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Arrival of the Steamship Britannia.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER.
The steamship Britannia arrived at Boston
on Saturday morning, and was received in
Philadelphia by express, from whence it was
communicated to the Baltimore Sun by Mag
netic Telegraph, some twenty-four hours in
advance of the mail.
The news is of considerable importance,
and very interesting, particularly so far as
relates to the reception ot the news of the
victories of Gen. Taylor on the Rio Grande.
The corn bill has triumphed in the com
mittee of the whole in the House of Lords by
a majority of thirty-three. Consequently all
lears as to its final passage are at an end, and
a rich market for our superabundant crops of
bread-stuffs may now be confidently antici
pated.
J here has been a decline of one-eighth
pence in the cotton market, though the de
mand continued steady.
In England and Ireland the wheat and po
tatoc, as well as other crops, have a fine and
prosperous appearance, and the prospect ot
a plentiful harvest was considered good on
the I‘Jih oil., when the Britannia sailed. It
teems, therefore, that we have monopolized
all the rain in tins direction, unless the storm
clouds have paid them a later visit.
Sir Robert Peel’s retirement is more confi
dently spoken of than by former arrivals —
there is, however, nothing positive known
vet with regard to 1 1 i.•> intention in this re
spect. It in based on the supposition, that on
the completion of his great measures he will
retire from active life.
The war between the United States and
Mexico engrosses public attention. The vic
tories of the Americans on the Rio Grande
Las changed public feeling both in England
and France from sympathy for the Mexicans
lo contempt. The change of opinion, how
ever, is as unjust to the Mexicans as the
former feeling was to the Americans. The
Mexicans deserve much credit for their gal
lant stand, and it was only the superior tact
and energy of Gen. Taylor and his brave lit
tle army that overthrew them.
Mr. Guizot’s organ is still pointing out the
necessity and policy of France and England
interfering bv a joint action of some kind to
protect Mexico from what it terms the rapa
cious and tyrannical conduct of the United
.States in seizing on the territory of a weak
itnd unfortunate nation. The Government
organ, however, does not touch on the sub
ject, and the probability is that the organ of
Mr. Guizot is used as a feeler to ascertain
the views of the people in regard to such a
movement.
La Compt,thc attempted assassin of Louis
Plnllippe, King of the French, has been exe
cuted. This announcement will be received
with unniversal surprise, as this unfortunate
man has heretofore been uniformly represent
ed as laboring under a singular delusion,
* nearly approaching to insanity.
Death if the Pope of Home. —His Holiness,
the Pope of Rome is dead, having expired
suddenly on the Ist of June. Cardinal Fran
zoni, n is said, is the person most likely lo
succeed him.
J\tw Steamships. —Three or four steam
ships for weekly communication between the
United States and Great britain, are con
structing by the same builders and engineers
who limit the Cambria, and steamships of
the British and North American line. The
Messrs. Cunard are lo have the contract.
Dr. Ellis, a professor of Hydropathy, has
been held to bai for manslaughter for caus
ing the death of a parent by administering
the cold water system.
The heat was greater in Paris the week be
fore the loth of June than for some years.—
The thermometer marked, in tfie shade, SSj;” 1
of Farenheit. The English papers speak of
the month of June being the holest exper
ienced in that country for sixteen years.—
The number of deaths recorded from being
struck by tiie sun is very numerous.
W heal has declined in the Liverpool Corn
Market, between the 16th of May and the
16th of June, from 575. to 525. lOd. per qr.
Flour is also lower.
Apprehensions were entertained in Hol
land of a failure of the rye and potato crop.
FRANCE.
In the Chamber of Deputies the Minister
of Marine, in reference to the war between
the United States and Mexico, was asked if
he intended to tolerate the extreme abuse
which the Mexicans appeared disposed to
make of their letters of marque. The Minis
ter replied that the principle which guided
the Ministry in reference lo the corsairs was
that for a ship to have the right to sail under
the French flag, the captain, the officers, and
two-thirds of the crew must be French. Ne
vertheless, in certain circumstances it was
sufficient it three tilths of the crew were
French, it was on such conditions that let
ters of marque were delivered in time of war
to vessels sailing under the French Hag.
