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ft'OK GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH E. BROWV.
OF CHEROKEE.
m —i* *‘ L - "Lutes Ti***.”
Wife feronU that w* lad *p*«* to pmblinU to
wtieMhwi the Loudon Time?. In retntlon to the
nhaodooment by Wnlknrof the Nieeragttau ex
pedition. Its exaggerations nrequite amusing;
( but these were to be apfertefl. The essential
1 mat er of it is the modest confession of English
: ami French fillibu*icri*m in Indln ami Algeria
I end the only hinted distinction between nation-
; *1 t.nd iodividtnl fillibusUTism- tbeone being
| grand, the other mean and petty larceny. It
is, however, the old distioctioo which haa ob
tained eiacr the World began. In India.
Great Britain can bribe great chiefs ; or cheat
them in a bargain; or massacre them when
Wtbe. of the other two pleas mil; and that is
national and respectable. England can l j. p
guard over the heathen rites of the pagan, of
the East, in order to make one «; of pagans
fight another, ao J thus save the expenditure of
lite and treasure in fighting both. Franco can
subjugate Africa at her own “sweet. sweet
will," ami that also is national nnd respectable;
but when Genl. Walker chooses to accept an
nritation of the people of Nicaragua, &a an
instrument tn abolish the grinding tyranny ol
the petty scoundrels who ride them to the verge
of death, it is altogether another thing. Tne
desire for. or attempt to rescue ilicsa poor devils
from The js*s of a relentless tyranny, and in-
doctriaatic.g them with the self-rcsp- ct
which makes the people happy and formidabli
up aad proclaimed, to the gnat derogation of
onr national character, as violating in its most
esaeotial particular the solemn uath which the
President has taken to support the tonstihition
cf thit [Won."
Tlieae are heavy charges proceed mg Irom'i
gentlemen of your high character, and. if well
founded, ought to consign my name to infamy, j
But in proportion to their gravity, common |
justice, to say nothing of t’liriitlnn charity, |
required that before making them you should j
I hare clearly ascertained that they were well j
founded If act. they will rebound with with- j
eriug condemnation apott their authors, nave ,
you performed this preliminniy duty towards J
the man who. however unworthy, is the Chief |
Magistrate of your country? If so, either i
you or I are !*bori:g undur astmnge delusion. 1
Shojld this prove to be your case, it tvil pre
sent a ir.Ftnorable example of the truth that
political prejudice is blind even to ihe exia-
tenej of the plainest and most palpable hi«t r-
ical facts. To these facts let ns refer.
Wheu 1 entered on the duties of the preu- .
dinlia! office,on the -1th of March lust, what )
was the condition of Kansas? This Territory
had b.-n organiz'd uii ivr the act of Congress
gross v( J0.li May, 1854, and th ! government
in ali its branches was ii full Miporatioii. A
governor, s<cr tury , f the IVrr.lory, ehief
justice, two associate justices,u marshal, and
listrict attorney had been appointed by my
FOR CONGRESS.
First District— J AS. L. SEW ARD.
Second, “ M.J. CRAWFORD.
Third “ D. J. BAILEY.
Fourth " L. J. GARTRELL.
fifth “ A. R. WRIGHT.
Sixth “ JAS. JACKSON
Seventh “ LIN. STEPHENS.
fiohth •• A. H. STEPHENS.
unless a oation backs it. is robbery and cruel | predecessor, by and with the advice and ton-
and contrary to all the iastincs of men who ! seat ot ti e ffenute, and were nil engaged in I
have any claims oo civilised sympathies. The I discharging their respective duties. A trade
sraaii robtur must be iucontiuectly hanged- of laws had been enacted by ihe tertitoria! 1c-
the great one mus; be deified. That is the* gwlntnre : and the judiciary were employed in
STATE LEGISLATOR E.
For Senator.
JARED I. WHITAKER.
For Representative
JOHN G WESTMORELAND.
See Third page for Late Nows.
Bibb County.
The Democracy of Bibb met on Saturday
last, and made the following nominations.
For the Senate, Col. Nathan Bass ; for the
House of Representatives, John J. Gresham
snd A. F. Lockett, Esq.'rs.
President Buchanan'* Letter to the
" Saint* " of Hew England.
