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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
1\ A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, GA.:
SATURDAY, OCT. 4, 1856.
News of the Week.
The steamer Baltic lias arrived from Eu
rope since our last issue. She left Liver
pool on the 17th ult. The Cotton market
is quoted “ dull but steady.” Sales of three
days 17,000 bales. Fair Uplands, 6 3-4 to
6 7-Bd. Middling, 0 l-4d. Fair Mobile,
7 7-Bd. Middling, 6 l-4d. The Flour
market is active. Wheat has advanced;
Pork lias declined; Indian Corn is firm.
Tlie political intelligence is not. impor
tant, and contains but few items of inter
est. Napoleon is about to visit Spain.
A diabolie.nl attempt was made to destroy
the Royal Amphitheatre, at Liverpool—in
what way we do not learn. The culprit
was arrested.
The Steamer Quaker City arrived in
New York on the 20th nit., with Havana
dates to the 24th. The healtli of the Island
is reported excellent. The stock in the
new Railroad to Matanzas, had all been
taken.
From Nicaragua we have several inter
esting items. Gen Walker remains quiet
at Grenada. Loon is in the hands of the
iiivuding army, numbering about 1,500
troops. The people of Somoto bad risen
against tlio Leon faction and assassinated
several prominent members of it. Gen.
Walker Ims declared tbe property of the
Transit Company forfeited to tbe State,
and bus since transferred it to Morgan &•
Cos., for $400,000. Bchlossinger is nt Mat
agalpn. lie denounces Walker as a trait
or, accuses him of dishonesty and offers
protection to Such of W.’s men ns will join
him.
Late advices from Kansas report things
tolerably quick Gen. Lano was at Ne
braska city on the 18th ult. Col. Harvey
bad captured tlio Lone Star Hag of South
Carolina.
Mr. Edmund Rhott, Jr. has declared
himself tbe author of tbe articles in the
Charleston Mercury , signed ‘A Nulliflor,’
which caused the deat h of Mr. Taber.
Tlio Cassville Standard reports that
snow and sleet fell in that place on Tues
day last. It was pretty cold here, but wo
have no such unseasonable antics to re
port.
Sad Accident.
We regoet to learn that Mr McGatiirey,
a citizen of this county, was killed in At
lanta, on Thursday last, by n fall from the
Liberty pole, lie bad ascended the polo
to cut one of the ropes, which had become
entangled, and either became exhausted
or fainted, and fell a distance of about one
hundred feet. lie was horribly mangled
and died in about two hours.
Tlio deceased was an industrious, steady i
man, and bad boon for sonic time in the j
employ of Mr. John Drrdkn, at bis Mills, ]
about ten miles from this town. We learn 1
that a subscription was taken up in Allan- i
sa for tbe relief of his family.
To Correspondents.
Oconee.- -Your reply to These Lam- ]
m Ki.t. came too late for this week. It
shall appear in our next.
Mona’s poem is received and will bo
published next week. Many thanks.
Editor of the Mercury killed.
The Charletton Mercury , of Friday last,
comes to us draped in mourning, on ac
count of the death of its junior editor,
Wit. R. Taber, Jr., Esq., who fell on Mon
day afternoon, in a duel withCapt. Edward
McGbatu, also of Charleston. Tbe facts
in the ease, which wo gather from the
Charleston papers, are about these: A se
rios of articles have appeared lately in tbe
Mercury, reviewing tbe political course of
/lon. A. S. McGrath, at present a candi
date for Congress in the Charleston dis-,
trier, to till Gov. Aikin’s place. These ar
ticles were remarkably severe—so much
so that Capt. Edward McGrath felt him
self aggrieved, and peremptorily challenged
the editor of the Mercury.
The meeting took place near the city. :
The weapons were pistols, and the dis- J
tance, at first fire, ten paces. We learn
from a gentleman, who left Augusta on \
Wednesday, that it was agreed between !
the parties that each should advanco two
paces, after every successive fire, and that
they were within four paces of each other
when Mr. Taber fell.