The c ireurasiances which constituted piracy
were determined by the laws of 1825, which
are, that a vessel must be found in the precise
condition defined by that law to be reputed
pirates. But in case French vessels of war
were ordered to cruise in places in which
French commerce needed protection, and it
the captains of those vessels of war were to
meet a ship w hicii sailed under a foreign flag,
and should have a captain, officers, and ma
jority ot the crew nut belonging to that nation,
lliere would be just motive ot suspicion, and
the captains ot such vessels of war ought lo
protect the interests of their country. It was
only tor French tribunals in lie ports ot
France to decide ine veritable situation of the
ship refeired to.
A Deputy then insisted that the principles
on wiiicti France acted were good, and that
Mexico should be obliged to act upon them
ai-o. He then read an extract from a des
jiatch el a French Admiral to the Mexican
Government in 18139. in which he laid down
tliat every vessel bearing a letter of marque
of which the Captain and two-thirds of the
crew should not be Mexicans, would be con
sidered a pirate, and treated as such, with a!!
ibe severity of the lews cf war.
Paris , June 15. — The Journal des Debats
lately published a remarkable article on the
state of affairs between Mexico and the Uni
ted Slates. Our cotemporary, says an En
glish paper, asserts that Mr. Polk has only
gone against Mexico lo compensate for his
defeat in Oregon, and to regain popularity.
It thinks Mexico is totally unable to resist the
United Slates, and that existing hostilities
will result in its dismemberment. It thinks
that the States will endeavor to seize the
Californias lo make up for their being obliged
lo lose Oregon, and that the Californias are
infinitely more valuable.
It views all this with regret, but beyond a
few sneers at Mr. Polk, for whom it appears
to have cherished the most profound con
-1 tempt, it says nothing offensive to the Uuiled
States. It points out the necessity of France
and England interfering in the matter, in or
der lo bring about a reconciliation, and to
protect Mexico. It alleges that France has
interests at stake in Mexico which call
promptly for such interference.
Intelligence from Algiers is of the usual
character. Tribes have revolted, and been
chastised and punished.
The Attempted Assassination of Louis Phil
lippe.—Lc Compte, the attempted assassin of
the King of the French lias been brought to
trial, condemned and executed as a paracide
—that is lo go barefooted lo the scaffold,
wearing a shirt outside his dress, and lo have
his head covered with a black veil, to remain
standing on the scaffold whilst the sentence
was read to the people, and to be then be
headed. On the trial he slated that he had
no accomplices, and was not the tool ot any
political faction.
GERMANY.
The German papers announce that the
Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the
King of Prussia, are to meet at Vienna in
September next.
SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Stockholm, June s.—Emigration is rapidly
on the increase from this part of the world
to the United States. A United Slates ves
sel lately left Scien with 250 emigrants,
leaving seven hundred prepared to follow 7 on
the first opportunity. The greater part of
the emigrants are artisans and agriculturists.
The majority of them are tolerably well to
do in the world. The coronation ot the King
and Queen is to lake place in October with
great pomp.
RUSSIA.
Persecution of lue Jews. —Vast prepara
tions are making for the marriage of the Em
peror’s daughter with the Prince of Volga.
Poland is encumbered with troops. The
Emperor of Russia has published a ukase or
dering all the Jews in Russia to place them
selves in one of the four following classes:—
Ist amongst the burgesses of the town, by
the purchase of a piece of land, or a house;
2d, in one of the three corporations of Tra
soy; 3d, in a corporation of artizans, after
having given the proofs of ability required by
law; 4th, in the grand body of tillers, whether
on their own properly or owned by others.
They must place themselves, by the appoint
ed time, in one of the classes, and are to be
subjected to restrictive measures.
PORTUGAL.
Lisbon, June 9.—The Insurrectionary Jun
tos have almost all laid down their anus, ex
pressing their satisfaction with the general
measures of the new administration.
ITALY.
Milan, June 7.—His holiness Pope Gre
gory the 16th, departed this file on the Ist
msl. He had been indisposed during the
last week of May, on the 28th or 29th of that
month he was believed by his physicians per
fectly recovered. His death was sudden,
and may possibly give rise to similar rumors
as followed the decease of several of his
predecessors.
