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ft EXJAM IX G. UDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON*. OA.t
S.UITIkPAY, JUNK 7, 1856.
Our Weekly Chat,
IFitA Readers and Correspondents.
It is a lovely June morning—a very gem
of a day in the brightest and most beauti
ful of all the months of the year. The
• irth is ola l in ver lure of the most delicate
tint* and every variety of shade; the fruit
trees are groaning l>cneath the load* of
coming treasures; the woods are dressed,
in richest rolies, and Flora is decked in her
m*st gorgeous apparel. If there is a spark
of poetry in yottr nature, reader, itmn*t 1 e
evoked siich a morning as this, when the
earth looks so bright and green nnd glad
aqd glorious in the first flush of the dawn
ing summer. June is the maiden month-
W«HI lias it been called the “sweet seven
teen" of the year, all radiant and glowing
with youthful charms, soft dews upon its
cheek, flower weavlet* upon it* brow and
glad laughter upon its lips! There is no
dust upon it* brightness, nor is it wither
ed by scorching 'mill summer sun. Some
times, perhaps, a hot breath comes blight*
ingly over it, lingering but briefly, and
then chased away by cool zephyrs, ns sud
denly among tlie bright thought* of girl
hood come flashings of strange prophecies
and deep passions, hut which are laughed
away again with a transitory wonder.—
Oil, that girlhood might always stand
where stands the year now, and never,
nover feel the greater fervor of the sun, or
Wed tlio hot breath of passion, and of sor
row, with dust upon its Itead aud its gaie
ty gone!
Wo hear a great deal about Wo
man's JiighU —from such characters as
Lucy Stone, Theodore Parker, el id omnr
genus. Well, we are a woman’s right*
man, bachelor though we be. We wish to
bo understood. We are for woman’s
rights in the legitimate senso of the term.
Charming woman ha* rights—peculiar
rights —and wo hold ourself always
ready to defend them, whenever ami
■wherever occasion may offer. It is her
fieculiar right to look pretty—to beautify
and render habitable this otherwise dull
and unsightly world of ours—to make #
Paradise of the garden which, without her,
would lie a wil i. It is tier peculiar right
to soften man’s rough nnd bearish nature
—to render home happy—to adorn the eir
-clo of tier acquaintance, nnd to refine the
very atmosphere in which she moves. All
this is woman’s right nnd her duty. But
there is another kind of woman's rights,
■whereof the poet speaks in the following
verses, and that kind we don’t affect. The
lines are supposed to have been written by
one Josinli Wilson, at. different periods—
the first verse directly after he had been
made the happy husband of Mrs. Wilson.
Hear him:
“bet whistling winds in fury blow.
Os coming clouds and storms foretelling;
Let filling leaves and fill.ng snow
Bj capering round my little dwelling:
It matters not a ivh.tto me,
My beurt is light as any feather;
I will content and huppy bo
While I and Ilelsv dwell together,
I find her such u loving wife.
With cheeks as red us roses blooming;
She is so g,a<l—so kind to me—
She speaks so pleasant and so clever,
I'm sure we ne’er w ould disagree
If she and I should live forever.”
A week later, and bis tuno is changed.
‘ Ooe week elapsed—slid w hat n change
Comes o’er the spirit of my dreams;
My Betsy’s actions are so strange.
No one cun tell how odd it seems.
She says she’s " born for higher spheres”
Than patching clothes and washing dishes.
She claims ” her rights,’’ and I have fear*
I’ll have to grul.f. lur wishes.
She writes aud reads lhe whole day through—
And worse than ull she’s getting jealous;
Now, what on earth it’s best to do—
Wbat oour-e to take will some one tell us?”
Two weeks alter the happy occasion, he
thus discourseth:
“0, far a lodge in noma thick wood!
Some lonely spot I’ll seek for quiet:
I'll write my life, (if understood)
Some mortal man may profit bv it,
I're been abused and knocked about—
Been bluncd up—jawed without discretion.
And from my house ahe’s turned me out.
That I might kuonr she claimed possession.
Unman nature couldn't stand it and Jo
siah elopes, vrhereupon Betsy advertises
him.
“Whereas, my husband, Josialt Wilson,
has left my bed and board without any
just cause or provocation. I hereby forbid
all persons harboring or trusting him on
my account, (hem!) as I will pay no debts
of his contracting.
