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Jlri. stowc-EdittbnrBli Ban*
quct—Slavery.
Our papers from Scotland are largely
occupied with the honors done to Mrs.
Stowe. The Edinburgh Witness of the
$3d pit., contains a i eport extending
through several of its large, closely print'
M c. damns, of a Banquet given her kjjBd-
inburgh, on 20th ulr. Tickets hadm-en
in dumnfffl for some days before, and the
great hall where the banquet was held,
was filledian hour before the commence
ment of the proceedings. The most re-
markable teature about, the occasion'
was, thpt. QVerthe platform were sus-
apended a number of (tags, amongst
which was the American flag mutilated,
“displaying V jrhe stars, but not the
stripes,” and tlmt Mrs. Stowe and her
Suit were willing to ait under the dis
honored, mutilated flag of their country,
- receiving the incense of flattery at the
expense of the honor of the land which
gave them birth. We had before sup
posed that no American abroad, howev
er low the flajne of his patriotism might
have binned when at home, could ever
r'.see the flag of hia country unfurled with
out a glow of national pride and patriot
ism. The sight of that flag,', whether
r&n up the mast-head in mid ocean, or
floating lazily amongst the shipping of a
foreign port, or hung out from the Uni
ted States Consulate in some strange
old city, or wherever else abroad, has
seldom failed to touch tender cords in
, an American bosom. For once we have
an exception. .Here are a trio of
Americans seated under the mutila
ted ensign of their country, in a foreign
land, ih the warm embrace of tho very
parties who had effected its profana
tion. No remoustranee is heard from
thorn; not one word of lofty patriot
ism escapes their lips. Bewitched by
the recompense they are receiving fur
having held up their country to odium
in every land where its name is known,
through a fiction which presents in ex-
ngerated colors its worst features, they
drink up the nectar of-flattery poured-
ciut for them, and are content to witness
their nation’s dishonor. Whenever they
■ speak of their, country it is in apolo
getic terms. They act as if they felt
they had been enught in had company
in being citizens of the United States,
and that they, .must make the best ex-
cuso possible.* They speak as so many
martyrs/wh'o had undergone they knew
not what, to remove a great national evil,
and now need the encouragement abroad
which they cannot find at home. W©
are glacl to see,dflowever, that whilst
Mrs. Stowe and her party are content
to hold up our sins for denunciation,
there are persons; even in Scotland, who
3 Q£m|ktt$rilogether forget that those who
. are there throwing, stones at us with
■ alien good will, arc not altoge:hcr with-
1 without sin themselves. They are con
strained to admit, that even though
there is a beam in our eye, there is at
least a ipote in their own ; and some of
the public journals have the honesty to
say that they hope that the author of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin will bring to light-
the wretchedness which is neater home
to them, than are the plantations of our
Southern States.
Dr. Guthrie, who, judging from the
report, made by far the most eloquent
and effective speech at this banquet,
seema to have been conscious that there
might lie room for our retorting upon
tbom, " Physician, heal thyself.” He
alludes to the retoit made in the letter
of thelAmerican ladies in reply to that,
from Stafford House, and here is the
■best excuse he can make for himself and
his countrymen.
“ I have no hesitation in saying of the
letter which appeared in the newspapers
professing to come from American la
dies—-whether it did so or not, they best
know who wrote it—in answer to thaf
most noble, and gentle, and most Chris
tian address which wont from Stafford
House, that it was only a bad heart or a
very wrong head that could have con
founded the guilt of Our defects with the
deep-stained sin of American slavery.
I do -not deny that there are defects in
oqr country; but what I'say is this; that
they are incidental very much to an old
country like our own. Dr. Simplon
petuate the evils of slavery; but we are
compelled to say that we have never
seen or heard of such things amid South
ern slaves, as we have ourselves both
heard of and seen in Great Britain. In ready there; others are to go and what
that very city of Edinburgh, we looked
from our hotel windows, the first mom.
ing we ever gazed into its streets, upon
a'closter of wan. half-starred wretches,
begging for bread. In the beautifnl
Emerald Isle we were pointed to multi
tudes, who, as we were assured on the
best authority, never enjoyed the luxury
of a morsel of meat fur months at a time.
Who ever heard of a Southern slave beg
ging for bread ? Who ever heard, ex
cept in the rarest instances, of their
wanting for meat from once to tin ice a
day? In what portion of the South are
slaves compelled to Work sixteen hours
out of twenty-four! Slaves are .held in
involvntary bondage, tp he sute, but the
ennduion of that bondage is .such, that
the wretched poverty-stricken thou
sands of Britain would call it paradise,
if a lot so easy and so well provided for
could be made their own It is vain
too, to say that British law has no part
in oppressing these wretched sons and
daughters of want. British law estab
lishes privileged classes; British law
entails property ; British law lays heavy
taxes; British law upholds the expen
sive bauble of a mouarchy, and British
law is responsible for the results which
such n system necessarily induces as re
gards the lower stratum on which this
great fabric rests. The voice of the op-
back to Africa, bearing with him the
priceless treasure of the gospel—a com
pensation ample for all their hardships ;
more of them are going to join those al
is to be the final result, will be known
perhaps in that day when Ethiopia shall
stretch forth her hands unto God. In
all this process of elevating in the mass
a whole people from barbarism, whose
hands have plied the lever but those of
Southern men! Who have had the re
sponsibility,care, vexation. expense, even
to the impoverishment of their lands and
their families, but the people of the
Sooth ? We believe that God tu his prov
idence is working out a mighty wonder
for Africa's sons, both in their own and
in this land, through what for the time
seems an evil, an that the final devel
opment will be full yf joy and gladness;
and the results will then be traced to their
right sources, when Uncle Tom’s Cabin
shall have crumbled tothednst, and Mrs.