Oar Junior was baited tins morning ace-**
he street, by ao American " friend, with a
—“Hallo! have yon seen the • Icd'p rid-nt
Blade ’—it has takes down frem i’s »tst-oead
tbe names of yoar car.d date for Governor. R'-d
Congress'’
rbe response ■ fcaveyoaei .a Pr .sideo'
Bachauan's let! ,r t o the New England Ch r-
gymen?'' The response UMUlied the ebetks,
witii a rijsy hue, of the over cations • i;o r -
an;" fur, with pleasure we state it. ho i:»»
-jot cons-iecce left to check him. and be
doablfcfis felt that .white. Lis query was „ amall
offsir. tbe re-poo*of ourawwiat.. was • m- c
portentous r>ae.
But wc too, arc tr^iti;, wire;, we rcter ;o
• he course which oar old tricLJs ot th ILad-
•hink proper to pursue, (or this moot < f ■L p-
ember. and the Prosid< t> letter • > the
.Saints and Sliricker-" !' a'uj.iiioc Nor.
England. in the a*ue breath an-1 w inert
fore quit the b-ser. and confine our remarks *■
the greater,-as we fin'd, tn- last t -• : •>.;*
nurugrupb.
The correepoGdei.c. »?tv. - N • •
England fanatics and tr 'redden*. w:d doubt
less be read with th deepest interest by
the people of Georgia. As the •* Wash-
ugicr. Union' forcibly remark* “it will
■to* that tba* rcstiesi and mcddluuome
-jurit which heretofore prompted tbe three
tbousauti and titty clergymen of the North
to interfere in the legislation of L'on-
irrcss is still as rampaLt and pertioacicut as
eTer. and that it is perpetual.y seeking for op
portonilies to interfere in those purely politi
cal and governmental matters, tnat are not
properly embraced within tbe sphere of tueir
pro*! a dona: dams. And it will also show, with
who* dignity and crushing eff et th President
nu- . -p.ieJ to th<-»■ reverend and imp'/rtloeo 1
intem»eJoins, ard exp - . *.» ir ignorance ol
bets, sod the fim-xoa. . • l.»-.r argnmcnls
All thioking men, c‘ v ry sn.-.d -•
/pinion, v.. o are no*. mteiy bi .i by f
uaiical prejudice, will acre- .n the cj vx *!,:.
the letter of the Pres dent to its «•:•«.„ -cope
»ad spirit, worthy of the j ist cnarai u-r of b..
who^* life, and worthy of the executive head ol
this great cation. If any. Iiernfore doubled
b» true position on the Kansas qtrstion, th y
can doubt no longer His language and Lis
policy are clear aLd umnwakable. L:t the
'ouctry North and Sooth, rest a =ured tt/at
na* policy, as he haa acounce<l it, will be car
ried'’•it. and that tbe constitution of the Uni-
ted State-, and tie establish'd law; in Kan
sas and elsewhere, will be .fully and faithfully
exeente 1. The p.vus men, therefore, who are
the authors of tbe memorial, and wko seem so
deeply interested in political uffTra, may con
tinue to pray **tb*t Alcuigh’v ij^d will make
v nr administration an exatr,p < of .astice sod
b nitlreoc*, and with His terrible ma «*, v pro
rrt our people and our constitution
All that we of the Sooth demand, and nave
the r vht to expect, is that the ‘ cotu-tita iounf
tbe United Slates, and the established laws in
Kauia! and elsewnere will t* fully and faith-
folly ' I’-c’jlt'J " The letter of the President
lotetb/id.wuy and aseer’icg this, will doubt-
!<.« gr**- ’’; the Sooth. Let every voter in
Georgia rtnd it. set) judge lor himself:
moral of the philosophy of the article. Hap
pily it recognise tha right of 'he Unit’d States
to steal whatever they please. That is a con
cession necessary a defense to thcs'evling in
India and Africa.
Fr'm the H’ashington I niuii.
To h. ; 9 Exckllknct James Bccoavan,
Prssidka't of the Usiibd Stahs.
I he rsDERstoxED. rifcmi of the United
States, and electors of the State of Connecticut
rwpcctfu’ly ctT.-r to you; Excellency this iheir
Memorial :
The fundamental principle of the coi stitn-
tion of the United States and of our political
institutions is. that the people shall make •heir
tuen laxas and elect their own rulers.
