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| From the N- Y. Cm lobe. ]
BRITISH RIGHT TO THE NAVIGATION OF
THE COLUMBIA—IS IT FERRE I’l AL!
'1 Tie question whether a re-charter of the
Hudson’* Bay Company by the British Gov
ernment will secure to Ural Company a right
lu the navigation of the Columbia river, un
der the terms of the late treaty, during the
lime tor winch Ibe charter is prolonged, is
discussed with much ability and firm ties* in
the following article from the Philadelphia
'* Codger;
'l'he Treaty. —The newspapers, American
and British, are at war about the extent of
the rights granted by tire Oregon treaty to
British subjects in the navigation of the Co
lumbia river. A leading Whig journal of*
New York has twice said that the grant is
perpetual to all British subjects. Some law
yers ol Washington, upon examination ol the
charter to the Jludson’s Bay Company, reach
t lie same conclusion. The British journals,
without having seen the treaty, and doubt
le-s without instruction from any body compe
tent to enlighten them,lake the same ground.
Os course the British journalists would lake
for granted that all the advantages of the
treaty were secured to their own nation, and
withheld (min ours. But we must remember
that in a country where the cabinet secrets
a r e much more carefully kept even than in
ours, journalists are less authentic even than
our letter-writers; and how very accurate
they are, the well informed and reflecting
can judge. But while expecting all this in
British journals, we are amused at the alac
rity with which certain American journals
jump at the British side ol the question. The
patriotic souls are always in dis ress at the
thought ol justice to their own country.
The second article of the treaty is plain
enough It grants (he navigation of the Co
lumbia “to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and
loall British subjects trading with the same.”
Alter defining the geographical extent of the
navigation thus granted, the same article of
t-ne treaty says, in the same connection, “in
navigating the said river or rivers, British
subjects with their goods and produce shall
he treated on the same looting as citizens of
United States.” Then follows, and in the
same sentence, the exclusive right of the
United Slates to regulate the navigation of
the river or rivers, not inconsistently with
this treaty. Here then are two parties, the
United Slates on one side and the Hudson’s
Bay Company and British subjects trading
with them on the other,and the navigation of
a river is a thing granted by the first party to
the second; and woile the lirst party has the
sole right of prescribing the modes of this na
vigation, the second lias the same rigin in it
under these modes with toe first.— The first
question presented is, who are the second
party? The Hudson’s Bay Coinuai y receiv
ed a charter in 1838, limited to 21 years,
and therefore will cease to exir-t under this
charter in 1859. Therefore the obvious lim
itation of the grant to the company is 13
years. But w e are told that the charter may
lie renewed, and the new charter may be per
petual;-and that if it should he, the grant
would bo perpetual, in treaties between
sovereign states, ail grants are construed
strictly against the grantee; and in munici
pal law, al grants expire with the life of the
grantee unless their term.- expressly prolong
tnem to successors. Thus a. grant of land to
A in fee, w ithout the word heirs , vests in A
merely an estate for Ins life; or to a corpo
ration with the word successors, is limited to
the duration of the charter under which it
existed as a corporation when the grant was
made. The grant under this company is
made to the Hudson’s Bay Company as it
now exists, and to that only. It isa distinct
specific corporation, ol limited duration: and
with a direct view to that limitation must the
treaty be construed, no word of prolongation,
or successor-hip, or perpetuity being used,
'i’he grant is to the Hudson’s Bay Company,
and not to any oilier company, not vet exist
ing. In 1859, tin's Hudson’s Bay Company
ceases to exist. Upon whom then does the i
grant operate? Nobody is alive to receive it,
and consequently it reverts to the grantor. 1
But we shall be told that the company’s life
is prolonged by a new charier. We answer ;
that ilslite is not thereby prolonged, but that
a new life is given to it, or more properly,
that life is given to a new thing. The new :
charter creates a new company, and there- j
fore considers the old one as if it never had
existed. This new charter, as far as the 1
rights of a sovereign state, or nation, are con
cerned, has no connection with, and there- i
fore cannot operate upon the past.—it can
operate only upon the future, that future
which begins with its date. The navigation
ofthe Columbia river, gianled by tins treaty, j
is now a-thing of the past to Ibis new char
ter. It died with the old charier. Hence
this new charter could no more reach this
old grant than it could any ofthe privileges,
long since extinct, granted by the Old South
Sea Company, or than a rail road corporation
from Boston to Plymouth could revive the
privileges©!'the old Massachusetts Bay Com
pany. The old Hudson’s Bay Company of
JS2B will have served its purpose and be
dead in 1859, and a new Hudson’s Bay Com
pany, if such shall then or afterwards be
created* will bo quite another thing with a
prospective but not a retrospective opera
tion.