He was in the eight}-first year of his age,
having been born in the year 1765. In ordi
nary times the decease of a Pope would not
occasion any sensation in the political world,
but such is not the case in the present in
stance. Pope Gregory the 16:h was a good,
kind, benevolent man, sincere in his religious
principles, and more tolerant than most others
who had held the keys of St. Peter.
The member of the Sacred College most
likely to succeed Pope Gregory is the Car
dinal Franzoni, President of the Congregation
of the Proppagandi. He is, however, con
sidered friendiy to the Jesuits, and will be of
course fiercely opposed by France. Cardinal
Franzoni was born at Genoa, on the lUth of
December, 1775, and is of course in the 71st
year of his age,—Cardinal Acton might not
improbably be selected, and would in that
case be only the second Englishman that
has ever held the Papal dignity. Great agi
tation continues to prevail in different parts
of the country, especially in t he Papal States,
and it is to be feared that outbreaks will take
place.
[From the Charleston Evening News.]
PASSAGE JN THE HOUSE OF THE TAUIFF BILL
It will be seen from our Washington Cor
respondence that the Tariff bill has passed
the House by a vote of 114 to 95, placing tea
and coffee among the free articles and re
imposing a duly (20 per cent) on salt after
it had been stricken out of the bill. It will
be brought to a close vole in the Senate,
depending, it is said, on the casting vote of
the President of that body, which will, of
course, be given in favor of its passage.
We have not been able, from the want of
time, to examine the bill in detail in the form
it has passed the House.
The act is to go into operation on the first
of December next.
In schedule A, Brandy and all other spi
rits disliked from grain, Cord als of ali kinds,
the duty imposed is 100 per cent.
On articles in schedule B, on which are
imposed an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent,
we find enumerated Sugar of all kinds, Mo
lasses, Earthen, China and Stone Ware; Hats
and Bonnets, for men, women and children,
composed ot straw, chip,grass, palm leaf, wil
low or any other vegetable substance; Caps,
Hats, Muffs and Tippets of Fur, and all other
manufactures of Fur or of which Fur shall be
a component material; Caps, Gloves, Leg
gins, Mils, Socks, Stockings, Wove Shirts
and Drawers; Carpets, Carpeting, Hearth
Rugs, Bedsides and other portions i f Carpet
ing, being either Aubiyson, Brussels, In
grain, Saxony, Turkey, Venitain, Wilton or
any other similar fabric; C o bing ready made
i and wearing appare. of every description of
whatever material composed, made up or
maunfaclureJ, wholly or in part, by the tai
lor, sempstress or manufacturer; cotton cords,
gimps and galloons; iron in bars, blooms,
bolts, loops, pigs, rods, slabs, or oilier form,
not otherwise provided for; castings of iron,
i old iron; vessels of cast iron; manufactures
j ot cotton, linen, silks, wool, or worsted, it
! embroidered or tambourd in the loom or other
processes; manufactured articles, vessels and
wares of glass, stained or painted glass; ma
nufactures and of leather, or of which
; leather shall be a component part.
1 In schedule C the duty is 25 per cent, and I
among the articles enumerated are baizes,
buckings, flannels, and floor cloths of whatev
er material composed not otherwise provided
for; cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton
trimming lace, and bands, manufactures com
posed wholly of cotton, not otherwise pro
vided for; mattmg, Chinese and other floor
malting and mats made of flags, jute, or
grass; manufactures of silk, or of which silk
snail be a component material, not otherwise
provided for; manufactures of worsted, or of
which worsted shall be a component material
not otherwise provided for.
In schedule D paying a duty of 20 per cent,
is found blankets of all kinds.
Schedule H. contains the articles exempt
from duty after the Ist of December next,
among which are coffee and tea, when im
ported direct from the place of their growth
and production in American vessels or for
eign vessels entitled to reciprocal treaties to
be exempt from discriminating duties, ton
nage or other charges. Coffee, the growth
or production of the Netherlands, imported
from the Netherlands in the same manner.
In schedule I, Wines of ail descriptions
and imitations of Wines pay a duty of 40 per
cent.
AH other goods not enumerated, to pay a
duty of2o percent ad valorem.
All goods imported from this side of Cape
of Good Hope or Cape Horn, to be allowed
to remain in public store for one year in
stead of 60 days as now allowed, and all
goods imported from beyond those Capes, to
remain one year instead of 90 days as now
permitted.
