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(From the N. Y. Herald.)
Letter from Matthew L- Ward* of Lottis
▼ille Kentucky.
Constantinople, 1849.
The Feast of Bairam—Ala /nificence of the Ce
lebration ~rSplendid Procession , including the
Sultan —Complexion of the Turks.
For several days previous to the grand feast
of Bairam, the streets of Constantinople were
crowded with sheep, many thousands of which
were to be sacrificed on the first day of this
great Mohammedan festival. The shepherds
who attended them were as wild and uncul
tivated in their appearance as the hills and
mountains amidst which they fed their flocks.
In their gay but much soiled turbans—their
savage expression and unshorn boards—
their tattered finery—the blankets carelessly
but gracefully about the shoulders—with
their broad belts and red scarfs loaded with
long-barrelled, almost straight-handled pis
tols, and crooked daggers—they presented as
fine, qicouresque specimens of Turkish cut
thoatsas I had seer. The sheep are of that
kind peculiar to the East, whose rear is pro-
an enormous mass of lat, that hangs
down behind and projects on each side of
their iups; from this oily shield hangs an
ordinary tail, which justly entitles the Orien
tal muttons to the epithet of doubled-taiied.
Pious Mussulmans were seen searching
amidst the flock for a young fat ram, or else
were lollowed by a porter, bearing on his back
the intended sacrifice. Business was almost
forgotten, and every thing betokened active
preparation for the approaching religious ce
lebration. Each man must provide, himself,
according to the law ot their Prophet, with a
p becoming sacrifice, which is offered m his own
house, and the ricn slay a sufficient number
of sheep to give alms of meit to the poor.—
Three days of continued feasting and rejoic
► ing succeed toe previous month's fasting—
servan's receive presents from their masters —
and he women form convival parties for
mourning and carousing amidst the tombs,
with the spirits ot departed friends and rela
tions —the Sultan goes in state to the mosque,
and every thing combines to render the feast ot
Bairam great in the eyes of the Moslems.—
There are two great Mohammedan feasts which
occur during the year, and are always solemn
ly obseived ; upon these occasions tne Sukan
goes to the mosque, attended by all his chief
officers in full uniform, and offers a sacrifice.
On the eve of the grand feast of Bairam,
the rigging of the numerous men-of-war in
the harbours flutter with countless signals ar
rayed in gay coutusion of colors, and, as night
closed in, amps usurped their places, twink
led among the ropes, and were seen brightly
beaming from the aiast-heads—the mosques
and the bark groves of the seraglio were bril
liantly illuminated —the projecting galleries
of the minarets were thickly surrou ded with
lamps that, through the unusually black
night, seemed like wreaths of glowing fire sus
p3nded in mid-air. It is difficu.t to conceive
of the beautiful effect of these illuminated mi
narets, hundreds of which loftily reared their
dazzling crowns through the darkness. As
the night wore on, a bri.bt flash is seen for
an instant in the distance, and soon the low,
heavy roll of a gun came booming upon the
ear —then flash followed flash, and gun fol
lowed gun, till the whole line of ships was
lit up by a blaze, and the surrounding hills
re-echoed the thunders of a general salute.
All was once more silence and darkness;
when again the flash of a solitary gun broke
for an instant through the thick gloom, and
its iouo, swelling report soon followed.—
Every ten minutes afterwards did we see the
flash and heard ihe roar of some heavy gun. I
was delighted with watching for the tremb
ling flash that announced the thunders, which
continued to startle the deep stillness of the
night, and it was late bes ,re I tore myself
from this mimic lightning of a storm.
Long before daybreak, I waa startled from
my restless dreams of the approaching cremo
nies by the solemn roar’of another general sa
lute. The long, low roll of drums,and the busy
hum of preparation, were heard in the now
darkened groves of the seraglio. Our party
were soon up and dressed. As the Sultan
was expected to cut the throat of an inno
cent mutton in the nusque, just as the sun
was seen rising above the distant top of Mount
Olympus, it was all-important -hat we should
obtain a position in some shop in time to see
him pass. The streets were already alive
with people, and swollen streams of specta
tors were ail flowing in the same d rection,
and all was hurry, new costumes, and confu
sion. When we reached the principal gate of
the seraglio, we found the guards already
stationed, and the streets along which the
bultan was pass to the mosque, a distance of
more than half a mile, were thinkly lined
with soldiers in bright new uniform. Red
and light blue jackets distinguished the ca
valry and artillery from the dark blue of the
infantry. Every public square, every open
space, every elevated position, and available
entrance, was crowded by men or occupied
by troop 3 of women, woo, even on an occa
sion like this, wandered about unattended and
kept aioof from the other sex. We took our
seats, for some triling remuneration, in the
open shop of a tobacconist, and anxiously
awaited the approach of the procession. We
found that the Sultan, in his arrogance of
power, scorned to be regulated even by the
sun, and we waited some two hours with much
impatience and empty stomachs before his
made his appearance.
