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CHRONICLE AN" SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, Jl NK 13.
IOU GOVERNOR,
< II ARL B H I» OII<;IIK M T Y ,
Or CLARK COCNTT.
The following circular, received in this city,
has been handed to us for publication. It ex
plains itself and its objects so fully as to require
but few remarks from us.
The recent news from Liverpool by the Great
Western, developes the fact that the spinners of
England have determined to put down the prices
■of cotton, and the Hunk of England has also en
tered the field in favor of the spinners, and against
our staple. That institution, possessing the
power under its charter, has raised the rate of
interest to five per cent. The olijoct of this
movement is to prevent the sale of American se
curities in the Hrilish market, by making English
securities bear as high interest as those of Amer
ica. If this cun be effected, the holders of Amer
ican cotton in Liverpool, being unablo to raise
money to advance to shippers, will be compelled
to sell the cotton at the manufacturers’ own
prices. In order to prevent the threatened sacri
fice, the propositions contained in the circular
below are submitted to the principal holders of
cotton on this side of the Atlantic. The United
Htates Hank is undoubtedly at the bottom of the
movement, being the second lime she has stepped
forward to save the great staple of the South from
sacrifice to the designs of the Hrilish spinners.
It does appear to us that these circumstances
ought to open the eyes of Southern men, to the
•necessity of a strong National Hunk. Our great
staple has heretofore been at the merey of the
-Hrilish Spinners and the Hunk of England, who
.combined, have controlled the prices us they
•phased. If wo had a strong National Institu
tion, deeply imbued with Southern interests, up
on all occasions like the present, when combina
tions arc formed in England to prostrate cotton,
it could step forward ami protect that great staple
by enabling shippers to hold on, until necessity
compelled the spinners to pay fair prices. Hut
the South has not yet suffered enough. She
has not been long enough yet, the victim of dem
agogues and politicians! A little while longer
and her eyes will be opened to her true interests,
and she will then spurn with a strong arm the
ignorance and selfishness which have blinded her,
only to make use of her as political capital,
'if the object sought to be accomplished by this
circular can be achieved, we sbull not be at the
mercy, the tender mercy, of Hrilish Spinners
and the Hank of England, any longer. They i
ure obliged to have our cotton, and the question 1
to be tried, is, whether they sbull lake it at their J
own print or lie compelled to pay what is Just
am/ fair according to the lawn of demand and 1
supply. c
P. S. Since thn above was written we have j
received the New York papers. The Courier d. i
Enquirer publishes the circular and condemns it. '
The Commercial Advertiser also disapproves of
it. The Express alludes to it in an approbatory |
tone and expresses iho opinion that the project if i
carried out, will be the salvation of the South, *
especially the Southern Hanks. We find also in '
the Charleston papers of yesterday morning sev
eral letters on the subject, which we publish below.
nncuLAii. ,
New Vouit, June fill).
You have doubtless received the very unfavor
able advices by the Great Western, in relation to
the rotton market These advices it is appre
hended, do not disclose even to the full extent,
the dangerous situation in which our great staple
is placed.
The diminished demand for yarns and cotton
goods oti the continent; the short harvest of the
last year; the shipment of bullion from Great Hri
taiu and consequent rise in the rule of interest
by the Hank of England, must all inevitably lend 1
to a greater and more accelerated decline in pri
ces, if some steps are not promptly adopted to
prevent the remaining stock of cotton now in this
country from being offered for immediate sale in
the European markets.
If the consumption of raw cotton in England
bad only dimin shed some 111 or t. r > per cent.,
still in consequence of the now clearly ascertain
ed deficiency in the last year's crop, (which has
fallen nearly as low ns the lowest estimate,) past
prices would not only have been safe to the ship
pers, bill profitable, and hence tney are not ob
noxious to the charge of unwarrantable specula
tion. which so often deprives the spirit of rash
commercial adventure of all just claim to sympa
thy.
This extraordinary lulling oft'in the consump
tion of the raw material, is. perhaps, nut a little
aided by a determination on the purl of the En
glish spinner, to have the residue of the crop at
his own price, under a belief that as the great and
tenacious holder of the last year is out of the
market, there exists no serious difficulty in his
way, by working short hours for a few weeks, to
accomplish ibis desirable end. It becomes ne
cessary, therefore, to supply the absence of that
great protector, by some co-operation among in
dividual interests.
Now it is quite obvious that but one of two
modes would be likely to counteract the result that
must otherwise inevitably flow from the causes
just indicated.
to.- <■■.«! would be to organize, through the aid !
of the Hank of the United States, and the bunks |
in the principal emporiums of the different slates,
a combination sufficiently powerful to advance
a sum on every bag of cotton on tins side of the
water, which would insure its being kept in this
country for three months.
The other scheme would be to concentrate in
one house, in Liverpool, the whole, or the grea
terpurt of the cotton now to go forward, by an ar
rangement for unfailing, adequate and collateral
aids, sufficiently powerful to enable the house in
question to hold over, until a greater part of the
present stock of cotton in England is worked off
at an advanced price; a result which the success
ful execution of this plan would inevitably secure.
