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Lazarus and T/Zary.
From the lllh chapter of«the Gospel of St. John.
BY K. P. WILLIS.
Jesus was there but yesterday. The print
Os his departing feet was at the door;
His ‘“Peace be with you 1 " was yet audible
la the wrajd porch of Mary’s charmed ear;
And in the low' rooms, ’twas as if the air,
Hushed with his going forth, had been the breath
Os angels left on w'alch—so conscious still
The place seemed of his presence—yet, within.
The family by Jesus loved were weeping,
Fur Lazarus lay dead.
And Alary sat
By the pale sleeper. He w r as young to die";
The countenance whereon the*Saviour dwelt
With one benignant smile, the soft fair lines
Breathing of hope, were still ail eloquent,
Like life well mocked in marble. That the
Gone from those pallid lips was heard in Heaven,
Toned with unearthly sw'eetness—that the light,
Quenched in the closing ot those stirless lids,
W as veiling before God its timid fire,
New lit, and brightening like a star at eve—
That Lazarus, her brother, was in bliss.
Nor with this cold clay sleeping —Mary knew.
Her heaviness of heart was not for him !
But close had been the lie by Death divided.
The intertwining locks of that bright hair
That wiped the feet of Jesu-—the fair hands
Ciaspedin her breathless wonder w hile He tanght,
Scarce to one pulse thrilled more in unison,
Than with one soul this sister and her brother
Had locked their lives together. In this love.
Hallowed from stain, the woman’s heart of Alary
Was, w'ith its rich affections, all hound up.
Os an unblemished beauty, as became
An office by archangels filled till now,
She walked with a celestial halo clad;
And while to the Apostles’ eyes it seemed
She but fulfilled her errand out of Heaven—
Sharing her low roof with the Son of God—
She was a woman, fond and mortal still;
And the deep fervor, lost to passion’s fire,
Breathed through the sister s tenderness. In vain
Knew Mary, gazing on that face of clay,
That it was her brother. He was there—
Swathed in that linen vesture for the grave,
The same loved one, in all his comeliness—
And with him to the grave her heart must go.
W hat though he talked of her to angels ? Nay,
Hovered in spirit near her / Twas that arm.
Palsied in death, whose fond caress she knew'!
It was that lip of marble with ivhose kiss,
Morning and eve, love beamed the sweet day in.
This was the form by the Judean maids
Praised for its palm-like stature, as he walked
With her by Kedron in the eventide—
The dead was Lazarus !
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The burial was over, and the night
Fell upon Bethany—and morn—and noon~
And comforters and mourners, went their wav—
But Death stayed on ! They had been oft alone,
When Lazarus had followed Christ to hear
His teachings in Jerusalem, but this
as more than solitude. The silence now
Was void of expectation. Something felt
Always before, and loved without a name—
Joy from the air, hope from the opening door,
Welcome and life from off the very walls—
Seemed gone—and in the chamber where he lay
There was a fearful and unbreathing hush
Stiller than night’s lust hour. So fell on Mary
The shadows ail have known, w'ho from their hearts-,
Have released friends to Heaven. The parting soul
Spreads wings betwixt the mourner and the sky,
As if its path lay, from the tie last broken,
Straight through the cheering gateway of the sun;
And, to the eye strained after, Tis a cloud
That bars the light from all things.
Now as Christ
Drew near to Bethany, the Jews went forth
With Alartha, mourning Lazarus. But Alary
Sat in the house. She knew the hour was nigh
When he would go again, as He had said,
Unto his father ; and she felt that He,
Who loved her brother Lazarus in life,
Had chose the hour to bring him home through
Death
In no unkind forgetfulness. Alone—
She could lift up the bitter prayer to Heaven,
“Thy will be done. O God!” but that dear brother
Had filled the cup and broke the bread for Christ;
And ever, at the morn, when she had knelt
And washed those holy feet, came Lazarus
To bind his sandals on, and follow forth
With drooped eyes, like an angel, sad and fair —
Intent upon the Alaster’s need alone.
Indissolubly linked were they! And now,
To go to meet him —Lazarus not there—
And to His greeting answer, ‘ It is well!"
And without tears, (since grief would trouble Him
Whose soul was always sorrowful,) to kneel
And minister alone —he»• heart gave way!
She covered up her face and turned again
To wait within for Jesus.
But once more
Came Martha, saying, ‘“Lo! the Lord is here,
And caileth for thee, Mary!” Then rose
The mourner from the ground, whereon she sate
Shrouded in sackcloth, and quickly bound up
The golden locks of her dishevelled hair,
And o'er her ashy garments drew a veil
Hiding the eye she could not trust. And still,
As she made ready to go forth, a calm
As in a dream fell on her.
