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(From the D Iton Times )
Meeting in Spring Place*
At a meeting of the Southern Rights Party
at Sprang Place on Wednesday, the 2d day of
of this instant, Thomas Connolly, Esq., was
called to the chair, and on taking his seat re
quested Col. Wm. B. Cone to state the object
of the meeting, which he done in his usual
spirited and true Southern Rights manner, he
remarked in the start, that the submissionist
was currently circulating and publishing to
the people that the oouthern Rights party in
tended to run no candidate for Congress in
this district, nor would the Southern Rights
iparty of Georgia run any candidate for Gov
ernor of Georgia—that the object was to run
submission men, and to get them split up in
every manner possible. This he stated to be
false, so far as the Southern Rights party of
Murray was concerned, and so far as informa
tion extended throughout Georgia—that the
object of the meeting was to appoint a time to
select delegates to a convention at point
in the district to select a candidate for Con
gress, and to appoint delegates to meet in Mil
ledgeville at a time to be fixed on, to select a
candidate for Governor, and af.er some point
ed and central shots at some of you shant do
it s'lbs, he took his seat.
Maj. John Thomas being called on, respond
ed in one of his animated and high toned
Southern Rights appeal to the citizens of
Murray, and admonished them not to be bam
boozled in the coming election by the Cobb,
Toombs, Stephens & Co. mixture, nor no
other soft soap and honeyed mixture, but to
stand up for the Soutn as the only manly, in
dependent and firm course, the only one that
would save tke Uni an, and after some exco
riations on the soap tails he took his seat a
midtit tremendous cheering.
Judge O. H Kenan being called on, arose
and addressed the meeting in his usual point
ed and pertinent manner of speaking, when on
the subject ot Southern rights—the Judge in
dulges in no flattery on juch occasions, he
lays on the lash with gloves off, which causes
the opponents to wince and flinch very much
when present, as they dia on the present oc
casion. Alter Judge K was seated,
Wm Gordon, Esq, was called on, who
promptly replied to the call in his usual pla
cid and truly Southern Rights style, he stated
he had taken his position long since, and the
more he reviewed it, the less he regretted it —
from tne many flagrant and outrageous inju
ries inflicted by the North on the Soutn, wi h
an increased desire not only to continue, but
to increase them, he had permanently taken
sides with the country that gave him birth,
that w <8 the South, and with that he was wu
- ling to stand or fall; and he took his seat a
midst enthusiastic cheering.
Whereupon, Col. Wm. B. Cone offered the
following Resolutions, which was unanimous
ly adopted.
Resolved , That the Southern Rights party
ack lowitdges no head or party leaders, but
* the Constitution as laid down by a confedera
tion ot our grandsires.
Resolved. That under that instrument we
are unwilling to yield to any compro • ises
having for its object tne violation of that m-
I sirumem, save and except the one established
. in the admission ot Missouri, as a State, to
wit: 36 d*-g. 30 min.
Resol-ed, Tnat we will hold a meeting in
Spring Place on the tirst Tuesday in June, to
appoint delegates to meet in Kingston on
Wednesday, 2i d«y oi July, to nominate a
candidate tor (Jong; ess, and recommend every
ooumy in the stn district, to be represented
there by good Southern Rights delegates, and
appoint delegates to meet in Mdiedgevnle on
the 2nd Monday in July next, to nominate a
candidate tor Governor, against the one *n op
position to the nominee of tne coalition ot
Seward, Fillmore, Foot, ioombs, Stephens &
Co.
Resolv d. That we are opposed to any con
vention being held betore the 2nd Monday in
July .ext, «s it will be at the season of the
year when a more lull convention can be had
than at any ether time, therefore, we recom
• mend to our Southern Rights friends through
out tne S.ste to unite with us at that time.
Resoioedfi That our proceedings be publish
ed ia the Dalton Times, and that all Southern
Rights in the State copy.
„ v (From the Marietta Advocate.')
Democratic Republican Meeting.
Makibttx, Apri. 15 1851.
According to previous notice, a portion of
the Democratic Party ot Cobb county met in
c the court House, this day, for the purpose ot
appoint! *g delegates to tne Convent.on to be
held at MitledgeviUe to nominate a candidate
for Governor. The meeting w»s organized
by catling W. S. Echols, E q. to the chair,
and appointing T. H. Moore to act as Secre
tary. , .
On motion, a committee of eleven was ap
pointed to se'ect four suitab'e persons to rep
resent Cobb county ir. said Convention,
w. JDuring the abseeace of the committee, the
meeting was entertained by an animated speech
from J. O. Gartrtll, Esq , who showed very
conclusively the insincerity of the self styled
Constitutional Union Party. Mr. G. in con
clusion declared himseh in favjr of the Judges
and Solicitor Generali being elected by the
people.
