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THE FLIGHT OF TIME bt Alexander (Mart*
Why flies tbe time s» fast ?
| Days, months and years glide by.
And each looks shorter than the last,
And swifter seems to fly ;
On viewless w>ng still rushing on,
To ioin the fl<gat of ages gone,
Their silent course they ply.
It seemed, when we were young,
Time tiogered on the way,
Fair nope, like any syren, sung
The live long summer day—
Oh! sweet s-mg of promised bliss,
Too bright for such a world as this—
Too beautiful to stay.
And then the winter night,
So lovely and o long,
~ - Whi-n round the fireside, blazing bright,
Went merriment and song ;
Long were the hours —for we were then
Impatient to be happy men,
And join the busy throng.
Hope's radiance in the heart,
In youth supremely blest,
Can transitory joys impart,
The brightest and the best,
The ills of life come all too soon $
Any wby should clouds obscure the moon
That warms the youthful breast ?
When life's young dream is o'er,
And fancy's fires decay.
And hope's illusions charm no more,
Nor chide the lingering day ;
Then Time sweeps on with winged speed,
Or, like a thief, with noise.ess tread,
Steals alt ot;r year* away.
Fled like a dream's the past,
The joyous banquet o'er,
Our longing looks we backward cast,
And think on days of yore,
Brood o’er each scene in joy or woe,
Till we grow old—before we know
That we are young no more.
(From the New York Post.')
The American Journal of Homoaipathv, for
January, publishes a letter of J. S. Bucking
ham, copied from tbe British Banner, an En
glish periodical which we have not seen, on
the subject of Homoeopathy and its progress
in England. He gives an account of the re
markable case of Dr. John Berthwick Gilchrist,
“the well known Oriental linguist, and Pro
fessor of Eastern Languages, for many years
engaged in preparing pupils in Hindostance
for the English Company’s service." Dr. Gil
christ was seventy years of age, but after a
long and active life free from illness, had been
seized with a disease, which reduced his size
and enfeebled his mind to imbecility; his eyes
became protruding, “his under lip fallen, his
hands tremuious and his memory and consci
ousness so obscured that he could recognise
nobody bur his wife." The physicians of Lon
don and Paris were consulted in vain, and he
went to Brussels where his friends expected
Jhe would die. Mr. Buckingham proceeds:
“About six months after this, in the spring
of 1831, while walking iu Piccadilly, near the
Doctor’s usual residence in Clarkes street, I
met, with as much astonishment as pleasure,
the same Dr. uilchrist, walking erect, with
* firm and healthy step, his person filled out to
"its former size, and his whole aspect more full
of strength, activity, and vigor, than i had
ever before seen him in his best days—for I
had known him several years before his ill
ness."
He had been placed under a homcaopathic
physician at Brussels, and recovered. He af
terwards wrote a pamphlet, describing his case
and its cure.
Mr. Buckingham relates that, on his arrival
at New York, in 1837, he became afflicted with
a bronchitis, the effect of the variable and se
vere climate. He had the advice of the most
able allopathic physicians, but obtained no
relief; and at length, a clergyman of his ac
quaintance persuaded him to try the homoeo
pathic method. The success of the metnod,
in his case, was perfect his throat became
sound and his voice dear, and he resumed his
lectures, which he had discontinued. He
adds:
“From that time till I quitted America, at
the close of 1840,1 passed three years of severe
labor in giving public lectures or speaking at
public meetings, almost every evening, from
one to two hours at each time, and to audi
ences varying from 500 to 2,000 each; and in
the day time, other travelling from town to
town, or visiting the institut ons and estab
lishments of the country; enduring all the
vicisitudes of weather, sometimes melting
beneath the heat of Philadelphia, with the
thermometer at 104 deg. or braving the old
of Boston, with the thermometer 8 deg. below
zero; traversing the mountains of tne A lle
ghanies, the swamps of Virginia and Carolina,
sleeping in log-huts, in the forest among the
wild Indians, driving in open wagons across
the prairies of Illinois, or sleeping on the decks
of steamboats along the sedgy banks of the
Mississippi; from Canada in tne north to New
Orl ans in the south, and from the borders of
the Atlantic m the east to the banks of the
Missouri in the west: enjoying during all this
period almost uninterrupted health, and re
moving every symptom of disease as soon as it
appeared, by the piompt and timely applica
tion of homos »pathic remedies."
At the close he expresses his satisfaction at
the establishment of homoeopathic hospitals in
London.
