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JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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ITEMS.
Nova Scotia— There appears to be no
doubt that Lord Falkland is about to return
to England. Sir John Harvey, now Governor
of New Foundlaud, is to be Governor ot Nova
JScotia. it to supposed to be apopular change.
Twelve New Fortifications in Canada. —
The Montreal papers assert that $12 ; 00U,000
are to he expended in the Canadas during the
next three years, m erecting new batteries
and fortifications on the river St. Lawrence
and ports on Lake Ontario.
I'he First Swiss Baptist Minister ever
ordained in this country, the Rev. John
Eschman, received his ordination on Sunday
evening, 19th instant, in the South Baptist
church ot New York. He arrived in this
country from Switzerland last fall, and was
admitted ingp the South Church during the
present year.
De Vega and Co. —The Mexican prison- :
ers of war at New Orleans refuse to receive ;
the money appropriated by our government j
for defraying their expenses.
New York State Loan. —A loan of $>200,-
000, for which proposals were invited by ad
vertisement, at Albany, last week, was taken
by four bidders, at rates varying from $4 60
to $5 *26 premium, on 0 per cent, slock. The
average premium paid ios>4 99Jj per s>loo.
More new States. —A bill has been reported
to admit Wisconsin as a Slate. lowa lias
already been authorized to form a Slate Con
stitution. So we shall probably have Thirty
Stales in the Thirtieth Congress* It is thus,
in obedience to high command, that vve in
crease and multiply.
New Orleans. —A correspondent of the
Presbyterian Herald stales, that during I lie
past year two new Presbyterian Chapels have
been erected in New Orleans, one Episcopal,
two Baptist and one Methodist.
Secret Mission to Mexico There appears
lo be an error in supposing that Mr. Murphy,
who passed through this country en route for
Mexico, is an agent of the British Govern
ment, directed lo offer mediation in concluding
the war. He is an agent of the Mexican
bondholders.
Georgia Rifles. —The Union speaks in high
terms of the simplicity of construction and
strength of a newly invented breech-loading
rifle, manufactured by Mr. Thomas of Geor
gia. Certificates are appended from G. Tal
cott, Lieut. Col. Ordnance, Gen. Gaines and
others, testifying to the convenience and val
ue ol the invention.
North Carolina Volunteers. —From the Ra
leigh papers we learn that the quota of
Volunteers have been returned to the proper
department at Raleigh. Forty Companies
were made up under the proclamation of the
Governor, and as ten was all that was re
quired, they had lo be selected by lot.
Fatal Rencontre. —We learn from the Ra
leigh, N. C., Register, that a rencontre took
place at a muster on Saturday last in Cumber
land county, between B. F. Atkins, Esq, a
candidate lor the Legislature, and Archibald
McDiarmid, which resulted in the immediate
death of the latter from a pistol shot. Both
gentlemen belong to the same political parly.
The Slate Convention. —Mr. Cambreleng
has brought foward a-silly proposition, requir
ing the Legislature to provide by law ‘‘for
the exclusion of the notes of banks of other
Slate from circulation in this Stale.” If
this doctrine is a good one for the Stale of
New York it is good for other States.
Indiana. —The election in Indiana comes
off on the first Monday of August next.
Maryland. —The political campaign in
Maryland is about to open, preparatory to
the fall election.
Massachusetts. —The State Convention for
the democratic party of Massachusetts has
been fixed by the Central State Committee to
take place on Wednesday, Sept IGih, at Bos
ton.
Cotton Mills in the llwt,—There are no
lees than 25 of these establishments, all but
two or three of which are in operation, in the
vicinity of Cincinnati, and at points above on
the Ohio river. The consumption of raw
cotton in these mills, is estimated at 40,000
bales.
Prospects of Manufacturers. —In the Maine
Legislature, on the 17th inst,, the Springvale
Manufacturing Company petitioned for the
privilege of increasing their capital. Rills
were passed incorporating the Maciiias River
Company, the Waldo Mills Company, and
the South Union Manufacturing Company.
Rice. —The rice crop in South Carolina is
eaid lo be very promising. The corn crop is
also fine.
Colton. —The Mastodon Cotton is being
cultivated to some extent in Alabama. It
promises to come into general favor.
Calaihuinpians abroad —Three boys, named
Dennis Ryan, William Smith and’ Bernard
F.lzpalrick, were arrested in New York, on
the 22nd inst., for serenading the citizens ot
the 11th Ward with horns, tin kgttles, bells,
&c., making night hideous by their horrid din,
and collecting a mob of 200 or 300 persons.
