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Tkc Latest f*ardgn Sews.
A Telegraphic despatch firm St. John*, N. B.
te the Baltimore American state? that the steam
er Canada, with intelligence one vx-cek later from
Europe thojl the accounts hj the Hilrcrcia, had
arrived at Halifax.
The London misery market continues steady,
and English socurites are on the advances.—
Consols for money and account opened on Friday
at 94* ‘
‘Dm steamer Hermann arrived at Coreesfrom
N. Ywk on the Sd inst.
There is no material decrease in the stock of
Bullion held by the Bank of England. The to
tal amount of gold shipped to the United States,
exclusivie ol 25 00<> pounds on hoard the Caua- j
da, is stated at £411.900. .
The accounts from New York by the. Niagara I
of the fluctuation of Exchanges, has tended mute, j
riaily to check the expo rations of specie. There i
IS an improved demand in the London market
for the American stocks more particularly Pen
titylvania 5 per cents—that stock is quoted at 77
a 79. which is tbo only stock mentioned m the
London papers.
The accounts of the Bank of France show an
increase in sperie to the extent of six million ot
trances. On the 2d inst. France 5 per cents, re.
alized 89c.; 3 per cpnts 08f., which is an ad
vance from the preceediug day ofs9c. on the §’*.
and 65c. on
Official notice of the intervention of Russia in
Hungary has been received at Paris. The num.
her of men placed at the disposnl of Austria Is
80 000. Another account states the number to
be ; v TANARUS, V r ‘& ••
TheHutfga rians have lietwfcn the Aurtriafs
and hare almost driven them out of the c<*m.
try. The greatest alarm prevails at Vidnna,
and ha* had the effect to reduce RPriiizky’s
demand on Pidemoitt from J23.001MJ00 to 80,-
000.000 francs. , j’
The King of Prussia hasilrtimtciy refused the
imperial crown. There bad ljecn a slight out
break in Berlin.
The war in Schleswig continnod, and there
was no prospect of peace.
It is said that the Tuscan troops had entered
Leghorn, and the Sicilians, beaten all points
have virtually submitted tithe King of Naples.
More troops were to leave Franco for Rome.
It was reported that those under Ordiuot had
reached the place, and the Romans had risen in
favorof the people, and that Messesiere and the
republican government had tied, and that the poo
pie would be compelled not onlvfo grant an ar
mistice, b it 1 ‘siriila rotor nn.
Accounts from India report the entire termin
ation of the war on the Punjauh.
The breach liettviseu Napoleon and his cousin
Napoleon Boithpaitc has widened into a soriou>
quarrel.
Canadian affairs have been incidentally allu
ded to in Parliament, but tho ministry have been
very guarded iu their expressions.
The trade of France is rapidly improving, and
the impoit dine* ol March have been m ire than
double when compared with the same mouth lasi
year. The increase of exports is als> equally
apparent.
At the London Corn Exchange on Frida)
there was scarcely any business done. Floating
cargoes of Indian Corn on the coast found buyer,
at 32 a 33s per quarter. Good brands of Flom
were offered at 245., without attracting atten
tion.
‘ From Rome we learn that the French troop?
have entered the city, the pooplo making not tin
•lightest resistance but that the Pope will not be
permitted to return to Rome, unless he grants a
general amnesty iorall past political offences, ano
consents to a number of important reforms in tin-
Government.
from Mhlictiestcr represent the
fuSaninn of trade to be very much depressed
Avery large meeting had bren held in Londoi
(or tbe purpose of organizing a National Leagin
for the protection of Homo Industry. It is be.
lirved to be the purpose of the originators o
this measure to sustain the House of Lends it
their Navigation Laws. Should ih s ineusuri
be rejected by the House of Lords, the othei
Ministerial measures will bo withdiawn, ano
theMinis’ry will resign.
Liverpool May 5. Since the sailing of ilia Hihcrsia
the iinpoita lit Cut toil hum hem 113,2:7 hubs, i.l winch
101,149 are American. The pours of ihe Aiiirncion pat*
ticularl. tho low mid iniild.ini; qualifies, arn liigb r.—
Efvpiian anil Urania ipiotcd .11 4jd. Tax sales .1 the
week cuding Slav 4th were 44 lyu hales, if winch neatlv
30,000 were American. Specula!ora luuk 3,360 haluu (it
American, and exporters 2,710.
Major General Worth.—'The news of
the death of this distinguished officer fell upon
us yesterday with painful suddennes*. But a
few week* ago, he left this city, looking ihe
picture of good health and manly vigor, to enter
upon his duties on the Texan frontier. We saw
him last, whilst silting fur his portrait, by Mr.
M. K. Kellogg aud could not but admire his
flue soldierly hearing, his fia-hing eye, inte.li.
gent face, and determined mouth. His family
consisting ot his lady and daughters, had just
joined him, from the North, in this ci y. They
accompanied him to Texas. We have not now
time, or space, to sketch the file, services, and
character of General Worth. He was ono ol
the rno.-t perfect soldiers in the army. Enter,
ing it a* a private, lie *eon attracted the notice
General freott, and by his encouragement,
and his own merits, rose rapidly in tank. grin,
tag many laurel* be!ore he had attninod full
roauhootl. His fine military talents caused him
to be selected to superintend West point, to
whose success aud distinction he greatly con.’
tributed. In the Florida war. General Worth j
served with great success and efficiency. At j
the commencement of our with Mex*
too, be was looked upjxt as'fhc nturt reliable of
our General officers, for an active campaign.-.
