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THE CONSTITUTIONALISL |
JAMES GARDNER. JR-
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BY CRETTA.
Affectionately addressed to the friend who spoke to
"me about (he death of her little" Summer Chil^"
She came w ith every lovely thin?,
With the snnliglrt bunt of Spring,
When the birds began to sing.
Our little cherub child.
When the bee was ’mid the bowers,
\ml the dew was on the flowers,
in the long bright golden hours —
Our little cherub child.
■frnyly laugh’d she fora while,
ftaidiant was her glancing smile,
Joyous was each infant wile —
Oar little cherub child.
And we thought when we bent o’er her,
There was none so bright before her —
Was it sinful to adore her—
Our little cherub child ?
Hut when Autumn leaves were dying,
And the gusty clouds were fly ing,
Drooping then I saw her lying,
Our little cherub child.
And when the Hlly’sbloom was shed.
We laid her in its perfumed bed.
For she, our loveliest flower, was dead,
Our ititle cherub child,
Spring has oft return’d again,
With its gentle dew again,
Uut we look for her m vain.
Our little cherub child.
Far away in heavenly bowers.
Glowing with immortal flowers.
Through eternal summer hours,
dooms our cherub child.
(iwinllntiounf President Washington'-
We copy the following Interesting ac
count of the installation of George \\ ash
ington, as President, by a living eye wit
ness, from Mr. Cist’s Cincinnati Daily
Advertiser. It is from the pen of the
venerable Judge Burnet, of Cincinnati;
and in publishing the communication Mr.
C. well says, ‘-It is one of those rare ar
ticles, of which the value and interest |
are increased rather than impaired by its |
lengih, and that of the very few surviving
witnesses of the memorable scene describ
ed, there is prohablv no individual living
so well qualified as Judge Burnet, to write
out his impressions and recollections of the
subject.”
Mr. Cist—ln a recent conversation,
you requested me to give you an account
of the installation of President Washing
lon, after his first election to the Presi.
ffency, which I had the pleasure ol wit
cessing.
You will recollect that the first Con
gress, chosen under the*Federal Constitu- j
lion, assembled at New York, early' in
the month of April, 1789; and that a her
the two houses were organized they pro
ceeded in the manner presciibed in the
Constitution, to open and count the votes
given for President and \ ice President of
the United Slates; whett it was ascertain
that George Washington, of \ irginia, was
elected President by the unanimous vote
of the nation, and John Adams, the elder,
of Massachusetts, Vice President, by an
overwhelming majority. A certificate of
the election of George Washington, signed
by the President of the Senate, was im
mediate! v transmitted to him by Charles
Thompson, Secretary of the Congress,
and delivered at Mount Vernon on the
14th of April.
Having determined, after serious de
liberation, to accept the appointment, and
being aware that the affairs of the nation
required his presence at the seat of gov
ernment, he bid a reluctant adieu to Mount
Vernon, and commenced his journey to
the seat of government, on the second day
after the arrival of Mr. Thompson.
[Here the writer enters into a descrip
tion of the manifestations of popular en
thusiasm in his progress, with which most
readers are probably' familiar, and we
therefore omit it.]
The Governor of New Jersey joined
him at New Brunswick, and accompa
nied him to Elizabethtown Point. On the
road between those places, the President
was met by the Committee of Congres,
who received and conducted him and his
suite with military honors to the Point,
where they embarked on a magnificent
barge, built and decorated for the occa
sion, and rowed by thirteen branch pilots,
selected from different harbors, and dress
ed in white uniform.
Writers of that day have represented /
the incidents of the journey, from its com- j
mencement to its dose, as being equal in
splendor, and far exceeding in sincerity,
kiadness of feeling, and unfeigned ad
miration, the triumphal precession of the
great conquerors of antiquity.