First came the Sultan's led horses. Each
prancing stallion was almost entirely covered
by a gbrg eous saddle-cloth, stiff with exquisite
gold embroidery, and adoraed with large bou
quets of flowers n pearls, diamonds, rubies,
and emeralds of unsurpassed richness. The
head piece of the br.dle was studded with
large gems, and ornamented with a nodding
jplKSie of different colored ostrich feathers,
bitibg a jewelled clasp. These plumes droop
ry horses, who reared and plunged as they
were restrained by the richly livered grooms.
The martingales and the cruppers were all
sparkling with jewels. The splendor and beau
ty of this portion of the procession I can nev
er forgot. It was magnificent beyond all ex
pectation. Those rich clusters of glowing
flowers, whose leaves were delicately formed
of the rarest gems, reminded me of the en
chanted cavern of Aladdin, in which fruit of
gold and flowers of precious stones ravished
the delighted senses at every turn.
NVxt came the generals of the army and their
chiet officers, riding two abreast on gallant
chargers. The breats, the skirts of their blue
frock-coats, their collars, and the seams on
the back, were ail richly embroided with
straight wreaths of golden leaves; a broad
stripe of gold lace ran down each side of their
light-buff pants, and gilded spurs armed the
heels of their patent leather shoes. Their
saddle-cloths were surrounded by a deep bor
der of the heaviest gold lace, having in each
cornor a symbol of the rank of the owner,
surrounded by flowers, also embroidered in
gold ; and their shining patent leather bridles
were profusely ornamented with gilt or silver
rosetts. Each wore the ordinary red cap with
the brass plate, to give it the military distinc
tion, and had a plain sabre girded about his
waist. These were followed by long lines of
colonels and. majors, the only difference be
tween whose uniforms and equipments and
those of the generals, was the greater magni
ficence in the saddle-cloths of the former.
Then came the Pachas on their spirited Arab
studs, who champed the bit, as if impatient of
the slow movement to which they were sub
jected. Their nostrils were distended, their
ears moved restlessly to and fro, and fire flash
ed from their large full eyes, as they curvet-
the alley of bristling bayonets. I was
delighted with their beauty and their anima
tion. Each proud Pacha’s breast glittered
with orders, the hilt of h s sabre sparkled with
diamonds, and his saddle cloth surpassed ail
in magnificence, except the Sultan’s. Next
to them were the different ministers of State
in the same uniform, but each one riding alone,
and followed by a numerous train cf atten
dants on foot, guards, grooms, servants, and
pipe-bearers, who followed pell-mell at his
horse’s heels. The Grand Vizier, attended by
an increased number of hangers-on, brought
up the rear of the ministers. He is a keen,
cunning looking old man, with short, slightly
grizzled beard and very black eyes, that rest
lessly tru" from side to side as if seeking for
some one in the crowd. Next followed four
other led horses that were especial favorites of
the Sultan, being permitted nearer his person
than the Grand Vizier himself, and being, if
possible, more sumptuously decorated than
those that had gone before. After these came
the servants of the royal household, walking
on foot in single file on each side of the street.
In this portion of this showy procession
marched the body guar 1 of the Sultan, form
ing a hollow square. The breasts ot their long
scarlet frockcoats were a blaze of gold lace,
ancl their high square caps of the same color
were s irmounted by lofty plumes of bird-of
paradise feathers, some three or four feet high,
and shaped like the upper portion of a helm-t.
