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OIIKONICLH AND SENTINKL.
AUOUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JURY 2.
FOR GOVERNOR,
< II A R IRS r> OUGIIE R T Y ,
or CLARK county•
ORDER OF C ELEBRATION OF n il OK JULY
1889.
The cunimi'tceappointrd to make arrangements
for the celebration ofthc approaching Anniversary
of American Independence, have appointed Maj.
Samuel C. Wilson, Marshal of the day.
At half past ten o’clock, A. M. a procession
will he formed in front of the United States Hotel,
and proceed to the Presbyterian Church, under
the command of the Mnrshal of the day, when,
after divine service, the Declaration of American
Independence will he read hy william Ft. McLaws,
Esq., and an address suitable to the occasion will
be delivered hy A. 11. Matthews, Esq.
The order of Procession will be as follows;
1. The Clinch Kiftc Company.
2. Major I ienernl and Stall’.
3. Hrigadicr General and Stall.
4. Col. of the 10th Regiment and St a IT, and the
'Officers of the I Oth Regiment.
5. Officers of the Army and Navy,
fi. Orator and Reader.
7. The Reverend the Clergy.
8. Magistrates of the City and County.
9. The Masonic Institutions of this city.
10. The DilTcront Fire Companies of the city.
11. The Mechanics of the City.
12. The different Societies of the City.
13. The; Medical Faculty and Students.
10. Citizens.
The Pews on the right anil left of the centre
aisle, will he reserved for the procession.
The authorities of the City and County, the
Reverend the Clergy, the Masonic Institutions of
this city, the members of the Fire Department,
the Mechanics of the city, the Societies of the
city, the Medical Faculty and Students, and the
citizens generally arc respectfully invited to join
’the procession In the above order,
At day light a national salute will he fired op
posite the City Hall.
Committee—G. F. Parish, W. Rankin, and S.
M. Thompson, on the part of the City Council;
F. C. Curtis, 11. O. Cook and P. H. Strong, on
ho part of the Clinch Riflemen.
The following gentlemen have been apppoint
sed to compose the Committee of Five, by the
Chairman of the adjourned public meeting of ti e
ciilizcns of Augusta, on the 20th June, to consid
er the expediency of purchasing the Augusta
llridgcs, and report to a public meeting, ;o he cull
ed for that purpose.
Gen. Thomas Glascock,
Eiiwaiid Dustin,
Moses llllFF,
Tims. S, Metcalf,
Euwauii Thomas,
The new arrangement of the Western Mail
look efl’ect yesterday ; the cars having left Au
gusta at 0 o'clock, and were due at Greensboro
nt 2 o’clock this morning; thus passing from
Charleston to Greensboro a distance of 221 miles
in 19 hours.
Ciiaui.es Tyrrell, or the Bitter llloud,
the Inst work of.lames, —is, we perceive hy an
advertisement of Mr. Plant's, for sale at his Hook
•Store. The work, from the acknowledged repu
tation of the author, needs no commendation,
save what his name gives it, to secure for it
the admiration his novels have heretofore recei
'Srcd.
<* ——
Melancholy Event, —Mr. Eugene D’An
fossy, Vice Consul of France, at Matamoros,
was drowned May 27th, together with fourteen
other individuals, while crossing the Urassos ban
the boat having ufmet while they were returning
from the rescue of the properly on hoard the
Albert.
Tile Alexandria Gazette says that Mr. Bidden,
Jato unsuccessful candidate for Congress, from
Richmond, (Va.) has been appointed Treasurer
of the U. S. in place of Mr. Campbell removed.
•Cotton Manufactories—The Merrimack
Company at Howell, Mass., cleared 11 per cent.,
■ the last six months, of which they divided 7 per
cent, carrying 1 per emit, or £BO,OOO to surplus
fund.
The Last Wellkuism — Here is to “inter
ruil improvement" — as the invalid remarked to
himself before swallowing some of Phelps’
Tomato Pills.
Upper Canada.
The Toronto Examiner gives the following
statements in support of a lormer averment, that
emigration is taking place to a very great extent
from the Upper Province.
have been informed by Mr. Cull, who
has been superintending the macadamization of
the eastern roads, that upwards of one thousand
si eii late in Ills employ have gone to the United
Dtates.
“This very week we heard of a very old and
respectable freeholder of the western district hav
ing purchased in lowa, and removed his family
thither. Moreover, this gentleman left the United
■States last war, through a feeling of attachment
to tire Urilish Government. He has made a
Urge property in Canada, and takes with him
•but a small part of it (£700(1.) upwards of 1000/
of which is in drafts of the Dank of Upper Cana
da on New York. He is endeavoring to collect
■the remainder of his debts and to sell his real es
tate. This gentleman left the province owing to
tory persecution. He was, (as he gave the best
proof) strongly attached to the British crown,
and was liberal in politic*, though not more so
than the greater number of the present British
ministry.