At a fount,
Hard by the sepulchre, without the wall,
Jesus awaited Alary. Seated near
Were the way-worn disciules in the shade ;
Bat of himself forgetful, Jesus leaned
Upon his staff, and watched where she should come,
To whose one sorrow —but a sparrow’s falling—
The pity that redeemed the world could bleed 1
And as 'she came, with that uncertain step,
Eager, yet weak—her hand upon her breast—
And they who followed her all fallen back,
To leave her with her sacred grief alone—
The heart of Christ was troubled. She drew near,
And the disciples rose up from the fount,
Moved by her look of wo, and gathered round,
And Mary, for a moment, ere she looked
Upon the Saviour, stayed her faltering feet,
And straightened her veiled form, and tighter drew
Her clasp upon the folds across her breast;
Then, with a vain strife to control her tears,
She to their midst, and at his feet
Fell prostrate, saving,‘“Lord 1 hadst thou been here,
My brother had hot died!" The Saviour groaned
In spirit, and stooped tenderly, and raised
The mourner from the ground, and in a voice,
Broke in an utterance like her own, He said,
“Where have ye laid turn'.” Then the Jew's who
came
Following Mary answered through their tears,
“Lord! come and see !” Butlo! the mighty heart
That in Gethsemaue sw'eat drops of blood,
Taking for us the cup that might not pass;—
The heart whose breaking cord upon the cross
Made the earth tremble, and the sun afraid
To look upon his agony —the heart
Os a lost world’s Redeemer—overflowed,
Touched by a mourner’s sorrow! Jesus wept.
Calmed by those pitying tears, and fondly brooding
Upon the thought that Christ so loved her brother,
Stood Marv there : but that lost burthen now
Lay on His heart who pitied her ; and t hrist,
Following slow, and groaning in Himself ,
Came to the sepulchre. It was a cave,
And a stone lay upon it. Jesus said,
“Take ye away the stone." Then lifted He
His moistened eyes to Heaven, and while the Jews
And the disciple's bent their heads in awe,
And trembling Marv sank upon her knees,
The son of God prayed audibly.
He ceased,
And for a minute’s space there was a hush.
As if the angelic watchers ot the world
Had stayed the pulses of all breathings,
To listen to that prayer. The face of Christ
Shone as he stood, a id over him there came
Command, as ’(were the living face of God,
And with a loud voice he cried “Lazarus !
Come forth !’’ And instantly, bound hand and foot,
And borne by unseen angels from the cave,
He that was dead stood with them. At the w'ord
Os Jesus, the fear-striken Jew's unloosed
The hands from off the foldings of his shroud ;
And Alary, with her sad veil thrown aside,
Ran to him swiftly, and cried “Lazarus !
My brother Lazarus!" and tore away
,The napkin she had bound about bis bead.
And touched the warm lips with her tearful hand,
And on his neck fell weeping. And wdiile ali
Lay on their faces prostrate, Lazarus
Took Mary by the hand, and they knelt down
And worshipped Him who loved them.
[From the Edgefield Advertiser.]
Celebration at Red Hill.
Our National Anniversary was celebrated by
a respectable concourse ot citizens ot the Dis
trict and of our sister State, Georgia, at Red
Hill on Saturday, the 3d hist. Iwo Compa
nies having attended for Drill, one ot Infan
try, and one of Light Infantry, after the dill!
and the tiring ot National fealutcs from mus
ketry, a Procession was termed by the tw o
companies, escorting the Reader, the Orator of
the Day, and the citizens, to the Baptist
Church, a few' hundred yards distant, where
after a few pertinent remarks, the Decimation
of Independence was read Air. John I• I al
bert, and an Oration delivered by Wm. A.
Adams, Esq., in an eloquent and impressive
manner; after which the audience repaired to
the table and partook of a dinner prepared by
our worthy citizen, John M. -Clarke, in a.
suited to the occasion.
The cloth being removed, and the tabie
furnished with the sparkling juice of the grape,
the meeting was called to order by Col. Mar
tin Holmes and Capt. 33. M. Talbert, when the
following sentiments were read with much ap
plause.
Regular Toasts.
Isf. The Day we celebrate. —The birth-day of
American Independence.
2nd. The Memory of General George Wash
ington.
3rd. The Signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. —In the face of the British lion, they
fearlessly, and with the approbation of Heaven,
did sign*and guarantee to us our liberty; their
memory will ever remain fresh in the minds of
all lovers of freedom.
4th. Our venerable and patriotic ancestors,
who struggled in those dark and gloomy days,
that tried men’s souls, for the Liberty and In
dependence we now enjoy, may their memory
be handed down with fond recollection to their
latest posterity.
sth. Lafayette. —Whose magnanimous spirit
and love of justice, inspired and prompted him
to assist our oppressed ancestors in their glo
rious struggle for liberty, though he is now no
more, he yet lives in the hearts of the Ameri
can people, and his name will bo lisped, and
fondly cherished by generations unborn.
6th. Oar Nary. — The safeguard of our mari
time operations.
7th. Our Army. —Energetic and brave, they
have maintained the honor of our country, and
we are confident they will do it in every crisis.
