Christain Minister.
Respectfully-submitted, b. . f
The following was appended to the paper .
presented as above:
I have examined the within statement pur
nortimr to have been made by me, and hereby
verify it. E. P. Rogers.
July 2, 1850.
I have examined the within statement
uurporting to have been made by me, and
hereby verify it. Wm. Cumming.
July 2, 1850.
No futher communications being ottered,
the Presbytery then proceeded to the appoint
ment of a committee consisting of Rev. Drs.
Church and Talmadge, Rev. Mr. Chamberlain,
and Messrs. John Cunningham and Wm. L.
Mitchell, Elders: to bring in a minute on the
subjects under consideration.
Presbytery then took a recess until haltpast
5, P. M., at which time the committee presen
ted the following report:
The committee to whom was referred the
subject now engaging the attention of the
Presbyterv, have the same under considera
tion, and report:
That they have directed their attention first,
to certain vague rumors which have been re
cently in circulation in the city of Augnsta,
injurious to the christain character of Rev.
Mr. Rogers, and, secondly, to the reported ex
pressions of opinion by Col. Wm. Cumming,
unfavorable to him, but containing no specific
tharge against him.
As to the rumors referred to, your commit
tee. after careful consideration, can see in them
nothing which calls for further investigation,
or which can injuriously affect the reputation
or disturb the peace of Mr. Rogers.
A>- regards the opinions expressed by Col.
Cumming, your Committee having examined
the paper this day presented by Mr. Jenkins,
are of the opinion that it clearly and fully ex
onerates Mr. Rogers from all unfavorable
imputations. Putting that matter in the stron
gest possible light against him, it would
amount simply to this, that there were appear
ances which while unexplained, were such as
were calculated to excite tn the mind of Col.
Cumming, injurious suspicious; aud who is
there occupying any public station, who is not
at some time, exposed to this peril . it w
enough to sav, that information subsequently
obtained (not from Mr. Rogers, but from other
sources,) changed the character of those ap
pearances, and made them entirely compatibly
Ctxmini.
Your Committee are happy in the belief
that the inquiry which has been instituted, af
fords abundant ass rance that the confidence
of the Church and congregation in Mr. Ro
gers, is in no way impaired, and that, as his
character cannot suffer, so his usefulness will
not be iminished.
Your Committee recommend the adoption of
the following resolutions:
Ist. Resolved, That in the judgment of this
Presbytery, there is no ground for any charge
against the Rev. E. P. Rogers, and that there
is nothing affecting his Christian character, or
which is likely tn impair his usefulness; and
that we fully and cordially exonerate him from
all censure.
2d. Resolved, That the paper presented by"
Mr. J nkins, be entered upon the minutes of
this body, and that it be published in connec
tion wiih this report.
The above report having been read and con
sidered, was unanimously adopted.
(Signed) F. R. GOULDING,
Moderator.
Francis Bowman, Stated Clerk.
From the Columbus Timos.
It is an old proverb, that “ it is good to be
taught by one’s enemy,” {fas est ab hosle do
cerif) — and we were reminded of it on read
ing a leader in the Philadelphia North Amer
ican Gazette, the Free Soil and administra
tion organ of that city, from which we take
the following sample :
The Two Compromises—lnterest of the
North.—ln the midst of the violent opposi
tion, political, sectional and personal, which
Gen. Tavlor’s administration has had, and still
has, to encounter—the wrongs which it suf
fers from malice, infidelity, and all unchar
itableness—one thing ought never to be for
gotten by Northern men, (and we commend
it to the recollection of tl e Whig State Con
vention whitch assembles in this city to-day.)
that his is the first and only administration
friendly to the North which has existed for
thirty years. *
SuciuaP'Tsfueiit the North ought to stand
-byyand it is bound to do so by every dictate
of gratitude and interest To abandon him
and his policy, is to abandon the North itselt;
and the Northern men who are now leagued
with his enemies in the attempt to break dmjjj|
his administration, are struggling to
back the former state of things, and to re-estab
lish the Southern policy of slavery-extension
and free trade, by whicn the republic has been,
so long distracted, and the North is now wo
unded in every industrial interest.