New Y r ork bay was literally white with
vessels and boats cf all sizes, filled with
admiring multitudes, both male and fe
male, clad in their richest attire. Many of
these vessels had bands of music on board,
and all of them displayed flags painted for
the occasion, each living and allusion to
some interesting event in the life of this
great man.®The bay, a broad sheet of
water extending eight or nine miles,
seemed to be animated with grateful and
happy multitudes, competing with each
Other to do the first and highest honors to
him they idolized, and regarded, not only
as the greatest, but the noblest and the
best of the family. It was understood
that the city would be crowded with peo
ple from every section of the country, on
which account it was thougntnot prudent
v
to make public the place at which the
barge was to land; hut as she neared the
Battery, the place of her destination was
pretty well ascertained by the multitude,
from the course she was steering, which
they had closely observed; so that when
she reached the stains erected on Mur
ray’s whf., where the admired of every
admirer was to embark, the landing and
i the streets, as far as the eye could extend,
were filled with crowds of human beings,
noxious to see their great benefactor. At
the landing, the President was received
by the Governor of the Slate of New York,
and conducted with military honors
throughout an immense concourse of
admiring friends, to the lodgings prepared
for his reception. In the evening, the city
' was brillanily illuminated, and there was
a fine display of fireworks from the Bat
tery.
Being myself, at that lime, a student of
Princeton college, and these interesting
scenes taking place during the Spring va
cation of the institution, it was in my pow.
er to be present and witness the greater
I part of them. In the memorandum ;
made by the general, in his private jour
nal, was the following statement:
‘•The display of boats w hich attended
and joined on the occasion, some w ith
vocal, and others with instrumental music
on board—the decorations of ships—the
roar of cannon, and the loud acclamations
of the people which rent the sky as 1 pass
ed along the wharves, filled my mind
with sensations as painful as they were
pleasing.” ,
Before the arrival of the President elect,
Vice President Adams reached the city,
and took his seat in the Senate, as the
presiding officer of that august body;
without doubt the most learned and pat
rioiic assembly in the world. Roih houses
were then organized, and while they were i
Availing the arrival of the President elect,
\atious subjects were moved and discus
sed, relating to the forms and modes of
conducling the public business that might
Le brought before them; and,* among oth
er topics, a proposition was made to set
tle the title, or, more properly, the style,
hi which the President of the United
Stales should be addressed. On that
subject various opinions w-ere expressed.
It was proposed by some to give him the
t tie of “His Excellency.” By others,
“His Honor,” and by others, the simple
address of “Mr. President.” For some
time, the subject was discussed with se- /
riousness and good feeling, but finally an ;
effort was made to laugh down the whole !
j subject, and bring it into ridicule. With
that view, a resolution was offered de- 1
j daring that the title of the President
I should be “His High Mightiness.” By ,
that movement it was seen at once, that
it was time to dismiss the whole subject,
which was done, without arriving at any
conclusion, or making any record of the
proceeding. j
The spacious edifice which then stood
on '.Vail street, immediately facing the ;
entrance into Broad street, had been pro- j
cured for the accomodation of the two I
Houses of Congress. In front of the :
j building there was a balcony,
ornamented wish columns aim rich carv
ed work:—communicating with the hall
occupied by the Senate. In that struc
ture the ceremonies of the inauguration
took place, on the 30th April, 1780, in
full view of the surrounding multitude.
It had been carefully fitted up, and richly
and tastefully furnished for the occasion.
The floor was covered with costly carpet
ing, and the front and sides were orna
merited with damask curtains, gaily trim
med, hanging irt festoons from pillar to
pillar, so adjusted as not to interrupt the
Vew from the streets below. 1 had taken
the precaution in lime, to obtain a safe,
convenient position on the porch of a house
at one of the corners of the two streets,
about 50 feet from the balcony on winch
the ceremony was to be performed.
At the appointed hour, the President
elect, accompanied by the Senate and
Mouse of Representatives, and their offi
cers, appeared on the portico, when the
air was made to resound with shouts and
huzzas, from the lips and throats of more
than twenty thousand enraptured specta
tors Those boisterous expressions of ex
cessive joy were, however, soon hushed,
and a profound silence ensued—every
eve being rivited on the illustrious man
who had defended and saved his country,
and every ear listening attentively.
“ Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tenebant .”