Aa unfortunate dispute withdrew him, for a short
time, from the army, but ho tuliy compensated
his loss at Palo Alto aud Be* ai . a do la Palma,
by the blaze of glory which will ever surround
his achievements at Monterey, Throughout
tho brilliant campaign in the valley nf Mexico
General Worth commanded the First Division
usually the front division of the army, and lorc
himself as a gal’ant so dier and skillful officer.
Bu‘. alas ! he bn# yielded to an enemy morn fa.
tal than the serried ranks ami bristling arms ol
mortal foes. The dread pestilence has borne
him fro® tbe arms of devoted friends, aud left
toJrfe-Qottntfy mon tho sacred duty of cherishing
t§ memory, and his brilliant deoils, as portions
oftbe annals of our oa'is.i's gWy,
{Delta I7tA.
Late tbo* Texas. —The .steamship Port,
land, Captain Place, jir/ivid Jure last night
from Galveston, Texas. To the polifeaesb of
her officers we are indebted for dies ot £iLvos.
ton papers to (he 11th instant.
The Cholera, it seems, has prevailed to some
ez'eut recently in many towns in Texas. M*.
ter General Worth, wo regro: to stats, died of
it on the 7th instant, at San Antonio. Thel
veslon Civilian of the 11 tb inst., in speak!
the disease, says : ‘1
The way-bill, received yesterday mornij
, the postoffice here, from San Antonio, had I
jit an endorsement, stating that Messers]
I Crenican and E. Wilcox, both formerly o
city, had died of cholera at the former pint
Mr. Crenican wa* as active pnrticipant-it
struggle for Texinn independence, and wa
of<he heroes in the celebrated engagrme
’which the city of San Antonio was taken
the Mexicans in 1835, when the garrison
numbered the assailants by more than so
one.
Mr. N. R. Maliom, formerly sheriff off
county, is also dead.
The T.-xian oftbe 26th April states that t
had been upwards of a hundred deaths from
era up to that time. Only a few of the til
are given. Among them we notice that of
Luc ten M. Trucheart, from Galveston. An
come*, by way of Lavaca, that Mrs. Sheltor
so late of this city, is dead.
The Galveston papers are advocating the
stmetion of a canal from Galveston bay tc
.Brazos fiver.
The tido of European immigration appea
be setting,towards Texas. On tho C:h ini
the hark tfuihrlla arrived at Galyestoti, J
138 immigrants, from Devonshire, Login nJ
” , !• * f Delta 1(1
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT,
BY U. F. W. ANDREWS.
At Unit government at potiibit / that little emanating
from anatenlrolltd by the People .ana un{ivrm
in ite appheationtt alt.’
CoinmbiM. Tlinrsilnj, May Vi, It* 10.
C htjm Market.—-Prico* ranpc (nut, 5] to with
a brisk flcmonif.
V I II - I-
To ConuF.sroNin.NTs.—“ Auuturr ol the Villula
B’hoys,” in search of a wife, shall be attended to, in
our next. ,
New Turk Patehs.—We are indebted tn our ro
temporary of n “Friend of the Family,'’Savannah, for !
ate copies of New York papcr.-i by the steamer “Cher- i
okee.” in advance of the mail.
Thf. Sermon on Ist Page—A “word in season,'’!
ona subject of interest, at the present time, when the i
constitutional, political and religious expounders of j
the age arc endeavoring to deprive the people of their!
accustomed and legitimate privileges. It will amp y 1
epay an attentive perti-al. Read it, old folks, and I
moderate your censures—rend it. young people, and j
moderate your pleasures within reasonable limits.
Undue (.’uedit.—The Chronicle Sl Sentinel co- j
pies our article “ Sunny South,” and credits it to !
the Athens Whig. The latter gave ns due errdi 11
or tlie same. Mind your “ P’s and Q’s,'’ neighbor, j
A Favor Asked.— Will onr neighbor of the Co-j
lmnbus Enquirer, please inform us where the Dunk- \
enunc Advertiser is pnbltslied ? We and ‘sire 10 put it 1
>n our exchange list, forthwith—we do!
Augusta nml Columbus.
A remark in the late letter of Solon Robinson to the
Editor of this paper, in relation to the superior water
privileges of Augusta, has called forth a counter state
incut from a correspondent of the last “Times,” which
goes far to prove the pre-eminence of this location over
all others in the State, if not in the South, for mcnufac
curing purposes. After stating the advantages of the
f ratlin roclc to be taken from the foundations of facto
ies on our River bank, (which .Mr. Robinson supposed to
be un item of expense) to whiuh Augusta was not subject,)
n constructing tiho hoses of the’ factory buildings, the
pits for the wheels, and the wall of the race or canal, this
correspondent then gives a comparative view of tho ex
pcnsi's of getting ready for operations here and in Au
rusta —greatly to tho advantage of Columbus—as fol
lows :
“ Wc will now more statistically notice, what tirobably,
he has not thought of. Forty thousand do! Ia is will cover
nil expenses, past anti to come, in command hr the whole
power of the river at Columbus. Augusta has, as wo
understand, already expended $175,0U1t to command a
bout onr-thiid as much water. Before she can command
ns much as wo have commanded, she must widen her
canal and expend h w much ? would she not agree to
give $lO t.OOtl and say no more about it ? Aga : n ; as a
specimen ; Col. Carter’s Factory building here, now com
pleted, or nearly so, as well and as strongly built as any
in Augusta or elsewhere, cost SII,OOO. Tile Factory
building in Augusta.being only 45 per cent large-, cost,
as we understand between $32 and $35,000 !! If Col.
