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THE AMERICAfI^UHmU.
“ITNITEO Wi; • rv'in —ntvinvn wi: imi f. “
a. ■OWR V \ Mini mil .•
THE ATLANTIC S MAILS.
From the massnf matter by the Atl.mtb-- m aii*
we cull the following o* *f nv-t r , ‘" |, uil inter
est.
rnosrErr* or tiif. war
The I-ondon Times Ilf (he 4th time sp.i-ulutos j
o wn the future :
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Two eontingenci™ nro now 1h f.*ir uh <hm\ that
the Russians, having lost the (own. (he arsenal*
•ni the docks of Sevastopol, will consider that
the maintenance of n fori nnd enrtliworVs on the
north side will serve no purpose, while il will on- ,
danger the whole army of the Crimen, pud most
certainly entail vast exertions nnd outlay during
the ensuing months. The facilities with which the
allies can transport a finer to any point of the j
ooast early in the spring must lie present to the i
minds of tho Russian generals, nnd make them nn\-
ions to reinforce the troops at Nicolnii-ff and on tho
Lower Danube. These are the reasons which ren
der even tho evacuation of the whole Crimea not
improbable as a military movement On the other
hand, there arc not. wanting causes Which may
lead to a determined resietmice. The chief id
tlieao is a motive which may urge tho Cz. ir and
his advi-ers to the must d.'-peruto resolutions
the feeling of national military pride It may
be something to them to induce the world n little
longer to believe that Russia bus not .entirely lost j
Sebastopol. They may also hope to ho able to!
hold their ground until (lie ruins of winter, and
judge that then the operations of the allies will
bo delayed during an interval ol which diplomacy
may make good use. Ity the letter of our corres
pondent, it will he seen that a belief prevails in
camp that tho enemy will not relax without a
struggle their hold of the northern lore* ami the
ridge they occupy. (Ireat stores of provisions, shot
and shell, nro ready fur n long defence ; the Kus- !
flisns labor at their no.v works as unceasingly ns,
they prepared to defend the southern side. , Mili- j
tary carts, laden with produce are continually j
passing almost within range of the Allies, and. i
should all this ho a feint, it is certainly the most |
_ expensive mul surprising uu record Xi.cre also j
exists nn idea that tiro Allies are not ready to at- j
tack. Should the enemy he of this opinion, it will
not fail to strengthen his roso utiou to remain for ,
either contingency it is the duty of tho British ;
government to prepare. Should the enemy main- !
tain his present position it is evident that the great
body of our army must still cither remain on the ;
•pot where it hns Coen encamped so long, or ttint,
at least Halaklava must continue to he the port
from which its supplies are drawn, The bail or j
of Sebastopol must remain closed ns long us the j
Russians are in possession of the sea butteries or !
until tho minister! is cleared of wrecks, and thus
there will be no advantage, hut a positive inrun- !
venience, in occupying the place liven putting;
uido tho hostile effects ol the enemy from the op .
posite shore, it is doubtful whether there he much
that can bo called habitable remaining ofTtie con
quoted town. Tho great works of engineering
■oienee, the docks, the solid batteries, may have
defied the flames; hut barracks and private houses
seem either to have been totally destroyed, or so
far injured ns to require more labor for their re-!
pair than would construct new dwellings. As it ,
now appears certain that the Russians will not
quittheir positions without a campaign, actual nr
menaced, and therefore no dispersion of the Uritish
force can take place, it becomes the duty of the;
government and people to recur to those con-01-r-1
ntions which occupied them before the < xiUuuoit
of the last threo weeks.
Tilt: next BUTi.r.-i iKi.n.
The Times thus describes the Russian frontier,
which gives anything hut a prospect of the speedy
termination of the war :
It is hardly to be supposed that a commander, ,
with the vigor and resolution c,f M trshul I'cllis-icr,
would allow the six weeks id’ ti ie weather which
remain to pass away without an endeavor to com- 1
plete his victory, nnd raise still higher the reputa
tion of his country. The powerful fleet of the
Allies, consisting now, for the most part, ol screw
vessels and the numberless transports of the Uritish
marine, may through the skill acquired by a twelve
months’ experience, land in a few days a powerful
force at any point whence it might ho desirable to
operate. As to a direct advance on the Russians
there aro various opinions. Tho most general is
that, though a hazardous movernt-ut.not to he un
dertaken without much caution, it may succeed
now that all the armies of the allies are at liberty
The chief difficulty is to obtain access to the Rue
■an position, which, towards the south, may be
compared to a great natural fortress. The plan ot
the Crimea rises gradually till it reaches the line
of the Tcbernaya, and there ends in precipitous
dills, almost perpendicular along many miles. (>n
this commanding elevation the Russians are post
ed, and have increased the natural strength of the j
region by the artificial obstacles which they are so
skilful in creating The road which they de-
Mended to the Tcbernaya and the Pass of Vi (odor,
some eight miles further on. are strongly fortified
It will be seen that the French have made a re
eonnoistanoe on thocxttenic right, ati! that th.-v
havt constructed roads from the Valley of Raid ii
up tothe plateau of tiro Upper llalhek- Closer to
SebasUpd the works of the enemy are oven more)
numerous and formidatde. It is prcbaldo that if j
the Generals contemplate any attack front the,
south they would have to make a long detour; but!
should they be successful iu g lining the plateau
in force there can be little doubt that the Riu-siun
would be soon Compelled to abandon their position
The other alternative is anew landing and an aJ
vance for some point on the western coast, which
would menace the rear nnd the retreat of the co
- In this case, should the allies have to tight
another battle of the Alina, we might trust that
the valor which has once prevailed would he 11-
gain equally successful.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF Till: C/VK
The Emperor, who has been limiting a journey
to the south, via Moscow, has issued, through the f
Governor of that place, an address to the Russian
people, in which he says:
“ The brave defenders of Sebastopol hare done
everything possible for human power to do The
former and present unscrutible events I accept as j
the unscrutible will of Providence, which visits
npoo Russia heavy hours of trial. But Russia's
trials bare been much heavier and God Almighty j i
hns always sent her his benevolent and invisible
help Let us therefore, n!n i.nw trust in him.