They were locked up as disorderlies.
Spain —The great question under discus
sion in Madrid is, who shall marry the Queen.
Great competition among suitors!
China. — Business in Canton is by no
means brisk. A letter to the Boston Travel
ler says, China is overstocked with almost
every description of foreign goods, and they
can be bought as low as the first cost at home,
or even lower.
Dead at Last. —The Times {FI Tiempo.)
a monarchical journal established in Mexico
soon after the accession of Fa redes, termina
ted its existence in June last, by a voluntary
suspension.
——«■ ■■ mmtasamij
Rev. Mr. Mojfutl, Missionary in Africa, I
say s he is patting Pilgrims Progres- into the
Sechauna garb, and remarks, if it does not i
‘ travel this land through and through, I shall
he mistaken.
'Tracts. —The Tract Society for the city of
1 Now York, reported at a recent meet ing, that
; within the last six months there had been dis- i
tnhiited in the city 410,624 Tracts, designed
j to counteract lire flood of dissipating patnpli
: lets.
.4 New York Ac'or in Canada. —Mr. Flem
ing, is playing.al Montreal, and in a round of
the most difficult characters, with the greate.-t
; success. Mr. F. is very favorably known at
llie South.
! Difficulties with the Indians —lt seems that
j the difficulties among the Cherokees are like
ly to lead to open hostilities.
New Engine of destruction. —A Mr. Drown
i lias laid before the Board of Naval officers in
Washington, a plan of a steam ship of war
i to operate against the castle of .Sail Juan.
More of the same sort. —An ingenious me
j chanic at the New York Navy Yard, has in
i vented a racket of such destructive power,
j that it is said the Castle at Vera Cruz could,
I with its use be taken in a few hours. \\ hen
i discharged, it rises nearly a mile high, and in
j falling Us barh'-d iron point, will find a Jodg
’ ment in the hardest substance.
(
Loose Screws. —The Boston Daily Whig
! thus speaks of its party: ‘ Indeed, at this pre
■ sent moment, we cannot recall a single gene
; ral principle on which the whole of tue Whig
j party can be said to unite!”
Is it hasty? —Frog soup and stewed bull
frogs are becoming so popular in Cincinnati
J that arrangements have been made for regu
: lar shipments of frogs from the Wabash
j Maumee.
| Mount Vernon —A company of patriotic
gentlemen, it is said, are flyout to purchase
this hallowed hmnetteaJ. The sum demand
: «d lor it voiudred thousand dollars.
“ Hostilities" in Michigan. —Some forty in
| dignant wives demolished a bowling saloon,
| 80 feet Imm, at Utica, Michigan, in the dead
1 of night, after their truant husbands had left
their spoi ts. Those M ichigan gentlemen will
please hereafter spend their evenings at home,
i
Can he. do it7 —M r. Easton, an old man aged
i 70, at Caledonia Springs, Canada, had under
: taken to walk ] ,000 miles in 1,000 successive
■ hours.
The Houston Telegraph says that some
stone structures, evidently not the wink of
Spaniards, and of very ancient origin, have
been discovered on the Leona in Texas.
The editor of the Texas Telegraph states
j that the Mexicans can more readily a-oncen
j trate their troops at Presidio, than at Mon
; terey. #
I
The Hon. A Veil, M. C., has been elected
Colonel of the Arkansas Volunteers.
Colton Press ; —The Sheriff'lias sold the
I great cotton press at New Orleans, together
: with the buildings, machinery, &c., which
cost a million, for .$270,000.
| Great Museum —The editor of the Phila
j delphia Eagle has turned his office into a
museum. One of the articles on exhibition be
chuckles over with great glee. It is a bru
gan that weighs 5| pounds.
This selection of curiosities would be much
more valuable if the editor could obtain an
old “ball stock."
American Wine. —N. Longworth. of Cin
cinnati, in a letter to tlie editor of the Albany
Cultivator, says: “We have never had a bet
■ ter promise of a grape crop than at the pre
i sent time. If we meet with no accident 1
shall make from 500 lo 600 barrels of wine.”
More public Lands —lt appears that the
j tr ict purchased by the United Stages from the
; j Po’awamies, west of Mi-souri, in lowa, con
. | tains 6,000,000 acres and a branch of the
| j tribe have sold 1.000,000 acres on the Osage,
I making in all the immense amount of 6,000,-
000 acres! The Indians move West.