IVeste with grief if tot with asto ish’tcnt,
that Gov. Walker, of Kaosas. oncnly repre
sents and proclaims that the President of the
United States is unplnying tnroogh him an
army, one purpose cf which • to force the peo
ple of Ea easto obey laws which are not their
own, nor if the United States, bat laws which
it re no* nous, ..cd e-ubli;bed opoa evidence
they r/rv, loa.ie, and rulers they never elected.
We ripre-ent, therefore, that by the forego-
i-a remr t llency is openly held op and pro-
ciaitned. to me great derogatiosiof ournnion-
*1 chare, ti-r, a s vioktiog in its.'meet essential
;■»/ iicalar the nolemn oct/i which tb” President
hiltiken to support the Constitution rf this
Union
We cal! attention farther to the fact that
yuur xeetl’-ncy is, in like manner, held np to
this nation, to ail mankind, nnd to all posterity
in *.iie att.t ide of ** levying war against [a
portion of] t',c l niud States " by employing
aims in Kansas * , uphold a body of men, and
« etd- i cct-c.iuV.? pnrportir.g t./ be* legisla
tive. nu; which never hud thee!“Ct ion nor k.i c-
t. r eocser * the peop' • •; the T-rei-
tory
'A earta t.r represent to yom exceiitticy
that we algo 'ire- taken the oath to obey the
constitution U:..| y,/„- tTolUeu-y may b’ as
sured that we shall not refrain from the prayer
th.t Alm.-jHtt God will make yoar udminw-
tr.ition a;, example of justice and beneficence,
ae.d witr. his !■ rrible
expounding and carrying these laws into effect
It is quite true 'hat a controversy had previ- i
ougly arisen respei t ug the vuliditv of tiiee'ec-
tion of members of the territorial logisiuture
and of the laws passed by them ; but at tne
time I futere’-l upon my „fficial d -ties Con-
gnsa had reengn z d 'his legislature i;i differ
ent forms and by different euactments. The
delegate elect,ii to the House of Representa
tives, under a territorial law. had just comple
ted bis term of service or. tbo day previous to
my inauguration. In fact, 1 found the gov-
erenn nt of Kansas a' well established as that
of any other Territory. Undtr 'hese circum
stances, what was my duty ? Was it net to
sustain ihe government' to pi .tend it from
the violence of la less men. who were deter
mined eiiber to rule or ruin ? to prevent it
fiooi being ovetturned by fore ■ .'—in the lan
guage of the constitution, to * take care that
tbe laws be faithfully executed?’’ It was for
this pm pose, and this alo. e that I ordered u
military force to Kansas, tonct as a passe com-
italus in aiding the civil m. gi-trat-.- to carry
the law3 into ixecutii n.
'Ihe condition of thi Territory at the time,
widch I need not portray rtn iered tins [iiocatF
tion absolutely necessary. In this state o|
affiirs. would Inotbav Ixo,. justly eoi.d imued
had I left the marsh d and otter ofii :eia of a
(ike character impoler t to execute the plot*.?,
and judgments of cou'ts of justice established
by L'orgr-or by tne terriloria Lgisiature
under it* express authority, mil thru have
suffered the government it-vif to iiec .me an
object’d contempt in the eye- of \,e pe pie?
At.d yet this is what y u d .vsigrut.- os forcing
the peopl ■ of Ka. sjs *■ L y laws not their
own, nor ot the United Flute•; and for doing
eed ini’ os having viola-
Iti.! what else 5 could I
to have done? Wcu
I should abandon '1
sanctioned as i’ Ji
' /’
people
Na'i.'i W. Taylor.
Thee iore I*. tVool- y
Henry Dutton.
Charles L L gl s.
J. H. Brouchway,
Eli W B.ake.
Eli Ives,
B. Siliitnan, -Jr.,
Noah Porter.
Thomas A. Thacler
J. A. Davenport,
Worthington Hooker
Phiios Blake,
E. K. Fos'er,
C. 3. Lyman,
John A Blake.
