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I l'ifj CONSTITUTIONALIST.
jXwTES GARDNER, JR. ~
THE PRESS.
Stung at the Printers' Festival , Boston.
Let monarchs revel while they may,
And drain their goblets bright;
4>io heart so tree, or gay as we,
O.i this our festal night.
W® need no regal pageant here,
No banners wreathed with !aiue,
For brighter far our triumphs are,
Os history and name.
.Each printer lives himself a king,
A monarch in his might,
And throne and crown must topple down
When he is in the right;
And o’er ihe world bis banner waves
Where freedom's sung or told,
The printed page—the truths of age,
Aud glorious songs of old.
High honor to the noble art—
By far the brightest gem
That ever threw its lustrous hue
From freedom’s diadem.
E’en now its gleams the guiding star,
'1 he watch word of the brave,
Where millions fight to gain the right
Os freedom or a grave.
Then, brothers, let our daily toil
Be sung in festal strains,
While bards shall sing or weapons ring
JttJHR • On earth's wide battle plains.
HH / For while one tyrant’s throne is left
Sflß /For truth to trample down,
§■ Our mystic ait will bear its part
WM Os glory and renown.
H Jane Young' the Assassin
BH When we began to read the Banner’s ac-
EH cpsmt of the attempt to assassinate its Editor,
|H by a woman calling herself Jane Young, of
HI “slight irame, grey eyes and about 45 years of
IH age,” hailing trom the banks of the Tugaioo
IK uver, South Carolina, and saw how seriously
NB the woman’s tage had fallen upon Mr. Rey
ilj nolds, the publisher,we sympathised with Col.
« Holsey in his narrow escape, and truly with
H Mr. Reynolds. But after reading to the end
H of the “Postcript,” we could not restaain our
HB risibles despite the seriousness of a part of the
BB affair.
H Not content with having, in a moment of
H excitement, charged his political opponents
with this assault, and having heroically of
[H sered up his life upon the altar of his coun
■ try, the editor of the Banner comes out again
Hhis issue of the 15;h, reiterates his charge,
d attempts to force upon the public the idea
at he is the victim of a foul conspiracy,
nose base designs are directed against his
e. To say nothing of the egotism and vani
of this charge, how\ridiculous must it ap
ar in the eyes of sane men. The plain state
ent of the editor is the best contradiction
at conld be offered to his charges. For no
idy but a poor craxy woman -would kill an
noeent man, when by waiting a few mo
an ts, the opportunity to inflict punishment
l the person against whom the attack was
anned, would offer.
The fact is, the editor wrote with the pis-
Is and knife at his side, and no doubt, bloody
lions before his eyes—hence the murderous
story of poor Jane's assult. He returns
anks to the police of the city for the “vigi
ace arid efficiency kept up by the marshal
ice this daring outrage upon the peace of
ir society.” Oh dear ! Poor Jane is in pris
i, and the police are vigilant in guarding the
;y against—wh<> why “the air drawn dag
r” of poor Jane's spirit, we suppose. The
ilitia should have been called out and armed
td equipped as the law’directs.
Tugaioo! long hast thou reposed in silence
d solitude, thy name unknown to fame; re
ice now and let the glad shout echo and re
ho until every finny inhabitant of thy si
lt waters shall wag his tail at the glad story
at makes their home immcrtal—Jane Young,
woman of “slight frame, grey eyes, and about
forty five years of age” has done all this. Oh!
happy Tugaioo! Oh! wondrous Jane! Federal
Lnion.
The Sand wigs Islands—Tee Stars and
Stripes at Honolulu. —From recent accounts re
ceived from Honolulu, it would appear that
»the'French had ser.t in their ultimatum and
given until the 20th ult. fcr the Government
to decide whether to accede or refuse. What
was to be the next step, in case of refusal by
the authorities, does not appear. But the
supposition is that a blockade of the port
would be declared, or perhaps something more
immediately effective resorted to. If either
th# one Or the other be attempted, that mo
ment will be the signal for running up the flag
of the U. States, with the Hawaii* This is
no guess work. It comes to us in the most
positive form. It has been determined upon
by the King and his Ministry, that if the
French attempt a blockade, or to take pos-
session, the Government will hoist the Stars
and Stripes, and throw the Kingdom upon the
the U. States. We think nur
authority for saying this is perfectly reliable, i
The course has been decided upon in consid- I
eration of the inability of the Islands to con
tend against the forces which France might
send against them, and also from the fact that
the almost entire interest of the Islands, in
hands of foreigners, are those of the Arneri-
BgSßßcans. In Honolulu at least three-fourths of
fy ' • tlie foreigners are Americans,their number be
ingat least two thouiand, while in the same
P* place the number of Frenchjsubjects is about a
dozen. France cannot fire a shot into the
towns of the Hawaiian Kingdom without de
stroying the property ol the citizens of the U.