The committee returned, and report d the
namea of the following gentlemen as dele
gate*: Garrett Gray, Esq , Col. George Rob
erts, Dr. G. Tennent, and Samuel N. Maloney,
Esq.
Resolved , That should any vacancy occur
that delegates fi 1 the~vacancy.
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be
tendered the Chairman and Secretary.
R so ved, That this meeting approve of the
suggestion to hold the Gubernatanal Con
vert ion on the 30th da of May, and recom
mend the other counties tc select delegates to
jmeet at Milledgeville on that day.
The meeting then adjourned.
Ahe me g g ECHOLS> chairman.
J. H. Mookm, Secretary.
(From the Southern Pr ss, l&th inst.)
How it Worke-
The following additional items in relation
te the late Fugitive case in Boston, are signi
ficant of the feeling there ;
Thb Boston Fuoitivb Suva Cxsh. The
people of Lynn, Mass., tolled their b«lls on
Saturday, wheu they heard that Sims had
been delivered up to his master.
Ihe Boston Commonwealth s atss that sev
eral warrants have been issued for the arrest
of other fugitive slaves in that city.
The citizens of Fall river were to hold a
town meeting on Saturday afternoon, to ate
i they w' ula instruct their representatives to
vote tor Charles Suuimr, and to express the
public sentiment upon tne Fugitive-slave
i & W i
The cost of the extradition of the fugitive
slave, Sims, is es imated at about fire thous
and dol are. A large part ot this sum will
tali upon the claimant, some SI2OO upon the
city, and S7OO Upon tne U. Sta e» government.
Ine toial expense, includng subsist nee of
troops and officers, and fees of counsel, no
to consider .h •. outlays of the vigilance com
mittees, will far exceed the s m oi
Tne-e r velati >n , as well as other unmis*
tskeable proofs of popular sentiment elicited
by the recent events in Bos on, suggest many
reflections. They lead irresistibly to two con
clusions: First y, t ist the deliver of fugi
tive Blaves is repugnan'. to the moral senti
ment ot the great masses o the people of New
E igland, who will use every means in their
power to render the iate act null and void, so
ion as they ilow it to remain on the statute
book. Secondly, that it must “cost more than
it wifi come to," under the most favorable
circumstances, and t sat the expenses are such
s practically to d-stroy the ut.lity of the act.
This Boston case was a v ry favorable one
—for th nr ost extraordinary efforts were made
to facilitate the proceedings, and secure the
slave, a: the least expense, to the owner—and
vet it will be seen that the reclamation of a
negro, whose value wou.d not amount to one
tlcusa d dollars, costs the owner from two
to three thousand dollars 1 aud the Federal
and State Gove’nment as much more. And
all this, too, not to ensure an open triumph of
law and order, but a flitting beiore daybreak,
and an avoidance of the risk of rescue on the
railroads. Nay, so much were th' Abolitionists
em oldened by this midnight movtmsnt, that
they actually pursued the Acorn, and had the
win s not favored the brig, might probably
have borna the fugitive back in triumph to
Boston.
But to recur to the main point. The v> lus
of any legislative act depends upon the ease,
the certainty, and the cheapness of its execu
tion. If a man loses his slave, and is to bs
taxed four times his value for the chance of
recovering him, of what use is such i law? All
Southern slaveholders cannot afford the same
expansive luxuries which Mr. Fott r's ample
allow him to indulge in, lor the purpose
of testing a principle: end tne rendition of
Sims, at such a price, encourages the Aboli
tionists, while it discourages the owners of
fugitive slaves from repeating so costly an ex
periment. Tne result has verified our predic
tions to the letter; cut we feel bound to ad
mit that in one matter we were mistaken. We
gave the citizens of Boston more oredit than
they deserved, for w« thought the rendition
tnere would have been easy—whereas it was
accomplished with difficulty and danger, and
consummated by dexterous dodging after a 1.
cjo much for this “equivalent" for the em
pire surrendered by the South,
(From the N. O Delta , 17 th inst.)
An Accomplished Swindler,
One fine morning, about three months
since, the planters of the Ouachita country
were surprised into joyfulness by tne ap
pearance amongst them of a cotion broker
from “ O leans,” who appeared to be not only
entremely flush of funds, but social and
liberal to a fault. Sued a customer, after
ginning time, ia agod-send among he olan
ters ; and 'he stranger, as this one announced
himself to be, was made the recipient of u «
numbered hospitalities. The exhaustless funds
ot the -oung cotton pui chaser were talked ot
among the elderly portion of the Ounthita
denizens wi.h a gus»o which did '.hem good,
and the daughters of the planters saw much
g 'od taste and great gen ility displayed in the
dress and manners of the city buck. Neat,
handsome, and smiling, it wander, us not,
that the rich stranger b esme a general favo
rite with those who believe it impossiole :or
man to *‘ smile and smile, and be a villian,”
and more particularly o, when he announced
nimself as Mr. J. VV. Williams, of the firm of
Wright, Williams & Go.