At a recent sitting of the Pa* is Academy of
Science, M.. Mene, a piactical chemist, and a
lecturer of repute, laid before it the results of
his experiments on the influence of piaster
(sulphate of lime) on Vegetation. He an
nounces them thus: “Since the memorable
experiment of Franklin, the world has conce
ded to plaster (sulphate of lime) a fecundating
property and useful agency for agriculture/’
He c includes from the tacts he adduced, Ist.
That plaster possesses of itself, no fecundating
power, and singly cannot serve as manure.—
2d. That it is usetul for agriculture only as
far as it is mixed with ammoniacal subs.ances.
3d. That it may be replaced by any salt hold
ing the ammoniac in compounds, not volatile,
at common temperature. He adds,—*» I hope
to cause, next year, the frequenters of the
grounds of Vaugirard, to admire more than
one field of which the vegetation will be ac
tive and extraordinary—thanks to each of a
©umber of salts which I have mentioned in
mj memoir-**
Chloroform# according to statements re
cently laid, before the French Academy of
Sciences, is found to be an enii-septU of mar-
Telloua Tinue, preventing an,mul decompo*-
tion alter death, or promptly checking , if .1-
yeady eommenced. But ita use and yalue, it
would appear, do not stop here. The French
Government having offered a prize of 4,000
francs for the discovery of a substitute for
Quinine in the treatment of fevers, Prof. De
lioux, of Rochefort, recommends chloroform
as a powerful succedaneum. Periodic fevers
are common at Rochefort, and he treated nu
merous cases in the hospital there with such
regularity of success that he feels warranted
in recommending it as a substitute for Qui
nine. He gave it in doses of from 9 to 30
grains, according to the severity of symptoms,
mixed with syrup and water. It was admin
istered before the access of fever, and its use
continued for several days.
John Van Bueen. —At Tammany Hall, on
last Wednesday night, there was a supper, in
the midst of the festivities of the ball, and
at the table several letters were read from
gentlemen who had been invit'd and who de
clined coming. At the end of each letter,
cheers were given, as usua l , for the writers,
and these were uniformly followed with cries
cf “ three groans for Martin Van Buren,"
which were given with a will. What made it
particularly pleasant was the fact that among
the guests at the table was Mr. John Van
Buren, who, however, is said to have taken it
quite coolly, only remarking that he hoped the
gentlemen would not make themselves hoarse
by their exertion. Oh ! the mutations of po
litics. — N. Y. Express.
The deputy Marshal who recently took the
census of Queen Ann's county, Md. states»that
in the family of Ex-Governor Grason, averag
ing for the last twenty-five s ears about thirty
persons, only three deaths occurred duting
that period, one of these was a negro woman
who was over one hundred years of age, and
another a negro man who died of heart disease
in 1846.
Bbeakinq the News —Cuff had been out
with the cart and oxen, and returning, his
master asked him what was the trouble?
“Why, massa, de wheel is broke."
“Is that all, Cuff?"
“No, massa, de tongue broke too.”
“What, did the oxen run away?"
“Yes, massa, and killed de nigh ox."
“Is it possible, Cuff?"
“And de off ox, too, massa.”
“So, you black rascal, you have made a
perfect smash up, and that is the reason why
you came back. Why didn’t you tell sue
so?
“Why, massa" said Cuff. Scratching his
wool. “I ’spose dat one wheel broke be 'fi
cient of itself individoolly, without proceeding
into de entire argument ob de cart and ox
um.”
Sai> Scene in ▲ TEj,BaEArH; Office.—The
Cleveland Plamdealer furnishes the follow
ing account of a pitiable scene which occur
red a few days ago in a telegraph office of that
city.
“A case of melancholy interest, to one of
the parties at least, occurred here the other
day, which we will relate for the public good.
A young lady (we forbear names, although
known) arrived here from the State of New
Y r ork on her way into the southern States,
whither she was going to consummate a mar
riage contract entered into some ten years
since. Her intended was a young man who
had been reared near her father’s residence,
but who in all things did not suit the “old
folks," and consequently the latter opposed
the match. The result was, the young man
left the country, but has kept up a most in
timate correspondence ever since, until last
summer he informed her by letter that as she
could not be married at home she had better
meet him at °,in this State, in the
month of August, and be married. To this she
consented, but it was lound inconvenient for
her to leave home at that time, and she did
not arrive on her mission of love until a few
days since.