At that juncture, the venerable Chan
cellor Livingston, ofNew York, advanced
to Gen. Washington, who was standing
on the front of the balcony, and presented
an open Bible, resting on a damask cush
ion, ornamented with tassels, of gold, on
which the President reverently laid his
right hand. The Chancellor then in an
audible voice, read from the Constitution,
the oath directed to be taken by every
President of the United States, before he
enters on the duties of his office. The
President elect repeated the oath with
great solemnity, and bending his head,
kissed the book. The Chancellor, then
turning and bowing gracefully to the mul
titude, repeated these emphatic words,
with a very audible voice:
Long Live George Washington , President
of the United btates.
Thus indicating that he was installed
without a title, and was to be addressed
in the simple language of “Mr. Presi
dent.” The shouts which instantly fol
lowed that annunciation, were almost
deafening; and during their continuance,
the President again advanced to the front
of the balcony and bowed very graceful
ly to the multitude before him, and those
on his right and left.
The ceremonies being thus concluded,
the President with the two Houses return
ed to the Senate Chamber, where he de
livered his inaugural address; after which
they retired, by a private way in the rear
of the building, end repaired to Saint
Paul’s, where appropriate religious exer
cises were performed. The Pi evident,
as was his custom on public occasions,
was dressed in a suit of black velvet, with
shorts, black silk stockings, shoes, shoe
buckles, and knee-buckles. His hair was 1
turned back on his forehead, curled and |
powdered according to the fashion of the
day, and gathered behind, in a square, |
black silk bag. He had also a neat dress
sword suspended at Ins side. The symme
try of his finely formed person, the ease
and dignity of Ids movements, which
were peculiar lo himself, were observed |
and admired by every beholder. Judging
from everything which transpired on that !
occasion, it was manifest that he was ven
erated by the nation, lo an exampled do
gree.
Very respectfully, J. BURN FI P.
AUGUSTA, GEu!
FRIDAY .MORNINC, JUNE 4, 1847.
O” We call attention to the advertisement
which appears in our paper to-day, for a
Fair to be given by the young Ladies of the
Augusta Female Academy, for the benefit of
their Institution. We learn, that it is the
intention of the Principal, to establish a .Mu
seum of Natural History, a Lyceum, in
which a course of Lectures on Scientific sub
jects is to be delivered, and also an extensive
Library. To accomplish £!! this, a heavy
expenditure will be incurred in the pur
chase of Philosophical instruments, Speci
mens. Rooks, &c. The students themselves,
anxious to co-operate with their Instructor,
have tendered their services in the way Indi
cated, and cherish the hope that their friends
will sustain them in the laudable move. We
♦
understand too, that the advantages to be de
rived from this great enterprise are not con
fined lo the students alone. Not only they
and their parents, but all who generously
patronize them, will have access to three
courses of six iectuxes each, lo begin in Oc
: lober next.
We hope to see a large attendance of wil
ling contributors, feeling assured, that they
who may make an investment here, will re
ceive more than a remuneration for (heir
capital, in the amount of knowledge obtain
ed, and in the consciousness that they have
done something lo advance the of pub
' lie education.
There is scientific taste in this communi
ty, as displayed in the liberal support extend
ed to a recent able itinerant lecturer. Lot
us then make an efF>rt to render such scien
tific banquets in our midst more common, by
| fostering and promoting the efforts of such
as may be laboring to bring ab mt such a de- 1
j si'deratum.
The Gri/lini Jeffersonian.
This sterling little Democratic sheet ca ne to
| u*yesterday in a new dress, and makes quite a
! handsome appearance. The editor has our best j
! wishes, and may he receive more “downfalls" in 1
! the shape of 63 new subscribers per month.
Delegates frdm Burke.
We have nut received the official proceedings !
of the late Democratic meeting in Burke, but ;
learn that A. J. Lawson, J. A. Sbewmake, and
John A. Rozier, Esqs., were appointed as Dele
gates to the Convention to be held at Milledge
vilie on the 4th Monday in this month.
The Nett St'Prrcr.
