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The Death of R H Wilde
BY HO!f. 4. B. MEEK.
The harp that sang •* the Summer Rose”
In strains so sweetly and so well,
That, soft as dews at evening’s close.
The pure and liquid numbers tell,
Is hushed and shattered . now no more
Its silver chords their music pour :
But, crushed by an untimely blow,
Both harp and flower in dust lie low
The bard alas, I knew him well;
A noble, generous, gentle heart,
Which as his brave hand struck the shell.
Poured feeling through the views ot Art.
What radiant beautj- round his lyre,
Pure as his loved Italian fire
He caught the sweetest beams of rhyme —
The Tasso of our Western clime
Nor this alone, a loftier power,
That shone in halls of high decree,
And swayed the feelings of the hour.
As Summer winds the rippled sea,
Bright eloquence ; to him was given,
The spark the prophet drew from heaven ;
It touched his lips with patriot flame,
And shed a halo round his name
As late I saw. 1 see him now;
His stalwart form, his graceful mien,
His long white locks, his smiling brow.
His eyes benignant and serene :
How pleasant, round the social hearth.
When list’ning to his tones of mirth}
What lessons of the good and true,
The brave, the beautiful, he drew.
Drop down thy willows, Southern land ;
Thy hard,thine orator is dead,
He sleeps where broad magnolias stand.
With “ Summer Roses” o’er lushead
The lordly river, sweeping by.
Curves, round his grave, with solemn sigh.
And from yon ’twinkling stem,
The JVlock Bird” pours his requiem.
Bard of the South the ‘‘ Summer Rose”
May perish with the Au'umu Leaf;”
The “ footprints left on Tampa’s” shores
May vanish with a date as brief
But thine shall be the “ life” of fame,
No winter winds can wreck thy name ;
And future minstrels shall rehearse
Thy virtues, in memorial verse !
rom the Baltimore Sun ]
Report of the Secretary of W ar
This document commences with tlqe recapi
tulation of the closing achievements of the
American arms in Mexico, and recounts the
skirmishes and engagements und <;r (Ten. Lane
in the vicinty of the Mexican capital; and the
like proceedings in California up t 0 the close
of the war. These events have already been
fully recounted in the Sun, and it is unneces
sary to repeat them in our columns. On the
ratification ot the treaty of peace, which went
into operation cm the 30th of May last, the
movements for withdrawing our tomes com
menced, and before the end of the month of
July they had the republic of Mexi
co. The voluntey, rd? an d that part of the re
gular army w^ lose term of service was limited
to the du r d tion of the war, were disbanded.—
The r* p or t proceeds;
Our military peace establishment is now
nearly the same in numerical strength as it
was at the commencement of the war with
Mexico. Filled up to the utmost limit allowed
by law, it would be nine thousand eight hun
nred and seventy-eight officers and solders,
exclusive of the enlisted men of the ordinance;
but its actual strength will generally fall con
siderably below thii number. The great ex
tension of our territorial limits required a
new arrangement of our military divisions
and departments. The eastern, or first divi
sion, is not changed. Texas and New Mexico
have been added to the western, or second;
and California and Oregon constitute the
third —or the division of the Pacific.
As no military force had been stationed in
Oregon before or during the war. the depart
ment took the earliest measures to send troops
into the Territory. Orders were issued to the
mounted rifle regiment, even before the return
from Mexico, to proceed, as soon as practica
ble to Oregon; and hopes were entertained
that it might be able to pass acroaa the coun
try during the last season, but this arrange
ment was frustrated by the act of Congress
passed at the close of the last session, which
uave permission to the enlisted men of the re
giment who had been in service in Mexico
to “receive, on application, an honorable dis
charge from the service of the United States,
and stand as if they had served out their res
pective terms. It could not be expected that
even those who were willing to remain in the
service, would forego the advantages offered to
them by this act. On receiving a discharge,
they would at once be entitled to three
month’s extra pay, and to bounty land. By
the operation of this act, the regiment, as to the
rank and tile, was in effect disbanded. Prompt
measures were taken to recruit it; und no
doubt is entertained but that early m the
Spring it will be in a condition to leave for
its destination.
The frustration of the attempt to send troops
into Oregon during the past season, is the
more to be regretted, because it appears that,
at the date of the last accounts from that ter
ritory, Indian disturbances still continued,
and the inhabitants are anxiously expecting
assistance from the United States. A small
force detached as an escort for the governor,
is now on the way to Oregon, and will proba
bly arrive there in the course of this month.