“But all the unexpired contracts with the
old company w ill inure to the new.” This
is true, so lar as it covers contracts between
the Hudson’s Bay Company, which is one
British subject, and any other British sub
ject; tor the nation never dies, and its laws I
for public convenience, continue over all its '
subjects till repealed. But the United States
is not a British subject, but a nation; and a
grant by them to the British nation, for the
benefit of a particular British subject, of li- ;
mited duration, cannot be prolonged by the !
British nation alone, without the concurrence
of Ibe United States, for the benefit of another
British subject. ’The L nited States have
made grants to the Hudson’s Bay Company of ;
1838, dying in 1859,0 r more properly to the ;
Brilbh nation for the use of this company; !
and tiie British nation alone cannot extend
that grant to another person, the Hudson’s
Bay Company of 1880. Jt it could, it might
by parity of argument, extend the grant to
the East India Company or the Bank ol Eng
land; for no greater power is necessary to
transfer it from the grantee named, to one
new person, or person not named than
another.
“But the grant extends to British subjects;
and they not being s, ecifled, the grant is per
petual to all British subjects.” But the Brit
ish subjects who are grantees are specified,
i and they are the British subjects trading with
1 the Hudson’s Bay Company, and no others,
' and as the company dies in 1859, no British
i subjects can afterwards trade with it. They
might as well talk of trading then witii the
ancient Homans, and contend for the free and
; perpetual navigation of the iStyx.
j In connexion with llio above, we extract
' the following paragraph from the letter of the
Paris correspondent of the Charleston Cou
rier, dated July 21.
'i'he Fresse to-day announces the ratification
in London fit the Oregon Treaty, and copies
j the text of it as published in the Morning
Chronicle. It then says, “ This Treaty we
have before said and proved is the abandon-
I ment of what England has called her rights
1 for the last thirty years—the tardy accept-
I ance of a division which is not more advan
\ lageous for her than propositions which she
has successively refused in 1818, 182 1. 1827
; and 1845.” The Fresse, which supports the
1 Guizot (Ministry, but is disinclined to the
i “cordial understanding” with England which
M. Guizot assiduously cultivates, then goes
onto correct an error in which the London
“Times will persist touching the navigation
| of the Columbia river.” Mr. Pakexham has
i formerly declared that the privilege was only
demanded till the "expiration of tlie actual
j charter of the Company.” But, exclaims f lie
'Times, the Company exists by virtue of a
perpetual charter which will never be subject
! to renewal, consequently the concession re
i lative to the Columbia is perpetual also.—
; “True, (rejoins the Fresse,) the charter of the
; Hudson’s Bay Company, granted May 16,
1669, by Charles Jl. is perpetual, but this
1 charter referred to and gave rights over ter
ritories washed by rivers emptying into Hud
-1 son’s Bay and straits, territories lying be
; tween Canada and the Rocky Mountains,
j very distant from Oregon, of which the ex
-1 istenee was hardly suspected in J 669. 'i’he
I Hudson’s Bay Company acquired no rights
j over Oregon until it associated itself with
i the North V.V'esl Company by virtue of a char
| ter granted the 21st December, 1821, the
! duration of which was especially restricted
to 21 years. This second charier, it is true,
was renewed just previous to its expiration,
for 21 years more, but it will cease to be of
vigor on the 21st December, 1863, at which
dale the Hudson's Bay Company will cease
to have rights not only over the American
portion of Oregon, but also over the English
parts. She must then retire to the territories
granted perpetually in 1669. 8-he may doubt
i less obtain another renewal of the charter of
1821. This will be a sort of resurrection for
j her in 1863, bin will be of no authority what
! ever as opposed to the treaty of 1846.”
[ From the Columbus Times, August 12.] ’
Kio Grande, near Barita, }
July 28. 1846. $
Our bovs left Georgia singing with me
Devilrnecare spirit of a volunteer, the camp
ditty,“l’m bound for the Rio Grande.” The
burthen of the song is realized, and we are
now encamped upon its bank and drinking its
swift murky water. My last letter was from
I the Brazos. On the evening ofthe 25th, we
received notice from the Quarter-Master of
the Island, that a wagon tram would be in
i readiness to transport us ;o the mouth of the
River. 'l’he announcement was received in
Camp with a shout; for the detestable water
ofthe Island obtained from holes scooped in
; the sand, was felling powerfully upon the
health as well as the comlort ofthe Regiment.
; That morning the Doctor reported 127 on the
; sick list. Bright and early next morning, all
hands were busy m distributing and receiv
ing arms and ammunition, which had just
come ashore, draw ng rations, packing up
and striking teals. About twelve, the Re
giment formed and moved off with a tram of
40 wagons. I remained behind with Col.
Jackson to get letters from Point Isabel,
1 the »Steam-ship N. York, having just arrived.
Tlie Sun poured down Ids hottest rays as our
troops moved off; and although the sick were
! sent round by steam to the mouth, an extra
wagon had to be sent for, to pick up those
; who fainted on the way. The march was
j along the sea-beach and but for the salt
breeze half of the men would have given up.