Specie, in St. Louis. —Gen. Van Antwerp,
i Receiver of the Land Office at Fairfield, 1.
, j T., arrived at St. Louis on the 12th inst.,
| with $75,000, in specie.
Pledged Stocks not Taxable. —The Massa
: chusetts Supreme Court has decided that
| rail-road shares assigned to a bank as colia
; j teral security are not such property held by
: the bank, as can he assessed for local taxes,'
Taxation. —Among other articles thespec
• lades worn by old ladies in Ohio are taxed.
Death of a Servant of Washington. —A co
i lured man named Benj. Young," a servant of
General Washington, died in Berkley comm
on the 3d inst., aged 104.
Lake Superior. —Several citizens of De
troit, Michigan, recently returned from Lake
Superior, full of the most enthusiastic ac
counts of recent mineral discoveries, flue
.gentleman brought down for Mr. William
Ward, of Boston, a single piece of native sil
-1 ver from Eagle River location weighing near
i ly seven pounds.
A Brilliant Bridal. —Great preparations
j have been made in Russia for the forthcoin-
I ing nuptials of the Duchess Oiga, daughter
j ol the Emperor, and the Hereditary Prince ot
I h\ irlemberg. This ceremony will surpass
; in magnificence any thing of the kind that
j has taken place in Europe in modren times.
'File Duchess Olga is represented as a very
I beautiful woman, and surpassed in personal
appearance by none of the Princesses of Eu
rope.
‘ That Sea Serpent. —The sea serpent has
made his regular annual appearance oft’Cape
Cod. He has been a few days later than
usual.
Wisconsin. —From partial returns of the
i census just taken, the population of the
, Territory of Wisconsin is estimated at 150,-
i 000 being an increase of over 100,000, in
1 live years.
Things that govern. —A writer in the last
century observes, that “when the cannons of
the princes began war, the canons of the
j church were destroyed. It was first mitrunr
j that governed the world, and then nitrum;
! first Saint Peter and then Saltpeter.”
Accumulated Property. —Three-fourths of
all the houses and stores in New York city,
are the property of three or four men, among
whom is Louis Philippe, King of the French.
All Boston belongs to scarcely a dozen fami
lies. Seven-eighths of the city of Detroit
are owned by two or three landlords, and
leased lo multitudes of tenants.
| t upital. —A native East Indian ntillionaire
j is about to visit the United Stales.
A p *cs fur bakers a'id raters. —The wheat
harvest is in progre<- in Michigan anti in the
| northern sections of Ohio. Indiana, and Lti
iiois. Ail accounts concur iu represent nj
the crops unprecedentedly large, and in
general of superior quality.
Play things destroyed. —The piano forte
manufactory of Mes-rs. Stoddart and Dun
| ham, in New York, was recently destroyen
by tire. Forty finished pianos and seven! in
! various stages of manufacture were con
j sumed.
Trophies. —The House of Representatives
has adopted a resolution authorizing the I ros
• ident of the United Slates to cause med.us
from the trophies o( Palo Alto and Kesaca dt
| la Palma to be made and distributed among
I the soldiers engaged in these battles.
; ‘‘Charity li-'gins <tt Home. ' —Mtss C.hardy
’ Holmes has been arrested in New York. h»r
stealin<r silver spoons from her mother. In
(bis case, ‘Chanty began at home,’ sure
1 enough.
| AUGUSTA. G£(E
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 29^816.
O* We call the attention of our readers to
, a very able review of the speech and opinions
j of the Hon. A. 11. Stephens, which will be
1 found upon llie fourth page of ibis day s
j _
ft r Editors occasionally receive a comiuu
; nicatioo, with the polite request, in a private
note, .to “make the necessary corrections, as
1 the communication was written in great
haste.” Do correspondents imagine that
editors have nothing else to do, or are pleased
with such employment, as making correc
tions in orthography, etymology, syntax, or
1 prosody? If waiters are in ’‘'great haste,”
they live in a charkable age, and the public
would not censure .them, if they retained
their literary favors until leisure lime would
offer to complete them, li is dangerous for
: correspondents to be ''hasty.'’ Editors have,
I generally, enough sins of omission and coin
| mission, upon the King’s English to answer
I for, in their own hasty editorials, without
I having the responsibility forced upon them,
! by their friends, of making “the necessary
‘ corrections”, in articles for the press.
i 0" The New Orleans Della, of 23rd hist.,
1 i states, that an express passed through that,
city on (he 22nd, with important despatches
j from Washington city, to Gen. Taylor.