S. The moment she does so. she will find her
f account opened with Uncle Sam, and a strict
reckoning will be had. There is no use in
beating about the bush in this matter any
longer. The French must avoid collision
with the Hawaiin Kingdom or they w ill oblige
us to assume a responsibility not flattering to
them. °
Wonderful Docility of the Canary.— Mr.
Wot. ludd, of Hammersmith, who has for
many months been engaged in writing an in
teresting and popular series of original articles
upon British Aviary and Cage Birds, and
which are appearing weekly in the Gardener’s
Chronicle, graphically illustrates the truly
amiable character of the Canary. It is hardly
1 to be wondered at that this bird should be so
universal a favorite. We extract the anecdote
trom the first chapter of “British Cage Birds.”
**W ere 1,” says Mr. Kidd, “to go on leisurely
particularizing the many little in'cresting
tricks I have witnessed, as practised by my
winged minstrel, I should exceed, I fear, the
bounds of propriety. On? more, however, of
our joint performances, I must, through favor,
reeord —enforcing, at the same time, on all
M who may hereafter try the experiment, the
necessity for extreme care, seeing that it is
not quite free from danger. Aware of the per
fect understanding existing between myself
end was m the ooostsat habit
f seed, therefore, (ot which my mules and ca^
L n&riee are inordinately fond,) was a signal for
1‘ some favojr to be granted, seme game to come
I off.’ Taking up four or five duodecimo vol-
I nines oi printed books, I opened each in the
(front edges, in a slanting position, there was
|HyjißßKhi&ed» beneath, an avenue throughout their
length. It was like a railway tunnel j
* small scale. In this opening 1 placed | ,
some half-dozen bird*, one by one, gently for
cing them, in the first instance, to travel on
ward until they emerged from the tunnel.
As each successively made his appearance, I
presented him, lovingly, with one of his favor
ite hemp seeds as a ‘reward of merit.’ Shall
I be credited, when I affirm that, before I had
thrice repeated this little experiment, my pu
pils thoroughly comprehended the fuu of the
thing? It is indeed strange, but positively
true. Day by day I extended the range of voi
; umeg, till by degrees I had formed a complete
circle round the room. Here and there I left
small loop holes, jus: to give the travellers a
i bird’s-eye vi6w of the surrounding neighbor
hood—occasionally exhibiting the magical
hempseed, a sight of which quickened their
pace amazingly. When their journey was a
very long and tedious one, their looks as they
pattered past the loop-holes were imploringly
expressive. However, an encouraging‘Cheer
up my lad!’ kept them up to their work brave
ly. Arrived at the terminus, the strut of
triumph, as each came forward and claimed
his ‘reward,’ can only be faintly imagined. I
cannot and will not attempt to describe it.
How these pleasing scenes of early life linger
in the momory!”— English Paper.
Emigration to California and Oregon.—
There is not so great a rush among emigrants
to California and Oregon, across the conti
nent, by land during the present season, as
there was during the last two or three sea
sons; yet there is a steady small stream. A
very recent account describes one of the ca
ravans as containing fifteen hundred persons,
for California and Oregon, and probably more
are preceding, and more following. The great
mass of emigrants to the Pacific coast from the
Atlantic States, and also from the Mississippi
valley, take the route by New York and N.
Orleans, across the Isthmus. The time con
sumed is shorter, the fatigue is less, and the
cost far more economical.
If the tide of emigration from this side of
the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coasc has
rather diminished, the European emigration,
from France, England and Germany, by the
British West India steamers, appears to have
been considerably on the increase during the
present season. On the whole, therefore, the
emigration of 1851, to California, and Oregon,
will probably be as great as that of last year.
Later from Rio. — By the arrival last eve
ning of the bark Black Squall, Capt. Codman,
from Rio de Janeiro, 3d of April, we have re
ceived dates to the Ist April.
We learn from Capt. Codman that the Bra
zilian Government seems now really serious
in its endeavors to suppress the slave trade.—
Several of the dealers have been heavily fined,
and one of the most prominent has been ob
liged to leave the country. It is declared to
be piracy, and the captain of any vessel enga
ged ia the trade is liable to be punished with
death. If the Government continues as firm
as now in the attitude it has assumed, the
slave trade wiil be speedily abolished, and that
effectually.
The yeliow fever was raging among the
shipping and prevailing to some extent on
shore.
The war so much and so long talked of, be
tween Brazil and the Government of Rosas,
is likely to be as heretofore, only one of word?,
though the Brazilians are fitting out, or pre
tending to fit out, some men of war.
