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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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BY MAJOR PATTEN, V. S. A.
I have a bird—a lovely bird,
With saffron color’d wings,
And when the blessed morning breaks
Ah. me ! how sweet he sings!
He perches on the window where
It looks upon the sea.
And on ! his every note is soft
As melody cau be.
I have a tree—a scented tree
Brought from far Southern bowers,
And every month it bears for me
A coronal of flowers ;
Though fragile be that wreath it weaves,
And soon its bloom be past,
’Tis sweet to Witch the opening leaves
And 10/e them while they last.
1 have a lute—a deep toned-lute
With chords of magic thrill.
And when at night the birds are mute
And wind and waves are still,
(Sometimes even by daylight’s hour,)
It sings, or seems to sing,
Such wild sad strains, I’ve almost theught,
An angel touched it’s string.
I have a braid—a silken braid
Os softest flaxen hair,
With clasp which, part of gold is made,
And part a jewel rare j
They say the gold is thrice refined,
And costlier far the gem ;
And yet the simple lock they bind,
I value more than them.
And I have, ah ! me !—how liitle priz’d
Os all my cherished things,
Hid in my 1 osom’s deepest nook
A heart of passion’s strings j
I have—no, no, I have it not—
It once was in that ceil—
But now I fear, tis flown away,
Whither —l may not tell.
(From the Charleston Mercury.')
Gov. Quitman. —The telegraph had before
announced the arrival of Gov. Quitman in
New Orleans to take his trial on an indict
ment for aiding the Cuban Expedition. The
proceeding is novel, and considering the slen
der grounds on which the charge rests, ap
pears like nothing else than an attempt, on
the part of the Federal Government, to bring
into disgrace a man who stands in the way of
the representatives oi the famous “peace mea
sures.’' If Gov. Quitman had not called an
Extra Session of the Mississippi Legislature,
he would not have been troubled about Cuba.
We have received from the Mississippian a
copy of the Governor’s address to the people
of the State, resigning his office. After stating
the proceedings of the United States authori
ties against him, he says :
“Unconscious of having, in any respect,
violated the laws of the country; ready at all
time to meet any charge that might be exhi
bited against me, I have only been anxious,
in this extraordinary emergency, to follow the
path of duty. As a citizen, it was plain and
clear, I must yield to the law, however op
pressive and unjust in my case; but as Chief
Magistrate of a sovereign State, I had also in
charge her dignity, her honor, and her sov
ereignty, which I could not permit to be vio
lated in my person. Resistance by the or
ganized force of the State, while the Federal
Adminstration is in the hands of men who ap
pear to seek some occasion to test the strength
of that Government, would result in violent
contests, much to be dreaded in the present
critical condition of the country.
The whole South, patient as she is under
encroachment, might look with some jealousy
upon the employment of military force to re
move a Southern Governor from the jurisdic
tion of his State, when it had been withheld
from her citizens seeking to reclaim a fugitive
slave in Massachusetts.”
He then proceeds to point out the evils and
inconveniences that would follow his leaving
the State for an indefinite period while still
holding his office,—the duties of which he
could not discharge. There was to his opin
ion, no course open for him consistent with
the interests of the State, but resignation of
his office, and thus transferring its powers and
duties to his lawful substitute, the President
of the Senate. He says .
“I therefore, fellow-citizens, now'resign
the high trust confided to my hands, with no
feeling of personal regret, except that I could
not serve you better; with no feeling of shame,
for lam innocent of the causes which have
induced the necessity of this step. On the
contrary, although personally I fear no inves
tigation and shun no scrutiny, I have spared
no efforts, consistent with self-respect, to avert
this result. So soon as I learned that attempts
would be made, under an act of Congress of
the last century, to remove me from this State,
I formally offered to the proper authorities of
the United States, any pledge or security to
appear in New Orleans, and meet the charges
against me, so soon as my term of office should
expire : and i remonstrated against the indig
nity thus about to be offered, not to myself,
but to the State, in dragging away from his
duties, her Chief Magistrate.
My proposition was not accepted, and my
remonstrance not heeded.
It is not for me to complain. You are the
aggrieved party. My course in this matter
meets the approval of some of the most pa •
triotic citizens near me. I sincerely hope, as it
was dictated alone by my sense of duty to
the State, it may meet the approbation of my
fellow-citizens.”