Betst Maria Wilson-.”
Poor Joaiah! We are sorry for him.—
The editors of the Cassville Standard tell
him to “console himself with the fact that
there are thousands of other men in the
same situation.” We had no idea the
number was so large, but both the editors
of the Standard are married men and
ought to hand.
• Quite a number of errors crept into
our editorials last week and the week be
fore while we were absent from home.—
. . Two or three of them were rather bad.
and we intended to point them out, but ns
tiie editorials, errqra and all; have doubt
less passed out of the reader’s mind before
How, we- shall let it pass with a mere
mention: ■ ’
—We h/tve devoted more space than
■we originally intended, to the book no
ticed in another column, under the head of
HBIU »l»m.
“An iluside View of Slavery.” The ex
tracts given will interest our .readers,
however, and we trust the article will be
generally read in spite of its length. We
are fishing out something about the Antece
dents of tlrfs fellow, Parsons, and if our
surmise* t>o correct, will give our readers
some fact* connected with his residence in
Georgia, not narrated in his book. Some
of the doings of himself and family in this
State will furnish material for several rich
chapters, which can be inserted in his
book hereafter os an appendix.
“An Inside View of Slavery. “
Such is the title of a book wbioh lie*
lielore us —and that it lice,* unscrupu
lously, every one at all acquainted with
the fa. ts must admit, finch .a shameless
tissue of falsehoods-and absurdities has
never before cmhe tinder our notice—not
excepting Uncle Tom's Cabin —and we
si merely trnat that its like may nover
worry us again.
Tiie book is calculated to amu*e South
ern readers —so ridiculous aro its state
inofits—and vve slioald pass it over with a
smile of contempt if tiie thing were not
likely to mislead those who are really ig
norant of the whole matter. And yet we
have no hope that the |>cople of tiie North
will be uudcecived by any effort of otirs to
allow up tiie falsehood and absurdity of
this or any other volume of like charac
ter. Duct. Adams’ excellent book —a
South Side view of Slarery —has been pub
lished and circulated in tiie Northern
States,'and lias failed in its object. Its
author has been accused of dishonesty, al
though lie was one of the three thousand
New England clergymen who signed the
Kanstis-Nebrasku protest, nnd came South
with most bitter prejudices against U 9 and
our institutions. Wo cannot hope, we
say, to undeceive our Northern friends
because they determinedly cioso their eyes
to tiie truth. Wo shall make a sow ex
tracts from the book, however, for tiie
amusement of our readers, and to show
them wlmt. our enemies say of us ami wlmt,
wo *iip|«>He, ft majority of our Northern
brethren think of us.
The book professes to he written by one
Doet. C. G. Paiisons, and is published by
John I*. Jewett it, Cos., Boston. It is in
troducod to the world by Mrs. 11. B.
Stowe, who calls it “ tiie simple, straight
forward narrative of an impartial witness,
whose relationships and business brought
him into intimate connection with all the
phases ofSouthern society.” Onr readers
will, many of thorn, be surprised to learn
that the author was brought into intimate
connection with all tiie phases ofSouthern
society, when we tell them that, accord
ing to bis own account, lie was traveling
through tho country buying hide* for a
lanyard!
lie makes tho startling announcement,
in the opening of bis second chapter, that
“ the Southern Colonies did not distinguish
themselves in t ic Revolutionary War!”—
“And yet,” he goes on to say, “these col
onics were tho scenes of some of tiie most
brilliant exploits and iieroic adventures of
that memorable struggle!”
lie is worried becauso tho slaves em
ployed in tiie hotels at Savannah do not
sleep on good comfortable beds. One o!
liis friends saw at the Marshall House
“three mule servants sleeping on narrow
boards placed on clmirs, tiie floor being
sanded, without a pillow or a blanket.”—
lie also saw the boot-blacks in a room too
small for them to lie at length , with no
thing but boots for pillows.” What ter
ribly tall niggers they must iiave been.—
The next day his friend asked tiie proprie
tor of the Pulaski House what kind of beds
his servants were furnished with.
“Beds!” exclaimed Onpt W., “don’t
you know that niggers never sleep on
beds? l’ut any.one of my niggers on the
best bed there is in my house and he wont
lie there half an hour. Niggers prefer
sleeping on the floor.”
