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171 T M I ’ K I 7ST, G A ,
Thursday Morning, Aug. 25th, 1859.
pJF- Teems—$2.00 per annum, in advance
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH E, BROWN,
FOR CONGRESS—2d District.
M. J. CRAWFORD.
FOR THE SENATE,
JUBILEE SMITH.
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FRA
XKLiV COWAN.
Appointments.
Messrs. Crawford and Douglass, the
candidates of the Democratic and Amer
ican parties for Congress in the Second
District, will address their fellow citi
zens at the following places and times:
Buena Vista....
.. .Friday
26 Aug
Ellavillc
.. . Saturday
27 “
Oglethorpe
. . .Monday
29 “
Hawkinsville. . .
... Wednesday 31 “
Abbeville
. . .Thursday
1 Sept
3 “
Vienna
.. . Saturday
Americus
... Monday
5 “
Preston
. . .Tuesday
6 “
Lumpkin
. . .Wednesday 7 “
Dawson
. . . .Tuesday
13 “
Starkesville
. . . Wednes’y
14 “
Isabella
.. . Friday
16 “
Albany
. ... Saturday
17 “
Newton
. . .Monday
19 “
Camilla
. . ..Tuesday
20 “
Bainbridge ....
. . .Thursday
22 “
Colquitt
.. .Friday
23 “
Blakely
. . . .Saturday
24 “
Morgan
. . . Monday
. ... Wednes’y
26 “
Fort Gaines. . ..
28 “
Quitman
. . . .Thursday
29 “
Cuthbert
... .Saturday
1 Oct.
Center Camp Meeting.
This Camp Meeting, three miles east
of Lumpkin, will commence on Friday
before the second Sabbath in Septem
ber.
Positively the last Notice.
We have repeatedly asked our friends
to cease taking papers from this office
until the day of delivery. Our carrier
will deliver all papers to our town sub
scribers, and we do hope that we will
not be annoyed hereafter by persons
calling in for their papers on Wednes
days. Seine -onr or two person!-!, hoi
content with taking one copy, frequent
ly sZyfy appropriate to their own use
several copies of our paper. If this be
repeated again we shall publish the
names of such in self defence.
a Democrat Vote with the
Opposition Party 1
We unhesitatingly take the negative
side of this question, arid are' confident
that we can Convince any man, even
those who are occupying this unnatural
position, that \ve are right. Then to
our task ; and if we write plainly, and
manifest no' tery great caution in the
use of words, we crave in advance the
full benefit of the assurance that we'
intend nothing personal in the remarks
which follow.
The principal objection to the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress in this Dis
trict is, that lie voted for the English
Bill, and thereby falsified his declara
tion of Southern Rights made during
the last campaign. But has he done it.
Empty assertion and vague declarations
are one thing, but facts are another.—
This English Bill, like Aaron’s rod,
swallows up every thing else ; and
many of those who raise the question
of Democratic orthodoxy upon this prin
ciple are so eager in their opposition
that they find themselves in the em
brace of Jvnow NotMegism, with all its
v'ohfeiriptu’ie' which
have received at the hands of the Ameri
can people an emphatic and unmistakea-
ble condemnation. Now, can a Demo
crat be consistent and occupy this posi
tion ? We have some respect for a man
who fights the English Bill on princi
ple, and keeps aloof not only from those
who do endorse it, but likewise from
those who entertain feelings of hostility
to all the cardinal principles of his
party during the long years of the past.
But to see a man advocating publicly
the claims of the Opposition party,
thereby backing down from his proud
position as a Democrat, and endorsing
all the sins of Know Nothingism, is
one of those strange inconsistencies
that we can neither fathom nor recon
cile. Tell us a Democrat can be consis
tent with his principles of Democracy
and act thus ? Is a man so completely
lost to reason and commmon sense as
to stultify himself into the belief that
he is consistent while pursuing a tor
tuous course which would laugh to
scorn the wriggling trail of a serpent?
Away with such hypocricy say we. Grant
that Mr. Crawford did sell the South,
(which we utterly deny, and say that a
better Southern Rights Democrat than
he is not to be found among those who
denounce him, yea, even in the house
hold of faith), does this alledged treach
ery justify you in abandoning or igno
ring every other principle, and like the
moth that flies around the glare of a
candle, come near enough the vortex of
Know Nothingism to be entirely en-
ulphed in its maelstrom of political
iTO'fiSnmnTcs
Tran uni ue cufisis'ieiig
Lost Note.