“Since writing the above, wo have received a
letter from the London District, from which the
following is an extract: ‘All business is dead
here, except families tilling the roads, moving off
to the west in quest of a free government that
will administer just and equal laws to all. This
i»|lhe reason they give us. as I meet them on the
road. The people are much discouraged, but
they have yrt hopes of Lord Durham doing
something fur the country. If he fail, all will he
oil'.’ ”
We copy the following from the same paper—
marvelling much that such things can he done
under the very none ami eyes of the Patriot edi
tor, who takes such delight in ’chronicling every
manifestation of popular ill-feeling in the United
Slates, as proving the demoralizing tendency of
republican institutions.
“OiTtuins ox the Pit Ixti xo Office.—
There will soon not he a whole pane of glass in
our printing office. On fair different o-casinns
have the infuriated parlizans of and
Mr. attacked our premises nt night, and
smashed the windows with large stones. This,
it will he recollected, is in the capital of Upper
Canada : under the surveillance of the Governor
and the Mayor and city authorities, Wo have
hitherto treated those assaults with contempt.—
They are getting too frequent. Wo shall allow
the windows to remain in their present condition,
ns a slnndim' advertisement of the tory system
of discussing political principles.”
Lower Ctmidu.
The Montreal Herald of the 22tJ states that
warrants will shortly issue for the confiscation I
and sale of property belonging to individuals who
have been found guilty of high treason. The
confiscation will not extend, it is said, to the pro
perty of refugees—at which the Herald is afflict
ed.
The same journal affirms that a project has
been entertained, in this country, of intercepting
and capturing the convict ship, about to sail for
New South Wales, and liberating the prisoners
going out in her in fulfilment of their sentence!
What noncscnsc (he readers of the Herald have,
to swallow !
t'rom the (leorifia Jouni il nf tin• 2olh inst.
The federal Union of hist week, ironically ob
serves that, “Me ,/nurniilseems In feel finite cont
fnrliihlr. in announcing .liii/or I) nt/rherly's ar
ceptuner tj the nominal inn for (lovernor’’ Cer
tainly, and much more so than the Editors of the
federal Union did, when Judge McDonald was
nominated by the Van Huron Party. We happen
to know something about tin ir “comfortable'’
feelings, and although “comparisons are odious,”
and sometimes extremely annoying,yet we would
not hesitate to compare our feelings of comfort,
in respect to the announcement of Judge Dough
erty’s acceptance of the nomination tendered him
hy the State Rights Party, with the tardy , if not
reluctant course, pursued hy the Editors of the
“Federal Union,” with regard to Judge McDon
ald. Neither has the “Journal” forgotten that
Jude Dougherty “is the same candidate” who
was beaten by the “Union Parly,” in 1835. Uut
the “Union Parly” of 1835, to tlvcir honor he it
said, arc not all to he ranked as parlizans of Mr.
Van Huron, and supporters of the Van Huron
candidate for Governor in 1839. The Editors of
the Federal Union should look to this, before they
boast too much of their success in 1836; and ex
perience should long ere this, have taught thorn
that the “sober, second thought” ofthrpeople has,
in several instances, reversed decrees similar to
that of 1835. Should the memory of the Editors
of the Federal Union bo treacherous, wo can at
our convenience, cite them to rases in which de
crees of a like character have been repealed hy
the people of Georgia, even at the bullol box.—
Tvvicn alreai/t/ have the Editors of the Federal
Union boasted of the defeat of Judge Dougherty
in a former election. Wc presume that it will
bo with them a weekly theme. They are wel
come to the exclusive propagation of this piece
of important information throughout the bounds
of our State ; and to all the votes which such an
argument may gain for their favorite candidate.
Whilst too, the Editors of the Federal Union
affect to compliment us for “once having opened
an important electioneering contest without hurl
ing at our adversary those foul weapons of de
traction, so much used hy the parly to which
"tee” belong,” we would advise them to apply
exclusively to their own party the latter clause of
the sentence, viz: “so much used hi/ the parti/
to which the// belling;” and whilst, in honest
sincerity, wc tender this advice, we hope that, in
the coming contest, the press of both parlies will
pursue n dignitined course, and refrain from the
“hurling” of “foul weapons of detraction” at
either of the present candidates for Governor.—
The opposition which the “Journal” will make
to the election of Judge McDonald, let the adver
saries of Judge Dougherty pursue what course
they may, shall he free from personal abuse, or
base detraction. Our personal respect for his
character as a private citizen, as well as a deter
mination on our part to sustain the “dignity of
the press,” and to free our columns from any- thing
like low and vulgar abuse of distinguished men
in our State who are unfortunate enough to he
candidates for public office, will induce us to ad
here rigidly to the advice prescribed.
But to the more important part of our neigh
bors’essay of last week. We cannot pretend to
follow them through all their perambulations
about Nullification, General Jackson, and the
old song of “The blood of civil war was about to
stain our land.” Wo will come to the point,
and “make issue” upon the position which they
take when they aver that they support Judge
McDonald, “l/iul the principles ofthr Republi
can I'nrli/ nf' 98 nun/ be sustained.”