In speaking of Payne’s new discovery, the
New York Journal of Commerce, of the 27th
ult., under the head ot Gas Explosion, says:
“ A party composed of distinguished chemists
from this city, Princeton and Boston, and oth
er gentlemen interested, met at Worcester a
day or two since, to examine the apparatus
constructed by Mr. Payne, to illustrate his al
leged discovery of a new method of manufac
turing gas. Mr. Payne left town on the ap
proach of these gentlemen, but his brother re
mained to do the honors. They first visited
the machine at the exchange, which remains
in the‘damaged’ condition to which we allud
ed last week. They then adjourned to his
house, where the gas is shown burning, and
succeeded in detecting the trick by which vi
sitors have, heretofore, been deceived. They
will furnish a full account of the exhibition in
a day or two, and ‘ explode’ this humbug,
which has excited such a large share of pub
lic attention.”
The fair editress of the Zazoo City Whig is
“right out” on the Women’s Convention.
‘One thing is certain, (says she,) if the North
is going to be governed by women-folks we
shall urge the South to secede forthwith.
Women have power enough already to keep
the world in hot water
Mrs. Partington’s Last.—“ An act to
take the senses of the people! Well I vow,”
said Mrs. P., “if things ain’t coming to a
pretty pass;—these Legislatures want to take
every thing away from a body—l think they
might have left the senses alone, there’s pre
cious little of ’em to spare any how so say
ing, the old lady dropped her specs and relap
sed into a profound melancholy.
A correspondent of the Boston Post wishes
to know whether the body that Mr. Gliddon
unrolled was not that of bpurius Mummius, a
distinguished Roman, who flourished in the
i time of Cicero.
Augusta, (Georgia.
—— • (
“Saturday Morning, July 6, 1850.
The Celebration.
We regret that we are unable to give more
than a passing notice of the ceremonies and
festivities attendant upon the celebration of
the Anniversary of Independence in our city.
The day was ushered in by the roar of
artillery, and the stillness of the early morn
was broken by the inspiring sounds of the
drum and “ear-piercing fife.” At nine o’cl’k.
a procession consisting of the Augusta Di
vision Sons of Temperance, and others, ac-
cording to programme, was formed in front ot
the Masonic Hall under the marshalship of
Capt. Wm. McLaughlin. The Augusta
Brass Band preceded the procession, the line
of march being directly down Broad Street
to Centre, up Centre to Greene, thence to the
City Hall Park, where a large assemblage of
the intelligence and beauty of the city had col
lected to do honor to the occasion. After an
eloquent and impressive prayer by the Rev.
Win. J. Hard an opening ode was sung by
the choir, and the Declaration of Independ
ence was read by Lucien Lalaste, Esq., who
prefaced it with some remarks highly appro
priate to the occasion.
After music by the Band and a second ode
by the choir, the orator of the day, Mr. L. D.
Lallerstedt, arose and delivered an able and elo
quent address, which was characterized not
less for its manly tone than for its purity of
..i— - ...I richness of diction. Wo listened to
ilrfsiftJivery'vvii’h the amplest degree of satis
jjaction and we doubt not, from the enthusias-
Itic applause which frequently interrupted the
Speaker, thatthe large and intelligentauditory
were equally pleased and delighted. The
thoughts which he presented to the audience
were of a practical nature but still, highly re
fined, strengthened and beautified by power of
imagination. We cannot do the address jus
tice by any mere outline and will not attempt
the task.
We will only add, what perhaps is already
well known to the large majority of our rea
ders, thatthe gentleman is a most able and en
thusiastic champion of
“The sober Laws
Andholy dictates of spare Temperance.”
After the conclusion of the address and a
benediction by Rev W. J. Hard, the procession
resumed its former order and returned to the
Masonic Hall.
The festivities of the day were concluded
by a very brilliant display of fire works at the
City Hall, which afibrded a large amount of
enjoyment to our citizens, but more particular
ly the juvenile portion. We are fully confi
dent, that if he warm thanks of the childrm
will suffice '‘the city Fathers" for the gratifica
-tion thus afforded, they will receive them in
manifold abundance.
The people of the United States have at least
one holiday, which all classes take delight in
celebrating. And we believe it to be true,
that so long as we hold in reverence the day on
which our Liberty was declared; so long as we
commemorate the scenes which were enacted
on the 4lh of July, 177«, by the Patriots whose
glorious efforts established our independence,
ao long will our attachment and loyalty to the
institutions they bequeathed to us be cherished
and strengthened in the hearts of the people.
Southern Rights Meeting.