With a view to an earlier relief than could be
afforded by sending troops from the United
States, orders have been issued from the Navy
Department, to the commander of our squad
ron in the Pacific, to despatch a part of his
force to Oregon, with arms, ammunition and
supplies, and, in esse it should be necessary,
to land the marines and sailors to aid the in
habitants, until the troops destined for that
territory should have arrived.
Ihe other regiments of the permanent mili
tary establishment wete greatly reduced at
the close ot the war. They had been, to a
considerable extent, filled up by recruits en
listened to servo only during its continuance.
Owing to the late period of their return from
Mexico, and the unavoidable delay in recruit
ing or organizing, such as were destined for
distant service could not be prepared to pro
ceed by land to Oregon, California, or New
Mexico, until the season was so far advanced
as to render a march across the country im
practicable. Foreseeing the necessity for
roopa m these territories, and the delay of
en mg them from the United States, orders
in anticipation of peace, were given to the
general in chief command to send a regiment
from the headquarters in Mexico to California; f
but the Mexican government refused to per- p
rnit its passage to the Pacific coast. p
Orders were also given to Gen. Wool, then t
in command of the forces at Saltillo, Monterey, v
and on the Rio Grande frontier, to send a part 1
iof the regular troops with him directly to Cali- i
tornia and New Mexico. Pursuant to thisdi- t
rection, two companies of Ist and two of the 2d i
dragoons, proceeded up the right bank of the 1
Rio Grande to Chihuahua, crossed over to *
the Gila, and down that river to California.— <
By this time, it is probable that they have
reached their ultimate destination. \
One company of dragoons and one light ar- 1
tillery were also sent from ihe Hio Grande, *
and proceeded on the Mexican side of it up to i
Sante Fe. They have already arrived in New i
Mexico. 1
Two companies of the Ist regiment of artil- i
lery have embarked at New York, to go a- 1
round Cape Horn to Oregon, and the 2d re- j 1
giment of infantry has also left to proceed, by
the same route, to California. As early in the
spring as a passage can be made across tne
country, other troops will be sent to Oregon
in numbers sufficient to hold and protect that
Territory.
Troops to guard the Rio Grande territory
and keep in check the Indians in that quarter
have been ordered to Texas, and have arrived
at, or are on their way to, their respective
static ns.
The remainder of the army is distributed on
the Indian and northern frontiers, and on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Measures were taken as early as March,
1847, to select proper locations, and establish
posts on the eastern section of the route to
Oregon, and during the summer of 1847, some
progress was made in constructing a work near
Grand Island, where the road to Oregon en
counters the Platte river. The work has been
continued during the past season,but no report
has yet been received.
The amount of contributions and avails of
captured property received by officers of the
army in Mexico, cannot at this time, for want
of full returns, be accurately ascertained.—
The amount thus far reported is $3,844,373,77,
which will be somewhat increased by amounts
collected in New Mexico and California. Os
this amount $67,492.38 have been retained
for expenses of collections; ;|:346,3G9.30 paid
into the treasury of the United States; $3,207,-
540.84 turned over to disbursing officers; $49,-
712.28 credited by the Mexican government to
the United States in payment of the first in
stalment under the treaty; and the remaining
$113,259.02 charged against the collecting of
ficers. Os the amount turned over to dis
bursing officers, $709,050 were applied to
wards the payment of the first instalment un
der the treaty with Mexico, and the greater
part of the balance has been dispersed for re
gular and ordinary purposes. Against the
balances remaining charged to collecting of
ficers, they may be entitled to further credits
on the several accounts above stated, to the
amount of about $79,000. The remainder is
claimed by them as compensation for extra
services, or as having been paid to other army
officers for similar services in making the col
lections, and the subject is recommended for
. favorable consideration.
The reports of the several officers of the bu
reaus connected with the department are re
ferred to as evidence of efficiency in the dis
charge of duty. Temporary paymasters, ap
s pointed under the act of July sth, are retained
s id service, and to subserve tha convenience of
• the volunteers, some have been sent into the
; several sections of the country where these
* troops were raised and organized. The vast
i increase in the extent of our territory, and in
the number of military posts, has induced the
J Paymaster General to ask that the additional
: paymasters appointed for the war, may be re
; tained permanently in the public service.—
■ This suggestion, as well as that relative to the
f peculiar tenure of office in this branch of the
army, is commended to favorable considera
tion.
The laws and regulations securing and en
forcing the settlement of the accounts of dis
bursing officers, should be so extended cs
to apply to the accounts for moneys received
from contributions and all other sources.