The bark Alexina, in the port of Rio, was
to sail in a few days ; the ship Henry in fif
teen days.— N. O. Picayune , \7th inst,
A race after a Locomotive. —The Cincin
nati Commercial tells the following story : A
highly interesting and exciting race took place
on the Cincinnati end of the Little Miami rail
road just at the rising of the sun on Monday
morning last. A very beautiful and accom
plished young lady was to leave that morning
on the cars for Cleveland, en route for the
World’s Fair, in company with our worthy
fellow-citizen, Mr. - and his family, arid
had promised to join them at the depot ip
time. When she reached the station-house,
- accompanied by her father in his carriage, to
their consternation and almost utter despair
they descovered the cars had gone ! The father
was for giving up and returning quietly home.
Not so with the young damsel; she possessed
more spirit and resolution. She had no idea
oi abandoning the long-anticipated voyage
to Europe, and instantly cried out to her
faithful driver : “ Robert , drive on; drive for
your life; overtake the cars —we must over
take them.” And turning to her father, she
said: “John (the name ot the horse, and a
very favorite one) has blood, and can beat the
iron hose, I know.” Robert lost no time in
obeying his fair young mistress, and off they
sped “ like lightning .” And the good horse
“John” appeared to realize what was desired,
the very difficult task before him, and
seemed to as did the gaHant Col. Miller
on other occasions, “ I tr y*” It was not an
hour from the commencement l^ie race be
fore the resolute and never daunted yoii.ӣ
lady was in the car with her friends, who of
course had given up all hope of seeing her.
(From the Savannah News, 2lst inst.)
Affairs in ICuba-
Havana, May, 1, 1851.
The government proceeds in its march of
oppression and arbitrary rule. The
was the old and respectable priest of the Guira
de la Molina, Rodriguez Yallaera, for having
spoken freely in favor of the independence of
the island. The lawyer Don Jo=e Gozales,
from Guanogoy, accused of having written in
favor of independence. Don Juan Vlllaverdi,
of the same offence; the principal master of the
shipyard who is accused of having offered to
give up that establishment to the invaders,
for which effect he had at his disposal all the
convicts which were in it; also has been ar
rested and incarcerated the Captain of Police
barrio de Chavez, Don Lewis Oliver,
(Catalan,) accused of neglecting to arrest two
men who attempted to murder the lawyer
Calicto Gonzales. This Calicto Gonzales is
the monster who betrayed the young patriot
Don Grasiliano Moutes de Oca, native of the
Canaries, who was executed on the 29th of
last month, for having en aged a pilot for the
service of Gen. Lopez. This Mon’es de Oc a
has been a victim for Cuban liberty. He died
with the valor ani courage of a Christian her
win possessed a noble heart and a great soul.
He died for the world, but his name, his
virtues, and valor shall remain engraved on
the hearts of all the Cubans; and some day,
which is not very far, it will appear in letters
of gold on the page# of the history of the re
volution and independence of Cuba, and we
shall honor the anniversary of his death with
all the pomp and splendor worthy his giorious
name.
The terrible rumors of a new and powerful
invasion attempted by Gen. Lopez, keeps the
popular thermometer in a high degree of ex
citement, which has never had cause to exist
in this Island before. Though the expedition
should net come, some say with a bold counte
nance, “things have gone so far that they
cannot conclude without an explosion whicu
shall be heard from one end of the Island to
the other.”
And it is so, no doubt; because the restric
tion of the system of inquisition, betrayals,
espionage persecutions aud arrests threaten
many heads, many, and of the highest. Days
go and come, and these great things will have
their disclosure, and that too very shortly. i
. T” <
Sx. Jago de Cuba, May 7, 1851. i
A number of arrears have baen in ide at St. i
Jago de Cuba. Papers were taken which olis-
! covered a plot to commence an insurrection
while on the gr ind parade, and the insurgents
had taken measures to capture the head quar
ters of the city and to secure the landing of
| Geribaldi with 3000 men. At the same time
Lopez would have effected his landing in some
part of Havana. The judge after having con
cluded the proceedings, sentenced to death
four, and to perpetual punishment three of
the principal officers; and to ten years hard
labor a serg’t of the Garrison and two pri
vates. The traitor who betrayed them was
released, lhis sentence has been approved
by the Captain General at Havana.
~the constitutionilistT
Augusta, (Sforgta.
FRIDAY MORNMJG7IHAY 23-
General Twi^gsT^
Th s distinguished officer arrived in this
city, from New-Orleans, on Tuesday last, and
will remain here a few days among his rela
tives and friends. He appears in very fine
health, anJ capable of doing as much service
as any man that wears epauletts.
Concert Hall!