The first scheme, however, is liable (notwith
standing its direct and immediate power to pro
duce the desired result,) to the conclusive objec
tion of arresting all our fori irn exchange opera
tions, which might hazard the ability of our
banks even in the Atlantic stales, t > continue
specie payments, whilst the last project would be
entirely free from this objection, as it would at
once augment the current of exchanges, and ena
ble us to weather the crisis, which the first plan
would be but 100 apt to produce.
These views are the result of a conference which
Vcsuardnv was held with one of the mo t influrn-
tial and intelligent merchant* of Fbiiadeip'u.a, in
conjunction with commercial gentlemen o equal
ly nigh standing from other p> if unsol the Union.
It is therelorc announced lo you on the heat
authority, that an arrangement has linen made, by
which an advance of three-fourths (on what may
beeslimaled us the present market value of rol
lon, say Id cents ) will he made on every bale in
this country, at all our principal shipping ports,
to all holders, if they desire lo avail themselveaol
this advantage. The consignments aro to go
forward to Humphreys and Biddle, who sustain
ed by adequate means on both si les of the water,
will he aide lo hold on, until prices vgoroushj
rally,
II the usual casualties of the season renders
short, or, anything under an ave age crop proba
ble, this plan must result in great profit to ship
per* and benefit lo our country. If on the other
baud the autumn should disclose the promises ol
an abundant harvest, the large stocks of cotton
which Messrs. Humphreys dr, Biddle in case the
shipments are made lo them, would hold, would
probably induce the great and powerful interest
which sustains them, to enter the market in the
I . fStales early in the autumn, hy advancing on
the first quarter of the new crop, in order to retain
il on this side of the water for a reasonable period
so as to make the final result ot the short crop of
1 838 until rly sufr lu all American elnppem and
holdem.
A copy of this Circular is enclosed to the prio
ri pal Cotton Fuc or* and .Shippers, and I’n si
dents of the 11 nks in the son hern cit es, to whom
with all proper deference, it is suggested, in case
the advance on the shipment to Messis. Hum
phreys &i B.d.lic should not eovei the full conve
nience of the shippers, that the inslitu ions over
which they preside do afford on good personal se
curity the residue of the accommodation which
may he required.
Your hearty co-oparution in this plan is solici
ted of s ving the interests of our great staple,
vv Inch in list end in establishing, not its speculative
value, hut its fair piiec according to the just rela
tions which supply and consumption should hear
to each other. An agent empowered more fully
to disclose these views, will he in your city in a
few days on his way South, and will be prepared
to carry them fully into effect.
I’. H.—From the most authentic sources of In
formation. you may take the following asthepro
hahle and entire stock of cotton in the United
States, of the crop of 1838, on the 15th day of
June next, ensuing,—either actually present in
depot, or to come forward from the interior mar
kets.
New Orleans, 100 000 Bales.
Mobile, 25,000
Florida, 12 500
South Atlantic States, 50.000
New York, 75 000
At unenumerated points, 12 500
275,000 Bales.
Os this amount the manufacturing establish
ments of the U. Slates will require at least 75.000
bales before the now crop comes forward, leaving
.ih.rn 200,000 hags for foreign export. It ought
to he remarked, that the bales this year are about
15 per cent, short weiglit from the now general
use of smaller compressing boxes, with a view ol
rendering the cotton packages more portable.
From the Charleston Courier of yesterday.
Nkw York, June 7.
“To day the great news is that a combination,
at the head of which is the Bank of the Bank of
the United States, proposes not only to offer the
means to the holders of Cotton to retain their
Cotton in (his country, hut at the same time, to
give the same facilities ol holding to those who
have Cotton in Europe, hy making them sutli
cient advances for the purpose. It seems, how
ever, that hy the packet, sailed this morning, ex
tensive orders have been sent to purchase Cotton
in the French and English markets. Expresses 1
have been sent to all the markets of the South to f
forwa'd this scheme. 1
“Should they wish to make the scheme com
plete, they should also send orders t« purchase I
staple articles of Manufactured Colton floods in
England.”
“ Nkw Your, June 7.
“ Onr Cotton market continued without ani
mation until yesterday, when a sale took place ol
500 bales, at u decline of about 2 cents. This
morning thwre were many buyers and there seem
ed every prospect of an active business, when it
became a current report that the U, S. Bank
would again enter the market and advance on
shipments to Humphreys & Biddle, and hold the
Cotton until the spinners showed a disposition lo
give fair prices. The report soon received con
firmation hy a Circular issued hya former agent
of the Hank of the U. S. Holders on this refu
sed to sell at the decline, and.no business has been
done to-day.
It is also stated that thtee agents left for the
Smith to act on the Circular. It is also among
the rumors that the Bunk intend advancing on
Cotton already in Liverpool, so as to prevent sac
rifices.
Extract ot another letter of .(he same date says,
that a gentleman who acted in similar business as
an agent of the Bank of the United Stales had be
gun to make purchases of Colton in New-York.
M e are requested to say, that the Hamburg
Bank, is drawing at sight on Charleston, at A
and on New York, at S per cent, for Augusta
bills.
W e were presented yesterday morning, by our
friend Mr. J. A. Dove, who resides a few miles
below the it y. with a fine, ripe, and well grown
water-melon ! He sent a load of them also to
the market on the same morning. He has been
using them in his family since the Cth inst. being
the earliest melons ever raised in Richmond
county ! The one presented to us was delicious
—but we forbear to punish our readers by talk
ing about such good things, when it must be
many days yet befere they can be enjoyed by all
We presume the good folks of Habersham and
Rabun and the region thereabout have hardly
planted yet.