Tne member, or rather pretend d member
of tne above mentioned respect ble firm, suc
ceeded in purchasing a numoer of bales of cot
ton, for which he paid in SSO bills, on the
Union Bank of this city, dated Ist January,
1851, an 1 signed S. Boyer, Pce»’t. These bills
demg of no particular value to any one ac
quainted with the financial affairs of the U
nion Bank, made very convenient psyments
for Mr. J. VV. Williams, and paying w»th
tnose forged and counterleited sso’», made
the price, per pound tor the cotton, a irntter
of but small consequence to the speculator.
Having purchased his cotton, the broker
brought it to this city and sold it. He next pre
sented himself a* John William Reid, in the
region around about Lake Bisteneau, in the
parish of Bienville, and figured as a partner
in the firm of Will ams, Pnilips k Co., t f this
city. Here he remained some time and be
came an extremely important peisonage, by
cheating he good people of the parish out of
from $30,000 to $40,000 worth of cotton, for
all of which, he paid in his exhaustless Union
Bank fifties.
The Bisteneau cotton was consigned to
Williams, Philips* Co., but the firm having
obtained an inkling of the rascallity which
had been practiced by their pretended junior,
sent offi .‘era to arrest him on his arrival m
thie city. The officers, however, failed. J.
W. lieid got off, and though strict se »rch was
made for him during the whole of Monday
and Tuesday, he could not be found.
Emboldened by his security, Mr. Reid
walked into Williams, Philips fc Co/s office,
at N’. 23 Carondelet street, early yesterday
'nothing and asked for an advance on his cot
ton shipment. A Scotch lad named Blackie,
who was in the office at the time, and who
knew irons descriptions he had heard,
that th« Bisteneau speculator was about, im
mediately seized the applicant and cried out,
with a Roderick Dhu screech, for assistants.
The man of aliases struggled lustily for re
lease, but as iron was the arm of Blackie, and
his grasp was the grasp of a vice, the Scotch
man triumphed, and soon Re d was between
two sturdy policemen, and marched to the
guard-house of the First Municipality. Not
long, however, had he been there, ere the
news of his capture spread abroad, and do -
zens of individuals who had been victimized
by his felonious practices, gathered in, some
for one purpose and some for another. Among
those were two gentlemen of the law, who
had fee claims against the accused, and who
had heard the somewhat interesting fact, that
$340 of good and lawful funds were found
snugly concealed, after the “bowld Captain
Freaney" fashion, in one of the boots of Reid,
when he was examined at the guard-house. —
Another, was a member of the firm of Cleave
land, Brothers & Co., who had paid SSOO to
the pretended Reid on a forged draft, purport
ing to have been drawn by one of the most
wealthy of the Bienville pariah planters, on
th« Bth es March last. Another, was Joseph 4
Cummings, pilot of the steamboat Shamrock,
who, on the 26th ult., had made an exchange
ot $l5O, in gold and small bills, for three of
J. W. Davis’s everlasting SSO bills on the
Union Bank. At that time Williams alias
Reid was traveling under the name of Davis,
as above, and the exchange was made as a par
ticular accommodation to the smiling traveler.
On behalf oi the abovr* parties the $340 was
seized under a writ from the Second District
Court, and the cotton speculator was held lor
examination on the serious charge of being a
swindler, forger, counterfeiter and utterer
of unlawful tenders.
Solon Robinson*
We can’t help begging Mr. Solen Robinson
to desist from his poetical effusion. We ev
ery now and then eome aciosa a piece from
his pen in some favored paper. On, scissors !
It sounds like ploughing in a stumpy new
ground. We wish that we had some few oi
his pieces by us to give our readers the “Gee
up-Ball” impression which they make. There
is one written for the “ Augusta Re
public,” commencing “ Back to thy home
fond m* m’ry clu gswhich, of eourse, has
to have “ brings” for a rhyme, end is the best
of hi« lyrics, albeit we hate no very clear
idea of the performance of memory clinging
back; no, “swing” would be better. There
is a piece in »he Charleston Sun headed
* Florida," which commences
“ ’Tin not the land the poets dream of,
Where fragrant flowers forever bloom;
But ’tis a lantl right hard to wean of,
If in your heart ior love there’s room.”
