Newspaper Page Text
|P THE OONSTITDTIONALIST,
JATWETqar dn er,j r.
IJaily, per #8 00
1 ri- Weekly, per annum- 6 00
M paid in advance........ 5 00
'Veekly, per annnna, if paid in advance.... 2 00
I hese terms are offered io new subscribers and
to old subscribers _ wjmpay up,ail arrearages.
In no ease Will the weejd) paper be sen Tat $“2,,
unless the accompanies the qrcfer. - » :
in no case will it be sent at #2 to an oldsubscri
Der in arrears. __
O’ When the year paid for at $2 expires, the
paper, if not discontinued; oy.paid rfor-in advance,
will be sent cm peloid terms, gXfib ffpaidnrthe
offiee year, or $3 if paid after the ex
piration of the v&». •'£ :
a Ist be paid oh all communicafibns
iness. Ek £ '
HTTANCES ££R MAIL ape
v ,
publication of Gen. Bishop,
advertisement,' and charged
."'UMfiMB Hf
(From tfajkfilgUtanoog&.Aadvertiser, 9th inst.)
f jX'\ ' To the Public*
The Forwarding of this town, ph
the 24 th a*ycl 25th December, held meetings
for the purpcisp.pf adopting, as they allege,
some pl«B. .to re'dress their grievances, whfcl*
I think imaginary, and in
point offset, di-dnot exist.
They %em .to censure alt ep gaged in the
Bfcyy}a° , ement of the Itoad. and make some
me as Agent,; that call, for a
Hkeif l xL‘ tnost ! * fir3oUß Gae is » * or absenting
my post. I regret that they
iS }. - affthis charge, as it will •reluctantly draw
Brom me the cause cf my absence, the
Bfe they cpmplam of, X never have been
BJnsentirdm this Depot but that - week, in
twelve months, except 'on business of the
Road,and'Court weekp, Fromsome cause—
want of funds, or a dispositiontoaet
tie theiv freight-bills promptly, their liabili
ties became eoriaiderrbie. Having departed
from miy, instructions in extending to them
credit, *of course I was individually liable, -
aud from a false deficacy, I shrunk from.posi
tively‘denying them the goods .consigned io
their care—d,as they term it, left my post,and
left instructions With my. Clerks, not to de
liver any more goods>to them, until., their lia
bilities were-lessened. • The amount of in-
I debtedness of those who seem to hare figured
most fnjfie meeting were largest, and X. had.
Ljialled.onthem. repeatedly for the amounts
ffjOPf still they disregarded those calls, I urged
sßte of them* as forcibly as , I could find
words, to relieve me from my delicate situa
tion —I had reposed Confidence at my own risk
and indulged them until, in the aggregate,,
their liabilities-amounted to over five thou
sand dollars. - They abused the ci fifiuence I
had reposed, and left me to contend With the.
difficulty as beati could. If necessary, I can
show, from my books, these facts, and Will
publish their fiatnes and indebtedness of each,
if doubted. .
The Chief Engineer, in view of avoiding a
recurienceof auch a state of things, adopted
the storing goods in. W*re» Hanses, on
failure ol the consignees to pay - charges w hen
the goods were received, which rule has had
the salutary effect of forcing collections.. to,- a
large amount in .a short -lime, -and- has had
more virtue in restoring me to safety than ail
the pathetic appeals fhatVl . could make tP
their generosity. ...i
The circumstances attending my refusal to
receive freight, is easily explained.\ Hi of
carrying out-the recently adopted plan of the.
Chief Engineer,•d-'was- rtecesimnly compelled
to clear tne Depot, of all produce and merchan-'
dize, and not. having cars to receive. .a large
quantity, I confined them to bring only- suffi
cient ehch day to load the empty cars, never
allowing, a car to remain empty one day on the.
Turn out. On the 23d of Deeember,-the plat
form was - filled up with Cotton destined for the
Macon market, and.Qa, the. 2 ith all our Depot ”
hands, were to leave for Atlanta; but when the
Train 'arrived, there came ufc plenty 6t;
I therefpre, theposibiU'-.
■ %j of censure, induced the hands to remain
until the down Train left on the 24trh, and
was ncfak'yjg.powerful efforts to clear the pl,at
edform, whichwas.then.ali-full.except a smaLl
apace left-in- the center to-enable ns to 6airV
Cotton to ' the fide;heft the. track,load,
Georgia It. R. cars. ’ ..About . this .time* .the
dray men-commenced bringing up—Cotton. I
desired 'them irdt to bnnf aft> stating to
them my.inability to receive iton the platform,
witill they continued to bring it up T and com.
imenced throwihg it offin the;mud this I object
■to in the Depot" gfroiind. They then crossed
the lm% and continued to-throw it off in.piles
in the fnud and exposed to the rain, w|ete it
still lie's-,-net? Withstanding I notified -them on
the morning of the 25 th ofVnjj? inability to ship.
A respectable disinterested individual passed
the Depot-abpu.i the time they were, throwing
offthe Cotton-—I: ealled atfentioa to .the
situation'of the platform,- also of their refusal
to cease to bring up the Cotton after I inform-'
ed them of ihy inability to receive it, and in
his presence stated to thimi, that I wotild use
every "ejfjprt" to e,lear sufficient of the' platform ,
to enable to bring forward Cotton ip the
evening* - Jiow, if any reasonable individual
would complain under these circumstances, I.