Read the advertisement of Mr. A. B.
Brown in another column.
Cotton Crop.
Despite the damage done to crops by
excessive rains we hazard nothing in
saying that the crop will be a fair, av
erage crop. Some farmers will make
short crops, while others will make very
large ones.
Mules! Mules!!
Messrs. Burke & xlnderson have a
large lot of fine mules in their lots for
sale. We think they are the finest
mules that were ever brought to Lump
kin. Those in want of this kind of
stock would do well to call and exam
ine their lot soon, as they are going off
like hot cakes.
The Weekly lleraltl.
This is the title of a new paper just
commenced at Thomson, Ga., edited and
published by L. J. Applewhite, M. D.
We have received the first number of
the paper, and congratulate the citizens
of the thriving village of Thomson upon
having/such a neat and efficient paper
in their midst. We wish the proprietor
much success as a journalist.
Dr. Smith’s Acceptance.
Ilfl'in.AXC', ti t., ^ug\, lath 1859.
Gentlemen :—I have just received
your note of the 16th, inst., apprising
me of my nomination by the Democratic
party of Stewart county, as their
candidate for State Senator, which
would have been responded to earlier
but for a press of professional engage
ments.
1 can only say that I accept the nom
ination so generously tendered me, by
my fellow citizens and- will strive to
prove myself Worthy of their partiality
and if, elected will serve the county
faithfully if not ably.
Very respectfully,
Your eb’t serv’t,
JUBILEE SMITH.
Mr. Cowan’s Acceptance,
Stewart co.. Ga., Aug., 18th, 1850?
Gentlemen;— I accept the nomination
tendered through you by Die Demo
cratic' party of Stewart county as one
of their candidates for the State Legis
lature, and pledge myself to rise all
honorable means to .secure the success
of the party in the approaching canr-
paign.
. I am very truly yours,
F. COWAN.
who, two short years ago, fought so bit
terly the dogmas of Know Nothingism,
while you are now supporting your ene
mies? Is this Democracy? is tin's South
ern Rights even ? If it be, we pray
God to deliver us from such Democra
cy. Is Marcellus Douglass, Esq., who
in 1850-51 was singing Hail Columbia,
Star Spangled Banner, and God save
the. Union, in strains never so soul stir
ring, now the embodiment of a true
Southern Rights Democracy ? Are the
men who nominated him, and who are
now leaders in the miserable faction
that are sustaining him, such associates
and party leaders as Southern Rights
Democrats desire ? Are those men who
branded you as traitors, and who even
now assert that the position assumed
by the Southern Rights party of 1851
was a cowardly one, such brethren as
you love with all the ardor of your
souls ? Gan you so soon forget your
injuries received at their hands ? Do
you at length acquiesce in the charges
of treason which they preferred against
you in that memorable struggle ? Is it
Democratic consistency to kiss the hand
that was ready to drive the dagger deep
into your political vitals? Is it con
sistent to wheedle and fawn upon those
who with hellish crusade were endeav-
oiing to destroy every vestige of De
mocracy and foist upon you instead a
political misrule which would have been
subversive of freedom and Democracy ?
Is it right and proper to denounce Mr.
Crawford for doing what you conceive
to be one political Tyrone' and hug to
your embrace a man who never avowed
one political opinion which you approved
to be correct ? Is this consistency ? is
this Democracy? If so, then indeed
have all our efforts to build up a Demo
cratic party been in vain, and we .the
willing and hypocritical defenders of
what we knew to be wrong-. Tell us
that a Democrat can support a party
which has m> principles that it is will
ing to avow ?—that is Southern Rights
upon Southern Rights ground, and cra
ven-hearted submissionists where this
abject sentiment obtains ?—that is flesh
in one place, blood in another, and yet
in another neither flesh nor blood ? Tell
us that a Democrat, yea. a Southern
Rights Democrat, can support a party
who is sustaining J. J. Crittenden,- who
lias consented to unite with Tom Cor
win, of Ohio, upon a platform-of prin
ciples which ignores the slavery ques
tion ? Tell us that a Southern Rights
Democrat can support a party which is
exulting over the election of gucli a man
as Etheridge, of Tennessee, a man Who,
like'Winter Davis, of Baltimore, is as
black with infidelity to the South' as
ever Was Arnold' to the cause of oiir
revolutionary ancestors ? Tell us that
a Southern Rights Democrat can so far
forget the memorable and glorious remi
niscences of Die past as to be found in
the support of those who have ever,
ever been his enemies ? We can not
believe it. No ; when we can stultify
ourselves thus we shall be prepared to
believe any thing, however irreconcila
ble.