Tho proceedings of the meeting of the
friends of southern rights, and of the address,
...... , n .i r>-Tnr:yfr'l ; '-wi
wMU lis‘l- 1 ' ■ “T-
lurnn.
We rejoiced to see assembled at the City
Hall, on the evening of the Fourth, one of the
hrgest political assemblages we have ever
witnessed in this city. The fire of true south
ern feeling, independence and honor, burned
brightly in that assembly. Beauty was there te
grace the occasion with its charms. We gather
ed fresh courage from the manifestations which
were made, of a pervading sentiment of heart
felt devotion to the rights of our much wrong
ed section of the Union. Every eye flashed
the fire of determined opposition to further ag
-gression on the part of the nonslaveholding
states. It was a source ot regret to all, that
owing to the continued indisposition of our ve
mrable representative at Nashville, Dr. J. G.
McWhorter, he was unable to be present.
Many were disappointed that they could not
hear his eloquent voice on an occasion so full
of interest, and to which his great abilities
add so much.
Os the speech of Mr. Dawson, the other de
legate, it does not become us to speak. The
Senior Editor will be excused for simply stat
ing, that it was full of the zeal and true spirit
So characteristic of that gentleman in the great
Cause which called the people together.
The Resolutions were passed with great
unanimity, but one or two votes having been
given against them.
The crowded state of our columns, pre
vents our saying what we would say on seve
ral topics of great importance connected with
the meeting, and embodied in the resolutions.
We cannot, however, omit to commend the
last resolution to the consideration of the peo
ple of Georgia and the South. The people
want light. Nothing is so well calculated to
afford it as the formation of Southern Rights
Associations. Unity of action is of the ut
most importance ; that is the way to effect it.
We hope the friends of Southern rights will
Jfeu and establish associations, or clubs, in
every county, which will snatch this great
question from the fangs of party, and send
light and truth on thousands of glittering
shafts, to arouse our people to a true sense of
their condition, and to immediate and effective
resistance to the shameful bondage to which
they are in danger of being sutyected.
Hopewell Presbytery.
We publish with much pleasure the pro
ceedings of the Presbytery, assembled at t e
request of the Rev. Mr. Rogers, to investigate
certain rumors in circulation prejudicial to his
character. We participate in the feeling of
gratification which pervades our community,
that an affair, which has caused so much pain
ful exc tement, has terminated honorably to
all parties. We are not at all anxious to know
more than appears in the published proceed
ings, which will leave nothing more to be call
ed for in the minds of any.
It has been a most unpleasant controversy,
bat it has terminated pleasantly, and therefore
w» say, “ peace to its ashes.”
Cotoosa Springs.
We refer the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of Messrs. Battey, Hickman
& McDonald, in another column. We will
take occasion in a future number to dwell
more fullv upon the qualities of these Springs,
and the charming scenery in their vicinity.
Enlargement of Society.—We are plea
sed to notice by the arrivals from sea on Satur
day, the appearance of some fifty or sixty of the
fairer sex in full blood. They are from all
quarters—some from Yankee-land, others from
John Bull country, and quite a constellation
from merrv France. One Frenchman brings
twenty—all, they say, beautiful! The bay
was dotted by flotillas of young men, on the
announcmei|t 'of this extraordinary importation.
[ —[California paper.
Southern Rights Meeting.
A very large and respectable meeting of the
citizens of Richmond county, agreeably to
previous notice, assembled at the City Hall,
on the evening of the 4th, to consider the pro
ceedings of the Nashville Conveniion.
On motion of John Phinizy, Jr., Esq., Mar
tin M. Dye, Esq., and Dr. I. P. Garvin, were
called to preside, and Jno. C. Snead and Geo.
G. McWhorter, Esqs., were requested to act
as Secretaries.
After the object of the meeting was an
nounced by one of the presiding officers, it
was addressed in a very eloquent and spirited
manner, by Andrew 11. 11. Dawson, Esq.,
one oi the Delegates to the Nashville Con
vention from the Bth Congressional District.
The absence of Dr. McWhorter, the other
Delegate, was excused to the meeting, on ac
count of his continued ill-health.
The large court room of the City Hall was
I crowded almost to suffocation, and the passa
ges and yard were filled with persons, who
could not gain an entrance. Many ladies gra
ced the meeting with their presence.