Sim mistaken. • *,, < ..»«» • •'» '
Ia cohelusion, 1 think the whole proceed-”
ings uncalled for—it has failed to produce any
excitement in their favor, apart from those in
terested, Os:, disposed to rnd fault, and might
have been Avoided if the number of houses
engaged in the Commission business had been
fewer ; and better prepared to do such business.
But iris not surprising to me that this-class erf
business' ffaen are feckless in the town of Chat
tanoogai i '.Only thijik of seven houses firms
with divers copartners, clerks, laborers, and .
dependants, in a-sruall Town, all relying wholly
or in part, for *-support, on the commissions,
they receive for their attention to the Mer
chants’ and'Planters’ business! Is it strange
that such a respectable class of individuals in
point of numbyrtf should .lose sight /)£ justice?
Large..armies seldom respect-the. .rights of the
few or. unprotected, who stand in their way,,
or cross their- vie we. In some instances I per
ceive 'thaoEditors of newspapers havu opened
their Wldmhs for the purpose of abusing and
traduciiig "private character, in connexion with
this subject. Os such J have no further no
tice to take, .If ,that .is the use • they , are .dia-.
posed to make of the is position, it. is to be re
gretted.
WILLIAM N. BISHOP, Agent.
Chattanooga, fan. 1851.’ 1 '-* ■ f * r ’
OojmFftß’wxhdiNQ Merchants ASd
boad *Ao® N^.r”Since . bur.’ last publication.
Col. KritufreU, Chief Engineer of the Western
end Atlantic. Railroad,has visited Chattanooga.
While here an interview-took place between
him and a portion of out Forwarding Mer
chants, id 4-eterencd tb the grievances com
plained of. in their memorial published by us
last week. We fro pot kpow what respits we re
arrived at, as nothing h * B * ea finished, us
for pukheation; but we have beep informed
by our ..Forwarding Merchants, that Gen.-
Bishop,- Agent at-the Depot, is now receipting*
for Cotton arid other' Produce, ••ingood order?’
This'being the fact, the chief cause of com
plaint i 8 removed; * and the' Alabama
Cotton Planters, can now send forward their
Cotton without any lca.ra ,pf having itjceceiptt
«d for “ju'bad order,” .unless, such should,
actually be the case* -This (U&eulty being-fe
ll | :1« M‘ ,fJ M 1 H “
moved, we hope that things will henceforth
_ progress harmoniously between all parties
”+ con of'the
Road that is should be eo : — Chattqitpoga Ad•
- vertiter, thins?, \
3 {Front the Mobile Register, 3d imfc) ||
3 New Year’s Festivities.
3 Impiense crowds of our citizens turned Out
3 on Tuesday night to witness the obsequfos of
the Old Year, and the advent ceremonies of
f tfetrNew; “Alitheworld amHiiswifo” seemed
to be assembled upon the pavements of Daupihn
and Royal. “Where in the world can all these
-people- ooaae from 1 .as an exclamation often
i repeated. Had X a big drag net now,” said an
> old.fisherman, “J. popjd: catch half the popu
. lation of Mobile, -au>ne haul.” - .
The manner,in which the night that links
s the two. years together,—the bridge between
the past and future, —is celebrated in this city
c is one of our “peculiar domestic institutions.”
other municipality in the Union is marked
j by such singular spectacles and performances;
Mysterious societies, existing ih our midst,
’ comprised of whom, nobody knows, and regu
lated by rules that are hidden from the “out
side barbarians,” annually observe this period,
) with processions, masquerades j aud balisgot<-
ten up-in the most brilliant style, and fre- -
t quently presenting the must grotesque, attrac*
, five and laughable phenomena.—Such asso
ciations have existed here, fora ndffber of
fi years, and tradition informs us that they ori
ginated with one Michael Craft, a fellow of
exceeding mirth and most -noble qualities of
. -.character, who-resided in Mobile, many years
r perpetually uniting Schemes of fun and
t benevolence, but who now, like Yorick, is a
. silent tenant of the unmirlhful mansions of the
.. .dead, ..... . . . ,
It was. to witness the recurrence of these ce-,
, lebrations, that our populace turned out Tues
day night.-**-Expectation was kept on tiptoe
. from dark until about nine o'clock, when.
■ .<*<The thrilling fife, ths ppaling druih v ' . ' ’ -T
The slashing horn, announced they come!”