Splendid Vehicle for the World’s Fair.
r# George Watson, coachmaker of Phila
delphia, has just completed one of the most
exquisite pieces of work, which he designs to
send to the World’s Fair in London, that has
ever been, accomplished in this country. It
is a buggy, constructed entirely of American
materials, and after original designs prepared
expressly for it. The wood, iron, sliver plating,
silk lining, leather and minings, are all of
American manufacture.
The running part of the vehicle is of Ame
rican hickory, beautifully finished. The body
is of American walnut, most brilliantly pol
ished and finished as elegantly as the choicest
drawing room furniture. The fore part of the
coupling presents an American eagle, in full
flight, exquisitely carved in hickory. The
plated ornaments about the vehicle represents
the American ed ß* e arx< * /he British lion in
.juxtaposition. The gtiching, which is all
done with the most perfect neatness, repre
sents the device of hands interlocked, emble
matic of the cordial friendship existing be
riTeen the two. nations. There .re aUo orn
tween ‘ American oak and lau
intertwined wUh the rose, the thistle, end
r t h* lh.mrock; and to P» rt ‘ b «e .a tom.
pleasing device to remind the spectator of the
harmony that exists between the American
Republic and the British Empire.
Besides being entirely of American mate
rials, the ornamental work of this fine carriage
is all after original designs prepared for it in
Mr. Watson's establishment; the dies for the
metal work being cut expressly for it. The
taste in the designs is not less to be admired
than the skill in their execution and the work
will show to all the world in London, that
Philadelphia artisans and mechanics are not
behind those of Europe in this or any other
work.
(Reported for the Baltimore American.')
Thirty-First Congress—2d Session-
Washington, Feb. 10, 1851.
SENATE.
The Chair laid before the Senate a com
munication from the Treasury containing an
account of the contracts and expenditures of
the Department during the year 1850.
Mr. Bright presented several petitions from
Indiana in favor of a line of steamers to Africa;
Mr. Mason presented petitions signed by a
majority of the members of the Legislature,
and of the State Convention now in session in
Virginia, in favor of the same object. He said
that he was opposed to the prayer of the pe
tioners.
Mr. Hale presented several petitions signed
by Charles Adams and others of Boston pray
ing the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law
which were laid on the table.
Mr. Q win submitted a resolution directing
an inquiry into the expediency of abolishing
all duties on Flour exported from any port on
the Pacific, and imported into any part of
the U. S.
Mr. Hunter submitted a resolution which
was agreed to, calling upon the President for
all the correspondence between the U. States
and the Mexican Minister, in relation to drafts
drawn upon the Treasury of the U. States by
the Mexican Government, under a contract by
that Government with John D. Marks.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, submitted a reso
lution, which was agreed to, calling for all
correspondence by the U. S. consul at Panama,
relative to the taxation imposed by the Gov
ernment of New Grenada upon American citi
zens crossing the Isthmus.
Mr. Bright introduced a bill explanatory of
the Fugitive Slave Law. The bill provides
that no actions or causes of action existing
under the act of 1793, fc shall be construed as
having been taken away by the act of 1850.
Mr. Bright declared himself determined to
stand by the Compromise measures to the last.
The Senate then took up the Deficiency
Bill from the House. Several amendments
reported by the Committee on Finance were
agreed to.
An amendment appropriating <§1754,000 to
pay all demands by the Cherokee Indians, was
moved by Mr. Hunter.
Mr. Walker moved to add to the amend
ment a proviso that the money should not be
paid to any agent or attorney, but to the In
dians themselves.
A long debate took place on this amend
ment, after which it was rejected, yeas 21,
nays 25.
The amendment of Mr. Hunter was then
agreed to.
The bill after further amendments was or
to be engrossed. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resolved itself into a committee
of the whole on the State of the Union; and
resumed the discussion of the bill for the es
tablishment of a Board of Accounts.
Amendments making the salary of the eom
misoners $3,500 and reducing J;he period
in the original bill to six years instead of
twelve, were then agreed to.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved an
emendment the effect of which wa3 to make
the decision of the board final, when such
decision should be unanimous.
Mr. Bowlin, of Missouri, contended that
Congress had no right to give such a power,
and thus in effect abrogate the right of peti
ening.
The amendment was then negatived with
out a division.
There were various other amendments of
fered and considerable discussion had, when
the committee rose and reported the bill to
the House.
It was then moved in the House to lay the
bill on the table, upon which the ayes and
nays were ordered and the motion was lost—
ayes 59, nays 109. .
The House then adjourned at nearly half
past 4 o’clock.