Mr. Taber was a voting man of fine tal
ents and gentlemanly manners, lie was
universally esteemed by his editorial breth
ren in Charleston, and in fact by all who
knew him. Ilis partner, Mr. Heart, con
cludes a notice of tbe distressing affair
with the following words:
u It is not now that we are called upon
to pursue the merits of the question in
volved. In tlio presence of death—the
death of ono who has been intimately
associated with us for years, and who
breathed as true a heart as ever beat on
the soil of Carolina—we bow our beads in
sorrow and in suffering, and pass by all
considerations of party conflict, in the
sense that we have lost a friend, truo and
tried, and a brother in the hard duties that
make up a connection witli the public life.
It will not be easy to find a braver and
more self-sacrificing spirit- it will not be
often that the community will be called
upon to mourn over the extinction of a
more brilliant and generous intellect.”
fill MASIS#!! I&1I11 flilSSEe
A Glance nt the Past.
We have before us several nnrnlicrs of
the Augusta Chronicle, published during
the month of October, 1793, just sixty-three
years ago! It is a little, dingy looking
nffair, something larger than a foolscap
sheet, aml»in appearance hut little like the
handsomely printed Chronicle of the pres
ent day.
There were, at this time, two papers in
Augusta: the Avgusta Chronicle and the
Georgia Centinel. When they were uni
ted, wo do not know—nor do we know
when the first daily paper was issued
there. The Chronicle in 1793 was a week
ly paper, nnd the numbers before ns hear
the dates Oct. s—Oct. 12—Oct. 19—and
Oct. 20. The entire title and imprint read
thus:
“The Augusta Georgia Chronicle, and
Gazette or the State. “ Freedom of the
Tress and Trial by Jury shall remain invi
olate.”—Constitution of Georgia. Augus
ta: Printed by John E. Smith, Printer to
the State ; Essays, Articles of Intelligence!
Advertisements, &c., will ho gratefully re
ceived, and every kind of Printing per
formed.”
The greater portion of the first number
is occupied by tlio “ Constitutional Act of
the Republic of France.” The second
number contains particulars of the assas
sination of Marat, “the friend of the peo
ple,” as he was called, and the trial of
Charlotte la Corde, who was convicted of
the crime and executed. The Paris cor
respondent of tlie London paper from
which this account is taken, speaks of her
as “a very pretty woman, of well known
republican sentiments." Tlio wliolo ac
count is interesting, and vve may republish
it at some future timo.
Captain Jonas Faucho writes from
Greensborough to Colonel Melton, of
Augusta, giving some interesting Indian
news. His letter is dated September 28,
1793. “On the 7th inst. the Indians stole
some horses, fired on the owners ns they
were following the trail, and killed one of
their horses.” Capt. F., with “30 men,
commissioned officers and privates,” ac
companied by 14 mounted men under
Capt. Melton, pursued them. “At or near
Jack’s Creek, on tlio Oak mill gee, wo formed
a junction with Lieut. Col. Alexander,
who had eight mounted riflemen, and
Lieut. Col. Lamar, with a party of 25,
| chiefly officers of his own regiment. We
I started from the Oakmnlgeo on tlio 17tli,
I and by two o’clock on tho morning of the
21st discovered that the trail had led us
to a town, covered by a largo river, at,
least 000 yards wide.” This was doubt
less tlio Chat tahoochie. After some delay,
they succeeded in fording it, attacked tho
town, killed six warriors, took eight wo
men and children prisoners, burned fifty
huts, and captured “50 lb. powder and a
quantity of lend.”
Tliero are several interesting letters da
ted “Fort Fidins, on tlio Oconee,” giving
accounts of Indian depredations in Groeno
and other counties, and a long communi
cation, dated “Augusta, Oct. 12, 1793,”
from Lieut. Col. Melton, detailing quite a
number of skirmishes witli the Indians in
tho neighborhood of Fort Clark, on tho
Oakmnlgee, and other frontier points.
Long accounts are given of the ravages
of yellow fever in Philadelphia, which
seems to have been of a very malignant
type. Stages from that city to Baltimore
were not allowed to pass through the in
termediate towns, nnd tlio stages to New
York were stopped by tlio c.tizens el' Bur
lington and Bordentown. “ Indeed,” says
the paper before us, “ any person traveling
on those roads from Philadelphia, though
in ever so sound a state of health, is shun
ned like a pestilence, and viewed with tlio
same eye ot horror, as if ho was bearing
with him all the evils of Pandora's box, to
distress and desolate mankind.”