THE COTTON CROP.
We notice in the Albany, Ga. Courier, of
July 25'h, a statement that (he caterpillar has
made Its apj>earance among tlie cotton crops j
in that section.
SCI ENTI PIC P EXM ANS 111 P.
! We extract tire following editorial from
| the columns of the Charleston Mercury, ap
j proving of the system of Penmanship as
j taught by Mr. R. P. Gibson.
“ It is with pleasure that we notice in ano
ther column the highly complimentary (esti
{ monials of Col. Hunt and Col. linnvn, whose
! families Mr. Gibson has instructed in writing,
i Testimony from persons who have employed
i him. is the highest proof of his skill and
| capacity, and should influence every one
j whose writing needs improvement, to call
upon him at once.”
DR. PAUL F. EVE.
II aving announced the appointment of this
| gentleman as surgeon in the army, we have
' been requested by one of his friends to state.
; “that before receiving his commission, the
: Doctor was making preparations to join the
j army in Mexico, hut subsequent renewed
: illness of a member of his family, has obliged
him, under tlie advice of medical friends and
i others of his fellow-citizens, to decline the
appointment.” —Chronicle ts- Suit hid of yes
j ter day.
THE LATE NEWS FROM MEXICO
| which we referred to in our last paper, has
: been regularly received, and confirmed. It
was brought to Pensacola by the Steamship
; Princeton, By it we learn further that a cun
l flict took place between the crews of tlie
boats from the Princeton, Cnmb >rland and
Potomac, and tlie Mexicans. The Americans
landed for the purpose of procuring wood and
water, and notwithstanding the fire flf the
enemy they succeeded, without the loss of a
man, and only one wounded hy a spent ball.
The Mexicans lost three killed and eight or
nine wounded.
The Mississippi was to be kept at. Vera
Cruz, to enforce the blockade. The Prince
ton left for Pensacola with dispatches.
The correspondent of the Mobile Tribune,
1 dated Pensacola, July 20, says :
President Paredes is still in the *• iry of Mexico.
| Tiie papers sny the citizens are asking why he does
j not take command of the army cf the North, as
; Congress has given him permission to do The im
; pressiou is, as soon as he leaves the city his Gov
ernment will cease to exist. It was said an effort
to effect a change was to have taken place on the
sth inst. The Government got wind of it and called
; in all the troops, who were under arms all night.—
i The citizens feigned astonishment at the cause.—
The squadron are at Vera Cruz. The brig Perry
■ has been sent oil" Cape Antonio after privateers
; said to he in that vicinity.
; Another correspondent of the Herald and
Tribune, dated Vera Cruz, July 14, savs :
It is the impression of our Commodore that the
Mexicans cannot hold out much longer. They are
1 doing nothing towards prosecuting tlie war—and
; Paredes dare not leave the City of Mexico. An in
j surrection was expected there on the sth inst., and
al! the troops w ere called out and kept under arms
all night. Congress is still in session, but is doing
nothing. It has passed a decree however, autho
rizing Paredes to prosecute the war, but has fur
nished him no means of doing so. The fact is,
I Congress cannot devise the way to raise the “ways
| and means.” Time, however, will soon show
j what is to be done
The frigate Raritan will follow the Princeton to
Pensacola, in a few days. She has about eight on
i the sick list, with the scurvy. .Several sick officers
j from the Squadron go up in the Princeton.
CTThe New Orleans Ddta thus closes an
| editorial, in reference to certain theoretical
i persons who are finding fault with Gen.
Taylor. It may suit other quarters besides
j New Orleans.
i “Seriously, we are sorry to see any paper
make itself so ridiculous as to cast a censure
on the maimer in which General Taylor has
| discharged his duty since he first look cotn
j inank of the‘Army of Occupation.' ”
■rag-i rr i —MB— ‘ 1 V 111 - - " u> -—-
new tariff bill—and the ad valo- ,
REM PRINCIPLE.
Some of the ultra whig papers have con- j
tended that the principle of ad valorem duties,
adopted in the tariff bill no* before the Een
:*e. is unwise. While it is prudent policy
to allow the whigs to discuss this question
privately, among themselves, yet we are dis
posed to give the opinions of the “groat em
bodiment” a fair showing. We are deter
mined that Mr. Clay shall be heard upon the
subject,and will not allow ins principles to
be silenced by the dread clamors ot some of
his friends against this prnciple, or perverted
to opposition for mere opposition’s sake.