And ending—
“ For they are eyes the poets dream’d of,
That smile with such a killing power,
Enchanted souls are never warned of,
The wounds they get in Fairy’s power.”
Those “ smiling eyes” might produce a
horse laugh, but as it may be the poets that
smile and not the eyes, we will give the Poet
the benefit of the doubt. One of the inter
mediate verses halts thus:
“ From tomahawks and such small trifles,
There is little danger el a deatu surprise ;
Bat have a care of killing rifles,
That shoot from sharp Fioridian eyes.”
That’s a stumper. One thing is certain,
that according to the writer's idea the Florida
ladies, to whom he alludes, must have bullet
eyes, and being “ killing rifles,” must some
times have cocked eyes. The fact is, there is
some slight confusion of eye (dees) about the
matter. Why, as Touchstone says, “we will
rhyme you so eight years together, dinners
and suppers and sleeping hours excepted.”
We have no wish to nip this poetical genius
in the bud, as the reviewers did poor Keats
and Chatterton, “ The wonderful boy.” But
we think that Mr. R. can effect more by wri
ting on agriculture in regular old prose and
selling Allen & Jo's. agricultural implements,
than by stringing together doubttui compli
ments in halting rhymes, for these are cer
tainly not “ apples of gold in pictures of sil
ver.”—Southern Inaepeudent.
The Fwritive’s Return.— On Saturday
morning the brig Acorn arrived at our wharves,
having on board Mr. Potter’s negro, Sims, in
charge of four Deputy U. S. Marshals, and
four Special Officers. The Acorn made the
run from Boston to this port in the short
space ot five days. We learn that Sims at
tempted to make a hypocritical speech on
reaching the wharf, in which he denounced
the Abolitionists, and congratulated himseli
that he had been once more permitted to tread
the hospitable soil of Georgia.
Sims was brought from the brig* to Justice
Raifard’s office, where it appears the Boston
officers went through the form of surrender
ing him to the authorities of this city.
We would have been better pleased if he
had been taken directly from the vessel to the
jail, as any otner runaway negro would have
been. Tne fact of attaching so much impor
tance to the affair looks to us supremely ridic
ulous — Sav. jeoroian 21s* inst.
Plant Trees. —A mue attention, a
more thought of the morrow, a little more
faith in what e day or a year may bring forth,
would surround every house in the country
with shady groves and fruitful yards. Plan*
a vine here, and a tree there—send or go to
your neighbor’s oreaard and clip a bud or a
shoot, and insert one in eve y stock that does
not already produce fruit. Plant trees by the
fence sides; the roots will penetrate beneatn
them and draw sustenance from ground you
cannot culuva e. Set a s out thrifty grapt
root, directly where the soap suds from :ht
kitcnen will be daily thrown, and in three
years’ time, you will have a fruit— bea.ing
screen to hide the view of some unsightly
place. I give you thi« timely notice, that you
may not let this spring pass by without ma
king the attempt, at least, to follow my good
advice.
The National Diorary at l aria is said to be
the largest in the world, and contains more
than six hundred and thirty thousand vol
urnns. The British Museum library contains
only about three nundred thousand volumes.
Summary Punishment. T>e Way they Do
Things in California. —The Pacific News has
the following :
“ A man was discovered on the bank of the
river, *wo miles this sida of Nicolaua, who
had been shot through the heart. On the
collar of his coat was pinned a piece of paper
on which was written the lolloping: ‘/
caught thi damned rascal stealm / my mules a.a
I shot him.’ The dead man was leeogaized.”
An Ugly Man.—Duuug me session of the
Circuit Court in Lexington, Kentucky, a
•most feartutl" ungly man was seen daily. He
was always on hand, and perftctly hideous.
One of the lawyers could bear it no longer,
and eai 1 to him;
“Well, you are the ugliest white man I ev
er saw.”
The poor bumpkin burst into a hesrty
laugh, and said —
“Well, I can’t help it, can I?”
“No,” answered the son of Blackstone, “no.
you can’t help it; but, confound 'you, you
eould stay at home.”— Spirit of the Times.
A newspaper reporter in New Orleans re
cently had his pocket picked by some expert
thief, who extracted therefrom a purse with
two cents in it, a steel pen, half a pencil, a
tailor's bill, a rent bill, an omnibus ticket,
and a dickey. He requests the robber to sell
the valuables, pay the bills, and keep the
balance himself.
The Wisconsin Assembly have passed a
bill levying a tax of $1 on gentleman, and $2
on lady uoga. The Legislature know which
is the “better half,” of creation, any how.