B th. The Mexican War. —The battles of Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, the storming of
Monterey, the battle of Buena Vista, the bom
bardment of Vera Cruz, and the battle of Ccr
ro Gordo, prove our officers and soldiers to be
faithful representatives of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Qth. The Press. —When confined to its le
gitimate object, viz :—the diffusion of true and
useful knowledge, will ever be a safeguard for
the protection of our liberties, but w hen pros
f tuted, as government presses often are, to un
holy purposes, they are unworthy the patron
age of a free people.
10th. The adherents of the Wilmot Proviso. —
Should they persist in their unjust and fanati
cal project, they will receive from the South
the breath of scorn, so united, so strong, so
withering, that like mushroons, they will
1 droop to revive no more.
IDA. John C. Calhoun. —Through all his po
litical course, he has acted with promptness,
irrespective of party dictation,
i 1 2th. South Carolina. —Firm in the Rovolu
tionary struggle, unwavering during the last
war w'ith England, true to herself to ’32 and
’B3, and ever on the side of the Constitution.
13th. Women. —God bless ’em, we love them
I all.
Volunteer Toasts*
By the President. Smith Carolina. —May all
her daughters be chaste, and all her sons be
brave.
By the Vice President. Gen I. Taylor . —Old
Rough and Ready—Democrat, Whig, or what
else he may be called, he has nobly sustained
his country’s honor in the Mexican War.
By John P. Talbert. —Death to tyrants and
freedom tq the oppressed of all nations.
By S. Broadwater, Esq. Hon. George Mc-
Duffie —Though retired from public life, his
zeal for Southern interests, and his political in
fluence will be ever cherished in the memory
of every Southern man.
Bv Dr. Jno. W. Ogilvie. The 9C> Boys. —
We know' their material too w-ell to doubt Old
j Edgefield’s being faithfully represented in the
i Halls of the Montezumas.
By P. 11. Delane. Gen. Sumpter. —The game
cock of the revolution, the patriot of ’76, the
republican of'9B, and nullificr of’32 —his me
mory will ever live in the mind of Hie friends
of freedom.
By John Weatherford. The American Ea
q\.—Long may it soar o’er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
By Col. Hill. The Orator of the Day. —llis
intellectual genius, a good percusor of useful
ness.
By a member of Light Infantry.—Honor to
the brave South Carolina Volunteers, who
have fallen, not in the battle field, but before
the shafts of disease and death.
Bv Capt. J. B. Harris. —The battle of Bue
na Vista, second to none in the annals of his
tory.
~By A. Ramsey. lion. Geo. McDuffie, —May
his last days be as pleasant and tranquil as his
first Was brilliant and glorious.
By Mr. Willis, of Geo. The twin Sisters,
South Carolina and Georgia. —Side by side, may
thev encourage a mutual intercourse, as they
should be one in feeling, and one in interest;
and may Agricultural and political prosperity
identify them with each other.
A member of the Company. The brave Vol
unteers— At the battles of Buena Vista, and
Cctro Gordo, proved to the W'orld their effi
ciency and invincibility.
By W. W. Adams. “ Gen I. Winfield Scott.—
The hero of Lundy’s Lane, wall doubtless pros
ecute the present war, to a successful termina
tion, in defiance of hasty plates ot soup.
Queen Victoria.
Her Britannic Majesty, it would appear,
though so great a favorite with Louis Philippe,
is not passionately admired by all his subjects.
According to the Corsair , a Parisian Punchy
paper, though the first gentlewoman of En
gland, she is no great beauty; though she
deems herself a musician, she is no great
‘shakes’ —and although she essays the painter,
her pictures, are but daubs.
All this, however, may be but her majesty’s
picture as seen through the distorted medium
of national antipathy. Be that as it may, we
give it without either endorsement or protest.
The Corsair says: [Delta.
Idle Queen of England is of low stature, heav
ily built without being fat. Her hair is reddish;
her blue eyes arc expressionless; while two of
her front teeth, which piotude from her mouth,
prevent her lips from touching each other, and
give to her countenance anything bait an ex
pression of kindness; her disposition is imperi
ous and full of jealousy.
The Queen of England believes she is a great
musician, and her courtiers take care not to
acquaint her with two facts —the one, that she
has a cracked voice, and the other that she
sings so much out of tune, as to grate upon the
ear of the most unitiated in music. In Order
to prove that she is a dilettante , she gives con
certs at court, where she sings with Lablache.
Lablache is a man of wit, as well as a man ot
talent: the duos are always badly executed.
‘The Queen sings divinely,’ said some one to
the eminent basso , the other night.
‘Very well, indeed,’ said he; ‘but I unfortu
nately sing so much out of tunc, that oui
voices never harmonize!’
The Queen’s taste for drawing is about upon
a par with her taste for music. A painting
was exhibited in London, with the name of a
very eminent artist at the foot of it. Several
of tire public journals state ! that the painting
was a horrible failure, and wondered that so
distinguished an artist should put his name to
it. The artist, piqued and chagrined, stated,
ha a letter, that a very great lady , a pupil of his,
executed the painting, and forced him to put
his name to it. E.very body suspected w'ho
the great lady was, so that her taste for pain
ting has become as aaotorious as her taste for
music.