The duties to he assessed upon the invoice
value on all goods, the importer abroad to
make such addition in the entry to the value
as w ill bring the same to the true market
value of such importers in the principal mar
kets of the country whence the importation
shall have been made, or manufactured, or
produced, adding thereto all costs and charges
which under existing laws would form part
oflhe true value at the port where the same
may be entered, it being made the duty of
the collector to cause the dutiable value of
such imports to be appraised, and if the ap- ,
praised value thereof shall exceed by 10 per |
cent, or more, the value so declared on the j
entry,there is an additional duly of 20 per
cent, to be levied, provided that there shall
be no duty assessed less than the invoice
value.
[From the Washington Union, July 3.]
THE REVENUE TARIFF PASSED.
It is with grateful hearts that we announce
to the country the passage of tiie revenue
tariff’ bill in the House ot Representatives by
a vote of 114 for, to 95 against, the bill—be
ing a majority of 19 votes in favor of the
measure which, counting the Speaker, who
can only give the casting vole, and three de
mocrats who had not paired off, unavoidably
absent, swells me actual majority to 23 votes.
Tire vote was not sectional. The North, the
►South, the East, and the West participated
in trie adoption of the measure. The largest
vole for lire bill was from the West. Six of
the Western Stales—namely, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, and
Texas, being unanimous lor the measure,
with majorities in its favor from Ohio, Ten
nessee, Indiana, and Louisiana. Let this fact
teacli moderation to the protectionists. The
great, the glorious, and growing West, is for
free-trade. 'That vast region from which tw’o
new States, Wisconsin, and lowa, are about
emerging, and whose entire representation
under the census of 1850 will, at the present
ratio, reach 100 members, is almost unani
mous for free trade. The voice of the farm
ers, the voice of that great agricultural val
ley of the Mississippi, calls loudly for free
trade. On the same side will be the four ad
ditional new Stales from Texas, slave-holding
and non-slaveholding, the new Stale north of
lowa and west of Wisconsin and lowa—all,
all will be agricultural, and all for free trade.
And Oregon now secured, and ready for
peaceful settlement and emigration—Oregon
to form at least four new Etates—Oregon
upon the Pacific, and inviting the commerce
of Asia and iSoutii America—Oregon pre
eminenily agricultural and commercial—she,
100, will come in under the glorious banner of
free trade.
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Virginia, the great founded of the demo
cratic faith, was unanimous, save one, (14
out of 15 representatives.) in favor of the
measure. South Carolina, so renowned for
courage and intellect, was absolutely unani
mous. All the democrats of Georgia and
North Carolina were true to their great cause.
One—we believe but one—whig vote was
given for the bill. The man who had the
moral courage to give that vote was the up
right and able whig member from Alabama,
Mr. Hilliard. The democracy of New York
covered themselves with glory in their sup
port of Lite measure.
From Pennsylvania, so distinguished in
support of the war of ’76, and 1812, and so
ever ready to pour out the life-blood of her
sons in defence of the country —so devoted to
the Union—so true to the democratic faith
on all other questions but the tariff, there
was but a single vote for this great measure
—and that came from the bold and fearless,
the truly able and eloquent Wilmot. Lot
him wait but a year, to see the operation of
this bill defeat ail the predictions of his op
ponents, and iiis vole, though now alone,
will lie the vote of Pennsylvania. It is
a singular coincidence, that Mr. Wdmot, the
only Pennslvanian who voted for the bill, is
a native of the same town and county of that
Elate as Mr. Walker.
The following Elates, ten in number, were
unanimous in favor of the bill : New Hamp
shire, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan,
and Arkansas, (absent on the final vote.) A
majority of the votes of the following Slates
were for the bill: the above ten Slates, and
in addition, Maine, (the star oflhe East,
unanimous save one.) Virginia, North Caro
lina, Georgia, Louisiana, (unanimous, save
one, unseduced by sugar and molasses,) Indi
ana, Ohio, Tennessee—in all. eighteen Slates
for the bill; New York equally divided. Six
States were unanimous against the bill, and a
majority in three more against it—in all, nine
Slates.
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Correspondence of the Sanders exile. Telescope.