The steamer Cambria, the s.viftesl boat of
the Cunard line, has now been out sixteen
days, and as the telegraph was in order to
Boston, her news may be expected to-morrow.
It is looked for with great interest in all the
commercial cities.
We learn from the Columbia South Caro
linian that a copartnership lias been formed in
that city for the purpose of puling into opera
tion an extensive Paper Manufactory, at the .
site known as Taylor’s Mill, in that vicinity.
B. R. Carroll, Esq. one of the partners pro- :
ceeds to the North to make suitable arrange- j
ments for the speedy accomplishment of this j
design.
The Charleston Metcury, 3J inst., says.— |
“We yesterday conversed with a gentleman,
an intelligent Planter, from Fairfield District
in this State, who says that his crop of small
grain, nearly ready for the sickle, was never
more abundant, and that the Cotton and
Corn in his neighborhood vveares a most pro
mising appearance'”
Marine and Fir* Insurance Bank*
The Board of Directors of this institution
have declared a semi-annual dividend of four 1
per cent, payable on and after the 3d inst. ,
Central Rail Road Slock-
The Savannah Georgian, 2d inst. says; We
are gratified to announce that a dividend of two
dollars per share on the Stock of this Cumparny |
(other than the 8 per cent stock)has been declar- |
cd, and will be payable on and after the loth
inst. Wc now look forward with pleasure to J
day not very far distant, when this Stock will j
advance to par.
EIGHT PERCENT STOCK.
This new Stock which amounted to half a mil- )
lion of dollars, and which was readily subscribed
for,is already in demand, and at a premium.
If we have :a good crop this year, the impulse
that Savannah has received through this road,
and other connexions with the interior, will be
so increased the next season»as to crown, we
trust, the hopes, of the most sangnine, of her
gradual, and therefore, more sterling prosperity.
The Warehousing System.
The United States Government have pur
chased eight lots on India and Broad-streets,
in Boston, for the purpose of erecting ware
houses in which lo deposite goods under
bonds, the stores alredy used for the purpose
having proved insufficient. The Boston
Times says that the Warehousing system
works well in that city.
The Crops.
The weather has been very unfavorable
this season, says the Red River Republican
of the 22J ult., fur our planters, being cold
and dry. 'The cotton crop particularly looks
very unpropiiious, being more or less with
l ered and stunted.
Some lime since,much apprehension of the
. |
caterpillar whs entertained, it being reported
quantities of the fly and eiraon pure
worms were in our fields. We have not
lately, however, heard any tiling of them. |
and, therefore believe that it was a false
1 alarm.
Speaking of the crops in Avoyelles, the
Marksvilie Villager says: “The crops are !
i suffering in the prairie from the want of rain, j
particularly the corn. The canes look pro
i misingly, and the planter will, in all proba- !
biliiv, be amply rewarded for their enter- j
. ’ |
i prise.
The Cotton Crop,
We copy from the last number of Hunt’s
Merchants’ Magazine, the following striking i
reflections:
The position of the cotton rrop is singlar, j
and may be fraught with the gravest re>ults i
to British commerce. It has hitherto been :
the case that England has taken the largest |
I portion of the United States crop, which, for i
several years, including the present, down to j
April 17th, lias been distributed as follows; i
1614 1845 184*3 1847 j
8 mouths I
U. States U3Q 346,744 333,006 422 537 301,933 !
England, 1,202 498 1,439,306 1,102,369 5'.0 376 ;
Europe, ifcc 426,992 644,450 564,423 303 067 1
Crop, ?,030,409 2,394,503 2,100,527 1,610,550 j
England lias taken always GO per cent of |
the crop, and on the manufacture and re-ex- '
port of that article hangs her export trade;
that is to say, cotton, to tier total exports, has
held the following proportion:
VALUE or BRITISH EXTORTS.
All other j
Cotton good!=. m iiiularturps. Total exports :
1944 £25,8- 5,343 £24.336,958 £50,642,306
1 345 2 ■,119,327 27,179,069 53.295.026 !