Again : can a Democrat vote with
those who believe in the infamous po
litical dogmas of Know Nothingism?
that a man must be proscribed because
of his religion or birth ? that because
a mail is an Irishman he is incapable of
making a good citizen ? because he is
a Catholic he is unworthy of, and not
entitled to, a vote in his adopted coun
try ? that while he is a marvelously
proper man to be taxed and drafted into
the defence'of our country in war he is
nevertheless not entitled to vote here
for the enactment of those laws which
he is compelled to support and by which
he is compelled to be governed? Tell
us Diat a Democrat can so soon forget
the deeds of revolting cruelty enacted
in the bloody Streep of Know-Nothing-
(’tU’sWr r i;rmi:s vft’ic": oil US in at a Lnntr-
ocrat can now by his acts say that all
the outrages perpetrated by that party
who, afraid of the open light of day,
plotted against the rights of our adop
ted brethren by the dim glare of the
midnight lamp were right and proper ?
Is this the feast to which Democrats
are invited ? Is this the company that
Democrats seek ? If so, then indeed
has Democracy been a libel and its de
fenders miserable and deceptive perpe
trators of that which they knew to be
false. But if the opposite be true, then
indeed have we maintained our position
that a Democrat, Southern Rights nor
National, can support the Opposition
party.
Cl&eering News forthe Opposition.
One Joshua Hill, who was an English
Bill man last Congress, has been re
nominated by his Opposition friends
for re-election to Congress from the
Seventh District. Wonder if Mr. Doug
lass and Mr. Hill will associate po
litically in the event of their elec
tion ; and wonder what our Opposition
friends of this District will say to this
renewed evidence of the harmony of
their party. Poor fellows ! even now
their party friends are hallooing for
Hill—not because he voted against the
English Bill, but because he has said
that all the hue and cry about it was a
humbug. And even in the 3rd District
their candidate is afraid to dejuounce
ike supporters of the Bill for fear of
losing the aid of one Robert Trippc,
of the county of Monroe, whom madam
the English Bill.
“How we apples do swim.”'
Strange but True.
S6me few weeks ago we chronicled
the death by lightning of Dr. J. J. Irby,
of Hamilton, Ga.- Upon holding an in
quest upon his body, if we have been
correctly informed, a bill of sale to a
negro, whichk^? had recently traded tor
in Memphis,- ira found; The negro had
run away from him,..and was then in
jail, and stated that Dr. Irby had
swapped a negro for him who belonged
to one of our most clever citizens. This
negro had run away from Mr. Scott sev
eral months ago, and up to the death of
Dr. Irby, he had heard no tidings of him.
Upon being apprised of the statement
made by the negro Mr. Scott immedi
ately left for Memphis; and sure enough
found his boy in the hands of Mr. For
rester, a negro trader of Memphis, to
whom Dr. Irby had traded him. Mr.
Forrester showed Mr. Scott a bill of sale
received from Dr. Trby, which those fa
miliar with Irby’s signature pronounced
genuine, which leaves no doubt in our
mind that Dr. Irby had decoyed the
negro off and traded him to Forrester.
But for the iN^^^gkion of Providence
found his negro, nor would Dr. Irby’s
rascality have been detected. We un
derstand that some of Dr. Irby’s friends
were very bitter in their denunciations
of Mr, Scott because he believed that
Irby had stolen his negro and so ex
pressed himself. Well, we guess that
they were satisfied of Irby’s villainy
when Mr. Scott’returned with the negro
and written evidence of his guilt. Tom
Scott needs no defence at our hands.-
He is the personification of honesty,
and those who^knOw him best esteem
him most for tlm ma-fip manly qualities
of his head anjmeart.