Having received a hat full of letters for the
Regiment, Col. J. and myself set out about
s 7 o’clock in the evening, to overtake the
■ troops. Our ride was along the beach, and
as the insufferable rays of the Sun were ob
liquing from the West, we had a delightful
ride, the fresh breeze fanning our cheeks and
; the salt ripple playing with our horses feel
upon tiie firm beach. On the road we met
the Andrew Jackson Regiment of Louisiana
: Volunteers returning home. It caused my
: thoughts for a moment to turn homeward with
queer sensations about tiie throat. 'J he Co
-1 lonel met an old College mate Yale, from
whom we picked up the news ahead. A half
hours ride brought us to the Boea-Chica, a
fordable strait connecting the gulf with the
Brasos river, and forming the Island. It
was dark, and we were puzzled to find the
ford. We could just see the wagon tracks
I as they went in, but where did they come out?
how should we steer? There was no help
for it. but to get our information experimen
tally, so we plunged in, turning our horses
j heads (very foolishly) up the ford and from
1 the s-ea. Twenty paces brought us to svvim
| ming water, and as we knew it was fordable
somewhere, we concluded that vvas’nt the
spot. We landed again, when it struck me
| that the nearer to the surf of the sea we
kept, the better, as the sea rolling in mu-t
make a bar, which probably was tiie fording
place. My notion was correct, and we got
over dry. Galloping on we reached “Hie
mouth (as it is called itere) between 9 and
10 o’clock, and found our tired fellows, eat
ing and sleeping, and some few squads sing
ing psalms. Our first cry was fur a drink of
the river water, which had been pronounced
to us the To Kalon of waters, and Hie best
i in ail this country. I took a strong pull al
I it, and then proceeded further to satisfy my
curiosity by an examination of it. It was
well I drank first. It is Hie muddiest stream
1 ever saw. It holds I lie greatest possible
quantity of earth in solution, and is in color
what you might fancy black mud mixed with
water,with a dash of milk to make it slightly
fair. It possesses the valuable property ot
1 settling very soon, and then it looks like milk
| and water, without the black mud. As you
1 may suppose, a lump of ice would not hurt.
sseefs&aaKessa'-T gyu a 1 ■—l ■ i.ga»
It would draw tears to your eyes, to hear
some ot our Ciierokee troops longing for the ;
crystal Springs of their lihls ami mountains.
But we came to “see the Elephant” and we
1 are hound to look him in the lace.
Our men were up before the crack of day,
i preparing again fur the march. A steam
boat was in waiting to take our sick, baggage
and stores to our Camp ground. We resumed
live march at 8 o'clock, and turned tt.e head •
of our columns up tlie river, and rigiit into a j
j broad prairie, flat as the palm of your hand,
i and as bare of every thing that looked like a
; tree. With but little breeze, the Sun had full ;
play upon our devoted heads. -Tue prairie is
intersper-ed with Salt Likes and apriik'y
weed some li> inches higii and very thick, j
gfows ail over it.
After two miles march, we came to a bend
in the river, at which the troops rested lor
water. The' banks are ahout 2 feet high, and •
perpendicular to the water, which runs like ,
I a mill-race, and very deep. C .pt. Holmes
i stepped down to get a canteen ol water, and
i away lie went heels over head into the stream.
He was hardly pulled out before a private
plunged in. iwo examples taught tue vest
prudence.
About 10 o’clock, the column was arrested
by a wide canal, evidently artificial, connec- j
i ting by one end with the river, and running
! directly across our path, out ol sight. After
! a short halt, the advanced guaul plunged in.
r? i r>
and found themselves up to their waist in the
i dirtiest pool of prairie mud and water con
j ceivable. The down foot would sink so low,
i and the ground for tire other to rest upon,
i was so soft, that it was with the greatest _
i difficulty the men could keep upright and
protect their muskets from the water. A few
duckings, ami the loss of slices enough to
1 stock a cobb'ers stall, were the only results ■
lof tho crossing. Our horses gave us the
! most trouble. I thought for a moment that >
j one o them would never get out. My own i
; hailed for a moment and began to plunge, i
1 My spur gave him a timely encouragement j
j and he bore me out muddied above the saddle-
I skirls.
j Alew r miles further, we saw a few scat
; tering Mas,jail trees —i( the low and gnarled
I scrubs so called, deserve the title of trees. —
11 heard our men saying yesterday bow much
i they would give to see a decently-sized tree, j
; We arrived at our present-encampment about ;
j noon, and 2 hours after, the boat arrived.
, 1 The labor of the march was nothing to the ;
• ! labor of moving our baggage and stores from j
■ i the boat. We ail worked. Col. Jackson had !
i j Ins coat offand handled sacks, boxe- and bar- |
:re Is with the rest All 1 lie servants of our !
: i men were sick, and we had to bestir ourselves.
