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About Constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1851)
ttsfMimaliat K Ktqrahlir. JAMES GARDNER, JR., ) AND > Editors. JAMES M. SMYTHE, ) The Three Brides.—A Thrilling Story. “Do you see," said the sexton, “those three hillocks ronderj side by side? There sleeps three brides whose history lam about to relate. Look there, sir, on yonder hill you may observe a little desolate house, with a little straggling fence in front, and a few stunted apple trees on the ascent behind it. It is sadly out of repair now, and the garden is now overgrown with weeds and bram bles, and the whole place has a desolate appear ance. If the winds were high now you might here their crazy shutters flapping against'the sides, and the wind tearing the gray shingles olf the roof. Many years ago there lived in that house an old man. who cultivated the few acres of ground that belonged to it. “The father was a self taught man, deeply versed in the mysteries of science, and as he could tell the name of every flower that blossomed in the wood or grew in the garden, and used to sit up late at night at his books, or reading the mys tic story of the starry heavens, men thought he was crazed or bewitched, and avoided him as the ignorant ever shun the gifted and the enlighten ed. A few there were, and among others, the minister, the lawyer, and the physician of the place, who showed a willingness to afford him countenance, but they soon dropped his acquain tance, for they found the old man somewhat re served and morose, and moreover their vanity was wounded on discovering the extent of his knowledge. “To the minister he would quote the fath ers and the scriptures in the original tongue, and showed himself well armed with the weapons of polemic controversy. He astonished the lawyer with his profound acquaintance with jurispru dence; and the physician was surprised at the extent of his medical knowledge. So all of them deserted him, and the minister, from whom he differed in some trilling point of doctrine, spoke very lightly of him and by; and by looked on the self educated farmer with eyes of aversion. “He instructed his son in all his lore; the lan guages, literature, history, philosophy and science; were unfolded or.e by one to the enthusiastic son of the solitary. Years rolled away and the old man died. He died when a storm convulsed the face of nature; when the wind howled around the sheltered dwelling, and the lightning played above the roof, and though he went to heaven in faith and purity, the vulgar thought and said that the Evil One had claimed his own in the elements. I cannot paint to you the grief of the son at this bereavement. He was for a moment once dis tracted. The minister came and muttered a lew hollow phrases in his ear, and a few neighbors, impelled by curiosity to see the interior of his dwelling, came to the funeral. With a proud and lofty look, the son stood above the dust and the dead, in the midst of the band of hypocritical mourners, with a pang at his heart but serenity upon his brow. He thanked his friends for then kindness, acknowledged their courtesy, and then strode away from the grave, to bury his griefjn the privacy of the deserted dwelling. “He found at last the solitude of the mansion almost insupportable, and he paced the ebony floor from morning till night, in all the agony of woe and desolation, vainly importuning heaven for relief. It came to him in the guise of poetic inspiration. lie wrote with wonderful ease and power. Page after page came from his prolific pen, almost without an effort; and there was a time when he dreamed (vain fool) of immortali ty. Some of his productions came before the world. They were praised and circulated, and inquiries set on foot in the hope of discovering the author. He, wrapped in the veil of impene trable obscurity, listened to the voice of applause, more delicioushecausc itjwas obtained by stealth. From the obscurity of yonder lone mansion, and tswir Witts Vw tsuttsV \wy» -wrWkakl ' t\un wur\v\, wna ViuWadi w itVtvmv'* *«» V\i« vUnunry VwwA. “His thirst for fame had been gratified, and he now began to yearn for the companionship of some sweet being of the softer sex, to share with him the laurels he had won, and to whisper con solation in his ear in the moments of des|iondeu cy, and to supply the void which the death of u lather had occasioned. He would picture to him .sel! the felicity of a relined intercourse with a highly intellectual and beautiful woman, and as tie had chosen for his motto, “whatever has been done may be done,” he did not despair of success. “In this village lived three sisters, all beautiful and accomplished. Their names were Mary. Adelaide and Madeline. I um far enough past the age of enthusiasm, but never can I forget the beauty of those young girls. Mary was the youngest, and a fairer haired, more laughing damsel never danced upon the green. Adelaide, who was a few years older, was dark haired and