She stopped at one of our best hotels, pre
paratory to her voyage jSouth. She appear
ed cheerful, was exceedingly well dressed,
supported a gold watch parapherna
liar peculiar to the “gentility." Previous to
her departure, she stepped into the Telegraph
Office to inform her lover, who, by the way,
was anoperator himself,stationed in a Southern
office, on the same Line, that she had got so
tar on her joyous way and would like to hear
from him at this point. After her dispatch
was,sent and waiting a reply, one of the oper
ators, who was very well acquainted with her
intended, remarked, that the young gentle
man to whom she had sent her message had
fallen into a “streak of luck.” The young la
dy was observed to startle eo nsiderably, and
asked what he meant by a “streak of luck."—
He told her that the young man was married.
Sue fell back in her chair &nd fainted almost
instantly. Tho operators and clerks were
much frightened,but. managed to bring her to,
by the use of water, &c. She could not believe
the report, and requested them to telegraph
again and ascertain the truth. The operator
stepped to his key, called tbe office where the
young man was employed—he was not in. A
clerk in the office, answered the message, say
ing Mr, was actually married on the
17th of October, and was then “keeping
house.” When this was read to the weeping
lady, she instantly swooned a vay, and for a
time seemed quite lifeless. She was resuscitat
ed and taken to her hotel in a most frantic
condition, where for the whole day she re
mained entirely insane.
“Oh, grief bevond ali o r her grief, when fate
First leaves the young heait desolate;
In tbe wide world, wi hout that only tie
For which it wished to live or feared to die."
Kind care and tin e, that curer of most
heart’s diseases,have now nearly restored her.
She exhibits letters showing with what fidt.i
ty she had trusted in the one now false to ner;
that during the ten years of their engagement
she had refused several offers she had fur
nished her betroth'd money: her parents being
rich and he poor; had endured the contumely
of her friends at home opposed to the match;
and all for his sake. She is now in our city,
among strangers, alone, as it were, in the
world,having clandestinely left her lather’s
roof to meet her lover here and is now deserted
by him; her constitution shattered and apirit
broken. Barth seldom produces in human
form so miserable an object. No wonder she
went mad: —
“Her wretched brain gave way,
And she became a wreca at random driven,
Without one glimpse of reason or ot heaven/”
She is now better, but the picture of desola
tion. Young men can hare see the danger of
trifling with such affections; yea, the dark sin
of creating hopes or raiai.ig expectations in a
heart too true and confiding to survive such
disappointment.
“Alabama” signifies,in the Indian language
“Here we rest!” A story is told of a tribe of
Indians who fie 1 irom a relentless foe to the
tiackless forests of the southwest. Weary and
travel-worn, they reached a noble river, which
flowed through a beautiful country: The
chieftain of the band struck his tentpole in
the ground and exclaiiped,“Alabama! Alaba
ma!” (“Here we rest! Here we rest!"
Children are inquisitive bodies, for instance,
“What dees clsave mean. Pa?” It means to
unite together." “ Does John unite wood
when he cleaves it?” “Hem, well it means
to separate.” “Well Pa, does a man separate
from hia wife when he cleaves to hei?”
“Hem, hem, don’t ask so many foolish
questions child.
Eccentricities of Fashion.— We referred
some time ago to the mutations of fashion and
a revival of the dresses, equipments, and style
of the olden times—the long waists of Queen
Anne, the beards and mustashes of Henri
Quatre, and the heads of the figures so fa
miliar to us in the paintings of Rubens, Van
Dyke,, and Hans Holbein. We are admonish
ed by this fact never to cast any thing aside
in consequence of its being out of fashion.
The watered silks and satins, and brocades of
our great-grandmothers are now all the rage.
The high backed and elaborately carved chairs
of a century ago are precisely the taste of the
present day. The wheel of fashion goes
round; but we must be cautious not to go
too fair in our revivals.
When Julius Cse3ar invaded Britain, the
ladies of rank wore a simple tunic, which
reached to the ankles, and was fastened by a
girdle around the waist. Tne attire of the
Anglo-Saxon ladies was singularly beautiful
and graceful. A long, loose robe, reaching to
the ground, made of a valuable foreign mate
rial, and richly ornamented with gold and
embroidery, gave a flowing outline to the
figure,, They did not, like the Roman ladies,
bind up and braid the hair, but allowed it to
waive on the shoulders, and fall back at full
length behind. Yellow tresses, the favorite
color of the ancient poets, were quite the
rage. This color was obtained by the use of
powdered gold dust. We doubt whether
they wore stockings, as they were a later in
vention : they used sandals. The Anglo-
Saxon ladies were seen to the greatest advan
tage at the festive board in those rude and
hospitable times. The ladies of the mansion
and their female guests were seated on a raised
daise, where, in haughty aristocracy, they
could display all their charms.
Canute the Great, aware of the importance
of these festivities, regulated them by law.