Hero is a lick at “certain fellows of the
baser sort,” who infested the region round
about Philadelphia. We guess thoy rather
“bristled up” nt such a compliment:
“There are certain swine settled near
Philadelphia (says a correspondent) who
deny citizens in good health tlio satisfac
tion of crossing tlio water, for fear of
tr: n unitting into their delicate nostrils the
infection prevalent in some parts of this
city. It is certain their fears are ground
less, as it is well known that twine are a
species of animals that the contagion rare
ly or never affects!”
Hero is an item of news, which will he
read with interest, even at this day:
“Petersburg, Sept. 27. —0n Wednes
day the 18th instant, one of the grandest
Masonic Processions took place in tho city
of Washington, which, perhaps, ever was
exhibited on a similar occasion. This pro
cession was for the purpose of laying tho
corner stono of the Capitol of tho United
States. Brother George Washington was
present on this solemn occasion, and took
a distinguished part in depositing the plate
and placing the corner stone.”
The ent ire number of counties in Geor
gia at this time was eleven: Burke, Chat
ham, Columbia, Effingham, Elbert, Frank
lin, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washing
ton, and V ilkes. Wo have here a com
plete 1 st of their representatives to the
Legislature, and county officers.
Purls was represented by James Jones,
Jonathan Camp, Levi Barrow and Isaac
Walker, Esqs. Chatham : John Millcdge,
Senator; James Jones, William Gibbons,
senior, Samuel Hammond, George Jones
and Jacob Walburger, Representatives.
Columbia: James Sims and James Mc-
Neill, Representatives. Effingham: Ben
jamin Lanier and Calep Ilowel; Elbert :
William Barnett; Franklin: Russel Jones,
and Harden; Greene: Robert Greer
and Henry Graybill; Liberty: Col. Daniel
Stuart, Jonathan Fabin, Pctc-r Winn, and
Col. Wm. M’lntosh: Richmond: Robert
Watkins-and Samuel .Jock; Washington:
John Rutherford and Reuben "Wilkinson ;
Wilkes: Joel Early, George Mathews,
Richard Wortham and Arthur Fort.
It will be seen that this list includes
hut one Senator—John (afterwards Gov
ernor) Miilodge. Whether or not he con
stituted the entire Senate, we are unable
to say.
Has the following “Notice" anything to
do with the celebrated Ga’phin claim?
“To all ami singular the creditors of
Mr. George Galphin, now in confinement
in virtue of a copies atl satisfaciendum,
that tho said Galphin is about to make
application to be allowed the benefits of
the statuto made and provided for the re
lief of insolvent debtors, in terms thereof.
ROBERT WATKINS,
A ttorncy fur plaintiff.
Oct. 10,1783.”
Our forefathers seem not to have been
a very funny people, We have carefully
looked through tho numbers of the Chron
icle, and find but two anecdotes—but they
are both well worth republishing. Here
they are:
“ People who are resolved to please al
ways, at all events, frequently overshoot
themselves, and render themselves ridicu
lous by being too good. A lady going to
cat plumb cake and caudle at a friend’s
house one morning, ran to the cradle to
see thefine boy as soon asshccamc in: un
fortunately the cat had taken tho baby’s
place; but before she could give herself
time to seo her mistake, sho exclaimed,
with uplifted eyes and hands* 1 Oh! what
a sweet child! the very picture of his fa
ther!' ”
“A gentleman, whoso wife was vory
unhappy in her temper, finally bought her
a horse, which fortunately broke hor neck.
A friend of his, troubled with the domes
tic evil, begged to purchase tho horse.
‘lndeed,’ says the other, ‘I am on the
point of matrimony, and may want it
again.’ ”
For the Visitor.
The Secret of Influence'
The question has often been asked, how
certain military commanders have acquired
such influence over their soldiers, that at
their bidding they would rush heedlessly
into battle, and meet death without fear.
This question seems difficult of solution,
when we consider how strongly the love
of life is implanted in tho breast of man,
and that tho troops of this same nation,
possessing tho same natural bravery , under
a different leader, of equal military skill,
have been easily overcome in battle or
ignominiously retreated when the hour of
danger approached.