I From the Richmond Enquirer.
Agreeable News tioin London.
The following Letter from W ashington au
i 'ounces the happy termination of the negotiation
I >r the shipwrecked Slaves. It is very agreeable
; cws for the owners—for tile South, whose rights
e thus respected—ami Id the whole Union,
! ■causeone ot the difficult subjects in negotiation
i i thus adjusted and removed. The government
as succeeded in settling a very delicate, difficult
id protracted subject. The Minister, upon
horn much unjust censure has been thrown, as
■gardsthis very question, lias finally settled it.
• the satisfaction of our Government, and at the
me lime to the ample security of the rights of
ir People. We congratulate our reader* on
is agreeable result:
“ Wasui jtiiTos, June 3.
“The Great Western has brought news of an
teresling character also as regards this country
at least the Southern section of it. It is report
; that our Minister, Mr. Stevenson, has suaeed
, in making an arrangement wiili die British
ivernment, hy which it stipulated that the val
of the slaves shipwrecked, some eight or ten
ars ago, upon the Bahama Islands, shall he
,d to the claimants. This, if true, (and there
• •
;s no reason to 6 u tit is : o only itr.] o“ant, os
regards the ii,dividual claimants, but equally so
■ in n national point of view, as it establishes a
great and important principle. It will be seen,
therefore, that our Minister has been unjustly
censured, by some of the Southern statesmen,
for a supposed n gleet, or inattention to this mat
ter. So far from that, he is entitled to great
credit for the ability and zeal with which he has
I conducted this delicate affair; and when the cor
-1 respondents shall he published, I have no doubt
he will receive the thanks of the country—par
ticularly the slavelioldmg States.—The arrange
' nient is said to do ample justice to the claimants,
as it secures to them the full value of their prop
i I erty, with interest. This arrangement secures to
the claimants nearly §5OO apiece for their slaves,
inelu ling men, women and children—more than
j was ever allowed on any former occasion by the
t llritish Government. Mr. Gallatin succeeded, 1
believe, in getting only about §2OO for the slaves
that were taken off by their ships of war, during
the late war with that country.”
Correspondence of the N. V. Commercial Advertiser.
The Jarvis Divorce Case Decided.
II *hi pann, June 0, 1839.
This highly interesting and exciting trial has
1 jast been biought to a close. Yesterday, at 8
o’clock, Mr. Betts, forthe respondent, commenc
ed his argument, but gave way before he had
concluded his remarks, on account of indisposi
tion. Mr. Sherman commenced soon after 10
o’clock; at 12 an adjournment look place till 4
o’clock, and at 0. Mr. Sherman ended one of the
most hi ib’iant displays of that oratory for which
he is tn distinguished. The audience had in
creased beyond the rapacity of the hall to hold
j them, a very large proportion being females, who
j take sides strongly, as well as others.
This morning, at the opening of the Legisla
ture on the part of the J one, Mr. Curtis#,
chairman of the committee, made a verv inlc
| resiing and able report, b aming bolh parties,
and at the same time exonerating bolh from any
| thing t at could seriously a licet the character of
I either, which ho followed with a highly gifted
and feeling speech, setting forth the facts as they
appeared before the committee, in a clear and for
cible manner. Many of their acts, he thought,
ought never to have come before the public, and
they ought to go homo, make up, each make
concessions and he happy—which every thing
before them appeared to render so easy of attain
ment. Dr. Brownell, another of the committee,
followed, rather blaming the petitioner; he said
the facts were not proved as set forth in the peti
tion. and that a divorce could not be granted.—
Mr. Poster followed with his views, which were
against the graining divorces in a?.y case.
Mr, Dutton next followed, in an able aill 1 ‘W*
partial speech, for the acceptance of the report,
which was that a divorce could not he granted,
that Mrs. Jarvis be allowed to withdraw her peti
tion. and that the parties might be reconciled and
yet live happy. He made a strong appeal to the
House, on account of the young family, who
would lose, if the petition was granted, much of
that kind protection which they needed.
Mr. Clark, from Saybrook. the native town of
Mis. Jarvis, was next up. lie went strongly for
the petitioner, and was followed by Mr. Brooks,
of Meriden, in a short speech of great good sense,
hoping the House would accept the report—de
preciating the evils growing out of the granting
of so many divorces as had been allowed by the
Legislature now in session, and sending the par
ties home, there to settle all their difficulties.—
He knew nothing against either of the parties,
and ns nothing had been proved against the mor
al character of either, he thought that if the offi
cious intermcddlmgof f 'ends would cease, they
might yet become models for those in the lower
walks of life.
The previous question was here called for by
Mr. Ellsworth, of East Windsor, aftcra few sen
sible remarks on the length of time which had
been occupied in this case. The question was
sustained, with little orno opposition, and he re
port accepted.
The Legislature will vise to-morrow.
From the Neu -Unven Register.
Abolitionism.