They had not as many removes and strange
dishes as they have now, and their food was
plain and plentiful. The richest furniture
was displayed at the feasts of the Anglo-
Saxons. Their cups were of gold, silver, and
silver gilt—their dishes, bowls, and basins,
were of the same precious metals their
benches and seats were carved like animals,
after the Grecian fashion, and covered with
embroidered cloth—their appartments were
decorated with richly-wrought hangings—and
their tables were made of valuable wood, and
sometimes even of marble and silver. Not-,
withstanding their pomp and show, they were
strangers to the domestic comforts which we
enjoy. Their amusements were bear-bating,
gambling, dancing, and singing, and their
manly field-sports hunting and hawing.
In domestic life the Anglo-riaxons were
exemplary. Their piety, however, often de
generated to credulity and superstition, and
their hospitality to drunken extravagance.—
The dress of the higher class of Anglo-Saxons
was a loose robe, fastened to the shoulder by
a clasp or buckle, the rose trimmed with rich
furs, and bored with gold and embroidery.—
We dress, altogether in much cheaper, though
less substantial articles than our Angle-Saxon
ancestors; and if our fashions should throw
us back a thousand or fifteen hundred years,
our bills for velvets and furs, of gold lace and
rich trimmings, would be much higher than
we now pay for cashmeres, silks, delaines, tis
sues, &c.— N. T. Sunday Times.
(From the Savannah News, 21 st inst .)
The following are the appropriate proceed
ings adopted by the Congregation of Christ
Church, of this city, in commemoration of the
death of their late distinguished and much
beloved Pastor, Dr. Edward Neufville:
Extract from the Minutes of the Wardens and
Vestrymen of Christ Church, Savannah Jan.
m, 1350.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to
remove from the scene of his labors our be
loved Pastor, the Rev. EDWARD NEUF
VILLE, D. D., be it therefore
Resolved, That we, the Wardens and Vestry-\
men of Christ Church, of the City of Savan
nah, submit with all humiliation and resigna
tion to this most afflicting dispensation, and
with becoming gratitude to the great Dispen
ser of events, that our late lamented Pastor
has been so long spared to build up and
strengthen this Church, and, through it,
the other Churches of the Diocese of Georgia.
Resolved, That we offer to the bereaved
Widow and family of the deceased, the ex
pression of our highest consideration and of
our deepest sympathy, commending them in
this their hour of need, to the protection of
the “Husband of the widow and the Father
of the fathless,” and to the bright and hap
py memories and the peerless example of the
loved one who has been removed from their
midst.
Resolved, That we take upon ourselves, for
the Church, the-expense and the responsibility
of the funeral obsequies of our late Pastor, and
Will pay to his widow, his salary for the first
quarter of the current year.
Resolved, That we will cause to be placed in
Christ Church, in perpetuam memoriam , a suita
ble tablet, which shall commemorate the emi
nent virtues of our late Pastor, and mark the
period of his connection with Christ Church.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
presented to the widow of the deceased, and
read to the congregation by the Bishop on his
first visi t to this city.
WM. P. HUNTER,
Secretary Vestry Christ Church.
The Eufaula (Ala.) Spirit of the South, thus
pungerulv “points a moral’' to the men of
Georgia:
Some time since, Gov. Towns sent, as the
contribution of Georgia, to the Washington
monument, a block of marble, with the inscrip
tion “The Union as it was—The Constitution
as it is." 'ihe sentiment was as appropriate
as it was just, and one would suppose that no
Southern man could object tq it, but the sub
mission members of tne late convention, it
seems, were greatly scandalized at its sectional
pharacter ? and even expt eased fears that it
might not be considered national enough to en
t tie it to its destined position in the monumen
tal pile. Tuey accordingly agreed to have a
new block prepared, with the words “wisdom,
justice, and moderation,” inscribed upon it —
to co nmemorate doubtless, their own striking
exhibition of these cardinal qualities. They
might have defined their position much more
truly and concise in a single word, “submis
sion.” Posterity wifi despise the ?‘wisdom”
which exhausted itself in finding cunning ex
cuses for the aggressions against which it
should have provided a defence, —will scorn
the “justice” which tamely submitted to the
grossest wrong, and blush for the ill timed
“moderation” which forbore long after for
bearance had ceased to be a virtue. The “wis
dom” and “justice” displayed by the conven
tion were moderate enough, but its “modera
tion” was neither just nor wise.
Counterfeit Coin. —We saw yesterday a
counterfeit dime bearing date 1849. The let
ters on one side were distinct and on the re
verse the stars and figures were very much
defaced. The piece is lighter and smaller
than the genuine and can be easily detected
by any person.