Wm. ft. Rueteil,
A. N. shinrutr.
Ilorocr Buiboell
John ii yd,
Ci»ari'» Bd/bi,.*...
H“i rv Peck.
i*av id -m ii,
J Hawes
James I*. J/,.b,..
'» A. Calhoun
K. R. Gilbert,
Leonard Bac n,
H. C. Kingley,
B rf.l irnan,
wuichy.iit i ate o.: ..
teri my sofeni'i . !
I...VV- done, or o i. ht 1
you have tic-sired that
territorial government
be- rt by Congri s. t
renew the seen s ol ci
which every patriot i
plored ? Thi t won?'
j olat my oath ol i ffi,
1 tilo’ ,’j th ’ character
, 1 most cheerfully «,
, 10: ending a milit.uy
I in Hi ' exetn
tne-
v.tr nr/
ue ci mtr.
leed, have’
und re fix .
and thus 1
tloodshed
lory at th* expenw of tkelreotatBOn blood apd
treisure. surely on* »M of the partners can
have no right to exclude the other from it* en
joyment by prohibiting tltcm from taking Into
it wbatsover la recogois-Nl to b*> property by
tbe common constitution. But when the peo
ple— the bonafide residents of such Territory
—proceed to iratue a State constitution, then
it is their right to decide the important ques
tion themsefves whether they will continue mod
ify, or abolish slavery. To them, and to them
alone,does this question belong, tree from all
foreign interference.
In tuff opiniorrnf the territorial legislature
ot Kansas, the lime hud arrived for entering
the Union, and they accordingly pissed a law
to elect delegates for the .purpose of framing a
State constitution. This law was fair mid.
last i:i it- provisions. It conferred the right
,1 - tVragc on'every bona fide inhabitant of
the Territory aud, for the purpose of pre-
vi ing fraud, und the intrusion of citizens ol
Mm or distant States, most pro pet ly confined
this right to those who had resided therein
F ree months previous to the election. Here
a fair opportunity was presented for all tin
qualified resident citizens of flic Territory, to
whatevtr organization they might have pre
viously be longed, to participate in the elec
tion, and to express their opinions at tbe bal
lot-box on the qtfstioc. cf slavery. But num
bers ef lawless men still continued to reais 1
the regular territorial government. They re
fused eititer to be registered or ts vote; at.d
the tnetnb rs of the convention were elected,
legally and properly, without their interven
tion. The convention wi/l soon assemble to
perform the solemn duty of framing a consti
tution for themselves ,rd their posterity; and
it, the state if incipcnt rebellion which stiJ
exists in Kansas p is my imperative duty to
employ the ttoops of the United .Stare 0 , should
this become necessary, in defending the con
vention agait it violence whilst framing the
consti ution, utul in protecting the .‘bonafide
inhabitants" qualified to vofi? under the pre
visions of this instrument in the free exercis
of the right of suffrage when it shall be stib
mitted to tb'”n fir their approbation or rejec
tion.
i have entire confidence in Gov. V.'ulker
that tin troops will no’ be employed except re
resist actual aggression or in the execution ol
the laws: and this not until the power of the
civil magistrate shall prove unavailing. Ful-
lowing t ie wiv exampl" of Mr. Madison to
wards tin.- Hart fed Convention, illegal and
d. e rous comb nations such as that of the To'
peca onvent on, wii! nc,t be disturbed uules
'hey shall attempt to perform somo act ivhicl
will bring tia-rn into actuu! collision with the
con»ti uiion and the laws. In that ev, n*
they shall be resisted at.d ‘ putdo vn i>y tii ••
whole power ol tbe government*. In perform
ing ths duty I shall have the approbation ol
my ,/wn ic* iise.cnc'.'. aril, s I I tunbly tru-t. ot
my (4,<1.
I thank y u for Hie assurance that you vv./i
'•not u:r,n : ,im t e piaycr that Almgnry
G'ldwn miiK'' my adniiiiiitration an .xuu.p 1 ,
of ju-tic! . : ■ . c.V oi can g
assist me in arriving at t i° blessed conrurn-
niati. ri by isertiugj ur n fliienco io tatayin
the i.x s ing odtonal excitement on the sub-
jet of Slavery, which Ims bacn productive ol
luu -h evil a:.I no good,und which, it it eoti'il
8ucc., J .. * . .• jeer, w i .a..