James M. Smythe, E»q., being called upon
by the meeting to address it, excused himself
•n account of the great heat of the room, and
the continued detention of the ladies within
and without the Hal), in so unpleasant a situ
ation. He proceeded, however, after a few
prefatory remarks, to move the following Res
olutions, approving of the proceedings of the
Convention at Nashville, which were passed
almost unanimously—but a single voice in the
negative being i card by the assembly at large,
and only one or two other voices, in a low
tohe, being said to be neard by those in their
’immediate neighborhood.
1 Resolved, That we cordially approve of
the zeal, fidelity, and ability, with which the
delegates of Georgia maintained the rights and
honor of the State and the south, in the South
ern Convention. , ~ ,
2 Resolved, That the address and resolu
tions of the Convention, embodying, as they
do, impregnable arguments and constitutional
principles, elicit our highest approbation; and
that we will cheerfully, warmly, and deter
minately sustain the conclusions at which it
arrived. „ t
3. Resolved, That the so called compromise
of the Committee of Thirteen, whether in its
support of the fraudu ent admission of Cali
fornia into the Union, or its abolition of the
slave trade in the District of Columbia, or its
fugitive slave bill, so arranged as to invade the
sovereignty of the States by legislation upon
the subject of Slavery within their limits—or
sits deceptive schemes of establishing territorial
governments for Utah and New Mexico, with
a nominal exclusion of the Wilmot 1 roviso,
but its practical application to the territories,
or its unblushing sacrifice of Southern politi
cal power, in proposing the monstrous scheme
ofapprop iating a large sum of money, say
ten or fifteen millions of dollars, to purchase
of the slave State of Texas 125,000 square
miles of her territory to add it to New Mexico
and increase, by false pretences the anti-sla
very power of the country, ought not to receive
the sanction of the people, whose rights, whose
sovereignty, whose honor, and whose safety
will be involved inits consummation and adop
11C Resolved, That the policy of Gen. Tay
lor, in admitting California and New Mexico
into the Union at once, and the other territo
ry as soon as possible, exhibits an utter dis
regard of precedent, justice, equal and consti
tutional rights, and the future prosperity and
security of the south, and deserves to receive
the resolute and scornful opposition of every
friend of the south.
5. Resolved, That the Rio Grande, frem its
mouth to its source, is the western boundary
of Texas, to whicli she has a perfect chain of
title; and any act of the government of the
U. States, in aid of New Mexico, in her prepos
terous pretensions to portions of Texan terri
tory east of that river, would bean outrage
upon the sovereignty of Texas, and, on tl e
government, a faithless act of ty-
wfoch
have been taken by proclamation of Col Mon
roe at Santa Fe, and subsequent proceedings,
to dismember Texas by violence, and estab
lish a State constitution (preparatory to ad
mission into the Union) for the people of New
Mexico, when there are not fifteen hundred
American citizens in the whole territory, and
the other inhabitants are a mongrel mixture
of several races, t o debased in ignorance, stu
pidity and vice, as to be utterly unprepared to
take position as a State in our federal Union.
7. Resolved, That in this new difficulty be
tween New Mexico and the Administration
on the one hand, and Texas on the other, our
sympathies are warmly enlisted in favor of
Texas by every regard which should be bad
for right, justice, and the good faith of the
United States.
8. Resolved, That the act of Col. Monroe,
whether perpetrated by his own will, or under
orders from those in authority at Washington,
is an outrage and insult, not alone to Texas,
but to the whole South and should be resist
ed by both in common.
9. Resolved, That the North has wronged
the South without excuse or justification, and
exhibiting as yet no disposition to relax .her
aggressions, the latter owes it to her honor, and
her safety, to resist them now, “ at all hazards,
and to the last extremity.”
10. Resolved, That for the sake of the
Union and as an oblation upon its altar to
procure peace and reconciliation between the
North and the South, notwithstanding we be
lieve the Missouri compromise was a great con
cession on the part of the South, still we would
meet the North upon that line, with a distinct
understanding that slavery should have a free
and unmolested admission to the territory
South of it.
11. Resolved, That as a means of arousing
the people of the South to a full sense of their
danger, and of protecting their rights, Asso
ciations or Clubs should be formed in every
county of the State and the South, for the
purpose of procuring unity of action and dis
seminating light among the people.
On motion of John Phinizy, Jr., E«q.,
Resolved, That this meeting adjourn to meet
on next Saturday week, ‘or the purposes men
tioned in the last resolution; and that
the ciiy papers be requested to publish ths
proceedings of this mee ing.