It i$ stated that counterfeit eagles, half
eagles and quarters, are in circulation, which
can only be detected by weight. The die is
quite perfect but the impression is not quite
so sharp and decided as the genuine coin, and
the counterfeit pieces have a dull sound in
ringing, and are composed of silver overlaid
with gold. The half eagles, which are, per
haps, She most numerous, bear various dates,
such a* 1844,1846 and 1847. Os the quar.
ter eagle, only one date, 1848, and bearing the
O. mark, has as yet been detected, but doubt
less there are others in circulation. The val
ue of the half eagles assayed at the Mint in
Philadelphia, where they were passed unde
tected, was from $3 to $3 40, and the quarter
do. $1 25.— Macon Tribune, 19 th inst.
(Reported for the Baltimore Clipper 0
Thirty-First Congress—Second Session-
Washington, Jan. 18, 1851.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day, hav
ing adjourned over to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Bayly moved that the House resolve
itself into a Committee of the Whole on the
State of the Union, on the bill to supply defi
eienees in the appropriations for the year end
ing June 30th, 1851. This was disagreed to,
and, on motion of Mr. Daniel, the House, in
committee, proceeded to the consideration ol
private bills; one of which was passed—for
the relief of Joseph D. Ward.
And the House adjourned.
(From the Savannah Republican, 21 st inst.)
Supreme Court of Georgia-
We are indeoted to the attention of the ex
cellent and polite Reporter, Mr. T. R. R.
Cobb, for the following Minutes of Points de
cided yesterday morning by the Supreme
Court at Savannah, January Term, 1851.
McLeod et al vs. Burroughs—from Chatham.
1. Where, by an Act establishing a Bridge,
exclusive privilege is given of building a
bridge or establishing a ferry “ within live
miles, above or below” the bridge established
—the mode of measuring the distance should
be by the meandering of the stream, and not
by an air-line.
2. The Legislature cannot by any subse
quent declaratory Ac f deprive any citizen of a
right vested under a charter previously grant
ed.
Fleming & Law for Plff. in Error. Marsh
& Bartow for Deft, in Error.
Wylly at al vs. Collins # Co—from Mclntosh.
1. A husband has no power, by re-son of
his relationship, to bind the separate estate of
his wife.
2- Ihe separate estate may be charged in
Equity for supplies furnished and services
rendered, for the benefit of the estate, even
through the trustee may be in default to the
estate, or the debt contracted in anticipation
of the income.
3. When by the Trust Deed, power is giv
en to the trustees to appoint a manager for
the estate, and for fifteen years the husband
has the control and management of the estate
without any actual appointment, still he will
be held, as far as third persons are concerned,
as the manager or agent for the trustees.
4. The tact, that the creditor takes the
note of the agent or manager, and sues the
same to insolvency, does not of itself amount
to an election to look alone to the agent, un
less the circumstances show that the creditor
contracted expressly to make the agent alone
his debtor. Afortiori where the creditor shows
that he always looked to the ultimate iia dlity
of the principal.
5. The right of the creditor to pursue the
trust estate did not accrue until he had pur
sued the agent to insolvency—and the statute
of limitations commenced to run from that
time.
Law & Charlton, for Plaintiff in Error.—
Ward 8? Harden, for Defendant in Error."
Preston vs. Clarke—from Chatham.
1. If the consideration of a note is the
transfer of a judgment, and the judgment is
void, the promissory note is void for want of
consideration.
2. Where a Court has jurisdiction of the
person and the subject matter, the judgment
is binding upon the parties until reversed or
set aside ; nor is the judgment void, because
the Court erred upon a question of law.
Williams for Plaintiff in Error. Harden &
Lawton for Defendants.
Corey, Assignee, vs. Giles—from Twiggs.
1. A reservation in a charter—that upon
its forfeiture, the right to sue and be sued,
should be retained by the corporation—does
not deprive the Legislature of the power, up
on declaring the charter forfeited, to appoint
a receiver to collect the assets and distribute
to the creditors, with the power of sueing arid
being sued, when it appeared before the Le
gislature, that it was impossible for the cor
poration to exercise this power.
W. Dougherty for Plaintiff in Error. S. T.
Bailey for Defendant.
Watson, Assignee, vs. Taylor <s• Co.—from Pu
laski.—l. Upon the loss or destruction of a
f. fa., an alias cannot be issued by the Clerk
of his own motion, but must be issued under
order of the Court upou proof of the loss of
the original.
2. If, however, the Defendant or others
litigate their rights under the alias, without
objection, until the Plaintiff is barred by the
statute, they will be held to have waived the
objection.