And so they do, in a majority of instan
ces. We venture the assertion, however,
llist a large majority of them, throughout
the Southern States, are bettor lodged
every night than this Doct. Parsons was
in hie early youth.
He makes the wonderful discovery that
our Rail Road* in Georgia are not patron
ized-—that there is no intercourse between
tiie planters and the inhabitants of the
cities. He traveled frequently, he says, on
tiie Central Railroad nnd never saw more
than one passenger car attached to tiie
train, and it generally empty, or nearly so.
The planters are all very ignorant fre
quently incapable of weighing and mark
ing their cotton and forced to depend upon
tiie honesty of tiie merchants who sell for
them!
Northerners nro apt, he thinks, “to
form too favorable opinions of the condi
tion and treatment of tiie slaves,” because
they usually see them in the town* and
cities, where they “enjoy tiie coin
forts of a poor bed and other privileges
which slaves in the country seldom ifevtr,
enjoy. Sometimes,” lie continues, “one
is ulluwod to inquire of tiie slaves them
selves how they fare. Tiie answer, al
most invariably, is, that they fare well—
liave kind masters—are contented and Hap
py—do not desire their freedom if it can
only be obtained by leaving the family of
their master and their good homo, to
which they are ardently attached.” . But,
says this “impartial >v it ness," ' the evi
dence of tiie negro, who knows all about
it, must uot be admitted. “ The slave lias
been educated to deceive in these matters;
and he believes that he is contented and
happy, simply because be says so.” Verv
likely and we think it quite as probable
tliat lie says lie is contented and happy
simply because lie believes so. And this
Doct- I arsons, who spent a Tear in ped
dling hides' through Georgia, set* himself
up as a better judge whether the negroes
.are happy than themselves t
In Savannah he made the acquaintance
of Mr. N. and hie wife—Presbyterians—
Mr. N. finding him to lie an abolitionist,
tells him bo will find out when lie
looks into the matter, that the stories pub
lished in tiie abolition papers, about slave
ry, are false, and that he will liavo his
views of slavery essentially modified or
return to the North witli his opinions en
tirely changed. He goes into the country
and finds matters even worse than the
New York Tribune and Mrs. Stowe liave
represented, and conclude* that Mr. N. in
tended to deceive him.
“On my return to that city, just before
I left the South, I called on Mr. N. again,
and found him and his excellent lady alone,
as before. I was greeted very cordially.
Daring tho conversation; I remarked to
Mr. N. tl.mt I had taken the liberty to call
to ask lum a simple, straiglitf irward q’iu -
tion, to which 1 wanted him Jo give nu
an honcsti'exfdicit, Christian answer.
“•Well,-wlmt is it, sir, you wish to
know*’' inquired Mr. Nr, with evident sur
prise, amPa litrfe embarrassment.
“ ‘ It is this, sir,’ I repliod, 4 will you in
form me why yon stated-tome when 1
first came to this city, that tlie.slavcs were
well treated, that the anti-slavery papers
of tho North had belied the Slaveholders,
and that I should find good reasons, by a
careful examination of tiie system, lor
changing my abolition views?’
“‘ To tell you tiie plain truth,’ said Mr.
N., with a blush and a laugh mingled in
tiie expression, ‘ I did not know then that
you were intending to go out into the
country!’
“ 1 1 told Mr. N., after you left us at tliat
time, sir,’ said Mrs. N., quickly, “tliat lie
had deceived you; and the only apology
lie made for it was, tliat slavery wouli;
never lie abolished, tliat you could do
nothing to make the condition of the slave
better, and that you might as well be sent
homo to tiie Nortli with your heart and
mind put to rest on that matter, as to iiave
you trouble yourself any farther about
it.’
“Mr. N. did not deny that bis good lady
had given mo the true explanation of his
equivocal conduct mid language.”
This is, without doubt, a pure and una
dulterated lie , from beginning to end, ami
tiie writer was aware of it when lie penned
it.
Here’s a precious piece of ileus: -
“It is customary at the South among
young men of that class, to drink large
quantities of wine or other liquors; but
when reciprocating a treat with comrades,
they take a much less quantity at a time
than is taken at tiie North. Sometimes,
in tho South, the ‘convivial’ glass passes
several times in a hour. When the South
ron intends to iiave a ‘soak,’ lie takes the
bottle to iiis bed-side, goes to bed, and lies
there till be gets drunk and becomes sober,
ami then he gets up.”