I]-- will defend Rosin. the Itithodnx. which hns
diawii the sword fir a just ruutc- the cause of
Christendom I ntn glad to see the inoes-.aut
proofs of the readiness rs cverylasly to nterifi.-c
family, propeity. and the last drop <-f hl.'.sj, 1.,r
i the integrity of the Empire and the honor of the
country. I liiul cmli.it and vtrei.gi!| in 1 1,• —.
popular sent mints nnd aspirations, and with u. v
whole heiuT united with n.y bravo mi l faithful
people. 1 shall repeat. ci.nlai.nt oi (0.0 la Ip at.-l
rid, the words ol Abxaud r the First -“Where
i there is truth there is also (hid.”
I remain your well-wisher,
Ai.r.r. anhui ”
A letter from fit Petersburg states that the
evening before the I impel or's departure lor the
South, a grand council was held, at which it was
i decided to carry on the war with the utmost ener
gy
j “lhe li 111 per or went from Moscow to Nicolaicff
| the great Russian naval depot on the Ilcxine, j
where on the ‘Ji'lll ult . accompanied by the (irand
Dukes Constantine, Nicholas ami Michael, lie
made mi inspection of troops, fortifications and
I dockyards. The fortifications it is stated, arc
; to lie greatly strengthened and extended
. By telegraph we learn that tho C/ar has left
Nicolaicff for the Crimea, Ids object in proceeding
thi’hcr. being, doubtless, to inspire his forces by
Ids presence, ami turn the tide in favor of Russia
Various Russian and Prussian accounts state
that the war is to he carried on with the greatest
detenu illation, and that the Crimea is to he defend
led to the last extremity. General Monravieff.
now in Asia, will take the place of Prince Hurts
chakoff who lias become Minister of War
Moscow ml vices state that HiIVMtH) men have
! been added to the military force of Russia.
ini: lu.vnl.i 1 ion is I’m a s 1111 .
The Turin correspondent of the London Times
thus wi ites :
•• Within the lat two days we have had two;
more highly seasoned documents coming hard lip- j
nn those of the Murat, Muzzilii. and Manin proe-
AS
lamaliotiM Tin* fir>t, M£m*l By KoMitli. la.vJni
ICo!in, and Ma/./ini, a||><*ur<’t oil Tlmrmlny in tin’
I'ltlut r I fulfil, nt (iiMimi, for winch that, paper’
W..M H'tjucstrutrtl. *1 lie H'coml was publihlml yes* \
terdny morning in the (itneila del of Tu
-1 tin. ami is without higniitim*.
i lhe following arc t h chief points of the 1ir j t.
j Hiiid to have heou went I rout L>iulon
1 lirtwern the WVMrrn (hTvcrnihotiTslvhTi
I thiK /s.ir in now irrevocable ami prolonged itulefi* j
iiitrly I%tissia, after a defeat cannot consent to
j conditions without to the rank of a
third rate power, and the Allied Power*, in the
fuen of excited public opinion. which sees in ail in- !
eidefit of a war a decided victory. cannot propose*
; a peace without onoroitn conditions ‘l he fall of
; Sebastopol is, then, for us nothing hut the first ;
! period of ii war, of which the lust should belong!
! to the peoph>.
JNmv, then, it is the duty of the people, if they
feel worthy of liberty, to seize the opportunity
which tiod has sent them.
The chest of the party can he easily found pro
\olcil every one his mite, provided that
where there is iv soldier of the Hepublie, man or
woman u suhsor4|ttion he'opened s-VTliat from the!
Irune ot the poor to the thousands ol tin* rich, eve
ry believer represents a share to the loan ol liher* i
ty. We are. if we like, the richest pn t\ . Mil
lions compose our ranks. The watchword wc
have already is •* lah*rty for all’ Assoeiu- ,
ti>'ii for all I' 1 Our motto emit tains and accepts i
everything Reyond it begins tyranny. It is ur- |
gent that every Kepuhlican should now call him- i
Ha*lf action. ‘ and should represent a force. It is ,
urgent that every man belonging to the party j
should bring to a common centre a certain amount i
of sacrifice and activity'—the arm. tin* intellect,
and the purse. W e have declared that which \v* .
believe to bo true about the present position i.i ,
Govi'rtumuit, aheut the iH’('a-i"li ufl'. ii il to the jicor \ ,
|ih\ ahmiA die.iuiiwhin of tho party
The patriotn of every country n!i ill eons'nler ami j
ih-oule ; it helunga to them, lhe choice of the’ hour 1
aml place where the undertaking is tube initiated, j
Ihe etui ami the duty are iih-iitie.il for all. but i
the e ire pin Malices are different for several. j
Italy/if slie does not rise against the factions- j
which fill her territory, to affirm her rights, her |
nation ,hty. mid. her life, one and republican, has;,
the worse to tear from the shame which tills the ,
fu tuie. till tii'sli dismemberment* increase t he mini- I ,
her of her enemies, France has the duty of
continuing and developing for her own glory
and tor the good of all her powerful traditions ot
17S'.t and IT’ l - Italy has the duty of fulfilling ;
tlie programme of IS IS by the Sicilian insurrec
tion. by the nays ol Milan, by Rome mol Venice . 1 ,
it belongs to her people to raise again the flag
that her monarch* betrayed, France on the first
( v has no foreign enemy to combat ; the only
one that Italy .has is now weak isolated, surround
ed by enemies, whom an Italian outcry would
raise on his flanks, in his rear, and in his heart
France has power to raise all those in Europe
who suffer and aspire under corrupted social order !