To illustrate' our meaning, and give a
satisfactory answer to the question, we
have only to refer to a few well known
cases in history. What enabled Leonidas,
at Thermopylae to hold his threo hundred
Spartans at their posts when the countless
host of Xerxes came rushing like locust
legions upon them? Would tho love of
country, of home, of kindred, and of lib
erty, have kept them there, when thoy
knew by delaying, their heart's blood must
soon redden the soil of their beloved land,
had tho commander been cowardly and
traitorous? Tho history of the world an
swers negatively.
The words and actions of Leonidas cor
respond. Ho stood by his Spartan band
in that “death-burdened” hour, urging
them to perish nobly contending for Gre
cian rights, and bit the dust at. last him
self in convulsive and unyielding despair!
The world has pionounced him one of lib
erty’s bravest champions, and even nature
herself, seeming to anticipate tho event .
prepared beforehand her towering cliffs as
monuments to his courage and patriotism.
Again: llow was Alexander the Great
enabled to instil such fearlessness into his
troops, that no danger was too groat for
them to incur, no foo too numerous for
them to attack, and “ with but a handful”
to conquer tho world ? Was it because lie
had physical force enough to punish tho
entiro army, if ho had detected signs of
cowardice? Could mandates or threats
alone have wrought this effect? This hy
pothesis is utterly preposterous.
Tlio reason is that Alexander himself
did riot fear death. When a mere hoy, ho
mounted tho fiery steed Bucephalus, a deed
of heroism which not one in the court of
Philip dared to attempt. At Granicus ho
entered the thickest of the contest—was
unmoved amid bloodshed, carnage and
death. During ono of his wars of con
quest, when ho and his troops were almost
dying of thirst; when all the horrors of
such a torturing death wore before him,
liia courage increased with tlio dangers of
tho hour. Although lie urged ins soldiers
to rush heedlessly into battle, despise
death, triumph at the cost of life, by these
deeds of daring he showed clearly he did
not fear to stand by them in all the dan
gers of war. “Ho practiced what he
preached.”
Tlio world has been amazed at the influ
ence which another great commander had
over his soldiers, at tho rapidity with
which ho moved them, at the brilliancy of
his triumphs—Napoleon Bonaparte. llow
did he acquire such influence over the
French troops? Can it be attributed to
the justness of his wars—to Lis kindness—
solely to his visiting the wounded in the
agouies of death—to his efforts to liberate
tho downtrodden of Europe? No.
Tho secret is, Napoleon was brave, ho
was insensible to danger. At Lodi, with
demoniac energy, ho headed tho impetu
ous charge through showers of bullets,
dealing mutilation nnd death into his
ranks, his soldiers sabering the Austrian
gunners at their posts, while a dozen hos
tile swords glittered around him. In his
Egyptian campaign he left his charger and
led his desponding columns across that
dreary, boundless ocean of shifting sand.
At Eylan’s “dreadful revelry,” the most
frightful spectacle eartii ever witnessed, he
was calm ainid woe, blood, and “ moun
tains of dead,” while the missiles of deatli
were whistling o’er him. On iiis return
from Elba lie traversed France alone,
routed her armies, and re-established him
self upon her throne. Every act of his
life has proved him destitute of cowardice,
“lie, too, practiced what he preached.”
We need not go farther in enumerating
instances to prove that none but brave
leaders can inspire and sustain tiie courage
of their troops, for the three examples
brought forward sufficiently establish that
fact.
Wiiat we have shown to he true of com
manders, applies to every profession in
life. A sermon from an infidel, however
profound, logical and eloquent, could never
influence a Christian audience. They
would know that his designs were base, his
heart corrupt, his professions false. Change
the speaker—let him he pure and pious—
his hearers now listen witli kindling admi
ration to the great truths of the Bible—to
the announcement of man’s rising in the
great day from the silence of the tomb,
putting on the garb of immortality, and
entering, with a shout of praise upon his
lips, “God’s eternal sun-lit kingdom.”
Tims man has been so constituted by his
Creator that lie spurns him who speaks
one way nnd acts another, lint cannot hold
himself aloof from the influence of him
whose words and acts correspond. By
taking advantage of our nature, any con
sistent, conscientious man can entrench
himself in public confidence, and throw
around him a shield which the poisoned
darts of malice cannot penetrate. Such a
man may exert an influence for goud
whose consequences will not cease witli
time. Owing to this peculiarity of our
constitution is given such potency to the
words of the hoary headed man, upon
whose lingering visions tiino is waning,
and upon whoso forward gaze eternity is
dawning. For, then, the world knows
that every prospect of deception is cut off,
every motive to dissimulation removed.
