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PTITUTION ALiST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum, in advance 00 per annum 5 00 ¥ Wkeely. per annum, if paid in advance 2 00 These terms are offered to new subscribers, and to old subscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no case will the Weekly paper be sent at $2, un less the money accompanies the order. In no case, irilLrH>e sent at $2 to an old subscriber in ’’r When the year paid for at $2 expires, the paper, discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent K) the old terms, $2 50 if paid at the office within the Hjear. or $3 if paid at the expiration of the year. Postage must be paid on all communications and of business. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. ♦One square (12 lines.) 50 cents the first insertion, and each subsequent insertion. Contracts made by the year, or for a less period, on reasonable terms. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriff’s Levies, 30 days, $2 50 per levy; 60 days, $5. Executor's, Administrator s and Guardian’s Sales, Real Estate, (per square, 12 lines) $4 ‘5 Do do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Four Months’ Notices 4 00 Rules Nisi, '(monthly) $1 per square, each insertion. ry ALI<*«stf»UTTANCES PER MAIL, are at orn BI3K. {Correspondence of the Nashville Union.) jr—-'"Hue knall, Near Newstead Abbey, Eng.,) ft May 14, 1851. ) Having remained in Liverpool sufficiently long to see every thing that a stranger finds to engage his attention, and to recruit after a long voyage, we took the rail to Manchester, passing through a tunnel one mile and a half in length, and over a champaign country beautifully hedged, and under a fine state of cultivation. Being in what is call ed the express train which carried us at the rate of 60 miles per hour, you can readily imagine our chance of forming any correct idea of the qualities of the land, products, &c. Long before we reached the City of Mills, our attention was attracted by the thousand and one rhimnies reaching almost to the clouds, and en veloping the whole country round about with coal smoke, giving the city on old and dingy ap pearance, and rendering it next to an impossibity for the ladies to keep their faces clean. Here we met several Americans from the eastern States, who like ourselves were anxious to go through and examine the principal mills, and compare them with our own. Upon enquiry we were told that we would find no difficulty in gaining admission —hut our experience, I am sorry to quite the contrary—for we were re- at two or three places —which wall suite enough for our patience. They stated that they had been so much visited during the month, and that there was so many mechanics and manufacturers in the country that they pre ferred keeping closed doors. There are certainly a great number of mills here, and their manufac tured articles are justly prized by the kingdom ; but really, without boasting, I think that our mills can fully compete with them in all respects, and in a few years, I hope to see in operation manufactories on a much greater scale in our own Tennessee. Prom Manchester, we proceeded by post to a little village called Rousley, in the county of Derbyshire, through an exceedingly broken and some what romantic country. From the Peaks of Derby, we had a fine view of nearly the whole county and portions of those adjacent. To an American accustomed to the White, Alleghany, and Cumhgfland mountain scenery, it would not be muchjPught ol —but herein England they call it '<Jmdv panorama. 1 was exceeding amused at on sPrgentleman who asked me if I did not consider that a very wild region, which is more thickly populated than any portion of Tennesee. Your can imagine how one accustomed to the dark swamps and think cane-brakes of Arkansas must have given vent to his risibles. Traveling by post-coaches still remains in use where the locomotive has not been introduced, and it reminds me very much of our stage tra veling with the exception of the style which we utilitarians would abandon as useless trumpe ry The driver is quite as consequential and the freedom of speech is as equally unrestrained as you find witli us, which is much more agreeable than being confined in a close car where you can neither see, or hear anything with satisfaction. * Arrived aVthe little village of Rousley, we put \ up at an Inn called the Peacock, which is about 200 years old, and has great reputation as a place where, fisherjhen and sportsmen congregate to carry on amusements, and indulge in their favorite sports. Near this village is the old castle of Haddon Hall, now owned by the Duke of Rutland. It is unoccupied, but is kept in good order by the Duke as a monument of antiquity. Soon after the conquest, this property was own ed by the Avenells, from whom it came to the Vernons. The last male heir of this family, Sir John Vernon, was commonly called the King of the Peake, on account of his hospitality and mag nificent mode of living. He died during the seventh year of Elizabeth, and Haddon passed by marriage with one of his daughters into the pos session of the family of the Manners’, and was their principal seat till the beginning of the last century. In the time of the first Duke of Rut land, in the reign of Queen Ann, seven score ser vasts were maintained in this ancient seat of hospitality. The situation of Haddon is very beautiful. It stands on a shelving and rath er elevated mass of the first lime-stone, over looking the entire dale and its meandering Wye backed by an extensive wood and surrounded by beautiful trees. At first sight it has more the ap pearance of an old