“There nreno bridges,” say* this astute
traveler, “over tho large rivers in Geor
gia, except where tlio rail roads cross.—
There are numerous rivers, streams and
creeks in the State, but not sufficient ener
gy and enterprise to bridge them!"
“One of tlio strangest sights ton New
England mini," says this writer, “on vis
iting tiie Southern States, is the desecra
tion of tiie Sabbath. In some of tin
cities, especially if a good number of tiie
business men are from tlio Nortli, the
churches nro tolerably well attended, —
there being but one service for the day.—
But oven here the afternoon and evening
are much devoted to amusements. And,
in fact, throughout the entire South, witl
not very numerous exceptions, the Sal -
hath, instead of being a day of rest, or ot
worship, is a holiday—occupied mainly in
pleasure and sport.
“The first sounds that salute tho ear,
not only in tiie country, but in many of tin
cities of the South, on Sabbath morning,
are the firing of guns, the beating of drum:
md tiie noise of the limiting horn. They
have boat parties, riding parties, hunting
parties, fishing parties, drinking parties,
gaming parties, and dancing parties. Am
tho Sabbath is almost invariably the and ■
for horse races, and military parades. * *
“ Sabbath evening in tiie South is a time
of unusual dissipation. Theatres and oth
er like places of amusement are open, nnd
thronged more than on any other evening;
while tiie drinking saloons, billiard rooms,
and other dens of infamy, are frequented
by the riotous and noisy crowd.
“A large majority of tiie slaves labor or
the Sabbath, almost from necessity. Ii
some of tiie cities most of them rest; bin
in tlio planting districts many of then
labor more or less—not usually at the dai
ly task—but they wash anil iron, innkt
and mend their garments, cut wood, am
work in their gardens.
“But tiio slaves do not labor for then .
selves alone. In tiie planting districts, is
peeialiy during tho busy season of th
year, the slaves are not permitted to mak.
the Sabbath even a holiday.' Instances ar,
by no means rare, even among master
professing to bo Christians, in which tin
slaves are compelled to labor on tiie Sab
bath, ns on other days.- * • * - *
“I was spending a Sabbath in the city
of A. Early in the day 1 noticed tin
planters from the surrounding coun
try, coining in to attend the morning set
vice. • Many of them were members of t’ e
city churches. They remained in tiie city
after tiie meetings were closed, and aboil!
1 noon, or sTittle later, their slaves began
to arrive, with mule teams, loaded witi
cotton, and- other kinds‘of produce. In
the afternoon the stores were opened, rim.
these Christian slaveholder* exchanged
their produce for groceries and other com
modities, with which they sent their slaves
home, whilo they remained drinking
whiskey and cracking jokes until tho cool
of the evening.”
This will be nows to most of our read
ers. . But- wa must stop. Our paper
might be filled with absurd stories from
this fanciest of all fancy books. The au
thor Ts either an nnprincipled scoundrel,
who writes wlmt lie knows to be false,
simply because it will make his book sell
at tho Nortli, or a brainless fool, unable to
draw just conclusions from what he has
seen. We incline,'liowever, to the former
idea.
Local Items.
Tiie regular spring term of the Inferior
Court of Morgan county was held on Mon
day last, the 2nd inst. There was but lit
tle business sod tho court adjourned after
a half day’s session.
Our respected townsman nnd sheriff, J
P. Radferd, E*q., was robbed on Wednes
day last of one hundred arfdHfhirty-five
dollars. .The money was taken from a
secretary drawer, and not missed until
"after breakfast. It luis-not lieen recovered
up to tiie time we go to press. His own
negroes .are suspected of having taken it.
Tlio carriage horses of Gen. G. R. Jes
sup, while near the depot on Thursday
last, took fright at the ears, and ranaway.
The carriage finally came in contact with
u |Hist, and the horses tore away from it,
without doing other damage than injuring
tiie harness and vehicle slightly. They
wire soon secured. Mrs. J. was in the
carriage, but we are glad to know was not
injured.
We had slight showers of rain on Sun
day and Wednesday evenings, not enough
however, to lie of much service to tiie
crops aud gardens.
Cincinnntti Convention.