- »v. a' wv.'! a l.'s nuster. This would I e a
Ii work cf gouuiue philanthropy. Every day of
my I Tv i feel ho.v i; adequate 1 ntn to perform
the duties of my high station without the con-
tim i - .fij. r* of Divine I’rovi/hi t’c: * t
plan t g my ttu-it in Him. und in aim alone.-1
onteitaiua ir nd (top? that lie will enable Uc
t! e
K to aid
aw reflects r,o
j credit upon th character nf ourconntry. Bat
i let th- blame Cu t up,ai tne heads cf the guil
ty Whence did ti,.* necessity uri».-? A par-
1 ti' n if tbe people of Kansas, unwilling to trust
| to the baiiotbox—the ten tin American remt-
Kdward C. Herrick, ^- v ^ or ’^ c r,, drfes o! all grievances -undertook
.odor
/, l.tl j.J .***• to il" [ Tl
ns of the U-
niou, ar
d ‘.Lax reudt r mi* un I t
mb!o ir.=trii-
moot it
rretoring police anil lin
raiony among
iLe [-
pie 1 the teveru 3iut>s
Yours, very respectfully.
J AMES BIT
11A X A N.
R-v
NaTUaXIEL W. TAV50R
D. D.
Rv
l llKODORr: D. VVoot-SEV,
D.D. LL D.
Hux
* Hrxkv Dt'Trox,
Bov
David Smith. D 1>
Rev
J. Havveh, and othrrt
1,’harles Ives.
Wm. D Erndis. Jr..
Alex. (J. Twining,
Josiub W. (jibl>-.
Alfred Walker.
■James Brewster,
-Stephen G.Habiiard
Hawh-y Omstead.
aeagrove W Mag
Amo* Townsend,
ritmiby Dwigh',
IL'nr.d M. diaoh
W Arm.**,
NIL4MRX
■ ton i tn Aagnst 15.1 -.5
On mv recent return t..
h -
fortnight's absence, yon-
c,ty uf'er
al without date, was placrti in my bands 1 nnhf.ry force i* IUmw
thri.ug ; the agency of Mr II ratio Kinz • l
th- Post Office [Apartment, to whom it had
been entrusted. From thedii'iogaished source
wher.ee it prrx* ed*. as well as its peculiar chor*
acter, I b&ve cte'med it proper to depart from
my genera, n « in such cases, and to give it
an answer.
You first ats- rt that * the fundamental-prir,.
ciple of the const .'at ion of the United Stans
and of our poutical institutions ia that toe
per pie shad make their own lur« and elect
their own ruterr. h ou tb*n express your
grief and astonishment that 1 aa-rc'd have v o«
lated thi* principle, and, t* r ug:.()-,•, Walker
Lave i-oiployed an arru. • ci„ purpose of
whidi i» tn force the people to obey laws not
thnr own, , or if the United Stat's. Out taws
w.o.ct, ,t j v *ori'. us and rsubiisl s> 1 op n . v-
idenev, wiiy rarer made, acl rui’ts they never
electwl." And, as a corollary from the fore
go,og y< n tepreeeot that I am ** openly held
, to create an inlepc , lent government for them
w./V!.-. Had tills atumpt pr„v d succec-lui,
it would, of course, have subvened tbe existing
governrnen', pre-crib, d an i rec jgniwrl liy Co.,
grass, and substituted a revolutimia y g ,veru
men t in its .-lead t fi/s was a usurps ion o;
tiie same character as it would be for w pori ion
of the peopl • ol Conncc ic','. to undcrtaLe to
• t.ihiisli a -.paratr government w.tliin i s
ch*rtcre«l limits for the purpovr of ri-drcssing
any grieviance real or imaginary, of which
they might tiavc c tnplained ugaitwt the legit
imate .State g-vernal' nt Sndi a principle, if
• orrtwl into execution. wo rd d' -trf *: nil law
ful authority andproduce ut.iversi. a .,,rcby
1 ought to rp'-cify more particularly a cot -
dition of atlairs, wh : cb I have embraced n .lv
general terms requiring h” nres • f „
The Uor.gress ot
the l : uited States bad oi wi- y declared H
t > be "'be true talent and mean og of ifau at*
(the act - rgauiz.og the Territory > not to legir-
|.no sic very into any Territory or -1• : ,r>r to
exclnd- it tber/'frotn, but to leave th - people o*
lire* terr:*ory p' rtfctly free to form und regulate
; tbeirdomestic institutions m there own wav;mib
Jzctonly to the constitution of the Unitcei .States.’