Os course then we are to understand from this,
that Judge McDonald is to he considered as the
advocate of the Republican Principles of’9B.
Hut, unfortunately for the position which the
Federal Union assumes, we are prepared to prove
hy “testimony strong,” that during the past no
litical life of Judge MeDonnald, he has been found (
acting in direct opposition to those principles.—
Waving the consideration of his opinions upon
the constitutionality of a United Stales Bank,
(opposition to which is considered by our neigh
bor, ns essential in the political creed of the mem
bers of their party,) as expressed hy his vote in
the Senate, we have at our band a case directly
in point, which we will present for the special
consideration of the “Federal Union.” It is a
case too, which, apart from the monster, Nulli
fication. involves what our adversaries term the
genuine principles of the Republican Party of
'9B. We allude to the resolutions introduced
into (he House of Representatives, in the ease of
George Tassels, whilst Judge McDonald was a
member of that laxly. Our readers will notice
that these resolutions were presented by Mr.
Thomas Haynes, the present Editor of the Stand
ard of Union. Wo presume that the Editors of
the Federal Union will scarcely deny that the re
solutions embrace sound political views, in perfect
consistency with those principles, to sustain
which, they have pledged themselves to the sup
port of Judge McDonald. Os course too, Judge
McDonald will he found sustaining those princi
ples. His vote will show. Without further com
ment, wc publish the resolutions and the vote
below, intending on another occasion, to present
to the consideration ol the Editors of the “Fed
eral Union” other incidents in the political life of
their candidate for Governor, which will assist
ns in proving him to ho, what those who have
been longest and most intimately acquainted
with his political views, know him to he, deeply
imbued with principles loreign to those which the
“Federal Union” affects to advocate.
“Mr. Haynes from the committee to whom
was referred the communication of the Governor
of this evening, presented a report, which, being
read as follows :
Whereas, it appears hy a communication made
hy his Excellency the Governor, to this Gener
al Assembly, that the Chief alustice of the Sn
preme Court of the I nited States, has sanctioned
a writ of error, and cited the Slate ol Georgia,
through her Chief Magistrate, to appear before
the Supreme Court of the United States, to de-
| fend this State against said writ of Error, ntjhe
instance of one George Tassels, recently convic
ted in Hall county Superior Court, of the crime
of murder:
Ami whereas, the right to punish crimes
against the peace and pood order of this State,
in accordance with existing laws, is an original
I and necessary part of sovereignty, which the
1 State of Georgia lias never parted with,
Heil therefore resolved by the Si n'Ukh
: House if Representatives of the Shim iff Gear
gin, in General Assembly met. That they view
with feelings of the deepest regret, the interior
i ( ii' e by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• of the United States, in the administration ol the
criminal laws of this State, and that such an
interference is a flagrant violation of her light.
Resolved fuilher, That his Excellency the
Governor In-, and he and every other officer of
this Slate, is hereby requested and enjoined to
j disregard any and every mandate and process
I that has been or shall be, served upon him or
| them, purporting to proceed from the Chief Jus
tice, or any associate Justice, or the r upretne
Comt of the I 'idled Stairs, for the purpose of ar
resting any of the criminal laws ofthisState.
And be it further resolved , That his Excel-
I leney the Governor he, and ho is hereby au
thorised and required with all the force and
means placed at his command by the Cunstitu
tHTti and laws of this State, to resist and repek
'any and every invasion from whatever quarto"
upon the administration of the criminal laws of
this Stale.
Resolved, That the Slate of Georgia will never
so (ar eompromit the sovereignty os an indepen
dent State, as to become a party to the cause
to he made before the Supremo Court of
liw United States, liy the writ in question.
\itrnlved. That his Excellency the Governor *
he, and he is herewith authorised to communicate*’
to the Sheritr of Hail county, by Express, so
much of the foregoing resolutions, and such orders
as are necessary to insure the full execution of
the laws in the ease of George Tassels, convicted
of murder in Hall county.
The question being put on agreeing to the re
port ot Mr. Haynes, the yeas and nays were re
quired to lie recorded, and are—yens 74, Nays 12.
Those who voted in the negative, are Messrs.
Hay, Easly, Ghnlson. King, Imyall, Lucas, Me
-1)0.MALI), Perdue, Schley, Shcats, Turner, and
Wellbore.”
From the Huston Daily Advertiser.
Hon. It. M. Johnson, Viet; President of
the United Slates.
Mr. Hale—l send you an extract from the hook
of Dr. Julius, “on the Moral Condition of the
United States.’’ It is less flattering to us than
the last was ; and less to our honor than it would
he agreeable to have it. I hope wo may hear
from Kentucky exactly what the truths is.