Italy lias on the border of her tried .red flag the ,
national insurrection. The man of the 21 Dee r
is the A— of Rome, -France and Italy.’ ‘Rome
and Italy'-—such should he the watch words of
the rescue. Rut whatever the hour, wo think
that the first people's flag raised in the name of
j humanity wills am he followed by the others— 1
ilisurreetii.il will give movement to insurrection :
-'the first victory has 10 victories on It’ different
points. There is not now one nation which can-j
: not, with nn energetic and powerful act will, re-j
deem the whole ol Europe.
I. Kossi Til,
Lkoki- Koi.mn,
tjllStFl'K MaZZIM.
—
! lI,VT?r WITH PIBATF*. ¥F(7M Hghm Oct. 19. j
The Navy department has advices of ati ‘engage
incut which took place ie the Chinese sea. near
Hong Kong, between the l > Steadier l’ow bistan
and a large fleet ol Piratical war junks. The re
sult was a hrilli nt otic for the Powhatan Ten
ot the junks were destroyed and between <"> or
tiOO of tin* pirates killed atid wopfided ; sixteen ot
the smaller junks escaped. Those destroyed car
ried L-v guns each, from (’> to li-v pound r> The
loss .if the Powhatan was two killed and twelve
seriously wounded among the latter Lieut*. Pegram
and Rolands
Fi.ohhi.v Ki.ectiuns —So fur as heard from the
American ticket is doing well Dura*. Leon, Frank
lin. IVukullu. Walton. Santa Rosa, have gone for
the—Americana. In Escambia the Antics have
elected Judge of Probate and Tax Collector- the
Americans elected the balance of the ticket. In;
Marion county the Americans elected Clerk, Slier,
iff nnd tax Collector
i
Bloody Battle between the Tcxana and
Indians.
In an • xtr it :f i Ik* i *1 i irdinn w* fin<l a If-ttrr
limn Caji. i t,:i.,lian, in eonunaml of tle ex|ipihtiuii |
it j.* ii it tt t )■(• liiii* tin ( |M , "|h* o| li'aah. j
In- I-: tc ri - .In r i rm*. Hctih*r4. llt i..irrifp- ,
!i* iii>>tcftit mu ffofii Hip lime In* m-i out, us. to innly |
us: r li I. til, t ..1 Ini! j- i-wrap'"lm* 1 o M x ai, t*rrito
tv, •!. . ..t t.t In / t ,;ct •! liflijw.t Mot M'*i*n*ii*
i jii ..liiihiiit'i* li t ’ • ‘oiiiiit t! ol 111 iiis’ii rb
list I ill./i I f*. II •ti . rmia<*4 to \ n-)i ilircrtly into tli• |
. nut. V S roiint r y m i th ! *i|.m. -firniii] ill-lit, aini ,
a. . nj'lr !*•* pi* oil | In* i fiuixie nt Kiltie l’n**, j
.1 i;i,, • Ti• •! -t*r- - rlv of r".in 1* l rn;r.vt'i7‘j
•al.Mti itiirty fin mill** w*t .f the rv.*r At imnn on |
• | M . /ml.mj. \ ♦‘n ‘Ainj ‘ ihi a MM.’iJl *i mini about l-;i uni* - ‘
i.•in lii* li it* *?! moJ*-. m 1 i: *” thiulnuo ill* M.t-Jkicui. .
) a'n l l 1 ■ 11 It i• I a.I hlh.wii tlipm itiin'li Uimlt.f - nnd |r*
* r.| (o lavt.r tin* • V}* iitiuii ; inm.y *k. n . n.-red to inliM,
lniiw. ro l .rfnn itv :.! received, ‘i ho t ’njitain thui*
: ih-xcril*. s the battle :
Afi. r no..nil.u no hour or two, wo mnrrhod on to
vsar.l- K*iiiHioto, Im'V.iul which w.t* the Imliao
t.io.jf Ilitviog jr*M.t‘lt I Roino |i*n inileM nloop tho
liij*hw/iv to tho . itv, i.v. r a widely extended |ra sic.
ah.,wi lbr-o o’clock in tho nftoriK-on, while nmrohinjr
’ I iMir* !> aI on j:, wo l “oriel throe h<>r-' inon a|i|ronrliinp
us from a ok t of t uni*, r ahoiit mile t>*he oortliwnrd
\l flr-t tho toco w.-re not ntired, we i*u| |,oinj; them
‘ to h. Mcvit a.i herd-meo ; hut on their ni.f.ioiM'hing with
in tw.rhundrod Mrd- of ox, wo dioovcrod tlietn to h.
lo'liair < in. 1 1 nil to, h ady *li* ww#**! iiiml (uiiiitcd for hat tie ;
and th. y wore '* i.h'i.tly ftriviiig to decoy w* from t luir
|.oniii<Mi 1 ‘ciinirifr my tno v n in 11 line the ruid, I
wuitod for I lie cm my to I*, the Initt le, for hy this time
j nuiiihcr- hail ciu.ip.tl from tin* timber,
! with the iiitt ot ion and iittmkiojr in* ; they rood t*|r*ad out
in front of o", to flic ntflit and left, to the amount of
j mo mil hundred hor."eim ii, nnd e*mnioiieed t - fire on us.
\houl tlii” time one t my men find on a chief, about
iwo hundred yard- distant, and broke u leg of liif horse
IVre.-ii ing tliut the enemy, eoinj*o.-*c:l <d both Indium*
.md M .MtßiiiN, wore trying to outflank u., I ordered my
men to oliaige. whit li they did in fine style, and thirty
of fin* enemy were ►lain.
