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[From the N. Y. Globe.]
Special Meeting of the Tammany Society.
Initiation oi lion. Dixon 11. Lewis ol
Alabama.
Last evening the sons of St. Tammany
gathered in great members at the Old
Wigwam, tor the purpose of conferring
the honors of the order upon the flon.
Dixon H. Lewis. We were present
at tiro ceremony, and can safely as
sert that the Hon. gentleman “saw the
elephant” with evident satisfaction. As
soon as the very interesting ceremonies
of initiation were over, tire society ad
journed to /he banquet room. Here a
new scene was presented —a scene of pe
culiar interest, it was a general meet
ing for the interchange of sentiment, in
which nearly every State in the Onion
was represented. The chair was taken
hy Grand Sachem Ejah F. Purdy;
Hon. D. H.* occupied a seat on
his right, and he was well supported on
the left by Sachem Daniel 1. Delavan.—
'l'he uncorking of the “spa i kling Bnrguu
fly,” w'as the commencement for the
“feast of reason and the flow o1 soul.”—
'fire meeting being called to order, Col.
Delavan proposed as a sentiment:
“Out distinguished guest, Ssnetor
Eewis—We cordially greet and warmly
welcome him within tire W iguarn of
Old Tammany.”
This sentiment was received with
great enthusiasm, and was further con
firmed by nine hearty cheers.
Senator Lewis, as soon as the commo
tion had in a measure subsided, arose
promptly, “no trifling feat, in view of his
immense weight—nearly 500 pounds, and
O * 1
responded in a neat and appropriate
speech. He said that he was proud of
being united in brotherhood with the
members of so ancient and honorable an
institution. The Society had in all times
maintained an honorable and exalted
position. It w'as gratifying to him to bn
able to convey to his brethren in Ala
bama the assurance that of those political
principles known by comparison, and
good, better, best, he was proud to say
the Democracy ol lire Empiffe Slate must
be know as of the latter —best. The
Hon. gentleman closed his remarks by
re assuring his brelhern of the pleasure
lie Ueriveil Upim i!ic incscnt -JV.i.u-mm
It is impossible for us to give a type
of his remarks, which w ere listened to
throughout w ith deep interest.
The following toasts and sentiments
were then given in the order following,
as near ly as our recollection enables us
to pronounce, interspersed with an abun
dance of sparkling wit and repartee :
By Senator Lewis: Tire Society of the
Sons of St Tammany. Nine cheers.
By Grand Sachem Purdy: General
LVright, of New Jersey—Always ready to
combat the enemies of Democratic prin
ciples. Six cheers.
Mr. Wright responded in an appro
priate speech.
By Camper C. Childs, of the Globe:
Hon. Dixon H. Lewis—the largest
Democrat on record—may his shadow
never be less.
This sen imcnl was received with a storm
of laughter and cheers, which partially
subsiding, was renewed, by Gen. Wright,
remarking to the Hon, Senator, that he
might expect much from the older mem
bers of the Democracy of the Empire
State, after so gigantic an effort by a child.
To which Mr. Childs renlied that it was
generally admitted to be about (W) right.
By Judge Th.J. Smith: Grand Sachem
Elijah F. Purdy—The Democracy of the
Empire State know none more unflinch
ing in the goodcau.se, none more fearless,
than he to whom common consent awards
the proud title of the “War-horse of De
mocracy.” Nine cheers.
Grand Sachem Purdy arose and said,
that he received the sentiment, flattering
as it was, not to himself, but must be per
mitted to suppose it intended rather for his
brethren of the Tammany Society. He
had he believed, always striven to do his
duty, and he must in justice say, that he
owed much of his success to the aid of his
brethren. In their name, he again thank
ed the meeting for their very kind senti
ment. He said he would propose
The Democracy of Massachusetts—
few in number, but of the right sort.
This sentiment was received with great
and long continued cheering.