What said Mr. flay, in his speech before
the Senate, on the 4th March, 1842, oa the
considera’ion of the resolution, offered hy
himself, “indicative of the line of policy upon
which, in his Judgment, the Federal Govern- .
mei t should be conducted?” We quote,
; from pages 536 and 537, of the Lile and
Speeches of Henry Clav, published in New
York, by Greelyaud McElrath, 1843,and 2nd
vcd.
“What are the other principles of the art? First,
there is the principle that a lixed ad valorem duly
shall prevail and beta force ala 11 times, lor one,
J am willing to abide by that principle. There
are certain VAGI E NOTIONS afloat, as to tlie
I UTILITY and NECESSITY of SEE IFIG duties
ami discriminations, which I ana persuaded ARISE
FROM A U ANT OF A it J GUT FNDER
: STANDING OF THE SUBJECT. We have
had ilie 'ad valorem principle practically in force
ever since the compromise act was passed y and
| there has been NO DIFFICL LT\ in adrmnister
; mg the duties of the Treasury on that principle.
It was necessary fir.-l loacertain the value ot the
goods, and then to impose the duty upon them;
and from the commencement of the act to this day,
■ the ad valorem principle has been substantially m j
! operation. Compare the difference Ivelwecu spe
; chic and the ad valorem system of du.ies, and I
I maintain Unit the LATTER IS J Us 1 EY EN
TITLED TO THE PREFERENCE. The one
i principle declares the duty paid shall be noon the
re d value of the ar ich- faxed; the specific priuei
! pie imposes an equal duly on articles greatly m»-
: equal in value. Coffee, for example, (and it is an
j article which always suggests jiseif to my thoughts)
; is one of the articles on which a specific doty has
j been levied. Now it is perfectly well known that
the Mocha coff-e is worth at least twice as much
1 as tlie cofife of Bt. Domingo orCuha, yel both pay
i the same. duty. The lax has no respect to the
| value, but is arbi r inly levied on all articles of a
! specific kind alike, however various and unequal
j may he their value. I say that, in theory, and ac
, cording to every sound principle of justice, tlie ad
valorem mode of taxati ui is entitled luihe prefe.r
--j cnee. There is, 1 admit, one obji c'hui to it: as
; the value of an article is a matter sniffed to opin
-1 ion, ami as opinions will ever vary, eiilier honest
ly or fraudulently, them is some difficulty in fire
venting frauds. But w ith the home valuation pro
l posed by my friend from Rhode island, (Mr. Sira
-1 mons,) the ad valorem system can he adopted with
i all practicable safely, and will he liable to those
I chances only of fraud which are inevitable under
, any and every system.
Again : What has been the fact from the origin
j of the government until now ? The articles from
j which the greatest amount of revenue lias been
: drawn, such as woolens, linens, silks, cottons,
} worsteds, and a few others have all been taxed on
j the ad valorem principle, and there has been no
j diffi- ulty in the operation. 1 BELIEVE, I RON
THE WHOLE, THAT IT IS 3'll E BEST
‘ MODE.
; Now let the whigs fight against the prin
ciple of ad valorem duties as valiantly as they
choose, hut they must direct their off-c.-ive
language towards Mr. Clay—kill him oft'
and they may then change their batteries
against the democracy. It will he an amusing
scene to witness the on-laugh upon Mr.
Clay—who in the whig camp will make llie
• first till ?
[ COVniUMCATKD.]
HOW WAS IT SOM E TIM E AGO ?
The whig editors continue to harp upon
; the political use made of Mr. Polk’s letter to
Mr. Kane, and to declare that the democracy
! in Pennsylvania were deceived hy that letter,
in the contest of 1814. Without admitting
; that that letter was susceptible of any other
just construction than that given to it by
i every southern democrat, but admitting,
; that, in some few sections of tlie north and
1 east, the friends of a high protective ta-iIT,
! who had no confidence in .Mr. Clay, may
have been anxious to conciliate the influence
of the administration of Mr. Polk, by sustaln
■ ing his nomination—admitting lifts, what
kind of brazen-faced impudence must certain
| whig editors possess, who play continually
| upon their one string banjo, “the Kane Cl ter”'
while their own party are steeped to the very
lips in the turpid waters of political vacilla
tion and duplicity. Have they forgotten tlie
whig tactics of the campaign ot 1840? Du
they remember dial the address of the Cen
tral Wlftg Committee of the iStatent Virginia,
; declared that the question of bank or no hank,
j was not before the people, and that Gen.