fortress, than what it really is, a Hall, chiefly in the Elizabethan style, and without any effectual defences. The building in its present form is not in the least calculated for defence or protection against a besieging force, according to the military tactics of any period, tho'qrh there can be but little doubt that this mansion; which was the work of different ages, occupies the site of a Norman castle, portions of the lower part of which may be traced in the walls of the towers which overlook both the up per and lower portals. It is said to be decidedly one of the finest specimens of a Hall of the olden time in existence. The old tower, with narrow loop-holes and gloomy, uncomfortable rooms, is the only part which retains that stem character, the peculiar feature of the iron age when “ every man’s hand was against his fellow;” that age of darkness and military despotism which succeed ed the destruction of the Homan power by the savages of the North. The old part of Haddon is said to have been built before the conquest, and as a quiet country seat of the English gentry in the 18th century, kept still in good repair, with all its ancient honors about it, just as deserted by the family 178 years ago, and really retaining all that character, as if they had quitted it yesterday, is a beautiful specimen of that age. There can hardly be conceived a more striking contrast to the sombre grandeur of Haddon Hall, than is exhibited by the splendid magnificence of the neighboring pile of Chatsworth, the country seat of the Duke of Devonshire. The former of these buildings, as remarked by an English wri ter, is “one of the most perfect and most curious of the class of castellated houses now remaining, but when received as a whole, is almost devoid of all real elegance, or comfortable convenience, and fitted only to entertain a horde of licentious retainers/ 5 In the latter edifice we perceive a unity of design and adaptation of parts, not only beautiful when separately considered; but also deriving new beauties from their connection with the other portions of the structure to which they belong. The various divisions of the edifice har monize with each other, and combine with the adjacent scenery to constitute a picture of sur pav?ing elegance and splendor. We were usher ed through the entire building, out-grounds and conservatories, and I feel safe in saying that it is the most beautiful, comfortable, and elegant struc ture in all England, not excepting even Windsor f&stle. To describe the Park, with its 3,000 deer, the gardens with their extensive fcospserva tories, water falls, fountains and statuary, the castle with its extensive libraries, ancient pain tings and statuary would require more space than I can allow- in this letter. But notwithstanding the great magnificence of Chatsworth I must.say that the antiquity and associations connected w-ith Haddon Hall made it more interesting to me. It remains as a model of domestic arrange ments ol the noble families of former time, and as a picturesque object suited to the bold and ro mantic landscape of Which it forms a prominent part—and it is also deserving the great attention of artists and amatuers as affording examples of elaborate and beautiful w-orkmanship in the carv ed panneling of its w T ainscoated apartments, and in the elegant tracery of some of the ceiling. The next place of interest was Sherw-ood For est and Newstead Abbey, both of w-hich possess attractions and associations dear to every English man—the former as the place where “bold Rob in Hood and his merrie men 55 used to practice their daring exploits, and the latter as the home of the gifted Byron. As we passed through this legendary neighborhood, surrounded by the haunts of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws, so famous in ancient ballad and nursery tale, it re called vividly the romantic faith and impressions of our boyhood and caused a thrill of delight to animate a heart which is not alw-ays glad. My remembrance of “merrie Sherwood” are of the Kleasantest kind; for often during my earlier life ave I dwelt with w-onderment over the pages of some little book giving a description of the great deeds once done in this classic region. This locality, w-hich w r as once a mighty forest now teems w-ith mouldering ruins and noble remnants of the grandeur of by-gone ages. Among the many interesting spots that give character to the neighborhood, New-stead Abbey is the most pro minent and particularly interesting to Ameri cans, as they are generally great admirers of the poet. As we drew near to the Abbey a most glorious scene burst upon the view; on the right hand lay a splendid sheet of water, fringed with young w-oods that bow- their whispering homage o’er the margin,reflecting all the depth and bright ness of the tranquil heavens; aquatic wild birds studded the silvery surface, as though they had a “vested interest” in the place, and possessed a “protective order” against ail molestation. A ro mantic w-ater-fall and the ruins of a rustic mill, together with the gentle murmuring of the foam ing falls added to the richly w-ooded country around, served to complete a picture upon which memory, so long as “sne holds her zeal’ 1 will love to dwell.