Mr. C. Mosher, Jr., of Boston, who was
present, responded in behalf of the Bay
State, and after referring to a speech of
Sesiator Lewis against the United Slates
Bank, closed a neat and eloquent speech
by proposing:
The Democracy ofthe Union may well
be proud of one who sustains their prin
ciples as nobly as the Hon. Senator from
Alabama. Nine cheers.
By Hon. E. F. Purdy; C S. Bdgardus,
Esq., a gentleman, exemplary in the dis.
charge of public duties—devoted to De
mocratic principles.—May prosperity at
tend him through life. Ninexiheers.
Mr. Bogardus replied appropriately,
and* concluded by calling on General
Wright of New Jersey for a song, who
ang ‘-‘S;ar Spangled Banner” in his
best style, with a chorus that made the
Old Wigwam ring again.
By Sachem Peter Crawford: The
cardinal principles of Democracy: free
trade, sailors rights, and equal represen
tation of the people’s interests.
We regret our space will not allow us
to make a more full report of the proceed
ings, which were throughout of the must
interesting character.
At 11 o’clock, the Hon. gentlemen took
leave of the Society. Upon taking Lis
seat in the carriage, he was greeted with
nine soul stirring cheers—-tally—and a !
good one for the last. As the carriage
drove off, he shouted out success to Old
I Tammany. He appeared delighted to the
l highest degree end wt> only wish that he
j may live long to wear his well earned lau- j
rels. Os all men living, he is capable of i
! giving the giealest weight to any subject, i
We forgot to s’ate, that during the
! evening the whole Society and its guest
| paid a vi-it by. invitation, to the “Mrs.
| Lynch’s,” at the Pewter Mug, adjioning
Tamrnairv. The entertainment was uo
; bounded and highly creditable. Toasts,
sentiments, &c., served to give zest to the
occasion, anil every thing went off with |
the greatest possible tclat. Thomas, who |
is a member of Tammany Society un
corked the tall bottles and rendered every
facilitv in his power to render honor to
his distinguished guest.
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AUGUSTA. GEO.. * j
SUNDAY MO UN ING, JULY 4, 1847.
FOR GOVERNOR,
H3N. 0. W. TOWNS. !
OF TALBOT.
HZTIn order that those engaged in this of- |
i fice ir.av participate in tlie festivities of the !
Dav, no paper will be issued from this office ;
until Wednesday morning.
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(PirThe Telegraph between Baltimore and t
Philadelphia was out of order on the 30th
| ult. No tidings of tire Sarah Sands had
readied New York, at 2 P. M. of that day.
Relief to Scot. and.
We have been favored by a friend with a Copy
I of the Glasgow Courier of 25th May, in which
I we find the following acknowledgment of the
receipt of funds collected in this city by R. A,
| Reid, Esq., for the sulf ring Scotch.
“Contributed to the Highland Relief Fund by |
a few people in Augusta, Ga. per Mr. John Me- I
; Dowall, 3s. U-i.”
[Editorial Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Milledgeville, July Ist, 1817.
! You have ere tins received the extra from (
.
i the office of the Federal Union, giving the
outline of the proceedings of our Deinociatio j
t
Convention. It remains lor me to give an ,
| account somewhat more in detail.
The result of its deliberations will meet
i
| the hearty concurrence of the Democratic par- ;
: ly. A belter feeling never existed in any I
| party than was this week manifested. Never I
1 was there a stronger conviction of the justice I
1 of a cause, and never a stronger delermina- !
tiou to sustain it, than that which pervaded !
the mind of the Convention. Rarely, if ever, |
i lias one met in this Sia;e representing either }
1 of the great parlies of the State, combining as
I much talents, good sense, weight of cbarac
! ter and private worth. Even a stranger, look- ;
ing upon that large and respectable assein- j
blage, would have been forcibly impressed j
with its air of intelligence, and us orderly tie- |
portment.