Jacksonboro’, Ga. June 25, 1846.
Mr. Editor: —In consequence of your neu
trality in politics, I have taken the liberty
to address this note to your many patrons, to
suggest an idea which has been somewhat dis
cussed in our vicinity. We have been re
presented in the S:h Congressional District in
Congress by an able and distinguished states
man—one who for his powers of eloquence
has few, if any. equals in our Slate. But
on the subject of the war with Mexico, he
has exercised his talents in opposition to tiie
nation’s voice with a recklessness which de
j mauds rebuke. We have therefore thought !
i that would be v eil to place seme one in 1
—■ 'I TnMMUJW"!*
opposition to him, and, in looking round for
one unconnected with the heat ot political
strife, together with the fixed purpose es
tablished in him, to stand by his country in
her darkest hour; we have thought of your
fellow’ citizen and countryman, Judge Saf
fold—of whom there is not a purer patriot or
one having clearer conceptions of Republi
can policy in our Congressional District.
A Friend to the Friend oj Thornton.
AUtiUbTAThEO.. _
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 10.TS4G.
O’We would respectfully inquire, why is
it that papers mailed at this place for various
Post Offices in Barnwell District, first go to
Charleston. Our subscribers in Barnwell
complain bitterly of this arrangement. Why
cannot the papers be distributed from the
Post Offices on the route oflhe rail road as
the mail goes down? Now, we understand
that a letter or paper mailed here fur Barnwell
C. 11., goes direct to Charleston and returns
to Blackvilie and thence to Barnwell. So a
letter or paper from Barnw ell for Augusta,
would goto Blackvilie, thence to Charleston,
and finally, thence to Augusta. This is one
of several illusi rations.
O’We borrow from the Charleston Even- •
ing IVews, a condensed statement of the details
of the tariff bill as it passed the House. It is
a long step towards an equal and just sys
tem, founded on the principle of imposing
duties, for the .sake of revenue, and not for tiie
sake of protection. Though the south does
not gain all she has contended for, yet she
has achieved in common with that great
party that coincides with heron that subject,
a decided triumph fur free trade principles.
It is an earnest of their ultimate and com
plete success, based as they are on the im
; mutable principles of truth and justice. It is
i peculiarly gratifying that this news reaches
us simultaneously with that of the passage,
in Committee of the Whole in the House of
Lords, of the Corn Law Bill by the decided
majority of 33 votes. Tims topples to the
ground that great and enormous iniqui
ty, the corn law monopoly, which has so
long oppressed our mother country. It is
founded on the same false principle of legis
lating for classes at the expense of the mass
of the community, which distinguishes the
I tariffsystem of this country.
The Chronicle c$- Sentinel expresses the
hope that “this measure of mischief and evil
will be defeated in the Senate.” lie will be }
doomed to disappointment. But how is it a
measure of mischief and of evil ? 'Pin? du
ties are lowered upon foreign productions, as
compared with the Jariffof 18-12. If the pre
sent bdl causes those productions to come
down in price, where is the mischief and evil?
Ildoes not fail oh the consumer here. Our citi
zens generally are not in the habit of think
ing cheap goods a very great mischief and !
evil to them. But it is to be a great mis- !
chief and evil, by compelling the manufactu- j
rer of tins country to sell cheaper. This is i
dreadful, indeed, in their estimation. Yet do i
they not boast that they can undersell the ;
foreign manufacturer? Do they not say that \
the tariff for protection does not enhance j
prices? That it is tiie means of reducing !
prices, and has reduced prices—that such |
has been the effect of the tariff of 1842. Still I
do they desire to cling on to this same tariff
of 1842, in preference to one of lower duties,
which they would have the people believe,
will result in enhancing prices.
T lie Chronicle would have a little popular |
indignation aroused at the duty of 20 percent I
on salt—a necessary of life. But it fails to
remind the reader tfiat the tariff of 1842 im
posed a duty ufat least 100 percent on this
necessary of life. So far, then, the people
who u=e this indispensablehtUc\g have nothing
to complain of in ihe change.
We consider this change a more palpable j
and indisputable benefit to Home Industry
in its enlarged sense, than could be any por
tion of that mountain of taxation imposed by
tiie tariff of 1842 upon the various articles im
ported, coming in competition with tiie Ame
rican manufacturer, under the pretext of pro
tection to home industry.