We are unable to give anything of im
portance from this body’, as our papers up
to Friday morning contain nothing be
yond an account of the organization of tho
Convention.
Hon. John E. Ward, of Savannah, Ga.,
was chosen President of the Convention,
assisted by a Vice-President from each
Suite. Both New York Delegations and
the Bentonites from Missouri were ex
cluded.
Mr. Buchanan’s friends are confident
of-liis nomination, on the second or third
ballot, over Mr. Pierce. It is expected
Mr. Douglass’ name will be withdrawn.
A Georgia Book.
Tiie Tabes Golden Links, ok Tales or
Odd Fellowship. —This is a home produc
tion, written and printed in Georgia, It
is from the pen of Miss C. W. Bai:beh, of
Greensboro’. Miss B. was, for several
years, editor of tlio Visitor , and is well
known to most of our readers. The book
contains three stories— Friendship , or the
Mjstcrio n< Governess; Lore, or the Ad
ventures of an American Student, and
Truth, or Crazy Madge and her Child. —
They are well written and will prove quite
as interesting to the general reader as to
members of the order, whose principles
they aro intended to illustrate. Price 50
cents.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
The number of this illustrated journal
for June 15, will commence anew volume.
It will contain a two page cut of the “Cin
cinnati Convention,” n magnificent view
of the city of Cincinnati; also, the Bur
nett House, with procession of Delegates
attending tiie Convention, with many
other illustrations. Nnw is a good time
to subscribe. Term, $2.00 per volume.—
Frank Leslie, publisher, New York.
“ By their Fruits yc shall know them.”
Our friends, S. B. Robson k Cos., over
the way. placed on our tuhlc a week or
two since a can of delicious peaches, to
wliicli we did full justice. Wo are rather
bite in returning thanks, in consequence of
a two week’s absence from home, lint we
'eel none the less grateful. These peaches
w.-ro put up in one of Arthur's Patent
Air-tight Self-sealing Cans, and ali their
original richness of flavor was fully pre
served. The cans are quite tiie tiling for
preserving all sorts of ripe fruits, and
imasekeepers will find it to their advan
tage to refer to the advertisement in
another column. T. S. Arthur, Esq., or
the Home 'Magazine is interested in their
s ile, and we take great pleasure in speak
ing a good word for them.
Written for the Visitor.
Bonnets versus Hats.
Mit. Editor: —Once more I occupy yonr
columns in reply to Bob Don’t-Care-a-cent,
md then I liave done with the subject of
Hats and Bonnets.
I am not so particular about tiie last
ick—it is often struck without effect.—
Bob lias suffered himself to get excited—
some lick lias hurt him, or lie doesn’t like
o get even as feeble a lick as a lady
-trikes.
He thinks I made an attempt to mount
tho Parnassian steed—couldn’t control the
noble animal, (Bob did!) got my nervous
system shocked, and instead of getting
thrown into a mud puddle, came to tiie
ground and had the waters of my shallow
pate "terribly disturbed. Such language,
Bob, is not wit, nor does it require a deep
aited person to call others tools, block
heads or-shallow pates.
I “ waited two long weeks before I an
swered ” you. Bob would probably im
prove bis temper by exercising a little
more deliberation. Bob could iiave named
a thousand reasons why huts were cared
in—but lie gave the most general one, and
it is reasonable to infer the best he knew,
and judging from the alacrity with which
he took up the subject and the grounds
□pon which he defended caved in hats, he
must iiave had some experience in the
broomstick line himself.
It seems tny taste is to be regarded as
bad, because I don’t admire a hat smashed
in and set upon the head in a swaggering,
rowdyish manner! But listen to Robert,
“ If she is so totally deficient in taste and
so Wind in her perceptions of beauty, I
might as well plant tiie most delicate
flower upon a bed of rocks and expect it
to take root —or endeavor to convince tiie
stupid monkey of tiie truths of astronomy
as to entertain the slightest hojie of
awakening in Peggie’s uncultivated self, an
admiration of our huiidsome hats.” Bob
might iiave added to the above stupid
bombast “as well might I (Bob Dont-caro
a-cent) attempt to write poetry or son
nets,” for I (and perhaps others will join
me) think one about as possible as tiie
other; .V
Verily, Robert, you are playing on some
of the strings which were broken in try
ing to time your harp to the “contempti
ble theme.” By tiie way, strings of harps
or other stringed instruments are not bro
ken unless stretched beyond their power.