No fund having been appropriated to meet
expenses for secret service, indispensible in the
prosecution of war, the collections in Mexico
have been resorted to for these purposes. As
it is not reasonable to expect that regular
vouchers of payment for secret service should
be produced, the mode which seems most ap
propriate for the payment of this service is that
which has been provided for settling accounts
for the disbursement of the appropriation for
contingent expenses of foreign intercourse.
The number of military posts will probably
exceed the number of medical officers now
authorised by law. Should that be the case,
the employment of physicians in civil lile will
become necessary. Besides the difficulty of
procuring such physicians at the points where
they are wanted, the expenses often ex^o* l
the regular pay and of army sur
geons and actant surgeons. With a view
both to economy and to the interest of the ser
vice, I am induced to concur in the recommen
dation of the surgeon general in favor of the
i repeal of the proviso of the third section of the
act of the 19th of July last, so far as it relates
to the two surgeons and twelve assistant sur
geons authorized by the act of the 11th of
February, 1837. By such a repeal, the above
number ot surgeons and assistant surgeons
would be added to the permanent medical staff
of the army.
The estimates for fortifications for the next
fiscal year will be sufficient to complete some
of the works, and considerably advance others
already in the progress of construction. It may
be advisable to commence new works at some
exposed points on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, j
particularly within the limits of Texas.
The appropriations for the army proper re- ;
quired for the next fiscal year, amount to $4.- |
432,286. The estimates for the transportation j
of the troops far exceed that of any other year j
previous to the war. The increase in this item I
is to meet the expense of sending troops to j
Oregon, New Mexico, and California.
Should the suggestion of the Quartermaster
General, contained in his report, to employ the
public vessels in the naval service for the trans
portation by sea of army stores and troops, be
adopted, this item of expenses would be great
ly reduced. Our possessions upon the Pacific j
seem to render the change in this respect ap
propriate, and I do not doubt that such a mea
sure will be attended by results favorable to i
the public service.
In none of the branches of this department j
has the business been so much augmented as
in the Pension bureau. The number of invalid
pensioners has increased, during the last year,
six hundred and ninety-one; the whole num
ber on the list is three thousand one hundred
and twenty-six.
More than sixty thousand claims have been
presented under the act of the 11 th of February,
1847, for bounty land and treasury scrip.
About forty thousand of them have been act- |
ed on and allowed, twenty thousand are now
pending, and it is estimated that there are I
forty thousand yet to be presented. Great
efforts have been made to despatch these ap- |
plications, and about two hundred and fifty
are daily investigated and passed.
In relation to Indian affairs, the removal of
the tribes to the country set apart for them,
west of the Mississippi river has vindicated the
wisdom of our policy by the good effects which
it has produced, and particularly by the higher j
degree of improvement among those who first
removed to the country assigned to them.
During the last year our emigrants have ex
perienced less annoyance than at any former
period from the Indians on the Missouri fron
tier, and the difficulties among themselves and
with our citizens have been less frequent, lids
favorable change in their conduct is to be
mainly ascribed to the judicious control ex
ercised over their annuities, and to the hold
ing of them liable to be used to compensate
for damages resulting from their lawless aggres
sions, as well upon each other us upon oar o\\ u
citizens.
An important treaty has been recently ne
gotiated with thefMenomomes, by which they
have agreed to cede all their lands in Wiscon
sin—about four millions of acres—and to re
move to the excellent country procured tor
them on the Upper Mississippi, adjoining that
of their old friends, the Winnebagues. recenty,
removed from lowa. This treaty lias, in ellect,
extinguished the Indian title to the whole
country east of the Mississippi, south of lake
Superior.
Within the last four years the United States
have acquired by treaties, at a cost of oly sl.-
842,000 eighteen million five hundred thousand
acres of land; of which thirteen million five
hundred thousand acres are ready for im
mediate settlement and cultivation in the
rapidly growing States of Wisconsin and lowa.
Measures for the emigration of the indians of
Mississippi and other States are in progress,
under modified arrangements entered into
within the last year, which promises a favora
ble result.
The law and regulations to prevent the in
troduction and sale of spirituous liquors in the
Indian country, have sensibly diminished the
amount of suffering among the frontier tribes,
and the general policy of the government with
regard to the payment and distribution of an
nuities, end the regulation of trade have put
an and to many evils and abuses which for- i
merly prevailed and were highly detrimental |
to the interests and welfare of the Indians.