Each man was armei with a large double
btaded axe of silver, and in the centre of these
glittering, but useless weapons, rode the Sul
tan himself, half concealed by the towering
plumes of his guards. He is a man apparent
ly about thirty, although he is much younger,
with a m lan holy, but most pleasing expres
sion ot countenance. His dark eye glanced
listlessly around, as it he was weary of the
unmeaning pomp by which he was surround
ed; and there was a look of deep sadness and
satiety about the man, whicn was surprising
in one so young, who was surrounded by so
many sources of sensual enjoyment. His
short beard and moustache are oi the richest
auburn, almost black? his nose is straight and
well shaped, but his handsomely formed oval
face is slightly pock-marked. His person is
slight and elegant, and he sat his horse wi h
infinite grace; but there was something half
scornful in his bearing, that seemed to say he
despised all this glittering parade. The noble
horse which he rode in returning from the
mosque moved, as if conscious of bearing the
chief of this splendid band, in a short springy
trot, as if he scorned to tread the earth, and
only waited the relaxed rein to fly. Flakes
of snowy foam spotted his rictily jewelled
breast, and his eyes glanced with almost hu
man fire and intelligence. His swell’ng veins,
his silken coat, his beautifully tapering head,
and slender limbs realized all my romantic
ideas of the beauty of the Arab stud. He was
a rich sorrel, and as he stepped proudly bj, I
thought I had never seen any thing in nature
half so graceful and beautiful. The horse
which he rode to the mosque i did not like so
much; indeed the Sultan’s horses generally,
although iargp, were, I thought, much less
exquisitely formed than the little beaut es of
the Pachas.
. The Sultan wore a short black coat which
was eonfined by a jewelled clasp at the throat,
but tell with unstudied elegance from his
shoulders, leaving exposed the breast, the
cuffs, and the collar of his coat, whicn were
covered with diamonds. He, too, wore the
red cap, with a single straight plume of the
bird-of-paradise confined by a large diamond.
Althongh the color of his coat was dark, and
only ornamented by the jewels, yet, sparkling
dazzlingly in the sunbeam.-*, they gave his in
other respects simple costume, the appearance
of the most tasteful richness.
After the Sultan, riding alone, followed the
chief black eunuch, who was dressed in the
uniform worn by the other high otficers of
State, with his diamond hilted sabre, and was
followed by a numerous tram of attendants.
The rank and consideration enjoyed by this
black functionary of doubtful gender, is next
to that of the Grand Vizier; he precedes all
the ministers on State occasions, and is entitl
ed in processions to the place nearest the per
son of the Sultan. No hideous genii, or dis
gusting efreet, that ever poet imagined or Arab
described, could compare in exaggerated ugli
ness with this sable chief of the loyal harem.
Every feature was a deformity. The degra
ding state to which he had been reduced, ap
peras to develop ail the more disgusting pe
culiarities of the African features. His face
was flatter, his nose broader, and his lips much
thicker than I had supposed they could be. It
seemed to me, that the constant presence of so
frightful a caricature upon the human face
would produce chronic nightmare, and other
serious disturbances, among the fair inmates
of the harem. But he seemed more fortunate
in the discharge of his delicate duties, and
enjoys the confidence of his master to a de
gree that would make him a most dangerous
enemy even to the Grand Vizier. His friend
ship and influence are therefore most eagerly
sought by the highest officers of the State.
After this powerful personage rode other
eunuchs high in office, side by side with the
Turkish functionaries, who appear to feel no
foolish distinction of color. Then follow the
multitude of government officers, whose name
and duties are unknown to other countries,
but who all enjoy the high privileges of at
tending the Sultan, and of pillaging the Sul
tan's subjects. This showy procession closed,
as it commenced, with along line of military
officers in double file. The same profusion of
gold lace, the same red caps and buff paints
were worn by all ranks, civil and military,
the only observable distinction being, as I be
fore remarked, the increased magnificence of
the saddle-cloths, and the jewelled sabres ot
the Pachas and ministers. This great simi
larity in uniform diminished very decidedly
the pleasure of the spectacle, which would
have acquired additional interest from a grea
ter variety in costumes.
Profound silence reigned among the crowd,
as the Sultan passed along. No cheering, no
manifestation of enthusiasm greeted him on
his pious mission to the mosque. All was
gaping wonder at the Sultan’s horses, and his
own diamonds, but the grand personage him
self seemed uncared for, or forgotten. A faint
shout was raised by the soldiery, at the signal
from the drums, but neither master nor men
seemed moved by this hired counterfeit of at
tachment—“this mouth honor” that “the
poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.”
Several bands were stationed at intervals along
tie streets—but they allowed the procession
to move by them in melancholy silence, except
when the rolling of the drums gave the signal
for the cheers of the soldiers.