Cnrier s build ng were as large as tho one in Augusta, it
would cost only about $15,000 !!! A small portion of
this vast and (Terence, may be set down to our superior c
conomy ; but the great body of it is due, first to tho fact
that wc can sell good brick at from $2 50 to $2 75 per
thousand. Second, to our having cheaper lumber.—
Third, to our having nleuty of granite at hand; and last,
our rock foundation, superior soil, aud the perfect adapta
bility, natural more than artificial, of our Factory sites,
to the purposes for which nature and art designed them.
Ono more d.aft upon the recollection of our friend
Solon, and wc have done. We claim for Columbus, that
it is a very healthy location, without saying that Augus
ta “is a tick y p ace,” and wo ran buy Cotton cheaper,
and sell the manufactured goods higher, than Augusta
can ; and this must always be the caso, from the nature
of things unalterable. A reference to the Prices Cur
rent of the two places, and a short calculation, will show
that th s difference alone, will bo equal to the legal inter
est of tho capital invested. We shall soon be connected
with Augusta, Macon aud Savannah by Railroad. Let
the pi ople of those cities who have money, invest it here,
until all of our water power shall bo employed. It will
be time enough then, to turn their attention to places,
less inviting to capital and enterprise.”
In addition, we subjoin a .cw items of statistics as to tho
extent of tho Water Power in this place, as furnished by
that very competent Engineer, Chat. E. Leonard, author
of Mechanical Princip a,” .a -valuable work cn Steam
and Water Power, Manufacturing, Machinery, Ac. Mr.
Leonard’s calculations are from data furnished by himself
eshrte'm Coojtubus, a year or twtfago, and arc presumed to
be accurate
. Effective fall of water, 14 feet; length of dam 500 feet 4
depth of water in eamc at usual low-water mark, 16
inches—giving 2623 cubic feet of water passiug over dam
per second.
This quantity of water applied to overshot wheels, at
the rate of 50 cubic feet to 53 homo power, gives total of
2777 horse power. The number of wheels, 14 feet long,
necessary to transmit 2777 horse power is 72, at the rate
of 3ri.2 tho horse power of each wheel.
The uamVr off ame spindles, with looms, on No. 14
yarn, that said power is capable of driving, is 194,877, at
the rate of 142.5 horse power for every 10,000 spindles.
Tbe number of pounds of cotton that 194,877 spindles,
on No. 14 yarn, will manufacture per week, at tho rate of
1336 Iba. per day, for 4000 frame spindles, is 8016—which
give* 390,534 per week for 194,877 spindles, or about
48,800 bales par year, increased by the addition of from
12 u> taper cent, from waste.
, The No. of operatives to .operate 194,877 spindles on
No. 14 yarn, will bo 6431, at the rato of 330 lor each I
10,000 spinfflea
The amount paid per -week for operatives to -work
194,877 spindles, will be #31,180, at the rate of SI6OO
per week, for 10,000 spindles.
Thus it will be seen, that Columbus is without a rival
ia the facilities for manufacturing, Lowell, Mass, boasts
of its 900 operatives, but we have tho water power to em
ploy more than six times that number, if necessary. In
our neat, we shall endeavor to show what progress has
boc made ia the application ofettr immense water priv.
Oeges to tho business of manufacturing.
A Maj. John H. Steele, of Georgia, has boon
assigned a e’erkship in the War Department, at
SIO9O satan
held at Baltimore, a few days since, attended hy about 70,
| Bishops and Prelates. The public religious wrviees oh
I the occasion are represented ns highly interesting, all the
i chief Bishops of the Church being present and partieipa
; t ng, among whom we notice the names of B shops Fortier
j of Mobile, Putcollof Cincinnati, Archbishop Eeleston, and
; others of high repute. Tho business, which ha chiefly
occupied fhem, hen been the definition of the respective
Archbishoprics and Bishoprics.
New AKW4Hp.t,s>T|* C niihwl at Ba’ti.
j more have created several new Archbishop*.—
| Bishop Hughes ha* l>ce made Archbishop of
j New Yoik; Bishop Blanc, Archbishop of New
: Orleans and Bishop Purcell, Archbishop ofCin.
i cinnali,
| Chloroform.—f)r. N. It. Smith,ol Baltimore, read
i a report un stirgcy before the National Medical Cm
; vention of Boston, on the 4fh inst., in which the
j snfeltj and efficiency of Chluro'orm is satisfactorily
j deinonslratpil. Out of millions ol cases, he says there
; Imve been only 15 authenticated instances ol fatal re
i suits attending its administration. Prof. Simpson
thinks that 100 lives Imve liven preserved by it, where”
, one lias been lost, ft is recommended in obstetrical
I practice, and prohibited only in certain condition* of
the patient, us disease ol the heart. Attnnspheriiy
air should be mixed with the Chlnroloim in the process
i of inhalation.