Harrison was opposed to the constitutionality
and expediency of such an institution? And
yet strange to state,the whig party condemn
ed Mr. Tyler fur vetoing the bill chartering
I a United Slates Bank! and declared that the
people had determined, by the election of
Harrison and Tyler, that a United S ates
i Bank should be established,
i It was a notorious feature in the whig
I policy of that day, that sectional interests and
prejudices were to be conciliated, however
exceptionable the means might he that should
be adopted. Hence, as in Virginia, the whig
i parly were opposed to a United Stales Bank,
hat in other states whig principles were in
favor of such an institution, and upon their
banners were emblazoned,“A Sound Nation
al Currency—and a National Bank."
And yet the whig patty are condoling over
the immorality ol the principles of the demo
cratic party ! “ i'he Kane letter I’" Let the
; whigs remove tlie beam from their own eye
before they become too sensitive about the
mote in their neighbor’s eye.
If the obvious intention or effect of Mr.
| Polk’s letter to Mr. Kane, had been such as
is represented by tlie whigs, in all charity,
, they should have reflected, that the deiuo
! cratic party have precedents for such a sys- i
tem of political manceuvering in the policy
so often practised by the whigs. Will they
disown the legitimate offspring of their own
loins? If itw’as censurable for the democracy
; to follow the example of the. w higs, what
1 meed of commendation is due to those who
■ furnished the precedent?
i Wh jg editors may lash their duii brains
i| I ■ " ll ll■ II -
foVwit and argument to centre live demo
crat ic partv for the effect Mr. INfttN letter .
io some sections of the country, but let 1
them remember that every jeer anff sophism
they utter, w ill only make their own pm.D- |
cal tergiversations the mare ß^MnJ *Jj ND<
cr.ible.
[communicated.]
Mr. Gardner,—\ notice, from » publication
j in your paper, not long since, that you w ere
vary much pleased will, your trip to the
Stone Mountain. And as i visited that stu
pendous work of nature, a day or two since,
i in company w ith several hundred persons,
w ho had attended the < Word commencement,
1 thought that a description of my trip might
he interesting to you. We arrived about 8
o’clock, and seated ourselves to breakfast
i under a lot g shelter, sufficient to accommo
date three hundred persons at one table.
Every accommodation was prepared by our
enterprising fellow-citizen, John \\ . Graves,
to whose nutiriug perseverance may he at
tributed, in a great measure, the growing in
: terestw liic.il tlie public seem to manifest in
this delight ml-sput, and which ere long will
become one of the most fashionable resorts
in our southern country,
t Indeed, the fine healthy climate, the cold
mountain water, the tested medical virtues ol
• the mineral water, the good accommodations
' for visitors, combined with the attractions ot
the Mountain, must make it a place ol great
resort for all in pursuit of health, as well as
to the votaries of pleasure.
As soon as breakfast was over, all went
i to visit the Mountain, and, although tlie day
was oppressing!)' warm, we ascended on loot
1 to tlie top. a distance of one mile and a
quarter. Inspired hy the romantic scenery,
j and coo! Mountain air, no one seemed to re
gard the fatigue, and all expressed them
selves highly gratified. Indeed I have never
seen in all my travels over tlie different
[ Mountains in the United States, a grander
and more sublime work of nature.
1 stood upon the top, in perfect amazement,
and contemplated tlie scene before me. A
solid rock, rear ar 4 its hoary head between
J two and three thousand feet towards the
j Heavens, almost .a perfect cone in form, en
. tnely solitary, or detached some thirty or
forty miles from anv other mountain, and
covering one thousand acres ol land: And
- .
i to in ike the scene still more impressive, 1
ascended 70 feel, in a beautiful and tasty
tower, erected on the summit, hy Mr. Aaron
i Cloud, to.he finished very soon one hundred
and sixty feet, which add- greatly to thesuh
-1 liinity of the scenery.