and in a few minutes a iong procession recog
nized as “the Striker's Club," was seen wending
its way down Ooybtnmenk up Royal, and
?■ around through many other streets, with its
brilliant banners displayed by the Hgkt of in
numerable torches. The members were all
clad in masquerade garbs with head-dresses
presenting the strange physiognomies of goats
surmounted by .most fonnibable elongated
horns. After marching and Countermarching,
the procession, repaired to the Aihambr% where
preparations held been made for a most bril
liant Ball. Herb an immense assemblage of
the beauty ; fashion, and gaiety of the city was
collected; and soon the grotesque maskerk were
mingling in the mazes of the quadrille, the
waltz and th? mazurka, with the fairest forms,
to the sounds of enlivening music. The spec
tacle was indeed singular, and as we gazed
upon it we were reminded of the Satyrs of
old, dancing wwh the Muses, in the groves of
Aready.- It was strange to see gentle aud
brighteyed beauty yielding the delicate por
tals of her ear, with evident entrancement, to
the low whiapera anddelieious flatteries emana
ting from tha hirsute proboscis of a seeming:
Pan. But so it was! and if th'e smiles of the
.Fair are tokens of admiration, the “Strikers”'
were indeed a favored fraternity cm th s deci
sion. The Ball was kept up till a rate hoar, or
fkfher Hu early one,-"-the dancers tirppling
over the, axle our of the half century , with fly
• ing feet, and joyous hearts into the com
mencement of a New Year. ,
SirtiuitaneL-iisly with these things, that old
-and honored brotherhood, the Cowbell ion de
Rakins were conducting their festivities. They
had a brilliant but brief procession,, whichjrc*
paired to the Theatre, Which hid been fitted
up for the occasion, by flooring over the par
quette, and taking their places upon the stage,
revealed when the curtaid was lifte i a most
beautiful and picturesque tableau. The scenet
presented was that of the “May-day sports in
1 1 the. Olden Time.” The members were array
ed m masquerade costiiffies representing the
various personages and figures that mingled m
. the.festivities of such an.occasion in “Merrie
England;” long ago, Robin Hood and his
- hfchcrs, Friar Tuck, and Maid Marian, Punch
. and every variety of: Harlequins, Knights in
armor, and Dandie& ; in fantastic garb, with
huge aquatic monsters, and other strange
. forme too tedious to mention were all'there,
and whiled in frofic glee around the decorated
May-rpole. A large number of ladies and gen
tlemen well representing-the fashion, intelli
gence and beauty of. the city were present, and
united in the saltatory performances nf the
evening. The whole affair spoke most’ Well for
the taste and mirthful spirit of the regular
descendants of Michael Craft . 7
The same evening, “the Rising Genera
tion,” another mystic fraternity, had a biliiarrt
ball, at Cu'lTufh’S Exchange, preceded by a pro
cessioh. ‘They impersonated the “French
Crusaders,” arid their glittering adornments
well represented a scene in the days of chival-.
ry. The ball-room was crowded, and “bright
the lamps shone o’er fair women and brave
men, and all went merry as a marriage bell,”
until the iron tongue of time annftUriQed that
1850 had been laid in the,tomb of his fathers,
and his young son and heir. 1851, bad,sprung
from his cradle aad started off .with rapid pace
along the road of time. ?**•' •m.i'hi
We cannot dwell longer upon these subjects:
All the festivities came off in a manner most
gratifying to behold, and highly creditable to
the several associations* , ,
Sir Wot Don-
While this distinguished artist is acting in
our city, some sketch of his life may ,be ac
ceptable, We have, therefore, turned over
the leaves of memory - and the newspapers,
froirt which we transcribe for the pleasure of
curious. *• * ?«.m
Sir Wm. Don, is a Scotch Baronet, from a
, title created June 2d, 1667, and conferred on
his ancestor Sir Alex. Don, se that the title is
nearly two hundred years old. The present
Baronet is the seventh* descendant”.' He was
boin in Manchester, England, A.D., 1825,
being now twenty-five years of age. He is’
owner of a large income from, his estates, and
heir tQ the title and. estates of the Ran of.
Gienoairn.
His father died while Sir William was an.
infant,'and left a fine estate and mansion' on
the banks of the Eden in Scotland, near Kelso,
not far from the birth-place of Thompson , the
author of “the Seasons” In this romantic
spot Sir William passed His airly youth, arid'
here' at V later period, He imbibed a taste for
-field-sports, which has since made his paine
quite famous in English sporting circles. We
believe it was while at Eton thaffeir VVllliam
made his first sensation in the field. Spurn
ing such ignoble pursuits as Grammar and
the classics, Sir Widiam.was hand,.and glove
with the Guards,-at-whose mess table and in
whose atabl.es, he was always.received with
welcome; Such.was hjs reputation amorjg
them for horsemanship, : that he was chosen to
ride one of the horses in the. great Southern
Steeple Chase. Large sums were bet both
for and against him—the hour arrived, and
Sir William vaulted into his seat with the
confidence of a veteran. The race was an
exciting one, several accidents, as usual, on
such hazards, but Sir William passed the
field arid came in the winner easily.
For this Teat hO figured in *• Bell’s Life,”
and also, as U the case with disobedient school
boys, he figured in the hands of his preceptor
at Eton. After a varied and rather "font” ,
life at “ AUnackV’- and “ Whites,” at the.
betting table and in the ballroom, he departed
Da hie tour through Europe. In Germany he
i ■> 9Tt f,*» f • •'3 it
quite “ astonished the natives" with his da
ring and skill in horsemanship. At one time,
■from l Liu luve of~fun a ton er' her drove across
the Elbe with four horses, at a period of the
winter state of insecurity of the icp
prompted pq|fee regulations to preveht
when : called 4n at his residence, by the officer
senHo arrestlhim, lie very politely asked that
functionary to be seated in his carriage, then,
letting out the horses, they drove furiously to
the court, at the door which the _carriage
upset, and deposited xtar
man," pale,and trembling on the pavement.; ?
Sir William’s accomplishments are decided
4y~of the manly order. He is unrivalled aaa
rifle shot, a most expert-swordsman,-a first
rate pugilist, and of* considerable activity and
strength. u
In person. Sir William is si* feet and six
inches high, of very good proportions, tho igh,
as is always'id* base with very tali men, his
legs look rather long. His friends'have joked
him into the epithet of “ his high ness.” - -
There u a peculiarly natural manner in his
acting that is only attained by talent and edu
cation; There is ho bombast or Vant about
his reading or gesture.' ,He is decidedly a
very true! artist of the new school; a school
now the test of acting in England and the
cities of New-York and Philadelphia, but
which- has-not-yet penetrated the South and
West. The prominent characteristics of which
,ar e natural representations of character, and
not the stilted, rantitig, traditionary style of
declaiming words and exaggerating gesture;
Sir William makes but few “ shrugs/' yet"his
expressions are very effective* Wft have seen
nearly every character which he has repre
sented here, performedby other actors, arid
we do not think that we have seen once the'
same elegance of conception and ease of exe
cution. “ 3 j... . .