Outraoeocb.—About the last of March, a man of thd
| name of domra Dailey, an itinerant vender of erosive soup;
! corn-curcr, Ate. was committed to prison by Judge Alcx-v
aiul.-r, on a charge of stealing $li()0 from the saddle bags',
oi one J* raxnnt U . Jo’.ts, hoiae-d.ovor from Tennessee, I
j then lodging at the Planters’ Hotel in tills city. The ac- i
, eußed had previously been brought before John Quin, Esq. 1
und d.sehurgcd for want of sufficient evidenc?. But on ]
, affidavit of the prosecutor there, appeared sufficient rea- j
’ son to commit the accused for trial. This came on last !
week, and it leaked out that the mnn June tt who pretend- j
! cd to have had his money stolen, had lost it at a house of
| ill-fame down town, by gambling, Ac. Os course no bill 1
I was found by the Grand Jury, and Ualley was discharg- i
1 cd. His accuser, however, got wind of the coutso things
I wore taking, and quietly sloped to the Alabama side of the
rivor, whence he sent over for his horses and baggage, on
receiving wh'cli he departed to parts unknown. The
scoundrel should be followed to the ends of the earth nml’
i punished for the gross outrage committed on an innocent
man. Bailey lias been iu prison near two mouths on
this fi'seehnrge—his business interrupted—his fair fame 1
blasted, besides being subject to considerable expense— •*
all to gratify tho whim or prevent the exposure of
wickedness of his accuser ! Truly it is a hard case for
Daileys and oo that ndmis of no alleviation, save fram,
public sympathy and a good conscience !
A Vacancy.—We understand that an election
will be held at the pump-room of the juvenile “11.
& 1,. Company,” on Saturday evening next, at 9
o'clock, to elect an assistant Engineer, in room of
one of the officers who has left the city, fdr the sea
son. Tho lollowinu candidates are in Humiliation
for the pos t:—
Seribleriu O’ rDolr, jr., Hurry Pashull, E.q , Knick
erbocker Spangle, Edward Demijohn, Ssiuuel Stickton,
and Jeremiah ■ link
Marcus—ngniu.
This correspondent ol the Times ” says we have
mistaken the purport anil spirit of his former article,
and rather insinuates that the “ wilfolness or other
iee ”ol that mistake depends on our “capacity to
understand English prose.” In other words if our
capacity is good, then the mistake is urilfil, and vice
tersa ! Well, we will now give our readers a chance
to understand some of this “prose,” for them.-elves,
and if they cant tot sec the “ cloven foot ” of “ Mar
cus,” we give it up that we are ignorant of “syntax
nod pro-oily.” 11 e says, ly way ol correction ol our
“ error, - ’ as follows:
“As to his sage admonition to “ Marcus” to be
ware, lest he should unwillingly condemn a “ moiety
oi the great Democratic party of Georgia, 1 cun as
sure tlie Cfchtheman that the dissatisfaction with the
present Executive i* confined t a small nomlier. )
have no idea that a corporal's guard could be mus
tered in opposition.
“ i he sole reason why I mentioned Gov. Towns
in my communication was that 1 might not seetu to
have overlooked the Governor's election.
” But if unwavering fidelity to Democratic princi
ciples--ability ot a Idjjh order—moral worth, and an
unaffected love ol nld-tnahioned republicanism, can
c.onler a claim to a nomination, Georg* W. Towns
is unquestionably emitted. And as previously stated,
it we should ill defiance of loug established .usage
push aside an able und faithful public servant, de
.eat would be inevitable, and 1 am not sure but that
\ we would desrve it.”
Two things strike us in the foregoing, as plain as
a brickbat.
First, tl o ass urance that a “corporal's guard'’ can
not be mustered in opposition to Gov. Towns, and
►ddly, the implied threat tbutif his “ unquestionable”
claims to re-in miration are passed over, the democ
racy will bedCieateil, an.t desert* in he! Whew !
we wonder il there is no’ other man in the party fit
for Governor, hut the present Excellency ! We de
ny tlie asumption, in toto. Wc believe that there
aroxuany democrats who will run belter than Col.
Towns, owing to srvcral causes, one of which,
only, we will name, since we are forced to it.—
We have reliable information that leading Demo*
crats in Early, Randolph, Jones, Monroe, Sumpter
and in Cherokee, who warmly supported Col. Towns
before, are now as warmly opposed to his re-election,
and that this opposition has its foundation in the ttn
fulfUl'td pledges of his Excellency, in relation tn ap-
I pointments! We have also been certified, that it]
Col. T. i* not re-nominated, he and his friends will
not go with zeal into the support of tho nominee ol
tlie Convention ! This, in fact, is the English of the
language of “Marcus” in toe loregoing extract, and
its plain intent in, whether designed or not, to fnree
the party in a re-nominationof his Excellency. We
shall see whetlier the game will be worth the can
die.
| The Cbolejo.—Neailv all of tlie Western cities
are now undergoing the scourge ( this pestilence
Judge Brough, late Col. jßrough. of Cincinnati, died
of the disease on the 10th inst. Most of the steamers
from New Orleans have scattered the malady far and
wide. It had broken oat as high op the river as In-;
dependence, among the California emigrant*.
umwmwr:
■ P'IST Office.—lt Is generally understood,
■tiled thing, that Col. 3. A. L. la>e, is to get
■stoffice, in this city, and that his commission
■nch him in a few days. The appointment, we
■ not,|jvi!l give as general satisfaction as any
that conld be made from the numerous com
■ors for the prize. The probability of Mr. Lee’a
■vs has not, however, cooled the efforts of the
B*r aspirants, who seem to combine together more
■r'y> ptnpnrtion to the chances against tliem.—
the trtrth, they “die hard,” mi look witfi
■ sni'Mvj eyes upon the more prominent posi-
Hrhich the Colonel occupies in the good graces
Zack.” Asa suitable lamentation song for
■ Swap,-jointed, we recommend the following slight
■iltered piece of Watt's Ilytnnclogy:--
I 11 Could we but climb where Joscjih stood,
I And view the mail bags o’er,
I Not less a stream than death's cold flood,
■ Could fright os from the door.”