pensive; but of the three, Madeline, the eldest, possessed the most lire, spirit, cultivation and intellectuality. Their father, a man of taste and education, and being somewhat above the vulgar prejudices, permitted the visits of the hero of my story. Still he did not encourage the alfection he found springing up between Mary and the poet. When, however, he found that her affections were engaged, he did not withhold his consent from their marrage, and the recluse bore to his mansion the young bride of his alfections. Oh, sir, the house assumed a new appearance within and without. “Roses bloomed in the garden, jassamines peep ed through the lattices, and the fields about it smiled with the effects of careful cultivation. Lights were seen in the little parlor in the even ing; and many a time would the passenger pause by the garden gate to listen to strains of the sweetest music breathed by choral voices from 'he cottage. If the mysterious student and his wife had been neglected by the neighbors, what cared they? Their enduring mutual affection made their home a little paradise. But death came to Eden. Mary suddenly fell sick, and after a few hours’ illness, died in the arms of her husband and her sister Madeline. This was the student’s second heavy affliction. “Days, months rolled on, and the solace of the bereaved was to sit with the sisters of the de ceased and talk of the lost one. To Adelaide he offered his widowed heart. The bridal was not one of revelry and mirth. Yet they lived hap pily, and the rose again blossomed in the garden. But it seemed as if fatality pursued this singular man. When the rose withered and the leaf fell, in the mellow autumn of the year, Adelaide too sickened and died liked her sister in the arms of [ her husband and Madeline. “Perhaps you will think it strange, young man, that after all, the wretched survivor stood again at the altar. Madeline! I will remember her. She was a beauty in the true sense ol the word —she might have sat upon a throne, and the most loyal subject, the proudest peer, would have j sworn the blood in her veins descended from a hundred kings. She loved the widowed for his j power and his fame, and she wedded him. “They were married in that church—it was on j a summer afternoon—l recollect it well. During s the ceremony the blackest cloud I ever saw over- J spread the heavens, and the moment this bride . pronounced her vow a clap of thunder shook the * building to its centre. .All the females shrieked, , but the bride herself made the response, with a t steady voice, and her eye glistened with a wild j lire as she gazed upon her bridegroom. When arrived at this house,she sunk upon the threshold; but this was the timidity of the maiden. i “When they were alone he clasped her hand I and it was cold as ice! He looked into her face f —‘Maiden,’ said he, ‘what means this? Your t cheek is as pale as your wedding gown.’ The v bride uttered a trantic shriek. ‘My wedding t gown” exclaimed she, no, no—this is my sister’s ji shroud! The hour of confession has arrived. It c is God that impels me to speak. To win you I b lost my own soul. 1 es, yes—l am a murderess! tl She smiled on me in the joyous affection of her tl young heart—but I gave her the fatal drug. ! Adelaide twined her white arms around my | neck, but I administered thq poison! Take me to your arms; I have lost my soul for you, and mine you must be!’ “And then'” continued he, in a hollow voice, “at that moment came the thunder, and the guil ty woman fell dead on the floor!” The coun tenance of the narrator expressed all he felt. “And the bridegroom!” asked I, “the husband of the destroyer and the victims—what became of trim?” “He tlamii before you!" vas the thrilling an swer. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore American.) Arrival of the Humboldt. New York, Oct. Bth, 9 P. M. The steamer Humboldt has arrived with Lon don dates of September 24th, 4 days later news, and 1.30 passengers. She brings a moderate car go of French and Continental merchandise. The Atlantic arrived at Liverpool on the 24th, after a passage of ten days and twenty hours. The Hermann arrived at Cowes on the 21st, in four teen days and eighteen hours.—The Asia arriv ed at Liverpool on the same day, in ten days and fourteen hours. England. —An abundant harvest warrants the anticipation of a steady increase of bullion in the Bank of England. The steamship Avon arrived at Southampton with $1,500,000 in specie, the greater part being from California. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, is continuing his tour throughout Ireland. Great preparations are now making through out Ireland for the reception of the Queen on her contemplated tour. The intelligence of the compete failure of the Lopez expedition in Cuba had been received in Liverpool. It produced much satisfaction in England, and hopes were entertained by the Lon don journals that no further attempts would be made by marauding parties to disturb the Island. The suspension of the extensive house of Mart land & Awkes had been announced in Liver pool. The trade at Nottingham has been much im proved. The great Exhibition at London continues to become more attractive as the period of its final closing approaches. During what are called shilling days,the attendance averages about sixty five thousand persons. The English funds have been subject to slight speculation and depression by the prevailing un certainty in commercial circles. The influx of bullion from all quarters has been very large. France. —The French Capitol has been much agitated by rumors respecting a change in the ministry, which had produced a decline in funds. The Government had, however, issued an official denial of the reports, wh;ch tended in a manner to restore confidence. Several presses had been seized for publishing certain obnoxious articles against the Govern ment. It is stated that just previous to the next ses sion ol the Assembly, Napoleon will make his tour through the Provinces, and then something definite will be learned from him respecting his intentions with regard to the Presidency. The French Government is said to be positively ne gotiating a treaty with Switzerland. Spain.—Letters from Madrid to the 18th state that the Government was about to send 0,000 or 8,000 more troops to Havana. A warlike feel ing prevails at the Capital, and it was urged by some that it would be better for Spain to declare war against the United States, and thus take the iniutive, since it was feared she would inevitably lose Cuba if tilings remained in statu quo. Be sides it was not thought that a foreign war would much damage Spain, as she had little commerce, while the excitement would draw off the atten tion of the population from internal affairs, ami furnish employment to thousands during tiie winter. The capture of hundreds of American merchant ships was also looked forward to a set otV ampMuoi Vom us C.uW. 'i'Via ltnw a of Uo> \*T«* caplutn and exac.uUuu \tu.«V not tVien raarYi et\ Wpnin. Portuual.—Lisbon advices state that politi cal aHiiirs were again in an uncertain condition, owing to the decided stand taken by the Catal ista party, who, it was feared, would interfere to prevent the election, and whose movements were not displeasing to the Queen. Italy.—The Neapolitan Government has published an official reply to the charges made by the Hon. Mr. Gladstone. The London Times says that this puplication will by no means efface the obloquy which Mr. Gladstone’s letter to Lord Aberdeen threw u|>oii the administration of criminal practice in Naples. Germany.—The yearly budget of the Dutch Government shows a surplus lor the year of $2. 000,000. Austria.—A letter of the 18th states that im portant deliberations had taken place at the Ministry of War, oil the possibility of reducing the army within the limits of the budget of 1852. The Emperor visited Mantua on the 17th. The Vienna papers say, though it is not gen erally believed, that the houses of Rothschild and others have subscribed four out of the eight , million Government loan. The Governments of Austria and Modena i have agreed to erect a line of telegraph from t Venice to the coniines of the Papal States. s Pi'RussiA. —A|treaty of commerce between Belgium and Prussia has been ratified, i Markets. Cotton since the Canada sailed has been dull, . but prices are unchanged. The average daily f sales have been 5,000 bales. Good brands Flour were commanding full rates. Corn was lirmly held, and some papers , quote an advance of Od. , The London Money market was easier. Con i s °l s closed at 90] a 90J for money. American Stocks were firm. Trade at Manchester was active, and prices well sustained. Father Mathew and the American Steam ers.—We have heretofore adverted to the fact that E. K. Collin*. Esq., in behalf of the United States Mail Steamship Company, at New York, had tendered to Father Mathew a passage across the Atlantic, in one of their fine ocean steamers. In Father Mathew’s response, he says: “ I have been borne to the shores of your re public through a similar act of kindness on the part of my dear and much valued friends, the Messrs. Grinnell, who kindly placed at my dis posal one of those splendid packets, which, as a class, form that extensive mercantile marine whose flag proudly floats from the Baltic to the Indian seas. In accepting your kind offer. I take my departure from your great and prosperous country in one of another class of vessels,which, though but recently entering a new field of com petition. have already won severely-contested triumphs, and the success of which their spirited projector, with an ambition alike honorable to himself and his country, seeks to render durable by aspiring to a supremacy in speed and safety hitherto deemed unattainable. Wishing, dear sir, to extend my humble labors to the latest < moments and anxious to add to the ranks of tem- i peranee the thousands who are still daily pre senting themselves, I must postpone my depar ture to the 25th of October, when I will be ready ' to avail myself of your truly generous and prince ly liberality.” The New York Typographical Society held 1 its semi-annual meeting on Saturday evening. The report of the committee states that since the last meeting, three members have died, and thir- * teen new members had been admitted: and that, with the exception of forty four free < there were one hundred and seventy five now in ] jurisdiction. The financial condition of the So- 1 ciety is as follows Funds invested, $2,910- Li- t brary Fund, $1,397 40: total resources, $4,698 79- i the receipts of the past six months have exceeded t the expenses by S3B 40. 