Stowe's name, her silver Balver, and her
British banquets, are remembered no
more. .
pressed poor, crushed to the dust u.ulir I . n f ee ‘ I ; ,be mea *"f a,rcaH J *«•«?
such a superahundent si ructii re, has Just
as little hope of being heard.and is just
as powerless to remove it, as is the voice
of the Southern slave in securing relief
from his condition.
It is curinus to see how Dr. Guthrie
fends off, when tho thought of Britain’s
own sins is suggested: “ i do not deny,”
says ho. “that there arc defects in,our
knows very well, aril'so does every med
ical man,, that when a man gets old he
gets infirm,hisblood-vesselsuet ossified,
I shall not enter into
un~ „„ _
that part of the
of an old cot
at is true
is true of old jnen,
en too. I am „yery
say of this young na-
crica, that their twitting us
fects might just be met with
which a worthy minister of
hurctr of Scotland 'gave to his sou,
was so dissatisfied .with the defects
ft
i i tho eld Church, that he was deterrain-
so to go^ over Ggrjbunger communion
— J Ah,,Sandy, Sandy, man, when your
4P|»ieeka:«a lang aagkrs. U wftl may-
be need sweeping too.’.^ow, 1 do not
deny that we neqjj sweeping; every-
ly -knows J baVh beeo*?singing ot®
t sweeping for the lest five years,
to tell my good friends in ISdin-
and in the country, that the soon-
ousweep tho better; else the dum
my catch fire, and reduce your no-
brif to ashes. They told us in
or about tho poor neodle-women.
(1 to work sixteen hours n day
uo.’tiapity,and pity ’tis ’tis true,’
But does the law compel them to w
sixteen hours a dayf I would like to
true,'
-to work
sixteen hours a day? I would like to
iask tho writer of this lett.er, are they
bound down to their garrets and cellar*
>3*
7'%B
I . , garrets and cellars
£f|| for sixteen hours a tlay ? May thev not
go where they like, and seek better wa
il 1 gos and better work? Can the slave do
that?” I
We have no hesitation in saying that
there is a law in Britain as stern and
invincible as any which ever was enact
ed by the Lei.-lature of a .Southern
State, which compels the poor needle
women to labor sixteen hours - a day—-
the London Times and the Edinburgh
11 itness themselves being tho witnesses.
a he needle-women “can go where thev j horn
like and seek bet n wages”—yes, they j hav"
country; but what I say is this, that
they are very much incidental to an old
country like our own.” But the long
experience and large resources of an old
country should enable it to throw off
mere incidental defects; and an o]d
countiy has no right to denounce a
youthful one for not overcoming incom
parably greater difficulties than any
which have lain in the path of ihe older
ones. The existence of slavery in the
United States is by no means an “in
cidental” thing. It exists here this day
because of the deliberate intention, per
sisted tr, in despite of all remonstrance
from the earlier settlers on this soil,
by the Briiish people, who themselves
brought the cnplured ones of Africa to
our shores, and mado merchandize of
them for gain. Slavery was planted
here by British hands, when what is
now a cluster of free and independent
Republican Stales was but a tender
plant; it has been over since to us as
the parasite to the tree to which it cling9.
It has grown with our growth. It has
wound itself around the tree-trunk, and
covered ihe limbs and branches, until
the great question of questions, which
no one as yet Bcems able to solve, is,
how to separate the parasite from the
tree without destroying either one or
the other, or both.- To make denuncia
tory speeches al banquets, or give pen
ny offerings, or sing paeans to novel
WrifAN.nr f<» 14 crlrtW»/»»•** i ntn Ilf 1*0
writers,or to “glower” into Mrs.Stowo’s
carriage, are all much easier thau to
solve this question?
After all, too, what has Mrs. Stowe
done that she should so suddenly lie
turned into a Diana of the Ephesians?