■ Chorus—“ O, carry me. back to old Virginy."'. ‘
Railroad Profit*.
neighbor of the “ Time* ” seems to think that the
■scogce Railroad will not pay more Ilian 7 per cent
■ if that, and therefore nothing -,vill be made over the
B a l interest cn the City Bonus to go towards reduemg
’ or Paying expenses of the city government, rosvi
this e stimate may be correct, although we think that
si ; Muscogee Road will ho more likely to pay 10 or J 5
Bt cent on the investment, by reason of its being a sort
B estuary into which the tiaile and Iravol of every scc-
JmpiLJxiH converge and pas*. But admitting that it only
pays 7 per cent—the stock of the city will then always bo
“7‘Selextbln at par value, the 7 per cent rate of interest be
l higher than the legal interest generally obtained by
, capital.s; out of the IState, and almost double that re
served in England. In this view of the actual profit* of
the road, wo judge it wise for the city to aid in tho work,
( because the price of real estate in the city will thereby
.-b’ kept at present rates of valuation, which is an impor
tsnt gain. But this is not all that the road will mccom
comphsh. It will retain and increase the bus ness of the
pl.ice Hnd enhance the value of properly of every di-serip
| tion. along the whole line. Lands near the contemplated
: Ralroad in Tennessee that eim and, a year since, have been
for 91 per acre, are now worth from $3 to $5.!
Ido with laud? in Cherokee, Georgia. Tlie value thereof
j is greatly enhanced, and this result will, we believe, be ]
1 tound to be a general one wherever Railroads have been
I constructed.
But our neighbor haips much upon tho oppression of
tliis tax ujon “the owner of an humble home,” who is
obliged to “stint his wife and children” of the necessa
ries of life, in 01 der to pay it. This is nothin? more nor
less than “clap trap.” It will not stand investigation.—
(The poor owner of an “humble house” in Columbus must
have employment iu order to live. This he could not do
if Columbus goes into a decline, as she is l.kely to do with
out a Railroad. He must buy corn and meat for his
family, even if unable to procure “white bread.” Well,
in us Boe how the poor 11,011 uow suffers for want of a
1 Railroad to Burncsvilie. Com and com-meal are each
“01 tli 95 cts to $1 per bushel iu this market. In Walk
ier county, we undeistai.d, it can be bought for 15 cents
I—takon to the Railroad for 15 more, and sent here, had
jwc a road from Bamesville, for 15 cents additional ex
pense—making a total of 45 cents. In this one item,
(each housekeeper would thus be able to get two bushels
lof corn for the price of one ! So of other items, as But-
Iter, meat, Flour, Irish Potatoes, Apples, Ac., wlncii couid
jbe delivered here by Railroad, at pi ices to 5u per cent
Jess than that now paid. But agaiu, each merchant
,who ships goods from Macon, pays 87j cts. per lut) ibe.
freight, whereas, by Railroad, it wou>d not exceed one
half that sum. Os course, the merchant has to put on an
iailditiousl per cent to meet this expense, and tho con
jetliner of tin good s has to pay it. But were there a Rail-
JARf, the merchant could savflkii other rospecto. He
votild get hi# goods in season and at short nolice. He
-woiiM no* need *- fc—4 much deadstock on hand, and
r could offbid to sell cheaper. In this way both mtTUniM ‘
and purchaser would hivbenefincd, except indeed, in a
few cases, where the f/rtner having large capital, sells to
planters on time, at 23 to s<> per cent advance on market
prices. In these rare cases, the merchant would be in
jured by a Railroad, as it wouki tend to break tip his mo
nopoly of the planter s custom by enabling the latter to
at ud his cotton to an Atlantic port tuid realize thereon,
as his necessities might demand.
In short, every ciass of our citizens isinterested in this
[road being built, and among these the farmer not the
‘least. Even in the most selfish view of the subject, when
/the lalier wishes to keep up the maiket for Columbus for
his produce, to the highest rates, and docs not wish to
br.ng farmers fiom a distance into competition w.th him,
the advantage of the road will more than compensate him
for any loss which that competition may bring about. Ho
will get more for his cotton and pay less for his groce
ries aud dry goods.
Hw wonderful, then, is the stupid ty and selfishness
of certain p.uuteis, on the railroad route, who object to the
road passiug through their lauds without desiring exor
bitant remuneration therefor. In some cases they claim
more damages thau their whole p aces were worth, be
fore the road was located ! Verily such patriots deserve
to be specially remembered by the citizens of Co.umbus,
[and if we are furnished with their nnmea, we will do our
part to make them feel the just consequences of their ex
tortionate disposition!
Flank Ru.iD.— Ine Griffin Jeller-unian of tie
17th inst. sajs —We have just learn dthii the whole
iif the 30,000 dollars ot the stock of the Flank Road
lias been taken, anil :l meeting will lie held in this
place on Saturday next, at 3 o’clock, and the compa
ny organized.
Incknmaiues in Charleston.—Several
(ires, one of which was extensive, have recently
taken place in Charleston, believed to he the
work of incendaries. Two or three blocks ol
old buildings on tlie neck, above Boundaty st.,
were destroyed.
Mail Robbery.—Robert H. Hill, a mail car
rier from gcriveti to Burks co. Gs. has been ar.
rested and committed on suspicion of robbing
.'he mail. He will be tried uu the 21st inst., at
Sylvania.