But let a political demagogue mount the
rostrum, whose motto is “availability,”
who cares more for party than country,
no permanent influence is exerted. Ho
may succeed for tho moment in exciting
tho multitude; hut no sooner ims the
sound of his eloquence been hushed, than
his words, when remembered, only increase
tho contempt in which he is held. Thus
we seo tho great secret of influence is,
“Practice what, you preach." Only through
this path can man enter the field of true
greatness. Armed with this mighty weap
on, the orator can hold enchained the at
tention of “listening Senates;” can im
pose, while ho speaks, a breathless silence
upon spell-bound multitudes, and none
save the arm of Deity can check his influ
ence; nothing hut unending eternity re
veal its consequences. Fred.
Oxford, Ga.
Pen-and-ScissorinKs.
The next Georgia Fair will commence
at Atlanta on the 20th October, nnd close
on tlio 25th ... .Pleasant—To dream you
nro worth n million of dollars, nnd wake
to find yourself an editor of a'uewspapcr.
.... All tho tobacco in the neighborhood
of Lynchburg, Vn., has either been killed or
severely injured by the Into frost... .John
G. Saxe, the poet, is said to ho now en
tirely prostrated by paralysis, from which
lie has suffered for many months... .The
mechanics and workingmen of Now York
have nominated John N. Genin, the hat
ter, as their candidate for Mayor. So
much forGenin’s investment in the choice
scat at. Jenny Lind's concert.... Senator
Douglas will, it is reported in private cir
cles, shortly be married to a lady in Wash
ington City. ...Tho London Herald is of
opinion that Mr. Marcy’s maritime circu
lar was designed to aid Russian intrigue
against England’s naval supremacy....
Tho New York Herald has como out
against tho nomination of John A. King,
tho Black Republican nominee for Gover
nor of that State, on tho ground that lie
opposed Fremont’s nomination.... Love is
tlio strongest, of all passions—so says our
devil Tlio number of convicts in tho
Washington (D. C.) Penitentiary is reduced
to 73, of which there are but eight fe
males Why is a deputy sheriff like the
first Roman Emperor? Becauso he’s a
‘seizor.’... .Thomas If. Benton, jr., son of
“Old Bullion,” has taken tho field for
Fremont and Dayton iu lowa, where he
resides If you want to see a black
squall, just look at n negro baby attacked
with the colic The Memphis and
Charleston Railroad is now open to Clia
walla Station, eighty-four miles from Mem
phis Born to rise—Beople who tease
bulls during the continuance of “fly time.”
Hon. Henry R. Jackson is suggested as
a suitable President for the State Univer
sity, by several exchanges The most
dignified, glorious and lovely work of na
ture is woman, tho next is man, then
Berkshire pigs.... Mr. Charles Roweraft,
late British Consul at Cincinnati, dismissed
by Secretary Marcy, died on the voyago
homo to England... .To cool tho atmos
phere—praise of another woman’s good
looks before your wife The grand jury
of Coweta county do not recognize tho ne
cessity for the Supremo Court of Georgia.
“Sir,” said a man defending a rather
notorious character, “I assure you it is all
pure innocence.” “ I quite agree with
you,” replied tho other. “It is pure in
no-sense.”... .It is said the Tonnessee and
Virginia Railroad was to he completed to
tho Tennessee lino by the Ist of Octobor.
....Permanent cures in all affections of
tho throat and lnngs aro constantly being
male by Wjstar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.
Great as is its reputation, its works are
greater. Many physicians speak of it in
the highest terms “Go to thunder!”
is now rendered thus: “Take your depar
ture to abode of the reverberating
echoes of heaven’s artillery!” Hon.
Mike Walsh has returned to New York.
He has been absent in Europe for some
time, and visited St. Petersburg, where he
made a long stay “ Charity covereth a
multitude of sins.” So does calico....