What could have induced an English Bar
onet in the possesion, of wealth and a beautir
ful home, to perform a round of.characters in
public, is puzzling to conjecture. Yet we can
well imagine, when the feelihg of enniti Whieh
any one must have after years of fast living, :
induces the unfortunate to look for some hew
excitement, that the stage would be tempting,,
especially when the taste for the drama has
always been prominent, as is the case with
Sir William. The influence of men of edu
cation and good breeding who' adopt the His
trionic profession, will do much in raising the
art and refining it to the tastes of all educated
and weli bred persons who love it, and there
fore we hail Sir William Don and bid him
welcome. Sir William is expected soon in
Baltimore, to perform in German, of which he
is said to be a perfect master. —Richmond In
quirer,' "** 1 5 * , I »
Hydrophobia.—Mr. Buisson has waitten to
5 Paris Academy of Sciences, to claim as his
mall treatise on hydrophobia, addressed to
s Academy so far back as 1835, and signed
th a single initial. The case referred to in
it treaties was his own. The particulars
d the mode of cure adopted were as follows:
; had been called to visit a woman who, for
:ee days, was said to be suffering under
She had the usual symptoms—
istriction of the throat, inability to swallow,
andant secretion of saliva, and foaming at
i mouth. Her neighbors said she had beeti
ten by a mad dog, aboiit forty days before,
her own urgent entreaties, i»hj| ,b|efi
i died a few hours after, as was expected.
M. Buisson who had huT.banris covered with
>od, incautiously cleansed them with a
vel which had been used to wipe the
>uth ofTtre patient. He then had an ulcer*
on upon one of his fingers, yet thought
sufficient to wipe off the saliva that adner
, with a little water. The ninth day, after
ng in his cabriolet, he was Suddenly seized
th a pajsh m his throat, and one.atill great-,
in his eves. The saliva '-.was continually
uring into his mouth; the impression of a
rrent of air, the sightof briliant bodies', gave
n a pairiful sensation; his body appealed to
n so light that he felt as thongh he could
p to a prodigious height. .. He .experienced*
said, a wish to run and bite, not men but
mils and inanimate bodies. Finally he
ink with diffi iuity, and the sight of water
s still-more distressing to him thin the
nin the throat. These symptoms recufr
every fiv? mjriutes; ahd it appeared tp him
though the pain coowfiehced in the affected
ger and extended thence to,. the- ehouider,
i?V>m the whole of the symptoms,-he judg
himself afflicted with hydrophobia,and resol
l to terminate his life by stifling himself In
apor both.—Having entered one for this
rpose, he caused the heat to be raised to
r degrees, 36 minutes Fahrenheit, when'he
i equally, surprised and. delighted to. find„
aself free 0f..a1l complaint. .He.-left the.
hing room well, dined heartily, and drank
re than Usual. Since chat time, he says,
has treated in the same manner more than
hty persons bitten,. in four of whom the
aptems had declared.themseiv.es;..and in no
e has he failed, except in that of one child;
en years old, T who died in- the bath; The
de of treatment he recommends is that the
son bit should take a certain, number of
>or baths,.(commonly. called.. Russian,) and
>uld induce every night a violent perspira
a, by wrapping himself in flannels,' and
'erif.g himself with a feather' bed;'the per--
ration is favored by drinking freely of a
rm decoction of sarsaparilla. He .declares',
jonvinced is he of the efficacy at his mode
;reatment, that he will suffer himself to be
culated with the disease. As a proof of
f utility of copious and continual perspira
n, he relates the following anecdote: A
itive of the musician Gretry was bitten by
tad'dbg, at’th6 same time With many bthei
sons, wbo all died ; of bydropnobia.—For
part, feeling the first symptoms of the die
e, he took to dancing night and day, say
that he wished to die'gaily. He recover
' M,. Buisson also cites the old stories bf
lancing being a remedy for the bite of a
mtula; and draws attention to the fact
t the animals in which this madness-is
st frequently found to deveiope itself spoil
eously are dogs wolves rind foies, which
er perspire.
Jenny Lino's Wealth.^—A correspondent
of the Home. Journal feus written & short asti*
cle which.is going the rounds of the papers
stating that Jenny -Lind's wealth amounts to
$1,000,000. Now we have the following faets
from a reverend gentleman who knew her
well in Sweden, and to whqni both in Europe
and America she has imparted with the most
Childlike confidence every particular in rela
tion toiler-pecuniary affairs, as well.as to-her
future prospects and intentions. •. - -
Jenny Lind has neither a sister rror abfcth-*
er living. She lost a sister some years ago,
but never had & brother, hot Wit h 8 tandiii &’t he
numberless stories t’o the .contrary,' which
have been circulated. Her parents are both
liYing in quiet and retirement at her native
pity, Stockholm, supported by* an adequate
sdm put aside for that specific purpose by an
affectionate daughter.