1316 25,600,093 25,679,042 51,279,735 I
Should England he deprived of the raw
j material by any means, her external trade i
i would evidently be so diminished as to jeopar
! dize her whole finances. During ttie pre
sent year, she has received only half her sup
ply, and there remains probably of the crop
700,000 baler, to be distributed. To reach
the consumption of last year, the United
S'atcs will want 120,000 bales, Europe 264,-
000 bales, leaving but about 300,000 bales
for England, which she must buy at a very
enhahcecf price, and, should working short
time be adopted to any considerable extent,
her export f ade or the means of paying for
her large imports of bread-stuffs, will be very
considerably diminished. A decline of one
third in the raw material, involves a falling
off of £3,000,060' in expert; that is to say, if
she gets §516.000,000 less cotton, she sells
I $ 10,000,000 less cloth, or she
§>24,000,000 les*: labor. ft i.s rffobable that
the prices will rise to some extent, it* ccn.se
! qncnce of this diminished supply; but as the i
1 United States have not depended to any con
siderable extent upon English cotton goods,
lEe prices here may not be affected directly
by the English short supply,and a little more
competition here may not only effectually ex
j dude En dish cottons from this market, hut j
; supplant llifctn in tiieir markets. This ope
’ ration is gradually progressing, both here j
and on the continent of Europe, much has
tened by the presen: circumstances of the |
| crop. A short crop of cotton affects Eng-
I laud more than any other country, because
j on her has fallen the burden of disposing of
the surplus in prolific years, while the conn- ,
tries of Europe and the United States have
| annually approximated the point of full sup
ply for their own wants and a surplus for ex- j
j port. Two short crop years would shake the -
English finances to their centre. Thus far,
the spinners of (he United States have taken
less, by 42.000 bales, than in the same pe- !
riod of 1846.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Democratic Meeting in Old Warren.
Pursuant to a previous notice, a portion of
| the few but fiitJiJul Democrats of Old War
ren, convened at the Court House in War
renton, on Tuesday, the first instant, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to represent
: them in the approaching Gubernatorial Con-
I vention,tobe held in Milledgeville, on the 4th
Monday in the present month; when on mo- j
tion, Robert 11. Moreland, E-q. was called
to the chair, and William Gibson requested j
to act as Secretary.
On motion, a committee of five was ap- j
pointed by the chairman to select suitable |
persons as delegates to represent the county
in the approaching Gubernatorial Conven- j
tion, consisting of S. W. Smith, Geo. V. :
Neal, E. Cody, John English and Geo. W.
Ray, E-qrs., who retired and reported the i
names of William Gibson, William 11. Blount, !
Tlios. Neal, Sr. and Geo. W. Ray, Esqrs., as
; suitable persons; which selection, on motion,
was adopted by the meeting, and power given |
\ the delegates lo fill any vacancy that might i
i occur in their number.
It was then, on motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings of the
| meeting be forwarded to the Constitutionalist,
| with the request that the same be therein
I published.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
R. H. MORELAN D, Chairman.
Wm. Gibson, Secretary.
[communicated.]
Democratic .Meeting.
Agreeable to public notice, the Demo- ;
cralie Republican party of Troup county,
convened in the Court House at La Grange, |
on Tuesday, the Ist day of Juno.
On motion of Col. Flowers, George Heard '
was called to the Chair, and John F. Smith
appointed Secretary.
The meeling being organized, on motion
of Noel Pace, Esq ,
Resolved , That the Chair appoint a Com
mittee of twelve to report the names of five
suitable gentlemen to represent the county
of Troup as delegates in the Gubernatorial
Convention to assemble in the city of Mil
iedgeville on the fourth Monday in June.
The Chair appointed as that Committee
Noel Pace, A. G. Patton, John Hardin, Rich
ard Fomby,Daniel R. Slay, Wiley P. Burkes,
James M. Flowers, Cyrus R. Jenkins, John '
C. Calhoun, S. L. Trawick, John W. Me- I
Giiee, and George C. Alford, Esqr S ., who re
tired fora short time, returned and reported
the names of John F. binith, Peter A. Heard,
Phillip A. Moise, Montgomery F. Wingfield,
I and William B. Pryor, as delegates from the
countv of Troup, to the Convention at the j
city of Milledgeville on the fourtti Monday in
June, which report was adopted.