A» n natural ctmscquence. Coogres/ Lai also
prcscr.bed by the earn’’ act that wh'-n the Ter
ritory o; Kansu shall be admitted n a State
ft "rhaii be received iut / tbe Union with or
without slavery u» their cons'itut: n rnav pre
scribe at tlie tune of their admission.'
dlav-ry ex.sud at that periixl. and still > x
istsin Kantas, under tlieconstitm'on of th’
Unitfd Stale*. This point liiu at last Le.o
finally decided by tbe bigiiest tribunal known
to onr laws. How it conld ev or hie,- b reu ae-
riousiy doubted i* a mystery. Jfa ronfedera-
tioc of sorereigo States acquire a new lerri-
From tfcp Ea’llmor* I'fttr.ol
t:\TRACT FROM THE DIARY
OF A COI .VTRY DOCTOR,
Years ago, after being up all night with
Mrs. Blank, wearied,worried,exhausted and
rendered excitable and nervous by extreme
anxiety from the uncertain and desperate na
ture of her ease, I was ruling quietly along,
when rny atrention wa- attracted by a huge
spider rapidly crossing the dusty road. Ev
ery energy he possessor seemed to be exert
ed ; anxiety and alarm appeared depicted,
not in his countenance, hut in every motion ;
extreme terror seemed to be the ruling pas
sion of the moment, shown by his occasion
ally throwing his head back, as if looking
to see some terrible enemy approaching, who
would anihilate him ; his efforts for progres
sion were tremendous—the tie a ter go doubt
less possessed overwhelming power. I stop
ped. In about five minutes I noticed a Free
mason, n species of blue wasp, in active pur
suit; it would fly ten or twelve inches then
alight, smell the ground, and so pass along,
evidently trailing the spider, sometimes mi-w
ing the trail, \lien returning or taking the
back track, until it arrived at where the spi
der diverged from tho rectangular line.—
Never hound trailed fox or cat or watched rat
with the pertinency this insect followed its
prey—ail was activity, decision and prompt
itude—no part of the little insert rested quiet;
every member was‘in a state of motion,
head, wings, Ac.
The greatest detention was at the edge of
the road, where the pider had fallen into a
deep rut, and continued in it for about twelve
feet. Here the Free mason appeared at fault;
repeatedly it flsw over the rut, and tor a
short dutance''continued in a straight line.
but soon returued j for five times was this
repeated, reflecting right and left from tbo
bee line, but Without success; the last time
it returned it rested onepuomem, apparently
in reflection; then suddenly darted to the
bottom of the rut, und advanced rapidly on
the trail. It passed the place where the rut
was left by the spider, only a short distance,
returned ; seemed again in fault for an in
stant, then swiftly passed down the side of
the rut opposite to that by which the spider
had left; immediately flew to the other side,
soon fell ill with the trail, and energetically
followed il, although the pursued oflanniov-^
ed in a rig zag line.
Within fifty yards of the road the victim
was overtaken; the spider seemed paralyzed;
made not tho least resistance, but quietly
turned on its back, and never moved a limb.
Its pursuer pounced On it with all lire rapac
ity and venom that over a cat seized its prey,
or the anxious, worn out inebriate clutches
the intoxicating bowl.
1 stood by unmoved, not feeling inclined
to interfere; unexcited by that principle said
re be inherent tn the bosom of man which
urge;, him to extend his controlling influence
where the weak and innocent are in the pow
er of the strong and treacherous, but felt ra
ther gratified tint this huge po.sonous in
sect had met a just and righteous doom.—
Thus, as Sir Walter eloquently says, ‘was
abstracted one atom of life from the sum to
tal’ of spider existence.
This same day I had scarcely passed a
mile on my road, inter the above tragical af
fair in/) ended, when 1 met with one of the
most painful among many painful scenes i
have, in a diversified life, had to encounter.