We hare thus given the facts of this
case in order that Mr. Scott may stand
acquitted of any intention to wound the
feelin:i|P&f the family and friends of
Dr.*Irby, and to hush the bickerings
and denunciations of those who may
attempt to injure him abroad. He is
our fellow citizen and friend, and we
take great pleasure in thus defending
him against the foul aspersions of those
who. might indeed feel complimented to
occupy a like position among their
friends.
Opposition Nomination.
The Opposition party of Stewart have
nominated C. A. Evans, Esq., for Sena
tor, and Messrs. S. B..Walton and Mark
Holloman for Representatives—all clev
er men. Mr. Evans is a new nag upon
the political turf, and we can at this
date form no very definite opinion as
regards his strength. We hope, how
ever, to be able to convince him that
‘■The year of Jubilee has come/’
and permit him to return to his legal
pursuits. He accepted the nomination
tendered him, declaring that he should
leave the candidates for Gubernatorial
and Congressional honors to fight their
own battles, but coud not forego the
opportunity of pitching into that fruit
ful theme of his party, the English Bill.
Mr. Walton has served the country be
fore, but we are not aware that he dis
tinguished himself in the Legislature.
But we shall look to his record, and if
he did do any thing astonishingly great,
or which entitled him to transcendent
legislative capacity we shall certainly
give him the benefit of it, for we intend
to deal justly though the heavens fall.
Mr. Holloman was defeated two years
ago by the Democracy, and as he is ac
customed to defeat we opine that he
will not take it to heart if the dear peo
ple consent for him to sell goods out of
the county for an indefinite length of
time. '
Well, the battle has commenced, and
if we don’t distance the ticket of the
Opposition it won’t be because we can’t
do it. Democrats, to your posts ! You
have victory within your reach ! you
have an easy battle to fight! Strike
for your party and your country, and
teach these loud-mouth denunciators of
Democracy that Democrats, and Demo
crats alone, are the only custodians of
Southern Rights and honor ! Fling to
the breeze that banner which waved in
victory two years ago and march as
one man to battle aad to victory! Un
sheath your swords and cry war to the
knife and knife to the hilt until you
have placed the Opposition so deep in
oblivion that the hand of the political res
urrectionist will never be able to reach
them ! To the breach once more, kind
friends, and after the battle is o’er we
will bivouac in peace with victory
perched upon our standard ! Db not
let the banner snatched two years ago
from the grasp of Know Nothingism
by the gallant Tucker fall again into
the hands of those who are our enemies.
Remember that if every man wiR do'
his duty the victory is' ours. Then to'
work, to work, ye hard-fisted’ yeomanry
of the land I
The Boquet Candidate.
Mr. Douglass, the Opposition candi
date for Congress, bids fair to become
popular with .the ladies at least, and
will soon be entitled to the epithet of
boquet candidate. We understand that
the ladies of Columbus honored him
with magnificent boquets last week in
Columbus. Let him profit by the ex
ample of his friend Judge, and remem
ber that those Roquets may yet be riee-
m pun uccti rmjmrrrei rnrr
rr'iT)' auun
and flourishing little city in Georgia.
Of the editorial frat6nm> v I met
Mr. Seals,- the able champion of Tem
perance, the true friend UJ Southern
literature; But who does trot know him?
the prince of good fellows, an able gif
ted speaker,- a'pleasant genial compan
ion, esteemed as: highly for his* private
virtues, as his public services ! No'
reader of the Crusader (and who does
not read it ?) but will bless" him for. his
untiring energy
Mrs. Bryan? the star of the South,
the idol of Atlanta, I found to be all my
dreams had painted. Her beauty (and
she is beautiful) is her least charm—
her heart is as warm, as her intellect
is brilliant; and her dignified simplicity
makes you forget the worshipped an-1
thoress in your admiration or the true, j
woman.
The editors of my little ‘\n$ which
is fast winning its way to popular fa
vor, the Medical and Literary A eek-
1 y! contributed no little to my enjoy
ment while there. Dr. Taliaferro is an
old acquaintance, Dr. Thomas, a new
one, but a friend of whom any one
Plu.-na-a lit
al, and possessing a high order of in
tellect, it is a banquet feast to hear
him talk; he is at once the gentleman,
the scholar, and the Christian! \\ v
wish these gentlemen, in their editorial
career, that success which they so rich
ly merit; and hope the day will soon
dawn, when the child of their affections,
the modest, deserving Weekly, will
find a cordial welcome at every South
ern fireside. Shall I forget Col. Gauld-
ing of the Intelligencer — able defender
of the cause he has espoused? By no
means, his cheerful face, his ready Wit,
his coUrtesy, and his pleasing manners
will long be remembered. Success to
him always!