■ j The men were so tired that I won d not de
| tail them for this duly. Corp’l. McGibhony,
, ! with a file of the Columbus Guards came up
, | to our relief, after which I gave them a good
i pull at the canteen containing the beverage,
I the odor of which makes the Sun of Erin cx
i I claim, “Green be thy hills, my country, I
i | smell ye here.” It was a real treat—for “the
i j ardent” is as scarce as gold dust, in camp, 1
> | and nobody can appreciate a drink until lie
• j lias marched and worked all day, under such
| a Sun. F.
. | [From the Columbus Times, August 12.]
1 Extracts of a letter from Gen. Twiggs, of the
j U. S. Army, to Maj. Howard ol this city.
JVi eta.moros, 27th July, 1846. ;
My Dear Sir—Vour esteemed favor of the
1 4th of July, 1 received with great pleasure— •
“ in the name of the army I return you my |
1 i most sincere thanks for your kind feelings j
“ i towards them. For in ny years the army has |
‘ ; not been in so high estimation in public opm- j
! 1 ion, as the navy. 1 knew if an opportunity 1
1 j offered, that ibis portion of the army would
1 | do its duty; Maj. Duncan, Capts Ridgely, and
1 McCall, did distinguish themselves on boll)
d iys; their peculiar position made them con
j sjiicuons, but there are a linudred others that
| did their duly equally as well as they did, hut
i were not so fortunate as to have separate ;
j commands; indeed the result shows “that ali
rfuti their shoulders to the whe j l ”
r i'iie Georgians arrived at Point Isabel sev
-1 era) days ago. I have not yet seen any of
; them, hut I shall make it my business to at
| tend to them and their interests. Notwith-
I standing! have been so long a wanderer
j from my native State, I assure you 1 have
; as strong attachments to Georgia as any one
! in it, and it is only necessary for me to know
| that a man hails from Georgia forme to take
an interest in him. I had feared liiat 1 was
j forgotten in Georgia, and if 1 hud been, i had
! no home.
* * * * *
The troops are moving np the river to Ca
margo; which is ninety miles above this, and
one hundred and twenty above Point Isabel.
As soon as we all gel up there and our sup
plies, we shall make a forward movement to
| Monterey, at the loot of the mountains, one
j hundred and eighty miles from Cacnargo. It
i is my opinion that the Mexicans will not
I again fight, but they may prolong the war
1 by keeping out of our way—which I think
| they will do, and we cannot well follow them
i for want of transportation. We have eleven
i Steam Boats on the iiio Grande, and are I
j forcing supplies of every kind up the river. I
i :
j [From the Muscogee Democrat, August 14.]
Citizens Vigilant Association of Early
1 County.—A meeting of tue citizens of Early |
I County, Georgia, was held on the 25th ultimo,
for the “purpose of taking measures to sup
press and prevent the frequent acts of theft
and robbery committed in this and other sec
tions of our country, and to devise means by
| which the perpetrators of crane may be
i brought to justice; and those who harbor,
1 teed, and conceal persons guilty of such
heinous offences, exposed and discounte- j
nanced.”
At an adjourned meeting, on the 31st nit. j
a set of stringent Resolutions were adopted, j
a Society organized by the election of officers
and Ihe names of over one hundred cit.zens
enrolled in support of the objects of the in
stitution. As the measures to be taken are
for the protection of property and in accord
ance with the laws ot (he land, we heartily ap
prove the public spirit which has prompted
the formation of the Association, 'fine very
fact of such organization will serve as a val- I
liable hint to vagabonds and thieves to make
themselves scarce in that section of country.
We have not room this week for the proceed
ings of the meeting in detail, or we should
puolish them, with pleasure.
Challenge to the United States. —Mr. John
Travis, of New York, wiil shoot a match for
85000, any man in the United States, at 15
paces, either at deliberate aim oral the word,
wall smooth bore pistols, length of barrel nine j
inches—to shoot with one hand—no straps to j
the shoulder or false stocks; 10 or 20 shots
each, string measure, measurit g from the
centre of the bails eye to the centre of ball.
The match to take place on any part of Man
hattan Island.
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"AUGUSTA. GEO..
_
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 184 b. i
ETThe Convention which met at Warren
ton on Saturday last, unanimously nominated
R. \V. Flournoy, as the democratic candid
ate for Congress in the Sth Congressional ;
district.
We have not vet received the proceedings
of the Convention, but hope to obtain them
in lime for our next publication.
SCrDr. John W. Jones, of Griffin, was |
unanminusly nominated for Congress from
the 3d district by the Whig delegates assem
bled in convention at Thomaston on Tuesday
j last.
UWe notice, by the last Columbus pa- ;
pers, tiie announcement of the deaths of
Maj. Jacob M. Gnerry and Col. James Boy
kin, two of the oldest and most esteemed re
sidents of that city.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
The fifteenth course of Lectures in this In
! stitution will commence on the 9th of Nu
| vember next, and continue until the March
following.