Cause of the Late Decline in Cotton.—
The following article of Messrs: Talcot and
Brother, wiil be interesting to many of our
readers. These gentlemen are extensive cot
ton brokers in New York, and their sources of
information are as ample, and their opinions
as reliable as any other establishment in the
country.
As the advices per Canada from Liverpool
of 18th January, are so contrary co the gene
ral anticipations on this side, it is interesting
to ascertain the cause of the disappointment.
The circulars received attribute it to various
causes, some to the fact that spinners having
bought freely at the close of December, are
now working their imported Cottons, and
neglecting theLivorpool market, in order to
depress prices and l»uy largely on this side at
reduced limits, others to the apprehension en
tertained that the Bank of England will agaiiA
advance her rate of discount, but the majori
ty to the increased estimates of crop advised
per Africa, January Ist.
The receipts at all the ports at the date of
her departure were 31,000 bales less than at
the corresponding period last season, and
estimates were published and advised of
23 a 2,400,000 bales, which may easily be im
agined found ready believers in Manchester,
and the increased receipts, (the deficiency
having been cut down from 58,000 to 31,000
bales in one week) weakened the confidence
even of those who were disposed to credit
moderate estimate". These latter then, name
ly, the convenient change of opinion in regra J
to the extent of the crop, we believe to have
been the cause of the decline.
Looking forward, therefore, to later advices
from Liverpool, what have we to anticipate
but declining prices responding to heavy re
ceipts at the ports weekly, sweeping off the
entire deficit, and showing as at the present
moment, an excess of 40,000 bales, and des
tined to show a still heavier one, when the
statement is made up commencing Ist Febru
ary, at New Orleans; when the excess at that
date was 61,000 bales. Moderate estimates
will be disregarded,and Manchester will adopt
those which suit her interest, and in forward
ing her views to depress prices, will be assist
ed, as she always has been, by the Bank of
England. One of our correspondents, un
der date of Liverpool, Jan. 17,18«1, writes as
follows in regard to this institution. “I regret
to say I am at last of the opinion of your Mr.
strument. You will perceive the doubt of
its advanceing its rate of discount another
half perjeent. has caused the loss of thousands.
And why should this be? Because it suits
the manufacturing interest to prevent, as
as they the speculation advances in Cotton,
the directors must lie tools to these worthies.”
The result therefore now depends on the
course Southern planters may adopt with the
ballance of their crops. Our faith is unshaken
in a moderate crop —certainly not to exceed
1,150 bales; but the anxiety of planters to re
alize, causing early heavy receipts, will, if
persisted in, weaken confidence in any esti
mate under 2,300,000 bales, or at all events
depress prices to the point which will be con
sidered safe, adopting that estimate as the
basis of operations, and when later in the
season the fact of a moderate crop is establish
ed, for whose benefit will the error be cor
rected?
The market is completely unsettled by
Canada’s accounts, and the letters to hand
this morning are, anything, more unfavorable
than the telegraphic advices.
The sales reported on Change were about
500 bales on the basis of 12£c for “Middling”
Uplands; 13c for “Middling” Fair; and 13±c
for fair.”
Sellers appear at a loss what course to take,
and will doubtless wait the effects on South
ern markets before submitting generally to
the reduction which would attract shippers.
We omit quotations for the present.
New York, February 6th, 1851.
Talbott & Brother.
Excursion to Fort Pulaski. —Quite a
pleasant excursion was yesterday made on
board the steamer Gen. Clinch byja Commit
tee of the City Council in company with
Amin Bey and suite, together with a large
number of ladies and gentleman, to Fort Pu
laski, sixteen miles below the city. The day
was most auspicious, the refreshments ample,
the music good, the ladies beautiful—the dis
tinguished visitor closely observant of, and
apparently deeply interested in all that was
noteworthy. Thus every thing conspired to
make the occasion one of unusual interest.
The Fort, a work of great strength,was polite
ly shown by Lieut. Gilmer, commandant in
charge.
In response to a toast of Judge Henry, who
occupied the head of dinner table, Amin Bey
remarked that never before had he received
so much attention as during the few months
which he has spent in the United States, and
that no where in the Union had he met with
more courteous and hospitable treatment
than in Savannah. In conslusion he gave the
health of the Chairman, of the company
present, and of the people of our city.