“The Congress of the United States makes
yearly, large, grants, amounting to $300,000, for
Indian schools. According to an official docu
ment laid before Congress in 1834, 48. r >7 Indian
youth were then in course of instruction, in fit)
different schools. The different religious sects
received from Congress, for the support of some
of these schools, $5540, namely, the Baptists
$2OOO, the Congregationalists $1690, the Cath
olics $l3OO, the Methodists $550. To these are
added also lire sums furnished for instruction out
of the annual appropriations for the Indians.—
Unfortunately these schools arc not in the best
condition.
This lilame should above ail fall upon the larg
est ol them—the so-calied Choctaw Academy,
situated 17 miles from Lexington,* Kentucky,
with 156 pupils. For each of thesepupils, s2(iu
are paid out of the appropriations which tire limi
ted States make to several of the Indian tribes,
to tlie owner of tire estate on which the school is
placed. There arc hoys of ten different tribes,
mostly Choctaws, who first induced the establish
ment of such an institution. Besides these,
there arc Chcrokees, Kickupoos, Menomonics,
Pawnees, Foxes, Poltnwotamies, &c. Many of
these children have a large proportion— quarter,
n half, and even three-quarters while blood in
their veins. Their instruction is miserable—
more learning by heart, and untiring more. Os
trades, the knowledge of which would lie most
important to such children, only four are taught,
namely, those of tailors, shoemakers, carpenters
and smiths; but only a few are so taught—be
tween 20 and 30. On the other hand, every few
years, a particularly clever boy, generally one
chiefly of white descent, is, with great boasting,
given over to an advocate or a physician, to learn
a profession ; and then he is said to study law,
medicine, moral philosophy, &c. Ou Saturday
there is no school, and then the pupils can earn a
little money by working for some neighboring
farmer. The head teacher is a Baptist clergy
man, Henderson, who is often absent, and then
lives on an estate of his own, 40 miles from the
school. Besides him, there are three teachers,
and itt all, four classes.
At the foot of the hill, on which the school, a
wooden hut, stands, are the sleeping rooms, each
containing from six to ten children, who are laid,
ns in a ship, on wooden berths, one above anoth
er. The meals are taken in a building on anoth
er hill, near the house of the owner of the estate.
The whole expense of the owner for all that w
laid out, cannot, in that cheap land, ami consider
ing the number of pupils, amount to the fifth
part of those $2OO which are yearly drawn for
each individual from the scanty allowance of the
Indians. The possessor of that estate and the
superintendent of this institution, which serves
| alike to deceive the people of the United Stales
and to defraud the unhappy Indians, is Mr,
Richard M. Johnson, now Vice President of the
Union. Os all this, which is strictly true, as fai
ns I could learn the facts concerning an institu
tion situated in a distant corner, scarely ap
proachable even by Americans, but which I my
self visited—of nil this, 1 thought it my duty to
obtain full information, and now discharge flic
farther duty of making that information public.
May tlioso lines one day lead to the clearing up j
of the darknesss that rests on this subject, and
lend to make known in what hands remains the }
dilVerence between the cost of this deplorable 1
education, and the sums drawn from the In- i
dians to meetit.—Vol. 1, p. 268-9.
* I suppose 17 German miles, equal to about
76 English miles.— Trs.
Loss of Seven Vessels.
The Aberdeen Constitutionalist, received by
the last arrival from England, announces the
loss of seven vessels m the Gulf of Kiga, on
the 25th of May. Two belonged to the port of
Aberdeen, one to Perth, two to Montrose, one
to Sunderland, and two were Dutch brigs, (.'apt.
Horn, of the Duke of Richmond, one of the un
fortunate vessels, gives the following particu
lars :
He states that he had a favorable passage out
to Domesness, fell in with the ice there on the
2lat tilt, and lay there for two days, until the
wind came from the westward, cleared the ice
from the land, and thus enabled about 70 sail to
proceed. When the fleet were within about 35
miles of Riga, the wind shifted to the south
east, and set the ice down upon ail the ships.—
Ca|*. Horn, says, “W e could not get back, and
umm the 25th, about half past 9 o’clock, the ice
took our ship, and in less than twenty minutes she
went down, along with six more close to us.” The
seven vessels were lost within half a mile of each
oilier. Capt. Horn, adds— 1 Wo travelled over
the ice to the land, a distance of here about six
miles, and stayed there two days before we pro
ceeded, and such travelling I never encountered.
We had a kind of carts forour clothes, and some-
times we got a ride ourselves. The distance we
got a ride ourselves. The distance we came
was about seventy miles, but shall g< t a better
conveyance from here to Licbau, from which
place they will send us to Elsinore, or where we
soonest can get home. Mr. Robertson, myself,
and three other British masters, are living in one
hou-e, and the mates, with the rest of the peo
ple, are distributed thoughout the town. Thank
God, there were no lives lost, hut we have all
lost a good many of our clothes. Os all the
scenes I ever beheld, the losing of the ships beats
all; for in less than two hours all the ships bad
I disappeared, and not a vestigo of them to bo seen,
! no more than if they had never been.