The striking contrast presented in the color
of some of the Sultan’s chief officers, reminds
me o f what I have often thought since I reach
ed Constantinople—the complexions of the
Turks. I know not why, but I had always
expected to see tnese piratical gentlemen,
whose cruelties towards Christians had inspir
ed my boyhood with such indignant hatred,
somewhat more like Satan in color. I had
always imagined that the Turks were very
dark, but on the contrary, they are very lair.
And I could but think, as I saw couple after
couple of these fair fat faces file slowly by me,
how little their dull, heavy countenances in
dicated of that active ferocity which has always
distinguished their nation. Nearly all had
Roman noses, all appeared sleepily indifferent
as to what was being done around them, and
almost ail of them seemed to me candidates
for apoplexy, whose final sucess appeared in
sured by their very short necks and pursy per
sons. I have rarely seen so many men, oc
cupying distinguished positions, in whose ap
pearance there was so little to admire. The
minister of war, who, by-*,he-bye, is now the
brother-in-law of the Sultan, and was once
the slave of his father, is the only handscme
man among them, and the only one who seem
ed to feel any of that excitement that gold lace
and a fine horse will produce in any mind less
philosophical than the Turks.
(' Correspondence of the Washington Union.)
Baltimore, April 25—5, P. M.
The archepiscopal mansion attached to the
Cathedral has been thronged with visitors to
doy, to take a last look at the earthly remains
of the venerated and beloved Archbishop.
Great was the desire to look on his features
once more; but it has been found necessary
to close the coffin, and the numerous visiters
had to be satisfied with the mere sight of that
which contained his remains, covered with a
velvet pall, as it rested on the cenotaph pre
pared for iis reception.
The ceremonies to-morrow, are expected to
be of the most interesting character, as the
clergymen from all the neighboring States are
flocking to the city to take part in the mourn
ful rites of the Church on consigning his re
mains to the tomb. The six suffragan bish
ops who are to eiect a successor, are: Right
Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, D. D., Bishop
of Philadelphia; Right Rev. Michael O’Con
nor, JL>. D , Bishop of Pittsburg ; .tight Rev.
Ignatius Reynolds, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton; Right Rev. Richard V. Whelan, D. D.,
Bishop of Wheeling; Right Rev. John
McGill, D. D., Bishop of Richmond ; and
Right Rev. Francis X. Gartiand, D. D., Bish
op of Savannah. Most of them are expected
to be present to-morrow.
Some specu ations are abroad with regard
to the probable successor of the Archbishop—
especially as it is customary for an Archbishop
to name the Priest whom he would most de
sire for his successor. The Rav. Oliver S.
Jenkins seems to be the most prominent of
those thought of, though the Rev. Mr. Cusk
ery, and the Rev. Thomas Foley, of the Cath
edral, both stood high in the estimation of
the lamented Archbishop, as his bosom friends
and most beloved brethren. The Rev. Mr.
Jenkins—now President of St. Mary’s Col
lege—was at one time a clerk in one of eur
c-.ty banks, prior to his elevation to the priest
hood.
A Laughable Notice —VVe are indebted to
the Warrenton (N. O.) News for toe follow
ing advertisement, which was posted up in a
tavern in Newbern, while the Legislature was
in session at that place. Mine host, it seems,
was an honest, well meaning fellow, wno had
conceived an idea that the members were the
very s dt of the earth, and had listened to the
complaints of certain of them, rela ive to the
doings of a few spreeing characters, who did
not belong to their fraternity. Here is the
most sonspicuous places in the h use.
“ Look Here !—The following rules of order
will be hereafter observed in this hotel
Members of the Assembly will go to the table
first, and the gentlemen afterwards."
After reading it over, he did not exactly
like it. It didn’t say any thing about row
dies and blackguards; so, to caution them
particularly, he added—
“ Nota Bena. Rowdies and blackguards
will please not mix with the members, as it
is hard to tell one from the other."
Strange Sale. —A Geunan bought at a
late custom-house auction sale of unclaimed
bonded goods, in New-York, thirty-two lar*e
packages, which the auctioneer said were
“ supposed to contain a light-house." The
price at which the mysterious property was
knocked down was SSOO ; and on opening the
several parcels, it has been discovered that
tney contain the distinct parts of a light
house, among which is a large copper wheel
covered with curious devices, and obviously
designed for complicated machinery. Other
cases enclosed the lenses and immediate ap
paratus of a lantern. The fortunate purcha
ser of the packages has already been offered
$7 ,000 for his bargain, which he has declined,
it is conjectured that the work of art, consist
ing of the different sections which were sold
together at the auction referred to, was sent
to this country as a present from the French
to the American Government. The lot w s
consigned to a naval officer, and was not
claimed on account of his death. It is thought
that the structure, machine, or whatever it
is that has turned up so oddly, may be worth
$30,000.