1 AUGUSTA, GA. ' SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. try- SEE OUTSIDE DAILY. Naval.—The U. S. steam frigate Mississippi, with Kossuth and the Hungarian refugees or. board, is daily expected to arrive at New York. The 17. S. frigate Savannah is also daily expected at New York from the Pacific. The U. S. brig Dolpin has sailed from New York, upon her expedition to endeavor to run a soundings across the Atlantic. The U. S. ship Dale, W. H. Pearson comman der, sailed from Simons Bay, C. G. H., about July 20th, for Comoro Islands—all well. Malaga was visited on the 31st August, by a severe storm, which destroyed a great quantity of fruit. No rains had previously fallen for sev eral months. The Govern Dr of Massachusetts has appointed Thursday, the 27th day of November, as a day of public Tanksgiving and Praise. It is said that there is an understanding among all the Gover nors in the Union to appoint the above day for the observance of the annual holiday. ADDITIONAL ELECTION RETURNS.! ELBERT COUNTY. McDonald 207 Cobb 994 McMillan 217 Toombs 1034 Mattox 293 Hardiman 940 Blackwell 338 Thornton 699 Dead wy ley 642 Adams 300 Houston 228 The Chinese Junk, with its museum of curi osities, is to be sold at auction in London on the loth inst. Here is a chance tor Barnum, orsomc other enterprising Yankee. There are twenty-one newspapers published in California—one religious, eight political, and twelve neutral, or nominally such. Female Institute. We would call attention of parents and guar dians to the advertisement of Mr. Cormick, who has opened, on Ellis street, an English and Clas sical Female Institute. Mr. C. is a gentleman of education and some experience, and as his school is limited, as regards the number of scholars, we have no doubt he will give satisfaction to the pa trons of his Institute. We should foster and en courage the establishment of good schools in our city. Thk Drought. —All over the country, says the Huntsville Advocate, of the Ist instant, the drought prevails with an intensity seldom wit nessed. The rivers are unprecedentedly low ; brooks, fountains and springs are dried up. The Marshall (Va.) Advocate says that much suffer ing for the want of water is felt in that region. The Washington (Pa.) Commonwealth, of the 11th ult., contains the most gloomy account of the prevalence of drought in that county, and also of prevailing sickuess and mortality. The Cincinnati Commercial says that in that vicini ty cattle have to be driven two and three miles to water, and that the country and climate have more the appearance of Arabian Deserts than the fruitful valley of the Miami. The Bowling , Uraan VnUtVUiitiiii'*r says tVm* off «v** ry description, in that section, is literally crisped and parched to death, and water, for man and beast, is becoming very scarce. The Ohio State Journal gives an account of a huge specimen of humanity, a giant, which it avers is a giant, and one of the greatest living curiosities extant. He stands about eight feet high, weighing over four hundred pounds, with good proportions, and yet he is abeardless boy, and is still growing. He is a sight worth seeing, and it is only once in an age that such a person is permitted to grow. An English paper, noticing the challenge given by Mr. Hobbs, to pick his lock, says:— ll ls there no public spirited burglar in London that will come forward for the honor of his country and a round sum of money.’’ The brig Rescue, companion of the Advance in the Arctic Expedition, has arrived at New York. Movements op Jf.nny Lind. —The Nightin gale is again on the wing! Having spent the summer days in the shade, as nightingales arc wont, she is now pluming her rested pinions preparatory for another flight—a farewell flight! The New York Express says: She will next alight at Detroit, thence wing her way to Chicago, Milwauke. Cicinnati,Cleve land, and so on hitherward again, arriving in New York city about the middle of December to give a few farewell warblings here. Her last concerts in the country are to be given where her first were given, in this metropolis. The first of this series will be given at Buffalo on the 15th inst. Salvi, having parted on amicable terms, as we are informed, with Max Maretzek, has been en gaged for this entire round of concerts. Burke the violinist. Belletti. the clarinetist,and Gold.’ Schmidt,the pianist, compose the remanderol'the party. In the Atlantic cities, a large orchestre as usual, will be engaged. The reports that Jenny Lind will appear in opera, prior to her < lepature from America, are entirely without ioundation. Mr. Seyton, the manager of Miss Lind’s last few concerts, is to occupy the same responsible , post hereafter. Ihe accouuts from Nicaragua represent that the Americans resident there are about to take sides in the civil war raging there. Some of them go in favor of Leon, and others in that ot j Grenada, so that it is not improbable that our I c °untrymen may be brought into a hostile atitude towards one another even to the battle field. A private letter received by a gentleman in New- York, gives the following important intelligence: The Mosquitoes are to return to the Blue Fields River for a certain sum of money. Grey Town or San Juan, is to be ceded to Nicaragua! The territory of Costa Rica is to be fixed on the south bank of the St. John's river, but Nicaragua is to have dominion over the lake of Nicaragua. In contradiction of a report that Jenny Lind contemplated returning to the stage in Opera the New York Post publishes the following ex tract from a letter from Miss Lind herself, dated at Niagara Falls, on the 3d inst. * * I have not the most remote idea of ever again retuning to the stage; and although I usually treat with perfect indifference the re ports and sayings of writers in newspapers, or : otherwise, yet I should feel really thankful to you to state that no inducement whatever can tend to make me change my mind in reference to the resolution I have adopted to quit the stage” ! ( Baltimore Citv Electior. —The new board of Council consists of eleven democrats and nine whigs. The second board consists of six Demo crats and four whigs. 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The Constitutioiuilist publishes two certificates —one from its Editor, the other from John C. . is**; . th ,aA I country, in 1818; that it the Mexican laws were , got repealed, we must fig/U.” The certifiers only charge that the declaration was made in Mr. Toombs’ Augusta speech. We have only to add, in reply, that these gen tlemen are mistaken, as they might readily be, < in reporting the exact language or meaning of a speech delivered three years ago, and before a crowded popular assemblage. We have author ity for saying that either the original understan ding or the recollection of the certifiers, is whol ly at fault. It is very certain that such a posi tion was taken no where else by Mr. Toombs. His position throughout this controversy has been one and the same, and is well understood by the country. He has ever made the act of j legislative prohibition the point of resistance, nor can it be shown that he, at any time, or place, held or proclaimed a different doctrine. We might quote largely from his various addresses ams speeches in proof of this assertion, and will do so should it become necessary. At best the point is immaterial. If Mr. Toombs did say it, he could hardly now be ex pected to redeem his pledge, with one half of the country declaring that no such laws exist, and the other hall with the Constitutionalist leading them, that if they did. Congress has not the constitu tioiud power to repeal them !—Washington Gazette. Messrs. Editors: —The above article, which is taken from the Washington Gazette of the 2d. inst., asserts that James M. Smythe, Esq. and myself are mistaken in reporting the exact lan guage attributed to Hon. Robert Toombs, in the statements referred to us, published in vour pa per of 16th ult. and the editor, professing to speak from authority, says that either the original un derstanding or recollection of the certifiers is wholly at lault; because, as he contends, Mr. Toombs took no where else the position at ribu ted to him in Augusta. Averse as I am to par ticipating, under any circumstances, in a news paper controversy, and more especially disinclin ed to be suspected of courting one with my friend, the editor of the Washington Gazette, the article a Dove quoted would have been passed over in silence, did I not conceive that justice to myself demanded a reply. My.published statement referred to, was call- ! ed for under circumstances which I did not feel , | at liberty to refuse, and I stated what I heard from Mr. Toombs, or words to that purport, at I the lime and place mentioned, vouching not for ! ilm precise words used, but the sentiment ex j pressed. The editorial quoted, charges a mistake j in reporting the exact language or meaning, and , that either the recollection or understanding of ; the certifiers is wholly at fault. This charge rests ; entirely on bare assertion, and the authority on j which it professes to speak. It does not ad duce any of the proofs alleged to exisj. ! His immaterial, as to the point at issue, whether or not Mr. Toombs ever used elsewhere I than at Augusta, the language attributed to him and were quotations