[An attempt having been made by the Aboli
tionists, to injure the reputation of Justice Fitz
gerald, on account of a decision lately rendered,
iu a case where two or three gentlemen from the
South were charged with having disturbed an
abolition meeting,—and as the gentleman alluded
to has been most vitupcratively assailed, we ctiecr
lully give place to the following communication,
reluctantly drawn from him, on the subject. We
believe bis decision to be in accordance with the
feelings of a majority of our citizens—the grum
bling and liaireu ol a lew fiery zealots to the con
tra y notwithstanding.]
M.sstts. Emtoi;s.— We live in that region
which has long and justly been denominated
"Tlte land ol steady habits.” Order and quiet
are in all our border , and the paths of our citi
zens are the paths of peace. Riot and discord,
which stalk in unbridled fury over some commu
nities, trampling to the earth whatever is fair and
lovely and of good report, are driven Irom among
ns by the withering frown ol a firm, orderly, and
religious peopl . And we are a peop.e jtaLus of
toe lair lame winch we have deservedly obtained;
and when Rumor, with its thousand tongues, be
lies us to all corners of the earth, and denounces
our magistrates as the “promoters of riots,” and
the supporters of “mob law.” we naturally arouse,
ourselves and inquire whether these things are so
—that our indignation may burn upon the guilty
bead wherever it may he found.—These princi
plosand sentiments spring spontaneously from our
tree New England sod, enriched by the first pat
r ot blood that flowed in the cause of our freedom;
j ami they are fanned and fostered by our northern
| breezes, which, like the spirit of Liberty, float
j alike over our snow-clad mountains and our ver
dant vales
These considerations have induced me to yield
to the urgent solicitations oi numerous friends, to
j present a fair and unvarnished statement of the
i doings before me n few days since, upon the trial
ol three young men. charged with committing a
j breach of the peace by dist rbn, an Abolith n
meeting; and to give as nearly as I can recall it,
the opinion which I expressed on that occasion,
with such remaiks as 1 might deem proper and
suited to the subject. And here let me remark,
that it is not my purpose to answer the dtivclmg
of the Palladium, nor the more robustous writer
over the modest signature ot “Junius,”—nor any
! otheis who have sougiti to vvu«- ' ’
newspaper immortality on this occasion. I ab
| sunn from a re ply. not for the reus m given by
this modern “Junius”—the fear of elevating the
subject of my remarks into importance; such
apprehension I think their friends will readily
I admit are quite unfounded. But my forbearance
springs from that peculiar nervous conformation,
j which takes no pleasure in seeing insects torlu
i red. 1 should not fear that the gestures 1 might
: make to brush them oft" would raise them from
their proper level. Vermin borrow no importance
from the head on w hich they feed, nor from the
hand which picks them out. I could not, howev
er, on observing the name of Junius, refrain from
some serio-comic reflections upon the vicisitudes
of names. Tlte names of the immortal Plato,
Potnpey. Ciesar, Cato, and a host ol others, have
come to bo mere terms to call negroes, dogs and
horses by; and the formidable name of Junius, at
which a monarch trembled, and the. proudest no
bles quailed, is well nigh prostituted to the same
ignoble use ! In all kindness I would say to this
tyro Junius, do not overleap the modesty of na
ture—“even a fool scemcth to be wise when he
holdeth his peace.” Let not an inflated self-cun
' ceil deceive you, for when Junius ascended in
I the fiery chaiiot of imrnortalry bis man tie out
not fall on you. But to return from these minor
I matters to the proposed subject.
At the appointed time Henry Jackson and
I John 11. Watson, of Georgia and liOgan B.
Henderson, of Texas, were arraigned upon a
charge of assaulting Germ Smith, and others
unknown, and disturbing anil break.nit up an
abolition meeting. I'leas not guilty. From the
testimony adduced, it appeared, that Air. Watson
was guilty of no improper conduct whatever,
and he was discharged without entering on his
defence. That Mr. Jackson was guilty of stamp
ing on the lloor to disturb said meiting; and
that Mr. Henderson was guilty of stamping, and
striking the floor and pew with his iane. and
crying out something disrespectful to abolition
ists. It appeared also, dial several eggs and a
handful of sm dt missiles were thrown—hut l y
whom, the testimony was 100 contradictory and
inconclusive to determiie. It did not appear
that violence was cornmi ted upon any person,
or that any one sustained the slightest injury,
the discussion, alone, was interrupted alter it
had been continued about twenty minutes. It
appeared that about twenty persons were en
gaged in the disturbance; but no concert was
shown between any two. The foregoing, I be
lieve is the substance of what was proved. If
01 hers, in the zealous excitement, supposed more
to have been proved. I have only to say, that the
ease was submitted to my judgment, and not to
theirs. 1 was not acting under their oaths nor
according to their consciences, hut according to
my own; and I executed the trust reposed in
me by the people, whose servant I am. without
the fear of abolition censure, or the hope of its
approbation. After the testimony was closed, the
case was ably and appropriately argued on both
sides; Mr. Huggins for the prosecution, Mr.
Jackson in his own defence, and Mr. Austin, ot
Norwich, as counsel for Mr, Henderson. Mr.