We cannot too highly commend the public
spirit which has been exhibited by the city
authorities in their entertainment of their
guest.—ln honoring his agent, they are hon
oring the Sultan, who is well entitled to rank
among the most liberal minded sovereigns and
distinguished reformers of the day. His pro
tection of the noble Hungarian refugees from
Austrian cruelty has won him the esteem of
thes friend of the lilberty and humanity
throughout the world.—ln sending an officer
of rank on a tour ofjobservation and inquiry to
America,—an act so little consistent with
Turkish pride and exclusiveness, he has paid
to our country no ordinary compliment. It
is creditable to our city to have extended to
this yisitor every civility, and every facility
for accomplishing the purpose of his mission.
[Savannah Georgian, 12 th inst.
Driesbach and his Tiger on a Steamboat.
—On Wednesday last, Herr Driesbach, the
celebrated tamer of wild beasts, received at
Zanesville a telegraphic despatch to come to
Cincinnati, and bring with him his pet,*the
great Brazilian tiger, one of the most ferocious
animals ever tamed. Herr, accordingly, took
a berth on the steamer Julia Dean, putting
down “ Herr Driesbach,” first berth; “Col.
Alexander,” (the name Herr give 3 the old
tiger) second berth. Herr remarked that the
Colonel was a queer old fellow, accustomed
to “ sleeping out,” and had, withal, a peculiar
fancy—he would sleep on nothing but straw !
The chambeimaid took away the bed and re
placed it with a full supply of that article.
Business and preparations to start went on.
Just before the last bell, Herr and the tiger
made their appearance in the cabin opposite
the state-room door. The clerk hearing an
unusual stir in the cabin, opened the office
door, and looking d*wn the cabin, spied the
glaring eyes and savage body of his Royal
Majesty! He recognized Herr Driesbach,
but he did not relish the appearance of Col.
Alexander ! Still he did not feel like order
ing the party ashore. He felt a repugnance to
that undertaking, and concluded to let things
take their wonted course. Herr unlocked his
state-room door, and his majesty, at a bound,
was on his straw bed.
After a little time spent in arranging the
state-room, Herr satisfied the clerk and others
that his pet was entirely under his command,
and intimated to the bar-keeper that a bottle
of brandy would be relished by his Royal
Highness, (or himself) which was brought
into the state-room by the trembling waiter,
who had forgotten to bring with the liquor
the requisite accompaniment—pure water.
As a punishment, Herr told the tiger to “ take
the corner,” which he did, and stepping quick
ly out, locked the astonished boatman in,
while he went for the water. The man was
so frightened that he spoke not, neither did
he move, till Herr returned and stated to him
that he need have no fears, as the tiger would
keep his place until he ordered him to rise.
When night came, Driesback locked his state
room, bade his Majesty good night, and went
to bed in the upper berth, and the “ happy
couple” had a good and peaceful night’s rest.
On arriving at our wharf, Col. Alexander
showed his approbation of the boat by giving
two or three growls, interpreted as approba
tory by Herr, and the party sought a* hack,
which, when found, happened to be driven by
a son of the Emerald Isle.
At first sight the driver utterly refused to
take the “ baste,” but was perfectly willing
that Driesbach should be accommodated. His
fears were allayed, however, by the tiger
jumping inside, and he drove to the Dennison
House; but Dennison resolutely refused to
allow his Royal Majesty to take rooms at his
hotel, and Driesbach was obliged to take
rooms for his friend at Wood's Museum, while
he returned to Dennison's, the nearest and
best place he could find. We presume that
such an instance of travel has never before
been recorded Cincinnati Commercial .
From Oregon. —The Legislature of Oregon
met and was organized on the 2d of Decem
ber. Dr. Ralph Wilson was elected Speaker
of the House, and W. W*. Buck, Chairman of
the Council.
The Governor's message was delivered the
same day. He recommends an immediate or
ganization. of the militia ; the establishment
of roads throughout the territory; opening
roads and establishing trading posts for tho
relief of the overland imigrants; attention to
the subject of education ; the early location of
a permanent seat of government, and various
other measures of local interest. The docu
ment possesses the unusual merit in messages,
of brevity. The newly appointed Governor
concludes as follows :
“ I congratulate you upon the safe delive
rance of our glorious Union from the dangers
which appeared lately to surround it, The
admission of California into the Union, the
establishment of Territorial Governments for
Utah and New Mexico, and the proposition to
settle the Texas boundary question, which I
have no doubt wiil be accepted by that State,
has scattered to the winds the oft-repeated
declarations of monarchists, * that there is uo
capacity in man for self-government,' and is a
timely rebuke to fanaticism both North and
South."
A company to construct a rail-road from
the Columbia river to Willamette Valley, has
been organized, with a capital of $500,000, of
which $400,000 have been subscribed.