“Oh Father Abraham what this* Chris
tians are.” —The Boston Post says th t a
eorrespondent from Marblehead writes, that
the only bell that was tolled in that town
upon the announ ement of the depaiture o‘
Sims, belonged to a church that has a clause
in its deed prohibiting negroes from holding
pews in it.
Charade —lly first is company; my second
avoids company; my third calls company to
gether; my whole entertains company,
A ewer— Conundrum.
The weather this week has been unusual
ly cool for the season. We have had slight
frost, but not enough to kill vegetation. Our
River is now higher than it has been for some
years past. — Albany (Ga.,) Patriot , 18*A inst.
Ttffi CONSTiruriONALiSr.
Augusta, (Jkorgia.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23
Southern Eights Meeting.
The members of the Southern Rights
Party of Richmond County, are request
ed to meet at the CITY HALL , in the
city of Augusta, on TUESDAY , 6 th of
MAY, at 4 o’clock, P. M., to appoint
Delegates to the Convention to nominate a
Candidate for Governor at the ensuing
election.
The Italian Opera.
If the first night of the Italian Opera Troupe
before an Augusta audience, wore a discour
aging aspeot from the slender attendance,
there was a compensating triumph in the last
night of performance.
The short season was brought to a brilliant
close on Monday night, with the favorite
Opera of “ Norma,” it being for the benefit of
the beautiful and accomplished Prima Donna,
Signora Truffi Benedetti. Concert Hall was
iiterally crowded and crammed, both in the
parquette and gallery, in which the elite and
the fashionable of our eommunity were fully
represented.
We have never, before, seen assembled, a
more showy array of the refinement, the in
telligence, and beauty, of our fair city. The
Opera was brought out in excellent style, and
rendered, in all its parts, most beautifully and
effectively. The fair beneficiarie , Signora Truf
fi— always a favorite here—as the high soul
ed and impassioned Priestess, maddentd by
the perfidy of her lover—quite surpassed her
previous triumphs on these boards. The
inspiration of song, and the enthusiasm cf
passion combined their powers to give an en
trancing melody to her voice, and impressive
ness to her action. Her fiute-like tones, so
melting in the pathetic scenes, lost none of
their softness in the highest artistic flights,
while they thrilled upon the heart with start
ling effect in the tragic passages of this stir
ring Drama.
Truffi was admirably, beautifully sustain
ed by Miss Virginia Whiting, in the scarce
ly less trying character of “ Adalgisa.” To
render it successfully, required high musical
gifts and accomplishments, and triumphantly
did Miss Whiting pass the ordeal.
Her inexperience upon the stage was evident,
but it was not made manifest in any unpleas
ing or ungraceful way; on the contrary a
heightened interest and kind feeling were pro
pitiated by the unstudied and graceful sim
plicity of her deportment. It chimed in too,
admirably, with the character of the young,
gentle and generous “ Adalgisa .” Her voice
is a clear and beautiful Soprano, full and round
in the low notes, and ascending firm and with
bell-toned sweetness to a very high range.
It is a voice of unusual compass and sweet
ness, and we predict for the fair and gifted
possessor, with whom music is a passion, and
the study of that divine art a recreation, a
distinguished place in the galaxy ol Operatic
stars. Sic itur ad astra.
The enthusiasm of the audience was
wrought to a high pitch by the entrancing
beauty of the duets, sung by Truffi and Miss
Whiting. That in the last scene of the first
act. brought the iwo voices together in beau
tiful harmony, and drew forth repeated ex
pressions of admiration. At the close of the
duet which concludes the first scene of the
second act, tnere was a storm of plaudits,
and rich bouquets were showered, in im
mense quantities, upon the stage. The gath
ering up ot these tokens, which literally
covered the stage, was quite an interest
ing and amusing spectacle, and seemed to
please equally the audience and the fair re
cipients. It was a task of some minutes du
ration, for after Signora Truffi and Miss Whi
ting had borne off as many as they could
hold in their hands, they had to return again
and again, to gather in the beautiful harvest.
Our space will not permit us to do more
t an pay a passing compliment to Signors
Forti and Rozi, for the admirable manner in
which they sustained the parts of “ Pollione
and Oroveso. To the Troupe, generally, and
to the Orchestra, all constituting a complete
and delicious whole, much credit is due for
the manner in which all fulfilled their respec
tive parts.
Augusta will long hold these Operas in de
lightful remembrance, and we trust will not
omit, on the first fitting occasion, to testify
to the enterprising Lessee, Mr. Adams, their
appreciation of his efforts tc please.
Democratic and Southern Rights
Convention.