from his speeches and ad dresses elsewhere, show to the effect claimed by the Gazette, I should protest against this being applicable in the present question. And I would ask, by what recognized rule, in arrivingjat-the truth of any proposition, the disproving the ex istence of an alleged fact or circumstance, at a certain time and place, by the non-existence of a similar fact or circumstance, at different times and other places, would be admissible ? As far as I am concerned, it is.'quite immaterial wheth er or not the language stated has ever been used elsewhere than Augusta; and if not, as contend ed by the Gazette, it no farther affects the ques tion under consideration, than so far as it shoe's that on first meeting his constituents, when fresh from the halls of Congress, Mr. Toombs man ifested a warmer interest in their rights, than he has been disposed to exhibit on subsequent occa sions. Nor could such testimony as that contend ed for, be considered of any weight in the present instance, unless it be first shown, (which I pre sume will not be attempted.) that Mr. Toombs, unlike most politicians, has never changed his opinions, nor found it convenient to suppress, at times, opinions previously uttered, but has held forth, at all times, the same stereotyped language whenever he spoke; and hence, from the na ture of things, almost any particular fact might be either proved or disproved at pleasure by re sorting to quotations from the speeches and ad dresses of politicians; there being few gentle men, who during a public career of years, have been so fortunate as not to have boxed every point of the political compass. Without doing violence to the last paragraph of the article from the Gazette, it might be con strued as an admission of the language attributed to Mr. Toombs, and an apology for not acting out the sentiment, though I do not contend such construction was intended by the writer; but be that as it may, I do not feel myself called on to decide whether or not, under the circumstances alleged to exist, Mr. Toombs should be expected to redeem his pledge. As to whether or not he has acted according to the plain import of the sentiment expressed by the lauguage used, his subsequent course fully demonstrates. In corroboration of the statements of Mr. Smythe and myself, which are about the same import, I now beg leave to add below the certifi cate of Mr. Ryner V. Goetchius, and the copy of a memorandum of the expressions of Col. Garey F. Parish, in a conversation held with John Phinizy, Sen., Esq. and myself, and afterwards repeated in the hearing of Mr. Smythe, who came up. These are all respectable gentlemen residing in Augusta. The two former of whom were present at the meeting alluded to, heard Mr. Toombs’ speech, and entirely corroberate my statement of his language, or the purport of it. Col. Parish, from his peculiar notions, as to the delicacy of appearing in the public prints as the author of a formal certificate, seemed inclin ed to be excused from giving one when called on for that purpose, but without expressing any change of recollection as to the purport of his previous conversation. Therefore, I have re sorted to the next best evidence, viz: a copy of my written memorandum, made a few minutes after the conversation, fortified by the certificate of Mr. Phinizy. Feeling myself called on to fortify, as far as convenient, my statement, by the corroboration of other persons; and flattering myself that I have done so to an extent showing that if there be either mistake or fault in understanding or recollection, in regard to the statements referred to, it lies on the side of the Gazette or the au thority on which it speaks. I |now dismiss the subject. JNO. C. SNEAD. Augusta, Oct. 10/A. Augusta, Sept. 16th, 1851. s James M. Smythe , Esq. —_ . Dear Sir : —You ask me to state my recollec* » fcijlS'cnmim SWUllg g *’'>♦**■*l miuuw nfr, tt fwrf mi mitten to nfnprjnsi pzrr s ticipation in the Mexican territory, in his speech i ma(le l»y him at the City Hall, in this place, in the fall of 1848, on the return of himself and Mr. Stephens from Washington, shortly after the i defeat of the Clayton compromise. I was pre i sent and heard both of the gentlemen, and Mr. 1 oombs, about the*close of his address, having justified Mr. Stephens in the course pursued by . him in relation to the Clayton compromise, said: . “You ask me, what shall we do, if those anti | slavery laws are not repealed, and the South ad ' mitted to an equal participation in that territory! I say we must fight.’ , These may not have been , the precise words used by Mr. Toomds, but they were to that purport. I am yours, &c., JiYO. C. SNEAD. Augusta, Oct. 3d, 1851. I have before read the certificate ot John C. Snead, Esq., of the 16th of September, in which he gives the stateineat of Mr. Toombs in his ad dress at the City Hall, in the fall of 1848, and which is above. And I hereby certify that I was present at that meeting, and heard Mr. Toombs’s address, and fully concur with Mr. Snead in his statement of what was said by Mr. Toombs. R. v. GOETCHIUS. COPY MEMORANDUM RKFERED TO. 17th Septemher, 1851, on the morning of this day, Col. Parish said in the presense of John Phinizy, Sr., and myself, that he heard Mr. Toombs's speech in the City Hall, alluded to in my letter to Mr. Smythe, as published in the Constitutionalist and Republic of yesterday, that he understood Mr. Toombs to use the language attributed to him, in my letter, or words to the same effect. Col. P. again repeated the same recollection of Mr. Toombs’s expression, in presense also of Mr. Smythe, who subsequently came to where we were standing in Bload street, on the Plank Road, near the side walk,opposite Clarke, Racket & Co.'s Store. J. c. SNEAD. I concur in the above memorandum of John C. Snead, as to what was stated by Col. Parish on the subject, and at the time and place men tioned. JOHN PHINIZY, Sr. Augusta. Oct. 10th, 1851. Money Market, Wednesday. Oct. Bth. There is no material change to notice in the money market. Capital is offered more freely but the rates of interest show little decline, and' it will take some time before money will flow freely again in its wonted channels. The steam er Africa, which sailed to-day, took out $495 000 in specie, of which about $375,000 was Foreign silver and gold, chiefly silver. The specie which left to-day by the Africa, did not, as far as we could learn, any of it come from the banks; so that they stand in a better position than for some time. In regard to the Heavy arrivals of gold from California, there is one point about which there seems to be some misapprehension. Very considerable portions of the dust thus received, is sold to the bullion brokers in Wall street, and paid for in coin, so that if the owner is not a resident ot the city, or does not owe the amount here, he will carry with him into the interior the whole of his “pile,” and the receipt of it will not be immedi ately felt in our commercial circles. The hoard of gold thus added to the treasure of the country since the discovery of California ex ceeds $50,000,000! If any one would trace this amount beyond what is seen in the increased cir • eolation of gold, he has only to examine the stockings, chest tills, and other odd treasuries of those country people who have something laid lv for a “rainy day" and he will discover what has become of the yellow dust.— Jour. Com. [Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] New Orleans, Oct. 10. Thirty-five hundred bales of Cotton has been disposed of to-dav. since the reception of the Asia's advices. Middling was worth 7 cents and Fair 81. The week’s sales amount to 25,000 bales, and the week’s receipts to 30.000. The receipts since the Ist of Sept, are 109,000 against 46,000 at the same period last year. The°stock on hand amounts to 79,000 against 40,000 at the same time last year. Rice is worth 41. Ster ling Exchange is quoted 8 to 9. Columbia, Oct. 10, 8.10 P. M. The Cotton market has been dull to-day. and prices have receded a quarter to three-eighths of a cent. One hundred and forty bales have been disposed of at from 61 to 8| cents. Tribute of Respect. The Baptist Church of this City, having con vened at their Lecture Room, this day, upon the announcement of the death of their Pastor, Rev. C. B. Jehnette, adopted the following Preamble and Resolutions: The death of the humblest Christian is a public calamity; apart from the direct benefits of his ex ample, he secures for the world, through an un seen, but powerful instrumentality, abundant blessings. “The prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” But when that Christian stands ‘in Christ’s stead,” to win men to holiness and to God, the loss is visibly augmented, for “ it pleaseth God by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe,” and “ faith cometh by hear ing.” These declarations of our God are amply, and firmly sustained by facts. The power of the Pulpit is a matter of continuous history. Where ever the gospel is preached it is demonstrated by its effects to be the power of God; whenever flier, a Pulpit becomes vacant—when the voice of an ambassador for Christ is hushed in death, the people should mourn, not for him that is summon ed to his rest, but for themselves. Such is our cause for sorrow; our Pulpit is va cant— our beloved Pastor is no more. If it be deemed a salutary custom to offer some tokens of regard to the memory of the hon - ored dead.it is not unbecoming in aChristian com munity, to notice the death of a talented and de voted minister, and to pay some tribute of affec tionate respect to his memory. Therefore Resolved. That we have heard with profound sorrow, the death of our Pastor, Rev. C. B. Jks nette. Resolved, That we cherish with sincere affec tion the memory of our brother, who in sickness and in health ministered to us faithfully in holy things. Resolved, That we adore the grace of the Lord Jesus, which enabled our beloved Pastor to walk