Has she ever emancipated a slave ?—
Has she ever contributed a solitary hun
dred dollars out of the many^ thousands
which have beon poured into her pock-
elB, to help some son of bondage to pur
chase bis freedom? Has the book,,
which has given her so wide a fame, led
to any measures which will, in any way,
meliorate the condition of the slaves;
or is it probable that such will be the
result? She has drawn many tears fro nr)
sentimental young ladies; she has set
staid, quiet men to uttering such ex age r-
ations against the South that their fami
lies have wondered what was the matter
wiib them j^slio has led excellent old
ladies, wh£» liad been wont to call the
very name "hovel” -with pious horror,
to read !nir novel, and laugh and cry
over it" as much as any body; sbe has
had puffing enough from the newspa
pers to have made a small hurricane*
she has lined her pockets with money •
she has gone, on -a trans-Atlantic tour,
frae,:«f expenses; she has been feted'
and feasted by tlirongs of foreigners,
who have^received her as if she were*
almost mote than human, and yet what
has sho dono ? One would think that
she must surely bavo broken all tl ie fet
ters in ClnrJslendon; and yet sho has not
eniancipated a single slave; , she has
only written a successful romance. So
far as tfiiy tangible good is concerned
we have yet to see it. She is neither
a Wilberforce, a Howard, a Mrs. F.y
nor a Miss Dix. Indeed, we have
known ipsny a Southern slave-holder do
uicompafiddy more for the slave, than
Mrs. Stow probably ever will do it she
should live to a .Methuselah’s a°e • and
still theyhave uevefr had thmr tinmes bla
zoned abroad for U. nor hadbitheir pock
ets lined .with money—but contrary wise
emptied—nor received free tickets for
Eurdpean tours, nor been lianquqtted
and piesented with silver salvers —
On the other hand,'their names have
either been .unknown, or, in common
with, the whole class to which they be
long, they have been vilified by the very
lips which are now singing hosannas to
Harriet Beecher Stowe. We think it
would be well for the public to think on
these things a lime—at least when they
[have done fligpug^np their baits ovqr
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
The longer we look at this subject,
tho mote fully we are convinced that
the best friends of the slave arc the
dwellcis in his own South. In that
South are those who received him a poor,
naked savage, fresh from Africa and the
of tl, e middle passage'; they
ollied him, fed him, visited him
have taken charge of his
may cease^to \v<flx sixteen hours a day I iirTiie
lut’Zl,’ a iIberi/u^l“rKrt. S To h m^ hii IJre "l '? . iuf “"7 t - a,kl f ”
-.l,c Sb.m i ,h,c,fe 8: riSr,.^S::3“ 9&aK£&S&t9| jought
bread; the hhertv tr,
bread; the liberty to jive in prostitu
tion and die in an almshouse. The iron
_ declares that these poor
all toil through their miser-
ence, sixteen hours out of the
or—that they shall be shut up
i and garrets, or else meet the
itable penalty, an infamous life and Christianization v ”V’r‘" , ’ u
rle*. horrible death. "’ L ?', lh , a . ra P ,d «y. and to
vo no desire to defend or p'er-
a Savior’s name, and been instru
mental in shedding abroad in
a Savior’s love, and preparing
a crown and a kingdom in „
w iole nation of bis people has grown
up here, :md under the genial influence
«i t ^b«,rn homes, they have been ele-
' bom barbarism to civilization and
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Great Railroad of tbe Age—
tbc Circuit of tbc Globe.
'We are glad to learn that the Govern
ment authorities are exerting themselves
to the utmost, in relation to the survey
of the various railroad routes to the Pa
cific. The subject is one that must con
tinue to engross a large share of the pub
lic attention for a long time to come.-
delayed unnecessarily. We regard such
a highway ns is proposed, as not only of
the utmost importance in a commercial
point of view, but as absolutely essential
to unite ami bind ihe Union more close
ly together. The wonder indeed, is con
sidering the distance between the Atlan
tic and Pacific, and the ambitious and
adventurous spirits who haro pitched
Tbe Weather and tbe Crops
In Albany.—The Greeiiaboro’ Bea
con of the 20th inst. says: The spring
in this soction has been in several re
spects' an unfavorable one. March, for
instance was unseasonably cold, and re
markable .for tbe quantity of rain that
fell during tbe month. April, too, es
pecially tbe early part of it, was quite
cool, with very litttlc rain. In fact we
have not had'aiiytlting like a gout} sea
son since nboul the last of .March. As a
natural consequence the small grain
crops have not been doing well, and we
presume will prove quite short. Colton,
we‘ 'understand, is generally, though we
.hitard of several exceptions; looking well
though much of that which waB plant
ed late came up badly. Corn, we also
learn, looks well, considering the little
rain it lias had. . Gardens generally are
doing very badly. But few potato draws
have as yet been art out.
The Morengo \Yhig of the 18th inst.
says:—The crops! In this section are
more promising tl®n otherwise, notwith
standing the cool mornings and dryness
of the spring so for. Several farmers
have informed ujs that the prospect for
a good crop, if u^t abundant, is cheering.
At this writing tlie looks of the sky beto
kens a fall of r^in.
The Carrohqb Republican, published
in Pickens comity says ;—The season is
about a month behind throughout this re
gion. The crops are too’youngto indicate
much as yet. (Small grain is not very
promising, especially wheat. Tho last
named cannot be an average crop we are
Sony to be informed. There is a plen
ty of time, yet for cotton and corn, if we
are favored with a modicum of rain.
In Mississippi.—The Granada Republi
can of the 14th inst., Bays:—We have a
continuation of very unfavorable weath
er, especially for cotton. The planters
their tents upon the waters of tho latter, i 1 co [”pl t, * , iing of colif, lice, sore shin,
■ ■ . 1 i . a (XC. onttip wn mnm hnvix ti?•«( nl nn <
that there has been no movement hereto
fore, looking to an independent organi
zation, and chiefly because of the want
of an overland route. It should be re-
membeied, moreover, ihat distanceis not
calculated to strengthen the ties of affec
tion, especially with n New World, so
to speak, spread out before tlie eyes of
the excited and the enthusiastic,and with
an iuterventing space of thousands of
miles between the early homes of lioy-
huod, and the chosen abodes of raaturer
years. It is this view of the subject that
deepens the interest which attaches to
the proposed iron highway—an interest
that must increase from year to year, un
til ihe full and final completion of the
great and laudable work.