That is tiie best protection which makes
the burthen of taxation as light as possible, i
consistent with adequate revenue.
CFThe National Intelligencer states that
of the ten absentees from the Senate on the
vole of reference to the Standing Committee
of ways and means, six were favorable and
four opposed to the protective principle.
The motion to dispense with the reference
prevailed by two voles. T his being a lest
question, tiie ultimate passage of tiie tariff
bill will probably depend on the casting vote |
of the Vice President. lie will of course
vote in its favor.
O’ The Baltimore Sun contains two letters
of the 13ih and 16th June, dated U. S. ship
St. Mary’s, off Tampico; the first of which
originally appeared in the Norfolk Herald,
giving anaccountof the bombardment of the
fort, and driving the garrison from it.
An effort was made on tiie night of the Bth
to cut out and capture some gun boats of the j
enemy, but nothing could be accomplished,
as the enemy were apprized of the approach
of our boats, and their superior force in the
fort and on the water, rendered tiie attempt
hopeless.
On the next day another attack was made
on the fort, and gun beats, by firing Pai.vhan,
and solid shot, which soon silenced ihe fort,
but did no great damage. Tiie dimculty ot
tiie entrance across Hie bar prevented the
cannonading being carried cn at close quar
ters.
We mav expect to hear more interesting
accounts by the next arrival, as another expe
dition was determined on. The Mexican
commander is represented to be a very reso
i late Scotchman.
BULLOCK'S PROGRESSIVE POWER COT
TON PRESS.
We witnessed yesterday, at the ware-house
of Messrs. Doughty, Boall &■ Roberts, the
| operation of this Press. It answers fully the
i purpose for which it is intended, and com-
I pressed a bale weighing about 450 lbs. into a
I neat, well-shaped square package. Thecot
! t on W as taken from a round bale, and put up
again in the same bagging, but of course with
i the addition of suitable rope. Quite a large
i number of bales have already been thus con
veiled into square packages, and it is in con
templation to have several in operation next
winter in our city.
We are pleased to hail this invention as
j the probable means ot putting an end to the
i sending from this market any more ot the
awkward and ill-shaped round bales, which
are now so common. In square packages, the
same cotton always commands a better price.
We recommend these Presses to the Plant
ers, as more compact, mare manageable, and I
less liable to get out of repair than the Screw
Press.
We are satisfied that the same hands can
| pack a larger number of bales in a given
i time with this Press than with a Screw.
The lever is below the follower, which
‘passes with the upward pressure, up through
the box. The arrangement is such as to
make it more convenient to place the cotton
in the box than by the ordinary method.
ETA correspondent of lire Sandersville
Telescope suggests the holding of a conven- !
tion of the Democrats of the Bth Congres- 1
1 sional District at Warrenton, on the 24th of j
July, to nominate a candidate for Congress.
Warrenton is as convenient a point as can
j be fixed upon, and we hope that as regards
the place of meeting, the suggestion be
adopted. We think, however, tiiat the day
! named is too early fur a general representa
| tion.
We suggest that Saturday the 15th Au
| gust be the day. The first Tuesday in jlhat
1 month, being sheriff' ’s sale'dav, will be
suitable and convenient for tlie assembling of
the people to appoint delegates from the dif
ferent counties.
UWe have received the July number of
; the Southern and Western Literary Messeu
i ger and Review. Resides a variety of well
1 written articles in prose and poetry, it con
! tains a valuable article on the civil warfare
[ in the Carolinas and Georgia during the re
| volution. It is a continuation of the subject
| from the June number, and is a review of the
! journal and letters of the iate Samuel Cur
j wen, a loyalist refugee.
ITT We innert the following from the Stone
j Mountain celebration, which came to hand
j since our last publication.
! LETTER FROM GOV. CRAWFORD.
Ren-Air, June 23d, 1846.
Gentlemen: —I properly appreciate your in-
I citation to the proposed celebration of our Na- j
tional Anniversary on the 4tb proximo.