.A. Melancholy Sfectacle. Yesterday
evening the train of cars from Cleveland
brought several convicts from tnat city to the
penitentiary. Among the rest were three or
four mere boys, who have been sentenced for
years, in the very morning of their days, in
the walls of a prison, for heinous crimes
against society. One boy was a little over
ten years of age, two others were only a little
older, and as they rattled their manacles, and
hobbled from the cars to the omnibus, they
laughed about their awkward fix and looked
haideined and indifferent to' the terrible pun
ishment awaiting them. The sight was sick
ening. And yet, how many parents are per
mitting their young children to run at large,
at all hour-* of the night, without any re
straint, thus imbibing habits that, sooner or
later,, will bring them to the same end.—Co
lumbus (O/iio) Journal.
Montqombky an» Wist Point Rail-Road.
—The report of the President to the stock
holders of the Montgomery and West Point
Rail Road, at their annual meeting on Mon
day, the 14th inst., shows a yield for the past
twelve months of nine and a quarter per oeut.
on the capital stock, being an increase of one
and a quarter per cent over the previons year.
The road will be completed to West Point'
and open for use on the Ist of May.—Mont
gomery Advertiser , 26 th inst.
Meeting in Scrivea County.
The citizens of Scriven County having met
according to previous appointment at Sylvania
on the third Monday in April, on motion of J.
B. Hayne, E*q., the meeting was organized by
calling the Hon. George Oliver to the Chair,
and appointing W . Hobby Secretary.
The Chairman having stated the object of
the meeting, on t otion of J. Lawton Singell
ton, Esq., the following resolutions were
unanimously passed:
Resolved , That the Southern Rights party
of Scriven County, invite the Souhern Rights
party and the Southern Rights party alone, of
Bulloch County to meet us in Convention at
No. 6, Central Railroad, on the fourth Mon
day in May next, for the puipose of nominat
irg a Candidate to be run by the Southern
Rights party ofßuLochand Scriven Counties,
for the State Senate.
Resolved , That we recommend, that each
District send two Delegates to said Conven
tion.
On motion the Chair appointed a Commit
tee, consisting of J. B. Hayne, D. D. E. Rob
erts, B. L. Prescott, and D. J. Dillon, to re
port three suitable Delegates, to represent the
Southern Rights party of Scriven County, in
the Southern Rights Convention to be held
on the first Monday in June next, for the pur
pose of nominating a Candidate for Congress
for the first Congressional District. Also to
report three Delegates to attend the Southern
Rights Convention to be held on the second
Monday in June next, for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate to be run for Governor.
The Committee reported the following gen
tlemen as suitable Delegates for the Southern
Rights Congressional District Convention, E.
B. Gross, J. B. Hayne, J. Lawton Singelton;
also the following for the Gubernatorial Con
vention, J. H. Burnes, J. Lawton Singeilton,
W. J. Manor.
On motion it was
Resolved , That should any vacancy happen.,
the delegates should have power to fill it.
On motion of B. L. Prescott, the fol
lowing preamble and resolution was adopted.
Whereas, the name of the Hon. W. J. Law
ton of Striven has been suggested in the col
umns of the Savannah Georgian as a suitable
candidate to be run by the Southern Rights
Party of the first Congressional District as a
representative to the Congress of the United
States.
Be it resolved, That we join in the sugges
tion, and that no man would be more accept
able to the Southern Rights Party of Scriven,
than that of the Hon. W. J. Lawton.
On motion of J. Lawton Singellton, it was
Rtsolved, That the proceedings of this meet
be published in the Savannah Georgian and
Augusta Republic.
The thanks of the meeting having been
given to the Chairman and Secretary, on mo
tion the meeting adjourned.
GEORGE OLIVER, Chairman.
VV. Hobby, Secretary.
Enormous Mass of Purr Copper. —We sta
ted a day or two since that the Cliff Mine on
Lake Superior had more copper uncovered
than could be gotten out by the present force
in three years. We have since ascertained
the dimensions of one single sheet which they
are at presen' working on, which presents the
following almost incredible dimensions: forty
teet long, eighteen feet high, aud from six.
inches to three feet thick. It probably weighs
three hundred tons, and the miners have not
yet reached the end or the top of the sheet.—
It may possibiy be two or three times as large
as has yet been developed. The public at
large are entirely in the dark in regard to the
richeß of the Lake Superior mineral districts.