Tun next House of Representatives
A change in lavor otthc Demociats of only five
pjflombers of Congress out of tenor twelve states
‘that elect members this summer, and there will
boa majority in the next House of Representa
tives against Gen. Taylor s
The States yet to elect, and the number for
each are as follows, viz : Massachusetts, 1, to
lid a vacancy ; Rhode Island, 1, for the same
purpose ; Maryland, 6; Alabama, 7; North Car
olina, 9; Mississippi, 4 ; Tennessee, 11; Louis
iana, 4: Kentucky, 10; Texas, 2; Indiana, 10
Altogether, sixty.three members, i fwh m ’hirty
three were democrats, and thirty whigs in the
last Congress. ■
Some Curiosities.--We have sorno relics of
the late Mexican War, in our Sanctum, which
are open to the inspection of the curious:—
1. One Escnpete carrying a two ounce ball.
2. Several Leaden pills, of the sort called
‘grape’ and ‘cannister.’
3. A piece ot coral rock from the Castle ofSan
Jian De Ulioa.
4. A ranebero’s chappcral boot, with spur to
match.
5. A Genuine Mexican short sword, silver
mounted.
8. One Long rapier of piercing proportions.
7. One Mexican Mantilla, worn on the head
and over the shoulders.
8. Procurable—apiece of thick plate Look
ing Glass, from tbe hacienda of Gen. Antonio
Lopes de Santa Anna, that was sacked by A.
merican Soldiers I ’
Fearful Moktalitt.—On the plantation of Jaa.
Mil ler. Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, out
of 40 negroes, 39 have been swept off by the Chole
ra ! The Natchez Courier, of the Iflpi iast., in no
ticing the calamity, says that the disease entirely
baffled medical skill. Medicine would not act stall.
A hearty negro would be taken slightly ill, vomit
ing would shortly ensue, without any purging, and
in two or three hours the poor negro woiflff be cold
and dead.
Female Academv.—We are requested to state
that owing to the feeble health of Mrs. Hertz, the
exercises of-tin's school have been suspended until
the first Monday of October. This suspension in
volves, however, only a month’s longer vacation, than
usual.
Fire lit Sx. Louis.—One btlf *f the beautiful
city of St. Louis were laid waste by fire, on the night
of the lltii inst. Five Banking houses—every in
surance office, all the stores fronting on the river—
-27 Steamboats and four Printing offices—the ‘- Re
publican,” “ F.nqnirerOrgan ” and ‘-R-veitle,”
were involved in the general destruction. Loss es
timated at five millions of dollars t
A fire on Friday last, at Milwankie,. Wisconsin,
destroyed OGO.OOO worth of jjnperty! News by
Telegraph to the Charleston ajid Augiota papers.
the (tailed Jade wince.”
In our paper of the 3d inst., in an article upon the sub
ject of the neat Governor, we took occasion to rxpreis
I ourselves, as follows, concerning two of the persons put
forward at candidates for the Democratic nomination:'—
“ As to candidates, there ia any quantity of rash patty
—but we believe that iteo have been named in the Whig
ranks, for one in the Democratic. Among ethers, in the
latter, the name of Hou. J. H. Lumpkin, of Floyd, ia
pressed with mneh real by his Cherokee friends. So al
so is that of Mr. Cooper, a young lawyer of Dahionega.
The Mountain District is, wc think, eutithm to a show
ing this heat, aa there is the stronghold of the Democra
cy—but we pray ihcm not to think either of one who
has not'tarried at Jericho,'or of one who has not signed
the Southern Address The latter will be the dead
weight of a nether millstone to the party, especially if the
’ add.tioual load of that Oregon bill, ia put upon ita candi
date ! We want no such grievous weights to carry.—
Whatever may be the excuse for these acts of omission
and commission, we are sure that many Democrats will
decline supporting a man for the office of Governor, who
ia charred with them.”
In addition, we stated that wc “had no enemies to pun
ish nor friends to reward,” but would “give our support {
-to the man best qualified, by integrity and talent, to fifl
the station, irrespective of any personal predilections we
might afterwards form on the subject, as then wc had
none whatever.”
For this candid expression of our views, we have been
violently assaulted by a little 8 by 10 sheet of upper
Georgia, that has set itself up as the standard of Simon
P ire democracy, in general, and as the defender of Cos).
Lumpkin's fame in particular. We are charged Ist, with
travelling out of our way to ‘‘give indulgence lo some ill
natured and malevolent feelings” against Col. L., and
2dly, with “ trailing along in the rear’of other presses of
the State, picking up such refuse matter as had ceased to
be of moment or interest to the patrous of the more im
portant journals.”
To only one of these charges (the Ist) do we think it
necessary to make any formal denial. Instead of having
any prejudices or malice towards Col. Lumpkin, we have
aiways had a high respect for him as a gentleman and
a Democrat, but that is no reason why we should under
take to support him in all hia acts, while a Representative
in Congress, or seek to elevate him to the office of Gov
ernor, in the face of serious objections to him os an avail,
able cand Idate for that station I No one but a oervilo
lickspittle politician, who has neither mind of his own to
discover truth, nor brains enough to go |h the house when
it rains, couid reasonably take exception- to the remarks
above quoted, inasmuch a. their design yeas palpable and
aSOVe Board —vii : —tiHptmmne the ■citissm nr.
ard bearer”of the Democratic party, who was the least
liable to assault and objection from the enemy ! We
still believe that Col. Lumpkin is not the man that can
best rally the Democracy, for the reasons stated in our
paper of the 3d inst. Several democratic presses besides
this journal, have taken grounds against those who re
fused to sign the “Southern Address.” The vote on the
Oregon Bill also been the theme of much censure, from
men of both parties. W# had, likewise, on several occa
aions, denounced the action of the late President, for
signing said Bill, as our files will slicv.-. How then, could
we consistently support a man for Governor, on whose
shoulders a double political sin is justly laid ; and where
in are we to blame for expressing a hope that the De
mocracy would not, in the ensu ng contest, be compelled
to hear any unnecessary burden* of this soit ?