Wli l l -1 making our charge,the left flank of the enemy,
which . ,\l tided h>r mar a hull mile, on me in on our rear
and t.| m and on ii” :i \ cry “overt* fire, during which four ol
oui gallant men wore killed. The front and light flunks
ou whit h we ell urged, after a galling lire fled before us.
leaking in* in |*on*>. “."ion of th>* iioMition wiiieli it was our
objcT and ieie; miuatioii to gain. Then we discovered
that oui eio iit v *hhhlured wino -ix or n*von litiltdred, n
all tin ir foot men won* enneenh and .in the timber and had
not advanced in \•• w *>n tin* j.rnirie. My men fniined in
a “tVong position bciicatli the hank of a small creek, on
which the enemy had been enentiijted, and their whole
l.irve coming ii|* against ii". we eontitmed the battle for
about three hour*, wh.-n they (led in the direef ion of San
I Vrnniido, h*.t\ ing. im we lieaid thin evening, some eighty
fin t|, tiled, mill with tl*o loss of one huudred wounded
* I’li i•weh. m n In.iii Ale\ie;iiis who were engaged in tin*
i • it tie, and fioinofliet -ottie s since mv report to in.” lix
!. elleiiev, the lion. I*. M I’ease. The name Mexicans
haw ul o informed mo flint the netual nmnbi*r of our
ci- iny was st i. ii hundred and fifty men. After the r*-
treal of the etieiti\ . wiii*ii wiim ill.out dark, wo supposing
i t bat t lio\ w mild ..me on us again belm *• tl.iy , wit Ii large
t cint"i •• ni nts. I. II hat ktotheft io t iramle, where we
I would I* *• ;l fi. from any number of men and any tpumtity
? *•! aitilh i v they might bring against us.
Appro.i hing the town and I'ledras Negrnu about, sun
li-e, we took j.ossesfjion of it, and now occupy a position
••j porite I iagle I’ass, on the west b ank of the Uio (irande
‘ Riot in Baltimore.
An electh.n \vas hrhl iii the 19th Ward on
! Thursday, ("r a member of Council. The poll*
were <ii ..-it.-.1 al the usual hour, nnd the election
prnccedrd without interruption until about 10
{.o'clock, when n j.arty of rowdies, made their ap
! peiir.ince and crentcd some disturbance. They
were driven off, but returned about 1 o'clock,
numbering one hundred men. On reaching the
corner of Saratoga and Fremont streets,
upon two or three men who were standing there,
wounding them slightly. The firing immediately
become general.
An officer attempted to arrest one of the lead
er*. who fired twieeat him. upon which the officer
shot him, mortally wounding him
In the account of the riot, the Pti/Wo/ says:
*• Would there have been any riot if the party
who attempted to take possession ol the polls in
the morning ha l not interfered 1 If a riot had
not been contemplated why were parties on the
ground who had no vote in the ward, armed to
the teeth, all the way from the east end of the
city f We deplore such a state of things nnd !
trust that it will not occur again, and that those
parties who have been identified with its coni
nieiieement may have exemplary punishment
meted out to them “
The /*,;/!•/.'/ uNo lias the following excellent re
mark- under its editorial head
•• We have frequently denounced these lawless
and hloodv conflicts, and have as frequently de
manded that the guilty parties shoiihH.e (erretted
out and made to suffer the full penalty of the law. 1
Rut it is not alone the ruffians actually engaged j
in these ferocious aggressions who should he :
brought to punishment, but those, also, by whom
they are secretly instigated, encouraged, and sus
tained To the inflammatory barranguesof polit
ical editors, in my of these excesses may he very
justly attributed . and yet these men are neither !
puni-hed l.y law nor ostracised hy an iml gnant
community. In point of good morals, ami social
order. Haltiinore will compare favorably with any •
city in the I'nioti, but sueh acts of violence us j
have latterly been committed in our midst, almost :
with impunity, imperil the lives of our citizens— i
render the right of suffrage a mockery, nnd bring ;
shame upon our city. ILav long are we to endure j
this condition of things ? How long shall these)
continual alarms bc allowed to keep up a state of )
far and agitation.! If our police force is not I
- long enough to preserve pen e and good order, 1
let it be increased—ten fold, if necessary. If our
laws arc inadequate to punish known offenders let
them he untended,. It subsequently, the police
and the law both prove inefficient, we must resort j
to committees of safely, and our eitizens-rftust re- J
sumo the rights which are now delegat'd to the!
constituted authorities, and put down the instir- ‘
reetmnists themselves. Twice, nheady, Raltmmre |
has witnessed civil convulsions which were only
suliducd by a general arming of the citizens
Twice our citizens have been taxed to pay the
damage done to property by infuriated mobs
Are they prepared again to suffer, in person or
property ‘ We must look tliisquestion in the face
and decide at once in view of the approaching
election, what measures shall be resorted to for
tlie purpose of placing an effectual curb upion de
monstrations t*f a similarly violent and dangerous
character.’’
Th at is a Hoy I c\s Tucst.—*l once visited,’
says a “gentleman, ‘a large public school. At re
cess a little fellow came up and spoke to the
ma‘ler; ami as lie tar ed to go down _the plat
form, the master said, ‘ I hat is a boy I can trust.
Ho never failed .me.’ I followed him with mv;
eye. ami looked at him w hen he took liis seat at’-,
ter . He had a fine, open, manly face. I
thought a good deal about the master's remark.
What a diameter had that hoy earned 1 He had
‘already got what would be worth to him more
that: a fortune. It would he a passport to the
best otfieu in this city, and what i* better, to the
confidence of the whole community. I wonder;
if the boys know how soon they are rated by old
er people,. Every boy in the neighborhood is.
known, opinions formed of him, and he has a
character either favorable or unfavorable. A boy !
of whom the master can say, ‘I can trust him ;
, lie never failed me,’ will never want employment, j
; The fidelity, promptness, anil industry which he.
has shown at scliooj are prized every where- He!
j who is fni'hful iu little will be faithful in niucb.'|
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 26, 1885.
FQH SALE.
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1 nt 111- • “t *!■•• I “ roJ""ie wlm-fi will be
aK.,nt 111. nml'll” N"V-iiil"T. Hi'’ e tl '” “, .'’