Jenny Lind's annual.income from property
which she has laid by, is less than tsix> thou
sand dollars,.(not-so much as she could make
at-a single eoncert,) and she is fully determ l
ined never to increase it, for every farthing of
her income and earnings above what she ex
pends for ovjm personal wants is devoted tp
¥***s Th® whole of the funds received
from her American engagement, are set aside
for the establishment of Common Schools in
Sweden,,and. if is hey, intention to devote hey.
personal services to the supervision and.in
apectionof these schools. ,7- -7> .* Vt :j
* Her reverend and venerable friend once said
t 'j!«. !*..•- T.'wi* <■ f 1,,',
* U '! *' » 4 *|* IH #. I l 1 *
to her—Miss Lind, I think that you should
have a large annual income secured to you,
that you might fee prepared in-case you should
lose your voice.”
... “In that event” she replied, one-sixth of
*§7 present lneffae W6uld/supp®r€ me f|ell fa
af| all eveprtsl'it is .o much as any
person w|th proper feelings o,ufiht to expend
in a year. So lam still left five thousand dol
lars per annum for charitable purposes." A
woman with suchja Jhgjgk \v >uld indeed be
wealthy If she possessed" nota' dollar in the
worlds —Ni Y,’ Sum ijt . ‘ /. j. *;, »,j;.
Death of a-Scotish Post.— Wo notice in a
foreign paper the Announcement that Mr. Kob
ert Giifillan died. -near E iinburg on the 4th
December, 1850. Mr. Giifillan has been fa
vorably known as the author-of-many beauti
ful pieces of. poetry.,,and his death makes an-*
other vacancy in that JList of which Robert
Burns was the most illustrious *example. A
Jeotish eritic remarked .of Gilfiiian’s sonnets,
that they were." marked hy gentle and kindly
feelings, amd a smooth flow-of versifioation
which makes them eminently suitable foVbe*
ing expressed in music/* * As m specimen’we
s ive ' , r* ; v*
, *... the.Exile/s sdNa T.’ . . .. ..
• ■■ Oh! why left Imy hame
-■*’ ‘Why-did I Cross tffe deep ?
Oh r why left i the iand' 5 !
Where my forefathers sleep ? * *
* j Islgh for >co ia's shore,' ’
: 'Aod rfaze across the sek, 1 ‘
Bi/t I dblibk
O'iny aia countrie !' 1 ’ • - .
The palm tree waVeth high,
: And fair the myrtle springs,
“• And to the Indian man ‘' r “ •*
The cuehat sweetly sings j
Bht l dinna'see the broom 1
- ? WPits tasselson'the lea * 1
Nor bear the ;lintier’s sang • -
•- • O r my ain cohnWie.
* * * * #* * # «
- *-• • * [Sac.-h^nrs.-
Singular.— tlie* Nashville Gazette has the
following r - --
A geptleman from Robertson, county in
.forms us of a most singular occurrence in.thc
neighborhood of Springfield and TurnersvUle.
On Friday last, it commenced snowing in that
neighborhood, but before night the snowing
ceased, and a very cold rain commenced. ’The
rain seemed to freeze nearly as fast as it fell ;
the trees were'soon covered with ice’, and be
came kb heavily laden that the limbs broke off,
and many of the trees were split and pressed.
. tp. the by the great weight.- Our in*
formant states that he had-a large number of
saw logs cut and laying ovet a space of about
hall a mile, which were rintfirely fcovered up
by fallen trees. He also states'that the prin
cipal roads near Springfield and J’urnersVille
are rendered impassalne to any kind of vehicle;
and that a great deal of stock has been killed
in his neighborhood. . - : <
'LsGA.ii' Murder —-A Victim to Circumstantial
Evidence. —A few we ?ks since, a. man named
Hicks was hung inßawrenc? county, (Miss.),
for the murder of >a man named Allen, and
died protesting his innocence. Subsequent
developments- go far to show 'that Hick* was
innocent of the murder. The Natchez Cou
rier, of the 31st ultimo, furnishes the folio W-
Mig statement of facts in relation to this tra
gical affair; -a c - ;
- Tne evidence on which he was ’cbnviiSted
was entirely circumstantial, and Went to prove
that Alien was shot in tfie back of the head,
the ball passing out under the eye. Hicks
was therefore hung for shooting Allen.- His
last statement.to the tvo .clergymen attend
ing him the night before execution was, that
he, his wife -rift'd Alien, "were • travelling to *
gettier with a team and carhpmgout by night,
that while lie was.away ff'om the camp butbe
morning, of A il.en‘s death, he. heard his wife,
scream, and on running back, found Allen ap
parently lifeless. He had been drinking, and
went up to Mrs. Hulks With evident desighs
of. hugging-and insulting her. She told iiira
several times to go away, >and when he per
sisted, sh« Btruck xuua upon the head with the.
Wagon hammar, which< -she had in- her hand?
pounding coffee, and from this blow alone,
without any further -violence, his death Was
occasioned'. ’ • ..... >. -
“Notwithstanding his protestations of en>'
tire ianricehee, Hicks, as wa. have said, was
hung for.shpotiag.-4jlen.j.ri,the head with a.
rifle, and that, too, upon circumstantial testi
mony -entirely valueless, unless that mode of
death had been eoneHered aS‘ proved.*"And : '
now come* the strange after development I
, The denials of Hicks had made Stich an im
pression, that it was thought necessary to ex
amine the murdered body* in-order to do
away with any-idea 6f Hidks’ innocerfce, by
showing that Allen has ’ indeed Milled fly a
rifle ball. Accordm gly, three day s. .afterthe
execution, a cpmmittee of resp« liable ftitizejis
disinterred AU&u’a remains... The result of
|lueir investigation proves, beyond a doubt,
that Allen was never shot. " llvs 'skull; upon
examination, appeared to have been forced in
by a biowupon the’back of'the head, i firmed'
diately where it joined the fleck.' Pieces of
the bone were hanging tp. the orifice in the
skull, which were driven in from the effects of.
the blow. The bone running below the left
eye was slightly fractured, 'but the sock
ets of the eyes, and the bones in the face bore
no marks of a having touched them.