Mr. Kennedy, in an admirable Report,
submitted to Congress, just before the
close of the last session, stated some
views that deserve to be repeated in this
connexion. He says that no scientific
survey of any route west of the froutier
of Missouri has yet been made, and it is
no probable that any can be found, that
will bring the line of travel between the
Mississippi, and the ocean, within tlie
limit of sixteen hundred miles. Tbe
cost bo estimates at $72,000,000—a large
sum, it is true, but nothing in compari
son with the magnitude and advantages
of tlie enterprise. Thorough surveys of
all the leading routes are now in pro
gress, anil the results will he submitted
to the next Congress. If this road were
completed, and the route continued west-
waid by steamship to Calcutta, it would,
according to Mr. Kennedy, - reduce the
lima lequired fur the ciicuit of Uie globe
by the American overland route, to 93
days, as follows;—
From San Francisco,
San Fraucisco to Hong Kong
Houg-Kong to Calcutta,
Calcutta to Bombay,
Bombay to England,
Loudon to New York,
&c. Soibe wo learn, have had ,to plant
over a pWrtion of their crops.’ In fact
it is now,certain that nothing hut the
most prqpitinus seansons and a late fall
can make^a full crop.
The Cassville Standard of the 26th,
says :—In regard to crops in our county,
and in thik section generally, we think
they are rather promising than other
wise. Uje wheat was never, perhaps,
better, anfl but seldom as good. We
note a few instances where the worm
has destroyed more than one stand of
corn; and alsohisappearenceis noticed
to a limited extent on the eolton. We
have visrtaff recently, most of the coun
ties in Upper Georgia, and the prospect
for a good wheat crop is very flattering.
No disease has as yet effected the crop,
and it is now so nearly ripe that it is
considered out of danger—so we look
with certaiuty to an abundant harvest.
4 days.
25 «
6 •*
13“
35“
10“
vi- . 93 days.
We repeat, the liveliest interest will
I»e felt for the Reportsof tin.- various sur-
veying commissions, ami t hen for the ac
tion of Congress.
Daring attempt to Harder a
Citizen.
Our usnally qnie^py M . as thmwu ^
a high state of excileinct
on Saturday
night last, by tho attempt of a negro to
kill one of our citizens. It anneai-K
that Mr. Nathan Hawkins had sein pro-
per to correct the wife of his n-grpLm
lobe, which act so enraged the negro
as to cause him to attack Mr. Hawkins
which lie did with a knife, inflicting sev!
eral wounds, one upon the neck the
most dangerous, extending quite across
A Martyr Heroine.—It is stated in
the New York Times that a report has
thn nprlt-Ti.it ;= 9 ij ust reached the Hungarians in that city,
through, variola, private ha* of £
neither artery nor windpipe. Mtl. Haw*
kins and her sister Mrs. Hailey, were also
wounded, the latter severely. Ifjs the
opinion that the ladies were injured in
their efforts to protect Mr. Hawkins, tho
object of the negro, a S we learn he ad
mits, being only to kill Mr. H., which
he certainly would have done, hod not
one of his negroes, a boy named Henrv
assisted iij disabling him.
Mr. Hawkins had been'stek, and was
unable to make such resistance as he
would have done had he been possessed
of bis usual strength.
This daring act should be met by con-
d.gn punishment. An example should
be made of the assassin. The boy is
lodged in Jail, where, we trust bo will
remain, to answer before the proper tri
bunal fortius high handed outrage
• Mr. Hawkins it i 8 fought, will recover
from his wounds. Mrs. Bailey suffers a
good deal fount one of her wounds, but
we trust no seriousunjury will result to
ion.
her.—j
... -tr- —
Tl.o rt™?? 3 I°A Ra,I , jUO a d Accident.—
an extent to which history shows no
parallel; a part of his people have gone,
various laws have been enacted by the
Legislat ure of New York and Connec.i-
fikPtW ng »‘ 0 | PeCU,,iary P ena, ‘ 5esincase s
lirik qu Ul l‘. rece,ltl y occurred at Nor-
walk. rlho limes adds that under the
New York and Now.Haven Company,
for those who were killed at Norlalk!
(provided tney are liable at all,) would
qmount to.$255.000 and tho damans for
injuries to persons and destruction of
property to $50,000 or $60,000 more —
Under the statutes of Connecticut, ihe
damages for the. dead might run un to
$400 000 or 8500,000. We are hZm-
d that one suit has already been com-
lenced by the surviving relatives of an
eminent desceased physician for $25 -
000, and another by tlie friends of one of
the deceased Boston passengers for
$100,000. Such being the State of the
case, it is evident that no further legisla
tion is necessary so far as the money
remedy is concer ^
The Washington Gazette of the 26lb,
has the following;—The drought and
cool weather still continue, much to the
prejudice of tho growiug crop. Crops
are exceedingly backward in this sec
tion of-the slate. Wheat, however,
looks promising, but Oats are snSeriug
severely. Few, if any of our farmers
have a good stand of corn, and the baked
clods prevents the cotton from making
its way through. Our gardens ece liter
ally burned up.
The Tliomasville Watchman of the
24th,has the following:—The long and
ciiuiimfididtnogbt in many portiousUof
the couritry, threatens to blast the hopes
of planters. Immediately in the vicini
ty, crops ar© not suffering altogether so
much as they are east of this. In some
portion^, of Lowndes, we understand
they have had no raiti for two months.—
We had a fine raiu yesterday.
Our exchanges contain gloomy ac
counts eft he piospects of planters, not
only in pur own State but in many of
the western States also. The season is
now far advanced, and yet mauy formers
have not worked out their corn, and in
«ut)o places cotton has not yet come up,
there having been no rain since it was
planted.
Banner,
Thnrsday,::::: June 2, 1853.
AGENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
E.M.Cvrr & V.B. Palmer, Philadelphia
William Thompson. Baltimore.