The Mansion House, at Glenville, Ala.,
kept, by Mr. Barnett, and recently sold to
Mr. Dinkins, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 22d ult Ladies wear cor
sets from instinct —a natural love of be
ing sqneezed.... Gov. Polk, of St. Louis,
Mo., Gov. Pratt, of Md., and Gov. John
son, of Georgia, were on a visit to New
York on Monday tha 22d ult Praise,
to be valuable, must come from a good
judge... .Fred Douglass has kindly conde
scended to make a speech on behalf of
Fremont... .The mind has more in it than
most people think, if you would furnish
the apartments... .The Rochester (N. Y.)
Democrat relates a case of poisoning by
strichnino cured by emetics and chloro
form .... “ Sonny dear,” said a fond mo
ther, “you have a dirty face.” “Can’t
help it, mam, dad’s a Black Republican.”
.... Mathew Copeland, accused of the
murder of Capt. E. P. Howell, at Eosaca,
Gordon county, some time last year or the
first of this, has been found guilty....
Why is a pretty young woman like corn
in time of scarcity ? Because she ought to
he husbanded... .Capt. John Lipscombc,
one of the most prominent and wealthiest
citizens of Edgefield, S. C., died on Tues
day morning, aged 67.. Mrs. Parting
ton’s Ike lias bought a horse that is so
spirituous, that lie always goes off in a de
caliter... .The Montgomery Mail of tho
23d ult. says the Alabama river is lower
than it Iris been for a year... .When does
a young lady wish to win more than seven
beaux at once? When she tries to fasci
nate (fasten eight.).... A pleasant travel
ing companion, and one that no traveler
should he without, is Perry Davis’ Pain
Killer. A sudden attack of diarrhoea, dys
entery or cholera morbus can be effectual
ly nnd instantaneously relieved by it....
To catch mice, place sweetmeats in your
mouth on going to lied, and keep your
month wido open. When you feel the
whiskers of the mouse, hito.... Fifty per
sons lost their lives by the burning of the
steamboat Niagara on Lake Michigan. ...
A young lawyer trying to establish him
self in business is in one respect like a
young physicin . —lie needs patienco....
It is estimated that there arc now 80,000
Mormons in Utah The old fogy who
poked his head out from behind the
“times,” had it knocked suddenly by a
“passing event.”. ... A writer in the Pro
gressive Age, a Fremont paper in Belfast,
Ate., says: “I affirm Land I do so with
honest convictions of the truth) that the
North will not submit, if they are defeat
ed.”. ... What is the worst kind of fare
for a man to live on? Warfare.... An
electoral ticket for tho State of Maryland
Ims been agreed upon by the Fremont men
in that State, nnd will bo published in a
few days.... None are so fond of secrets
as those who do not mean to keep them ;
such persons covet secrets ns a spendthrift
does money, for tho purpose of circulation.
.. .Hon. Lewis (’. Levin, former repre
sentative in Congress from the Ist district
of Pennsylvania, has been taken to the
insane asylum “Thanks!” muttered
our bachelor friend, “no more women in
heaven—they can't get in. Their hoops
are so broad, they will have to go the
broad road! Some of these fashionables
can never crowd through tho narrow
gate.” The democrats of the 3d dist. N.
Y. have nominated Hon. Hiram Walbridge
for their representative in Congress
Th; re lias been an enormous advance in
prices ot silks in Paris, owing to a dimin
ished production nnd increased consump
tion. Silk, it is stated, which sold in
1848 at 48f., and advanced a short time
ago to 80f., now brings 160f.
We commence a beautiful story on
tlio first page, from the pen of our corres
pondent, Sii.vna. Don’t fail to read it.
Later from California.
New Orleans, Sept. 26. —The steam
ship Illinois, Capt. Boggs, lias arrived
with California dates to the 9th inst.
About $2,000,000 in treasure was
received.
Business was generally dull and un
changed, and matters were resuming
their usual course since the disbanding
of the Vigilance Committee.
Politics are warming up, and a Fill
more electoral ticket has been nomina
ted.
There had been great silver mines dis
covered in Sonora.
A revolution has broken out in Peru
against the government.
Gen. Walker has seized all tho prop
erty belonging to tho Transit Company.
Mr. Speaker Banks addressed, on
Thursday afternoon, an immense assem
blage of citizens of New York, from the
front of the Merchant's Exchange, in
Wall street. The Herald savs there
was a mean and ineffectual attempt
made todisturbo the meeting by politi
cal rowdies.