’ | run ..f .-Uiimm io"l t,-ry fair let for
, ..j Wlltl7--"tf atrnm-n nf'-t ■ l
i |„r moni V*Ml Im mail’- l.y f Aliy “tit- .l. -ini.j! t‘"-ii
! 11, -ii"h a h'loucs.. “, ‘il l not -I” >'< ttrr.l,..:. boy the
~ 1 .... ...I t,.i n ■!'"'■ I” - . t.-ar..’ ai.,l m g I “r-,
-1.-r 1... -utr.-uli ... : nil fr. sh. wit!.
Swamp, wi ll .titehe'l, a K."l tram*A |
ll.with tour . l.nnn.-yn, and all ncccsary outbuild- j
Any oiifi ilcnirinß wiinfurtnblo ncr ,
(iriffln, would and 11 t*. call and examine it. J
(iriflin, S*|.l.2N IH6S. A. f.- MI |
Mr IMitor.w with whom wo exchange will confer a fa-,
vor hy ralhiiff attention to tho jiroposcd rale of tho
** Amrro ‘in f r nn '* t ’flloo.
Griffin Cotton Market.
Wi- quote ligl.t sales yesterday at 7J to 7L Holders,
are reluctant to rill at these figures, though they arc a !
fraetion aYinve w-liat the seahoard markets will warrant.
<cc foreign quotations in another column.
Annual Sessions.
Our Hill street neighbor is out in his lust issue;
in favor of Annual sessions of our Legislature.— j
To this we say amen. Wc, with a majority of
the people of Georgia, voted to change the old .
plan from annual to lliennial sessions tinder the j
bnlief that the expenses of legislation would he di
minished thereby but experience has shown that ;
there is no saving of money l.y the new arrange- j
men*, and many important interests of the State j
suffer for want of proper attention during the long,
intervals between the sessions. And as we favor
annual sessions we are also in favor of annual
elections, ns the members of every legislature ought
to lie fresh from the people, fully informed of all
the wants of the people, and not placed so far he- {
yond the reach of the people that they may not he
displaced whenever they fail to carry out the will
of the people, nnd as our neighbor ha* taken posi
tion in favor of annual elections we hope ho will
not fuller merely because we happen in this matter
to agree with him in opinion.
The State Road.
Although we agree with the Umpire S.’nte on
the question of annual sessions of our Legislature,
duty ti) the public interests as we conceive, com
pels us to dissent from its views respecting the
sale of the State Road. We know of no instance
where a great public work has been managed to
advantage, where agents of the public alone were
responsible. It is t!.e nature of man to deal more
lavishly with public funds than would be allowed
where private interests arc to bo consulted, and
unless the promptings of private interests are
brought to hear upon the expenditures of the State
Road, we have no idea that the expenses will ever
fall very far la-low the incomes. It is true, we
have of late heard of considerable amounts being
paid into the Treasury from the earnings of the
State Road but we do not know how soon drafts
upon the same fund may ho necessary to meet
some expense for repair and other outlays in the
prosecution of the work. And besides the almost
hopeless pr- speet of ever realizing any large bene
fit from the Road while controlled alone l.y pub
lic agents, we hold that it is next to impossible
to prevent it from becoming a great political ma
[ chine and exerting a powerful influence over the
ballot box at every general'election. A. and the di
vesting tho Governor of all control by taking from
him tlie power of appointment to office on the
Road and untrusting its management entirely to a
Board of Commissioners would not mend the mat- 1
ter at all. as the commissioners would as likely he
rampant j ..lit eiatis as the Governor, and periiaps
more unscrupulous. j
()ur preference is that tlie Road ho sold, or at
least a controlling interest in it. so that it n-.av he
managed and its affairs overlooked % private in
terests. Then, and not till then, will theexpenscs
be such and only such as are actually necessary,
and the State realize a (air and legitimate income
upon the capital invested.
-So long as the road remains exclusively public
property, it will he a tax upon the Treasury,
while the funds wjjj.be squandered to advance the
political power . f the party controlling it. and tlie
interests (if the people will suffer for the want of
; prompt accommodation. Rut let it. or a controil
! ing inserest in it be sold to a private company and
it will then meet the wants of tlie people of the
• section through which it runs, by doing all the
; business demanded, in due time.
“Is there not A Cause for It.”
j —Under this head the Federal Cnion refers to
the fact that in every town of any considerable
j size in tlie State except Savannah, the Atneiieau
i party was succesful in the late election, and then
goes on to give as a reason for it, that the me
chanics, a* a class, are more or less tinctured with
; abolitionism, and ascribes the success of the A
j tnerican party in tlie towns to their votes.
Now to our view this bold charge of the cen
jtral organ of the antics, is as untrue as it is tin-j
called f..r, and we trust that every honest nte-i
I chanie in the cointrv will! look upon the heart j
that conceived the idea, with that scornatul con-!
tempt that it deserves.
Hut there is a cause for it notwitstanding.—•-
Wherever the true objects and principles-of the
American party have been rightly understood, i
the party have been successful, and where the
people have been made to believe a lie concern
ing it, it has been defeated. Iu the towns where
the people were comparatively idle during the
summer months, and had time to read and re
flect for themselves, they have examined both
sides of the question and formed a right judgment
upon it. liut in the country where the people
were busy about their crops during the campaign,
with hut little time to read, and seldom, if ever,
hearing but one side of the question, and that
a perversion and misrepresentation of the ‘.ruth,
they have been misled, and made to believe that i
which is untrue. The opposition presses and
i speakers commenced the cat p .ign bv a reckless
misrepresentation and detraction of thy Ameri
can party, and continued it throughout, and no
man however-honest his intentions, could read
fr/ini them and them alone, and form a correct
judgment upon the questions involved. The peo
ple as-a mass are honest, confiding and disposed
to do right; lienee they are too often misled by
placing too much confidence in those to whom
. tliev look for information.