..oseph Mason and V. B. Palmer, _;... New York,
M. Johnson, (Attorney at Law,) ..... Gainesville.
Union, Harmony, Self-denial, Con.
cession,—Everything for the
Canse, Nothing for Men!
W E are authorized to announce the name of
Hon. JAMES JACKSON, of Wat-
ton. as candidate for re-election to the Beach of
the Western Circuit Court of Georgia.
W E are authorized to announce the name of
Hon. JUNIUS HILL YE R. as
candidate for re-election to the next Congress, to
rvpreseut the sixth Congressional District.
W E nre authorized to annonnre the name of
Gen. W. B. WOFFORD, of
nanerstiam, as candidate to represent the Sixth
Congressional District in the uext Congies*.
A CARD. . *...
The undersigned takes this method of saying
to the people of the Westo.’m Circuit that he will
be a candidate for re-election to tbe office of
Judge ot that Circuit. Haviug heard of no op
posing candidate far the office, and having re
ceived from many friends the gratifying assur
ance that be has given general satisfaction to the
people, he deems it unnecessary to await any
public action on tueir part.
A contemplated aboeuce from the Slate for
some weeks, aad the uncertainty of wliat may
arise iu the meantime, renders this public state
ment necessary. JAMES JACKSON.
AN APOLOGY.
We owe some of our Hall and Habersham
friends an apology for not sending their papers.
Their names were accidentally overlooked in
in copying the subscription list of the former
proprietor upon our mail book. We regret ex
ceedingly that this should have occurred, and
would send the lost numbers, but we linve uoue
on hand. They will be sent regularly in the fu
ture, as we have carefully compared the two
tists, and have all the names dowu.
THE CONCERT.
The Concert of Messrs. Math, Mati-.r and
WuiTAKsn.ou Monday evening last, was attended
by a large and select audience, comprising the
beauty and intelligence of Athens. The mnsic
was charmiug—t-ach artiste acquiring himself
with great credit. We are requested to return
tbe thanks of the above geutleman to Mr. A. K.
Childs, lor tbe loan of the .superb piano used
on tbe occasion.
, £5T We return our thanks to Hon. J. W.
Jackson, for an Abstract of the Seventh Census,
comprising much statistical information, some
of which we will give our readers in a future
! number.
Extract of a private letter aated.
Moblt’s Pond. P. O., Scriven'co.,
Ga n May 20, 1853.—Wo are suffering
here front a protracted dronth, and un
less we have rain shortly 1 think the
ieropYoWW be materially shortened about
here. Mornings quite oool. Fire was.
quite comfortable tiiis morning. Yours
respectfully.
event, outreaching all yet known of Aus
trian cold-blooded, judicial tyranny. Du
ring the Spring of 1851, two years after
the revolution, apd iu the midst of the
quite o^slavery, all Hungary was arous
ed by the news, that a young aud distin
guished lady had been suddenly arrested,
the Countess Blanca Peleki. She waa
high-born, of one of the oldest families
ofHutigary—a family beloved for its
many deeds of heroic patriotism. She
had beep owner of large estates—but,
though of ihe arristocratic order, none
loved her better than the peaskntry.
They aH. kqew her as the friend of the
poor. ,-Aud in many, rural district^, tho
Sunday Schools and Schools for the
lower classes owe their origin entirely to
the sclfsatgrificing labors of this lady.
Suspician had never breathed upon her
name. Sbe loved Hungary; and she
was a Woman of heroic spirit. These
were supposed to be the reasons of her
arrest. The charge against her was. that
sbe was in correspondence with Kossuth
and Mazzini. No one, even there, sup
posed foe Government would dare to in
jure her, or hold her long. The news
now, is, that .in these first Spring'days,
tho young Countess Teleki was private-
hj executed in her prison—probably that
of Gros Wardein.
A Daughter Murdered By her
Father.—The Metnpliis Whig reports
a most revolting murder, as having oc
curred at Hernando, Miss. A man
named Robinson, a dissipated andjprofli-
•- - -■=- -** 1 negroofhis daughter's
urcliaser came to tuke
y away, she^ refused to give
L In ’ ”
who,
his p
the negi
father
ing the
up. In a fit of anger her
his gun and fired at her, lodg-
nt«nta in bor body and indict
ing a mental wound. The girl lived in
great bodily pain and suffered until the
next morning, when she was relieved
from her misery by the hand of death.-
The murdering fiend fled
since been heard from,
officere of justice were in t
NEW WORKS.
Th* Old Forxst Banger ; or. Wild Sports
of India, by Major Walter Caufbkll, edited
by Frauk Forester.
We have been favored by tlie enterprising
publishers, Slriuger & Towusend, 222 Broad-
way.N.Y., with a copy of this charming book
of adveuiurca in India, illustrated with six fiue
steel engravings. Upon a perusal or tbe work,
wo cordially endorse what is said of it below:
(he nclminu-
legitimate I'lnic-
they may long
t to themselves, and
oppose and check the
tration. This we
lion of the Whigs, an
live to perform it
profit to the commonw-i
•
The Journal and Mesfnper tells us, that tbe
Whigs, in certain cornin' cncies, •• will do for the
Union Democrats to act v itb again." We do not
see any immediate prospect of encti an'eveut;
but its possibility is mtqt estionable; and we do
not see any reason for the loue of complaint in
which it is jM^gested.'