The nomination of Col. Towns is, I con- ;
sider, a very happy one. Tae popularity of j
Col. Towns is unsurpassed. He has not an :
enemy—not a bitter feeling to contend against,
either among vvbigs or democrats. He has a
host of devoted friends who will do their ut
most to insure his election. His claims upon
the confidence of his party are of the high- |
esl order. He has long been known as a I
man of fine talents, lie lias been long a dis
linguished leader in his party. The urbani
ty of bis manners is such that be will be a
most formidable antagonist even to Col. Win.
C. Dawson in a canvass for the personal
good-will of the people.
The Convention could not have gone very
far wrong, however, for the only competitor,
Col. Herschell V. Johnson, is a very able
man, one of the ablest in this or any other
Slate, of high moral worth and great energy.
He is gratefully remembered for bis efficient
services in the -democratic cause whenever
the opportunity lias offered, and more espe
cially for the ability and untiring zeal with
which he canvassed the State as a Presiden
tial Elector in 1844, and for the vigour and ta
lent which he displayed in the edi’orial chair
of the Federal Union in the succeeding year.
" The fact that lie lias always lived in whig
counties and districts, has prevented his be
ing placed oftener in a public position, and
it has long been a cause of regret to his ad
mirers, that his valuable services could never
be brought into requisition in our halls of ie
isiation. The large vote lie received for the
nomination in previous Conventions, and the
still larger votes now received, indicate a
growing popularly of the most stable ki:d.
Tbev prove Col. Johnson to be a strong man
with the people, and that he is yet destined
to receive dislingushed honors at their hands.
Afier the nomination, a very interesting
debate sprung up on Monday afternoon, upon
a motion to appoint a committee of five to
publish an address to the people of Georgia.
This was opposed very vehemently by Mr.
Wm. B. Prior, of Troup, a very clever fellow
by the way, a main of good declamatory pow
ers, and great enthusiasm of manner—with a
very fine swelling voic,e,and very fond of hear
ing it— greatly addicted to “the siump”and de
lights to dwell on his feats on that primitive
rostrum. Wilhail he is an interesting speak-
er. I should say amusing. Though he might
not bring very cogent logic or terse reasoning
to bear, he never sils down without having
first said something good and interlacing.- —
He abounds in comical conceits and racy
anecdotes, and they come upon you when you
least expect it. In the midst of a most tow
ering flight of declamation, the orator will
come down with most facile descent, to
an illustration or story which would seem as
cut of place as a harlequin in a church. 1
have given this notice of Mr. Prior, because
I in the course of the debates he gave the con
| veniion much entertainment. The occasion
I gave him an opportunity to make a fling at
| Mr. Calhoun, and his friends, which was very
I gratuitous, for they had no idea of introdu
i cing his name and his course into that body
I for discussion, and the motion for a committee
had not the most distant reference to him. —
After a discursive speech about the war u ill)
Mexico and the glorious energy of the peo
ple in general, democracy in particu*
lar, in reprobation of Mr. Calhoun, praise of
Judge Colquitt, and himself, and Hernando
Cortez, who conquered Mexico and marched
into her capi'al with three hundred men,‘*6e
fore Iks invention of gun I'cncder” as the im
passioned orator informed us—after quotingto
us the example of some ot the old puritans,
who resolved in town meeting, Ist, that the
earth was the Lord’s and the fullness thereof;
2nd, that the Lord designed the same for the
saints; 3rd, Resolved that we are the saints,
he recommended its application to this coun
try in reference to Mexico.
When Mr. Prior concluded, all eyes were
turned to Mr. Black, who had seemed 10
watch him with keen eye, as a setter would
his game. But he did not at that time reply.
The motion to appoint a committee of five
was voted down.
Judge Hillyer of Clarke, next obtained the
floor, and introduced a preamble and resolu
tions, which were afterwards made the basis
of the report of the Committee of twenty-two,
and with some alterations and some addition
al resolutions constituted the report of that
Committee.