1 he vaudavilles and eommedittes now being
performed at this establishment, are of the
most entertaining kind, and deserve a liberal
patronage from our citizens. The Company
is well adapted to perform them, and they
seivc as a better entertainment for a summer
evening, than the long heavy tragedy. All
who wish to enjoy a good hearty laugh must
witness the inimitable performances of Mr.
Weaver and Miss Sinclair.
10-night a good bill is offered, and the
songs sung by Miss Sinclair in the piece en
titled “Jenny Lind in Augusta,” are alone
worili the admittance. We are informed by
the Manager that the great moral Drama of
the Drunkard will be produced in a few days,
witn new scenery, painted from designs taken
in this city.
Professor Hale.
This gentleman has been lecturing on Elec-
Biology, at the Masonic Hall, since Tues
■'<’} evening. We attended his lecture on
V e mesday evening, and his experiments with
young lads taken from the audience,
wtretiUiT astonishing, and gave general sat
liiaction io ihoee present.
Le l.ejtuifcs agam this evening at the same
’ lhtt * arul lhe sceptical should pay him a
New Publications—By the Harperß
- have received
Dealings with thk Inquisition; or, Fatal
Home— By Rev. Oiacinto Aclii/li, 0. D.
| The Wife’s Sister ; or,the Forbidden Mar
riage—By Airs. Hubback.
Part 5, London Labor, and the London Poor.
No- 13, Pictorial Field Book of the Itevo
| LOTION.
For sale by Richards & Son.
The Truce between the Hay hens an*
Dominicans. — A letter received in Boston,
. by a mercantile firm positively states, on the
j authority of Mr. Walsh, the American Com
missioner, that the Government of Hayti de-
J clines the intervention of the United States,
Great Britain and France, for the purpose of
j obtaining a ten years’ truce with the Doml-
nicans.
On Saturday last, (says the Savannah Re-
Dublican, 21st inst.,) when the steamship
j Alabama was about eight miles from New
York city, her third Engineer, Mr. Young,
: lo3t his life under the following circumstan
ces. While he was engaged oiling the ma
chinery of the engine, he came in the range
of the sweep of the crank, which lifted him
up against the gallows frame, crushing in
l his head and killing him instantly. He leaves
a wife and three children. The Alabama re
turned to New-York with the body, and was
thus detained as mentioned in our paper of
yesterday.
Col. Benton proposes spending some time
in Washington, prior to removing with his
! family to Missouri.
I The Raleigh Register nominates Fillmore
: for President, and Graham, of North-Caro
lina, for Vice-President, in 1851. Where’s
j Cobb?
The London Times of the 2lst ult. contains
a very interesting history, dated in October
last at Sarawak, of the church mission in the
j Island of Borneo, which has been two years
and a half in operation. There is in the in
terior a numerous and powerful race of can
nibals-— 11 perfect gluttons in human fiesh.”
They are represented, however, as quite amia
ble and delicate in their relations with each
other.
• ..The Grain crops in Lancaster and adjoining
counties, Pennsylvania, are very promising,
but the fruit,is much injured.
The Nesbit leon Works.— The Columbia
Telegraph of Tuesday.states that it has been in
formed by a gentleman who has lately visited
this establishment, now conducted by “ the
Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company,’'that
the business is going on most energetically
and prosperously under the able manage
ment of Mr. Hamraerskold. Iron working is
carried on in a great variety of forms, and the
company find a ready demand for their manu
factures, which give much satisfaction when
ever tested. The Charleston and S. C. Rail
road company, for some time, have been using
for laying their track, iron chairs from these
works, with much satisfaction and success.
The steamship Southampton arrived at
Southampton, from New-York, on the morn
ing of the 3d instant, in 13£ days.
Richard B. Gooch, Esq., long the Editor of
the Southern Planter, died near Richmond,
Va., last week.
The Locusts. —True to the calculation made,
the locusts made their appearance above
ground yesterday morning. The only plaee
wo looked for them was in the Eastern Foun
tain lot, and there we found large numbers
which had emerged from the ground and were,
striclcing to the tops of the grass, or any twigs
of trees they happened to be nearest to when
they were aroused from their long imprison
ment. In a few days the fields and woods
will be lull of them. — Baltimore Sun, \9thinst,
The Tugaloo Amazon-
The Columbus Tunes publishes the account
furnished by the Southern Banner of the re
-1 cent attempt at assassination. It quotes the
following paragraph in full from the Banner :
“ The woman is undoubtedly of sane mind,
and our opinion is, that she has been made
an instrument , either knowingly or unknow
! inglv, vre cannot yet pretend to say which,
for the purpose of taking the life of the edi
tor. If his political enemies desire his life as an
atonement for the principles which he avows, he
is willing to lay it on the alter of his country."
Upon this The Times proceeds to remark as
follows : evidently thinking that the gallant
editor who was not shot at, out Quattlebums,
Quattlebum.