Kkskcck MtrnnißEn nr Vorxo Buck
j Hawk. —The Chicago Democrat says—
“ During the absence of a nephew of young
Black Hawk, Kcokuck got his wife drunk and
passed the night with her. Being thus detected,
it fell to Black Hawk, as the nearest relative, to
avenge bis nephew’s injury, which he took the
earliest opportunity to do, and stabbed Kcokuck,
at the entrance ol his nephew's wigwam. Keo
kuck it will be remembered, was always the friend
of th 3 whiles, and opposed the celebrated Black
Hawk or Sac war, and was promoted chief through
the instrumentality of the United States Govern
ment. He was about 5(1 years of age, and at the
time of his death was this side of the Des Moines
river, about 125 miles, (four days journey, the
Indians have it) west of the Mississippi. Young
Black Hawk is npw chief of the Sacs, ami, at
last news, was at the head of 2000 warriors march
ing for the Sioux country.”
f Heavy Damages wore recently awarded in
the Court of Common Pleas of Cincinnati, is
a suit brought against the captain, clerk and mate
ol the steamboat Gazelle, for an assault and bat
tery committed on a passenger, under (the fol
lowing circumstances:
Upon 3d of June, 1837, the plaintiff took
passage on the defendants’ boat at Portsmouth,
for C i icinnati. About 1 o’clock, the next morn
ing, the defendants caught plaintiff, and dragged
him to the side of the boat, where one of (he de
fendants flourished what one of the witnesses
thought a knife, and used abusive and threaten
ing language. Plaintiff was then forced to the
stern of the boat, put in the yawl, taken by the
mate toward the shore, beaten into the yawl, and
before reaching the shore, was thrown into the
river. When put into the yawl, plaintiff request
ed defendants to give him his valise, containing
clothes and letters of, introduction to respectable
persons in ('incinnati, which was refused. Plain
tiff was left by the boat on the Kenkucky shore,
sixty miles from Cincinnati, about 1 o’clock at
night. The plaintilt adduced the evidence of
about a dozen of the most respectable gentlemen,
physicians, and others, of his native eounly in
New York, that he had always sustained a high
character for integrity, correct bearing, and ap
plication to his studies and business.
The defence set up was that the plaintiff was
deck passenger, and that some man, wearing a
drab coat, was seqn to enter the cabin with his
candle. Plaintiff when found had on a drab
coat, hut was not proven to be the man. It was
then proposed to prove, by a custom of the river,
that whenever a deck passenger entered the cabin,
ho was put onshore. The court in charging the
jury stated that the defence only aggravated the
easo. Verdict for the plaintiff, $6,760.
Chinch Bi os.— These mischievous little in
sects have, wc regret to learn, committed great
ravages upon the wheat crops in the adjoining
counties of Chatham, Orange, Granville and
Franklin. In some instances, whole lickls have
been entirely destroyed, and great fears arc enter
tained that they will next attack the corn, to
which they also are very destructive. They clus
ter around the stalk in incredible numbers, stack
out Us substance, and it soon withers and falls to
the ground. In some places, to prevent their
reaching the corn, fur which they are marching
in clouds, the farmers dig little ditches and fill
them with straw, in which the hugs make a tem
porary halt, and are burnt—(lie operation of bur
ning being frequently repeated during the day.
Although the bugs have wings they travel on the
ground. They are natives of the forest; and it is
said that where the woods are occasionally burnt,
they never become troublesome.— lt ale iish fN.
C.J Star.
Mr. Fcnnimore Cooper, is driving a wholesale
business in the way of libel suits. He lias had
three editors under the hatches and is probably
ready to dispose of as many more in the same
way. In the last Cooperstown (Otsego county)
Republican, there is a paragraph which states,
that the Grand Jury of that county, had just
found hills for libel—at the instigation of Mr.
Cooper—against Mr. Webb, editor of the Cou
rier and Enquirer, Mr. Weed, editor of the Al
bany Evening Journal, and Mr. Pellet, editor of
the Chenango Telegraph. Mr. Cooper, it is
clear, is a dangerous man to handle, and those
who intend to speak of him according to his de
serts, should deal with him as the mild and gen
tlemanly Mr. Effingham— N. York Express.
From the Athens Whig.
Died at his residence in this place on Friday
night the 21st «lt. the Hon. Augustine S. Clay
ton.
Judge Clayton was horn in the State of Vir
ginia onlhe 27th Nov. 1783. He completed his
education at the University of Georgia in 1804. %
Having pursued the study of Law under the *
late Judge Carnes, entered in early life upon its
practice, and was successful, and rose to distinc
tion at the bar.
He was chosen a representative of his fellow
citizens in the lower, and subsequently in the
higher branch ol the Legislature, when were im
parted the impress of his mind to many of the
Laws under which we now live.