No subject connected with our Indian af
fairs has so deeply interested the department
and received so much of its anxious solicitude
and attention as that of education; and I am
happy to be able to say, that its efforts to ad
vance this cause have been crowned with suc
cess, Among most of the tribes which have I
removed to and become settled in the Indian
country, the blessings of education are be
ginning to be appreciated, and they generally
manifest a willing..««« to co-operate with the I
government in diflusing these bie->ain s . tv,#,
schools already established have an increased
number of pupils, and preparations are making
for establishing many new ones. Much credit j
is due to many excellent missionary societies
of different Christian denominations for their
aid and contributions to sustain and advance
the cause of education among the Indian pop
ulation.
There are sixteen manual-labor schools and
eighty-seven boarding and district schools now ■
in successful operation among the various In
dian tribes, and the number of Indian youth j
attending them,according to the reports receiv
ed at the department, is three thousand six
hundred and eighty-two of which two thous- '
and six hundred and fifty are males, and the j
remaining one thousand and thirty-two are
females. The schools are generally in charge
of missionary societies, and are well conducted.
These facts afford the most gratifying evidence
that nearly all of our colonized tribes are
rapidly advancing in civilization and moral
improvement; and I trust it may not be im
proper on this occasion for me to say, that for
the highly improved and rapidly improving
condition of the numerous Indian tribes, over
which the government is extended, not only
in regard to education but most other respects,
no stinted measure of credit is to be ascribed
to the ability, industry and faithfulness of that
branch of this department to which the man
agement of our diversified and difficult Indian
affairs is assigned.
Within the newly acquired territories there
is a numerous Indian population, over which
our supervision and guarnianship must neces
sarily be exteeded.but this cannot be effectually
done without the action of Congress on the
subject. Additional agencies are required to
manage Indian affairs in these territories, and
to extend to them our Indian system of con
trol and management which, in other parts of
our country, has already produced such hap
py results, and is so full of promise for the
future.
I respectfully ask your attention to the fol
lowing subjects, mentioned in my last annual
report: the settlement of claims in California,
a retired last of officers of the army, and an
asylum for disabled and wornout soldiers. In
regard to each of these the views of the de
uartment are fully set forth in that report, and
I again recommend them to your favorable
consideration,
( f ,ont the Avw) Orleans Delta, 1 lilt ins t )
The Choi*—
There «,»usiderable excitement through- |
out the city yesterday, in consequence of the
exaggerated reports respecting the prevalence :
of the Asiatic Cholera. We have made the
most diligent inquiry into the matter, and our I
investigations have satisfied us that the alarm
which has pervaded the community has no j
reasonable foundation. A number of cases j
somewhat resembling the Asiatic Cholera have '
occurred in the city during the past forty-eight j
hours, a majority of which were caused by j
imprudence in diet, eating raw oysters and I
crude vegetable food, and exposure to the >
weather. The weather tor some days past
has been highly favorable lo all kinds of dis
eases of the bowels. Constant rains and damp,
with a warm, close, murky atmosphere, caus- j
ing our streets to be filled with mud, filth, j
and miasma-creating matter, have, no doubt,
rendered our people very susceptible to en
demical disease. It is true that several deaths
have occurred, which were preceded by strong- |
ly marked symptoms of the Asiatic Cholera ; |
such as coldness of the extremities, low state |
of the pulse, watery discharges; but as yet,
i we have heard of no cases which were attend- j
1 ed with what are termed the collapsed stage j
j of the real Cholera Asphyxia, such as the j
I cold, clammy sweat, deep sinking of the eyes,
blueness of the nails, and corrugation of the !
skin of the fingers and toes. We are led to j
i believe that the cases so far developed, are j
I nothing more than aggravated cases of Cholera ;
Morbus, attended with typhoid symptoms, and ;
I congestion of some of the important vital or- j
gans, caused by the extreme low state of the 1
atmosphere, imprudence in diet, and exposure
to wet and cold. Such cases are frequently
| reported by our Board of Health. They at
j ford no grounds for the apprehension that we
1 shall be visited with that dread scourge which
once desolated our city, but they should ad
monish us to be prudent and temperate in
diet, and careful iu keeping our bodies dry
and warm. . , „
The foregoing information we received from
some of the most distinguished physicians in
our city. We also, about noon yesterday, vis
ited the Charity Hospital; the courteous resi
dent physician! Doctor Wederstrand, happen
ed not to be in, but the obliging clerk of the
institution placed us in possession of all the
facts, in relation to the disease, which the
Hospital furnished. We noticed that hospital
I physicians do not teira the disease Cholera,
I nor Asiatic Cholera, but Cholera Morbus.—
The following include all the Cholera Morbus
patients admitted into the hospital. M e note
the cases which terminated fatally .