We publish to-day the proceedings of two
meetings to appoint delegates to the Southern
Rights Convention to nominate a candidate
for Governor. It will be preceived that the
Cobb Co. meeting recommended Wednes
day, the 30th of May, while that of Murray
c mnty suggested the 2nd Monday ip July.—
We are of opinion that we can hardly be too
soon in the field with our candidate, while it
is a possible thing to be too late. The eager
ness of some of the counties to go into the
canvass is a favorable augury, and we see no
sufficient reason for giving it a check.
It would, perhaps, be no disadvantage to
wait at all events till the 2d * r the 4th Mon
day in June, the Utter day being recommend
ed by the Albany Patriot, as more convenient
to South-Western Georgia. But as several
counties have already appointed their dele
gates for May 30th, all the rest should, at
Last, have their delegates appointed in ad
vance of that day. There is ample time for
each county to do this.
The first Tuesday of May, being the 6th,
will be a suitable time for county meetings.
The day for the meeting of the Convention
can be subsequently agreed upon.
Wo have been requested to suggest to the
Southern Rights Party of Richm)nd County, to
meet at the OILY HALL, on Tuesday, the 6th
of Mag, at 4p. m., for the purpose of appoint
ing Delegates to the Convention.
Boydell’s Illustrations of Shakspeare
Mr. Ma*omber is now sending out his invi
tations to our principal citizens to visit his
Boy dell Illustrations of Shakspeare, and we
would advise all, who are thus invited, not to
lose this opportunity, of at least seeing this
magnificent work. No subscriptions are re
ceived at his room—all that part being left in
the hands of one of our own eitisens, who, at
a proper time, will give to those who wish, an
opportunity of securing a copy.
Mr. Shrivai’s Singing Class.
We would remind those who desire to avail
themselves of the rare opportunity of taking
lessons under this accomplished Vocalist, that
his Class will begin on Friday evening, 8 o’-
clock, at the Baptist Church Lecture Room.
Tickets for the course can be obtained at
the music stores of Geo. A. Oates & Co,, and
of C. Catlin & Co.
S** By a despatch from the Agents, we
learn that the steamship Alabama arrived at
Savannah last evening, in sixty-five hours
from New-York.
Atlanta and LaGrangb Railroad. —The
LaGrange Reporter learns that the recent
storm did considerable damage to the progres
sing work of the LaGrange and Atlanta Rail
road, injuring „he embarkment at the creek a
few miles nrrth of Newnan, and elsewhere
along the route very much. The storm also
impeded the progress of the work on the
Montgomery and West Point Railroad. It is
thought that the cars will not arrive at West
Point as early by 10 days as it was expected,
[communicated/]
Mr. Editor .‘—Permit me, through your pop
ular journal, to suggest to the Democratie
party of Georgia, the name of one of its dis
tinguished members, as a suitable man to bear
the standard of our time-honored principles
to victory, in the approaching Governor’s
election—a man whose long experience and
patriotic devotion to the country’s interest
and honor, mark him out as a suitable object
of our confidence and esteem. Gen. John
W. Burney, of Jasper, has been first among
the foremost in every struggle for principle,
which our State has witnessed for the laet
quarter of a century. One of Georgia’s na
tive sons, her cause has evar been the guide
of his political life. His firmness and devo
tion to the great Republican principles, are
no less remarkable than his unpretending
merits. With such sterling worth the inter
est and honor of our State would be safe.
A Cherokee Drmocrat.
Tragical affair at Cincinnati. — A white
man sh t hy a n-.gro. The negro's house
burnt by amtb. The Cincinnati Atlas of tne
Bth inst. says:
One of the most fearful tragedies it has
ever been our lot to record, occurred last
evening on Columbia street, between Elm aud
Plum. It seems that a negro man, whose
name wo did not learn, and who kept a low
groggerv on Columbia street, got into a dif
ficulty with a white boy,about eighteen years
of age, named David Morris, and finally drew
a pistol and shut Morris in the neck. This
took place in the negro’s liquor shop. The
wounded lad was carried home, and died in a
few minutes. A mob of fifty or one hun rea
men and boys soon collected around the ne
gro’s house, determined to take vengeance
into their own hands, for the murder of Mor
ris. iut the negro and his family had fled.
The mob comraennced breaking the furni
ture <*nd the windows, and after they had
completely destroyed e.ery loose thing in the
house, they set fire to the fragme.. ts. The
house .was soon enveloped in flam s and fire
men were soon at hand, but, upon learning
the facts of the case refused to pour water
upon the house until the burning flame was
about to fall, and only then for the purpose
of saving the surrounaing buildings. They
waited oo long, and the result was three oth
er dwellings and one mach ne-shop were con
sumed The otal loss by tha conflagration,
| is not less than $4,000.
The Atlas of the 9th, says that M rris was
] not dead, but that he was then lying in a
Ipr carious condition. The negro was arrest
ed and committed to jail.