I He was thrice elected Judge of the Supreme
j Court of the Western Circuit, which post he fill
ed with honor and dignity.
In 1832, he was elected a representative in
Congress, for the Slate of Georgia, of which body
,he became a distinguished member. At the close
• of the last term for which was elected in conse
j qucnce of his declining health, he retired from
1 public life, except the Trusteeship of the Univer
j sity of Georgia, which station he had filled from
a very early period, and had doubtless been one
' of the more efficient, and zealous supporters of
the Institutions, as well as of the cause of Educa
tion in general.
He was highly distinguished for his correct lit
erary taste, and chaste flowing wit, to which his
numerous political and other essays abundantly
prove.
In private life, and in his social relations the
subject of this notice was characterised by the
greatest affection and the most ardent desire to
minister to the happiness of those who were de
pendent upon him.
For many years Judge Clayton had been ex
ceedingly sceptical upon the subject of the Chris
tian Religion.—His mind was however turned to
its more calm and deliberate investigation du
ring his long and protracted illness. Then
it was that he regarded his previous neglect,
ns the greatest ingratitude, and under a deep
conviction of its truth and of his former er
rors, he made a public profession of faith in
Christ, by unitingwith the M. E. Church, in Au
gust 1838, which he steadfastly and consistently
I maintained till his death.
Sensible that his former opposition to Chris
tianity might have infected the minds of many with
whom he had associated, his most ardent desire
appeared to be to undo the evils of his former life
in this regard.
The closing scene of his life was one ofextraor
i dinary Christian triumph.—He the exer
cise of his intellectual powers with surprising vi
gor to the last, and many of his dying expressions
! will long he remembered by his family and friends
I as precious memorials of the power of divine
1 grace,in cheering the spirit in its passage to the
| tomb.
Thus lived and died, one among the most tal
| entedand distingu shed citizens of the State of
Georgia, whose foibles will he forgotten, hut
whose many virtues will he remembered, and
cherished long after this obituary shall have be
laid away among the things that were.
Dkmostheman llvii..
June 22 d, 1839. 5
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God, to take
from us another, and one of the most venerable
and highly esteemed of our members, the Hon.
Augustine 8. Clayton, one of the earliest Gradu
ates, and for many years a Trustee of this Insti
tution; and whereas we are truly sensible of the
loss which we have sustained as a body, in the
death ofone, whose reputation as a philanthropist,
a Statesman and a most valuable and worthy citi
zen, has always reflected honor and dignity upon
our Society. Be it unanimously resolved, that
we entertain the highest esteem and veneration
for the deceased, and adopt the following Resolu
tions :
That the members of this Society wear Crape
on the left arm for the space of thirty days, and
that the members of the P. K. Society, he reques
ted to unite with us in this testimony of regard.
Resolved, That the members of this Society
attend at the residence of the deceased, on tomor
row, to walk in proepssion to his place of burial,
and that the members of the P. K. S. be likewise
requested to join us.
Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the Gazettes of the town, and that a copy of
the same be transmitted by the Committee, to the,
bereaved and deeply afflicted family of the de
ceased.
Resolved, That this Society transact no busi
ness on to-day and adjourn until Saturday, as
an additional mark of respect to the deceased.
M. W. HARRIS. A Committee
A. S. ATKISON, C. of
J. FELDER, j Regular members
A Popular M. D.—ls there is one man in the
city of New York, who lakes the lead of all oth
ers in business and popularity, at the present
writing, it is Dr. Peters, the renowned proprietor
of the Vegetable Pills—and in this fact we have
a convincing proof that in the long run, puffery
—without a proper foundation, has no chance in
the field against simple, unvarnished advertise
ments, when supported by truth, and genuine
merit. A little while ago, when Dr. Peters, after
several years of close chemical analysis, had made
| the great discovery, which he gave to the. public,
in his inestimable pills, there were several rivals
in the field who were endeavoring to move heaven
and earth with the newspaper praises of their
medicines. The new competitor, however, took
no notice of this, hut threw his pills into the mar
ket in silence, being satisfied to abide by the re
sult, which he was aware would he a happy one,
when their merits began to he discovered. Nor
had he long to linger for the fruit of his anticipa
tions, for wherever the medicine was made use of,
the reputation of its virtues spread like wildfire,
until it had pervaded the United States, and es
tablished its fame throughout the transatlantic
continent. Hence Dr. Peters, instead of having
occasion for newspaper display, was actually un
able to supply the orders which poured in upon
him in a torrent from all quarters, until after the
invention of his celebrated machines, for the ma
king and counting of rotary substances; and now
he can hardly prepare a sufficiency of pills for
his world of customers, albeit the aforesaid ma
chines, which are in constant operation, perform
the labour of at least 40 pair of hands. Perhaps,
Dr. Peters owes some of his popularity to the fact
of his being no empiric, hut a regular and eminent
member of the organized faculty—which is an
advantage rarely enjoyed by the proprietors of
patented nostrums; but though this may have
been of service to him, and is probably one of the
reasons why the regular doctors arc so partial to
the use of his pills in their practice—still the great
cause of his immense success is to ho found in
the transcendent virtue of the medicine itself,
which always secures a friend, when it finds a
customer—and displays upon analysation a know
ledge of medical combination and clfect, which
places the inventor among the leading chemists
oi the day. Had we space we would make a few
extracts from an article “On Patent Medicines,”
which appeared in the last number of that excel
lent journal, “The American Reporter; hut this
not being the case, we will content ourselves with
the last sentence of the second chapter page 24.