On motion of Col. R L. Haralson,
Resolved , Tliat the delegates appointed by
i the meeting be and they are hereby author-
I ized to fill any vacancy tliat may occur in
j the delegation from the county ol Troup,
i The following resolutions were introduced
: by Col. William B. Pryor, and adopted, viz:
Resolved , That so far as the question
slavery is involved in the Southern States, j
we stand as Democrats have always stood, in !
; support of our institutions, secured to us by |
1 our ancestors and the fundamental law of the j
land—and that upon that subject we yield J
j our rights only with our blood.
' Resolved, That so tar as our country is
now involved with Mexico in war, we feel
1 that it is our duty to support our government
| iu her present difficulties, irrespective of mere
1 party politics, and that we feel it our duly to
j stand by the administration in reference to
| the war with Mexico, and that in reference
! thereto he lias done all that a wise and jtidi
j cions administration of the government of
j the United States could have done in sup
i port of the interests, honour and dignity of
i the American people; and that in reference
, to constitutional interpretation his adminis
tration lias never been surpassed by any Pre
sident and only equalled by NN asbingion, Jef
ferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson, and
! that James K. Po'k, by his policy, lias done
more to establish the principles ot free trade
t an any President ot this Union at any time
or period in the history ol our government.
On motion of Mr. Moise,
Resolved , That the proceedings of this
; meeting be signed by the Chairman and Se
cretarv and that the Democratic papers of j
the State be requested to publish tfie same.
GEORGE HEARD, Chairman.
John F. Smith, Secretary.
Fashion and Passenger,
The Baltimore correspondent of the Wash
ington Union, bus the following account of
the race on Tuesday last between these two
celebrated animalc.
The race between tile celebrated mare
; Fashion and Passenger, yesterday afternoon,
over the Canton course, was one of the se
verest contests ever had in this ciiy in ilie
sporting line; ami when they meet again, 1
have no doubt that Passenger will be the fa
vorite with “the knowing ones.” The course ;
’ was in excellent order, both horses In prime
condition, and bets making in favor of Fash
ion at tiie rate of ten to orb. They started
off in fine stylet .arid, after a severe contest.
Passenger won the beat. The second heal
was won by Fashion, which rendered the
! third heat of thrilling interest. They started
fair, and kept neck and neck throughout the
i heat—-the judges pronouncing il a “dead |
heat.” The Spectators, however, were al
inosl nnrnimons in pronouncing Passenger
i the winner by about halt a bead. So great
was the indignation felt at the decision ol the j
judges, that PVo-fh'irds of the bet.- were now
| drawn. Ttie horses, however, were again i
brought up for a fourth heat, to decide the
race. They again started, and both the ani- :
mals seemed to strain every ne‘ve to reach
: the winning-t#U, first. They, however, kept
i side and side until t!*e close of the beat, |
when Fashion started off, and won by less
’ than h ilf a leng'h. Many of those who were
thus declared winners, however, refused ta
take the money, deeming that Passenger j
1 fairly won the third heat. When they meet i
I again, the fur will be made to fly. The lime j
w js 5.45 —5 51—5 51—6.U2. Passenger has
been purchased by the Hon. John M. Bulls.
'From the Ah O. Vicayume, 29 lh nil .]
From Texas.
By the arrival oflhs steamship Yacht, we
have Galveston papers to the 2fiih inst. and
corresponding dates trom other parts of the I
State. The regiment of volunteers was com
plete and rendezvoused at San Antonio.—
Col. flays was elected Colonel; C. A. Harp
er, Lieut. Colonel, and Win. H. Bowlin, Ma
jor. It was thought Dr. Ford, the editor of
the Texas Democrat, would be elected Adju
tant. The regiment left San Antonio on the ,
1 14th inst. for Monterey, and would cross the j
I Rio Grande at Loredo. It will be a valuable !
accession to Gen. Taylor’s forces, the more
i especially since the guerrilla warfare has j
i been adopted by the enemy. The day that
I Hays set forth on bis march, Capt. Roberts’
| company arrived in San Antonio with a view
to join that regimen?, but as it was already
; full. Capt. Roberts’ command went as an
independent company.