—Turning to the left the venerable Ab bey rises in solemn grandeur, the long and lovely ivy clinging fondly to the rich tracery of a for mer age. As we first gazed upon these old w-alls and remembered that it was here, even among the comparative ruins of a building once dedicat ed to the sacred cause of religion by the monks of old, that the great genius of Byron w-as first developed—here that he paced with youthful melancholy the halls of his illustrious ancestors and trod the lonely walks of the banished monks, w-e involuntarily commenced repeating those beautiful lines from his own pen, in'which he speaks of the decay of his much loved home: Newstead; fast falling, once resplendent dome; Religious shrine; repentant Henry ! s pride; Os warriors, monks and danes, the cloistered tomb, Whose pensive shades around thy ruins glide, Hail to thy pile ! more honor’d in the fall Than modern mansions in their pillar’ds state; Proudly majestic frowns thy vaulted hall, Scowling defiance on the blasts of fate.” Newstead was founded by Henry the second, in the year 1170, as a priory of Blac^Canons, an order having for their tutelary -patron St. Au gustine, and practicing great austerity of life. It w-as dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and there is still to be seen in one of the niches of the chapel in a state of preservation, a sculptural virgin and child. It continued a priory until the time of Henry Bth, who, in his zeal for the temporal wel fare of himself, and to the consternation of the then religious w-orld, set about the wholesale des i truction of all the monastic institutions of the I country, it w-as afterwards granted by the same ! royal favor to Sir John Byron, who converted it | into a residence of more than ordinary splendor. | During the troubles which marked the history of ■ the great rebellion, w-liich ended in the martyr -1 dom of the unfortunate King Charles the first, , the Byrons distinguished themselves as warm ! adherents of royalty, and New-stead sustained the siege from the parliamentarians, thus as Lord Byron says: | “The Abbey once, a regal fortress now, Encircled by insulting rebel powers; Wars dread machines thy threatening brow, 1 And dart destruction in sulphurous showers.” On the death of Charles, the Byron estate was placed under sequestration. During the civil w-ar, in 1643 G banes the first marked his high | sense of Sir John Byron’s loyalty and devotion by raising him to the peerage, and immediately ! after the restoriation Charles the second restored New-stead to its late ow-ner, from w-hom it de scended to Lord Byron. In the year 1818 Col. Wildman, the present esteemed owner purchased it from the poet, w-ho w r a3 compelled to dispose of it on account of pecuniary difficulties for the sum of £I OO,OOO, and has since by judicious alterna tions and improvements, proved himself a most worthy owner of a place at once the pride of the forest and the admiration of thousands who have by his courtesy been permttted to traverse its spacious galleries and venerable halls. We had the pleasure of seeing Col. Wildman, w-ho was very kind in conducting us through the various apartments of the Abbey and explaining every thing to us. He w-as a class-mate and early friend of the poet, and in speaking of Lord Byron he w-ould almost go into extacies. From the Abbey w-e came to this place, w-liich has the honor of being the last resting place of the departed great, his remains having been removed by his sister Augusta Maria Leigh from Missolonghi in Western Greece. His remains are deposited in the Byron vault in a small church and still smaller village. He should have been buried where he requested, at Newstead, betw-een his favorite dog and faithful servant.—But he needs no monument or epitaph to perpetuate his memory, it will live w-heq all monuments shall have crumbled aw-ay. Yours, &c., &c., TENNESSEEAN. Merchant’s Convention. It w-ill be recollected that a correspondent of ours, a Planter lately urged upon his brethern the importance of holding a Cotton Planters Con vention to consult in relation to their interests and advise some means, if possible, of protecting themselves against revulsions in the market. He suggested that it be held in Macon at the time of the holding of the Fair. The Mobile Register comes out with another very important suggestion—that of a Merchant’s Convention for the purpose of making concer ted arrangements to establish direct trade w-ith Europe. We sincerely hope that the proposi tion may meet w-ith general approval. Surely the importance of a movement ol the kind, can not easily be overestimated. Would not the time and place alredy suggested for a Cotton Planter’s Convention, suit admirably for a Mer chants Convention? We hope that both w-ill be held at the same time and place; if so the Fair at Macon will be one of the most interesting oc casions which Georgia or the South has for jyears witnessed.— Savannah Georgian. We copy as follow-s from our Mobile cotempo rary: Merchants Convention. —lt is suggested, in several our exchanges, that the Merchants of the South could hold Conventions in their several States, for the purpose of making concerted ar rangements to establish direct trade with Europe. Nothing, it is said, would have a better effect to arrest Northern fanaticism, or w-ould more speed ily obviate any necessity for secession. The idea is a good one, and suggests the best, if not the only mode, by w-hich the commercial independence ol the South call be secured.— Mere politicians, no matter how ably they may argue, cannot effect a consummation so desira ble. The laws and currents of trade cannot be controlled by party tafties; but let the great body of our merchants, once co-operate in hehalf of Southern commerce, and they will bring about the desired result,—-in which they will be warm ly sustained by the people at large. Love, Jealousy, Revenge and? Marriage.