PENMANSHIP.
We are requested, by Mr. R. P. Gibson, to |
cail the attention of our readers to tlie testi
monials furnished to him by two gentlemen
in this city, whom he has instructed, which i
will be found in our paper of this morning.
1 ” I
RAIL ROAD CELEBRATION
At Atlanta, on Wednesday, 9 lk instant.
We copy the following ‘S rderof the day,”
• from the Atlanta Luminary ;
On the arrival of the trains bringing !
strangers and citizens from a distance, the
committee of arrangements will procure lodg- i
ings for such as cannot be accommodated at '
Hotels. TheYommittee will wear badges of
blue ribband on the left breast.
Procession to be formed at 9 o’clock.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
MUSIC.
i Reverend Clergy and Speaker of the day.
1 The Governor ot the State, Ex-Governors,
Presidents of Rail Road Companies and
members of Congress.
! Cliiet Engineers and other Railroad officers, i
Corporate Authorities of Charleston and Sa- !
va,nnah, Augusta and Macon.
Citizens troraa distance.
Corporate Authorities ot Atlanta. 1
Citizens generally.
The head ol llie procession to form in Ma
rietta street opposite Walton’s Store, the rear ;
extending towards Decatur.
Line to march down White Hail-st., cross- !
ing the Western and Atlantic and Macon and |
Western Railroads, by the Washington Hall, j
thence to Walton’s springs, where the stand
aud dinner will be prepared.
We understand that it is in contemplation I
to have a pleasure excursion to the Stone |
Mountain,after, the celebration is over.
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD.
'1 Tie Macon Messenger, (whig.) is out in j
I strong language, against ihe editors of the
Georgia Journal and Chronicle &, Sentinel,
i in consequence of the discussion between
| those editors “relative to the true whig doc
trine upon that vexed and vexatious question
the tariff.” The Messenger seems to think
that the Georgia Journal is orthodox, while it
proclaims that the Chronicle & Sentinel has
no authority from tire whig party, for its pro
; tective tariff notions.
We shall look out, from day to day, to see '
how our neighbor uses up these recusant
whig editors. W e know he will not spare j
them—he cannot nest easy under the inflic- |
tions of their scorpion pens—and allow the |
true whig principles of the “glorious Sth” to |
be cmnpromitted. There are now more ilAb
solerns' to be ostracised, and the Chronicle &.
“Sentinel on the watch-tower,” will proclaim '
liiat there are more traitors to the principles j
of the great wing pany, and “off with their
heads,” will be his battie cry. Will he doit?
Will he stand up square to his 54 and 40 prin
ciples? His high protective tariff notions?
Will tie denounce Ins whig friends as traitors
to the party, if they do not stand up as square
as imnselt ?
But this is a matter we care nothing
about—it is exclusively a whig rumpus—and
we subjoin the c< Deluding paragrapu of the
Macon Messenger, merely lu show how the
“harmony” progresses.
That our own presses should differ upon the real
I understanding <>l the Whig party upon ihe Tariff I
i question, is a. mailer of surprise— and we must suy \
! oj chagrin. We had supposed that there was no |
I ru<>m to cavil, not a loop to hang a doubt upon, j
: The radical and substantial uitterence between !
the two parlies, as we apprehend, is simply this— j
| the Democrats are lor a \.<xniY without any niscrnm- ;
| nation whatever, except for revenue, ihe Whigs !
are for a tar iff for revenue, with this discriraina- |
tion —that in ihe adjustment of the dunes sufficient i
for the economical admnusiratiun of ihe govern- i
meat, discrimination sliomtt be made in lavor of i
j fiome industry. All other modifications of lids !
doctrine whit h we understand to be the orthodox
W hig doctrine, are individual, and, as we concei ve, J
1 obtrusive and unauthorized. At least we can see j
no propriety m Vv lug editors disputing upon the ;
j subject, and at I Ins luie uay, making as an issue ;
j between themselves, an open question (as in a de- j
I bating society) —ibe VV ing principles upon the !
! Tariff- VV e know one thing—the people under- .
; stand them, it editors do not.
MORE NEW COTTON.
The Macon Messenger of the 13th inst.
says;
“The first bale of the new crop was brought to
this city yesterday, (the 12ih,) by Air. Isaac W est
of Houston comity. The staple and general ap
pearance of the cotton is very good, and ihe bale
j. weigiis four hundred pounds—therefore, a mature
baie, (like ilie Columbus cotton holts,) eight cents
was paid for it by Air. J. O. Hodges. This is quite
late in ttie season to receive the first hale ut new ;
| Cotton—but we have not yet noticed the receipt |
of any in other markets in this vicinity. Air. j
West has for several years past brought the fir.-l •
i Cotton to this market. In 1812 lie delivered a j
bale on the tilth July, and in 1845 on the2oth.