The San Antonio correspondent of the
Galveston News says : “Col, Reeves, a mem- 1
1 her of Capt. Smith’s company, and a man
i highly respected, was shot at a public fan
dango in San Antonio on the 13th inst., by !
| Mr. W, Johnson. Col. Reeves only survived
till the afternoon of the 14th inst. Il appears j
that Reeves, though generally a sober man,
: had concluded with some others to indulge a
j little just before their departure from the city, j
; They attended the fandango, and under the \
> exilement of liquor, Reeves uttered insulting j
language to Johnson without provocation,
and finally threatened and drew a pistol;
whereupon Johnson, producing a pistol shot
him in the breast. Johnson was generally
held blameless for the act.”
1 :
Dedication.
The spacious and handsome structure
I just erected by the Methodist Episcopal*
i Society of Columbus was, on Sunday
i last, solemnly consecrated to the services
j of that Church, and to the worship of the
| ever-living God—the God of all sects,
people and tongues. At least two thou
sand people filled the handsome area, gal
leries and vestibule of the Church, while
the Rev. Mr. Evans, the former
i this people and the spirited originator onhe
1 enterprise, pronounced an eloquent de-
I dication sermon. The pews in the body
{ of the Church and the whole of the gal
leries on one side, were occupied by the
ladies, while many of both sexes could not
obtain seats.
Before the ceremong of the dedication I
it was slated from the pulpit, that 52,f00
were wanting to complete the payment of
the bills of construction, and the preacher
urged that before the building vas con
secrated, it should be disembapfassed of
debt. T< n gentlemen were immediately
found present, who offered one hundred
dollars, each to the object. Others gave
fifty and smaller sums, and in a few min
utes, not only $2,000 but 80.000 was
subscribed by individuals present. This
splendid edifice, commenced less than a
year ago, and completed at a cost of some
812.000, is therefore paid for, by volun
tary contribution of public liberality.—
; Colunbus Times, I*7 inst.
[Correspondence vj the Savannah Republican.]
Liberty' Counts', May go, ib47.
Messrs. Lock & Davis—
Gentlemen: —I have nut iced of late several
: articles in your paper, giving rather a
i gloomy account of the prospects ot the Col-
I ton planter, tor Uie present year, in districts
j somewhat removed from that we occupy.
| 1 believe I have never initialed you with
I anv tiling from my pen, and it may be, never
j shall again; but “the spirit moves me” just
1 now, and i present you the fact, that troubles
; of a very serious nature exist nearer home,
i A cool spring is always the! precursor of
1 evil to the planter. It is during such a sea
son that the “cut-worm” commits, its depre
dations, exhibiting fields in a state of nudity,
which but tor a short lime previous were
fresh and green. As soon as the weather
becomes warm, with warm nights, these in
sects chose their work of destruction, des
cend info the earth, or are transformed into
Butterflies and disappear.
The‘•heart-worm,” too, lias been uncom
monly busy. Tnis kind attacks the Corn
under ilie ground, perforating Ibe stalk and
ra 1 n.' the interior, and thus the plant dies.—
: B t the greatest evil resulting to our Colton
! from such a Spring remains to be told. It is
the direct influence of cold winds and chilly
■ n edits upon the plant, while yet lender
The growth is entirely checked, the lower
leaves stripped off, the top leaves curled, the
shank shrivelled, red or spotted. 1 his wo
call “sore slim.” The integrity of the bark
j to a greater or less extent aflected; the plant
may g row on as the war in weather sees in,
I but rumbled to sustain the weight of foliage
j and fruit which it puts on, il continues to tail
! until frost. The present season is pregnant
I With evil of this sort, and our hones ot a (nil
1 fruition cut off, even before we are we 1
i clear ol seed time. The crop of Cotton,gene
: rally, present a very meagre appearance,and,
superadded to the difficulties with which it
lias already had to contend, it is now threat
ened with d -alb by drowning. In no part ot
the last season do, 1 recollect to have wit
nessed a heavier tall of water than we have
experienced within the la-t week or ten
davs. I know of some planters still putting
j in sect! after rejeated efforts to get “a stand.”