An Interesting Pair —We give below, in
parallel columns, the congratulations of the
Louisville Journal, one of the Whig organs
of Kentucky, and the Clereland Democrat,
one of the Abolition organs of Ohie, over the
election of Wade to the United States Senate
from that State :
Judge B. F. Wade, We eongratulate the
ot Ashtabula, is elect- of Ohio on thie
ed U. S. Senator. result. The Legisla-
Let us rtjoice ! He ture has been ballot
is an anti-s avery m n ing for a long while
of most decided stamp, without success ; so
and it he lives up to long, indeed, that no
his declarations,as we one expected that any
believe he will, we Senator could be eleo
couid have no better, ted by the present
Seward will have m nim Legislature. We hope
an ally and a friend! Mr. Wade may prove
Cleveland D-.moc at, himself equal to all
Abolition organ of O - the dutiss of the of
hio. flee, and able to sus
tain the reputation of
his State as Corwin
and Ewing have sus
tainea it.— Louisville
Journal, Whig organ of
Kentucky.
Steamboat Explosion. — Four men killed.
We take the f >llowing paragraph from the
Brownsville (rlio Grande) Sentinel ol the 9to
inst:
From the Tampico (Mexico) Noticioso of
the 2d inst., we learn that the Araericin
steamer Concordia, from New Orlean-, while
off the bar of that port on the 29th ult., bur it
her boiler, killing the engineer and three men,
and materially injuring the vessel. She was
then i aken into the bay of Corchoe, near
Tampico, by means of tempoary sails, and
trom thence assisted by the Tampicsnos into
their harbor. Ihe Concordia belongs to the
lehuantepec company, and it will be remem
bered touched at Brazos Santiago, eome two
weeks since, on her way down the coaat.
Elopement and Theft. Boston Path
finder states that in Decembor, 1850, M rs.
Hannah H. Miller, the wife of Rev. T. H.
Miller, of that city, eloped with one George
11. Cook, of New York.
They went to New York, where they passed
as man and wife from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8, 1851,
since which time nothing has been heard of
them. They carried aw *y property and mo
ney belonging to Mr. Miller and his wife, to
the amount of S4OOO or SSOOO. Mr. Miller
offers a reward of S2OO for the recovery of any
sum not less than S2OOO, or a handsome re
ward for any smaller portion of the property,
bur nothing for the fugitive alone. Cook is a
married man, and has abandoned a deserving
wife and family.
Bg fUagnetu €*lejgraf^). s^i
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
Charleston, April 22—p: m.
Cotton. —The sales to-day wers 700 bales
at Bto lli cents. Market quiet—no change.
(Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier .)
Nbw Orleans, April 18.
The Market April 18.—T e Cotton market
has been easier since thc< reception of the ac
counts by the America, although there has
b<!en no actual decline. The sales of the day
reach 3000 b les. Duving the week 22,000
beles have been disposed of. Whisky has ad
vanced,-and is now quoted at lO^pnts.
New Orleans, Apri 20.
The Market , April 20. Tha demand for Cot
ton is better, on Saturday 5000 bales were sold
at unchanged prices. The accounts per Pacids,
were re eired here late on Saturday night.
Judge Bullard, Member of Gongres*, is dead.
Arrival of Stbam Ship Southerner.—By
a private dispatch to the agent, we learn that
the steam ship Southerner arrived at her dock
in New York, on Sunday at noon.
( Telegraphed for the New Orleans Picayune .)
Natchez, Apri 16, P. M.
Grand Gulf half Burned —Fire Still Cintinu
ing.—A steamboat just arrived, reports that
at 2 o'clock P. M., to-day, the town of Grand
Gulf was half burned down, and that the fire
was still burning, it commenced opposite the
wharf-boat, in the basinets portion of the
town. The tolegraph wires were burned, but
afterwards connected.
The officers of the steamer United States,
which boat arrived yesterday evening, con
firm the above telegraphic report of the de
structive fire at Grand Gulf, with a difference
in dates, however, the officers stating that the
town was burning when they passed it, on
Tuesday, the 15th, at half-past 12 o'clock.
The despatch says it broke out yesterday.
At the time the United States passed the fire
was raging fearfully; the wind was blowing
high; half the place was in ashes, with no oth
er means of quenching the flames that by
carrying water from the river in buckets,
j here is hardly a hope that the town has been
savad from entire destruction.— Pic., 17th
inst.