“ This is a very heroic sentiment of the
Banner Editor, but we think when he recov
ers his breath, and gets over the flurry into
which he has been evidently thrown, judging
from his most tragic and affecting account of
this affair, he will be a leetle ashamed of seeking
to make political capital for himself,and of foul
ly aspersing his political opponents, by the
insinuation that a woman has been hounded
on to take his life. Fie ! Fie ! Mr. Hoisey !
We fancy we see this almost dead Cawar in
the Sena e House, drawing around him the
folds of his mantle and preparing to die with
decorum and grace, when first catching the
glance of those “ grey eyes,” he exclaims Et
Tu Tugaloo! Let us hear no more of Quat
tiebum. That role of tragic chivalry is eclip
sed by the spectacle of the Athenian unionist,
ready to die on his “ country's alter,” after
the unfortunate foreman had got the ball of
the mad woman from Tugaloo in his flesh,—
Henceiorth the myths of Georgia Romance,
and of Indian legends must pale before the
more touching pathos of the story of Hoisey
and Tugaloo.
“ Where’s our excellent and poetic friend,
Henry R. Jackson? We pray him to em
balm in verse, the memory of that dreadful
tale, in which a union editor almost lost his
life—not by “ black jack and grape vine”
such as South Carolina whigs used to deal out
to South Carolina Tories ; but by pistol shot
and bowie knives in the hands of a terrible
“ slight framed woman, with grey eyes, and
about 45 years of age.” If she had been
young and beautilul, and not 45 and thin—if
she had been a Charlotte Corday, the self
armed representative of National horror a
gainst a monster of crime, doubtless our bro
ther could have welcomed death as sweet,
from hands so fair, so beautiful and so
heroic. But to be Tugaloo-ed by “greyeyes
and 45 years of age !” It is too horrible.—
The Editor's ‘ sufferings is intolerable.’ ”
IBURKR COUNTY RIGHT SIDE UPI
We take great pleasure in publishing the
following cheering letter accompanying a copy
of the proceedings of the Southern Rights
l arty of Burke county, on the 20th inst:
Waynesboro', May 21.
Mr. Editor : —Enclosed i send you the pro
eeedin ;s of a meeting held oh yesterday, in
this village. If you had been present, you
would have at least seen one green place in
this Georgia desert. Old Burke is right side
up ! We had a large and enthusiastic meet
ing. We intended to have held our meeting
in the Court House, but it was occupied by
the Union (for spoils) party. The meeting
was then called in McCarty’s large Hall, but
we had to adjourn to the portico in front of
the house, as the room was not large enough
to hold the persons present; and I assure you
that each party attended its own meeting, ex
«ept one or two from each, who noticed the
proceedings of the other, and 1 understood
that they had at least fifteen persons pres
ent. I heard one of the party say he left
for fear of being placed on a Committee, and
he knew he would have had to act had he
remained, for they all had to serve, Commit
tees and Officers, taking the whole meeting.
Southern Rights Republican Meetingr-
According to previous notice, the Southern
Rights Republican Party of Burke county,
convened in Waynesboro’, on Tuesday, the
20th. The meeting was organized by calling
Stephen W. Blount, Esq , to the Chair, and
appointing J. T. Brown, Esq., Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been ex
plained, on motion of Dr. E. L'Roy Antony,
a Committee of Five was appointed by the
Chairman to select Delegates to represent the
county in the Gubernatorial Convention to
be held at Milledgeville on Wednesday, the
28th inst., and to present any other business
deemed necessary for the consideration of the
meeting.
The following Delegates were selected by
the Committee, and accepted by the meeting,
viz: Elton Hodges, Esq., Col. James Grubbs,
Wm. Walker and Alex. W. Gordon, Esqs.
On motion, the above delegation was au
thorized to fill any vacancy occuring in that
body.
The Committee also reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which were unan
imously adopted, viz ;
Whereas, from the organization of “a
great National Union Party," avowedly for
the purpose of preserving the Union at all
hazards, regardless of the rights of the South , a
crisis ha? arrived in the history of our Gov
ernment, in which the doctrine of Consolida
tion and Federalism has increased to such an
alarming extent, as to threaten the complete
overthrow of State Rights and State Sovereign-
ty , therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Southern Rights
Republican Party of Burke, hold to the doc
trines of the old State Rights Republican Party,
as put forth by Jefferson and Madison in the
Resolutions of 1798, and as contradistinguish
ed to the Federal doctrines of the Elder Ad
ams, to wit: We believe ours is a Federal
Government, composed of separate and inde
pendent sovereignties, united by a constitutional
compact, and possessed of limited powers—
having only such powers as are expressly dele
gated by the Constitution, and ail powers not
delegated to the Federal Government, are re
served to the States respectively, or to the
people. That the General Government is the
mere agent or creature of the States, and that
each State, as one of the parties to the com
pact of Union, voluntarily entered into, has
the right to judge for itself, qf any infraction
upon the Constitu.ion, and as such, has" the
indisputable right to interpose its sovereignty
against the usurpations of the Federal head,
at any time it may 8 e proper; and for the
General Government to deny this right, and
attempt to coerce a State, involves as great
an absurdity, as for an agent to deny the au
thority of his principal or a creature the pow
er of the creator.