Cole for Plaintiff in Error. S. T. Bailey for
Defendant.
Important to Ladies. —The following is
recommended as a sure way of rendering the
colores in calicoes permanent and prevent
their fading by subsequent washing; infuse
thi ee gibs of salt in four quarts of boiling
water, and put the calicoes iu while hot, and
leave until cold.
Prof. Olmsted, of New Haven, has discov
ered that one pound of rosin and three pounds
of lard when stirred together, become semi
fluid at 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The mass
melts at 93 degress, and will remain transpa
rent and limpid at that temperature. For
lard lamps, the lard is rendered more fluid by
the rosin, and its power of illumination is in
creased two-flfths It is a singular fact that
although the mixture melts at 90 degress, the
rosin alone require 300 degrees to melt it, and
the lard 97 degrees.
Savannah Dry Dock,— -We are pleased to
announce the final completion of this immense
structure. lt,is constructed after the most ap -
proved principles of modern science, and has
every requisite of strength, solidity, and adap
tation to service. This Dock is, we suppose,
inferior to no one in the U. States of the kind,
and probably superior to most similar ones. It
is, at the same time, large enough to accommo
date- a good sized frigate.
The steamer Gen. Clinch was taken in yes
day—the dock being depressed so as to receive
a depth of water of eleven feet. The water
was pumped out with great rapidity by two
engines constructed by Mr. A. N. Miller, which
do their work admirably. The whole opera
tion of “docking ’ (if that is the right word)
was performed in less than two hours. The
whole structure reflects gieat credit on the
energy and ability of fijr. the
builder. This is ariother noble monument of
the enterprise of the merchants of Savannah.
—Savannah Republican , 21 at inst.
Macauly, at the close of a long evening I
which he had occupied with a continuous
stream of discourse, interrupted only by an
occasional remark wedged in by a pertinaci
ous barrister, was congratulated by Sydney
Smith upon his extraordinary elocutionary
powers, and particular.y for several very bril
liant flashes of silence I
Whitewash.— lt is said that a pint of var
nish mixed with a bucket of whitewash, will
give it in a great degree the qualities of paint
—and it will withstand all kinds of weather,
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Augusta, ©eorgia.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN- 23
Periodicals-
The following publications for January, are
on our table:
Southern Literary Messenger.
A very interesting number. This work is
in the very front rank of literary periodicals
in this country. Published monthly. Rich
mond, (Va.) $5 per annum.
U. S. Magazine and Democratic RsfiEW :
New-York. $3 per annum.
It is always filled with able articles, both
political and literary. The present number
contains an article, “The Philosophy of the
American Union,” whicn must win for it
“troops of friends’* in the Southern States.
Charleston Medical Journal and Review :
Charleston. $4 per annum. Published bi
monthly.
I his appears to be a work of much ability
and research, and must be held in high esteem
by the medical profession.
The Editors are, Drs. D. J. Cain, and F. P.
Poicher.
1 his number contains, among other contri
butions, a very interesting article on “ Pneu
monia,” by Dr. H. A. Ramsay, of Lincoln
county, (Ga.) It is the result of his observa
tions in about 370 cases of pneumonia, which
he has treated.
The Home Journal.— lt is but a debt of
common justice which we pay with pleasure,
to acknowledge the merit of this brilliant and
delightlui Weekly. It is a weekly refresher
that comes to us sparkling like champagne.
Its vivacity, wit, recherche taste, and keen
appreciation of all that is meritorious in
art and choice in literature, render it at
once an improving and delightful compan
ion. Its sketches of society, the habits,
taste, foibles and follies of the fashionable
wond of New-York, are highly entertaining,
whiie its discussions of what is improvable
in the refinements and amenities of life, are
not without their usefulness every where.
The volume for 1851 has opened richly, and
gives good promise for the future.
Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac.—
The reputation of Mr. Thomas Affleck, of
Adams county, as a skilful horticulturist and
planter, is already widely diffused throughout
the South. His pen has also made many val
uable .contributions to the public m those de
partments. We have before us his “Almanac
and Plantation and Garden Calendar for 1851.”
It is well suited for this latitude, contains
much useful matter, and commends itself to
all engaged in rural pursuits.
It is for sale by J. A. Carrie & Co.
The French Spoliation Bill now before the
Sen ate, provides for the issue of United States
Stock to the amount of five millions, to be
distributed, jpro rata , among the claimants.
The Atlantic’s Passengers. —The N. Y.