Fine Saxe. —On Tuesday last, we saw a
negro boy about fifteen years of age, and
would weigh probably one hundred andltwelve
pounds, sold for the round sum of $1249. He
was sold by the administrators of Jas. M.
Warthen, on twelve months credit, and was
bought by Thos. Dickson of Hancock county.
Fine goods are sometimes said to be put up in
small packages. It must have been so in this
instance. —Sandersville Georgian, 11 th inst.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST,
dtorgut.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 14.
See first page of Daily.
Desecration of Washington’s Birth-Day
A more barefaced and reprehensible piece
of demagogueism than the following letter,
has never before been exhibited to the public
gaze since the foundation of the American
Confederacy. It deserves the scorn and con
tempt of every citizen who holds in venera
tion the memory of the Father op his Coun
try, and would consider it foully desecrated
when dragged into the arena of politics to
subserve party purposes. It appears in the
Savannah Republican of the 12th inst., and is,
as the Editors state, in an approbatory notice,an
invitation to them to unite in this party cele
bration. Will the public sentiment of the
country tolerate this effort of a party which
dubs itself “ The Constitutional Union Parly,”
presumptuously to appropriate to their own
ephemeral political schemings a name and a
day dear to every good citizen of this coun
try —dear to every true votary of liberty—
dear to every heart that can admire noble
virtues and lofty patriotism ? There is either
hollow' and disgusting hypocricy in the pro
fessions of this letter, or it is the emanation
of a narrow-mindedness not less deplorable—
emanating from men, from some of whom, at
least, we should have expected better things.
If the aim be solely to bolster up a political
party, a Great National Organization, as it
is termed, hut which, in fact, has no organized
existence out of the State of Georgia, it is
hypocritical to invoke the venerated name of
Washington for such a purpose. If it be
prompted by a feeling that there are no citi
zens of this great republic worthy to unite
with them in offering homage to a common
benefactor—to one who was “ first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen,” except those who agree in sen
timent with them in approving these miscalled
Peace Measures, such bigotry and intolerance
are unworthy of the enlightened age in which
we live. They afford a melacholy spectacle of
the effect of party rancor and political ambition,
to darken fine intellects, and to eradicate mag
nanimous sentiments. Is this mode of cele
brating the birth-day of Washington, is a
peace measure ? Are the intelligent and virtu
ous citizens of Georgia, who are unprepared
to say that the Compromise Measures of the
last session were happily passed, to be forced
thus into a separate celebration of Washing
ton’s birth-day ?
It may well be doubted whether “ the illus
trious slave-holder and planter, who sleeps on
the banks of the Potomac” would have this
day been,were his spirit now among us,arrayed
on the side of this mongrel party association,
formed by political schemers and demagogues,
calling itself the Constitutional Union Party?
or whether his sympathies, his principles—
his love of right and justice—his hatred of ty
rany and wrong—would not have arrayed him
with the great Southern Rights Party of his
own native South. We should never have
desired to provoke a discussien on such a point l
The name and the fame of Washington be
long now to no State or section. “No clime
can claim, no country can appropriate him.—
He was the boon of Providence to the human
race.” But when a handful of men who have
from selfish political motives vainly striven to
create themselves into a National Union Party,
but who cannot muster a corporal’s guard out
of the State of Georgia, attempt in their despe
ration to convert a day sacred to every Ame
rican-sacred to liberty and to man, into a po
litical bacchanal, there is no language too
strong to stigmatize the desecration.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 7, 1851.
Dear Sir: The friends of the Union in this
place, contemplate a public celebration of the
approaching Anniversary of Washington’s
Birth-day. As the Romans were accustom
ed to carry the Statues of their early Heroes,
in their processions, to remind them of the
virtues and purity of the better days of their
Republic, so we deem it the part of patriotism,
in the present crisis of our public affairs, to
keep before our eyes, the examples and teach
ings of the founders of our Government. We
embrace the occasion as especially opportune
to invoke the spirit and warning voice of
Washington, to frown upon the bold designs
of Disunion, so alarmingly avowed in every
part of the Confederacy.
As a committee appointed for the purpose,
we invite you to join in the proposed celebra
tion either by your presence or your counsel.
We desire that your influence may be felt, in
restraining the spirit of insubordination and
sedition, wherever in our wide spread coun
try, it seeks to disintegrate the proud fabric of
our Government. We desire that your voice
may go forth to the people pleading for the
observance and abidance of those great Peace
Measures, which so happily passed the last ses
sion of Congress. And above all, that you
may unite with us in pushing forward that
great National Organization which we look to
under God’s Providence, as the best, if not the
only protection of our cherished Union, against
the dangerous attacks of faction and fanati
cism.