Resolved, That we attach so much impor
tance to the doctrine of State Rights and State
Sovereignty, we regard it as the ark of our
political safety, and that the permanency of
our Union, the security of our fire sidespand
the very existence of the Southern States de
pend upon a strict construction of the Con
. stitution, and upon the preservation of the
, sovereignty of the Statesa right inestimable
to freemen, and formidable to tyrants only."
Resolved , That we regard the series of mea
* sures forced through Congress under the mis-
J called name of a “ Compromise,” as a fraud
upon the rights of the slaveholding States,
i and that, as a party, we can never acquiesce
in the justice of that Compromise, which de
-1 nies to the South an equal participation of
3 the common domain of the United States,
acquired by the joint valor and treasure of
? both sections of the country.
t Resolved, That notwithstanding a diversity
f of opinion may have existed among us as to
the proper remedy for the redress of our
wrongs—yet, we wish it distinctly under
-3 stood, that, as a party, we repudiate disunion,
so long as our rights can be preserved with safety
> in the Union; while, at the same time, we ad
i here to the doctrine, that a State has the
f right to withdraw' therefrom in the exercise
1 of its sovereign powers.
‘ Resolved, That we repudiate all party ais
* tinctions—that we hail all men as brethren
1 upon the common platform of Southern Righta,
and that we cordially invite and earnestly en
‘ treat every friend of the South who is not
insensible to the dangers that surround us,
‘ and who is not chained to the car of Federal
' honors and F'ederal patronage, to unite with us
in attempting to arrest that fell spirit of fana
ticism at the North, which seeks to destroy
our peculiar institution, and drive Southern
’ men to an extremity they would willingly
avoid.
On motion to appoint Delegates to repre
, sent the county in the Congressional Conven
! tiou to be held at Augusta, the following
gentlemen were selected, viz : Dr. E. L’Roy.
Antony, H. J. Blount, Q. Skrine, and Junes
M. Reynolds, Esq., with power to fill vacan
l cies, should any occur.
* On motion of M. D. Jones, Esq., it was
unanimously
Resolved, That the members of the South
. ernßights Republican Party of Burke Coun
ty, be requested to meet in their respective
. districts on the first Saturday in July next,
[ and appoint two Delegates from each district,
to meet a similar delegation from the county
of Jefferson, in Convention, at such time and
place as the Jefferson delegaion may appoint,
to nominate a candidate to represent this Sen
| atoriai District in the next Legislature. In
. the event of the neglect of the party in the
county of Jefferson to respond, the Burke
District delegation be requested to convene at
the Court House in Waynesboro,' on thep?rs£
Tuesday in August next, to nominate a candi
date.
! In response to a sudden and enthusiastic
call, Co). Winborn S. Lawton, of Scriven,
1 briefly but eloquently addressed the meeting.
On motion of Q. Skrine, Esq., it was
Resolved, That the Augusta Georgia Con
stitutionalist and Repubticbe requested to pub
lish the transactions of this meeting.
STEPHEN W. BLOUNT, Chairman.
John T. Brown, Secretary.
Singular Suicide.— A singular suicide oc
curred in Delaware, Ohio, on the 12th. Lin
ton W. Pettibone, about 24 years of age, a
justice of the peace, and in good circumstan
ces, killed himself by a shot through the head
with a lisle. He had dressed himself with
more than unusual care, and after playing a
game of billiards, asked what time it was,
when his friend informed him that it was 10
o’clock., He then sain that if that werethe ease
he would be in a hurry for he expected to die
at 11 —go out of the world with railroad
speed. He went to his office, and was en
gaged in trimming some bullets, when a young
man inquired what use he intended to ’make
of them, to which he replied, “I am going to
shoot a fool—ad —d fool,” and left the
room.
The cause of the rash act is attributed to the
fact that its victim was devotedly attached to
a young lady, aflketed with a more but not the
less certain destroyer, and whose case he
knew was hopeless. But a few minutes after
the commission of the iatai act, a telegraphic
dispatch came, announcing that she was* ex
pected to survive but a short time.—Colum
bus Journal.