Great Southwestern Mail Route. —We
learn from an unofficial but perfectly reliable
source, that arrangements are about being
made with the Post Office Department by
which greatly increased celerity and facility
will be given to the mails and travel for the
South and Weat. The plan eontemplat s, we
believe, the arrival of the Northern mail in
Charleston at 7 o’clock, a. m. and the run
ning es two tains a day by the South Carolina
Railroad Company between Charleston and
Hamburg. The first train will leave Charles
ton 8 a. m. and the second or Express train,
at say 11$ a; m; the first train will leave
Auguata at 6 a. m. and the second, or Ex
press train, at 10 a. m. The Express train is
to t ke up the mails when they arrive too
late for the early trains, and reach Charleston
or Augusta, as the case may be, in time to
save the connection.
Prom Augusta, we understand, the Geor
gia Railroad will run two trains to Atlanta;
one a night train, with the mail; the other an
Acaommodation train, having Augusta and
Atlanta at 6 a. m.
The enterprising proprietors of the Stage
Line between Palmetto, (the present terminus
of the Atlanta and La Grange Railroad) and
West Point, the connecting point with the
Montgomery Railroad, will also rua an extra
line c f stages, in connection with the Georgia
and Carolina Railroads. The arrangements
beyond West Point we are not apprised of,
but we doubt no from what we know of the
eaergetic and publio spirited gentleman at the
head of the Company, that the Montgomery
Railroad will be ready to-oopernte efficiently
with the other roads in any arrangements to
promote the interests and convenience of the
public on the greet Seuthwestern Thorough
fare.
By these arrangements the train for Colum
bia and Camden would leave Charleston at 8
a. m. and arrive at thosa points at 3$ p. m. in
time to reach Newberry, the present terminus
of the Greenville Railroad, and Winnaboro,
the terminus of the Charlotte Railroad, at 7
or 8 o’clock, p. m. Stages leaving these points,
say at 8 or 9 o’clock, p. m. would arrive at
Greenville by 12 or 1 p. m. the next day,
Yorkvllle at 19 or 11, a. m. and Charlotte, N.
C. the same evening. This would reduee the
time rom Charleston to Greenville or York
ville to a day fd» half, and to Charlotte to
less than two days, while by the present ar
rangements, it requires two and a half to three
days to reach either of these places.—Charles
ton Mercury 22 d inst.
JxFLOSION OF THE TeHUANTEFBO SCHEME.—
We are informed that the directors cf the
Tehuantepec Railroad affair have mat with a
che' k in n unexpected quarter.
Having provisioned a schooner to proceed
to Manintlan on the Isthmus, they applied
to the Mexican Consul for the requ site pa
pers. when they were most unexpectedly dia
eomfited by being told, that recent instruc
tions the clearance of an» \esiel on
any pretext, tor h- Exploring Expedition.
Ihe Consul, however, with hit usual elegant
politeness an l diapoai ion to serve, expressed
his willingness to sign the needful doou i?nts
forV-ra Cruz, where the auth rities, no
doubt, would be disposed to ext n 4 all need
ful courtesies to facilitate the movements of.
the surveying party. This is, we presume,
the lsst of the Tehuantepec aff-ir. an all
that now remains to be done is for Messrs.
Benjamin, Fallon & Co., to publish an ac
count current, for the saisfaation cf those,
who legardlea- of our advice, f-olishly threw
away their money Li the most absurd under
taking.— N. O. True Delta, 17 th mst.
Later from Mexico.— By the arrival this
morning of the Spanish line Servandita, Capt.
Sola, from Vera Cruz, we have dates from that
city five days later. The 8. brings $30,000
in specie on consignment. Her news is un
important.
The French Minister, M.Levasseur, has left
the city of Mexico fer his own country, nut is
to return in October. Tne Mexican journals
pay him the highest tributes of respect.
They are about to establish a regular race
course at the hacienda of Napoies, near Mex
co. A jockey club has been formed, a new
thing we believe in the country.
A new work, entitled the “Mysteries of
Mexico, "-is in the course of publication at the
capital. If the truth is told it must be rich.
We do not see an item of political news
worth copying.— N. O. Picayune, \7thinst
Wilmington and Manchbstr Railroad.—
At a special meeting of the Stockholders, held
at Wilmington on the 10th inst, the President
was authorized to issue bonds to the amount
of SBOO,OOO for the purpose of raising money
to complete their road.
Gsn’t Shuck Corn.— At the conclusion of
the last concert of Jenny Lind in St. LouAs, a
worthy farmer of Jackson county, MAssouri,
thus expressed himself to an acquaintance :
“Well, she’s an almighty screamer, and a
darned pretty gal at that. She’s the very
image of Sally Jones, Parsan Jones’ daughter,
who is counted the best singer in all Jackson.
But Sally can beat her shucking corn, I war
rant you. You never see Sally shuck?"
“No, I never did.”
“Well, you ort’er."