I. P. GARVIN, ) r ..
M.M. DYE, J Chmn '
John C. Snead, / Secretaries.
Geo. G. McWhorter, $
Letter from Judge Sharkey.
Jackson, Mi., 21st June, 1850.
To the Editor of the Mississippi Southron :
Dear Sir:—An opinion expressed by me
in a letter to the Hon. H. S. Foote, approving
the plan of compromise introduced into the
Senate by the committee of thi. teen, is being
used as evidence that the South would be con
tent with the terms of the compromise. That
opinion may receive an undue weight from the
circumstance that I was chosen President of
the Nashville Convention, and the inference
may be drawn that a majority of the delegates
concurred in approving the c mpromise. The
reverse, however, is true. The compromise
had but few friends in the Convention. And
that no opinion of mine may be used to de
stroy, ist any degree, the force of the action of
the Convention, a further explanation may be
necessary.
The letter was written at a time when it was
believed by me, as well as by others, not only
here but elsewhere, that the Convention move
ment would result in a total failure. Some of
the States had declined to appoint delegates ;
it was believed the delegates appointed by oth
ers would not attend, and everywhere great
opposition was manifested towards the mea
sure. It seemed impossible to rally the South
in vindication of her rights. The advices from
Washington City seemed to dispel any hope of
a creditable Convention, and a failure could
have no other effect than to encourage the ag
gressions on the South.
It was also believed that the Compromise
was the best that could possibly be obtained ;
so, indeed, I was distinctly informed. Under
such circumstances I wrote the letter referred
to, in reply to one which contained but a syl
labus of the Compromise, not having seen the
details of the measure. But, in expressing
that opinion, I did not intend to admit that the
South was entitled to nothing more. My opi
nions on the subject of our rights are too well
known. I trust, to be the subject of doubt. I
had repeatedly declared that the South was en
titled to an equal portion of the new territories.
Sinco that letter was written, the Nashville
Convention has met. Its enemies have been
disappointed, and its friends gratified. It is
now seen that the South is alive to her inte
rests and her rights. Tho Convention was
called for the purpose of enabling the South
ern States to consult together, and to know
each other’s sentiments. After full delibera
tion, the Convention, by undivided opinion, re
solved that the South was entitled at least to
claim to have the Missouri Compromise line
extended to the Pacific, which would give her
a part of California.
This plan received my cordial support. It
was the one for which I had indicated a pre
ference before 1 left for the Convention. Il
recommends itself by its entire justice. Inttns
the South is yielding more than ought to be
demanded of her, hut for the sake of harmo
ny she may with propriety accede to It. I did
not go into the convention with any other mo
tive than to preserve our rights by acting in
concert wilh others, and was fully prepared to
act in a spirit of compromise; and whatever
opinions I may have entertained or expressed,
I am now under obligations to carry out the
views of the Conveniion. Every man who
went into it was at least impliedly bound to
abide by its action ; and this obligation is the
more cheerfully admitted by me, as all its
measures seemed to have in view a due re
gard for the Union and the preservation of
the Constitution. And 1 trust the whole
South will unite, in a spirit of firm determina
tion, to insist upon the line of compromise
which we have recommended. This shall
be my course, and I hope by pursuing it to
accomplish the preservation of the Union un
impaired. It is proper to state that my opin
ions were freely communicated here as well
as at Nashville, and I make this communica
tion not to vindicate myself against the charge
of inconsistency—l am wholly indifferent on
that subject—but solely for the purpose of
' placing the action of the Convention m its
true light. Your ob’t. serv’t,
W. Ju. Shark
Saiitiivrii Convention.
REMARKS OF MR. COLQUITT.
Mr. Colquitt, said the resolutions were tame
enough in all conscience. We in the South,
he said, have for years been engaged in plan
ing schemes for partv aggrandizement, and it
was time for this to cease. Men should speak
out what they felt. Let the rights of the South
be really infracted, and he did not know
the Southern Slate or the humblest man in
the ranks who would not come up and face
the politicians. He was willing to have mar
gin enough incorporated in the report to suit
the views of gentlemen who might wish
to address the people, but he was for decided
measures. He would advise every Southern
State to go to moulding bullets, casting can
non, und filling their arsenals, if need be, in
order to defend tneir rights. Was he a Dis
unionist? The Union, ho would say could
not be destroyed, but he was not for tame sub
mission! The Union was dear alike to all.