— The particulars of a case of love unreciprocated, followed by dire vengeance, came to our knowl edge on Saturday, ol which the following is some thing like a fair round unvarnished statement. We introduce a fictitious name: .Mr. Jones, Lothario-like, was in the habit of paying his addresses to two young ladies at the one time, calling on them on alternate evenings. Miss Spriggins and Miss Smith were the two pretty— musliners , (neat title, and novel, aint it?) the latter of whom had decidedly the affections of Mr. Jones in her keeping, while Miss Sprigging, from the attention bestowed, fancied she was the lone star which guided Mr. Jones’ destiny. In short, neither knew of the other, each believed ti6iself beloved and looked upon herself in the light of the future Mrs. J., and was supremely happy in her blissful ignorance. But a cloud buist oyer the tranquil pair, and jealousy took Possession pi Miss Smith. She discovered that she had a rival—that rival was pretty, and Sprig gjns torture of heart; oh! racking of nerves oh. sleepless night: and oh! anxious day. She wralddieby arsenic : bed-cord, her father’s razor, the Mississippi, charcoal, anything or every thing to rid her of a life become hateful by the perfidy of Jones. But then the happy scenes of bygones flited before her, when John and she would ramble on sunny evenings; and—speak of their love, true as it then was, and their found future; this came up before her vision, in its beau tiful, harmonizing spirit of peace, and as the re lenting tear coursed slowly down her cheek she determined to give him a dose of jalap. It was Tuesday night! he came to tea. Her mother in the dreadful secret, mixed the potent cathartic in “the beverage which cheers but not intoxicates.” Julia Smith, as he writhed in agony, hissed the abhorred name of Matilda Spriggins in his tingling She shouted that he was poisoned, and by her, and Jones prepared for death like a sensible man. He acknowl edged his inconstancy,— vowed if he lived to cleave only unto her. ' It was enough! the stom ach pump was applied, and Jones was rescued. Three days since, Miss Smith became Mrs. Jones.— St. Louis Reveille , 3 dinst. Extensive Farming Operation.— The most extensive farming operation probably ever enter ed into in any county, has been successfully car ried through in California during the past autumn and winter. We allude to the speculation of Horner and Co. Day before yesterday the last sack of the po tato crop was sold, and" the gross proceeds of this crop have amounted to sl7B,ooo—yield of 130 acres! There have been eighty hands employed on the Rancho, and the total expense of carying it on during the season has been SBO,OOO. The (gunny bags) which the potatoes have been sacks shipped cost above sß,ooo,While the gross receipts for the total crep of tne Rancho have amounted to $224,000. We have seen in the New York Journal of Commerce, a letter signed “Ontario,” an estimate made of the probable sales of this potato crop when it was first planted. This writer judged that they would amount to $175,- 000; and to show how close the calculation was, had it not been for the recent fires and the raise of potatoes, the extra S3OOO, making $178,000, the actual recipts would not have been made. Death of Richard Lalor Sheil. —This ce lebrated and brilliant Irish orator, died at Flor ence on the 25th of May, of an attack of gout in the stomach. He had lately gone to Florence in the capacity of British Minister. He was born m Dublin, in 1793, and was long associated with the late Daniel O’Connell in the struggle for Catholic Emancipation. In late years he sup ported the English Whig party. A Galveston paper of the 12th inst., thus notices the progress of the emigrant company which passed through Mobile, from Montgomery, recently: Expedition to the Gila. —A company of nearly one hundred men from Alabama; are now on their way to Gila, to explore the gold region and probably to establish a settlement in the neighborhood of the old copper mines above Don na Ana. They passed through Jefferson, in Cass county, on the 20th ultimo.—The Herald savs: 4i They were all well equiped with guns, one piece of cannon, and wagons, provisions, &c. They belonged to a stock company. All the stock is held in Montgomery, Alabama, by very wealthy and enterprising men, who, if the pro ject is at all succesful, intend sending two or three hundred negromeji^there.” Californians in Funds. —On Thursday morn ing a Wall street dealer in gold dust bought SIOO,OOO worth from one passenger in the Cres cent City; and it is estimated that the passengers in that steamer brought $2,000,000, besides what was on the manifest. An-examining committee about to test the capacities of an individual for school teaching, put the following questions: “At what period did France produce her great est genaral?” “At what period,” pausing and scratching his head, “at what—ohi you’ve got me sure.” “Well, was it before or after Christ?” “Before or after Christ?—before or after—well old horses, you're got me again certain!” Anecdote.