In a word, the taste of Victoria the First for
Prince Albert, for music and painting, gives
evidence that she is a princess of the most un
fortunate predilections.
{From the Savannah Republican, 9th i/isf .]
Launch.
Yesterday, in the afternoon, at 5 o’clock, the
staunch and handsome new steamboat, the j
“ Amory Sibley,” was launched from the yard !
of the Iron Steamboat Company. She glided
into the water with the ease and grace and
lightness of a duck. There were no ac
cidents, no delay —not of an instant, nor was I
there confusion of any kind. The whole as- j
fair reflects much credit on those who direct- j
cd the operations.
The construction of the “Amoiy Sibley” be- \
longs to the days of YOUNG SAVANNAH. |
We mean, in other words, that those days
(thanks to a benign Providence, who rewards
labor,) have passed away, when it was neces
sary to send either to England or the North to
supply all our wants. Gone are the forty bale
theories, and gone the lordly independence of
cotton aristocracies, that scorned to look at
or encourage, nitick less to ptit in. operation a
Southern workshop. Things have, indeed,
changed, when we can make boats out and
out for ourselves. The Sibley was built entire
ly by Savannah Merchanics, under the direc
tion of Mr. F. IvuknsOm. Her frame is of Ce
dar, brought from Warsaw Island; all the ma- i
terials are Southern, and her boilers and ma- J
chinery were mostly made by Mr. Lacklison, j
and in the shop of the Company. We do not 1
advert to these facts as constituting the first j
case of the kind, but this steamboat belongs to i
the new era that has dawned upon us.
The Sibley will be used as a tow boat ou the
Savannah liivcr. She is 126 feet long, 7 feet ;
deep, 21 feet wide, not including the guard 1 *
measures 222 tons, and will only draw, with
her machinery on board, from 13 to 19 inches
of water.
The New Course of Trade*
Fourteen barrels of Flour from Nashville,
Tennessee, reached this city by Hail-Hoad
yesterdny, in fine order, and found a prompt |
sale. We hail this as a sure indication of the
current of Western trade, which is soon to set i
in for Savannah. Our merchants, if they are I
mindful of their own interest, and those of the I
city, would do weH to encourage this tenden
cy. Our city is the natural outlet for tjie
produce of a large section of the great and |
growing West, into which Gcogia enterprise ’
is now stretching lines of Kail-Road commit- j
nication. This is the first Flour that ever j
came to this port from Nashville. It was ;
eight days in coming.— lb.
[From the Dahloncga IVatchnun .)
Our Candidate.
We make the following extracts from ah :
article in the Savannah Georgian, under the
above caption, in relation to the public servi
ces of the Democratic nominee for Governor.
That Mr. Towns is a talented and popular gen
tleman, no one, we presume, will have the ef
frontery to deny. But we may expect base
charges against him by his political opponents,
because they well knew that such a man as he
is, is not easily defeated for any office He is
just such a man as the people want for their
Governor, and we shall confidently expect that
on the first Monday in next October, a large
majority of the people of this State will say
thorough the ballot-box that he shall be our
Governor. But to the extracts. The Georgian
says:—
In 1334, Mr. Towns first run for Congress on
the ticket with Judge Wayne, Governor Schley
and others, and his majority in Chatham, over
the highest on the opposing ticket, was 260.
Now, five on the ticket not elected that year,
including Gov. Gilmer and Gen. Lamar, now
of Texas, are members of the Party which ad
vocated the Amnexation of Texas; a Party,
too, which sustains President Polk in his meas
ures since the annexation of that State, which
has strengthened the Union and secured on a
firmer basis the rights of the South.
Mr. Towns, that year received 32,694 votes,
making him the third on the elected ticket,
and Governor Schley second.
In the year pievious, (1833.) Mr. Towns
represented the County of Talbot in the Sen
ate of the State. Near the close of this year
he received from his party, the nomination
for Congross, and was elected by general
ticket the next year, as before stated.
Since then he has served several years in
Congress.
In January, 1843, such was his popularity
in the 3d District—“beyond all question a
Whig District” as a Whig paper at Milledge
ville declared, that he procured a majority for
Congress, over an old Whig and popular op
ponent of —253.
In the same District, in October 1844, Mr.
Poe's Whig majority over Mr. Chappell, De
mocrat, was 130 votes.
Last year this District was again carried
by the Whigs. Mr. Towns, although defeat
ed on the second trial, is entitled to the dis
tinction of rescuing it on tho first trial from
his political opponents. Now the standard
bearer of the Democracy through the State,
success awaits him.
Freaks of a Sailor.