Journal of Commerce ot the 18th inst says.—
Nothing has been heard of the Atlantic, and it
is conjectured that, for want of coal or de
rangement of her engine, she is beating her
course, under sail. The following list of her
passengers, so far as known here, has been
communicated to us by the consignees of the
steamer.
Passengers in steamer Atlantic—W AWhee
lock, Mrs Wheelock, W E Case, Mrs
H Easter, R H Harris, L Pottin
ger, C C Hatch, Mrs Hatch, H P Walker
Mr Butterfield, Mr Sutton, E H Griffen, D
Ranken, G B Reese, A Lawrence, Jr. Chas
Schrader, Mr Schlieman, Mr Klaener, W Ben
jamin, Jr. G Mackenzie, J S Lowery, Mr
Alexander and sevt, W Wadsworth and s evt
M Goldstein,G A Curtis, J J Loring.
The Mails.
We copy the following communication from
the Chronicle of yesterday. Complaints daily
reach us from all quarters, of the irregularity
in the receipt of our Daily, Tri-weekly
and Weekly papers. It is annoying to us
to receive these complains, as are very
particular in making up packages and deposit
ing them in the Post Office in time.
Waynesboro, Jan. 17, 1851.
Mr. Editor:—lx. is neither our nature to be
captious, nor our disposition to complain, but
simple justice to this community requires
chat some one should expose the miserable
inconveniences and abuse to which we are
subjected. |and to which we have hitherto
submitted without complaint or murmur, bv
the mismanagement of the mails so far as this
office and this county are concerned. It fre
quently occurs that those of us who subscribe
to daily papers do not receive a copy for three
and sometimes four days successively, and it
is by no means an unusual occqrence for
weekii3s and tri-weeklies to reach their des
tination two or three weeks after date. Some
times mails are sent to this office which the
Post-Master cannot unlock, inasmuch as he
is allowed keys only of a certain description,
and which will not unloch the “brass locks”
that are employed only in large offices. Some
numbers of newspapers to which we are en
titled, through this or some other means,nev
er have reached here; and for the last four
mails but one coppy of the Constitutionalist
(daily) and no copy of the Chronicle & Sen
unel have been received. It has been the
same case with letters and other mail mat
ter due this office.
Now, where this mal-adminietration, has
its origin we do not know; we do not believe
that it is attributable to this office. AH that
we do know is, that there is great negligence
or Ignorance somewhere, and that the peoffie
oi this county are suffering great inconventen
ces therefrom, and we are detremmed to suh.
nut to it no longer if we can possibly find a
remedy for the evil. Wp y una
through your paper to the 'august “am ofTn
"M- We are entitled
vonr 1 ™ be ” 0t “then fie! upon
ofVeriep” er ' is no justice in the decrees
va v VflklvU, nr
WAYNEBBORO.
: The Wealthiest Man in Georgha,—Gener
al Hartwell H. Tarver ? of Twiggs county, Ga.
I is the largest slaveholder, il not the wealthiest
naan in the State. He owns a thousand ne
groes, and fifty thousand acres of land divided
into ten plantations, in Twiggs, Pulaski,
Houston and Baker counties, yielding two
thousand bales of cotton annually. At 12
cents per pound, his crop will bring SIOB,OOO.
He recently added to his estate a tract of 2350
acres, in Burke county, purchased at sls 75
per acre, or for S3I,QGQ.
JHagnttit StUgrapl).,
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
—
Nfw-Yorx, Jan. 22, P. M,
No tidings of the Atlantic.
Cotton. —The market to-day is dull, with
no sales of consequence.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Senate, to-day, struck out the eleventh
section of the Spoliation Bill.
Mr. Duncan, Whig, has been elected to
Congress from the 3d District in Massachu
setts.
Charleston, Jan. 22, P. M.
Cotton. —The market is depressed at sc. de
cline. Sales to-day 1,300 bales at 11| to 13§.
The Campbell Minstrels-
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather last evening, the agreeable entertain
ments of this Company were duly appreciated
by our citizens, and their attendance wa9 good.
This is the last night but two in this city, and
those who have not attended their Concerts
should do so. There is much musical talent
in the Company, and we hope before they
leave us they will put off the black garb and
make their appearance with white faces. A
Company composed of the same materials as
the Campbell Minstrels, can entertain an
Augusta or any other audience, without any
disguise.
On Thursday the Virginia House of Dele
gates, by an unanimous vote, requested the
Governor to return to Vermont her “ peace
resolutions," with the declaration that, when
Vermont shall prove her willingness to con
sult the peace of the Union, by doing justice
to the Constitution, it would be time enough
for Virginia to consult with her as to the
peace of the world.
Both Houses of the North Carolina Legis
lature have agreed to adjourn on Friday next,
24 th inst.