I need not speak of those feelings which j
are awakened in the bosom of every American
citizen, on the recurrence of an Anniversary j
so lull of patriotic associations, and in which
I would cordially participate, if permitted to |
be present at your festival. Without trou
bling you with the causes which will detain
me elsewhere, I desire only to say that‘bi
tween business and pleasure 1 must not hesi
tate in my choice.
if I may not disturb your festive pleasures,
I there propose the following sent merit:
Our Republican Institutions. —Everlasting
I as the base of your granite mountain, and
! pure as the breeze that floats over its summit. !
I arn, gentlemen, very respectfully, yours, j
GEO. W. CRAWFORD,
j To the Committee of In dial ion: Stone i
I Mountain.
1
REGULAR TOASTS.
No. 1. Our National Union: Its perpetui
ty and glory, depending on the virtue and
intelligence ot the people, the purity of our
elections, and the unshackled freedom of tire j
press.
, No. 2. The Constitution of the United Stales: j
The brazen shield ot liberty, Ihe hope of the ]
country, the pride of republicans : may its j
power never be destroyed or its glorious doc- i
trines disregarded.
No. 3. The original Thirteen United Stales: '
; Georgia, sixty years since, with her twelve
I sister Stales, erected a magnificent temple,
I the admiration of the world: may she continue I
jealously to guard its portals against open j
enemies and hypocritical designing friends.
No 4. The Memory of Washington: A
world unites in one—Amen.
No. 5. The American Patriots of former j
days: They shall live in our memories while 1
we have the feelings of men, while the eagle’s j
pinions remain uuclipl, while the constitution
exists, and liberty has a votary.
No. 6. The Memory of DeKalb and Pulaski.
No. 7. Our Republican Institutions: 'Lite
wonder of the world, the offspring of virtue |
and patriotism: may they never be shaken by |
the power of tyrants, nor crumble and waste
from internal dissection,
i No. 8. Our home, our native land, Georgia:
, May the energy, public spirit and patriotism
of her sons keep pace with the foremost ot
the meat sisterhood of Stales. Her moral
virtues and political integrity remain stable
and unyielding as her own grani e moun
tain. Her educational advancement —like the
bounding locomotive, whilst it scours tier
: lengthened rail ways—may it be onward, e\ er
onward to the goal of distinction.
No. 9. The County of DtKalb: Far-famed
for its Slone Mountain, may its population j
become justly distinguished for temperance, I
morality and intellectuality.
No. 10. Education: Its present state calls i
loudly lor legislative wisdom and aid in its j
behalf.
No. 11. The mineral wealth of upper Geor- j
gia: May capital, scientific skiii, and enter
prise soon disembowel tiie hills and scatter i
k their treasures tar and wide.
No. 12. The Georgia Volunteers to Mexico: ■
May the banner over them be Union, and (
l.ieir acts add renewed and increased lustre !
to the tame ol Georgia’s soldiers.
No. 13. II r uman: Man’s first, list, and
never-failing triend. Her smile itis hope, her ■
favor his ambition, her approbation his re- i
ward. i
[COMMUNICATED. 1
EATONTON, July 4th, 1846.
The seventieth anniversary of American
Independence was celebrated in the town of
Eatonton, by the reading of the Declaration
I of Independence and by an appropriate ad-
I dress.
Mr. A. G. Gordon, the orator of the day,
! charmed his audience with a neat and elo
quent oration. The declaration was read
with unusual spirit and force, by Mr. J. C.
Barnett. We were favored with most de
lightful music, chiefly national.
The exercises being over, by invitation of
the Nemologian Society, the Arcaniafl and
Philo-Rhetorical Societies met with that
body in the Nemologian Hall. Upon
Col. N. Y. Young, President of the Nemolo
gian Society was called to the chair, and Dr,
J. 13. Hudson, Chief Ollicer of the Arcaniahs;
and Mr, John W. Hudson, President of the
j Pnilo-Rhetorical were requested to act as
first and second Vice Presidents of the meet
ing.
The thanks'of the three societies were
then unanimously tendered the orator and
reader, for the appropriate manner in which
they had discharged their respective duties.
It was agreed tiiat the three societies further
celebrate the fourth, by a collation to be given
in the Nemologian Hall.
According to agreement the societies met,
and the President and the Vice Presidents
having taken their seals at the table, we
1 proceeded to the enjoyment of the evening.