As to our “ trailing along in the rear of other presses,
picking up refuse matter,” dec., no one who knows any
thing of our course would ever have so insinuated. The
contrary is the fact. W e are not oue of that sort who
“trail arms” after self-constituted file leaders. Nor are
Mwe conscious of ever having waited for our “cue” from
ashington or Milledgcville, before venturing to speak
out, upon topics of public interest. We plead “not guil
tymoreover, to the charge of filling our paper with
refuse political matter, such as Buncombe congressional
speeches, apologetics) “Addresses to constituents” dtc.,
although sometimes requested so to do. This, however,
is a mere matter of taste, ib which our subscribers only
arc specially interested, and of which this impertinent
scribbler has no right to speak, and we shall, therefore, not
notice it further. We have, however, a word to say in
conclusion, in response to the following paragraph, re
flecting upon us, personally. Says this standard sheet:
“ We do not intend to enter into any controversy with
the Editor on this or any other subject, nor must he sup
pose that we commit ourselves to such a course by this
reference to his paper. Far be it from our purpose to
elevate him and Ins paper from that obscurity, to which
by common consent, it has been doomed during its pro
fitless career and bap-hazard existence. His aspirations
lor notoriety cannot be gratified through our instrumen
tality. Wc stand, however, prepared to defend Colonel
Lumpkin upon both the charges here made against him,
and when summoned to the lists by ‘a foenaan worthy of
our stool’ shall not fail to make a prompt response.”
The egotism and self-complacency of this young fledg
ling of democracy, whose paper has jnst reached its tenth
number, art truly marvellous I If the Editor had been
a Nestor of the press, like Father Ritchie, and nsed to
marshaling the serried hosts of the democracy into battle
array—whipping in here'and whipping out there—en
couraging the timid and coercing-the laggard—and who,
by “common consent,” had been constituted General
Dictator of the forces—he conld not have taken upon
himself more aire than this puny whipater hat, in the
matter before us. Hi* an-ogauco is as insufferable as his
vain-gloriousness is contemptible. Jerusalem! But that
would be an eletation from obscurity which hia rare genius
conld confer. Our “aspirations for notoriety” must in
deed have been extravagant had we hoped to find a suit
able inettument in his brazen throat to giwe us name and
consequence, among the political Artaks at the land 1 But
“jam talts.” Enough has been said. We art demolish
ed 1 Wo give it up ! Our “profitless career” has been
wound up!! Our “hsp-hazard existence” of nearly five
years has boen abruptly ent short by a sharp-pointed
! bodkin, made from the pin feathers of a gosling ten weeks
• old ! How miserable we are I Aa miserable, almost, as
the French gentleman, who happened to be severely kick
■edby a certain long-eared animal. He wept piteously
at his ill-luck— not that his wounds hart him, badly, but
because of the inglorious thought that h person had
beon dishonored by the foot of a donkey! With that
Frenchman we are able to sympathize. In like circum
stances of distress, contnmely and degradation, we must,
like him, be permitted to mourn our haplest fate. We
1 * an do nothing else
Golo Dollars.—We notice some remarkable con
version* amone the WhigJSdijtora toil* “hard man
-7 D ** nc,ati, ‘ ttnxethe late emission
1 ■wassJas 1 sv? s
beautiful coin. It ia the aery tiling for publishers of
dollar newspapers. Let them be scattered far and
wide in lieu of “shinplaster” currency.
Mraa:.—Henri Herewith Truffi, Benedetti. Ro
■u, Sica, are to be in A ugtfsta, this week, to give con*
certs. The Sable Melodists hare been there and
attracted full houses. The •• Bendooin Arabs ” are
also there—also Mr. and Mrs. Conner 1
Shake Bites. —Tincture of lodine is recommend
ed as an infallible cure far the bite of veoenums rep
tile* as rattle-snakes, copperhead*, &c. It is to he
applied over the bitten or swollen part, three or four
times a day. The tinctnre must be kept close in
vials with gronnd glass stoppers.
D.ix Marble.—This roraedian is reported to have
cicd of Cholera in I-ouisville, Ky., latt week. -
Counterfeits.—The Enquirer of Tuesday, cau
tions the public against counterfeits of the denomin
ation of 0100. on tbeCanal Bunk of New Orleans,
which have been circulated in this city. Some two
months ago we gave the esxrU information 1 *
A Case ni Poisi*.—Our oAghbor’ of the/f imen,
introduces following argument against tie con*
Htilutionajpfty of the City Loans
‘•Thert m occasionally aUw
wiurii authorize-; a Rail-Road coiapfct to m, upon
the farm of a citizen, and 7o*rt. tfrfheif’ own use
such port ion* of biefnurf sB they &tv desire. -WtheWt
his consenr and (fey him for if. nbt what it may be
worth to him, but wb*t enneboduMv appraise it at
Does ottr neighbor think this is'right ?’’