“In all probability the story 'Hicks, told
was true, ana he is another .victim, to circum
stantial. testimony. We pity the jury that
tried him.”
»*-> What re Agriccutuke Doing ?—Are we at
liberty to attribute to science, or is--it ex peri- ■
edce, or is it downright guano, that is bring-'
ing up otir land to its fligh productive capa
city ? We have jusfmet with the following
m the Winchester Virginian,.:
* “ A week, or ten days ago, a farmer from tine
Little North mountain, while delivering, a
crop of fifteen hundred bushels of wheat,
stated five years back less than three hundred
bushels were considered a good yield on the
land where the. last year’s -crop.grew. , We
know a tract; within three mUes of the town,
which last season produced six thousand bush.-
shels, where ten years ago, under two thou
sand was considered a good average crop.—
A little over fdrty thousand barrels of flour
Were transported fly the. railroad during, the
first year of its operation. The last annual
report show* a five-fold increase—upwards, of
2Q0,000 barrels having; been. carried over the
road ia-on* year/’
These are remarkable facts, with respeet to
the production of the soil, and afford data for
a variety .of calculations and consideration. —
We should have beep pleased if the.statemen te
had been accompanied with the cause from
which such effects had been realized. We per *
ceive, however; a prominent fadt,- that land U
capable of production fat beyond what, is usu->
ally obtained from it; andiii this it ia pos«U
ble we, arrive at the means of successful
competition with sifl;opean nations for the
European markets-stall times. §uc.b a ratio
of improvement ia lands and produce WQti I d
effect ah immense reduction in the value of
breadstuff's, and at-the stme time, greatly en
large the resources of the agriculturist. In
deed, the benefits that would enure to the
whole range of society, from a corresponding
general adiimee id agricultural experience,
are incalculable. We hdpe-that our Maryland
farmers will take the subject ihto considera
tion, and ,a§ce'isaifl whether some of those
lands from.wflich they can barely wring a re- i
tfirn for labor, cannot be made productive' in .
.something of the same ratio as that reported 5 '
by our Winchester cotemporary. —4*#- Sun.
- i
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
attgaafet, |
SATURDAY (HORNING, JAN 11-
Loss of the Steamer Elkton. W
A private letter received in this city from
Chattanooga, states that news had j ustJEeach
ed that place of the burning of the steamer
Elkton, at the Suck below that city, and that
180 bales of Cotton were destroyed.
Brig General—3d Division. \
The following is the official returns us the
recent election for Brigadier General of thtf
3d Division, Georgia Militia.:. i,
Counties, Geo. R. Jessup. J.M.AshurSt. L.S.Boniuhu
Bald Winv.v. .205v»v. • ....21.• ••»*»•'• .3
Morgan.«• ••.,.82. •..,..,... .4..,.254: ■
Putnam ~ ,»» ,37. »276» ,*7
T0ta1....324 ...301 .274
‘ “ Gov. Hunt's Message ;
The Legislature of New-York convened on
Monday last. -
The following are the closing paragraphs of
the Message of the new Governor. It will be
perceived that he advocates modifications of
the fugitjve-slave law> and is in favor of more
protection to the manufacturing interests of
the North. Verily, there ajre faote (i f€ace
measures” in prospect for the South.
The Senate Was called to order by Ltv Gov
ernor Chu’ch. .
The House organized by electing J.
Raymond, Speaker. This gentfafaa&fa one bf
the editors of the New York Courier & En
quirer, is a Sewairdite and Free Soiler. He is
the gentleman who introduced the rabid anti
slavery Resolutions of the last session of the
New York Legislature:
- It cannot be. denied,that the recent acts of
Congress for giving fuller effect to.the provi
sions requiring the return of fugitive slaves
has excited dissatisfaction in many portions of
the country, carrying them almost to-the el
treme bf threatening resistance to the law.
But all good citizens will recollect that what
ever may be their individual feelings or opin
ions in regard to the policy or propriety of
any legislative enactment, it .is their- plain
duty, so long as it. remains in force, to sustain
the authorities legitimately charged with its
execution. 1 :
. Apprehensions have been entertained that
under the hastily considered provisions of the
act, passed during a period of unusual agita
tion, persons of color claiming to be free,: and
really free, are not allowed those reasonable
opportunities, and .those customary legal saie
gards, necessary to enable them to establish
by adequate proof the fact of their freedom.