— A wag had kept up a continual fire of witticism at a social party, when a puri tanical gentleman, who enjoyed sermons and snuff better than jokes and puns sharply observ ed: “If you keep on, you will make every decent person leave the house.” “That would be a sorry joke/’ was the dry re ply, “for you would certainly be very lonesome when left here alone.” Enemies. —Have you enemies ? Go strait on, and mind them not. If they block up your path, walk round, and do your duty regardless of their spite. A man who has no enemies is sel dom fit for any thing—he is made of that kind of material which is so easily worked that every body has his hand in it. A sterling character, one who thinks for him self, and speaks what he thinks, is always sure to have enemies. They are as necessary to him as air, they keep him alive and active. A celebrated character who was surrounded with very bitter enemies, used to remark: “ They are sparks which, if they do not blow, will, in a short time, go out themselves.” Let this, then, be your feeling while endeavor ing to live down the scandal of those who are bitter against you. If you stop to dispute, you do hut as they desire, and open the way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows talk—there will be reaction, if you perform your duty; and hun dreds who were alienated from you, will flock to you and acknowledge their error. Singular Accident. —A servant girl of un usually pleasing appearance, living in the family of Dr. F. H. Clark, Dentist, No. 118 Ninth-st., on Sunday evening, 25th ultimo, accidentally thrust her head through a glass door, completely cutting off the larger part of her nose. After a lapse of some minutes, the piece was found adhe ring to the broken glass. It was immediately E laced in its proper position by Dr. C. and so eld until an adhesive plaster could be obtained, when it was secured as well as circumstances would permit. At the expiration of about two weeks, the plaster was removed and the opera tion found triumphantly successful; and now (18th June) there can be observed no more de formity than would be occasioned by a slight scratch. After tjie operation, Dr. C. consulted an emi nent surgeon, who remarked that all had been done that was necessary, but that he had no con fidence that the part would ever unite. The above is made public, that all may know the effect of promptness in similar cases. Dr. C. has had the gratification of knowing that a hu man face has been saved from disfigurement for life,— Journal of Commerce, AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 27. For Governor. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. The Convention to nominate a Southern Rights Candidate for the Eighth Congres sional District, will be held in this City on SATURDAY, the 12th day of JULY. Q7p“]V«>tice to Advertisers.—Our advertising riends will please hand in their favors by 5 o'clock, P. M. hereafter—the recent change in the time of arrival of the mail, inducing us to close our adver tising colums earlier than heretofore. An Orphan Asylum. We have more than once urged upon the citi zens of Augusta the policy of taking steps for establishing an Orphan Asylum in our city. Our again referring to the subject requires no apology, for we are sure the best sympathies of ow? community are with the enterprize, and it needs but an energetic movement to start the ball. Who will take the matter in hand ? These remarks are sugested by the following circumstance thus chronicled in a late number of the Columbus (Go.) Sentinel: A Good Deed.— The Scripture saith, “ let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,” but the principle upon which the world general ly does its charities, is, not only to let one hand know what the other does, but to make as much ado as possible over the virtue. Now and then, however, we meet with an exception to this rule, as in the instance before us. We publish the subjoined note for the double purpose of ma king known an act of disinterested benevolence, and to acknowledge to the unknown friend, the gratitude of those for whom his charity was in tended. His eye may perchance light upon these lines, and if so, he may be assured that his kind ness has been extended to hearts which know how to appreciate, and do appreciate it. The note will explain itself: Columbus, June 9th, 1851. Mrs. : Madam : —Not knowing who is Treasurer of the “Female Orphan Asylum,” I take the liber ty of enclosing to your care twenty dollars, which you will do me a favor to hand to the Treasurer, or appropriate it as you may think proper, for the relief of Poor Female Orphans. Respectfully, &c. We did not know before seeing this, that Co lumbus, a city which stands on a spot which, a generation ago, was the haunt of the savage, and surrounded by primeval forests, was so far in ad vance of Augusta in enterprizes of benevolence. We record it in all honor to our fair young sis ter on the Chattahoochee, and hope the fact may stimulate this city, the oldest but one in our State, to emulate the laudable example. We are satisfied that there are many in this community whose hearts and whose purses would open to the appeal of helpless orphanage to their sympathies, if there were an institution or an organized board to receive, their benevolent con tributions. The individual citizens of this com munity have not been laggards in charitable deeds, and in aiding religious, moral and phiian-d thropie enterprizes. Hundreds and thousands J dollars leave here annually to disseminate JH light of Christianity in heathen lands, tain domestic missions, and to aid every bflH evolent enterprize in other States and citiol whose itinerant advocates favor Augusta with il visit to solicit subscriptions. We do not find fault with this bestowal of money for such purposes: It is a healthy action of good impulses, and it is charity u twice blessed .” But we would be pleased to see some portion of these streams of benevolence now constantly flowing into other lands and communities, di verted into a channel and concentrated upon a point under our own eyes, where the good results may be daily seen and enjoyed, both “by him that gives and him that receives.”’ Let such an institution be organized, or some one recognized as the proper recipient of funds for the purpose, and we do not doubt contribu tions will flow in, from the widow’s mite to the princely donations of the affluent. His honor, the Mayor, in his annual message in April last, to the City Council, called atten tion to the subject. His heart is in this cause, and his best exertions would be cheerfully given to it. We respectfully suggest that those wil ling to aid in the establishment of an Orphan Asylum in this city, promptly send in their con tributions to him, each one according to his means and inclinations. Let no one hold back because he can only afford a small sum. Great enterprizes often have small beginnings. From the small seed often Bpring up trees of towering and imposing form, whose protecting arms have given temporary shelter to many a houseless wanderer. We might go oil into details of the history of Orphan Asylums in other cities, to show the good they have done, the destitution they have relieved, the young victims of poor orphanage they have snatched from starvation, from wretch edness and crime, and made ornaments to socie ty by their fostering care and education. But these things are well known to all who are at all likely to take an interest in the subject, and to them we leave it. Bounties to Northern Manufacturers. The Chronicle q- Sentinel of yesterday holds out to the Northern people the idea that the South will protect their manufactures for them by a higher tariff than the present one, if the North ern people will protect Southern 'property —that is, restore our fugitive slaves: We think the Southern people have paid enough already in the shape of land in the late compromise as an additional price for the com pliance of the Northern people with their con stitutional obligations on this point. We are op posed to paying any more for what we are enti tled to without pay. The article of the Chronicle is an admission that the Northern people are not complying with their obligations—in other words are not enforc ing the fugitive slave law in good faith. If the Cobb, Fillmore and Webster party in Georgia intend that when a happy change shall be wrought in the Northern mind and conduct on this score, the latter are to be rewarded by a higher tariff to protect Northern manufacturers, they will not carry the people of this State with them. The Democrats we know will not cany out any such programme—nor in our opinion will the Whigs. w The papers opposed to Mr. Cobb seem to vie with each other in heaping upon him the coarsest kind of abuse. They have even called into question his personal honesty and integrity, be cause, in the exercise of a common right, he has seen fit to differ from them. The friends of Mr Cobb do not object to this course. 1 hey know it must redound to his advantage m the end. But we submit, whether the gratification his ene mies may experience in thus venting their ha tred, will not be more than overbalanced by the bad blood and excitement which such a course is sure to produce. Men aro not to be driven from their purpose by charges of treason, nor fi lghten ed from the support of their nominee by gross personal abuse. The people have the intelli gence to see the right, and the virtue to pursue it. They are seldom wrong in their opinions; in their sentiments they are never mistaken. The correct course then is to appeal to their un derstanding, confident that they will render a just judgment. The party or the man that shrinks from this tribunal, does not deserve suc cess, and, what is better, seldom attains it.”—Sa vannah Republican , 2 5th hist. Good advice : but what a pity the Republicans editor did not think of all this when he was in Dec. 1849, pouring out his most intemperate and coarse abuse on Ml. Cobb, and denouncing him as having betrayed the rights of the South, of having sold our rights for a mess of pottage —of being a traitor to th\e South —of being a political trickster—a Southern man with Northern principles, hre-, SfC. Will the Republican please point out the paper in Georgia that is now heaping upon Mr. Cobb a coarser kind of abuse than this ? We will ask one more question. What act, vote or sentiment has Mr. Cobb ever taken back, recalled or qualified, which called forth all this “ coarsest kind of abr.se ?” Ex-President T fler. —Since Mr. Tyler’s re tirement from public life, it is very seldom we hear of him. Occasionally, however, we are re minded that he is still in the land of the living. A correspondent of Ihe New York Herald, writ ing from Richmond, (Va.) on the 17th ult. says: “ But speaking of Tyler, he still survives at Sherwood Forest, his plantation down the river dispensing the hospitalities of a true son of the Old Dominion. The Governor is with him at present, and some others of the dignitaries of Virginia. With his charming and flourishing young wife, he is altogether about the happiest man in the State, enjoying his otium cum digni tate —that is to say, his fish and oysters—with wonderful equanimity and Christian philosophy.” A correspondent of the Savannah Morning News, writing from San Francisco, gives the fol lowing harrowing particulars of the fire : San Francisco, May 12, 1851. W. T. Thompson , Esq. — Dear Sir:—Our once beautiful city is a mass of smouldering ruins. On the night of the 4th inst. a fire broke out, wliich extending beneath the influence of the wird, which was rushing down the mountains on the S. E. of the city, destroy ed three-fourths of the town. Desolation has been carried to the learths of thousands. In a city where insurance cannot be effected, you may imagine the ruin it has brought to many, while all have suffered. Property to the amount of $lO,- 000,000 has been destroyed. Among the build ings consumed are many of our most valuable, and some of them deemed fire-proof. The Cus tom House, Delmonico’s, the Union Hotel, four Theatres, seven extensive Banking establish ments, all are gone. The fire raged from ten o’clock at night, until The scene was