Mr. Black offered a preamble and resolu
tions to the Convention as a substitute, and
took occasion, in reply to Mr. Prior, to de
fend Mr. Calhoun from the charge of apos
lacy to democratic principles. He showed
how in all times of trial and difficulty, and
particularly in the last ten years, Mr. Cal
-1 h.oun had been the able—the ablest chain-
I pion of democratic principles, and had reu
deied to them, and therefore incidentally to
the democratic parly and to the South, most
invaluable services. That he was not a
member of the democratic party was true,
! ior he had said ihut for seventeen years he
had felt constrained to oppose many ot the
measn.es of the Democratic party or espouse
measures of the Whig, and vice versa. But
ii) man could doubt that upon all fundamen
tal and constitutional questions he was a
democrat in the strictest sense.
Mr. Black poured forth a eulogy of Mr.
Calhoun, which was beautiful in style and tn
manner. It came from the heart of one of
the most ardent admirers of that great man,
and was the more manly and honorable from
the fact, that it was disinterested. It could
have no sinister —no selfish motive. To be
the eulogist of Mr. Calhoun is not the road
to popularity with the democratic party in
Georgia. It U but just, however, that a voice
of remonstranee should be raised, when gra
tuitous assaults are made, and gentlemen
travel out of their way to make them, on Mr.
Calhoun, while the delinquencies of such
men as Mr. Buchanan, and of Governor
Wright on the tariff, and of Col. Benton on
tiie annexation question, have been treated
with such perfect forbearance. Mr. Black’s
resolutions had for their object, a declaration
of the principles of the democratic party and
its position on the leading questions which
divide the two great parties. They also had
special reference to the question of the pub
lic domain, acquired and to be acquired, and
to the principles of the Wilmot Proviso.
They embraced also, in terms, the resolution
afterwards reported by tiie Committee and
adopted bv the Convention, that the demo
cratic party would support no man for the
Presidency who did not distinctly repudi
ate and disavow the principles of the \\ ilmot
Proviso. On this topic, as on all others, he
discussed; mare especially on the subject of
the Missouri Compromise, and the proposi
tion in Mr. Hillyer’s resolutions that we
have entire confidence in the fidelity of the
great mass of the Northern democracy to
that compromise, he was particularly happy.
Mr. Black, both on Monday and Tuesday, iu
the debates which took place, made a most
favorable impression for talents, and a high
order of oratorical abilities. He is certainly
a most tasteful and polished speaker. His
diction is choice, and his pronunciation and
his emphasis almost faultless. His satyrical
propensitses, and his unrivalled powers of ri
dicule, were kept under sedulous restraint,
though some of his characteristic inodes of
pourtraying an argument or position that he
is combating in a ludricous- iignt, were ex
hibited in a style which fras irresistably
amusing.
After the substitute of Mr. Black was of
fered, a motion was made to appoint a Com
mittee of two from each judicial circuit, who
should take into consideration all the resolu
tions and substitutes which were or rnijjht
be offered, and to prepare from them a report
for the action of the Convention. Upon this
a warm discussion arose, and a motion was
made to adjourn as a test question. The
mot-ion failed,a,od the motion for a Committee
was carried. Before the vote was taken,
Mr. Gardner of Richmond, offered a pream
ble and resolutions, on the subject of the
Wilmot Proviso, recommending the adoption
of the Virginia Resolutions, a resolution that
the Democratic party would vote for no man
for the Presidency who did not distinctly re- j
pudiate and disavow the principles of that j
Proviso, and also a resolution, that in view
of those vital rights and interests of the 1
Smith assaiied by it, we recognize with j
pleasure in the person of General Z icbary ;
Taylor, identified with ns in those rights and
interests, and that rather than vole for a can
didate who did not distinctly repudiate the
principles of the Wilmot Proviso, the demo
cratic party of Georgia would rally around
that patriot and hero.