North and South; and if the people North loved
the Union as he did, il would be preserved.
But every man, woman and child, Sou'h of the
Potomac, was willing to die for their rights. It
seemed to resolve itselfinto this, at lust if he
. just exactly did know how much to ask for in
the settlement of this controversy, and he
. could get what he so desired, the Almighty
knew he would ask for just that much and no
more. ... ,
Mr. C. illustrated his position by a humor
ous story in substance—that a fellow in Geor
gia had purchased a new pair of “gallowses,
and wished for an opportunity to display them.
At a muster therefore, he pretended he wished
to finht [in order to get a chance to pull off his
coat] But it proved to be a fight sure enough
and the mover in it got whipped. Mr. C.
hoped the Delegateshad not come to the Con
vention to show their “gallowses!” He did
not want any dodging either, and he hoped
that every delegate would take the ■
bilitv and come out over his owtl name in
what he did. .
He was briefly and handsomely replied to by
Messrs. Mcßea and Stuart, of Mississippi, and
Jud«e Hunter of Alabama, having secured the
floor, on motio , the convention adjourned to
half past four o’clock.
Afternoon Session.—Judge Hunter hav
in<T the floor, proceeded to reply to the remarks
of Mis Colquitt. He regretted the necessity
~t...h I-Jlnd nor nvnvl
cowardice conveyed in the speech of the gen
tieman from Georgia. Men rose here to talk
flippantly of their love for the Union, while
raising their hands to tear it to tatters. He
would ask, was there no other man here but
himself devoted to the preservation of the
Union/ Was it to be expected that the Con
vention would adopt views which not one in
ten or one in fifty of the people would sustain?
He came here with a heartfull of the spirit and
the temper of compromise, and he accepted
the resolutions without a word of dissent al
though they did not fill his ideas fully; altho’
they did not agree with the positions assumed
in all of them. He stood there as the sole
representative of his Congressional District,
and as such he was willing, notwithstanding
his objections, to take the Resolutions present
ed by his colleague. But did the Address cor
respond with the Resolutions—was it based
upon it? It should have been fitted for the
Resolutions, and was it so fitted ? No, it was
not! They had gone in the Address beyond
the limits of the Resolutions. He would say
to the author of the Address, whoever he might
be that it was calculated to work evil at
home—to inflame the passions of the people.
Although there were not many here who
agreed with him, yet there were more per
haps, than gentlemen might think; and they
who differed had the courage to declare them
selves. Before he could see disunion carried
out he was against the Address and for the
“Compromise” a thousand times over.—
[Stamping in the gallery tn approbation ]
There, said Judge H., was the voice that
cheered him on—that would continue to cheer
him on. He disagreed with those who drafted
the Address, in rela ion to the portion that re
lated to California especially, and the Address
characterized the Compromise of the Commit
tee ot Thirteen as a comprehensive scheme of
emancipation. [Here Gen. Gordon explained
that this portion had been stricken out. Judge
H. accepting the explanation.] Other ex
pressions and portions of the Address were
objectionable, other positions were overstated.
Such action was calculated to exercise a bad
influence at Washington and to awaken the
passions of the people, which he considered to
be wrong. He would pay his humble tribute
of admiration to the gentleman from Missis
sippi (Mr. Mcßae,) for his noble conduct here
to-day, and for himself, he repeated, he would
take the compromise a thousand times in pre
ference to disunion.
Mr. Winston, of Alabama, sai he arose to
express his dissent to nearly all that had fallen
from his colleague on this occasion. He had
heard too much about the Union —the glorious
Union ! but when it became an instrument of
oppression, then it became infamous. He did
not care for the demonstrations —the stamping
in the galleries, it did not move him. His
health would not permit him to make a • peech,
but coming as he did, from the same State, he
could not be silent.
Mr. Newton said he had not intended to speak
on the occasion. His colleague and friend
(Mr. Gholson) had asked, however —if in
case the Compromise Bill was passed, would
he be willing to dissolve the Union ? He had
no right to put such a question. He himself
was not, however, for timid counsels, any
more than for rash ones. What was the fact
with regard to the proposed Compromise?