I should like to mention a pleasant
reunion at the house of Dr. Wilfis" West
moreland, where the beauty and geni
us of Atlanta were well represented’—
where we of the quill met and chatted
pleasantly, and were delightfully enter
tained by our gentlemanly host, and
his accomplished and lovely wife. As
Mrs. W., with her sweet spirituale face,
and dark intellectual eyes', wields
a roaJy and graceful pen, and is riot
unknown to the literary world, she
will forgive me for introducing' Her
name in rny little sketch of sunny mem
ories.
I would love • to paint you fancied
pictures of the dear family with whom’
I remained, but must not lift the cur
tain of domestic privacy, lest saucy
Mollie should give me a tweak of the
ear when I again visit her. Dear stran
ger friends 1 the blessings of the sor-
flyy: Q_Lui—-
true-hearted woman would love to give
him a cordial shake of the hand for wri
ting it.
But you tire of my gossip; and can
not fancy how sweet it is to recall the
few weeks spent with those who did
all in their power to draw me from sad
thoughts. While my heart beats it will
turn in gratitude and love to Atlanta;
The Man fot* the People, ,
We are and ever have been opposed
to lumbering our columns with long
winded notices of quacks and quack
nostrums, but when we see incontesta
ble facts of the scentific skill and med
ical proficiency of one in our midst, we
deem it a paramount duty which we
owe to suffering humanity, to sound his'
praises far and Avide. Such a one is
Dr. Baakee, (if 74 Lexington street, Bal
and next to my own city by the river, j tint ore, and language itself is inade
quate to find words to speak one half
of what lie has accomplished; the hope
less have been cheered, the lingering
invalid who, for years has pined under
the excruciating torments of his dis
ease, has by the wonderful skill of the
Doctor been permanently cured, while
all the ills Avhich afflict humanity find
in his treatment a power mightier than
their own; In all diseases of the eye
and ear, past or present time has never
produced an equal, and until the spirit
of progress shall give birth to a greater,
the Dr. shall occupy the highest pinna
cle on the hill of science. In his care
ful search after knowledge in the hid-
| den mysterious caves of medical sci-
: euce, he lias, with the aid of the torch
! of investigation, made the discovery of
| a new fluid that Avill restore permanent
there is no place on earth I would
sooner call the home of my adoption.
They fade away—the faces of brave
men; and fair, and lovely woman! The
last goofi-bye is said—handkerchiefs
are waving in the air—kisses are waf
ted—-the engine gives a shrill Whistle;
and the iron steed bears me to this
place of quiet shady groves—beautiful
Oxford! Here I meet those whom I
knetv in childhood—“those whom 1 love
with a sisters heart.” Here we smile
or weep as we recall the friend’s who
‘•Have been scattered
Like roses in bloom;
Some at the bridal,
And some al the tomb
first Monday in October.
Mr. Potter.
This gentleman, an independent can
didate for Congress in this District,
made a speech in Lumpkin on last Mon
day in defence of his political position.
He avowed himself in favor of seces
sion, said nothing, or but little, upon
the African Slave Trade, read himself
out of the Democratic party, and pitched
into Mr. Crawford generally. He was
cheered by the Know Nothings, and
we think that sane Democrats saw from
this that it was only another Opposition
trick. If Mr. Potter gets any votes in
Stewart he will get them from the Op
position party. We heard on last Sat
urday that Mr- Potter had declined in
favor of Mr. Douglass. He denied this,
however, on Monday, and said that he
was opposed to all parties, and judging
from the signs of the times, we can
safely say that all parties are opposed
to him.
communicated.
My Visit to Atlanta, &e.
Oxford, Ga.
Dear Palladium:—I have but lately
left the city of railroads—lively, busy
bustling Atlanta, left it with heartfelt re
gret; for I found there kind friends,
aud true. I went there (comparative
ly speaking,) a stranger but left as
the child leaves the home which has
sheltered it in childhood.