After the motion was carried, the Commit- !
tee was appointed by the Chair, and the Con- ;
vent ion adjourned to 8 o’clock on Tuesday
I morning.
i On re-assembling next morning, the report |
I of that Committee was adopted by the Con- ;
| veniion, with the exception that theConven- j
lion substituted, in place of a resolution mak
ing a simple declaration of the constitutional ;
rights of ail citizens to an equality in the en- j
j joyment of the national territory acquired or !
to be acquired, a resolution declaring the
willingness of the democratic party of Geor- [
. gia to aduere to ihe provisions of the Mis- !
. i
souri Compromise. This Was offered byway ;
of amendment bv Judge Cone, of Greene, i
Chairman of the Committee of twenty-two,
through whom the report was made. This i
amendment was acceptable to tiie Conven- ;
tion as the result proved, but its coming from
j the source it did created some surprise.
Afterthe report was read,the Han. Howell
Cobb of Clarke, called attention to the fact
! that the resolutions of (lie Virginia House of
i Delegates, adopted in the report, were after
j wards annexed in the Senate, by adding to
■ them a resolution declaratory of a willing- !
; ness to adhere to the Missouri compromise. ■
On this subject Mr. Cobb made a very strong
i and interesting speech. He went somewhat
I at length into the history of the subject, and
contended that on this slavery question,
from tiie time of its first agitation, the
‘ only party at the North that had ever voted
with the youth was the democratic party.
Not a single vole had ever been given by a
Northern whig in our favor. The democratic
party therefore had saved the South and
saved the Union by tiie aid it had often given
to the South in Congress. It had always
furnished a sufficient number of votes, added
to »lio Southern vote,to carry the question for
the South, while in no instance had the whig
party of the North contributed a single vole.
Upon the preservation then of that good old
! party —the democratic party of the Union,
| fie believed depended the salvation and per
| petuity of their federal Union.
It was then that Mr. Cone rose and offer
j ed his amendment, which was supported by
1 himself and Mr. Prior. To these Mr. Black
replied in behalf of the resolution of the
Committee, and made it a very luminous and
able argument. He contended that silence
j on the subject of the Missouri Compromise
i was not opposition to it. It was not a repu
diation of tiiat contract by the South. But
the North had already repudiated it, and
proved false to it, by the passage, through tiie
lower House of Congress* of the Wilmot Pro
viso. It was time enough for Georgia, to pro*
| claim her willingness to adhere to it, When
; the North called on her to do so. So far her
j willingness had never been called in ques
! tion. But if tbe North chose to repudiate it,
then the true policy for the South was to
plant herself on her rights under the consti
tution, some portion of which she had con
i ceeded in that compromise , (improperly so
! called.) while the North had conceeded noth- ;
1
mg.
Mr. Griffin, of Savannah, a very talented j
young gentleman, and a beautiful speaker, ‘
1 made a chaste, graceful speech in favor of i
! the amendment, and wks very eloquent and
poetical on the subject, of the enormous ini- ,
propriety of calculating tiie value of our sa
cred Union. The orator seemed to have a- !
dopted a mode of ascertaining the value of 1
the Union without the necessity of making
any calculation of its benefits. This mode
he did not disclose however.
Mr. Gardn r, of Richmo id, next obtained |
the floor, but yielded it to enable Mr. Black
to reply to so much of Mr. Griffin’s speech as
was personal to himself and his argument.
He sought to disabuse tbe mind of the gen
i tleman from Savannah of the idea that be
■ cause he did calculate the value of the Union
—that lie did ascertain its value by a calcu
lation of its advantages—its immense ad
vantages to us, as to all portions of our com
mon country, that therefore fie undervalued
it, and would desire its disruption. Mr.
Gardner then proceeded, and advocated the !
original resolution as it was reported by the
Committee, and vindicated the Committee
from any imputation or false impression
which might be made, as to their opposition
to the provisions of the Missouri Compromise.