fearful. liquid tire poured in tor ■k :md the firmament melted leileeticn of the lurid miies iron, hero m-ra |PBWr them maimed for hie. from the ruins of one house'" A poor wretch was seen staggering through the streets aver burning embers, with hair and clothes consumed and outstretched arms literally on fire, then springing backward fell dead amid the cries of the excited spectators. Some escaped by means of ropes, and others sprung from the upper story to avoid the flames. Three men were observed on the roof of a four story building, where they had remained too long,—the crackling of the flames—the howling of the blast—the shouts of the multitude, drown ed the shrieks of the doomed men ; but it could be seen from their frantic gestures they were imploring God and man to aid them. In vain, the smoke and then the flame curled around them, and “ ashes turned to ashes.” Oh the hor rors of that night! In varied forms they haunt me still. Choice Cotton.— A lot of seventy-one bales of superior Cotton was sold in our market yes terday, by F. T. Willis & Co., at 12 cents. The Cotton was grown by Dr. ‘Henry Bourne, on his plantation in Elbert county. The price paid for it, at the present stage of our market, is a high compliment to the producer.— Savannah News, 25 th inst. [From the Charleston Courier , 26th inst.] Arrival of the Isabel. The steam ship Isabel, Capt. Rollins, arrived at our port, early yesterday morning, bringing advices from Havana aid Key West to the 22d inst. We have received by her files of Havana papers, but nothing of interest in the political af fairs of the Island seems to have transpired since the departure of the Cherokee. For the com mercial intelligence, <ltc., we refer to the sub joined favors of our attentive Havana correspon dent. Correspondence of the Courier. : Havana, June 21. ‘ We beg reference to our respects of 7th instant, 1 and hand you the annexed report. * We have merely to add that 145 casks Rice, per Isabel are sold at 1)1-8, and 210 bags Va- 6 lencia, at 8 1-2. Havana, June 20 —We beg reference to our £ Report of 31 st May. Since then, the business in Sugar has not been extensive, but prices have r on the whole been maintained at the decline we | then noticed. The advices from Europe are now ' more discouraging, and as there are ample sup plies at market, planters will probably soon have s to make some concessions in price, particularly 1 as the Exchanges are still lower, while freights I continue high. We pk.ee our quotations as fol lows : fair to superior Whites 8 a 9 1-2 rials. Yellows, choice 6 1-4 a 7 rials, Yellows, good ? and fine 5 1-2 a G rials, Browns 5a 5 1-4 rials, a Cucuruchos4 1-2 a 4 3-4 rials. Very few Mus- eovados are offering. We quote the sarfie as s before, say 5 to 6 rials for middling to fine. Molasses has been sold in the harbor at 1 3-4 ” rials, but is generally he d at 2 rials. The transactions in Coffee are very insigni- J ficant at $8 a 8 1-2. a v The World’s Fair.— The English papers are * profuse in their ridicule of the American portion of the Great Exhibition, and sneeringly inquire “ « Why the Committee asked for so much room, * when they were unable to fill it ?” Some of their “ amateur writers also condemn the display of American productions, a id intimate that Brother Jonathan is celebrated fer nothing but wooden I nutmegs and mammoth pumpkins. A reply in kind to both query and Ihe sneer, would be, that n “ the Committee reserved the vacant space for a o certain sea-boat called the Pacific; but that our fc people, being naturally in a hurry, and unwilling | v to be over ten dajs in crossing the big pond, p could not spare her until they had time to build a sc faster one ?” To be serious; no one conversant ai with the state of things here, could have expect ed from this country a display of jewels, plate, tc and rich silk tissues to match the glittering e< ( stores collected from the old world. There much difference between the two Continents in this respect, as there was between the ruffle! British Grenadier, and the ragged, barefooted Continental Soldier in the days of our fathers ’ the one w T as adorned for a sacrifice, —the other simply girded for a mighty purpose.—A r . Y j OU) Commerce. Kindness Reciprocated. —The Pittsburg G a . zette, of Saturday, says: A Mexican woman, named Anastasia de | a Trinidad de Mendez, who was obliged to flyf rom her country, owing to the kindness with which she had treated some sick Americans, on Friday left Pittsburg to return home. The volunteers in this city and the vicinity, who served in the war, raised three hundred dollars to defray the expenses of the trip. ' ( Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.) Baltimore, June 24. On Monday night William Pinckney White was nominated as the Democratic candidate to Congress from the fourth district of Maryland. Baltimore, June 25. There were but small sales of Cotton in the New York market to-day. An advance, how ever of an eight of a cent took place. Governor Johnson has been re-nominated for Governor of Pennsylvania. President Fillmore was engaged in visiting the public works at Norfolk and Portsmouth,W yesterday. War has re-commenced between the Hay tie ns and Dominicans. Forty Haytiens have been killed. New-Orleans, June 24, 8.50 P. M. Two thousand two hundred bales of Cotton were sold to-day. Prices are still easier for mid dling, which is quoted at 7 3-4 cents. The Europa’s news an advance of an eighth in the Liverpool market was received after the business of the day had terminated. The steamer L f nion has arrived from New- York. Cheraw, June 24. The Weather and the Crops. —The weath er continues exceedingly favorable to the grow ing crops. On Sunday we had a bountiful sea son. This continued favorable weather has operated upon the crops with marked effect. The corn crop is highly promising, and the cotton crop unusually so. We conversed with an intelligent gentleman, just arrived here from Alabama, and who has travelled over the route for a number of years about the oame period, who says the crops this season exceed anything he has seen for years past. The Wheat crop in North Carolina is bountiful in quantity and of superior quality. Without unlooked for disasters, the labors of the husband-man never were rewarded better than they will be this year:— Gazette. Philadelphia, June 21.