Shall I tell you of my lonely ride on
the cars—how I sat muffled up in veils
seeking’ quk‘t r y^nT l, vvas aroused by the
friendly but rough voice of a huge
mountain of flesh (a fellow passenger
brim-full of sociability 1 ') with the queer
querry, “Whar do you live - when you
are at home?” I felt a little indignant,
but my- ruffled plumes were soothed
when he addressed the same remark to
every one within sound of bis lungs.
“At home!” I. thought of the deser
ted mansion—the closed shutters—the
aching hearts left behind—the prayers
breathed for the Avanderer’s speedy re
turn to health, and tears would come.
So you see that the heart fountains may
be stirred by even a carelessly spoken
ungrammatical sentence.
After a tedious ride, I reached At
lanta. It is a great place, famous for
everything. The beauty, intelligence,
and hospitably of its ladies, the cour
tesy, and chivalrous gallantry of its
gentlemen, I have never seen equalled,
riot even in my own beloved city, which
I would fain call “the golden spot of the
world.” The deadly Uupas tree of form
ality has not corroded the growth of
the' social qualities, and long nafey At
lanta exist as it does now, the liveliest,
loveliest, as it is the most energetic,,
Oxford is very quiet uoav,
are .coming in
! vision to the eye and produce a perfect
but the ■ obsorption of tliecataract without the
nd ■ u 7 Pi 4 ie llama nip
is i>rogi*n5sW^^^8Syinid"Tarb
treatment of ai. _rant> age is fast
repeopled, and echo the sounds oi j disappearing 1 —n C w light has dawed
youth’s joyful laughter. With Dr. j upon the world—the sun of science is'
Thomas, at home so esteemed; so res- emerging from the sombre clouds of
soon the groves of old Enforv Avill be
qy-wqf
ness comforted, shall follow you wherc-
cvcr your life’s paths may lead.
A crowd of visitors Avas drawn to
Atlanta from a distance by the politi
cal mass meeting, and the Maspnic cel
ebration; but I imagine that the piti
less rain spoiled that display which the
military would otherwise have made.
I attended the party on the 11th.—
Such a jam! shall 1 ever see its.like
again ? But all things passed off in
nice style—the regalia and the uni
forms of course Avon my admiration.
The Gate City guards avIio Avere out in
full force, looked every inch the soldier;
and no doubt slaughtered the hearts of
the fair ones wno were assembled there.
This is a handsome little company, and
haA’e a gallant captain for commander.
May each and all achieve victories of
life !
I wonder if the three literary gentle
men Avho called to see me in a dray, to
prove that they had that moral courage
of which I write so often, would like to
see their names in print; but I spare
their blushes, and pass on. They did
honor to the vehicle any how; and de
monstrated their regard for the useful
as Avell as the beautiful May they
never ride in a less comfortable convey
ance, or meet Avith more jolts on the
road to renown. •
Dear, dear ! so many pleasing re
membrances cluster in my heart that 1
cannot give them all utterance, and
came near forgetting to mention that
an omnibus made its debut in the
city
./‘Of spirits high and glowing,”
wdiile I tarried there. When it came
rushing up the street with its warning
light in front, a merry girl at my side
laughing declared it Avas “the elephant.”
All honor to the man Avho sent it, for
Atlanta needed but one thing to make
it almost perfection, and that was—a
bus! But I hadgather speak of persons
than things; and although near the end
of the page must say a feW words of
J. S. Slaughter avcII ’known as the au
thor of “Madaline.” While looking at
his pleasant good-humored face, and
listening to his easy flowing words, I
wondered that he could even be so
cruel as to slaughter the creatures of
his brain. Will he not finish his
thrilling novellette, and let us know the
after fate of the hapless “Alice?” Mr.
S. has fine talent, and brilliant conver
sational powers. We will ever remem
ber the pleasant hour spent in his soci
ety.
Will La Josse the modest and unas
suming crontributor of the Weekly,
blush if we pay him a passing com
pliment? We hope not. His last article,
“My First Victory,” was aii’ Honor to
his heart as well as brain; and every
pected abroad, at the head of the insti
tution, here Emory Cannot fail to retain
its popularity.