My attention was attracted overhead by the
cry of era-cra-cra ; on looking from whence
the cry of distress came, 1 perceived a medi
um sized hawk, with a largo chicken in its
talons, apparently as weighty as it could
carry. The hawk appeared overloaded 3nd
exhausted ; with much effort it succeeded
iu alighting in the crotch of a large ehos-
nut tree about eighty yards from the road I
was traveling. From the exhaustion of its
captor the chicken seemed the stronger of
tlie two, and I have no doubt that if it had
been armed with d- tensive weapons as ef
fective as its antagonist, that it would liavu
escaped. But this not being tho case, the
hawk, with a pertinacity unconquerable,
kept his talons bu.ied in the breast of the
fowl. For ten or fifteen minutes tbe exer
tions of the chicken were immense—after*
this its power appeared spent, and it seemed
apparently resigned to its fate. Now com
menced tbe mosthorrible part of tbe tragedy,
As the hawk tore the flesh the whole body
of its victim quivered and the cry of anguish
re died my ears —poa-poa-pea. 1 became
greatly excited, alighted from my horse,
went to the foot of the tree, and by shouting
attempted to arrest tire horriblo banquet —
this was all in vain. 1 then tried by throw
ing stones to drive him from his hlnndv
feast; hut they were unheeded ; they did not
reach the monster, for he was too elevated.
Unmindful of all 1 could do. he continued
Ins cruel dissection ; all this time the plain
tive pca-pea-pea resounding in my ears.—
Oh! how I wished for a gun, but none was
obtainable. The case was hopeless! In
.taspnir of rerdcrine aid, alter many minutes
of extreme ev rtren 1 quit the tree, horrified.
I mounted my horse ami gave him the spur,
hut still resounded in my ears the melancholy
cry pea-pea-pea. Strong at first, hut grad
ually weaker ami w -iker, as linili was torn
i oin limb, unlil finally it ceased to orv onlv
with the l ist throe of vitality. I have never
in a long life felt so miserable, depressed
and unhnppy from 30 inconsiderable and
common an occurrence, nnd even to this
time when remembrance brings back the
days of nuhl lung tyne, the hopeless pea-pea-
pea of this poor chicken reverberates through
rny brain, and makes me ieol depressed and
wretched.
I gav" my horse tho whip, rode hastily
home, got my double barreled manton and
returned, \\ hen 1 arrived 1 found the bloody
feast over, and the slayer of the innocent
victim sitting on the limb of an adjoining
tree, apparently gorged and asleep. I rode
near, and at the first fire brought him to the
ground with tlie remains of his prey undi
gested in his stomach. How 1 triumphed
it would be unchristian to say, in the slaugh*
tea of tliis ferocious bird of prey, whose life
is sustained by tlie destruction of other more
useful and innocent animals.
As I bore my prize-home, rejoicing in hav
ing slain the slayer of the harmless and tiefp^"
less, the thought suddenly occurred to me,
upon what right had 1 thus acted I belonged
to the most ferocious of all animals—(when
liis passions are not properly curbed) man—
who not only for Ins own necessities, hut
often in wanton sport, des rots myriads of
useful and innocent being i. This reflection
worried, depressed and made mo feel as if I
had acted amiss. However, l soon became
reassured when it occurred to me that the
Giver of ,,11 good had allowed man the use
but not the abuso of all created beings, and
that most estimable of all tirtues, charity,
urges the protection of the weak and help*
|e.-j by the strong and powerful.
It seemed as if this day was not to pass
without fuitlier adventure. Several hours
alter I returned home, Ian- in lire day, I went
to that part of the firm where my people
wore at work. I seated myself on a knoll
overlooking a small marsh, and incontinent,
ly fell into a snooze—when I was suddenly
startled half awake by tlie painful pea, pea,
pea. At first 1 thought It was a dream—
then again it suddenly occured to me that il
w as the ghost ef the defunct chicken haunt
ing tne for tho inefficient efforts 1 had made
to save it. Howeve**, when wide awake,
by Intoning attentively, 1 could, at long in
tervals, just petetive th* homd cry of pe»'
pea, pea, in a sepulchral and very wssk
voice. I immediately arose, called one of
my m*u and directed him to examine from
whence the sound came. IVe soon got iu
the vicinity of the cry, evory moment besom
ing weaker and weaker, and-the interval/*
longer and longer, occasionally seeming as
if the suffering animsl was strangling, al
though tlie sound could still be heard. On
account of this part of the marsh—which
was comparatively firm—being thickly cov
ered with grass, nothing could be perceived.