Mrs. Harre, a native of France, who ar
rived here from Havre on the ship Swan ton,
was admitted into the hospital on the 12th
instant) and died on the same day. Irancis
Funk was admitted on the 13th, and du d on j
the same day. John Dempsey, a native of
Ireland, was admitted on the loth, and died
on the same day. John Murray, a native of
lieland, was admitted on the loth, and died
on the same day. William Biuce, a steam
boat hand, who took sick on the morning of
the loth, was admitted into the hospital on
the evening of the same day, and died at mid
night. George Hall, who was admitted into 1
the hospital on the Gth of November, for an
abscess in the leg, was attacked with the Chol
era Morbus, at 11 o’clock on the night of the
loth, and died yesterday morning. Ellen Ha
gan, a native of Ireland, who was admitted
into the Charity Hospital on the 13th instant,
took the Cholera Morbus on the morning of
Friday, the 1 Ith instant, and died yesterday
morning. William Tizdel, a native of Ken
tucky, was admitted into the hospital yester
day morning, aud was laboring under the ef
fects of Cholera Morbus when he was admit
ted. He died about noon. Gottliel Muhl, a
German, was admitted yesterday morning, for
the disease, aud died of it before one o'clock,
P. M.
The following parties were under treatment
for it:
Edward Revere, a Mexican ; Michael Gaff
ney, an Irishman ; S. B. Robert, taken from
the steamboat Robert Morris ; Pierre Knauz,
a Belgian ; and Horatio Bean, an American.
These were all but two admitted yesterday
morning.
We have nothing in the way of precaution
to add to what we have already stated. Let
our citizens, in their regimen, eschew all pre
disposing causes to the disease, observe regu
larity of living, and avoid all unnecessary ap
prehension and alarm. We predict that with
a change of weather —a northern wind—the
I diseaee will disappear.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
2luciusta, (Georgia.
SUNDAY MORNING. DEC 24
Christmas and Thanksgiving'.
As Monday has been by long established ;
usage a holyday, we will not issue a paper on j
I Tuesday next. This will give those engaged j
i in our office an opportunity to observe the day ■
as one us I'icrty rortkinc and enjoyment, or in I
pursuance of the Governor’s recomraendmi-.n, 1
1 one of thanksgiving and religious duties, as
they may prefer. Our next paper will appear
on Wednesday next.
In the meantime, we wish all our readers a
merry Christmas, and hearts grateful for every
; blessing a kind Providence has bestowed.
Cholera at New Orleans.
We received last evening, about nine o’clock,
I a despatch from our New' Orleans correspon-
I dent, dated 20tb inst., which states that the
Board of Health declares the Cholera on the
increase, but not epidemic. 1 hey have re
commended the usual precautions. The
weather was warm and favorable to the dis- j
ease.
Makket. —For Cotton, prices were fuller, j
The sales reached 3500 hales at prices ranging ‘
from 51 to 5-i for middling.
Mr Clayton’s Compromise Bill
The time is at hand when the folly and j
wickedness of the defeat of this measure of |
peace and of justice w ill he demonstrated.
The South, at least, will see that she has been j
the loser by the course pursued by the never j
to bo forgotten eight Southern members of j
Congress who are responsible to the South for ’
its defeat. Mr. Stephens talked in his defence j
of resisting an appropi iation by Congress of j
money to carry out the provisions of the (rea- ;
ty, unless that body secured by legislation the i
equal rights of the South in the new territo- i
ries. For any one to have believed then, the
practicability of effectual resistance on that
ground, even when Mr. Stephens first suggest
| ed it, would have indicated drivelling idiotcy
I and ignorance. Where was the first Northern
i Whig vote to be got for such legislation ? Mr.
i Stephens knew better when he held out such
an absurdity to the public. It was a mere
‘ palliation for his extraordinary course, in op
; position to tb<* «imost unanimous voice of
I southern statesmen. It was the palliation
: which, if sincere, he was entitled to the bene-
I fit of, afforded by the position that he expected ;
or hoped to get such legislation in favor of the |
South. Did he expect it, or did he hope it even, j
;on any reasonable grounds? None but him
i self can answer this question with entire uc
! curacy, but the facts of the case leave the peo
i pie iu very little doubt as to the true state of
his mind.