; It was truly agreeable to see the cordiality
1 and good feeling which nrevailed on the oc
j *
caeion. •
The following thirteen regular toasts were
given and drank with natures pure water:
Ist. The name of the immortal Washing
ton.
2nd. The Sages and Patriots of ’76.
3rd. The Day tee Celebrate: The natal day
of liberty, endeared not to Americans only,
but its recurrence will be hailed in all future
time by the oppressed nations of the earth us
their star of hope and promise.
4th. Patrick Henry: The champion of
colonial liberty, who gave the first impulse
to the ball of the Revolution; he possessed
a genius that designed with all the boldness
of Angelo, and an imagination tiiat colored
w ith all the felicity of'Lilian.
sth. Our Army: The battles of Palo Alto
and Resaca de la Palma, show to tiie world
what Americans can achieve with a General
at their head.
6th. The Georgia Regiment: They go to
fight our battles—may success attend them—
may their glory be as great in the reality as
it is in the expectation ol Georgia.
7lh. Our Nary: In peace our Countrj-’s
pride—the bulwark of her defence in war.
Bib. The Press: More terrible to tyrants
ami demagogues,than “an army with ban
ners.”
9-h- Our Commerce: Let our resources be
more fully developed, and we «haJi become
the greatest commercial nation in the world.
lOili. The Reader of the Day: Well has he
discharged the pleasing duly this clay a»-
I signed him.
| 11th. Agriculture:
‘"He that.by the Plough would thrive.
Himself must ehher hold ur drive.”
! }2l h. The Orator rs the la:: A noble son
i of a distinguished sire—our hearts respond
j to the sentiments lie has this day so eloquent
ly littered.
13th. Woman:
“All that my best and wildestdream.
In fancy’s hour could hear or see;
Os music’s sigh or beauty's beam,
Are realized at once in thee.g
The following Volunteer Toasts, on re
quest were given:
liy the President. The Eatonton fair—very
I H‘ r —hut they would become more fair by
I adding their tare to our fare—thereby pro-
I ducingan infair.
j By the Ist \ ice President, May we al
| ways fare well with the Eatonton fair,
i By the 2nd \ice President. As holy writ
1 teaches us that acts of goodness done in se
cret will meet with open rewards, so the
Arcanian, though a secret society, will attain
public reward.
j By Dr. M. G. Slaughter. The memory of
i Irby Hudson.
j t By Mr. .4. 11. Coates. The memory of
I the gallant Majors Ringgold and Brown, who
1 foil on tiie Rio Grande, gloriously and tri
i mnphantly bearing the standard of the star*
I and stripes to victory.
By E. A. Marshall, Esq. Tiie art of Pho
netic writing and printing: it is bat little
; known in Georgia, but is destined to exert
a mighty influence on our rising generation.
I j By Mr. A. A. Rose. Patriotism: May
that patriotism and hatred of oppression
which characterized our forefathers in their
, untiring zeal for liberty, warm and animate
| tiie heart of every American freeman.
By Mr. W. A. Read. The Fourth of JIII3 ;
May this the anniversary of independence be
long remembered as the birth-day of liberty,
and may every American hail its dawn with
the loudest acclamations of Joy.
On motion the Societies adjourned.
H.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF AUGUSTA.
Adjourned Meeting.—June 13tii, 184 G.
Present —lion. L. D. Ford, Mayor, and
Members Kitchen, Miller, Harper, Huff,
Fleming, Hadley, Dugas, Hopkins, Gculd,
Parish.
Mr. Gould offered the following resolution:
Resolved, Tiiat it is inexpedient to lake
any present action in relation to rebuilding
the upper Bridge.
Mr. Harper offered the following as a sub
i stilute:
|
Resolved, That one hundred shares of the
capital slock of the Georgia Raiiroad and
I Banking Company, owned by the City of An
; gnsla, be placed in the hands of the Collector
and Treasurer, to be applied to the rebuilding
; of the upper Bridge, in a substantial manner,
under the direction of a committee of the
; City Council,consisting of three members to
: be appointed by his Honor the Mayor, to
which lie shall be added—which Committee
shall have full power to have the work finisi.ed
; at as early a period as practicable, by con
tract or otherwise, but without any further
j expense to the City Council.
. The question being put upon the substitute