A scythe was ohtained and the grass mown
off; after which, by strict examination, the
litll, fliie eye and ;V pan of* ihe'head of*
nearly full grown whicken, was perceived,
the whole body buried, and very alowly the
small part above ground disappearing. I
immediately seized the head, after removing
the eartli around the neck, but found I should
pull it off without disinterring the fowl. It
seemed to be held as if in a vico by some
thing. A mattock was sent for and the sur
rounding earth removed, when lo ! and be
hold, the cause of the catastrophe was soon
discovered in an enormous snapping turtle,
who had a firm grip un tin* middle too of the
fowl, aud had gradually worked himself
deeper and deeper iu the swamp until he had
nearly entombed the luckless chicken. lie
seemed belligerent and ferocious at being
disturbed in his little work of charity, and
kept a determined and unflinching hold.—
He was decapitated, but yet all in vain to
make bini loose his hold; the jaw had to be
luxated before his victim could bo relieved.
Doubtless lie was thus maddened from dis
appointment, having intended to luxuriate
with all the gusto ot'un epicure on delicate
chicken meat; but, as it is an old proverb,
\et a true one, that ‘there is manyaslip be
tween the ctip and the lip,’ so in this case,
instead of being the eater, he was the eaten,
for the next day I had for dinner a luscious
howl of turtle soup concocted from his car-
cass. C. R.
WOOD - Tl Al HUES FOR ATI YE.—Wo
have never known any other medicine wiu as
targe n share nf public confidence in so short a
time as this bus don'*. It has not been more
than ft year since we first heard of it. and it
now stands at the head of all remedies of the
kind. We Lav never used any of it ourselves
buying .id no occasion, us our “crown of
glory no* only as yet retains its orignal color,
but gets mote so—but some of our friends
have, and we have never knowtt it to fail in
restoring the hair to its original color. We
advise such as nre becoming prematurely gray,
to give the ‘'Restorative" a trial—Chester
{III.) Herald.
Hold by nil good Druggists.
Sept. 7,1857 daw2w
Special Notices.
Samuel Swan & Co.,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
BAKTHLEins.
■ tn l Dealers in Gold, Silver, Bank Xotes and
Domestic Exchange.
Da-tan I Etchangu ou Now York, New Or-
L xiii St. Louis, Havannph, Charleston, and sll
m'.n tdin the United States. Uncunent Bank
I Nu'./’s and .sperii* bought and sold. Collections
m lie everywhere and prtcoods remitted by
Sight Graft rn New York or Now t Irletns, on
d.ty of payment,
s.iMt'si. aw ax oio, r. sunt.
At'nnta, July IS, 1857 dzwtf
Ncm ^tiuertismcnts.
“Tlie Soul hern Citizen.”
A NKW POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL
AM) LITERARY JOURNAL.
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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n them in no question ntlec Ing tho <io#tlnl«« of
Aium.nn#,on which they will hold theiuaelvo# dc-
"u led lrom openly expremlng an opinion.
Tho oin* Rijju b-rncr by birth—tha other by prof
• rti uo, they c«’ not hoof thorn? who know " ofloutb
N»« North. ’ 7*hey well know both ; end lnthf #trug-
-lo which the douth i# now celled upon to make for
hor own r'ghta nod honor, they mean to stand with
tuo South-
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Hi'ldlng ‘.ha* th*- Institution of Negro .Slavery Is a
pound, Just, wholesome insi uilou, and ihirefort,
ih»t the quo*ti"n of re-open mg the Save trade is a
qii Mlon ol » xpedleucy alone, the conductors of **Ttis
.vmthern CitUeif' wul, in view* of the late action of
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und i and from New England. To the utuioat of our
power, w'o shall aid tho movement which al length
#tirn tne sinth to vindicate her own intellectual and
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u d of etlncs nlgbdboYc the considerations of Politi
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