It was not that they would desire Georgia to
violate it, but that it was inexpedient and
uncalled f »r; that she should reiterate her al* j
herence to it in the face of its repudiation by
the North.
The vote was then taken, and the amend
ment was carried by a large majority.
This was the most important debate of the
Convention. It was highly interesting, and j
was listened to with marked pleasure by a
crowded gallery.
There were some other speeches made on
this and incidental questions that arose, in
which, among others, Messrs. tSaffdd and
Flournoy, of Washington, participated. The
latter expressed, no doubt, the sentiment of
the Convention when he said, that he
pleased .that the Convention had had a full
discussion of such important subjects, instead !
of voting silently resolutions cut and dried !
for the occasion. Free discussion, and a J
manly interchange of opinion, was Demo
cra'ic characteristics. The Democracy were
never afraid of it. It was their privilege to
differ on minor questions, and to give expres
sion to their independent views. But that it
was also their characteristic to cling togeth
er on great and. fundamental principles, and
that when called on to vindicate them at the
ballot-box, they would be found united.
The Whigs are assembling in great force
for their Convention. They will meet this
morning at 10 o’clock. It is said that Gen.
Clinch and Col. Dawson are about equal
ly strung in the vote they will get in the
Convention —that the two-thirds rule will be
adopted for the nomination. Neither will
withdraw in favor of the other, and that the j
Whigs will compromise on Judge Trippe, of
Cuss, or Col. Robert Hardeman, of Jasper, •
This, of course, is street rumor and con- |
jecture. Before the riddle is solved, the stage
will have left with this letter, so you must
wait to see what another day may bring forth.
Yours, G.
Whig Gubernatorial Convention.
This body assembled at AJiliedgeville on
Thursday last. Charles J. Jenkins, Esq , !
was chosen Chairman, and Messrs. Win. B. '
Tinsley, and John IJ. Steele, Secretaries.—
Sixty-seven counties were represented.
Without any nomination the Convention i
went into a ballot for the candidate—the ma- j
joritv of the votes to govern. On counting I
the ballots the following was the result:
]it hallol. ! 2d (mllot. 2d ballot, i
Clinch, to Hi 112 !
Dawson, 91 91 97 !
Hill, 2
Trippe, 14 12 5
Holt, . 10 5
Redding, 3 2
Hardeman, 3 2 1
Blank, 1
Among the resolutions reported by Mr. A.
J. Miller, Chairman of the committee, and a
dopted, we find the following :
3. Resolved, That yielding to onr admira
| tiou and gratitude tor ihe distinguished »er- j
i vices of the Great Captain of the age—Gen
eral Zachary 'Taylor—with whose charac
ter are inseparably associated ihe modesty of ,
merit, the coolness of bravery and the devot- ■
edness of patriotism, and being assured of
Ins identity with us in principle, we cheer
fully respond to the general and spontaneous
acclamation of the American people, in now
recommending him as tlie next President, of
these United Stales.
4 Resolved, That the thanks of the people
of this Slate and trie United Slates are emi- i
nenlly due to the officers and so d ers of our
army in Mexico, both regulars and volunteers,
| for their gallant conduct and lofty bearing
during the existing war.
5. Resolved, That the Hon. John C. Cal- 1
boon is entitled to the thanks of T lie people |
of Georgia for his independent and patriotic :
course in the Senate of the United Smites in
reference to our recently disturbed foreign
relations.
. 6. Resolved , That we are opposed to the
; Wilmql Proviso, so called—and that all le
! gislation by Congress restricting the right io
j c*
hold slave properly in the territories of the 1
United States, is unequal, unjust and uncon- j
Stitutinnal. j
7. Resolved. That a committee of seven
be appointed for the pnrpo-e of communica
ting to llie Hon. Duncan L. Clinch ins nomi
nation as the candidate of the Wing party
for Governor* and that they publish Jos re- !
ply.
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I’rogiess of the President.
The Hartford and New Haven Railway i
Company despatched # exira trains from New
Haven to Springfield, for the accommodation
of the President and suite, free of charge.