Your obedient seivants,
A. H. Chappell, "j
James A. Nisbet, 1 „ ....
James W. Armstrong, ! 0 q{ 1 ee
Samuel Hall, f t „
S. T. Chapman, | I,mtatlon -
Robt. S. Lanier, J
Combination Ag-ainst Gov- Quitman-
The zeal displayed by Gov. Quitman, in the
cause of Southern Rights, has provoked a de
gree of rancour against him by the submis
sion press of the South, and the myrmidons
of our anti-slavery President generally, rarely
equalled in our political annals. The result
will reeoil on the heads of those who pursue
him so vindictively. It is destined to make
Gov. Quitman the most popular man in the
Southern States. In another column is an
artiole from the Charleston Mercury , quoting
portions of Gov. Quitman's proclamation, in
which he declares himself “ unconscious o
having, in any respect, violated the law's of
the country.”
We confidently predict his acquittal. We
copy the following indignant comments on
this subject, from the Mississippian :
The Combination against Gov. Quitman.—
No man has ever been treated with such foul
injustice as Gov. Quitman. We have never
seen a parallel to the abuse that has been
heaped upon him. Ridicule, falsehood, slan
der, and misrepresentations of every kind,
are freely resorted to by his assailants. And
the system by which the warfare is kept up,
is equalled only by its Jacobin ferocity. —
North and South the pensioned retainers of
the administration are doing their utmost to
destroy his character and influence.
Their pretext is his alleged participation in
the expedition to relieve the Cubans from the
yoke of a tyrannical government; but there is
more in the assaults upon him than meets hu
man eye. The real design of his assailants,
is to strike down a man whose eleva'ed char
acter, prowess on the field, and far-reaching
sagacity render him a formidable antagonist
to the ruling powers in their attempt to tram
ple upon the rights of the Southern States.
The instigators of the attacks aim to degrade,
in the person of her Chief Magistrate, a State
which has taken a high and commanding po
sition in defence of Southern rights. They
wish also to illustrate the much vaunted
strength of the Federal Government, by drag
ging from his duties the Chief Executive offi
cer of a sovereign State, to be tried upon a
frivolous charge.
Such are the main purposes of the villifiers
of Gov. Quitman; and to these we may add
a rancorous hatred which his unawed main
tenance of the rights of Mississippi has en
gendered.
In the systematic war upon the Governor
of the State, every principle of justice and
common decency, have been set at defiance.
His case has been pre-judged; and every ex
pedient has been resorted to, to mould public
sentiment against him; inasmuch as the
threat has been vauntingly made that he shall
be arrested, and forced to abandon for an in
definite period his official duties, common
justice required, that the public mind should
have been left unbiassed, so that a fair and
unprejudiced hearing might have been ex
tended to him. The organists irt the service
of the administration have left no means un
used to warp the judgments of its partisans,
by proclaiming far and wide, that the Presi
dent and Cabinet have taken the case into
consideration, weighed testimony and decided
upon its merits. For proof of this, we will
refer the reader to an extract from a late New
York Express, which we find copied in the
Vicksburg Whig of Tuesday. The Express
coolly says:
“The President has sufficient testimony to
convict him ten times over the charge brought
against him.”
The design is too transparent and barefaced
to escape detection. The charge is made. The
offence imputed to him (of assisting a people
groaning under the weight of oppression) is
magnified into a crime of startling enormity.
Able counsel are •mployed at enormous ex
pense to assist the Federal officers in the pros
ecution of the accused. And at whatever
sacrifice to truth, justice and fair dealing, the
ease must be made out.— Mississippian.
St* Valentine’s Day*
The younger portion of our readers need not
be reminded of this interesting anniversary.
We hope the day will be to them one of pleas
ant incidents and sweet reminiscences.
rgg“The Hon. Wm. C. Dawson and H. A.
Harralson, will accept our thanks for several
valuable public documents.
Messrs. Lacy & Philips, harness makers of
Philadelphia, have just completed a most su
perb speciment of American workmanship for
exhibition at the London Fair. It is a double
sett of harness and its quality may be estima
ted from the fact that it cost the maker* $3,-
000. There are forty-four pounds of solid
silver in the mountings, and every inch of
the entire harness contains forty-four stitches.