Watson, al hoigh previously discharged, re
q e • d permi s on to speak, which was granted ;
but after pronouncing three or four sentences
was stopl by the eou't, for the irrelevancy of his
remarks. After which the opinion of the court
was delivered a.- follows: —
“Unfortunately for the peace and welfare of
this country, the case now presented for my con
siueration is not a new one. Many such have
occurred at the North, at the East and at the
West. And wherever assemblies have of late
been held for the promulgation of abolition prin
ciples, the public peace has been violated, and
discord and riot have marked the course of their
lings. Property has been destroyed,
home , razed to the ground, and in some in
stances, life itse f has been sacrificed. Notwith
standing these unhappy results, contrary to the
known wishes of the community, (for the abo-
I tienUts no where form but an inconsidi rabf pro
portion.) and contrary to the plainest provisions
of the Constiiu!;?". they have every where, per
sisted in their unfortunate and destructive course;
and finally “those who have turned the world
upside down, have come hither alsc.
“It tlte case now presented were pew, I should
feel strongly inclined to consider whether tliesi
abolition meetings are not themselves illegal, am
whether it is not the duly of every good citizen,
mil every friend of social order to oppose their
occurrence by every legal means It lias how
ever. been decided by our higher courts, for
whom I entertain the profoundcst reverence am!
r s| e t, and from whom it docs not become me
in the humble judicial station which I occupy, to
dissent—that the disturbance of an abolition
meeting is a breach of the public peace. Tlte
principle then is already settled.
The Cm ablution of the United States secures
to each State the right to regulate and control in
own internal institutions, without any nter
ftireuce or molestation from the other States.—
Assemblies, therefore, for the purpose of such
interference, cannot be justified under the Con
i a tilth n. But abolitionists generally be'ong In
som ■ religious cc'. professing a peculiar r spect
! so. the bilde; and they attempt to justify the
course which they pursue by reference to the re
vealed law of God. It seems that some new
light has burst upon them, which was formerly
unknown, even to tire prophets and apostles—
for it never was discovered until brought to hg t
hv the abolitionists, that this law forbade slavery.
According to the Mosaic law, slavery, instead of
cing prohibited, was expressly sanctioned by
the command of God himself, in a much more
unlimited form than it exists in this country ;
and all the laws which were received by Moses
in reference to this subject, were regulations for
the control and management of slaves. And
these laws go so far as to permit the master to
heat tire slave to death, without punishment, if he
lives a liny or two and then die, for the express
reason, that “he is his money.” From the time
of delivering the Mosaic law down to that of the
latest sacred writers. I am not aware that slavery
was pr hibited, or even censured. Even as inti
as the time of Paul, we have an illustration o
the light in which he viewed lira! institution —
for when a slave had fled beyond the reach of his
master, and coming tinder tlte preaching of Paul
was converted to Christianity, the first act of the
great apostle of the Gentiles, was to send bin
hack to his master, with a letter under his own
hand. Why then will men, in disregard of the
rights of tlte slave holding Slates, secured to
ih cm by the Constitution, pursue a course si
officious and so unjust, and excuse themseb e
by pleading the paramount authority of the won
of God I Why will they disturb the peaec am
quiet of their country, by striving to disseminab
their newly discovered doctrines, and by pro
claiming slavery to be an evil so monstrous n
the sight of God that it is far belter that the
throat of lire master should he given to the knife
of the slave, and his dwelling to the flames, than
that his blighting curse should any longer rest
ttpan our land ! Why will men be wise above
what is written, and arrogate to themselves more
knowledge of the divine will than he who talked
with God, fare to face, and received his law upon
the top of Sinai, amid the thunders and light
nings of heaven 1 If they will persist, let them
not complain of the evils they draw upon them
selves by (he officiousness of the course they see
fit to pursue; hut let them rather heed the ad
monition of Paul who says, “Let no man suffer,
as a busy-body, in other men’s matters.”
But as I have said, it is die established law of
this Slate, that disturbing an abolition meeting is
a breach of the peace—and the testimony helore
[ me leaves no doubt of the guilt of the prisoners
j And here I would express my regret at the source
from which lids disturbance seems to have pro
| reeded—for those before me. charged with this
"Hlffrrr-’; ’•“““’“nts ul the South. It is claim
-1 ed hy the southern States, that they Rave a ngrfi
| to conduct their internal affairs according to their
I own judgment, without any advice or direction
| from the north. In the justice of this claim, we
I fully concur. But while wc acknowledge tins
I prerogative of the south, iu its fullest extent, we
| also claim for ourselves th« benefit of the same
, rule. W’e claim to determine fin ourselves, what
i shall ire done within our own State, and we do
■ not feel the need of missionaries from the South
ito instruct us in our duly. M ! e are disposed to
j consider those from other States, who are among
i us for the purpose of education or otherwise, as
I our guests, and ;o treat them with peculiar po
liteness and favor—but we will not permit them
to interfere in our private affairs, nor dictate to
us the course of cur internal poliey.”
[The Court then proceeded In impose a fine of
f 7 and the costs of prosecution, upon Henderson,
and of Jrfi and costs, upon Jackson; which
amounted in all to about thirty dollars—in default
ol payment, eaihto be confined in jail ten days.]