“ But while we are opposed to the generality of
patent medicines, we cheerfully acknowledge the
virtues of Dr. Peters Vegetable Anti-Bilious Pills,”
which we consider as one of the best, if not alto
gether the best, family medicine extant—and in
deed we feel it incumbent on us to add, that it is
the duty of every man to have a supply of them
constantly in his house. This advice is especial
ly intended for persons living in Southern lati
tudes! “hut all others have ample—if not equal
reasons for abiding by it.”— New York paper.
d ry SEXTON’S REPORT FOR JUNE.
White Males, 3 Black Males, I
“ Females, 2 “ Females, 3
“ Children, 6 —ll “ Children, 5—9
WM. MOODY, Sexton.
\r-
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Charleston, July 1.
Arrived on Saturday. —Brig John C. Calhoun,
Bulfeu, Havana.
Arrived yesterday. —Line ship La Fayette, El
lery, New York; Brig Howell, Smith, Matanzas;
Schr. Seaman, Scull, Philadelphia.
Cleared —Fr. barque Grande Conde, Aubert,
Havre ; Schr. Belle, Heynoids, Philadelphia; Schr.
Bold Commander, Adams, Philadelphia.
MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
Post Opkice, Augusta, Ga. J
June .27, 1839. 5
After the 3f)th inst. the Great Western Mail,
via Greensboro, Monticello, Indian Springs, to Co
lumbus, will close daily at 4 p. m.
Western Mail, via Warrenton, Sparta, Milledge
ville, Macon, Talbotton, to Columbus, will close
daily at 4p. si.,and arrive daily from the West by
5 A. st.
Athens Mail, via Greensboro, close Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sundays, at 4 p. si., and arrive same
days by 5 A. si.
Washington Mail close Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays, at 4 p. si., and arrive same days at 0
| A. SI.
Florida Mail, via Macon, close Mondays, Wed
j nesdays and Saturdays, at 4 p. si.
Savannah Mail, close daily at G p. si.
| Greenville, (S. C.) Mail, close Wednesdays, Fri
j days and Sundays, at 6 p si
This delivery will be closed from 1 to 3 o’clock
p. st , and from 4 to 5 p. si , while distributing the
| Northern and Making up the Western Mail. °
june 28 E B. GLASCOCK, F. M.
! {& SCHOOL. —At the request of a number of
of friends. Miss Buel will continue her School
{ through the summer. She has taken, in addition
: to the room she now has, the one llatcly occupied
by Mr. Pratt, and is to have them fitted up in such
| a manner as will make them convenient and plcas
| ant rooms for a School.
For fmther information she would refer to Mr,
| T. H. Plant, and with regard to the improvement
I of her scholars, to those parents that have placed
their children under her charge.
The next quarter will commence on the Sth of
Ju'y- 6t july 1
} * % a *
FT THE KEEPER OF THE MAGAZINE can
be found at his residence, between the Presbyte
rian Church and llaii Uoad Depot.
July 2 ]f
cy CHARLES COSBY IV INTELY left Irc
land in the autumn of 1533, and it is believed he
went to New York. Any information that can he
given respecting him will be thankfully received
by his wife, who now lives at Augusta, Georgia.
June 24
The Now Orleans Picayune, Louisiana Adver
tiser, and Louisianian, will please copy the above
a few times.
GC/’ NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a.m.
“ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Brancliville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 »i.
“ “ Blackvillc, - “ -100 p. m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Rlackville, “ - . 930 .i
“ “ Midway, “ - - io 30
“ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00
“ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance—l3dmilea. PareThrough—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
lunger than 5 minutes for wood and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stirtions; and also at
Sineatlis, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Rlackville; down, will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
GREA T ARRIVAL!
Fifteen Bushels, or 270,000 boxes of
PETKHS’ PILLS.
The subscribers have made arrangements with
Dr. Peters, of New York, to be supplied by the
quantity with his Pills. All dealers can now
be supplied at factory prices. Os all the Pills we
have any knowledge of, these are the most valua
ble. In no instance have they failed to accomplish
every thing they promised, and thousands who for
years have been lingering with some chronic or ob
stinate disease, naw add their testimony in behalf
of this valuable medicine.