—Judges King and Parsons decided, this morning, that a telegraph operator is not bound to keep inviolate his pledge ofsecresy with regard to the communications that pass through his Hands when he is ordered to di vulge them by a legal process. Judge Campbell dissented from this opinion. Two propeller steam boats, of about 600 tons each, are to be built at Bireiey’s ship-yard, Ken sington, intended for an outside line between this city and New York. Their engines are to be very powerful, so as to make speedy trips and se cure passengers as well as freight. As the cars from the West were coming to this city last night, a lady passenger of this city, Mrs. S. M. Catell, who had for some time been in delicate health, was suddenly seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, and died in a few min utes. The sad event happened when the train was about 37 miles from the city. {Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. Washington, June 21, 1851. This morning the Secretary of War issued in structions for the enforcement of an old order pre scribing the size of whiskers to be worn by our army officers. Mustachies and goatees are ex taNkto*.'/ jr forbidden. Mormon Outrage. —The last reported piece of rascality practiced by J. J. Strang and his gang occurred at Grand Traverse Bay, on Lake Michi gan, about 40 miles from Beaver Island, on the 16th April. He purchased goods, for which he paid in bogus half dollars. When the cheat was discovered, the Sheriff with a posse, started in pursuit of Strang and his gang, who when over taken, turned and took deliberate aim at their pursuers with fire arms, and drove them back. A Fact. —“He who advertises judiciously and extensively,” says an exchange, ‘‘can afford to sell to his customers to better advantage than he who does not, because he adopts the correct means to multiply their number, and secure to himself a much larger amount of business. He who does the largest business can do it at the smallest per centage of profit.” Readers of the newspapers can always, therefore, know where to get the cheapest goods, by looking to see who advertises the most extensively.— Baltimore Sun. The Fire at St. Louis.—On the 12th and 13th two large fires occurred—the first destroyed buildings and property of Mr. Beecher, of the value of $15,000 —-only $5,000 insured. Mr W. M. Harlow sl7,ooo—insured SII,OOO. The second fire destroyed the steamer Sultana and the Missouri Sugar Refinery. The steamer was worth SBO,OOO, and insured for $30,000. Several lives were lost, and among them Mathew Burns, the fourth Engineer. The Sugar Refinery was insured at $20,000. Arrest of Capital Punishment —The Vic tim Rescued from under the Gallows. —Passing up Orange-street the other day, our attention was attracted to a boy who was climbing up a lamp post, endeavoring to pass the end of a rope, which was attached to the neck of a terrier dog, over the horns on which the lamp-lighter rests his ladder when lighting the lamp. There were some half dozen ragged urchins around cheering him. An old gentleman present, supposing foul play, asked tbe little fellow what he was going to do to the dog. “ Hang the sucker, he’s bin a murderin,” said the excited boy. “ Murdering what?” asked the old man. “ Why, Jakey Babcock's pet rat, wathe cotch ed ven they tore down the old bildin.” “ Oh, don’t hang him for that,” pleaded the old man, “it is his nature to kill rats; besides, he looks like a good dog, if you wish to get rid of him I’ll take him along with me.” “Oh ! it can't be did, daddy; he’s a infernal scoundrel, and the jury brought him in gilty, and he's got his sentence, and you can bet your life I’ll hang him. “Jury! what jury?” “ Why, our jury; them fellers there sitting on that cellar door. They tried him this mornin, and Bob Linkets sentenced him to be hung That's right, aint it, daddy ? It was all on the square. I was the lawyer against the dog, and Joe Beecher was fur him, but his arguments were knocked all to thunder when I brought the murdered body inter court. It took ’em all down. They all guv in that I wa3 rite. He aint worth a rusty nail now, but as soon as he’s dead he’s worth fifty cents, ’cording to law, at the City Hall, and we want the money for 4th of July.' The old gent seemed surprised at the logic of the boy, but was about entering another plea for the condemned, when the scene was interrupt ?d by the arrival of the owner of the dog, (a >tout Irishman.) who soon dispersed judge, jury and executioner, and rescued the trembling cul prit.—N. O. Picayune. The Louisville Courier of Tuesday, says that a nan from Madison, la., was treated with a coat >f tar and feathers at Carrolton, Sunday night, or grossly insulting a lady in that city, lie vent from Madison on a new ferry boat with a Measure party, Sunday, and at Carrolton insulted leveral ladies. A party of citizens seized him, md after stripping aim of clothes, covered him vith a good coat of tar and feathers, and then ook him across the river, into Indiana, and tum id him loose.