A recent case has shown this belief, to be not
merely speculative, and that the danger that
a.freeman .under the summary mode in which
that law can be executed,, may be hurried into
captivity, is not wholly imaginary
We cann t arid we dp not believe that
the South, any more than the North, aims at,
or desires such a result, —or will insist on re
taining provisons leading to such exciting
« msequences. We. shall rely not only on ihei.r
sense of propriety and reciprocal justice but
their calm conviction.that the law itself to be
permanent, must be reasonable, for the uniting,
after due reflection', with theirbrethern of the
North in a kind and dispassiQhate spirit, in
reviewing such clauses as may be found de
fective or objectionable, and in. consenting tp.
such judiciuus modifications as may command
general, approval. » . ... . . . •
In the meantime, our people must be left
free to examine its provisions and practical
operation. Tneir vitial and fundamental right
to dismiss the'’merits of this or any other law
.passed by their representatives, constitutes
the very basis of our, republican system,.and
can never be surrendered. Any attempt to
restrain it would be fur more dangerous than
its freest exercise. But in all such discus
sions we should divest ourselves ot sec ionat
or partisan prejudice, and exercise a spirit of
comprehensive patriotism, respecting alike the
rights of every portion of our common coun
try. . ■ -•: ".1..!...,-I !■■■■ s*
Before dismissing the subject of our federal
relations, I deem it my duty to advert to the
serious evils which some of 'our most impor
tant interests have suffered from the failure of
Congress to extend that protection to domes?
tic industry which experience has shown to
be necessary to sustain certain branches of
manufactures against foreign competitian.r-
We see the effects of the tariff of 1846, in the
Suspension of many establishments, not only
in our own, but our sister States, involving
large investments of capital, depressing not
only the labors of the manufacturer and me
chanic, but impairing the market they had
•reated.fpr the products of our agriculture.—
It is reasonable to hope that this state of
things, so injurious and unnecessary, may be
remedied in sqme degree at least, by j udiciOUs
and timely action in Congress.
o 5,1 j ■ •>••
Some l wins.—The Macon Messenger says:
• We are indebted to the Deputy Marshall of
Carroll county for a list of the twins reported
to him while engaged in taking the census of
the county. There are no less than fifty-four
setsl One lady has : blessed her faithful spouse
with no less than three sets, while sundry
others have two- sets each. We have felt ra
ther disposed to publish the' list complete,
and may yet.do.so upon some-fitting occasion.
We saw a man the other day who said he
would settle any where else but in Corrolt
county, and we.know of but few friends who
would be materially benefitted by a residence
in that particular latitude. Carroll is deci
-dedly a fast county.” - ( '
Suicide.—We learn that on Wednesday last
Mrs. Wm; Nepl of this CQUflty committed
suicide by hanging herself.r-She was found
suspended from some projecting piece of tim
ber in the wall of a stable by two skeins of
cptton.—She must-have climbed up the wall,
(it being a log one) and,' after fastening one
end of the skein* to’ the timber, and the other
round her neck, let hereel! fall, Her feet were
so near the ground that her toes rested against
it. No cause is known why she thus lamen
tably ended her existance.— Forsyth Gem, 2d
in§t, '
Horrielb Catastrophe.—The Forsyth Gem
says; “On Sunday evening las;, a colored
ohild, some three or four years old, belonging
to Mr, Miles G, Turney of this place, was.
-burned to death by accidentally taking. fire in-,
its clothes.” '- ‘ *
( Telegraphed for. the Charleston Courier .)
- 5 -BAETIMOREf Jan. 9, • j
I\ ew York Market, Jan, 9.— The sales Os -Cot
ton to-day, amount to 2000balba, at Unchang
ed prices. ; In other articles there has not been
any alteration of sufficient importance to no
tice by telegraph. . . \ :
“ 1 r .,|| v,
ffg iflggtutk (fteligrapl).
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
J * s Boston, Jan. 10.
Niagara has been seized for a
violatiro of the United States Revenue Laws ;
the boat is detained for landing Silks and Laces
to the Amount of fire thousand dollars. The
iu -the hand* of J
Atlantic has not yet arrived.
Cotton is firm &t fall prices." * ♦ L 5 ;;i
New Yoke, Jan. 10, p. tu.
Cotton.— m&rkdt td-clay lias a down
ward tendency, vrjth,sales.of 12Q0 bales.
Flour,and Grain are quiet; Provisions are
improving with steady * prices; Coffee and
Rice quiet. .
•: -The ship Toronto from New Orleans has
been wrecked and is a total loss. The crew
-saved.. •> * .» * <=* „ .
a .. | ........ .....
Cjuabeiston, Ja». 10, P, M.
flgCorroN. —There has been * good demand
to-day, and the sales amount to 2*300 bales,
at 12 to lSfcents.* Former prices sustained.
j *..*,s -.V V**-.. v m.U k. • • -.l# ■ *?' H.M4
i w**#f .y -... fU
’ C|tt Bank Officers. —At the annual meet
ing of the Stockholders of the Cehtral Rail-
Road & Banking Company, on Monday last,
R. R. Cuyler, Josephs. Fay, Andrew
.Low, J. R.- Wilder, Thomas Purse, Henry
McAlpin, W. Crabtree, W. 8., Johnston, and
J, W. Anderson, were re-elected Directors for ..
the ensung year. At a subsequent meeting
on Tuesday-, Mrs Guyley was unanimously re
elected President. , f{s 4* ~ If
„ The following gentlemen were on Monday,
re-elected Directors of the Planters' Bank : G.
W. Anderson, W. H. Cuyler, Isaac Cohert,
Geo, Jones, J. C.‘ Nicoll, F. Sorfelv J. Stod
dard, and J. ‘Williamson. On the following
day, at a meeting of the Directors, Mr. An
derson was unanimously re-elected Pi esi
dent. —Savannah Republican , 9th inei.