The same paper says, the crowd in
attendance numbered 15,000 persons.—
A telegraphic dispatch says tho speaker
was loudly applauded. Mr. Banks was
invited to New York by a committee of
Merchants and citizens.
Language of the North.
Here is (.lie language of tlie North—
the appeals by which the public mind
is inflamed against slavery and slave
States, or, in the alternative, against the
Union. This is the brotherly contempt
with which an ex-Judge of the Supreme
Court of New York invokes the courage
of New Yorkers to “fear not” to
assail slave property, assuring their
nerves that they will only have to deal
with cowards who dare not risk the
Union, who are compelled to adhere to
the North, because they are spiritless
semi-barbarians, without arts or arms—
because the slave power must stay in the
Union and behave itself! Now, how
can a proud people bear confederacy
with contumelious hostility like this ?
And, above all, bow are we to bear much
longer such speeches as those of Botts
and Henry \V. Davis, to our own people,
when such are the sentiments in unison
with theirs in the North ? Would
Hulbut not be a Botts or a Davis in
the South ? Would a Botts or a Davis
not be a Ilurlbut in the North ? If
Richmond is so unsound as to permit
such incendiarism in the Metropolis of
Virginia, how long will the planters in
the country remain quiet at home and
not march to the capital to save it from
the conflagration which such speeches
are kindling ?
The following is an extract from an
oration delivered before the citizens of
Herkimer county, at Little Falls, New
York, July 4th, 1856—by E. P. Hurl
hut, late Justice of the Supreme Court:
“Citizens of the Emfire State!—
You can afford to ho brave, magnani
mous and just! You are masters of an
Empire, which, compared with the Con
federated Colonies at the period of the
Revolution has as large a population—
far greater wealth and resources, and pos
sessing to a larger extent all the ele
ments of immediate national success.
“You now supply about one-third of
all the revenue of the Federal Govern
ment.
“ You have in your great City, the
Metropolis of America.
“lu your sons you will yet find—
though slumbering now—all the sacred
fires of patriotism and love of liberty,
which once warmed the bosoms of their
sires.
“ You can alone maintain your flag
on any sea.
“ You can alone maintain the dignity
and sovereignty of a separate and inde
pendent State. Then ‘be just and fear
not !"
“Around you, in a crisis, will gather
all New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, and all the great, growing and
beautiful West; and, together, you
would present to the world a spectacle
of natural strength and prosperity, equal
to the virtue, justice and honor of vour
iinbelmished national character. I Be
just, then, and Oar not! 1 Be true to
theinstincts of humanity, and fear not;
and‘let justice be done, though the
Heav. ns fall.’
“ Does this savor of disunion ? Yes—
or no—as I will explain.
“ Rather than lend the resources and
power of the present Confederacy, to the
propagation of African slavery into the
territory now free, I would dissolvo our
present political union.
“Rather than admit another slave
State into the Confederacy, I would dis
solve it.
“Rather than endure the curse of
such another four year’s governmental
infamy as Pierce, Douglas and Com
pany have inflicted on us, I would dis
solve it—so help me Heaven !”— Rich
mond Enquirer.
Inagural of Gov. Geary.
The following extracts are from Gov.
Geary's inagural:
I cheerfully admit that the people of
this Territory, under the organic Act,
have the absolute right of making their
municipal laws, and from citizens who
deem themselves aggrieved by recent
legislation, I would invoke the utmost
forbearance, and point out to them a
sure and peaceable remedy. You have
the right to ask the next legislature to
revise any and all laws ; and in the mean
time, as you value the peace of the Ter
ritory and the maintenance of future
laws, I would earnestly ask you to refrain
from all violation of the present statutes.
I am sure there is patriotism sufficient
in the people of Kansas to lend a will
ing obedience to the law. All the pro
visions of the Constitution of the United
States must be sacredly observed, all the
acts of Congress having refeience to this
Territory must be unhesitatingly obeyed,
and the decision of our Courts respected.
It will be my imperative duty to see that
these suggestions are carried into effect.
In my official action hero I will do
justice at all hazards. Influenced by no
other considerations than the welfare of
the whole people of this Territory, I
desire to know no party, no section, no
North, no South, no East, no West
nothing but Kansas and my country.
Pacification of Kansas.