N. Y. T'ibune.
The Methodist Church Suit.—This much
talked of case, a result of the separation of the
church, has finally been set down for a hear
ing in the United States Court in New York
city, on the 13th May next. Counsel for the
complainants, the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, are Daniel Lord, of New York, Rever
dy Johnson, of Maryland, and Daniel Web
ster, of Massachusetts. For the defence, the
Methodist Episcopal Church, E. L. Faneher,
and George «Vood, of New York, and Rufus
Choate, of Massachusetts.
United States Troops. --chx companies of
the 7th Infantry left Jefferson Barracks, St
Louis, on tne I6th, on the steamer Pacific and
Grand Turk, en route for' Texas. Four com
panies of the same regiment left Fort Leaven
worth about a week since by the land
route to Fo: t Gibson, on the Arkansas. They
are doubtless sent out to act as a check upon
the Indian tribes.
An American.— CoirN. C. Baldwin, of
Cleveland, Onio, has been fattening an ox for
eight years, until at length he has attained the
enormous weight of 4,000 pounds. A mile
per day is the fastest rate the monster can
walk. He is to be transported to the East by
water, and will be sent to London for exhibi
tion during the World’s Fair.
A Rich Beggar. — We leel it to be our du
ty to caution the public against a blind man
who has been begging here for some days.—
He gives it out that he is on his way to M is
sissippi, and that it is to raise the means to
get there that he is appealing to the charity
of the public. A gentleman from Hamilton,
in Canada, informs us, however, that he knows
this pretended beggar very well. He says that
he resides in Hamilton, and owns considerable
property there, and that he has often heard
him say he owned slaves in Mississippi. It
cannot be said that such a “ wagrant” belongs
to that class spoken of by Sam Weller, who
“ hasn't made a rise in their profession.” He
should be taken up and punished for vagran
cy* has become so much a “profes
sion” of late, that it is impossible for the
charitable to distinguish between imposters
and those who are needy.— Savannah Republi
can, 28 th inst.
Washington City Afeairs ine Washing
ton Republic publishes detailed accounts of
the following interesting items .
Breach of Promise.— Geo. Philip Hioganf
brought suit agairist John Katzburger and his
wife for the recovery of $32 60. It appeared
that Hioganf had been engaged to be married
to Maria Baner, in Germany, now the wife of
Katzberger, and had paid her passage to this
country, and given her five dollars after arriv
ing in Washington, to make preparations for
her marriage, but that she had afterwards
cruelly deserted him and married her present
husband. The suit was brought to recover
the amount of money which he had expended
on her, for which Justice Donn gave judg
ment, and the money was promptly paid. 5
Democratic Repurucan Convention
We learn from our exchanges shat there is a
general acquiescence in the time suggested by
the Federal Union, for the meeting of a D<»m
ocratic Convention, at Milledgefill on
last Wednesday in May (the 28th) ior the
nomination of a candidate for Governor
We ahall consequently oonsider thisas the
fixed t me.
We wonW urge upon our friend, in eyery
part of the State, the importance of sending
full delegations to this coorention from erery
county. There is no time to be lost—call
meetings and send up your bast men.
We call the attention of our frienns in Lee
and Baker counties to the notice in this paper
oi meetings in their respective counties.
{Albany Patrwt.
THE CONSTIfDTIONALISr.
Augusta, ©eorgb
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30.
Southern Rights 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.
Hancock Steamboat Company-
It will be observed that the above Com
pany has declared a dividend of ten per cent,
out of the profits of the last four months.
We understand that the Company cleared,
in that time, 21 per cent., and retained 11 per
cent, as a reserve fund.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the
Hancock Steamboat Company, on the 29th
inst., the following gentlemen were elected
Directors for the ensuing year : Col. Thos.
M. Turner, of Sparta; John Foster, of Sa
vannah; Col. David E. Butler, John R. Dow,
and Jas. T. Bothwell, of Augusta.
At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Col.
Thos. M. Turner was unanimously elected
President.
Strawberries-
We are requested to inform the citizens of
Augusta, that they may procure at the store
of Wm. Haines, every Tuesday and Friday
morning, a supply of “ Hovey’s Seedling” and
the “ Alpine” Strawberries, fresh from his
Gardens in the country. Try them.
Mechanics Meeting'.