But if there was no reasonable expectation i
then that Congress would so legislate for the
South, or that opposition from the South —a
powerless minority in the lower house, eved
wnen Whigs and Democrats all told, are
united—to the treaty would be regarded,
what is the position now—now that a Whig
President, and a Whig majority in Con- i
gress are elected? How much improved are
I the prospects of the South on this point ? j
! Why, it would be a ridiculous farce for Mr. ,
Stephens to make this effort at resistance. It
would excite nought but the derision of his I
1 Northern allies. He had as well try to stem I
I the wild torrent with a straw, or beat back j
i the whirlwind (with a feather. California and ,
New Mexico, especially the former, are now |
: in the hands of an emigrant population that
‘ will forever control this question and keep out
l slavery—not by the old Mexican laws, but by
! law. of their own enactment. Soon—very ;
soon, they must become a State, or States of
this confederacy. Owing to the defeat of the
Compromise bill of last session, slaveholders
would not venture into that territory with
their slaves. Why? Not from fear of old
Mexican laws. These they were willing to
encounter and test in courts of justice. But
they would not go without the guaranty
which the provisional government, created by
the Clayton bill gave, that no local legislation
should take place in the territories on the sub
ject. Had the hill been adopted, and had
slave holders taken their slaves there, they
could not afterwards have been divested of
their property. If the new territories, in or
ganizing State governments, had chosen to a
bohsh slavery, they could only have done so
prospectively. They could not, in justice to
their citizens) holding slaves, summarily, and
without compensation, have deprived them of |
their slaves. They would not have attempted '
any such outrage.
I
Now r , under the governments which the next
Congress will ordain for them, whether
creating them as a State or States prospec
tive ly, or giving them territorial governments,
the Wilrr.ot Proviso will be formally enact
ed and if the bill be signed by Gen. lay
lor, will become a law. It will then be tor the
South to demand of Mr. Stephens and his sev
en co-laborers, what have you gained for the
South by the defeat of the Compromise Bill
of last session?
Vote of the Georgia Delegation
On the resolution of Mi*. Root, for the im
mediate report of territorial bills for Califor
nia and New Mexico, and the exclusion of slave
ry therefrom, we find the four democratic mem
bers of the House from Georgia, Messrs. Cobb,
Haralson, Iverson and Lumpkin, duly and
properly recorded in the negative. Where
were the four whig members, Messrs. Jones,
King, Stephens and Toombs? They were not
in their places, or if there did not vote. If
not there, why were they all absent when so
important a question was before the House?
If they were present, on what grounds do
they justify their silence when this open and
; arrogant step is taken to incorporate the Wil
-1 mot Proviso into the government of the terri
tories? It is due to the people of Georgia
that these their representatives —the guardians
in part of their dearest rights —should ex
plain their conduct.
Contested Election
The election of C. C. Langdon to tlie office
of Mayor of Mobile, by a majority of twelve
votes, has been contested by his competitor,
Blanton McAlpm, Esq., and the qnestion was,
at the last dates, under discussion on a quo
warranto before Judge Bragg of that judicial
circuit.
New England Society Dinner
According to long established custom, the
New England Society of Augusta celebrated
j their anniversary on the 22d inst., by a dinner,
i It was served at the Globe Hotel, by its wor
tV >y proprietor, F. M. Jennings, who thorough
ly understands now to give satisfaction on
such occasions. We had the pleasure of par
ticipating, by invitation, at the festive board
with this Society, whose members, natives or
sous of natives of “the land of steady hab
its,” are among our best and most enterprising
citizens. It was an occasion of hilarity and
heart felt enjoyment. Every luxury that
could minister to the palate, afforded by our
market, was there, while the national dishes,
clam chowder, and baked beans and pork,
pumpkin pies and Indian puddings, had con
spicuousjjositions among more recherche dain
ties.
We have been present at many similar oc
! casions in past years, and thought this unu
! sually attractive in the tine music of amateur
I vocalists —in the beauty and appropriateness
of the volunteer toasts; in the universal, yet
temperate, mirthtulneas, and the cordial good
feeling which were exhibited.
I
It was a happy union of friendship and joy
| among the members and their guests, realizing,
; in the language of a sentiment ottered on the
! occasion, that “Social intercourse is one of the
' brighest pages in the poetry of life.”
i We have been permitted to publish the fol
lowing regular toasts of the evening :
j 1. The Day.— To be remembered till valor,
: and virtue, and purity are forgotten,
i 2. The memory of the Pilgrim Fathers.— Jeal
| ous of their honor —tenacious of their rights
i —they served God and feared not.