One great quality of his Vegetable Pills is, that
they have the alternative principle combined with
their cathartic, or operative qualities, so that they
not only cleanse the stomach and bowels by purg
ing, but they regulate She {iver, change the morbid
secretions, strengthen the digestive organs, purify
the blood, invigorate the circulation,and give tone
and energy to the nervous system.
• They have no rival in curing and preventing
Rilious fevers, fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaints, Sick Head-ache, Jaundice, Asthma,
Dropsy, Rheumatism, Knlargcment of the Spleen,
Piles, Cholic, female Obstructions, Heart-burn,
furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach
and Rowels, Incipient Diarrhoea, flatulence, Hab
itual Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Blotched or
Sallow Complexion, and in aii cases .if Torpor of
the Rowels, where a Cathartic or an Aperient is
needed. They are exceedingly mild in their oper
ation, producing neither nausea, griping nor debility.
Dr. Peters has sold more than live millions of boxes
of these celebrated Pills, in the U. States, the Cana
das, Texas, Mexico and tire West Indies, since*
Jan. 153.3. All persons who have used the OenuinF
Peters Vegetable Pith, recommend them in terms
of the most unqual ilied praise, which is proof pos
itive of their extraordinary and beneficial oliects.
these justly celebrated Pills are for sale by
THOMAS BARRETT & Co., and
HA\ ILAND, RISLEY & Co., Agents.
June 6 2m
EVANS’ FAMILY VEGETABLE APERIENT
ANTI-RILIOUS PILLS.
Being 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 of the skin, the parts situated
internally, or the extremities; and as all the se
cretions of the body are drawn from the blood
there is a consequent increase of every secretion,
and a quickened action of the absorbent and exha
lant or discharging vessels; any morbid action
which may have taken place is removed, all ob
structions are 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 curvative means; but upon the
principles of the circulation of the blood, the prac
tice of bleeding is proved to be fallacious.
It lias been left to the directors of this society
to bring forward Dr. Wm. Evans’Medicines, found
ed upon the important knowledge imparted to the
world by the discovery of the circulation of the
blood.
Evan’s Family Vegetable Aperient Anti-Bilious
Pills, are sold in boxes of Twenty-five cents each.
THESE MEDICINES
after much anxious toil and research, having been
brought by the Directors to their present state of
perfection, supersede the use of the innumerable
other medicines; are so well adapted to the frame,
that the use of them, by preserving the vital strength
in a pure and healthy state, and consequently
maintaining the body in the due performances of
its functions, cause it to last many years longer
than it otherwise would ; and the mind to
so composed and tranquil that old age when it ar
rives, will appear a blessing and not (as to man v
who have neglected their constitutions, or had
them injured by medicines administered by igno
rance ) a source of misery and abhorrence. °
“Even from the body’s purity, the niind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.”
A pamphlet with general directions for taking
the Pills, always given in at the store of the agent.
DR. WILLIAM EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP, f
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. I
To Mothers and Nurses.—The passage of the I
Teeth through the gums produces troublesome and I
dangerous symptoms. It is known by mothers I
j ' Dine is great irritation in the mouth and gums I
during this process. 'The gums swell, the sccrc- I
tion and saliva is increased, the child is seized with I
frequent and sudden fits of crying, watchings, I
starting in the sleep,and spasms of peculiar parts; I
t!ie child shrieks with extreme vio'ence, and I
thrusts its fingers into its mouth. If these pre- I
cursory symptoms are not speedily alleviated, I
spasmodic convulsions universally supervene, and I
some cause the dissolution of the infant. Mother' I
who have their little babes afflicted with these 1
distressing symptoms should apply* DR WM. I
EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING SYRUP, I
which has preserved hundreds of infants when I
thought past recovery, from being suddenly at- I
tacked with the fata] malady,convulsions I
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES, I
Sole agents in Augusta, I
J. M. &T.M. TU RNEH, Savannah, I
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston, I
SHARP & ELLS, Milledgeville, I
C. A. ELLS, Macon, I
A. W. MARTIN, Forsyth, I
BENJAMIN P. POORE, Athens, I
MARK A. LANE, Washington. I
try BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the I
”/ tire Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity. I
Ihe Visiting Committees for the ensuing month aie I
i as follows: I
Division No. I.—Mr. A. McLane, Mr. C. Pike, I
Mrs. Smith, Miss Marshall. I
Division No. 2.—Dr. U. Harris, Mr. Wm. Tutt, I
Mrs. Trembly, Mrs. Cole. j
Division No. 3.—Mr. J. Cashin, Mr. M. Wilcox, I
Mrs. Berryhill, Mrs. MeKinnie. |
| Any member of the committees may obtain funds I
by calling on the President, (W. W. Holt Eso.l at I
his office, Cumming’s Piaza. ’ H I
J ulle 24 C. £. SPURGES, Secretary. I
Gy RESIDENT D KNITS YU—-Dr, Mr nr ofs I
operating rooms, seconds door from Broad tree! on I
Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist o&\ rr I
march 13 I