Yesterday a sailor, mate of a vessel at East
Boston, perhaps a little disguised with liquor,
came across a cow, quietly feeding in the streets
of that place, and jumped upon her back.—
The frightened animal started dowm the street
with its unusual burden, much to the amuse
ment of the spectatoi's. Having reached the
end of the street, the sailor jumped off, and
with a loud cry of “starboard your helm:”
jerked the cow round by the tail, jumped on
again, and rode back to his original starting
place. The owner of the cow, upon healing
the facts, was disposed to sue the sailor for
damage done the cow; but the matter was set
tled by his paying ten dollars for his ride.—
Boston Traveller .
A Large Pauper.
A Woman applied at the office of the over
seers of the poor, this forenoon, for assistance,
who was on her way from Milledgeville, Ga.,
where she has resided tor some years past, to
New Hampshire, her native State. When she
started from Milledgeville she weighed three
hundred and twenty pounds, but the fatigues of
travelling had reduced her weight so two hun
dred and seventy-six pounds. She received the
assistance which she needed and was put in
the House of Industry carriage for conveyance
to the rail road. She completely monopolized
the vehicle, and much fear was felt that, tae
carriage being rather old, it would break dowm.
It however reached the rail road with its sub
stantial burden in safety.— lbid.
Qugu 5t a, ©car gi a .
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 11,1847.
FOR GOVERNOR
HOH. 6. W. TOWMS.
OF TALBOT.
Bad Taste.
It was a whig paper that in 1845 acquired
for itself a notoriety by no means enviable in
characterizing Mr. McAllister as the swellcd
head candidate. After the unsparing com
ments of the democratic press upon this speci
men of fairness and liberality by an organ of
“all the decency, and all the talents” party,
we had hoped that there would be no imita
tors on the democratic side. In this avc are
disappointed, as the following editorial,quoted
from the Georgia Pioneer will show:
“•J.oak nut'for the swelled-head. —You may expect
Duncan L. Chinch, the swelled-head candidate of the
whig party, Avith about as much brains as you could
stick in a thimble, in these diggias shortly. He is
! one of those stiff, starchy fellows, who revels in his
1 palace at home,drinks his wines, brandies, &c., and
does not deign to notice common people. Von re
collect democrats, how the whigs talked of Mr.
McAllister, the swelled-head candidate in 181-5, —
I and in 1817, they place a man as their standard
; bearer, who inhales the same atmosphere, and is
; cA'ery way as obnoxious. Look out we sav for the
j swelled-head candidate, Duncan L. Clinch, who has 1
! received his title by fighting musquitoes, on a little j
j Island, almost without the limits of Georgia. Be
i ware of this SAvelled-head avc say, who is put in
nomination, to try, if possible, to take the State by
storm. We opine that he will be up among the
Cherokee boys shortly to try to dupe them into his
support,—but we have no use, us of the mountains,
fora man who lives in the extreme corner of the
State,—who does not know us, —who knows nothing
of onr interests—and who has neA r er before his
nomination, thought us worthy of spending his time,
to pay ns a visit. Above all, Ave have no use for this
wine-drinking swelled headed aristocrat. Duncan
L. Clinch, we say inhales the same atmosphere as
Mr. McAllister—his interest lies in the same place
—he advocates the same sectional prejudices, as !
the Avhigs said Mr. Me. did, and avc warn you of this j
j man.—we teli you keep clear of him, for he is a bait \
I set forth to catch you, to carry the State for the
i wliigs, and now let us show them in a plain Avay, |
; that avc have no use for these swelled-headcd j
1 autocrats.
j As the canvass this summer avIII be a very ;
j Avarm and exciting one, Ave feel particularly :
desirous to see it conducted with all proper
courtesy. We concede that it is permissible I
to discuss a candidate’s mental Capacity, and
even to estimate hisbni as by tlae thimble full,
if he have that much, for we hold that a dull
and stupid man is not fitted for mi office which !
required, as the whigs insist, all the talents end j
the energy and fiscal knowledge of Gov. Craw- j
j ford to discharge properly. But avc think it un
fair and invidiohs to attempt to excite prejudices
agaiiast the personal character, and social hub- t
its of a man by affixing to him the term arcs- j
: iocrat— 3 -a term of wide signification, and to |
| which each reader is left to attach his own ;
i meaning: or the more vague and less refined
, term swelled-head, which may e pially suggest
; prejudices possibly the most unjust and un
founded. We think it equally censurable to |
j seek to arouse or to perpetuate sectional pre
-1 judices. We know no good reason Avhy a
j citizen of Georgia, inhaling the atmosphere of
1 the sea board —inhaling the same atmosphere
Avith Mathew Hall McAllister, should for that
reason, be less eligible to office, than a resident
of the mountains or the midlands of Georgia. 1
This prejudice against the sea board, artfully j
and ungenerously fomented, did much to do- i
feat that distingaiished and Avell-deserving |
democrat, M. 11. McAllister in the last Gu- j
bernatorial election. We hope that the demo- J
cratic party will yet ha\ r e it in their poAvcr, by I
honoring him, to rebuke this prejudice and
this injustice. The democracy have many j
able, talented and trust-worthy citizens upon j
the seaboard, and Ave should be sorry to see a !