through the dark valley of the shadow of death, fearing no evil. Resolved, That we recognise the chastising hand of our Father, in this sad dispensation, and that we humble ourselves before him. Resolved, That a sermon, commemorative ot the sad event, be preached by the Rev. W. T. Brant lv, at his earliest convenience. Resolved, That the pulpit be draped in mourn ing, in token of our bereavement. Resolved, That we tender our sympathies and prayers to sister Jennette, the widow of our de parted brother, and also to his bereaved parents. MARRIED, • - «a». Hall and Miss Martha Hatcher, both of this county. On Wcdnosday ovoning, Bth instant, at Uiehtnond ! Hill, by the Rev. Francis N. Moulding, Mr. Henry , McAlpin, of Savannah, and Miss Anna Maria daughter of the late John Schley, of this county. ’ On the 2d inst., by the Rev. Jesse Lambert!] Newton P. Johnson and Miss Caroline J axe Davis, all of Floyd county. In the Presbyterian Church, at Madison, on Wednesday morning, Bth instant, by Rev. R. M. Baker, Mr. S. A. Atkinson and Miss M \r\ E Potter, all of Madison. obituary! When our city papers, some weeks ago an nounced tho death of Martin M. Dve, E5,.., cir cumstances, at that time, prevented a more extend ed obituary. It is not now the intention of tho writer to attempt the eulogy of one, who, by a long life of upright and honorable conduct, has left be hind a memory that is beloved and respected by all who knew him. His object is, rather, simply to allude to somo of the most prominent facts con nected with his history. The subject of this notice, was born in South l arolina, in tho year 1787, and, while yet a youth, ins parents moved to Burke county, Georgia, where he lived the greater portion of his life. From his teliow-citizons of that county he received, repeat" cdly, the highost evidence of their confidence in his integrity and patriotism. They several times call ed upon him to represent them in the Legislature, and, for a number of years, they enjoyed the valua ble services of this efficient and faithful public ser vant, as a Judge of the Inferior Court. In 1835, Judge Dye moved to this city, and en gaged in commercial pursuits. Here, as in his for mer homo, his fellow-citizens discovered his ability and faithfulness, and they again called upon him to superintend the affairs of the public. Ho yielded to the warm solicitations of his friends, and accepted from them tho highest municipal honor in their gift. For many terms he served this community as its Chief Magistrate, with an honesty and zeal that none can question, and in a manner that was pro ductive ofits interests and prosperity. These pub lic positions, which he occupied, wero sought out for him by those who knew his worth—and it was the desire to do good in these enlarged spheres of action, and not to gratify selfish ambition, that in fluenced his acceptance of them. In 1850, he changed his business relations to the city of Savannah, and had been, ever since his ar rival there, actively pursuing the same, until June last, when he was prostrated by severe illness. His strong and robnst constitution, which, from tho regular habits of his life, had preserved, in a re markable degree, its original vigor, did not yield easily to disease. Ho rallied for a time from its effects. His physicians advised a change to the up country. He was brought to this city, and tarried here a few days; then was taken to Madison, in this State, where he improved so much that he was induced to extend his journey to the Indian Springs. This last change, however, proved too much for his strength. He relapsed—was brought back to Madison—and there died on the 26th day of August, in the 64th year of his age. In this con nection it is proper to remark, that he had long been prepared to meet death with Christian forti tude and resignation. He became a member of the Baptist Church, in Burke county, in 1827, and was chosen to fill the office of Deacon while there; and so, also, during the last years of his residence in this city, he served the Church here in the same office. Those who knew him, will testify that he was a sincere witness to the truth. Here we must close our remarks. It would af ford little comfort to those with whom he was con nected as husband, parent and friend, to use, in re gard to his character, the ordinary enconiums that are usually bestowed on such endeared relations. To them the void that death has created, cannot be supplied by empty words. There is, however, one consolation, in this bereavement, which they must surely possess—it is the Christianas belief and hope that lie is at rest with those who “sleep in Jesus. ’ A Friend. Augusta, October 11 th, 1851. Christian Index please copy. In Pensacola, on Sunday morning week, after a long and painful illness, Tiios. Jefferson Reed, aged 45 years, a native of Hall county, Georgia, and for the last four years a resident of Pensacola. In Monroe county, on the 20th September last, Mrs. Mary Haygood, in the 93d year of her age.