3. The Plymouth Rock. —I.ike its native
coast, rough, hard, and cold—like the men
who landed there, firm, fixed, and immovea
ble.
4. New England. —Her Daughters are her
diamonds—her gold mines, the intelligence
and industry of her Sons.
| ,5. Georgia.— The youngest republic of the
oia thirteen—advancing with rapid strides to
the front rank of the family.
< 6. The States of the Union. —
• Distinct, like the billows, but one like the Sea.”
(Telegraphed for the Charleston (Jcarter )
We received yesterday, by Telegraph, the
following dispatches.
Baltimore, Dec.r22—3, P. M.
The sales of Cotton at New York this day,
amounted to 1000,-hales at 6g fdr fair Uplands,
and 7 cents for Mobile and New Orleans, and
a good demand for the Euglish^market.
[Thequotation of G| shews that/hr dispatch
of yesterday, quoting fair Upland at 6§, was
incorrect.] . ...
One hundred tierces RiCe were disposed of
for export at s'3 to 3|. -
loan to m .
Three new cases of Cholera on Thursday,
and one death. On Friday the same number id
cases and one death reported. No eases in the
city since Wednesday.
intelligence from Xjhio informs us that the
prospects of the organization of the Legisla
ture were improving, ami it as expected
that the settlement of the existing difficulties
would doubtless take place this day.
Washington, Dec. 22, p. m.
In the Senate, Mr. Douglas’ resolutions re
troceding the District of Columbia, were adop
ted.
A number of private bills were taken up
and acted on.
The bill providing for the draining of the
Everglades of Florida was further discussed.
Mr. Benton was excused from serving on
the Committee on Military Affairs, and Jef
ferson Davis was substituted in his place.
Mr. Dix introduced resolutions with respect
to the Consular system in China and Turkey,
which were adopted.
The Senate then went into Executive ses
sion, after which they adjourned until Tues
day next.
In the House, there were several private
bills brought up, but there being no quorum,
they were not acted on. The usual distribu
tion of Books to the members was then made.
The steamship Columbus, which is adver
tised at Philadelphia, to sail for Chagres on
the 15th of January, has about 30 passengers
engaged.
; New York letter of Monday says—“ The
Pacific Mail Company have issued a card sta
ting that they have already issued as many
tickets for the steamer, intended to leave for ]
Panama on the sth of January, as is consist
ent with the safety and comfort of passengers. '
The ship “Apollo” which has been on the '
berth for San Francisco only a week, refuses
to accommodate any more passengers ; but in
a day or two, I understand, one London and 1
-Hfwo Havre packets will be ‘up’ for the gold i
diggings, so that all will have a chance w ith t
the pickaxe and shovel.” t
The weather for the past week has been
quite warm, so much so, that fires have not
been necessary lor comfort. We fear the pork
which has been salted, will be h»t. Some of
our farmers we learn, have lost upwards of
6.000 lbs., others not so much. If the weath
er continues warm much longer, we may look
for short crops of wheat, and what is still
worse, if precaution is not used, a great deal
of sickness, such as pneumonia, and influen
za. — Cassoilie Pioneer, 21s/ Inst.
A Good Wifk.—Oh, it is beautiful to live
blameless under the poisoned glance of the
world ; poisoned whether it be praise or blame;
beautiful not to be polluted by its observation,
but more beautiful to be intimately known to
one —to possess one gentle and honest triend,
and that one a w ife, Beautiful to be able to
read her pure soul as in a mirror, and to be
aware, therefore, of every blot of one’s own
soul, and to be able to purify it against the day
of the great trial. — Mary Howvtt.
The ancient w’orld boasted of its seven won
ders, all of which, w r e believe, have disappear
ed, except the pyramids of Egypt; but we of
modern age can boast of seven greater win
ders which combined, are rapidly revolution
izing the world, and which contain within
themselves the elements of endless progres
sion. They are: Ist: the Mariner's Compass;
2d: the Art of Printing; 3d: the Magnetic
Telegraph: 4th: the Steam Engine; sth: the
Ballot Box; 6th: Universal Education; and
7th: greater than all the others, the Christian
Religion.