prejudice fostered until its dictates Avill amount
to a pi-actical ostracism of all such citizens,
from all offices in tlae gift of the people of the
State at large. Let us not follow the example
so uuAVortliily set us by the whigs. To do so
would be anti-democratic. Let us remember !
that a cardinal rule of democracy is equality j
of rights ami privileges —it is opposed to award- 1
ing these according to the spot AA'here it has
been the lot of a citizen to have been born,
and where it is his lot to dwell. To assign
privileges to some, and to put under the bann
of disfranchisement others, according to any
such rule of location, Avould be coming much |
nearer aristocracy in practice, and would be
almost as odious as “titles of nobility,” Avhich |
the federal constitution forbids so emphatical- |
ly. The only true democratic rule should be, |
“Is he honest; Is he capable; Is he faithful to
the Constitution:” By these tests let the
comparative merits of the two opposing candi
dates be tried, in connection with the great
principles of government A\ r hich divide the
whig and democratic parties.
As to General Clinch’s predilections for
wines, brandies, etc., avc think these the pub
lic have nothing to do with, unless the use of
them be to an extent to impair his mental en
ergies. That he should prefer wines and bran
dies —to “old .bald face” can certainly bo no
crime, social or political. He pays for them
out of his OAvn pocket. The liquors of Gov
ernors of the State are not paid for out of the
contingent fund. If they were, the mail who
drank the cheapest liquor, and the less of it
would run the best, and a total abstinence
man Avould run better than either. As for
Gen.Clinch’s manners being “stiff and starchy,”
avc hope the people Avill not be left solely
to take neAvspaper accounts of them. We hope
he Avill travel freely and shoAv himself among
the people—if he choose address them on
topics of public interest, as we expect our
nominee Col. Towns Avill do. General Clinch,
we believe, and have always heard, is a dull
man—a very dull man, but he is an amiable
and clever gentleman in his manners and re
lations. It is said he adorns private life, and
many avlio knoAV him best think that in A\ish
ing to remove him to a high ciA r il station so
foreign to his education, habits, pursuits and
capacity, his friends have made a very Avidc
mistake. The democratic party, however, Avill
save them from all mortification on this head,
by placing a man in the Executive Chair Avho
is, unquestionably, in every way admirably
fitted for the station.
President of the United States re
turned to Washington on Wednesday evening
last, from his Northern tour, in fine health
and sph’its. He met with a Avaam reception
wherever he went, from Washington city to
Augusta, Maine. On the sth hast, he travel
led over 300 miles, and during the day received
and returned various addresses —as many, per
haps, as ten or eleven.
[Pj’Thc Government steamers Secretary Ma
son and Secretary Buchanan, with the sclir.
Col. Yell, went to sea on the 3d inst., from
Philadelphia. The destination of these ves
sels is for Ycra Cruz direct, via Key West.
They are laden with stores for the army.
The Crops.
Upon the Avhole, (says tho Natchez Courier,
of the 29th ult.,) the accounts which reach us
as to the prospects of a good crop the coming
season, are decidedly favorable. In the ad
jacent counties, avc are informed that cotton
and com generally, look well—although in
some places a bad stand was made of the for
: mer, and the latter has somewhat suffered for
; the want of rain. On the Loubana side of the
river, avc have been told that cotton is in a
much better growing condition than was anti
i cipatcd some AA'ceks since. Taken generally,
| the prospects for a good crop is fair in this sec
tion, and if the etrrible worm, or no other un
forseen calamity steps in, between this and the
! ripening of the crop, our farmers may safely
calculate upon a fair remuneration for their
labor.
The Crops.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Flag says—‘-‘We
have had heavy and continued falls of rain du
ring the last week, which avc fear have done
serious injury to the crops generally, and to
the cotton in particular. The cotton has been
backward and unusually small, and required
j some warm, dry weather to bring it out.
The weather of last Aveek has been very un
favorable to it, being both Avet and cool. The
Chambers Herald of Friday, the 2d, makes a
I similar complaint of the weather in that coun
! ty.
Laconic.
' The Boston Post makes the folloAving laco
nic announcement —more Avould have been su
perflous—“Mr. Baylies Richmond was found
dead at Taunton on Monday, supposed to have
died in a fit. He left a wife and family, and a
| bottle and S2O in his pocket.
| John lloAvard Payne, the author of “Bru
tus,” and the translator ot “(Mari, ot
Milan,” and lately tho Consul of the U. S. at
Tunis, is on the eve of return to this country.
I So arc Coleman, the Agriculturist, and Poor,
the Boston Atlas’ Paris correspondent.
of Ladies.
It Avas stated at an Anniversary Meeting of
the Ladies’ Bible Association in England, that
a calculation has been made at Birmingham
respecting tlae proportionate v&lue of the ser
vices of gentleman and ladies, as collectors f< »r
charitable and religious purposess and it was
found that one lady was worth thirteen gen
tlemen and a half.