Another bale of new cotton was received
in New Orleans on the 9th insl. 'From the
commercial department of the Picayune of
the 10th inst., we clip the following remarks:
A bale otnevv Cotton was received yesterday from
McGilFs plantation, Rodney, Aiiss., consigned to
the house ofJ. C. Ricks & Co. It lias been, like
the package from ex-Governor McNutt’s planta
tion, prematurely picked, is much cut in the gin
ning, and may be classed middling fair; 15 cents ■
is asked for it. •
THE AEGIS.
We have received the first number of this \
paper; published in CTarkesville, Habersham :
county, Ga., at two dollars per annum, by i
Mr. 11. C. Crosby. It sustains democratic .
principles, and has quite a genteel typo- |
graphical appearance. We commend it to ;
I the patronage of the public.
CHEROKEE CHEESE.
We copy the following Ironi the last Coosa
Journal, published at Rome, FMyd county ;
in ffTis state.
| We have received from Mr. R. J. Johnson, a ;
specimen of the cheese manufactured at Mr. forces ;
Dairy,io Chattooga county. V\ e are a great lover
j of the article, and we pronounce this most excel- j
' lent, equal to any manufactured in the I titled j
States. The taste is very fine and the color ex
i ceedingly ricli. Air. Force lias gone into the bu-4- i
| ness upon the right prim iple. and will do the |
* country much service by iis introduction in our .
midst. The cheese is equal in every respect to the ;
Northern, and can be made here at much le.-s ex
peiise. as the cows almosi all ibe year subsist en
i tirety upon the range. .Air. Force informs ns that
1 he will manufacture this year twelve or fitted)
1 thousand pounds.
GATHERINGS FROM THE PRESS.
O’ J. S. Calhoun, in a letter from Barita,
July 29th, says “Dr. Beall, of the Fannin
Avengers,died this morning.” He was bu
ried with Military and Masonic honors.
O’ The Rev. M. M. Crawford has been
elected Professor in the department of theolo
gy in Mercer University,
QTTGreat alarm preAils in New \ ork about
: mad dogs. Rumor announces several horri
! blc cases of hydrophobia.
j O’A disease prevails among many of the
| colored people ol Rockville, Maryland, some
; thing similar to a fit—the attack is sudden.
No whites have been attacked with it.
O’Mr. Gough, the temperance lecturer,
; was very ill, in Liberty, Va ,on the 2nd inst.— .
lie was not expected to recover.
i O’The hero of the Yucatan expedition, G.
i W. Dixon, in New Orleans, on the tutu mst., ;
at the Et. Charles Hotel, was embroidered
from head to foot.
The ’Tea Trade. —During the last half of
1845. the tea exported from China to the Uni
ted Stales, was 8,022,831 pounds, of w inch
7,250,982 pounds were green tea. The quan
tity exported to Great Britain in the same lime
j was 37,853,740 pounds, of which 5,510,907
j pounds only were green lea.
The Canadian Pedrslrain. —Mr. Eaton lias
! walked the first five hundred miles,concluding
j the halt of his task on the 5Ti inst., at 4
| o’clock. The last mile occupied 26 minutes,
i lie came in quite fresh, and received three
I hearty cheers from a large number of specta
j tors: tliis seemed to please him much. After
i taking a halt tumbler of porter, be stretched
j himself upon his coat, and said he would not
! allow him»elf to get too much “excited.”
Declined a Reception. —Mr. Dallas has de
clined a public reception from his friends in
Philadelphia.
Treaty with the Pnttawalomies . —The Union
I publishes a treaty just concluded with the
i Pottavvatomies, by wind) their tide to six
j millions ot acres is extinguished.
’
i fLT An arriv il at New Orleans from Ha
| vana reports that the English firm of Man
ning & Mclnfosn, who purchased two Mexi
can w 7 ar steamers from the (Mexican govern
ment, acted as Santa Anna’s agent, in the
purchase, and that the vessels now belong to
him.
A Royal Income. —Queen Victoria’s in
come, says a lale English paper, amounts to
the snug little sum ot 50U,0U0 pounds per an
num, or nearly equal to two millions Jive hun
dred thousand dollars yearly.
Effects of the Tariff- —PoUscille Ahead! —
During the excitement here, on the evening
i of the news of the passage of the new Tariff
I hill, says the Pottsviile Emporium, a fellow
i disposed to turn it to account, ran into a re
i spectabie clothing store on Centre street, and,
j apparently out of breath, said he had been
| sent in great haste by two respectable citi
j zens, whom he named, to get a suit of clothes
! to burn the effigy of George M. Dallas in.
I A handsome summer coat and pantaloons
j were handed him, when lie disappeared, and
I has not been heard of since. It is unneces
j sarv to say, that the shopkeeper was burnt,
| and not the clothes.