The Secret of Success. —It may to some
appear like vanity in me to write what I now
do, but I should not give my life truly if I
omitted it. When filling a cart of manure at
the farm dunghill, I never stopped work be
cause my side of the cart might be heaped up
before the other side, at which was another
man; 1 pushed over what 1 had heaped up tv,
help him, as doubtless be did to help me, when
I was last and he was first. When I have
filled my column or columns of a newspaper,
or sheet of a magazine, with the literature lor
which Iwasto be paid, I have never slopped
if the subject required more elucidation, or
the paper or magazine more matter, because
there was no contract for more payment, or no
likelihood of there being more. When I have
lived in barrack room, 1 have stopped my own
work, and have taken a baby from a soldier’s
wife, when she had to work, and nursed it, or
have gone for water for her, or have cleaned
another man's accoutrements, though it was
no part of my duty to do so. When I have
been engaged in political literature and tra
velling for a newspaper, I have not hesitated
to travel many miles out of my road to ascer
tain a local tact, or to pursue a subject into its
minutest particulars, if it appeared that the
public were unacquainted with the facts of
the subject; and this at times w hen I had
w r ork to do which was more pleasant and pro
fitable. When I have needed employment, I
have accepted it at whatever wages I could ob
tain —at plow, in farm drain, in stone quarry,
at breaking stones for roads, at wood-cutting,
in a saw-pit, as a civilian, or as a soldier. I
have in London cleaned out a stable and
groomed a cabman’s horse for a sixpence, and
been thankful to the cabman for the sixpence.
I have subsequently tried literature, and have
done as much writing for the ten shillings as
I have readily obtained—been sought after and
ottered—ten guineas for. But had I not been
content to begin at the beginning, and accept
ed shillings, I would not have risen to guineas.
I have lost nothing by working. Whether at
laboring or literary work, with a spade or w ith
a pen, I have been my ow n helper.—Autobio
graphy of a Working Man.
Special Polices.
ASSEMBLY PARTY.
MR. RASIMI takes pleasure juar
announcing that he will give
ASSEMBLY PARTY, the third
the season, at the Masonic Hall, on MONDAY
EVENING, January Ist.
Tickets can be procured at the store of Clare
Rackftt & Co.
In order to avoid postponement on account of
weather, Mr. K. has made an arrangement with
Mr. Mathews lor the use ol an Omnibus, which
wall take those ladies who may wish it, on incle
ment evenings, to and from the party. dec 23
A DISCOURSE,
Addressed to YOUNG MEN, will be
delivered in the Presbyterian Lecture Room, on
THIS EVENING, by Her Mr Rogers.
Subject , “The peculiar dangers of Young Men
in Cities.”
The young men of Augusta, and the public gen
erally, are respectlully invited to attend. d 24
LAW NOTICE
The undersigned having formed a partnership
in the practice of LAW, under the style ot G.. J
& W. SCHLEY, will attend all the Courts ofthe
Middle Circuit. All business confided to us will
be promptly attended to.
GEORGE SCHLEY,
JOHN SCHLEY,
dec 13 ly W. SCHLEY.
A CARD,
PAINTING AND DAGFEKR EOTY
PING— E. S. DODGE, Artist, would re
spectfully inform his friends, and the citizens of
Augusta, and vicinity, that he has returned to the
city, and taken rooms over the store ot Messrs.
Clark, Rackett 6c Co., formerly occupied by Mr.
Johnson, wdiere be would be pleased to accommo
date all who may wish a highly 7 finished Minaturc
on Ivory, or one of his beautiful Daguerreotypes,
richly colored.
A large number of specimens of his PAINT
INGS and DAGUE HREOTYPING arc to be
seen at his rooms. Ladies and gentlemen wii
please call and examine.
Materials for Daguerreotyping, lor sale. Also,
Johnson’s celebrated Quick Sturt
Oct, 27 6mo
O’ DOCTOR HENRY ROSSIGNOL
being associated with Dr L. A. DUGAS, respect
uily tenders his professional services to the pub
lic Dr. R’s office is with that of Dr. Dugas.
March 8 ly
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY OP NEW YORK.
M. Robertson, Pres’t. j Saml. Ha nnay, Sec’y
Applications received by
GREENVILLE SIMMONS,
Nov. 24 ly Agent
& animates.
(TT We are aulhoiized to announce
HENRY W. NORMAN, Esq , as a candidate for
the office of Receiver of Tax Returns for Wilkes
county, at the approaching election in January
next. dec 17
O* We are authorized to announce
ISHAM THOMPSON as a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of Receiver of Tax Returns
for the county of Richmond, at the ensuing elec
tion in January next. Nov. 18