The St. Louis papers of the 22d in
stant contain later intelligence from
Kansas, by which it appears that the
people of all parties in the Territory ac
knowledge the authority of the new
Governor, and that the armed companies
from Missouri are disbandin' and re
turning to their homes. We extract
the following items, from the St. Louie
Republican :
The steamer David Tatum arrived
here yesterday afternoon from St. Jo
seph. She left that port on Wednesday
last. At Kansas she took on board
about 350 citizens of Missouri, who, in
obedience to the proclamation of Gov.
Geary, had given up their military or
ganization and returned to Missouri.
They were principally from the counties
of Howard, Boone, Saline, Cooper, and
Franklin. Lawrence was in possession
of tho United States troops, by whom
ninety of Lane’s men had been made pris
oners. Lane fled from Lawrence with
the remainder of his men, and was in
Nebraska.
The train from Jefferson City last
evening brought down several gentlemen
direct fiom Kansas. They were passen
gers on the Aubry, and bring the latest
news. From one of them we learn that
the whole of Gen. Reid's force had been
disbanded, and had returned to their
homes. Gov. Geary was at Lecompton
with 1000 United States troops, and de
termined to maintain the peace and exe
cute the laws. Under his orders ninety
men had been taken prisoners at Law
re nee. The report of Lane and bis band
having fled to Nebraska is confirmed.
It is very gratifying to bear these
tidings, and to know that the violence
which has so long prevailed in Kansas
is at an end. Gov. Geary began right
and like firm purpose to preserve law
and order and to punish all offenders
against it, will soon make life and prop
erty as secure in Kansas a; in any State
of the Union.
Gordon County Molasses—lm
portant Discovery.
We recently visited the model farm
in this neighborhood and found the ur
bane proprietor, Mr, Peters, engaged in
a novel enterprise. He, with his hands,
was employe'! in making superior mo
•asses, or syrup from the stalks of sugar
millet, or what most persons would call
chicken corn—lt is of that genus, if not
the same.
He had planted a quantity of it for
fodder, to feed his cattle upon, and being
of an enterprising turn, he determined
to experiment oil this millet, and has
succeeded in making an excellent article.
The stalks being stripped of their fodder
are crushed between two iron cylinders
which are turned by a crank drawn by
two mules, the juice runs in a reservoir
beneath and from thence into buckets,
which arc emptied into largo boilers,
and being reduced by boiling to about
ane fifth, becomes an excellent syrup fit
for table use. \>e were informed by
Mr. Peters, that although but little at
tention had been paid to its cultivation,
not intending to make such use of iti
j and it was raised upon inferior land, yet
from the experiments already made, he
expected to average about 320 gallons
of syrup per acre. This is doing a prof
itable business. He intends another
year to plant 100 acres, believing that
upon good ground with proper cultiva
tion it might yield from 400 to 500 gal
lons per acre.
Sixteen stalks will yield one gallon of
juice, and 5 gallons of juice one gallon
of thick svrup. Two mules and two
hands will press out juice enough for 100
gallons of syrup per day. We call tbe
attention of farmers to this important
and valuable discovery. We have seen
the operation, and we have tasted tho
syrup, and know it is no humbug.
Its manufacture is in the power of
every farmer, and what a saving of ex
pense, when syrup is now selling at 70
cents per gallon, the syrup is that much
extra, for you have the fodder and the
seed besides. Instead of .importing, wo
might export it in vast quantities. —
Calhoun ( Ga .) Statesman.
Tom Thumb and Babnum. —A pri
vate letter from Paris says that M.
Vattemaro has received a letter from
Barnum, in which tho latter asks V'l
advice about tho project of his bringing
Tom Thumb to Europe again on»
speculation, whether bis autobiography
has not injured any speculation, &c.—
Vattemare replied that, on the contrary,
he had now more reputation than ever,
so much so that ho would, perhaps,
make more to allow Tom Thumb to
exhibit him ,
Fremont Ticket in Maryland.— The
following Fremont Electoral ticket i»
said to have been nominated in Maryland:
For tho State at Large—Francis P-
Blair, Wm. Pinker Ewing. For the
Congressional Districts—lst, James
Bryan ; 2d, John Lincoln ; 3d,G. W. Mar
tenet ; 4th, Francis F. Corkran; sth, David I
Gamble : 6th, Josua Switzer,