Upon this opinion, hastily thrown together, as
it of course must have been. I am willing to stand
and defend the positions which I have taken, up
on (he principles of international law— upon
constitutional pnnciples—upon the principles of
law in the non-slave holding Stales, ami upon
the principles ot the revealed law. This decis
ion las caused among some, much dissalislac
tion, as might have been expected; and the
principal cause of complaint is lound in the tact,
ihat the Court discussed the churaclir ot the
meeting which was dislurlied, and allowed this
character its weight in the measure of punish
ment. It is claimed hy these malcontents that
the Court should have inquired simply whether
a public meeting was disturbed, without taking
into consideration the character of that meeting;
and if so. that exemplary and vindictive punish
ment should have been inflicted. Hut I have
not so learned the law, and feel safe in declaring
that, according to ail English and American law,
lire time, place, and circumstances, are the princi.
1 pal ingredients which go to determine the meas
ure of damages in all similar cases. The dis
, turbauce of a bacchanalian dub, congregated at
a grog simp, or a brothel, is not to be regarded
in the same light with the interruption of a grave
assembly, consulting upon the important and vi
tal interests o society. And if it has not k therto
«en s nd, it is now sa ; d, hat . n assembly white
Ijecl is, however, ind redly , to trample upon
tml Con-'lilu'ion which emanated from the
wisest h ads and noblest hearts that ever honor
ed a dil bent' re assembly—t e 1 cite he slave in
a sister State to raise las hnfr, in the name of
Gm/ against the throat ■/h s master, to dei a «•
tate his fields, and gve his dwell ng to the
fames, is not protected by the laws of the non
slave holding States, to the same extent as an
i assembly convened fur the worsh pof the Most
Hgh ! And although the same sh eld of law
may be cast around i ~ yet tie ■■word of iu't r:
d s uol cla m so much tovind cofr the vio' ii n
of its r ghis. Would lo|Tod tl at the c senti
ments,-so far as they an worthy might be pro
claimed, not by an humble individual, but from
the,exalted stations of our higher courts, whose
■voices would he heard and respected to the utter
most borders of our land ! Then would the hand
0 violence be stayed, and peace and harmony
would again be restored to our beloved country.
W. H. N. FITZUERALD,
New Haven. May 28. 1839.
Consignees per South Carolina Itail Uond.
Hamburg. June 12, 1839.
F. M. Robertson; A. G. Teawe; J. W. Haughton;
Clark, ' cTeir & Co ; Rees <Sr Beall; A. Frederick;
L. Lhvclle; J. Baird; Gould & Bulkley; Stovall, Sim
mons & Co.; B. \V. Force &Co.; T. Bartlett; S. Bu
ford ; W. Hattier; Aldrich k Shove; M. I’off; W‘
& J. G. Catlin ; J. F. Benson.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, May 17
Latest datesfrom Havre, May 15
Nsw-Crleans, June 8.
Cotton. —Received from Ist to 7tli inst. inclusive
5,269 bales ; exported sane time to idve.puol
7,931 do. Havre, 11,7u6 do. Bordeaux, 255 do. ar
s. files, 59 do. Nantz, 1,005 do. noston, 1 ,6’3 do.
in all 12,558 bales; making a reduction in stock of
7,3.12 bales,and leavinga balance on hand including
a on ship I oard not cleared 80,710 bales. The
whole weel-s business only amounts to 1300 bales,
and tlie principle sa e which was on ibur-dav,
was at a full cent decline. About 4,000 bales have
been shipped this week to Live.pool, under ad
v nces, bo ders having adopted this course in pie
s icnce to accepting tue extremely low prices
offered. We particularly notice the sales as fol
lows, viz: G 2 bales uiss. at 14iJ ; 80, 14; 94,14 J ;
02,1; 56, I4J; and 900 Miss, and N. Ala at
13 cents
Liverpoolclassification.—l a and Miss —-rT
di aiy , a 13L Id ling, 13J a 14c ; Fair, ISJ
a 1 ;GoodJ'ni I6J a 16;j;(>ood and Fine, 17j ;
rent).and N. Alabama.—Ordinary, Middling. Fair,
mod Fair, Goon and Fine, 12j a extiemes,
r air Crops. a 14x.
Sugr—to i ana —Them rket las maintained
a veiy inactive character throughout the week, the
Jetnard, as he etoforc. I eing ah ost entirely re
stricted to sma 1 lots of prime, whi h sti 1 continues
= acre, although the stock of Sugar in the city is
large. Holders continue to ask the same rates as
ii viorsly. inferiorto common 4 touj. lairto prime
6 a 6J, and for an extra prime artic e 7 cents. ( n
- p aniation there are very few operations—we no
, .ice a sale of 116 hhds at 6 cents. Havana sugars
rcmaii without essential change as to prices, and
the demand is quite moderate.especially for white.
I Arrive I - nee 31st ultimo 950 hhds; cleared for
; Charleston 14 hhds. obile s ! > hhds.
molasses —Wc quote the same rates in the city
sh st week. 34 a35 cent* per gallon. The mar
, ket is better supidied than it has been latterly, and
. the demand is quite moderate, in plantation there
1 nothing doing in the article worth reporting.—
Arrived since 31st ult. 422 bbls.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, June 12.
Arrived yesterday —Line ship Anson, Sine air, N
' oik; brigs G.obe, Fessender, Neuvitas, I üba; ( a
tharine, Rose, Havana; l rono, Chace, Matanzas;
Hridgton, Prince, Matanzas; schr t urlew, Liscomb,
1 '■ cw-( rleans.