Among the various other attractions of the
j Mountain, I visited (lie north, or perpendicu
lar side, where the Mountain breaks off ab
ruptly,and forms a precipice near a thousand
feet almost perpendicular. This pari of the
1 .Mountain, which is hy far she most beautiful
and sublime, has been entirely inaccessible,
I until very recently, Dr. \V. E. \\ right has
commenced having a road blasted out of the
; solid rock, some three or four hundred yards
| across the brink ol the precipice, w hich he
| expects to finish sufficiently to get. a good
1 view of lifts part of tlie Mountain by tiie Otn
< of August—the day appointed for the great
; Agricultural Jubilee at that place. This is
i truly a magnificent work. J remained on
1 this part of the mountain a short tin.”,
1 and witnessed a splendid exhibition of lhe
blasting, which heaved off’ rocks, weighing
i several thousand pounds, down the awful
precipice. Dr. Wright is also building a
beautiful observatory on the brink of the
pn c pice, which he is anxious to finish hy the
August Meeting. This will certainly be the
most attractive part of the Mountain.
About mid-day, the crowd commenced de
! scending to the foot of the Mountain, some
calling at the Home House, which is imme
diately at (he base of the Mountain, and kept
i bv a very clever and accommod tting gemle
man, Judge Anderson; and others to the Depot,
where Mr. Grieves had a sumptuous barha
cue prepared. Soon after dinner, Dr. Means
of Oxford, wiio had brought up his chemical
apparatus, commenced lecturing and exhibit
ing some beautiful and interesting experi
ments in Chemistry. In his introductory
remarks, he was truly eloquent, when speak
: ing of that stupendous monarch of rocks,
which stood in majesty before him. It had
i been,said he, hut a short time since it was
i dedicated to liberty, by an immense crowd,
collected from all parts of tlie stale, and lie
was then about to dedicate it to science, and
that in a few weeks, it would he dedicated to
Agricultural pursuits by tlie people of Geor
gia, airi three or four surrounding slates, i
And as nature had done so much, the people
of Georgia would, ere long, make it the most
attractive spot in the stale, ’i'he extreme
heat and tlie crowd around the Doctor, com
bined with the great fatigue he had just un
dergone, at his commencement, prevented
him from exhibiting all the experiments he j
had iivtended; but the eloquent lecture, he .
delivered and the experiments lie exhibited,
were truly instructive and entertaining.
About five o’clock in I lie evening I took the
cars and in two or three hours found myself
at home. I expect to return to (he August
Agricultural Meeting, when I would be
pleased to meet with you. I hope you will j
spare no pains in urging upon the citizens of
our state, in particular, to attend, and let
each county and each of the Agricultural j
Societies of the state as well as the surround- !
! jn? slates be fully represented, and urge the
propriety of each individual bringing some
thing of his own production for exhibition in
the fair. In haste, your friend, &c, O.
Huston Ice. —-The shipments of ice for June |
readied 2.930 tons, of which there went to I
New Orleans 1.630. Calcutta 522, Barbadoes j
150, St. Thotna? 150, Charleston 183, and .
Mobile 150 tone.
We are iiVdebfed to a gentleman of this
city, (says the New Orleans Picayune,) for
the follow in ir extract from » Spanish paper
received by him, from which it appears that
verv sensible views are taken of the Mexican
war in the capital of Spain:
[ Extract from “ FJ Er.n del Cmnerciu” * paper
published in .Madrid.^
Hostilities have already commenced awthe
frontier of Texas between tS*e Mexican Re
public and the Tinted Slates, and this war
may very possibly terminate in the incorpo
ration of tire Caßlbrnias into tbe American,
Unio*>. Through the English papers we learn
(hat some skirmishes had already tak^uplace
between the .Mexicans, commanded by Geo.
Ainpndia, and the American troops under
Gen. Ta-vlor.
The attention of Europe is now turned to
that quarter, and the Tiempo, a Madrid _pa per,
' seems to lament die impending fate of Mexi
co. For mir part, we cannot bring ourselves
jo consider it as so very unfortunate. It is
nut the interests of a Spanish possession that
i we have now to consider, but of two foreign,
nations, equally entitled to our good will and
sympathy. We view all men as brethren,
! and actuated by tins feeling, we semi up «mr
, prayers lor tbe | tsice and prosperity of the
vlex’Caiis. 15ut. let us a-k, are they bap y
’ now? Alter thirty years ot political turmoil,
they made no advance in population, in to n
-1 mor. e, in imf s’ rv, in nationaliiy. And what
1 would have been at this moment the situation
of die Mexican provinces, with a govern
ment, habits and cu.-turns similar to those of
; the nation with whom they are at war?
Prosperous, respectable, like their neighbors.