We doubt not. that in nine out of ten of the
I toam* in tile State, whether latge or small a nia-~
jority of the voters have sustained the American
i party. In Savannah, the election was carried
I against the American party by illegal voles, as
, we learn from good ant hority that there were a-*
| l-out 250 voles tuore than the Tax books can
show names. The American Party show a major
ity of the votes from the Tax books, and the ex
cess ot 250 is what defeated them. That then;
was in the late election a large illegal vote poll
ed all over the State, we have no doubt. The
aggregate vote i* 10,000 more than ever polled
i in the State before, and w*- cannot account t->r
it any other wav than ascribing it to illegal *ot. s.,
In-our own comity, our Tax books show RIG ;
names entitled (..’vote, vet there were 018 votes !
polled. The American party received within
live votes of the number they counted on before
the < lecti.-n, and the oi.|io*ilion ran some 00 or
100 higher than we could count lor them.
NEWS ITEMS.
Severe Sentence.—A .Spaniard named Mor
i ales, who went from New Jtork to Havana in tae
Cahawba, on her first trip, was arrested on his
: arrival, on a charge of bringing incendiary pub
lications into the island. He was speedily tried,
! and a large number of these “discontended pa-
I pers” found on hi* person, lie was found guil
ty, and sentenced to ten years in the galleys.
Morris Abraham, indicted for the murder of
! Richard J. Choate, of Jones Cos., was tried at the
| October term of the Superior Court of that coun
ty, held hist week, Judge Hardeman presiding,
i and sentenced to four years imprisonment in the
j State Penitentiary —the Jury having returned a
verdict of .voluntary manslaughter. Counsel for
- the State—Poe, Bonner and Sol. Gen. Saflol.l:
! counsel for prisoner—Lamar A Lochratie, Stubbs
A Hill, of this city, and H. J. Moses, of Colum
bus. — Journal if- Messenger.
A New State ot r ok Texas.— u Forei<incr* j
j friendly to Sin eery." —A writer from western
Texas saws the German, French, Swiss, Ilut.ga
rain, and other European settlers in northwes
tern Texas are to a man in favor of forming anew
■ state out of the western portion of that state:
; and to a man they are ojyioetd to start ry. I her.-
aro inanv settlers from the northern state*
; amongst them, too, and together he thinks they
i can command ten thousand votes already. “I be
; letter is written by Mr. Wilcox, a iimtnberof C.m
----! gross from ississippi, who lias lately returned
; from .‘( visit to Texas. Hy tire act annexing i. x- ;
as it is provided that it may yet be divided into
two or lilore states, ami it is ‘quite probable that j
such a division will erelong be demaudcJ.
i
Akkansas. —Accounts from this State, indi
cate the success of the American Party, by a de \
cided majority !
mode of grinding children's tumbles is a eui niti
j instance of simplicity in machinery. A number
jd.t stone chips, broken to a suituble,,*i/e are put .
j together iu a tin box and fastened t” the rim ..I ;
j a water-whiel, and there lett to gi hid themselves 1
j into shape...
Geoimha Ki.kotioss. — The Southern 11 <•t -
i (1.-r gives the complete returns, t.-ilo-n from tin
Executive I typnrtmclit. and are doubtless-eoire.-t.
| The whole number of votes p..i!.-d is 10-1.14:!.
j Gov. Johnson received of this number, SLSRI :
Judge Andrews 4.1.721 ; and Mr. t'veiby 02(51.
Gov. Johnson’s majority over Judge Andrews is
10,727 : over Andrews and Oveibv 4 170.
The Senate is composed of 73 l>.-ni.*.-r-its ami
38 Americans; the House stands.B7 I'em...-i.-its,
(il Americans, and 1 independent Whig—vi.w
----! ing a Democratic majority of over 50 on j int
ba'lot. _
j Upon the question of removal of tin* s.-at of
; government, Milledg-ville is fir aiiea I of In-r
competitors. The whole nmnlu-r of votes rn-l
is 83.1 iff- No Removal, I-< 7:'7 : i'.-m.-va! t->
Atlanta. 20.847 ; to Macon, 3 134. 1-.. ■
ville over Atlanta atul Macon, 15 !24 : ou r At
lanta, 19 300.
_____ &,
Nah it w.tzEii Cm/.KNs.—Pit.-.’ the l-''h ./
January last,* iv* the'N'.-w- V.uk Kvpr.-s. 17 itis*..
| 4,537 aliens have received tlnir final papers ,f
{ naturalization, fmin tin- Sap. i.i...)’ •'■■urt. it: thi
city, and 4,013 in the G.-titt of ('ointtu.n 1 ‘leas.
: making the Avltol.- iitiinh"t- in both ec.iils, 8 ."50.
I luring-tlie pttsl week, an :uer:rgc of al->nt 100
; per day have received their eer'ili.-an - to-:.t the
i’..tut oftaiinmoti Pleas, and 4 > or 54 tVoin the
i Superior ( ’ )!ut. ( >;t Tlitir-dav. the w In'.! - ntiin
| her in both courts w.-is. 145 Ai i Itis r:i*.-. thenum
; bor yet to become voters !. fore election, will be
| 1,450, ora total of 10,000 front tii>t of Jantnuv
; to Ist of November of the present year, or exact
!y one thousand per month, or twelve tiio-ns.-itnl
per year.
From China.
Tlie following extract, front the Fri.-nd oft ‘lii
na, on the 12th of July, gives a latln-r more f.t
----,i vorable account of that gr.ait hive of quiz/i.-al
; (but a* recent events haver-shown) sometimes uu
. merciful atid blood thirsty people.
I hiring the last month (1 iut.ni It a* been qub-t
: and there has been many signs ~f icturtiiiig.