Yon had yours tuned very low, and when
you attempted a slight elevation tiie
strings wouldn’t stand it. I shall give up
tiie contest; Bob is too ungailant—lie is
too easily provoked to rash sayings and
anger, and I leave him in his glory.
Madison, Ga. PEGGIE.
Pen-au d-Scissoriogs.
Rev. Theodore Clapp, for over 84 years
pastor of tiie First Congregational Church
at New Orleans, has resigned iiis charge
owing to ill health The wife of Gen.
Lane, who figures so extensively in Kan
sas, lias obtained a divorce from him, it is
stated, in Indiana A writer in the
New York Tribune states tliat 4,382 band
organs tire daily ground in tiie streets of
that city The Flour Dealers of New
York liave adopted tho decimal currency
in the flour trade The Planter’s Bank
of Savannah lias declared a dividend of 10
per cent, upon tiie profits of the last six
months. Who wouldn’t like to be astock
lioidcr in that Bank ?.... Congress lias ad
journod until Monday, tl e 9th of June, to
give members a chance to attend the Cin
cinnati Convention, and put the Capitol
in summer trim LnGrange lias become
a city! ami John E. Morgan is its Mayor.
... .Two boats were capsized in Charles
ton harbor, during tiie squall oil Saturday.
Two Germans aud three negtocs were
drowned Miss Lucy Stone Blackwell
lias repudiated Bloomers, and appeared on
tiie anti-Sluvery platform in New York,
in a long black silk dress, fashionably
flounced. .. .Ex-Senator Niles of Connec
ticut is dead A Chattanooga (Tenn.)
paper congratulates tiie world upon tiie
rapid inejease of tho population of that
place— twenty-three babies born in that
city in tiie same number of days, and, cry
ing “still they cornel” That’s a groat
market for babies nnd bacon Day’s
Magical Cleanser will take tiie spots out of
a man’s character nnd make an old coat
look as good as new Silence alone is a
powerful weapon. An Arabic proverb
says: “Silence is often an answer.” Yes,
and an eloquent one Rev. Alexander
McCaine, a venerable Presbyterian Minis
ter, died in Augusta on Sunday night last.
.... Mr. Robert Catheart, an esteemed nr.d
worthy merchant of Columbia, S. C., died
in that city on Saturday night last
Private Madden was shot through mistake
by Private Cummings, early on Saturday
morning last, in Charleston. They were
both watchmen The bail storm in
Fulton county, New York, last Saturday
destroyed thirty thousand panes of win
dow glass in the village of Johnstown. ...
The Know Nothing candidate for Gover
nor of Illinois, William B. Archer, has de
clined Tho Grand Jury of Fayettevilc,
North Carolina, lias indicted the Bank of
Fayettville for issuing small notes
Senator Sumner is said to bo about six
feet in height and to weigh nearly two
hundred pounds.... .The sugar crops in
the neighborhood of Plaquemine, La., are
spoken of unfavorably by the Gazette of
that place Many who suffer from
headache and nervous debility, are igno
rant that the real cause, in most instances,
is a deranged state of the stomach and di
gestive functions. The Oxygenated Bit
ters are peculiarly adapted to the cure of
theso symptoms.... -.The Legislature of
Kentucky have reelected Mr. Minor Gov
ernor of that State Ex-President Fill
more is expected to arrive in New York,
from his European tour, in about three
weeks. The Board of Councilmen, appro
priated one thousand dollars to defray the
expense of his public reception by the an*
thorities The Massachusetts legislature
has rejected the bill to repeal the jiersonal
liberty law Perry Davis’ Vegetable
Pain Killer still triumphant, and, after a
thorough trial by innumerable witnesses,
has proved itself to be the medicine of the
age The story of a man who had a
noso so large, that he couldn’t blow it
without the use of gunpowder, is said to
be a hoax The American Hotel, at
Charlotte, N. C., with twelve other build
ings, were destroyed by fire on Thursday
last Fry, musician, sued Bennett of
the New York Herald for libel, and has
just got a verdict of $6,000 damages
The Scotch Presbyterian Synod has refused
to allow the nse of organs in its chnrches.
....One of a brace of duelist*, from
Montgomery, Ala., fell into the Sheriff’s
hands at Columbus, Monday last Mrs.