11, in exchange tor the California* the Mexi
can- can obtain a peace, and with it the
protection of that powerful nation, if will
! be for their own benefit, and the ('a ifor
nias will al o be great gamers by the change;
! for from a Mexican province it will become
one of the United plates, f,ee, wealthy and
! str >ng, a jewel of immense value from its
position, as its ports will furnish great outlet*
1 for the commerce ut the States with the
! Pacific, the onlv thing which is now wanting
to make die American eagle great and for
' midable in both the American seas.
The Tiempo need rmt waste much pity o.u
the Mexicans, if at. some future time they
come to form a part of the American Union;
for then indeed will lh“y be prosperous and
happy and independent. They will be pow
j erful also, as members of a powerful nation;
' and wise laws will secure to them the most
I inestimable bless ngs which Heaven can he
| stow on man—peace and quiet.—Oh, that it
j were given to us to obtain these blessings at
the same price as oar Mexican brethren!
A ( H I 1C LiLTURAL FAIR
AND INTERN At. IMPROVEMENT JUBILEE.
The undersigned, believing that great good
i may result to the planting interest of Geor
gia, Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, from
a personal interchange of the results of their
! experience accompanied, (when convenient)
by an exhibition of tbe products of tlioir
Fauns and Plantations, suggest the propriety
ol those engaged in agricultural pursuits,
and shcli others as may feel an interest in
the subject, meeting at some cenfral point,
in the up-country, for that purpose. As the
several Rail Roads in Georgia will be nearly
; finished by the Ist of August, at least from
theOoslenanla to the Seaboard, they would
suggest the Ist Friday of that month, as the
proper lime, and the Sume Mountain, in
DeKalb, as the place most suitable for bold
ing the meeting. This point will unite the
attractions of Nature with the facility of ac
cess, ample accommodations and good fare,
to a greater exent than any other.
I The connection of Georgia’s splendid sys
i tern of Internal Improvements, will then be
nearly complete, a matter of sincere con
gratulation, and all will have an opportunity
I of witnessing its operations, and apprecia
ting the incalculable benefits which it will
i confer upon the Stale at large, and Agricul-
I Inre in particular.
George \V. Craw ford, Nathaniel Allen,
Charles J. McDonald, Hugh J. Ogilby,
| Wilson Lumpkin, Hi lin ms Lyle,
1 Mark A. Cooper, Ker Royce,
Garnett Andrews, Wm. Ai. D’Antignac,
' Charles Dougherty, N. Delaigle,
' Wm. C. Daniel, James Long,
I N. L. Hutchins, Thus. Fiourno}*,
R. M. Cleveland, H. Rovvdre,'
Elijah E. Jones, James Harper,
I*. G. Morrow, J. S. Pinchard,
i A. G. ISatioM, Matt. Martin,
W in. Jones, J. M. Calhoun,
Junius Hillyer, E. N. Calhoun,
A. J. Miller, E. K. Miles,
Jacob Puiiiizy, Geo. S. Willy,
15 H. Warren, D Mackenzie,
John Cunningham, G. P. Cozart,
Win. Hearing, Win. Gumming,
John H. Newton, J. <5. Harrington,
Asburv Hull, Titos. Foster,
Cary Wood, Jolm Phiuizy.
John D. Watkins,
LCr’TJie Democrats of W arren
Comity are requested to meet at the Court Hou*e
on the first Tuesday in August, to appoint Dele
gates to represent them in the Convention to he
held in Warrenton, on the Jbtli of Augu.-t, to norm
! nate a candidate fur Congress from the 3tb Con
gressional District. July 27
DCF 3 A Meeting ot the Democrats
of Uurke County is requested at Waynesboro’, on
the first Tuesday in August ((he 4th J fur the purpose
ol appointing delegates to the contemplated Con
vention at Warrenton, on the loth pros., to select
a suitable candidate for Congress from the Bth
I Congressional District.
ONE UP THE FAITHFUL.
July 13 y
11 AN CO( K IDEMOCRATS
A TTENTION!
A meeting of Ihe Democratic Party of Hancock
( ounty will be held at the Court House on the first
j Tuesday in August, for the purpose of appointing
j delegates to the Convention to be held in Warren
j tun, on .Saturday, 15th August, to nominate a suit
able candidate to represent tbe Bih District in the
j next Congress. MANY DEMOCRATS.
July 13 y
i. T. 11 EARL) &, CO.
WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS,
At the old stand on Jackaon-street, leading from
the Rail Road to the River.
jan 23 94
STO VALL & SI M MONS
CONTINUE THE
COMMISSION BUSINESS, AT THEIR
FIRE-PROOF WARE HOUSE,
Ruoad-St., Augusta.Ga,
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