I observe, in mv own cro ,Colton dying, di.--
I eased at ibe foot, which is now two months
old. The crop must, of necessity be a very
short one. The Corn crop, I think, will be
: a fair one. Potatoes look badly at present,
but should ll?e latter part of the year be favo
roble, we may remedy the evil by a larger
plant mg ol t be vine,
j I observed it stated also that tlie “cotton
! caterpillars” kave made their appearance in
certain parts upon the young crop. lam
j disposed to doubt whether they ate lbe‘'genii
j in* article,” notwithstanding the published,
opinions of the two distinguished gentlemen
, who have lately attempted to prove that they
winter among us in cue fom or another. —
Having had toy crop eaten up by them last
! year, I was anxious to profit by the wisdom
and experience of older and wiser heads, and
therefore instituted close search and inquiry
into lire trudi of their respective theories, hut
found no living evtiierjee ot their ever having
been on mv plantain o, v.r in my neighbour
hood. But iI either of their positions be true,
and (lie worm does hibernate here, why do
; K ey rot attack and destroy mrr crops every
year? To vrhat peculiar cause are we indeb *
ed for exemption from them when once they
, have appfareil among n-? They seldom visit
i us in two consecutive years,and when freed
| from them for a term of years, to what “ill
* wind”are indebted for their re-appearance?
! I am satisfied they do not hibernate here,
else why are they not seen and ft!; in then
| destructive career upon the young plant in
i the spring and early in the summer? Is in
| because the plant furnishes a more graft fa
I repast when in f«U bearing? It so, up'm
| what dothey feed until the set time arrives?
I The cotton caterpillars hare ever appeared at
1 irregular intervals ami in peculiar seasons,
i and “whence they come, o? wh?ther they go.
is yet a mvslery to os. Marry have sup
• posed (and with much plausibility,) that they
are wafted over to us in the moth-stale from
! a more Southern region.
Yours, very trnly, A PLANTER.
We saw a gentleman ibe other day
from the upper patt of Baldwin county,
: who informed us that there is little hope
i for a crop among the planters on the river
! lands in that region. The worm had
| entirely destroyed the young plant. Some
i had planted three times, and others talked
1 of giving up in despair. Not only the cot
| ton, but the corn was suffering from tht
same cause.— Mobile Herald 4*- Tribune .
A I Vrw Tra in Navigation.
A few days since the new three masted
| schooner New Brunswick, loaded with
IS,OOO bushels of wheat at Chicago, and
| cleared for Liverpool. She goes by the
! way of the Welland Canal and the St
! Lawrence, This is the first clearance of
this kind ever made from the inland
waters of the gi eat lakes for an European
port, and constitutes a new era in the
history of navigation. —Buffalo Conr.
The Water Cure.
We have read various sober, methodical,
matter-of-fact descriptions of the way in
which people are washed clean from disease
at the “water cure” establishments; but hero
is one, supplied by a victim at Brattlebo
rough for the Nov? Haven Herald, which
does up the process in a vivid.graphic,humor
ous kind of way, highly effective, but proba
bly not a whit fesa truthful than the dullest
i of the other* —
j A feebk young man leaves his home an 1
the miring cares of a floating mother or
fond wfe, and comes hereaway North among
j the Mils to seek the will-o’-wisp angel of
hedth —in other words, to gel his stomach
: vashefl out and his liver put in order. After
i a night’s balmy repose, or rather in the
I midst of a night’s slumbers, in which dreams
j of fireside and borne and the maternal coffee
i and tost that awaits his awakening, the door
of his chamber opens, and in walks a figure
with shaggy hair and b*rc and brawny arms,
i who shakes the slumberer and rouses him
I with the hollow spoken words, “Your boa
is ready.” Your hath is ready, he meant,