Criminal Docket. —We understand that
the remaining cases, in which Bulloch, the
late cashier of the Central Railroad & Bank*
ing Company, is a party, have been continued
to the next term of the Court.
The case of the State vs. Quantock, who stands
charged with being accessary to the same trans
action, has also been continued.
Kimbrough, charged with stealing six thou
sand dollars from the Post-office at Columbus,
was tried yesterday before Judge Nicoll, of
the TJ. S. District Court, and found guilty.—
Sentence has not yet been pronounced upon
him.— Sav. Republican , Vlth inst.
{Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. )
Washington, Feb. 12—6 P. M.
Congressional. —The Bill creating the office
of Lieutenant General has passed the Senate.
The bill for the remuneration of Mr. Ritchie,
for losses in his contract for printing, has been
under discussion in the House.
Baltimore, Feb. 11.
New York Market Feb. 11.—Cotton to-day
slightly drooping—Boo bales were sold. Other
articles remain unchanged.
Congressional.— The Senate has passed the
bill appropriating ten millions “acres of land
tor the benefit of the Insane, and also the De
ficiency Bill. The House of Representatives
have rejected the bill providing for a Board
to audit accounts.
Baltimore, Feb. 12.
New York Market, Feb. 12.—There were, to
day, 1200 bales Cotton disposed of at a shade
decline. Cotton and Sugar are dull. Rice
is unchanged in price.
Attorney General of Maryland. —Robert J.
Brent succeeds Richardson as Attorney Gene
ral of Maryland.
[A dispatch of one day’s previous date, says
“ Richardson's funeral to-day large,” which
is the only announcement we have of his de
cease, nor were we aware of the official posi
tion he held, until the reception of the above
dispatch.!— Eds. Courier.
Savannah, Feb, 12—8.37 P. M.
Arrival of the Alabama .—The steam ship
Alabama arrived here to-day in 90 hours from
JNew-york, having experienced stormy head
winds during the whole passage.
Columbia, Feb. 12—9.57 P M
Fairfield Eleetion.— The Secession tickets for
Delegates to the State Convention has proved
triumphant in Fairfield District. Messrs
Buchanan > Owens, and Parry are
(Correspondence of the Chasten Courier .)
.p, . Washington, Feb. 8.
I here is a growing sentiment in favor of
breaking up the government Po3t Office mo
nopoly, ana leaving the business of carrying
and delivering mail matter, to private enter
prise, in like manner as goods and merchan
dize, whether in large or small packages, are
now conveyed and delivered by private indi
viduals. By Adams & Co’s. Express, packages
of one hundred pounds weight are conveyed
to New Orleans for five dollars, and as prompt
ly as the government conveys a bag of mail
matter. Adams & Co. are also responsible for
the loss or damage of every package confided
|to them. They paid SSOOO the other day f 0
a lost packge of money. The government char
ges for conveying one hundred pounds of let
ters, from New York to New Orleans, the sum
of $320; and, if they lose the whole on the
way, they will not make good one cent of the
amount. On all the rail road routes which
now thread the country, mail matter of all
descriptions, will ere long be conveyed ex
clusively by private hands, in spite of the laws
sustaining the government monopoly. The
alternative to this result must be 'the reduc
tion of the rate of letter postage to the uniform
rate of two cents a half ounce, pre-paid.
Mutiny and Death op the Mutineers. —
By private advices received in Boston, we
learn that a bloody scene occurred on board
the barque Wm. H. Shaller, of that city, com
manded by Capt. Wm. H. Gardner, Jr., on
the late passage of that vessel from Manilea
to San Francisco.
It appears that the W. H. S. was short
handed in the port of M., and could not pro
ceed on her voyage until at least two men
were obtained. Through the aid of the Con
sul an Englishman and a Portuguese, two
notorious bad characters, were procured.—
When a few days out, one of the pair refused
to obey orders, and alter a few words clinched
Capt. G., and the two fell upon the deck.
While down, the second new recruit was ob
served approaching Captain Gardner with a
drawn dagger. The latter instantly drew a
revolver and shot the villain with whom he
was scuffling, through the neck, and then
sprang upon his feet just in time to escape the
uplifted dirk of the second mutineer, by
•hooting him through the heart. This bloody
scene was made quick work. All the officers
and the rest of the crew were below, and had
not time to render any assistance to Capt. G.
before the fate of one of them was sealed, and
the other (the one shot through the neck) was
rendered helpless. He lingered along and got
nearly well, until the vessel reached the Bay
of San Francisco, when he leaped overboard
and was drowned. Capt. Gardner left his
vessel in the last named port, and returned to
Boston, byway of the Isthmus and the last
steamer to New York.