Mary Bibb, widow of the Hon. Wm. W.
Bibb, the first Governor of Alabama, died
at her residence in Dallas county, Ala., on
the 26th ult., in the 69th year of her age.
. ...Mr. Crampton was to hare sailed for
England on Wednesday..... A lad, the son
of Mr. Lott Malsby, of Macon, was runa
way with and killed, by a horse, Sunday
last The Nicaragnan fever is raging in
Talladega county, Ala. Jacob D. Shelly,
a captain in the Creek and Mexican wars,
has already raised a company of fifty men,
and will start soon for Central America.
....The next election for President and
Vice President of the United States will
take place, according to law, on Inesday,
the 4th day of November, it being Tues
day after the first Monday in that month.
Mrs. Sarah L. Thnrmond drowned
herself in the Oconee river at Athens, last
Tuesday night A negro carpenter was
lately sold in Adams county, Miss., for
three thousand seven hundred dollars
The citizens of Troup county are luxuriat
ing upon bread from new flour of this
year’s crop of wheat. On Tuesday last a
considerable quantity of flour from new
wheat was sold in I.aGrange for $5 per
hundred,
Messrs. Brooks and Wilson.
The following are the main features
of the correspondence between Messrs.
Brooks and Wilson:
Mr. Brooks complains that Mr. Wil
son spoke of his attack on Mr. Sumner
|as cowardly, and says : “ I therefore
i hold myself at liberty, by this note, to
| request that you will inform ine, with-
I out delay, where and when, outside of
this District, a further note will reach
you.”
Gen. Wilson replies:
“ 1 characterized, on the floor of the
Senate, the assault on my colleague as
brutal, murderous and cowardly. 1
thought so then : I think so now ; and
luive no qualifications whatever to make
with regard to those w_»rds. I have al
ways regarded duelling as a relic of bar
; burott*civilization, which the law of the
country lias branded as crime.
While, therefore, l religiously believe
in the right of self defence, in the broad
est sense, the laws of my.country and
the convictions of my whole life alike
forbid me to meet you for the purpose
indicated in your letter.”
There nre no apprehensions of any
a-sault on Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Brooks has given notice to Gen
Webb, through Governor Aiken, that
his letter in Tuesday’s Courier and En
quirer is personally inoffensive.
Will Mr. Dallas bo Dismissed.
The Washington correspondent of
Philadelphia Gazette writes ou the -30th
ult:
It is well ascertained now that Mr
Crampton was instructed to close the !e
gallon in the event of his dismissal, and
licucc his abrupt departure yesterday
morning. Mr. Liimley, the Secretary of
Legation lias applied for passports for
himself and the attaches of the embassy,
and only remains temporarily as a pri
vate individual, to close up personal
matters. Mr. Crampton notified bis
servants two weeks ago, they should not
be required after the first of June.
Tile last private advices received here
front di|Jamatic and monetary circles in
England have induced the belief that
Mr. Dallas will be dismissed. No reli
able official information on this subject
lias been received. The character of
Mr. Marcy’s despatch, and the favorable•
response to the otter of arbitration, may
change the purpose of the English Gov
ernment.
Mr. Crampton formally tendered his
resignation seveial months ago to the
British Minister, as a means of with
drawing an interrupting obstacle b. -
tween the harmony of the two countries,
but was specially desired to continue.
To this is owing, probably, the persisten
cy of Lord Clnreudon iu vindicating bis
retention.
A Lucky Lottery Office.—At the
last Drawing of the Jasper County
Academy Lottery in Macon, conducted
by Mr. James F. Winter, several gentle
men says the Citizen diew handsome
prizes, as follows:
Wm. Moore of Upaloi, Ga., for a
quarter ticket worth $2, drew #3,000,
or the fourth of the capital of $12,000
A gentleman of Crawford, now of
Savannah, drew, $3 000.
A German gentleman of Macon,
drew $750 on a quarter ticket worth
$2,00. Also a gentleman of LaGrange
drew a like sum.
The Serfs of Russia.—ln his recent
speech to the nobility of Moscow, the
Czar alluded to the report which had
been spread of his intending to emntnci
pate the serfs, and said that was a change
which could by no means be effected in
a hurry. The present state of things,
however, was ono that could not last.—
It would therefore be very agreeable to
him if the nobility itself would take in
to mature deliberation in tyhat way a
change could be gradually prepared for;
and any propositions tliey might make
on tlie subjeot would always l*e wel
come to him.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL Ot til* INDIAN.