On Sabbath last I had the rare pleas
ure of listening to a sermon from the
gifted lips of Dr. Means. Ah! surely
nature while creating him, caught the
spirit of eloquence—held it fast—em
bodied it—sent it on earth—and called
it Dr. Means. There are but few such
men in this Avorld. Long may he live
to lift up hi.s magic A-oice, our souls
fro hi the sordid cares of earth, and
spread salvation far and wide.
But this too long letter must close.
As I am still “a bird of passage” hav
ing no’ fiAed aim, and onlv a restless
desire for change, you may hear from
mb' again, ere I fold rny wings and set
tle down in the home which seems home
no longer to ini’ since
“The graveyard baa an added stone.
But I will not think of this, for does
not the next line bring a sweet conso
lation?
“Arid Heaven one angel more!”
Sainted one! may the heart thy death
has wrung, soon cease its beatings, and
the soul thou hast left desolate, rejoin
thee
“Where the weary are at rest.”
My sincercst thanks to those dear ones
who have lain the SAveet tributes of
prose, and the flower-garlands of poe
sy as offering’s on her grave,—my love
Rena.
medical bigotry, and the people are com-'
mencing to fall in the ranks of progres
sion. It is this feeling that actuates'
Dr. Baakee, that gi\ r es him the justly
earned title of “the man for the people,”
and which has covered his brow with
the unfading laurels of popularity. Not
only is every disease Avhich is inciden-
dental to the eye and ear perfectly and
permanently eradicated without the use
of surgical instruments, but also all
cancers, fistula, hip diseases, wens, old
sores or ulcers, and tumors of every de
scription, are treated with unbounded
success without the necessity of calling
in practice the knife and needle. This
is no vain assertion—no paid neAvspa-
per puff—no slavish flattery—but plain,
unvarnished facts. The incredulous
may have all their doubts dispelled by
a visit to the Dr.’s rooms, for no one-
can gaze upon the testimonials there
to be witnessed and not come away ful
ly satisfied; that whatever avc may say
it aa ill not do justice to the astounding
cures which he effects daily. During
Dr. Baakee’s stay in our midst he has
been kept steadily busy in curing the
ailments to which mankind are subject,
and in the short space of nineteen
months he has successfully treated, by
personal supervision and correspond
ence, over twenty thousand cases in
this city and Washington, Truly, this
is a triumph. False assertions may be
crushed in the crucible of truth, and
their broken and disordered fragments
rise up to shame the originators of the
imposture, slight undertakings swelled
into magnificent proportions by the aid
of hired flatterers, may sink to their
proper insignificance when the test of
science is applied, but the facts, start-
linxy thoPe’IV h<> ivhifih
the Doctor presents, are not to be
August mh, 1859.
kept from view by malicious represen
tations, but standing upon their own
merits, protected by over twenty years
of experience, they shall OA*ercome every
obstacle, surmount every difficulty, and
in the end triumph at last OA’er the
monster prejudice. Though some of*
the medical faculty—old 'fogies—still
keep to the knife and such like painful
instruments—though they cry “not the
time,” “not the time for progress,” yet
in the Doctor’s estimation, “time and
times” are only formidable to the A\*cak
and faint-hearted the strong make
them their ministers and slaves, and he
has, therefore, by carrying his theory
into practice Avon for himself an imper
ishable name. To the Aveak and Aveary
invalid we say “go”—to those who suf
fer a thousand deaths in the terrible tor-'
tures of Cancers, and all kindred diseas
es, avc say, “delay no longer;” a physi
cian is near to heal you; a Samaritan
is close by to pour o 1 upon your wounds,
and the skill and scientific proficiency
of a true disciple of medicine are at
your command. We feel that avc have
accomplished our duty—our task is
done—the means of cure are shown to
all—the brazen serpent is raised—the
healer is nigh—is willing, is able—and
it rests but with the victims of disease
themselves to obtain a permanent cure,
and to shout aloud in the fulness of
their joy, “God bless Doctor Baakee.”
(Batimore Paper.
died!
“Thou hast all seasons for thine own, 0 Death!”
Died in Webster county on the 19th inst., I ver
son, the only son of S. J. and Mrs. Caroline Har
rell, aged four years, three months and sixteen days.
God rest thee, my dear little Iverson. Thou
wert loA T ely in life; in death thou wilt be happy
forever. ' ' D. B. H
Columbus papers please copy.