I The cars ran over the road from New Ha
ven to Springfield, G 2 miies, in one hour and
forty-five minutes. The President spent
j Monday night in Springfield, and reached
’ Boston Tuesday noon> On arriving at the
, city limits be was escorted by the military
ordered ouL by the Governor of Massayha
setts, to the Toll House, where he was re
j ceived by the city authorities of B iston., —
j Afterwards ho was escorted to the Revere
j House.
i Tlie Washington Union says—“ The news
papers liave teemed for several days past with
rumors about the recall of Mr. Lisboa, the Bra
;
i ziliun minister. Some of the letter-writers pro
| fess to give the very laconic terms in which the
i recall lias been made. We are not advised that.
_
I up to this moment, the recall has been communi
cated to our government,"
Magnetic Telegraph.
The Charleston Courier of the 3J instant,
says—“lt is with pleasure that we stale that
the erection of the posts for the wires of the
line of Telegraph between tills city and Co-
I lumbia, along the Rail Road track, is in pro
gress. The work was commenced on Mon
day last, and has progressed upwards of eight
miles. The posts are of Cypress and about
one hundred yards apart and twenty-five feet *
above the ground.”
More Volunteers gone.
The Cassville Pioneer of the 2d inst says—
Capt. Grant left this place on yesterday for Co
lumbus, with his company of volunteers. He has
hud considerable trouble, to raise this company,
owing to the business season of the year being
I on hand, and people could not, conveniently,
| leave their crops. The officers of the company,
I are as follows; '
j * W. B. Grapt, Captain; Win. Lemmons, Ist
Lieut.; Ebenezer Fain, 2J do/, Wm. Hunter, 3d
i do.
We wish them a healthy, but stormy compaign,
and may they survive many hard fought bailies,
and return to be covered with never fading hon
ors by them friends and fellow-citizens.
A terrible storm
ed over a portion of Chattaoga and Wal
ker Counties, on Sunday lust, the effects
of which were truly .calamitous. - lis ra
vages embraced an extent of territory
from a half to three fourths of a mile in
! width. 'Pile length of it we have not as.
| ceriained. Fields of Com and Oats were
{ totally destroyed and the Colion, which
i is now from eight to twenty inches high,
was litieially shipped of leaves and
branches by the hail—trees wete torn up
by the roots and fences blown from their
places. — Rome ( Ga.) Journal , 30 th ult.
[ Fro."k the N. O. Bee-]
We received,by the steamboat Illinois,
St, Louis papers of the 22d June. We
extract the following from the Reveille:
Sa l News from the Plains—Capture of a
VVagon Tram —Murder of Teamsters.
A gentleman arrived in town last eve
ning, from Westport, who informs us that
just before his departure, a Delaware
Indian had arrived from the Plains,giving
an account of a wholesale murder ot
teamsters, hy a combined force of Ar.
rapahoes, Cumanches and Pawnees. The
| Indian Is a son of Nacoma, the principal
| chief of the Delawares, and is generally
considered a man of veracity. Me was
j found a prisoner at Taos, when Col. Price
took that place, and was liberated. His
story is, that having started homeward, lie
fell in with a large body of Indians, of
the tribes mentioned, on the Aikansas.
They made him prisoner, and only spared
his life on the condition that he would join
I them against the whiles. He sets their
number down at two hundred fires, which
would make the total number ot the foice
about one thousand men.
Near Walnut creek, lie states, this
formidable party met and attacked a train
i of thirty wagons, drawn by mule teams,
! and accompanied only by the drivers and
j eight or ten horsemen. 'The Indians sur
rounded them, and charging suddenly,
drove the teamsters from their saddles,
; and massacred every man ot the party!
—d’he wagons were loaded with govern
ment stores. which, with the mules, the
Indians appropriated to their own use.