Why, five out of six of the propositions were
in favo- of the Norlh. Was that a compro
mise which proposed to take for a single free
State nine hundred and sixty miles on the
shores of the Pacfic, cutting us out forever
from all the commerce of Asia and that quar
ter of the world, and confining us to our own
shores here at home ? The day had passed
when he knew the distinctions of party, in
common parlance, and South, there ought not
to be any distinctions recognised between
Whig and ’ lemocrat on these questions. He
had fought for Whig principles with all the
ardor of his nature ; but he could tell party
leaders that party ties were broken, and they
must look to the people hereafter for guidance
He came from the county which was the
birth-place of Washington, and in that county
they recognized no distinction of sentiment up
on th"! questions which had brought him there
He yet hoped that his friend and colleague
and himself would go home to co-eperate in
measures, withstanding the slight differen
ces of opinion now existing between them.
Curiosities for the Museum.
A secret society composed of ladies.
The coat-sleeve of an arm of the sea.
A lock of hair from the head of navigation.
A beefsteak cooked in a “ blazejtf jjlory - 1
Key to a lock of
Clams from the “ sea of troubles,”
Ravellii'gs from the web of circumstances.
Teeth from the mouth of the Kentucky cavern.
Slippers made on the last of summer.
A map of the land of dreams.
Stem to the pipe of peace.
The shadow of a doubt pieserved in a small
phial.
Silver buckles from the knees of a ship.
An apple from the “tree of knowledge.’
Splinters from a beam of light.
Seeds from the apple of the c y e , - ,
Part of Ihe “bone of contention.”
MARRIED-
In this city, on Thursday evening, 27th
June, by the Rev. Mr. Pierce, Mr. EdwardC.
Thompson to Miss Margaret A. Philpot.
In Muscogee county, on the 2l}!fc lfft.,
the residence of Wm. . Rockmore, by R. i
W. Carnes, Esq., Mr Thomas Hunt of Jones 1
county, to Mrs. Mary Renfroe. If
DIED, W
In Columbus, on the 24ih ult. Mary Jane
Wallace, only daughter of Emma (/. and Er
H. Musgrove, aged 1 year 4 months and 14 «
days. ... , B
"CHERHY PECTORAL: J
For die Cure of
COUGHS, COLDS,
HOARSENESS, BRONBMi
CHITIS, CROUP,
wAtfflgMX'TX. ‘m
li.nice of the afflicted as it is the most certata
cure known for the above complaints. While it '
is a powerful remedial agent in the most despe
rate and almost hopeless cases of Consumption) it _
is also, in diminished doses, one of the mildest
and most agreeable family medicines for conJ
mon coughs and colds. Bead below the opmidt
of men who are known to the world, and tit,
woild respect their opinions. i
FROM PROFESSOR HITCHCOCK.
“James C. Ayer—Sir: I have used your [
‘CHERRY PECTORAL,’ in my own case of
deep-seated Bronchitis, and am satisfied from its
chemical constitution that it is an admirable
compound for the relief of laryngial and bronchial
difficulties. If my opinion as to its superior cha- , ,
racter can be of any service you are at liberty to
use it as you think proper.
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, LLD.,
President of Amherst College.
From the “LONDON LANCET.”
“AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL is one of
the most valuable prepa-ations that has fallen
under our notice. After a careful examination,
we do not hesitate to say we have a large appre
ciation of its merits and the fullest confidence* in
its usefulness for coughs and lung complaints.
! Dr. Brewster, of Windham Co., Conn., sends
I us the following testimony.—
• Dr. J. C. Ayer—Dear Sir:—l enclose you a
( certificate from Mrs. Catharine R. Cady, a highly
, respectable lady of this village, wife ot Mr. Seth
Cady, Deputy Sheriff, Windham Co., Connect-
. ient. The cure in her case was very prouipt,
and has attracted general attention.
W. A. BREWSTER, M. D.
West Kili.inuly, Ct., Sept. 1848.
This may certify that I was afflicted with a
very severe cough in the winter of ’47-8, wh-.ch
threatened to terminate in Consumption. I had
tried many medicines in vain, and was cured by
he use of‘AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL?
CATHERINE
DIRECT EVIDENCE.
Dr. J.C. Ayer. Lowell —Dear Sir:—Feeling
under obligations to you for the restoration of my
health, I send you a report of my case, which
you are at liberty to publish for the benefit of oth
ers. Last autumn 1 took a bad cold, accompani
ed by a severe cough, and made use oi many me
dicines without obtaiirng relief. I was obljjred
to give up business, frequently raised blood,
could get no sleep at night. A friend gave me aM
bottle of your CHERRY PEC TORAL the tisiM
of which I immediately commenced according
directions. I have just purchased the fifth
tie: and am marly
cue i n ‘ n
Principal Mt. Hope Seminary.