To Light Matches in Damp Weather. —ls
I may be useful to our readers to know that
1 matches, when 100 damp to be used in the or
| diuary way, can be readily ignited by rubbing
; them gently, tor a few seconds upon a piece
I of cork.
| r Ukings that are sometimes in Workshops. —
( Twenty-five years ago, tSain Houston, now
| one of the most remarkable men of the ajie,
was a house-carpenter in Nashville; and that
teeming brain wove its bright, and ambitious
fancies while Jiis strong arm shoved the jack
place.—Alex. Dem.
ILrTho Senate confirmed the nomination,
; promoting Capt, May, first a brevet Major,
! and then a Lieut. Col., as a reward for his
| conduct at the battle of the Rio Grande.
Graphic. —A late writer says, that if yon
j would have an idea of the ocean in a storm—
I just imagine ten thousand hills and four thou
j sand mountains, ali drunk, and. chasing one |
; another over newly ploughed ground, with i
I lots of caverns in it for them to step into now |
| and then.
The Last. —The owner of a ten-pin alley,
; in Charleston, S. C., offers quite tempting
j premiums for bowling:—For 300 pins, the
bowler receives Harpers’ Pictorial Bible; for
275, Webster’s Dictionary, &c., and for ten
j spares in succession, a pair of boots. Ills
> a temperance and anti-gambling saloon.
Female Education. —Fashionable female
; education is said to be, teaching a young lady
! to talk French, walk Spanish, faint gracefully
I and dance the Polka.
[ET Wm. M. Price, Esq., formerly United
Stales District Attorney tor the Northern
Dit-tnct of New York, committed suicide on
the mb inst., about 12 o’clock, by shooting
himself, in the pistol gallery of Oftignon in j
; Canal-street. No cause is known tor the
| commission of the act.
| Street Music. —Quite a new feature in
! street music has been introduced. A com
pany of itinerants, forming a sort of ball room
band, are going about with a very neat, mod
est looking woman, as ihe flutist.
(ETThe passenger car on the Montgomery,
Ala , Rail Road, was thrown off the track on
Sunday 9lh iu-t., and rolled down the em
bankment. No lives lost.
lErPeter Ritch. a plasterer, was killed on
the Ist inst., at VVarrenton, Dallas county,
x\la., by Reuben Pearson. The weapon used •
i was a knife.
ICTAn American was liberated from pri
i so-n in Matamoros, on the 26tb uft. His
name was John Ross, taken by the Mexicans
; as a spy; and has been in jail for six months.
He was a deserter from our army, while at
• Corpus Christie.
Opinion of the II 'ar Abroad. —We observe
| by our foreign tiles that but one opinion pre
j vails among the most intelligent European.
I journalists, as to x\\o justice of the war which
1 this country is now waging against Mexico.
| it is universally acknowledged that the re
' jection of our Minister, after the government
i had agreed to receive him, was a just cause
i of war—that Mexico, in contending against
the independence of Texas, which she had
acknowledged, exhibits a want of intelligence
and honesty altogether inconsistent with her
professions ot civilization. European journ
alises do not hesitate to acknowledge that, if
placed in coir position, the conquest of the
whole of Mexico vcoulo be the settled policy
iof every government of the old world. Mexi
cans can see in these expressions of opinion,
■ the nature, extent and objects of that foreign
, inlet Terence upon which I’aredes relied for
the establishment of monarchy in “the Halls
of the Montezumas."’ —.V. Y. Sun, Aug. 12.
The Storm on Friday last. —During the
thunder gust on Friday last, whilst the light
ning was most vivid and in quick succession,
a gentleman of this city went into his yard to
1 adjust the spout to a rain tub. On touching
the spout he received a considerable shock.
Not liking the Operation, he resolved to wait
a while before repeating his attempt. Oi>
making the second dibi t, the instant he touch
ed the spout he was nearly thrown oft' his
1 feet, so severe was fbe shock which he re
ceived. The house was not struck by light
ning. He attributes tiro shocks which he
i received to the tact that on one ot the fingers
I of the hand with which ho touched the spout
lie wore a galvanic ring, whilst lie held in
the oilier an umbrella. He desires to know
: whether his suggestion is correct, and how
the spout became charged with electricity
whilst the house was untouched.* If any of
our readers feel disposed to oiler their sugges
i lions, they shall be heard with pleasure.—
! Baltimore Clipper, August 12.
Melancholy Death. —We regret to announce
1 the sudden death of the Rev. Win. Burke,,
assistant pastor of the Catholic Church in
i this city 7 . He died on Wednesday night,
i alter a brief illness Irom some chronic alfec
! lion, the precise nature of which we have not
; learned. Mr. B. was a gentleman highly
esteemed, not only in his church, but by all
i who knew liirn of every denomination.
“He has gone to his long home, and the
| mourners go about the streets—the silver
: cord tins been snapped, the golden bowl bro
ken—the dust returns to earth as it was, and
the spirit to Cod, who gave it.— Savannah
; Republican, August 1 }.