Tfiß Georgia Conferbncb.—This body of
’the Methodist Epifcopai Churbb. South, met
in this city yesterday, and was fUlly organized,
Bishop Payne, 'presiding. There are from
seventy to eighty preachers in attendance, and
a number more will arrive to-day. The busi
ness of the Conference, we learn, is progress- a
ing rapidly, All the usual committees hare ,i
been appointed, and much business has al
ready been accomplished. ’• • ! :• • • ■• f
The session wilt probably continue for a
week or more* during which time services
will be performed m j the several* Chur hes
during the day and evening.— Savannah Gear
gian t 9th ihst. :
(From the Marietta Advocate, 9th t n&t.)
Right Side )jF t !—-.The se)f«styled Union
party of this county hrought out a Union
ticket for Tax Receiver and Collector. They
headed their ticket with the sajoxe motto that
•. had been used so freely in the.forrp.er .election
—" The TJuion must and shall be preserved”—r
They made the election a test o.t party strength;
and the Constitutional Union Party has been
defeated, and Cobb county is once more right
side up. The candidates. 'Who, three or tour
days ago, generously and honuraoly to them
siives, withdrew their, napac«»-in order to give
an equal contest* deserve well of their friends,
'“The Union ticket’ was a strong one, and...,
concentrated the support ot the party, Mr. ..
'Moore having been an old .and highly esteem
ed Democrat* and - Hr, -Wardla sv,, not only , t
personally a worthy man, but widely, known >( ,,
in the county, and strengthened by general
could not catry the weight ot the absurd and
contradictory positions of the . party tha- is
“eyery thing by turns, and nothing long.”— ,
the folio wing is the-vote ; .* •<*
--g K ’ ’ ' §
• ‘• - t? 3> • S - ... g. - ■
S cs W M 2
a >'<* ; I 4 t
• f C- ? * ci' • -?t >V •,* *, • y # # ,
• Marietta . ...*.,330 303 * - 1 297 ? 38i
First District.. 4ft .24 - nifh « 121
' Merritt's...,., 14 ... 15 , ? 16 17
Coi;8. i , *. 4 19 ' ~{ ; 41, 28
Morris’ •26 ’’ 28 25 •23 • !
Powder Spr'gs. 102 143' ” " I&f 75 .
Weddington’s .11 20 7 £
California* 43 62 26 T£ >
Old 20th.,,... 71 81 .25 14
Big Shanty.... 54 44 17 ' ' oa". ’’
Lost District..,. 61... 38. . ~ 2& msa -
- 788 ‘ 808 •“'•’693*703
(Reported for th*- Baltimore Clipper .)
Thirty-First Congrress-SeconS Session,
Wahhw&ton,’ Jaiu 7,T&5i.
I 'U SENATE.'
Mr. Yuiee introduced a bill land
to Florida, to aid in the construction of a rail
f°ad from tlu. Atlantic to the Unliot.Meit.ioo, 1 J i
Mr. Feloh, from the Committee on th e
Public Lands, rfepdrted baok, with an adverse
report, thfe joint resolution from»the House -
authorizing the assignment of military land
warrants. " -' ■•••»
! The Senate then took up the resolution
calling for .information in. relation to the re
moval from office by men, Taylor's adminis- !
tration.
*J Mr : Ewing addressed the Senate for some
time mjustxfieatlon-°fv the removals of CoU •*
John B. Weller and Gen. Lane.
Messrs. Bradbury, Casa and Downs con
tinued the debate, and the Senate adiourned
r house of representatives?
John Bell, elected a- member 1 from the" fifth' '* s t
Congressional District of Ohio, in the place Os i
Amos E. Wood* deceased, qualified and took
his seat. ... . .. ....
Mr. Julian moved a correction of the jour- ’
ual, so that it might appear that his object
yesterday, in moving to suspend the rules to
enable him to present a memorial of Friends
m Indiana against sleveyy and the Fugitive
Slave law,- was to move i s reference to a com
mittee, with instructions tc report a bill, in r
accordence with the prayer of the memorialists, '
to repeal the law. ' •
Debate took place, and Anally the motion
was disagreed to.
The remainder of the fitting was devoted to.
the consideration of the New Hampshire con
tested election case. Mr. Morrison is the
Member in occupancy, and Mr. Perkins nnn
tests his right to the seat. 5 ’ ■ COn '
F The subject was not concluded. when Dip
House adjourned. '* * “ ■*'*** ~ en the
YANKEY FARM prjT? cat r, « ,r
wafbelif ttot P'e,iowr<i
<3 «■«* on
Sjyaanah Ka«d,jft Jhc „m»«d,M. ~Ki»uy ™Th»
W°raf’n A - W ' C i“"“ chiel ’ Hober, Y
.oataiaiug one hundred
acres 01 cleared kmd* m a fine >tate fcr cultiva
tion, and about one hundred and ten acres of wood ,* ,
d^nn?I y tunbei edwith Oak and Pine, all un
tablf nil!r Ce ‘ i?? L be there 18 » comfor-
S amTfh mg 4 ,Kl excellent Sta- i •
aruHn'good order ' ’ oat-buikhugai new
0f “>* 90c ety of i,»
of Ule Bni| J °anH Ua °- Water nroducliver ess
of the soil, aDd proximity to the Cifcy renders it
■ a most de«i"ahle rcsideoce. j , Jr’ , ,
W *-'??** h > the binder « <*»• 1
and two .years, with interest from date. . . 1
~.^Wia v iA.HwMcLAWS. »,<
f V f ■ ■*.
*1 j 13.I 3. f*