, peace in tin; province at large, in tlie increase
) of .beats in the/ river coining ftom distant place
j and in the amount of produce received. TL.-
(envoy from l ‘oeliin t.’liina ha* reach I In-tv Ij-oin
Kwangsi where lie had been detained . n route
! from Peking for the best part of a year, in <-• >n
i sequence of the interruption of intercourse.—
| Many boats, laden with all who could escape
from the ruin of their village, have come too,
t seeking for employment and food. The w hole
; hank of life river on the south of the eitv is lined
j with these and other boats, so as to make it dis
. ficult to get. up to the jetties. Many It nljM’S ?1 r: 4 J
j shops are rebuilding or altering, atul tit i-'ulisan
I strong eft'orts are making to rebuild shops and
■ revive manufactories. Farmers have generally
! begun to cut their rice, atul will probably find
j the crop more than usual remunerative, and en
able some of tlietn at test to rebuild and replen
ish their desolate homes.
j It must be owing, in some degree at least, to
: this feeling of returning security and peace, that
the people here and in the neighboring districts
are so indifferent—nav, so well satisfied—with
the wholesale destruction of life going on at the
execution ground. The month of Mav was more
bloody than the last, but it is fearful to live in a
| city w here three or four hundred human beings
are almost daily taken out of the gates and exe
cuted with hardly a regret or a thought. The
prisoners brough t to the city from all parts of the
Province except the south-western prefectures,
are mostly arrested through tho agency of the
gentry of the townships, and in some degree tri
ed by them before being sent up to the higher
courts. Rebellion is almost the only charge
againgst the unhappy men, ami they submit to
their fate with a degree of apathy as painful n
is tlie satisfaction exhibited by the rulers and peo
ple. Although only partially secured in the pri
sons, and herded together like cattle, there has
been no attempt to break their bounds and sell
their lives by the destruction of their keepers.—
Perhaps the want of foot! partly accounts for
their indifference. The carcasses are carried to
the east side of the city, and thrown into large
pits, the batch of each day into one hole.- The
daily average since June Ist has been between
250 and 275. We hear of no more wholesale
drowning and decapitation at Shanking, so that
• il is probable the death warrant sent there has
( been recalled.
Tel <-J*nil'll.-d 1.. r the vnminli lirpuMican.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Aiuttisti. or nn: Antic a.
New Vi.tiK, Oet. 24.
The Koval Mail Sti'antslitp AI. i":t i ’- arrived at 11a].
it'ax. Mi.’ sailed truin Livor|.iii.l (lie 13th ingt.. nt..lEsii j.,
i one week’s latzr intelligence from Eurojic, n lmh ij 0 j
coi.sijer.ibk’ imjinrtai.re.
Mv-mr.T. fi.l t .A .UAI.I.U'.
I.lvrnt’Of'!., t'c . 13.—The cotton market is irrcgnlar
showing a decline of j i. to 2.1. on Fair lj.lamia anil low
cr grades. Fates of lhe week 31,000 hales, including
B.OUO to si'ceulatois and exporters. Quotations areas
follows :
Fair Orleans (>id ; Middlingsjd ; Fair Mobile
Middling 5 7-16.1; Fair l'| lundsOd ; Middling ajd.
LIVEIU-001. nr-EADSn-FF MARKET.
IHonr has advanc. .1 oue shilling per hbl; Wheat 3d.
per bushel. Corn is active and the market unchanged.
l’rovisions are firm. .Manchester advices unfavorable.
Mouev tighter, t'onsots 8745.
I'.nM ms: SKAT OF WAR.
The Allies aw active on the Danube. Kars still holds
out. .-Sebastopol is quiet except stray shots from tha
Russian Batteries on tlu- North side.
A slight engagement had ttvken place near Kcrtck to
the advantage of the Allies.
Tho Allies arc threatening I’erekop, and the bombard
ment of Odessa by the fleet iv soon expected.
The papers say tliut the Russians have withdrawn from
the North side of Sebastopol, towards iivlbee, and that
few are left in the forts.
The C/.ar i< at Nicolaicff attending a council of war.
The French aree oueentratiug men and munitions of
war at Sili.-tria.
Austria has issued a political circular to her represen
tatives ;.l tite various courts of l'-urope. >he says that
Prussia is ot libetq to procee.Lwtth Iter proposed media
to n, but in her opinion the present is not the time. Hie
further .-ays that lhe Western t'owers must follow up
their inLaiougcs and not treat with Russia till she is
,-\]!t-ll'-*l ltoiu ltic C. i mica.
‘Jit •1m J ri.cii ari"t 1 1 -• r Unfly ciijliag'uu r.t between
the I’id- ans ami ‘l urKs in Asia. The latter lo?t lot)
men killi’tl. jhml Ali I’a'lia taken ]>riniicr. The parri
.-.m.if Kart* Hin the great.•.-*? extremity, (‘mar I’ufha is
raj'idiy a Iv.im t* raise the siejie. From the Baltic
1 xvo have advices ol the c.ij tiuv of l.') iucreliautincn ou the
eo.i-l of I’iolan l.
lieitmatk lias invited nil the mnratime Powers, inelu
i din-’ tlie I oiled Males, l” eouve-ue in a Congress at Cu
: penhaget. to sett!.’ -he question ot the Maind ‘Jells.
| The .'.1.1 Greek Ministry lias rtsigued and anew ono
j been (united.
H.-.HVI. i. Lipl.y -t-y there is aliu< 1 a panic, iu the
; ( .•;: ■!! in iik. i. There me more sellers than buyers.
■ 5,.e., -,.b sw. re for.-. 4 ;it n.. iy 24. ileeline. The mar.
-- .; rv!~-’ ■! .-•ci'h.'T. rr- thr tale ~f'ii.t-. le-l ll'l tt.u l'at.k of
j Tin- Allied Heels ... 1 ; f. e 1 de.-sa.
| \, „• \ . i -23" ti n has dui nrd
I ■ •„> . 2. , i M. .. .11 g i'.lrons t'i;
;\t .’ I ~. !•
I i-i. ~m: -I. Ml . 11l fi liter. White
1 rubs at .2 t . I. . li'U.t .. -.-2 -o'. I,;. *pii :.
i V v tlu. .\- 1 ii-ht i —(W 22 • t-oii ! dull nt
1 dedVin-. Mi! - batni i.ales, Mmdh. grj to >4.