"Sticka PiuThsr» ” . ,
We find the following anecdote ot Gen. I ay
lor in a letter of the Washington correspondent
of the Pennsylvanian. Old Rough and Ready
' is not alone in doubting the sincerity of those
who oppose the AA T ar and yet Avish to make
party capital out of its triumphs '.—Federal
! Union.
A gentleman noAv in this city, just from the
| army of Gen. Taylor, related to me an incident
| which I deem worthy of repetition. The gen
: tlemau aams sitting in the tent of “old Rough
i and Ready” in conversation, when they were
I interrupted by the appearance of a young officer
| who handed the old General a bun lie of news
papers. “Here is one, General, that has your
name up for the Presidency.” “Let me see iti
sir.” The old General looked at it for some
minutes, scanning it Avith seeming interest.
“Take it away, sir,” said the old hero gruffly;
I don’t believe in it—no one can support me
who opposes the war—he’s worse than a Mexi
can!” The Editor of the North American will
i please “stick a pin thei*e.”
i Captain Van Yliet, of the Quartermaster’s
Department, we learn, has been ordered to
Pittsburg to proA'idc the necessary armament,
&c., for the expedition Avhich has recently
been ordered to be organized for the protec
tion of persons en route to Oregon. The ex
| pedition which Mr. Yan "N liet, accompanies is
to consist of five hundred mounted Missouri
j volunteers. Who is to command them avc do
not knoAv, but Dr. Walker will go out as As
sistant Surgeon, Lieut. D. P. Woodbury as
i Engineer, and Capt. Yan Yliet as Quarter
j master. The instructions to the command
■ are to erect two block-houses —the first three
hundred miles beyond the mouth of the Kan
sas river, AA'here the Oregon trail crosses the
Platte river, and the second three hundred
miles beyond the first. The expedition Avill
be absent tAvo years. It is supposed they will
have some trouble with the Indians, but to
provide against this they will take with, them
12-pound howitzers. —Pittsburg Gazette.
Henry Clay.
This great statesman, having recently made
a profession of religion, was on Tuesday of last
week, (June 22d,) publicly baptised in a beau
tiful pool near his house, at Ashland. The
scene, Ave are informed, avrs most sublime and
impressive. Like David, he may Avell say, ‘lt
is good for me that I have been afflicted.’—
Nashville Whig.
(UT W, Wilson, Portrait Paiuter, will
be absent from this city, until about the 15th Au
gust. b— .1 uly 8
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
[PJ 3 This Company haA'ing been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Agent
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. GoodAvin with this
Company has terminated.
JOHN B. GUIEU,
June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta.
SINNER TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
Those who have not been called upon by the
Committee to subscribe to the Dinner, to be given
to the Volunteers returned from Mexico, can do so
by calling on either of the Committee, previous to
'Tuesday Night.
JAMES ADAM, 1
LEWIS LEW,
J. M. MOOD’k, >Committee.
G. VOLGER. I
ALLEN YOUNG, J
July 11 2 14.
: ITT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
' tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
i Augusta and its vicinity.
) Cilice in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below 3lr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 Cm 213
JOTNTES & SHEWMAKE, ~
ATTORNIES AT LAW.
WAYNESBORO, GA.
JOSEPH B. JONES, and JOHN T. SHEW
• MAKE, having associated themselves in the prac
i tice of Law, will promptly attemi to any business
entrusted to them in the counties of Burke, Jeffer
son, Emanuel, Richmond, Scrivea and Washington.
July 8 l2
OFFICE IKON S. BO AT CO., i
Augusta, bth July, 1817. $
, DIVIDEND NO. 10.
i HTNOTK'E. —The Directors have this day
declared a Dividend of rplß PER CENT,,
payable to the Stockholders or their order, on de
mand. g. McLaughlin.
July 7 3 Secretary & Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE AUGUSTA INSUR
ANCE dk BANKING COMPANY.
July 5, 18-17.
DIVIDEND NO. 35.
I ’The Board of Directors have This Day, declared
a Dividend of §4 PER SHARE) for the past
six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders
on demand. ROUT. WALTON, Cash’r.
July 7 6 244
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.
We hear every day ot the cures performed by
I this excellent preparation of one of the most Valua
ble roots in the whole materia med ca. There are
many “extracts of Sarsaparilla' - ' in vogue, but none
we believe which equal this, it retains dll the pecu
liar curative qualities of Sarsaparilla, in their natu
ral strength. This is the secret of the success and
the superiority of Sands’preparation, which is be*
coining more and more popular, as it is better known
| and wider circulated and used.— Am. Cit.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence
of its superior value and efficacy, see pamphlets,
which may be obtained of agents, gratis.
Prepared and sold, wholesale andretale, byA.R.
&. D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton,
corner of William-street, New-York.