There exists in both parties, tho division of
moderate and extreme lien; and occasions are
liable to arise, “when u great principle or a
great interest is jeopard id,” which drive mod
erate men to vote, for th > occusion, with tlie op
posite party. In this ftet that they will do so,
consists file safety of rej ahlican institutions
We never expect,’ or e esise, to be so bound to
our party, that we will not oppose them when
we think the interests oi our country require it.
At present we do not think so, and shall labor for
the snpport of tho Demo italic party and of Gen
Pierce’s administration; and are not without
hopes that enough of lb nse formerly Whigs (at
least iu the South) will join ns in that support to
enable the President to ita..d firmly on the high
constitutional ground which he has assumed.'
OUR PO SITION
There senms to be. some misunderstanding
among a few of our friends in regard to the po
sition of the Banuer. We- have been told by
several from the upper counties that the impres
sion was abroad that the object of the purchase of
the paper was to make it a secession joufbil.—
We cauuotconceive hnw any one could have
taken up such an idea. The course of the Bnu-
ner will simply be this: to labor to bring about
a rc-union of the Den ocrntic party 'upon the
basis of tbe Baltimore platform of -1852—the
doctrines advocated by the Union and Southern
Bights wings of the pa ty oot of the question
altogether. As we bavt stated, we were a Union
Democrat, and acted tbi onghont with the Union
party; km the oliject fer which'that party waa
formed being accomplis led. and ns it ii now dis
solved by its own declaration al the lime of its
formation and the adoption of the ‘-Georgia
Platform,’• we canuol see the necessity or policy
of keeping up an agitati jn of the question which
caused a division of the riarty, and are tlierofore
willing to re-unite with our Southern Rights
friends, who agree with us upon all questions of
policy save this folitaiy one. Another reason
for taking this step is, Ui icn Democrats are called
upon to decide wliethei they intend to act with
the national Democratic or Whig party ; we
prefer the former, and shall act wiUi them, os
long as the line of policy adopted by that party
is consistent with our own views. It is true,
there exists a difference of opinion between tbe
Union and Southern Rights wings of the party,
but this difference is insignificant, when compared
to the great work befot e us, and should no jou-
ger be cause of divisioc. , Hi,
Tho Federal Union, in commenting :tg)hn an
attack upon the Banner ly the Macon «$.
Mettenger, uses the foil > wing sensible language:
nnkJ-ilf JrG , J ° Hrn /’ 1 $ Messenger, commenting
,he ! Sruthem Banner, makes a
bmvy charge npon tbe tew editor, by throwing
tuto his teeth the insinuation that principle has
together^ ^' prty "light be brought amicably
troe : tl, «« was a difference of opinion
„ te wents of the Compromise, amouguem-
dillerencBot^p^ ler ’t n ai * ni * t ‘hat tliere is a
?l>mion aheas to the abstract cues-
tion of secession. But ‘id not this difference of
ZZT u'th P, n ‘° ,bs of ">«Compro-
«miniononno. t ° !:, ' an, - U ° f ‘'iffereuce of
far removed q ‘ n0 " ° : n,mnant («»«*«» so
tar removed worn even tho iiossibilitv of an nr-
£a w^, : W< ;^ y> ‘J 5 ? difference o^fu
Uasalwajs existed,and been no hairier in the
steady onward march of Democratic principle^
ibeU^n 8 ^ 081 U “ ,Ve ' sal t,iun 'P h t
in nil <it<’ msy not Democrats who agree
hi al! other resjiecU, sti 1 unite to nut down the
Treasury ^ecn e r CUOht T-.m'l keep the National
J r^nry secure from l leir depleting touch T—
L d n ,l ,U, T al - ,C r rl y ,r ,h ' w Union Imre nmre
to do than to sitdowu a td quarrel about the mer-
viU««r2e e un„ 0 "' , le applicafodj! of which, all
wilt agree upon, when ihe time arrives. There
rnnl-*rt r T° k -* IBt r an,U ,l,e vigilance and
concerted action of tbe Democratic party.”
To
the people of Fvankjfo
Conuty.
Fellow-Citizens Permit n,
citizen of the county, and ?* a
well acquainted with the Watte W| *
geography of the county as anV
in tt.and having a common
you all, to atltlless you upf)n ,j._'
of a division of the county n .s n
by a meeting of a portior.'of t&S
of f the upper or western side V,r P ,*
courM-, held at Wilmnt’s, on the
Tltw is a question which should be St '
coiisulet edand investigated beforoY
any action upon the subject i ** ln *
respectfully ask those of my V el J^
zoos who are nt«mrtgi„ Uda
they have examined a map of the ’ lf
to see if this can be done* so as m 7’
it more convenient, and to ac Cl , m !li
any more of the people of the ^ >!a
than as it now stands. I am De r, ^'
they have not done so, or theyw.J^
from the- shape and geography $ J e
county that it cannot be done M 6
county is rather in the shape of a , h
zium, aud to run a line th,o llch T
cent re, commencing at tho ; ” he
of the North, Middle and
Hudsons prongs of the Broad IT
which is the only way it can be J2
without making it much more j n 2
vement t& a large majority oftu
pie of the county than at ,^resem ^
mng near Ca. nesville to near ihn i, j
of Stephen’s Creek and thentakin ' J
dividing ridge between the Norton, j
Middle river to the Habersham i: 0 d
Will this accomplish the object conteUT
plated? 1;think not. Wnew £ n
House must necessarily fail a h<mt a \
Meaya’. This will throw the pconi-U
the fofk of Middle and Hudson riven
some twenty miles from the Court
House, over, the roughest kind of.