The Liverpool Cotton market showed
a limited demand.
The Liverpool Breadstitffs market was
dull. Flour had declined ftoifi 6d. to I*.
per bbL, and Western Canal W»» quoted
at 325. 6d. and Ohio from 375. a 38s.—
Wheat was from 3d. a Bd. per 70 lbs,
lower, and Red was worth from 9s. 6J.
a 10s. There was a better enquiry for
Corn, and White commanded 30s. 6d n
and Yellow 28s. 6d. per 480 lbs.
The state of trade wa* unfavorable.
The London money market was easier.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer esti
mated the revenue for the current year
at £67,000,000 sterling at»d the defi
ciency at nearly £9,000,000 sterlings.
Consols closed at 94^.
In the British House of Lords, Lord
Clarendon, in reply to a question, stated
that the letter signed E. Hammond was
genuine, and that the agents of. Costs'
Rica and of some of the South Amerir
can States had, ever since the attack of
Walker, appealed to England for assist
ance, and had made a great variety of
proposals, including a Protectorate, and
the grant of material Hid, all of which
her Majesty’s Government had refused.
Lord Clarendon further stated that be
disap jroved of the present state of things
in Nicaragua, but knew no better wav
for their adjustment than that the Unit
ed States and England should combine
for the protection of their respective
subjects. A convention bad been con
cluded between Turkey and the Western
Powers. The weather in England had
been boisterous, and several vessels had
gone ashore.
Secretary Marcy’s Letter of
Dismissal to Mr. Crampton.
Washington, May 30.—The follow
ing is the official dismissal of Mr. Cromp
ton, the British Minister:
Department or State, )
Washington, May 28, 1856. j
Sir: The President of the United
States has directed me to announce to
yon his determination to discontinue
further intercourse with you as her Ma
jesty’s Diplomatic Representative to the
government of the United States. The
reasons which have compelled him to
t ike this step at this time have boem
c mmuuiented to your government.
I avail myself of this occasion to add
that due attention will be cheerfuly
given to any communications addressed
to this department from her Majesty’s
government, affecting the relations be
tween Great Britain and the’ United
States, which may be forwarded to this
department through any other channel.
Should it be your desire to retire from
the United States the President direct*
me to furnish you with the usual facil- j
hies for that purpose. 1 consequently ;
enclose herewith the passport in such
cases.
I avail myself of this opportunity to
renew to you, sir, the assurance of try
respectful consideration.
Wm. L. Marct.
To Jons F..- rampton, Esq., ILt
Majesty’s M tii-ter. <fce.
Important from Mexico.
An extra from the office of the Tcxm
States Zeitutig, published at San Antonio
on the 19th inst., lias just been received,
in which wa find the following highly
interesting information :
Eagle Pass, May 15.
We learn here from reliable person*,
that Comonfort lias ordered Yidaurri to
collect all the arms he had distributed
among the different communities of hi*
State and to deliver them up to the Gen-.
eral Government. '
Colonel (now General) Langberg, i*
marching with 4000 men against Vi- J
danrri.
The union of Coahuila and Nuevs
Leon is annulled.
Gen. Langberg has been nominated
Commandunt General and Dr. Santiago
Rodriguez, Governor ad interim of Co
ahuila.
The latter has already published hit
proclamation and appointed his officers;
among others Captain Leal is Gefe po
litico of our next frontier District (Rio-
Grande). He was, however, arrested
yesterday, together with the individual
that acts with his Secretary, and escort
ed to Monterey.
There is no doubt that Vidaurri, wi> '
resist the order for the delivery upc’
the arms and the entry of Gen. Lang
!>erg and his troops, and that he is only
temporizing a little, in order to ascer
tain the feelings of the people and of
public opinion ; but that before long be
will declare himself against Comonfort.
Ho has no doubt, a large majority of
the citizens on his side, and we do hope i
here, that he will be able to sustain him
self againfjt the despotic misrule of the
Central Government.
The Marine Bank of Savannah bas <l«*
dared a semi-annual dividend of five p cr
cent.; payable oti demand.