Certainly, sir, we do think it right, provided the
man is paid the price which a jury of hi* peer* may
think a jnst one. His individual convenience, ‘ hal
lowed ties,” and fond associationsdfeshould at) give
place to the public good. On tlwjjfl&principle ev
ery man who buys a tract of the right of
way therefrom to market, through his neighbors’ pos
sessions. Otherwise, either no land would be sold by
government, except that on a public road, or a con
stant tr. spats would be committed by those living off
the highway. Will or.r neighbor tell ns by what
right, on his principles, a man living ten miles offs
public road can travel through the lands of others, for
that distance, without the owners’ consent being ob
tained, if it is not npon the paramount principle of
public convenience T He has certainty rm natural
nor constitutional right in the premises, yet wo
know he is entitled to the privilege, and it cannot bo.
alienat'd son him. How did he get it? When
our neighbor answer* Ibis question, to his own sat
isfaction, he will have cleared the way for his con
version to the doctrine of the city government can-vine
out the tvi-lies of* minority ot ilia peon!* in the mat
ter of Railroad bonds and taxation !
Pablic Schools.
The 2d Municipality of New Orleans has in oper
ation a very effective and cheap system of public
schools, lor both sexes, which deserve* the special
notice of all the friends of general education. AN.
Orleans correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, thus
describes the plan adopted, with expense incurred
Ac.:
Tit* co *t to our Municipality {No 2] for educating
every child over live vear* l age. in the intermediate
departmruta which embrace a thorough English
education, i* about 022 each per annum. This ex
penditure rente rs, not oply the tuitiou, hut books,
slates, pencils, writingbooks, pens, Ac, The pupil*,
are also taught singing. A pupil can eater our
sjcHcmmß it the *£r of
until tiUed by
H r the High iSchoohaut oj rfn so.ij-rauinqi% ,;j
the higher branch** ni eoucannfe. in the course of
the three years study that tliey are compelled to go
through before getting a diploma. The .boys gradu,
atmg at the High School are titled Utgnfe/*tiy Lpl
iege in our country, and if bright, the Sophtanoro.
class. Girls graduating at the girls’ HigtßcW, ‘
arc fitted for any station in life, so far as education is
concerned. All Ibis without one picaynne nf rVv.fr,,
the parent. This w* consider the perfect mu of a
si stem of ednealion. I have not. howevet, mention;-
*d the library, conai*ting ot M*me 8.600 volumes, cori*
neefed with our schools. by which pupils ihi-.t pav onu
dollar in advance, and 25 cents per month until*they
(>ay nine dollars, become liter members.
W tiv cannot the people of Georgia establish a like
-) stein of public schools,, throughout the common
wealth? If our republican institutions depend upon ,
the intelligence of the masses—and if ignorance is the
parent of i ice, and vice the source of a large portion <sf
the expen ie* incurred hv government, in the peut.-ift
ineut of driminats and support of pauperism*-why
would it not be better for the commonwealth lo spend
the money in preventing crime and poverty hy the ed
ucation and moral enlightenment of every chili i* fcfiij*
it* limits,? Philanthropy, Patriotism and CliVoMiarii
tv, all ariaweryes— it,would be a wise policy for the
State to adopt. We are nut sure,however, that it would
be according to the Constitution! It would be com
pelling tjlie rich man and pmpertv-tmMer to-nay for
the edurbtion of tire poor man’s children 1 If wonld
be forcing them to become stockholders In a money
saving, jand therefore, money-making corporation,
contrary; to their wishes ! Yea more, it wonld be
taxing tl cold Bachelor millionaire with the intellec
tual sup Kirt of children in whom he has no parental
interest vhateven and never expects to have ! Ho,v
nnrighte ms, oppressive and unjust, all this wonld be
—is it nt t written in the chronicles of the ‘ ‘Snooks”
family of “Bnnkenunc ” and dlfly in the
columns of the “Bnngtown Peopfa*'artte”77nJ-
Palladia! t of (lie poor man’s Constitutional Rights ”
from wet kto week • We beg pardon, therefore, f3{
the favnj ihle nfientfoff vneltav* made of the pbbli* ,
school dliteip m New Orleans. It may, after all.be
a lelusiWflirorjr which *Re have picked up, winch
will the penetrating scrutiny of the sage*
and “Sir Oracles” of these our Times • ( . v
The Savannah Republican.—^This paper ques
tions the accuracy of our late statement concerning
the election in Connecticut, and admonishes us to
look more closely hereafter Uyfignres and .fasts, be
fore wc again make surh unjust allegations against,
the immarnlaie anti-free-soil Whigs or Yankecdiio
dlednm ! Well, we “ stand corrected.” always, when
we arc shown to be in error, hut in the case before
us, we are not satisfied that anv error of importance’
has b- en nude by us. We do nutlet the Courant,
which the Republican swears by as good authority,
and therefore cannot exactly say what waa the rela
tive condition ot the three parties j n the Connecticnt
legislature. We were under the impression, how
ever, that the “ Free Boilers ” had the balance of
nnwer, on joint hallot, and the vesnlt of the State
House election* has proved that the Democracy hag
profited but little by the “ coalition ” charged by tha
Republican —only one Democrat (State Treasurer)
being elected to office! But, as the Republican
Roem* to be “ posted up ” in relation to the politic* of
Connecticut, will the Editor please inform ns whether
the Whigs proper cd that State can be refftfonW
anti- Wilmot Proviso men any more than the Demo
crats ? Are not the politicians of the whole North
unsound on the slavery question ? If the latter be
o, why attempt a fraud upon the Southern public by
condemning the Democratic portion of them as Free.
Soilers, and acquitting the Whigs of all contamina
tion from the foal heresy ? “ Answer ns that, Master
Brooke.”