TMOSTU
S OMETIME about the first of August, between
my r<?pidnfw„ and Joel Albritton’s a small
black Port Monte, containing about four dollars in
change bills and silver, and one note on J. J.'
Dowd, made payable to Jno. Williford on the 25th
of December last for one hundred and fifty-three
dollars, two notes on Richard Slaton, one for forty
[communicated.]
Byhalia, Miss., Aug. 16, 1859.
Dr. J. G. C.B.—Dear Sir:—After a-fa.
tigueing travel of six'days, A\ T e reached
this place (Mr. Robt, llaiford’s) all avcIi
and no mishaps, save a small loss of
time in Georgia Avaiting the arrival of
our baggage, Avhich Avas left behind at
Barncsville. The corn crop in this por
tion of the State and lower part of Ten
nessee is poor, owing to a long drought.
The cotton crop is very fine; the weed
is small—much smaller than I expected
to find on such rich land owing doubtless
to the drought, but it is very full, and
I think Avill make a very full crop.
There is some rust in several localities,
which may spread and cut the crop
short yet; but without some cause to
shorten it, I am confident the crop Avill
be a large one. This trip on the rail'
road has suggested several thing's to
my mind, that would prove beneficial
to the traveling public and all mankind.
The first is, I would very respectfully
suggest to the ladies to leave their
hoops off Avhen traveling by railroad.
The second, I urg'e upon our members
to the flext Legislature to have an act
passed, to oompell every baggage mas
ter in Georgia, to wear a ring in his
nose, every conductor to have his ears
pinned back so that the passengers may
know who is one and \vlio the other.
Dont you think the idea a good one?
I discover a \ r ast difference between
the ladies of Georgia and those of Mis
sissippi and Tennessee, entering the
cars and seating themselves, the for
mer trips along the aisle dragging hoops .
| and the other for thirty-five dollars, due December
&C., over the top of every seat arid poun- j last, and several other notes and papers not now
ces down and looks around as wild as ! remembered. _ I will be thankful for any informa-
a frightened pigeon. The latter walks
along very carefully and dignified and
when she comes to a seat, she turns
around and backs into it and sits down
as composedly as though she Avas mis
tress of the whole concern.
The mountain scenry on the Nash
ville and Chattanooga railroad fully
paid me for all the expense and fatigue
of travel, and I feel now if I was only
safe back to Chattanooga I would not
travel over the railroad for the price of
the whole country around, but Ave have
to go over it in a feAv days, then I am
sure I cannot venture over such aAvful
heights and depths again.
Yours, as ever, &c., Traveler.
The delegation to Congress from Ten
nessee stands seven Opposition and
three Democrats; Kentucky, four Op
position, five Democrats, and one tie ;
North Carolina/four Opposition and four
Democata.
tion concerning them, and forwarn all persons
from trading for said notes. A. B. BROWN.
Aug. 25, 1859—It
LAND FOR SALE
IN STEWART COUNTY, GEORGIA.
O UR residence Avith 157 acres of land attached,
located on the stage road, 23 miles south of
Columbus aud 11 north of Lumpkin, in Stewart
county, Ga. The dwellings are comparatively,
new; built after the cottage style, large ahdVoomy;
and the premises as handsomely improved as any
in the county, with orchards of the best selection
of peach, plumb, aud grape. To an experienced
Physician, wanting a pleasant and desirable stand
in the country, a place combining more advanta
ges cannot be easily found, and is especially rec
ommended, being convenient to schools, churches,
and mills, and in an excellent neighborhood; or
to any person wishing to open a boarding school
abetter location is hard to find in the country.'
The buildings are conveniently arranged aud well
adapted for such a purpose. There are about 60
acres in a state of cultivation, and more land can
be obtained adjoining if desired. We also have a
lot of land sufficiently near to cultivate both pla
ces, with bet ween 75 and 100 acres of open land—,
all fresh, under an excellent fence, and Avith all
necessary buildings for a small farmer, Avhich Ave.
will sell with the place if desired, or separately;
and negro property taken in exchange for the
whole, if preferred. For further particulars ad
dress us at Hannahatchie, or call on ns ,on the
premises and see tor yourself.
Aug IS 18jS-2ui G N & A PHtfMPS