Capt. Pendelton, of the brig bhakspeare,
arrived this morning from San Juan lie los
Remedios, Cuba, says there was a g eat ex
citement at that place, on account of a mmor
that Lopez was close at hand, and that five
men-of-war had been seen between San Juan
and Nuevitas ,—N. Y. Sun, 16th inst.
An Ominous Smash.— On Tuesday last some
of the new friends of Gen. Foote, in view oi
the arduous duties involved ill a canvass for
three offices, purchased and presented to him,
with some flourish, a fine horse and buggy.—
The next evening, whilst taking an airing, the
horse proved refractory, but fortunately on
the first manifestation of “ resistance” on the
part of the quadruped, the Senator quickiy
illustrated the pr etieai doctrine of “ peacea
ole secession,” thereby saving his bones, but
we are sorry to add, sacrificing his buggy.—
Mississippian.
Incidents op the Fair.— From Wilmer &
Smith’s European Times we copy one or two
sketches humorously illustrative of the ex
tent of the Chrystii Edifice, Every ticket
holder seemed bent on going the wrong way,
and could get no one to set him right.
“ Now', then, Policeman, where is stair No.
-s?*'
Ana.— 1 “In China, sir; go to China if you
want to goto stair No. 5.”
“Here, you No. 101, where am 1 to go with
this y” 1
“ You must go round by Greece, air, and
along the corner of Prussia, down by Asia-
Minor, to the staircase,”
“And this ticket hero? I know it’s all
right”—calling to No. 11—“ which way ?”
“Any way, sir; anybody will tell you as
you pass by Turkey, at the end of which you
will find yourself but forty yards from Italy.
Go on, sir, go on, it’s but a tew minute’*
stride.”
Thus has the Chrystul Palace magically
transformed the relations of Kingdoms and
States, not only by verbal dialect, but by ac
tual representation. Surely Aladdin's won
derful lamp could have done no more.
Capt. Goldsborough of the Navy, states that
he left California in a clipper ship for China,
that he took the overland route for England,’
and arrived in Boston in one hundred and
two travelling days after leaving California.
He is probably the first person who has ever
left the U. States and returned to it again, ta
king the circuit of the world, in so short a
time.
Capt, Cookagee, one of the ’‘Cuba emi
grating party,” arrested by the Deputy Mar
shal a few days since, at his own special re,
quest, will have an examination before Judge
Nicoll to-day, at 12 o'clock.— Savannah Re
publican, 21st inst.
Several of the Cuban adventures passed
through ibis city an 1 him Jay evening last
on their way home.
We understand that they say the expedi
tion is not up. —Atlanta Hen
22d inst,
j
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33u JHctjgmtir idcca'aplj.
-* Reported for the Constitutionalist,
Charleston, May 22, P. M.
Cotton. —Market quiet under Africa's ad
vices. Sales to-day 173 bales at 5J to 94e.
an irregular decline of £ to d cent.
(Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
Baltimore, May 21.
Additional by Africa—The Markets— Stock*
i are steady. Consols are quoted at from 974 to
97£,andU.S. Sixes, payable in’6B at 111,
i Cotfee is active—Costa Rica : s worth 525. and
i Jamaica Ills. 6d.- Os Rice only small sales
have been effected —Carolina commands from
16s. to 18s. 6d. Molasses is dull.
Political. —France is quiet. The Revolu
tion in Portugal is over, the Queen having
yielded to the demands of Saldanha. Lord
John Russell gives re sonable hopes that the
Hungarian refugees will shortly be liberated,
The Frankfort Diet was to have assembled on
the 12th inst.
The Africa has brought over 93 passengers.
Baltimore, May 21.
In the New York market to-day nothing
was done in Cotton. The Baltimore steamer
Ohio, one of the line of steamers plying be
tween Baltimore and Philadelphia, sunk last
night in the Delaware, having come into col
lis on with the steamer Stockton. Four pas
sengers were drowned; the rest escaped wi h
the loss of their baggage.
Philadelphia, May 21.
A young man named Taylor, a clerk in a
hat store in Charleston, was drowned in the
steamer Ohio, last night.
{ We learn with regret that the above refers
to Mr. A. E. Taylor, a clerk in the Hat store
of Messrs. T, M. Horsey & Co., of Hayne-st,
in this city, who left here this day week on a
visit to his parents in Brooklyn, New-York. j
Eds. Courier.
New-Okleans, May 21—8 53 P. M.
Arrival of the Georgia. —The Georgia has
arrived from Chagres. She brings 300 passen
gers, amongst whom is Gen. Smith, who; has
been recalled from California. The dates re
ceived by her from San Francisco, are up to
the loth of April, but the news is unimpor
tant. The accounts from the mining districts
are less favorable.
Great excitement prevails in Honolulu, in
consequence of the threatened blockade by
the French. The King has determined if the
French persist in demanding that their ulti
matum be acceded to, to thrown himself up
on the protection of the Government of the
United States.