A young man at Niagara having been cross
ed in love, walked out to the precipice, took
off his clothes, gave one lingering look at the
gulf beneath him—and then went home. His
body was found next morning in bed. He be
longed to a very respectable family.
SPECIAL iNOTItES. '
ORDER OF CELEBRATION.
22D FEBRUARY, 1851.
At 11 o’clock, A. M., the procession will be
formed in front of the United States Hotel, and
proceed to Concert Hall, under the command of
William H. Maharrey, Esq., Marshal of the
day, when, after divine service, Washington’s
Farewell Address will be read by W. W. Mont
gomery, Esq., and an Oration will be delivered
by John K. Jackson, Esq.
Order of Procession.
1. Oglethorpe Infantry.
2. Major General and Staff.
3. Brigadier General and Staff.
4. Colonel and Officers of the Tenth Regiment.
5. Officers of the Army and Navy.
6. Orator and Reader.
7. The Reverend Clergy.
8. City Authorities.
9. Magistrates of the City and County.
10. Masons.
11. Odd Fellows.
12 Soe>3 of Temperance.
13. Fire Companies of the City.
14. Mechanics 7 Society.
15. Medical Faculty and S.udenfs,
16. Students at Law.
17. Young Men’s Library Association.
18. Citizens generally.
At sunrise a Federal Salute will be fired and a
National Salute at 12 o’clock, m.
The Reverend Clergy, the City Authorities, the
Magistrates of the City and Cor.nty, Members of
the different Societies, the Five Companies, Medi
cal Faculty and Students, the Students at Law,
and the citizens generally are respectfully invited
to participate in the celebration of the day.
The seats on the right of the Hail will be re
served for the Procession.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
City Council, Oglethor°e Inf
A. J. Nowland, Lt D. Kirkpatrick
W. E. Bearing, J. \V. s PEaR
Robt. H. May, A. C Force,
Hatch, A. Bleakley.
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~ POPULAR LECTURES
03“ THE THIRD LECTURE of the Course,
before The Young Men’s Library Association, will
he delivered in the Masonic Hall, on MONDAY
EVENING next, the 17th iast., at 7£ o’clock, by
S. T. Chapman, Esq.
Subject: “ The Dignity of Labor, and the
Influence of Manufactures and the Me
chanic Arts in promoting individual and nation
al prosperity.” 3 f b 14
(EF Surgical Notice.—Dr. Paul fTEveTsT
returned to his residence in Augusta, and is pre
pared to resume the practice in Surgery .
His Infirmary for Negroes is again opened for
t.e reception of Patients. l mo f eb 8
ME C HAN I CS’BALK
O’ THIS BA.EL will come off at the Ma
sonic Hall, on FRIDAY EVENING, the 21st in
stant, under the management of Mr. A. J. Demk
»est Subscription Lists may be found at the
Book Mores of Messrs. J. A. Carrie & Co., ami G.
A. Oates & Co., and at this office. Tickets can also
be had of either of the Managers.
MANAGERS:
W. H. Goodrich, W.K. Kitchen,
£• Y,’ e n- hIUS ’ G Shackelford,
? L » H Vi VVllllamS7 G McCarty,
R Spencer,
J. W VVaiker, 11. Goodrich,
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rnr bliss’s compound coiTOvfr
OIL CANDY.—CoIds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Influ
enza, &c., have at last met their conqueror in
Bhss s Compound Cod Liver Oil great
remedy of the age, combining all the good quali
ties of cod liver oil, and avoiding all its horrible
offensiveness and disgusting taste. There is not
now the slightest necessity f or a persou to 9uffer
with affections of the throat and chest, while he
has 25 cents in his pocket to procure a package
of Bliss’s candy. But we must caution cur friends
to get the genuine article-not one of its ntisera
ble counterfeits, of which the country is full
Dealer in Drugs and
Range, Augusta, Ga. 1 ’ iWetca “
Country Merchants and Drneeists «in»is.ai
liberal terms. su PP“ed on
UcZw feh 4
DRS. J. E. &H. A. BIQNQN ‘
Ofreonßmai St. opposite Bridge Bonis building.
E?Offer their prolessional services to the dt
lsens of Augusta and its vicinity. j aa
r D * 5 ACkFe tenderTTe
:rr^L h,slrofessiM>,se - ic —
Office on Jackson street, between Broad and
Reynold streets. 6mos j«„ “