Death of A. 7'. . Miller .—From letters re
ceived m ibis cily, yesterday, we learn that
; Andrew T. Miller, Esq , of this cily, died at
i Morristown, New Jersey, on tlie 7di inst., of
Consumption. Mr. Miller vvas, for more than
twenty years, a Merchant of this city, in con
nection with Isaac Cohen, Esq., of the pres
j en! firm of Cohen, Norris & Co., under the
firm of Cohen & Miller, during winch time
! he accumulated a hamCnnie' property. He
has left a widow and one child, besides nu
j merous relatives in this place and at Augus
i ta.— Savannah Republican, August 14.
| OdPTbe House of Representatives in Mains,
j have, by a vote of 07 to 40, put to rest the Whig
: story of fraudulent tampering vviili the ballots, at
the late election of Mr. Bradbury, the Democratic
i Senator, it vvas alleged as an ‘outrageous fraud/
| that 53 Whigs had voted for Evans, when it ap
; geared that only 4 I J ballots were counted. The
I vote to postpone indefinitely the resolutions of eu
| quiry, would seem to disprove entirely the exist
i euce of the alleged “fraud/ 5 If there had been
1 any foundation for it, why did 40 Whigs alone and
I not ihe"53VV higs” vote agai.ust the postponement?
; 'fhe seven deficient Whigs must have been men of
! straw. —Richmond Fuquircr.
OCfThe srhr. Velasco, which sailed from King
| stun, Jamaica, on the 21th nil., brings intelligence
I that (California had proclaimed its independence
and ‘ ' irsed under the protection of the United
Stales, and that ( ora. Moat had hoisted the Ame
rican flag at vlonterey. The news reached Jamai
ca by a British brig of war from Havana.
We published a similar rumor three weeks ago.—
N. O. Jeffersonian. August 10.
mail i s.
Augusta, July 30, 1810.
NORTHERN MUL
; Due 6 o’clock, I*, ft.—Closes Bo’clock, P. 31.
SOUTHERN MAIL
1 Due 4 o’clock, A. >l.—Closes 41 o’clock, P, 31.
savannah mail
I Due G o'clock, P. ft.—Closes 8 o’clock, P. M.
| S/T OFFICE HOURS.—Opens at half past 7
! o’clock, A. 31., and closes at 1 o’clock, P. iVl.—
Opens at 3 o’clock, P. 31., and closes at half-past 7
; o’clock, P- 31.—Opens on Sundays, at If o’clock, A.
31., for one hour; and from about 7 until 74 o’clock,
i P. M.
SOmUCAROLIXA RAIL-KOAP.
Consignees per Rail Road, August 14.—Petiole
| ton Manufacturing Company, J- B. & Co., A. L.
! I?., T. Flournoy, 11. A. Fraser, diamond A. J. 8.,
W. diamond D., S Oliver, Wingfield & S., K. R.
Wimpy, Todd & W., T. B. Reese, Reese & W.,C.
E. G.. F. Goldsworth, F. Spears, J. W. Meredith,
11. Parsons, G. T. Dorlic, Georgia Rail Road Com
pany, D- B. Hadley, Stovall, Simmons & Co. C. &
31. 11. Williams, Adams & Hopkins, Dye & Ro
bertson. Haviland, Risiey & t 0., Gould «fe Bulk
ley, J. J. Bryan, E Hodges & Co., G. W. Ganna
ny, 11. L- Jeffers, J F. Griffin, Smith & Benson,
G. Walker, Walker & P., Kenrick & Thayer.
AUGUST 15.—Dickson & Z., A. S. Rawlings,
W. & E. ft. Stony, T. B. Reese & Co., Milner &•
P., Adams *L Hopkins, Baker«fe Hart, ‘Williams/
Gould & Bulklry, F. Goldsworth, J. VV. Meredith,
J. F. Griffin, H. L. Jeffers, Walker & P., G. W.
German y.
SCIENTIFIC PENMAN SHIP.
Testimonials from Messrs. Broom and Remain.
Augusta, August 13, 184 G.
Having taken eight lessons of Mr. Gibson, we
would express our entire satisfaction at the result:
our improvement being tar beyond our most san
guine expectations. And we confidently recom
mend our friends to avail themselves of his instruc
tion, fur it is, in our opinion, impossible for any
one who does so, to fail in writing a free and uni
form hand. Also, great as the improvement is, we
are equally certain, it must he permanent. The
advantages acquired are worth infinitely more than
the fee charged. JA3IES J BROOM,
G. RO3IAIN.
N. B.—R. P. Gibson may be seen (for a short
time) at the Eagle Phoenix Hotel, daily, between
the hours of 11a. m., and 12 ra., and from 3 to 3
p. ra., where he will be happy to exhibit specimens r
j of the improvement of gentlemen whom he has in* j
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