The day succeeding this massacre,
young Nacoma vvas permitted to depart,
having been presented with a fine large
American mule.—This animal bears the
mark ‘*U. S,” and has been recognized
! a ? one of those belonging to a government
train which left Fort Leavenworth a lew
i weeks since.
We further learn, that the Delawares
■ are preparing to send a war party against
; the O.sages. The latter tribe have teceull v
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taken three Delaware scalps.
A Cass of Lyuiiinui.
It grieves us to have it to record, that
a case of L} nch law execution came off,
in our city, on last Saturday evening, on
i ii,6 person of the name of Powell or Pow
er, living in the vicinity of the Coweta
Falls Factory. This man was married,
a lew months ago, to one ot the factory
i girls, whom, it is said, he vvas in the habit
I of abusing, while in a sta e of intoxication,
i Having committed ibis offence of conjugal
1 propriety on Saturday ash moon, a mob
of some futy young men collected after
j supper, and took him to the river bard by,
i where he was ducked till he wrfsas c e>t
| fallen as a drowned rat; he was then ta
; ken to-his house, where,in the presence of
his w ifo and other females, lie was bom d
I to a tree with a large rope or ‘bowser/
i and soundlv beaten vvith laths, sticks,
fists, dec. &c. Having somewhat ap
p as< cl their wrath with this manner o/
i punishment, he was next hoisted on a rail,
preparatory to a grand rice, without
j saddle or hi idle. The rail, \ bow ever,
: broke, and the victim fell, hurting him
self considerably; but another was scon
; procu el by one of ihe Christian*, and
j would have been us-il had not several
| citizens earnestly remonstrated with the
| crowd of Lynchers, and succeeded, will
j some difficulty, in restt aining them from
! further violence—on the promise from
•Powell to clear out, which, we under
i stand, he Vas comp.led vvidi. —Muscogee
i Democrat , Ist inst.
DEATHS.
In Columbus, on Saturday night, tl e .6th ult ,
| Mr. Nathan •'“eymour, Merchant of Apalachi
cola, Fla.. aged 55 years.
in Columbus, on Saturday, 2Gth ult., air. Kou
t.RT I.Krt, aged 23d years.
Air. was a private, of Capt Calhoun's coin
j p.my of “Georgia Light Infantry.” recently return
ed from Mexico. He was followed to the grave
! by bis tale comrades in arms, who were ill the city,
and vvas buried with military honors by Capt.
j Cooper’s ‘‘Light Guards.’ 1
TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION OF
THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERI
CAN INDEPENDENCE.
The Committee appointed by Augusta Di is
i ion, No. 7, of the SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
j announce that a procession will be formed in
front of the Masonic Hall in Augusta, on Mon
day, July sth, at 8 o’clock, A. M., under the di
* rerliun of Brother AARON ROFF ; Marshal
of the day, and proceed to the Bridge, where it
will be met by Marion Division of Hamburg
uniting vvith that, and Ninety-six, Aiken, and
Barnwell Divisions, in celebrating the day in that
place. After which, the several Divisions will
repair to the Presbyterian Ciiuich in Augusta,
’ where, after the usual religious exercises, an Ad
dress will be delivered by Brother LUCiEN LA
TASTE.
It is expected that the exercises in the Presby
terian Church will commence about 10 o’clock.
The Pews on the right and left of the centre
aisle will be reserved for the Societies which join
in the procession.
The Washington Total Abstinence Society,
and ail other friends of the Temperance Cause,
are cordially invited to join the procession, and
the Youth of the city are tspecially invited to at
! tend. 2 JuJv 3
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STJEAJIBOAT COHUPANV OF CJFOit
CIA.
s7rThis Company having been re-organized
and placed in an e’flicient state for service, are
prepared to send forward without delay ail freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. W ILt!AM§, Agent
at Savannah, will be forwarded free.of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Good Ain with this
Company has terminated.
JOHN B. GCIEU.
June 6 I- T Agent at Augusta.
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