The 17th inst. was the anniversary of the
birth of Benjamin Franklin. It was celebrated
by a festival at Niblo’a Garden, in New York,
in the evening, by the Typographical Society.
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706.
Further by the Asia-
Liverpool, Jan. 4, 1851 —lO A. M.
England —An advertisement in the Times
announces that an arrangement has been made
for a distribution of £5 per cent, to the Mexi
can bondholders, on account of arrears of di
vidends.
Exchanges.—London, December 31, 1850.
—Fives 951; four and a half per cents. 82;
bank shares, 1130, exchange on London, 12
florins, 26 kreutzers.
France. —The Patrie states that the minis
ters have not the least intention of resigning.
The bank returns show that the influx of
gold has stopped.
There is a further decline ia wheat, except
in the markets exporting to England,
The debate on the Algerine Commerce Bill
was adjourned on Thursday.
Paris Bourse, Jan. 3.—fives, 94, 85; threes.
56,70. *
Prussia.— Berlin, January 1, 1851. — ]STo
political news of importance. Funds and
shares brisk.
Austria. — Vienna , December 29, 1850.—Aa
interview between the sovereigns of Prussia
and Ausiria will take place.
Hessh Cassel. —Jan. 1, 1851.—Measures of
violence and compulsion are still proceeded
with. A permanent court martial is estab
established. Frequent arrests are taking
place, and the refractory citizens are subjected
to corporeal punishment.
Literpool, Jan. 3.—We have to report a
quiet termination to the year’s business in
cotton, in .consequence of the sto' o k'i n this
port, proving 70,000 bales more than previ
ous estimates. The repetition 0 f such mis
takes naturally creates disappointment and
for the present has had a depressing influence
on this market, which closes quietly at a
straight concession in prices, but not of so
decided a character as to cause an alteration in
our previous quotations, the sales for the past
three days being 14,000 bales.
Fair Orleans Bft; fair Mobile 8; fair Upland
74; per lb. Middling qualities 7| a 74 per lb •
showing an advance oflj a \ per ib. on the
prices current at the date of our last annual
circular, when fair Orleans werelquoted at 64;
fair Mobile and Uplands 6§, and middling
qualities 64 a §. 6
The highest point of the market was in Au
gust, when middling Orleans reached 84 tier
pround. 8 p
The total stock of cotton in Great Britain is
called 559,000 bales, that of American, 27*z
000, being a decrease of 37,000 bales * ir.
former, and 45,000 bales in the latter ao
pared with 1849. com-
The total stock in this port is 4.* 4 000 hal*«
or 14,000 less than m 1849. ’ ba,€B
Stock in America ,361,000.... 17 000
lhe total weekly consumption of Great
Brmam averages 29.096 bales, of which 20 -
705 are American, being a decrease in the
former of 1,406 bales, and 3,900 bales in the
la-ter as commpared with 1849,
The uneasiness arising irom political diffi
cutties on 'he continent having, in a
measure subsided, renewed activity ' nas Bbee 8 bee '
given to business in the manufacturing d?.“
tricts during the past month, with an advance
in the prices of yarns and grods, which ha,
however, been siigntly checked by the late
advance in the money market, three per cent
EngfavuT aUniUm rate of the Bank of
{Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .)
xt „ _ „ Baltimore, Jan. 21.
New York Cotton Market.—Colton droopina
sales 600 Dales. Prime Rice $3 9 16ths
* lour and other articles unchanged. Star*
ling 10£.
Nothing in relation to the steamer Atlantic
More per Cherokee.— Freemen*/ 3 Senatorial
chances are desperate. Wei lePa friends san-
g uine * r Tt l ? f Americans hav®
been killed by the Indians.
Messrs. Gilbert and Wright, tho twn n i*
fornia members in the Hon se of rA Cah *
tives, voted with Mesas*. Jm, an an *
on the proposition oi the first named gemfe
man, in regard to the Fuaitiv» uil g us.
made the other day, g Ve SUve
FOWLE, EDMONDSTON & CO
Forwarding. Commission Merchants and
Factors,
Vanderhorst’s Wharf,
South CraotiH,
YY rlp:k<- i'l r ii" v 'f.? as commission
t ▼ IYIfc,KLH and FACTOR& in all th*
ranches of the Commission Business.
we”hill* a «nat° P T erty and retunrs °* proceeds
we snaU sagtam the interests of ms friendi a «“i
strictly follow orders ena * and
*«•»<*??,• sowle, edmo^Ton”*?^ 1 *
Caarleatou.S. C. f Oct. 1850. 6*