Cotton has advanced an eighth in our mar
ket. 800 bales have been sold siuce the re
ception of the Franklin's advices. Middling
is quoted at from 84 toß| cents.
Colombia, May 21—10.50 p. nr.
Cotton is quiet, but not from the want of
demand, which is good. The receipts, how
ever, are light. 51 bales have been sold at
from 6 to 94 cents.
Boston, May 16.
The Senate of Massachusetts and the Fugitive
Slave Lais, lhe Senate this morning formed
the following resolve on Slavery, by a vote
of 33 yeas to 5 nays—(the negatives being two
whigs and 3 democrats):
“ Resolved , That Massachusetts protests a
gainst the Fugitive Slave Law, as hostile to
the sentiments of Christianity, and abhorrent
to the feelings of the people of this Common
jvealth; that such a law will naturally fail to
secure that support ir the heart and consci
ence of the community, without which any
law must sooner or later become a dead let
ter.”
The end of the Sarpjknt.—The tail of the
great annimal that was exhibited at Macon
on the 22d of February last, has just come
along. It appears in the form of a letter of the
Hon. Wm. B. Wofford to the Committee. The
letter is dated March 12th, 1851. Whar has
it been ? A fit conclusion this, of a humbug,
unparalelled in the annals of Mounteb&nkery,
— Fed. Union.
MARRIED,
In Monroe, Walton county, Ga., on the 13th in
slant, by the Rev. Charles Davis, Mr. Tunis.as J.
Perry, of Rome, Ga.,and Miss Mary A Path -
10, of the former place.
On Thursday evening, the l&h inst., by the
r™ 1 horuton, Mr Jas. K. Strick
land, of Mad son. Georgia, to Miss Rachael E.
White, of Libert county, Ga.
In Trinity Church, in New Haven, Conn., on
the morning of the 12th inst., by the Rev. Mr
Gmon, of Derby, Frederick A. Platt, of New
York city, toMiss Augusta M., daughter ot the
l«te Le?i Hall, ot Derby.
At Richmond Factory, on the 4th imt , by Jas.
(iL,moN a Uat,s > t 0 *»
J. 0 ""'/- to Mi., IVUkyC. Wiwi, d.»° t ht« of
Mrs. Aim J. Week,,, of F ort Gaine ;, Ga °
SPECIAL NOTICES^
HANK OF AUGUSTA, )
Monday, 19th M ,y, 1851. %
fLr’Tbc Board oi Directors have this day
declared a Dividend of TWENTY FIVE PER
CLN 1 h our dollars per share in cash, being for
•die regular semi-annual dividend, and twenty
one dollars per share iu stock of the Georgia
Unil Road and Banking Company, wnich will be
l>aid to th© stockholders on demand.
may 20 G JA3. W. DAVIES, Cashier.
1» / lae undersigned, have this day com
menced to jerve ICE CREAM. The Ladies and
Gentlemen are invited to give us a call.
ma >~ 1 ts n.girardey & SONS.
O’Bath House open tor the summer, corner
oi Greene and Jackson-sts. |« april 24
O*BLIBS’S COMPOUND rod LIVjER
OIL OAN DV.-aslf you, wonUi avoid, reader, fal
luigby C.msumptiou, you milst take a Cold in due
season, and make use as such a remedy as has
oeeu proved in a thousand cases preceding your
own. Such a remedy, we uahesitantingly assert,
found iu Bliss’s Compound Cod Liver Oil
Candy. A coramm Cold will yield to its benign
influences in a few hours, and an obstinate Cough
gives way in a short time, if due care is observed
while the medicine is in use. Unlike the Cod la
ver Oil, it is one ol the most agreeable medicine*
in the world. When you purchase, look out for
counterfeits.
Foy sale by PHIL?p A. MOISH,
Dealer in'Drugs and Medicines, l9f>, iVletcaJl
Range, Augusta, Ga.
Country Merchants and Druggists supplied on
liberal toruis. dc2w may 13
ttyMR. £. C. SOFGE.—Having met with
such liberal encouragement, takes pleasure iu in*
forming his friends and the public that he has per
manently located himself in Augusta as Professor
of the Piano Forte, and Organ. Communications
iettat the Music &, Book Store of Mftisrs, Geo. A.
Oates &, Co. will be punctually attended to.
jan 3
LOCATING LAND WARRANTS
{EF I HAVE ©fleeted an arrangement with *
gentleman oi the west for this purpose.
also authoiised to purchase the Land after ««»
locaated.
mar*o 6m ANDREW LL H DAWSON,
, ls ‘ V- „ -'■' ' ’, / "■. 'J' ; W' x v •*