Icountry, also the people of Flintsviiu
district, nearthesamedistance over j|
rough and hilly country, with rivers anl
01-/W.I-.1 1 •« ... **
, - .... poiliqa of Manly's ,
the lower end of th~ r *- - • '*
tVe i.ave received the following letter
from a gentleman of i itelligence, residing in
Franklin county, which we take plensUre in lay-
, ing before our readers. We feel assured that
Those who have read Cummiugs’ great work I “ 1 Uuif ' n Demo(, rats who will ponder the mat-
of “Five Years in the Far Interior of South j te ^ Calm ' y aud candid,/ > w »'l see at once the
Africa,” will thunk us for calliug their atiention | w, *?° ,n . of «tnleriDg freijy and folly into a re-or-
to this volume, which, both in interest and lit i 6 all, zat'un of the party, upon the basis of the
erary execution, is very far supe:ior to that | ®"* t ' ln,>re platform. The attempt to keep up a
widely read, and iu many l espccts highly meii- ( U "' on or gni)iz*lion at this time, is a matter '
torious work. Barely have we beeu*o charmed \ ‘“'Possibility,
as we have been by the reci tal of The Qld For
est Ranger. His exploits iu the juugles—upon
the sandy desert—ou the batiks of the iulaud
streams, where the tiger slakes his thirst, aud
where the crocodile prowls for prey—his od-
veutures amid the bauuts of tbe wildest deni
zens of the wild aud trackless woods—his com.
bats with the fiercest representatives of the
brute world, are all described wi h a freshness
which is delightful, aud a spirit which invests
tbe volume with au irresistable charm.”
For sale in Atheus by J. 8. Peterson.
Clara Morela.nd; or, Advektcrks in thk
FarSooth-wkst, by Emerson Bknmxt. T. B.
Peterson, Philadelphia. '
This is on entertuiniug romance, originally
published in tbe Saturday Courier. Those who
are fondof novel-reading, will find it unexciting
story ot adveutures iulbe South-western frpn-
tier of our country.
A copy will be sent, free of postage, ou the
receipt of 50 cents, by tlie Publisher, T. .B. Pe-
tersou, No. 98 Chesuut st., Philadelphia.
THE WHIG PARTY.
Our contemporaries of the Macon Journal and
Messenger aud the Griffiu Union, are evidently
startled by oar remark, that tbe Whig or Oou-
servative party is a necessary element is tho
working of our political machinery. They call
it au “ admission" aud “ a concession,” aud seem
surprised at it, as coming from a Democrat. We
did not ourselves consider it at all remarka
ble ; the importance of two parties iu a repre.
tentative government seemed so obvious os to be
coin moo-place. If H is the habit of the press
to mention their opponents only for the purpose
of indiscriminate censure, it is a customwhich
we do uot propose to follow; and our Whig
friends need not hereafter be surprised, at seein"
themselves duly credited in this paper fer -what,
ever good we may believe they arc accomplish
ing for our country. — '
As our contemporary of the Journal and Mes-
senger is “ willing to accept the position and
the mission which the Banner assigns tho Whig
party,” we must take the liberty of cautioning
him agaiustau error iuto which he might possibly
fall. Becauso the Whigs are a necessary compo
nent part ot political society,'it by no means
follows that they ought to hold the powerof the
government. The coutrary is true. Their pro
per place i. iu opposition. Experience lias proved
it; they have invariably made u bolchot the ad
ministration whenever they have obtained it.—
Mr. Fillmore’s administration is the only one that
did not entirely break down; aud he’ had the
advantage ot Democratic majorities iu both
houses of Congress. The security of the coun-
coosisls in haviug a sound Democratic gov-
ut, with strong minorities in Congress to
_ Fraxkliv Co., Go., May 30th, 1853.
Dear Sir:—I am iruch gratified at. the
change in the position ot the Bauner, I con-
cerve the union of the Democratic party essen
tially necessary to enable ns successfully to car
ry forward those cardinal principles for which
we have everconteuderi. By the election ol the
President, foe Uuion sentiment triumphed,and
by his Tnaiignral Address he is pledged to sus
tain the position which we, os a Union party, re
quired As to the prop nety, of his selection of
some few of the disting tished leaders of tho se
cession and Free-soil parties to his Cabinet, and
other important offices, there seems to be some
difference of opinion as to tho motives of the
President. Having tini greatest confidence in
bis ability of action anc integrity, of pnrpbse, I
can but construe tnose selections as indicative of
profoond wisdom, and an unwavering determi
nation to carry out tbe principles set forth in his
Inaugural Address.
i ■ > ~ ^.-StriresviU*;
a long ways off ttnS iq^rougli/conuRv
travel over, anj. tlie North riveV t„
budge, and also a portion of the people
of the Flintsville ami Eartarnmilee dis-
tricts along the Habersham line some
filtecn or twenty miles off’. The pro.
pie on the Light wood-log Creek and
along the Savannah .river will only be
some five or six. miles nearer than at
•present. The public buildings of each
county will cost froth six to soien tlmni-
and. dollars, and you will bo told ihat
the 6ale of your town lots will nay fur
y«mr public buildings. What amount
will they raise? Say some twenty or
twnety-five hundred dolla-s. leaving t
balance of some fou ; or five thonsatuliio
-be raised by- -taxation from each n*w
county. Tltis"with our heavy present
tax, will be a heavy draw-upon our
pockets. The State tax of otn county
at present, 1 think,, is belweeu twenty-
three and twenty-four hundred dollars,
so you see it will take at least one bun
dled -per cent, tin our present taxes fir
at least four or five years to pSv for our
public buildings. ,
This is no fancy sketch; foivrtle the
county and you will realize the truth of
the prediction. Besides you will hare
new roads to open nod new bridges to
build'and keep op by the district bands,
or at-the expense of the county. ‘The
old roads and bridges cannot be d.i-
pensed with, as they are on tlie main
highway of all the travel from the North
east and - South west,' Qtid cannot be so
11 changed as to’ run by foe »cw Court
'* House and dispense with the old ones.