We are requested to call the attention of
those interested to the card inviting the at
tendance of the Mechanics of this City, to a
meeting at the City Hall, evening at 8
o’clock.
Dancing School Examination.
The Masonic Hall will afford an attractive
scene this evening to those invited to attend
the examination of Mr. A. V. Robison’s
Dancing School. It is difficult to conceive of
a more beautiful and graceful sight than will
be afforded by so many well dressed children
with bright and joyous faces, engaged in the
various tasteful dances which Mr. R. has in
troduced here. Mr. Robison has been ave *v
successful and popular teacher in this com
munity.
Separate State Action in South'*Carolina*
A writer in the Charleston Courier , signing
himself “One op the Minority,” thus clas
sifies the members elect to the State Conven
tion :
Whole number of members 167
Opposed to separate State action 78
Leaving for secession 89
Being a majority of 11 only.
The number opposed to separate State ac
tion is given by districts. Among these are
27 from Charleston.
The time for the assembling of the Con
vention is yet a long time off, and many
events may happen in the meantime to modify
the views of the members. It is, therefore,
difficult to predict what course the Conven
tion will take.
The Democratic Name and Party.
There seems to be an effort in certain quar
ters to get up considerable “noiso and con
fusion,” because a portion of the people of
Georgia manifest a disposition to adhere to
the Democratic name , and go into the ap
proaching oontest under the Democratic ban
ner. The disturbance which has been given
to our neighbor, the Republican , and to other
Whig presses of the same stamp, is, indeed,
quite natural. They have felt the force of the
Democratic name. They have again and
again been soundly thrashed by the Demo
cratic party. In the last Gubernatorial r»ce,
Towns, and the Democracy triumphed, to
their no small mortification. In our last Con
gressional election, the Republican witnessed
the inglorious defeat of its candidate—Col.
Jackson, then and now a Democrat, having
borne victoiiously the Dcmoaiatic banner
over a field, where formerly had mustered
nearly a thousand Whig majority. In the
municipal election in this city—Southern
Rights men Whigs and Democrats—rallying
under the Democratic name, gave to Federal
Union Whiggery an overthrow, perfectly de
cisive and disastrous. In that contest, the
opponents of Federalism found in the Demo
cratic name a tower of strength. Our ad
versaries, though they did not dare to run a
ticket of more than half Whigs—yet saw that
ticket, thus made up, utterly routed by the
rallied hosts of Democracy.
Who then can blame these gentlemen for
daily ejecting their venom against Democrats
and Southern Rights Whigs, who choose to
encounter Federal Whiggery and Consolida
tion, by marshalling themselves under the
Democratic Republican flag of Jbffebson and
Madison? It is reasonable that they should
hate and denounce the Democratic name,
and those who wish to be called by that name.
Ihey fear it as a witch fears a running stream
—-they shrink from it as Satan shrinks from
holy water. As we have said, they have suf
fered from it —hence their tears and rage.
—never felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
But if our opponents dread the Democratic
cry, does not their reason for dreading it, con
stitute with us a reason for liking it? We
believe that, under the Democratic name, if
our Southern Rights Whig friends will go
with us (as they must to be consistent,) for
an opponent of the surrender bills, against an
advocate of those monstrous outrages, we
will elect our Gubernatorial candidate, and
achieve a triumph, at one and the same time,
for the principles of Democracy, and for the
principles of Southern Rights and State
Rights. The Democratic party in the South,
is and ever has been, when true to its doctrines ,
he true Southern Rights and State Rights
party. No good Democrat can be other than
a State Right* man, for Jxffbuson, the father
of Democracy, is the apost.e oi St s e Alights;
and whoever is a real State Rights man, is
necessarily a Southern Rights man, for the
primary doctrines o. State Righ s are State
Sovereignty, and that the General Govern
ment shall not interefere against slavery or
any other State institution.
As regards our Southern Rights Whig
friends— where else can they, with any con
sistency go, but into an organization with the
Democrats. Their old party, that in the
Whig party, accor ling to the assertions of its
leaders, no longer xi-tin j e-wyia. Even then,
if they would return to the Whig name , they
must do it by themselves, for their old as
sociates repudiate that name. Surely, if, as
we do not doubt, they ho d the cause of the
South not only above old party attachments,
hut likewise abo; e old party antipathies,they
must go with the Democratic organization,
should it be perfected, in preferance to going
with the Constitutional Unionists ; (convinced
as they certainly are, that the former is more
devoted to the interests of the South than the
latter;) especially when it is seen that the
candidate of the Democrats is one who was
an opponent of the compromise, while his
competitor was a zealous agent in bringing
about its passage.