Cleared —Hr ship Dorothy, Flemming, St Johns,
i N. M.) brig Danl. Webster, Adams, Havana; schr
ohn, Colson. Mobile.
»
CUJ THE AMERICAS SILK CROW EH A I'D
FARMER’S . \IANUAJ.—A monthly publication ,
designed to extend and em outage the growth of Silk
throughout P.e I nited States. Kd.tei) by .Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub
bed in Philadelphia, at the low price of one
- Dollar a year.
i JKr Subscriptions received at this oflire. ap
(Tj' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY , for the benefi
of the Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity. —
1 The Visiting Committees for thceiisuing month arc
1 as follows:
Division No. 1. —Mr. P. H Mantz, Mr. D. Eland,
1 Mrs. Meredith, Mrs Charles Jones
1 Division No. 2. —Dr. E Osborne, S. li. Groves,
i Mrs. Tremb y, Mrs J W. Stoy.
Division No 3.—Mr. E. W. • oilier,Jas. Panton
! Mrs. J. C. Snead, rs. A. Whitlock.
Any member of the committees may obtain fund
by calling on the President, (W. W. Holt, Esq.) at
his office, Cuinming’s Piaza.
may 22 C. F. STURGES, Secretary.
i. , NOl H E. — ibe Bail Road Passenger Train
C between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows: —
UPWARD.
8 Not to leave Charleston before 700 a.m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
b “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchvide, “ - 11 00
s “ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 M.
“ “ Blackvide, - “ -100 p. m.
, “ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
‘ Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
r DOWNWARD.
1 Not to leave .Hamburg before 6 00 a.m.
f « “ Aiken, - - - 730
s “ “ Blackville, “ - ■ 930
p “ “ Midway, “ - - ]0 30
E “ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00
, " “ Georges’, “ - - 12 CO m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OUp. m.
Arrive at Char, eston not before 300
1 Distance —13u miles. Fare Through—slo 00.
3 Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
J minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
s longer than & minutes for wood and water at any
. station.
; To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
3 hoisted,at cither of the above stations; and also at
Sincalhs, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. O.
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons’
f and Marsh’s T. u.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
r dine at Blackville; down, will breakfast at Aiken
t and dine at Summervile. may 21
] (T r RESIDENT DENTIST.. —i’r. I Munrof,*s
s operating rooms, second door fiom Broad treet, on
i Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutiouuisl olhee
march 13
GREAT ARRIVaU
Fifteen Bushels, or 270,000 boxes of
PETERS* PILLS.
The subscribers have made arrangements •
Dr. Peters, of New kork, to Lo supplied brn I
quantity with his Pills. All dealers can J , I
be supplied at factory prices. l)f al the Pills , I
have any knowledge of, these are the must v a T 9|
blc In no instance have they failed to accentin' H
every thing they promised, and thousands who f Bv
years have been lingering witn some chronic oro°' PP
stinate disease, n«w add their testimony in uehalf I
ol this va uabie medicine." 1 I
One great quality of his Vegetable Pills is. that I
they have the alternative principle combined with I
their cathartic, or Operative qualities, so that thev I
not only c eanse the stomach and bowels by p Ur j W
ing, but they regulate the liver,change the moriS I
secretions, strengthen the digestive organs, K
the blood, invigorate the circulation, and give ton* f
and energy to the neivous sy-tem.
They have no rival in curing and prevents, 1.,.
Hilious fevers, fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver K.
Complaints, Sick Head-aclie, Jaundice, Asthma K
Dropsy, Rheumatism, Enlargement of the Spleen’ p
Piles, Cholic, female > bstructions, Heart-burn' n 9
Furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach fc
and Rowels, Incipient Diarrhoea, flatulence, Hab. ■
itual Costiveness, toss of Appetite, blotched or rad
Sallow Complexion, and in all cases.if Torpor of B
the bowels, wheic a Cathartic or an Aperient iiHH
needed. They are exceeding y mild in their opt:-Yp
ation, producing neither nausea, griping nor debility'
Dr. Peters has sold morcthan live millions of boxes vfeU
of these celebrated Pit s, in the U. States, the Cana- 3®
das, Texas, Mexico and the West Indies, since ip!
Jan. 1835. All persons who have used the Oenuim 13
Peters Vegetable Pills, recommend them in terim 1]
of the most unqualibed praise, which is proof pos- jrtil
itive of their extraordinary and beneticial effects. isl
these justly celebrated Pills are for sale by
THi MAS BARRETT & Co., and
HAVTLAND, RISLEY <V Co., Agents.
June 6 2m p
EVANS’ FAMILY VEGETABLE APERIENT f
AN Tl-HILHAS PILLS.
= eing composed of ingredients which exert a
specific action upon the heart, give an impulse or
strength to the arteral system ; the blood is quick
ened and equalized in its circulation through all
the vessels, whether oi Hie skin, the parts situated t
internally, or the extremities; and as' all the se
cretions of the body arc drawn from the b ood i
*tliere is a consequent increase of every secrclfon,
and a quickened action of the absorbent and cxha-V
lant or discharging vesse s; any morbid action'
which may have taken p ace is removed, all oh- s
structions arc overcome, the blood is purified, and
the body resumes a healthful state. The circula
tion, that important function, was not known to
the great Celsus, Galen, or Hippocrates ; therefore,
their deficiency of knowledge led them to extract
the vital fluid as a curvativc means; but upon the
principles of the cireSlation of the blood, the 1 prac
tice of b ceding is proved to he fallacious.