Sold also by. * *
' HAVILAND, RISLEYACO.,
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price £1 per bottle or six bottles for
| $5. joiy 3
Another Severe Case of Asthma Cured by
Wistar’s Balsam.
Skth W. Fowls.—Dear Sir—Having for a
long while been troubled with Asthma in its worst
form, and after having tried various remedies, all
to no effect, I bought of your agent, A. Rowe, one
bottle of the Balsam of Wild Cherry, which relieved
me very much. I have continued to use the same,
as the disease returns upon me, and find it always
relieves when nothing else will: and further, I have
J J J
: no doubt, could I have had the Wild Cherry in the
| first stages of the disease, but that it would have
j entirely cured me. I can confidently recommend
| if as a very valuable medicine for ail lung com
plaints. BENJAMIN ROBINSON,
j New Hampton, April 5, 1816.
None genuine, unless signed L BUTTS, on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by'
H .\ VILAND, RISLEY <Sc CO., and also by THOM
AS BA RRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines
generally in Georgia.
July 8 13—
.urw.mnayjggtßaMeLMuaaiua -«.—j »ji» ■ » u—
(£ o m m c r c i a I.
LA "ft ST lUTES FROM LIVERPOOL JUNE lit.
| LATEST DATES FROM HAVRJ... JUNE 16.
I ~ CHARLESTON IMPORTS—JULV 9.
Sagua la Grand e-—Brig Sarah Louisa—ll 3
hhds. Sugar, and 56 do. Molasses, to lledley
■ Street.
CHARLESTON, July 10.— • Cotton .—We have
no new feature to notice in the Cotton market du
ring the week just brought to a close. Abqut an
l equal amount of business has been done, and as far
' as prices are concerned, they rule about the same.
On Saturday last near 400 bides changed hands,
j Nothing was done on Monday. Oik Tuesday a fair
| enquiry prevailed, which resulted in the sale 6f be—
S tween 8 and 9(H) bales. On Wednesday the traits
; actions were restricted to some 62 bales. Thus tar
I the prices paid the previous week were fully sus
tained. On Thursday the detailed accounts by the
Caledonia came to hand, since which time only a
little over 300 bales have been sold, and prices
have not undergone the slightest variation from
those current at the opening of the week. The
demand since our last seems to have run mostly on
the better classifications, viz : Middling to mid
-1 dlmg fair, 11a 11 A; and fair and fully fair, a
12c. The sales of the week foot up upwards of
I 1800 bales, against the receipts in the same time of
! 190 bales. The transactions comprise 60 bales at 10;
I 24 at lot; 21 at lOf; 184 at
Bat 11U, 68 at 114;34at 11|; 175 at 1U; 283 at ll|;
263 at 11 J; 200 at 12; and about 150 bales at 12|c.
The operations in Long Cotton have been confined
to a few bags Maines and middling fine Sea Island,
at prices ranging from 30 to 34c.
Corn. — The Corn market continues very* much
depressed. Under the influence of tiie recent un
favorable advices from the other side, taken in
connection with a comparatively heavy supply and
the very limited demand for the article, prices
have further declined. Small parcels have been
sold, with and without the bags, at prices ranging
from 81|t075c.; and we quote it nominally at the
latter figure. A cargo of superior quality, consist
ing of some 2900 bushels North Carolina, received
this week, were taken by a dealer on terms which
| have not been allowed to transpire.
NEW YORK July 7.— Cotton. —The market
■ here has not fairly opened since the receipt of the
■ Caladonia’s advices; the few hundred bales which
have been sold, show no change in prices, There
j was hut little done Saturday before the above ac
. counts were received. The sales since our last are
j 1000 bales, of which 700 bales were Upland Florida,
thus: Ord. to good ord. 10 a 10£c, mid. to good mid.
, 10| a 11£, mid. fair to fair a 12, fully fair to
j good lair.
By Magnetic Telegraph.
[ Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot .]
NEW YORK, July 7, 2 P. M.—The stock mar
ket to-day was dull and sales were made at a slight
decline.
The Caledonia’s news has had a very' depressing
effect upon the Hour market and prices have de
clined fully $ 1 per bbl., from the highest point prior
to the steamer’s arrival. Sales to-dav of several
thousand bbls. Genessee brands at $6,1 a 18|
per bbl.; the same prices are paid for Howard street
brands and $6,18| a $6,31 for GeorgetownjMichi
gan and Ohio $6 a 6.12. Corn Meal very dull and
declined to $3,50 3,75 per bbl.
Sales of Genesee white wheat at 130 c. and mix
ed do. 125 a 128 c. Mixed corn 65 a 69c. and sales
of yellow at 80c. —about 2,000 bushels taken; oats
42 a 45c.; rye has declined to 90c., with sales.
There is ‘a better feeling and more fcrmness in
Provisions, with fair transactions.
Groceries quiet. Rice dull. Not much demand
for Sugars and Molasses. Wliiskey held at 28 ajO
cents.