From Dr. Bryant, Druggist and Postmaster,
Chicopee Falls, Mass:—
Dr. J. C. Ayer—Dear Sir:—Enclosed nleaso
find remittance for all the CHERRY P.ECTO
RAL last sent me. 1 can unhesitatingly say,
that no medicine we sell gives such satisfaction
as your’s does; nor have I ever seen a medicine
which cured so many cases of Cough and Lung
Complaints. Our Physicians are using it ex
tensively in their practice, and with the happiest
effects, Truly yours, D. M. BRYANT.
PREPARED BY J. C. AYER, CHEMIST, LOWELL, MASS.
Sold wholesale aud retail by Haviland. Rib
lev 4- Co,, W. K. &. Co. Kitchen, Augusta, Ga.;
Wm. Root, Marietta; A. Carter, Columbus; S. T
Mims, Edgefield C. H. S. C. aud by druggists
and dealers iu Medicine generally throughout
the State. June?.
A LIFE RESCURED FROM THE VER
GE OF THE GRAVE!!—Mrs. Eggart
(resit.es on Race, three doors above Eighth) says
that she has been consumptive for the last six
years, aud during the last year all remedies failed.
Coughs most distressing, cold night sweats, hec
tic fever, cold chills every day, debilitated and
reduced to a mere skeleton, and the blood now
settled under my nails, and my lungs ulcerated
both externally and internally, aud my physician
now called in a celebrated Lung Doctor, who
said that there was no hope of my recovering.
Some of my friends called in to take their last
leave!!! With a faint hope I now commenced
taking Dr. Rogers’ Liverwort and Tar—and what
a happy change. I now
than I have since I was fourteen years of age, ■
and have gained in flesh from ninety to one hun
dred and forty pounds within the last three
months.
We the undersigned state that we are acquain
ted and visited Mrs. Eggart during her sickness,
and believe the above statement to be true.
JOHN MELF.NDY,
D. K. LEAVITT.
Deacons of the First Congregational Church.
Cincinnati, D c. Ist, 1847.
Jew David’s, or Hebrew Plaster. I
This popular Plaster hag
been known to cure Rheu
matism permanently in
i three weeks, and Gout in
1 half that time, by removing
local inflamatioii from <ho
I muscles and ligaments of
' the joints. ’There is not a
family in the United States
that would consent to be
without the Plaster a sin
gle day if they knew its
value.
The genuine is for sale by Haviland, Ris
ley, A Co., Augusta, Ga., Barrett Carter,
fc Co., and by dealers in Medicines throughout
.he South. jeo
ENDLESS CHAIN PUMP.
ritllE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in-
JL form the citizens of Augusta, and the
public generally, that he has fitted up on
Green-street in the rear of Messrs. Baker &.
Hart’s store, one of his new and improved End
less Chain Pumps, which he will take pleasure in
showing to any who may wish to examine it.
These Pumps are superior to any other used, and
are generally in use on the Georgia Railroad.
The advantages ar« their exemption from getting
out of order, greater cheapness and facility iu
using them. 'The Chain consists of galvanized
iron, which resists any effects of the water .which
is raised by metal elevators with great ease and in
a few moments.
The water is always brought up fresh from the
bottom of the well.
Those who may wish to purchase can call
upon the subscriber at Warrenton, or Mr. Rob
ert H. Mav, of Augusta. All orders attended to
promptly, with instructions to put them up.
je6 E. HALE.
EFS. S. Oslin, Practicing Physician and
Surgeon, Knoxville, Ga. m 25 ts
O’ Dr. IM. 13- Swinney tenders his
professional services to the inhabitantsof Warren
ton and Warren county. He has the experience
of eight years in the practice of Medicine. Office
Planters* Hotel. april 13
u* ED WARD’S Exchange and
BOWLING SALOON—3 doors above City
Hall, Nashville, Tennessee. je2o-wtwlm
S '1.,..-'ll BKI SH !■>. Horse HairEWß'J:
L GLOVES and Horie Hair Flesh
Also, Hun Brushes, Spougea. &c., Ac.,
ceived and sale by P. A. MOISE,