It has been left to the directors of this,- society
to bring forward Dr. Wm. Evans’Medicine's.found
ed upon the important knowledge imparted to the '!
world by the discovery of the circulation of the :
blood. I |
Evan’s Family Vegetable Aperient Anti-Biliom/
Pi{ls, are sold in boxes of Twenty-live cents each*
THESE MEDICINES
after much anxious toil and rescan h, having hern
brought by the Directors to their present state of
perfection, supersede ilie use of the innumerable
other medicines; a.c so well adapicii to the frame,
that the use of them, by pieserving the vital strength
in a pure and healthy state, and consequently J
maintaining the body in the duo performai.ccs of n
its functions, cause it lo last many years longer
than it otherwise would ; and the mind to become I
so composed and tranquil that old age token it ar- '
rives, will appear a blessing and nut (as to many s
who have tug cited their constitutions, or had
them injured by medicines administered by igno
rance) a source ./ misery and abhorrence.
“Even from the body’s purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.”
A pamph.ct with gcne.al directions for taking
the Pills, always given in at the store of the agent.
DR. WILLIAM EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP,
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
To Mothers and Nurses. — Ihe passage of the
Teeth through the gums produces troublesome and
dange.ous symptoms. It is I nowu by mothers
that there is great irritation in the mouth and gums
during this piocess. The gums swell, the secre
tion and saiva is increased, the child is seized with
frequent and sudden tits of crying, watchings,
starting in the sleep, and spasms of peculiar paits;
tue child shrieks with extreme vio ence, and
thrusts its lingers into its mouth. If these pre
cursory symptoms are not speedily alleviated,
spasmodic convulsions univeisally supervene, and
some cause the dissolution of the infant. Mothers
who have their little babes afflicted with these
distressing symptoms should apply DR Wd.
EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING SYRUP,
which has preserved hundreds of infants when
thought past recovery, from being suddenly at
tacked with the fatal maladv,convulsions.
Sold by ANTON) & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M.& T. M. TURNER. Savannah,
P. M. COHEN & Co.. Charleston.
SHARP <V ELLS, Milledgeville,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A.W. MARTIN, Forsyth,
BENJAMIN P, POORE, Athens,
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
June 7
A CARD.
CIHARLES BALVIER, Professor of Music,
J grateful for the liberal patronage extended to
him, informs his patrons and others, that he is about
leaving the city for a few weeks, and mi his return
will resume the duties of his profession. Applica
tions may be made at H. Parsons’ Piano Store'and
at J. A. Barnes’residence. ap 13-ts
.
("i EORGIALIME.—Fresh Stone Lime of as good
IT quality as any in the market pul up in uoxes
stronger, tighter, and more convenient foi transpor
tation than barrels, and holding the same quantity’.
Price $3 the single box and $2 50 by the quantity,
delivered at Augusta, at Jacksonboro, and at the
mouth of Bri ircrei k, on the Savannali river, it will
be sold at the same rates with freight off Apply to
T. D. SMITH, Planters’ Hotel. or
June 14 trw&dtf D. KIRKPATRICK & ' o._
NEW AM) FASHIONABLE GOODS.
WILLIAM H. CRANE has just received from
New York the following articles:
Super black gro de Rhine
do 5-4 black diamond Nett, a new article
for caps, collars and veils
Rich Nett and Hernani Scarfs
Fine black and white i hate
do do do Pic Nic Gloves
Fine open work Leghorn Bonnets, newest style
do plain do do do do
do do Straw do do do
The above articles, together with a large assort
ment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, will be sold
at reduced pi ices. ts June 8
IVt R- & MRS. CHAP AN,on the removal of
l”l Mr. * Mrs. Egerton, on the Ist of July next,
will take possession of the rooms now occupied by
their school, and will continue to teach on apian
simiar to that pursued by them
The Summer School will commence on Monday
the Sth day of July, and continue 10 weeks. It
is their design to vary their instruction to suit the
change of season ; and during the summer m mlh!
a portion of each day will be given to needle and
other fancy work. Mrs. Harris, who is already fa
vorably known to many of the ladies of Augusts,
will give daily instruction t( such pupils as may
dcsiie. in I lain Sewing, Rug Work, of every vari
ety, Wax Flowers and Fruit, Worsted Flowers,
(Ticneille Work, Embroidery, Fancy Netting and
Knitting, Poonah and Mczzatintn Painting, Coral
Work, Transferring Lithographic Prints, &c.
Tuition forthe Term, $lO
P ain Sewing, 5
Plain and Ornamental, 111
Painting, 8
Mr. & Mrs. r , wi I commence their regular ses
sion on the Ist of Oct. next, of which duo notice
will he given.
ap 18 trwistlstA
CHEAP DRY ( ('( Die.
THE sul scriber intending to make a change in
hi« bu iness in the fall, will sell his stork of
Staple and Fancy Diy Goods al reduced piices.—
Those who wish bargains for cash, will do wed to
cal and look at his assortment
may 30 dtrwawlf W. H. CRANE.