We have already more roods and bt ided
than we can keep in good order. We
have now eight public bridges in ibe
county at an annual cost of ubout'two
hundred dollars; divide the county aid
you will bo compelled to have twice the
number. All these expenses added to-
"gether will ho no light burden.
A division oftiie county would bedding
thecitizensofCarnesvilleagfcaiitijuslicf.
They have bought town property and
improved it with the confidence that the
county site - wus- permanent. It tvmdJ
ruin many of thorn whose all is preiw
well invested in town property. 1»
conelusion, ( am free to avirait thatsome
portion of the citizens live yeiy incos-
venient to the. Court House:,jand that
it is burdensome to them to attend m
their puhlic'duries, say AndersmtVand
the Bench districts. But will a div5‘io*
the appointment of I
If Jefferson Davis receives accommodate any more of tbd.cU»l*
Secretary. o^iEft’ar. and nc- of tbe coaoty than-it will discomfl»d»?
cepls the same, shoald we not wisely conclude
that he hod abandoned l is secession principles !
If snch bo uni the case, how can we reconcile
the consistency of Mr. Davis’s action.- Ho well opposed to tho extravooaut policy
knew the nolinv nrs« _
knew the policy prescribed by^Mr.Tierce, as
proclaimed to the wo-Id, and that that policy
was antagonistic to secession, jdr, Davis re
ceived the appointment and Came into the C*bi.
net, and wo cannot cot strue it otherwise than
that Ae is thus assisting the President »n estab
lishing his policy. To aid ns in tho search of
truth, we are accustom* d to seek for aualagy,—
The caseof Mr, Ulayjgin receiving the office of
Secrelwyof State, adotbtrtmU%» ofJeha
U. Adams, seetnaappro iriate. Homy Clay. be.
tore receiving that appt iutment, \vs» a BepahU-
can-lie was acaudidat s himself of o iKirtion of
that parly. When Mr. kdatns, tlie Federal Pros-
tcleat, selected Mr. Clap as one of his Cahtoet,
who thought of accusiu j. the President of bring
recreant to his long tt led and ever prominent
Federal principles? Ko one. Mr. Clay was
branded asn traitor by tho Ilepublican party—
with them his politics 1 distinction wo3 termi
nated; and as the political history of the coun
try shows, he was ever after found opposing
their measures. In philosophy, wo say-, like
causes produce like effects. May' wc not have
the benefit of this conclusion in
President in his me isur.-s 1
I an, sir, yours, with many wishes for the suc
cess of your paper, and the policy it advocates,
The t\ lather.—Like most of our contempo
raries, we have to report dry Weather, and great
need ot raiu. We have ht»d two slight showers
within the last few days, but scarcely enough to
lay tbe dost. .It is now cloudy. (Wednesday
noon.) and a prospect o:'rain.
Any .man who is fhmiliar \vith’tbe l<x^‘
ity and geography of the'' county oud
agree with me that it will not. TSfl® 1 ,
ting new counties unless an exhof'
necessity exist, I eau see no objecuo"
to running a line foots some point vreth
where the -Habersham line crosses!
Middle wjrer.ro hear Wilmi t’s, i,t, e
the Jackson line near David’s, J
cutting off a corner of Habersham,
and Jackson, make a county, 'w* 11
would brJ of convenient size. TJt# a -
running a lino from hroad river
the litlfii of Franklin and Elbdi.t. >■* ,
sect, ?o the mouth of Paynes or *'■
Creek on the Tugalo river,
corner of Elbert, another county
aise could be made, and accorum®
tho two extremes of this coon ‘ i ’’ja D a
ing the old county in a proper shape
do no injustice to any one.
Tbes$ facts, fellow-citi* fln9 > J,^
to you for your candid considers •
hoping vou will give thetn doe re
tion before taking action in W e P
misca. Your, fellow-citizen-
• * jj.W.
sustaining the FranlJin count;/, May 16/A, 1853-
A ItlouUt'.of Calamity
this has been a month ot
iv' ” W ‘ lilin ,iiree or foU, 'Tfhe de-
have been called upon to repot 1
sti uction of the steamship Indepen
in the Pacific, the Ocean Wfty?
Lakes, and .the Jenny Lind in y.‘“
iiia; the awful railtoud calami lies 3
Chicago end Norwalk, and t>°J v
WIIK-Bgw OI1M omnni'i , s
have to add to tbe catalogtie the ' •
creeks to cross, while yog wil.l aceo Bt v
date only the pbople of Anderson’s and
a portion of Bushville. Districts, mure
than the way the county now stand*
while you will make a county about six
teen miles wide and thirty-five to forty
long,in the shapo of an angle.
add a part of Habersham, Half and
J ackson, you do not better it. Too still
throw tho Court House further nfffiom
thepeopIeofthegputheasiernamJNorth.
western part of the county. This done.
.leave the lower aide of
ij about the same situa-
r „ - , S Court House to
foil somewhere ,, m %o x ’8. yon
the people of a portion of MnnK-’« Sa
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