Finally—we will not diguise the fact, that
at all hazards and at every ex reality, we are
for the South. And whatever name the party,
which seems to promise,through its principles
and its leaders, most for her, —whatever
name that party shall take, we are with it. We
shall support its candidate and lend all our
energies to the promotion of his election. Let
the convention meet and make its nomina
tion, and Democrats though we are, we have
no fears but we can cheerfully sustain the
nominee. The thought that there will be
three candidates in the field, is an idle sug
gestion growing out of the fears and hopes of
our adversaries. We have iu apprehension
of any such thing. The delegates to the con
vention, whaterer be their name, will and
must meet in a spirit of harmony, detemined
to do every thing, to yield every thing, and
suffer every thing for the promotion of the
cause. Thus meeting and thus acting their
nominee will command the support of ail the
opponentsot the dangerous Federalism, which
under the namo of Constitutional Union, now
overshadows the land and threatens the safe
ty ot all our rights.— Savannah Georgian.
[COMMUNICATED J
Blaibwille, (Ga.) April 21, 1851.
Mr. Gardner l see the names of many
distinguished sons of Georgia, before the peo
ple, as suicable persons to be run by the Dem
ocratic Southern Rights Party of Georgia, for
Governor.
I will cheerfully cast my v te for any man
who may be nominated by our party ; bu», it
seems to me, that the ensuing canvass should
be conducted on a different plan from that
which has been the custom heretofore. Our
party is a new one : our principles have not
been fully explained to a large portion of our
honest citizens. In many places, all that has
been heard of us, was from the mouth of
some minion of this great National Union
Constitutional President - making party. —
Wherever they have gone, our principles
have been traduced—shamefully misrepre
sented. We have been basely calumniated—
stigmatised as Disunionists and Traitors to
our country by the fawning—sycophantic
Submissionists. We want an available man—
one who is willing and competent to take the
field fairly, and stump it from county to
county, until our real position shall have
been fully explained, and our way made clear,
that the “ wayfaring man, though a fool, shall
not err therein.” Would it not be better for
our party to have a candidate who would
stump it all over the btate on the Tennessee
plan? Have we no; men, here, who can make
the same exertion as Jimmy Jones or Neil S:
Brown? Have we none here so zealous as
the lamented Polk?
Ihey would send out their appointments,
weeks ahead of them, and ic was this that
gave them their high positions in the politica
ranks of their countrymen, it is true, that
both labor and expense would attend such a
course? But have we not in our ranks, many
who wou d go forth and proclaim and defend
our cherished principles, and wrest from the
enemies of the South, “ that magic word of
Union! upon which they have dwelt so
long and loud.
Let the Convention require a pledge from
the nominee to canvass the State— the whole
State— and victory will be ours. Let him re
member, that “ victory is not always to the
strong : it is to the active, the vigilant, the
brave. & Y
Arrests. On Saturday last, officer Waring
Russell, arrested two men charged with hav
ing in their possession stolen Cotton. In
searching a building which they (ccupied,
three entire bales of Cotton, averaging about
500 pounds each, were found, together with
about 500 pounds of loose Cotton. The marks
on the bales have been identified. The indi
viduals arrested were examined before justice
P. M. Russell, and bound over in bonds of
$2,000 each, to answer the charge at the next
term of the Superior Court.
This business of steali-g, and receiving sto
len Cotton has been carried on to a shameful
extent during the past winter, and we trust
that active measures will be taken to discover
and punish those concerned in rt.—Savannah
News, 28 th inst.
Government Officers in pursuit of t&b
Cuban Expedition. —For several days past
the city has been rife with rumors about the
expedition against Cuba, supposed to be on
foot, and the government officials have exhi
bited a great amount of zeal in their effort to
terret out the actors in the business, and to
preserve the neutralitay of the nation. The
steamer Welaka, Capt. Blankenship, was char
tered yesterday, and sailed last night tor »he
South with W. H C. Mills, Deputy U. S. Mar
shal, and other officials on board, in pursuit
of the expedition, which it is reported, is con
centrating somewhere on the coast. We will
not now mention the rumors that are current
in the city. — lb.
Rev. James H. Thornwell has resigned his
Professorship in the South Carolina College.
It is understood that he has accepted an in
vitation to the Glebestreet Chureh of this
City.— Charleston Mercury, 29th met.