! I'l.KrTfoXS IN N(.\ EMI I!t —LI. e-tii.llS will take
..la -.> in the eiistiit'g no nth . ) N.ivemln r ns fob
j 1 iw's :In I.e'iisi to M.aol V. tin- atlt, lor Mate
officers ntel four Ro|n-n*. ntntiv. - !.. Ci.ttgri’ss. In
Mi- is-,j j ; Oil .Voi.'lav lll'.'l I ties i:iy. the sth Altai
ti;h Im- Mate o'fi- ots, -niol five il. | r. s'-titatives to
i Coitgi- s*. liiN. -.v 5 oi-k. on 1 u ‘-.lay tli” (ith. h<r
M ite . it: -, r-.. x. o. 11 o otnor nn l l.ietit* tuint * Ipv
-rn"r lit AN i■ ‘ n-'n.-.n ‘i'u.—. 1.■ y. the'oh t-r
Mat.- < IS.-ers In .Vntvl iml on Wxalm-dny. tee
7t1.. bi- -i 11-oi. -oi.t.c ,v.-s t,. ngr.-s* In Via.—
K.ielni—ft-.at .Mon I.y tin 12. h for .'■late •flieets.
In,-tell. 4 the Mat.-of Ala! ilia. Mi-sto-ri. In.li
nn r it 1 ii'..t ititt. oini Font.-. |i ton tho Legislature
will have to el* ct ene l mt.al Mates >. itat. l*.
WHAT IS THE CRIMEA ?
I*
from im: m v.- i*:. . n •> t < i rv.
ll.liner rails it the h*. ■! ot’ th” I tv-hrygminns.
wl a Were g iant- aid nil’ l".'ln tl sh. Mel 11'. 11l
v,-h “in tl.e --iMieh-ei..luring” I ly.—e- .-ea| >-.l with
s.iiiie >1 liienhy I h.- ( riin":’ is ..Iso know ii_lo tnig
e.iv us I aiiri- ai .i the eustoni . f siu-riliemg all
1 strangers ui.on it-altars, which ti en prevailed.
show - that tr.iin.tl arli *t tig -it was a dang r
...is j.i. ee l a i'..re;onei s. ‘I ben it Was called ( im
iiieria.'tli” 1 .lid .-f darkness Ti the sun loving
island-fs of too L. ... night and st -llii and eter
n.l wint. r dw.-lt ;■ y- lid that Lnxine s>*a which
onlv a :• w ndvotitni-. n* m rin-rs dared t pene
trate. (4: meti i! t cr.; i- a meaning in that
tuiii.- Di* only ‘ 'rim.'a in its full .level..pment.
it was ..in; nt the halts of the Caucasian.trihe in
; tlu-ir tir-t western migration, ‘lhe I ntats f Scy
thians th.-y w.-re then eall* and drove rlieni out. and
oil tli.'v w. ni. tie-, wind: ting,.Cimmerian* I he_v
.-.I led the iii-.-I .rs Cimhri when t! . y arriv. din l'.n
. ! rape. A |..>i , ti"ii id them in'.Vah's. with fantastic
leg.-nds of tlie full of Troy in the-r early and my
thical history, arc still known as the Cymhri ; hut
I tliev are the parents of all the raee of the Celts :
an i now the invaders. Engl.sh, French'. Scotch
and Irish, are only -e. kin _ their ancestral place
’ an 1 making tl.en.se C-- at home after a tolerably
; I/.ng abseil -e. 1 In-v h ive found tlieie the old
Seythi ati tribe who ejected them To be sure their
. La nn r .-onq.i ‘i-.'i.s h.iv • not l et'll in ]iiissession the
whole tini". ii"i- very much id it. Little m >re in
in fact th in half a century is it since they finally
! took it into their keeping : for. alter driving out
the Cimmerians, they (these Scythian Tartuis)
were themselves exp-lid: but they li.i v i come
back and got the start of the original owner*, who
, ■ now. after near two thousand years, have just rc
, turned to look after the ml homestead.
There it* another little association with the Cri
mea that to us Americans is interesting Otic
John Smith, the John Smith, the adventurous cap
tain of Virginia, was also a warrior against the
Turks or Tartars. He cut off several Moslem
turbans with heads inside of them, but was un
luckily captured and sold as a slave, lie wasenr
i rie.l up to the straits of Kortsch nnd into the Sea
.! of Azof. Somewhere in the Crimea or thereabouts
liis captivity erased lie killed Itis master, seized
■ his horse and clothes and rode for dear life and
the nearest Russian post, at that time to him near
’ ly synonymous ideas lie was kindly received,
: and p issed along from one Muscovite station to
another back to friends and civilization. With
every step anew inst ilment of gratitude became
, i due from him, which lie duly discharged through
, ; his heirs and assigns; for he founded Virginia.
Virginia, one day with her sister colonies became
the I'nited States of America: —England was at
; ; war with France and her own revolted colonies.
The house of Bourbon, and the house of Guelph
had no leisure to look eastward. In fact, there
was not an *• Eastern question ’’ at all. Catherine
j'of Russia stepped in with her armies, and the Cri
i men was hers. France came to the rescue only
I too late. English i ouiitry gentleman were too
full of tiio Middlesex election an I the American
war. tlie *-.n i-nopery” riots and the national debt
to think much of the schemes of the Czarina.
Their Indian empire was but just begining. and
no Napoleon had the value of the
I'a-chalik of Egypt to the overland route to the
East. The full of the Crimea was but the annex
ation of a barren Klianct. a revolted Mate of Tur
key. The Austrian Empire could hardlv have ta
ken more interest in the annexation of Texas than
England then did in the Crimean transfer to Rus
sia. The seeds of future calamity arc sown in
* silence. *• The tempest is foretold by a little cloud
no bigger than a man's hand ‘* which comes out
, of the sea : but to day the Crimea is the centre of
the world's gaze and what is now passing on its
soil may be changing the whole visible current
, of affairs. .t .
a. Wc have made, in the foregoing, large draughts
on a very entertaining and able article in the
; North American for October.